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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #75 on: April 07, 2011, 02:53:40 AM »
thought i would add this to the thread,   :needpics:


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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #76 on: April 07, 2011, 03:42:11 AM »
Watched the Xmas special the other day, the one that ended with the new Stig in the crib.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #77 on: April 07, 2011, 03:59:52 AM »
who do you think the real stig is?
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #78 on: April 07, 2011, 04:04:04 AM »
who do you think the real stig is?

I'm partial to the Häkkinen theory but that's because I'm a Finn.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #79 on: April 07, 2011, 05:19:08 AM »
yeah that's ok

just as long as it's not schumacher :zoinks:
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #80 on: April 07, 2011, 05:21:23 AM »
Heh. I don't like him either.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #81 on: April 07, 2011, 10:13:52 AM »


who do you think the real stig is?

I'm partial to the Häkkinen theory but that's because I'm a Finn.


Mika is awesome. That guy can drive the shit out of anything.

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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #82 on: April 07, 2011, 10:28:30 AM »


who do you think the real stig is?

I'm partial to the Häkkinen theory but that's because I'm a Finn.


Mika is awesome. That guy can drive the shit out of anything.

:agreed: It would be fun if he really was The Stig.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #83 on: April 07, 2011, 10:33:08 AM »


I think his driving style is too restrained. Finns tend to push a lot harder.

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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #84 on: April 07, 2011, 10:35:15 AM »
True. I just like the theory. Häkkinen is the kind of personality who would enjoy a thing like that.

Could be one of the older breed of Finns, though. Plenty of drivers to choose from.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #85 on: April 07, 2011, 10:36:56 AM »
Here's something I've been wondering lately, when watching Top Gear: How good a driver is Clarkson?
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #86 on: April 07, 2011, 10:37:53 AM »


It seems he's a fairly skilled driver, but chooses to be ham-fisted for entertainment.

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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #87 on: April 07, 2011, 10:39:06 AM »


One of my favorite segments.



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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #88 on: April 07, 2011, 10:40:50 AM »


It seems he's a fairly skilled driver, but chooses to be ham-fisted for entertainment.

Yes, that's what I was thinking too, but his lap in the Reasonably Priced Car is OK at best, considering that he should have had all the time in the world to practise.
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Re: The Top Gear Thread
« Reply #89 on: April 07, 2011, 02:51:21 PM »
Here's something I've been wondering lately, when watching Top Gear: How good a driver is Clarkson?

No i don't reckon he is as skilled as he would like us to believe.  He does make up for that by being
very funny.

If i had to chose which one to go on a long drive with it would be the hamster (after the stig of course)
but if i had to be stuck in a lift with one it would be Clarkson just for entertainment value :zoinks:
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