Top Gear The Perfect Road Trip [2013] HDRip XViD-ETRG Subtitles

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00:00:28,441 --> 00:00:30,It's a normal Tuesday in Britain.

00:00:31,281 --> 00:00:35,There's a hint of drizzle in the air
and traffic is at a standstill.

00:00:37,121 --> 00:00:40,We know that driving is meant
to be more fun than this.

00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:43,We know that cars are meant
to be more fun than this.

00:00:44,161 --> 00:00:48,So we decided what we'd do is
give you an hour or so of escapism,

00:00:48,961 --> 00:00:51,of perfect roads and perfect cars.

00:00:51,921 --> 00:00:53,Yeah. So, what we're going to do is

00:00:54,001 --> 00:00:56,strip away all the things
that drive us mad,

00:00:56,521 --> 00:00:58,roadworks, Peugeots, speed cameras...

00:00:58,841 --> 00:01:00,- James May.
- Yeah, we'll get rid of him.

00:01:00,281 --> 00:01:01,He's always holding us up.

00:01:01,761 --> 00:01:07,And then we will end up with
the perfect road trip.

00:01:12,041 --> 00:01:17,Strangely, Jeremy insisted
we should start here, in Venice,

00:01:18,281 --> 00:01:21,where all the streets are full of water.

00:01:24,281 --> 00:01:26,Why are we in Venice?

00:01:26,121 --> 00:01:28,Because I wanted to drive
the Riva Aquarama.

00:01:28,681 --> 00:01:29,Why?

00:01:29,961 --> 00:01:32,Because it's the most
beautiful thing ever made

00:01:32,281 --> 00:01:34,and because it's g***t two V8s.

00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:38,Okay, we are starting in Venice because
he wanted to drive a... What is it?

00:01:38,801 --> 00:01:40,- Riva Aquarama.
- Riva Aquarama.

00:01:40,761 --> 00:01:42,- The most beautiful thing ever made.
- The most beautiful thing ever made

00:01:43,001 --> 00:01:44,and it's g***t... Two V8s?

00:01:44,161 --> 00:01:46,- Two V8s.
- Two V8s!

00:01:46,321 --> 00:01:49,And we're going to set off from here
on a journey across Italy,

00:01:49,801 --> 00:01:53,across France, to... Where are we going?

00:01:53,241 --> 00:01:55,- Pau.
- To Pau... Pau?

00:01:55,961 --> 00:01:57,Why are we going to Pau?

00:01:57,161 --> 00:02:01,Because that is where the first ever
Grand Prix was held.

00:02:01,961 --> 00:02:02,- Pau?
- Yeah.

00:02:03,521 --> 00:02:05,- Never heard of it.
- The track's still there.

00:02:05,201 --> 00:02:08,We're going to drive the very first
Grand Prix track.

00:02:08,721 --> 00:02:11,Whatever. Between here and there,
we're going to be on motorways,

00:02:11,961 --> 00:02:15,mountain roads, rally stages,
racetracks and cities.

00:02:15,361 --> 00:02:18,And in every place, we are both going
to pick what we believe

00:02:18,481 --> 00:02:20,is the perfect mode of transport.

00:02:20,721 --> 00:02:22,It's going to be the perfect week.

00:02:22,961 --> 00:02:27,Perfect weather, perfect start,
perfect boat, perfect everything!

00:02:27,321 --> 00:02:29,- Perfect.
- And no James May.

00:02:29,081 --> 00:02:31,That's better than perfect.

00:02:35,401 --> 00:02:38,Over the next seven days,
our quest for perfection

00:02:38,521 --> 00:02:41,would take us from Venice
towards the Italian Lakes.

00:02:42,761 --> 00:02:45,From there we'd head south
to the Mediterranean,

00:02:45,201 --> 00:02:48,for a drive along the French Riviera
to Saint-Tropez.

00:02:49,441 --> 00:02:53,Then we'd swing inland again
towards the finishing point at Pau.

00:02:58,681 --> 00:03:01,Do we look like Tubbs and Crockett?

00:03:02,401 --> 00:03:03,Or Tubby and Crotchety?

00:03:07,561 --> 00:03:10,- No, seriously. That's perfect, though.
- Tubby and Crotchety.

00:03:10,681 --> 00:03:11,Venice Vice.

00:03:16,521 --> 00:03:19,Having docked
the L200,000 speedboat,

00:03:19,841 --> 00:03:23,I switched to an even
more expensive car.

00:03:23,441 --> 00:03:28,The new, grown-up, less tail-happy
Black edition of the SLS.

00:03:34,201 --> 00:03:36,In Victorian times,
people would come through Venice

00:03:36,961 --> 00:03:39,on what was called "the grand tour",

00:03:39,121 --> 00:03:41,so that's why
I've gone for the Mercedes,

00:03:41,681 --> 00:03:44,because it is the ultimate grand tourer.

00:03:44,881 --> 00:03:49,Mmm-hmm. Except, it isn't the ultimate
because this is, the Ferrari F12.

00:03:49,161 --> 00:03:50,No, no. That's too powerful.

00:03:50,961 --> 00:03:53,- Too powerful?
- It is too powerful.

00:03:53,201 --> 00:03:54,I said that... It is!

00:03:54,561 --> 00:03:56,You did say it on the programme
and I thought then...

00:03:57,041 --> 00:04:00,You see this?
I will be able to use all of the power.

00:04:00,121 --> 00:04:01,Yes?

00:04:01,201 --> 00:04:03,In that, you will not
be able to use all of the power

00:04:03,161 --> 00:04:05,because you'll end up
halfway up a telegraph pole.

00:04:05,201 --> 00:04:06,No, I'll be able to all of the power

00:04:06,961 --> 00:04:10,but there will be more power than
you've g***t, that's all that's about.

00:04:10,241 --> 00:04:11,A grand tourer should be powerful

00:04:11,841 --> 00:04:13,- and creamy and grunty and...
- Uh...

00:04:14,001 --> 00:04:16,Six hundred and twenty-two horsepower,
it's not a wheelbarrow.

00:04:17,121 --> 00:04:19,- Seven hundred and thirty! It's more.
- I know.

00:04:20,081 --> 00:04:21,Hammond!

00:04:21,641 --> 00:04:24,Let's just go across Italy, shall we,
in our grand tourers?

00:04:24,321 --> 00:04:26,Yes. Yes.

00:04:26,601 --> 00:04:29,I'LL go quickly, you big girl.

00:04:37,321 --> 00:04:38,Oh, God!

00:04:42,001 --> 00:04:44,Oh, that's a lot of power!

00:04:44,521 --> 00:04:46,Maybe that's too much!
No, it's not too much.

00:04:46,721 --> 00:04:49,Jeremy's being a wuss. It's just enough.

00:04:49,161 --> 00:04:51,It's just I don't need
to use all of it right now.

00:04:51,081 --> 00:04:53,I'm going to use a bit Less.
Maybe this much of it.

00:04:55,921 --> 00:04:58,The changes from that gearbox
are incredible.

00:04:58,921 --> 00:05:01,It's a double clutch gear box.
In actual fact,

00:05:01,921 --> 00:05:06,it's exactly the same unit
as in Jeremy's Mercedes SLS.

00:05:06,481 --> 00:05:08,It's just Ferrari have
put their own mapping,

00:05:08,761 --> 00:05:11,their own computer control
on this particular one.

00:05:11,121 --> 00:05:13,And it's set up so that
when you change,

00:05:13,721 --> 00:05:16,it spikes the engine revs
so it surges when you change.

00:05:19,401 --> 00:05:20,Dear God!

00:05:23,441 --> 00:05:25,This body isn't just pretty,

00:05:25,681 --> 00:05:30,it's been sculpted to maximise the air
flowing over it to generate down force

00:05:30,801 --> 00:05:32,to stick it to the road

00:05:44,761 --> 00:05:49,There have been a number of
Black Special Edition Mercs in the past

00:05:49,201 --> 00:05:53,and almost all of them have been,
well, dreadful, really. Undriveable.

00:05:54,641 --> 00:05:59,They generated too much torque.
So every time you put your foot down,

00:05:59,321 --> 00:06:02,it felt like they were trying
to tear themselves apart.

00:06:05,761 --> 00:06:08,You'd be going along
and it'd be sucking birds

00:06:08,121 --> 00:06:10,and trees and squirrels into the engine

00:06:10,441 --> 00:06:14,and then ripping up the road and hurling
chunks of tarmac out of the back

00:06:14,921 --> 00:06:17,and it was just... They were ridiculous.

00:06:19,521 --> 00:06:22,This, though, Mercedes has been clever

00:06:22,401 --> 00:06:26,because, yes, it generates more power
than a standard SLS

00:06:26,361 --> 00:06:29,but 11 fewer torques. So now...

00:06:32,081 --> 00:06:36,You put your foot down, it translates
that action into speed,

00:06:36,761 --> 00:06:38,not destructions.

00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:43,Oh, but you can't beat a V8!

00:06:43,961 --> 00:06:48,I mean, yes, a V12 is nice.
But a V8 is nicer.

00:06:49,521 --> 00:06:50,It just is.

00:06:51,321 --> 00:06:53,I'm just saying you can't beat a V8.

00:06:54,361 --> 00:06:58,Oh, I like a 12, I do like
a big powerful, slightly angry 12.

00:07:03,121 --> 00:07:05,That's a great car, that.

00:07:06,921 --> 00:07:09,It's...
You just give it a little poke,

00:07:09,241 --> 00:07:10,"Excuse me, could you..."

00:07:12,801 --> 00:07:14,That is insane!

00:07:15,561 --> 00:07:17,I was very happy.

00:07:17,241 --> 00:07:21,And therefore a bit surprised
when Jeremy suddenly veered off

00:07:21,721 --> 00:07:24,toward some old Italian town.

00:07:32,281 --> 00:07:33,There it is.

00:07:34,441 --> 00:07:36,- What? That?
- Yeah.

00:07:36,921 --> 00:07:40,That is the actual balcony
from Romeo and Juliet.

00:07:40,521 --> 00:07:42,- Yeah. Couple of points.
- What?

00:07:42,401 --> 00:07:45,I've...