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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Not this **** again Laughing . The producers of this show filmed a pilot in the shop I work in. It's fake people.


My son has worked on two "reality TV shows".

"World's Strictest Parents" and "There Goes the Neighborhood"

He has some good stories about the "reality" of them.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Atleast it better than that American Resto show with Rick Dale!


Tell me about it! That show is really, really boring!
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Atleast it better than that American Resto show with Rick Dale!


Tell me about it! That show is really, really boring!


Yep! LOL Plus who going to pay the prices they ask? lol
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if Bruce Meyers has watched this episode and screamed at the tv every time they called it a manx like i did? The is just as fake as fast and loud, there prices are just as bad.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i've never actually seen danny do any work. i like his personality, but i am not so sure on his skills........


I agree. Danny must be the money while the other guys have all of the skill. But that douche bag who is in charge of the finances is the WORST actor since Ashton Kutcher on Two And A Half Men.... Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i've never actually seen danny do any work. i like his personality, but i am not so sure on his skills........


I agree. Danny must be the money while the other guys have all of the skill. But that douche bag who is in charge of the finances is the WORST actor since Ashton Kutcher on Two And A Half Men.... Laughing


Seriously. Everytime he opens his fat mouth I just cringe
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya, i agree the office manager Scott is a real tool. Rolling Eyes

I just watched the episode with the Charger. If Danny is so picky, and wont let a car leave the shop until he approves it, then how did he and everybody else miss that inch wide hood to fender gap on the drivers side. Sick d'oh!
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They're freshening up a VW split bus and doing something with a Thing on tonight's episode. It's the bus that belongs to one of the guys in the shop. It's been in the background in several scenes during the many of the episodes. Sort of a green and orange color scheme.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The episode with the split bus just went off. It looked pretty well done. I liked the comment that the employee that owned the bus made as they were checking out the engine.

"The Germans are rolling over in their graves right now"

"No, their coming out of their graves to come and party.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How much Hp did he say that engine had? What a joke.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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How much Hp did he say that engine had? What a joke.


I think he said 280. Question
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i really didnt care for the root beer color or the wheels.
I think they should of showed more of the build time and telling the world how long it takes a shop and how long it takes one person.
that just made 11 window standards go UP UP UP in value.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep i just watched it to,,,those wheels did it no justice,,would have looked alot better with some fuchs on it..atleast they kept the front emblem on it this time..... unlike chip foose's build when he built that other bus and removed it and put script on it,,what a joke that was
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i really didnt care for the root beer color or the wheels.


Both the color scheme & wheels left something to be desired, something to me seemed off/lacking - lack of chrome or something not sure exactly.

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I think they should of showed more of the build time and telling the world how long it takes a shop and how long it takes one person.


the show is basically a before & after photo shoot. They take on a project & may somewhat describe what's to be done, lot's of filler with shop antics & the like, stock footage of sparks flying from a die grinder as they cut to commercial, matrix paint product placement as they prepare to paint, Danny chasing somebody down to try to buy their ride & finally the big unveiling as the vehicle is driven through the gates for the customer to drool over.


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that just made 11 window standards go UP UP UP in value.


Only for high end "professional" builds for the Jackson Barrett crowd - at best.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was expecting much worse. That bus is much less offensive than the Foose bus.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After reading this thread last evening, I set the DVR to record a later repeat of the show. Hadn't seen Counting Cars before and won't waste my time again. This show is like almost every other "reality"(?) program in recent years, Fast & Loud, Sons of Guns, or the Teutuls.....they're all crap! They're about the so-called personalities and their egos. They're about BS! They are definitely not about cars, or bikes, or guns. If we had seen some of the actual build on the bus, that would have been worth the time spent. But no, on Counting Cars and the others, we just see some TV wannabes telling us how smart they are or how rich they are, or how much they screwed some poor stupid customer on national TV. Have you ever worked in a body shop? The real pros have got their heads down working trying to make a buck and keep the customer happy. I've go no time for any of these clowns. At least Foose shows us the build. Just my opinion!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ceedee wrote:
After reading this thread last evening, I set the DVR to record a later repeat of the show. Hadn't seen Counting Cars before and won't waste my time again. This show is like almost every other "reality"(?) program in recent years, Fast & Loud, Sons of Guns, or the Teutuls.....they're all crap! They're about the so-called personalities and their egos. They're about BS! They are definitely not about cars, or bikes, or guns. If we had seen some of the actual build on the bus, that would have been worth the time spent. But no, on Counting Cars and the others, we just see some TV wannabes telling us how smart they are or how rich they are, or how much they screwed some poor stupid customer on national TV. Have you ever worked in a body shop? The real pros have got their heads down working trying to make a buck and keep the customer happy. I've go no time for any of these clowns. At least Foose shows us the build. Just my opinion!!!
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This is true,,i was pissed to they showed nothing about building it,,they showed 2 guys inside playing around and that was it,,,and the dude that host the show does not even work he rides around and pulls people over and says hey let me buy your car...and you call yourself a car builder,,true atleast foose aucally works on stuff
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wasnt a big fan of the end result, but it was a ton better than what they started with.
I was happy to see they welded the rear fender wells back in.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I loved how he said it was based on a beetle chassis. Even my wife was like WTF?!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They've been playing reruns and I just watched the bus episode cause I missed it when they first showed it. I literally would have laughed at that dude when he said it made 280hp. I know exactly what it takes to make that much hp with a N/A motor and it would be far from streetable. Rolling Eyes
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