#James may

[itsduckinghard]

Thank you Channel 5

[fuckyeahjamesmay]

Reposting again cuz silly

Random assortment of shitposts I made while in a lecture

[thegodofhellfire]

nearly 17 year ago.

[unpeeled-human]

top gear narration is like

"We put our engineering expertise to practice." (clip of one of them bending a piece of metal with a hammer, which cuts to one of them trying to nail it onto the frame and hitting their hand) "With patience, diligence, and a lot of hard work," (clip of the chassis being dropped 4 feet off the ground by a forklift) "we had forged a masterpiece that was more reliable, sturdier, and more fuel efficient, than any current car on the market." "Introducing, Le'Thiel." (clip of the absolute most shit car you have ever seen in your life (door falling off) driving out of a garage (it clips the bottom of the door))

[yamada-ryo]

Fun fact:

On Top Gear's Race across Japan challenge, Richard Hammond is said to have wandered off looking for a drink vending machine on the train (there's no such thing for the train he's on) and splits off from James May. The train operator Keikyu sometimes runs trains in a 8+4 arrangement for a total of 12 cars which then splits into different services at Kanazawa-Bunko Station.

However, if you look at the train interiors that Richard is on after the split happens, he is on a refurbished Keikyu 2000 Series 4-car train (3 door) with its main longitudinal seating, transverse seats at the ends, and curtains (as well as the external livery matching).

James meanwhile is recording himself on a Keikyu 2100 Series 8-car train (2 door), with its curtains and purple and red seats in transverse. He correctly deduces that he is on the right train and is heading towards their intended destination, leaving Richard 15 minutes behind as he now has to catch a different train.

But!! If you look at the footage where they both initially board the train before it splits, you can clearly tell from the interior that they are on a 2000 Series train, the (wrong) 4-car part of the 8+4 formation.

Which means:

James, Richard, and the film crew boarded the wrong section of the train at the start

Richard and the flim crew stayed on the same section of the train trying to look for a drink vending machine that doesn't exist

James, for unknown reasons, left the section of train they were on, and boarded a different section of the then-still connected train at the same platform while they were stationary.

The 2000 and 2100 Series trains do not have passenger access doors on the driver cab ends that connect to each other. Which means that it is physically impossible to get from the 4-car train to the 8-car train without first getting out onto the platform. James physically left the train, walked down the platform, and then boarded a different train on the same platform.

Why did James do that? Did he just somehow figure out they were on the wrong part of the train and not tell Richard or the film crew? And why was the episode put together in such a way that implied that Richard was the one who wandered off and not James? Andy Wilman please answer me. I need to know.

[skyhighdisco]

Richard Hammond calling James May mid-shoot.

I've only seen actual married couples call each other mid work/meeting/something important, this is next level cuteness.

(x)

[muggs8787]

[unfit-and-drunk]

James

[fluffylord]

THE GRAND TOUR | JAMES MAY

[renegade0897]

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

22 years, has come to an end. But they're still with us. Thank you so much;

Jeremy Charles Robert, Reichsmarschall von Clarkson.

James Daniel, Duchess May of Hammersmith.

Richard Mark, The Duke of Hammond.

[tvsnationalgeosapphic]

Sometimes gender is stored in the goofy 60 year old British television personality.

[onthatbombshell]

I did a calculation of how much time I’ve spent with my children this year, compared to how much time I’ve spent with these two, and it’s a factor of 5 to 1.

[sunshineandflowerpower]

Top Gear Fans: Oh my god… I can’t believe that the trip is finally breaking up. They’ve been my whole childhood and have made me the person I am today. It’s been a good run you guys.

The thing they are discussing:

[luluxa]

The Grand Tour, Scenery Porn: One For The Road

[verbalearache]

car show :)

[blackkat15]

Me watching James May narrate a Jeremy Clarkson x Richard Hammond kinky sex scene while discussing an American RV