Wheeler Dealers TV show

boardsuser1 · 02-11-2014 07:55PM #1

Anyone watch this?? Edd China is gifted, my opinions of Mike Brewer are very negative though

demanufactured · 02-11-2014 08:04PM

KC161 wrote: »

Anyone watch this?? Edd China is gifted, my opinions of Mike Brewer are very negative though

Great show

boardsuser1 · 02-11-2014 08:08PM

demanufactured wrote: »

Great show

Agreed,to single out one particular episode as a favourite though would be difficult

Bpmull · 02-11-2014 08:09PM

edd is very good. I think he has his own business were he makes a lot of unique vehicles for advertising and stuff. He has an engineering degree too very intelligent skilled guy infairness. The only thing about the show is the part where they work out profit is bit stupid they never consider labour costs and the amount of time that is but into the vehicles I still think its a very good show though.

boardsuser1 · 02-11-2014 08:22PM

Bpmull wrote: »

edd is very good. I think he has his own business were he makes a lot of unique vehicles for advertising and stuff. He has an engineering degree too very intelligent skilled guy infairness. The only thing about the show is the part where they work out profit is bit stupid they never consider labour costs and the amount of time that is but into the vehicles I still think its a very good show though.

Yeah the labour costs are an issue, as proven by the handful of losses been made or in some cases breaking even,the Renault alpine is one that comes to mind

Chimaera · 02-11-2014 08:42PM

The original concept for the show was that someone with a bit of know-how in the oily bits department could buy up a car cheap, repair it and sell it on for a profit. The profit would be the payment for labour.

bop1977 · 02-11-2014 09:31PM

Yes since it got more popular it's lost its original charm. Ed used to do all the work and try to spend as little as possible. Now that they have a seemingly unlimited budget they don't do as much work to the cars as they used to.

Leonard Hofstadter · 02-11-2014 09:46PM

bop1977 wrote: »

Yes since it got more popular it's lost its original charm. Ed used to do all the work and try to spend as little as possible. Now that they have a seemingly unlimited budget they don't do as much work to the cars as they used to.

I'm not so sure about that. When they did up the Audi TT (which was in the last series), Edd stripped down its gearbox. The only thing he didn't do was replace the LCD display, which is a fairly specialist thing to do. They generally only splash the cash if there's a huge potential profit margin; for example when they did up the Capri (on series one) Edd sprayed part of the car himself, but it was never a car that was massively desirable in the first place. Contrast that with the Mk1 Mini on series one, which was fully repainted.

I agree it has changed quite a bit since the original series was aired, but not neccesarily in a bad way.

Chris_Heilong · 02-11-2014 10:00PM

I didnt like what they did to the 2 Japanese imports when they had them, the R33 Skyline and the RX-7, talk about not having a clue. Other than that I like it, I feel Mick acts like 'the wheeler dealer' just for the camera and he knows what he is talking about but plays it down.

beauf · 02-11-2014 10:06PM

I like the show. But Mick cheeky chappy routine, is embarrassing. He goes to fairly interesting places to get things done. But the dealing aspect its comical. Mainly watch it for Ed.

Tzardine · 02-11-2014 10:08PM

Old out yer and.

sheesh · 02-11-2014 10:09PM

KC161 wrote: »

Anyone watch this?? Edd China is gifted, my opinions of Mike Brewer are very negative though

in fairness you need him to break up the show. Although ed china on his own doing demonstrations of car maintenance tutorials would be great viewing.

beauf · 02-11-2014 10:09PM

Tzardine wrote: »

Old out yer and.

... its like nails down a blackboard.

old_aussie · 02-11-2014 10:12PM

Fantastic show, Mike and Edd make a great team.

A lot of the cars they resurrect are for a limited market so they do pretty good.

They also make a tidy profit selling the show.

tat tar

Cienciano · 02-11-2014 10:12PM

I love it. You have to see through the bits with Mike that are obviously staged. The profit made at the end doesn't really matter. And the people buying obviously agreed on a price beforehand.
IF they really wanted to make money they'd stick to one or 2 types of car, they'd have loads of spares from scrapped versions, Ed would know them inside out and Mike would know exactly what to look for when buying. But a quick look on wiki tells me they did 141 episodes, that's 141 different cars.

beauf · 02-11-2014 10:14PM

sheesh wrote: »

in fairness you need him to break up the show. Although ed china on his own doing demonstrations of car maintenance tutorials would be great viewing.

True. They should make his part better.

Putting him in a Chinook to be shot at was a step too far though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAjoxc1Qa9U

Guy:Incognito · 02-11-2014 10:47PM

Cienciano wrote: »

I love it. You have to see through the bits with Mike that are obviously staged. The profit made at the end doesn't really matter. And the people buying obviously agreed on a price beforehand.
IF they really wanted to make money they'd stick to one or 2 types of car, they'd have loads of spares from scrapped versions, Ed would know them inside out and Mike would know exactly what to look for when buying. But a quick look on wiki tells me they did 141 episodes, that's 141 different cars.

I'd say the appeal of a shop buying cheap Avensis' , fixing them up and flogging them to local minicab drivers every week would get old fairly fast

iano.p · 03-11-2014 08:35AM

I think ed is great and like to look at it but I only record it now to fast forward all the bits with mike he just is gone so annoying.

MrFrisp · 03-11-2014 10:38AM

sheesh wrote: »

in fairness you need him to break up the show. Although ed china on his own doing demonstrations of car maintenance tutorials would be great viewing.

Cool idea..

To me, that would make one fantastic show.
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JC01 · 03-11-2014 11:56AM

It's a decent show as car shows go but sometimes I wonder what the hell there at. Destroying that rx7 with the poxy graphics comes to mind.

I'd also wonder just how much work is done off camera; balljoints always pop for edd first tap of a hammer, bolts are never seized/snap etc. and when he buys a car that "could" be a "lemon" it ALWAYS turns out to be a minor problem like that TT gearbox or the Cossie that only needed valve stems instead of rings.

db · 03-11-2014 12:03PM

JC01 wrote: »

It's a decent show as car shows go but sometimes I wonder what the hell there at. Destroying that rx7 with the poxy graphics comes to mind.

I'd also wonder just how much work is done off camera; balljoints always pop for edd first tap of a hammer, bolts are never seized/snap etc. and when he buys a car that "could" be a "lemon" it ALWAYS turns out to be a minor problem like that TT gearbox or the Cossie that only needed valve stems instead of rings.

Or the Morgan that needed a full chassis replacement.

mloc123 · 03-11-2014 12:27PM

Mike is a pleb, my wife hates him when I watch the show... she likes Ed, doesn't everyone?

At the rate Mike is expanding he will not fit into any of the cars soon enough.

JC01 · 03-11-2014 02:27PM

db wrote: »

Or the Morgan that needed a full chassis replacement.

He bought that knowing it needed doing, same as a TVR with the same issue. They "made" a fortune on both cars iirc.

I do like the show and il watch it if it's on just experience tells me things don't work out half as good with cars 80% of the time.

Chimaera · 03-11-2014 02:33PM

JC01 wrote: »

It's a decent show as car shows go but sometimes I wonder what the hell there at. Destroying that rx7 with the poxy graphics comes to mind.

I'd also wonder just how much work is done off camera; balljoints always pop for edd first tap of a hammer, bolts are never seized/snap etc. and when he buys a car that "could" be a "lemon" it ALWAYS turns out to be a minor problem like that TT gearbox or the Cossie that only needed valve stems instead of rings.

It's TV: they're there to tell a story and entertain the masses. They'll show the tricky stuff when there's a useful point to be made but otherwise I'd imagine a lot of work gets done behind the scenes. Apart from anything else, they're condensing down a full vehicle restoration into 45 minutes of TV, stuff has to be left out.

franer1970 · 03-11-2014 02:35PM

I've wondered if real world mechanics watch the show in disbelief as Edd cleans and paints yet another component that will never be seen again, just because it's good practice.

carsfan · 03-11-2014 02:53PM

There is a Facebook page about the show that I'm afraid shows that all is not what it appears on the programme.
Anomalies and the fact that the cars don't really get sold etc.
It's a pity as it spoiled the show after that for me.

*Kol* · 03-11-2014 04:10PM

I like the show. I would say that they must have a few cars that were started and never made it to air. And i agree nobody could have tat much good luck with ball joints.!!

I remember the BMW 850 was sold to an Irish guy. I think i may have seen it the other day.

jayo26 · 24-08-2015 09:04PM

Well anyone watch this? Fiat panda 4x4 tonight i had one of these when was chap as a run about when was younger was fun thing to drive on the country

beauf · 24-08-2015 10:06PM

Sounds good must look for that.

DaveHumphreys · 24-08-2015 11:54PM

Tend to try to avoid the start and end bits with Brewer...

millington · 25-08-2015 10:34AM

Always worth a watch and you might learn something. I found the spark test with the Jag XJ Coupe interesting. It shows people that enjoy working on cars that they can do it and not lose money, even make a small bit. It's not designed to show a great business oppurtunity.

It's an hour long program, they can't fit in 25 minutes of sledging and swearing to get a balljoint bet out.

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