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after last weeks major disappointment this weeks may have been the best Top Gear ever, the Bolivia special, Clarkson in an 80's Range Rover, Hammond in a Toyota Land Cruiser, and James May (or as Clarkson called him the entire episode...Ted Nugent) in an old Suzuki Samurai (don't know what they called them in South America). This episode was EPIC!!!!!. I watch them the same night they air here in the states by Torrents, you won't see it on the BBC USA for at least 3-4 months......

Congrats Bob, you made it to Autoblog as well

I'm looking foward to this week episode. the Bolivia Special. The gang drives through Bolivia in a Range Rover (has to be Clarksons choice), a Suzuki Sidekick (May's?) and an old Toyota FJ (after seeing pictures of it, it has to be Hammonds)

I'm a big Top Gear fan and I will be sad too see it go. with that said this has been a very weak season, in fact the last episode was the worst episode of Top Gear I have ever seen. (Clarkson testing the new Noble was pretty good, but the art exhibit stuff was pretty boring.)

got my Modelhaus 1992 Buick Roadmaster wagon kit, and a Revell snap 1992 Chevy Caprice kit that will be the donor kit for the Buick...

I already got mine, a Modelhaus 1992 Buick RoadMaster wagon kit, it came in the mail yesterday....

Daisy's Road Runner is a reissue of the MPC annual kit, They retooled the kit for the correct chassis and correct dash, There also giving us an all new correct decal sheet

1. LHS's (There's 4 of them) I can get a kit cheaper there than ordering online. (IE. I paid $26 for the new Revell VW Bus, online shipped will run me about $30-$35) 2. EBAY, for OOP and some resin stuff 3. online retailers, usually for parts and wheels I can't get from Hobby Shops...

I'm building AMT's 1966 Olds 442 convertible. is Tamiya's XF-6 Copper close to the bronze they painted the engine in back than?

where I live Pittsburgh Police has used FWD cars since the early 80's, they used H-body Pontiac Bonnevilles and Olds Delta 88's. They've been using FWD Impala's since they came out. I'm assuming there gonna keep the Impala and not switch to the Caprice.

Best, by far, my current 2008 Subaru Impreza, The AWD is awesome. especially on steep hills. the AWD and the ABS work seamlessly together. my worst (by far), my old 2001 Ford Ranger I sold last year. if there was more than an inch of white stuff on the ground it wouldn't move. I would loose traction in the middle of summer on greasy roads. I will NEVER own another RWD as a daily driver. worst in my family, My sister had an AWD 2007 Pontiac Torrent that was one big P.O.S. even though it had AWD it sucked in bad weather, had transmission issue's from the day she pulled it off the lot. also had major electrical issues. and the interior was horrible on it. its the reason why I will never own a GM product in my life.

I got Revell's new VW Samba Bus. and i'm awaiting a set of Aoshima wheels to come in the mail...

first kit at the tender age of 5, Monograms snap 1:32 scale Bronco kit, the one molded in blue, I also remember building a lot of the Hot Wheels Snaps kits back then. My first glue kit was Revell's 1993 Corvette 40th anniversary convertible kit.

I did'nt know that, I think a Prius kit would be great. I'd buy one to build

an built-up MPC 76 Dodge Adventurer pickup, and today I got a Revell 1998 Saleen Mustang from Micheals on clearance for $11.99

Fujimi's 04-05 WRX STi kit. its horrible, its got a two door interior. body is wrong, the Revell kit is MUCH better (even though the body is incorrect on that one too)

I have to put the Tamiya Enzo up there as one of the best. The engineering in that kit is spectacular and it raised the pedestal for what future kits are modeled after.

with a little more than a month left in the decade I believe its time we start to discuss what should be named kit of the decade. what kit revolutionized the hobby more than any other kit brought out this decade.....

The muilti-piece body scares me but it looks pretty good.

Gleason drove a Pontiac in all three, a 77 LeMans in the first one, an 80 Bonneville in the second. and the third he drove an 82 Bonneville. (The other characters all played by Gleason at the end of the second movie drove Pontiacs, an 80 LeMans and a 79 Grand LeMans) and the Plymouth with the shaker hood is a 75 Fury.. to build this car in scale you would need a rare MPC 75 Road Runner for the front end.

I got MPC's reissue Roscos Patrol car, and a Jimmy Flinstone 1967 Dodge A-100 van.....

great news on the Myers Manx and COT kits, hopefully AMT does the 2010 cars and not the 2009 cars. (There incorrectly listed as Monte Carlo's, they should be Impala's). Gordons is similar but Dale Jr's is completely different.

yep. but I heard it will have new tool parts in it. like the correct chassis

I agree...good riddence. There big, overpriced, gas hogs, and they take up space at used car lots. let them die. They where a good idea in hindsight but they died when gas hit $4.00 a gallon.....and havent recovered with gas cheaper now.