Top Gear on the Discovery Channel! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

todd · 07-06-2005, 09:31 PM

http://dsc.discovery.com/schedule/se...=0&channel=DSC

It looks like Top Gear will be airing in the US on the Discovery Channel for a while. Through September, anyway, which is when the calender on the above link ends. Unfortunatly though, the episodes they are going to be showing are completely random ones from all seasons.

Has Top Gear aired before in the US? Does anybody know where I can get DVD box sets of previous series? There are 'best of' sets and other random videos they put together, but I haven't seen a season box set. I really hope they end up making one sometime. Top Gear is great and it's too bad that it only airs in the UK

Mephisto2 · 07-06-2005, 09:55 PM

It's a good show.

Quite entertainingly irreverent, which is nice.

Can't help you with American schedules though...

Mr Mephisto

vector_1979 · 07-13-2005, 11:09 AM

Great show. Watch it all the time. Last week was very entertaining as they attempted to get a Ford Transit van to do a sub-10minute lap round the Nurburgring and marathon man v's the car across 26 miles in London rush hour!

Arc101 · 07-13-2005, 11:14 AM

Strange programme this, I don't have a car, have no interest in cars and can't drive, yet I still watch it as it is good entertainment. So if you have never watched this, give it a go it may surprise you.

silent_jay · 07-13-2005, 11:25 AM

That driver was driving the shit out of the Transit, great to watch her control the thing. Poor Jeremy slips a disc in his back and can't get the pictures of the cars off Hammond to put them in their rightful place on the 'Cool Wall'.

Not too sure where to get DVD's of the seasons, I download all mine as I live in Canada and don't get it here.

djflish · 07-13-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by silent_jay

That driver was driving the shit out of the Transit, great to watch her control the thing.

That was funny stuff! There's guys there in Porches and Ferraris think their the shiz, and they get overtaken by a woman in a transit van!

I don't think it'll ever be released as a box set, only as specials and 'best ofs'. It's a long running BBC series and they only ever release mini-series or comedies on DVD. It'd be like asking them to do an Eastenders box set!

bobby · 07-14-2005, 08:36 AM

great show...will probably be copied by the americans and ruined like most good brit shows!

LoganSnake · 07-14-2005, 12:17 PM

I watched it twice. What bothers me the most are the British accents. Quite honestly, I'm having a hard time not changing the channel. It's like nails on the board for me. The cars they talk about are very nice though. That Aston Martin DB9 (I think) was orgasmic.

todd · 07-14-2005, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LoganSnake

I watched it twice. What bothers me the most are the British accents. Quite honestly, I'm having a hard time not changing the channel. It's like nails on the board for me. The cars they talk about are very nice though. That Aston Martin DB9 (I think) was orgasmic.

Thats actually one of my favorite parts of the show. Their english accents and language they use just add a whole new spin on things for me. I've picked up a ton of new words that I try to use myself. Pretty much every show on U.S. TV is all Americans, so it's really nice to have a change of pace.

Bobby brought up a good point, because they already did it. I watch Discovery Channel frequently, so i've seen the ads for their "New series" Top Gear. And they don't even advertise it as a car talk show or car review show. They've changed the entire point of it. They say "Every week theres a new car, a new challenge!" while showing clips of the Mitsubishi Evo vs bob sled, Mitsubishi Evo FQ vs. Murcielago, Lotus vs Apache helicopter, etc. Discovery channel is advertising it as a completely differant type of program. It's pretty silly

jwoody · 07-15-2005, 01:52 AM

I found a page with quite a few top gear DVDs but, unfortunately all but two out of about twenty are discontinued.

http://www.choicesdirect.com/searchr...ProductGrp=All

07-06-2005, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
todd Addict Location: Chicago	Top Gear on the Discovery Channel! http://dsc.discovery.com/schedule/se...=0&channel=DSC It looks like Top Gear will be airing in the US on the Discovery Channel for a while. Through September, anyway, which is when the calender on the above link ends. Unfortunatly though, the episodes they are going to be showing are completely random ones from all seasons. Has Top Gear aired before in the US? Does anybody know where I can get DVD box sets of previous series? There are 'best of' sets and other random videos they put together, but I haven't seen a season box set. I really hope they end up making one sometime. Top Gear is great and it's too bad that it only airs in the UK

07-13-2005, 11:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
vector_1979 Insane Location: In a Caddy Shack	Great show. Watch it all the time. Last week was very entertaining as they attempted to get a Ford Transit van to do a sub-10minute lap round the Nurburgring and marathon man v's the car across 26 miles in London rush hour! __________________ ------------------------------------------------ Tip: Never do your shoe lace up in a revolving door

07-13-2005, 11:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	That driver was driving the shit out of the Transit, great to watch her control the thing. Poor Jeremy slips a disc in his back and can't get the pictures of the cars off Hammond to put them in their rightful place on the 'Cool Wall'. Not too sure where to get DVD's of the seasons, I download all mine as I live in Canada and don't get it here. __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

07-14-2005, 08:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	great show...will probably be copied by the americans and ruined like most good brit shows! __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

07-14-2005, 12:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	I watched it twice. What bothers me the most are the British accents. Quite honestly, I'm having a hard time not changing the channel. It's like nails on the board for me. The cars they talk about are very nice though. That Aston Martin DB9 (I think) was orgasmic. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

07-06-2005, 09:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mephisto2 Junkie	It's a good show. Quite entertainingly irreverent, which is nice. Can't help you with American schedules though... Mr Mephisto

07-13-2005, 11:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Arc101 Addict Location: Nottingham, England	Strange programme this, I don't have a car, have no interest in cars and can't drive, yet I still watch it as it is good entertainment. So if you have never watched this, give it a go it may surprise you.

07-15-2005, 01:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
jwoody Shackle Me Not Location: Newcastle - England.	I found a page with quite a few top gear DVDs but, unfortunately all but two out of about twenty are discontinued. http://www.choicesdirect.com/searchr...ProductGrp=All