Your Favorite British, Car Based TV Show

Last night, as I lounged around the compound, sipping on Cognac and making sure all the velvet on my robe was brushed in the same direction, I was enjoying a little British program called Top Gear.

Saying Top Gear is about cars is like saying I've got great hygine, it's just not true. It's more about the three hosts and their interaction with each other. Without them, the show would be complete shit.

Left to Right: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
Not Pictured: Donatello and Raphael

Though he looks like a huge fruit, that little guy in the middle is more of a badass than any of you will ever be.



That's him driving, and subsequently crashing, something called the Vampire Dragster, a jet-powered car that's theoretically capable of reaching a top speed of 370 mph.

"He was travelling at 288.3mph (464 km/h) at the time of the crash, but when the jet car overturned and the roll cage dug into the ground he was still going at 232mph (373.4 km/h), with the top of his helmet dragging along the ground; it has been speculated that if he were any taller, he would have been decapitated."

Though he suffered "significant brain injury," the little fucker returned to work less than 5 months later. I took 2 weeks off from work due to a sprained O-Ring once. Hammond knocked on Death's door, kicked him in the balls, and went right back to work.

You can catch Top Gear on BBC America, who is currently airing Season 8.
Or you can watch Season 11, currently airing in the UK via BitTorrent. Legality: questionable.