We can't believe how BAD this Toyota Aygo is!

[@scotty6346]

The last MOT on that was 'Bent' A nice little cash in hand earner for the tester! 😂 You need to take that up with VOSA with your evidence and get that MOT garage closed down. You may save a few lifes!

[@highpath4776]

Could indeed the car have been in a flood sometime after MOT ?

[@mark120964]

@@highpath4776 what ? In acid???

[@lucythemoggy1970]

yes, they need to be reported! how many more cars could be running around in this state!

[@mjsee08]

In reality you'd get nowhere with this - the MOT took place in June, nearly 9 months has passed so you can make the argument that anything could've happened to it since. The tester would simply say they tested it as presented at the time. The discs actually make me think its possible (not trying to make excuses) that the car has actually been submerged sometime since the MOT - the country's had an awful lot of flooding in recent months it's not beyond possibility that it has been sat in water at some point since. I say this because 'bent' MOT's are not as easy to acquire as the internet likes to believe; there's a shortage of MOT testers and they're paid good money to do the actual job. There may still be the odd backwater car-dealer-whos-next-door-neighbour-runs-MOT-station situation out there but not many, most MOT testers would think the 'backhander' is a trick anyway. Even if said backhander existed, you wouldn't do it for such an obvious case like this. You'd turn a blind eye to sill holes, claiming you didn't see it due to undertrays being fitted etc you wouldn't do it for this - even a regular customer would spot those discs and ask questions.

[@testingtimes7924]

@@mjsee08 Spot on. I thought the same. That car looks like it has been up to near it's floorpan level in the sea. I worked in marine and factory environments for 30 years and I don't think most people realise how quickly mild steel can corrode in an adverse environment when its protective coating is compromised or missing completely, particularly if some level of corrosion is already present..

[@davidcooke6803]

I hope you can report the MOT place that gave the Aygo a pass, it’s clearly bent, putting the driver and everyone else close by in danger, disgraceful! Great video as always, hope you have pkans for Joe at Shifting Metal, I love the wind ups between you!

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

I agree

[@patrickh7368]

That previous mot station wants reporting..definitely… 😮

[@lucythemoggy1970]

100% agree

[@keithgreen9009]

I would say some government official has seen this video

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

I agree.

[@paulchamberlain6284]

This is a typical Scottish car James! I've had them bite me before, they are always in the salt. The "S" in the first part of the reg. no. should be the big warning!!

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@Nicknofish]

Used to work for an independent land rover company. A guy bought a really cheap 300 tdi with a 12 months' mot and wanted us to check it over. It was rotted out! It was registered in Scotland. Plenty of salt on the road's. Should never have had a mot.

[@ashleybarker937]

I think they're blind to rust north of the border.

[@philliplarson3623]

I swear I’ve never seen such a bad subframe James , good god m8 . Our 2008 mini D cooper had an advisory on surface rust , I had a look and it was pretty solid but wire brushed and used rust converter any way . People need to find the confidence to get under their cars , safely , and save oodles of money by simple cleaning and checking! Good luck with it James your channel is great thanks.

[@ChopsGarage]

100% agree buddy

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

It's shocking isn't it?

[@robtt997]

Really pleased you are back to repairs and valeting ! Just like the old days

[@bartlaro3421]

Previous owner of the Panda here. Pretty sure I disclosed the mirror, but very unfortunate that it broke just before you finished it. Glad it is going to a good home. I did manage to buy the car that we discussed before I went on my way and really enjoyed going to Rustival. Didn’t manage to have a chat, I think I saw you while I was being shown around the MX-5 of the furious driving. Not surprised about the Aygo, but shocking it had passed the MOT. That must have lived at the Scottish coast most of its life. Cars rust like crazy up there. My parents live up there and have managed to keep their car going for 11 years and counting which is some sort of miracle.

[@alansimpson835]

Judging by the SB reg it may well have been a car that spent most of its life in a coastal location on the west of Scotland. As you say, given how popular these are with young drivers, some inexperienced driver could have ended up in a death trap had it not been bought by a dealer who does things properly

[@Margot_est_douce.]

Relentless effort and modesty are truly commendable. Well done.

[@simonbealing]

That aygo HAS to be nicknamed triggers broom!

[@geoffoliver6788]

Had that little Aygo has it been used as a mini submarine. Looks to me as if its been sitting up to its axels in water, but there again it was registered in Scotland

[@ChopsGarage]

True

[@richardduke366]

Previous owner should have changed the Offside Front Shock absorber on the previous mot to make it the famous 'Advisory free mot'.

[@markshephard4400]

James, you seriously need to report that MOT station to the relevant authorities VOSA is it? That car was not only seriously dangerous for the driver but other drivers who may have also been involved in the accident. MOT testers like this are as dangerous as the cars they falsely pass as fit for the road. I’m absolutely disgusted at what you have found!! Well done as always mate 👍🏻

[@steveegginton535]

A really good example of why you shouldn't rely on an MOT for a full picture of a car's condition underneath! Don't envy Pete fighting with all those rusted and seized bolts on that sub frame and then there's the state of the discs - I think that Aygo must have been parked in the sea! Hope he was well remunerated for his efforts 🙂

[@Whackypads]

I reckon the mot tester had a few pints on the owner off that yok 😂

[@drufusg50]

Massively overspending on this Aygo is an understatement ,it’s little better than scrap.

[@fiveminuteman]

SB is a car from Scotland, our Qashqai is also registered in Scotland with a fair few rust issues.

[@chucky2316]

They rust like f up there

[@michaelgoode9555]

Even submerged that level of tin worm would not happen in the timescales between the last MoT and now. This is imo criminal as well as lethal.

[@royale4318]

I wonder if the Aygo has been caught up in flooding over the winter, after the ticket was issued? I can't imagine for a second any MOT station would let so many serious issues pass?

[@DaleSteel]

I think someone been using that aygo as a boat anchor

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@highpath4776]

Have you checked the chassis number on this one?

[@cabottaxi]

West of Scotland Aygo is a nail. As a Scot I'd be ashamed of that . Once a week regardless of the weather I get the hose out and clean off the salt from underneath each wheel arch. Neighbours all think I'm mad but I get the last laugh as my cars sail through their MOTs.

[@chucky2316]

I ragged my Scots car and blew it up sent it on to the crusher. The scrap yard guy sent it straight in 😂

[@golders99]

Pete and Gerald from Clarksons Farm. Brothers from another mother.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Everyone saying report it, you've got 3 mths to complain about rust, it's now over that, complaints are on line, it'll just not go thru after 3 mths, if you do any repair work complaints out of the window as well, perils of bidding unseen at bca, it's obviously had a bent test for a just eat driver, I'd have scrapped it St away and got on with something else.

[@Ro32da72]

Aygo was Ay-gone! They do like to rot, but that looked like it had been in a canal. Maybe you're finding out why it was moved on; none of this work would be viable if the previous owner had put it into a garage to be done. MOT definitely needs reporting, she was one hole or speedbump away from falling to pieces. It'll be the best Aygo of it's age though, now it's had the Chops treatment. Good job the bits are cheap eh? I loved my 2009 C1, was a great little car, and very easy to look after. Shame yours didn't get that from the last owner.

[@neilgorin1037]

This Aygo reminds me of a Metro a relative had in the 90s. Bought in August with a fresh mot and totally solid, but driven through a salt water ford to get job in a restaurant every day. By Christmas you could put your fingers though the sills. Maybe this is similar.

[@ruk2023--]

My mum was planning to keep her 2006 Aygo until she expired but the a couple of years ago her mechanic said it was a death trap and not worth spending any more money on so she got a new one.

[@micheallastname5772]

is there no comeback from the auction as definately should have been sold as scrap? if under salty water that rust would appear within weeks so MOT may have been kosher

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

I think i should base episode five of the paramedic Chris children's book series based upon a car in a state and the lovely garage who repaired it.

[@tonywatson1412]

That broken mirror....theres modern adhesives that are unbelievably strong....some are specialist . But it would take a hammer to break the bond...

[@danmoney9932]

It is weird how the actual chassis of the car looks mostly fairly rust free, you'd kind of expect that to be bad too with how terrible the bolt on parts are.

[@johntate5050]

It's not 'should never of passed its last test,' it's 'should never have passed its last test.' Didn't anyone pay attention during English class at school?

[@ChopsGarage]

You did clearly, just for this one moment of glory 🤣🤣

[@johntate5050]

@@ChopsGarage No, I did it for a lifetime of accurate communication.

[@RoyDavidson-g7g]

We fix cars this week we had skoda octavia and, ford mondao mk4 as bad as that toyota both Scottish registered when new we also had a vw golf that rusty they was no sills left

[@sarahfrith1984]

That aygo is in a shocking state, I’d worry for the customers who go to that MOT tester and it makes you wonder how many cars are in that state all over the country because of some MOT testers 😔

[@chucky2316]

Loads of them

[@ingopaul67]

That Aygo, the previous owner must have parked it in the sea every night.

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@Garffey]

That's horrendous James, still it helped us as my grandsons just swapped his Mini for an 11 plate Aygo, thankfully we had a good crawl around it underneath before buying and its nothing like yours! 👍👍

[@ChopsGarage]

Good to hear

[@danielharr01]

I have the same year Aygo but mine is a 5 door and it's also a GO! spec and it failed its MOT recently because of rust but mine was nowhere near this bad!!

[@RandyDarkshade2]

That aygo needs to be scrapped. Wasting money on it at this point. I really do not feel all that cost and work was worth it.

[@chrishart8548]

Looks like it's to late now he isn't going to sell just use it as a curtesy car.

[@chucky2316]

Rag the Scottish heap then sell it 😂

[@cheeseburgerbeefcake]

I think after the front subframe was identified, they were at sunk cost state (plus parts were cheap as chips); I don't know how much he paid for the car but it's basically had a full restoration at this point!

[@marcus.H]

​@@cheeseburgerbeefcake bwand noo it was just over a hundy. Deffo affordable

[@curly1966]

M O T by Stevie Wonder

[@shogunedpada4293]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Poor stevie getting the blame

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@01matthewc]

The state of that little Aygo 😮, I just hope that you're giving it the full Chops treatment. That little car looks like it needs & deserves it.

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

Omg I can't believe it that the MOT station should have fail it very dangerous it could have killed someone then front brakes look absolutely unbelievable the MOT station should have been shut down and the MOT licence suspended

[@sarahfrith1984]

A fella in wales was recently convicted of putting a dodgy MOT on a Yaris that was a death trap, he only served 6 weeks of a 6 month sentence

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

@@sarahfrith1984 it should be a ban on working on cars

[@sarahfrith1984]

@@vwgolffancarreviews7111 I agree, he won’t learn from a fine and 6 weeks in prison

[@ryanmccormick2150]

​@@sarahfrith1984 probably got the judges car through its mot 😂

[@sarahfrith1984]

@@ryanmccormick2150 haha the judge’s sentencing remarks were fairly harsh but probation obviously see fit to let him loose again 🙄

[@henrykravitz468]

Great video and content. You have really gone to town on the aygo, where most people would have scrapped it or put it back through the auctions. I hope you looked after berrow motor lads for delivering to you.

[@ChopsGarage]

Its not free lol! Cheers buddy

[@hotwheelshuntinguk]

I’ve know someone who had one of these and there’s if the same. It’s had a shopping list on its MOT for years, even thumping it’s only got 58K miles. This seems to be one of the few Toyotas which are to AVOID.

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

I couldn't believe the state of the discs!

[@nigel9843]

That must be the most rusty Aygo in the country. Luckily the parts are quite cheap and should last many more years, great little cars.

[@riptideblue]

Looking for the advisory free mot 😅 even Dave from the Lovely Car Co raised his eye brows at that comment on the shitboxs Chops was buying 😅😅😅

[@kevinmoffatt]

I think I saw this being raised with the Mary Rose.

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@andrewstones2921]

Northern Ireland, the UK bit, has a totally different and far superior MOT system. Government test centres are the only places that do MOT, they do not perform any repairs or work of any kind and as such have no interest whatsoever in your car failing or passing. It’s fast, professional and foolproof. An MOT in NI is of course valid throughout UK the same as an England, Scotland or Wales MOT is valid in NI.

[@a.c.4732]

Everyone will same the same , which puts me back of the queue , but how TF did that get an MoT ?

[@zzhughesd]

Sadly all us traders can stitch ourself up oh so easily. One of them. Was one to trade out at a good pill but gone but so easy pay for work only to find out car not thought was already and already into the car.

[@LordFawlty]

I really hope you reported that mot station, James

[@garymorris801]

What a state that was how did it pass the mot

[@MrHugaKuga]

Does the Aygo chassis number match the V5? Just a thought if the plates have been swapped since the previous MOT

[@skippyglen6610]

Look at the reg, it came from Glasgow so it would have ben salt coated for 5 months every year.

[@shabba890]

Well said. NEVER buy a car with an S prefix!

[@chucky2316]

I bought a Arnold Clark mazda 2 from a local dealer it only had 30k on it looked like this 😂I ragged it and blew the engine on it then sent it to the scrap yard biggest thrill of my life watching that thing enter the crusher

[@jimayre2967]

What is the stuff you use on the black plastic to bring it back ?😊

[@ChopsGarage]

Owatrol

[@jimayre2967]

thank you @@ChopsGarage

[@ianbradley9838]

“Trigger” the loan car ?😂

[@audibell]

That garage should be fined and taken to court

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

The mot tester definitely needs reporting. I've seen the consequences of bad cars and it's not nice.

[@Poshpanda-09]

Is it a 2011 model?

[@MINIMOTOMADNESS]

sounds like it had a remote m.o.t

[@keithposter5543]

I think someone was using that as a jet ski on the Firth of Forth 😉

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@AmigaA-or2hj]

Rust in peace……

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@simoncrookston459]

Can you report that last mot station for letting a death trap on the road

[@CPDutch]

I wonder if the Aygo is a victim of the flooding we’ve had?

[@chucky2316]

It's a vi Tim of Scottish roads

[@jimmyquinn9639]

Another good video James 🚗🚘🚙👍👍👍👏👏👍⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks 👍

[@morgansteele3158]

It just makes no sense that kind of rust doesn't develop in 12 months

[@chrishart8548]

Amazing it's that rusty at all being a 2011

[@chucky2316]

Scottish car

[@chrishart8548]

@@chucky2316 I bought a Scottish transit van once it was very rusty underneath.

[@ianhartley6253]

Flood damaged

[@LordFawlty]

No way that is flood damage

[@GeorgeJarrett1]

Waiting for a Video on that C5 Tourer James...

[@ChopsGarage]

In the next but its just a part ex I sold on

[@adamlittle4267]

Wow neaver seen so much rust on a 61 reg car must of been near the coast or sat around for a long time ... my 61 reg car is like new underneath

[@shabba890]

It's from Scotland. No surprise.

[@GrrMeister]

*I'm amazed thought Toyota were OK - but this is shocking lack of rust prevention with sub standard cheap materials !*

[@andrewburgin-wild7052]

I doubt the MOT is dodgy, I reckon somebody has been running a clone on this plate...may still be doing

[@ChopsGarage]

Good call

[@Adam2050]

Has the aygo been at the bottom of the sea? I've seen it's a common issue with them rotting and the c1's same car obviously. Was thinking of getting one as a run around, glad I seen this. Will avoid them like the plague, not even it's cousin the Daihatsu Charades that bad.

[@bordersw1239]

It’s pretty easy to check - just look underneath.

[@Adam2050]

@@bordersw1239 I don't even bother, check the mot's on loads of them all suffer from rot of the sub frames.

[@JC-hu1wd]

I have a 2007 C1. It's a great car. I have just wire brushed the rear subframe light surface rust before it goes for a first underseal. Everything else underneath is solid and rust free. I live in West Yorkshire.

[@barbaraneville5036]

That is a proper rust bucket & death trap This is going to cost you a fortune in Aygo parts

[@nostromo332]

Yet if sold will still bring him a profit. As all work is done.

[@barbaraneville5036]

@@nostromo332 I think James maybe considering keeping it as a courtesy car So in future he can let people use it while he sorts the simpler warranty claims himself

[@superseven220]

That was a very reasonable bill from Moors for theFiat 500

[@ChopsGarage]

Absolutely

[@jamesdowling706]

2 top front shock absorber monts I'd guess doh!

[@anthonymillar6183]

Looks like the Toyota was parked or driven on the beach James 😢

[@tardeliesmagic]

That rust was like that for 3 yrs and some i'm sure of it! MOT station is putting the occupants & other motorists lives in danger.

[@taxidmac5907]

What's the name of that plastic dressing is it spelt altrol ?

[@psi10001]

Owatrol Polytrol

[@keithgreen9009]

Can't believe the state of the aygo . How could that car have a mot , who ever passed that needs a talking to

[@Mr_Rich1899]

If you don't report the MOT station the next person might not be so lucky and could end up with fatalities 😞😞 which us to high a price to pay.

[@shogunedpada4293]

Bloody hell that is rotten did they park it in the sea

[@mark120964]

Hi James, dont think you have any choice morally but to report that mot garage and your finding, that could of caused someone's son or daughter their life, up to you Mark

[@mikekelso869]

You can report all you like but if you work on the car or alter it from its time of mot DVSA will never even consider an appeal, just love all the comments regarding mot procedures from non mot testers, everyone loves an opinion

[@stepheng8779]

Been in a flood, crap insurance offer, bung the mate at the mot station a few quid 👍

[@garyprobert2571]

Have you ever seen the channel adventures with purpose?? ... wonder if they've been to Loch ness ..... Scottish car with Arnold shark 🦈 number plates

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I bought a belingo last week bud at Aston barclay, been running around in it, oil lights come on,so low oil pressure, it's how it goes, unfortunately.

[@Scot-land]

It's good to see you saving this little car

[@Mariazellerbahn]

To be fair, for a Scottish car, that's a minter.

[@darthvirago]

Been used in a salt mine by the looks of it.

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂

[@Zeem4]

Weirdly enough, vehicles in salt mines don't rust because there's no moisture at all down there. I saw something on TV a few years back where a salt mine was still using Bedford trucks from the 1950s and they looked like they'd just come out of the factory.

[@darthvirago]

@@Zeem4 Salt does absorb moisture so you'll be right. They must have drove it along the beach every day.

[@bordersw1239]

Aygo - one previous owner - Captain Ahab.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Hope you road tested it before you started stripping it bud, be a tradgerdy if it's got a noisy box, at least suspension will be tight.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I've never seen discs as bad as those, surely brakes must have been marked down on the report, auction does a short braking test, tbh I'd send your videos to bca, at my auction last week a mokka actually caught fire as soon as the trader was out of the gates, auction didn't want to know.

[@paulloudbbk]

That cars lived by the sea. Probably doesn't help with salt the councils are using. Super corrosive

[@itsmephil2255]

Not gonna lie James, I wouldn't want that as a loner car, even after all the work That really is bad

[@ChopsGarage]

Its going to be better than all the other Aygos I have sold now as those ones I was not replacing all these parts with brand new as they had old bushes, rear beams and front subframes with surface rust but good enough to pass tests.

[@itsmephil2255]

@@ChopsGarage 👍👌🏻🫶

[@roystonvehicles9129]

​@@ChopsGaragechops garage, where every car gets full new suspension and subframes eh mate(!)

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Might as well just sell that aygo now you've sorted it, if anyone needs a loan car you'll have something in stock, obviously you'll probably blow a grand but at least it's money back in, what I do to make me feel better is put that capital into another car and hopefully make money on that, sort of track the investment, makes me feel better anyway, if ever a car wanted trading, that was it, anyway at least it's wages for your mate, in future with older cars straight up on the ramp and check round, waggle wheels, mini mot sort of thing to see if its worth carrying on with. At Aston barclay they get a lot of Arnold Clarke cars from Scotland, that's to Wakefield, I had one last week, must be a reason why there shipping them over (?)

[@worldhello1234]

Yeah, the best thing about this car is the engine. It is a proven Daihatsu powerplant. The low budget design is't exactly stellar.

[@MrRedfreds]

Flood damaged 😮

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Lesson for you bud, no more bca, no more on line cheeky bids, no view, no buy is my motto (sometimes anyway)

[@davidrmcmahon]

Flood car?

[@oxfordgreenbus]

Flooded by sea water at a guess.

[@Ireland-bc2gx]

That thing went for a swim,flood damage mate

[@chucky2316]

Scotch car 😂