On 9 Jun 2005 03:41:22 -0700, "Lou" wrote:

I don't get it. If you think the "effort was wasted on a
joke vehical" why watch? I have never seen the show, the previews
looked like a bunch of guys who think they are better than everyone
else. I also figure that instead of waisting and hour watching someone
else build something and complain about how they do it, I could work on
my own projects.

Lou

Interesting, you didn't watch it but feel the need to comment anyway.
Doesn't matter that the car is a joke, that's what they do, build joke
vehicals, it's the point of the show. What's interesting is watching
the guys do things like turn a Mazda Miata into a jet ski boat: how
would they do that? What pieces go into it? Or turn some other car
into a snomobile that raises and lowers the tracks and ski's so that
it can both drive on the pavement and run on the snow. Or build a car
that can fly. They chose not to give the vehical the full three axis
controls, guess it was one complication too many because the original
vehical controls remained (brakes, accelerator pedal and steering
wheel) but they had to add the aileron controls and elevator actuator.
Perhaps working out the rudder controls was just too much for a five
day build, since they also fabricated their own wings and struts and
roll cage to which they would attach.

Yes, they act like a bunch of egomaniacs because they've spent all
their lives building things other folks can't, and most have been very
successful at it.

I appreciate their skills, I just don't like the producers efforts to
create acrimony to make the show more "watchable".

Corky Scott