# Top Gear funny

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 16, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715 "2012-01-16T18:14:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715/1 "2012-01-16T18:14:11Z")

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James May, co-presenter of BBC’s auto magazine “Top Gear” tests out an auto navigation device…with hilarious results.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyhF0LyvGQ)

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715/2 "2012-01-16T18:16:32Z")

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Ah, a better link…

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40pW8mLfFA)

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715/3 "2012-01-16T19:26:41Z")

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I’d probably think this was hysterical…if I’d been in the car with them. But the funny doesn’t make it past the camera lens to me. YMMV, and sorry to be a stick in the mud.

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715/4 "2012-01-17T15:02:54Z")

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Related hijinks

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hzTob_W5wkw/hqdefault.jpg "FULL SCENE - James May's most WEIRDEST LAUGH EVER!!!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzTob_W5wkw)

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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715/5 "2012-01-17T15:32:34Z")

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Neither of these clips aren’t from Top Gear, it’s from OZ and James’s Big Wine Adventure I think.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715/6 "2012-01-17T16:35:09Z")

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> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> Neither of these clips aren’t from Top Gear, it’s from OZ and James’s Big Wine Adventure I think.

I think the full title was _Oz And James Ponce About Britain Getting Pissed At The Licence Payers’ Expense. Again._