Put this fellow back on TV, im fed up with being spoken to like a child at 10pm on Discovery channel. I want kids to be inspired as i was when Tim was on TV in the 90's.
Good thing he's on TH-cam now. No need to fiddle faddle with those old television networks out to squeeze blood from their stone. Just becareful, those network execs are pushing to get their hands on eyeballs here on TH-cam now, too. May we adults encourage the children of today, and, our fellows, not to fall prey to the same crummy tactics that networks like Discovery employed to glue eyes between ads.
Or being told it was aliens, Giants, or ghosts. Or giant alien ghosts. Series now playing and streaming on History and Science channel. I mean ‘History’ and ‘Science’.
7:45 You have just summed up the motor mechanic trade, why so many people say "Have a car repaired it goes wrong again more often" the mechanic is in a hurry wires get pulled on things get bent twisted etc
being able to fiddle with your car was half the enjoyment of owning it and the secret to make those oldtimey cars reliable was to allow for enough tolerance ; they wouldn't have as efficient, powerful or silent but you could fix one with a bunch of wires and hammer and often a nylon stocking could replace a drive belt and get you home; in the same time the unfiddleable cars were as unreliable and you could not fix them without specialized equipment
Hehe! The old days when VW was reliable! Refusing to sell spares and even making machines that cannot be repaired has now been tried, so we can now say that doesn't work either. He's totally right about fiddling though. My GF's Toyota needed a gearbox because a clutch was done badly. We had to fix a knock the steering as a pinch bolt was loose and we just today cured a coolant leak by tightening a (non-factory) hose clamp! Poor girl spent hundreds with that garage!
A wise man knows the errors of meddling! The only practical way to attempt to bring Assembly line quality to repairs is to organize the ability for products to be run back thru the assembly line to preform updates. There should be such lines for cars which are becoming classics IMO. Performed by tech who come to know where the skeletons hide.
Hmmm, a 1982 production, and a reasonable contemporary philosophy, but hardly applicable today. Interesting, but very dated. 2021, with all its global production; cheap and nasty budget products; overly complex design; variable warranties; highly computerised systems; disposability mindsets; hyper specialisation in tradespeople; lesser qualified repairmen; economic rationalisation as the bottom line in every business; 1000s more DIY "experts" (e.g., TH-cam tutorials); more air crashes than ever before .... the list goes on. Reliability is always a relative thing, according to many circumstances. One just has to accept that the function and life span of any product is never a constant.
More air crashes than ever before? You have got to be joking. The total number of fatalities per year has been dropping steadily since the 1970s and on an air mile basis has been falling like a stone. You might need to check your facts rather than relying on hysterical “everything were better in my day” nonsense.
Put this fellow back on TV, im fed up with being spoken to like a child at 10pm on Discovery channel. I want kids to be inspired as i was when Tim was on TV in the 90's.
hear hear
Good thing he's on TH-cam now.
No need to fiddle faddle with those old television networks out to squeeze blood from their stone.
Just becareful, those network execs are pushing to get their hands on eyeballs here on TH-cam now, too. May we adults encourage the children of today, and, our fellows, not to fall prey to the same crummy tactics that networks like Discovery employed to glue eyes between ads.
@@abitoftheuniverse2852 Yes, and you can't get adblockers for TV!
Or being told it was aliens, Giants, or ghosts. Or giant alien ghosts. Series now playing and streaming on History and Science channel.
I mean ‘History’ and ‘Science’.
Fantastic to see this on TH-cam, cheers Tim!
7:45 You have just summed up the motor mechanic trade, why so many people say "Have a car repaired it goes wrong again more often" the mechanic is in a hurry wires get pulled on things get bent twisted etc
being able to fiddle with your car was half the enjoyment of owning it and the secret to make those oldtimey cars reliable was to allow for enough tolerance ; they wouldn't have as efficient, powerful or silent but you could fix one with a bunch of wires and hammer and often a nylon stocking could replace a drive belt and get you home; in the same time the unfiddleable cars were as unreliable and you could not fix them without specialized equipment
Ahhgg that high pitch at the background
Hehe! The old days when VW was reliable! Refusing to sell spares and even making machines that cannot be repaired has now been tried, so we can now say that doesn't work either. He's totally right about fiddling though. My GF's Toyota needed a gearbox because a clutch was done badly. We had to fix a knock the steering as a pinch bolt was loose and we just today cured a coolant leak by tightening a (non-factory) hose clamp! Poor girl spent hundreds with that garage!
These films are so charming, was this ever broadcast?
Can't believe I never saw this before🙂
It's funny - young Tim Hunkin reminds me of a young Michael Palin - lol
A wise man knows the errors of meddling! The only practical way to attempt to bring Assembly line quality to repairs is to organize the ability for products to be run back thru the assembly line to preform updates. There should be such lines for cars which are becoming classics IMO. Performed by tech who come to know where the skeletons hide.
US Airways Flight 1549 one of only a few double bird strikes/engine failures.
I love how unused fried chicken is being used to demonstrate the durability of an aircraft.
That chicken wasn't fried 😂😂 it was whole feathers on 😂 why would they fry it?? 😂
And they didn't do it for the show, they do it to test stuff all the time.
@@alec4672 Needs to be fresh not frozen
@@luviskol where did I say it needs to be frozen? 🤔 I was saying it wasn't fried 😂😂
The video seems too dark.
1:28 Good bye Hunter...
Hmmm, a 1982 production, and a reasonable contemporary philosophy, but hardly applicable today. Interesting, but very dated.
2021, with all its global production; cheap and nasty budget products; overly complex design; variable warranties; highly computerised systems; disposability mindsets; hyper specialisation in tradespeople; lesser qualified repairmen; economic rationalisation as the bottom line in every business; 1000s more DIY "experts" (e.g., TH-cam tutorials); more air crashes than ever before .... the list goes on.
Reliability is always a relative thing, according to many circumstances. One just has to accept that the function and life span of any product is never a constant.
More air crashes than ever before? You have got to be joking.
The total number of fatalities per year has been dropping steadily since the 1970s and on an air mile basis has been falling like a stone. You might need to check your facts rather than relying on hysterical “everything were better in my day” nonsense.