They have some great machinery on Top Gear but so little of the prog is about the cars - seems to be more about the presenters playing with their egos. A shame really when we could see more mechanical stuff.
I don't think any of the 3 understand much about mechanical engineering (or indeed eng of any kind) and Clarksons oafish comments are threadbare. Are you (like me) fed up of him saying (this car has so many) "torques" when he means "torque".
And now I see that long haired one has god knows how many spinoff shows in which is portraying himself as some kind of nerdy mechanical wizard - which he is not.
And that little mouthy little oik - he said once that the lotus elan (those of the '60's) were "rubbish". I know for a fact they were not rubbish as I rebuilt two of them from the ground up - just for the fun of it. Yes there were rubbish bits of design - like the usless handbrake operating on rear discs - but the car as a whole was a superb performer beautifully balanced, as it was, on that centre box-section frame. Such a pity someone who is uniformed can make such statements and denigrate an excellent piece of British design.
Sorry folks - I just sense none of these 3 presenters has ever really got their hands dirty or suffered the real work involved in fixing one's own car(s).
Yes I know it's just entertainment - and the show is successful - just wish it was about cars. Thanks for reading.