I was bored at work today so I looked up HILUX on Wikipedia.com and this is what I found. I would love to see this show!!


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The nearly destroyed, but still working, Top Gear Hilux.
Jeremy Clarkson's Toyota Hilux Boat.The Toyota Hilux has gained a reputation for exceptional sturdiness and reliability, even during sustained heavy use. This was only compounded when on the third series (programme five) of the revamped BBC motoring show Top Gear, a 1988 Toyota Hilux with 190,000 miles on the clock, was subjected to a number of extraordinary survival tests, which included crashing it into a large tree, tying it up to a jetty to be washed out to sea by the incoming tide, driving it down Christmas steps in the centre of Bristol, randomly ramming it into buildings in Bristol, dropping a caravan on it, setting the cabin on fire, and placing it at the top of a 240-foot block of flats that was subsequently destroyed by a controlled demolition. Amazingly, although it was now suffering from severe structural damage (there was already significant body corrosion when it was purchased), the truck was still running after being repaired only with typical tools and equipment that would be found in a car's toolbox, such as spanners, motor oil, and a monkey wrench. It currently resides as one of the background decorations in the newly revamped Top Gear Studio from Season 8.

In the 2006 series (Season 8, Episode 3), a Hilux was chosen by Jeremy Clarkson when tasked with creating an amphibious vehicle. This was almost a complete success, the truck, redubbed the "Toyboata", easily travelling several miles by road and two miles across open water before capsizing during a quick turn. Once recovered, though, the truck would no longer start, to the surprise of the presenters.

Outside television, these vehicles have been known to exceed 300,000 miles with regular maintenance.

 

its on streetfire.net

 

Apparently the BBC bitched and caused YouTube and other sites to remove the video. You can still access it by going to the former BBC / Top Gear webpage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/prog28/toyota.shtml

(Which will give you a 404: Not Found message ...)

... Then:

(1) Click 'Watch Videos' on the left-side menu
(2) This loads a RealPlayer video applet
(3) Select 'Stunts' from the tabs at the top of the video viewer palette
(4) Select 'Indestructible Truck'