Bitchin Rides

[tmadden]

Gotta admit I like the styling since he's done more Pro Touring builds in 3 weeks than the other shows combined. Plus DSE is getting big play on this show!

[snappytravis]

The GTO owned by Ron Meis is on the cover of the new hot rod magazine, I looked it over in Deadwood at the carshow. It is pretty nice.

[Swain]

Word on the street DSE has a show coming out. :popcorn2:

[Vince@Meanstreets]

finally a show with some fab going on. I've been dying slow since American Chopper and American Hot Rod went away.

DSE show would be great.

[Build-It-Break-it]

American hot rod was my favorite show since they actually showed the build from beginning to end with all the fab work, paint, suspension design etc. Bitchin rides is slightly annoying with there jokes and showing off but its a decent show. I think the show would be better if they showed one car instead of 3 and got more detailed on each build.

I thought fast and loud was going to show more detailed builds but that show is just a joke now.Arron doesn't even really help build the cars anymore . That show is more geared towards people who want to get in tv to buy an overpriced car.

I think if they took Bitchin rides and formatted it around how American hot rod was filmed they would have a great show. They build quality cars and there fab work and attention to detail needs to be shown more before the finished product.

[hifi875]

I agree. Good show. builder seems cool and put out some nice stuff.

[ironworks]

Rides was the best car show Hollywood ever had on TV. It might have lasted 2 seasons. They built one car in a hour and showed just enough to make it interesting.

I'm not sure if Bitching Rides is supposed to be a car show or a Saturday night live skit.

[dontlifttoshift]

finally a show with some fab going on. I've been dying slow since American Chopper and American Hot Rod went away.

Failing to see how those two statements are related. Both of those shows were not worth watching for the small snippet of almost fab work that they might show.

Rides was the best car show Hollywood ever had on TV.

This.....times eleventy trillion. Rides was the only show that was truly about the car, even the Shelby one, Carroll was the backstory. Close second right now is How Its Made: Dream Cars.

[66fury]

Tv car shows have gotten away from the cars and focus on the personalities of the crappy hosts and made up drama in the shop. Maybe if they were real actors on a fake car show it would be more interesting.i watch em all regardless just to see whos building what. Kindig builds some bitchin rides

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Failing to see how those two statements are related. Both of those shows were not worth watching for the small snippet of almost fab work that they might show.



This.....times eleventy trillion. Rides was the only show that was truly about the car, even the Shelby one, Carroll was the backstory. Close second right now is How Its Made: Dream Cars.

Both the shows early on had some great fabrication work going. To me interesting.
Then some ahole producer moved to show more drama. efthem.

Rides was great too but too short for what was going on. I'd love it if it was 2 hours long. The Rad rides and Strope builds by far the best.

[Swain]

Just got off the Phone with Dave Kindig Episode 7 we will have a set of our wheels on a 72 Cuda they feature on the show.
Should be on 3-4 weeks

[68Cuda]

Tv car shows have gotten away from the cars and focus on the personalities of the crappy hosts and made up drama in the shop. Maybe if they were real actors on a fake car show it would be more interesting.i watch em all regardless just to see whos building what. Kindig builds some bitchin rides

I love Dave's show. I do wish it was a bit more tech. Like that Dodge they built looked to have a Gen 3 Hemi with custom valve covers to make it look like a Gen 1. Very cool, but they barely showed it and I was interested in seeing some detail on that, just because it was that cool.

Problem with Fast N Loud and etcetera is that the shows are very little about the cars or the tech, they are all about phony manufactured drama and self promotion. Just a different spin on the reality show genre. The producers are pandering to the masses and the tech is dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. Some of the cars they build are just junk. It is just dumbfounding to run into someone that says things like "I wish that I could have a car built by them, it would be awesome"... no, it would not.

[snappytravis]

I can't believe you guys don't like a$$ monkey garage, It makes me feel great to know somebody actually screws more stuff up then me, and that cheap beer.

[68Cuda]

I can't believe you guys don't like a$$ monkey garage, It makes me feel great to know somebody actually screws more stuff up then me, and that cheap beer.

Part of it for me is that they are local... and some of the locals will spend an hour in line to get an autograph or picture at the local events. Really. But, yes, I will watch it with my 11 year old boy and even he laughs... because he knows better. We see them at a local event sometimes, and just keep on walking. I did go to one of their shows, they had Marines in the parking lot collecting toys. My boy and I bought a toy, dropped it off, talked to one of the Marines, checked out some cars and left.

[NOPANTS68]

I like Daves show so far. You can only pack so much into an hour show so you're probably not going to see the nuts and bolts of each build. Sometimes it's hard remembering we are the tiny minority viewers. I like that the overall feel of his show is positive and displays a team strategy.

I stopped watching Fast n Lewd. After being told a $150000 Camaro was built by that staff in 4 weeks, I decided I'd had enough. Richard doesn't love the cars or have any self respect. Dressing like a Steven Tyler stand in and touching your hair while you whore cars out doesn't a real car guy make. I think Aaron is moderately talented and understands the fundamentals of design, but surely isn't a Troy or Chip by any stretch. Americans like rock stars and drama, so they'll tune in for season after season of made up prices and cars without headliners. Real car people can smell a fake from far away.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

its entertainment. You just have to recognize that.

Some of the builds they price are embarrassing.
Dale Jr Nomad $75K with a GM crate. While they do a $50K truck with suspension and an LS crate. Now the $150K Sonic Camaro with stock frame , stock interior and butchered firewall. Nice car but could have been done.

[GrabberGT]

I really like Bitchin' Rides. The crew is likable without being overly dramatic and the builds are pretty cool. My only wish would be if they incorporated the one good thing from American Hot Rod and that would be multi-episode build format. I think there were some that stretched across 4 episodes.

[TheJDMan]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Counting Cars. They seem to build nice cars but it drives me crazy that he stops people on the street to try to buy their cars. At least Danny Koker seems like a legitimate car nut not just an opportunist trying to make a fast buck like A$$ Monkey.

[BMR Sales]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Counting Cars. They seem to build nice cars but it drives me crazy that he stops people on the street to try to buy their cars. At least Danny Koker seems like a legitimate car nut not just an opportunist trying to make a fast buck like A$$ Monkey.

You gotta know those Drive-Bys are set-ups. Otherwise they people wouldn't be "Mike'd Up"

[66fury]

danny "the count" aint makin his money from cars.i think hes got tattoo palors and clubs in and around the vegas strip.seems the car thing is just for fun.he seems like a nice friendly guy

[Build-It-Break-it]

As most have already said, these shows are mainly entertainment. These shows have to catch a wide audience not just pure car fanatics. You have to cater to all people not just the guys who actually like to see the build process. Like any reality show you have to have characters and drama.

As annoying as most of these car shows are you can't take away from them that they build nice cars. Danny "the count" annoys me along with the "manager, horny mike" etc but he still builds nice cars most of the time. He marks up the cars accordingly and makes a decent amount and doesn't seem to be trying to get over on anyone like Richard from fast and Annoying.

[pahela2]

You would think with the number of shows there are
At least one would stand out. I kinda like chop cut rebuild, but I wish they would cut it down to maybe two car builds instead of 3 .
Fat & furious is a joke. I do agree with others here, rides was probably the best. I do like dream car as well.

[tmadden]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Counting Cars. They seem to build nice cars but it drives me crazy that he stops people on the street to try to buy their cars. At least Danny Koker seems like a legitimate car nut not just an opportunist trying to make a fast buck like A$$ Monkey.

Love Counting cars

[Ketzer]

We were at Cruisin the Coast, the line to get Danny's autograph was four times longer than the beer line... impressive.


Jeff-

[214Chevy]

It's all about ratings. These exec's could probably care less what the viewers personally think about these shows. Just so long as you keep watching. Rememember, you gotta watch it in order to be able to say a show stinks. I don't know the exact science of it, but you only have to tune if for a few minutes for the show to capture the rating....not watch the show in it's entirety. Once they've got your rating, they could care less how stupid you think the cast is, how dumb they are, how less of consideration you rate the quality of the car building, etc.

[srh3trinity]

I watch most of them for entertainment purposes. Kindig seems to have good taste, but is still on the hot rod/street rod side of things and I get tired of them putting a torq thrust style wheel on every build. They all eventually turn into commercials for products. At least at present, they are commercials for products we all know and support and I am glad to see some of these companies get some recognition on a larger scale. I can't think of how many times I saw those RideTech harnesses on the Fast n Loud episode last night and that ought to help some of these companies move some product and grow our little corner of the car world.

[snappytravis]

[QUOTE=66fury;570414]danny "the count" aint makin his money from cars.i think hes got tattoo palors and clubs in and around the vegas strip.seems the car thing is just for fun.he seems like a nice friendly guy[/QUOT


The last time I was in vegas a few months ago, We flew out early Monday morning and Danny was in the plane with us. We landed in Casper Wy, and I went and talked to him, He has a band as well and was playing at the grand opening for the Harley dealer in Casper. He's a pretty cool guy, I think he wants to be rockstar more than a car guy. Probably more girls invoved in that!