TV car shows and manufactured drama...

[Ummgawa]

Originally Posted by slow4dr

I'm surprised it took that long to be noticed, then I remembered I'm not on the "SRT" forum.

Did I get It?

[Van B]

Originally Posted by streetfytr68

Okay, so I just sat down and watched Powerblock on Spike TV. Musclecar with Lou Santiago is a good show. Definitely a car guy. And the show does not, in anyway suggest that you can build an entire car or a complete engine in a half hour. Lou did not giggle once throughout the entire episode. Wow. And that Mustang is bad ass. He took time to thoroughly explain parts and procedures with graphic representation and actual fabrication. Informative and entertaining--even for someone who refuses to do the couch potato thing.

Enough research. Now that I have spent my entire morning on the couch, I will, once again, go cheat death on my V-Rod.

Lou just seems like he's trying too hard to be bad ass or something. Maybe I am just too Midwestern...

[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by Van B

Lou just seems like he's trying too hard to be bad ass or something. Maybe I am just too Midwestern...

100% agree
whats with the yelling???????

oh and what show was it that they tubed a Fox Mustang anf hen took it to the track to do burn outs and launches with NO tin in the car WTF it reminds me of the stereo type redneck. sorry if i just offended any one

[syborg tt]

Funny I used to watch Rides with my girls. Then American warm Rod started and we started watching it and I found myself hitting the "Mute" button every time Dwayne would show his face. So I can no longer watch that show with my girls.

ps met Boyd in 06 at Barret Jackson Auction. He turned out to be a nice guy. Dwayne - yep he was an asshole.

[rich-allen]

Lou spent 8 years in the Navy seals program, I think he earned the right to think he's a bad ass.
Hell, my kids think I'm a bad ass

I watched the Power Block for years but the re-runs killed me. Horse power still plays multiple re-runs. I mean, how many times are they going to play that damn rat rod build?

Stacy David was the Man! his show was the most informative build show back in the day. I'm not sure what happened to him, maybe someone else does?

The guy that took Stacy's show over knows a lot about building but his partners bug the living hell out of me. I'm so glad they got rid of that muscle head idiot. That guy worked out so much his brain turned into pudding.

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by rich-allen

Lou spent 8 years in the Navy seals program, I think he earned the right to think he's a bad ass.

Very cool, no doubt.

But it just seems that, at any given moment, he's going to yell "Snap into a Slim Jim!"

[Steve Chryssos]

I'll take Lou's "boo-ya" tone over the weird giggling they do on other Powerblock shows. "This bumpstick HEE-HEE is gonna HEE-HEE reeeeally wake up that HEE-HEE tired small block HEE-HEE!"

I guess they're trying to soothe our fear of camshafts & stuff.

Now if you want real car guy drama: "Ice Road Truckers" on the history channel. I would crap myself if the road underneath was cracking incessantly.

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by streetfytr68

Now if you want real car guy drama: "Ice Road Truckers" on the history channel. I would crap myself if the road underneath was cracking incessantly.

That show makes the Minnesota winters seem warm. lol

[Musclerodz]

I liked Ice Road Truckers, cool show. I can only seem to watch all the car shows once. After that I watch something else, don't care for any of the drama that brings in the ratings. V8TV is at the top of my list, with Musclecar and Lou right behind it as the best of what is out there. My favorite programming is American Lemans Series and Rolex Series racing.

Mike

[Steve Chryssos]

Dream Car Garage was cool. They worked into a nice rythem of cool cars and interesting info. Peter Klut is most defintely a car guy as is Sean Hyland. Met Sean at the XV Motorsports open house. He is knowledgeable and naturally inquisitive. He was out there diving under cars to see what made them tick.