jaredusui41 Reviews

Chasing Classic Cars (2008– )

Originally wasn't a fan, but have since turned around

[9/10 · 17 February 2014]

When I first watched Chasing Classic Cars, I really wasn't interested in it. I love classic cars, but I'm not super into the high-brow world of specialty cars (i.e. numbers matching, ultra rare etc etc). I am interested in them for their history, but I find the circles that are involved seem to be not so much in my interest. Upon first watching, I assumed that would be the case. While Wayne is interested in unique and rare cars, he has a true passion for automobiles in general. On top of that he wants nothing more than for those cars to be on the road and driven. His knowledge of cars is amazing in its own right.

His lead mechanic Roger Barr is also an amazing watch. No nonsense straight shooter with some great commentary. I would love to spend some time wrenching on some of those cars with him.

Finally, to Newjunkees review. What did you expect? He's in the BUSINESS of making money off of automobiles.

Graveyard Carz (2011– )

Belongs on Discovery, not Velocity

[1/10 · 7 January 2014]

Somewhat recently discovered the Velocity channel and have been hooked ever since. To a car guy, it's a dream! Just watched my first couple of Graveyard Carz and have no intentions of ever seeing it again. The fake drama found in so many other mainstream "reality" shows is found in this one too, but it just doesn't belong. Discovery needs to understand that fans of cars don't need that stuff to watch a show. They just need cool and interesting cars. Look at Chasing Classic Cars.

I also find Mark to be completely unwatchable. One of the episodes I saw, he was leaving a used car dealership and made sure to comment on how a couple people immediately recognized him and how he can't go anywhere these days. Also, the running joke throughout was that he couldn't remember the cameraman's name, so he was calling him by a different name all the time. These examples don't come off as a guy being funny or charming, it comes off like you're a jerk.

The show does have some amazing cars on it, just not worth dealing with the other stuff to get to them.