I'm in love

with the sound of the M5. Who needs in-car HiFi (sic) when the engine sounds that great.

Did you guys see Top Gear last Sunday or the repeat a few minutes ago?

 

Oh yeah, this most certainly is one hell of a motor, but the last M5 was a complete beast (Im sure the chassis no. include 666). Was a wee bit surprised at its time round the track but who cares, in the real world there wont be much that'll touch it. The best all-round car you can buy?

 

why was I not surprised when you never mentioned a woman..? *grin*

yeah, it's a lovely car....but only when you press the 'M' button...

 

What's women got to do with love? (asks a happily married man)

I'm sure most, if not all of Mr Clarkson's problems could have been avoided had he read the manual, as he admitted. I have to admit though, I only read manuals as a last resort. I was particularly amused by his experiences with the indicators, after reading some posts here on the Fire Hydrant thread.

 

Mr C is entertaining but he talks out of his rear. M or no M thats one hell of a motor that makes that shite Ford of his look plain stupid, just like the last M5, this'll be a bargain in 3 years.

 

There's currently a 2 year waiting list for these, so a bargain in 3 years? Perhaps a little longer.

 

All the M cars sound gorgeous IMO nearly bought an M3 last year but went for the Boxster s instead which suits my no kids twisty road lifestyle better.
Gotta say I think Clarkson went over the top slagging the astra, which sporty front wheel drive car doesn't have torque steer? 0-60 in 6.5 is enough to worry some pretty serious metal until you get to the real roads where ballance and chassis will win through.

 

Okay 4, but the last one dropped liked a stone as do the RS6, E55 or whatever it is now and the S-type R thingy. If your after a performance machine with room for the family I dont think you cant beat them. Glad I dont have the running costs, ouch.

 

Talkin of TG on sunday, how much did that bloke pay for his A-Class?!? 25k!! we struggled to sell them at all!

 

Yeah what a penis. Is that the same guy who slagged off the dinner party they'd just been to? Bit embarrassed after the show aired no doubt. Ripped off and lost a few friends!

 

Why do you guys believe motor journalists when you don't believe hifi journalists?

 

Good question. What about clarkson with the hatchbacks.
Um the Astra is the most mental. The Clio the quickest around the track, (which means it basically handles the best with enough power), and the Golf relatively slow and dumpy. So which does Mr C say he would have. Why the VW of course !! God if it couldn't be more obvious he's being ...... err biased ! :SLEEP:


GTM

 

he's one bloke I'd happily give a good kicking

 

The Golf will have the nicest interior, the best perceived build quality (I say 'perceived' because VWs aren't what they used to be...), and the best residuals (oweing to VWs strong reputation for quality), which make it the most sensible buy of the cars featured.

Certainly given the choice of the Megane, Astra and Golf, I'd be down the VW dealership first (saying that I'd take an RX-8 or a s/h Evo/Impreza STI over all 3 ))

 

The megane is one ugly looking beast with a HUGE arse, I couldnt drive that, and its french. The Vauxhall is likely to loose stacks of cash and appeal to people who wear burberry baseball caps plus it'll shred tyres and kill you, which leaves the Golf, maybe not sensational in one area but dam fine in most. This time I concur with the pillock himself. Saying that the A3 2.0TDi 150bhp with DSG will do me fine thanks.

 

If y'all want good engine sounds there's no point listening to a modern rev-the-nuts-off-it V10000 with 60 valves per cylinder, you want something with a big piston and either 2 cylinders (for bikes) or 8 for cars.
Like this:
ftp://ftp.motorcycle.com/pub/videos/bikini1.mpg (1.7Mb mpeg of a Buell, ie. tuned Harley 1200)
Or this:
http://people.freenet.de/pleuelschmiede/ThesoundofGuzzi1.htm (Guzzi Le Mans)
Or for a proper car-type engine:
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/dragster_burnout.wav

Nowt worse than namby-pamby squealing-like-a-girl engines. It's got to sound like it's got grunt!

 

Leonard, check out my new pickup in my thread. My 5.7 V8 (might take the upgrade option though) with the freeflow exhaust show sound pretty grunty.

 

T-Bone!
A nice low-ish tech V8 is just the ticket..
And now I've noticed you're in Oz, I understand why you don't like Landies!
Here in Blighty they're virtually sacred - though of course the Wussy ones like the Disco and Freelander don't count - too comfy, not good enough off road and unreliable.
Yer series 3/ Defender is the business when it comes to steep wet grass and thick mud - you don't have quite as much of that to contend with as us - therefore Ozzies often go for Toyota as the 4x4 of choice, great in sand and occasional flash-river crossing!

 

The M5 is a nice beasty....

Those fast hatches are stupid money. By the time you've specced leather and sat nav, the golf GiT is up to £27k. For a few quid more you can have a Subaru Legacy 3.0 Spec B with the leather and sat nav, more power, more cylinders, more room, more performance, more reliability and not look like a complete ****.

 

Leonard, come form blackburn now live down the road in chorley. Neighbours is the closest Ive been to Oz! saying that many do compare the old mill towns of east lancs with the gold coast.