5th Gear NSX Tribute

[Greybloke]

:D Heads up,

Apparently next Monday (7th Nov) we will be treated to a fifth gear tribute to the "soon to be axed NSX"

Woohaa :D

Cant wait for the in depth crit :roll:

[Senninha]

Greybloke, you're faster than a speeding bullet with this posting :!:

I guess it will all depend upon who from the team will be reviewing and testing the cars :?

Tiff will be trying to go sideways :D , Tom will probably stall it :oops: , Jason would probably be the most honest 8) , whilst I'm sure all the guys will be pleased if Vicki's in the hot seat :wink: !

I'm off to set the video...

[Kevin]

Well Tiff can't get an NSX sideways, or so he whined when trying to on Top Gear.

VBH likes the NSX.

We should all be ready to barrage them with email, should they say anything we don't like.

[ctrlaltdelboy]

....Tiff will be trying to go sideways
whilst (yet again) omitting to disable the tcs leading to moaning about it not having sufficient power to slide :roll:

[Senninha]

I hope that they have taken the trouble to select a few different models/ages and deliver a proper tribute.

[Greybloke]

I hope that they have taken the trouble to select a few different models/ages and deliver a proper tribute.

The (very) brief trailer showed a facelift Red.

Anyway I vote for VBH :P

[Kevin]

Well until then, you can relive the original Top Gear test.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=nsx

The one with 7 min 33 sec - Apr 17, 2005 as a caption is the one.

[Senninha]

Any chance of saving this somewhere on the site :?:

My firewalls are very sensitive and wont let me access the link :roll:

[trackdemon]

I met Tiff at an event a little while back and he was very complimentary about my car -

TN "Is that yours?"

TD "Yes"

TN "Nice, great cars. Fantastic engine....."

More of same I hope on 5th gear. Shame they've peppered the new format show with so much contrived babble though.

[simonprelude]

Would have been nice if they had contacted the forum to see if people wanted to be part of it.

[Ivan Chiswick Honda]

Autocar came in about ten days ago to take some shots so they too are writing a piece.

Believe it is Andrew Frankel who spoke to me that will write it who has written about the NSX before and had the privilege of being taken around the track in one by Ayrton Senna.

Apologies in advance if a picture of me is in there,I did try and say that would not be of interest !


Regards

Ivan

[UltraViolet]

Believe it is Andrew Frankel who spoke to me that will write it who has written about the NSX before and had the privilege of being taken around the track in one by Ayrton Senna.
I read his write up in the Times some years back and it was a fine piece of journalism. Made me leave the comfy sofa just to go take the NSX for a drive! 8)

[TheQuietOne]

I've got that somewhere on my PC actually, it is a wonderfu piece, very evocative, and insightful...

Let me see...found it!

Hope I don't get into trouble for this....

I look forward to his latest piece!

Matt.

[Kevin]

For all you wannabe racing drivers, I have put a clip of Senna driving an NSX in the movies section.

You may notice the speedo needle hit the top speed on occasion!

[glenlewis]

I read that article ages ago - it's great thanks for posting it up again.
At the bottom is says Jeremy Clarkson is away - thank god for that, if he hadn't been that wouldn't have been written; Ayrton Senna is my hero and I drive an NSX so thanks Andrew Frankel - made a pleasant change from Clarkson talking sh|t about killing all the immigrants etct etc

[Senninha]

Ayrton Senna + NSX = poetry in motion :!:

[BabyNSX]

Would have been nice if they had contacted the forum to see if people wanted to be part of it.

they contacted me :wink:

[BabyNSX]

Believe it is Andrew Frankel who spoke to me that will write it who has written about the NSX before and had the privilege of being taken around the track in one by Ayrton Senna.
I read his write up in the Times some years back and it was a fine piece of journalism. Made me leave the comfy sofa just to go take the NSX for a drive! 8)

The Full Article was in Autocar and titled "A Master at Work in an NSX" - I have the original magazine in my garage somewhere. In it he describes Senna sliding the NSX sideways in the rain at 80mph!

[Greybloke]

TTT

Dont forget it's tonight, today's Standard says Rowan Atkinson and JB "pay tribute" to the NSX :D

Chanel 5 - Fifth Gear (you can turn off after the NSX piece, as I expect it will be pants :wink: )

[TheQuietOne]

Funny, I was just on the 5thgear website and about to post to remind people too!

They're giving away Silver P8 NSX too - so one of could double our tally!

Matt.

[markc]

I will be tuned in tonight and ready to double my quota.

Re Rowan Atkinson being involved in the NSX tribute, he's be a fan for some years. I have a video, shot by myself, of him driving a Yellow NSX at the 1996 (I think) "SuperCar Parade" at Goodwood FOS.
I was right by the entrance to the hill where the parade was staged, prior to them going up to the start.
I remember it very specifically 'cos I saw Jonathan Palmer load up Ron Dennis and a friend? in Macca F1 "XP3" and take them up the hill in the same parade. 8)

Mark

[Sagacitas]

I already have it scheduled for taping.

They are giving away an NSX? There goes my phone bill for the next week. :twisted:

In fact maybe I can get the wife to enter as well - sort of a Christmas present for me? :idea:

Richard

[jaytip]

guys im looking at sky info right now and its saying "another chance to see this episode"....... blah blah blah.There is no mention of NSX :?

[BabyNSX]

i told you they contacted me - they bought my car and will be giving it away tonight

[Kevin]

As soon as they showed P8 NSX, I thought, I bet that's yours.

Seems to be going alright so far... maybe the resale will be going up.

[Kevin]

Well it was alright up until the 'expert' went over it.

5speed rare? Switches in English? Original small wheels? Muppet.

[Greybloke]

Tiff needless, on another planet as usual :wink:

Still made some calls already :D wish me luck!

[Senninha]

I think I shall have RSI from texting to enter :shock:

Of course if I'm lucky it does mean one of you wont double your tally :D

Good to see Jason & Tom putting Tiff in his place :!:

[Sagacitas]

You can enter via the web site as well. That is the approach that I am going to take. Hopefully less risk of RSI that way. :)

Nice looking car, but the expert did seem to be a muppet.

[markc]

Best bit was, and I quote....

Ford "... every time you see a bloke driving a Honda NSX, no matter how old, what do you think?"
Plato "He knows exactly what he's upto"
Ford "My point"

Respect to us all 8)

[senna786]

I am confused!! Did I hear correctly :idea: Vicky mentioning that the red 04 model she was driving was a 3.0 Litre 280 BHP model?

Did they do a 3.0 Litre up until recently.


Senna

03 3.2MT Long Beach Blue 8) 8)

[simonprelude]

All Auto's are 3.0 litre's !! But that one wasn't.


I am confused!! Did I hear correctly :idea: Vicky mentioning that the red 04 model she was driving was a 3.0 Litre 280 BHP model?

Did they do a 3.0 Litre up until recently.


Senna

03 3.2MT Long Beach Blue 8) 8)

[BabyNSX]

when they bought my car they were amazed that no-one had bought it because of the price and condition. some folk on this forum showed interest but didn't view it - if i told you what price i let it go for you'll be kicking yourselves. the irony is that programme tonight will probably push up the used NSX prices :roll:

[blue5]

I thought the NSX feature was perceptive and went some way to encapsulating NSX ownership, i particularly like the summary Marc noted, which says it all.

Any how I have just been to my shed and got the garden furniture out of hibernation to put outside my house for the anticipated multitude who will be now be queuing to buy my silver NSX with black roof.

By the way, if you are 3rd in the queue, please dont lean back on the chair as the legs have a habit of folding under.

[Martin]

grrrr :twisted:

I was in a meeting and asked a neighbour to tape it. Somehow he managed to tape all except the first quarter :twisted: :twisted:

does anyone have it taped or dvd recorded or able to load it onto this website?

Cheers
Martin

[BabyNSX]

i can send you a dvd - pm me your address

[jaytip]

if i told you what price i let it go for you'll be kicking yourselves.
come on then mate,don't keep us all in suspence.What did you end up letting it go for :D 22K was the advertised price,so how much did they knock you down by?

[Rob_Fenn]

That red NSX could of been a 3.0 if it was an auto, but it wasn't! Vicki obviously didn't do any research herself, too much of a celeb these days!

I've driven the red car, it must have a pretty harsh life! It performed impeccably on track though. Gearbox and brakes seemed better than my dad's non-facelift.

Anyone see the Esprit? Ha ha! Wonder what reliable supercar they could of got instead..hmm...

-Rob

[Sagacitas]

The point of using the Lotus was to allow an inexpensive route to 200Mph. From what I have heard there is no cheap way of getting the power needed from an NSX.

[Rob_Fenn]

Well the Esprit only got to 180mph after blowing up (again) didn't it? :D

You could buy an NSX for under £15k and spend the other £15k on quite a bit of kit.

-Rob

[AR]

They should have given away the Lotus and kept the NSX.

[Sagacitas]

Do NOT say things like that (keeping the NSX and giving away the Lotus)! Because they are giving away BabyNSX's car I have a chance to win it! :D Of the two I would much rather have the NSX.

Richard

[AR]

I just hope that the winner is someone who will appreciate the NSX.

[Kevin]

You could buy an NSX for under £15k and spend the other £15k on quite a bit of kit.



Lotus Esprit V8s can be bought for £15k too. Thought I'd check on Autotrader when the show was on.

[Greybloke]

They should have given away the Lotus and kept the NSX.

But then no one would enter :D

[Kevin]

For anyone who missed, and is fretting over it, not sleeping etc. Some nice person stuck it on the 'web.


here (http://www.isaie.co.uk/movies/nsx.wmv)

[simonprelude]

Time out to www.isaie.co.uk ??


For anyone who missed, and is fretting over it, not sleeping etc. Some nice person stuck it on the 'web.


here (http://www.isaie.co.uk/movies/nsx.wmv)

[DamianW]

Thing with the Esprit is that Renault gearbox is a known weakness, so God only knows why they didn't fix that first. Reading my favourite Lotus forums it seems shoving a Hewland box in is the preferred fix. I don't think there's anything much wrong with the V8 itself (apart from Lotus build quality).

[Rob_Fenn]

Their V8 is good, it's very compact. You can't expect to get that much power and not have problems though. They did suggest the SUperchips remap wasn't ideal...

Did you also hear them mention the driveshafts were from a metro?! :o

-Rob

[Senninha]

Kevin,

The link times out, does anyone know how to put it on the movie section of the site?

[Kevin]

It is located on the second server that I use for this site anyway. It's where I keep all the other movies.

If it's timing out it's because its busy, or crashed.

btw. Works for me.

[Senninha]

Hi Kevin,

Saw your note so sneaked back in the quiet of night and hey presto, it works :D

All I need now is for my number to be drawn out of the Fifth Gear hat and I will joining this elite group even sooner :D :D

[Sagacitas]

Senninha,

So how many times have you entered so far?

I am currently at 10. Planning on calling some more as well. Better the playing the lottery. :D

Richard

[ctrlaltdelboy]

me and wifey have one entry each :D

[Senninha]

Sagacitas,

Lets just say I've spread my chances :wink:

Its into double figures using all 3 lines of access :x

I just hope that when the draw is made, P8 finds a good home and returns here..........its just that it if it was my home it would look so good next to my VFR that is reads P9 :!:

[Sagacitas]

I do hope that it is someone on the list that wins.

Far far better if that someone is me though. :twisted:

Good luck to us all.

Richard

[Greybloke]

So........ who won? :roll:

[Jim]

I think they say at the end of the program.

[ctrlaltdelboy]

dunno - website just says comp closed

[Senninha]

I dont suppose we'll know until they've contacted the winner :roll:

Keep those fingers crossed a little longer

[BabyNSX]

last series they posted all the car winners up at the end of the series on the website. but i guess if you didn't win, do you care that much who did? :?

i just hope whoever won it will look after it, i spent a lot of cash on that car and gave it away for peanuts :(

[Jim]

Having read the competiton rules on the website you can write to Channel 5 within 3 months of the end of the competition and ask for the winners name.

Not something I would do, but it would be nice to know that they are not trying to contact me. I keep listening to voicemail just in case.

Jim

[Sagacitas]

I figure that if I had won they would have told me by now. Hope P8 NSX's new owner will take car of her. :(

Richard

[BabyNSX]

Not something I would do, but it would be nice to know that they are not trying to contact me. I keep listening to voicemail just in case.

Jim

they get arount 300,000-600,000 entries each week so i think it's easier for them that way.

[ctrlaltdelboy]

they get arount 300,000-600,000 entries each week .......
:shock: at £1 each!!

nice moneyspinner, I'm clearly in the wrong business :idea:

[Rob_Fenn]

Yep, preying on the convienience of text message. Wish i thought of it first!

[Senninha]

So they could clearly have offered BabyNSX a less obscene purchase price :!:

2 weeks, no news, no P8NSX :(

[BabyNSX]

At the time they turned up, i needed to sell, so they were a bit lucky - right time right place. there were several people on this forum who were interested in my car, but none of them came to look at it, otherwise the bargain would've been theirs. C'est la vie :roll:

[Sagacitas]

In my case interest (not expressed) was not balanced by means. :cry:

Richard

[BabyNSX]

At the time they turned up, i needed to sell, so they were a bit lucky - right time right place. there were several people on this forum who were interested in my car, but none of them came to look at it, otherwise the bargain would've been theirs. C'est la vie :roll:

this reads a bit abrasively - not intended. my point is that a lot of potential owners (many on this forum) considered my car but then went on to buy others because they were a bit cheaper, or closer to them, or had less previous owners. i looked at 5 before buying my one and it was by far the best. it was also the furthest away and had the most owners. a 10 year old supercar should be bought on condition and history, imo. my point is that i would've liked it to go to an enthusiast, but maybe i just got too attached to the car :oops: . anyway, don't matter now.

[Senninha]

Look what Tiff chose to arrive in at the recent MPH show.... :shock:

The Manaro was Clarkson's weapon of choice