Top Gear tonight (South America)

by **martine** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:28 pm

I know some of the 'stunts' they pull are staged but the bolivian pass looked geniune and it made me squirm watching JC pass the car with the shear drop just inches from his wheel :shock:

Excellent episode.

by **x-Sonia-x** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:56 pm

It was the best episode ever - a real cracker!! I soooooo want to drive down those dunes

by **martine** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:09 pm

x-Sonia-x wrote:It was the best episode ever - a real cracker!! I soooooo want to drive down those dunes

Really? Perhaps I'm getting too old :roll:

I thought the climb to 17,000+ feet was interesting...quite impressive they (car and driver) got that far really before turning back. How high would they have had to go to get 'over the top' I wonder?

by **waremark** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:18 pm

I agree. Whatever sort of support crew they had with them, it looked like a genuine adventure. I was wondering how much JC's life insurance costs the BBC.

I was impressed at Richard and James getting the Toyota going again after the prop shaft broke. I wondered how much help they had from Top Gear engineer?

by **x-Sonia-x** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:19 pm

martine wrote:I thought the climb to 17,000+ feet was interesting...quite impressive they (car and driver) got that far really before turning back. How high would they have had to go to get 'over the top' I wonder?

Perhaps ADUK should set up an expedition to go over that volcano, and reach the top...

....im up for it :wink:

by **Angus** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:42 pm

martine wrote:I know some of the 'stunts' they pull are staged but the bolivian pass looked geniune and it made me squirm watching JC pass the car with the shear drop just inches from his wheel

It looked good, but I'll be very surprised if there wasn't some way of tethering him to the cliff face

Interesting (and unlicenced) alternative use of Viagra. Clarkson looks like he could use it for its original purpose tho'

by **TripleS** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:54 pm

chriskay wrote:....the original use for Viagra was to treat high blood pressure or angina, but it wasn't very effective.

That's unfortunate. Reading some of the stuff on these forums is bad news for my blood pressure. :roll:

Best wishes all,
Dave.

by **Angus** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:32 pm

chriskay wrote: Oh, and the original use for Viagra was to treat high blood pressure or angina, but it wasn't very effective.

Perhaps not the original use, but what I was alluding to was as a remedy for hair loss.

by **TripleS** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:28 pm

chriskay wrote:
Angus wrote:Perhaps not the original use, but what I was alluding to was as a remedy for hair loss.

Well, I can't get it to work for that either.

Pretty much useless then, this Viagra stuff. I could certainly do with a new thatched roof.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

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