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    Dano-save TGUSA: I watched the episode last night and it was by far the most boring episode i have seen (excluding TG Australia of course) it nearly put me to sleep. more »
    LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: Cool, I'll watch that tonight in unadulterated DVD pleasure instead of sometime next year with commercial breaks and crappy promotions that plague SBS... more »
    Braff: They should have turned a Chrysler Sebring into a Dyson vacuum... more »
    Boosted Lego Wagon: What a waste of meat. Referring of course, to the hamster. more »
    Elhigh: "Will it blend?"SHIT YEAH! more »
    RoninianHoon: This just in, Ron Popeil will be replacing Bob Lutz... more »
    al_beaton: Maybe they're reading Jalopnik for ideas. more »
    Triborough: If it wasn't for this bit, this would have been one of the best episodes. Sadly this brought it down, as if they needed to fill some time and someone ... more »
    tonyola: It's great for making peanut butter from whole peanuts, something that would strain my Hamilton-Beach. But can it make tons of Junlienne fries? more »
    Tanshanomi: Not exactly classic TG, but that's the first time I laughed (equally hard) at all three hosts at the same segment in quite some time. more »
    tenbeers: [transmission.blogs.topgear.com] also, should have dropped that LS3 into the Renault Avantime. more »
    LTDScott: Will it blend? They should have dropped in some British Leyland pieces. more »
    smalleyxb122: Your bass-O-matic is no match... more »
    Ash78, cube farmer: This is meta-funny because so many American gadget informercials are hosted by exuberant Brits. I do really enjoy my Magic Bullet, though. more »
    layabout: It was a pretty weak episode last night,not enough cars. more »
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    Top Gear Builds Corvette Engine-Powered Blender

    In last night's episode of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson put the show's engineering talents to work on building an answer to a question we never knew we had; Can you build a blender out of a 6.2-liter LS3 V8 Corvette engine? The answer, as you can see in the video below the jump, is yes. It's simply astonishing to watch a 436 HP, 424 lb-ft of torque metal monster rip up some meat. We all know Clarkson's got a thing for power, but who knew it extended from the track into the kitchen? More »