Genie Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Jeremy would have been well aware that Jaguar drove the XJ 1000 miles on a single tank a while back so all that crap about going the long way cos it was close to his house and how he knew it wouldn't do it blah blah blah was all acting purely for entertainment. I don't mind that. If it actually did it, then he can act all he wants. What I really hope is that they didn't run out of petrol a few miles before the end and then filled it back up to make the plot work. Fine balance between documentary and entertaining story. For instance I know that there's no way they actually raced to turn those lights on. They probably did the race days before and then just filmed the end bit as arriving in Blackpool, but it wouldn't be as entertaining if it was just an ordinary race to Blackpool. Well in terms of the Jag anyway it can do 1000 miles on a single tank (obviously very steady driving) so Jezza knew he could give it a bit of stick knowing he only had about 700 miles to do in it. It was fairly big news so I'm wondering how many other people were watching it thinking the same as me? I think i was probably just a case of the Top Gear researchers ringing around a few car manufactureres asking if they have a car that can do 700miles on 1 tank and then just adding lots of drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 just watching it now on iplayer some cute teenage'ish blonde girl behind Clarkson whilst they did the news ...so no idea what stories they covered in the news but anyway , they've just walked over to the map and on their map Belarus is written as "Byelarus" never seen it written like that before .... when did it change on maps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 24, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted November 24, 2008 I remember it being Byelorussia... Belarus was named Belorussia (Russian: Белоруссия) in the days of Imperial Russia, and the Russian tsar was usually styled Tsar of All the Russias—Great, Little, and White. Belorussia was the only Russian language name of the country (its names in other languages such as English being based on the Russian form) until 1991, when the Supreme Soviet of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic decreed by law that the new independent republic should be called Belarus (Беларусь) in Russian and in all other language transcriptions of its name. The change was made to reflect adequately the Belarusian language form of the name. Accordingly, the name Belorussia was replaced by Belarus in English, and, to some extent, in Russian (although the traditional name still persists in that language as well); likewise, the adjective Belorussian or Byelorussian was replaced by Belarusian in English (though Russian has not developed a new adjective). Some Belarusians object to the name Belorussia as an unwelcome reminder of the days under Russian and Soviet rule. However, most residents of the country do not mind the use of Byelorussiya in Russian (which is, actually, the most widely spoken language there) – as evidenced by the fact that several popular newspapers published locally still retain the traditional name of the country in Russian in their names, for example Komsomolskaya Pravda v Byelorussii, which is the localised publication of a popular Russian tabloid, and Sovetskaya Byelorussiya. Officially, the full name of the country is Republic of Belarus (Рэспубліка Беларусь, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Byelarus'). 1991 CIA map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 24, 2008 Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2008 I remember it being Byelorussia... Me too. TBH, with these places I'm never fully sure whether the dumbed down version is exactly that or whether it's an official name change. Then you've got ones 'not recognised' like Burma/Myanmar's Rangoon/Yangon etc. Anyhoo I digress. The race was good and Stig asleep on the roller coaster was funny (phew, rescued it there at the end ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 tell you what though , it may not be the quickest car on the track but didn't that Bugatti just look amazing ..in the words of Andy .. I want one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 24, 2008 Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2008 Yeah incredible. And it wasn't shabby in the drag race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Good episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 purely for entertainment. A tv show purely for entertainment? Surely not. I'd rather they made it entertaining than factual personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 tell you what though , it may not be the quickest car on the track but didn't that Bugatti just look amazing ..in the words of Andy .. I want one My missus was sat next to me me on her laptop and she glanced up as it was going round the track and said "wow thats a nice looking car" so there you have it, its official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 25, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2008 tell you what though , it may not be the quickest car on the track but didn't that Bugatti just look amazing ..in the words of Andy .. I want one My missus was sat next to me me on her laptop and she glanced up as it was going round the track and said "wow thats a nice looking car" so there you have it, its official. Meh, don't care much for it's looks other than the interior. From the outside it looks like a Corvette that has had a stick of TNT thrown into it, kind of cartoonishly blown up if you get what I mean. I prefer the Zonda, Lambo, Koenigsegg and Carrera GT over it. The performance is epic though. Their test track is just a bit too twisty for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I gotta say that Lambo saloon they had on looks just simply stunning. What a gorgeous looking car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deko1970 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I don't think white is the greatest colour for the Bugatti (or any other car for that matter) and having seen my first one in Brum the other week from a distance it looks like the Audi R8 (that was also in white with French plates and had a couple of Asian lads) The Veyron is obviously a straight line muscle car and that Lambo saloon was beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 What the hell is going on with Hammond's hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBromVilla Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 What channel is this on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 30, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted November 30, 2008 Odd episode tonight. Felt a bit like an ep where they just had a few spare ideas and shoved them together, but was still pretty decent. Bit more releaxed really. First time I've bothered to watch the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car properly for ages as well, Kevin McCloud actually came across as wanting to be there rather than plugging something (although no doubt someone will tell me a new series of Grand Designs will be starting soon ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I agree Chindie, I thought that exact same thing when it was on. Good episode, it just didn't seem to have any... consistency. It was just 'heres a car, now to another one, now to a random chat with someone no-one knows, now to a race between a random car and a boat...' Quite funny though, and the best audience participation there's been for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 i though t McCloud wasn't the novice he made himself out to be .. not one of the best episodes and if the police scenes weren't staged managed then I'm a Dutchman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Well you learn something new everyday .. after weeks of "outing" James May on the show it turns out he isn't gay at all .. though he does have a cat which Clarkson reckons makes you gay :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 if the police scenes weren't staged managed then I'm a Dutchman Of course they were staged I wouldn't be surprised if one of them was genuinely stopped (especially the boat as police do check paperwork on boats that costly quite commonly), and to make entertainment out of it they staged the other. I still think Top Gear needs an epic challenge to bring itself back on track. It needs a 'we bought 3 cars that don't work and put them through a load of ludicrously difficult tests with hilarious consequences' style thing - or something like the North Pole/Bugatti vs Plane/Tokyo challenge - to get it back on track though. It's verged back into the realms of a car review and chat show - but it's popularity has only soared since it got away from that and became more of an entertainment show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artetasgirl Posted December 1, 2008 Visiting Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2008 I thought the car always won :cry: got beat by a boat! :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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