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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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So I had a chance to see it on my friends DVR last night.

The interview was painful. I mean the guest was great, so many opps to make it better but the redneck host (well they are kind of portraying him as that) Sucked! He is all I am Mr Straightforward and I will find a joke when it is appropriate instead of just relaxing and going along with the guest. Fail. Not to mention he doesn't narrate the track time.

Watching Tanner drive the Evo was great but seriously who wants their car ripped by rocks as some kid rips through a parking lot. I got pissed when they do that stupid ish at the street meets I used to attend. Then when I realized all that crazy driving was on roads (pavement and gravel) that people were on .... I am guessing they had portions of that road closed off for awhile as he came through? But if not? C'mon.

Him ripping the Evo through the snow was great BUT did anyone else see that after he came out of the snow the car was miraculously clean with no snow on it? Hey I drove in Chi with JC, my 91 STD Hatch, through some snow for fun. Deep snow. Honda FWD is a blast in snow with its light weight frame and little 1.5L motor. And what I do know is that no way in hell was all the snow miraculously melted or fallen off by the time we headed back to the pavement. Nope, it was packed into the open parts in the front bumper, packed into the wheel well just like what we saw when Tanner was in the snow.

So what did they do stop everyone, clean the car and have him drift in with a clean car?

The Blind Comedian driving was really fun and his dog Nash at the end funny.
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