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The Grand Tour

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saskskier
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First episode it out and it's awesome. Everything good about the old Top Gear, including the news (always my favourite part of Top Gear) and a test track.

It's a good day.
Nov 18 2016 2:29AM
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.MASSHOLE.
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So excited to watch this tonight.
Nov 18 2016 6:11AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I'd be surprised if BBC wasn't kicking themselves at this point, so much potential money turned down
Nov 23 2016 12:07AM
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proZach
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real happy about it, lookin forward to the rest of the season
Nov 23 2016 12:17AM
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ObiWanKablowme
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dropping fat stacks on production, making fun of US lingo, and being total badasses.. I can get behind this
Nov 23 2016 12:20AM
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crotchvent
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I keep thinking it was friday yesterday stupid short weeks
Nov 23 2016 1:36PM
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TheHamburglar
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So sick so far. Love that the three of them are back together doing what they do best. It felt weird lacking certain Top Gear elements; no Stig, no top gear test track, no producers giving them envelopes, and fuck the digital leaderboard, I loved the magnets. The original Top Gear production was very nostalgic.

But its a fresh start for a whole new kind of car show, with the same great characters, plus a bigger budget. I see great things coming from the crew for a long time!
Nov 27 2016 2:27PM
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-emile-
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the us driver is shit but over all it's been good so far
Dec 4 2016 7:54PM
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No.Quarter
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-emile-the us driver is shit but over all it's been good so far


Jesus Christ I just want that guy to shut the fuck up. So annoying. I wish the driver was like Randy Pobst in all of the motor trend videos and actually talked about the fine details of the handling
Dec 4 2016 10:26PM
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SFB
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just watched first episode, just as good if not better than the old topgear
Dec 5 2016 10:20PM
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*DUMBCAN*
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Episode 1 was rad, but 2 was so fucking dreadful it's not funny. Ep3 was good though.

Overall unless they do any shit like Ep2 again it's just as good as peak BBC top gear, and way better than the last few seasons they did there.

I also think it's cool how their new set design etc has made BBC TG look like it's stuck in the wrong decade.
Dec 6 2016 5:33AM
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turnt_table
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ski.the.eastI'd be surprised if BBC wasn't kicking themselves at this point, so much potential money turned down


Yeah they really punched themselves in the face on that one...
Dec 6 2016 9:19AM
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coolflash8
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im enjoying it. i just really hope they hear the audience and amazon fucks off with the stupid scripted shit
Dec 6 2016 11:16AM
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omIV
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The show is great. But I have one complaint: the ladies in the audience. Top Gear had a >50:50 ratio. And hotter ladies.

Not that this impacts the quality of the segments, the guys' rapport, etc. But it's all in the small things, eh?
Dec 6 2016 11:47AM
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cozyco
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No.QuarterJesus Christ I just want that guy to shut the fuck up. So annoying. I wish the driver was like Randy Pobst in all of the motor trend videos and actually talked about the fine details of the handling


This. I ve never heard of this american fucktwit who s supposed to be the stig before grand tour.

some random quotes:
"uhh a V6 is for communists pussies. V12 is communist. Euroland is communist. My mom s saggy tits are true american...everything not V8 MURIIICAAA BIG BLOCK HEMI FAT CHROME BIG WHEELS MUSTANG PICKUP DODGE GMC is communist"

What the actual fuck. This guy should stop trying to be funny. Blow this dude of the screen and invite someone else.
Dec 6 2016 11:51AM
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saskskier
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_faaaThis. I ve never heard of this american fucktwit who s supposed to be the stig before grand tour.


I don't think he was a previous Stig. There was a clip released from a future episode (I think) where they use Ben Collins as a 'Stig', but obviously they didn't end up using him, or at least not as their regular track guy.

I agree though. The American guy is crap.
Dec 6 2016 1:48PM
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cozyco
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saskskierI don't think he was a previous Stig. There was a clip released from a future episode (I think) where they use Ben Collins as a 'Stig', but obviously they didn't end up using him, or at least not as their regular track guy.

I agree though. The American guy is crap.


Oh I am sorry. I expressed myself wrong haha.

*I ve never heard before Grand Tour of this american fucktwit who s supposed to be the stig of Grand Tour.*
The current Stig the Grand Tour Team has chosen is for me totally unknown. Never heard of this guy before I ve seen the new Grand Tour episodes.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Dec 6 2016 3:42PM
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saskskier
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_faaaOh I am sorry. I expressed myself wrong haha.

*I ve never heard before Grand Tour of this american fucktwit who s supposed to be the stig of Grand Tour.*
The current Stig the Grand Tour Team has chosen is for me totally unknown. Never heard of this guy before I ve seen the new Grand Tour episodes.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.


Ahh.. No worries. My bad. Definitely agree with you though.
Dec 6 2016 4:04PM
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saskskier
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*DUMBCAN*Episode 1 was rad, but 2 was so fucking dreadful it's not funny. Ep3 was good though.

Overall unless they do any shit like Ep2 again it's just as good as peak BBC top gear, and way better than the last few seasons they did there.

I also think it's cool how their new set design etc has made BBC TG look like it's stuck in the wrong decade.


Agreed. I've read lots of comparisons between ep.2 and the homemade ambulance episode from Top Gear (series 21 or 22? I forget). Either way, it sucked (except for the Vulcan bit. That thing is insane).

I'm also not a fan of the celebrity bit where they keep killing them off. Not really sure what the point of that is.
Dec 6 2016 4:06PM
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TheHamburglar
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omIVThe show is great. But I have one complaint: the ladies in the audience. Top Gear had a >50:50 ratio. And hotter ladies.

Not that this impacts the quality of the segments, the guys' rapport, etc. But it's all in the small things, eh?


I love how Top Gear placed the token hot chicks behind Clarkson et al, so they'd be in every shot. Some of the chicks were bangin, but as they were all British, they all had terrible teeth hahaha
Dec 6 2016 5:40PM
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crotchvent
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saskskierAgreed. I've read lots of comparisons between ep.2 and the homemade ambulance episode from Top Gear (series 21 or 22? I forget). Either way, it sucked (except for the Vulcan bit. That thing is insane).

I'm also not a fan of the celebrity bit where they keep killing them off. Not really sure what the point of that is.


I think it is to poke fun of bbc top gear.
Dec 6 2016 9:40PM
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No.Quarter
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saskskierI'm also not a fan of the celebrity bit where they keep killing them off. Not really sure what the point of that is.


I probably only watched through the celebrity interviews in the original top gear like 3 times in the whole show, so I'm kinda stoked they don't have it anymore, but the killing off of celebrities got old when they did it like 3 times in the first episode.
Dec 6 2016 10:28PM
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saskskier
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No.QuarterI probably only watched through the celebrity interviews in the original top gear like 3 times in the whole show, so I'm kinda stoked they don't have it anymore, but the killing off of celebrities got old when they did it like 3 times in the first episode.


Yeah. I didn't love the celebrity thing, except for Patrick Stewart. His interview was incredible.
Dec 6 2016 11:16PM
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