Testing Terrible Second-Hand Porsches For Under £1500 | Top Gear Classic

[@TopGearClassic]

Who made the best changes to their Porsche?

[@colay71]

Jeremy tbf (reply to me)

[@stepha5926]

Hammond, of course. His modifications are *always* the most out of the box, innovative, & exciting. They usually don't work very well, but they're always the most interesting.

[@dnprime1737]

richard hammond, imo, but i can't drive stick

[@williamwildcat]

James 0:14

[@carlbirtles4518]

@TopGearClassic None of them. In fact, they ruined their cars.

[@ajbanger77]

I noticed that they cut the bit where Jeremy did an impression of a Chinese person reacting to his ‘eleven’ lol

[@josephlewis9237]

Clarkson's no.11 skidmark looked more like a pair of earmuffs or earphones than a no.11 skidmark! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@md_vandenberg]

BBC censorship strikes again!

[@AverageNormalJoe]

Because like it or not, it doesn’t look good in the modern day uploading a video where a white 30-40 year old from Yorkshire mocks how Chinese people supposedly sound when they speak English. Put simply, there is no humour nor substance in that. What’s the joke? What’s funny about Clarkson saying “Orrr! Somebody lite erreven!”? It’s not funny anymore, the standard has changed

[@Seitaro_no_Yami]

In the motorhome video they also cut the part where Jeremy is using the word "retard", because I guess both of those are not with Top Gear's "modern standards".

[@eloryosnak4100]

Probably a wise decision XD

[@scsutton1]

5:54 Clarkson laughing in voiceover will never not be hilarious.

[@charlesincharge6512]

"Its not funny!"

[@StreetDrilla]

Why did that happen

[@LizDelacruzCuebas]

Hello how do you make such monthly??

[@EdwinRojas19]

Impressive! Been trying to trade on my own for a while now, but it isn't going well. few months ago I lost about $27,000 in the trade. Can you please at least advise me on what to do?

[@ThomasDalpra]

Sorry about that.... Well I started with Mr Nicholas Burka Gaffney in 2023 and now my life is good something to write home about!!!! I thank God🤲🤲

[@ZSGreenFalcon]

5:54 You know it's a really funny moment when Jeremy laughed about it even in voiceover.

[@yes-id4yt]

0:53 May's laugh sounds like a manual car shifting gears without a fully engaged clutch

[@morfeasrellas3561]

Or more like a duck

[@kineticdeath]

@@morfeasrellas3561 james may is the original Mighty Duck

[@MissingPatel]

What on earth was that sound!

[@fightnightchampion]

​@@MissingPatelyo wtf how u even hear that

[@DavidJBarr1984]

4:00-4:05 is the most emotive I've seen the Stig.

[@SifsBestFriend]

He’s literally jumping in his seat to try and make it go faster 😂

[@AverageNormalJoe]

Ben must’ve been so annoyed after the shoot, being so used to significantly faster stuff

[@Nightmare_52]

alright a porsche, this will surely go rather quic- oh, sodding thing move faster!

[@sar_ptolemy]

"COME OOOOOOOOON"

[@S-396-Shark]

holy shit i just notice that for the first time 😂😂

[@justinmcgill4806]

04:05 the Stig jumping up and down in the seat 😂

[@Lgs260495]

4:02

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

Even Stig was aware how rubbish they are 😂

[@abdoghany5008]

I love the idea of reuploading the old segments of top gear with higher resolution.

[@mavericknizmo9182]

But with the offensive bits cut out 🙃

[@renaultmeganesuperleggera]

not really imo. you can almost find compilation clips in the same quality but with better contexts

[@polesetter_01]

Yeah the BBC wants to serve you censored state approved content.

[@Mahoromatic]

​@@renaultmeganesuperleggerahonestly all of old top gear should be uploaded to KZbin. BBC is still stuck in 2009 where uploading clips sufficed.

[@burrytellam]

​@@Mahoromatic And, let's be honest, still better than anything else on TV.

[@12packersfan]

IMO the first two minutes where the trio is just roasting each other’s car is Top Gear at its best. A pod with these three would feed families

[@1990EllB]

'Thats not real, obviously' 'What does that do?' 'Nothing' Basically summing up most of the Top Gear car modification challenges there

[@grandassassin24]

“how many cylinders has it got these days? 6 and 3/4” is such a hilarious interaction to me, never known why

[@Hainderre]

Weird part, as a table jeremys engine has gone from 6 cyl to 8...

[@georgejohnson7591]

@@Hainderre It was always a V8 That's why he said it has 6 and 3/4 cylinders. The engine was goosed.

[@WolvieX24]

0:14 “I’ve run out of money!” 😂

[@MyViewToronto]

Hard to believe these old shows are almost 20 years old.

[@TopGearClassic]

This particular episode is exactly 20 years old! 😱

[@silentcalibre1085]

​@TopGearClassic I was one year old when it came out.

[@Boospace]

8:24 This is actually such a wholesome moment between the 3 of them, great banter

[@ville_1235]

obviously didnt include the "oh someone write ereven" bit

[@carlbirtles4518]

Probably because it’s offensive.

[@dakrayus6519]

So anything that might be considered offensive should be removed from history?

[@TheGangstaEnte]

@@dakrayus6519 yes. youre first

[@JETZcorp]

​@@carlbirtles4518 That was the point of the joke. Top Gear offends everyone. There's nothing wrong with that.

[@RichO1701e]

Good

[@CJFerg81]

"In conclusion: You can buy a Porsche for under £1500. But for the love of god - Don't!"

[@Ocastia]

Now wait a second, if you sell it as parts afterwards you can have about 2-3 days of fun (or misery I guess) and make a bit of money. That sounds pretty fair to me.

[@jamesflamingo1149]

I didn’t listen to that advice lol I’m now stuck with a 944 that looks like shit

[@928pcar]

Parts cars

[@Pshady]

My dream car!

[@juanpablocorreiaecheverria2857]

The cheap car challenges are the best!

[@TopGearClassic]

Which cheap car challenge is your favourite?

[@stepha5926]

​@TopGearClassic the 70s Italian exotics was spectacular! It had such a genuine sense of *adventure* - very unlike this challenge, which was pure comedy (particularly towards the end).

[@CarGuyLife]

It's so sad and depressing to think we will never see anything like it on our tv again nothing will compare to the OG Top gear

[@fosterfuchs]

@TopGearClassic My favorite is the Miami to New Orleans road trip. Specifically the drive through Alabama.

[@josephlewis9237]

Incredibly, selling the car as spares was one of Clarkson's genius idea's.

[@Tron_Funkin_Blow]

The table and chairs would have cost more to make than the price of the car.

[@josephlewis9237]

I think they were worth more than what the car was actually worth.

[@maximiliankehler2547]

I want those chairs.

[@JamesTrifolium]

@@Tron_Funkin_Blow What kind of hardware store are you going to?

[@Tron_Funkin_Blow]

@@JamesTrifolium Materials, tools and labour. Jeremy would not have done any of that.

[@DaveCraineAccidentalAquarist]

When I was a child and I was sick, I would stay home and watch game shows on television. Now that I’m 55 and under the weather, this is one of the happiest shows I can watch :-)

[@nickrob6941]

Nice what a great compilation! I’ve never actually seen the judging part or this part 5:53 Clarkson couldn’t even do the voice over 😭😂🤣

[@d9zirable]

5:54 i love how he's laughing even in the voiceover

[@eurosonly]

I'm loving Hammond's desperately trying to reason with the judges lol.

[@Mattie1979]

Clarkson's coffee table and two chairs was just pure genius.

[@Tigerhoods720]

Looked actually good

[@davidcombs1785]

Judge on the air scoop, what does it do? NOTHING!! LOL!!

[@flyingfun879]

8:00 they cut Jeremy's line justifying the number 11 🤣

[@BranisLPs]

Every time I watch the bit at 4:02 and I see what Stig is doing inside the car, I just die. Even the Stig is trying the ol' "this will make it accelerate faster" trick, that's how hopeless the car was.

[@amnesiacalibis]

Blackbird SR71? More like a Blackboard SR71.

[@antoniotula262]

😂😂😂 I remember Jeremy's reference to certain Capris that had flat black bonnets. I miss watching Top Gear.

[@Snipereye64]

its crazy how high quality and modern looking the footage and production quality are for how young the team looks. wow

[@danloke3511]

There should be a rule that the first person to view a new Top Gear Classic video should write in the comments section “I am the first to arrive.”

[@benclawson7344]

And on that terrible bombshell it’s time to end!

[@LoganHarkness-iy3mm]

0:47 james laughing and pointing at hammonds shit box is gold

[@ChoAssUp650]

I’ve always loved the 944

[@topmandog1]

8:05 they cut the line about Chinese elevens

[@yaboi709]

Ahh somebody rike ereven

[@Cony989]

oh rook, someone write ereven!

[@grunchlk]

For the ritture chirduren?

[@Bagster321]

One of the best challenges the trio ever did. A certified classic Top Gear episode

[@johnfaris5376]

Ive had 2 944s, they were great cars. 50/50 weight distribution makes those cars turn like they are on rails

[@sailingmrnice]

Nothing drives like a 944. Absolute dream

[@thurgoodjenkins4311]

Arguably the best segment presented by top gear.

[@philiprice7875]

nope got to say Jezza driving down the M3 in a tower block

[@KingXhrist187]

0:47 James May’s laugh and at 0:54 sounds like a dying duck

[@ppiittii]

Honestly Jeremys Porsche-spares furniture is actually pretty cool

[@Demiligne]

incorrect apostrophe in the title Edit: the campaign has been successful!

[@kojotot3173]

An porsche

[@blairmarshall544]

Very boring person alert!!!!

[@devvy_01]

​@@blairmarshall544an* very boring person

[@FloridaCaptains]

Lmao

[@joe-hl9rl]

🤓

[@thicccheese4007]

4:03 Stig having an episode in the car caught me way off guard and took me about 3 minutes to stop laughing before rewinding and laughing again

[@canespastico]

it's missing the part where JC goes "rook! ereben"

[@itsdan722]

Woke brigade says NO

[@aquietone2895]

They don't have the stones to put that in

[@Suileron]

​@aquietone2895 yea man truly the height of comedy that joke. Y'all get triggered so easily lmao

[@minion3806]

@@Suileron how did he get triggered?

[@anthtan]

Is it uploaded anywhere else?

[@Robi2009]

9:00 - I love the way Hammond says "a bit of a gap" xD

[@daviddavid5880]

I love the deadpan expression on the Porsche guys. You can feel the revulsion...

[@reventon4547]

Man that white 944 looks good.

[@gabrielcheneyholub3330]

I was hesitant at first, but those porsche blokes were a laugh. loved them

[@crydovahgear1178]

Jeremy’s Porsche living room set is honestly badass

[@1995_jack]

0:54 this laugh from James has me pissing myself 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nerf.zombiemikula1394]

Hammond managed to make an irl hot wheels car, likely way unintentional, but i love that.

[@KillersFromTheWest]

The white 944 is so gorgeous. She needs a little work but damn id love to own that. One of the best looking cars ever made in my opinion

[@201081hero]

Uploaded exactly 20 years after it aired - nice.

[@TopGearClassic]

We'd like to say it was intentional...

[@davidzea-smith1417]

So this is where the car furniture originated. Also, I like how Hammond took the loss on the chin.

[@cyrilosei8249]

THE BEST TRIO ON TV...PERIOD

[@Gent82]

I love these early cheap car challenges, before the 2006 soft relaunch of the show.

[@rickintexas1584]

Clarkson's Genius on full display!

[@colinvannurden3090]

Is that the turbo, is that it...wheres the turbo?! Lol 😆

[@quasarleon4645]

THIS is Top Gear !

[@losmosquitos1108]

So glad to hear a Brit accent instead of American english once in a while and a pronounced „e“ in Porsche! Thank you! Love from Germany 👍♥️ Ah yes, the times when Porsche created or better experimented with affordable, but somewhat cringy models, that looked nothing like the 911, had a weak front engine like the 924, 944, 928….

[@TheSpotify95]

Haha, still love Jeremy trying to do a number 11... and failing miserably lol

[@mystique4312]

I didnt realise the 928 seats that became chairs still had the electronic stuff in it, clarkson really is a genius

[@endlessmotion2255]

00:54 might be the best James May laugh ever on Top Gear in my humble opinion. More subtle than the rest but once you hear it in this clip, you can't unhear it

[@brj_han]

You know that off-camera, those judges are laughing... 😁

[@thegreat0220]

Ahh so that's where the Top Gear table comes from

[@Anon40G]

Ok but the engine as a coffee table is actually pretty cool.

[@Cepheidvariable]

Old top gear was the last good thing to come from the BBC before it died and became the rotting corpse we see today.

[@thestigglet]

You will watch the tv we crank out and pay for the priviledge, or else.

[@thegreat0220]

Something you notice about these earlier seasons is how close they were

[@ChequeTwice]

See Jaguar/Volvo/Electric car companies? You can have so much more fun with these old cars than ANY electric car!

[@twistedaxles9126]

crazy how the seats Jeremy made out of his porsche eventually became part of the set

[@JasonDappert-f9v]

As much as I love this show, you get the impression that any and every second-hand car involved in the show was a former bait car that was purchased at a police auction. 🙊🙉🙈❤

[@Lux-h4h7h]

Ironically love the table

[@xblade_assassin]

before i did, i would like to have the 928 seat chairs and the v8 engine coffee table. they actually kinda sick.

[@Seitaro_no_Yami]

This clip is missing Clarkson's "Oh, someone drew ereven!" in his asian accent.

[@carlbirtles4518]

Racial.

[@EtzEchad]

This was one time Jeremy's genius really did come through for him.

[@ericbee240]

This was peak automotive entertainment.

[@panderson9561]

I used to own a Porsche 944...85.5 IIRC. Great little car, fun as heck to drive, very agile and controllable. Only problem was, it was a money pit. Constantly something going wrong with it, constantly having to fix something. Got tired of it and sold it a good 10 years ago. Sometimes wish I still had it.

[@tristandunn4761]

3:18 Judge: “I really can’t give you many points for the seats.” Hammond: “But you can’t knock many off. Because there’s nothing wrong with them if they aren’t there.” Judge: “True”

[@chadjones1266]

Thanks again

[@harrypalmer5452]

I feel like the person who edited this video didn’t take into account that removing Jeremy’s Chinese 11 joke makes Richards remarks at 8:06 and 8:52 sound a lot more racist than with 😬🤣

[@Lgs260495]

Oh yeah they only censored Clarkson! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@TheiTzCynical]

James attitude in the beginning is just funny. Richard: "is this putty?" James: "no you idiot how can you be so stupid. Its bathroom sealant of course."

[@ayrtonhockaday]

PLEASE upload the Britcar 24 hour clips... I love watching that

[@cjyoung7372]

James laugh is iconic

[@bugoiclaudiu1233]

Loved this show

[@markoarkaina8656]

No, none of those are the turbo...

[@pgr3290]

I like how they cut Clarkson's impression of a Chinese man saying the number eleven. For that moment watch the video on the Top Gear channel, the video was posted sixteen years ago.

[@Shiestey]

Jokes aside the blackboard paint on the car so you can draw on it with chalk is an incredible idea. Imagine going to like a car show or something and you hand out chalk to everyone who walks by to draw something on your car. It would be hilarious

[@longfade]

This is the greatest.

[@janp19]

why is this channel notoriously cutting out all the best jokes

[@tobyallen6393]

why did they cut out Jeremy's tibet joke

[@topmandog1]

guess

[@kadeemeiland]

Because it's the BBC and they care more about protecting sensitive snowflakes and Jimmy Savile.

[@UKeXtremeMedia]

4:01 stig bouncing in the seat to get it moving lol

[@sidneysun5217]

honestly that engine coffee table is worth way more than 600 these days

[@ratedRblazin]

I would 100% buy those seats and that motor for my house. Quite possibly a business opportunity there.

[@antonedwards6984]

That must be the best £600 spent ever

[@Rusty_Gold85]

This one episode was funnier than 10 seasons of Saturday Night Live

[@Ready4Rain]

Most of these scenes being dropped are available on the countdown shows if you have Amazon prime, ie everyone.

[@manuel9742]

Still classic cars!😍

[@lulkak2664]

7:02 "54 inches tall" :DDD

[@AnonGoogleuser]

I would buy those seats and the coffee table for 600 pounds in a blink of an eye. Looks awesome!

[@ITRProductions]

"Sometimes my genius... it's almost frightening" -Jeremy Clarkson

[@peterb.7448]

Wile E. Coyote? 😁

[@The-Ink-Dragon97]

9:20

[@BobBob-ls5vz]

“I am a member of Porsche owners club of Great Britain”, that statement is a very longwinded way to declare oneself a wanker…

[@atinofspam3433]

Out of all 3, id have James’ car