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Re: The Grand Throttle House Tour
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2026 3:14 pm
by GG.
I haven't managed to watch one of these yet but seems like I should give it a go.
Re: The Grand Throttle House Tour
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2026 3:51 pm
by JonMad
mik wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 12:33 pm
I watched
most of the first episode. First GT episode I've ever watched (not a Clarkson fan).
It felt a
bit forced, but..... scripted stuff inevitably does.
It wasn't
offensively forced, so I'll stick with it.
I did get annoyed that Thomas was going on about how the Corvette didn't sound like an American V8, didn't sound like other Corvettes, it sounded like a European V8, but at no point mentioned the phrases flat-plane or cross-plane. Is that considered too techy for the target audience?
I thought he did mention that, which I remember because I thought it was nicely geeky.
Re: The Grand Throttle House Tour
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2026 3:58 pm
by Rich B
i randomly watched ep6 first, i quite liked it. i find myself rooting for Francis to be good because he’s an actual car nerd - the other two are known quantities for presenting car stuff, so i’ve just accepted they’ll do the job well..
Re: The Grand Throttle House Tour
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2026 4:05 pm
by Zonda_
Rich B wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 3:58 pm
i randomly watched ep6 first, i quite liked it. i find myself rooting for Francis to be good because he’s an actual car nerd - the other two are known quantities for presenting car stuff, so i’ve just accepted they’ll do the job well..
His choice of car in episode 2, I think, seemed like it was actually his choice as he drives an old Merc SL in real life.