Wheeler dealers 2016.

[tedman]

ZX10R NIN said:

True but did you see the price for the respray & don't forget they were welding & treating the rust patches themselves.

Your right it probably was paid for by Honda.

Hmm thinking about it, it most definitely was.

1. A classic Honda

2. A new super-efficient Honda

3. Selling the finished car to Honda

Lots of little promos everywhere.

The new fake banter between Mike and Edd is getting on my tits though. Painful to watch.

[Faust66]

chris watton said:

Last night's was on a par with the Pacer monstrosity for badness..

I was thinking this last night - pretty dire episode and I hit fast forward on more than once occasion (NEVER done that before with a new episode of WD).

That 'hyper miler' bloke… can you imagine how tragic his life is?

"Hey guess what, honey. I got me an extra 0.2 mpg on that thar freeway today. Yeehaw!" (wife heads to the bedroom for a little cry and reflects on the startlingly high number of 'accidental' US spousal shootings…)

[CooperD]

Just seen that the Amphicar from a couple of series ago is up for auction in Denmark soon.

www.silverstoneauctions.com/1967-amphicar-cv770

[FourWheelDrift]

So Honda bought it? I think they are the only people who would as the only other people on the market who would want an old Civic would be hard up students and they'd not pay Wheeler Dealers money for it.

[stephen300o]

FourWheelDrift said:

Started to watch it after Game of Throne to watch it on +1. Turned off after 5 minutes, dreary hateful little box.

I can't be bothered with game of thrones either.

[Winky151]

When they rolled the car off the low loader the rear wheel looked like it wasn't tightened up.

[Cupramax]

Yeah i noticed that, looked like something binding but the whole wheel seemed to shudder when it was rolling backwards.

[Marty Funkhouser]

Why oh why do we now need to have the painful "banter" between Ed and Mike?? It adds nothing to the show.

[littlebasher]

Almost seemed that Ed couldn't be bothered with that Episode

Far too much Mike time, especially him doing Ed's job toward the end

[CooperD]

Usually enjoy Wheeler Dealers but that was a painful episode to watch. Far too much of Mike banging on about being a "Hyper Miler". Probably one of the worst programmes they have done which ranks in my opinion with the Drift car they did a few years ago.

[Nik da Greek]

CooperD said:

Probably one of the worst programmes they have done which ranks in my opinion with the Drift car they did a few years ago.

I dunno, I'm still struggling to blank the snakeskin RX-7 from my mind

[Leithen]

I don't mind Mike Brewer - have a lot of respect for his success, but yesterday's episode had me plotting illegal renditions of him to some far away desert island where he might have Tim Shaw for company.

I'd keep them there just long enough to allow Edd and Fuzz to get stuck into a series restoring some classics without any of the bks "storyline" or haggling crap.

How hard is it to make a TV programme?

[stephen300o]

Interesting engine that.
Any mention of the E word, and you lot get your knickers in a twist. Haha

[P-Jay]

Well I enjoyed it, made a change from the usual stuff.

Did anyone else notice the back wheel of the Honda looked very unhappy coming off the low loader? Looked like to was about to fall off.

Also the Eco-friendly special water based paint, in fairly sure that's been the norm in the UK for a couple of years now.

[greygoose]

Lame episode for me, can't see why they moved to USA, plenty of car programmes already there like Fast n Loud etc with better and more engaging characters than Mike.

[johnxjsc1985]

used to be a good watch now its car crash TV

[trick3000tt]

Nik da Greek said:

I dunno, I'm still struggling to blank the snakeskin RX-7 from my mind

On discovery turbo in 5 minutes according to the tv guide, in case you forgot how bad it was.

[johnxjsc1985]

Nik da Greek said:

I dunno, I'm still struggling to blank the snakeskin RX-7 from my mind

should have called it turning a good car BAD

[Doofus]

There was something very odd about the Honda episode. There's no way MB would have randomly chosen such an obscure car, and the theory of making it into an eco-car to compete with modern ones was not only pointless, but ultimately unsuccessful.

Then Honda paid top dollar for a completely non-original car to go in their collection. Non-original paint, dash, TPM etc.

When the chap from Honda was looking around it, he stuck his head inside, and I reckon those were brand new seats.

Edd rushed through his jobs, and farmed out almost all of it. Mike started the show having already found the car, the 'owner' of which was never actually seen.

All was not as it seemed, if you ask me. Although, of course, nobody did.

[stephen300o]

They are feeling there way to revamp a tired format. I'm guessing Mike doing nothing in the show is grating on him, said wanted to be more involved.painful truth for him is he is not required and discovery could easily pop a pretty lady in as Edds side kick.