TOP GEAR: Season 18

[GTaudiophile]

Season 18 began today, January 29. This season will continue for 7 weeks.

Episode 1 takes our favorite trio to Italy where they determine their favorite alternative to the Ferrari 458: Aventador, MP4-12C, Noble. And Will.I.Am stars in the Reasonably Priced Car segment.

The episode is a solid 9/10 for me.

 

[busydude]

Wow! Thanks for the update.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Very fun, strong episode. How can you complain about seeing those cars driven on those roads and tracks? Great fun.

 

[punjabiplaya]

Agreed. It was an awesome episode (except for Will.i.am).

 

[nitrous9200]

The interview felt awkward and disjointed but otherwise very entertaining, as usual.

 

[Safeway]

God, I just realized that seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 are on NetFlix Streaming.

Why didn't I know this earlier?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

God, I just realized that seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 are on NetFlix Streaming.

Why didn't I know this earlier?

Unfortunately they are the inferior BBC America version. They are edited for length/content, and missing most identifiable music - they must not have wanted to pay to clear the rights for it in the US. Still a great resource if you haven't seen all the episodes!

 

[mindwreck]

oh the flames out of the aventador... sexy

 

[punjabiplaya]

oh the flames out of the aventador... sexy

+ tunnel = unnnnnnnngggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Safeway]

Tons of time warps since the forum migration. Two in this thread alone.

 

[Aikouka]

I enjoyed the episode, but I'm always a bit biased at the sound of a roaring engine!

 

[Monster_Munch]

Probably the best episode I've seen for a while. You'd have to be crazy to pay £200k for that Noble when you could get the McLaren for £40k less though.

 

[satyajitmenon]

The interview felt awkward and disjointed but otherwise very entertaining, as usual.

This. The rest of the episode was typical Top Gear fare.

 

[Ferzerp]

Tons of time warps since the forum migration. Two in this thread alone.

I bet there are some forum servers out of sync, timewise, and for whatever reason, the forum software is using the timestamp instead of post number to order posts in a thread. Silly mistake (but one that should never matter because all times should be within fractions of a second, but i bet they aren't).

 

[MBrown]

I thought the interview was one of the best.

 

[Ferzerp]

The blank stare the entire time was just disconcerting.

edit: this goes below MBrown's post. Stupid board.

 

[vshah]

loved the episode. i watched it at 2am because i couldn't wait

 

[XZeroII]

excellent episode!

 

[rh71]

missed entire season 17... anything epic?

Actually I probably missed more... the last ep I remember watching was the car vs. blonde female bobsledder.

 

[manimal]

Was a fun and entertaining episode. He was nice about the look of that car.Well I guess comparing it a OLD quattroporte two door-never existed mind you-was hilarious. That birdvette looks like a West Coast Customs job.

 

[Subyman]

I think they said at the end of season 17 that they will be traveling through Iraq in one of the episodes! Can't wait.

 

[punjabiplaya]

I think they said at the end of season 17 that they will be traveling through Iraq in one of the episodes! Can't wait.

They already went through Iraq. Did they say they are going through Iraq again?

 

[Baked]

Lambos always look so fucking sexy. One day, I will not get one, 'cause I'm not a sexy beast. I will just get a Porsche 911 Turbo, 'cause I'm low key like that.

 

[RearAdmiral]

I love it when they drop the act and you can tell they are really just reacting to their cars, like in the last few laps of the track. Seeing the red hot lambo exhaust and clarkson getting so into it gave me shivers.

 

[exar333]

Lambos always look so fucking sexy. One day, I will not get one, 'cause I'm not a sexy beast. I will just get a Porsche 911 Turbo, 'cause I'm low key like that.

Lambos are too 'over the top' for me. Prefer the Porshe or Ferrarri styling myself.