Agree completely. Same as Wheeler Dealers except Ed and Mike are massively more likeable than the cockney and the yank.hisroyalblueness said:The programme is a total sham and would only ever impress kids who know nowt about what they're pretending to do.
Caught a bit of that MGB they were doing and they bought a pair of good condition matching chrome bumpers for £30 and a pair of chrome bullet mirror for £3 from an MGB used parts specialist - absolute fantasy that you could purchase kit like that for the prices they supposedly pay . . embarrassingly unrealistic.
As for preparing car body's for bare metal respray by grinding them all over with angle grinders - well I'm not saying it couldn't be done but it would only ever be done by a cowboy - any professional would simply get the shell blasted (sand or more often baking soda nowadays) because grinders could only ever cause damage to the good metal and leave flat runs that would need taking out.
Funniest of all is that their cost figures are skewed because they don't include for overheads (premises costs, depreciation, business rates, wages, taxation etc.) and the posing wanker who values the vehicles doesn't even examine them . . in the real world the fact is that they would lose money hand over fist.
You have just saved me a job by saying everything I wanted to say.hisroyalblueness said:The programme is a total sham and would only ever impress kids who know nowt about what they're pretending to do.
Caught a bit of that MGB they were doing and they bought a pair of good condition matching chrome bumpers for £30 and a pair of chrome bullet mirror for £3 from an MGB used parts specialist - absolute fantasy that you could purchase kit like that for the prices they supposedly pay . . embarrassingly unrealistic.
As for preparing car body's for bare metal respray by grinding them all over with angle grinders - well I'm not saying it couldn't be done but it would only ever be done by a cowboy - any professional would simply get the shell blasted (sand or more often baking soda nowadays) because grinders could only ever cause damage to the good metal and leave flat runs that would need taking out.
Funniest of all is that their cost figures are skewed because they don't include for overheads (premises costs, depreciation, business rates, wages, taxation etc.) and the posing wanker who values the vehicles doesn't even examine them . . in the real world the fact is that they would lose money hand over fist.
While I do agree with all this it wouldn't make much sense to include the overheads over the 2 weeks as most people would just be sitting there going "what the fuck, how much did the fucking car make?"SWP's back said:You have just saved me a job by saying everything I wanted to say.hisroyalblueness said:The programme is a total sham and would only ever impress kids who know nowt about what they're pretending to do.
Caught a bit of that MGB they were doing and they bought a pair of good condition matching chrome bumpers for £30 and a pair of chrome bullet mirror for £3 from an MGB used parts specialist - absolute fantasy that you could purchase kit like that for the prices they supposedly pay . . embarrassingly unrealistic.
As for preparing car body's for bare metal respray by grinding them all over with angle grinders - well I'm not saying it couldn't be done but it would only ever be done by a cowboy - any professional would simply get the shell blasted (sand or more often baking soda nowadays) because grinders could only ever cause damage to the good metal and leave flat runs that would need taking out.
Funniest of all is that their cost figures are skewed because they don't include for overheads (premises costs, depreciation, business rates, wages, taxation etc.) and the posing wanker who values the vehicles doesn't even examine them . . in the real world the fact is that they would lose money hand over fist.
Cheers.
Also, on the MG, they made 2 grand, in two weeks (before other overheads are taken in account), with 5 staff! They would be out of business in 6 months.
But a grand a week when employing 5 people is not a business and they shouldn't look as happy about it as they do.BoyBlue_1985 said:While I do agree with all this it wouldn't make much sense to include the overheads over the 2 weeks as most people would just be sitting there going "what the fuck, how much did the fucking car make?"SWP's back said:You have just saved me a job by saying everything I wanted to say.hisroyalblueness said:The programme is a total sham and would only ever impress kids who know nowt about what they're pretending to do.
Caught a bit of that MGB they were doing and they bought a pair of good condition matching chrome bumpers for £30 and a pair of chrome bullet mirror for £3 from an MGB used parts specialist - absolute fantasy that you could purchase kit like that for the prices they supposedly pay . . embarrassingly unrealistic.
As for preparing car body's for bare metal respray by grinding them all over with angle grinders - well I'm not saying it couldn't be done but it would only ever be done by a cowboy - any professional would simply get the shell blasted (sand or more often baking soda nowadays) because grinders could only ever cause damage to the good metal and leave flat runs that would need taking out.
Funniest of all is that their cost figures are skewed because they don't include for overheads (premises costs, depreciation, business rates, wages, taxation etc.) and the posing wanker who values the vehicles doesn't even examine them . . in the real world the fact is that they would lose money hand over fist.
Cheers.
Also, on the MG, they made 2 grand, in two weeks (before other overheads are taken in account), with 5 staff! They would be out of business in 6 months.