Welcome, Fáilte, Välkomnande, Welkom, Bienvenue, Willkommen, Υποδοχή, Benvenuti, Добро пожаловать, Recepción, Velkommen, Bienvenidos, Bem-vindos, Tervetuloa, Croeso, Witamy, Vitajte, Välkommen, καλωσορίσατε, Boa vinda, Travlang, Ongi Etorri, إحتفى, رحب, إستقبل, Shagotawm, Bagrisn, Sumalubong nang magiliw, Saluta, Karşilamak, Witać.......

Saturday, November 03, 2007

And that's why he is the Stig!

So I missed Top Gear's first episode in the current series a few weeks ago and am just playing catch up via the BBC Sign Zone's graveyard shift this morning. (Ok, I have no life sitting at home alone at 3.30am drinking glass of wine and watching Sign Zone but what the hell!) During the episode they road test the new VW Golf W12 650 bhp which I have to say wouldn't rock my boat - ugly car, honestly and I really like Golfs but leave them as they are thank you very much!

Anyway, Jeremy takes the W12 for a few laps and completely fails to take any corner in the thing without ending up facing the wrong way. Undoubtably this is because the thing doesn't corner (for us mere ordinary mortals). However, despite the obvious problems with cornering at speed with the W12 the Stig manages not to end up facing backwards on any corner.

It is a clip that demonstrates his (or her!) sheer genius as a driver compared to the rest of us or indeed compared to even Mr. Clarkson, who, let's face it, has driven a wider variety of cars than most of us can dare dream about. Classic!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Curl K, although i'm slow on the uptake, I'm delighted that you've returned to blogosphere.
Paige

Curly K said...

Thanks Paige, good to be back although, as ever I end up feeling guilty about not keeping up with everyone - it is hard to do. Hope you're keeping well.