[06x09] July 24th, 2005 - Page 2

LusDekkar · July 25th, 2005, 11:54 AM

Good ep, Audi chick was one of the highlights. She was pretty cute images/smilies/smile.gif

watto · July 25th, 2005, 12:11 PM

I too voice my approval of the Audi chick.

Great ep, very entertaining.

swek · July 25th, 2005, 12:32 PM

The scooter segment was hilarious. Poor fella, getting the look from his wife for telling everyone on TV that the dinner party he attended was rubbish. images/smilies/lol.gif

driedees · July 25th, 2005, 12:52 PM

good episode, great jokes and a big amount of cars reviewed. really liked james telling the couple he wouldn't air the comments about the dull diner party.

Buba · July 25th, 2005, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swek

The scooter segment was hilarious. Poor fella, getting the look from his wife for telling everyone on TV that the dinner party he attended was rubbish. images/smilies/lol.gif

And then she whispers to him "She's gonna kill you..." meaning the host of the dinner party... (I guess) Sooo funny...

SL65 · July 25th, 2005, 01:42 PM

Hey that was a great episode. James and Richard made up for one of the most boring segments last year: Minicabbing. Co-incidence that they just so happened to drive a new A-Class and that Citroen images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

?

The bit on the hot hatches was short and sweet. We all expected the GTI to be the fav however, I like that Megane...its diffrent images/smilies/wink.gif

Finally the M5 images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

That was hilarious what with GPS interupting JC images/smilies/lol.gif

I agree with him that it is such an epic car but like someone else said, it was expected to be faster than that. Its good to compare it with the 476BHP CLS55. Thats heavier and it has 4-cylinders less than the M5 yet it managed to be within a second of the M5 images/smilies/smile.gif

I think it was because the AMG makes up for its lack of BHP (not really images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

) with its gigantic torque.

Anyway great episode!

fbc · July 25th, 2005, 02:08 PM

now *that's* more like - the boys are back on form. great episode, the russian roulette car testing was a classic. not a single thing wrong with that episode images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

loved the clio owner after james said he has a student-sized amount of fuel in his Clio - "I am a scchtuudent". that whole segment was hilarious.

Electrastar~Indochine · July 25th, 2005, 02:18 PM

Shame James didn't have the guts to enter the club with the 'dancing lesbians'. That would have made excellent viewing !!! images/smilies/lol.gif

fbc · July 25th, 2005, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jarborra

Oh, and I've gotta say, I loved the use of the Back to the Future theme when they were attempting to roll the old crappy Ford. It brought back the 80s for me.

didnt notice that first time - just re-watched, that's gold, especially with the editing too images/smilies/lol.gif

gazzyk1ns · July 25th, 2005, 02:28 PM

I was a bit disappointed with the M5 review. He started off slating everything about it, then pressed the M button and all of a sudden it was back to "Generic Clarkson fast car review #344". You know, "THIS car is faster than anything, and I mean ANYTHING, I have ever driven before in my entire life." etc. etc.

OK, obviously the M5 is an awesome car, and incredibly fast, especially considering that it's a 4-door saloon. But I don't understand who would want one, the target people don't seem to exist... people who need one car to serve multiple purposes (i.e. do the school/shopping run, as well as an incredible weekend burnaround and/or track day) won't be able to afford £62,705 for an M5. If you've got that sort of cash then surely you'd get a 330ci for the week, and something like an Elise for the weekend/track day? If you don't mind owning a 3/4 year-old car then you could probably get an M3 and and something like an Elise/Ariel Atom.

Again, I loved seeing and hearing the new M5 but it does seem like a bit of a strange choice for a car, if you can afford one. A bit of a novelty, or for someone who grew up loving the M badge... nothing wrong with that at all, but still, I was surprised Top Gear didn't say anything similar; instead it was just the same old enthusing from Jeremy with some decent music and squealing tyres. Someone said a few weeks ago that the format is brilliant but getting tired, I think I'm starting to agree.

Clutch · July 25th, 2005, 02:29 PM

Finally, back to their old selfs again. I just felt the last two episodes lacked, personallity.

Great moments in this episode.. 'Grrrrr I'm a Shark, I have a fin"...lol..Great Stuff..

Nogger · July 25th, 2005, 02:30 PM

neat episode. The M5 review was a huuuge let down though :/

copers · July 25th, 2005, 02:37 PM

I hope this is the right place to post. Does anybody know what the music was during the M5 segment once JC hit the M button?

Sounded a bit classical?

SL65 · July 25th, 2005, 02:40 PM

http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic...=147237#147237
8)

fbc · July 25th, 2005, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by copers

I hope this is the right place to post. Does anybody know what the music was during the M5 segment once JC hit the M button?

Sounded a bit classical?

you want this http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=6173

edit: argh beaten by one second!

copers · July 25th, 2005, 03:12 PM

Cheers guys.

Leppy · July 25th, 2005, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogger

neat episode. The M5 review was a huuuge let down though :/

It wasn't a let down up until the point that he pushed that dam M button.

hajj · July 25th, 2005, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SL65AMG~V12~604BHP!!!!!!!

Hey that was a great episode. James and Richard made up for one of the most boring segments last year: Minicabbing. Co-incidence that they just so happened to drive a new A-Class and that Citroen images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

?

The bit on the hot hatches was short and sweet. We all expected the GTI to be the fav however, I like that Megane...its diffrent images/smilies/wink.gif

Finally the M5 images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

That was hilarious what with GPS interupting JC images/smilies/lol.gif

I agree with him that it is such an epic car but like someone else said, it was expected to be faster than that. Its good to compare it with the 476BHP CLS55. Thats heavier and it has 4-cylinders less than the M5 yet it managed to be within a second of the M5 images/smilies/smile.gif

I think it was because the AMG makes up for its lack of BHP (not really images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

) with its gigantic torque.

Anyway great episode!

Since when has the CLS55 got a V6? images/smilies/bangin.gif

This episode was great! One of the best ones this season images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

jarborra · July 25th, 2005, 05:32 PM

When JC was bitching about the M5 being complicated, he illustrated it by saying that when "a tune you really like comes on the radio, so you think 'well i'll turn this up'...and it's gone" he had pressed the 'tune up' button rather than 'volume up' (the layout's more or less the same on my multi-function steering wheel). All he had to do was press the down arrow and his beloved Doobie Brothers would've been back on. There was no need to go through the iDrive system.

http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5783/m5wheel9hj.jpg

Anyway...I guess his point was that the car's audio/visual interface is very difficult to use and that still stands.

And I love the grimace he pulled when he started up the engine and thought it sounded like a diesel.

Cosworth · July 25th, 2005, 05:34 PM

Dont forget Kiddies, August 7th Episode will have "special" action on the test track .... 8)

Very good episode, felt it dragged on a bit tho in places ...

July 25th, 2005, 01:42 PM	#26
SL65 Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 09:24 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,123 Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 39	Hey that was a great episode. James and Richard made up for one of the most boring segments last year: Minicabbing. Co-incidence that they just so happened to drive a new A-Class and that Citroen ? The bit on the hot hatches was short and sweet. We all expected the GTI to be the fav however, I like that Megane...its diffrent Finally the M5 That was hilarious what with GPS interupting JC I agree with him that it is such an epic car but like someone else said, it was expected to be faster than that. Its good to compare it with the 476BHP CLS55. Thats heavier and it has 4-cylinders less than the M5 yet it managed to be within a second of the M5 I think it was because the AMG makes up for its lack of BHP (not really ) with its gigantic torque. Anyway great episode!

July 25th, 2005, 02:08 PM	#27
fbc Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 09:11 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,346 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 77	now that's more like - the boys are back on form. great episode, the russian roulette car testing was a classic. not a single thing wrong with that episode loved the clio owner after james said he has a student-sized amount of fuel in his Clio - "I am a scchtuudent". that whole segment was hilarious.

July 25th, 2005, 02:29 PM	#31
Clutch Joined: Jul 4th, 2005 Last Online: December 14th, 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Finally, back to their old selfs again. I just felt the last two episodes lacked, personallity. Great moments in this episode.. 'Grrrrr I'm a Shark, I have a fin"...lol..Great Stuff.. __________________

July 25th, 2005, 05:32 PM	#39
jarborra Joined: Jul 21st, 2005 Last Online: June 29th, 2008 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Age: 32 Posts: 189 Car: Audi A8 Rep Power: 15	When JC was bitching about the M5 being complicated, he illustrated it by saying that when "a tune you really like comes on the radio, so you think 'well i'll turn this up'...and it's gone" he had pressed the 'tune up' button rather than 'volume up' (the layout's more or less the same on my multi-function steering wheel). All he had to do was press the down arrow and his beloved Doobie Brothers would've been back on. There was no need to go through the iDrive system. Anyway...I guess his point was that the car's audio/visual interface is very difficult to use and that still stands. And I love the grimace he pulled when he started up the engine and thought it sounded like a diesel. __________________ "Oh my God, there's so much f*cking wind!!!" - Me, riding in my friend's custom-built Westfield. I actually have hair when I drive my own sapphire black 2006 Audi A8.

July 25th, 2005, 05:34 PM	#40
Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: 10:35 PM Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 22 Posts: 1,712 LFS Status: Rep Power: 25	Dont forget Kiddies, August 7th Episode will have "special" action on the test track .... 8) Very good episode, felt it dragged on a bit tho in places ... __________________ Catch My Drift? W:www.pmcgphotos.com Powered by Canon.

July 25th, 2005, 11:54 AM	#21
LusDekkar Joined: Feb 4th, 2005 Last Online: October 26th, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	Good ep, Audi chick was one of the highlights. She was pretty cute

July 25th, 2005, 12:11 PM	#22
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 10:33 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,352 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	I too voice my approval of the Audi chick. Great ep, very entertaining.

July 25th, 2005, 12:32 PM	#23
swek Global Moderator Joined: May 19th, 2004 Last Online: 08:25 PM Location: Hamburg, Germany Age: 26 Posts: 4,335 Car: Does a bicycle count? Rep Power: 45	The scooter segment was hilarious. Poor fella, getting the look from his wife for telling everyone on TV that the dinner party he attended was rubbish.

July 25th, 2005, 12:52 PM	#24
driedees Joined: Jul 5th, 2005 Last Online: November 4th, 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	good episode, great jokes and a big amount of cars reviewed. really liked james telling the couple he wouldn't air the comments about the dull diner party.

July 25th, 2005, 02:18 PM	#28
Electrastar~Indochine Joined: Feb 16th, 2005 Last Online: March 1st, 2008 Location: UK Posts: 485 Car: Ava The Astra :-) Rep Power: 0	Shame James didn't have the guts to enter the club with the 'dancing lesbians'. That would have made excellent viewing !!!

July 25th, 2005, 02:28 PM	#30
gazzyk1ns Joined: Jul 18th, 2005 Last Online: October 26th, 2007 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	I was a bit disappointed with the M5 review. He started off slating everything about it, then pressed the M button and all of a sudden it was back to "Generic Clarkson fast car review #344". You know, "THIS* car is faster than anything, and I mean ANYTHING, I have ever driven before in my entire life."* etc. etc. OK, obviously the M5 is an awesome car, and incredibly fast, especially considering that it's a 4-door saloon. But I don't understand who would want one, the target people don't seem to exist... people who need one car to serve multiple purposes (i.e. do the school/shopping run, as well as an incredible weekend burnaround and/or track day) won't be able to afford £62,705 for an M5. If you've got that sort of cash then surely you'd get a 330ci for the week, and something like an Elise for the weekend/track day? If you don't mind owning a 3/4 year-old car then you could probably get an M3 and and something like an Elise/Ariel Atom. Again, I loved seeing and hearing the new M5 but it does seem like a bit of a strange choice for a car, if you can afford one. A bit of a novelty, or for someone who grew up loving the M badge... nothing wrong with that at all, but still, I was surprised Top Gear didn't say anything similar; instead it was just the same old enthusing from Jeremy with some decent music and squealing tyres. Someone said a few weeks ago that the format is brilliant but getting tired, I think I'm starting to agree.

July 25th, 2005, 02:30 PM	#32
Nogger Joined: Dec 30th, 2004 Last Online: February 10th, 2008 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 337 Rep Power: 0	neat episode. The M5 review was a huuuge let down though :/

July 25th, 2005, 02:37 PM	#33
copers Joined: Jul 25th, 2005 Last Online: July 26th, 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I hope this is the right place to post. Does anybody know what the music was during the M5 segment once JC hit the M button? Sounded a bit classical?

July 25th, 2005, 02:40 PM	#34
SL65 Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 09:24 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,123 Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 39	http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic...=147237#147237 8) __________________

July 25th, 2005, 03:12 PM	#36
copers Joined: Jul 25th, 2005 Last Online: July 26th, 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Cheers guys.

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