Downey’s Dream Machines. Discovery+

[Smollet]

Iron Man(Robert Downey jnr) converts his collection of rather tasty cars into EVs and other eco friendly vehicles. . Episodes 1&2 available now.

Edited by Smollet on Friday 23 June 19:25

[V8covin]

I hope they reversed the oil pump because according to Vintage Voltage if you operate the motor in reverse permanently it won't last long if you don't.
The show was a bit light on technical details I thought

[sinbaddio]

On Prime also I think, I'll have a look tonight.

[V8covin]

The Merc was an abomination

[Smollet]

V8covin said:

The Merc was an abomination

Agreed. Ruined a perfectly good classic car for what?

[vladcjelli]

Smollet said:

V8covin said:

The Merc was an abomination

Agreed. Ruined a perfectly good classic car for what?

With the available engines they could have gone with, the one they went with appeared to be a nail.

Watching the hybrid one now and feel a bit the same.

[s p a c e m a n]

Rich Rebuilds (the best recorder player on YouTube) made the K10 bronco thing for it..

https://youtu.be/QBzJVTTD-9E

[Smollet]

vladcjelli said:

Smollet said:

V8covin said:

The Merc was an abomination

Agreed. Ruined a perfectly good classic car for what?

With the available engines they could have gone with, the one they went with appeared to be a nail.

Watching the hybrid one now and feel a bit the same.

The hybrid that’s an LS and not a hybrid. The colour choice looked awful.

[vladcjelli]

Smollet said:

The hybrid that’s an LS and not a hybrid. The colour choice looked awful.

When I posted, they were shoe horning in an outdated hybrid out of a Tahoe I think it was. That was the one I was commenting on.

Fitting an LS is a bit of a scam on the eco front though. I know it’s an improvement, but not exactly in the spirit of the show.

The colour was awful and the main attraction of the Buick were the lines of the car, which they spoiled with that sensor device.

Not my favourite episode so far.

[Smollet]

vladcjelli said:

Smollet said:

The hybrid that’s an LS and not a hybrid. The colour choice looked awful.

When I posted, they were shoe horning in an outdated hybrid out of a Tahoe I think it was. That was the one I was commenting on.

Fitting an LS is a bit of a scam on the eco front though. I know it’s an improvement, but not exactly in the spirit of the show.

The colour was awful and the main attraction of the Buick were the lines of the car, which they spoiled with that sensor device.

Not my favourite episode so far.

When they were choosing a colour I thought a deep metallic green would’ve looked good. Hey ho

[V8covin]

The Buick ......what can I say,an abomination plus !
3 vehicles in and they're getting worse.
That stupid pointless air sensor on the roof.
I can't imagine what they'll ruin next

[Smollet]

V8covin said:

The Buick ......what can I say,an abomination plus !
3 vehicles in and they're getting worse.
That stupid pointless air sensor on the roof.
I can't imagine what they'll ruin next

Next up is a 65 Stingray. Not good.
It certainly isn’t what I expected or hoped for. Have they had advice from Jimmy de Ville and Goblin garage? The choice in colours is getting worse and why the obsession with matt? I shall persist with a morbid curiosity on how bad it’ll get actually not unlike Goblin garage

[indigochim]

Just watching the El Camino one lets take a car based pickup and try and make it into a normal pickup. Why?

[Smollet]

indigochim said:

Just watching the El Camino one lets take a car based pickup and try and make it into a normal pickup. Why?

Actually why to whole series. They made every car worse by a country mile