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daniel_liguori
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Junkyard Empire (2015)
How do these people have a car show?
Just watched an episode where they built and sold a mini and lifted a bronco.
1) the mini - in the end it looks good at eye level, then the angle changes and you see the rockers are a wavy and mangled as can be but they just painted the car and hope the poor sap that bought it for $28k wouldn't notice. They did the ugliest weld I've ever seen on a show when fabricating the exhaust, and while the hood and roof looked like a nice paint job when they panned back the rear section had drips and other flaws, like it was their first paint job. You also see after the test drive as the buyer is getting out that on the inside the roof is rusty and unpainted - so that nice Union Jack on the roof will be bubbled and ruined in no time. But they got top dollar by appealing to a Brit who only saw the good and I guess never looked UP while on the test drive.
2) the bronco - I watched them cut the fenders back to make unnecessary room for the tires (they weren't gonna hit but they cut them back and instead of filling the cut with sheet metal they just covered it with ridiculous fender flares that stuck out further than the tires - a dumb look not to mention worthless and hides their backyard mechanic work. They then take it for a test drive and almost roll it on a decline because the suspension is stiff as hell, and then kick up mud into the fender wells where it will promptly rust out where they hacked the sheet metal away - of course some sap will have bought it by then so it won't be their problem. Also, when they almost rolled it neither guy was wearing a seatbelt, so that's the sort of wisdom these guys put into their work.
This is yet another motor trend show that shows a bunch of hacks doing hack work and trying and failing to be funny and entertaining. I guess if they rolled and were harmed I'd have been amused, so drive faster next time guys, maybe we'll get a few minutes of good television from you finally. There's a lot of very talented builders out there that would make great television so why do these so called car tv channels choose so many awful shops for their reality programming? Anyone who likes this show ought to watch some good car shows and you'll realize what nonsense and junk this show puts out.
Wrench'D (2018)
Just found this show and a few things bother me.
1) they built a drag mustang and took it to the track but didn't run a quarter mile timer - so after investing 2 hours watching we have no idea if the car even did 12's, certainly not the 8's they claimed at the beginning.
1b) a wheelie bar, really? If it doesn't require a parachute to stop, I don't think it needs a wheelie bar. I think either the shop or the customer thought it made it look more legit but when a shop struggles to start a car, finally get it to run (poorly!) and immediately shut the hood and give the car to the customer at a desolate drag strip, I have to assume it was far from ready to even be driven let along run down a strip. I'd like to see a "where is it now" episode for that car since I have a feeling it's at a legit shop getting things fixed. I'd really like to know what real Motörhead's like the guys on hot rod tv would say about their motor work and their "tune" of that "1000hp engine". They'd at least have the decency to dyno it and then take it for some drag runs and show us the numbers it put up and if it sucked they'd tell us what went wrong since they have a true wealth of knowledge.
1c) they too the time to setup the rear 4 link properly with the first axle, but when they swapped it they didn't put it back on a frame table so I'm guessing if it ever does 1000hp it's a terrifying experience.
2) wife built a decorative sheetmetal flower in one episode - is that what car shows have to offer these days?
3) why do all car shows have to show lame pranks and fooling around, and the inevitable "this is how we unwind after working hard" BS? "Oh good, they're driving go carts to unwind"
4) if I watch one more car show install exhaust bypass valves I'm gonna puke. I've seen them installed on shows probably a dozen times - car show producers, NO BODY NEEDS TO SEE THIS! It's like showing a bolt-on cold air intake installed for 10 minutes... it's something any exhaust shop does daily, it doesn't merit screen time.
I could go on but it's not worth it as I've given them a few hours of my attention and I'm not impressed. There's worse shows on motortrend unfortunately, but there's not enough hours in the day to watch anything less than great tv when you have the downtime.
The Comedy Store (2020)
Ridiculous to give negative review after 2 episodes!
To the 1/10 reviewer who gave review on October 13th - dude, only 2 episodes had aired when you gave that review, and you complain about it being boring... how would you know when the show has barely begun to dive into its subject matter? You also complain about its lack of depth, with a 3 sentence review... talk about a lack of depth. It's also your only review and you created an account just to crap on this show. People should take your review with a large dose of salt.