Comments on: Friday Video: Wheeler Dealers Flip Toyota MR2

By: Fred Sanford

Fred Sanford — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:58:13 +0000

Why you people are commenting like this on a TV show is beyond me. You act like its some sort of important world altering documentary when its actually just a bit of fluff and fun to watch. Relax, sip your tea slower…My bet is even the people that buy the cars in the end are ‘freinds of the show’ or simply actors. Bottom line is its just for fun and not meant to be taken seriously, same goes for ‘Monster Garage’ or any TV shows for that matter. Sheesh.

By: rlee-lockhart

rlee-lockhart — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:45:27 +0000

so i bought 1989 supercharged stage II

By: rlee-lockhart

rlee-lockhart — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:41:34 +0000

saw this on american TV had a chance to buy this car however did not know how to import to the united states

By: RedMR2

RedMR2 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:38:38 +0000

They didn’t mention that the t-top seals probably leak if they haven’t been replaced. Just sell it in dry weather, it’s the next guy’s problem!

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:58:10 +0000

I guess C-pillar trim doesn’t disintegrate in cloudy England the same way it does over here in SoCal… either that or they couldn’t find replacement parts and said “screw it” the same way the rest of us AW11 owners do.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:38:33 +0000

Yea the show was called Scrapheap Challenge and there were several different girls on it over the years. Not sure if it’s still on but some of the later seasons were pretty unimaginative and the planted “junk” got a bit predictable and obvious. Still it was a lot better than today’s TV crap.

As an MR2 owner seeing the bog job made me cringe, reminds me of shopping round for MR2s. I guess that car falls into “nice from afar and far from nice”. Also, he did say later on in the episode that he changed the oil filter, maybe they didn’t want to show what a pain in the arse place its in though. Also, I wonder how many miles were on the car and what condition other things like shocks, brakes etc. were in. It all seemed a bit contrived but made for good entertainment.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:45:37 +0000

Junkyard Wars was originally a British show, was it not? The guy who played Kryten on Red Dwarf, Robert Llewellyn (which I’m sure I misspelled) was one of the hosts, as well as that fiiiiine British gal. Though I think there was a US spin off, I remember mostly seeing the original British ones.

I could be wrong, I can’t remember. Is that even on the air anymore?