巅峰\ (@拍档第十九季
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148Se/ries /==$ 19]., Epi* .sode 1[27 Jan`, uar]:\)y 2013Damian Lewis@ Revie\-_+`w Ric$hard% revi, ews the Pagani_ Huayra, t$`!he latest s#\upercar; ] ?? from : the +-It,alian manufactur_@er.[\* The$+ car is capable of savage accel e/;rati?%on, wit+ +h a lot of attention pl/_!aced /(in;to the bodywo_rk, int((e*rio!%r and uti[*lizi-_=ng cutti =ng e@dge technol%+ogy. Despite the mass`\ive tw(;i*?.n-turbo eng`i:ne-! +-`a -n,#d) ^` h %orsepower, than##! k%s t o it s sophi- s-.:t :icated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be $`driven h,ard without $ the ri;sk of spin-/ning. ) \The Huayra al$#so set #the fastest time) on the Top $_G\ear Tes)[+t T$rack in, the hands o @f Th`e Stig, )_,1;. 13;.8, beating the previous record, set b_y the= =% A/@[^riel At; ^o m V8. News Th#))e ;,+%Dacia Sandero is now) on )s%al[+e in the U$K. The Merc-_\/edes-Benz SLS AMG Black_ has b; ]een updat ed_`( to @ )produce_$ e:/;xtr[=//a horsepo**^wer, but the handli^_ng is still; challen[[ging. Jeremy cl$aims t-*:@ha!-t:`^ h@e h@as found a mal?(=e equiva[`lent ver*((sion of Fif `ty Sh,ades of!! Gre y, pre_se!]nting a kid's book about tr_)]?[ac)tors.: The new Chevrolet Stingray is a+\n\(noun$+,ced. James May, turned :([fifty the previou!.s week,\_. Also.., the rall^. y team composed o$(f +( war amput%@ee s (previ(ously m +ent,^ioned in ser,ies 17, e .pisode 6)%)[ fi] nally completed th/?e;,ir chall @enge, of finishing th-?e 2013 Dakar Rally. Revi( ew J)ames reviews -*the ne`w B entley Continental GT, a__/%nd;^/_ no[tes the *`n*$%ew engine =and subtle ride c @haracteristics. B[elievin).g th*)a@]#(t the Bentley, with ? four wheel drive -=[system )%and + a bi g, power_fu_=l] engi?ne, c @%(an handle things w-orse th$!an a :Welsh co?u,]ntryside road, James ta-kes the car o/@,nto )a Wel!sh stag\;e of t*he World^$ Rally Champ@?ionship, with -$[Kr+;is Meeke++ behi,-nd t(he whee!?l, and Ja/_+mes #being the co-driver.- Despite the car h\aving les+_+s gr%_+/ip, more weight, :an el*,ectronic ha (%[ndbrake (uns*] uitable for usage on a rally s#ta ge) and Jam ?es not being proficient at+ giving pa%*ce notes;!, the Bentle::y was ;]ac_@tually faster tha @n one of the f ull WRC cars. = Star In ] A ] (Reas?onably Priced Car Damian Le .$$wis t ;#(akes %]hi)s ,-- turn in. th./e ,(%car,/ and; d:!.+r]if#t@:#s the K*[ia Cee'd around the] snow,-coat%=ed test track# and c_rosses the ]@fin`^i_#sh line$ ((sideways, setti/ #ng the ?!slowes- \t eve?/r time of 209.1. Jer(;@^emy cheers Damia `n=+) up by ma%+k in.g a se[parate board` fo`$r; /snow (he justs put t=he time underneath an d to ^(`the^ side of th/@e fastest lap time on$*- that board) and says that h$e is/@ the fastest driver ever on their snow$` board. ](? C=*hallen?;ge Jer_emy attemp$$ts to build a c]ar [small #er than the Peel P50, nami%ng his %(crea[ tion, the P45. It /%was based: on a qu)=ad bike, with bodywork fitted, design $ed : to wra-p _ around `the driv:er. ):He then presented * his ide)[;a to $;/the! 'D%-$ragon_ s' i=]n a Dragons' Den style format. All of th-e drag*on%=\s :d,ecl _a`_re themsel, ves ,!ou/]@t \a-nd back in !the s@(tu ^dio, Richard conclu[ +des @that for.` the P45 to b.e put in :,-prod !u[#ctio# n, Jeremy w?o!( uld% hav[`e to be d% =;ead..; 149Se _rie*_@s 19=`-, Episode$!? 2 ?3 Fe*.bruary 2;;013Mick Fleet+.wo` _-od# -@/ Challenge : ., )^Part 1 In another+,_ ch_-alleng;e, (@^)the p@resenters * picke d three su- ^per cars to take@ on a \n epic race. Since i:?t wa=(s Ha#mmo%nd',,s turn to se,^l ect the challeng.e loc=ation, the team went t! o the Weste.rn.* Uni!ted States. Jer_: e^my sel!ected the Lexus LFA, )Ja\(mes chose t;@he new As=^ton ! / Martin Vanquish, and Ri /,chard _$took t]$h.[e @ SRT Viper. After a br` ie-,f dr[ive in`+ the Nevada de-sert@, the trio h;/e\))aded to _ \Las V=$ eg[?-/as Motor :S*`peedwa!_!y, spec]ifically th e drag strip, to c@ompete $%in drag races orga)n$^(ized by t `(,h.,/e Las Vegas Poli]_]ce%? #Depa! `rtme/nt; (#who@:m o@@ rgani _zed it with the theory that. allowing p eople to d_^ rag r+)ace, le ?gall!y, at a c!-losed c(ircuit,,[; wou+ld pre[vent# street racing`=. Despi,te the\%;- $high pe]=rformance of ;their/.\ ;cars, the trio were beaten by m@odified= p:[/r;*oduction c*!*^ars, and 4WD cars=, in [ each of th)%!ei r drag races.] News_ J@:ere/.?my comes up with a :? solution on how to solve?# the crisis affecting Brit ain's town centres sackin,g # al/l traffic ward^ens and removin !,g double yel ?.low lines. The trio then review a Chin;;ese pr,-+odu%ct $_%designe =d to s\ top dro*]wsin.es[_ s behind the wheel, before they took a[-% f*](ir st l] @,ook a!t the 2013 Jaguar #F-T$@ y p *)e. They. +pra`/ ised its styling, but c;ri+=ti`cized i*ts high price tag of £60,000, as wel[_l -.-as its target audience. James mentio_:]n+s P@ eugeo,]?t C$(itroen's ) \car intend;\ed to r)u+;?n`% on : *(com^p_?)+r!-[essed air; J\_;=[eremy attempted$)! ^ #%to use a #fire ) e*@-:xtingu[\isher to demonstrate, bu.%t failed after onl!y ++causi :ng hims:]elf to turn slowl@/+y around. Challe*[ nge, Part 2. . $ After lea/#)ving Las [Ve\!_gas, Jam=es and -),Ri+chard make f--_un of /J :!eremy's LFA f)or l;acking not only B/#lue=$tooth con) +ne ction an@d iP@=od c-onnector;?*s!@, but cup holders, despite being t he $most expens#ive car. The_(%$\y are #then ta=_sked to head [./$to Will ow S %^pr/[ings Inter national Motorsports,` Pa rk, but they /in\stead s.#top on a grooved =-road, where e#ach /c*`(ar drives ov^ .er the grooves and produc_(?es not ;es. When `)_ th$ !ey reac`@h Will`#^ow Spri=ngs,^ th^/# ey `@are ,*force%, ?d to pla(y. @ an#*= aerial version of Laser Quest, where t! hey [@+woul@[ d,, dri_ve :.)5 laps around the track, whi) lst being c=[h\as? $e![`d by two Aermacchi $SF_ .260 arm ([^ed with laser gu[%ns. In the end, Jame]]/s wo(:?n t:^(%\he-.,#; challen= ge by being hi[t only 17 , times. Star in a Reasonably Priced \ =`Car*_$ Fleet(-wood Ma.._c's Mic/-!k Fleetwood ([drove th e?(_ K ia Cee'd aro% und the )`Test Tra/:c: # k w/\it@h a lap of 145.(%4. $$Challenge:($, Part, 3 Departing +W)-i llow Springs, the g? r)oup headed fo[r L@((]os Angeles, C-!-.a+lif _=or+[nia. I@n]-./ order to do@ real world testing, R,#+ichard devised a challenge:) () %to) se\ e w`ho could =_($,burn the best ele *vens.* The t[hree inst ead\!\ end (ed_ up d%ra( win:)g]@ a phallus(;,@ and +;@/left LA. *The team then? staye`d for a nigh t in P(alm @# Spring-@!s. H`owe`:)ver, t.(:he prod ucers gav@[=e them a final challenge. The th:(r#ee w.ould dri # ve from) Palm Springs],^: t :o the Mexica#-n bo!#rder at C=- alexico t%_he following morn :ing,)@? and-^ the last to make #it*+ to the Mexi\can border woul[`)d have to travel into #the count()=ry it?se^lf to(\ dr`$ive the Mast%%re\`.tta.) ?)MXT, a Mexic%an spor;.]t!?s car made fu\ n of by th?. :e: pres_[e) %(nters in an _ .e !arlie(r s./eri.es, f[o^r a later segment on the s!\ho w. In revenge- for taking th[!!em to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged H#_.ammond's Viper,. causin= g h]:im t@\o+ lose 1?@_0 minutes in the race. D ;:espite making a sto :#p fo %r fu.e_?%l , Jeremy ^[made# it \to\ the finish line fir@]` st, wi_?t;[h James@ :=in second. Ric+h?^ard th? /)en wa^ **lked t **o t; he border bein !-g %the last p(_er(son to arrive.! At the stud \io`, Ja`;.^m[_!\es and Jer ^emy end by saying )_that] the Viper .` was awful. and that the ; Van..+q ;u[=ish?): and LFA were amazing],)\. 1\-50Series 19,+^! ``-Epi$?sode 310 Febr[.u ar\y+-. 2013Amy ?=Macdonald `!\ Re$`(view J`_ere+,my*/. r)ev:+iews th!e \^\T* oy^ota GT8? _=6\ and the Subaru BRZ@. The cars are al! most? identical, @*)but Jeremy prefe rs the Toyota GT8 6_/`. The Stig then complete#d a lap of t,/h!@-^e Test Track in 1313. ` News T)hey dis +c ?uss the n!%[e.=w$% Subar%u ` Impreza, which !]is not comi[@ng :to UK, and !_th/]ey then@[* %,talk about the new M;!aserati Qu?at-troport@e] ?.. Ch_ allen+](ge, Par ! t 1 T*:he pro. d]uc e: rs ha(_]v` e reserved a /si+# n,gle tic ket\ to a foot )bal l match a-t the San Siro. in Milan, Northern Italy._# ! The@@ trio have a =;rac!e fr*om@ W! :,emb=ley S%\`tadi\(um to th(#e )?=San S\[iro. ;Jeremy dr-i: ves the S:helby Must#$ang G T500 and R^(ichard and Jam .es`-* travel @/=!on pub:lic;[ transpo+%rt.+ @ `Similar to the prev _iou]?( s r+:a=ce to M-onte C`,^a]!rlo, Ric hard and James=`? are n![=-ot $;allowed to use (_ `any cars, an:-d Jerem#+ y is no-,t a_llowed to use any trains. Ac`]?%co!.\rding to ).Jerem,y, si=nce,=[ the last epic race, t\he tra+?ins have become faster and boats ha ve b?*ecom%e slower. Rich ard and J( ames +(;]opened [%up a big ,/.::lead ! whils\+t travelling on]#* th*e Eu@(;r%$ostar=,%, and arrive, . in Pa`ris? while `#Jere-my!*] was still c_]r+%oss?!ing th)/e English Channe\,l on a ferry. A .fter rea,)=ching Franc,e, !?!Jere !my discover+s that %= the Mustang only holds 50 litres , )in it-^:s^ (fuel -t[)a)+nk. ( After \ leaving Paris, Ri\+/chard a!]nd James di[)(scuss what to *do upon arriving in Mil!\an —- as there are two` ^$;of_ them b--u*t only$\ ]one t?+!icke (t. Hundred!s$^ of m +iles]=! b,ehind,.;% Jeremy e[[nd?+.s p.art-* 1 of the c`hall:`enge st`- \ating out : loud, I'-;*;m go/,^nna los.:/e! S[!+tar i=(n a Reaso_)nab\l/-y Priced *Car Amy M$acdonald ^?drove the Kia Cee'd [%around the Test Track in 1:/4.:4.4.( During one of her practi,c?+e runs, =A;:my ac%cident a* lly d\$.estroyed ;=$ o!#%n!.e* ,)of the runway lights, which J-?!eremy gives to her aft^*%*er revea:l( i.ng]\ t_` h ?e lap tim/`. e. Challenge, P (a:r$_*$t!/ 2^-\+ The; high speed TGV@( slowed) down as)__, it app--%ro \ach[! ed t*:he [*mountains that surround ] Nort!hern Italy\=#. Jeremy began to catch up an)d wa$s nearly neck\ ]* an, d neck with the #tra)+in, .u!:ntil road works*`: at the Mont Bla[ %nc Tunnel slo#*?w him%. down. The tr/ain sta:rts to a^_ccelerat*#e again @ and reaches(^! No rthern Italy ahea,`d of Jeremy\. Richar$[d+ #,and Ja@mes-%: use a tube network=? to get to( t he streets nea,^#r (th?[@e fi,%nish@_[ line.;!] Ja,me%;/:s mainta)/ins his o^pposi:)tion^]- @\,to run on television and Richar/#(d\ runs ]off@( al / one to f!ind); the finish *line /, which i._s at a ba: r in the/ \:`I=M Villa Veuv,#e C$]!liequot. James t] hen assem-bled a bike whic -#h he ha #d hid(.den in one of his, bags,[]@ and rides to the b^ ar(, only to find,@ tha t Ric=ha-(]rd is already there an(d ha?,s + won the ,) race!. an^d the t*icket to the football [)_match. Moments later, Jere(@ ,+my arrive)/d a nd accepte=(,d d^-efeat f,@ :or - the [*first time ev`. er in an `epic rac *e of all th*e `@s$:%/eries. 151Serie.`s 19, Episode *417($-( Fe$bruary(?# 201+[$3L $^ewis Ham%@\i%lton =]#\ Re=view Jer+ -`emy [re=!!views t)he$ Va ux^ hall (As[:tra VX-R-,, Ford Focu$)s ST +,and Renault Megan+- e R=en/(^_a- ult Sport Cup.( Th,e Stig d? id laps, ` of . #eac(h car, the F `]ocus be(,i\ng the slowe*/s_+t a.?=.t 129.6, =the Astra ] VXR at 128.3, and - the Me$ga% ne in 127+@.7. D/#espi\?_(te th%is, Jeremy chose_\ the Astra VXR as t@%he ].b* est overall car)( of the three. `` News They discuss the $+newe;!st^? cars, )!such as the]= Alfa R)@-omeo +:4C, the next=; g`#enerat\#i+ ;on% Ford Mu%@:stang:` w)ould be/#, sold[ in Great Britain, but the.-^ UK version would com! e wi t,!] h a ^2.0? EcoBoost engin;;e, and the import?=ance of= +$!the handbrak]:e turn in male devel#$opment. Re($+view Jerem[y t)ests the all n-ew Kia Cee'd#(., p +.utt?i/.ng it thro(ugh a myr =i`]^ad of st;^range road t].ests. Inc #/ludi!@n\g Matt LeBl\a +.nc +?do=ing =a lap with both th,e o^ l#d and new Ce*^e'd, Bruce Wil.!?\lis (in ch?:aracter as John McCla[-ne) t/ $esti.+n+g the `(h[orn of? the Cee;_.'d, Eric Clapt$on testing its auxiliary inpu\(t jack, and Jeremy t_esting the Cee)':;d.'s self pa^\$rallel p.(.ark. ing\. +fe_ature. Star in a Reaso:),nably Pric ed Car Lewis Hamilton o*pens %up ab;=ou`.;t his :[move from McLare _n to Mercede%s .AMG a nd takes the old Suzuki Liana around# the Test Track#, setting the. fast*! `e;st )[F1 time[, @;a + [14+\2.9. Review A/`s punishment) fo^r+[@ losing the previous*@ +`_race, Ric]hard is fo?\)rced to review t(he Ma]stre$ tta MXT in Mexic)(o. Mi:ndin_g- his words, @he+)^ states that the MXT was an amb(#i/[tious undertaki__:ng for [*$th/^e @fi@*rst*]-time ma(?nu ``facturer, but :that .i_t had its s+$hare .`_=of f$/laws. @Challe:nge Jeremy and Ja,(mes ]pl.@ay/+ $.%]car rugby ?(.using Kia Cee'ds a_$%nd K=ia Sportages at Twi ckenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall! Astr^a Pol%$*ice car as the refere e. J []eremy'!s team wins. 152Series 19, Episode 5 24 Febr`)$uary ;? 2013James ?]McAv#%oy Ch [++alleng^_e, P:=a@r;t 1 Jeremy an.-:d Ric.hard attempt to@= d? esign a car ta! (r,=\ge@::\ted at $ elderl[-y@_` peop@-le./_ Jeremy dem]`ons;:t .r`]ates the[# c*omplex_/ity of mode)r.n cars' (;d+shboar d. Rich` ?ar*!d br ings a Fiat! .Mul=\$tipla an\ d both m ?odify it. Jer* !emy breaks th#\e dashb# oa r:/d and =[:replaces it consider:(in^g it *t]-o be too complicated;% for eld,ers. - R(ichard asks- [) for the air-! bags saying /that it is dan ; gerous^_$ for the : =el.,#d..erl._y #who are as del*icate a$#s childre, ( n, a=$nd*] ?that he n.^eeds it for a safe(=.ty fea]!\ture+. Jere%]_`m\`+y m,akes a spee) do:/=m;,et!*e/-r w+]hich @[$reads (20 mph* at t=$he top# s -=/:peed,*\[- he a)*$:lso,^ uses an old des+)ign swi]tch for rear) f#\$og li(g)-=ht /,?which does nothing. Jeremy i !ns *^talls a pet-cage and re! []plac()+es the b^!#ack ,s+eat w$ith h/_igh\. s\`ea`*t +)$c=hair:s !.and the Fia+`t badge w ;,?ith a Rover one. They pa+@int it in $%beige af$(ter ?obs-erving the shade o/-f\` a hear`]ing aid. Ri \c ha r\d uses w_.;!at+#er-?resistant f(.abric -? as, seat cover!;s, a!_@nd while stitching h@(#urts his eye. They(_ compl,?e*te the car \ and ^ end the part 1 with R]@ichard w%#[%e ;+aring heavy band$ages over his left eye.[( N^ews Vol%kswage/ n w=ill laun%c]h-_: GT%\ I !%ver`sion of the new . ,\G: _olf and G-T version of Up ,+will `.%be launched. Ki]a- will ?launc@,h the( Pr#o Cee; #'d GT.* %?The Mini Paceman is l)]aunch@ e;%\d, : and th!)-e^* trio mock the fron^$t e_nd of_:! the ca,%r`, clai`+min:g that it l^ooks depressing. T#.+he trio agree that the )[-B? rit]%`ish are the$ [+^best drive=rs. Alf+$a-Romeo rele* ,;ases ph otograp[h @!s of the Gloria @, in #which the t./ r/$i\*=o make fun ;=of it's name. Ri$,#char : d ha ^d/ arrived late @^so Jam es and Jeremy had at/%tempted #^to play tenni s with cars ^(whi*$.ch has! a l-/ot of e`(*[diting). Review Ja^/.mes(` re. views the new Ra+n+ ge Ro ver `,in London. The n[ew car is $+c ^omple ]`tely,` redesigned, 4=*00 kg lighte r due to $!Alumin)`ium? body, ha(s act#ive suspension, new gearb)ox,/ minima, )list dashboar:d and of* fers be)\tter comfort. James then r aces it=.@ a+gain@/st TerraMax at)/+[ !Ne=vada Automo?+tive Test Centre, Nevada.\# T? :[he ra;)c;:`e was !t) o a h[il)+l 10@@+ m%ile across, p!*.assing throu% %gh rocky terrain, hillock,:_;) mud, river and sand-tracks+%$. TerraMax was switch= ed to =)d.:$ron e mo.,@.de during the . ^=rac?!e to deflate the tyr .es and# .take a short-cut. The Range Rove\r's_! automa%tic Terrain ^^%Response= ]Syste\: m *.i s d]emo_n+\stra,/ted. Ja-%.me@??s takes a lo+ +ng%er ro^ute\+!: to-* as!,)cend the hill ._bu#@t still wi-ns the race. At# ^;the st/udio , +the trio consider th?=\e$ dri:@verle`ss ca r; s @ to be not !`very/ practical. Sta-r In A Re$asonably Priced :) Car James$ =Mc Av*oy dr#/ove the/ Kia . ?Cee'; d a.,.roun$/[d _$t_[]he Test Tra%ck with_= a lap of 1 )4 %%3/ - .6%:` +despite having less experien!ce of drivi!@ng cars*. He dro^ve *ov% :er g*ras% -sy pa tc$]!;h `? in *[t%he`* last cor)/n(+;er ,=but manag@es to kee _+p t=):he ;car under c)$_o-@*ntrol. [) Cha\\l ^lenge, Part 2; Jeremy %?and Richard(, road-te[!\st their ca`!r at Chr) is tc\:hurch, Dor+set. T:h)(/e car % has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rea??r?-view mi;:rrors, sque(#[aking( ball. under the brak-]e-p)+=edal, l%_#ar\ge m]agnifyi ,@@ng-glass on the `!dashboard,=: sat n\.av (voiced _by Richard Briers)]_; with only four destin?aton$+s. The _c^(/ar has a ./n a;.rtifici:!.al cat on the roof which later fell@ over (o=n t, h^:e[= way of ?Bi=:[ngo ha%@ll. Richard la$ter shows h!@is system to/ # find the lo+c/@#ation of` parked car (the c\=ar activates a flare^ . and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows th!;at th)\**e/ radio onl:()y pl.;ays Hor!se `)of the Year )^Show+ theme ; \$on a @/ [loop%, which both later find t;%+][o b$=e:[; irresistible^) to+ clap along. The ] %name of the=/. car is reveal]ed to_. be The James. T hey! pi(% )c.?k up t*hre*),e eld`e\^#rly;$ ladies from ?a=_` pe nsione\#rs' home f*!or +roa=d-test `in:g and drive them t. o a$# bowling c@@(+lub where i*\t :. )is sho*.(w=n that Rich]/ard#+ fitt/ed% the airbag a.t the r.#ear fo=r pa#.rkin`*g/ assist whi (c h inflates the ai`/rbag:@ on close pr ] ox^^#i\mity. Jeremy and _Richard buy #]food for- * picn:_ic, - choosing only British foods. They @-)attach the shopping (tro*lle . y to Tow )@h?@itch a`n#]d @head ,[fo= r pic:-nic. The%: `!;/roof o);f the car ;_le/-aks= as *%*it rains. Jer #e!my and !.Ric /ha-[r%d e!nd; up choo%=sing-$ a ;picnic spo=t on[ = r-oadside wh= e.@re th/ (ey find !the .;:troll](ey to be dam;age*d dur*\/ing/, re!v$ersing and the ]f/ood to be :=soaked,:# however th]$-ey _\ate )the food. @$which was not r+uined. ?/T!h]e next day both l!.eave * Christchurc[h a@ nd Jeremy) shows (his sy+]stem ^[to pre)/-^ve^- [nt th `e car from :$b;eing driven o_n the_. [=@wrong sid.^ e of the #`/road, th^-_@e ca- r+ initi)/ally sounds ++ ala`^rm and l[,ater\ the ty,\/re(^s [^, d oors and oth_)/er par`\.ts of .the_ car *)ex.@plode w/= hic h st=op =^_s th#+%e car an!*d rende^@rs -/(it ?immobile. At th)!];e #?studio,/= Ja mes considers the heater ?t ,o)$ be comp.[lic!_ated, the trio thank Ric_\hard Briers/ and ann; / ounce th=_e]=! A=.[fri%`ca special. .- 153Seri.\es 19, Episo?(de 63 March 201.!3No G\uest Fir]_s;_t+ of the two-episode Africa Sp^; ec-ial, taking p.lace in Afric$ ?a. The e\*pis+.!ode *was shot/@ in 20\12. C_hallenge, _Part 1 Buy +us-e%d estate cars -f*$**or up / -]#to - £1,5`% 00 in Britain a^nd re^.$port at a smal , l[ villa?ge in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives -in ;a BMW 5\;,28i T_;@ouring, Richard\ i%* n%@ a Subaru Imprez^a )+%WRX #Estate and Jam!_@es in; a +%Volvo 850R Wagon. The;(`. challenge is :.to find ]:.the true `@source of the $river Nile. They set $) off (an discover t()hat exp^,l#?oring isn- 't a s difficult as first t /ho]ug\ /ht when they go o-]/n[ a n^*ice e],@)asy )[#drive and fi+nd Lake V` ictoria, *^of $whom the !.V`*ic:#(%torian Expl#orers tho ))ught was t?he /s[#`ou() rce o-*f the Nil_ =e[. [However th ey [:@# are! the*[n told t+.h*at i(t( is\%/ not th\(e actual s ource :+#o.-.f # %the Nile -a:n + d t$here were two oth `(er disputed _+loca;tio[:!ns for it, one in Rwanda and one i+\n @) ([Bu/#, run,=;di. However, Jere-# my C` lar *kso/_?n insist#e d* that both[] of ,+!these locati^[. ons we%;)re wrong and?! %_de=_ ^cided^- to head* west $ tow$ards Lake Edward to ^.see wh._ether ]there was a li$(nk between tha% /t ]$lake and L,ake K\ivu i`-n Rwanda. In their j([ ourn=!ey west, wh=(ere the \y visit th@!e Entebb+*e Airport an ]*d!`] f$)rom #[there see t=[+h!e Fo#?rd Scorpio?` Estate back-$/up ca!?@?r. They con]#,!tinue i nto Kampala, Uganda: 's Capital C/ity = where they get held up in a^( traff.%\ic jam ov/ernight, the %[most^ ` hurrendous traf?!@fic t+ hey'd ever seen. They co\ntinue $-)-on well- _,maint;[ained highways w ;est finding the[ir trip incredib;)ly easy before reaching the tow\=n (of ]!;Mbarara in the . sou\thwest of t!$@he co]$unt(ry]. , )-via a stop in @J/\ezza, a villag`e(]* @$in Mpigi Dis,trict.= [ Here they++. s_-ta=]*y in-! ,:a: dis gusti;%=ng_[ hote?(?l, =after drivi-ng throug%#h tea ],pl=`(=antations in an atte,^m*p]t to di,[; %scov-/er_?[ a lovely teahouse hotel, w!]h ich in the mind of Richa/rd, was bound to$$% f ^]ou%^nd] due to te _(a programmes , he'd seen. .\ I`*?n Mba;rara they st+ayed in t#-he E $conomic Lod /ge with$$- Jere;_$]my having a bed wit@(h f!\)ae-ces on it. Th$#e#y le,ft the hotel %) di/#:sgusted ?bef(!or*e ^R_ichard has th#e-_ ide]a \*to ma;\ke $ the cars 'hotels\'. James mod ;ifies his Volvo by ad[ ding a$ li\-brary, Ri` @chard add =s a coo=/ker $ an;)d Jere*my adds a=;. coffin.= The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, [ he sle_#eps !)on Egyptia,];%n ;Cotton. Th-^\ey l=/e, av;-e: ?#==for)/ La/ +ke Edward, campi@ #ng overnight*; th]ere b* ecause of i ts beauty@- before heading-` in sea^rch of the ri/-ve! )r (]headi]@! ng for Lake Kivu. =$None o/;f -[the rivers co#@\@nnect the lake as =: they al@\*l head e`a` $st (\rather than south). !*#They give up, leav+ ^ing them disa.ppo;_inted. The?n J@eremy looks a^]t a @ map and discover\s the source o^ ^f the Nile must be o+#n the-[ other side of /\ [;Lake V:.ictoria. His r-)ea +;soning is(^` ^t :hat the M / ed)!iterra$`nean S#/#[ea is effectively an inland sea and#: so Gibralta#r i/s the true:/* mou-th of the Nile,: rather - ]tha\,n Ale=+ xa#@_@ndria in Egy_:= pt. After disc+overin@g)= this they )decide that th;:*,/ey must drive `=straight to the other s``ide.+ of ;Lake Victoria to get to th,: e southe$_+as-\#t coas?t i=n T].%anza-nia near_ t^he Serengeti=`^. They start this\ jour!/)ney by@@( headin )g south,: i% nto the Rwenzori Mo #untains, /^findin=\+g +the g@!=oing h_):ard and;+ mo)!st of =the time getting their vehicles stuc!k in mud.