I still watch alot of the shows.....Musclecars, Trucks, Cut Chop Rebuild, 2 Car Guy Garage, etc.... but usually tape them.... then I fast forward through the BS stuff and watch the segments where they are actually fabbing or building something....

I just started watching 2 Guy Garage and Cut Chop Rebuild.....and they are SOOOO basic on so much of the stuff that at times its very boring....but I still pick up a tip or two here and there. They are obviously aimed at the more basic knowledge car audience.

I still watch all of the episodes of Rides whenever they air....and another favorite is Biker Build Off...... I love to watch the craftsmenship and fab skills, even when I'm really not into bikes at all.... still watch Overhaulin but fast forward through all the "prank" crap and just watch the actual build...

The american version of Top Gear is better this year but still pales in comparison to the UK version

I have to admit I do watch Inside West Coast Customs....because I love to laugh at what the general public considers top of the line builders.... the stuff they do is hideous 90% of the time....its all marketing and brand name.....

Biker build off was pretty good.But build or bust I think it was, SUCKED.After watching that show I could tell they were never going to let the builder finish it.I think once a guy finished it.But who ever it was in the back ground that kept jacking W/ the guys should have had his A$$ kicked.What an A$$.I really like 2 guys when Brian and Kevin are fabicating.Met Kevin at optima super nice guy.Someone needs to to let the TV folks know that real car guys dont care for the drama crap.(FYI)How it's made TV does a great job of showing how things are built w/o all the B.S.

I remember I used to like watching that Super Car show with Tanner Foust and that Indy driver. That was actually really fun to watch because the fierce competition from the two was really evident and they always gave each other ****.

Agreed, I can only watch a few of them now, and only through excessive use of the DVR fast forward button. It turns out that on average from a 30 minute show, there is only about 6 minutes of actual build footage. Pathetic.
Extreme 4x4, whether you like offroad vehicles or not, has the most fabrication, followed by Muscle Car and Trucks. The reality shows that used to be OK are all soap opera trash now. Anything with Chris Jacobs, Chip Foose, Ryan Friedlinghausen, etc. is impossible to watch. I bet that 95% of those cars fall apart within 6 months too. I guess credit is due to them for making big $$ off of an otherwise tough business, but damn.

Even the DIY home repair/landscaping shows have all turned drama. I don't know how Hollywood turns bathroom renovation into Real Housewives of New Jersey, but they somehow do.:lol:

I agree with the original poster and most of the responses. It seems were all on the same page about most of the shows.

Top Gear BBC is still my favorite. Honest and hilarious. Supercars with Foust was good too. I enjoyed Chop Cut Rebuild because they weren't afraid to show when things didn't go right or when aftermarket parts didn't actually fit, although they weren't always perfect about that. Musclecars would occasionally have some decent fabrication tips and their mid-show reviews of old classics was interesting. It was frustrating though when they didn't finish their road-race fastback Mustang(not the red and black one they gave away). Rides had some good episodes, batting about .250. I like Chip Foose as a person and his idea to assist people with making their dreams come true, but I hated the way his show would just steal the car and not let the owner have input on how it was built. I'd love to know how many of the 'targets' were truly happy that their dream of restoring their own car was snatched away from them and done by somebody else. Not all of them I'm sure. Also, his show could easily give people the idea that it was easy to take a car completely apart and restore it. Bullrun has some fun scenes it and those don't always include cars. American Hot Rod was a disgrace. Horsepower TV is definitely an infomercial. Same with 2 Guys Garage. Unfortunately, these shows are very time-consuming and not cheap to make, and sometimes it's difficult to make it interesting enough to stay on the air as a series. TopGear is the only one I watch now, along with snippets on YouTube and sites like Lat-G.

It's not just car shows, it's any show that makes it more than 1 season. Take for example Gold Rush, last season was first year and it was all about finding gold in Alaska. Season 2 just started and its more drama and more people in the show, they figure hey the show is making enough money to get a 2nd season now we need to expand it into more drama to get more watchers to get more money. It's just like running a business, they will appeal to the masses to make more money and forget what the show is all about.

Supercars Exposed... I used to record and watch that... was pretty good. Tanner Foust and Paul Tracy. I think Paul really hated Tanner deep down. :lol:

It was a kick in the ass to watch those guys race and cap on each other :lol:

Who was the master mind behind all these shows that really sucked big time.He's prob. living in a beach house in socal next to Charlie Harper.:lol: :lol: