I thought it sucked.

 

it was definitely meh. The pinata bit was funny, but the rest was sort of just okay.

 

I really liked everything before the end, which just sorta ran out of gas. The mule cart and the cake fight in Tanner's Eagle I loved.

 

exactly!

 

That's exactly what I thought...it's over???

 

I think the next episode is the one with the GT500. Should be interesting...

 

Yup, Jeremy will be driving the Shelby from England to Italy.

 

Man this past episode with the drive to Mexico was great!
That Aston Martin Vanquish James was driving is simply stunning on every level.

 

was boring.. those three are simply living my real life.

 

Apart from the colour. Works on a Mustang, but not an Aston. Not for me, anyway. But the looks.......the noise

The Lexus leaves me cold.

The Viper is now a very "grown up" car now though, and does 90% of what the other two can do, for a lot less money!

 

the viper was cool because it wasnt a "grown up" car. Look whats going on with other high end cars that have been made every day useful.. they are getting boring.

 

Yeah, but I don't think you'd ever call the Viper boring. That being said, I wouldn't want it to be any more luxurious. Next to a C7, it still looks like a thug

 

So, what was Jeremy's opinion on the Shelby?

 

It's an american muscle car, what do you think his opinion will be?

 

Yep, it aired in the UK last night.

I won't give away too much, but yes, you can expect a lot of the usual "corners/poor quality plastic" comments. JC also claims it's a £35k car......in the US. That might be the equivalent in $, but over here it's a £60k car.

One great bit shows the car on the ferry crossing the channel. It's a sea of camera phones as everyone stands around the car taking photos. That's EXACTLY the sort of reaction our cars get over here. Yes, it's the "9 year old in us" as he, says. But I don't care, I don't want to grow up

The particular car is Ford UK's Press Car, and it has a horrible lighting conversion on the back, with only 2 rear lights each side (the outter ones being turn signals)




Oh, and be aware.......the show starts with 10 mins on the Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ twins......then 10 mins of "news"........and 10 mins of Amy MacDonald (singer..........cute, and knows her cars) as SIARPC.........so there's actually only 30 mins of Shelby action.

Still, it was great to see the Mustang getting some air time on UK TV

 

I was wondering what the deal with the taillights was. Just thought it was the Euro version of the taillights.

 

That's what cracks me up about some here that complain about the S197 and some hard surfaces instead of "soft touch ewww". Geez.

Just remember those of you who complain about it - you're just sounding like a
whiny limey gripey gripey snivel snivel.

Oh... wait...

Sorry Paul!

 

Unfortunately, JC may as well stand for Jesus Christ when it comes to the UK "petrolhead" scene. What he says, often in jest, becomes gospel

We have a UK based general enthusiast car forum ( www.pistonheads.com ) and it's amazing the amount of JC-biased rubbish spouted by people that have never driven an American car

At the end of the show, JC says the GT500 left him drained after a 600 mile drive, as it's "about as refined as a 1970's Ford Escort".

In once sense, he's right. My '05 does remind me of my old Mk3 Capris in that it's a raw driving experience, unlike 99.9% of boring cars out there. The GT500 is a muscle car, not a grand tourer.........but the comment will be taken out of context and used against it.

Ironically, when the '15MY debuts and it's more "European", you can bet your bottom dollar the UK motoring press will complain it's blander and lost that unique American feel

 

No, that's probably from all the adrenalin cycling through you for 600 miles JC. I've driven my fair share of Escorts and, apart from being wholly inaccurate, thems just fightin words!
Ha ha, no doubt

 

He was talking about one of these Escorts (I know you guys got your own version of the Escort in the 80s)