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nurseryboy

Riiiiiight. This statement made me laugh. I'm not picking on you, but when I read that, I started thinking of all the things Jeremy has said over the years and had to chuckle. A few examples:

Haha. I actually laughed some while reading through them.. But, as you can see, Jeremy is often far from factual (and even accurate) with his statements. We love him dearly, but lest we forget he doesn't like the Z... because it used to be a Datsun.

I think the big difference between the two shows right now is that the UK guys have 15 seasons under their belts, and all the experience (and improved humor) that comes along with it (not to mention their experience outside of TG), whereas the US guys have a measly 2 episodes under their belts, and not a whole lot of driving experience aside from Tanner. Give them 15 seasons, though, and I guarantee you they'll be much better.

Like someone said before, though, it's entertainment! These aren't supposed to be factual, realistic shows. Not everyone in the US is a redneck (s09e03), who would do all that to a Toyota Hilux (s03e05 and s03e06), and geeze, they've done a few episodes with racing a car vs people down a mountain (s04e09, s05e08, s15e05). Heck, Jeremy takes a Jaguar down a ski slope in the season 4 one! How is that any more factual or realistic than taking an Evo down?

I love the UK one, don't get me wrong. I think it's much better than the US one at this point, but again, they have 8 years and like > 120 episodes up on the US guys. Give it some time, and enjoy watching guys do crazy stuff with cars we'll never be able to afford!