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FinalGear Racing 2010: 24 Hours Of LeMons

Viper007Bond — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:44:22 +0000

We’ll be participating in some 24 Hours of LeMons races once again this year and this time using a different car. If you’re interested, you can find out about it in this forum thread.

FinalGear Racing 2010: 24 Hours Of LeMons originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 14 March 2010 at 07:44 GMT.

Missed Out On Buying Our Shirts? We Had Extras!

Viper007Bond — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:55:04 +0000

We had a few leftovers from our previous T-shirt printing run and so we’re offering them up for sale! They will ship within 48 hours as they are already printed.

As said in the previous T-shirt post, that was the final run of those shirts and once these extra shirts are out of stock, that’s it! So get them while you can! There’s not many left.

If you have any questions, use this thread on our forums.

Missed Out On Buying Our Shirts? We Had Extras! originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 17 February 2010 at 13:55 GMT.

Top Gear USA Coming To The History Channel?

Viper007Bond — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:47:01 +0000

Interesting news on the Top Gear USA front — Adam Carolla has said that the BBC is working with the History Channel to bring the show to the channel. He revealed this on the latest episode of his CarCast podcast. The Top Gear discussion begins about 12:30 in, but it’s worth listening to the whole podcast if for nothing more than hearing a classic Lamborghini Miura start up.

[via Autoblog and Jalopnik]

Top Gear USA Coming To The History Channel? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 15 February 2010 at 22:47 GMT.

Even Google Wonders Who The Stig Is

Viper007Bond — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:43 +0000

Check out this screenshot from Google’s Super Bowl ad:

It was too fast for most people to notice it, but it’s still funny.

(And before you start e-mailing us, yes we’re fully aware of who the Stig likely is. Thanks though.)

You can catch the full commercial after the jump.

Even Google Wonders Who The Stig Is originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 10 February 2010 at 00:37 GMT.

Welcome To Our Latest Server

Viper007Bond — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:37:33 +0000

It’s been two years since we bought “Titan”, our previous server. It was good little beast, but it was starting to show it’s age, especially with the ever increasing popularity of FinalGear.

So over the past few months, our two server administrators, Quiky and PacketCollision, built a new server and late last week Quiky traveled to our new colo (a warehouse with servers) to install it. We flipped the switch yesterday and if you can see this, then you’re using our new server!

We’re still getting the kinks worked out (so bear with us), but it should be faster than ever and be able to handle even more of you motorheads at one time. No more slow forums (hopefully)! Over the coming weeks, we’ll also likely be upgrading the forums to vBulletin 4.0 to take advantage of all of it’s new features.

Thanks for being patient and visiting our site!

Welcome To Our Latest Server originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 9 February 2010 at 10:37 GMT.

Some Say He’s The Loch Ness Monster (Updated)

Viper007Bond — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:40:01 +0000

Some say he’s the Loch Ness monster, all I know is he’s called the Stig.

UPDATE: Google has blurred out the Stig. At first I thought it was because perhaps this was viral marketing and Google didn’t want to promote Top Gear, but then I noticed that the photo car pulled over just before the Stig. The Stig was already standing there pre-pullover, but perhaps the driver was still in on it? Hard to know for sure…

Here’s two pre-blur pictures though thanks to the Daily Mail:

Some Say He’s The Loch Ness Monster (Updated) originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 26 January 2010 at 01:40 GMT.

Jalopnik Puts Up $5000 Bounty For Top Gear USA Pilot

Viper007Bond — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:05:10 +0000

A pilot for Top Gear America was filmed, but never released. Jalopnik.com is looking to change that. They’ve put up a $5000 bounty to the first person to provide them with with a copy of the episode.

Here’s hoping they succeed!

EDIT: Some pretty interesting comments on that post over at Jalopnik from a few people behind the scenes. Worth checking out if you’re bored at work.

Jalopnik Puts Up $5000 Bounty For Top Gear USA Pilot originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 22 January 2010 at 00:05 GMT.

Rumors Of Plans For A Feature-Film Length Top Gear “Episode”

Viper007Bond — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:09:39 +0000

The Daily Mail has a reputation for totally making stuff up, so be warned. However they also are often very right and the first to break things when it comes to Top Gear, so who knows.

They are reporting that a future challenge could involve attempting to drive around the world in the the oldest, most unreliable cars they can find. Being dubbed “Around The World in 80 Cars”, it would be going up on the big screen and be a long as a feature film.

However as a BBC spokesman pointed out, who would neither confirm nor deny this rumor, that finding enough time to film such a monstrous challenge could prove difficult as the boys are already incredible busy as it is.

Who knows if it’ll actually happen or not, but it certainly would be interesting if it did.

UPDATE: The Daily “Fail” has pulled the article from their site and one of our forum members has found this thread on another forum. Looks like the rumors were really old and false (not a huge surprise really).

Rumors Of Plans For A Feature-Film Length Top Gear “Episode” originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 8 January 2010 at 12:09 GMT.

Breaking: Fifth Gear Still Alive And Kicking?

Viper007Bond — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:43:05 +0000

It looks like rumors of Fifth Gear’s demise were false, or at least not 100% for sure.

Jonny Smith just tweeted the following:

Breaking news: Fifth Gear IS coming back. When more factual gossip emerges I will let you know.

Wow, such quick responses! Basically, we all know there’s room for 2 car TV shows. FG will simply be a reviews based visual car magazine.

No Top Gear chasing – just straight to business with grassroots reviewing/comparing/buying/giving away cars.

An unconfirmed account called @tiff_tv which may or may not be Tiff Needell also tweeted this:

Home to the news that, after much negotiatiing Fifth Gear looks like it will after all be returning to your screens sometime in the Spring!

If that’s true, then it looks like it was a matter of the show’s cost versus the show’s profits. Glad they got it all sorted out though as while I think most people will of course agree that Top Gear is more entertaining to watch, Fifth Gear fills it’s niche nicely by providing factual and relevant reviews, something that frankly Top Gear doesn’t do so much anymore. Great news.

Breaking: Fifth Gear Still Alive And Kicking? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 8 January 2010 at 11:43 GMT.

Top Gear Returning To BBC America Later This Month

Viper007Bond — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:20:28 +0000

If you’re one of the people who prefer watching Top Gear on the TV but can’t figure out how to get your computer hooked up to your TV, you’ll be happy to know that Top Gear season 13 will be premiering on BBC America on Monday, January 25 at 8 PM PST/EST. 24 hours after airing, the episode will be available for purchase on iTunes for just $2.

Even better, once season 13 is done airing, season 14 (the one that just finished airing last Sunday) will start airing immediately — no time off. That will be on March 15th, three months behind the UK airings (which isn’t that bad).

In other American Top Gear news, season 11 and season 12 of Top Gear will able for purchase on DVD starting this Tuesday, the 12th. Both of the previous links will take you directly to Amazon where you can pre-order them (doing so will also support this site).

Top Gear Returning To BBC America Later This Month originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 8 January 2010 at 00:20 GMT.

Top Gear 14×07 HD 1080i Rip Released

Viper007Bond — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:11:05 +0000

Last Sunday’s Top Gear is now available in HD 1080i if you’re interested.

Top Gear 14×07 HD 1080i Rip Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 7 January 2010 at 23:11 GMT.

Behind The Scenes With Seasick Steve

Viper007Bond — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:49:45 +0000

Seasick Steve, a blues player who is apparently rather big in the UK, was this week’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. TopGear.com has a video up of behind the scenes of his lap if you’re interested.

UPDATE: They’ve added two more videos.

Behind The Scenes With Seasick Steve originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 4 January 2010 at 07:49 GMT.

Top Gear 14×07 SD Rip Released

Viper007Bond — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:12:56 +0000

A 550 megabyte standard definition rip was released by the Scene not long after we torrented their 720p rip, however I held off in the unlikely even that they’d also release a 700MB rip. Still no sign of one, so I’ve torrented up the 550MB rip and you can find it right here.

As for the odd size, 550 megabytes for a 60 minute show works out to about the same bitrate as 350 megabytes for a 42 minute show (one hour with commercials). Since I assume mostly people on slow Internet will be the ones downloading this SD rip, the smaller size is also an advantage. If you aren’t on slow Internet, I highly recommend the HD rip (it’s much, much better quality).

And a reminder — this is the last episode of the current season. They’ll be back sometime this summer (late June based on previous seasons). We invite you to participate in our forums meanwhile — there’s more than just Top Gear discussion there.

Top Gear 14×07 SD Rip Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 4 January 2010 at 00:12 GMT.

Top Gear 14×07 720p HD Rip Released

Viper007Bond — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:08:07 +0000

There’s no sign of a normal resolution rip yet, so we’re releasing the 720p rip meanwhile.

If you’re new to high definition rips and need help with playback, check out our handy guide.

Top Gear 14×07 720p HD Rip Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 3 January 2010 at 22:08 GMT.

Top Gear 14×06 HD 1080i TS Rip Released

Viper007Bond — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:12:34 +0000

I won’t bore you with excuses on why this release is so much later than I had wanted it to be, instead I’ll just provide you with a download link.

Top Gear 14×06 HD 1080i TS Rip Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 2 January 2010 at 06:12 GMT.

Top Gear 14×06 720p HD Rip Released

Viper007Bond — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:55:13 +0000

Top Gear sure is pretty in HD. I highly recommend watching it in 720p.

Top Gear 14×06 720p HD Rip Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 27 December 2009 at 23:55 GMT.

Top Gear 14×06 SD Rip Released

Viper007Bond — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:39:55 +0000

The boys headed to Bolivia tonight and most reports are that the episode was absolutely epic. You can grab the rip right here.

Top Gear 14×06 SD Rip Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 27 December 2009 at 21:39 GMT.

Reminder: Top Gear Airs At 7:45 PM Tonight

Viper007Bond — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:52:51 +0000

If you’re planning on watching Top Gear on TV tonight (lucky!), then don’t forget that it is airing at the unusual time of 7:45 PM. This is because it’s a 75 minute Bolivia special.

Reminder: Top Gear Airs At 7:45 PM Tonight originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 27 December 2009 at 09:52 GMT.

Top Gear 14×05 HD 1080i TS Rip

Viper007Bond — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:02:13 +0000

I didn’t mean for it to take this long, but it’s been a busy week. However you can get last Sunday’s Top Gear in 1080i now.

I also am aware that some of the links to the other HD torrents are no longer working (specifically the ones hosted on BT-Chat.com). I’ll try and get a chance to fix them this weekend.

Happy holidays!

Top Gear 14×05 HD 1080i TS Rip originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 24 December 2009 at 20:02 GMT.

Not Happy With This Season So Far? Read Andy’s Response

Viper007Bond — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:36:29 +0000

There’s a rather lengthy thread on our forums where some people are saying that they’ve been unhappy with this season for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it wasn’t car related enough.

Andy Wilman, the executive producer of Top Gear and the fourth man behind the show, has responded to those types of concerns in a very well written blog post today. If you’re one of those people who feel Top Gear has gone in the wrong direction, then I strongly advise you to read it and then watch next week’s Bolivia special.

Not Happy With This Season So Far? Read Andy’s Response originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 21 December 2009 at 00:36 GMT.

Behind The Scenes With Jenson Button

Viper007Bond — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:22:25 +0000

The behind the scenes video of Jenson Button’s lap is already up on TopGear.com if you’re interested in checking it out.

Behind The Scenes With Jenson Button originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 21 December 2009 at 00:22 GMT.

Top Gear 14×05 720p HD Rip

Viper007Bond — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:09:02 +0000

Top Gear is much better in high-definition.

Top Gear 14×05 720p HD Rip originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 20 December 2009 at 23:09 GMT.

Top Gear 14×05 Released (Yeah, Countdown Was An Hour Late)

Viper007Bond — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:39:38 +0000

I wish the BBC would make up it’s mind about what time to air Top Gear. It was apparently back in it’s normal slot of 8PM rather than the 9PM that the rest of this season has aired at. And next week’s episode will air even 15 minutes earlier (7:45PM), but that’s due to it being a special and 15 minutes longer.

Anyway, luckily the Scene was more on the ball than I was and they didn’t miss it. You can find a torrent right here.

Top Gear 14×05 Released (Yeah, Countdown Was An Hour Late) originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 20 December 2009 at 21:39 GMT.

Reminder: No Top Gear Today

Viper007Bond — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:19:10 +0000

This is just a reminder that no Top Gear is airing today, due to snooker or something. They’ll be back next week.

Reminder: No Top Gear Today originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 13 December 2009 at 20:19 GMT.