If you take Clarkson seriously your missing the point, he knows what buttons to press to wind people up and doesn't care if he annoys anyone or isn't PC and he enjoys himself doing it, 95% of the time i'm laughing with him. Roll on the next series
as your intending to spend a fair bit on the restoration how about buying both a 90 and a series? B) . neither has to be top notch, you can slowly do up both, insurance on both will be low the series very low, two lots of road tax isn't the end of the world, best of both worlds