Chris Harris Talks Cars with Tiff Needell

[@derbigpr500]

This is why Tiff needs to go back to Top Gear. Tiff + Chris would make Top Gear great again.

[@samueljameswood1]

I feel if that happened there would be a knighthood in it for them.

[@TheShubbah]

sadly they have shoe horned in Flintoff for some reason, Chris is a driver, Paddy is the comedy, and Flintoff supposed to be this brainless northern cricketer, Top gear would have been brilliant with Paddy and Chris if Matt stayed. Would be great if Tiff was there instead of Flintoff

[@squinugie2091]

I made the decision that Top Gear finished when Clarkson, Hammond and May left the programme.

[@catlife2070]

Love these guys.... Brilliant podcast

[@lizardywizard]

@@squinugie2091 interesting - you are aware however that for the BBC and the rest of us in the world the program continues? What has it been replaced with by the different BBC occupying your head?

[@lovecarsTV]

Pleasure to play a small part of this journey. Plenty more of Tiff on our channel

[@Vampirebear13]

I'm subscribed with notifications I love Tiff Needell !!!!

[@xevious2501]

GREAT PODCAST!!! truly Great. I would indeed love to see more on screen with Tiff and Chris Harris. I think the two pairs perfectly!. oddly enough im sure Tiff had a little tit about chris in the past. But its clear, both parties clearly understand each other as they are equally well rounded with the love of cars the love of racing understanding the truth in it all and knowing the business of selling the wonders of automobiles and all their aspects. They have in many ways become one of the same coin. And Chris hit the nail dead on the head. Chris Harris, Tiff Needell and Jason Plato Thats the combo i wanted to see. Thats the combo that would've gave Jeremy, May and Hammond a run for their money.

[@DeadlyTyper42]

Chris Harris realistically took Car Reviews to a whole new level. The sense of immersion is spell binding, alongside his PDK like commentary and sublime driving.

[@ilovetool1]

Chris and Tiff chatting about cars. What a great day. We need way more. Imagine Chris, Tiff and Jeremy on a two hour podcast. That would be epic.

[@ashiqurrahman8830]

& Catchpole

[@victorsoh7891]

Dream team: Chris, Tiff, Jeremy, Matt, Catchpole, Cammisa (Camissa?).

[@jose-Maki]

Should check out the 3hypercars: laferrari 918 and p1 with both of them

[@bas7218]

You guys need a camera, would love to also see this. By the way, Chris, if you ever get the time, go back to Joe Rogan please!

[@lovecarsTV]

One with a camera on our channel. No Harris though!

[@seanbarrow6506]

YYEEESSSS!!! I’ve watch that JRE like 100 times!

[@lovecarsTV]

Sean Barrow good to hear!!!

[@bas7218]

Sean Barrow haha, same! Chris even predicted the 911R.

[@seanbarrow6506]

@@bas7218 listening to Joe Rogan imitate the sound of the Mustang GT500is maybe the best thing this side of a sharkwerks 4.1

[@71MWhite]

Harris, Needell and Plato on Top Gear, cmon!!!

[@Balloonychoonz444]

71MWhite the dream!

[@nickwhyles]

the best combination

[@davekerr4876]

Brilliant pod cast. Tiff's point about the self regulating of car power and limits for the road is a really sensible suggestion, less power, less weight, less assistance, more efficient and more fun has to be the way forward.

[@Sinnistral]

Old needles is absolutely made for podcasting 😁👌 That was a most enjoyable hour and a half

[@rlambert7773]

The Portimau video was one of the greatest, the shear amount of fun you 3 had made the viewer smile and feel the genuine excitement, sooooooooo good! 🤓👌

[@SteveRogers461]

The two actual best motoring journalists ever and also the most humble. 🙏🙏🙏

[@viriatvsoflvsitania5422]

Tiff is a legend. One of my favourite videos of him, is when he drove for old Top Gear that Mercedes CLK GTR when it was launched in Germany, during Winter!! The sight of him sliding the car on icy roads was epic. Great podcast with an amazing guest. P.S- Guys, try to get Gordon Murray on the podcast. That would be epic.

[@Vampirebear13]

Holy cow Chris this one was EPIC!!! But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE START FILMING THESE!!!! I love Tiff Needell & have for over 20 years & this podcast showed why. All the whitty banter & complete openness & honesty between you 3 was BRILLIANT!!! Massive thumbs up from Ohio !!!!!!!

[@jose-Maki]

One of the best videos about cars i have ever seen chris and tiff doing the three hybrid hypercars

[@jamest5149]

Yep, Chris (Harris), Plato and Tiff are the dream crew for the future top gear. The shouty other TG presenters need to go on to Christmas specials and pantomime better suited to them.

[@taxus750]

Love it, almost an hour and a half of Tiff telling tall tales with Monkey and Sam. Tiff is still rightly peeved that Harris and Marino piked on their favourite from the P1, the 918 and the Ferrari The Ferrari. As to Fifth Gear dumping him, that's their loss (the muppets).

[@jobyparkes5442]

Interesting point made - a Harris, Needles and Plato car show might work 🤔😯

[@toohottie001]

Real fans of cars and good reviewers/drivers would love it,the the 12 year old supercar only people,who think Jeremy's act on TG and TGT would hate it.They are the vocal ones.

[@71MWhite]

I'd watch defo

[@stabizisback]

Omg, sign me up. Top Gear and GT is pants.

[@enigmaPL]

Two of my favorite people finally talking together?? Amazing.

[@seanbyrne910]

Harris & Needell Tell me why you two don't team up together as the best two car journalists Of all time Sure call it sixth gear! Bound to be a hit!

[@MrGaryGG48]

"Sure, call it Sixth Gear!" - You guys just have to tweak somebody's nose don't you! 🤣👍

[@VonBlade]

The comment about going for insane overtakes because you feel safe (1:22:58 ish) is so important. It's exactly the same reason some drivers happily punt others off at Abbey. Make the cars less safe, everyone slows down.

[@Mr_Shite]

i was about to go to sleep but then i saw there was a new collecting cars podcast AND TIFF BLOODY NEEDELL was the guest....... Looks like im staying up for the next 1:25.07 , its 1:40 am

[@Martin_in_Cheltenham]

Just listened to this- absolutely brilliant..'i used to protect my transmission on an endurance race as though it was my third testicle'.. classic Thank you everyone.

[@ashystyle]

Delighted to listen to Tiff! Could do it for some time!

[@MegaGunton]

Absolutely loved listening to this Chris. Tiff is an absolute legend in my eyes. Used to love watching him on old top gear.

[@josephpsmithe]

Tiff and Chris on the stage at the same time. Motoring gold. You guys racing each other would be epic....

[@bhuuthesecond]

I completely agree with the points made about Rally. It's a really insane motorsport.

[@redeyerob2176]

Still remember tiff sliding a porsche around on top gear and thought it was the coolest thing i had ever seen anyone do in a car

[@UTubeSL]

Love this. Amazing to hear people who really know their stuff talk like this!

[@PerformaIT]

Tiff is an absolute legend! Really enjoyed this Podcast, great banter and entertainment. :-)

[@nelsonferreirinho4904]

19:00 I'd happily watch that show. Please make it happen. You could join those guys in your youtube channel at the end of the year, come to Portimão or Estoril, and decide what's the best performance car of the year. Do another 1 hour video like the one with the laferrari, 918 and P1. That's proper motoring journalism, in my opinion

[@powerswearingfluids]

Yes, the golden age of motoring journalism and its creators like Tiff Needell, Chris Harris, Steve Sutcliffe, Owen Mildenhall and Jethro Bovingdon have showed us what driving is about. Enjoy internal combustion engines and purest forms of mechanical engineering while you still can! In the name of modern car TV programs. On the edge driving and giving maximal feedback to the viewer seems not to be necessary in the world of TV any more. When engineering millimetrically accurate shots that we saw Timothy Needell and Chris perfecting. This is the connection that motorsport enthusiasts want to see. The relation between car and driver could be improved and going about could be a fully responsive, responsible and joyful process. These guys here created a whole new Era of car programs that of course had an entertainment value but above else gave viewers the real-world data of the vehicles we drive. Might it be that because there is no necessity to understand driving characteristics due to modern vehicles that control traction and driver input that there is no need to attain basic knowledge of vehicle dynamics? Effectively when driving a modern car the driver sets steering and throttle position in relation to road grip levels over the parameters of chassis balance and traction, the computer helps to distribute the power to individual wheels, calculates lateral and longitudinal forces and lets the electromechanical differential or electric engine(s) yaw the wheel torque in the safest possible way meanwhile taking into account drivers wishlist of steering and throttle position and the overall preordained target of a computer and driver is then matched by various other possible safety nets thus the computer has actually helped to make the driver not be involved directly in the process of actually controlling the vehicle. This passive way of moving about sometimes lacks immediacy that is acquired to fully use vehicles balance when avoiding an object because forces that are involved in the process are distributed by electromechanics that basically actively cancel out pendulum effect and rear end movement. Thus creating initial understeer effect and in these fractions of seconds, it is entirely impossible to steer your car away from the object. because of safety development potential reaction time and agility has actually plummeted unlike advertisers like to tell you. The input you make has a secondary value. This value helps to prevent accidents as much as it helps to cause them. The driver, being an active part of integrated electronic counteractivity is why it is not essential to understand how cars work or handle any more. A great mark for safety there to make people deliberately less responsive of their actions as we achieve anomaly in our core in order deviate in our wake of perceptiveness. Stuff cars with heavy safety systems and leave us with the realms of passive safety, while sustaining distraction and irresponsibility from active safety by touchscreen onboard computer, low NVH levels. Jet again all that prone to understeer weight when trying to avoid an accident in the first place is engineered in for a safety in mind so that pendulum effect could not occur and the car in which it was designed for could fulfil its technical ability to absorb frontal impact. They are built to crash. Using a pendulum effect with small counter correction is usually the only way to save a car from the accident in the last possible moment but it is safer to dial down steering lock and choose a safer jet less dynamic option to so-called ´´maintain control´´ over the vehicle where your secondary value as a driver wastes potentially life-saving reaction time but in contrast 95 percent of the time causes initial understeer while maintaining forward momentum so that traction and steerability could be restored as soon as the possibility of car going neutral is eliminated by individually braking wheels, predicting oversteer u via electronic computing and other systems that behave to evade oversteer meanwhile panically the driver applies more steering lock and minimizing front end grip so that the driver wouldn´t have to control oversteer which is difficult to do and acquires skill.In other words this situation is moronic and countereffects the force that might be necessary to evade a crash. There are areas that can not be controlled by your own will anymore because of our lack of knowledge and nannying legislations. All seems to work well in commercials and we buy into them. Certainly if returned back to the topic you can not call sacking Tiff from Fifth Gear a brave decision if there is so much disappointment From fans and Tiff himself. Eliminating fanatic driving from a car program in order to make it a car show with modern and contemporary entertainment values of television in mind is I believe the opposite of what some people and car fanatics in that sense want to see. The involvement of pure driver inputs is missed out more than ever before because of the industry that is monopolized- ´´Legitimate´´ corporations that agree on making the same product. From a financial point of view, every aspect of industry becomes centralized and falls into a real-world Powerpoint presentation of resources that we seem to have no control over but we do know how to consume them. We live in a controversial world, not by mistake. Everything is there for a reason and for someone's interest. Going back to tv shows there is also little difference between top gear and fifth gear. They also end up making a fun scripted tv show and i understand that. Tiff said that he was utterly gutted when he was fired in the last minute and looking from the response, so is the viewing public. I have watched Tiff from donkey's years testing driver-focused cars on the edge and above giving us drivers useful information. It is obvious that the format has been made much more commercial and shallow. Just like making new automated cars that very rarely are offered with a manual gearbox. Now it is the time of thriving someone else's idea of moving forward in this passively secure and delusional modern world because we are offered what majority of us want. Everything becomes so generic including us and everything around and I could have never imagined Fifth gear, the true father of journalistic motorsport becoming a program where cheap humour and smiling faces, snappy puns and some foreign younger faces try to fill the time of the genre with their inexperience. I am sorry but the idea of changing the appearance with A British mechanic wolverine lookalike who knows his technical world and snooker star Ronnie O Sullivan who first was scared silly, not expecting anything about the vehicle performance when sitting on the passenger side of Vicky when he first appeared in the show years ago are there to make jokes and fun creating somewhat meaningless scenes about a program that used to give performance data. Wow yeah, some director bloke really upped the game sacking current historic racing driver Mr legend crazy man Tiff Needell from the show he actually founded. And now this show is really upmarket and dull. I am being harsh here because of utterly moronic but safe and at first glance profitable decisions. In Fifth Gears last segment that was published on youtube, they are reviewing the new 3 series m package diesel with its new era brilliantly sporty rear bias clutch derived AWD. Where are tortured tires and on the limit driving? Tell me one time when Tiff managed to be boring or not entertaining. This guy is an utter madman, a speed freak and one of the best road car auto testers in the world according to F1 drivers. constantly sawing behind the wheel balancing every single vehicle on the limits of its grip with its unique driving style is what made him famous back in the days of single seating racing cars where he became so good at what he did that he deliberately started to drift the vehicles that already acquired constant chassis balancing on throttle so that there was more to enjoy from our perspective. These times are gone. R.I.Pieces the golden age of motoring journalism. We have no informative videos being published from Autocar and steve Sutcliffe, No drivers Republic and Chris Harris and Fifth gear with Tiff where the technical assessment was the key part of the show in every single segment. There is no need in commercial business. Long live youtube, big boobs and fire!!!!

[@Drake5153]

I'm sure there's room for Tiff at Top Gear, if not i'll still watch anything he's put in, great personality XD very under rated. Glad he was brought in for the holy trinity, simply mega.

[@LaudaMaestro]

Top Gear would return to greatness if they go full circle and pick Tiff back up. What a legend.

[@jasonw9431]

It would to go from good to gooder if there was at least a single camera watching the conversation. A photo or two (maybe a video clip) in reference to the conversation would also be great. I know this podcast channel is still young, has GREAT content/conversation, and is still evolving. Well done. Very well done.

[@Carrera-gp9od]

A few comments saying you should film this , I like it the way it is , I listen while drinking a cup of tea , it’s very relaxing. Sometimes I even have a few beers 🍺, keep it up , excellent content and the inside of that 911 is fookin gorgeous 😜

[@BanzaiYaris]

Epic! Tiff is a legend! Please please keep making these podcasts Chris!

[@petergibbs]

Apart from Chris, Top Gear is no more, just a comedy show for two smart-arses. With the old three, May, Hammond & Clarkson. They mucked about, were rude to each other the way only friends can only be, BUT they knew cars left right, back to front, top to bottom, all were motoring journalists before they were on TOP GEAR. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. Now only Chris does. The other two are a waste of space, just larking about. What I would like would be a Top Gear with Chris, The German Lass, Harry Metcalfe and Tiff. Now that would be a show. Come to think about it, it would make a damn good podcast as well!

[@petergibbs]

@Micheal Prendergast It is not about knowing how the engine works. All three were long time motoring journalists and knew how to handle a car. Even if Clarkson did ham it up a bit for the cameras. Both Hammond and May can take an engine apart and put it back together again.

[@nikoweindel1198]

You mean the one and only Sabine Schmitz, the person with the most track miles on the Nürburgring of anyone? Having her on Top Gear as a presenter would be incredible, but frankly I don't think she would be interested. I believe living by the Nürburgring with her hotel and her horses, driving the Nordschleife every day, is all she would ever want.

[@Tracertme]

Have to listen to these two, my favourites.... :-) can you put a static camera on it please...:-)

[@davidhamilton1981]

I must have listened to this 5 times at least. Fantastic discussion between two legends.

[@71MWhite]

Superb podcast Chris, I enjoyed every second of this. Top Gear should be you, Tiff and Jason Plato. That would be just epic...

[@mej6519]

"Daddy of the stig's" perfectly sums up our tiff.

[@readventurekids]

This was such a great way to spend an hour and a bit ahead of the Saturday GoodRev action! Brilliant! More, please ... :)

[@K777John]

Another brilliant podcast-you guys are really improving my current stay in Peterborough Hospital…….more, more!

[@AmericasChoice]

Tiff raced my favorite car, the Lister Storm.

[@quintinkrivacek9800]

It didn't surprise me but it was nice to hear about the respect they have for NASCAR drivers and Daytona. I'm an F1 fan first and foremost but I'm a fan of all types of racing. I can't stand people who call themselves racing fans yet mock any type of motorsport that isn't their favorite.

[@kens8903]

This was my favorite episode so far

[@xevious2501]

With All due respect to the great Vicki B. Chris Harris, Tiff Needell and Jason Plato Thats the combo i wanted to see.

[@TwizyMan]

Highly entertaining, we need Chris & Tiff & Harry to make Top Gear great again, possibly greater than ever.

[@andywilson9491]

Absolutely loving these podcasts, brilliant! Well done!!

[@thehutt2]

No need for a camera their faces are so memorable as is the location my imagination is working overtime. I can vision the M5 drift under boom shot and I can see harris’s neck giving way in that insane VW EV. 👍🏼 Great podcast

[@peterknight7880]

I would totally watch Harris, Tiff, and Plato having a race; seeing who didn't die; then discussing what gear ratios worked.

[@stephenpato5524]

Tiff x Chris is such a great time isn't it!

[@trentmarlowe7655]

Yesss! Thank you and cheers from Oz.

[@Jacky5299]

Great listening, thanks.

[@GediSpock]

These two fellas are boss. Great journalists. Proven racing drivers.

[@inchskater]

They have a lot of cool stories worth sharing!

[@daniellarge9784]

Screw all the ads

[@Saif0412]

I can't remember how many times I watched Tiff doing the Mclaren F1 review, even in 240p 😅 was definitely worth it 😜

[@daliborzak2485]

Tiff + Chris = Best pair ever

[@timredfearn8631]

Really enjoyed this, thank you

[@glentight]

Dick Johnson was *the man* when it came to talking the viewers around the track, whilst racing.

[@Rasscasse]

50:46 Third testicle. Lmao. Love that simile. I have so enjoyed listening to this, this is proper good stuff. I don’t really need images, this allows me to create them in my head anyway.

[@MaciekJutrzenka]

We need more! Such awesome talk!

[@dtprodrive]

The greatest car show ( not comedy/entertainment show) would be chris tiff and Plato. Great drivers great personalities

[@kaylinclaudepillay268]

OMG I wana know which car broke down. That holy trinity video was awesome

[@randyhavard6084]

Tiff, Chris, and the Clarkson trio are the greatest automotive journalist of all time.

[@davidmcnulty1194]

I love reading through these comments periodically, does everyone still have the same thoughts on top gear ? I think the configuration is perfect now

[@TheShubbah]

Tiff is the boy!

[@dannythomasbrown]

Wish I could see this

[@roshanjay7]

19:00 I don’t think the higher ups have any clue whatsoever, and if it was up to them I doubt old top gear would have become such an iconic tv show. I reckon it was a common love of cars that made that show work so well. From that came great car related ideas such as the trips, challenges, nostalgia pieces etc. But overall it was the Balance of various elements tied to the common love of cars that made that show perfect from around season 8 onwards. The higher ups should just listen and see if the idea has merit and procure the funds necessary to let the creatives do what they want. But I don’t think they should have any creative control let alone input. Because they are likely to stifle creative freedom of mind that yields fresh new ideas, which I think is a common problem in all “artistic” endeavours.

[@bbarton538]

Classic, good work guys 👏

[@mynameismud76]

Two of my fav motoring journalists.

[@danlalonde1558]

Chris Ill talk diffs for hours. There are car enthusiast who would listen to the technical points of cars. Trying to get in contact with you. But who am I? A technical geek with a passion for road cars with race car ambition. Canada Ontario Ottawa we have nice tracks here.

[@meandthefamily1485]

Plato Tiff Vicky and Chris Harris for new car show , who else thinks so lots of energy and characters there , winning formula ? Shame on Fifth Gear no Tiff end of a legacy funny guy amazing driving talent !

[@TDS981]

Great podcast guys. Such a contrast looking back to what automotive media was like when I was growing up. Tiff and Chris were fully responsible for the creation of my own channel 🙈.

[@timffoster6301]

Great podcast, I have been watching Tiff for years. I love the 911 pic but some visuals to watch you speak on you tube would be good 👌

[@carsandcontraband7217]

If Top Gear was Chris, Tiff and Plato. I'd still be watching it. Car shows need car guys.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Saw Tiff race at donington in ‘93 when a certain F1 driver hit the bridge.

[@shaunmccormack6980]

I'm with you on the VW IDR trying to make us forget Dieselgate, Tiff. Pathetic PR.

[@markbojanjac6805]

Now a subscriber!. Cant believe Tiff wasn't invited for the New 5th Gear - He was the ONLY talent on it ....ever. No more 5th Gear for me.

[@nikoweindel1198]

Plato isn't bad either, but Tiff surely was the star of the show. How could they?

[@andysnelling4573]

Tiff you are our British legend. 5th Gear are Twats for letting you go. All the best with Love Cars 🚗

[@sefikempowermentcoachvilla7843]

Fantastic interview totally relatable to a fella like me in my mid 40s 👍👍

[@deanbarrett8076]

Tiff, what a legend!!

[@jamest5149]

The Chris and Tiff pod cast needs to become a regular slot... just brilliant... I don’t even like pod casts... until now.

[@delatroy]

9:15 here here. Chris is the man's man of driving shows. The kind of who everyone wants Chris to be xD

[@barrybritcher]

Tiff is a legend.

[@gottliebdee263]

I don't mind these two together. My next comment though means no disrespect to anybody, (well except the TG guys - but not Rory s he's not too bad). Anyway, CHRIS, what's happened???? I use to watch Harris on cars and also read the many articles penned by you. You should be the lead on any car show. Come on man, make it happen!!! Bring Tiff but get rid of that other deadwood.

[@roasthunter]

Now Tiff has left fifthgear could Top Gear create a slot for him?

[@ronniewilson6597]

Can you video the podcast. Please

[@Cloxxki]

Electric rally cars only need to be heavier on long stages. If there is fast charging in between stages, batteries can be kept pretty small. Depends on how fast they need to go as well, of course. Rally Cross cars could be pretty light, lighter than on petrol, as long as you can charge between outings. Tiny batteries can delivery a lot of power. 75 kg Koenigsegg Regera battery doesn't last long but offers 700 hp. The motors, providing they need to last a bit, are lighter than equivalent petrol ones. The crazy thing about VW ID.3 is, it's not particularly light for what it is. 600 hp, modest battery size that lasts like 8 minutes. Weight of a GT3 car pretty much.

[@daysofgrace2934]

Tiff is a legend...

[@dair919]

Get Vicki Butler on!!

[@ashystyle]

22:50 I bet the car which broke down was the porsche!

[@ianmulley2013]

Tiff for top gear it’s so obvious

[@timwilks666]

Saw Tiff at a BTCC night race 20+ years ago. Missus queued up patiently to get his autograph, but he said he was too busy and flounced off. Knob.

[@eddyrocket8737]

Brings up a light weight e-type in the first 2 minutes.. 👏

[@redjacc7581]

brilliant stuff

[@Budgie7m]

Please get Andy Bruce @andy74b on instagram who owns the Lark McLaren F1 on the show please to discuss his collection and racing the F1 at Le Mans a few years a go

[@frederick777]

Thanks Chris. I can see you grit your teeth and resisting the urge to say no to ban internal combustion.

[@bizling]

Agree'd with regards to getting people closer to the action. Obviously H&S would pipe up but some ideas would work.

[@Arthagnou]

The Needles!!!!