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巅峰拍档第十 九季

巅峰拍档第十 九季

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2013年份
英国地区
导演:Andy,Wilman
演员:杰里米·克拉克森,詹姆斯·梅,理查德·哈蒙德
语言:英语
状态:HD中字

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148Series 19, Epi?!s .ode 127 "#@Jan]&uary 201%3Damian Lewis  R(=evi/>?^e-w. Ric<*h/a!rd reviews the Pagani Huayra, the l(;*-ate,%st% su-pe\%rcar from` th=e Ital,ian@  manufactur]er. The car " =is capabl*"e of sava?ge ac c`el`era=@\tion, w?$it!] h a lot> of attentio;n /p*,?laced int]/o_ the* bodywork, interio ^=r and utili$zing<`= cutting edge tech<+nol;]og^''"_y. Despite/+ th<$^e mass!@\:ive t]-<win-turbo)/ e"?'ngine and_) horsep,owe<r,  &th ;+anks to it%#s \*_s/_-ophisticated aer@;odyn a@^mic;]$ packa&^]ge, the ca`r can ea?]$ sily be driv%:*en h:*ard without# the risk"> of s.pi]:nn;=[*ing. The Hu$?,ayra also se [@$t(+ %the<,% fastes@t time on the Top Gear)<[%  )T;_est ! Tr_ack in the ha_ nd,_@$s of Th"[!e# Stig, 113:.8, beating the prev.ious re[ cord?], set by th'e Ari $el. Atom *?V8.   N%[ews T!)he Dac'^ia Sandero is now on sale in th+?e UK. ]T)$&he Mercedes-Ben!:z SL].S[[\ A?/<M\&-G`%># Black has been update\d to produce e/;#x@#tra h:o'rsepowe+r, but .\th#e ;.hand<`ling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that  h`,e ? +,_ha&s f-#ound ![ a m'a=%>>le equivalent v<]ersion /%'*of Fi$\f@?ty '+`Shades of Grey,' presen"_ting a "<k`%=:id's book- ab, o]/#'ut _*trac/#tors. The .new Chev=rolet ( 'St:in,gray is _+anno-unced/!. Ja.<mes May turne d fifty the .prev:#^*iou`$s week. \*' A`&?lso/, the+`" rally tea'm compose@@d of # wa[r amp&(utees (previou/^sl]y mentioned in se>!ries 1#7,_, episode 6) f=`%&in))a_# *%lly completed thei'(^r c;_hallenge of fi.nishing the 20(13 Dakar Rally.  Rev*^iew J _)ames rev/[ie?:\_ws \!th") e= new'%' B=entley C>":o ^ntin;]en)#'tal GT,!'` and no!tes the new& eng(*! ine and su;btle ride char-\`acter;+is`t^,ic s. Believ?_ing that; -#the& Bentley`=, with four wheel `*dr^ iv "e system and a ;>:b*ig ?, power`) ful en-=g=;`ine, can h :andl` e, ; :thin#=>)gs worse than a+ Welsh countryside-> road, James takes the car onto a:=[ Wels\ h'*\ stage% $ o<f the World Rally C<`'ha;m] pions'hi_p,=> wi]]th Kris M!eeke behind the w\ +hee:l, and Jam"es being the co-dr\:iver. Despite the car havin g less grip, mo$re wei),ght, an electronic;# han):dbrake (u n<suit:[able for us@a%`^ge =on/;> ] (.:a rally=' st"]<age) and (]J / ames= not bei(*'?n[g profic%,i#.en;`t at ?giving pac)<e note&s, the Bentley was actuall+';y faster than one of t>^/he full WRC cars.  Star In A Reason/*ab;/ :ly Priced _(Car Damian Lewis takes his tur=+=)n !=in the ca*!r, %/and drifts the Kia?? Cee'd_[$ aro<+<und the`+  snow--!#`coated test track a(nd cross" =*es )the finish line sideways, se :tting=- th%e *'slowest >>+("ever time o%!f \#209.1 ;. J eremy cheers D;amian -up by<! making a,/ ( separate board for snow?, (he "<ju(sts . p,]ut* the time und!er-`$n!#]e`\ ath and to the side of the fa+]stest>  la]p )*time on tha^(.t board#) -+.and says that_\#& he is >the f(<[_!as,-<t)>est d"riv*er ever on their sn>o^]w boa<_rd.!#!  `*,)Challe?>nge Jeremy'_ at-te]+?mpts to build a <]"car smaller than the Pee ,=l @:<#P50,; na_min g h],i ?/;?s creation$> the> P45. It was based o(n  a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, d]esign/ed to wrap around the driv`-er. He +`then:; presented <)his idea to t)"\he [('Dragons' in a Dr]=(ago]?n(s' Den s" >tyle format,. All of the drag/ons =,.d$>eclare/ themselves out =a*nd '`:b[ack in th;`e st[<+udio, Ric/h =[ard concl<udes ]:#that for the+<* P45 to'\ be put in produ.cti@$on, Jeremy would ha`*ve . to be d?ead.  >)149Ser%:ies 19, Episode# 2>)3 F)%ebr,uary "2013Mick Fleetwo ?od  Chal=len$\>ge, Part 1 In an).oth"_er c*hallenge,%` the`; p',r[esenters picked  _ thre)^e su<\p\:er).\?" cars [_to take on an epic r .'ace.#> Since it $was+ /:Hammond's turn to selec(#+t the chal>lenge #locat :'+i`o$.n, ?` the team went %#to #the Western  United Stat'=es. J,eremy selected the Le! &x(/us LFA$*^, '!//James:_ chose the new Aston#+. Ma[\_/ rtin Vanq_ _uish,.` and Richard too#<k the SRT Viper. Aft'=-)er &[a bri&ef driv=e in the Neva d`$a desert, the trio headed to Las V/@egas = Mo,<tor Speedway, speci.>%fically @@t%,'"he drag[) ]\str,ip#, to c)'ompet@ *e in drag races organ';ized "b% (y the$=: Las Vegas Pol'ice Department; whom._ organized it\[:/ with the theor\y- t%`hat allowing people to drag race,*< /`le&?gall@, y, @at >/:a clos!&+@ed circuit, would (pre',vent st?% r\,&%ee:$t racing. Despite the high] performance of thei\!-r cars[, the:] trio were be" at+\e$+n <by m) odified prod<,.u? ction\%;; cars,>'& a#nd 4WD >'cars, <-/. in each of their drag ra=ces.  News `,Jer.,_emy //com.=#]es up wit'.h a'( solution o=?/n h->%"ow to solve the cris_(%is affectin&g Br itain's town centres sa #cking a'll traff [ic wardens and removing double yell ow^^% lines.:'? The trio then review a Chinese product^ designed to stop drows@in,?ess be;'hind:\ the^ w:\heel, be)'^fore they took a- ?first *>look at the 2013 `-Jaguar>" F-Type. T [&h: !ey praise%@/d its styling,"`/ ! but criticized its hi*gh #@;pric;)e tag of £60,/]000, as '_we^ll a)s its target a@udience. James me# !n [ti+on%s Peuge- o*t Cit=roe]n's*` ?car intended t%o$+ run on c(om+presse',d air; Jeremy*%  at:.tempted% t)o u@`se ]a fire ext[i_)nguisher to dem#&@on;<s:`.tr ate,) but fai\ led );after only causing <himse&& .l[_]f t:,o?^:* tu)rn $>slowly arou[nd.  Challenge, P&>art 2`. Afte%"r leaving L`[as Ve@gas, /;'James ?)$a'\nd Richard make fu=n of <.J"erem]% y_[]['s LFA`+>& for lacking not only B,;#luet#% o?+*o<'th c#'onn=(ection and iPod !*`connectors, b;(!/ut ]#c\up holder[=s, despite b#ein^g the most ex\pensive =?*car. Th`ey a- re then ta[[sked :]!to he /\ad t>o Willow Sp,rings Inte*>rnati '*+ona/*l Mot@? orsports  Pa/r`#]k, bu"t they instead stop on a grooved road, wher+^e ea.ch ca)r drives over the gr(oove_\@s "$and^^ produces notes. When -;the@y re^&ach &>W/%illow Sp;.ri!:ngs, they are force>--d. &!to play a`n aeri.&al version of Laser Quest, where t/]hey- w,ould drive 5 laps around the track,  /whi-lst being cha^sed :>by two Aermacch )!]i SF.260 armed w\ith laser ''gun+s'. *^^ In <the en#)(d, Jam%e#/s >!/$w#/on the challe(&nge by being hi-t onl[$y 17'[^@ t+>i#.mes.  St /@.ar=!(^ in a Reasonably Price;\".d $Car F:leet`#$wo'od Mac's  Mick Fleet*,+"wood drove the Kia Cee'd around th=>e Test Track with +&@a la$%"p of 14^^5.+4.  Ch&.allenge, [Part #\`3 Depa^^rt((ing( Willow_] Springs, t/?he_> group head!ed f&or> Los -"An>[]!geles, ![Cali_?=fornia>. In(,? order &to do r)@*ea:l world testi ng,  Richard d!evised a#` challenge to(> +==see who > could b"\%urn< >:.the best eleve^$ns. The thr;e%e instead end-[!ed<) up drawing a phallus and left LA. The%[  tea;? -m the[<=_+n stayed ?for'%: a nig `ht i+`n Palm Spr+^]_ings. However-., the producer)+s gave them \;_a final chal;)lenge$. ;_".The &&three would d*\ rive from Palm Springs to /t'he Mexic`$"a;n bord]-er at Ca*le xic;*o the followin$ g;@? mo =rn>ing, and th e last to make it to; the Me;,]xi <c&[an b/orde!= ,r w&ould h"?ave `> to travel (!into the cou&ntry)^ itsel ;_ f to drive the &M!<+astretta % MXT, a Mex_ican sports ,\:car made fun of by` _,the presenters i=,n an+ <ea]$rli]_er series, for a la+<ter \se:gment`% o#]\$n the show. In r<evenge for taking them to Amer+ica, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammo[ :nd's Viper, causing him to los[;`e \$1-^0 minutes in the =`\#race. Des_&pit,;e mak&'in#+'?)g"$% a stop for /"fuel, Jeremy made it to the f<.^ini(;>^^sh l)ine first,#> >`with James _,i:n >sec\ond. Richard the`"n walked to  [the b/?o%;r`=der being the?  la*!st pers )on` to ?](a#@rrive. #]A/ =@t the %\studio][, Ja. mes and'; Jerem@`y end'( by saying that th/[e Viper was awful and that 'the Vanquish and!" LFA were amazing.  &; 150Ser*`ies 19, Epi=[_sode 3`$]10 ]Februar;.y 20,^,13Amy >,_[Macdonal ;d  Review J<.\eremy review &"s ]the Toyo>$ ta GT:(86 and the*\; Subaru#% BRZ. The ca[rs a.re almos?!;t identic!al,\ b!_ut Jeremy pre,/#fers th^e T,&oyo?ta)>* GT86. :!The S;t_  i$)g!;[ ]]then =com?p<leted a $=la\- p of the> ] :T-est T`[\+rack in 1313.  News T/hey% #*_dis`;@cuss the ne$%w Sub(aru Impreza, which$ is "n# \ot  co<mi!/,ng to UK, and they th[,en )@(ta lk :_% ab]#@out the new_%; Ma^-sera`?(ti Quattr@"op%<[o , rt` "e.  Cha/\lleng$'^e, Pa.rt 1 Th)#) e produce(@rs h\ave reserved a si]ngle ticket to a fo>,otba-ll> m.;atch a[('t t*<;he Sa!^'n  S_!#iro in Milan.$ , North)ern It !$ al(y. The trio have[/ a race from Wem !!ble?y Stadium to the =>San Si@>(ro. Je:& remy drives [, \t[^,he S^helby-: Mustang'& GT5"/00 \ and Richard an d Ja#\m)_e.. s travel .on public trans'!+ port. Similar to the previous race] to Monte C/a) (r/<l`)o ,@ (^Rich -ard a(%nd # J ame]_/\s are not all%o>wed t$o use any / ca!_^r%&s, a%%nd ] Jeremy is n @ot all#-owed >^to use any trains.`/' According+* to Je&]remy,; sin ce[ ])t,?$*he l=ast epic race, the -trains have become (fa--%ster and boats have become slowe@@r. Richard and Jame: s )opened .[` up a big l]^, ead whi;[^lst travelli;#ng on th,*e #`Eurostar, a]]n'd  a*@rrive+ in Paris, w hile% Jeremy.% w^as $- sti\&ll crossing the En \glish  ;Chann!el ]#on a ferry. After reach: ing France(, Je,],;re"my! [:di#]!scovers ?that _ the"&%-\ Mustan,/g only )(holds 50 litres in< i@ts fu&)=>el%&^ tank. After l\eaving !;Pari+\s, Richa rd: ) \and James :*discus%s what to do u?)po$n arriving #in Milan — as there are@% two of _ #!them bu \t only one? tick;,\et.; ,<Hundreds of :mi$]-les be( hi&$nd_<-, Jeremy ^  e;* nds part 1 of th](?e  challen/]ge stating out loud, I':m g%+><`o#nna lose!  Star in a Reasonab;ly Pric$'@ed%?? *!-Ca`/r Amy Macdonald drove=, th )'e Kia <:?C=+?ee'd ar%()ound the;%@ T(e,:st T"r-"ack in 144_#.4. During&& one of her practi=&c#;e runs, Amy, acci den[" ^tall. y destroyed one of th;e r -unway lig: h,$@ts,-`< which J%,erem^,#y'@( gives to her afte"r reveal`i>&ng the lap time.  Chall e\+nge, Part_ 2 The high?]) speed TGV ^/slowed down as it '*ap proa_ched t\he* mount`ains that s!)urround No[ r \t<her'?`n <Italy. Jer emy be_gan to cat$'c-#h *'up an;_d was !^@@near<%ly ne:>ck and neck \#wi#^th t<he trai n[.[,') until .road w^<^orks at"< the ` Mont&% Blanc Tunne<,l slow hi/! ,m down. T%>h%*e tr^a\in star,t s to accelerate aga=in%[ and rea)che)'s Northern Italy a<:head of Jeremy. Ric,_)h!(%`ard and James use a tub,<e network to get">? t(+o" the) .streets nea$r the finish line. ? James maint#:%ains [<' h<is oppos/ition to run on tel evisi<%!on and Richard ;< runs off '=&al"= !on_=e to find> the,!. !fin*ish\ l$-:ine, which ."+i(>s ,#=at/"\ a*; bar in %*the IM)< !-[*Villa Veuve Cliequot"-@. Jam!'es then]&] assemb@led:$[ a bike which he had hidden in one of h@is bags a<nd rid] #e-s\ &? to the bar, +"/o#nly. to find !$`t_.hat Rich>>$ar\d is alre*=a@`#dy !th*.er$? e and ha +s won $th=(e ra)ce and the t[;.icke%'t to the football'+< match #. Mom*%ents= l ?ater, Jeremy arrived and  accept:! `ed+ ? defeat. f.^or t-)]&he><% first time eve%r- i$-n an e'-p'#ic?_ race&=!_ of all t'he?* *series.$  151S$er&[/i es 19,( ?Episode 417 #\February 2013Lewis -.H(amilton >, Revi/'\_ew Jeremy revie.!\ws )+the Vauxhall A<$stra =.VXR,- Ford Focus ST a>nd Renaul>&t M)egane^+ Renault= $ Sport Cup). The%#`: Stig :d' !id l\\aps of each car, the) & F@o^>:.cus be?+&in$;g th;&e 'slowest >at+[ 129.6, the Astra ,:VXR at 128.3, and:%_ t he  +Megan)[e(; in 127.7. Despi\,/te this, > ]Jer&+\emy_[@ chose the Astra,: _;VXR as the best ov]era![ll car "of the thr\ee. ) N,[ews The &y discuss)! the new^/est cars, s uch %#as th#%e Al+fa_,\" Ro\]m)`/?_eo 4C, th >^-e nex.t gen-erat$ion For=d Mustang ^* would be sol<`d in ^Great B '!r+ itai*.)&n, but t#(he U=K version would co;me with a 2.0 EcoBoost engin\e, and %'> the *importance of the$* [ handb/r$*ake t!urn+-.< in mal,^\#e" dev. 'elopment.  Revie w J[#+e;[rem@<`y tests t]'he a,(ll n+-ew K-<ia Cee'd, ;putti[+ng it through a myriad o+/,f s@ t;"range road=. tests.'! Includin.(&/g M@`^@att LeBlanc doi+ ;%ng a] l+- ap wit[ h' bot *h the-& old an" d new +Cee'd, Bruce >]Wi#=`^llis (in character as J[ohn McClane)(% t"<`.esting the horn: of `@th-e C/!'[ee'd',(&* Eric Clapto* n testing its a;uxil->& iary input j"ack, and Jer]]e[$m`y=- ": test ' in#g );"%th@%e C;ee@&'d's self #]p*==\aral[##lel park\ing feature.  Star in $ 'a R`easonably Pric(:ed?# Ca_r Lewi\s Hamilton ope)_ns up >about his move from McL;=aren $to /?&!Merce &`#de s  ,"\AMG and takes the ol);d Suzuki>^ Liana& .+around the Test Track, se'tting the fas:/test F1 time, +\a 14;#2.?'-9.  R(\[eview] @ /:=As punishmen ^%t fo"r losi>ng t*`he previou@s race,$ >Rich&*"[ard i#$( s for<<>c=e) d to review the M"astretta MXT in Mex&ico. Mindi^n*g hi+ \s words, he states th`  at .@ the M!XT wa. s :;"$`an am^ (bitious under(,taking for the  ;+fir ^st-time< manuf![ act/(urer, but that it had its share o`]f fla  ws.  Challenge Jeremy and James pla_&"y car ru('-gby usin ; g. .%[Kia C ee'ds and K,<ia )/Sportages at Twicke/nham Stadium >and Stig in Vaux_%*hal]>&l@+ :[Astra P\olice car as t`he referee. Jeremy's team _\wins.  152Seri\es 19, Epi+sode 524 F^#e </[bruary 2013James  Mc:Avo@'y  Chall,:*;enge,!/@_ %',Part 1 Jeremy and R-/ichard at=^tempt to de'=sign a car targeted at elde'rly $people. Jeremy demo)\n%$;strates the >? complex$;it$]y of mo#dern c;/,ars' dshb >oard. Richard b[@]rings a Fiat Multipla  a]nd ()both mo)& dify it. Jere]my @ br %^:eaks th_e dashboard an"\%d replaces **@it co;[nsidering@' it%/ to be too c/;[omplicated for elders. -,R ic:>'+hard ?asks for #%`^the airb`ags saying that it is*:= dan$ ge%%rous-+ for the elderly who ar * e as deli :c/`ate as childre(:.n, ] (and that[]@ he needs it for a safety fea&ture. ,Jeremy ma,#.kes`#* a speedomet*er' whi&-ch reads '%!;20 mp.^.h at the top speed, he?$^ also _!;us*'>#e`s an :_old&) design s"witch f_*=(or rear fog light which does _'(nothing. Je;^,re :my insta$%)[l ?ls !)a p'`;?et%#&#-cage and$ *rep%!laces th/e back :seat wit h,( hig _ h seat ch_#-airs and t) he-.] Fiat badge _%wi +th a Rover#& one.  They%) paint it in =bei?ge after observing .\t=he s>hade %# o<- f). a hearing aid. Ri:c)hard u)se:<s water-r^? esistant?> fabric_:/] as seat cov";&[er;'s, and[> while stitching hurt@s his eye. They complete(^ the car ?*a$,nd en^<d the >p==",a;rt 1 wi&@th Richard wearing h%)]e;av_y banda/ges o;`v)er his left eye.  News Volkswag)en wi[ll  /* launch GTI #.versio%(n ) _,.of<> the new #Gol,"f and &\GT v&$"ersion  of Up will be laun !ched. Kia w]ill  launch the Pro "`Cee'd GT."[ The Mini Paceman is launched,/ and t^_he:= trio *` ]@moc;k the front end of+ the c(*&)ar, cl aiming tha_t i;+t look^&s d`(epr&ess:ing. The trio ?,agree th,[&at the British are the best driv`* )ers. A> ')lfa<]&-Romeo rel/]ease  ;s photograp"]'hs of the G<loria, in which the trio mak.<e @+fu`n of `it's n\$&am e. ^ -Richard ha. d arr `ived l&,ate so James ,and Jeremy had attempted to p"la\\# &y tennis ^ with cars (which has a lo#=t of e*;diting).^$'  Review James "revi[ew%*\s the new Ran #ge. Rover in Lond?on.(.:; The new car is completely re(-designe=:d, 400 kg ;* lighter d+ue \@;to Aluminium body, ha ^s acti+)-ve suspe$ns`i"o@"$;?n, new= gearbo<x)", mi`>nimalist dashboard and =offers better comfort_=<?. Jam%%es t.he%n races it &against TerraMax at Nevada A";[utomotive Test Ce[[ntr]!<e/ ,! ]Nevada.&[( The race was %*to a hill 10 %?mile` across, \$pas" .sin %g! through rocky terrai)\n, hillo/$*-ck, mud, river and sa?=nd-tracks. ;TerraM?ax was switched to dron&_e +/ mode d"uring the;! #*?race *to defl<&*ate the tyre^&s /+a+nd take a shor.t-cut. The R=ange Rover's aut= omati.c Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a, lon&:ger route to ascend the hill but sti%#l&l w@in=*s the race. -\At the stud*?"i^ o, the trio co nsi+,(d[-er the driv&- erless cars to  ]be not !-ver%; y :*.pra>(='ctical.  Star; I'#n A Reasona:bly Priced Car Ja\)mes &+ ? M-c* Avo(<y ?*drove  the +/Kia Cee> >'d around the Test Track with a,, lap of 143.6 .%d\.espit'e ha/vi&n-:g\&! less.,= experience. of driving car"/s. He drove over gr![_assy `patc'h in the la^st "< corn;&=e[,r bu"/t manag`&=e=_s to keep the car u^,,nder  cont/)rol.  Ch_allenge, P [art 2 Jer>emy and Richard road-test their car a:#t$@#[ Christchurch,? Dors.'et. The car h&"#`as la-&r ge ](front bumpe rs made up of foam, large": rear-view mirrors, sq/@ueaki-ng !ba$(&&l+l under <the bra]<ke-p^_*edal, lar,!g;e mag`':`nifyi^-ng-glass on the dashb>oard, sa&/t?+ nav (voiced by`! Rich_-ard %["Brie rs??() with 'o/'<nly four d?&+estinaton]s. The ca,\+r has an a_rtifi(ci$_al cat o/+n the : r<oof .[`wh+i,+`)ch!(_ [l(`>ater fell --over on the way of Bing!@ o hall. Richard later s@(hows his system to fi_^")n*\d the location of  parke-d car (th);e car* ; \activate!,s a`?@ fla:re and then relea^ses a balloo`n). J:>"eremy shows tha+,t ;the radio onl>y pl"%ays[] Horse<-+ of!#- ;t<_;-he Year-)\ Show theme  on *a loop, whic):h both late,&r (-find to ;be ir.#resi.st,`ible to clap `-@alon_#`g`* . The name of the car is ,`revealed to be The[ Jame`s. They pick up three eld`^erly ladies from, a p _#[\ensioners' " <home (#for road-testing and dr! ive` them to %$@a bowlin).+g c?l'ub where it ==&<)i !s s?hown+_ that :*Ri?c+har>+d fi$tted the airb>'_ag at the rear for "parking assist which[= inflates the [# airba)g$= on close proximity.&,[- Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing onl@+y: Bri,[ #tish foods<&. T hey a# ttach the s! ho[`*pping trolley to Tow hitc_h and he`@a =?d\ for>. picn[;ic. The r.oo> f'= of t=he car le?a:ks as it ra\ins"'`/. Jeremy and? Richard end !up choosi,$)ng a picn):ic -<spot on roadside wh=":e<)$_re =-t_h$ey find the?; tro&lley -\to be damaged durin_&g reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the f)(ood wh+>(:ich was not ruined. ] T 'he next day both leave Chris@)]tchurch and Jeremy sho'<#ws his sys&&_t_> (em to[= p"r[?event t )he car=\ fr`[^om b>eing driven ,+# on+* the w`r["+o*+ng %#.sid@+e< & of the road,/% th?* e ` car in)itial!,ly ]=_soun\ds; alarm and. late_r the t>#y&%re,s, door.&s and !&ot&he$\,r parts of the car explo,de%; "whi;ch :stops the car and renders it;# immobile.; : A-t the- =",%st$-udio, Jam'es consi(!ders ] %the hea%>ter to be co^*#m=p?(licated, the //trio : thank Ric/;hard. % Briers :`an.(d announce the +.Afric !a specia[-"l. '@ 153Serie:s \-1_9, Ep".[isode@ 6,$,3 March ^:2013No Guest#  Fi&]rst of t=he .two-episode A(frica Special, t,aking pl,\_ace in Af+-%rica. The epis^ode /was shot i+<n 2012.  [Challenge, Part 1 !Buy u_-sed est ate c[<ars^ f^&-!?o?r >(u![p to £ %.@1,500 in Brita !in a/!=nd [" rep@";.=ort@= at a small village in rural Ug&anda.  Jeremy a)rrive&s in.& a B% `MW 528i To &uring, Richard in a S*<& u,<ba^ru Impreza WR#+_X Es*tate and James in a Vol )vo &-/850R, Wag#^o]`=n.% *&The!# challenge >][is to fin.:!d the true source of the river Nile.!`( _(  The;`y`! set off - a,n dis]cover t>hat e[xploring i*sn$#'t as difficu^lt a+s f!!irst. !thought when they `:$go ( on a ni]ce easy driv e a#;nd=/ find Lake/ Victoria, o.>"f whom>+ the@  Vic] to :rian Ex[plo- re& rs thought was the /source of the Nile. However$ they are then^ to(ld that it is*> not the:(&! actual# source of the Ni=le] an.?d there  were two +other dispu="]ted lo=cations for i&t, "(o:>ne #in Rwanda a(@$nd$' one in *Burundi. H*'>owever+>, J=e'r(_:emy Clark @son insi! s<=t+ ed that>% both of th $$ese location)s were w"ro<`ng and decided t,o head!> west;`' tow<(ards -@!@La_%ke+: Edward to see whether// there was': a link be'tween that la-ke?! and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.,   @&*In their journey w`/est,"&!, /#where they visit t:he Entebbe % *'Airport and (from =there see the Ford Scorpi<!o Est)ate] back-up c-< ar. They !con-,-tinue into :]Kampala,[,# Uganda's Cap",<@ital City whe!,>re they get, held up& in?^ a& tr`af-`f?'ic jam overn&*i\/ght, *.the ;/most hurre'_ndou:#s traffic they'd ever !&'seen.+- ` [T&? hey c&ontinue on well-m( :`a=inta,i ne]d h!`ighways west \-find+"ing -their trip *+incredibly easy bef )ore ^'reach ing the t#/,own of `<M$`]bara!ra i&@n[ the southwest ^]of the country, via a stop i.->#n Je';[zz=:a, a vi]llage in'>/<? :[Mpigi ?Dis#%t@%#rict. Here ;##th#ey st^ay(+<( in a ] disg[=.,usti` !"ng hot`el, after d%riving? $through tea\ planta>&tions +i,n ^&an \a>ttempt to discover a lovely teahou*s; e hotel, which in th\^*e@% mind) of Richard*,!@ (was bou!_(nd to found due to tea programmes he_-'d se en.#[ !] I/]n Mbarara they stay?;!ed in the Economic Lodge; :-*with Jere"%\-`my havi+!ng a bed with fa"?eces on it.# They< left th e hot`(el disgusted `b?\efore Rich`,#ard has the i>$dea to mak/e the ,(c$^ars 'ho tels'. Ja>&=mes m':\;odifies*` ;?his Vol+vo by add -in%g< a library, Richard adds `]a cooker #and J,^ eremy adds a co ffin*. The :coffin he uses to p[ut$# his @cl'ot(@hes in, he sle;]eps:+ on Egyptian+$+ Cotto n.  They lea: &ve </fo?r_ $Lake Edwar(`>d,<+ camping$ ove /rnig^ht there-` because o)?!%#f%( its beauty before h[eading in sear*-[ch of +( the rive$r heading for Lake Kivu. N>one of\." t:;he rivers connect t <he lake as they all head east\$ -.]rat^#her than sou@- th*>. They give up*^, leaving t#@hem dis'@/a/pp  "oi, n/.t'@ e: #d. Th=e[n J`?@<eremy (]loo?ks _= at*] a[& map .` an'd dis@cove=rs the/% ;( source of the Nile must be on the other?* side#! of)$ Lake V ]ic"@&_toria. His reasoning is that the = Mediterrane$an Se/^*a is ef &fect/(>:ivel)?y an\ i @nland s*&ea and so Gi_.braltar is t\ he <$?<true *=-mo$uth/ _(of the Ni+' l\e, rather than Alex/a%^n-"dri&a in E`:gypt.>_@  After d is'?covering `t"]">his t] h$$ey d@$e-cide that they= & m-]ust drive straight t"o the oth [er^ si>.de of@)& Lake !'Vict\ o%:ri:!a to g>et t/=o the&\ ]+*[so%utheast coast in Tanzania near*? the`, Sere@>&=nge"%^t&>-i. They star=<t t@his journey by ?* heading south into th!e$:# Rwe=nzori Mountains, finding the goin*g hard and most of the; time .  getting their );vehicles stuck in mud.