Buying A Second Hand Car Before The Internet | Fifth Gear Classic

[@Ibanez9007]

Love that the Mx5 is still on the road, MOT til October 22 and a very clean one at that!

[@mrbagitos]

I always enjoyed Quentin’s spot on Top/ Fifth Gear.

[@mcbain3949]

So did I .

[@gabrielcaramet3238]

Same

[@Jimboishere11]

May I ask why?

[@Corinthian44]

He knows his stuff , and he's got style ; top gear was never the same without him and Tiff Needell !

[@chaoszombie9995]

I didnt even know Quentin was on Fifth Gear lol this came as a surprise

[@david1731048]

"There are cheap cars everywhere" Oh those were the days.

[@prokoerkoerfeuuififune8936]

there still are

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

UK still has very cheap cars compared to most of the world, prices have gone up but it's not like they've skyrocketed

[@scotty87able]

Scrappage scheme got rid of em

[@notroll1279]

2003 was not really "before the internet"... it was a bit less dominant than now, but most of the good car trade platforms were there already.

[@aceman0000099]

The majority of people didn't use it though, and this video is evidence

[@ruk2023--]

It really was. I've been working in tech since 1998 and in 2003 even I was looking in a printed autotrader for cars.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

It wasn't the norm though, even back then i remember my dad putting ads in the papers. He was only 40 then but had literally no idea how to use it

[@richvos7085]

this is the uk they still have horrible internet in 2024

[@ruk2023--]

@@richvos7085 lol? We do? I’m on my 1gb uk internet and it seems ok.

[@rodanderson1922]

What are the chances? I have owned in the past, a 1999 Mercedes Benz A160, like the one featured, which were a great drive, but had problems with the Auto G/Box, a 1992 Mazda MX-5, which was a great fun car to drive, and I would buy another tomorrow IF I could find one with low ownership and miles, with a service history, and I currently own a 2004 Volvo V50 T5, which has the same 2.5 liter turbocharged motor as the 850 T5 featured in this video. It also is black with Black Leather, and is a great car.

[@mattylamb9194]

Mazda MX5s are plentiful, even nowadays. As they are a sports car, they are often used only in the summer, which mmeans a low mileage and are treated lovingly too.

[@darkbassi5911]

That's a great story, those automatic gearboxes were a pain. I had one in my 2005 b200d. Cost me 1200 quid to fix and was a dealer only repair 😩

[@alexeden7570]

The saddest thing about this video was seeing all the Rover’s knowing now they’re becoming a rarer sight aside from 75’s!

[@mchaval2841]

Man, watching this whole thing was a pretty calming experience!

[@nobodyknowsme4638]

That T5 is built like a tank! Near unbreakable! Really good deal.. Good luck finding one like this today, when everybody just wants to rip you off! Great clip!

[@ARC--bi7ht]

too bad it got scrapped 3 years later

[@carreviewsandmore5581]

@@ARC--bi7ht How do you know?

[@ARC--bi7ht]

@@carreviewsandmore5581 licence plate checker :)

[@BillyRiff-RAF]

Just goes to show you. I wouldn't pay over a grand back then and wouldn't now. Total waste of money, I slung in 25k for a Volvo V70 19 years ago. It's worth nothing now and wasn't worth what I paid then. 197k on it and still going strong

[@DrifterWill]

That Volvo is gorgeous.

[@00kirbyd]

Shame that turbocharged 'minter' lasted only a few more years until 2006.

[@deloreanman14]

All it takes is one bad owner.

[@225M3RCR]

Auto box woes I’m gessing

[@64bakes]

@@225M3RCR those auto boxes were pretty reliable on the 850.

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

It was owed in later years by a smelly fat man who didn't wash his arse. The next owner had to have it fumigated and the water hot inside the anti-gumption box and short circuited the mechanical nipple exchanger.

[@00kirbyd]

@@asensibleyoungman2978 have you ever considered psychotherapy? I reckon you could use some. One of the wierdest replies ever from someone with a pic of that weird antiques dealer kid from the 80s.

[@EppingForest304]

Driving to car viewings is a pain... and the cars are often misdescribed 😔

[@Nnn30055]

All the good cars always happen to be furthest away from you 😭😭😂😂

[@voncoconut5293]

Quintin Wilson - he the man!

[@Quagmire-k8r]

Big lollipop head on him

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

Didn't he marry a Vietnamese eunuch and start a business selling woollen Jock straps?

[@LR_84]

All scrapped now .....

[@notroll1279]

Did you look them up? I'm asking because both were built to last with good care...

[@codykamminga9667]

No Troll probably rusty

[@Chalmers95HDGamingtipsTrickszz]

@@notroll1279 M411VFC VOLVO 850 MOT expired on 19 May 2006 yeah probably scrapped as not getting MOT anymore

[@mattylamb9194]

That looked a nice car too

[@dan_6915]

@Your nans hamsters dead Uncles dads brothers cat For sale at 3700 quid. Probably on its last leg.

[@davidyoung9561]

I am a Volvo fan and that 850 T5 made my day.

[@grobetog]

An Ericsson T39 and a Volvo 850. Swedish all the way...

[@hopebear06]

At the end he drives away from the camera and the old Volvo explodes!🤣

[@Antilaakeri]

Volvo exploding?! That would be probably first in the world lol.

[@dontpanicblink]

bought a 2007 accord, i cdti sport ,4 months ago dealer would not budge on the price not even £50 off, he and myself knew it would sell within the week, i bought it the day it was advertised

[@heed17]

Rotten sills on an Mx5? RUN QUENTIN RUN!

[@dontpanicblink]

thats what i thought been serviced at dealer and mazda specialist , yet missed the bubbling rust not on road now rusted away 5 years ago i guess

[@kamilianos]

@@dontpanicblink that Mazda is still kicking around today, no advisories on MOT's in the last 6+ years ! granted, it sees about 400 miles a year at most !

[@YegoYTP]

Finding an MX5 of that age without crusty sills for reasonable money is like finding a needle in a haystack these days

[@leonpalmer2429]

I loved buying auto trader and going straight to the back to find cars under 1000

[@derekga6973]

2003, when most British lease cars were sent to Ireland and clocked to death, no history checks online in Ireland back then

[@tomwilliams7391]

Volvo's seem to last forever, it's one of the only cars from the early 90s I still see occasionally in 2023

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

All vehicles as of January 5th 2021 Mercedes A class Tax: SORN (Must be around somewhere) Mot: expired 2013 Mazda MX-5 Still on the road! Volvo T5 Tax: untaxed 2006 MOT: expired 2006

[@eurosonly]

Honestly, haggling on a car that is clearly well maintained and babied just seems like an insult. The owner has taken good care of it in service history records and, from that, you can bet that they have done their research in finding out what their particular specimen is worth on the street and what it's worth to them. If your offer is different then you're just wasting their time. They have a figure in mind that they're willing to part with the car for and an owner who takes such good care of their car probably won't be swayed much in their price.

[@prokoerkoerfeuuififune8936]

haggling saves you alot of money its cool

[@henriquetriaca245]

damn, I would take that Volvo or that Mazda over anything built today

[@mrcomplex23]

I did take such Volvo. They don't build 'em anymore like they used to.

[@SuperSweetToffee]

Back then everyone wanted a Volvo T5.

[@dan_6915]

6000 for an A Class? Hol up! Sum Tin Wong!

[@d31zzz_]

This was when they were nearly new

[@savagesam205]

6000?! Ho lee fook!

[@johnnunn8688]

I’m not sure if those ‘misprints’ are really misprints. You see what appears to be a really nice car, cheap as chips. You rock up excited have a look at the car and it’s lovely. Then you find it’s a K more. Was it deliberate?

[@nikosgiangkampozof5342]

1:23 I LOVE YOU ROVER 400 RED SEDAN

[@garysimpson3900]

As at 5/9/24 that MX5 is still on the road showing taxed till 7/25 & MOT till 10/24 with 155,921 miles at its last MOT.

[@ZeeBri]

why am i watching this

[@colinelderfield6964]

Back in the day when mobile phones were for making phone calls. Nothing else.Loved Quentin.

[@aceman0000099]

Don't forget texting, taking horrible quality pictures, and playing tetris.

[@64bakes]

That T5 was mint! We owned a green T5R saloon. I loved that car. Unfortunately the person we sold it to neglected it and sold it to a bunch of cowboys who killed it. Shame. They were fantastic cars.

[@nikolanikola8543]

There was internet in 2003...

[@cantcheatkarma3493]

"I had a few Class A's in the nineties" Oh, you mean the Mercedes A Class, sorry, I think I've just had a flashback!!!

[@E_tiBEAMERBOY]

I’d gladly have that e36 with the Volvo a close 2nd

[@d31zzz_]

A base e36?

[@E_tiBEAMERBOY]

Oscar D yep nothing wrong with em perfectly serviceable and pretty damn reliable M42 Or M44 engine I can appreciate it even tho its not the inline 6 they’re fun toss able cars to drive!

[@d31zzz_]

E36_318ti BEAMERBOY I would never get a 4 cylinder e36 unless it's a compact

[@E_tiBEAMERBOY]

Oscar D LoL that’s fine to each their own everyone has their own opinion :)

[@Petrospect]

I was surprised to see him running around in a Gletscherblau Metallic over Blue dash/doorcards - the exact spec of my dad's car! Gletscherblau was offered from 1991 til '93 when it was dropped because of poor sales. Weird to see no fog lamps, sports package (brake ducts), nice to see a sunroof (until it leaks) and the blue cloth seats like my dad used to have in the 90s until he switched them out for leather. These early cars only came with the M40, not the M42 or M44. It has been bulletproof for us, letting us down twice because of radiator (any car can have that) and the clutch slave cylinder going out in the garage after a drive after 370.000kms. It is still working and it's still getting us where we need to be but the gas mileage is terrible for a small displacement 4 cylinder. For those reasons I'd much rather have a 6 cylinder. Even a 320i. The noise alone is worth it.

[@richardcrocker539]

Ah the real Quentin Wilson

[@hassankhan384]

Great cars back then and was good experience of buying cars but now days people are fiancncing every bloody thing even cars like there's no life left. And cars now days are evershit made like everything is cheap built not worth the money hence they lose value so quick back then cars kept value more even being a 5 year old car with 70k miles it would cost 3k to 5k. Now days you can get a 5 year old car with 70k for 3k in some point less.

[@Senkatuka23]

I miss seeing those Blue Birmingham buses

[@mikenewbold1699]

6 grand for an a class wouldn't pay that for a new one

[@MrEeeaddict]

cool story bro

[@mikenewbold1699]

you can spot a fake orange pleb a mile away in one these they all drive them. The most popular one is the 180d with a renault diesel engine 0 60 10.4 seconds. They make me cringe. I suppose most normal people don't know any better

[@asimiqbal7421]

In those days a proton was the best 5k for a new one or 2.5 for a 2 year old...

[@d31zzz_]

Just cause they're cheap don't mean they're good

[@Landshark928]

Haha this MX5 owner, still stuck to his 3650...

[@timbarito5586]

Wow, a mint mx5

[@stephencresswell4760]

Just a bit of rust on the MX5’s sill? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

850’s seems electrics killed them before rust.

[@jase1382]

I had a 850 t-5 auto estate Fook did it shift and wish I never sold it now Joys oh hindsight

[@scotty87able]

When buying a car take quentin wilson with you

[@detonater1348]

So he really turned down a mint mazda mx5 with manual transmission for $50 less than the asking price before haggle and bought an auto volvo that is worth $500 on a good day…now u cant buy that mazda under 8k and that volvo can be found donated to an organization.

[@rayaspo4893]

It’s Quentin the convicted mileage clocker

[@DMSVICAU]

(Buyer) O.K. You want 4 Grand! What if I say 3 1/2? (Seller) That’s really pushing it NoWay! (Buyer) O.K. Well, come back to be with a counter offer. (Seller) It’s 41/2! (Buyer) O.K. O.K....4 (Seller) Nope, it’s now 5!........Take it or leave it!

[@warpigroadkill]

Sounds like the FoneJacker lols

[@Jacob_Field]

What’s a Magazine?

[@jazzragu]

Those used cars and that Bimmer without body coloured bumpers are making me feel nauseated.

[@FAT8893]

Those used cars make you feel nauseated? I'd rather take old cars instead of new one tqvm.

[@Mechanicalrob]

Wonder how many of these cars are still about?

[@Cascroft-lp6ir]

Tax expired in 2006 on the Volvo. Supposedly it was raced at Arena Essex Raceway in 2007 but cannot confirm this. MX-5 was spotted at a breakers yard about 5 years ago A Class was scrapped

[@henriquetriaca245]

@@Cascroft-lp6ir how did you get that info?

[@Cascroft-lp6ir]

@@henriquetriaca245 Forums, facebook, dvla, ect

[@leytonthomas2043]

If the Mazda was a misprint.......why oh why are you wasting the sellers time by taking it for a test drive????

[@naazimahmed9781]

Er cause its an MX5

[@FAT8893]

It's the seller's fault for not double checking it. But at the same time, it's an MX5, so I wouldn't test driving it.

[@FAT8893]

@@loopydoopi MX5 and donuts in one sentence never existed.

[@kraken1473]

Didn’t clarkson once buy one of these for one pound?

[@Jeffrey_M]

No. That was a 760. Completely different model.

[@NolTee2]

How old is this?

[@AW_2000]

2003

[@EVRealFacts]

Back before he was reprogammed by the battery brigade and swallowed the electric koolade.

[@r0dnee]

Miles Davis playing

[@eightyblox6829]

I wish I was British

[@matthewking5612]

It's all a bit Joker

[@neildempster2827]

I'd rather walk to work in the pissing down rain than be seen dead anywhere near that A- Class. What a piece of shit.

[@terry85t81]

I see my cars when they have problems. Head gasket went on my Mercedes e class we used a product called steel seal green stuff and it stopped the leak thank god so sold it lol. If it goes to someone I not like maybe trying to rip me off when goes to get insurance sorted etc I have once put a can of engine flush in oil just for laughs.

[@sonulalu8516]

I have made the first comment😊😊💪💪

[@cornovii3012]

I just don't think so :D you was 23 minuets too slow on that one by Von Coconut :D

[@316CactusJack]

Sweet, sweet car, first who sees will buy, lovely. otsot