It's very easy to race the rotation of the Earth in a car, just carefully select your latitude. Far enough north or south and a tortoise could do it, though it might freeze to death in the attempt.HomerJay wrote:The reality, somewhat prosaic.Rum wrote:Tonight at 8.00.
"Jeremy Clarkson gets behind the wheel of a Jaguar XJ and races against the rotation of the Earth".
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Rum wrote:Tonight at 8.00.
"Jeremy Clarkson gets behind the wheel of a Jaguar XJ and races against the rotation of the Earth".
Sounds almost as good as Hammond a few weeks go, dropping a VW Beetle from a helicopter a mile up, to see if it could beat a Porsche doing a mile on the flat ...
Anyway, I recorded last night's episode, and will watch later this evening.
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Mythbusters did something very similar to that last year, testing a commercial. Top Gear is derivative.klr wrote:Sounds almost as good as Hammond a few weeks go, dropping a VW Beetle from a helicopter a mile up, to see if it could beat a Porsche doing a mile on the flat ...
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Has Mythbusters attempted to test-drive cars that would be suitable for the Albanian mafia?Gawdzilla wrote:Mythbusters did something very similar to that last year, testing a commercial. Top Gear is derivative.klr wrote:Sounds almost as good as Hammond a few weeks go, dropping a VW Beetle from a helicopter a mile up, to see if it could beat a Porsche doing a mile on the flat ...
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Must say that Amber Heard is way hotter than Jodie Kidd but she does drive as if she is trying to prove that wimmin shouldn't be allowed a license .Gawdzilla wrote:
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Photographic evidence backs that up:Feck wrote:Must say that Amber Heard is way hotter than Jodie Kidd but she does drive as if she is trying to prove that wimmin shouldn't be allowed a license .
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