OT: Top Gear fans
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cry me a river...
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OT: Top Gear fans
Australia's SBS Television has licensed two series of irreverent BBC motor magazine Top Gear from BBC Worldwide Australasia......
http://www.c21media.net/news/detail....&article=27141
not sure if it will be the full version, and replay of previous seasons?.
US Discovery channel have edited out the celeb in reasonablely affordable cars...
hope we get the full version
anyway, season 7 will start on 13th Nov..... cant wait
http://www.c21media.net/news/detail....&article=27141
not sure if it will be the full version, and replay of previous seasons?.
US Discovery channel have edited out the celeb in reasonablely affordable cars...
hope we get the full version
anyway, season 7 will start on 13th Nov..... cant wait
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It won't be the full version. It will just be the old ones that are screen in the US... I think there is a link to the finalgear.com but I can't find it at present.
So whatever the US is screening - we get the same - which I have seen all already
BTW WATCH THE STIG
So whatever the US is screening - we get the same - which I have seen all already
BTW WATCH THE STIG
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i'm almost done *ahem* aquiring *ahem* all 6 seasons of top gear.... got some final gear.. and even some of the early 1989-1990 topgear..
you can find *cough*torrents*cough* on *sneeze*torrentspy.com*sneeze*
excuse me..
you can find *cough*torrents*cough* on *sneeze*torrentspy.com*sneeze*
excuse me..
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cry me a river...
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there is a FTP server you can download... he has every seasons of TG and 5G and other videos like best motoring, options crap...
should i sneez and cough too, even though i wasnt giving out the actual server info...?
hahahaaa
achew... gees, its cold here
should i sneez and cough too, even though i wasnt giving out the actual server info...?
hahahaaa
achew... gees, its cold here
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We've been watching what I think is the latest series on Foxtel's BBC Channel the last few weeks. It's on 7:30pm Saturday nights as well as other times. I'm not sure whether I prefer it to the English motoring show Fifth Gear which shows on the Lifestyle Channel, but appears to be in recess at present. Fifth Gear is possibly more authoritative, although the production isn't so good. It also has Vicki-Butler Henderson, who should be a role model for aspiring chick track drivers. She is a seriously quick driver. http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain.jsp?lnk=400
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I am a sucker for British accent, ever since the date I had with the British OS Medical Student in HK.... 
I love the way she drives too, not exactly effective in timing (!)
But it is pretty enough to watch on the tele 
I love the way she drives too, not exactly effective in timing (!)
But it is pretty enough to watch on the tele
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Vicki on Fifth Gear is great, and I also recall for a while Top Gear had Jodie Kidd -- a model -- and seriously fast driver, too -- presenting. But that may have been a few series ago.
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Originally Posted by timbo
Vicki on Fifth Gear is great, and I also recall for a while Top Gear had Jodie Kidd -- a model -- and seriously fast driver, too -- presenting. But that may have been a few series ago.
I want to see her head to head with the Stig.
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Has anyone seen the Drive car show? It looks like a combination of Top Gear and Fifth Gear without the humour and production values. It even has a dark helmeted driver called the Chip! It looks a little lame (especially the studio audience)
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Originally Posted by donaldc
Has anyone seen the Drive car show? It looks like a combination of Top Gear and Fifth Gear without the humour and production values.
Originally Posted by donaldc
It even has a dark helmeted driver called the Chip! It looks a little lame (especially the studio audience)
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Nothing could be lamer than the Car Show on Channel 9 with that sad ex-gameshow host and his prettyboy sidekick :gay: . Even the attempted 'blonde chick' is a barker. 
And instead of 'The Stig' they have 'The Suit', who's no more than a penpushing nerd trying to look tough.
Trust me, you won't get that half hour of your life back and you would be far more profitably employed doing other things, like assessing the likelihood of the Victa being required that weekend.
And instead of 'The Stig' they have 'The Suit', who's no more than a penpushing nerd trying to look tough.
Trust me, you won't get that half hour of your life back and you would be far more profitably employed doing other things, like assessing the likelihood of the Victa being required that weekend.
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I remember the Car Show. Their idea of a review was to virtually read out the brochure from the car manufacturer. I remember they reviewed one of the MX-5's. They had it puttering around an anonymous road doing about 45km/hr - a great demonstration of the car's capability. Great stuff! I don't think the show lasted long on Channel 9.
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Originally Posted by Revolver
Mate, scary I know but it's still going. I happened across a new episode just a couple of weeks ago.
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time is set, get your video recorder/DVD burner ready ppls.....
taka, can you confirm this is an old eposide
http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index....ate=12:12:2005
taka, can you confirm this is an old eposide
http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index....ate=12:12:2005
Mon 12th Dec 2005
07:30 pm DOCUMENTARY SERIES - TOP GEAR
Top Gear is a high octane mix of performance cars, adrenalin, comedy and celebrities. It's the BBC motoring magazine that test drives and brutally appraises the world's most popular cars with startling honesty, along with celebrity laps, irreverent wraps and breathtaking stunts and driving. In this episode, the Aussie Holden Monaro is tested against the best of British and American car technology on a Welsh beach. Along with car tests and comparisons, news and reviews, Top Gear features well-known celebrities trying for the fastest lap on the race track. With its three presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond being egged on by a studio audience, Top Gear is an entertaining car show that features the latest and fastest cars. (From the UK, in English) *New Series* CC WS
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07:30 pm DOCUMENTARY SERIES - TOP GEAR
Top Gear is a high octane mix of performance cars, adrenalin, comedy and celebrities. It's the BBC motoring magazine that test drives and brutally appraises the world's most popular cars with startling honesty, along with celebrity laps, irreverent wraps and breathtaking stunts and driving. In this episode, the Aussie Holden Monaro is tested against the best of British and American car technology on a Welsh beach. Along with car tests and comparisons, news and reviews, Top Gear features well-known celebrities trying for the fastest lap on the race track. With its three presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond being egged on by a studio audience, Top Gear is an entertaining car show that features the latest and fastest cars. (From the UK, in English) *New Series* CC WS
SMS Alert Code: 3003
Last edited by EZZY; Nov 21, 2005 at 04:06 AM.
fair play~
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came across the link of latest ep of 5th gear 
http://www.mininova.org/tor/158592
oops, above was wrong link
http://www.mininova.org/tor/153800
cough cough..
http://www.mininova.org/tor/158592
oops, above was wrong link
http://www.mininova.org/tor/153800
cough cough..
Last edited by playa78; Nov 21, 2005 at 05:53 PM.
