Fastest car (Netflix show)

Also a pretty nice ad for Lambo lol

pheller said:

Also a pretty nice ad for Lambo lol

Awd launches are heaps of fun. 

Didn't care that the final race wasn't on asphalt. Loved the thunderbird though.

I watched the first episode so far. I will eventually watch the rest, but yeah it is a shame that this is more of reality show with a car theme instead of a car show. I think the show producers need to rethink the term 'sleeper' though....When a vehicle has a supercharger and intake sticking through the hood, how exactly is that a sleeper?

Ford GT guy was, huh huh, a bit, huh huh, hard to watch, huh huh, because he seems like a irritating guy, huh huh.

I saw the trailer for this last night. I told my wife that I could probably learn everything I was interested in about each racer in 2 minutes per person. For 4 lanes that's 8 minutes. The drag race would take 2 minutes even with staging. That's 10 minutes of a (I'm assuming) 30 minute show. Which means there's 20 minutes of hype, E36 M3 talk, and general douchebaggery that would make me want to retch. Per episode.

I haven't watched any of it.

I enjoyed it. Though, it should be called Quickest Car, not fastest, but that's fine.

Ferrari Lisa seemed the most chill and down to Earth from the exotics camp.

The chrome Lambo lawyer was way over the top, but he sort of knew he was. So that kind self-awareness and parody earned him back some points (very few, but still).

There was very little filler and E36 M3 talking that ultraclyde is worried about.

I liked how most of the "sleeper" drivers had a side-kick with a cool nickname, Hot Dog, Peanut, etc.

It also seemed like a better representation of amateur drag racers, in racers and cars, than are rep'd in other drag/street racing TV shows.

Other gripes besides title are admittedly nit-picky:

Hannah Maloof, ep 1: "I like naturally aspirated engines" cut to underhood shot of supercharger on the truck she ran.

That's ok, I like turbos but everything I own is naturally aspirated.

Camaro guy: "I've had 24 Camaros" cut to montage of Firebirds.

Everyone had a sob story. I guess that's the human-element of the show.

In reply to T.J. :

Yeah. After hearing “sleeper” a dozen times in 90 seconds...and “hundreds of milliseconds,” I punted.

poopshovel again said:

In reply to T.J. :

Yeah. After hearing “sleeper” a dozen times in 90 seconds...and “hundreds of milliseconds,” I punted.

I refuse to believe a gen3 Camaro with 4 inch dumps behind the skinnies is any form of "sleeper"

Did anyone else notice the rules changed over the course of the "season"? Episode one they said they would line up again if anyone jumped the start, but episode 4 they just gave the win to the fastest guy who didn't blow the start.

And the driving on dirt at the end was pretty hokey, but it must be hard to find space for 7 cars to run side by side.

One thing I hated was the once and done race. I kinda wanted it to be best of three type of deal. 

Catatafish said:

And the driving on dirt at the end was pretty hokey, but it must be hard to find space for 7 cars to run side by side.

What they should have done is had 8 winners then the last episode would pit two races of four cars with the two winners in the final race all on an asphalt track. 

In reply to Catatafish :

I definitely caught that. 

Daylan C said:

Watching episode one now. The Ford GT guy annoys me every time he speaks. I like most of this though. 

I don’t know, the Sammy maloof and his daughter were the worst!  So arrogant. And then when they come in third he says something to the affect of “at least we didn’t lose to the import”. Jackass. I was rooting for the ratrod thing so I’m cool with the outcome. 

Is this the show I keep seeing the promo for where one girl says "The engineering of a supercar is [dramatic pause] genius" and the one where somebody screams "OMG" and everyone starts running down the track?

Because screw that, if that's what this is. I'd rather watch my ceiling fan.

In reply to tuna55 :

As someone who watched episode 1, stick with the ceiling fan. 

I've watched all but the last two episodes. It's far better than most car stuff on tv. The racers don't give car guys a bad name, that's a welcome change.

Except for the GT guy, the exotic owners aren't terrible people, but I couldn't see myself hanging out with any of them. 

The attorney (chrome lambo guy) was annoying, but he actually seemed like a nicer person, just thrives on attention to an unhealthy level.

So, I just watched the show from Detroit. Pretty cool, I bought some axle shafts from Jarvis. But that was a disappointment. I don't even know what was up with pouring water right at the starting line, multiple burn-outs, etc. 

If you watch the race at Milan you see the GMC beats the Gnat by about 1.5 cars. But in the 4 up race, the Gnat lost to the Mclaren by 1.5 counties. So the Mclaren should have won, as much as I don't want to see a 30-year old own a Mclaren, let alone get the satisfaction of winning. 

I also am bummed that the rules changed, and that it wasn't a best of three race. 

rustybugkiller said:

I watched this last night. Not bad. The guy with the Pinto implied that he could buy junkyard parts and sell online. I wonder if that’s true. 

Also made me think why can’t GRM make a show out of the 2k challenge. 

Tim Studdard alert:   Follow around some consistently top teams for their builds and then film the runoffs. 

Reality TV at its finest.  Unfortunately for a limited audience like that old show Setup with Tommy Kendall.

I watched the first ep. It was OK. I think that Maloof guy was in 2 Fast 2 Furious.

I found it interesting that the Maloof girls are homeschooled. Cheap labor, penis or not! 

That family is all about social media broadcasting. How long before they start arguing and throwing chairs at one another?

I binged the complete series yesterday while I was home sick.

The biggest problem I had was with them using the term "sleepers".  Pretty sure the C10 and the Beige Regal were the only cars that could be considered sleepers.  Should be supercar vs homebuilt.

Was annoyed with changing the red light rule partially through the season too.

Chrome Lambo guy was annoying, but he at least acknowledged he was. The dude gets his clothes made by a stripper seamstress.  No surprise there.

Ferrari Lisa was the one supercar owner you rooted for.  Cool af and a champion road racer.

Detroit re-match was BS.  Hated both the drivers, but rules is rules.

Pinto guy didn't surprise me that he could make good money flipping JY parts.  My coworker, who also was a 2.3T (Tbird) nut, supplemented his income by buying JY Ford/Mercury parts and reselling on the internet.  Spend time in the forums and community and you'll know what the demands are.

The 2 cars that collided were the best cars of the whole series IMHO.  E36 M3 happens and that's the risk you take.  I bet the show pays for the damages anyway.

The ultimate winner was no surprise with all the advantages that car had.

Anyone want to take guesses of which car which would be the fastest (at the strip) with a pro driver? 

White Zombie was close to breaking the 10 second 1/4 mile barrier. 

A stock Huracan set a record for fastest stock vehicle at 10.44 (maybe before the Dodge Demon claimed a 9.65 pass).

I've met a few of those guys through out the years. Kinda surprised Javis raced the tank. I mean it's a cool van but he has had access to much better cars over the years. I've met Lisa at a FC race. Nice lady and a quick learner. Wasn't surprised she did well.

I am pretty sure I bought colt parts from the colt guy back when I had a car similar to his. I remember the car and buying stuff from jersey. 

The Tx show was just about everything I hate about the tx drag scene all rolled into one. Seriously my friend's wife would rail on most of them in her high 9's mustang big block at SAR, Better than the average car show but not a sleeper to be found there. 

I binge watched the whole thing and don't generally like American reality shows because of all the fake drama, but I enjoyed this show. I could have done without all the sob stories of people dedicating their car build to dead friends or family members but otherwise it seemed free of typical reality show manipulation. My favorite episode was the diesel vs electric vs rotary vs supercar although I cried a little when certain cars were damaged. The final episode was just too predictable, I couldn't believe all the people showing up on slicks like they had no idea what a dry lake bed was. Anyways, I look forward to season 2

Agree on these cars not being sleepers, at least not so far (I'm through episode 2). A '46 Plymouth with a flamejob and giant slicks isn't under anyone's radar. The Bisimoto van was the closest to a sleeper so far.

Listened/Watched a couple episodes. Nothing I would set to record. 

Sad about the little Mazda,