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Sal · 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Aardork

If you don't know, Top Gear is a very popular British car show. I ignored it until a few weeks ago, as I thought it's some hyper-retarded shit like Pimp My Ride, but it turned out that it's actually one of the wittiest, most entertaining TV series today. The presenters (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May) are brilliant, and the cinematography is better than in many Hollywood movies.

Someone else sees the light!
I've been watching TG for god knows how long but the last few years when it switched over to it's curent format it really has become the best show on TV today.

TG doesn't promote wreckless driving or anything else it's been accused of - all the wreckless driving there is, is done on a track. Yeah there's clearly some speeding done on public roads, but who doesn't?
What happened to Richard Hammond is extremely unfortunate but what he was driving is essentially a jet engine with wheels capable of 300mph+. Accidents can happen & when they do it's more on the side of unlikely that you're going to escape in one piece. The way some journalists & the media have jumped on this literally demanding to know who to blame is ridiculous. It was an accident.

About pulling TG off TV - well why stop at Top Gear? The other big motoring show in the UK is Fifth Gear (presented by 3 former TG hosts and the editor of TG Magazine ironically), which does more or less the same thing; thrashing supercars around a track, reviewing, does more on safety features and the presenters often do some of the more 'dangerous' stuff too. I don't think it's the content of Top Gear that some people get up in arms about, but the way it's presented. Or it's just Jeremy Clarkson that some people hate.

Some more TG clips from the last series:
Caravaning (parts 2 & three are linked there)
Clarkson's attempt at car interior design
How not to make a convertible people carrier
Amphibious Cars (bloody hilarious)

How ya doing, buddy?