That service history is how that little chap has got to 170,000 miles bless it.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
True
@ryanmccormick21503 ай бұрын
We used one of those Yaris for a parts run car at a photocopier company i worked for, it ran between Newcastle,leeds and stoke... When it was crashed and written off it had 322k Miles on it..... 1.0 litre engine unbelievable!!!
@Mark1405Leeds3 ай бұрын
So many of these still in use where we live! The pizza delivery special!
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Lol
@PaddyWV3 ай бұрын
Five years time or so, these will be in Practical Classics! 🙂👍 Once brought a very faded orange Sierra back to shine with just Autoglym and elbow grease. 🙂
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Nice one
@PaddyWV3 ай бұрын
@@ChopsGarage In another life, forty odd years ago I was a professional valeter. It's always interesting to see the advances that have been made
@Whackypads3 ай бұрын
I've got a 1.0 vvti in silver mate was going to scrap it so he gifted it to me. 😂 got it through 2 mots since only needed break pads and wiper blades last Yr 😂 brilliant lil cars absolutely brilliant
@stulop3 ай бұрын
Looking through all those advisories over the last few years, the last time it failed was for a light bulb. Someone has managed some really cheap motoring for a few years with this one.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Yeah those MOTs seems a little light shall we say
@kevinmoffatt3 ай бұрын
Used to buy most of my cars in the seventies for £50; bought a two door mk1 Cortina once owned by a builder that he had crashed and then filled the o/s/r with concrete.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
But 100 quid bought a house then too lol
@zzhughesd3 ай бұрын
Lovely can bet!!! Joined trade only in 2005 within first 1/3 years go an 827 Rover for £50 - Automatic !!! Had Saab 9-5's 9000's sorry for £50. Think had about 3 maybe 5 £50 quid cars. They're the very best !!!!! Win win from purchase, only one way, up and some profit
@muffindell3 ай бұрын
Since the subframes were okay I'd patch the sills and it should be fine for another 5 years!
@damiantheodor35143 ай бұрын
It's a Yaris. It was the first car I drove when I learnt to drive
@fire44x3 ай бұрын
Alloy wheels leak put steel wheel on a friends car that had it 24 years all it had was a air flow meter now done 100k very reliable
@SPGDetailing3 ай бұрын
I would bring that back to life...cheap wrap and a damn good clean, a couple of easy jobs and she's a £1000 car...Home grown job in the making!
@neildaniel82323 ай бұрын
That car has Charity Rally Contender written all over it! Sell it for £100 and that'll give a team the budget for a few repairs, the budget is usually £500. A final hurrah for a plucky little survivor! Then Joe can strip it for the cat and scrap it.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
That would be cool
@Ro32da723 ай бұрын
Did this with a Cat S Citroen C2, perfect little cheapie cars for this purpose. Got it for buttons, stickered it up and we were good to rally it!
@timhancock66263 ай бұрын
Its amazing how a decent run out can improve a car, particularly one that has just done short runs. In my student days id have jumped at that and done the brakes myself as long as the engine and box were OK. Sod the paintwork..who cares ? Id have got a man in a shed to do the welding ( id do it myself now)
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Very true
@DanielGallivan-qt3fz3 ай бұрын
I love stuff like this, just the up most respect for someone that treats something of no real monetary value with all the care it needs, as opposed to the amount of 5 year old, premium cars you come across with no service history, 1 key and an interior that looks like it's been on a farm. My old mondeos the same, I could swap it but I just feel obliged to keep going now 😂
@keithhooper61233 ай бұрын
Used the Polytrol on black plastic trim,and,as you say,best thing I have tried.It's recommended for composite house doors,and faced fibreglass.
@alansimpson8353 ай бұрын
It would have been fun to see if it could live on, given thst service history, but i suspect it would have needed too much bodywork on its crusty sills. Given those sills passed as MOT you wonder what else a blind eye was turned to. Id love to see you run a high mileage hero on the fleet though
@worldhello12343 ай бұрын
It is a Toyoda. If it is not completely clapped out or rusted out, it should still last a few years. ☺
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
True
@keithhooper61233 ай бұрын
Guess you meant "Toyota" ,The original company was actually called Toyoda Loom Company.
@jonathanfrankel67873 ай бұрын
Mine is 24 years old and just went through the MOT with no advisories last week. Most reliable car I’ve ever owned. Mine cost £700
@michaelmarsh-bl9mg3 ай бұрын
I had a Y reg one in blue many years ago , cracking reliable little cars 😊
@BAGGIES66772 ай бұрын
I learned in and passed my test in a 1.4 diesel with over 190,000 miles on it, it felt ok tbh and the guy and his Mrs used it regularly for trips up to Yorkshire.
@peterh47613 ай бұрын
You can tell that this car was quality from new and well looked after
@barbaraneville50363 ай бұрын
Not what I would term pretty in Pink 🙂 Must be worth at least £150 in scrap value
@IMBlakeley3 ай бұрын
I got given a Micra for free because it had failed MOT and TBF it was visually a shed, I wanted to teach my daughter to drive. Took it to my local garage, £250 to get it road legal. She passed her test and upgraded to a better Micra, I kept it until the clutch packed in 4 years and 60k miles later, cost me a couple of hundred in odd bits every year. Best value car I ever had.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Love it
@Lot76CARS3 ай бұрын
It’s incredible how good maintenance has preserved that car so well, aside from the rot and the impending MOT failure it would probably run forever…
@Lexusman653 ай бұрын
That little gem will still outlast all this modern plastic cr@p that lasts 5 mins.
@jimmyquinn96393 ай бұрын
Another good video James 🚘🚙🚗👏👏👏👏👍👍👍💥
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@bunzbe95783 ай бұрын
Love the video and just checked the mot history and yes I’d run a mile to do anything other than what you did. Lucky Joe, winners all round.
@tonywatson14123 ай бұрын
You, and other responcable dealers must expose dodgy mot garsges...before someones killed
@tardeliesmagic3 ай бұрын
If Gordon Bennett is still doing MOT's can i take my car to him? 🙃
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Lol
@ianlacey113 ай бұрын
Seen worse on Deliveroo and Just Eats runs - Yaris seems really popular with those guys.
@matthewwakeham22063 ай бұрын
These old bullet proof cars maybe worth quite a lot once the transition to electric starts getting closer. Reliable, lots of used parts available and garages know how to work on them. They'll be the last bastion of fossil fuel vehicles.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Are tough
@Taz-wf4jl3 ай бұрын
Restomod it. Fix the cills. Leave the patina as is and lacquer it. Give the engine bay some bling.
@johnshaw84813 ай бұрын
James , surely that's a perfect parts collection , mot drop-off , running customers to and from the station car , and with a cheap wrap , a local courtesy car ???
@markfoden7653 ай бұрын
Nice of you james to let joe have it for £100 even though you could have got more in parts etc,nice one james👌👍
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Chwers
@red9zero3 ай бұрын
Love Owatrol ! Just used it to tidy up some scratched interior trim on my car.
@paramedicchrisbookseries3 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this one.
@JohnClark-ew8dh3 ай бұрын
My old A4 has just failed its MOT catastrophically....who did the one on the Yaris as I've got a 4 pack of beer on the back seat ready to get it through 😂
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Lol
@DavidMorris-tp9vm3 ай бұрын
I paid £15.00 for my first car - an Isetta 300. Eventually cold it for £5. How I wish I still had it.
@willh93863 ай бұрын
My aunts got a 55 reg has more hits than the Beatles but will not die ! Lol 😂
@peterh47613 ай бұрын
Keep it...weld it and take it on the crumball rally
@tonyfry54553 ай бұрын
It's a proper Yaris!! Result!!!
@jon-ie4li3 ай бұрын
Get the Boys at Moores to wire brush and Waxoyl the underside, fly through the next MOT.🤣🤣
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Not sure enough waxoyl for the holes in those sills
@roystonvehicles91293 ай бұрын
I more or less gave away a rusty alto a few years ago, front strut had rusted and broke when it hit a pothole, there was hell to pay over it, price didn't matter, I ended up fitting another strut virtually in the middle of the road to sort it, mid winter and in the rain, as a trader your liable, if a cars unsafe I just scrap it, even then yards have re sold them as runners and I've had people back.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Yep people whinges no cheap cars but want to own you for maintenance for life for £100
@roystonvehicles91293 ай бұрын
@@ChopsGarage on that alto bud other leg broke due to rust a mth later, he scrapped it then, once sold a megane with electric hand brake not working, told them, but they took no notice, dropped it off and got a couple of bricks off a wall to chock it up, all that for 150 quid bud
@WhiteDieselShed3 ай бұрын
Use it to test polishes that protect paintwork.... Sponsors sent me your samples... Polish 6" squares and see which areas fade back to pink and which stay red. Opps its gone. :)
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Lol
@WhiteDieselShed3 ай бұрын
@@ChopsGarage OH NO.... I forgot I was not supposed to comment and watch your videos... YOU SOLD MY JAG!!! LOL Probably saved me from financial suicide. Fuel/Tax/Insurance would all have been £££ and I would have used ALLL of that torque every chance I could get. :) I still want one though.... HELP!!!
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
@@WhiteDieselShed I can't help ,it's a ace choice as long as you go for the S!
@philwindows69323 ай бұрын
You could sell it as " This cars runs but, will be sold as spares and repairs, first £200 buys it, no warranty implied or given "
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
If I let them drive it away it ends up under 6 months CRA
@derekfleming30953 ай бұрын
That’s the 2nd pink car you bought lately chops 😂
@peterkelly95403 ай бұрын
I would turn it into a zombie apocalypse vehicle if I could afford it
@haleroe93983 ай бұрын
Made a interesting video but sadly its scrap because any work at all outweighs the value having said that hubnut might be interested
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Agreed
@davidjack8253 ай бұрын
its better than his charde
@Mariazellerbahn3 ай бұрын
Do a Hubnut paint job on it. Emulsion and a roller.
@lablackzed3 ай бұрын
£50 a little beauty with some work on here she would give joy to someone who cant afford a car but needs one.
@Brian-om2hh3 ай бұрын
Mmm, what's it like underneath? And then you showed us...... Scrap it and get your money back.
@wintersun3983 ай бұрын
ac running in a cheap car built 25 years ago. Which other cheapie cars of the same age could you say the same about. Kudos to passing it forward
@wintersun3983 ай бұрын
@@richardsheil5289 I owned a 2005 and that had ice cold a/c.
@neildaniel82323 ай бұрын
@@richardsheil5289 My dad's last car was the same but in gold, the CDX trim had aircon as standard and it worked perfectly back in 2017. His was an X reg so 6 months younger than this one.
@Clodhopping3 ай бұрын
I have a 2001 Citroen Xsara Picasso - aircon runs lovely and cold 👍
@Garffey3 ай бұрын
The Pizza delivery boys should be all over that James!....😁😁
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Lol I'd of swapped for pizza credit
@SPGDetailing3 ай бұрын
That's a job for owatrol!!
@philwass4813 ай бұрын
So pleased it’s not the next Raffal car James!!
@garywinterbottom60733 ай бұрын
I had a 2001 51 plate 1.8vvti avensis it was bombproof sold it after 2 n a half years it was still going 2 years later and had the oil burn issues but kept going. 😅
@Pumaspeedracing3 ай бұрын
My mate used lard on a faded reliant Robin before he sold it in the 90s it l9oked great from 10 feet away
@littlebasher39593 ай бұрын
That needs to go on one of those charity ralies to Mongolia!
@zzhughesd3 ай бұрын
Fo&k in 'EL Chops !! Started laughing head off properly watching just how FAR gone the £50 Yaris is and then ON WITH THE POLISHING and Outrel plastic shine !!! LOL !!!!!!!! The only car to never waste £1 on in Valetihg products!!! ALL FOR THE LOVE OF KZbin, Still laughing now. Badgers look less rough, tell you what Outrel on the paint as a bodge aint half a good TIP! !!!! Still learning, thanks Chops, one of your best vids,
@dungbetel3 ай бұрын
Owatrol make some cracking stuff. I've udes their rust converter for years
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Agreed
@AmigaA-or2hj3 ай бұрын
I was thinking of Chop Shop and Bhangra Banger.
@jonnygti3 ай бұрын
Someone was taking that for MOT’s at a mates garage, for sure 😂 £50 though, can’t complain for a running road legal car
@krisjones51253 ай бұрын
i would love a tragic little project like that to work on. it seems like a challenge
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately as a Business you just can't spend the time
@redacted6293 ай бұрын
Perfect supermarket car park car. 😂
@petergrinnell25003 ай бұрын
You would get more for scrap or break it up to sell the parts profile for sure
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
True
@mikes7473 ай бұрын
You should've told your daughter that you had found a nice first car for her! Ha ha!
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
I'd be 3ft under lol
@1maico13 ай бұрын
James, why didn't the dealer just call the scrapman? My old Peugeot 406 MOT failure was collected by one of those online places. They gave me £295. They needed to pay a third party guy with a trailer to come and pick it up in rural south Somerset. They need to make a profit so the car must have been worth £450 or so total scrap value?
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
He was going to but let me have it instead
@zzhughesd3 ай бұрын
If it doubt hit it with Owatrol. My tin is 97% full, only used it on two SX4's !!!!!!!!!! and yes, it is amazing and the £30 aint dear once you've finally bought one!!!! This will soon be the Owatrol channel !!! LOL. Is a good product
@tx419793 ай бұрын
Good track car
@gerardphillips75073 ай бұрын
Is this another car for the Home built guys?
@williamfence5663 ай бұрын
Think I've seen it delivering Pizza's round our way 🤣
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Lol
@fredonline3 ай бұрын
You could move it on as a 'Rat' look car!
@leop30093 ай бұрын
Yaris ... when it played ... that dash cluster .... am a toyota fan but thats 1 design toyota shouldn't have done 🤣🤣i know why they did it but still. Hey for £50 good deal tho....with AC too
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Yeah I never liked it
@TrevorBuick3 ай бұрын
If it passes an MOT it's instantly £1295
@tardeliesmagic3 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
995 maybe
@tardeliesmagic3 ай бұрын
@@ChopsGarage Prices on ebay are crazy high. Road tax are high too esp for 1.3L auto 157g/km (co2) is £255 a year, the 1.3L manual is £190 & the 1.0L £160 i think. I had a 2002 Yaris for 14yrs no rust at all as i looked after it,paint was still good too. Don't think that cond. & miles will not go for more than £600 but you did look after your garage lads.
@alanw83113 ай бұрын
You can't beat Toyota as far as reliability and longevity go.
@claresmith84383 ай бұрын
Bargain you could part it out for £200
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
I don't part clutters yard looks bad but your right would do well
@zzhughesd3 ай бұрын
Scumball Rally, mega vehicle for that.... Prob take some extra rims/tyres/wheels. Had a life. Got a little left in it
@davewhittles3 ай бұрын
oh well £20 not too bad
@Chris-yc3mm3 ай бұрын
You can probably double your money in scrap value alone
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
True
@jamescolins64363 ай бұрын
I had one of these great car, sad mine was rotten 😢
@danielsellers85383 ай бұрын
Made a good video good for parts 😊
@markmahone3903 ай бұрын
Chops, I've been applying Polytrol on trim with a brush then rubbing off with cloth. Do you think applying with cloth is better?
@geoffreydowning68433 ай бұрын
Make a rattle can Toyota Yaris Harlequin!
@andrewbaines87603 ай бұрын
The fuel in it was worth more then £50
@flybobbie14493 ай бұрын
Looks like spent it's life in Greece. Someone's runaround.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Yes saw many like that there
@bdeithrick3 ай бұрын
Ooooo polishing £500 into it
@Raf-zu5le3 ай бұрын
Good fun video 👍
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@finleyplympton3 ай бұрын
W is 2000
@robcartwright90643 ай бұрын
Perfect 2ballrally car😂
@chrispop993 ай бұрын
How come it didn't go for scrap? £100 - £150 for a small scrapper around here.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
It was but I got it for fun
@betagombar90223 ай бұрын
For £50 and to get 3 - 4 months run out of it, then you could get £200 for scraping it. That's a bargain buy.
@cabottaxi3 ай бұрын
Scrap it James and get more of your money back
@highpath47763 ай бұрын
Nice, not sure if ULEZable
@tomoreilly99323 ай бұрын
Why didn't they just scrap it for around £150,they must be very generous,giving £100 away.
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
They get no commission on profit from trade cars
@johnmoloney52963 ай бұрын
Guessing by the steering wheel logo in the video its a Toyota yaris
@elginCars3 ай бұрын
Yaris mk1
@gsyshsjsj3 ай бұрын
Hi James, Just got a tin of Owatrol as you always recommend it. Is there any prep work I need to do before applying it? And also, how long would you say it lasts before I have to do it again? Cheers!
@ChopsGarage3 ай бұрын
Plastic or paint?
@gsyshsjsj3 ай бұрын
@ChopsGarage Plastics, mate (bumper trim, grill, engine bay plastics etc) Honestly, I didn't even know you could use it on paint 👀
@keithhooper61233 ай бұрын
It's good stuff.Just verbatim as clean as possible,with wash liquid and water,dry,apply evenly with cloth,and let dry,or buff off.
@gsyshsjsj3 ай бұрын
@keithhooper6123 I applied it last week. Very happy. However, I got distracted by my neighbour when doing my scuttle and left it on for too long. It's a nightmare to remove lol How long did the shine/blackness last before you had to reapply?
@countorlok60663 ай бұрын
Now that it is scrapped ... More room on the roads for the amazing ev cars which can clock up over 60000 miles before... Errr
@muffindell3 ай бұрын
... they go on fire? 😂
@lancenoble38633 ай бұрын
Thought it was a blue Matiz
@finleyplympton3 ай бұрын
Get it through an MOT and raffle it or spare loan car?
@Josh2002.3 ай бұрын
Dont think he will want to raffle it with an advisory list as long as your arm
@tardeliesmagic3 ай бұрын
Nor he would let customers out in a rot box,it's old with that miles too!