For The Love of Cars

[Munter]

chris watton said:

I didn't even watch last night's - Recorded it, but having zero interest in commercial vans, I deleted without even watching it.

Is a van a car?

Cool story bro.

[FilH]

Given the high price of old classic ford, i thought a fully restored MK1 Tranny would have fetched more than that!

[rubystone]

Since when did dogs and tanks have anything to do with restoring a Transit?

Week by week this is becoming lass a car programme and more a light entertainment 'vehicle'. Pure tosh.

[Munter]

rubystone said:

Since when did dogs and tanks have anything to do with restoring a Transit?

Week by week this is becoming lass a car programme and more a light entertainment 'vehicle'. Pure tosh.

It wasn't billed as a car program.... It was billed as a social history program. I.e. It's about people and feelings and stuff. Hence the word "Love" in the title.

Since when did a program about how people feel about their past involving a particular vehicle, have to include a detailed description of the restoration?

What's tosh is people seeing Car in the title of a program. Then their brain going "ugg. Must watch. Has car. Like, must be I want." Without thinking about what the program is going to be....

Though I guess those people also watched Top Gear and complained it didn't have enough car reviews in it.

[Flip Martian]

I've been recording it every week and catch up when I'm free. Enjoyed most of the shows very much but I think I'll be giving the Transit a miss. How do they put a van in "For the love of cars"?

[rubystone]

Munter said:

It wasn't billed as a car program.... It was billed as a social history program. I.e. It's about people and feelings and stuff. Hence the word "Love" in the title.

Since when did a program about how people feel about their past involving a particular vehicle, have to include a detailed description of the restoration?

What's tosh is people seeing Car in the title of a program. Then their brain going "ugg. Must watch. Has car. Like, must be I want." Without thinking about what the program is going to be....

Though I guess those people also watched Top Gear and complained it didn't have enough car reviews in it.

Ah ok, so it's changed from series 1? That too was entitled 'For The Love of Cars' and focussed on the restoration of a selection of cars. My mistake for assuming that series 2 of said programme, with same presenters and same title, might, just might, follow the same structure as series 1.

Or in your terms Mr Munter 'ugg'

[chris watton]

Munter said:

rubystone said:

Since when did dogs and tanks have anything to do with restoring a Transit?

Week by week this is becoming lass a car programme and more a light entertainment 'vehicle'. Pure tosh.

It wasn't billed as a car program.... It was billed as a social history program. I.e. It's about people and feelings and stuff. Hence the word "Love" in the title.

Since when did a program about how people feel about their past involving a particular vehicle, have to include a detailed description of the restoration?

What's tosh is people seeing Car in the title of a program. Then their brain going "ugg. Must watch. Has car. Like, must be I want." Without thinking about what the program is going to be....

Though I guess those people also watched Top Gear and complained it didn't have enough car reviews in it.

Highly strung much?

[HKP]

Just Sayin - When they bought the Lobsters in Clacton, that wasn't Clacton. The whole segment was in Brightlingsea. Not a million miles away, but why call it Clacton?!

[craigjm]

HKP said:

Just Sayin - When they bought the Lobsters in Clacton, that wasn't Clacton. The whole segment was in Brightlingsea. Not a million miles away, but why call it Clacton?!

because nobody has heard of brightlingsea? ask 100 people not local to pinpoint that on a map vs Clacton

[Smollet]

craigjm said:

because nobody has heard of brightlingsea? ask 100 people not local to pinpoint that on a map vs Clacton

I can see your argument but why not say near Clacton? I bet a lot more could pinpoint that.

[Munter]

rubystone said:

Ah ok, so it's changed from series 1? That too was entitled 'For The Love of Cars' and focussed on the restoration of a selection of cars. My mistake for assuming that series 2 of said programme, with same presenters and same title, might, just might, follow the same structure as series 1.

Or in your terms Mr Munter 'ugg'

It does follow the same structure as series 1. The majority of the program is not focussed on the restoration. Hence all the time spent going off road in a mk1 landy, and playing with old boy racers in mk1 escorts etc. It was about the people in the 1st series. And it's about the people in the 2nd.

[AmiableChimp]

When the auction for the Transit started, and you saw a picture of "the" van appear on the screen behind the auctioneer with lot no, etc. did the one on screen have a sliding driver's door?

I thought they used pictures of the actual vehicles?!

[Laurel Green]

AmiableChimp said:

When the auction for the Transit started, and you saw a picture of "the" van appear on the screen behind the auctioneer with lot no, etc. did the one on screen have a sliding driver's door?

I thought they used pictures of the actual vehicles?!

I noticed that too - guess they didn't have time to get the photo up of the actual van so used a library shot.

[rohrl]

Adrian W said:

So while he was test driving it the Ford badges appeared

The front Ford badge came and went several times.

[School boy]

If you deleted it cos it had a transit instead of something else, you missed out! I thought it was one of the best ones. The bit about the cab and tank wasn't that great though. Seemed like they just found anyone that had one and filmed them.

[Trophy200]

What was going on with the number plate as that changed by the end too? Looked like a private plate during the auction.

Trophy200

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

The plotholers (new word right there) must have loved watching Scrapheap challenge...just think how many times you could tell us about all the work done during tinker time, and all those vital bits that magically appear on the heap!! Wow, eigh.

[Winky151]

Laurel Green said:

AmiableChimp said:

When the auction for the Transit started, and you saw a picture of "the" van appear on the screen behind the auctioneer with lot no, etc. did the one on screen have a sliding driver's door?

I thought they used pictures of the actual vehicles?!

I noticed that too - guess they didn't have time to get the photo up of the actual van so used a library shot.

Ignore the drivers door sliding or not, the picture wasn't even of a diesel (flat front rather than the 'bullnose').

[DervVW]

In General Ant is likeable but Phil is annoying... a few back when he slammed the old golf door, grrr

[Vipers]

Talking of cars, C4 tonight 2100 "Inside Jaguar", looks interesting.