A Mini winches a Rolls | Top Gear Christmas Special 2011 | BBC

I know just the song that will match the moment Oh [Music] the magnificence of our surroundings was all well and good but the views weren't translating into business for Britain this has a last frontier feel to it this does I hope it isn't not much call for Chow suppresses all lawnmowers here all hair products if we're honest and then to make our lives even more difficult the Tomic stopped yeah it's off-road but Richard besotted with his mini would hidden little bit you just keep going till Everest comes into view and deal with that oh that's best hops from bump to bump this is actually quite unpleasant but we must soldier on for our country the problem is that mud and rock slides take this road away every few months look if a massive rock slide there is room in the road the locals use dynamite to clear away the debris but it's a losing battle and pretty soon the road ahead was blocked thanking our lucky stars we'd had the sense to modify our cars we decided to bypass the blockage by using the steep cut-through Hammond elected to go first in his beloved mini wide that baby up [Music] there you go yes next it was the turn of the jack come on you can do that go-go-go brilliant car finally it was George Harrison's go Lord gannis make my climb auspicious here we go Oh No it's so close very good how much does that weigh James 2.2 tonnes 2.2 tonnes of rolls-royce off-roading now rock it out for me situations like this here we go go the rolls wasn't going anywhere so we decided to engage Hammonds winch there are I to prevent the little mini being winched into the rolls we anchored it to my jag what this weighs I guess one point eight tons to four tonnes I'd always have to do manual labor at high altitude and we really should chalk it stop stop you're gonna run your car position oh yeah I'm gonna give it the beans right so making it 1,500 rpm yes they've given me a very easy job here keep the revs up to have taking the slack already let's get it moved here we go now so when i'm winching it in i'm taking it out and now you should feel the pull oh yes it's going here we go it's not oh I got a minute stop James you've not even try ended up looking heaven [Music] James hello well Genesis springs to mind think of the same thing [Music] having today in the circus they had this paragraph their burials the bits fall off as they go along in fact it was quite a while before we heard from Hammond again it's getting dark already yeah well at the risk of stirring up a lot of after headlights I have a suggestion a way we could stick together and stop what if we just stopped and captain for God's sake it's going dark very soon I won't be able to see at all Hammond were not camping it kill me all right I wish I was dead Hammond thanks to you and mounting your winch to your front wings like an imbecile we're forced to live like medieval peasants well I can't we ever do a Christmas special one year where we go from Monaco to Portofino how luxurious can this be I was the first to check into a five-star hotel but as you can see I've done it properly a man's carrying all my bag yes but then Jeremy arrived yes dee dee dee diddly-dee oh my word Jeremy look what you've got is your car it's the new Ferrari FF that's what happened is Hammond had indeed checked into a formula urn in a Renault 4 [Laughter]

Channel: Top Gear

Views: 3,192,948

Rating: 4.896358 out of 5

Keywords: BBC, BBC Worldwide, Top Gear, Top, Gear, Topgear, Cars, Car, Autos, Auto, Motoring, Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy, Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Richard, Hammond, James May, James, May, The Stig, Christmas Special, 2011, India, Mountains, Rock slide, Mini Cooper, Rolls Royce, Jaguar XJS, car winch

Id: caDuxElh2l0

Length: 8min 10sec (490 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 25 2012

Reddit Comments

[u/ChiSleepyEyes]

i always think hammond has the best taste when it comes to cars they pick for specials. Specially his little car "oliver" that wouldn't die even after he sunk it in the africa special

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"I'm not replying." Hahaha

[u/dottiepalooza]

Ugh, traumatic. One of the many reasons I can't watch the India special.