I have actually talked to Rich (the producer/ creator) a few times about getting on the show, we were actuall schedualled to go to FLA for the second season shoot. but it ended up it would have cost us WAY too much to even get there ( Vancouver BC to FLA is about 4000 Miles and 6 days driving) Ths show sounded pretty real to me. i was told we would need to sign over the car prior to the race and if we lost ...we lost!!! if we won and couldn't transport the winning car home then the show would arrange and pay for the transport.
As for the cars breaking down.......... i doubt most of the cars are top quality as who in their right mind would risk a 30k up car ????? the car we were going to use was my old SST mustang that has been in the corner of the shop for the past 5 years.........we figured it would be good advertising for the shop and also a whole lot of FUN. we were ready to come home empty handed and costs the would be applied to the Marketing budget.
i think the show is not bad alot better than the first couple episodes. i think they could do a better job of keeping control of the MASS of people at the start line tho. and possibly give the guys a little more time to deal with issues that do come up
Just my .02 worth
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