New Top Gear

[Fizzer Thou]

Anyone bothering to watch the latest lot of shouty-shouty people on the latest attempt to regurgitate the same old/same old ??

"Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness return with a new drive-in studio. They also visit Paddy’s home town of Bolton to test three new company cars by spending 24 hours in them - with no getting out. And Chris heads to Italy to test the blistering Ferrari SF90 supercar."
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Just talk bikes.What else is there?

Always have a 'Plan B'

[arry]

Not been a great start has it.

[recman]

I liked the bit when they opened the tins of stinky fish.

[Fisty]

It's shit and should be dropped.
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[Polarbear]

[rpsmith79]

I watched it, and was laughing all the way through it

No, it is no longer a motoring journel show

Yes, it is a pure entertainment show

If you don't like the chemistry between the presenters/actors/contestants, you will never like it, just like any other number of "entertainment" shows i could mention....... each to their own
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

Shite. Can't even be bothered to write why.
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[MarJay]

As with the rising of the sun, the changing of the seasons and Paul McCartney singing Hey Jude at the end of a big event, the inevitability of the “Top Gear is now shit” thread on a biannual basis is in fact crushing. It hasn’t been a car show since the mid 90s and everyone misses Clarkson Hammond and May. It’s always been scripted and you don’t legally have to like it.
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[FlemUrch]

In a way, can we say that the show has evolved? I'm just not sure if it's for the better or otherwise.

[Polarbear]

It's certainly better with the present 3 than it was with the ginger whinger or the subsequent line up. I can even tolerate Paddy McGuinness in it although he does start to grate after a while.
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[bugeye_bob]

[Dave....]

[pepperami]

Took another look at the ‘new’ Top Gear and “meh”!
Doesn’t have the appeal/recipe/interest.

Doesn’t work
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[MarJay]

I quite enjoyed the last two. McGuinness is annoying but he’s the Clarkson analogue, I think someone other than Flintoff might be better. Harris is obviously great and will always be great.

The wall of death was awesome, the super cars last week were a lot of fun although I can’t believe Paddy bloody crashed one and the wall of death was interesting too. The hire cars were a lot of fun this week, and I sort of enjoyed the family car bit.

As I mentioned above, when will people just not watch it instead of watching it and then gleefully declaring they hate it? I feel like making the effort to say that you can’t even make the effort to comment or even to type +1 etc is immensely hipstery. “Oh I’m too cool to like Top Gear, I liked it before it was good, now where is my beard oil and my checked shirt?”

Well I watched it back in the eighties with Tony Mason, Chris Goffey and Tiff Needell. It’s a programme featuring cars so it’s already got the advantage over bake up, sew off and pretty much any other ‘popular’ programme. As I said, you don’t legally have to like it, you’re allowed to think that the Clarkson Hammond and May episodes were better and it hasn’t been a ‘car show’ since I was a child.

Although go back and watch some of those old eps on Dave and You might find they haven’t aged that well IMO...
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Polarbear]

How much of someone's licence money will be needed to repair that Diablo.
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[MarJay]

[Bloggsy]

I did not like the old top gear cos I could not abide that Pontificating Twat Clarkson and his two yes men. And as somebody says it is a entertainment show and Mc Guinness and Flintoff make me laugh as for Harris he just makes the number up.
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If It Aint broke Don't Fix It

[MarJay]

[Snod Blatter]

I like it, their antics make me titter in a way that very little else on TV can manage. Sure some bits are weird or overly long (wall of death? 24 hours stuck in a car??) but I appreciate the effort they put in not to repeat the supercar-races-public-transport episodes of yore and the other stuff that was done to death.
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[arry]

I've watched all of this season so far. It's alright - not blowing me away but it's been watchable and enjoyable in places.

Cringed the second it became clear Freddie and Paddy came along for the ride in supercars in damp conditions on those roads - just knew that was going to turn into disaster.

The Lambo people carrier versus Audi was pretty naff.

I was surprised how much I warmed to Paddy and enjoyed watching his 'home tour' around Bolton; it seemed genuine enough that the people there love him as a lad done well.

I think Chris has grown into the TG role - he was a bit caricature of himself in earlier series but seems to have settled down a bit now. Like Marjay, I think he's decent. Loved watching Chris Harris On Cars.

[steve the grease]

Is it for children, or am I just getting old.
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I've been riding, and fixing , bikes for 50 years, in that time the more I learn, the less I am absolutely sure of.....

[bhinso]

Not enough representation of BAME in the show.

Shame on you BBC

[Bhud]

[arry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFPOPB0MmE

Chris Harris sat down with Joe Rogan in 2014 - never seen this before or knew it even happened.

Quite interesting

[Shaft]