franks brother
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Well I'm sorry to see the the big fella go but when you listen to his reasons it sounds like they've ripped the heart out of the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IB15T1LYiY???
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Wheeler Dealers.
- Thread starter franks brother
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For me, Edd was the show... the rest of it was irritating. Can't imagine I will be watching the new ones any more than I would watch Fast n' Loud, Diesel Brothers, Overhaulin' etc...
Much to everybody's surprise I fookin loves Wheeler Dealers.
Terrible news.
To me it's a comedy as everything is so easy, every nut can be undone, and after 5 mins Edd doesn't look like Pig-Pen.
I so enjoy sidling up to the petrolheads, at work, steering their conversation onto just how easy it is to change the drum brakes on a 1967 Cadillac.
Their withered look followed by "you've been watching Wheeler Dealers again, haven't you?" - never gets old.
Terrible news.
To me it's a comedy as everything is so easy, every nut can be undone, and after 5 mins Edd doesn't look like Pig-Pen.
I so enjoy sidling up to the petrolheads, at work, steering their conversation onto just how easy it is to change the drum brakes on a 1967 Cadillac.
Their withered look followed by "you've been watching Wheeler Dealers again, haven't you?" - never gets old.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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Blimey. I love WD and the shows format of Mike gets car ( start ), Ed fixes car ( main part of show ), Mike sells car ( end ) is what makes it so different from any the other ( scripted & product placement ) car programmes on tv. The fact that Ed goes into great detail for any of the fixes is one ( if not the only ) reason that this show works really well. The Americans have taken a unique British production and turned it into just another clone to go with the many others that they produce. Good on Ed for sticking with his principles and not selling out. Hopefully see him soon in his own TV show.
Superphil
Dismember
Massive shame, wonder what Ed will do now.
Biscuit Barrel
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I find cars to be one of the most boring subjects in the world. I can not watch 1 minute of Top Gear. However, I loved watching wheeler Dealers and will miss it.
ewe2
Well-known member
Have a great product...and mess with it !!! I suggest at their peril.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Ant Anstead is a great TV personality (if that's the right word) and also a very good mechanic, restorer, car builder. Anyone watched For the Love of Cars or The Lost Lotus. He would have been a perfect 'replacement' if WD stayed in the same format, it's a shame to hear it'll be changed, probably would need a sob story now. I'm more interested in the fix/restore aspect of the show being a classic car owner.
I'll give it a go and hope Discovery don't **** it up.
I'll give it a go and hope Discovery don't **** it up.
5mins-from-amex
New member
Some of the earlier shows are panful to watch now, Ed liked his rattle cans too much! but as soon as the budget was increased and the bodges stopped the show was great.
Car SOS is in my opinion a much better watch.
Car SOS is in my opinion a much better watch.
Good on you Edd. I think the show will be poorer without him.
Foul Play Rocks
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- Feb 23, 2013
- 5,180
Very much this but I guess there'll always be someone who'll put on the orange gloves and just do as they're told.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Retired
- Jul 7, 2003
- 8,612
I used to love wheeler dealers - even the trading up version - but wasn't keen on the US series as they had that horrible US TV style where every break they told you what was coming up and then told you what had happened already. Some of do have an attention span longer than 10 minutes.
I'm totally useless at mechanical stuff but found it fascinating watching Edd do his stuff.
I do enjoy Car SOS but do find the bits with Tim a bit tiresome - they are too staged like the old Top Gear for my liking.
I'm totally useless at mechanical stuff but found it fascinating watching Edd do his stuff.
I do enjoy Car SOS but do find the bits with Tim a bit tiresome - they are too staged like the old Top Gear for my liking.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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I get the idea that this is why Ed decided to leave.Moving away from the core of the program ( showing and explaining the repairs ), to scripted dramas and product placement. In other words just another generic US motor show.