I LOVE Fast N Loud, it's a cracking show and has made me appreciate some of the US cars.

Yes it's a bit in your face but I love the fact they sell their cars at auction and sometimes "lose their a$$" taking a massive loss.

spot on John

LMFAO!! so i look like shaggy from Scooby doo! thanks!

your right about Mario.. short "stumpy" nearly bald bloke

I had a choice of watching car sos or counting cars last night . I have seen the work counting cars does on pawn stars as they use him to fix bikes or cars . So i thought counting cars would not be very good not a fan of american chopper bikes .I was pleasantly surprised the hour i watched last night . Its a good programme so far and i like the bullitt Mustang they put together .

I really enjoy watching Wheeler Dealers. I have the Velocity channel here in the USA and it has 24hr car shows. Fatal :-)

Okay so they usually make a huge loss on all the cars once you factor in any labour. For me the interesting part is watching Ed diagnose the problem, find the cheapest solution and fix the car.

I've seen a couple of episodes of Counting Cars and they do top work. However they do tend to completely ignore the customers budget and do whatever work they think is necessary to get the best result. I saw one episode where Danny bought another car and the staff were annoyed as they had to find room for it in the back with his collection of about 50 cars.

I've watched a little bit of West Coast Customs and they are amazing. Bespoke solutions and I dread to think how much some of those cars cost to modify.

John

I rather watch these 'small' nut and bolt programmes with the sometimes added setup drama and holes so big you can drive through several times over than the bafoon that is Top Gear shite.

Escort Mk1 on next, should be interesting, there will be loads of room in th engine bay compared to the plumbing and electrics a modern car now has.

Loads of room?

Not when you fit a ford Dutatec in there!

Just watching this now. It was painful watching Ed replace the suspension hub and brake assembly and not the wishbones with the obviously ruined bushes. The boot on the track rod end was split too. The old Ed would have replaced the lot! Ah well

Still the LSD replacement was very interesting!

^ Yes, I thought that too. It looked like there were a few new parts on the car which didn't get mentioned.

No comments in this weeks Boxster episode?

Buying a 3.2 s with a slipping auto box for £1k, only to change the gearbox ATF and its all fine?!?!!!! Why wouldn't the owner try that first?

Agreed it look to be too obvious. Still the car turned out very well in the end, although I'm not sure I'd have spent £1k changing the lights over, I can't imagine they made the value increase by much!

Indeed, then spend hundres on "white" lights only to fit amber rather than mirrored bulbs.

The car had sat for 4 years! In 4 months my coupes disks looked like ritz crackers. Who re they kidding?

Sat for 4 years and they didn't even give it a service too

Been stood for 4 years and he takes it round the block to check. Filmed in a funny order me thinks.

Wheeler dealers - don't get me started

are tyres free in Wheeler dealer world?

Seems it.

And labour
And advertising
And overheads

etc etc!

Did anyone watch the Cerbera edition? The bloke who sold it is a friend of a friend.

God knows how they made any money on it and once again they fluttered over the detailed information. One minute Ed China was saying he wants to take the body off the car and then he decides to take the engine out first. Next minute the engine is out - barely even showing what they had to remove.

As I've said so many times before....you take the likes of wheeler dealers & similar with a tiny bit of salt. They are what they are...tune in & hang on. Can't help smiling to myself when some take these shows a tad too seriously.

For me, wheeler dealers is an easy to watch simple delve into the cars most would like to own, or at least drive. No silly swearing or stupid strops......easy to watch. Sure it's cheesey, if you don't do cheese don't watch...simple