[14x01] August 11th, 2008

SL65 · July 25th, 2008, 2:29 PM

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A revamped Fifth Gear returns for a new series with a brand-new presenter. Tim Shaw joins Vicki Butler-Henderson, Tom Ford, Tiff Needell, Jonny Smith and Jason Plato as they explore the most exciting cars on the road.

This week, Tim’s first feature is a timely look at how to spend less money on fuel; Vicki takes snooker ace Ronnie O’Sullivan on the drive of his life; and Tiff gets behind the wheel of the world’s first underwater car. For its new series, Five’s legendary motoring show moves to one of the biggest car playgrounds in the world – a vast test-track facility that provides the perfect arena for the best drivers on TV to push cars to the limit.

Fifth Gear also welcomes new presenter Tim Shaw (‘Balls of Steel’, Kerrang! Radio) to the team. A self-confessed car enthusiast, Tim has been tasked with standing up for the beleaguered motorist. This week, he has to find ways of spending less money on fuel. As petrol and diesel prices near £6 a gallon, he softens the blow for some lucky drivers in Bedfordshire by personally refunding them while they fill up on the forecourt. Then Tim gets scientific, testing some of the different ways to make cars more economical.

Elsewhere, world snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan gets the fright of his life as Vicki Butler-Henderson takes him for some high-speed test drives. Ronnie has asked Fifth Gear to help him spend his snooker winnings on a new car, so Vicki takes him for a spin in the Mitsubishi Evo X, the Mercedes C63 AMG and the BMW M3.

Jason Plato and Tiff Needell go head-to-head on the track in one of their famous ‘Dogfights’ this week by testing the Mitsubishi Evo X FQ300 and the Subaru Impreza WRX STi. The resulting race at 120mph in torrential rain ends in a close shave that panics even these two professional drivers...

Also this week, Jonny Smith investigates the startling rumour that cars are now worth more as scrap metal than as functioning vehicles. Tom Ford tests Ford’s new SUV, the Kuga, by driving it on snow, road and mud. And Tiff Needell tries out the world’s first underwater car, the Rinspeed Squba, which was inspired by James Bond’s white Lotus Esprit in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’.

M3, AMG, STI and Evo. Sounds good to me! images/smilies/smile.gif

So how do you think Tim Shaw will be? I don't know his history...

fbc · July 25th, 2008, 2:42 PM

Looking forward to it - the last series was great, a real step-up.

Viper007Bond · July 25th, 2008, 3:31 PM

Tiff vs Jason in the STi and Evo is gonna be awesome!

anti-net · July 25th, 2008, 3:46 PM

A new presenter interesting, lets hope this one actually knows something about cars the shoot out sounds good they nearly always are. I'm quite interested in Jonny's little investigation, the value of the raw materiel used to make a car are going up in value dramatically in this economic fuck up (That's the technical term for it)

By revamp does that mean they've stopped filming at the Ace Cafe? I didn't mind it that much but some of the camera shots they were doing inside the Cafe itself were a bit crap, you were kind of looking at the presenters through a crowd of people...

texascadillac42 · July 25th, 2008, 4:03 PM

Sounds like a good start to the new season images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

DiRF · July 25th, 2008, 4:14 PM

Isn't Tim Shaw the guy whose wife sold his Esprit for half a pound?

GT - R · July 25th, 2008, 4:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DiRF

Isn't Tim Shaw the guy whose wife sold his Esprit for half a pound?

No it was 50 pounds

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Lotus Esprit
Tim's wife, Hayley, sold his Lotus Esprit, worth £25,000, for 50p on Ebay after he told Jodie Marsh live on air that he would leave his wife and two children for her. Hayley placed the lot on the auction site at the 'buy it now' price of 50p with the description 'I need to get rid of this car in the next two to three hours before my husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street', The car sold within five minutes. The scandal made international news and Tim even made a live apology to his wife on Channel 4's Richard & Judy show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Shaw_(DJ)

DiRF · July 25th, 2008, 5:38 PM

Uh, the lower-case p stands for "pence", not pound.

Das_Idiot · July 25th, 2008, 5:49 PM

what I've said about every car program; Needs More Evo™ images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Banii · July 25th, 2008, 7:20 PM

Did his wife forgive him?

Jimi Hendrix · July 25th, 2008, 7:22 PM

Ronnie O'Sullivan is naturally talented to play snooker, but his attitude....I'm not sure if I will like that feature too much.

Cobol74 · July 25th, 2008, 7:26 PM

Well well well - That sounds the best show for FG ever! Can't wait - I predict a solid 9 out of 10.

fanta · July 25th, 2008, 8:53 PM

Hmmm, testing the Ford Kuga by driving it trough mud, snow and normal road...
I'm guessing it will prove to be as useless offroad as any car in that segment (VW Tiguan, Renault Kaleos, Rav4),
BECAUSE IT'S NOT MENT TO BE USED OFFROAD!

Other than that, the first episode looks great images/smilies/wink.gif

(Btw, I've driven a Kuga for a whole day, and when used as a normal car, it rocks! Comfy, silent, no sqeaks or rattles, and superb handling)

rps · July 25th, 2008, 9:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SL65

M3, AMG, STI and Evo. Sounds good to me! images/smilies/smile.gif

Yes, the cars seem nice.

[QUOTE=So how do you think Tim Shaw will be? I don't know his history...[/QUOTE]

Looking at his entry in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Shaw_%28DJ%29
he doesn't seem like a pleasant person. Fifth gear did not need that. Actually IMHO Fifth Gear didn't need one more presenter, it needed one less (Tom Ford).

TopGearDog · July 25th, 2008, 9:59 PM

Sounds like a great series kickoff.

SL65 · July 26th, 2008, 7:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TopGearDog

Sounds like a great series kickoff.

It does, although you can expect PLENTY of Vicki giggling/laughing in this when she takes Ronnie for a Spin in those cars images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Tranquillizer · July 26th, 2008, 10:20 AM

something to keep me alive while top gear go off air. images/smilies/unsure.gif

hopefully we will add few more pics to vicki's special thread. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

and i have heaps of respect for Tiff.

Gibby · July 26th, 2008, 2:31 PM

This Video tells you everything you need to know about Tim Shaw, his love of cars and the Lotus incident.

+ YouTube Video

Good to see Fifth Gear back, looks like a cracking episode!

Viper007Bond · July 26th, 2008, 2:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibby

This Video tells you everything you need to know about Tim Shaw, his love of cars and the Lotus incident.

As ridiculously hot as his wife is, I still woulda left that bitch for selling my car if I was him, even if I had made such a retarded statement as he did.

fbc · July 26th, 2008, 3:05 PM

Based on that vid, Tim looks to be a good addition to the show. Seems like he knows what he's on about, and should be able to present well.

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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	A new presenter interesting, lets hope this one actually knows something about cars the shoot out sounds good they nearly always are. I'm quite interested in Jonny's little investigation, the value of the raw materiel used to make a car are going up in value dramatically in this economic fuck up (That's the technical term for it) By revamp does that mean they've stopped filming at the Ace Cafe? I didn't mind it that much but some of the camera shots they were doing inside the Cafe itself were a bit crap, you were kind of looking at the presenters through a crowd of people... __________________ 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

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fanta Joined: Jan 14th, 2006 Last Online: August 21st, 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Hmmm, testing the Ford Kuga by driving it trough mud, snow and normal road... I'm guessing it will prove to be as useless offroad as any car in that segment (VW Tiguan, Renault Kaleos, Rav4), BECAUSE IT'S NOT MENT TO BE USED OFFROAD! Other than that, the first episode looks great (Btw, I've driven a Kuga for a whole day, and when used as a normal car, it rocks! Comfy, silent, no sqeaks or rattles, and superb handling)

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fbc Moderator Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 7:16 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 34 Posts: 11,770 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 128	Based on that vid, Tim looks to be a good addition to the show. Seems like he knows what he's on about, and should be able to present well. __________________ www.sniffpetrol.com

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