Tyler Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) I am new to the Starquest crew and I thought this would be an interesting introduction. My brother and I are avid followers of BBC's Top Gear. So one evening we were (re)watching the Cheap Car Challege episodes with the cheap sports cars (with the Starion) and the cheap Porsches. Steven, Greg, and I thought that we could find a real set of cheap cars and mimic the show. We set the rules and this is what we came up with, the "Hatchback Hootenanny". We never intended for the cars to actually be road-worthy and legal, but we found some amazing (ha) cars, and the price + making them legal ended up being less than $300.00. We took our cars and planned out 3 challenges to "test" them out. We borrowed 4 of our friends and a Honda CR-V along with 4 HD Sony digital cameras with tripods and suction mounts. The videos are not anything to be proud of, by any means, but it was EXTREMELY fun to do. If you enjoy some homemade car videos then enjoy our attempts. The Hootenanny will be released in 4 segments, plus the original music video trailer. As of 2/23/10, the trailer and Part One are online. The others will follow. Be gentle with comments, we know it is not the best...just fun. The Trailer: Part One: If either link doesn't work for you, simply type "Hatchback Hootenanny" in the YouTube search box. Enjoy! Edited February 24, 2010 by Tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8starion Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Good stuff! Waiting on part 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thats cool as hell man. The second link isn't working for me but the trailer is awesome. Never seen a Pontiac hatch before. I'm rooting for the Horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Thanks guys! The challenges are pretty decent. The cars were great, I miss my Escort. I had $250 in it and drove it for all of my student teaching semester. I put like 4,000 miles on it then sold it for $600. Stay tuned for more. -Tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-O Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 This is epic. I love how it's using one of the little beater stepchildren from each of the Big Three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazarin Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hell yeah! Go Horizon! My dad had a silver one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Great stuff! Ill be anxiously awaiting part 2 also. Ahhhh, the Pontiac LeMans....memories... I dated a girl in high school with one of those, and after driving it way out to a private spot in the woods for a little of alone time, the timing belt broke and left us stranded. I'm not sure how she explained that to her parents when she called them to get it towed, but I do know I wasn't able to see her again after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquest707 Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) rad video bro. thats alot of editing alot more than ur you tube standard that is Edited February 24, 2010 by conquest707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DryBear Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Nicely done - love the "milkshake" song for the 3rd car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strang3majik Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 haha...thats awesome. And, the Plymouth Horizon better win it I have an Omni GLH...so, a little partial to that one...lol Also, hope you don't mind, I posted this on the turbo-mopar site as well...figured they'd get a kick out of it. Awaiting part 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Feel free to share this with any group. For the amount of work that was involved it should be shared with everyone! Thank you for the positive comments, it was a lot of work to put it together. I have had to do it myself because the other two guys dont have enough computer power to handle the 20 gigs of video we collected. Should I post the link for Part 2 in this forum or in a different section? -Tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strang3majik Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) Feel free to share this with any group. For the amount of work that was involved it should be shared with everyone! Thank you for the positive comments, it was a lot of work to put it together. I have had to do it myself because the other two guys dont have enough computer power to handle the 20 gigs of video we collected. Should I post the link for Part 2 in this forum or in a different section? -Tyler post it up here, man. Waiting to see it Also, the guys on the other site have gotten a kick out of it so far And...keep it up...you may get the attention of someone and be able to have an american version of top gear...lol Edited February 25, 2010 by strang3majik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 post it up here, man. Waiting to see it Also, the guys on the other site have gotten a kick out of it so far And...keep it up...you may get the attention of someone and be able to have an american version of top gear...lolLooks like a fun. Speaking of which, I will be at the Rally this weekend in Salem. Probably in an 86 conquest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Post here! Post here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguygibby Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I gotta root for the Horizon, I had 2 of the little suckas.Colinhttp://www.starquestclub.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 You know, the three of us would be waaaaayyy better presenters than the pilot episode that Adam Corolla and those other two did for an American Top Gear. I would quit my career so fast to do something car-related that would be a solid job. I love cars and want to do something with them but teaching is a lot safer of a job (and I love it), as far as retirement and benifits. I just know I DO NOT want to wrench someone elses vehicles every day or sell them. Part Two is going up today or tomorrow; I'll let you guys know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 LOL... I like it. My friends and I were also considering doing a similar challenge, but not as serious. One thing though, can you make the voice volume level a bit louder?? The music is at a good level, but the voice needs to be bumped up some. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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