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Old 06-21-2009, 11:56 PM
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Looks like a 944 is going to be featured in some capacity in the new season of Top Gear that started today. Saw a shot of it racing in the snow and Clarkson was standing behind it yelling "I've mended something!" More details as the story develops =)
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TOMORROW new season starts
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downloading at 150KB/s!!
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Originally Posted by RED87944S
TOMORROW new season starts
http://www.finalgear.com/ =)
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karl, i weighed in at 2580 with 1/4 tank of gas and me in it :P
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not bad, a good 350+ pounds lighter then my car is...well, when everything is in it that is
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Yeah I noticed that same thing in the season preview. Can't wait to see it!
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omg who believes the stig is michael schumacher?
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omg who believes the stig is michael schumacher?
0.00% chance of that. As if Schumacher would do test drives for a living! I'm pretty sure there is no ONE Stig at this point.
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wait... bbc america is showing the episode from last year tonight... are the new episodes only showing the the UK?
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yeah... the only way to see the current episodes is to download them via bittorrent from sites like finalgear.com.

That FXX was freaking awesome. Amazing lap time!
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Made my sunday after a rather dull British GP and not a great result for Jenson Button.
Ben Collins I think is suspected to be one of the Stigs as his name was on the health and safety report of Richard Hammond's crash.
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I have it available for download, see my sig. Must have OT access.
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one of the clips showed it was a 944 S2. very cool.
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944s2 in today's episode.


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