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Old 05-25-2007, 08:53 PM   #1
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Default 5th Gear - S11 EP7 - 11th June, 2007 - Discussion

Tom Ford gets his hands on the latest version of one of Britain’s favourite cars, the Land Rover Defender. Tom fits enormous 38-inch wheels and a full expedition kit to the vehicle so that he can give this off-roader the ultimate work out against the spectacular scenery and glaciers of Iceland.

Blur bassist Alex James has a reputation for living the high life – as a member of one of the leading bands of the 90s, he travelled to recording sessions by piloting his own plane. Nowadays Alex is living a quieter life on a Cotswolds farm, but his love of big boys’ toys remains. He asks Fifth Gear to help him live out the ultimate boy’s fantasy: getting to play with a £750,000, 150-foot high crane. And just to reaffirm his rock and roll credentials, Alex decides to bungee jump from the top of the crane into his front garden!

Jonny Smith celebrates Ferrari’s 60th birthday by driving the flagship 612 Scaglietti from London to the factory in Modena. Worth nearly £200,000, the car boasts a top speed of 199 mph. Jonny has an appointment with Ferrari’s CEO, Jean Todt, to hand over a special birthday present – but with over 1,000 miles to cover in less than 48 hours, will he make it in time?

Also this week, Jason Plato and Tiff Needell settle a pub debate: which is quickest, a supercar or a race car? Tiff takes the helm of a FormulaFord race car while Jason faces up to him in a Ford GT, the 202-mph limited production dream car. The cars have similar power-to-weight ratios, and both get to 60mph in around three seconds. But which will be quickest on a circuit?

Plus, former Spice Girl Melanie C joins Vicki Butler-Henderson to discuss Mel’s racing driver brother and the cars that she bought with the proceeds of her pop career, before having a go at a radical stunt involving a quad bike...
half the show is good but for the other half i'll have to do a lot of fast forwarding
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Old 05-26-2007, 02:49 AM   #2
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I would have prefer a 599 GTB for the trip I don't like the shape of the 612
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Old 06-11-2007, 11:59 PM   #3
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that johnny guy is annoying

and the cake thing is just stupid and quite embrassing, espeically the sining part,, made 5th gear look liek fool.. and jean tolt doesnt seem to happy
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Old 06-26-2007, 04:42 PM   #4
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^ Yeah, I couldn't really understand him, but it seemed like it was a waste of time for Jean Todt and it looked like he was bored.

What did he say at the end? "Please don't ask me how the cake was?" Or something to that effect?

What an embarrassing moment for the show. I don't understand why the producer even bother to air that???
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Old 06-27-2007, 09:17 AM   #5
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To show off their Ferrari connections that Top Gear doesn't have
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