I like ‘Top Gear’, it’s a good laugh, Jeremy Clarkson and Co. are fun, even though I know very little about cars and don’t really care much about cars. I suspect that some of the comments Clarkson and Co make about cars are opinionated BS, but I can never be sure, and I usually don’t care anyway. However, I recently saw a repeat of the episode where they run a race from Turin to London between a Bugatti Veryon and a Cessna 182, and I knew there was no way any car can beat a plane over that distance. The great thing about the internet is that it is very easy for a geek with a hunch to run down some facts, which I did, and I’m now fairly sure I am right. In the programme, Clarkson made it to London in the Bugatti just moments before Hammond and May got there flying – I think that is a crock, and I can show you why. Continue reading Cessna 182 v Bugatti Veryon