by "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
Published 03/24/2017 at 16:13
by "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
Published 03/24/2017 at 16:13
Tags: SATIRE
STARS: 9
I had literally not heard of this man before this week, but apparently he’s a thing, and hard-hitting UK automotive journalism site SniffPetrol has the real scoop....
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by Sniff Petrol on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
Wheeler Dealers, yesterday
Edd China is to leave the hit TV programme Wheeler Dealers after admitting that he can’t understand a single word Mike Brewer says.
‘For 14 years Edd hasn’t followed anything that’s come out of Mike’s mouth,’ said a source close to the 7’8” gloves wearer. ‘He’s basically spent the last 13 series’ just smiling and nodding, and then fitting some new wheels and hoping that’s okay.’
‘Edd tried his best to understand what Mike was on about, but he was never sure if it was some kind of East London patois or if he’d had a stroke,’ another friend of the 9’10” standing-underneath-cars fan revealed. ‘In most cases he’d just say “absolutely” and then de-cloud the headlights and hope that was alright.’
‘Edd is looking forward to moving on to new projects involving his three passions,’ revealed a producer who worked with the 11’4” too-many-consonants enthusiast. ‘Which is to say, cars, engineering, and being able to have conversations in which he’s not just saying “uh-huh, uh-huh” and hoping the other person goes away soon.’
China has publically wished his replacement, Ant Anstead, the best of luck whilst privately he has emailed him details of a Linguaphone course for Cock-er-nee along with a note reading, ‘This probably won’t work so just give a thumbs up and bury your head in the engine bay until he’s gone’.
Wheeler Dealers will continue on the Velocity Channel who bought the format for an unusually low price, re-built the cylinder heads, had it re-sprayed and sold it for a profit margin that didn’t really seem to account for all the work put into it.
http://sniffpetrol.com/2017/03/22/edd-china-reveals-real-reason-for-wheeler-dealers-departure/
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
03/24/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 4
"Roadster Man" (roadsterman)
03/24/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 3
That was pretty much the only thing that bugged me about Wheeler Dealers. They never accounted for Edd’s time when they calculated their profit!
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
03/24/2017 at 16:19, STARS: 0
Mike Brewer always seemed to me like a slightly more coherent Carcoat Damphands.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/24/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 0
HOW COULD YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF HIM?!
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/24/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 1
Raises hand. No idea...I vaguely remember hearing of Wheeler Dealers, but just assumed it was another Pawn Stars knockoff (but for cars).
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
03/24/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 1
I don’t watch any network TV or internet shows, none at all. No time for that shit.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/24/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 0
NO! It is on a whole other level than that crap. Especially the older episodes. Seriously a fun show to watch and see people flip cars semi professionally.
"XJDano" (xjdano)
03/24/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 1
For me it’s like 5-10 hours in a month. It’s all shit formulated to sell ads every 10 minutes.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/24/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
That was great.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
03/24/2017 at 17:15, STARS: 1
Yep. I use that 10 hours a month to either watch documentaries on Netflix or DVR’d races.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/24/2017 at 17:23, STARS: 0
Lol, I just binge watch shit instead of sleeping.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
03/24/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 0
I like that the height is constantly changing.
"XJDano" (xjdano)
03/24/2017 at 18:32, STARS: 0
Yeah same. I hardly ever watch over air TV. That is movies or something wife wants to watch. Or if I can stream a race and have it on in the background.
"sdwarf36" (sdwarf36)
03/24/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 0
This was the rare exception to the normal car show. It was mainly accurate with the buy low sell high thought-but the magic was in the middle. Buying low means the car has needs-and Edd would fix it. Not a glazed over 10 second bit of TV magic-but hands on get dirty work. And explaining the what and why when doing so. In an entertaining way. “ Being a 25 year old car, the transmission case was no longer available. But we found one in a junkyard. (Shows going to the yard and pulling the tranny) I put our parts in the used housing.”
It had interesting older cars-military Jeep-datsun 240z-911's-Spitfires. Real cars with real needs. Fixed by a entertaining pro. Velocity didn’t want the nuts + bolts part of the show anymore-they were just going to make it into a “Flip or flop”.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
03/24/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 1
I’ve only seen like one episode, maybe two. I absolutely can’t stand Mike’s speaking, I need a version that’s just the cars and no Mike.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/25/2017 at 10:42, STARS: 1
Mike can be a little annoying, but I get past it for the fun of the show.