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Just another reason why I like Top Gear
Jun. 29th, 2008 11:22 amFor those who haven't found this wonderfully quirky British show, check it out here: Top Gear.
Reader's Digest version: It's a car show hosted by three individuals: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. I can say in all honesty that there is *nothing* they won't try or do.
Today BBC America is running a Top Gear Mini-Marathon and the episode going right now is their saga of a US road trip from Miami to New Orleans with cars they each bought for under $1000 US. As a side bar to this they are dealing with the fact you really aren't going to find a Corvette or similar muscle car that actually runs rather then being a Corvette shaped topiary planter for $1000 or less. In fact, you're going to be lucky to find anything for $1000 that will drive off the lot and not crap out on you somewhere in route. That yes - probably 80%+ of Miami used car dealers in a certain part of town are armed and for good reason, etc. All three are fairly freaked out by firearms in the hands of the common man. All those little things that I'm sitting here thinking to myself 'Well... duh! Of course.'
Interesting perspectives in cultural diversity.
That is all.
{Oh cool! In the upcoming new episode they're going to try racing motor homes/RVs. *That* ought to be interesting.}
{{ ADDENDA: One these road trips they are often given things they have to do at each 'stop over'. The current one is 'The only thig you can have to eat tonight is whatever you can find dead along the side of the road'. I thought the road kill squirrel they found was gonna be bad, but James just showed up with a dead cow lashed to the top of his ghetto-mobile.
A *very* dead cow. }}
Reader's Digest version: It's a car show hosted by three individuals: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. I can say in all honesty that there is *nothing* they won't try or do.
Today BBC America is running a Top Gear Mini-Marathon and the episode going right now is their saga of a US road trip from Miami to New Orleans with cars they each bought for under $1000 US. As a side bar to this they are dealing with the fact you really aren't going to find a Corvette or similar muscle car that actually runs rather then being a Corvette shaped topiary planter for $1000 or less. In fact, you're going to be lucky to find anything for $1000 that will drive off the lot and not crap out on you somewhere in route. That yes - probably 80%+ of Miami used car dealers in a certain part of town are armed and for good reason, etc. All three are fairly freaked out by firearms in the hands of the common man. All those little things that I'm sitting here thinking to myself 'Well... duh! Of course.'
Interesting perspectives in cultural diversity.
That is all.
{Oh cool! In the upcoming new episode they're going to try racing motor homes/RVs. *That* ought to be interesting.}
{{ ADDENDA: One these road trips they are often given things they have to do at each 'stop over'. The current one is 'The only thig you can have to eat tonight is whatever you can find dead along the side of the road'. I thought the road kill squirrel they found was gonna be bad, but James just showed up with a dead cow lashed to the top of his ghetto-mobile.
A *very* dead cow. }}
