Thread: Top Gear Bolivia Special

Originally Posted by RaZz0R

errr - quick shifting a bike is a different can of worms compared to car\4WD the dog bones differ as well. Take it from someone who rode a modded Hayabusa pulling over 180HP on the rear wheel - quick shifting = super speed that cops hate & can't keep with


I liked this EP as well - however - pitty it really was sooo setup - like 99% of it!!
Here is a link to the blokes that setup the car's before hand, the routes, timing & all the rest of it.

WILDTRACKERS

were you racing that bike though

I loved it, great entertainment regardless of being staged or not, as for the 3 wheel drive Suzi when it was trying to drive up the bank at the start they said only one wheel was spinning, that does not make it three wheel drive as it's an open diff and you would expect only one wheel to be spinning, i think it's more a case of presenters not knowing what they are looking at. Also find it funny that May is afraid of heights yet is a pilot.

Originally Posted by Wortho

I loved it, great entertainment regardless of being staged or not, as for the 3 wheel drive Suzi when it was trying to drive up the bank at the start they said only one wheel was spinning, that does not make it three wheel drive as it's an open diff and you would expect only one wheel to be spinning, i think it's more a case of presenters not knowing what they are looking at. Also find it funny that May is afraid of heights yet is a pilot.

I think it is more a case of giving them a great opportunity later in the show to claim that one of their vehicles was 2WD, one was 3WD and one was 4WD. As always, they were more interested in a good one liner than accurate information.

After all you didn't take them seriously when they claimed in another episode that when you put your foot down in that Mercedes they were testing, that it had so much torque that it spun the earth backwards. Why should the 3WD comment be taken any more seriously? It was meant to be a witty comment, not an accurate piece of information.

BTW, the sensation of height in a plane is quite different from the sensation of height on the edge of a cliff. At least it was for me when I used to fly a glider and when I did some rock climbing.

Great episode, enjoyed it all, and it is entertainment, which is why it rates so highly.

anyone else noticed the bit where the range rover has just pulled jeremy out of the river ( whilst still on the barge) has got the sound of a diesel engine dubbedd onto it!

my favorite bit is when Clarkson pulls the SJ up the river bank

Clarkson: There's only an ounce to pull
May: Please be gentle Jeremy, and not a yob
Clarkson: POWER!!!! [he floors it!]

Originally Posted by stooge

Speaking of mechanical things, like the 3 wheeled suzuki, did anyone else think that the use of the words "Clutch problems" was incorrect on the Toyo? If it was clutch, Hamster wouldnt have any drive, more like gearbox/snyc problems than clutch. Being pedantic I know

Hi All

Lazerus here revieving an old thread!

The hopelessly small, useless badly designed, throwout race that hates rain water in a desert, dies and leaves the clutch engaged .

I only had one FJ40, that was one too many !

Cheers Arthur