"Best smelling new car" is an often overlooked, but extremely important category of consideration... For me anyway

@MilkDrinker218

Жыл бұрын

Well yeah, a new car should smell good. If it doesn’t then you won’t enjoy it, meaning it’s a bad car and that you shouldn’t buy it. It is good to note though that the “new car smell” is actually slightly hazardous as it’s all the chemicals, carcinogens, and car juices coming off of the parts and pieces. Not really much to be worried about, same diff as like Aspartame in soda and radioactive potassium in Bananas.

@skrillah6259

Жыл бұрын

@@MilkDrinker218 New cars smells like shit imo

@TheAlbumGuy

Жыл бұрын

I remember Jools Holland saying that when he came on the show

@CrudDeposit

Жыл бұрын

Any car should smell good. Or not like 97.3 cartons of newport

@Eis_

Жыл бұрын

Also, it should be noted that "smells good" is not the same as dumping a barrel of deodorant and fresheners in it. With those stuff, there's always too much that it would be unpleasant.

Gotta love Hammond's quick witted humour.

@LancerloverLL

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, 14:45 kills me on a regular basis 😅

It’s funny that they constantly mocked younger chaps for wearing beards and now 20 years later all three have them

@MilkDrinker218

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they meant that younger guys shouldn’t have facial hair?

@VXGaming

Жыл бұрын

Constant crashing turns you into mini Tony Stark, Getting headbutted by the government regulations for farming will add some grit to your face and then theirs just making Gin.

@yrknutzreek

Жыл бұрын

Jezza hasn't got one. He grew it out, hated it, then sheared it off.

@yvonnemulder9038

Жыл бұрын

Always behind

@darthmalvado1

Жыл бұрын

Is there a reason for them hating beards? That’s all I see on young guys who can grow one and women love them. Is that just an America thing?

"Best fart absorbing seat" is an overlooked yet vital category when choosing a new car.

@gustavoguti27

Жыл бұрын

That's why leather seats are not popular anymore

8:50 did anyone at Peugeot actually think this through? "No we're not going to give you one of our cars for your reliability survey episode (because they might mock it) so we will say it has broken down." Like.... What? 🙄🤣

@sar_ptolemy

Жыл бұрын

obviously, based on years of performance, no one at peugeot can 'think' at all

@JoshuaPitts

Жыл бұрын

more than likely they didn't actually order one and just said that for a joke

@esmeecampbell7396

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaPitts pretty sure the BBC could get into trouble over that, Peugeot could sue for defamation. Not for saying Peugeot is bad, that's an opinion. But lying about contacting them and them refusing to send you a car could be very easily proven to have not happened and could be claimed to be defamatory.

@smoketinytom

Жыл бұрын

@@esmeecampbell7396 And they’ll counter it in court by saying the show is entertainment, not purely factual. Elon Musk’s legal case was defeated in the merit that it shouldn’t be taken seriously, as it is quite evident.

@esmeecampbell7396

Жыл бұрын

@@smoketinytom No that worked out in court for a slightly different reason, they were doing a piece on the vehicle and making a joke about it, as part of their widely understood format of testing vehicles and making jokes. Whereas lying about how a company responded in the "factual survey" part of the show (these segments being what allowed Top Gear to be entered and win its infamous 'non-scripted entertainment Emmy' the criteria of which is 'any show primarily to entertain and inform'), and especially lying about giving them the chance to respond respectfully would have a much dimmer view taken of it. I don't doubt that is the excuse they would have to use, but think about it, if it was the case that you could get away with defamation on the basis of claiming it was "entertainment" then people could say or do anything...

8:47 the audience got to finally find out what the awful smell in the studio was and breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn't on their shoes.

I have never owned a car and I'm on a KZread Top Gear binge. Can't tell if I'm bored beyond belief or if Top Gear really was that amazing. Either way, I'm having a blast!

@iwillbuycocainefromyou

Жыл бұрын

top gear was that good

@MJG206

Жыл бұрын

Top Gear really was that good. It was a live action cartoon!

@TonyTama

Жыл бұрын

Nah youre not alone. Im not a car person butbid tune in to these people even if they only talked about paint

@jackshawty1

Жыл бұрын

it was that good and better

@ShoeF1end

Жыл бұрын

Where are you from that you never owned a car?

As an S2000 owner of many years, those surveys give me a nice little, fizzing sensation.

@BMW_Z4idiot

Жыл бұрын

nothing has better fizz than 177kW @ 8300 rpm.

@TheSh4dowgale

Жыл бұрын

I'm so jealous!

@Darkness-cd4ww

Жыл бұрын

Is it a nice fizzing sensation behind your penis?

14:52 I still use this line to this day. Great way to end an argument before it starts.

@Julian-mj4tb

Жыл бұрын

You can tell it wasn't scripted because Jeremy is too busy pissing himself

@Nickoboss29

Жыл бұрын

I probably got that but can you explain the joke?

@DrewSavo

Жыл бұрын

@@Nickoboss29 he’s saying that there are 3 knobs in the car: The heater, the blower, and the one that bought the car (James)

@Nickoboss29

Жыл бұрын

@@DrewSavo i understood that but does the knob word actually has other meanings in english?

@DrewSavo

Жыл бұрын

@@Nickoboss29 yeah it’s an insult. Knob is another word for penis.

14:49 "There are only two knobs in it... three if you count the one who bought it!" 🤣

@Nickoboss29

Жыл бұрын

Can you explain it?

@SpiritmanProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@Nickoboss29 As well as referring to a switch or some other control, 'knob' is a slang term for 'penis' and is used both literally and as a moderate insult meaning 'idiot'. (How severe the insult is depends on familiarity. Amongst friends it's usually just banter.)

these boys actually analyzing figures is strange😂

Can we get a compilation of " I didn't mean that"? Like the time James said "you could have a joint" Or the whole "you gave me the baby now get in the back". I would love that

@commietearsdrinker

Жыл бұрын

So basically a compilation of things they didn't mean to say. Nice.

If that guy really owned a 355 he’d have pulled the keys out to show

@applejuice5272

Жыл бұрын

Pistonheads custard test

@msimomi

Жыл бұрын

That situation was 100% set up by the presenters beforehand. They had the Ferrari stat ready and what a coincidence the first guy they asked says he had a Ferrari.

The "I modified my subaru and its unreliable" is very true. Next door neighbour had a gold legacy (estate) which he uses for towing large fishing nets up the beach and other hard work... never went wrong for 10 years, just normal servicing. However my 2 mates and my brother... of the 2 mates one was on his second engine constantly going through headgaskets, The other was on his third engine with a 400hp tune! My brothers RB5 had a stock-ish 250bhp tune and that was reliable, except the first 30 days he couldn't ever get it to start because of the aftermarket immobilisers and the shocks (which are unique to RB5s and expensive) were shagged because... impreza owners.

10:40 after almost 20 years I seriously hope jezza reveals what is on that bit of paper 😂😂😂

@MrWolfSnack

Жыл бұрын

I don't doubt it. When the TG studio shut down they still had all the old props in a warehouse both large items and cartons and cartons full of set gags

@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585

Жыл бұрын

Must have been hilarious if Hammond did that goofy ass laugh “Hyuh hyuh hyuh hyuh”

What's great about these surveys is that they're technically interesting and funny

“90% of the people who said they had a Ferrari, were lying”

Clarkson: What do you drive sir? Confident guy: A 355! May: *Amazing, every word of what you just said...was wrong* "Your dog would die every fifteen minutes!" that is, if your dog has as many lives as a cat

@Mypenisissmallbut

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that guy was definitely bullshitting anyone who actually had a Ferrari would simply pull out the keys to show they were telling the truth.

Last clip was a good way to end the video

I’m not surprised that the S2k is at the top for 2004. Honestly I would definitely be satisfied with owning one.

14:52 this was the greatest joke I've ever heard I wish I could use this on my friends LMAO

"like the Porsche 911, a favorite car of mine" It's also a favorite car of Admiral General Aladeen "known for its...somewhat scary handling sometimes" tell that to the World Trade Center

Every time I watch these old clips I just think what the hell were they thinking letting Jezza go! Such a great show and I loved the format, so glad they stuck by each other

@koitorob

Жыл бұрын

The twat sacked himself!

i wonder if u can do the compilation of when they talked about the "Indestructible Hilux". any time they mention i

Very good clips. I love it. Thank you.

James saying “whats funny” when talking about his fiat panda is me talking about how my cat tried to jump over my head

These guys are just funny great show Cheers me up every time way to go 👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲✌️

14:52 he got him good

I find it ironic that I got an ad for Paris hotels while watching this😂

The first bit is really interesting because it shows how a good name (Mercedes) can be ruined by people with sharp pencils and calculators that only spit out small numbers...

Can you do a compilation of Jeremy clarkson saying "was/is THIS"

@skonky

Жыл бұрын

i want an example of what you mean, drawing a blank hete

@justbg

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of this one kzread.info/dash/bejne/n36J1q9-esfcobA.html&ab_channel=incT

@Band-maid-fan101

Жыл бұрын

@@skonky alfa romeo challenge during the calendar segment in the studio Jeremy was saying "so the best I could come up with is THIS" (shows calendar with the car mostly behind a haystack) it's the way he emphasises the THIS cause usually its something stupid that follows it

@incTG

Жыл бұрын

good idea, hard to do though

@Band-maid-fan101

Жыл бұрын

@@incTG you're incT I'm sure you'll find a way lol

I once moved a French rental car that the company I worked for recovered and it did smell very odd

Would love to see the best of/compilation of the specials

Miss this so much

as someone who had a 2004 daewoo matiz in cyber green for their first car, was honestly the best car ever

It's funny how nobody could guess which car came last, when the clue is...it's there sitting in the studio....

Last time I was this early, my Mum barely made it into the delivery room!

I would like to say that I my family has had over the last 25 years; 2 Peugeots, 2 Citroens, a Matiz (Chevrolet made), and a Skoda. The one that gave the most trouble was the Skoda. One Peugeot was run for 25 years until it was unsafely rusty, and the other was run for 10 years until the timing belt snapped because the man at the local garage said it didn't replace it, so no reliability issues there. One Citroen was run until is was written off in a crash after 12 years, the other is still running. The Matiz is still a great run-around. The Skoda was at the garage every 3-4 months with a multitude of issues.

@sahhull

Жыл бұрын

Chevrolet had nothing to do with the matiz. It was just a rebadged exercise.

@julianroberts5407

Жыл бұрын

Well my Skoda has a mileage of a 104,000 and has been faultlessly reliable, so take that!!!!!!!

@MyreW36

Жыл бұрын

Nobody cares

@lightsfansofthewest481

6 ай бұрын

​@MyreW35 You cared enough to comment.

S2000 is such an amazing car to own.

they live. keep it up!

Some savage consumer advice.

Think lots of us forget how factual they were in the old days

I bought a $900 1971 VW squareback for parts, got it running, and drove it for 7 years before buying a w8 passat which has 180k and is going strong. A 50 year old car outlasted some new cars. Thats reliability.

@sahhull

Жыл бұрын

My 20 year old vauxhall combo has done 450,000 miles on its original engine and gearbox. I bought it as a 6 year old van for £1500.

@zackpenhaligon9904

Жыл бұрын

@@sahhull vauxhall are good. Not so keen on the 1.9 diesel engine, (the 120 bhp), but all others I've found brilliant. And like Nicholas said, older cars were built to last 👍

That lady with the 4wd X type blasted Clarkson 👏.

At the start when James may said that the Subaru legacy came 10th that made me happy bcause I have one (sedan in black)

“That’s probably why they’re burning so many in Paris at the moment at the moment” Brilliant

Anyone know what was on the paper?

@JJJackson777

Жыл бұрын

the unabombers' manifesto

2:09 fun fact

@DrewSavo

Жыл бұрын

That bloke deserved everything he got for trying that on!

Does anyone know what was on the piece of paper that Jeremy showed Hammond and May but couldn't show the cameras?

Hondas are absolutely amazing ❤️

10:45 anyone know what the note said?

6:34 this is funny, my Uncle had a Merc sedan, forget the number and all, for a number of years which he recently with for an Audi A6, which I love. He does too. But what Richard says here back in 2004 about British Merc dealerships is exactly what my Uncle said about his experience with his Mercedes. The car was alright, had really thin tires that were super sensitive, but he really felt that the dealers would never provide quality service.

"you've got a beard" compilation?

10:39 I really wonder what Jeremy showed them hahaha

10:56 The lads laughed. 10:58 That lass wasn't. 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Jeremy Clarkson 🙏🤣😂🙌

I had a 2008 Ford Focus. When new the fumes inside would burn your eyes,

DO A BOOTLEG ITEMS COMPILATION. e.g. in cambodia market, the chinese car episode, etc

Do these customer surveys still take place? Obviously not through the same hosts, but at least in a way where cars are ranked by the people that own and drive them?

"Subarus dont break" now thats a good joke

They should have had the guy who said FIAT was French come back for one of these.

Are those survey results still available? I couldn't find them.

maybe you can do a short complination of hammonds conversation street intro

Subarus don't break eh? I can tell you some horror stories then

"Subarus dont break! They'll just go on forever and ever" This aged like milk

@JobiWan144

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Subies aren't Toyotas, sure, but they're still quite solid... or at least they are when unmodified

My parents had an espace a few times in a row. The automatic transmission broke in all of them.

9:14 2004 burning cars in Paris. Is that an annual event?

Expectation is the issue here.

okay so the first two surveys are essentially as old as well me

I'd love to know what the piece of paper that Jeremy had

I wonder what was on that piece of paper

Ironically enough, that Mercedes' MOT is still valid. Meanwhile, the red Toyota Land Cruiser's MOT expired in 2019.

If You pause and click 12:48 you can see in the back left side we've got Irish Donald Trump followed by fat Walter White followed by goofy Sheldon Cooper followed by Jordan Peele with Iphone-10 Haircut . In our right side we have unshaved Hitman followed by discount Linus 'tech tips' followed by your English and Math teacher .

what was on the paper in 10:41

French burning their own cars at every turn of the decade , still true to this day 😂

Can we have ( if not already ) a comp of jeremy saying In The World

@incTG

Жыл бұрын

already exists

As an M-Class owner, this hurts 🥲

Weird watching top gear and seeing your parents on it 🤣Passat @ 3:48

9:07-9:15 Love this comment from Jeremy hahaha

Is the list of cars still available somewhere?

@JobiWan144

Жыл бұрын

I am also quite curious. I'd like to know how the Miata fared, given that the S2k did so consistently well. I'd also like to see if the 2nd-gen Lexus IS was ever included or only the 1st-gen

I THIN- Okay what I've got here is

What's in that paper?

Now I want a S2000 even more .. but they cost an arm and a leg .

TG was much more enjoyable in the earlier series. I don't know who made the decision to have it be more campy with the constant challanges, but it made it stale toward the end of the Clarkson/May/Hammond edition.

Wish we could see what was on that piece of paper

VW had dealer problems also! Dealers are not part of or financially legally connected to VW in USA, and most shops can't even perform basic service on new VWs, the dealers pull all kinds of dirty tricks to avoid responsibility and charge you for warrantee work, then not for the work!

*In the days before Tesla* 2022 … Tesla owners love their cars so much, they would win every time !

@henryatkinson1479

Жыл бұрын

What, win the "being on fire" or "driving themselved into fire trucks" segment?

@sahhull

Жыл бұрын

It's a shame they are blind to Tesla shoddy build quality. Most Tesla cars in the UK are leased.

I just woke up

My first car was a Chevrolet matriz

@koitorob

Жыл бұрын

No it wasn't...

13:08 If you do that, you will be able to find out whether the car you planning on buying is good... Or... FRENCH! 😁

"Subarus don't break"

@nicholasagnew2792

Жыл бұрын

Except for when they do from piston slap, rod knock, head gasket failure, rusting suspension components etc. They are pretty reliable actually but to say they are on the same level as Toyota, Honda, or say older Mercedes would be false. I'd put them at about the same level as VW.

With my 1969 fiat 500 I am 100% unsatisfied

@koitorob

Жыл бұрын

You could do a LOT worse!

Funny how Peugeot are making nice cars now.

They first point at the XJ as the first car on the list. Then the Sharan is parked next to it and nobody guessed it. Are they blind?

Now do a classic Top Gear compilation

@incTG

Жыл бұрын

have made one of clarkson and one of may on old TG, another one of clarkson in a bit as well

A "Superb" Mercedes... Probably never been above 5000 revs...

I'm surprised dodge neon isn't in last place

@koitorob

Жыл бұрын

You don't get many in GB so it wouldn't appear in the survey

11:49 Brent Weinbach

I thought it was the Beetle that is was the worst Golf

11:50 he murders cats

Can we get a compilation of the trio doing manual labour or clarkson complaining about manual labour? Or has that already been done?

@incTG

Жыл бұрын

think it's already been done