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Post by iancapetown on Dec 28, 2016 12:41:28 GMT
Have recently watched the Hummer and Merc AMG-kit episodes. damn good! It seems they've stopped the 'Mike doing dodgy deals' stuff, and concentrating more on Ed spannering. Some lovely kit in the US as well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2016 16:07:13 GMT
I shall have a look, because the 'Mike doing dodgy deals' stuff really used to put me off.
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Post by Rob on Dec 28, 2016 22:50:49 GMT
Does Mike Brewer still present? He seems to have some car dealerships these days.
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Post by iancapetown on Jan 1, 2017 13:38:40 GMT
The past few days, seen the new episodes. Bronco, Camaro, Sunbeam Alpine, Maserati BiTurbo converted to battery/electric, Porker 912... All been damn good, and worth watching. Now, as a Piece de Resistance, they have a 1916 Cadillac. Wow. There goes the rest of the afternoon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2017 14:36:07 GMT
I just watched the Camaro episode.
I did enjoy it, and there seemed to be a lot more of the interesting stuff by Edd, but there's still the toe-curling Mike Brewer dodgy deals stuff.
Also, it interests me but not the girls. They love watching The Grand Tour but have no interest in this.
Still, it is worth a watch.
I see that Edd China's garage in Bracknell went toes up. Pretty dramatically so. It was mismanaged so badly that I can only assume he never gave it the attention it needed. Or he wasn't involved and allowed someone else to use his name.
Essentially they bought a garage business with existing yet unknown debts, spent a ton upgrading it (1/2 million or so), lost their MOT tester and licence (and thus all the MOT and repair business), had a succession of idiots running it, and then annoyed their electricity company.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2017 15:27:15 GMT
p.s. just watched the Porsche episode (yes I know I'm watching them backwards). It really is a ton more interesting from a car perspective than the series I used to watch.
Thanks for the pointer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 10:12:57 GMT
I saw a beautiful Porsche 912 at Retromobile in Paris last February. Superbly restored to a better than showroom condition. Very tempting as a small, nimble sporty car without being too fast.
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