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Season 22  "The Big Send Off Special"  22x8

Aired 8 years ago - Jun 28, 2015

This episode of Top Gear features two films that were shot for the last series. In the first film, Jeremy, Richard and James immerse themselves in the lifestyle of the traditional classic car enthusiast. Armed with affordable classics including a Fiat 124 Spyder, a Peugeot 304 Cabriolet and an MGB GT, the trio set off on an adventure that includes brown beer, breakdowns and a hair-raising classic car show. In the second film, Clarkson, Hammond and May try to become lifestyle leisure enthusiasts with the help of some incredibly cheap lifestyle leisure vehicles. Restricted to a maximum budget of £250, the trio buy three massive mileage SUVs - a Vauxhall Frontera, a Jeep Cherokee and a Mitsubishi Shogun - and then embark on a series of action-packed challenges that include battling with the Stig's 'Leisure Activity Cousin' and a race with terrifying consequences for the loser.

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Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 1
Cos he's old and he never goes faster than one.
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Which way are you going to, oh... Through the gate.
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so to get comfortable, your arms have to be the same length
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Right. No faster than this, or the wheels will fall off.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 5
The Peugeot is getting better. It's responding to sympathetic treatment.
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Ooh!
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but not on the top, it's also a shower cap.
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Yes, the producers told us, after we'd modified our classic cars,
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 10
Stalls selling tea towels with Morris Minors on them.
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Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 12
The engine, though, is an absolute cracker.
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unwell.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 14
'to see how much horsepower they'd lost over the years.'
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 15
You're applauding lawnmower power.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 16
Er, stickers in the window, flags, and it calls itself a tavern. Go.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 17
~ Being the fastest. ~ Yeah, around the track, you get ten.
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'The jammy sod had got himself a ride
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Why didn't I pick a Fiat?
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 22
And experts are predicting that very soon
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 23
in a place like this on a day like today. There's a bit of rust.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 24
Well, no, it's the loudest car in the world, is what it is.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 25
the previous owner has thrown in, for free, these air fresheners,
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Rear view mirror is... not there. Head rests have gone.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 27
'At this state-of-the-art facility,
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 28
such an enormous...? Look at the size of it.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 29
I mustn't be overtaken or I'm out.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 30
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 31
Argh!
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 32
when he had that forestation job done? You have a look.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 33
Holy mother of God, that was close! Oh, no.
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 34
~ Yes. ~ He was determined to reach 60.
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with every conceivable leisure activity piece of equipment.
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"The man whose back ripples like a sack of pythons."
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 38
Ow!... of its own!
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 39
Holy moley!
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 40
No, no!
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 41
There you go.
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I'm stuck in a sheep pen.
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Gate, that's a gate.
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It doesn't go all the way to the hall but it will get me
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 46
Ah. Oh, yeah!
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Please don't do that!
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Oh, this farm track is the most beautiful road I've ever seen.
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Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 2
Which way are you going to, oh... Through the gate.
#2
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 3
so to get comfortable, your arms have to be the same length
#3
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 4
Right. No faster than this, or the wheels will fall off.
#4
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 5
The Peugeot is getting better. It's responding to sympathetic treatment.
#5
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Ooh!
#7
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 8
but not on the top, it's also a shower cap.
#8
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 9
Yes, the producers told us, after we'd modified our classic cars,
#9
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 10
Stalls selling tea towels with Morris Minors on them.
#10
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The engine, though, is an absolute cracker.
#12
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 13
unwell.
#13
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 14
'to see how much horsepower they'd lost over the years.'
#14
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 15
You're applauding lawnmower power.
#15
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 16
Er, stickers in the window, flags, and it calls itself a tavern. Go.
#16
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~ Being the fastest. ~ Yeah, around the track, you get ten.
#17
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'The jammy sod had got himself a ride
#20
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Why didn't I pick a Fiat?
#21
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 22
And experts are predicting that very soon
#22
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 23
in a place like this on a day like today. There's a bit of rust.
#23
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 24
Well, no, it's the loudest car in the world, is what it is.
#24
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the previous owner has thrown in, for free, these air fresheners,
#25
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 26
Rear view mirror is... not there. Head rests have gone.
#26
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 27
'At this state-of-the-art facility,
#27
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 28
such an enormous...? Look at the size of it.
#28
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 29
I mustn't be overtaken or I'm out.
#29
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Argh!
#31
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 32
when he had that forestation job done? You have a look.
#32
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 33
Holy mother of God, that was close! Oh, no.
#33
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 34
~ Yes. ~ He was determined to reach 60.
#34
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with every conceivable leisure activity piece of equipment.
#36
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 37
"The man whose back ripples like a sack of pythons."
#37
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 38
Ow!... of its own!
#38
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 39
Holy moley!
#39
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No, no!
#40
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There you go.
#41
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I'm stuck in a sheep pen.
#43
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 44
Gate, that's a gate.
#44
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 45
It doesn't go all the way to the hall but it will get me
#45
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 46
Ah. Oh, yeah!
#46
Recap of Top Gear Season 22 Episode 8 (S22E08) - 47
Please don't do that!
#47
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Oh, this farm track is the most beautiful road I've ever seen.
#49
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