Jeremy Clarkson on special machines

Many years ago when I was in Italy, Ferrari gave me a few days then a new F355. And four seconds after I left the factory gate, I knew - even if I have to rob a bank or sell the children for organs, I'll buy myself a.
And recently, I was hooked again. With the Lexus LFA. Moderate interest turned into a respect for, and then - in love. Kilometers ran, and I clearly understood that I could live without a liver, but without a car - nothing.
So. Where such a break - 20 years? Why am I not overwhelmed the desire, when I sat in the Lamborghini Aventador or a Ferrari 458 or the Aston Martin DBS, or the Bugatti Veyron, or Rolls-Royce Phantom? Why do I say that the Mercedes SLS - the best car in the world, and then decided the money to buy something completely different?
In short, why 25 years in the list of Masthev avtozhurnalistiki were only two cars? A few hours later I sat back in his chair and sucking on a pen, but found the answer. Here it is: when gasoline boils in my blood, it usually means that the car does not suit the real world.
This is a classic example - Phantom. It is perfectly engineered car and the only one which does not feel the progress. By plane, ship or train on the vibration and the sound is clear that the car is moving. But if you close your eyes to the Phantom, it seems that you greesh in the sun on a beach somewhere in the Seychelles. But this perfection and comfort have to pay monstrous dimensions. Ride on such a huge machine as something silly.
A Veyron, you ask? Yes, technology is incredible. All of these radiators, aerodynamic tweaks and the like. I have this tingling almost five Stars. But you have to pay. Nearly a million pounds. It turns out, it kills it, which is why he's so good.
Aventador? Stunning design, and at full speed from pipes bursting blue flame. Last year I drove a real pleasure on the large "Lambo" in Italy, but in Imola had overheated brakes, the turns he came indistinctly, and I was left with the feeling that showing off here more than a business.
That certainly can not be said of the Ferrari 458. And that, and another here in abundance. But to give the owners a taste of something radically different, something even better, all the controls on the steering wheel moved. That is, each time turning left, inadvertently switch off the traction control and turn on the windshield wipers. How can you not look like a chode?
Below the hierarchy does not change. Now the front of the house I have is the new Audi RS4. It is extremely beautiful, huge wheels, and the whole week people stopped to stare at him. This car lusting all ...
But why? Of course because it super-fast. Not just on the line, but in the corners. Imagine how mchishsya serpentine in the Alps, and next, perhaps, Keira Knightley. Lays bends and an arrow flying straight on, the motor roars, shrieks of Cyrus, and that's it, happiness. But the car was beautiful and fast driving, Audi did not put on his suspension. No, there is something there, but such a tiny bit, it is not felt. So shake that ride every day is simply impossible. So exactly what makes so desirable Audi makes to abandon it.
My friend two weeks ago bought a new Mercedes C63 Black. He turned the head of all the talk about how stern blows out, and he wanted to experience it for yourself. Drain all the time in the whirling in a cloud of smoke ... But though he did not show it, I feel that he was afraid of his car. She just give a chance to break into a skid. There's nothing to think that after a hard day on the way home from work, for example, to call home.
You can walk up to the Mazda MX-5, and the problem is still right there. I like small sports cars. They are sharp and frisky! But small from the outside, inside they are small.
Now look at the Kia Cee'd. Those who does the reading our magazine, surely understand the machines. Although there is just a toothache, and other magazines in the waiting room dentist Richard Hammond dismantled and those who it whitens teeth. But suppose you are into cars, and you are not actively looking for Korean hatchbacks.
Chassis not set up at the Nurburgring. The sound of the motor does not bristle the hairs on the nape. The engine was designed to eat a little car and, therefore, went slack. Who is eager to get behind the wheel of such a machine? Only criminals who escaped from jail. And then only if it is thrown open to the parking lot lodged motor.
But in fact, in the real world, where you live, work and play, Kia is a thousand times better than Rolls-Royce Phantom. Coming out of the Cee'd, do not be afraid of ridicule. Dart in the stream it is easier than the large "Lambo". Service for less than the Veyron. In any practical aspect it is better than Ferrari 458. Like the Ford Focus. As a diesel VW Golf.
It is worth to pay attention to the auto industry. Well make machines that squeeze the last drop salivary glands pilots "Autocar". But that's why they are useless on the High Street Kensington or A38 near Barton-under-Nidvud.
Here, for example, the door to the Mercedes SLS. "Wow!" - Gasp all automotive publications when it only represented. "Nerd!" - Snorted passers-by, for the first time when the owner drove it to the city. That's why I love LFA. First of all it is a car. Vehicle. And this simple recipe is complemented aero, beautiful sound and a woman in the dashboard, which is able to find the nearest restaurant Asian or French cuisine.
There are very few cars. That's why I so rarely covers the wild, irresistible urge to grab the checkbook.