Top Gear - Polar special

Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:15
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Hi,

What are people's thoughts on this episode of Top Gear? For real or fantasy?

Chris
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Reply By: Member - Cruiser (NSW) - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:30

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:30
Who cares if it was faked or if it was real, I enjoyed it, but the wrong team won.

Cruiser
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Follow Up By: Old Dave - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:41

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:41
Hi Cruiser

I totally agree it was fantastic SWMBO laughed her socks off

dave
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Follow Up By: madfisher - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:56

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:56
really enjoyed it, great entertainment, also cracked up the SWMBO
cheers Pete
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Reply By: timglobal - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:33

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:33
Well - they did do it, but it is likely beyond many of our means to realise, so a fantasy, or fantastic if you like.

See Arctic Trucks site and [url=http://www.invinciblehilux.co.uk/]Invinvible Hilux site [their name!][/url]for a revealing insight into how they did it - notably with the largely unseen logistical support of the Arctic Challenge event.

Good on them all for having the balls to make-it-happen.

Take care,

Tim
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Follow Up By: timglobal - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:34

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 20:34
Links seem to have fallen off - www.arctictrucks.com and http://www.invinciblehilux.co.uk/ for "proof" :-)
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 21:18

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 21:18
Amazed at how Hilux could turn into a bulldozer and not sustain frontal damage.
Parts were obviously posed as in one shot they were driving along with tyre tracks extending in front of them.
Perhaps they had "passed this way before'.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 22:33

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 22:33
There were at least 3 vehicles, so you would expect tracks!
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Reply By: Shaker - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 22:35

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 22:35
There are a few 'armchair experts' here that think they could have prepared the vehicles better ...... LMAO!
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Reply By: Crackles - Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 22:49

Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 22:49
Very entertaining the way it was presented but it's all the bits behind the scenes you didn't see that made much of it a fantasy. They gave the impression they were pretty much out there on their own when there was a fleet of back up vehicles, skidoo's & planes flying fuel in & scouting the route ahead. The presenters of course were flown out from the Pole while some more footage was shot on the return trip without them. The order of the trek was out of sequence too with the crashed plane before reaching the Pole when it was really after. Scenes of the cars being jumped at speed were no doubt taken out the back of the town and not hundreds of KM's from assistance.
They had absolutely no idea how to drive in deep snow paying little attention to the intructors training prior in fact they were acting like big kids not paying respect to such a dangerous remote area.
Still it would be nice to give an Artic truck a try one day.
Cheers Craig.............
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Follow Up By: DIO - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 06:52

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 06:52
'....they had absolutely no idea how to drive ...'
Gee I would have thought that as it was someone elses vehicle, their driving was about par for the course! Amazing how they managed such a trip and there was absolutely no foul weather (that we saw). For all we know thay may well have just driven around in circles anywhere in the Arctic region. Was it entertaing - yeah only 'cos there was nothing else on at the time.
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Follow Up By: madfisher - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 17:29

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 17:29
Old grumble guts, You would have to be a batcholor as no woman would put up with you
Pete
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 11, 2008 at 21:55

Friday, Jan 11, 2008 at 21:55
ROFLMAO

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Reply By: Rock Crawler - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 00:36

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 00:36
what time is it on ????
and what day ???
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Follow Up By: wdric - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 03:57

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 03:57
This episode was on last Sunday
here is a couple of small segments from the show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y72AsH6nywg
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Follow Up By: Old Dave - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:47

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:47
We are going to watch it again whilst i learn how to it burn from

DVD hard drive to disc

dave
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Reply By: Robnicko - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 08:35

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 08:35
Chris,
I liked the tyre inflation system they used........but on a 41degree day in Vic we can't use it!!!!

Rob
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Reply By: Booman1n2 - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:45

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:45
I liked it. Good entertainment beats bloody Discovery channel, plus there was no American presenters.
To watch it and not realise that there was more to it is the fantasy part.

That Jeremy Clarkson bloke cracks me up.

Next weeks episode will be interesting as well.
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Reply By: Member - Royce- Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 13:18

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 13:18
Would have loved to see it, but it was on in DAYLIGHT. I always mean to come inside and see interesting stuff at that time, but... well... the pump needs fixing, the cattle need moving, the lawn needs mowing, the......

Hope they repeat it at a better time... maybe winter.
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Reply By: pilbaradisco - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 18:14

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 18:14
For more Top Gear info look here:-

http://www.finalgear.com/

Glen.
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Reply By: Member - Bill F (VIC) - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 18:25

Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 18:25
Polar special

We enjoyed it for what it was

If the tricks of a show are explained you think you have been done

Keep a bit of mystery in your life

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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Friday, Jan 11, 2008 at 21:25

Friday, Jan 11, 2008 at 21:25
I was a bit gobsmacked, they were scared witless driving on that Fiord and loved the whole show.

Hammond did all that only 6-7 months after his accident and that IS remarkable
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