RE: 'Red 5' To Race With Smiley At Le Mans 24hrs!

RE: 'Red 5' To Race With Smiley At Le Mans 24hrs!

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Chris-R

756 posts

189 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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ellroy said:
Garlick said:
torchy6 said:
Yawn, total non event, if they perform as well as they have done so far this season they will not bother the lap scorers very much and your exposure will be minimal. Why don't you find something worthwhile to support instead of sucking up to this self serving nonentity?
You are entitled to your opinion of course, but we are too when deciding who to back.

We are very keen to support this team, and the PH audience seems to be too. To be honest, we aren't in it for the exposure (although we love the fact that we can play spot the smiley on the Mansell car while at Le Mans) we are in it to fly the flag with the British team, lead by one of the biggest names in motorsport. When you see the car, you will note that it does not say 'PistonHeads.com' on it, instead we chose to just use the smiley. It's not about attracting new users, it's about our current readers being able to get behind the team.

Nige was an absolute legend to us yesterday, as were his sons, and I have nothing but good things to say about them. If they finish we'll be ecstatic, if they manage 20 laps we'll be equally happy. Good luck to them from all at PH.
Well said. The guys could not have been more accommodating.

Why on earth do people come on just to be negative? You don't like him? Fine, its your opinion, but to snipe at a man who was a world champion and a hero to many, from the safety of your keyboard, make you seem a pretty small minded individual. Turned you down for a job in the past or nicked your sweets at school did he? Deal with it and grow up.
Could it be... moustache envy? smile

Ben Hughes

1,937 posts

181 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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torchy6 said:
Mean things.
Fulmar Racing?

Edited by Ben Hughes on Saturday 29th May 09:47

lazyitus

19,926 posts

268 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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torchy6 said:
Yawn, total non event, if they perform as well as they have done so far this season they will not bother the lap scorers very much and your exposure will be minimal. Why don't you find something worthwhile to support instead of sucking up to this self serving nonentity?
rolleyes

Talk about missing the point.


A great story. It'll be nice to see the Smiley whizzing round the track on any car. That it'll be Mansells is pretty cool IMO. thumbup

vetteheadracer

8,271 posts

255 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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One point of order.......NIGE DOESN'T HAVE A MOUSTACHE ANYMORE!!!!!

Both Nige, Greg and Leo were all polite welcoming and friendly throughout the day and Andrew Howard was very open, honest and funny. I am so looking forward to the Radio Le Mans interviews are 3 a.m. with Andrew assuming the team is still running!

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

232 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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It may not be on his top lip, but Nigel Mansell will always have a moustache....

pw75

1,032 posts

200 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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Beefmeister said:
It may not be on his top lip, but Nigel Mansell will always have a moustache....
haha, genius.

yes PH moustache smiley gets my vote.

pw75

1,032 posts

200 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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As legend has it for a man who was once at his own hotel and was invited by the bridal party to enjoy a drink at the reception, and then subsequently charged for a personal appearance (sure this is about 5th hand) but the fact you've not sold all the ph assets is impressive work....




FOURRONE

526 posts

181 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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pw75 said:
As legend has it for a man who was once at his own hotel and was invited by the bridal party to enjoy a drink at the reception, and then subsequently charged for a personal appearance (sure this is about 5th hand) but the fact you've not sold all the ph assets is impressive work....
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

218 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

FOURRONE

526 posts

181 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

isnt it past your bedtime Mr Double Barrel ??????

XG332

3,927 posts

190 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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I would buy a mansell PH sticker.

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

218 months

Saturday 29th May 2010
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FOURRONE said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

isnt it past your bedtime Mr Double Barrel ??????
Your point being?

ellroy

Original Poster:

7,108 posts

227 months

Sunday 30th May 2010
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turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

isnt it past your bedtime Mr Double Barrel ??????
Your point being?
He has a point? Must have missed that.

VPower

3,598 posts

196 months

Sunday 30th May 2010
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Beefmeister said:
It may not be on his top lip, but Nigel Mansell will always have a moustache....
Quite right!!

We've had some tee shirts made up with his photo and team name on the front, and RED 5 is Alive on the back!

I bet Nigel just laughs at the petty knocking??
You don;t make friends getting to the TOP!
I wonder it Seb and Mark are talking yet??

FOURRONE

526 posts

181 months

Sunday 30th May 2010
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ellroy said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

isnt it past your bedtime Mr Double Barrel ??????
Your point being?
He has a point? Must have missed that.
The point being the man is a has been. is living off of past glories and has no personality or sense of humour. that is the end of the subject.........................

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

218 months

Sunday 30th May 2010
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FOURRONE said:
ellroy said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

isnt it past your bedtime Mr Double Barrel ??????
Your point being?
He has a point? Must have missed that.
The point being the man is a has been. is living off of past glories and has no personality or sense of humour. that is the end of the subject.........................
Having met the legend in question I completely disagree, but I do not expect you to understand. You needed to be there. But you weren't.

Had you been there you may have been impressed that after seeing his siblings put in some extensive lappery in the morning, he got in the car in the afternoon and was posting faster times within 4 laps.


I am also still puzzled as to precisely what has that got to do with the time of the evening that I retire?

ellroy

Original Poster:

7,108 posts

227 months

Monday 31st May 2010
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FOURRONE said:
ellroy said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
turbo-ww said:
FOURRONE said:
pw75 said:
Stuff
I would not want that miserable looking barstuard at my funeral let alone a wedding what were they thinking ?????????????
Knob #2

Edited to remove ambiguity...

Edited by turbo-ww on Saturday 29th May 20:45

isnt it past your bedtime Mr Double Barrel ??????
Your point being?
He has a point? Must have missed that.
The point being the man is a has been. is living off of past glories and has no personality or sense of humour. that is the end of the subject.........................
So, a has been who's put together a top end LMP1 race team in a matter of months, and is fairly bloody quick given the timing I was watching? No personality or sense of humour? Pray tell when were you laughing your arse off at Hamilton/Vettel/Shumi and their stand up routines? More importantly did it make any difference to them as racing drivers?

To repeat/paraphrase a previous post: You don't like him? Fine, that's your opinion, although i'd be interested to know if you'd ever met him, but to have a sniping session with no real point. Yawn, grow up.

Your full stop also seems to be stuck, you may want to check that out. Along with a basic book on grammar and punctuation.

FOURRONE

526 posts

181 months

Monday 31st May 2010
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Clever boy,well into the Pistonheads practice of getting indignant,when a point of view differs from his own. maybe your the one who needs to grow up. now run along.

crofty1984

15,974 posts

206 months

Monday 31st May 2010
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vetteheadracer said:
One point of order.......NIGE DOESN'T HAVE A MOUSTACHE ANYMORE!!!!!
He does, it's just grown so awesome that your mind blocks it out and makes him appear clean-shaven. If you were to actually marvel at it's splendour for more than a faction of a second you'd piss your pants and your head would explode.

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

232 months

Monday 31st May 2010
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crofty1984 said:
vetteheadracer said:
One point of order.......NIGE DOESN'T HAVE A MOUSTACHE ANYMORE!!!!!
He does, it's just grown so awesome that your mind blocks it out and makes him appear clean-shaven. If you were to actually marvel at it's splendour for more than a faction of a second you'd piss your pants and your head would explode.
rofl