The new Top Gear series
Based on the first episode on Sunday, they've finally run out of ideas. Neither informative nor funny, except the whole police car bit which raised a few chuckles.

Or maybe I'm finally growing up?

Also "Turn Back Time" on Dave. How can you put Dara O'Braieiaaien (or however you spell it) and Terry Jones in a studio together and get so few laughs? It ended up as a crappy cross between Room 101 and This is your Life.
(Axeman Jim, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:10, 7 replies)

I found the bit with the supercar race
and the prius against the m3 interesting and informative.

jumping cars backwards was a bit daft though

I can't see any real difference between what they did in that episode and the last 2 series...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:14, closed)

Guess I must be growing up then.
Damn. How did that happen?
(Axeman Jim, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:16, closed)

you aren't the only one who has said it wasn't great though
maybe I'm missing something...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:23, closed)

I think
maybe after all the stuff they did last season (Trekking through Africa, driving to the North Pole, trying to launch a Reliant Robin into space) driving a Toyota around the track seems a bit unimaginative.

Maybe they've run out of money.
(Axeman Jim, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:32, closed)

Well, the Prius vs. M3 thing
was probably just because Clarkson, for some reason, really *hates* the Prius. (Yeah, I'm biased, my parents have one and I quite like it.)

It was *interesting*, yes, but not particularly surprising or meaningful - if you floor it in any car it won't do too well on economy, plus the Prius blatantly isn't designed for that sort of thing. The point that driving style makes a huge difference is a good one, but no matter how you drive it, the car does so too.
(And the bit about the Prius battery being so environmentally damaging - I thought that was debunked years ago?)
(julius, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 16:43, closed)

Don't despair
The last series started off a bit slow and really only got going after the 3rd episode.
(ianisme, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 3:04, closed)

I think the issue is you.
And your standards are too high. I missed most of top gear due to laughing too hard.
( gareth_alien will be human again at, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 12:34, closed)