maxtherotti Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 yep just watched it (in fact first tv i have seen all holiday) and loved it yes its all staged and they were prob recovered 150 times each by the crew but its still a laugh rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bob Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Anyone else notice the wire rope and alloy fairlead combinations? They obviously weren't intending to use them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Anyone else notice the wire rope and alloy fairlead combinations? They obviously weren't intending to use them... I noticed that It was good fun and i thoroughly enjoyed it. But some of it irritated me. Rolling the LC was a shame only 'Yota I would buy. (am i turning into a grumpy old man? ) And well done Rangie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 There is a dedicated Top Gear thread for this. Certainly is which is why the thread is now part of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighlandRover Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Best TV all holidays, people shouldn't be moaning when we all get to see some mud action ( staged as it probably is) instead of S*%$y Eastenders!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Certainly is which is why the thread is now part of it! I did try the forum search by typing Top Gear into it. I then got 200 threads about transfer boxes and gears returned - hence why this bit of the thread was not originally linked to this top gear thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bean Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I must admit i was envious.... I would have loved to be in that jungle Camel Trophy style NOT BBC style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p38rr Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 When are you lot going to realise that top Gear is just an entertainment show loosely based around motoring!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I must admit i was envious.... I would have loved to be in that jungle Camel Trophy style NOT BBC style Ditto that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_P Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I must admit i was envious.... I would have loved to be in that jungle Camel Trophy style NOT BBC style You mean like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestgrump Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pm34y/Top_Gear_Series_14_Bolivia_Special/ enough said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Best Top Gear for years - I still wonder how much is staged/faked though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 very funny show. i must say i am a green oval nut but the toyota was the best looking car very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Excellent entertainment, RRC,s do look good in the jungle, mmm Darien Gap , mind you that toyota was rather lovely too, I saw quite a few of those when I was in NZ with small block V8's and one with a Lexus V8. Good tv at least there was no glitz and phone voting........ Think I saw plasma rope on one of the winchs at one point cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlykepower Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I still wonder how much is staged/faked though... Almost every minute of it would have been staged, with, I imagine, very little room for ad-libbing. Being the BBC, H&S would have been as much a priority as entertainment too. Did you notice, that when they got to that village to carry out the "mods" they all came away with roll cages? In some shots from the start, Hammonds cage was already visible. I dont expect remote Bolivian villages to have facilities to manufacture cages, so I presume these were ordered from elsewhere, and were waiting for the team when they arrived. Also, I wonder what level of support was on this trip? As happened on the North Pole trip, they were accompanied by several other vehicles, not only for the camera & sound crew, but Polar & survival professionals. What vehicles did they have along for this, and what professional support? I can 100% guarantee that the 3 of them were not blithely bush clearing themselves; nor was that slope driven for the first time by them......both the Range Rover & the Suzuki had been down it before with a pro driver. I think it was a very, very good Top Gear, and thoroughly enjoyed it ("Poo is coming out") and all the people who care about the fact that they were using wire winch rope with an ali fairlead, should just remember....it is just entertainment. Top Gear was actually number 1 on a program later on the same night, called "Top telly of the noughties" and they all said in interview, that they are just doing stuff that almost all men would love to be able to do. They dont want to teach lessons, or provide consumer advice...just have a laugh with their mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick w Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 It was very good althought i do think much of it was staged like most of the challenges they do at least we had a bit of off roading on the box for a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguevogue Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 As usual they have done nothing but damage for the image of all offroading. Great for the manufacturers but very bad for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Anyone else notice the wire rope and alloy fairlead combinations? They obviously weren't intending to use them... I think this had more to do with advertising as the fairleads in question were nice blingy blue one's with Superwinch clearly showing, a roller farlead would have no name on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troddenmasses Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Did you notice, that when they got to that village to carry out the "mods" they all came away with roll cages? In some shots from the start, Hammonds cage was already visible. I dont expect remote Bolivian villages to have facilities to manufacture cages, or provide large suspension lifts, so I presume these were ordered from elsewhere, and were waiting for the team when they arrived. Yup. These people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I loved it, every minute, the best entertainment TV for the whole of Christmas -I even said to my better half 'Right, Christmas is over now' -'huh' she replied - 'yeah, top gear Christmas special has finished'..... As for being staged... of course it was, get over it, as for ruining our image, ummmmmmm how? They have shown what can be done with almost standard vehicles (at the beginning anyways), they didn't do anything illegal, had fun, broke a sweat, and inspired people to do the similar things. If that's bad for 'off roaders' then I don't know what is good..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I did try the forum search by typing Top Gear into it. I then got 200 threads about transfer boxes and gears returned - hence why this bit of the thread was not originally linked to this top gear thread. I found it by using the advanced search and restricting it to the International. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I found it by using the advanced search and restricting it to the International. I should have done that, but still thought it was silly that typing Top Gear into a search of the whole forum didnt bring this up since that is its title - surely this should be the most relevant if sorted in that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 The forum search function is complete poo - we already know that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 The support for the programme was done by Wildtrackers a UK based outfit staffed by ex Camel guys who do lots of work for vehicle manufacturers and the TV and film industry. The end credits did list UK Camel Trophy winner/legend Bob Ives among the Vehicle Consultants. The Top Gear Polar expedition was supported by Arctic Trucks from Iceland the same people who built the Hilux's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patch1 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I just typed in topgear and it was the second down. Bloody good telly watchin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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