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TopGear special tonight
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:37 pm
by shineydave
20:00
Top Gear (Motoring)
Polar Special.
In Top Gear's most ambitious and arduous challenge to date Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond attempt to race from Northern Canada to the North Pole, 450 miles away. The terrain in between is some of the toughest on earth - a mix of mountainous land masses and jagged sea ice where temperatures can drop to a mind-numbing minus 65 degrees Celcius. Jeremy and James will be driving a specially adapted pick up truck whilst Richard will be travelling on something a little less high tech - a sled pulled by a team of ten Canadian Inuit Dogs.
says it's a repeat but i don't recall seeing this one before
RE: TopGear special tonight
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:33 pm
by derdle
I don't recall seeing it either...but now got it recorded. looking forward to seeing some more Top Gear excess!
RE: TopGear special tonight
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:39 pm
by shineydave
bloody hell that was one of the best i've seen, the Hi-Lux truly is an all purpose vehicle, and the bumper pooper and Clarkson freezing the bolt onto his lips, classic.
i really felt for poor Hammond when he was recording his video diary, it seems it isn't all fun and games on a Top Gear challange
RE: TopGear special tonight
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:51 pm
by neily
that was an amazing episode! Certainly not a repeat.
So good I might just go and watch it again......
RE: TopGear special tonight
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:11 pm
by SteveH
Fantastic, went in a Hilux "Super Jeep" in Iceland last March and they are truly awesome bits of kit... I must admit I was damn scared when we broke through the ice into a glacial river underneath... and that is nothing in comparison to what was on tonights programme... enough respect to those guys going to the pole, particularly hammond, what a legend!
RE: TopGear special tonight
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:45 pm
by CliveH
bollox! missed it...
RE: TopGear special tonight
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:18 am
by SteveH
Clive, its going to be repeated on Sunday night so no worries!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:05 am
by Jarv
Great program, but would have been nice to have actually seen the hamster arrive at the pole. Unless I nodded off and missed that bit.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:38 am
by Alps
No no no no no! You all seem to be missing the point. What's the point in going all the way to such a beautiful place, only to spend your time doing what you'd do in a British winter. Stuck in a car!
Nope. For me, Hammond had the better option. Bleedin' hard option. But a better one.
As for Clarkson - what an A1, Premier League, Top Notch PR1CK! I'm starting to think the same of May too.
Me and the wife were p1ssin ourselves when Clarkson got that bolt stuck. Preying on hands and knees that it wouldn't come loose. That would have shut him up at last
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:50 pm
by Brooner
As for Clarkson - what an A1, Premier League, Top Notch PR1CK
Agreed only a fecking idiot would go flat out i those conditions Very entertaining all the same Top Gear excess
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:36 pm
by SteveH
He was driving like a complete muppet, total mechanical disrespect...
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:08 pm
by shineydave
only a fecking idiot would go flat out
...................and not expect the fuel tank to drop off and to bend a damper
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:53 pm
by ChipHazzard
I like the way they re-fitted the tyre mind you
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:14 pm
by shineydave
haven't you seen the tyre thing before? it was featured in (i think) one of the motorworld series quite a while back
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:17 pm
by fil
after watching it, i quite fancy a 3.0D hilux
anyone want an S4!
