EZZY

JC did not say 8 is better than 335i apart from the price... and we all know that the 8 isnt an expensive car to start with.

really, is that why he bought himself a merc sl55? and i think his wife drives a merc 4wd.

canaryrx8

iTrader: (3)

right, as well as recommending them over the maserati, calling them perfection over the arnage t etc etc etc, only thing he repeatedly dumps on if anything is silly Americans and how huge everything is here lol

stuartm

Im getting 21-22. BTW the rx8 costs around $42,000 here(using the exchange rate of £1/$1.91)

shaunv74

You need to come over here then. Is that a reasonable price for a car? Over here 40K is kinda pricey for a car and puts you in BMW/Mecedes territory. do you all just get paid more and is everything that way?

Here's an interesting study:

How much are these things in England converted to dollars? (I am using approximate prices from my neck of the woods)
Gallon of milk -$2.29
loaf of bread -$1.50
Pound of coffee (I know you drink tea mostly but I don't know what it costs over here) $9.00
Frozen pizza in the supermarket -$5.00
Big Mac meal at McDonalds - $3.50

TODreamer

He raves about German engineering because its hard to argue with.... he'll say that the engine, suspension and the like are great but then he turns around and says it has no soul, and picks on people who drive German cars.... or he'll pick on the smallest of niggling issues and STAY on them for a long time..meanwhile he'll totally gloss over similar or bigger issues on an Aston.

You can tell hes just itching to totally trash them the first chance he gets...not really given much opportunity though

Rumboo

Wow... you Americans really don't get British humo(u)r at all..

Or maybe only the Borat and Benny Hill type.

The way he harps on the same issues all the time is really just a humo(u)r device which plays on sterotypes and running jokes... And he uses hyperbole a lot. Don't take him too seriously and get all analytical about everything he says.

Yes, you folks in the US pay relatively little for cars. Be thankful!

TODreamer

I'm not "American"

I really dont think thats humour.. sounds alot like personal opinion (which of course he is entitled to)... Hyperbole is funny, yes....but if running through the same hyperbole old jokes all the time is British humour.... then I pass....sooner or later, things get old

Rumboo

I wonder which continent Canada is on...

They're a part of British humour.. I never said they were the sole constituent elements. Anyway, a large part of the humour of funny folks like David Letterman and Howard Stern etc etc depend a lot on personal opinion too. Clarkson isn't funny to you only because you don't agree with him.

shaunv74

I think Clarksons' a riot and love his deadpan sarcasm. Let's see he hates: Americans, Germans, French. Sounds like he's still bitter about WWII. Seriously I think the stereotyping is great fun. Even with his America bashing episode he couldn't help but laugh like a maniac when driving the Roush Mustang and Viper so you know he's just being a scrooge about anything not British.

TODreamer

That does not make me "American" as many commonly use the term.

No actually I find alot of his humour quite funny... when its FRESH.. however if he's going to kill something to death... then no its not funny anymore

shaunv74

Yeah, it's kind of like calling a Scot English. Canadians are alot like em: rowdier, drink more, and talk funny. -J/k all

dbb

Not quite true, Clarkson loves the Australian built Holden Monaro (Pontiac GTO / Vauxhall Monaro) - especially compared to something like the Chrysler 300SC.

But yeah, if he can leverage a stereotype to justify an opinion, he will.

Rootski

iTrader: (1)

Clarkson's an entertainer first and foremost, and increasingly less of a journalist all the time. Entertaining is a job he does extremely well-- delivering unbiased opinion, not so much.

TODreamer

hehe nice analogy

dillsrotary

ah the international relations guy is here .

somebody sounds bitter about humor

stuartm

I don't drink tea, only coffee
Pizza is around that price, the cheapest bread here is around $0.50 a loaf. Milk is double the prcie. Big mac meal $7.50, as for bmw/merc territory an M3 is $73,000 here(plus options)
BTW Canada is in North America, you are a North American. Just like England is in Europe. I am a european

Rumboo

Yeah.. humour is serious stuff, guys. Nothing to laugh about.

Now if you don't mind, I'm off to find a few Indian chaps just so that I can call them Pakistanis..

New Yorker

Exactly! He's very funny and entertaining—a refreshing voice in the world of auto journalists. Like with most humor, if you take every word he says literally, you don't get it.

Ike

By rowdier you of course mean incredibly dull, right?

TODreamer

Thanks Ike

Ike

Toronto doesn't count as Canada

shaunv74

Yeah it's part of Detriot...

shaunv74

Yeah the Canadian's and Mexicans take offense because American tends to by synonomous with the U.S.A. They all come here to work anyway. -J/K

So it sounds like just cars are morbidly expensive in England then. Glad to hear you guys don't have to spend you last dime on a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk. (maybe a big mac is a little pricey but you're better off) Are there extra taxes on cars that make them more expensive?

saturn

I just realized Jeremy Clarkson has the same first name as me.

That's pretty weird.

TODreamer

Does that mean I gotta start drinking crappy beer? hehe