[10x04] November 4th, 2007 - Page 10

maateuszz89 · November 6th, 2007, 05:38 PM

Great episode. Scenery and filming just stunning! After watching it, I want to visit Botswana some day images/smilies/smile.gif

It wasn't as funny as American special, but very entertaining.
African Stig was quite disappointing for me.

The season is good so far. I think there is more freshness, bits doesn't seem to be forced and so scripted like last series.

Twerp128 · November 6th, 2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AnGuRuSO

What a shit boring episode.

Don't think I've ever seen a boring Top Gear episode.

Werner · November 6th, 2007, 06:24 PM

Lancia Beta Superleggera images/smilies/lol.gif

haz · November 6th, 2007, 06:36 PM

I was so disappointed with jc's beetle bashing .-.... until it was announced the winner car images/smilies/smile.gif

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Originally Posted by mathematica

For the first half show, I didn't get it at why they hate the beetle so much. The fact is that it out-sold any other car in the history (and is highly unlikely to be out-sold in the future). As a 4*2 car, the engine is in the back and it is rear wheel drive, which gives it extremely good off-road ability. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbelwagen has some details about the fact that the military car based on beetle (also a 4*2) is better than American 4*4 Jeeps.)

I'm glad they finally realize the beetle is the best.

agreed! But, personally I'd go for a beach buggy... images/smilies/wink.gif

efoolution · November 6th, 2007, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Anden1986

They are also VERY reliable cars... My dad had a C, my mum a D and now I have an E images/smilies/smile.gif

Not especially pretty or "special" but they start EVERY time and always get you to your destination. Plus they are cheap and easy to service and get good mpg...

You have got an Kadett E and you don´t hate it? They are cheap to service? Sorry, but I´ve had an Kadett E (1.8i 90hp) about 8 Years ago, and that made me poor and misrable due to bad quality and high Spare-part prices. They get better mpg than a Golf or an Escort, that´s true ... and they are a good drive ... I´ll give you that ... but what I experienced and buddies of mine, reliability, rust, quality and spare-prices are issues a Golf or an Escort of that time will do much better.

The older Kadetts are great, but the E was terrible. That´s why you don´t see them around anymore ... Golf MarkII ... still a lot running ... Kadett E ... you can spend hours on the roads without seeing one.

_HighVoltage_ · November 6th, 2007, 08:07 PM

Great episode! James's shirt in the studio was a whopper!
I loved the bits with the Opel's horn and the bit in the river images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I don't understand why Jeremy bought a Lancia Beta since he always hated this car and has bashed it many times. Also how did he find it in Africa???

Oh and by the way, I know there is a special place for these but since we are discussing the episode, we could also discuss the Lancia. Look what I found on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-...QQcmdZViewItem

LOOK AT THE RUST! I am really curuious how the undercarriage looks...

marcos_eirik · November 6th, 2007, 08:27 PM

Great episode, it must have been so much fun making that. Anyway I'm not suprized the Beetle was the only car that made it without trouble as it's a pretty ragged car with high ground clearance and lots of weight over the drive wheels. They just will not stop, as long as they get fuel and electricity. I mean, the one I have had been in a barn for 20 years, and we just put a battery and some fuel in it and it started on the first attempt.

watto · November 6th, 2007, 08:30 PM

Geez, you Finalgear folk are a tough crowd to please!!

Blythy · November 6th, 2007, 08:56 PM

i dunno if it's been posted, but hammond loved oliver so much that he's.... having him shipped back home....

autone · November 6th, 2007, 09:21 PM

Wonderful episode. Had tons of laughter and Oliver... images/smilies/lol.gif

Somehow, I was really wishing Jeremy's car dies and he ends up in the Beetle, but oh well.

Sony · November 6th, 2007, 10:23 PM

I also found it boring. I dont think Ive ever said that about TG. It was filmed nice as usual but I just missed the tests, the news, the interesting celebrities and so on... Polar special was great and so was the Us adventure but Africa.. I dunno.. not really.

Frederic · November 6th, 2007, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by watto

Geez, you Finalgear folk are a tough crowd to please!!

Couldn't agree more.with you
I think S10 just isn't the same as S 1 - 9, so why keep on comparing? Time moves so, so why don't you?

bartboy9891 · November 6th, 2007, 11:08 PM

I thought it was pretty good. much better than that awful first episode of season 10.

jayhawk · November 6th, 2007, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by watto

Geez, you Finalgear folk are a tough crowd to please!!

I KNEW IT!!! I knew it, I knew it!

You are, Andy Wilman!!

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watto · November 6th, 2007, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by watto

Geez, you Finalgear folk are a tough crowd to please!!

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Originally Posted by jayhawk

I KNEW IT!!! I knew it, I knew it!

You are, Andy Wilman!!

images/smilies/wink.gif

dMa · November 6th, 2007, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sony

I also found it boring. I dont think Ive ever said that about TG. It was filmed nice as usual but I just missed the tests, the news, the interesting celebrities and so on... Polar special was great and so was the Us adventure but Africa.. I dunno.. not really.

Agreed, and i'm not a "Finalgear" fan.
I watched it twice, thinking that I was stupid for not finding this interesting the first go around.

it was the same shit theyve been doing, but with no special quips. Yeah, they got stuck in water but they got out of if pretty quickly, jezza's car broke down a bunch but it was always fixed.

In the American episode, they had some good times with Jeremy's dead cow, etc, but none of that here...

Mach1 · November 7th, 2007, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by swordznsorcery

James said that he hates them because the design was stolen by the Nazis, and then the factory was run using Russian slave labour. And it was the same factory that built the V1 rocket, one of which landed in the place where the house he grew up in was built.

The other two just don't like them. Probably because they don't really like Volkswagen cars in general.

The design wasn't stolen by the Nazis. The Nazis PAID Dr. Porsche to design the KDF-Wagen. Adolph Hiltler admired Henry Ford (and Ford admired Hilter, but that's another story) for motorizing America and wanted to put Germany on wheels.

There was a savings scheme where Germans bought stamps every week and stuck them in a Strength Through Joy savings booklet. When the booklet was full of stamps they were supposed to exchange it for a brand new KDF-Wagen.

The Nazis built the KDF-Wagen plant and the town of Wolfsburg specifically to build the car. Only a handful of civilian cars were delivered to Nazi Party officals before the factory switched over to Kubelwagen and Schwimwagen production. Slave labor and arms production came to the Wolfsburg factory later.

That's Dr. Porsche pointing to his efforts for the Nazis.

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/33dWImages/HitlerPorscheVW1938.png

noFlooder · November 7th, 2007, 12:52 AM

Well, if they would have decided not to air it because it came out not as epic as they hoped it would, it would be a pretty good waste of money and everyone would be complaining why they didnt show it.
If they would have placed some faked scenes in it, to make it more interesting, everyone would be complaining why they always have to put faked stuff in it and so ruin the whole thing.
So its a loss-loss all three ways.

Tobias · November 7th, 2007, 12:58 AM

That was some great TV. Almost as good as the polar ep, which is probably the greatest hour of television in history.

Kudos TG!

WRxb0y · November 7th, 2007, 02:06 AM

I love the fact that every episode this season has had a dig at Fifth Gear. I think that it is amusing. Especially this episode, where James goes on about the fact that there is no "Fifth Gear" in his car.
I also watched Clarksons new DVD and he even has a crack at Fifth Gear aswell..

Pure gold !!

November 6th, 2007, 05:38 PM	#181
maateuszz89 Joined: Jan 29th, 2007 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Poland Age: 19 Posts: 579 Rep Power: 13	Great episode. Scenery and filming just stunning! After watching it, I want to visit Botswana some day It wasn't as funny as American special, but very entertaining. African Stig was quite disappointing for me. The season is good so far. I think there is more freshness, bits doesn't seem to be forced and so scripted like last series. __________________

November 6th, 2007, 06:24 PM	#183
Werner Joined: Oct 22nd, 2005 Last Online: January 8th, 2009 Location: Netherlands Age: 20 Posts: 559 LFS Status: Rep Power: 26	Lancia Beta Superleggera __________________ You can find all of my vectors here: http://www.wernernoorlander.nl/

November 6th, 2007, 08:07 PM	#186
_HighVoltage_ Joined: Aug 5th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bulgaria / Athens, WV Age: 21 Posts: 1,182 Car: 1998 VW Polo 1.0 Rep Power: 19	Great episode! James's shirt in the studio was a whopper! I loved the bits with the Opel's horn and the bit in the river I don't understand why Jeremy bought a Lancia Beta since he always hated this car and has bashed it many times. Also how did he find it in Africa??? Oh and by the way, I know there is a special place for these but since we are discussing the episode, we could also discuss the Lancia. Look what I found on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-...QQcmdZViewItem LOOK AT THE RUST! I am really curuious how the undercarriage looks... Last edited by _HighVoltage_; November 6th, 2007 at 08:15 PM..

November 6th, 2007, 08:27 PM	#187
marcos_eirik Joined: Nov 28th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Askim, Norway Age: 21 Posts: 1,419 Car: Whichever of the cars we have at home... Rep Power: 25	Great episode, it must have been so much fun making that. Anyway I'm not suprized the Beetle was the only car that made it without trouble as it's a pretty ragged car with high ground clearance and lots of weight over the drive wheels. They just will not stop, as long as they get fuel and electricity. I mean, the one I have had been in a barn for 20 years, and we just put a battery and some fuel in it and it started on the first attempt. __________________ Wenn ist das Nunstruck geht und Slottermeier? Ja. Beierhund das Oder, die Flipperwald gespürt! Greetings from Norway... I miss Texas already...

November 6th, 2007, 08:56 PM	#189
Blythy Joined: Sep 27th, 2005 Last Online: January 8th, 2009 Posts: 979 Car: Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1.2 Oh fuck yeah! Rep Power: 15	i dunno if it's been posted, but hammond loved oliver so much that he's.... having him shipped back home.... __________________

November 6th, 2007, 08:30 PM	#188
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 01:53 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,414 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Geez, you Finalgear folk are a tough crowd to please!!

November 6th, 2007, 09:21 PM	#190
autone Joined: Jul 15th, 2007 Last Online: January 2nd, 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Wonderful episode. Had tons of laughter and Oliver... Somehow, I was really wishing Jeremy's car dies and he ends up in the Beetle, but oh well.

November 6th, 2007, 10:23 PM	#191
Sony Joined: Oct 23rd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 259 Rep Power: 14	I also found it boring. I dont think Ive ever said that about TG. It was filmed nice as usual but I just missed the tests, the news, the interesting celebrities and so on... Polar special was great and so was the Us adventure but Africa.. I dunno.. not really.

November 6th, 2007, 11:08 PM	#193
bartboy9891 I'm not Moe Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: 02:34 AM Location: University of Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 7,787 Car: 1996 Grand Am SE sedan, and dad's 2006 S60 2.5T Rep Power: 43	I thought it was pretty good. much better than that awful first episode of season 10. __________________

November 7th, 2007, 12:52 AM	#198
noFlooder Joined: Jul 18th, 2006 Last Online: December 15th, 2008 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Well, if they would have decided not to air it because it came out not as epic as they hoped it would, it would be a pretty good waste of money and everyone would be complaining why they didnt show it. If they would have placed some faked scenes in it, to make it more interesting, everyone would be complaining why they always have to put faked stuff in it and so ruin the whole thing. So its a loss-loss all three ways.

November 7th, 2007, 12:58 AM	#199
Tobias Loves Vicki... Joined: Mar 26th, 2005 Last Online: January 8th, 2009 Location: New York Posts: 810 Rep Power: 16	That was some great TV. Almost as good as the polar ep, which is probably the greatest hour of television in history. Kudos TG! __________________ no pictures cluttering the board here

November 7th, 2007, 02:06 AM	#200
WRxb0y Joined: Apr 26th, 2006 Last Online: December 16th, 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 32 Car: VT II Calais Rep Power: 0	I love the fact that every episode this season has had a dig at Fifth Gear. I think that it is amusing. Especially this episode, where James goes on about the fact that there is no "Fifth Gear" in his car. I also watched Clarksons new DVD and he even has a crack at Fifth Gear aswell.. Pure gold !! __________________ Real men smoke rubber !!

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