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« Reply #60 on: October 13, 2016, 09:07:47 PM »
Have been watching this,  we have had some truly great ideas and game changing designs (Triumph Dolomite Sprint - first mass production engine with 4 valve head - more power than a BMW of the time but fitted into an old body) (hydrolastic suspension gave car great handling but badly put together so system rusted away and leaked) but they have been badly executed due to bean counters penny pinching.
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« Reply #61 on: December 01, 2016, 08:21:45 PM »
Car SOS is currently showing on More4 (previously shown on some other channel)
Jay Leno's Garage Season 2 on Dave
Supercar Superbuild on Quest

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« Reply #62 on: March 02, 2017, 08:20:34 PM »
Top Gear is back on Sunday at 8pm on BBC2 without Chris Evans.

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« Reply #63 on: February 22, 2018, 08:17:12 PM »
Top Gear returns on Sunday 25th February at 8pm on BBC2.
More4 currently showing season 5 of Car SOS. (Previously shown on National Geographic Channel last year.)
Season 12 of Wheeler Dealers starts tonight at 9pm on Quest. (Previously shown on Discovery Channel in 2015 and on Discovery Shed last year.)

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« Reply #64 on: February 17, 2019, 11:25:02 AM »
Top Gear returns tonight
Car SOS on More4, one season behind National Geographic.
Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars on Quest

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« Reply #65 on: February 17, 2019, 10:40:14 PM »
Carnage on Sky. It’s like Robot Wars crossed with Mad Max, hosted by Freddie Flintoff and two people I’ve never heard of.

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« Reply #66 on: February 19, 2019, 09:27:50 AM »
I recorded Top Gear on Sunday night. It is a while since I watched it last and the trailer looked interesting. I watched it last night. That is an hour of my life I will never get back. It was crap. Didn't even bother with Extra Gear. Deleted that and the rest of the series from my recorder. Only smattering of humour was Matt LeBlanc. When he leaves it will be dismal. Now I remember why it was so long since I watched it!

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« Reply #67 on: February 19, 2019, 10:50:32 AM »
It's like panning for gold. Every now and then they have a good piece but mostly it is rubbish that I don't have the time for. A very poor recreation of the Clarkson/May/Hammond original.

Having said that, I haven't engaged with their 'Grand Tour' Amazon show either. Watched a few from the first season, but I think their particular style is now looking very dated and out of touch.

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« Reply #68 on: June 17, 2019, 10:11:04 PM »
Just watched last night's Top Gear, and thought it was brilliant. The new presenter line up are top notch and gel well together. My wife watches "Take Me Out", and I have always found Paddy McGuinness  a real tonic. Stick him on a car programme and he is superb.

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« Reply #69 on: June 18, 2019, 10:11:32 AM »
I watched Top Gear for the first time in many years, I thought I would give it a chance with the new set up - can't be worse than Clarkson.

I like McGuinness too, but the comedy was forced at times - should improve as the presenters find their feet. Flintoff always comes across as a bit of a dumbo, and I see they have another diminutive stooge to replace the Hammond character.

Not a bad effort though, to be fair.

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« Reply #70 on: June 18, 2019, 10:37:08 AM »
Just watched last night's Top Gear, and thought it was brilliant. The new presenter line up are top notch and gel well together. My wife watches "Take Me Out", and I have always found Paddy McGuinness  a real tonic. Stick him on a car programme and he is superb.

Agree,  although as sparkyP says Flintoff comes across as a bit of a thicko.  Now all they need to do is dig through the Top Gear junk room and take 'those' number plates on a trip through Argentina ( maybe wait until the Argies get their electricity supply sorted ).

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11962681/Jeremy-Clarkson-faces-three-years-in-jail-as-Argentina-reopens-Falklands-row-probe.html
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« Reply #71 on: February 09, 2020, 11:59:00 AM »
Some car related show on TV at the moment:
Top Gear
Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars on Quest
Flipping Bangers on Blaze

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« Reply #72 on: February 09, 2020, 12:11:03 PM »
This week I discovered Bangers & Cash on yesterday, it's a series following a family run classic car auctions in a Yorkshire village, lots of interesting cars passing through, it's on Yesterday channel, series 2 is currently being shown, series 1 is available for download on sky if you have the facility. Worth a look if this sort of thing floats your boat.

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« Reply #73 on: February 09, 2020, 12:58:08 PM »
This week I discovered Bangers & Cash on yesterday, it's a series following a family run classic car auctions in a Yorkshire village, lots of interesting cars passing through, it's on Yesterday channel, series 2 is currently being shown, series 1 is available for download on sky if you have the facility. Worth a look if this sort of thing floats your boat.

I don't know how long Mathewsons (of B&C fame) have been there in Thornton-le-Dale, but they were there back in the 90s when I had a week in a holiday cottage there. Very interesting place to look round, especially the motor museum where they had their own collection. Unfortunately, I believe these have now been relocated to make room for more classic auction cars, but there should be something interesting to see.

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« Reply #74 on: February 09, 2020, 01:47:08 PM »
Watched the first of the new Top Gear series last night, and the bit where the guy was running about on the golf driving range, dressed as a T Rex, had me wetting myself!

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