Win a Top Gear T-Shirt
15 Sep, 2008
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After our recent visit to catch up with the guys (and the Stig) from Top Gear Australia, we had such a good time, we thought we’d give something back.
So we are giving away a Top Gear shirt and a Top Gear bag to one of our readers, but there is a catch. You have to come up with an idea for a Top Gear Australia segment.
The best idea will be sent to Top Gear Australia and depending on how good it is, may be used in the second season.
Keep it simple and realistic. Post your segment ideas in the comments.
The winner will be picked at the end of September.
Top Gear Australia will premiere on Monday September 29th on SBS.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
HJ Kingswood vs XA Facon vs VK Valiant in a trip from Sydney to Broken Hill with challenges along the way including:
- A hill climb
- Packing as many people into the boot as possible to get into a drive in
- The hot seat test - Leave the cars in the sun for a hour and see who can get in and drive off the fastest with those lovely vinyl seats.
- Longest driving stint without stopping (test of fuel consumption, fuel tank size and bladder size)
I think that might make for some good entertainment.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
give the guys a challenge. $5000 to buy a second hand car and use the money left over to do the car up and enter the Targa rally. and see how far they could go, and who knows maybe finish it.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Oh, and they have to spend less than $1,000 on each car. Points get deducted for breakdowns.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Battle of the budget bangers.
Head out into the new car market with $15,000 and secure the best buy in a small budget car and put them to the test side by side on the track for time trials, skid pan, obstacle course and just general madness to conclude which new car is the best budget banger for your buck.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
An Aussie supercar shout-out at Bathurst.
Close-off the road (like Mercedes did with the lauch of the C63) and then back to back test HSV V FPV and then the bread and butter base commodore V base falcon.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Trading Post Challenge - Must obtain car from Trading Post for less then $3K must be Holden or Ford (Falcon or Commodore) and drive to Perth from Sydney with seperate tasks along the way. Friday night drags @ Calder, hill climb @ Bathurst, show & shine
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Classic car drift. Buy a car each that was manufactured in the 1960’s, and with a time and budget limit turn it into a drift car and then challenge each other and some professional drift competitors
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
They could showcase one or several of the possibly most embarrassing cars to own ever.
whether it be a car that is so distinctly rotten, the humour is that someone has willingly held onto it.
alternatively, it could be that someone has made some wild alterations to a vehicle, making it so brilliantly awful, you almost enjoy its horribleness.
the possibilities are almost endless. and it has the potential to be recurring.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Get them to secure a job selling cars for the day, they must be successful at interview, meet the customers, test drive, value the trade, complete paperwork correctly ect. The test being if they can secure a sale before close of business that day.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Challenges are hard to beat. Here’s mine.
3 Manufacturers, 3 top gear rookies. Assign each rookie to either Holden, Ford or Toyota and have them learn about how to & take part with the respective employees on the assembly line the manufacture of 1 vehicle variant of their choice during a production day. Then follow that same vehicle through the distribution network to the dealer where they go on to learn about the tricks of the trade of the respective Holden, Ford or Toyota dealer. Then as a salesperson they must sell the car to a genuine member of the buying public. First one with a sale wins.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Dog of the week.
Find mint examples (they are still out there) of some of the worst cars ever launched;
1. 120Y
2. JB camira
3. P76
Find part reviews and see if they were correct, is the car as bad as it now appears.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
B-Grade Star In An A-Grade Car.
Pit washed up Aussie celebrities against each other, in a battle of who can make themselves look like even more of an arse on television.
They won’t be able to resist the 5 minutes of fame, with a level of satisfaction that outweighs the string of cat food and allergy medication TV ad’s they did after their stint on Neighbours, Home and Away, The Morning Show, Bronze medal in Olympics 10 years ago, etc, etc.
I for one would love to see Craig MacLachlan wrangling a Lotus Exige around Oran Park, or Johanna Griggs binning a Porsche GT3 into a tyre wall at Sandown Raceway.
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Using a reverse camera only how fast can you race around a track in reverse, use different cars and cameras to see the best result? Other challenges could also be done.
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Modify a new ride on lawn mower to see if you can get a reasonable quarter mile time. You must use the engine it comes with (add onto it whatever you like) but other than that anything goes.
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Put Australia’s highest quality cars (speed wise), against some of Europe’s competing cars.
Have the usual tests that Top Gear UK has: Drag Race, Track, etc. and try to prove that the Aussies still got what it takes to beat the Europeans.
Driving then around some popular Australian sites would be nice too.
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Soccer mum Grand Prix.
Take a couple of the popular 7 seat minivans and SUVs and put them head to head on the race track and slalom LOADED up with 7 occupants, prams and luggage. Give the presenters a reasonable budget, say $50,000 and see what they come up with.
I’d like to see Odyssey, Grandis, Kluger and Pajero head to head on the race track!
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
A prius, A ferrari (or any suitable supercar) and a hyundai I30 t/diesel leave sydney GPO bound for melbourne GPO. who will get there first?, use the least fuel? Detour to a race track along the way to see who goes furthest on 10 measured litres of fuel.. NO speeding tickets. easy to produce in about 3 days filming.. 3 cars for 3 compares.. get to it freehand…
I’m a size xl thanks…
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Nice one WVB! love your work. well done… *golf clap*
that would be good.
OMG I complimented someone on here for there opinion..
I’m going to lie down…
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Each presenter must load a double car carrier at the docks and transport their load to the dealers pre deliver yard, then unload. Of course the challenge is to see who is quicker at getting the cars to their destination with out damage.
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Just have me on there, being awesome.
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Nice one salesman on the selling cars..
If that happens i am going to wrangle a S/charged Vogue thats 6 months old and demand to backtrade on the cheapestt car on the yard!
hehehehe *evil grin*
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
wankiest (is that a word?) personalised licence plate. i live on the Gold Coast, and I suspect they will find it here…
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Is this T shirt prize real? where’s the terms and conditions… oh hang on it will go to an obscure media type in the greater sydney area who knew someone who once had a porsche…
If i win this i will tell everyone “yeah its nice but i still think my english T-shirt has higher production values”, until someone punches me, should take about ten minutes…
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Deliver pizzas in the most expensive cars you can get hold of for one night, each of the presenters will work for the same pizza place. Can they convince the customers that they are millionaire pizza delivery boys made from just delivering pizza?
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Hey thats good salesman. That would be so funny. LP560 delivering pizzas!! FTW!
I bow down before the hilariousness that would be.
I want intellectual copyright instead of a shirt… % of royalties…? A supercar for a night…
Woudn’t you bore you friends if ‘your show’ was broadcast.. and be pissed off your not in it!
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Traffic light window washing, choose a busy city intersection and see who can raise the most cash in a day of washing windows at the lights.
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Do whatever TG UK did but with Aus made cars.
Or, what about seeing which Aussie car is the most Australian? Design, materials, production of components (would this be too depressing)?
Hey, this is SBS i expect subtitles and scantily clad women!
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Is talking on a mobile while driving really that dangerous? How about eating a hot pie or drinking some sort of beverage (alcohol if you like) while the kids are screaming in the back seat and your wife is nagging at you for what ever you did she didn’t approve of. Lets see it put to the challenge, I want to know if the experts are right. How distracting can it really be. (Use recording of loud kids and wife if you like)
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Drive around the burbs in ferraris and lambos and see what the locals say or as top gear did in america get a car paint it pink and drive around the burbs with HOLDEN SUCKS on it and gay slogans etc
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Add as much body kit as you can to a car and see if it goes faster than a car with no plastic.
See how much faster a Hyundai Excel with a giant rear wing goes or any other FWD car.
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
well The VE commodore is 34% chinese made… thats depressing isnt it?
Probably like the T-shirt…
question.. are freehands scripwriters that stumped for ideas they have to…. ask?
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I once got rammed by a Holden driver because I waved as I overtook them in my Volvo.
Road rage can be funny if done right, find out what upsets drivers in different states and then do it to them.
The challenge is to keep your own car as intact as possible (oh and hopefully no-one gets to badly injured!!!)
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
salesman..
Looks like you and me are having a slow day. how about we quit our jobs and start a scriptwriting consultancy..?
we can grow ponytails and have hoops above our rubbish bins and ‘pitch’ our ‘bluesky ideas’ to the networks.
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Are the big Aussie top-enders worth it?
Comparo between a standard HSV (for retail price) versus an Omega model done up (not just performance but the whole kit) for the same money. Could be done with Ford/FPV or Toyota/TRD.
I reckon you could spend 40 grand on top of an Omega and smash any HSV, even more so against the w427 if the budget was stretched that far.
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Drive to Tasmania in something (not via the barge). The english channel is a puddle compared to Bass straight.
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Show a picture of a section (front grill, side angle)or a headlight, tail light ect of a car and see who car reveal the most about the car it came from. Year, Make, model and any other detail. Take it to the streets to find the most correct answers from anyone you can find. Ask them to name that car.
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Fenno.
That was my exact ‘pitch’ from the sbs website. Base model falcodore, ten grand budget, who can make the most convincing replica of hsv/fpv. owners clubs to judge.
(you need to remember the budget, shooting days and insurance allocation with these ideas.
No one has mentioned THE STIG yet….
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
DanMan,
Reckon its not a bad idea, can we get those pens that stick into the office roof when you throw them?
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
WHAT ABOUT A 3-WAY CHALLENGE,IN THE THEME OF PIMP MY RIDE.TAKE 3 BASE MODELS(SAY CDORE,FALCON;AURION,OR ASTRA,COROLLA,FOCUS),GIVE 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAY$5-10 GRAND,TO DRESS THEM UP AS BEST THEY CAN.AUDENCE WOULD VOTE THE WINNER….
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
The Salesperson,
(polically correct:))
Nice idea on the pens.. Lol.
How about taking a SALON modified Japenese sports ute.
(google Dekotora, you wont believe it!) to a B&S ball.
bound to be tears before bedtime!!!
That would be a culture clash.
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
The Drive: Melbourne to Uluru
The Cars: No 4×4 allowed - Engine must be less than 2.5 litres, car must be less than $5,000 and no modifications allowed
The Challenge: Drivers pick car of choice and must carry all equipment (tents, extra fuel tanks, spare undies etc) for epic journey without staying in hotels/motels/drive-ins/ anything closely resembling comfort. Drivers not allowed to stop for fuel after challenge has begun.
Missions along the Way: In several pre-determined check points driver must compete a series of tests with food awarded to highest place.
The reward: None. (you blokes are already on Top Gear, get stuffed!)
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Top Gear, More than just a Gear.
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Top Gear, Fast, harder and funnier than a gear.
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
How bouts a on going segment on a
“Aussie Celebrity Pit Lane Challenge”
2 ideas you could do with this…
1- An Aussie Celebrity has to drive into pit lane. Then other celebrities change all four tyres etc then drive a lap of a obsticle course
2- Same as above without the obsticle course …
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
*yawn*
Guys, I understand this is an Aussie Top Gear, but enough already about the pissing contest against the Euros (already proven by many that Aussie products can mix it with Euros).
Celebrity bashing? Tall poppy syndrome anyone? And that is NOT what TG is all about.
And a bogan fest around Bathurst? *sigh*
Any idea involving cheap second hand cars doing various painful things is also good, although I think no one stands above the other. Perhaps a mix of various would make a good idea. Also has been been done many times on TGUK.
Supercujo’s idea is brilliant. That is “quintessentially Australian”. Love the drive in idea :)
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Company Car Challenge.
We all know that a company car is one of the fastest cars on the road, second only to rental cars. Company cars handle speed bumps faster than any other car, go from drive to reverse faster and go up more bush tracks than your average Prado Grande. So why not test the big 3 Aurion v Commode v Falcon.
You can test all the usual stuff, but add in their off-road ability, the amount of typical sales rep things you can put in the boot, drivers seat comfort for power naps/ quiet afternoons, amount of fully grown adults you can fit in the back seat for the late night run to/from the pub, max stereo volume, wether or not you recieve respect in peak hour traffic when merging, quality of the horn, amount of tyre squeal for road rage purposes etc………
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Another option would be to find Australia’s most pathetic modified car in an ongoing competition and crush it. It might require replacing the car however. Get some P.O.S. Commodore/Silvia etc off the road and give the owner a new Lancer VRX or Something similar…..
See the “What were they thinking?” topic in the photo section of the Forum for some Ive already found…..
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Take a FPV F6/HSV GTS on a cross country (Sydney to Perth) race against the Indian Pacific.
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
How bout Big Brother meets Top Gear….
3 cars 3 people. Your mission to live in your car 24/7 (Toilet brakes allowed) who would last the longest ???
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
It might sound lame but an aussie themed ‘cool wall’…. the ‘bogan wall’.
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
$5000 Aussie Muscle Car challenge, each of the guys must buy a aussie muscle car made during the 70s and complete a series of challenges.
OR with those cars, they would try to drive from weribee starting at 4pm on a thursday, to frankston. Although they only get half a tank of petrol and cant take any tollroads. PEAK HOUR MADNESS IN A PETROL GUZZLING V8 BEAST!
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Precision driving, design and execute a precision driving routine. Make it more fun by starting of slow and then slowly increase the pace each lap until someone stuffs up
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Give the guys a car each with a simple problem to fix to get the car started, the presenter who diagnoses the problem first and completes a lap to cross the finish line first wins.
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Try to avoid being caught by the police (or rent a cops) with in a certain time frame from one end of the city to the other, obeying all road rules. You can only drive in a pre selected area. If you are pulled over you are out. Of course the correct authorities would have to be involved.
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Okay..my idea is like alot of others but here we go.
Typical car challege with a twist. Start with a certain budget of oh i dont know. Maybe $3000-5000. Then buy a car with it (like most car challeges).
Now we do the usual lap of a race track, drag race and public gathering challenge(see whos car sttracts most attention). Now accumulate the points.
Its not over yet though.
Now hop on ebay and find some of those “performance mods chips” for your car. Plus any other cheap items that are supposed to help your car perform better. Albiet a body kit, a performance chip, sway bar, an ebook on how to make the best out of your suspension who knows. Basically the cheapest mods available. We all the the ones right, that are supposed to be the bee end and all of performance mods.
Now repeat the lap , drag race and public gathering. Calculate the points. And your winner is the one with the biggest difference in points!
Well thats it. Maybe end it with a fender bender challenge on whos car last longest just as a finaly cause the cars will no doubt be stupid afterwards/ and or already damaged frm the previous challenges.
Could be a bit of fun for viewer at home and you dont need to know much about cars to understand it.
P.S: i would use a charade if i was them. Plenty of stuff on ebay for em.
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Leaving Sydney GPO (sbs is based there)our three plucky lads have to get to cronulla beach as quick as possible (there is a panel van competion there or something..) In peak hour one travels by Jet ski (thru the heads) one in a suitable passanger car.. (whichever ’sponsor’ hands over the most cash) and one travels by public transport.
watch the ensuing japes.. Hmmm what to do with the stig… Have him waiting in a sandman panel van the beach?? This idea needs a polish.. Anyone help…
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September 15th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Have the boys head out to used and new car yards with hidden cameras; convince the dealer to let them go out on a test drive by themselves. Then bring a totally different car back, and leave. Or come back with the same car but completely trashed (not the original car they took, just the same car), take it through mud and fill it with rubbish.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
HA HA HAAAAA
LOL
You are the man Salesman. No competition here.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
In honour of the all Australian invention…. The Ute.
(Lou Bandt, designer, Ford Australia 193?)
Consider a segment on:
“Feral Utes” and their unusual owners (shirts, boots, accents etc)possibly shot at a Ute muster somewhere, or a country B&S….
Awards for:
Best circle work
Most feral ute
Most original ute
Most banged up ute
Most scmick ute
Most girls in a ute tray filled with warm mud etc
You get the drift…. the Stig could do a lap at the local race track in the Ute loaded with beer cans and bets could be made on how many cans fly out, with all proceeds made split 1/2 with the winner and 1/2 with me.
Anyhow.. a show in honour of the Ute. Send it over to the UK for Tourism Australia. Classy eh?
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Every time my girl drags me to westfield, i spend the whole time thinking it’d be a great place for a go-kart track. So many different corners, so many different obstacles to avoid/take out. The Stig could line up fitness first consultants and mow them down.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Charlie Cox, Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati drive a R32 NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R to the Bathurst 1000. They must camp at the top of the mountain for the entire weekend. Only supplies are tofu, rice crackers and Bacardi breezes.
The last man left alive wins.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
How about a trailer reversing competition, to make it Australian, the tow vehicle must be a ute, and to make it a little more challenging, should have a manual transmission
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I’ve got a great one, have them re-enact one of the newer season 10 episodes from TopGearUK.
There should be enough content that was written down to practically do the whole season, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
I wonder how many zombies will find this entertaining.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
nice one salesman, seen that one about test driving on the TV show “punked” was very funny
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
The Stig in the Goggomobile:
Get hold of the Shannons dude’s Goggomobile Dart and have The Stig give it a crack. Show us how the thing really performs and let’s find out once and for all whether the thing is really worth insuring.
Ta
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Each presenter picks a car to modify and try and tow a road train.
or get them to drive a road train through the city in peak hour.
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
race mining trucks
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Will it Blend FTW!
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September 15th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Sorry if someone has already mentioned it coz it seems so obvious to me…….let any or all Ssangyong models drop from the tallest crane you can get your hands on and compare how much BETTER they look after woulds!!
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September 15th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Wow that’s a lot of comments. I like Bosscr’s point, Lease Plan vehicles (or Orix fleet or whoever) always perform better than privately owned ones. While rentals, particularly XR6s and Aurions are incredible all terrain machines, I’m sure Top Gear Australia could do something with that :P
Coincidence actually because I took a stuffed Lease Plan BA falcon ute to Ford today to have the body taken off it and put on one of the last RVs available, we gave it its own “Top Gear Challenge” really, we used it in quarries for about two years, it lost in the end. Not as badly as whoever lease plan sells it to will lose though…
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am
They just need to get some classic aussie icons (Kingswood GTS, XY GTHO etc) and drive them across the middle with challenges along the way.
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September 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Always a good one, how far do 2WD rental’s go on tracks marked 4WD only or how fast do they go in 1st gear.
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September 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
The Backpacker Challenge
Each presenter is landed in Cairns with a small budget, let’s say $2000 each. You’ve gotta buy the best bang for your buck as to what you think a backpacker needs for their travels. The eventual aim is that presenter and car have to make it down the coast to Brisbane in one piece after completing a number of challenges.
Namely: The hitchhiker help out - pick up a specially positioned fellow backpacker with their awkward load of luggage (some for the surf, others might have bikes etc).
The 2 minute break-in challenge - backpackers carry their life around in their cars, how easy is it for a would-be thief to get in there.
The all-terrain challenge - how well do your backpack mobiles stand up to a rough gravel shortcut? These vehicles are taken across country for the most direct route between towns.
Home away from home - with just your trusty sleeping bag, how many hours of comfortably sleep can each presenter get before having to get out of their car?
Once in Brisbane count points for breakdowns, fuel economy and how much you could re-sell the car for on the secondhand market.
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September 17th, 2008 at 11:10 am
The Panel Van Challenge - Remember those aussie icons from the 70s - Sandmans, Sundowners and Drifters. We don’t have any modern equivalent so the challenge will be to take a recent car (less than 5 years old) and convert it into a truly modern shaggin’ wagon. Points are given for build quality, unusualness of donor car choice and custom fit-out. Teams would have a week to perform the modifications.
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September 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Seeing as all 3 drivers have past race experience, put them in a race in a car far below what they are use to.
Challenge 1.
Find 3 VW’s of pre 1970 construction and perform slight modifications to make it:
1. Track worthy, ie. Roll cage, harness, Racing bucket, etc.
2. allow improvements to be made to the car by the presenters of there individual choice, as long as the performance improvements are VW based. (aka larger combi engine/larger braek package/ etc.) (this should provide some laughs as i’m sure all 3 presenters will want different things)
3. Custom body kit & paint job constructed by only the presenters without the help of others. ( again should create some very interesting looking machines)
Then take this track spec VW beetle to one of the many australian tarmac rally events within the country and put the 3 drivers up against each other.
It will create a very interesting series of events as all will be racing against each other and in cars far below what they are use to driving, especially driving fast.
This should be a relitively cheap and create a lot of show worthy moments.
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September 20th, 2008 at 12:44 am
The chick magnet challenge
Each host will be given some money, or even a so called chick magnet car, and they have to do a series of challenges. At the end of the challenges, they have to prove that their car does attract chicks.
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September 20th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Tune up some 1970’s hippie cars with bigger engines, a new paint job and as much accessories as they can afford given a budget of $1000 and use them for a road trip around Australia.
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September 21st, 2008 at 3:36 pm
James May tried to sail a car on water and failed miserably (as he so often does) perhaps as Australian’s we should build a car that does sail. But this time on land, there’s plenty of wide open and windy desert to sail across so why not tackle fuel consumption and sail across our country (or at least part of it) We beat the American’s in their own sailing race….I’m sure we can beat the Brits!
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September 21st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
statistics show that some cars (primarily F1s) can drive upside down in a tunnel due to their large amounts of down force. I’m sure some boffin could find a way to put the statistics to the test…..why can’t it be a top gear boffin?
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September 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
speaking of wings on cars how about we try to build a car that flies, it goes without saying that this could be quiet dangerous; flying at 30,000 feet in a hatchback has some serious implications if stuff goes wrong…..perhaps we could start with just loosing contact with a runway….$10,000 per contestant should allow them to buy a light enough car with enough power to reach take off speed….not to mention buying the wing to rope to the roof-racks!!
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September 21st, 2008 at 4:06 pm
what’s the quickest way around the Sydney CBD? pedal bike, moped, running, bus (lol), the monorail (potential for Stig involvement) or a go cart…..perhaps a Ferrari just so it can loose
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September 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
big Aussie six….which Australian wagon or sedan can fit the most cargo or perhaps people within it’s boot?
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September 21st, 2008 at 4:18 pm
r32 golf vs wrx sti vs evo X….perhaps in a skid pan, on a mountain road or gravel road?
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September 21st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
send the Hammond of Australian top gear to drive road trains in the northern territory…..don’t forget to defuse his air conditioner before he sets off….he’s gotta sweat
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September 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 am
Top Gear UK vs Top Gear Australia!
This would be great as the last episode of season 1 or last/first of season 2 where the presenters of Top Gear Australia vs the presenters of Top Gear UK. Maybe have it in a country between both Top Gears? and have it similar to the Top Gear vs German’s segment on the last episode of series 11?
It could have stuff like stig vs stig or a another drag race with british cars vs australian cars. Or maybe some cross culture stuff such as Top Gear UK has to make a BBQ while moving while Top Gear Aus has to make lots of tea while in a moving vehicle.
Also could have something like seeing which country has the strongest cars by putting them up against each other in challenges to see which car could last the longest after being dropped, rammed, set on fire and etc. Similar to the Toyota Hilux challenge of series 2.
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September 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Stevo the Devo: Love your panel van idea. That would be cool.
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September 24th, 2008 at 1:42 am
i think u should add cars such as (suv) or (four runner). Give some detail on them cause every time i’v see ur program its always an other suports car. its good but kind a old patren so start giving some detail on (four runner) or something like ways.
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September 24th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Female Stig VS Male Stig
or
The Stig family racing show / competition
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
i think you should volkswagen passat cc verses the mercedes benz cls.show the passats new features lane assist,park assist and acc automatic distance control.220kw of power.0 to 100 in 5.6 seconds in the v6 fsi.
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
5k for a car must be 1970-1980
drive frm darwin to adelaide in summer with $500 for fuel
or
a perth to sydney 1 person drives brand new f6 vs 1 person drives new r8 vs 1 has to use train,bus ect see which is fastest
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September 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Guys Guys….WHere is the Aussie components here.
How about the Best Mongrel Ute Challenge..??
The oldest and ugliest ute. driven from Sydney to Lightening Ridge with challenges along the way…
Obstacle course with caravan in tow
Hill climb with 1 ton trailer with the obligatory 5 ton payload
Point awarded for most rust dropped along the way
etc etc
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September 30th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Viewer Competition. Viewers submit their details and entries go into a barrel. 10 names are picked out and they get to do a lap in the resonably priced car. The winner of that leg then spends time with the Stig and gets to do a couple of laps in a M3, AMG Mercedes or S series Audi or whatever the show can get their hands on.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Seeing as everyone seems to beieve Australia is divided down the middle by ford and holden. A great segment would be to buy two old cars. VR and EH for example. Cut it down the middle (length ways or for ease in half) join them up and drive it round for an ensured reaction. Eg submit it into a Ford show and shine when half the car is a commodore.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Aussi’s being who they are love football meat pie Skippy and Holden Cars.
So Why not wander or drive down Aussi motoring historys fast lane with a Special on the glory days of Austalian Mussel cars Say the A9X Torana and a SLR5000 fanged around Eastern Creek and Just to make it interesting Maybe grab a GTO 3 For a Quick lap.
To top it off Just have a New HSV Clubsport on the side and we will be thinking “What Were they thinging off” they must have been nuts to race those things. But boy it was fun and thats what Preformace cars are about from any era.
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October 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Give the guys an identical car with a fuel tank of fuel and see which person konks out first. It will be a test of their lead boot driving technique
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October 3rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Have the Stig test cars on the V8 Supercar tracks as part of the events during the Supercar series.
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October 4th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Civil Service vehicle challenge
Each presenter will be given $5000 to buy a vehicle of their choice and turn it into a civil service vehicle be it a firetruck, cop car, ambulance, snow plow, anything. They would be given a series of challenges
Speed test- Every civil vehicle must be able to attend a scene in the quickest time, one lap around the track against the base time of a standard ambulance.
Efficiency Test- How well do their cars fair with their real life counterparts?
Team work: The three presenter will work together with their vehicles to help a mock up scene.
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October 5th, 2008 at 11:57 am
They should get a car. Bog standard, Commodore, Falcon, whatever. Get the guys to set a lap time and each week fit aftermarket parts ( such as mags, tyres, swaybars, a chip, lower it etc ) and see what difference it makes to their times each week after each mod. Over the weeks the thing will hopefully get faster.
Maybe auction it off for charity at the end of the season?
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October 6th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Cheapest transport challenge: Is it cheaper to fly or drive?
Pitch the cheapest cost flight from Brisbane to Sydney (or other 2 cities) against: A petrol (Cox) eg Fiesta, diesel (Pizzati) eg VW Polo, and hybrid (Brown) .
So, if they can get a $99 flight, how far can they get on $99 in each of these cars? Drive until they get to the city or the fuel runs out.
If there is extra fuel, a series of tests (acceleration, how many hippies can you squeeze into it etc etc.
They can buy the plane ticket in the name of the Stig and then, at the airport they could have the final call for the Stig. Have him trying to get through security with helmet on etc. They can throw in a bit of current affairs with the new X-ray machines and have the Stig going through the machine… He could have a massive wang or half metal or made of car parts or no belly button or something.. Security could have him open his luggage and it’d be full of different types of race suits.
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October 6th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Worst fuel consumption from the most economical cars on the Market:
According to Australia’s Green Vehicle Guide, the most economical for their respective drivetrains/fuels (petrol, diesel and hybrid) are:
Fiat 500 (4.2L/100km, diesel),
Toyota Prius (4.4L/100km, Hybrid), and
smart fortwo (4.7L/100km, petrol).
But not many people actually ever reach these levels of economy unless they cruise in the 110km/hr zones at 75km/h.
Soo…. stick a host in each car and find out: What is the worst fuel economy the TG team can get in each of these cars. Then follow the story up with a series of challenges to turn it into a competition: 0-400m, 0-100, overtaking a semi, and quickest through the city. Points for each ‘competency’. Who will be the final winner? What will be the worst fuel economy you can get in an ultra-efficient car? How does that compare to a regular Commodore or Camry?
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:00 am
What about All Australian segment - not Holden versus Ford but bring REAL Aussie cars - some kit cars like Eureka, old and a new Nagarra even Zeta micro or even older. Show this to rest of the world and new generation.
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I propose a TUG-O-WAR between Holden and Ford.
Put an HSV GTS and a FPV GT back-to-back,chain them together and let ‘em rip. Best out of 3 - wins.
Of course,to be fair, both cars should have the same size rear tyres.This may seem a little primitive, but I think this is what enthusiasts want to see.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Girls use cars too ya know!
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