New series of Car SOS tonight
Discussion
Sparky137 said:
Something doesn't make much sense with this. A new keeper from Nov last year but it's MoT date is 22nd January this year. Yet the MoT history shows only one previous attempt in Nov 2016 with failures on:
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)
Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Offside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Service brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
No mention of the obvious structural rot that Fuzz immediately found. It's unlikely that a car that appears to have been stored in a dry garage since the failure could devlop so much rot in such a short time. No MoT history prior to this so it must have been off the road for quite a long time.
Even so, the current MoT date suggests that it was done for the Car SOS restoration. So whats going on with this then. Recent change of owner, previous MoT that doesn't even appear to be the same car. Seems like this was one VERY staged scenario just to do a restoration on a DB6. I doubt that the scottish guy even had anything to do with it other than 'acting' as the owner.
Now that you mention it, I noticed at the time that compared to most owners he didn't seem that taken aback or emotional at the reveal. Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)
Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Offside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Service brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
No mention of the obvious structural rot that Fuzz immediately found. It's unlikely that a car that appears to have been stored in a dry garage since the failure could devlop so much rot in such a short time. No MoT history prior to this so it must have been off the road for quite a long time.
Even so, the current MoT date suggests that it was done for the Car SOS restoration. So whats going on with this then. Recent change of owner, previous MoT that doesn't even appear to be the same car. Seems like this was one VERY staged scenario just to do a restoration on a DB6. I doubt that the scottish guy even had anything to do with it other than 'acting' as the owner.
P-Jay said:
Oh Jesus, when I hear the Fiat owners troubles I was ready to grab my tools and head up the midlands to pitch in.
Hope it comes out nice, I'm sure it will.
I genuinely found the bit where Tim was talking to the son on the flatbed, VERY difficult to watch, so much so I was almost in tears. God knows how the owner keeps it together after losing a wife and a son in a matter of only a few years.Hope it comes out nice, I'm sure it will.
I know the 'emotional' back story part of the show isn't liked by some on here, but part the main show's appeal for me is at handover when the reaction by the owner is shown. Genuine tears and joy shown put a huge smile on my face and makes me glad I watched. The last two episodes (205 and Giat 500) haven't failed to disappoint and I am left feeling so pleased for the owners that they get to enjoy their cars.
It's a shame the body of the 500 couldn't have been saved, but I guess the owner knew that hence why it was left so long without being touched.
A great show, only slightly tarnished by the stupid staged/scripted Tim haggling nonsense.
A good episode and a deserving recipient. Here's some more detail not shown last night. I wish it had been rather than Tim's acquisition of the sun roof. Still I'm sure Mr Patel was happy to get a mention.
https://www.facebook.com/carsosofficial/videos/128...
https://www.facebook.com/carsosofficial/videos/128...
All the Tim haggling business is done very much tongue-in-cheek, for a bit of a laugh, perhaps for the non-petrolhead. Mrs PT watches Car SOS without complaint because she's a sucker for a tearjerker story, and finds the Tim bits amusing.
I watched the 'extras' of the Merc Pagoda bodywork on the show's Facebook page, it shows a lot more than the show was able to feature, absolutely frightening. A vague finger in the air, I reckon £80-£90k went into restoring that. One they probably wouldn't do again if they knew what they were getting into!
I watched the 'extras' of the Merc Pagoda bodywork on the show's Facebook page, it shows a lot more than the show was able to feature, absolutely frightening. A vague finger in the air, I reckon £80-£90k went into restoring that. One they probably wouldn't do again if they knew what they were getting into!
PurpleTurtle said:
All the Tim haggling business is done very much tongue-in-cheek, for a bit of a laugh, perhaps for the non-petrolhead. Mrs PT watches Car SOS without complaint because she's a sucker for a tearjerker story, and finds the Tim bits amusing.
I watched the 'extras' of the Merc Pagoda bodywork on the show's Facebook page, it shows a lot more than the show was able to feature, absolutely frightening. A vague finger in the air, I reckon £80-£90k went into restoring that. One they probably wouldn't do again if they knew what they were getting into!
Facebook video on the merc was very interesting and said that 1357 hours were spent on the build. It appears that a lot of the shell was fabricated by hand so it must have been a £100k restoration I watched the 'extras' of the Merc Pagoda bodywork on the show's Facebook page, it shows a lot more than the show was able to feature, absolutely frightening. A vague finger in the air, I reckon £80-£90k went into restoring that. One they probably wouldn't do again if they knew what they were getting into!
greggy50 said:
Facebook video on the Merc was very interesting and said that 1357 hours were spent on the build. It appears that a lot of the shell was fabricated by hand so it must have been a £100k restoration.
That's £68k labour at the 50 quid an hour my local back-street garage charges. Winky151 said:
I think the owner might be slightly disappointed when he watches the episode & finds out its NOT his car as they kept saying just another car with his wifes reg plate on it.
I don't think that's going to be much of a problem, most of the SOS cars are cars owned and used for years by the owner that become wrecks. That was bought as a wreck after she had passed away as something to do, so it could be any 500. He would probably have done the same thing himself.HARTLEYHARE1 said:
Excellent apart from the usual haggling b
ks
It's a bit of light hearted fun. I find him quite funny and it's obviously tongue in cheek. I kind of hope it's banter between him and Mr Brewer because the firms involved obviously languish in all the free advertising they get.ksI enjoy this show but do find Tim's staged parts finding sketches irritating - however they are not as irritating as the point just before he hands over the keys and always asks the most ridiculous question along the lines of "so you have had to cope with a terminal illness/loss of family/any other obviously dire situation -how has that been for you? How on earth do you think it's been you complete moron 
rgw2012 said:
I enjoy this show but do find Tim's staged parts finding sketches irritating - however they are not as irritating as the point just before he hands over the keys and always asks the most ridiculous question along the lines of "so you have had to cope with a terminal illness/loss of family/any other obviously dire situation -how has that been for you? How on earth do you think it's been you complete moron
calm down dear......I presume the intention is to say after all this bad luck we hope your car being done for you cheers you up - which evidently it doesGassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff