For the attention of Mike Brewer

[Cavcraft]

I watched the green Porsche 911 one the other night and the only thing that married it slightly was Mike didn't roll up honking the horn as a surpised Ed came out of the workshop. It's probably put on but I liked that bit of the show.

[gary_davidson]

I know the buyer of the bond bug shown was the actual buyer rather than a stand in

[brickwall]

I never got over the P38A

[phil_lihp]

They've got progressively better with each series I reckon, As long as you don't take it too seriously or over-analyse it it's got plenty of useful tips and it's entertaining, about all I ask from a TV show.

[Station]

I also like it, I don't really find Mike Brewer that annoying. I found that whole 007 thing with the Aston Martin a bit painful though.

[RedSparrow]

Well, I'm just looking forward to the next series of 'Classic Car Rescue'.

[Alfamale]

It's well known that when they did the Delta Integrale,it had the full steering rack replaced, an engine out job. On the programme, new suspension and arb bushes 'cured' the problem.

[face]

Well, I'm just looking forward to the next series of 'Classic Car Rescue'.

 

Quite frankly, who isn't?

[messerschmitt owner]

Quite frankly, who isn't?

they bought the MG from the man up the street from me - the rusty knackered one, as opposed to the other rusty knackered one they finished with.

[brickwall]

I can't wait for the over analaysis on these very boards. It was fun last time. I wonder if the production team have taken any heed.

[Junkman]

Does Discovery not have an I-player?

[brickwall]

Nah! It's pay TV

[dugong]

It's well known that when they did the Delta Integrale,it had the full steering rack replaced, an engine out job. On the programme, new suspension and arb bushes 'cured' the problem.

Er, and it was RHD if memory serves. It might not, I got coal for Christmas.

[Cavcraft]

He's got his own car showroom now in Sheffield...

 

 

http://www.mikebrewermotors.com/

 

..apologies if you already knew that etc.

[New POD]

All the buyers have equity cards, just like on sarah beeny's property programmes.

[Des]

That show needs some realism, normal dealer behavior, like scamming vendors of the complete V5 so they can do petrol station drive offs, park where they fucking like and not give a fuck who takes their registration down while out dogging, moody MOTs, shoving the valeter at the main dealer £20 to stamp up a service history while everyone's at lunch, clocking hysterical amounts off the mileage and flogging punters a photocopy of a photocopy of a forged extended warranty pocketing the cash while giving the punters missus the old verbals that border on sexual assault and then spunking the profit on a jizzload of charlie and a weekend doing brasses.

[Lord Sterling]

He's got his own car showroom now in Sheffield...  http://www.mikebrewermotors.com/ ..apologies if you already knew that etc.

Didn't Mike "owd ahht yer ahhhnd" Brewer and Edd "Me owd" China do a show from similar road-side Dealership where they taught these so-called "members of the public" how to sell and buy cars? Mike doing the teaching and Edd doing the mechanics on sellers motors.

 

I seem to remember some bald lad trying to sell an E34 5-series being rather bemused that he had to actually tidy up and wash his car in order to attract punters.

[sheffcortinacentre]

yep he has & its the last place i'd even go near.

[Felly Magic]

Yeah it was called Auto Trader, and it was better than WD by a country mile, showed you how to spot a cut & shut, stolen cars etc etc, and got people to road test  then choose out of 3 cars they would like to buy etc, none of this flim flam of WD

[Jim Bergerac]

Anybody remember 'Deals on Wheels'(?) fronted by Brewer on Channel 4 in the late nineties? IIRC, he helped people sell their old motors.

 

Two stick in my mind, an episode where a woman struggled to sell a BX and another where a bloke was selling a Hyundai Stellar and had to remove the personalised plate before selling. How I am able to remember such random details after nearly 15 years I do not know.

[Sudsprint]

I watched the green Porsche 911 one the other night and the only thing that married it slightly was Mike didn't roll up honking the horn as a surpised Ed came out of the workshop. It's probably put on but I liked that bit of the show.

 

I think i may have misunderstood this post but......

[nigel bickle]

I was the bloke selling the split screen Traveller (& Alfa Guilietta, which I never saw screened......)

[Sloth in a bowl]

If Brewer ever turned up at my place to buy a car there would be an agreement to pay full asking price off camera before I let them deal me down to what ever makes a good story for them on camera.

The cost for them to get the crew to another car, outweighs their loss on not getting a real bargain by some margin.

 

I do wonder if some of the deals are done beforehand by a researcher to avoid this sort of TV film crew tax.

[face]

The deals are surely agreed up-front, probably with a completely different price to what we see on camera. Especially when Brewer is buying.

[burraston2006]

I wouldn't trust that smarmy bugger to piss on me if I was on fire. I think I'd rather walk than by a car off of him unless of course that temperature in hell starts to dip below feezing.

[cort16]

I like the program but I agree they should do more real world dealer scenarios like how to remove the ABS and EML warning bulbs from behind the dash, the best way to put your hand over the APR part of the finance agreement so the customer can't see they're being charged 276% APR and explaining to buyers of new cars why their v5 turned up 2 months before the car arrives.

[Junkman]

Wasn't there a show a few years back, where they taught couples how to have a better shag?

Was a bit like Holmes on Homes, just that they didn't do anything to the house.

[Bobthebeard]

Wasn't there a show a few years back, where they taught couples how to have a better shag?

Was a bit like Holmes on Homes, just that they didn't do anything to the house.

Errr.... Possibly, but I didn't see it. If I had then things may* have been different.

[Lord Sterling]

Anybody remember 'Deals on Wheels'(?) fronted by Brewer on Channel 4 in the late nineties? IIRC, he helped people sell their old motors. Two stick in my mind, an episode where a woman struggled to sell a BX and another where a bloke was selling a Hyundai Stellar and had to remove the personalised plate before selling. How I am able to remember such random details after nearly 15 years I do not know.

I remember Deals on Wheels, very mid 90s low-budget production. But down to earth and real world nontheless.

 

I remember the lady selling the BX, the lady was childrens party entertainer and her car had been decorated to match her 'clown' image. I think I remember the BX being scrapped because it failed an MOT and/or failed to sell.

[carlo]

I really like the program as well, I think they both are good in front of the camera and quite natural; particularly enjoyed the discussion between them when he bought back the '62 Cadillac this week.  Shame though they then had to ruin the car with that awful pea green paint job with decals on the bonnet.  The worst thing is Brewer's mock excitement every time he drives the cars but I can quite happily watch episodes all night.