Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Top Gear - NFC

[LS (lashdeep]

George, great to hear from you.

The show is great entertainment, no doubt. Their opinions are very slanted for 
the most part which can get really annoying sometimes. 

Also, some of their judgement criteria is silly...but then again, they have to 
appeal to the masses so it is understandable.

Are they good drivers? Really?

The Stig is ridiculously good (for obvious reasons)...Fifth Gear's Tiff Needel 
is seriously good, way better than the Top Gear chimps.

LS



----- Original Message ----
From: George P. <ygpz4re [at] hotmail.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:11:01 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Top Gear - NFC


Hi List,



I've been wanting to ask some of our British listers about the show, "Top 
Gear".  It's become one of my favorites since I first learned about it a year 
or two back.



Generally speaking, what are the qualifications of the guys who host the show?  
They seem to be pretty good drivers (with the possible exception of James May, 
who I still maintain is the *actual* "Stig"!  yeah, yeah, I know, I'm just 
being facetious - but it would be funny!), and certainly seem to be very 
knowledgeable about cars in general.  Are they (former) racers?  Automotive 
writers?  And does Richard Hammond do other TV work (I seem to recall some 
statements to that effect on one of the episodes)?  Have any of them posted 
times around the test track in the "reasonably priced car"?  I can't help but 
wonder how they would do.



And for the ham radio guys in the group - did anyone decipher the morse code 
The Stig was listening to as he was testing the Tesla?



Thanks - any other Top Gear trivia to be shared?  Would love to hear it!



George P.

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