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Wheeler dealer escos, incurs spoilers

Old 09-10-2017, 11:06 AM
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Default Wheeler dealer escos, incurs spoilers

Having watched it in Facebook these are my findings:

It's about 70% bullshit
50% recap of either what they've just fine or what they are going to do next
40% standing around doing nothing
30% pie man being a cock
Knee
20% standing around saying "car of my youth"
And the remaining 10% was actually doing any actual work

And then they do the old "I'm the old owner, I'm going to give you much more money than you want to buy it back after you have me less money to sell it to you in the first place"

I've still not made up my mind about ant, but he's not terrible as a replacement for ed
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Old 09-10-2017, 11:56 AM
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I've not seen it yet. He did reply to me on Twitter after I said the three spoilers looked shit though

It's the same as most other car shows (and other shows for that matter); they just repeat themselves endlessly as it makes it cheap to produce. I'm sure I managed to watch an episode of WD in about 20 minutes once as, once you fast forward through the ad breaks and repetition, that's about all the original content there was.

People got very upset about Edd China leaving, but it's always been pretty shit in my view.
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Old 09-10-2017, 12:26 PM
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Just get shot of the fat cockney wig wearer and just let Ant or Edd do their stuff and watch the audience double.

http://sniffpetrol.com/2017/03/22/ed.../#.WdtqyejTVDs
Old 09-10-2017, 12:34 PM
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That's a lot of percentage
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Saw the full episode. Really enjoyed it and they both looked good on screen together. Done a great job on the car and even the designer turned up!

Thought they bought a green escos from italy? Maybe theres another one in the series
Old 09-10-2017, 01:23 PM
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It was decent enough. Not so sure on the spoiler but the car did look a lovely thing.
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3 spoilers spoiler

wheels and car looked good though
Old 09-10-2017, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin-Hadland
That's a lot of percentage
Well, there were more "coming up" and "before the break we did this" than I've ever seen before

Fair play on getting the designer onto the show but $5k for the wing was a horrible waste of time and money

And I forgot the % where he turns up with bits that no one else has ever been able to find

The bloke who sold it to them did "I can't find anyone who will do the work" it needed a turbo rebuild and an oil leak sorting
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They don't half talk some shit on there don't they.
Down on power so check a few vac pipes then come to the conclusion it must be the turbo, and its blocked the cat, when it didn't even smoke

Id like to have the car here myself for a set up, and see what was really wrong with it, its probably still far from fixed

If the part where they showed the "bar pressure gauge" while they were showing how fast it now was is anything to go by, its still only making about 5lb of boost
Old 09-10-2017, 02:41 PM
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People moaning about more we did this and repeating stuff, You need to remember its now an American programme now. Americans are thick as shit and need many breaks and reminders.

So glad these days viewers can fast forward programmes from SKY+ etc.

I've yet to watch the episode but have seen a picture and it looked shite.
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car sos is far better . more tech info and actual work that talk.
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Whens it on sky,the discovery channel??
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I can't find it ?
Old 09-10-2017, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Glenn_
Whens it on sky,the discovery channel??
Originally Posted by big_wasa
I can't find it ?
November I think
Old 09-10-2017, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by massivewangers
I've not seen it yet. He did reply to me on Twitter after I said the three spoilers looked shit though

It's the same as most other car shows (and other shows for that matter); they just repeat themselves endlessly as it makes it cheap to produce. I'm sure I managed to watch an episode of WD in about 20 minutes once as, once you fast forward through the ad breaks and repetition, that's about all the original content there was.

People got very upset about Edd China leaving, but it's always been pretty shit in my view.


What did he say?
Old 09-10-2017, 06:04 PM
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Thats a 140% dojj? lol
Old 09-10-2017, 06:11 PM
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Where can I watch the new series...
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Originally Posted by dojj
November I think
Thanks matey.
Old 09-10-2017, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzzy
car sos is far better . more tech info and actual work that talk.
Agree, much better show


What the hell were they thinking with the spoiler though??
Old 09-10-2017, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by gjh
Agree, much better show


What the hell were they thinking with the spoiler though??
Cock knee wanted to change the funny and rear lights, so spending $5k on a spoiler is a let off

But then he said the super rare wheels only cost him $1600 because they were silver and he had them powder coated white
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Originally Posted by Shaun's
Where can I watch the new series...
First episode already on YouTube if you don't mind subscribing to a particular channel to view it. Won't be here until the new year, and apparently even the chubby cockerney wig wearer doesn't yet know its UK release date.
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Originally Posted by Adam-M


What did he say?
Here you go:



Apparently the wing was actually tested on the car in period or something, but Ford decided not to use it in production. From what I can gather, one of the designers talks about it on the show.

It still looks shit...
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the designer said he wanted it but it didn't make it into production

it was a nod to some sort of heritage from the red baron's plane with it's triple wings

what i can't understand though is how the rear wing means the front end has 5% more down force
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The Americans love that sort of rubbish. They're the sort of folk who'd ruin a Countach or Diablo with a big wing, or the Mona Lisa with a moustache and sideburns. When I lived there it took me forever to find a Camaro that they hadn't chav'd up.
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Originally Posted by massivewangers
Here you go:



Apparently the wing was actually tested on the car in period or something, but Ford decided not to use it in production. From what I can gather, one of the designers talks about it on the show.

It still looks shit...
Glad someone had some sense back then it looks hideous
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What a fookin mess.
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Here you can see this episode https://www.velocitychannelgo.com/wh...t-rs-cosworth/
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Cheers for the link.
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"Not available in your country"
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Thanks for the link
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It's on youtube. Just watched it. Interesting story behind the wing, but it still looks cack lol.
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Originally Posted by Fartblood
"Not available in your country"
Watching it now.
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Its still telling me the same. Watched it on Pooptube anyway.
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Seen it and don't rate it

Then they sell it back to the original owner???
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working link below,

https://mega.nz/#!YokXUTKR!XFjdDbQI7...MOQgFjrrg3tdTg

thought Ant presented it well, fit and finish of the spoiler to the tailgate isnt great.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Knoxville
Seen it and don't rate it

Then they sell it back to the original owner???
They did this with an mazda rx7.
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And the civic
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What a load of old shit
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Originally Posted by RSmark84
working link below,

https://mega.nz/#!YokXUTKR!XFjdDbQI7...MOQgFjrrg3tdTg

thought Ant presented it well, fit and finish of the spoiler to the tailgate isnt great.

you notice that to lol


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