Set your tapes to Record! Wheeler Dealers Tuesday 4:30pm

Alright Guys and Girls, wanted to let you all know if you dont already know that the infamous episode where they do everything wrong including putting the side strips on upside down on a mk1GTI is on tv. Just caught the end of part one, part two is at 4:30 tommorow on Discovery RT Extra. And at the end Mike Brewer said he was gona scower the country hunting some "MEGA RARE alloys with the P's on" , P-slots, what is he on about they aint rare. Anyway try watch it, James

Link to the DVD http://www.greenumbrellashop.co.uk/acatalo..._DVD__1306.html

I have the DVD of this episode and its a riot My friends and I were shouting at the TV.. problem is Mr.Brewer doesnt know enough about the subject matter.. "Bodge ups using parts from crashed cars..are to be avoided" Then goes to buy parts from a breakers to do it up?! "Armor door plates are good idea"! Spot welded slam panels?  "Red insert in the bumpers and black spoiler decal down side that says GTI" Does he not know that hes thinking of a MK2???? He also says the brakes are bad as they are revved hard? Not a mention of cross linkages. He missed the wrong door pulls and wrong front spoiler and gets told its cheaper to swap the tailgate as the black surround is rare and hard to get  

I remember that particular episode quite well…  :wink:  

Cheers,

Drew.

its on at 12.30 tonight part 1 discover rt extra part 2 4.30pm tomorrow same channel, i've never had the pleasure.

Mike Brewer….What a doughnut!!

I like it when he goes to Volksapart in Plumstead and they sell him the wrong grill and other wrong parts!!!    

Leave it to the proffesionals???

Drew yours looks lovely just glad he didnt tell you it was missing the GTI script stickers on the side :wink:

drew said

I remember that particular episode quite well…  :wink:  

Cheers,

Drew.

And…..you let him drive your car 8O

A classic episode,  

Why has no'one mentioned those hideous centre caps to the P slot alloys? How hard could it possibly be to paint them silver? They looked absolutely awful! The car just looked like a bodge from start to finish! I think I would have much rather bought it in its original condition and done it myself! I was gutted…Couldn't believe what I was seeing!  :x

Was awfull. has any one seen his new programme, 'Auto Trader'?

Used to like wheeler dealers where Ed did all the work and Mike would sell the end product allowing them to break even at best.

Even more cringe making were the 'deals', done on 'deals on wheels', I recall Mike bought an escort at auction using all his car dealing skills and after various 'wheeler dealing', broke even, or the time he travelled to Germany to buy an M3 and having brought it back, sold it and Broke even…(if you haven't seen the prog I think you get the jist),the list is endless.

Awfull yet strangely compelling.

HAIRYARSE Has a video link somewhere :dontknow:  :roll:  with mike n ed slating my car on stage at the NEC last month! Mike spotted the P's but not the faux MK1 centrecaps! he wasnt too sure about kamei either :mrgreen:

I thought you led that interview well Doug They weren't exactly polite!

did you see them centre caps                  

I've got this on DVD too.

They made a hash of the MK1, But I love the series!!

Series is entertaining, but Brewer hasn't got a clue . Saw a wheeler dealer the other night on the BMW 6 series in which he bought a 'bargain' 6 series for ?2000 to do up, surely with his expert knowledge he could have found cheaper one than that :dontknow: . As he was bragging about how great the car was a camera shot showed the exhaust puffing some blue smoke    

what a load of utter rubbish, don't no how they get away talkin such rubbish, The woman that brought it was such a put up, she sounded like she was reading the script off her arm!! car turned out presentable though, except the upside down side stripes and black centre caps!!

http://community.disco…/tpc/f/850108/m/871109262

bit of info for you

Have you got the link Hairyarse?

I only caught the last couple of seconds of the interview on stage as I was drooling over AC Cobras at the time



Sorry.  Nothing to do with Mk1s but they were lovely.

the wheeler dealers mk1 ended up in the west midlands around 99/2000  as my mate had it.    said it was as rotten as a carrot but drove really nice,  bodywork was rough though, he eventually sold it on with a set of le-castalettes (spelling?)  for less than 1k

I had the (mis)fortune of meeting mike brewer last year he came into my workplace to film a show,he honestly does love the MK1 and thinks its the best car of a generation,so you cant slate him for that.

A repeat is on now, just missed 1st part, watching 2nd on discovery turbo, comes on at 14.30 today
Pete :wink: