>>The Stig... has no understanding of or interest in such matters.
>
>Which for some reason gave me a mental image of a Stigfamily, with The
>Stig performing a helmet-palm maneuver in disappointment as Stig Jr.
>pulls up in.. his boring but practical economy car. Mrs. Stig is in
>the background with a tray of brake calipers fresh out of the oven.

Now I think of it, there was an episode in which they did a test at the Ascari racetrack resort in Spain, and the scene introducing the Stig shows him in a pool lounger while a girl in a bikini and a Stig helmet swims laps...

Still, I think in this case Shirley was just asking as a matter of form. She has, after all, just completed a petrolhead mating ritual in that scene, whether she's consciously aware of it or not, so it's kind of already on her mind. :)

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