FinalGear.com http://www.finalgear.com There's Fifth Gear, There's Top Gear, And Then There Is Final Gear Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 http://www.finalgear.com/http://static.finalgear.com/site/images/minilogo.gifFinalGear.comfinalgearnewshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes Team Schrick http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/30/team-schrick/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/30/team-schrick/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:45:20 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2118 Here’s a little something to keep you busy until next Sunday.

You may remember racer Tim Schrick who along with Sabine Schmitz and another guy hosts Germany’s D-Motor TV show. D-Motor’s hosts competed against Top Gear last year.

Recently Tim prepared an Aston Martin V8 Vantage for the 2009 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race. The German DMAX television channel aired a 6 part documentary on his adventure, however it was only broadcast in German. Thanks to the hard work of some of our forum members though, it is now available with English subtitles. If you’d like to watch this great little documentary, you can find a torrent right here.

Team Schrick originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 30 June 2009 at 06:45 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/30/team-schrick/feed/ 0 Fifth Gear 16×04 Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/fifth-gear-16x04-out-now/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/fifth-gear-16x04-out-now/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:12:17 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2114 Today’s Fifth Gear can be found here.

Fifth Gear 16×04 Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 29 June 2009 at 20:12 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/fifth-gear-16x04-out-now/feed/ 0 Final Episode Of Season 2 Of Top Gear Australia Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:57:47 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2110 As usual, apologies for the delay but timezones suck. You can find today’s Top Gear Australia right here though. This was the final episode of the season.

Final Episode Of Season 2 Of Top Gear Australia Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 29 June 2009 at 17:57 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now/feed/ 0 Top Gear 13×02 Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/28/top-gear-13x02-out-now/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/28/top-gear-13x02-out-now/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:27:20 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2106 Thanks to the work of Quiky and PacketCollision, our server is actually easily surviving today. Major thanks to them.

Anyway, as to the real reason you’re here — today’s Top Gear can be found here.

Top Gear 13×02 Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 28 June 2009 at 20:27 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/28/top-gear-13x02-out-now/feed/ 0 Documentary: James May on the Moon http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/24/documentary-james-may-on-the-moon/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/24/documentary-james-may-on-the-moon/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:59:42 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2099 After Top Gear aired on Sunday, an excellent documentary hosted by James May called James May on the Moon aired. It was about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.

Click here to view the embedded media.

If you’d like to download it and watch it (you should, it’s quite good), there is a torrent available right here.

Documentary: James May on the Moon originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 24 June 2009 at 08:59 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/24/documentary-james-may-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 Fifth Gear 16×03 Rip Finally Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/23/fifth-gear-16x03-rip-finally-released/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/23/fifth-gear-16x03-rip-finally-released/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:44:33 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2095 The Scene group aAF came through again this week and supplied a Fifth Gear rip. You can find it here.

Fifth Gear 16×03 Rip Finally Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 23 June 2009 at 04:44 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/23/fifth-gear-16x03-rip-finally-released/feed/ 0 No Sign Of A Fifth Gear Rip Yet http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/no-sign-of-a-fifth-gear-rip-yet-2/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/no-sign-of-a-fifth-gear-rip-yet-2/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:19:56 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2090 There’s no sign of a Fifth Gear rip from the Scene yet, but we’ll torrent it up as soon as they release it. Go watch Top Gear again or something meanwhile.

No Sign Of A Fifth Gear Rip Yet originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 22 June 2009 at 21:19 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/no-sign-of-a-fifth-gear-rip-yet-2/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×07 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/top-gear-australia-2x07-released/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/top-gear-australia-2x07-released/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:07:57 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2087 Today’s episode of Top Gear Australia can be found here. Apologies for the delay in release, but I gotta sleep sometime. ;)

Top Gear Australia 2×07 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 22 June 2009 at 19:07 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/top-gear-australia-2x07-released/feed/ 0 Server Troubles… Fixed? http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/21/server-troubles-fixed/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/21/server-troubles-fixed/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:58:59 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2080 You guys sure love your Top Gear, don’t you? We managed to break our server today due to the metric assload of traffic (we broke all of our old traffic records, even with the downtime), but PacketCollision and Quiky managed to sort it all out, we hope.

So apologies for the downtime, but we should hopefully be good from here on out. Now go watch Top Gear — it was a great episode!

UPDATE: Things are looking quite good. The drop in traffic plus the tweaked server settings seems to have done the trick. Oh, and for future reference — if the site ever goes down again, make sure to check the site’s Twitter account as I’ll post status updates there.

Server Troubles… Fixed? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 21 June 2009 at 23:58 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/21/server-troubles-fixed/feed/ 0 Top Gear 13×01 Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/21/top-gear-13x01-out-now/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/21/top-gear-13x01-out-now/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:39:36 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2078 Okay, you guys can stop raping our server now — today’s Top Gear episode is right here.

Top Gear 13×01 Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 21 June 2009 at 20:39 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/21/top-gear-13x01-out-now/feed/ 0 Top Gear Season 13 Advert #2 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/top-gear-season-13-advert-2/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/top-gear-season-13-advert-2/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:45:44 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2069 Speedtouch of our forums was awesome enough to capture a second kids themed Top Gear advertisement for season 13. Check it out:

Click here to view the embedded media.

Top Gear Season 13 Advert #2 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 18 June 2009 at 21:45 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/top-gear-season-13-advert-2/feed/ 0 FinalGear Meet: October 3rd/4th at Garrettsville, Ohio (LeMons) http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/finalgear-meet-lemons-race-october-3rd-and-4th-at-garrettsville-ohio/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/finalgear-meet-lemons-race-october-3rd-and-4th-at-garrettsville-ohio/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:44:23 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2070 Yes, we’re going LeMons racing yet again!

This year we’ll be entering a car in the Garrettsville, Ohio race at the Nelson Ledges Road Course. It will be a true 24 hour race rather than the more common two 12 hour races. We’re also turning into a FinalGear meet, so we hope to see you there! All the details about the day and a sneak peek at our car this year can be found on our forums.

FinalGear Meet: October 3rd/4th at Garrettsville, Ohio (LeMons) originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 18 June 2009 at 21:44 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/finalgear-meet-lemons-race-october-3rd-and-4th-at-garrettsville-ohio/feed/ 0 Looking To Avoid Possible Spoilers? Avoid Jalopnik Until Sunday http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/looking-to-avoid-possible-spoilers-avoid-jalopnik-until-sunday/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/looking-to-avoid-possible-spoilers-avoid-jalopnik-until-sunday/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:19:16 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2061 Just a quick note — Jalopnik has been running some stories that are supposedly about this week’s Top Gear episode. They haven’t confirmed them as being true or not, but I’d avoid the site until Sunday just incase. No sense in ruining Sunday’s episode if they happen to be right.

Looking To Avoid Possible Spoilers? Avoid Jalopnik Until Sunday originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 18 June 2009 at 10:19 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/18/looking-to-avoid-possible-spoilers-avoid-jalopnik-until-sunday/feed/ 0 Proper Rip Of Fifth Gear 16×02 Now Available http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/16/proper-rip-of-fifth-gear-16x02-now-available/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/16/proper-rip-of-fifth-gear-16x02-now-available/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:33:56 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2058 The rip by the Scene group RiVER that we released earlier today was bad. It had the second segment repeated and the third segment missing.

However the aAF group has stepped up and supplied a replacement rip. You can find a torrent of their rip now on the episode’s page.

Proper Rip Of Fifth Gear 16×02 Now Available originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 16 June 2009 at 02:33 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/16/proper-rip-of-fifth-gear-16x02-now-available/feed/ 0 Fifth Gear 16×02 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/fifth-gear-16x02-released/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/fifth-gear-16x02-released/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:22:32 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2053 Today’s episode of Fifth Gear is now available.

UPDATE: I’ve been notified that this rip is faulty, so I’ve taken down the download link. Seems the editing of the rip was bad and a section of the show is repeated, resulting in part of the show being missing. We’ll do our best to find a replacement rip ASAP.

Fifth Gear 16×02 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 15 June 2009 at 20:22 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/fifth-gear-16x02-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×06 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/top-gear-australia-2x06-released/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/top-gear-australia-2x06-released/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:18:26 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2050 Today’s episode of Top Gear Australia can be found right here.

Top Gear Australia 2×06 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 15 June 2009 at 18:18 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/top-gear-australia-2x06-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Season 13 Trailer http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/14/top-gear-season-13-trailer/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/14/top-gear-season-13-trailer/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:02:40 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2035 Check out this funny teaser trailer for the upcoming season of Top Gear:

(it’s nice and high resolution, so make sure to hit the fullscreen button!)

Click here to view the embedded media.

Thanks to DEL732 and chaos386 of our forums for the video!

Top Gear Season 13 Trailer originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 14 June 2009 at 09:02 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/14/top-gear-season-13-trailer/feed/ 0 FinalGear.com Forums Passes One Million Posts Mark! http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/12/finalgear-com-forums-passes-one-million-posts-mark/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/12/finalgear-com-forums-passes-one-million-posts-mark/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:16:43 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2031 I’m proud to announce that a little over 24 hours ago, our forums passed the one million post mark! Thanks to everyone who has participated on our forums. To the rest of you, I hope to see you help us toward the two million mark. There’s lots of great stuff on our forums including stuff in future Top Gear episodes that I don’t post on the front page (as many people don’t like spoilers).

FinalGear.com Forums Passes One Million Posts Mark! originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 12 June 2009 at 06:16 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/12/finalgear-com-forums-passes-one-million-posts-mark/feed/ 0 Fifth Gear Is Back For A 16th Season http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/fifth-gear-is-back-for-a-16th-season/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/fifth-gear-is-back-for-a-16th-season/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:21:25 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2027 The first episode of the 16th season of Fifth Gear aired today. You can grab it right here.

Fifth Gear Is Back For A 16th Season originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 8 June 2009 at 20:21 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/fifth-gear-is-back-for-a-16th-season/feed/ 0 Andy Discusses Top Gear Season 13 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/andy-discusses-top-gear-season-13/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/andy-discusses-top-gear-season-13/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:52:56 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2023 Andy Wilman, Top Gear’s executive producer, has a blog post up now which talks about the upcoming 7 episode season of Top Gear.

Andy Discusses Top Gear Season 13 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 8 June 2009 at 18:52 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/andy-discusses-top-gear-season-13/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×05 Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:15:36 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2021 Apologies for the delay, but you can now get today’s Top Gear Australia right here.

Top Gear Australia 2×05 Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 8 June 2009 at 18:15 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×04 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/01/top-gear-australia-2x04-released/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/01/top-gear-australia-2x04-released/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:38 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2018 Today’s Top Gear Australia can be found right here. Enjoy. :)

Top Gear Australia 2×04 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 1 June 2009 at 13:53 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/01/top-gear-australia-2x04-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Russia 01×07 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/30/top-gear-russia-01x07/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/30/top-gear-russia-01x07/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 14:48:22 +0000 TechZ http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2015 Although a bit late (it aired on 12th April, ok so quite late), those of us who don’t understand Russian will always wait for the subbed version.

Enjoy the episode and discuss it here.

Top Gear Russia 01×07 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 30 May 2009 at 14:48 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/30/top-gear-russia-01x07/feed/ 0 Top Gear Now Available For Purchase On Xbox LIVE Marketplace http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/30/top-gear-now-available-for-purchase-on-xbox-live-marketplace/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/30/top-gear-now-available-for-purchase-on-xbox-live-marketplace/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 02:50:31 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2011 Starting yesterday, you can now purchase Top Gear episodes from seasons 10, 11, and 12 directly from your Xbox 360. Each episode costs 160 points (US$2) and is about 570MB. They of course feature replaced music (they have to due to licensing terms), however season 12 has no content cut (each episode is 60 minutes long). Sadly seasons 10 and 11 have about 10 minutes cut per episode (usually the news and the SIARPC).

For details, visit the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Top Gear Now Available For Purchase On Xbox LIVE Marketplace originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 30 May 2009 at 02:50 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/30/top-gear-now-available-for-purchase-on-xbox-live-marketplace/feed/ 0 Top Gear Russia 1×04 Dubbed http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/29/top-gear-russia-1x04-dubbed/ http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/29/top-gear-russia-1x04-dubbed/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 21:23:31 +0000 TechZ http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2007 Since the last post about dubbing episodes, dogapult has got another one done. This time in 2 variants, the extra editing one being the one he recommends.

Top Gear Russia 1×04 Dubbed originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 29 May 2009 at 21:23 GMT.

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