Transmission – BBC Top Gear Australia

I can’t beat Ness for distance travelled (I’m from the Penrith area), but I have brought together rather an interesting group of people to go with me. Along with a second Sydney-sider, I’ve got a Melbournian, two Novacastrians, a temporary Canberran and one from Murwillumbah.

Saw the show last night – loads of fun. My friend from Melbourne completely fell in love with the Lambo when we saw it in the Paddock after the show, the car soccer was fantastic (even though we lost) and the mini cars were hilarious.

I only had one complaint. The live-action ads at the start. Bad enough that we sat there watching a loop of ads for half an hour before anything happened, but to follow that up with several live ads was really overkill. ONE I could have coped with, but three was ridiculous! Every time I thought the show was getting going, it turned out to be another bloody ad!

Other than that, though, it was brilliant, and the pre- and post-show party was fantastic fun. Clarkson and Hammond dealing with the 9 year old kid who wanted to know if Richard was his father was just priceless.

I’m a fan that is travelling all the way from Bundaberg, QLD to see the show TWICE on Sunday. I am driving to the Gold Coast tomorrow and fly to Sydney really really early Sunday morning. Going to 11am and 2pm shows…then flying back late Sunday nite!! I am soooooooo excited!!!

I’m travelling over 1500kms to see Richard (and maybe a little of…The Stig!! haha…maybe Jeremy too!)

This was without a doubt the best thing ive ever seen in my life!!! The driving was awesome and this was like nothing ive ever seen before. I will definantly buying tickets next year! Cant wait to do it again guys!!! thanks for a great night!!!!

Me and four mates are coming from Melbourne and can’t wait! Honestly though, I would have travelled all the way to the UK to see it if I had to!

funny

go go go go go

My family & I had a fab time at Top Gear live went to the early session, and we all laughed and screamed, now have hoarse throats – excellent night out. Thanks TG for coming to Sydney

We’re coming from the Sunshine Coast to see some Sydney sunshine caus’ its been raining here since Christmas. Hope they have less adds for the 5:30pm Saturday session! Go Top Gear Tour. Can’t get enough of it.

I would have liked to have seen more of The Stig to be honest. BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC!!! Maybe next year they might want to look at making the show longer and keeping the number of live ads down. Would Jeremy and Richard be able to walk down my side of the aisle next time too? I know I don’t own a Ferrari 360 Spider or an Audi A4 nor did I buy a platinum ticket but it just seemed a little one sided. The entire row I was in noticed that the aisleway they were walking along and interviewing was full of rich corporate types. Mind you Jeremy Clarkson certainly knows how to dish it out though doesn’t he!

I absoultly loved the show. It is good to see the boys getting out and having some fun on the road. I agree with the ads being over kill. But also you gotta remember about the sponsership side of things.

Other thing disappointed with was, The STIG should have gotten out of the car. Everyone loves seeing the stig.

Other than those two minor things the show was great. Would reccomend to anyone, even if you dont watch the show, it would still be a great experience.

The wide range of cars and stunts makes for a wonderful, excelerating night out.

Loved it boys. Make sure you come back again. I will definatly go.

I’m coming all the way from homebush! I have to walk two whole blocks to get there tonight. In 42 degree HEAT!

The show was great. We had a fantastic time and hope to see it again next year.

One thing . . . the ‘punishment’ of Steve Pizzani with the motorcycle was just crude and demeaning. You could easily delete that scene without losing any of the humour. Steve, stand up for your dignity.

Oh yeah , , stop enjoying yourself so much Jeremy. If you lose your voice, the show is over!

Loved it.
Clarkson and Hammond were funny and topical. The driving was awesome and the cars just stupendous.
Loved the Colander of Death. How did they do that?
Next time… more Stiggy

Sensational show lads… Best Christmas present ever.. Somehow i think the wife is in love wife an older man… Clarkson…

Ferrari circle work, who would have thought it. All i can say is heaven on 12 wheels and mind the puddle of my drool around the aston’s.Supurb night out.

A mate and I are flying down from Brissy to see the 2pm show on Sunday. We arrive in Sydney 11:30 and then depart later that evening.

Hello again guys, I have a bit of a request. There was one particular moment in the show that caused a great deal of hilarity from my friends and I, and which I’d really like to see again.

Any chance you could upload that brilliantly funny photoshopped photo of James in the mardi gras parade to the website? Because really, the world needs to see that.

Came from Darwin NT land of open speed limit’s (oh wait we dont have them any more and the death toll is way higher than before).

Train system almost let me down (how typicaly TopGear’ish isnt it),

Great Show wish i could have watched it again and again and again

Saturday 8pm show 2nd place in “Audience in a Reasonably-Priced Car” with a time of (1:35.something) and we trounced them in the car “football” HA HA 2:5
plus jesus was found and he drives a nissan.

also could you put up (either during or after the tour is finished) a “Audience in a Reasonably-Priced Car” board?
thx

AGAIN!! AGAIN!!

i went to see top gear live and it was the most fun ive ever had i got a good laugh out of all the stunts and acts that the boys put on they really are top dogs

like i said before im lucky to have seen such a awesome peformance by some of the funniest guys on the planet i give it a 10/10 top show

I saw it today (Saturday) and thought it was good, possibly too many explosions, but, on the up side, it was the first show I’ve seen with very interesting ads

We drove up from Canberra on Friday night to see the 8:00pm show, loved every moment of it (even if were in the nose bleed section of the stadium). Despite the TG motto of ‘ambitious but rubbish’ this was fantastic and it got better when the lad’s strayed away from the script – well done.

Great show guys. Even the ads were great. Remember to bring James May next year.

Just not sure how some parents are going to explain to the kids, the parking of a motorcycle between Steve Pizzani buttocks!

I saw the show with my dad, and I just have to say that I absolutely loved it!!!
The stunt driving was amazing, I wish I could drive a car like that! (I am at the moment too young to get a licence, but all in good time!) Every time an explosion went off I jumped about a foot in the air! Really all I am doing is retelling the show, because I loved every bit of it.

I especially loved car soccer, and I am sorry that hardly anyone was going for the English team, but I did like the outcome! 4-3! Doing the Cool Wall was also really…cool. And trying to do a lap by screaming and using different coloured pieces of paper, a very fun, yet difficult way to drive.

All in all I had a great time at Top Gear Live. It was great to see you guys and is was also great to see the Aston Martin DB9, wow that is a nice car.
Anyway, thanks for coming to Sydney, I had an absolute blast

Just got back to Melbourne. Loved it, loved it, loved it. A bit naughty, a bit risky, a lot of fun. Next time, come to me please.

Also – Is it possible to find out which of the Sydney shows was the fastest around the test track? I was at the 2pm show on Saturday, and we are second overall as far as I recall. I want this to still be the case, bragging rights mean the world to me!

My son has flown with his partner from Brissy to the Top Gear Show, he is a massive fan of the programme having watched every episode from the 1st up till now, many times. I do hope that he enjoys the show today. Have a good show everybody!!

i was at TG live. It was awesome but Richard Hammond entered in a r8 not a 612 and jezza entered in the lambo

It is AMAZING!
I went to the show in Birmingham on 15th November and are for sure going again this year!
Hoped you Aussies enjoyed it! Though you can fit more people in your arena!
LOL

hi there i did not go to tglive because there was an age limit witch i was realy anoyed about coz i think that they should let under 18s in to the show

I’ve come all the way from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. I usually go to their shows back home but this was a family/”aww look TG is here” lol so I think I win , how far is UK-AUS

to the guy above me. you have to understand that Jezza is from York(right up the top of the country) they’re supposed “real men” up those parts, I’m not even sure if they play football. It’s just Jezza’s sense of humour he does it everywhere over here the press exagerate he doesn’t really care as you can tell from the show’s he apologises and does something worse on the topic afterwards. And Hammond is encredibly small for a Brummy, he also has white teeth

It was the best of top gear ever seen

I’m seeing it tonight, and i have one simple question for people who’ve already seen it!

Was it hot inside? My family seem to think so!

A couple of girlfriends and myself decided a girls weekend in Sydney was called for as soon as TGL was announced. We forked out for the Dimond class on opening night and were delighted that we did.
Although embarassed since Jezza decided to pick on me for the Cool Wall bit.
But we loved it!

i loved top gear live!!!!!!
it was so fantastic!
the soccer was great, spesh since we won 5-2!
we flew my cousin up from melbourne for his birthday, he had such a good time as well…
can’t wait til its back on TV!!!!

YAY!

Thanks Clarkson & Hamster for coming to Sydney & for a great show! Had an absolute ball & a good laugh! Just great entertainment, well done TG! Im off to play Top Gear Trump Cards now!

It was brilliant, so glad I didn’t miss it.
It was sad when it ended, 75mins isn’t enough time, we need hours.

From the UK and went and saw the show yesterday in Sydney and absolutly loved it, the stunts were amazing and the cars were beautiful. Great show, best thing i’ve seen in a while.

BEST SHOW EVER
I FLEW FROM MELBOURNE TO SEE IT AND IT WAS WORTH THE MONEY
I HAD FRONT ROW SEATS

plus im only 11

The Mrs and I flew in from Perth and had a great time at the Friday night show. Good on you Jesus for helping us scale the heights of the lap board.

God Sydney trains are useless… and expensive, much better out west.

Why’d TG sign an exclusive deal with Tourism NSW? Bring the show to Perth when our new arena’s finished!

I had high expectations, even though I’d little idea what to expect. The show roared to life with original ideas meshed together with great classics from the show. I was given free Platinum tickets, but I definately would have forked out the dosh myself if I’d known the level of creative brilliance that’d been put together. The driving teams are simply amazing.

Simply the best show ever to be seen.
I’ve been to it this past Saturday and will probably go to the one next year again!!!

what a show, i came down from cairns and it was worth every cent of the money to get there,, i don,t think i can ever look at the TV show in the same light ever again,,, it was the most fun and interactive show so far i,ve experianced well done to the boys from the UK and bearded steve of our world,, and of cause to all involved even the ozzie STIG whom ran around with his shirt over his head in the win of the soccer game on the saturday nite 8pm show, which we won 4 to 3,,, thanks boys

I bloody LOVE Jeremy! Lucky I was so far back from the arena or I may have done a nudie run and planted a big one on him! Lol.
Wish I had got Diamond tickets!
(P.S; if you split up with the wife let me know.. hehe)

7 of us flew down from Gladstone QLD & walked from the ferry wharf to see the show. It was well worth it, Pity I could`nt get my photo with the STIG

Actually you from the UK don’t count cos you go see it when you’re at home. I reckon we win the distance thing cos we had to drive 3 hours to Perth then fly across. Gotta say guys, was a little disappointed. Some parts of the show were brilliant (the stunt driving was pretty cool). The ads were a bit over the top but I understand the need to get sponsorship. But whatever happened to signing stuff for your fans or a photo? We had diamond tickets & went to the VIP party also but when you’ve come so far & spent so much to come see your show would it kill you to sign a copy of your own book??

Great show. Congrats to everyone at the 2pm show today (Sunday) for getting 1st place in the lap times!

i went on thursday and LOVED it, although theyre were way to many ads and we hardly saw the stig =(

how did the other nights go in the lap and soccer matches?

I went to the 2nd session today and was sooooooo good, it was worth the wait trying to get out of the carpark in the bloody heat. Wish they would come more often, the ads were random when they first happened but it was a good idea

And our session was the fastest lap on the 2nd session of Sunday hopefully NZ won’t beat us. And for soccer we won 3-2

I was at the 2pm Sunday show, like all of ya’s loved every minute of it, the stunt driving was awesome.
In the soccer Aussies won 3-1 and the 2pm Sunday crew set the fastest lap, nearly 3 seconds faster than second.
Can ya’s let me know if this was a gee up or for real.
Cheers can’t wait to see it all again.

sorry the soccer was 3-2

The lap time was no gee up! In previous posts, they said they came 2nd. So its official, Sunday 2pm is in 1st place, and the Saturday 2pm show is now in 3rd. But my mate noticed that Hammond may have written Sat instead of Sun on our time. Did anyone else notice this?

Na I didn’t Im curious to know what 3rd session got. And my dad had a great idea of making car soccer with golf carts for insurance reasons and because it would be safer then having me driving a car at the age of 15 and it’s also cheaper. And I soul wanna know how much their selling the i30′s (the cars used for soccer) cause when they repair them I reckon they would be a great first car for me when I get my l’s in December

We saw the 8.00pm show on Saturday and we loved it!! thought it was brilliant! Made the trip from Tassie..

The only improvement we can think of is that it should have gone for longer!

Come back next year!!!!!!!

Hey Josh, I went to the 11am Sunday…and we got third place, above the Saturday group. Also went to the 2pm Sunday when WE GOT FIRST PLACE!!! So I think standings now are:

1. Sydney, Sun 2pm 1:31:4 (I think that was it)
2. J’burg….
3. Sydney, Sund 11am 1:35:8 (I think)
3. Sydney, Sat….

I think that is right…but it would certainly help a lot if we could have to score board online!! hehe

first session today (sunday) was awesome we won soccer 5:3 2nd fastest laptime to Irelands 1st

my only complaint was the explosions. not good indoors.

i just loved the show it was the best thing ever

and to the person that said it was over 18′s only there were 5,6,7 year olds there and a baby, clarkson scared it half to death by shouting at it while it was asleep.

The show was brillant it was a shame Mr James May was on Oxford street but anyways the show was brillant good to see you have a mixture of cars o and please come back and do a bigger show i would pay to see it any day

We both went to the 5pm Saturday show and thought it was fantastic. The whole show was really funny and the cars they had were stunning. Will definitly go to another show if they tour again.

The show was great, we drove up from Canberra for it. I went to the 5pm Saturday show. Our lap time sucked but I think since most of us had been outside looking around in 35 degree heat, we were all probably a bit tired.

Less music, more engine noise is my only complaint. Those three Ferraris would have sounded brilliant but I couldn’t hear them.

I think the show is going to only be in Sydney for a while yet as I read somewhere that Events NSW had signed a deal with the show until 2011.

We flew in from Adelaide on Thursday for the opening show.

It was awesome despite the fact that no cameras are allowed, which suck.

The three disappointing bits from the show are:

1) Steve Pizza lacks the enthusiasm and ruins the whole Top Gear atmosphere
2) James May is absent
3) The last bit on the Stig is the most pathetic thing ever.

Other than that, the cars, the actions, the stunts were all perfectly executed.

Sorry Melbourne, Sydney won the rights to host it for the next couple of years. And Perth, suck it in, it will never happen in your city as no one would bother flying all the way to the east for the show.

But to be perfectly honest, the Olympic Park is not the best location for this type of show, it’s too far west and not very accessible.

I reckon if Melbourne have had the rights to host the show, it would have made it in Telstra Dome or something close to the city.

TGL was awesome! (though it could’ve been longer & feature some of the segments from other shows…) I particularly like the fact that the show wasn’t just filming of the actual show in britain (ie: filming an episode instead of completely cool stuff like it was)

Also – TG need to do a PROPER comparo between all the FG Falcon models & VE Commodore models… We need to get the Brits hooked! lol

Great show – it definitely got better throughout the weekend. Clarkson’s shirts definitely didn’t though

Excellent show, travelled from Cairns for the night to see it and wasn’t disappointed. Interesting to see so many “I am the Stig” tee shirts on the plane home the next day!

SOME SAY, the tickets were expensive and the jokes cheap.

I quite enjoyed it, could have done without the pyrotechnics, there was a total fire ban in place after all.

Seems I have something in common with mad cow, I too love Jeremy.

On that bombshell…………..

Went to the 11am show Saturday and loved it – had a great time. Did anyone notice that Mr. Clarkson seem particuarly nackered at the end of the show. He was out of breath, sweating profusely and seemed sooo unfit – maybe he needs to take a leaf out of Hammonds book and get some exercise!!
Seriously, a great experience and looking forward to seeing it again – can’t wait for the Vietnam special on TV in a few weeks!

I flew from Brisbane, and my brother flew from Melbourne. What an awesome show, We didnt want it to stop! Also had a great chat with Warren Brown for about 10 minutes or so outside, what a great guy, very nice to chat to! Fantastic experience, would love to do it again!

Saturday night’s show was great. Although, the entire show could’ve been better if the music was turned down a little so you could hear the cars and tyres squealing…how often do you get to hear three Ferrari’s open up in Acer Arena?!

Flew up from Melbourne and got to see 2 shows – Fri & Sun. Would’ve seen another on Sat if the seats were any better. But had a great laugh! Loved the Soccer – seeing the near misses & the bang ups. Those little cars were looking battered by Sunday, all mended with sticky tape and bumpers missing. Great driving by Hammond! Would’ve loved to be in the passenger seat through it all! Hope they do come again next year – maybe extend their tour to go around Australia! Would’ve been great timing in Melbourne with the Grand Prix, Motorshow, and Airshow all happening in March. Anyway, it was great & I loved it. Left the guys a little ‘car’ gift, hope they got it…?

me and dad went on sunday flew to sydney from albury saw the 2oclock sesh it was F-ing grouse and we WON THE LAPE TIME. great show

It was bloody awesome, already looking forward to next year, it was somewhat disapponiting a proper comparo of the FG and VE wern.t included in the localisation, i’m sure that Jeeza and Hammnod would have preferred the FG (remember the early episode devoted to fast ford’s, plus Holden’s UK partner is Vauxhall for goodness sake and GM is about cark it an be swallowed by teh Chinese and Indians, oh and the Falcon’s a much better car).

Im also upset that my sesh Sat 2pm lost our 2nd lacing but atleast an Aussie time is now on top (though being part Irish Dublin on top was almost as good) The ads went on a bit though Love the Beast looks good, read about it in TGA too.

Overall a fantastic show, my most enjoyable moment this year and I just wish Sat 2 had won the lap time.

incredible show, awesome stunts and a good laugh too.
any chance there will be a DVD of it? please?

It was great to see the guys live – sure beats an 18 year wait for tickets to the UK show.

I agree with lots of other views expressed here and thought the live ads at the front were naff.

Most of the show itself was great, but we could have done without driving the reasonably priced car.

A suggestion for future TGL’s – replace the reasonably priced car drive it with three roll-on dynos and let’s hear and see some of those beautiful sounding engines perform for real. The V8 utes on dynos in a comparo – awesome. It would fill the auditorium and create some real atmosphere!

We were at the 2pm show on Sat. and were fortunate to have paid for platinum seats – expensive but good. The show was brilliant. I came down from Brisbane, my son from Gladstone and we were not disappointed except for the repetition of the ads beforehand. But what’s to complain about really. Clarkson & Hammond came to entertain and they succeeded in a way only they can. Thanks boys. You were both just great. But Pizza Hut’s contribution was irrelevant and pointless – when is SBS going to dump TGA and let us just enjoy the real thing!

Turn down the volume of the music. I’d rather listen to the sound of the engines as I do not have the option to own these cars to hear them for myself. Otherwise great show. Will be back again next year.

Went on the Saturday Afternoon and came from Sydney. Not far. We won the soccer 7-2 and we came second in our star in a resonably priced car. (Damn Dublin) The small cars were awesome. It was a good show, just the best show I have ever seen and I saw Walking with Dinosaurs.

That Lambo nearly made me drool all over, it was beautiful and I sooooooooooooo want one! Top Gears on tonight, Top Gears on tonight!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!

Okay everyone who says the Australian Top Gear is Crap should let it die. I admit it’s not the same but it’s the best we’ve got and they can’t follow the same format as the English Show.

And Pizza Hut should be given an applause. he tried hard to entertain us and it didn’t help that the other stars were there. If it was TGA he would’ve been the most enthusiastic.

What a Fantastic Show! Well done, Jeremy, Richard and Steve, for a great time!!!!!!

Only thing was, they should have warned people (Maybe they Did), about the fireworks and bangs, cause when I first heard it, nearly had a heatattack.

Being 3m away from them, when they entered the Audiance for the COOL WALL, was so great, to see them up close.

Awsome cars, loved the White HSV W427 Cop car come out and drift etc. We won car soccer 4-2, good accident between Hammond and someone on our side, Hammonds bumper fell off, and had to be re-attached. The drum set made of car parts was great, might give it a go.

We were the Slowest around the Track in a Reasonable Priced Car, but they guy they took a pic of looked like Jesus (According to Clarkson). Was quite funny.

Will definatly go next year, and this time, my mates will be there (Boy are they Envious).

Hail Top Gear Live.

loved the show even the adds they were pretty great and we travelled only from gerringong, which is 2 and a half hours south from there near kiama.
I agree they should have gone done the aisle next to it because we were there and kept hoping they came up ours. RICHARD IS VERY SHORT! would defiantly go again next year but they need to do more of a tour of australia e.g nowra, melbourne, perth etc. i want to know were all the shows the same

When is it coming to Melbourne?

That was the best show ive ever been too haha they parked the motorbike in pizza ovens butt (: im pretty dissapointed at how commercial it was but it was still brilliant

ugh we got like the slowest time in Australia i think it was 1:57.5 or something im sooo embarrased

omg 100% top gear fan i think we went to the same show haha it was sooo good where were u sitting?

I travelled from the Sunshine Coast in QLD to see the guys on February 5th and it was seriously the most fun I’ve ever had in my entire life! I had a VIP ticket so after the show Jeremy and Richard came out to answer questions – including mine! I recorded it on my camera and I upload it and post the link for it here so everyone can see.

Thank you so very much to everyone involved, (especially Jeremy and Richard), for an excellent night – it was perfect.

P.S. Jeremy’s booty looks great in those jeans.

I also forgot to mention that I also had the privilege of meeting Eric Bana, Craig (he’s a famous race car driver but I’ve forgotten his last name) and Brian McFadden (Deltra Goodrem’s boyfriend).

Meeting 5 celebrities in one night isn’t bad if you ask me!

was an AWESOME SHOW

they should do another world tour in like 2 years time and put out a dvd

Like Ness, my sister and I travelled all the way from Perth to see the show, and it sure didn’t disappoint!
While I agree with the comments about too many ads at the beginning, the rendition of ‘It’s just too good to be true’ was priceless.
Once the boys came on through, I don’t think I stopped laughing for the next hour and a half. Jeremy’s complete lack of PC was very refreshing, and Hammond was a wonderful balance, plus a very good looser, considering Steve and the Aussie boys pipped them 4-3 for car soccer…which was possibly better than watching an actual soccer match!
The show was amazingly diverse, and kept us all keyed up and involved the entire time!
It was a sensational night, and not one I’ll ever forget!

Another coupla people from Perth, we flew over for it and it was worth it. Friday night show was great, specially cause we got 2nd in the lap. Ohya.

Breno (post 85 / 86),

I was sitting in the Platnum section, as you came in door 5 I was in row F, right infront of the gear running the lights etc. Bout 15 rows back from the front.

Saturday 8pm show was great. Came all the way from Adelaide, everything was booked back in October as the girlfriend was so excited she could not say no to my request to go.
Went too quickly and I thought the second best package would have given us closer seats for $140, but they weren’t too bad. We brought binoculars along.
Drooled over the Granturismo out in the show room. Hope next year they can pull a lot more cars to put on show.

But my ‘what the!’ is Hyundai’s sponsership of the show. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I was interested in the Audis, but I only saw a couple of old people checking out the Hyundais on show. Does anyone want to buy a Hyundai after seeing the show on the weekend?

How did people get the paddock passes? For the NZ show you can buy them as a added surcharge to the ticket.. But that wasn’t the case with the sydney show, was it?

I would have loved to see that.. But all my begging wouldn’t sway the security..

But i did get to meet a driver that was in the show, he was really nice and I managed to get him to get some of my merch signed by The Stig.

My friend and I flew up from Melbourne to see the show on Saturday night and loved it!! Jeremy and Richard were brilliant! I hope they come to Melbourne next time.

we travelled from ballarat in victoria and i would do it all over agai..it was absolutely great

Great show – we flew from Hervey bay to Sydney, and went to the 11am Sat show. Great fun, good to see my fave tv hosts in the flesh, and also see some crazy motor vehicle misuse!
Glad we did it, now back to work tomorrow (boo hoo!)

both my friend and i saw the show and loved it. should have had more with the stig and May should have left oxford street to appear on the show

shit house…. over scripted rubbish with not enough decent parts like the show..
you have a car show with a fag singing for nav mans .. handing out wat i can only imagine empty boxes to placed people. starts with rubbish ads then whole bunch of crap you can see at the easter show….. we have a car show …
i know lets show motor bikes for half an hour doin a loop that seen 15 years ago at the easter show.. as well as stunt car driving. boring

only entertaining part was the soccer…
yeah burn out s all night are alright … but not with factory stock cars …. i see better burn outs on the princess highway .

yeah jesus is in the crowd and make the steering wheel fall off. nice script work…

stick to your tv show … so much better than this rubbish!
ill be keeping my money next time for power cruize!!!!!!!!!

Went to the Sunday show and thought it was awesome. It was like a great escape into how much fun it would be being a kid and having fun like the boys do on the show.
It showed sometimes growing up and having to be serious has a downside
Loved the show can’t wait for next year……
Thought Jezza and Hampster were great and I just cant imagine another car show on earth that would transform into a live show
Great show

Hope all goes well in New Zealand.

Was seriously the best show I’ve ever seen! I really hope the boys can make it to Melbourne next time round, but even if they don’t ill still make it up to Sydney again!

I flew over from Adelaide. I loved the show. Thought there could have been more of it though. But other wise it was great.

Right o then. Ive read the code of conduct. So lets start again. If you wont my opinion, follow the link:
http://www.new.facebook.c om/group.php?gid=21272328 704

There really is no other way I can fit in my opinions without breaching one of the rules, stipulated in the code of conduct.

BTW I sold the idea of 2 tickets to TGA on my way back to Canberra. Now let me scratch my scalp & think about that for a second.

Flew up from Melbourne for the Saturday 5pm show. It was really enjoyable apart from a couple of segments that threw me (ninja vs car? wtf). Steve Pizzati did well I think even after suffering the indignity of having a motorbike shoved up his arse. Unfortunately we sucked at the lap. Hope we’re better next year!

thought it was the best show ever loved the car soccer .. WE WON hehe cool board was kool and our lap sort of sucked but it was funn i hope they come bak

IT WAS UTTERLY AWESOME!!!!!
ESPECIALLY WITHOUT CAPTAIN SLOW

I was at the Sun 11am session – and was kinda dissapointed that while I could see the ferrari’s on display – I could only see a Lambo during the show! Apart fromt that the show was awesome – loved the parking of the bike in the pizza ovens butt – Steve was utterly useless apart from that bit of comedy.

Ferrari’s to Disturbed (Music Band) was prob my BF’s best part, best of both worlds!!!

Hopefully you guys find Captain Slow on oxford street before you leave for NZ, and hope to see you back soon!!! Great show, remind me next time to pay for better tickets!!!!

P.S – we drove from Canberra – so not that far away!!!!

I want to see TG live with my friend. We went too the Sun 8 Feb 2:00pm show.Doing the lap was good and our lap was the fast Australia and the world too. It was so good we talk the hole way home about it. Car Soccer was so good we WON LOL. Hope you boys well come back next year and hope New Zealand well.

I was VERY DISSAPOINTED with the show. If the best Top Gear Live had to offer was making jokes about parking bikes in peoples bums then its time to move on. There was nothing about the show that really stood out. It as pretty lame and over priced for what it was. I would not recommend the show to anyone and I certainly won’t waste my money again. If you want the TV experience then stay at home. Much better.

Oh very brave of you ‘anonymous’.
Are you now off to bother the Church of Scientology?
Perhaps they have a live show you could enjoy…

It really was a great show, I loved every minute of it especially the W427 and V8 racing utes doing circle work.

We travelled from Perth to see the show. Yes we too were mad! I bought my husband tickets for his birthday, but unfortunately he found it disappointing.
Although parts were funny, (Clarkson interacting with the audience is always good fun), however most of the gags between the presenters came across as rehearsed. May be it was just because we were the first show on Saturday morning and they hadn’t warmed up yet.
The show was shorter than I expected, especially after purchasing expensive Diamond tickets, plus air tickets, plus ………. and watching a continuous loop of ads and then live ads, boring! And where was the Stig? He came in right at the end and the finale, I must say, was disappointing. More Stig please next time.
On the good side, loved the car soccer (I think I was one of the six audience members supporting the UK in the soccer!), the stunt drivers were amazing and the Colander of Death, brilliant. Plus, love, love, love the show and the TG team. Am a true fan and this will not put me off in the slightest.
So all in all, it was ok but probably won’t be allowed to go to the show again, after the comments about how much money I spent, not worth the earache!
The Wife!!

Fantastic show – even Pizza proved that he has the potential to keep up with the UK team.

One thing though, surely, after 70’000 odd tickets being sold in Australia alone, we can’t expect too much of a budget cut for TG next year, can we?

Firstly BOOBLDYKE – YOUR STILL A COMPLETE PRATT!!
Top gear live – Utter crap – no May 10seconds of a guy in a stig costume – We bought the best seats – WASTE OF MONEY!!
The tv show is still great and i will get over this but honestly i felt really ripped off
We are not all suckers-People SAVE YOUR MONEY.

Blackdog … as in crushing depression?
Old Greg feels sad.

Australia won car soccer at my session, even though they scored an own goal lol.

And my session was the second fastest in the world for reasonably priced car!!

The wife and I travelled to see the show from Napier, New Zealand . Loved every minute of it, including the live ads! Bumping into Jeremy on the flight back to Kiwiland was just bonus!

I flew from Bris and my best friend from Tas we lived it up for the weekend went to the Sat 11am session absolutly loved the whole experience although would like to know how to get paddock passes for next time or who knows we might just splurge out and get VIP tix next time. Thought that the experience was mad and will definatly be back the soccer was good with the score of 4-2 to the Aussies loves the Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi chant after each goal. We sucked at our lap but that didnt matter. Will definatly be back

The show was unbeleivable…..i had so much fun watching it…..and the absolute distruction of the Hyundai i30′s during the soccer was fantastic…..

Nothing was as crazy as the 4 bikes in the metal ball….it left me speechless….

Steve seemed to be enjoying the bike raping him….no wonder he slipped into james spot so comfotable…..

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE…..OI OI OI

I traveled from Melbourne to Sydney to see the show. I thought it was very good but it had a few bad points.
These being not enough driving from Clarkson and Hammond and not enough of The Stig.
Overall though I was very impressed. Will defiantly attend again if there is another show in coming years.
Come to Melbourne next time!

bloody brilliant except for one thing,
not enough of The Stig.

i live on the Gold Coast, flew down for the show and when it was over, on the same day, flew back home.

but it was awesome. best thing i have ever seen. can they come more often?
i love Hampster and Jezza they are the coolest, most awesome people the world has ever had.

absolutely LOVED it

it was funny, but the jokes seemed to scripted…and a bit bland

Went with the kids and loved the show.It was over too quickly though.

We spent the weekend in Sydney from Melbourne and luckily missed the heat and bushfires.
Felt sorry for the bloke in front of us who had to leave because his young son was scared by the pyrotechnics.

Thanks Jez and Hamster

More Stig next time

Yes we traveled from Perth for the show & even took my 80 year old mother ( I deserve a medal !) we all thought it was well worth the trip, but an hour & a half just wasn’t enough ! Stunt car drivers were awesome, Steve Pizzati held his own – because he had to, Hyundai Soccer was great,live ads not a good idea, Colander of Death terrific, Not enough Stig though. We were at the last session on Sunday & thought they were all a bit tired, missed James too – he balances the other 2 out. Overall a really good show but try & make it to the West coast first next time there are so many petrol-heads over here !!

wish the show was longer.. and there was prizes/gifts given out.. hope to see another show in the near future.. good work lads!

Hooray for 3D things involving the Stig and explosions! I quite enjoyed the Apache thingy.

The stunt driving was awesome, and the fantastic handbrake-parking-into-th e-line made me want to quit my job and take up driving lessons. (Because I’m very good at parking, but now feel inspired to make it more exciting)

Needs More Stig and less advertising. But then, I say that about lots of things. Don’t worry, Top Gear Related People, when I rule the world we’ll do away with corporate sponsors and associated nonsense, and I’ll give you a Rather Large Budget and off you can all go…

I liked that the lunchtime weekend more-family-attended session was FAR more inappropriate than the opening night gig.

It was totally worth the trip from Perth. The colander of death was amazing, and I loved the synchronised driving – especially the alfas. No matter how many times they went off, the flames and fireworks had me jumping like a girl… oh wait… I am a girl! The guys were great, but it would have been even better if Captain Slow had made the trip with them.

Bit disappointed with Stig though… you would guess that a guy with such talent and coordination on the track would be such a dud in the sack!!

Hey guys!

I had an absolute blast seeing the 5pm show on Friday. My friend and I made sure we got there at 2:30 so we could see all the cars before hand. We couldn’t take our eyes away from the Astons because they were so damn hot.

The show was fabulous! I had so much fun! The ads at the beginning got on my nerves a bit, but I just couldn’t stop thinking that I was seeing Top Gear Live, so that got rid of the frustration straight away. I loved how much interaction there was for the audience. Loved the Cool Wall, loved how we were able to be SIARPC and I loved the fact that we beat England in car soccer The stunt driving was superb. I just couldn’t stop staring with with my jaw attached to the ground. Seriously amazing job. I take my hat off to the drivers. The show was, as always, well presented. I loved the bickering when the cars came out for the Cool Wall segment. I also almost peed myself when The Stig did his bit. I enjoyed it. The Stig driving I mean

My only two problems with it was that it didn’t go long enough and there wasn’t enough Stig. I hated leaving the arena. I just wanted to hide under the seat and stay for the next show, but the ushers would have found me. Damn…

I hope you come back soon! My friend and I had so much fun. We will be sitting right up the front next time, which will probably result in our eyebrows being burnt off by the flames

Loved it guys! Hope you come back soon!!

Well worth the red eye from perth on friday night at 12:15 am to see the show on saturday. Loved every bit of it Clarkson, Hammond ,Pizza Hut and of course the tamed racing driver (some say he has a birth mark of the nurburgring on his left but cheek) the stig

I came from Queenscliff, Victoria, (my ever first time on a plane too!) to see the wonderful Top Gear Live at 11am on the 7th of February. I saved up for a Diamond ticket and I was two rows from the front. I’m kind of broke now but it was well worth the money! Quite frankly, I would have gone all the way to England to see it filmed if the waiting list for tickets wasn’t so absurdly long!
It was everything I’h hoped and more! The gorgeous James May was sorely missed but Richard was even more ridiculously adorable in real life (despite looking even shorter!) and Jeremy was suitably hilarious. Steve ‘Pizza Hut’ Pizatti did exceptionally well filling in for James, despite being somewhat abused with a motorbike…
The insane driving made me want to get my licence (I’ve been 16 for a while and haven’t been bothered … until now!) and I laughed so hard it hurt. The audience input for the Cool Wall and Lap certainly revved the crowd up (sorry, if you could pardon the pun), even though our session got a really slow lap time.I think those were my favourite segments.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough of the Stig. The 3D routine was awesome but it would’ve been nice to see a little more of him and his ace driving!
Thank you, Jeremy and Richard, for a fantastic show and next time, bring that wonderful James with you and come to Melbourne!

Pity the 3 Ferraris weren’t real.
It was a bit of a ripoff paying to see disguised MR2′s pretending to be Maranello stallions. I guess the insurance on a coupla million dollars worth of super cars was too much to swallow.
At least those of us in the know didn’t swallow the fraud.

I LOVED the show, but I have had a week now to think…and I think that the show was awesome, but it would have been better had there been James there too AND if they had some Mercedes, BMW, Lamborghini’s and the Bugatti Veyron on display in the foyer to have a look over! I wanted to get up and close with the Gallardo
and the Veyron….that’s what would make the experience better!

BJ … *YAWN* … I’m surprised that as a leading racing industry figure you would lower yourself to comment on this site. Why, surely you’re far too busy, being HRT’s test driver and all… What’s that? Actually, you don’t own a car? Or have a licence? Or a sense of humour? And mum still won’t buy you long pants? Don’t cry. It’s okay.

The only question I ever ask of a vehicle is ‘does it tow?’ However I do find the TopGear TV show amusing, usually due to the antics of the presenters, two idiots with no shame and one bumbling English olde worlde village resident. I went to the show in Sydney as an ‘accompanying spouse’. I was hoping to hear some of the witty repartee occasionally imparted on the screen. I came away from the show, realising that a) I have too much disposable income and b) the Top Gear presenters are propped up on screen by good script-writers. Ad lib entertainment at the live event was at a minimum, while the same old ‘guaranteed a laugh’ gags were wheeled out if Jezza could be bothered. The show smacked of ‘give us your money and buggar off’ which annoyed me greatly at the time, but come to think of it, was appropriate behaviour for the ‘don’t give a damn’ caricature Clarkson portrays on screen.

wat come home

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