# Top gear USA canned **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 12, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623 "2008-12-12T12:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/1 "2008-12-12T12:21:57Z")
> **[NBC passes on Top Gear USA, show going to cable](https://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/11/nbc-passes-on-top-gear-usa-show-going-to-cable/)** > > According to the Colonial arm of Top Gear's website, the U.S. version of everyone's favorite motoring show has been passed up by NBC. The report doesn't go into any detail about why the Peacock people said, "Thanks. But no thanks" to the show, but... ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/2 "2008-12-12T12:23:46Z")
:tup: ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/3 "2008-12-12T12:25:55Z")
good, it sounded rather shitty anyways ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/4 "2008-12-12T12:29:42Z")
it would probably end up being a better show on a less mainstream network. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/5 "2008-12-12T12:32:31Z")
Good ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/6 "2008-12-12T12:38:34Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > it would probably end up being a better show on a less mainstream network. Exactly. The people trying to adapt the show to an American audience were not shooting for the right targets, and quite frankly had no idea how to do it as well as the UK version. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/7 "2008-12-12T12:51:47Z")
Top Gear isn’t really about the cars. I care more about what the hosts are saying/doing than what new supercar they are actually driving. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/8 "2008-12-12T12:53:25Z")
You guys keep saying things like “good” and “it woulda sucked” and maybe it would have, but its not like it would have done any harm to have it on TV. Its not like the names of “car guys” would be tarnished because this show has ruined autos. I dont care if Carola managed to do a bad job of making people laugh (which he never does) and Faust some how could not deliver in the driving aspect. This show would have just been another nifty thing to watch in HD if you were bored or were interested in the newest exotic. It would not have been as good of the original by any means, but it would at least be some more car exposure to us in the US ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/9 "2008-12-12T13:04:26Z")
I’ve been so influenced by Top Gear. See all the treads on the Dacia Sandero I create. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/10 "2008-12-12T13:05:51Z")
No it would have sucked…BBC america is the best part of my Dish Network service simply became of Clarkson, May and Hammond. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/11 "2008-12-12T13:06:03Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > I’ve been so influenced by Top Gear. See all the treads on the Dacia Sandero I create. The what? ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/12 "2008-12-12T13:08:55Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > No it would have sucked…BBC america is the best part of my Dish Network service simply became of Clarkson, May and Hammond. . ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/13 "2008-12-12T13:10:04Z")
I haven’t had bbc america ever since I went to time warner. Good thing the episodes are easy to find on the net… ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/14 "2008-12-12T14:54:16Z")
Fantastic, I was just thinking of how much this would suck… Im watching it for the people, not the cars. Put crazy people in crazy cars, and you get one hell of a show. ---
**Author:** ![SideWinderGX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@SideWinderGX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SideWinderGX)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/15 "2008-12-12T14:57:42Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > You guys keep saying things like “good” and “it woulda sucked” and maybe it would have, but its not like it would have done any harm to have it on TV. Its not like the names of “car guys” would be tarnished because this show has ruined autos. > > I dont care if Carola managed to do a bad job of making people laugh (which he never does) and Faust some how could not deliver in the driving aspect. This show would have just been another nifty thing to watch in HD if you were bored or were interested in the newest exotic. > > It would not have been as good of the original by any means, but it would at least be some more car exposure to us in the US The new Knight Rider is doing lots of harm having it on TV, that show is right in the asscrack of cable television right now. ---
**Author:** ![larryr50](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/larryr50/32/5056_2.png) [@larryr50](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/larryr50)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/16 "2008-12-12T15:24:14Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#): > > The what? If you watched the show on a regular basis for the past few years you would get the inside joke. they basically did the auto news every episode and captain slow would try to bring this car up and then clarkson would interupt him because no one cared to hear about the little econo car. So it was just kind of a a joke. ---
**Author:** ![1BadBlueSS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/858c86/32.png) [@1BadBlueSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1BadBlueSS)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/17 "2008-12-14T08:56:45Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > I haven’t had bbc america ever since I went to time warner. > > Good thing the episodes are easy to find on the net… I have TW dig cable and I get BBC america, I watch Top Gear any chance i get. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/18 "2008-12-14T11:07:48Z")
I’m just glad the US networks didn’t get to bastardize another good British show. ---
**Author:** ![reliant\_turbo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reliant_turbo/32/7189_2.png) [@reliant\_turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reliant_turbo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/19 "2008-12-14T12:53:39Z")
arent the bbc america ones shorter than the original? they are a season or so behind. i just download them via [finalgear.com](http://finalgear.com) since my projector is hooked to my pc anyway. Brian ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623/20 "2008-12-14T12:59:47Z")
they’re edited down and old at this point. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-usa-canned/59623.md?page=2)