The Cook Report - Car Sharks/Dodgy Cut-And-Shut Car Sales S06E04 (1993)

Friends in the motor trade had alerted the Cook Report to an alarming increase in the number of written off vehicles - often poorly rebuilt from several crashed cars - which were being passed off on unsuspecting motorists. The Cook Report found a ‘retired’ cut and shut specialist who boasted that £8 million worth of bodged cars had passed through his hands. For the programme, he produced a Honda hatchback made of the front end of one write-off and the back end of another. It then went for auction, where it was bought by an unsuspecting dealer. At this point, the team stepped in and made sure nobody lost any money. Then it was crash tested at MIRA - the Motor Industry Research Association. To the horror of the testers and the young couple who were thinking of buying it, the immaculate-looking Honda almost fell in half in a 30mph side impact crash. On the road, the occupants would have been seriously injured or killed outright.
The programme also laid a trap for a car stealing gang which specialised in stealing high-value 4 x 4s, changing their identity and selling them on to new owners who would never actually have title to them. The theft of a £25,000 Shogun was secretly filmed and tracked for some months before being recovered, hidden by the thieves in a suburban garage, presumably in the hope that it would eventually be forgotten about. Then it was time to confront the gang’s ringleader, whose only response was to attack Cook and his crew with a baseball bat.
Another avenue the programme pursued was stolen cars being given the identity of a wreck in a process known as ‘ringing’. That too left the new owner of what looked like a cracking low-mileage Peugeot in a legal limbo. The team painstakingly traced the owners of both the wreck and the ringer and the Peugeot-sponsored rally driver who sold it. This kind of crime was on the increase because the money in the business was vast. Back then, the police estimated that it cost the public over £1.3 billion every year.

[@rogercookreports]

Coming Soon: Interview with Roger Cook. Leave your questions for Roger below, and if you're lucky, you might get yours answered.

[@Prophet_Google]

*Roger which is your most memorable episode and why?*

[@paulnott7186]

Roger,how were you able to remain so calm on confronting so many violent crooks?

[@sandmanjono1239]

What was you biggest most successful investigation

[@SophieCrane-o7v]

What was The Worst Injury you had in your career?🤕

[@CbrigBear87]

Roger, Did this interview ever happen?

[@lastp6905]

Imagine being that fearless to walk right up to someone and say “tell us about your car-stealing activities”. Pure class

[@theonetheonlyjoey]

I laughed so hard when he said that, it was just straight to the point in a way you won't see on British TV anymore

[@David.L291]

@@theonetheonlyjoey Cuz nowadays they're all yella bellies

[@JamesWho1]

Never let a hiding get in the way of the truth did he

[@roastedicons1234]

@@David.L291 lefty mental types

[@Talkathon408]

@@theonetheonlyjoey I don't buy this, Watchdog are pretty straight to the point when they confront people these days too. You really are creating a false narrative to suit an agenda here IMO.

[@johnpatrick83]

Born 1983, I love these documentaries they remind me of been sat at home as a kid , times we'll never see again

[@team3383]

A bit old... but amazing how simple things were even in 1993. Only 10 years into the computer age and still doing footwork on foot !!!

[@mickclarke5741]

Exactly the same

[@Bruce-1956]

@@team3383 i started working in ITC in 1977, so the computer age started much earlier than you may think.

[@scottishchris6985]

same as me born 1985, I just sent the channel link 2 my old man, he used 2 love it👍

[@thegamingda7404]

Great comment feel the same

[@limpet7r63]

On the receiving end of multiple assaults and death threats throughout his career, and he didn't give a flying fig. Just saw it as evidence he was making people nervous. Absolutely refused to be intimidated. Legend.

[@terencehennegan1439]

He was the best reporter on television, courageous, honest, straight to the point. Nobody come close to his professionalism.

[@fizzel5711]

Guy was solid and fearless - used to feel sorry for him and he took some punishment without ever having the ability to retaliate …..

[@SophieCrane-o7v]

I Wholeheartedly 100% Agree with You, Roger Cook was & Still is The G.O.A.T!🤩

[@phillipwallace7211]

@@SophieCrane-o7v mmm.. it didn't go to well for him in Belfast. He had to leave in a hurry.

[@andyfowler8274]

Still game to go there even though ive not seen it but well believe it​@phillipwallace7211

[@TheSaintman]

I totally agree...He's a true legend...

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

Cook was the greatest reporter of them all. His professionalism and courage are commendable.

[@TheMarkpops]

watched many of his shows back in the day . not sure if he was brave or stupid

[@andyfowler8274]

I wonder if it was all scripted But then again I was only 14 when this was on The telly

[@akrlykvn]

I'm American and recently discovered Roger Cook and I've been watching every episode i can find. The balls on that guy! Thanks for making these available.

[@Redchannelconditions]

He literally has been known to take a beating and continue his job at the same time.

[@matt7965]

The man is a legend

[@MeaHeaR]

You've got Rob Wolcheck over there who is on a par withé Cook

[@HouseholdDog]

Same here. It came up in my recommend.

[@Jaydot34.]

@@Redchannelconditions ain’t that the truth 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Rodger took those batterings like a champ lol the guy was a legend.

[@micheal2249]

"And the SHOGUN itself will be turning up any minute" (Roger Cook, is a straight face SAVAGE) 😂😂

[@robertbrighton9797]

Roger and his crew had absolute nerves and balls of steel. The fact the camera man drops his camera to retreat and then instantly go back to filming when he’s safely back is awesome

[@crispyduck1706]

yes agree very brave journalism

[@glorybelieve9010]

I say They were All ignorant too leave, without calling the Police and having Him hauled off too Prison, where He should have been charged with several felony counts, and Left.

[@David.L291]

Imagine the interview lol, Oh we're doing this new show we'll track down gang members etc etc and stolen cars and what not, you might get threatened assaulted maybe with weapons and more but you need to have some great coordination of using the camera whilest filming in case you need to run, Ok how does that sound? Would you like to do this job? What can you bring to the table? LOL or sounds like a job that Leslie Grantham could've done haha, The punch up cook report 😂😂😂

[@David.L291]

@@glorybelieve9010 But perhaps if the pathetic law was to do their jobs properly in the first place then we wouldn't have assholes like this on our streets

[@Mister_Holdsworth]

He didn't flinch when the car thief came at him rather aggressively. Those were the days when men were tough.

[@pommygeezer9309]

Lol. The neighbour telling him to ‘watch his language.’ 😂😂👍

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

They don't make gold for TV like this any more. Ahh the good ol day's, Roger Cook is a legend.....👍👌👍

[@Mister_Holdsworth]

The crash car at final scenes seems to have handled the crash as good as a real car would have. I think they expected it to break in half. Great show on the whole though. Thanks for the upload.

[@MechanicCompetence]

Yeah I was thinking the same. Regardless they are still terrible and such but that fellow did a pretty dang good job of it, for what its worth.

[@hokman1]

@@MechanicCompetence that's 8 million pounds worth of vehicle experience doing its job. It didn't crack in half as expected.

[@roborb1960]

Well, if I need some welding done, I must contact the fellow on here...... It was better than when it left the factory...... Nice job!

[@knightoftheroundfable7853]

Yeah. I noticed the welded spots didn’t seem to give way. Usually a weld is stronger than the metal itself.

Still wouldn't behave as expected and designed to though. That's just one scenario in perfect conditions.

[@loneranger5928]

Roger and his crew were fearless exposing criminals a true legend.

[@peteglobe23]

All these repeats from 30 years ago,,, I wonder how many people who stared in them are still living and watch them now ?

[@derekgibson6191]

Cook Report. Great Television viewing when I was I’m my early twenty’s away back from when I started watching the program in 1992. Very informative at the time with hands on reports by Roger. From memory, Roger suffered a lot of injuries during the show so was understandable when the day come he decided to stop. Hat off to him indeed.

[@dee74raz]

He should be knighted

[@geoffbell166]

He should got into a bit of training and sparring,and got a bit fitter,may have helped. !

[@jasonantigua6825]

He’s off to get his baseball bat! So I’ll just wait here for him! Haha. Nice one Rog

[@snowmanbuzzfm]

I had a Renault 5 GT Turbo at the same time the lads on this programme were killed in the cut n shut one. I remember the crash well. It happened near my house in Manchester too which brought it even closer to home. I remember checking mine the very next day at work. RIP lads 🖤

[@ssss-df5qz]

I thought it was an XR2i - that's how smashed it was.

[@McBeamer94]

​@@ssss-df5qzThere was even worse than an XR2i. A Citroen AX was even more dangerous and it didn't even need to be cut'n'shut!

[@ssss-df5qz]

@@McBeamer94 yeah I had one, AX GT. Crazy little thing but felt like a 2CV in structural integrity

[@milo04]

No gt turbo wheels

[@abc33944]

5GT turbos were quick cars especially as the bodys were made from tin foil

[@southlondonlad9144]

I was born in 1981 and I love the 90s, great memories. Much better than the past two decades

[@southlondonlad9144]

@TWISTED INTO TRUTH Yeah I think us lot grew up in the best time

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

born in 80. I also have a lair of rose tinted glasses 😁

[@southlondonlad9144]

@@wonderful-wafwaf That's what our generation seems to have. It's not rose tinted glasses, it's being real

[@joshuanoble5333]

Almost 3 decades now my guy

[@southlondonlad9144]

@@joshuanoble5333 Yeah, it's gone fast

[@justinmobile8112]

Total legend, respect for the quality of what he and the team did for the general public.

[@appleblueragcrip]

I don’t think you understand how long I’ve been looking for the cook report on KZbin 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾.. legendary journalism

[@NukSooKow-yp9py]

Roger Cook is that person you would walk by in the street, or see in the pub, and have no idea how badass he is 🤣He basically strolls up and says "I'm here to unravel your bullshit, Son!"

[@paulbowman1762]

Only just come across this channel and I'm hilated ..memories and I'm gunna watch them all again years later... LEGEND Roger was with Balls of Steel..

[@elelegidosf9707]

You're "hilated"? Lol, sounds painful!

[@samverve]

16:13 I can't belive he sold that dogey peugeot to his brother!! 😂

[@ronald8062]

Part of the mockery of the lower classes by the show creators.

[@captainkayaking]

Pmsl

​@@ronald8062 What the fcuk are you on about?

[@colettewoodward1449]

he's a dead ringer for him .. they look the same

[@DavidB-rx3km]

I thought it was the same person and got a bit confused there. The guy Paul Frankland did lose his deal with Peugeot because of this.

[@BRADERZ1986]

The guy swinging to bat in the opening credits almost knocks himself out when trying to hit the Mitsubishi 😂😂

[@Cpy-z1i]

Loved this show 😂😂😂

[@robwarrilow4810]

Skinny ass numpty lol . I don't Fink so.... 😂

[@mrjsmith2152]

The blonde man who sold the ringer to the other blonde man.. look like brothers! 😅😅😅

[@shannyg4150]

I thought that 😂

[@padiedo7213]

I was thinking the same that's MAD

[@letsgetdigging7418]

Me too😂😂

[@grahamfisher5436]

maybe.. he was a ringer too..

[@irfaan7868]

I was laughing my head off aswell, looks like he'd been cloned aswell 😄

[@jameskvo]

I can't think of a more fun job than being a cameraman on The Cook Report.

[@beefchops1400]

I lost it when the minder theme music started…..😂😂😂

[@andypandy8569]

Great article, with a couageous reporter. Why don’t we see this level of investigative journalism any more? What a pity we don’t!

[@Welshman2399]

Anyone notice at 22:26 he hits the car and it bounces back straight back at his head😂

[@callmesquare]

90's Hardman, I wonder where he is today

[@iainjones7241]

hahahhaha

[@paullord3549]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jadeddragon4254]

I remember my brother in law bringing me to his buddies auto shop. He would constantly brag about how good they were. They were doing this exact same thing. I remember watching them join the two cars together and work tirelessly to hide the seams. I remember thinking it was a little shoddy but at age 15 I didn’t know any better. I now know they were a bunch of scumbags

[@craigix]

It still goes on today. A barn I sold was used to do it during the night (to try hide the respray fumes I believe, they had no proper setup). They were raided by the police.

[@derin111]

Top quality episode! I’d forgotten how good this programme was.

[@BaldBloke]

Roger Cook wins the Mike Brewer lookalike competition (or visa versa)

[@antman5474]

What about the car thief that sold the Peugeot 406 to his lookalike.

[@AYTAZED]

@@antman5474. Twins, uncanny.

[@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio]

@@antman5474 Lol, that was a liberty 🤣

[@duckman5642]

Mike wears a wig.

[@CycolacFan]

Except one was on the side of good and the other is evil…

[@letsgetdigging7418]

Watched all this with a huge smile on my face.

[@antonbrum5492]

So true about cut-and-shuts. I worked in the automotive industry for a number of years, and knew of a panel beater who got killed in one of his own cut-and-shuts.

[@waterboy8999]

Nice one.

[@johnmitchell2269]

Karma.

[@honestopinion6711]

that tracker screen was sick for 1993 lol

[@hokman1]

what tracker do you use nowadays?

[@honestopinion6711]

@@hokman1 I'm just saying for the year 1993 the tracker technology was pretty advanced

[@hokman1]

@@honestopinion6711 Yeah I know, I thought you would know something about usage among commoners beyond professional circles because I would be interested.

[@honestopinion6711]

@@hokman1 bro I apologize, I thought you were being sarcastic aha my bad. I don't use any trackers myself

[@DMWBN3]

Spiked hair, ring on every finger, British Knights trainers with the tongues out....... Cortina on the drive way....... that plum had Essex Chav Boy Racer all over him.

[@EvolutionRich]

I was hoping to see him get ironed out lol

[@fegstachops6746]

😂probably often shouting “ I’ve got loads a money,look at mar wadd”.whipping out about 6 tenners .

[@johnrussell6872]

It's a Granada, not a Cortina

[@trigsretromotors]

​@@johnrussell6872 It's a Mk5 Cortina

[@ericstone8570]

@@johnrussell6872 No, it is deffo a Mk5 Cortina with RS alloysand are 4 stud wheels. They would not go on a Granada as they had 5 stud wheels. Granada's rear lights leave almost no gap to the number plate. Check out the i'll blind you if you flash me lamp, looking for bovver all the time chav.

[@richardclarke376]

You're preserving some great history here! Thanks!

[@jumblesaleboo]

I remember there was one regarding the illegal importation of firearms from France...If I recall, Roger Cook drove into the UK from the cross channel ferry with a pump action shotgun clearly visible on the back seat, of his car, and wasn't challenged by HMCE.

[@leosmoonfish2849]

No messing about with that theme tune . From the very first bar we know that we’re headed for Action Alley.

[@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten]

Mr Frankland and Rob the 405 owner look like twins

[@covbmt]

😆

[@ResurrectionRetro]

My uncle Darren was the composer of the cook report theme. I can remember hearing him in his studio building the theme up and heard it before it was broadcast.

[@dukeofdevon5608]

Roger Cook the only man Chuck Norris is scared of fact

[@b1nary_f1nary]

Who is actually scared of him though? He was very confident with a camera crew, thats about it

[@eccIefechan]

​@@b1nary_f1nary An Alan Cumming lookalike with a baseball bat throwing a tantrum is more amusing than actually scary.

[@danieljohnson2576]

Actually bruce lee is

[@terryclarke4758]

So funny how Roger is explaining the attacks against him in a proper professional manner.

[@thenowschool]

Used to watch this every week, even the theme music is legendary 😃

[@CitrusBlue1973]

At 22:28 the guy hits his own head with his bat 🤣🤣

[@PredatorWolf08]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 karma

[@kevinturner5857]

Fabulous 👌 👏 👍 🤣😂

[@nickegan3988]

Good spot I just watched again, that’s got to smart

[@trigsretromotors]

I just proper LOLZ at that! 😂😂

[@grantlalala]

Some of this is pure partridge and I love it

[@cullyx2913]

💯

[@oliverlock7160]

They’re all cut in half Lynn

[@grantlalala]

@@oliverlock7160 they’ve rebadged it you fool!

[@UOO303T]

Love this sort of fact doc's there's nothing like it nowadays

[@dee74raz]

They don’t make it because it’s not profitable and also the threat of legal injunctions which prevent programmes being broadcast. That didn’t happen in those days but change in law and also plenty of consumer choices on the tv and internet has killed off these investigative tv programmes.

[@michellemcgarr1709]

Rodger cook was so good at his job 🤣whenever he got to close to the criminals he always got a slap 😂Rodger was Ruthless with balls of steel 😂

[@christycullen2355]

I can't believe he just walks up to him and asks him about his car stealing activities 🤣

[@chocksaway100]

Excellent tv reporting .

[@_Jimbo_Slice_]

22:25 when the bat bounces off the car and hits him in the head is my favourite part

[@briandoyle6188]

Christ eyes like a shit house rat as we you used to say ....brilliant spot🤗😆😆👍

[@ethzero]

I'm at minute 02:00 currently reading this comment, look forward to the next 20!

[@ethzero]

WORTH IT! 🤣😂😭😅😘

[@wrongmark]

I missed this the first time! Awesome. 😂 He’s even dazed afterward.

[@zacrushton2399]

Can't believe that car was worth 7700 all them years ago

[@vistron888]

It was a J plate so 1991/1992. This show was in 93 so roughly only a year old or so.

[@AndersMcTee]

Especially since it was a Peugeot. They fall apart around your ears.

[@juliandavies1974]

But was the 'ringed' car actually dangerous. Or just illegal?

[@hokman1]

@@juliandavies1974 just illegal in this case as only the scuttle was replaced. didn't u watch the vid?

[@bigcahoonaburger8550]

Love the trainers I’d forgotten the huge tongues on, like cricket pads. Reebok pumps try to pump to see if they would burst.

[@Tmuk2]

Haha I was just thinking that!

[@eamonnquigley2125]

pity he hadnt a brain to go with them ............. big guy with a baseball bat right plank..

[@MSJChem]

Weren't they called British Knights? With the huge tounges sticking out?

[@Tmuk2]

@@MSJChem That rings a bell - I could only afford Mercury or Hi-Tec at the time - I did my best 😆

[@ianmillar1139]

Pump up the Jam

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Used to love this, I always thought of Roger Mellie the crook report when I see cook on tele 😂

[@AndersMcTee]

Classic cartoon!! When he’s having a go at the elderly victim 😄

[@cullyx2913]

❤😂

[@buckerooney2247]

The Cooke report was a brilliant programme.

[@Jaydot34.]

For some strange reason Rodger cook randomly popped into my mind 😂😂😂 this man was a legend 💯 glad to see there’s full episodes on here 💯👀🍿🥤

[@brettkeepin808]

I think Roger should have had a few more heavies around him when confronting these idiots with baseball bats👍

[@debeeriz]

in nz once a car is written off it gets deregistered, so to put it back on the road all chassis numbers are checked and an engineers report is required, and it is recorded as a reregistered vehicle

[@ianmedium]

This is how documentaries used to be, you actually learned many things in a matter of fact way. If they did this documentary now it would be all based upon shock horror and made up drama. Some gruff voiced presenter setting up scenes and dramatic music and then the ordinary people almost scripted into dramatic scenes playing to camera so in the end you have 10% fact and 90% drama that has nothing to add to the actual story.

[@dee74raz]

They rarely make investigate tv programmes now in the U.K. It’s too expensive for tv companies to make and it has legal loopholes which can prevent programmes being broadcast, which leads to losses in revenue. Plus tv is different nowadays because of the internet, cable and streaming tv, which has given consumers plenty of choices they want to see, rather than being restricted to 4 channels back in the 80’s.

[@Its_a_kind_of_magic71]

The truth sadly isn’t around much anymore

[@johnmc3862]

Different times different approaches.

[@johnmc3862]

Very few documentaries were like this. Documentaries as good as this were few and far between.

[@twogitsinacar4811]

Don't forget the box-ticking and Health and Safety nonsense too, just in case a villain accidentally on purpose got injured.

[@CycolacFan]

Love that couple’s changing reactions, he’s happy right up until the car gets hit then she really cheers up following the impact.

[@radioactivepotato2068]

Vin plate on that 405 looks like it's been straightened out with a rock. 😆

[@cullyx2913]

👍 😂😂

[@McBeamer94]

Mr. Cook has balls of steel for being able to just walk past a shark and expose him in the act! 💪😎

[@terryclarke4758]

Roger Cook is a Legend.

[@rooroo9216]

16:11 he says “DID YOU LIKE MY SUNGLASSES DEAR BROTHER??” 😂😂 it did confuse me when they showed him in the helmet at the start and I thought it was the same guy

[@mattierenton701]

The Cook report was the part of the pinnacle of Uk journalism in the 80’s/90’s. I don’t mean the scummy red tops, but the hard hitting fearless style that Rodger Cook was famous for.

[@stuartsaint4581]

The red tops took the easiest parts of this kind of journalism and used it to hammer people who couldn't fight back

[@mattierenton701]

@@stuartsaint4581 I'm Scottish but out of respect to our Liverpool brothers and sisters I'll never ever read the sun newspaper, ( or any of the other journo trash papers)

[@discobiscuit6849]

Imagine having Roger around today "Excuse me Sir we have filmed you stealing catalytic convertors"

[@oliverlock7160]

“Sorry no spek Englis”

[@robertpallett3799]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the bats got more girth than that lemon.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FISHINGMINTY]

One of the all time classics this one. I don’t remember them trying to put out the petrol fire with buckets of water though 😂

[@frankrizzo9761]

''It is something that is eating away at our society... and it is something that we have got to tackle''. We didn't and now it is far too late. That Britain is long gone.

[@frankgibirdi2636]

I'd be glad to do that ,I always enjoyed your show

[@firestarter123456]

I'm getting some serious Alan Partridge vibes from this ...

[@josephkennedy2811]

HOW WHY.?are you simple?

[@firestarter123456]

@@josephkennedy2811 Only simple people don't get the link.

[@josephkennedy2811]

@@firestarter123456 wat the fk has Alan partridge got to do with this??please explain ??🤡

[@firestarter123456]

@@josephkennedy2811 You don't have the cranial capacity to understand my friend - please return to licking windows.

[@dickterpene8697]

You're a big boy? You eat your greens? You eat your crusts? You wipe your own bum? Sounds like your slapping the pavement with two pieces of ham when you walk. Why are your cheeks so big? Are you a coin squirrel?🤣

[@mowvu]

used to watch these with my dad in the 90s. nostalgia coming out my ears

[@maureenshaw8633]

I used to watch this when I was a kid. I loved it. The best was when a woman was hitting him with an umbrella ☔. It was so funny. They should bring a TV show like it again. Brilliant TV at its best. 😂 😂

[@dee74raz]

Sadly they don’t make these programmes now. It’s not profitable these days because of the threat of court injunctions which can prevent programmes being broadcast. Plus consumers have so much choices on tv to watch that it doesn’t make much profits in making these investigative programmes.

[@deanmarskell1518]

Great video I remember them at the time in my mid 20s thank you so much 👍

[@Horizon344]

20:55 You see kids, back in the 1980's there wasn't any internet, so you had to make your own entertainment, such as turning out to watch your neighbours kicking off

[@Keithbarber]

This is 1990s

[@Future-Classic-Cars]

This is the 1990's so wtf are you talking about. Might Ashwell call 2003, 1999. Old b*start.

[@zyme4569]

Anyone else thought this was a 90s comedy parody show at first?

[@Cuz_lufc]

17:05 Damn that Shogun really shifts 🤣

[@zaizainjamal]

U bet!.. I used to own a 2.2 Honda VTEC on a J plate and remember racing one of these with a old codger in it on the Mway. Got left like dust. I was honestly surprised because not much kept up with me back then.

[@ianmangham4570]

Hilarious, turning up in the car they have him on film taking it 🤣

[@rabbiebhoy]

The tool with the bat was hilarious. He could have hit about ten people but he chose to hit the shogun. I hope he is still embarrassed by this.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Just think - he's Mr Elderley hobbit wastrel now......

[@EvolutionRich]

I doubt he ever made 40

[@julespeacock5677]

He’s actually nearly 60 now and this is his claim to fame!

[@StrawberrySunday212]

Loved the cook report. Wish it was still on TV other than the shite we get now days.

[@giuseppenero110]

The moral: Avoid men wearing a necklace

[@chapperz1000]

i remember watching this on tv when it first got shown .. mr cook was one brave man doing these shows good old 90's

[@rodthewelder3360]

I have worked in the motor trade for 45 years and nobody would ever chop a car in half with a stihl saw if they were going to put it back together again. I blame insurance companies for selling right offs which fuels the the problems in the first place.

[@ianmillar1139]

I was a mechanic years ago and I only saw it once. It was in for an MOT and it was welded right around the car. Complete death trap. It didn't pass 😁

[@imeach2897]

You mean a write off? You mean they wouldn't legally chop it? Because it surely happened in the past

[@suzyqualcast6269]

When I was used off the road in my beloved, then immac Vectra b by a blind driver into high kerb and wall, my insurers wanted to w/o, but the damage was fixable and rooerly so and thus they 'sild' my car back to me and, at my expense, was indeed sorted, and properly so to rigorous inspection and safety standard, still running but suffering rear arch rust. 99 reg.

[@paulvickers3800]

@@imeach2897 Yea I knew a guy who brought xr3 and when he had it checked over, the guy said, it's not fit to be on road. So he took some mates round and persuaded the guy to give him his money back.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@suzyqualcast6269 do you speak English?! 😳😆

[@isaackent2355]

22:56 Matthew McConaughey was going to buy a Honda Civic, who knew 🤣🤣🤣

[@biddlelove2135]

I wonder what Mickey pierce with the Bat is doing now.😂👍🇬🇧

[@f.dmcintyre4666]

On FB........Maybe msg him ????

[@markevans2280]

11.45, Birmingham Car Auctions 1986 Ltd , has now been demolished, such a shame, spent many a night in the 90’s buying £50 cars from Graham the owner

[@PorkysGaming]

Roger Cook had humungous testicles, nothing but respect for the man! there has never been another as fearless as him

[@davidfelix2594]

Steven Seagal is.

[@pinkchampagne3718]

@@davidfelix2594 Half the man that Ronnie Pickering is.

[@MuckyPup115]

As soon as the TV camera shows and the man says they filmed you you say “no comment,” not “don fink so!” 😂

[@kitsunewhisker]

the victim and the dodgy rally guy look like twins 16:25 - never mind ringer, more like dead ringer 😅

[@mikeluscher159]

7:40 is reminiscent of the Top Gear limo challenge

[@mercedes_and_more]

Great stuff. Got to say though i thought those welds held up ok-they didn’t split or they would have been shown. No comparisons made to what the uncut and shut would have looked like after the accident.

[@bigfilsing]

I reckon they were gutted it didnt split in 2 at the test

[@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio]

Yeah, should have been a comparison test with a non cut and shunt car.

[@kiwiingenuity1677]

@@bigfilsing yes back then no side air bags /intrusion bars, the car handled the side impact just the same as any other car from that time. As expected.

[@2639263926392639]

I've some motorsport experience with K swopped EG and EK Civic's (late 80, early 90s) Even without corrosion or any poor structural work done they tend to collapse and tear the floor pan. So as much as it pains me, Arthur Daley's mig settings appear to be better than a fair few 'kosher' repair places. Mind there must have been a fair bit more work done than the program showed to get good paint on a flat panel. So the program isnt being wholly unbiased.

[@mrbigglesworth_Official]

When the red car set alight.... "quick...quick...quick there's petrol" 🤣

[@nicholaskennedy1748]

Not sure if it's the same Tony Grunwell, but doing some reading on Google shows he's still getting into trouble

[@scottking869]

Thing i like about all these cook reports are the changes that have happened for the better.

[@PurityVendetta]

We could do with the services of Roger Cook to investigate the current kleptocricy that is our tory government as the police seem to be utterly useless. The chav hiding the Shogun is hilarious, "I know nuffing governor." I always let people I don't know hide nicked cars in my garage... Yeh right 😂

[@turnip5359]

I don't fink so

[@amberravine2232]

amazing!! Miss this kind of hard-action reporting.

[@Gfresh844]

No doubt the guy with the bat made an appearance on Jeremy Kyle at some point.

[@cullyx2913]

😂😂😂😂

[@f.dmcintyre4666]

He spawned all the JK kids that were on there.................

[@garywilliams6758]

There is literally no1 on tv today that has minerals like this guy proper old school I love it

[@jerrybootneck1736]

Roger Cook was so good he was even put on the IRA hit list.

[@David.L291]

Oh shit! That's crazy!

[@f.dmcintyre4666]

For real ? Did he do a show on them ?

[@jerrybootneck1736]

@f.dmcintyre4666 yes he did if memory serves me right.

[@yehtan]

Villain walked up to dude while swinging a metal pipe. Dude's immediate response, "Don't hit the camera." Awesome.