I agree with you guys as well.....I am often commenting or yelling at the screen. I hated boyd's show...especially when they had a full quarter panel and cut it in half seeming it straight up over the wheel...I mean, come on! Also that Wrecks to Riches show....so many things to pick apart....like when they did the Marauder...painted the car and then AFTER paint they steam clean it to clean up the dirt and grease! Monster Garage with all the "FREEBIE" commentary. I did like Overhaulin......in the end though I have found that many people now seem to think that all shops can build an entire car in 7 days....they fail to realize the behind the scenes support and sheer number of people they used. No common sense among many today.
Dukes of Hazzard with the tire squealing on dirt constantly.
I have corrected more kids than I can remember about using the word "NAWS"
I hate what the 2nd Gone in 60 seconds has done....nearly everyone now looks at a 67 Shelby and calls it an "Eleanor" and I have yelled at a couple of people who looked at my '67 in the corner of the shop and said "Are you going to build an Eleanor?" The color combo and the wheels are what made that car....I can't stand the skateboard ramp hood bulge and the faux fuel door on the side of the car.
Knight Rider....I can't see how ANYONE thinks this is a good show....I saw 30 minutes of the first episode and that is 30 minutes of my life I will never get back!
Anyone remember the Auto Fix it show called "Shade Tree Mechanic"....I always found it funny that despite the name of the show they always had the latest and greatest in gadgets and $30K worth of tools and tool box in the corner. Finally they changed the name but if you are going to call a show "Shade Tree mechanic" then you better have an oak tree in the back yard with a chain fall on it!
As for the part that reality isn't interesting....I disagree or maybe I am the only one that feels this way but watching vintage Trans Am Racing is enjoyable to me....that is real and not some CGI exaggerated stuff.
There can be movies made that entertain but have realistic values with the cars and actions....unfortunately I suspect that many of these that make the films just have no credible technical advisers or maybe no desire at all to have such.
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