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New roadkill was okay, lots of wrenching wish they would drop the burnouts.

Finally watched hrg with lucky and Alex Taylor, definitely impressed by Alex and her knowledge. They also seem to have pretty good chemistry together on screen, hopefully this will work out because she is definitely not too bad on the eyes. (I only watched the first ep)
 
New roadkill was okay, lots of wrenching wish they would drop the burnouts.

Finally watched hrg with lucky and Alex Taylor, definitely impressed by Alex and her knowledge. They also seem to have pretty good chemistry together on screen, hopefully this will work out because she is definitely not too bad on the eyes. (I only watched the first ep)
They went sooo heavy on making sure everybody "knows" that Alex has tech background and not just a pretty face. Over did it in my opinion and I hope it smoothes out after a couple shows.

"Look! Girls can wrench too!"
 
They went sooo heavy on making sure everybody "knows" that Alex has tech background and not just a pretty face. Over did it in my opinion and I hope it smoothes out after a couple shows.

"Look! Girls can wrench too!"

Well I mean, the only other reference most of us have is “all girls garage”…. Just be happy it’s not that.
 
They went sooo heavy on making sure everybody "knows" that Alex has tech background and not just a pretty face. Over did it in my opinion and I hope it smoothes out after a couple shows.

I didn't have a problem with it, the only thing that seemed a bit over done was the 'tuning' at the drag strip. As said by Ummduh its not like the bar is high.

I seem to remember Tony usually did more of the 'explaining' than lucky but I could be misremebering.
 
Well this sounds fun.

"ripping the Hemroid from the Gremroid" made me laugh, if nothing else these guys are always clever with the project names :laughing:

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That mothfukkle needs to find a new "hemi expert" so he can get more than a weekend of racing between engine rebuilds.


Even cleetus realized the error of his ways with mullet and called up Steve Morris to build reliable horsepower even if it did take him like 5 complete engine rebuilds to do it. :homer:
 
That mothfukkle needs to find a new "hemi expert" so he can get more than a weekend of racing between engine rebuilds.
No shit. I just watched his YouTube channel were he installed that new hemi. Was leaking coolant from the bell housing bolts, I guess they went into the water jackets.
 
Fin just put up a new episode today, haven't watched it yet, but the title said they had a throttle stick wide open.

Regardless you're right, it does seem like they constantly have hemi problems once they start making any sort of power.
 
He blew it up because they didn't put enough fuel in the tank and it went lean. Has nothing to do with the builder this time around.
 
He blew it up because they didn't put enough fuel in the tank and it went lean. Has nothing to do with the builder this time around.
You would think they would figure stuff like this out by now. I guess melting some pistons is better than windowing the block. That has to be disheartening for finn and crew, could also look at it as the option for more 'content'.
 
Ramp truck road kill is out too. Just watched. Truck is sweet.
I found myself yelling at the tv "Fawk off with the stupid burnouts already and just drive the damn thing!"

I bet they spent 1/3 of the episode putting a useless line lock on a tow rig just to get the slow motion burnout footage.

The truck is awesome, but l would rather see it towing shit around instead of watching it blow intercooler pipes off.
 
Ramp truck road kill is out too. Just watched. Truck is sweet.

It was...but man, I've said it before, I really feel like they've lost the product management on all these series (brands). It's a cool truck but there was very little 'roadkill' about that.

In my ideal little motortrend world...

- Junkyard Gold - guy goes out through junkyards across the US, finds some cool stuff, and maybe a few things that could be worth, or able to be rescued. Series just shows neat junkyards and old iron with some history rolled in.

- Roadkill - bring that found junk back home, or on a mission. Show what's needed to get it back on the road, have a cool adventure with it, do a burnout when ya get there. I feel like that's what drew me to that show originally. More about the adventure than the mechanics. I don't even care if the guy ahead of time ran a compression test and that's scripted in the show, that's the whole point of having that Junkyard Gold dude out there, even if that part never makes TV. Just seeing that as something you'd do would be fine.

- Roadkill Garage - showcase that same junk from the last two shows, but actually fix it up properly and really highlight how to work on some of that old tech - carbs, ignition, brake systems, stuff we don't hear about much anymore, like what you'd do once you get it home. Maybe here is where you could do shit like Stubby Bob or the C-body, just weird projects that aren't meant to go down the road but use cool old junk to make a neat machine.

- Hot Rod Garage - take that same junk and use all the cool aftermarket (read: sponsored) stuff to make it more badass and maybe do the before/after drag race things here too. So they get handed a mostly sorted, recognizable, 'project' that people know and can really showcase how to make it faster.

I'd even let Roadkill take some of those finished cars out for drag week etc, because I'd really like that show to be more about the trials of being on the road than any of the more in-depth mechanical shows.

Just seems to me like everything is diluted, cars randomly show up here and there, it's 'Roadkill' but we don't actually drive it anywhere, or it's "Roadkill Garage" but we're just building the F-rod on a custom chassis with all high end components. A flow from finding it in a junkyard to bringing it home to fixing it then upgrading it would really appeal to me and give some connection, continuity, and relatability to each part of the process. I'd also think that would leave a nice progressive filming schedule for each part as the vehicles get handed off. Then some end-of-season big finale where they do a shootout.

(signed, ex-product manager of my old company)

With the staff and show changeups it will be interesting to see how they move forward.
 
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I think the biggest issue they have is now they aren't completely on control of the show and shows like they were when it first started out on youtube.

Now with vgg having a show about fixing and roadtriping I don't know where roadkill fits in the lineup.

To go off what you had.

Junkyard gold.- find cool stuff and make sure its roadtripable.

Vgg show - roadworthy rescues- get car/truck running and driving do smaller adventure home maybe doing small things along the way to make it more drivable. headlights/taillights, wiring ect.

Roadkill- do trips/ crazy things with said vehicles. Kind of like faster with Finnegan but more trip based. Drag week would be a good example but do it in something ridiculous like a donk or something on 40s and tons. Just off the wall adventure stuff. When they took blasphemi across the country would be another good example.

Roadkill garage- fixing /improving or possibly changing cars from the way they were set up being more tech heavy.

Hr garage - i think this should be more performance/track based. Honestly of all the shows I have the least problem with this one.

The biggest issue i see is they dont have enough people or enough episodes to do 3-6 cars a year. I think if they merged roadkill and roadkill garage (would be similar to finingans youtube but without his junk on it)into two different 'roadkill teams', eastcoast finn, newburn, cotten, Derek from vgg then Westcoast being frieburger, dulcich, Tony and alex. Then you do two episodes a month and you could have crossover episodes where they both meet somewhere and compete against each other in different cars or help each other on long journeys.

Think if they drove to Alaska again with one team leaving from se and one leaving from California. Meet up somewhere and drive up. Or they did a cheap truck challenge thing and went across the country kind of like old top gear and the challenges they did.

With the cancelation of ded I would like to see them do more off road and off the wall stuff like on roadkill as they don't really have a show to do that anymore. With as popular as overlanding is I think it would be a hit.

So during any month you would have two roadkill episodes(basically adding an extra hour long roadkill garage show evey month) one east and one west. Then two episodes one each of junkyard gold/hot rod garage/ roadworthy rescues or roaster with Finnegan depending on the project.

Being that I typed all that out I don't see them ever doing that.
 
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In my ideal little motortrend world...

- Junkyard Gold - guy goes out through junkyards across the US, finds some cool stuff, and maybe a few things that could be worth, or able to be rescued. Series just shows neat junkyards and old iron with some history rolled in.

- Roadkill - bring that found junk back home, or on a mission. Show what's needed to get it back on the road, have a cool adventure with it, do a burnout when ya get there. I feel like that's what drew me to that show originally. More about the adventure than the mechanics. I don't even care if the guy ahead of time ran a compression test and that's scripted in the show, that's the whole point of having that Junkyard Gold dude out there, even if that part never makes TV. Just seeing that as something you'd do would be fine.

- Roadkill Garage - showcase that same junk from the last two shows, but actually fix it up properly and really highlight how to work on some of that old tech - carbs, ignition, brake systems, stuff we don't hear about much anymore, like what you'd do once you get it home. Maybe here is where you could do shit like Stubby Bob or the C-body, just weird projects that aren't meant to go down the road but use cool old junk to make a neat machine.

- Hot Rod Garage - take that same junk and use all the cool aftermarket (read: sponsored) stuff to make it more badass and maybe do the before/after drag race things here too. So they get handed a mostly sorted, recognizable, 'project' that people know and can really showcase how to make it faster.

I'd even let Roadkill take some of those finished cars out for drag week etc, because I'd really like that show to be more about the trials of being on the road than any of the more in-depth mechanical shows.
I like this ^
Most of what got me started on Roadkill was going to a junkyard etc and rigging a car to just barely function and then going on a road trip home with it.
 
I found myself yelling at the tv "Fawk off with the stupid burnouts already and just drive the damn thing!"

I bet they spent 1/3 of the episode putting a useless line lock on a tow rig just to get the slow motion burnout footage.

The truck is awesome, but l would rather see it towing shit around instead of watching it blow intercooler pipes off.

Or just pull the calipers from the mounts and zip-tie them out of the way. :homer:
 
I find myself not watching MT much anymore. The last season of DED had me checking it daily for new episodes.

I’ve rewatched all the DED with Fred and Dave at least 4 times.

This winter will be the test if I keep Motortrend or dump it.
 
It was...but man, I've said it before, I really feel like they've lost the product management on all these series (brands). It's a cool truck but there was very little 'roadkill' about that.

In my ideal little motortrend world...

- Junkyard Gold - guy goes out through junkyards across the US, finds some cool stuff, and maybe a few things that could be worth, or able to be rescued. Series just shows neat junkyards and old iron with some history rolled in.

- Roadkill - bring that found junk back home, or on a mission. Show what's needed to get it back on the road, have a cool adventure with it, do a burnout when ya get there. I feel like that's what drew me to that show originally. More about the adventure than the mechanics. I don't even care if the guy ahead of time ran a compression test and that's scripted in the show, that's the whole point of having that Junkyard Gold dude out there, even if that part never makes TV. Just seeing that as something you'd do would be fine.

- Roadkill Garage - showcase that same junk from the last two shows, but actually fix it up properly and really highlight how to work on some of that old tech - carbs, ignition, brake systems, stuff we don't hear about much anymore, like what you'd do once you get it home. Maybe here is where you could do shit like Stubby Bob or the C-body, just weird projects that aren't meant to go down the road but use cool old junk to make a neat machine.

- Hot Rod Garage - take that same junk and use all the cool aftermarket (read: sponsored) stuff to make it more badass and maybe do the before/after drag race things here too. So they get handed a mostly sorted, recognizable, 'project' that people know and can really showcase how to make it faster.

I'd even let Roadkill take some of those finished cars out for drag week etc, because I'd really like that show to be more about the trials of being on the road than any of the more in-depth mechanical shows.

Just seems to me like everything is diluted, cars randomly show up here and there, it's 'Roadkill' but we don't actually drive it anywhere, or it's "Roadkill Garage" but we're just building the F-rod on a custom chassis with all high end components. A flow from finding it in a junkyard to bringing it home to fixing it then upgrading it would really appeal to me and give some connection, continuity, and relatability to each part of the process. I'd also think that would leave a nice progressive filming schedule for each part as the vehicles get handed off. Then some end-of-season big finale where they do a shootout.

(signed, ex-product manager of my old company)

With the staff and show changeups it will be interesting to see how they move forward.
this is why i stopped my motor trend, the older shows were so much more down to earth. now its just too darn scripted and marketed for products it bums me out, i do miss catching random races though. i may get it back this winter , who knows. and where the hell did the zip tie moment go. that was awesome... lol
 
this is why i stopped my motor trend, the older shows were so much more down to earth. now its just too darn scripted and marketed for products it bums me out, i do miss catching random races though. i may get it back this winter , who knows. and where the hell did the zip tie moment go. that was awesome... lol

mad titan sports in kodi on a firestick.
all the races.

Looks like finingan got lucky.


As soon as they cooked that I was mad about it.

You got 30K+ worth of engine there, ALL the holley shit they'll give you and nobody put in a fuel pressure sensor and a warning/cut off?

fuck man. If I had that kind of money in an engine it would have all the shit I could stuff in it to make sure I didn't cook it.
 
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