TV show quotes
Do you swerve to avoid rabbits?
Never. Do you?
No.
Foxes?
No!
No?
[silence]
...children?
I do, I do... Children, yeah. I have swerved to avoid children.
You see, you see, you're too soft for this game.
Oh dear....
[About the American-styled dashboard in the Cadillac CTS] The last time I saw plastic like this [taps it] it contained Tic-Tacs.
[on the Chevrolet SSR]
You'd drive that, would you?
Yes.
You live in Gloucestershire?
I do.
And you'd drive around in a purple convertible pickup truck?
Not a purple one, obviously...
damn, damn, stevespeed just OMGWALLD!"
[on Cadillac's decision not to sell their new CTS in Britain]
That's not really surprising because the last Cadillac to be in the United Kingdom, was the STS. And that was rubbish. And I do mean, rubbish. [voiceover] It handled and looked like a pig, there was no reason for that car to be sale in Great Britain at all.
[During the opening sequence.]
Tonight: James and Richard try their hand at minicabbing; I drive a smoking jacket from Holland; and our Reasonably-Priced Car says Hello!... to Lionel Richie.
[on the Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG]
...it even has the traditional Mercedes voice activated computer which doesn't understand a blind word you're on about. Let me show you... Dial number.
Dialling.
I haven't told you what to dial yet... Dial number.
The number please?
[quickly] 01785.
0785.
No, you missed the one.
Pardon?
You missed the one.
The number is deleted, please continue.
See what I mean?
202.
Where did that come from?
Pardon?
And so it goes on.
[on what it takes to become a minicabber]
I had to fill out a questionnaire, have my passport looked at, show my driving licence, have a medical and at no point did they ask if I had a sense of direction!
Right...we need to go... right, left, left, right, left, again... [turns the wrong way and curses loudly]
[on the Spyker C8]
Look at this horn, it's not the sort of aggressive thing you get on an Italian car, that "Errrrr!!! Get out of my way, earthling!" horn. It's more... a thing you use to attract the attention of other people in your tax haven. Morning Valentino! [waves and honks the horn]
[During the opening sequence.]
Tonight: Richard says goodbye to a motoring icon; The fastest car in the world comes to our track; And how good is the Citroën 2CV in a crosswind?
[During the opening sequence.]
Tonight: James and Richard take some cabrios to the wilds of Scotland; I go skiing on the B4796; And can you parachute into a moving car?
[during the Cool Wall]
[on the Fiat Barchetta] Who said it's still a Fiat? What's wrong with the Fiat?
They're not good. They're French!
Where the hell do we get this audience from?!
A gardening programme, mate...
Do you know what Fiat stands for, the "I" in it?! Italia!
[after Jeremy rants about the MG-F as being "for people with Beards, or Breasts"]
You know sometimes, when a thought pops into your head? You should kinda leave it there...and not put it out in the world.
[apparently shocked] Did I just say that all out loud, then?
Oh, yes mate, sorry, you did.
God another thought's just popped into my head, 'bout how like the cat in Shrek 2 you look like.
[During the opening sequence.]
Tonight: James tries to get a sofa in a Volvo estate; The Hamster goes to see the 'Vette; And I go off road in a BMW that can't.
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