A decent episode.
Relative to other TGAU, it's probably the best. The news was as funny as it can be. The studio chat was kept to a minimum. WWTT was embarrassing, as always. The star was above average. Cox's Jag review was his best by a huge margin, but more downsides please! Even the camera positions for Jag lap were decent. Ford vs Holden... well, at least they chose one. However...
The Tassie thing had the usual "here's half a script, let's just go shoot some footage" feel that the other big trips had.
* The picking up the cars bit didn't really go anywhere and didn't even bother trying to be funny.
* 30-45 seconds of Spirit of Tasmania trivia would have been nice.
* The first driving portion looked like it was at 30km/h.
* The antique shop thing, while a good chance for some cocking about, just made Warren seem like a tool; wanting to look at old furniture instead of driving a DB9 across Tasmania.
To his credit, he sure plays a mean Banjo.
* The Targa section was great. The in car shots looked very fast. More of that please. Only next time, take the Stig.
* They visited Strahan, yet didn't appear to feature anything of the road from
Linda to Strahan (Google Maps). The section just outside Queenstown is amazing - these three cars, with the Top Gear
look, on this stretch of road would have been sensational.
* I still have no idea what the cars are like to drive.
* They didn't argue / defend their choice of car.
* There was no emotional thread running through the piece. Not with the cars, each other, or the location. Without the arguments, I don't think this is possible.
I just noticed there's an airstrip near Queesntown, I wonder what condition it's in?
Also just noticed there's (a small) one in Strahan too.