--[ TOP GEAR U.K SERIES 24 Started Mar. 6 ]--[The GRAND TOUR ]

No doubt it is but you can't control EVERY aspect during the filming of these specials. I mean, look at their travels and all the incidents where they could have gotten into car accidents or ran over civilians.
 
I haven't been on the thread for a few episodes so I have to chime in on the P1 vs. 918 talk. I'm going with the minority here and I'm cheering for the 918!

I deliberate why McLaren hasn't released an official time for the P1's sub-7 minute lap at the Nurburgring. You would think with their celebratory YouTube video which was released weeks ago, we'd have a time by now. My opinion is that they were able to achieve a sub-7 minute time but did not beat the 918's 6:57.

Here's a tidbit about the 918: The 918, which set the record lap at the Nurburgring, was fitted with a modification package which made it lighter than the standard version. McLaren should make some (street legal) modifications to the P1 and MAYBE it will beat the 918's 6:57 time.

All I know is I can't wait for June/July to roll around so they can film the comparison between the P1 and 918.

I've read that they will be offering that package on all 918's.. I think it's like a 200k option though...
 
Where's the LaFerrari in all of this :nerd:

Also is it just me or does the LaFerrari look like something Lamborghini would design
 
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^I'm not sure if they'll test the LaFerrari this season. I don't think it was ready when they were taping the series. I could be wrong.

When they urinated in hammond's water bucket. :rofl:
 
My friends who don't watch top gear don't think it's funny at all.... All I can say is, it's top gear funny... Still the best part of the 2 episodes is when Clarkson couldn't get up the hill, they wouldn't reverse so he emptied the truck bed on the road :lol:
 
I haven't been on the thread for a few episodes so I have to chime in on the P1 vs. 918 talk. I'm going with the minority here and I'm cheering for the 918!

I deliberate why McLaren hasn't released an official time for the P1's sub-7 minute lap at the Nurburgring. You would think with their celebratory YouTube video which was released weeks ago, we'd have a time by now. My opinion is that they were able to achieve a sub-7 minute time but did not beat the 918's 6:57.

Here's a tidbit about the 918: The 918, which set the record lap at the Nurburgring, was fitted with a modification package which made it lighter than the standard version. McLaren should make some (street legal) modifications to the P1 and MAYBE it will beat the 918's 6:57 time.

All I know is I can't wait for June/July to roll around so they can film the comparison between the P1 and 918.

Word on the street is Porsche still has some tricks up its sleave with respect to the 918. I think 6:57 is just the bait.
 
Check out the bamboo pipe about 20 minutes in!
I missed this... was it before or after Richard back into Jezza's lorry?
Where's the LaFerrari in all of this
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Also is it just me or does the LaFerrari look like something Lamborghini would design
The LaFerrari's still in its prototype-testing stage.  Don't think it'll be ready for a while.  
 
The version I "bought" had serious sound issues.. Going to the "store" to buy another copy...

Also, imagine a 918 gt2...
 
I can't believe people are getting mad for him Saying Nissan. :lol:
In all seriousness though, It don't even sound like he said that "word" in the audio. It's just mumbles to me. I'm guessing it must be a slow news day in the UK, and also there is known beef between Clarkson and The Daily Mirror.
 
"Audio forensics experts"

:lol:

This is not the first time he has been accussed of being racist for saying ****.

Long read but I have lived in the UK and in America and this is my experience with them (TL DR version, white europeans who sound racist are often just unfathomably clueless about racial issues). Keep in mind these stats are biased because by "England" I truly mean my experiences in London (which houses 14ish percent of people in England).

White europeans are so clueless about racial issues its a ******* joke. I have been in several arguments with people from london who "aren't racist". The most outrageous being one guy who compared nerd day in high school spirit weeks to blackface when i explained what nerd day was. Because dressing as a caricature nerd is just as offensive to nerds as blackface is to blacks :smh: these guys simply do not understand the history behind racial tensions for non whites

Go in a race thread on reddit. Europeans, especially from the UK, dont know whats going on. It doesn't help that racial issues are swept under a rug too. It's like only the black people in that entire continent see the race issues. White europeans accidentally offend people all the time. Not all of them are racist they are just clueless as ****.

In all the countries I've been to or lived in they have the highest interracial coupling i have seen except when it comes to white/lightskinned asians men (yes, even black women in interracial relationships is somewhat common). Interracial dating comprises of more than just black man/white woman and white man/asian women. I've see combinations that I rarely see elsewhere like Arab woman (with a keffiyeh or other scarf covering her hair) and white or black man. One difference is that Asian-Black combination is hard to find in England (i'd say much less than America). But if you do find it, it will very likely be black man asian girl.

Also in England I know literally nobody (seriously nobody) who only hangs with people in their race. Even if the closest people in your circle are the same race as you I bet the rest of them arent.

The people they truly hate are poor people. Which pretty much means eastern europeans. The eastern europeans there are more poverty stricken than anyone else over there and are victims of income discrimination. Also with the EU agreement, if your country can manage not to be a complete ****hole for x amount of years you can work in any other country in the EU. So I often find myself asking "does anyone in this city have a british accent anymore? No? Okay". Hate for eastern europeans has increased so much since that agreement. Being eastern european in England these days is like being Mexican in Arizona or Texas or New Mexico.

I wish I could post websites that have these facts but they would be skewed by the fact that if you arent white in england, you are likely just grouped as black. Indians and southeast asians are often grouped with blacks in polls and statistics (just to show you how clueless they are about racial issues). And keep in mind that England has the highest population of Indians outside of india. There is even a small subculture of indians and southeast asians that adopt black culture.

EDIT: Also there are places, like Spain, where those guys are just racist and deny it. I can't tell if it is because they don't know they are racist or just because that's how they are.
 
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