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Old 03-01-2001, 12:37 PM
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Guys, I would like to introduce you all to my mentor

Everyone you are about to meet a man named Tiff. Tiff is the man! I'm praying he has a daughter so i can marry her and have him as my father in law.....i've even written him letters w/ no return . What you are about to experince is something like none other. You will experience the thrill, excitement, and glory this man takes with his job. Everyone, meet Tiff "the man" Needell!

WARNING: Before viewing these videos remember; YOU ARE NOT TIFF!! You will never be Tiff, you most likely will not be Tiff even in your dreams. DO NOT TRY TO IMITATE TIFF AT HOME; trust me on this one, it is not pretty. If you want to be Tiff, I suggest buying Gran Turismo 2!!!!

and these videos are not 56K friendly, ISDN OWNZ YOU!

tiff driving 996 turbo around millbroke

tiff gets real excited when the put him in the wheel of the mclaren!

tiff shows the proper way to drift a m5

the proper way to drive a S6 avant

tvr tuscan

ultimate GTR

porsche GT1

noble m12


for more tiff videos visit: www.taner.net/movies/topgear/


here is a bit of Tiff history:


1971 - UK FF1600
1972 - UK FF1600
1973 - UK FF1600
1974 - UK FF1600, 2nd in 'Wella for Men' Championship
1975 - UK FF1600 champion (Townsend Thoresen Championship). Special
Commendation at Grovewood Awards
1976 - 2nd UK FF2000 (Allied Polymer Championship). Won Grovewood Award. UK F3
1977 - UK F3
1978 - Aurora F1/F2 series. UK F3, 4th
1979 - Refused superlicence for F1. 'Durex' F1 Scholarship winner
1980 - 2 F1 attempts (Ensign). ret Belgium, DNQ Monaco. Raced Japanese F2,
Touring Cars, Procars and sportscar racing
1981 - Sportscars (Ibec-Cosworth DFV P6), with Tony Trimmer
1982 - Sportscars (Nimrod-Aston Martin), with Geoff Lees
1983 - Sportscars (Dome-Cosworth DFL 83C), with Eje Elgh
1984 - Sportscars (Dome-Toyota 84C), with James Weaver
1985 - Sportscars (Dome-Toyota 85C), with James Weaver
1986 - Sportscars (Spice-Lamborghini), with Mauro Baldi
1987 - Sportscars (TOM's Toyota 87C), with Masanori Sekiya
1988 - Sportscars (TOM's Toyota 88C), with Paolo Barilla
1989 - Sportscars (Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 962), with Derek Bell, 5th
Dijon, 4th Mexico City
1990 - Sportscars (Alpha Porsche 962), with Derek Bell
1991 - Sportscars (Kremer Porsche 962), with Gregor Foitek
1992 - Sportscars (ADA Porsche 962), with Derek Bell
1993 - BTCC (Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Cavalier 16v): Crashed at Donington.
1994 - British Touring Cars (Nissan Primera 2.0 eGT), 21st, 3 points:-
May 30 Oulton Park 17th
Jun 26 Brands Hatch Retired
Jun 26 Brands Hatch 18th
Jul 10 Silverstone Retired
Jul 31 Knockhill 10th
Jul 31 Knockhill 16th
Aug 14 Oulton Park 13th
Aug 29 Brands Hatch 17th
Aug 29 Brands Hatch 9th
Sep 11 Silverstone 15th
Sep 11 Silverstone 14th
Sep 18 Donington Park 15th
Sep 18 Donington Park 15th
1995 - Drove PCA Jaguar XJ220 in Le Mans 24hrs with James Weaver. 6th in
Maserati Ghibli Cup at Donington.
1996 - UK GTs (Ascari-Ford), 3rd Silverstone International Circuit. Daytona
24hrs (Lister Storm) - accident, with G.Lees & K.Acheson. 19th Le Mans
with G.Lees and A.Reid. TVR Tuscan Championship: 4th R1 Croft. Drove
in Global GTs with Lister Storm. 54th in Network Q RAC Rally (Skoda
Felicia).
1997 - Le Mans 24 Hrs (Lister Storm) with G.Lees & G.Fouche, ret/accident.
IMSA (Newcastle United FC Lister Storm):
Feb 1 19th in Daytona 24 Hrs with G.Lees & A.Reid
Hella Formula Vee International (Spyder)
Aug 30 Brands Hatch 3rd, 15 laps/FL 49.68s (record)
1998 - GTs (Lister Storm):-
Jan 31 Daytona 24 Hrs ret/electrics(with J.Bailey & C.Baird)
MGF Cup
Apr 4 Silverstone 6th, 12 laps
British GTs (Lister Storm), 5th, 97 pts, with J.Bailey:-
May 3 Oulton Park 3rd
Jun 14 Snetterton 1st
Jul 11 Silverstone GP 2nd, 43:18.10
Aug 2 Donington Park 4th
Aug 23 Silverstone 2nd, 51:11.367
Oct 4 Silverstone 1st, 50:28.30
British Touring Cars (Ray Mallock Ltd Nissan Primera)
Aug 31 Brands Hatch Indy 12th, 25:53.739
Aug 31 Brands Hatch Indy 15th, -1 lap
1999 - FIA GT Championship (Lister Storm GTL), with J.Bailey and B.Verdon-Roe
Apr 10 Monza ret/33 laps/gearbox
May 9 Silverstone ret/80 laps/gearbox
2000 - Lotus Elise Championship: 2nd Thruxton. British GT Championship (Lister
Storm): 1st Donington Park (with D.Warnock), 1st Spa-Francorchamps &
Silverstone GP Circuit (with D.Clark). FIA GT Championship (Lister
Storm): ret/brakes Zolder, with N.Springer.


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i'd love to see him mess around with a CLS. i dunno if he'd laugh considering it's a manumatic..

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by YuppieCL:
i'd love to see him mess around with a CLS. i dunno if he'd laugh considering it's a manumatic..

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tiff does not drive AUTOMATIC FWD cars
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Tiff is da man ... i'm getting 135 Kb/sec over my T1 and these are still taking all day to download. I love big movie files

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Old 03-01-2001, 03:49 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fbazakos:
Tiff is da man ... i'm getting 135 Kb/sec over my T1 and these are still taking all day to download. I love big movie files

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me too, they are all like a minumum of 30mb
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understeer understeer understeer understeer
oversteer oversteer oversteer oversteer


that guy never wears a helmet! He's too cool for it and would mess up his hair or something

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My two Favorite Tiff Needell's quotes are:

"The 360° spin is easily controled" -BMW M5 review.


and

"Well almost all the time" -Porsche 911 Turbo review in regards to the aerodynamics keeping the car firmly planted on the ground. He rounds a hill going some 100+ mph and catches some foot or so of air.


Too bad the Skyline GTR Review from Top Gear was done by someone else.

I also liked the race he did against he Lancer Evo. That chick was freakin awesome, I'd take her CLPower, ya don't have to wait for a daughter. She won the race, too. (aside from the fact that Needell was driving a 10 year old car).



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Oh and one more favorite quote With regards to the Audi RS4:

"Understeer, understeer, understeer... well at least we can pull a few tricks out of my sleeve to get a smile on my face. Ah yes, the HANDBRAKE"

Hahahaha AHAHAH that was a f*cking awesome clip.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by KavexTrax:

that guy never wears a helmet! He's too cool for it and would mess up his hair or something

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nope, he wears helmets in all the race cars he drives

they all say TIFF in big letters on the back...i'm gonna make my helmet look identical and then maybe find a way to get him to sign it one day!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by F=ma:

I also liked the race he did against he Lancer Evo. That chick was freakin awesome, I'd take her CLPower, ya don't have to wait for a daughter. She won the race, too. (aside from the fact that Needell was driving a 10 year old car).

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haha, the best was when he cheated to try to beat her

yah, i wish he woulda done the skyline review, that woulda been fun...the 996 and mclaren are two of my favorites


hey, you ever find out about the timing?

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swell, i told you tiff was the man
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the best three I have seen from him were the

McLaren F1
M5
2K Porche 911 Turbo
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my ex-girlfriend just read this post....and she is now worried about me because i have no life guys
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Dude you have 20 posts just on this topic!!!!

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clpower,
Over 1100 posts? Your old GF might be right. Shit, I would have Tiff's baby. This guy kicks ass.


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F'ing awesome. I love those clips. And good thing I have a T1 connection at work to download them

Tiff is definitely the man, I have to agree!





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tiff is da man, and now gets behind the wheel of the new m3

not that great, only DL if you have a fast conncetion, it's 64 MB, but still a great flick


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Yep, I enjoyed the F1 and the M5....



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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by EricL:
Yep, I enjoyed the F1 and the M5....

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M5 is sweet as hell , dude can drive

F1 =

and the RS4 makes me it's just funny
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by F=ma:

"Understeer, understeer, understeer... well at least we can pull a few tricks out of my sleeve to get a smile on my face. Ah yes, the HANDBRAKE"

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"But don't tell AUDI!!" HAHAHAHAH I love the way he says that, I was LMAO



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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SpeedyRonin:
"But don't tell AUDI!!" HAHAHAHAH I love the way he says that, I was LMAO

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tiff is da man
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Hehehe, yup! Tiff is da f'ing man! My friend and I have downloaded almost all of his video's and watched them over and over!

Have you seen the one where he drives the f'ing balls off of a Ford Focus (European version of it anyway I think, called the Puma) with 3 other top gear drivers in the car? "Let me catch another gear" as he does a huge drift around a corner while the other 3 drivers scream bloody murder!!

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BNut:
Hehehe, yup! Tiff is da f'ing man! My friend and I have downloaded almost all of his video's and watched them over and over!

Have you seen the one where he drives the f'ing balls off of a Ford Focus (European version of it anyway I think, called the Puma) with 3 other top gear drivers in the car? "Let me catch another gear" as he does a huge drift around a corner while the other 3 drivers scream bloody murder!!

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i haven't seen that one wheres it at?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by CLpower:
my ex-girlfriend just read this post....and she is now worried about me because i have no life guys </font>
sure it was this forum..... j/k

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