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Well, I'm looking forward to it!
Thought the Vietnam Special was ace, and quite enjoyed (particularly the first 3/4) the South American trip... fingers crossed!
Remember haters to watch it too so you can complain about not liking.
Looking forward to it too I like their big challenges.
Is this a different Africa special to the last one?
I'm much more of a fan of these challenges than super car stuff, it's much closer to my notion of where the fun in car ownership lies.
Is this a different Africa special to the last one?
Yes. This one is searching for the source of the Nile, apparently.
In estate cars.....
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Could have saved themselves a whole lot of trouble.......
Let the pointless tripe begin
🙂
Whinewhineit'sallstagedwhinewhine.
Just in case "they" don't show up. 😉
Always seems to be a lot more whining about people whining than there is actual whining about the programme in these threads.
Wrx. 8)
thought you weren't watching?
*Hora likes*
Me too.
call the ****ing midwife on here. 🙄
with subtitles as she on the phone to someone.
Rocky on five so last of the summer wine in cars will have to wait.
iplayer, ipad and headphones in use now
1/2 hour in and dullsville-on-nile
Oh ffs. Stupidly ruining cars again with mods
Loving May's shed on wheels.
Enjoying this immensely!
I'm offended, Clarkson just said Dusky Maiden.
Im out. I hate waste and ruin.
Have I missed it yet.............
nice wooden bike scooter things.
Brilliant episode.
Those bike things looked ace. And I enjoyed the episode overall too.
to sum it up 😀
Cracking and what better way to bow out 3 old bangers then to cart them across African plains and roads.
next week looks good
Excellent! Very enjoyable. But hora's come over all thrifty, bless him.
Rotten car choice.
You want a Skoda 4x4 for exploring.
Brilliant. Really enjoying this series so far
Brilliant. Really enjoying this series so far
Top notch
I've just realised my perfect "bike car" can be had for £1500.
Impreza was a good choice, but I'd probably spring for the Legacy if it were me, purely for the legroom.
Failing that, a Passat 4Motion or Octavia Scout, although the Legacy would fit more into the "power" theme.
Not just a bike either - Jeremy's bed looked astoundingly comfortable!
'twas ok that, shall watch next weeks..
The last time I watched Top gear it was like a news show for cars, It was probably in the seventies or thereabouts. I might watch that and see how things have come along, I know its a different show now.
Got to say i'd like to know how or where Hamond managed to get that Subapoo for under 1500 quid 🙂
Got to say i'd like to know how or where Hamond managed to get that Subapoo for under 1500 quid
can't find a bugeye at the moment, but a classic here for closer to a grand:
If it's a cat D you should be able to find a bugeye for closer to £1500 or a leggy one for that money
Failing that, a Passat 4Motion or Octavia Scout, although the Legacy would fit more into the "power" theme.
Can you get them for £1500?
Got to say i'd like to know how or where Hamond managed to get that Subapoo for under 1500 quid
Did you not see the paintwork? It's rogered. Lacquer was peeling off on the bonnet!
EDIT
I just looked on Auto Trader. There's a good choice of them at that price, probably in better nick than Hammonds. £2k buys a pretty nice one.
Bit late to the party but... like it.
Heart says 850R, head says Impreza. And how many of those Scorpios were ever sold? IIRC, there were something like 15 a year selling of the saloons when they ceased production, so what - 3 a year of the estates?!
All subarus are common up here for that money 10 years + old
Most as rear inner arch ways need alot o welding for mot .... Meanwhile in uganda mot consists of ?????
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Personally I'd have gone for a 4WD Volvo, loads of V70 AWD's available at less than £1500.
Personally I'd have gone for a 4WD Volvo, loads of V70 AWD's available at less than £1500.
Part of the fun is getting a clearly less-than-suitable car through the terrain, though.
Even though it's all contrived, still pretty entertaining stuff.
I want their "job".
Brought back fond memories of my old 850R
Kryton57 - MemberI've just realised my perfect "bike car" can be had for £1500.
That's precisely what I was thinking. I never thought I'd ever say this, but I want a Volvo 😯
@ Binners - in an attempt to be more modern I've just spent sone time looking at fairly current V50's. those with the body kits look pretty good.
Do you know - I would!
Love the way the bugeyed Scorpio is hit by the ugly stick but the Imprezza Bugeye is cool...
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First time we actually got to see how many support crew are along for the ride judging by the queue for the loo 🙂
My wife drives a slightly newer version of the Impreza. She was well chuffed how it got on. I get to call her an agri-yob now. 😀
She was well chuffed how it got on. I get to call her an agri-yob now.
Win win! 😀
great episode, the specials are soooo much better than the normal show.
agri-yob
ahhhh, so that's what they were saying.
I thought it was pretty good although not a lot happened. I thought the car conversions spoiled it a bit - another re-hash.
You sure? I thought they were saying ANGRY yob.
I thought it turned into Jackass briefly when they entered Jezza...
First decent Top Gear episode in ages. Can't wait til next week. Genuinely funny even if entirely contrived. Admire Jeremy's posh hotel.
Impressed by how capable the Impreza was as well.
First time we actually got to see how many support crew are along for the ride judging by the queue for the loo
Apparently the best car to go anywhere in is any mildly ridiculous car, and a small fleet of Range Rovers
Harry_the_Spider - MemberThat's a lot of car for £900
Tries not to throw up. Throws up a lot.
Was a bit dull I thought, especially the whole source of the Nile contrived thing, could have just done it about driving around Lake Victoria or something. There's only so much fat guts in sweaty shirts I want to see to.
I wonder if they did actually sleep in that crappy 'hotel' the first night, fair play if they did (I wouldn't have!). I also wonder how many of the support crew are security to, I doubt they'd last long otherwise...
There's no way they slept in the truck drivers' brothel, there will have been an Indian or South-African owned hotel just down the road. Uganda isn't that backward! It's actually one of the cleaner, nicer countries I've visited in Africa.
I can vouch for the traffic in Kampala though, it's the worst I've ever seen. it took me two hours to be driven the 3 kms from my agent's office to my hotel one evening; I'd have jumped out and risked a "boda-boda" motorcycle taxi but that would have meant abandoning the poor hapless Indian clerk who had been given the job of diverting to my hotel on his way home and it didn't seem right.
You can tell from the way the TG trio don't really engage with the locals that they are just the visible part of a massive road show and the comedy bog queue was an indication of the resources that actually go into creating these so-called "budget" escapades.