The Grand Tour thread

Anything goes in here.....
User avatar
smee
Posts: 1906
Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:00 pm
Location: Inverurie
Contact:

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by smee » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:26 pm

Im glad I signed up to prime for this, enjoyed the series and many other things now as well. I think 70% of each program was good but there was a lot of filler, I didn't like the crappy filler bits, people as parking sensors etc, I wasn't fussed about the celebrity bit and not taken with "the American". I would have liked to have seen them do more in the area they were filming, make more of the grand tour aspect. I did enjoy the actual banter between them, not the strained scripted bits and it was generally just good to see the tree of the back on tv again, looked like they were enjoying it. I think if you filtered the less good bits out you could have condensed it into 8 excellent episodes. Still made enjoyable viewing for 13 weeks.
S1 Elise - LRG MMC
Exige 390 LRG
GR Yaris
Leighton T6.1

User avatar
graeme
Posts: 3528
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:29 am
Location: Kintore

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by graeme » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:59 am

It could be the three of them flinging spoonfuls of cat sh*t over a Mk2 Fiesta for and hour while singing Coldplay dirges, and we'd all still tune in. Compulsory viewing!

Agree with Smee, I don't think a score out of 10 works for any episode, because most episodes had something 8/10 or above in them, and all of them had some 1/10 garbage too. An average score doesn't really tell the whole story.
211
958

User avatar
GregR
Posts: 6928
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:45 pm
Location: Edinburgh

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by GregR » Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:59 pm

campbell wrote:
The Rangey's just a big box..

Eh? The only car that has genuine off-road capability in a segment about SUVs is 'just a big box' yet the jag with its road chassis with road-car handling, designed as a box as it's fashionable yet that's the one that's aspirational?

Go figure.

[Very muddy Range Rover owner]
Ferrari 458
Porsche 993 C2
Disco V

User avatar
campbell
Posts: 17191
Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:42 pm
Location: West Lothian
Contact:

The Grand Tour thread

Post by campbell » Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:01 pm

Don't take it personally Greg. I wasn't commenting on its capability :-)
http://www.rathmhor.com | Coaching, training, consultancy

User avatar
Alistair
Posts: 500
Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 10:16 am

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by Alistair » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:18 pm

We're still catching up (only at Episode 6)

Have enjoyed it so far - but really disappointed we can't let Cameron (5 yrs old now) watch it by himself as there are bits we need to fast forward past - mostly Celebrity Brain Crash which isn't funny anyway, and try explaining a dead Kimi Raikkonen to a 5 year old F1 fan :roll:

So - could do without that and a few other things (mindless killings in the SAS episode ring a bell) - but other parts have had us in stitches, and some great motoring elements too (who'd have thought in a car show!!)

Looking forward to the rest of the series

User avatar
rossybee
Posts: 10976
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:13 pm
Location: Now fully entered into the fold!
Contact:

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by rossybee » Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:58 pm

Well I'm sitting on a boat pretty much on the equator with very little to do, and by chance they have digital on demand TV series and movies, so have just rattled through the whole lot in 4 days.

No real surprises, some funny bits but the usual cocking about and totally cringeworthy bits which was to be expected I suppose.

Glad I've seen it, but also glad I didn't pay to see it also :roll:
Ross
---------
1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT

Now browsing the tech pages :mrgreen:

:cheers

User avatar
Dark
Posts: 729
Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:12 am
Location: Broxburn, West Lothian

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by Dark » Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:28 pm

The Grand Tour season two will be available from 08 Dec.......
2018 Lotus Exige Sport (metallic grey)
2015 Volvo V60 Polestar (rebel blue)

User avatar
Sanjøy
Posts: 8808
Joined: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:23 pm
Location: Edinburgh Hamptons

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by Sanjøy » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:10 pm

Dark wrote:The Grand Tour season two will be available from 08 Dec.......
Trailers looks a tad exciting.
W213 All Terrain

User avatar
C7Steve
Posts: 4381
Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:00 pm
Location: Aberdeen

Re: The Grand Tour thread

Post by C7Steve » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:47 pm


Post Reply