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.
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.
—Top Gear (UK), Series 20, episode 1
Jeremy: It was 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.
—Top Gear (UK), Series 20, episode 1
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"
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 The Army Federal Credit Union
