pimp my ride vs overhaulin

sv650s · #1 10-25-2005, 08:09 PM

i just finished watching both shows on demand and i was just thinking about it and here are my opinions on them.
pimp my ride- i like pimp my ride because sometimes they could fix up a car that could attract a lot of attention at a show but most of the time they have to put a bodykit on every car (f-150, pacer,escort,grand national and many more ) which is one reason why half the show's cars have ended up on ebay, and they never get under the hood, like i've seen them touch the engine 3 times and the 1st time it was just a tune up because it didn't run, 2nd time they chromed it and the third time they got a stronger engine for the chevelle and they they messed it up when they put neon all over the car. west coast is really slacking off because they can do a lot better than that.

overhaulin-has more advantage over pimp my ride because the lead designer used to design cars that are on the road now and they get more into the technical parts of the car like if they get a mustang they buy the strongest engine and best transmission that they can get on their budget and they take the car and make it unique compared to any car thats ever hit the road.

WHAT DO U THINK?

clawhammer · #2 10-25-2005, 08:19 PM

Pimp my ride: all show, no go

Overhauling: good balance of both

Overhauling is my pick.

Zachp911 · #3 10-25-2005, 08:22 PM

"Pimp My Ride" is just a tv show for ricers...

I've never watched Overhaulin, but it sounds like its a better show than Rice My Ride...

jcsaleen · #4 10-25-2005, 08:52 PM

Tuner Transformation isn't bad...

Out of the two Overhaulin is my pick though.

Andydg · #5 10-25-2005, 08:52 PM

I prefer Overhaulin'

sv650s · #6 10-25-2005, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jcsaleen

Tuner Transformation isn't bad...

Out of the two Overhaulin is my pick though.

i've gone through a whole lot of car phases like lowriders, italian, british,hot rods, muscle cars etc and i just got interested in jap cars so i don't know what the hell they're talking about on that show.

jcsaleen · #7 10-25-2005, 09:18 PM

heh...

Personally...

I think I speak for most people when I say... 5th gear roxs!

GForce957 · #8 10-25-2005, 09:30 PM

Top gear for me

Twizted_3KGT · #9 10-25-2005, 10:00 PM

Of the two choices;

Pimp my ride - they do some cool stuff, but not much that I would really want to do to my car.

Overhaulin' - they do everything I would want to do to the car. So I prefer Overhaulin'.

But Top Gear pwns both.

PWRDbyUNCLEbens · #10 10-25-2005, 10:25 PM

I would rather have the cars in Overhaulin' but the show is soooooo F-ing boring I can't stand to watch it. Although the last two new painters have sucked on PMR I still think a lot of the shit they do is pretty trick. The cars may be all show, but it certainly makes for a better show.

I could care less what chip does to some old muscle car. When someone does up a POS though I want to see it.

Pimp My Ride hands down for what I want to watch.

chucksnee · #11 10-26-2005, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sv650s

i've gone through a whole lot of car phases like lowriders, italian, british,hot rods, muscle cars etc and i just got interested in jap cars so i don't know what the hell they're talking about on that show.

It's not that you don't know what they are talking about. It's that Overhauling is basically restoring a car from the ground up, and adding Chip's touch and other of his quality.

Overhauling hands down. they do better quality the entire car is better when they finish, compared to pimp my ride. It's show and a WHOLE lot of go.

2.2 Straight six · #12 10-26-2005, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ludespeed501

Rice My Ride...

damn, that's funny.

but of any car show it has to be Top Gear for me. i've never seen Overhaulin' here in the UK, i doubt it will ever get here. people in the UK have very little intrest in cars from the US, so i cant imagine any network paying to air the program.

i've seen probably almost every episode from the first and second series/season of pimp my ride, i wan't very impressed. i was excited to have a program/show about modifying cars, but no engine mods. an im one of those people to spend all the money on the engine an none of body mods. it lost its appeal very quickly.

crayzayjay · #13 10-26-2005, 08:31 AM

Never seen Overhaulin' either. Pimp My Ride is entertaining enough to watch, i dont have a problem with it.

Top Gear owns all car programmes.

ghostrx7 · #14 10-26-2005, 08:43 AM

ya, both are good, but overhauling definately comes out with better finished product. unless u like the all show no go. if they saved some money from the 8 tvs they use, they could buy these poor people a engine!

ci5ic · #15 10-26-2005, 10:52 AM

Pimp my ride sucks. And their suckage is not limited to what they do to the cars... the show itself sucks. It makes my skin crawl to watch them discuss what they're going to do to the car (when they're sitting around the conference table)... Their scripting is so horrible, and even if it wasn't, these guys would never be able sound like they weren't reading it off of a teleprompter.

Oh well, just ANOTHER reason that MTV fails at being remotely worthwhile.

Overhaulin' is pretty good. I think they do some decent work to the cars, and they don't neglect the power-plant. Every car I've seen them do, I've really liked the end result.

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