TV Program Rubicon Trail

[DHunt]

I caught an issue of Top Gear on my recorder that featured a trip on the Rubicon Trail. Seems these 3 guys wanted to map it for Google Earth. So they bought 3 off road ready vehicles. (sorry, no Jeeps). A 90 Toyota 4 Runner with an external roll cage. An 85 Bronco,with 37" tires and the star of the show, a 92 Geo Tracker. The Toyota was a DNF due to problems related to a rollover. The Bronco finished but had a trail side repair on leaf springs. The Tracker finished with needing only a bump assist or two from the Bronco. The show was lacking in details on the setups of the rigs. Some details like winches you could see and some like a V8 in the Bronco were obvious.
An entertaining show especially for someone (like me) not familiar with extreme off road. I see the point of rock sliders now.

 

[Chris]

Pretty cool! I hadn’t heard of this before.

 

[Boinked]

I caught an issue of Top Gear on my recorder that featured a trip on the Rubicon Trail. Seems these 3 guys wanted to map it for Google Earth. So they bought 3 off road ready vehicles. (sorry, no Jeeps). A 90 Toyota 4 Runner with an external roll cage. An 85 Bronco,with 37" tires and the star of the show, a 92 Geo Tracker. The Toyota was a DNF due to problems related to a rollover. The Bronco finished but had a trail side repair on leaf springs. The Tracker finished with needing only a bump assist or two from the Bronco. The show was lacking in details on the setups of the rigs. Some details like winches you could see and some like a V8 in the Bronco were obvious.
An entertaining show especially for someone (like me) not familiar with extreme off road. I see the point of rock sliders now.

Must have been the US version. I could never make it through a whole show.
The UK version was great, then they lost the 3 best people. Now Amazon has them. And they are still Brilliant!!!!!

 

[rasband]

Here’s the IMDB link for anyone else curious. I’ve not loved the US TopGear but going to check this one out if for nothing else than to see the terrain.

 

[59 wagon man]

i've met Rutledge Wood on the power tour several times and he really is a car nut.strange taste in cars but he loves them all . I find it fun to watch

 

[blacksun43]

Just finished with the episode. That was interesting. -_- ha!

 

[rasband]

Just finished with the episode. That was interesting. -_- ha!

Same!

They did a really good job showing some of the features on camera, usually much of that depth is lost in footage. Some of those features were incredibly steep.

 

[blacksun43]

I’m probably biased, but it just seems like a jeep was missing. I did appreciate the zip tie and duct tape repair.