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Post by amie8 on Mar 29, 2012 23:00:24 GMT
Right. I know this is a little early, what with series 18 barely cold and all, but I thought it was worth posting, just to get the juices flowing a bit. There is some speculation that this blog might have got it wrong, and that it is actually the magazine that's doing the challenge but, hey ho! What's the harm, eh? Treat the news with a bit of caution, but enjoy trying to imagine all three of them having to share a single Toyota Hilux www.autoblog.com/2012/03/28/toyota-uk-says-top-gear-boys-to-go-on-another-hilux-adven/ |
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Post by Vivienne on Mar 29, 2012 23:34:25 GMT
On the Top Gear website they mention bears and mud.On the auto blog people were thinking the Sahara or Australia.
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Post by dit on Mar 29, 2012 23:57:59 GMT
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Post by From Afar on Mar 29, 2012 23:59:53 GMT
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Post by jacqui on Mar 30, 2012 10:06:42 GMT
They do like their Hilux's (Hilux-i  ) don't they ;D |
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Post by Jester on Mar 30, 2012 11:27:12 GMT
ah man, my aunty and uncle live in cornwall, ohh so close!! i could hop on a plane and stay with them....not enough time!
looks good! ;D
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Post by rx7 on Mar 30, 2012 15:04:14 GMT
Toyotas are freaking durable-they've come a long way since the rustbuckets of the 80s.
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Post by amie8 on Mar 30, 2012 22:42:38 GMT
Another teeny weeny hint, from what looks like an official Toyota blog blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-hilux-conquers-antarctica-on-jet-fuelSo you don't have to read the whole thing, here is the relevant line: What’s next for the intrepid Hilux? Well, it looks like the Top Gear team have some ideas…It might still mean the magazine, or TG US, or something else.. |
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Post by dit on May 5, 2012 23:23:17 GMT
I don't know where to put this interview as it's pretty wide-ranging and ostensibly to promote the forthcoming Durban festival, but the important bit is just after 8 minutes in when Jeremy says that he's looking forward to it as " it's about the only time the three of us are working together this year cos there's no Top Gear on this year".So it looks as if those of us who've applied to go to a filming are going to have an extremely long wait...... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0dpeQqXUg |
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 5, 2012 23:48:11 GMT
I saw a tweet from some random person recently that said the same thing...no new TG until 2013.
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Post by amie8 on May 5, 2012 23:57:05 GMT
Wonder what they were doing with that Hilux, then...
Oh well. Manlab and Toy Stories to look forward to before then and maybe - if we're lucky - we can watch Hammond being eaten by lions. ;D
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Post by From Afar on May 7, 2012 14:22:32 GMT
but the important bit is just after 8 minutes in when Jeremy says that he's looking forward to it as " it's about the only time the three of us are working together this year cos there's no Top Gear on this year". WHAT!!!!!  is depressed now |
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Post by aeromanda on May 7, 2012 20:32:44 GMT
I was depressed to hear this news as well. I read somewhere (don't recall where) that it was because the BBC is too busy scaling up for the Olympics. The author of the article pointed out that more people watch Top Gear than will probably watch the Olympics. I am quite bummed about this. It is going to be a very long wait!  |
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Post by jmsquared on May 7, 2012 22:42:52 GMT
Waaaahhhh!!! Sad, sad, sad.... (Am looking forward to the Olympics though..  ) |
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Post by liverbird on May 7, 2012 22:50:01 GMT
so, the BBC don't care about those of us who are not interested in the Olympics, but yet we have to endure it.
I think we should demand the licence fee back and put it toward a flight to Durban.
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Post by eolise on May 8, 2012 7:09:04 GMT
Agreed, Liverbird: TG has been on tv for soooo many years and so many people watch it, they just can't do this to us ;-( And I have absolutely nothing with the Olympics..... UGH.
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Post by TheDaisy on May 8, 2012 7:44:23 GMT
Nuuuuuu  I know it's a great honour yada blah blah but - is it going to be all sport for two whole weeks, with nothing else at all? Some of us don't want wall-to-wall sport on TV. |
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Post by pie on May 8, 2012 11:51:50 GMT
That just seems weird. No TG at all because of two weeks of sport? I smell a Hamster rat. (But I'm also looking forward to the Olympics because it gives me yet another chance to annoy the crap out of everyone here: "I've been there!!" x100 ;D) |
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Post by Wyvern on May 8, 2012 12:17:23 GMT
It's not just two weeks though - by the time the Paralympics is taken into account, the whole Olympic brou-ha-ha runs for about six weeks. What has also clobbered things a bit, I suspect, is the jubilee celebrations, the guys' other commitments and even sodding Wimbledon. Basically, one thing runs into another, equally boring, thing for most of the rest of the year, so the summer's clobbered not only in terms of scheduling, but also in terms of filming to an extent. Grrr... *haz a sad*  |
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Post by eshalda on May 8, 2012 12:30:42 GMT
I have a very big sad too Wyvern. I can't really be bothered with the olympics, even though it is in England it seems very far away from me, not even bothered about the torch relay that does come near me. I am mildly interested in the Diamond jubulee, but only on the actual celebration day, not all the tours around the U.K. What I really am bothered about is there being no more TG this year - very sad indeed.
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Post by antonia on May 8, 2012 19:01:29 GMT
SAY IT ISN'T SO!!! That is criminal and I want my lisence money back.I don't give a flying ---- about the Olympics it's going to be a disaster anyway.
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Post by jacqui on May 8, 2012 19:28:22 GMT
It will come round soon enough - it's May already for for heavens sake  |
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Post by aeromanda on May 9, 2012 0:12:42 GMT
It will come round soon enough - it's May already for for heavens sake Heresy!!!  Still, it will make the time feel a lot longer. |
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Post by dit on May 9, 2012 10:41:06 GMT
Straight from the horse's mouth (Jeremy)
There's a rumour in internet land that there will be no more Top Gears this year. I'm afraid that apart from an Xmas special, it's true.
Would love to be back in the Autumn but Sunday nights then will be full of fat people singing
The good news is that the longer we have to make the films, the better they will be.
We will be back in January
Top Gear is a medium sized van. Cowell is a juggernaut. When he has finished his singing competition, our new series will start.
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Post by amie8 on May 9, 2012 10:41:46 GMT
A pronouncement from on high (well, Clarkson has tweeted)
"There's a rumour in internetland that there will be no more Top Gear this year. I'm afraid that apart from an Xmas special, it's true."
Also:
"Would love to be back in the autumn, but Sunday nights then will be full of fat people singing"
So, there you go. Chrissy special though - yowser!!
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Post by amie8 on May 9, 2012 10:42:12 GMT
Ooh - too late. Must type faster, Amie8!
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Post by dit on May 9, 2012 10:53:38 GMT
Snap!
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Post by amie8 on May 9, 2012 10:56:04 GMT
I was going to race you over to Final Gear, but someone's already done it!
Sad...(me, I mean - not you)
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Post by dit on May 9, 2012 11:02:38 GMT
Yep, someone over on FG was very quick off the mark with that info earlier this morning!
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Post by jacqui on May 9, 2012 21:10:16 GMT
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) don't they ;D
I love a man who can handle a gun 
WHAT!!!!! 
is depressed now 
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I know it's a great honour yada blah blah but - is it going to be all sport for two whole weeks, with nothing else at all? Some of us don't want wall-to-wall sport on TV.
