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Top Gear · Season 11, Episode 2

“June 29th, 2008” quotes from Top Gear

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“June 29th, 2008” · Season 11, Episode 2

In this episode: Jeremy Clarkson (17), Richard Hammond (4), James May (3)

[reading a letter of warning on the Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black]

"The traction control must stay on." Sounds dangerous. [he smiles broadly]

[on driving for fun]

Motorcyclists do it all the time, so why don't human beings?

[on the Mercedes Benz CLK63 AMG Black]

If it had a tongue, it would go around licking windows.

[reviewing the Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black]

[voiceover] In fact, this car is so fast and so mad it was even delivered with a warning letter from the people who made it.

I've been road-testing cars nearly twenty-five years now and that has never happened before, but I've got it here [holds up letter] and it says, "Ensure the oil is warm before driving enthusiastically." [looks guilty] Well, it will be now. "The car is savage. It's very aggressive and racy in its setup" — this is Mercedes themselves. "On anything other than dry roads it is extremely lively, quite tail happy even under partial throttle. The traction control must stay on." Sounds dangerous. [he smiles broadly]

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