Thursday, January 31, 2013

Confession Time

I'm not your typical girl in some respects. I voluntarily watch Top Gear (UK) whenever I can. And legitimately enjoy it. I mean, beautiful cars, strange cars, quirky challenges? How could you not love it?

They did a James Bond car challenge a while back, and then followed it up with a special that went through all of the notable Bond cars as supplied (largely) by Aston Martin. Aston Martin makes one goddamned beautiful car. Case in point - the DB-9 (the most notable early Bond car), the Vanquish, and the DB-S (think Daniel Craig in Casino Royale). Fun fact, when they made Daniel Craig's car flip over during the chase scene, they had to install a small rocket in the bottom carriage of the car, because they couldn't get it to flip like it was supposed to. By god did that work. They proceeded to accidentally set a record for the number of flips of a car in a movie scene (which may have been broken by now, but  you really shouldn't be getting your facts from me).

Anyway, I though this was one of their more fun challenges....the tiny car challenge. Now, don't judge me, but for a while I had a minor smartcar obsession. As in wanted to own one. Granted, a full sized smart car is a step up from this overgrown rollerskate, but still, not the best choice for driving in snow and all other various forms of the elements. Thank God I was finally talked out of that (mostly by myself and going for test drives).

But, in the interest of encouraging the kind of time wasting I am so adept at, here's a video of a hilariously tiny car!


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