Wheeler Dealers 3200 now for sale!
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Blimey! Brewer's put even more weight on!!
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Is that Mike Roberts, the guy who fixed the TB?
I liked the programme, showed many of the standard issues.
Shudder to think what a dealer or indie would have charged to put it all right!
The car still looked and sounded fab.
So the guy who bought C10CFS, at £12.5K, anyone seen it about?
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I liked the programme, showed many of the standard issues.
Shudder to think what a dealer or indie would have charged to put it all right!
The car still looked and sounded fab.
So the guy who bought C10CFS, at £12.5K, anyone seen it about?
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So the plot thickens with some comments from Mike R.
"We did have to pretty much replace the whole of the active ride system on that car - all shocks, two actuators."
"At the time the binnacle was done, we hadn't even started on the suspension, and, the film of the binnacle going in may have been shot when the film crew was available, not necessarily when the binnacle was fully repaired. A previous owner had tried to deliberately deceive future purchasers by cutting and rewiring the binnacle in lots of different places - it was much more serious than covered in the show."
It winds me up that they didn't announce they bought a dog and actually spent a few more K on it than they said. Actuators cannot be cheap can they?
"We did have to pretty much replace the whole of the active ride system on that car - all shocks, two actuators."
"At the time the binnacle was done, we hadn't even started on the suspension, and, the film of the binnacle going in may have been shot when the film crew was available, not necessarily when the binnacle was fully repaired. A previous owner had tried to deliberately deceive future purchasers by cutting and rewiring the binnacle in lots of different places - it was much more serious than covered in the show."
It winds me up that they didn't announce they bought a dog and actually spent a few more K on it than they said. Actuators cannot be cheap can they?
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Yeah......the full story.....could well have turned into a 12 part series on that 3200!
I would say a good weeks work at an indie to put right............40 hours at £60 an hour.......quite a bit......plus the £1700 they put into it.......so 55% value of what he paid for it to put right in the real world!
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I would say a good weeks work at an indie to put right............40 hours at £60 an hour.......quite a bit......plus the £1700 they put into it.......so 55% value of what he paid for it to put right in the real world!
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no matter how much they spent in the name of entertainment...............all means another sorted 3200 on the road, so all good!
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You say that I bought a 53k car for 9k and have spent a good few K on improvements like TB, Cambelt, servicing, thermostat, and just general fettling to get the car running right. That was mostly done at a specialist if it was done at a main dealer it would possibly have cost as much as the purchase price!!!!
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I thought that Andy, it only sold a couple of weeks ago, the guy paid £12300 for it. Mike got it for £7000, if they did the job properly and sorted everything, they will have made a small amount, I'd say it would have been around £2500 parts plus ( a lot) of 'free' labour. They spent £850 on throttle alone, surely they did some cosmetic work that wasn't mentioned.
I thought the programme was pretty good, don't know who was nerdy enough to spot a bit of advertising on my behalf??
The only point I thought they laboured was that it costs a fortune to sort out a bad one, which is true. They spoke highly of the car and its VFM so all in all, good for all of us involved in the marque as owners, specialists, sales etc.
I thought the programme was pretty good, don't know who was nerdy enough to spot a bit of advertising on my behalf??
The only point I thought they laboured was that it costs a fortune to sort out a bad one, which is true. They spoke highly of the car and its VFM so all in all, good for all of us involved in the marque as owners, specialists, sales etc.
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I spotted an ad on Pistonheads of one of your cars but to most they won't know recognise the layout or style of your ads.
There was according to Mike alot of fettling not shown in this programme as per my posts yesterday where he stated they changed all shocks and two of the Bilstein actuators.
There was according to Mike alot of fettling not shown in this programme as per my posts yesterday where he stated they changed all shocks and two of the Bilstein actuators.
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True ....but again.......if some else had bought it...thinking they'd gotten a bargain with a few fixes...............they wouldn't have on further examination, and this car might well have met a grim fate!
Mike et all obviously don't peruse this forum otherwise they would have realised an indie inspection was mandatory!!!
Plus if an indie inspection showed up most of those failing, what offer would you have made for the car?
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Mike et all obviously don't peruse this forum otherwise they would have realised an indie inspection was mandatory!!!
Plus if an indie inspection showed up most of those failing, what offer would you have made for the car?
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IMO it would be a better programme if it was honest. I can't imagine any viewers out there have gone into business buying, fixing and selling cars at a profit on the back of this programme.
They've missed off loads of high cost items over the years on most cars. I've spotted brand new tyres, new brakes, exhausts to name some of the more obvious stuff that cost has not been accounted for. When you get some inside stories like Phil has on the 3200 no doubt there are even more hidden costs to these cars not shown when the 'profit' is revealed. When coupled with the completely free labour, use of a workshop, car lift, tools etc. I think most car enthusiasts know what a crock of sh1t the programme really is. I wish they'd make the show about the potential pitfalls of certain cars and then show how to fix them instead of the nonsensical attempt to make a profit when the majority of costs are ignored.
Profit is created at the buying stage IMO and Brewer/the production company always pays too much in the first place with the required work taken into account.
i still watch it though!
They've missed off loads of high cost items over the years on most cars. I've spotted brand new tyres, new brakes, exhausts to name some of the more obvious stuff that cost has not been accounted for. When you get some inside stories like Phil has on the 3200 no doubt there are even more hidden costs to these cars not shown when the 'profit' is revealed. When coupled with the completely free labour, use of a workshop, car lift, tools etc. I think most car enthusiasts know what a crock of sh1t the programme really is. I wish they'd make the show about the potential pitfalls of certain cars and then show how to fix them instead of the nonsensical attempt to make a profit when the majority of costs are ignored.
Profit is created at the buying stage IMO and Brewer/the production company always pays too much in the first place with the required work taken into account.
i still watch it though!
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But MAF, Mike bagged himself a proper Italian thoroughbred supercar for just £7,000. He's the best in the business and he's bought and sold thousands of cars over the years. Really, if he could have kept that one, he would have but it's not the Wheeler Dealer way.
Bol***ks, i'm with you, it would be more interesting to see a reality story of what is actually possible with a "bargain" car although I think it would be very hard to make it into an interesting hour long show.
It's generally good for the marque that they've chosen to get a classic GT back into good shape and to wake up the masses to these great cars. Just a shame that it was a £5k car to start with and if Mike really had a clue, he'd have known that jumpy suspension probably meant that a huge bill was on the way. I wonder if it's just that it was the cheapest car they could find and as the choice was slim, they had no choice.
Bol***ks, i'm with you, it would be more interesting to see a reality story of what is actually possible with a "bargain" car although I think it would be very hard to make it into an interesting hour long show.
It's generally good for the marque that they've chosen to get a classic GT back into good shape and to wake up the masses to these great cars. Just a shame that it was a £5k car to start with and if Mike really had a clue, he'd have known that jumpy suspension probably meant that a huge bill was on the way. I wonder if it's just that it was the cheapest car they could find and as the choice was slim, they had no choice.
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