Jeremy Clarkson Speaks About his Father - Patagonia Special
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- Опубликовано: 4 янв 2015
- Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson describes why the Porsche 928 is important to him. He explains that because of the Porsche's ability to maintain 170mph he was able to say goodbye to his father before passing away.
“The chicken was still warm... and my dad was still alive”
I don’t know why but that line hits me so hard
I know exactly what you mean
@@TheBarnem13 - Me too.
imagine if you swapped the words "warm" and "alive" in there 😳😳😳
THE BIG RED BEAR treasure every moment they are with you. Life is not the same when your parents are gone.
Me too mate :(
"So as far as I'm concerned... The 928 is alright"
I actually cried
That's alright. We all did.
We had often wondered why Jezza selected the 928 several times for challenges over the years. When I saw this segment I understood, and I cried.
renewer that statement shows that you lack basic humanity and empathy you sorry excuse for a human being
@renewer no you're just a pathetic sociopath who doesn't care about anyone but yourself
@renewer oh piss off, you clown
Sod you renewer, you uncaring Sket.
I cried so quickly
I can't think of another time Clarkson opened up that way. It's the most "real" I've seen him. No snark, no sass, no comments about the short man or Mr. slowly... Just explaining why he picked that car.
He did open up again during the Ford Cortina segment, because his dad owned one of the best models.
Also on the 24hr BMW
@DonnEStarside: Watch the documentary he presented about the Victoria Cross - the ending is unexpectedly good.
ironic because this is all fake
@@kieranhurst8543this story is more real than your sense of tact
One of the reasons why a car doesn't need to be the best...it just needs to do what it was made for.
Or because it has sentimental value?
Trust me, the 928 is almost as good as it gets for a GT
This is why cars aren’t just a lump of metal, they are our friends
I agree totally. The Nissan skyline would be that mate that’s always up for a laugh. The mustang would be the mate that always wants to be hard and starts a fight. The Volvo v40 is that mate hats always boring and would rather stay in and watches tele. The Ferrari 458 is that mate that’s always posting pics of his biceps at the gym the peel p45 is the mate you don’t want to be seen with and finally we have the g wiz which unfortunately is the person with no friends
@@samrackham4774 sadly the tesla is that one "perfect" guy who does everything too well
Agreed.. they carry our lives..
@@rumbling3991 Only if you want a machine not a car does it do everything too well
Cars are like modern horses
Like our ancestors used to care for their carriages and horses. As well as were also important to survive
Because he's human on the inside, even though he's an orangutan on the outside. Good is always with you Jeremy Charles Robert...
We're all arseholes from time to time. Clarkson is a professional. I do still love his work, but it is essential to know he is an arsehole.
@@rorybone100 if he wasn’t an arse, we wouldn’t of enjoyed TopGear the way it used to be.
There will never be another Jeremy Clarkson, but there is always arseholes out in the world.
That’s the difference in my opinion, a fantastic bloke, along with the other two legends 👏
GODDAMN IT YOU CALLING JEREMY AN ORANGUTAN WAS FUNNIER THAN EXPECTED
I remember the very first time I watched this episode I actually had to pause the video and wipe my eyes a bit. This amount of emotion is not something I expected from TopGear.
yeah
THEN YOU DON'T NOW TOP GEAR. PERIOD.
His mum died not long after this episode.
@@ivorharden Very sorry to hear
@@MausOfTheHouse it's not miss piggy's mom
This story destroyed me. It reminds me of my dad. I’ll never forget the car that got me to the hospital the day my dad passed away. I had a 2003 Honda Accord V6 with the 6-speed manual. I kick myself every day for ever selling that car, because it never...ever...let me down.
Hondas nvr let u down bro. That's what their made for.
The V6 6speed accords haul ass. The Honda J motors are great engines. One of those could easily embarrass a lot of "performance" cars.
Sorry for your loss💔
When i was ill the ambulance said it would not matter anymore my dad was pissed and drived with me on the passenger seat with 130 miles per hour on the dutch highway in a 2006 Hyundai sonata it happened in 2013 and here i AM in 2020 i Will never forget that car and i wil allways thank my dad
Of course it never let you down, it was a Honda. Excellent cars. Only thing more reliable than a Honda is the sun.
This is suddendly the best car ever
シモンイスガブリエル Porsche really should revive the 928 and build another front engined V8 GT car that sits above the 911.
"... in the World."
@@ShanesAutos panamera entered the chat
Every car tells a story
Someone has to tell it for them though.
He might not like Porsches, but he has a deep respect for the one he could rely on in his most dire time of need.
I hate seeing him sad .
Watch Episode 14 of this season's Grand Tour...
Ege true
@@RoadCone411 what season?
Leo_de_fuzer Season 3
@Stickle Back what
My dad, a true car guy, passed away eight weeks ago. He had undergone surgery but I did not expect his condition be so serious when I visited him at the hospital. I had parked in the short-term parking but simply did not leave after I realized that he he's about to pass away. I will never forget how I left 58 hours later than expected, putting the travel bag with dad's personal items in the trunk.... Dad was an Audi guy until the end. He was shocked the day I pulled up his driveway with my VW CC, having sold my Audi, but later enjoyed riding with me, always sayin' it would be a great car if it only had the four rings on the grille... When I visited him before that surgery, we watched an old Top Gear episode together, actually the camper van challenge, not knowing it was the last time... Long story short, I absolutely understand what Jeremy is talking about. RIP dear ancestors.
Sorry to hear that buddy... condolences
This hit me particularly…. My dad is still young (48) but the facts that he’s an Audi guy like your dad was make me feel even more sad. May your father be happy wherever he is now
What an emotional Story.Condolence Mate , may your Father Rest in Peace
So sorry to hear that. Wherever your dad is...I hope it's peaceful
Tldr
1:04 Look at his face expressions and his head nodding, this gives the whole scene even more tragical spice... and when he said ''928 is quite alright'' it got my heart and eyes to tears.
same bro
I think the word ‘alright’ is one of the most endearing things to have said about you, particularly by your average surly Englishman - such a bland, somewhat tasteless, word is given real emotional charge when presented as such. Real heartfelt stuff.
Seriously brought a tear to my eye.... to hear jeremy open up a bit and tell a tidbit of a very personal tragedy like that is truly real......
Yep this is why we should all own at least 1 fast car , for emergencies such as what happened to Jezza , always have a 170mph supercar laying around thats my advice
@@christineayres5339 maybe he had one for review purposes available, who knows
zilvertron he said he had the 928 on test for the week so it was a press car he was reviewing
@@zilvertron he did thats why he had that one at the time it was on loan
A guy comment on another video "Clarkson, the only man to race death and win". Cant agree more than that
I have to say that Jeremy is a lucky man for being able to say goodbye to his dad. I couldn't. He passed away outside home, while on vacation. Talked to him 48 hours before his passing. It was his birthday. I asked him how did it feel to be 70 yo and he laughed, he said it was alright. He was a Renault , Citroen and Mercedes guy. He loved cars, but never allowed himself to buy a really good one, "because you and your brother and your sister is like having 3 Ferraris" he was always joking. A very hard working, down to earth, clever, charming, compassionate man. Miss you dad.
I feel for you, your dad and my dad sound very similar except mine was more of an American muscle car kind of guy. I didn't get to say goodbye to him either since he left late at night to the emergency room for some chest pains. I was told before bed that he was doing alright, talking and joking with people at the emergency room, the next morning my mom came into my room as I woke up to tell me my father had died. I was 13 and I'm 21 now, it was so sudden. He was also a clever, charming and compassionate guy and about a week before his death he managed to fulfill one of his long time dreams of owning a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Sorry if this is long winded, your comment inspired me to share.
@@Tofu501st Many thanks for your comment. Yes, cheers for our dads. Gone too soon but never will be forgotten.
@@albertorodriguezfernandez5956 I'm so sorry for your loss, Alberto. I pray that your dad's soul rests in peace 🕉️🙏🏼🤗
@@Tofu501st Hope his soul rest in peace. 🕉️
sorry for your loss
The bit that makes me choke is "if i hadnt of being driving a car that could sit quite happily at 170mph...."
I never realized how far Sheffield was from London. It's about 170mi, which means he got there within the hour.
The term doesn't mean he went at 170mph, he saying the car was more than capable to do so he was able to drive really fast
Maximum Dorifto! If he was to travel at 170 miles it would have taken around 50 minutes to get to Sheffield, which is more enough time for a chicken (wrapped in foil or in a container) to keep warm. He would have been going at least 155-160 for the majority of that drive.
Actually I hate how they cut to a shot of the car when he says that. Makes it look like it's one of Clarkson's punchlines and totally ruins the story.
Its 117 mph
I'd love to know how long that journey took... 1994, no speed cameras, fairly empty roads, straight up the M1 for about 165 miles
Well if he was doing about 165mph then about an hour
@@wesackerman I bet if he hasn't found one, he's definitely looking for a ~1990-1995 Porsche 928 with the largest engine they put in it. I looked it up on Wikipedia, and what i found (with two of the smaller engines), the top speed was 235kph, and later 250. And the engine rated at 250 was the 5.0l 306hp one. The 90-95 models came with a 5.4l 345hp engine. I bet that would've been rated for up to 320kph.
Before we all get carried away thinking he was doing about 160mph all the way, a chicken straight out the oven, wrapped in foil will still be warm a couple of hours later, so I dont think for one minute he was going anywhere near that fast. It will have been a very heavy right foot when he thought it was safe to do so I imagine, but lets be honest, not foot to the floor the whole journey.
@@oddities-whatnot Nobody was insinuating he stayed at 160 the whole time, my dude. I'm just basing what i think off of how "comfortably" the 928's could do 170, taking into account he was possibly at +-10mph.
@@oddities-whatnot obviously he never sat 170 the entire way but you can bet you bottom dollar, knowing his father was ill, any bit of straight, clear road,, was took at 130+ he drives fast for a job these days so for family you can imagine!
My dad passed in hospital today. I had to drive over a couple of towns to see him while this morning while he was still breathing and it made me think of this scene. RIP Dad
Man admits to cruising at 170mph....and we absolutely love it!
One of the few times Jeremy was dead serious, still well spoken, and hit me in the chest
This and the story of his dad’s Ford Cortina are so heartfelt. The nostalgic stories the guys share are the best episodes.
and thats the reason.....why I admire jezza...goes beyond the call,try any of the presenters and they never bridge that gap
The day my father passed away we were on a trip back home on the highway. He was driving his Saab 2.0 turbo. He felt a pain on his chest and pulled over. The ambulance took 10 minutes to arrive at the local. Right after the ambulance leave, I just threw the triangle into the trunk and blasted at 100-120 mph on a sunday. When I arrived at the hospital I could not believe that my dad was already on the surgery room. I don't know how they did it. Unfortunately it was not enough. Yet I am still thankful for their effort. Their job was flawless.
Saabs will always be special for me. It behaved like a Porsche that day, it was a trip that I wouldn't dare to do in any other circumstance. That Saab was part of the team that day.
I still drive Saabs.
Back in 2008 my grandmother was extremely ill in the hospital, Got a call from my family as I was 2 hours out of town that this was going to be her final trip to the Hospital. I had 1999 White Saab 9-5 Aero with the 2.3 in the middle of winter and I have to say if it wasn't for the ability for that 2.3 turbo charged I would have missed seeing her one last time. I know Saab is no more but everytime I see a 9-5 I just think of how brilliant the engineers at Saab worked to make the 9-5s their flagship car at the time.
Had a stage 2 2.8 Aero 9-3 saloon couple of years ago. Surprised many Porsche owners with it. Sure on the straights I lost some but it cornered almost as good as a Porsche. Not bad for a car that costs 25 times less than a typical one I f…ed with.
Say what you like about Clarkson but you can’t deny he’s amazing at telling stories
He even presented a couple of history documentaries, so yes...
Just watched Grand Tour S03E14.. same sadness :(
I cant believe the format is over
Paused that exact ep and came to see this clip again
If their ‘specials’ next year are anything like the Mongolia episode, it could be EPIC!
Everybody gangsta until Clarkson tells this story
I had to go and hug my father after this.
You don't know how lucky you are!
Gets me every fucking time
Who's peeling onions?!
It's not that sad snowflake... c'mon !
Jeremy has incredible composure, my dad isn’t even dead and I cry at the thought of losing him so him being able to keep that down is incredible.
"So as far as im concerned,the 928 is... alright" most realest line clarkson ever said
Jeremy doesn't do sentimental stuff, he doesn't really talk about emotional issues, like with Hammond's crash he jokes around and avoid being serious or anything like that but this is a rare moment where he talks about something emotional to him and we see genuine feeling from him about his father and that's why this short video is quite emotional 💔
I love this story. 170mph is over 273kph. Absolutely insane speeds on the M1. London to Sheffield is about 160 miles, a 3.5 hour drive at the speed limit. Clarkson may have done it in less than an hour.
Not only did the 928 get jeremy to the hospital on time, it also nearly killed their entire crew in this episode
A story everybody can relate to who has lost their dad. May you all RIP.
This is heartbreaking. We know clarkson hates porsche but the 928 really has special place in his heart.
“As far as I’m concerned, the 928 is alright”
That is some shit a man says when he fucking means it
What gets me is the little stutter and pause to regain his composure when talking about his mom not having eaten
His mum would’ve been a wreck and food would’ve been comforting aswell
I'm 26 and my father died suddenly and unexpectedly just shy of three weeks ago, and the day before he died I took him out for a drive in the Alfa Romeo 159 TBi I'd just bought and driven home from Brisbane to Sydney a few days earlier. It's the first car I've ever fully owned and purchased with my own money and I know how proud and happy he was for me for that reason. I'll always have that final memory of him even long after I no longer have the car (if and when that day comes) and will always think of him whenever I see another 159.
Don't you ever sell that 159 it's family now and you don't sell family
No speed cameras, less cars on the road....could never do that now
Harry Brown Thing is even with speed cameras, one would not care if a loved one was on their deathbed.
Qasim Mir But it’s too dangerous as there are so many cars to slip past
@@deviant7100 speak for yourself
Cream SoDa Tbh i didn’t know what i was thinking 9 months ago 😂 forget what i said
@@qasimmir7117 These days at that speed doing 100mph over the speed limit, instant 6 month ban minimum with a few grand of a fine.
This is real life, none of that fairytale, he has a solid reason to like the car and a real, heart bearing story
Thats what makes cars special...when they hold a special sentimental place in your heart for one reason or another. Although it might not be the latest and greatest but to you it is the greatest.
I remember this moment from top gear so clearly.. It really stuck with me. I’ve been a fan of Clarkson for years, As a car-guy I found (find) his style of journalism very entertaining.
Daft as it is, I sort of built up an idea of who he is though my knowledge of what he talked about, The humour and the knowledge.
To hear something so personal really got me.
My Dad was the first person to introduce me to cars, We’re such a close family- I couldn’t imagine such a horrible situation but I know if things were ever so dire I’d be in my car like a shot and blasting to whereI need to be.
Well said, my Grandfather got me into cars when he showcased the self-levelling hydropneumatic suspension on his Citroën BX when I was a kid, now I’m 20 years old, and he’s still alive and he also still has that BX. He is also the best mechanic I know, I’ve seen him completely dissasemble farming equipment and fixed them without spare parts, simply because there aren’t any
I saw a comment saying, ‘One of the reasons why a car doesn't need to be the best, it just needs to do what it’s made for.’ I actually found myself going in almost descending order of cars and the supposed worst of which holds such a weight to me it’s beyond description. I’m not someone that gets particularly impassioned by music or feelings that any particular song hold any actual meaning or semblance within people’s lives. But I find myself coming back to this more than I’d like to admit. At the age of 18 I was lucky and dare I say, skilled enough at the time, to find myself playing football professionally in America. Such was the extent of my sudden success that I found myself behind the wheel of a club provided Mercedes 4x4 and lost a huge sense of reality to the self infatuation that such achievement can bring. Having worked so hard for so long I began to take the position I was in for grated, failing to push on from the position I’d built for myself. My troubles actually started then it what should’ve been the peak of my life. Having failed to address physical conditions and my growing depression that was actually starting to take a physical impact for fear of upsetting my medical records and personal security, I found myself struggling with the demands of top level sport. After being sacked off by my first USL club I embarked on a quest across the Northern states to earn another contract elsewhere, again unaware of the impact my failure to deal with my own struggles was having on my own performances. Amongst those long Greyhound rides to different clubs, I will always think back to a couple of experiences that I feel so empowered by now. Being 18 at the time it’s intriguing thinking back to the fact that the risk of situations I exposed myself to felt like nothing compared to the slim possibility of success within my game. One experience I remember amongst those Long coach rides would be the stops at Erie coach station. Large coach stations were always significant, as they were frequented enough that they could be used as overnight stops, I’d secure my suitcase to myself and find a corner until morning. This experience of big city bus stations would become significantly worse as i my journey began. After an apprehensive night at Boston I travelled to Erie, PA. Where after an unsuccessful trial there I found myself with time before I could book a bus back to the East Coast and subsequently home to face my failure in the U.K. the bus shelter had a waiting area so I was able to spend the day there, I remember it for the fact that Bad Suns (my favourite band) had started trickling out tracks to their new album and I was able to find respite in the likes of Heartbreaker, a brilliant new song. Having killed the day there with a bus booked for late afternoon tomorrow I prepared to settle for the night, only to learn that this station closed overnight and I was being sent out. The driver of the last bus dropped me outside of a homeless mission in the centre of Erie. I’ll never forget that night in a homeless shelter. Having matured and contextualised my experiences since I’m proud to be working to help such a community and far from embarrassment at my own situation I work to encourage others on the same path to take such avoiding action so as not to make my mistakes. But as a young man at the time I felt nothing but embarrassment, indignity and fear as I settled into a bunk room of 30 men that had suffered genuine hardship in their lives. To this day I will never forget the withered faces of men for whom this was their daily routine nor the indignity of submitting a breathalyser sample to befit entry. (Something that despite all I’ve witnessed and felt I’m embarrassed to know I’d have failed so many times since.) Nor will I forget the many people I encountered across the US at all hours of the day who helped a young, frankly scared boy with a suitcase that both figuratively and metaphorically weighed the world.
Fast forward a short few years and In 2019 I found myself homeless and struggling with alcoholism after failing in my football career and ended up living out of my car, I certainly wasn’t lonely, as so many unfortunate young people are, but the infrequency and embarrassment of my own situation in my age group made it hard/impossible to explain to others my age that I was in fact homeless, preferring to just be ambiguous with claims like I’m in a house share somewhere you wouldn’t know etc. I worked at a Wetherspoons in Eastleigh and generally spent most of my evenings that I wasn’t working drinking to just kill time until weekends. On Friday’s I’d be able to put all that difficulty behind me seeing my girlfriend in the Midlands. I never told her about the complexity of my own hardship and regret that everyday. I think about past relationships I’ve suffered and contrast that with the enthusiasm, patience, excitability and encouragement that for the first time in a long time evoked confidence and excitement in my life I thought was long gone. I really do think about my choices everyday. Had I displayed the confidence she instilled in me and more importantly the honesty I know I’m well overdue to posses perhaps we’d be sat around the fire pit tonight after getting dressed up for goodwood or looking forward to a summer of the multitude of trips we’d planned. Our first conversation together was over my dream Christmas market trip to Köln and the fact that that and such anticipated weekends like her first visit to my old stomping ground New York are to be left behind really haunts me, or perhaps worse, will one day be fulfilled. In our time I’d go for a swim at the leisure centre whenever I could afford to in the week to try and keep my body in shape and to be able to just do the most mundane things like brush my teeth and shave, the tiniest detail that I take just the greatest pleasure and appreciation in being able to do now, on Fridays I’d always do this so I was looking presentable reaching the Midlands, a few times I found really cheap £10 hotel deals so I could make it half way up and have the comforts of a shower and that sort of thing overnight, before I’d found myself homeless I’d been given a small shower mousse for night sleeping, the rare smell of it really does stick with me. Like I say, I had access to leisure centres and stuff, but even getting half way up to her before staying somewhere over night was so exciting given that my week was spent in anticipation of the trip, and the earlier I was going the better. I truly loved the anticipation of that drive north.
Going back to cars and Jeremy’s beautiful relationship with the Porsche, I live well enough these days, I have an apartment in London and really feel like I earn what I’m worth and I’d hope people can see from that that anything really is possible. I find it confusing looking at those days. I take solace in my strength when I feel I’ve had a hard day as I’m settling into a bed, remembering my frozen breath on my windscreen or drinking from puddles on the street at 2am because id forgotten to refill to my water jugs during the day and I really do appreciate the every day feeling of content in that I’m able to pursue my hobbies and interests and feel home, for the first time since my trips to the midlands. But I still feel such an emptiness when I think back to what are the best times of my life as I made those special drives up North, that love and companionship really does outweigh it all. I’m proud that I’ve managed to avoid it, but I can’t get on the M25 or a northbound train through London without feeling every sinew of myself begging to go a little bit further and retrace what were the happiest steps of my life. Those long and lonely and cold evenings, dug into a duvet in my work’s carpark genuinely feel weightless against the feeling of being greeted into Loughborough. I really would swap all this security and comfort for one more Friday night drive up the M1 in that dodgy Mini.
Girls can understand other girls crying but there is something about boys not crying… I mean at the funeral of my dead I haven’t pull any tears whatsoever but I was just silent… when my girlfriend dumped me and I feel into depression when I was really low I was just silent… when my trainer lost a competition and I was there he was shattered but just silent same as me… there is something about man that will woman never understand I suppose and it’s just not showing emotions to the world Naah we don’t need that or don’t do that often… it’s to understand that when I have seen those man or seen myself in that position… it’s something much harder Like draining ur soul out destroying ur body and mind… the same exact thing I have heard from ur comment when I was reading it… it was not tears… neither saddens just silence I see a man sitting on a bridge late at night with nothing just his car left… and he is not suicidal… or full of life he is just empty… that’s where nothing feels like everything and that’s something I have never seen a woman going trough no offense but when u don’t hear anything or don’t see any expression that’s where u find out u have nothing to loose anymore… and on that note I guess every real car-guy who understands the connection between man and a car knows this feeling… only thing left for me to say is carry on boys… maybe not today… maybe not in Porsche and maybe not with bills filling up ur pockets… but maybe in a stupid mk4 golf with 20 pounds in ur pocket and just smile while driving to ur small flat u will enjoy ur life I myself don’t know why yet… but from suicidal young man I’m just happy to be alive now and I don’t know the reason and I’m still lonely but I’m happy it didn’t ended back in a days… good luck
I have a similar story. 2004 Infiniti M45 (rebadged JDM Nissan Gloria with a 340HP 4.5L V8). A beast of a car for its time. I made it from Tampa to Daytona in under 1.5 hrs. Got to the care home just in time, but not by much.
0:27 when he's trying not to choke up always gets me.
I think about this every time I get in my car.
Jeremy believes in Speed And Power for a reason.
this moved me first time I watched it..
This moves me still
Rewatching this as my mom sister and I are stuck in traffic on the way to see my grandpa in the hospital was what made it set in what was happening. I’m sitting here bumper to bumper on an icy road just praying I get to tell my grandpa I love him one last time.
my favourite moment in all of top gear, I remember it word for word from the time I saw it many years ago.
If I see people speeding, I think of this and hope they're not going through the same...
Everytime I watch this I jave tears in my eyes
To all people not knowing... London to Sheffield is a distance of 167 miles, that is 267 KM.
He drove that in possibly less then an hour.
The way he paused when we said because wouldn't have eaten you could tell that got to him and it got to me too
Sometimes Jeremy is hard, cruel, ruthless. This scene is something else. It is so relatable. All of us remember clearly, how someone close to our heart has passed away. It is personal, tragic but so heartwarming (in a way), that he shared this deeply personal story...
These damn onions in my house...
my dad died 11 years ago today
rip... think about you every day
Doctor Robotnik I'm sorry for your loss - may your father rest in peace.
renewer shut the fuck up
"the 928 is quite alright" is by far the highest accolade he can give, and that's quite alright.
the last person you expect to hear a touching story from, what a man jezza
Every time is see this I cry. Reminds me of my dad. I had to drive to the hospital to say my goodbye driving my 06 VW Jetta TDi. I just wish he was still around… the car was supposed to be a present for his birthday because he had a beater. The car ended up getting totaled in a flood 3 weeks later. I’ve missed that car everyday of my life❤️
That was a brief, but moving story. For some similar reasons and more, my first car will always have a special place in my heart. It was a non turbo Mitsubishi Cordia. Not a great car and certainly not in great condition, but some significant life events happened while I had it. When my brother passed away from cancer, my dad had stayed overnight with him at the hospital, not realising those would be my brother’s final hours. Dad took that car and after returning home with the tragic news that he was gone, it was in that car that we all went back to that hospital to say our goodbyes. One night, about 18 months later, my grandmother died in a nursing home. Shortly afterwards, on that same night, my parents and I again took the Cordia to the nursing home to say our goodbyes. I still regret sending that car to the scrapyard a couple of years later, instead of hanging onto it as a future restoration project
Say anything about Clarkson. But he knows what he's talking about
This brought a few tears to my eyes. I remember when my grandad was very ill at a hospice (my grandad brought me up so he was pretty much my dad) and I had a T-reg Citroen Xsara Coupe 1.8 16v. I got a call from the hospice while at work and they said go. I was doing an indicated 125mph with my hazards on and headlights ablaze on the dual carriageway and covered the 25 odd miles in about 10 minutes or something daft. Unfortunately he passed just before I got there. That’s a car I wish I still had, my grandad loved the colour (Helios Yellow) and was proud of me for buying it as it was the first car I bought on my own and no help. It was faultless too. I firmly believe that we bond with our cars so much.
No one will probably see this as I cry watching.
The 2011 Renault Megane RS afforded me the same gift. Got to say goodbye to my dad thanks to it getting 150kms in 40mins.
that word he used to describe the car "alright" seems to come with much more value than the word can express 😭
Still one of the most emotional sequence in TV history.
Thats very moving, to hear him talk about something so private.
I know on TG that almost every line is scripted, that, ladies and gentlemen is the real Jeremy Clarkson speaking!
Now we know why Jeremy was always so fond of these cars
Lie down
Try not to try
Cry a lot
CoDWiiPS3Gameplay Try not to try 😂
Did Jeremy just wipe a teardrop from his eye. Emotional moment.
I just cried and wiped it off, it's so depressing knowing that I'll go through the same damned experience in the future and I dread to think of it
I went through that a decade plus ago and after flying across Europe I got a few hours to say goodbye with the rest of my family to my Dad. You will get through it. It is amazing that you can, but that's because your parents prepared you for it. But, you are right to dread it. It's so hard.
8 years after this video was uploaded I did the same with my dad...my versa made it 30mins after he had passed on but I'm still grateful for the moments the 3 of us shared. Dad,versa and I.
This is exactly what i miss in Grand Tour.. its simply feels way too commercial without any emotional connect..
I’ll presume this was posted before ‘Funeral for a Ford’.
yeah but we're just glad to have them together
This was the single manliest tear in the history of television 😢
To all the sons who loved their fathers, and to all the wonderful fathers who sacrificed everything for their sons.
That pause at 0:29 goes straight to the heart
This will forever be one of the greatest examples of why Jeremy Clarkson may not be perfect and he may make mistakes but he wins our hearts, I cannot begin to imagine the shear emptiness he felt when he lost his dad but then for him to have been able to say goodbye to him whilst driving a car which matters a whole lot to him, speaks volumes as to why cars have souls. I don't think anyone should question this video what so ever. The memories that it continues to live in him must be one of truly hard to forget!
Man Jeremy Clarkson is a gifted man with wonderful voice and impressive enough speaking skills to make one emotional! We need him back in Top Gear
Theres 2 scenes in TopGear that I can vividly remember. This and Clarkson in the v12 vantage in the last show of a series
EDIT - Having now scene the last of the grand tour and the 3 of them as we know it. This is now the end as we know it 💔
That was really depressig, the way it just ended... then they came back next season with a combine in snow and someone called Manlove
Can you imagine, being the editor, unloading the dashboard cam to see what gems JC has recorded during that trip and you come across this? I wouldn't blame that man if he took the week off just to grasp this. My God, Jeremy. You've spoken to all of us.
When top gear was more than a show
It’s beautiful. No showmanship. Just pure love about a story of a father and son saying goodbye. It is a beautiful story.
This man made it to see his dad before he passed and with the chicken he cooked still warm. It's 167 miles from London to Sheffield England. He must've been gunning it with everything he could to make sure he made it. I got to say goodbye to my father without trouble but you better believe I would've done the same as Jeremy.
I wish this is the reason why people remembered this special
When I was 19 I had just moved out on my own and I had a 94 Ford Bronco which was a fun car but it was terribly unreliable and at this point in time wasn't running. I had gotten a call from my mom (who lived about an hour away)saying that my childhood dog who was about 17 was getting euthanized and that they were about to do it since they knew I wouldn't be able to make the hour drive and they didn't want to keep the dog in pain. I ran outside and hopped in the bronco and prayed it would start and it immediately fired up and held 120MPH all the way to the vets office and I was able to get there in time to see the dog that I had grown up with for the very last time. When I went back out to the Bronco to leave the vets it wouldn't start no matter what I did. I still believe to this day that the Bronco knew exactly what was happening and had blessed me just that once.
We often forget that people like the mighty trio and other older folk have had childhoods and people they loved. These sort of stories and reminiscing is what makes the grand tour and Top gear so relatable. Not everyone can cross the country in a beach buggy but everyone has had loved ones that they’ve had to say goodbye to.
2 years ago my dad got very ill. He stayed in Durban. His girlfriend called me after 7PM and told me that my dad is very sick and he's refusing her to call the ambulance. I called my dad and he pretended to be fine. But I called her again and told her " call me incase it gets worse no matter what the time. She called me at 8:20 PM and said my day is now jacking, he's very bad. I took my wife and kids in a Ford fiesta 1.4 and drove from Johannesburg. 11: 30pm I stopped at his gate, rushed him to hospital and he almost had a stroke. He's still alive and healthy now. So I know that moment when you get that call
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Such a beautiful moment! It shows where his true love of cars comes from, they can change your life, they’re not just a machine to get you from one spot to another! I had a busted,clunker of a vw ragtop for my first car in HS, and I would give damn near ANYTHING to get that car back to drive it one more time. I didn’t realize just how special that car was to me until many years later
My wife’s dad had a heart attack. Died twice two weeks ago from this comment. I was at my parents house with my wife who was making Christmas cookies with my mom. I rushed her to the hospital as fast as I could and got there in time before her dad was life flighted to Pensacola. Thankfully he is alive and home and doing better after a quick procedure but this played in my mind several times as I drove my wife to the hospital so she could see her dad
Because a car doesn't need to be "the best". It needs to be "special".
What an emotional guy. I’m sure he won’t lose his mom, wife and job in one year and then punch a man.
Did the maths ish. 3 hour 13 journey at average of 53mph was turned into a 59.5 minute journey that in turn gave Jeremy time to see his dad. Amazing
A side of Jezza we rarely see. Truly touching.
I had lost my dad as well, and I can say that I am so grateful to finally have had my last words with him before he passed, and I know a few people who unfortunately have not had that chance with some of their family members, and I hear them say they regret not having that chance. It is a very important thing to share the final moments with your family and loved ones. My condolences to anyone who has lost someone recently or in their lifetime.
Remember watching it on TV. Was just blown away because theres this man that we all knew as this says what he thinks, doesn't let it get to him attitude. Then the same man who got very emotional because he got to say goodbye to his dad. We saw the real Jeremy that day. Got a little choked watching it.
"if I hadn't been driving a car that could sit happily at 170mph I wouldn't have had the opportunity to say goodbye to my dad"
Jesus that hit me in the stomach 🥺
evreytime it gets me and i can feel his emotion while he is telling that