Fifth Gear Recharged

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biggbn

24,052 posts

222 months

Monday 23rd January 2023
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That Porsche 0-100 and stop was terrifying looking. Wow.

Doofus

26,415 posts

175 months

Monday 23rd January 2023
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Smollet said:
Doofus said:
Who gave that bloke a job? fk me, he's a proper charlie.
Ticks a box I guess.
I'm surprised they have a "1980s haircut" box at all.

LARK F1 GTR

3,384 posts

148 months

Monday 23rd January 2023
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Doofus said:
LARK F1 GTR said:
I watched one last with an electric Volvo truck, a Porsche Taycan Turbo & a Porsche Panamera with full sentence name. I stopped watching when Sid North turned up.
Who gave that bloke a job? fk me, he's a proper charlie.
You're not wrong!!

DonkeyApple

56,276 posts

171 months

Monday 23rd January 2023
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number2 said:
I assume the newbies are from YouTube? Not adding anything and pork chops isn’t either. Karun, Vicki, Plato, and bring Tiff back please.

£1m for the Ariel? They must be kidding.

That Taycan looked absurdly quick. 0-100-0 in what looked like half the distance of the Pananemera?!

I generally enjoy the show because i like cars. For really excruciating presenting, watch The Motorcycle show on ITV4. Now that I can't watch.
Taycan did indeed but as it's a GT one finds oneself pondering how much quicker than the Panamera it is when being used as a GT? On a good road trip it's going to be much, much slower.

MK3 Dan

259 posts

147 months

Friday 27th January 2023
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number2 said:
I assume the newbies are from YouTube? Not adding anything and pork chops isn’t either. Karun, Vicki, Plato, and bring Tiff back please.

£1m for the Ariel? They must be kidding.

That Taycan looked absurdly quick. 0-100-0 in what looked like half the distance of the Pananemera?!

I generally enjoy the show because i like cars. For really excruciating presenting, watch The Motorcycle show on ITV4. Now that I can't watch.
Grace isn't a Youtuber and is doing well in her own right, has her own Cbeebies program (Grace's amazing machines) , guest on the gadget show, presented on the TT classic, goodwood revival, along with a few other things - like formula women.

I think she is doing awesome things but I might be biased as I am a friend!

Edited by MK3 Dan on Friday 27th January 20:34


Edited by MK3 Dan on Friday 27th January 20:35

Downward

3,685 posts

105 months

Friday 27th January 2023
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More presenters than cars on this weeks show.
High Mileage EV’s but didn’t say how many miles on the Leaf, Chose a newish Tesla which suprise suprise still had decent battery life compared to the other 2 4 year older cars.

A pointless old Lotus v Tesla race and most of the episode watching folk putting stuff into a van

LuS1fer

41,187 posts

247 months

Friday 27th January 2023
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Shocking.

Tesla not current.

Sorry to be negative.

The Tranny seemed decent though.

TopTrump

3,246 posts

176 months

Saturday 28th January 2023
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LuS1fer said:
The Tranny seemed decent though.
Not a phrase we often hear

BadOrangePete

643 posts

46 months

Saturday 28th January 2023
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I didn't mind the van stuff TBH, being in a trade that involves running around in vans. 70k for that Ducato though? Worlds gone mad.

LARK F1 GTR

3,384 posts

148 months

Thursday 16th February 2023
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I have been watching it, but record it and fast forward through most of it. I shouldn't bother but there's often a segment or car I like.

They have too many presenters though and I don't like either of the two new young ones.

Old Man Peabody

604 posts

209 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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LARK F1 GTR said:
I have been watching it, but record it and fast forward through most of it. I shouldn't bother but there's often a segment or car I like.

They have too many presenters though and I don't like either of the two new young ones.
Ditto

LuS1fer

41,187 posts

247 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Ditto again.

And surely a driving instructor needs a manual car for tuition.

Doofus

26,415 posts

175 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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LuS1fer said:
Ditto again.

And surely a driving instructor needs a manual car for tuition.
I raised this elsewhere a couple of months ago. Within a small number of years, nobody will learn to drive in a manual car because manual cars simply won't be available.

I then speculated about what this will mean for all the manual cars already out there and the second hand market.

Somebody told me people will still want to kearn to drive a manual, so they'll make the effort to learn in one, but I don't know why they would.

Blib

44,439 posts

199 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Doofus said:
Somebody told me people will still want to kearn to drive a manual, so they'll make the effort to learn in one, but I don't know why they would.
I suppose that vast swathes of the world won't switch away from ICE for decades.

Smollet

10,823 posts

192 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Old Man Peabody said:
LARK F1 GTR said:
I have been watching it, but record it and fast forward through most of it. I shouldn't bother but there's often a segment or car I like.

They have too many presenters though and I don't like either of the two new young ones.
Ditto
Agreed. A box ticking exercise

eltawater

3,125 posts

181 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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I keep randomly stumbling upon episodes of this when channel hopping.

Every episode, it just seems to be Vicki / Karun / Jason saying "ooh well it's all very nice inside this family car, it looks just like the ICE version, and it only costs 5 grand more!".

It's like having a programme commissioned to compare Tesco own brand budget orange juice with Waitrose fairtrade pure squeezed by a fair maiden's bosoms. I don't really care.

Drabbesttunic

1,283 posts

42 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Doofus said:
I raised this elsewhere a couple of months ago. Within a small number of years, nobody will learn to drive in a manual car because manual cars simply won't be available.

I then speculated about what this will mean for all the manual cars already out there and the second hand market.

Somebody told me people will still want to kearn to drive a manual, so they'll make the effort to learn in one, but I don't know why they would.
My two will be learning in manuals.

Dracoro

8,715 posts

247 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Doofus said:
I raised this elsewhere a couple of months ago. Within a small number of years, nobody will learn to drive in a manual car because manual cars simply won't be available.

I then speculated about what this will mean for all the manual cars already out there and the second hand market.

Somebody told me people will still want to kearn to drive a manual, so they'll make the effort to learn in one, but I don't know why they would.
The typical car a 17year old will be looking at (i.e. cheap and small) will be manual, and will be so for quite a while.

When most old/cheap cars on the market are auto then manual driving lessons will dry up.

raceboy

13,153 posts

282 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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I just wondered what had happened to the Quattro to result in a 'Q' plate? scratchchin

Doofus

26,415 posts

175 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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raceboy said:
I just wondered what had happened to the Quattro to result in a 'Q' plate? scratchchin
I've not watched it but presumably it's had some chassis modifications to accomodate an electric drivetrain?