Top Gear Studio Audience Ticket Available

[reedminor]

I have one ticket available for tomorrow night's recording in Sydney.

Must be at the studio before 515pm.

First in, best dressed.

PM me or call the mobile (0414 961 027).

I know its not Alex and Marcus but I was curious, and I reckon we should support the show.

[griffiths_r]

justin

I have come to the same conclusion... it deserves support as it's still easily the best car show in australia. it is 10 seasons behind the UK version afterall...

pity i can't be in sydney tomorrow...

[timp]

I went last week. Be prepared to laugh at the same jokes many times over. It finished around 10PM. I did enjoy myself. I suggest you eat prior!!

[Andrew B]

Just watched it, and I'm afraid to say my interest is waning.....

[Fishcop]

I gave up. Wife bought me series 2 of Dexter...

[Paul W]

We're struggling with it too. The only laugh we had during last night’s effort was how excited the hamster clone was when he hit 250kmh in a Commadore on a test track, the same speed we hit on the on ramp onto the Autobahn heading to Munich from Stuttgart 18months ago. Oh, and the assertion it’s better than an M5.

[griffiths_r]

i had a laugh when he took out one of the posts beside the dirt road and didn't even mention it...

and then (i think, never bothered to rewind and check) i am pretty sure they cracked the windscreen on the convertible astra rolling it off that ramp... and didn't mention that either.

[PCM911T]

Why would any self respecting car company(HOLDEN !!!!!! are you nuts) give these Hamster Clones (thank you Paul W my wife is still laughing) cars to wreck. If Holden have money to waste the can give me a free convertible Astra - and I won't wreck it. What if six people are sold these "pre-damaged" cars. Can't watch it anymore it's just too stupid. If they did it to a Porsche I fear I'd become murderous. If you watch Taggart that would be 'Mudda".

[Michel]

I hadn't realised John Farnham had made a comeback...as for the other two. Definitely no flattery in imitation here.....give me the Iron Chef any day!! You can only hope that SBS can renegotiate the agreement to provide greater scope to put forward an intrinsically Australasian version rather than the fare served thus far.

[Andrew B]

Shameless plugs are the biggest disappointment. How much have they been paid by Toyota and Holden !

[griffiths_r]

andrew

you raise a really interesting point there... if they are not careful, they will very quickly lose the abolsute key element to top gear uk - independance from any car company.

case in point is when requesting a car from a car company for a test the car company said no. reason: they knew it'd get pummelled. so they went into a dealer 'under cover' and took one for a test drive.

ANY advertising received from a car company by TG Aust completely obliterates any chance of success. might as well call it The Car Show.

[SIR70t]

Its not a Gloria Jeans or Boost (sorry Clyde) you just cannot franchise something like Top Gear UK. Bring back Peter Wherret (sp) in drag that would be more fun to watch

[Fishcop]

LOL - Shane, I just had this image of Peter Wherret in a nice frock, lippie and heels describing the pros and cons of the Hummer H2

Yeah, I'd watch that!

I reckon SBS would have been better off investing their budget in bringing the TG UK crew over for an extended "holiday" in Australia for their off season and providing them with some Aussie cars/locations/situations...

[reedminor]

It wasn't bad... but long and the same jokes being re-filmed occasionally grated.. The hree presenters seem more relaxed now.

It was episode 7 (episode 4 was on tv last Monday- and the cars featured were the sti, the Koeniggsegg, petrol vs diesel Golfs, and some more talk about the GTR.

Celebrity drivers were James Courtney / Greg Murphy.

The GT2 was "Stigged", and I'm pleased to say it obliterated the GTR (which hit its Japanese mandated limiter on the straight). Will be interesting to see an Aussie GTR.

Being from the industry, I think that everyone is waiting to see. If however I was the Marketing guy from Holden who loaned them the Astras ... I'd be fairly annoyed. It did nothing for their brand and I'd suggest the airtime did not justify the damage bill, and the ridiculous light in which the cars were presented.

Spoke briefly to Steve Pizzatti... a really good guy and genuine enthusiast, andf ran into several PCNSW people.

[Jeff Eelkema]

I can't see the point of damaging test cars but if Holden want to do anything about Astras they need to do something about service costs and reliability. Not a bad little thing to drive but we get heaps of complaints from owners.

I agree with John's comments about bringing out the UK team but I'll give it a bit more time even if I should be spending more time in the garage rather than watching telly!

Cheers