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What "later"? The traffic jam is constant!
This is Top Gear, they probably filmed it at 5pm on a Friday. 3am in the morning it can't be the same?
What "later"? The traffic jam is constant!
Registered today (after reading these forums for a long time) as a result of this episode. After a very patchy series...THIS is how you do a special. Loved it. Very little in the way of deliberate stupidity, great chemistry between them as they deal with fairly difficult situations, amazing scenery (with thanks to Pakman for the 1080i transport stream...looked incredible, I can't believe how good UK HDTV looks compared to the crap we get here). No India Special moronics, just a simply-told road trip story through inspiring places. A good roadtrip film should make you want to get out into the world and explore far-flung places. This did that in spades.
Absolutely the best episode of Top Gear I have seen in a very, very long time. A lot of the time this series I though they were bored and out of ideas, or simply repeating themselves. At least one episode this series I rated as low as 4/10, and I was getting a bit depressed with it all. Not this time. 9/10 from me, with the hope that part two at least matches it, or maybe even manages a perfect 10. Great work TG, just goes to show you can still turn it on when you want to.
PS - Count me as another viewer delighted that the Impreza didn't catch fire after 'that' shot.
The problem with the X-Type is the same problem with the Passat Synchro Estate. Namely, there are none to be found at the ?1500 price. The cheapest X-Type estate I found on Autotrader was an 04 reg 2.5V V6 petrol with automatic for ?2950 - that's almost exactly twice their budget.
I did find a few Subarus, though, for under 1500 quid. Including a 1997 Forester automatic with a 5.9L engine! That thing must be a beast - I can only assume that somebody removed the 5.9L V8 from a Dodge pickup and put it in a Subaru for some reason.
(It could also be, you know, a typo - but where's the fun in that?)
The problem with the X-Type is the same problem with the Passat Synchro Estate. Namely, there are none to be found at the ?1500 price. The cheapest X-Type estate I found on Autotrader was an 04 reg 2.5V V6 petrol with automatic for ?2950 - that's almost exactly twice their budget.
The problem with the X-Type is the same problem with the Passat Synchro Estate. Namely, there are none to be found at the ?1500 price. The cheapest X-Type estate I found on Autotrader was an 04 reg 2.5V V6 petrol with automatic for ?2950 - that's almost exactly twice their budget.
I did find a few Subarus, though, for under 1500 quid. Including a 1997 Forester automatic with a 5.9L engine! That thing must be a beast - I can only assume that somebody removed the 5.9L V8 from a Dodge pickup and put it in a Subaru for some reason.
I'm sure it's been asked before, but do they actually choose the cars themselves, or is it scripted in to be 'suitable'? And do they really not know what each other person bought?
Or even worse (better?), each getting a Subaru Forester Outback. Because it's good for offroad, estate, and they all love it.It will make sense, otherwise, they might all get an WRX in this one. What is fun in that?
II suspect those who don't think this special is as good as Bolivia and Vietnam (oddly, no one mentions the North Pole?) are a bit like 'Carry on ...' fans of 40 years ago - after watching the first dozen films. Maybe this special isn't lacking anything, as some suggest, but maybe the viewer has changed and some amongst us have become a little bored. Where once a camp cooker exploding into flames was funny enough, now we want something nuclear, but unscripted.
I do think it was appropriate to play Toto by Africa!