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01-20-2015, 10:43 AM
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Top Gear Argentina Rioting
I was enjoying the latest episode/adventure until quite a large group of cave dwellers acted up over the crew and of all things, a number plate that came with the 928 Porsche.
They ended up abandoning the 3 cars and fleeing to Chile. I shudder to think of the fate those cars faced. I would have loved to have been able to grab that Lotus V-8 car. Those torch and pitchfork morons probably burned them to the ground. 
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01-20-2015, 01:13 PM
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Meaning....you were there in person? and saw this happen?
Or - you were watching it on TV and they showed the demonstration? K
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01-20-2015, 01:50 PM
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Soooo you didn't see the episode (Part 2 aired last night)?
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01-20-2015, 03:18 PM
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Nope. I didn't happen to catch that one.
K
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01-20-2015, 03:18 PM
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I watched part 1 last week and then again last night. I then watched part 2 and all seemed well until close to the end.....then it suddenly got serious. Initially I wanted to think it was simply Top Gear doing what they do best but quickly realized this was serious stuff. My guess is that whomever got the cars didn't get a whole lot. They used those cars up pretty badly. I was AMAZED at the size of the crew that Top Gear films with. HUGE. I wonder if the Top Gear producers really thought that a few dozen Brits showing up in Argentina wouldn't make a splash with the locals who had been around during the Falklands War?
Great episode of a great series.
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01-20-2015, 03:25 PM
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This happened several months ago and was a bit of a international incident.
I have seen pic's of the cars...battered but a bit OK. They were showing the tag # to the press. I am still not clear on what the tag numbers implied....obviously the sunken navy ship. But not clear how. On another note: Argentina looks pretty cool. I enjoy that show. Was looking forward to it.
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01-20-2015, 04:03 PM
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The story.......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...Patagonia.html
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