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Re: Schumacher Commandeers Taxi
We at WorldCarFans certainly know the stress of running late for a flight and having a cab driver at the helm who slams on his brakes for every yellow light. A similar situation is apparently no problem for former Formula One star Michael Schumacher.
Over the weekend, Schumacher took over the wheel of his taxi when he was perilously close to missing his plane, according to news wire Agence France-Presse. Schumacher was in Gehuelz, Germany, with his wife and two children to pick up a new Australian Shepherd puppy named Ed.
Needing to get to the airport in Coburg as quickly as possible, Schumacher asked the taxi driver to let the F1 champ take control. Driver Tuncer Yilmaz relented, and looked on in stunned silence from the passenger seat of his own taxi as Schumacher flashed back to his racing days.
"I found myself in the passenger seat, which was strange enough, but to have 'Schumi' behind the wheel of my cab was incredible," Mr Yilmaz told a local newspaper.
"He drove at full throttle around the corners and over-took in some unbelievable places."
Although there is no word on if the Schumachers caught their flight, Schumi did take care of Yiilmaz, giving him 100 Euros over the 60 Euro fare.
Schumaher's spokesperson confirmed the story for AFP.
Over the weekend, Schumacher took over the wheel of his taxi when he was perilously close to missing his plane, according to news wire Agence France-Presse. Schumacher was in Gehuelz, Germany, with his wife and two children to pick up a new Australian Shepherd puppy named Ed.
Needing to get to the airport in Coburg as quickly as possible, Schumacher asked the taxi driver to let the F1 champ take control. Driver Tuncer Yilmaz relented, and looked on in stunned silence from the passenger seat of his own taxi as Schumacher flashed back to his racing days.
"I found myself in the passenger seat, which was strange enough, but to have 'Schumi' behind the wheel of my cab was incredible," Mr Yilmaz told a local newspaper.
"He drove at full throttle around the corners and over-took in some unbelievable places."
Although there is no word on if the Schumachers caught their flight, Schumi did take care of Yiilmaz, giving him 100 Euros over the 60 Euro fare.
Schumaher's spokesperson confirmed the story for AFP.
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Pentium said:
Although there is no word on if the Schumachers caught their flight, Schumi did take care of Yiilmaz, giving him 100 Euros over the 60 Euro fare.
They missed the flight - Micheal was distracted by this pedestrian on the way to the airport :
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Why would MS be late for a flight? I doubt he ever flies commercial?
Indeed, and why on earth would he need to take a taxi
Sounds bogus to me, this is his private jet:
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=HB-JEG&distinct_entry=true
Dec 13, 2007 3:23:39 PM
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The Schumi story was published in the Daily Telegraph, a very well respected (slightly right of centre) broadsheet newspaper in the UK. While no newspaper is perfect, the Daily Telegraph wouldn't normally print a story without checking its facts thoroughly...but you never know! 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht.../wschumi111.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht.../wschumi111.xml
Dec 13, 2007 11:05:49 PM
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Looks like Jodie Foster as a child when she played Tallulah in Bugsy Malone...
Ok young people ... it's Jodie playing a 12 y/o prostitute in the 1976 film " Taxi Driver " ( get it ? ) , starring Robert DiNiro . You know, the movie where he blurted the famous line : " You talkin' to me ? " and made him a star.
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easy_rider911 said:
Looks like Jodie Foster as a child when she played Tallulah in Bugsy Malone...
Ok young people ... it's Jodie playing a 12 y/o prostitute in the 1976 film " Taxi Driver " ( get it ? ) , starring Robert DiNiro . You know, the movie where he blurted the famous line : " You talkin' to me ? " and made him a star.
So what's with Italo-Americans and taxi movies? And who came first, Robert de Niro in "Taxi Driver" or Danny de Vito in "Taxi"?
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