Fifth gear need a standard GTT

[5teve L]

Read here & if interested please get in contact, remember, near as standard & mint as poss.....

Hi,

I work for Fifth Gear on Channel Five – we’re just putting together our next series.

Next Monday (10th Nov) we’ve got a RenaultSport Twingo booked to film, and we’re thinking about putting it up against a Renault 5 GT Turbo on a track, as a new versus old style speed test. I was wondering if any of your forum members would be willing to lend us their car for the day? It would involve getting to Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire for about 8am on the Monday and staying until about 5pm. Obviously we’d cover all the petrol, food and accommodation necessary for whoever is involved – and if we ruined a set of tyres we’d obviously sort out a new set!

I’d like the car to be as original as possible, but it doesn’t have to be concours – just a tidy looking and mechanically sound, factory standard car. It’ll be a good chance for somebody to get their car on the telly, and I reckon the 5 would come out on top against the clock. It will either be Jason Plato or Tiff Needell doing the driving – they’ll get the best out of the car on the track, but be sympathetic to it’s age.

If anybody you know is interested, then feel free to pass on my email address or phone number, which is 0121 697 1923.

Hopefully speak to you soon.

All the best,
Graham Smiles
Assistant Producer

Fifth Gear

T: 0121 697 1923 |M: 07973 323960 |F: 0121 697 1950

Sorry i should mention that this was posted by Lee, Admin on Renault5gtturbo.com

[Mart]

Big Steve's Raider.

[Sy5GTT]

But would he let Tiff or Jason rag it around the test track?

[Mart]

but be sympathetic to it’s age.

..

[Sy5GTT]

Yeah but Steve's idea of sympathetic might be different as it's his pride and joy. I hope he does go for it.

[Tiny Tim]

Excellent chance for someone there. I used to live literally down the road from Millbrook and have a friend that worked there. Great place.

[paul b]

oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......


wish I had kept some of my old 5's now.......


how about Scoff's.....just tell em it's "slightly" modified and watch it cream the Twingo....LOL

[Mart]

Are you Steve's bigger brother or something? I'm sure he can decide for himself.

Just left him a voicemail about it...

[Sy5GTT]

Are you Steve's bigger brother or something? I'm sure he can decide for himself.

Just left him a voicemail about it...

.

No mate. My thinking is a lot of guy's with mint 5's may not be keen on the idea of -
1. Letting someone else drive it
2. Using it on a track
3. Using it in the rain

It should make an interesting watch though.

[tonesGTT]

Id love to get mine invloved in this but have to admit the thought of it being pushed around a track, even 'sympathetically', puts me off As its against the clock it will be quite a ragging.

I remember watching Tiff throw a Williams round a track against the clock with a 197 and thinking i was glad it wasnt my clio!

[Gttnutter]

Id love to get mine invloved in this but have to admit the thought of it being pushed around a track, even 'sympathetically', puts me off As its against the clock it will be quite a ragging.

I remember watching Tiff throw a Williams round a track against the clock with a 197 and thinking i was glad it wasnt my clio!

i'm out!

[Mart]

If anybody you know is interested, then feel free to pass on my email address or phone number, which is 0121 697 1923.

What's the guy's email address?

Big Steve is game on for it

[Big Steve - Raider]

What's the guy's email address?

Big Steve is game on for it

Hell yes!! Let's give that twingo a run for It's money eh!?

[paul b]

good lad................

and you know Tiff and Jason are masters in their field......

so, Top Gear stand in and Fifth Gear STAR

[raj]

id do it if my car was on the road.

if our gtt's are reliable then nobody should have a problem with them ragging it around the track. or are you saying there not that reliable

i hope someone goes for it though[maybe with a little sneaky boost increase] to show the twingo what the 5 can do

[Mart]

Just had a text from Steve - It's game on

[tonesGTT]

i'm out!

Is that your yellow Delta in the background too!?! Fookin lurvely

[Sy5GTT]

Well done Steve.

Will they want the boost set to standard I wonder?

[tonesGTT]

Hell yes!! Let's give that twingo a run for It's money eh!?

[Gttnutter]

Is that your yellow Delta in the background too!?! Fookin lurvely

No wishfull thinking

[Big Steve - Raider]

What's the guy's email address?

Big Steve is game on for it

Spoke to the geezer & put my car forward for filming next Tuesday!

Gotta be worth letting Tiff Needlel give it a shakedown

[Matt Cole]

Excellent Steve, will be great seeing this. Leave the boost at 15psi. They came out of the factory +/- 5psi anyway!!

[Duncan Grier]

Can't wait to see it Steve good reason to watch 5th gear (they do wind me up lol)

Glad the texts / missed calls got through from Mart & I

That car will not miss a BEAT!!!!

Steve turn up on empty - belly, tank, wallet LOL

[raj]

when will this episode be aired.?

[5teve L]

Glad someone was able to get sorted on this, the ol raider should be pretty sweet up against the new twingo, don't think the boost needs to be up though, unless the twingo handles really well

ATB
Steve

[DaveMayGTT]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

Thats excellent. Surely the gtt will win this one? Is there a big gap between filming till when it airs?

[Brigsy]

Keep that boost at a bar, should be interesting!

[wrightygtt]

sounds good, Steves car looks lovely, any ideas of when it'll be aired for the masses?

[Big Steve - Raider]

All Sorted now fellas:

Hi Steve,

Thanks for giving us a bell – a massive help in getting this item together.

I know I said on the phone that it’ll be Tuesday with Tiff driving, but it’s now actually going to have to be Monday with Jason Plato driving. Is that still OK with you?

They’re both going to have a race in some Monster Trucks on Tuesday – and the Monster Truck people are much less flexible than Renault who are lending us their Twingo Cup!

Can you be at Millbrook Proving Ground at 8am on Monday 10th November in your Raider? If you want a hotel the night before we can sort that out as all the crew will be staying in one anyway – just let me know.

You can call me any time, I don’t think I took your number so if you could let me know what it is that would be great.

Cheers,



Graham Smiles
Assistant Producer
Fifth Gear

Not sure when it goes out on Telly as i think they're on a break at the moment??

I'll have to keep you guys all in suspense till it goes out ....

[Mart]

Top darts

[Big Steve - Raider]

Keep that boost at a bar, should be interesting!

Picture the moment:

Fifth Gear: Don't see many like this now a days & in standard condition?!

Steve: Yeah mate, this car's totally standard as it was from the factory*

*Failing to mention the AdamL Special T2/T25 Hybrid Turbo & the 1 bar boost

#AHEM#

[raj]

I CAN WAIT sorry but this is worth shouting about

[Adam L]

Picture the moment:

Fifth Gear: Don't see many like this now a days & in standard condition?!

Steve: Yeah mate, this car's totally standard as it was from the factory*

*Failing to mention the AdamL Special T2/T25 Hybrid Turbo & the 1 bar boost

#AHEM#

[Andrew Cooke]

Picture the moment:

Fifth Gear: Don't see many like this now a days & in standard condition?!

Steve: Yeah mate, this car's totally standard as it was from the factory*

*Failing to mention the AdamL Special T2/T25 Hybrid Turbo & the 1 bar boost

#AHEM#

brakes and suspension will make more of a difference than a bit of boost.

Wanna borrow some DS2500s Who's got some konis..

[Adey aka Ewok]

not meaning to sound a kill joy but should this be on the forum? they might see it?

[Ricardo]

Can we go down to spectate??

[Trevhib]

Ace!

Get some vid and pics on the day Steve. Well done mate.

[Lomo]

Steve, superb mate! Can't wait to see this....

[Ian S]

Sadly it looks like it has the pea shooter exhaust.

15psi with a decent exhaust might be worth 20 or 25psi with that one strangling it.

Apart from that, are you sure that's a 20 year old car!!

[D4WNO]

not meaning to sound a kill joy but should this be on the forum? they might see it?

Gotta agree with the hairy one...

[Adam L]

Wasn't the Twingo mentioned the Cup version? Hence, non standard...

[Ian S]

not meaning to sound a kill joy but should this be on the forum? they might see it?

I guess we could move the thread away from General chat.

[Ian S]

Wasn't the Twingo mentioned the Cup version? Hence, non standard...

It's not a fair comparison. The 5GTT was far from developed when they dropped it for a Cat'd non blowered EFI'd(?) Clio.

Renault have had 17 years to come up with some improvements, some of which I expect would have been fitted to their 'standard' 5GTT in, say 1992 or 1993 had it continued in production.

[The new Bill J]

Can Jason Plato fit his nose in a gtt?

[Adam L]

Can Jason Plato fit his nose in a gtt?

[Trevhib]

Can Jason Plato fit his nose in a gtt?

that's probably why they've swapped the drivers round. Gotta be even tighter in the Twingo.

[ady b]

thought i saw an old piece of footage once of jason plato saying that he once owned a gtt turbo,,in his younger days

[Big Steve - Raider]

brakes and suspension will make more of a difference than a bit of boost.

Wanna borrow some DS2500s Who's got some konis..

Koni's i got

DS2500's.... now you're talking

[Big Steve - Raider]

I guess we could move the thread away from General chat.

If a Moderator wants to do this then i'm happy with that?

[Mart]

I've moved this to the '5 gt turbo' forum.