Top gear Episode 10

This episode of Top Gear was actually pretty awesome. They were all told to but huge trucks that were capable and able to drive in deep snow. Once that was done, they met up in Iceland seeing their trucks for the first time. Tanner chooses a 1979 Ford Bronco with a huge lift sitting on 44 inch tires. Adam got a 1984 Chevy k30 also with a huge lift but sitting on 49 inch tires and last but not least, Rutledge got a 1973 International Scout 2 which also had a huge lift and on 44 inch tires. The trucks that they chose were very large and pretty bad ass looking. Their challenge was related to all the European trucks because they all conquered all American built trucks on their off-roading in Iceland where it’s all just piles and piles of snow. With their trucks, they had to prove to all the European trucks that they could also make it with really old vehicles. They were told to drive partly on land to get to their first destination that introduced their tires to mud, water, ice and snow. Once they reached their, they would spend the night in cabins along the way. But keep in mind that the cabins that they stayed in were completely covered in snow and partially abandoned. They also had to cross deep river banks and had to make it up to their final destination which was a volcano. As I watched they show, I kept on pressing fast forward because this episode was very entertaining and actually a very big step up from their previous episode. Going off road, traveling through barley visible snow/fog and really deep snow made this episode awesome. All though as you would expect, each of them struggled a lot just to get through snow/ice but they had to team work it out to get past that speed bump. Each of the challenges they had to overcome such as passing through rivers, races along the beach, traveling through 10ft plus deep snow were all really really good challenges and really good ways of getting the audience involved in this show. This episode was one of the best episodes in this season of Top gear. Can’t wait for the next one!

Adams Truck ^^^^^

Tanner's truck on the right, Rutledge's truck on the left.

Top Gear Episode 9

This episode of Top gear was actually pretty interesting. The each had chose three cars. Adam chosen a Chevy-s10, Rutledge chose a Subaru forester and Tanner chose a Nissan 300zx. They were each told to meet their cars in the icy cold Minnesota. Meeting up with each other, they found their cars buried in snow. They had to dig their cars out to get to them and get to the first main meeting point. This episode was nicknamed "winter beater cars". Seeing the name winter, snow, and ice. Rutledge and Adam chose 4-wheel drive vehicles, whereas Tanner chose a rear-wheel drive car. Having all this said, they had a series of challenges testing the cars durability, strengths, weaknesses, and just the basic drive ability. Each of these cars failed at some point of the challenges. But I feel like, all the challenges that they had were just overrated and stupid. Yes some of them were reasonable such as testing the heat and hold up capability, but they should have had real life challenges such as testing it on ice or snow and different types or ways maneuvering a car in adverse conditions. If they did that, then this show would actually benefit and entertain the audience that Top gear is shooting for. In this episode, you could easily tell that all the action that took place or camera was scripted. And in my book, whenever a show is scripted, it just ruins the show. So far, this season of Top  Gear was "okay". It could be a lot better like the British Top Gear but nooo. Anyways, as I always say, hopefully the next show will be better.