the first episode was pretty eye opening - clio sport - chip and tyres and a little training = 6secs a lap faster!

 

I have started to watch it this season, im quite impressed.

much less silly than Top Gear.

 

Hmm.. Just watched the one with the top marques motorshow

-satnav test. Dull
-leccy car test. Dull
-motorshow but. Poor

The track exige bit wasnt even very good

 

This is still a really annoying show.

Plato testing the GT86. Blathers on about it being a driver's car then whinges about having to change gear, WTF? Also has no idea what torque is.

VBH test of fuels. Rolling road bit was pretty interesting and reasonably scientific, but her "track test" was really stupid as she knew what fuel she was using. Better to have done a "blind test" and see if she could tell which fuel was which. And why no test of fuel economy, that would have been more useful as a consumer piece.

 

Also, did anyone notice how the music was really loud? It seemed to overpower their voices which made it hard to hear what they were saying

 

Yep, a terrible 5.1 mix on the HD channel.

 

I had my son on my lap (feeding him his 3rd fecking bottle of milk in the past 1 1/2 hours, the little porker) and I honestly couldn't hear Jason at all, though I kinda got the jist of the 86, which was good seats, goes sideways, needs more power, is a good drivers car but isn't a good drivers car

 

Has it still got the monkey with the silly face fuzz? And does VBH just squeal like a 'ikkle girly girl still?

I might force myself to watch an episode, but I would have to be seriously bored in order to attempt this feat. (Plato is still the biggest cock in motoring)

Tiff will always be cool though :-)

 

The thing with car shows is they have to appeal to a broad range of 'car enthusiast'.

For example, how many people will realise that the rolling road results aren't that accurate and margin of error at best is going to be 1% (2.3bhp).

So yes the higher numbers do offer improvement, the bp, and asda are the same number.

As for Plato, him and everyone else, they have no idea about what an engine does or how it does it, so in that respect his review appeals to the uneducated masses.

 

Just watched this on my Virgin V+ box and found it really hard to make out the presenters. Admittedly my hearing is rubbish, but did anyone else struggle?