monday 23 nov 2009 (tomorrow) bbc3 at 22.30
young mechanic of the year
might be worth as look?
Edited by Pugugly on 23/11/2009 at 10:30
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City and Guilds and Autodata used to award a prize and silver medal for the top apprentice mechanic every year - I wonder if this programme has any links to that?
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Difficult to spot if they are transmitting all episodes quickly or repeating them often!
Results found in TV listings:
Young Mechanic of the Year Monday 23 November 10:30pm BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Tuesday 24 November 2:45am BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Tuesday 24 November 9:00pm BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Tuesday 24 November 11:45pm BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Thursday 26 November 12:50am BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Thursday 26 November 3:50am BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Saturday 28 November 3:05am BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Sunday 29 November 2:45am BBC3
Young Mechanic of the Year Friday 04 December 2:45am BBC3
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Just watching it, absolutely cringe worthy. Seems to be some sort of a clone of BBC Masterchef.
40 minutes to plug an electrical connector back in and remove some rogue wiring is a joke!
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I'm watching this now - can't see how a chap who declares that he doesn't really know about electronics, and appeared confused by a Mk2 Mondeo, is going to have any sort of career as a mechanic!
Getting irritated by the stupid cockney presenter & needlessly rude 'experts' now
Edit: why are they moaning about the RAC fella being 'too laid back'? He's the only one that's actually done the job, and probably the only one of that lot I'd trust with my car!
Edited by Lucky 7 on 23/11/2009 at 23:16
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I thought the show was demeaning to the trade.
The so called experts, well say no more. One of them is on that garage show on Sky and is a shouty, sweary bodge artist.
The interview, what was that all about then? The Asian chap got the answers wrong but was "enthusiastic". Great, but I thought the purpose of the competition was to find the best mechanic, not the most enthusiastic.
As for the ridiculous immobiliser task. How can you be penalised for the car not starting when the 'thief' has ripped out half of the under-dash wiring?
Rant over.
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Seems to be some sort of a clone of BBC Masterchef.
Spannering doesent get any tougher than this.
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monday 23 nov 2009 (tomorrow) bbc3 at 22.30 young mechanic of the year might be worth as look?
my sincerest apologies for any one who wasted 60 minutes of their life
watching this utter drivel, the worst bit was at the end....how to improve
the speed of the vehicles by removing the air box and adding a bigger silencer
cheers ... zoo ..(op)
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Didn't see it, but I doubt it had the same hushed reverence of Young Musician of the Year
Speaks volumes for the perceived status of Engineering in this country.....
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Engineering and mechanic in the same paragraph?!
Edited by pmh3 on 24/11/2009 at 16:16
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It truly was rubbish. A shame because there must be some budding James May types who really do have the technical ability to become good engineers.
I do think though that the programme should be compulsory viewing for anyone paying £100+ per hour for main dealer servicing. These are the chaps who are working on your car - scary!
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I am not sure that James Mays engineering abilities are anything to look up to to be honest.
Anyway I watched it. I have to say I am constantly suprised by the numbers of cars i see broken down by the side of the road, where the horn, indicators and headlights have suddenly had their wires stripped, and taped togehter. It can happen in the blink of an eye.
Honest i was driving along and suddenly all the functions became intertwined.
Do get real, what a load old twaddle.
And as for the phil Mitchel wanna be, he would be chewing on a long handled wheel brace in most garages before the shift was over,
Edited by Altea Ego on 24/11/2009 at 19:45
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Engineering and mechanic in the same paragraph?!
I guess that's the problem, pmh3.
The terms 'mechanic' and 'engineer' (with or without a capital 'e') are virtually interchangeable to most people in the UK. Hence 'washing machine engineer'....
Mind you, the dictionary can be just as bad - one definition of 'engineer' I looked up was, 'one who works with engines'.
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When surfing the TV channels there are many that one doesn't even want to look at and that elicit an instant button-stab or -thumb.
One that I have been avoiding lately is called 'young butcher of the year' or something like that. Not nasty chaps with machetes down dark alleys but rubicund adolescents, I noticed before the channel changed, in little hats and white, strangely blood-free aprons.
Perhaps there has been some confusion here and that is the programme you are all talking about. It can easily happen in the small hours with the right lubrication.
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to be fair to the programme i thought the challenges were sensible real life everyday problems,you might not agree but one often gets cars in with say sidelights lights coming on due to putting your foot on the brake etc
the immobilisor switch again was sensible,i fitted these for donkey years to cars and it was more of a sensible approach to be practical to the user but impossible within reason to your average scroat to find
the last bit with the closed gap on the spark plug was a classic example of dont trust because its new it will be right
so overall to me i enjoyed it
oh and the lad that won deserved his title
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I can't believe this shower are the best we have. Although this does explain the swap it and see/computer says it's fine mentality we've all come across.
I would have liked to see them working on real problems on modern canbus cars. That would have been interesting...
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I made the error of watching this yesterday, and even now I'm not sure if I imagined it or not.
Absolutely mindnumbing in its puerility, in terms of the concept, the contestants and the tasks set.
The total budget could not have been more than a few thousand pounds.
Some of those lads looked as if they had never seen the engine of a car before and yet were trained mechanics.
The first 'fault' was a coil plug unplugged and the other electrical faults were taped wires to cause dual working of lights/ horn etc. Almost to a man they struggled, yet these faults were mainly visual and obvious.
As for fitting an immobiliser switch, they behaved as if they had never used a pair of pliers - perhaps that's true..
The programme must have set the image of the trade back a few years.
There must be thousands out there who could better represent a trade which already has a poor public image.
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