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@@edomoralessilva5511 The only car which you can sort of find cheaply is the Saxo. The MR2 and E36 shot up in prices quite a lot. If they still were at 500€/$ i would already have 3 of each probably standing in the driveway
@@HowToSpec what its the same quality as on tv.... by top gear classic they mean top gear with richard james and jeremy not old this isn't even an old episode lol we have had hd tv since 2005
@@ALLRNDCRICKETER it wasn't all scripted, they just had pointers they had to hit. if you watch the news segments they know the topics they are going to talk about but the conversations are completely improvised, rhink of the "what flavour is it?" line from the Pussy energy drink section, you couldn't script that.
@@cheesycarrotsoup -Affordable to join -No pay drivers necessary -Very little, if any politicking -Real racing doesn’t equal a Spec Series. The very first motor race (1894 Paris-Rouen) was not held with the same cars, does that not count as real racing in your book?
@@cheesycarrotsoup 1. I'm 33. 2. This is rallycross, not karting, pay attention. 3. The fuck can I learn from you? You don't know your arsehole from your earhole.
You hit the stalk when flailing the wheel about frantically. I know. Coz theres NO reason to use the indicators in the forest at night on a special stage.
This truly really just shows that Captain Slow really is just slow for the public road and about being sensible and practical for daily driving. Between this and the Bugatti in the speedring, he can and will drive fast when appropriate.
No not really, it was an awful car with snap oversteer, don't make stuff up, it was never good at racing in any guise. It was an awful handling car that wasn't well engineered.
@@bzilla-d4i All what you said is a 1000$ fix. Plus you cannot ask more from a small wheel base car that weights 1.1T, rear engine and that can have from 250bhp to 450bhp
i loved this episode when i was young and completely forgot about Mays MR2. i’ve accidentally bought 2 cars featured in a TG special, an MR2 like here and a Bugeye WRX wagon like in the Africa specials
its not they dont wanna do it anymore its more of they cant theyre just growing old. top gear is VERY VERY physical they cant handle that physcial strain anymore they claim this was the best times of their lives but sadly have to end it.
Absolutely loved when James, Hammond and Clarkson all narrate each of their own cars and strengths as they race through the track A bloody timeless classic way ahead of its time in terms of car reviews and comedy
One of my favourite TG segments this is. I'd love to give a Rallycross a go one day, I quite liked playing it in the DIRT Rally games! 5:25 Yes Hammond, YOU about 10 years or so later! 😂
I love this challenge a lot. Just unfiltered joy and appreciation for cars and racing. Sometimes TG (and the rest of automotive media) gets lost in the glamor of million dollar supercars, but every so often we get something that's really pure of spirit like this.
I really missed the days they were more down to Earth, more in connection with people around them, Grand Tour changed all of that and went more american, grandeur TV, big sceneries and expensive cars, it really was never the same. But an era has ended, and what a shame, TG was a TV show you will only see once in a century.
You think TopGeat was down to earth? WTF? 😂. What did you find down to earth? Where they raced a veyron across Europe agaisnt another guys private plane? Or was it when they raced a Mclaren SLR to Norway? Or maybe when they turned a truck into a boat and sailed it to france. Oh i know, it was when the turned a reliant robin into a space shuttle. So relatable and down to earth 😂😂😂
This was perfection of Top Gear. Best episode and very fun to watch ,I missed this very much. Anyway every single episode is on internet and 50% of The Grand Tour and Top Gear greatest hits I've in my hard drive so my life is not over🤠🙌💯
@@nercksrule get a decent engine and swap it, ive heard people throw good money at banger racing so why not just find one thats been rear ended and have the engine from that?
I absolutely ADORE Lydden Hill, it's got to be my all time favourite RX track, It's also what prompted me to start doing Motorsport Photography, thank you Top Gear, for bringing my love to cars and motorsport
This reminds me of the day I went gokarting with a bunch of my friends. It was outdoors and we also had bbq like they had in the video. My first time driving a gokart and even two hours later I was still pumped. I didn't win but it was still so much fun
I saved up for a mr2 when i was 23 yrs old back in 2002 and saved up 7k, got to that point and was like i better save 10 percent on a house. For i saved 15k by 26 yrs old. Glad i did that then that car. Made my whole life easier. Bought first house at 28. Now i look for one and there going 20k plus for a decent one. Ol well
@@Mlaargaar It was Hammond yeah, given away by the "I've no idea what's happening". You'd think they'd have used some old Murray Walker commentary from Grandstand
00:40 "...and you had those tiny little televisions with the black and white screens you were watching it on..." "No, no. You might have done in Birmingham."
I had totally forgotten about this, and also forgotten that rally cross was a thing. I was recently talking about how they should make a rally/track combo race for the new "off-road" supercars, like the Lambo Sterrato and such.
First episode of Top Gear that I've watched. Read online that Kimi Räikkönen was on it so I wanted to check it out. At the end of the episode I was super euphoric. Best tv show that I've had watched by far.
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This was one of the best things the trio did during Top Gear, it's such a blast to watch this again
Totally agree 😎👌
I've watched this segment over and over. Definitely one of the best.
❤
Agreed 👍
Said nobody but a chav
Jeremy: "I'm gonna stay at the back ."
Also Jeremy the moment the final starts: *Guns for Hammond like a bloodhound*
I mean, it wouldn't be fun if he just let him be, now would it?
Also, by being being him he protected him from that aggressive Fiesta.
I'm more surprised he didn't pit Hammond... Man I was at the edge of my seat for that one, brilliant racing indeed!
@@sikertsok225 thought the same thing
Crazy how back then all those cars were still in decent condition but considered cheap beaters and now they are classic enthusiast cars
Yes, imagine buying all 3 cars for 1.500
@@edomoralessilva5511 The only car which you can sort of find cheaply is the Saxo. The MR2 and E36 shot up in prices quite a lot. If they still were at 500€/$ i would already have 3 of each probably standing in the driveway
No way you would get a mk1 vts for that money now
@@jamescoupland131 I didnt say for that money and i meant the base one. Just cheap-ish
E36 is a worthless rust bucket lol
This and 24h endurance race were one of the best TG episodes. Pure fun, trio at their best and soooo much good driving!
Forgot about that one. Thanks for remindimg me ! :)
and the early episode where they ended up doing a track race on a hay field
yes, with The Stig as a member of the team. That was so cool.
James May eating a banana was a funniest thing ever
We must not laugh when he gets back.
Proceeds to laugh hystericaly when James returns. That bit was so funny
HIIIIIGH FIIIIIVE
no
3:23
Had to select 144p for full effect
lol
lol the throwback to old top gear RUclips
😂😂😂😂
and shake the screen around while drinking YEEEEEAH
@@HowToSpec what its the same quality as on tv.... by top gear classic they mean top gear with richard james and jeremy not old this isn't even an old episode lol we have had hd tv since 2005
Richard Hammond now plays golf.
He’s an old man after all
@@Motordiciton You mean an old American man
with very white teeth
@@AdamTheMan1993 Those teeth don't lie.
@@AdamTheMan1993Unfortunately golf... is basically communist.
This was one of the best segments from the later series. Less scripting, more just the 3 of them having fun & cocking about.
Lol cocking about is hilarious
13:41 Hammonds gear change here is absolutely breath-taking
“If you’re not breaking things, you’re not racing.”
13:42 That gear shift. Holy...
Flat foot shifted that because rally car
yeah that was gnarly.
i know nothing about cars, was it good or bad?
@@JohnCena-fd5ywinsanely good. A car usually hesitates when you shift normally but the car was still very smooth when he shifted.
“So you’re racing in Gary Class - you’re Gary Clarkson”
One of mays best sentences 🤣😂
back when they were witty not 100% scripted
@@ADAM_COLLECTS joke is top gear was scripted
against Gary the girl
@@ALLRNDCRICKETER it wasn't all scripted, they just had pointers they had to hit. if you watch the news segments they know the topics they are going to talk about but the conversations are completely improvised, rhink of the "what flavour is it?" line from the Pussy energy drink section, you couldn't script that.
I'm gonna miss them. Gonna be rewatching all the classics until I die.
It’s bittersweet watching classic clips now. I grew up on these three. Thank you, and the crew for a lifetime of laughs and memories.
I can't wait for this to be recommended to people in 15 years time
The clip will be 27 years old by then, mad how time will slip by so quickly
Clarkson's "HI FIVE" at 5:31 is basically me and my friends
0:18 Hamster is that you?
I've always thought it was him 😂
3:12 Watch this! **snap oversteer*
Hahahahah
The infamous MR2 snap oversteer
It’s 3:07
I’m a fan of Formula 1, IndyCar, WEC, etc., but this is much better. Real, pure racing without crappy pay drivers and politics.
How is it pure racing when everyone has a different car.
@@cheesycarrotsoup
-Affordable to join
-No pay drivers necessary
-Very little, if any politicking
-Real racing doesn’t equal a Spec Series. The very first motor race (1894 Paris-Rouen) was not held with the same cars, does that not count as real racing in your book?
@@cheesycarrotsoup Google racing, take your time and you'll figure it out.
@@Dusk.EighthLegion kid I own a Karting track you are welcome to come and learn.
@@cheesycarrotsoup 1. I'm 33.
2. This is rallycross, not karting, pay attention.
3. The fuck can I learn from you? You don't know your arsehole from your earhole.
3:47 THE NFS PROSTREET SONG OMG
I JUST REALIZED I THOUGHT I WAS HEARING SMTHIN OMGG
"James May is... There's no other word for it - WINNING"
*crashes*
"........ hahahahaha"
*James proceeds to use his indicators for some reason*
You hit the stalk when flailing the wheel about frantically.
I know. Coz theres NO reason to use the indicators in the forest at night on a special stage.
"that was BRILLIANT & I was Laast!" 7:36
This truly really just shows that Captain Slow really is just slow for the public road and about being sensible and practical for daily driving. Between this and the Bugatti in the speedring, he can and will drive fast when appropriate.
This was absolute pinnacle of tv. Just 3 mates having a blast. Also, kudos for including Jeremy's Borat "high five" in this version 😂😂
3:51 blood type: RED 😂😂😂
MR2 in the right hands is a weapon
Seeing that MR2 getting scratched is bringing tears to my eyes.
@@projector4511it wasn't intentional, though
No not really, it was an awful car with snap oversteer, don't make stuff up, it was never good at racing in any guise. It was an awful handling car that wasn't well engineered.
@@bzilla-d4i All what you said is a 1000$ fix. Plus you cannot ask more from a small wheel base car that weights 1.1T, rear engine and that can have from 250bhp to 450bhp
@@bzilla-d4iSnap oversteer was because you needed quick hands like Lewis Hamilton
This was my introduction to Rallycross back in high school, and I've wanted to try it ever since!
10:38 that face never fails to make me laugh
imagine showing up to your local track for a bit of amateur driving and then TG is here
That would be a dream
i loved this episode when i was young and completely forgot about Mays MR2. i’ve accidentally bought 2 cars featured in a TG special, an MR2 like here and a Bugeye WRX wagon like in the Africa specials
Best youtube channel rn, my entire childhood is being uploaded here
My Names Richard Hammond and i have taken up Golf recently. 😂😂
“Why have you taken up golf?”
I've been having lessons. ⛳
@14:18 Bloody hell, the saxo has dropped and is dragging its exhaust.
If I was stuck on a desert island with only one thing to keep me from going mad I'd choose Top Gear. Never gets old
3:24 was the pinnacle of Top gear in my opinion
This channel is brilliant, bringing back the old Top Gear. Take my subscription.
its not they dont wanna do it anymore its more of they cant theyre just growing old. top gear is VERY VERY physical they cant handle that physcial strain anymore they claim this was the best times of their lives but sadly have to end it.
Absolutely loved when James, Hammond and Clarkson all narrate each of their own cars and strengths as they race through the track
A bloody timeless classic way ahead of its time in terms of car reviews and comedy
One of my favourite TG segments this is. I'd love to give a Rallycross a go one day, I quite liked playing it in the DIRT Rally games!
5:25 Yes Hammond, YOU about 10 years or so later! 😂
I love this challenge a lot. Just unfiltered joy and appreciation for cars and racing. Sometimes TG (and the rest of automotive media) gets lost in the glamor of million dollar supercars, but every so often we get something that's really pure of spirit like this.
Price of those cars are now like 5 times more
How much
5:32 "High five!"
That was more entertaining than any f1 race I've seen
I really missed the days they were more down to Earth, more in connection with people around them, Grand Tour changed all of that and went more american, grandeur TV, big sceneries and expensive cars, it really was never the same.
But an era has ended, and what a shame, TG was a TV show you will only see once in a century.
You think TopGeat was down to earth? WTF? 😂.
What did you find down to earth? Where they raced a veyron across Europe agaisnt another guys private plane? Or was it when they raced a Mclaren SLR to Norway? Or maybe when they turned a truck into a boat and sailed it to france. Oh i know, it was when the turned a reliant robin into a space shuttle. So relatable and down to earth 😂😂😂
Richard's laugh collection: 3:28 5:52 7:15 9:16 12:27 12:51
10:38 Jeremy’s winning face 😂😂😂
Golden
And this is why we loved top gear and it went on for many years giving everyone lovely happy memories like these ones. ❤
Really going to miss these guys😢
It's still one of my favorite moments in Top Gear history, so entertaining and I love to see them having so muhc fun
Smile on my face the whole time watching this.
6:07 blood type: B- is metal as a sticker lol
Richard’s is blood type: Red. Ha.
When the Producers didn’t interfere with events in the show, it felt genuine. Like this.
3:08 "Watch this!" The two words that usually precede driving disaster!
I still remember the first time watcing top gear, i was hooked from the first episodes
This was perfection of Top Gear. Best episode and very fun to watch ,I missed this very much. Anyway every single episode is on internet and 50% of The Grand Tour and Top Gear greatest hits I've in my hard drive so my life is not over🤠🙌💯
Hammond's choice of car here was perfect: an old small cheap hot hatchback. I'd have gone for an old Focus with the 2L engine.
not a bad choice, but id go for an old impreza wrx. 4wd traction and 200 bhp would be hard to beat.
No don't act stupid everyone knows that James MR2 in the right hands would of beaten everything
@@F1Guy-Guy In the right hands, yeah
@@tomcharlton586 Good luck finding a cheap WRX that doesn't have a leaking head gasket.
@@nercksrule get a decent engine and swap it, ive heard people throw good money at banger racing so why not just find one thats been rear ended and have the engine from that?
I absolutely ADORE Lydden Hill, it's got to be my all time favourite RX track, It's also what prompted me to start doing Motorsport Photography, thank you Top Gear, for bringing my love to cars and motorsport
3:51 blood type red on the side of the car 😂
A really fun time racing in Gary class
Yes, the video all in one part! 3:22-3:30 with the laughter at 3:28 is the best moment of the vid. 🤣🤣
And is Richard doing the voice over at 0:17? LOL
This was so awesome, I watched this years ago. And again today.
One of my favourite classic Top Gear moments. You find yourself really rooting for the trio in their respective races, superb stuff!
The Quality of these video's are outstanding compared to others out there on youtube
This is why I love their show. Sad it's gone
The spanner final 😂
Jeremy's winning face will stay with me forever 🤣
This reminds me of the day I went gokarting with a bunch of my friends. It was outdoors and we also had bbq like they had in the video. My first time driving a gokart and even two hours later I was still pumped. I didn't win but it was still so much fun
So happy to see this piece again!
thanks bbc for giving those three the start of a 22 year long amazing adventure
Thank you poster, for this brilliant memory
I saved up for a mr2 when i was 23 yrs old back in 2002 and saved up 7k, got to that point and was like i better save 10 percent on a house. For i saved 15k by 26 yrs old. Glad i did that then that car. Made my whole life easier. Bought first house at 28. Now i look for one and there going 20k plus for a decent one. Ol well
2:12 song playing is Ekstrak - Diesel Shift from NFS Carbon
and 3:45 is a NFS Pro Street song, don't remember the name
Watching old clips like this hit's different after The Grand Tour finale
That looks like it would be a freaking blast
I like how they don’t even care if they won or not, they’re just having fun
I felt so good watching these guys having a good time
watching the trio again brings me back to the good ol days😊
0:43 Yes, In 2024 we do 😅
You know I've always wondered all these years whether that's Hammond's voice doing the commentary on the old Rallycross videos @ 0:18
I always thought the same!
@@Mlaargaar It was Hammond yeah, given away by the "I've no idea what's happening". You'd think they'd have used some old Murray Walker commentary from Grandstand
This is literally gokarting with more consequences and more fun
'Simply the best.' Thank you all, from the Dutchies. We like a joint effort. There's no 'me' in 'team'' you always showed that .
FINALLLY I CAN WATCH IT HIGH QUALITY
Finally the Best episode Ever ❤
The best episode.....in the WORLD
3:01 “AND REMEMBER THIS COSTS LESS THAN GOLF” I love it
The funny thing about this video is that some background musics are in Need For Speed. Such a icon Editor.
So great to see all 3 of them having so much fun!
One of the best challenges in Top Gear history. Plus original Renault Megane Coupe.
I wish they did actual races more often
Don't think Gary the Pole in the black 106 was a big fan of Hammond. Punted him twice 😂
That MR2 is a beaut
Blood type : Red
Nice
3:56
Spurred on by the support of my colleagues, I chased after the pack.
The Colleagues: 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I used to love watching Rally cross as a kid. Much underrated as a sport
This is my favorite top gear racing episode! Currently saving to try and buy a citron saxo vts!
00:40
"...and you had those tiny little televisions with the black and white screens you were watching it on..."
"No, no. You might have done in Birmingham."
I had totally forgotten about this, and also forgotten that rally cross was a thing.
I was recently talking about how they should make a rally/track combo race for the new "off-road" supercars, like the Lambo Sterrato and such.
Loving these videos, could you post the 24h roadwork challenge?
That poor mr2..
I did love the fact that the green one won it all, and the advantage they have with mid engine at the start of the race
This one was much better than most of the F1 races I've ever seen
First episode of Top Gear that I've watched. Read online that Kimi Räikkönen was on it so I wanted to check it out. At the end of the episode I was super euphoric. Best tv show that I've had watched by far.
3:44 This Junkie XL track was in NFS Prostreet
And before May starts NFS Carbon soundtrack by Ektrak. :)