Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic

While I have respect for Ant as an engineer, and author/writer, this series almost falls into the same traps as many motoring programmes. Obviously staged in parts, it can be simplistic in that only certain car faults are shown and a lot of refurbishment work simply isn't shown. Then vehicles are sold at an upmarket auction which may not always be the best solution. The link to renovating a house for his parents (not ideally suited for them given their age?) is novel but again it is simplified. Ant comes across as a bit of a drama queen and impulsive. At least he treats his audience with some respect in terms of their assumed technical knowledge and doesn't constantly repeat the same issues. Nevertheless it could be significantly better, especially if they ditched the inevitable background music..

First off I liked the show.

It was entertaining and worth watching.

The one thing that stood out about his profits and/or losses was that when he made a small profit he didn't mention the fees that the auction houses charge for a sale.

His profits were small and some of his losses were large, and the auction fees would have had a bigger impact than he mentioned.

I think he also understated the amount of money that he spent on restoring the house.

There is no doubting his mechanical knowledge and ability and in general he is very gifted.

I didn't particularly like the paint finish on the Land Rover in the last episode.