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Part of the show's charm to me is that they either unwittingly or intentionally allow some things to follow a natural course or slide a bit. Take the interview with the owner of the exemplary 911. He launches into a "Monty Python-esque" monologue about how he found it while he was at a barbecue (think of "Kipling Road was a typical eastern street ..."). Anyway, what he said about examining the oil as a buying tip was complete nonsense, but he wasn't called out on it by the lads (unlike what would occur online). This is real, polite conversation.

We Americans recoil in horror at the sight of a five-bladed fan. No biggie to Mike and Edd.

And during the clutch job, you might have noticed that Edd didn't replace the pilot bearing, which many would say is being pennywise and pound foolish. Again, no biggie to the boys who are out to pocket a few quid and have some fun.

Edd's comments in the last 911 episode about the fun of working on a Porsche 911 seemed genuine. He could have opened that 915 up himself and fixed the two-three graunch, but I think they wanted to show how the average bloke can pursue the option of buying a rebuilt unit (and trying to wheedle the rebuilder down on price).

Watch the 928 episode. Like the American impact bumpers in the 911 show, Mike and Edd go off about the awful wheels on their project car. It's amusing later how things go down, eventually leaving Mike "absolutely chuffed" (happy).

Brian