Top Gear

[tiFreak]

anyone see the Christmas special they just aired in the US, James blew the headgasket on an M44, what a pillock I don't know about anyone else but I got a kick out of seeing a common problem with our cars happening on Top Gear

[budget76]

I watched that one over christmas break. Stupidity almost killed May, you shouldn't be anywhere near a tow rope when it's about to be yanked. Seen too many pics/videos of them snapping and injuring/killing people.

It was a good episode though Watched the Aussie one before it, wasn't suprised, but kind of upset the edited the Mexican comments out. It was funny, and no more offensive than any other country

[spidertri]

Hah, when he opened the hood I was like "waaaaait for it...M44, nice!" lol.

The new ep is awesome too, E30 in the cheap car challenge.

Edit - I'm a huge top gear fan and I usually think its funny when they make fun of stuff/nationalities, but they spent wayyy too much time making fun of the Mexicans, most times its just a short quip but that was just too much, imo.

[dave45056]

I saw that one, too. When they showed water dripping below the car I thought "another damned plastic coolant system fitting".
Overall the engine did well but he had unkind words for the automatic transmission, which made the car perform poorly in all the challenges.

I can't believe he did the HG overnight, too.

[elfhearse]

I was in Iraq with an Aviation BDE in 2009 and when they were flying in the IL-76 looking out the windows, I was thinking, damn that sure looks like Iraq...sure enough. My first thought was the the two plastic coolant pipes too when the Z3 started leaking.....and an automatic too FTL.

[vsonix]

Originally Posted by spidertri

Hah, when he opened the hood I was like "waaaaait for it...M44, nice!" lol.

The new ep is awesome too, E30 in the cheap car challenge.

Edit - I'm a huge top gear fan and I usually think its funny when they make fun of stuff/nationalities, but they spent wayyy too much time making fun of the Mexicans, most times its just a short quip but that was just too much, imo.

yah, Hammond took it too far.
If you get a chance to watch out 'Live at 10 o'Clock' show that airs on saturdays on channel four (check a p2p site like oneddl.com), Charlie Brooker very wittily tears him a new one for it...

[jae_rex]

Yup, I fried my M44 as well. It's been more than a year since my Ti has been down. I motor is in, exhaust hooked up, wired, but doesn't crank (no fuel or spark). I think there might be an issue with the EWS.

[Mad-Machine]

Originally Posted by dave45056

I can't believe he did the HG overnight, too.

Why not? I did one on my Saab in under 6 hours... and that is a harder engine to work on

[tiFreak]

Originally Posted by dave45056

I can't believe he did the HG overnight, too.

I doubt he did it alone, although to be honest he does seem to have the most mechanical skill and knowledge out of the three

[budget76]

I'm sure it's the same as when Clarkson fixes anything, the crew really does it, though May may actually help and get his hands dirty.

I did my HG in 10hrs on my M50, and that included making a spring compressor so I could swap out some of the valves. Heck, I did one on an 02 Grand Cherokee in 4 hours

[familytruckster]

Yeah, I found it amusing. I watched it last month. The dislike of the auto trans made it more amusing for me. I have to DL this weeks episode...

[pi4ovete_84]

Somebody have a link to the top gear ti episode?

[spidertri]

finalgear.com

[budget76]

I prefer streetfire.net over finalgear, but that's just me

[tiFreak]

Originally Posted by pi4ovete_84

Somebody have a link to the top gear ti episode?

I didn't know there was one on the ti, what season was it in?