Jumping a $50 Toyota Truck to Death

[Ball]

Originally posted by eskimo2
Thanks, that was probably the funnest non-cartoon TV show I've ever seen on the Internet.  It's long but worth watching.

If you liked that, some more for you.  You will wonder how you lasted so long without Top Gear : -

Mini Ski Jump (this is brilliant)

£100 car challenge part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Old Italian Supercar Challenge

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Van Challenge

[Ball]

Playing darts with cars

Caravan Conkers

[eskimo2]

OK, Top Gear is the greatest show ever.
These are great!

[Banzzai]

top gear trys caravaning

Car Football (Soccer)

Bobsled Race

Sebine Schidmt in a transit van
my wife always reminds me of this when
i complain about women drivers

[Ball]

Bugatti Veyron Vs. Cessna Italy to London

[Laurie]

Republicans will like jeremy clarkson, and waht he thinks abiut gypsys:D
caravan one is a MUST watch.

[Ball]

I thought the caravan holiday one seemed too scripted.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Ball
I thought the caravan holiday one seemed too scripted.

Yea, I thought the fire was more like arson to spice things up; it was still a good show and made a good point.

I think I've watched at least a dozen episodes since this thread appeared.  My wife even likes the show.

[Ball]

A new series starts in January, it is on the BBC, might be able to get it on one of your channels over there.

Women tend to like the show for Richard Hammond.

(btw, he was seriously hurt driving a rocket car for top gear but has since mostly recovered.  He should be back for the new series doing something, if not the mad stuff. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm )

Originally posted by eskimo2
I think I've watched at least a dozen episodes since this thread appeared.  My wife even likes the show.

you see the episode where they take the Supercars through paris?  Get stuck in a Hotel car park?  that one is good.

[nirvana]

The had Top Gear on Discovery when I used to watch a good bit more of TV, not sure if they still do.  Always seemed like a good show but I always felt that commercials bludgeoned it to death.

[Laurie]

also very funny one where he is made to drive a nissan ,

[cpxxx]

Originally posted by nirvana
The had Top Gear on Discovery when I used to watch a good bit more of TV, not sure if they still do.  Always seemed like a good show but I always felt that commercials bludgeoned it to death.

The great thing about the BBC is they have no commercials. I remember when Top Gear was a show in manner of many British TV programmes. Interesting but rather tame and mannered with excellent chaps discussing the virtues of the various automobiles featured. Then Clarkson arrived.........Sometimes it's genuinely the funniest thing on television.

[Kurt]

Originally posted by eskimo2
Jumping a $50 Toyota Truck to Death

Unless my eyes deceive me... Thats not a Toyota at all... Its about a 1973 or 74 Chevy Luv.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Yeah a Toyota can't be destroyed that easy. In Top Gear they droped one specimen 5 meters from a crane, sunk it, burned it, ran it through car durability testing tracks etc. and they still could get it back running with 15 mins max work.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Kurt
Unless my eyes deceive me... Thats not a Toyota at all... Its about a 1973 or 74 Chevy Luv.

LOL, you are so right!  I remember now, it was a Luv.  I only had the thing for maybe 3 days and that was about 18 years ago, but it was a Luv.  Had it been a Toyota it would have lasted at least a week.

Thanks for pointing this out.