The van shootout was a bit pointless... the whole shootout segment is becoming a bit of joke this season. I thought it was really cool at first when they tested the Renault up against the Rage Buggy - i thought they were just mixing things up a bit - but it seems they've turned this segment into a spectacle. How bad was that Brabus Mercedes Van Thing!?! Where's the emoticon with the little man kicking his legs because he's laughing so hard?
When they talked about the Supercar Club thing at the very beginning of the episode I thought
"oh no - that's bound to be boring because it was boring the last eighty trillion times they've done it" but because it was quick and to the point it worked. I could tell once it got going that it would be over soon so I stayed interested and stuck around for the end. Sure it was pointless but it lasted exactly as long as it could/should have.
The Diesel slash Poland segment was something I was really looking forward to because diesel is really taking off in this country and my Dad is going to be buying a diesel very soon... But man that segment sucked! What exactly
was the point of it? He said he could have made it all the way on one tank
"if it weren't for all this filming lark" WTF!?! Either avoid the 'filming lark' or just lie to us and put a bit more diesel in to make up for it. And why was he going on and on about how much of a shithole Poland is and everything? I remember when Top Gear did basically this same exact thing and it was much better... but still
dead boring. Nice car tho, that BMW.
The second-hand car segment was good, as usual.
The main reason I downloaded this episode was for the Unimog segment and it was disappointing. I'm sure they could have made that segment interesting... Up a hill that's steepness didn't come across on TV, down the same hill and then through a puddle that seemed about knee deep... Whoa! Watch yourself there!
Fuck I want one tho!
I really don't like Aston Martin but that segment was good. Tiff is a bit of a one trick pony but he can still do that trick very well when everything lines up and he's in the right car and the right track.
Ap, I just found the emoticon I wanted earlier. Mercedes-Benz Van Thing: