Top Gear Reminder

by **Fairmont888** » October 7th, 2008, 9:23 am

Fairlane_Ghia wrote:As for the show itself, it all feels a bit rushed. The segments dont seem to go into much depth about the cars before they go off onto the next one.

i think it still needs time to settle, but i thought last night the hosts seemed to work a bit better together, seemed less awkward

by **ED_5spd** » October 7th, 2008, 2:38 pm

the conclusion of the f6 vs the r8 sucked

It was good to see the f6 win even tho he sat at the line for ages in the drag race

by **EFFalcon** » October 7th, 2008, 5:31 pm

completely forgot about it!

by **holmsy** » October 7th, 2008, 8:32 pm

go on demonoid john. im about to watch the ones i just downloaded.

by **Sunboost** » October 8th, 2008, 10:20 am

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 22,00.html

by **spuddly2003** » October 8th, 2008, 11:52 am

Sundeep wrote:http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24459608-5006022,00.html

Shit, eh? That was disappointing!!!

by **burnt turtle** » October 8th, 2008, 1:20 pm

i havnt watched the show but from what iv seen on you-tube i thought it was fine and i'd watch it, if i could remember when it was on

by **Jake** » October 8th, 2008, 1:56 pm

Next week they are going to be buying cars for under $500 or $1000 and fix them up for race, i think i saw an EA - ED in the preview :lol:

by **Dumpsta** » October 8th, 2008, 4:47 pm

2nd episode wasnt too bad, the typhoon launch was disapointing though. Didnt mind the tests at the Kalgoolie mine either, I lived in a mining town for 12 years and had quite a few rides in the big trucks including a 793c. But obviously they were never going to beat the effiecancy of the big toys

by **Frost** » October 8th, 2008, 5:26 pm

Dumpsta wrote:2nd episode wasnt too bad, the typhoon launch was disapointing though. Didnt mind the tests at the Kalgoolie mine either, I lived in a mining town for 12 years and had quite a few rides in the big trucks including a 793c. But obviously they were never going to beat the effiecancy of the big toys

Doesnt matter what the guys were competeing against, when your versing the stig he will beat you in anything, infact I rekon if he were driving the jumbuck he would of beat the big truck

by **[Sterling]** » October 8th, 2008, 5:30 pm

umm UK stig lost in the transport challange..

by **Frost** » October 8th, 2008, 5:47 pm

kester wrote:umm UK stig lost in the transport challange..

Pfft hes not the AUSTRALIAN Stig.

And I watched the latest ep of UK topgear and he beat a german supercar racer in a race.

by **FairmontXR6** » October 8th, 2008, 6:39 pm

Sundeep wrote:http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24459608-5006022,00.html

Quote from news report

Producers had hoped to crack the one million viewer mark last night, but instead only 674,000 tuned in, down more than 250,000 viewers from its premiere the week before. Top Gear Australia finished last in its timeslot behind Border Security, The 7.30 Report and Australian Idol. It was the 26th most watched show of the night.

26th most watched of the night...
Were do they get their stats? They never ask me!

by **wolf** » October 8th, 2008, 7:30 pm

Frost wrote:
kester wrote:umm UK stig lost in the transport challange..

Pfft hes not the AUSTRALIAN Stig.

And I watched the latest ep of UK topgear and he beat a german supercar racer in a race.

He was also 2 seconds behind at the start.

by **EFFalcon** » October 9th, 2008, 8:30 pm

the 2nd ep was deffinately better then the 1st one.
still plenty of room for improvement but its deffinately watchable.

i reckon heaps of people forget its on.

by **nommic** » October 9th, 2008, 8:39 pm

Yeah I've downloaded both eps so far, didn't catch them on TV. How are the stats calculated though? I reckon it'd be pretty hard to get them half accurate.

by **Frost** » October 9th, 2008, 8:59 pm

I tried researching the stats, I suppose they can tell via signal load or maybe our tv sends something to them?

by **EFFalcon** » October 9th, 2008, 9:00 pm

maybe they should look at the torrents, see how many people have downloaded it

prob higher then the amount that watched it on TV

by **Bipolar** » October 9th, 2008, 9:23 pm

It used to be via a recording unit plugged into the telly, and they'd give it to so many hundred people. That was analogue though, dunno if there's a way to do it like Frost said.

by **Frost** » October 9th, 2008, 9:29 pm

I know DTV sends return signals to tell whos watching shows. Maybe they get there stats from DTV viewers only

by **five point slow** » October 9th, 2008, 9:33 pm

Sample audiences. There's no 1984 shit going on with your analogue TVs, don't worry.

by **XRated** » October 9th, 2008, 9:41 pm

Yeah John torrents are the new TV! Where else can I get DIVX quality episodes of the latest Entourage?

Top Gear Oz is definitely getting better. I haven't read this thread but I think it's safe to say that if this was UK Top Gear people wouldn't be so critical about it. Everyone is expecting so much but the second episode was decent - not awesome - but decent; albeit with some shitty presenters.

by **FairmontXR6** » October 13th, 2008, 7:27 pm

Don't for get, an EA makes a special apperance tonight, starts in 5mins (QLD viewers)

by **Frost** » October 13th, 2008, 7:29 pm

junkyard challenge could of been well more challenging

by **holmsy** » October 13th, 2008, 7:32 pm

to fuckin late. i missed it allready
will download tommorow i guess

by **Phillis** » October 13th, 2008, 8:03 pm

paddock bashers was fkn awsome. that s-pack looked the best by far..god that looked like some fun!

by **serial_fool** » October 13th, 2008, 8:16 pm

Gotta say, this show is a POS. They spend time talking about some D-list celebrity's first car for 10 minutes and have a Junkyard challange that only goes for only around 5. They should EXPLAIN the challanges alittle more than what they are doing aswell because the last bit of the junkyard challange was just going around a random paddock (just like in the UK version they have people telling them what they will be doing).

So yeah points that could of made the bush basher segment better-

1st task - Go to wreckers- Get cars and provide some background on them and actually have them running well before starting challanges.

2nd task- Take the challange to a 1/4 mile and have drag offs elimination style. Compare the times at the end to the contemporay version of the shitters.

3rd task- Take to challange to a race track and have an actual V8 supercar style race- say 3 laps.

4th task- Last challange is a demo derby to the finish- last one standing wins.

Destroy all the cars with a crusher and bring the remains on set.

Then at the end have a FOCUS on who won the event and rubbing it into the other guys faces. Then say what actually mechanically happened to the losing cars (if it wasnt obvious) rather than just let the thing sit sitting there which is obviously scripted (and the bob-cat thing was stuiped).

By the way, the Clarkson immitator has no guts what-so-ever. He got pussy-whipped by the bitch in a bog standard car (agreeing with 90% of the shit that came out her mouth), grow some balls.

by **FairmontXR6** » October 13th, 2008, 8:26 pm

evolutions_end wrote:paddock bashers was fkn awsome. that s-pack looked the best by far..god that looked like some fun!

Agreeed!!!

by **Rollin** » October 13th, 2008, 8:50 pm

I missed it

serial_fool should be the shows new prducer though - his version sounds tops

by **donno** » October 13th, 2008, 9:13 pm

We know from articles and the magazine that the execs read these forums to see how we react to the show, so to the people calling it the worst show on earth and boycotting please keep it to yourselves so the rest of us who want to see it evolve get the chance to do so. They've been on air now for 135 minutes, and they've improved a shit load. If this rate keeps up, they'll be getting close to the same level as the original by season 2.

So for some constructive criticism:

#Humor is still missing the mark a lot of the time, but its improving. I thought wozza had some great ones. The shot of him busting out the factory manual was gold. Subtle FTW.
#Serial_fool - your idea for what that challenge should have been, is perfect! Take note producers! Mind if I copy your idea to that 'other' forum serial_fool if you don't have access? I know they'll read it there.
#Put some diesel on the track or something - we need more smoke and outrageous powerslides.
#Camera work - Put a camera at the entrance to the chicane so we can see the body language of the car though it, and a similar shot to the hammerhead at the question mark - squirming under brakes, then have a look at the body characteristics as it rounds the bend.
#Cut down on the colloquialisms. I grew up in the country and couldn't even understand half of them!
#Some shots of motors please! And a bit more on specs, plus if there's anything special about them - like how that black merc gained the extra 17kW.
#Music is pretty good, but was off in the X6 segment. A bit 80s porno. In the track tests some rock like Audioslave or some of the bridges that Cog do would go well. Listen to Cog -The Spine around 3/4 way through as it builds then goes freaking nuts and you'll see what I mean. Imagine that mixed into the exhaust note of that black going sideways at a rate of knots, with diesel assisted smoke pissing out the rear. Chubby inducing material.

by **wolf** » October 14th, 2008, 7:00 am

crap i missed it =(

will have to download it.

Side note this site is awesome for all gear shows..

http://www.finalgear.com/

by **Gozza** » October 14th, 2008, 7:30 am

I caught the Paddock Bashing last night - First time i've seen the new top gear. I find the hosts annoying - but i find the UK hosts annoying too.
It was cool seeing the EA but how did old mates door in the camry get fully opened and consequently smashed off? As if that happened naturally

by **EFFalcon** » October 14th, 2008, 7:33 am

haha... it was an EB

4.0 POWA

by **Gozza** » October 14th, 2008, 7:43 am

Joy to your Mum - All box cars are EA. True story

by **EF ECTIV** » October 14th, 2008, 2:00 pm

watched it for the 1st time last night.... FAIL..... at least the UK guys seem to be enthusiasts and
know what they're talking about... these clowns never give specs or seem to know whats going on....
I mean really using a guy with a stop watch to compare times? FFS

by **holmsy** » October 14th, 2008, 3:01 pm

uk version has a guy with stop watch.
difference is they dont have a driver controlling the stop watch (2nd episode i think it was had this.)

by **serial_fool** » October 14th, 2008, 3:27 pm

"#Serial_fool - your idea for what that challenge should have been, is perfect! Take note producers! Mind if I copy your idea to that 'other' forum serial_fool if you don't have access? I know they'll read it there."

Go straight ahead mate.

by **Bipolar** » October 14th, 2008, 5:41 pm

^What Donno said. Definitely getting a bit better every ep.

by **Phillis** » October 20th, 2008, 7:19 pm

thoughts on this weeks episode so far?

IMO the jack thompson hot lap was kinda akward for both of them, but that HSV was insane.

EDIT- lawn bowls FTW

by **wolf** » October 20th, 2008, 7:29 pm

the hsv was good but i wouldn't pay 150g for it.

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