Top Gear - The Great Adventures 1 & 2 Box Set [DVD]

anyone who loves top gear must have this,from driving across america in 3 cheap cars to tearing through vietnam on scooters (which jeremy hates)so first up....the u.s. specialcan you buy a car and drive across america instead of renting one?well in this one the boys try to find out.jeremy buys a camero, james buys a caddy and richard buys a pick-up each costing no more than 1500 bucks (you can imagine the kind of wrecks they have)they then have to drive across 4 states!along the way they have to deal with...driving into a water way full of alligatorsextreme humidity (with no air-con)angry localsand having to eat road kill!this is a seriously funny episode.next is the polar specialwhich sees jezza and james trying to beat richard in a race to the north pole!jezza and james are in a heavily modded toyota hi-lux and richard is joined by a top husky racer and her husky team.along they way they have to deal withpolar bearsputting up a tentextreme weatherextreme terrain (which nearly wrecks the toyota)abandoned buildingscrashed planesand erm.....doing number two's outdoors!again this is very enteraining and very very funnybotswana specialthe boys this time are given a 1000 pounds and have to buy a car while in botswana then drive from the one side of africa to the Namibian border..1000 miles!the only condition is the cars must not by 4 wheel drive.along the way they must deal withthe okavango delta (a dried up river)the possibility of breaking down and dying!running out of fuelhaving to strip their cars down to super light versionswildlife (lions, elephants, honey badgers? etc)the constant threat that should their cars die they would have to complete the journey in a beetle!and of course richard might damage oliver!once more this is great stuff, entertaining and a great laughvietnam specialjezza and crew this time have to drive across vietnam south to north in eight days something the american army couldnt do.they are given 15 million dong (about 1500 quid) to buy a mode of transport, they cant buy cars as they are to expensive so they buy...scooters! which jeremy hatesthey have to deal withextreme weather (again)buying new outfitsbuying each other gifts (such as richard being bought a model galleon)passing a Vietnamese bike examination testshould any of the scooters break down they will have to ride a scooter done out in american patriotic colours, whilst the radio plays 'born in the usa' by bruce springsteenlike the first 3 this is just as funny.all in all this is hugely entertaining and laugh out loud funny.they boys are a great laugh, the adventures are excellent the countries they visit are beautiful.great stuff

Being a UK ex-pat in NZ, I was miffed to find that the Top Gear Great Adventures set in NZ cost NZ$130 (about £50+). I could not find a major difference in content so I got it through Amazon...delivery in just over a week and also compatible in NZ DVD players as well as UK, I was certainly impressed! But without doubt the most impressive aspect was the content itself. Jezza, Hamster and Captain Slow were just brilliant and everyone in the family (including the young kids) enjoyed all the episodes. Watching the TG team get chased out of Alabama was classic, as was James May practicing his death face expression if he fell through the Arctic ice! Eventhough I thought the special features could be greatly improved, I feel I got great value for money and will be after the TG Bolivia special when I next get the opportunity to acquire it!

I honestly expected more extra's on the dvd's ('making of', commentaries bij Jezza, Hamster & cpt Slow...) and I 'm not happy with the fact that they even deleted some (short, but usefull) scenes, like the purchase of some items - like the bbq on Hamsters Dodge- in the USA-special.

As an avid viewer of Top Gear I could not resist buying this boxed set. I had already seen these adventures on the television but thought them worthy of buying as a boxed set.I find their adventures extremely funny but also very informative as you see the way the normal people of these countries live.My all time lasting memory is the final clip of the Vietnam adventure - looking for the bar.Who knew that such a beautiful place existed in Vietnam.Keep the adventures coming Top Gear - marvelous viewing.

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i love these dvd's. i havnt stopped watching them since i got it. Every top gear fan should have this aswell as the challenges series. can't wait til they make more and bring another boxset out.good having commentaries but only on two of them. also they changed the music so they are not as good as the tv versions but you do get loads extended scenes which are funny. 9/10

I have always liked Clarkson and James May and Richard Hammond just makes me laugh. This DVD is great, top gear is great and the challenges are my favourite part of the programmes.If you watch top gear then you don't need to be told by me how entertaining it is. If you don't watch it, what have you been doing with yourself? Crack on and get this dvd.

As an avid Top Gear fan, my husband was pretty devastated when the sky box deleted all the top gear specials. For his birthday I bought them all for him. No complaints about the quality of the service, or the condition of the items etc. This feedback is aimed at whoever edited this particular show.1. The music is naff (no highlights, no country, no pace, just a dull background noise that adds nothing to the antics)2. It is only 52 minutes long, meaning that massive chunks are missing (for example, when they buy their gifts for their cars/selves - the air-conditioning unit, the clothes rack & the BBQ - no mention of them at all. They just seem to arrive in one shot, and are gone in another)3. The show has been cut/edited in such a way that it just is not funny, and actually is pretty illogical.Whoever did the editing ought to be ashamed of themselves, ruining a fantastic show! This DVD is a massive disappointment!Save your cash and record it off Dave!