Stupid Things Fifth Gear Have Said This Week.
 

So far:

A) Complaining that the SatNav in a BMW stops at the Polish border. We should be thankful they've learnt their lesson.

B) That the last Golf GTI was/is the best GTI ever. I'm sorry. WHAT!? Are they all on crack!?

C) That the SAS sit around writing books now and that the SBS are the only ones who do anything. Someones wanting to wake up to find a long haired man standing over them holding a knife to their throat I think. ;)

Who cares......



Nice footage of the Aston :D

:p

D) Saying "Emotional Control Unit" when talking about a car key and not laughing at the absurdity of it.

E) "Hello, I'm Jonny Smith" and anything that follows for the next several minutes :D

:notworthy :lol1:

How cool was that Brabus Truck though :lol1:

Havent seen this weeks but last weeks made me cringe with the bit about scoobs. Get one for £3k and they show a mint RB5 that you have no chance of getting for £3k. Then proceed to tell you that subaru recommend oil change every 7.5k miles but they reckon every 3k miles - wtf?

Still worth watching for the few titbits of decent info they. Mostly when Plato or Needell drive.

Simon

Having had, a Mk1 1800, MKII 16V, MKIII 16V, MKIV Turbo, MKIV 2.8 4 Motion, MKIV R32, a MKV Edition 30. I would say that this is a pretty good statement other than the best GTI is a MKV GTI Edition 30. Its easy to think of the MK1 as the best, and it some ways it was very good but it did have serious drawbacks like the brakes didnt work..... it let water in, the rear suspension was very harsh and could damage rear passenger backs and it went rusty.

I tend to turn the sound off as most of what the presenters say is b0ll0x. Then it goes on again for v8's or v12's when driven by Tiff or Plato

Heaps of peope on here would swear by interim oil changes

Have to say, I enjoyed last night episode.

That Aston is pure car porn.

Every 5000 miles. :thumb:

So far:

A) Complaining that the SatNav in a BMW stops at the Polish border. We should be thankful they've learnt their lesson.

B) That the last Golf GTI was/is the best GTI ever. I'm sorry. WHAT!? Are they all on crack!?

C) That the SAS sit around writing books now and that the SBS are the only ones who do anything. Someones wanting to wake up to find a long haired man standing over them holding a knife to their throat I think.


just do what i do, "dont watch it" it's tripe

D) About 56mph being the most economical speed to acheive the the best range from a tank of fuel (i.e. at it's most efficient/economical). In actual fact, it's at idle in top gear, and, with the car being a big diesel, it should trundle along at about 30-40mph in 6th gear at 900rpm or so and get something stupid like 70mph.:Whatever_

Is that what it is really called? What car is that for?

Les :cuckoo:

TBH though we had a Renault that said 56mph was the ideal speed for economy in the handbook! Apparently more than that and the wind resistence means the car has to work harder.

Of course if it is basically at idle it's not exactly working hard just always found it a strange thing to have in the handbook. Also advised not having the windows down over 50mph because of the extra drag!

5t.

Aston Martin DBS, and yes, thats really what Aston Martin are calling the bloody key. I always thought they were more classy and above gimmicky bollocks like that. :(

They still do, according to 5th Gear ! :D

No, every 4000 ! (You get the point ! :lol1: ).

56mph, oooh isn't that 90kph? Yes, I'm not suprised that a lot of manufacturers say 56mph as it's a 'fair' speed all things considered!

Maybe on the flat, but not in the real world.
They would never say 'top gear' :lol1:

As manufacturers have to report mpg at 56mph they optimise fuel economy at this speed.

Wind resistance increases relative to your speed *squared*. Which is one of the reasons why a car that can do 190 needs a lot more power to do 200. The mid-fifties mph is about where the resistance starts to get noticable.

That's the theory - in practice you'll probably not notice a few mph here and there. My Passat diesel tends to cruise at 80 on the M'way (obviously not when I'm driving and I've only been told that that is what it does .... ) and is fairly economical. It has tried to cruise at a slower speed but the mpg didn't exactly rocket up ...

Dave

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They would never say 'top gear' :lol1:
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dont get me started on fcuking 5th gear. watched it last night, mildley entertained for an hour, decided I would enter their little comp to win that natty looking golf! Oh no, stupid POC sends the txt to 81155 not 81555, promptly receives a txt back from an adult txt service, thanks for subscribing, £1.50 per msg received :eek: txt stop to stop.

So I send back stop, but not before the ****s send me 5 more messages!!!!!!!!! :eek: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

£9 that little lot cost me, was fcking furious :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad:

^ Well, that's YOUR excuse :lol1: