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Clarkson on: women
“I once took a multi-tasking test set by the RAF. I was rubbish. All men are rubbish apparently. Only women can do it. So they would do well in F1”
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Richard the Raleigh star
“All was well with my method of floating across town to Top Gear office. But then, from nowhere, descended this urge to look good while I was doing it”
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James goes commando
"Having watched some spy films, I arranged the pillows in the bed to look as though I was still in it, and then hid in the wardrobe so I could escape after the SAS had gone"
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Hammond on Massa’s crash
"After my accident, I remember being so desperate to prove to the doctors that I was well that I’d quote them random facts. But I didn’t know what day it was"
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To whom it May concern
“If I have to sign a disclaimer before hiring a bicycle, how come I don’t have to fill in a partwork in free synthetic binders before taking a car up to, ooh, 75mph?”
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Clarkson on: personalisation
"Large chunks of my being want to buy a Jaguar XKR. I absolutley love it. It is an excellent, five-star car. Except for one small thing. It was designed for you. Not me"
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Richard loves muscle
“It should come as a relief that we are being gallant to the guillemot, while also saving dosh by keeping an old relic on the road"
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James on urban cars
"Proper cars are never oochy-coochy-coo. When BMW launches a new car it does not tell its draughtsmen to design anything they want as long as it's a real sweetie"
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Clarkson on: the end of it all
"The number of people who dislike cars is very small. A few ramblers, Friends of the Earth and people who run road safety charities. But they’re noisy and motivated"
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James on the Porsche 911
"I’m on my second old 911 – a 3.2 Carrera coupe from the Eighties. It cost £15,300 with 48,000 miles on the clock and in perfect condition. It’s the best thing I’ve bought"
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Richard gets tooled up
"I can recall my first socket set with wondrous accuracy and could, if pressed, remember the size of every socket, extension lever, ratchet and break bar"
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Hammond’s Haya education
“A bike with 195bhp demands your attention. And the fact that this power is wrapped up in a form too ugly even for a mother to love only kind of adds to its bad-boy appeal”
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Clarkson on: supercars
‘I’ve been down the supercar road three times now, and I can assure you it’s not lined with girls and jelly. It’s mostly a forest of pot holes, expense and dirty trousers’
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James on Ferrari
“Every time I step into an F430 I want one, quite badly. It stays with me for several days afterwards, like a bad hangover”
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James and the Fireblade
“So, what’s a Fireblade doing here, in my supercars column? The truth is that I cocked up the admin, but the official line is that it’s here to put things into perspective”
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Hamster vs mouse
“Since the bankers ran off with everyone's money, there are fewer people wanting to take on a used car that could present its owner with an upsetting bill”
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Clarkson on: cheap cars
"I want Tata to make lots of money that they can spend on more supercharged Jags"
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Smokin’
"I just belted around in it as best as I could, grinning, whooping, shouting and laughing at the whole glorious experience"
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Last traction hero
"I turned up at the workshop and out came the traction engine. We were to drive around the yard at the machine’s top speed of 3.5mph..."
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James on Aston
"I couldn’t shake off the thought that the DBS was trying to be a bit of a Ferrari; that is sophisticated, knowing and making an overt performance statement"
James and the Aston Martin DBS
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