Really not a bad episode at all & I continue to improve my French Spoiler alert: they spend a wedge of money at Superformance
A mechanic that Jumps over the door, lands with both feet on the seat then slides down the bolster is EXACTLY who I working on my car. Also seemed like he was a little rough with the wrenches when it came to unbolting items. Was going to take French in high school but it interfered with screwing off. Curious to know in US dollars what they purchased this for?
Might be wrong but looks like it was bought for 60,000 Euro (US$68,500), he had 63,421 Euro into it ($72,500), and sold it for 67,000 Euro ($76,500).
Thanks for posting this. Gave me an opportunity to dust off my old high school French chops. Take-aways for me: It is always startling to see how much more these cars are worth in the EU vs. the States. Unloved TRX's. New clutch required? Really? Slap-dash temporary cosmetic cover-up of the rust on the front fender. New piping on the front seat back, while keeping the original OEM leather "patina". Changed the front fender top louvres from body color to black. A change which I approve, as the black louvres now match the black engine lid louvres. … and all of that just for a relatively measly 3500 Euro profit? That's only around 5% or so. Even so, a very enjoyable video. Thanks - DM
Sorry to be late in my answer, Dave. We discussed it - in french...- in some details in our usual french forum. Our impression is that it is staged, that is: they do things on the car just for the show, not because the car needed it. We had doubts about the injection , clutch, etc... You could also discusst the fact that this car left the factory in Rosso Corsa, as they did discover when they sanded the yellow, that the front grills on an "euro" car should not be black, but body color, etc...which mean that this car is far from being OEM, and not closer to being so when it leaves their hands. Whatever: the major point is that there is no cost for the hours worked factored in the equation: the work is done for free. This on cars that are time consuming, as we all know. If you put the actual cost of the hours into account, supposedly they say this was 55 hours; at 75 euros it gives you a cost of 4,125 euros, which essentially negates the supposed profit of 3,500 to zero. Rgds
When looking for this car he mentions : 64.000 Euro "c'est tres bon marché"...its still cheap ! Guido
Just like American Wheeler Dealers, I would love to see how they calculate their hours... On most cars, in 40 hours or less, they remove the motor, rebuild it, reseal it, rebuild the trans, redo the interior, buff, shine, redo the wheels, fix the turbo's, rebuild the brakes, and half dozen other things... On what planet would that be 40 hours? That's only $4000 in labor... to do ALL THAT. I want to be able to call them next time my car needs a restoration, should take them 15 minutes or so....
Of course it is staged. It's absolutely impossible to film real life situations without stuff going wrong (or not enough stuff going right). It's a tv show done to a formula, like all tv shows are. When the original Wheeler Dealers (UK) licensed the show worldwide, it will have come with a format book that needs strict adherence (including the cringe-worthy staged jokes). That said, at least they reveal the labour hours & I think 55 is close to the truth for this one.
