No good deed goes unpunished

[Hachiroku]

I was watching reruns of Top Gear this morning (well, not 'watching'...I
got home ~3 last night, so I was kind of one-eyeing the TV this morning)
and they did this thing where they came to America, and instead of renting
cars, they bought some older cars just shy of beaters and drove them to
New Orleans. First thing that got my attention was one of them saying "We
couldn't believe this kind of devastation would still be apparent a year
after Katrina. In the wealthiest nation in the world, how do you sleep at
night?!"

But the killer was they had decided to drive to NO and SELL the cars and
see who could get the highest price, but after seeing the place they
decided it wouldn't be right to sell the cars, so they looked up a mission
and GAVE the cars away. James What-his-name had an '89 Camaro that was in
decent shape, and as he was describing it to the people that wound up
taking it, he said "Rev counter..not good. Speedo...not good. Fuel
guage...not good. Engine...BRILLIANT, and the transmission too."

After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said to
James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a piece
of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...

"No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro was
a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue us for
misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go away
right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

 

[hls]

"No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro was
a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue us for
misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go away
right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

Never underestimate the will of some American people to get something
for nothing. We are a litigious nation of thieves.

 

[Brent]

Never underestimate the will of some American people to get something
for nothing. We are a litigious nation of thieves.

That is trickle down from the top of the power structure.

 

[Tegger]

After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...

"No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to
sue us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could
all go away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car
and drive cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Hachi, please remember that Top Gear is meant to be /entertainment/. It's
basically a reality show revolving around cars. Do not expect accurate
journalism or accurate anything else in that show. And Jeremy Clarkson --
very famously -- hates Americans.

It was Jeremy Clarkson that had the Camaro, not James May, and the Camaro
was a '91, not a '89 or a '90.

More here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special>

I remembered rereading it that it was in fact "supposedly" a '91.

However, none of that excuses the fact that they GAVE the cars away to
needy people, and got KICKED IN THE ASS for it!