Goblin Works Garage on Quest

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gareth_r

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5,712 posts

236 months

Tuesday 9th January 2018
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Goblin Works Garage on Quest 11 January 2018 21:00.

https://www.questtv.co.uk/goblin-works

First episode is a Mk2 Escort.

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Tuesday 9th January 2018
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I have series linked this. Let us hope it has none of the USA drama!

gareth_r

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5,712 posts

236 months

Tuesday 9th January 2018
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One of the (supposed) partners is the bloke who presented Engine Addict a couple of years ago.

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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Idiots. Import a sound, undamaged car, and then let some stupid bird stuff it into a rock !!! Then remove the 'crap' Mazda engine, and replace with a Zetec! The Mazda designed engine is the Duratec version, of Porshe origin, which subsequently became the basic design of many engines. Far superior to the Zetec,

stevep944

327 posts

217 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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Managed to sit through it all, what a load of crap, utter nonsense. Actually thought the bike mods were more interesting. Won't be watching any more.

Ruffy94

229 posts

135 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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I found them going on about their 'unique' colour scheme funny too. Clearly based on the old livery Seat used in the BTCC


kdri155

643 posts

150 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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The worst thing for me was the excessive over the top music, it might be me but there's really no need for it. To be fair it's not the only TV program that has this added to it.

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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I wasn't particularly impressed with this,might carry on watching for a bit more though.

Not sure why they cut off the front wings,was it really heavy enough crash to ruin them ?

Ken Sington

3,958 posts

237 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Dreadful! Take out the ad breaks, 3 presenters repeatedly telling us what they were going to do, what they were doing and what they had done, and the arty shots of industrial chic light bulbs and brickwork, and there were about 10 minutes of content left.

jet_noise

5,630 posts

181 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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gareth_r said:
One of the (supposed) partners is the bloke who presented Engine Addict a couple of years ago.
Thankyou. I knew I'd seen/heard him before!
Slightly less whoopy in this program.

Saleen836

11,061 posts

208 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Only caught the last half or so, but struggled to work out what getting a tailored suit had to do with a car show?!

droopsnoot

11,809 posts

241 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Oh, I've recorded this. Sounds like it won't take too long to get through it.

Graculus

143 posts

125 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Saleen836 said:
Only caught the last half or so, but struggled to work out what getting a tailored suit had to do with a car show?!
To be fair, it was one of the best bits...

Dreadful.

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Shall I just delete the recording on my Sky + box now? hehe

Dr Doofenshmirtz

15,184 posts

199 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Presented by a couple of hipsters and a tattooed thing - I gave it a miss. Seems I made the right decision.

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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robinessex said:
Idiots. Import a sound, undamaged car, and then let some stupid bird stuff it into a rock !!! Then remove the 'crap' Mazda engine, and replace with a Zetec! The Mazda designed engine is the Duratec version, of Porshe origin, which subsequently became the basic design of many engines. Far superior to the Zetec,
I recorded it, got as far as the clowns pissing on the window, then crashing into a rock in a freshly imported classic..... and I deleted it.

Absolutely drivel, yet another potentially good series devolved into garbage in the first five minutes!

I can see exactly how the rest of the series would go.

Mikebentley

6,034 posts

139 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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If you google them you can find the “ broker” selling the cars they built for the show. There is a nice looking pickup and some right horrors. I know and this might not be the revelation of the year that after filming several cars have been sent elsewhere for “sorting” as they were unfinished and unfit for sale. £8k for that rough butchered South African 1600 Sport is shocking. Wait till you see the hideous Capri coming soon

DippedHeadlights

419 posts

203 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Not just me then !
That was really bad for all the reasons stated above.
I travel to the US for work and sadly have seen a lot of Velocity channel where everything is this format. One of the shows there even has the same business guy, biker, pretty girl who can weld mix.
This was clearly made for the US - and they are welcome to it.
Shocking to see the original panels on that Escort being destroyed, and that nonsense about the "broken" Mazda gearbox as well.
I did stick with it to the end when apparently they "sold" it for a small profit.
If you need an antidote search for "home built by jeff" on Youtube, it's an Australian bloke who is putting together a 911 and 240z. I've been watching that and some of the other excellent car stuff on Youtube a lot more than normal TV recently.

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Fantomworks is about the only one I watch and I think I have seen all current episodes. It gets a bit silly in places, but nowhere near as bad as the other garbage on offer.

Street Outlaws is watchable, for the cars themselves, but lots of fast forwarding required through the dross.

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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It was a very superficial portrayal of a car build and we didn't actually see any of them doing any work,could have been anyone under the welding masks.
Don't think I'll bother with the rest of the series