Anyone catch it?
Overall, it's an OK show. The car "enthusiast" that does all the driving is a whiner and the ex-British Special Forces guy seems to know his stuff, but at the same time he doesn't seem to know much.
The first episode was trying to escape the Chilean Rainforest and while it seemed like a rip-off of Top Gear, it was definitely its own adventure.
The one thing that annoyed me the most was that they couldn't refer to the Jeep as a Jeep, they has to keep referring to it as a "car". They also removed all the Jeep decals and emblems.
Meh, it's something to watch instead of SWMBO's crap reality tv.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
Meh, it's something to watch instead of SWMBO's crap reality tv.
"I reject your reality and substitute my own".
Is that what I get out of this? 
the "car guy" was a total wimp and kept complaining about not having steak to eat. he was fat so i guess i can understand complaining about food, but seriously it got old quick. it was interesting though no matter how staged or not it might be.
In reply to patgizz:
I agree. It definitely was an interesting show, but he was a crybaby until he got behind the wheel, then he turned it into a pansy who wouldn't get out of the Jeep.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
Meh, it's something to watch instead of SWMBO's crap reality tv.
Nothing is also something to watch, and it sounds like it might be better than this show.
Yeah, the show kinda sucks. I am watching it now. Atleast it shows someone actually using a Jeep in a non-douchebag fratboy kinda way.
Just watched it on piratevision I like the concept of the show but they should hire me to replace Bill. I'm at least as skilled as him, I don't eat much, I'm much less whiny and I have plenty of rainforest driving experience:
I'll do it for less too
That second river crossing was stupid though, I would've kept looking for a better spot. They could have very easily been swept downstream or fallen into a deep spot.
Also the safe but not spectacular method for crossing a deep puddle is to skirt the outside - also keeps you from being temporarily blinded by mud on the windshield so you can drive faster.
Too contrived for me. Read the disclaimer at the beginning. Think it would be better without a film crew leading the way and production crew giving them tasks to complete. If they incorporated the tasks into the narrative without making it seem as if they just happened upon stuff it would be better to me.
fatty mentioned steak twice tonight.
every serious offroader i know carries spare axle shafts on their rig.
You'd be amazed at how much free time you have if you stop watching TV.
Seriously.
Kill that thing and get out in the garage.
In reply to Trans_Maro:
If my garage wasn't full of E36 M3 and I had money to work on stuff, I'd definitely be out there more often. 
Anyways, with the show tonight, I noticed a couple things:
1) THEY STILL WON'T CALL IT A JEEP!!!
2) The Wrangler is a Diesel.
3) They lost a brake shoe on the drum the axle came out of. I imagine they lost the rear brakes completely at some point.
It really makes me wonder if Discovery had wanted to always use a Wrangler and they went to Jeep and they were all "Oh hell no" because they didn't want to see one of their new vehicles break. So they probably can't even get permission to say the word "Jeep".
When I watched it, the episode started with a "sponsored by Jeep" message so I don't get the brand-hiding.
Also spare axle shafts may or may not be worth carrying depending on the rig and what you're doing. For a decently built (assuming), low-power, relatively lightweight, fairly small-wheeled truck going through mud, they're highly unlikely to break.
GameboyRMH wrote:
When I watched it, the episode started with a "sponsored by Jeep" message so I don't get the brand-hiding.
This.
I could only stomach about 15 minutes of the show and I think I saw three Jeep ads. I figured it was a product placement infomercial type reality deal.
OK, so do a quick reboot. Get rid of the tubby driver, I didn't like him on the other show he was in either. Enough with the self-promotion hats anyway. You want an Asian guy to drive? May I suggest:
The survival guy is OK, but quit putting him in silly situations and forcing him to put up with tubby's scripted crap. Let him kill a bear with a knife or something cool.
If Jeep is the sponsor, then go for it. Get them a Rubicon and let them hit some real challenges!
I watched the volcano to glacier descent one last night. It took right around 15 minutes for the fat Asian guy to grate on me. What is his claim to fame again? Don't think I'll be watching it again.
Come on producers, I'm still here. Figure it out!
DL the first one and caught it yesterday while I was to sick to do anything else... won't waste my bandwidth or time on another...
I haven't seen the show, but think it's funny that the "fat guy" probably weighs a hundred pounds less than half the GRM regulars...
In reply to dculberson:
That holds true for me, but I am probably a foot taller than him.
