Edd China has left Wheeler Dealers

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Patch1875

4,894 posts

132 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Hopefully the new guy doesn't adopt the dodgy long sleeved t shirt underneath look.

r11co

6,244 posts

230 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Mad March Taffy said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47c1iCCH6Q
If you have 50 minutes to waste...
They do up a BMW M3 - Michel Brasseur (or whatever his name is) could talk for France and Edd Chine looks like he has just turned up after a hard night out.
ON the back of this thread I watched the R5 GT Turbo episode. Enjoyed it a lot even with my passing knowledge of French, but the 'Mike' character clearly has an affected accent just like his UK counterpart that makes him difficult to comprehend at times, and he has the same habit of repeating certain phrases.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

100 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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p1stonhead said:
It's not supposed to really be for profit in my book. It's buy a car, tinker coz you enjoy it and then sell it and you may make a bit as a cherry on top. It's not supposed to be Ed's job, but his own spare time so not costed.

That's how it's always seemed to me anyhow.
Yes, me too, or alternatively

Its "you could spend £xxxx on a fantastic car that's all sorted. But let us show you how you could get the same car for £xx outlay and £x on parts meaning you've only spent 3/4 of the money for the same car"

robsa

2,259 posts

184 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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For those that asked.... voilà, WD France!

https://youtu.be/vu0RLSqV-gs


ClockworkCupcake

74,534 posts

272 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Mad March Taffy said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47c1iCCH6Q
If you have 50 minutes to waste...
It's Wheeler Dealers... yet different. I shall not watch it! wink

Seriously though, it just shows how formatted the show is - different actors with a different language but so very, very familiar. Even the "Mike" character pondering and scratching his chin at the laptop, the subsequent scripted haggling over buying price and "I've just bought myself a...". smile

r11co

6,244 posts

230 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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robsa said:
For those that asked.... voilà, WD France!

https://youtu.be/vu0RLSqV-gs
And an episode just for us PH'rs.

ClockworkCupcake

74,534 posts

272 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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r11co said:
robsa said:
For those that asked.... voilà, WD France!

https://youtu.be/vu0RLSqV-gs
And an episode just for us PH'rs.
Is there an episode where they map a 335D whilst drinking a can of Red Bull, and then sell the car to a powerfully-built Company Director? smile

ClockworkCupcake

74,534 posts

272 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Sniffpetrol are on the case. hehe

"Wheeler Dealers will continue on the Velocity Channel who bought the format for an unusually low price, re-built the cylinder heads, had it re-sprayed and sold it for a profit margin that didn’t really seem to account for all the work put into it.

http://sniffpetrol.com/2017/03/22/edd-china-reveal...

TEKNOPUG

18,948 posts

205 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Has MB not also quit, after his partner of 13 years - in which time they built the show from nothing to the biggest in the world - is now being written out by their new American paymasters?

How odd.

Edited by TEKNOPUG on Wednesday 22 March 10:32

r11co

6,244 posts

230 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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ClockworkCupcake said:
Is there an episode where they map a 335D whilst drinking a can of Red Bull, and then sell the car to a powerfully-built Company Director? smile
...while moaning about potential buyers 'phoning up and asking 'what's your best price, bro' and getting payback on someone who sold them a dodgy second-hand part by hammering frozen sausages in their lawn.

ClockworkCupcake

74,534 posts

272 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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TEKNOPUG said:
Has MB no also quit
The pic of Mike and Ant together, and Edd's video message wishing Mike all the best with continuing WD, suggests not.

TEKNOPUG

18,948 posts

205 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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ClockworkCupcake said:
TEKNOPUG said:
Has MB no also quit
The pic of Mike and Ant together, and Edd's video message wishing Mike all the best with continuing WD, suggests not.
Too subtle?

Dr Doofenshmirtz

15,222 posts

200 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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robsa said:
For those that asked.... voilà, WD France!

https://youtu.be/vu0RLSqV-gs
French Ed is cool just like our Ed, if a little stoned looking...


Dr Doofenshmirtz

15,222 posts

200 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Well there you have it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IB15T1LYiY
Another great British TV idea taken over and ruined by the Americans to add to the list.



Plinth

713 posts

88 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
French Ed is cool just like our Ed, if a little stoned looking...
French Ed looks a bit like Jason Plato....

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Well there you have it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IB15T1LYiY
Another great British TV idea taken over and ruined by the Americans to add to the list.


Posted yesterday doc!

bazza white

3,558 posts

128 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Edd would be great for a '"is born/reborn" series.


I wonder if he could build a big enough YouTube audience and go it alone.




Good luck to him and well done for standing up for your morals


Riley Blue

20,952 posts

226 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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bazza white said:
Edd would be great for a '"is born/reborn" series.


I wonder if he could build a big enough YouTube audience and go it alone.




Good luck to him and well done for standing up for your morals
Where did you get that from, press relase says 'to persue other projects'.

ClockworkCupcake

74,534 posts

272 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Riley Blue said:
Where did you get that from, press relase says 'to persue other projects'.
From the video message that he posted to YouTube, linked to a few posts back.

The one where he says that his professional integrity was being compromised and so he is leaving.

Riley Blue

20,952 posts

226 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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ClockworkCupcake said:
Riley Blue said:
Where did you get that from, press relase says 'to persue other projects'.
From the video message that he posted to YouTube, linked to a few posts back.

The one where he says that his professional integrity was being compromised and so he is leaving.
Thanks, I haven't seen it.