While I agree that 911s aren't the easiest tools to pedal fast, I think a lot of what happened had something to do with typically Irish roads, covered in mud, fallen leaves and assorted crap.

What's a rear-drop when it's at home?

I need it.

Or just let everyone lie their arses off, it's only the internet...

So close. But those headlights and those hideous instruments ruin the overall feel. Sure, they aren't difficult to fix, but they really let the whole thing down.

Good grief that's terrifying.

I had to stifle a giggle at seeing Maldonado in the wall. He can't drive an F1 car for toffee and this is compounded with some atrocious luck. It's like seeing Taki Inoue, but with petrodollars.

A genuine tragedy if Top Gear is removed from the air. Two thirds of the Jalopnik front page commentariat will be forced to come up with their own ideas!!!

Seven years since the belts were last changed???

Fair play to the guy. He's enjoying his wealth, I'm sure quite a few of us would do the same. Maybe not the koi fish massage, that sounds a bit too much like obscure specialist porn.

I'm foreign, it still matters, I'll still do it.

I sure did! It was amazing...

Not so much weird, but my experience at the old McLaren dealership on Park Lane in London was incredibly surreal.

Ford? Feasible.

And don't say El Camino-ized Panamera.

PSA Peugeot Citroen? Ehhh....

I guess this makes sense, after all the R8 is Audi's halo car and what's the point of having a 'base' halo car?

Full size pick ups, muscle cars, sedans (everything over here is either a fucking crossover or an SUV), quite a few things...

I'm no fan of diesels, but I do get the whole "grass is greener" thing. Every time I come to the US on business I am constantly fascinated by what must appear quite mundane cars to you locals. I had the nice lady at Hertz change my Cruze for something else "because we get them in Italy, so that's just boring." She was…

As a European it's fascinating for me to read an American take on what is essentially the blandest form of transportation on our roads. Walking through the office car park and it's lousy with Audi A4 Avants with 2.0TDI badges and manual boxes and you trip over at least a dozen BMW 530d wagons, also with three pedals.