A second-hand gearbox is a used transmission component sourced from another vehicle rather than new. For rare, high-end cars, used parts can be the only practical option, but they also carry unknown wear and may require verification before installation.
“Runs out of fuel” means the car’s tank (or fuel system) isn’t supplying enough fuel to keep going. The speaker is saying the car would run out before another problem gets worse.
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tyres would explode from the heat
They’re saying the tires would overheat and fail if you pushed the car long enough. Tires have limits, and when they’re exceeded they can blow out.
“Out of warranty” means the car is no longer covered by the free/covered repair agreement. After that, you usually have to pay for fixes yourself, so repair choices can change.
“No red flags” means there aren’t any obvious warning signs with the car. In this case, the speaker is saying the car doesn’t have other big problems beyond the gearbox.
The clutch plate is a wear part that helps connect and disconnect the engine’s power to the gearbox. If it’s damaged, the car can feel like it won’t shift smoothly or may not transfer power correctly.
Brake discs are the spinning metal parts your brake pads squeeze to slow the car. On expensive supercars, these parts can cost a lot because they’re built to handle very hard, repeated braking.
Mileage manipulation is when someone changes the odometer so the car looks like it has fewer miles. That matters because buyers and service departments use mileage to judge the car’s condition and value.
Rental car companies are businesses that lease vehicles to customers for short periods, which can lead to high annual mileage and frequent use. The speaker uses this to explain how certain supercars can rack up miles quickly while still being financially attractive to rent out.
The Lamborghini Urus is a Lamborghini SUV, meaning it’s a luxury vehicle with more space and higher seating. It’s built to be fast and powerful, not just comfortable. The podcast mentions that rental companies used them a lot, showing they can rack up miles like a regular car.
Service history is the paperwork trail showing what maintenance and repairs were done on the car. Here, the speaker says the Bugatti has a proper service record, meaning it hasn’t been messed around with.
The gearbox is what helps the car shift gears. If there’s a gearbox issue, it can affect how the car drives, and fixing it can be expensive because it’s hard to access.
They’re describing a very extreme repair where the car has to be taken apart in a big way to reach the transmission. That kind of work takes a lot of time, which is why the bill can be so high.
A service history is the paper trail of what work has been done on a car—like scheduled maintenance and repairs. If it’s complete and consistent, it usually means the car was cared for.
McLaren is a car brand known for fast, track-focused cars. They’re saying the car’s maintenance records are with McLaren, and McLaren would do a thorough inspection.
A health check is a thorough inspection to make sure a car is in good shape. They look for problems early—like brake wear or battery issues—before they turn into bigger repairs.
A hybrid battery is the battery that helps power a hybrid car’s electric system. If it’s not healthy, the car can behave oddly and repairs can get very expensive.
The brake disc is the round metal part the pads squeeze to slow the car down. If the left one is “slightly worn,” it means that side has used up a bit more of its material than the other side.
They mention the car’s age to explain why you might expect some wear. An older car can have more used-up parts, so the inspection results matter in context.
“Labor” is the cost of the mechanic’s time to do the repair. Even if the part isn’t the cheapest, the total bill can be huge because the job takes a lot of hours.
In a parts-repair context, “cross-referencing” means matching components to the correct equivalents or compatible parts across catalogs, suppliers, or part numbers. The host is using it to argue that repairs are more feasible than people assume because parts can be identified and sourced correctly.
The Bugatti Chiron is one of the most expensive hypercars Bugatti makes. The host is saying that if running costs (like repairs) feel less scary, more people will want to buy them—so the market price can rise.
The Geneva Motor Show is a big car event where companies reveal new models. In this story, it’s the point when the car officially launched and the price went up.
“Risk and reward” just means you’re taking a chance that something could go wrong, but you expect a payoff if it goes right. Here, the host is saying people won’t pay top money if they think repairs could be a nightmare.
Furlonga is the independent shop the host trusts for repairs on expensive cars. The host is arguing that work done by a specialist can matter a lot when you later sell the car.
Factory support is help from the car maker—like instructions or technical answers—given to dealership mechanics. The host is saying the specialist didn’t have that safety net and had to figure things out directly.
Reverse engineering means figuring out how a problem part works by taking it apart and studying it. The host says the specialist did that instead of just swapping parts, so they could stop the same issue from happening again.
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replace
Here, “replace” means the shop just swaps the broken part for a new one. The host is implying dealerships may do that rather than figuring out the underlying reason the part failed.
The Bugatti Veyron is a famous, ultra-expensive supercar/hypercar. The point here is that owning one can come with huge bills, and that affects how people talk about it and brag about it.
A test drive is when you’re allowed to drive the car yourself before buying it. The host is saying that if the dealer won’t let you drive it, it makes the car a lot harder to justify.
A “Pax tyre” is a special tire that can keep rolling for a short distance even if it gets punctured. That’s because it’s built to support the car without relying on normal air pressure. The host is saying these tires are designed for hard/high-speed use, which is why they cost a lot.
Run-flat tires are made so you can still drive for a bit even after a puncture. They’re built to stay supportive even when the tire isn’t properly inflated. That helps you get to a safe place instead of immediately being stranded.
The host is saying the tires are attached to the wheels in a way that makes them hard to remove and reuse. If the tires are effectively bonded in place, you may end up replacing the wheels as well, which makes the whole job much more expensive.
Tread is the part of the tire that actually contacts the road—the grooves that help with grip. If the tread is low, the tire won’t grip as well and can be unsafe, especially in wet conditions. The host is saying these tires didn’t have much tread left.
Tire expiration means tires can go bad just from getting old, not only from driving. Rubber can harden over time, which reduces grip. The host is saying the car’s tires were replaced because they were considered too old, even though they hadn’t been driven much.
Wilmania is the company the host credits with making parts (a wheel) that let the car use different tires. The idea is to keep the look while reducing tire costs.
A tire rating tells you the maximum speed the tire is designed to handle safely. The host is saying the replacement tires won’t be rated for the very highest speeds, but they can still be used for everyday driving.
A top speed run is when someone tries to see how fast the car can go at its absolute limit. The point here is that the tire choice might not be meant for that kind of testing.
A two-year warranty is a promise that if certain problems happen within two years, the cost of repairs is covered. The host is arguing it can make a huge repair bill less scary.
Oil and filter service is basic upkeep: you replace the old engine oil and swap the filter so the engine stays clean. In this story, it’s part of what the warranty package covers.
A warranty claim is when you ask the warranty to pay for repairs. The host is describing how the shop may try to get as much covered work approved as possible.
Tires are what actually grip the road. At very high speeds, they get extremely hot and can wear out or fail, so the cost of replacing them can be a big part of running a hypercar.
A full tank of fuel is the maximum usable fuel capacity in the tank. The host uses it to estimate how quickly fuel is consumed during short, high-speed sessions, highlighting how operating costs can be extreme.
The fuel light is the warning on the dashboard that tells you the car has low fuel. When it came on, the speaker started thinking about what fuel to put in.
“95” and “98” are different grades of gasoline. Higher numbers generally mean the fuel resists engine knocking better, which matters more on high-performance cars.
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is a very heavy, very luxurious SUV. Here they’re saying it can use less fuel than you’d expect, depending on how it’s driven.
“Tonnes” here is vehicle mass (weight). In automotive terms, higher mass generally increases fuel consumption because the engine has to do more work to accelerate and maintain speed.
A G-Wagon is the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, a very heavy, boxy luxury SUV. They’re saying it’s a big, thirsty vehicle—so it costs more to run and isn’t great for emissions.
Your carbon footprint is basically how much pollution you cause that affects the climate. They’re talking about it as a reason to feel guilty about driving a big, heavy car.
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worst case scenario
A “worst case scenario” is planning for the most expensive outcome. In this context, it means assuming the car needs the biggest repair, so you’re not shocked if it’s worse than expected.
An engine misfire is when part of the engine doesn’t burn fuel correctly. That can make the car run rough and may point to problems like spark, fuel, or sensors.
A spoiler is an aerodynamic device mounted to the rear (or sometimes front) of a car to help manage airflow. On performance cars, spoilers can be active—moving or deploying—and failures can indicate problems with the mechanism, wiring, or control system.
A nose lift raises the front of the car when you need extra clearance. If it doesn’t work, you may have trouble with driveways and speed bumps, and it usually means the lift system has a problem.
The rear wing is the aerodynamic part at the back of the car. If there’s a problem with it, it may not move or function correctly, which can be both a performance and a reliability issue.
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Bugatti gearbox sourcing and repair delays
They explain that the Bugatti didn’t have a working gearbox when it was bought, and the gearbox was somewhere else. Because of that, they had to wait and then hope the car would run after putting everything back together.
Electronics are the car’s computers and sensors that help it run and coordinate systems. If you don’t know the car’s history, you can’t be sure how healthy those systems are.
Concept
car-valued
They’re talking about different ways to estimate what the car is worth. One number is more about value as an asset, and another is about what the car could realistically sell for.
A “hard offer” is a firm purchase price the buyer proposes, rather than a tentative or negotiable number. In this context, it highlights the gap between what the seller might accept versus what the car is priced at for sale.
The “Bugatti network” means the official channels connected to the Bugatti brand. It’s usually where you’d expect to get genuine parts instead of random used ones.
A control module is like the car’s computer for a specific job. If the wrong one is used—or it can’t be matched to the car’s systems—the car may not work correctly.
Topic
the first rodeo
“The first rodeo” is an idiom meaning “I’ve been through this before.” It suggests the scam or hassle isn’t the first time.
A deposit is money you pay upfront to start a deal. It’s often used to reserve something or confirm you’re serious before paying the rest later.
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timeline was the minimum amount of time it could have possibly been
This describes how the repair schedule was constrained by real-world dependencies—parts availability, diagnostics, and specialist work—so the car couldn’t be finished sooner. It’s an example of how complex, high-end repairs often take months even when everyone is trying to move fast.
“Crossover bits” means parts that are used in more than one kind of car. Here, it suggests the Bugatti uses some shared Volkswagen-style components alongside its much more unique, expensive parts.
The Volkswagen Passat is a regular, everyday car in the mid-size sedan category. It’s known for being practical and common. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because some parts from a Passat can be used in other builds.
Furlongers is the shop the host is praising for helping fix the car. They’re being described as a company that knows what they’re doing and did great work.
The gearbox is the part that changes gears so the engine can work efficiently. If it’s being rebuilt, it usually means the car isn’t shifting or transferring power correctly.
A test rig is a special setup for trying out a part in a controlled way. It helps confirm the gearbox/clutch will work before it’s put back into the car.
The clutch material is the surface inside the clutch that actually grips. If the material isn’t right for the car’s setup, the clutch can feel wrong or fail to work properly.
This means the car can automatically change how the clutch engages to keep the driving feel consistent. As the clutch wears, the system compensates so it doesn’t suddenly feel different.
This describes an adaptation or learning routine where the car’s electronics adjust to a changed component (here, the clutch). The driver follows a specific pattern of speeds and revs so the control system can recalibrate how the clutch engages.
An aftermarket clutch is a non-factory replacement part. The car sometimes has to “learn” how that new clutch bites and engages so it drives smoothly instead of acting weird.
A “hypercar” is basically a super-rare, ultra-expensive performance car. The host is saying he thinks hypercars are supposed to feel extreme and lightweight, not comfortable like a normal luxury car.
A “publicity exercise” means spending money mainly to get attention and build a reputation, not to make money right away. The host is saying the goal was to show they could build an incredible car.
A “tax write-off” is a way to reduce taxes by lowering the amount of income you’re taxed on. The host is implying the spending might have had tax advantages too.
The Bugatti EB 110 is an older Bugatti supercar. The host is saying it didn’t go well commercially, and it came before Bugatti’s later, more successful hypercar push.
Research and development is the work and spending companies do to create something new—like designing and engineering a car. Here, it’s about what it took to build the Veyron.
A DCT gearbox is a type of automatic transmission that shifts very quickly. It uses two clutches so the next gear is ready ahead of time, which helps the car accelerate smoothly and fast.
Person
Robin Andrew
Robin Andrew is a person mentioned as being involved in the technical discussion the host had. The segment uses his name to point to the engineering background behind the story.
The Bugatti Tourbillon is a later Bugatti hypercar model mentioned as sharing the same “instruction manual” concept as the Chiron. The hosts are using it to illustrate how core engineering documentation and drivetrain architecture can be reused across multiple Bugatti models.
Term
W16
W16 is the engine’s cylinder layout—16 cylinders arranged in a special compact shape. In this naming explanation, it’s the “16” part of “16.4,” and it’s paired with turbocharging.
Turbos are turbochargers that cram more air into the engine. More air usually means more power, and the hosts are saying the “.4” in the name points to that turbo setup.
The Corvette is a sports car designed for performance. The podcast mentions the Grand Sport and notes that there’s a convertible version. It’s brought up because it’s a well-known way to get a fast, fun car.
Carbon fibre is a lightweight material often used on high-end cars. Here it’s part of the special look/configuration the host is describing.
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All right, you're ready to let loose.
I can't believe I'm saying it, but I own a Mansouri Veyron.
Just how fucked was this when you bought it?
Oh, God, it was so bad.
There's times when I thought this car's gonna break, mate.
We were looking for the gearbox,
but one guy said he'd got a second-hand gearbox.
Did he deal? Sent him a deposit?
There was no gearbox.
What are you all in on the spend then, Cosme?
No way! I didn't know that!
I can't remember.
And what do people misunderstand about Bugatti's that now you understand?
In 12 minutes it runs out of fuel,
but in 15 minutes the tyres would explode from the heat anyway.
How helpful were Bugatti?
That's the response I have.
That separates the men from the boys.
There's no brand in the world like Bugatti's.
It's creme de la creme.
Been lucky enough to be in some amazing cars.
Nothing like this.
And the engineering in that car changed the world.
What's your next project?
What shocked you the most repairing this Bugatti Veyron?
The amount of help.
That you did or didn't get?
Did.
Oh.
The people who didn't help were a very small part of the procedure.
Like Bugatti?
The people who did help is most of the world.
Literally everyone you can ever imagine who worked on it,
had any involvement in it.
I've just all said I'm here to help you.
So I'd love to talk about how much it costs, but not quite yet.
How helpful were Bugatti?
If I go silent for five minutes, that's the response I had.
Not even.
But even take your phone calls you told me.
Couldn't even, not even like really, not even a we can't help you.
It was frustrating.
It was frustrating because I don't really know why.
And I'd love to know why.
I don't know.
I just don't understand why a conversation couldn't have been had.
What do you think?
What's your guess as to why they wouldn't even talk to you?
I'm guessing YouTube.
I'm guessing YouTube.
What, that you might expose them you mean?
No, I feel like obviously there's been a lot of YouTube around Bugatties and
sort of pricing and negativity on that side.
And I don't think they're interested in them being on the internet with a YouTube series.
You know, I think the people who are buying these cars are going to buy them.
They've got an amazing obviously black book of people who are going to buy the car.
So I just don't think, you know, like a YouTuber for some brands is, you know,
worth its weight in gold.
You know, you can push somebody's business.
You can, you know, elevate their sales, their brand awareness.
But I don't think Bugatti need Mark from Redditch with Veyron to alter their share price.
You see, the thing is, to get this very clear, this car, this is not a smash damaged repaired car.
It hasn't got the incorrect engine.
It hasn't got the incorrect anything.
It's basically you bought a Bugatti Veyron that had a slight gearbox issue,
which you had two options with a gearbox issue.
Well, Bugatti give you one option is to replace.
That's the only ever issue.
The only resolvment to an issue they ever gave me was, okay, that needs replacing.
But we know in today's world, these cars are out of warranty now, they're older cars.
You can repair parts.
You don't have to replace every part for a new part because otherwise you'd rebuild a new car.
So you've got a car that's got absolutely what we call no red flags against it.
Your gearbox wasn't working.
So you went to Bugatti to say, how do I get my gearbox to work?
What can you do to help me?
And they just turned their back on you completely.
Didn't answer the phone.
Sort of like, it makes no sense because at that stage, I wasn't asking for parts.
I was asking them to fix my car.
I'm asking how much is it to fit me in new gearbox because at the time that was my only option.
And you wanted, you was willing to buy a new gearbox?
I was willing to buy a new gearbox.
How much is any big gearbox?
We think about £300,000.
And you were prepared to?
Yeah, because I'd paid for the car with that wiggle room.
I bought that car knowing that I've got room for that.
But I hope there's not many other things.
And then I was going to be good at the deal.
I needed to spend that money on the gearbox and everything else to be okay.
But yeah, like it wasn't like I said, I just want four gears and one clutch plate.
I wanted them to fix my car.
And like Carl said, I paid the price for this car a proper baguette.
It's not like there was anything wrong with it, with the back end to be blacklisted.
The cars, one of their amazing cars.
And for them to have no interest in it whatsoever,
whether we'll ever find out.
But I'm guessing it's YouTube.
You know, freedom of speech, and it is a platform where you can say what you want.
On our channel, we only say what's truthful.
And so they've got nothing to hide from us.
Yeah, we're going to say that costs that much, but it does cost that much.
And I think with these as well, when we did the series on the P1,
when we went to have the brakes, we were talking about brake discs and
they said to us it's £60,000 for some brakes.
But it's a £1.5 million hypercar.
The brakes shouldn't be three grand.
You know, they should be the best brakes in the world,
the most expensive brakes, the brakes which work the most.
So the parts on this should be expensive because it's what it is.
But they're not.
They are from Bugatti.
Well, yes, they are from Bugatti because it's like saying you're going to have a
you're going to have a fillet steak in, you know, the harvester,
or you're going to have one in a Michelin-star restaurant,
a fillet steak to fillet steak.
Well, it's not, you're paying for the privilege to be where you are
and to have the experience of where you're buying these parts
and the service that you're going to get.
It's all about the service, the service that will give you.
The meat quality is going to be a bit different in a harvester version.
Yeah, but you know, free salad bar.
But the point is, you know, a part's a part.
And if it's the correct part for that car and they supply the part,
I can't get my head around why they didn't because they could have earned money.
Well, let me ask you why you think they didn't.
I mean, Mark, I've had this conversation off camera loads of times talking about this car.
We had endless conversations about this car throughout the whole process.
So why do you think Bugatti ghosted Mark?
I have no idea.
I know Bugatti or any other reputable brand won't touch certain cars
because of the history in the past that certain cars have had.
For instance, Lamborghini are a nightmare, not the brand,
but the people who have owned them.
There's a lot of mileage manipulated Lamborghini Uruses,
Hurricanes, it was a big car that was a big model that was rented through
rental car companies.
Everyone wanted a Urus for the weekend.
They do 150,000 miles, but they're still making very close to what they cost.
So someone could hire a Urus out and have 10,000 miles in a year
and get their money back and have the revenue off of renting it out.
But as soon as you plug that car in, it comes up exactly where the car's being,
what it's done.
And that's why every Lamborghini that I buy, before I pay for it,
it goes to Lamborghini for that reason.
Now, this is what I'm saying at the beginning of this interview.
There is nothing wrong with that car.
There's been no past history of anybody messing around with the car.
The car's been totally, I mean, it's got Bugatti service history.
Lots?
Yeah, it's got lots of Bugatti service history.
I don't understand.
I don't know why they didn't say, all right, here's an opportunity
for us to earn some money.
And I wonder if there's anyone else out there that's got, because these cars,
they're at the age now, they're 20 years old, there's going to be people.
You're not the only person in the world that's going to have a gearbox issue on their Veyron.
So let Mark put it on YouTube.
Let him tell everybody how much it's cost him so everybody knows.
So when they have a problem with their car, they can come to us and we can fix it
or we can replace it.
And that's how much it costs and that's the service.
Or they've done me a great service.
Within two weeks, it was here.
They've split the car in half.
Look at what detail they have to go through to change the gearbox.
You know, you're actually promoting the brand.
Which we did with the P1 and McLaren.
But you made me ship myself a little bit with the P1 and the McLaren,
because when he bought the car, with the whole Palaver in Harrods
and then getting out of Harrods and everything, now Mark's paid for the car,
he owns the car, it's his car.
It's not my car anymore.
And it's, you know, classic car sold a scene, you know.
Oh, when we did all the reports.
He didn't sleep at the moment.
So it's got great McLaren, all McLaren service histories.
You've got great service histories.
He's like, oh yeah, send it to McLaren.
They're going to do a full health check.
They're going to inspect the brakes, the hybrid battery.
This, this, this, this, this.
And I'm like, Mark, you can't be coming back to me in two weeks,
you know, telling me that they've said, you know, the brakes,
the left disc is slightly worn.
You know, it's, it's, it's a 15 year old car, you know, or 10 year old car.
But no, it passed the flying colors.
Perfect, yeah.
It was, it was perfect.
But I knew that before I bought it anyway.
But you still, you know, you have a, you have a little bit of a wonder
where you're like, I hope everything's okay with that car.
Or maybe Bugatti feel the same then.
Maybe Bugatti feel there, there's a risk of being exposed.
How, how it exposed in what way?
Well, if, what's produced as content from people like Mark and Matt,
doesn't reflect well on the brand.
I don't think Mark has been negative towards Bugatti at all,
apart from the fact that they didn't help him fix his car,
or he couldn't go and buy any parts for his car.
I understand why Bugatti are not supplying Matt with parts.
Matt Armstrong.
Matt Armstrong.
Because he's wanting to buy the parts and fit it himself.
Mark isn't wanting to do that.
I can't do that.
No, exactly.
Mark's wanting to send the car into Bugatti,
as I would send the car into Bugatti and go,
guys, gearbox not working, have a look.
And they go and have a look and go, oh, you need, you need a new gearbox.
Well, I know to fit a new gearbox, you need to split the car in half.
The money of 300 and odd thousand doesn't come from the part.
The part's expensive, but it's nowhere near that expensive.
It's the labor.
What do you think the split is on a 300 grand gearbox, labor versus part?
I would say the gearbox is less than 100,000 euros.
The actual part, and I'll say the rest is labor.
Would you agree?
Yeah, obviously a labor, I don't know what it is, but I'd imagine.
7000000 pounds an hour.
I'd imagine it's pretty tasty.
That's for certain, but yeah, we never got that far.
No.
So, you know, he's not going to expose or he's not going to
say anything derogatory about Bugatti.
Worst comes to worst.
And they say, right, it's 300 grand for a gearbox.
And he says, well, do you mind if I document it?
Do you mind if I bring my film crew in, show the inner workings of the car,
show how special this car is, split in half?
How many cars do you have to split in half to access the gearbox?
I think that's a good thing for the brand.
That does separate Lamborghini, Ferrari, Pagani.
That separates the men from the boys.
There's no brand in the world like Bugatti.
I mean, it's creme de la creme.
Is that why they're not communicating with people like Mark?
Because they want this elevated brand position.
All right, steady on.
Yeah, I was going to say Mark's a Bugatti owner.
You know, he's part of the Bugatti family, he's a Bugatti owner.
Jesus, sorry about this, Mark.
I want to get to the bottom of this, I'm just doing my job.
Well, you've said he's an owner as a part of the family, but he's not, is he?
Well, no, he's the black sheep of the band.
He's like the bastard.
I haven't got the yacht and the and the helicopter, have I?
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Do you think you're, I know you're not affiliated, but your relationship with Matt Armstrong
had a part to play in that?
Yeah.
Well, you know, when you think, you know, with how strong-minded Alex is and is, you know,
the wind-ups that they were playing, maybe, maybe I can't blame Matt or Alex, I don't know.
No, but just from that point of view, they're thinking, is this going to be another Alex?
I think maybe, like, you know, raw tarred with the same brush, but like I say, I just don't think
they definitely don't need us.
But for me, like what you say, I think they missed a massive trick here because, you know,
I love this car, obviously, and everything it means to me, and I've only got good things to
say about this car. But we've proven now that forcefully, because we've been forced to, we've
proved that you don't have to go to Bugatti. So, you know, when some of the problems we've seen
on this car, people have had no choice but to drop it off at Manchester, at London,
whatever city around the world and said, that's broke, can you sort it out? They'd
have gone, yep, no problem, it's tens of thousands of pounds. Well, now we didn't have that opportunity,
so we had to go down a different route. And we've now shown that all those parts are fixable,
and all those parts can be cross-referenced. So, you know, the price of that repair is coming down,
which is making these cars, in my opinion, more valuable, more reachable, more, you know, more
sensible. But I'd have never shown that process, and people wouldn't have known that process
if they'd have helped us. Well, not even helped us if they'd have let me spend my money.
So, is that what Bugatti might have been scared of, but inadvertently they've created what maybe
they were trying to avoid? I don't know, because I'd have just kept my mouth shut, had my car running,
give it elbow delete, been ripping around in that six months ago. But, of course, it's just
turned into this crazy situation, which has, in the end, turned around in my favour.
But do you know what it's going to do in the market for Chirons? Chirons, I always said this
from day one, they've been underpriced, they've been underpriced from day one, even when they were
new. What were they new? Well, okay, so there were two prices. The price was £875,000 plus VAT
for an early order of a car that's not been revealed yet. So, you got the renders of the car.
If you placed the order then, before it was launched at the Geneva Motor Show, it was
875 plus VAT. Once it was launched at the Geneva Motor Show, it was a million plus VAT.
So, you had a £125,000 bonus to put your cock on the block and say, yeah, I love one of them.
Bear in mind, I mean, that was the most expensive car in the world. I just love that.
So, it's risk and reward, isn't it? Why do you want to play risk and reward with a million
pound car? Because it's £125,000. It's a flipper coin. We're here now. So, what do you think they're
doing? I've always said this. If the running costs were lower, the cars would be more expensive
because people are not scared of them. People thought, it's like buying a Concorde. They thought,
oh my god, yes, I might have. I mean, I bought mine at £650,000. There's a lot of people these
days who drive £650,000 cars and I had a Veyron for that. Now, they're almost three times the
price of that. It's because the running costs have been proven to be three times less than what
we initially thought they were. But this might be what Bugatti are scared of or is being exposed.
But it doesn't make any difference to them. They don't sell Veyrons. They're only interested in
their current models that they sell. They don't sell Veyrons. But this leads back to what I'm
saying, what it's also going to do in the market. There's some great companies out there that,
obviously, you've used Simon Furlonga, great company. I use them for other cars, some classic
Lamborghinis and stuff that I have as well. And they've done a couple of jobs on Veyrons for me.
But if I had a car for sale that had full Bugatti service history and had loads of bills from
Bugatti instead of from a specialist, I would command more money for that car and promote the
fact that this has never been to a specialist. This is all Bugatti. Because those cars are going
to be rarer and rarer and rarer. I get it. But question then. So when that car goes into Bugatti,
that guy who's working on that car, has he done more work and know more about a Veyron
in the dealership than Chris at Furlonga? I have no idea. My answer would be probably not. A technician
learns his trade as a technician. He's got a handbook. The only thing they do
have is they have support from the factories. But so when it goes into that dealership,
that guy who's working on that car is going to go, that needs that, take that off, get a box out
the cupboard, put it in. Chris took the car. There was a problem with the lock. He took the lock
apart to understand how the lock works. Because he never had factory support. Normally,
he'd call the factory and go, hey, how does this lock work? And they go, wiggle it to the left three
times and pull it twice and it should come undone. But he had to learn the hard way.
But he didn't want to just buy a new one. He wanted to understand it and repair it so that
we could stop it happening in the future. So that's where Furlonga's were amazing, where
they reverse engineered and figured out why this, was it age? Was it a problem? Was it dry?
And that's what, I don't think Bugatti, when you take that into a dealership,
they're probably just going to sell replace, aren't they? Well, look, this was a statistic
that Bugatti let out when they released the Veyron. The average owner of a Veyron had 64 cars,
three boats and an aeroplane. Peasant. You're bringing their average up.
That was their average buyer. Not anymore. I changed that a long time ago.
I changed that 10 years ago. But that's what they're promoting. They're promoting, look,
you might think you've got a supercar, you might think that you've got the most expensive, but
that's where their prices come from. And you know what, for a lot of owners, it's a bragging
right to go, God, I've just had a bill from Bugatti for 200 grand. Would you brag about that?
You'd find me swinging from the sign of Bugatti if I had a bill for 200 grand.
And that, to me, when we went down that P1 route, Bugatti, I wanted to buy this
hypercar and it was just amazing for our channel buying this hypercar. And obviously,
we made a fantastic decision and bought one from Carl Atter Harrods. But the Veyron was one
which we looked at. We looked at the Veyron, we looked at the 9118, and this literally went out
the window because of the tyres. Well, no, it actually is. You told me it kind of went out the
window because you went to see one at a dealership and they wouldn't let you drive the car. We
weren't allowed to test drive it. You weren't allowed to test drive it. So obviously, that ticked
that off the button. I mean, look, anyone who knows Mark, knows his car collection, knows how
what a car enthusiast he is, he's not tyre kicking. He's not going to tyre kick your car.
So, right, I'm here today. I want to look at a million pound plus car. But you know what,
it's a big investment before I do. Do you mind if I drive it? We're not talking about just Joe
Blogg's off the street who's turned up in his micro today and got nothing else better to do.
He's not a secret. Everyone knows his cars. To turn around and go,
no, sorry, you can't have a test drive. Well, that obviously just wiped it out for you,
didn't it? But do you think sometimes that might be like, it's so different for you because you
own the cars? So, you know, you can say, Mark, have a rip in that because it's mine, but might it be as
well because that car wasn't owned by them? 100%, but it's a phone call to the owner and say,
Hey, Jeff, how are you doing? You're all right. I've got a proper buyer here. He wants to go for
a five mile spin. I'll go with him. Like he's going to walk away if we don't give him a test
drive. Yeah, totally. I mean, that's not a big call, is it? No, no, definitely. Yeah, that 100%.
And then what about the tyres then? What did you like about the tyres? So the tyres,
they've got a special Pax tyre it's called. So it's got like strips of almost like plastic in them
to withstand the heat of the car going fast. And they're £32,000 per set.
And every three or four sets, every three sets, you've got to have new wheels because they're
glued onto the wheels. So after that third set, you have to throw the wheels away. And I think
the wheels were 60 or 90,000. But look, that that is, whoa, I let that just let that sink in. I know
I've sank it in. I've done it. When you had yours, were you doing that? Yeah, 32 grand for four
tyres. And roughly how much use are you going to get out of four tyres? They come not very,
were not very much tread on them either. I think they come with seven mil. So somebody's like
wiping them down. They just they just come with they come with seven mil of tread. You know,
it's one and a half in our house. So how often you change it? So what? No, no, no. So you
so that's another thing they hit you with your car. I've replaced tyres on a Bugatti that have done
a thousand kilometres because they've told me my tyres have expired. It's not a pint of milk.
They've gone off. But how have they got away with that with you? That was a week down there.
Because because when I sell the car to Mark McCann, who's done his research on
tyres and Bugatti and everything else, and he goes, hmm, these tyres are dated 2006. So this was
a semi. And you go, yeah, right. Well, you know, I'd want a new set of tyres on it because they've
expired. Bugatti said they've expired. I'm like, fuck's sake, you know, okay. And it's not your
third. It's not your third set of tyres. It's the car's third set of tyres. You might be one set
away from the wheels. My first set of tyres was a new set of wheels. So they you have to drop
100 grand for the tyres and the wheels straight away. So they know and then the first bill and 25
grand for a service 125 straight out the gate before I drove it. That's why I went for a P1.
Yeah, it's a good call. But you know, you got both. For that was yeah. So that but so but you've
bought it. So what put you off buying it? But now you've got that problem. No, because we've teamed
up with Wilmania and they've made us we're going to we're making a wheel, which then fits a normal
sized tire. So from the outside, you won't be able to tell any difference. It'll look exactly the same.
But it won't have a 250 mile an hour rating on it. It'll be an event at all tire. So it'll still
do 186 mile an hour. But you know, you won't be able to do I wouldn't do a top speed run on that
tire. But the sheer on tires are cheaper cheaper than the Veyron tires. So there's options. So we've
found a loophole now where we'll be able to put more reasonable price tires and still be able to
use it to perfection. And maybe this is why Bugatti don't want to take your calls. But we were
I mean, the tire, believe it or not, the tires, the prices have come down.
They do they do these packages now, where they say, right, you've got your car, we'll put
a two year warranty. This is this is still a big figure. But when you when you take it and you
divide it, it makes a bit of sense. Let's say comments go on this. We'll do a two year warranty.
We'll do two minor services. So literally oil and filter and one set of tires. How much 200 grand?
Oh, nice. But when you divide it, right, I'm always one of these people if you explain it to me,
you know, make it sense. Okay, let me make it make sense. We've got a two year warranty
on a car that is like a flight a jet. Yeah, that's what some money in it. So, you know,
take the risk out. That's that's got to be 100 grand of anybody's money for peace
of mind. I'd agree. Right. So there's 100 grand. Yeah, right. You've then got two services.
Bearing in mind, the services 20 grand. But because it's under warranty, they're going to run
through the car. And the service that they do for you, their bill is not going to be 20 grand,
is it? They're going to find every pipe and every nut and every bolt and everything
to claim through the warranty to go back to the factory and go, we've just spent 150 grand on
this car, right? Because they want the work because they want the work. You get two of them.
And you get a set of tires for 36 grand. I think it makes sense. But initially, you know, if
Bugatti, if you need me to sell your warranties, just come and give me a call. But initially,
it's like, poor, that's heavy. And then you're like, when you weigh it up, and you take the meat
out of it, and you think, okay, well, what am I getting here for this pack? And plus, say you had
it for two years, and you used it for a year, and then you went to sell the car the year after
you selling it for the year's warranty. It's so much more valuable to sell the car with the year's
warranty. So how much does the tires cost now for you with the event at all rated tires on?
They're about two and a half grand for a set.
It's only a year and a tenth. Yeah, I think I paid that two and a half, three. I just did the tires
on my event at all. It's just straight. And then how did you have to do the wheel every three?
Or is that that's gone, isn't it? So the wheels, I don't know what wheel manual wheels are, but
that like it's what's it going to be 1000 pounds for a set of wheels? You don't have to do the wheels.
I mean, you don't know. The more you read into it, they want you to do the wheels because they're
surmising that you've done 253 miles an hour regularly. You can see why, because like,
I'd imagine that sort of speed, things get a bit dangerous when it gets wrong.
So you know, you can imagine on them, isn't there? Yeah. So if you've done 10 speed runs in
your Veyron on one set of wheels, 10 max V max runs, you know, the speed that they're generating
and the heat and the pressure that they're under, you know, say you were to do the 11th speed run
and your wheels were to buckle, then you go back to Bugatti and say, I nearly died. If you're lucky
to even go back to Bugatti. You're not going to nearly die. I nearly died. Your wheel exploded.
Well, if you would have put a new set of wheels on the car, like we said, they're just covering
themself. Yeah. Well, they reckon that for fuel, full tank of fuel, in 12 minutes, it runs out of
fuel. But in 15 minutes, the tyres would explode from the heat anyway. Is it cost to fill the tank?
Well, so the light came on. Yes, it was the first time I used it. Light comes on every day.
Yeah. So the light came on. And I'm thinking 95, 98. I'm thinking I'm going to have to go 98.
Don't really like a super un-ledded pump. But I thought I'm going to have to, I'm going to have
to go a super un-ledded pump. Hello, Douglas Mayall. So I've gone up and I'm thinking, please
have the green plastic on so I can't use the, so then it's, I can say it, I tried to put 98,
but there was only 95. So I started filling it up and it was not the light was on. And I got to
there was a guy came over and spoke to me. I got to £145. I thought, I can't do it.
I'm just going to have to stop. So it's not full at £145 quid.
Yeah. What is it? A 70-litre tank? I don't know. I think it's a 70-litre tank.
Yeah. We got to £145 quid and I tapped out.
Put it back in. Maybe an armbar or choked. I could get from my house
to central London, like Mayfair and Icebridge and then struggle to get to Warwick services on the
way back. Because in my head, right, I'm thinking, I'm thinking big engine, purring on the motorway,
not going to lose, use much fuel. I was so wrong because it's, it's down to like,
I've done a quarter of the tank to get to work and back. So it's going to be expensive
using it. That's for certain. But it's heavy. It's heavy. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely.
But do you know sometimes when those big cars, they don't use much fuel doing 70
mile an hour because they're, you know, not doing a lot, but yeah.
Mitzi's Cullinan is great on fuel. I reckon it's better on fuel than my Defender.
Like, she just... It might be how she drives it. I think it is how she drives it. But like you've
just said, when you're doing 50, 30, 40, you know,
some cars like that. I mean, this is nearly a seven-litre V12 and it weighs three and a half tonne.
James G-Wagon. Horrific. That's the worst car on the road. Horrific. Nearly as bad as that.
I'd say worse. It's 50-50. Yeah. Yeah. It's bad. Mars begun the G-Wagon. It's because it's a brick,
though, isn't it? You're not doing much with the, the environment, are you? No, no, I sort of do stuff
to sort of level out my carbon footprint. Like what? I plant a tree tonight.
You need to plant a fucking forest for your carbon footprint.
So just how fucked was this when you bought it?
The trouble is we didn't know. And that's, that's probably the most stupid part of this is, you know...
So you bought it fairly blind.
How could we tell any different from what the guy was telling us? And to be fair, everything the guy's,
there was, the guy who owned it, a guy called Howdy, lovely man, the guy who we bought it from
the garage, Jamie, again, amazing. He's been, he's been unbelievable. You know, we took that car from
him and he said, so this is wrong, wrong. And everything he said, actually
one of the things wasn't wrong. So, you know, he told us, everything he told us was truthful.
And the stuff which was wrong was exactly what he told us. And what did you pay for it?
900K. And what did you think your risk was? You said the gearbox, so another 300. Did you
think anything else? Yeah, I always hope that sort of, I didn't need a complete gearbox. I was
hoping that they repair it or find some parts which wasn't like worst case scenario was going to be
replace the full gearbox. And the rest of it, you know, I knew there was an engine misfire.
The spoiler didn't work. The nose lift didn't work. And I was told the clock didn't work as well.
The speedometer? No, the Breitling or whatever it is there. Oh, battery. But it worked. Yeah,
it worked. So it worked and the front nose drop worked. So the misfire was true and the rear wing
was a problem. Was there a risk you could have been negative and you could have lost money?
100%. But the way I looked at it as well as a financial decision, because of, you know,
Matt Armstrong's videos and Alex and like, you know, doing some Googling, the parts on this thing
are worth a lot of money. So I thought worst thing comes the worst. I've got an engine worth a lot
of money if it works. I've got parts which are worth a lot of money. So, you know, if the worst
came to the worst, it's strippable as parts. And you thought you would have got back your 900 odd?
I felt like I wasn't going to be too backwards, whatever, whatever. I felt like
with what I knew and the friends I'd got, I thought, obviously, I thought it was going to be
easier than what it was. How long did it take, all in? Six months. And we, you know, was there
work being done on it, like most days? All the time, furlongers were on it. You know,
they spent a lot of time and a lot of effort trying. But the problem, one of the problems we
had was from day one, when I bought the car, I was told the car had no working gearbox,
but the gearbox was in Holland. And that's all I knew. It was in Holland and Holland's a fairly
big place. So the car didn't have a gearbox in it? I didn't see the gearbox for the first six weeks.
You bought a car without a gear. I didn't know that. There was no gearbox. The gearbox was
in Holland. And you just took someone's word that it was somewhere in Holland?
I took someone's word that the car... Well, Rude Van Nesteroy's got your gearbox.
We think, we think. I wonder whatever happened to him.
Easy. I don't know. To be fair, if you said... Looking for a Bugatti gearbox in...
If you said a Dutch person, that would be the only person I could go with.
He's a legend, isn't he? Dutch legend.
Fucking... I didn't know you bought it. So you literally bought it in bits, not just in bits,
but in bits around Europe. Bits around Europe. And also, if you imagine the mileage, the electronics...
So what was the mileage high? We didn't know. We could see where the...
We were told where the last service was, but we didn't know if it got another load on top of that.
And also, only probably 46 weeks ago, did we actually have a batch on this to see if the car...
When we put the new batch on, we're all going, the car was back together thinking,
please work, work. We didn't even know if it was going to start.
It was like fairly... When you think about it now, it was fairly stupid.
But it was also my only chance, because car kept selfishly, very selfishly,
selling all the cars whenever I came to have a look at them.
So every time I tried to get one, the price had gone up another 100 grand.
It was at that time, wasn't it, where it just went for a crazy period, isn't it?
I sold the last two Veyrons, basically. What were they? 1.1.2?
Yeah, 1 was 1.2, 1 was 1.3. And I don't think they will see that figure ever again.
So what do you think your Veyron's worth now?
In our latest video, we had it valued by two hypercar experts in my mate.
Right. By the way, this will go out after your video.
Well, I hope so, because the video goes out in three quarters of an hour.
Get the editing team on.
Get the editing team on.
So did they all value it differently?
Well, you can imagine. Two-valued at 2000000 and car-valued at 1.75.
Well, two-valued it as a value, and I valued it to buy it.
That's the difference.
Car's valuations.
What I'm saying is we're just seeing off the same hymn sheet here.
The other two people who valued the car, I don't know who they were,
but they weren't willing to pay you for it. Where I was,
I offered him 1.750 for this car two days ago.
Did you?
Yeah.
And the cheapest one right now for sale is 2.2 million.
And you gave him a hard offer, 1.2 million.
And what are you all in on the spend then?
So you paid nine odd, and then what are you all in?
That's the crazy thing. There was a lot of work done.
A lot of work done.
A lot of man hours, a lot of parts.
But amazingly, obviously, a lot of those companies didn't charge me.
So it cost me £39,000.
No way. No way.
I didn't know that.
Jesus fucking Christ.
It's worth just saying it didn't cost you anything.
Don't even bother with the 39 grand.
And seven grand of that was that guy who
tried to sell me a gearbox and wasn't true.
So tell the story about how you were scammed on a...
So we had...
That hasn't sunk in though, yet.
No, I mean, I'm still, that's insane.
39 grand.
The power of YouTube.
39,000 and 80, 39,000 and 83,000.
Including VAT.
Including VAT.
Oh, there we go, get the back as well.
I've got an accountant.
Just do it yourself.
What I'd like to ask you in a bit is what you think it would have cost
if you had a pay for all the stuff.
But what's this scam story?
Through our video, we were looking for a gearbox.
Couldn't get one from Bugatti.
I had quite a few people say, I can get you a gearbox.
So I know of a gearbox.
There was one here, one there.
A few people saying that they could get one through the Bugatti network
on the quiet, all that sort of stuff.
But one guy said he'd got a second hand gearbox
which came out of a damaged car in Australia.
So, spoke to him on the phone and we'll get back to the phone call afterwards later.
Arranged an amount of money, which was a no-brainer.
It was impossible not to make money out of the deal
because he also had some of the parts with the car.
So there was a very, very precious control module
which are impossible to find.
That was included some other parts around the gearbox.
Did a deal, sent him a deposit, went to Malaga to see it,
pay the balance, the big amount of money,
put it in a van whilst I was there to get it to drive back to the UK.
And there was no gearbox and we're still going on with it now.
So, you don't even know where he is, I guess.
I do know where he is, who he is, what he is, everything.
You've done this Roy strikes again.
So, it was a full-on scam.
Full-on scam, but the interesting thing is...
Why would someone do that if you know who they are?
The first rodeo.
And did you, for seven grand?
He knew who we were, we'd watched all the videos and everything.
And is that what you sent him, deposit of seven grand?
No, I sent him a deposit of three and a half grand.
So, the other three and a half grand was done in Nobu in Marbella afterwards,
since he was there.
Paid him three and a half grand deposit, but I knew that the parts which...
If I got it for the full amount of money,
I could still make a lot of money out of the deal,
which was, we agreed on £60,000.
And then, yeah, he just sort of, like, disappeared,
but he's in a lot of trouble anyway,
but we are going to do another video on it.
So, we've got a barrister as a great guy, part of the channel.
And, yeah, he's up for getting our money back.
So, that 39 grand hopefully come down a bit.
I mean, £39,000 to fix a non-working Veyron.
Is totally insane, but...
That must be a world record.
But, like I say, or like Mark said,
a lot of people contributed to be involved in the whole movement,
which, you know, I think if you had to pay for everything that you've done,
I don't think you could have done it for a hundred or maybe more.
Yeah, I was hoping to get in and out for,
like, as an absolute, like the best case scenario,
I was thinking if I can get in and out for a meal,
I thought it's going to be unbelievable.
But, like, that was sort of like the ultimate.
But then, you know, because of the channel,
because of, like, people subscribing and then YouTube pushing it to more people,
you know, as the story went along,
you know, we even found out about stuff which we'd done,
which we'd done wrong before we'd actually implicated that,
because people had watched and said, oh, no, you need to do this or you need to change that,
or, you know, that, you know, there was a pressure with one gasket.
Somebody said, oh, no, that's the wrong gasket and saved us,
you know, further down the line, because, you know,
more and more people were starting to watch this video.
So without the channel and having to do it,
all yourself without all that help, what do you reckon it would have cost you?
I don't think it was being possible.
You just wouldn't have been able to do it.
Wouldn't have been able to do it.
No.
Well, you'd be on a trial and error,
because without these people's advice and help,
wrong gasket, that's the wrong one.
Would never have been an error.
You'd have just been going around in circles.
You'd have just been going around in circles.
And so back to the first question,
that shocked you the most, what, of how helpful everyone was
and the money they saved you and the lessons they taught you?
Yeah, the people who fix this car, you know, they were literally the people who were there
at the very start.
You know, they were the people who got the email to say,
this is what we need to make.
This is not we need to do.
And, you know, the people were the only people who had that information we needed
in their head.
Obviously, Bugatti had that information,
but, you know, we couldn't get to that.
So we needed this knowledge and literally the only people in the world
who could have fixed this car got involved with this car.
You've made a million quid.
You've bought something for nine something, spent 30 something
and made a million quid.
I mean, not cars buying price, but, you know.
Yeah, the market shifted, which helped us lots.
The market shifted.
And also, you know, our channel and what, you know,
the guys here that the effort and the money we spend to make these videos,
obviously, you know, has to be added to that bill.
Yeah.
But, yeah, we've done exceptionally well out of the risk 100 percent,
you know, exceptionally well.
And that probably profit is probably only going to get bigger, isn't it?
Oh, it's certainly not going to get smaller.
Unless you take it around your dirt track and jump it like you did the Storato.
Please don't do that.
Please don't do that.
I think that I honestly think that would would be capable that
I'll just take your word for it.
Okay, fine.
Yeah, I believe it's fine.
Would you do it again?
Would you buy a hypercar with all that risk that's fucked?
And would you do it again?
No.
No, no, no.
Too much.
Not a chance.
Yeah.
It turned into something which our channel isn't, you know, you know,
the that I thought we were going to repair it a little bit.
You know, it turned into more Matt Armstrong by the time we'd finished
because we were fixing things, filming fixing things.
That's not that's not our lane.
But obviously it just turned way more complicated and, you know,
sort of like car rebuilding than than what, you know, than what we're into.
Yeah.
So yeah, definitely, definitely not, you know, the stress.
Like there was days where I'd be, you know, we'd be laughing.
We'd be joyful.
Then we'd be crying in the same day because like, you know, you'd think,
we're getting somewhere, getting somewhere and another kick in the nuts.
And then, you know, it was it was a you read the comments and like,
God, you're longing this out.
My God, I'd, I'd have done it in a week if we could have done it.
Yeah.
Like the timeline was the minimum amount of time it could have possibly been.
And that's about six months.
About six months.
You know, I wanted this car finished.
I didn't want the headaches.
I didn't want the ups and downs.
I was quite happy with just the ups.
But it was it's a very complicated piece of kit.
And, you know, you led to believe sometimes that, you know,
yes, there are some parts on there which are Volkswagen,
without a doubt, are some crossover bits.
But that there is one epic piece of automotive machinery,
which is worth a million quid for a reason because it's a million pounds worth of car.
It's an unbelievable.
Yes, there's bits on there which are off a Passat.
But trust me, there's like the stuff on there which is
groundbreaking, even in today's standards.
It's concord of a car.
Talk me through some some highs and some lows because, you know, behind the scenes,
me and Mark, we speak all the time.
And behind the scenes, he'll send me the odd video or send me, you know,
a message and give me an update and whatever and would talk about it.
And I'd try and give him some advice on something if I could or whatever.
And I know emotionally you've been on a roller coaster with this car.
So let's just rewind six months ago.
So six months ago.
You have.
You actually have.
But I know what he's been through.
You and Jane and the whole team, actually.
So six months ago, Mark came to me to break the news that he had bought this car.
And you should definitely show that clip, by the way,
because like it was it was such a natural response.
And I was like, what the fuck have you done?
Basically, it's a.
Mate, I know this car.
Who doesn't know this car?
It's been everywhere.
Have you bought that?
Why?
Because it's going to be my only option price wise in.
That car is going to cost you a lot of money.
I mean, that that's got to pass that car.
Everyone's biggest issue with the Veyron is what if it goes wrong?
You know, you're buying a cancer patient.
No, do you know what I'm saying?
You're buying you're buying a terminally ill car.
You know, it's like when your son comes back at 15 and tells you his girlfriend's pregnant
and you're like, congratulations, son.
Do you think it's what's he getting into?
So it's a risk.
It's very, very risky.
It's very, very risky.
But with big risk come big rewards.
I thought it was just fucked.
You know, I thought the car was just.
And obviously I know.
Would you give for it if not?
I wouldn't have bought it.
You wouldn't have bought it?
No, I wouldn't have bought it.
No, it's a 700.
No, no.
And the full clip on that video, like the full clip is horrific.
I mean, my my obviously it wasn't for the fact that I'd never sold him one of mine
because mine were both sold.
So he came to me said, look, you know, he called me up first and he said,
I've got I want to see you today.
I was like, yeah, okay, no problem.
So he's come around to the showroom and he said, look, I want to tell you something.
Camera's rolling.
So it's totally like, I don't know what he's going to tell me.
Camera's rolling and he's like, I bought a car.
So I go, congratulations.
Like that's that's fantastic.
I know every Veyron definitely in the UK, probably in Europe,
most of them around the world.
I told him the chassis number of this car before he told me, you know,
the chassis number of this car, I knew.
And I said, which car did you buy?
And he said, you ready?
I was like, yeah.
So I don't know what to expect.
So he showed me this car and I was like, what the fuck have you done?
What have you done?
And he was like, it'll be all right.
So then he told me how much he pays.
But I knew at the same time, and I'm going to let you finish this because I get
to stick for talking too much.
But I knew you were you were very nervous of paying 900,000, which it's all fine,
well and good when it works out.
But when it doesn't work out, and my opinion on this car was obviously,
I didn't know the ins and outs.
My opinion was it was just, it was just unbiable to stay away from it.
I remember that car came to my barbecue.
And it was on its own.
The guy drove it to the barbecue.
And as he drove in the gate, he said, look, I cannot put this car in reverse.
So where do I go that I can turn it around and drive back out when I'm ready to leave?
Because it does not go in reverse.
So like, I knew the car.
He drove like that for two years, Mark.
Two years, he must live on a roundabout.
So look, without me going on anymore, talk me through the minute you bought and paid for it,
your emotions, your feelings, and then all the way through the highs.
To seeing you.
I've got, I've got, you know, messages from Mark where he's like semi in tears of joy
and tears of regret as well.
So go on, tell me.
So the day, the day we walked in there, it wasn't what we expected.
So we went there.
I had the day off work, which is difficult.
Went to when I'd look at this car and was quite
annoyed that this guy had wasted our time, you know, told us it was going to be this.
We went there.
The car was into, we got some photos of the car and the car wasn't looking like that,
but it was three quarters of the way there.
It was a driving car outside.
So we're thinking, oh, that's what it is.
So that was the initial shock that it was in a load of bits?
Load of bits.
And obviously then it was like, no, not interested.
And I think the price, I think it was like 1.5 million he wanted to start with.
Then it went to 1.2.
And then it was just like, man, this is what, you know,
live literally drove down to the south of London for like an absolute waste of time.
And then when we talked about it, I remember that, like,
we were sat in this pub and only said, just like, just, just wait.
If we can get this for the right price, you know, good for the channel.
And obviously, you know, we make YouTube videos.
So like it was a consideration that you don't spend 900 grand.
No, not to make YouTube.
But we're thinking maybe this could be, be a good thing.
You know, like maybe buying a repairable one is better than, you know, buying,
buying, you know, a proper one.
I'll say proper.
And then we went to see Carl.
And I honestly thought he'd go, oh, OK, 900 grand.
Well, that's all right.
You'll be OK.
And he literally just went, no, mate, look back out.
And he was literally going, we've got to put the full clip out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because he was like, back out.
No, no.
And I was like, like, no, it's done.
It's mine.
Yeah, I was like, just you haven't paid for it yet.
You're like, yeah, it's done.
It's mine.
And he was like, no, get your money back.
You cannot.
That car is scrapped.
Like, and I was just like, oh, God.
And then like, and I literally went from being, I've got a Veyron.
It's the cheapest Veyron in the world to like, oh, my God.
To the fact that I'm not quite sure how I'm going to tell Jane exactly Carl's response,
because it was that bad.
It was that bad.
And then we went on this journey where trying to find a gearbox was a problem,
because we couldn't even get them to give us a price.
So that was obviously starting to get a bit worrying.
And then we found Andrew the Scammer who had a gearbox.
And then it was all solved, because we were going to get a gearbox for 60 grand,
put it in my 900 grand car.
And we were sorted, because then I could sell the TCU, which this other part of equipment
he had, very clever man, how he did it.
And so things were going good.
And then we get to Malaga, and there's now Andrew the Scammer, and then we're stuck.
Then the deposit was a lot of money.
Yeah, we'd made a video, so it wasn't the end of the world.
But that was another kick in the nuts.
Then it's unfixable.
And then all of a sudden, momentum just started of the emails.
And it's real difficult when we're really lucky that we're well known in the automotive world.
And we get a lot of messages.
And sometimes people get annoyed because they say, oh, I sent you four messages.
I cannot possibly look at all of my Instagram messages.
It's not possible.
That's a full-time job.
So we miss stuff.
So there's a team of us who would look on there and try and keep up with stuff.
Because some of that information in there we knew would be golden.
And then we had some emails, and then somebody reaches out again.
There was one guy called Rob.
And at this stage now, we found out that there was a gearbox in Holland with a guy called Pascal.
Spoke to Pascal.
Pascal was like, yeah, we're here.
This is where we're at.
Can we bring a camera?
Pascal was like, yeah, bring a camera.
We're good.
So thinking, OK, this is spot on.
Go see Pascal.
And he's like saying, right, we've had to guess a bit with this clutch.
Because obviously we can't get one.
We don't know exactly what the material is.
But this Pascal is a very clever man.
So he's using all his knowledge to guess at this material.
Then the guy called Rob, who's been massively involved with the gearbox and the clutch and all sort of stuff.
So Pascal said, I've had this guy on the phone.
He spent a couple of hours on me on the phone.
And he's going to come over and have a look.
And all of a sudden, this man is like putting his time.
You know, he's got kids.
He's got a wife.
And he's putting all his effort into helping me fix his car.
And that went on from there, where these people came along and joined in the journey
and helped Pascal to make this gearbox.
So everything was looking good.
We go to furlongers.
Furlongers, they've been amazing.
Like I cannot, you said how good they were.
But my God, what a company.
You know, the stuff they do.
This is a small project to them.
You know, they know their stuff.
And then they were getting involved.
And then more people from X Bugatti, X Riccardo, the gearbox manufacturers were coming involved.
And everybody had a little bit of information and a little bit here.
And then it was all going great.
And I was thinking, we've got it.
We've done it.
We've sorted.
And then our clutch started slipping.
So all the way along, we've got, you know, we've gone to Holland.
We've built this gearbox.
We found this clutch material.
We've put it in.
We've gone on this mammoth task to put it into the car.
But before we put it into the car, we've got to make sure we run the gearboxes.
So we made a test rig.
A test rig was half a million quid.
We managed to make our own test rig for 10 grand.
This, like it was all like bubbling up to be this amazing epic finish.
And we got in the car and the clutch didn't work.
And then that was the probably the worst moment.
I remember talking to you about that.
It was so like, oh God, it was so bad.
So bad because it was like, we really are fucked now.
We are.
Because yes, we can, we can try again.
But this very clever man has decided on this clutch material.
Fuck, I can't get emotional.
This very clever man had decided on this clutch material and it didn't work.
And he'd use all his knowledge to find this clutch material.
So what, what we're doing next.
Where do you go after him?
He's already, he's the man and he's thought this is what we need.
And this is what we need.
Didn't work.
Like, so what's he doing now?
He's having a second guess.
Well, is he having a third guess, a fourth guess, a fifth guess?
And each time these guesses are like going to be 10 grand.
And that was a really, really, really low part.
Was trying to figure out what the hell and where we go from there.
And then the guys Rob and Andrew basically built in this car, this epic car,
that every time you start this car and you leave at idling for 30 seconds,
they've programmed that this car adjusts its own clutch.
It adjusts its clutch.
So every time a Bugatti driver who needs the perfect car gets a perfect car.
So this car self adjusts its clutch and it adapts so that every time he pulls off,
it feels the same as it did yesterday.
Even when his clutch is wearing out, it feels the same as the day he bought his car.
And so we've been for a process of driving the car.
They've told us what we have to do to make that car teach itself to work with that clutch.
So we've been driving it at 30 second intervals at certain speeds and revs.
And the clutch has found itself to work.
It's taught itself to live with that aftermarket clutch.
So that would that be the high point for you?
Coming after such a low.
It was really hard to get high after that because it was so low that it wasn't really about
Well like a relief than a high.
Yeah because it got to the stage now.
Let's not get too excited here because it could go tits up again because I thought it was sorted.
And I'm still like that now where I'm struggling to really enjoy the car.
What about when you first drove it? Couldn't you allow yourself then?
No because I was like what was that noise?
What's that going on?
Yeah but I told you about this.
You can't take any notice to that in the Bugatti.
You hear the odd noise and you're like oh shit how many tens of thousands is that going to cost?
And do you know what?
It's just the car's got its own brain and its own ecosystem in the car.
It's doing stuff all the time.
I know, I know, it does.
It's working.
It basically makes sure that every time you drive that car it's as good as it can be and it does that by itself.
It's just unbelievable.
So you just got to go turn the music up and not listen to the sounds.
Because that's it, it's just adjusting and sorting itself out and doing things.
But it's been epic and we've been down to the Arvester and back.
What's the fastest you've got in it so far?
70?
Because that's the latest speed limit.
We're going to break the speed limit, Andy.
You've said you have many times.
I was young and foolish.
No, I've not, I've not.
You've not owned it up probably, yeah.
No, not yet, no.
Too scared to.
I just, I feel it's still adapting so the clutch obviously it's adapting and it's getting better
and it's really, really good now.
But I feel like at the minute after what we've been through I'm quite happy at doing 70 mile an hour,
getting to the factory and back, going down the Arvester.
I'm quite happy living that life.
I don't feel the need at the minute and I'm sure the people who watch the channel and definitely
the lads who work for me want to do this top speed run, get the speed key out.
But at the minute.
You do want to do that.
I do but risk and reward.
Oh baby, just baby steps.
But risk and reward, you've bought it.
Just take baby steps.
Just get, listen, it will be a week of usage before you'll be like,
let's just see if it goes a little bit faster.
And I'm sure, you know, like, you know, when you've been looking enough to have a new car
to start, I feel like, you know, you're not sure of your bearings and where your bumpers are
and it's all new and it's very new with that.
Like, you know, when I go around the blind corner, around the top here,
I'm like scared to death, somebody's coming around the corner too fast the other way.
Because that is one of the problems with it.
What do I do then?
But yeah, so I've not fully enjoyed it for definite at the minute.
It's been epic and it's been amazing and all that sort of stuff.
But yeah, I haven't definitely, definitely not got my confidence yet.
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Yeah, one of the first videos we want to do is to take it to Mansoury.
So we're going to go see the man himself and he's going to tell us a story.
That's going to be one of the big things because I want to understand about this car
because if you imagine Mansoury have done some crazy projects, but back when they did this,
they were very early doors, very early doors.
So this to them would have been massive and I want to understand that story
because they did five of these Mansoury's when I can't imagine they were doing
anything as posh as this.
So I'm really excited to speak to him.
Do you think you might let him unleash on it then?
Definitely not.
Carousous, funny man.
I would be like, oh, your car is broken.
I've broken your car.
I will give you a million dollars to fix the car.
Yeah, so that's going to be really good.
And then a road trip, which is really difficult because I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do.
No luggage space.
No.
Absolutely no luggage space.
The amount of time that me and Mitzi went away for the weekend and she's holding two suitcases
on her lap.
No luggage space at all.
And I don't know if your car's still got it.
Mine used to have a plaque or a sticker in the bonnet that used to say don't store
like aerosol cans or anything that could explode.
In the bonnet because it gets so hot in there.
Do you know what, I took something out there the other day and I thought it's warm in there
as soon as the engine's in the back.
It gets hot.
I don't know what generates the heat in there, but I've, like before I put like a,
it's literally big enough to put a wash bag in.
So, you know, your wash bag with the deodorant and your razor and your toothbrush and whatever,
like that's how I used to go away for the weekend is that.
And you use by clothes on the way there to wear that night.
And I remember I got it out one and this is the first time I've seen this sticker.
I got it out and I was like, that's warm.
Like it was hot.
Like the zip of the bag was hot.
And then I've seen this sticker and it said, like, do not, do not store anything that can overheat.
And then there was an aerosol can with a, with a red fucking cross across it.
You know, and I had all sorts in there.
So my meal deals coming inside of me.
They're not, don't put it in the front of there.
Be a great delivery car, wouldn't it?
Keep your pizza warm.
So, yeah, I don't know what to do because I'd really like, obviously, like I said,
a lot of the people wouldn't have payment, you know, the deal was that they didn't want any money.
The guys who did all the electrics and stuff, they, they literally wouldn't have any money off me.
And I think one of the, it'd be really good to get the team involved in a road trip.
I think that would be a really cool video rather than just taking it down the auto barn
or something like that.
Maybe we can all go on a camping holiday together or something.
I don't know what, but yeah, I don't, I've just got to enjoy it now.
I enjoy looking at it.
I enjoy, you know, we're going to probably put a little bit of a twist to the,
to the look of the car, maybe, which I'm sure will go down very well.
You were, took it down Redditch High Street yet?
I've took it round the cloverleaf.
I've been to, oh God, first day, I've got a flip in.
I got a milkshake from KFC.
Through the drive-thru?
No, I stopped, pulled over, pulled over, then, then I have to spend the next 10 minutes speaking
to people, which is, which is great.
And then got in the car, bloody milkshake fell over, didn't it?
In the front of the Mansour Evay.
First day.
And then it dries and the milk goes sour and then it stinks.
God, I came back and I was just like, I was, yeah, it was a, it was a difficult 10 minutes.
But like, I don't know what we're going to do.
It's been such a massive part of our lives that, yeah, it's sort of, it's a, it's a big,
now it works, it's back here.
And what do people misunderstand about Bugatti's that now you understand?
The luxury, the, you know, the word hypercar to me is carbon fiber, stripped out,
Alcantara, too hot, can't enough in bone breaking.
That to me is what a hypercar is, you know, like risking death and fire.
But this is just like, like, you know, Carl said, it's a concord.
Like until, until I tested drove with Carl, I had no idea.
And now I've got mine, you know, me and Jane went out in it and we were like,
she was, she was amazed. Like, this is just nice.
It's, it's not like any of a hypercar. It is
like a Bentley, you get any, it's like a Rolls Royce Bentley.
It's just, it's plush, it's luxurious.
Like all the buttons feel nice.
Everything feels well built, heavy, not like a stripped out race car.
I remember the one of my, one of my best friends, it was not into cars.
He's got a couple of nice cars, but only because I've kind of made him buy nice cars.
He does really well. Off you.
Off me. And like, he's got a Rolls Royce.
It's what friends are for.
Yeah, exactly.
That's how he sells. He makes you buy them.
He's got a 488 Ferrari and a Rolls Royce Dawn.
He very rarely uses either of them.
Anyway, we'll go in somewhere in my Veyron when I first had it.
And he is like, you know, this is, this is an absolutely stupid amount of money to give for
a car. You know, you could buy, you know, five townhouses and get this much rent back.
I mean, I thought I was like talking to Rob there for a second.
And, and five minutes into the, into the drive, literally before we got to the M42,
he's like, he's touching the dash and he's touching like the center console.
And he went, you know what? A million pounds is a stupid amount of money for a car.
But I can see a million pounds.
100%.
100%.
And you can.
You can.
You're, you're 100% can.
There's a lot of cars I get in that are half a million pounds.
And you think this is built like shit.
Well, do you know, when you look under that and I look at all the parts and I think,
if I had to buy and make all these parts, I can't do it for a million.
Well, no, because it cost them.
But VW couldn't either.
Yeah. It cost them three and a half million euros, three and a half million pounds.
Apparently to what?
To build each car.
The story is it's 5000000
It cost euros.
They lost four, they lost 4000000
They lost three and a half million.
Yeah. Sorry.
They lost three and a half million euros to prove that they can make the world's greatest car.
It wasn't about, it wasn't a business exercise.
It was a publicity exercise.
Probably a bit of a tax write off as well.
Yeah.
You know, Volkswagen dirt, 3000000000 this year.
Let's get rid of some of the profits.
But yeah, I wouldn't have made profits on there, on the shirons and things like that.
Yeah, I do.
Yeah.
I think that was this was like the prototype.
This was a long term, no new launch for Bugatti.
You know, if this car failed, then there was no, there was no future models.
This car came after an EB 110, which was a flop.
Let's be totally honest with you.
I mean, they're only, they're only valuable now because of a Veyron, you know.
So at the time Bugatti were going out of business, it put them out of business.
Bugatti were out of business before Volkswagen came in and bought the company
and then invested however many hundreds of millions into the research and development
and making the Veyron.
I believe that a Veyron, I've said this for years.
I believe a Veyron will supersede a shiron in value.
Um, it's not far off of it now.
I mean, when I say it's not far, it's a million away, but it's three quarters of the way there.
And if this car doesn't hit, then who's going to buy the next model?
And I think that definitely will happen because you've got to look at some of the collectors,
some of the famous people who have got these cars.
They have enough money to have a shiron, but they drive around and own a Veyron and they
could buy a shiron, but they want the Veyron version.
So, you know, the slower older.
Well, the, the, the shiron is a far superior version of a Veyron,
but a Veyron is its own entity completely.
It's, it's a new blueprint.
The shiron was built off the blueprint of a Veyron.
The Veyron is his own, own car completely owned.
I mean, the technology in that car and the engineering in that car
changed the world of supercars completely.
Well, when we were talking to Robin Andrew and all the guys from Ricardo,
they got this brief of Volkswagen to make a DCT gearbox to withstand a thousand horsepower.
Well, the cars then were 500 horsepower.
Max.
So there wasn't the parts which needed to make this car didn't exist.
The tires didn't exist.
The gearbox didn't exist.
The engine didn't exist.
All the parts needed had to be made by engineers to get this car.
That's why it's so amazing.
Like the more I've learned about this car and done,
you know, that gearbox was made because they needed a gearbox and it had never been done before.
So they gave a British engineering company, Ricardo,
not an open checkbook, but this is what we need.
Make it.
And I know the bill was more than they thought and I imagine that went along the way.
So what that does is that sets them up for the next models for the Chiron.
Okay, they take the blueprint of that gearbox, they tweak it slightly,
but the hard work's already been done.
Everything's already been done.
That's the instruction manual for the Chiron, the Tourbillon and whatever else comes after it.
That is the instruction manual for it.
And that's why you think it'll end up being worth the most because it's the original.
Yeah, yeah, I do.
I really do.
How many did they make?
They made 340 in total of every variant of a Veyron.
So in that variant, that's what they call the 16.4,
which a lot of people think is a 16.4 litre, but it's not.
The 16.4 stands for W16 and the .4 is for turbos.
So basically mine's the bottom of the range.
They all go up from here, don't they?
His is like the starter pack.
Poverty.
Yeah, then you get the 16.4 Grand Sport, which is the convertible version of that.
Same car, same engine, roof comes off.
They obviously done some special additions in those as well.
Mark's car is kind of modelled off an addition called a Pursang,
which was one of five cars that Bugatti made in that configuration,
the chrome with the carbon fibre.
And then they made the Supersport, which was 1200 horsepower instead of 1000 horsepower.
And then they made the Supersport Vitesse, which is the 1200 horsepower convertible.
And like I said, they made special additions along the way.
They made a world record addition, but they made one of five world record additions.
We saw that one down at European Prestige,
and it was basically a green one with a signature on, which sounds brilliant.
The Ville d'Est.
And like it was another million quid.
But it was the same car.
Same car.
They had a bit of fun with some spec configurations,
and they just charge another million quid.
They literally, there was like a signature.
You get the best value at the bottom then.
Yeah, exactly.
I think so, I think.
But we talked about this, and I think the best value of these cars
is the standard 16.4.
Well, everything you've said about this being the original car for all their other models,
this is the original car for the Veyron.
Exactly.
Yeah, exactly.
You know, Tom has been on the show Tom Bolt,
he always likes to buy the first edition of the watch.
Not the ones that's made after and after and after,
because the first edition is the original one.
Yeah, and that's what the rest are built from.
Yeah.
So all the hard work went into that first edition.
And I think with the Veyron as well,
because of probably the time, you know, the time they came from,
you know, around that 2005 to 2008,
the colours of the people who were spec in these cars,
whoever these people who had these like boats and 64 cars,
and they didn't have a lot of good choice of colours.
So I think there's an explanation for that.
Since you've just bought, but you've just said that and you've bought a mirror.
A mirror, the best colour.
No fucking, there is no way you are ever going to have that ever clean.
It's going to be a mission.
But there was like this chocolate brown, there's the reason for that.
There's reason behind it.
The reason is these cars come out in 2006.
So only the very, very, very, very early customers had a car in 2006.
There wasn't many.
Most cars came out in 2007.
Well, 2008, the credit crunch happened.
And the whole of the UK and Europe was skint.
So you have to look to the countries that had all the money,
because that's where all the orders were going.
Dubai, Russia, China.
Their taste is slightly different to the average Brit.
That was very respectfully said.
Yeah, well, you know, the gold and the browns and the mirrors and all this,
you know, they're more flamboyant, aren't they?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And so there was there's not very many UK supplied Veyrons,
because you have to remember they made them from 2006 to probably 2010.
And then they then they stopped making the cars.
So that was a tough period for the UK at that time financially.
Yeah, yeah.
You even if you could afford to go and buy yourself a new Veyron,
it wasn't the best show to everybody who's struggling around you to go and give a million
quid for for for a car at that time.
Yeah, when we were looking at the different ones,
there was the ones which were for sale.
I'd have had to spend money to make them look the way I wanted it to look anyway,
because, you know, I didn't want to drive.
When you when you want your perfect car, you want it to be perfect.
So so what are you going to do to this then?
How are you going to tweak this?
I can't possibly tell you.
Well, tell us roughly where you're going to start.
So I think the colour is going to be a challenge, like you say, without a doubt.
So we're going to have to try and figure that out because we live in the UK.
Yeah.
So, you know, it's impossible, literally impossible to keep that looking anywhere near
as it does today. Impossible.
So we're going to have to look at that.
The wheels at the minute these are running around on the proper Bugatti wheels.
But also what he didn't tell you when he bought this car for 900,000.
How many sets of wheels did you have?
Three sets.
Three sets of wheels that are 52,000 euros per set.
And that set that are on the car from a Bugatti Super Sport,
you can't buy those wheels.
Like you literally can't buy those wheels.
How much do you reckon those wheels are worth to reckon?
Well, I sold a set of standard.
I sold it to Andy King from Apollo Capital.
I sold a set of standard Grand Sport Bugatti wheels for £27,000.
He was pissed about that, but that was, they were cheap.
See, I think they're worth 60 grand, those wheels.
I think their wheels are worth 60 grand.
Yeah, 15 round of wheels.
The car came with three sets of wheels.
Wow.
So it was 900, wasn't 900, was it?
No, you're a very smart man, Mark, aren't you?
And then I'd love some sports seats.
I like the comfort seats, but you like the sports seats in the back?
Right now, when I've been driving that, I'm like, oh, this is nice.
This is like, it's comfortable, which obviously,
I suppose that's why they call it the comfort seat.
And I don't know, colour, wheels.
I'd love to do all sorts of stuff to make it a little bit more.
Neon lights at the bottom.
Yeah, make it a little bit more subwoofer in the back.
Respectfully change it for my taste.
Have you thought about just going absolutely,
like you did with the SVJ and going fucking mad?
Of course, yes.
Have you thought about, you know what?
Fuck, I could do this to this very run.
No, no.
Yes, you have.
I have.
You've got big balls, but they're not that big.
No, there's times when I thought this car's going to break me.
Like, luckily, the people I have around me, including my wife,
you've got to think that a lot of my wives might have gone
sure about this, but she trusted me to know that I've made some decent decisions in the past.
So, yeah, where it is at the minute, I'm quite sort of, yeah,
not doing anything too much.
It scared you a bit up to now, hasn't it?
Like, it was when that bloody clutch slipped the other week, that was bad.
But, I mean, all those feelings will be a distant memory in a month or two, won't they?
You're saying this now, it's like two boxers going in the ring,
and the first punch is a straight right, and you think,
shit, I'd best stay away from him.
For three rounds in, you took the straight right three or four times,
you're like, well, that's okay.
It's like a motocross you broke a bow, and you think, never again,
then once the pain goes away, you think, I can't wait to get back on that.
There was a high when it first went backwards and forwards.
And if I think about that, to the low, when the clutch slipped, that high was way bigger
than the low.
From where normal is, the high was up here, and the low was
nowhere near as far off that line.
And yeah, the happiness it's brought to people already.
Me and Jane went out in it, and there was a lorry in front of us going up towards Hopwood.
And he wanted to see the car, so he was fully on the wrong side of the road,
so he could see it in his, in his mirror.
You know, he was just, it just, I've never been, I've been,
I've been looking enough to be in some amazing cars, nothing like this.
This just.
Bugatti just hits different when it's on the road, when it's in the wild,
when it's parked outside of a restaurant hotel,
anywhere in the world, it hits different.
I love the look like of kids 12, 13 years old, when they see a Bugatti,
it blows their mind off, they just, they can't believe it.
And a few people I've spoke to as well, I've not,
like I've had many interactions with people since I bought it, but do you know,
like when, when I've had like a lovely Lambo before, or a McLaren,
somebody say, oh, it's lovely, the real nice, what is it?
I haven't had that with that.
No, everyone knows what it is.
Everyone said, oh, I love a Bugatti.
So have you kept under the radar?
I know the video is going out tonight, so this is going to come out next week,
so the video would have already been launched, and if you haven't seen it already,
you know, head to Mark's channel and see it.
But I know you've done a few outings in it, but you must have tried to keep a,
I mean, you know, it's a Chrome, so you can't be quite that discreet,
but you must have thought you said, I can't let everyone see it works yet.
Well, no, because like I assumed that I wasn't going to be allowed by our team to use it till
tonight. So I thought at six o'clock tonight, at six o'one, I'm out in this.
But over the last few days, you know, they said, yeah, go and enjoy it, which was cool,
because, yeah, it was, it was nice.
They've obviously put themselves in your shoes and think,
fuck, he's got a Veyron sitting in his garage set.
They've told him not to use.
But like, yeah, I'm sure it's, as it's brought a few people or as people,
you know, our people think, oh my God, it's driving.
Because obviously the end of the last video was like devastation, you know,
the clutch was slipping, we didn't know what we're going to do.
So, you know, it looked more than likely that the car was going to have to be split into two
and we were starting again.
So I think, you know, a bit of positivity around the internet that it's actually working,
because it's obviously been photoed and then shared and stuff like that.
So there's, you know, there's a few people, well, a lot of people who already know that
it's obviously progressed from the last time they saw the end of the video.
I get so many people every time I go out to a pub or some locally,
because obviously I only live local to Mark.
You know, you're still late though.
Yeah, still late.
I get people all the time, like, you know, hi Carl, love the podcast, love what you're doing,
love that car, you've got, how's Mark's very wrong?
What do you think of Mark's very wrong?
And I had a guy last night and he said, is it working?
Is it working?
I said, look, I can't tell you.
Stay tuned for tomorrow.
Do you know what's the cool thing as well?
And like, because we've been on this journey with this,
the public, our viewers, the internet has been in the same place as us, because we've done a video
and it's like, it's live, it's real.
Yeah, it might be three or four days behind where we actually are in the world.
But when that view, you know, when people go, but where is it really at?
I'm like, there, it's there where you, where you've seen it is where it is.
They're like, no, but yeah, you know, that's, that's YouTube where what's happened really.
I'm like, no, on bollocks at the minute, we're in the shit.
You know, it doesn't, you know, it was, and it was good to everyone be on the same,
the same hymn sheet to where we were.
I've just told everyone I've signed an NDA.
Because they've got so many questions.
I've only gone for a pint and I get hounded.
I'm like, look, I've had to sign an NDA.
I can't speak to you about anything.
Not about cars, not about Mark, not about nothing.
I'm really sorry.
It's so cool.
If I knew, I would definitely tell you.
If you were, if you were bought a car of me, I'd have told you.
Yeah.
It depends.
Go on my website, pick a car and I'll see how much.
But everywhere, like literally, whether I go to the supermarket, whether I go to the Chinese,
whether I go to the petrol station, to the toilet, it doesn't matter where I go.
Everyone says, is it working?
Is it working?
Is it working?
So I don't know what, what they're going to say next, but it's always been.
You've got a cool plate.
You must have bought the plate to go on the car.
I've had that plate for 10 years.
But I was going to say that plate means two things to you.
It means, obviously, your racing days.
Yeah.
So it was.
And now it's on a Bugatti.
And when we were thinking about a lover plate, you know, to finish the series off,
it's always great to have a plate.
And we looked at MM64 Bug, the UGB, of course, this cost too old.
And somebody, a couple, a few people have tried to sell it to me,
which is flipping right, fair play to them.
And then the camper, because I used to race Buggies, UTV, side by side,
they were called Buggies.
So the camper was BUG6Y.
So it literally said buggy.
And then, obviously, I'd never even entered my head.
And I was going to put rockbox on it.
I like it.
I like the red rockbox, ROT80X.
And then I thought, oh my God, we've got buggy.
So like it was the perfect, the perfect plate for it.
You nicknamed it yet.
What, the car?
Yeah.
It's going to always be Vey and Ron, isn't it?
It's kind of like, I think so.
I think, like, you know, when we get some nice stuff done to the inside,
like, I want a nice set of mats and stuff, it's,
there's definitely going to be Vey on the one and Ron.
Yeah, because he named the two halves of the car Vey and Ron.
And like, you just, I don't know, just, it's just, it's so special.
And the journey we've been on, there's just been, it's just been amazing.
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So we'll finish then with the last question, which is, what's your next project?
I honestly don't know. And this is, this is where we are with our channel.
People always say, you know, like, everyone thinks that you've got this next thing sorted next.
And our channel is always very, very unhealthy first stress levels,
because we don't know where we're going next.
But that's what also makes our channel as well, because opportunities come our way.
And if we were fully booked up and had all these ideas, we'd probably go,
oh, yeah, we're a bit busy, but we have to react.
And so some of the best opportunities which our channel,
some of the best videos have been because we've had an opportunity.
And at the minute we're looking for those opportunities because,
right, like literally, I'm sure this is going to give you a bit more content in the future.
Isn't it? Like, yeah, sitting here like, oh, well, there's nothing else to do now,
because it's done. I might surprise you a bit, maybe.
Yeah, I hope not. I hope there's not another rebuild video.
But yeah, Mansouri visit is next road trip, obviously next.
We're going to do a bit of work with the P1.
The P1's having a, yeah, I can say the P1's having a facelift,
which I'm sure make a lot of people happy.
Yeah, make me happy.
P1's having a facelift. Yeah, few investment supercars,
bit more on the theft side. We've got a great story with a V5,
which has come through the post. So yeah, got some exciting stuff from one.
We had a chat in Harrods, sat in the window on the Brompton road in Harrods,
and Mark had just agreed to buy the P1. And he said, you know what,
if it wasn't for YouTube and it wasn't for my channel, I don't believe
I would be able to purchase a car like the P1. You said that?
You're 100%. Yep.
Well, because of the money it makes you?
Not because of, no, more the fact that I'm putting these situations and
doors have opened where I never really knew a world like that existed.
Right. And the skip forward two years, you have the P1 and now you're sitting
with a Veyron and obviously all your other cars as well.
Do you know what skip forward is though?
Go on.
A year. It's only one year since we've got that P1.
Oh, shit. Yeah, it was only a year.
Last year. One year.
Yeah, one year, one year later.
Crazy.
You know, think of the cars you went to see before the P1.
The 911, the P1, the Bugatti.
So fuck it, you've got to buy a 911 next.
And say, you know, in two years I went to go to your three, I bought all three.
And that's the thing where like this YouTube has brought me to here and it wouldn't have,
like I wouldn't have had a broken Mansour Veyron if it wasn't for YouTube.
You know, the weekend we went to the F1, like, you know, get invited to the Formula One,
you know, we get to do things and went to the Pride of Britain on the red carpet.
It's just a very, as you guys know, it's a very, very special, very special platform
where we get to do amazing things and meet people.
And this is a byproduct of YouTube.
If you don't mind, I'm going to sneak two in.
Here's why, because we've been asking these questions to kind of every guest.
So they're sort of sticking as common questions.
This is the one where you go, oh, not again.
Okay. So you can either go to jail for a year or drive only an electric car for the rest of your life.
Which one is it?
I'm going to go jail.
And there's a few reasons, lad.
There's a few reasons.
We'll share it ourselves.
Number one, I've got a tattoo, so no one's going to touch me.
Yeah.
I'm safe.
And number two, I feel like if I did end up in prison, which I hope I definitely did,
I feel like I could use that time as to my advantage.
How? Stop spending money.
Yes. I think I could have time to go to the gym.
I could educate myself better, learn a language.
What a language you're learning in jail, mate.
But there's education, isn't there?
I have to say help in different dialects.
Leave me alone.
So yeah, I'm going to go.
You'll take the jail?
Yeah, I'll take the jail.
Any real car enthusiast or any real man says jail.
I don't want to go to jail, but I also, I'm not driving an electric car for the rest of my life.
So there you go.
I'm sacrificing one year for possibly another, what am I, 39?
Say I've got another 39 years left if I'm lucky.
Sacrificing one for another 39 is no big deal.
And another one, do you know, do you have the mugshot you've got with all the lines
when you stood there like that?
I'd love that on my wall.
No, I wouldn't, because it would tell everybody how really, how tall I am.
I'd have to add it all.
I'm like, mate, you're going to have to get me a box or something here.
I need to stand on something.
And this is the final one.
What one car screams that someone's trying too hard?
Oh, the car, the car, which I think now I think a little bit overrated and
but I was there, I had one, a Eurus.
Thank you.
I said the same thing.
I said the same.
That was my answer.
That was his answer?
Yeah, we've asked three or four people and the first time we asked him, that was my answer.
Yeah. Yeah, I suppose that's the one, but why?
It's a great car.
It's a great car.
Yeah.
But it's my opinion of it.
It's a great car, but it's totally unnecessary when a car for half the price does the same job.
Yeah.
But you pay double for it to be a Lamborghini.
Yeah, they're a big old bus.
And yeah, it's and also as well, it's not really a Lambo.
Is it not what a Lambo should be?
It's an Audi RS Q8 for double the price for the Lamborghini badge.
I get told off in the comments to make in this statement, so I'm just going to sit back.
But nonetheless, it's a great car and I have a lovely collection of them for sale right now,
if someone wants to buy one.
It is a great car.
I've had a couple of you, actually.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, we've enjoyed them.
But what would you have instead then of a similar car?
What would you have instead?
As in a four-wheel?
Yeah, on my four.
G63 is absolutely amazing.
But everybody, I'm the only person who likes them.
I'm literally the only person.
No, I'm not.
No, no, not the G63.
The only person who liked the car, which I'm going to say next.
And I think they're a great car.
An Evoque.
I love a Range Rover Evoque.
I do.
Great car.
Yeah.
I mean, for the audience that is aimed towards, it's a good car,
but you're not going to have one over a G63, are you?
No, but great size.
Does everything.
Yeah, I agree with that.
For the money, a really, really good car.
I struggle to say any Jaguar Land Rover product is a great car.
I've just been through the fucking hell with them.
And I've got so many of them.
I just collect them right now.
I'm a Defender Collector.
I have a collection of Defenders.
We have a podcast on Thursday night.
And one of the sections is to find out how many Defenders are working.
I only need two Defenders, but I have three.
Because one's not going to, or three are not going to work at the same time.
And I can't afford not to have two on the road.
So what do you do?
You just buy a spare and, you know.
Yeah.
But no, I'm not going anything Jaguar Land Rover.
Sorry.
Now, Mark, I'm sure many most people know who you are, but to watch
your content more about this, where should they go?
Basically, everything is Mark McCann, 64.
On all the channels?
All the channels, Tiki Toki, Instagram, and then YouTube.
And we've got a second channel, which Carl kindly comes on most weeks on a,
we do a live podcast every Thursday at 6 p.m., which is good,
but also very dangerous when he's sat in the room.
Which is most of the time.
Well, it all depends on my mood and the day I've had.
Sometimes.
Whether you've bought a car or not.
Well, no, what happens is it's on at six o'clock.
So at six o'clock, I'm still fully, you know, in the middle of my work day.
You get here at five past six.
I get here at five past six.
That's just early.
Yeah.
But people know that the seat's there and then obviously it goes,
sorry, sorry, everyone.
And it all depends on who's just pissed me off on the phone,
on my way from the car upstairs.
I'm still halfway through my work day.
So the first 15 minutes can be quite colourful.
His rants, his rants are fantastic.
Once it, when he goes off on one, we have, we have one section called rant.
So everyone has a rant, one of the sections.
And yeah, we have to slow, calm down, Carl.
Yeah.
And what was your reason for setting up the second channel?
To experiment.
Yeah.
To experiment.
And I feel like a lot of people don't get this is if anything goes wrong
and they turn that channel off, you have nothing left.
So it's almost like a backup sometimes.
And it gives us an opportunity to try different things without,
you know, risking people's future, who I employ in livelihood.
And we experiment, we try different things.
We try shorter videos, longer videos, lives, just to try and mix it up a bit,
you know, take the risk off.
Because, you know, you see so many times people's channels get deleted
and all of a sudden they wake up that morning and they have nothing left.
So a part of it is a backup.
Yeah.
I mean, Mark, this is your second time on Cars and Money.
And we much appreciate you coming on.
And, you know, for those watching, there will be more episodes through the time with Mark.
He changes his life and his stories and his journey with Cars so many times.
So no two episodes with you are going to be the same.
You know, they're all very different.
The last one we were just talking about, the P1 and Cars.
Now we've got a Veyron.
Who knows what I'm going to sell you next for us to talk about.
And a massive congratulations for a 100k plaque.
Yeah, we haven't got the plaque yet.
Now we're giving it to your son.
And we need it because he's now torturing me.
Yeah, I bet he's going to be taking that to school.
He'll literally have it in his backpack school day.
100%.
That was the biggest for him.
I think that's the biggest achievement I've ever done is be involved in a channel that has 100,000 subscribers.
You've got to think, Christine, like he's stuck up in there sometimes, isn't he?
Like, you know, we go to do a podcast and then him and Senna are sat on the set.
He's waiting for daddies to do their job.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I mean, when we were with Andy, we were there three hours and he was great.
Oh, he's a good boy.
Yeah, he's a good boy.
And I like having him around me.
I like him, I like, I like him, you know, just to have, he's my shadow, you know.
So I like, this is what I used to do with my dad.
I used to just, just be around him and just unintentionally take things in, you know,
you don't, you don't know you're doing it at eight years old.
But you do later on in life.
My, my summer six week holiday was in my dad's car seeing customers.
Like it, like, you know, it's his birthday today, heavenly birthday.
Oh, is it?
Yeah, today.
Oh, happy birthday to you dad.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mark.
Thank you.
Thank you.
About this episode
Mark McCann’s Bugatti Veyron saga kicks off with an ownership reveal—“I can't believe I'm saying it, but I own a Mansouri Veyron.”—then quickly turns into a gearbox hunt, shop silence, and a repair bill that lands at “£39,000.” The hosts dig into why Veyron fixes spiral: major disassembly (“They've split the car in half.”), parts scarcity, and even a “full-on scam” involving a “second-hand gearbox.” Along the way, they compare hypercar parts pricing, warranty logic, and how service history affects resale value.
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