The Volvo V60 is a wagon-style car that’s meant to be practical and comfortable. In the podcast, someone talks about adding Android Auto, which is a way to connect your phone to the car’s screen. That’s why it comes up—because it’s about everyday tech in a usable car.
The Ford Sierra 3-door is an older Ford car with a three-door body. The podcast mentions it because someone liked the look and also brought up the more performance-focused Cosworth version. It’s brought up as a car that people remember and enjoy.
The Lotus Carlton is a rare, high-performance version of the Carlton. It’s special because it looks like a normal car but was tuned by Lotus to be much quicker.
The Triumph Spitfire is a classic British convertible/roadster. People like it because it’s fun to drive with the top down and it’s a well-known classic car.
The BMW 635 CSI is an older BMW coupe from the 1980s that enthusiasts recognize. The hosts are saying they don’t see many of them anymore, so it’s a rare car to spot.
The Range Rover is a large, luxury SUV made by Land Rover. It’s designed to be comfortable for everyday driving and capable for rough roads too. In the podcast, it’s mentioned in the context of what features it has (like air conditioning).
Compression rings are small metal bands on the piston. They help seal the engine so combustion pressure stays where it belongs, instead of leaking into the lower part of the engine.
Piston rings are parts that sit on the piston and help seal the engine. If they break or don’t fit right, the engine can lose compression and run into serious problems.
A rebuild is when someone takes an engine apart and puts it back together with new or reconditioned parts. If something is installed wrong, it can cause parts to fail quickly.
A manufacturing error means the part was made wrong at the factory. Even if it’s installed correctly, a bad part can still fail.
Term
Chineseian piston
They’re basically saying the piston was a cheap one, likely from China. The point is that cheaper parts can be more likely to have problems after a rebuild.
Part
cutler suspension arms
Suspension arms are parts that connect the wheels to the suspension. They help the wheels move correctly as the car goes over bumps and turns. “Cutler” likely refers to a specific aftermarket version of those arms.
Satin black is a type of paint finish that isn’t fully shiny. It looks more muted than glossy black, so the car’s details stand out differently in the light.
This is a BMW 3 Series from the E46 generation that’s been modified with a supercharger. A supercharger forces extra air into the engine, which can make it feel much punchier—but modifications can also introduce problems, like the braking and steering feel mentioned here.
The BMW X3 is a smaller luxury SUV from BMW. It’s designed for comfortable everyday driving with a bit more space than a sedan. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as part of what someone was driving.
A supercharger is a device that forces extra air into the engine. More air usually means more power, and it can make the car feel more responsive.
Term
brakes were horrific
When someone says the brakes were “horrific,” they’re describing a serious drivability/safety problem—typically poor stopping power, inconsistent pedal feel, or fade/weak performance. In a track context (they mention taking it around the ring), brake issues can also mean the car isn’t properly set up for repeated hard use.
Term
weird vibration thing
A steering vibration usually means something in the front end isn’t smooth—like tires/wheels not balanced, worn suspension parts, or alignment issues. It can also happen if the brakes or rotors aren’t in good shape.
The ECU is the car’s main computer for the engine. It decides how the engine should run. Tuning the ECU means changing those settings so the engine behaves differently.
Here, an emulator is a tool that helps a tuner work with the car’s engine computer in a more flexible way. Instead of only making changes by fully rewriting the ECU, it helps them test changes more directly. That’s why they can see the effect faster.
To “flash” the ECU means updating the car’s engine computer with new settings. After flashing, you usually restart the ECU so the new settings take effect. Then you can drive or log to see the results.
They’re changing how the car measures airflow. Instead of using a sensor that directly measures air mass (MAF), it uses a sensor that measures intake pressure (MAP). That means the engine computer has to be set up to calculate fueling based on pressure instead of airflow.
An intake is the part that brings air into the engine. A carbon intake is an aftermarket version, and it can change how the car breathes—sometimes affecting power and the way it sounds.
Boost is the extra pressure a turbo (or supercharger) pushes into the engine. Higher boost can make the car feel stronger because the engine gets more air, but too much can stress the engine.
A tune is when someone reprograms the car’s computer to change how the engine runs. That can make it produce more power, and it can also change how the car behaves under boost.
“Regassed” means they topped up the refrigerant in the air-conditioning system. If the system still shows an error afterward, the problem is probably not just low gas.
The pressure switch is a sensor that checks the air con’s refrigerant pressure. If it’s broken or the wires are bad, the car can think there’s a problem and shut the air con down.
“Open circuit” means there’s an electrical break somewhere in the system. So even with a new part installed, the wiring or connector might still be the real problem.
Miltek makes aftermarket exhaust systems. Swapping to one is usually done to make the car sound better and sometimes to improve how freely exhaust gases can leave the engine.
Brand
Tegawa
Tegawa sounds like the company the host ordered parts from. They’re waiting on an update about the order.
A manifold is a set of passages that gathers exhaust gases together before they go to the rest of the exhaust system. Taking it off is often necessary to reach parts deeper in the engine bay.
Term
lumbar computer
A “lumbar computer” refers to the control electronics for a power-adjustable lumbar support system in the seat. When it fails or misbehaves, you can lose proper seat support and related seat functions, which can feel like a bunch of small, annoying issues rather than one obvious failure.
The onboard computer is the car’s electronics that keep track of what’s happening and control various systems. On older cars, it can be hard to find replacements, so people repair the existing unit.
Resoldering is fixing electronic boards by re-melting the solder where connections may have cracked. It can bring an old module back to life without replacing it.
Motor oil lubricates the engine so metal parts don’t grind against each other. Putting in fresh oil is basically an oil change to keep the engine protected.
Term
trader valves
These are little valves that let you connect an AC refill setup to your car’s AC system. They work like tire valves in that they help keep the system sealed so the refrigerant doesn’t leak out while you’re hooking things up.
Holding a vacuum means the AC system doesn’t leak when it’s been “emptied” of air. If it leaks, air can get back in and the AC refill won’t work right.
The Ford Mustang is a sports car from Ford that’s known for being fun and powerful. People often change parts like the exhaust to change the sound. That’s why it comes up in a conversation about upgrades.
The Aston Martin Lagonda is a luxury car made by Aston Martin. The podcast mentions it as a car that someone felt was ahead of its time. It comes up because it’s a distinctive model that people still talk about.
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is a very fancy Rolls-Royce SUV. The hosts are basically saying it doesn’t feel like a “real” Rolls-Royce in spirit, because it’s an SUV instead of the classic type of car people associate with the brand.
The Aston Martin DBX is Aston Martin’s SUV. The point being made is that some people think it’s not the kind of car that matches Aston Martin’s usual identity.
The Subaru WRX is a sporty Subaru that’s famous for rally roots. The hosts are saying the newer version feels like it’s chasing crossover-style buyers instead of staying true to its rally image.
These gaskets sit under the valve cover on the top of the engine. Their job is to stop oil from leaking out. If they fail, you’ll often see oil around the top of the engine.
The Lamborghini Urus is Lamborghini’s SUV. It’s still meant to feel like a Lamborghini, but it’s a four-door vehicle instead of the classic two-door supercar.
A “platform” is the car’s underlying design that other models can be built from. If it’s a shared platform, the cars can feel similar underneath; if it’s unique, it’s more tailored to that specific model.
CarVertical is a service that looks up a car’s history using records from different sources. The idea is to help you avoid buying a car with hidden issues—like past crashes—without knowing first.
This is a Volkswagen Golf GTD from 2017. It’s a sportier Golf that uses a turbo diesel engine, so it tends to feel punchy in everyday driving. It’s basically a quicker, more torque-focused daily driver.
Saying it was “crashed in 2021” means the car had an accident at that time. That can matter because repairs might not be perfect, and it can change what the car is worth.
“Not categorized” means the report didn’t label the crash as a specific type or severity. So you know something happened, but you don’t get a clear “how bad was it” label from that entry.
Concept
checking the car before you even leave your unit
They’re basically saying: don’t buy first and check later. Do your homework early—like looking up the car’s history—so you don’t get surprised after you’ve already committed.
The Renault Megane E-Tech is an electric car version of the Megane. Instead of using petrol, it runs on electricity. In the podcast, it’s mentioned while talking about different kinds of cars and how they compare.
An engine swap means putting a different engine into a car than the one it originally came with. People do it to get more power or a different driving feel, but it usually takes a lot of work to make everything fit.
The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG (W204) is a high-performance Mercedes C-Class. It’s the kind of car enthusiasts chase because it’s fast and feels very “old-school” compared with many newer alternatives.
The Audi RS4 is a performance Audi. People compare it to other hot cars like the Mercedes C63 AMG when they’re arguing which one is “better.”
Term
Chinese plug-ins
“Plug-ins” means cars you can charge from a plug, usually a hybrid that can drive on electricity sometimes and use petrol too. The point being made is that some Chinese plug-in hybrids felt like a better deal than the European alternatives.
Tesla is the company behind many of the most common electric cars. Here it’s used as an example of someone who drives an EV all the time while still trying to be part of the car community.
Term
A to B
“A to B” just means getting from point A to point B. They’re saying they wanted a car that’s easy to use for everyday driving, not something complicated or high-maintenance.
They’re talking about a BMW 5 Series diesel (“530d”). They’re saying it’s been easy to live with—after a lot of miles it mostly just needed normal maintenance like brake pads, and it’s been reliable day to day.
They mean normal maintenance things that wear out over time. In this case, they’re saying the car mostly just needed routine items, not expensive unexpected repairs.
“Rear brakes” are the brake parts on the back wheels. They’re saying the car only needed normal brake work, which is usually a routine maintenance item.
The front bumper is the part on the front of the car that takes impacts. Here they’re saying it needed replacing because they were hit, not because the car had a mechanical issue.
Concept
hand it back
“Hand it back” implies returning the car after a period—commonly associated with leasing or short-term ownership. The speaker contrasts this with petrol cars, suggesting EV ownership can feel simpler because you’re not committing long-term.
The Renault 5 is a small hatchback model from Renault. Here, it’s mentioned as a car someone would choose, but they point out it wouldn’t suit long motorway driving because it doesn’t have a lot of range.
The Renault 5 E-Tech Electric is an electric version of the Renault 5. It runs on a battery instead of petrol. The podcast brings it up because someone is wondering if it can drive far enough on the motorway.
Wheel bearings are small parts that help the wheel spin smoothly. If they get worn out, the car can start making noises and the tires may wear unevenly.
“Ingenium” is Jaguar Land Rover’s name for a set of newer engines they designed to be used across different models. The hosts are basically saying this car isn’t necessarily using that newer engine family.
The Land Rover Freelander is a smaller Land Rover SUV. The podcast mentions a “2.2” engine from the Freelander, meaning a specific engine size used in that model. It comes up to clarify which engine is being talked about.
DPF means diesel particulate filter. It’s a part that cleans soot out of diesel exhaust; if it clogs and gets too hot, it can cause serious damage—potentially even destroying the engine.
The BMW i8 is a special BMW sports car that uses both electricity and a gasoline engine. It’s known for looking futuristic and feeling quick. Here, the host says they’ve always wanted one and even remembers the launch event in Scotland.
Scissor doors are doors that open upward like they’re hinged and lifted into the air. They look really cool, but they can be harder to use when you’re parked close to something.
The drivetrain is basically everything that makes the car’s power reach the wheels. Here, they’re saying the i8’s power system feels old compared to what’s available now.
The host is comparing cars to phones: phones get new versions often, and people replace the old one. They’re suggesting cars could start feeling the same way, with frequent upgrades and less keeping cars for decades.
The phrase “throw away society” means people replace things instead of fixing them. The host is using it to suggest cars might be treated the same way—buying newer ones and getting rid of older ones.
The BYD Seal is an electric car made by BYD. The host is saying that newer EVs like this probably won’t be kept for 40 years the way older gas cars sometimes are.
Term
barn
A “barn” here just means a place where a car is stored for a very long time. The point is that after decades, parts—like batteries—may not work anymore.
The Chevrolet Nova is an older American car model. Some people don’t think much about it, but others like it and keep them running. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as an example of a car people might question owning.
The “Sunny” is the Nissan Sunny, which is a regular compact car. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as an example of a car that some people might not expect someone to keep. The point is about everyday cars and ownership choices.
An electric car runs on electricity stored in a battery instead of burning fuel. The point being made is that keeping one running for decades is harder because the battery and electronics may not last that long.
Term
big jump pack
A jump pack is like a portable battery booster you use to start a car with a dead battery. They’re joking that for an old EV you’d need something much bigger than a normal jump starter.
“Battery technology” is just how EV batteries are made and how well they hold up as they get older. Batteries don’t last forever, so after many years they can lose capacity or become unreliable.
Concept
classic cars are gone
They’re saying that in the future, it might be hard to keep EVs running long enough to become “classic” cars. The concern is that EV batteries and electronics may wear out or be too hard to repair after many years.
A commuter car is the car you use every day to get to work or school. They’re saying EVs can be a good fit for that kind of regular use.
Concept
one car
They’re talking about households that only have a single car. In that case, you can’t easily “risk it,” so the car has to work reliably for everyday life.
Low power mode is when an EV automatically reduces power to protect itself. It usually happens when something gets too hot, so the car slows down instead of pushing harder.
The “G-Wagon” is a Mercedes-Benz off-road SUV famous for being tough. If yours is from 1979 and you’re not sure what’s wrong—like whether the engine head is cracked—that can decide whether the car can be repaired and started again.
I think I was probably the average age, actually, of about 55.
But yeah, we had ice cream, we had, like, venison burger.
It was really lovely, just really wholesome Classic Car Show.
Was there any classic cars that stood out to you and your eyes?
There was a Sierra Cosworth.
I loved those.
Yeah, I took a picture and I sent it to Tom.
But thankfully, there were no Lotus Carlton's,
because otherwise they're just really common.
But there was pretty much everything that you own, Rory.
Really?
There was a Triumph Spitfire.
There was a Mustang.
There was also an Aston Vantage.
Okay.
And a G-body Porsche.
It's just everything there.
It's pretty much everything that you sent for.
Was it just my show?
Pretty much, yeah.
Sounds like I would have loved it.
You know what? You would have done.
Yeah.
We'd never know, though.
We'd never know.
Well, I'm telling you, it was great.
We'd never know.
You were sorely missed.
No, no, it's fine.
Not by me.
Were there any 635 CSIs?
No, I didn't see any of those either.
They're quite a rare sight.
They are a really rare sight, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because they've all run pretty much.
Yeah, they are.
So, yeah, I've not really been up to that much,
but it was nice just to get away and do different things.
I took the Range Rover.
Now, I know that you don't have aircon in that car.
No, we did suffer.
Okay.
We did suffer.
Because I did tell you on the Friday
to go get that topped up at Tom's.
I didn't have time.
No, you did.
You didn't do anything on Friday.
No, I drove to Devon.
I did that.
No, no.
I drove to Devon.
No.
You weren't with me, man.
I drove to Devon.
We left at 11.
And I know that because I did it.
Sounds like you could have left at 10.
So that's me out.
But it was really lovely.
And yeah, I could catch up with real friends and family
and then come back to the unit
and just be abused by my most stressful friends.
Abused?
Abused.
So much abuse.
You're the one that does the abusing.
Whoa, there's no need to shout at me, man.
You came in earlier on and you were like,
what have you done today and this and that?
And then you made a mess, you threw my tools on my trolley,
told them that it was my responsibility,
took the mic and then walked out again.
None of that happened.
I haven't picked up a tool today.
Yes, you did.
You picked up all of the tools that you left on the floor.
My toolbox.
Yeah.
And then put them over there and then said
that they were my responsibility.
So, all right.
So a quick update on toolboxes.
I got so fed up with the missing tools,
people not putting tools back,
that I ordered two new toolboxes full of tools.
From Neotools.
From Neotools.
And now Juicy has a toolbox and Taylor has a toolbox.
Yeah.
And both of them are responsible for their own toolbox.
And I arrived this morning and upon arrival,
bearing in mind I haven't even used my new toolbox yet,
there was stuff missing out of it.
Where's your toolbox?
I don't need to put your tools back,
even if I used them yesterday.
Yes, you do.
It's your tool, no.
It's not my responsibility.
You're supposed to set an example.
Do you know, I will say,
I think out of everyone at this unit.
Don't you dare.
You find it back.
I think you might be the worst person
at just putting anything where it's meant to be.
That's because I always forget where it goes.
You are literally like,
at the amount of times where I'm just walking around going,
why is there just a random Tupperware box here?
Oh yeah, they're usually mine.
Yeah.
I couldn't find the lid yesterday.
If you find the lid, will you let me know?
Okay.
It's gone missing.
Okay.
Yeah.
You've probably put it somewhere.
Probably.
I don't think that.
I know that.
Okay.
Anyway, I'm getting a lot of abuse.
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Right then, Rory.
What have you been up to?
That is a very good question.
Have you not thought about it?
What about your mini engine?
We had a visitor.
We did.
Yeah.
Mike Ferney came to the unit.
Yeah.
And he savaged my mini.
No, you savaged your mini.
No, no.
He savaged it.
He took it apart.
He did.
Yeah.
Which is the best thing for it.
And then they might have found out
why my mini actually broke.
Oh, go on.
Very interesting, actually.
It actually is.
Yeah.
I've never seen that before.
So he pulled out the piston.
And then on the side of the piston is what was
the little bit that broke, Tay?
So it's like a piece between the two piston rings,
the compression rings.
Has just broken off.
Yeah.
Which according to Tarm and a few other people,
that can only either happen from something not being
installed correctly on the rebuild.
Yeah.
Or a really bad manufacturing error on the pistons themselves.
You also had a look at the piston,
and it is a Chineseian piston, isn't it?
It's a cheapo piston.
Yeah.
Yeah, that was put in when it was rebuilt.
Yeah.
But I don't know.
Basically, there's nothing that's wrong with that car
that should have actually blown up.
This is like a fault.
Yeah.
So that car should, if it was done properly, be on the road.
Yeah.
It's a bit frustrating.
Which is sad.
It's not the car's fault,
like as much as we take the mick out of it
and say how unreliable it is this time,
it's not actually the car's fault.
It's a manufacturing defect.
But it just goes to show that that car is cursed,
and it just wants to die.
So yeah, anything else, Rory?
Well, we've been trying to get our V8 series on the go.
Yeah.
Which, you know, there's a lot been going on there.
Yeah, I'm currently looking at an eight series,
which has lovely paint.
Yeah.
But the underside looks like it's just been dragged out
of the sea backwards.
No, it doesn't.
It's not that bad.
It just needs a good clean up, and it really needs an exhaust.
It is that bad.
Let me take a picture for you guys to see with your eye holes,
and then you can let me know if you think it's not that bad.
It's so bad.
All right, OK.
It just needs a little exhaust on it,
and it needs a cutler suspension arms,
and it'll be good to go.
And a bit of satin black.
Yeah, a lot of satin black.
A bit.
And then, trip-wise as well.
I've been very busy.
I've booked the Nürburgring.
Yeah.
So we sometimes do, as a sort of company,
we do our little getaways.
We did Landau last year,
and this year we thought we'd go bigger and better.
Because Rory likes spending money.
It's just nice to go out and do things with the team.
Team building exercise.
Which also costs an awful lot of money.
It's nice to do.
But it is another ring.
So yes, we'll allow it.
So we are going with all the gear, top-dead centre,
all of our editors, everyone from merch team,
even some friends of the channel are going.
There is 26 of us.
Or they're or they're about.
They're or they're about.
And 12, no, there's more,
because those are the only cars that I booked.
Bloody hell.
There's 15 cars, I think, going.
Which when we leave this unit,
I cannot wait for when we leave this unit
and drive up the road,
because it is going to be a sight to find.
We're going to cause traffic jams of ourselves.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, we won't.
Why?
Well, you can't cause a traffic jam on the hard shoulder.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
So there's going to be a queue up the hard shoulder of all of us.
We're just going to all be broken down on the hard shoulder.
Yeah, brilliant.
All of us have cars that I would say,
I don't think anyone has a car here.
Yeah.
I don't think anyone has a car that's just ready to go at the moment.
No, no, no need work.
Speak for yourselves.
Sorry, I've actually taken time off
and I've been preparing mine.
And your car's ready to go now?
Almost, yeah.
It's not almost.
But it's not ready.
Mine's almost.
His is almost.
Shall we go through what cars we're bringing?
Taylor, what are you bringing?
I'm bringing my six series,
which I've always wanted to take a car on proper road trips,
but I've only been abroad in it once.
Yeah.
So I thought, do you know what?
I'm not, whatever I take over there,
I'm not that fast about doing loads of laps in it,
and we're building a track car to specifically take around the track.
I want to take something special.
I want to take something, create memories with like this for me.
It's a bit of a once in a lifetime road trip.
Like we're all going.
It's going to be so cool.
We're going to get so pulled over in Germany.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, so hard.
Yeah.
So I'm taking the six series.
Fantastic.
Yeah.
I've been preparing it.
I've booked a bit of time off and yeah, it's been going well.
Yeah, a lot of time off.
Yeah, a lot of time off.
I've had three days.
Yeah, three whole days, wow.
Rory, what about you?
What are you taking?
I'm taking my free 30i Supercharged E46.
Race, yeah.
So that was the car that I took around the ring last time.
Yeah.
I will admit, it was still not finished when we took it,
as you probably saw in the video.
It wasn't running right.
The brakes were horrific.
And also the steering has this weird vibration thing in it.
So far, I've fixed one of those, which is the running.
I went to James, what's James's Instagram handle?
E36 underscore JP.
Yeah.
And James is just a wizard.
He's got this weird little emulator thing,
which allows him to tune the ECU live,
which if anyone who tunes BMWs will know is...
You can't do that.
You can't do that.
Yeah, you have to flash it and then turn it off, turn it back on.
So every single time you make a change, you have to go...
You have to download the file and then adjust it on the computer.
You have to go...
Okay, right there, yeah.
And usually it takes just to make a change
and then see what that change has done.
It would take about 20 minutes.
And James basically said that to do what he did on my car,
which was convert it from a math to a map sensor,
so it reads pressure rather than air,
what he doesn't actually think he'd be able to do it
without reading it live.
Or it would have to be on a standalone ECU.
So can you tell us power yet?
I can.
So how much power is your E46 M3?
Well, standard is...
I'll tell you what, what.
Because there's a video coming out next week.
Yeah.
Don't tell us the exact power.
Just tell us higher or lower.
So my M3 touring with or without the carbon intake
that I'll be fitting.
How about that?
Because that will be going on.
But it's not on there yet.
Okay, fine.
Currently, they're all there about 343 out the factory.
Higher or lower?
Higher.
Higher.
Ask me about torque.
I don't know what my torque is.
I know it's not very much.
All I know, higher.
Okay, yeah, no, I'll give you that, yeah.
So if yours isn't making 500 horsepower,
I'll be really disappointed.
Really disappointed.
There's no point talking about it.
The one thing I will say is,
it's only running half a bar of boost.
Really?
And it's getting that power.
James said that those can easily handle a bar,
if not 1.2 bar of boost.
So that's what, like 14, 15 psi or something?
Yeah.
It's a lot.
Yeah, it's quite a lot.
Which would take it well over 400 horsepower.
Okay, so it's less than 400 horsepower now,
which is good, because James also said,
with my carbon intake, he can tune it to about 400 horsepower.
Close to 400.
Close to 400, yeah.
Which would be mad.
What you don't know is, is we've already spoken to James,
and when he tunes your car, we're going to,
he's going to tell it, it's a diesel.
Okay, brilliant.
It's going to have a diesel tune.
He's actually going to give us a little remote control.
So we're ever coming up to you on a track,
which impresses a lot.
Oh, there we go, yeah.
It will turn into a three cylinder, will it?
Oh my God.
Right, Rory, what else have you been up to?
Well, so speaking of that, we went up to James,
and I've decided we all need to move up north.
No.
No.
Honestly, if you, when you go up there,
you will love it.
No.
Well, the north or James's Gaff?
Just the area around James.
Okay.
It's, do you know what I mean?
It's just so nice.
It's like, you go up there and it's like,
this little cobbled high street.
Do they also have mud tracks, like where you live?
Yeah, horse and cart.
And it's, and you know what else?
It's all like little independent shops.
And it, you know what?
I didn't see on that one of those high streets,
a vape shop.
Didn't see a, like 32 barbershops.
What about a Lidl?
No.
Really?
No.
You know what?
Mad, everyone like works.
And then, you know, like for us, we, everyone works.
No, but you know, like for lunch, we all go to Sainsbury's
or something like that, we grab a meal deal.
There, they pop in the calf.
Really?
Oh.
Yeah.
And then they have a little sit down,
they have a lunch in the calf,
and then they go back to work.
That does sound lovely.
What I will say though, it's very cold.
It's always wet.
I can't be asked.
All right.
On sunshine.
You've got to admit though, it's lovely, isn't it?
It's a bit nicer than where I live.
Granted.
Do not say a bit.
But it's warmer down here.
Yeah, I'll give you that.
But it's a lot nicer up there.
Yeah, but I can't stand the rain.
And everyone was friendly as well.
Everyone was like, you're all right.
Hey, you all.
Dott, how's it going?
So I'll be taking my Barney up there at some point soon.
Yeah.
And your Porsche.
I also need to take the yellow Porsche, Super Josh Porsche,
because his mate does Porsche stuff to us.
Wayne the Brain, they call him.
Wayne the Brain.
He's very good, yeah.
And James the Brownie.
Because he makes fantastic brownies.
Yeah, okay, there we go.
I'm glad you clarified that.
Oh, I do like his brownies.
Oh, the cookie brownies.
Oh, my God.
They're so unhealthy, but so good.
Just send some down, James, please.
He had actually cooked a batch,
but he forgot to bring them in.
I know.
Really?
I had them in the fridge,
and he just sent me a video of him just going,
oops, and then just him grabbing them and just eating them.
That's brilliant.
Anything else?
No, that's it.
Be going on in your life?
That's it.
Taylor, what about you?
So I went away.
I went on me holidays,
because it was my birthday.
It was your birthday.
I am a year older.
Happy birthday.
Me and you are the same age, Taylor.
I know.
I know.
It's scary.
Not quite yet.
For you, it's tomorrow.
What?
For you, it's tomorrow.
Your birthday.
At the moment, me and Taylor are the same age.
Oh, right.
For a brief period.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, I can't even say we're all in our 30s anymore, bugger.
No.
I've got a long time to wait until I say we're in our 40s.
Okay.
But yeah, so I went away.
I went to Wales.
Wales.
I went to Wales in the RS4.
Yeah.
And I went to Elan Valley.
Elan Valley.
Which is really nice.
You can drive across some of the dams over there.
Did you love it over there?
I really like it.
Yeah.
That's funny, because it's where we're living.
It's lovely, isn't it?
It's only half an hour away from me.
That's lovely.
Yeah.
Nice.
But yeah, you're actually only half an hour.
Is that when you took your four before?
It's like 45 minutes.
Is it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Anyway, it's really nice.
I did also have the issue of no air con still.
Really? Oh, bugger.
I've been trying to fix the air con on my RS4
for a couple of weeks now.
I've regassed it.
It's holding gas.
I've put a new pressure switch on it.
And it's still coming up with a fault
saying that the pressure switch is open circuit.
So I think it's got a bit of a wiring issue.
So I need to look at that.
But I love that car.
Yeah.
And I love taking it.
I love driving it.
It was really good fun.
I had my sunroof open.
It was lovely.
Were you making lots of noises going down the Welsh roads?
I fitted my carbon intake.
So I've just been intaking my noise everywhere.
It sounds awesome.
I'm just waiting on my miltec exhaust now.
I have had a message back from Tegawa.
Have you?
Is it good news or bad news?
It's not the best news, I'm afraid.
Fourth of July.
Really?
Yeah.
So you've got a bit more waiting to do, I'm afraid.
Sorry.
Oh, I'm sad.
It's a stock issue.
Okay.
So, yeah.
Why don't you just take it off?
What? The exhaust?
All of it.
The exhaust.
The all of it.
All of it, yeah.
Okay.
Manifold off everything.
There's a whole lot outside, if you want to.
Is there? It has been.
Let's just pull it off.
What else have I been doing?
I've been working on six series, as I said.
So, obviously we're going on the Nürburgring trip
and I'm going to bring that.
And there's loads and loads of little issues
that our cars had for ages
that I've been really wanting to fix.
And I just haven't got round to it.
I've just not had the time to do it.
I've been putting it off.
So I thought, do you know what?
I'm going to get it out of storage
and I'm going to do all of it.
Nice.
So for the past few weeks,
I've been ordering parts for it
and all the bits that I might need.
So I had issues with the dials,
with the little lumbar computer,
the display wasn't working.
Like the window seal wasn't quite sealing properly
and it was letting wind in.
And the blower motor only works on full.
Loads of little issues that are just really annoying.
So I, as I say, got all the bits.
My friend Armett came over
who runs his own little business
and it's called MK Motors and Son.
And he rebuilt his E9.
I think I showed you before with his dad.
And he specializes now in restoring RBMWs.
We're kid.
And he knows absolutely everything about them.
So I've been speaking to him and saying,
oh, I've got this issue.
What do I need?
And he's just a wealth of knowledge.
Like I know a fair bit about them,
but he knows everything about them.
Yeah.
So he came over and we rebuilt all the dials,
took all the dashboard out
and rebuilt all the onboard computer.
And we took the blower motor out
and rebuilt all the resistor
because it's hard to find parts for these cars now.
So a lot of the time you actually have to fix this stuff.
It's nice to be able to fix stuff
instead of always having to like change parts.
Especially on the really old stuff.
Yeah.
Like we resoldered some new circuit boards
into the dashboard
and resoldered some new light bars
into the onboard computer and stuff.
Like it wasn't just throw it away and get a new one.
We actually have to make use of the stuff that's in there
because you just can't get it.
Yeah.
So we did that.
I've got some new tires.
I'm doing all the fluids.
I'm putting some nice fresh motor oils in it.
I'm doing everything on it.
So hopefully touch wood when we go,
that car will be spot on.
And I might even have functional aircon.
Really?
Yeah.
Bloody hell.
So I will have to get some of that.
No.
So I've tested the compressor and that works.
Yeah.
Are you sure though?
Yeah.
It sounded a bit weak.
No, it sounds good.
Yeah.
And I've pressured it or vacuum tested it
and it holds vacuum.
Okay.
Nice.
I did mess one thing up though that I couldn't re-gas it.
So it's an old system that you can't buy gas for anymore
because it's illegal.
But you can convert it to newer gas.
Which is what's happened with my Carlton, isn't it?
Yes.
Correct.
So I bought these little adapters
that you put on the end of the little pipes
that you can put the new gas in.
And they've got little valves in them.
They're called trader valves.
They're the same valves as what you get in tires.
Yeah.
And I thought, oh, lovely.
I put my adapters on.
Screw them in.
I'll go and get it re-gassed.
I put the aircon machine on and as I screwed it on,
it felt a bit tight.
I was like, that's weird.
What I didn't realise was I didn't take the old valves
out of the pipe.
I just put the adapters.
So it had like a valve and then a valve.
So I screwed the valve into the valve and bent it all.
Oh no.
So I've had to order some new adapters.
But I know that it holds a vacuum and stuff.
It just won't really let air in them.
So yeah.
But I do have an update though, Tay.
Yeah.
We were working on your lovely 840 yesterday.
While you're on holiday.
While you're on holiday.
And you're not going to have aircon for the trip.
Yeah.
I had an accident with the angle grinder.
What?
What did you do?
I'm checking.
So why am I not having aircon?
There's maybe a few pipes and stuff
that probably won't hold any.
How do you know that?
Do you actually have to look?
How do you know that?
Because do she had a look and I said,
what about that one?
He said, that's fine.
I was like, are you sure?
Five minutes later, he said, yeah, no, it's buggered.
Yeah.
It's broken.
It's just broken.
Well, we're left with all the pipes.
No, we've all got no aircon.
No, no, no, it's fine.
No.
No, it's fine.
I've got my own business card now.
I'll order the pipes.
It's fine.
Don't worry, Rory.
I want the car to be right.
It's got to be right.
Cancel the card.
If you can hear me, Rian.
Cancel the card.
No, no, it's fine.
I want this card to be perfect.
Green blueberries, abort, abort, abort.
Green blueberries.
If we're restoring it, it's got to be right.
I'll order it.
It's fine.
Right.
All right.
Okay.
So you've been a busy boy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Other than that.
Come on, brain.
I have got a quick update.
That's it.
Go on.
I've got a Bailey update.
Oh, yes.
Oh, I've heard about this.
This is good.
This is good.
Do you know, he has been the absolute perfect dog.
And now he's just, he's gone into like his teenage regression.
He hates dad.
I was at riches the other day,
and we were getting the exhaust put on the Mustang.
Wait.
Oh, here we go.
So sorry, everybody.
He's so loud.
Nelly the elephant has entered the chat.
He's so loud.
Yeah.
It's not loud.
I thought you got the injection in the arse to get rid of all this.
Yeah, I have.
I've had my jab, but I still get a little bit of it.
It's because there's dust in here.
Can you just get another one?
The dust is affecting me.
Right. Okay.
But yeah, I was at riches and I get a phone call from Ellie going,
Bailey's escaped.
And I'm like, what?
He's escaped.
I can't find him.
And I think he'd already been gone for a while
and she'd been trying to find him,
but didn't want to phone me.
Phone to me up and then she's like, I can't find him.
And then I'm like, oh my God.
So anyway, I leave riches in a bit of a rush.
And I'm like, where can he be?
And I get a phone call about 20 minutes later
and a neighbor has found him.
And he's basically wandered all the way down to the village,
which is about 20 minute walk away.
And he's gone all the way down.
He's just found him.
And luckily a neighbor who knows our dog is brought back
because also, unfortunately,
he, Ellie had just washed him
and then taken his collar off and put his collar back on.
Oh, bloody hell.
So he had no information or anything like that.
And then just to top it off, we find him and we're like going,
we think he's got through a hole through this hedge.
So I blocked that hedge.
Yeah, good.
The next day, Ellie sends me a photo of Bailey
on the wrong side of the gate.
Really?
And then she's standing there and she's going, come here,
come here.
And then he's looking like the gate going, well, I can't, the gate.
And she's like, come here.
And then eventually he does,
you know how he does his little sulky thing?
He did a little sulky thing and he crawled around
and he went around the side of the gate
and then it squeezed through this little gap
and then came round.
And then we were like, so that's how you've been getting out.
And he didn't want to give away how he'd been getting in and out of the...
So you're just going to make him really fat?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Instead of fixing it, just fatten him up.
Yep, that's what we're going to do.
What a little gear.
He's regressing slightly.
Apart from that, still perfect.
That happens.
It happens with dogs.
It also happens with little humans.
Well, you've probably got that to come.
Well, Amelia is just like no all the time.
Rhian took her to baby ballet today
and usually like Amelia likes to dance with Rhian.
And today she was like, no, stay away from me.
I wonder who she gets that from.
Would you say that she's...
What?
Would you say that she's...
Stubborn.
Stubborn, yeah.
Does exactly what she wants to do.
I wonder where...
Where would she get that from?
I don't know.
Can we move Rhian?
I'm getting so abused today.
Yeah, you're right.
She is bloody stubborn, actually.
Anyway, we need to move it on to the news.
And yeah, quite shocking news this week.
Anyone who's been watching Clarkson's Farm,
we've all been watching, haven't we?
And we all found out episode 671 of those.
What?
Oh, there we go.
What?
Oh, 67
Sorry.
Oh, sorry.
But I think it was six.
That was seven, actually.
Was it seven?
My bad.
Anyway, in that episode,
Jeremy Clarkson tells Caleb and the brainy man.
Don't forget his name.
Oh, what's his name?
Charlie.
Charlie, yeah.
He tells Caleb and Charlie that he has been diagnosed with cancer.
And I think since January or so.
It's all over the news at the moment.
It won't come as a surprise.
But yeah, from us, obviously, to Jeremy and all the family,
get well soon.
And also, this is a good reminder from us
to tell you guys a little bit about prostate cancer.
It is the most common cancer in men,
but it can be highly treatable if diagnosed early.
And I did a little bit of research,
because I think it's important to mention risk factors.
So your likelihood of developing prostate cancer increases with age.
While it's most common in men over 50,
it can affect anyone with a prostate.
You may be at higher risk if you are over 50 years old.
You are black African or Caribbean.
You have a family history of prostate or certain other cancers.
So if you are any of those things,
or if you're having difficulty weeing,
or you've got blood in your wee, get yourself checked.
This is a reminder to anyone.
There are people who are over 50, et cetera, et cetera.
Get yourself checked.
Just get yourself checked.
It doesn't take long, and it could save your life,
because it is the most treatable cancer in men.
So yeah, just get out and do it.
That is us preaching at you a little bit.
So please do it.
I genuinely hope Jeremy's all right, though, because it's...
Well, it's an aggressive form,
but it was caught very early,
because he was doing the body health check thing, wasn't he?
Yeah, I actually had one the other day.
A full medical thing.
What did it come back with, Rory?
How did that go for you, Rory?
What?
What?
Yeah, all good.
What I remember you telling me was I phoned you out.
I said, how did your medical go, Rory?
You said, yeah, good.
They said I'm fat.
Pretty much.
Do you know what's worrying as well?
I've lost a bit of weight.
Like, if I had gone like a few months ago,
they would have said I'm really fat.
Like, she would have gone, damn, you fat!
Really?
Okay.
Get it done in America.
What are the...
What's that?
What was that?
And I was like, you know, cholesterol.
But no one's got good cholesterol.
Really?
Yeah.
I bet you, if you did the test,
I bet you'd have high cholesterol as well.
I'll do the test.
I'm not high.
Mine was just above normal.
So it was high.
It was high.
It wasn't high.
Well, then why mention it?
It was just above normal.
Okay.
So I need to eat more fish.
So it's abnormal.
Your cholesterol is abnormally high.
It's abnormally high.
Look, it's okay.
We're all friends here.
Everyone watching.
You go get a medical done, then you see.
I can't afford it.
It's 800 quid, wouldn't it?
It's big money.
Now you can do like the lower ones as well.
That still will give you the test.
Well, the lower ones are what?
The internet ones that say that you're fine.
I'll just do that.
I'll just give you the certificate.
No questionnaire.
Questionnaire.
Do you have high cholesterol?
No.
Perfect.
Fantastic.
Right.
So yeah, that's a little sad.
Well, not sad, but shocking news about Jeremy Clarkson.
Also shocking news about your high cholesterol.
Abnormally high cholesterol.
Shall we move it on to, you remember we were talking about
cars that are in front of the brand?
Yes.
Revisited.
So like I said, Lagonda.
That was a car that you thought was in front of the brand.
I said the XM.
And Taylor, you mentioned the Signet.
Yeah.
Well, we've had an email.
We have quite a few emails, but I've picked out the best one.
And then we can discuss that.
Savannah.
What a fantastic name.
Savannah.
What's the Savannah?
A Savannah.
Savannah.
It's just a cool name.
Oh, this is a person.
Oh, I thought this was a car.
No.
Oh, no.
Sorry.
No, sorry.
That was really, yeah.
Were you thinking Renault-Safran?
No.
No, not a Renault-Safran.
I bet you there's an American car called Savannah.
Yeah, probably.
Anyway, Savannah, you've got a really cool name.
So Savannah says,
the Rolls-Royce Cullinan is an awful and ghastly thing
that does the opposite of what a Rolls-Royce should be,
which is Svelte and Grand, much like yourself, Taylor.
Exactly.
Thank you.
The same exact thing can be said for the Aston Martin DBX.
I'm also going to put forward the current Subaru WRX,
which is a saloon trying its hardest to capture the crowd
that likes plastic cladded crossovers
rather than capturing its rally heritage.
What do we think of those cars?
I agree with the Urus.
Yeah.
The others, I don't hate.
I don't dislike him, but I don't hate.
But do you know what I think whenever I see them?
Yeah.
I look at these cars.
Which ones are the Uruses?
All of them.
Yeah.
I look at them and I just every time I have the same thought
and it's just, I can't.
Wait, is it, is it, I quite want one.
No, what the?
Yeah, but it's, I can't wait until they're five grand on Facebook.
I saw an Aston Martin DBX, I think yesterday.
Sorry, Savannah.
I thought it looked really nice.
I quite like it.
I really like it, go on.
I think you won't be surprised that if they do drop down in price,
I would love one of those.
Yes.
A DBX has my name all over it.
I cannot wait.
Imagine, right, I'm on Facebook marketplace a few years time.
Yeah.
15 grand gets you a Cullinan.
Yes, please.
I'm there, I'm there.
Oh, I'm so there.
You'll see me outside putting a couple of rocker cover gaskets on it.
Can we go back to topic?
Is Savannah right?
Are they an affront to the brand or do we think?
The Rolls Royce Cullinan for me is still luxurious.
That's still Svelte and it's very grand.
But that's like an Aston Martin, I don't think.
I get your point with the Lamborghini.
A Lamborghini is meant to be an outrageous two door thing.
Aston and Rolls Royce have always just sort of done luxury premium.
Like they've made four doors, they've made whatever.
Like, yeah, I wouldn't say it's out of brand for them to do those cars.
I get what you mean.
The Urus for me, I don't hate it because of you hated it.
You did, yeah.
No, no, I hate it.
But I don't hate it for what it is.
I hate it because of it's got a Lamborghini badge.
They've always got black wheels and black trims and they just look really chavvy.
And it's the people that drive them.
The people that drive them.
It's like this really new money, isn't it?
It is, yeah.
I am going to stereotype here.
Allow me to for a moment.
It is the people that drive them.
That's the thing I hate about them the most.
They're just driven by arses.
All right, okay, okay.
Would you say a Ferrari Parasol is out of character for a Ferrari then?
It is a bit, but it's got a V12 in it.
It's kind of like...
But is it an assault on the brand?
An affront.
An affront.
I don't think so.
I think it's just changing with the times.
Because people do want those higher up kind of SUV style ones.
And they are doing the SUV thing, but in the most Ferrari way.
But is Lamborghini not doing the most Lamborghini thing with yours?
No, because they've just taken a Q8 or whatever it is and just put some
Lambo badges on and silly big wheels.
I've not done enough to make it Lamborghini.
I think that's the thing.
Like even with a DBX, it's still its own platform.
It's not a copied platform or stuff.
And you can look at it and you're like, oh, am I being wrong?
I think they are based on a Mercedes.
Oh, are they Mercedes engines?
Yeah, they are.
Oh, they would be, wouldn't they?
They're very similar.
They're a twin turbo, yeah.
They have their own Aston Martin-y bits on them, but they are based on Mercedes,
yes, I believe.
Okay, interesting.
I wonder what it's based on.
And also the Cullinan is a BMW X7 underneath.
Oh, bloody hell.
So no, DBX is built, a dedicated bespoke SUV platform developed entirely in
house by Aston Martin, rather than being re-engineered by another vehicle.
But it does have a Mercedes engine in it, right?
Which is no bad thing.
That's, I mean, to develop an engine's a massive thing.
Either way, either way, DBX, we're going to be buying one at one point, aren't we?
Yeah, but I could, for me, I don't really get cars like that.
If I ever wanted to go out and buy something like that, I'd just end up with an RS6.
Because I think that they're just great and I like the way they look.
But I do sort of get it, but yeah, I just, I can't wait for them to be five or six grand.
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All right, can we move on now to an email?
Another email from Andrew Winpeda.
Winpeda?
I've never heard of a surname Winpeda.
No.
Have you ever heard the surname Heatherington?
Yes.
Kirsten?
Have you?
Yes.
No, you're lying.
OK, so Andrew's written in, and the title is,
Am I still a true petrolhead?
No.
Taylor, you said no straight away.
No.
OK, fine.
I can see it from here, no.
Hello, you bunch of mechanical flutes.
I'm concerned that I'm not a true petrolhead anymore,
having owned an A35 AMG, a sleeper 320 brake horsepower Ford
Mondeo, Lexus IS250 and a track Renault Megane RS,
and countless motorbikes.
And at the moment, my wife loves her smart 45344 Brabis.
What's a 45344 Brabis?
Is that like a build?
A smart 44, 453.
What's a 453?
It's like the four door, I believe it's like a 2007 shape.
OK.
A smart 44.
Fantastic.
And I love my 1975 Triumph Spitfire.
Great choice.
With a two litre straight six engine swap.
Two litre.
Two litre.
That's quite good.
That is quite good.
I feel now that since I have purchased a Chinese
Cherry Tigo 8 plug-in hybrid for work and personal use,
am I still a true petrolhead?
Yes.
I don't want that.
Hold on.
I feel like I've let myself down in the car community
down for going Chinese and constantly getting slated
from my brother who owns a 600 horsepower Jag F-Type V8.
With fuel prices going up and road tax going up,
my dream W204 C63 AMG, better than an RS4, by the way,
he says, no, no, it's not, no.
My dream is slowly fading from view.
The value for money with these Chinese plug-ins
were too good to miss out compared to the European market.
Agreed.
I'd love your opinion on the matter and keep up the amazing work
you guys do.
Kindest regards, Andrew Wynne Pedder.
All right, let's open up the discussion.
Rory, is he still a true petrolhead?
What are we saying?
Why?
I think, you know, I can't remember.
I think this was Juicy told me this.
Because Juicy drives?
Juicy drives a Tesla everywhere that he goes.
And he came up with a really valid point and he was like going,
you know how sometimes we get pushed to our breaking point
where we decide that we hate cars.
I think more me and Taylor decide that we have a little for yourself.
I'm as cool as a cucumber.
You are.
You are nothing but cool.
You've been a stressor today and you've barely moved a spanner.
I have not stressed at all today.
Thank you very much.
I've been very calm.
Have you?
Yeah.
Have I?
Taylor, calm down.
Oh my God.
Yes, he's, oh, he's stressing.
He's stressing.
Don't worry, give yourself more gray hairs.
It's not the cars that stress me out.
Right, okay.
No, I think it is.
So yeah, Juicy came up with a good point and he's basically saying like,
you know, me and Taylor, we get quite stressed by stuff.
Quite, yes.
Disagree.
And he came up with a good point and he's like,
because that's just because you just don't have one working car.
I think you can be a petrolhead if you just use that electric car as your
method of transport.
A to B, yeah.
But I do think if you are going to do that, you have to have a second sort of project.
So like a Spitfire.
Yeah.
But it's nice to know to get in a car and know that it's going to work
and going to get you somewhere.
Yes, I agree.
I feel like I'm very much at that point now where if my Jagd daily breaks,
I definitely probably would actually look at just getting an electric car.
Okay.
Because it's just, it's nice to know that you can get in,
if it breaks, you hand it back, you go, there you go, blah, blah, blah.
And then at least, you know, if all of your other cars are failing around you,
you've still got one that's just going to keep you going.
And then it relieves that stress.
So then you can still love cars.
What would you do if you got one and it broke?
Well, I mean, it's mine, so it probably will.
Do you know, on your, on your topic there, I would also agree.
Having an electric car doesn't make you a non-petrolhead or a non-car guy,
because like Roy said, bloody flies, be mucking me off.
It has.
I've been watching you try to swat it.
Getting from A to B, like, shouldn't be stressful.
And it shouldn't always be an event.
You know, if you're going to work, you just want a car to be good.
That is a big reason why I got rid of my, um,
McCann.
Bloody fly, man.
I'm literally going to, that's why I got rid of my McCann GTS,
because I don't need something like big engine.
No, it's not on my leg.
It's not on my leg.
Funny enough, it wasn't your forehead a minute ago.
And I was going to, on my five head.
So basically, I wanted something that would get me from A to B,
like, with as least fuss as possible.
I've done nearly 30,000 miles in the G31 530D,
and it's only needed like basic serviceable items, new rear brakes recently.
It just works.
New front bumper.
Well, no, I got crashed into.
You pit maneuvered an old lady.
She had it coming.
Yeah, sometimes you just want something that works.
If it's an electric car, fine, it's easy.
Like Roy said, you can hand it back.
And it makes working on cars, or it makes the petrol power cars
even more special when you get to them.
Otherwise, you'll just always be pissed off
with the cars that just don't get you from A to B.
Taylor, you still disagree though, don't you?
I sort of get it.
Yeah.
I just don't like the Chinese ones.
No, okay.
Because they all look horrible.
So what would they go for then?
I'd have a Renault 5.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, but that's big money though, isn't it?
I don't think so.
Okay.
What about if you want something that you can go up and down the motorway with a lot?
Because a Renault 5 doesn't have that much range.
I don't know.
What's got a lot of range?
A Tesla.
A lot of the Chinese ones.
A Porsche.
I don't want a Porsche Taycan.
I'd get a Taycan.
Yeah.
I like those.
Because they're cheap now as well, aren't they?
They're nice.
But they're still not like...
When you look at the actual lease deals,
like you just can't compete with the Chinese ones.
They are ridiculous.
I've not actually had a look at any lease deals.
You can get some of these like really nice ones
for like 300 pounds a month.
Like sign me up.
Which is like when you look at the amount
that you probably spend on a car,
if you're buying one used,
and then you've got some issues with it,
got repairs on it.
You're not actually that far off on it.
Like my brother, for example.
I think you'd be better off with a new electric car, wouldn't you?
My brother's got his XF that we bought.
It was great for a year and a half, blah, blah, blah.
But then it developed some issues.
And then it got to the point where he's had to scrap it.
And he wasn't even that much into the car,
but you're still two grand into it.
Oh, yeah.
And then you probably put another 500 quid,
700 quid into repairs.
By the time he's done that,
I could have just got a lease electric car.
So what's he done now?
Because Taylor now has that car.
It, Taylor does have that car.
I think he's going to fix it up.
I have fixed it.
Polishing it isn't fixing it.
No, I've done all the bits on it.
I've done the wheel bearings.
I've done all of it.
All right, okay.
I've even washed it.
Yeah, we noticed.
We can see a lot more of the scratches now.
You can, yeah.
You should have kept it dirty.
But it's good for me,
because that means I can hit some bins.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can go out and play.
What was it you used to play?
Smashy Uppy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's for another time.
Does that go on?
He, we, what do we do?
Oh, a Range Rover Evoke.
Good choice.
Oh.
Good choice.
What with the ingenium?
No.
It's got the 2.2 from the Freelander.
Isn't that the 2.2 that's in the Jag?
Or what engines in the Jag?
I think it's the same engine.
Yeah, the one that blew up.
Because that Jag's already having a new engine.
Really?
But that, it had a new engine
because of the DPF actually.
Yeah, okay.
So the DPF clogged and then ended up heating up
back and then.
And blow it all up.
And then it blew all of it up.
Okay, okay.
But yeah, no, it's, I think even he's like,
he doesn't mind the Range Rover,
but I think he preferred the Jag.
And now he is just sinking.
Shall I just get an electric car?
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Okay.
I would consider it, but I don't know.
Do you know one I do like?
They're a little bit older,
but I've always, always liked them as a BMW i8.
I think they look so cool.
Oh my, yeah.
Every time I see an i8,
I always think I would love to own one of them.
I was on the original launch of that in Scotland,
the UK launch of that.
And it was fantastic.
I remember I was terrifically late for the flight back.
And oh, Scottish roads.
They've got no speed limits.
Really?
Unbelievable.
I made it back with time to spare.
It was fantastic.
That's amazing, man.
It's terrifically fast, that car, yeah.
I really like that.
And they've got the scissor doors.
And they're not very practical, I don't think.
But the sad thing is with that i8,
that sort of shows the future of electric cars and everything.
Because the i8, great looking car on the outside,
even the interior is nice.
I do think the drivetrain is now very outdated.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, it's hybrid though, isn't it?
Yeah, but you don't get that.
Let's say if they kept a V8 in it
and just did a V8 version of the i8.
That wouldn't be an outdated car.
It wouldn't be like what it is.
Whereas I feel like the i8 is still a modern car
that's now just very outdated.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it's not as special as it could have been
had it had a proper big engine.
Yeah, yeah.
I do think cars will become a little bit like phones.
And new one comes out every year.
And people just get rid of the old one.
I mean, the Ferrari Lucy is case in point.
Because the guy who designed that designed the iPhone.
Yeah.
So, yeah.
And it's a case of like throw the old one away.
Yeah.
There's nothing wrong with it.
It's getting a little bit less efficient.
Throw it away and just get because I want the new one.
And I do think we'll end up as just a throw away society.
Which is nice for us because we can buy the old shit
for even cheaper.
Yeah, but you know what's mad though?
You think about it now.
Classic cars are a thing of the past.
Like you think these early 2000s,
maybe even some of the early 2010s.
Those will probably be the last classic cars.
Because no one's going to be keeping a BYD seal for 40 years.
I think even before that because 2010 onwards,
that's when most of the brands were using
like platform sharing and stuff like that.
Nothing is special from 2010 onwards.
I think you have to go back even further.
Yeah, I disagree with that.
We now have some of like like an E46.
It's probably like one of the later classic cars
that they won't, yeah, a lot of these new things.
No one's going to be keeping them for 40 years.
No, no, no, absolutely not.
Can you imagine unearthing a J.C.U. after 40 years of being in a barn?
But that's a thing.
Yeah, and then you smash it up.
Because realistically, a battery,
no one's going to be keeping around a tool
to remove a J.C.U. battery in 40 years time
when they pull it out of a barn, find and go,
oh, we'll just put some easy start in it and then it will go.
No, it's gone.
It's dead.
Yeah, but then to be fair,
you could say the same about like back in the 80s or the 90s,
people would say, who's going to keep this Nova or something?
Yeah, or Nissan Sunny.
Yeah, but like it's just a car.
I guarantee in 30 years,
Johnny Smith will on Earth a J.C.U. and be like,
wow, look at this, amazing.
Yeah, but that's different.
That's because you could still get it.
I'm saying no, like there is not going to be physically
possible to get a 40 year old electric car working.
You have to have a big jump pack.
Yeah.
Bloody big jump.
I know what you mean though.
Yeah, the battery technology is just not built to last 40 years
like an engine is.
So yeah, realistically, classic cars are gone.
So anyway, to circle back to Andrew's question,
is he a car guy?
What are we saying?
I think he, yeah, he's still got his spitfire.
Obviously likes cars and whatever.
It's just you've really let yourself down.
But it makes sense, but it makes sense to have an electric car.
Yeah, I think as your commuter car, yeah.
Yeah, but if you were going to,
if you had the choice between your,
you've got one car and that's your one car,
which is the case for most people
and you get an electric Chinese car,
then no, I don't think you are a car guy.
Yeah, also, Andrew, if I see you on the Nurburgring
in your Chinese plug-in, I will aim for you.
There's a lot of electric cars on the Nurburgring these days.
Is there?
Lots of Teslas.
Really?
Yeah.
But don't they overheat halfway round
and then they go into low power mode.
You only get one lap out and then you just
got to plug it back in, don't you?
Anyway, that's pretty much the end of the podcast.
Rory, what have we got coming up?
What have we booked today?
We are, well, big news, big news.
In the process of booking.
Oh yeah.
We've been talking about it for so long,
but we kind of got forced into doing it a bit early.
Yeah.
We are going to Las Vegas.
We're getting pissed up in Las Vegas.
No, no, no.
We're on a work trip.
It's a work trip.
Yes.
Work spelt, W-E-R-K.
And you could just imagine us just on the bar
just twerking like that.
Yeah.
Chris from Sin City, BMW, he's had to have basically
clear out of their yard.
I think they've got to, they've removed,
they basically got to lose a bit of their yard,
which means that we have to get this G-Wagon
running sooner than we thought.
$3,000 G-Wagon from 1979.
And we don't know if the head's cracked.
No.
We don't know nothing about it.
So he's going to pull it in on the ramp
at some point this week or next week.
He's going to give us a parts list,
and then we're flying out there,
and we are going to get that car running
for the first time in a while.
It's very exciting.
Very exciting.
When you say we...
Yeah, we are.
I'm going to get involved.
No, sorry.
You're going to be out on the pier.
Well, we don't.
No, that's true.
That's true.
We don't, you're not, come and tell.
We've got Chris.
Oh, Chris, sorry.
My mistake.
Since then, Chris is getting it, of course.
We actually invited, we actually invited Jushi.
Oh.
Yeah, yeah.
We wanted to get done.
No.
My mistake, yeah.
We don't want all this attitude as well.
No, okay.
Yeah.
You said you couldn't make it as well,
so we brought the other mechanic with us.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, yeah.
The one that we respect.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Tom.
I see.
Yeah, Tom.
Yeah, Tom is coming with us as well.
Tom's coming with us.
Because you said you weren't coming, so...
Oh, yeah, no.
My mistake, yeah.
I have got...
Well, you've got an eight series to restore
because you've done nothing today.
No, he fitted the time to do a six series.
Oh, did he?
Shut up, man.
I did.
Anyway.
I'm not going to buy it.
Anyway, with that, he's stressing out.
He's stressing out.
We're going to have to calm him down.
I'm going to give you a nice calming hug.
No, you've offended me now.
It's okay.
With that, thank you very much for listening
to the All Types podcast.
Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability.
We will be back very, very soon.
And yeah, thank you very much for all the love.
We'll see you next time.
Goodbye.
Bye.
About this episode
The AutoAlex crew kicks off with car banter and then tackles the big question: “Can you really be a car guy or girl if you drive a Chinese electric car?” Along the way there’s classic-car weekend talk, track-trip planning (including booking the Nürburgring), and plenty of workshop detail—from diagnosing piston-ring failure to sorting air-con faults. The episode also swings into brand-identity debates for luxury SUVs, plus a health segment on prostate cancer and a “shock news” Clarkson’s Farm tease.
