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Old July 21st 05, 11:05 AM
papa guiseppi
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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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Old July 21st 05, 11:07 AM
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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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Old July 21st 05, 12:58 PM
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Nice clip!

I wonder why Tiff et al & Jeremy parted company.

And who is The Styg???

DAS

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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
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> tiff and vicki any day !



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Old July 21st 05, 01:26 PM
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Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
> Nice clip!
>
> I wonder why Tiff et al & Jeremy parted company.
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> 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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Old July 21st 05, 05:50 PM
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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

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> I can only assume it's because Tiff refused to submit to
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Old July 21st 05, 09:40 PM
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In message >, Peter Bozz
> writes
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>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
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Old July 21st 05, 10:10 PM
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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.

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Old July 22nd 05, 10:41 AM
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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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Old July 22nd 05, 10:46 AM
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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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