May and Hammond Insider Dealing Moments

[@dasmole4804]

Jeremy: Isn't around >Normal civil conversation ensues

[@randome.p.wvideos]

Early Top Gear really was a very car oriented show with loads of consumer advice in car ownership! Some might not have been very interested in this format, and prefer the less ”professional” car reviews, but I actually find it quite nice how they made sure to be informative and helpful for the sake of the british motorist!

[@jamesyoo4779]

They definitely had a "soft reboot" around Season 8 or 9 to be more humor-oriented and focus more on spectacle. It was definitely needed to keep the show growing but I do miss this side of the show

[@Nanorisk]

That consumer advice bit moved to Fifth Gear.

[@axeman2638]

yeah, boring wasn't it?

[@axeman2638]

@@tipperary1082 and they are characterised by being what?

[@ReachForTheSky]

@@tipperary1082 Fifth Gear for consumer advice and information, TG for entertainment

[@sonyviva308]

This is the most unusual moment in Top Gear I think. Its totally about cars.

[@SeekYHWHsface]

Ephesians 5:8-14 NKJV For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”

[@agk152]

@@SeekYHWHsface ok

[@Blaze-ing]

@@SeekYHWHsface Amen

[@SeekYHWHsface]

@@Blaze-ing may the Father, Son and Holy Spirits presence, wisdom and love be with you and your family now and forever more Amen 🙏🙌

[@motwhom3230]

@@SeekYHWHsface "Certain linguistic anthropologists think that religion is a language virus that rewrites pathways in the brain, dulls critical thinking"

[@mog7501]

This vid made me realize that I don't know of any KZbin channels or online car personalities that discuss the current car market on a weekly basis. That would be extreme fun and helpful to watch just like how this was.

[@IamTheWillrus]

Modern cars are so much more expensive compared to the average salary that it'd all be the same cookie cutter hatchbacks, or finance deals unfortunately

[@Koffiato]

@@IamTheWillrus not to mention that modern contracts/estimations are usually heaps better. I'm not in Britain but I've found that finding deals got exponentially harder each year.

[@chapa435ify]

Market forecast for new and used cars the next few years: Fuked

[@Skorpychan]

It would come down to the same advice every week: - Don't do dealer finance on cars and get a personal loan instead - Don't buy chinese - Just buy a used Ford Focus and run it until some dumbass hits you and writes it off, then buy another one. - If your car runs, time is on your side. - Old cars will cost more to keep repairing than new(er) ones will to finance.

[@RDSyafriyar]

A hamster and a spaniel talking about strategies at car shopping. How sublime.

[@JoseLeonardoMP]

Love your pfp

[@SeekYHWHsface]

Ephesians 5:8-14 NKJV For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”

[@GracUntoYou]

Shalom Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD./Inspiration+waiting on the LORD might be difficult in any stressful situation, now that we have Jesus Christ there's no need to wait. Ask and He shall answer. Knock and the door shall be opened to you. Upon doing that with a repented and righteous heart, leave everything else, to God. /Prayer+ I am on my hands and knees Lord, rejoicing in Your love for me. My faith journey begins, I shall do all that I can to build my relationship with You. Assist me in my plight, for I am a mortal and know nothing compared to You. I submit totally to Your wisdom. O God, and know nothing but Your love. Amen kzbin.info/www/bejne/e324ZIWKltGGopI

[@emdee7744]

I really like the sound and cadence of James May's voice.

[@couldntmixapotnoodle]

This is actually a really interesting segment from when top gear was actually a car show and not 3 blokes rolling about in either brilliant or awful cars.

[@devravi7049]

i could watch them talk about cars which are irrelevant now for hours

[@Mikeb1001]

Remember when the Bugatti Very-ion was ‘never ever going to happen’

[@the-boring-car-guy]

@@Mikeb1001 tbf, if you heard back the 2000s that there was gonna be a 1000bhp, 250mph car, you wouldn't believe it.

[@dovydasgrigas441]

@@Mikeb1001 bunch of people promised similar things, they were the ones that did those things.

[@egirlsareruiningmylife]

Thing is for these are the cars that are now relevant for my sub £2k budget

[@ericswain70]

I have

[@ijustfelldown]

James May was the most sensible character among these 3. At least that's how they scripted the old show and it's still a joy to watch him.

[@leksasdf]

The "second hand new car" thing still exists and is something to definitely look out for. I used to work at a vauxhall dealership when the zafira was going extinct. It was a fully loaded, like absolutely everything checked car, but nobody wanted it because everyone wanted an SUV. We eventually had to plate it and gradually had to take 12k off of it after numerous attempts of selling it and the buyers picking SUV's instead. It had done 9 miles in total and eventually sold for the price of an actually used car. Last brand spanking new mpv I ever saw. We had plenty of others too but they weren't that dramatic. Considerable price cuts nevertheless.

[@Alexander_l322]

I bet a mini caber is still smiling about his bargain zafira.

[@maxkennedy2800]

Vauxhall are great for getting large amounts off, we got around 10k off an insignia SRI nav and its a lovely car

[@leksasdf]

@@maxkennedy2800 I love the B insignia, way nicer chassis and interior than a mondeo, so much cheaper than a superb or passat when you deck it out.

[@anomalyp8584]

But how do you even know of this stuff?

[@leksasdf]

@@anomalyp8584 What?

[@MultiTopgearfan]

There was also insider dealings with Jason Dawe in series 1, let’s not forget that.

[@RedJLP]

I remember seeing them and going "This must be his thing". As such I was amazed that when May jumped in, I both could and couldn't believe it.

[@vaclav_fejt]

Yeah, but for some reason, Jason Dawe never really worked in that format. Awkward as this segment may seem, James is much better in it. He doesn't look like a dodgy used car salesman, like Jason did.

[@ldwp6395]

@@vaclav_fejt I dont think it would of worked with wheeler dealers the next year as Jason and Mike were really similar

[@decodolly1535]

@@ldwp6395 When I first saw Brewer on Wheeler Dealers I thought "Oh, that's what happened to the big guy from Top Gear"

[@bicyclist2]

This is all the bits that gets cut out of most Top Gear KZbin videos. I've been a big Top Gear fan for many years and have never seen any of this. Thank you.

[@TheGrenadier97]

Love this because it's serious, striking a perfect balance with the casual comedy we know.

[@Deltairony824]

Consumer advice? On Top Gear?! Noooo

[@dunlop9161]

Anyway

[@MaartenvanHeek]

5:06 "do you have 58.5 thousand pounds to spend on a jaguar" "neither do I". Few years later: look at James May's Ferrari collection.

[@christopherdean1326]

Even then I was thinking: "Yeah right! You can't rake up that money in a matter of minutes.....

[@thrillzio]

They didn’t need to replace the e39 it was great but I’m glad they did because we got that glorious v10 in the e60 m5

[@Reddsoldier]

Tbf the e60 looks new even today.

[@SultanNizi3000GT]

Imagine S85 in an E39 though

[@spacekii]

god, they were in for a surprise with the new 5 series...

[@IKucheINtortIE]

The most boring, facts and figures based part of top gear but i love listening to james telling me about deals of new cars that are at the time im writing this already future classics or at least youngtimers

[@JJfromIA]

I can watch James May talk about anything. I've watched him rebuild the mini bike four times.

[@cameronbennett-ferland4361]

I loved seeing the trio goof off just as much as anyone else, but I actually enjoyed these segments a lot too.

[@FortuneZer0]

Jesus. May looks so much more dynamic....

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

Little did james know that that was truly all for insider dealing

[@andrewmckenzie292]

He was basically taking over from Jason Dawe...but yea like when Dawe was replaced ultimately they would have found you can probably get good serious advice elsewhere so might as well throw some fun in to stand out.

[@kotelypiesely1268]

May must really have a lot of free time!

[@davisdesigns1153]

Ahhh back when the focus of Top Gear was actual consumer advice 😂

[@sejuanisupportonly7385]

15 minutes out of all the early series? I wouldn't call that "focus" :P

[@chrilleman16]

ah yes, the good ole interwebbnet . love these old clips

[@Sogard22]

I could listen to these guys present a lecture on accounting and still be captivated

[@andrewmckenzie292]

James is great at being both technical and amusing. Jeremy not quite as technical but still smart while Richard is probably the weak point among the three...but still adds to it perhaps for that reason...makes us laugh with his childishness sometimes.

[@sprinterofblack8186]

Clarkson Gear (2002-2015): Jezza's top-hit comedy program where he and his two co-hosts banter and engage in comedic situations. Also, there are cars, but don't expect the 3 hosts (minus former host Jason Dawe) to give serious and valid car tips and advice. The only tip I remember is "change your driving style", which is a valid one and that came from the orangutan himself.

[@hahartley100]

Jason Dawe did this in season 1 as he was an expert in the car market, May continued in season 2, but didn't last any longer

[@bjkactivities]

How is it that with these guys i can watch them talking about car deals in a time long gone, in a country I don't live in and even if it was today I can't afford and still be entertained.

[@teethendrikson]

I really enjoyed watching this, thank you for uploading !

[@KlaraL-_-]

13:55 - I like how James says "inter web net"

[@andrewmckenzie292]

Kind of weird seeing Hammond and May being so serious....just shows May really knows his stuff though.

[@crimsonlightbinder]

so funny hearing them talk about almost 20 year old cars now. The prices are insane, it's sad

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

4:27, i got a brand new Car for £1, ok it was a Citroen C1, but it was still a new car for the price of a raffle ticket

[@cobra_daytona1834]

C1s are some of the best cars out there. Needs no fuel whatsoever, the only thing that needs replacement are the brales, tires and rear mufflers and it'll go on to do a quarter of a million miles

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

@@cobra_daytona1834 8 1/2 years old now, replaced brake discs twice bottom wishbones, 1 muffler, i track rod, 1 rear shock, total cost, less than the cost of a service for a BMW

[@ayrtonhockaday]

You know you're old when people talk about "switch" cards... 😂

[@bendover-eo9iu]

12k for a mk1 focus 😂😂. God I feel old watching this

[@kokodjamba6657]

James could have used his sonorous "Hello" approach to have all of free of charge

[@IceMan-il7dx]

A Switch card......and look at the young lads? Time flies...😪

[@minorearthmajorsky1476]

7:48 fire up the Quattro

[@solid_fire9388]

Classic Top gear atmospheres 🥲

[@TinPanAlleh]

4:24 James could see into the future 😂

[@adamalfredsson373]

This video is genuinely interesting

[@reemh.6235]

Some people are surprised that the show really did focus on car ownership stuff before but I’m just here being surprised that James actually did dress well early on in the show 😂.

[@antoinesilva1527]

I think he usually dressed quite well before the last 3 seasons…once he got old, he doesn’t give a crap.

[@ChatterboxFM]

It’s so quaint looking back.

[@thatmg]

"That's nothing wrong with the old one"... that's why they've made the new one (at the time)

[@KevinKickChannel]

And here we are 20 years on looking back at how brilliantly engineered the E39 BMW was compared to the 5 series models that succeeded it. It was the last car where they spent more time working on the handling than on the infotainment system.

[@spirosgal1885]

Listen to those prices!!😢

[@revvolutions]

Back in the day when only the Subaru Impreza owners club showed up at the tapings.

[@MrNinjaFish]

You have to appreciate the BBC cheapness you can feel here. Bare bones but it works amazingly well. The problem is that these kinds of segments need more visuals. The presence of the studio audience is a bit off putting and clearly James and Richard are standing in the middle of nowhere.

[@gts7307]

Very,classic!

[@michazalega3535]

I can bet any money, that Clarkson simply didnt want to partake in such conversations xddddd

[@JoshuaGalka]

Interesting!

[@johnlam4234]

So much great insider dealing that clarkson become the outsider

[@sergeibatiuk3468]

James May with no belly, wow

[@blinard1]

Struggle to get £500 for those now lol

[@sportquattro8430]

Whats with the quattro and so on in the background? Also a little series?

[@ldwp6395]

It was celebs opinion if the best, or most important cars of all time, but some segments where lost as most of them where shown once. One example is the murray walker mclaren f1 clip

[@lotfy309]

Can you make a video about them making fun of the old 8 series in top gear and them making fun of the new one in the grand tour please 🙏

[@kenon6968]

I prefered the show when it was less naffing about and they hadn't become full blown caricatures, more like the original TG's reboot back when Quentin Willson was on, but I'm obviously in the minority.

[@andrewmckenzie292]

I'm sought of in between....loved the reviews with all the glitz and "excitement"....could find out about a car but they made it fun to find out about it. Seems silly I know but yea. That said though yea whole episodes where its just them cocking about kind of pointless (funny for sure though)...so liked the in between episodes..maybe some cocking about where it was about the cars.

[@W417on]

Tiff, Clarkson, Vicki and Quentin was a great time for top gear

[@StreetDrilla]

Top Gear before 2011 >>

[@boisegameshowguy]

0:00 I just want that little blue car behind Hammond and May; That’s a Daihatsu Charade, right? I believe they were briefly sold in my home country in the late 80s/early 90s. Yeah everyone here just wants to drive big, unwieldy metal crates with awful fuel mileage.

[@jimosborn3411]

Underrated this.

[@eamonmcdermott4032]

The cables over the fire exit sign looks like a very big spider.

[@ekkuhypponen2204]

James in his element

[@elliot1111]

Is that the same Quattro they used in ashes to ashes as it’s the same colour? However the number plate is different

[@ldwp6395]

Ashes to ashes used quite a few quattro's, but I dont think it would of been the same as this was 4 to 5 years before ashes

[@elliot1111]

@@ldwp6395 yeah i just thought after putting my comment the release date of the series compared to A2A

[@jko0511]

GÜNDA SHTAINA TOP OF THE LAINA

[@bittertruth0000]

I always falls asleep while listening to May 😂.

[@lukasbeck4421]

It's only fall not falls

[@anonymouse740]

God remember when Top Gear actually did car stuff xd

[@alexc2505]

May in a suit 🤯

[@boringstuff3463]

C5 aged poorly you can find them with 1500 euros now and it was a 18000 car

[@rafaelgamma07]

We’re coming now

[@smallben7744]

"Have we just done consumer advice"

[@YzzoY]

Today I learned that when cars are being exposed in supermarkets it means that car isn’t selling well

[@connorpimmphotography]

I bet that Quattro is worth a fair few quid now

[@whatthehell1012]

Buy a Vauxhall Monaro, send it to me, I'll sell it and give you 500 quid....

[@ire923]

I do miss these segments, I stopped watching top gear when they turned trashy. All the focus turned to super cars alone and staged balls ups.

[@curedanxiety1679]

I remember when top gear was actually good.

[@themehguy3936]

How the car prices have changed...

[@RD19902010]

2 ways to spot this is a really old video: 1. The cars are really good looking (especially the BMWs) 2. James looks slightly younger

[@FanUtd535]

Ahhh the early days when James was brought in to do consumer advice

[@tbtunes_]

Now we on 4 gens later

[@Stefan8u]

I used to enjoy this bit of top gear. Just a few insider tips/ knowledge that the everyman doesnt necessarily know about, and James May used to present in a easy to understand way.

[@usedtoexistonce]

consumer advice on top gear? boy this must be really old

[@v6tex]

They should have compared the prices for the actual pre facelift Passat (98-00) back then. The black strips were still an option until 2005.

[@oily4545]

I feel like we don’t see deals this drastic these days? Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

Today: LEASE EVERYTHING FOREVER

[@debeerpaul]

Lol if only they knew how unreliable some of these were.

[@sierrathewolf4174]

I personally think that putting some of the boring stuff with the entertainment and bird speed would be fantastic but maybe I’m just odd

[@MegaAmazing19]

It's amazing how this seems to be reasonable advice.. but the market has changed so much in the last 2 years that it's no longer as valid 🙁

[@mpa1931]

So insane how many deals you can get back then. Now car dealers are using the pandemic and shortage of supplies as an excuse to mark up cars.

[@JoshPhoenix11]

So much Mandela Effect evidence of the VW logo without a join in the middle. In this current Earth reality and timeline it has never existed. Car 1- 2:20 2:50 2:58 3:17 3:26 3:35 3:43 3:53 4:17 4:28 4:35 4:46 4:56 5:02 Car 2- 9:00 Car 3- 16:04

[@callumhardy5098]

2:29? What segment of the show is the board behind Hammond from?

[@Clappinghambloke1998]

Greatest Car Vote

[@Joesorr324]

When the car market was fair. Ish.

[@ronan8834]

I have a red 130bhp passat 2005 now around 200bhp its still going today with 218.000 miles it needs a tidy up but my first ever roadcar an will never part with it looked unreal in her day

[@filipkolaric61]

Carwow

[@michaelstubenvoll142]

The way it should be clarkson should be used for crash tests,

[@Orcaben1]

OG top gear was great, nothing like it before, definitely nothing like it since.

[@hanoman78]

Aaah youth.. 😘

[@Xsidon]

you know what... as a mechanic techician and a machinist in traning i can honestly say they missed with everything apart from the miata and the e46... you can't go wrong with the e46... all of em are dogshit now. dogshit to own. dogshit to maintain. and dogshit to work on... especially the french ones... jesus i feel bad for anyone who purchased one of these recomended vechicles... i don't know whether to cry or laugh

[@jesperpsv98]

Have to remember this was about 20 years ago. A lot of these cars are bought by people who see it as "just a car" and will only bother with basic maintenance, as cheap as possible. Usually when it gets too expensive to own, it gets sold to people who think they can do it themselves or just dont bother at all. But I reckon back then it definetly were good deals.

[@Xsidon]

@@jesperpsv98 I see. Valid point.

[@blarkdexture8899]

New SUV EVs are so sad miss the Good Old Days

[@charleslaw1990]

wtf are they doing talking about cars for

[@sevensevenalways7995]

Oh God the clothing choices 🤦‍♂️

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

James May said he got money off a car with a phone call. That's living in a fantasy land because the dealer is going to say anything to get you in the door, then change the deal because you have no proof he said that. And I don't think it's legal to record phone calls in the UK.

[@Skorpychan]

But if they do that, you can just walk OUT of the door again. It's not like you're tied into the contract during negotiations.

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

@@Skorpychan Yeah, you can walk out and that's the power you have but their goal is to get you in the door and then pressure you into a car. That's how they sell cars to idiots. They want you to forget that you can walk away and that you need that car.

[@leonidas7692]

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