Top Gear: Vietnam Special
Top Gear s12e08 - Vietnam Special
On Dec 28, 2008 Top Gear’s eighth episode of season twelve (s12e08) aired. This time Jeremy, James and Richard were givenmillions of Dong (Vietnamese currency) to buy vehicles and “do something that the Americans never could” – get from one end of Vietnam to the other. Unfortunately the exchange rate for Dong to Dollars isn’t quite what they’d hoped so they wind up on two wheels instead of four. Jeremy’s vintage Vespa (like most Vietbodges) continually breaks down and must be repaired using local parts and man power. There are some great scenes of scooters in general and it really gives some insight into the hard lives that the Vietnamese scooters have lived and the questionable repair tactics used to keep them on the road.
