THE MOST RELIABLE SMALL USED CAR ? - TOYOTA AYGO, C1, 107

[@cpyart]

Love it when i see a mechanic, like myself being open and honest. If i were in your area, i would happily send customers who are looking for a good car to your pitch. You sound like you are a great person to buy a car from because you don't appear to be the type to give all the bullhsit in order just to sell a car. Cheers for being you 👍

[@xflopsybunnysx9021]

I echo these comments. Honesty Integrity and respect is what makes a person real.

[@davidbennett906]

@@xflopsybunnysx9021 Absolutely in agreement with you both. Well said.

[@markod7662]

I have met 3 types of dealers. 1. Those who just buy the car and sell it on, not bothering even with cleaning because they have many vehicles. 2. Those who clean and polish the vehicle and manipulate the odometer. 3. And those who only repair the cosmetic flaws.

[@cpyart]

@@markod7662 there are also those who buy from Co-Part and don't do much of a job in turning them back into a decent vehicle.

[@andywrollo2915]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I'm a creep. I a looser 🎼🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶

[@stogmot1]

daughters c1 2006 petrol 140,000 is indestructible ,just keeps on going ,she loves it as she is tiny too . luggage room with the rear seats down is huge for such a small car ,she does Dj work and fits in all her large speakers ,dj desk and more .

[@tardeliesmagic]

My top tip is to give your PCV a clean & use decent oil MAX change at 7,000m & it'll go on for many years to come.

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

Head gaskets go on them quite easy 😮

[@vinralogistics]

Mine is 350000 I've never opened the engine

[@roryyoung6192]

I love this channel- proper good car review! My daughter is looking to buy one so really helpful. Just refreshing to see a really good trader that doesn't talk about himself all the time and not full of self promotion like many others. Just great honest down to earth car info! Quality and keep up the good work.

[@G4RY1159]

The potholes today for small cars isn't kind on the drivers purse or wallet, roads are a disgrace! Thanks again fella.

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

Theses city cars you end up head butti g the windscreen if u hit a pot hole😂😂

[@bordersw1239]

Bought a 3 year old C1 back in 2015 (£5200) as a stop gap for the wife, use it now for my work car 10,000 miles a year at 45p per mile. 9 years ownership, tyres, rear exhaust x 2 , front pads/ discs, interior door handle, battery and general servicing which I do myself £30 oil and filter. Full service £50. Very accurate and detailed review thx.

[@scottgray6099]

45p a mile? How is it that much?

[@bordersw1239]

@@scottgray6099 . That’s how much the company I work for pay me for travel so last year they paid me £4500 towards the car. My actual running costs were less than £1500.

[@vrsimracer]

@@scottgray6099 I guess he means he gets paid 45p a mile by his company so is making a nice tax free profit by running this instead of a more expensive and hungry car. I do the same 😜

[@scotty6346]

The Aygo platform is great, My daughter thrashed her 07 plate Aygo over 5 years and it never let her down! I bought it for her locally in 2017 for £1500, Mint but leggy with 89K miles, Zero corrosion on it, I kept on top of the maintenance, No real issues over 5 years, Just engine servicing, Front pads, Disc's etc and the heater blower motor which can be a chore to replace, I just cut out a corner of the heater box to get the motor out and then refitted the motor an re glued the heater box corner back in to make the job 75% easier! It saves removing the steering column and pedal box! She got rid at 140K miles and the Aygo is still plodding on locally, I see it all the time! It was starting to use oil when she got shot of it as i believe the Daihatsu sourced 3 cylinder engine does start to use oil when over 100K miles as they are pretty much thrashed their entire life to get any performance out of them. Great cars!

[@volt8684]

Clean pcv valve and oil consumption will return to normal

[@bumbleo8993]

Your content just gets better and better Lee. Don’t know how you manage to have the time to fit it all in. Excellent guide 👍

[@finleyplympton]

I've just bought a 107 and I love it! Only on 57K with a VERY good Service History!

[@carukchannel]

Good to hear 👍

[@scotty6346]

Regular oil and filter changes @6K with good quality oil and filter will see it solder on to 100K+ miles mate. See my post above!

[@TheFoolishboy9]

Why not a Citroen?

[@venkat_sai]

How much did you buy it for

[@finleyplympton]

@@TheFoolishboy9 I tried one and I felt the 107 was just the one for me

[@matthewgodwin3050]

Great video Lee. Definitely do some more. Fiat Panda or 500, Ford Ka, Hyundai i10, Corsa, fiesta, Micra, Yaris. Anything small, interesting and popular.

[@carukchannel]

Will do

[@Beehr11]

Many thanks for your honest and sincere opinion about these cars and for a great in depth review. My wife just passed for her car exam and we bought her a nice maintained 2011 Aygo this week. Regards from Holland.

[@markthompson2466]

If only all who made practical advice/information/knowledge sharing videos on KZbin did it like this. Every video packed to the hilt with helpful information you can be confident in Not one word is ever a waste... In my view they are all extraordinary. Congratulations on being the cream of the crop!

[@philiprowney]

Nice one, I paused @ 13:40 and took off the 3rd break light, cleaned and found the seal was still soft and the lens not too bowed yet. [ already has a small patch to weld on his O/S sill outer on his '57 Platinum. ]

[@davidmarshall5596]

A really good review of these terrific value for money cars! Had a Peugeot 108 1.2 a few years ago, great car! Now just bought 13 plate C1 & the 1.0 litre engine is superb, pulls great, sips fuel, no tax,cheap insurance, will hold its value all day long! For simple every day motoring, they don't come much better! Keep up the great channel 👍

[@pccorner101]

Brilliant format for a video, proper info for the consumer and explained in a non jargon way……top marks 👍👍

[@Gifftube2020]

Spot on guide, we have a C1 and a 107 in the family from new, both cars are are 16 this year. Each one has over 160k on the clock but engines are fine no leaks or problems. Like you mention the water ingress is very common but easy to fix usually. The only downside is the rust now, both have had sills welded, if you can get snake cam in the sill you can see they usually rot from the inside out, in hindsight some rust preventative like dinitrol in the early days would have been a good idea and maybe waxoil underneath, also cleaning under the car well in winter to get the salt off. You can get under chassis pressure washer attachments on wheels cheap now, and who doesn't like a clean undercarriage 🤣 Great guide, keep it up Lee, no nonsense good info as usual 👍

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

Wow 160k that's impressive 😮

[@Gifftube2020]

@@flippingcarsrepairs Yep, regular oil changes and always used Mobil 1. They are great little cars 😃

[@Dave-rc2he]

Excellent content and pointers to look out for, i have the 63 version and you pointed out some things i didnt know, and will keep a beady eye on. One point to mention is the wing mirror adjustment stalks sometimes fail but £30 and half an hour you're sorted. its the last breath of the small car generation, everything is getting bigger.

[@iguanna41]

My 64 plate Yaris now has 197K on it I have had it 7 years its never let me down, 1.4 diesel free road tax too looking a bit old now but still a great car.

[@rollthetape88]

rust is bad on them though

[@gearedeagle6484]

How many every miles/months u do oil change

[@Maddpunx]

Just bought a low mileage 2013 Aygo ice to sell on, has all the toys it's a brilliant little car.

[@davemellor4697]

Exactly ....chain drive Japanese engines absolute bullet proof! They even have there own race series......nuff said.

[@scotty6346]

The Japanese do not use cheap, Flimsy plastic timing chain component's in their engines unlike VAG, BMW, JLR etc.

[@pettigrewtristan]

Agreed, the Japanese cost cut on the interiors and put the money under the bonnet. The Germans cost cut under the bonnet and put the money into the interior bits and bobs.

[@davemellor4697]

@@pettigrewtristan 100% True

[@michaelcliffe562]

Great cars. I gave my 107 to my sister 3 years ago and since then she's driven all over europe in it. Got 250000km on it. Only complaint is the oil consumption that set in sometime shortly after I bought it 6 years ago. If you have a low miliage example it's very important to stick to oil change intervals! If you miss just one you end up with an engine that just eats oil😅 Even then it's still worth living with since they are such reliable fun cars!

[@jdmguy44]

Interesting. Never knew they had a race series for these.

[@davidhumpherson4904]

You're a fantastic communicator and have a wealth of valuable knowledge you're happy to share. Well done Lee, more please!👍👍

[@carukchannel]

Thank you, I will

[@grahampearson594]

A Brilliant informative video 👍love your straight talking and no nonsense approach. Our family has had several of these for years in Peugeot and Citroen variants,cracking little cars that are bomb proof, practical and cheap to run.The wife's is currently on 130,000 and still going strong. Keep up the good work👍

[@parvindermander5664]

Got a aygo, just love it and very reliable, 93k and still going strong

[@nathanroberts6356]

This is brilliant content mate, Nice to see an open and honest mechanic talking about their experience seeing thousands of cars over the years, More videos like this would be brilliant

[@GlossaME]

I have a 1.4 Diesel version. In 20.000 Km, it didn't need a lightbulb. Solid builds

[@typxxilps]

21:47 - you can use the front camera using your phone when the car is on the ground to look under the floor and into the wheel house arches at least during dayligt or you might need a small lamp to light it up a bit. But Front camera is important to see what pictures you are getting .

[@testingtimes7924]

I'd certainly like to see more of these in depth "what to look out for" videos. For me, maybe Hyundai i10 or VW Up, as I have zero experience of them. However, any in depth knowlege on any car, from someone like yourself , who lives the game on a daily basis, is always going to be interesting.

[@carukchannel]

Thanks testing times, will cover both of these going forward

[@ianfaulds8799]

Brilliant video, and your not reading that either right from the head. I've had a 107 and a c1 for my daughters cars for them to learn on. Exactly the points you made were on these cars. Thanks for an honest really informative video.

[@vincent7487]

The fuel filler neck also seems to go rusty on these. There isn't a wheel arch liner on the rear wheels so all the dirt gets up on the fuel filler neck.

[@simonfindlow7478]

Wife had a 108 until she recently upsized for something bigger, nice little car and really reliable too would recommend it.

[@justgetoutthereguy]

I have been running a Renault Trafic (campervan) as my main vehicle, clearly not the most economical & so I have just picked up a 12 plate C1 to act as a runnaround - (but red🤣) Absolutely chuffed with it, and this excellent video has educated me in what I need to keep an eye on - especially the damp in the back! Fabulous detailed video. Thank you 💪🏻

[@markallen7443]

Your level of prep at this price point is superb. Bet you put many dealers to shame👍

[@markgutter8443]

Thanks for a great honest report. Theses small economical cars are the stop gap for a lot of people before the electric cars are forced on to us. The petrol engine was first used well over a hundred years ago and is now the most efficient the petrol engine has ever been.

[@meldeanie20]

These cars are brilliant to own although i will mention something to look out for is water leaks! Having owned Citroen C1,Peugeot 107 & Toyota Aygo they can suffer with rear water leaks coming from either rubber sealants, high level brake light or rear light clusters. Can be a nightmare ive just replaced replaced my high level brake light and now currently removing rear L&R light clusters to check for water lines then seal fit back 🤞. How these arent a recall i dont!

[@c.m.l.184]

100% right

[@golders99]

Get some Lanoguard on those surface rust sections, it will smarten it up turning it a translucent black. Will also protect it and stop it rusting in the future.

[@johnmcmahon4364]

WOW what a fantastic video Lee, the information is top class. Great video

[@carukchannel]

Thanks 👍

[@stevenwilliams-mp5wo]

Many Thanks for the info ,will deffo underseal the sections you mentioned especially that exposed rear brake pipe section

[@planetwanderlust2702]

I bought a 10 year old Peugeot 107 with 60,000 miles on the clock after being abroad for year and needing something to get me by until I had more spare cash. 7 unexpected years later, I eventually sold the car with nearly 100,000 miles on the clock and a full years MOT due to again going abroad and felt really sad to say goodbye. Amazing little motor.

[@nekite1]

Love the info presented in layman's terms. Good information for anybody wanting to buy one of these. I bought a 2010 Honda CR-Z hybrid a year ago after doing a lot of research and I am so glad I did. They were sold between 2010 - 2016 here in the UK and only 4,300 of them were sold. What I like about it is that it's only £25 VED, group 17 insurance and pretty decent economy. I bought mine for a shade under £5200 and have not regretted it at all. Apart from an aircon regas, a service and an advisory free MOT, it has cost me nothing. Came with FSH (mainly Honda), 58k miles and 6 months warranty. I had a Mk8 Civic with the 2.2 diesel which was great in the engine department, as it never let me down in 10 years. However, the build quality was nowhere as near as good as the CR-Z. Buying a car built in Japan that has been looked after is a good thing.

[@graemew7001]

I do like this video format and I'd be one saying yes to seeing more of them please. The only thing that really put me off these is the boot space, I know the Panda I have doesn't look to have much more but it's 50% bigger than these and that was what swung it for me, other than the fact I liked the Panda a great deal anyway.

[@eddiereed5025]

Great content Lee great to know what to look for when buying hope we have more to come.

[@martinafitzgerald6995]

Thank you for your videos, love the presentation, no faffing about, straight to the point. Yet you still manage to get all the best information across. Interesting and useful.

[@russax1]

What a great, informative video. Your channel keeps getting better.

[@davidbennett906]

What a great vid. I hope this develops into a regular feature. Thank you Lee.

[@carukchannel]

Yes it will

[@MummaBear]

This information isn't readily available, but is invaluable. Looking forward to seeing more cars. Thx. 🎉

[@JosephByrne]

I had a C1 VT as a courtesy car once. Total riot. Every drive was like being in the Italian Job. They are great honest cars. It had air conditioning, and a good stereo too.

[@Chris-h3f5u]

C1 one of the best cars I owned. Mine was 09 reg and is still running around Redcar. However it did leak from the aerial

[@phillipthebigj8971]

That was a great video Lee my m8 has a 10 plate one and his engine has piston slap (more apparent when cold) he was worried about it l told him it was normal for that engine as it’s a three cylinder they do sound very odd but it dose run great👍

[@ledannyamour7653]

Aygo is so chill. To work on, to drive. Everything is great.

[@Luciano-IL]

No, is not!It's a toy car.......

[@joannecalpin-biddulph3360]

I used to own a Peugeot 107 in red, on a 06 plate. I part exchanged it from my Citroen Saxo. It was a brill car was the 107, never had any trouble, except the water leak, we could never find where the water was coming from, no garage where I live could find the leak, I put in back in part exchange after 4 years of owning it, for a Nissan Micra, now on my 4th car, the 107 was the most reliable and fun little car I’ve owned so far. ❤

[@Yarach]

The water leak comes from severl parts on the 107. There are two ventilation holes behind the rear bumper. The foam around those perishes and lets in the most water. There is also foam that perishes behind the rear lights. Replace the foam with some sealant / putty or how it is called in English and you are set for life. Did not have a leak anytime since doing those fixes seven years ago.

[@joem8213]

Fantastic video Lee! Very detailed and loads of knowledge. I've just started buying and selling cars, only 1 car at a time (more of a hobby of mine) and I'm going to be looking for C1, 107 and Aygo next time I'm looking. Keep up the good work fella 👍

[@CMGMedia487]

Crazy how you made this, I am after any one of these cars to race in the city car cup next year, keep us posted if there is one for sale.

[@stevenjervis1184]

That Small 3 cly engine is a gem

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

Rattle rattle shake 😂😂

[@paulnixon8081]

Great cars I've got 1 been brilliant had it 8 years just done 156k miles

[@EnglishJohnyBoy]

In other words, if you have no problems in your life buy this car. Just joking, great review, great flow of thoughts, I listen to your videos when I drive my bus.

[@shirleyelliott9848]

Fancied one myself but was put of by 3 cylinders. Have finaly decided on a mazda 2 so fingers crossed.

[@volt8684]

@@wagmiorngmisimply not true. There’s a site that will tell you the corrosion protection on each mani. Called galvo. Jap cars exceed Germans in last 10 yrs

[@ArnoldvandeWorp]

I’m driving a 2009 107 since 2012. After 12 years of owning it it’s great. The only issues it had were the electric window motor and a water leak in the back at the spare wheel (fixed under warranty) , exhaust hanger failed and was welded back on. Later the exhaust damper broke in the inlet side And the front left wheel bearing broke. Still having the original clutch and transmission cables though.

[@IHZ3185]

2009 C1, first clutch at 95K, currently on 198K clutch still going, good review.

[@MrArchie800]

Thinking about a cheap runaround/second car and quite fancy something that I can learn to tinker on and maybe do some simple mods/upgrades without breaking the bank. These look ideal. Great content thanks!

[@davidmcdowell6338]

Would love to see more of these ,well saying that all these videos are all very good

[@Stormf0rce999]

Had my 107 for just over a year as a second car /runabout can't fault it at all, such cheap motoring and reliability.

[@Cayres9]

Also i would say Hyundai i10 or Kia Picanto are more reliable as for example the i10 i had never went wrong in 6 months of ownership and the previous owner never serviced it for 2 years but Oil and Coolant was still good , also they have timing chain engines so no belt to worry about

[@mr.145]

Great cars I 10s but we have just had our timing chain replaced at 61k miles £700, it stretched but the engine was OK its a 12 plate with no rust.

[@Cayres9]

@@mr.145 Yeah chain's can go but as I said mine was at 93000 miles and still good 👍 120mph it would do too very scary 😨 for such a tiny car 0to60 was under 11seconds too proper hilarious 😂 considering what they look like

[@cortina64]

Great video and definitely of interest. Thank you for a very informative and interesting channel!

[@carukchannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kenhughes3434]

I really like this new style of content. Thank you.

[@pgree6176]

On fourth (C1 2013 80k) in the family one was a 107 and did about 150,000. They have all been great

[@MPatel-jg8sw]

Another great vlog as always, any recommendations for trade insurance and stocking loan companies?

[@lesklower7281]

I learnt a lot from this video in Australia we don't get the Toyota Aygo but l do really like Toyota's l own a 1997 Hilux myself and in this video l found out everything l wanted to find out about the Aygo C1 and Peugeot they are all the same under the body also l know Toyota would not build a car without the fact that it is reliable because of there rock solid reputation for reliability and Toyota own Daihatsu and that was no surprise that in Aygo ect they use the Daihatsu engine actually the two French cars are reliable so there are reliable European cars out there because European cars are not known for there reliability but these two are the exception to the rule none of them are available in Australia we did get Daihatsus

[@deepee2111]

Another great video. Would really like to see more videos like this. Thanks

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Excellent summary of what to look for, thanks!

[@russellkent8182]

Thoroughly enjoyed that, always had my eye on one of these, now I'm going to start looking, Cheers 😉👍

[@Crazydragonman]

Great info thanks I have a 2018 a very practical car.

[@732daven]

very good video, thanks. can you do a video on the suzuki swift mk2 / aka 2010-2016 please

[@DerekHNorthants]

Love this type of video Lee. Very informative. Please do more.

[@celwell4]

Great vid, love your style and no nonsense or pretence. Keep up the good work.

[@nigelmullen9546]

Got rid of my merc CLK 3.0 in 2020 for an aygo and prefer the aygo tbh, replaced clutch, rear shocks and 2 coil packs, other than tyres that's it.

[@timmywatkins1702]

Great advice what a helpful channel and fella, love his vids. Auction ones are good as well

[@seany84uk]

Ive owned a c1 and 107. Both were ok on the whole. Both cars had jet washer pumps fail over time and had to be replaced.

[@NOPAN1Cwotblitz]

Yes mate, do more clips with tricks from auctions/selling

[@typxxilps]

Really great content to show it this way one against each other. What about the Up and its siblings from Skoda and Seat ? You had mentioned the Up before as a good choice even quite old cause they were good while the competition of those 2000 years were already gone and had been recycled?

[@carukchannel]

I will cover them in the future, we do have a seat mii in so maybe in the next few weeks

[@sirFlowers8]

Good video nicely described liked the addition of pictures to illustrate the parts.

[@mirrortrim]

Great content, started with my first one(107) which I purchased last Friday, lovely little car 65,000mls, so was pleased to see your vid. many thanks...

[@Darkelf7201]

Oustanding video - well done Lee !!

[@nickluckleek2445]

Can't really keep saying the same but yet again another great video lee. I still laugh about dead ferret

[@carukchannel]

Thanks nick 👍😁

[@christapp3244]

love a deep dive into one type of car, thanks lee

[@richardprosser9379]

To be brief, Yes. Really informative

[@stephenpoessl5464]

A great watch in as what to look for and common faults and the best way to buy parts and fix. Yes please more of this kind of content.

[@majorwedgy]

Really excellent video, wish I'd seen this before I put my car in for a clutch to get the gear linkages in at same time!

[@michaelmarsh-bl9mg]

Very informative Lee , thanks. 😊

[@carukchannel]

Very welcome

[@paulcolley9982]

Brilliant video Lee

[@lidogarage5250]

Easy the best city car of the last 20 years

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@204driver]

Absolutely fantastic this video. Definitely more of these please mate.

[@Hilux-jt6bo]

Great cars, and a very good idea for the channel Lee. Thank you.👍

[@tonygriffiths2485]

Cracking advice, really helpful. The 2nd hand car market is pretty dodgy anyway, if you don't know your stuff. I have been using company cars since my Austin 1300 GT with a howley 1300 lump in it, so when you look under the bonnet in a new car or more modern one, all you see is kit that does not help you. You have to know what you are doing, you also need a lot of specialised equipment too. Excellent presentation, thanks :)

[@andrewwelsh4968]

Excellent Reviewing !

[@semiretired86]

check out the A/C that could mostly the post facelift Aygo

[@shongololo9778]

My C1 is a great little car 13 plate ,Ive had it three years but it has had to have a new exhaust, two wheel bearings and a new heater blower which I did myself as its a long ball ache of a job and would have cost about £350 including labour. The blower motor was £50 from China. Tyre wear is very good, not changed tyres in three years and 30000 miles

[@davidbrookes2640]

Great video/ content. This is good for the ordinary man on street .looking forward to more like this .👍🏻

[@drmogambo9503]

Really like this video. Especially owning a c1. But just in general on car issues and what to look on specific cars. Ps I'm gonna try changing gear linkage cables

[@davooman1178]

Great video and plenty of good pointers there. I've just picked up a 2008 citroen c1 code, 5 door, 90k for £450. Hopefully i should squeeze a decent profit out of it once prepared.

[@rickysingh5641]

How did you find one so cheap?

[@nikolakopun6779]

I would like to hear your opinion on Suzuki Swift and Hyundai i10/i20 in same year as these.

[@alanhealey7885]

Absolutely fantastic keep up the good work, I am thinking of flipping one or two to see how I get on.