DaveFJ
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 11:37 AM |
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Revved Up
Had the misfortune to watch a programme called revved up (i think) on Sky the other night.
It has that cheesy used car salesman in it who used to do the programme about spraying old bangers and making a quick buck.... you know the one -
annoying t*sspot.....
anyway I just had to say something
They took a £10,000 Rover 200 MG and spent another £10,000 'modding' it. BUT they only spent £2000 of that under the bonnet! the rest was
spent on some really awful stick on spoilers and re-trimming !
what a bloody waste! I think they had a gain of 10Bhp which probably just about got over the extra weight of all that plastic crap.....
Rant over
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 11:48 AM |
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I know what you mean - you feel as though you have to go out and buy a baseball cap, just so's you can put it on your head backwards.
Awful programme.
David
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GeoffT
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 12:06 PM |
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Continuing the theme of another topic:-
TAT
Truly Awful Television.
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DavidM
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 04:20 PM |
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Pimp My Ride.
Similar sort of thing, wings, wheels, respray, tacky interior and over the top in car entertainment. Don't think I've seen them clean an
engine yet, let alone tune one.
David
Proportion is Everything
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chrism
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| posted on 2/9/05 at 11:59 AM |
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I've seen a few pimp my rides, and was shocked by one of them.
There was a Ford Mustang which had large holes (big enough to get your legs through) rusted through the floor where the drivers and passengers feet
went instead of welding a panel in they simply rivetted a panel over without cutting any of the rust out.
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A little hard work never killed anyone, but why take the risk!
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donut
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| posted on 2/9/05 at 12:06 PM |
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If you think that's bad, While in France on my hols i saw German MTV and they had Pimp My Ride but with push bikes!!! It was quite amusing
seeing these young Germans trying to pimp a bike using that same format as the US programme. It was a propper MTV pimp my ride programme too....
As for Revvvvvvvved up...C**P
Overhaulin, now they do it properly!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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