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SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid Reader
2/24/11 9:03 a.m.

What a gawd awful show. I don't think I can take more of this crap on SPEED. Who are the "All Stars" and why should I give them credibility?

Hopefully Car Science is better, but by the commercials it looks like all the stuff MythBusters has done. Looks Ike a fun show so far, but fun is as much as I'll give it.

mndsm
mndsm SuperDork
2/24/11 9:06 a.m.

Car Science was 50% useless garbage, 49% recycled stupid human tricks, and 1% actual science. I watched two episodes last night, because Iron Chef was a repeat. I won't be making that mistake again.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
2/24/11 9:07 a.m.

I can't remember the last time I had SPEED channel on.

itsarebuild
itsarebuild GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/24/11 10:09 a.m.

they were both pretty disappointing after the three weeks of hype. i'd rather watch almost anything else and definitely would love to see lemons and chumpcar races. just please when this series is dropped dont replace it with more BJ reruns!

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/24/11 10:30 a.m.

horrible, horrible show. as soon as those berkeleytards started talking about how badly they needed the blown engine, i bailed. ugliest air induction scoop ever. if that's a central part of a build theme, i don't want my eyes exposed to the final product.

NickF40
NickF40 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/24/11 11:00 a.m.

hey I just laugh when I read comment like you guys because I agree and that Fox Nascar channel for ya! along with their reality shows they cant show on Fox because THEY think it's car related Speed's not learning and I really do hope it goes down the crapper and we get a real channel.

jeffmx5
jeffmx5 Reader
2/24/11 11:05 a.m.

I watched Car Science thru the opening credits and couldn't take it anymore. Horrible host/narrator. Mythbusters redo with a side of "Manswers". No thanks.

NickF40
NickF40 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/24/11 11:11 a.m.

They have bullshart shows like this, reruns out the arse, and hours upon hours of NASCAR coverage now, they shunted ALMS off...it's horrible now. I mean other than F1, I think the only thing else I'll watch is Wind Tunnel....I mean honestly?? Yeah that's it. That's bad

SilverFleet
SilverFleet HalfDork
2/24/11 11:18 a.m.
93EXCivic wrote: I can't remember the last time I had SPEED channel on.

This right here. I think I stopped watching after they stopped showing Victory By Design on a regular basis. SPEED SUCKS.

NickF40
NickF40 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/24/11 11:26 a.m.

I miss that show!! Yes it does. I still think it's utterly hilarious that Speed didn't even show their OWN SPONSORED series

IRL and World Challenge- VS

ALMS, recaps- ABC, Live- online

WRC and some other races- seems HD Theater

I watched the Nurb 24 hour and the Bathurst 12 hour this year both online

The only reason Grand Am's on Speed is because it's owned by NASCAR and the reason F1 is still on is because their with Fox.

The funny thing is FIA GT is on Bloomburg TV!! of all places and supposedly throughout the season this year they're gonna show them and it's the best coverage. BOTH pre and post race, the FULL race with NO commercials and NO commentators

fasted58
fasted58 New Reader
2/24/11 1:08 p.m.

CW is just another (poor) car build challenge w/ a deadline, too much drama and some assembly required.

We don't need no more stinkin' drama.

conesare2seconds
conesare2seconds Reader
2/24/11 5:43 p.m.

That show was seriously dumb.

gamby
gamby SuperDork
2/24/11 5:50 p.m.

Haven't seen this one, but Desert Car Kings is so poorly staged/scripted it's sad. And these 3-week "restorations"?! WTF?!

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
2/24/11 6:25 p.m.

It stopped being relevant once they quit airing WRC.

NickF40
NickF40 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/24/11 7:27 p.m.

appleseed-along with MANY shows and coverage

TIGMOTORSPORTS
TIGMOTORSPORTS Reader
2/27/11 4:16 p.m.

I would like to see a Grassroots style car warriors

Where the cars would have to be built at a junk yard out of junk yard parts in 72 hours

RealMiniDriver
RealMiniDriver Dork
2/27/11 5:23 p.m.
TIGMOTORSPORTS wrote: I would like to see a Grassroots style car warriors Where the cars would have to be built at a junk yard out of junk yard parts in 72 hours

That would be berkeleying awesome!

alfadriver
alfadriver SuperDork
2/27/11 5:33 p.m.
NickF40 wrote: The funny thing is FIA GT is on Bloomburg TV!! of all places and supposedly throughout the season this year they're gonna show them and it's the best coverage. BOTH pre and post race, the FULL race with NO commercials and NO commentators

Do you have a link for that? I would love to see that, and I think we have bloomburg.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/27/11 6:13 p.m.
RealMiniDriver wrote:
TIGMOTORSPORTS wrote: I would like to see a Grassroots style car warriors Where the cars would have to be built at a junk yard out of junk yard parts in 72 hours
That would be berkeleying awesome!

There used to be a show called Junkyard Wars that was pretty much what is proposed here.

triumph5
triumph5 Dork
2/27/11 6:30 p.m.

Yup. Junkyard Wars. Started as a British import, then got produced in the USA,--one of the hosts is now on the Food Channel! Balding, blondish-headed guy. It was fun to see what they would come up with. And yes, Speed is good for F1, but it's going downhill pretty quick--and they don't sponsor World Challenge anymore, so no pressing need to air it.

madmallard
madmallard Reader
2/28/11 11:56 a.m.

what takes the cake for me is how horribly all these shows do their product placement.

its either too little or ridiculously overhyped and campy.

Stacey David does it closest to right imo.

JoeyM
JoeyM SuperDork
2/28/11 12:06 p.m.

I liked Junkyard Wars. I also liked Henry Rollins' "Full Metal Challenge"

oldsaw
oldsaw SuperDork
2/28/11 12:22 p.m.
alfadriver wrote:
NickF40 wrote: The funny thing is FIA GT is on Bloomburg TV!! of all places and supposedly throughout the season this year they're gonna show them and it's the best coverage. BOTH pre and post race, the FULL race with NO commercials and NO commentators
Do you have a link for that? I would love to see that, and I *think* we have bloomburg.

Eric, here's a link to Bloomberg's programming schedule: http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/ It's not a user-friendly page but it can be useful.

IIRC, the FIA GT broadcasts were tape-delayed and shown a week or so after the events were run. Don't remember commercial but they definitely had commentary; the coverage was really good.

Here's a link to the 2011 FIA GT schedule: http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/2011-calendars-

kpm
kpm Reader
2/28/11 3:49 p.m.

This looks interesting.

Of course it barely gets promoted on S peed.

fasted58
fasted58 New Reader
2/28/11 4:29 p.m.

Pinks All Out was finally cancelled by Speed. I liked the variety of grassroots cars especially the old iron. I thought the close competition good too but the host ruined it for me w/ his micro-management and python arm drops.

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