The Art of Hill Descent Control: A Wild Ride with Izzy and His Top Gear Car

As we approached the top of the hill, Izzy seemed confident and ready to take on the challenge. "I'm not doing that," he said with a smile, but it was too late, we were already at the summit. The brake lights flickered as I prepared for the descent, and then, just as we reached the crest, Izzy gave the go-ahead signal. We started rolling down the hill, and I must say, my stomach was in knots.

The car seemed to take off like a shot, picking up speed with every passing second. The road twisted and turned, but our vehicle handled it with ease, navigating the bends with precision. Suddenly, a big puddle appeared out of nowhere, and we splashed right through the middle of it. The water was chest-deep, and I couldn't help but wonder if we were going to make it through unscathed.

But Izzy seemed completely confident in his car's abilities, and he didn't hesitate for a second as we hurtled towards the obstacle. The sound of rushing water grew louder with every passing moment, and my heart was racing with anticipation. We were getting close, and I could feel the tension building up inside me.

And then, just as suddenly as it had begun, we emerged on the other side of the puddle. The car handled beautifully, gliding smoothly over the rough terrain. It was exhilarating, to say the least, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for Izzy's skills behind the wheel.

But our adventure wasn't over yet. We had another obstacle to navigate, and this one looked particularly daunting. The road narrowed, and the trees seemed to close in around us on either side. We were getting closer to the water, and I could see that it was deeper than I had initially thought.

Izzy seemed completely unfazed by the situation, though. He gave me a reassuring nod as we approached the edge of the water, and then he took off like a shot. The car skidded across the surface of the water for what felt like an eternity, but somehow, it never lost its footing. We were so close to disaster that I could hardly breathe.

And yet, just when I thought all was lost, we emerged on the other side of the water without any major incidents. It was a testament to Izzy's skill and confidence behind the wheel. As we continued down the hill, he gave me a grin that seemed to say, "I told you I'd get us through."

But our ride wasn't over yet. We had another obstacle to conquer, and this one looked particularly challenging. The road was steep, and the terrain was treacherous. But Izzy didn't seem to mind. He gave me a thumbs-up as we approached the first turn, and then he took off like a shot.

The car hugged the curves of the road, picking up speed with every passing second. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as we hurtled towards the next obstacle. And then, just when I thought all was lost, we emerged on the other side without any major incidents.

It was an exhilarating ride, to say the least, and I couldn't help but admire Izzy's skills behind the wheel. He seemed completely at home in his car, navigating even the most treacherous terrain with ease. And as we continued down the hill, he gave me a grin that said it all – we were having the time of our lives.

As we approached the final obstacle, I couldn't help but wonder what lay ahead. Would we make it through without incident, or would we suffer a major setback? But Izzy seemed confident, and his car seemed to be handling everything with ease. We splashed through puddles, dodged obstacles, and navigated treacherous terrain with precision.

And then, just as suddenly as it had begun, our ride was over. We emerged on the other side of the final obstacle, and Izzy let out a triumphant yell. We had done it – we had conquered the hill descent challenge without any major incidents. It was an exhilarating ride, to say the least, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for Izzy's skills behind the wheel.

As we climbed back up to the starting point, I turned to Izzy and said, "You're bloody brilliant." He grinned, clearly pleased with himself, and replied, "Thanks, mate – it was just another day at the office."

And that's when it hit me – this wasn't just about driving a car down a hill. It was about confidence, skill, and a healthy dose of recklessness. Izzy had all three in spades, and his Top Gear car seemed to be an extension of him behind the wheel. As we climbed back up to the starting point, I couldn't help but wonder what other adventures lay ahead for us – and whether our next challenge would be just as exhilarating.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe've seen the Top Gear High luux on ice but how good is this thing off-road like really off-road Izzy and I have been given the keys to this iconic truck to see what it's got the problem is we are happy to admit we suck at off-roading so the one rule with this vehicle is We Can't Break It I W move I'm not even joking it's not moving so first obstacle and you want to line up the wheels so that one's are one St how am I supposed to know where the wheels are um just guess yeah luk you're already that's about right do you think so these are called elephants feet I think and they'll they'll do a bit of this so just nice and slow you'll you'll get going and you'll pretty much just be on the bridge what I don't understand Mike is there is a perfectly good patch of grass next to it so why wouldn't I just go there I get you I don't get offroading I think it's silly I want to be ragging it around that field but some people like to go slowly over bumpy things you're weird you're all weird so here we are there you go so there's the first one yeah you're good oh I'm going to throw up you're good you're good now keep it straight keep it straight I don't know what straight is I don't know what straight is just ni steady throttle not move I'm not even joking it's not moving it's okay thr there you go there you go that was the elephant's feet you might enjoy today so much that we actually take it back to the Arctic imagine that sure go away to the polar bears obstacle number two I don't like this already J good you're good I just keep it nice and consistent up she goes easy easy and then when do I um keep going keep going and do I um you know that's nice do the braking and then move it over to the brakes now and just ease it down yes this thing is a beast it is a beast how easy did it do that that was easy not going to lie it was just me come on give it some in she goes yes and round I've lost um viewing yeah you're good just keep it nice and straight oh we're good into the puddle go and give it some and off to the right see you can into floor now give it some RS on you go now we're talking don't break it don't break it don't break it although this hux is legendary it was becoming clear that it's a slow cumbersome Beast clearly perfect for the Arctic but less drivable on this kind of terrain y yeah you're fine you're fine you're absolutely fine don't worry about the Whiplash it's fine swimming on you go yes I can't see what's below us yeah nice and easy down here yeah easy your your lines keep it straight straight what is straight Mike straight as that there you go okay if you're sure yeah but you're famously bad at off-roading I I will ad you steer too much I do I so I'm not taking any advice from you well I'm saying it's natural to steer too much like this I'm not touching it look but please keep your I'm let that's not the solution letting the truck do the work that that's nice I like that rhetoric nice big puddle send it okay I couldn't try as much as this thing can be sent nice it's all good you're good you're good jeez Louise just sounds horrible doesn't it yeah it's a it's a clunker that's what I describe it as it's ugly that's nasty but it is ugly there would be some people out there that this would be their like dream car to drive like and you know good for you good for you but for me you have to realize how lucky we are is he yeah just casually off-roading a to Legend sorry yeah um if someone wants to come and I'm again be my guest now I'm having a lovely day so were you aware of any of this what was going on yeah I knew that rich had gone to the North Pole okay but obviously he was with the dogs wasn't he yes he was yeah a hell of a to be honest yeah so I just remember it being an absolute Carnage trip they got stuck there as well they meant to come home after like two and a half 3 weeks and they out there for a month I think in the end yeah wow a month likeus 35 it was it was real bad and I remember the stories about the polar bears and if you needed to go to the tolet you had to bring um a gun in case you got killed by W we're all holstered up here so there you go I'm assuming that's why they built the L on the back yes exactly so they safet of you can do a driveby yeah now this thing is a one of one or one of two more on that slight controversy in our walk around video of this truck definitely go and watch that after to this it's one of the only cars to make it to magnetic north and it's been preserved ever since so we had to be a bit careful with it however Arctic trucks then gave us the keys to one of their new trucks and said we didn't need to be so careful with this one so we sent it right is it the Arctic trucks at35 feel a bit better yeah I can tell there's energy going on a bit more speed come on give it some okay let me spit some facts okay I'm ready at35 the conversion kit 262 Grand in total you're talking sort 70 plus God it's not cheap is it it's Bodywork and Chassis have been re-engineered the wheel base is longer it has billstein Performance Suspension which we just felt there yeah it does that just performanced they've regeared the rear diff which you just used there yeah I did oh I'm a natural it has laser lights on the front why is it got them then so it can see better yeah and then that in your rear view mirror is a two man tent brilliant in case you want to stop off in the Arctic and aming yeah I think that's 10 n this versus the top gear car yeah it is it is better it doesn't have the history though with more scope for kicking the crap out of this truck there were three obstacles we were challenged by Arctic trucks to conquer the steepest descent we could find the most Savage ruts we could find and finally the deepest water in the whole facility oh oh it's screaming at me why is it doing that oh you know I we'll cut that out okay that never happens we'll cut that out don't worry who has a handbrake these days jeez get with the times oh it's a bit um oh I'm not doing that yeah so we've up the piece and now we're about to up up I mean yeah I'm not doing that this is going to be a bit like a roller coaster so what we can do once you get to the top when am I at the top um about now so on the brake and then see this button here yeah go get that click so that's your Hill descent right so it's activated so now if you just come over and once we are over the top and gravity is taking hold just Fe off the pedals yeah perfect no I don't like it just keep it straight you're fine you're fine you're fine it's doing his thing don't touch the break I'm T the break I'm don't touch the break I'm tou the bre I'm not touching the break I'm not touching the break that is terrifying that is pretty impressive that's pretty cool and it's done it a hell of a lot better than I would have done it tell me did you touch the brakes no I swear I didn't you didn't do it I swear I didn't well done I swear most people would have build over there Nah if we die we die good glad to hear it and that's the attitude Izzy seemed pretty confident so on the second H I wanted to see just how well Izzy would do without any guidance do you want H descent or do you want to use the brake I'll use the flipping brake okay that's the brake what is this listen to that that's because the brakes are wet okay we've just gone through a big puddle they are working well I can tell they're working awful that was lovely we maybe should have used Hill desent yeah I think we each other so immediately what are you feeling between this and the top gear car I feel like we can do more in this because it's less important to the world oo but it's this car is this car is clever it is this car is really clever Can you feel it doing things yeah and I don't know what it's doing but it's and whatever it's doing it's doing it very well scrambling up there doing this thing but how well will it handle obstacle too the rots what's great is it's rained really heavily recently so there's some hellish R gosh give it the beans go on get it going go on yes if I'm not being thrown about we're not doing it right and again oh my gosh I can't even see the RO for the I can't even see them a come on keep it going bit left there you are you're good you're oh I don't know where I am I don't know where I am it's fine the car is coping with all of it just do it car just do it do as I say Mom I'm okay see this but I'm sorry I just this isn't this isn't fun though is it oh F out loud just move stupid thing come on don't let the ruts win go is it I'm going go along the thing with the you're fine something dramatic I wonder what it takes to set an ear bag off cuz this is oh I don't I'm so close to the wheel it will smack me in the face yes come on if in don't give it some literally however will Izzy give it enough to get through obstacle three the deep water oh this is deep this is deep lovely I can't swim I can't swim I can't swim I can't swim for real can't swim genuinely can't swim gen you're telling me this now genuinely cannot swim as we enter a leag yeah why can't you swim just never really got the hang of it honest yeah it is embarrassing but there you go yes over the Bonnet get out my way I'm coming through that's what you want you're not truly off-roading unless the water is literally spilling over the Bonnet see I just want to bag it that's the problem but see the confidence I can tell the confidence has gone through the roof with this guy cuz I I trust it and I didn't trust the other one is there anything that the Top Gear hux does better than this it's red and that's kind of fun it's got fatter tires yeah it's got bigger tires but I mean yeah sure people might love it but a pun we'll cut that out as well yeah so around this corner we've got quite a fast puddle so give the give it the beans through here yeah yeah Flo it yes oh yes go go go go go go go go go and again and again you just annihilated a camera man there it was M as well no I'm so sorry he just got hammered by that puzzle he he's just completely on the radial he's had the worst day as in you missed it or you were too close to the water and got splashed yeah yeah I got itwe've seen the Top Gear High luux on ice but how good is this thing off-road like really off-road Izzy and I have been given the keys to this iconic truck to see what it's got the problem is we are happy to admit we suck at off-roading so the one rule with this vehicle is We Can't Break It I W move I'm not even joking it's not moving so first obstacle and you want to line up the wheels so that one's are one St how am I supposed to know where the wheels are um just guess yeah luk you're already that's about right do you think so these are called elephants feet I think and they'll they'll do a bit of this so just nice and slow you'll you'll get going and you'll pretty much just be on the bridge what I don't understand Mike is there is a perfectly good patch of grass next to it so why wouldn't I just go there I get you I don't get offroading I think it's silly I want to be ragging it around that field but some people like to go slowly over bumpy things you're weird you're all weird so here we are there you go so there's the first one yeah you're good oh I'm going to throw up you're good you're good now keep it straight keep it straight I don't know what straight is I don't know what straight is just ni steady throttle not move I'm not even joking it's not moving it's okay thr there you go there you go that was the elephant's feet you might enjoy today so much that we actually take it back to the Arctic imagine that sure go away to the polar bears obstacle number two I don't like this already J good you're good I just keep it nice and consistent up she goes easy easy and then when do I um keep going keep going and do I um you know that's nice do the braking and then move it over to the brakes now and just ease it down yes this thing is a beast it is a beast how easy did it do that that was easy not going to lie it was just me come on give it some in she goes yes and round I've lost um viewing yeah you're good just keep it nice and straight oh we're good into the puddle go and give it some and off to the right see you can into floor now give it some RS on you go now we're talking don't break it don't break it don't break it although this hux is legendary it was becoming clear that it's a slow cumbersome Beast clearly perfect for the Arctic but less drivable on this kind of terrain y yeah you're fine you're fine you're absolutely fine don't worry about the Whiplash it's fine swimming on you go yes I can't see what's below us yeah nice and easy down here yeah easy your your lines keep it straight straight what is straight Mike straight as that there you go okay if you're sure yeah but you're famously bad at off-roading I I will ad you steer too much I do I so I'm not taking any advice from you well I'm saying it's natural to steer too much like this I'm not touching it look but please keep your I'm let that's not the solution letting the truck do the work that that's nice I like that rhetoric nice big puddle send it okay I couldn't try as much as this thing can be sent nice it's all good you're good you're good jeez Louise just sounds horrible doesn't it yeah it's a it's a clunker that's what I describe it as it's ugly that's nasty but it is ugly there would be some people out there that this would be their like dream car to drive like and you know good for you good for you but for me you have to realize how lucky we are is he yeah just casually off-roading a to Legend sorry yeah um if someone wants to come and I'm again be my guest now I'm having a lovely day so were you aware of any of this what was going on yeah I knew that rich had gone to the North Pole okay but obviously he was with the dogs wasn't he yes he was yeah a hell of a to be honest yeah so I just remember it being an absolute Carnage trip they got stuck there as well they meant to come home after like two and a half 3 weeks and they out there for a month I think in the end yeah wow a month likeus 35 it was it was real bad and I remember the stories about the polar bears and if you needed to go to the tolet you had to bring um a gun in case you got killed by W we're all holstered up here so there you go I'm assuming that's why they built the L on the back yes exactly so they safet of you can do a driveby yeah now this thing is a one of one or one of two more on that slight controversy in our walk around video of this truck definitely go and watch that after to this it's one of the only cars to make it to magnetic north and it's been preserved ever since so we had to be a bit careful with it however Arctic trucks then gave us the keys to one of their new trucks and said we didn't need to be so careful with this one so we sent it right is it the Arctic trucks at35 feel a bit better yeah I can tell there's energy going on a bit more speed come on give it some okay let me spit some facts okay I'm ready at35 the conversion kit 262 Grand in total you're talking sort 70 plus God it's not cheap is it it's Bodywork and Chassis have been re-engineered the wheel base is longer it has billstein Performance Suspension which we just felt there yeah it does that just performanced they've regeared the rear diff which you just used there yeah I did oh I'm a natural it has laser lights on the front why is it got them then so it can see better yeah and then that in your rear view mirror is a two man tent brilliant in case you want to stop off in the Arctic and aming yeah I think that's 10 n this versus the top gear car yeah it is it is better it doesn't have the history though with more scope for kicking the crap out of this truck there were three obstacles we were challenged by Arctic trucks to conquer the steepest descent we could find the most Savage ruts we could find and finally the deepest water in the whole facility oh oh it's screaming at me why is it doing that oh you know I we'll cut that out okay that never happens we'll cut that out don't worry who has a handbrake these days jeez get with the times oh it's a bit um oh I'm not doing that yeah so we've up the piece and now we're about to up up I mean yeah I'm not doing that this is going to be a bit like a roller coaster so what we can do once you get to the top when am I at the top um about now so on the brake and then see this button here yeah go get that click so that's your Hill descent right so it's activated so now if you just come over and once we are over the top and gravity is taking hold just Fe off the pedals yeah perfect no I don't like it just keep it straight you're fine you're fine you're fine it's doing his thing don't touch the break I'm T the break I'm don't touch the break I'm tou the bre I'm not touching the break I'm not touching the break that is terrifying that is pretty impressive that's pretty cool and it's done it a hell of a lot better than I would have done it tell me did you touch the brakes no I swear I didn't you didn't do it I swear I didn't well done I swear most people would have build over there Nah if we die we die good glad to hear it and that's the attitude Izzy seemed pretty confident so on the second H I wanted to see just how well Izzy would do without any guidance do you want H descent or do you want to use the brake I'll use the flipping brake okay that's the brake what is this listen to that that's because the brakes are wet okay we've just gone through a big puddle they are working well I can tell they're working awful that was lovely we maybe should have used Hill desent yeah I think we each other so immediately what are you feeling between this and the top gear car I feel like we can do more in this because it's less important to the world oo but it's this car is this car is clever it is this car is really clever Can you feel it doing things yeah and I don't know what it's doing but it's and whatever it's doing it's doing it very well scrambling up there doing this thing but how well will it handle obstacle too the rots what's great is it's rained really heavily recently so there's some hellish R gosh give it the beans go on get it going go on yes if I'm not being thrown about we're not doing it right and again oh my gosh I can't even see the RO for the I can't even see them a come on keep it going bit left there you are you're good you're oh I don't know where I am I don't know where I am it's fine the car is coping with all of it just do it car just do it do as I say Mom I'm okay see this but I'm sorry I just this isn't this isn't fun though is it oh F out loud just move stupid thing come on don't let the ruts win go is it I'm going go along the thing with the you're fine something dramatic I wonder what it takes to set an ear bag off cuz this is oh I don't I'm so close to the wheel it will smack me in the face yes come on if in don't give it some literally however will Izzy give it enough to get through obstacle three the deep water oh this is deep this is deep lovely I can't swim I can't swim I can't swim I can't swim for real can't swim genuinely can't swim gen you're telling me this now genuinely cannot swim as we enter a leag yeah why can't you swim just never really got the hang of it honest yeah it is embarrassing but there you go yes over the Bonnet get out my way I'm coming through that's what you want you're not truly off-roading unless the water is literally spilling over the Bonnet see I just want to bag it that's the problem but see the confidence I can tell the confidence has gone through the roof with this guy cuz I I trust it and I didn't trust the other one is there anything that the Top Gear hux does better than this it's red and that's kind of fun it's got fatter tires yeah it's got bigger tires but I mean yeah sure people might love it but a pun we'll cut that out as well yeah so around this corner we've got quite a fast puddle so give the give it the beans through here yeah yeah Flo it yes oh yes go go go go go go go go go and again and again you just annihilated a camera man there it was M as well no I'm so sorry he just got hammered by that puzzle he he's just completely on the radial he's had the worst day as in you missed it or you were too close to the water and got splashed yeah yeah I got it\n"