jeremy clarkson

[mjt]

Sounds like you drove a lemon?

it was a 116, which is pretty much the same thing

 

[[TW]Fox]

But compared to any other car I have driven in recent times it was deff. a bit of a barge. (Golf GTI, VR6, Renault Clio, Ford Focus Zetec (no it isn't an S)).

Vote for 'barge' as the most meaningless, overused and badly used term on OcUK 2009.

 

[Kappa]

I know the 1 series has a nicely weighted steering wheel....compared to a flappy focus. Maybe you need some spinach? Is that why it feels 'bargey'?

 

[Perywinkle]

These aren't just plain old 10th hand golfs - I'm a big VR6 fan - first one only had 3K miles on the clock and the latest one had 10K worth of work on it before I got it including professionally rebored for 200BHP.
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roffels someone spent 10 grand on a golf, got it rebored to get 200bhp? What the **** did they do with the money? use it for soundproofing?

 

[Coco]

(BMW 335i Coupe) This must be the best drivers car around and he calls it a "dog"

The 116 was a real effort around carparks, etc. and on the motorway you felt like it took forever to change lanes

Roll up, roll up, get your questionable opinions here, two for a pound!

For absolutely donkeys years Clarkson has been in print & on the television, in yet there must be squillions of people in the UK who still don't 'get him'. The mans a genius for making a stack of cash with the way he reviews cars.

 

[Participant]

whats winter mode out of interest ?

It reduces torque to the wheels in lower gears to help with pulling away in icy conditions.

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

damn he's a fun writer!

That depends; I'm having to spec additional modules and search control rules for the Sunday Times website just to deal with the 'Clarkson Example'.

Bain of my life.

 

[Clarkey]

It reduces torque to the wheels in lower gears to help with pulling away in icy conditions.

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record but here we go again. Technology for the sake of it, utterly pointless. The accelerator pedal does exactly what you mentioned.

 

[Dr Who]

It changes the throttle response and increases the sensitivity of the traction control by using the ABS to brake the wheel IIRC, and is way beyond what a human foot is capable of on ice and snow.

Except for the driving gods that post here ofc.

 

[Pants]

I just seen the specs for the engine in the 335. Awesome.

Power 306bhp @ 5800rpm
Torque 295 lb ft @ 1300rpm
Fuel 29.7mpg (combined cycle)

Sooooo much torque practically at tickover! I wonder if it runs out of puff really quickly over 5800 rpm though...

 

[NathanE]

This must be the best drivers car around and he calls it a "dog"

what the hell ?

Because once you've owned a Ford GT and a Lamborghini a BMW like this is just a boring old dog.

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record but here we go again. Technology for the sake of it, utterly pointless. The accelerator pedal does exactly what you mentioned.

Not really true though. Some of these ridiculously torquey engines these days make too much torque at even idle RPM to go anywhere on an icy road. It's like why in Formula 1 they use different engine maps with less torque in the low and mid range for wet races.

 

[Rroff]

nm cba with this

 

[MikeHiow]

Heh, if you didn't like that, I'd love to hear what you've got to say about his write-up on the Corsa VXR.

 

[( |-| |2 ][ $]

I just seen the specs for the engine in the 335. Awesome.

Power 306bhp @ 5800rpm
Torque 295 lb ft @ 1300rpm
Fuel 29.7mpg (combined cycle)

Sooooo much torque practically at tickover! I wonder if it runs out of puff really quickly over 5800 rpm though...

He has to be lying I just can't believe the torque is peaking at 1300rpm. I've driven my Mum's 135i and it certainly felt like there was more grunt past 5k.

EDIT just seen a torque curve, I'm wrong.

 

[TONY]

I love my 335i and like the way it looks regardless of what Clarkson thinks, I have to admit though if I had the money to spend again I would probably buy a 911 instead.