LookieNoNookie
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961 This does not belong in P&R because the reasons for this statement are not political, they are strictly based on national pride. There are three men in the UK that the BBC allows to voice their anti-American rantings weekly when their show is on (I still dont know how 10 shows constitutes a season.) These men have a large following and it is alleged that citizens in the UK base major purchases on their words. I am referring to Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, the hosts of the BBC show "Top Gear." On more than one occasion they have insulted the Big Three in Detroit (okay, Chrysler is a subsidiary of Fiat) but still, this propaganda has to stop. On one show Jeremy Clarkson spent a segment bashing the H1 Hummer. Commenting about how it was too big for the roads in villages in the UK. Instead of bad mouthing the hummer, he should have been attacking the British government for not spending money to widen the roads to a civilized width. The show has blasted the iconic Corvette because the rear end has a tendency to slide out when taking a curve at speed. Who cares, you arent going to be driving a corvette over 100 mph on the streets, the damn traffic ticket will cost you more than the monthly payment on the corvette. Not to mention the fact that the states have tendency to frown on such things and tend to revoke driver's licenses for speeding 30 MPH or more over the speed limit. While they have sung hymns praising the qualities of the Toyota Hilux pickup, I have never seen them road test a full sized American Made pickup on their show. I would like to see a hilux out pull a Ram in a pickup tug of war. They complain about the American made vehicles not being available in right hand drive, well if the brits would drive on the proper side of the road it would not be a problem, would it? I have seen their two of their hallowed land rover 4x4's stuck in mud that jeeps, broncos, blazers, go through with ease. I dont remember the brits complaining about all the M4 shermans we sold them in WW2, do you? Forget Syria, we need to do something about the constant insults by the hosts of Top Gear. A cruise missile is not enough to deal with these men and those who support them! After that, we can deal with countries that put mayo on french fries. Well, that's always been MY contention! Silly wrong way driving people!
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