It’s a small incremental difference in NOx per mile between a cheating VW and the standard. VW essentially missed being able to hit an incremental tightening of NOx standards. They did not roll their cars back to 1968. Because NOx is also naturally occurring only in big cities and metro areas where it is created…

And the sad part is that Velocity is absolutely right and adding more “drama” to the show will drive away all the hobbyists enthusiasts and gearheads, but draw in casual viewers by the droves.

Edd China is the backbone of that show. It is a better car show than anything else I’ve seen. So many of the shows skip all the detail of installing parts, and instead become just advertisements for aftermarket parts. They never show the mechanics struggling with a rusted nut, or trying to wiggle a part out from…

I recently discovered it and it is wonderful and a breath of fresh air from the usual car shows. Really, Mr. Torchinsky nails it. Mr China will sit down on the show and go over step by step what is needed to fix a particular piece of a car. This clip is a great example of his work: how to replace the drive motor on an…

That just means you’ve got a delightfully long backlog of enjoyable automotive television at your disposal.

Edd and the workshop were the heart and soul of the show. The Mike bits and what not were just filler. Frustrating that Velocity chose filler over actual substance. This was one of the more informative and technical car shows out there. Sad to see it go.

Basically Velocity wants to remove the entire reason for watching Wheeler Dealers. Sorry to Mike, but aside from the trouble spots he seemed to look for, watching the shopping/haggling/sales process was boring and inconsequential. You knew the car would have problems, you knew he would deal down, and you knew they…

Goddammit.

The fact that this show has been on air as long as it does with as few injuries as it has, I’d suspect the on set safety is adequate. What you’re seeing is what the producers want you to see to give the impression of danger.

True - these things are cumulative in their effect, despite Hammond’s previous recovery. I suspect he would’ve been wearing a helmet. He’s a serious rider, and he’s always worn a helmet on two wheels on screen before (motorcycle or bicycle). But even then, bouncing the head around even without external injury isn’t…

That brain trauma could not have been good have been good for someone who’s already had so much in the past. Hopefully this doesn’t cause too much more damage.

I think you should re-read. He replaced/rebuilt virtually every system for the long term. He used better parts. Things partially worn or known trouble spots were addressed. It was a system reboot. A better initial purchase would have all those same systems in different states of decline. Addressing those issues as…

And all it took was 5 months of constant work and a smidge under $12k...

It comes down to this. You can’t get a car like this today for under $12,000. The driving experience, the looks, the sounds... I think this was just perfect.

Funny you mention that. I actually took her out in the car after it was finished, went on a long drive out in the country, and asked her to marry me. The car is probably going to stick around for a while.

My Wife would be happy I wasn’t bothering her.

I also wanted to come back and say that this article is awesome. More stuff like this please Jalopnik!

I’ve always felt these shows are all trying to be Orange County Choppers. I don’t know if that was the first motor show to follow that script, but every single one of these flaming trash heaps has followed the same one. I used to kind of enjoy OC Choppers when it first started—I like watching people work on stuff. But…

The frustrating thing isn’t that Fast N Loud is crap, it’s that it actually started off as something really watchable, much like most of those automotive shows, but as it gained traction it started to play to a formula. I genuinely enjoyed the first few series were they were working out of a tiny shop and appeared to…