DRIVEL again

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I guess I'm still mad from last night, so I've sent this E mail to Drivel, wonder what their response will be (if any)

'[e-mail]'

Sir,
I must say that last night's Driven, plumbed the depths as far as lowest common denominator television is concerned.
What in previous weeks, with Jelly tests, and such like, was surpassed with the absolute Drivel spoken with regards to the sports car group test.
For example how can the Ferrari with 2 votes, and the Porsche with 6 and TVR with 9 in the desirability test score
23,23,and I think 24 apiece.
Why did they have a practicality test?, that is missing the point by a country mile.
The performance test on the cct proved the point that if you put someone who can't drive, in a car that does everything for you, then that car will win.
Why did all the presenters have only one hand on the steering wheel , when speaking to the camera?
When are we going to have a motoring programme that does'nt treat its viewers as idiots, and have some intelligent articles for the enthusiast?

Yours very disappointedly

Frank Bailey

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I've just had this reply from DRIVEL, they must have been waiting for the complaints.
Full marks though for the quick response.

Russell Hayes [[e-mail]]

Hi Frank,


Sorry Driven annoyed you so much. Two e mails after you someone was singing it's praises - at least it provokes a reaction. Unlike a self selecting car magazine it has to please a far more diverse crowd than the enthusiast. And it will get as many brickbats for getting that group together (a task in itself) and not doing MPVs than when sports cars are not featured.

Maybe the scoring system isn't perfect and the team are aware of it - watch this space. Dare I suggest it is also a programme that's meant to entertain, not an electoral system?

Practicality? Have a look at the transcript of the Driven 100 on the site. You might see to what great lengths the team went to explain why they were doing it.
And why not? It's just a way of trying to add an interesting angle for the viewer. Or you could just go the default constant tyre squealing round a circuit and generate far more complaints.




Russell Hayes
Associate Editor, 4car.co.uk