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I'm not sure how many of you, my devoted Cake Eater readers, have BBC America on your cable/statellite systems, but if you do and you enjoy cars, you should check out Top Gear on Monday nights. They test all sorts of cars, from the cheap to the very expensive, and they do it with a lot of flair, panache and a great sense of humor.

The husband watched last week, when I was away on vacation, and had to tell me all about their review of the Bugatti Veyron when I got home. They'd already reviewed it once, but this time they wanted to see if it would actually get up to the top speed Bugatti claims it can reach---253 mph. And to do this, they put one of the hosts, James May, behind the wheel at Volkswagen's test track, where five miles of straightaway are at hand. This is funny because James May's nickname is "Captain Slow".

Check it out. It's a bit long, but it's totally worth it.