Tiff's legendary Golf GTI Test Drive | Fifth Gear
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2021
- In this classic clip, taken from series 23 which was first broadcast in 2013, Tiff reviews the 7th generation Golf GTI. For access to exclusive Fifth Gear content and all FULL episodes, join our channel / @fifthgearuk
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The man was fired flat out because Discovery thought he was too old, yet he drives better than most reviewers I've seen less than half his age (plus he inspires me as it makes me feel I can still have fun when I get to his years).
Stupid move, Discovery. You got rid of a legend for flat out ageism. THIS VIDEO WAS EPIC!
Still having to rely on Tiff to drum up views, even after letting him go, I see
That's what you call a bunch of vankers
Ah, the good old days.... back when Fifth Gear was worth watching.
BRING BACK TIFF
Probably a fantastic everyday car, I'd imagine. Still, it's amazing that Tiff can deliver this sort of honest conclusion to a car as important as this in 2021. What a legend he is.
No one calls out the truth that the 7th gen GTi is an absolutely shitty car, because of the fear of getting blacklisted by VW Group. Which means you get blacklisted by Lambo, Bugatti, Audi, Bentley and the others.
@@arunmfive how is it shitty😂
It is, I had focus st etc and golf is os every day nippy car. It does the job.
Always pleasure to watch Mr Tiff.
He has his own CZcams channel: “LoveCars”
@@cincinnatislider Thank you, subbed.
He's so legendary, you got rid of him. :-(
Love Tiff these clips are awesome
He has his own CZcams channel: “Lovecars”
Most GTIs will be daily drivers for motorway commute, driving to the shops and occasionally hammering on a b-road that is why they are great cars because do everything well. Plug in a laptop and 300+ bhp along with reprogramming ESC, etc
yup, they're just sporty commuters that have great potential when tuned.
Incredible Tiff. And eight years before, I still love my mk7 Gti. And 25 years before, still love my mk2 Gti 16v. I don't understand why some people hate it.
I have VW Golf 6 and still, I am proud of it. I have never seen a car like that it runs like a plane, so smooth and full of power. Handing & stability control is brilliant.
I had a MK 5 GTI which was a fantastic car. I sold it to a friend when it had 290,000 km on the dial. He still has it now with 400,000 km on the dial. 🥶Cheers!
i love how you guys get to repost Tiff clips and he doesn't get any money from it after you fired him
Welcome to showbiz
He has a net worth around $50 million. Something tells me he’s ok.
@@cincinnatislider not as rich as you think.
Tiff is a nice guy and all but after a tv show is filmed and the presenters get paid, the show is owned by the tv station not the presenters. TBF we don't know what royalties deal the presenters had in their contracts. Also if the camera or a sound guy who filmed this was fired too should they also keep getting paid? Pointless comment.
@@sysakPL finally some common sense.
So on the road hes got DSG, on the track it's a manual. All exterior shots is the manual (same plates atleast) and the sound is from DSG. Nice editing ;)
Salty GTI fan spotted. Accept it, the car is garbage.
@@arunmfive this is an observation on bad editing, not about a bad/good review. 0/10 troll reply, try somewhere else ;)
@@dz6554 Accept it, the car is shit.
@@dz6554 Its a 4 banger that's no more exciting than a fart can Civic.
Cool observation bro. Would not have noticed!
Mark 5 golf seems the like best one, still to this day, love tiff he is the best most entertaining car presenter/Journalist ever!!
I still have my 2008 MKV GTI, purchased new, and I cannot see any reason to upgrade. I'm 70 now, so don't hoon around much any longer, but I still love the sound the engine makes compared to most other 4 pot engines. Stage 1 tune, dogbone upgrade, Whiteline rear sway bar and it's perfect for me :)
You can fully disable the stability control with third party tools that fiddle with the onboard computer settings
You can also pull the green 30 amp fuse in the engine bay 😄
@@BenDover-io9vg is it as easy as that? Does that fuse affect anything else?
@@rob_lightbody It'll disable ABS. Airbags also disable so try not to crash.
You can put a rocket in the back to make it faster .. it’s a stock car test you clown
Smart move firing Tiff because not only does he know how to drive but also how to present the good/bad sides of a car and who wants that these days. Give whoever fired this man a raise !!
He wasn’t fired he said it was time to move on
He’s on a CZcams channel called love cars now
@@user-bh6zt1it2l Funny because Tiff says himself that he was let go because they wanted someone younger ....
I saw him do a review of a shite Freelander vs a Nissan X-trail, forever ago, that was so biased towards the Freelander and inaccurate with the comparable specs, it made me wonder how much he was paid by Land Rover. Generally though, most excellent.
You are the very best presenter ever, Tiff!!! 👏🏻🤩
He has his own CZcams channel: “LoveCars”
Great cinematography.
Had an mk7 for 5 years. Awesome car
Give Tiff he’s Job back 5th gear went dead because it wasn’t keeping things fresh not because of Tiff he was the show the Clarkson of the show great Tv presenter bring him back and make the show fresh then it will be better then Top gear nick Chris Harris 😂 then it’s on to a winer 🥂👏🏾👍🏾👊🏽
Chris harris may know a lot about cars and be able to drive very well but ive seen more personality in a dead cat.
Limited slip Tiff 😎
Congrats on 912k subs
I would listen to this guy even if he was a woodworker or a welder. He just has a manner of speaking that makes you want to listen. I loved the old Fifth Gear shows.
You let go of him and then bring up his old stuff…
These cars really spring to life after you add an aftermarket downpipe and a tune.
Awesome! Golf for ever!
Thanks 👍
Car manufacturers are in a bind when it comes to the safety programs in the cars. In some countries they are required to be able to be sold in some parts of the world. It would be nice to be able to turn it off, and I am sure there is some way to do so, for 99.9% of people buying these Golf's??? Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few when it comes to pinching pennies.😎Great car though.
The Gti, is a very great hot hatch, i love this show, but don't play on velocity...
Tiff looks the same now as he did back then.
Unpopular opinion, but I can see why fifth gear got rid of Tiff. He was too focused on track rather than road focused reviews. Especially when you can actually fully disable the ESP if you hold the button down for 5 seconds.
Bring him back, it was a mistake to let him go
That first one isn’t a performance pack
What hot hatch does give him the excitement he is looking for?
dry509, Renault Megane.
@@johnblake1841 Thanks. Dang. Not available in America. What else that might be available in America?
@@dry509 MX5, is a great car, ive just done a track day in mine and it performed very well, and its a standard car, no tune ups yet. There are loads of those in America, ive subscribed to a guy from Texas on CZcams who posts loads of videos of the work he has done on his MX5.
Also ford focus rs is a hot hatch fifth gear always loved
@@dry509 Ford fiesta ST is the best they all say for over here in America. Not the fastest stock, but the most fun by far. Plus it's cheap. The golf is known as the least fun, most spirit killing.
Hopefully you are compensating Tiff for using this clip...
Wait, yall fired my mans?? Eff yall forreal.
It's the blame game.... someone buys a car and crashes it then sues the manufacturer because they didn't provide enough protection..... that's why now you can't fully turn off all the driver aids.
Might be better to get it chipped than pay the money for the performance pack
Nope performance pack is must have to get the LSD
@@Rookiereece LSD only good for track/racing. Everyday driving you don’t need it.
@@a19hkg33 it's needed for spirited driving whether that be on the road or track, no one wants chunks of Understeer when they buy a GTI
@@Rookiereece each to their own. after having both non pp and pp, the standard non pp is completely fine.
@@a19hkg33 i like the upgraded brakes on the pp, but yeah it's not a must have.
Wish it was a MKII GTI :(
Why would anyone want that crap?
@@Eidrian111 Ofcourse not, we only want what you want.
When I drove a 16v version years ago I kept hitting the limiter all the time because it was slow. Never been so disappointed in a hyped up car in my life!
@@stuartpringle913 LOL I highly doubt that.
@@KRAMPUS_G60_16V you highly doubt a fact? Are you 12?
It had 135hp 😂😂😂!
My VRS Skoda right now would smoke it. My tuned TTS would absolutely muller it 😆😆
A Mk2 golf compared to todays cars is pathetic… it still handles well but its slow.
The Golf with it’s throwaway engine. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Sorry, mk2 GTI... best one.
Is the GTI the fastest, meanest, baddest hot hatch - No. Is it the best - Yes, by a long shot.
It's a highway cruiser not a track car. You want a track car, get a Miata or BRZ.
Yep
VW is the best car industry ever.
I still can't stand this review. Just because you can't disable traction control completely on the track doesn't mean squat to 99.9% of drivers. The GTI is great because it does many things well. It's a great all-rounder, but he didn't touch on that at all. The only thing frustrating about the car was Tiff's review. That said, Tiff is awesome, and I love to watch his reviews (most of the time).
I agree. It seems that Tiff just had the wrong expectation of what the GTI is. it was never a track weapon nor it should have been. It would have probably ruined the ride. But I believe in the new GTI vw actually allows for the stability control to be fully disabled. Still, the MK7 is the best GTI they have made.
@@waelal-zubieri5358 My mk1 was a track weapon! Every road was a track. 😆 You could easily get that thing standing on 3 wheels and throw it around at relatively safe speeds, stamp on the brakes mid corner and it would forgive you. I learned to steer on the throttle at high speeds in that car and that is exactly what Tiff is talking about here. Are they carrying on with that tradition with this car? Probably not…I reckon those days are over.
I always wonder if they hold the traction button down and completely turn it off lol
I would suggest that if you want a racing car for the track Tiffney then buy a racing car, don’t expect a Grand touring car to be a hot hothatch when it wasn’t intended to be one. The Gti is top of the pile at what it does.
Not the newest model
Can find The New Golf GTI in their offical website
This was back in 2013 LOL
Read the video description, it’s from 2013. 😂
Way better than the new version in terms of styling.
You don't say
Behold, the VW Nanny GTi
No real enthusiast with a turbo car is going to keep it stock. So the real question is how does this version respond to mods? Can you get that chassis control switched off in a tune? For all the other customers this is irrelevant. Bring back Tiff.
You can switch it all of with a tunr
Tunes boost the power upwards of 30-40%
@@Veshon I know. The comment was aimed at producers of the show. Your average car buyer is really not going to care. The real enthusiasts, who they are trying to aim Tiff at here, are going to be thinking about potential.
But yet they get rid of him. What a shambles this program is now.
I'm Still Incensed that a Certain Gear Place let Tiff Go . Back stabbers. Prob some young or idiot executive that can barely get a car up & down the road that made the call. ------ BRING BACK TIFF ---------
Where you get that gas mileage? 😂
Just get a R for a few bucks more....
10k more lmao
It's a golf it's an a3 same thing...overpriced on insurance keep putting more power and expensive trash in it goodluck on sales..
This car isn't the performance pack, the GTI badges are silver, not red, so it's the standard GTI
Its kinda sad cars are just made to be driven with assistance. You turn it off amd the car sucks. Thats if you can turn it off.
No one keeps their GTI stock though lol
47 mpg? Hahah yea ok
It’s surprisingly achievable on the motorway, I’ve had high 40s sat at around 70mph
FWD is like a dog wheelchair.
I'm from Canada and I never owned a FWD car (and I never will). We have seasons and imperfect roads so I use AWD. Will never downgrade, especially given how EVs can easily be equipped with symmetrical AWD systems.
FWD is like a zombie cut in half with its torso still trying to crawl forward using its arms and elbows.
how to overreact and give a nonsense statement 101
Always prefered rwd or 4wd but after having a Clio RS 172 (FWD) as my first car and a BMW 325i coupe E92 as my 2nd car i changed my mind as the RS was a much better car to drive. BMW had the correct wheel drive and made the right 6 pot noises but just felt mushy slow and heavy in comparison. It's not all in the driven wheels.
@@Ln384 driving dynamics not really your thing?
What a heap of shit. Its a Gti ffs, its not supposed to be nanny state safe -its supposed to be fun and thrilling. Makes me laugh the way these manufactures keep making cars more and more powerful while taking away the experience with all their driver aids (to stop em getting sued). 217 bhp completely pointless coz u cant use it properly. Back in the day 115 did the job coz u were the car not one of Siri or Alexas effing mates
Mk6 is milesssss better!!! Fact!!!
Shameless, fifth gear 🤮
Absolute bollocks, will be watching Chris Harris’ review for a more accurate description of the car’s capability
Encouraging hooligan behaviour on the road? Not many will take to the track, so will try to take the car to the limit on the road, without the level of experience needed.
Yeah it's boring garbage lmao
I stopped watching fifth gear because it’s views are outdated, euro-biased -90’s stereotype driven while never talks about reliability when70% of buyers buy a used vehicle and reliability is of utmost importance. You don’t get reliability from a VW, BMW after 50KMiles. Fact. The golf engine and all tsi tfsi fsi engines will fail even with regular driving style. A Honda Civic will have its first oil leak when a golf goes through an engine replacement and half the market-value.
TOO MUCH TECHNOLOGY!!!! OLD GTIS WERE WAY BETTER.