mistergrumpy
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 06:25 PM |
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Top Gear
1945 hours tonight.
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pinto
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 06:33 PM |
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Lets hope its better than the last few
It was one of my must view programs
But the last couple have been disapioting
Might be getting old    
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 06:45 PM |
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Tonights one looks good, looks like they are doing an off road trip in cheap 4x4's in bolivia!!! 
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iank
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:06 PM |
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Doing the 'Road of Death' by the looks of the trailers.
http://www.ssqq.com/archive/vinlin27b.htm
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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scootz
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:06 PM |
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I can almost guess the content...
Getting Caught up in a Drug War
Driving Scary Roads
Threatened with Kidnap
Being Eaten by Jungle-Beasties
Other Staged Bolivian Stereotyping... etc. etc.
Probably not quite, but I guess I won't be miles off the mark!
It's Evolution Baby!
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scootz
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:07 PM |
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Lol... you posted at the same time as me Ian - I've got at least one part right and it's not even started yet!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Benzine
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:09 PM |
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you left out:
50+ similies
exaggerated incompetence
reference to hammond's height/teeth
sabotage of each others cars
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:13 PM |
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I got the Clarkson DVD for Christmas and it was very similar to a TG episode. Dropping a piano on a Marina, dropping a car off a crane, bad acting and
there was even VBH and Tiff Needle on it with bone acting too.
Hope tonight is good because it's too predictable as of late and close to being crossed off my watching list.
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scootz
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
you left out:
50+ similies
exaggerated incompetence
reference to hammond's height/teeth
sabotage of each others cars
And James May driving slowly...
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StevieB
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I can almost guess the content...
Getting Caught up in a Drug War
Driving Scary Roads
Threatened with Kidnap
Being Eaten by Jungle-Beasties
Other Staged Bolivian Stereotyping... etc. etc.
Probably not quite, but I guess I won't be miles off the mark!
You forgot:
All whilst pretending they do it all on their own and don't really have a dozen ex SAS types on the other side of the camera...
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 07:51 PM |
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Hammond the land roverman bought a toyota
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scootz
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 08:07 PM |
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The shite-o-meter is off the scale!
Switching over already!
It's Evolution Baby!
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:01 PM |
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Seemed to start terribly but got a bit better as they were starved of oxygen.
I think they'd be better at presenting 'Wish You Were Here'. They do get to some great places.
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:02 PM |
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I liked it, and am now looking for a range rover!!
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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scutter
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:08 PM |
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Strangely after 2 weeks of disappointment, I really enjoyed that
ATB Dan.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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JoelP
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:10 PM |
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big improvement, still the staging and dramatisation, but since i love 4x4s it was always going to be ok.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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morcus
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:49 PM |
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The start was awful, but once they got going it was very good, and didn't come across as staged as they normally do. That Death road bit looked
quite frightening. Much less in the way of stupid gimics and gifts, and even the writing on the cars bit was only short And James acknowledged that
the hammond chrashing into him bit wasn't funny and never has been.
It would have been better if they'd explained more about what they were doing and why, though I doubt they all could.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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Nash
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:55 PM |
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Sorry but I thought it was EPIC
I love these road trip challenges. Old cars and not easy adventures. I know they are staged but they still have to do them.
Great show. I think they should do a whole series of these for Season 157 or whatever it is next.
I love 4x4's so I'm biased
IMHO
.........Neil
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
Southern Kit Car Club
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 09:57 PM |
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I though it was pretty good, a significant improvement over the rest of this seasons efforts.
The super-obvious staging of Hammond losing his car down the big sand dune was annoying though. If they thought it was too dangerous without 4WD then
why not just say that and leave it.
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I can almost guess the content...
Getting Caught up in a Drug War
Driving Scary Roads
Threatened with Kidnap
Being Eaten by Jungle-Beasties
Other Staged Bolivian Stereotyping... etc. etc.
Would have thought you'd have rated this episode as you only got 1 right 
[Edited on 27/12/09 by MikeRJ]
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carpmart
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 10:00 PM |
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I have to agree! I enjoyed that more than virtually any programme for the last couple or so series!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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McLannahan
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 10:05 PM |
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Stunning cinematography. Some beautiful scenery too.
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StevieB
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 10:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
The super-obvious staging of Hammond losing his car down the big sand dune was annoying though. If they thought it was too dangerous without 4WD then
why not just say that and leave it.
I quite agree - they could have just admitted it was too dangerous and then pushed the Landcruiser down the hill all the same as a demonstration of
what can go wrong.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 10:39 PM |
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I with you lot, apart from the start it got better, the old classics on coils are so much better off road than the p38 shape onwards, those old coil
springs suck up the rough roads so much better than air bags.
The only thing that beats them off road with good tyres is a 90.
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/12/09 at 11:22 PM |
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I enjoyed it, I missed the start and saw it from where they were getting the cars off the raft. I was surprised nobody had a proper taliban wagon
though, they would have p!ssed it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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scootz
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| posted on 28/12/09 at 09:25 AM |
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Seems like I should have stuck around... the first 15 mins was doing my head in, so off it went!
It's Evolution Baby!
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