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tigisfat
April 17th, 2010, 12:01
Hey guys,

I'm American and I don't even have cable television. It would soak up too much of my time. The internet can fill the gaps when I find something I like, such as Top Gear. I'm an absolute car nut, and I've been watching great episodes of Top Gear infrequently for about two years now. Being American, I didn't know this show existed. So far, my favorite episodes are the 'caravan airship', 'GT500' and 'channel cars' episodes.

If you might be so kind, please link me to or post your favorite episodes of Top Gear. I would veyr much appreciate it. Maybe we can introduce more Americans that are unaware to this great show.

Thank you in advance. :salute:

Matt Wynn
April 17th, 2010, 12:08
heres one of my favourites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLrxZmzo2Hc

all the parts should be visible on the normal right area :icon_lol:

another favourite is Top Gear Ground Force :icon_lol: was done for Comic Relief but is sheer brilliance...

tigisfat
April 17th, 2010, 12:17
heres one of my favourites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLrxZmzo2Hc

all the parts should be visible on the normal right area :icon_lol:

another favourite is Top Gear Ground Force :icon_lol: was done for Comic Relief but is sheer brilliance...

That episode is why I love the show. I'd never seen it before, thanks! Those guys are hilarious. I was laughing pretty hard whe they caught their cars on fire. :icon_lol:

ahaha: "You're the stupidest man I've ever met and your car is rubbish".

djscoo
April 17th, 2010, 12:31
Pretty much all of the specials are worth the watch.

Skittles
April 17th, 2010, 12:33
The American special is probably the best.

It's equalled by the vietnamese one, that was incredible.

djscoo
April 17th, 2010, 12:37
The Bolivian special is my favorite.

Clarke123
April 17th, 2010, 13:44
Top gear space agency :icon_lol:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20

tigisfat
April 17th, 2010, 14:09
Top gear space agency :icon_lol:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20



I can't believe they pulled that off at all; that rocket was stabilized flying upwards! They must have some serious money.

Clarke123
April 17th, 2010, 14:14
I can't believe they pulled that off at all; that rocket was stabilized flying upwards! They must have some serious money.
No, just a few northeners and all the chips they can eat. :jump:

Clarke123
April 17th, 2010, 14:24
How hard is it to make a convertible people carrier?



......very.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eoUutOsZoQ

djscoo
April 17th, 2010, 15:04
Memory is being jogged by these clips...

Must See episodes:
-The Truck/Lorry Challenge (Series 12, Ep. 1)
-Caravan Races (Series 10, Ep. 6)
-City Bus Races (Series 12 Ep. 5)
-Budget Supercars(Series 7, Ep. 4)
-Amphibious Cars (Series 8, Ep. 3)
-US Special (Series 9. Ep. 3)

strega13
April 17th, 2010, 20:02
built your own limousine challenge
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top gear VS the germans
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car darts
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tigisfat
April 17th, 2010, 22:05
Great stuff all. I appreciate it. :ernae:


So, is 'stig' really Michael Schumaker? (yes, I'm sure I spelled it wrong; no I don't want to go look it up)

Clarke123
April 18th, 2010, 03:11
Great stuff all. I appreciate it. :ernae:


So, is 'stig' really Michael Schumaker? (yes, I'm sure I spelled it wrong; no I don't want to go look it up)
No he isn't. People are always going on about The Stig being an F1 driver but if you look at the driving style and the way other F1 drivers go round the track it's completely different. The best guess is he's a touring car driver. Or he was genetically engineered by Clarkson :icon_lol:

Murray Cod
April 18th, 2010, 03:23
it has already been mentioned, but my fav is the launch of the Reliant Robin, followed by any of the travel specials (USA, VietNam, Bolivia, Africa)

tigisfat
April 18th, 2010, 05:58
No he isn't. People are always going on about The Stig being an F1 driver but if you look at the driving style and the way other F1 drivers go round the track it's completely different. The best guess is he's a touring car driver. Or he was genetically engineered by Clarkson :icon_lol:

I'd disagree. F1 guys are used to making short and stabby corrections, and it looks as if 'the stig' does the same thing around the track, rather than making smooth and sweeping movements like a touring driver. He's got to be an F1 guy, or at the minimum a rally driver. The show is very patriotic; that being said it could be one of britain's great rally guys.

Quixoticish
April 18th, 2010, 06:42
Great stuff all. I appreciate it. :ernae:


So, is 'stig' really Michael Schumaker? (yes, I'm sure I spelled it wrong; no I don't want to go look it up)

It's an open secret, the "main" Stig is a chap called Ben Collins, however they often have specialists in to drive other vehicles or attempt other challenges from time to time.

To be honest there was something of a major campaign a while back to out the identity of the Stig even though most people in the industry already knew who it was, and it very much goes against the spirit of things and appeared to be an attempt to spoil the fun.

Clarke123
April 18th, 2010, 06:57
This is Ben Collins on Top Gear ( as himself :icon_lol: )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOX9HCCe9qk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y-ba2BXCfo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48GCPJ4J-WQ&feature=related

EasyEd
April 18th, 2010, 07:44
Hey All,

My favorites are the race across Japan (R35 vs Public transportation) and of course the Growing Petrol show where they display their utter lack of knowledge of modern day tractors.

-Ed-

Matt Wynn
April 18th, 2010, 07:46
the introductions for the Stig are brilliant... spurred on by recent events usually...

Some say he never blinks and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves.
Some say he's wanted by the CIA and that he sleeps upside down, like a bat.
Some say that he appears on high value stamps in Sweden and that he can catch fish with his tongue.
Some say he is illegal in 17 US states and he blinks vertically.
Some say that his breath smells of magnesium and that his scared of bells.
Some say he naturally faces magnetic north and that all his legs are hydraulic.
Some say that he lives in a tree and that his sweat can be used to clean precious
metals.
Some say that his heart ticks like a watch and that his confused by stairs.
Some say that his voice can only be heard by cats and that he has two sets of knees.
Some say that his terrified of ducks and that there’s an airport in Russia named after him.
Some say that his brain is a Satellite navigation system.
Some say that his skin has the texture of a dolphin’s, and where ever you are in the world if you tune your radios to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts.
Some say that he has no understanding of clouds - and that his ear wax tastes like Turkish delight.
Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground.
Some say that his tears are adhesive - and that if he caught fire, he'd burn for a thousand days.
Some say that he can swim seven lengths under water - and he has webbed buttocks.
Some say that his heart is in upside down - and that his teeth glow in the dark.
Some say that his ears aren’t exactly where you'd expect them to be - and that once, preposterously, he had an affair with John Prescott.
Some say he has a digital face - and if he felt like it, he could fire Alan Sugar.
Some say that his genitals are on upside down. And that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds.
Some say his ears have a Paisley lining - and he's been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show.
Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburg ring - and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet.
Some say he invented Branston Pickle, and that if you insult his mother, he will head-butt you in the chest.
Some say that on really warm days he sheds his skin, like a snake, and for some reason he's allergic to the Dutch.
Some say that his first name really is 'The'; and that if he went on Celebrity Love Island, they'd all be pregnant including the cameramen.
Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp, and that long before anyone else he realised that Jade Goody was a racist pig-faced waste of blood and organs.
Some say that he once had a vicious knife fight with Anthea Turner, and that he is in no way implicated in the cash for honours scandal.
Some say that he's a C.I.A. experiment that went wrong, and that he only eats cheese.
Some say that if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli. And that at this week's Brit awards he was arrested for goosing Russell Brand.
Some say that he sucks the moisture from ducks. And that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spear's head.
Some say that he isn't machine-washable and all his potted plants are called Steve.
Some Say His testicles are made from Titanium and that his under-pants are carbon-fibre
Some say, he's actually dead... But the Grim reaper, is too scared to tell him.
Some say that all his pot plants are called Steve.. and that he has a life size tattoo of his face.. on his face.
some say that he can hypnotise sheep, and that if he could be bothered he could swim the Atlantic ocean - underwater.
Some say, that he once co-presented a Brazilian show about blimp disasters, and that once, he actually punched God.
Some say that he once killed a giraffe with just his feet and that he has a black belt in paper maché.
Some say he is 5 foot tall with lead in his feet,others say 6feet with tall with air in his head....but he doesn't care what you say.
Some say He's contracted every STD known to man, and that he has inflatable breasts to get him out of speeding tickets. All we know.. is he's called the Stig.
Some say, that he is one of the protons in the Large Hadron Collider, AND that he creates miniature black holes every time he sneezes.
Some say he was the one who actually pulled Excalibur from the stone and that he is the rightful king of England.
Some say he sucks the moisture from ducks, and if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli.
Some say he gave birth to Chuck Norris,and that the mother was superman!!!
Some say he has no understanding of queuing.
Some say, he once modelled for page 3... and his feet are made from dog leather
Some say his upper torso is made of carbon fibre... and that his blood is 1 part petrol and 2 part diesel.
Some say he got turned down for I'm a celebrity, because people have heard of him!
Some say that he only uses q-tips made of plutonium, and that his favourite comedy film is Hostel.
Some say that he has the mating call of a killer whale, and that he once counted to infinite..twice.
Some say he lives in a alleyway and his best friend is a cardbord box.

i think thats them all.... :icon_lol: oh and if you need to know a song from TG used in a clip, i have just the resource, and 90% of the songs... having been to Dunsfold on a filming day some of the out-takes are sheer brilliance...

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another great Top Gear moment, again from Comic Relief/Red Nose Day
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Wittpilot
April 18th, 2010, 14:23
The special where they go to the North Pole!!!!

Bjoern
April 18th, 2010, 16:45
(no I don't want to go look it up)

Yes you do, otherwise I'm gonna go all angry German on you and you don't want that. *Snicker* ;) :d



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"James May" in the Aston...yeah, right...cheating basterds. :D

Matt Wynn
April 18th, 2010, 16:50
ahh how to arrive to challenge the Germans.....

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Clarke123
April 19th, 2010, 02:04
"James May" in the Aston...yeah, right...cheating basterds. :DCaptain slow is an ironic nickname 5070:unitedkingdom::unitedkingdom::unitedkingdom:: unitedkingdom:




Erm.....where did that car come from? Seriously, it just appeared.

Bjoern
April 19th, 2010, 09:15
"D Motor", the german clone of Top Gear with that accountant type guy isn't that bad either, by the way.

Granted, you won't understand the audio, but well, you still got eyes, don't ya? ;)

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Clarke123
April 19th, 2010, 09:29
"D Motor", the german clone of Top Gear with that accountant type guy isn't that bad either, by the way.

Granted, you won't understand the audio, but well, you still got eyes, don't ya? ;)

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This video contains content from Discovery Uk, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
I just died a little inside :mixedsmi:

Ridge
April 20th, 2010, 04:50
Easily this one:

Richard Hammond (in the blue truck) is hauling a car that isnt tied down
James May (in the truck that looks like India) has a large wedding cake
Jeremy Clarkson (black truck) has bales of hay at one end, and a space heater at the other

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Quixoticish
April 20th, 2010, 04:56
Out of curiosity does anyone have any full episodes of old Top Gear, when it was a serious car show and before it turned into something actually worth watching?

I can't for the life of me remember what it used to be like and I'm intrigued.

Clarke123
April 20th, 2010, 06:17
Out of curiosity does anyone have any full episodes of old Top Gear, when it was a serious car show and before it turned into something actually worth watching?

I can't for the life of me remember what it used to be like and I'm intrigued.
Does anyone remember the fat bloke before James May? :icon_lol:

Matt Wynn
April 20th, 2010, 06:19
Does anyone remember the fat bloke before James May? :icon_lol:

Vaguely..... :icon_lol:

Clarke123
April 20th, 2010, 06:32
Vaguely..... :icon_lol:
I'd forgot all about him. I was watching an outtakes program a while back and was thinking, Bloody hell, May's been at the pies. I can't remember him ever saying anything.

Bjoern
April 20th, 2010, 12:44
This video contains content from Discovery Uk, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
I just died a little inside :mixedsmi:

Effin' copyright Nazis...


Anyheck, here's a full version of the clash of nations from D Motor (with english subs)...

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And I can only say this again: Cheating english basterds. :icon_lol: