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Wow. Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 09:11 pm
You know, you really don't expect Top Gear to be both heartbreaking and heartwarming. (As well as a little terrifying.)

Their challenge was this: going to America, buying cars in Miami for under $1,000, driving them across four states to New Orleans, and then selling them.

A couple of highlights:

- In Alabama, they nearly got killed by rednecks after a challenge to decorate each other's cars entertainingly.

- Arriving in New Orleans a year after Katrina, they found it was still utterly devastated, and were shocked. When the person saying, "How can the rest of America sleep at night, knowing this is here?" is Jeremy "Compassion Is For Other People" Clarkson, your country is messed up.

They decided that the original competitive terms, of seeing who could sell their car for the most money, would be Wrong. So they contacted a local mission and gave the cars to families who'd lost theirs in Katrina.

I will say, their experience of trying to buy a car for less than the cost of hiring one has not really soured me on my decision to hire a car for my trip, for all that plans have gone awry somewhat.
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