Hoovie dropped the 456 vid today

Thanks for sharing. I'm a hoovie fan but didn't know he had even bought the 456.

 

Seems to be part of the upcoming CarTrek episode which Hoovie/Ed Bolian/Tavarish have all dropped hints that it will feature Ferraris. Should be interesting!

Ruben

 

Web series where they go on some kind of trip (trek) in a set of related cars. Normally airs on Tavarish's channel. I think this is the 3rd series.

Edit: It's the 4th. Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvAhDxNNUDhi78tMXVGBUaQ

 

I love the 456. If I could swing another car in the collection it would be a 456.

enjoyed the new cartrek video...as a cannonball “weirdo” it was neat to see how Dennis had the jaguar there and the 550 he and Rawlings did their run in.

 

The three ‘tubers are settling in together, but I find it a bit tragic that they feel the need to copy top gear so closely. Just seems to show a lack of confidence or imagination.


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I think there's borrowing a format, and then there's copying it (i.e. using the same tired old lines from the other show). They're easier to watch than when they started out though - less intensely cheesy.

Ed has a wife and two kids, so I certainly hope he isn't gay!

 

I enjoy their series. Cannot wait to see how this one plays out and I'm sure there will be plenty of unappreciative 308, 456 and 599 owners responding.

Aside from Ed being a long-time friend of mine . . . that comment is tactless.

 

I'm a "fan of Ed"...wear my Vinwiki shirt with pride and enjoyed his book. He is religious, an intense cannonballer and a snake-animal owner so by definition he is a "character" that's for certain. I really enjoyed the show, all those guys are enjoyable especially The Wizard!

 

I never got into their series as it's too much a rip off of Top Gear. They seem to be better individually rather than as a group, too. Of the three, I watch Tavarish regularly as he seems the most genuine and not trying/acting for the camera. Ed is harder for me to watch as he's trying to act like a sleazy used car salesman in some of his videos imo and Hoovie imo is trying too hard to act like an idiot when he's not.

 

I'm not a creative TV person, but what format do we expect it to be? Every entertainment car show is the same, Top Gear invented the "go on adventure missions" format. But besides that what other way is there to make an entertaining adventure car show? Otherwise it's just a car driving review and there are plenty of very good shows already in that segment.

Car Trek is obviously not going to have anywhere near the $$$'s to spend, so they're very limited on the production and adventures the show can do, and hiring talented creative personnel to do something different. The Grand Tour is also a copy of the Top Gear specials, just without the producers handing them missions to do on cue cards. I certainly agree the bit by bit exact copy of Top Gear is unnecessary, but I don't personally care if it's a copy of the format as long as they're entertaining.

My thoughts on the show are that it's just way too long and gets boring very quickly, there's too much "filler" material for me. And this was the same problem I had with the show from the beginning that doesn't seem to have been changed. Top Gear is a 1-hr show, with commercials, so technically say about 45mins of running time. They packed tons of content into that time frame so you're always engaged.

For example in Car Trek episode-1, they spent almost 20 mins of the show looking at oil leaks under the cars, just reiterating the same points over and over. The beginning was entertaining when they were introducing the cars and started driving them. But afterwards there's just nothing interesting going on for more than half the show and I had to fast forward until the end. And I fear this is going to be the same issue with every single episode, just way too long.

Clarkson, Hammond, and May are the best at it, and even they, with all the money backing them are only producing 1-hr worth of entertaining content. How on earth do the producers of Car Trek expect to keep people engaged trying to fill several hours? I think if they were to condense only the best clips of several episodes into a single 1-hr long episode it would make for a much more entertaining show.

 

This has been discussed on other threads also. Engine is going back together.

 

Just watched his latest video... why would they prefer Ferrari tensioners over the Hill engineering ones.

 

I was wondering that too.

I want to see those motor mounts while the engine is out !

 

I would be more worried about not replacing bearings behind cambelt driveshafts. Looks like they weren't changed. Also waiting to see if cams are left as is based on markings or are they actually timed.