Comments on: Pimp My Ride UK – Review

By: Si Scott

Si Scott — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:39:13 +0000

From the episodes I’ve seen, nearly ever person who’s car they mod is from down South. I’m yet to see a northerner being “pimped”! Maybe thats just me being picky because I’m a Newcastle lad, but it seems to add to the “fake” feeling of the show.

Are they getting all these people from off the street outside the MTV building?

I remember one of the first shows, had a “rock-goth” guy on, who was meant to be in a band. He had the dread-locks and the whole “stereotype” look. But you could tell he was an actor. His goatee even looked stuck on.

This show is soooo fake. Atleast the American show had a feeling or reality to it. The people they helped seemed like genuine people who deserved to be help.

All the people I’ve seen on the UK version, have done nothing to deserve it at all.

You can tell these people are actors, or random people they pulled off the street and paid.

Considering ALL the pimp jobs I’ve seen on the UK show are sooooooo bad, they would have to be paid to like it.

Im yet to see a decent job. Every car that goes into that place, comes out looking like it was modded by a 16 yr old boy-racer.

The jobs are just stupid and completely unusable.

They pimped a guys car, so it only had one seat in the back, which looked impossible to get into. This same car which he uses to look after his little sister, and his mother?

How in gods name is he going to get his little sister and his mother, and his g/f into a car with 3 seats?

The entire show is a joke and Westwood should never be allowed on national television. If he came to my door, and went near my car, I would pick up a baseball bat and chase him down the street.

The guys in the workshop are soo fake too. You have the stereotype indie guy, the stereotype rock chick, and the some fat old guys.

The show and people on it, is trying to be this “hip”, “groovy”, “chav” thing. Its just laughable.

By: James

James — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:44:32 +0000

hes trying much to hard jsut stop!!

By: G

Sun, 07 May 2006 19:58:23 +0000

Westwood cracks me up. Hes the funniest thing on radio.

By: Steven Pike

Steven Pike — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:14:10 +0000

I hate westwood so much!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:41:02 +0000

Every time i see his fucking mug on that show I want to kick my fucking TV in….Only because he isn’t there to fuck up.

By: Giff

Giff — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:12:50 +0000

What a pile of shit, who is that old man? He looks like a pilled out dad still looking for somewhere to chillout.
Every time he opens that mouth you want to slap it shut for him.
UK has it’s own scene, own culture. We don’t need some imported trash. Talk about lost in translation.

By: Phundamental

Phundamental — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:30:33 +0000

yo, this article was a real good read, i’m gonna post the link to it on my blog. the point about employing westwood instead of a British MC was well observed, and funny as fuck. i aint seen the show, but i saw westwood’s channel u show, which was embarrassing…
peace

By: big neeks

big neeks — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:09:33 +0000

westwood does speak like a black man, i swore he was black, know waaatt-I-mean??

By: stephan

stephan — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:59:14 +0000

MTV Germany has turned “Pimp My Fahrrad” into “Pimp My Whatever” after three or four shows. Now they are even pimpin’ whole days and stuff.

By: psyenz

psyenz — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 18:02:33 +0000

superb article.
i used to listen to westwood’s show years ago just to hear him talk shite, he’s like the bastard offspring of steve coogan and ali g.

By: cro

cro — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:15:48 +0000

it is cringeworthy and funny as fuck at the same time, when I met him in a record shop I worked in he initially spoke normally, then he mentioned some “hot joints” and it all changed…..

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:16:46 +0000

I was unlucky enough to have watched an episode and I have to say that that review is spot on; they don’t really put much time in showing how the “car” is “pimped” as they whore Westwood.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:51:45 +0000

MTV Germany had the sense to turn the format into a low-budget parody called “Pimp My Fahrrad” (“Pimp My Bike”).

By: step one

step one — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:43:38 +0000

the thing that gets me about Westwood is when people( usually non hip hop heads) say that he talks like a black person

WHEN HAVE YOU EVR HEARD A BLACK PERSON SPEAK LIKE WESTWOOD? YOU HAVENT, NO ONE SPEAKS LIKE WESTWOOD ANYWHERE!!
the worrying thing is I think alot of the rappers he comes into contact with think heads in the UK are like him…

By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:39:20 +0000

There’s no doubt Westwood did some great radio while in his prime but you have to admit he’s gone off the rails in recent years.