[bullitt490]

Fellow Bullittheads:

Motorweek on PBS and Speedvision, will be road testing the Bullitt and Cobra. The show is scheduled to air 10/05/01 according to Maryland Public Television(MPT)where the show originates.

Rock on
John Morton

 

[jpmeade]

In the New York City and Northern Jersey areas WLIW Channel 21 is airing the Motorweek Bullitt/Cobra roadtest at 9AM Saturday Oct.5 this coming Saturday.Better set your alarm clocks or drink some high test java and stay up all night guys and gals.Later folks. From Black Bullitt #1768.

 

[Dennis]

Howdy,
You mean Saturday the 6th or Friday the 5th??? I would assume the 6th since that show's usually on Sats.

 

[Green Monster]

The shows start broadcasting on the 5th so it depends on when it's shown in your area. Looks like it'll be Moday for me. I can't wait. Now I wish I never got rid of the VCR. :sad:

 

[runningforyou]

Here in CA, it is showing on speedvision, twice on the 4th (4:30pm and 8pm) and then on the 5th (4am). The next showing after that is on Monday. I'm assuming the first three will be showing the BULLITT, since they usually repeat themselves like this.

 

[mswaim]

Hey RunningForYou, what cable channel are you picking that up on?

 

[Lt. Bullitt]

I'm having a heckuva time finding the time slot for this test on my Comcast cable; I guess it would be on my Speedvision channel, but they're schedule is so generic, it doesn't really say what any given episode is about; If someone catches this clip on the VCR, could some of it be uploaded as an MPEG for all to see?

 

[runningforyou]

I have AT&T Broadband cable. The ones on Friday did not show the BULLITT, so I am assuming that they will show it on the Monday showing. I an watching on Speedvision.

 

[TwoStangWmn]

It is supposedly on Speedvision Motorweek here. Here is the link to Motorweek.

http://www.motorweek.org It has the listing for October 5th airing.....????? Wasn't on it on the 5th!

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The MotorWeek Broadcast Schedule

The following is our tentative schedule, but because TV schedules occasionally change without warning, always check your local listings to verify air dates and times, or call the programming department of your local station.

MotorWeek is also now available on Speedvision on cable and DSS. If you have a satellite dish, you can receive the Speedvision feed on Satcom C4, TR11, aud 6.8, 6.2 MHZ.

For Dish Network & DirecTV subscribers, MotorWeek airs on Saturdays at 4pm EST on channel PBSU.

All video clips are in Quicktime. If you don't have the player, go here & download it.



MotorWeek #2105
With Host John Davis
PBS Broadcast Window Begins October 5, 2001
Episode Title: 2105/2002 Nissan Altima

Roadtest of the 2002 Nissan Altima
Roadtest of the Mustang Bullit/Mustang Cobra
Goss' Garage: Cooling System Maint.
FYI: We Drive GM Concepts
Long Term Roadtest Update: Mazda B4000 &Volvo S60

 

[runningforyou]

I saw that link and watched the 4 pm (westcoat) showing on the 5th, and it had nothing on the bullitt. So I'm assuming it will be on their next series of showings on Monday at 2pm and Thursday at 4:30pm on speedvision. If you go to GIST.com, and input you area's info, you can then do a search and also have GIST e-mail you the day a show comes on. Nice site. Hopefully motorweek will show the Bullitt on Monday!

 

[Escrotumus]

I watched it today and it wasnt that good. They seemed to have liked the car better than the cobra but the numbers they got in the test drive didnt add up. 14.1 quarter @ 105mph trap speed?? Seems to me that they must have used a gtech to get these times. They could only muster a 13.7 out of the cobra so im not too impressed with their driver, hell i could have done that and i am by no means a professional driver. The main thing is that they really liked the Bullitt and said it had a much better feel to it than the cobra for less money :smile:

 

[01GTB]

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On 2001-10-07 02:18, Escrotumus wrote:
I watched it today and it wasnt that good. They seemed to have liked the car better than the cobra but the numbers they got in the test drive didnt add up. 14.1 quarter @ 105mph trap speed?? Seems to me that they must have used a gtech to get these times.

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Another vote for GTECH :grin:

 

[bullitt490]

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On 2001-10-07 02:18, Escrotumus wrote:
I watched it today and it wasnt that good. They seemed to have liked the car better than the cobra but the numbers they got in the test drive didnt add up. 14.1 quarter @ 105mph trap speed?? Seems to me that they must have used a gtech to get these times. They could only muster a 13.7 out of the cobra so im not too impressed with their driver, hell i could have done that and i am by no means a professional driver. The main thing is that they really liked the Bullitt and said it had a much better feel to it than the cobra for less money :smile:

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I agree with you. The evaluation was disappointing and the Motor Week staff seemed to prefer the Bullitt over the Cobra.

The winshield mounted timing/speed hardware MW employed, appeared to be a g-tech type device but with more bells and whistles.

MW used to take test cars to the track for 0-60 and 1/4 mile tests. I guess it takes to much time and money to continue that practice. At least they liked the car. :smile:

John Morton

 

[debullitt]

Did you guys notice that the Cobra didn't have a rear wing on it. I was wondering if they came that way now, or just a mistake. I noticed a couple brand new Cobra's with wings over the last couple of weeks. I thought that the Bullitt looked a lot meaner on their Country road drive.

DHG #3463

Mike.

 

[Andre]

The cobra rear wing can now be deleted when you order one. I guess SVT wanted their Cobras to look more like us. (Yeah, that's what they were thinking.)

 

[jacob67]

what was the 0-60 times? and what were the times for the vette?

 

[Green Monster]

They ended up with a 0-60mph of 5.7 sec. Don't know on the Vette. I thought it was pretty good. they definately liked it. I loved how the car roared past the screen. But what is with the fancy G-Tech that they were using? I couldn't believe it. But now that makes me wonder, what are all the other testers using? This could be an industry trend.

 

[retromuscle]

To their credit, they do admit that they had a hard time getting the Cobra to hook... I would imagine the same would hold true for their passes in the Bullitt...

 

[Bullitt1071]

The spoiler has been optional on the Cobra, since 1999 at least. All Cobras I have seen on dealer lots have the spoiler. You would probably have to special order one to get it without the spoiler.