D1 on Wheeler Dealers June 6th

[Brian Fransson]

Wheeler Dealers on tonight's, June 6, episode. It's on the Velocity channel. Check your local listings.

9:00 pm
(30 minutes)
Wheeler Dealers 6
Land Rover Discovery pt1
TV-PG, CC

Mike Brewer is looking for one of Britain's unsung motoring heroes, a Land Rover Discovery. It's been a huge success since its launch in 1989 as both a rugged off-road workhorse and practical seven seater family transporter.

9:30 pm
(30 minutes)
Wheeler Dealers 6
Land Rover Discovery pt2
TV-PG

Expert car trader Mike Brewer has bought a standard model Land Rover Discovery TDI for £1500 with the hopes of turning it into an expedition vehicle and adding value.

 

[stu454]

....with the hopes of.....adding value.

That's funny, right there.

 

[Blue]

Crackin' good job, Ed!

 

[LRflip]

Expert car trader Mike Brewer has bought a standard model Land Rover Discovery TDI for £1500 with the hopes of turning it into an expedition vehicle and adding value.

The quickest way to ad value would be to ship it to the US.

 

[Ballah06]

Weee its on.

 

[LRflip]

 

[K-rover]

Well that was lame :yawn:

 

[Ballah06]

Well that was lame :yawn:

X10. They just went for cheap bolt ons and called it making an expedition vehicle. :banghead:

 

[robertf]

I guessed correctly at how much quid everything cost.

 

[az_max]

X10. They just went for cheap bolt ons and called it making an expedition vehicle. :banghead:

Have they been visiting expeditionportal again?

 

[Mike_Rupp]

The only part of the show worth watching was seeing him do the Marc Olivares two hammer ball joint removal technique.

They should have stopped at replacing the steering box.

 

[paxton]

That rack was fugly.

The Disco was in pretty good shape though. Too bad they didn't put in a lift.

And I'd much rather the skid plate and light bar be black. Chrome makes it look goofy.

 

[paxton]

I'd love to find a 18 year old D1 with nothing wrong but the steering pump. That was the most interesting thing about this episode.

 

[K-rover]

That rack was fugly.

The Disco was in pretty good shape though. Too bad they didn't put in a lift.

And I'd much rather the skid plate and light bar be black. Chrome makes it look goofy.

Yeah, they said the rack was for carrying luggage. Can you imagine 7 people plus a full roof rack on old worn out stock suspension?
Even if they didnt lift it. They should have swapped out the springs and shocks.

 

[Some Dude]

Wow, so 2 Hella 1000s drilled into my plastic bumper, old worn out street tires, a snorkel, and the most god-awful rack I have ever seen and I too could have myself an expedition vehicle? Count me in.

 

[ukoffroad]

He said he made $$ but he does not figure in their labor? Anyway, why not do tires and a small lift if you are serious about making it an offroad vehicle

 

[Ballah06]

He said he made $$ but he does not figure in their labor? Anyway, why not do tires and a small lift if you are serious about making it an offroad vehicle

Given the few of the episodes i've seen, they dont do any drastic improvements to the vehicles; more like buy a turd cheap, polish it on the surface and resell. And as you've mentioned, they never seem to factor in cost of labor or overhead.

 

[Blue]

Polish on the surface is right. I always cringe when the replace shocks or bushings or whatever and leave all the built-up grease, rust, and mud on everything.

 

[stu454]

The built-up grease, rust and mud is either patina or rust-preventative, depending on where you're standing.

 

[az_max]

He said he made $$ but he does not figure in their labor? Anyway, why not do tires and a small lift if you are serious about making it an offroad vehicle

Given the few of the episodes i've seen, they dont do any drastic improvements to the vehicles; more like buy a turd cheap, polish it on the surface and resell. And as you've mentioned, they never seem to factor in cost of labor or overhead.

I watch it regularly and can't believe the little profit they get on some of the cars. Most dealers here won't touch it unless there's a couple grand profit. W-D made 269UKP on the Rover.