Cheap, maybe. But it made me rewind, and laugh again.

<Warning long post> My favourite bit was when I heard that Chris Evans had quit and I hope that the BBC listens to the feedback of the viewers. You don’t need Extra Gear. Just one hour of high quality produced TV which has a logical flow to it.

I actually respected Matt LeBlanc more after he told Eddie Jordan to get in the passenger seat and stop wrecking the £40,000 car. I can imagine Mercedes were fuming not only at the damage but the implied lack of 4x4 ability of the GLC in the hands of that feckless idiot, who BTW drove his F1 team in to the ground.

Chris Evans is in fight mode and rightly so. He’s been paid to deliver something and so far it’s not hit those KPIs that he’s publicly nailed his colours to the mast, stupidly and probably internally. I think the response about overnight viewing figures shows he’s in a panic. Sure the consolidated figures for catch up…

Danny Baker is the least funny writer I’ve come across. How to alienate your already on a precipice audience. Instead of taking on board what a huge majority of people were saying as positive feedback, insult them in the opening titles by declaring you will be even more SHOUTY.

The new show is produced and filmed by all the crew of the old show. But the editor is different (executive producer Wilman and best friend of Clarkson ultimately oversaw this), the running order is frankly terrible. There is no flow to the program. It’s like pencils being thrown up in to a styrofoam ceiling panel.…

I did this too. In England in 1998. I didn’t say charge though...I did say the S word though as I was driving in the dark with few street lamps, and hit this flooded road like a log flume. And yup I blew the engine up and the car got written off. The irony is I was booked to get the car serviced the next day!