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Title: Clarkson on Hybrid Cars
Post by: Barman on May 17, 2009, 12:17:46 PM

This made me larf!  lol:

Quote from: Jeremy Clarkson

The nickel for the battery has to come from somewhere. Canada, usually. It has to be shipped to Japan, not on a sailing boat, I presume. And then it must be converted, not in a tree house, into a battery, and then that battery must be transported, not on an ox cart, to the Insight production plant in Suzuka. And then the finished car has to be shipped, not by Thor Heyerdahl, to Britain, where it can be transported, not by wind, to the home of a man with a beard who thinks he’s doing the world a favour.

Source (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article6294116.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2)

Title: Re: Clarkson on Hybrid Cars
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 17, 2009, 12:20:14 PM

I read it this morning, I was chortling too!

Title: Re: Clarkson on Hybrid Cars
Post by: Snoopy on May 17, 2009, 12:46:10 PM

Clarkson ~ right on the button as usual.

Title: Re: Clarkson on Hybrid Cars
Post by: Just One More on May 17, 2009, 08:59:04 PM

If it's "green", it's good.  confused:

We've just taken delivery of twelve Priusses Pri-eye...

We've just taken delivery of a Prius, and eleven more came with it! Apparently it was this green type of thinking that went towards the contract being won. Meantime, my not as green Mondeo arrives this week  ;D

Title: Re: Clarkson on Hybrid Cars
Post by: Nick on May 18, 2009, 08:40:21 AM

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We've just taken delivery of twelve Priusses Pri-eye...

We've just taken delivery of a Prius, and eleven more came with it!

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