1. Hello and welcome
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2. which is not coming
to you this time from the top
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of the sea.
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4. No. We are in
Berwick-upon-Tweed,
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5. the most northerly town
in England.
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6. And our mission is to
set off across the border
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across Scotland
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8. to the Outer Hebrides.
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9. Now, this promises to be
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we have ever done.
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12. we will be attempting to answer a very
important question.
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to American music,
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we drink American beer,
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have never caught on.
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18. Why?
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19. To try and find out,
each of us bought an American car.
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21. a 19-foot-long
Lincoln Continental Mark V.
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22. Remember Jock Ewing
out of Dallas?
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24. Fat Frank Cannon,
the TV detective,
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26. a Mark IV, basically the same.
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27. And what this means is,
is that when I was growing up,
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on TV every week
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to my dad and say,
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30. "Dad, can we have
a Ford Cortina?"
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one of these?
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35. Oh, yeah!
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- Shall I shut that?
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- Yeah, okay,
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This is the legendary
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the boattail.
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I'm just... I'm stunned.
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is we said,
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44. "Why did American cars
not catch on in Europe?"
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catch on in America?
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to the Ford Thunderbird.
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51. - not as many as the Thunderbird.
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really striking."
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really out there.
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and everybody hated it.
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"It's like nothing else."
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"Good."
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58. But... Jock Ewing, Fat Frank Cannon,
celebrity all over it.
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59. Clint Eastwood.
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60. - Really?
- Jeff Bridges.
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61. - Really?
- Yes.
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- Bruce... Really?
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- Yes.
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66. Yes!
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in Europe going,
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68. "I don't know,
shall we have an Allegro or...
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when this existed!
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suppose May's got?
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do you suppose May's bought?
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five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten...
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77. - May?
- Yes, sir?
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have a Cadillac.
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This is a Cadillac Coupe DeVille.
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- The Cadillac of Cadillacs.
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I feel like Elvis Presley.
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82. What, dead on a lavatory?
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83. Oh my God, how much burgundy
can you get in one car?
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motel room.
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all the burgundy mines in the world.
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86. "What color
shall we make the seats?"
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87. - Burgundy.
- "What about the dash there?"
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88. - Burgundy.
- "Ooh, good idea."
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89. But... the switch, the button on the end
of the cruise control stalk...
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90. - Burgundy
- ... is burgundy.
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wouldn't notice that.
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93. Well, I'm gonna have to admit to
being a bit of a clot.
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and I noticed in my mirror
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flying away down the road.
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96. And I actually thought to myself,
"Do you know what?
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97. That's remarkable.
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98. That piece of debris
is the same burgundy
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99. - as my car."
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100. But without
actually thinking,
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101. - "I wonder if it came from it?"
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102. I tell you what
we should do,
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103. have a game
of Top Trumps.
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104. Engine?
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105. - Yes?
- Mm-hmm?
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106. 6.6-liter V8.
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107. - Aw, that's cute!
- 6.6...
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- What does it use to drive the car along?
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starts the engine?
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110. Well, how big's
the engine in yours?
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112. - 7.5 liters?
- 7.5-liter V8!
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117. 8.2 liters.
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118. This is the biggest V8 ever fitted to
a production car. 8.2 liters.
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119. This is more efficient,
obviously.
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121. - Mine?
- Mm-hmm.
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and ninety.
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horsepower matters.
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124. - How many horsepower?
- One hundred and eighty-one.
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how they did that.
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128. My seven-and-a-half-liter
V8 lump developed 250 horsepower.
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129. - Two hundred and fifty?
- Yeah.
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130. So that's a rocket ship.
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131. Eager to begin
our important journey of discovery,
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the 10,000-pound Lincoln,
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133. the 17,000-pound Buick
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135. and set off.
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136. This is it.
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137. Scottish border.
We're entering McScotland.
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138. This is
a homecoming for this car
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139. because Mr. Buick
of Buick was Scottish.
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140. You're going home!
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are you aware
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142. that your car appears to be
talking as it goes along?
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143. No, I'm unaware of that.
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144. The front bumper is 17 miles
in front of where I'm sitting.
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145. We powered along,
dumbstruck
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in our childhoods.
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147. I seem to remember
that in 1970,
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in an Austin.
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150. Whereas this has got
electrically adjustable seats,
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electric quarter light,
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152. cruise control... I mean, the Starship
didn't have cruise control.
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153. I mean, look at this,
automatic climate control.
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on economy settings
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or bi-level.
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known what that meant.
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had showed me a window
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electricity in the 1970s,
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for my headlights.
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have been like
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in the back of one of these
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with a hole in the floor?
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166. My dad would have
been my absolute hero.
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and sunny outlook.
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the outskirts of Edinburgh,
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the traditional local welcome.
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171. McRaining now. That's predictable.
We've been in Scotland
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173. Presumably the Scottish police can't say
"You're nicked, sunshine"
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174. because nobody would know
what that meant.
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The news is not good.
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decided to head for the city center
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would cope
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and narrow cobbled streets.
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soon caused another problem.
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That's me boiling over.
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184. Chaps, I am
boiling over.
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185. Crikey.
It's like John in Mongolia.
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186. After I'd finally
conquered the hill,
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187. Hammond topped up
with some precious Scottish water.
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Frank Cannon ever solved anything,
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through the city center.
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190. Oh, God above.
You see what's ahead of us here?
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192. Mm, that is a bit
bum-squeaky there, Clarkson.
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to that wall?
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right, I'm going to admit,
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too big for Edinburgh.
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put this down
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rather than the cars.
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move this bin?
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- Yes.
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you can just push...
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- Oh, sh... It is.
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the song of death.
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210. Leaving Hammond
to scour Scotland for more water,
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to get us all a zesty drink.
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is my door
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my door opening.
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Why is it doing this to me?
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- I can't get in.
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220. Yeah, it was because we...
It wasn't blocking the step...
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221. Yeah, but that was...
It was further along that way.
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- That was further back and this was... Yeah...
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was in front of this one.
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- It was.
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has come off.
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in city centers,
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to a three-lane highway.
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Cool bridge with mist. Look at that!
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at the location for our second test.
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to set a benchmark time round the track
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239. and then we'll try and beat it in our
two-door V8 sports coupes.
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is which Scottish car shall we use?
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911-style Imp?
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Or perhaps the little Scamp?
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It really is.
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we settled on the hot Hillman.
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into the driving seat.
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This is what we're timing.
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a 1.5-liter big-valve engine.
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heavy-duty rear suspension, 93 horsepowers.
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108 miles an hour.
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it's lacking.
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in the 1970s.
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with a time of 1:13.98.
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with the stopwatch reset,
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of Detroit heavy metal.
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the start-finish line,
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at about 70 miles an hour.
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Sixty-eight. That'll do.
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the passenger seat slightly there.
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Oh, heavens!
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A lot of lock.
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Now and power.
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can bog down.
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leisurely cornering style...
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I will follow that advice.
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memory for track layout...
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I can't quite remember.
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in the hottest of laps.
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work done,
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to make America great again.
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70 miles an hour.
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the line to start.
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of understeer.
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which is exactly what I wanted.
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the Scottish Hillman.
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we have to beat...
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- 1:13.98.
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than a Hillman Avenger.
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- Yes.
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- Richard Hammond...
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- Oh!
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driving very quickly.
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as it would go.
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It's just comfortable.
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which is a speedometer.
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- Which is the one thing you don't need.
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you've ever driven around
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and not hit anything.
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- God, I didn't.
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I think we can all...
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- We can all applaud that.
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Richard Hammond.
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and... I'm delighted to...
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would now be cutting off his trousers...
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- ... and he'd be going to the hospital—
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- Again.
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- Well, where's he been?
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haven't they?
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when he reads the news.
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stay in a hotel this evening.
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alternative accommodation at the track."
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a bit of caravanning.
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prepared by our resident chef.
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- Pork chop. That's...
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- That's peas.
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I think.
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- What, a deep-fried carrot?
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- This isn't a carrot!
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maybe it is a sausage.
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in there somewhere.
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All right, isn't it?
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getting healthier.
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- What are the peas like?
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- Well, the...
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It's a unit of peas.
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a lot easier to eat.
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- Peas fall off, yeah.
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the sweetness of the peas.
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and we'd been sick,
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on Mr. Wilman's laptop.
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Ooh, that's never gonna fit.
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This is his keyboard, Mr. Wilman's.
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worn down, the N
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his friend Alan a lot.
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our big Yank tanks,
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against a European car.
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- There is history with this.
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the marvelous thing is,
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they still run races using the cars...
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- ... from the '60s. And here we go.
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type of car here.
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Studebaker there.
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a Lotus Cortina.
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is just breathtaking.
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in the Lotus Cortina.
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they had 130 horsepower?
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- What did the Galaxy have?
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and twenty-five!
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And you can see plain as day.
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this great slab of Galaxy.
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- And it is... "No, I can't."
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He's gone!
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'cause he's got more power.
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'cause there's another corner.
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I'm gonna keep scrapping."
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it opens out, he's gone.
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that's all he's got!
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425 horsepower versus 130!
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415. Look, there he goes again.
Yeah, and a wave, yeah!
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we were told
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our caravans with us.
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420. So, while a man
fitted the towbars,
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as stylish as our cars.
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422. What I've done to
bring out and enhance
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423. the Americanness of my rig
is turn my caravan into...
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424. well, the most American
and the only cool caravan ever built.
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426. Look at that! Yeah!
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427. I've gone for
the low-rider look.
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428. This is a sleek rig.
It is big, though.
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429. One foot longer
than a London bus. But less sporty.
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430. You got to admit,
it's pretty retro-brilliant.
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431. No, it looks like a caravan
covered in tin foil for no obvious reason.
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432. He really is
a deluded little man, isn't he?
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433. Now, I've had
the best idea here, viewers,
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434. because the problem
with caravans is that they are unsightly.
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435. They all park
together in a field.
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436. They're all a load
of white boxes.
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437. It looks like
a load of Tupperware.
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438. So, I've painted mine
black and white and given it an udder.
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439. It does indeed
have "a" udder!
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440. With our massive crew convoy
bringing up the rear,
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441. we soldiered on
through the constant Caledonian downpour.
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442. Uh, can we stop for fuel soon?
I'm getting a bit low.
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443. Um, I don't know how
you used it up on the track,
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444. but yes, we shall find
"an" petrol station.
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445. Oh, this has got
very Scottish!
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446. Oh, it's...
it's really cold, really cold now.
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447. Yeah.
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he'd been doing
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eight miles to the gallon,
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450. James announced it was time
for his morning ablutions,
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451. which meant he had to
put his car in the car park.
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452. I need to go
that way with that arm.
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453. That one goes that way,
or something like that.
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454. What is he doing?
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to get it so far...
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456. In his defense,
it is quite a tight car park.
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457. Having decided
that was good enough,
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458. James went off
to do his business.
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459. And we settled down
to our customary wait.
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460. I lose about an hour a day
waiting for him to have his...
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461. Got time for
a roast dinner, mate.
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462. By the time
he's read The Telegraph, done the crossword.
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463. And if he does
the crossword.
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464. Yeah, I'd say
you've got an hour.
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465. What?
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466. This is brilliant.
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467. Why do they use
such long hoses in fire engines?
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468. Well, in case the fire's
a long way away.
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469. Right.
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470. Oh, this is...
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471. We could always tell him
that the roof seal
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472. - was leaking.
- Yes.
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474. If you've just
joined us,
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475. it's a difficult story
to unpack.
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476. Right now he's
probably on three-down.
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477. You know when
they used to shout "Scramble!" in the war?
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478. - Yes.
- No.
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479. Oh, can you
imagine if he was
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480. - a Hurricane pilot?
- No.
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481. I reckon
you're about there, Hammond.
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482. We assumed James wouldn't
discover our mischief until he drove off.
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483. However, we didn't
have to wait that long.
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484. He's got
to be cross!
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485. Jesus!
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486. The roof light
was open on your caravan.
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487. - Yeah.
- You're so funny.
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488. Well, while I admire your
ingenuity and your application,
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489. that was a low blow
on a day like this.
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490. I was already wet.
And you could have taken my personal effects out.
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491. Isn't it funny how three people
can have very different views of the same thing?
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492. I thought it was
a really good idea.
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493. Mm. Same here.
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494. And most of
your personal effects were rubber anyway.
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495. Oh, God, it's dripping water.
How can my windscreen be leaking?
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496. Like I give a toss.
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497. Ooh!
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498. A few miles later,
we turned off the main road,
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499. heading for the remote
center of Scotland
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500. to do some scientific research.
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501. Now, yes, we do like our cars.
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502. They're charismatic
and they're interesting.
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503. And James and Richard
currently own American cars.
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504. They've both got Teslas.
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505. But we are not
suggesting for a minute
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506. that all American cars are good
because they're not.
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507. Some of them are terrible.
Copy !req
508. And what we're doing now
is plunging deep into the Scottish countryside
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509. to conduct
an important experiment, which is this...
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510. Who made the worst cars,
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511. the Soviet Union
or the Americans?
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512. Representing the Soviet Union,
we have the FSO Polonez 1.6,
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513. the Lada Riva 1200
and the Zastava GTL 55.
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514. And representing
the United States in America,
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515. we have the Chrysler Voyager,
the Chrysler PT Cruiser,
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516. which is making me feel sick,
and the Pontiac Aztek.
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517. What we're gonna do
is have a race around this field,
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518. us three
in the American cars
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519. and three of our most junior,
and therefore expendable, researchers in the Soviet cars.
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520. Rules are simple,
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521. the first one out
is the winner.
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522. Hang on,
you got that wrong.
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523. What?
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524. It's not the first...
"The first one out is the winner"?
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525. - That doesn't make sense.
- Yes, it does.
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526. No,
there's no motor race in history where the first one out won it.
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527. No, we're trying
to find the worst car.
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528. The worst car will be
the first one to conk out.
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529. - Oh.
- Oh, no, actually...
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530. - Yeah.
- He's got a point, hasn't he?
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531. Then the loser
is the winner.
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532. - Yes.
- Got it.
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533. - Right.
- Good.
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534. And so,
under a blanket of light drizzle,
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535. the Cold War shootout began.
Copy !req
536. This, viewers,
is the world's first minivan, in fact.
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537. But the most important thing
you need to know about it
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538. is that in the Euro NCAP
Frontal Collision Test,
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539. it scored... Where's
the gear stick? Zero.
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540. The only people
who bought these Cruisers were those people
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541. that you find in offices
with a sign on their desk saying,
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542. "You don't have to be mad
to work here, but it helps."
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543. I've got a 3.4-liter V6,
185 brake horsepower.
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544. And that's the end
of the good news.
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545. Everything else about
this car is disgusting.
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546. At its launch in 2000,
they unveiled the first car
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547. and the audience
gasped and then laughed!
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548. When Walter White
in Breaking Badwas given one of these to drive,
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549. the car was as carefully cast
as the actor.
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550. They wanted to
show him as a loser.
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551. And nothing says "loser"
better than a Pontiac Aztek.
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552. Ha-ha! Lada!
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553. I then decided
that to win this race
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554. I'd have to hit other cars,
and hope I came off worst.
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555. Here I go.
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556. Oh, shit!
Didn't quite do it.
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557. And soon, my colleagues
had the same idea.
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558. Have some of this.
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559. Hammond trying to
smash the Aztek up.
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560. It's impossible to tell,
such is the styling.
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561. I must somehow ram
into the Aztek
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562. in such a way,
I break my own car.
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563. Here it comes!
It's an accident! Here it is!
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564. Oh, no,
the PT Cruiser is alive!
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565. I continued
throwing myself at the heavy Aztek
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566. until I achieved
the exact opposite of what I wanted.
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567. Oh! Oh!
It died. Uh-oh.
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568. It is, I believe,
quite definitely on fire now.
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569. Gentlemen, we may have
a winner.
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570. Oh, no. No!
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571. Yes!
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572. Yes!
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573. It then became
a fight to the death for second place.
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574. Little commie bastard!
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575. Target acquired.
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576. Accident!
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577. And soon, I got
the wrong result again.
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578. No!
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579. No!
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580. He's broken.
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581. That was a bad one.
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582. Why is
my car still working?
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583. We all know this is
the worst thing ever made by man.
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584. Come on, take me.
Take me out.
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585. That FSO is solid.
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586. Yes! That's more like it.
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587. Ooh. That's a big hit.
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588. But yet again...
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589. Is that the FSO down?
The FSO down and out?
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590. This is a disaster!
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591. And to make things worse...
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592. No, May cocks it up.
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593. Now just James
and I were left.
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594. The two Chryslers
fighting it out for the honor of last place.
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595. Both cars were now too damaged
to catch one another.
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596. So it was a case
of waiting to see...
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597. who would die first.
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598. Break! Break!
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599. Catch fire! Roll over!
I don't care! Just break!
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600. That bonger
is the temperature. I'm down on power.
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601. Yes, I'm boiling.
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602. I think I'm boiling over.
Any minute now, the engine will seize.
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603. I seem
to have lost third gear,
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604. which was the most
useful one round here.
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605. Now the gear changes.
No, I think I've had it.
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606. No! But my... Look at my
temperature gauge! No!
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607. No, it can't be.
No, I won't have this.
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608. Are you out or are you
just making it up?
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609. No, I'm out.
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610. No, it's...
I wanted this to be the worst car.
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611. - Yes.
- And it says
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612. that this has
actually come last.
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613. It's the sixth
worst car ever made.
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614. Hang on, is that the...
I forgot the rules.
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615. - Yes, that's the way it is.
- Yes, you've won, so you've lost.
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616. I know. I'm still running,
therefore I've lost. But look at that...
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617. Rather than
spend an hour re-explaining the rules to James,
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618. we declared the Aztek
the winner,
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619. and with Hammond navigating,
set off back to the A9.
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620. Right, we're looking
for a bloody big road.
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621. However,
before we even realized we were lost,
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622. my Lincoln started to do
what the PT Cruiser wouldn't.
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623. Why is my engine...
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624. I'm misfiring badly now
going up this hill.
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625. Come on.
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626. Come on, car, please.
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pulled into a farmyard
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628. so I could make
some repairs.
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629. I'm gonna have a look
at my carb-u-rettor.
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630. As I broke out
my extensive tool kit,
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631. James went off
to put the kettle on.
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632. - A cup of tea?
- Thank you.
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633. Would you like
a... What?
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634. - That's very nice.
- I've gotta say...
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635. Would you like
a soft biscuit?
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636. - ... that works.
- It does.
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637. What works?
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638. Well, exactly.
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639. Oh!
That's my caravan.
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640. That's so much better.
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641. Eventually,
my repairs were complete.
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642. Broken.
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643. Oh, that could
keep you occupied for hours.
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644. Why won't it go on?
That's ridiculous.
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645. The last thing I knew
was I was in my 30s.
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646. - Yeah.
- Late 30s, admittedly.
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647. And then suddenly,
I'm standing in a field still watching...
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648. How's this possible?
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649. Ah, this is brilliant.
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650. - Yeah!
- Ah! Wow!
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651. What a sense
of achievement.
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652. Now, the next thing is... - Where do we go.
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653. - No mobile
phone signal. - No.
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654. We've gotta find the A9.
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655. - Mm. Mm.
- It...
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656. One thing you
can't do in Scotland is navigate using the sun.
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657. - No.
- No.
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658. You can't
navigate by clouds, they move.
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659. How about getting...
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660. Having decided
to go for that option,
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661. I had a couple
of small accidents.
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662. Oh, God.
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663. But soon,
we were back on the move,
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664. with Pathfinder Hammond
once again on point.
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665. Any minute now,
there'll be a T-junction,
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666. and then a...
a small road rather than a track,
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667. and then a big road.
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668. Then, all of that
didn't happen.
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669. There's a hole.
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670. Hammond's just brought us
on a rally special stage by the looks of it.
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671. Ow! Ow! Ow!
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672. Is this the A9?
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673. No.
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674. No speed cameras on it.
That's how you know it's not the A9.
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675. Oh! No! Shit.
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676. What?
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677. I'm sorry! That was hilarious!
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678. So, ladies and
gentlemen, what is missing from this picture?
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679. It was just epic!
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680. I've never seen
anything like it!
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681. - What, the towbar's come off?
- Yeah.
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682. The towbar
has come off.
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683. Oh, dear. That's...
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684. If you put that
in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, it would be absurd.
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685. - What if that had happened on the A9?
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686. Well, that, you'd have
there'd have been shouting.
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687. But where am I
gonna sleep tonight?
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688. There. That's where
your caravan is.
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689. We decided
to abandon my caravan
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690. and resumed our journey,
behind Richard Blomquist.
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691. So he's driving up a mountain
and he thinks
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692. he's going to find
the A9 at the top of it, does he?
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693. Oh. Oh.
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694. Good slapper, Hammond.
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695. The tail's wagging
the dog a little bit here.
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696. Ooh. Yeah.
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697. Oh! Oh, dear, oh, dear,
something's gone wrong.
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698. Um...
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699. Ooh.
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700. - Were you driving
too quickly on a gravel track? - Yes.
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701. I can't help it.
Gravel track...
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702. Well, if you
undo yourself...
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703. Yeah, he's done that.
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704. - Are you...
Are you undone? - Yeah.
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705. So that... Yeah.
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706. If you get yourself
out, Hammond...
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707. - Yeah? Ooh. No!
- There you go.
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708. No!
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709. Oh, that's worked.
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710. Well,
I've unhitched it.
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711. You're... you're free...
Your car will get out now.
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712. It's stuck.
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713. It's sitting on the fuel tank! Look!
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714. So here's the situation,
we've got one caravan left and it's soggy.
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715. Damp, yes, very.
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716. We aren't allowed
to stay in a hotel, even if we could find one.
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717. Which we won't.
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718. Mm.
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719. What if...
we stay in a castle?
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720. There isn't a rule that says
you can't stay in a castle, is there?
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721. But there isn't a castle.
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722. Well, we're in Scotland.
There'll be one in 300 meters.
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723. It doesn't require...
There are...
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724. And they're all empty
'cause nobody's allowed to use their second homes.
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725. And castles
are always second homes.
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726. Unless you're part
of the Royal Family.
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727. The fact is,
you could be onto something.
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728. All we've gotta do
is find a castle.
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729. Find a castle.
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730. With that decided,
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731. we got Hammond
out of the ditch...
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732. and went in search
of a castle.
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733. James May,
I never thought I'd say this to you,
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734. but your udder
has come off.
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735. Don't ever
say that to me again.
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736. The terrain
was very rough.
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737. Bollocks.
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738. What the hell?
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739. Oh, brilliant.
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740. I've done some
damage underneath.
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741. But mercifully,
after just two miles...
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742. we did find what
we were looking for.
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743. Yeah. This is ideal.
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744. We settled
down for the night in someone else's castle,
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745. and the next morning,
having admired their view,
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746. James scuttled off
to the kitchen to deploy his cooking skills again.
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747. It's a deconstructed
and deep-fried kedgeree, in effect.
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748. So you have a kipper,
a rice ball and an egg.
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749. All deep-fried?
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750. All deep-fried. Enjoy.
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751. I am intrigued.
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752. Um... marvelous.
Well done, you.
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753. Now, our job
on this mission, as you know,
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755. Mm-hmm.
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756. - Mm.
- What?
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757. Well, it's...
interesting flavors.
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758. That's challenging.
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759. The kipper's
good, though, isn't it?
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760. I like kippers
and I like batter.
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761. Yeah, I love kippers.
I love batter.
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762. I also like marshmallow
and a nice pencil.
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763. - Yeah.
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764. But I don't want them all
in one big congealed lump.
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765. Now,
I've been thinking.
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766. Our job on this was not
to steal somebody's house...
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767. and deep-fry
everything we could find.
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768. Um...
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769. it was to work out
why American cars
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770. - haven't... or never
caught on. - Yes.
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771. This scale
of not catching on... in the 1970s,
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772. we in the UK bought
nine-and-a-few thousand...
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773. US-built cars, nine-and-a-bit
thousand, okay?
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774. We bought 2,47,000
Soviet-made cars.
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775. A big contributor
to the success of Soviet cars in Britain
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776. was the, uh,
People's Republic of South Yorkshire.
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777. Well, it was. It was mainly
where people bought Ladas.
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778. Yeah.
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779. And what have
we established so far?
Copy !req
780. That we like our cars...
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781. I love my car.
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782. Love them,
but they are flawed.
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783. - Quite big.
- Very, very, very big.
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784. Yeah, quite difficult
to maneuver in many parts of Britain.
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785. Yes. And yours
is very unreliable.
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786. It's flamboyant.
Copy !req
787. But that's our cars.
We've also established
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788. that slightly smaller cars,
such as the PT Cruiser...
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789. and the Aztek and so on,
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790. the worst cars, amongst
the worst cars ever made.
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791. Hateful garbage.
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792. But here's the thing,
we must never forget
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793. America also made
some absolute corkers.
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794. Inspired by
this back catalogue,
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795. we chose our favorite
muscle cars,
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796. and then used them
to go for something else
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797. that America populized.
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798. A pizza.
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799. But you... I still say
you can have pineapple on it.
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800. - You can't.
- With ham.
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801. - No, you can't have.
- A Sloppy Giuseppe,
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802. - that's what you
have to have... - No, with ham.
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803. - Ooh, God!
- No, no pineapple...
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804. I've just remembered
something.
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805. You know my mate, John?
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807. He's invited us
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808. for a perfectly
straightforward shooting weekend.
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809. When?
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810. Well, we've gotta
be there in 37 minutes.
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811. What? Pizza Express
to Tramp's in 37 minutes? That's not possible.
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812. Or is it?
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813. There have been a great many
fabulous muscle cars over the years,
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814. but this is my favorite,
the Mustang.
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815. The Mustang was
the fastest-selling car of all time.
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816. A record that's
never been beaten.
Copy !req
817. They sold 22,000
on the first day!
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818. This particular example,
the GT500,
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820. and I cannot think of
any car that suits the mood
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821. of the moment more perfectly.
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822. Color television
has just arrived.
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823. The Apollo space program
was just beginning.
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824. We were all listening to
Sgt. Pepper and Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix.
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825. But in America, the family man
could buy a seven-liter Mustang!
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826. This, viewers, is a 1969
Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.
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827. It was Chevrolet's
response to the Mustang,
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828. which they thought
was a bit slabby.
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829. So they came up with
something more curvaceous.
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830. This muscle car feels
particularly agricultural.
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831. We imagine that
the Americans didn't realize that.
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832. But I think they did.
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833. I think they knew
and they just thought, "Well, sod it. It's a laugh."
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834. That's what was great
about America in those days.
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835. Optimism, hope,
unashamed consumption.
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836. Britain, of course,
saw the Mustang
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837. and all the cars it inspired,
such as this one, and thought,
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838. "Yeah, we'll have
a go at that,"
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839. and gave us the Capri,
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840. which was available
with a 1.3-liter engine.
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841. Why were we so meek?
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842. The Dodge Charger,
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843. one of my
all-time favorite cars and one of the greats.
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844. Specifically this 1968
second-generation version
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845. of Bullitt
and Dukes of Hazzard fame.
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846. I mean, just look at it,
it screams "legend."
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847. The Charger was aimed
at young people specifically,
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848. which today would mean
"make it so small and bland
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849. as to be invisible
and give it the engine from a pencil sharpener."
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850. Back then it meant
"give it a huge V8,
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851. bonnet scoops
and flared haunches."
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852. They were fun!
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853. Uh, what is
a perfectly straightforward shooting weekend anyway?
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854. I've no idea.
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855. I don't think anyone
in the world knows
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856. what a perfectly
straightforward shooting weekend is.
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857. They're all different.
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858. Uh-oh. Chaps?
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859. Yes?
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860. - Died.
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861. - Oh!
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862. Hammond,
do you mind not doing that? I've had a heart attack.
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863. It turned out that
a detached brake caliper
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864. had broken the wheel,
which had jammed the gearbox,
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865. and that caused
the engine to explode.
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866. But since the clock
was running,
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867. Jeremy and I had to leave
Britain's unluckiest driver and press on.
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868. This is ridiculous.
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869. It's like driving
to Barnard Castle to see if your eyesight works.
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870. But despite this,
we did make it
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871. from Pizza Express
to Tramp's in 37 minutes.
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872. We've made it.
We have made it.
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873. Oh, yes.
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874. But while we'd
made it on time,
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875. there was a problem.
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876. I'm not sure
we're blending in terribly well
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877. on this perfectly
straightforward shooting weekend.
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878. Well...
It could be worse.
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879. - Oh.
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880. What are you wearing?
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881. Yeah, I know, I...
I've overdone this.
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882. I am sweating
with embarrassment.
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883. Well, you're lucky.
After what happened in Argentina, I can't sweat.
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884. - Really?
- No.
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885. - You can't sweat?
- No, not a thing.
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886. This was inspired
by my car. It's misled me.
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887. A text from Mr. Wilman.
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888. A long one.
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889. "You have
finally uncovered the main problem
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890. with owning an American car
in Europe, it's embarrassing."
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891. Mm.
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892. We don't blend.
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893. It is a bit.
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894. It doesn't fit.
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895. "But if there was a community
where American car enthusiasts
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with people who shared their passion,
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897. it wouldn't
be embarrassing.
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898. So I've created a small town
in the Outer Hebrides
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899. where people can do just that.
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900. And that's where
you're headed now."
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901. - So, yes, no,
what he's... - You can actually...
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902. he's thinking a bit like
a sort of a drug-dependency support group.
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903. You go there knowing that
everybody else is like you.
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904. Exactly, every...
'Cause you obviously turn up here,
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905. cars like this,
as we've just done.
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906. Bollocks, isn't it?
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907. People go, "God above, Darren,
Gary and Kevin are here."
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908. But if there was
a community...
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909. We'll be amongst
our own kind.
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910. You could say,
"Can I get a burger?"
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911. Yeah. You can have
cheese on everything.
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912. - And a strawberry
on your laundry... - Yes, strawberry.
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913. A strawberry. - You could actually say...
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914. And nobody will look at you
because they're all doing it.
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915. - Everyone is
in the same boat. - It's brilliant.
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916. Well done, Mr. Wilman.
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917. That's not
a bad idea, actually.
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918. That's... hmm, yes,
that's inspired...
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919. And I've just...
I've just thought...
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920. If we're going to this island
where everything's American
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921. and everybody drives
an American car,
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922. why don't we make
our cars more American?
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923. I know your Cadillac
is as American as an eagle made of cheese,
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924. but make it more American.
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925. We'll modify them,
and then we'll arrive on the island
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926. in very American cars.
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927. He will be so happy.
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928. I can only think
of an eagle made of cheese now.
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929. Two days later,
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930. we set off on
a 200-mile journey
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931. to Mr. Wilman's Hebridean island
in our newly modified cars.
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932. Let me talk you
through what I've done.
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933. I focused initially
on repairing things.
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934. I've repaired the windscreen
wiper as best I can.
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935. I've used waterless coolant
to try and solve the overheating problems.
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936. And then... Well, if you
look closely at the front here,
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937. I fitted the massive
supercharger
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938. you can see sticking
out of the bonnet.
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939. Gains about 100
horsepower from that.
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940. And having done
the supercharger at that end,
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941. I needed something
visually to balance it
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942. to make it a cohesive whole.
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943. So I fitted the Plymouth
Road Runner-style wing at the back.
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944. Hello, viewers.
I've turned my Cadillac Coupe DeVille
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945. into a low-ri-der.
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946. Three inches
lower at the front.
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947. It's two inches
lower at the back,
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948. courtesy of heavy-duty
Land Rover Defender springs.
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949. A two-and-a-half-inch
straight-through side-mounted exhaust.
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950. Now, this was already
a very cool, very relaxed car.
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951. It's now even cooler
and relaxeder.
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952. - Uh-oh.
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953. I may have overdone
the lowering a bit.
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954. This thing is now wearing
white-letter heavy-duty boots and it's worked well.
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955. I've also addressed
my power issues by fitting nitrous injection.
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956. It's perfectly straightforward.
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957. Instead of mixing the petrol
with ordinary air before it goes into the engine,
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958. it's mixed with a blend
of nitrogen and oxygen.
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959. Let's try it out.
Engage system with toggle switch.
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960. Prime the tank.
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961. Firing...
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962. That makes no diff...
Why does that not make any difference at all?
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963. Did you
make other modifications to the fuel system
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964. apart from putting
the nitrous bottle in?
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965. Yes, I did.
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966. What did you do?
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967. Many things.
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968. He hasn't done it, has he?
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969. Did you alter the timing?
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970. I advanced it.
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971. What would happen
if I hadn't done anything to the timing
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972. - or anything like that?
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973. I think...
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974. Yeah, you'd have
made the mixture lean
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975. and you'd probably
melt the pistons.
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976. Well, I'll get a grandstand view
of the explosion from back here
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977. if I can see it round
my supercharger.
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978. See around it?
Is your supercharger actually in the way, then?
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979. Um, only in...
in certain directions.
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980. Um, if I look forwards,
for instance, yes, it...
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981. it blocks the view.
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982. He can't see!
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983. Later, I discovered
another issue that had been caused by the modifications.
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984. That's my tire.
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985. The sound of my tires
catching on the bodywork.
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986. I've really cocked
this up, haven't I?
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987. We continued our journey north,
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988. against the ever-familiar
backdrop of Scotland's weather.
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989. God really did mess up
with Scotland, didn't he,
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990. 'cause, "Oh, look at that.
It's my best work.
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991. And now it's gonna
rain constantly."
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992. Yeah,
he made something really rather beautiful
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993. and then covered it
with a tatty old sheet in the form of the weather.
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994. It's interesting that
in the Islamic world,
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995. artifacts can't be perfect
because only God is capable of perfection.
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996. But in Christian society,
we like to think that God
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997. introduces some imperfection
and flaws into the world
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998. lest we should be blinded
and driven mad by its beauty.
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999. James, are your side pipes
putting fumes into the cabin?
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1000. He began that by saying,
"It's interesting, isn't it,"
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1001. and then proceeded
to not be interesting for the next ten minutes.
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1002. Eventually, though,
the rain eased,
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1003. which meant we could
enjoy a lovely view
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1004. while Hammond mended his car.
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1005. - What up?
- That's a split fuel tank.
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1006. I don't think there's
any denying that.
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1007. Could you make it to
that village down there?
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1008. - Probably.
- 'Cause they'll have a petrol tank welding center,
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1009. - I'm sure of it.
- Mm.
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1010. It's quite difficult
to weld a petrol tank.
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1011. You've gotta be
very careful with that.
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1012. I need to find
something that I can gum it up with.
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1013. Sticky tape? Duct tape?
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1014. Well, it's an interesting
proposition
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1015. 'cause petrol dissolves
most adhesives. So...
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1016. Yes, James, it's
an interesting proposition.
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1017. Meanwhile, my car's
life blood is draining away.
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1018. Having solved
the problem with some of my nicotine gum,
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1019. we stopped
looking at the view and drove into it.
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1020. I really do like this car.
I like the way it looks now.
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1021. I always like the way it looks.
Now I like the way it looks even more.
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1022. It's supremely comfortable
and it's got a Cartier clock,
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1023. which is absolutely beautiful.
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1024. It moves me, that clock,
moves me with its beauty.
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1025. How many cars
have we ever kept from our television shows?
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1026. Uh... Well I...
well, I kept Oliver, the Opel Kadett.
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1027. I've kept the Alfa,
the Bentley and the Excellent.
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1028. I've only kept
my beach buggy.
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1029. Not many, then,
out of all the hundreds.
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1030. I think I know what you're
thinking now.
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1031. I really want this
Lincoln in my life.
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1032. I do not want
to give up my Riviera. I love it.
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1033. What about the Cadillac?
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1034. Well, I will admit
it may have, yes,
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1035. got under my skin a bit
and I may actually love it,
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1036. especially now
it's a low-rider.
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1037. As the light faded,
we found the nearest castle to stay in.
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1038. And that night,
Hammond and I
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1039. decided to replace
James' missing wheel spat.
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1040. And the next morning,
he was very grateful.
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1041. Clarkson!
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1042. That's a particularly
shoddy piece of work.
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1043. Whoa, whoa,
wait a minute!
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1044. Two American stars
on your American car...
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1045. - Exactly.
- ... that is an enhanced spat.
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1046. But you could have
made an effort to make it fit.
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1047. I mean, what are these...
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1048. Just... You've just driven
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1049. ugly cross-headed
self-tapping screws into my Cadillac.
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1050. It's fixed, though.
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1051. As we continued
to head for Mr. Wilman's American island,
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1052. we came across
an important piece of road
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1053. for the nation's
car enthusiasts.
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1054. Right, this is Britain's
Stelvio Pass,
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1055. the Applecross.
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1056. That's what it's called.
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1057. This is an opportunity
to find out
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1058. how our cars will manage
on an alpine road.
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1059. Science is about to happen.
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1060. I'm with you.
A scientific experiment, yes.
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1061. Right, here we go.
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1062. Gawd streuth. Oh.
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1063. Yeah, that... that...
that is a problem.
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1064. Um... I can't see
through the windscreen because it mists up.
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1065. And on the other side,
the windscreen wiper isn't working.
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1066. But even if I could see
through the windscreen,
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1067. on the other side of it
is the supercharger, which is dominating the view.
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1068. Impossible to see...
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1069. Yeah...
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1070. This specific American car
is struggling a little bit
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1071. with this specific
bit of the UK.
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1072. All right, coming up
to this hairpin bend.
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1073. Preparing myself mentally
for the challenge.
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1074. And here we go.
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1075. And... braking nicely.
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1076. She's round!
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1077. Quite a lot of mist.
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1078. Oh, dear.
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1079. What?
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1080. How have we ended up driving
on the other side of the road?
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1081. We're about to
drive into a cloud.
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1082. Eventually,
we reached the top of the pass,
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1083. got out to look
at the famous view...
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1084. and then set off
back down again.
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1085. It... Oh, sh...
I've gone off the road.
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1086. Oh, there we go.
Now...
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1087. Yeah. When I
thought this morning,
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1088. "Let's go up that
switchback mountain road in our two-door V8 coupes,"
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1089. it didn't look like this
in my head.
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1090. I should have known
when I put a duffel coat on.
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1091. You don't see
a Formula 1 driver getting into his car
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1092. in a duffel coat, do you?
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1093. Later that day,
we reached the Isle of Skye.
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1094. And having crossed that,
we boarded a ferry to the island of North Uist.
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1095. And once we were underway,
we engaged in some light automotive philosophy.
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1096. You know,
the funny thing is...
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1097. when you see someone
driving an American car in Britain,
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1098. you know everything
about them.
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1099. You know that Trump
makes them plump,
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1100. they've got
a Confederate flag in the garage...
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1101. - Yeah.
- ... they only drink Bud.
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1102. When you see someone
driving a Fiat,
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1103. you don't think,
"Well, I bet he waves his arms around
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1104. and has a weird relationship
with his mother."
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1105. Or someone in a Volvo,
you don't think,
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1106. "Oh, I bet he gets naked
and then rolls around
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1107. in the snow
with his neighbors."
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1108. - Exactly.
- But that's what I mean,
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1109. you don't make assumptions
based on the car's nationality at all.
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1110. No, you don't, you don't.
But with an American car...
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1111. - You do.
- ... you absolutely do.
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1112. You're absolutely right
because if, for example...
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1113. I mean, let's just
take a hypothetical case,
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1114. if you saw a classic Mustang,
say a dark-green one,
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1115. and it was being driven
by Richard Hammond,
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1116. all you can see is his face
just sticking up above the steering wheel,
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1117. but you'd still think,
"I bet he's wearing cowboy boots."
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1118. And he is.
The only thing he doesn't do
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1119. that he should as
an American car enthusiast
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1120. is play golf.
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1121. Yeah. Pfft!
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1122. What do you mean, "Yeeah"?
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1123. Yeah.
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1124. - "Yeeah, yeeah."
- Have you got something you'd like to share?
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1125. My name's Richard Hammond
and I've taken up golf recently. I've been having lessons.
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1126. - Seriously?
- Yeah.
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1127. I bought a set of golf clubs
and I've been having lessons,
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1128. twice a week
at my local golf course.
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1129. Why have you taken up golf?
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1130. My mates seemed to be
really enjoying it.
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1131. So I went round
with them and I tried it.
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1132. And it was really,
really h... it's hard.
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1133. - It's, like, honestly,
it's really hard— - I'm not interested.
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1134. And so then
I've had lessons.
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1135. I was having quite
an interesting...
Copy !req
1136. thought process there
about American cars
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1137. and now suddenly,
my day's been ruined.
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1138. Somebody I've actually
enjoyed working with for the last 15 years,
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1139. it turns out, is weird.
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1140. Fortunately,
the conversation was interrupted at this point
Copy !req
1141. because we had reached
the extraordinary island
Copy !req
1142. of North Uist.
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1143. We are on
an Outer Hebrides.
Copy !req
1144. So the next island along
is where Mr. Wilman
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1145. has built his community
for American car enthusiasts.
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1146. I'm excited
by this idea of a...
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1147. a place where we can go
in our American cars and not be embarrassed.
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1148. It is like nudists.
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1149. They wanna run around
with no clothes on,
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1150. but you can't do that
where everybody else is wearing clothes.
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1151. You'd feel silly.
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1152. So they go amongst
like-minded people
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1153. where everyone's
doing the same.
Copy !req
1154. Eventually, we reached
the shoreline
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1155. on the far side
of the island.
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1156. Ooh, I say,
that's rather beautiful. Look at that.
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1157. That is
mighty pretty, isn't it?
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1158. What the bloody
hell's that lot?
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1159. What is it?
Copy !req
1160. I'm wondering
if it's some sort of temporary stage or seating.
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1161. It's plastic
in the sea, is what it is.
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1162. - It is a lot of plastic.
- I mean, look at it.
Copy !req
1163. Well, maybe they re-use it
when there's no COVID
Copy !req
1164. - and they have
folk music on the beach. - Guys?
Copy !req
1165. - It's all washed up—
- What?
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1166. I had a text from Wilman.
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1167. Right, so, that
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1168. is the island where
he's built the community.
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1169. And I'm guessing
that spiky thing
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1170. over there is part of it.
Can you see that?
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1171. What, over there?
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1172. - Yeah.
- Wow.
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1173. But to get to the island,
we have to build a bridge out of that.
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1174. Is it like
a pontoony-type thing, do you think?
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1175. I'm just thinking
they're full of air, so they look floaty.
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1176. Well, it's not gonna
hold a car up, is it?
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1177. I don't know,
maybe if you have enough of them, it would.
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1178. - So those...
- So these ones
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1179. - are already joined
together, look... - Yeah, look, that's...
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1180. Yeah, that's...
that's what these... Look, that's one of these.
Copy !req
1181. Yeah, they're screws.
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1182. They screw together.
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1183. That's my idea of hell.
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1184. Oh, it's
a giant construction set!
Copy !req
1185. Jeremy, it's like your birthday
and Christmas all at once!
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1186. So is that wider...
I mean, how much wider
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1187. than the car
does it need to be?
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1188. Out of how many
of these we got.
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1189. And out...
we've gotta go a long bloody way!
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1190. All the cars
are six-foot-seven wide.
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1191. Two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine.
Copy !req
1192. - Just under ten foot.
- So your feet are foot?
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1193. Uh, I don't know.
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1194. I, meanwhile,
was more interested in
Copy !req
1195. what this community
would look like.
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1196. I'm guessing that...
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1197. It...
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1198. No, I'm trying
to think what there'll be.
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1199. There'll be a motel,
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1200. and in every room
there'll be two beds
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1201. that are far too big,
burgundy bedspreads.
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1202. There will be a sports bar
with hundreds of screens
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1203. all showing something
slightly different but not very different.
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1204. Everybody will
talk to you in the lift.
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1205. - Elevator. I like that.
- Yes, they will...
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1206. "Good to know you."
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1207. That's what they say
when you get out of a lift.
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1208. Yeah,
they say good morning...
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1209. You... you... how...
You don't know me, you've just met me,
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1210. - "Good to meet you"?
- I like that, you have a conversation.
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1211. But that's
'cause you're American.
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1212. We got stuck
into the work...
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1213. Captain Nurk,
going in.
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1214. That must be
the doer-upperer.
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1215. pausing only
for James and I to have an argument.
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1216. That isn't going to work.
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1217. It is. I've done
a calculation, roughly.
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1218. Maths, James,
has no bearing on the sea.
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1219. - Of course it does.
- Do you think it'll work?
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1220. - No. Not really.
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1221. Going down.
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1222. Going down.
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1223. Oh, God.
Right, that is secured.
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1224. Good.
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1225. You pissed
in your own Wellingtons.
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1226. Yes.
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1227. This is very manly,
this, isn't it?
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1228. - This?
- Yeah.
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1229. I know.
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1230. On the third morning
of our endeavors,
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1231. we'd reached the point
where we needed to borrow a boat from a local.
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1232. Okay, here's the situation.
Um, we've built this bit here.
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1233. Hammond is going to
bring the boat around here.
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1234. And we're now going to
tow it to the end of what we've already built
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1235. where we can attach
our new section.
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1236. It was a simple plan,
but then it turned out
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1237. that Hammond
had never used an outboard motor.
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1238. Uh... uh...
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1239. Pull the cord.
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1240. Where's the cord? Oh.
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1241. It's in the top
of the en... There.
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1242. - Pull it...
- I got it.
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1243. It works!
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1244. How do I make it move?
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1245. Twist the thing...
There you go!
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1246. HMS Hammond is underway.
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1247. Argh!
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1248. In your own time.
Quick as you like.
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1249. Are you ready?
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1250. Job one, tie on.
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1251. Right, perfect.
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1252. Now, pull me along.
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1253. Go, go. Power.
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1254. Oh, give me strength.
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1255. You pulled the bloody
fishing-rod holder off...
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1256. I didn't tie it
to the fishing rod.
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1257. Why did you tie it
to the fishing...
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1258. I didn't
tie it to the fishing rod, you blithering idiot.
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1259. Right, are you ready?
We're setting off.
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1260. Ooh-ho!
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1261. Hammond's gone
upside down again.
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1262. What the f... Oh, jeez.
How has he done—
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1263. I'll pull you in.
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1264. Weirdly, none of
the other locals
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1265. would lend us
a boat after that.
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1266. So, we had to drag
the new section into place by hand.
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1267. Look at this, I'm moving
100 meters of bridge
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1268. all by myself.
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1269. - Water's really
slippery, isn't it? - Yeah.
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1270. Ready? Look at that
for docking.
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1271. There you go.
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1272. Work continued
for the rest of the day...
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1273. Ugh. Now, I need to pull
this corner in, don't we?
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1274. No, there's...
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1275. until,
by late afternoon,
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1276. our arrow-straight
bridge was finished.
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1277. And since James was
the only one of us who thought it would work,
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1278. Hammond and I decided
he should go first.
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1279. Ts and Ps good.
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1280. What is the chance
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1281. - of him making it...
- Minimal, I'd say.
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1282. across there?
Negligible.
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1283. Oh, my God, the road
is floating in front of me.
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1284. Oh, my God,
look how it moves!
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1285. It's actually sinking
as he drives along.
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1286. Jeez. That is weird.
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1287. All right, chaps,
I'm not gonna lie to you, this feels a bit perilous.
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1288. That's 30-feet
of water he's driving...
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1289. - In a Cadillac.
- ... over.
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1290. I know it's deep.
It was deep enough
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1291. - to swallow my boat.
- It was.
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1292. Shit.
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1293. I think my exhaust
may be dragging on the floor.
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1294. Agh!
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1295. Now I'm crashing
into my own bridge.
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1296. - Oh, I think his ex...
- Oh.
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1297. I think he's
grounding out where it dips.
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1298. Oh, this is hilarious.
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1299. I don't think you'll be
able to see this, viewers,
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1300. but on that side of the car,
the wheels have collapsed,
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1301. each of them,
one of these elements.
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1302. So I'm now
against chocks.
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1303. And the...
the other side of that
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1304. is that the exhaust
is now down on the ground
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1305. and the end of the exhaust
is wedged in one of the joins.
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1306. So it's completely stuck.
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1307. There is a solution,
but I don't know you'll be prepared to do it.
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1308. What is it?
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1309. Well, you go
and help him out.
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1310. That would mean four tons
of American land yacht
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1311. on the same bit
of plastic in the ocean.
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1312. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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1313. But since
James was now
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1314. a huge burgundy
obstacle to our success, there was nothing for it.
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1315. Power, increase speed.
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1316. Oh, shit. The back
of the car's dipping.
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1317. God, I'm completely...
I'm arse down. I can hardly see a thing.
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1318. I can see Thunderbird II
approaching.
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1319. Air...
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1320. Working.
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1321. You're gonna have to
give me a fairly hefty shove and keep going.
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1322. Right, James May,
here I come.
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1323. That didn't work.
Let's try something else.
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1324. I'm gonna back up, yes?
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1325. And then I'll create a wash.
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1326. Yes?
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1327. When the wash lifts
the back of your car up, hoof it.
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1328. Here it comes,
here it comes.
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1329. - Go, go, go.
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1330. Bollocks and arse.
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1331. Hammond, could you come
and offer some assistance here?
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1332. Right, I think I'm on.
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1333. I'd like to be able
to see a bit more than I can see now.
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1334. Ah! Oh, God.
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1335. I do not wanna go
in that water again.
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1336. Amazingly, the world's
most accident-prone driver
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1337. made it without incident.
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1338. Jeremy, I'm here now.
Can I help?
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1339. Hammond,
I've had a brilliant idea.
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1340. Go on.
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1341. If we both drove
at him at high speed
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1342. and then braked
to create the wash,
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1343. that might be enough
to lift him up and on.
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1344. Or double the stresses
and break the bridge.
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1345. But it's our
only shot, isn't it?
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1346. Okay, I'm up for it.
You tell me when.
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1347. Okay, this is really...
This requires precision driving.
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1348. I am ready.
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1349. Hammond, are you ready?
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1350. I am ready.
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1351. My car won't start.
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1352. Oh, God.
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1353. What?
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1354. Sit rep, I am the meat
in an incompetent sandwich.
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1355. It's all right, it's started.
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1356. Right, gentlemen,
we are ready back here.
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1357. In three, two, one... now.
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1358. Braking... now!
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1359. Go, go, go.
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1360. Yes!
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1361. It worked.
It bloody worked.
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1362. Very good. Thank you.
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1363. Oh, I say!
My people have recognized me!
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1364. I think Mr. Wilman's done that.
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1365. Yeah, he has.
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1366. I can't wait to see
our commune.
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1367. What we're looking for
is an American-style town, I imagine.
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1368. That's like Oklahoma.
Look at that.
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1369. Cows.
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1370. That's a remarkable journey,
all the way across Scotland,
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1371. all the way across Skye,
all the way across...
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1372. I'm gonna have to stop.
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1373. I've got
the warning lights on and everything.
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1374. Something's going wrong.
My car smell...
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1375. James, we're literally—
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1376. No, I know,
but I don't want to fail
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1377. 100 yards from our commune.
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1378. I want to arrive in glory.
So just give me a few minutes.
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1379. How's he managed
to break it on the last 100 yards?
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1380. What a blithering idiot he is.
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1381. I can't open the hood.
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1382. Um, Hammond,
I've had an idea.
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1383. There's literally nothing
we can do to help him
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1384. so let's go and have
a look at that spiky building over there.
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1385. Glad to.
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1386. Onwards.
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1387. Oh, God, you're joking.
It can't be.
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1388. Uh,
it won't start.
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1389. So both of them
have broken down.
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1390. One hundred yards
from the finish line.
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1391. Right, well, um, let's think.
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1392. Mine will.
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1393. And has. There it is.
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1394. After a short drive,
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1395. I arrived at our commune.
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1396. Crikey. Mr. Wilman's
been busy.
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1397. Look at that!
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1398. Laser Quest. Multiplex.
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1399. Look at this, a sports bar!
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1400. And 5G on my mobile.
How's that possible?
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1401. Weird.
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1402. Is that an MG?
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1403. What's that doing here?
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1404. Evening, barman. I'll have
three pints of Budweiser with cheese, please.
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1405. Eventually, I was joined
by my colleagues.
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1406. - Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
- Ooh!
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1407. - Your beers await.
- Aah! Ho-ho! And there it is!
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1408. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Pause.
Just savor the moment.
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1409. Yeah, I know what you mean.
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1410. Budweiser!
There you are!
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1411. Do you know,
they only had Tsingtao?
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1412. - Really?
- Yeah.
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1413. Well, MGD?
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1414. No, only Tsingtao.
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1415. Anyway, look,
let's get something to eat.
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1416. Yes, food.
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1417. Food, in this.
Look, I'm in st...
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1418. I... I can't believe
Mr. Wilman's made this.
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1419. I've totally come...
I've totally come home.
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1420. My Buick Riviera
is parked outside
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1421. - and I'm in here!
- Yeah, I know!
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1422. - Everything is good!
- It's staggering, isn't it?
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1423. And I fancy...
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1424. surf and turf?
No, wait...
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1425. Monterey Jack. I want some Monterey Jack.
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1426. What?
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1427. Chaps, um, it's not...
It's not just the menu.
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1428. Nothing in here
feels quite right.
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1429. That is weird.
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1430. Do you know, this place
has only been open, what, a week?
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1431. And already, every
single thing in here
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1432. is Chinese.
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1433. And on that
terrible disappointment it's time to end.
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1434. We will be back.
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1435. We don't know where,
we don't know when, but we will.
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1436. And we will see you then.
Thank you so much for watching.
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1437. Goodbye.
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