talking about the C6 Z06,
"honestly, on the track, its a great car, but as something to live with every day, i'd rather have bird flu"
talking about the C6 Z06,
"honestly, on the track, its a great car, but as something to live with every day, i'd rather have bird flu"
Did I do something wrong with my post? If I did whoops sorry.
Edit: I guess there's more than one clarkson thread LOL.
"What they did with the first TT was put a Golf in a fancy smock. Which is like putting a cow in a track suit."
Describing the sound of the engine in the new insight -
Clarkson said: (It) makes a noise worse than someone else’s crying baby on an airliner. It’s worse than the sound of your parachute failing to open. Really, to get an idea of how awful it is, you’d have to sit a dog on a ham slicer.
Describing a body kit on some little econo-box or other.... "It's like sprinkling glitter on a puddle of sick"
Read and enjoy:
RexSeven wrote: Read and enjoy: http://www.ridelust.com/25-awesome-jeremy-clarkson-quotes/
I made the mistake of then reading their "Top 20 Sportscars" list. It did not appear to have any criteria for judging. It was just crap, and left off any affordable cars. No Miata.
Leaving the Miata off of a top “X” sportscar list, is like admitting you’ve never actually driven a sportscar around a racetrack, only gazed lustfully at posters and magazine covers.
Agreed. Just another stupid car list. Probably the stupidest yet.
Fun Fact: of the Nissan Skyline GTR, the author writes: " Its dominance was so great that people started calling it Godzilla." That name was actually coined by writers of the Australian car magazine 'Wheels', in 1989 when the R32 was released.
“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.”
Brilliant.
Commenting on the stelvio pass
"“Not like Playstation, this–you can’t just hit the reset button when you get it wrong. You just go through the Pearly Gates on fire."
Comment on the suspension of a '79 Lincoln Town Car
"If you can imagine sharing a waterbed with a baboon that's just been doused in itching powder."
Or, how about on the handling of the euro version of the Evo 8 MR
"It makes a belly dancer look as though she'd got hooves."
Whenm discussing the Alfa 8C comparing it to Kiera Knightly
"She's just an ironing board with a face, and she works"
"No, really. A car made for someone who just yesterday was going to work on an ox will be of no use to people who were brought up on a diet of Ford Mustangs. Cars made for southeast Asia and Africa are tools. And so are the people in this country who buy them."
In his column on the Audi Q7
describing the Porsche 997 GT2
"its a squashed Volkswagen Beetle, with a wing on the back"
"If you thought the last Passat was dull to behold, you really ain’t seen nothing yet. This new one is sculptured ditchwater. It looks like it was styled by someone who was either in a big hurry to get the job done or who was having sex at the time. As a result, it is the motoring equivalent of Belgium: something you simply won’t notice."
I now automatically associate things that are boring with Belgium.
slefain wrote: I now automatically associate things that are boring with Belgium.
I've been doing that ever since they put the European parliament there.
slefain wrote: I now automatically associate things that are boring with Belgium.
That's unfair to anthing that's mearly 'boring'.
Belgiums one saving grace is Spa....HHhmmm.. trackside at 9:00am on GP day eating waffles and hot chocolate, almost better than the race.
Belgium is also famous for chocolate and beer, which puts them ahead of a lot of countries.
From Love The Beast
"600 horspeower and leaf springs?....are you mad?...."
Even better is Bana's response..."I didn't think I was ..."
Tim Baxter wrote: Belgium is also famous for chocolate and beer, which puts them ahead of a lot of countries.
The only description I can think of for Belgian beer is "inoffensive." I'll grant them the chocolate, but their neighbours all do that pretty well too.
When reviewing the VW golf gti Mk5, and comparing it to the civic type R: "If you buy a Honda, you end up... with a Honda. If you buy a Volkswagen, you don't."
Jay wrote: The only description I can think of for Belgian beer is "inoffensive." I'll grant them the chocolate, but their neighbours all do that pretty well too.
You haven't had much Belgian beer then. I find Belgian styles tend to be some of the heaviest, most flavorful, malty beers that there are. They're fruity, and floral, and have enough alcohol to knock you on your butt. A brewer friend of mine commented that he loves making them because you can really go wild with what you put in them, as opposed to German beers which have horribly long unpronounceable names, and incredibly precise recipes.
My personal favorite beer style is a Saison, which is a French-Belgian farmhouse ale using a goofy mutant yeast.
A true guerze lambic will reach right up outta the glass and pinch your nose for having the gall to drink it. 
"I had a really bad hangover when I got in this, Now its gone!"
while test driving a Radical
Describing the Bugatti Veyron: "The Veyron flicks towards the apex and shrieks its way around pretty much anything bar a hairpin at speeds that make your hair fall out... It doesn't just grip; it digs. It doesn’t just accelerate; it punches the horizon through the back of your head."
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