"lonestranger" (lonestranger)
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"lonestranger" (lonestranger)
03/03/2015 at 12:05 • Filed to: None | 2
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Episode 6 spoiler-ish stuff inside.
I recognize most of the background scenery, and I can tell you that most of the scenes through B.C. were shown in order.
I don't know the Kootenay backcountry at all, but I know there are no such places as "Wolf Mountain" and "Bear Pass". !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! confirms that it's Reco Mountain, between New Denver and Kaslo.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! leaving (or heading into?) downtown Vancouver.
Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Going !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Lost opportunity for a "we're beyond Hope" joke !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
The red sign !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on the right: "Watch Highway Thru Hell September 4th on Discovery Channel".
More " !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! "/Jamie Davis Motor Truck merchandise in the background.
Clarkson's truck has no plates at all. I couldn't even find a B.C. temporary permit anywhere on it, even though it's nothing more than a sheet of paper you tape to your window. James' truck has an Alberta plate with a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , so it's owned by a company. But I don't think it's a rental, as Alberta rental plates are in a A-12345 format.
I live in Kamloops. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is likely as close to "local" that TG will ever get for me. Leaving Hope, they take the Crowsnest Pass (Highway 3). I've never travelled it, so the highway scenes from hereon in (such as the lede photo) don't look familiar to me.
Obligatory. Love it or hate it, Crappy Tire is as uniquely Canadian as Tim Horton's.
Canadian Tire-branded hats...
And then they markered-out the "Tire" so as to not advertise, I guess. Kinda pointless right after the shot outside the store. Besides, why not just buy non-branded hats?
The door mat gives away that this is a Lordco, not a Cambodian Tire. It's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! The C.T. is likely the Oliver one, also.
Finally, the attractive small town in which James wants to stop for a Cappuccino is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , 45 minutes west of Oliver. It's the only scene that I could tell was shown out-of-order. I presume they did so in order to show the snow progressively getting thicker as they travelled towards Hammond.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the amount of "movie magic" was much less than I imagined it to be.
Alex from Toronto
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:35 |
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Top gear should do a cristmas special where they drive across Canada.
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lonestranger
> Alex from Toronto
03/02/2015 at 23:35 |
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That would be awesome, but it would take weeks to film.
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Alex from Toronto
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:40 |
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:41 |
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I live exactly 5 miles from a major spot that they stopped at during the Southeast road trip special.
It's the town where they paint each others vehicles Southern offensively.
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lonestranger
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
03/02/2015 at 23:49 |
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You weren't one of the scary dudes in the truck, were you?
Garrett Davis
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:53 |
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing
jmart
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:54 |
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I'm in Kelowna for school and I wanted to go chase them down but I didn't know where they were going
ly2v8-Brian
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:56 |
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This Canadian Tire place looks alright. It looks like Minnesota's Mills Fleet Farm. Why would people hate it? Also Clarkson and May in camo baseball caps was too funny.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> lonestranger
03/02/2015 at 23:59 |
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Nope, I lived in the civilized side of Alabama at the time.
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lonestranger
> ly2v8-Brian
03/03/2015 at 00:06 |
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From what I can tell about Mills Fleet Farm, add an auto service centre, auto parts department, and one-quarter of a Home Depot's worth of hardware and tools, and it sounds about right.
Their stores are often haphazard, their auto service and parts staff have a bad reputation, and a fair amount of the products they sell is junk.
But, if you need a new starter for a '91 Corolla after 5:00 or on a Sunday, they're a godsend. Or, maybe you just need a rifle, duct tape, poly wrap, a hockey mask, and a chainsaw in one visit. Not gonna judge, but CT's got ya covered.
I do like 'em , overall.
Flavien Vidal
> Alex from Toronto
03/03/2015 at 00:15 |
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I drove through Canada... It sucks, especially Ontario. It's so damn long and boring.... Sooooo long....
TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 00:16 |
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My local Crappy Tire dropped a half ton Chevy truck off the back of one of their lifts last summer. The hitch on the back of the truck dug an inch deep gouge in the concrete floor.
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ly2v8-Brian
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 00:19 |
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Basically Fleet Farm is Canada Tire, but with Farm supplies then (it has everything you listed as well). It is a place I frequent often because they have EVERYTHING. But I wouldn't say their products are junk, definitely cheaper, but they carry top brands as well.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> ly2v8-Brian
03/03/2015 at 00:43 |
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What about Menard's? We had to get a grill hose last time we were in Minnesota. Haven't been in one in a while.
Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 00:47 |
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this may get FP'd, I really enjoyed this, its nice to know it wasn't all faked, the closest top gear ever got to me was in season four of TGUSA, they did the race agianst the boat, the rally car and the aston martin vanquish about 40 miles from where I live.
cluelessk
> ly2v8-Brian
03/03/2015 at 00:48 |
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CanTire is known for having a budget friendly tools with lifetime warranty.
The sockets are pretty great but ratchets wear out quickly. They're perfect for a weekend gear head.
They do have lots of big brands as well.
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lonestranger
> Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
03/03/2015 at 02:48 |
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I'm glad you liked it.
Spoon II
> ly2v8-Brian
03/03/2015 at 04:38 |
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It's a magical place where I always spend way too much money
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ly2v8-Brian
> norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
03/03/2015 at 07:37 |
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Menard's is moving in that direction, but it is still more of a hardware store like Home Depot. Aside from a full grocery Fleet Farm really has just about everything.
thebigbossyboss
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 12:13 |
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Oh my god!!! I am from coquitlam!!! Well sort of.
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thebigbossyboss
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 12:14 |
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I have driven highway 3 from end to end, I will have to watch this.
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lonestranger
> thebigbossyboss
03/03/2015 at 12:24 |
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Really? I've always wanted to do that. Actually, that sounds familiar, I think you and I have discussed this before.
Anyway, I didn't have high hopes that it would be a good episode, but others have said (and I agree) that it was one of the best ones this season.
CB
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 12:30 |
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As a Crappy Tire parts employee, can confirm I know nothing.
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thebigbossyboss
> lonestranger
03/03/2015 at 12:51 |
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Highway 3 is very nice. In 2008 I drove from Vancouver to Ottawa, and we took highway 3 just to see something different.
Frank slide on the alberta side is incredible.
945T
> Alex from Toronto
03/03/2015 at 21:48 |
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That would be something else. Start in Victoria (Named for a Queen!), drive in Vancouver and enjoy the sunshine, then blast through the rockies, across the prairies and into deep drifts of snow and die.
perfect!
Redbulldidlo
> Flavien Vidal
03/08/2015 at 13:19 |
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Not long, it would be like an eighth of the length if the roads weren't all switchbacks
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Flavien Vidal
> Redbulldidlo
03/08/2015 at 18:22 |
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Switchbacks? in Ontario?
Switchbacks don't come up until you reach BC. And it takes a long time to get there lol
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Redbulldidlo
> Flavien Vidal
03/08/2015 at 20:26 |
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The entirety of northern ontario is switchbacks, when you're heading west.
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Flavien Vidal
> Redbulldidlo
03/08/2015 at 20:31 |
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You're fucking with me right? :)
When going from Montreal —-> Ottawa —-> South Bay —-> Thunder Bay—-> Winnipeg taking the transcanadienne, it's the straightest most boring ride on earth with a corner every 200 miles... I hated it sooooo much!!! :)
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Montr…
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Redbulldidlo
> Flavien Vidal
03/09/2015 at 01:29 |
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We stuck closer to the lakes, going up from just above toronto to thunder bay takes a 15H on it's own.
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Toron…
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Flavien Vidal
> Redbulldidlo
03/09/2015 at 01:45 |
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Ok I see, you still have a very loose definition of a switchback haha :)
Coming from Montreal, it was a bit faster for me to go all the way up north and stay on the transcanadienne :)
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Redbulldidlo
> Flavien Vidal
03/09/2015 at 01:58 |
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I've been to BC, those are significantly tighter switchbacks, but weren't on main travel routes, they were alternatives. While it's the only highway north on the way out of home, and it's a constant meandering back and forth. We went on a trip out west, and spent significantly more travel time in Ontario than anywhere else, it takes longer to get out of Ontario than it takes to cross the entirety of the prairies because of those roads
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Flavien Vidal
> Redbulldidlo
03/09/2015 at 02:06 |
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Yeah from Ontario crossing the whole state was 1451km for us... Did that feel long. All the way accross it's a crappy one lane road with trucks all over it, day and night... Next time if I ever have to do it again (chances are low, as I live in Japan now lol), I'd cross through the US. No more trans-canada thing for me :)
When I drove from Seattle to Montreal, the whole trip was so much enjoyable than Vancouver Montreal through Canada.
reasoneddiscrse
> lonestranger
09/15/2016 at 18:14 |
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The Canadian tyre is definitely the one in Chilliwack. The building in the background gives it away as it has a Canada Post, a farmers market and a dollar store.
Bansheeisacomin
> lonestranger
04/26/2017 at 16:06 |
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Yeah, the Oliver CT is near an Airport and beside a Marks Work warhouse. Someone else pointed out the CT is the one in Chiliwack. Also, that Lordco is actually in Osoyoos, which is directly on Hwy 3, while Oliver is about 20 min north.