Top Gear: Bus Jump

[Steve]

This is a clip from one of my favorite show Top Gear. They decided to see how many bikes they could jump with a bus. The insane part is that they are actually trying to jump them with a DOUBLE DECKER bus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNyQblvaO8

[the_experience03]

Does Top Gear play in our country on a channel I might actually have (no, I don't have the BBC)? I've heard fantastic things about the show, but the only episode I've ever actually seen is the one with the Toyota Hi-Lux. It brought a little tear to my eye when that thing still ran like new, valvetrain tick and all, after pulling it up from the ocean.

[Steve]

No Top Gear does not play in America, they made a version of it called Fifth Gear that aired on Discovery for a while. The only way to watch it is by downloading it.

[lapeer20m]

i thought their logo for 5th gear was really cool



i had to look at it more than once before i got it. It's a shift pattern for a 5 speed.

[bdavis441]

fast forward to about 4:45 to see the jump.

[the_experience03]

http://www.alluc.org has links to many episodes of Top Gear, including my favorite, the one where they try and destroy the Toyota Hi-Lux. If only the diesel was available in the US for more than 2 years in the 4wd's.....If it weren't such a chore in terms of transmission and transfer case, there'd be a 4BT Cummins in my truck right now.[/url]