I go away for two days.....

[Nobody You Know]

........and Utterly Clueless/Acid Drop has gone!!!

He was one of the most entertining people on here. Very sad I think.

Ohh and Nolar Dog to answer your question from UC's last thread, this car was mine. Sadly it had to be broken for parts in the end but many bits ended up on Penti Arikalas old Group A Starion so it lives on.

[Steamer]

Phew! it wasnt the one that Clarkson 'wasted' on topgear then!

I loved cars from that 'transformer styled' period of automotive design.

[Duke of Rothesay]

Nobody You Know said:

........and Utterly Clueless/Acid Drop has gone!!!

He was one of the most entertining people on here. Very sad I think.

Victim of the attack lemmings on here.

Look at what they are doing to Jack Blag on General Motorsport now, I bet it puts a lot of people off posting and a lot of people off joining.

[Nolar Dog]

Thanks for posting that pic again. i love the look of that car.

Good to see bits of it live on.

[Nobody You Know]

Steamer said:

Phew! it wasnt the one that Clarkson 'wasted' on topgear then!

I loved cars from that 'transformer styled' period of automotive design.

Clarkson was the main reason I found out about the Starion and dreamed of getting one, I nearly exploded with excitment when they had that one on Top Gear and I had just bought mine.

That car was rebuilt after Top Gear apparently and it still about. One of the guys from the Starion owners club who sold it to Clarkson and was there for the filming said that it absolutely trounced the other two cars (except in suspension and Top speed tests) so they made most of the results up to increase the tension at the end. IIRC

[elster]

It is good to have another fellow "Thom" around. Shame it is no more.

Quite a few people I know on here have commented similar.

[chunkymonkey71]

Man, thats st. Someone email him and get him back.

[OllieWinchester]

He never went anywhere, he's just posting under a different name, same st.

[Nobody You Know]

OllieWinchester said:

He never went anywhere, he's just posting under a different name, same st.

Which is?

[OllieWinchester]

The paternal need is strong here.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Now go and scold him...

[DrTre]

That's not him though?

"Not all here" is, apparently.

ETA I'm a dick. Sorry, thought you meant the OP of that thread was UC.

Edited by DrTre on Friday 8th May 20:56

[OllieWinchester]

I just assumed the fact that 'Not-all-here' was signing off his posts as 'Thom' might have been an indicator of that.

[HRG]

OllieWinchester said:

I just assumed the fact that 'Not-all-here' was signing off his posts as 'Thom' might have been an indicator of that.

And did you read the bit where he says he'd like to be left in peace?

[DrTre]

Yep, sorry, see my edit above.

[elster]

OllieWinchester said:

I just assumed the fact that 'Not-all-here' was signing off his posts as 'Thom' might have been an indicator of that.

I used to sign my posts off as Thom.

What with it being my name and all that jazz.

[OllieWinchester]

HRG said:

OllieWinchester said:

I just assumed the fact that 'Not-all-here' was signing off his posts as 'Thom' might have been an indicator of that.

And did you read the bit where he says he'd like to be left in peace?

And what do you mean by that? He wants to keep his new sign in a secret? So why sign off with his name and then admit two posts down that it is him rising from the ashes then?

[HRG]

OllieWinchester said:

HRG said:

OllieWinchester said:

I just assumed the fact that 'Not-all-here' was signing off his posts as 'Thom' might have been an indicator of that.

And did you read the bit where he says he'd like to be left in peace?

And what do you mean by that? He wants to keep his new sign in a secret? So why sign off with his name and then admit two posts down that it is him rising from the ashes then?

I mean some people appear to have hounded him...

[ali_kat]

HRG said:

I mean some people appear to have hounded him...

And made me sick to be a member of PH when I realised how bad it had got!!

[OllieWinchester]

I think you'll find his incessant post whoring of absolute drivel got on everyones nerves a bit.

[Steamer]

Nobody You Know said:

Steamer said:

Phew! it wasnt the one that Clarkson 'wasted' on topgear then!

I loved cars from that 'transformer styled' period of automotive design.

Clarkson was the main reason I found out about the Starion and dreamed of getting one, I nearly exploded with excitment when they had that one on Top Gear and I had just bought mine.

That car was rebuilt after Top Gear apparently and it still about. One of the guys from the Starion owners club who sold it to Clarkson and was there for the filming said that it absolutely trounced the other two cars (except in suspension and Top speed tests) so they made most of the results up to increase the tension at the end. IIRC

Thanks for the info there - must admit I do REALLY like these cars (I can still remember the original advert in CAR magazine... it was a proper performance car advert which would have H&S nanny state watchdogs spluttering out their decaf)

Although I did also like Hammonds 6 series in the same test - different beast though.


PS: Sorry just realised this wasnt actually a Starion appreciation thread I just got a bit carried away when I saw the photo!

Edited by Steamer on Friday 8th May 22:06