The worst thing was bad mouthing Ed China when he left. Ed kept it classy and private. There is a video of Mike bad mouthing Ed at an American car show so not cool...
I used to work for a huge classic car parts business. Mike Brewer was a paid celebrity promotor for the company. Whenever he came into the office, he just blanked everyone, walked around as if he owned the place, and even blatantly let his dog run around pissing up the desks. He's an absolute W⚓ Speaking to people who have had the misfortune to take part in filming with him, they have all said he is a rude, demanding, power-mad, diva. I can't stand the turnip.
In Hampshire at the old Brooklyn 4x4 Land Rover and jap car’s seller Surge knew him from both he’s up he’s own rear end also I met edd even he said he’s very hard work. Nice man but unrealistic rude I really don’t like the bloke
Ed China came across as a thoroughly likable character with sound, extensive knowledge of his trade, Brewer came across as a 'wide-boy' character, typical of a second-hand car dealer.. not someone I would trust instinctively, the dynamic between the two was not helped by the impression that Brewer simply took a trip somewhere, bought a vehicle and then left Ed China to tackle all the problems. These are only superficial prejudices but the effect can be considerable.. It's likely that with the cultural differences between the UK and US Brewer's perceived character would be less of a hindrance in America.
The final price never ever included all the hours of work that was put into to the restoration so there was never any profit at all, in fact mainly losses on all,projects.
You realise it was a very popular TV show made for commercial television where they got paid by advertisers so made massive profits of each show? To think they made losses is laughable, Wether those profits were shared properly is the real question here
It is simple. We only watched the show cos of Ed China. Brewer was just seen as a used car salesman, nothing more. After China left, so did we..................
Fair to say throughout the partnership of Edd and the other felahhh, my bet is 90% tuned in to watch Edd on the tools not the "car salesman" blagging the cars.
Clickbait title. However, I seem to recall him bad mouthing Edd Chyna in at least one interview after Edd left, blaming him for daring to leave and suggesting Edd had got too big for his boots. Feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. 🤔🚘
Everyone seems to forget that Mike CREATED Wheeler Dealers and was the brains behind the show , Ed decided to leave the show of his own accord and wasn't forced out .
Can't stand Brewer. I only watched it because of the mechanics, the ones with the skill. He should not have bad mouther Edd, just showed that he has no class.
I really can’t stand this bloke he acts so childish when work is getting done in these specialists facilities he goes to get parts refurbished when the parts are no longer made all he is ,is a courier collecting parts then he goes on about how hard he works to get these cars done there’s no credit to the mechanics that actually do the work
I thought the original Britain based series worked well as it gave most time to Edd's repair work. When the Americans took over it was getting more ' so we needed a new gearbox, here is one I bought and put in earlier '.
I thinks Mike's overpowering personality leads to arguements with whoever he works with. His always 110% commitment has led to worlwide fame, but also a nightmare to work along side. I find that he has to be the main character in any program that he makes, but in the case of "Wheeler Dealers " it was Edd China's workshop scenes that kept us wanting more. When the show changed hands and moved to the USA it was game over, which left a lot of unhappy viewers.
I always thought the earlier episode ms with edd was the best there was always more content fixing the cars, but the newer ones with ant and elvis they aren't anywhere near as good
having previously worked alongside a car dealer with a similar personality, I can understand why, full of his own self importance. car selling isn't rocket science, you don't need any brains, just a bullying personality to force people into cars they probably don't really need.
Funny, I got that impression with Ant Anstead, he annoyed the hell out of me how he wouldn't shut up talking about himself :P I watched about three or four episodes with him in it and couldn't take anymore. Then I saw a series he made in recreating an old racer, and managed to force myself to sit through three episodes of that in the hopes he'd stop singing praise about himself, but nope, again with the self-importance. The new bloke in Wheeler Dealers though, Elvis, is very good.
I find Mike a little too arrogant for my liking. I usually record the show and fast forward to the interesting bits. Has anyone else noticed how he no longer ‘races’ his co hosts? Ed was not very rapid behind the wheel, so Mike enjoyed showing him up. Unlike Elvis, who has racing experience 😂.
You should be asking what the film crew think about him because one sound man I know who has worked with him was not complimentary to put it politely 😃
Edd was the bomb. You can always tell a good hearted soul, and he certainly was one. The subsequent techs were chosen for their looks on screen, and they bring less validity to the show. Still, Wheeler Dealers is a captivating formula, and my favorite show on Motor Trend TV.
Most of the restored cars and their ‘profits’ are completely phoney. The costs are based on ‘hobby’ projects, never including the costs of real overheads, ie rent of garages, costs of utilities, taxes, acquisition of tools and machines, instead just cost of vehicle, materials used and a notional ‘man hours’ expended. Mechanics and body specialists could be as high as over £100 per hour per skill, so the dirty profit figures are completely fake……it’s entertainment is genuine but I prefer the more emotionally engaging ‘Car SOS’ where costs are less relevant than the finished project, often on hopelessly deteriorated cars, but where there is a deserving owner….the ‘reveal’ is often a tear jerker…….
Yes, very true. Labor costs are not included or are the other costs you mentioned. The numbers do not add up, the sale prices do not reflect the time, labor, overhead, involved in getting the cars running.
@@mikenic7793I always thought that the eventual ‘haggle’ with the purchaser was a total fix. Who wouldn’t love the chance to buy any of the cars fixed up so expertly by Edd at a bargain price for hardly any mark-up. I felt it was an insult to Edd. Mike seemed so unaware of this, being so arrogant.
Edd China and Marc Priestley are gentlemen and very good mechanics. Ant Anstead is a pillock but Brewer is a rat in my opinion and by all accounts not very pleasant ro work with/for. He has also been caught out numerous times of telling porkies on screen. The biggest one that every UK hot rodder jumped on was when the programme which featured a hot rod Pop rebuild, he claimed his father built the famous and much loved Pinball Wizard Ford Pop......PORKIES!! Mickey Bray built the car. In my opiniom Brewer is shifty as f#ck and the only thing missing is a pork pie hat and a sheepskin car coat, (British viewers will understand the relevance). Would you buy a used car from Mike Brewer.......CERTAINLY WOULD NOT!
Sooo... 16 minutes to explain that you have a wrong and misleading title?? Maybe you should have called it "It's NOT true that no one wants to work with Mike Brewer"!
It’s a shame fame went to his head but after all Mike was a car salesman and we all know that you wouldn’t trust one as far as you could throw them Ed was the star but you can only flog a horse for so long 🤔
He is rude, full of his own ego -bossy always saying he works hard when he does very little. However his co stars were all brilliant for working so hard and putting up with him. .EG: Why would you make a colleague change an old rusty Morgan chassis ? Crazy amount of work..
Started crying like big girl when he was in Afghanistan and the pilot got injured. He volunteered to go to a warzone Afghans don’t care that he had TV program.
he's good a buying cars, but not great at selling them, and he just has no people skills, the way he talked to Edd and Ant was just appalling, I couldn't work with someone like that
I'm an admitted gearhead, so I have to say that, like my attitude about Hollywood and entertainment in general, I couldn't care less about "celebrities" Mike Brewer, Edd China, "Elvis" Priestly or Ant Ansted, whether they get along, their egos or disagreements. I watch the show to see how the cars (and the occasional truck) are repaired and prepped for resale; I've been watching it for years and still do.
clickbait title and bs content. you even explain in your own words they all left for personal reasons, not because of mike. killed the whole reason for the video there and then.
Edd strips bits of the car rebuilds them without cleaning them, very bad workshop practice, the man i was apprenticed to would have kicked my arse for that.
You are right! That is why Edd China left. Thank god some has brains too. Edd did not like the way WD was going in the GOOD' OL' US of A. So he stuck to his principles and left the show.
I agree, I started struggling continuing to watch the series when it went to the US, the Yanks had to make it for an American audience by dumbing it down. I can't believe though that the Yanks are that dumb and have the attentions span of ants as the producers seem to think that's what they're like :P I started watching again when they got a new mechanic, Elvis and are back in the UK.
I like Flipping Bangers way more. Those guys are sincere and get along great. I don't like Wheeler Dealers . Mike Brewer is always putting himself before his mechanics , very improper English Me and Edd or Me and Ant or Me and Elvis. Not Edd and I or Ant or I or Elvis and I.
This is total rubbish. Met Mike Brewer on many occasions even when filming at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire. A genuinely nice guy both on and off camra, which is more than more than I can say for some complete tossers I have had the displeasure to work with. Love or hate Jeremy Clarkson he is a very genuine person both on and off screen as is James May.
Isn't that the hallmark of the used car salesman - to make you feel he's your friend and doing you a favour. He's a wide boy but successful with it. I doubt he's got any real friends - I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.
Here us a hint for RU-vid chanbel creators. Use a real human voice. Not a robot. And don't drive viewers crazy with a stupid, monotonous background track. If i want to listen to a metronome, i can buy one. I stopped watching halfway through.
Miker Brewer was half of what made the original Wheeler Dealers fun to watch. The other half was obviously Edd. But is the combination of the two, and their distinct personalities and respective talents that made it enjoyable. This show was about being able to buy low, do value added work, and sell high. Without "buy low" there would be no show, and without Mike, there would have been no buying low. Edd didn't have it in him to haggle, and haggle someone must, if was to work as a concept. The combination of Mike's outgoing personality and Edd's more sedate everyman approach made the pair a formidable team. The fact that Mike might have slagged Edd is not my concern, I don't know what was going on behind the curtain. I just remember a very entertaining automotive show.
The show isn't about fixing a car yourself, but watching a mechanic rebuilding a scrap car with the aid of the factory. Everyone can be a Wheeler Dealer and buy cheap cars with problems if you have a complete factory to back you up with materials and know-how.
Loved Wheeler Dealers. I'm tall, and was amazed how Ed fit his hands in some small places. Ed worked so hard, sometimes doing all-nighters to meet the show's deadline. Then Mike would sell it for his original cost and parts, getting very little for Ed's labor. Just thought Ed was worth more.
I’d turn the question around and say, "Why is Mike Brewer the main guy?" It should be Ed, Ant or Marc, these are the stars, they’re the guys who can work with their hands; make, fix, their skills and knowledge is impressive. Typical in the UK, people with technical and manual skills are denigrated, they’re the people society needs.
