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599 GTB Fifth Gear- DivX Quality

Discussion in '612/599' started by ChromeRL, May 30, 2006.

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  1. ChromeRL

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  2. judge4re

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    Thank you.
     
  3. brim

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    First post and it's a give, not a take.

    Thank you, sir.
     
  4. Sfumato

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    Judge IS the judge. :)
    Tiff is a puss with the throttle. If they ain't smoking and you're not sideways in the long corner at Fiorano(Tiff damn near pushed off the track there), you're not going fast enough. Benuzzi prob can slide thru there @ 45degrees lighting a cig, while putting down a lap better than MS.

    PS, thanks for post. Divx rawks.
     
  5. ChromeRL

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    No Problem guys, rest assured any new Ferrari videos on Top Gear or Fifth Gear I'll be up posting DivX quality versions!

    Tiff seems pretty pissed about the whole Schumacher incident
    "I guess he needs the practise more than I do" haha thats a classic!
     
  6. Townshend

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    Thanks for posting that. I had the Divx quality originally, but wasn't sure where to upload the ~28meg file. I'll have to remember rapidshare.de.
     
  7. FJerry

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    Thank you for posting this- I enjoyed watching it. Its interesting that some observers have commented on the relatively light steering effort- but I am sure the car is fantastic and I want one, and I do plan on getting one! :)

    best regards,
    Jerry
     
  8. J. Salmon

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    Thanks! Fun watch. Never sure how to take some of his (Tiff's) reviews. "more thrilling" to him may be "more likely to wreck" to me. It looks like an incredible car that would be astonishing for a driver of my skill. Carbon brakes... mmmm....
     
  9. GiB_@!

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    How upsetting. A corvette more fun than a ferrari :( ...

    That was a very disapointing outcome, I would have expected Tiff of all people to like its track focus.

    Why lights on the wheel ? Thats an Enzo buzz...
     
  10. alin13

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    Interesting comments he had there. But Tiff has always been a fan of lightweight mid-engined supercars, so i guess this really isn't his kind of car, however i fully respect his judgement, much better than JC at least.
     
  11. judge4re

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    And he's also a more vocal ass after two martinis...

    I'll call you back tomorrow night when I am not in the middle of a negotiation.
     
  12. Sfumato

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    Quanto per la bambina?
     
  13. judge4re

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    Troppo.
     
  14. TBond8

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    Tiff is usually very good. I think part of the problem was that Ferrari was controlling his time and monitoring his testing.

    Regarding the comment about the Corvette. Well it seems that this Corvette is finally a good sports car. I know before anyone gets upset. Ferrari is still better to me. But for the money this Corvette is finally worth it. What Tiff said in the video has been said by others as well.

    I still like the video.

    Thanks for the link.
     
  15. absent

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    Usually I like Tiffs comments but this time he just acted like a primadonna.
    Fiorano is for the use and practice of their F1 team ,not for some amateurs who wanted to be "Schumachers" and couldn't make it so ended up to be automotive scribes.
    He was obviously pissed that MS had the preference to use the Track over him,really made himself look and sound like a complete Arse.
    Took his frustration on the 599 in the end....
     
  16. ChromeRL

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    I agree with what most people are saying about this review, but as for Tiff taking out his fustration on the 599, I dont really agree with. If he was fustrated with the whole MS incident we would have been angry with Ferrari as a company and not just the 599, I mean it didnt break down or embarass him in anyway. He then went on to say that he would rather take the F430 over the 599, if he wanted to take out his fustration on the 599 or Ferrari he would have said he would rather have a Z06.
    I dunno just my 2 cents, I guess the car didnt please Tiff, but In my opinion its still a great car
     
  17. GiB_@!

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    Anyone that actually believes Tiff Needle is a better automotive journalist than Jeremy Clarkson should be shot dead.
     
  18. ITAspeed03

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    Yeah, I liked the video but not for Tiff, but for the GTB. I think Clarkson is a better journalist, and once thing he does have that Tiff doesn't is the JC is funnier, half the time I watch Top Gear I'm laughing, like when the Koenigsegg looked like it was eating the tire. Also when they set a fire in a car wash place.
     
  19. alin13

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    JC is funny, but he always come up with some absurd reasoning
     
  20. GiB_@!

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    Perhaps in Top Gear videos but he writes... he is a writer. Tiff wouldnt even know what to do with a pen. Hes a failed racing driver, nothing more.
     
  21. ITAspeed03

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    Thats a harsh, but a true statement, but hey who wouldn't want to get paid driving Enzo's, F430s and 599 GTB's
     
  22. alin13

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    Although Tiff probably wouldn't know how to write, i think his opinion as a racing driver is actually quite valuable against most other car journalist.
    I would agree with you about JC's article though, i've read his articles in TG mags and the driving section on www.timesonline.co.uk and i must say he's quite a writer.
     

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