Riding through Vietnam

[markbvt]

I know there are a bunch of Top Gear fans here -- you all need to download this week's episode (aired yesterday in the UK), in which Clarkson, Hammond, and May are sent to Vietnam and given about $1000 each to acquire a set of wheels. Finding that cars are way too expensive there, they have to buy motorcycles (well, sort of... two of the three are actually scooters, but close enough), much to Clarkson's dismay, of course. And then they have to ride them 1000 miles north from Saigon to a coastal city just south of the Chinese border. Great ep, and seeing Clarkson squeezed onto a Vespa is priceless.

Go to www.finalgear.com for download info.

I kept thinking how much I'd love to be there with my XR650L...

--mark

[bigred875]

or here
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=I6CX0RRM

[OreoGaborio]

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nice, i love that show. You can also see it on channel 241 on comcast. They replay em pretty often. Mondays at 8 are when they show new episodes.

[schleppy]

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nice, i love that show. You can also see it on channel 241 on comcast. They replay em pretty often. Mondays at 8 are when they show new episodes.

They always seem behind. I have the latest episode if anyone wants it.

[The Snowman]

I watched the whole thing. Friggin hilarious! I love the ending at the floating bar.

[R-S-V]

This episode was great! I wasn't sure about it at first, but its definitely worth watching. The "alternative" bike in case theirs broke down was priceless

And yeah, the BBC America shows are at least a year behind and heavily editted.

[Doc]

"My dong is gonna be all soggy..."

"Somebody has written penis on my helmet"

That was awesome. Who wants to do something like that hear. 1000 miles on lil bikes 125cc or less. I'll do it!

[hqp921]

*subscribed so I can remember to download it at home*

[Cerberus]

funny shit.. laugh out loud funny at several parts

[Daytona440]

Great episode...

however i apparently need to upgrade or wait 54 minutes to watch the final few minutes...

What the crap!

[spicy]

watched it earlier today.

hilarious, but TG is for car shenanigans. i respect their attempts to diversify, and it was funny, but stick to cars, or make a satellite TG: Motorcycles or something.

i kept hoping they'd find some hilarious way to incorporate the Stig into the ep, but they didn't... (should've had him riding the backup Easy-Rider-mobile)

[markbvt]

Who wants to do something like that hear. 1000 miles on lil bikes 125cc or less. I'll do it!

I'd be up for that.

--mark

[Cerberus]

I'd be up for that.

--mark

i'd do it too, if we had several support vehicle chasing us around with cameras so the local wouldn't feel tempted to exact some vengeance over that little spat we had almost 40 years ago

[The Snowman]

"Born in the USA..."

[breakdirt916]

I just watched this episode: great stuff!

I like how Jeremy Clarkson's scooter was always on its side when he parked

it was a particularly enjoyable episode for me because I was in south east asia last summer with some friends and:
-tailored suits are cheap!
-scooters are as rampant as they've shown - people used it to carry more than I see trucks hauling!
-I rented a scooter for dirt cheap (for a few dollars a day?) and got to ride some of the coastal roads (I also did wheelies on some back city streets, heheh): they are truly beautiful