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  #11  
Old December 5th 10, 02:43 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


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  #12  
Old December 5th 10, 02:44 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #13  
Old December 5th 10, 02:45 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #14  
Old December 5th 10, 02:46 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #15  
Old December 5th 10, 02:47 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #16  
Old December 5th 10, 02:48 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #17  
Old December 5th 10, 02:49 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #18  
Old December 5th 10, 02:50 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #19  
Old December 5th 10, 02:51 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


  #20  
Old December 5th 10, 02:52 AM posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.subaru
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B[_2_]
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Posts: 2,364
Default No good deed goes unpunished

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:49:15 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Hachiroku > wrote in
> :
>
>
>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

>
>
>
>
> Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
> basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
> journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
> very famously -- hates Americans.
>
> It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
> was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.
>
> More he
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>



I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!


 




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