Well, that's a quid I'll never see again

Am I a total fool to enter the 5th Gear compo?

T'was a rather nice looking RRC Vogue SE though.

P.
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1992 200 TDI Disco - heavily modified
1982 V8 Range Rover - heavily corroded
2000 Rover 75 - heavily driven
1993 Lexus LS400 - just plain heavy on fuel

On 2005-04-18, Paul S. Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am I a total fool to enter the 5th Gear compo?

Bloody fifth gear, daft programme. I don't receive channel 5 but have
been following their progress on making a 200MPH Lotus Esprit, what a
shambles. They buy a car, break the gearbox, "upgrade" the gearbox
with an unsuitable upgrade kit that actually weakens the box through
entirely the wrong bearing design, whack 35% more power through the
now weakened gearbox which breaks again, and just waffle on with the
oft-trumpeted but never deserved "lots of trouble usually serious"
comedy phrase... Not impressed. The guys doing the upgrade have
posted to a list I'm on saying what they've done and are having the
errors of their ways pointed out to them by people who've been there
and done that.

This is the lot who ragged an LR3 up a muddly lane accompanied by the
usual whoops, zany camera angles and fast paced music aren't they?
Motor journalism at its best.

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For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert

On or around Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:54:34 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Bloody fifth gear, daft programme. I don't receive channel 5 but have
>been following their progress on making a 200MPH Lotus Esprit, what a
>shambles. They buy a car, break the gearbox, "upgrade" the gearbox
>with an unsuitable upgrade kit that actually weakens the box through
>entirely the wrong bearing design, whack 35% more power through the
>now weakened gearbox which breaks again, and just waffle on with the
>oft-trumpeted but never deserved "lots of trouble usually serious"
>comedy phrase... Not impressed. The guys doing the upgrade have
>posted to a list I'm on saying what they've done and are having the
>errors of their ways pointed out to them by people who've been there
>and done that.
>
>This is the lot who ragged an LR3 up a muddly lane accompanied by the
>usual whoops, zany camera angles and fast paced music aren't they?
>Motor journalism at its best.

yep, that sounds like arTiff and his motley crew. crap program, IMHO as
well - 's not as good as the "old" top gear used to be, neither does it do
silly stuff as well as the "new" top gear.

can't help feeling the whole thing is a vehicle to promote Tiff "I'm a
racer, me" Needell. Mind, Vicky B-H isn't bad...

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Austin Shackles wrote:

> On or around Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:54:34 +0100, Ian Rawlings
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Bloody fifth gear, daft programme. I don't receive channel 5 but have
>>been following their progress on making a 200MPH Lotus Esprit, what a
>>shambles. They buy a car, break the gearbox, "upgrade" the gearbox
>>with an unsuitable upgrade kit that actually weakens the box through
>>entirely the wrong bearing design, whack 35% more power through the
>>now weakened gearbox which breaks again, and just waffle on with the
>>oft-trumpeted but never deserved "lots of trouble usually serious"
>>comedy phrase... Not impressed. The guys doing the upgrade have
>>posted to a list I'm on saying what they've done and are having the
>>errors of their ways pointed out to them by people who've been there
>>and done that.
>>
>>This is the lot who ragged an LR3 up a muddly lane accompanied by the
>>usual whoops, zany camera angles and fast paced music aren't they?
>>Motor journalism at its best.
>
> yep, that sounds like arTiff and his motley crew. crap program, IMHO as
> well - 's not as good as the "old" top gear used to be, neither does it do
> silly stuff as well as the "new" top gear.
>
> can't help feeling the whole thing is a vehicle to promote Tiff "I'm a
> racer, me" Needell. Mind, Vicky B-H isn't bad...
>

Ah well, he more or less proved last night that although he may be a
mediocre race driver he's an absolutely **** offroad driver.

Take a Range Rover Sport on a muddy field, floor it hard and whinge about
how it doesn't accelerate.

What the heck did he think would happen when he slams 400+BHP straight
through road bias tyres into clay?

Idiot.

Still hope I win the RRC.

P.
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1992 200 TDI Disco - heavily modified
1982 V8 Range Rover - heavily corroded
2000 Rover 75 - heavily driven
1993 Lexus LS400 - just plain heavy on fuel