Top Gear Polar Special Mistake

[Fev]

hammond looked like he was about to break down when they called him

the tyres were 2500 pounds Each

[TadKa]

Originally Posted by ltd

The actual original Polar Special goes for about 1 hour and ten minutes. What we were shown went for around 50 minutes. In the original, they went on to talk about rocking the car back and forth to get out of being bogged, as well as talking about running the tyres as low as 2 psi over the really soft snow where they got bogged and rocking didn't work. They then went on to talk about the onboard compressor in the back to re-inflate the tyres. In the training part they talk to a guy about frostbite, and he shows them pictures of a guy with frostbite on his wedding vegetables. We did actually miss quite a bit of the show. As for the emergency hammer, it simply kept falling off, and the BBC are adament that it was the one Hilux these guys used.

Thats good enough for me. How cool was the way they reflated the tire with lighter fluid. for some reason I really want to try that.

[xw383]

In the whole episode in the tent having dinner, Clarkson says this would be nice with some wine and May pulls out a bottle. Bloody funny the expression on his face.
Thats an old 4wders trick with the tyre bead, nothing really new there.

[Dave_au]

For the record Hammond and the dogs end up reaching the north pole about 8 or 9 days behind the trucks. The trucks made it to the north pole in three or so days.

[Fev]

Go the Gin though

[Bossxr8]

I couldn't get over the bit where the Ex Commando pushed Clarkson into the water. Holy sheet that must have been a shock to the system.

[Kryton]

Originally Posted by Dave_au

For the record Hammond and the dogs end up reaching the north pole about 8 or 9 days behind the trucks. The trucks made it to the north pole in three or so days.

i think it was a bit more than that.
they spent 3 days in the boulder field alone.

[cupic]

Originally Posted by BHDOGS

They drove to the north pole end of story never speak bad of top gear again

Hear hear dont speak sacrilegious of TG again or feel the wrath from Top Gear Dog

[ltd]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

I couldn't get over the bit where the Ex Commando pushed Clarkson into the water. Holy sheet that must have been a shock to the system.

If you listen to what Jeremy is saying before he is pushed in he says; "what is it when you have a tingling in your left arm and pains in your chest?"

And I love Hammonds comment of "yes roll in the cold snow as that would be much warmer than a big fluffy towel".

[chief]

What about the toilet seat attached to the tow ball, and then Clarkson driving with May out the back with his pants down. :

[DoreSlamR]

Originally Posted by ltd

If you listen to what Jeremy is saying before he is pushed in he says; "what is it when you have a tingling in your left arm and pains in your chest?"

And I love Hammonds comment of "yes roll in the cold snow as that would be much warmer than a big fluffy towel".

Actually the snow would be warmer than the ice water so rolling in the snow would be the smartest thing to do.

The whole show was great but I do feel for Hammond, it pushed him mentally and physically the man looked wrecked in the end.

[Dave_au]

Originally Posted by davway

i think it was a bit more than that.
they spent 3 days in the boulder field alone.

Okay, granted that was off the top of my head re the trucks time, but I do distinctly remember being dissapointed when I found out just how far behind the dogs were to the Hiluxes - I believe I read it on drive.com.au - Ill try and find a link.

[seano14]

the episode on tv was heavily cut down from the original, and curiously enough had a different (and more crap??) soundtrack to it!!

still a good episode. as mentioned there were 3 cars, the hilux jeremy and james were in, a hilux with a canopy towing a trailer, and a black toyota prado.

richard, matti and the dogs weren't alone either though, in some shots you can make out people on ski-doo's (camera men but probably a few other people and possibly a soldier - considering the car team had their own soldier for protection)

[blackwood]

Originally Posted by last fairlane

Hi all re how many Hiluxes were there
To those who can remember 1979 Peter perfect drove 3 Commodores round Aus and called it one and also in the same race from memory Ford used a Cortina with Falcon suspension or was it an XD with Cortina suspension who cares nothing is real any more
Back in 1985 I watched Bathurst and a race preped Gemini blew away a showroom stock V8 5.0litre Commodore down conrod
its horses for courses thanks for listening JOHN still a good show

Just for the record, it was an XD development mule (XC with XD running gear
and suspension).

And for everyone who missed the Polar special, they will most likely bring out
a DVD of it very soon.

[andrewts]

Originally Posted by ltd

The actual original Polar Special goes for about 1 hour and ten minutes. What we were shown went for around 50 minutes. In the original, they went on to talk about rocking the car back and forth to get out of being bogged, as well as talking about running the tyres as low as 2 psi over the really soft snow where they got bogged and rocking didn't work. They then went on to talk about the onboard compressor in the back to re-inflate the tyres. In the training part they talk to a guy about frostbite, and he shows them pictures of a guy with frostbite on his wedding vegetables. We did actually miss quite a bit of the show. As for the emergency hammer, it simply kept falling off, and the BBC are adament that it was the one Hilux these guys used.

Yeah I've got a 1080 HD copy of the full length one, good watching.

[thexyking]

Originally Posted by BHDOGS

They drove to the north pole end of story never speak bad of top gear again

The co-ordinates on the GPS weren't right, I think they went to the magnetic north pole. Clarkson said it was 400 miles from Resolution (?) the town they left from, but it more than 400 miles to the real North Pole from there. Anyway, I didn't see Santa so they couldn't have been at the real North Pole.

I'm not bagging the show, there is no question that the Hamster was doing it hard and what they achieved was amazing.

[FordFella]

I think SBS has caught up a bit - they used to be about a year and a half behind and now aren't they about 6 months? Hammonds comeback is on next week. Are they just putting them on more frequently than they are being filmed or are they skipping entire seasons?