tv; Dave Gorman in America Unchained

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jan 21, 09 9:38 pm

showing again tonight Wed 21 Jan channel 4 22:50

Having become disillusioned during previous visits to the US by the procession of identikit, cookie-cutter chain hotels he was staying in and the corporate face of America they revealed, Gorman hatched a plan: return to America, buy a second-hand car, then drive from coast to coast without spending any money in the chains

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Thu Jan 22, 09 1:01 am

Yep, watching it again

Missed the beginning again tho

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Thu Jan 22, 09 1:05 am

been watching that also

deffo got to do that one day

see a gas station owner with HEMI on his base ball cap

looking at them old time garages/gas stations ..makes you wonder what mopar hardware , have been in there back in the day

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Thu Jan 22, 09 1:46 am

What a great choice of car

i have a book on the old Gas stations in the USA,its amazing how good some of them looked in the early days.

I would like to go and see whats left one day.

Made me laugh when he called the Rad on the Torino a Water tank,he is worse then me at mechanics

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Jan 22, 09 8:43 am

Damn.

How did I miss this thread last night? I would have loved to see that particularly because I am trying to organise a big road trip this September.

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Thu Jan 22, 09 9:04 am

first time I’ve seen this, missed it before, fantastic stuff, would luv to do that one day, some great places, people and scenery

I think he was lucky with the Torino in that he didn’t really appear to prepare the car all that well for the journey, only broke down a few times and half of them were cos he ran out of gas, great car though

Dave, have a look on http://www.channel4.com/4od Channel 4’s ‘iplayer’ type thing, it might be on there, I can’t actually see 4od from work it’s blocked, so I don’t know if it’s on there or not

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Jan 22, 09 10:42 am

Already checked mate. It's not available.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jan 22, 09 11:31 am

i watched this, missed the beginning when they were buying the car, did they get it from a dealer ?
rekon he cooked the brakes because he didn't know how to put the trans in '2' going down that mountain?

what on earth did they do with the car when they arrived at the east coast?

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Thu Jan 22, 09 11:46 am

WillDatsun wrote:i watched this, missed the beginning when they were buying the car, did they get it from a dealer ?
rekon he cooked the brakes because he didn't know how to put the trans in '2' going down that mountain?

what on earth did they do with the car when they arrived at the east coast?

bought it private from a bloke who had it 30 or something years ..

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Thu Jan 22, 09 12:21 pm

more info on the road trip here … http://www.memorabletv.com/new/dave-gor ... ained.html

some great pics from the road trip here … http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgbalances ... 416794686/

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Thu Jan 22, 09 12:48 pm

good links Si

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Thu Jan 22, 09 1:12 pm

Although it was 1st shown on More4, i've noticed Ch4 progs get repeated on More4 within a week or two lately so keep an eye on your tv guide

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jan 22, 09 3:30 pm

It's really difficult to avoid "The Man" when you are on a roadtrip, believe me I've tried! I dislike McD's etc so that was easy but the gas issue is different all together. In the end you just have to go with the cheapest for your own benefit.
Sadly there's no trip on the cards for me for a while, unless the £ picks up anyway.