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| Silver Back Member Since: 11 Jun 2015 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 405   
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Shake my 'and!
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19th Nov 2018 8:41pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3498 
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As I have said on here a few times before, there is nothing real, spontaneous or actual about anything on TV. Everything is fake. The reality of life very rarely makes for entertaining tellie.
I think they admitted years ago that the programmes are based around three interesting fixes. The obviously don’t get lucky every time and find vehicles with only three fixes required. The rest of the stuff just has to be done off camera. Talking of WD’s, I haven’t really warmed to Ant, the new grease monkey. I have swapped my allegiance to Fuzz Townsend on car SOS. Pity his sidekick is just as annoying Mike Brewer. If you don’t believe any of the above, try buying a car where you drive 200 miles, meet up with a stranger who lets you take their vehicle without mention of security or insurance on a three hour test drive. Then come back and always manage to haggle the price down. Then you drive the car back seemingly abandoning your Discovery / Shogun / Subaru wherever the a for mentioned vehicle was purchased. I am told that on the earlier shows, the buyers were stooges who actually members of the production crew although I can’t verify that. I think I would be a lot more respectful of the format if they lost money on the sales. |
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19th Nov 2018 9:03pm |
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| Tommyharris Member Since: 20 Mar 2018 Location: Bristol Posts: 100 
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Ah good old mike brewer!!!
5k plus on some of their spray jobs and good old mike jumps out, slams the door, “edd i love it!” Rubs the bonnet a couple of times then parks his ass on the wing!! |
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19th Nov 2018 9:18pm |
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| 300TDi CSW Phil Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Bracknell Posts: 750 
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If you are struggling with the UJ coming off the top of the steering box ( I did when I did mine) the nut and bolt that hold it on go through an indent and have to be completely removed before the UJ will come of the spline. 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
Wide Track Sankey- In bits- Gone to a new home M0XQS |
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19th Nov 2018 9:25pm |
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| Tommyharris Member Since: 20 Mar 2018 Location: Bristol Posts: 100
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Phil,
Thankyou for that. The ujs are soaking in wd overnight but that little tip could save me a few hours graft! Thankyou |
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19th Nov 2018 9:34pm |
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| VVS210 Member Since: 12 Nov 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 953
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If you think that's hard wait till you try to remove the drop arm off the bottom of the box
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19th Nov 2018 10:05pm |
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| 300TDi CSW Phil Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Bracknell Posts: 750
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If you have the right tool, breaker bar (plus scaffold tube) and a solid wall to push off it isn't that bad.
Granted when it goes it sounds like a gun going off 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
Wide Track Sankey- In bits- Gone to a new home M0XQS |
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19th Nov 2018 10:08pm |
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| steveyorks Member Since: 08 Apr 2013 Location: west yorkshire Posts: 181  
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Tv is just like the newspapers. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!
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27th Nov 2018 8:39pm |
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| NickEJ Member Since: 24 Nov 2012 Location: Ljubljana Posts: 152  
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I like the Ed China bits but it does all look rather easy. Mike Brewer on the other hand comes across as an annoying arse and a complete joke as a negotiator.
I also cringe every time they use the word “profit”. They never take into account establishment costs, their own time, opportunity cost of finance or any risk premium. Any business run on their lines would last about 1 month. |
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27th Nov 2018 8:58pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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But it's kind of aimed at jobs the slightly above average person could do at home... flipping cars to earn a bit of cash, so you wouldn't really charge yourself for that.
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27th Nov 2018 9:39pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17373 
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But it is irritating when the bang is the puller shattering and the drop arm hasn't budged! |
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27th Nov 2018 11:25pm |
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| 300TDi CSW Phil Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Bracknell Posts: 750
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Thankfully that didn't happen when I did mine. 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
Wide Track Sankey- In bits- Gone to a new home M0XQS |
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28th Nov 2018 12:36am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Mike Brewer is a car sales person arnt they all annoying
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28th Nov 2018 7:42am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526 
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Yes Ken they are all annoying, it's just that some are more annoying than others. Defender 90XS SW
Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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28th Nov 2018 8:17am |
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