Ngakhale akuganiza kuti sakonda kwambiri magalimoto akale, James May adachita zosiyana ndikuwonjezera "nthawi yakale" pagulu lake. Wosankhidwayo anali, osati wina koma, Volkswagen Buggy ndi omwe adatenga nawo gawo pazovuta za pulogalamu ya "The Grand Tour".
Volkswagen Buggy iyi idagwiritsidwa ntchito m'chigawo chomwe May, Clarkson ndi Hammond adawoloka Namibia, ndi chithunzi cha Meyers Manx yodziwika bwino. Zopatsa mphamvu, malinga ndi wowonetsa waku Britain, ndi injini yokhala ndi 101 hp.
Ponena za chisankho chogula zachikale popanda kuwakonda kwambiri, May adati: "Kunena zoona sindimakonda magalimoto apamwamba, koma izi si zapamwamba (...) ndi chikondi chakuya chomwe chaphuka. ."
Zabwino mwa Buggy? mapeto a kachilomboka
M'vidiyo yonse yomwe akuwonetsa zachikale zake, James May nthawi zambiri amafotokoza momveka bwino chidani chomwe ali nacho pokhudzana ndi chitsanzo chomwe chimakhala maziko a Buggy, Beetle wodziwika bwino.
Malinga ndi wowonetsa waku Britain, pali zinthu ziwiri zomwe zimapangitsa Volkswagen Buggy kukhala yapadera. Choyamba ndi chakuti ndi Buggy ndipo chachiwiri ndi chakuti, pa Buggy iliyonse yomwe imapangidwa, pali Beetle imodzi yocheperapo m'misewu, ndipo kuti, mwa kumvetsa kwa James May, nthawi zonse ndi chinthu chabwino.
Koma pali zifukwa zinanso zomwe James May amakonda Volkswagen Buggy: imodzi mwa izo ndi yakuti, malinga ndi May, "sizingatheke kukhala wosasangalala pamene mukuyendetsa imodzi mwa zitsanzozi".
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, muvidiyo yonseyi, James May akuwulula kuti sagwiritsa ntchito Volkswagen Buggy kuyenda m'malo omwe adapangidwira, gombe. Ndipo kulungamitsidwa kwa izi ndi, monga nthawi zonse, zomveka: mchere ukhoza kuwononga galimoto.
Pankhani imeneyi, May anati: “Kwenikweni, sindimapitako kunyanja (…) kodi munayamba mwaganizapo za zomwe mchere ungachite pa chrome? Tangoganizirani zomwe mcherewo ungachite pamalumikizidwe othamangitsa akumbuyo owonekera? Nditengere ngolo yanga kugombe? Ayenera kukhala openga!”
Ngati mukukumbukira, ino si nthawi yoyamba kuti mmodzi wa owonetsa "Grand Tour" asankhe kugula galimoto yomwe idatenga nawo gawo limodzi mwa magawo a pulogalamuyi kapena "Top Gear" yomwe adapereka kale. Pambuyo pake, zaka zingapo zapitazo Richard Hammond adagula ndikubwezeretsanso Opel Kadett, yomwe adayitcha mwachikondi "Oliver", yomwe ankakonda kukwera ku Botswana.