[S4B]

22nd June is when I'm hearing rumours for.

Are "your sources" telling you this?

Are you secretly Iain Smith?

NO! He's The Stig!

[Yudster]

The Stig is Iain Smith?!

[S4B]

22nd June is when I'm hearing rumours for.

Are "your sources" telling you this?

Are you secretly Iain Smith?

NO! He's The Stig!

The Stig is Iain Smith?!

Now I'm confused!

[Chris]

Amusing as it may be, the thought of Iain Smith continually masturbating over the forum because people keep mentioning his name is not an attractive one. Please forget he existed, because he won't be back.

Iain (and that's the last time I'll ever see your name on this forum) ... goodbye.

[Andy B]

Sorry.

[S4B]

Sorry.

Did you actually just admit you were in the wrong?! AND apologise?!

You feeling well?

[Andy B]

Never does well to pee off Mr Harris.

[S4B]

Ahh so sucking up rather than actual remorse. I understand now! Thought your ego had suffered a trauma!

*Hangs up on ambulance service after apologising for wasting their time*

[foot-loose]

22nd June is when I'm hearing rumours for.

Are "your sources" telling you this?

Are you secretly Iain Smith?

So when did James May say it starts? Was it this Sunday? Was it?

*checks Sundays date*

... ohhh, would you look at that!

[foot-loose]

So coming this weekend then...

"Jeremy, Richard and James apply their minds to the question of what the British police should drive. Armed with no more than 1,000 pounds each, the Top Gear boys set out to buy a bargain priced police cruiser that can take part in a dramatic chase without fear of costing the taxpayer a packet if it gets broken.

Meanwhile, James introduces a new member of the Top Gear team and steps aside so they can immediately make their mark on the show with a remarkable feat of daring.

And as if that wasn't enough, Jeremy tears up the Top Gear track in the new Ferrari 430 Scuderia, the car that aims to put some passion back into the Italian supercar maker's increasingly nerdy and computerised stable.

Plus there's a break from the norm as the Reasonably Priced Car welcomes a pair of stars in the contrasting shapes of the Friday Night Project's Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins. All this, and some sound advice about how to deal with rising petrol prices."

[MK Chris]

May and Hammond were cracking this morning. I almost made myself late from work just because I didn't want to miss anything in the short time it takes me to get from the house to the car.

[Yudster]

They were lovely. I love James May.

[CassieJackson]

I'm agreeing with Yudster. James May is fabulous.

[Sunny So Cal]

They were just darling. I want James to be my uncle.

[S4B]

I really enjoyed this interview, I made Mr S4 late for work because I wouldn't get out of the car until it had finished.

[foot-loose]

Last weeks episode was cracking. The police car bit was well done and I think if I was designing a police car, it would have at least as many lights on it as Richards!!

A few videos... the preview for Series 11 and trying to cut of Ronnie Stigs in the police car challenge!


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Coming up this week...

"Top Gear runs the gamut this week, from the very cool Audi RS6 estate to the so-uncool-it-almost-comes-around-the-other-side-and-is-cool-again MG Maestro. The Audi is put to the test by Richard Hammond in one of his head-to-head man v machine contests, this time involving French skiers. We can assume mountain roads make an appearance and that the ending is very close.*

The MG Maestro, meanwhile, is roped into a challenge for the new stuntman/bravery expert. Top Gear doesn't issue DVDs, so at the time of writing we still don't know who this mystery newcomer is or what he'll do, but it's a safe bet that smashing things up comes into it.

As for Clarkson, he gets effusive about the Mercedes CLK Black, a car he's described in print as "exciting beyond words", though we can be sure he'll find quite a few. And the famous folk dropping by for a chat and a spin around the track are Spooks actors Rupert Penry-Jones and Peter Firth."


* imagine the ending of a race being close! Someone at the Radio Times has a sense of humour!

[Munki Bhoy]

Was good to have it back on the BBC last week and not on Dave. Hehe!

The police car bit was pretty good, but I quite liked the very start of it where they made a Ferrari use a gallon of fuel in 1.7 miles, then quickly followed that up by ripping into the Toyota Prius with a very good Top Gear Top Tip - drive sensibly and you'll use less fuel.

[foot-loose]

a very good Top Gear Top Tip - drive sensibly and you'll use less fuel.

Absolutly.

I've been saying this for years now. Clarkson proved how economical cars can be when driven properly when he drove that audi from London to Edinburgh and back on one tank of fuel!


(Death to all audis though...!)

[TIAL]

Surely though, driving an Prius sensibly (and not tearing around a test track at full speed) would be even more economical than driving a normal car?

[foot-loose]

Yes.

But do Prius drivers do that?

Or do they just assume that because they paid extra for a shit car, they can drive more like a maniac?

[Munki Bhoy]

Surely though, driving an Prius sensibly (and not tearing around a test track at full speed) would be even more economical than driving a normal car?

Even Jeremy himself pointed that out. The Prius is fantastic in town. Its the idiots hammering it along the motorway in them saying "look at me, I'm saving the planet at 100mph" he was having a dig at. Even if he didn't use those exact words.

[Yudster]

I am old enough to remember back in the seventies when there was an oil crisis, and the government imposed a 50mph speed limit. It worked. Engines have moved on a lot since then, and most cars are a lot more economical whatever the fuel. I wouldn't think a 50mph limit would be a great thing, but a self imposed 60-65mph one might be.

[foot-loose]

You are old enough to remember when Jesus did his reappearing act and loudly proclaimed to those nearby "BRB!".

[MK Chris]

I am driving a lot more carefully than I used to.

A lot of the kids from table tennis have started to pass their test and are bragging of doing 110mph, which is a bit scary. The thing is, though, I've seen most of their cars and they wouldn't do 110mph if you chucked them off a cliff.

[Andy B]

MY missus did Portsmouth to Staines in 40 mins on sunday...well it WAS 7am!