View Full Version : Jeremy Clarkson doesn't like Japan.


Jesda
04-11-06, 11:21 AM
http://www.q45.org/motorworld/
Edit: I already deleted the files, but you can still download Clarkson's "Heaven and Hell" DVD.

Mid-90s BBC motoring program where Jeremy Clarkson talks about drifting, Japanese culture, and Tokyo traffic.

I have the Detroit episode up there too where he drives a Mark VIII, Town and Country, LHS, Town Car, and Viper.


I also have episodes from Vietnam, Iceland, Dubai, Italy, Monaco, Cuba, India, Texas, Switzerland, and Australia. I'll upload any of them if you want.

mccombie_5
04-11-06, 12:17 PM
http://www.q45.org/motorworld/

Mid-90s BBC motoring program where Jeremy Clarkson talks about drifting, Japanese culture, and Tokyo traffic.

I have the Detroit episode up there too where he drives a Mark VIII, Town and Country, LHS, Town Car, and Viper.


I also have episodes from Vietnam, Iceland, Dubai, Italy, Monaco, Cuba, India, Texas, Switzerland, and Australia. I'll upload any of them if you want.


You're forgetting, Jesda..

Jeremy Clarkson doesnt like anyone.

Jesda
04-11-06, 12:42 PM
You're forgetting, Jesda..

Jeremy Clarkson doesnt like anyone.

Thats why he's my hero!

I~LUV~Caddys8792
04-11-06, 12:48 PM
I like Jeremy Clarkson, I actually like how he's so opiniated, most of which is against foreign cars. Oh well, always an interesting man to listen to! I was actually reading the latest issue of "Top Gear" in my last period. I loved watching that show on Discovery!

Zorb750
04-11-06, 02:31 PM
I like how he criricises cheap interiors on American cars, especially Ford and Chrysler. Notable GM cars he slammed on interiors were the Corvette C6 and the CTS. I happen to agree with him about interior quality, and that both cars are WAY too cheap in quality for their price range. Mercedes has even been earning his interior criricisms more and more too.

mccombie_5
04-11-06, 02:46 PM
I agree with most o his views.

Theres one article he wrote concerning police chases, here it is:

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-1918044,00.html

I just thought this was so funny an appropriate at the time.

Devil_concours
04-11-06, 07:33 PM
a lot of things he says on the tv show doesn't actually reflect his actual news paper reviews. Remember the cts-v review, he couldn't nitpick on anything so he started making fun of the ding sound when you open the door with the key in the ignition....

mccombie_5
04-11-06, 07:37 PM
I think he has a softspot for Cadillacs actually. In one of his videos he drives a 98 or 99 Deville, and although he took the piss a bit, he liked it, you could tell.

AznPrydeRegalRyde
04-11-06, 08:16 PM
Clarkson is a putz. Everything he drives,that he loves, is the best he's ever driven. How many times have I heard him say "Forget anything you've ever driven, because this is faster." Or maybe this one "the brakes are so powerful, they actually hurt my neck muscles" or "feels like my face is being pulled off." Both of those comments he said on 2 separates shows each, about 4 different cars. I find his opinions boring, because he says the same thing over and over again, just with a few word changes.

Give me Tiff Needel or Jason Plato anyday. Those guys know how to really test drive a car, 5th Gear. In fact, I'll go as far to say that Tiff Needel is the only really good test driver/ car show host on tv, period. Well, as long as youre a driver, not just a car enthusiast.

Zorb750
04-11-06, 10:22 PM
7 liter V8 engine in a Lincoln Mark VIII? I think Mr. Clarkson had a little too much to drink before he recorded the Detroit section.

Jesda
04-12-06, 03:43 AM
Tiff is a creepy old man. I wouldn't leave him alone with my dog.

mccombie_5
04-12-06, 05:15 AM
Tiff is a creepy old man. I wouldn't leave him alone with my dog.

And furthermore, we have his voice projected through the Road Angel that's been fitted to our dashboard.

Did anyone see what he did to the DeTomaso Pantera he crashed?

Jesda
04-12-06, 05:23 AM
Other favorites:

Vicki Butler-Henderson
James May

mccombie_5
04-12-06, 06:04 AM
Other favorites:

Vicki Butler-Henderson
James May

James May is a legend. Captain Slow.

Vicki, well, she can drive me anywhere she wants.

Devil_concours
04-12-06, 07:54 AM
Clarkson is a putz. Everything he drives,that he loves, is the best he's ever driven. How many times have I heard him say "Forget anything you've ever driven, because this is faster." Or maybe this one "the brakes are so powerful, they actually hurt my neck muscles" or "feels like my face is being pulled off." Both of those comments he said on 2 separates shows each, about 4 different cars. I find his opinions boring, because he says the same thing over and over again, just with a few word changes.

Give me Tiff Needel or Jason Plato anyday. Those guys know how to really test drive a car, 5th Gear. In fact, I'll go as far to say that Tiff Needel is the only really good test driver/ car show host on tv, period. Well, as long as youre a driver, not just a car enthusiast.
tiff is ok. His drifts are extremely wide and he never did well as a race car driver.
One person that drives like a machine is stig from top gear(rumored to be an ex-f1 driver)

mccombie_5
04-12-06, 10:09 AM
tiff is ok. His drifts are extremely wide and he never did well as a race car driver.
One person that drives like a machine is stig from top gear(rumored to be an ex-f1 driver)

The Stig is an F1 driver, I found a name somewhere from a website belonging to an F1 driver, saying that he made "appearences on TV occasionally"

AznPrydeRegalRyde
04-12-06, 11:25 AM
tiff is ok. His drifts are extremely wide and he never did well as a race car driver.
One person that drives like a machine is stig from top gear(rumored to be an ex-f1 driver)Tiff is still better then Jeremy Clarkson in that regard.
You'll notice from listening to him that he trys to get the drifts as wide as possible. Big deal.

AznPrydeRegalRyde
04-12-06, 11:31 AM
The Stig is an F1 driver, I found a name somewhere from a website belonging to an F1 driver, saying that he made "appearences on TV occasionally"The Stig has been a few different people. The first years of the Stig, it was PErry McCarthy, former F1 test driver etc. He was killed off, when he drive his car off the end of a Carrier.
Nobody really knows who the current Stig is, tho several cars have been driven by their owners, dressed as the Stig.

mccombie_5
04-12-06, 12:36 PM
Tiff is still better then Jeremy Clarkson in that regard.
You'll notice from listening to him that he trys to get the drifts as wide as possible. Big deal.

You'll also notice from listening to him on your Road Angel that he has the most annoying voice on the planet. "Speeeed Camera coming up"

hardrockcamaro@mac.c
04-20-06, 03:21 PM
I wouldn't let Tiff anywhere near my car. He wasn't much use as a racing driver and mostly crashed out.

I like Clarskon as he refuses to bow to the PC rules and he can be funny.
But I wish he'd realise how seriously the average idiot takes his comments on cars. He is sadly very anti-American and that's a real problem when you're an american car fan.

mccombie_5
04-20-06, 04:41 PM
Tiff'sannoying voice comes out of our car dashboard every now and again, its really bloody annoying!