Started on my New Year’s resolution early. Tonight I watched a show called Overhaulin’. It had two things going for it that made me want to watch it, because I’m a cyclist (barely) it had Uber bike racer Lance Armstrong and as a car guy it had the muscle car icon called GTO (bonus points because it is a convertible.)
I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting, but what I got was an hour long commercial for Foose Wheels, Clarion, Kicker, Something Parts Group, So & So’s Suspension, etc. Take a season’s worth of This Old House, cut out all the really interesting segments on how to do things, apply it to cars, add pretty boy & girl “hosts”, toss in the arbitrary deadline and ta-da, entertainment for people who want something great while not having to do anything hard (or at all) to get it.
Sure would be nice if they would come and overhaul my Miata. It could use some new paint and a nice voodoo shifter. And a turbo. And new leater seat covers. And a sub-woofer or two. And some low-profile tires with some nice one-off orginal Foose rims. And a new top with a glass rear window. And a cd changer. And a new windshield without any rock dings. And new floor mats. And a big-red-button!
I’m Rick and I want to be over-hauled.
Just for kicks you need to catch and episode of ‘Pimp My Ride’ on MTV. You would be afraid to let them get a hold of your car. Who needs four 17” flat panels monitors in the trunk of their Miata?
I’ve seen “Pimp My Ride” and that would definitely be a nightmare if they got a hold of my Miata.
The one’s who got it right were the folks from Tuner Transformation on Speed Channel. They took a guy’s Miata and did it right: http://www.tunertransformation.com/e17.h..