Wheeler Dealers

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BossHogg

6,045 posts

180 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Going to enjoy this, I've driven the 3rd, 4th and 5th generations as patrol cars and love the car.

Mercdriver

2,118 posts

35 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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It was OK, Elvis must have read the comments on his welding on here, he subcontracted it out to the body shop. Why did he not just repaint all the door trims in the original colour rather than matching the worn paint?

That was some business stocking LR parts

Looked good when it was finished though and not expensive for a low mileage car I thought, what do the LR owners on here think?

LARK F1 GTR

3,344 posts

148 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Mike, they hold a stock value of £140 Million on the shelves.

They'll probably get broken into next week.

I liked it though, but as usual not many of the repairs shown. It only does a few hundred miles a year and had only done 16,000 miles back in 2015, even now at the last MOT in June, it's not on 17,000 yet.

Mercdriver

2,118 posts

35 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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[quote=LARK F1 GTR]Mike, they hold a stock value of £140 Million on the shelves.

They'll probably get broken into next week.

Can you lend me a balaclava?

Red9zero

7,120 posts

59 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Britpart, commonly known as stpart in the LR community laugh Tbf though, I've never had a problem with their stuff and it's due to their huge stock at a reasonable price that many old Landies are still on the road.

Deckert

609 posts

192 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Why does Elvis wear the same clothes every episode? Has he only got that green sweatshirt to work in ?

2172cc

1,126 posts

99 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Deckert said:
Why does Elvis wear the same clothes every episode? Has he only got that green sweatshirt to work in ?
Think it's for continuity and on the same note. Mike has been wearing that Levi's jacket for years as well as those blue Martini replica driving shoes

SydneyBridge

8,708 posts

160 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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I keep thinking he is asking for trouble with his nice watch so exposed, easy to get it damaged

Deckert

609 posts

192 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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SydneyBridge said:
I keep thinking he is asking for trouble with his nice watch so exposed, easy to get it damaged
The watch thing bugs me, he wears it right on the knuckle of his wrist too and it isn't small . Wonder if its product placement with some company he's associated with.

SpeedBash

2,339 posts

189 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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LARK F1 GTR said:
I liked it though, but as usual not many of the repairs shown.
This is starting to bug me now - they continually made a big deal about the rot on the top of the wheel arch by the inside of the door stating that it would fail an MOT because of this but subsequently failed to show its repair being done.

I understand they have limited time but can they really not spare 10/15 seconds of the start/end of the repair?

simon_harris

1,386 posts

36 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Deckert said:
The watch thing bugs me, he wears it right on the knuckle of his wrist too and it isn't small . Wonder if its product placement with some company he's associated with.
Given how is sleeve was folded back in this episode to show it off I really suspect it is a placement deal.

Red9zero

7,120 posts

59 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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SpeedBash said:
This is starting to bug me now - they continually made a big deal about the rot on the top of the wheel arch by the inside of the door stating that it would fail an MOT because of this but subsequently failed to show its repair being done.

I understand they have limited time but can they really not spare 10/15 seconds of the start/end of the repair?
The body mount too. Big fuss about getting it and then the bodyshop fit it off screen.

Mercdriver

2,118 posts

35 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Red9zero said:
The body mount too. Big fuss about getting it and then the bodyshop fit it off screen.
Have you seen Elvis’s welding standard? smile

LARK F1 GTR

3,344 posts

148 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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2172cc said:
Deckert said:
Why does Elvis wear the same clothes every episode? Has he only got that green sweatshirt to work in ?
Think it's for continuity and on the same note. Mike has been wearing that Levi's jacket for years as well as those blue Martini replica driving shoes
Yep for continuity.

Also, you will see some of the other cars outside the workshop when they show the aerial / drone shots. In an older one I saw the Audi Allroad & the Fiesta RS Turbo from the dream car series.
Right now there's one under a black cover so that's probably one on a future episode.

LARK F1 GTR

3,344 posts

148 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Red9zero said:
SpeedBash said:
This is starting to bug me now - they continually made a big deal about the rot on the top of the wheel arch by the inside of the door stating that it would fail an MOT because of this but subsequently failed to show its repair being done.

I understand they have limited time but can they really not spare 10/15 seconds of the start/end of the repair?
The body mount too. Big fuss about getting it and then the bodyshop fit it off screen.
I feel that they should have shown it getting sorted. I think about twenty minutes of the show is filler.

WPA

9,015 posts

116 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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You can see why Edd left, the workshop time is next to nothing now

Smollet

10,737 posts

192 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Deckert said:
SydneyBridge said:
I keep thinking he is asking for trouble with his nice watch so exposed, easy to get it damaged
The watch thing bugs me, he wears it right on the knuckle of his wrist too and it isn't small . Wonder if its product placement with some company he's associated with.
I couldn’t give a fk about the what watch someone is wearing. It’s a car show not one on how to protect your accessories. . Perhaps like me, Elvis couldn’t give a fk.

LuS1fer

41,171 posts

247 months

Wednesday 15th November 2023
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simon_harris said:
Deckert said:
The watch thing bugs me, he wears it right on the knuckle of his wrist too and it isn't small . Wonder if its product placement with some company he's associated with.
Given how is sleeve was folded back in this episode to show it off I really suspect it is a placement deal.
So we are all agreed - he has too much time on his hands.

Sorry...

Red9zero

7,120 posts

59 months

Wednesday 15th November 2023
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LuS1fer said:
simon_harris said:
Deckert said:
The watch thing bugs me, he wears it right on the knuckle of his wrist too and it isn't small . Wonder if its product placement with some company he's associated with.
Given how is sleeve was folded back in this episode to show it off I really suspect it is a placement deal.
So we are all agreed - he has too much time on his hands.

Sorry...
Seconded.

V8covin

7,410 posts

195 months

Wednesday 15th November 2023
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LuS1fer said:
So we are all agreed - he has too much time on his hands.

Sorry...
Let me think about it for a minute