Top Gear E60 M5 Review Video
07-27-2005 | 07:15 AM
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07-27-2005 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by stream' date='Jul 27 2005, 08:15 AM
07-28-2005 | 06:27 AM
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Waiting for trunkopener button from Hobi :)
Is he just as stupid as a pigs ass or what??? C'mon the indicator stick. I learned that in 10 seconds.. Turning the Nav lady off was another story. It took some fiddling around but after 10 minutes I got that too..
Okay I am a bit biased off course but this showed me how stupid he is and every other car that he reviews will be taken with a bag of salt for me... blah!
Okay I am a bit biased off course but this showed me how stupid he is and every other car that he reviews will be taken with a bag of salt for me... blah!
07-28-2005 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Flowerfred' date='Jul 28 2005, 02:02 PM
It's tv for the masses. And the masses drive Vauxhalls and Fords. A review like that makes them feel better for driving a basic car.
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07-28-2005 | 02:41 PM
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Did you watch the whole thing? Basically, he hates the styling and iDrive, but loves the real car:
"Amazing isn't it? That this is one of the ugliest and most annoying cars in the world but at the touch of a button it becomes one of the very best... it becomes an M5"
And he finished with:
"Its an epic car.. I mean just brilliant."
Sounds like thumbs-up to me!
"Amazing isn't it? That this is one of the ugliest and most annoying cars in the world but at the touch of a button it becomes one of the very best... it becomes an M5"
And he finished with:
"Its an epic car.. I mean just brilliant."
Sounds like thumbs-up to me!
Originally Posted by 530E60NL' date='Jul 28 2005, 07:27 AM
Is he just as stupid as a pigs ass or what??? C'mon the indicator stick. I learned that in 10 seconds.. Turning the Nav lady off was another story. It took some fiddling around but after 10 minutes I got that too..
Okay I am a bit biased off course but this showed me how stupid he is and every other car that he reviews will be taken with a bag of salt for me... blah!
Okay I am a bit biased off course but this showed me how stupid he is and every other car that he reviews will be taken with a bag of salt for me... blah!
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07-31-2005 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Clevertrousers' date='Jul 28 2005, 04:41 PM
Did you watch the whole thing? Basically, he hates the styling and iDrive, but loves the real car:
"Amazing isn't it? That this is one of the ugliest and most annoying cars in the world but at the touch of a button it becomes one of the very best... it becomes an M5"
And he finished with:
"Its an epic car.. I mean just brilliant."
Sounds like thumbs-up to me!
[quote name='530E60NL' date='Jul 28 2005, 07:27 AM']Is he just as stupid as a pigs ass or what??? C'mon the indicator stick. I learned that in 10 seconds.. Turning the Nav lady off was another story. It took some fiddling around but after 10 minutes I got that too..
Okay I am a bit biased off course but this showed me how stupid he is and every other car that he reviews will be taken with a bag of salt for me... blah!
"Amazing isn't it? That this is one of the ugliest and most annoying cars in the world but at the touch of a button it becomes one of the very best... it becomes an M5"
And he finished with:
"Its an epic car.. I mean just brilliant."
Sounds like thumbs-up to me!
[quote name='530E60NL' date='Jul 28 2005, 07:27 AM']Is he just as stupid as a pigs ass or what??? C'mon the indicator stick. I learned that in 10 seconds.. Turning the Nav lady off was another story. It took some fiddling around but after 10 minutes I got that too..
Okay I am a bit biased off course but this showed me how stupid he is and every other car that he reviews will be taken with a bag of salt for me... blah!
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[/quote]I wouldn't take the criticisms too seriously - I think he's hilarious. "..now I'm listening to some fat bint in a tent..." referring to the opera singer. In the end, he calls the M5 'one of the best in the world'. Here's a couple quotes from the write-up and the video:
?Only a month ago, I stepped out of the Ferrari 430 and thought that maybe in 200 years, someone, somewhere, using materials that don?t currently exist, will make something better. But in fact, I only had to wait four weeks. The M5 is that good.?
?You want to take it on? Don?t bother. It doesn?t matter what you?ve got, it doesn?t matter what you?ve ever driven. This is quicker, it?s faster, it?s more astonishing.?
That sounds like a pretty good review to me.
07-31-2005 | 09:51 AM
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Enjoyed (for entertainment value) what I could until he got to the bit about the indicators not cancelling, but then Media Player refused to play any more.
Any one else solved this?
Any one else solved this?
08-01-2005 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by PeterT' date='Jul 31 2005, 11:51 AM
Enjoyed (for entertainment value) what I could until he got to the bit about the indicators not cancelling, but then Media Player refused to play any more.
Any one else solved this?
Any one else solved this?
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