Flipping channels at 6am EST, lo and behold the abrasive short plump guy on Wheeler Dealer is looking at XJS, "so we can make a few quid" (He apparently never adds to the equation the $20,000 of labor provided by his expert repair guy working three weeks 12 hour days on the car...)

Taping show. I'm an XKR (x100) owner, but nice to see the XJS featured.

regards

david

 

Ahhh, better and better.

The car drives well, needs headliner and some wood interior laminate fixed.

1000 quid.

Go figure...

-d

 

i just watched that show, you are right poor ED the mechanic dont seem to get much from the sale of the cars.

and he is a great mechanic, lot of little tricks he has, added some to my knowledge base.

but lately he is not on the new progarms, kinda makes you wonder whats going on!

 

My favorite show. Edd is my hero. Usually, they have some stock, crappy music on that show. But I noticed on the XJS episode they have a tune called 'No cars go' by one of my favorite bands Arcade Fire.

I think that the show is more about giving old modern classics a new lease on life, as opposed to "making a few quid" as annoying Mike Brewer likes to say. I wish Edd was my neighbor. We would be BFFs :-)

 

Hey, whats the difference between a quid and a pound?

 

Absolutely no difference ronbros, quid is just slang for a pound, thats all.

As far as not always making much money on their projects?

I've seen some where they've made from £2k to even £4k / £5k profit, which isn't too bad, wouldn't mind some of that....lol

The general idea though, is about the tv programme itself, about general / basic car maintenance and keeping some of the older cars on the road for another few years.

Whether they make some or any profit at certain times can be a moot point, but it is nice when they make a few £££ for their efforts.

 

Pound = dollar. Quid= buck. That's how I think of it. A pound is about 1.5 dollars, give or take. On the latest episode, a Lamborghini urraco, they turned about 10,000 pound profit, or $15K. Not too shabby!

 

Just watched the xjs episode on youtube. It was definitely good for a few laughs. Actually it was eerily similar to my own xjs episode. Their headliner cost $400, mine was $59 for material and glue. As for the ski-slope, I used black vinyl which I like better than the wood veneer. I had the vinyl kicking around the garage (leftover from another project) so cost was 0$.

Mike paid 1000 quid. I paid $1700 cdn. (pretty close). Although mine is a V12 and the body is in a LOT better shape.

This is one of my favorite shows and I had no idea this episode existed until I saw this thread. Thanks for the heads up David i.

 

Ive seen every episode of wheelers. Its a great show. I don't think the main idea is to make $$$ off the projects. Its too show how someone goes about diagnosing & fixing cars. the Lotus Esprit was a great one-ed removed the motor & put headers on it & some other fixes...

 

Personally, i was fascinated with the DeLorean episode.

I don't pay too much attention on the amount of money they make since they don't account for Edd's time as having any value. They only consider the material costs when figuring out the amount of money made.

 

all good info, but i think there is something happening between the two characters, like not quite in agreement!

the new shows have someone else as car mechanic! he has a different type of personality!

maybe i'm reading into it to much,damifino!