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What F1 Gifts are you getting/giving this Christmas?

Started by philhitchings , Dec 24 2003 11:18

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#1 philhitchings

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 11:18

For me personally, I hope to get a 1:43 '91 Mclaren. (I have all the champion cars from Mansell's '92 Williams to the Schumacher 2002 Ferrari).

As for a wish present the Ferrari laptop has me very interested indeed (I'd have to get that one myself : ) It's not that overpriced either IMHO

What will you all be hoping for?

Are you giving F1 stuff to anyone?

I've given my friends framed 10x8's of some of my pictures from this season

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#2 dpardyrx7

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 11:28

It will be a very F1 Christmas this year...

Giving:
Books - various including "F1 for Dummies"
DVD - I've taped various SPEED program on F1 - put them on DVD and all my F1 buddies get a copy.
2004 Races - Tickets for the family - USGP
Lego F1 Williams Race Car

Getting (Hopefully)
2003 Video review
2004 Wall callendar
Ferrari Ski Jacket

Merry Christmas Everyone

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#3 pRy

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 11:33

I bought myself this Senna item:

http://www.pry.u-net...sennaprint1.jpg

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#4 philhitchings

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 11:40

Very nice (where is the I am jealous emoticon?)

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#5 rhpearson

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 13:23

Originally posted by pRy
I bought myself this Senna item:

http://www.pry.u-net...sennaprint1.jpg

That is really nice. Congrats!

I am buying myself a BRD wheel... but that should perhaps be said in the simulators forum

And, come to think of it, I did buy myself a RotaxMax kart six weeks ago that I will be racing in a Masters class (for old farts over 30) next year

I know I am getting a sweatshirt from the Molson Indy from my folks... because I tried it on as my mom bought it at the Montreal race ;)

I sometimes think the models would be nice to have... but I have a 2-year-old son... I am afraid he would wreck them. Maybe later in life

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#6 philhitchings

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 14:41

High shelves will usually stop little hands getting hold of these delicate models

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#7 Berner

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 15:27

.... oh, THAT kind of model.... :smoking:

and here I thought you were corrupting minors again. I am giving Montreal GP tix to friends and hope to receive my annual F1 calender and perhaps a McLaren Tag watch by Heuer. Merry crispers everyone.

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#8 MarkWRX

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 15:29

Giving:
Team Renault zip up polo to my wife, who likes the color.
Red Ferrari hat for my 5 year old daughter, who likes Michael Schumacher. I don't know where I have gone wrong. I don't know who is paying for her college education!
Formula One Racing for Dummies, to our friends in Lebanon Indiana, who always host us when we go to the US GP.

Getting:
Lap of the Gods videos (I hope)
Dell DJ - which I hope to use to record intercepted driver/pit communications at the US GP next year.

Mag

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#9 joriswouters

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 15:37

My dad told me I'd get a book on F1-cars. But I don't know which one. :confused:

I'll probably get that one for my birthday, on january 4th. For Christmas probably a helmet, for my karting-hobby.

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#10 Masten

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 16:11

Atlas f1 subscription renewal and a 1/32 scale slot car set!

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#11 Chevy II Nova

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 16:27

I can't get to my list right now but I had ~5 books, technical mostly (I threw the Chequered Flag on there, but it is hard to find). The other F1 item was a Minardi flag. Unfortunatly the place is in Italy and the shipping was rape.

Here we go:

Minardi flag
Chequered Flag
A Mechanics Tale
Life in the Fast Lane
The Unfair Advantage
Formula 1 Technology
Formula 1 Technical Analysis 2002/2003

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#12 snash

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 16:36

I am giving my Dad a Schumacher 6 X WDC cap.

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#13 philhitchings

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 17:01

Originally posted by Masten
Atlas f1 subscription renewal and a 1/32 scale slot car set!

Just bought that for myself $40 dollars a year for life ultra :cool:

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#14 maxpapis

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 19:44

I'm gving myself a trip to Spa, Montreal and Indy :eek:

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#15 fifi

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Posted 24 December 2003 - 20:42

Originally posted by maxpapis
I'm gving myself a trip to Spa, Montreal and Indy

may see you at Spa

anyway me....... i dunno, been dropping hints but chances are they wont be picked up on

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#16 philhitchings

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Posted 25 December 2003 - 06:08

Just opened a Daily Mail Unseen photo archives book, covering 1950- 2002 looks pretty good, no car though :

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#17 baddog

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Posted 25 December 2003 - 12:44

lego bmw williams.. sure cheap and cheesy, but cute

oh and its got RALF in it not montoya

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#18 Viktor

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Posted 25 December 2003 - 12:50

Given
Nothin F1 related

Got
AtlasF1 subscription renewal
Formula One: The Season (2003 Season review book)

/Viktor

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#19 beanoid

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Posted 25 December 2003 - 23:09

My most excellent best-in-the-world husband gave me the 1:18 Renault R23 signed by FA, AND a 1:10 model of Valentino Rossi's specially painted Repsol Honda that he rode at the last GP of the year! What a lucky girl I am! :clap:

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#20 TigerEyes

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Posted 26 December 2003 - 10:36

Merry Christmas to all posters (sorry it's a bit late!! ).. The F1 related gifts in my family were few, but well worth it..

Giving - the F1 mag subscription for a year to my significant other (I'll get him to attend a GP yet!)

Recieving - Bernie's Game - inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecclestone (Terry Lovell), and the Duke Motorsports season review 2003...

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#21 Will

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Posted 28 December 2003 - 23:04

F1 Scalectrix (equivalent of slot-car?) set with a Toyota & McLaren slot cars included and an separate BMW Williams car. :clap:

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#22 Sakae

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Posted 29 December 2003 - 00:12

Attitude.

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#23 Bogman

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Posted 29 December 2003 - 14:47

I gave my best friend a Williams (JPM) remote control car. I gave his 5 year old kid a remote control dune buggy.

I got Sid Watkins book, an F1 calendar, and best of all, a West McLaren Mercedes cap from my girlfriend....her brother in law runs a Mercedes dealership so he got it.

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#24 fifi

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Posted 29 December 2003 - 16:07

i got a F1 calendar.........but the promise to give me money to go to a GP :clap:

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#25 speedmaster

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Posted 29 December 2003 - 16:46

Got a Rubens xmas card.... by any strange reason it arrived seconds later than Schummi's one.... :

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#26 BuzzingHornet

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Posted 29 December 2003 - 16:52

I got Graham Hill's autobiography, its an original edition from the 70s, its out of print now I think. Its a very funny read incidentally, Graham Hill had personality to throw away and it comes across in print

My REAL present comes in January, i've got to be in Italy on business and i'm visiting Monza too

Woohoo

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#27 30ft penguin

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Posted 06 January 2004 - 13:46

My mother knows that I am a Ferrari fan, so everytime she sees some silly and cheap "fan" type item, she buys it just to hear me groan whe she hands it over. Well, this christmas I received some very nice presents from my parents and then it was time for the obligatory "I know it annoys you but I could not help it" present:

http://members.atlas...n/sugarbaby.jpg

(if you could not guess - inside are about fifty portions of sugar (the usual paper packages) with MS photographs on them...)

Hope they do not decide on selling "original Michael Schumacher cream" anytime soon

Hmm, maybe I should dust off my espresso machine a bit ... :blush:

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#28 BuzzingHornet

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Posted 06 January 2004 - 14:21

LOL

Quality..! I bet Schumacher always drinks sugar-free though ;) hehe

the photo background is quite interesting, looks a bit snowy there!

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#29 philhitchings

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Posted 06 January 2004 - 15:42

30ft, keep them for a couple of decades then auction them off individually on Ebay. I'm sure someone would think it was sweet :rotfl:

(couldn't resist it)

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#30 30ft penguin

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Posted 07 January 2004 - 09:51

Originally posted by BuzzingHornet
the photo background is quite interesting, looks a bit snowy there!

Yes, we have had a little bit of snow around here for a while now, but it has been getting warmer this week and everything is melting away into a muddy mess... bleh ... pretty depressing weather - cold, wet, you drive to work when it's still dark and you drive home when it's already dark again...