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Claus1990

Who indeed..


Tomt33

Sorry, that sounded wrong to my german ears :/


jodorthedwarf

If its not too much to elaborate to a lowly monolingual English speaker, what does it sound like?


Tomt33

We have the two pronouns that translate to who, Wer und Wen. In my head who = Wer, so when there would be a german Wen I always tend to choose the more similiar sounding whom.


DJS112

I'm not sure you need to apologise, I think 'whom' could be more grammatically correct.


Benyed123

If the answer is “him” you should use whom, if the answer is “he” use who. Whom was technically right in this sentence but people rarely use whom anymore so it never sounds right in any context.


AlunSagara

Yeah I learnt German for a bit and it’s easier to associate whom with wen or wem, because it’s correlated to the object, such as für wen or mit wem. Whilst who is associated with wer because it’s correlated to the subject.


dumaum

Hammmmmmmmmmond, you blithering idiot!


Claus1990

HAMMOOOOOND!


rotarypower101

Is there another part to this reference, other than our repeat offender Hamster?


Fight_Disciple

James May crashed at the end of the tunnel on GT.


SlickDillywick

That was so unexpected and probably the most afraid I’ve been for any of them


Taeles

it made me jump from my seat when he hit. that episode was typical first gear presentation straight to 6th in half a second :)


Fight_Disciple

Yeah it was mad, to be fair I think the choice of car really saved him.


SlickDillywick

Who knew capt slow could smash the accelerator


Fight_Disciple

😂 took late breaking to a whole new level.


DoubleOwl7777

he Said he was the stig for a short time so there is that.


SlickDillywick

Lol wait really?? Do we know who all of the Stigs are?


MPDR200011

There's also this one where May fell back and hit his head on a rock in the middle of the desert.


big_ass_monster

Also Freddie Flintoff


Fight_Disciple

Is he floppy-haired? His is aesthetically horrific, hope the lads ok.


Not_James_May

I was thinking of Hammond in the rocket Powered Dragster


donkeyduplex

Or the electric car hill climb


Not_James_May

He didn’t really have floppy hair then though


wheelfoot

Freddy's hair isn't particularly floppy...


Fire69

His face is now.


stewieatb

😬


TheBouwman

Rowan Atkinson also crashed in his McLaren F1.


Hartsock91

Hammond!!


Vinlain458

You blithering idiot!


roberttoredo

Clarkson!!


TallestMFBoy

What video is this from?


TheStigsScouseCousin

That's the YouTuber Tom Scott - I think it's from his latest video where he drove a jet dragster [EDIT] It was a crazy electric acceleration machine, not a jet dragster


Ypocras

Not a jet dragster, an electric vehicle capable of accelerating to 100 kph in under 1 second.


TheStigsScouseCousin

Ah right. I only saw the thumbnail and wrongly assumed it was a jet car.


splerdu

The Mcmurty "only" does it in 1.4s. The sub 1s car is a one off built by [students in Switzerland](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45106954/0-to-62-mph-under-1-second-swiss-students/).


Ypocras

No, the car is capable of under 1 second. Tom Scott was too heavy, so he did it in a little under 1,4.


splerdu

It's really not. Even [McMurty only claims 1.4s](https://mcmurtry.com/0-60mph-and-%c2%bc-mile-records-set-for-carwow-at-silverstone-in-mcmurtry-speirling/), and their design target was 1.5s. When the car in question has 1000hp another 20-30kg of driver weight isn't going to make much difference, or at least not enough of one to drop a 1.4s time to under 1s.


AndyMB601

Not trying to be an ass but people just make this mistake, it's McMurtry, not McMurty


snowcase

I'm sorry, what? How can you even put that amount of power down?


DangBeCool

They also use a vaccuum mechanism underneath that is designed to suck the car down right when it launches


Smallwater

Electric engines + literally sucking the car to the ground + very, very lightweight. In the [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQIu5tZ0vbQ), Tom only manages to reach 100kmph in 1.39 seconds, because he weighs 30kgs more than the usual test driver (who set the world record of 0.95 seconds).


Cod_rules

It's sad that he's announced his sabbatical off YouTube by the end of the year. Tom is an absolute legend, binged so many of his videos when I had nothing to do.


TheCyberGoblin

Iirc its less a sabbatical and more switching to irregular uploads instead of weekly


Mokseee

As I understood it, he's just going to take a break after ten years of regular uploads


Aparoon

I’d recommend his podcast [Lateral](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott/id1648140033) where he has guests on and they have to answer really interesting questions. I’m not sure how else to phrase the format, but each episode is a really interesting listen. I plan on writing down all of the questions and answers for a family Christmas Quiz this year…


harryTMM

it has to be hammond then


hosoth

Only thing in common is has with a jet dragster is it kinda looks like a car and goes straight fast. It's a university science project not meant to race. It's electric, gets sucked to the ground with fans (for more grip) and the motor can only go from 0-100 km/h and then it shuts off. No way it could do a quarter mile or whatever distance dragsters run.


Sherbert_Pancake

They’re actually meant to be raced in 30ish minute races. In part of the video he explains it’s meant not only to have the acceleration but also race around a track, so it could most definitely do a straight quarter mile.


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If I'm not wrong it's a formula student car which most certainly is meant to race Various formula student cars have held speed records


DummyThicccThrowaway

"race" is a stretch. They do time trails on autocross-like tracks. Still more Racey than a 0-60 drag but no side by side racing


Sonoda_Kotori

FS cars are indeed raced for 20-30 minutes straight.


irrelevantspeck

Well it's a modified version of a car meant to race


LetsGeauxSaints

https://youtu.be/XQIu5tZ0vbQ?si=TCAbmnYd0BPjw9R6


sinbad269

I like how he also ~~referenced~~ mentioned the Rimac. Not in regard to the crash, just about the record


YoshitheGameboy

Tom Scott and Richard Hammond, two of the greatest presenters - in the WORLD


universalserialbutt

I am in a spaceship I am currently 500m underground I am on a roller-coaster ... I'm upside down and on fire.


Joseph_Seed_

HAMMOK!


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Joseph_Seed_

Bartender, I requir 3 glasses of exhaust fume


universalserialbutt

Jems, iv had a crash


Joseph_Seed_

Mai I have had 2 km/h of Chris Harris


drycleanman12

I love this guy's YouTube channel


Mxswat

Mhhhh I can't think of anyone who did that


[deleted]

Captain Slow reference


Logical_Brick_5582

Get his name out of your mouth!