Lou is coming back on tv with Jarod..Cant say to much more than that. On Discovery channel

I watched it. I am not afraid to say that I really like JJ as a personality. The build off was a popularity contest and JJ had no chance in winning. That bike PJD built (or assembled,like Jesse said, those guys are cake decorators) was awful.

I thought rides was good with and without Jason Priestly. The subject matter was good and it was well shot.

Darren

I'm a huge JJ fan and without him and his comments the show wouldn't have been even half as good. I thought it was great entertainment and JJ has some serious skills. His bike was built to ride.

I liked the PJD bike. Very creative in design. Jesse had a good point though. How far could you possibly ride that bike with its 1 gallon tank and that seat.

Seniors build was cool but just wasn't a bike.

Looking forward to it. Crossing my fingers , hopefully is not another 1 long duplicolor / armorall commercial

I just heard about that today too. I have no idea what kind of show it'll be but I'm thinking because it's Discovery it wont be as cheesy as Musclecar was. All i know is that they're in Florida. I'll be watching.

Jarrod seemed to be the brains on that show, but that's just my opinion.

Like many others here, I'm a HUGE fan of the UK Top Gear (easily my favorite tv show). But I think the second season of USA Top Gear was much better than the first season. If they can continue to build it into a more of it's own show vs exact copy of the UK version I think it should do better.

Btw, you can follow (and download) Top Gear on this site: http://www.finalgear.com/

New UK TG season kicks off on the 28th :D

I am not ashamed to admit that I have all of the Rides and Overhaulin seasons on DVD. I liked Rides a lot, but there were aspects of Overhaulin that made it hard to watch at times.

I don't have to worry about what is on now. We cancelled our cable.

David

OK, one more comment and I'll bow out of this permanently.. :) Top Gear ( UK version) has the almost unlimited budget of the British Government TV network (BBC) While Cable shows in the US depend on advertiser dollars to fund them...most having to actually buy the airtime and hope they can monitize enough to create a profit to cover overhead. Therin lies the biggest difference in show model and direction. Without the pressure of needing to fill shows with advertisers and sponsors, or to sell the commercial space around the shows, Top Gear has the freedom to produce entertainment based shows, rather than product based shows. American cable shows are largely structured after the magazine model... Editorial content supports the advertisers...

Neither one ( BBC or American cable) is better or worse, but it is comparing apples to oranges, even with "TOP GEAR", both versions of the same name.

I still like alot of the car-shows on cable, I wish they were better funded, but that's not the case, so we have what we have. That's the beauty of youtube and the internet... somebody can come along and actually DO a better show... as long as they dont have to make their living from it or support a staff, they can (and do) make great shows. They're a little hard to find though.

For what it's worth, I LOVE my job!! even though we have to grow a thick skin and put on our big-boy pants to read some of these internet forums, and learn to let some of the smack roll off ones back, It's still a great job to have, and despite it not being all we ( or anyone else) wants it to be sometimes, Im still proud of the shows we make and the vehicles and projects we get to build and demonstrate.

It's nice that some folks like the shows, it's fine that some folks dont...I do know this.. I will work in TV as long as it will have me.! :)

Said my piece.... KT out!! :cheers:

You should be proud! Your sincerity and passion comes through in what you're doing on the show. If someone doesn't like it, they are free to get their own funding and host their own gig.




I also enjoyed DreamCar while it was on in the states, was a shame to see it pulled. I have watched the new format on their website but it's not the same.

Jeff-