Originally Posted by Wizzbang (Post 7420356)

And isnt it bloody boring.......

We've had a hot hatch report, a race with an old Alfa and someone walking the channel, and now two estates


If it were like this every week the viewing figures would simply disappear


In short....dull as dishwater

Originally Posted by AndyWalker (Post 7420454)

james was only bloody driving his old alfa through where i live - wasnt going nearly fast enough round B roads through garthorpe etc haha

Originally Posted by Shark Man (Post 7420930)

Normal cars within my financial reach :sleep:

And JC knows sod all about rear suspension on a FWD car (not as if he know anything anyway ;) ) - beams do work better if combined with a good front-end setup. Just in this particular case; It doesn't work on that lardy Civic. :lol1:

Originally Posted by gazza-uk (Post 7420943)

This was a new alfa,,

Originally Posted by Wizzbang (Post 7420356)

And isnt it bloody boring.......

We've had a hot hatch report, a race with an old Alfa and someone walking the channel, and now two estates


If it were like this every week the viewing figures would simply disappear


In short....dull as dishwater

Originally Posted by corradoboy (Post 7421415)

direction.

Nice downblouse shot of the girl who tested the vibro-seat :norty:

Originally Posted by Andy Wilman - TG Producer

So the quandary is: which way now - cars and four million viewers, or cocking about and eight million viewers? It's a fair question, given we're a motoring show on the one hand, and egotistical TV people who like a nice set of ratings on the other - and one we knew we'd have to address come this series.
We have, and I think we're all agreed that chasing the eight million is bollocks; a false dawn, a night with a hooker when you're drunk. The thing is, the Top Gear audience is made up of several million who like cars, and then several million more bonus viewers; the ones who say "I'm not interested in cars but I like Top Gear..."
It's human nature that as TV makers we'd feel the impulse to go chasing those bonus viewers because it's good for the ratings and good for the ego - like pulling a standoffish girl - you get immense satisfaction in winning the harder prize.
But if we decided to go that way with TG we'd go mad. The bonus viewers want the next film that tops the space shuttle, or the next challenge that out-loonies the limos, and you just can't keep going like that. We'd burn out in two series and look like tits.
So what we've done is retrench to somewhere where we can be more comfortable, and in essence gone back to cars. You know when a huge band brings out a new album and they say "This time we just wanted to get back to guitar, bass and drums and instead of taking three years to make the new record we recorded it in just two weeks," - it's a bit like that.

Originally Posted by cookstar (Post 7420613)

bllx missed it :(

Originally Posted by corradoboy (Post 7421415)

Nice downblouse shot of the girl who tested the vibro-seat :norty:

Originally Posted by TopBanana (Post 7422005)

The studio script is pretty dodgy these days isn't it? Especially the one liners they give James May.