How in the hell would that be more fair? the skates wouldn't do anything on pavement, unless he was walking/running. The only way to make it more fair is to put studs on the tires ... but I dont think the owner of the rink would allow that. Seeming as though it would tear up the ice.
+Please Ask Me If I Care. You are missing the entire point. I am joking around. Many jokes play on equivocation (they are called puns), which is often take to be an informal fallacy in logic. So saying my statement is illogical is musplaced. And further, I can argue that my original statement is not illogical. My point is that to demonstrate the superiority of the skater over the car, you have to demonstrate both his performance on and off ice with ice skates in comparison to the performance of the car on and off ice. This is to show what must be true in order to show some implication statement is true. This is discussed at length in Peter Godfrey Smith's discussion of confirmation in his book Theory and Reality. I have wasted enough time with your dim wit (literally)
If they re-ran that race with a new F-type Jag I'm sure Clarkson would have won it. Mostly because the skater would have loved being behind the car listening to that glorious noise! =)
Pfft you think this is beautiful try John Henry vs a Steam Drill going through a mountain while John Henry is using only a Hammer and he beat the Steam Drill (this was probably like 1880 something or 1890 something when this happened) then proceeded to die but he was laughing cause you can't replace a steel driving man (even now there's still men driving steel on railroads). Literally his Hammer was sucking wind to keep him breathing while his muscles were highing ten but he beat that steam drill fair and honest even if he did die with his hammer in his hand.
At first (before the video), I was like « that Jaguar must be pretty great on ice », then I saw the video and asked myself why did they even bothered a competition like that ?
Rémi Trompette Yep, the long track rink operators would never have allowed spikes. It probably took them a week to repair the track from the street tires he did use!
All they do to repair damaged ice surfaces is to get their water hoses , and spray over the whole surface . Then they run their Zamboni over it the next day . That's all they do . I have seen them use a Zamboni between public sessions . Easy as can be .
Ravel's Balero was the music Torvill and Dean used during their gold-medal Ice Dance performance in Sarejevo.The only thing ice dance has in common with speed skating is that they are both done on frozen water. It's hardly the best choice for this episode. One would have thought the BBC would know that.
Deja Vu! I've just been in this place before Higher on the street And I know it's my time to come home Calling you And the search is a mystery Standing on my feet It's so hard when I try to believe Whoooooaaaa
Jesus Christ, why do you people keep suggesting using an Evo or GT-R like it would make any difference at all? If you have never driven before, let me explain it to you-no road car has ANY traction on ice. Unless you add spikes, an F1 car would do almost exactly as well, or even worse (slicks on wet surface=bad. Slicks on ice=worse) than that Jag. Aside from grip, weight would be about the only other determining factor, meaning if you were thinking at all you would have suggested either that Marauder Hammond drove or a fucking tank. If you have actually driven, don't come unprepared to a northern winter. It's people like you that wind up spinning out on the highway because they think their car can handle going 50 miles an hour on snowed over highway. Either slow down or stay the hell away from me.
ithinkiexists I live in Switzerland and I drive all the time. Shut up. 4 wheels have more traction than two. You can accelerate faster on slippery surfaces than with 2. No discussion.
Fine, he'd be going twice as fast with twice the wheels- 8 mph. Wait...shit. Of COURSE 4WD is better, but if they wanted a serious race they would have gotten a rally car with studded tires, which would be far more fair due to the corners and short straights keeping in check the fact that the car would actually grip. My comment still stands.
Driving on ice is an art. Not anyone can do it and no matter how good driver you are on the road. Come over to Sweden and drive on lakes have to fun driving experience ;)
When will you be testing the $60k 707 hp 650 pounds of torque SRT Challenger Hellcat that seats 5 people? There's talk of an AWD version as well? I thought you guys would test it first?
And also not true. The top speed of the best sprinters in the world is about 38 mph. Eskil Ervik (the skater in this video) wasn't a sprinter and he also wasn't going all out, so he probably skated at a maximum speed of about 25 mph.
To be fair, I think if you put Jeremy Clarkson on skates and had him go around the track he would have similar results to when he was in the Jag.
I liked it when James shot the starting pistol at Jeremy XD
You slow down a bloody funeral at this rate
@@andrewcarlson3486 I’m going as fast- (Clarkson laughing)
@@jacobrumens9601pow
@@andrewcarlson3486He says, "You could slow down a ruddy funeral at this rate." not 'bloody'
When May shot Clarkson HAHAHA
+Dystopic
Funniest moment. *EPIC FAIL!!!*
@@weapoolx182 Never say epic fail ever again in your entire life
@@spacekii Problem? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
You could slow down a bloody funeral at this rate!
1:18
Looks like a lot of fun! sliding around at safe speeds.
any speed is safe just look out for trees
“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”
― Jeremy Clarkson
BaggioVL15 if you go from stationary to 10000 mph in an eyeblick, then speed does kill you
Justas Griškevičius Acceleration, not speed)
I like top gears explanation of oversteer and understeer its pretty good
i like the color of the jag
+TOP Nürburgring Videos
Yeah! True badass.
same here
It's called caviar----on a dull day it looks purple, but when it's sunny it comes alive!!
I absolutely piss myself laughing every time James shoots the starting pistol at Jeremy
thats gangsta
one of the funniest unscripted bit of television i've seen them do
Completely wrong tactics. Why don't just James shoot the guy with the gun? Instant win!
Christian K because the gun doesn't actually fire bullets
Elite Videos Oh, that's the reason why he didn't shoot the man. I thought it was a real gun. Being shot at Jeremy Clarkson. On camera.
To be fair, you'd have to put this guy with his skates on pavement in order to have a more fair assessment
How in the hell would that be more fair? the skates wouldn't do anything on pavement, unless he was walking/running. The only way to make it more fair is to put studs on the tires ... but I dont think the owner of the rink would allow that. Seeming as though it would tear up the ice.
+Please Ask Me If I Care. Lol dude its a joke! It's obviously impossible lmao
It's not impossible. it's simply illogical
+Please Ask Me If I Care. You are missing the entire point. I am joking around. Many jokes play on equivocation (they are called puns), which is often take to be an informal fallacy in logic. So saying my statement is illogical is musplaced. And further, I can argue that my original statement is not illogical. My point is that to demonstrate the superiority of the skater over the car, you have to demonstrate both his performance on and off ice with ice skates in comparison to the performance of the car on and off ice. This is to show what must be true in order to show some implication statement is true. This is discussed at length in Peter Godfrey Smith's discussion of confirmation in his book Theory and Reality. I have wasted enough time with your dim wit (literally)
Aha, how cute "Wasted enough time with my dim wit" Please elaborate on how my wit is dim.
that's by they use studded tires in e.g. Norway, Sweden, ...
Driving at the same speeds like in summer isn't a problem then
Used to be big in the us too
"What's the quarter mile time on this?"
"My baby does 10.5"
"Woah! That's incredible!"
"... minutes."
The Jaguar is a sight to behold and a sound to listen to! The V8 sounds fantastic!
Loss or not, Jeremy still whipped it like a G
his counter steering was pretty decent
If they re-ran that race with a new F-type Jag I'm sure Clarkson would have won it. Mostly because the skater would have loved being behind the car listening to that glorious noise! =)
Beutiful paint job on the Jag
a truly beautiful ballad of man vs machine
Pfft you think this is beautiful try John Henry vs a Steam Drill going through a mountain while John Henry is using only a Hammer and he beat the Steam Drill (this was probably like 1880 something or 1890 something when this happened) then proceeded to die but he was laughing cause you can't replace a steel driving man (even now there's still men driving steel on railroads). Literally his Hammer was sucking wind to keep him breathing while his muscles were highing ten but he beat that steam drill fair and honest even if he did die with his hammer in his hand.
Speed skating is awesome!
+ freesk8
*Just Do It !*
Yes right
That XK is damn beautiful though.
The car looks like one of those slow mo videos of cars on gravel that you see in car ads, but in real time
1:17 XD the best moment
Gorgeous car that
At first (before the video), I was like « that Jaguar must be pretty great on ice », then I saw the video and asked myself why did they even bothered a competition like that ?
Man the Zamboni drivers must have had a blast Zamboni’ing that
Another rare moment of May running.
That was really funny how James shot the gun again.
James May running was the funniest part
"Power is nothing without control." - Pirelli
I love that colour and indeed, I have a Jaguar XK in that paint----it's called "caviar".
i liked when james tried to shoot jeremy with the start gun lol
Tires with spikes would be better
yes but he would be recking the ice for the ice skater
Rémi Trompette
Yep, the long track rink operators would never have allowed spikes. It probably took them a week to repair the track from the street tires he did use!
... and then jeremy wins. thanks mr. ideas-for-boring-videos, we appreciate your input
All they do to repair damaged ice surfaces is to get their water hoses , and spray over the whole surface . Then they run their Zamboni over it the next day . That's all they do . I have seen them use a Zamboni between public sessions . Easy as can be .
I have seen ice rinks with the ice messed up really bad , that's why I know .
james has not even told that he would never run in the tv
When Jeremy panics, he just smash the throttle. Good reflex !
This is why I loved Top Gear. I love Jags. I cold ice skate faster than that Jag. The skater isn't even trying hard. Thanks.
I want to see a rematch in which the ice skater versus the Jaguar XK on the asphalt.
Ravel's Balero was the music Torvill and Dean used during their gold-medal Ice Dance performance in Sarejevo.The only thing ice dance has in common with speed skating is that they are both done on frozen water. It's hardly the best choice for this episode. One would have thought the BBC would know that.
0:53 Lol. Jeremy's reaction :D
"There's no grip, at all here" really, never would've guessed based on how the car was moving extremely slow and drifting when not wanted.
the soundtrack that played in the near begging is called “bolero” by Maurice Ravel if anyone wants to know
now do the same competition on land and see who wins then... :D
LordShiiva They were not on land?
LordShiiva They were on land, halfwit..
Deja Vu!
I've just been in this place before
Higher on the street
And I know it's my time to come home
Calling you
And the search is a mystery
Standing on my feet
It's so hard when I try to believe
Whoooooaaaa
SheepShaving Everyone go home, this guy has won the comments section.
i dont get it ._.
i wish they bring back topgear again :(
I guess skates are faster than that car.
This gave me an idea... Olympic car figure-skating!
James shot Jeremy. Haha.
it's 1:17
What about ESP (Electronic Stability Control) and TC (Traction Control) and ABS (Anti Lock Braking System)?!
I love this video because i practice this sport
By tomorrow this video will reach 1 million views
Sick slides man
This can be a great practice for drifting
not at all, completely different surface and traction. you'd be pretty shit at drifting on any other surface of you practiced on there
next time if you want to race on ice with a car you should make spiked Wheels to get a grip on ice and to the starting line to the Finish Line.
Clarkson couldn't stand a chance against Eskil Ervik. This clip from Top Gear was filmed in Vikingskipet in Hamar in Norway btw.
Now that good TOP GEAR ❤🇵🇷
Bang on 😂😂 real bummer the car wasn't standard shift
Should have used a GT-R
aka a shitbox
Jesus Christ, why do you people keep suggesting using an Evo or GT-R like it would make any difference at all?
If you have never driven before, let me explain it to you-no road car has ANY traction on ice. Unless you add spikes, an F1 car would do almost exactly as well, or even worse (slicks on wet surface=bad. Slicks on ice=worse) than that Jag.
Aside from grip, weight would be about the only other determining factor, meaning if you were thinking at all you would have suggested either that Marauder Hammond drove or a fucking tank.
If you have actually driven, don't come unprepared to a northern winter. It's people like you that wind up spinning out on the highway because they think their car can handle going 50 miles an hour on snowed over highway. Either slow down or stay the hell away from me.
ithinkiexists I live in Switzerland and I drive all the time. Shut up.
4 wheels have more traction than two. You can accelerate faster on slippery surfaces than with 2. No discussion.
Fine, he'd be going twice as fast with twice the wheels- 8 mph. Wait...shit.
Of COURSE 4WD is better, but if they wanted a serious race they would have gotten a rally car with studded tires, which would be far more fair due to the corners and short straights keeping in check the fact that the car would actually grip.
My comment still stands.
well not really the gtr has serious wheelspin so it would have been harder a smart car would be better to me but that's just my opinion
The results for the car would've been better if it didn't wheelslip during the start: like how ABS works but accelerating.
Tonight on bottom gear...
The speed skater is just chilling
And in the next scene Jeremy killed the Slater
The Jaguar XK is rubbish on ice, but, it doesn't put me off the car. It's beautiful, sounds and goes amazing, magnificent, very cool, and wonderful.
SPEED AND POWER
Stay tuned as from august the 1st there will be a new season of top gear on BB2
to make it more accurate, they should put the car on pavement and the speed skater on ice, just right next to each other then see the putcome
+Orca Thoroughbred Or the other way around.
Do on speed skater on road vs Jaguar XK
Never done an ice skater would be better than a car
This is how uneven most of the weird TG races would be if they weren't so cleverly edited.
Try some studded hakapelitta R2, or other good winter tires. Going to make a world of difference.
Honey, where's my super suit?
Were those tires studded?
Clarksons like: POWERRRR!
The speedskater was Norwegian :D It said Norge that means Norway on his back 1:45
Love the color of that car!! Is that the Hamar Oval?I've visited it 3 years ago.
+Hattie M. the colour is maroon
Its a pretty color!!! Is that the Hamar Oval?
No! It is called the Viking Ship! In Norwegian, we call it Vikingskipet!
@@derrerrrr NO---it's "caviar"---I have a 5 litre XK in the colour. Best in sunshine.
Jeremy, you should have given the wheel to a Canadian, things would look better for the car. :p
Should have given him a for Rdaptor. Its heavy and has all wheel drive.
I don't suppose they could have shod the Jag with hydrophile winter tires, could they? A set of Michelin X Ice XI3's, maybe?
the goal was to see jeremy lose a race ;)
... and maybe that you will have some problems when driving on ice with unsuitable tires ^^
Was that on ice tires or not
oh car ice skating be a dangerous sport
I knew Jeremy was going to get shellacked, but I thought that at least that the skater would have a hard time passing.
that drifts though
Lol it looked like he was flooring it
What is the background music? Love it.
+Jacob Schiess Bolero by Maurice Ravel. Cracking tune
+Rohan Chaturvedi In my school, it was used as the background music for the beep test, so I am traumatised by it
+Commander Trauma LMAO that's super lame. We use pop songs these days
Commander Trauma Oh god that's terrible. I remember the bleep test (nightmares!). Shame coz it is a lovely piece of classical music
Ahhaah when james shot the starting gun at Jeremy
You could slow down a ruddy funeral at this rate! *Fire starting pistol at Jeremy*
Now just play eurobeats while watching and its perfect
McLaren P1 vs Modded GTR drag race!
Driving on ice is an art. Not anyone can do it and no matter how good driver you are on the road. Come over to Sweden and drive on lakes have to fun driving experience ;)
First 5 seconds of the speed skater: 95% Then he sees the car... Goes 40%
"He's just toying with me now..."
When will you be testing the $60k 707 hp 650 pounds of torque SRT Challenger Hellcat that seats 5 people? There's talk of an AWD version as well? I thought you guys would test it first?
Should have used a Subaru. Although that does look like fun sliding around at safe speeds.
should have used an impreza wrc or an evo wrc
should be against a 4wd like a Sti or an evo lets see that one
Imagines May yelling "MORE POWER" to Clarkson
So Jeremy lost. But it's ok because it was the Jaaaag. :)
"if hit the Wall"
40 miles that’s crazy
And also not true. The top speed of the best sprinters in the world is about 38 mph. Eskil Ervik (the skater in this video) wasn't a sprinter and he also wasn't going all out, so he probably skated at a maximum speed of about 25 mph.
Now try a WRC rally car.
The song is DARUDE SANDSTORM 😂
Some snow tyres would do it
James may running on TV!
Ok, now try an STi equipped with tires that have spikes.... Then we'd see a real competition
Which episode is this ?