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Sharkman540i wrote:
> I heard a few weeks ago that they did an episode that featured the new M5. > Did anyone see it? Does anyone know which episode it was -- what day and > month? Or am I mistaken and they didn't feature it? > > YES, it's bloody fantastic, you can view it here (~10mb, poor quality) http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=bmw_m5 or here if streaming isn't your thing... http://x200.putfile.com/videos/b3-14511520990.wmv it's got a bad aspect ratio, so playing in something that can adjust it to 16:9 would be good one thing i noticed though, tiff flogs the absolute crap out of it, but it's only got 1300 miles on the clock! ouch |
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oh sorry my bad, this is from 5th gear, i keep relating tiff to top
gear, but now it's idiot clarkson and his little sidekick tiff and vicki any day ! |
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Nice clip!
I wonder why Tiff et al & Jeremy parted company. And who is The Styg??? DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "papa guiseppi" > wrote in message ... > oh sorry my bad, this is from 5th gear, i keep relating tiff to top gear, > but now it's idiot clarkson and his little sidekick > > tiff and vicki any day ! |
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Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
> Nice clip! > > I wonder why Tiff et al & Jeremy parted company. > > And who is The Styg??? > > DAS I can only assume it's because Tiff refused to submit to Jeremy's fascist manner of running the show. Tiff didn't want to be Jeremy's hand puppet (anymore?). Too bad, because he is by far the better driver of the two (and even more so compared to JC's two new sidekicks). Even so, I prefer Top Gear over 5th Gear. With the exception of the occasional M5 thrashing by Tiff, the rest of 5th Gear is too tame. The Stig is probably just an ex-BTC driver or F-1 test driver (or is that giving him too much credit?). |
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I expect you are right.
Clarkson's sidekicks really are his poodles, whereas the previous members of the team (Tiff N incl) showed their own 'oomph'. Still, I quite like JC's humour and style most of the time, as long as he sticks to motoring. In The Sunday Times News Review section he has a more general column and I don't find myself reading that every week. I think Top Gear attracts good guests and cars because it is the BBC. Even my 8-yr-old son is hooked on it and he is amused by the occasional refs to kids being allowed to stay up and watch (as it is around his bed time). DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Peter Bozz" > wrote in message ... [...] > I can only assume it's because Tiff refused to submit to > Jeremy's fascist manner of running the show. Tiff didn't want to > be Jeremy's hand puppet (anymore?). {...] |
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In message >, Peter Bozz
> writes > >The Stig is probably just an ex-BTC driver or F-1 test driver >(or is that giving him too much credit?). Perry McCarthy according to this:- http://www.sfxsports.co.uk/biogs_other.asp?BiogID=202 -- Ian Edwards |
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In article >,
Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: > I wonder why Tiff et al & Jeremy parted company. Top gear finished with no plans to bring it back. Tiff - possibly desperate for work - started with CH5 on contract for 5th Gear. Clarkson had other sources of income - journalism etc. So when the new series was planned for BBC 2 - probably by a new head of department, Tiff wasn't free to join them - if indeed he was asked. -- *Young at heart -- slightly older in other places Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Ian Edwards wrote:
> In message >, Peter Bozz > > writes > >> >> The Stig is probably just an ex-BTC driver or F-1 test driver >> (or is that giving him too much credit?). > > > Perry McCarthy according to this:- > > http://www.sfxsports.co.uk/biogs_other.asp?BiogID=202 Actually, that was the old Stig. He drowned when his car went overboard during a stunt on an aircraft carrier. His replacement is rumored to be a certain Ben Collins. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article >, > Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: > >>I wonder why Tiff et al & Jeremy parted company. > > > Top gear finished with no plans to bring it back. > Tiff - possibly desperate for work - started with CH5 on contract for 5th > Gear. Clarkson had other sources of income - journalism etc. > So when the new series was planned for BBC 2 - probably by a new head of > department, Tiff wasn't free to join them - if indeed he was asked. > This makes more sense than my theory of conflict between Tiff and JC. |
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