I was just watching some pinks episodes on YouTube. Surprise, not good the first go around, laughable now. Watch it if you want if watch a bunch of backwards hat, goatee bros argue over basically nothing.
it got me thinking about what else hasn't aged well? I'm sure a lot.
Custom vans were a thing for a while.
Pimp my ride? Arguably trash TV to begin with but good for the memes now.
In reply to NOHOME :
Im confused, this was about things that didn't age well?
Overhauling.
this episode was particularly good with the Honda and it's fake nitrous bottle to be used as a bargaining chip.
NOHOME said:Custom vans were a thing for a while.
Priced one like the one in your picture lately?
They're back. In a not small way.
Fueled by Caffeine said:I was just watching some pinks episodes on YouTube. Surprise, not good the first go around, laughable now. Watch it if you want if watch a bunch of backwards hat, goatee bros argue over basically nothing.
This genre is still around and has reproduced...look at all the fake 'street racing' shows that are on TV today.
Knight Rider still holds up.
I used to come home from night shift in the early 2000's and watch episodes of Bud Lindemann's show on speed before I went to bed. In the day it was as good as it got, but today it's corny, and downright ridiculous - watch the brake test which is really just a test of the locked up polyglass tires. But the hardware is cool, and it's a great nostalgia fix.
Pimp my Ride seems like low-hanging fruit. Pinks and Early episodes of Overhaulin' (where they legit pretended to steal people's cars) are pretty bad. Not car shows but the spat of custom motorcycle shop shows were also pretty bad. Think Orange County Choppers (?) and anything with Jesse James.
Fueled by Caffeine said:...a bunch of backwards hat, goatee bros argue over basically nothing.
You just described Street Outlaws. How anyone watches that show or stomachs the individuals on there is beyond me.
In reply to Scotty Con Queso :
My father-in-law was over watching it on my TV last night. He loves the show and I told him I was into drag racing in the 70's but now it's more road racing.
Then he explains the shows concept to you.......
In reply to Datsun310Guy :
Reminds me of when my friend's drunken father was "explaining" what drag racing was all about to my dad.
^My dad...
Aside from Top Tour/Grand Gear and the old TNN power hour in the 90s, most of the car shows sucked when they were new, so it's hard to say which has gotten even worse with age.
I was a big fan of monster garage before they went to all bikes.
Meanwhile, Motorweak just turned 40...
In reply to Cooter :
Its fun to see how far the hole is dug, isn't it? I get it all the time with aircraft. I don't say much. Either they're just being enthusiastic with no harm, or they're completely full of E36 M3 and correcting them will not change them.
Rides has held up. I miss that show.
Every car show ever that uses a 'Z' in place of an 'S' or a 'K' instead of a 'C'.
In reply to bludroptop :
Motorweek aged well. Go back and look at their "vintage" shows on YouTube. It's a lot of fun to see Camaros compare to mustangs with almost 170hp each!!
Appleseed said:In reply to Cooter :
Its fun to see how far the hole is dug, isn't it? I get it all the time with aircraft. I don't say much. Either they're just being enthusiastic with no harm, or they're completely full of E36 M3 and correcting them will not change them.
The guy always was a but of a blowhard, but completely harmless.
We were at my cousin's wedding, and he was was explaining drag racing because his son (my friend) had a pretty quick '71 Challenger. (Which it was for the '80s, being a full bodied uncut 3700lb car with a full interior that ran bottom 11s NA ~EDIT~ Now it runs mid 9s NA, still full bodied and full interior, but it has subframe connectors and a street weight fiberglass hood to clear the carb. )
But the explanation went something like "well, they spin their tires and then run straight down the track next to each other, but it's okay, because there are guardrails on each side."
My father had an interesting sense of humor, and just intently listened. You would never know the life he had lived by looking at him, but he lived a very full life. I promised myself I wouldn't wallow in missing him after the one year anniversary of his death, but the stories are flooding back right now, and I need to clear my head.
In reply to Cooter :
off topic but...
One year is a short time man. I still get choked up sometimes 7 years later. Don't be hard on yourself.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
Guess I am the one that was confused. OP meant TV Car shows, not "car shows" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
To address the question, any show where "time, money and temper" was running out. Or to be clear, every show that the discovery channel presented.
Almost every car based show sucks, almost always because DRAMA! Inept mechanics is a bit of a pain as well, so Roadkill is off my list most episodes. I will watch sometimes, because they don't all suck, and Finnegan is a bit less inept than Frieberger.
Good, though... Passtime was always fun, but it was pretty much the only Speedvision non-news show that was any good.
American Sports Cavalcade was the best thing since sliced bread. Mostly NHRA, but swamp buggy racing, sprint cars, all the stuff that didn't have a home on tv in the 80's. Steve Evans, RIP.
infernosg said:Early episodes of Overhaulin' (where they legit pretended to steal people's cars) are pretty bad.
This was copied to Car S.O.S. a UK TV show that takes people's cars and restores them. The US version uses Chip Foose's skills at customizing/modifying where the UK version has Fuzz Townshend (a former drummer for a couple of smaller bands) who mostly sticks with original restorations. The co-hosts are both annoying man-children so that's the same.
I prefer the variety of cars they have on Car SOS vs the Overhaulin' stream of V8, RWD 'murican rides. I also enjoy the fact that they actually go and drive a restored example and talk about what makes it interesting.
I do enjoy watching Chip rework some of the details of the rigs they've done. Not a huge fan of the wheels or some of the aesthetic, but its a product of the time and that isn't something that has to stay.
Mr. Peabody said:I used to come home from night shift in the early 2000's and watch episodes of Bud Lindemann's show on speed before I went to bed. In the day it was as good as it got, but today it's corny, and downright ridiculous - watch the brake test which is really just a test of the locked up polyglass tires. But the hardware is cool, and it's a great nostalgia fix.
You sent me down a rabbit hole of watching a bunch of Car & Track episodes. From wiki, I didn't realize that Bud was Grand Rapids, MI based.
Some Gems:
XKE
'71 Camaro w/ 350
I never realized how much is just tires being dragged to a stop!
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