Top Gear Special 17 x 7

**varia** · 31 December 2011, 01:19

top gear rocks.

**mcandmar** · 31 December 2011, 02:46

Have to admit i struggled to get through it too, i wasn't sure if it was stupid, predictable, and unfunny or if it was just me in a bad mood at the time.

**robo** · 31 December 2011, 09:18

[QUOTE=mcandmar;615558]Have to admit i struggled to get through it ,/QUOTE]

I second that

**Error404** · 31 December 2011, 09:30

I love top Gear, but this was the weakest Top Gear effort to date.. but I guess they are running out of ideas now. There was no "challenges" which made it boring, just 3 middle aged men pissing about. Not very impressed.

**Bram** · 31 December 2011, 10:12

Indeed, I think the magic is out of Top Gear.
Time to get some new people on board, or change the concept a bit. Clarkson is a racist and a dumb ****

**Tonybolony** · 31 December 2011, 10:15

I think the term you are looking for (for Clarkson) is just plain Arrogant. I used to enjoy TG, but lately that loud-mouthed, opiniated single-woman's-child is Really irritating! He should have been sacked for his comments recently about the striking civil-servants (and I'm not wanting to start a debate about the Strike- but he is in the public eye, and should have kept his gob shut). Bring back the days when Top Gear was actually about Cars; occasionally about something Italian, Red, and Exotic- but also what the program's roots are, ie everyday repmobiles that we actually drive to and from work in. Wind your neck in, JC.

**brianb** · 31 December 2011, 10:27

Originally posted by Tonybolony

I think the term you are looking for (for Clarkson) is just plain Arrogant. I used to enjoy TG, but lately that loud-mouthed, opiniated single-woman's-child is Really irritating! He should have been sacked for his comments recently about the striking civil-servants (and I'm not wanting to start a debate about the Strike- but he is in the public eye, and should have kept his gob shut). Bring back the days when Top Gear was actually about Cars; occasionally about something Italian, Red, and Exotic- but also what the program's roots are, ie everyday repmobiles that we actually drive to and from work in. Wind your neck in, JC.

utter garbage,his comment's on the strikers were totally valid.

And if top gear started telling you how many bag of shopping you can get in the back of a mondeo/astra etc people would turn off in their droves,top gear is currently watched by 350+ million people worldwide they must be doing something right

**fourringsrus** · 31 December 2011, 10:52

As I always say, it is not compulsory viewing and JC is not an unknown quantity.
DON'T LIKE HIM , DON'T WATCH HIM.

**Christophski** · 31 December 2011, 10:54

Wasn't impressed either. I like top gear but this one was utter cack!

**Fat Audi 80** · 31 December 2011, 11:39

I switched off just after they all met up and continued with the same boring "you are a knob", "It will break", "that's rubbish" predictable so called banter. I am sure I didn't miss much.

I was Top Gear's biggest fan, but it is not funny or entertaining anymore.

**vonbeck** · 31 December 2011, 11:54

i am not on my own then

i thought it was very poor compared to some of their efforts in the past, the thailand special was the nutts as was the arctic one

**Rusty** · 31 December 2011, 11:59

Rather a poor effort this time round but I'm sure they'll bounce back. Comments on strikes were taken completely out of context, as anyone who actually saw the program would have realised, and the witch hunt afterwards was as laughable and misguided as the comments themselves. Why have an opinionated oaf on your show if you're going to be offended by his opinionatedness and oafishness

silly One Show. Matt Baker's face was a complete treat though

**Tango23** · 31 December 2011, 12:10

Seems that the show is focusing more on the presenters than the featured cars...Not too bad a concept until they start with this tit-4-tat childish cr4p!
James May has the most knowledge, yet the producers seem to favour JC - whom is kinda rubbing people up the wrong way at times

...maybe the Yank version is better?

**Colesy** · 31 December 2011, 12:31

The first half was so contrived and set-up that it was hard to watch. I thought the second half was better though, the beeping brakes and the cricket were good.

Definitely the weakest Christmas special to date...

As for firing Clarkson, the BBC would have to be mad, Top Gear is one of the few shows that actually makes any money for the BBC. So if you don't like Clarkson, don't watch it.