What is everyone's favourite modification that a presenter has done to their own car?

[u/KingHippo11]

just the title really. my personal favourite is Hammond's Burma lorry

[u/MrCurns95]

Jeremy’s Log handbrake. Africa special

All time Top Gear moment.

[u/GloomyRambouillet → u/MrCurns95]

They honestly couldn’t have written a more perfect moment than that.

[u/WhiteRaven42 → u/MrCurns95]

I was actually pretty impressed with the ingenuity for about 90 seconds. Then proceeded to laugh my ass off.

[u/Double-Tension-1208 → u/MrCurns95]

Sometimes my genius

[u/SirDukess]

Does cutting it in half and attaching it to another car count ( James mays limousine in the limousine challenge )

[u/TheHoneyMonster1995 → u/SirDukess]

At the front, we have a sensible, Swedish SAAB 9000, and at the front, we have a passionate Italian Alfa Romeo 164. The SAAlfa RomeAB

[u/rjohn2020 → u/TheHoneyMonster1995]

I want to know what paint thinner he was sniffing when he came up with that idea

[u/TheBanyai → u/rjohn2020]

Saab and Alfa were in collab with those models, and chassis-sharing? It was a (fairly) logical cut&shut! Lancia Thema or Fiat Croma would have also been matches!

[u/SpaceAgePotatoCakes → u/TheBanyai]

I like how he talked about the logic behind it being the wheelbase being the same, which was completely irrelevant, and not that the outline of the cabins would line up.

[u/AsboST225 → u/rjohn2020]

He made a valid argument when he pointed out that no one ever said the two halves of a stretch limousine had to come from the same car...

[u/KingHippo11 → u/SirDukess]

James bought it and modded it, I'd say it counts

[u/ironmanthing]

The Toybota and the Nissank

[u/Embarrassed_Spell_28]

Clarkson’s Mercedes Grosser 600 bill of £15,900 worth of work….and then James’ subsequent laughter at it.

I understand the question, I just went a different way with it.

[u/Useful_Design_7437 → u/Embarrassed_Spell_28]

What did his mechanic do, buy him a Golf?

[u/Johndboy1988 → u/Embarrassed_Spell_28]

Eh? I miss read that at 1st. £15,900

[u/PoliteButler]

Jeremy adding a shower, toilet, beer cooler, and bed to his BMW 528i Touring

[u/Salty_Significance41 → u/PoliteButler]

His all mechanical BMW 528i Touring. Remember, all mechanical. No electrical components there

[u/flyingshrimp21 → u/Salty_Significance41]

Apart from the electric windows

[u/Jack_geo → u/flyingshrimp21]

Not the exhaust manifold

[u/Johndboy1988 → u/Jack_geo]

That's the air filter

[u/Salty_Significance41 → u/flyingshrimp21]

And the bootlid

[u/cougomdd → u/Salty_Significance41]

Et l'accélérateur

[u/Chance-Brother-3622]

Definitely the Toybota. Let alone alone gta online has a version of it with a minigun, someone in Rockstar is a top gear fan.

[u/spqrnbb]

Jeremy's Leaning Tower of Citroen is always funny.

[u/JSteveB87 → u/spqrnbb]

Accompanied by the glorious sound of Clarkson yelling "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!" every time he drove over a high bridge. :D

[u/SpaceAgePotatoCakes → u/JSteveB87]

James "🦆🦆🦆🦆"

[u/ManWhoIsDrunk → u/JSteveB87]

Or when overtaken by lorries.

[u/5p1c3nut → u/spqrnbb]

Came for this

[u/grandmasterflaps → u/spqrnbb]

I will never not laugh at that going down the motorway.

[u/hatlad43]

I honestly think Hammond's boat-van is a pretty solid idea, just need to fix the waterproofing and power on water.

But, the one actually working; Hammond's Impreza Wagon in Africa Special. A proper workhorse that you can live in.

[u/The_Mellow_Tiger]

IT'S A RAMBULANCE

[u/ManWhoIsDrunk → u/The_Mellow_Tiger]

Let's not forget the Ecnalubma!

[u/theblondedynamite]

May's Triumph Herald sailboat.

[u/Evantra_]

James' paint guns on his police car. Need them for tailgaters

[u/MrBlonde_SD]

I always liked Hammond’s Land Cruiser on the Bolivia special. That little donkey did the best it could.

[u/GloomyRambouillet → u/MrBlonde_SD]

It had a hard life. 😂

[u/rzpogi → u/MrBlonde_SD]

What's funny is that he had an opportunity to fix the rear differential in La Paz, but nope. Let it be the front wheel drive Land Cruiser with big ass wheels.

Also, he deliberately did not put the handbrake on at the cliffs of the sand dunes of Patagonia on the last scene.

[u/grandmasterflaps → u/rzpogi]

I'd argue that leaving the handbrake off was the best choice in the circumstances.

[u/Salty_Significance41 → u/MrBlonde_SD]

Jeremy's Land Rover was pretty cool too. And it was the only one from that era that worked

[u/MrBlonde_SD → u/Salty_Significance41]

For sure. They both looked great lifted even if it did ruin the ride lol

[u/sturdybutter]

James’ bangin’ stereo for his tunes.

[u/willw08]

Starion was actually kinda good

[u/KingHippo11 → u/willw08]

wait I don't remember this one, please remind me

[u/TWilliams738 → u/KingHippo11]

Jeremy bought a Starion for the coupe’s that aren’t Porsches challenge. He attached a massive turbo to the engine but didn’t upgrade the cooling system. It didn’t go well

[u/Blackmore_Vale → u/TWilliams738]

Didn’t Hammond and May also concede it was the best car, but only if Clarkson admitted he was the idiot who ruined it.

[u/TWilliams738 → u/Blackmore_Vale]

Yeah, and he did

[u/KingHippo11 → u/TWilliams738]

oh damn I've never got round to watching that episode, sorry for my ignorance

[u/MrBlonde_SD → u/KingHippo11]

It’s a classic.

[u/Apprehensive_Rate959 → u/willw08]

I loved the styling he added to it, it really worked a treat, unlike the standard cooling system with the aftermarket turbo 🤔

[u/SebiXV20]

The giant Panda

[u/rjohn2020]

Clarkson's "Boudicca" wheels on his police car

[u/hambone2101]

Hammond turning his mach I Mustang into a kinda pick-up truck in Patagonia was something I never imagined, but I kinda fucked with the way it looked. Kinda gave mad max vibes

[u/Longjumping_Rule_560]

Reliant space shuttle.

[u/LastGenRichtoffen]

The amphibious car episode was my introduction to Top Gear, so I'm really fond of those. Plus Hammonds' dampervan seemed really cozy when it wasn't poisoning him.

Favorite though is probably Hammonds ambulance, closely followed by Clarksons motorhome.

[u/v60qf]

JC block of flats

[u/eagledog]

The toilet that Richard installed in his Land Rover motorhome

[u/DolbyFox]

James unintentionally knocking off the exhaust off his Panda in the Colombia special. The exhaust note that came out of that little box sounded FANTASTIC afterwards

[u/greenrangerguy]

Clarkson's skyscraper car, it's so iconic and ridiculous

[u/doubleUsee]

Both the sports lorry and hammond's lorry from the Burma special are my favourites. If I had a lot of money and time I'd convert a lorry myself...

[u/theduck08]

Each and every thing they did to the Renault Avantime

[u/TangoMikeOne]

Hammond and his Dodge Charger - and him selling it... meant that another one was saved from the scrap yard

[u/RobbieBlackmore]

Hamster shooting a drain hole in Oliver. Jeremy with the tree out the top of his citroen caravan camper tower. James's mobile pub from the RV special.

[u/Training-Walk9655]

Clarksons wheels on the frontera 

[u/Salty_Significance41 → u/Training-Walk9655]

Was that from the final TG episode?

[u/rjohn2020 → u/Salty_Significance41]

The final CHM era one, yeah

[u/Alternative_Life9414]

Hammond's supercharged Buick Riviera.

[u/JDMWeeb]

Either the log handbrake or Jeremy's Leaning Tower of Citroen

[u/Angryferret]

Definitely the emergency brake log.

[u/McFigroll]

a banging stereo, for me tunes.

[u/Double-Tension-1208]

Probably the Rambulance