Classic Car Garage - Yesterday

[PinkTornado]

I thought that was pretty weak TV...a couple of simple iffy electrics, and a lot of standing around talking.

[Richard-390a0]

I quite enjoyed it. Using a tech college workshop at weekends so enthusiasts can have a go at a few simple tasks if they want to seems a good way to ease people into tinkering even if it doesn't make thrill a minute viewing.

[Dashnine]

I enjoyed it, learning about peoples cars, the fixes, the work being done, etc. A few of the 'conversations' were a bit forced and stilted but hopefully at least the workshop guys will relax and be a bit more natural in future episodes.

[pingu393]

If they are going to go this slow, I think they should have shown how to disconnect the battery.

Quite a good solution to the horn problem. I'd have been tempted to use the existing wire as a mouse to drag the new wire down the column.

I don't think we'll be seeing the stripdown and rebuild of a BMW VANOS unit .

[lornemalvo]

I'm reserving judgement until I've seen more. It looked like it was going to be a succession of mostly rich folk (anyone else out there wear white overalls ?) with trivial faults, wanting to show off their cars. However, I'm no expert and can see that I can probably learn a few things. Anything that can keep the classic car movement alive is probably a good thing, although more interest may see prices for some cars getting even dafter than they already are

[Randy Winkman]

I quite liked it. All very low key but interesting to see the cars. And the Fiat 124 was really fabulous.

[C69]

Tinker Days are a nice idea. Presumably the customers are charged something for bringing in their cars?

The programme was quite entertaining. Probably something to have on in the background rather than avidly watch, though.

[Doofus]

I've got a brilliant idea for a car show

Let's tell some classic car owners stuff that should be fking obvious to them, but let's make it seem like we're some sort of forensic fking scientists, whilst just doing basic fking mehanics.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

It was so interesting I fell asleep.

Don't think I'll bother with any more.

Bloke with the Cobra was a knob. It's a loose wire, fix it mate. The sisters with the Morgan, let's be simplistic because you're women, look, here are the fuses, now let's check the gauge, it might be the sender unit, yes! It's buggered, you'll need a new one.

Riveting stuff.

[V8covin]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

It was so interesting I fell asleep.

Don't think I'll bother with any more.

Bloke with the Cobra was a knob. It's a loose wire, fix it mate. The sisters with the Morgan, let's be simplistic because you're women, look, here are the fuses, now let's check the gauge, it might be the sender unit, yes! It's buggered, you'll need a new one.

Riveting stuff.

Riveting is in next week's episode to fix a loose clip 😉

[Red9zero]

Felt a bit like that Brooklands show to me. Simple things, very drawn out. Both shows do have some very nice cars though.

[TR4man]

I admit that I was struggling to keep interested and some of the situations seemed so forced as to make the owners just look stupid.

However, it is a car program so I’ll continue to watch it.

[mikeyv]

I'm currently in Spain, with limited internet, so thought I'd check the opinions on here, to see if it was worth the effort, on catch up.

As the reviews seemed mixed, I decided to give it a go......just reached end of part 1, and that's enough for me.

Much ado about nothing springs to mind.

[Skyedriver]

Thank heaven for the FF button. Series Link cancelled.
That said, to be fair, it is a good programme for those who want to do a few jobs but have no idea how, it's just most of us on here have more than an inkling about car maintenance. Like a basic "Gardeners World" showing you how to plant a bulb.

Liked the Fiat, he'd spent £32K!! but had no idea about fixing a door mirror? Nah.
And the two girls with the Moggy, looked like something from a Panto but with enough spare cash not to worry about cost of repairs.

[Doofus]

Skyedriver said:

Thank heaven for the FF button. Series Link cancelled.
That said, to be fair, it is a good programme for those who want to do a few jobs but have no idea how, it's just most of us on here have more than an inkling about car maintenance. Like a basic "Gardeners World" showing you how to plant a bulb.

Liked the Fiat, he'd spent £32K!! but had no idea about fixing a door mirror? Nah.
And the two girls with the Moggy, looked like something from a Panto but with enough spare cash not to worry about cost of repairs.

Hello, I'm a researcher for a new tv show about classic cars. We'd love to feature you and your car on the programme. We can't actually pay you, but you need to be happy to be portrayed as a fkwit. Are you interested?

[PinkTornado]

I wondered if any kind of rust prevention was applied once that Fiat had holes drilled through the door skins.

[Red9zero]

PinkTornado said:

I wondered if any kind of rust prevention was applied once that Fiat had holes drilled through the door skins.

For all the faffing round, you'd have thought they would have used rivnuts rather than self tappers too.

[V8covin]

Red9zero said:

For all the faffing round, you'd have thought they would have used rivnuts rather than self tappers too.

Well those self tappers won't take long to work loose and then he can do the job properly

[zeb]

Harmless enough fare, I’ll see how the series develops, it’s not as bad as some are making out, for reference I mean goblin bad!

[Randy Winkman]

zeb said:

Harmless enough fare, I’ll see how the series develops, it’s not as bad as some are making out, for reference I mean goblin bad!

Yes - that's why I thought it was OK. Easy going with some nice cars. The Cobra might not have been "real, real" (did they ever say what it was?) but it was tasty.