Favourite Top Gears?

[BusaLoco]

What's yours?



>Ski Jumping Mini (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO-JBU-9178)



>skeet shooting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaSV11NXlUw&mode=related&search=)

[slngsht]

There are so many... I loved the winter olympics one.



Also, his face flapping while testing the Atom was classic.

[stevet]

I liked the one with the new Range Rover (Sport?) versus the Chieften Tank. Classic.

[powderbrake]

My favorite has to be skeet shooting.

It reminds me of a sport that my local gun club fostered about 20 years ago. It was our annual " Japanese Car Shoot"( back before they dominated the US market)

We purchased a junk Japanese car which would run, had a wrecker take it to an abandoned area similar to the scene in the video. We then started the car, and with the steering wheel tied to one side, the car idled around in a circle, while we shot it, until it stopped running.

With our guys shooting everytjing from 22's to full auto machine guns, interestingly, it never started on fire, until we specifically used tracer ammo on the fuel tank.

When the car stopped , we spent the remainder of the day (or our ammo supply) shooting the car. We would pick out a target, say the front pillar, and shoot it until we had cut it in half, then select another part to decimate.

At the end of the day, the car looked like swiss cheese on the near side, but the far side looked like one big kitchen grater. The exiting bullets always threw up a jagged perimeter around the exit hole.( Lesson here.... if you get behind a car for protection from bullets, get behing the engine)

At the end of the day, we had the delivery truck reload the car, we swept the area, and picked up our brass. Great fun, and the local police usually joined in, along with the fire department if we happed to have a burner.

[slngsht]

My favorite has to be skeet shooting.

It reminds me of a sport that my local gun club fostered about 20 years ago. It was our annual " Japanese Car Shoot"( back before they dominated the US market)

We purchased a junk Japanese car which would run, had a wrecker take it to an abandoned area similar to the scene in the video. We then started the car, and with the steering wheel tied to one side, the car idled around in a circle, while we shot it, until it stopped running.

With our guys shooting everytjing from 22's to full auto machine guns, interestingly, it never started on fire, until we specifically used tracer ammo on the fuel tank.

When the car stopped , we spent the remainder of the day (or our ammo supply) shooting the car. We would pick out a target, say the front pillar, and shoot it until we had cut it in half, then select another part to decimate.

At the end of the day, the car looked like swiss cheese on the near side, but the far side looked like one big kitchen grater. The exiting bullets always threw up a jagged perimeter around the exit hole.( Lesson here.... if you get behind a car for protection from bullets, get behing the engine)

At the end of the day, we had the delivery truck reload the car, we swept the area, and picked up our brass. Great fun, and the local police usually joined in, along with the fire department if we happed to have a burner.



Meet Billy Bob http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/biggrinjester.gif



YouTube Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mc5ScB--iA)

[powderbrake]

Meet Billy Bob http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/biggrinjester.gif







Yup! I reckon that there be my cousin Billy Bob. We never had no 50 cal, all we had was a 30 cal. Billy Bob sure has some neat toys<edited><editID>powderbrake</editID><editDate>2006-12-09 11:39:27</editDate></edited>

[slngsht]

Another funny



YouTube Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAJj2168u8)

[slngsht]

and >another (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNpbTKueKFE&eurl=)

[slngsht]

and >another (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4013662715321332704&q=clarkson+the).



He loves bashing vettes http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/lol.gif

[solder_guy]

He loves bashing vettes http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/lol.gif



I watched the whole program! Great stuff! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/smile5.gif&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is this stuff on DVD?



Rob M.

<edited><editID>solder_guy</editID><editDate>2006-12-21 22:10:56</editDate></edited>

[slngsht]

<font size="6">THE MOTHER LOAD</font>



From a post on corvetteforum.com...



http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1152710/275px-TopGearLogo.jpg







<font size="5">Full Episodes</font>



<strong>Season 1-Episode 1</strong>: This is the first episode of the current format of <em><strong>Top Gear</strong></em> that began in 2002. Presenters are: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Jason Dawe and The Black Stig. Features are: The Citroen Balingo Multispace, the Ford GT40 Concept, Can A Car Beat A Speed Camera, Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Harry Enfield, Vegetable Oil Fuel, the Mazda 6, and the Pagani Zonda goes up against the Lamborghini Murcielago.



>Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEoELxcaI4E)

>Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQUJlMnQWUM)

>Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64qFYxQb5HE)

>Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mWoqlBcErM)

>Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6r1K293rt4)

>Part 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5io8VeKEcM)





<strong>The Germans</strong>: James May has joined as third presenter. Features are: The Porsche Cayenne, Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Rory Bremner, the MG SV, Can Geniuses Do Burnouts, What Is Currently The Best British Car and the McLaren/Mercedes SLR.



>Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euYz8cHdApY)

>Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtoiO5c7G3g)

>Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S85w9qiDX04)

>Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LvCNi7w3TY)

>Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOT4FFQsWrY)

>Part 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL1ojheoCHQ)





<strong>BMW On The Isle Of Man</strong>: The video parts for this episode have low resolution and bad sound, but I am including it because it is an important episode in the history of the series. Features are: The Black Stig is dead and The White Stig appears, the BMW M3 CSL, the BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile", How Many Caravans Can A Volvo Jump, the BMW M1, the early BMW M3 & M5, Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Stephen Frye, and the BMW Z4 vs Porsche Boxster vs Honda S2000.



>Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG0pl-uM-4g)

>Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2JcjgPavrU)

>Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54V-of01Oc)

>Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8k1VCpMv4g)

>Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj5y-5ymRxw)

>Part 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgSlHxtQteI)





<strong>6/12/2005</strong>: Features are: The Maserati Bora, Clarkson's Ford GT and Hammond's Morgan have arrived, the Wiesman Roadster vs the TVR Tuscan II, the Batmobile (<em><strong>Batman Begins</strong></em>), Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Christopher Ecclestone (<em><strong>Dr. Who</strong></em>), the Aston Martin DB9 Volante, and How To Open A Pool...In Style.



>Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K1o_c0Acb4)

>Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe5o0ms9iDY)

>Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8odQCzXt4k)

>Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrKblo_XvT4)

>Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUndfG0WCkk)

>Part 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w5fZYxu4Vo)

>Part 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmTERWj4ck)

>Part 8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVZJXokrFM)





<strong>Caravan Holiday</strong>: Features are: The Ford Mondeo ST220 vs the Mazda 6 MPS, the boys go on a Caravan Holiday, Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Brian Cox, and How Fast Can An F1 Car Go Indoors.



>Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5q41ZdyXw)

>Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiFRAEP7Rp8)

>Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFXmlqWsitI)

>Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRig5pdBPE)

>Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIt8ODUu0NM)

>Part 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mdNuw_g3tY)

[BusaLoco]

Forgot one, didn't you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mJgk4STIc http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/lol.gif

[solder_guy]

<font size="6">THE MOTHER LOAD</font>



So I gotta watch all this online? Where's my DVD for Christmas? http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/wink5.gif



Rob M.

[soareyes]

Forgot one, didn't you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mJgk4STIc http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/lol.gif



Good one! Jeremy builds a Caterham in a day. I think I would avoid this car if it were put up for sale.

[solder_guy]

All Top Gears have been removed from You Tube! :confused:


OTOH: BBC's Top Gear in US deal talks .. Hit TV show Top Gear could be heading to the US, after the BBC revealed it is in talks to take it over the Atlantic. :cheers:

Rob