Share your favorite Top Gear non-cheap car/ road trip segment

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/22/2017 at 19:46 • Filed to: None

My vote goes to the 24 Hour Britcar race. It wasn’t 20 minutes of the guys mucking around like many segments were. It was emotional, triumphant, and edge-of-your-seat epic. It wasn’t just good Top Gear, it was good television.

My runner up choices are the Collection of Lancias piece and the bobsled race.

DISCUSSION (27)

itschrome > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 19:59

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 19:59

I really liked the rallycross on a budget episode.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 20:05

The hybrid electric car, Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust or whatever

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/22/2017 at 20:11

“Geoff”

(With a G)

djmt1 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 20:15

Channel Crossing

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 20:17

Britcar was amazing but I have to give it to the Searching for the Beginning of the Nike.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 20:47

Jezza’s review of the Bentley Conti GT Speed.

The boxing metaphor they used is perfectly apt and their cinematography for that segment is simply stunning.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 20:58

Rolls vs Grosser

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
06/22/2017 at 21:28

That was both a cheap car & a road trip challenge.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 21:41

I loved it. I’ve seen that episode a million times.

404 - User No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 21:52

I would say that one is actually pretty hard to top. I got teary-eyed too the moment the repmobile crossed the line.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 22:26

The Bentley on a rally stage

Vicente Esteve > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 22:29

It has to be when they tried to make the Avantime quicker than an Evo.

I adore the theme of the film, even if the results weren’t what I was expecting. Either way, they could remake it and I would totally watch it.

I miss GOOD Top Gear.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Vicente Esteve
06/22/2017 at 22:36

Ooh that was a good one.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > My X-type is too a real Jaguar
06/22/2017 at 22:37

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed harder than when he blew that horn.

Nobi > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 22:39

Loved the Britcar race. That’s my favorite followed by the first US road trip in the deep south, The Alfa challenge, and the Reliant Robin segment.

Vicente Esteve > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 22:39

I loved how they lightened the body, did brakes and suspension and it still was a couple ticks SLOWER than stock.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 22:44

When he pulled out his last service bill and James asks what’d they do, buy you a Golf? I lost it.

Nauraushaun > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/22/2017 at 23:27

It’s good seeing them trying not to fail. I feel People who bag out new new new TG or GT forget that the last 4 seasons were mostly the same shit.

I have a love-hate thing with the cheap RWD episode. I love the 300ZX and it was great to see the car on film, but I feel they gave it a raw deal because it was so obviously so much better than the other 2 cars . It didn’t finish its lap (implying that 300hp is too much for Hammond to handle), it lost a t-top panel over a cliff...

I don’t know which one I prefer.

sdwarf36 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2017 at 07:49

I liked the history of Peugeot from the last series. Funny-true-historical.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2017 at 10:26

Yeah although the cheap car challenges are my favourite bit, they have done a lot of seriously quality stuff.

The Britcar one is brilliant, as is the Lancia tribute. As a Brit, I had to love the ‘We still make stuff’ segment. Every now and again we need reminding of that.

I also really like the first of the bonkers reviews when it was still fresh. I think it was the Renault Twingo or something? The one with Ross Kemp doing a cameo in the boot. They tried to recreate it a couple of times which wasn’t so good, but the first time I saw it it was brilliant :)

The review where they go to Algeria or something in a Roller, a Merc and a ‘Bentley’ is great TV as well :) it’s a road trip, but not a special.

I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting, but that’s what I can think of off the top of my head :)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
06/23/2017 at 11:44

I’m not even British and I felt tears of national pride swelling when they started sweeping the camera down all those British-made things on the Mall.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2017 at 11:46

Haha! Good man ;) vicarious national pride.

Viggen > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2017 at 16:40

Glad I wasn’t the only one. Same with the E-Type tribute, but that may have been more due to the sound of the Spitfires flying over.

Viggen > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2017 at 16:44

Britcar 24 or the Race to Verbier or Blackpool.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Vicente Esteve
06/23/2017 at 21:46

James’ Sisu bit was good too.

Vicente Esteve > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2017 at 23:03

Oh right!

“Is that, uh, particularly finish?”

“no”