Nice to finally have a new car show to watch.... If you're a gear-head, you'll be wishing they spent a little more time on the build. If you're looking for a good car show for the general public and "car people" alike, this is what you get. (Smart on Netflix part!).... Huge bonus that It's on Netflix and not Discovery or MotorTrend.
This Netflix series seems to take car show reality, car restoration, the art of the hunt, a bit of history, a touch of comedy and combine it into one. It's been a long time since there was a new car show actually worth watching. Keep in mind that this is an entertainment show and they are not building cars for SEMA or Barrett Jackson.... Although it looks like some have been frame off restorations, some have been quick flips.... but it looks like they put out decent products. (If you don't believe me, look at "other car shows" and notice often times the time the windows are always rolled down because they don't even have windows in the car.)
The first two episodes are a little slow, after that it becomes really enjoyable. I wish there were a few more episodes in the first series, 10 would've been better than 8.... I wish each episode were a little longer (maybe 50 minutes instead of 35) to give more time on the cars history, the interior, the details and I wish the builds would have been a little longer. Towards the end of the last two episodes I was already wishing I had an extra few seasons to binge watch.
The cast has some new faces but if you're in the car community you've seen most of them around. Scooter and "Rabbit" (Rob Pitts) are hysterical, definitely an "odd couple" and it works well. Rabbit is a wealth of knowledge and it seems like he can barely glance at a car and tell you everything about it. Mike Coy hasn't changed much since Fast and Loud, he's still his own biggest fan. Wesley and Jamie are both real car people in real life who both put out amazing products and I would've liked to have seen a little more of them and a little less of Mike. (Side note, "The Stig" from Top Gear, another great show, was actually the floor producer on this.)
You can tell the people who designed this show actually know how a shop/garage work. I appreciated (for the first time in a long time) there wasn't obvious placed sponsorships and logos perfectly placed everywhere. They talk about food, they have meals together, things in the shop are out of place sometimes.... I have no doubt that it's scripted but that makes this look a little more like a real life automotive family.... And in this business that's what you are, family.
(Overall, two thumbs up for a first season.... This show's first season is much better than most first seasons.... Fast and Loud, Rust to Riches, Count's Kustoms, Bitchin Rides, Graveyard Cars and I'll even throw Sons of Anarchy in there even though it's not a car show, but that first season was dreadful.) All in all, this is a definite watch if you take it for what it is, a car entertainment show.
This Netflix series seems to take car show reality, car restoration, the art of the hunt, a bit of history, a touch of comedy and combine it into one. It's been a long time since there was a new car show actually worth watching. Keep in mind that this is an entertainment show and they are not building cars for SEMA or Barrett Jackson.... Although it looks like some have been frame off restorations, some have been quick flips.... but it looks like they put out decent products. (If you don't believe me, look at "other car shows" and notice often times the time the windows are always rolled down because they don't even have windows in the car.)
The first two episodes are a little slow, after that it becomes really enjoyable. I wish there were a few more episodes in the first series, 10 would've been better than 8.... I wish each episode were a little longer (maybe 50 minutes instead of 35) to give more time on the cars history, the interior, the details and I wish the builds would have been a little longer. Towards the end of the last two episodes I was already wishing I had an extra few seasons to binge watch.
The cast has some new faces but if you're in the car community you've seen most of them around. Scooter and "Rabbit" (Rob Pitts) are hysterical, definitely an "odd couple" and it works well. Rabbit is a wealth of knowledge and it seems like he can barely glance at a car and tell you everything about it. Mike Coy hasn't changed much since Fast and Loud, he's still his own biggest fan. Wesley and Jamie are both real car people in real life who both put out amazing products and I would've liked to have seen a little more of them and a little less of Mike. (Side note, "The Stig" from Top Gear, another great show, was actually the floor producer on this.)
You can tell the people who designed this show actually know how a shop/garage work. I appreciated (for the first time in a long time) there wasn't obvious placed sponsorships and logos perfectly placed everywhere. They talk about food, they have meals together, things in the shop are out of place sometimes.... I have no doubt that it's scripted but that makes this look a little more like a real life automotive family.... And in this business that's what you are, family.
(Overall, two thumbs up for a first season.... This show's first season is much better than most first seasons.... Fast and Loud, Rust to Riches, Count's Kustoms, Bitchin Rides, Graveyard Cars and I'll even throw Sons of Anarchy in there even though it's not a car show, but that first season was dreadful.) All in all, this is a definite watch if you take it for what it is, a car entertainment show.