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mattb46 said:
stuartmmcfc said:
Watching on catch up now. Very good episode again.
Away from the cars though, I bet his Sister was really hot when she was younger
I thought she was still pretty hot!Away from the cars though, I bet his Sister was really hot when she was younger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqVQgauJDt8
tr7v8 said:
mattb46 said:
stuartmmcfc said:
Watching on catch up now. Very good episode again.
Away from the cars though, I bet his Sister was really hot when she was younger
I thought she was still pretty hot!Away from the cars though, I bet his Sister was really hot when she was younger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqVQgauJDt8
zeb said:
As wheeler dealers seems to have disappeared up its own americanised flue i think Car SOS is perfectly placed to take on the mantle of the only british programme that actually does show a restoration (and for a deserving cause too.) Long may it continue.
Well, there's For the Love of Cars as well, similar format but with a profit motive rather than the SOS side of it, though I don't know if there's any more of that on the way. But is Car SOS continuing, as Fuzz has left Westgate Classics now? Or did that make no difference? I have seen the odd post on FB about it, but that might have been about the series I've just seen.droopsnoot said:
Well, there's For the Love of Cars as well, similar format but with a profit motive rather than the SOS side of it, though I don't know if there's any more of that on the way. But is Car SOS continuing, as Fuzz has left Westgate Classics now? Or did that make no difference? I have seen the odd post on FB about it, but that might have been about the series I've just seen.
There's also the comedy gold that is Classic Car Rescue.Having watched the 911 story from series 2 that was repeated the other day, Tim's "comedy" bits in the most recent series annoy me even more. In the 911 prog, he was perfectly fine. For example he went to get some work done on the seats, just walked up to the trimmer, asked him to do the job, watched while he was repairing a rip, asked interesting questions, came back when the job was done. Much better than pretending to break in and fool the bloke into helping him.
droopsnoot said:
zeb said:
As wheeler dealers seems to have disappeared up its own americanised flue i think Car SOS is perfectly placed to take on the mantle of the only british programme that actually does show a restoration (and for a deserving cause too.) Long may it continue.
Well, there's For the Love of Cars as well, similar format but with a profit motive rather than the SOS side of it, though I don't know if there's any more of that on the way. But is Car SOS continuing, as Fuzz has left Westgate Classics now? Or did that make no difference? I have seen the odd post on FB about it, but that might have been about the series I've just seen.Some good bits, and some bad bits.
Infuriatingly, they started off (correctly) using the term "UR" (pronounced "oor") to describe the car, but by the end of the programme they'd started pronouncing it as initials. And the usual rubbish about it being basically scrap because it wants a bit of welding, and Tim phoning around people who were clearly not specialists and asking for bits for an "Audi 80 U.R." and wondering why he couldn't get any.
Still, looked like a nice car when done.
Infuriatingly, they started off (correctly) using the term "UR" (pronounced "oor") to describe the car, but by the end of the programme they'd started pronouncing it as initials. And the usual rubbish about it being basically scrap because it wants a bit of welding, and Tim phoning around people who were clearly not specialists and asking for bits for an "Audi 80 U.R." and wondering why he couldn't get any.
Still, looked like a nice car when done.
The beneficiary was undoubtedly a deserving case, but the donor 'car' was essentially just an engine! The body such as it was was a pile of rust and there was no transmission, suspension etc, just three old engines. Unlike previous restorations this one consisted of giving somebody a replacement car with their old engine in it.
Hoping for better episodes as the series continues...
Hoping for better episodes as the series continues...
Tony427 said:
Tuned in specially but the cringeworthy, scripted, "entertainment", cheeky chappy Tim crap had me switching over after 5 minutes. I swear its got even worse and more time wasting
It was worse than it's been in previous series. I was watching "Silent Witness" so I recorded Car SOS, which is the best way as it means I can skip over the filler (basically most of Tim's stuff, the history bits, faffing about driving a completely different car around the roof of the Fiat plant) and get through the lot in about 30 minutes.As above, that's the one and only time they've had to do and given the Bloke's story how could you say no?
In fairness to this particular case, the man had no real connection to that shell, it wasn't a car he'd driven as a younger man or anything like that, I don't think it ever ran during his ownership - he wanted to restore a 500 for his wife, the connection was to an old reg plate, which they used.
In fairness to this particular case, the man had no real connection to that shell, it wasn't a car he'd driven as a younger man or anything like that, I don't think it ever ran during his ownership - he wanted to restore a 500 for his wife, the connection was to an old reg plate, which they used.
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