Trading a piece of crap for TOP GEAR?

Hobson's Choice

“ Hoping they can add series 1-8 and 13-16, love the show but dont like watching the same episodes over and over ...  Sample comment on Net Flix Top Gear page. The last BBC Top Gear  episode I watched ended with the promise ..  "we'll be back on Boxer Day ..."  They were not.  When I clicked "Next Episode" I was taken to year 2, episode 1 (Year one has never been syndicated for some reason).  I've previously expressed my great delight at being able to watch these reruns, but it's more than that.  After watching 116 episodes, I will say that it's the most entertaining thing I've ever watched.  It's the greatest book I ever read.  It's the (second best) sex I've ever had.  It made me love the UK.  So, I've been stewing over this, trying to find an alternate source but— no!  It seems the US has been blocked from watching further episodes. I think I figured out why. The BBC has been franchising Top Gear (Germany, for one),  and now the US.  I'm betting that as part of the agreement, the BBC agreed to take new episodes of the original off the market.  If I'm correct,  in exchange for a cultural jewel we get Hobson's choice.  What rubbish.  Have any of you found a way around the embargo?