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12:48 PM on Jul 01, 2008

Season 11, Episode 1: (2 ago)

The trio are cursing pointless street signs - eg. 'dear' signs. Jeremy points out that even if you manage to avoid the dear, you end up driving into the sign.

James agrees that the signs are a hazard and suggests the sign should be placed on the dear.




Posted by David Poel at 01:51 PM on Jul 01, 2008
Comment #1

I am not a Clarkson fan, but I saw one on BBC America the other day that was really funny. They were all given 1200 to buy an old British Leyland car then put them through all kinds of trials to see if Britain made good vehicles back then. In the final test, they wanted to see how tight the panel gaps were, so they filled the cabin completely with water (the drivers had snorkels out the top)to see how far they could drive until the water level reached the bottom of the steering wheel. It was hilarious.

Posted by Mike Miller at 05:05 PM on Jul 01, 2008
Comment #2

While Clarkson was driving the Galardo and Hamster was driving the GT3 RS, Clarkson asked Hamster "How's your beetle"? Hamster replied, "How's your Audi"? These guys even poke fun and super sports cars.

Posted by Andrew Carson at 06:44 PM on Jul 01, 2008
Comment #3

I love the series. I've got all the episodes recorded since last season 1. It's really a great program even if i dont always agree with clarkson. His opinions aren't consistent. But its a great show.

Posted by Jonty Couples at 11:54 PM on Jul 01, 2008
Comment #4

The Road Trip to the States was one of the best. Loved it when they were told they could only eat road kill. After finally finding some animal that wasn't as flat as a tack, James excitedly drives around to check it out and runs over it.

Posted by Andrew Carson at 12:53 AM on Jul 02, 2008
Comment #5

I found the episode (season 10, episode 9 I think..) where they all participated in 24 hours of silverstone. Just wish they would of made a longer feature out of it.

Posted by Scott Michaels at 12:26 PM on Jul 02, 2008
Comment #6

The North Pole one was probably the best. Clarkson was in the drivers seat of his nice comfy Toyota Hilux explaining how scientists say you need to eat something like 10,000 calories a day if you are going to go on an expedition to the north pole. So he shoves a chocolate bar in his mouth and turns up the heating :P

The Winter Olympics they did a few years ago was good too :-)


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