The British Prime Minister’s office has responded to the petition to “make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister”:

We thought long and hard about the request to make Jeremy Clarkson the Prime Minister and in the end we put our thoughts down in a short film on YouTube. You can take a look here

Thanks to everyone that sent in tips!

BBC Worldwide has posted Top Gear clips to YouTube before, but now Top Gear has it’s own YouTube channel. It features more clips including ones from Jeremy Clarkson’s Extreme Machines, Jeremy Clarkson’s Motorworld, a bunch from Top Gear of course, and more. They are also all available in high quality.

While of course nothing beats watching full episodes, having clips and segments available on YouTube is a great way to spread the word and share the magnificence that is Top Gear.

Here’s a short message from Mikey Harvey, editor of Top Gear Magazine, discussing the new channel and it’s content:

Today’s Fifth Gear is now available.

It took us quite a while to sort out the video and get it web-ready, but we finally have a good chunk finished and ready for you to watch.

We had HD cameras in two cars; the #91 Saabs Gone Wild 900 Turbo, and our own #42 Ford Crown Victoria.

The first two videos are from the Saabs Gone Wild team.

The audio from the cameras is VERY loud, so please turn down your speakers before starting the clips.
http://static.finalgear.com/lemons/sgw_day1.flv
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Continue reading this post for more videos »

Something Awful, in it’s usual satirical way, has come up with a list of “past” Top Gear challenges. Worth a read as you’ll probably get a chuckle or two out of it.

Thanks to Susurrate for the tip.

Motor Trend has a decently interesting interview with Adam Carolla. In it, he talks a lot about the cars that he owns, what he dislikes about American cars, and some other stuff. Nothing ground breaking, but still worth a read.

Thanks to topgearfan1 for the tip.

I personally don’t use Facebook much, but there are many people on our forums who do. As a result, I figured it was time for FinalGear to have a Facebook page, so I created one: FinalGear.com on Facebook. Feel free to fan us if you’re a Facebook user.

Like season 4, high quality rips by the Scene of Top Gear season 5 are now available for download via a single torrent. Enjoy and please try to keep seeding until you get to at least a 1.00 ratio. It really helps others out. Thanks.

Besides being totally awesome, µTorrent v1.8 fixes a “critical” vulnerability that exists in previous versions. So if you’re running an old version of µTorrent or even the BitTorrent branded client (which is just a reskinned µTorrent), please upgrade/switch to µTorrent 1.8. It’s easier to use and more secure. You can update by going Help -> Check for Updates.

Yep, yet another ‘Ring meet. If you’re interested in going to do a few laps on the 30th with members of our forums, please check out this thread.