dpb

A *useful* motoring programme...

nice to see the legacy still lords it over the oppostion ..

That no. plate stuff is blummin worrying..

Varboy

damn, missed it again

ru'

Did I hear right when Tiffany Dell said the Porsche Cayman had a straight six? Surely he couldn't be that stupid?

C2forWRX

@ tiff when he nearly crashed the cayman! he shat himself. its worth watching but it cannot becompared to topgear. different league top gear

scg

Totally agree, great to see a 'normal' car in the Civic being reviewed. Top Gear is just becomming boring, Super Car after Super Car, never do anything interesting like articles on modding or the thing with the plates tonight on 5th Gear. Also Top Gear spends probably 30 of it's 60 minutes with the presenters taking the p!ss out of each other.

I like Clarkson don't get me wrong but I think he's got bigger than the program itself and it's very much what he says goes.

audio-fusion

I take it you mean Tiff Needell???

FlightMan

Oh yeah, Fifth Gear is full of really interesting facts like what estate is faster round a race track? Eh, WGAS? Estates are about load capacity, if you want to race, buy a sports car.

Oh, and the Civic has rear door handles hidden away in the rear window plastic. SORRY, Alfa 156 anyone?

BTW, TG did the new Clio yesterday, and frankly I'm much more interested in whether its quicker to the seafront than a demented BMX biker, than I am in the Civics badge retracting 2cm upon collision!

;-)

ndwall

VBH can take me for a ride any time

I like both programs although Top Gear must have a huge budget with all the cars they break. When clarkson parked his Maserti in a hedge I laughed for ages... And when he closed the show with not the kinda hedge he had in mind, what fun.

I prefer watching super cars than family hatchbacks as you could go to a local dealer and see them, where I would be very lucky to see the Zonda or Veyron (next week) giving it some.

Just my opinon mind..

chris's scooby

I missed it.

Can someone tell me what the number plate thing was please?

audio-fusion

I absolutley agree...

TG is the far better show. 5th gear is good, VBH is great but not a touch on TG.

You can look at family cars and small hatches all day long, but hardly ever get to see a supercar in action.

dpb

TG is clearly good entertainment - just not wholely sold on the content.

Chris- its ******* nicking your plate(s) stuffing them on their own ride and breaking all the rules - leaving you (potentially) with a fair bit of grief.




Sorry ..! given the choice, ill be touching vbh over clarkson...

ALi-B

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Anyone want to see the outake of VBH in the Volvo???....that rear tailpipe hanging off on some of the shots they used shows she is not admitting to a whoopsy

Glad to know it wasn't just me who caught Tiff saying straight 6 instead of flat, I thought I was hearing things LOL.

And since when did you crash into stationary cars with the handbrake off and in neutral?? But I suppose the point of test was to confirm that airbag would deploy and not to test its abilities. Just I hate when they exaggerate speeds and lessen impacts like that - makes the public think they are invincible.

One thing for the TG critics. If I want to look at how good a normal humdrum car is, I'll go down the dealers and test drive it and decide for myself. Not so easy to do with supercars, not that I'd get a sniff at one, yet alone a test drive.

ru'

Cool! GF actually came downstairs to find out why I was shouting at the TV...

Scooby-kid

Not a BMX, it wasa mountain bike!!!

Scotty

Chubbs

I think I'm missing the point here!, Someone said where can you see supercars other than here, the ones they had could hardly reach 50mph thats hardly a supercar in my mind?

Now Dame Ellen doing the fastest lap and wanting more is a diffferent story?

Steve

Daz34

Nothing gets past you does it

Dracoro

coupla/few years ago, police didn't even have an offence code for it. Last year 40,000 plate thefts (iirc???). Criminals are stealing numberplates off cars so they can speed/park/enter congestion zones etc. without paying fines. Mainly as you have to 'prove' your identity etc. when buying a plate etc. you can be traced so they nick them instead. What with ANPR, Cong charge cameras, speed cameras etc. they do this. Obviously police are being replaced by camera technology so this thing will only grow and grow.

Bubba po

He's a tuff noodle, Daz.

ndwall

Did you miss the Zonda F then ? I mean 400k of car is to me a supercar..

Ellen was excellent shows the kind of woman she is. Two 1.47 laps and then a 1.46 including on the grass, plus she thought she could get more.

shug

So its a no no for the 4x4 to pull out in front of him, but it's OK for the camera car to be on the wrong side of the double white lines - on more than one occasion - hypocrites !

sgcooby

TG next week with Veyron racing across europe!! No way 5th gear will top that. 5th gear lost all credability when they totally copied the TG format oh yea and also when Plato wore that suave hat of his. **** of the highest order. TBH VBH is a bit of a munter but she can drive a bit so will let her off. The only decent presenter on 5th gear is the fat guy who drove the civic. Nice car to. All in all ill watch any program about cars as it beats friggin emerdale or im a celebrity. But not X factor though ' what time is it '.

G00ner

What was the Legacy up against?

It's not as good as TG, but you can't have enough motoring programmes on tv imo.

mightyyid

It's time that stupid Chickpea **** got voted off and left the show - which fortunately has happened. How anyone can think he had a good voice is beyond me as he cannot sing. He's an entertainer (for some) but it's a singing competition, not a Larry Grayson special.

Chico is a ****!

dpb

volvo t5 awd, gooner.

Houghton

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Can't believe people moaning about TG vs 5G. They're both good IMO. Keep moaning and they'll put on even more come feckin' dancing and I'm a 'c' get me out....'

Brian the Sn@il

different horses for different courses.

TG is a Comedy car show
5thG is Down to the ground, but slowly heading towards a comedy feel !

LOL !!!!

bioforger

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bahahah its time you turned off the tv and backed away. X factor is the biggest load of donkey sh1te ever devised! and you think it's better than celebrity and soaps?!? which are just as chronically sad And that chico ****, well what a complete bellend he is And you'll let VBH off just because she doesn't look like a glamour model? Let her off what? I bet she's better looking than your gf to Agree about Plato though, but I think he wore the hat as a dare or something equally stupid.

sgcooby

She is still a munter. Face like a welders bench. Do you seriously think i like X factor??? Do you not understand sarcasim. Dont diss chico. He da man.

The Trooper 1815

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Saucer of milk anyone??????

bioforger

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It's sarcasm and you didn't use a smiley or anything so yes
I think VBH is quite pretty, ok she's not stunning, but she isn't a dog either.