Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, who became even more popular after his high-speed crash, has bought a castle in Hertfordshire. The castle, with six rooms and a pool, costed €2.5 million. Less than a month ago, both Hammond and colleague James May got a wage increase from the BBC.

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I never heard that they settled there contract dispute. It's good to hear they have.
A castle, is this due to his short complex?

 

lol, wage increase = buy a castle. that's crazy

 

^seriously...oh im not making enough because i want to afford a castle!

 

I'm in the wrong freaking business. :banhead:

 

does anyone know what their salaries were increased to? I remember hearing they were grossly underpaid

 

Man, you don't get a much more ridiculous purchase than a castle. I mean, really - an entire CASTLE?!

If I had one, I'd be setting up catapults and trebuchets all over with a moat full of sharks. Possibly with laser beams on their heads.

 

Well he needs a place to store all his cars. A castle would totally be cool. I would love to own one.

^ What about dogs with killer bees in their mouths, and every time they barked killer bees shot out at you?

 

Without a dount If I had the kind of money to, I would buy a castle, LOOOONNNNGGGG before many other things. In Fact, If I could afford a house from the $2-$4m range it would be masonery bearing(castle with real stone walls).

 

That would be sweet. They'd be my gargoyles.

 

You have real Gargoyles. You are so lucky.. But never forget that nothing works better with a peice of wood with a nail in it. Arm your Gargoyles with that.

 

you can buy castles in England for less then 2m. It's not like there's only 5 castles in the whole country.. There's over a thousand registered "castles" in england.

 

+1. I like to relive my Lego castle days in real life. I'd fill the moat with crocodiles though.

 

Crocodiles...how boring. Hows about Ninja Cats?

 

I believe that he was going to quit the show since he was being underpaid, if i am correct.

 

Top Gear wouldn't be much fun without the Hamster

 

definitely, top gears needs all 3 of them. wouldn't be the same otherwise.

 

he obviously got some issues........

a castle?

I'd just buy a garage

 

Meh.

How many 2.5 million dollar McMansions are there in America.

Tons, and they have more then 6 rooms and a pool.

 

paid in euros...so its just a little more than 2.5 million dollars

 

iam with taj i would buy a garage and live in it.

 

A big garage, the ultimate garage.

 

you have to do something with money so a castle is a good buy.

 

yeah, and it's still less then you'd get for $2.5m in the states.

meh.

 

he doesn't live in the USA though

and everything's more expensive in Europe

 

Really? ?? ?