I'm in the UK so I haven't seen this (lucky me it seems).
It seems like they have taken a really good programme idea (Scrapheap
Scrappy Races -
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/scrapheap/scrappy/
) and totally messed it up. Four teams, the farmers in their whacky
machine that shouldnt be street legal but is due to some minor quirk
of the law, the plucky girlies, the wacky biker types with a heart of
gold and the blue collar team. Oh, and the 3 challenges of a sprint, a
rally and a water challenge.
I suspect it worrked better when the teams were definied by the people
that were available, and given freedom to make whatever they wanted in
the true Scrapheap spirit, with teams helping each other out when
things went wrong, such as a huge diesel engine blowing up when the
revs governor was disconnected.
That seems more like a metaphor for Junkyard Wars.
Mike
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