Last night's Top Gear

[Atticus]

Chris Harris's comment about Fred having difficulty talking and looking where to put the high score

I'm not a huge fan of the new presenters but this week's show was worth watching just for this moment ^^^

He said what everyone watching was thinking. Genuinely funny.

[Atticus]

It was nice to have TG back last night. They're stretching fairly minimal content over the hour duration though. The Lambo review was barely 10 minutes long and the rest was dad cars. It's was a nice enough piece but it did drag a bit ... only saved by the rallying part which was great (Harris in a mk2 Escort getting that close to the Stig in a 6R4 was a performance and a half).

[Yakumo]

Oh, didn't know it was back on. My normal access to UK TV is down at the moment. Hope it comes back up soon. I use UK TV Chaos.

[QualityChimp]

Really sad to hear that Sabine Schmitz has died of cancer at 51.

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Attempting to get a Transit van around the Nurburgring in under 10 minutes is one of my all-time favourite Top Gear moments.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Holy ****!

[cutmymilk]

Man, that is so sad. People like this shouldn't just stop being there at such a young age.

[Yakumo]

****, that is bad news only 51 as well.

[charlesr]

Really sad to hear that Sabine Schmitz has died of cancer at 51.

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The video in that tweet ends with "Who knows what she will be capable of in the future?!".....

Sadly, not a lot

[QualityChimp]

I also saw that, but I thought the video gave an excellent summary of her career, which was really impressive.

[Atticus]

What an amazing personality she was. Only 51, wow. Sad news.

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[Yakumo]

I'm looking forward to this. Miss a bit of stupid larking about.
Got go say that Clarkson's Farm is really good. Yeah, he's an idiot again at times but we see more to him. The show was a fantastic watch. Just wish there was more.

[Atticus]

+1 ... looking forward to watching that

[Soundwave]

Same here
I still miss the old guard
I just can't get on with Paddy & Freddie
I've tried watching the series since they took over & just feel cold to them
Show is still good but I just don't get the same enjoyment with the current team
Chris is still great but I do miss Matt Le Blanc I thought he really grew into & was a great fit

Wish Amazon would give another series of Grand Tour the green light

Neil

[Atticus]

I still watch Top Gear (Chris Harris is the best decision they’ve made since it all changed) but it’s never going to be as good as it was. Clarkson & Co grew with the silliness creeping in and made it their own flavour … so all the jolly japes of McGuinness and Flintoff can’t help but feel a little bit tribute act. But they’re doing the biz for the ratings apparently so fair play. And at least the old guard went out on top.

The Grand Tour got off to a wobbly start but by series 3 it was in great shape, losing all the flab and rubbish ideas and becoming a decent show. It was a shame it ended in that format but the specials are better than nothing.