Top Gear
I love cars. I love really cool cars; fast cars; exotic cars. The UK isn’t Germany, but we’ve got some really cool cars from all over the world. I even trailed a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, the 40th Anniversary car of the one in the clip (one of the most famous car chase scenes ever). But those are rare here and the norm is to see a variety of Porsches, Ferraries and other European sports cars. There is a show that originates from here called Top Gear. 
It is a car junkie’s dream. It can be seen in the US on public television late on Sunday nights, but it is on ALL the time here in syndication.
The host, Jeremy Clarkson is the embodiment of British sarcasm and humor. Beyond his hilarious on-camera rapport with his co-hosts, he is an incredible satirical writer and authors a column for the London Times. I love his humor and he reminds me of a favorite boyhood writing idol of mine, Lewis Grizzard. If Grizzard had been British, he’d be Clarkson.
Look them both up and read….and enjoy craftsmen at work.
Chris didn’t actually take Driver’s Ed. He learned everything he needed to know about driving from watching Bullitt over and over.
Oh how I wish I could drive the streets like Steve M. Brits fancy staying in lanes and making orderly at roundabouts (although I’ve discovered that if I take the inside lane and beat em’ to the apex of the curve I can get the line coming out the other side – just gotta remember to look RIGHT first!).
Got a chance to read a few of his columns. Thanks for sharing! Where in the US would we get someone using words like “Terpsichorean”….or anything with more than two syllables.