Top Gear caravan destruction
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Top Gear is a BBC television series about motor vehicles, particularly cars. The caravan destruction segment is a running joke about the presenters' hatred of caravans and various stunts have seen caravans destroyed by:
- Burning one with the exhaust of a jet powered drag racing car. (Series 2, Episode 1)[1]
- Dropping one from a crane after presenter James May failed to set the world speed record for towing a caravan. In an earlier attempt at the record, one window and much of the side paneling peeled off due to the high speeds. (Series 2, Episode 6)[2]
- Having a Volvo jump over a row of caravans. (Series 3, Episode 2)[3]
- Dropping one onto a Toyota Hilux to prove the truck's indestructibility. (Series 3, Episode 5)[4]
- Using a gas powered cannon which fires cars to shoot an assortment of used cars at a caravan parked on a large dart board on the floor of a quarry. It took 4 attempts but on the final attempt Hammond managed to land a Volvo on the caravan. (Series 4, Episode 4)[5]
- May and Richard Hammond played "caravan conkers" with a selection of caravans painted to look like horse chestnuts. The caravans were suspended from cranes and swung at each other until each player's selection of three caravans was destroyed. (Series 5, Episode 4)[6]
- Jumping a Stretched Limo over a wedding party consisting of chairs, altar, cake, the guests' cars and their caravans. The limo didn't quite make it and smashed into the caravans. (Series 6, Episode 4)[7]
- Smashing one with a weight dropped from a crane while towing it past the crane, using lifesize radio-controlled cars. Also an attempt was made to jump the radio-controlled cars over one, which failed, crashing in to it. (Series 7, Episode 2)[8]
- Going on a caravanning holiday, in Dorset. Damage to the caravan was inflicted by hitting a bollard at the Texaco Petrol station in Ringwood, Hampshire, and partially demolishing a neighbouring caravan's awning while trying to park. The trip ended with Clarkson accidentally causing a chip pan fire inside the caravan. The presenters' attempts to extinguish the fire cause the previously damaged awning to be destroyed. The caravan itself was reduced to a burnt-out shell which was towed away at the end of the show. In addition, before the trip actually started, May nearly crushed Hammond between the caravan and a Kia Cerato, and Top Gear Dog became ill when the caravan began weaving about. (Series 8, Episode 6)[9]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series2episode1.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series2episode6.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series3episode2.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series3episode5.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series4episode4.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series5episode4.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series6episode4.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series7episode2.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series8episode6.shtml
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