View Single Post
Old 06-22-2009, 05:51 AM   #22 (permalink)
...m...
Denuo Volatilis
 
...m...'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,715
Quote:
Originally Posted by ads_green View Post
It's just a persona so they can chop and change drivers due to scheduling conflicts and what not.
...well, if any of you stuck around to watch the end of the episode, it featured a hilariously incompetent lap in the reasonably-priced car by the stig - i suspect they'll use his reveal as a mechanism by which white stig lost his stigginess...
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZhApOKwv5bs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZhApOKwv5bs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Quote:
Originally Posted by ads_green View Post
The MS lap was outstanding - 1:10 even in a barely legal race car is just stunning. IIRC that is faster than the caparo F1 which was removed as it couldn't clear a speed bump (be interesting if the FXX can).
...i fully expect them to disqualify it as they've made such an issue many times before that the power lap board is for street cars only (hence the speed bump test), which the exclusively-track-trailered FXX clearly is not...
__________________
2005 Federal Elise | Touring | Storm Titanium
...73,000 miles and aging beautifully...

2000 New Beetle | Turbo | Reflex Silver
...107,000 miles of steadfast service...
...m... is online now   Reply With Quote