Wheeler dealers - cerbera

[Graham]

Just seen an ad for the new series and it lists

A cerbera

Should be interesting !

[bionicjim]

What will be interesting is if Ed can fix all the probs including a engine
Re build for £1500 don't think Dom will charm
Dom lol

[chris1972]

I'll look out for that one!

[Robertjp]

i like this program with the exception of mike brewer!!

looking forward to the DB7 and Cerbera....hope they do them justice...can be a bit hit and miss as to how good a job they do!

[RPE11Y]

What channel is it coming to?

[seeby]

Be interesting to see if they actually make any money on it .

[Tonto]

RPE11Y said:

What channel is it coming to?

Discovery HD, maybe others

[jamienshelly]

I remember the last Tvr they did (an S2 I believe). On Eds inspection he said all the brakes were fine and needed no work. then when doing the knackered ball joints I noticed brand new discs and calipers.
They were never added to the cost, so profit would have been -??

[cerb4.5lee]

This will be interesting, thanks for the heads up

[Erijaso]

States it starts on 19th Feb. Going to sky plus it.

G

[chris1972]

jamienshelly said:

I remember the last Tvr they did (an S2 I believe). On Eds inspection he said all the brakes were fine and needed no work. then when doing the knackered ball joints I noticed brand new discs and calipers.
They were never added to the cost, so profit would have been -??

I saw that, and they never mentioned the chassis once...

[phillpot]

jamienshelly said:

I noticed brand new discs and calipers.

I believe some one picked them upon this at a car show or whatever and they claimed they came with the car but had not been fitted by the seller.

Surely that show is 100% "kosher" they don't cheat or fiddle do they?

[jr6yam]

chris1972 said:

jamienshelly said:

I remember the last Tvr they did (an S2 I believe). On Eds inspection he said all the brakes were fine and needed no work. then when doing the knackered ball joints I noticed brand new discs and calipers.
They were never added to the cost, so profit would have been -??

I saw that, and they never mentioned the chassis once...

I think they mention in the buying process the car had had a new chassis

[chris1972]

jr6yam said:

I think they mention in the buying process the car had had a new chassis

I missed that bit! I'd like to see them do a Chim. Perhaps they can borrow mine, let Ed give it a complete overhaul and then I'll pretend to buy it off them at the end! Sounds great programming to me.

[esso]

That programme makes me Larf.....if ever they added labour costs onto the `rebuild` they would be on a loser every time!....Ed China is a star....Mike Brewer....wat a winker!!!!

[BlackpoolRock]

esso said:

That programme makes me Larf.....if ever they added labour costs onto the `rebuild` they would be on a loser every time!....Ed China is a star....Mike Brewer....wat a winker!!!!

Their answer to this is it's supposed to be a programme about a home mechanic hence why there is never any labour taken into account.

[anonymous-user]

Last I heard, the chassis was still unattached from the body, with quite a distinctive moniker from the repairing garage on the front upper cross member, so not sure how they're gonna have enough time to get it all back together for this series and sell it.

[450Nick]

Its a good series but you can't take it too seriously as they obviously cheat a bit to make the program work, and to make sure all episodes are the same length I guess - or the TVR one would be very long! Edd is good to watch though, watching a mechanic work is a great way to brush up on mechanics in general and I've picked up at least a couple of useful tips from the program over time! Will definitely be interesting to see what they do with the Cerbie as it has quite a few bespoke parts and plenty of electronic boxes to break!

What's the bet that Dom has got his face in there when Mike goes to buy a load of parts from TVR Power? lol

[Jonny cobra]

Looking forward to that one .........

JC ..

[grahamw48]

At least they are generally positive about the cars and in touch with the 'normal' enthusiast, unlike those clowns at TG.