Richard Rawlings looking to revive failing auto shops.

[FROGFINDER]

New Show Garage Rehab looking for shops to rehab.

[email protected]

 

 

Send info: Your name, phone #,city/state,photos of yourself and shop, brief explanation on why your shop needs help.

Edited January 11, 2017 by FROGFINDER

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[Jay Huh]

It'll be fun to be on a tv show and awesome if they come and fix my broken ac unit lol. Too bad no casting in NC

[Gonzo]

I don't think Richard Rawlings knows much about running an auto repair business.

Most of these "hack" shows take a busted down, rusted out, pile of unwanted metal and turn it into some sort of wanna-be show room super car. They're not customer cars, they don't have to deal with a customer who's wanting their car back and doesn't like the price of the repair or diagnostics. To me, these guys are no different than a weekend wrench head building his personal dream car.

 

All their quality control is basically each other. Engineers spend hours upon hours working out the issues with all the modern electronics and do their best to make it all work. Which, for the most part, a lot of these shows steer the viewer away from anything that remotely looks "electrically complicated". I'm not sure any one of these guys on these shows could diagnose and repair an air bag system or have much of a clue about today's CAN systems.

 

You want a "real" show about the mechanic world...show me a show, showing real customers cars being fixed with real scanners and tools under real conditions at a "real" repair shop with real mechanics.

 

Personally, I've watched most of these shows at least once. Not impressed, and I haven't watched any of them a second time. I think they're degrading, unprofessional, and down right a lie to the trade. I'd guarantee to you that if ya got the chance to look under the dash of some of these creations it would make the professional mechanic sick.

 

just sayin. TV is TV, reality is NOT TV.

[FROGFINDER]

Most of these "hack" shows take a busted down, rusted out, pile of unwanted metal and turn it into some sort of wanna-be show room super car. They're not customer cars, they don't have to deal with a customer who's wanting their car back and doesn't like the price of the repair or diagnostics. To me, these guys are no different than a weekend wrench head building his personal dream car.

 

All their quality control is basically each other. Engineers spend hours upon hours working out the issues with all the modern electronics and do their best to make it all work. Which, for the most part, a lot of these shows steer the viewer away from anything that remotely looks "electrically complicated". I'm not sure any one of these guys on these shows could diagnose and repair an air bag system or have much of a clue about today's CAN systems.

 

You want a "real" show about the mechanic world...show me a show, showing real customers cars being fixed with real scanners and tools under real conditions at a "real" repair shop with real mechanics.

 

Personally, I've watched most of these shows at least once. Not impressed, and I haven't watched any of them a second time. I think they're degrading, unprofessional, and down right a lie to the trade. I'd guarantee to you that if ya got the chance to look under the dash of some of these creations it would make the professional mechanic sick.

 

just sayin. TV is TV, reality is NOT TV.

Want a real show? Make One!