Top Gear USA Options

[richee3]

No, that's why YOU are watching the show. A lot of people have never heard of Top Gear before, and this is their first experience with this show. So explaining the Stig on the first episode of the first Top Gear USA is completely understandable.

Yes, that is why I'm watching the show... Good call. And my point was also proven in the second episode. Still no witty or sarcastic humor pertaining to the Stig. Still no humor at all, actually. As I told Ferdi, I feel like this show is more "Car and Driver" than it is "Top Gear."

The bit with the Evo was cool, but still copied from Richard Hammond racing an Audi down a mountain against two skiers. I'll admit, in the first episode when we got a preview of what's to come later in the season, I did see a bit that looked interesting. Looks like these three buy some old trucks and take them out and test them. Not something we'll ever see on BBC's Top Gear, so that will be interesting. Otherwise, I really don't feel like this show is aptly named.

I enjoyed the bit with the 370Z's quite a bit. Tanner and a blind man vs. the other two guys, and the other two hosts were outdriven by a blind man with less than a day's driving experience. Props to Tanner Foust for that one.

[KAOS]

So I know Tanner Foust is obviously into drifting and such, and he's pretty good at what he does so I have no problem with him. But why the other two guys? Apparently the one is a comedian(?)...Really?!

At least the UK Top Gear gang knows what they are talking about. If your going to have a show about cars, at least have enthusiasts hosting. Doesn't seem like they really know much about autos.

I agree - if theres going to be any comedian hosting, it should be Jerry Seinfeld or Jay Leno (just because of their car collections... lol).

[Supersprynt]

Seinfeld won't ever host, and all he has is Porsches. I would have preferred to see a Car and Driver, or Road & Track writer in there, instead of Rutledge (he's a NASCAR commentator).

[epocsirhc]

Episode 3 was great! I can honestly say that I enjoyed the whole thing. I don't think it could get more American either.

[richee3]

^^ I wouldn't say it was great, but I just finished it. I'll agree that it was better than the first two episodes. They're finally starting to get into the "Top Gear" challenges. I still feel like this show isn't really "Top Gear" in anything but the name, but they've got their feet wet and they're finally jumping in for a swim.

[Nial]

On a similar vein, but slightly off topic. Has anyone seen "James Mays Toy stories". Worth a watch if you can, especially the world record longest ever slot car track.

[SupraKid]

i thought the evo and ski race was good

I disagree. Yes it LOOKs to be awesome, but slow it down and look closer.
-Apparently they have a camera that can walk around the car. At one point it was on the windshield,then it moved to the rear,then it moved to the side.
-At the last little area when the car got off the snow onto the pavement the evo is completely waxed and beautiful with not one traced of snow on it(and no camera,it must have jumped off ), when 2 minutes earlie it was covered and caked in snow and had a camera...

That just leads me to believe they were stopping after every shot to adjust everything and go again, and in a race that doesnt exactly work :\. This reminded me of both the James May race against the 2 bmx bikes across a city, and the bikes jumped over his car midrace, and when Hammond raced down in the Audi as previously mentioned.


I have yet to watch all the BBC top gear so i have really no need to watch this yet.

This post has been edited by SupraKid: Dec 11, 2010 - 2:52 PM

[Nial]

Just watched the first of the new series of UK Top Gear...awesome, Ferrari, Merc and 911 along the east sside of the states...very funny...and lots of anti Stig Humour :-)

This post has been edited by Nial: Dec 21, 2010 - 4:32 PM

[Supersprynt]

Series 16? Thought that wasn't airing til Sunday...

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Dec 22, 2010 - 10:35 AM

[Nial]

Nope...part one was wednesday, part two in sunday.

[SupraKid]

I've watched this new episode for 5 minutes and turned it off out of discust..HORRIBLE show

[richee3]

The pickup truck episode?

[SupraKid]

Yes...It's like they are redoing the real top gear for immature ignorant people that think the brits know nothing about cars at all.


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This post has been edited by SupraKid: Jan 17, 2011 - 8:50 PM

[Tigawoods]

stopped watching it after the 2nd episode

[Stambo]

it entertains me, people gotta stop hoping its going to be just like the bbc one and get over it.

I thought the pick up one was funny actually

[richee3]

I've kind of come to terms with the fact that it is not and will never be BBC's Top Gear. Thankfully, TiVo takes care of that for me. I still watch this one, but only as a substitute when I can't watch the original Top Gear.

Perhaps it's the inner redneck in me, but I was amused by the trucks as well. That's not something we'll ever see on BBC's Top Gear, so it was something new and different. Again, I feel that different hosts could have pulled it off better, but I'm beginning to get over that.

[SupraKid]

They need block and pastrana to host...

[HectortheRican]

They need block and pastrana to host...

Then it'd be less Top Gear and more Nitro Circus...

[KAOS]

They need block and pastrana to host...

Then it'd be less Top Gear and more Nitro Circus...

I agree with both points!

I like.

This post has been edited by KAOS: Jan 18, 2011 - 10:09 AM

[alltracst185]

They need block and pastrana to host...

Ken Block, Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust now that would be a great car show!