[10x07] November 6th, 2006

[SL65]

[10x07] 2006.11.06



In this week’s edition of Five’s motoring show, Tim Lovejoy takes golfer Ian Poulter to the track to try out the Ford GT; Jason Plato drives the Type 25 Subaru Impreza; Tom Ford goes on a very rural school run in the new Land Rover Freelander; Tiff Needell drives a Ferrari 599GTB on some rough roads in Bolivia; and Tom Ford tries out the new Vauxhall Corsa, taking a close look at how well the air bags work.

The rally-bred Subaru Impreza has a reputation for being able to cover the ground with alarming ease. But not easily enough for one specialist importer who have developed their own particular version, the ?40,000 Litchfield Type 25. Jason Plato gets behind the wheel to deliver a definitive verdict on the fastest ‘Scooby’ ever.

Top golfer Ian Poulter likes performance cars and has the collection to prove it. Now he’s added another to his bulging garage – a true blue supercar in the shape of the Ford GT. He wants to drive it fast but doesn’t want to wreck it, so best mate Tim Lovejoy rustles up a press car for him to have some fun in – but after a few laps in the passenger seat Tim begins to regret his decision.

Also this week, Tom Ford drives the new 335i, BMW’s first turbo charged petrol car for 20 years. It’s got 306 bhp and is meant to be as fast as BMW’s current performance legend, the M3. At ?33,000 it also undercuts the M car by ?9,000 – does this make it the best car in the world?

Jon Bentley takes a close look at speed bumps, the bane of the everyday motorist – constantly jarring our teeth and ruining our suspension. But do some cars cope with them better than others? Jon suffers for the cause with a ten-year-old saloon, a modern family hatchback and top of the range 4x4 – and comes to a surprising conclusion.

Finally, Tiff Needell travels to Bolivia to drive the Ferrari 599GTB. His mission is to pilot the supercar for two days over some of the highest, roughest and most dangerous roads in the world as part of Ferrari’s 20,000 mile Pan American challenge. Will the car survive the altitude and dust, or will Tiff’s declining relationship with the expedition chief mean he’s not even allowed to find out?


Everything looks okay for this ep EXCEPT TIM LOVEJOY'S BIT.

It's a bit weird FG is having the 599 on again but I'm not complaining

I mostly want to see Tom's verdict on the 335i and Plato screaming around in the Scooby

[Devon]

Tom Ford goes on a very rural school run in the new Land Rover Freelander; Tom Ford tries out the new Vauxhall Corsa, taking a close look at how well the air bags work. Tom Ford drives the new 335i, BMW’s first turbo charged petrol car for 20 years.

Three Tom Ford segments?? Must be some sort of a mistake...

The Lovejoy/Ford GT segment will be crap, who cares about some golfer driving the car. They should stop getting guest presenters - they totally wrecked the LP640 review by getting that stupid bike rider to drive it.

Hopefully they won't have anymore of the "teaching someone of to drive a car" segments, they've had three already this season...one every now and again is ok.

[bartboy9891]

sounds like an especially good ep

[justvisiting]

335i by tom.. excellent

[The_Clincher]

woot 335i!!!

[STi Nut]

WRX Type 25........ YES!!!! i have been waiting for a good video of the Type 25 and thank god it is jason drivin

[Cobol74]

Seems OK to me - 355 and the scooby should be the best bits - I hope!

[ahpadt]

Do you mind making the font a tad smaller? :p

[cobs]

Sounds like some good stuff, hopefully it'll make up for the dross of the last ep.
Fingers crossed Tom, Tiff, Jason and Jon can carry it off / carry the rest.

Yeah, that's it. Last ep was Bad Ash, next week is Good Ash

[SL65]

Originally Posted by ahpadt

Do you mind making the font a tad smaller? :p

Yep just did. It's because of the forum change that this old thread became XXL.

[nicksoup]

Originally Posted by STi Nut

WRX Type 25........ YES!!!! i have been waiting for a good video of the Type 25 and thank god it is jason drivin

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!

same here, this will be a keeper!

[The_Clincher]

has anyone watched the epi yet?

[SL65]

Originally Posted by The_Clincher

has anyone watched the epi yet?

No rips available yet. Check Mininova every now and then...
http://www.mininova.org/sub/332/added

[STi Nut]

Originally Posted by SL65

No rips available yet. Check Mininova every now and then...
http://www.mininova.org/sub/332/added

Why isn't there a rip yet? it's been like 7 hours and still....... i need my type 25

[Thanatos]

i guess no one bothered to rip it since it became such crap

[Anthony]

So I suppose we aren't getting this ep...?

[STi Nut]

Well not till they do the re-run...hehehe

[Anthony]

Damn...description made it seem like the best ep of a bad series lol. Ahh well...I finish exams tommorow, so I don't have procrastination time for fifth gear anymore hahaha...

[otispunkmeyer]

i watched the ep on TV

it wasnt bad actually

the vicki/tim bits are un bearable as usual, but theyre not that long. vicki actually had a decent segment on the new VW golf GT (1.4litre petrol with super and turbo chargers)
thought before the segment begins she asks tim if he knows what a super charger is, he replys no, she says well watch and find out

only prob is she didnt seem to explain what the differences where between turbo and super, and how they worked. well for the parts where i wasnt trying to whoop ass on TDU (so maybe i missed her explanation)

jasons bit were good, as was toms, and tiff's was worth watching too.....drivin a 599gtb off road lol

jon bently though..... usually i like this guy and his bits are interesting but this one was pants... he had like 10mins air time to conclude that driving over speed bumps slowly was the best way to go over them....... i thought that was canny obvious to be honest

lovegimps section well, he wasnt bad actually, and that golfer sure is enthusiastic about cars, but it was pretty boring when all was said and done. guess lovechump can only do irritating or boring

[RedBarron]

I want to see this one because they test the 335I