speed channel sux

[sammyg2]

Right now on the speed channel (aka nascar professional wrestling of racing channel) , the channel dedicated to speed, motorsports, cars, motorcycles, is .......... EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE!
A lame clint eastwood sanda wretch movie with nothing to do with cars except they drive an old beat up pick up that probably can't hit 70 mph.

Who's the programming tard that figured that one out?
If I ran that dog and pony show someone would be fired.
I'm gonna let them know just exactly how disgusted I am with their lack of a clue.

[Oh Haha]

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Check out IFC.
Cool Harvey Keitel movie on , City of Industry.

[sammyg2]

This is the e-mail I sent them. I hope I wasn't too subtle:

Who is the tard that decided to put "every which way but loose" on speed channel?
You just about put me over the edge with all that lobotomy nascar redneck stuff, but this is the last straw.
Couldn't't you find an old road racing film or something?
You guys have really lost it.

[porsche911girl]

Originally posted by sammyg2
This is the e-mail I sent them. I hope I wasn't too subtle:

Who is the tard that decided to put "every which way but loose" on speed channel?
You just about put me over the edge with all that lobotomy nascar redneck stuff, but this is the last straw.
Couldn't't you find an old road racing film or something?
You guys have really lost it.

Nice! Well said. I stopped watching Speed a few years ago after they started showing Nascar crap instead of good, entertaining car shows like one I once saw about BMWs...I gained a lot of info from that...

[many944s]

Let's not forget all the "paid programming" they have on for most of the day. If anyone lost the phone number to order a bow-flex, just turn on Speed in the morning, it'll be pounded into you for hours on end!!

-Nick

[porsche911girl]

Originally posted by many944s
Let's not forget all the "paid programming" they have on for most of the day. If anyone lost the phone number to order a bow-flex, just turn on Speed in the morning, it'll be pounded into you for hours on end!!

-Nick

pmsl...I did forget about that. What a waste of a perfectly good channel (or what was conceived and originally a perfectly good channel)

[Joeaksa]

Its now Crashcar news channel. I Tivo the formula one races and thats it.

[artplumber]

Originally posted by Joeaksa
I Tivo the formula one races and thats it.

They still have those?

[porsche911girl]

I seem to recall seeing an advertisement for the Rolex tomorrow...does anyone know what time it's on and if Speed is showing it?

[Danny_Ocean]

NeckCar Channel

[CurtEgerer]

I think it's going to be tape-delayed so they can continue on - uninterrupted - with their 3 week preview of the "World's Greatest Race" - the Daytona 500 ......

[Jays72T]

I truly HATE nascar channel (speed tv), cannot believe they dumped WRC!! I would like to create a new channel but purchasing rights to other racing series is not cheap and filming some local track events and DIY shows on a LOW budget makes for kinda crappy TV. I've been thinking about this for awhile and if anyone has any ideas I would like to help. Speed is fun SPEED TV SUCKS!!

[david914]

I knew we were in for trouble when they changed the name from "Speedvision" to "The Speed Channel". Too many letters in one word for your average NASCAR fan to deal with...

[Ed Bighi]

How I long for the good old days of Speedvision. DTM, Legends of Motorsport, Motorsport Mundial, race cars that turned right, race cars with fuel injection, etc... No more. Forget it. When Speedvision first came out, it seemed too good to be true. I guess it was. If only I could find some way to get EUROSPORT in order to rectify the situation.

[BoxsterGT]

I miss the WRC as well.
And what happened to the full coverage of the Dakar?
That was really exciting stuff.
I am very disappointed with 95% of their programming.
But.........I will watch the Daytona 24 hr event since I can't be there in person.
Cheers,
Len

[austin552]

I took the Speed Channel Program Survey and voted against NASCAR. Guess I was out voted...

At work the other day I was talking to a group of guys and they asked "Who is your team?" I told them Steelers and they said "no your NASCAR team." I said "I don't watch NASCAR, I have a Porsche." They turned away with a stupid look on their faces.

[Type911]

Originally posted by sammyg2
Right now on the speed channel (aka nascar professional wrestling of racing channel) , the channel dedicated to speed, motorsports, cars, motorcycles, is .......... EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE!
A lame clint eastwood sanda wretch movie with nothing to do with cars except they drive an old beat up pick up that probably can't hit 70 mph.

Who's the programming tard that figured that one out?
If I ran that dog and pony show someone would be fired.
I'm gonna let them know just exactly how disgusted I am with their lack of a clue.

I was channel surfing last night hoping to see some Barrett-Jackson highlights ( I was in the mood for comedy), WTF ?!
I thought the same thing too.

[berettafan]

Not to mention History Channel is getting a bit dumbed down as well! Good tv is really hard to come by these days.

Is there a way for satellite tv to pick up these foreign broadcasts mentioned? I would absolutely LOVE to spend a sunday afternoon watching WRC or Legends of Motorsport in the garage while i work on my 911 to-do list!

It would seem that stupid people rule the world by virtue of their purchasing power.

[ledhedsymbols]

Originally posted by berettafan
Not to mention History Channel is getting a bit dumbed down as well! Good tv is really hard to come by these days.

I've about had it with the Roswell, alien conspiracy bizarro crap they seem to have started playing more and more. It's long been my refuge from the wife's television habits! (She loves the worst, Oprah, Dr. Phil, reality anything.... It's all ****e I tell her, but does she listen?"

Micah



Edited because I can't believe that was edited out. Gosh Dang it all to Flippen Heck.

[berettafan]

Micah you need to get digital cable. They have secondary History and TLC channels that have old school programming.