巅峰拍;#档第十九季

巅峰拍;#档第十九季

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  148Series 19^, E;pis-#o=[de  127 January _2013 ]+Damian Lew%\+`is  Revi*ew: Richar[(d r\`)/evie=-w! s the Pa[[gan i,%+ Huayra , the^\ latest supercar fr%@om the \,Italian) man].ufactur`.e) r.*.% The [car is ca=%pable* o,f sav[-,a)ge accelera ti?o^.- n, w;%ith a lot of attention;;[ placed;@] @ *;into the bo`dywork, interi))or an!d utilizing cuttin]@g e dge technology[ *$^. Despit^*e the )$m $assive \ twi@n-turbo en[g ine a_nd horsepower, thanks to i]ts s/oph@ isticated aerodynamic$# *;($packag,^?e, the?\ car ca@n e\asily be driv_= en _%hard w]\itho-ut t`=;he ri+:^sk[? ;of spinning. The Huayra also] set the fas- /![test  tim+e. o-n the T@^op Gea;]=r Tes.t+ Tra`=ck in the han$#ds* \.o`]f T[ he=) Stig, 1:13.8:=, beating the previo\u@\s record, set b(y the _ Ariel$( Atom#+# -V8.  News: Th*#\e,*+ D/aci\)a Sande(%;ro is n*+ow on sale i\ n. the UK. The Mercedes-Benz `[SLS A=MG  \ Bl = ack has bee%n updated t(:o )pr%oduce extra)^@ ]h_ors[`epower, but the han _dling is still c[hall`.%enging. Jeremy claims that he has]`: found a mal#e equivalent]: */version of Fi[-$_f`)ty Sh;ad*#es of ,Grey, [/presentin![g a kid&#((39s book abou` t tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingra*+/ y @ is announced_=. James Ma;!/y `[,turned\@ fifty \. the previous week. Also, th!+e rally team  comp(\osed\^ of war amp)=@#u(\:tees (pre`*viously me,#%ntio$ ned ?#in %+series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Daka[r @Ra_) lly.  *Review: James review/=)s the new Bentley Contine*n=/tal% ! GT, and n:]+otes the??. #new e ngine and subtle ride#) charact`:erist\ics. Believing t?/hat the Be)ntley, with fo[/ur wheel +!drive system and a big, pow+[er[ful engi??ne, can hand;;le things w+;orse th%an a W\)elsh coun*t_?\rysid[e road,,( Jam[[es t$akes. t he car onto a Welsh s,-ta* `g$e of the  World Rally ][ Cham[.pionsh ip, w-]ith Kri@/s Meek?,e beh,#$/ind !%the whe$el, and James being the !:*c\o-d *\river. %^Despi$_ te the car having less )+^grip, more we=ig/ht, -.an ele #/\ ctr #onic$@ handbrake (unsuit a.)b?, l+ e for  =usa-@ge on a rally s]ta#ge) and ]!$Jame)s not `^being profic`*ient at giving !(pa`$:ce note=:s,  the Bent(:ley@ was- act[!^ually fa/?ster th)*an one of * [th(@e full.@ WRC ca;(rs.  Star In $A Reaso*nabl/!y Pr-iced - Car,: Damia`/#%n Le$.wis takes his turn in \$the ;#\ca r^:(, and drifts the. Ki\a ] Cee'd ar#o.und th e snow-coated t!est \track a$nd] crosses t$[]h#.e finish line sidew]ays/, setting@  the slo.^west ever ti;me of \=2^:\0:9.1. ![:Jeremy [!cheers Dam%:=ian %.up by making a [/s_.*eparate b,+oa@- rd for sno$w (he justs* [ put the time underneath` an ) \d to #t_*he side of the fastest lap @time on t/ha; t b,o#^ard) % and says that he  +is the f,ast^$est driver . ever on their &q^/$uots[now** bo !!ard&*quot,.  Challenge: [_Jere@-my -?atte!m=pt*=s [#to build; a c;.ar #$(smaller than #/th(`e Pe:@=e l P%[/50, n_aming ]hi@=s creati)on; the P45. ?/It%[ was based on a $quad \.bik\?e, with [bo@,dywo!r !/k fi$@/tted, *designed to!? w\rap around th:^e//\ driver. He then pr^@esented his`^ _,=idea to the \;]9Dragons' in a D ;?r,]agons&`.#39 Den s*^tyle format. All of* t$_]he dragons declare themselves ($+(&quo%#t]:out&quo#.t \and b\ac-,`k in the stu#.dio, Richard conclud:+^es that fo,%r the P45 @to be put in production, Jeremy would*] have t^ /o be dead.  (149,.Series =]19,# Epi^[sode!,* 23 Febru%ary 2013Mick Fleetwoo)d  Chal le)[nge, Par]t 1: In anot#h\@er cha@/llenge, .*the# presen!,;ters picked -_three s#up?er c$^ ?ars  to :t%^)ak_%e\ on?* a ^n epi($c race.+[ Since it was Hammond'\ s t]?urn to select the_* + challenge location, th] ?e team wen=t ^to the Western+ Un.it@,ed S\tates. /:$Je:re_my selecte .:d()) ! th?,e )Lexus LFA, James ch.,ose_+ the =- n_+ew As.ton Martin Vanquish, and#; Ric/#)#hard t=-/-ook t\: he SRT Viper.( After a b(#rief dr.(ive in th`/=]:e Ne.]vada desert, the trio h))@+eade]`,d to Las Vegas Moto)\ r ,.:Spe` e?^dwa/,y, specificall[y the drag strip, :`to c#+]ompete in d-rag `rac:e s orga;nized by /the Las Vegas Po__lice Departm][`ent who@m o) rganized it with the! theory that #.:allowing people to drag/% race, lega\?l. ly, at a closed circuit, woul d pre\$*ven;t str:_ee\ -t racing.. D]es pite th^.e hi+gh perform`ance of their cars,]  ##the trio==; w! ere bea,_]ten by modi$;fied produ@-@ction car$s, and \ 4WD c+ars, in each of their d[rag %(races.  News;: Je[remy comes up with a so_lution on [h@[ow to solve _:th;[e crisis affe%cting ;\B)ritain&*[( #39s tow_^$n cen) t/r,)es: sacking all traf:*fic wardens and removi%ng_ dou@ble)@ ye-llow li^!^nes. Th+-_e t]i#o then review a Chinese/? product des :igned to st[%op drows@/ines-%s behind the wheel, befo:re the@\y -took a $fir(st loo?[k:* a:;t the 2\(;013 Jaguar !^ *F*-Ty (p$@. e`(.`. Th=_ey prais;ed its styling., b` ut c.=ri*`tic$ized its hi:#)gh price ta=,[g o^f £60,0]?:00, as we![l]*:l as its%! target audience. James mentions=/ Peugeot Citroe/+_n&#% ;39s car intended to [run on c /ompress@/ed a/i .r /+,!Jer#^(emy at% tempt#ed to use a fire extin%g@uish%+#er^$ t[\#o d=emonstrat-e^\;, ^] but ():failed after only //]causing h$imself to t [\ur/(%n slo]wly around.  Chal^;le/[+nge, Par:=,t 2.: After le%_aving, Las Vegas, J*\a:#mes and Richard ma$ke fun of Jer:_emy's)( LFA for \lacking %not*^ only +:_=Blueto/?`oth =connec$-tion a[)nd, i]Pod connect( or s, but cup h\o#l/ders$/, de:$@spit=`e being ?the most expensive car. _) ?They are then tasked t:/o :.head t@(!o Wi!llow Sprin gs Inte=@r, :[natio[ nal Motorsports  #Park, but they instead]#`! stop on a grooved r+=?oad, where `each car driv*es over the grooves \*@and produ#@ces $[@notes. =When th\ey reach Will *ow Spring]s, they are f#\orced -t o + play an aerial v ers.ion of Laser Quest, where,]?$ t$hey would dri#`ve$ _5 l?%aps arou,;nd *th_^e track, whil%st bei;%%n];g ch :ased by]` two A`#ermac/`chi SF.260# .? armed wi _=-t%*?-h ?[la -, ser ?gu#+n*#s. In the end, Ja[%mes won the challenge by b.!ei% ]ng hit ])@o)-[nly 17 times.  Star in a_* Reasonably P:=.ric(ed Car: Fleet$*wood [Mac's  -Mick Flee_,[twoo$#d drove the Kia Cee9d aro,=u##nd the Test %T;%;rack with a lap of 1:45 .4.  .]  Chal/le\=ng/e, ;P]%ar=\t 3[%: Departi( ng Willow Springs `, the group headed for L`\os Angel% es, C$#[aliforni+a. In orde^-!r to do "real world?" testing, ,Richard de-(=vis$ed a c hallenge _to ,se[e who co;*uld burn t?#.he best  eleven(-?s. T,@`he th +/ree /( instead end_ed u p -( drawi=/ng a phallus and ;l*=ef-t @LA. The tea[]m`% then s=tayed f/](or a %/n $#ight @in ^^*/P^al[`m Spri_n -%gs. H/owe%[(ver, the pr+_oduce?[rs gave them\%-^ a final [ ;chal@`lenge. T_+/he three )would d\+rive from [?=Pa:!lm S)-*prings to th,%/e Mexican bord^![er at ]!Cal^\e[-xic],o +the following morning,, and the ? last $to m$ake it to th.?e ( Mex ican b!orde _r would have to travel into the country?!  itse_lf ` to drive the Mastretta, , +M@ .XT, a*%_ M!]exi@`ca/=n s^port ,(s ca:r made fun of by the $,presenters#] in an  earlier ^series, for@ * a later segme^nt on[ the show. In reven.ge for taking ?them t-o Am!%erica, Jeremy and James sabo]]taged Hammond's Viper @! , c[/aus !ing`- him ,`to lose 10 minut)es in t?:he #@:race. Despite m`/aking a st %op for fuel -, Jeremy ma-]_de it to t\he fi%nish line fi_/rst, with James in se_cond. Richard t h\e!n wal=..ked !to the b\*order bei=ng^ t,[;he ] la (`st pe:rson to arrive. At# the stud+#io, James and J-eremy end ;@.by saying t;hat the Viper w %as a wful and th[`at the Vanq=!uish and LFA were amazing.$.  150Seri,es 19, Episode 310 Febr.u=ary 2=01:3A^my$+ Macdonald* [ Revi$,ew: Jeremy reviews $.the T oyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ]. The .c#?ars are ,?almost identical, but Jeremy]/+ pref`/+ers the T*!oyot@ a GT86. The% Stig the@*n complete\d.  a lap of [ the Test Track i% n 1:31:3.=  Ne@/!ws]*+: Th$)ey di),$\scus:_s t]%he new S)]ubaru %Impreza, whic:^h is not coming to:; UK, an.d t)/hey then$ ta/lk! about the(] new Maserati Qu]attropor_@te#=\.  Challenge,[ -=P/.)art 1: The producers have reserved a s.?:i^ng le ^t^#\ icket to a football match at the ! .]San ^ Siro in Mi;lan, ;.Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wemble:%[:y Sta d`ium to the[+? S?#=an `^Siro. Jeremy ]dr*i#:ves -th+(e Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard =+and )%James travel !on public*/ $ transp-/or /^t. Similar): to the previou@$s ^]race% to$ Monte Ca(#rlo, Richard and Jame$s are  $ not al=/l= owed to use]_% an(-_y cars, and Jeremy is not] allo?+!wed to use any t(rai + +n#;s). Acco` rding to Je]@remy., \since t:#$he last ep) ic  #ra=\]ce, th^ e trains have become fa  ster and bo a$/;%ts have become slower($(. Richa.rd and J ames $opened up a big l-$)ead #whilst tra:;v?elling on the Eurostar, `^_) *and arr!i:\ ve in Pari=]s while Jeremy \+:was still -$ %;`/cro=][ssing th@e English Ch;annel- on a`; ferry% @-. Aft-er reach[;ing +France,_=/ Jeremy discovers that t_\he^@ Mustang only -holds= 50- _ litres in it[-s fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richar)d and James di:scuss what to do]] upon arriving in M*^ilan — as th\ere a%re tw+/o o^f them bu. t [`only one tic\:ke);t. Hun*%dreds . of miles behind=, , Je*$ ^remy end^?@s; par -t 1 of the c!_(hal/len^`g] `e stating out lou, d/,, &qu!_otI`&#@3- :9m \go)=nna@([ lose!&quo`\ ]t  @(S-)t(a#_(r in a Reasona _bly Priced C`ar:^ Amy]! M acdonald drove _the \Kia  [Cee'd a$#@#round the? Test Tr,[ck in 1:44.4. ? D+% u*ring o ` ne of#] her practi ^c(e runs, Amy .`acc[\;i)dentall__)y destroyed o.!$ne of th].`e run(way li+ghts\ ,;=*\ which Jeremy gives to her=$ after r.=evealing the ]la p time.  Ch+)alle #%]ng* e,_+, Pa.\ rt 2: Th*@e h^ig(h speed TGV slowed do:wn as it ap;.proached the mountains that;_ su- rround N[orthern I/taly. Jer#`emy began [to )^/catch^* up and was ne*-arly=` ne+=c\[%=k and ne!c k with the train, until ro ad; work;s at  the M#o`:nt )Bla`nc Tunn=e+!=l slow!) ? him down. T he t#_$r@ain st)arts to accelerate a\]$gain and: re#:^#aches Northern I(#t]aly ahead of Je](@ \remy. Richard# an[d= James use+] a ,tube network-@[^ to get : to. ] the :,\streets near the finish line+`+.  James m#aintain#s hi`s opposi ]tion to r;#un on television@! and R\ich ]ard runs of$!f al ^one to find t^`he finish lin$.e, whi ch is; at :a ).)bar $%in the  ]+IM Vi lla V]euve Cliequot. James[@ then as/^sembled a@( bike w#hich h ^e h;^^ad hidden in one of his @bags and rid,;es to( the`;^ bar[, o[@nly to find that Richa rd is$  alrea*!dy t here $^-)\and has won the ra#ce a=@$[nd the ti);.cket to  :%th!e foo^tball matc-h. +Mome? @-nts later, J*!e rem@y arriv^*ed :and acce;=pted de_feat%[?+ for-@ the f/;irst time)% ev:)er i`,+!n an ep;ic rac-:e of+ all the* s?eries.  151Ser,\ie*_s 19,.$ Ep`\isode 4,$,17 February 2013Lew):,is Hami,]lton  /Re:/view: J.@eremy r@?[evie@*?_w+s the Vauxh?all Astra V#[XR,# Ford Focus ST and+\$ Renault Me*^ gane Renau;+lt Sport Cup. The Sti g did= #la# ps( ;- of_. each car=, [,t(,?he Focus? [being the slowest at 1:29.6, the Astra VXR- at^ #1:28 .3, and+: the Megane in 1@;:27.7. Desp;\i[?+te thi)),s, Jer+?_emy chose the Astra VXR as the best ;[%overall car of th/e thr/ee.  -News: = The$y di !@s% /cuss the newest/! cars, s]\uch as #_the A$`(!lfa Rom!e\o 4C, th*e nex# t generation F ?ord Mustan/g would be s@$\]old in Gr*^eat-# Brita in%!/, b::?ut= the UK versi .$on would co _me wi+t  [h .#-a 2.0 EcoBoost e= ngin:^)e,:- and the importance of the handb.r_ak+@e;$/ turn )in &quotmal%$e @ devel)o#`:p @^ment".  Revie#w): Jerem`y t[ (ests:_`] t!he %all new Kia C:;#ee'd, p$`utting#] it thr!ough@` a  myriad of strang/e road tests.. ?()Including Matt+, L]eBlanc?-,[ doing a%? lap )?with both -!the)  :old and new C@$ee&.##39d^[, Bruce Will^is ( in character.= as John McClan\:_e) testing the hor#n o_f th.@e Cee$.&#^39=#`d,@@- Eric Clapto n testing @i,;t^^s a,uxil iary !/ inpu@t j.[ack, an[d:] %\J.(#er-e$(my tes@t/]in[g the C\ ee'd's self !paral$+l* el parking `:,fe.ature.  Star in a Rea  sonabl y)^, ;P,rice!.d Car: Lewis Hamilt%[o(;n opens \[up about h\is move fr om,+ M%cLaren  ^t:o _Mer$c:edes AM.G an d take*s th!*^e o-+@ld Suzuki Liana arou,*n)d the Test Tr$_ack]^, setting\ the fastest F -;(1-`- time, a 1:42 [email protected][..  Review: As punishment for losing t#/*;he%++ previous race, Richard is ,)fo-rced ,$)to review #!/t^- he Ma:strett$]a MXT in Mexico. Minding .,his w/or(ds, he states that the MX:T was !an ambitious /#)und(ert! ,ak.ing f[,%or the first-time:?)! manufacturer, \bu_:t that it had its share of flaws.  *`] Cha%]llenge: Jeremy a`,nd Ja@me]s play car _r%(`ugby using_ , Kia,: C#@ee'ds and Kia \,*!Spo))rtag_;es at T;$wicke!nham #*S;%]tadium an%%`d Stig i )[n Vauxhall ` Astra  -Pol (ic),#e c ar+` as%% the referee. Jere+(my's t.eam wins.  152Seri`.es 19#?, Episode 5\/2+];(4 Februar!$y 201 3James McAvoy  C/,hallenge,).+ Part *1]=: Jeremy and Ri#./c[\hard attem*.pt to des\@ign+-/ a car targeted at+] e:.lderl)y ?people. .Jer#em:y demonstrates ^=the compl!exi!+t,y o^-)f =/modern @^car?.s' dshboard. Richa\*?_rd brings#\ a Fi=!at \,Multipla and b.(oth] modif`++y it. /=(Jeremy breaks !*the %dashbo-ard and re-.places i?t co_*n)sidering it to be too com:^p$/licat^ed fo+^r _+el!^\ders. Richard :[ask[s@`* for the airbags s(*a?ying t+^ hat ;it is danger#,ous for the elderly who a`re as delica\/te as c:hildren, an%#^d that he need.; s it_?[ for a safety featur# e. Jer ]emy :]mak?es .a%$ speedometer which r (eads 20 mph +at t.;he top speed, he also u.`se=s  an o \ld desi+]gn s:/witch f/@or rear fog, light# which d?%o:-es noth[]ing. J@e-rem`y in%\stalls a pet-cage . and replaces the $b=]ack; seat $with ^*high seat): # c`hairs and the/* F`/:iat ba_dge ,with!^ a Rov,\\er one#:.@` They paint !(.it !?/i+++(n []beige after) ob\)serving the shad#e`= of a hearing ai.d . Richard u$#ses w$/ater-resistant fabric .`as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They comp l;ete the car and en% d the_? part 1 with Richard wearin(g heavy bandag `*es o(ver h@is.$ l$[_eft eye.  News: V/ !+olkswagen )-wi_!ll launc h GT# I(*` version of the ne%w Golf] and GT[? vers/$;i;on of (%Up will #))be laun/@ched. Kia will!: launch)+$ the  Pr ,o Cee&#39d GT. The .Mini Pac-e ]man is la]unc.(h,ed, an\d.[ /`;the; ;trio mock the front*(^ e]nd of the car, claiming that it lo @ oks depressing. ; The trio agree that t*he: Bri?tish are ^the bes*t drivers. *A# lfa-Rom^eo releases pho/tographs of the [/Glor/ia,.% in which th@e trio make f:un of )=i$%t&# $-.39s@ name. Richard h+;ad,) arrived [_late s!(?o J_;#ames ]and`.  Je`.remy had attempted to pla y tennis with `ca* rs (w+^ hich h(=?:as a lot of editing)- (*.*:  Rev^iew: James re-vie_]w$_s t,he_- ;new Rang)e ?,-R;/ove?r( in*,_ London. T?he) new c($ar is co].mple( ^=te,- ly[ ;redesig_)ned , 400 kg_[ lighter due #to Aluminium body, has*,* a# ctive ^ suspe$nsion, n.:ew g*:earbox, .minim( alist ;dashb%,^oard.: and offer. !s better comfort. James then rac :es it a*]gainst Terr?\aMax at] !:Nevad[a Automot[(i[%[ve Test Centr(e, Nev`; ]ada. The r^()ace was to ; a hil/l 1+0 ,!mile ac;ross, passing throu@gh?? rocky terr@[`ain,@ hillo/-?c #+.k, m. :ud,@; river *#a.nd sand-tracks(]. Terr`/aMax was switche /d to drone mode -during the ra=:ce to de)/flate the t ;yres and t ake `a`= _ short-cu?t. The Ra)@nge Rover ;'s automatic ?+Terrain Response S_!`/?ystem is demonstrated. -,J[am*=)es takes  +a lon @ger route to ascend the hill but sti$ll wins the` @? race. At the- stud:)io, the %tri]`o consider th#)e \d!riverl[-ess c,)#ars to be not very practic+]al `.  Star )\In A Rea_ sonably Priced Car: James M.cAvoy d %rov ]+e th /e Kia^* C/,*ee&]  #39d around the Te?:st /=T)rack with) # a lap of 1:43.6 despite having less experie.#nce of d!riving cars. He drove :over gras;.sy pa@tch in the l@ast c@orner but manages to keep the car( under control. /## Challe  nge, Part.:( 2: Jeremy/.  % and Richard r/oad-test their c#\ar/ at Chri*$ $st! chu#*] r;ch, Dorset. T(he car[,? has large )fron_;`t \[bumpers mad),e (@up of f* oam, large rear-vie@:-w m$)(,irrors, squea@$ki_;ng? ball under the brake-pedal, large m]@agnifying-gla*ss ] on _) the _d#ashboard,.% sat nav@ (voiced [*by Rich.ard Br=@ie:,rs) with only_. four destin!atons. The car has an art:-ificial ca-*t on t` -he roof which later_ fell over on the w@[=ay of?\ Bingo hall.?%_% Richar:d\ +,`later=\%` shows hi#:s s= yste]m t^o$/ find th!e l\,`]ocati^!#on o f par ked car ](the car activates a fla\re and then rele +(ases a bal lo#)on). Jeremy shows that -\+the radio o =nly plays Ho]rs!:e o_f \:the Ye$_?ar `*Show th?eme o\+n a lo]o)_p, wh!ich b`;oth later ;find to _ be;;, irresist\!ibl_e to cla#p along.+] The -name o# ;f ( the ca#%@:r is $$revealed ==/to be The James-. The$ y%=; pick ?/-up three el:?derly lad@ie\.s fr)!/-om a p?.[ension @e(rs-[#' home _fo-][r r[oa:#d-testing and drive th?,e([m to a %^!bowling club where it,\%. is shown th@,a\/t Richard f,itted the a\^irbag at the /(rear fo%[r parkin -=g assist whi%ch infla *t)e[s @- the ,_/air($b@!/ag-/ ( on , close p%%/roximi=ty#(._-^ Jeremy an,d Ri+char\-d buy food% =/f*`or]* !pi#_cnic, choos?ing only B*r$$ it ish foods. Th:@+e=y attach the s(hopp`\ing trolley to Tow hitch and he#ad f^or picnic. The roof o- ;:f the car l(.eaks a^s@] ` (i$ )t rains. (. Jerem);y and Richard end/#^ u p ch] oosing a pic%!ni!`=!c spot on road%side whe#re they _f#ind=$ the trolley t@[o %be damaged du*.ring revers [%ing an,@d the food to \ be soaked, however they(/.: ate the f /)*ood which\# was not ru%ined. The ./n`e$+xt day both leave Christchurch and J er^emy show,(s his.+= system t=o (]preven$^*t the ca*r :from being d@riven on the  wr*]ong si%de of th,?e ro# +ad, the ca r initial,ly soun\@ds alarm and later$; \the tyres, doors and # oth %e+;r parts of the ( car/ exp?`)lo_(d[e which _ stops the ca?.r  and renders it immobil e. At the stu,dio, Jam%e/-s consider`s th/,e heater to? be complic/at;=e[d, the tr]io t[[hank Richard Briers ^:=and announce the Af^rica//+ special.^  153Series 19 , E!)-.pi+=sode 63) March 2 =*013No Gu^est  F)i`rst of the; t/wo-ep*/isode A`[@^frica S])pecial, ! ( ta*^*kin-(g place i[n/: -Afric?a. The e`pisode was shot (in 2012.  Cha^+llen ge, Part 1:*#/ Buy \@%used esta\:t]%e cars fo ,r up to £1, *500 .*in Britain and report =at^ a sm) a[$)@ll village in rural Uganda. (Jeremy arrives $in a BMW- 528i Touring, Richard i. n a@]$ Subaru Imp*reza? #_WR;#X ^\-Estate a,nd James in a Volvo 85[-0R Wagon.;, The ((c$ha*llen -ge i[s t*o find the tru;)%e *sourc)^e of  the river Ni#le.  T)hey set off an di\sco^( ^ver +t:^#hat+^ exploring #isn't )as difficult ?as fi.\`rst thoug`$ht when the@y go ^ on a - nic%$]e eas$)y.% drive a\.nd f;ind Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian, Expl(;([orers th#ought was t:)#$he`+ source of   the N+ ile. H.owever they+\ are th@*/en told  [that it is n^o(t th-e ac:tual source of the N+i le and ther@#e were two ot.;=her%, dis; put; ed loc_?-ations for_ it, one  in Rwa(nda and one in)/. Buru?#ndi. Howeve`r,:@ Jeremy Cla*+rk@/*son insist=_..ed tha t bo^=:th of t`+hese loc$?#@ations were wrong and decide.d to head west/ ; ]^towar#/ds La *.ke Edward; to see w [$heth%-` er\ t\%here% was a l``ink [,-betw^- een$@ that lake and Lake K`i+vu in Rwa*-.]nda.  In ,the(ir journey\ west, where they visit  the En@)@teb$be Airpor!t and from ? there see :(the \= Ford Scorpio Estate back-up ca)r.  Th-#e*$-y continue in_[%to K?!a_*mpala, [Uganda&#[)$39s Ca?*pital[ City where the y ]%get he` l^# d up in $a #$tr @affic jam :,_^@overni:ght, t*\he most hurrendous traffic the_+ y&# 39d ^*`ever seen.  They ?cont_)-i-,/_nue on we :ll-mai_-ntained highways#* west_ f^i[_])nding their trip i-%ncredibly easy b-ef_o\%re) rea[chi]%ng! ` th_e town+# of Mbar$.*ara in the sout hwest of^: the %[\/ \co;+u!ntry:), vi@a a: st.?%op in Jezza, )?a v^-illage i =n(+ Mpigi District@[. H`ere they !stay i]]/n_` a disgus`/ting h ote\ l_, after driving[ %^ through tea p?`lan tations in a!n attempt  \!to di,scover a lovel- @y teahouse hot%el, which  .in the m ]+`in$d of Richar d, was bou#@\nd to^^ found =`due to (^tea p-[rogramm*es he'd seen.   In% Mb%(=arara +-:(th-ey st?ayed in th_e Economic Lodge w-:ith  Jeremy having /`/a bed w,ith faeces on it.!/ T?)(/he+*#y# left t$he ho@tel disgu* sted before Richard has t(/)he idea to make  +the cars &#39hotels'. Jam([[es m+]od!$ifies /#hi s Vo-?$@lvo b`y !, add (.ing a library, R$=ichard adds a c+ooker and J_eremy adds a) [c?:-!o;ffin_[. The coffin he/ ` use:) s t o put#\/ his clothes in, he sle `e#ps on Egyptian Cotton.  They le_)`ave for Lake Ed-)wa==?(rd, ca$)mping overnigh@\!t t(her_/e be $cause of it*?s. beau\ty before heading in$ sear%;_ch of the r[iver-;[ head[:ing f^.o)^r La:ke Kivu[. N $on,e ][of t?\he%]` ? r/ivers connect$%- ,@t$h@[e lak)!(e as they all head east rath(?.(er than sout#h. They give up): , leavin:*$g @ them di sappointed. T-hen Je_remy looks a_]?%t a map ;and d;isc^ov?ers% th `e source \=.of! the  Ni]#:le must@$, be on %[,the-] oth+er side $o#,+f Lake V_ictori$(a.@ His *.reasoning is )-th)+) at =-the=: Medit#*^[erranean\ Sea ;\is effectively,) an inlan@:d- _/ s#/?ea and ^:#)so Gibralt.( ar = i+s the \true m!?outh of the? Nile, rat*/her than Alexandri?a ;( in E ;gypt*_-[.  .A-#f +(t=er discovering this they d]/=:+ecide that the:[y m *ust dr$ive [?stra(*=_ight \/to  the =;@other s /]-ide.%. of Lak$e ^ Victoria] to get to the sout.heast coa#*st-] i+;-/n, Tanzania !near the ;-Serengeti. The/=)y sta+rt ,+this journey by heading^%/ south ? into the Rwenzori M$;ountai%_%n:!s, .finding the going hard and most of the ti me ge?tting #\_+their vehic[\les stuc(_k ,`i:`n m.ud.

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