Who watches Velocity?

My Classic Car still turns up here and there. Dennis Gage makes me uncomfortable. I feel like I should be there to gently guide him away from the camera and softly tell him he's a dork.

Velocity is my default TV channel. I can watch about anything except Crash, Wheels That Fail and anymore that South Beach Classic show. I was basically in it for 'how to' shows or to learn more about the diverse car culture but since I'm thinning my herd w/ no planned projects in the foreseeable future I'm in it for the entertainment factor. Some shows are better than others.

Chasing Classic Cars, What's in the Barn(since the dude lives like 10 mins away from me), and Wheeler Dealers. I mostly watch PowerNation shows online since they stream for free a week after they air.

Something I've never understood about these TV stations is that they are for a specific mindset of ppl. Speed network and velocity are for automotive guys. Gear heads. People who know a crap ton about vehicles. Why do they water these shows down with mindless dribble about hyped up fake crap and fluff about "he's gonna use a torque wrench to set this but in place" ?????????

Man, it burns me up to watch these shows. It's like mtv all over again! I want music videos, not snooki shaking her non-existent, ethnic ass at a bar nobody's ever heard of.

I've been saying for awhile, if Hollywood would produce a car movie using the film techniques of Steve McQueen, the resulting movie would do so well, because, for one reason, us car ppl would really love it! And two, the average joe would be like "hey, why'd that guys mustang only spin one tire when doing a burnout?" And the car guy next to him in the theatre would be like "hey, shut up. I'm trying to watch this."

A recent conversation i had with a firend:

Me: Top Gear USA is unwatchable btw.

Him: At least they could be better at acting and have everything not look so staged. I like the concepts, but the execution is terrible. Roadkill has it all over Top Gear.

Me: The British version makes me smile because they're pretty good at acting dismayed/surprised/ashamed.

As for the other shows: I want to see at least SOME actual metal-working. Some how-to segments. As we both know, they're 94% tight deadlines, people potentially quitting after the commercial break or the car being in far worse condition than they previously believed.

Give me a show where they talk about the tool in use, use it on the car to replace or upgrade a part, and show the process and I'll watch every episode.

Him: The problem is the rest of the world. They lap the other stuff up.

Me: Doesn't say much for the viewership does it?

I would watch some of these shows if I had cable.

There used to be a Wings channel. On one show, they built an RV-6 kit plane. Those WERE the days.

i like what's in the barn. sometimes wheeler dealers and car fix, the rest i don't bother with.