This was the quintessential Top Gear challenge: Hammond balances meager success with complete humiliation, Jeremy’s overconfidence makes his failure all the more hilarious, and James’ sensibility means he dominates yet somehow never looks good doing it
I don't know which is more impressive. The fact that someone in the history of humanity have said "You've been lapped by Captain Slow in an Austin Princess full of water", or the person that came up the idea of filling a car to the brim with water and drive it.
Why can't they just show the whole segment? I want the lead up, the intro, ALL the challenges and finally the scoring at the end. Is that so hard? This is one of my all time favorite pieces from TG and I haven't been able to watch it in full since it first came out
One of my all time favourite tv scenes Jeremy lurks out of the top of his Rover Hammond (concerned) "We gonna have to put a third hosepipe in to fill it(with water)" Clarkson "iiyess" 11:45
This has some of my favourite lines in all of Top Gear: "There's no Egg Cap Test for new cars is there?" "He looks like a spaniel that's crashed into the back of a hen!" "That's quite a big panel gap." Absolute peak TG, this series
One of my two favorite TG episodes! The other is the Botswana special. In this watch, I finally noticed that the car door that fell off during the water challenge was a different one than the one that came off on the rough road test.
I've always wondered how the water part worked. On the one hand, there are probably many, many more holes in the car floor, vents, etc. that would have let the water out more quickly. On the other, this would most definitely kill the electronics - sure, these old cars were more mechanical, but they still had e.g. electronic ignition that was wired into the cabin and would have shorted.
Much as I love seeing these challenges get uploaded, whoever is editing these together should include the rest of them. At least show the challenge in full, complete with the discussions and that
This is one of my favorite cheap car challenge segments they did. Also fun fact about the Austin princess James May's car is the reason it looks like it does at the back is because originally it was going to be a hatchback but British Leyland decided against it because it might take sails away from the struggling Austin maxi.
I was just reading about this in Richard Porters book, 'And on that bombshell' last night, so this was good timing. That Sprint has apparently been rebuilt into a Touring car replica. Should have bought a Sprint when I had the chance, getting pricey these days!
I'm surprised the electrics in each of their cars didn't short out from the water challenge. I guess they shielded the electrics so that water didn't get in that area.
My sister and I used to have to go to church every week with a very strange little old lady when we were kids and she had one of those green Triumphs! Sundays were so depressing …until one Sunday someone slammed into the back of us so we had to walk home coz my knee was cut but we were happy coz no church!😃 that was until our mum made us walk and get a bus in the evening to church because she fucking hated us!😅 Ahhhh, the memories 😆
A lot of the cars were in Beaulieu Motor Museum until last week. The BBC won't announce what they're doing with them, and haven't responded to other museum's offers to purchase and store them.
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How long do reckon modern cars would last in these tests?
Longer than Hammond's, which seemed to be put together with superglue.
Seeing as they’ve all got computers, don’t get your hopes up.
Top Gear test. The use of a single brain cell?
If it's a Dodge? Couple of seconds. Everyone else, at least an hour.
@@ragingraven7915 Not if it's full of electronics, it won't.
Skipping the part where Jeremys door goes on strike is criminal
It’s come back to Longbridge.
@@DanTheMan2150ADIt’s on strike! 😂
And both back doors quit altogether!
And the Pink Floyd concert
Because it’s not funny and it’s scripted (like everything in this show).
This was the quintessential Top Gear challenge: Hammond balances meager success with complete humiliation, Jeremy’s overconfidence makes his failure all the more hilarious, and James’ sensibility means he dominates yet somehow never looks good doing it
"That's quite a big panel gap." James' delivery of this is superb. Better still is that it's not the door Jeremy welded back on.
Which either means he did a good job welding it or welded it completely shut. Considering it's Jeremy, I'm guessing it's the latter
a@@marty6779jeremy didnt weld it the top gear mechanics did
@alfa955 I assumed as much. I was making a joke.
Classic Top Gear indeed. But I wish you'd show the whole thing. The intro where they meet up and critique each others cars is essential!
"He's brought a piece of cheese"
"Wait a minute, there's a car arriving with no-one behind the wheel... which means it must be Hammond and it's a DOLLY SPRINT!"
And also jeremy getting his finger stuck in a hole!
And the music from the original broadcast. The music was often so good!!
Someone else should start uploading the whole segments if the official one won’t do the job properly
I don't know which is more impressive.
The fact that someone in the history of humanity have said "You've been lapped by Captain Slow in an Austin Princess full of water", or the person that came up the idea of filling a car to the brim with water and drive it.
The most impressive thing was finding 3 Leylands that weren't little piles of rust
This is the episode where I truly acknowledge Jeremy's driving skill when I saw him drifting on that car
“He’s knocked down the sign warning him how steep the hill is.”
"Still, every cloud and all that."
04:05 "one of my eyes is welded together with egg" 😂😂😂
Hammond bumping into their car mid-Zeppelin convo is just perfect timing
It's so nice to be able to watch old seasons of Top Gear in full HD!
Not filmed on a potato
Not just seasons, either, but series!
One of the best segments of Top Gear
Say what you want about the Hamster, but you cannot deny that he is sorry
Spending £1,250 on a car with a broken handbrake.
The forgot one scene where Jeremy got his finger stuck in one of the holes of his car, thus asking if anyone got any butter.
With some A.A wire and A.A lurpak we got back on the road
@@mysticstarlight1 Hahaha!!! I love that line.🤣🤣🤣
I miss this top gear and I’m going to miss them a lot ❤ nobody is going to replace them.
I am not and never have been a big car enthusiast but these three have made any topic entertaining.
…and I checked to make sure James’ snorkel was working
I've never seen the egg test it wasn't in the original upload on the main channel 🤣🤣🤣the Rover dropping off two separate doors is truly incredible
1:13 Jeremy single handedly making global warming about 75% worse.
Courtesy of a 3.5 V8!
-And with that sorted, we went back to the studio
Why can't they just show the whole segment? I want the lead up, the intro, ALL the challenges and finally the scoring at the end. Is that so hard? This is one of my all time favorite pieces from TG and I haven't been able to watch it in full since it first came out
I laughed so hard when this came out in 2007 good times
I wonder how many times a day the brilliant BBC regret replacing these 3 guys. You had gold, you traded it in for nickel
That clip of the handbrake test came in just in time, as I was thinking of it earlier this week
6:39 are we not gonna acknowledge how clean that drift Jeremy was doing
Ben Collins remarked in his book that because these three bombed around on the track so often, they are actually pretty good at flinging cars around.
It's a shame you didn't include the intro for this challenge. "Styled to look like a Ferrari Daytona and it does."
Jeremy's Logic:
American Cars: Big, Slow, Loud, and rubbish.
British Cars: Unreliable AF, Falls Apart, Nothing Works, and brilliant.
true tho
modern ford is unreliable af, falls apart, nothing works in it and it's rubbish
He is a chauvinist.
Based Clarkson
These golden years, the clips are endlessly fun.
One of my all time favourite tv scenes
Jeremy lurks out of the top of his Rover
Hammond (concerned) "We gonna have to put a third hosepipe in to fill it(with water)"
Clarkson "iiyess"
11:45
Man i never realize how hilarious the classic top gesr was. Top indeed. Thanks for preserving these gems
This has some of my favourite lines in all of Top Gear: "There's no Egg Cap Test for new cars is there?" "He looks like a spaniel that's crashed into the back of a hen!" "That's quite a big panel gap." Absolute peak TG, this series
I had forgotten this one! Laughed so loud I think my neighbours heard me 😂
Jeremy's look of utter consternation as he can't make it up the hill is so good.
One of my two favorite TG episodes! The other is the Botswana special. In this watch, I finally noticed that the car door that fell off during the water challenge was a different one than the one that came off on the rough road test.
To me, this was the funniest episode and I remember laughing so often the first time I saw it.
i love your videos but the olders are always the best
I've always wondered how the water part worked. On the one hand, there are probably many, many more holes in the car floor, vents, etc. that would have let the water out more quickly. On the other, this would most definitely kill the electronics - sure, these old cars were more mechanical, but they still had e.g. electronic ignition that was wired into the cabin and would have shorted.
I’m guessing they worked just long enough to do the test, but afterwards they were definitely scrap metal
Seeing these three compete with second-hand cars was always a highlight of the show for me :)
3:34 love James face as he drives by covered in egg
Who's said "Eggy!" at 03:37?
*Me:* I can't stop laughing about Captain Slow's Face 😅😅😅
Richard Hammond
Thanks, @@Mattyice2000. The Old BBC Top Gear is so... Nostalgic Magazine Show.
These cars look cool and are sought after now. Funny how that works.
Who?
The egg test is the funniest moment
Much as I love seeing these challenges get uploaded, whoever is editing these together should include the rest of them. At least show the challenge in full, complete with the discussions and that
This is one of my favorite cheap car challenge segments they did. Also fun fact about the Austin princess James May's car is the reason it looks like it does at the back is because originally it was going to be a hatchback but British Leyland decided against it because it might take sails away from the struggling Austin maxi.
This episode is an all time classic
3:37 "Eggy."😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Watching this just before Christmas 2024 and all I’m thinking is that most cars in the last 10 years with manual handbrakes would still fail this 😂
Clarkson's sound and smoke made me laugh for hours on end bbahahha.
"I'm drifting and washing my hair" guys are gonna see this and be like "hell yeah!"
Un de mes épisodes préférés. Cette Princess est rentrée dans la légende.
I miss this era of top gear, simple challenges in the UK :(
3:36 Who remembers this cracking smile 😂😂😂😂
That smoke from Clarkson's Rover, that looks more likely from the clutch than wheel spin.
The rover water test was just sad XD
I was just reading about this in Richard Porters book, 'And on that bombshell' last night, so this was good timing.
That Sprint has apparently been rebuilt into a Touring car replica. Should have bought a Sprint when I had the chance, getting pricey these days!
Nice. The Sprint looks very nice, I must say
Thanks!
I wish they would put out a box set of classic Top Gear on Bluray
The creation of British Leyland was the greatest thing to happen to the Japanese motor industry.
Tonight: In a well-balanced show, James gets egg on his face.
The murky water inside the Princess was shocking
Hammond looks like a little boy in this one 😂
Next one should be the classic British sport cars.
@@haydnredx
Jensen-Healey, TVR and Lotus against the European hot hatchbacks that killed them off.
Oh my god include the meet ups in these are you crazy
What's the song that sounds like Angel by Massive Attack?
Those poor cars tires are screaming for their life at 9:45.
I'm surprised the electrics in each of their cars didn't short out from the water challenge. I guess they shielded the electrics so that water didn't get in that area.
how hard can it be - said clarksons wife on the farm LOL
The most UNNECESSARY comment ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@nyaladzimajinda5319 dam right and I don't give two sheets to the wind 😁
This is more informative without the door trim getting stuck in the car
Maybe a far fetched question but does anybody know what tune is playing when Jeremy sets off with the SD1?
saw 1978 Datsun 120Y Coupe
Buffeting
Pls release news segments
Try the BBC News website.
jeremy's door game off twice thats unfair for the 3rd challenge
@@Wreckedftfoxy
Actually, the LEFT rear door came off during the egg challenge and the RIGHT rear door came off during the water challenge.
Still can't believe Jeremy got a Rover SD1 V8 for only £1100
My sister and I used to have to go to church every week with a very strange little old lady when we were kids and she had one of those green Triumphs! Sundays were so depressing …until one Sunday someone slammed into the back of us so we had to walk home coz my knee was cut but we were happy coz no church!😃 that was until our mum made us walk and get a bus in the evening to church because she fucking hated us!😅 Ahhhh, the memories 😆
3:15 This is nothing compared to the roads in india
4:56 bumps into James car then continues to bump into it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 then jeremy bumps into his car 6:14
10:02 what's the song title playing in the background?
Massive attack, Angel. But a remix of sorts
Did anyone notice the brand of the fire tanker they were using to fill the cars with water?
You did come Through for me Thumb up 👍 for your gentlemen's Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond and James May 😉🙏
Why would you remove the "and he's bought a piece of cheese" bit? That's the best part of the challenge
Can we appreciate Clarkson drift
This needs the intro of the original video
0:02 James beautiful hair
How can i watch full episodes in canada
2:04 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Think How good those cars smell 2 days later in the hot sun
What was causing the sd1 not be able to go up the hill? The differential?
A script
@scottirvine121 how? The car was clearly suffering going up the hill.
Is it me, or does Hammond look weird? His first shot in this video i thought it was a stand in 😮
This challenge just how terrible British Leyland build quality was no wonder they are no longer around and we all can be thankful for that
Jeremy hosted robot wars series 1.
It's come back to Longbridge
It's on strike!
*1:19**:* 😂😂😂😂😂
Remember the BBC still owns this channel and is currently scrapping the legendary cars you’re seeing on screen now…
They should just donate them to the museum, but the BBC are scum and will scrap them just for a quick quid
The cars probably haven't existed for years
I bet your friends think you're a lot of fun at parties.
A lot of the cars were in Beaulieu Motor Museum until last week. The BBC won't announce what they're doing with them, and haven't responded to other museum's offers to purchase and store them.
@@BonnieBugsy I can tell you’re a fan of the BBC, they don’t like the truth either 🤷♂️
Just needed to LOL
Who is worst? British Leyland or Polish FSO?
Peak show
They will NEVER make programmes like this again
I don't understand why you don't just upload the entire challenge? Why cut it down?
This was one of the greatest things they ever did. I love when they'd buy old cars and do dumb shit.
I'd rather have no music at all than the cheap, royalty free music they put on in place of the real music