Thunderbirds are go!

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Stephen

I saw this and thought of you…
Off to the South Pole
…Steffi.

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10 Responses to Thunderbirds are go!

  1. Bob O'Hara says:
    May 22, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    Yes, I can imagine Steffi driving one of those around Lüneburger Heide.

  2. Stephen Curry says:
    May 22, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    I knew she’d bought a new car recently. Wonder if she now regrets opting for the Fiat Panda…?

  3. steffi suhr says:
    May 22, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Ooooh Stephen, you made me blush! (partly also because I only saw this now – it was a busy day, involving a sandbox, lots of water, and very happy kids).
    I am actually very happy with my Fiat Panda Diesel, thank you – I get about 4.3l/100km with it on my daily commute. And I’ve noticed more and more Biodiesel available at normal petrol stations here in Northern Germany.
    It’s funny with Thunderbirds: the favourite of both my husband and son is Thunderbird 2 because of the different pods and vehicles it can transport.

  4. Stephen Curry says:
    May 23, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    Steffi – opps, didn’t mean to cause any embarrassment! – Glad to hear that the men in your family will also enjoy the photo – this is just the sort of thing that you would expect to see emerging from the shiny green belly of Thunderbird 2!

  5. Andreas Forster says:
    May 24, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Clarkson and May made it to the North Pole with a much more modest vehicle (though they had a substantial crew around them).

  6. Stephen Curry says:
    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    They made it back, didn’t they? How disappointing…
    I’d like to see them try again, unsupported, in a Fiat Panda.

  7. steffi suhr says:
    May 24, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    Excellent idea! They come as “4x4s..”:http://www.topgear.com/uk/fiat/panda/road-test/4×4-1.3-multijet-cross – so no excuse 🙂

  8. Stephen Curry says:
    May 24, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    Ssssshhh Steffi – I wasn’t going to tell them about the 4×4 version. 😉

  9. Andreas Forster says:
    May 24, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    Given that they crossed the Channel with outboarder bolted to an old pick-up truck, they might just make it to the pole in a rickety Italian tin. After all, how hard can it be?

  10. Stephen Curry says:
    May 24, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    Hmm – I guess that might be worth watching… if only for the schadenfreude…

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