Type the word ‘fail’ into YouTube and you’ll lose hours. We know, we just did. And it was this that got us started:
How did he go so long without realising?
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To be fair the car did seem to sneak off quietly to begin with. But surely he’d have heard it crashing into the overgrowth?
Christine 2: Death drives a Jeep
HAHA! That’s brilliant, even when he looked up and saw his car wasn’t there, he either didn’t care, or he didn’t notice anything was different.
brilliant!! he looks round – sees his car has gone then continues pumping petrol!!!
It’s so easy to stereotype isn’t it??!? And this just makes it easier…
Maybe he realised it all of a sudden, then decides to continue pumping petrol and maintaining a bit of dignity/cool. Instead of helplessly running to the edge, shouting, waving his arms and looking down at his car, all of which wouldn’t help him a bit. Maybe I would… What has happened, has happened. Better keep cool about it!
sometimes, americans make it too easy for us…
Well since they pulled the clip, I offer this as an alternative.
daniel, sometimes…
doesn’t seems this could happened in reality on pump their surface is made so flat and smooth due to special coating layer that is virtualy water level straight…at least in civilized industrial countries
where did the car go? hahaha, it dissapeared in the grass…
Once in Chicago, we were driving around and all of a sudden a car rolled off a hill from the parking lot onto the road we were on, but that is a hilarious fail.
Well, I thought the car would cross the road and eventually big accident would happen….
There was one incident where a brand new Mazda MX5 rolled down a bank at Donington, straight across the track just before a green flag lap, and landed up on the other side of the circuit…
… some people will do anything to get on track.
Anyway, this is just pure comedy class!
This website might be of interest, some are utterly hilarious
http://failblog.org/
WOW! The top gear guys found the failblog just as funny as I did. I know about this sort of thing also. I’ve wasted many hours of my life searching “fail”
HAHAHA, what a dummy!!
makes me embarassed to be american…
So, er, ya know that lever just in front of the gearsti- oh wait, probably an auto isn’t it? Manual ‘boxes take effort – OK, ever heard of a “handbrake”, or maybe an “E-Brake”? Use it to stay stopped. Lesson 1.
Hmmm….lets just get all the stupid stereotyping out the window.
Plenty of Americans drive manual. Not all Americans are fat. People drive just as fast if not faster over here on the motorways. Try the Beltway round DC for a start. There are States which have 75 MPH limits so I guess you could argue the speed limits are higher over here.
I love the way Brits always come off as being arrogant about Americans as if they are so Sophisticated. Last time I checked there were still plenty of Chavs driving Vauxhalls and the Sun was selling out.
….rant over. : )
I can’t help being cynical when I see this type of footage. Surely this must have been a set up “candid camera” style. Of course if it isn’t, it means there are some REALLY dumb people out there (eek!! how scary is that)
Typical American. He probably thinkin about fueling up as quick as possible and getting his fat arse to a iHOP. lol wat makes this even funnier is that all the americans have all become so defensive of the steriotype about being dumb and fat. Iam afraid to say we brits are gathering a lot of evidence to support our findings. All i can say is the mojority of americans must be thick as plank, my evidence to support this is Bush ever being elected.
So clearly setup it makes this clip not funny. If it was real, I think he’d be concerned when he turned to see his ‘car’ had gone.
@HKallin
No, that simply means over 50% of Americans are dumb enough to elect Bush not once, but twice. The rest of us smart ones are still a bit peeved about that, I can assure you.
HKallin…
I happen to be British but think the stereotyping is pointless.
It makes the person making the claims look uneducated. At the end of the day we can all say people are this or that based on a few. And I think it is kind of ironic calling Americans dumb considering where the comments are coming from.
…And lets not forget who elected the party that was headed by Blair….coz he had a mind of his own didnt he?!
Firstly I’m English, not yank, not Brit…English.
Mr. Duck, you didn’t mean the words uneducated or ironic, or at least not in the context that you gave.
Mr. HKallin, implying yanks are thick and then incorrectly spelling stereotype and majority doesn’t show you in a particularly good light either!
And if stereotypes offend, then steer well clear of the top gear programme! Amusing, though, for the rest of us.
Poor Escape Hybrid…I think it was committing suicide if the driver hates the little ‘ute like that! He doesn’t even care, haha!
That is hilarious. And someone mentioned handbrake? You kidding me right? Here (Canada), I have met some mechanics who say that we shouldn’t use handbrake for anything other than emergency. So, unless there’s an emergency, never put the handbrake on.
I wonder if this guy is him. If not, probably related.
Some say stig punishes fat, stupid americans.
you yanks are as thick as mince
I seem to remember whole shows on cable here in America titled “Britain’s worst drivers” and “Europe’s worst drivers.” The amount of stupidity displayed in those shows makes this fellow look alright. Don’t think you’re so high and mighty.
@Virginia Blend
Hey, this is just a light hearted blog, do not listen to those who just want to start an argument. You’re giving them exactly what they want.
It is silly to pigeon hole any nation as bad drivers, there is good and bad in everything. I don’t approve of the language though; Topgear is a family show and a family website.
FrankietheFlurter…
I understand the humor on Topgear. I grew up and lived in Blighty until recently. I have always been a huge Clarkson fan.
However, what gets tiring is the never ending mindless comments I see generalising a group of people. I live and work with some great people (Americans) who say nothing but good things about the English. Then all I hear and see on blogs such as this is English people slagging them off and repeating the same comments over and over. It’s as if they believe England is full of sophisticated amazing people. Well if it is then a lot has changed since I left.
I love the way he throws down the pump at the end as if he’s dealing with a naughty child in a supermarket that keeps running off. “I’ve had enough of this car, it keeps trying to escape”
As for those making the anti-American comments, you obviously haven’t spend enough time on British public transport with white-tracksuit wearing chavs and their bull terriors being sick everywhere.
trying to make the difference between yanks and brits is like drawing the nonexhistent lne between germans and austrians… you´re all the same… this chain is just an other example.. no wonder we rule the world
no offence meant, hope non´s taken, forgive the spelling…
ps, this could´ve happened to anyone and it would stll say daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hhhhhhhhhhh !!! keep up the humour TG
@Speedmarque
I apologize. It just gets old after a while.