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  1. sainthoo

    sainthoo Formula 3 Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Episode will be aired Monday night on BBCA.

    Jeremy Clarkson in Merecedes SLS
    Richard Hammond in GT3 RS
    James "captain slow" May in 458
     
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  2. f355red

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    saw it in parts on youtube. best episode in a while. look forward to seeing it in one piece
    wilkesboro part is hilarious
     
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    I worked that day @ VIR!
     
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    dude, you're famous! even my wife thinks this show is hilarious
     
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    My wife too, its the only car show she watches with me. Dont care the for the US version, still dont understand the need for it.
     
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    that's awesome!
     
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    + 1
     
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    I love the pic with your e36 m3!! what a cool shot to have!!
     
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    Watched the episode last night - it was really good! Amazes me how much
    Clarkson is allowed to thrash on expensive cars he doesn't own :D

    Jedi
     
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    was great but it was unfortunate that they cut out one whole section and filled it with 10 mins of commercials and previews of crapy vampire show
     
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    Did they film anything with the Aerial Atoms at VIR? I'm hoping they did additional filming that will show up later in the season.
     
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    Allowed to?

    I assume they beg him to. I can only imagine the marketing budget of Mercedes but having Jeremy slide one around and hit a few bumps is probably as cheap as it gets for that kind of exposure.
     
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    Brian...they did not. Someone (private owner) had an Atom there early in the morning, but was gone by 10:30 - 11:00AM. The format for the day was 'hand selected' drivers on course from ~ 8:30AM - 10:30AM...this was to film the cars on track when the TG guys emerged from thier VIR "hotel room". There were about 20-25 cars on track including a couple of vehicles from the BMW Performance Driving School.

    The hand-selected drivers exited the course around 10:30AM and then Jeremy, James, Richard took to the track until ~ 5PM.

    I know there's a later episode of TG-UK where they make mention of the Ariel Atoms @ VIR.
     
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    Every single time Jeremy came through Turn 1 (I would assume other turns as well...), he power slid the Merc...smoke every single time. They mounted new tires that morning and I know he chewed through a new set of rear tires that day because they were giving the Merc new shoes that afternoon.
     
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    I watched it last night on Apple TV. No commercials.

    It kinda makes me sad that they portray NC as a bunch of inbred/backcountry morons. :(

    I have driven past that Wilkesboro speedway a million times, and always wondered how bad the decay inside had become. Now I know.

    Confession: I've never watched Top Gear before. I suspect I might not watch it again. What an odd show.
     
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    The comment was tongue-in-cheek - hence the :D.... just makes me cringe seeing
    a beautiful expensive car get spun through the rough while tearing a $2000 tire
    (or whatever it costs) practically off the rim ... from the perspective of a "Joe F-Chat" guy.
    That's all.

    Jedi
     
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    The episode was not as good as most; they are generally quite entertaining. I did like seeing VIR featured; however, I do wish they had included a little more material from there.
     
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    I watched it on Youtube a while ago. If you can't take a fair amount of American bashing, Top Gear probably would not be enjoyable. But once you get past that, it is highly entertaining and definitely the best produced car show around.
     
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    You know, it appears the three Top Gear hosts genuinely like each other. I thought it was another great episode. You have to understand the humour. The mayor of Wilkesboro was awesome.
     
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    What you see on-camera is the way they behave off-camera. Even when they weren't filming, Jeremy, James, and Richard acted the exact same way...laughing, joking, and genuinely good guys.
     
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    In my opinion, a much better show than Top Gear, USA...I still watch the UK version, but won't watch the US version (boring!)
     
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    I agree +1
     
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