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== Series 4 ==

* When [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjcwn7T-oMo Richard Hammond is hypnotized] into forgetting how to drive a car, and then thinking a small pedal car is a brand new car he recently bought.

* Going back a bit, the very first "cheap cars challenge" in Series 4. The final challenge is to crash the car into a brick wall at 30 mph, which leads to ''two'' Crowning Moments: first James May appears to have died, and Clarkson casually turns to the camera with a spiel about "if you want a job on Top Gear, write to..."; then, Clarkson's Volvo's speedometer is broken, so he guesses and actually hits the wall at 40 mph...whereupon [[Made of Iron|the Volvo demolishes the wall]] and, unlike the other two cars, is still going afterwards.

* Going back a bit, the very first "cheap cars challenge" in Series 4. The final challenge is to crash the car into a brick wall at 30 mph, which leads to ''two'' Crowning Moments: first James May appears to have died, and Clarkson casually turns to the camera with a spiel about "if you want a job on Top Gear, write to..."; then, Clarkson's Volvo's speedometer is broken, so he guesses and actually hits the wall at 40 mph...whereupon [[Made of Iron|the Volvo demolishes the wall]] and, unlike the other two cars, is still going afterwards.

** And the challenge finishes with Clarkson dozens of points behind and apparently out of the race...but he wins due to economy, because his Volvo cost {{spoiler|ONE POUND!}}. Which is also a CMOA.

* Series 4, Episode 6: Hammond harvests methane from cow manure to run a Rover - which then loses a drag race to a petrol Rover ''and'' a "human poo" methane Rover. After which James May gets out a calculator and starts calculating to see if it'll really save money as Richard tries to convince him [[I Was Just Joking|it was a just a joke]].

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== Series 7 ==

* Hammond's car in the Budget Supercars challenge in Series 7 was a yellow Ferrari ~~308 -- a~~ model which was originally sold as a Dino. Clarkson spends the whole series pronouncing it "not a Ferrari" while Hammond insists that it is ... and then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQENCXWHXc Clarkson combines it with Hammond's long-term Berserk Button about getting his teeth whitened]:

* Hammond's car in the Budget Supercars challenge in Series 7 was a yellow Ferrari 308—a model which was originally sold as a Dino. Clarkson spends the whole series pronouncing it "not a Ferrari" while Hammond insists that it is ... and then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQENCXWHXc Clarkson combines it with Hammond's long-term Berserk Button about getting his teeth whitened]:

{{quote|'''Hammond:''' ...and so far we've learnt that James's Lamborghini is rubbish, Jeremy's Maserati is slow, and my Ferrari is...

'''Clarkson:''' Is not a Ferrari.

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** "My arm's come off! My arm's come off!"

* And, of course, one cannot forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jy7iO6WXqM the introduction to the review of the Lamborghini Reventon] - a perfect [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|crap-past-the-radar]] [[Delayed Reaction]] from Richard Hammond.

** And don't miss the lead-in: May presenting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyidq8iWD4 alternate uses for tampons], Hamster getting [[Squick~~|Squicked~~]] out, and illegal use of kryptonite by Jeremy Clarkson.

** And don't miss the lead-in: May presenting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyidq8iWD4 alternate uses for tampons], Hamster getting [[Squick]]ed out, and illegal use of kryptonite by Jeremy Clarkson.

* Crossing the English Channel. More specifically, trying to get out of the harbor ''into'' the English Channel.

{{quote|'''Hammond''': I can just see sky, sea, sky, ''SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA''!!!}}

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** From the same episode, Hammond riding a bicycle. Most of his shots consist of him cursing and yelling at the other drivers, yet he ''still'' manages to win.

*** And when we see Clarkson pull up to the airport in a boat on the Thames, dock it, rush inside (assuming he's won)...only to find Hammond sitting there waiting for him.

* '''Absolutely everything''' in the challenge where they had to prove that not everything British Leyland made was crap. "Still, [[Understatement|I'd only lost one thing.]]" <ref> Clarkson's '''door''' had fallen off.</ref>

* '''Absolutely everything''' in the challenge where they had to prove that not everything British Leyland made was crap. "Still, [[Understatement|I'd only lost one thing.]]" <ref>Clarkson's '''door''' had fallen off.</ref>

** "[[Verbal Backspace|Two things.]]"

** Hammond's car ''disintegrating around him'' during said part of the challenge.

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(Clarkson's [[Free Wheel|wheel comes off]])<br />

'''Clarkson''': Something's gone wrong with the handling! }}

* Season 11, Episode 5, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVDKztQ-n1U Old Car Challenges]: James May's response [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVDKztQ-n1U#t=01m56s when Jeremy Clarkson showed his automatic boot lid]. One of the finest moments of [[Deadpan Snarker~~|Deadpan Snarkery~~]] [[User:Robin Zimm|this troper]] has ever seen.

* Season 11, Episode 5, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVDKztQ-n1U Old Car Challenges]: James May's response [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVDKztQ-n1U#t=01m56s when Jeremy Clarkson showed his automatic boot lid]. One of the finest moments of [[Deadpan Snarker]]y [[User:Robin Zimm|this troper]] has ever seen.

** I'm partial to them racing their cars... by pushing them.

{{quote|''* Clarkson and May attempt to push their cars, with no success* ''

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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-shNHaJigM Top Gear brings a Morris Marina out to the track].

** Later in Series 13, James May is forced to drive a Morris Marina in the Ice Race challenge, which actually beats Hammond and Clarkson's cars..... {{spoiler|Only for another piano to randomly drop on it.}}

*** In Series 14, Hammond <s>raced</s> "[drove] at the same time on the same track" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYgByWiTbw&#t=04m57s a Marina against Clarkson in a Lancia]. Given their poor history of Marinas and pianos, they gave him one which had already had a piano dropped on it. You'll never guess what happened when it conveniently "broke down", and Hammond got out for a minute to find a toolkit...

*** In Series 14, Hammond <s>raced</s> "[drove] at the same time on the same track" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYgByWiTbw&t=04m57s a Marina against Clarkson in a Lancia]. Given their poor history of Marinas and pianos, they gave him one which had already had a piano dropped on it. You'll never guess what happened when it conveniently "broke down", and Hammond got out for a minute to find a toolkit...

* As this troper put it to her dad: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e7R3y-qwZ0 Jeremy tests a Ford Fiesta old-school style...and then he just gets silly.]"

** To clarify, he ''drives it through a mall'', and then ''during a beach assault''. [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]], that.

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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLCrwxLzyy0 Return of the Cool Wall]. After one short joke too many, Hammond brings out a scissor lift. Too bad it has an emergency stop button that's easily accessible from the ground....

* 13x01: The belated Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car lap: {{spoiler|"MICHAEL SCHUMACHER IS '''LOST'''!"}}

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyZnceZVPE second Stephen Fry interview], where Fry shows off his new iPhone application, Grindr, to a mildly [[Squick~~|Squicked~~]] but quite amused Clarkson.

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyZnceZVPE second Stephen Fry interview], where Fry shows off his new iPhone application, Grindr, to a mildly [[Squick]]ed but quite amused Clarkson.

{{quote|'''Clarkson''': You can find the nearest cruising homosexual with one of those?}}

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhR4RZXOToA news segment] of Season 13 Episode 1. Just one [[Refuge in Audacity]] moment after another.

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'''May''': Oh, years ago. }}

** '''Note''': Since it [[Gallows Humor|shamelessly jokes about animal cruelty]], it might be a case of [[Dude, Not Funny]] for some.

* Two words : Car ~~Sauna -- a~~ game played by waiting for a hot, sunny day and getting into a car with the windows rolled up and the heater at maximum. The first person to exit the car loses. The lads played it, and Clarkson was the first to abandon ship when the internal temperature reached 62 degrees C (143 degrees F).

* Two words : Car Sauna—a game played by waiting for a hot, sunny day and getting into a car with the windows rolled up and the heater at maximum. The first person to exit the car loses. The lads played it, and Clarkson was the first to abandon ship when the internal temperature reached 62 degrees C (143 degrees F).

* Jezza and Captain Slow making car commercials. Period. If you're not laughing your ass off throughout that feature then there's something SERIOUSLY absent about your sense of humor!

** The entire Volkswagen Scirocco TDi episode was absolutely brilliant, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpcOQ7HaB98 the final ad absolutely takes the cake]. [[Black Comedy]] at its best.

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* Despite it eventually going well for once, [http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/the-boys-a-snow-plough-with-a-combine-harvester-part-3-series-16-episode-5 most of the combine snowplow challenge ended with breaking things and/or setting them on fire.]

** Just so you know. Somebody let Jeremy put a flamethrower on back. [[Too Dumb to Live|Then let him use it.]]

*** And he ended up burning a sign, setting a car's hood on fire, and setting a ''man'' on fire<ref> granted, the guy was obviously a stuntman, but it was still funny</ref>.

*** And he ended up burning a sign, setting a car's hood on fire, and setting a ''man'' on fire.<ref>granted, the guy was obviously a stuntman, but it was still funny</ref>

** Then there was the fact that they're ''in the newspaper the next morning'', being called vandals. They then look around the restaurant they're in, and leave as quickly as possible.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDV6dZaS7U0 Jeremy on helium].

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** When he has to do the shooting a second time, he claims to know how to fold the seats away, as he has one at home. He winds up having to call his wife for help.

*** And ''then'', once he gets around to the shooting, he claims to have learned his lesson from [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|last time]]. After his attempt to apply [[More Dakka]] with a MP5 submachine gun on full auto, it's revealed that {{spoiler|he ''cut down a tree instead of hitting the targets''.}}

* From the Australian version: Ewen Page did a review of the Volvo S60<ref>power:304 hp</ref>, a car with marketing that claims it's "naughty enough to whip the Germans". Naturally, when the time came to test this the first German car used was a [[Cool Car|Porsche 911 Turbo S]]<ref>power:500 hp</ref>. When this proved significantly superior, they reached for a vehicle that the Volvo had a reasonable chance of beating - a post-WWII Messerschmitt ''pedal car''<ref>power: 1 spp (Steve-Pizzati-power)</ref> which trundled down the track accompanied by jangly piano music. Having given it quite a significant head start, the Volvo cruised past ''in reverse'', with Ewen Page waving cheerfully out of the window.

* From the Australian version: Ewen Page did a review of the Volvo S60,<ref>power:304 hp</ref> a car with marketing that claims it's "naughty enough to whip the Germans". Naturally, when the time came to test this the first German car used was a [[Cool Car|Porsche 911 Turbo S]].<ref>power:500 hp</ref> When this proved significantly superior, they reached for a vehicle that the Volvo had a reasonable chance of beating - a post-WWII Messerschmitt ''pedal car''<ref>power: 1 spp (Steve-Pizzati-power)</ref> which trundled down the track accompanied by jangly piano music. Having given it quite a significant head start, the Volvo cruised past ''in reverse'', with Ewen Page waving cheerfully out of the window.

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