Jay Leno visits Top Gear
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Jay Leno visits Top Gear
Jay on the show (watch it before it is gone here too - it was removed from youtube before I got around to watch it):
http://www.motorator.com/videos/820" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Mclaren F1 story was pretty funny...
Jay's behind the scenes report:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/vid ... id=1134023" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.motorator.com/videos/820" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Mclaren F1 story was pretty funny...
Jay's behind the scenes report:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/vid ... id=1134023" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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haha.. the McLaren F1 story was pretty good.. 

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I loved the VW Commercial segment - one of their best in a while.
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I didn't realize the F1 had 3 seats, it's a practical family car!Jeff Shyu wrote:haha.. the McLaren F1 story was pretty good..
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it's really only sized for 1 normal adult male, and 2 supermodels, one on each side.
they thought of everything when designing the car..
they thought of everything when designing the car..

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I have sat in Jay's F1 car. I was allowed to turn the key, but not allowed to drive it.
We made vroom vroom noises
AMAZING car.

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So are 3-seaters allowed in SM?
Or is that a SSM car?
Or is that a SSM car?
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Jay brought the F1 to one of our Mopar car shows. He stopped just outside the park and picked up two cute girls walking and sat them in the jump seats so he could make "an entrance". He's really a cool down to earth guys that loves just hanging out and talking cars.
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BTW-Jay is pretty tall and Jeremy looked like he towered over him.... how the heck tall is Clarkson?
Could Hammond really be of "normal" height and not really a midget?
Could Hammond really be of "normal" height and not really a midget?
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Last year on a Friday evening coming home from work on the dreaded I-405 Fwy south from the I-101 Fwy, I was stuck in traffic, and decided to get off on the Mulholland Hwy exit. In my rear-view mirror was a black McLaren F1 car. I pulled into the right lane of the off-ramp, and the F1 pulled to my left, and we perfectly (with the traffic) were next to each other. I rolled down my windows, checked out the car and was about to say to the drive "Nice McLaren F1 car" when the driver rolled his windows down and said "Nice M3!" Who was the driver??Steve Ekstrand wrote:He's really a cool down to earth guys that loves just hanging out and talking cars.

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Clarkson - 6' 5"Steve Ekstrand wrote:BTW-Jay is pretty tall and Jeremy looked like he towered over him.... how the heck tall is Clarkson?
Could Hammond really be of "normal" height and not really a midget?
May - 5' 11.5"
Hammond - 5' 7"
Leno - 5' 11"
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Leno is only 5'11"? Wow, he comes across taller in person.
Must be high heels and big hair....

Must be high heels and big hair....



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The man is a tree, honestly I don't even know how he gets into some of the cars he manages to get into.Steve Ekstrand wrote:BTW-Jay is pretty tall and Jeremy looked like he towered over him.... how the heck tall is Clarkson?
Could Hammond really be of "normal" height and not really a midget?

I'm about 5' 9"-5' 10"
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Wow - cool pic Mike. What was he like to talk to?Mike Shin wrote:Pic with Jezzer
My sister had dinner with Richard Hammond a few years ago. She was totally in love and wanted to have his babies, but alas, he was already married. She said he was very cool.
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Dry, very dry...Max Hayter wrote:Wow - cool pic Mike. What was he like to talk to?Mike Shin wrote:Pic with Jezzer
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Not too surprising.Mike Shin wrote:
Dry, very dry...