Don't Tailgate The Emergency Services | Your Car Stories

[@sunnyhowd5058]

Been waiting for these to come back

[@SweetBean92]

@M kay wat

[@Kuchenblech_Mafioso]

This must be a Garath imposter. He is wearing shoes!

[@M40_mao]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GhostV8]

Praise be to heusus

[@dru0pa]

Lekker

[@_J4CK4L_]

Budget: "9-10 grand" Ethan: "You can get a 206 CC and have 9 or 10 Grand left over" Hahahahaha Epic

[@jamesrichards5601]

15:54 Ethan: "Do you have to bring that up again?" Jack: *laughs nervously hoping Alex doesn't bring up the Royal Mail lorry*

[@1one3_Racing]

I'm a truck driver and I love the speed camera trick. When someone is sitting right on my arse and generally being a pain in the arse, I box them in and then move over just before the camera. Then watch for the inevitable zoom past and camera flash

[@tomhendo3234]

Gareth needs to be on the podcast permanently every week he is too good to be a 'guest'

[@kem3542]

Ethan called Alex daddy I cant 😂

[@KapteinFruit]

It was about damn time! :P Worst daddy of all time, but we all knew, we all know what happens after the podcast cameras are turned off. Ohhhh, daddi, please, deeper, but not that hard. Too much? I think not. Lemme make a hentai series.

[@charliebrayson]

@@KapteinFruit uhhhh, tf??

[@Jf_1900]

@@charliebrayson strange people out here man

[@bigsticho7986]

Make Gareth a permanent member of the CT podcasts!

[@jamesgillespie9000]

They're so much better when he's on!

[@rossvegas7]

Nahhhh

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

Two things that really 'Grind My Gears' are; - People who indicate the wrong way to come off a roundabout. I'd rather you didn't indicate at all, if you can't do it right. And another roundabout related one; - People who stop at roundabouts, when there's no other cars about. Why? Just go!

[@Massivehero1]

Honest Watch Reviews people that don’t merge on slip roads but stop and act like it’s a junction. They’re the worst

[@GeorgeAusters]

"Makes me weap from my third eye" I don't think Gareth knows what that means to us British folk.

[@piovo1]

😂

[@awaismanzur8167]

‘You just look at em and just think I knew you’d look like that’ 😂😂😂😂 had me creasing for a few mins 😂😂

[@meister_harris5623]

So glad these are back. Been pulling my hair out without these every Monday!

[@RajR96]

Binge watched all the previous episodes during work last week, finally a new episode!

[@danielb8288]

‘29 for the 3rd time’ is 31 (not 32)... 29 (first time) 30 (second time) 31 (third time) Other than that, epic as usual... keep up the good work. Cheers lads

[@DjDolHaus86]

The problem with any TVR will be the electrics and they can be very hard to diagnose. Basically because of the fibreglass body it's all earthed to the frame (not always logically) and these many earthing points are prone to wear/corrosion so you'll spend half your life chasing down which point has failed, aside from that they're fairly mechanically robust but parts can be difficult to find if/when it does go wrong.

[@ThistleThings]

Alex didn’t buy his girlfriend a present, he bought himself a project car with that TT.

[@girat08]

Just like the episode that homer simpson buying a bowling ball to marge...

[@ThistleThings]

YES! Exactly the example I was imagining!

[@bluessjack1879]

need Gareth on here all the time tbh

[@9410besi.]

Jack finally has a laptop, about time! 💻 He's been stuck with a phone for far to long! Edit: I just realized he had one in the last episode as well and I just had forgotten about it. I'm apparently not used to seeing him with a laptop yet 😂

[@anaschunaramanufc5183]

9410besi 😂

[@landroverlover1662]

Same

[@EDJIK]

Please keep Gareth on the CT podcast and if you do, please, do a jingle

[@bigmarc1008]

Over-taking or Under-taking on the hard shoulder is a C**T move, that's how my work mate got killed, he worked as a Highway Maintenance operative and was parked on HS when some scrote decided that his time was more important than my mates life.DONT DO IT

[@jacobnorth2026]

Jack is exactly right, nardo grey is atrocious, just makes the car look unfinished

[@jackvanepps7301]

THANK YOU!!!! everybody loves it and its extremely boring. it looks like primer with gloss in it. oh also im not jack from car throttle btw in case anybody was thinking i was...

[@pking6021]

Starting to see them from every car company too.

[@jacobnorth2026]

@@pking6021 Thats half of the issue, the likes of ford using as their "special" colour for the st, replacing the loud green or orange of previous models

[@pking6021]

@@jacobnorth2026 Ford's had some great colors in recent years too, this crap grey is just lazy.

[@KapteinFruit]

Well, my colourblindness begs to differ. It all looks the same to me. If anything, I can finally see the lines of the car in all it's glory! :D I'm not actually colour blind. :)

[@lowrezz]

I have my arm out the window because the AC doesnt work. Its like a heat sink. The hot blood goes into my arm, gets cooled down and cools the rest of my body while i am driving.

[@nothankyou]

Same! I'm not holding my roof on, I'm scooping some fresh air into the cabin, by any means possible

[@tommyfennell8670]

When you have ac but still do this 😅. When it’s hot I use the ac to cool the leather seats and the wind too😂

[@cooltechno360]

@@tommyfennell8670 Everybody knows that AC is useless with the windows open, close them haha

[@tommyfennell8670]

ELiT3CH oh don’t spoil my fun 😂😅. The Astra is broken atm so got to sort it before I can use the ac😂

[@cooltechno360]

@@tommyfennell8670 haha, yeah you've reminded me actually, I need a new cabin filter for my focus. Thanks mate 😂👍

[@fortunefed8719]

Living on interstate 81, I can confirm this happens EVERY SINGLE DAY and I applaud the man for taking matters into his own hands.

[@MrKenn93]

Perfect viewing through the Euro Tunnel. The ambulance story was a beauty!

[@josteinfarmen]

Last time I was this early Jack hadn’t been made into a sandwich in his Golf on the motorway.

[@syberracer2984]

Until battery tech comes forward in leaps and bounds to where range is no longer and issue, the infrastructure is in place and they can charge as quick as you can fill a petrol car, then I personally believe hydrogen is a better option.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

How can you say electric infrastructure is bad then say hydrogen is better? In the UK there are two filling stations north of Manchester. And one of them is on Orkney. Hydrogen is a dead duck.

[@blackfalcon1992]

Where have these been ?!?! Literally the best part of my week!!

[@jfletcher1029]

The 2006 SL R230 was an electrically operated hardtop only. The hard and soft top was on the previous model which required two people to remove the hardtop and leave in the garage. The R230 is the most beautiful modern day roadster with bulletproof V6/8/12 engines. The only problem was the SBC pump which has a limited number of usage cycles for the brakes and has to be replaced.

[@Casavult]

Gareth's sandals must be on holiday.

[@murdoch9106]

About the Fiat Coupé 24v... a friend of a friend had one, took us for a go in it, he drove like he stole it, like really, he was insane, straight through the city... later he tells me and my friend knew, the dummy did not even have a drivers license... so likely no insurance or anything >.< This was 10 - 15 years ago... but damn the car was amazing, like a gocart... have to give it to the guy, he drove it pretty well, never really scared. But STOPPID.

[@Endymaeria]

Thank you Gareth for the tiny little snippet of Afrikaans! "Ek is" 😂

[@6n2_tim]

maaan i need to learn it, my partner and her mom always talk shit about me in Afrikaans 😂

[@GOTHICKICKASS]

Awesome first car: Suzuki swift sport. 125bhp 1.6l (For the first gen), good laugh, handle well, not fast enough to get in to too much trouble.

[@randomunboxer1934]

Love the podcast ♥️🔥

[@ParallaxRS]

I notice that about France, my mother lives there so whenever I'm visiting, most cars are like Citroen shitboxes from the late 90's. When you see a 2015 onwards German car, A4, 3 series etc, you begin to dribble, even though they're so common in the UK.

[@johnp6142]

The gigantic fuck-off mic & pop filter hiding 60% of Alexs' face is excellent. Thanks for that

[@ryanmacwilliam866]

When driving a defender you almost have to hang your elbow out the window to be comfortable

[@NH00531]

They should do one podcast with them just arguing, gold.👍

[@johnhanlon6061]

I once overtook a line of very slow moving cars on my bike, when I got to the front I found a hearse leading the queue.

[@vibinnoodles9661]

48:36 gareth im sorry but that is part of the ignition

[@GeorgeAusters]

49:48 That is not a coil pack, it's an ignition coil.

[@paulparker2660]

or coil stick

[@Ridgeroader]

Being from the US, I love to hear the car make & model names in the UK. Such as the Kodiac mentioned in this episode. In the US this was a 90s medium duty truck made by Chevrolet. I find it very interesting the car make & model names used from country to country.

[@adrianbowen9357]

First Car Advice: Do what I did, my first car was (and still is mine) a 1984 Nissan 300C. It's old, unique, built like a brick, and makes everyone think you're driving a Toyota Cressida/Crown. I live in Australia though so the insurance stuff is a bit different; I bought mine for $2,100 AUD and it cost about $1400 to insure it per Australian rules (CTP and Third Party Fire and Theft Insurance)

[@paulvernon4160]

Technically 29 for the 3rd time is 31 not 32, 1st time is 29, 2nd time is 30 and 3rd time is 31. Maths lessons required all round

[@hondacota4rt]

I thought the bloke was 87 😂

[@ak47gat1]

Christ, I still have no idea !

[@f1since08]

I bought a Saxo in 2015 as a first car, had it for a few years. The driving position was atrocious, the passenger had the pedals and the steering wheel didn't move, but it was so much fun even though it was a 1.1! Fairly reliable and comfortable too, but I wouldn't want to be in an accident in it and it didn't have ABS.

[@vegisaynom]

Patrick, get a decent condition Saab 900 Turbo! Great looking car, parts are a little scarce, but not too bad, and they're just a whole lot of fun!

[@Rusty3ghz]

Regarding the Coupé - I would definitely consider a first-gen Volvo C70. Great car, pretty reliable and oh god, those 5 cylinder engines are absolutely brilliant!

[@gregm4666]

Great shout on the Karoq Ethan. Bought mine in October last year swapping from a BMW F48. Loved the beamer but love the Karoq so much more. Got the 1.5TSi with the DSG box which I’d recommend any day. Get 48mpg on the petrol and I’m happy with that.

[@ShaunV1001]

Another 20vt mention my best reliable daily driver ever back in 2008. Thanks Jack!

[@RedHeadForester]

Suggestion for next time you do one of these: Fix the power strip to the underside of the desk and tape the cable to the leg, and have a little box thing fixed to the underside of the desk to stuff the excess laptop charger and audio cable length into. That'd perfect the aesthetic of the video. Love the videos you guys make. Like Top Gear but more relatable because you're young like me!

[@_J4CK4L_]

28:30 WELL SAID. Finally someone intelligent talking about root cause!!!

[@stefchemacrae5540]

Roland Faroe depending on where you live, emissions will still be lower even when the majority of your nations electricity supply comes from non-renewable sources, because burning coal in a power plant is more efficient than burning fuel in an ICE. For me in Aus, where we only generate 20% of electricity through renewables, an electric car still only makes 70% as much co2/km than a petrol engine. This is of course only 1 small part of a complex question which includes heaps of other factors like fabrication emissions, vehicle lifetime, etc, however raw usage emissions for EV’s is still lower for most cases and will only get better in future. (The article where these numbers came from - theconversation.com/climate-explained-the-environmental-footprint-of-electric-versus-fossil-cars-124762. Iirc engineering explained did a good video on this as well)

[@_J4CK4L_]

@@stefchemacrae5540 thank you very informative

[@UKfromadrone]

ive got a tt mk2... 3.2 tho, so the engine is a bit bigger... but i agree, to change anything on the car you need 3 different sets of sockets, odd sizes, weird and unreachable locations to be reached AND undone with a socket when your hand barely fits there...

[@rileyshenton916]

Guess who’s back, back again, CT’s back Tell your friends !!!!!!

[@apexinstinct]

Guess who's back, Guess who's back, Guess who's back, Guess who's back, Guess who's back, nahhhnahhhhhhh

[@pcjplasterer5661]

I have not stuck my arm out for years. But I was stuck in a jam today on a hot day driving back from work. Hand got sweaty so out goes the hand and separation of fingers occurred. Literally the only time it's ok. And when i'm with my son

[@ardley216]

Best first car: Volvo 940 turbo.

[@bushtruck]

Best first truck: The one I use on my channel ripping around out in the bush. I just want to make people laugh.

[@Jamesrx8]

'look at the amount of metal between the driver and the tree he will inevitably hit'

[@Yogi_72]

volvo 340 1.4 or 1.7, when you've got confidence and some spare change the f7p clio Williams engine drops straight in for a fun 138bhp rwd hatch

[@ardley216]

@@Jamesrx8 And that is exactly why my first car was a 22 year old Volvo 940. 90 felt like 30, but it had a serious drinking problem. Sold it for a profit.

[@babydave2662]

Best car ever! I've had a few and I don't know why I move on to others. Easy/cheap to fix/ modify, built like a tank, you can fit anything inside the estate! Theyve always been cheap to insure too

[@spyburn007]

In Australia you will can get 3pts on your license if you (or anyone in the car) has an hand or arm out of the window.

[@seany8787]

A mate of mine lived in Australia for a while. Said the police are despised for being nazis with the road rules.

[@spyburn007]

Seany8787 pretty much, if you get caught doing anything wrong (hand out of window as an example) on a public holiday it’s double points. My buddy got 18 points for plugging his phone into his charger whilst at a red light.

[@alextegg3838]

100% I would have been overtaking on the hard shoulder. It’s normal practice for two or three cars to be sat alongside each other doing well under the speed limit here in Australia, so fairly common to see frustrated people overtaking using the hard shoulder.

[@petermuller7687]

The guy slowing down the car next to the lorry is 1) irresponsible for overtaking on the shoulder, and 2) an absolute hero for creating the gap.

[@robert890319]

Finally back! Best podcast ever guys

[@ajdexter4195]

My drivers license came in the post during this podcast lmaooo AFTER FIVE MONTHS I can finally start to drive😳🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@colter2235]

drive normal this time

[@ryanchristiansen2184]

[Тaz] 14K. i think it’s his first time, stop getting aggressive

[@tilburg8683]

@@colter2235 Whoah don't you think thats a bit racist?

[@ajdexter4195]

@@colter2235 my first time

[@sunset6958]

You can drive with your permit and no adult, I been doing it for 2 years just don't get caught 🤣

[@shanefarrell5759]

Jack needs to explain the royal mail van t-bone!!!

[@KapteinFruit]

Ethan's reading voice makes me dream back to when I was a kiddie, falling a sleep to my dad's FUCKING BORING STORIES! I'm joking, I love Ethan. CT would never be what it is without this fool of a halfway man. :D Joking, joking! Maybe...?

[@KapteinFruit]

It's like, no matter what happen in the story he reads, there is no change in his voice. Straight monotone all the way. Just like my drunken dad and mom who never tried. Shit got deep real quick, didn't it? I'm being funny, trying to be, but yeah, one of the reasons why I love these podcasts. You guys have done well with this game, coming straight from no podcasts and doing all these silly things to having actually interesting podcasts. I would never have thought this would happen.... Much love from Norway. :)

[@danevans3333]

For a convertible you can enjoy thats a bit fast, bit unique and comfy etc get the Alfa Romeo Spider, of any age. The newer ones are super comfy and well built, but not super good at corner carving etc, the slightly older GTV derived ones are brilliant

[@danevans3333]

In regards to the arm out the window thing, my aircon isn't particularly good and its been hot a lot lately, so often if I'm on a straight bit of the motorway lately, I'm angling my hand out the window in such a way to direct cold air into my armpit to cool down

[@boblog131]

i love listening to this whilst browsing auto trader

[@revmedia8108]

Last time I came this early I had a baby 9 months later! Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

[@adamthompson6669]

Hey Car Throttle hope you all had a nice holiday and I am glad you are back, missed you and the podcast loving it so much thank you :), Congrats to the master mechanic Gareth too on the upcoming wedding, wishing him all the best and all the happiness too and hope he gets through the Audi TT challenge lets say haha. Keep up the great work as always :)

[@thenegotiator3813]

To the last guy for the best of both worlds get a Mk1 BMW mini Cooper. Mine cost £400 to buy and £1300 to insure. Great fun to drive as its not too fast but is quick enough and handles like a dream.

[@badatmaths]

I was reminded of Nicola when Alex started talking about her. The message he gave her was actually going to be what I was going to write in the comments, so thank you Alex!

[@AmbeamTM]

My dad was an orthopedic surgeon. One of the worst injuries he ever saw was as a result of someone having their arm resting outside of the car when they collided with the wall of a tunnel.

[@Levenstone132]

The valve grinding tool. First job on my first car,Moggy Traveller. "Right" said my dad "let's get the head off and give it a de-coke". Good job I didn't go for the V12 Jag!

[@joshuabell6476]

What you are describing with those 3 minute charge electric cars are hydrogen fuel cell cars. They should be the future. The thing is the electricity comes from somewhere, and that somewhere, even once petrol cars are no longer sold, will be mostly fossil fuels, as Gareth said. Plus there isn't the pollution involved in making batteries with hydrogen cars, and lithium doesn't have to be mined. People seem to forget that lithium will run put eventually. Anyway. Fantastic job guys, love the podcasts

[@geokirkwood1]

A great overlooked coupé not mentioned you can get for 9-10k is a Renault Megane RS250/265. Admittedly it’s more of a hot hatch but still technically a coupe

[@redyellowpink01]

This podcast reminds me of the shopping list game. Every episode you do all the same stories and jokes and add one new one

[@ethanealing]

That wall makes the floor look like it’s curves behind jack

[@blue_jm]

This was hilarious stuff, seems that a holiday did you some good

[@lawsyy1314]

A genuinely good first car is a K11 micra. 1 litre, super fun soft suspension and skinny tyres. Constant laugh that car!

[@BenLudlowbmx]

@48:39 the combined sound they all make

[@jamesstrutt2792]

Keep these going guys! Quality content as always

[@blindsniper9794]

Love y'all's content! Had one comment on the cast. I think I might be more prompted to listen to the entire podcast if some of these stories were clipped so I could hear the stories teased in the thumbnail without having to commit to the full hour or skim through the video to find it. I think over time I'd be drawn into the whole show. That's how I've gotten into every podcast I listen to. Props on keeping it to about an hour though.

[@MinotaurvsCyclops]

NO it's perfect as is

[@blindsniper9794]

@@MinotaurvsCyclops I don't mean remove them, I mean make clips of them.

[@sampower6387]

Yes a new vid

[@kings3803]

Great that you are back. Hope you all enjoyed your time off. But time to crack on boys 🤣👍

[@tomturner1115]

Electric Cars: if your are interested, look at Zapmap for all of the UK registered charging points. It tells you about the capacity of the charger and the operating status. The most common is 7kW and 11kW.

[@philiprowney]

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[@MadIIMike]

For the guy going to france looking for car advice: You might be able to pick up a Porsche 944 for this money, altough they're not very powerful, they're fun to drive and being Porsche sure to go up in value. Another option would be a Toyota Supra Mk. III, they're less hyped and frankly a bit floaty with stock suspension, but with simple mods you can give them a really clean look. Same kinda goes for the Nissan Z Series.

[@whatsdavedone104]

I have a solution for the non electric boot on the skoda....add compression springs to the struts 👌 there are videos on my channel of the springs added to vw golf mk5 and mk6...what's dave done....works a treat off the key So glad you guys are back to entertain 👍

[@danevans3333]

First car you could get on suoer low insurance: Alfa Romeo 147. I have the 1.6 Ti and frankly, absolutely brilliant car to drive. There are other cars for the money that are faster and maybe more fun, but this is still definitely good fun to drive and will sit super comfortably on a motorway for hours on end, and the insurance is dirt cheap because nobody bought them new and as a result there's very few crash statistics

[@nLTuRbaN]

Finally it’s back

[@M40_mao]

Close to 3 million subscribers

[@johnsheppard7809]

Patrick said he wants to get something he can work on himself and learn and you guys suggested a fist coupe 20v Holy hell is he in for a shock working on those things Technical data says 11 hours for a cambelt and step 1 is... remove engine

[@_J4CK4L_]

Really entertaining fellas, cheers.

[@kem3542]

Been a while, so excited

[@5alm0n]

Glad you guys are back !!! X

[@ZsergiuA]

Just let Garret read some more stories!! Best part of the podcast! 😂😂😂

[@Nick_G7IZR]

No one needs 4k video unless they are watching it on a 60" screen. Most use mobile devices so stick with 1080p

[@fragrantparrot6292]

Or go halfway and they can offer 1440p? 4K is over the top for 99% of users, but a lot of phone/laptops/screens are 1440p now.

[@MrMarkcoopers]

I have a TVR chimaera, a 5L. Most have been loved and well looked after and most issues while often perplexing and laughable easily fixed. Get one.

[@andyhillhouse9813]

Yes! Its back!

[@lukewatts3284]

Yes boys about time

[@martinr1228]

Brilliant guys missed it so much

[@tomfield8766]

I’m so glad you released another one of these! I’ve been looking forward to another for a while as I love your podcasts 🙂👍 Btw what’s the intro music called?

[@tehklevster]

Apropos young person insurance, I feel for you peeps. Even in my early 20's back in the 90's I found it hard to push monthly insurance payments above 30-40 quid a month. Bike insurance was even cheaper, even with nine points on my license. Times have changed. Today at the righteous old gammon faced age of 53 I roll around in a 2004 Volvo S60 2.5 turbo diesel and pay 18 quid a month. In fact my last car before an articulated lorry swiped the front off of it, was a 1998 Honda Accord Coupe 3L V6, the insurance was around 20 quid a month. Sure, not the fastest thing to 60, but it pulled to multiple license losing speeds once you got that thing going. But Alex and crew's advice is good, get a couple of bangers, put some dents in them (but throw away/don't claim/fix yourself), and build up your no-claims etc, after a couple of years your insurance will begin to come down, unless you live in dodgy bits of Manchester or Brum.

[@L33dsUn1ted4eva]

19, got my test soon due to COVID ruining the last one I had booked. So first time driver, own an alfa romeo 147 1.9jtdm 16v, going to be costing me over 200 a month. Meanwhile my dad pays 90 a year for his bike