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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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Ski Jumping with a MINI!

On BBC's Top Gear. 10 minute video, the last minute of which is priceless!

Can be seen via the BBC sports web page (Olympic coverage), under Winter Olympics Highlights and Features.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ts/default.stm

Anyone have a direct link to this video, since the above page link will likely change?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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Now that's funny! Gotta luv British humour, don't you? The guy painting the red line, and building the snow man were pure Monty Python.
Luv it!
 
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by YYC

Anyone have a direct link to this video, since the above page link will likely change?
Here's a link to the torrent for the full episode of Top Gear, which aired Sunday night in the UK.

Steve

http://www.mininova.org/get/224654
 
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 10:19 PM
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Watched that episode last night. Very good
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 06:09 AM
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The other two top gear things were not bad either. Skidoo and jag
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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My favorite part was the ice racing in the Jag vs the Disco. Clarkson ruined that beautiful car.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 09:27 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/ukfs_sport..._nb!asx&cs=cs1

That's a link directly to the video. Should be permanent, I think.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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Damn fire wall! I couldn't get the video....BUT I did find the BBC Top Gear article on line....it looked that they had way to much fun doing that....Mick
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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Classic mini on skis - TOP Gear

http://media.spikedhumor.com/15307/ski.wmv
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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Thats Great!
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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Did anyone see that episode of master blaster where they shot the MINI into the air off a ramp? They should have used THOSE rockets not these dinky sparklers.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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Awesome video
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 12:44 AM
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That's only the short version. Here's the full story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoeM1...0leyland%20ski
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 03:24 AM
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cool

it would have been fun to see the stig inside the mini.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 04:20 AM
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Actually, the Stig jumped a snowmobile off that ramp; it was the last thing they did on that episode. http://www.finalgear.com/ has most of the TG episodes via BitTorrent.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 04:46 AM
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yup saw that part. he did not even flinch on the way down. the guy has no heartbeat.

van
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 07:54 AM
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yup saw that part. he did not even flinch on the way down. the guy has no heartbeat.

van
That's cuz he runs off Solar Power
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 08:01 AM
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And some say his heart is in upside-down. We know him only as ... The Stig.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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MINI Jumpin Video Must see!

Must see
Classic mini jumping off a ski jump
Video
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pzcao6jQ80[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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taking - forever - to - load
watching - in - bits
excitement - building - oh - no! - math!


LOL "it got dark, so we went to the pub" Sounds like my kind of work ethic!

Almost 1% through the video at this point, still - loading - will - keep - you - posted - please - tell - my - wife - I - love - her - if - I - die - waiting - for - this - to - load.

I - can - barely - remember - a - time - when - I - wasn't - waiting - for - this - video - to - load - but - it's - looking - good - so - far.

LOL "cocking about" I need to remember that! The suspense is building! LOAD ALREADY!!!

HAHAHAHAHA, funny stuff!
 
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:22 AM
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Cocking about is all well and good, but when a classic Mini is pretty much destroyed, that ain't cricket.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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"Previously viewed"!

Ski Jumping with a Mini!!
 
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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All the payoff is in the final minute of the video, but it's worth waiting through the preceding 9 minutes. The anticipation makes it 10 times funnier.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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hehe, great vid!

and it's in my country
 
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:33 PM
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I beat you to it. :~)
 
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