Euro cars are miserable garbage.

[@tescoshortage]

Remember: There’s nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes.

[@Fuzy2K]

Even a cheap BMW?

[@tescoshortage]

@@Fuzy2KYes, even a cheap BMW. They at least have the audacity to make decent engines

[@andrewrainville9453]

or any German car for that matter.

[@jellevh8460]

​@@tescoshortage mercedes used to have really good engines (especially there diesels) but it got ruined by the plastic intake era :(

[@osmacar5331]

​@@andrewrainville9453 The people's car golf and Audi A1 say otherwise.

[@swidr5626]

"Can you buy a super car for less than 10.000 pounds? Yes, but for the love a god don't" - Jeremy Clarcson on Top Gear. Any super luxury car that is cheap is gonna be extremely painful to maintain lol

[@corvuscolbrand]

honestly every top gear and grand tour "buy a sports car for *insert budget here*" special serves as a psa for buying cars cheap. They will always go wrong, you will always be unable to fix it for any reasonable ammount of money.

[@swidr5626]

@@corvuscolbrand Yeah but with luxury cars of any kind it's even worse. They are designed to be even more expensive to maintain than usual car, and getting one with very uncertain past is gonna make things a lot worse. I think many people who suddenly get a lot of cash forget about this and I think it sorta happened to Wade here

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

Depends. If you put a bus V8 into a Zhiguli or Volvo 240 and glue some wood and fancy seat covers stuff ito the interior, you got a reliable european luxury car.

[@swidr5626]

@@hyperturbotechnomike Can't wait to see one on the road then lol

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

@@swidr5626 garage 54 should get you covered. They built all sorts of ladas. Even a cheese one with lots of holes.

[@yordandoykov3181]

Wade: the corolla runs really bad Also wade: consciously ignores its problems multiple times since knowing about them means they're fixed

[@superhydroweston]

Yeah I found this video was a whole lot of “oh no this car that was never taken care of has broken 😮😮”

[@EDFscout]

No knowledge, no problems.

[@nicholascooper945]

Yeah, idk if Wade meant to kind of tell on himself there by basically saying "I kill my cars because it's funny (and I don't want to fix them because that takes time, money, and effort)" but it feels like that's what he's saying.

[@Cojasvim]

I live in a german cartopia in europe and we have a saying: "If you can't afford a new luxury german car you certainly cannot afford an old one"

[@diamondjebgold9906]

It’s a similar saying in America, and probably in every other country on earth.

[@cyan_oxy6734]

Yea, this guy complaining that his luxury car is complicated. You bought a damn Mercedes CLS not an 80s Hilux

[@A-Beat-up-86]

@@cyan_oxy6734 he also bought the worst version of the cls with the m272 engine, comparatively the e-classes its based on actually aren't all that complicated or hard to maintain, something like an E320 with no air suspension will run forever

[@Fr0styChips]

I don’t usually comment but I have to being an Audi tech and diagnosing through the screen… Insufficient purge flow is caused by the “N80” valve: the fuel tank purge valve, follow the hoses from the charcoal canister (big black box in front of the coolant reservoir) to the solenoid on the intake manifold. That’s gummed up and needs to be replaced. The Tiguan TSI should be sold/scrapped immediately. The twin charge engines are awesome until they’re not. They crack ringlands and there’s no avoiding it with Australian fuel. Even 98 will knock and eventually the pistons will crack

[@cabalcore2555]

If Frank paid ANY RENT!!! You would be able to afford it. Tell her to pull herself together.

[@StormyBoi]

Sign 👏 lease agreements 👏 with 👏 reptiles 👏

[@IcecalGamer]

Rent?!? Franks gets full service; lodging, heat, lights, meals, etc. For free !!!

[@mromutt]

@@IcecalGamer frank pays her rent in poo and stink XD

[@Deja117]

Not le Fronk. Careful, she might take over your couch for a day.

[@CarrotConsumer]

Dude, Frank owns the house.

[@RilsR]

"No rust, it's dry here" Later "All the hoses are cracked..."

[@LN997-i8x]

Don't forget UV damage!

[@Schnort]

​@@LN997-i8xthat just adds character

[@MasterBepis]

You gotta pick your battles. Rust or dry rot.

[@Braskus]

Heat cycles will do that on it's own over 15+ years.

[@zoinked1351]

@@MasterBepis What's there to pick, rust is the worst, on >20y car you'd still get a lot of hoses to replace no matter the climate

[@Actinjsh]

In Europe we have a saying which applies here - "There is no car more expensive than an old Mercedes". They always have a surprisingly low sell prices because the maintenance is twice the price of a regular car.

[@Vinni-2K]

me as an alfa romeo enthusiast lets agree to disagree

[@hammerth1421]

They also like to rust. A lot.

[@agentv1240]

​I want an old Milano or 164, and I KNOW that's gonna be such a mistake 😭

[@norwegiannationalist7678]

It depends alot on the Mercedes tho. A W123 is the most reliable car you'll ever find, they do like to rust yes but compared to other late 70s to mid 80s cars they are very rust resistant. The parts aswell are very cheap too and easy to find both new and old, the car is also simple you can fix it yourself. New mercedes tho have completely lost the reliability and build quality old ones had

[@autismion]

b-b-b-b--b-b-b-but OM617 is old mercedes very old wow

[@treelineresearch3387]

Crappy dinosaur computers are the best kind of computers to have in cars. Does a few simple tasks, doesn't go obsolete, doesn't need OTA (or any other) updates.

[@LTV746]

So much thid

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Doesn't have bad 2000's Chinese capacitors that fail in 13 different CAN modules and the ECU writing off the car.....🫤

[@Dragacane]

People say Germans have no humour, I disagree. They have it all in the expense of whoever doing maintenance on german engineering.

[@Eingefallen]

Wrong. If you're doing it properly you won't have any issues :)

[@MichalKobuszewski]

They're a handy bunch, even invented the word "Schadenfreude" for what the dealer feels when the customer is finally out of warranty!

[@valentin7574]

German humour: it's no laughing matter

[@stephenw2992]

My neighbour and his shitty Polo insists they are getting us back for winning the war

[@RobertBoston-n4d]

@@Eingefallen "properly maintained" amirite? Nope Maintainence is changing oil, belts, filters. Not fuel injectors, oil pumps, and wiring. Yes, any car will run for ever if you fix it when it breaks. I'd love to drive German but i can't take them seriously with their reliability.

[@willmetz1490]

The best part is how Mercedes switched form making cars that cannot be killed to cars that break if you sneeze to loud next to them

[@jellevh8460]

This absolutely this all the comments about how mercedes suck while I am thinking about the million mile 300's driving around

[@IcecalGamer]

If they don't brake, they can't sell new

[@GerinoMorn]

I'm fairly certain it started to go downhill 2006 or even bit earlier. I remember the utter disillusionment when their "brand new" merc started breaking, well, near immediately, after switching from stuff that lasted years.

[@peppers515]

@@GerinoMornit was around the time TG came back. They’d already gone bad then. Partially that’s due to complexity and how stuffed with computers they are. Common place now but they were miles ahead of everybody else.

[@Rommmm]

Last good mercs were W202, W210 and W140. Everything after is garbage.

[@Joe_Cool48]

9:38 Rare James Sighting😮

[@MandrakeFernflower]

he looks a bit like Anton Newcombe

[@oli_gordon]

Wade & James

[@KajuTheRudeMonke]

​@@MandrakeFernflowerNo, Anton Newcombe looks like James

[@JeanMarceaux]

Uncommon, more like Okay, I stand corrected: that was a rare James sighting. He looks a bit different from his previous sightings though. I think it's a clone, and the original James was taken by magpies. I've watched Aussie Dr. Nefario, I know how them Aussie magpies are (much like the rest of Australian fauna: a threat to humanity).

[@loaffette3860]

JAMES

[@XavandSo]

"20 years old is too old for a car." Me daily driving a 40 year old BMW. I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

[@teagancombest6049]

27 year old BMW here but I would absolutely love an e30 or a Volvo 240

[@jwalster9412]

80w cars are reliable. Anything newer and 20 years is too old. Including 90s.

[@TimSlee1]

@@teagancombest6049 E30's are overpriced. Source: An e30 owner

[@kuuppafin6011]

Near any car made before year 2000 is better than the plastic toys made ever after. Modern vehicles are over expensive problematic garbage designed to brake making its "owner" more of a renter and ultimately a slave. Driving an old vehicle with upgraded stuff I argue is not only cheaper but more environmental than having to replace it twice a decade for few litres of fuel consumption and calling that environmental. Not to even get into the modern engineering and sales scam these vehicles are all about. Case and point the auto industry is just one more proof our world has something gone wrong with its values and it's starting to fall apart by rotting just not by it's core but in values too...

[@jakobsdal4100]

I daily a 55 year old vw beetle lol

[@Coriander1988]

2:52 "remember when those chunks of gearbox were found in the gearbox" Well I'd hope there's gearbox in the gearbox.

[@khtrains]

Hmm yes, the gearbox here is made of gearbox

[@zesped1259]

I love it when my gearbox gearboxes like a gearbox

[@burtbacarach5034]

Too much gearbox in the gearbox.

[@Windows2000Professional.s]

More gearbox in the gearbox.

[@Rowcan]

"What do you mean 'I have internal bleeding', that's where the blood is _meant_ to be!"

[@keine_ahnung_wie_der_heisst]

those 1.4 twincharge engines are UNBELIEVABLY unreliable, here in germany most cars with them had their engine replaced twice or thrice during the warranty period

[@b_g]

"Its 20 years old it is so old for a car" Me with my car from 2006 :Dont listen to him you are great and not old

[@shadowpixie01]

Me with my 2002 Camry (the only reason it failed was because I gave it to my dad when he needed a car and he forgot to put oil in *during an oil change* so, ya know)

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

My daily is pushing 30 next year. Still drives better than cars half it's age here on the road.

[@gustawkefqd2848]

me in my 97 golf 3 . its not old we are the same age

[@TaitDaniels]

My 1988 mighty max just shed a tear

[@DeckedSneeze709]

Meanwhile the car: Edit: oh

[@mostlymagical3220]

Early thousands Mercedes, back when they made the wiring biodegradable. Great idea lads.

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

I believe that stopped by the mid/late 1990s.

[@thenoddistsdisciple]

@@Danse_Macabre_125 no it did not. my old c280 is a testament to that LOL

[@PCSpider]

The Biodegradable wiring was from 1991-1996

[@MisterAether]

I mean, a lot of wiring is apparently soy based for the insulation and varmints think it's tasty, whether its MB or another brand

[@beefchicken]

Holy moly the amount of misinformation on this topic on the internet is crazy. It was apparently Delphi that used the crummy wire, as the engine harnesses affected were all made by Delphi. But I can’t find any primary source to confirm that the wire was deliberately engineered to be biodegradable. My suspicion is that the wiring was engineered to be cheaper, or to eliminate some specific chemical (plasticizers are usually pretty gnarly chemicals, so that would be my first bet), but the plasticizer used had very poor aging characteristics that didn’t show up in simulated aging tests that are normally done. I will buy a beer for anyone that can provide a primary source that says _why_ the insulation was changed, and a whole case of beer if that source confirms that the change was made specifically to make the wire biodegradable.

[@peterclarke7240]

Always remember : luxury cars are built for people with luxury budgets. They're not designed for people who do their own repairs, but people who can afford to send it to a luxury car mechanic every 6 months who can keep the blummin' thing working.

[@fenrir324]

they mostly buy a new one every 6 month I think

[@teagancombest6049]

Wrong on my BMW Z3, it's extremely easy to do my own work the only people who have touched my car since I bought it besides me are the tire guys and the alignment guys since I don't have a tire machine or alignment rack. Everything else has not only been doable by me with hand tools but has cost me less than $5000 including the car 😊

[@Sam-th4jl]

you mean there are people who don't just schedule servicing through the car's phone app when it sends you a notification?

[@clonetrooper576]

Lol says who? I drive bmws all day long. learn how to work on them youll realize your "luxury mechanic" is actually ripping you off.

[@CRneu]

nah they lease these. new car every 6-18 months.

[@jordanbowes5707]

I live in AZ. We are the American Aussies. Proof: 1. It's regularly over 45 C 2. Dry as a rattlesnake's asshole 3. No snow 4. Wildlife determined to kill you 5. Dirt. Just dirt. 6. Founded by outlaws 7. Your mom

[@ToTheGAMES]

Wade: "No abuse at all, just _maybe_ a little from me!" You can leave that maybe out, Wade. 😂

[@xymaryai8283]

and the little XD

[@yordandoykov3181]

I was viciously disappointed when he opened the hood of the golf and didn't see the mighty 1.9 TDI

[@christopherjohnston6343]

Anything else is basically a mistake

[@BrianLTU]

Yes . ​@@christopherjohnston6343

[@staledorito]

was expecting the 2.5 tbh

[@kuuppafin6011]

The 1.8Litre Golf/Audi, like Mercedes M111 or BMW M57, 2JZ, Subaru boxer etc. are the peak of performance and reliability. Anything made before didn't quite have the power or tech but sure everything after is bound to break long before it's time and is unmaintainable. These are the last European made engines to go million miles with proper maintenance and had some kind of a quality left in aftermarket parts. If MB kept making em like w123:s we'd only need one car in our whole lives and the industry sure figured it out. I call it the bs economy we now life in. Id give it all up to go back in time to that spoiled boomer era where Ford put Perkins engines both into tractors and Transit vans which both will outlive any vehicle made today. They had no idea no generation after would life a simple life in which one could enjoy stuff like fixing cars but this goes way deeper than vehicles and economy and we know it.

[@pleepler]

​@@kuuppafin60111.8 T? They were legendary engines. Piech's era was the best era

[@dreamyatonement4931]

This is why I love you wade. Most KZbinrs who brag about having 10+ cars are talking about owning 10+ Ferraris, Porches, etc. When you say you have 20 cars, everyone knows exactly what type of car you mean. Tony, Antuane, Jeff, just a bunch of old mates

[@johnjohannesjuan]

Wait, which one is Antoine? (or is it really Antuane?)

[@dreamyatonement4931]

@ Antuane is the name of his Renault 10! It’s from the great nugget rescue video, he calls it that at the end of the video :)

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

A ragtag of weirdo's and outcasts. All with their own quirks and personalities.

[@mrlor3d]

Engine light on? Welcome to the Volkswagen Auto Group family!

[@fellshaw7058]

Ngl my Volkswagen's engine light has been on for 4 years and there hasn't been any issue lol

[@adrian360060]

You know what's worse? When engine light disappears after two years by itself... Horrific experience.

[@MANTHELEXUS]

VW's will get an engine light and 80,000 miles and then wont actually break until 250,000 miles

[@RoseLexThorne]

​@@MANTHELEXUSJust means your Early Warning System is working. What's it warning you of? We have absolutely no clue, but you absolutely know Repair did an EWS check before it was allowed to go onto the lot for load.

[@AggroNoobs]

Fr lmao. I still love my mk 6 but it throws a CEL like once a week and when I go back to check it, nothing. 😅

[@sethl6626]

There’s a lovely triangle graph when it comes to cars, you can have the following: - Cheap and Reliable, not Fast - Cheap and Fast, not Reliable - Fast and Reliable, not Cheap Much love from the US

[@VrrVolcano]

As a 2004 Ford Focus with a 90 HP 1.8 TDDi engine owner, I confirm option A 😂

[@mindaugasbarkauskas9894]

12:27 They certainly don't use better ones for the Audi production line - the power steering fluid one in my A4 not only leaked, but deteriorated and sent a bunch of its bits right into the pump, ruining it.

[@WulfyFang3]

I have an 08 A4 and I'm experiencing pretty much the same thing. Not sure about bits in the pump, but when my old boss took a look he said I just needed a new hose. Mechanic quoted me at $650 to fix it. Still haven't been able to fix it. Don't want to think about how much money I've spent on the fluid.

[@Greenious]

15:51 Sell that car ASAP. Those 1.4 twin chargers are ticking time bombs. I’d have more faith in a Holden Cruze.

[@Mrsquiggley]

There’s an entire generation of VAG chassis’s I won’t touch because of the twin scroll. I’d rather risk an old ford DCT in a race car then daily a twin scroll.

[@zeroyon4562]

⁠@@MrsquiggleyTwin scroll what? Most turbos these days are twinscroll and they’re fine.

[@LN997-i8x]

​@@zeroyon4562Just because one design is good doesn't mean they all are.

[@tgmrsch]

@@Mrsquiggleyno issue with twin scroll turbos. the twin charged 1.4 melts pistons when people put low quality fuel and don’t get them serviced regularly

[@evgeniw8859]

As soon as I heard turbo and supercharged Ive got a heard attack. Hopefully James gets rid off it

[@hakjobtm7472]

18:09 man installs a massive subwoofer in his 98 rolla and is surprised when the car rattles lmao

[@SMPandanic]

20 CARS!?!?! we have only seen HALF of those 20

[@goforgreengaming]

SPLATOON PFP JUMPSCARE

[@alexrogers3913]

I count 13, not including the secret second Golf James mentioned. 1. Tony (Fiat Niki Maluch) 2. The Donkey Van 3. Bruce (Falcon ute) 4. Bruce 2 (Holden ute) 5. The Junkyard Renault 6. The Free Daihatsu 7. Smelly Jeff 8. The Frog (Nissan Leaf) 9. The Goober (Proton something or other) 10. The Car (Toyota Corolla) 11. The Golf in this video 12. The CLS 13. I recall briefly seeing an old orange Volvo 140 or 240 that Wade alluded to owning 14. (Bonus) There was some clapped out old Japanese Kei thing he showed us once (Maybe a Honda City?)

[@goforgreengaming]

@alexrogers3913 I'm p sure it was a Honda City yeah. I think he said the name of it while he was talking about Bruce

[@billybricker9202]

@@alexrogers3913 There was also an electric converted Subaru Sherpa that was mentioned and briefly shown once or twice.

[@_Matt_Matt_365_]

The insurance on them must cost a mortgage 💀

[@AgentTasmania]

13:45 I work in a battery store and fit car batts for folks. I had a hearty chuckle seeing James get caught up in stuffing the padded sleeve into the plastic box for the bat like I struggled with this morning.

[@DrKoneko]

Ah yes p0441. As someone who drives a car where the catalytic converter was replaced with a straight pipe somewhere along the way I know that code all too well. I love my Saab but man has it been through it.

[@Keksis7]

My Chevy Sonic has an all plastic oil filter housing like that Golf, and the last time I changed the oil the "nut" snapped off because the plastic got so brittle. It took FOREVER to get the filter out, a couple days going back and forth to the hardware store buying different tools to try and get the housing off without breaking more things, and in the end I think I spent around $200 usd and 2.5 days on what should have been a 10 second job. I definitely share your hatred of plastic oil filter housings.

[@thenoddistsdisciple]

my gf is aussie and she had the holden version of this car. it blew up. she's in a cruze now.

[@kingbryant5673]

​@@thenoddistsdisciple so she got the exact same thing just bigger

[@Nikola_W211]

I never seen those oil filter housings break on vag and mercedes.

[@hxtcsy]

why were you using the nut to tighten it? especially it being plastic. you should just be hand tightening it.

[@kofeyh]

"the other golf" - comments from James with threatening auras.

[@dh1380]

German cars do be liking the hoses ngl. There are so many hoses on my 2009 Audi TTS i feel like im in a hose factory that makes hoses for cars that need lots of hoses

[@JeanMarceaux]

Oh damn, is it the first or second gen TT?

[@teagancombest6049]

Must have been y2k cause my 1997 BMW M44 has like 5 hoses.

[@lordhickory3322]

5:33 Omg that is actually my car! (or at least the same series Golf). Mine is a 2004 Golf V, which I got from my grandma to use now that I freshly made my drivers license, and your's looks damn similar. Makes me so happy to see!(Mine also has the yellow engine light on xD )

[@Kitfox942]

I LOVE seeing "The Car" getting some genuine love! It's got crusty clear coat but it's in almost perfect condition!

[@shoto42]

I knew the second I saw Corrola interior shaking, I knew it was bad engine mounts. My 2007 ford focus had bad engine mounts before I replaced them, my poor friends had to endure the sound of a shaking plastic dash for two hours. It still had issues but at least now it's tolerable at every speed.

[@john_toss]

I wonder if he would go on Collector Car Feed

[@ianaumy]

GET EM NET 🗣️

[@captainslow_037]

GET THIS SHIT TO THE TOP

[@talljake]

He doesn't own a Baja, yet

[@terabyte1906]

Now that's an idea

[@masterchieflast]

It would be cool but the time zone difference might be a problem

[@jdubs78]

I completely understand your frustration and pain. I’ve been putting up with this myself and my 2008 Mini Cooper. Every time I fix something to clear a code, it just pops another one. If I didn’t love the car so damn much, it would have been gone long ago.

[@bfragged]

I had an old XF ford like that. I hated fixing it as something always broke immediately afterwards.

[@AggroNoobs]

I know this pain to well. Before I jumped over to VW, I had an S Gen 1 that felt like I was constantly chasing ghosts with. I adored that car but after having to drop the K frame, blowing a literal plug out of cylinder due to the soft AF metal and constantly fighting electrical gremlins I had to give up and move on. I still think about that car. But in like a fond, "Bad but major highschool relationship" sort of way lmao.

[@anthonyfrancis45]

The CLS is the best car I've ever owned. My favourite car of all time. Don't give up on it. You've unfortunately bought one that's been misused and abused but you can fix it. Best car to drive ever.

[@kevinhauser8250]

You guys rock for fully servicing her correctly before giving it to someone else. Good chaps. Happy holidays to you and your families

[@MDPToaster]

Just be glad you guys never had a “cash for clunkers” type government program where they bought up all those used cars and then poured liquid glass into their engines and scrapped them. Completely ruined American used car business and made spare parts for some of the most produced vehicles hard to come by.

[@masterkamen371]

America really is the place where economy goes to die, isn't it?

[@anrecedinghairline6150]

Actually, I found this out on Top Gear, we in the UK had a similar scheme, to encourage people to buy new cars. If you scrapped your old car as part of the scheme, you could get £2000 towards the price of your new car. Though to be honest, given the UK used market is one of the cheapest out there, I don't think it was as detrimental as what you're talking about in America.

[@ayaderg]

@@masterkamen371 the only economy we have around here is stock market economy, and that's only for rich people

[@ferretyluv]

Germany has had that forever and yet they don’t have that issue.

[@coval5694]

We do have a company in South Australia like that but instead of killing the engines and scrapping them, they just put it out in a yard where for $2 and your own tools you walk in and just take what you need from the car. Got a practically brand new headlight for my commodore for half price.

[@greerbriggs8421]

"plugs last 30 thousand kilomitres" my 2001 commodore with factory origional plugs and 400k km on the clock o-o' I had to replace the leads because they just dry rotted over time but the plugs are still going strong

[@Nobody_Cares913]

30,000,000 mitres?

[@0ninja213]

Can relate. 2011 falcon with 320k km on odo and not a single repair ever needed since new, only basic service done including oil changes, and *sometimes* tires and brakes. if only most cars were this reliable...

[@babayega1717]

mhm of course they are 🤣

[@archechme]

I'm sure the plugs in the Corolla were original too (in this video)

[@Rentta]

You do know that the plugs on Merc are priobably made by same company or at least one who makes them same way as the ones your Holden runs.... There aren't that many companies who makes them.

[@Gabriel_JJ11]

Fun fact: Garbage Time is the reason Ive gotten into cars, like how my unc owns a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer [ Glad its not an Evo ] and Im getting it after my license, so thanks mate!

[@versalgraphics]

Why no evo love :(

[@Drift_Potato402]

"glad it's not an Evo" tf? Glad it's a normal car instead of the more fun version? Being owned by an oldER person means that the car won't be as molested as when it's owned by a young person, so the chance of it working as it should is much higher.

[@Razormindsplace]

@@versalgraphics Getting EVO as your first car is like giving a toddler a fully loaded machine gun

[@KyaruKitty]

That intro of the TAC Victoria 1999 is diabolical! I own a Telstar myself and this sent a shiver down my spine

[@williamyoung3022]

The car shown in that last promo video is a BMW E36, of which I own a 1996 model, almost identical to the one in the video. I love it so much, it is an endless pleasure to drive and because of its mechanical simplicity it is even a pleasure to do work on. Provided you don’t need to do work underneath, the lifting points on it are a nightmare. Unless all you need to do is replace a tyre, your only lifting options are ramps or a professional four point lift. And the jack it came with is godawful and very easy to wreck if you aren’t extremely careful, but it’s basically your only option because no realistically portable jack powerful enough to lift it’s immense weight will be able to fit under the lifting point. So you have to use the terrible jack it came with, but with each use it comes closer and closer to total failure. Still love that car to bits though. It’s currently got the 318TDS it started life with, but that engine is so underpowered that it was and still is very rare - just because no one wanted it. I intend to swap it out for the 325TDS, which is basically the same engine but with two more cylinders and a turbo.

[@nathansstuff1547]

Wish I never got rid of mine. Was way more reliable that the Tiguan I have that's in this video. Only issue was the door cards were coming off

[@max6499]

The problem with anti-seize on something with a torque spec (like spark plugs) is it changes the torque spec. Be very careful with this advice! (Source, Mechanical engineering course work)

[@ElektronDeForza]

Same thing with thread lockers it can change the actual toque on the bolt/nut

[@indianboy0453]

Yeah I was a bit confused by that. NGK, and most spark plug makers for that fact, specifically state not to put anti-seize on the plugs. I get where James is coming from, and it is true that they can seize up, but I think they should probably be a little careful with just saying stuff like that off the bat.

[@Latoria]

Two VWs notorious for timing chain issues, you love to see it. James is gonna have fun replacing those

[@indianboy0453]

Chains stretching further than my dreams.

[@cathat9622]

CLEARLY this man has not driven a 1.9TDI Passat.

[@BlueRoseShilloh]

1.9 tdi supremasy

[@Lauen]

the ONLY VW product I will consider owning these days and it's only in older cars. modern cars are such garbage

[@cathat9622]

@@Lauen The 170hp Common Rail Diesels in the B6 Passat are solid after 07 too, but the build quality of the B5.5 Passat was amazing for the value, the Piech era was amazing. 1.8T isn't half bad either, especially the Audi ones.

[@yocapo32]

Mine has a dead turbo and a cooked ECU and it still runs.

[@masterkamen371]

1.9 TDI Audi is peak car. None of the Volkswagen interior rubbish with all of the legendary VW mechanicals. I do not plan on ever getting a new car.

[@Theaveragenerd2000]

Great tool Ive found for leaks is a smoke tester. It uses an air compressor and some smoke to pressurise the intake. Smoke will slowly flow from any leaks.

[@ChristianStout]

A warehouse full of 20 old nuggets in various states of disrepair. Wade's living my dream.

[@BoxInThisLapVR46]

Wade needs to experience a British Leyland car

[@Tasteslikepetrol]

Did you miss the 1966 1100?

[@JeanMarceaux]

​@@Tasteslikepetrolbut it belongs to James (he still hasn't figured out what to do with rust)

[@grumpyweds443]

Owned a Sterling, can confirm. Paint started fading in a year. Acura engine was nice though.

[@gamemeister27]

24:08 Yeah I don't get the concern trolling about electric car repairability. I don't think people have realized that electric motors are way simpler mechanically than combustion engines. It's a miracle ICE engines exist at all. Think about power tools. When they break, it's basically never the motor.

[@MisterAether]

Hell, Tesla even provides access to their own service software now. It's a bit expensive to subscribe to it, but when you think of how much every other manufacturer will charge way more and you pay for a whole year, it's not even a bad deal.

[@joshmanis9860]

@@MisterAether having to subscribe to a service to service a Tesla is why I’ll never support Tesla. I like electric vehicles but when aren’t able to be serviced by the owner is when I stop supporting a company. Like John Deere and their tractors

[@vilemeister]

​​@@joshmanis9860or.....any current other vehicle manufacturer? Tesla are not special in this respect, VAGcom etc hell even my Fiat needs a propriety thing to look deep into its brain.

[@joshmanis9860]

@@vilemeister yea that’s fiat for you

[@CRneu]

@@joshmanis9860 no that's every OEM. I drive a ford and I have to either buy ford's software or a third party one to do a bunch of maintenance stuff.

[@Mobile_Dom]

the car version of the computing "theres nothing more permanent than a temporary solution that works good enough" is the "there's nothing more expensive than a cheap at point of sale merc"

[@BladeITguy]

MCM: Aussie musicians that started a car channel Dank: Aussie musician that started a car channel

[@redxzander9125]

I don’t need anti-seize for my spark plugs. My spark plug holes are filled with oil to keep it lubricated 24/7

[@erroristic]

Nah mate, euro cars are not miserable garbage. "Luxury" cars are. They're not made to last, they're made for the first owner, not the pleb that will buy it second hand. Everything holds on with spit, hopes and dreams. Euro shitboxes are class above that. Reliable, cheap to run, no stress to drive.

[@Ozuhananas]

Millions of 20+ years old 206, Clio, Golf and many more still running agree with that

[@bradleylauterbach7920]

@@Ozuhananas cheap golfs are great. In the states, you are lucky to get a honda civic for under 6 grand that runs and isn't salvage. Golfs are 2-4k all day long.

[@VxW0lf]

The luxury... Tiguan?

[@_Juke_]

​@@VxW0lfit's an city offroad car aka useless and an useless car is an luxury item.

[@teagancombest6049]

​@@bradleylauterbach7920I just bought a BMW Z3 in America for $4000. Why would you drive a sad regular traffic golf for more money?

[@Kedut]

If the Tiguan is supercharged and turbocharged it's probably the 1.4 tsi engine wich has a terrible reputation here in Germany It was in the polo GTi of that gen. for a short time before they replaced it with the 1.8 cause they kept blowing up under warranty

[@krzysztof1193]

You did not just call the mighty peugeot 206 with the legendary 1.1 liter 60hp engine garbage

[@99domini99]

I have a 205 with that same engine. It is virtually indestructible.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

@@99domini99 whats it like getting on the fastlanes?

[@existencialflute]

these cars are infamous for being really unreliable here in brazil, is that a common thing or are brazilian peugouts just crummy

[@99domini99]

@@WelcomeToDERPLAND Fine. It goes 160kmh/100mph if it needs to. It weighs nothing, so even with no power it’s still fast enough to keep up with traffic just fine. I don’t even have to floor it.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

@@99domini99 Good to hear- my 5000LBS+ hunk of metal from the 70's may have double or more the power but its killing my pocket for gas to do it lmao

[@ItsBuuild]

To the guy who said there is nothing more expensive than a cheap mercedes, there is: 5 cheap Mercedes

[@Royalwaffles]

I'm 20, work retail, and have 3 Old Benzes, A 2007 C280, a 2011 C300 which i bought for 600 dollars to flip as it wasnt running, and recently a 2004 E55 AMG.... If you take care of german cars, they'll take care of you. The only ones that given me real problems is the C300 because if its previous neglectful owner, the others have only demanded a new set of front wheel bearings and a lower control arm bushing. If you know what to look for, a reliable Euro IS possible, and if you know where to look for parts, semi affordable! MB Dealership quoted me 26000, yes, 26 grand, to fix the c300. I did it for 1800 and it runs and drives like new, courtesy of Rockauto.

[@Commanderraf]

"Euro cars are miserable garbage." My 1969 Volkswagen Type 1 begs to differ.

[@snoik1376]

Mine too lol

[@Aaron-uf3sl]

My 72 super beetle also begs to differ

[@lettuce7378]

They have been miserable garbage since about 1985

[@ARockyRock]

my 73 super beetle doesn't beg to differ.

[@Lodethebig]

Same, have a 418k km volvo here, only expensive recent repair were the front axles and engine mounts. And now the engine mounts will be good for another 10 years

[@ShinnyMetal]

Yup! This is why when my father-in-law offered to sell me his bmw for cheap, I was like "naaaaah" I have more faith in the 40 year old MR2 I just bought than the 20 year old 650i

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

Good, because it's a 650i. I believe that means it has the N62 V8, which is gut-wrenchingly awful in terms of anything even slightly approaching reliability.

[@BattOuttaHel]

9:15 that literally looks like a inventory item from tf2, its even from austrailia like if it came out of the mann co factory

[@Melrieoi]

Probably cost as much as on the Mann co store too.

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

Saxton Hale approves

[@peacem8574]

The older Golfs are actually quite serviceable. Everything is well organized and accessible. My car however has its damn oil filter inside the fucking wheel arch.

[@TheOrijinalPajeet]

That Merc basically dissapeared off the roads in Europe by 2015. They mostly went to Russia and Africa, the repairs for the hydraulic suspension was 10k-15k in the official dealership. Know someone that had one, they got rid of it once the warranty stopped.

[@Nikola_W211]

That is true but i still see some clses from that era here in croatia.

[@communisttrash8590]

for the oil filter drain if you get a pocket screwdriver and push up on the hole in the middle it should start letting out oil

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

Where tf is Tony? Are you hiding him from us?

[@Aaron-uf3sl]

Hopefully he isn’t abusing Tony anymore, I’d love a Niki and it hurts to see him treating one like crap

[@afinnishsnowman]

I think he mentioned Tony in a YT short that he drove it home one night and it wouldn’t start

[@Windows2000Professional.s]

​@@afinnishsnowman That was 2 years ago lol.

[@enzoperruccio]

He should really start doing fleet updates every once in a while, just so we can know in what condition everyone's in.

[@sallytheuselessbird]

​@@enzoperruccioI wanna see the free car again its my favourite little thing

[@margrietwubs3028]

2:06 It’s the beloved Australian oil cap install.

[@jefffoxworthyspen680]

Euro cars aren't the problem man. It's that you bought a cheap piece of crap one from a scammer. You got an expensive car for dirt cheap? You're still gonna pay full price.

[@jacobemerson8015]

My wife had an old TDI Beetle, bought it dirt cheap because it needed a radiator and the shifter assembly was broken so it was stuck in 3rd gear. Little did I know the whole front end had to come off to change the radiator, then the alternator went out, and sure enough the whole front end had to come off again, then she hit some road debris and busted the radiator again, so I had to pull it all back apart for a 3rd time, I was so happy when she finally sold that car 😅

[@kristoffer3000]

VAG life, they're not built to be worked on at all it seems. BMW and Mercedes do things VERY differently.

[@Dyl_Cant]

I'm still very happy with my old Volvo 240. lives up to the indestructible name but also easy still to work on whenever some wear and tear item gives up, with parts being easily available. Compare that to the pain of sourcing parts for my '84 Celica Supra where almost everything has had to come state side (to europe) with *some* parts still available via my local dealer.

[@norwegiannationalist7678]

I own a 1982 Mercedes W123 which some could say is the Volvo 240s brother from another mother. As with the 240 parts are cheap and most of them are still made new and if not easy to find, the engines in the W123 are indestructible (especially the diesels) and the whole car screams of quality and reliability. For me the choice stood between a Volvo 240 series or 140 series but sadly most of them have been destroyed by teens here in Norway (Lowering them and putting horrible rims on and what not) so original ones are hard to find and expensive

[@its_loosha]

Welcome to my VW nerd corner! An old over-engineered OEM luxury sleeper car? I didn’t know he got a 2006 Volkswagen Phaeton W12. You’re right, that’s a Mk5 Golf. However the Golf wasn’t the first hatchback, you’re thinking of how the Mk1 Golf GTI was the first hot hatch and paved the way for all hot hatches in the future. Speaking of which, here’s the Mk5 Golf lineup from worst to best: Golf < GTI < R32, AKA hatchback < hot hatch < sports car. 7:19 Please tell me it’s a Mk2!! My daily driver is a 1986 Golf GTI Mk2 and I would love to see you work on one of those!

[@katzii9430]

What about a 1.7 sdi VW Lupo and a 1.9tdi engine to Put into. Should be easy enough with the same engine mounts. Performance hell yeah. Oh fuck IT isnt luxury

[@its_loosha]

I’m American, so I don’t know shit about Lupos.

[@OOZ662]

My coworker bought a modern VW Beetle off another who was moving to Japan. We made a big shebang about bringing my Jeep over and changing the oil in both of them so she could learn how. Since we wanted to _do it right_ there was only one oil meeting VW's certification specs anywhere nearby and hoo was it pricey. It had that same oil filter housing, which is why I'm remembering. Except in that case it was _directly_ under the front bumper, and less than a week later she smashed that oil filter housing off on a parking space curb, snapping the whole thing off the engine. Towed it back home and left it parked dead streetside (which I drove past twice a day) for a couple years before it quietly disappeared.

[@Greenwithao]

I'm always amazed at how little rust there is on these cars. Here in Wisconsin everything driven in winter has extreme rust within a couple years thanks to salt and worse the liquid rot.

[@RMillerism]

Preaching to the converted here. I have a 2008 Touareg. In that time I have had to replace the manifolds (plastic would you believe), the forward drive shaft, the turbo ($7000 effing dollars!) the particulate filter the front brakes etc. I had to drive to Adelaide from the Yorke Peninsula on limp home mode so many times. But it's such a lovely vehicle to drive when it's all working.

[@zzoinks]

Did you have it from new? Curious because I wonder if the turbo died because the previous owner didn't know how to take care of it like being light on a throttle until the car warms up

[@RMillerism]

​@zzoinks no, it was 4 years old when I got it, but it had had a hard life and done 160000km in that time.

[@gunier.j.kintgenanimations]

9:41 We get a really clear shot of James face here, quite the handsome chap!

[@hammerth1421]

An oil filter housing needs to have proper chemical resistance and falls into the "performance materials" category for the company making these (Continental?), so it probably won't break for a really long time. Meanwhile, the vac hoses essentially are "rubber, cheap".

[@joshmanis9860]

Tell that to the 3.6 pentastar

[@tomclanys]

15:45 Ahh, I hear supercharger/turbo combo, I think of the explody piston melty 1.4 TSI Also, the golf you have with its FSI isn't a "basic" engine, that one would be the MPI engines or the TDI :D It's also funny that my 1.9 TDI from 2000 had the exact same split in the brake vacuum hose.

[@Sugurain]

My mk4 2.0L 1999 Golf also had the same split in the vaccum hose. I have a Fiat Uno from 2001, triple the mileage of the golf, and the vaccum hose is intact. So yeah, the material VW used for that hose is just garbage...

[@tomclanys]

@@Sugurain it's a weird, very hard type of silicone if I had to guess. It splits because it's too tight on the fitting and by fatigue and temperature changes it rips apart. EDIT: Not even a silicone, but more like a polivinyl or something.

[@bahamutbbob]

I bought my sister's 2015 Civic, had it almost 2 years now. All I've done is put gas in it and get the oil changed, basically. No complaints here! (I also replaced the cabin air filter, changed the wipers, both because, you know, they need to be changed sometimes, and I've refilled the wiper fluid. Blinker fluid's still adequate, though!)

[@Narwhal001]

"I want a luxury car that's super comfy to drive, looks amazing, drives fast BUT is easy to maintain" mate you just gotta LS swap a 2000 corolla

[@sirbaconbuster]

Genuinely have considered trying to LS swap my '05 Camry. Some day. Soooome day....

[@JeanMarceaux]

Why not just get an LS?

[@Narwhal001]

@@JeanMarceaux need a luxury car to put it into

[@JeanMarceaux]

@@Narwhal001 the Lexus is not luxury enough?

[@LiminalSpaceMan192]

Looks amazing? My dude it's a corolla

[@1996ToyotaCorolla]

This is exactly why you should invest in a 1996 Toyota Corolla

[@seendabeen1740]

He has a 98 rolla

[@MarioKartSuperCircuit]

i would bet money that the engine would still sound almost or close to brand new

[@Walter.Hartwell.white99.1]

The goober will take that insult personally

[@TheMelonbros123]

oh dear

[@grey7685]

This reads like a prophetic warning from an ancient oracle

[@golfguy25]

The MK5 and MK6 VWs in the US were sold with a 2.5 5-cylinder or 2.0 8-valve engine. Both extremely simple and reliable engines that unfortunately weren't avalible in other countries

[@tyler-ph3yj]

1:40 CHEVROLET VOLT MENTIONED

[@cycampycow]

YEEEAAAAAAA

[@Proximax9]

18:35 "I want to keep that oil in there cause it's funny" lmao, that cracked me up so bad

[@JeanMarceaux]

All of that talk about "hero cars" invokes memories of Top Gear, where James May got to drive his hero car, the Countach. He basically says word for word "never meet your heroes", and if you know, you know what opinion he was off it at the end.

[@hammyjammies]

5:39 interesting to hear Wade's views on Irish independence on a car channel

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

Is he gonna fight it like a man? Have it show him how it won medals down in Flanders?

[@obsidiangrimoire]

Shop I used to work at used a gatorade bottle with the bottom cut off as a funnel for the oil in eurocars, as well as toyotas, because it could screw into most of them. Might be worth keeping one around

[@zzoinks]

That's an awesome idea!!! And reusing parts too

[@HWANGJUNHAOMoe]

6:51 SPIDER MAN'S CAR CONFIRMED

[@moth.monster]

This is why I like public transit. You don't have to worry about fixing the bus and driving it, you just ride it.

[@Schnort]

Usually

[@stusux]

You also have to wait for it and take 3 times the amount of time to get somewhere.

[@myownsite]

@@stusuxonly if your city sucks

[@pleepler]

@@myownsite Yeah, well, if you're commuting from the suburbs it's heaps worse than commuting within the city. Like in the city it's also cheaper because you don't have to pay for parking and you have alternative routes. But if you live in a suburban shithole, say, Longongingin and the only bus that comes by is stuck in traffic, well, you're not gaining much aren't you? And you can't exactly build a railway into every backwater that exists Fortunately more and more suburban train stations are building P+R lots, so you can drive to the station and then chill, usually, because train cancelations are rare (they're not really rare) and trains run on time (usually their own). Still better than sitting in traffic behind a decatted diesel or a leaky petrol shitbox, finding parking near the office, worrying about getting your car dinged, and then driving home at the same time as other plankton

[@johnjohannesjuan]

true. But I have been on a train whose engine decided to die right befor departure. It's not on you to fix it but it's still inconvenient and you can't do anything to improve the situation.

[@Liz0rdX80]

Meanwhile random old LADA car that used for many experiments by someone out there

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

Garage 54 moment

[@Liz0rdX80]

@hyperturbotechnomike Yep The Garage54, and also Wade and James need to get LADAs

[@Trane434_mx]

VW Golf, my beloved. Not once have I ever not suffered servicing my MK7, that MK5 is a looker!

[@drewzero1]

My mk6 sportwagen has me convinced that VW really _really_ hates mechanics. They love their triple squares and putting them in spaces where you can't fit normal tools into.

[@13StJimmy]

God… seeing you and James Manual swap that CLS would be a dream series… Worth the money probably not. But the memories Wade! The Mmrys!

[@devinq4605]

I love old advertising so the fact that this video has multiple commercials makes me happy.

[@Aaron-uf3sl]

Don’t forget people that the CLS ripped off the arse of an AU Falcon

[@calebmenker988]

20:44 you just reminded me that my car has bad boots and I need to do something about that one of these days

[@cloudy4872]

Yay more problems with the land yacht!

[@edenfeledrum1540]

0:43 can attest to that to some degree. A couple of years back I got a 2003 Golf 4 with a stuck engine that hasnt been driven for 5 years so we just put it in gear, pushed it until it was free, changed the belt, changed the oil and its been running fine ever since. It has over 300.000 km now and the only thing I've had to change since is the brake calipers, brake discs and brake pads.

[@carelhaasbroek1575]

As someone that drives a 2007 golf (only released in south africa) Its an absolute riot, but still cheap to maintain.

[@dan.94.]

First, an LTT and MCM collab drops, then I receive a Garbage Time notification while watching it. It’s a car video sort of Friday.