Channel 5 at 8PM tonight

[jez o]

There's a new series of fifth gear starts tonight. It's now an hour long, and tonight's show pits the Exige against 911!! Hope they don't start going on about GT ability/luggage/practicality etc, or there's no point in the comparison. Should be just about the driving.

[rfoster]

Jubbly! Will try & make a point of watching that.

[boggy]

Hi all,

Everyone should try and see this sound's wicked

Boggy

[scotte]

shocking time for the 240R .... surly i could have done much better ..... im not happy

[theRossatron]

Shocked to see it lose to the 911 if only by a few fractions of a second.

[scotte]

think we could lobby for a rematch

[rixge]

Having somebody desent to peddle it would have been imo, better...
Having first hand experience watching VBH drive a fiesta around donington, i would`nt trust her with my wheelbarrow !

[Glenn McMenamin]

I'm pure Porker through and through......

But even i was shocked at tonights result !!!

The 997S is an unbelievable alrounder, but when they put put it up against that Lotus, i was shouting foul play, as i thought it would be slaughter !!

Power to weight alone should have been enough, let alone half the weight going round the corners ???

G.

[Jdh1]

Can perfectly understand your anger. You buy a car with no creature comforts whatsoever...wind your own windows, sweat in hot weather, struggle to fit in a gym bag, crawl in through a small hole...I could go on...All because of how fast it goes - and get beaten by a heavy, german, comfy, luxury vehicle with cup holders. Gutting. Maybe VBH lost her driving ability between driving one car and the next. What do you think?

[shangani]

There are a few more driver aids on the 997 - might well be faster than the more twitchy exige with an average driver. I would like to see Tiff in the 240r. I have watched an elise sport 190 with a capable driver p*ss all over a porsche GT2 on a twisty track.

[theRossatron]

To be fair VBH seems to be able to handle the cars nicely and was driving both cars to the best of her ability, just a surprising outcome!

[markstevens]

When Autocar did their "Best Drivers Car 2005" article recently they also found the 911 S beat the 240R round the track if I remember rightly.