N3CRO
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Originally posted by XSIHardy
stig a rally driver ?
The way he went round that rally stage, I would say he most likely was a rally driver.
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Chris F
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Kept looking at my helmet through that lol
sick lad......its only top gear 
Buy my wheels
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M16KE B
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Ive seen that tranny in the flesh. Justin Law drives it most years at goodwood, sure it was built by don law racing.....
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Ben G
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brilliant episode i thought.
boris becker was boring but the car bits were awesome.
the transit  never seen it before, didn't even think it'd have a cossie engine in never mind an xj220 one
also, the rally stage  the stig is definitely a rally driver i'd have thought.
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Ben G
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Originally posted by JonnyJ
That sheep going over the fence
that was brilliant flipped over it, poor thing.
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John
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I thought everybody on here would have known about that transit.
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mattk
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Originally posted by Ben G
brilliant episode i thought.
the stig is definitely a rally driver i'd have thought.
do you never think that there are different ones? that particular stig in that film was a rally driver deffo, they have a few for different scenarios but only one that does the power laps I reckon
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Ben G
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i have thought that but ben collins would've said that if it was true, i reckon.
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3CorsaMeal
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Alister McRae
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mattk
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so the stig that jumped the skidoo off the ski jump in lillehammer was also ben collins
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Tomnova16
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ben collins was a driver in the toyota aygo football match
just a random thing id like to point out
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Simon
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Anybody that is getting that TrackDriver magazine, did you notice the Ferrari 250 GTO was raced in the mag
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RichR
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Originally posted by Ben G
i have thought that but ben collins would've said that if it was true, i reckon.
He did; his book states that a lot of manufacturer's used their own test drivers in Stig suits and He didn't always play the role of the stig although he was the technical advisor especially with the 'Star in the Reasonably Priced Car'.
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Ben G
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interesting...
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Robin
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I have it on VERY good authority that it was Kris Meeke, an he isn't the 'usual' Stig.
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RichR
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That's who I thought it was last night
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by John
I thought everybody on here would have known about that transit.
Snap!
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Originally posted by Ben G
the transit never seen it before, didn't even think it'd have a cossie engine in never mind an xj220 one
It's not just the engine iirc, it's a Transit shell plonked on top of XJ220 running gear etc.
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3CorsaMeal
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i reckon he was the effifel tower
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chrisritch
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i hear it was Cosmo
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3CorsaMeal
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if you made a little pocket with your hands, i would pop my penis in there 
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Tomnova16
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knew the transit had xj220 running gear soon as i saw the wheels
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Captain_Rosco
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
ben collins was a driver in the toyota aygo football match
just a random thing id like to point out
Ben Collins has featured as himself in a few of the old Top Gear episodes.
Remember the one with the skydiver landing in the car ? He was the driver.
And the episode with the kid on the skateboard being raced againsted the Evo, and bowler wild cat?
The Ice hockey match ?
All ben collins.
Although Ben didnt jump the Skidoo off the ramp it was some Swedish snowmobile champion that did.
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Tomnova16
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now you say it i do
only reason i said about the football episode is i watched it yesterday 
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Captain_Rosco
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Good old Dave !!!
I've just stuck Ben Collins into Wikipedia, and it says he has done a load more work for Top Gear as himself, and seen racing other cars along side with Clarkson and Hammond.
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Captain_Rosco
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On a separate occasion, following an accident involving Richard Hammond in September 2006, the Health & Safety Executive report into the event recorded that Collins had "worked closely with Top Gear as a high performance driver and consultant" and had prepared a briefing for Richard Hammond preceding the event.
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