I like James May too, and I also understand that the “complaining” about the analog nature of the car was tongue-in-cheek, however there was never a “however...” moment. He just said that the only reason he wasn’t selling it was because the wife/girlfriend liked it and not because he loved the classic car feeling he mentioned at the beginning.

 

You're not wrong, and for the unfamiliar watching it may seem like he's blase about it, though the smile on his face when gave it some beans suggests otherwise. If you've seen the other occasions where he's driven or spoken about 911's, it's unequivocal. He's a big fan.

Speaking of which @ATSR, I'm a big fan of your car. Absurdly gorgeous and one of my absolute favorites on RL.

 

Thank you very much!! Really appreciate your nice words

 

Didn't Clarkson came around and now likes the 911?

 

Yeah. Famous Porsche hater; he started liking the 996.2 GT3RS then gave a begrudgingly good review to the 997.1 C2S and finally saw the light with the 997.2 Turbo. He still pokes at Porsche since that's his gimmick.

 

Well he has so many gimmicks though. In addition to not slagging Porsche, in this video I was surprised to see him note the lower-than-Ferrari CO2 emissions without his normal "we all know global warming is rubbish" qualifier. Of course then he goes on to claim that "when driving through a really polluted city...the gas coming out of the exhaust is actually cleaner than the air going into the intake" which is, well.....totally ridiculous. And just to flaunt the court's decision* that he has no responsibility whatsoever to tell the truth, he follows that nonsense statement with "and that's the truth."

I really like James May and Richard Hammond. Clarkson is often funny, but it would be great if he wasn't such an unrepentant ----hole**. But at least he isn't hating on Porsches quite so much anymore.

*For those who don't know about this, that's from the Tesla libel case, where noted EV hater Clarkson went and faked a dead Roadster. Straight up filmed it "dying" on track (when it absolutely did not), said on-air that it died after 55 miles (when it did not), said after that "the problem is, it just doesn't work" and then went into a segment about a hydrogen powered Honda which they did not drive on track but praised for being "just like a normal car." Their defense in UK court wasn't that they didn't lie; it was that they are an "entertainment show" and thus don't have to tell the truth. Seriously.

**Four dashes used to denote the British spelling.