Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[stefanvv]

WRC 2013 QUIZ: Here it is - the WRC 2013 quiz! How much do you remember of the last year in WRC?

There are no prizes - just a very smug feeling if you get them all correct - good luck!

Hurry - the quiz closes on Christmas Eve!

http://rallyinguk.polldaddy.com/s/the-wrc-2013-quiz

SS5, Labatie d'Andaure - Lalouvesc 1 VW Polo R WRC won it’s first WRC stage win

Really?

Well spotted / remembered. Ogier won the very first stage of the 2013 MC!

How can not remember something like very first stage and stage win. Moreover Loeb was still fresh competing

[Mirek]

Off topic of course, but for me: Appleton Estate Rum with Coca Cola is absolute best, except from a Staroprahmen if I´m really thirsty... (Mirek )

If I would be really very very thirsty I would drink Staropramen too but only in a risk of dehydration

I think I have very different taste than You guys. I don't like Becherovka, I don't like Staropramen and I prefer pure whiskey (or rum) from mixed with Coke

PS I asked Pluto to move this off-topic to bar talk. Thanks for understanding.

[Mintexmemory]

Off topic of course, but for me: Appleton Estate Rum with Coca Cola is absolute best, except from a Staroprahmen if I´m really thirsty... (Mirek )

If I would be really very very thirsty I would drink Staropramen too but only in a risk of dehydration

I think I have very different taste than You guys. I don't like Becherovka, I don't like Staropramen and I prefer pure whiskey (or rum) from mixed with Coke

PS I asked Pluto to move this off-topic to bar talk. Thanks for understanding.

Absolutely fine - this is certainly bar talk!!
Mixing coke with superior rums or single malts is a filthy degenerate action that I'd expect of americans. They developed the habit to hide the fact that the majority of bourbons are not a 'smooth' drink. A sipping rum can, in very hot weather, have some fresh lime juice squeezed in but a whisky should only ever have a little spring water added and never ice!
My favourite pils / lager -type beer is Peroni but I have very wide tastes in beer depending on the occasion.
Yesterday we decanted the sloe gin we've been maturing for 3 months - first tasting after dinner on Christmas day.

[Rallyper]

Seems we have different views on the subject, however I could well have pure Captain Morgan Black, no problem at all.
And beerwise I´m a bit towards my finnish friends with Duplapukki 8,5 as a special favourite.

[T.Maanteiden kuningas]

Great beer and speakers from Iisalmi. By the way it´s TUPLAPUKKI

[dimviii]

ouzo power!

[EightGear]

ouzo power!

I managed to get about 20 free Ouzos on Crete last summer.:-D

[Rallyper]

So boys, what does coming days look like for you? Any expectations for next WRC-year?

[stefanvv]

So boys, what does coming days look like for you? Any expectations for next WRC-year?

Whiskey, wine, beer, and Bulgarian brendy these days Some fireworks on new year's eve. Next year VW will dominate, I expect the best of the rest to be Ford, but not because are so good, but others will fail.

[Mintexmemory]

My good lady and I are halfway through a good bottle of champagne so my 2014 WRC expectations (maybe a dedicated thread?) Might be wildly speculative!
JML to be closer to Ogier in terms of performance but Ogier taking the title. Kris Meeke will be the big surprise and the closest VW challenger. Hyundai not to perform well until the summer tarmac rounds.
M-Sport to do worse than last year but Kubica and Evans to také podiums at some time