Jeremy Clarkson slating american cars
12-23-2006, 11:07 AM
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12-23-2006, 06:12 PM
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what an english ***** spends the whole time ripping on america and then races cars that are in far different catagories then say look englands better also let him try walking across an intersection like that in jersey rofl "nobody will hit me" yeah good luck
12-23-2006, 07:28 PM
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take it easy guy, hes from england, they do cars entirely different.
think about mercedes, bmw, ferrari, lamborghini, (germans, italians, etc)
and they see america as... cavaliers, sunfires, cobalts, grand ams.. oh hang on, chevy has one performance car? the corvette? neat
other countries arent without econoboxes, but our population density versus theirs, we are able to own tons of econoboxes and people are happy.
in england they have taxes if you have your car in the city limits per day. real estate is too valuable. america? tons of room. how many people do you know that own one or more cars?
think about mercedes, bmw, ferrari, lamborghini, (germans, italians, etc)
and they see america as... cavaliers, sunfires, cobalts, grand ams.. oh hang on, chevy has one performance car? the corvette? neat
other countries arent without econoboxes, but our population density versus theirs, we are able to own tons of econoboxes and people are happy.
in england they have taxes if you have your car in the city limits per day. real estate is too valuable. america? tons of room. how many people do you know that own one or more cars?
12-23-2006, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by inanimate_object' post='850013' date='Dec 23 2006, 12:07 PM
What do you make of this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4...&q=clarkson
12-23-2006, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RONIN FC' post='850056' date='Dec 23 2006, 10:38 PM
I agree with him for the most part. Mostly disposable junk. Like a Bic lighter.
12-24-2006, 02:26 AM
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I would agree on the fact that he has the credentials to critique any vehicle, but I think some of his comments and assessments were a little off because of his personal overall dislike of the greatest country in the world. 
One thing I thought was funny is how he slammed on the viper so much about having a noisy interior. How many people do you know that own a viper as a daily driver? lol and then comparing it to a ariel atom on the track ... give me a break.
It seemed like he was comparing cars from different classes and of WAY too big price margins. There are a lot of shitty ... and I do emphisize shitty.. european cars.
But overall I still like the show, its a great show. I'll just remember to fly a bigger american flag around the next time I visit England.
One thing I thought was funny is how he slammed on the viper so much about having a noisy interior. How many people do you know that own a viper as a daily driver? lol and then comparing it to a ariel atom on the track ... give me a break.
It seemed like he was comparing cars from different classes and of WAY too big price margins. There are a lot of shitty ... and I do emphisize shitty.. european cars.
But overall I still like the show, its a great show. I'll just remember to fly a bigger american flag around the next time I visit England.
