Which Top Gear Challenge?

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
11/25/2014 at 13:57 • Filed to: Top Gear

Of all the Top Gear challenges, which one do you have to watch if it's on? I have to watch the British Leyland challenge for reasons I can't explain. The highlights:

DISCUSSION (22)

TheHondaBro > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:01

That's a good episode. I like all of them, but the one I can't watch is the cheap supercar challenge, because reasons.

Arben72 > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:05

Albania/24h race and a lot of others. I don't think top gear makes any bad shows, just some that don't live up to their others.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:06

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:07

I like all their challenges, but my favorite is the cheap supercar challenge. You can tell they just filmed the calamity as it occurred and the results are hysterical.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:09

I have every episode on my computer (execpt season 21) so I don't really watch it from BBC America. I do like the veitnam and boliva specials though

SolitudeTM > Arben72
11/25/2014 at 14:16

24hr race was a good one. It definitely is one of my favorites. I wish we could see more cheap car challenges they were doing back in the days. It looks like the lads are too old to suffer in the crap cars these days.

Steve in Manhattan > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
11/25/2014 at 14:27

That was the Ferrari/Lambo Urraco/Maserati Merak one? Another I find difficult to turn off.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:32

Yes. Series 7, episode 4.

Steve in Manhattan > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
11/25/2014 at 14:37

Yeah - when James showed up in a tow truck, when Jeremy yelled "why won't you rev!!?" - the 34 pound SS badge. Classic.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:38

Kinja'd!!!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:40

I still laugh every time the Merak's engine explodes and showers James' Lambo in a cloud of oily smoke and bits of metal.

Arben72 > SolitudeTM
11/25/2014 at 14:40

I wish they went into more detail with the 24hr race. I love the cheap car challenges as it presents more of a challenge then just the territory or distance. They are older but their bond and chemistry still can't be beat imo.

Steve in Manhattan > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
11/25/2014 at 14:43

And the idea that the destination was a Spearmint Rhino in Slough (where The Office was set). Brilliant.

functionoverfashion > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 14:54

The limo challenge was a good one. Also the cheap Porsche one. All of them, really. Which one did they end with a trip to a Concours event where they had to tow one car between the other two to conceal the tow rope? That was amazing.

Steve in Manhattan > functionoverfashion
11/25/2014 at 15:05

That was the Alfa challenge - Jeremy had what we called a Milano, Richard a Spyder, and James ... something they never sold in the US.

functionoverfashion > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 15:24

YES that's right. The looks of disgust from the judges were priceless

SolitudeTM > Arben72
11/25/2014 at 16:06

I've gotta agree with you. That is why Top Gear works - the three lads just love bugging the hell out of each other! But I think it is clear that they have toned down on the physically challenging stuff in recent seasons.

SolitudeTM > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
11/25/2014 at 16:08

I remember first starting to watch that special and I was like, "Bikes? On a car show?" But I fell in love with it within minutes as it was hilarious and the scenery was beautiful at the same time.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > SolitudeTM
11/25/2014 at 16:10

It's my favorite top gear episode of all times.

SolitudeTM > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
11/25/2014 at 16:19

It is definitely up there for me as well, as it turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

Destructive Tester > functionoverfashion
11/25/2014 at 18:38

You just hit on the brilliance of the bit! I honestly think it was to mock everything about concours events. The type of gear heads the TG guys want to appeal to are the ones who would rather see an F40 die in a track accident than live forever in a museum.

Just my $0.02...

V8VespaStoppie > Steve in Manhattan
11/25/2014 at 22:08

The one with Richard and his car "Oliver". Also the one where Ted Nuget tried to kill Jeremy with a machete in the jungle.