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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Finished watching episodes 2 & 3. I have to say episode 3 was better than 95% of Grand Tour IMHO for the simple reason it was about cars with a dollop of entertainment value.
- the DB11 / S63 James Bond Segment was awesome. Especially with Harris as Dr No. But the cars were the star...I could look at a DB11 all day long
- Again, I could watch the manic Sabine ripping it up in a GTI (or a Transit van...) on the Nordschleife all day long. Call it Porn for Pylon. Admittedly, I don't think the locals were pushing it too hard out there but watching her do her thing is always a great time.
- I'd highly recommend the Extra Gear segments too. Lots of extra Sabine and Rory commentary on that Nordschleife segment (including how the inside wheel on the GTI spins in corners). But the best was a segment on street cruising and how it changed from 20 years ago to now. You can really see how Rory loves his cars.
- Which brings me to one minor, yet increasing gripe I have about the show. Maybe it's me but I'm seeing a trend where all the good cars go to LeBlanc and Harris and Rory gets the leftover crap. Next week is especially bad for this as Harris gets a Chiron and Rory gets a Renault Twingo...
- The chemistry the Tamsin Greig had with Leblanc via their other show was clear and really made the SIARPC segment work reasonable well. Some may disagree but I welcome a bit of changing up the pace of the show via this segment and The News. GT lacks that and it turn into their DVD specials....zzzzzz....
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LeBlanc is the star and a Harris is a badass race driver. It's not surprising they get the best cars.
I kinda like Rory as the guy who drives sensible cars. That was James May's role when he joined. I think the show started going downhill when he started doing the same dumb schtick as Clarkson.
I've been happy with the episodes so far. Sabine is awesome. She's not a strong presenter but man can she drive the ring.
Harris in the Chiron this week.
