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    Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on their final part of their journey - to Chernobyl in Ukraine, with only their cars as protection against troubling levels of radiation.
    With Clarkson in a Volkswagen Up, Hammond in a Ford Fiesta and May in a Dacia Sandero, the trio zoom around the Crimean peninsula absorbing some local history, visiting an old Soviet submarine pen and enjoying their manoeuvrable, economical cars to the full.
    Top Gear | Series 21 Episode 3 | BBC
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  • @d3monoidphenomenon102
    @d3monoidphenomenon102 Před 2 lety +31769

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      @weirdchamp4601 Před 2 lety +280

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      @crucialcustard7668 Před 2 lety +205

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    • @Dakota__69
      @Dakota__69 Před 2 lety +48

      I got about 5 seconds in right after reading this.
      Holy shit.

    • @hobbes5043
      @hobbes5043 Před 2 lety +5

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      @SilverDurt Před 2 lety +29

      CZcams indeed has humor which is not really friendly

  • @vr_bob
    @vr_bob Před 2 lety +13374

    Crazy how Top Gear has a reputation for visiting places a few years before war

    • @nonamehere1626
      @nonamehere1626 Před rokem +399

      @Ian Robert Turner Burma too

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 Před rokem +512

      @@nonamehere1626 It's not quite conflict, but don't forget Iceland -- they filmed there not long before that one volcano erupted and shut down European air traffic

    • @gaetanodepaola2ndchannel179
      @gaetanodepaola2ndchannel179 Před rokem +98

      I mean, it's easy now since LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS IN CRISIS.
      Btw. Look up "The Fourth Turning", and related articles on it, it's a shockingly accurate prediction about history in general, that two geniuses made. Thank me later.

    • @vr_bob
      @vr_bob Před rokem +181

      @@gaetanodepaola2ndchannel179 do you read horoscopes too?

    • @holliswilliams8426
      @holliswilliams8426 Před rokem +59

      @Ian Robert Turner Syria and Ukraine both have a big history of conflict, especially Syria.

  • @CasualPrince8
    @CasualPrince8 Před rokem +2244

    James: Uses Science and very intelligent techniques...lasts the longest.
    Jeremy: Uses decently intelligent techniques...lasts until Chernobyl.
    Hammond: Accidentally makes his car more aerodynamic and swerves like an idiot the whole way...runs out way before Chernobyl.

    • @tiagopatricio3805
      @tiagopatricio3805 Před 9 měsíci +211

      What made Hammond win was the police!!

    • @Aryanwood
      @Aryanwood Před 7 měsíci +110

      @@tiagopatricio3805pretty much by making him sit there and rev the car.

    • @mustang8206
      @mustang8206 Před 7 měsíci +64

      Bruh Hammond's technique was the most intelligent

    • @alexeykarlgut8871
      @alexeykarlgut8871 Před 7 měsíci +43

      It’s when he got pulled over when it clicked that oh shit that’s actually a good idea

    • @Nauda999
      @Nauda999 Před 7 měsíci +51

      @@mustang8206 accelerating and stopping uses most energy, that's why sport cars try to use breaks as little as possible and take turns at very high speeds.

  • @unitedrail-mainchannel8991
    @unitedrail-mainchannel8991 Před rokem +3817

    Forget Russia and Ukraine, we've just witnessed the rare scenes of James driving a Dacia.

  • @Patrick.Weightman
    @Patrick.Weightman Před 5 lety +24527

    Hammond patiently waiting for the cops at max RPM puts me in tears

  • @therealthing9417
    @therealthing9417 Před 2 lety +5257

    Richard Hammond - car journalist, tv host and man who ran out of fuel on the road near Kyiv a full 8 years before the Russian Army

    • @viking5736
      @viking5736 Před rokem +90

      A man of many talents

    • @HighSchoolHacks1
      @HighSchoolHacks1 Před rokem

      if you know richard hammond, the next thing youll know the russians will be crashing their tanks atop a hill in switzerland

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 Před rokem +25

      Kiev

    • @inferno7181
      @inferno7181 Před rokem +48

      @@daviddavidson2357 Agreed. Also, it's not istanbul, it's Constantinople

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 Před rokem +27

      @@inferno7181 Occupied Constantinople, just like Zimbabwe is called occupied Rhodesia.

  • @betterthanMJF
    @betterthanMJF Před rokem +549

    2:38 I love those instances where you can see the look on Hammond’s face when he realises what he’s done

  • @remcon559
    @remcon559 Před 8 měsíci +300

    To me the brake and accelerate technique would seem most effective. Just because by braking you evaporate all of your kinetic energy into thin air (well heat technically) and you get to lose a lot of fuel every time you accelerate again

    • @tomr6955
      @tomr6955 Před 8 měsíci +3

      yeah that's what I thought too.

    • @JETZcorp
      @JETZcorp Před 7 měsíci +33

      100% that was the secret sauce for Hammond's win. Absolutely nothing can destroy mileage like the brakes. It's why some people get 60mpg in a Prius and others get 38.

    • @jaysmith1408
      @jaysmith1408 Před 6 měsíci +4

      Only other way would be also dragging the brakes

    • @kokroucz
      @kokroucz Před 5 měsíci

      This is correct mate. The kinetic energy was the secret. More precisely putting most of energy in building up the kinetic energy. The fuel consumption is of the scale when you pushing all the weight from almost halt

    • @TimpBizkit
      @TimpBizkit Před 3 měsíci

      ​@JETZcorp hold the accelerator and brake together and let it rev to 6000 or whatever it goes in first gear. The engine and brake pads won't thank you but it will use the most fuel. Even in an economy car it will get like 5mpg!

  • @LogicalError007
    @LogicalError007 Před 3 lety +9869

    Hammond's skill of failing most tasks became his strength this time.

  • @boofedstew9201
    @boofedstew9201 Před 3 lety +6128

    Hammond’s driving is just a typical Tuesday in Ukraine

  • @birdape5033
    @birdape5033 Před rokem +577

    Crazy to think people in that crowd in the beginning are possibly fighting for their lives right now, some may be dead

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Před rokem +43

      This aired in February 2014, 8 years have passed and a very different Ukraine now

    • @MaximillionBucks
      @MaximillionBucks Před rokem +16

      @@johnking5174 ah yea, right around the time of the coup

    • @retkimuna
      @retkimuna Před rokem +35

      @@MaximillionBucks "it was a coup because i heard grayzone say it"

    • @MaximillionBucks
      @MaximillionBucks Před rokem

      @k3dv imagine liking your own comment

    • @retkimuna
      @retkimuna Před rokem +15

      @@MaximillionBucks i didn't like my own comment tho do you want an imgur link for proof or something?

  • @gibbonsgriffithsinc7731
    @gibbonsgriffithsinc7731 Před 8 měsíci +78

    The look on Richard and James and Jeremy's face when they realise they will be heading to Chernobyl is sheer terrifying

    • @krazycharlie
      @krazycharlie Před měsícem

      They literally and figuratively aged ten years of their lives in one second once Chernobyl was mentioned.

  • @jaeger.5045
    @jaeger.5045 Před 2 lety +6976

    Back when it was hard to run out of fuel in Ukraine.

    • @vaclavcervinka65
      @vaclavcervinka65 Před 2 lety +181

      Well, you have to admit that the Russians have this challenge easier with their Kamaz trucks chugging 100 litres per 100 kilometres.

    • @jaeger.5045
      @jaeger.5045 Před 2 lety +114

      @@vaclavcervinka65 as well as having a largely corrupted conscript army moving logistics with low morale. The fuel must running through their hands really quickly.

    • @Soarin-Ancient
      @Soarin-Ancient Před 2 lety +22

      TONIGHT The Russian army does a fuel race to Kyiv. Farmers steal equipment with old Tractors. And Ukrainians valiantly fight against the invaders. God bless Ukraine and here's to an end to Putin's useless war

    • @greeniehead8094
      @greeniehead8094 Před 2 lety +48

      The Russians have been absolutely nailing it so far. I keep seeing pictures of tanks that have just run out of fuel.

    • @jaeger.5045
      @jaeger.5045 Před 2 lety +19

      @@greeniehead8094 yup, perfectly fine main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and top of the line 2s19 self propelled artillery! 👍🥶🥶

  • @WorkingClassZombie
    @WorkingClassZombie Před 3 lety +13078

    Clarkson: Strength
    Hammond: Dexterity
    May: Intelligence

    • @rohanmathews9988
      @rohanmathews9988 Před 3 lety +167

      Working Class Zombie no Clarkson: POWERRRRRR!

    • @som3body3
      @som3body3 Před 3 lety +282

      Breaking everything
      Crashing everything
      Boring everything

    • @ethanhancock462
      @ethanhancock462 Před 3 lety +142

      Wisdom: None of them
      Charisma: All of them
      Consitution: idk

    • @alexx9201
      @alexx9201 Před 3 lety +92

      May: knowledge
      Clarkson: Strength
      Hammond: Integrity

    • @rolling_akam
      @rolling_akam Před 3 lety +18

      pick your character

  • @Donknowww
    @Donknowww Před 10 měsíci +29

    4:15 they are driving past Butcha and Irpin. Crazy to think about it...

  • @TheKing4king
    @TheKing4king Před 2 lety +174

    In tonight's episode of Top Gear: 2:21 Jeremy Clarkson develops an addiction to bricks, 4:32 James May becomes a nuclear physicist and 5:29 Richard Hammond is arrested for committing war crimes in Ukraine [ *Opening theme kicks in* ].

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 Před rokem +14

      Hammond tries to do his best impersonation of a Russian tank.

    • @scsutton1
      @scsutton1 Před rokem +14

      Tonight on Bottom Gear...

  • @roy04
    @roy04 Před 3 lety +13990

    What I've learnt is there's two ways to increase rolling resistance:
    a) Carefully reduce tyre pressure by 30% of optimum
    b) Add bricks to your car

    • @lazamaterinamaza
      @lazamaterinamaza Před 3 lety +84

      Cool profile photo dude

    • @televizion9962
      @televizion9962 Před 3 lety +495

      And accelerating and beaking while driving like a maniac

    • @jeltje50
      @jeltje50 Před 3 lety +40

      Putting bricks inside your car doesn't only add rol resistance tho.

    • @Benjamin-bj6xj
      @Benjamin-bj6xj Před 3 lety +136

      @@jeltje50 it will, the more weight the greater the surface area in contact with the road

    • @jeltje50
      @jeltje50 Před 3 lety +26

      @@Benjamin-bj6xj yeah I know. My point is that it doesn't ONLY add it. The overall weight increases so.

  • @innersanctum4241
    @innersanctum4241 Před 4 lety +5427

    Next day car ad: Ford Fiesta, 2010, garaged, serviced, well-maintained, never revved over 5k, first owner...

    • @drxshock6957
      @drxshock6957 Před 4 lety +358

      Able to run out of fuel before entering Chernobyl

    • @fatyoshi5346
      @fatyoshi5346 Před 4 lety +42

      Could not be 2010, this is the facelift version.

    • @fenn_fren
      @fenn_fren Před 4 lety +51

      Grandma driver, only driven to the supermarket and the church.

    • @Jojo-ox9kw
      @Jojo-ox9kw Před 4 lety +7

      driven by an old lady

    • @Can1997able
      @Can1997able Před 4 lety +4

      @@avery07 *2013

  • @franktherabbit42
    @franktherabbit42 Před rokem +188

    What a sad state of affairs. I saw a reddit of a guy in an evacuation zone. He said he didnt want to leave his home and his country. He and a friend got loads of booze and drank till they blacked out not knowing if they’d wake up. Its sad. I hope he made it out but I know he didnt want to

    • @m.a.6020
      @m.a.6020 Před rokem +16

      @@sheevpalpatine2418 are you for real? This guy is talking about someone’s possible death, and you say “I can’t like this because it’s at 69 likes.” Like, what?

  • @raven_1133
    @raven_1133 Před 7 měsíci +11

    Honestly, I could listen for hours of James explaining things.

  • @com5274
    @com5274 Před 4 lety +5920

    I like how May and Clarkson were adjusting their cars to use more fuel, but Hammond adjusted his in case he got there.

    • @Fay-or3yo
      @Fay-or3yo Před 4 lety +528

      And hammond was the one that ended up running out first.

    • @com5274
      @com5274 Před 4 lety +17

      @@Fay-or3yo yup

    • @bradley9856
      @bradley9856 Před 3 lety +32

      that's the joke

    • @bentgi
      @bentgi Před 3 lety +66

      @@Fay-or3yo he always finishes first
      ask his wife

    • @krisdelcid5319
      @krisdelcid5319 Před 2 lety +106

      If anything, Hammond was making it harder for himself, because not only was the car more aerodynamic, if any radioactive dust got in, it would've been trapped because he sealed off some possible escape routes for the air, but still, he made it work.
      Also in the words of Jeremy Clarkson, "Richard Hammond may be stupid and a rampant racist, but he's quite practical."

  • @SpitfireMkIIFan
    @SpitfireMkIIFan Před 2 lety +5036

    Russian military right now:
    "Write that down, write that down!"

    • @255nwa
      @255nwa Před 2 lety +25

      Russian soldier: does tic-tac-toe

    • @88pie88
      @88pie88 Před 2 lety +9

      2008 wants their meme back

    • @Robyamdam
      @Robyamdam Před rokem +15

      you know what's really funny: seeing the same joke being repeated again and again

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před rokem

      such a funny and original reference hahahahaha

    • @randomadskipper3855
      @randomadskipper3855 Před rokem +5

      Still better than Americans at Vietnam and afganistan 🤣

  • @PastLight
    @PastLight Před rokem +38

    Been there in 2019 for a two day trip, its definitely a unique experience, and while the radiation is a lot higher in places than standard background radiation, its still pretty safe, plus there's thousands of people constantly working there - scientists, technicians, military, there's even a restaurant, canteen and hotel there (well, a hotel in the loosest posible terms, as it looks like it's a student dorm room from soviet union)

  • @du_nut_tuch_me4230
    @du_nut_tuch_me4230 Před 11 dny +3

    I miss old TV show challenges like these, they're much more entertaining to watch than today's challenges. Like "first to get to Chernobyl receives a year's worth of background radiation"

  • @tonyli8368
    @tonyli8368 Před 3 lety +6777

    6:12 I love the police officer's awkward stare as Hammond just sits there max revving the engine.

    • @chrishines6048
      @chrishines6048 Před 3 lety +278

      The police probably thinking "What on earth is he doing?"

    • @satagaming9144
      @satagaming9144 Před 3 lety +52

      Ah, I see you are a man of culture. You play much air RB?

    • @DatVehicleGuy
      @DatVehicleGuy Před 3 lety +10

      What's your aircraft BR for USSR?

    • @satagaming9144
      @satagaming9144 Před 3 lety +11

      @@DatVehicleGuy Mine is all the tier 3's, so 5.0 for yaks and 3.7 for the La and i-185, but I don't play them as often as other nations

    • @satagaming9144
      @satagaming9144 Před 3 lety +5

      @Sandwich Cheddar maybe

  • @johnjimenea8491
    @johnjimenea8491 Před 3 lety +4837

    I never realized that James is driving the *DACIA SANDERO*

  • @blase1856
    @blase1856 Před 7 měsíci +12

    Just imagine how fast it would run out if there was another car that did what James, Jeremy and Hammond did combined

  • @Princess_Angela4496
    @Princess_Angela4496 Před 2 lety +14

    finally found the song at 7:00 after all these years. It's midnight train by Baltic Fleet

  • @Tmccreight25Gaming
    @Tmccreight25Gaming Před 2 lety +7595

    The Top Gear boys doing their best impression of Russian tank divisions

    • @Lastname6955
      @Lastname6955 Před 2 lety +115

      More like the other way around

    • @surfalcatraz9770
      @surfalcatraz9770 Před 2 lety +11

      putin go brrrrrrrrr

    • @dradex9562
      @dradex9562 Před 2 lety +31

      @@Lastname6955 facts disagree with you

    • @just__jt
      @just__jt Před 2 lety +107

      @@dradex9562 How do facts disagree with that? It’s true it is the other way around since the Top Gear boys did this first it’s should be Russian tank divisions doing their best impression of the Top Gear boys.

    • @dradex9562
      @dradex9562 Před 2 lety +32

      @@just__jt oh, i thought he meant that it was the otherway in context of the ukraine situation, saying that the ukraine military is facing this issue

  • @metropod
    @metropod Před 4 lety +5928

    When this first aired, my family was sitting watching and at the end my mother is like "they didn't really go to Chernobyl". We're insisting "yes". So she pulls out her laptop and goggles "visiting Chernobyl" and the first link clicks on says "Chernobyl guided tours. We just welcomed the crew of Top Gear." With a picture of Jezza, Captain Slow and Hamster.

    • @charraandaik4938
      @charraandaik4938 Před 4 lety +91

      there is such athing!?

    • @xVx_Krt_xVx_KillMe
      @xVx_Krt_xVx_KillMe Před 4 lety +554

      Charra and Aik. Yes the radiation hotspots can be dodged by the tour guides so apart from a little bit of gamma, you’re all good to go

    • @rkan2
      @rkan2 Před 4 lety +290

      Getting radiation from the outside isn't usually the issue... You'd be fine living in chernobyl, especially if not lying on the ground. ingesting stuff that radiates inside you for after ingestion is the issue.

    • @kariolm2579
      @kariolm2579 Před 4 lety +188

      Actually, your mother was quite right for wrong reasons.
      Yes, you CAN get guided tours to exclusion zone. You can even stay the night.
      But nowhere in the show did they go to actual town of Chornobil. They went to Pripiat (where NPP was) instead, which is not even on Kiev-Chornobil route.

    • @kariolm2579
      @kariolm2579 Před 4 lety +81

      @@charraandaik4938 Of course. It was 30 years since the accident and while some elements have few thousand years half life, they are not quite radioactive. Stable elements have HL of infinity.
      The dangerous ones have half life between few days and few years and are more or less gone by now.

  • @globox1998
    @globox1998 Před rokem +10

    Imagine seeing jeremy drivin around like this 7:24

  • @emergencyresponsevideosand4423

    2:35 what youve done here hammond is made it more aerodynamic

  • @sergeantwolf8018
    @sergeantwolf8018 Před 4 lety +6630

    First time I've seen people wanting their cars to run out of gas

    • @brumav9779
      @brumav9779 Před 4 lety +63

      Salvage Gaming fuel

    • @martinv1734
      @martinv1734 Před 4 lety +10

      GAS

    • @Jack-iq6jd
      @Jack-iq6jd Před 4 lety +40

      @@kodi896 fuel can be any source of energy, however, the energy source their trying to run out of is GASoline

    • @timhanby5662
      @timhanby5662 Před 4 lety +54

      Ryan well, PETROL

    • @GeeNlel
      @GeeNlel Před 4 lety +21

      Who tf cares if it's gas or fuel. Stfu and enjoy the comment

  • @stijnvandamme76
    @stijnvandamme76 Před 4 lety +3451

    150 miles at the rev limiter
    if the engine blows, it's good

  • @retyphoon
    @retyphoon Před rokem +20

    This aged well..

  • @KuriFox
    @KuriFox Před rokem +9

    Is this the greatest Television series of all time? Surely it's up there, these 3 just put up amazing episodes after amazing episodes.

  • @Dragoneer
    @Dragoneer Před 2 lety +4501

    Am I the only one who likes James May’s detailed descriptions? I kinda hate how they fade it out, I was really enjoying his explanation of what a half life is even though I already know…

    • @nicksosicc
      @nicksosicc Před 2 lety +101

      Oh man, I can listen to James talk for hours 👌

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 Před 2 lety +280

      I was actually pretty sad when that explanation got cut off. James is the type of guy that could talk about literally anything and be interesting to listen to -- he could talk about the clothing used by royalty prior to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and I'd still be captivated

    • @arch9enius
      @arch9enius Před rokem +22

      @@JetFalcon710 Not bulletproof clothing, unfortunately.

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 Před rokem +4

      @@arch9enius True

    • @CrazyAviationYT
      @CrazyAviationYT Před rokem

      @@nicksosicc same

  • @generalirons9789
    @generalirons9789 Před 4 lety +13400

    They drove better than 90% of the Ukrainians out there

    • @stepanfedun9122
      @stepanfedun9122 Před 4 lety +780

      As a Ukrainian i... can't really disagree
      The roads are pretty shit as well

    • @reksapluss716
      @reksapluss716 Před 4 lety +477

      @@azorahai5321
      ukrainian isn't a race

    • @azorahai5321
      @azorahai5321 Před 4 lety +45

      Reksa Pluss Racism describes actions which are hostile towards other nationalities too

    • @stepanfedun9122
      @stepanfedun9122 Před 4 lety +250

      @@azorahai5321
      I think you mean Ethnicity
      And there is another term for that which is Xenophobia/Xenoist
      But racism is much more common

    • @azorahai5321
      @azorahai5321 Před 4 lety +3

      Mr.Spøon thanks, i haven’t known that :)
      But isn’t nationality and ethnicity in that case the same?

  • @Blockboy-os2su
    @Blockboy-os2su Před rokem +9

    At 5:35 they actually use a song from Halo Reach. It is the “Invasion: Elites” theme lol

    • @Zzzlol94
      @Zzzlol94 Před 2 dny

      So Top Gear used more Halo music than the Halo TV series?

  • @YellowEvoV110
    @YellowEvoV110 Před rokem +5

    This well aged challenge is so easy nowadays

  • @bbg4566
    @bbg4566 Před 4 lety +5598

    2:08
    James: I will do a scientifically proved method in removing air pressure
    Jeremy: just fills his car with some random bricks on the side of the road

    • @TraustiGeir
      @TraustiGeir Před 4 lety +44

      Jezza did the same thing to his truck in Burma.

    • @alistairwalker2850
      @alistairwalker2850 Před 4 lety +71

      The. GamingDog That’s the Jezza way. Be as simple as possible to achieve maximum results.

    • @thomasthetanderloin
      @thomasthetanderloin Před 4 lety +38

      in actual fact, making a vehicle heavier also makes them more fuel efficient
      air resistance is is relative to the velocity of the object, so the faster it moves the more energy is lost, while a heavier vehicle powered by the same engine would travel at a lower speed and thereby loose less energy to air resistance

    • @Turksarama
      @Turksarama Před 4 lety +27

      @@thomasthetanderloin Except all these cars are limited by the speed limit anyway. The fact that Hammond actually caught up with Jeremy means Jeremy was driving way too slow.

    • @NoTraceOfSense
      @NoTraceOfSense Před 4 lety +27

      Turksarama Jeremy was only driving slow because part of his strategy was to keep it in a lower gear and redline it

  • @HotrodDan
    @HotrodDan Před 3 lety +1829

    Without question, one of the more creative challenges in the show's history. God, I miss this show.

    • @andrew-rn9ui
      @andrew-rn9ui Před 2 lety +14

      They have a new show called Grand Tour

    • @tetispinkman9135
      @tetispinkman9135 Před 2 lety +37

      @@andrew-rn9ui I donow,,,,,it doesmt feel the same

    • @todorokisfavouriteobject9109
      @todorokisfavouriteobject9109 Před 2 lety +25

      @@tetispinkman9135 agreed, I love both shows but Top Gear is always the best to me

    • @zachryder3150
      @zachryder3150 Před 2 lety +2

      It really was

    • @TaikaJamppa
      @TaikaJamppa Před rokem +1

      @Jaydenz You call the new ”Top Gear” Top Gear? Honestly, I haven’t seen many worse serieses.

  • @Zaltic
    @Zaltic Před 2 lety +5

    The fact that most cars in America do worse on mpg when they're driving normal is sad

  • @tavadaardendrian319
    @tavadaardendrian319 Před rokem +7

    One of the best things about this is that James May is in a Dacia Sandero

  • @isee7283
    @isee7283 Před 4 lety +2365

    Accelerating and decelarating was the first thing that came up to my mind, how come only Hammond realised?

    • @MistrDamige
      @MistrDamige Před 4 lety +348

      @@Saucy-ws6jc If they're hitch hiking to Chernobyl, I'm not sure I want them in my car...

    • @galil_6863
      @galil_6863 Před 4 lety +281

      I See because Hammond daily drives a Mustang. He’s an expert on wasting fuel

    • @offbeat4772
      @offbeat4772 Před 4 lety +87

      Hugh Jass the car gets heat from wasted heat of the engine anyways. So blasting heat wastes almost no extra fuel. A/C on the other hand probably would

    • @christojoseph2476
      @christojoseph2476 Před 4 lety +18

      Scripted.

    • @bartomiej9807
      @bartomiej9807 Před 4 lety +20

      @@offbeat4772 Those are small engines with rather high efficiency. Heater is good at losing temperature. So you can decrease engine temperature efficiently in a cold weather. Cold engine is programmed to burn more fuel to heat itself so this could work..

  • @outofuse7150
    @outofuse7150 Před 4 lety +11695

    Hammond: "Sealing all the gaps so radioactive dust cant get in"
    Gamma rays: Imma bout to end this mans whole career

    • @deathbylust700
      @deathbylust700 Před 4 lety +142

      thats a overused joke. its not funny

    • @iamsick5204
      @iamsick5204 Před 4 lety +15

      X-rays not gamma

    • @outofuse7150
      @outofuse7150 Před 4 lety +566

      @@iamsick5204 there are 3 bacic types of radiation. Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Gamma rays are the smallest and can penetrate almost anything, have you not learned this in science?

    • @iamsick5204
      @iamsick5204 Před 4 lety +18

      @@outofuse7150 I thought gamma rays just came from the cosmos and x-rays came from atomic radiation. Guess I'm wrong

    • @outofuse7150
      @outofuse7150 Před 4 lety +174

      @@iamsick5204 X-ray is a term used for a machine that fires radioactive particles through a person to get a scan of the inside of them, they send (most likely beta and Gamma) into a person and when it bounces back it project an image of anything in there, cosmic rays is radiation from space

  • @schkhermer5249
    @schkhermer5249 Před 2 lety +3

    2014: Let me refill the tank at the gas station nearby
    2022: Let me escape from the car first

  • @jamiepile2861
    @jamiepile2861 Před rokem +11

    I've never understood why none of them wanted to visit the reactor or Pripyat (they don't actually go near the town of Chernobyl) it's something that's always fascinated me, I'd have had a nice chilled drive and then had a look around the site (not for too long obviously)

  • @Mygfisawesone
    @Mygfisawesone Před 4 lety +2103

    “I have haven’t I?”
    “You have. Goodbye” RIP hammond😂😂

  • @deejin926
    @deejin926 Před 3 lety +763

    "I'm taping up the cracks to keep out radioactive dust"
    meanwhile...
    "I'm gonna open up the trunk to increase drag!"

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Před 2 lety +6

      Bruh... could've at least changed the spelling.

    • @xa-12musk28
      @xa-12musk28 Před 2 lety +4

      @@planefan082 of what

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Před 2 lety +6

      @@xa-12musk28 My comment. They copied and pasted it lol. I suppose imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

    • @cjatruckphotos
      @cjatruckphotos Před 2 lety +7

      What is a trunk? Do you mean a boot where you put luggage and boxes?

    • @1011wrestlemania
      @1011wrestlemania Před 2 lety

      They are idiots.
      Lol.

  • @SpartanGnome
    @SpartanGnome Před rokem +11

    8:08 the feeling when you finish your school project that you have to do at home in primary school

  • @Trickierfuture
    @Trickierfuture Před 7 měsíci +4

    This aged like a fine wine.

  • @chrisdmytriw1525
    @chrisdmytriw1525 Před 2 lety +3153

    Russian Army: We researched for 7 years on the best strategy to take Ukraine
    The research:

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 Před rokem

      Their army's been horribly disorganized since the days of Stalin, I'm not completely surprised that their research ended up being useless in practice. They learned the hard way that the Ukrainian Armed Forces wasn't the problem, it was the civilians

    • @Hyon----
      @Hyon---- Před rokem

      You made me laugh with your stupidest comment. As far as I remember, only everyone tried to capture Russia. And you, these 7, now 8 years, have been bombing Donetsk and Lugansk and blaming everything on Russia, you should be ashamed, it’s not good at all, unfortunately, you, as children, have to explain this. Bow further to your Nazi groups like Azov and Bandera (one of the greatest Nazis of all time, who killed a lot of people, opposed the Bolsheviks), everything is clear with you that you say this, your head is not for thinking, like many ukrainians.

    • @feddde.g9928
      @feddde.g9928 Před rokem

      communists fighting fascists

    • @NickMaster500
      @NickMaster500 Před rokem +13

      Bruh

    • @SpawnProgram
      @SpawnProgram Před rokem +10

      Meanwhile Russia has the most full fuel storage in the world))
      And Europe begging for some of it)

  • @rhyscarter3939
    @rhyscarter3939 Před 3 lety +1246

    "Come on petrol, sod off."

    • @secretbaguette
      @secretbaguette Před 3 lety +34

      "You fossilized pillock"
      -James May
      Prolly

    • @derinursetiawan739
      @derinursetiawan739 Před 3 lety +2

      what sod off mean? british word that i cant understand

    • @rhyscarter3939
      @rhyscarter3939 Před 3 lety +6

      @@derinursetiawan739 Basically, it's another way of saying 'go away'.

    • @secretbaguette
      @secretbaguette Před 3 lety +5

      @@derinursetiawan739 A person is occasionally a "poor sod".
      If you tell someone to sod off, it's somewhere in the grey are between go away, go feck yourself, and Hammond on a bike.

    • @dyveira
      @dyveira Před 2 lety

      @@derinursetiawan739 It's the same as "f*ck off".

  • @squeaksvids5886
    @squeaksvids5886 Před 2 lety +8

    5:20 Hammond driving like a Russian tank driver trying to evade Ukrainian anti tank missiles!

  • @proletariatbourgeoisie9929
    @proletariatbourgeoisie9929 Před 10 měsíci +3

    "...the town in question is called Chernobyl." Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought Chernobyl was the name of the power plant and the town next to it was Pripyat??

  • @BradTheThird
    @BradTheThird Před 9 lety +15592

    It bugs me when they fade to black when James May starts explaining something interesting.

    • @Pete762
      @Pete762 Před 8 lety +1040

      +BradTheThird Funny thing but,I really want to meet James one day and talk for hours... I think he has much to offer in a conversation.He is very wise and he has a lot of knowledge

    • @toxicantidotedotnet
      @toxicantidotedotnet Před 8 lety +236

      +BradTheThird He has a couple of (other) shows that he hosts to explain things.

    • @Pete762
      @Pete762 Před 8 lety +11

      Alex - which ones?

    • @LattiMonstaaa
      @LattiMonstaaa Před 8 lety +143

      +BradTheThird Ikr, he is by far the most interesting person of the 3

    • @someguy4915
      @someguy4915 Před 8 lety +39

      +LattiMonstaaa If you use the word 'interesting' then that would have to be Jeremy ;)

  • @glennotropolis
    @glennotropolis Před 4 lety +2745

    In retrospective, the producer WERE trying to kill Jeremy

    • @LogieT2K
      @LogieT2K Před 4 lety +10

      José Iglesias yes definately

    • @Nikke-nn5mn
      @Nikke-nn5mn Před 4 lety +186

      The radiation in chernobyl is around 30 times higher than average background, meaning there's no risk of radiation poisoning or anything like that but you do have 30x higher chance of getting cancer while you are in chernobyl. Driving there was statistically more dangerous than being there.

    • @WhinedUp2004
      @WhinedUp2004 Před 4 lety +4

      Nikke 2800 I’m confused why is driving more dangerous

    • @Nikke-nn5mn
      @Nikke-nn5mn Před 4 lety +85

      Raytrite deaths caused by car accidents

    • @XX-zc6hx
      @XX-zc6hx Před 4 lety +12

      @@Nikke-nn5mn although the roads don't show much radiation and people are encouraged to stick to the roads because unlike the forests and dirt the radioactive particles has no where to go on a smooth surface but yeah it is still dangerous to go and it does increase the percentage to get cancer

  • @thepylonperspective
    @thepylonperspective Před rokem +4

    My 07 Forester would have no problem with this challenge. Shoot, I’d be lucky to get 20 mpg’s on a hood day.
    Only issue is all of the seals are dead and the radiation would still get to me…

  • @MichaelSmith-on1ig
    @MichaelSmith-on1ig Před 2 lety +3

    This challenge aged like fine wine

  • @abhaybargoti2160
    @abhaybargoti2160 Před 3 lety +1008

    Hammond turned out to be quiet smart about it actually, driving like a drunk, he esentially increased the distance by 50% .... Therefore only needing to go down to 30 mpg.

    • @rachel1426
      @rachel1426 Před 2 lety +6

      Or 25 US MPG.

    • @huskiehuskerson5300
      @huskiehuskerson5300 Před 2 lety +9

      Imagine he used high revs

    • @blartversenwaldiii
      @blartversenwaldiii Před 2 lety +98

      I doubt the distance increase was more than about 30% honestly, even for the part before he got stopped by the police, but keeping the car running while stopped will have been pretty massive.

    • @arch9enius
      @arch9enius Před rokem +3

      After making his car more aerodynamic

    • @mosesracal6758
      @mosesracal6758 Před rokem +30

      @@blartversenwaldiii The whole stop and accelerate wouldve also been more taxing to the fuel economy than what the other 2 did to their cars.

  • @infiltron8227
    @infiltron8227 Před 4 lety +4531

    -Drives double the distance by zigzagging
    -Has less resistance due to tape
    -Gets pulled over by police
    -Accelerates+Decelerates
    *catches up with Hammond just in time to flex his empty fuel*

    • @XJokermanX
      @XJokermanX Před 4 lety +4

      P

    • @robertdarling5959
      @robertdarling5959 Před 4 lety +329

      Almost everything on top gear is scripted beforehand lol

    • @ZeidGho
      @ZeidGho Před 4 lety +129

      With Jeremy*

    • @youruncle1616
      @youruncle1616 Před 4 lety +7

      @@robertdarling5959 no shit Sherlock

    • @Nim...
      @Nim... Před 3 lety +59

      @@robertdarling5959 yes 90% is scripted but there are bits of pieces that are genuinely true and they are golden! *CoughAlabamacough*

  • @qmto
    @qmto Před rokem +5

    Crazy to think a lot of these roads/buildings are now destroyed.

  • @Eis_
    @Eis_ Před rokem +32

    The Russian Military is winning this one by a great margin. In losing tons of fuel, that is.

  • @ellwill5709
    @ellwill5709 Před 2 lety +1022

    1:49
    "How do you make these cars do 20 miles to the gallon?"
    Paint a Z on the side and you'll run out of fuel in no time, and then have the car stolen by a peasant on a tractor

  • @MrArjanOskam
    @MrArjanOskam Před 3 lety +4138

    Why didn't they open all freaking windows ... That makes the car so much less aerodynamic

    • @croftrn
      @croftrn Před 3 lety +1309

      Cause...
      As Jeremy stated..
      The temp was barely above freezing!!

    • @MrArjanOskam
      @MrArjanOskam Před 3 lety +336

      @@croftrn Everything for the win right?

    • @iggy9740
      @iggy9740 Před 3 lety +49

      @@MrArjanOskam No!! they're not insane!! ;P

    • @theogreenaway7401
      @theogreenaway7401 Před 3 lety +353

      They couldve put the heat on max edit: wow this is a lot of likes

    • @MrArjanOskam
      @MrArjanOskam Před 3 lety +78

      @@theogreenaway7401 Indeed and close the passenger fans so the Heat all Comes on 1 port

  • @timur22993
    @timur22993 Před 6 měsíci +7

    4:56 There are so many things wrong with that map. First of all, the capital of Ukraine is Kyiv in Latin, but I guess it was made back when people still took Ukraine for piece of USSR. But then Cyrillic names of Belarus and Kyiv are proper Ukrainian, while Chernobyl is written in Russian.

  • @citedcanvas85
    @citedcanvas85 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Has this been 9 yrs already jeeez it doesnt feel that long ago

  • @alfievines5917
    @alfievines5917 Před 3 lety +668

    Buying advice from this video:
    Ford Fiesta- economical when you need it, wasteful when you don’t (as long as it’s driven by a madman),
    Dacia Sandero- economical whether you need it or not,
    VW up!- economical when you don’t need it, wasteful when you do need it (it’s German senses probably kicked in to tell it that the driver was British.

    • @talhaefeay7154
      @talhaefeay7154 Před 3 lety +19

      It's probably brake-accelerate-brake thing that mattered the most.

    • @Srade2412
      @Srade2412 Před 3 lety +12

      @@talhaefeay7154 and max RPM when pulled over

  • @MerkhVision
    @MerkhVision Před 3 lety +507

    Hammond to Clarkson: “Go on, go and meet your fate”
    Hahah

  • @DrMemesYT
    @DrMemesYT Před 9 měsíci +5

    Those fields have holes now.

  • @Ziggyzaggy300
    @Ziggyzaggy300 Před rokem +6

    Nothing can beat old TG. I don't mean to sound sadistic, but I liked it when they were in danger. Just the real panic of people is something you don't see in other shows.

  • @strangerdanger7178
    @strangerdanger7178 Před 4 lety +1076

    The song at 6:42 is called Midnight train By Baltic Fleet
    Idk if anyone will even read this but you can never be sure

  • @RAKESH-xw9xm
    @RAKESH-xw9xm Před 9 měsíci +2

    old top gear is best , James May , Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond all are awesome 😊

  • @frankcordoba6109
    @frankcordoba6109 Před 8 lety +4995

    "What you have done, is made it more aerodynamic....."
    "I have, havent I...."
    "Goodbye"
    DEAD.

  • @thedankatheist3466
    @thedankatheist3466 Před 4 lety +1055

    His engine at full revs sounds like the cooling fan. Thats just tragic.

    • @RWoody1995
      @RWoody1995 Před 3 lety +30

      tbf when sitting stil "max revs" is 4k so thats why it sounds weak, it only lets you go up to the rev limit (6500 i think) when you are moving.

    • @MauriceNL1
      @MauriceNL1 Před 3 lety +28

      The poor engines, Tbh i'm surprised the engine survived for such a long time at the rev limiter

    • @spankthatshank7568
      @spankthatshank7568 Před 3 lety +6

      My PS4 is louder than those engines

  • @BDSFormula1
    @BDSFormula1 Před 8 měsíci +3

    You know, they should do this again

  • @DasHPK4I
    @DasHPK4I Před rokem +6

    I did this on my ecoup which runs on cng and petrol. Drove all the way from Germany to Ukraine. Was more challenging to find a gas station, but would have definitely won your challenge👍🏻

  • @cilantro6884
    @cilantro6884 Před 4 lety +257

    "people think this is a bit odd, but if they knew why i was doing it they would understand it" wise words indeed

    • @xulphr
      @xulphr Před 4 lety +8

      -BMW drivers not using their indicators

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 Před 2 lety +1360

    You do have to wonder what became of the people the trio met throughout their specials: the people of Raqqa, Myanmar, and Kyiv, all of these places they visited have now turned into warzones. I hope wherever they are they are safe.

    • @lucasquintanilla1673
      @lucasquintanilla1673 Před rokem +55

      When I was a kid I saw some cartoons and very vintage inspired adventure books from no later than the 1930s and before that and they took place in areas like Russia Britain, Germany, China Africa, and so on. Knowing what would happen with the world wars it kind of made me think “ realistically, what would happen to some of those people just a few decades later or even less”? Some of these Top Gear episodes are kind of similar to that.

    • @_Vark_
      @_Vark_ Před 11 měsíci +15

      The top gear curse.

    • @Poud2
      @Poud2 Před 8 měsíci +12

      ​@@kidnamedfingerrealbeen there yourself?

    • @jamesbrendan5170
      @jamesbrendan5170 Před 7 měsíci

      @@kidnamedfingerreal you went to Kyiv before, during the war?

    • @oatmongen4263
      @oatmongen4263 Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@kidnamedfingerreal They were subject to genocide in Bucha, and children are being kidnapped.

  • @agentorange4272
    @agentorange4272 Před rokem +1

    an updated version of this would be awesome

  • @gp-1542
    @gp-1542 Před rokem +1

    Also I like how serious it becomes when discussing about the nuclear plant

  • @jasonwolf6899
    @jasonwolf6899 Před 3 lety +344

    Jeremy's acting is on point. When he said "chernobyl" it was pure defeat and fear coming out of his mouth!

  • @simg4565
    @simg4565 Před 8 lety +3589

    already missing the old top gear😔

  • @EnforcerX71
    @EnforcerX71 Před rokem +3

    It seems like every country Top Gear visited around this time ended up in some kind of war in future years.

  • @SworBeyE16
    @SworBeyE16 Před měsícem +2

    This episode today would be intense af

  • @justsomedude4547
    @justsomedude4547 Před 3 lety +356

    James: high rom
    Jeremy: airbrakes
    Hammond: SWERVE

  • @notplanetnerd1893
    @notplanetnerd1893 Před 4 lety +574

    “Go on.Go and meet your fate.”
    When my parents send me of for an exam I haven’t prepared for

    • @SteveOnlin
      @SteveOnlin Před 3 lety +2

      My dad when i my mom yells at me from downstairs for a thing we both did :

  • @RedcoatViking_Official
    @RedcoatViking_Official Před rokem +3

    ha this just got recommended to me now and I thought it was filmed recently... Then I saw '8 years ago' and let out a sigh of relief. That would've been some intense race!

  • @professionaltaxevader9287

    5:35 The music is from Halo: Reach soundtrack, cool to hear a track from one of my favourite games in one of my favourite shows.

  • @karbengo
    @karbengo Před 8 lety +4730

    They cut James speech about uranium half-life, the most interesting bit. :(

  • @bisk1407
    @bisk1407 Před 2 lety +180

    youtube got no chills with the algorithm....

    • @Icetea-2000
      @Icetea-2000 Před 2 lety +10

      This is absolutely hilarious.
      And they say bots have no emotions 😂 seems like we already found humor

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ Před 2 lety +1

      In the future, humor will be randomly generated

  • @Tya2019
    @Tya2019 Před rokem +2

    That look on Clarkson's face is priceless 😝, and that go meet your fate; is epic 😎

  • @HD-ri5xb
    @HD-ri5xb Před rokem +10

    Oh the irony of this video in today’s situation 😂😭

  • @sydssolanumsamsys
    @sydssolanumsamsys Před 3 lety +149

    the "you have, goodbye" got me so good
    2:38

    • @theeternalnow6506
      @theeternalnow6506 Před 2 lety +4

      Came here for this one lol. Their comedic timing and wit is hilarious.

  • @enklerical1739
    @enklerical1739 Před 2 lety +88

    In 2022 its shortened down to “A race to get out of Ukraine”

  • @DripChicken732
    @DripChicken732 Před rokem

    I used to watch this scene on TV and always discuss with my schoolmate, we both think that's sick and feel that place is mysterious at that time

  • @t.sb_0570
    @t.sb_0570 Před rokem +5

    This video aged like fine wine.

  • @technugget873
    @technugget873 Před 2 lety +739

    Wow! This show has so much inspiration that now the whole country is doing this challenge!!!

  • @bubschubs8104
    @bubschubs8104 Před 2 lety +593

    Crazy how these guys have visited countries before they turned into madness

    • @cynicalpenguin
      @cynicalpenguin Před 2 lety +18

      Not really though is it

    • @ThatLaloBoy
      @ThatLaloBoy Před 2 lety +52

      Me, remembering the US Special: …wait a minute…

    • @dl5498
      @dl5498 Před 2 lety +9

      You could say that with every country in the world

    • @Greenhourglass
      @Greenhourglass Před 2 lety +45

      insane to think that a country could exist before there was a war in it

    • @vknl99
      @vknl99 Před 2 lety +12

      what a dumb comment lol