Favourite 'Tiff' road test? - & why...

[N.J.]

Hi guys,

Just wondered what you all consider his best road test ever(5th/Top Gear)
(or if that makes it a bit hard, name your 'Top 3')

This is very hard - he's had so many great moments...


p.s

here's mine

1. McLaren F1 (Tiff's 1st drive from '93/'94)
2. BMW 540 -vs- Jaguar XJR -vs- Mercedes E55 -vs- BMW M5
3. Ford Focus (with Jeremy, Quentin & Vicki in-car)

Why did I pick these 3?...

1. Ultimate test of the ultimate car.
2. Had to have a test with lots of powersliding ;-)
3. I just love watching Jeremy, Quentin & Vicki's faces while Tiff throws this little car all around the airfield!!!

[possessed_beaver]

well mclaryn f1.. ovisley
bmw m3,
and on jeremy clarkson's dvd when he verses him in the supercharged jaguar!!!!

tiff is an amazing driver,

welcome to the boards aswell, good to see another australian and look fwoard to seeing more posts from you.

[666fast]

Favorite? The one where he drove the car sideways
Why? Cause he drove it sideways

They are all good. He makes a Citreon C2 look like a blast.

[Gilles27]

I only can to say that the first videos I downloaded of Top/5th Gear were of the cars I like now I only take videos where Tiff drives.

My particular Top 3:
- McLaren F1
- Audi RS4
- Pagani Zonda (with a little more sideways like the last in the left hairpin it would be perfect)

Fine examples of the inconfundible Tiff style. Nothing more to say, just watch them.

[Chingachgook]

My fav it's the Enzo Ferrari test: Ennnnzo Ferrari...it's always in my mind.
Then the Mecca F1 test, in particular when it dropped it into second and floored the throttle..WOOOOW we better find a private circuit.

[bmwfreak]

My three favourite tests are :

The Macca F1 test. Tiff absolutely rocked on this one. You could feel how excited and pumped he was, and through his commentary, the vidoe shots and THAT engine, you were definitely along for the ride too.

The Enzo TEst : Much the same as the above, minus a road segment. I found it funny the way he kept setting off the horn whenever he made anything more strenouos than a 60 degree turn of the steering wheel. "sorry, but i cannot drive a ferrari supercar with traction control". LoL.

The BMW M5 test from 98/99 : M5 sliding around in wet, doing slides and 360 degree spins. With Tiff driving. Nuff said. :)

[Sm@ck]

My favorite Top gear "moment" (not really a test drive)

When Tiff took Clarkson, and Quentin out in the Puma, and showed how sideways that thing could get...

recently, the M3 CSL on the Isle of MAn or was it a different isle? (oh well what can u expect from a non knowing German)

[veilsidebr]

In my opinion who has to say what´s tiff´s best impression about cars he´s tested is himself. In my opinion the best Top Gear is the "Top Gear - Back in the Fast Lane" wich sorts some of the best from TG and some highlights. Off course there aren´t the best videos in this vid, but the one i have here is a high quality version with good sound rate overall and with some TG vids i´ve never seen before.

There are others TG videos, but this one is cool. Try to get it on EMULE, kazza doesn´t share it. Trust me. :D

[ferrari550]

Has to be the mclaren F1, the ultimate road car.
just to see every expression on tiff's face when he is driving it is great.

[DMbaseball1604]

I definitely have to agree, the McLaren F1 test is the best by far for me..then after that it would have to be the one where he drives Alain Prost's F1 Ferrari and Jeremy Clarkson drives the F50.

[Fleischmann]

3. Ford Focus (with Jeremy, Quentin & Vicki in-car)


Ekhm...don't ya mean the Ford puma??

My favourite was on the last episode...when he was racing the 996 GT3 against a Gazelle chopper. Really epic stuff their from Tiff. And I also liked the 'Carpark getaway' episode.

[danroz]

1. Mclaren F1 cus it was his first big test and he ripped that car
2. Ferrari Enzo cus he ripped that car and
3. Ferrari 360 cus once again he ripped that car

Whenever someone puts an exotic car sideways or putting that car through its paces while having a smile on their face makes me want to be them at that moment.

Long live Tiff

[callen]

the original F1 test. hands down the best and the first top gear i ever saw....

fifth gear enxo test- what a sound!!!

and the 'greatest cars in the world' i was blown away first time i saw that video! (360, f40, maclaren F1)those are my top three, and they are head and shoulders above the rest IMO :D

[CarreraGtRacer]

The 911 Turbo test at Millbroke....at the ending he does the opposite lock around the older 911s and then in the end he's like "it may come along only once in every eight years but the 911 turbo is always worth waiting for" and then he peels out :)

[N.J.]

Favorite? The one where he drove the car sideways
Why? Cause he drove it sideways

They are all good. He makes a Citreon C2 look like a blast.

Yep, agree - Tiff makes ANY car look good! :-)

[N.J.]

My favorite Top gear "moment" (not really a test drive)

When Tiff took Clarkson, and Quentin out in the Puma, and showed how sideways that thing could get...

recently, the M3 CSL on the Isle of MAn or was it a different isle? (oh well what can u expect from a non knowing German)

The Ford Puma test is ALWAYS confused with the Ford Focus test...

The Ford Puma test was of course 'The 1997 TopGear Car Of The Year' where Jeremy & Quentin said they loved it - then came that terrific line from Quentin "there's only one reason the Ford Puma isn't our TopGear Car Of The Year...TIFF HASN'T DRIVEN IT YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (This one is easily to distinguish from The Ford Focus segment - In the Ford Puma, Tiff drove in the front, Jeremy in the front with Tiff with Quentin in the back.

The Ford Focus one was excellent as Vicki was in the back too (lucky Quentin ;-))


YES, THE M3 CLS TEST WITH JEREMY WAS AT THE 'ISLE OF MANN'.

p.s

I've always wanted to get the Ford Focus one - maybe Jabba can help us with that one (hint, hint)

[N.J.]

3. Ford Focus (with Jeremy, Quentin & Vicki in-car)


Ekhm...don't ya mean the Ford puma??

My favourite was on the last episode...when he was racing the 996 GT3 against a Gazelle chopper. Really epic stuff their from Tiff. And I also liked the 'Carpark getaway' episode.

No - like I said above - Ford Puma & Ford Focus are VERY similar...

Haven't seen the '996 GT3 -vs- Gazelle chopper' feature yet. (I'm waiting to become a fully fledged member (hint, hint).

Once I'm accepted, I'll post some terrific articles (ie. McLaren F1 articles, etc. etc.)

[N.J.]

The 911 Turbo test at Millbroke....at the ending he does the opposite lock around the older 911s and then in the end he's like "it may come along only once in every eight years but the 911 turbo is always worth waiting for" and then he peels out :)

Yep, have always loved that one :-)

[N.J.]

...Hey Callen - whos the girl?.....she's cute ;-)

[levensnevel]

Difficult to choose from all those magical Tiff moments
The first 5 which spring into my mind, in random order, are:
> the 'old' BMW M5
> the McLaren F1
> the Ferrari Enzo
> the Lamborghini Gallardo
> the Porsche 911 GT3 vs Gazelle
And obviously all the head to heads with Vix :mrgreen:

[AlienDB7]

The Ford Puma test is ALWAYS confused with the Ford Focus test...

The Ford Puma test was of course 'The 1997 TopGear Car Of The Year' where Jeremy & Quentin said they loved it - then came that terrific line from Quentin "there's only one reason the Ford Puma isn't our TopGear Car Of The Year...TIFF HASN'T DRIVEN IT YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (This one is easily to distinguish from The Ford Focus segment - In the Ford Puma, Tiff drove in the front, Jeremy in the front with Tiff with Quentin in the back.

The Ford Focus one was excellent as Vicki was in the back too (lucky Quentin ;-))


YES, THE M3 CLS TEST WITH JEREMY WAS AT THE 'ISLE OF MANN'.

p.s

I've always wanted to get the Ford Focus one - maybe Jabba can help us with that one (hint, hint)
The Ford Focus video sounds interesting. So it's similar to the Puma one? Can't seem to find it anywhere :|

[astonmartinandy]

I have to agree with the McLaren F1 test, that was awesome, but I also love the time that he took the Top Gear crew out in the Rolls Royce Corniche and threw that sideways round a circuit!

[crochico]

There are so many but these are the first few that come to mind...
1. Macca F1
2. Ford GT40
3. Ford GT
4. M3 CSL

[Gilles27]

[quote="levensnevel"]Difficult to choose from all those magical Tiff moments
The first 5 which spring into my mind, in random order, are:
> the 'old' BMW M5
> the McLaren F1
> the Ferrari Enzo
> the Lamborghini Gallardo
> the Porsche 911 GT3 vs Gazelle
And obviously all the head to heads with Vix :mrgreen:[/quo

What is a "Gazelle" apart of an animal?

[ae86_16v]

I haven't seen the McLaren F1 one, but I definitely like the Enzo. At first he was timid about finally driving an ENZO but after a lap or so, he let that bad boy ripped. =)

[YellowMaranello]

I don't know wether I liked the Mclaren or the Enzo test more. You could see the sheer enjoyment on his face in the McLaren, and what looked to be fear when he drove the Enzo... Not sure which I liked more, but these take up the top 2 spots of my favorites.

Third is the F40 vs Jaguar XJ220. There was nothing too spectacular in it, but I absolutely love both cars.

Fourth is the one where he tried to kill the Porsche 911. The bugger just wouldnt die.

[N.J.]

I haven't seen the McLaren F1 one, but I definitely like the Enzo. At first he was timid about finally driving an ENZO but after a lap or so, he let that bad boy ripped. =)

You haven't seen the McLaren F1 test yet!!!!!????

Go -NOW!! to www.racingflix.com. (its under the 'road test' category)

p.s

I think you are going to be impressed! ;-)

[bmwfreak]

[quote=levensnevel]Difficult to choose from all those magical Tiff moments
The first 5 which spring into my mind, in random order, are:
> the 'old' BMW M5
> the McLaren F1
> the Ferrari Enzo
> the Lamborghini Gallardo
> the Porsche 911 GT3 vs Gazelle
And obviously all the head to heads with Vix :mrgreen:[/quo

What is a "Gazelle" apart of an animal?

A Gazelle is a helicopter. (=

[N.J.]

I don't know wether I liked the Mclaren or the Enzo test more. You could see the sheer enjoyment on his face in the McLaren, and what looked to be fear when he drove the Enzo... Not sure which I liked more, but these take up the top 2 spots of my favorites.

Third is the F40 vs Jaguar XJ220. There was nothing too spectacular in it, but I absolutely love both cars.

Fourth is the one where he tried to kill the Porsche 911. The bugger just wouldnt die.

- In my opinion - Although I wasn't overly impressed with Tiff's driving on the Enzo test (he only had 5 laps to get used to it - he had a whole day in the McLaren F1), what did impress me was when all the journalists were told to leave the traction control on. On the video, we see a journalist CRAWLING around the circuit trying to get as much time as possible in the car - Tiff goes flat out, throws in a few slides and within half a lap says, "I'm sorry...I can't drive a Ferrari with that on...I think I've hit the right button..."

By the end, Tiff had the quickest lap of all the journalists, but was admittedly, a few seconds off the Enzo Test Driver who gets to drive it everyday. (although, I bet the test driver didn't have to contend with TV cameras, powersliding or a running commentary of how the car feels + the rest of Tiff's journlism duties...that is what is so great about Tiff - He can lap a track almost as quick if not the same as the best drivers, but amazingly have a personality while he's doing it.


p.s

Aren't you referring to Jeremy Clarkson's 'Most Outrageous video in the World' when you mention F40 -vs- XJ220 + the numerous attempts to destroy a 911? (what a waste.... :-()

[YellowMaranello]

Aren't you referring to Jeremy Clarkson's 'Most Outrageous video in the World' when you mention F40 -vs- XJ220 + the numerous attempts to destroy a 911? (what a waste.... )



Most likely. I saw both of them a long time ago and have lost the video files ever since. When I saw them (year ago or so?), I was just getting into Top Gear and 5th Gear and couldn't tell the difference between Tiff and Clarkson. :oops:

[Sm@ck]

I did not like the Tiff "enzo" test.

The only track test I would have accepted is one on the Nürburgring ^^.
Which also reminded me of the Porsche GT track test (Top GEar) at some russian air field, which also was crap imo.

I would prefer a "stig" comparison or even better a "Best motoring" type, even include a touge run :D

However there was one thing that did intrigue me about the "Enzo" test, why was the Ferrari TEst driver mad or ignoring Tiff? Did Tiff crash a Ferrari once, or whats the history between the two?

[N.J.]

No, Tiff's too good a drive to start crashing Ferrari :-)

No, apparently Tiff was having a chat with the Ferrari Test Driver discussing something like gearchanges or something and Tiff reckons the Ferrari Test Driver thinks he some kind of English Idiot.

However, by the end of the Enzo test, we see Tiff showing his lap-time data to the Ferrari Test Driver who's obviously impressed.

Tiff says at the end, "Ahhh, friends again!"

[HeilSvenska]

My new favorite will have to be the one GT3 vs helicopter

Perfect with the song Shin Jungi-naki Tataki(Battle without Honor or Humanity) by Hotei Tomoyasu from KILL BILL

[aj887]

I would have to say it was his tutorial on 4wd drfiting in the Lancer Evo 6 TME, Impreza STi and the Porsche 911 turbo. The whole video was just full of drifts. It's definitely some of his finest work.

[meetmeroundthecorner]

The first three that pop into my mind are (and not in any order):

1)Enzo - He only had 5 laps and if u've noticed he is sideways on all 5 laps, and he still gets the fastest journalist lap time. (although he was an ex racing driver)

2)F360 :lol: "The king is dead (F355), long live the king (F360)" TIFF

3)Lancer Evo vs Audi Turbo (with Vicki n Tiff respectively, WATCH THE CORNERS TIFF!!! :roll: )

[FazerAnakin]

Mc Laren F1 (my reference to present Tiff to friends)
Enzo (best lap of all the journalists)
TVR (360°)

[N.J.]

Aston Martin Vantage where hes eating a banana at the begining....

What's this one??? (not the Aston -vs- Jet Plane video is it?)