[13x06] February 25th, 2008 - Page 2

acabinian · February 26th, 2008, 7:10 PM

7/10 for me. Pretty good episode. GT-R review wasn't going to be what I expected, since Plato mentioned it was the first GT-R in the UK way ahead of the launch date, so I'd expected Nissan to tighten the reigns on what he could do with the car.

(Must make more money to buy one when it comes out in the U.S. images/smilies/w00t.gif

)

Decent bits for the rest of the show - camper van segment was cool. Not sure about an RS6 wagon, but nearly 600hp images/smilies/burnrubber.gif

Mr. Nice · February 26th, 2008, 7:44 PM

I wish that they'd have had Tiff review the GTR instead of Jason... Near the end, he started going on about the cars problems and foibles, almost giving it another negative review as typical for Baked Potato. The review of the most interesting car to come out for some time turns out to be one of Fifth Gear's biggest let downs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDoJdQXmwu8

This is actually better than Plato's review

Vltros · February 26th, 2008, 7:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acabinian

7/10 for me. Pretty good episode. GT-R review wasn't going to be what I expected, since Plato mentioned it was the first GT-R in the UK way ahead of the launch date, so I'd expected Nissan to tighten the reigns on what he could do with the car.

(Must make more money to buy one when it comes out in the U.S. images/smilies/w00t.gif

)

Decent bits for the rest of the show - camper van segment was cool. Not sure about an RS6 wagon, but nearly 600hp images/smilies/burnrubber.gif

Well in fact I don't know if you noticed but the GT-R shown was exactly the same one from the CAR Magazine video review (http://forums.finalgear.com/automoti...odzilla-25411/). It was the imported GT-R from that guy who bought it so it wasn't a lent one from Nissan themselves. That's probably the reason why that segment was so short and it didn't really show what the car was capabale of. They probably were too scared of wrecking someone's private car.

About the rest of the show, I loved the Camper van segment because I'm planning to go on a camper van holiday this summer and it really gave me a good vibe about them.

The RS6 was simply soft-porn. They teased you with all what the car had but they didn't show what it was REALLY capable of. And what was that of Audi telling Tiff not to do powerslides images/smilies/mad.gif

But overall that car is awesome.

The rest was OK. I give it a 8.

anti-net · February 26th, 2008, 9:41 PM

I quited like it, the shout out was ok, Camper Van was quite interesting and funny, even though I'm more of a hotel person images/smilies/wink.gif

Like the majority I thought the GT-R review was too short, I wanted to see more, maybe compare it to some of its rivals, but as everyone has been saying it was properly an import and therefore someone's private car - no doubt we'll see a proper review when it hits the UK (or when TG are in Japen)

RS6 was good, I've always loved Audi RS/S cars and the RS6 is just utterly awesome, pity there was no side-ways fun

I gave it 7/10

CrazyRussian540 · February 27th, 2008, 12:19 AM

Did anyone else notice this when the Laguna hit the tree.

http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/26/vlcsnap86799.png

Why hello there Mr. Airbag
I've never seen it blow up like that before.

Aston Martin · February 27th, 2008, 12:40 AM

VBH stole Jeremy's joke from about 900 years ago.

acabinian · February 27th, 2008, 2:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vltros

Well in fact I don't know if you noticed but the GT-R shown was exactly the same one from the CAR Magazine video review (http://forums.finalgear.com/automoti...odzilla-25411/). It was the imported GT-R from that guy who bought it so it wasn't a lent one from Nissan themselves. That's probably the reason why that segment was so short and it didn't really show what the car was capabale of. They probably were too scared of wrecking someone's private car.

Oooo, I did not notice that. Interesting note...if such a segment was done like Plato's, I'd strongly (but politely) ask him to take extra special care of the car if I was the one who imported it.

I stand corrected in my original post. images/smilies/smile.gif

wahaha · February 27th, 2008, 3:02 AM

2 things to note: Those old VW vans are leg decapitators in accidents, and what's with the outdated cd-based nav system on the newer van? Get with it VW. Not to mention VW gets the crappy nav systems as well compared to the Audi RNS.

bos78 · February 27th, 2008, 6:20 AM

The best parts should have been the Audi and the GTR, but they seemed like they rushed through those without giving much information. I assume the GTR wasn't allowed off the track. They should have had a comparison test with a Scuderia or something.

timbuktu · February 27th, 2008, 6:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyRussian540

Did anyone else notice this when the Laguna hit the tree.

Why hello there Mr. Airbag
I've never seen it blow up like that before.

Yeah, I wondered about that small fire from the airbag as well. Maybe it wasn't the airbag?

IceBone · February 27th, 2008, 7:28 AM

The airbags aren't filled from cannisters of compressed air, because it's too slow. They use a compound which, when activated (i don't know the firing process), gives off a large amount of gas in an instant, which fill the bag. It's literally a controlled explosion, that's what you see in that pic. Usually you don't see that in car crash tests, because it's instantaneous, but here they used a super slomo cam, which captured it nicely.

Viper007Bond · February 27th, 2008, 7:58 AM

Yep, it's literally an explosion in your face, hence the fire.

Viper007Bond · February 27th, 2008, 9:39 AM

A couple behind the scenes photos: http://kultivate.wordpress.com/2008/...ar-gt-r-shoot/

Pharoahe · February 27th, 2008, 3:02 PM

He thanks for posting Viper007bond, that's my blog images/smilies/smile.gif

The R35 belongs to my friend Ben Linney, so he got me the pictures form behind the scene

Universal Creations · February 27th, 2008, 3:47 PM

I think it was a pretty good episode. Okay, the review of the GT-R and the RS6 was to short. Especially the RS6-review, because they could do a dogfight with the M5 Touring.

About the airbag: it glows because there's a reaction with Sodium, which gives the typical orange colour. It's not just air being decompressed (that would be too slow to save a person).

Gameflyer · February 27th, 2008, 5:46 PM

Ha, did anyone notice that song TG uses(ex. bridge scene from "supercars to bridge") ALL the time during the GT-R review?

wookiewacker · February 27th, 2008, 5:50 PM

hay there Pharoahe

looked on your blog,have you got a bigger pic of the the car with the sunset behind
it would make a cool wallpaper

Pharoahe · February 27th, 2008, 7:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wookiewacker

hay there Pharoahe

looked on your blog,have you got a bigger pic of the the car with the sunset behind
it would make a cool wallpaper

You will have to be a bit more specific on wich photo you mean, There are alot of pictures on my blog images/smilies/smile.gif

Vltros · February 27th, 2008, 7:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pharoahe

You will have to be a bit more specific on wich photo you mean, There are alot of pictures on my blog images/smilies/smile.gif

I think he's referring to the third pic, from the GT-R R35 Fifth Gear Shoot. the one in the Dusk an the sky all orange images/smilies/wink.gif

I'm interested in that one too images/smilies/tongue.gif

Redliner · February 27th, 2008, 8:42 PM

As others already said: every segment was good, but not great.
I confess I was really hoping the Fiat 500 to win the comparison images/smilies/smile.gif

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My only nitpicks: the GT-R and the RS6 reviews were a little pointless. There was nothing new in it!
On a side note, the R33 is my favorite "Skyline".

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February 26th, 2008, 7:10 PM	#21
acabinian Joined: Sep 4th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Cherry Hill, NJ, USA Age: 25 Posts: 72 Car: 2009 VW Golf GTI Rep Power: 11	7/10 for me. Pretty good episode. GT-R review wasn't going to be what I expected, since Plato mentioned it was the first GT-R in the UK way ahead of the launch date, so I'd expected Nissan to tighten the reigns on what he could do with the car. (Must make more money to buy one when it comes out in the U.S. ) Decent bits for the rest of the show - camper van segment was cool. Not sure about an RS6 wagon, but nearly 600hp

February 26th, 2008, 7:44 PM	#22
Mr. Nice Joined: Dec 6th, 2007 Last Online: November 17th, 2009 Location: GA, USA Age: 29 Posts: 779 Car: '08 Mazda MX-5 Miata Rep Power: 28	I wish that they'd have had Tiff review the GTR instead of Jason... Near the end, he started going on about the cars problems and foibles, almost giving it another negative review as typical for Baked Potato. The review of the most interesting car to come out for some time turns out to be one of Fifth Gear's biggest let downs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDoJdQXmwu8 This is actually better than Plato's review Last edited by Mr. Nice; February 27th, 2008 at 3:40 PM. Reason: added something

February 26th, 2008, 9:41 PM	#24
anti-net Joined: Mar 17th, 2007 Last Online: September 16th, 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK and Birmingham, UK for uni Age: 19 Posts: 1,271 Rep Power: 23	I quited like it, the shout out was ok, Camper Van was quite interesting and funny, even though I'm more of a hotel person Like the majority I thought the GT-R review was too short, I wanted to see more, maybe compare it to some of its rivals, but as everyone has been saying it was properly an import and therefore someone's private car - no doubt we'll see a proper review when it hits the UK (or when TG are in Japen) RS6 was good, I've always loved Audi RS/S cars and the RS6 is just utterly awesome, pity there was no side-ways fun I gave it 7/10 __________________ My Twitter You'd be surprised how close it is. I've actually got 57 cubic feet of cheese in there, and if you covert cheese into dogs, that's 4.3 great Danes - J.Clarkson

February 27th, 2008, 12:19 AM	#25
CrazyRussian540 Joined: Mar 6th, 2005 Last Online: 5:13 PM Location: Pittsburgh, PA/Shrewsbury, MA Age: 19 Posts: 2,994 Car: Nothing anymore Rep Power: 137	Did anyone else notice this when the Laguna hit the tree. Why hello there Mr. Airbag I've never seen it blow up like that before. __________________ Koenigsaab! Last edited by CrazyRussian540; February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 AM.

February 27th, 2008, 12:40 AM	#26
Aston Martin Wirelees noob Joined: Sep 20th, 2006 Last Online: 4:46 PM Location: Hull, England Posts: 2,253 Rep Power: 0	VBH stole Jeremy's joke from about 900 years ago. __________________ "The last really fast car I drove was Ferrari’s 599 GTB Fiorano. Hardly a slouch, the 599 reaches 62mph in 3.7 seconds and 124mph in 11 seconds. But drive the Ferrari 599 past a stationary Veyron at 62mph during its 11 second 124mph sprint and the Bugatti will catch up by the time the Italian reaches 124mph." "I wish it would be Gumball every day."

February 27th, 2008, 3:02 AM	#28
wahaha Joined: Jan 2nd, 2006 Last Online: June 29th, 2009 Location: Univ. of Michigan Posts: 108 Car: Audi A6 2.7T, not going to show off by listing all Rep Power: 0	2 things to note: Those old VW vans are leg decapitators in accidents, and what's with the outdated cd-based nav system on the newer van? Get with it VW. Not to mention VW gets the crappy nav systems as well compared to the Audi RNS. __________________

February 27th, 2008, 6:20 AM	#29
bos78 Joined: Nov 15th, 2007 Last Online: March 4th, 2009 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	The best parts should have been the Audi and the GTR, but they seemed like they rushed through those without giving much information. I assume the GTR wasn't allowed off the track. They should have had a comparison test with a Scuderia or something.

February 27th, 2008, 7:28 AM	#31
IceBone Experienced Crash Test Dummy Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 7:14 PM Location: Slovenistan Age: 25 Posts: 9,301 Rep Power: 186	The airbags aren't filled from cannisters of compressed air, because it's too slow. They use a compound which, when activated (i don't know the firing process), gives off a large amount of gas in an instant, which fill the bag. It's literally a controlled explosion, that's what you see in that pic. Usually you don't see that in car crash tests, because it's instantaneous, but here they used a super slomo cam, which captured it nicely. __________________ Bridge to Gantry time: 11:07

February 27th, 2008, 7:58 AM	#32
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 10:47 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,270 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Yep, it's literally an explosion in your face, hence the fire. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 27th, 2008, 9:39 AM	#33
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 10:47 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,270 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	A couple behind the scenes photos: http://kultivate.wordpress.com/2008/...ar-gt-r-shoot/ __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 27th, 2008, 3:02 PM	#34
Pharoahe Joined: Dec 12th, 2005 Last Online: November 16th, 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22 Car: Nissan Skyline ER34 GTS Rep Power: 0	He thanks for posting Viper007bond, that's my blog The R35 belongs to my friend Ben Linney, so he got me the pictures form behind the scene __________________

February 27th, 2008, 3:47 PM	#35
Universal Creations Joined: Feb 27th, 2008 Last Online: October 18th, 2009 Location: Eindhoven/The Netherlands Posts: 13 Car: 306 GTI-6 Rep Power: 0	I think it was a pretty good episode. Okay, the review of the GT-R and the RS6 was to short. Especially the RS6-review, because they could do a dogfight with the M5 Touring. About the airbag: it glows because there's a reaction with Sodium, which gives the typical orange colour. It's not just air being decompressed (that would be too slow to save a person).

February 27th, 2008, 5:46 PM	#36
Gameflyer Joined: Dec 17th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Boston, USA Posts: 29 Rep Power: 12	Ha, did anyone notice that song TG uses(ex. bridge scene from "supercars to bridge") ALL the time during the GT-R review?

February 27th, 2008, 5:50 PM	#37
wookiewacker Joined: Jun 4th, 2005 Last Online: August 12th, 2009 Location: kamino Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	hay there Pharoahe looked on your blog,have you got a bigger pic of the the car with the sunset behind it would make a cool wallpaper

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February 27th, 2008, 8:42 PM	#40
Redliner Joined: May 19th, 2005 Last Online: 9:55 PM Location: Brazil - South America Age: 30 Posts: 5,287 Car: Fiat Palio 1.6 16v Rep Power: 114	As others already said: every segment was good, but not great. I confess I was really hoping the Fiat 500 to win the comparison . My only nitpicks: the GT-R and the RS6 reviews were a little pointless. There was nothing new in it! On a side note, the R33 is my favorite "Skyline". __________________ God told me to give you candy.

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