ITV4 I Want That Car

Horizon81

Did anyone watch this new series last night? They managed to spin out 2 blokes picking from a choice of 3 cars each for a whole hour. It was a bit like Used Car Roadshow but on an even smaller production budget.

The 1st guy (white van man during the week) had £18k to spend on an 'attention seeking' weekend car so they offered him an '07 Audi TT, '07 Boxster or a .......... '12 Fiat 500 Arbarth! Talk about a car out of leftfield. £18K could have got him a '09 Focus RS or something with similar power. Bizarrely he ditched the TT and test drove the other 2, but then proved he had no idea of enthusiastic driving, despite the presenter incessantly telling him to 'floor it' or 'give it the beans' on her majesty's public highways. No mention made of running costs of a Porsche versus a Fiat either.

The best bit was the female presenter who didn't get a lot of airtime, but deals in flash cars for a living and competes in some porsche boxster cup. Easier on the eye than Penny Mallory but I'd still rather watch Used Car Roadshow every time.

AndyPK

Yes it was hard going watching. I don't think i'll bother next week.

I'm sure he just wanted a toyota really.

TrickyWicky

Didn't see it but it sounds slightly better than that new reality TV show set in a fried chicken shop watching the customers

Horizon81

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Didn't see it but it sounds slightly better than that new reality TV show set in a fried chicken shop watching the customers

Or 'Gogglebox' where you watch people watching the TV. Actually yeah I want that car wasn't too bad after all. Still waiting for a new series of Classic Car Rescue on channel 5 to get commissioned.

TrickyWicky

At least gogglebox is reasonably interesting though! What on earth could be interesting about a fried chicken shop dining area? lol

I blame the government. Now we're being sucked dry of cash, the TV stations have decided that the once cheap cookery shows are now expensive and decided to go with anything that will let them fix a camera to the wall.

jase1

What cash does C4 get from the government, and how much has it gone down by?

The problem is the government, but the reason isn't the one you give. Almost complete lack of regulation is the problem. Without it, TV companies will naturally go for whatever tripe maximises profit.

jaydeeuk1

Horizon81 wrote: »

Did anyone watch this new series last night? They managed to spin out 2 blokes picking from a choice of 3 cars each for a whole hour. It was a bit like Used Car Roadshow but on an even smaller production budget.

The 1st guy (white van man during the week) had £18k to spend on an 'attention seeking' weekend car so they offered him an '07 Audi TT, '07 Boxster or a .......... '12 Fiat 500 Arbarth! Talk about a car out of leftfield. £18K could have got him a '09 Focus RS

A ford focus is about as unattention seeking as you can get! I think a skoda in VRS form only just tops it.

I'd have walked straight down to the Lotus dealership

Can't wait for the new classic car rescue, 1st series was hillarious.

Lum

Attention seeking as the main requirement?

I'd have offered him a Nissan Skyline, some sort of big yank LHD muscle car and for the leftfield option: a Mazda AZ-1

albionrovers

TrickyWicky wrote: »

At least gogglebox is reasonably interesting though! What on earth could be interesting about a fried chicken shop dining area? lol

The late night fight scenes

Horizon81

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

A ford focus is about as unattention seeking as you can get! I think a skoda in VRS form only just tops it.

Focus RS I said. And in Ultimate Green it's about as attention seeking as you can get (with the power to back up the looks).

OddballJamie

Horizon81 wrote: »

Focus RS I said. And in Ultimate Green it's about as attention seeking as you can get (with the power to back up the looks).

All depends on the kind of attention you want to attract.
A green RS is more likely to attract hoodies than pretty ladies.