It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.

Richard Hammond

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I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all... by Richard Hammond

I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

Richard Hammond

levels body thinking

You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still... by Richard Hammond

You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.

Richard Hammond

bmw cat people

Oversteer is best cause you dont see the tree that kills you. by Richard Hammond

Oversteer is best cause you dont see the tree that kills you.

Richard Hammond

causes tree

All of us, each and every one, lives a life that is, in its own r... by Richard Hammond

All of us, each and every one, lives a life that is, in its own right, an epic.

Richard Hammond

epic

I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.

Richard Hammond

greed arrogance thinking

Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.

Richard Hammond

lazy mexican car

Unless I have been sorely misinformed, supermodels are powerless to resist a man with illuminated doorsills.

Richard Hammond

supermodel has-beens men

Ask any Ferrari, Porsche or Ray-Ban salesperson about their average customer and you will very likely hear that he is not, as the adverts would have us believe, a virile young footballer with shiny hair, a rippling six pack and a trouser pouch like a new punch bag. He is, in fact, a middle-aged bloke wearing more chins than he started life with and carrying the clear evidence of forty years of beer and pies slung across his midriff.

Richard Hammond

pie beer believe

Cars are changing and so is the way we communicate about them. by Richard Hammond

Cars are changing and so is the way we communicate about them.

Richard Hammond

communicate car way

This is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! Not that we'd ever name a car on Top Gear. I wish I hadn't said that.

Richard Hammond

car names wish

And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks. by Richard Hammond

And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks.

Richard Hammond

goats lovely ducks

Im not reckless. I was never reckless. by Richard Hammond

Im not reckless. I was never reckless.

Richard Hammond

reckless

Say German cars are sort of very built and efficient. Italian cars are a bit flamboyant and quick. Mexican cars just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent.

Richard Hammond

mexican car italian

Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on... by Richard Hammond

Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.

Richard Hammond

tests disappointment firsts

When the afterburner lights, I haven't got 5,000 horsepower. I've got 10,000 horsepower, and possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.

Richard Hammond

horsepower light havens

Now, personally, I like a car with some sort of character. by Richard Hammond

Now, personally, I like a car with some sort of character.

Richard Hammond

car character

Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was... by Richard Hammond

Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was 20.

Richard Hammond

forty brilliant

The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.

Richard Hammond

tire car pressure

My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!

Richard Hammond

car brother heart

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42... by Richard Hammond

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

Richard Hammond

hollywood age years