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Date: 24 October 2007 15:38:56
Many thanks to Backburner and Lemley for copying the last edition of Top Gear for us. We sat down and watched it over lunch. I'm so glad that we saw it.
We had the Audi RS8, there first attempt at a supercar. It looked surprisingly good for an Audi, even better than the RS4.
Jools Holland as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. The guy actually is more fun than you remember, or think.
Then the best part of all. 3 idiots trying to cross the Channel in homemade amphibious cars. How they ever got permission to perform this stunt I'll never know but they did. The sight of a sinking Triumph Herald and a VW Camper made to look like a canalboat but ending up travelling in circles in front of an oncoming Seacat were sights to behold.
Yet the fact that they did actually make it across the Channel in Clarkson's Nissan pickup was amazing. 22 miles across one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world is a great feat by anyone's standards. This especially so when you think that Beardie Branson did it in a "properly" made amphibious car a few years ago and they weren't that far off his record.
I know that the 3 Stooges are not everyone's cup of Earl Grey but they do perform some exceptionally good stunts - deathly crashes withstanding. I just hope that the BBC don't get overcome with feelings of stupidity and decide to axe the show. It is just great that we get this kind of programme on UK TV - far better than crappy X Factor or Wife Swap programmes.