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Not sure well those cars will fare long term after their salt water baptisms though.
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Well, the problem I have with this is that I don't want top gear to be the show where they ruin nice and rare cars for fun, that special was basically them doing offroad with nice and clean sports cars and chopping them up for no reason. I like other specials more because modifications did make some sense and the cars they used didn't look like they just came from a museum.
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Dec 31, 2014 19:52
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Ika posted:Didn't they leave the lotus more or less intact? The pickup hackjobs of the other two seemed unnecessary but the lotus looked like it was just fine shortly before the end. The did add a roll cage to the Lotus, I know they said 'heh you didn't do anything!' but the cage was clearly visible.
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Sh4 posted:Well, the problem I have with this is that I don't want top gear to be the show where they ruin nice and rare cars for fun, that special was basically them doing offroad with nice and clean sports cars and chopping them up for no reason. I like other specials more because modifications did make some sense and the cars they used didn't look like they just came from a museum. I have this problem as well. In earlier specials, they bought cheap cars that were broken. The cars these guys had seemed perfectly fine aside from being driven off road. The fact that the 928 GT was so rare is disheartening.
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KakerMix posted:The did add a roll cage to the Lotus, I know they said 'heh you didn't do anything!' but the cage was clearly visible. They caged the 2cv too.
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Is the Daily Mail seriously upset that Jeremy asked if the bridge was straight? Is that the best they could do with outrage about the Argentina special?
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Can we at least admit that the Mustang seemed heavily molested by the previous owner? I agree that its a shame to beat on good cars for no reason, but I don't include that particular Mustang to be a good car. Heck, they seemed surprised the Lotus even made it to the starting line and the last time Jeremy bought a 928 it needed a rebuild before filming started. They were probably surprised hardly anything broke down.
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Cat Hatter posted:Can we at least admit that the Mustang seemed heavily molested by the previous owner? I agree that its a shame to beat on good cars for no reason, but I don't include that particular Mustang to be a good car. Heck, they seemed surprised the Lotus even made it to the starting line and the last time Jeremy bought a 928 it needed a rebuild before filming started. They were probably surprised hardly anything broke down. The fact that the Mustang finished the trip with a hood scoop and no air filter on gravel roads is impressive. They even showed the carb full of rocks and dust after the race
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Dec 31, 2014 22:12
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To be fair, the 928 did sustain some serious damage. And the Mustang took a few hits as well. I'm curious about what kind of mechanical service they provide during these trips.
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Dec 31, 2014 22:38
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See the ferry with a bunch of vans and trucks? That's all BBC kit.
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They have everything up to and including mobile welders, judging by the welding they always seem to end up doing whenever the camera cuts away.
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Data Graham posted:They have everything up to and including mobile welders, judging by the welding they always seem to end up doing whenever the camera cuts away. Didn't they actually show them doing some welding on the Nile special?
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If you're in the UK, BBC iPlayer has put up some of the old roadtrip specials (Bolivia, Botswana, Polar, USA Road Trip) along with some random decent episodes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mj59
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Scottw330 posted:That special was great! Probably my 2nd favorite next to the Vietnam one.
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Fucknag posted:Didn't they actually show them doing some welding on the Nile special? Yeah, and it's rather hard to tell "Hammond's" identity when he's wearing a welding mask. :iamafag:
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm not sure why, but the Polar Special is my favorite. 
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holocaust bloopers posted:To be fair, the 928 did sustain some serious damage. And the Mustang took a few hits as well. I'm curious about what kind of mechanical service they provide during these trips. I would imagine quite alot, the mustang had a skid plate on it which the production crew probably put on before they started.
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm not sure why, but the Polar Special is my favorite. I maintain that the best special is the search for the Nile. No one ever agrees with me 
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Shogunner posted:I maintain that the best special is the search for the Nile. No one ever agrees with me Jeremy's traction log is quite possibly the greatest moment in Top Gear history.
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm not sure why, but the Polar Special is my favorite. I like it because once they are moving, there is a lot more reality in their interactions with each other. A lot of tg is scripted, but I find them more interesting (and funnier) when the conversations are real.
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Or when completely unscriptable/unpredictable things happen, like that one crack about the mine clearing machine "Princess Di had one" that made the cameraman lose his poo poo.
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Fucknag posted:Jeremy's traction log is quite possibly the greatest moment in Top Gear history. I think I nearly wet myself laughing the first time I saw that.
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Cojawfee posted:I have this problem as well. In earlier specials, they bought cheap cars that were broken. The cars these guys had seemed perfectly fine aside from being driven off road. The fact that the 928 GT was so rare is disheartening. I really enjoy the old cheap car challenge episodes, but most of them work better as an episode with various challenges separated by other segments and not as a 2 hour long special episodes. I also assume no matter how cheap the car is/was, they do enough safety testing/fixes to ensure that the chance of a serious accident with injuries is minimal.
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Ika posted:I really enjoy the old cheap car challenge episodes, but most of them work better as an episode with various challenges separated by other segments and not as a 2 hour long special episodes. Counterpoint: Bolivia.
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Ika posted:I really enjoy the old cheap car challenge episodes, but most of them work better as an episode with various challenges separated by other segments and not as a 2 hour long special episodes. I really enjoy those most of all too. Things like the cheap porsche challenge or finding cheap rwd cars are wonderfully entertaining. I want them to do a cheap 4wd/off-roader challenge; it was one of the main things I loved about the Bolivia special.
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Fucknag posted:Counterpoint: Bolivia. That was buy a cheap car, go from A to B which works well as a special. What I meant was stuff like buy a cheap car, then get points for A, B, C, D and E, and see who has the most points (using the most ridiculous and arbitrary system imaginable), such as the trip to Germany or the alphas etc.
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Data Graham posted:Or when completely unscriptable/unpredictable things happen, like that one crack about the mine clearing machine "Princess Di had one" that made the cameraman lose his poo poo.
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Josh Lyman posted:I don't get this joke. Princess Di ran a charity who's goal was clearing minefields so that children wouldn't blow their legs off.
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Josh Lyman posted:I don't get this joke.
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Eh, I interpreted it like walking among the Royal family is like walking on a minefield, given the underhanded disdain she received.
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Josh Lyman posted:I don't get this joke. They were talking about loads of Arab dicks...
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Finally got around to watching the Patagonia special--great episode! I loved James' car--I was totally expecting an old Mercedes or something equally boring. The end when they were running out of the country was pretty intense.
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Well drat, just caught the special on iPlayer and holy poo poo.  Seriously, Argentina looked beautiful, shame about the locals down south.
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(picture) preview of the new episodes: http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/series-22-top-gear-preview-2015-1-2 looks like there's a couple 'buy a cheap vehicle and have a series of challenges' a tribute to Peugeot, and Hammond goes to Canada in a F-150 SVT Raptor - gently caress yes.
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Taking modern cars into the wastelands of [country] is a nice new twist on the formula.
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neckbeard posted:looks like there's a couple 'buy a cheap vehicle and have a series of challenges' a tribute to Peugeot, and Hammond goes to Canada in a F-150 SVT Raptor - gently caress yes. I wonder if the F-150 segment is the one where they nearly got stuck in Trail for a while because the weather was so poo poo. It would explain why they were there during winter... If so, "wasteland" is an extraordinarily accurate term (though the surrounding area is quite beautiful). Although compared to Argentina, our brand of lunatic out there probably only would have attacked them if they'd had cellphones or wifi, since those cause cancer!!!
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neckbeard posted:(picture) preview of the new episodes: Is there any news on when it'll be starting?
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