I BOUGHT A CHEAP VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG V6 FOR £1,500!

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[@philtowle4683]

I worked with a guy who scoffed at me buying part worn tyres. He said "I would never buy part worn tyres" I said "Have you ever bought a 2nd hand car?" He said "Yes". I said there you go then, you have bought part worn tyres."

[@J.D3NNIS]

Haha love it! Fair play😂

[@Sternmayer]

I always buy part worn tyres from trusted source and I'm always happy. It just makes sense.

[@tbeau6663]

I always buy part worn premium branded tyres (Michelin, Good Year, Pirelli, Bridgestone, Continental, etc) at £45 each from a trusted specialist dealer near me. Much better than paying more for brand new budget tyre brands (Landsail, Autogreen, West Lake, Triangle, Arrowspeed, etc) that wear out much quicker and are noisy. The nearly new part worn tyres are taken from written off cars and fully tested before they're fitted on your car. The last one I bought was a Michelin exactly one year ago.

[@jovialgent9963]

Every single video makes me want that specific vehicle no matter how much of a dog it is! I'm a total sucker for a rescue! 😌

[@HighPeakAutos]

Haha me too

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

Heheh...my next stop after a high peak vid is always autotrader

[@Poorlybobsdad]

Me too 👍🏻

[@tadantoniak7121]

These mark 1 Touaregs are fantastic, over-engineered tanks. Proper 4x4 off roaders with locking diffs. Show me a 2003 Range Rover with that amount of minimal problems after fairly scant service history! This tank will still be on the road after many Range & Land Rovers are on the scrap heap. From the video, the engine seems like a peach, still pulling like a train. Great car.

[@AWMJoeyjoejoe]

​@@tadantoniak7121Really though a Trabant would outlast the average Range Rover. 😂

[@danpaul4975]

Every time I hear "Jimmy the magician" I imagine a guy in a sharp suit with a hat, in a smokey office decked out in wood conducting "need to know basis" business above a snooker club!!

[@jimmypratt6450]

LOL😂😂😂😂

[@Stop..carry-on]

Haha sounds like a guy Richie film

[@TheNorthingNL]

It's just a guy who does body shop work, usually just normal working class lads 😅

[@goranbrajkovic9925]

😅😅

[@jonnohanks]

Does Jimmy The Magician have a KZbin channel?

[@bluelights85]

I love the way Matt arrives at the vehicle- always parked in the same spot and then stays in his car, reversing back and forth, like scoping his prey. He daren’t get out until he’s checked ‘all is clear’ on Car Vertical, then he gingerly gets out to inspect it further. It’s like a modern day auto dealer version of a Stone Age hunter, stalking its prey…..😂

[@sivuyiledumalisile6308]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@s.-8406]

😂😂

[@Ragna___]

bahahahahaha 😂

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Thatssssssssssssss..........................not strictly True 🤔🤔🤔 He would park Emm................. on bay 13 Then i commented 🤭 this is not gonna end Well 🤣🤣🤣 Watch, he does 12 and 14 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@IvanDP1967]

As a car dealer, not financially viable for you to do Matt, but for what you're asking for it, that's going to be a lot of car for a competent DIY'er, or someone who really wants a proper high end car and is not worried about it's final value. We paid just over market value for our daily, and then spent almost the same getting it to the standard we wanted. Never going to be worth anywhere near what we've spent on it, but we know we have a good reliable car 😁

[@dancingmangoes1]

Hi Matt, Welcome back. I missed you so much. - Your friend, the Wonder Grip Van

[@stephenlane9168]

😂🤣😂👍 love the humour 👌😉🙏

[@ericsbuell]

The Wonder Grip van is an existential thing which only exists upon viewing....

[@mattridgley9095]

The Wonder Grip van has Landsails all round, and is proud of it.

[@stephenlane9168]

@@mattridgley9095 👌🤣😂🤣😉

[@kevinbray9550]

The Wonder Grip van could do with a bit of a buff.

[@h.google]

Sign of the times when "Low road tax" is £395 a year for a 21 year old car, another example of a gov rip off. Lol. Great content as always Matt 👍🏼

[@killianwalsh6334]

I pay 1495 in ireland for my eclass😢

[@jonnymoonbeam1030]

Road Tax (or VED) for this is £735 a year - CO₂ emissions are 331 g/km.

[@erasmmuss]

Uuuu that water leak at the back of the engine means engine out to fix it , back in the states at VW I did so many of these horrible v6 , they are not horrible to work on if you have the VW engine removal table and specific tools for it but otherwise it will be a nightmare , they love to overheat and also the bolt on the oil pump sprocket backs out and comes out through the aluminum timing cover , in late 2007 engines that was revised but this early one still have that problem, whomever buys this thing buys a time bomb

[@Caerdan]

I once had to take the engine out of a Touareg V10 TDI just to change a lambda sensor! Luckily it was at a dealership so had the right tools.

[@secretsquirrel3793]

It's mad that cars like this will only have a year or two of life due to excessive tax and low value. The government should be encouraging us to keep these cars on the road as the vast majority of their environmental damage has been done in it's manufacture. More cars like this on the road make more work for local non-franshised garages to do servicing and repairs too. Well done HPA for keeping these cars going!

[@glitch314]

exactly!

[@robbiepalmer420]

Another Landsail! GET IN! I had no idea so many cheap tyre brands existed before watching your videos Matt. Thank you, it’s been educational.

[@HighPeakAutos]

Happy to help!

[@Anrirua]

They're all just brands of the Chinese tyre conglomerate Dytchfinda

[@foxstrangler]

🤣Landsail come 48 or 49 in the quality list of tyres. @@Anrirua

[@ogearhead2426]

Right?????

[@AWMJoeyjoejoe]

I once bought a Volvo with landsails on the front. It understeered like a pig. Night and day difference when I put a set of Goodyears on it.

[@Logie75]

I had the exact same car. Same year, spec, engine, etc but it was in silver. I nicknamed it "Chernobyl" because I had never seen so many warning lights in such a small amount of space. I traded it in for a suzuki grand vitara 2.4

[@ToranaA9X308]

😂😂😂😂 ka boom

[@ski.slime.go.slatty]

So was your experience off the car the usual vw headache?or just annoying warning lights sensors etc As I've always wanted the toureag, previously owned mercs and bmws mercs are great with reliability bmws light up like Xmas trees currently drive a 1.6 golf thsts nothing special but reliability is amazing

[@Logie75]

@ski.slime.go.slatty Engine management light was on, off ,on,off microswitches failed on tailgate and tailgate window (opens seperately) so had to open boot via a chord inside the boot by climbing Into the rear of the car. Prop shaft centre bearing went so new propshaft was needed. Passenger front window regulator went so I had to jam the window shut. I got the engine management light diagnosed and it was a timing issue. All this on a 50 odd thousand mile car with a full service history. I didn't want to sell it anyone with all these issues so I traded it in at a ford garage that had a suzuki grand vitiara that was a great car. I was honest about the condition of the Touareg and they just put it into auction

[@jkutv]

Disagree about the colour. It looks great in that deep Ruby red. Lovely motor this one!

[@ThisWontEndWell]

The colour was the perfect match for his sunburn in the second half of the video!

[@sandralidster473]

Yes mine is a light silver, but I still love it.

[@MrJudgementday99]

I was given one by a friend who was leaving the country. The engine was awesome and sounded great. The brakes were extremely variable and you could have lock or nothing or be fine, it made driving it very interesting. Also it was an automatic and the gear changes were again variable, it would either change up very early or very very late, and the suspension was dodgy. I sold it to my then boss and he got it sorted and loved it way past the time he made me redundant

[@Closetchef23]

My wife had a 2013 Touareg 3.0 petrol. Wasn’t the most reliable but the whole family absolutely loved it and it was also surprisingly capable offroad. When you love a car the repair bills don’t matter so much (just as well I now love my Range Rover really..)

[@sandralidster473]

Range Rover! You poor devil.😢

[@stefhannington]

I currently drive a Jaguar Xtype sport premium 2.2 diesel and I love it. Granted its previous owner didnt look after it and has left me with work that I am trying to get done but just takes so long to do. Its done be proud on reliability and I drive it all over and love it. This brings me to saying that I love all that you do to keep these older cars on the road and as usual another great video

[@kamata93]

This is gorgeous color. Much better than the bland silver and black imho. PS: Its the VR6. Just VW doing shenanigans in the early 00s. Same as the V5 badge, when its in fact a VR5.

[@djfld2394]

still technically a vee configuration

[@Swiss4.2]

@@djfld2394 No its more similar to an inline engine as it has the same firing order and one cylinder head

[@jonnohanks]

Have to say, I love this colour

[@olivierb9091]

This one is a normal V6, the 3.6 is a VR6

[@olivierb9091]

Only just saw it was a 3.6 so indeed a vr6, earlier he was talking about a 3.2 which isnt

[@Conservator.]

20:34 part worn tires of a decent brand are still much better than brand new Landsails.

[@TonyFranklin-sx1xs]

Just found your channel last week, and have binge watched all of your “I bought a cheap….” They’re great, I think I’m addicted. Wheeler Dealers is over, Mike Brewer who😂😂😂 Keep them coming Matt👊🏻

[@HighPeakAutos]

Glad you like them!

[@9wowable]

Matt, don’t know if anyone else has commented this, at that mileage make sure the chain tensioners have been done. I have the same engine in a 2014 Superb. It is a massive job, that if it hasn’t been done it might not be worth keeping.

[@Neil-Hanson67]

£800 for four tyres, i've found some nationwide for budget to mid range for £60-£75.

[@MrDamburger]

He has to buy good quality or decent quality stuff, otherwise his customer might come back soon for a blowout or something else

[@kidcowdy1231]

@@MrDamburgerI’m with you on that, but some midrange should be good enough

[@ogearhead2426]

Our is abandoned. Had to buy 4 tyres, bought a set of Bridgestone Dueler. Better than the old Pirelli’s.

[@next3576]

He say he buy 4 good used tires for 250£, not 800$.

[@gerrybailey447]

It's 25 years since I bought a tyre for 80 quid. Obviously now, for that price all you're going get are no brand ditch finders, cheap tyres are never cheerful.

[@RobertAndrew-z9j]

Just bought a second hand 5 series from BMW after doing a “full Matt” on an equivalent at a local garage. Replicated your initial tour checks and parted with “ I’d have to massively overspend to bring it up to scratch “ made me chuckle as I said it 😂cheers Matt . Love the content .

[@Conservator.]

I can’t fully agree unfortunately. To do a ‘full Matt’ you should have done all those things and then bought it. 😉

[@koopakoop]

there's two buttons behind the steering wheel. one is to turn on and off the lighting on the steering wheel, and the other is for the heated steering wheel.

[@RoderikvanReekum]

This is a great buy it will be cheap to get it in good shape without over spending. And Jimmy is an respectabele person.

[@deaks25]

I really like that deep red with chrome accents exterior and it offsets the black interior. As for the list of issues; it's a 22 year old large 4x4 for not a lot of money. For that money anyone has to expect there to be minor issues that will be advised on an MOT.

[@jamesbaker429]

So much car for so little ,but as we know the bits can be pricey,glad you enjoyed your days in the sun!

[@Matt463634]

The passenger side seat heating will only work if it's occupied.

[@AndyWoodger]

I had the V6 diesel and it was a dream to drive and even off-road it did very well and with the high clearance was good for the off-road. BUT at £695 road tax it was a bit mad!! No regrets buying one though.

[@anthonyxuereb792]

Saw the V10 Diesel engine on display at a motor show and it was stunning because it had been cut away to show the internals and operation. It was compact to.

[@richyclubsport5155]

Disagree about preference of petrol, we had a 3.0 TDI a few years back, surprisingly 40 plus mpg, loads of torque, relatively quick, cheap tax. But sold it because of ongoing electrical issues, you name it, windows, sunroof, seats, and air-conditioning control unit all gave problems

[@hughmarcus1]

Not just the Range Rovers then 😬

[@perro0076]

Surprised no mention of that prop shaft support centre bearing. The housing is just rubber that perishes. The bearing itself would be OK, but not the rubber around it. TBH, even if you spent another grand or two, you're not going to get that kind of car for less than 4-5 grand.

[@Swiss4.2]

17:05 They also made a W12 model that was limited to just 500 units

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

That was the plan, but then they changed it to be a normal production model

[@tammydang9435]

And then they made more money

[@Gman-nb9ge]

My dad was a motortrader, so i grew up around cars and auctions, interesting to see your take on things

[@GeoZeppelin1979]

there is a holy grail offroad version of this the 4.2 petrol with rear locking diffs which are really rare,there is also a 5.0 tdi which can tow mountains

[@davey6024]

If you are in the market for a cheap SUV, then buy an RX400. It will cost more upfront but trust me, you will save in the long run! (Disclaimer - I am an old lexus fanboy, so this statement may be inaccurate and biased 😅)

[@JerryChanD]

Saw your Touareg AD in Autotrader, in short, I can say yours should be the best package and reliable old Touareg in the whole market. Especially you can be trusted, and all service and work and clean done before selling, as always. It is 2.5 grand. But it is: - Automatic - Nice sound Vr6 - All-wheel drive What do you need more?

[@Grahame59]

Another entertaining vid. Thanks. Never seen switches wear as bad as these; they really let down an otherwise nice interior. Regarding part-worn tyres, every secondhand car you buy, unless you replace the tyres with new ones, has part-worn tyres too! So not necessary a bad thing. And, a part-worn Goodyear (or other good brand tyre) will always be better than a brand new budget tyre,

[@johne1956]

Reminds me of the ML320 I bought six years ago as a load lugger . I paid £1000 for a 2000 model. It was great apart from fuel consumption and the rear brake calipers sticking (may have made the fuel consumption worse!) I used it for a year and sold it for £600. Cheap fairly luxurious motoring I suppose.

[@SamFrostDigitalMarketing]

Oh boy, had to watch this one as I also bought a cheap Volkswagen Touareg V6 a few years ago (that then wound up being not so cheap to fix). Pretty well sorted now and I really do like it. Love driving mine, fuel economy aside.

[@markwgoldsmith]

All tyres on a previously owned car are likely to be part worn, I guess. At least you & the fitter can give them a good check over before fitting.

[@Baustakar]

Yes it's the same VR6 from the Golf/Passat. The Passat CC got the 3.6VR6 with 299HP. The Touareg has the 3.2 or the 3.6 VR6. Or the bigger V8s of course. It basically has the same engine choices like the Phaeton had. So you could have the W12 petrol or V10 Diesel 😍😍

[@davidpaterson2309]

Individual experience can be so different. I had a second hand 2008 TDI V6 - great car, no issues, had it for 4 years and was so impressed I bought… a new one of the same (but at a deep discount via a broker for just £40k) in 2015. Never a problem in 7 years and 60k miles and got £20k on trade in against a Volvo XC60. Miss the sheer grunt of that big diesel though.

[@arthurdardalis]

Usual crap VW build quality… As an ex-Porsche technician, I’ve worked on Cayenne’s of this era and the build quality is diabolical especially the interior plastics/trim. The icing on the cake is the unreliability, electrical gremlins etc. Let’s not forget that the Touareg/Cayenne are the same car

[@ogearhead2426]

This car is a tank. But the electrical system was in its early stages on this era, really “sensitive”, just like Mercedes. On the quality of the plastics, completely agree.

[@dobbo4596]

What was the price difference for the Porsche badge?

[@richyclubsport5155]

Correct we had a 3.0 TDI brilliant mechanically, but sold it because of ongoing issues with electrics, windows, sunroof, mirrors, seats and dashboard all gave problems

[@ogearhead2426]

@@dobbo4596 as it happens today. Touareg, Q8, Cayenne and Bentayga are still the same car. But if you drive a Cayenne, Urus and then a Bentayga, they feel completely different. The Touareg was always comfier and less sporty than the Cayenne. Porsche has their work to do.

[@dobbo4596]

@@ogearhead2426 Good to know, i like a Porsche

[@LK-lw1kz]

Alright Matt, how’s it going? Welcome back!

[@TheComputec]

Me watching this video when Matt says "£1500...how is that possible" I WANT THIS Me reading the combined Mpg on Matt's website advert MATT CAN KEEP THIS

[@muffindell]

Well looked after car, at least cosmetically, but typical VAG they become too expensive to repair as they age

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Matts got it on his website now for £2K Surely worth a pop for that money me thinks 👍👍

[@The_Voice_of_Reason748]

Owned a 2.5TDI - power steering leak, a/c compressor gone, brake booster gone, couple of doors not opening either inside or from out, worn buttons, crap mpg and non ulez compliant. Otherwise an OK car 😂

[@pr0xZen]

IIRC on a lot of the Audis and VWs of that era, the steering wheel heating is on the heated side mirror circuit.

[@markingle8487]

On a car with climate control I didn't think setting the temperature excessively high (or low) would cause it to heat / cool the interior any quicker, other than maybe ramping the fan speed up? On my car I set the temperature to 19 or 20 the whole year round, but maybe you know something I don't.

[@chrishart8548]

It's like a woman turning the heating up to 28 thinking it's like a volume control.

[@jameshogg601]

My uncle had one of these when i was a kid. Always enjoyed time in it. Much preferred it to the xc90 he had after.

[@samgrieg2542]

In what ways was it better than xc90?

[@ogearhead2426]

@@samgrieg2542 if the XC90 was 2015 or older, I believe the Touareg would be just a little bit more comfortable and sporty. Other than that, nothing else, for sure.

[@samgrieg2542]

@@ogearhead2426 I'd say 2014 or older, 14 was the last year of xc90 P2 platform

[@ogearhead2426]

@@samgrieg2542 oh! Cheers, mate. Exactly, got confused. Sorry!

[@willtaylor23]

Being the sad perosn I am am with trivial knowledge immediately saw the 'OY' reg and immeidetley thought deffo ExVW press car!

[@sandersson2813]

I saw one of these the other day and they have aged really well.

[@relaxationvideos9804]

Been eyeing this car for a while. Thanks for the vid.

[@stuartkennedy4202]

It seems to need a lot spent on it for its next MOT and it struggle to sell due to your honesty and of course it’s not worth you doing the work before hand. A good DIY / mechanic would find this an excellent prospect to fix up and own. It is a great car at a bargain price. Great video as always Matt. 👍

[@01jvb]

I really like that red colour. It's quite unusual on a Touareg.

[@mylesdoyle14]

Just paid £3k for a 2011 Touareg with 108k on the clock. No issues so far, body work needs abit of a tidy up but I’m pretty pleased with it

[@flybobbie1449]

Advertise as diy car, be up front what needs doing. Owner can get switches. Need someone to fall in love with it. They did with Katie Price. (Jordan for the pensioners watching).

[@adrianlloyd1211]

Many moons ago I told my Dad I was buying a part worn tyre and he said I shouldn't because you don't really know what you're getting. I pointed out, every 2nd hand car you buy already has 4 part worn tyres fitted ...

[@connclissmann6514]

"What's not to like?" £1500 annual road tax where I live, so you can no longer give these cars away around here. Maybe export them to the UK would be an option?

[@chrishart8548]

The road tax is probably still £735 a year even here in the UK bet the emissions are crazy on this sort of car. Anything large petrol and automatic

[@GaTiz1]

@@chrishart85482005 Touareg is £395 56 Onwards is £695 I know cuz own 2005 One 😂

[@ApurtureSci]

@@chrishart8548 £395 since it was registered before March 2006. Would be £695 if newer

[@chrishart8548]

@@ApurtureSci it's that Band K that was cheaper around a certain date then.

[@PointNemo9]

Why is Matt so good at doing accents? It's also Jeremy Clarkson's most underrated skill.

[@fatbelly27]

Ok. Let's see how this pans out. That's a large complex car at a very cheap price.

[@Leethemetalwarrior]

Can get bargain part worns if you are lucky. I bought a matched pair of Bridgestone turanza t005 off of Ebay for 100 quid. 7+mm of tread and 2022 year. These are 180 quid each in my tyre size. These replaced triangle tyres which came with my mazda 3, they were dangerously bad. Sadly have 'Royal Black' on the rear. 😣

[@the_even_toed_ungulate.]

Don't knock the old royal blacks, for the money they more than do the job

[@paulbradford8240]

We were disappointed with our Touareg. It's a 2014 3.0 Diesel R-Line, so very hi spec. 8 speed auto. However it couldn't pull a empty horse trailer off the wet grass behind our house. Our previous car, a 2007 Hyundai Terracan Limited, also a 3.0 diesel was twice the car for less than half the money. They stopped making them in 2007, otherwise we would have had another. We still have it. It has done us well on long journeys. We rarely need to tow now, so that isn't an issue.

[@9wowable]

Really? I was looking for a post 2013 3L Touareg because of its 3.5T towing capacity. Are they that bad?

[@paulbradford8240]

@@9wowable Towing on a road is fine. We had a couple of Ifor Williams horse trailers of differing sizes and an Ifor Williams flat trailer with removable sides and ramps that will also carry cars (3.5ton capacity). On the road, it can't be faulted. But, if you are considering going into a field, I'd use all terrain tyres. I bought a spare set of wheels for the Hyundai and kept them with Winter tyres on. They were great and you could feel the difference when the temperature was 7c or below. Touareg wheels are too expensive at the moment to consider keeping a spare set.

[@johnbaldock6353]

I think it's about time you did a walk round check on that Bloody "Wonder Grip" van! 👍

[@Br1anuk]

Matt can't believe you never tested out the double sun visors.

[@skodakatie7341]

This is quite a good looking car, and I’m good condition for its age, although I do prefer the newer generation model. You’ve given someone the chance of an affordable prestige runaround there Matt❤.

[@alookintoourlife2553]

Love the video Matt ... why don't you convert to to a proper off roader for as cheap as possible off ebay etc and do a video taking it off road ? Just an idea mate

[@vintagereborn1]

11:56 Trebor = Robert backwards, the guy who created it 😉

[@10wanderer]

Instead of coming he went

[@sarahcarter824]

I love those pull-across parcel shelves. When I go away to Cornwall with my Mum we hire a Skoda Octavia each time we go and they have them. Mind you for our upcoming trip she may have to drive a hybrid Toyota Auris.

[@antonvangraan2378]

I am currently running a facelift 2009 3.6 VR6 Touareg. Loving it. If you do your homework properly and have a trustworthy and knowledgeable mechanic, then you will be OK.

[@dir06]

Same 3.2 V6 engine thats in the mk5 golf R32(?)

[@ogearhead2426]

Yeah!

[@fatrambo73]

looks a decent motor and any negative things you pointed out can be reckoned by a reminder of its 21 years on the road

[@stainlesssteve25]

Here in Ireland my uncle has a tourag with 900k miles...very impressive 🇮🇪

[@NGMonocrom]

Welcome back from sunny Bermuda, Matt. 🌞🌴

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

A total nightmare of a car, great for £1500 But you've got the least risky engine, and no air suspension to worry about. If it's changing smoothly leave the box alone.

[@julesviolin]

Agree with Mat and others....... Any auto box oil best changed every 60k. There are way too many clutch particles shed during operation for most transmission filters to deal with

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@@julesviolin I agree totally the whole 'sealed for life' autobox thing is BS. But at this age and price point I'd not touch it.

[@davetaylor5501]

Love these cheap car videos, glad you didn't massively overspend on this one! It's a lot of car for the money

[@amarith1972]

Lovely engine if a bit slow in these. The 3 litre TDI was by far the best choice. The V10 was a bonkers choice which needed the engine out to do anything other than routine servicing. Even then none of them had a great reliability record.

[@01jvb]

Even before you said it, I thought it would be a Volkswagen pre-reg. Both Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover head offices register cars with Oxfordshire plates, even though neither of their offices is in Oxfordshire. That also explains why it's quite an unusual spec.

[@fredde8851]

There is also a W12 model, but they are quite rare

[@simonpeat2937]

6.0 with 450bhp 👍

[@colincleary8669]

With a little driveway tinkering and time this would make an ideal runaround for a few years for someone only real scary issue is the water leak at rear of engine I think it looks quite cool another great video matt as usual 👍

[@md-detailing]

Thats such a nice color and mint condition Touareg! Here theyre all sruffy and dusty and worn out! Great video, buy and work as usual Matt! :D

[@johnh3710]

That type of wear on plastic switches occurs more readily if the operator has had oily/greasy hands, or uses an emollient cream for eczema, dermatitis etc.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Where did you go away to? The Matt Goss tribute makeover weekender?

[@smarte.r.1450]

Great car and I am confident there is a market for these cars with honesty behind them like you’ve done here Matt

[@apollo8972]

New VW centre caps would of changed exterior appearance massively.

[@orion2901]

I had a manual vr6 cayenne and I must say, it was a lovely car to sit in. But I actually think I prefer the look of the VW inside.

[@andyburnett8012]

Wise decisions throughout there Matt, I've bought many a vehicle over the last 40 years and weighed up what should be spent and what shouldn't, cheapest car I bought was a celica in 1995 which cost me 60 quid (I was a 'mature' student and very poor) then used it for a year having spent £2.50 on it, selling it for 330 quid, resourceful student was I 🤓

[@petersmith7126]

I bought a 2007 Skoda Octavia in July 2015 and it was serviced every 9-10,000 miles by my local garage but I bought the oil and filters and just paid for labour which was £20 to £30 depending on how many filters ... Problem was no service stamp in the book but I kept all the receipts

[@Cheesesoup796]

Matt, I’ll buy it then take you to court because no one expects issues with a 21 year old car

[@tristanb.8561]

As always, a great video. Great work and I'm looking forward to the next videos :-) A great car in and of itself. Here in Germany, even in poor condition, they sell for at least 4,500 euros. At least I haven't seen one for less than this price.

[@oliverlondon5246]

These drive really well. Perhaps take this for Rust to Rome. Just saying…

[@Treviscoe]

Very thorough mechanic you've got there Matt 23:50

[@michaelhall6696]

Love these kind of vids Matt, you buy the cars we all want to buy but don’t have the………guts, to buy!

[@psiturbo]

It is a VR 9:33, there is no way a normal 3 on 3 V6 has the spark plug configuration inline in the center. Notice the spark plug cables are placed like a zig-zag, exactly like a vr6 piston configuration.

[@Hard_7_Iron]

I had a 2009…the ONLY issue I ever had was the headliner, and that was after it was 12 years old. It cost a pretty penny to fix that, but good as new after!

[@Alien8_P1]

Matt, forget about Car Vertical, you should be sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger the amount of gear you wear and have inadvertently (maybe!!) advertised for them over the years!!!

[@HighPeakAutos]

It’s my favourite brand

[@TheRoybeasley]

On which planet do four tyres for a car like that cost £1000? You can get a set of brand new budget tyres fitted, retail, for around £100 a corner fully fitted. Even a full set of Michelin CrossClimates would come in at around £700 fitted (and those prices are from well-known online websites - you could probably do even better from a local tyre shop).

[@Anrirua]

I fitted 4 BFG Urban Terrains 205 65 16 in summer 2019, to a CRV II, and it cost me just about €800. I'd be keen to know what planet you are dialling in from?

[@chrishart8548]

£175 is probably about right for cross climates. They actually came down in price the last couple of years. I got primacy 4 for £114. Vs cross climate for £187. Last time I checked there was nothing in it. At the time £187 x 4 just seamed like to much money.

[@Rio356]

Those paddles are a retrofit. Kinda cool to see. Not the easiest retrofit in the world.

[@thomas05ish]

Lovely colour, I’ve always liked various shades of burgundy. Using your motto of KISS I’m surprised you bought the Tourag but then you’ve got form ! Great video.

[@andybliss6538]

Hi Matt. I had one of these, the facelift model. The heated steering is buried away in the infotainment menu and was such a pain to find you never bothered. No good old fashioned button.

[@Conservator.]

I thought it would have a heated wheel. It seemed to good of a spec not have it. Thanks!