I Want That Car ITV4

[UmBongo]

Dude has a grand to spend and he has to choose between a boy-racer Astra, a rusting ZX-R and a 96k Polo with dents along the sides.

 

What would you choose?

[skattrd]

There's hundreds of better of options than any of those in the ebay tat thread.

[Pillock]

I'm just about to watch it on +1.

The intro has me cringing already.... 

[Junkman]

What would you choose?

The JRG 825 koop currently in the Ebay tat thread.

[phil_lihp]

You could go through any number of decent cars for sale on here and come away with at least 3 for that budget.

[UmBongo]

I think their researchers need sacking.

[Pillock]

So far I've learned that a chrome bumper MG doesn't have traction control or electronic brake distribution.

 

*sigh*

[skoda_norman]

Is this a new show? 

[UmBongo]

I think so, this is episode 2.

 

Although I'm pretty sure ITV have done summat similar in the past.

[bub2006]

I've just put it on catch up on sky. The only good thing so far is her arse.

[Lord Sterling]

I watched a bit of it and found it basically shit. Most punters have far too much money to spend, the one I saw had some lad with 18k to spend on buying a flashy car because its flashy and they think itll instantly make them cool. Then some young posh bint presenter was banging on very smugly about how the Audi is a great buy because she made so much money selling 'popular' Audi TTs in her business.

 

It was at that point I switched off.

[alf892]

Saw it for first time last night. The fella who wanted the classic was always going to have the Mini. He wanted a classic but it was actually going to be his second car for his wife to use and he had a kid. He had the choice of his dream car but took the mini.

 

No balls!

 

Also that bird was not that hot a doing a deal..............on both she got FA off after falling for a variation of 'i've got another buyer'

 

as above though.........she does have a nice arse.

[Alexg]

Can't really criticise the bird for lack of discount, the Astra was good value and actually sold before that geezer could buy it. The Porsche seller wouldn't budge on price, if it's cheap enough they won't have to.

 

The production of the whole thing is a bit crap. Lots of dub-step music and panning around the cars, many repeats of the same shots, clips of the wrong car shown, it's a really stretched out show too - not a lot happens in 45 minutes.

[cort16]

It's a new low

[Station]

43 year old sales Rep Executive feels his life has no meaning due to having a massive bald patch on the top of his head, a massive gut, an ugly wife and horrible, parasitic children. His daily driver is an Audi A4 3.0TDi. He wants to 'recapture' his youth and have something 'for the weekend' and for 'track days'*. He has 25,000 to spend. What does he buy?

 

a ) An MGB

b ) An Escort RS Turbo for 17 grand (from KFG motors)

c ) A Mini

 

(* will never, ever see the track)

 

Repeat every week.

[Mr Livered]

I've managed to watch this, unlike the Syrena thing, due to having "down loaded" an "app" on my "smart telephone" for the purpose.

 

That poor fellow with a grand to spend... he was presented with a choice of three cars, none of which I would have wanted to buy.

 

It was even slightly disappointing on the bottom front.

[Mr Livered]

Not front bottom - bottom front.

[brickwall]

The Astra was all sporty suspension and silly grill and he'll get rogered by the insurance.

[John F]

This show sounds unwatchably shit.

 

Re. its spoilt-brat title - weren't they ever told as children that "I want never gets"?

[brickwall]

^Bingo!

[quicksilver]

I only saw the last 5 minutes but frankly that was enough. A choice of a rusty old ZR, blinged-up Astra or dull as ditchwater Polo is hardly exciting stuff and I wouldn't touch any of them with a barge pole. Also, was that Mini not rather salty at 10k? Surely it only cost that new or am I out of touch with the values of those things?

 

Just once can't someone somewhere make a decent car show for people who genuinely like and know about cars and aren't utter morons?

[Mr Livered]

The bit that really made me lol was the chap's attempt to big up the Polo.

 

"You get that VW badge," (or words to that effect), "and you'll be able to see that VW logo EVERY TIME you get in the car."

 

Cue sage nodding of heads. Wow - what a spectacular selling point...

[Station]

The bit that really made me lol was the chap's attempt to big up the Polo.

 

"You get that VW badge," (or words to that effect), "and you'll be able to see that VW logo EVERY TIME you get in the car."

 

Cue sage nodding of heads. Wow - what a spectacular selling point...

 

Thank Christ I missed/avoided it. Since when did VW turn into a supercar manufacturer (apart from owning Bugatti)? Arseholes!

 

"You get to see that badge, etc"

 

"Yeah, OK, I'll take the Rover/Astra".

[Pillock]

Aaah but the MG, well guaranteed HGF. According to dickwipe on the tellybox.

[Station]

So really, with the MG having immiment HGF and the Astra being shit, as they AR ORL SHIT, we're left with the Polo that will never breakdown, because 'it just has that VW badge'.

[HillmanImp]

I think I watched this the week before (well about 2 mins of it). Some chap was looking at a sporstcar so they were lining him up with a TT to buy with his £18k budget on the bit I watched IIRC.

 

TBH its not worth getting upset about, its not aimed at us. Its 'Location Location Location' but with cars. Its aimed at call centre assitant team leaders who feel that they need the car to go with the job and quite frankly an £18k TT pretty much hits the nail on the head for cunts like that.  

[phil_lihp]

When I worked in a call centre (in house IT support I should add, not sales!) our manager had a convertible TT funnily enough and it must be said, he was a spectacular bellend.

[cort16]

It should be called "I want that car - program to end".

 

We should make an autoshite version where we get in a contestant who wants a practical family car that seats 7 but will look good in the company car park then spend 42 days going through every new car on the market, writing them all off as being shit one at a time then forcing the contestant to buy a 12 year old Rover 75 with a blown headgasket.

 

We could call it OMGHFG Blues or Through the Rust Hole

[Mr Livered]

"Through the Rust Hole" sounds good. I'd watch it.

[overrun]

I saw part of one episode with a Fiesta, Clio and DS3.

Complete with drain pipe music.