Top Gear Critises Skylines

[skyline-driver]

did anyone watch TOPGEAR on sbs the other day, the fat guy was talking alot of shit about the skylines and jeremy clarkeson said to him that they were great cars. i heard say that the R32 brakes would explode and the r33 engine is crap with the gear changing, but he said that the R34 GTR is a "bulletproof" that was good until he said the wheels were crap. i love this show but they were too harsh on the skylines they called them a playstation which i think is right to an extent Coz wen u crash u dont get a new car but die. what other people think of this show and comments about the skyline

[mesmerized]

did anyone watch TOPGEAR on sbs the other day, the fat guy was talking alot of shit about the skylines and jeremy clarkeson said to him that they were great cars. i heard say that the R32 brakes would explode and the r33 engine is crap with the gear changing, but he said that the R34 GTR is a "bulletproof" that was good until he said the wheels were crap. i love this show but they were too harsh on the skylines they called them a playstation which i think is right to an extent Coz wen u crash u dont get a new car but die. what other people think of this show and comments about the skyline

isn't that clip something like 6 years old??

[OZ_Pomy]

Pretty sure i seen them test drive the jun r33 and loved it. But who wouldnt

[Marco-R34GTT]

Clarkson drove the JUN tuned 1000BHP R33 GTR in his 'No Limits' DVD... So Top Gear didn't review it as such...

Still, both Top Gear and Fifth Gear test drove the R34 GTR in 2002 (there is an older R34 test by Clarkson from the old Top Gear) and both Jeremy and Tiff like it lots... That is all that matters...

@Oblivion..

Yeah, it would be about 6 years old, that fat guy was only on the first series before he was replaced by James May in season 2...

May = ftw... Cpt Slow..

[Hakosuka22]

Did see it. Some of those comments were very harsh. But we all no skylines are still kicking arse today... and hopefully will do into the future. Wouldnt own anything else. Well if a ferrari was to... well you know the rest. =]

[jake33]

the guy didnt say they were crap. he said they were good.

he only said that the r32 breaks would explode (dramatic tv) andd the syncros on the r33 shifting from 3rd to 4th tend to crunch or whatever.. which is know to be a fact.

still he said they were a great car.

[lingeringsoul]

oh so they were actually replaying the old episodes???? no wonder......saw the fat guy and went "Who the bollocks is that?"

[ish]

brakes breaking during braking.....

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

they also mentioned the athe tyres wear from the inside.... so you should BE CAREFUL WHEN BUYING...

hahaha like tyres are a worry with all the $$$ you spend modding a line...

[mystery_kid]

oh boo hoo, someone doesn't like skylines :'(

[r33cruiser]

hhm thats funny. top gear love skylines. they have driven a r32 gtr and jeremy was at the time quoted at saying "this is the best car i have ever driven". furthermore they love the r34 gtr, saying it will get u out of trouble and is heaps of fun.

FURTHERMORE. they actually reviewed a yellow 1000hp skyline that can be bought for 40k pounds.

they fell in love with it.

so maybe before u start saying they hate it all...maybe u shud try youtube.com, hmmm

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

if its not European and they even say its ok then that's a victory

[ras1983]

hhm thats funny. top gear love skylines. they have driven a r32 gtr and jeremy was at the time quoted at saying "this is the best car i have ever driven". furthermore they love the r34 gtr, saying it will get u out of trouble and is heaps of fun.

FURTHERMORE. they actually reviewed a yellow 1000hp skyline that can be bought for 40k pounds.

they fell in love with it.

so maybe before u start saying they hate it all...maybe u shud try youtube.com, hmmm

Don't forget they gave the R33 the honour of racing against a McLaren F1 (I'm not comparing the two, obviously the McLaren is a piece of automotive art and history).

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

^^^ that was embarassing (although i spose it was stock )

[ras1983]

Yeah but just about any car would have suffered the same fate. I forgot to mention they had a 'best handling' episode a long time ago; including the then current 355, 550, 911, M3, GTO, GTR etc etc and they said the GTR was the fastest of the lot.

One tester mentioned the R33 was the fastest point-to-point car he had driven at the time (remember it was in the mid 90's)

[Marco-R34GTT]

Don't forget they gave the R33 the honour of racing against a McLaren F1 (I'm not comparing the two, obviously the McLaren is a piece of automotive art and history).

I would've paid money to see the JUN 1000BHP R33 GTR go up against the Mac F1 in the drag race!

[33_skyline]

This would be my favourite

[madbung]

It was a used car buyers guide...thats what that fat git did....they pointed out the possible faults of the of the earlier models, noting the costs to rectify and that the r34 had all the previous models weaknesses fixed..They also said that most of the earlier r32/33 would have been sorted by now. Finishing off with the r33 being called the "best" value (compromise) of the 3.

I thought it was a good used car review........nothing to complain about here

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

^ agreed

[R338OY]

You think what they said about the Skyline was harsh? Well you haven't really watched Top Gear have you.

Clarkson has, on occassion, made my jaw hit my nuts (sitting at the PC) when he sh!ts all over a supercar and actually convinces me it's crap. Like, i actually hate American cars now because of that British bastard.

For the record, Clarkson has tons of respect for the GTR. In one of his books he ranked it 3rd best car EVER made (behind the Ferrari 355 and, i think, the Aston DB7 or 9).