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I'm surprised they didn't bother to explain to the audience why the Nile is special compared to every other river in the world, especially since they mentioned the direction of the flow a couple times. Well, I'm sure James did, but they seemed to have cut it out. Or perhaps british geography classes are wildly more in depth than 'merican ones?
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Just caught up on the first part of the special and I think this has got the potential to be the best. Is it just me or is the music more...prominent or something compared to other specials? We need more Top Gear combined with The XX.
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I wonder why they went through the trouble of flipping the film just after that.
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Probably because they went through the same section of mud several times. You can tell at one point you see Jeremy powering through some mud, then a minute later you see James going through that same section with Jeremy behind him.
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Piano posted:I'm surprised they didn't bother to explain to the audience why the Nile is special compared to every other river in the world, especially since they mentioned the direction of the flow a couple times. Well, I'm sure James did, but they seemed to have cut it out. Jeremy did explain why it was so important, I believe it was during his purposely long winded speech in the beginning of the episode.
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That Subaru  Also does anyone recognize the music from the very end of the episode? I swear I've heard it before but I can't place it 
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gently caress SNEEP posted:That Subaru
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Good start so far, but not quite challenging the Bolivia or Botswana specials for me. Hopefully part 2 gets more exciting.
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gently caress SNEEP posted:That Subaru This is probably the song you're looking for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhnZkNj7kAo
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Stealth Like posted:This is probably the song you're looking for. Yeah, that's it. Thanks!
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marsisol posted:Just caught up on the first part of the special and I think this has got the potential to be the best. Is it just me or is the music more...prominent or something compared to other specials? We need more Top Gear combined with The XX. It made me so happy when Africa started playing
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This has the potential to be my favourite TG special. Looking really good so far. It's hilarious how much advantage the agri-yob has! This episode has also taught me that I can get an 850 R for a reasonable price  .I've been stuck in that same spot with all the matatus (Hiace Taxis) for 2 hours once. gently caress driving in downtown Kampala.
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As long as it keeps up in the second part, I think this special is going to end up my favourite. I think the best bit had to be the trap Clarkson and May set for Hammond, where he gets his car covered in mud. Every part involving mud was great though. Car Mud Wrestling for next sport idea please.
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When reconsidering the source of the Nile at night, when they took that close up of the kettle on the burner, I expected Hammonds car to go up in flames.
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Combat Pretzel posted:When reconsidering the source of the Nile at night, when they took that close up of the kettle on the burner, I expected Hammonds car to go up in flames. Same here. So glad it didn't though. Still, the fuel for his stove has me worried. 
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I was surprised they didn't make any more of this:
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All I know is this episode made me miss my 850R
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kznlol posted:I was surprised they didn't make any more of this: I think the  joke was enough.
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That episode made me want to lower my v70 And do something about the 'low-pressure' part of the turbo.
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What was the song like 10 minutes in that was a bit twinkly but then dropped and sounds like a guy says 'OH!' or something?
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:What was the song like 10 minutes in that was a bit twinkly but then dropped and sounds like a guy says 'OH!' or something? 09:49 - 10:21 - Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (Instrumental)?
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Thanks! But the one on youtube doesn't have the guy shout? Is it a real specific version or something?
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Combat Pretzel posted:When reconsidering the source of the Nile at night, when they took that close up of the kettle on the burner, I expected Hammonds car to go up in flames. Oh god, I'm glad it wasn't just me then. I saw that lingering close up and just went "Oh no, not the Subaru..."
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Combat Pretzel posted:When reconsidering the source of the Nile at night, when they took that close up of the kettle on the burner, I expected Hammonds car to go up in flames. Yeah they really focused on that for a while. I'm almost certain it's gonna happen in the next part. If there's one consistent thing in Top Gear it's that putting a cooker in a vehicle always results in a massive fire, plus Hammond's already burnt down one homemade camper with a cooker before. One of my favorite moments of the series is when that happened and Clarkson's reaction is to just stand by watching it going "He's actually set fire to metal now, how's he done that?"
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Great special so far, hopefully part 2 will continue delivering. While Jezza's BMW was quite expected, I really have no idea how May could think that a lowered turbo brick with huge wheels and skinny tires is a good car to bring to Africa. Didn't they make crossover V70s before that became cool? Because that's what I'd get if I had to have a Volvo.
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:Thanks! But the one on youtube doesn't have the guy shout? Is it a real specific version or something? It sounded like a cover of that song to me.
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mobby_6kl posted:Great special so far, hopefully part 2 will continue delivering. Maybe he was feeling overconfident, since the last time they were in Africa his car of choice was the only one that didn't have any major disasters the whole time.
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Having owned a 2001 528i touring, that died at 180k, I laughed at his choice (mehanical,  ) and look forward to it's continued spiral toward failure.
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How the hell are any of those cars available for 1,500 quid?
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kloa posted:It sounded like a cover of that song to me. Yeah same. I'm so annoyed that shazam can't find it haha.
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Josh Lyman posted:How the hell are any of those cars available for 1,500 quid? Probably a heartbeat away from a massive MOT failure.
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Josh Lyman posted:How the hell are any of those cars available for 1,500 quid? e: nope, May did say 1500 right off the bat. grover fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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grover posted:I thought they said 15,000 quid. Then the question remains pretty much the same, doesn't it? 
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Yeah, there's no way they bought those cars for 1500. That's about 2200 USD and I can find early 90s 850s for about that. The 850r was started in 96, so I can't see them getting one under the limit. Those cars have to have major problems or they cheated.
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You can defos do it we had a look about earlier. Eg: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/volvo/850/volvo-850-t5r1996/1057700
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Cojawfee posted:Yeah, there's no way they bought those cars for 1500. That's about 2200 USD and I can find early 90s 850s for about that. The 850r was started in 96, so I can't see them getting one under the limit. Those cars have to have major problems or they cheated. Aren't used cars considerably cheaper in the UK though?
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