Thread: American Hot Rod

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Yeah Pat, they've done some interesting stuff there on Rides. I think their approach is a little different. Not only are they trying to squeeze an entire feature into a one hour show, they're also bouncing all over the car hobby map. That's probably a good thing for those who either have, or want to develope, a broad interest. A couple weeks ago they did all that bling-bling modifying to the high end rides for athletes/music people that was informative, though I couldn't get interested in a steady diet of it. The feature on the ebay Mustang last week was interesting, another car that was at SEMA. Again, trying to pack all that was done into a one hour format sort of short changed the amount of work that went into it. It reminds me of some of those shows that show house remodeling. In an hour they get a year's worth of work done. Makes it look easy.

The one persistant distraction on Rides is the cadence of Priestly's narration. They could probably increase their viewership if they got him to change it, or got someone in there that drinks coffee!

All of these shows will have something of value for the person who has an open mind and can be attentive. The closed minded "know it alls",,,,,,,,,,,,, well, that's why they demonstrate their ignorance of so many things.

Thanks for the Speed Channel info. Looks like there's going to be more stuff on than I'll have time to watch. I guess that's cable TV at it's best......................carving out a bunch of little niches for folks to select from.