A pretty short, but good article. I've always been interested in how he really felt about Americans.
A pretty short, but good article. I've always been interested in how he really felt about Americans.
He's dead on about firetrucks. They are chariots of superheroes.
Did anyone else who read that have their internal monologue dubbed over with his voice?
Man did they chose the wrong color for the C-300. I think that's possibly the most beautiful American car evar, but that color really does it no favors at all.
Spot on.
Not to shabby. Richard never has fit into the mold of stuffy Brit.
Hungary Bill wrote: Did anyone else who read that have their internal monologue dubbed over with his voice?
Yes, yes I did. 
Yeah, he was pretty accurate. My personal favorite on that list would be the Bullitt Mustang (an original, not the retro). But that Striker fire truck would be cool, too. Compaere it to a British fire truck:
And you can see why to a Brit it would be even cooler.
The ambulance from 'Grand Prix' would make me giggle in embarrasment if I were a Limey.
From reading about the pick up, his wife is a secret american too.
Curmudgeon wrote: Yeah, he was pretty accurate. My personal favorite on that list would be the Bullitt Mustang (an original, not the retro). But that Striker fire truck would be cool, too. Compaere it to a British fire truck:
the only way the firetruck could be more british is if they'd called it a Nigel instead of a Dennis.
And the siren said, "Excuse me, pardon me, mind the noise."
Hungary Bill wrote: Did anyone else who read that have their internal monologue dubbed over with his voice?
totally.
Mitchell wrote: And the siren said, "Excuse me, pardon me, mind the noise."
It's not a Canadian firetruck!
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:Hungary Bill wrote: Did anyone else who read that have their internal monologue dubbed over with his voice?Yes, yes I did.
So did I, kind of like that Morgan Freeman picture.
Osterkraut wrote:Mitchell wrote: And the siren said, "Excuse me, pardon me, mind the noise."It's not a Canadian firetruck!
nope.. it's siren would be quiet and the flashing lights dimmed so as not to hurt hearing or sight for any passerby. Health and safety regulations and all that
little known fact: Brit Police sirens say "ello ello! whats all this about?"
Toyman01 wrote: Spot on. Not to shabby. Richard never has fit into the mold of stuffy Brit.
That's because he's an American. Just ask Jezza.
corytate wrote:
the only way the firetruck could be more british is if they'd called it a Nigel instead of a Dennis.
This I read in Clarkson's voice.
Can the Wrangler be classified as a retro styled vehicle if it's style never changed from WWII, and it never wasn't out of production?
I don't understand the selection of a Dodge Ram over so many other better options.
"So many"? I think you mean "Ford or Chevy".
Which, of course, he didn't do. He name-checked all three. Not a specific pickup, but just pickups in general.
Keith wrote: "So many"? I think you mean "Ford or Chevy". Which, of course, he didn't do. He name-checked all three. Not a specific pickup, but just pickups in general.
Yea, I saw that. I could even understand picturing a more classic truck. 50's as he had mentioned. I think it was just the specific photo that kinda made me think a little longer than I should have. You know some things you just shouldn't take the time to think about.
N Sperlo wrote: I don't understand the selection of a Dodge Ram over so many other better options.
Did you watch the trip to New Orleans episode? He drove a white Dodge. Sentimental value?
Toyman01 wrote: Spot on. Not to shabby. Richard never has fit into the mold of stuffy Brit.
And yet he really loves Morgans... which is basically the last bastion of "stuffy British" car makes.
Maybe he just likes cars. Weird, huh?
Keith wrote: Maybe he just likes cars. Weird, huh?
I know, but having him not automatically hate all American cars makes him by far the outlier in the British motoring press. He's an anomaly.
Even cars they can't find any other flaw with at all get the obligatory knock that "it's too wide for our B roads" or a patronizing comment about a pushrod engine. You know when they get down that far, they are just stretching for any reason at all to criticize it.
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