1. - Hello!
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3. Thanks, everybody.
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4. Good noises.
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5. Thank you.
Thank you, everyone.
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6. Welcome! And in
this incredible show...
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7. Richard reads a map...
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8. James wears a hat...
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9. And I remember how old I am.
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10. I'm 57.
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11. Brilliant stuff.
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12. A brilliant show.
A good one.
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13. Now, that smorgasbord
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14. of nail-biting action
is all to come,
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15. but we start with our feet
firmly on the ground.
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16. You see, us three agree on,
well, almost nothing, really,
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17. but we do agree that all
medium-sized SUVs
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18. are dreary and drab
and rubbish.
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19. Yes, but, and we were talking
about this the other day,
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20. they are incredibly popular.
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21. And we were arguing over
which ones we'd buy,
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22. if we absolutely had to.
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23. Yeah, and needless to say,
we couldn't agree.
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24. No, it got quite heated.
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25. It did get
very heated indeed.
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26. So we decided
we should settle it
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27. by taking The Grand Tour
this week to Canada.
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28. No, we didn't.
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29. This was
the meeting point we chose.
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30. The Area 27 race track.
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31. It was designed by F1 star
Jacques Villeneuve.
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a hidden gem.
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33. And I'd be driving
round it in this:
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34. the new Alfa Romeo Stelvio.
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I would buy one of these
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36. because the saloon
on which it's based
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37. is faster, cheaper,
more economical
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38. and nicer to drive,
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39. but if I had to have
an SUV...
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40. This is what I'd choose.
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41. At this point, May arrived
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42. in the supercharged
V6 Range Rover Velar.
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43. Well, you've done that wrong.
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44. - No, I haven't.
- Mm.
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45. Look, in the first season
of The Grand Tour,
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46. we did a big test of three
large off-roaders.
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and you went:
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48. "You'd be mad not to have
a Range Rover,
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49. the Range Rover
is literally the best."
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50. So you can't then stand there
and say that it isn't.
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51. What I meant when
I said you'd got it wrong,
well, I meant two things.
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52. you've picked
the wrong one -
you should have had an Alfa,
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53. it's the wrong colour.
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54. I saw one of those
in London
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55. the other day
and it was silver,
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56. and it's one of the
best-looking cars
I've ever seen.
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57. It is a very good-looking
car, yes, I agree.
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58. Really good-looking.
That's just hideous.
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59. That looks like it's got a
glovebox full of K and MDF...
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60. What, building materials?
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61. No, not MDF. What do I mean?
What is it? I don't know.
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- MDMA. Director
knew that, weirdly.
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63. Anyway, never mind that.
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64. What that is is a Range Rover
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and the Range Rover Sport.
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sat there.
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67. No, that sits over
to one side.
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68. No, the Discovery Sport sits
between the Evoque and the...
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69. - No, wait.
- No, the Discovery Sport...
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- Yes.
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to one side.
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72. - No, it isn't.
- Yes, it is.
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73. - Why is it?
- Because that's the serious
off-roady bit, not the...
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74. It's not serious!
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75. Before we had a
chance to get to the bottom
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complicated line-up,
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arrived in a Porsche Macan.
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78. Wow, Hammond, that is modern.
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79. Yeah, that's where
you're wrong.
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81. This is the new Porsche Macan
Turbo Performance Pack.
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82. You get 40 horsepower
more than the standard Turbo,
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83. so it makes 434 in total.
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84. - I'm sorry, 434?
- Yeah, in there, yes.
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85. And you managed
to make it move?
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86. - Why?
- 505!
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87. Italian horses.
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88. Which, let's face it,
a flock of Italian horses
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Shire to Shetland.
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90. - These are German horses—
- How many torques?
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- 443.
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93. Well, it's too many
for a car on stilts.
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94. - This isn't!
- It's high, that, isn't it?
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95. What do you mean?
Of course it's high!
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96. It looks like somebody's
startled it!
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97. It's an SUV!
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98. At this point,
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99. we decided to get on
with testing
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100. the "S" part of our SUVs,
the sporty bit.
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101. We began by sending
a BMW M3 sport saloon
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102. round the track to get
a benchmark time.
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103. It's a really,
really good race track.
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104. "Good race track"
is like saying "fun fair",
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105. it's just a contradiction.
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106. James, I think most
of our viewers would
disagree with you on that.
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107. I dunno.
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108. - Here it comes.
- Here it is, and...
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109. Two minutes 26 seconds,
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110. and James May will
now fail to match that
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111. in his Range Rover Velar.
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112. James was
soon ready to go,
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113. but there was a problem.
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114. Can you hear me in the BMW?
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115. Could we have the brown
BMW get off the track?
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116. Saying
the key isn't in the car.
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117. - Well, how did he do a lap?
- I don't know.
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118. Because if it was keyless,
if somebody got out
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and it was running—
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120. - No, no, cos they stop.
- No, they don't.
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121. What?
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122. Course they don't,
cos otherwise it'd
just stop on the motorway.
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123. What they won't
do is restart.
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124. All the while this is going on,
I'm forgetting the track.
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125. You go down here
and you go left,
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126. and then it's a fog.
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127. Who has the key?
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128. Come on, one of you
has been near the BMW.
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129. Where's the key? Have you
checked your pockets?
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130. With the key nowhere
to be found,
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132. Ditch the health and safety
and get on with it anyway.
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133. And he's off!
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134. Right, compared
with Pinky and Perky
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135. I have the least power,
the least torque,
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0-60 time and top speed,
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137. but I do have the mostest
number of gears at eight,
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139. What happens here? No idea.
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140. You know, one of
the reasons why that thing
is gonna be very slow
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141. is because of
who's driving it.
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142. Yeah, it's cause and effect.
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143. Now in bigger Range Rovers
the power is split 50-50
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and rear wheels.
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145. On this one, it's biased
more towards the back
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very sporty.
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147. But it will put some
to the front
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148. when you're off-road,
and you need traction, or...
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149. Oh, God.
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what he did last weekend?
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152. He took his girlfriend across
London to the Victoria
and Albert Museum
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an exhibition of plywood.
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154. How good was that?
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Richard "Lucky" Hammond.
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156. His wife's already telephoned
him this morning,
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157. said if he goes round the
corner with any tyre squeal,
she's divorcing him.
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160. Whoa!
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161. Minding the BMW on arriving
at this first turn.
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one of the three
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dual-clutch gearbox.
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old-school slushmatics.
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166. So it does change
like a race car.
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167. Ooh, did you hear that?
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168. - Nice little sporty noise.
- Yeah.
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can talk the talk.
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active aero,
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171. but it's all wrapped up
in the wrong body.
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I mean...
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174. Those squeals from the tyres
are in protest, not for joy.
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175. Hammond breaking
his record, completing
a lap without a crash.
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176. Finally, it was
the turn of the Stelvio.
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177. Three, two, one. Go!
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178. Oh, well, that's
just a flying start.
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179. And he's hit the BMW.
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180. The twin turbo-charged
V6 engine in this thing...
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181. Well, it's a masterpiece,
there's no other word.
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182. The body's made
from aluminium.
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from carbon fibre.
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184. This has all the ingredients
of a full-on racer.
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185. And it is quick. Easily
the quickest car here.
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186. 0-60, 3.9 seconds.
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189. In a straight line, it would
leave even the M3 for dead.
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isn't a straight line.
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191. Which causes a few problems.
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is the steering.
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you get in the saloon car
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in a car of this type.
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197. Tiniest little movement of
the wheel and it's darting
all over the place.
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198. Couple that to the wobbly
long travel suspension
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199. and it all gets
a bit haywire.
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201. - That was rubbish!
- What was that?
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203. After that fast
but messy lap,
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204. it was time to review
the times.
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205. BMW, two minutes 26.
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three minutes two.
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only 20 seconds slower
than the M3.
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than the Porsche Turbo
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211. that the most sporty of three
completely un-sporty vehicles
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212. is the Alfa Romeo.
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- Right.
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part of our test.
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215. Which was to find out
how utilitarian they are.
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by seeing which one of us
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amount of dogs in
the boot of our car.
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218. - Hammond, you idiot.
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these are what you get.
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- Hammond, they're enormous.
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they're cattle.
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having sex behind you.
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225. Oh, there's dog sex. There's
actual dog sex going on.
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226. - Dog sex. We don't
need to see this.
- Maybe we should...
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the mating, we got on
with the test.
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- Come on!
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it's a new Range Rover!
Come on, dog!
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No. No.
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Up we go. In we go.
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never been in a car and
doesn't want to go in one.
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not only the sportiest
vehicle,
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perfectly capable
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you know electric
tailgates...
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they'll open.
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actually close...
- Never gonna stay in, is it?
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OK, close your boot, then.
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cos it's electric.
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then, so far
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nowhere near as fast
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around a race track.
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a medium-sized dog in them
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the electric tailgate
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them cos they've all
got painted rear ends
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257. And that concludes another
important test. I'm sorry!
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for our third test.
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worked as vehicles.
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we are going to see
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are better than a horse.
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264. It's being ridden by someone
called Meinie Kampf.
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- What?
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Meinie's something
completely different.
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is better than that horse
in every single way.
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- Yes, it is.
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- Well, yes it is,
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jig around a bit when
you're trying to get in it.
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at maximum speed.
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273. It doesn't veer off to one
side to eat something
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Range Rover's arse.
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Thing is, though, we're
trying to find out now
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are faster than
this horse in this arena.
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ride round three barrels
as fast as possible...
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Wrangler jeans.
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281. Her time was 22.69 seconds.
That's what she did it in.
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beat it in my Porsche.
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283. Well, this is what roads look
like where Hammond lives.
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like his garden.
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knackered old caravan...
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287. It's as if we've come
to Hammond's house.
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288. Soon,
I was in position and
preparing for the off.
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289. Right, to do this
I need Sport Plus...
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295. Barrel racing, so, I've gotta
get round this one first
of all, on my right.
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much faster than the horse.
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302. Oh, it's gone into
limp home mode!
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lamentable spectacle!
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don't let him do it again.
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you can't have another go.
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and it was 48.7 seconds,
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308. which means that car,
it's not even half
as good as a horse.
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309. Next, it was May's
turn in the Velar.
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310. Three, two, one, go!
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Actually, I really did
think he'd be lost.
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- Come on.
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he can't find the fence.
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He can't find the fence!
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Please tell me he's
quicker than you.
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the back here?
- Yes.
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those two didn't realise.
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fight the turnaround
on the up.
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the handbrake on,
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handbrake so it
just stops dead.
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is as useless as
the electric tailgate!
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everything has failed!
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barely moving.
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And... He's out.
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- You did it...
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- ... in...
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was the fastest?
- Yes.
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the second fastest?
- Yes.
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for our conclusion.
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SUVs are no good
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want a vehicle,
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with a horse.
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353. And with that,
back to the tent.
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- It was important work.
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had other ideas,
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357. so we're gonna be
picking that up later on.
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359. However, now it's time to
step in a dog turd of chat
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361. Ow. Aargh. Ow.
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364. Now, I wanna stick, if I may,
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365. because 25 percent
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these days are SUVs.
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367. And the thing is, I was
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a hatchback or a saloon
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371. and you see an SUV -
which is larger -
coming towards you,
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have an accident,
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373. "I'm gonna come off worse.
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374. "So I'd better
have one, too."
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376. Once one person's got one,
everyone's gotta have one.
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377. Next thing you know,
Kim Jong-Un's got one,
and then it's all a disaster.
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378. But the fact remains,
everybody has them or not,
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that Alfa and that Porsche
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off-roading
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and gave up and went
into limp home mode.
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might have too much
electronic stuff on them.
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385. They do. The four-wheel-drive
system's all idiotic,
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386. and then the handbrake,
that doesn't work,
and the tailgate.
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load a dog into a car?
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to hold the dog back,
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detect your arm.
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round and hold
the dog against the seat.
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close the boot.
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while you're walking round,
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a boot with an open tailgate.
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asking a dog to stay alone
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that's getting smaller.
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it's gonna run away.
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that I can think of.
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your dog in the boot,
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a tranquiliser dart,
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for a bit.
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you could do that
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404. or you could buy a car with
a manually closing boot lid.
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405. Yeah, which would be cheaper,
lighter, faster and easier.
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406. So, that's covered that.
Don't buy SUVs,
they're stupid.
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more on them later on.
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of conversation.
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pentameters?
- No.
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- No.
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411. - Is it about plywood?
- No.
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- It's about vans.
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- Yes.
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414. Because I borrowed
a transit van the other day
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thing about it is,
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416. it's got all the equipment
you'd expect on a posh car,
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sensing headlights
that dip automatically.
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418. So when they see lights
coming the other way,
they automatically dip,
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419. but they also dip if they
see a reflective road sign.
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420. Oh, I know,
that's unbelievable,
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421. cos it blinds you,
cos they've dipped.
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422. And now you can't
see where you're going,
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423. as you approach
a sign warning you
of a hazard ahead
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424. which you then can't see.
No, they are stupid.
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425. Here comes a really
dangerous right-hand bend.
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426. - I'll just turn the lights
off so you can't see it.
- They do do that.
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427. But apart from that,
I have to say,
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long wheel-base,
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and half the price.
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431. And the amazing thing is,
you can get absolutely
tonnes in the back of it.
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432. Well, yeah, James.
It's a van. It's kinda
what it's for.
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with it was, I found,
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434. is that when you load a van,
you have to get out.
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435. You don't step out,
you sort of do
a little jump...
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436. No, I don't do
a little jump. I just...
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437. You do a little jump,
but what I didn't think of
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438. was that I had
my big parka on,
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439. and as I jumped out,
the hood caught on the roof
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440. and I actually hanged
myself pretty much as I...
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441. If you actually
had hung yourself,
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442. we'd have put out
a press release
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443. saying that you'd died
in an autoerotic accident.
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444. - Yeah, we would.
- Thank you.
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445. - Did you have an orange
in your mouth?
- No, I didn't.
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446. You would have done
in our version of events.
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447. You'd have been
wearing a fur-lined
anorak and nothing else.
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448. When you were
found by police.
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449. Bet you wish
you hadn't started
that conversation now.
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450. Now, we get quite
a few letters asking us
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451. why we never review
anything made by Tesla.
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452. Mm, very simple, actually.
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453. Many years ago, I gave
a firm but fair review
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454. to the Roadster -
picture of that one there.
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455. - Yep, and Tesla sued.
- Yes, they did.
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456. And they lost. And then they
appealed and they lost that.
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457. Which is all fine,
but being sued is
a massive pain in the arse.
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458. It keeps you awake
at night, really stressy.
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459. So I thought I will never,
ever review another
Tesla as long as I live,
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460. I shall simply ignore them.
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461. However, Tesla is
on the brink of becoming
a mainstream manufacturer.
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462. They reckon that
by the end of this year,
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463. they'll be bigger than Volvo.
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464. Mm. So I couldn't really
ignore them any more.
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465. Which is why I decided to
test the new Model X, OK?
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466. Because I thought
this might actually be
an SUV we all like.
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467. With its
bobby-dazzler back doors,
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468. this doesn't look like
a normal family SUV,
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469. it looks better.
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470. Especially on the inside.
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471. And it's more practical, too.
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472. Because you have
seating for seven,
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473. a boot at the back that's big
enough for an owl sanctuary,
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474. and then another boot
at the front,
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475. because, of course,
it's electric
so there's no engine.
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476. Most of all, though,
I'm intrigued by this car
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477. because it represents a whole
new way of thinking about...
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478. What a car actually is.
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479. Take this enormous
command and control
screen as an example.
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480. It does all the usual stuff:
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connectivity and so on,
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482. and so much more besides.
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483. For example, if I want, I can
turn it into a sketchpad.
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484. Then I can just draw
pretty patterns
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485. and so on as I go along.
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486. Or, if I'm bored with being
in - where am I here? -
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487. there you are,
Swindon, which I am,
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488. I can change it
so that I become...
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489. On Mars! Look at that,
I'm actually on Mars.
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490. I mean, I'm not there,
obviously,
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491. but it says I am
and that's fun!
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492. Ooh, and this is a good one.
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493. If you don't want to see
the car you're driving
depicted on the screen,
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so that it becomes...
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495. Bond's Lotus.
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496. That is actually quite funny.
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497. Of course,
you may think all of this
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498. might be a bit of
a distraction when
you're driving.
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499. Ah, well, now, you see,
that's the thing.
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500. Because if I pull
this lever here twice...
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501. I get a bong to tell me
I've engaged the autopilot,
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502. which means I'm not driving.
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503. It is.
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504. Seriously,
it's doing it all by itself.
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to drive around by themselves
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506. but this is getting
awfully close
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507. because it's reading
the white lines in the road
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508. and then simply
sticking between them.
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509. Then if I want to
change lanes,
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510. I don't have to bother
with any of that mirror,
signal, manoeuvre nonsense,
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511. you just put
the indicator on...
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512. And if it's safe
to pull out, it does.
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513. Put the indicator on
to pull back into
the central lane and...
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514. That's just astonishing!
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515. All of this means
that I can drive along
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on my sketchpad.
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517. Because I know that if
the car in front slows down,
I'll slow down.
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518. If it speeds up,
I'll speed up.
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519. If the traffic stops,
I'll stop.
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520. Honestly, this is...
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521. the most relaxing thing
I've ever driven.
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522. Cos all I have to do
is sit here.
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523. Unless, of course, I can't
be bothered to do even that.
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524. OK, the car is over there
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525. and I literally can't be
arsed to walk to it.
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526. So, take out my phone,
put it in summon mode,
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527. connecting to vehicle and...
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528. Here we go.
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529. Look at that!
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530. I mean, it can't extricate
itself from a parking space
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531. or come to you from
the other side of town,
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532. so it is only a gimmick.
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533. But what's wrong
with a gimmick?
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534. That's brilliant!
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535. And... Stop!
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536. But what's it like if
you do actually drive it?
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537. Well, because it's electric,
it's quiet, obviously.
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538. Eerily quiet.
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539. Stupidly quiet. Too quiet,
as they say in the movies.
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540. It's also heavy because
of its massive battery pack.
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541. However, because
it's mounted under the floor,
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is very low down.
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543. And because you've got one
electric motor at the front
running the front wheels
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544. and one at the back
driving the back wheels...
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545. .. the car feels
nimble and agile.
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546. Feels good.
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547. So, you're thinking it's
a fun-filled family car
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548. with show-off doors
and lots of stuff
to excite your inner child,
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549. but that there's
nothing here for
the enthusiastic motorist.
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551. Not so fast
on that one...
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552. Because what I'm gonna do now
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V10-powered
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556. Right, before I do this
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called "Ludicrous Mode".
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558. There we are.
Hold on, I've got a choice.
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559. "Do you wanna do this?"
"No, I want my Mommy."
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560. "Yes, bring it on!"
There we are.
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561. And then, because
I have the mental age
of a nine-year-old,
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the warp speed graphic.
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563. And there it is!
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564. Right, good. I'm ready.
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565. Sweet Jesus!
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566. That really is
properly ludicrous!
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568. 105, 110...
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569. 112,
the Audi's coming!
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570. But not fast enough!
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571. That is astonishing!
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572. Small wonder
this thing is fitted
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573. with my favourite mode of
them all - celebration mode.
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574. There we are. All I have to
do now is put it in park,
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575. get out and lock the doors.
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576. Watch this.
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577. So, this may be
a two-and-a-half tonne,
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578. seven-seater PlayStation,
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579. but it'll do 0-60
in 3.1 seconds
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580. and has a top speed of 155.
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581. So it really does seem
to be all things to all men.
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582. It's serious
and light-hearted.
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583. It's sensible and daft.
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584. It doesn't feel
like anything else.
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585. It doesn't go
like anything else.
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587. There are, however,
some drawbacks.
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588. But before talking
about those,
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589. Mr Willman said I should
fill the remaining six seats
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591. First thing I wanna
talk about is range,
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do 351 miles between charges.
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593. But, in my experience,
electric cars
never do the range...
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your experience, Jeremy?
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595. How many electric cars
have you driven?
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596. - Two.
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597. Both of them
failed to do the range
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598. that the manufacturer
said they would do.
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599. Cos it depends
on temperature,
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600. it depends on a million
things, and anyway—
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601. As you've said, legally
we need to make very clear,
it depends.
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603. Most people are not driving
like a maniac like you.
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604. I'm not.
I'm doing 34 miles an hour.
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we completely accept
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can do 351 miles
between charges, don't we?
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608. I don't know,
I haven't tried it.
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if that's what Tesla says
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evidence to the contrary.
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611. What, you just take what
a car manufacturer
says as being gospel?
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are exciting.
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them on television
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evidence to the contrary.
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615. Suggesting a claim by
the manufacturer is untrue
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616. is not where we're going
to go today, is it?
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617. All right, then. Batteries.
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618. We on this show
have some experience
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in a crash.
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620. And this has the same sort of
batteries that the Rimac had.
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621. Yeah, that was in
a crash, wasn't it?
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622. Drove off an edge and
rolled down two hillsides.
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623. You're saying Richard Hammond
was too small to see over
the steering wheel?
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624. I'm not saying anything,
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625. I'm just saying that
that was a crash.
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an electrical car,
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628. and it has
lithium-ion batteries,
it could catch fire.
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629. And often,
the fire brigade will turn up
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630. and they've only
got water on board,
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631. so as you're sitting there,
on fire,
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632. you're then
being electrocuted.
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633. It's just something
that's worth
bearing in mind, isn't it?
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make it clear
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that these cars
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happened with Samsung
with their batteries.
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638. We're not gonna start
defaming Samsung, are we?
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639. I think the battery
is a good analogy
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640. for libel law
and reviews generally,
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641. in that it has
to be balanced.
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642. You must have
the positive and
you must have the negative.
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643. Shall we bear that in mind?
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644. What we should bear in mind
is that - what I've just
written on the screen.
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645. I know an area
we need to discuss.
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646. I think the biggest drawback
with this car, actually,
is the width of it.
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647. It's so wide, 79 inches,
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648. that it won't actually
go across Albert Bridge
in London.
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649. It really won't go
across the bridge
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650. or do you mean it won't go
through a width restriction,
a road narrowing?
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651. Right, so I have to say
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652. this is too wide
to fit through
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653. the width restriction
at the start,
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654. and indeed finish,
of Albert Bridge?
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655. That's perfect.
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656. There is, however,
one advantage to this size.
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657. Especially in
a supermarket car park
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658. when your Model X
is full of lawyers.
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659. - It can be interpreted—
- No, no. Listen.
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660. Mean what you say, say what
you mean, that's the law.
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661. Just stay there, all right?
Stay there.
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662. OK. Got the phone.
Summon mode, forwards.
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663. I'm sorry, that never
ceases to amaze me.
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664. Little bit more,
little bit more...
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665. And... Stop!
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666. Right, now they can't
open the doors -
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667. they're trapped -
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668. which means
they can't interfere
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669. when I tell you this car's
really big drawback.
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670. It's £156,000.
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671. There is...
a lot to like on that.
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672. - Yeah.
- There's a lot to like.
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673. Thing is, though,
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674. is that an SUV
that we all like?
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675. No. Not at that price.
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676. No, 156 is silly.
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677. I do love some
of the gimmicks.
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678. Yeah, now, on that, I have
to say, you know the summon
facility it's got on it?
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679. That didn't always work.
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680. And then there was
the business on the motorway
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681. where it checks
for traffic coming behind
before moving lanes.
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682. How'd you find that?
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683. Well, I can't say.
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684. So I got a lawyer
to write this for me.
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685. Really?
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686. It's my honest belief
that a driverless system
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687. does not always
behave as you'd expect
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688. and when it doesn't,
it can be discomforting.
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689. Discomforting?
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690. However,
I acknowledge and accept
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factors can reasonably result
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decision to deactivate
self-driving,
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but not limited to,
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unexpectedly accelerating.
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695. - So...
- No.
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696. - What?
- No, just...
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697. For the avoidance
of any doubt,
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about driverless cars
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699. are my honest opinion
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700. and should not be
regarded as any statement
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roadworthiness
or mechanical effectiveness
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702. of this specific car
or any other Tesla vehicle.
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703. It is bloody fast, though,
isn't it?
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704. - It really was!
- Really fast!
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705. We actually put it round
the Eboladrome.
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706. It did a 1.29.06,
which is the same
as a five-litre Mustang.
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707. - It's quick, isn't it?
- It is quick.
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708. But anyway, we must
park the Tesla now
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709. and move on to
Celebrity Face Off!
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710. Another important question,
and it's this.
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711. Who is the world's fastest
golfing enthusiast?
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712. Well, to find out,
would you please welcome
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713. Rory Mcllroy
and Paris Hilton!
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714. Look at this!
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715. That is a surprise!
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716. Hello, chap, how are you?
Have a seat.
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717. Paris, lovely to see you,
how are you?
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718. - Great.
- Have a seat!
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719. We're not messing around.
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720. We are not
messing around this week.
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721. Now, you are both
golf enthusiasts.
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722. You obviously are, cos you're
heavyweight golfing champion
of the world.
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723. Sorta need to be, yeah.
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724. You, more of a surprise,
but your family, of course,
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725. does own 50 golf tracks,
doesn't it?
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726. Yes.
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727. Or was it courses?
Courses, that's what it is.
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728. Fifty golf— So you play
quite a bit of golf.
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729. I'm not as good a golfer
as him, obviously.
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730. As him? No, that figures.
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731. But I have been playing since
I was around four years old.
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732. The one area of golf
I really genuinely love
are the golf carts.
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733. Me too.
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734. I don't think I've ever
got out of a fully
functioning golf cart.
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735. In my life, ever.
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736. Cos I've always crashed them.
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737. I don't know what it is
that makes you think
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738. "Right, I'm going
to go a million."
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739. You would like my golf cart
because I've got
the restrictor taken off it
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740. so it goes about
50 miles an hour.
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741. - You're kidding.
- No, it does.
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742. - That's sick.
- How much damage
could I do with that?
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743. You could do a lot.
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744. I love the golf carts.
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745. Actually,
when I was a little girl,
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746. my grandfather has
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747. a Rolls Royce golf cart
and a Bentley one.
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748. So my sister and I decided
that we wanted to race them.
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749. So we're going around
the pond on the golf course
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750. and going so fast,
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751. I smashed the Rolls
into this huge rock.
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752. The entire thing was smashed,
it was totalled.
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753. We were so scared,
we just ran away.
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754. And then later
my grandpa's like,
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755. "Where's the Rolls? I wanna
go golfing right now."
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756. Stolen. Stolen is the answer.
That's what I always say.
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757. Someone went
and had a joyride in it.
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758. I know one thing
I wanted to talk
about is golfing slang.
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759. - OK.
- Cos apparently
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760. there's quite a bit of,
well, it's quite rude.
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761. Are you familiar with this?
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762. There's a Richard Hammond,
I know that.
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763. There's a Richard Hammond,
which means
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764. straight down
the middle like a rocket,
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765. then veers off into
the rough at the last minute.
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766. Jamie Oliver, you really
wanna smack it but you can't.
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767. I actually like Jamie Oliver,
make that quite plain.
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768. This is not me, this is
just golfing people.
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769. Ryanair. OK in the air
but landed miles from
where you wanted it to be.
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770. Right, shall we
get on to cars?
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771. Cos this is another thing
you two have in common.
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772. Genuinely an astonishing
collection of cars
that you both have.
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773. You started, at the age
of 17, with a BMW.
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774. Yeah, I had a 1 Series
was my first car.
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775. - Did that go well?
- Not very well, no.
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776. I thought I was cool
having a BMW at that age,
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777. just passed my test.
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778. Tried to do some
handbrake turns in
the golf club car park
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779. and that didn't go so well.
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780. Nearly actually drove it
through the front door
of the golf club.
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781. Hit a big, high kerb,
bent the steering axle
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782. and I literally had
to drive it like this
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783. to keep it straight for
the five miles I went home.
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784. And I got back to my parents
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785. and I said I had to swerve
to miss a fox and hit a kerb.
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786. But, any girls watching,
they will have
been impressed.
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787. We've argued this many times.
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788. When a girl sees a guy
do a handbrake turn,
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789. it's like when a peacock
does that feather thing.
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790. You say
you're not interested,
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792. - I think it's pretty hot.
- There you go.
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793. First honest girl
I've ever met.
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794. So that was your 1 Series,
and then you moved up
quickly, age 19, I think?
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795. I won my first professional
golf tournament at 19
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796. and I always thought
the image of success
was a Ferrari,
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797. so I bought a Ferrari at 19.
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798. How the hell
did you insure it?
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799. The premium was quite high.
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800. - Make it live for us.
- 25 grand a year.
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801. You need to win
a lot of golf.
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802. Yeah, you do, yeah, yeah.
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803. And did that kindle
a love of Ferraris?
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804. It did, yeah. And
I always knew that
you've loved Ferraris
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805. and the reason that
I have the cars that
I have at the minute,
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806. I saw you test drive
the F12 that I have.
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807. Oh, the F12?
That's a scary car.
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808. - Yeah.
- You've got an F12 now?
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809. That's a really,
that's almost too fast.
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810. And didn't you get
a LaFerrari?
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811. I've got a LaFerrari, yeah.
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812. No, cos why did you go for a
LaFerrari and not a P1,
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813. which I proved on this show
was better?
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814. I would have killed myself
in a P1, I think.
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815. The P1 is nuts,
but they are brilliant.
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816. - I mean,
the LaFerrari is also...
- It's incredible.
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817. I haven't taken
the LaFerrari on a track
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818. like what we obviously
did today,
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819. and I don't know
if I'd want to.
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820. I'd be so scared
of flipping it or rolling it.
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821. That's where it belongs,
on a track.
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822. - I know, I just...
- I'm scared.
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823. That's an impressive
car collection.
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824. Well, not really
a collection,
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825. but two really
super-fast Ferraris.
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826. But yours is not far behind,
cos you've got a McLaren.
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827. Yes.
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828. - 650, yeah?
- I love it.
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829. I think it's just such
a sexy car.
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830. It is. And then, and
I really hate to say this,
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831. my favourite car in the whole
wide world, you also own.
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832. Which is slightly
murderous, actually,
is the word I'm looking for.
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833. You've got a Lexus LFA.
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834. I actually got the second one
they ever made.
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835. - Really?
- So I was so excited.
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836. And just driving
on the street,
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837. no one had ever
seen it before
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838. so they looked at it
like a UFO or something.
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839. That is definitely
a head-turner.
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840. Didn't you drive
a Bentley every day?
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841. Yes, I actually had
a Bentley custom-made
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842. so it's all baby pink
with crystals on it.
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843. - Oh, wow, that's...
- There you go.
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844. It's very pink. I used
to drive it all the time,
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845. but when I drive it,
it's literally like
Mickey Mouse at Disneyland.
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846. People are pulling over
on the freeway.
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847. - I wonder why.
- Taking selfies.
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848. It causes, like,
accidents almost,
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849. so I try to keep it
at home now.
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850. Anyway, listen. You obviously
came to do your laps.
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851. There's no snow this week,
which is good,
but it's still quite greasy.
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852. - It was icy.
- Yeah, it was
a little greasy.
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853. Icy and greasy, so we're
not gonna be looking
for a record time today.
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854. And you were seriously
pushing it, by all accounts.
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855. I was. I love driving fast.
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856. And I love when there's
no cops around
to pull me over, so it's...
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857. Exactly. Well, anybody
wanna see an outtake
of Paris trying really hard?
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858. Let's have a look.
This is the last corner,
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859. which you've
gotta slow down for.
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860. Which we obviously never told
the poor girl, here we go.
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861. Shit!
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862. That's a properly big one,
and well done.
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863. Thanks.
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864. You did have
a problem, apparently,
with that last corner?
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865. Because I just wanted
to go so fast at the end
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866. and then just
making that right...
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867. You've gotta slow
right down to get round.
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868. I thought I was
gonna flip over,
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869. I was actually really
scared at that point.
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870. Would anybody like
to see Paris's actual lap?
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871. Yes!
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872. Let's play the tape!
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873. Yep,
that's an aggressive start.
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874. Let's go!
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875. OK, the first S.
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876. Ooh, beautifully done,
keeping it very tidy.
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877. I like to brake there.
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878. Was that left foot braking?
Probably not.
That's panic braking.
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879. Ooh, I say,
that's the tail out, there.
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880. On to the difficult bit.
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881. And how are we
gonna handle this?
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882. First right,
wide, but nicely held.
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883. And completely off the track.
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884. But that's OK,
back on it again now.
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885. rocks!
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886. The what-ing rocks?
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887. Ooh, that's some
family-friendly words there.
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888. Through the gravel cell,
still looking tidy,
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889. not necessarily the wrong
thing to do, keeping it tidy.
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890. Ooh, that's wild.
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891. And now trying
to get in shape,
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892. ready to go back
on the tarmac.
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893. I bet this was slippery, too.
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894. Ooh, no, you've done
that beautifully.
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895. And then...
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896. Right, now,
round the final left
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897. and on to the straight
flat out.
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898. Let's do it!
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899. Now, this isn't your
tricky bit. This is now.
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900. You've gotta start braking...
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901. Now.
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902. And do you?
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903. Oh, yeah. That's heavy,
that was probably
too much braking,
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904. but there we are,
anyway, you've made it
across the line.
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905. Nicely done.
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906. Good.
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907. Looks good.
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908. So what do you reckon,
then, now you've seen that?
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909. Are you feeling nervous?
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910. Yeah.
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911. Anyone wanna see Rory's lap?
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912. - Yeah!
- Yes!
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913. Let's see if you chose
the wrong sport.
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914. Here we go.
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915. Right, and we are underway.
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916. Third, fourth..
Brake at the 50 board.
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917. This is a man
who's been listening to
the instructors, haven't you?
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918. You can tell,
that's nicely done.
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919. Listening to the instructors
is always the key, really.
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920. Most men think, "I can
go better than they do.
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921. I know more than they do."
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922. Right and... Holding it on.
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923. Yeah, are we gonna
take the Paris line?
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924. No, we're gonna stick
on the actual track.
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925. Ah, little bit. Don't let it
get too sideways, Rory!
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926. Yep, that's beautifully
held through there.
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927. Smooth power application,
yep.
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928. More of it.
Should have done this,
you're in the wrong sport.
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929. Ah, I dunno.
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930. No, this is looking
very good indeed.
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931. Are we gonna be able
to control it here?
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932. Very nice in,
keeping it to the right.
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933. Which puts you in the right
place for that left.
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934. You've managed to keep
two tyres on the track,
so that's all right.
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935. And off we go.
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936. OK, come on,
lift a little, turn in!
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937. Probably not flat
through there today.
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938. It's too slippery, too icy.
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939. Here's the corner
we were having trouble with.
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940. This is the tricky
one, the last corner.
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941. Ooh, bit of understeer
but just keeping it...
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942. Oh, no!
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943. Just about made it
across the line!
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944. Oh, yeah.
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945. So there we are.
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946. Right, so just so you know,
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947. I've got some times
we've had.
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948. Fastest so far 1:17,
Kevin Pietersen.
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949. Slowest, Dynamo,
last week, 1.39.3.
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950. But the track was
two feet deep in snow
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951. so he has got an excuse.
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952. - Oh, my goodness.
- He does.
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953. Got your times here.
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954. Paris Hilton...
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955. 1.25.8.
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956. So that puts you - have
a round of applause for that.
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957. You're faster than two people
you've never heard of:
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958. Alfie Boe and Bill Bailey
are both, well, round
about that sort of time, OK?
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959. 1.25.8, that's the time
you've gotta beat
on a greasy track, Rory.
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960. One...
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961. 21...
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962. - Ooh.
- ... point 9.
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963. That is a very good time.
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964. Very good time.
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965. Faster than Hugh Bonneville.
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966. - There you go.
- Faster than Hugh Bonneville,
and he was on a dry track.
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967. So that was extremely good.
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968. - I can't thank you enough
for coming, I really can't.
- Thank you for having us.
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969. Pleasure to have you here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
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970. Paris Hilton, and the world's
fastest golfing enthusiast,
Rory Mcllroy!
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971. Now. Now.
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972. Earlier on,
we were in Canada,
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973. where we proved that
medium-sized SUVs
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974. are useless at everything.
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975. But Mr Willman said the tests
we'd done were idiotic.
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976. Yeah, he said people actually
buy them to go canoeing
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977. and hiking
and mountain biking,
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978. and he then also said
that we could only come home
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979. once we'd completed
one more challenge.
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980. Why are we
towing speedboats?
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981. Never mind that, James.
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982. Why have you bought
a brown speedboat?
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983. Er, it's orange.
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984. Never mind James's
brown speed boat,
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985. where's your Alfa Romeo?
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986. It was stolen.
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987. - No, it wasn't.
- It was!
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988. I came out of the hotel this
morning, it was just gone.
Literally gone.
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989. You know Canada is number one
in the world for car theft?
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990. No, it isn't.
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991. So what I've done
is I've replaced it
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992. with this Ford F150
pickup truck,
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993. which is the best-selling
vehicle, not just in Canada,
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994. but the entire world.
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995. Yeah, but the fact is
you've replaced your Alfa
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996. because we were told
to tow speedboats
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997. and you can't fit
a towbar to a Stelvio.
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998. The problem is that they've
routed the exhaust
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999. on the Stelvio in such a way
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1000. that you can't, actually, as
Hammond says, fit a towbar.
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1001. I think the thing is,
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1002. that in Italy it's unmanly
and undignified
to tow something.
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1003. I mean, why would
they tow something?
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1004. It just slows you down.
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1005. Soon, we arrived
at the start point
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1006. for Mr Willman's challenge.
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1007. Which was precisely
in the middle of nowhere.
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1008. James...
- What?
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1009. This is a skip.
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1010. No, it's just all stuff
that was thrown in.
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1011. Literally thrown in, yeah.
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1012. - It's all boat stuff.
- Is it?
There's a traffic cone.
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1013. Well, that's probably
something to do with boating.
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1014. It isn't anything
to do with boating!
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1015. This is an oar
and a boat suit and...
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1016. - What are you doing?
- Looking for bears.
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1017. Why?
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1018. Because one of the
things I don't wanna be
is eaten by a bear.
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1019. I wouldn't worry about
being eaten by one.
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1020. Well, I do.
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1021. Well,
they do far worse than that.
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1022. - Hang on, hang on,
we have a message,
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1023. and it's from Mr Willman.
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1024. "Each of your cars
has been fitted with
a satellite compass
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1025. which will direct you
to the finish line.
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1026. Whoever arrives first can
claim to have the best SUV."
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1027. Well, that's me.
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1028. Well, apart from
you haven't got an SUV.
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1029. It's got a twin
turbo-charged V6 -
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1030. same as the Alfa.
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1031. Four-wheel drive,
same as the Alfa.
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1032. It's exactly the same colour.
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1033. With all that
cleared up... the race began.
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1034. Ah!
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1035. Right, where are we
now? There.
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1036. My compass thing
says I've gotta go
in that direction
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1037. for 5.1 kilometres.
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1038. How hard can that be?
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1039. Come on, little Porsche,
this is your chance to show
your off-road credentials.
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1040. The Porsche is the only one
with a proper four-wheel
drive system for this.
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1041. It can divert all of its
power to the front wheels
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1042. so it can scrabble its way
out of trouble like a dog,
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1043. pulling itself
with its front legs.
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1044. Right. Typical of those two,
just roar off
being brilliant.
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1045. Let's have a look
at the map first.
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1046. Might just go
straight up here.
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1047. Through these nettles.
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1048. What are they,
Christmas trees?
I don't know what they are.
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1049. If you really want
to go off-road,
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1050. you need a real off-roader.
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1051. A Range Rover,
a Land Cruiser, a Raptor.
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1052. There's no point messing
around with a little SUV.
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1053. It's not gonna go anywhere.
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1054. Speaking of which...
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1055. Oh, I'm stuck.
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1056. I'm going backwards now.
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1057. So I'm going west-northwest.
That's high terrain...
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1058. That's very high,
I want to avoid that.
I should try to...
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1059. Come on, come on.
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1060. Four-wheel drive overload,
rear-wheel drive only.
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1061. Reduce engine load.
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1062. It doesn't work!
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1063. I need another route.
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1064. James, meanwhile,
had sorted out his route
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1065. and was now
sorting out his car.
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1066. I'm putting my
response system
in grass, gravel and snow.
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1067. It has just started snowing.
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1068. I also have—
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1069. Who the hell is that?
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1070. It's Hammond, look,
he's got exactly nowhere.
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1071. What a spanner.
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1072. Anyway.
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1073. With both
my colleagues still
on the start line,
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1074. I was winning by miles.
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1075. This is a very narrow
little path, this one.
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1076. I don't want to be
making a mess... Oh, hello.
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1077. Right.
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1078. What that is
is a fallen-down tree.
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1079. How the hell do you
reverse a trailer?
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1080. So if I turn the steering
wheel this way...
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1081. This way.
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1082. Yeah, I've got it,
I've got it.
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1083. This is a bit... No, not...
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1084. Oh, shit, no! Ooh, God!
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1085. Boat is still attached,
correct.
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1086. Direction, roughly right.
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1087. Everything's excellent.
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1088. Plenty of power,
this is good.
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1089. Right,
arrow's pointing that way.
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1090. Now we're making progress.
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1091. I want to go...
If I turn into the...
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1092. No, this way.
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1093. Oh, Christ, that's not right.
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1094. Having carefully
unhitched the trailer...
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1095. Right.
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1096. I was soon turned round
and back on the move
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1097. looking for another route.
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1098. Trailers definitely
have an intelligence.
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1099. They have a mind of their own
and it's a vindictive mind.
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1100. It wants you to fail.
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1101. And, thanks
to its vindictiveness,
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1102. all of my lead in this
important race was gone.
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1103. Quite ballsy of
Land Rover, really,
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1104. to build a car that doesn't
have a low-ratio gearbox.
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1105. But there is a lot of
electronically-controlled
stuff.
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1106. The central diff,
for example - it just
locked for me then.
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1107. I can feel it
working stuff out,
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1108. finding the grip
on different wheels.
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1109. look at that.
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1110. My off-road work
is exceptional.
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1111. How long before James May
says keep your thumbs
out of the steering wheel?
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1112. It's all he knows
about off-roading.
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1113. Thumbs outside
the steering wheel
in case it kicks.
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1114. Mud ruts selected.
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1115. Just because it's gone
a bit slippery.
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1116. But then,
I too hit a dead end.
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1117. Oh, cock.
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1118. Right, trailer reversing tip,
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1119. if I look in the mirror
and I say I want
the boat to go that side,
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1120. I lift that hand.
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1121. So you look in the mirror.
So I'll do that...
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1122. Right,
well, I am getting closer
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1123. according to
my electronic compass.
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1124. This is looking good.
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1125. I've just gotta hope
they don't find this track.
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1126. To be honest, in the Raptor,
I didn't need a track.
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1127. I'm not a fan of
pickup trucks
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1128. and I will kill you
if you ever tell
Richard Hammond this,
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1129. but this is impressive.
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1130. It's just drumming its
fingers coming along here.
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1131. I mean, if I'd have asked it
to tow a battleship,
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1132. maybe it would be
struggling a bit,
but a speedboat? Pah.
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1133. Yes! Well done you,
little car!
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1134. Do you know,
I'm gonna win this.
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1135. Oh, hang on a minute.
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1136. This thing's telling me,
it must be the other
side of the lake.
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1137. I can see a flag.
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1138. There's a flag. It's there.
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1139. Clearly,
it would be impossible
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1140. to drive the Macan
round the shoreline.
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1141. So I needed
to break out the map
and find another route.
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1142. A track, a track, a track.
There will be one.
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1143. Oh...
Oh, good.
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1144. - Why've you stopped here?
- Finish line's over there.
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1145. Yes, I know, I'm just
working out how to get there!
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1146. You just drive round the
outside, look, on the beach.
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1147. I can't do that.
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1148. That's cos you're
in the wrong car.
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1149. - No, you're in the wrong car.
- I'm not in the wrong car!
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1150. You are!
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1151. Rather
than have a pointless
debate about this,
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1152. I decided to let
the Raptor do the talking.
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1153. Here we go. Oh, yep.
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1154. Meanwhile, very far back,
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1155. in a blizzard, on a hill,
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1156. the Velar's electronics,
predictably,
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1157. were starting to struggle.
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1158. Right, no traction launch.
Activate.
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1159. Doesn't like it.
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1160. Oh, no!
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1161. I've gotta be honest,
I'm a bit disappointed.
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1162. I'm using absolutely
everything on here.
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1163. No.
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1164. Come on. There you go.
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1165. Oh! What's that big bump?
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1166. This beach is woodier
than I thought.
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1167. But the speedboat is still
upright, and that's good.
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1168. And round we go.
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1169. Ooh. Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
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1170. No! Bloody hell!
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1171. Distance, reducing.
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1172. Hill descent control
is automatically on.
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1173. Controlling the speed
with my thumb.
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1174. It's excellent at going down
hills, this Range Rover.
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1175. Not so sure
about it going up them.
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1176. Having righted
the boat with no help
from any of the film crew...
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1177. I was back on the move.
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1178. Stop just dithering about.
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1179. Ooh, God!
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1180. Found it.
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1181. This is what we need.
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1182. Proper track.
It's farther from the lake,
I'll have further to go
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1183. but I can get a move on.
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1184. Now we've got
a race on our hands.
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1185. Eventually,
I arrived at the lake,
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1186. but I wasn't worried
about how far back I was
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1187. because I'd had an idea.
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1188. That message from Mr Willman,
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1189. it said the first person
to get to the finishing
line, didn't it?
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1190. - Is that right, director?
- Yes.
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1191. The first person. Didn't
say anything about the car.
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1192. So why don't I just unload
the boat and boat across?
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1193. Meanwhile,
I'd left the difficult beach
through a wood
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1194. and was on a track
with a problem.
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1195. My vindictive trailer has now
decided to have a puncture.
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1196. Well, I'm going to pay
it back by not stopping
cos I haven't got time.
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1197. I didn't even stop
when the vindictive trailer
decided to be on fire.
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1198. Oh, I'm gonna
lose that outboard.
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1199. Boat suit.
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1200. One wheel on my wagon
and I'm still rolling along.
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1201. This is good.
This is very good.
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1202. But then...
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1203. Bloody hell.
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1204. No! I'm in another dead end!
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1205. There was only
one thing for it:
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1206. another manual
three-point turn.
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1207. This steel's just so
warm and comfortable!
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1208. Whoa! Come on!
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1209. Drifting my boat.
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1210. I'm 57.
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1211. No! No, no!
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1212. Come on, come on, come on.
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1213. Right.
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1214. Meanwhile, I was
ready for the final charge.
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1215. Goodbye, losers.
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1216. Ignition, start!
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1217. Oh, cock.
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1218. I'm just going
as fast as I dare.
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1219. Speed... speed power.
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1220. With the other
two heading for failure,
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1221. I got HMS Orange started
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1222. and was cruising
to an easy win.
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1223. This is just brilliant.
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1224. Full throttle!
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1225. Oh, cock.
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1226. The boat is beginning
to behave oddly!
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1227. There is a bit
of water coming in,
but it's not very far.
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1228. Come on!
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1229. There's the flag!
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1230. Oh, really?
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1231. Los-er!
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1232. Oh, God.
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1233. - Well, hang on a minute.
- What?
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1234. Where's your boat?
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1235. - It's there.
- No, it's not.
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1236. It's just some bits of boat!
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1237. It's a boat jigsaw.
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1238. So you're finishing this race
without your car,
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1239. without your trailer or
the boat that was on it...
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1240. - I have got the boat!
- You've got
some bits of boat.
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1241. - You're claiming
to be the winner.
- Listen.
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1242. You've come second,
you're taking it badly.
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1243. I think it doesn't matter
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1244. because an even
more interesting race
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1245. is developing out on
the water as we speak.
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1246. Handling is affected
by water ingress!
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1247. It's getting closer
to my kneecaps!
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1248. Oh, Canadian flag, come on!
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1249. Will he make it to the
finish point before he sinks?
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1250. - That's got some tension
in it, hasn't it?
- I know!
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1251. There's no tension here,
this is done.
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1252. - Oh, yeah,
this is very tense.
- But we'll give you more.
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1253. You two! Help!
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1254. Come and rescue!
I'm going down!
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1255. My boat's smashed
to pieces, James,
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1256. I can't help you with that.
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1257. My boat's, look,
it'll take me ages.
It's all the way over there!
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1258. It's going down!
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1259. I'd have to move mine
out of the way...
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1260. And then I'd have
to walk up there,
along those rocks...
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1261. It's gone! Oh, Jesus, ah!
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1262. It's so cold!
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1263. - Look, he's going...
- Argh, you bastard!
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1264. Have you ever seen...
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1265. Argh! My testicles
are retreating!
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1266. We don't need to know that!
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1267. Oh, no!
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1268. - Ooh!
- Oh! Oh!
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1269. That hurt me just watching!
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1270. I've got a runny nose
thinking of it.
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1271. My bits just shrivelled!
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1272. That was a cold, cold day.
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1273. - What could we do?
- I wouldn't want to be
in that water.
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1274. - You couldn't help.
- I really wouldn't.
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1275. What that film proves is
that if you want to buy
a Range Rover Velar
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1276. or a Stelvio or a Macan,
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1277. you're better off
with a Ford Raptor.
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1278. Yeah, not only that,
the Raptor is actually
nearly half the price.
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1279. Yes, but you can't
buy a Raptor in Britain.
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1280. And so, on that terrible
disappointment,
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1281. for you lot, at least,
it's time to end.
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1282. Thank you so much
for watching, goodbye!
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