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Budget Supercars Part 2 | Top Gear | BBC

Castle Combe is 20 miles from Bristol
and most of us got there. It's a fierce track, this… one of the fastest in Britain,
a real car-breaker. Can we have the challenge?
Find out what it is. -He can pick up later on.
-Yeah. -I know what this is going to be.
-Go on. Stig'll drive them round the track,
points for the winner. No, it isn't! It's: "Your supercars were built
in the '70s. How super are they today? To find out,
the Stig's going to set a lap time in… a Vauxhall Astra diesel. You will then attempt
to beat his time in your cars. You lose points
for every second over the Stig's time and gain points
for every second under it." The Stig was really on it… but a diesel hatchback? Come on! -A Lamborghini, a Maserati…
-And a Ferrari! I could see that coming.

…are easily going to be able to beat it. And across the line
in one minute, 35 seconds. Well, actually, I'd say we stood a…
Hello! He's… May! May has joined us. Hang on.
Have you come by bus or in your car? -I'm in my car.
-Is it on a truck? -No, it's not. It's fine.
-Did it break down on the way here? No, I just had to stop
and fill it up with electricity.

Given that James's car
was actually running, we decided to make hay
and send it out first. Three, two, one, go! This is a piece of cake. Oh, hang on. Smoke. Oh, my God! I got so excited I wet myself. Your car's done a wee. Do you think if we get this going again,
you will be able to do one lap? Yes, I do. And a… And a good one at that. Go! It's a right-hander. I'm turning
into the apex, snatching third… One minute, 18, he's not even in sight. I'm… Oh, shit. He's going to make it! And the V8 Lamborghini is… -Stig was one minute, 35.
-Yeah? -One… 58.
-Rubbish. Next, it was my Ferrari,
so far the most reliable car of the day. Oh, my mirror's just come off! Three, two, one, go! And with 255 horsepower,
it was also the most powerful.

It's indicating 100 miles an hour. This is probably about 50. -He's very competitive.
-He is very competitive. He's taking it very seriously. It rolls! Hammond gave his all,
but he was still slower than the Stig. How long before Hammond blames a misfire? One minute, 43 seconds. The problem is it rolls. I thought I'll
have to make up time on the straights. -The engine sounded healthy.
-And then it developed a misfire. -I knew! I knew you'd say…
-It did! It did! Finally, it was the turn
of the mighty Merak. Go! V6. It may only be a V6, but remember, this is the SS version
with 220 horsepower. Four thousand rpm! And that's all
the rebuilt engine has to give! Nicely balanced, though. Why won't you rev? An appalling heap of junk. Come on! Come on, car! I've got it. Don't say. I've got no brakes.

Oh, the excuses are coming. Here we go.
Oh, he's not stopped. I've got no brakes! I also had no coolant. Do you know what would cure that?
Spending £10,000 on an engine. -Yeah.
-Oh, somebody has! It's a bit steamy. I've no brakes.
Oil pressure has completely gone. So, do you want to know or…? Well, tell me what I did with no brakes.

One minute… 54! -Fifty-four. That is brave.
-Slower than… To find out why our lap times
were so woeful, we were given another challenge. This is a rolling road
which you use to measure power. Now, what we're going to do
is put the cars on it and find out how many of the horses
that were put into their engines when they were new
have escaped over the years. And obviously, we lose points
for every horsepower that's gone missing. Now, we weren't covering our ears because of the noise
from Hammond's fake Ferrari, but because James was boring us to death. Yeah, it measures the wheel horsepower
and then by letting it run down, it converts the mechanical drag
into the extra horsepower -at the flywheel.
-Good. Remember, the Dino had 255 horsepower
when it left the factory 30 years ago. -So, what's he got?
-How much have you lost? It said 194. That's not bad! So, 194 brake horsepower
is what it's actually producing. -Sixty-one rampant Italian horses just…
-Sixty-one horsepower have escaped. -That's how many a year?
-Think of it another way.

That's a VW Lupo has escaped
from your engine! Now, will the Lambo run long enough
for the machine to take a reading? This machine goes up
to 450 brake horsepower. -Oh, well, I hope we're okay, then.
-I think we might be. See? V8, 2.5 litres. -220 brake horsepower to beat.
-It's lost… 103. So, it's got 117 left! Is there enough power to get it off? Then it was the turn of the Maserati. But first, I'd discovered something
worrying in the service history. Note, please, item two, badge. "Badge SS." £38 for an SS badge! I've bought a car
that's got a 38 quid badge on it. There was some good news, though. Because it turned out
I only had an ordinary Merak, it meant I only had to reach
190 horsepower, not 220. Oh, yeah, here we go! Come on, what is it? -Eighty.
-What? -Eighty.
-Eighty! They've all got away! There must be
a big gate open on the back and all your horses just got out! Your car is garbage.

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Budget Supercars part 3 | Top Gear | BBC

Time to get back to tonight,’s challenge We’ve all bought supercars for less than 10 000. We’re doing a number of challenges with them, as we go on one of our frankly, an epic voyages from Bristol here to a lap dancing bar in Slough about here.

When you look at it like that, it’s not exactly the most arduous journey.

Ever undertaken is it Nevertheless, it’s taken us half a day to get to about here and so far we’ve learnt that James’s Lamborghini is rubbish.

Jeremy’s, Maserati is slow and my Ferrari Isn’t a Ferrari.

It is.

It is not a Ferrari, Be quiet, It’s a Let’s get back to the action.

While you were away the cars had their tanks drained and were then given 25 litres to get them to the lap dancing club in Slough 96 miles away.

To get to Slough with the fuel we’ve just put in, we have to average 17 miles to the gallon, Apparently yes, Which, in a normal car, No problem piece of cake.

These aren’t entirely normal cars.

To make matters worse, it had become obvious that the lap of Castle Combe had hurt my engine badly. This is a half French, half Italian car.

That’s a worry When the French and the Italians come together to do cooking that’s great, But when they come together to make a car run Run for your life.

Now I’m following Jeremy in his Maserati, I’m doing 48 miles an hour and I get the distinct impression that he’s going flat out.

Look at that Overtaken For our next challenge.

We had to go to a service centre in Chippenham.

Oh don’t do that Yeah that’ll help Right challenge.

I think It’s just a bit tappety Yeah both ends In the way that a dumper truck is Right.

I would stall You are now in a race With no outside help.

Each of you must change the oil in your car and all the spark plugs These Actually come to think of it.

You’ve got a V6. We’ve got V8s, I’ve only got six spark plugs, But I’ve never held a spanner in my life.

Well, he has, but on old British All I have to do now is demonstrate to you two why I’m a doctor of engineering twice.

The good doctor then started work on his spark plugs, rather than changing his oil, which was actually quite dim.

You need it to be hot, for the oil to drain’cause it’s thin.

Otherwise, you get big lumpy bits in your case full of metal hanging around at the bottom Oddly James began by doing housework.

The bonnet is eating my head, So the good doctor came up with an engineering solution.

Meanwhile, James had got going and got stuck.

I don’t see how I’m going to do that, While Jeremy had resorted to shouting Come on Come on, I sound like I’m in a porn film.

Their problem was inaccessible, spark plugs, Not something that was troubling me.

I’m actually dawdling. I don’t want to win by too much.

Oh, I can’t get at this one.

Oh, look it’s obscured by this lead.

You’ve got mechanic’s, butt cheeks! Do you know that, After a brisk 50 minutes, Dr Clarkson had finished changing his plugs? Yes, All six And set about making a mess of his oil change That went well.

Meanwhile, James was being pedantic And I was hampered by height issues.

The race to the finish was between me and the doctor.

First to start their engine, We’ve got the times They’re, saying five One hour: 13, 2 minutes for you, Yeah, 13.

25.

For me, Half a second! I may have made a bit of a mess there.

Meanwhile, I’m quite happy doing this. If you’d, like to sod off As we left Chippenham, it became clear that the pit stop hadn’t really done my Maserati much good.

That’s a great sound.

Our next challenge was in the town of Marlborough, and all I had to do was get there Got at all my dials here.

My oil temperature, minus 20 Fuel depends on what kind of corner I’m going round Time wrong.

Battery wrong Never mind Could be worse.

This time James had broken down outside a school at lunch time Won’t it go James, It’s broken.

This is humiliating.

What has he done? The best thing we can do to help James now is just go.

Go yeah! Yes, Eventually, we made it into Marlborough where the locals could sense the tension of an upcoming three way.

Duel Supercars are notoriously hard to see out of. They also have very heavy clutches and very heavy steering so which would be the easiest to park Right.

We have to park our supercars in this space against the clock And Hammond’s.

First.

Are you ready Go This space is not big enough for this car.

Is he going to hit? I’m about right, Hooray That’s a point off? Are you looking where you’re going or using the force? Yes, Two points off.

You know Ferraris That’s it I’m parked Parked.

Have you It’s perfect, I’ll call a cab and get you to the kerb.

Have a little walk down the kerb to your car? What time did it take to do that? One minute 38 7 Go Next.

It was the turn of the poorly Merak.

Eighteen years I lived in London making this a piece of cake There. You go That’s a touch That wasn’t a touch.

Is it heavy mate? Will the engine lasts as long as this manoeuvre? There Finished? That is so neat One minute, One minute, One minute exactly! .

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