I had a different interpretation of the quote. Rutledge said, "I did half the interviews, [Adam] did half the interviews with our celebrities. Tanner does pretty much all the Stig laps."

I think Rutledge was referring to Tanner doing the commentary during the Stig laps, not the driving itself. His quote reworded would be that Rutledge did half of the interviews, Adam the other half of the interviews, and Tanner does pretty much all of the play-by-play audio commentary during the Stig laps (which Tanner usually does).

Agreed though, the show is tough to watch and I'm glad Top Gear UK is back on.

 

That would make sense.

 

Ahh yes that makes more sence. Actually now that I reread it it makes perfect sence. Good call!

 

But, he still may well be the US Stig. Why employ another driver when you're got Tanner there? They might just never admit it....

 

So was Michael Schumacher really the THE Stig for all those years? They made some joke after, and then acted like he wasn't, so I was left confused....

 

Nope, Ben Collins was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_stig

 

I still don't understand the intro's for TG USA... They make it sound like Rutlage is some kind of special person that he deserves Top Billing.... Whointheheck IS this shmuck?!

 

According to this, Schumacher did do some Stig appearances, and there were many others. Thanks for the link.

 

so i totally forgot Season 2 premiered last night.... watching the re-run right now though.

 

A step in the right direction. Still dont like tanner but I don't think I ever will. I look forward to the rest of the season though.

 

[QUOTE=lsanch33;5977891]I thought it was OK . . . .. . I guess these 3 aren't going to AUTOMATICALLY discriminate against American cars! That always PISSES me off in the UK show, especially whenthey talk S**T about American Fords (Mustangs, GTs, etc) . . .. they do love European Fords (Fiestas, Focus, etc) . . . .

Speaking as a UK member, I have to agree about the bad reviews american cars get on uk top gear. And I am not alone. We have such threads as this on mustang owners club of GB and the programe gets a propper slating if american cars get a dig.
Thing is Clarkson has done DVDs with mustangs, corvettes ect and loved them. Hammond is also an american car fan, even owns a fastback so it does **** me off when on the rare occasion they have an american car on it it is going to be hammered or put against a bmw m3 or something.

 

Crap missed the first episode, and its not listed again anywhere.

 

The episode was crap. It only had one segment and it was boring. Top Gear America.


Finalgear.com Scott.

 

next weeks episode looked pretty good from the preview... testing their first cars and dream cars (new car review).

 

I was OK with the first episode until the monster truck bit. Part of the charm of the Top Gear projects is that half-assed nature. The monster "conversions" looked more like they just bolted the body shells onto existing trucks, and definitely looked too professional.

 

This show is still on?

 

^^ yes

Top Gear tonight... just a reminder!

 

good episode!! i really wanna see next weeks. that CRX was so EFFED after that crash, but it was cool IMO how it drove away on 3 wheels. i wish they didnt use so many camera angles on that drag race. that Ferrari sounded beautiful... looked good in black too.

 

I wish they'd stop letting Adam drive in any test. He's clueless.

 

I was pleasantly surprised. They're less slavishly adhering to the TG:UK format, which is a good idea since they have commercials to deal with. It's flowing better, though the studio sequences are still on the rough side (Tanner has no idea how to manage a transition).