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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76760 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 7:22 am Post subject: Garage Squad |
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Don't let them work on your VW.
Cruising the channels i ran across the episode where they work on a 74 Beetle (i think I know something about them).
In the process of rebuilding the engine, I see them install a aftermarket 009 with no o-ring. Then when they try to start it, they fry the Pertronix. Seriously, smoke and all. They blame the unit and say "we'll have to use points now".
Morons, just hook it up right. _________________ Glenn
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busdaddy Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:03 am Post subject: |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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I watch VW work being done on the shows, and I cringe. At best, they don't show the work done off camera and only show the visually exciting parts (such as they are), and so much is just done wrong, like your example.
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Joe Bence Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 501 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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All those TV automotive shows are a joke............. |
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73sports Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Just saw a rerun. The car wasn't even a 74, it had the late type bulged out rear apron, with a single exhaust pipe cut out, and a Fuel Injection badge on the deck lid. Looked weird with 5 spoke wheels on it. _________________ I will never lie, but sometimes the truth changes.
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:20 am Post subject: |
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so....if I go to the local vw club and secretly film them effing up everything they touch I could have a tv show? sweet!! how much$$ can I make?? |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8206 Location: San Dimas
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76760 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday that did a 77 Firebrid. In the closing scene the owner got in the car to drive it away and the door mirror wobbled like it was loose.
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sixfootdan Samba Smartass
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:10 am Post subject: |
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The guy said it had about 36hp and that his golf cart had more than that. Then there is the annoying Girl on the show that doesn't do anything, They have an occasional shot of her taking some trinket off a car but usually she is just talking. She is always one of the crew who gets to go on the test drive when it's done. _________________ Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar and it didn't.
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citroen Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2010 Posts: 1578 Location: louisville ky
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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These shows are supposedly for us car nuts you would think they would use one of us to pre watch the show to show them all the mistakes that they are putting on tape. I watch to see how bad and how many things they do not know about the cars they work on. I guess the think they that all mechanics that watch the shows are total idiots , and all the producers know you have to have a girl on the crew because that is the only way a person would watch the show, and there are women that know how to work on cars but I think this is not the women they are looking for. |
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deezal Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2008 Posts: 138 Location: pike county
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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The show is on right now. Did anyone notice the 75-79 rear apron.
I don't think it's a 74.
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busboyjake Samba Member
Joined: September 22, 2002 Posts: 393 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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Lol!
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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I am always amused when Wheeler Dealers (which is a great show, just not quite "reality") shows their material expenses, and sales price, and call the difference "profit."
Only on the last show I saw (out of dozens) did they even mention how many hours of labor. They do not make money if Edd's hourly rate is considered. The sponsors, ads, and their BBC-Am contract are where the profit comes from!
It is also amusing to see just the "oily bits" taken care of, then the car has magically received a thorough detailing before coming on the turntable.
And due to production schedules, no doubt, sometimes tasks are not finished by the test drive filming, and they try to hide this. The early '60s blue Bug they did had an awful job on on the headliner (slack and creases). I suspect they pinned parts in place for the test drive filming, hoping it wouldn't show. It did!
One more thing... the sales negotiations are almost certainly staged (rehearsed) for filming. They always go the same route to a price. But I get it... it's not a documentary, just a presentation of the processes, simplified for TV.
They obviously love VWs (at least Edd does) and I can't blame him for putting a little "extra" work into making them right before sale, even if it is "off the clock/camera."
I would have liked to have met them when they were in SoCal filming a season. how did I miss that? |
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16CVs Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2004 Posts: 4020 Location: Redwood City, California
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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Come on Glenn, what do you know about distributors anyway? its not like you've rebuilt hundreds of them or anything.
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76760 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:11 am Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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16CV's wrote: |
Come on Glenn, what do you know about distributors anyway? its not like you've rebuilt thousands of them or anything.
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Fixed for you _________________ Glenn
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bigdog1962 Samba Member
Joined: August 11, 2010 Posts: 1584 Location: Augusta, Georgia
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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It's just like medical shows for me. Having been a ER nurse for 25+ years, open heart recovery nurse for many years, I cannot watch medical shows because they are soooooo inaccurate and don't truly represent what goes on in the real world.
Grey's Anatomy, ER, etc. I know are entertainment but I can't bear to watch. I've had the same thought too about why don't they consult someone that really knows about how things work before filming it. But, I guess they are in it for entertainment and not for educational purposes. _________________ Oprn wrote: I'm getting to the age that any self propelled woman (no wheel chair or walker) looks HOT!! Oooo! look at that Babe! She made it from the dining room all the way to the TV room without help!! Hubba, hubba!! |
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camit34 Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2006 Posts: 1567 Location: Commerce City CO
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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I can't even watch this show or the Truck U show that Bono guy is on... Or the All Girls Garage (unless you turn the sound off...) or any of the stuff where they find cars that only need old stuff unbolted and new stuff bolted on and no real work required to do an actual restoration. _________________ In search of a Vanagon
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31270 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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That's pretty amazing, no O-ring? Was that a NEW distributor that didn't come with an O-ring? Those guys should've known that. I've seen them guessing on stuff at Fast & Loud too.
I've only pulled '88 Mazda truck and Frontier distributors besides VWs, and they all had O-rings. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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bigdog1962 wrote: |
It's just like medical shows for me. Having been a ER nurse for 25+ years, open heart recovery nurse for many years, I cannot watch medical shows because they are soooooo inaccurate and don't truly represent what goes on in the real world.
Grey's Anatomy, ER, etc. I know are entertainment but I can't bear to watch. I've had the same thought too about why don't they consult someone that really knows about how things work before filming it. But, I guess they are in it for entertainment and not for educational purposes. |
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bigdog1962 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Garage Squad |
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Good one, Everett!
That part is true! _________________ Oprn wrote: I'm getting to the age that any self propelled woman (no wheel chair or walker) looks HOT!! Oooo! look at that Babe! She made it from the dining room all the way to the TV room without help!! Hubba, hubba!! |
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