Is Wheeler Dealers shown in the US?

"djmt1" (djmt1)
04/14/2015 at 12:39 • Filed to: None

So Mike and Ed are roaming California baffling the locals with extreme levels of Englishness and I'm loving it but are you or more specifically are the locals even watching? Apparently Jalopnik doesn't know it exists and I thought they would of made an appearance on The Smoking Tire podcast but nope, nothing.

DISCUSSION (21)

505Turbeaux > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:40

yeah we get it here

Trunk Impaired 318 > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:41

If you have Velocity it is! And there are quite a few of us on here that follow it and I would dare say prefer it to pretty much any other car show

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:41

I'm pretty sure they aired it on a channel called Velocity. Some of my torrents have that channels logo on them.

KatzManDu > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:42

Yes, on Discovery HD. I used to watch it religiously (season pass on TiVo.)

When researching my lust for an Alpine I watched their episode on an Alpine A310.

Chinooker > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:42

Velocity Channel. Directv channel 281

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:46

constantly shown on velocity. It's funny to see the akwardly scrypted earlier episodes vs the newer, more fluent episodes. It's a fresh take on car restoration shows. Frankly if you've watched one episode of overhauling you've seen them all. Trick person in thinking their car was stolen, chip and crew of 20 throw gobs of money at it, only the best, custom this, one off that, chip makes a drawing of the car, big reveal, owner cries. And its always the same damn car - mid to late 60's muscle car which has spent the last two decades in a garage.

Wheeler dealers they pull cars from everywhere, all sorts of different types and do something different each episode. I never knew what it would take to remove the tiny little engine from a Fiat or how to rebuild the crazy Porsche intake thing. Hell I could even fix the air ride system on a land rover. All for cheap!

sure on overhauling I'll learn how to spend $20k on a crate engine - that's cool.

/rant

Vee Ate Injun > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:48

I've been watching for a couple of years on Velocity channel (a car-centric channel, part of the Discovery channel family). I have a few episodes saved on my DVR (Ferrari 308 GT4, Lamborghini Urraco). I enjoy seeing Ed seemingly know everything about every car, and Mike's negotiating tactics ("come on, hold out your hand, don't be an idiot") - though I'm sure there are some behind-the-scenes TV magic in both cases. I even got into Mike's show, "Trading Up" as it was cool to see the different car cultures across the world. The "EPA tractor" episode from Sweden was hilariously enlightening!

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 12:48

Jalopnik doesn't know it exists?! It's a milk-and-bread caliber staple here on Oppo!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
04/14/2015 at 12:59

So much this. Other car shows might entertain me almost as much, but I get genuine tips from Wheeler Dealers.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
04/14/2015 at 13:08

Because they work on a budget. They show you how to rebuild something if you can, when its ok to get a refurb or when its smart to just get a brand new part. Plus they aren't trying to sell the cars for insane profit (Gas Monkey Garage)

WD : asking 25k, it owes us 17k, sells it for 22k. Totally fair

GM: bought it for 12k, spent 50k on it, asks 100k. It really does bug me when they find a car, clean it, fix a single tiny part then sell it for double they paid. I get finders fees and all but 90%? Damn.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
04/14/2015 at 13:16

I hate to say it this way but for Overhaulin' you must 1 be in southern Cali and 2 have a sob story they can sell on TV. without those 2, you're out of the running. And honestly 0 I want to see them build a car, not hear about this terrible thing going on their lives.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > djmt1
04/14/2015 at 13:16

My 2 year old and I were watching it the other day, he likes seeing the cars and I love the show.

win-win.

Funktheduck > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
04/14/2015 at 13:33

Can't stand overhaulin. You're right about the cars. They're all more or less the same and come out looking more or less the same. Hate his wheels too.

ttyymmnn > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
04/14/2015 at 13:39

It's funny to see the akwardly scrypted earlier episodes vs the newer, more fluent episodes.

Absolutely. I love this show, and my boys like watching it too. I've actually learned quite a bit watching the show. Not so much to do the work myself, but just how things work. I've found it best, though, to record the show and FF through the repetitive bits such as Mike's constant recaps of what Edd's done. But the chemistry between the two is great, they get great cars to work on. It's just a blast to watch.

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
04/14/2015 at 13:41

My boys are just beginning to discover cars, and they like watching it. One of my 9-year-olds has really long hair, and I told him he and his twin brother should dress up as Edd and Mike for Halloween.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn
04/14/2015 at 14:03

Nice!

Mine's been obsessed almost since birth with cars. Loves them. When he was only a year old he'd try and climb at daycare to see out the window just to watch cars go by.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
04/14/2015 at 14:51

Plus gas monkey do some really questionable work, whereas Ed's work (besides that whole snakeskin RX7 ordeal) is always pretty good

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
04/14/2015 at 14:57

The snakeskin, though not exactly tasteful, did a pretty good job at demonstrating the hydro dipping process. It just depends on what is getting dipped and how.

This is actually pretty awesome:

Kinja'd!!!

Steve (not really) > Vee Ate Injun
04/14/2015 at 16:19

Did you know that a) they sometimes use the Top Gear track, and b) Ed did some work on Top Gear?

Vee Ate Injun > Steve (not really)
04/14/2015 at 17:11

I did not! I haven't noticed the TG test track in any episode, but I'll keep my eyes open en for it now.

And seeing Ed on the show occasionally reminds me of why it's okay I'm not tall - he can't fit in some (cool) cars!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
04/15/2015 at 08:56

Yeah true it did demonstrate the process pretty well, I wouldn't mind getting some of my interior trim patterned with the same process.