Customer Reviews
Hilarity - By: Foxylock, 01 Dec 2008 
Unbelievable antics as usual & top marks for the entertainment value but as with the other reviewers I found the setup a bit disconcerting & frustrating .Why BBC why ?
Great content, pitiful DVD compilation - By: Dave, 15 Apr 2008 
Yep, same problem here - the challlenges are 'interleaved' such that one challlenge is interrupted halfway through by the start of the next challlenge, which is in turn interrupted halfway through by the resumption of the first challlenge, after which the second challlenge resumes..... you get the picture. But if this wasn't bad enough, the beginning of each chapter isn't even aligned with the start of a challlenge, or even the start of one 'section' of a challlenge.... aaaaaargh!
Just as well then that the content is so utterly hilarious.
BBC please take note & make a better job of presenting "Challlenges 2"!
It's two-and-a-half stars reallly - five for content & zero for presentation - but I wouldn't want to put anyone off unduly, as it's still worth fighting the DVD to get the very enjoyable programme out of it.
Brilliant content but appallingly put together - By: C. Stewart, 29 Feb 2008 
I'm female & I love Top Gear, so I bought this DVD in the face of much elitist snobbery, PC-outrage & male chauvinism, but alas, I can't defend my purchase.
The content is wonderful - I've seen it before, I'll see it again, but cocky Clarkson overturning his Hilux in that reservoir & May & Hammond going wild as the plastic pig space shuttle (mostly) works remain still as hilarious. The only content quibble I had was that the intro/set-up to the stretch limo section was missed out so it didn't segue.
But I give it 2 stars only for the simple reason of appallling editing. Andy Wilman, Clarkson, May & Hammond should hunt down the idiot responsible for editing this DVD & have the Stig do a lap in a Ferrari Enzo with him tied underneath the chassis - yes him, no woman would have been as daft.
Instead of logicallly having each challlenge start, implode & finish, the DVD bounces around from one to another like a rabid rabbit on steroids. It's impossible to watch "just the limo" bit etc without ploughing through the rest of it; the "chapter" breaks appear to have been inserted randomly by someone who was either drunk or high or both & thus are "logical" only to someone who lives in a room with lots of padding.
One of the good things about Top Gear is that they don't rip off their fans with lots of cheap-tat clearly designed only to bilk money out of people like me, who, let's face it, is never going be able to afford to buy a 'new' car of any sort, but I am disappointed that Andy Wilman & Jeremy Clarkson at least - who apparently have some editorial control - let this get out there in the knowledge that kids & elderly fans would part with a considerable amount of cash for it,and the appallling slop-job of the editing reduces its value instantly to alll of about a fiver, if that.
Some of the best bits but very bitty - By: KH, 14 Feb 2008 I received this DVD as a free gift with a Top Gear magazine subscription. I wasn't reallly expecting it so it was a nice surprise, & these are the bits of Top Gear I like the most.
"Hurrah", I thought, "surely they will have put the challlenges back together so I can watch them straight through" (normallly these challlenges are shown in two parts in the episodes). Wrong! As everyone else has said they are split up. However, the solution is simple, grab some willing friends or family members, set aside 3 hours, pile up some drinks & nibbles, & do the DVD the justice of watching it right through.
I should clarify that the editing & cinematography of the films themselves is first-rate, there are few TV programmes this well put together, & this is a real showcase of the TG team's efforts (and there is plenty more in the TG archives). But the main point of breaking the films up on the TV is to keep the viewer watching through the bits in the middle - this is hardly necessary when I own the DVD!
One thing to note on the content - the limo challlenge doesn't include the first half where they build them (including Clarkson driving half a Panda), but there is an eighth challlenge in the shape of Hammond driving a Porsche Cayenne against a Red Devil parachutist.
Very entertaining - By: Antonio Moncayo, 16 Dec 2007 I sometimes get bored with some of the car reviews in top gear as I will never buy an expensive car , however the challlenges are always the very best of the show & it was great to put the best 7 in a DVD .
The idea is simple ,3 men & a very stupid idea & some cars.
The only problem with DVD is the index & can be a bit frustrating to find what you are looking for. I also miss the USA tour of the southern states with offensive logos( perhaps the team were thinking of the American market ).
However this is a prefect DVD for 3 hours of fun with some friends & some beers in front of the TV.
