Broken axle (tguk spoiler)

"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic) 03/02/2015 at 09:38 • Filed to: None

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I hope it's vague enough, but sorry if I ruin it for some, anyone else find it unforgivable that the HD Silverado broke an axle and the Raptor didn't. Isn't the Silverado built for a shit ton of torque? It was brand new!! They both have cv axles up front, what gives?? Wish we got more info.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > nafsucof 03/02/2015 at 09:42

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Top gear can find a way to break anything, it's what they do. Who knows what happened off screen.

nafsucof > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/02/2015 at 09:45

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only thing I can guess is with those chains only 1 wheel had grip and the others none, and it wasn't enough to pull it past the obstacle in question...too bad. It was still captain slow however...I don't see him as a power out of it guy.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > nafsucof 03/02/2015 at 09:48

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It's because the Brits are rubbish at using anything more powerful than a mini cooper and every time in the past century they tried to do something bold, it needed to be carried out by the Americans to make it work. The British can't handle all that power anymore, simple as that.

And I expect the british response to this (which is a bit of sarcasm) to be this:

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/02/2015 at 09:53

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At least we realise we don't need gigantic trucks to take some cut tree branches to recycling or pull a small fibreglass boat twice a year.

We have the ingenuity to do with a Ford Focus what you guys need an F150 for :D.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > nafsucof 03/02/2015 at 09:54

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Possibly. Either that or they notched it so it would break and cause drama haha.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/02/2015 at 10:02

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Well when your road speed never exceeds 25 mph then yes, we too would be pulling our dingys with those tiny cars. But in America, we're in a hurry. We have to get on that vacation NOW, dammit cause we only have one day off and we're having some family bonding time even if it gives dad two heart attacks. Also our boats tend to be a bit.......Super sized. If we're going boating, we're going BOATING and we want all our neighbors to see us, even if we're just splashing around in a puddle, just east of Normalville, Wisconsin.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/02/2015 at 10:11

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Our speed limits on average are higher than the yanks, they barely trust you guys to drive over 55. You think we aren't in a hurry? We know how to drive so we thrash our 1.6 litre diesels, running through every gear MANUALLY.

We then get to our destination and enjoy tea and scones looking refined and relaxed, but in reality we're extremely tense at all times. Will our pictures of the queen get back from the framers on time, will fuel get back to £1 million a litre again. These trials give us that stiff upper lip attitude that makes us powerful and soon we will overthrow Obama and own your land.

Tapas > nafsucof 03/02/2015 at 10:14

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I was wondering the same thing! May was bragging how the Silverado had a huge torque output. And he was not being a hooligan, unlike Clarkson - in the film at least.

Maybe he damaged it by accident on a sharp decent where the truck bottomed out?

I don't know...

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/02/2015 at 10:22

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pssssh, please. At least our government is too busy monitoring our calls to see how fast we're going (and in most of the colonies, the speed limit is 70 on the motorways.....Texas is in the 80s but that's just how Texas rolls). And you can bang that little diesel box off the red line all day and our V8 moters will still pummel it while we eat a burger and send a text.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/02/2015 at 10:28

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We have thousands of speed cameras, for our nationwide top speed competition. The prize for winning is -£100 and a big insurance price increase. This is why one of ours currently owns the F1 championship.

Plus as any rabid 13 year old jalop will tell you, any manual (even an ancient beetle) will outrun any auto. These are facts. Therefore we win.