How many times have you watched Edd China...

[STEMO]

...show us how to change a ball joint? 10? 100? 1000? 

[STEMO]

Oops

[Nick W]

...show us how to change a ball joint? 10? 100? 1000? 

Never. I know how to do it, and have two hammers that have not yet let me down.

[flyer 0712]

Sad old me makes a point of watching ....old wheeler dealers....and now...Mikes auto traders..most days..

[joff]

...show us how to change a ball joint? 10? 100? 1000? 

What has this to do with cars for sale/wanted

[Entwood]

...show us how to change a ball joint? 10? 100? 1000? 

What has this to do with cars for sale/wanted

Its STEMO .. what do you expect .. he never knows where is is anyhow !!

 

[Bojan]

I find British 'car repair' shows to be fairly realistic and have every-day situations.
Normal (more or less) cars, and normal budgets.
Watching them, a person can learn something.

On the other hands, have you seen american car repair shows?

[aaronjb]

I watch.. basically all of them - English and American.. they cover a wide range from somewhat informative to pure 'entertainment'; even the informative ones tend to be Hollywooded up though.

I remember one episode of a show I considered technically informative where an owner wanted a soft-top hood fitting to his Morgan (an old Morgan, at that).

They banged on about parts not being available (yet I can guarantee you could phone Morgan and they'd make one from patterns they still hold) and then they decided they would dremel reliefs in the top edge of the windscreen glass to allow for longer retaining screws on the hood bows (also not necessary).  The glass shattered and they exclaimed their abject horror that some bodge merchant had replaced the windscreen with toughened glass in the past..

..except we all know that toughened glass windscreens were the norm once upon a time..

[STEMO]

...show us how to change a ball joint? 10? 100? 1000? 

What has this to do with cars for sale/wanted

That's what the effin great oops is doing in post #2.

[frostbite]

Slightly ot but does anyone think Mike's dealership a tad expensive?

[TD]

...show us how to change a ball joint? 10? 100? 1000? 

But have you noticed, unless the car has needed engine work....he never shows that he's done a basic service on the engine....would you buy a car from that pair 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Pays too much for them, spends too much on them, apparently gets some mug to pay far more than they are worth.
Its still better than most of the other shite on TV though. 

[flyer 0712]

Mike Brewer has now opened a new garage selling motors in Luton,,I believe it is on the old b.m.w.sales site on the junction of leagrave road and Arundel road luton..

[dbug]

Mike Brewer for negotiator of the year 

[frostbite]

Mike Brewer has now opened a new garage selling motors in Luton,,I believe it is on the old b.m.w.sales site on the junction of leagrave road and Arundel road luton..

That's the stealership I was referring to. I used to visit the bmw dealer all the time when I had my e36