Can't see the show carrying on much longer without him, the main reason I & others I know watched was for the
actual mechanic work...and that's the bit the new company want to cut? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IB15T1LYiY
He's off apparently Can't see the show carrying on much longer without him, the main reason I & others I know watched was for the
actual mechanic work...and that's the bit the new company want to cut?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IB15T1LYiY
Completely agree, for me, Ed was and is the show.
Mikes reply
http://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/mike-brewer-speaks-shock-edd-china-departure/131783
Lots been said about this, good luck to both of them. They have given us a great tv show over the years.
Sounds like the Americans have shot themselves in the foot by not understanding (or caring about) the audience.
For Ed to leave at the top is a brace move but probably the right one as the new series could be a bit like Top Gear Mk 2 and we know how that ended.
Don't worry, I think Chris Evans is available!
Not exactly a surprise if you have been a follower of the show. Since they started making the shows in the US the quality and content went down in my
opinion and the show was more about entertainment than content- (typical american brain dead rubbish.)
Discovery have been on a mission to cut costs after wasting all that money buying olympics coverage for Eurosport to show in countries whose national
carriers showed the olympics for free - DOH! Mythbusters, Deadliest catch and wheeler dealers are just three of many casualties.
Can't really blame Sky for not wanting to pay discovery $40million per year for outdated shows, endless repeats, and poor quality
'modern' shows - red necks in Alaska, fake gold miners and people brewing illegal spirits (promoting crime discovery thats very public
spirited - pun intended)
Discovery have too many channels and their content is spread too thinly. They need to lose some channels and consolidate on providing the good quality
content they built their paqst reputation on. -They've made their world too big LOL
Edd has done the right thing - keeping his integrety intact. For that he retains my respect.
I'm sure he will be back on our TV's soon and what ever it is it'll be worth watching.
It's a shame indeed.
Mike I can take or leave, but I did watch the show for Edd's mechanic input. Scripted...yes and no seized bolts either, but OK for me.
I'm the same, I can take or leave Mike Brewer, though not a hater like a lot of people seem to be of him.
For me too the show went downhill when they started importing fancy rare cars and doing them up. Great to see, but I liked the earlier series where
they did up cars anyone could get their hands on...no reason why someone today couldnt get inspired by the show and go out to buy an old triumph, land
rover, mini, bmw, golf, etc, etc. But then, an imported Bel-air? Lamborghini? Etc? Great to see these rare classics being restored, but it moved away
from the "this is what we did, now you can go in your garage and do the same" format.
That's another thing the yanks have ruined just hope they don't buy all our chocolate company's as destroy them also. 😉 Oops to late.
Looks like I'm in the minority by welcoming the switch from Edd to Ant Anstead (that was quite funny, my spell checker tried to change
'Edd' to 'End' and 'Anstead' to 'Instead' )
Ant is a really knowledgable car restorer and you may have seen him already on 'For the Love of Cars' with Philip Glenister. He's also
been on a few other car programs and comes across really well.
No disrespect to Edd but I felt the format of WD had become a bit stale and Edd wasn't great in front of the camera IMHO. Ant is equally capable
technically (more so I'd say) and is much more natural in front of the camera.
Anyway, I think we should give Ant a chance and see how it works out. He's really likeable and definitely knows his stuff. Try to imagine
yourself in his shoes as a fellow petrol-head before criticising him. He's quite active on Twitter if you want to get to know him a bit better.
@AntAnstead
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I agree about Ant, he's quite good. However, the new production team are changing the format of the show as, to paraphrase Edd, 'the
detailed mechanical bits in the garage that everyone watched were too expensive to make'. This was what made the show good. Now, much like Top
Gear in the immediate post-Clarkson days, there is always a chance that what they come up with might be better.............
Edd says he will be putting out more content on his YouTube channel now though 
Yeah I had seen Edd's video about format changes but I'll reserve judgement until I see the result. Like I said above, I think the current
format is needing a bit of a revamp. It's not as if the detailed mechanical sequences with Edd were particularly sophisticated and often just
seemed to be a way to show off (advertise) a piece of equipment that most of us could never justify having.
Everyone was up in arms when the old trio left top gear but I'd say now the new top gear has finally found a team who make the grand tour
irrelevant. Hopefully the same will happen here.
I saw this the other day and my first thought was "They still make Wheeler Dealers?". like others said it was much better when it was cars you could possibly buy and things an amateur had some chance of doing (And before every car got a full respray and was then sold at a massive loss without even counting labour).
I think that Wheeler Dealers has had its day. Not because it wasn't interesting, but because there are only so many times that you can watch Ed
diagnose that the track rod ends are worn out and need replacing. I learnt a lot from the show when I was a complete novice in the early stages of
building my car, so I thank them for that.
Unfortunately, there was no way that they could sustain just doing up old cars that you could pick up from "an internet auction site" or
Auto Trader without repeating makes and models, so inevitably they had to move to more exotic varieties that are out of the price range of mere
mortals or are as rare as hens teeth. Part of the appeal was the nostalgia of seeing them work on cars that were around when I was younger.
I used to plan to watch it and never missed an episode, however, I tend to only watch now if I'm at a loose end or stumble across a particularly
interesting episode.
For me, the best bit was always watching Ed doing the repairs, not the bits that were farmed out or seeing how good a very expensive spray job could
be.
Maybe Ant will find a new angle that will regain the interest from people like me, but I'm finding it difficult to see what that might be
quote:
Originally posted by JC
to paraphrase Edd, 'the detailed mechanical bits in the garage that everyone watched were too expensive to make'. This was what made the show good.
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Originally posted by 02GF74
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Originally posted by JC
to paraphrase Edd, 'the detailed mechanical bits in the garage that everyone watched were too expensive to make'. This was what made the show good.
how expensive can it be to put up a camera, microphone and some lights in the same garage?
I agree about Car SOS - when I first saw the programme name in the listings I thought it was another stupid USA production. But then I actually saw
an episode... The presenters are good, not too much obvious playing up to the camera (though there is some), and the basic idea of the programme is
good.
Even my wife will watch it, purely as entertainment!
Yeah same here, it's one of the few car programs my wife actually enjoys!
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Originally posted by craig1410
Yeah same here, it's one of the few car programs my wife actually enjoys!
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The problem I have with Car SOS is the same as the problem I have with Wheeler Dealers. I find Fuzz Townsend and Edd China the backbone of the show and really worth watching. The the non-mechanic presenter pops up and talks crap for a bit. I think maybe Fuzz and China should start there own show.
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Originally posted by hkp57
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Originally posted by craig1410
Yeah same here, it's one of the few car programs my wife actually enjoys!
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The early stuff from that show was good but the later stuff got annoying with the "Tim must get a huge discount" or blag this and blag that got somewhat tiresome but the formula worked.
Real people getting something done for them. Some would question some of the people rewarded as they clearly were from families with sufficient means to do it themselves. Or were they funding some of the budget?
The only thing I have against Edd China is that he peddles the Terraclean snake oil crap.
"The non-mechanic presenter pops up and talks crap for a bit. I think maybe Fuzz and China should start there own show."
Good shout, both are decent car guys, and both very watchable for their knowledge and skill sets,
both Brewer and Tim wee me right off and almost make the programs almost un watchable
Back to my hatred of TG /GT etc, I can not stand Hammond, thus I don't watch the programmes, because
he needs a tube off canniston
"to eradicate an irritating c*nt
steve