Quote: robkelk wrote:
Quote: "...While James and I have been doing extensive research in choosing a car based on aerodynamics and fuel efficiency, Richard has gotten back to his
geek roots and chosen a Ford Prefect. Given the strange reaction of handwavium, this may have, in fact, been the best way to begin...."
You realize, of course, that that car won't fly unless there's a towel in the boot. it will, however, translate any language received on its radio to
its pilot's native language, as long as there's a fish stuck in the receiver. And the controls are all labelled in large friendly letters.
Okay, we've pretty much written this car up, haven't we? Too bad I've never seen an episode of Top Gear, so I have no idea what the
driver's like...
I recommend it. It's just gearhead enough to be technical, but it's funny enough to entertain the non- or semi-gearheads. They do things like build
their own stretch cars and race to see who gets their celebrity to the award show first. And then there is The Stig, their test driver, who does some pretty
amazing stuff with sports cars. There's clips on YouTube, if you're curious.
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