Wheeler Dealers TV show

jimmyw · 07-10-2015 8:28pm

kupus wrote: »

yeah he died , no more car talk, i havent a clue how to save podcasts so i usuallly stream it from that site. works for me anyway!!

What ever floats yer boat, but I used to get it from itunes.I now get it from the media go app.I usually want to listen to it when I am out walking.

mloc123 · 12-10-2015 4:09pm

Honda s2000 tonight... Previous similar cars have not ended well...

The 'drift' skyline
The RX7 with the gash wheels and spoiler
The Impreza with viper stripes

Doesn't bode well

boardsuser1 · 12-10-2015 4:25pm

mloc123 wrote: »

Honda s2000 tonight... Previous similar cars have not ended well...

The 'drift' skyline
The RX7 with the gash wheels and spoiler
The Impreza with viper stripes

Doesn't bode well

love these cars but that one is probably one of the worst episodes I have ever seen.

Tzardine · 12-10-2015 5:48pm

mloc123 wrote: »

Honda s2000 tonight... Previous similar cars have not ended well...

The 'drift' skyline
The RX7 with the gash wheels and spoiler
The Impreza with viper stripes

Doesn't bode well

Dont forget the Nissan Skyline they turned into a drift car with a 500 quid budget,

They lashed a stupid, massive , second hand spoiler on it . Instant drift car lol

They also spent ages showing an Irish lad doing the wheel alignment / camber like it was some massive job.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-10-2015 5:51pm

This post has been deleted.

MetzgerMeister · 12-10-2015 7:38pm

9pm on Discovery

boardsuser1 · 12-10-2015 7:46pm

Tzardine wrote: »

Dont forget the Nissan Skyline they turned into a drift car with a 500 quid budget,
They lashed a stupid, massive , second hand spoiler on it . Instant drift car lol

They also spent ages showing an Irish lad doing the wheel alignment / camber like it was some massive job.

the impreza with the skyline engine???

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-10-2015 9:47pm

This post has been deleted.

colm_mcm · 12-10-2015 9:55pm

What happened?

Senecio · 12-10-2015 9:57pm

I can't understand how the previous owner poored so much money into the engine but wasn't able to get the faulty Lamda sensor and VTEC controller diagnosed.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-10-2015 10:01pm

This post has been deleted.

Henry Ford III · 12-10-2015 10:25pm

Nice car when it was finished.

boardsuser1 · 13-10-2015 9:48am

Not the first time I've seen someone buy back their own car on it,but as was pointed out,the original mechanic who worked on it before it was sold must have been rubbish.

Sam Kade · 13-10-2015 9:54am

edburg wrote: »

Find that hard to believe being an he is a engineer and having watched him live at NEC to. He knew what he was doing at NEC and had no help with work there. Sure he run a workshop for Brewer's garage before opening one of his own.

I will say is welding is average compared to some, some the work I seen needed a quite a bit of tidying up before paint. Having said that he is an all rounder so good at everything but great at something.

jayo26 wrote: »

I agree i think he is more of an old school mechanic and as mentioned several times over the years he learned his trade on the air cooled vws over the years.

He must have been telling lies when I saw him being interviewed on TV as I more or less quoted what he said.

jayo26 · 13-10-2015 10:57am

Sam Kade wrote: »

He must have been telling lies when I saw him being interviewed on TV as I more or less quoted what he said.

Ed was just having ya on id say

Tzardine · 13-10-2015 11:41am

The S2000 is for sale on ebay. Seems like the guy that 'bought' it was a set up. Interesting to read the description on the add. There was an awful lot more done to solve the problems than shown on the tv. Including a honda technician being brought in to work on the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-S2000-2003-/301763958806?hash=item4642889816

StereoSound · 13-10-2015 12:06pm

Its all entertainment I suppose. I thought when I watched the show last night it seemed setup how the original owner bought it back. Cool car though, not sure I'd want that particular one since it had a problematic history. I'd want a loved one from day one.

boardsuser1 · 13-10-2015 12:19pm

Tzardine wrote: »

The S2000 is for sale on ebay. Seems like the guy that 'bought' it was a set up. Interesting to read the description on the add. There was an awful lot more done to solve the problems than shown on the tv. Including a honda technician being brought in to work on the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-S2000-2003-/301763958806?hash=item4642889816

I wonder when was the car actually sold off,if you look at when he was doing an internet search you could clearly see the date was April 2015,however that photo is the wheeler dealers garage and their yellow Mercedes sprinter van,interesting to know from search to "resale" how long did it all take I wonder.weeks,months maybe.

edburg · 13-10-2015 6:29pm

Senecio wrote: »

I can't understand how the previous owner poored so much money into the engine but wasn't able to get the faulty Lamda sensor and VTEC controller diagnosed.

Rebuilt engine and probably checked that part but instead of fitting the seals Ed used he took a short cut and caused the problem using silicone instead, after the rebuild work was done.

No comment on lambda sensor.

edburg · 13-10-2015 6:36pm

KC161 wrote: »

Not the first time I've seen someone buy back their own car on it,but as was pointed out,the original mechanic who worked on it before it was sold must have been rubbish.

Didn't a farmer buy some cheapo ferrari/2 seater thing in red back that was sitting in his barn for ages.

boardsuser1 · 13-10-2015 7:28pm

edburg wrote: »

Didn't a farmer buy some cheapo ferrari/2 seater thing in red back that was sitting in his barn for ages.

yeah,at least I think it was a Ferrari,but this thing with the S2000 being bought back must be a fix unless the seller/buyer was told stuff off screen about what was done to it off camera/behind the scenes,that car sold for £7000 yet is on ebay for £7500 with the attached photo's taken at WD HQ,or did the guy in the arsenal jersey buy it and not want to appear on camera

Henry Ford III · 13-10-2015 7:57pm

edburg wrote: »

Didn't a farmer buy some cheapo ferrari/2 seater thing in red back that was sitting in his barn for ages.

Porsche 914 I think.

edburg · 13-10-2015 8:46pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Porsche 914 I think.

Could be I cant remember, just a passing memory of a cheap 2 seater from a super car brand.

hi5 · 14-10-2015 9:11am

Yes, it was a Porsche 914. The Snakeskin Mazda RX7 was also bought back by the original owner.

boardsuser1 · 16-10-2015 9:52am

here's the next car for the dynamic duo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_M12

BMJD · 16-10-2015 1:43pm

I was very disappointed with the RX7 episode, it was crying out for a car in need of an engine rebuild .

boardsuser1 · 16-10-2015 2:09pm

the mx5 wasn't a great turn around either

MetzgerMeister · 16-10-2015 2:27pm

They should have done an engine rebuild on the RX7 and show the world what it's like to get it done and have Mike act the gobsh!te putting in a seal or something like that rather than the utter nonsense that went on. Snakeskin??? Da fvck!?

jayo26 · 16-10-2015 3:10pm

The american porche is the one i hated the most followed by the mazda. That green was terrible.

Another of my favorite was the old 6 series Beemer that was a gorgeous original car.

jayo26 · 16-10-2015 3:15pm

Oh and another high recomendation i completely forgot about the other day but if any of ye are into a real engineeering car build i have been following bad obsession motorsport on youtube the past couple of years they are building an old mini with a gt four engine and running gear its a must watch.

https://youtu.be/7hCPODjJO7s

Wheeler Dealers TV show

Comments