The Grand Tour

Quazzie · 03-02-2018 09:58AM

Oh great, here's the amphibious car episode. People thought amphibious cars were the future back in the 80s. These lads are still as obsessed with the idea somehow.

bear1 · 05-02-2018 08:55AM

Just watched the last 2 episodes back to back.
Great fun and the Toyota scene was some epic fail for the couple

This week I believe is the first part of the Mozambique episode, can't wait.
Still fast forward the celeb part but really into the conversation street part.
Wasn't a huge fan of it at the start but great craic now.

harr · 05-02-2018 09:06AM

Really enjoyed the last couple of episodes..never did like the celebrity section and still forward that on. Conversation Street is ok getting into it more the last few episodes.
Definitely this series is a lot more like the old top gear and that’s not a bad thing and I am now actually looking forward to each episode where as last series I couldn’t be arsed if I missed it or not.

05-02-2018 10:24AM

Is Conversation street not basically "The News"?

MuddyDog · 07-02-2018 08:54AM

Rory McIlroy and Paris Hilton are the guests this week. Should be interesting.

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-02-2018 09:12AM

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Quazzie · 07-02-2018 09:21AM

MuddyDog wrote: »

Rory McIlroy and Paris Hilton are the guests this week. Should be interesting.

The only interesting thing about that is seeing which flag the put in front of Rory

.red. · 07-02-2018 10:47AM

Quazzie wrote: »

The only interesting thing about that is seeing which flag the put in front of Rory

Did he win or loose his last tournament?

07-02-2018 10:48AM

.red. wrote: »

Did he win or loose his last tournament?

Don't think he won. He was leading for a while but the wheels came off for him.

.red. · 07-02-2018 11:37AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Don't think he won. He was leading for a while but the wheels came off for him.

Then he might be "Irish"

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-02-2018 01:08PM

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H3llR4iser · 07-02-2018 01:35PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

She's a hugely regarded racer and instructor, its a pity we dont get to hear more from her than "ok lets see what you got"..Vroom.....

Celebrity face-off is rubbish and likewise i skip it. I caught up on a few episodes the other night and my missus starting paying attention when Kiefer and Luke were on, then when Kiefer put in a storming lap she was giving out that we didnt get to see his time compared to previous episodes, which is a very good point!

I do like the idea of the "silent" driver, whose job is to drive - end of the story. Otherwise, chances are we'd end up with something like "The American".

And the driving part, she does very well - I don't pretend to be a race driver, but I've been an avid motorsport fan for three decades; Watching the first F1 races of a season, for example, I can tell you straight away who the rookies are from the way their car moves on the track (which tends to smooth out after 4/5 races). The cleanliness and precision of TGT's "The Driver"'s lines are top notch, Ben Collins-Stig level.

inforfun · 08-02-2018 11:35AM

Still would like to know how her times compare to last season's fat ****'s.
More for the comparison of the cars than the drivers

She looks slower but more than once it has been looking "slow" = going fast

ironclaw · 08-02-2018 10:44PM

H3llR4iser wrote: »

And the driving part, she does very well .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_Eaton

ELM327 · 12-02-2018 10:07AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Is Conversation street not basically "The News"?

I think that's the point.

I was watching the last tqo (8 & 9) last night and at one point I thought Jeremy were going to say "and that's the end of the news"... but he replaced "news" with "conversation street"

bear1 · 12-02-2018 10:39AM

What would people rate this season with?
Myself, I'd give it an 8/8.5 merely cause the celeb parts are just boring.
Apart from that I think they've done a cracking job.
Incidentally I watched the premier trailer for the next TG and it just left me a bit.. well meh.

GavRedKing · 12-02-2018 02:17PM

Part of me, no matter how impractical it would actually be in this country, would love a Ford Raptor.

harr · 12-02-2018 02:38PM

GavRedKing wrote: »

Part of me, no matter how impractical it would actually be in this country, would love a Ford Raptor.

Even watching that had wondering how much shipping would be ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜¬

knucklehead6 · 12-02-2018 02:41PM

i was actually pleasantly surprised with Paris Hilton, she wasn't the total vacuous waste of space i anticipated

bear1 · 12-02-2018 03:19PM

GavRedKing wrote: »

Part of me, no matter how impractical it would actually be in this country, would love a Ford Raptor.

Remember the Canada episode from TG? The Yellow Raptor was some serious machine.

inforfun · 12-02-2018 03:37PM

knucklehead6 wrote: »

i was actually pleasantly surprised with Paris Hilton, she wasn't the total vacuous waste of space i anticipated

She is aging well if found myself, to my own embarrassment, thinking.

Tried too hard with the golf car incident story though.

GavRedKing · 12-02-2018 03:46PM

harr wrote: »

Even watching that had wondering how much shipping would be &#55357;&#56876;&#55357;&#56876;

bear1 wrote: »

Remember the Canada episode from TG? The Yellow Raptor was some serious machine.

I went onto the Ford USA site and had a look at specing one up for the craic, came in at about $66k or €54k.

It would be totally pointless and impractial in the Irish or even the European market but the Raptor does look appealing to the kid inside.

12-02-2018 03:49PM

GavRedKing wrote: »

I went onto the Ford USA site and had a look at specing one up for the craic, came in at about $66k or €54k.

It would be totally pointless and impractial in the Irish or even the European market but the Raptor does look appealing to the kid inside.

Imagine importing one from the US -

Purchase Price - €54,000.00
Shipping - €3,000.00
Registration etc. - €50,000 :pac:

bear1 · 12-02-2018 03:56PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Imagine importing one from the US -

Purchase Price - €54,000.00
Shipping - €3,000.00
Registration etc. - €50,000 :pac:

And if you waited 6 months?

ELM327 · 12-02-2018 04:01PM

If you bought a 6 month old one you'd still have the same costs, but type approval wouldnt be needed.

purchase price +Shipping, VAT, Customs, then VRT on the OMSP which could be anything. Once you got it as an N1 not M1 you should be good for 13% not the top rate. Essentially if you buy it for $50k you could double it as a landed cost for a nearly new US car.

harr · 12-02-2018 04:50PM

While we are it we might as well go the whole hog and get the Shelby Baja raptor

http://www.shelby.com/?topic=vehicles&art=raptor

Quazzie · 17-02-2018 12:13AM

Well that was a load of shít!! Very disappointing end when it seemed they might have turned a corner

Tzardine · 17-02-2018 08:31AM

Quazzie wrote: »

Well that was a load of shít!! Very disappointing end when it seemed they might have turned a corner

Agreed. I am looking forward to Top Gear. For me I can't believe I am saying it, but I actually think it's better now that TGT. Matt, Chris and Rory work as a team and the content is less forced.

OldMrBrennan83 · 17-02-2018 08:35AM

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bear1 · 17-02-2018 10:01AM

Tzardine wrote: »

Agreed. I am looking forward to Top Gear. For me I can't believe I am saying it, but I actually think it's better now that TGT. Matt, Chris and Rory work as a team and the content is less forced.

They are seriously wooden in their ways.
Not funny and they just don't seem to gel well with each other and tbh the content is pretty forced.

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