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Written by Ollie Kew
As ever, the pictures only tell half the story. Here, it looks like the Type R chased our Fiesta ST along its 2,220-mile test, as seen in issue 309 of Top Gear magazine, saddled with camera gear, spare walkie-talkies and dubious protein-infused flapjacks, and had a lovely, incident-free time in the sunshine. Actually, it nearly didn"t happen. The Civic"s been in the wars. The first clue something was awry was m"colleague Mr. Punctual, Tom Harrison, being uncharacteristically late to the rendezvous point on the A1 before both cars convoyed north on a bright Saturday morning. He"d been at the Civic"s wheel when it was wounded by the Marianas Trench of potholes. Unavoidable, smack in the middle of a 70mph carriageway. "The Civic thumped through it with the sharpest, most violent crack I"ve ever experienced in a car", he reported. "I was surprised the windscreen didn"t crack, and the tyre didn"t burst. I rolled into a layby half a mile up the road and inspected the damage to the alloy. There wasn"t anything visible though. Four other cars were there in the same layby, their drivers on their hands and knees examining the fronts of their cars."
Date written: 15 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12221
As ever, the pictures only tell half the story. Here, it looks like the Type R chased our Fiesta ST along its 2,220-mile test, as seen in issue 309 of Top Gear magazine, saddled with camera gear, spare walkie-talkies and dubious protein-infused flapjacks, and had a lovely, incident-free time in the sunshine. Actually, it nearly didn"t happen. The Civic"s been in the wars. The first clue something was awry was m"colleague Mr. Punctual, Tom Harrison, being uncharacteristically late to the rendezvous point on the A1 before both cars convoyed north on a bright Saturday morning. He"d been at the Civic"s wheel when it was wounded by the Marianas Trench of potholes. Unavoidable, smack in the middle of a 70mph carriageway. "The Civic thumped through it with the sharpest, most violent crack I"ve ever experienced in a car", he reported. "I was surprised the windscreen didn"t crack, and the tyre didn"t burst. I rolled into a layby half a mile up the road and inspected the damage to the alloy. There wasn"t anything visible though. Four other cars were there in the same layby, their drivers on their hands and knees examining the fronts of their cars."
Date written: 15 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12221
