Black Stig. Is he back? - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

moose · 2009-02-05, 02:59 PM

Seems like a funny reentry into the show.
http://jalopnik.com/5147394/black-st...yline=true&s=i
discuss

cody · 2009-02-05, 04:25 PM

You know what they say...

MattR · 2009-02-05, 04:40 PM

I'm so confused, so is African-Stig not black stig?

sperry · 2009-02-05, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MattR

I'm so confused, so is African-Stig not black stig?

African Stig is black. Black Stig just wears the black suit (though he could be black under the suit too for all we know).

MattR · 2009-02-05, 04:46 PM

Yes. I get it.

Dean · 2009-02-05, 04:52 PM

I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It has to be next to impossible to keep who Stig is secret if anybody really wanted to find out. Tell the paparazzi we need a pic and offer $1000 for it and it is done...

I understand why they try and make it a generic or anonymous driver so the focus stays on the the cars and the hosts

but get over it...

It is not like he has gone out and is promoting the new "Stig" cologne or posed in just his helmet and gloves in Playgirl...

Nick Koan · 2009-02-05, 05:05 PM

They are also saying that there are really 5 Stigs anyway.

sybir · 2009-02-05, 05:09 PM

black, white, african, american, and.....trucker stig?

WRX06TR · 2009-02-05, 05:19 PM

Don' forget Stig's communist cousin

ScottyS · 2009-02-05, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick Koan

They are also saying that there are really 5 Stigs anyway.

The real question is who was listening to the self-help tapes.

Kevin M · 2009-02-05, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It has to be next to impossible to keep who Stig is secret if anybody really wanted to find out. Tell the paparazzi we need a pic and offer $1000 for it and it is done...

I understand why they try and make it a generic or anonymous driver so the focus stays on the the cars and the hosts

but get over it...

It is not like he has gone out and is promoting the new "Stig" cologne or posed in just his helmet and gloves in Playgirl...

As I understood it, the original reason for the secrecy is that it enabled the show to bring in top-notch drivers who have clauses in their contracts that disallow them from non-team appearances.

TrueNative · 2009-02-05, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by WRX06TR

Don' forget Stig's communist cousin

^^That's a Power Ranger, right?
Aren't all the Stig's Power Ranger's?

Dean · 2009-02-05, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin M

As I understood it, the original reason for the secrecy is that it enabled the show to bring in top-notch drivers who have clauses in their contracts that disallow them from non-team appearances.

That is crap. (Not that it is you who is at fault for the crap...) Most drivers can drive almost anything as long as they aren't driving for their main sponsor that day. Occasionally they need permission, but that is seldom an issue. Look at all the car/team hoping weirdness that happens in Nascar, ALMS, Speed/SCCA series, etc... The exception might be a Coke driver driving a Pepsi car, but that is not the case.

Kevin M · 2009-02-05, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

That is crap. (Not that it is you who is at fault for the crap...) Most drivers can drive almost anything as long as they aren't driving for their main sponsor that day. Occasionally they need permission, but that is seldom an issue. Look at all the car/team hoping weirdness that happens in Nascar, ALMS, Speed/SCCA series, etc... The exception might be a Coke driver driving a Pepsi car, but that is not the case.

I know that direct-sponsored F1 drivers are not permitted to so much as be photographed in a car other than the marque they drive, and it's certainly reasonable for top-level teams not to permit multi-million dollar (or Euro, or whatever) investment be risked by said investments proclivities for high speed driving. Kind of like how NBA and NFL players are forbidden to own motorcycles or in some cases, not even allowed to play pick-up basketball. I agree with your comment about "most drivers" but part of the mystique of The Stig is that he could be literally anyone- up to the rumors it's been some current F1 drivers, even rumblings it was Lewis Hamilton at times. You can see where McLaren might not like someone like him running around in crazy fast street cars without true safety equipment, right?

Kevin M · 2009-02-05, 10:44 PM

It's also possible that Michael Schumacher is the only driver ever to have that level of restriction, because that's the only one I can recall hearing directly about it.

Dean · 2009-02-05, 11:13 PM

Except maybe older S2000s, I don't think F1 drivers would know how to drive a street car.

100_Percent_Juice · 2009-02-05, 11:33 PM

I'm the Stig. Why do you think I never show up to meets?

WRX06TR · 2009-02-05, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueNative

^^That's a Power Ranger, right?
Aren't all the Stig's Power Ranger's?

I saw everybody saying that on NASIOC too. But it was in the first episode of the newest season. It was supposed to be in the episode when they go to vietnam. Jeremy says, "oh look, its the stig's communist cousin!"

2009-02-05, 02:59 PM	#1
moose EJ22 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 446 Car: 1998 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS Class: getting beat in DSP Pain doesn't affect me, I affect pain.	Black Stig. Is he back? Seems like a funny reentry into the show. http://jalopnik.com/5147394/black-st...yline=true&s=i discuss __________________ I hope that after I die, people will say of me: 'That guy sure owed me a lot of money!'"

2009-02-05, 04:25 PM	#2
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	You know what they say... __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2009-02-05, 04:40 PM	#3
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	I'm so confused, so is African-Stig not black stig? __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2009-02-05, 04:46 PM	#5
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Yes. I get it. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2009-02-05, 04:52 PM	#6
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It has to be next to impossible to keep who Stig is secret if anybody really wanted to find out. Tell the paparazzi we need a pic and offer $1000 for it and it is done... I understand why they try and make it a generic or anonymous driver so the focus stays on the the cars and the hosts but get over it... It is not like he has gone out and is promoting the new "Stig" cologne or posed in just his helmet and gloves in Playgirl... __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids... Last edited by Dean; 2009-02-05 at 04:56 PM.

2009-02-05, 05:05 PM	#7
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	They are also saying that there are really 5 Stigs anyway. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2009-02-05, 05:09 PM	#8
sybir The Don Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,097 Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT Class: low	black, white, african, american, and.....trucker stig? __________________ Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

2009-02-05, 05:19 PM	#9
WRX06TR EJ251 Real Name: Nick P Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reno Posts: 881 Car: 2005 STi Class: MadtyteTunerBro! Back to the studio!	Don' forget Stig's communist cousin

2009-02-05, 10:44 PM	#15
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	It's also possible that Michael Schumacher is the only driver ever to have that level of restriction, because that's the only one I can recall hearing directly about it. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2009-02-05, 11:13 PM	#16
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Except maybe older S2000s, I don't think F1 drivers would know how to drive a street car. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2009-02-05, 11:33 PM	#17
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	I'm the Stig. Why do you think I never show up to meets? __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

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