bluecoup Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 as above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 What kind of a name is Gumpert? Sounds like a Yorkshire supercar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecoup Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 i remeber why i dont tune in for it now, thank god top gears back soon, did i hear 2 weeks ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Would it have been possible for the cameraman to lay off the crack for a few days - i gave up after 2 minutes of zooming in and out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 i remeber why i dont tune in for it now, thank god top gears back soon, did i hear 2 weeks ?? No. 6 days. It's back on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike M Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 No. 6 days. It's back on Sunday. Thank feck, its like they've tried to copy top gears relaxed laid back style but in turn made themselves look sh't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Thank feck, its like they've tried to copy top gears relaxed laid back style but in turn made themselves look sh't. I actually enjoyed all of this edition so I dunno.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 They dont seem to have an original thought in their head though. The Bowler thing, they could have done something different with it, like perhaps running it on a Dakar style set of dunes instead of copying how Top Gear tested the other Bowler they had. And why bothering even reviewing the crossover vehicles if they are identical in almost every single way and they only chose the Citroen because it was silver and had chrome on it. They only glanced over the kit cars when they could have at least done a road test against the real thing to see how they fared. so less than impressed with that episode. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 there is a new series of police camera action on itv now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Did I miss anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Did I miss anything? Yes. The Gumpert Apollo was nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Yes. The Gumpert Apollo was nice. WTF is a Gumpert Apollo? H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 WTF is a Gumpert Apollo? H. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumpert_Apollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 I was able to watch about 23 seconds of the Apollo going round a track before the stupid bitch who's house I was round turned over to TMF!! So I didn't get to see how bad the programme was. I actually like 5th Gear, I don't take any more notice of the reviews than I do in Top Gear but it's still some nice car porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 The fuel test was interesting. They tested all these bottles of octane booster in a lab with a Rover K series engine and found it LOST power (2%). You could argue that of course this power might be recoverable...and more...with a timing adjustment etc. But lets face it, none of us would adjust the timing to that degree for a pissy bottle of rubbish. Although it taught us nothing new, it was nice to see all of our beliefs backed up with a lab test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 The fuel test was interesting. They tested all these bottles of octane booster in a lab with a Rover K series engine and found it LOST power (2%). You could argue that of course this power might be recoverable...and more...with a timing adjustment etc. But lets face it, none of us would adjust the timing to that degree for a pissy bottle of rubbish. Although it taught us nothing new, it was nice to see all of our beliefs backed up with a lab test. I was surprised it lost power, I thought they were going to make no difference at all. I'd have been interested to see what difference a 10% mix of Toluene would have made in the same test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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