Originally Posted by
Steven_RW
I was in Dubai last week and one of the lads there had the clarkson vid where he compares the lambo's the ferrari f430, the gt3 997 and eventually one of them tries the veyron out on the public road. I was offered to watch it and started ranting about how much I hate the show because of the BULLSH!T that they say, feeding the average punter who doesn't know much about cars full of sh1t.
However 5 mins into the video I have to admit that I was laughing my ass off and all of it was highly entertaining, UNTIL he said that the reason powerful mercs n BMW's were ltd to 155mph was because they were not designed to go fast and parts fell off them which had my ranting at the tv, then they had the stig vs sabine in the gt3 vs r8 in the most bullshit staged race ever which reminded me how much I fucking HATE the fakeness of it. Especially when you take into account that the JAPs manage to do so much of a better job, giving the cars to their jurno's and letting them literally race each other (often resulting in dented cars) and the winner is the winner.
I agree with your sentiments, (I wondered about the hydro-locking too
) but the BBC will say that educational TV doesn't draw in viewers and they need to make TG "entertainment" Though I'm sure Documentaries are fairly popular.
I say that TG only works when its doesn't rely on staged events. (like the German special) I can accept caining round a shopping centre, (even with a staged crash into Brithdays for comedy effect) I can accept messing around with the Marines. If it LOOKS natural that's fine.
But I wish they would stop making up/being creative with actual facts. Either be correct when talking about 155mph limiters, or don't mention it at all. It'll work much better. AND they won't alienate their core audience of Car fans.