[xerxes]

Batsy2 Batsy2:

xerxes xerxes:

He fought him for 30 seconds after giving him the R. Lee Ermey treatment for 20 minutes.

And if you believe that you believe anything.

There is something very fishy about this whole debacle.

At first, the BBC reported it as a "fracas" and anyone who witnessed it who has spoken to the media - including James May - described it as "not much" and a "minor incident." Everybody the media has spoken to who witnessed the incident said it was a minor altercation. James May himself has said he is surprised that the whole affair has become as big as it is. So it does seem from all this that it was a minor incident.

Then, after waiting days and days for the BBC to "investigate" the matter - what were they investigating? We all know what happened - they then tell us that Clarkson fought Tymon "for 30 seconds." So rather than a "minor incident", as those who witnessed it said, the BBC are now trying to tell us it was a major act of violence lasting lasting for 30 seconds.

I've also noticed that there are no photographs anywhere, that I'm aware of, of Tymon's supposed injuries. Not even any photographs taken by a member of the public who managed to get a quick snapshot of Tymon's injured face.

It's all seems rather fishy and strange to me.

$1:

If anyone of us did this at our jobs I dare say that wed fired for that as well (except maybe for my job. There's no standards there).

Jeremy wasn't at his job. He was in a North Yorkshire hotel after work.

Right, it's a conspiracy by the Illuminati.

Clarkson himself owned up first to the BBC that he was the reason the whole incident started. Plus, there were witnesses who can attest to the lengthy verbal tirade.

You really think the BBC would do a half-assed job when it comes to deciding to can one of their biggest stars?

[Regina]

Think I read this week that they were going to charge him with assault?

[BeaverFever]

Regina Regina:

Batsy2 Batsy2:

Regina Regina:

Those precious little baby carts wouldn't last a week in the winters of North America or survive the roads of summer.

They weren't built to "last a week in the winters of North America or survive the roads of summer."

But North American cars are crap (who around the world drives Canadian cars? Do you even have any?). Clarkson, Hammond and May are no fans of them, and they're the experts.

Thanks for your expert opinion. Flush the toilet when your done and put the seat down.

He's never put it up

[Regina]

I get his mouth and the toilet seat mixed up all the time.

[andyt]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

Batsy2 Batsy2:

Regina Regina:

Those precious little baby carts wouldn't last a week in the winters of North America or survive the roads of summer.

They weren't built to "last a week in the winters of North America or survive the roads of summer."

But North American cars are crap (who around the world drives Canadian cars? Do you even have any?). Clarkson, Hammond and May are no fans of them, and they're the experts.

The big Canadian designed and built cars that are everywhere in the Chrysler family of minivans. Sexy, they ain't but they're good value. My wife owns one and I drive it periodically. It's quite okay. They are not too expensive and they hold up quite well.

This is a demanding place on automobiles and there is nothing, even the high end ones, from the U.K. that hold up, here. The Koreans make more reliable luxury cars than Jags, now and those cream puff Rovers that reach us are, year after year, at the very bottom of the reliability lists.

North American cars are "shit" if all that you ever do is start your cars in above freezing temperatures and drive on nice tarmac. Almost none of the Eurojunk can operate outside of those sissy parameters.

We don't have Canadian cars, we have American cars built in Canada.

All the American makers seem to have gone for shit recently. Chrysler was never very reliable, and now Ford and GM seem to have joined them there.

UK and Euro cars aren't any more or less tough than American or Japanese or Korean. They are all built about the same. If you compare them to a pickup, that's pretty silly. Many Ford and Gm cars share platforms with Euro cars. (Focus, Fusion, Fiesta) Chrysler is still riding on Mercedes platforms (300, Grand Cherokee). We mostly bring in high end Euro cars, which have very complicated electronics. That's the reason the Euro cars are doing poorly in reliability. Land Rovers are built plenty tough, (except for the tires), but again the ones we get here have all the high zoot electronics that fail.

Sweden, Volvo is still way ahead, even tho here it's said to have poor reliability and has never become a mainstream car here. In Norway, the Golf is #1. Finland likes Toyota and Skoda. Those countries certainly match Canada in driving conditions unless you live in our hinterland.

[andyt]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Regina Regina:

Batsy2 Batsy2:

They weren't built to "last a week in the winters of North America or survive the roads of summer."

But North American cars are crap (who around the world drives Canadian cars? Do you even have any?). Clarkson, Hammond and May are no fans of them, and they're the experts.

Thanks for your expert opinion. Flush the toilet when your done and put the seat down.

He's never put it up

So, despite all your protestations, you're as sexist as the rest of us.

[martin14]

xerxes xerxes:

You really think the BBC would do a half-assed job when it comes to deciding to can one of their biggest stars?

I'll guarantee one thing.

You have no idea what the BBC is capable of.

It is PC gone absolutely insane.

[martin14]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32070910


First job offer, Russia.

[Regina]

martin14 martin14:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32070910


First job offer, Russia.

What's the difference between £1 and the Ruble?

About £1.

Borrowed from Bart.

[CDN_PATRIOT]

It's the end of TopGear as we know it. I won't be watching anything off the BBC anymore due to this. And it's a shame, because the BBC has such good shows. Oh well.

-J.

[ShepherdsDog]

martin14 martin14:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32070910


First job offer, Russia.

$1:

Tsar in a reasonably priced car

[PluggyRug]

Death threat.....
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32103665

[ShepherdsDog]

I guess batsy really was a fanboi

[herbie]

Who drives Canadian cars?
How many posters who raised kids never owned a Dodge Caravan?
Iacocca era Jeeps? Pickup trucks? Shitloads of Americans who never even knew they were built in Canada....

A combination of huge import duties and roads built so narrow two armed peasants couldn't walk side by side kept them out of Europe.

[OnTheIce]

andyt andyt:

We don't have Canadian cars, we have American cars built in Canada.

All the American makers seem to have gone for shit recently. Chrysler was never very reliable, and now Ford and GM seem to have joined them there.
.

American car makers are building some of the best & most reliable vehicles on the market today.