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#1658840 - 11/05/09 12:46 AM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: rcy]
chewbacca Offline


Registered: 10/15/05
Posts: 147
Loc: Provisional Republic of Diego ...
Check out BBC America's "Top Gear," very un-PC and refreshing! Great "Car Porn!"

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#1658894 - 11/05/09 04:12 AM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: chewbacca]
wapacz Offline


Registered: 11/21/05
Posts: 821
Loc: MI
Originally Posted By: chewbacca
Check out BBC America's "Top Gear," very un-PC and refreshing! Great "Car Porn!"


It is more of an entertainment show that happens to center around cars than it is a car show.

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#1659174 - 11/05/09 10:32 AM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: chewbacca]
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Registered: 06/03/05
Posts: 2652
Loc: santa barbara, ca
Originally Posted By: chewbacca
Check out BBC America's "Top Gear," very un-PC and refreshing! Great "Car Porn!"

Top Gear is one of the few car shows I can watch on TV. i used to love watching all the car shows on Spike, now i cant stand the half hour infomercials. the best are the "budget" builds where they have an entire fab shop to make their parts for them.
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#1659636 - 11/05/09 04:56 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: bdcardinal]
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Top Gear is entertainment first that is for sure, but the cinematography, camera angles and production values on the show
are top notch. The three co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Rodger Hammond and James May do not take themselves to seriously. However, as an American, you got to listen to the light jabs they do take towards us "Yanks" now and then.

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#1659762 - 11/05/09 06:51 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: chewbacca]
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Registered: 04/26/09
Posts: 904
Loc: Canada
I have watched Top Gear, it is pretty enjoyable, while they don't review many models anymore that the average joe can afford at least they have the balls to make negative observations about a car when it is deserved, unlike any US show.

I really used to LOVE "MotorVision". It was a German tv program where the star of the show was always.....the cars...go figure. They never had on camera personalities thank god, just well done detailed reviews of cars that ordinary people could actually afford to buy. The neat thing was that they had tests of all kinds of goodies that we couldn't get here like Renault Clio williams cup, Peugeot 205 GTI, VW Lupo GTI, Opel Corsa, Astra, Ford Fiesta, ect. All that and amazing videography of cars roaring around a test track..just OUTSTANDING!!!!

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#1659812 - 11/05/09 07:28 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: GMBoy]
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Registered: 02/24/06
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Loc: louisville ky
Do you remember a show called last chance garage????

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#1659825 - 11/05/09 07:35 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: rszappa1]
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How else do these shows make money other than marketing products. Look at a NASCAR paint job.
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#1659903 - 11/05/09 08:25 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: JMG]
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Registered: 05/29/04
Posts: 557
Loc: NC
Originally Posted By: JMG
Did anyone see the Motorweek on Saturday? The mechanic said you need to do more than a OC, and talked about a BG motor flush, is this truly recommended? I have seen motors go for over 200K with no motor flush. Curious on the experience with this...


I saw this and lost a lot of respect for Goss' Garage.

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#1660143 - 11/05/09 11:13 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: rszappa1]
Vizzy Offline


Registered: 04/26/09
Posts: 904
Loc: Canada
Originally Posted By: rszappa1
Do you remember a show called last chance garage????


I think that was originally on TNN.

The show eventually changed it name to shade tree mechanic, right? Two guys used to host it, usually they would actually do diagnostic work, or really repair something! Sure they did show products too, but at least they did "how-to" segments that often times had no relation to the products they were touting.

I still think MotorVision from DE1 Germany was THE best TV car magazine EVER. Used to be carried on the old "Speedvision" which was far and away better than Rupert Murdochs NASCARCHANNE....err SPEED Channel.

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#1661220 - 11/06/09 05:04 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: Vizzy]
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Registered: 02/24/06
Posts: 1590
Loc: louisville ky
Yup you would actually lean something on that show....

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#1661398 - 11/06/09 07:23 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: rszappa1]
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Sam and Dave, the shadetree mechanics. I liked that show.
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#1661475 - 11/06/09 08:17 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: Papa Bear]
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Registered: 02/24/06
Posts: 1590
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There also was one on tnn called car care central one of the persons was steve evans from the nhra...

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#1661506 - 11/06/09 08:47 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: Papa Bear]
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Registered: 11/22/04
Posts: 3357
Loc: Texas
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Sam and Dave, the shadetree mechanics. I liked that show.


That was a good show. Sure, they were sponser driven but they had products that the DIY can afford to buy and use - unlike Goss.

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#1661533 - 11/06/09 09:12 PM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: GMBoy]
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Registered: 06/03/05
Posts: 2652
Loc: santa barbara, ca
i didnt mind on those shows where they showed how to install or diag something and then went to the "parts dept" to show some cool new things. its when they constantly push stuff throughout the entire show that i lose interest. when we get snake oil peddlers into my work i avoid them like the plague.
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#1661825 - 11/07/09 06:38 AM Re: Motorweek and Motor Flushes [Re: hillclimber]
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Registered: 10/13/08
Posts: 2605
Loc: The Old North State
Originally Posted By: hillclimber
I saw it. Basically, iirc, he said your engine might not last 50,000 miles if you don't flush it!

He also implied that the two valve covers he showed (one horribly dirty and one wonderfully clean due to regular flushing) came from otherwise regularly maintained engines, but I see no reason to believe him.

Just finished watching it. Said it needed to be done every 30-40k, and showed specialized equipment and BG products. For the non BITOG reader the valve covers would have made impressive evidence. Wonder what he charges for the service? I have to say, it sounded more like an advertisement for BG and the service(s) at his shop. Pat's credibilty here is in question.
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