Every Christmas season the Top Gear crew delivers some hilarity
in the form of a Christmas special. In these specials they get a hold of cheap
cars where the components such as the steering power gearbox or steering power rack are on
their last legs. This year the crew headed to India on what was supposed to be
a trade mission but it true Top Gear style it all went horribly wrong.
In the past these specials have been through such countries
as remote as Botswana, Bolivia, Vietnam and even America. The normal idea is
that the trio has to spend less than $1000 and get themselves a car to take on
some ridiculous trip close to 1000 mile away. If you are unfamiliar with these
specials it usually turns out with automotive issues popping up and ridiculous challenges
along the way. Included in these ridiculous challenges is an attempt to be the
first people to drive a car to the North Pole…yes I said drive.
This year’s special to India was nothing short of the
previous specials and had some surprise facts that I for sure didn’t know. The
fact that millions and millions of lunches are made by wives of working men in
India and they get delivered with a less than .004% missed delivery rate. Not
to mention how stunningly beautiful the country of India really is. Another
scary fact is that the highways there are not really regulated, almost total
automotive carnage trying to drive on India’s highways.
Every time a Top Gear special happens it shows the world a
close up view of some amazing locations and brings to light the beauty of the
area they are in. Like clockwork though there are always a slew of complaints
that come flowing in as well to the BBC. The complaints don’t really make sense
because the hosts especially Clarkson always poke fun at everyone and never
hate one group in particular. Well they do pic on Americans all the time and
you don’t hear me complaining. Since it is all in good fun and we can all have
a good laugh in the process.
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