Every time I see that clip its a Dark little Corner inside James may that he Really never shows. He really got offended about that lol. Understandably so. But A bit naive to expect everyone to know you lmao.
@@FallsGamingHow does he expect that everybody would know him? He literally says "I'm on television, it's my real job" and she insults him by pretty much saying he seems incompetent.
This was one of the last times they could get away with it (TG started getting big around this time), since the cut footage included a lot of the times they were recognised, a similar thing happened with the 'Guerilla Reviews'
@@charlie-j4o7u Hits the nail in the head. What makes "modern day" programs so dreary, are the creators being too "professional". They treat the subject they are covering like a job, for better or worse. TV programs are too lackadaisical, while independent creators are too much in the opposite direction to be entertaining.
@@lc9245 Lack of unsavory or tad stereotypical jokes, because "oh no! someone will start twitter cancel campaign!" is key factor. Everything is sterile now, thus lacking character while The Boys had their opinion on many nations or car-cultures, like caravaning. Also new cars are boring: same stats, makers, looks. Pinnacle car journalism is long gone, and it is a miracle gorilla, hamster and cpt. slow managed to drag it for so long!
I massively prefer the early years (pre series 12) of the trio. Less scripted stuff, but that just made it better. If they'd done this segment during the later series or during the Grand Tour, May's would've "accidentally" got lost and driven to Belgium, and Richard's car would've exploded.
Absolutely. Unfortunately the show became more "Americanised" leaning heavily in the scripted entertainment direction. Still entertaining but nothing comes close just to the early series where the Trio's personalities carried the segments and still put the focus on the cars.
yep, even as a kid i remember thinking 'this isn't the same Top Gear' they became a bit too corny and that was even before they all left. Some later seasons felt more like classic Top Gear than others. The very last episode with the OG trio was amazing and reminded me of pre-12 Top Gear.
They tried, as its bad advice. There totally is a point to those cars, and I say that from personal experience in going long distance in saloons, hatchbacks and MPVs, and the MPV was always the most comfy with enough space without having to compromise
Once we had to transport a sofa, which could comfortably sit 2 people, and I was mind blown that it fit in our normal renault scenic (not the grand scenic) without even having to remove the rear seats. We just folded them down. The car has also taken us to different road-trips as well as helped transport a lot of other stuff that I'm sure would't have fit in the normal megane.
Absolutely what Top Gear stood for! These are my go to videos for dinner, when I'm bored or just whenever I wanna watch anything at all! Simple, yet feels entertaining and surprisingly good consumer advice which wasn't the case in the future seasons and the grand tour although they were highly entertaining!
“And a hefty price tag of 16 and a half thousand pounds” nowadays you might get someone at Ford to spit in your face for that money, but sure as heck no car 😢
I had a 2008 C Max for 3 years from new. Came from an 03 Fiesta. Loved the C max. Yes like the guys said it didn’t seem much roomier then a Focus (which I also looked at). But it did have more front leg room and head room which is why I chose it
With inflation - that's about £1.39 in today's money which isn't that far off the mark of what we pay at the pump for petrol, bearing in mind these are diesels!
I personally like the idea of an MPV and wouldn't be concerned with spending a grand more than a normal hatchback. Extra room, a bigger engine size, more suited for families if they don't want to spend a tad more on SUVs or people carriers, especially young ones, and they give you a slightly better driving position than a normal hatch does. I believe Toyota came up with the idea at the start, and it's worked a treat!
My mom has a Grand Scenic we bought new when I was a kid, it is rather comfy and practical, the interior is absolutely bursting with storage compartments and the seating is quite adaptable. The fact that James couldn't get the swords in the boot is nothing short of libel, all he would've had to do is fold down one of the rear seats. That car has seen us through pretty much all our holiday trips and assisted in 5 or 6 moves.
I love this is just before the Uber/Grab revolution. Gone were the days of just calling taxi by phone. Now just switch on like a few apps and decide which driver or platform offers you the cheapest!
I seriously cannot imagine doing this without satnav - yes I know about paper maps, but it's still memorising the route. This is the best of Top Gear imo.
I use a Dacia Duster Laurette as my cab! Easy to clean hard plastics, cheap parts, good MPG, Comfortable (albeit soft) suspension, loads of legroom, abundance of accessories, good sized boot, enough power to pull my fat ass and 4 fully grown passengers, cheap insurance bracket, tyres are affordable (3x sets minimum per year), £35 tax, daily maintenance and servicing is easy to do on the drive. Lots of features.
after having a few, i can say the renault scenic is a brilliant car! it has lots of useful storage cubbys and easy to clean plastics, plus one thing i love is the fact you can remove the rear seats to turn it into a mini van!
@6:25 That fencer chick James was driving, when he told her about the seats being able to slide back: "Cool you can turn it into like a big bed or something!" Me: Wait a minute, i've seen this film before...
This is technically the first clip or episode of TG that I saw on TV when I was a kid... So grateful that this showed up in my front page recommendation.
At the time it came out this was my favourite segment they'd ever done. I love the running gag of Hammond's Ambiguous Condiment Adjectives, May calling him a coward for not criticising people's cars to their faces, and then by the end he has given up and started doing the same.
I quite like that Renault Scenic, too bad nothing like it was sold in the United States. Comfortable, economical, and spacious. A perfect commuter car!
I'd have the Ford. It's a much better car than the Renault. The Renault may have the better diesel engine, but, as a car, it has to be the ford for me.
@@josephlewis9237 as the owner of two Renault scenics, I would have to politely disagree with you regarding parts prices. Service items aren't any more expensive than for the ford and are easily available from any motor factors. The MK1 is definitely better built than the MK2 which also has keycards instead of keys (why??) but both are made of top quality metal and neither has ever needed any welding for the MOT..
I miss the popular cars that were in the country I live in a little bit, watching this video reminded me, the current ones are totally empty for me. Because in Brazil the cars that are popular there have never been a big deal and the current ones are even less attractive, I'm talking about Brazil
What you pay for in the Mégane scenic is a much bigger taller boot space, more passenger space, more interior versatility, a much better, taller driving position in a car which takes up the same amount of space as a regular Mégane. Having owned both, I'd happily pay extra for the scenic on those merits alone..👍
fighting as in people fighting and kebab as in the food They were filming around midnight on a Friday which is typically when people go out to have fun and go to pubs He was just trying to say “this is the hour where drunk people fight and everyone else queues up for a kebab”
What unconventional car would you use as a taxi?
Rolls Royce phantom long wheel base
Dacia sandero
Fiat Multipla...
Nissan Micra 3 door as a taxi would be an interesting sight!
Dacia Duster, Dacia Jogger, or the Dacia Lodgy
Something about this video was very cozy, cold winter night, hot cup of coffee, heater on full blast and driving away ...
And getting tipped in fine cheese wedges 😊
The early 2000s were such a better time the old streetlights cars you could recognise, take me back
My god, this is exactly what I was thinking, looking for a comment that might say the same thing
Pure 2000s UK nostalgia - back when it seemed like the UK was heading in the right direction
I’m watching this on a cold night and it only adds to the vibe
6:34 "Are you being recorded to test if you would be a good presenter?"
James took that one personally 😂
I forgot about that 😂
I bet she got quite a wake-up when she sobered up lol
Every time I see that clip its a Dark little Corner inside James may that he Really never shows. He really got offended about that lol. Understandably so. But A bit naive to expect everyone to know you lmao.
@FallsGaming no. It was just genuinely rude. He probably appreciates when people don't know him as it gives him back his anonymity.
@@FallsGamingHow does he expect that everybody would know him? He literally says "I'm on television, it's my real job" and she insults him by pretty much saying he seems incompetent.
Considering this was the early episodes of Top Gear James defo took it personally 😅
You can tell this was a long time ago as Richard and James could only do these challenges because the general public didn't recognise them.
I could mainly tell because
A: minivans
B: reasonably spaced cars for 16K and 18K
@@OnionChoppingNinja and the fact that despite being new at the time, those cars look incredibly dated now
@@5uper5kill3rz And they say 16,5K for a new car is a lot
And 80p for fuel...
This was one of the last times they could get away with it (TG started getting big around this time), since the cut footage included a lot of the times they were recognised, a similar thing happened with the 'Guerilla Reviews'
10:52 the unmistakeable sound of the woman pretending to be interested HAHAHA
'Naaaah' you can TASTE the 'jesus get me out of here'
*interested
This coziness is what I've been missing from any other car related content since
Also, the charisma and pop culture references. Most online car reviewers spend all day in their rooms with no real life interaction.
@@charlie-j4o7u Hits the nail in the head. What makes "modern day" programs so dreary, are the creators being too "professional". They treat the subject they are covering like a job, for better or worse. TV programs are too lackadaisical, while independent creators are too much in the opposite direction to be entertaining.
@@lc9245 Lack of unsavory or tad stereotypical jokes, because "oh no! someone will start twitter cancel campaign!" is key factor. Everything is sterile now, thus lacking character while The Boys had their opinion on many nations or car-cultures, like caravaning.
Also new cars are boring: same stats, makers, looks. Pinnacle car journalism is long gone, and it is a miracle gorilla, hamster and cpt. slow managed to drag it for so long!
@@droopy_eyes you’re not giving them credit enough if you think stereotype jokes are what makes them funny
I massively prefer the early years (pre series 12) of the trio. Less scripted stuff, but that just made it better. If they'd done this segment during the later series or during the Grand Tour, May's would've "accidentally" got lost and driven to Belgium, and Richard's car would've exploded.
Yeah. Less scripted stuff is THE stuff.
I also miss this era of camera quality. I love how cosy it all is
Yes im sure most are, however id trade ‘pre 12 scripted’ for the boys to be doing it all again any day
Absolutely. Unfortunately the show became more "Americanised" leaning heavily in the scripted entertainment direction. Still entertaining but nothing comes close just to the early series where the Trio's personalities carried the segments and still put the focus on the cars.
yep, even as a kid i remember thinking 'this isn't the same Top Gear' they became a bit too corny and that was even before they all left. Some later seasons felt more like classic Top Gear than others. The very last episode with the OG trio was amazing and reminded me of pre-12 Top Gear.
The thing I love about 2002-2005 Top Gear was stuff like this.
Yep. Real review on cars. While bantering at each others, of course.
They actually did consumer advice on this one
They tried, as its bad advice. There totally is a point to those cars, and I say that from personal experience in going long distance in saloons, hatchbacks and MPVs, and the MPV was always the most comfy with enough space without having to compromise
@@turdle837 They were talking about mini mpvs not full sized mpvs. Mini mpvs were slightly bigger Hatchbacks with a 2000 pound extra price tag.
@@turdle837 The cars being reviewed were just normal hatchbacks with a slightly taller roof.
I love how May is this poor confused socially-awkward man on TV, he's a genius
God the early stuff just feels so real and down to earth. I love the later seasons (of the original trio) but the early seasons are such gems
No way! Super underrated segment
If some said 6:51 "I'm not a real mini cabber" to me after I got in their car in the middle of the night I'd be scared.
Fake taxi 😂
Just wanted to search a video for dinner, awesome timing!
I'm stuck at home with shingles, eating a hearty dinner to get some energy back and this video came at just the right time~
brown food?
@@TopGearClassicbrown drink
@@HowToSpeccalroies
That B to Z joke was some quick wit.
Could you explain it to me?
@@randomchicken0490 Yes
@@BradTheThirdso explain it
@@xnotasweatx No
@@xnotasweatxsome of the pages fell out of the a to z. Need I say more? Please use the thing between your ears.
This segment was like a cup of tea on a grey, rainy winter notrnihg. I miss when cameras weren’t perfect, this feels so more homely
godamn it i missed this video so much cant tell how happy i am this channel exists!
It exists in the official top gear channel, but I can see what you mean. It's nice when it gets resurfaced ❤
The HD footage is honestly incredible, grateful to the bbc for not getting rid of it
11:16 James May Rizz
And 10:14 too 💀
12:30 I ask the same question about SUV's these days
Once we had to transport a sofa, which could comfortably sit 2 people, and I was mind blown that it fit in our normal renault scenic (not the grand scenic) without even having to remove the rear seats. We just folded them down.
The car has also taken us to different road-trips as well as helped transport a lot of other stuff that I'm sure would't have fit in the normal megane.
Absolutely what Top Gear stood for! These are my go to videos for dinner, when I'm bored or just whenever I wanna watch anything at all! Simple, yet feels entertaining and surprisingly good consumer advice which wasn't the case in the future seasons and the grand tour although they were highly entertaining!
Facts. I sometimes watch the older episodes when bored and end up watching them for weeks on end lol
@ us moment 😂
Yes! One of the great segments of the olden days!
“And a hefty price tag of 16 and a half thousand pounds” nowadays you might get someone at Ford to spit in your face for that money, but sure as heck no car 😢
Very informative, humorous and the stereo and ending are so wholesome.
I had a 2008 C Max for 3 years from new. Came from an 03 Fiesta. Loved the C max. Yes like the guys said it didn’t seem much roomier then a Focus (which I also looked at). But it did have more front leg room and head room which is why I chose it
cmax leans in the corners terribly
@@robloxfan4271 not exactly a race car though is it?
This video is unadulterated nostalgia for the 2000s United Kingdom
For a hefty price… god I wish new cars still cost that much
ikr? for the same car now, your looking at at least 25k
I've tried ringing this number, but it's now invalid. The taxi company must have long gone
79p a litre.....................
We've been rinsed
With inflation - that's about £1.39 in today's money which isn't that far off the mark of what we pay at the pump for petrol, bearing in mind these are diesels!
That was a generous tip! I can imagine that cheese would cost quite a lot to buy now!! Especially if Clarkson sold it on his Farm😂😂
0:50 In America we’d use that for gun storage.
Different era. Fun times, a little before my time. Car industry was pretty exciting back then
I personally like the idea of an MPV and wouldn't be concerned with spending a grand more than a normal hatchback. Extra room, a bigger engine size, more suited for families if they don't want to spend a tad more on SUVs or people carriers, especially young ones, and they give you a slightly better driving position than a normal hatch does. I believe Toyota came up with the idea at the start, and it's worked a treat!
I've owned one MPV (a Scenic actually) but i prefer the stationwagon. It's just more practical and that's what i need in a car.
My mom has a Grand Scenic we bought new when I was a kid, it is rather comfy and practical, the interior is absolutely bursting with storage compartments and the seating is quite adaptable. The fact that James couldn't get the swords in the boot is nothing short of libel, all he would've had to do is fold down one of the rear seats. That car has seen us through pretty much all our holiday trips and assisted in 5 or 6 moves.
Why don't people just buy estates. Cars are too effing big
I love this is just before the Uber/Grab revolution. Gone were the days of just calling taxi by phone. Now just switch on like a few apps and decide which driver or platform offers you the cheapest!
Normal taxi firms are still a thing. Stop with your biased disinformation
World without google maps feels so different.
2:26 you can see 2 old Nokia phones on the table
This was recorded in 2003, what do you want to say exactly lol?
@@gepast nothing is just that I like vintage phones end I wanted to point that out I actually have one of the 2 phones that you can see there
@@christianmirto1597 right
In these Uber days my mind had a bit of a shock with all that was going on
lmfaoo that guy that tipped with cheese. love it
I seriously cannot imagine doing this without satnav - yes I know about paper maps, but it's still memorising the route.
This is the best of Top Gear imo.
I use a Dacia Duster Laurette as my cab! Easy to clean hard plastics, cheap parts, good MPG, Comfortable (albeit soft) suspension, loads of legroom, abundance of accessories, good sized boot, enough power to pull my fat ass and 4 fully grown passengers, cheap insurance bracket, tyres are affordable (3x sets minimum per year), £35 tax, daily maintenance and servicing is easy to do on the drive. Lots of features.
overall, good value for money!
after having a few, i can say the renault scenic is a brilliant car! it has lots of useful storage cubbys and easy to clean plastics, plus one thing i love is the fact you can remove the rear seats to turn it into a mini van!
5:55 Exactly what every woman hopping into a taxi by herself late at night wants to hear 😭
This is one of their best tests ever on their show. I would have loved to see more of this type of stuff from them in the early 2000s
This is what hooked me onto Top Gear. I stuck with them till the end, with the greatest pleasure, but this earlier content was their best.
so many top gear fans have prob never watched anything this early
I think most top gear fans HAVE watched from the early days, it's the new shite that no one watches
@@kraftypk7283yup, i’m only 18 but watched every episode 😂❤
this is one of my all time fav segments!
Still better value for money than Crossovers....
Also, anyone else miss the days when 5 quid would fill up a tank?
It wouldn’t, the joke was all minicabs are on low fuel. Now they are just Prius.
@6:25 That fencer chick James was driving, when he told her about the seats being able to slide back:
"Cool you can turn it into like a big bed or something!"
Me: Wait a minute, i've seen this film before...
Always loved this segment!
This is technically the first clip or episode of TG that I saw on TV when I was a kid...
So grateful that this showed up in my front page recommendation.
Ahhh, those were the days. Top gear doing consumer advice.
The uber before uber, top gear always ahead of their times!!
So, taxi’s?
@@Motordiciton lol
Wow 2:33 really is nostalgic - 78.9 pence per litre. Today 6th November 2024 it is £1.34 per litre.
episode choice is spot on and we need more
12 minutes? I'm loving this
All those girls are 50 now
I wonder if Bonnie and Pete are still married?
nah more like mid 40
Watching these whilst ill. Glad they're now in 1080
I Just Like The Renault, I Have The Same One And Is So Comfortable To Go Far Places With The Family
3:35 now a satnav is a necessity for todays roads i must say. Its how technology advances it now.
I HAVE THE SAME PAISLEY SHIRT RICHARD HAS 😮 I bought it in a thrift shop in Munich in 2016… maybe it’s one of a kind and his???
At the time it came out this was my favourite segment they'd ever done. I love the running gag of Hammond's Ambiguous Condiment Adjectives, May calling him a coward for not criticising people's cars to their faces, and then by the end he has given up and started doing the same.
I really want to see the post office race with the cut segment when they play the heated seat game
Top Gear time!
Less than 80p for a liter? You can only dream of having gas prices that cheap nowadays...
Wages were lower too..
@@s3nTer Oh yeah because wages have totally kept up with inflation in the last 20 years, haven’t they? My God, you are intelligent.
@@s3nTer And London was still vaguely London
@@TheTonytiger89 thank you kind sir
TBF petrol was once 99p/L during COVID
"while James was going for the Leslie Phillips award"....brilliant 🙂
Watching this I really wonder where these people are now given it was 20 years ago but still being watched today
2:45
I can understand rooting out the murderers and the psychopaths, but why bother with the revolutionaries?
2:33 79p per litre. Those were the days.
This was Sunday nights for me. 8pm. BBC2. Saw me through many years before school and then college
4:01 " CACK!" it never gets old :)
Don't have any regrets subscribing to this channel
Love to Top Gear Classic for this one ❤❤❤
Please upload the cheap Italian supercar challenge 😂😂😂
5:55 Ah yes, just what a woman wants to hear after getting into a strange man’s car in the middle of the night 😂
3:05 looks like Gerald disguised as a taxi controller 😂
Damn miss these and the times
I quite like that Renault Scenic, too bad nothing like it was sold in the United States. Comfortable, economical, and spacious. A perfect commuter car!
Ford Focus C-max my beloved car
I'd have the Ford. It's a much better car than the Renault. The Renault may have the better diesel engine, but, as a car, it has to be the ford for me.
@@josephlewis9237 As a c-max owner I can say that scenics have aged worse than c-max, mostly because renault use shitty materials
@@josephlewis9237 as the owner of two Renault scenics, I would have to politely disagree with you regarding parts prices. Service items aren't any more expensive than for the ford and are easily available from any motor factors. The MK1 is definitely better built than the MK2 which also has keycards instead of keys (why??) but both are made of top quality metal and neither has ever needed any welding for the MOT..
They changed the intro music
Its due to licencing, a lot of the videos have swapped music unfortunately.
8:08 i know how that feels 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Damn I feel old watching this again remember when it came out on BBC 2
11:08 damn it! they replaced the taxi driver movie soundtrack in this scene with some generic track :(
I was gonna say it sounded different from before for sure. Miss the old soundtrack lol, stupid copyright laws.
its so cool that they put that in
Omg....it's in 2004. I was just 11 back then 😅
I miss the popular cars that were in the country I live in a little bit, watching this video reminded me, the current ones are totally empty for me. Because in Brazil the cars that are popular there have never been a big deal and the current ones are even less attractive, I'm talking about Brazil
What you pay for in the Mégane scenic is a much bigger taller boot space, more passenger space, more interior versatility, a much better, taller driving position in a car which takes up the same amount of space as a regular Mégane. Having owned both, I'd happily pay extra for the scenic on those merits alone..👍
Great job top gear 👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 from romania 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴
The man that gave hammond the cheese's 😂😂
Left, then right... CACK
You don’t happen to have Jeremy’s test of the 599 GTO do you? Can’t seem to find it anywhere
God, I miss this show!
This is proper stuff
"You could turn into a big bed or something"
*13 years later*
"Dammit she was flirting with me!"
Hammond was driving my mums old car ( Ford cmax )
It’s been 20 years since this was aired… :(
0:16 I'm a Japanese student learning English. Is the phrase "fighting-and-kebabs hour" that James mentioned some kind of British slang?
fighting as in people fighting and kebab as in the food
They were filming around midnight on a Friday which is typically when people go out to have fun and go to pubs
He was just trying to say “this is the hour where drunk people fight and everyone else queues up for a kebab”
@@adnxn1 Thank you very much. I was able to understand exactly what he was trying to say.
Hey! A C-Max that doesn't look like doodoo!
I am gonna try this on my Ford BMax.
“Hefty price tag of 16500£”
inflation hit us like crazy…
I thought James was peeing, when he was standing on that Brick Wall... lmao
Excelent TBT!! Thanks
When cars were cars and not the horrible SUV beasts we have to put up with now.