Top Gear!

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Originally Posted by Mihai

Some pictures with JC, Hamster & May shooting in Romania:
http://forum.topgear.ro/index.php/to....html#msg25801

In the final sequences of the Season 14 trailer, you can see the Lambo, Ferrari & Aston on the Transfagarasan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R135OMKjOlg

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Good recce :up:

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Have you only seen a couple of serieseses of Top Gear or something? There's no way that series was the best, not by a long shot.

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id have to strongly disagree.

they crossed the channel
went to that great driving road
built a catarham
went to botswana
raced motorhomes with 'the touring car stars'
and various other things

as for last nights episdoe, that was great, amazing road in romania. and amazing tunnels underneath the peoples palace. and ferrari california is as pretty as the DB9 IMO. (delibratley DB9, not DBS) and thats some feat!

in fact, im off to google earth now to find that epic road! and then im going to implore Ioan goes there-its in his country after all!

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Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR

in fact, im off to google earth now to find that epic road! and then im going to implore Ioan goes there-its in his country after all!

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You might find these useful :D

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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.59...0317,24.628431

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Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR

in fact, im off to google earth now to find that epic road! and then im going to implore Ioan goes there-its in his country after all!

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Maybe next summer. ;)
I don't have holiday before that and also the road is closed most of the year.

The Transfagarasan is oficially closed until June, although some drivers still travel on the icy tarmac. Last Sunday a Dacia on summer tires rolled 6 meters into a pit and the injured passengers were spotted by chance and eventually rescued. The road has a wild and mean beauty, so you better treat it with great respect. A lot of people, mainly military, died in the 70s during the construction of the road (some zilions of tons of dynamite being used to blast through the rock). Even if you don't believe in ghosts, the vast stretch of raw mountain and the almost permanent presence of thick fog (especially on the 1 km long tunnel on the very top of the road) is a bit mind boggling.

Last September I completed a back and forth trip on the Transfagarasan in a Mondeo. The report is in Romanian only, but go for the pics:
http://www.topgear.ro/blog/2009/09/transfug/

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Originally Posted by henners88

Clarkson lives in Chipping Norton and I've bumped into hima few times (not a stalker btw) and he does seem alot different in person IMO. I have spoken to him whilst he's in full character on the Top Gear stand and he's in full flow talking about womens cars, and the state of Hammonds haircut etc, but I have to agree with Dave... Most of his on screen persona is based on an arrogant character... Great marketing really.. :)

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I met JC & RH about a year ago and JC was just like his "on screen" persona. Brash, arrogant and full of opinions about everything! RH on the other hand was quite the ladies man and pretty quiet to be honest.

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Originally Posted by Mihai

The Transfagarasan is oficially closed until June, although some drivers still travel on the icy tarmac. Last Sunday a Dacia on summer tires rolled 6 meters into a pit and the injured passengers were spotted by chance and eventually rescued. The road has a wild and mean beauty, so you better treat it with great respect. A lot of people, mainly military, died in the 70s during the construction of the road (some zilions of tons of dynamite being used to blast through the rock). Even if you don't believe in ghosts, the vast stretch of raw mountain and the almost permanent presence of thick fog (especially on the 1 km long tunnel on the very top of the road) is a bit mind boggling.

Last September I completed a back and forth trip on the Transfagarasan in a Mondeo. The report is in Romanian only, but go for the pics:
http://www.topgear.ro/blog/2009/09/transfug/

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nice, lucky you. maybe i will visit there one day, via stelvio etc and those great roads in italy and switzerland!

and top gear said about 40 people were killed in the construction. ;)

the road looks dangerous as well, no barriers i noticed! and it looks fantastic on google maps!

Nope, I'm lucky for this : http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ink/orn/00.gif

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2...169640x480.jpg

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Originally Posted by henners88

God Hammond looks like a right plum :p

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Originally Posted by henners88

Where did you meet him btw?

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The Top Gear MPH show held every year at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg.