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mrk · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:25

S63??

There's 4 cylinders worth of difference Gaygle

Although the S63 is louder and louder is good!

elmuzzy66. · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:26

Gaygle said:
Loved last night's episode. That S63 is awesome. When they did the drag race and it overtook the Yugo it was

However i was annoyed that Clarkson did the whole "the Focus is faster than an M5" thing again.

But it is before the limiter gets removed or is 155mph limit a thing of the past in unmodified bmw?

Jez · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:27

Gaygle said:
Loved last night's episode. That S63 is awesome.

S65! Totally different beast.

GravyMonster · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:30

elmuzzy66. said:
But it is before the limiter gets removed or is 155mph limit a thing of the past in unmodified bmw?

The limit is realtively easy to remove.

It is an annoying statement he does re use quite often. It's like saying a CityRover is quicker than the Space Shuttle, when the Space Suttle is on the platform being moved to the launch site.

Dutch Guy · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:32

Spunkey said:
It is an annoying statement he does re use quite often.

He also used this in an older reviw where he said a Daihatsu driving 70mph is faster than a Zonda at 60mph (it wasn't a Zonda but I can't remember what car it was, it was a 235k Exotic)

GravyMonster · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:37

^ Ascari A10.

I remember as I LOVE that car

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:39

Dutch Guy said:
He also used this in an older reviw where he said a Daihatsu driving 70mph is faster than a Zonda at 60mph (it wasn't a Zonda but I can't remember what car it was, it was a 235k Exotic)

Totally different situation, Clarkson was being very sarcastic in that review because the producers told him no more super / hypercars.

Dutch Guy · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:41

Firestar_3x said:
Totally different situation, Clarkson was being very sarcastic in that review because the producers told him no more super / hypercars.

Hmmm, good point.

On the other hand a Focus RS500 really IS faster than a M5

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:43

Indeed Clarkson isn't wrong in what he's said.

Westyfield2 · 7 Feb 2011 at 11:36

Loved the episode.

And those planes :cool:

...

Dogbreath · 7 Feb 2011 at 11:42

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Great episode. It clearly highlighted the need for a spinoff show, where James/Jeremy drive around abandoned cold war sites and speak rubbish.

This is an excellent idea!

Gaygle · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:10

Khaaan! said:
S63??

There's 4 cylinders worth of difference Gaygle Although the S63 is louder and louder is good!

Jez said:
S65! Totally different beast.

Schoolboy error!

elmuzzy66. said:
But it is before the limiter gets removed or is 155mph limit a thing of the past in unmodified bmw?

No, the 155mph limiter still exists.

Firestar_3x said:
Indeed Clarkson isn't wrong in what he's said.

No, but what it boils down to is lying by omission. If he wanted to make an accurate statement, he would have mentioned that the M5 had a limiter (or he could have just not mentioned anything about an M5?), but he decided to make a impact statement that, whilst it wasn't wrong, it equally wasn't correct.

Still, good ep, really enjoyed it (Y)

Participant · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:15

Gaygle said:
No, but what it boils down to is lying by omission. If he wanted to make an accurate statement, he would have mentioned that the M5 had a limiter (or he could have just not mentioned anything about an M5?), but he decided to make a impact statement that, whilst it wasn't wrong, it equally wasn't correct.

You must be in a state of permanent annoyance when watching Clarkson then, as he does this all the time.

Jonny69 · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:27

I missed last weeks episode but I didn't enjoy this weeks at all. I especially hate that **** Jonathan Ross. What does that guy think he's turned into? What a ****.

Gaygle · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:28

Robbie G said:
You must be in a state of permanent annoyance when watching Clarkson then, as he does this all the time.

Not really, because a lot of his "impact statements" are subjective, however, saying a Focus RS is faster than a BMW M5 is just.... wrong.

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:29

Gaygle said:
No, but what it boils down to is lying by omission. If he wanted to make an accurate statement, he would have mentioned that the M5 had a limiter (or he could have just not mentioned anything about an M5?), but he decided to make a impact statement that, whilst it wasn't wrong, it equally wasn't correct.

Still, good ep, really enjoyed it (Y)

Gaygle said:
Not really, because a lot of his "impact statements" are subjective, however, saying a Focus RS is faster than a BMW M5 is just.... wrong.

So now you want him to review a stock Focus RS vs a modified M5?

Feek · 7 Feb 2011 at 13:15

Worst episode of Top Gear I've ever seen, I think the only bit I found entertaining was when Clarkson tried to 'fix' the door. Awful episode, dreadful.

mrk · 7 Feb 2011 at 13:17

As if

Vertigo · 7 Feb 2011 at 13:24

Feek said:
Worst episode of Top Gear I've ever seen, I think the only bit I found entertaining was when Clarkson tried to 'fix' the door. Awful episode, dreadful.

Tend to agree. The Albania thing was just dreary - the Yugo gag was funny for a few minutes but after that you just wished they were actually testing the Bentley. The rest of the "test" was dreary and the chase at the end was just dull. They're getting very lazy these days and seem to have a single "main event" each time which occupies over half the programme. If this is dreary then that's half the programme out the window straight away.

Hammond (although jokingly) made a very valid point about the hatch test - one car that doesn't exist versus two that you can't buy is rather pointless.

Jonathan ******* Ross was the final straw.

[TW]Fox · 7 Feb 2011 at 13:41

Spot the older posters

It was awesome.

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