Top Gear

[greenfairy43]

And Captain Slow handing him a wodge of tissues to mop up his dribble with.

Classic telly...

[Gre]

I DID think the road building stuff was a tad too silly though. Hope every episode isnt as far fetched and inane.

[pogal]

have you never seen the show before? that's nothing compared to making a convertible renault espace and somehow setting a drive-though carwash alight with it

I thought the stig was one main guy, who is an ex le mans 24 hour winner, but going through a list of british le mans winners that seems unlikely.

I also read that when a company doesn't want to trust someone with their car, they put their own test driver in the overalls.

Great to see Hammond back and un-mental i do think its funny that the beeb have made youtube take down the video of the crash, while hundreds if not thousands of other bbc clips are up there.

[bluebird_john]

yeah the black stig was apparantely Perry McCarthy. He is an ex-formula one driver.

However, he only ever competed in something like 10 or 11 F1 races in his career in 1992, he spent more time as a test driver.

He released a book. His autobiography called Flat out, Flat broke. In it he says he is the stig.

The top gear bosses were well pissed off with this and "killed" the stig off (thats why he used to wear black but now he wears white)

the black stig was killed off when he drove a car off an aircraft carrier into the sea

The new identity of the stig is officially unknown.

Flat out, Flat Broke

[thesixthzuton]

I DID think the road building stuff was a tad too silly though. Hope every episode isnt as far fetched and inane.

[greenfairy43]

But.. I always spend most of those bits asking my daughter if all the cock ups ( such as busting the water main, setting that car wash on fire, breaking 2 boats in the trip to Sweden to name but 3) are planned or genuine accidents. If they're planned those boys should win BAFTAS 'cos their guilty looks & schoolboy giggles always seem so genuine............

[Hilly_2004]

Forgot to mention earlier on that it's repeated on Wednesday at 7.00pm.

[Minxy]

One of my favourites was when clarkson raced the high speed train in the DB9...

what I would give for one of those cars...

[thesixthzuton]

Eh? That was actually quite interesting, I had no idea that they ordered the tarmac as they went on these things rather than got some in advance.

[greenfairy43]

You're right on some of the cock-ups GF - in the last series, the caravan fire was definitely staged and I would imagine the same goes for the car wash fire; however some of the stuff going wrong definitely are accidents - such as the boats breaking down (mechanical devices do go wrong, especially when pushed to their limits). (See also Hammond's accident - that certainly wasn't staged!)

[Hilly_2004]

One of my favourites was when clarkson raced the high speed train in the DB9...

what I would give for one of those cars...

[Stash]

I overtook a DB9 on my way to work a couple of weeks ago. Take that Mr. Aston.....beaten by an old beaten up Renault Megane (not the new one!).

[sifi]

I overtook a DB9 on my way to work a couple of weeks ago. Take that Mr. Aston.....beaten by an old beaten up Renault Megane (not the new one!).

[Hilly_2004]

Your dad must be a cross dresser then because this was being driven rather slowly by a middle aged woman.

[sifi]

Your dad must be a cross dresser then because this was being driven rather slowly by a middle aged woman.

[Minxy]

James May: 'It's no wonder Michael Schumacher retired, he's slower than me!' Genius

[Kris W]

It was a pretty poor ep. tonight in my opinion.

[Luke Oldacre]

It was a pretty poor ep. tonight in my opinion.

[Guest Ukhursty]

The Bugatti at full pelt was the highlight for me!! 252 mph?!!

[thesixthzuton]

It was a pretty poor ep. tonight in my opinion.

[Hilly_2004]

I missed it last night as I was down the pub. I'll catch it on Wednesday though...

[ministe2003]

I enjoyed Hugh, thought he was surprisingly funny

[Gre]

I remember driving home around the M25 early one morning a few years ago and seeing a Ferrari broken down by the side of the motorway. Made me chuckle a bit.

[greenfairy43]

Anyone watching tonight?

It's a classic episode...

Just got better..Alabama 3 as background music..

Edited February 11, 2007 by greenfairy43

[ben_cosmia]

what an episode.

manlove rules ok!

genius.