Wheeler dealers profiles a Boxster on the show

[AndyA6]

Guys! This show is great! Forget the costs thing, it is more about entertainment and giving cars a 2nd life. And Edd is such a cool guy with serious skills. Good to watch, lots to learn, get inspired. Mike is fun as well!

I watched every show since it came out. They started with 1,000 quid cars. Very cool.

TALA!


BTW Edd China is in the Guiness book...... Look him up!

[ChrisZang]

Originally Posted by AndyA6

Guys! This show is great! Forget the costs thing, it is more about entertainment and giving cars a 2nd life. And Edd is such a cool guy with serious skills. Good to watch, lots to learn, get inspired. Mike is fun as well!

Yeah, Edd China is my hero, this guy has some SERIOUS skills.
My theory is that these guys actually flip cars for real. So let's say they want to sell you a car that was NOT on the show, your thought process would be that
a) they did a pristine job in fixing the car
b) they don't make a lot of profit, meaning you get a really good price
And my thought is that THESE are the cars on which they REALLY make a profit.

There were some cars on the show where I felt they were seriously under priced, like for example the Bentley.

[nieuwhzn]

Love the show.
Love Ed, great mechanic.
Hate that they never include the cost of labor, tools, etc.

If you add everything up then what Ed is doing will be at least $100/h.
If you would be doing this yourself you would need to have to buy the tools, would work many times slower and would end up with still spending the same total amount of money for labor.

Still, I ove that they inspire people to keep older cars on the road. I hate waste and I hate our disposable society. Keep 'em rolling!

[husker boxster]

I get that Edd's labor (or is it labour?) isn't free, but the premise of the show is to prove that car enthusiats can find cars, fix them up, and sell them. I don't count my labor when estimating a profit on a car I've flipped. As far as needing lots of tools, I don't have a vast assortment but have what I need to do most jobs. And it isn't a project unless you have to buy a tool.

And yes, Mike is a used car dealer. Velocity had a 2nd show on a few yrs back with Mike and Edd where a customer would come to Mike's used car lot with some specs on what he / she wanted to buy. Then Mike would pull out 3 cars from his lot and the person would drive and critique them. By the end of the show, Mike always made a sale. As part of the side show, Edd would be in the back working on something and would point out some pearl of wisdom to the viewers. I don't remember the name of this show and it was only on for 1 or 2 seasons in the US. It wasn't as entertaining to me at Wheeler Dealer but a car show is more enjoyable than some dumb reality show.

[Grim1ock77]

Downloaded (thanks for the link) and streamed the episode to my Roku last night. Very enjoyable as their car was year newer than my own. Many of the visual upgrades are the same I am looking to do on my own car.

My buddy (who owns a tuning shop) and I have always enjoyed what they do - even though the profit is obviously in the show as Ed would be making peanuts on his hours if he and Mike split the profits evenly.

But for entertainment's sake, I enjoy the show and look forward to new episodes as they air.

[Marburk]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

I get that Edd's labor (or is it labour?) isn't free, but the premise of the show is to prove that car enthusiats can find cars, fix them up, and sell them. I don't count my labor when estimating a profit on a car I've flipped. As far as needing lots of tools, I don't have a vast assortment but have what I need to do most jobs. And it isn't a project unless you have to buy a tool.

And yes, Mike is a used car dealer. Velocity had a 2nd show on a few yrs back with Mike and Edd where a customer would come to Mike's used car lot with some specs on what he / she wanted to buy. Then Mike would pull out 3 cars from his lot and the person would drive and critique them. By the end of the show, Mike always made a sale. As part of the side show, Edd would be in the back working on something and would point out some pearl of wisdom to the viewers. I don't remember the name of this show and it was only on for 1 or 2 seasons in the US. It wasn't as entertaining to me at Wheeler Dealer but a car show is more enjoyable than some dumb reality show.

I remember that show! It was named Auto Trader and it took place in Mike's Motors (Mike's fictitious garage). The show originally aired on the Discovery Channel back around 2006-2007.

Auto Trader - Part 2 of 4 - YouTube

It was OK but I agree Wheeler Dealers is a better show.