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-->--''Series/TopGear, Series 20, episode 1''

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-->--''Series/TopGear, Series 20, episode 1''

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->Worried about your credit score? The US military was offered a small amount of money for vehicles overseas, and Seventh Group wanted a little bit more. So we assisted Seventh Group in attaining over five thousand rental cars, from different agencies. They shipped them overseas, paid the monthly fees and insurance, and returned them. Shot '''the shit''' up. But it saved them a bundle in the end.
-->--SGT Hy on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0RW37KnMhA The Army Federal Credit Union]]

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-> '''Jeremy:''' I do realize the enormity of the challenge I face, which is why I have gone for the fastest car in the world. Here it is. ''[gestures to blue Toyota Corolla]''
-> '''James:''' It's a Toyota Corolla.
-> '''Jeremy:''' Yes it is.
-> '''James:''' It's a 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla.
-> '''Jeremy:''' Engine size is irrelevant, James, because do you know what makes this so fast? Look in the window. ''[camera zooms in on Avis Preferred Service tag on mirror]'' I've rented it!
-> '''James:''' Oh no.
-> '''Jeremy:''' ''Yes.'' And this is the thing, with the Bugatti Veyron sometimes you're using 15 horsepower, sometimes you're only using ten. This, you've got 140 horsepower from the moment you start it up to the moment you crash it.
-> '''James:''' Did you pick up one of those, what do they call them, collision damage waiver forms?
-> '''Jeremy:''' No, I picked up six.

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-> '''Jeremy:''' It was PJ O'Rourke, the American author, who first noticed that hire cars are the fastest cars in the world. He is, of course, completely correct, because when was the last time you took your car to the redline? Or you drove it flat out? Never. But here, in this, now, ''yeees'', because it isn't mine.

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-> '''Jeremy:''' It was PJ P.J. O'Rourke, the American author, who first noticed that hire cars are the fastest cars in the world. He is, of course, completely correct, because when was the last time you took your car to the redline? Or you drove it flat out? Never. But here, in this, now, ''yeees'', because it isn't mine.


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->You have to get a car that handles really well. This is extremely important, and there’s a lot of debate on this subject -- about what kind of car handles best. Some say a front-engined car; some say a rear-engined car. I say a ''rented'' car. Nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind. You can also park without looking, and can use the trunk as an ice chest. Another thing about a rented car is that it’s an all-terrain vehicle. Mud, snow, water, woods -- you can take a rented car anywhere. True, you can’t always get it back -- but that’s not your problem, is it?
-->--Full quote from '''P.J. O'Rourke''', "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink"
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->I tried to put the top up, for privacy, but something was wrong with the motor. The generator light had been on, fiery red, ever since I'd driven the thing into Lake Mead on a water test. A quick run along the the dashboard disclosed that every circuit in the car was totally fucked. Nothing worked. Not even the headlights -- and when I hit the air conditioner button I heard a nasty explosion under the hood.
-->--Raoul Duke, ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''
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->I tried to put the top up, for privacy, but something was wrong with the motor. The generator light had been on, fiery red, ever since I'd driven the thing into Lake Mead on a water test. A quick run along the the dashboard disclosed that every circuit in the car was totally fucked. Nothing worked. Not even the headlights -- and when I hit the air conditioner button I heard a nasty explosion under the hood.
-->--Raoul Duke, ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''
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-> '''Jeremy:''' I do realize the enormity of the challenge I face, which is why I have gone for the fastest car in the world. Here it is. ''[gestures to blue Toyota Corolla]''
-> '''James:''' It's a Toyota Corolla.
-> '''Jeremy:''' Yes it is.
-> '''James:''' It's a 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla.
-> '''Jeremy:''' Engine size is irrelevant, James, because do you know what makes this so fast? Look in the window. ''[camera zooms in on Avis Preferred Service tag on mirror]'' I've rented it!
-> '''James:''' Oh no.
-> '''Jeremy:''' ''Yes.'' And this is the thing, with the Bugatti Veyron sometimes you're using 15 horsepower, sometimes you're only using ten. This, you've got 140 horsepower from the moment you start it up to the moment you crash it.
-> '''James:''' Did you pick up one of those, what do they call them, collision damage waiver forms?
-> '''Jeremy:''' No, I picked up six.
-->--''Series/TopGear, Series 20, episode 1''

-> '''Jeremy:''' It was PJ O'Rourke, the American author, who first noticed that hire cars are the fastest cars in the world. He is, of course, completely correct, because when was the last time you took your car to the redline? Or you drove it flat out? Never. But here, in this, now, ''yeees'', because it isn't mine.
-->--''Series/TopGear, Series 20, episode 1''
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