Top Gear Boliva Special tonight 19:45pm.

F Body · December 27, 2009, 11:36:49 AM

The last of the proper specials following the BBC cost cuts

The boys go to Boliva, buy 3 cheap 4x4's and drive from the Amazon Basin to the coast of Chile along the El Camino de la Muerte ( aka Death Road )

Fieldy · December 27, 2009, 01:00:22 PM

On record

Cunning Plan · December 27, 2009, 01:09:05 PM

Going to iPlayer it.. Cheers for reminder though

daveyboy · December 27, 2009, 02:30:51 PM

ready and waiting , just watching may messing about with toy trains

Andy · December 27, 2009, 04:40:58 PM

Bloomin' good that! Makes me want to get a 4x4 and go green laning around here.

I think Clarkson is getting endorsed by the iphone apps people!

daveyboy · December 27, 2009, 05:08:45 PM

it was good but it was no vietnam.

Andy · December 27, 2009, 05:16:11 PM

True, Vietnam special was very impressive. The only jiggle is how much really happens and how much is scripted. Hammond had a very lucky escape with his 4x4 though.. Won't say anymore for those that haven't seem it yet.

F Body · December 28, 2009, 02:07:57 AM

Quoting: daveyboy

it was good but it was no vietnam

I love the way they just happen upon a workshop that has all the right bits for modifying the cars

Still at least they proved one thing

That the Buick derived 3.5 litre V8 is a very reliable engine

It only became unreliable when the Land Rover Engineers overbored it 3.9 litres and above

Fieldy · December 28, 2009, 05:28:28 AM

Quoting: daveyboy

it was good but it was no vietnam.

Vietnam was very good, also USA. This was ok

Quoting: Andy

I think Clarkson is getting endorsed by the iphone apps people!

Noticed this is one of the other episodes and mentioned it on here, but I don't remember seeing his iPhone on this episode?

Cunning Plan · December 28, 2009, 09:23:54 AM

Anyone else want a Range Rover now?

I am supprised no-one took a Defender or Series III Landy..

HardRockCamaro · December 28, 2009, 01:21:06 PM

Should've been a Jeep instead of a Suzuki...

cuban pete · December 28, 2009, 01:28:34 PM

Quoting: F Body

Quoting: daveyboy
it was good but it was no vietnam

I love the way they just happen upon a workshop that has all the right bits for modifying the cars

Still at least they proved one thing

That the Buick derived 3.5 litre V8 is a very reliable engine

It only became unreliable when the Land Rover Engineers overbored it 3.9 litres and above

Had a 3.9 m reg discovery for a couple of years now , never a moments trouble with it , but then it is a rangey in drag .

My brother in law has the newer shape one and that is a money pit

HardRockCamaro · December 28, 2009, 01:38:39 PM

That's interesting as the original disco (the 3 door) had a horrendous reliability record in the US, so much so that it really hurt the brand image over there for many years to come.

Andy · December 28, 2009, 01:48:44 PM

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

Should've been a Jeep instead of a Suzuki..

That Toyota Hammond had didn't look far removed from a Jeep.

Quoting: fieldy

Quoting: Andy
Noticed this is one of the other episodes and mentioned it on here, but I don't remember seeing his iPhone on this episode?

if you watch closely, while they're sat around being bored, Clackson starts playing what sounds like an Orcarina. It's an app where you blow into the microphone and it uses that to produce the effect of you blowing into it while moving your fingers on the touch screen to sound different notes.

The other App they used was the dB meter for when they were driving cars through the tunnels under that big building.

cuban pete · December 28, 2009, 01:49:28 PM

maybe i'm lucky . had a 79 lotus esprit for Ten years and that was good as gold as well . had to tinker with it in and out , but no worse than that .

i still think that with any make of car , you get good ones and bad ones . it takes a handful of bad cars to sully the reputation of a decent enough vehicle .

same with Alfa's . great cars with real heart and soul , but someones aunts brothers mothers toenail clippings had problems with one when the moon was full and there nextdoor neighbours dog was in heat....so therefore they are all crap.....well you know what i mean :)

cuban pete · December 28, 2009, 01:56:25 PM

bugger . can't do an edit for toffe crappy

Fieldy · December 29, 2009, 03:05:32 AM

Quoting: Andy

The other App they used was the dB meter for when they were driving cars through the tunnels under that big building.

That was in another episode, as I said, I remember seeing that, but none in the Bolivia episode.

Quoting: Andy

That Toyota Hammond had didn't look far removed from a Jeep.

I thought it was for about 20 seconds, me and my old man both did.

Quoting: cuban pete

Had a 3.9 m reg discovery for a couple of years now , never a moments trouble with it , but then it is a rangey in drag .

My brother in law has the newer shape one and that is a money pit

Interesting, As we were looking at discos when I bought my pick-up and all I read was bad reliability issues. My bro-in-law has the new ('08) Disco, no problems and is beautiful.....

Andy · December 29, 2009, 05:15:42 AM

Quoting: Andy

if you watch closely, while they're sat around being bored, Clackson starts playing what sounds like an Orcarina. It's an app where you blow into the microphone and it uses that to produce the effect of you blowing into it while moving your fingers on the touch screen to sound different notes.

while they're sat on the logs waiting for the barge to turn up.

Fieldy · December 29, 2009, 07:20:49 AM

Quoting: Andy

while they're sat on the logs waiting for the barge to turn up.

never noticed TBH