How am I going to cover this MASSIVE BILL!

[@johnpritchard2772]

Hello James, he bill for work done on the Mazda was a bit steep, but you know that the car is safe to see and drive!! This is you being honest and straight with your customer(s)!! Hope that this year is going to be good for your business. Best wishes from Lincolnshire

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Mazda parking sensor replaced since it fell apart when the bumper was removed - as stated on the Moors invoice.

[@BazDeeWren]

My family have a few Mazdas. I’ve found once those problem area’s are welded up and properly sealed then they are absolutely fine. In fact one was just a year newer than that one and the welding was done 3 years ago and it’s never been flagged up again.

[@ChopsGarage]

Yes long as done properly

[@darrenwilson8042]

those parking sensors are probably why the bodywork is so good tbh

[@rogerbarrett9920]

I did the knock sensor on my 2014 Mazda 2 1.3 last year and for a Mazda I thought it would be easy but it's buried under the inlet manifold and I thought it was a barsteward. I also did the clutch master cylinder 2 weeks ago and again it was more awkward than I was anticipating - my side still hurts from being jammed under the dash. ( haha) but being retired it saved me a bag full of dosh. Apart from that, I agree with you, super little cars.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Previous advisory for rust and or fails is the kiss of death I find, people just don't think it's been done.

[@ChopsGarage]

True but it's old car they need to get a grip

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@ChopsGarage they don't mate, I've had one up for sale with a few (fixed) advisories due to mot station being closed, result no calls, going to have to be advisory free.

[@andrewhamilton8954]

I'd buy it if I needed a cheap reliable little runner. As long as I could get a couple of years out of it (a gamble I know... just like any used motor) then I'd be perfectly happy. There are still SOME sensible people out there.

[@dh1380]

Man a bad battery is a bad battery. It might start a car but if it is bad it will provide low voltage to the ECU at cold start and can cause ignition chain failures right across the board even when running. You may have no obvious low battery symptoms but if that battery is bad, it can still be messing up the car in other ways. Thats when you (the dealer) start getting cars back for misfires, bad coil packs and plugs etc. If the battery is rough, change it. For the sake of 50-100 quid or whatever a battery costs in those type of cars, you will save money on troubleshooting with garages, and save yourself valuable time and energy.

[@ChopsGarage]

If the battery consistently works after a re conditioning cycle that's a free fix

[@roystonvehicles9129]

​@@ChopsGarageshake old batterys up bud to dislodge the crap, give them a megga charge on an old style battery charger to boil crap off the plates, you can get batt aid tablets to pop in. Personally I go for new batteries, 42 quid on small cars, helps the sale as well.

[@mo2214]

Headlamps on Note need polishing else MOT fail?

[@ChopsGarage]

No passed

[@halfzed62]

£880 is outrages on 57 plate mazda,i sold mazda 2 2010 for £1195 and he still wanted bargaining,mazda are really bad on rust though

[@davejenkins6896]

Truth is James slipped up he should've set a budget before getting the work done just not practical spending so much plus next year the tin worm will have eaten a load more 😮 I'm not trying to be clever I'm not a hater just saying it's ok to be wise afterwards love and learn set a budget next time

[@roystonvehicles9129]

We sell loads of cheapies and you just can't spend that amount and hope to put it on top and the customer will pay, we're in South Yorkshire and that's a 1295 car and I'd not expect to be inundated with calls, but I'm sure James will sell it.

[@philipapplebywestdowntradi654]

@@roystonvehicles9129 Looks like James paid for the Xmas do for the Moors boys! And a good time was had by all :)

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@philipapplebywestdowntradi654 he usually does treat everyone at Christmas (!)

[@garysmith2137]

My 12 year old Madza 2 doesn't have a spot of rust on it. Modern cars don't rust here in Thailand.

[@rogerbarrett9920]

It's the salt we throw on the roads in the UK during winter that eats away at the metalwork.

[@roryhazlie753]

Peugeot 208 wet belt is a pain to do and expensive I’ve done two and the amount of stripping is a pain. U need the timing tools to do the job. Inlet manifold off injectors out air box out engine mounting off cam cover off u need to replace the crankshaft seal and the seal that covers the timing belt tensioner and idler and cam box gasket. There’s a company in Holland doing a timing chain conversion kit which means u change the belt for the chain and don’t need to worry about the belt breaking up also those engines do premature wear the piston rings and use oil

[@phil3740]

Does the 1.4 diesel as per James' sale have a wet belt?

[@Weejie2011]

@@phil3740 I believe it's a 1.6 HDi and it's not a wet belt.

[@Andypanda19733]

Great content as always enjoy your travels today, tomorrow.

[@cloggsy1971]

James. I think you need an ‘outro’ on your videos of some description. Sometimes, when your videos come to such an abrupt end, I don’t get the chance to leave a ‘like’! Dunno if anyone else finds this? 🤔

[@TheBmw1980]

James do you know the back seats move back and forward to give more boot space they also recline . really like the honest videos

[@adrianflower3230]

Great update, congratulations on your first 2025 sale. 👍

[@TRD1949uk]

Nice buy that kuga! Shame they have out wheels from the pre facelift model onto it 🥲. And thank god it’s not a 1.5TDCI! They are woeful in the kuga so gutless

[@Dhira108]

Its always risky with old cars, its when do you cut the line and say its not financially viable. Especially if your selling them in the market were expectation is higher than reality

[@Steve-el9by]

I drive a mk2 transit. 2.5 di. What's a cat? What's a sensor? And an ECU is.....?

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Had a motor home based on that banana engine, auto as well. Obviously reliable but so, so slow.

[@Steve-el9by]

@roystonvehicles9129 Garrett turbo. Large intercooler and pump opened. No, no slow

[@keithhooper6123]

​@@roystonvehicles9129Had the turbo diesel version,and non turbo,as luton vans.The turbo was best transit I had,out of five versions.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@keithhooper6123 yes bud, this was non turbo and an auto, on any slight gradient you were down to 25 mph.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@Steve-el9by this one was non turbo mate

[@philwass481]

James I have tried to enter the new raffle but it’s asking for a promo code to take advantage of the bundle package?

[@adamweston4152]

My great grandmother's name was Jayne Pearce.

[@slablevcek]

This ford was somewhere standing long time. It has "mos" on paint!

[@tonywatson1412]

When mechanics ' try parts ' eg. Note/ pre sensor..Who pays for that ordered part....not used...just asking

[@ChopsGarage]

Customer. Something that grates my gears tbh

[@Rapscallion2009]

Yup. Annoys me when a mechanic is wrong about something but expects you to foot the bill. With that said, I do understand that sometimes the only way to eliminate a possible cause is to replace things and sometimes those parts cannot be returned. My local VAG dealers refused to replace a defective thermostat without my also paying them to analyse the car at a cost of £150. The only reason I wasn't changing it myself was it needed a special tool I didn't have.

[@JC-hu1wd]

Makes sense to change both sensors at the same time. I did this recently on our old Micra. Downstream was kaput. Did some research and appears if you dont change both you can still get codes. ​@ChopsGarage

[@thomasfrancis5747]

If the part is not used it should be returned for credit, less a possible supplier handling charge. (In this case Moors ordered the sensor since the car's system told them it was faulty so it was reasonable to buy and fit it)

[@Rapscallion2009]

@thomasfrancis5747 yeah - but some parts need to be welded/glued/soldered etc and not every customer will accept a "used" part with grease marks and cosmetic blemishes etc. Many parts cannot be returned

[@rosswalker3284]

A 57 plate mazda 2 got poke 🤣🤣🤣 here in Kent a 18 year old pokey mazda 2 would not fetch 200 sobs mush 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChopsGarage]

Ok easy one then. Sell them to me for £500, nice easy profit for you. You won't though as they don't exist

[@chucky2316]

My advice is weigh it in

[@davejenkins6896]

Forgot what you said about the Aixam but would that not be perfect for your daughter 😊 just a thought ❤️

[@iboswell]

Hopefully whoever did the welding on the Mazda took heaps of photos a) to show the quality of their work and b) to show nothing else was obvious and will need doing too soon. I know cheap car etc but if was buying it would be good info to have. I wonder where UK Mazda 2s were built, should be obvious on the VIN panel.

[@davejenkins6896]

That would have been a good idea but I doubt the garage would have the time to spare

[@rogerbarrett9920]

Most UK Mazda 2's from that era were built in Japan- My 2014 model was..

[@ChopsGarage]

Garages don't photo unless classic Restos

[@jonathanpork-sausage617]

Re Maz fix bill: Wow that's 30% of the asking price! Good job Moores labour rates are OK.

[@ChopsGarage]

Yep

[@JohnRobertson-gn8qx]

I nearly choked when you said you had a Coogar in... Didn't realise it was a ford... lol

[@Whackypads]

The thing is old car get rusty u pay small money for a car you use it till you can get a better one. There not motors that your going to be keeping for years there just cheapies if you get a yr or 2 out off em that's gr8 in my opinion 🤷 ppl make me laugh buying cars for a grand or 2 and there crying dey don't last for 10 yrs 😂😂😂😂 madness

[@ChopsGarage]

They do too lol

[@roystonvehicles9129]

If that 208 is a 1.6 hdi bud that's mixed news, she's very likely to block the dpf up on short journeys, I'd have got her into a little petrol car. I'd do a dpf flush bud, take o2 sensor out of top of dpf, dead easy, chuck a couple of litres of whyns dpf cleaner, 50 quid for a gallon, blast it around and it'll be cleaned out, maybe your scanner will measure soot content of the dpf? I'm only saying this as friends will live with you for quite some time, she'd been better of with i10 or a micra tbh.

[@davidwainwright2816]

Not a CAPTIVA 😂🎉

[@2DogsVlogs]

Ah Craptiva. The car that gives the Ford wet belt competition with their faulty air-compressors and alternators.

[@TheBmw1980]

Sorry meant to say in the ford Kuga

[@Sportage5603]

The Mazda2 rear axles are made of weetabix

[@rogerbarrett9920]

Plus they are near enough the same design on the Fiesta's of a similar age. The first thing I did when I bought my Mazda 2 - 2014 1.3 (secondhand) was rub down all the rust on the front and rear frames, primer them and respray them. 2 years later and still rust free. There's no body rust though it was just the sub frames.

[@Sportage5603]

@rogerbarrett9920 ive got a 2010 mazda2 1.5 and lanoguarded the axles and its good as gold. Better engines and more toys than the Fiesta and looks better.

[@davejenkins6896]

Thought that Cougar would be a car your other half would want based on what you said before James

[@ChopsGarage]

She has a car

[@MaxMax-th7uz]

Selling a 208 puretec to friend ,, you be falling out at later date !

[@gulfstream7235]

I thought the Mazda 2 was a rebodied Yaris.?

[@shabba890]

No way. Toyota aren't in bed with mazda but mazda and Ford go way back. Toyota's don't rot like those mazdas.

[@Rogerjones44194]

Moors £££££££ why not get your own man in

[@GrahamNewman-mq7gr]

Old cars are like " OLD WOMEN , WITHOUT EXCEPTION WELL F----D." and want leaving alone.

[@garymorris801]

Steep bill mate great video loved it though

[@davejenkins6896]

Yeh but speaking as someone who is a bit fond of an older model 😜 there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle 😁

[@ronnierobinson1502]

Bet Moore's love you

[@AndyC2_]

Best customer ever - spending £800 on a car that’s worth about £400 😂

[@shabba890]

​@@AndyC2_you might spend that if it was your own car and you knew its history and planned on keeping it but pouring that into a stock car seems madness.

[@davejenkins6896]

​@@shabba890Yeh got to agree James should set a budget but I guess its easy to let things slip when you are sole trader and pushed for time

[@godzilla12325]

@@ronnierobinson1502 hes thier pension fund cash cow 😂

[@colinmcnally5931]

Ford dont underseal their cars either!!

[@scotty6346]

I would never buy a car for a daily driver that has been previously welded, It flags up to me that it has metal cancer and you will be welding it up annually to get through it's MOT, I would move on and buy a nice rust free example and even a more rust resistant different car even if i have to pay a bit more, Quality welding is not cheap! Classic cars on the other hand are obviously a different kettle of fish but i would insist on a ramp inspection to make sure it is correctly welded cutting out old metal and replacing with new to a high quality and not a patchwork quilt, And yes, I can weld and i have certification having done a full RTITB apprenticeship which included all types of welding! Mazda's though mechanically really good are rust heaps after 10 years on UK road's. If car manufacturer's sell cars world wide they need to learn about rust prevention out of their un salted, Mild climate and do a better job IMO. It's not hard to rust proof a car at the factory and they are just $$ pinching, There is no excuse if you are selling cars globally.

[@everythingtechnew7400]

Absolutely agree I had a Rover 216 & every MOT it required welding somewhere. The engine mounts had corroded away but thankfully for me someone drove into it after the mounts had been welded & wrote it off. I was going to sell the car at that point anyway.

[@ChopsGarage]

You won't get at 16 ye old car without rust unless it's so valuable it's been dry stored

[@everythingtechnew7400]

@ I understand that but when it’s at the stage of welding in my experience. I would personally never buy a vehicle that’s rusted to the point it’s required welding to shore it up again. As you say rightly so it’s a 16 year old car it’s not new but not cheap like back in the day. That said going back to the 90’s if it was 16 years old in today’s money that’s like car dog years you can multiply it by 7 lol. It still amazes me how well modern cars hold up over time.

[@Billy-ym1uv]

I have a 2009 mazda 2. Regularly serviced. Garage has not mentioned any major issues with rust.

[@chucky2316]

Those mazdas rot like hell when it sets in. I should know I had a keywise cars of exeter one 😂 briefly. All their cars are shoddy in fairness

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

Oh no , that is a big bill however it is better to do a good job rather than not. Well done.

[@ChopsGarage]

I guess so

[@godzilla12325]

@@paramedicchrisbookseries well done 😂😂😂 he sure has lol.

[@TheyLive-y1n]

880 ouch

[@zzhughesd]

206. Know where your at Chops. So forgettable the 207 and 208

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Good luck with 2.5k bud, it'd be a 1295 er over here. You've got to do cheapies in house, good days mechanics work, you need to do pre mot's yourself then maybe sack it off, hope it came for 500 quid, I bought a little mint pixo 09 for 500 from Aston barclay and no ones ringing at 1295.Ive never known the post cat sensor affecting the pre cat, I'd measure mixture on live data, usually it's a miss fire, so sensor is actually OK, it's reading a rich mixture, I'd run it to see if it stays off. I really can't understand why you don't get your own guy in with all the labour your paying, on the cam belt and those 2 cheapies it's got to be 1200 labour, 2 week wages for a mechanic, someone retired like Pete, 100 quid a day, well worth an advert, throw that power steering pump job in on that vw and that'd be a 2795er, you'd be quids in. Hopefully the market over there will stand 880 quid on an old 57 plate mazda 2, it definitely wouldn't any where else bud, don't ever move, ha, ha.

[@ChopsGarage]

Haven't you said this about every car I've ever sold 🤣

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@ChopsGarage just giving you my perspective, probably better not to.

[@andrewhamilton8954]

@ChopsGarage I'm surprised Royston has time to sell any cars given that he spends so much of it passing on his expertise to an 'amateur' like you. 😉 You need to raise your game... Get a couple of £1295 Pixos on the pitch & you'll be playing with the big boys! 😂

[@paul-k5q5z]

i hate 1.2 pure tech wet belt cars i had a 308 engine no good after 37k dam crap m8ty

[@Brian-om2hh]

A car sold already in 2025? Wow, you don't let the grass grow under your feet do you James? That Deep Impact blue must be one of Ford's most popular paint colours...... Both the little Mazda and the Nissan Note will soon go.....with all that work having been done on the little Mazda James. I'd push for £2750....particularly as you have the proof the work's been done.

[@michaeledwards8079]

trouble is there are plenty on autotrader for half the money and lower mileage

[@article21gdpr]

think having pre mot checks is sneaky who would want to buy a rot box that has been welded up and a million fails showing wasnt cared for

[@ChopsGarage]

Yep I've come to expect this illogical attitude.

[@article21gdpr]

@@ChopsGarage ok then why pre mot check then ?

[@ChopsGarage]

@article21gdpr so I know if it's worth doing or not. Why does anyone look at a car before putting in for MOT? To do the things I'd might need for MOT! Hardly dodgy

[@MegaReddevil71]

Surprised u bothered with the mazda 2 soon as someone sees it been welded they won't touch it

[@ChopsGarage]

They would be very silly then 🤣

[@oceandrive7283]

Especially at 2.5 k for a 17 year old one!!

[@markwills145]

Evening all

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

No modern car should be suffering from rust under 20 years old really.

[@davejenkins6896]

Not many do but it's down to the manufacturers not painting them well enough to suit our weather or the salted roads Mazda are well known for this

[@ChopsGarage]

They all do even if it's just the bolt on stuff

[@shabba890]

Course they do. 20 years of British winters will rot most cars. Most cars scrapped by 15.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@@ChopsGarage My 21 year old Vectra is solid,. although I do protect the subframes every other year.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Using 6 mths consumer rights as a selling pitch, original at least mate, your basically giving them a 6 mths warranty on a very, very old car.

[@ChopsGarage]

Warranty is something very different lol

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@ChopsGarage yes bud.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Just say 30 days warranty on a car like that, it's good enough, don't educate people that they've got 6 mths, or longer to come back, only causing trouble for yourself.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I think that unplugging the post cat sensor will have just made the ecu go into fixed value mode, ie substituting fixed base values as it can't receive a signal. My guess is it is actually running wrong and o2 sensor is OK and flagging it up, check live data on mixture, want to be low values and a steady reading.

[@astrarepairs7783]

you go the gym cos the custommers would beat you up if you didnt

[@Piner5074]

Don’t know/can’t remember if did say, what you paid for the Mazda, but now it’s all buttoned up and welded. It’s got to be worth every penny of £2995 hasn’t it? It’s a cracking example.

[@oceandrive7283]

What? Its a 17 year old runabout!!

[@Piner5074]

@ Even 17yr old runabout command a premium if they’re… Small capacity and cheap to insure. Excellent bodywork. Well maintained. Have an advisory free 12 months MOT. Come with a warranty and sold by a reputable dealer. Sometimes you need to look past age and buy on condition. It’s more important. Would I pay that to a private seller -No Would I pay that to someone like James - absolutely

[@Joolz777]

😎😎😎🌶🌶🌶👍👍👍

[@LeeAllen-lq7ml]

IT'S AN ANTARA ....NOT A CAPTIVA

[@ChopsGarage]

Your caps lock is stuck on bud

[@godzilla12325]

Hahaha you sounded nippy as f about moores fixing those parking sensors and replacing the battery eh 😂 cheap git lol

[@ChopsGarage]

These comments make no sense as next breath your told your over charging 🤣

[@rosswalker3284]

And i have never claimed a benefit in my 60 years of like mush

[@ChopsGarage]

Yeah ok lol 😂😂

[@rosswalker3284]

And how many times do you say TOPDON for ffs sake all the amazon jump packs are great and half the price mush

[@ChopsGarage]

Amazon don't make jump packs 🤣😔