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[wattie]

Well I enjoyed it....Kel too, never fails to make us laugh....especially as there was no Christmas special

Ok, so it's the same old formula......but it's fun and there are some gorgeous cars

What did you all think......saving up for the Pagani?????

Cheers Wattie

[Sir Nick]

Recon Tom should get nitro in the V8 and head the board again!!

[Bruce Fielding]

7/10

The Pagani and the Bentley were great

Damien Lewis didn't really come across as well as he could, and the P45 was as Clarkson would say, Stoopid.

Nice to see that the format didn't need changing at all...

Or did it?

[benyeats]

I wonder if that car will find its way back into Bentley's dealer network    

The Pagani bit was also good, the P45 had its moments but was not that good.  Star in a reasonably priced car is not really that good but allows me to watch the programme a bit quicker by skipping it.

Ben

[jpswift]

seemed to me they were struggling to fill the 60 mins up

still makes me chuckle though

[toms]

[quote="Bruce Fielding"]

Nice to see that the format didn't need changing at all...

Or did it?
[/quote]

I just can't watch it any more - haven't seen any of the last 4 or 5 series, it's just too tired and irritating.

Yes - the format does need changing!!

[PaulP]

Got my wife to watch it on the promise of Damien Lewis, but have to agree with Bruce. I thought he was a bit full of himself; not the english way old boy. Still if you've been a prisoner for several years it has to affect you.

Otherwise it was the usual stuff, which I enjoy.

[Trigger]

I enjoyed it. I think the people complaining about it forget what it was before this format. Yes there are silly bits but I like those as it breaks up the serious car stuff. What on earth could you do with a car show to make it more interesting ?

Anyway, loved the Pagani and was really surprised at the Bentley ! What a mess that must have been after the stage. Lewis was dull.

T

[wattie]

Seems we're all fans of the Bentley....gorgeous in that colour so here's a slightly cheaper model to ponder...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201211234364104/sort/default/usedcars/colour/grey/model/continental/make/bentley/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/ba14ar/radius/1501/page/1?logcode=p

An awful lot of car for the money.....

Cheers Wattie

[Bruce Fielding]

[quote="Trigger"]
I enjoyed it. I think the people complaining about it forget what it was before this format.
[/quote]

To be fair, it has come a long way...

http://youtu.be/bTwQ4FXgNMw

[Dext37]

Great to see it back on the screens. The Bentley took an absolute pounding though, also, what was 'smaller' about the P45?

Looking forward to the 'silly' challenges, there is an 'estate 4x4 £1,500 car challenge' thingy.... that looks as Bruce has said, stooopid, but very possible, good tele.

I wonder how long they can go on for, the format is looking a bit like a course 99.9% run.

Still top notch though!

[speedmachine]

Obvious there's room for improvement, but I don't know of any program which does more fun tests! Who doesn't want to see a bentley on a rallystage? Thats just insanely cool...

Paganin is fastest now, I am pretty curious though about how the BAC Mono will do! Nomfaster I guess, but i'm pretty curious how it holds up to the Atoms...

[lsb]

[quote="speedmachine"] Who doesn't want to see a bentley on a rally stage ?
[/quote]

Actually I don't. It was ridiculous pointless nonsense. in my opinion they are running out of ideas and doing things just because they can.

What was the point of that ? Do a proper road test and call it a day. Surely that was aimed at 6 year olds. Oh, look at the Bentley take off and land in a big puddle - reminds me of a British middle class Dukes of Hazard.

It seems the show has one good segment a week now (when they test a performance/supercar) and the rest of the show is three men regressing back to childhood.

[speedmachine]

I actually really like those stupid ridiculous things...and how they misabuse them expensive cars! If they only do them straight forward, factory approved tests...whats the fun of that?

Everybody his opinion though, it's just not the most serious testing program, but a fun automotive show

[benyeats]

There is a very high chance that the Bentley was a development mule which was going to be crushed after the TG test anyway.  I thought that was the best bit of the programme by a long way, actually second best after Clarkson telling Duncan Banatyne he could not understand a word he was saying.