Top Gear Last Night (Sunday 19th Nov 207)

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11-19-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='496638' date='Nov 19 2007, 09:09 PM

We get Top Gear on BBC America but I think they're at least a year old when they air over here. You need to be across the pond to see the current version that they're talking about above...

Actually Rudy I don't live across the pond, But for anywhere else in the world you can just download the episodes via bittorrent.

www.finalgear.com is a good website with info on Top Gear, and a crappier similar show called Fifth Gear.

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11-19-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nyceric03' post='496678' date='Nov 19 2007, 11:16 PM

I'm sure there are ways to download it, etc. but I'm pretty sure that SMG353 was asking about watching it on regular old TV...

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11-19-2007, 08:50 PM

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Did Top Gear air tonight/Monday night? Just checked my DVR and it wasn't there. I wonder if the wife got into the programming again?

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11-19-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='496708' date='Nov 20 2007, 12:50 AM

Did Top Gear air tonight/Monday night? Just checked my DVR and it wasn't there. I wonder if the wife got into the programming again?

Mine didn't pick up a new episode either so don't go after the wife just yet...

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11-19-2007, 09:26 PM

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Have you seen the previous M5 reviews? The dude seriously HATES the car's guts until you press the M-button

Are the electronics really that annoying or is he just too simple to operate them? Call me crazy but I love complicated electronics

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11-19-2007, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='496718' date='Nov 20 2007, 02:19 AM

Mine didn't pick up a new episode either so don't go after the wife just yet...

OK, good. We've only been married a month so it was hard to believe she would jeopardize our marriage by changing the Top Gear recording schedule.

She actually likes watching Top Gear, which is unusual because it's not on the Food Network.

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11-19-2007, 10:53 PM

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Great episode, just watched it from finalgear.com.

I can't believe people(tree huggers) vandalize suv's in the UK, vandals most likely would get shot or stabbed over something like that in L.A.

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11-20-2007, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DynaSpy' post='496720' date='Nov 20 2007, 07:26 AM

Have you seen the previous M5 reviews? The dude seriously HATES the car's guts until you press the M-button

Are the electronics really that annoying or is he just too simple to operate them? Call me crazy but I love complicated electronics

Clarkson's a strange one. He used to entertain and enthrall when he used to write for Performance Car magazine back in the early 90s. Either I have mellowed with age since then, or he has gotten cranky with age since then, because I do find him increasingly pompous. That may however be part of the act - JC has been known, even back to his Performance Car mag days, for being controversial at best. In fact, it was the reader response to one of his columns at PC that culminated in his departure from PC Magazine (in 94, I think it was) and eventual launch of Top Gear not too long after. I sometimes get the feeling some of his presentations are aimed more at being his controversial self rather than truly telling us about the cars. Nevertheless, I continue to be truly entertained by the ascerbic wit and turn of phrase that he and the rest of the TG team present, and my wife and I make sure we do not miss a single episode.