That's it, no more Top Gear for me

[vetran]

They'll probably call it "Gear Knobs" or something

FTFY

[barrydidit]

Last hurrah from the old guard tonight, 8pm. Featuring an elephant in the room, apparently.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...l-episode.html

And on that bombshell...

[Flashman]

Last hurrah from the old guard tonight, 8pm. Featuring an elephant in the room, apparently.

Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson's final episode, a tearful farewell - our live review - Telegraph

And on that bombshell...

that last episode that seemed to go on and on.

Au revoir Top Gear!

[barrydidit]

that last episode that seemed to go on and on.

Au revoir Top Gear!

Expect they had a whole load of footage to use... I enjoyed it. Now wait to see if the new version is any cop.

FWIW I thought they'd gone as far as they could with the current format anyway so a new team with new ideas might just be what was required.

[original PM]

Yeah I have to say I did find the old

Get and old car, break down and try and fix it in the rain a touch tedious last night.

It also showed how much bits really help to keep the show fresh.

Anyway RIP like a pair of old slippers you will be missed.

[malvolio]

Slightly worrying aside...

Read a road test review by Chris Evans yesterday about a car that had dull reactions, understeered at every corner, had zero flickability and was generally uninvolving to drive so only warranted four stars.

It was an MX-5...

[original PM]

Slightly worrying aside...

Read a road test review by Chris Evans yesterday about a car that had dull reactions, understeered at every corner, had zero flickability and was generally uninvolving to drive so only warranted four stars.

It was an MX-5...

Interesting.

I have never had an MX5 - everyone always raves about them but are they not a little underpowered?

But to Chris Evans
1) If a car over steers into a corner you are going in to hard and possible also trying to brake while cornering thus exceeding the grip limit of the tyres.
2) The MX5 has limited power and this it is not so easy to just stab the throttle to loosen up the back to flick it about - it is not a Ferrari.
3) Uninvolving - possible for someone who drives Ferrari's regularly probably not for someone coming from a 1.2 Corsa.
.
And that is possibly going to be Evan's problem - Jeremy grew up test driving the average family saloon/hatchback etc and therefore knows what an average car is - therefore can recognise why the MX5 is seen as a good car.

Evans does not have this experience and so everything will be compared against his Ferrari collection


Probably.

[unixman]

Enjoyed last nights show, although it was a bit like a bereavement in some ways, what with no audience and the silent credits.

JC tweeted afterwards thanking the fans and saying how sorry he was it ended this way.

The BBC is left hugely damaged by this. Apart from the loss of income, one of their last non-PC products has gone. They are now even more out of touch with the public, and their existence becomes yet harder to justify, and they know it.

[CloudWalker]

They'll be back! and the BBC will regret the £3,000,000 contract it set up with Even's

[malvolio]

Interesting.

I have never had an MX5 - everyone always raves about them but are they not a little underpowered?

But to Chris Evans
1) If a car over steers into a corner you are going in to hard and possible also trying to brake while cornering thus exceeding the grip limit of the tyres.
2) The MX5 has limited power and this it is not so easy to just stab the throttle to loosen up the back to flick it about - it is not a Ferrari.
3) Uninvolving - possible for someone who drives Ferrari's regularly probably not for someone coming from a 1.2 Corsa.
.
And that is possibly going to be Evan's problem - Jeremy grew up test driving the average family saloon/hatchback etc and therefore knows what an average car is - therefore can recognise why the MX5 is seen as a good car.

Evans does not have this experience and so everything will be compared against his Ferrari collection


Probably.

The point of the MX-5 is that it is light and nimble; more power would actually corrupt its purpose, which is to be fun to drive at normal road speeds (which it is; you can drift an MX-5). However, if you're ham-fisted with it, or any car, it will misbehave; to condemn a car because you don't know how to drive it quickly doesn't say much about the car but it does say a lot about the writer.

And let's not forget, Evans is an enthusiast dealer in high-end cars with a couple of partners, not a driver.