"One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel

revintup · 7th September 2012, 10:26

Watched the thu night episode. They were in a desert. Frankly there were a lot of expectations which came crashing down soon. I didnt survive the whole episode. Maybe a diehard off roadist would but not me. A jungle episode might be more interesting though.

mac187 · 7th September 2012, 12:27

I have watched three episodes, I feel this show is a combo of Survival and Driving challenges something like Man vs Wild meets Ice Road Truckers!

For pure offroading stuff, Off the Road is still a better show. However the salvage techniques are neat. In last nights show they fixed a radiator leak with egg whites!!

hiren959 · 7th September 2012, 12:49

Surely the presence of eggs and a radiator fixed by egg wites seems that the show is been crafted for fun..

Chanderjeet · 7th September 2012, 15:19

The show isn't really for everyone. There are couple of neat fixes they did to get out. Like the one they did when the half shaft was broken so they put a log in place of the wheel and drove on that.

ArunV · 7th September 2012, 15:21

Didnt find anything that interesting. First day i changed to some other program at 10:30pm and yesterday at 10:40pm.. was trying to watch it as much as possible.

Everything looks planned in each and every shot. There is nothing which makes you continue watching.

arup.misra · 7th September 2012, 15:49

Did have a lot of expectations but the output is not quite there.

The real obstacle path seemed to be edited out. e.g. after replacing the broken drive shaft wheel with a log the Jeep ran a few meters and bang the next was shown the Jeep and crew arrives at a dimly lit garage...challenge over.

Doesn't seem too real or practical.

nc1bad · 8th September 2012, 11:50

Come on, it may not be the usual Great Escape or OTRs kind of videos but some fixes shown there are pretty neat emergency DIYs. The first episode itself showed how to use a twig to replace certain portions of the coil plug cable, which was indeed pretty interesting.

Kandisa · 2nd October 2012, 08:09

One major thing they wanted to highlight was the survival strategies because of the presence of that ex-special ops person. But in few places that looked like kind of 'forced'. But overall i guess the show is pretty ok. After all there aren't much of tv shows now showing a Jeep traversing through the remote terrains.

7th September 2012, 10:26	#16
revintup BHPian Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ktym Posts: 432 Thanked: 460 Times	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel Watched the thu night episode. They were in a desert. Frankly there were a lot of expectations which came crashing down soon. I didnt survive the whole episode. Maybe a diehard off roadist would but not me. A jungle episode might be more interesting though.
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7th September 2012, 12:27	#17
mac187 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 687 Thanked: 751 Times	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel I have watched three episodes, I feel this show is a combo of Survival and Driving challenges something like Man vs Wild meets Ice Road Truckers! For pure offroading stuff, Off the Road is still a better show. However the salvage techniques are neat. In last nights show they fixed a radiator leak with egg whites!!
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7th September 2012, 12:49	#18
hiren959 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 344 Thanked: 63 Times	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel Surely the presence of eggs and a radiator fixed by egg wites seems that the show is been crafted for fun..
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7th September 2012, 15:19	#19
Chanderjeet Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 105 Thanked: 122 Times	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel The show isn't really for everyone. There are couple of neat fixes they did to get out. Like the one they did when the half shaft was broken so they put a log in place of the wheel and drove on that.
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7th September 2012, 15:21	#20
ArunV BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kochi, Bangalore Posts: 203 Thanked: 81 Times	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel Didnt find anything that interesting. First day i changed to some other program at 10:30pm and yesterday at 10:40pm.. was trying to watch it as much as possible. Everything looks planned in each and every shot. There is nothing which makes you continue watching.
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7th September 2012, 15:49	#21
arup.misra BHPian Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 651 Thanked: 303 Times	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel Did have a lot of expectations but the output is not quite there. The real obstacle path seemed to be edited out. e.g. after replacing the broken drive shaft wheel with a log the Jeep ran a few meters and bang the next was shown the Jeep and crew arrives at a dimly lit garage...challenge over. Doesn't seem too real or practical.
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8th September 2012, 11:50	#22
nc1bad BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Panjim Posts: 166 Thanked: 17 Times View My Garage	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel Come on, it may not be the usual Great Escape or OTRs kind of videos but some fixes shown there are pretty neat emergency DIYs. The first episode itself showed how to use a twig to replace certain portions of the coil plug cable, which was indeed pretty interesting.
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2nd October 2012, 08:09	#23
Kandisa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Noida Posts: 1,118 Thanked: 559 Times View My Garage	Re: "One car too far" - A 4x4 survival show on Discovery Channel One major thing they wanted to highlight was the survival strategies because of the presence of that ex-special ops person. But in few places that looked like kind of 'forced'. But overall i guess the show is pretty ok. After all there aren't much of tv shows now showing a Jeep traversing through the remote terrains.
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