Hermann
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Doug is easier to take if you turn down the volume some.
Can anyone explain MotorWeek to me?
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Hermann
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Like the fact that there isn't 10 minute of quirks and features. That's what A on A and Doug are for.
I feel like they used to be a lot more comprehensive and objective in the 80's; as time wore on, I got the feeling that I was watching a visual car brochure, so I gave up on the show a long time ago.
I used to watch years ago. The garage guy bugged the heck outta me.
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Early days: Here's a Ford Escort. An "everyman" car. We added power steering but kept the stock manual gearbox and it stickers at $6,025. Later, Pat Goss is going to disassemble and reassemble an engine before your very eyes while explaining how all the parts interact! Next week, we're going to review the new base model Nissan Stanza that may or may not have an automatic transmission.
These days: Here's an AWD Turbo Porsche with a base price of $130,000. An "everyman" car! We added a few options and pushed the sticker to just north of $162,000. Later, Pat Goss is going to breath very heavily while pointing at things on a table (in the end he'll tell you to do what your owner's manual recommends)! Next week we're going to review the AWD Dual-Turbo multi-intercooled Lamborghini that will most definitely have an automatic!
I guess their target audience grew older along with the cast, and also had a whiz kid for their investment portfolios
These days: Here's an AWD Turbo Porsche with a base price of $130,000. An "everyman" car! We added a few options and pushed the sticker to just north of $162,000. Later, Pat Goss is going to breath very heavily while pointing at things on a table (in the end he'll tell you to do what your owner's manual recommends)! Next week we're going to review the AWD Dual-Turbo multi-intercooled Lamborghini that will most definitely have an automatic!
I guess their target audience grew older along with the cast, and also had a whiz kid for their investment portfolios
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Forget the new Kia’s and watch the Martin Bros bring old iron back to glorious shine !
Loved click and clak
But he is so darn depressing ... and frail looking.
I like my local guy Tedward, who I just found recently. He p.o.v. drives everything from exotic to quirky cars
Do NOT FORGET GOSS GARAGE!!!!!
That is where I learned about motor oil!!!!
That is where I learned about motor oil!!!!
with too many car shows on youtube, I rarely watch Motorweek anymore. Also I don't get PBS off air either.
If you grew up in the '80s without cable (just the three main networks and PBS), that was the only car show.
I spent a lot more time with Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines. I couldn't imagine myself ever seeing, much less driving, a lot of the cars featured on the show.
I spent a lot more time with Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines. I couldn't imagine myself ever seeing, much less driving, a lot of the cars featured on the show.
and there was ‘Bobby Likis Car Clinic’ now gone.
I was thinking that he looked that way because his pay was low. And yes I know someone who used to work on the show.
PBS isn’t a place you work for seven figure pay , gotta have a strange mindset and possibly be moonlighting on the side.
Sort of like interning for a non-profit
The best (worst?) review I saw on MW, was in their early days reviewing a new Delorean.
From the strained-for-compliments script, you could tell they were struggling to say anything nice about it.
From the strained-for-compliments script, you could tell they were struggling to say anything nice about it.
