Top Gear - BBC2

[Gray]

Anyone watching it? Not quite ribs but interesting to see what they can knock together!

[Nauti Buoy]

Originally Posted by Gray

Anyone watching it? Not quite ribs but interesting to see what they can knock together!

Wow a 225 Honda Vetec on the back of a Toyota Pick Up, this is gonna be interesting.

What is James May driving???

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by Nauti Buoy

Wow a 225 Honda Vetec on the back of a Toyota Pick Up...

You could see that one coming as Steve Curtis walked past a 225 on the back of a Cougar with a 2.3 over his shoulder!

James May's driving a Triumph Herald.... with a sailing rig!

[Nauti Buoy]

Can't believe that Toyota is working, No Doubt Honda are sponsouring this event!!!

[Nauti Buoy]

Well that is one trashed Honda 225 Vetec

[laser]

omg that was sooo amusing, shame he trashed a perfectly good honda outboard!!!! still worth the amusment value

[Gray]

that was brilliant! wasn't quite the 40 knots! Would have loved to see the Hilux do 40 knots!

[Millermob]

so are we going to see a honda 225 pop up on ebay soon at a very good price.

[Nauti Buoy]

Originally Posted by Gray

that was brilliant! wasn't quite the 40 knots! Would have loved to see the Hilux do 40 knots!

I reckon if he had made the front of his Hi-Lux more water friendly he would have done a whole lot better. Plus if he'd have stuck some Tubes on it then he deifinitely would have succeeded

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Originally Posted by Millermob

so are we going to see a honda 225 pop up on ebay soon at a very good price.

I think its already for sale

http://www.cougar-powerboats.com/start/solent/links.asp

They wrecked a 2.3hp too, when the dampervan sunk! Was a good Top Gear though, that Hilux would not be alot more slippery in its underwater profile to plane!

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Nauti Buoy

I reckon if he had made the front of his Hi-Lux more water friendly he would have done a whole lot better. Plus if he'd have stuck some Tubes on it then he deifinitely would have succeeded

tubes would have been the answer - but if he had just trimmed the engine down I think he would have kept the nose up and got home the right way up.

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Originally Posted by Polwart

tubes would have been the answer - but if he had just trimmed the engine down I think he would have kept the nose up and got home the right way up.

I thought trimming the engine out would help to lift the bow/ bonnet!
It definatly stuffed it a few times!

[Gray]

Stuff it...was more like trying to nose dive like a submarine!

[Lets go boating]

Rudyard, thats my home town, ill be fishing for that engine in the morning.

[Richard B]

They said it was a reservoir... surprised they were allowed to pollute with fuel, coolant and engine oil!

[Alex-341]

Yes trimming down brings the bow down and vice versa

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by zodiac rover

Yes trimming down brings the bow down and vice versa

Thank God that's been cleared up!

[Hightower]

If they'd wacked some pretty usful bilge pumps inside then it's quite possible he'd have made it. Shame the outboards took a dunking tho, looks like that BF2 is up for sale on the Solent Honda website.

I wonder what Honda think of mounting their 225 on the back of a TOYbOTA and vice-versa.

Honda leased a plant I worked in once and payed off a local hire company to get rid of the Toyota fork lift trucks used in the plant because they had a long term 10 year contract with the lease holders. The hire comany must have been rubbing their hands together over that one.

[ollyit]

a good watch tonight - reckon if the hi lux was kept at a good speed trimmed out considering all the underside panelling

[Jonny Fuller]

For anyone who didn't see it, here's a snippet (3-1/2 mins of the 20min)

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