Mongolia was great but this looks like it might be the best GT yet. That Buick makes me tingle a little but what is that other car Hammond is driving with the V tail and the massive spoiler?
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
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Looking forward to this. I am pretty sure I have driven some of those roads shown in the trailer.
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I was very pleased with the episode. Laughed a number of times. Not entirely sure I understand the ending. I can come up with 3 potential explanations.
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Originally posted by xanth: Wife and I enjoyed it, some good laughs in it.
Didn't quite understand the short bit on the muscle cars though, seemed kind of tacked on.
I agree. Maybe added in postproduction reshoots because they were short on time(?) That, or it was a lame lead in to contrast a Scottish Manor house, Land Rovers, tweed and double barrel shotguns versus Hammond walking up in a trucker's cap with an AR for why American cars don't "fit in" over there.
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Originally posted by Blackmore: Good but not great IMHO, but I may be jaded because Clarkson's Farm was excellent.
I agree. While it is not the Top Gear folks, those who enjoy the "year in a life" farm shows there are a number of series, some of which are on Prime presently by 3 british experts, one historian 2 archaeologists, who live on a farm here or there for a year representing periods of English history that are very good watches as well, Edwardian Farm, Victorian Farm, Tudor Monastery farm and other shows that they did.
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^ I would't be surprised if that Shelby wasn't already Hammond's. I know he had a Mustang back in his Top Gear days. That might be it.
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Originally posted by Orguss: ^ I would't be surprised if that Shelby wasn't already Hammond's. I know he had a Mustang back in his Top Gear days. That might be it.
Hamster has a blue 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390, if I recall correctly. He used a green 1971 Mustang Mach 1 for the Top Gear Patagonia episode. His wife has a 2016 Mustang convertible. My sister is huge Top Gear and Mustang fan so I differ to her knowledge.
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I thought the ending a bit strange but after thinking about it I thought it was a subtle dig at the Chinese and their desire to rule the world by any means
That castle they stayed at looks simply awesome. Would love to stay there some day.
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