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Old 05-08-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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Well Happy Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

It's true. I has its knockers but I like it (and VBH)


Here you go


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Old 05-08-2008   #2 (Post Link)
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

They wait until the Big Boys (TG) ride off into the sunset first I notice...
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Fifth Gear.

Just noticed in the TV schedules that Fifth Gear starts on Monday night at 8PM for a 8 week run.
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

5th gear cant match TG for entertainment but it will do until TG comes back.
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

thanks for that SR
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

cant compare to top gear, but i do like fifth gear

affordable cars...here we come!
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

Cant stand Tiff, does he tail slide his car sideways to the shop to get a pint of milk!!
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I do like VBH's enthusiastic reviews
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

I'm not a fan of Fifth gear.. It's not as good as TG.. and especially for entertainment TG is BEST!!!
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

will they be having THEIR go at the 8C???? first TV on the MiTo ??? if so...gotta be worth a peek
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

5th gear.....
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

Well, I really liked it Top show - really entertaining yet informative and factual. Good stuff and dare I say it, Alfa's aside, possible better than the last series of Top Gear
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

What did they test???
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

They did a shoot out between the imprezza and evo X... whatever the hell number they are up to these days. Tested the new ford cougar softroader and got it stuck in a field after finding out it didn't have that much clearance and doing £7k of damages to the underneath. Tried to make an old small car more economical (polo 1.6) and got about 3 mpg less after spending money getting it chipped and putting on eco tyres had a glimpse of a limited edition land rover that looked like it had been beaten by the ugly stick which itself was wielded by the uglier of the ugly sisters. And VBH helped some snooker person choose a car, and he chose an M3.

Does that sum it up?, do you think radiotimes would employ me, I fancy a change of career

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We don't get it over here. Show is a bit lame, isn't it?
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Re: Fifth Gear is back on Monday, 11th August

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We don't get it over here. Show is a bit lame, isn't it?
Yup

The only bit I enjoyed was watching Ronnie O'Sullivan's face as VBH took him on those test drives

Tom Ford is a tit... that Max Power guy is a tit.... and the new guy has all the hallmarks of being a tit too
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