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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIA...show_axed.html

bit of a shame....
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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strange. must be a viewing numbers or an excessive cost problem then. Ditching a show with high numbers makes no sense.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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wonder if that's why VBH was on gmtv this morning then doing the competition? times must be hard!
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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I always wondered how they can give away porsches etc every week as prizes!
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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the phone lines pay for the cars. well they should do if theres enough viewing numbers.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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no need to ditch the program. just some of the knob head presenters.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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only ever watched it for VBH
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Thank God for that!
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Good, it was a pile of crap!

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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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tbh I think it is a poor programme, seemed to have slipped into a 'copy topgear, but don't do it as good' mode.

Always felt like it was aimed at school kids who would w*nk the next day over the lambo that was on. Topgear on the other hand felt more adult and just much easier to watch.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Top gear was always better than the second rate 5th gear. wernt most of the presenters top gear wash outs anyway??
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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i wasnt that keen on the program as a whole, but i will miss tiff and platos dice ups.

combe in the evo 10 and new scooby anyone, that was class lol

as for comparing it to top gear, you cant, TG is funny, 5th G isnt.

and that hairy twat and boring student type i wont miss
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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and that hairy twat and boring student type i wont miss
yep, theyre the ones.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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forgot about tiff.... best one on the show, maybe he could be the next stig when this one leaves?
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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only ever watched it for VBH

I find her fucking repulsive! Slightly attractive with her gob shut lol
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the "talent" was tiff and plato, and they've earned big bucks doing other stuff
the other peeps write for top gear amongst other thigns and vbh does that discovery turbo thing

she hasn't aged well though and it got a bit embaressing watching her gigglng like a 5 year old while looking like a 90 year old behind the wheel
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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i only watched the bits that had the rs turbo vs the gte, the 3dr vs cossie merc, and the rs focus... had to record the show then just watch them bits...couldnt watch the actual prog..hate it..
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Was pish IMO
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Originally Posted by dojj
the "talent" was tiff and plato, and they've earned big bucks doing other stuff
the other peeps write for top gear amongst other thigns and vbh does that discovery turbo thing

she hasn't aged well though and it got a bit embaressing watching her gigglng like a 5 year old while looking like a 90 year old behind the wheel
For once I’m in total agreement, although VBH has been acting the schoolgirl for at least 10 years too long and even she seemed to have given up on it at the end. The show was cringe worthy at times and is definitely better off dead, how it survived so long god knows. Plato and Tiff were good at times but it looked dreadful compared to Top Gear with its mega budget.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Thank fuck for that!
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Hurrah! There is a god!

All we need to do now is ensure that VBH never ever returns to the TV screens again.

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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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vbh just annoys me,that stupid fucking giggle...........

im surprised so many are knocking it tho,at least it was another car show and plato and tiff are way better than that twat may....
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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I imagine these type of shows take quite a hefty budget to make, they do tend to have budgets that they waste on making stupid things like the bedford rascal van etc.

Also, how many presenters do they bloody need for one show?
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzzy
no need to ditch the program. just some of the knob head presenters.
Tom Ford who presents on Fifth Gear writes for Top Gear mag

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Originally Posted by thebigmacmoomin
Tom Ford who presents on Fifth Gear writes for Top Gear mag

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That's why you watch the show and thankfully never buy the tripe that goes with it.
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Real shame, the Tiff and Plato bits were great I reckon.

I enjoy topgear more, but I did like fifth gear.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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As long as VBH is still on the box somewhere, f**k 5th gear.

Tiff could go back to the beeb as the new/old guy on Top Gear.

SIMPLES!!
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Pete frst
im surprised so many are knocking it tho,at least it was another car show and plato and tiff are way better than that twat may....
Agreed, if it was being replaced with something better than fair enough, but it will probably be replaced in the schedule by some shitty reality TV show or another soap opera or something else equally not about cars
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by S1 JOHN S1
TBH,

I don't like top gear or 5th gear they bore me on about car's i will never own and rant there the fastest thing's yet a 20year old cossie say like madrod's will decimate them simply .

Keep it real folk's

but his car is hardly standard is it? plus i bet for the money rod has spent on his cossie you could have one of the supercars you see on the program week in week out.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 11:46 AM
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Hurray!

Fucking awful show all the presenters needed brain transplants.
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Originally Posted by Little_ant
but his car is hardly standard is it?
Well spotted! not much gets past you does it mate?

plus i bet for the money rod has spent on his cossie you could have one of the supercars you see on the program week in week out.
Behave! Rod's car is only about a 60K car or so IIRC!
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Erm Madrods car has been on fifth gear,yes I like the Plato versus Tiff stuff and fifth gear did seem to me more real cars than top gear

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Originally Posted by Pete frst
vbh just annoys me,that stupid fucking giggle...........
Id still bash her back doors in then go for ATM She cant giggle while sucking on a cock if she can shes got skills
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Originally Posted by Chip
Well spotted! not much gets past you does it mate?


Behave! Rod's car is only about a 60K car or so IIRC!
But would you spend 60k on a old sierra when you could have something newer and still quick like a 996 turbo or gt2 and the like?
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Originally Posted by warrenpenalver
Id still bash her back doors in then go for ATM She cant giggle while sucking on a cock if she can shes got skills
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Originally Posted by Little_ant
But would you spend 60k on a old sierra when you could have something newer and still quick like a 996 turbo or gt2 and the like?
I'm a bad example, as ive spent nearly that much on my old sierra and nova already

But they tend not to do many reviews of 6 year old 996 turbo's either anyway

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