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For those that get and watch BBC America or any other form of BBC.
The funniest car show so far on the planet.
Please post your favorite former or current episode highlights from this great and funny show here.
 
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How about the episode when Jeremy drives that old rolls into a pool during the grand opening!!! The look on the mayors (I believe it was the mayor) face was priceless
 
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That's a classic for sure.
 
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My favorite was when they did the 24 hour enduro in the BMW 330d.
 
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Old 06-06-2009, 08:58 PM
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i nvr keep up with the series but everytime i watch it its always funny, the only two i remember was the one where Jimmy ripped apart (saying it was bad) a new (at the time) 08 BMW, and the most recent one i saw a little bit of was when the three of them made a car into a boat or something like that.
 
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i like his quotes. here are a few.

I’d like to consider Ferrari as a scaled down version of God

Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.

Whenever I’m suffering from insomnia, I just look at a picture of a Toyota Camry and I’m straight off

A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster

Racing cars which have been converted for road use never really work. It’s like making a hardcore adult film, and then editing it so that it can be shown in British hotels. You’d just end up with a sort of half hour close up of some bloke’s sweaty face.
 
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Old 06-06-2009, 10:11 PM
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i nvr keep up with the series but everytime i watch it its always funny, the only two i remember was the one where Jimmy ripped apart (saying it was bad) a new (at the time) 08 BMW, and the most recent one i saw a little bit of was when the three of them made a car into a boat or something like that.
The Toyboata episode. May made a sailboat out of an Austin Healy I think. Maybe an MG.
 
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Old 06-07-2009, 12:41 AM
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i got one. where they get a toyota Hilux and try to kill it. freaking amazing
 
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I enjoyed the "amphibious vehicle" episode

I thought the comparison of a top-end Lotus to a base Mustang GT a joke....they wanted to guarantee a win for the British car. (not that it's not a nice one.) For a car 1/2 the price, the Mustang did pretty well. The Lotus would have had it's hands full if they had done a proper comparison - Lotus vs GT500.
 
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