For a man who use to gloat about how much he loves old cars and classics. its a truly remarkable U-turn by Quentin.
@ianjones7392 ай бұрын
QW has really disappointed me, I was a big fan of him for the specific reason he loved classic cars like I do. Now to me he is just a big traitor, he has definitely been bought 💵💷
@michaelelliott42652 ай бұрын
Qw bought and paid for 🔔 end
@G-ra-ha-m2 ай бұрын
He may be a chosen one. Not to ever be trusted.
@Kingdonnerkebab2 ай бұрын
@@ianjones739I was exactly the same. Now hes a complete turncoat only in it for the £'s
@paulschneider92862 ай бұрын
He’s such a hypocrite- does anyone else remember his show “The Cars the Star”. Therein lies the problem: Quents own star has fallen. He’s no longer relevant. So maybe he’s pimped himself out - selling his values - to top up his retirement pot??
@peterbunting84852 ай бұрын
Plain and simple. He's a nob.
@paulschofield9852 ай бұрын
Agreed 100% gobshite
@SierraNovemberKilo2 ай бұрын
Knobs on old cars are forever dropping off and getting lost.
@cornishhh2 ай бұрын
Jealous of Clarkson.
@johnharrison3732 ай бұрын
@colingregson8653 Yeah, he'd want to rip out the engine and fuel tank and replace them with an electric motor and battery. 😁
@TheRealWindlePoons2 ай бұрын
There are three definitions of a nob: 1. A member of the aristocracy. 2. A device to help you open a door. 3. A nob.
@douglasb.56012 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson is THE classic car Judas! Enjoy your 30 pieces of Silver Quentin!
@Elsie-uy2kl2 ай бұрын
Geoff, your dreams are weird and Quentin Wilson is a traitor to classic cars and a snake oil salesman. Everything you said is right and the problem with EVs is not misinformation as we all know and the car-buying public is not stupid. Wilson should shut his gob. 👍
@mickc73882 ай бұрын
He's on the payroll.
@bEEBO1782 ай бұрын
Oh god get a life
@trevormorris12812 ай бұрын
He,s on the payroll,money bribe snake in the grass!
@vspencer97642 ай бұрын
Good old clocking Quentin, the snake oil salesman, I’m amazed he isn’t selling magic Magnets to gullible EV owners at £100 a pop, to double the range.
@gj914712 ай бұрын
QW doesn't know how to get a petrol or diesel to run clean.....
@gj914712 ай бұрын
He is getting paid from the climate Clowns
@brianlopez88552 ай бұрын
He is: I just bought one !
@steveclark..2 ай бұрын
Mike Brewer is shilling for those fuel pellets that go into fuel tanks,... can't trust any of these people.
@James-cs2wi2 ай бұрын
Don't ever buy a second-hand car from Quinton Wilson
@barrydavis30442 ай бұрын
Clocker Wilson. Shouldn't he be kicked out for clocking vehicles. 😡.
@richardpickering24522 ай бұрын
Quentin is a climate queen... say no more.
@alanflint77322 ай бұрын
He's called Quentin. Say no more.
@G-ra-ha-m2 ай бұрын
@@alanflint7732Tribe, I'd guess.
@pcwizardman2 ай бұрын
Isn’t he being funded by the net zero mob in Brussels?
@markstarmer36772 ай бұрын
Never really heard that saying before, but it sums Wilson up to a tee.
@cornishhh2 ай бұрын
The thing is; he, like me, is old. We've heard varying versions of scare mongering for decades. None have come anywhere close to true. I'd like someone to ask him why he thinks it's different this time.
@gordon74702 ай бұрын
Once a crook, always a crook 🤬
@paulpaintshop1032 ай бұрын
EV'S, an Impractical solution to an Imaginary problem
@thesmallnotesduo2 ай бұрын
And a tool of the the EFW [I'm dislexik]
@user-qi5rz4kf6o2 ай бұрын
Perfect!!!
@alxgu1982 ай бұрын
🤝 perfect explanation 👍 The actual solution would be along the lines of kei cars for normal people, and massive road tax for the status symbol buyers and ‘throwaway’ buyers.
@joytotheworld91092 ай бұрын
As sold, sure. But as the grid won't be able to support even half the mileage we cover today with a majority EV fleet, unless we increase nuclear power or shut down other modern conveinences to save power... we're stuck with less miles driven. A very practical solution to a problem the leeches, a.k.a. the "elites" have: how to keep people isolated, docile, and unfree.
@chaseshadow2 ай бұрын
100 year model
@MikeWooshy2 ай бұрын
I suspect Quentin has received a brown bag/envelope. They do say Money Talks.
@laurieharper15262 ай бұрын
Or perhaps he received a nice shiny new Tesla...
@paulie-Gualtieri.2 ай бұрын
There is probably not much money in clocking MK2 Cavaliers anymore.
@captainnutnut60772 ай бұрын
Which would be the Mk2? My dad had a B reg and an F reg. I guess the B reg might have been a Mk2?
@thejamesieboy2 ай бұрын
@@captainnutnut6077 Yes the B reg is a Mk2, I currently have 2 of them both B reg. Mk2 was X '81 to E/F '88
@andrewbarnes12952 ай бұрын
@@captainnutnut6077yes the B reg a mark 2 and the F reg an early mark 3 probably.
@captainnutnut60772 ай бұрын
@@andrewbarnes1295 got it in one. The Wikipedia was a great help, but one heck of a deep rabbit hole, too!
@MrT01582Ай бұрын
I enjoyed building them in Luton in my youth 🤣🤣
@COIcultist2 ай бұрын
He's an ex second hand car dealer who has found a better scam. In other questions, "Why is a solicitor lying to me?" Or, "Why is an estate agent trying to rip me off?" Or "Why does it go dark at night?"
@offgrid78372 ай бұрын
Wilson will probably go into politics soon. He has all the qualifications- a love of money over principles and an ability to talk BS with a straight face.
@danny29x2 ай бұрын
He's like a jealous child. Had his fun, and now it's over for him he doesn't want others to enjoy it.
@AlienLivesMatter2 ай бұрын
Battery fires, limited range and inconvenient charging are why EVs are not selling
@nathansmith71532 ай бұрын
NO, people like Geoff pushing lies are
@ahorton67862 ай бұрын
Plus the fact they are absolute crap.
@LoremIpsum19702 ай бұрын
...price and depreciation...
@RichardASK2 ай бұрын
@@nathansmith7153 Would you like to list Geoff's lies then, oh knowledgeable one?
@user-lj9ld8ir1e2 ай бұрын
@@nathansmith7153 What lies.Prove it.
@waynekaminski54382 ай бұрын
Mr. Wilson has made a calculated decision that for him his income will come from shilling for the EV crowd. He has no loyalty to classic cars other than to pull a few bucks on the side writing for classic car publications. You are 100% correct that it makes no economic sense to purchase and own an EV for most people. Everything points to leasing strategies. But what happens to all of these leased EVs at the end of the lease? The secondary used vehicle market has depreciated these EVs to the point that no one wants them, and no independent mechanic shops are willing to repair these, so no "man off the street" can afford to take on ownership even if the entry price of a used EV (coming off a lease) is attractive. At this point, the EVs are simply expensive throw-away electronic heaps of do-do. And no foreign countries (Asia) want to import these heaps because they already are generating their own piles of do-do. The only thing that might possibly save this tragedy in the making is if EVs could be economically recycled. The US government has outright subsidized and otherwise made huge monetary "loans" to all kinds of EV recycling startups. Some of these companies have been around for as long as 10 years with no signs of success. Most of these EV recycle start-ups were created by EV executives from Tesla who got in early and then cashed out (who the heck could put up with Musk for very long and then know that Musk will end up firing them anyway? Better to get out while the getting was good). If you think that any EV from today will survive and thrive on some market 30 years down the road as a classic car you seriously need to get your head examined. All the EVs of today (and the past 10 years of production) are going to end up in environmentally unfriendly piles of toxic trash.
@davidjames-rp6oi2 ай бұрын
a russian/estonian businessman i did work for some years back told me the yanks gave russia piles of dosh to "dismantle and make safe" nuclear powered navy craft, he said the money for each ship was distributed among the crew according to their status ie the captain got a big wedge and the cabin boy not much! nothing was spent on decommissioning, i suspect it's the same with evs!
@saxon-mt5by2 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson talks about 'misinformation' harming EV sales, but he never comes up with examples to support his case.
@TheRealWindlePoons2 ай бұрын
When it comes to misinformation, the pro-EV lobby is riddled with it.
@batmanlives64562 ай бұрын
Because he can’t
@chrispark93432 ай бұрын
Ok gives us the evidence that supports your case against QW. Put your money where your mouth is
@saxon-mt5by2 ай бұрын
@@chrispark9343 The evidence is in QW's own words - always 'misinformation', never about specifics. What misinformation? Range anxiety? Give us some facts; unreliable infrastructure? show that we can rely on public charging; poor residual values? show us figures which refute the claim.
@jimtaylor2942 ай бұрын
Indeed. As always, Question is full of shite.
@richardweyland1162 ай бұрын
The Elephant in the room is why the people of GB are tolerating this crap?
@SierraNovemberKilo2 ай бұрын
During the war bromine was put into the water. Tech more advanced now, it drops from the sky, gets injected into farmed animals & fish, and us mixed into manufactured foodstuffs.
@magfan772 ай бұрын
The problem is that many corporate types got tax insensitive to go Electric. However would they buy these cars with their own money??
@fbboringstuff2 ай бұрын
We’re is the gun stroking yank Speaking in tongues about… Something petty
@jimtaylor2942 ай бұрын
@@magfan77 Certainly nobody sane should 😆 >best Clarkson voice< "I'd rather eat the money."
@murphychris98112 ай бұрын
if evs were really that good that no one wants to pay 60 grand on a car that is crap
@davidbarlow3502 ай бұрын
Good luck in trying to find an EV that's lasted 30 years.
@cornishhh2 ай бұрын
I've seen a 1974 milk float that still works.
@johnharrison3732 ай бұрын
@@cornishhh😂🤣😂
@gimble4472 ай бұрын
@@cornishhhGood point, it’s just a pity that they never stuck to that original premise of electric vehicles however as in it was designed to run on easily replaceable and relatively cheap lead acid batteries which were designed to be changed every few years as a “service item” Unfortunately that’s not the case with modern lithium ion powered vehicles in which they are “ life of the vehicle” items and as such leave vehicles classed as “BER” (beyond economic repair) at the end of the battery life cycle, effectively causing a tonne of scrap which may otherwise have nothing wrong with it, it’s just such a terrible waste of resources 👍
@nathansmith71532 ай бұрын
So all the cars that KevTee picks up for Trent are 30 years old? You are clueless
@Angusoksen2 ай бұрын
There are some Detroit electric cars around that are over 100 years old
@DaleSteel2 ай бұрын
Quentin should take his classic cars to that numpty in Wales who converts them to EV. You know the one who had a tantrum at macmaster 😅
@JamesSmith-qs4hx2 ай бұрын
That taffy should be ashamed of himself for ruining all those classics.....
@allannicolson26072 ай бұрын
@@JamesSmith-qs4hxOne can only hope the owners kept ownership of the original mechanics - particularly the engine and gearbox. I'd hate to think the owner of the 308 GTB I saw did, since he's destroyed the value of his classic car converting it to electric.
@matthewgodwin30502 ай бұрын
@@allannicolson2607 Converting a 308 into an EV ought to incur the death sentence.
@daviddaw9992 ай бұрын
Quentin's column in Classic Cars magazine carries a piece that says 'Quentin Willson had a 10-year stint presenting the BBC's Top Gea, has bought and sold countless cars and has cemented a reputation as everyone's favourite motoring pundit'. Why doesn't the blurb mention that he and his brother both have convictions for winding back the mileage on cars he sold? He is a convicted swindler.
@cornishhh2 ай бұрын
I think Clarkson could have a valid argument with that "Cemented reputation" Plus quite a few KZbinrs.
@kevinmott62052 ай бұрын
Do the so called select committee know Quinten has a criminal conviction. Shows lack of integrity and honesty and morals and character.
@johnnydoe19842 ай бұрын
He's 'everybody's' 'favourite ' pundit ?? 😅🤣😂😄😆😅 . I'm an everybody,.He's a knob and certainly NOT mine ! Says it all about the Bertie Bullshi% Comrade corp .
@peterdrake83922 ай бұрын
Well said - he is a self serving idiot
@user-qc5mz8fc7x2 ай бұрын
Never knew that (clocking)!
@miketherefurbisher80002 ай бұрын
It's money dear Geoff!! This planet has been warming up and cooling down for MILLIONS and MILLIONS and MILLIONS and MILLIONS and MILLIONS and even more MILLIONS of years, and you are not going to make the slightest bit of difference by throwing your pension pot away on an electric car. Keep the classics on the road. Great Channel Geoff!!
@tug13452 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson, I remember on Top Gear Classic Cars video in 1992, he tested a few cars told the pros cons and values of each car, one car he tested was his own car a Daimler SP250 in white, at the end end of that test he says ' he loves this car, I will never sell it, I'll be buried in it' I wonder if he still owns the Daimler
@Farney-gy1qo2 ай бұрын
I had a signed photo of QW, I idolised him when I was younger. I especially liked The Star is the Car program. I can't stand him now, and I used that photo as kindling to light my coal fire.
@JamesSmith-qs4hx2 ай бұрын
Slimy B4stard..... (Quentin not you Geoff🤣🤣🤣)
@stuartsnowden48242 ай бұрын
I’m 71 years old..I have owned a few cars along the way, Mini, Triumph Spitfire, MGBGT, Honda Civic Type R and currently a Mazda Mx5. The electric car is not the future…it does have its place in our current…pot holed world….but not for me. I don’t have enough years left to worry about it…. But I’ll stick with my Mx5.
@jimtaylor2942 ай бұрын
As someone far less well seasoned, I agree. I'd rather drive the most humdrum car (such as a Toyota Corolla) until life's end than be stuck with an EV. That, and a world where there aren't classic MG's, Triumphs, Jag's & more on the roads, would be much the poorer.
@DaleSteel2 ай бұрын
Have you noticed all the companies with terrible engines are the ones that have declared they are going all electric.
@bentullett60682 ай бұрын
The decided to fire all the knowledgeable staff who designed and built the engines it seems and hired in cheap labour who have never designed or built a engine. Most of the people at the top of these companies have also come from backgrounds not associated with the car industry or mechanical engineering.
@Journey_to_who_knows2 ай бұрын
Ford?
@G-ra-ha-m2 ай бұрын
@@bentullett6068To replace the staff is a great way to sabotage a company.
@bentullett60682 ай бұрын
@@G-ra-ha-m exactly
@bentullett60682 ай бұрын
@Journey_Awaits Ford were one of those betting on a all EV future until they realised that their vehicles were setting on fire and weren't selling that quickly
@Aut0five2 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson - too busy clocking cars to care about classics
@daveb2wright2 ай бұрын
There is stuff out there on the interweb that suggests a gentleman named QW was in Coalville Magistrates Court in 1988 for selling cars that had their mileages altered. No idea if it's true. Probably just misinformation!
@siandaw47532 ай бұрын
It is 100% true, the Sunday Mirror covered the story, as did the local paper. He was prosecuted for 8 offences, including a service book with false entries!
@nonecomformistme9322 ай бұрын
And his btother@@siandaw4753
@WeeShoeyDugless2 ай бұрын
@@siandaw4753 Once a crook, always a crook. He just found a wealthier way to con people!!
@siandaw47532 ай бұрын
@@WeeShoeyDugless Exactly! If people did their own research and found things out for themselves, the world would be a very different place!
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat2 ай бұрын
Yes - that was mentioned in an old issue of Private Eye.
@graememckay99722 ай бұрын
A colleague just had an insurance renewal for his tesla. He's married father of 2 and it jumped up to £3000. He's had it 2 years and trading it in for an Octavia Vrs £350 to insure it.
@DW-dd4iw2 ай бұрын
A friend has a Tesla too (he loves it), but his insurance has jumped from £850 to £1,500 this year.
@chrishart85482 ай бұрын
@@HunkumSpunkum not much information married father of 2 does being married or having 2 children make any difference. Location, no claims, age, gender, vehicle? The tesla's are not cheap to insure, but how many cars go 0-60 in 3.9sec. I insure a skoda enyaq iv80 for £291 fully comp for the year. I think that's cheaper than ICE for a brand new car with 204hp
@JosephJackson-uf1iw2 ай бұрын
@@chrishart8548 Gender ? well if he is a father of 2 I hope he is male, but then these days who knows !!
@chrishart85482 ай бұрын
@@JosephJackson-uf1iw exactly knowone knows how many genders there are nowadays.
@thomasreilly63622 ай бұрын
So this is more about insurance companies jacking up prices on EV vehicles and nothing about the vehicle.
@soulstep9672 ай бұрын
Your nailed it. Mr Wilson enjoys the money more. I’m guessing of course.
@cabbage6812 ай бұрын
"Quentin", the name says it all, probably went to the same school as Blair.
@jimtaylor2942 ай бұрын
Yup. Smarmy yuppie nobs of a feather, flock together. Saying that as someone with a family member that went to that school too, albeit over four decades prior (whom also thinks Bliar is a money grubbing >bleep
@MikeWooshy2 ай бұрын
Judas Was Paid.
@ianjones7392 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson looks like he had a big fat old cheque from the WEF! I'll say no more.
@keithvers5692 ай бұрын
Correct, the WEF are the reason this country is in the shit now
@n0w3lly902 ай бұрын
Good question because Wilson was always a passionate fan of classics!
@vrillon7782 ай бұрын
Quentin, is doing rather nicely. He recently bought a mansion on the Tiddington Rd here in Stratford - The most expensive road in the midlands. Also has dug out an underground car park underneath with a car lift.
@GeoffBuysCars2 ай бұрын
Really?!
@siandaw47532 ай бұрын
I see he still hasn't sold his huge house on Avenue Road in Stratford (just reduced from £2.25 million to £1.975 million - he bought it for only £245k in 1998!!) I didn't realise he has recently bought another mansion - does this mean he can afford to buy a mansion without needing to sell his existing house first? He clearly has accumulated a lot of wealth and he missed the big money era of 2002 onwards Top Gear. I doubt QW earned more than £50k a year on TG in the 90s.
@Richie-vu4we2 ай бұрын
All about about Money…. He properly being Sponsored. He should be saying that its best buy the right vehicle for the correct purpose.
@alanflint77322 ай бұрын
Ask Clarkson what he thinks of Mr Wilson. I bet he has an angle on it.
@noelward80472 ай бұрын
I am sure that they get along like an EV on fire ! Haha
@martinswift2192 ай бұрын
he already called him a twat back in 2021 for promoting ev's, theres an article on it...... well said JC
@billybazzab22322 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson is the EV industry’s Hilary Jones
@jasepaul912 ай бұрын
I currently have a 2016 Seat Leon FR diesel and I can get 63-64mpg driving at 65mph. Gets me over 600miles a tank... absolutely no way i'm getting rid of it!! Keep up the good work Geoff!!
@trevdean5402 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson is the Tony Blair of the car media industry! He will say anything you want him to for money! .
@jimtaylor2942 ай бұрын
That, and he's always been a smarmy yuppie nob 😆
@carbonnieferrous26892 ай бұрын
What you get paid for a few magazine articles and what you get for working for the Man to push the whole Net Zero Lie, may shed some light on QW's new enthusiasms.Geoff.
@G582 ай бұрын
Let’s be perfectly frank, Quentin Wilson always did have a dodgy Brylcream and raincoat vibe about him. Say what you like about Clarkson, but he’s never been smarmy or suspect in a shill sort of way. Indeed, he’s even been accused of destroying entire brands, and thinks nothing of rubbishing any model by any maker. I get a different, but similarly solid feeling from James May. Conversely, the Hamster for me belongs in the same box as the serially irritating Tiff, and every other personality bypass inserted into the car world coverage business - on TV. Online however, we have so many genuine car and bike reviewers, it’s almost unfair to mention only a few. But we all respect Harry (for so many good reasons), Jack at Number 27, and of course our very own Geoff (T) Buys Cars. All three are actually very different from each other in multiple ways. However, they have one important thing in common: They cannot be bought. So, far be it from me to suggest that we all seek out every opportunity to call out the GROSSLY HYPOCRITICAL oily Quentin, and all the other dishonest EV-angelist shills on Farty Charged etc. but it might be a bit of fun. Men were meant to hunt. Hunting is good training for war. Everything we hold dear is being threatened. We are at war. It’s a man’s job to protect the castle. The castle is clearly under attack. Maybe it’s our responsibility to shut this nonsense down once and for all? You decide. Peace 🏴 No, there’s no irony. Peace has to be won. Peace has to be maintained.
@OS9932 ай бұрын
Quentin is not a hater of classics, he is a paid political/consultant activist, just trying to make a living
@awalk51772 ай бұрын
As soon as they put ECUs and fancy electronics into cars, around about 1996, they ruined the car industry. Now cars that were built in 2005 it is not possible to buy replacement electronics for some cars. So many expensive modules for suspension, airbags, engine management , position sensors, Abs , it is now about electronics not mechanics. I have a member of my family living in Switzerland and sometimes I drive there, but that would not be feasible in an EV of over 800 miles in one run. The Classic cars from 40 years ago can be maintained at home, no electronics and have not had any serious impact on manufacturing or environment because of their longevity. In fact there is now lots of businesses supplying goods and services to keep these historic vehicles alive and well. Petrol and diesel prices are high only due to 70% at least of the cost being government taxes. Politicians are incompetent fiddlers, always wanting to restrict the public. .
@RW-bi2rp2 ай бұрын
A GOOD PRODUCT WILL SELL ITSELF
@robincook33672 ай бұрын
Count Quentula was a car trader, he started in journalism writing 'car dealer diary' in a magazine called Buying Cars (later renamed Car Choice, and bought by Haymarket and merged into Autocar) in about 1989. Then he went to Top Gear.
@robincook33672 ай бұрын
We can thank a certain Mr Clarkson for that one. The Count doesn't seem to have aged in the 35 or so years he's been active.....
@user-dt9ep4ox6y2 ай бұрын
He's called fucking Quentin!!! What do you expect??? 😂
@michaelhicks7082 ай бұрын
I am 82 years of age and I remember Mr Wilson from the motor auctions many years back, Oh dear Oh dear.
@TheHidden-ny4rk2 ай бұрын
PiP are also making it very difficult to get an ICE car.. But making it extremely easy to get a EV.
@TG-ki9zf2 ай бұрын
QW has a barn full of vintage cars, why would he decry IC engine vehicles unless he is hoping to benefit from rarity
@bentullett60682 ай бұрын
He thinks every classic car should be retro fitted and made worse with used EV batteries.
@system11yt2 ай бұрын
Too much bloody technology in them, too many cheaply designed parts. And don't even get me started on touchscreens.
@vickielawless2 ай бұрын
Never did like Quentin Wilson, always came across as smarmy. I had a friend who met him once, and said much the same. He's no friend of classics, unless they're the high end ones he and his rich friends can afford..
@tinniswood25772 ай бұрын
Smary fu&&er always was.
@lezbarker26732 ай бұрын
Geoff I’m almost 50 and I’d love to buy a cheap jaguar from the 60’s. We can get the cars away from the super rich and get them back on the road. I go on about my daily driver a 1965 Chrysler Valiant AP6 it’s 60 years old next year and I love driving it. No trailer queen I drive her as much as I can.
@James-cs2wi2 ай бұрын
In the lockdown Quentin Wilson paid £ 25000 for an old Range Rover because of shortages of cars so he reckoned😊😊😊 lol
@chrislee69392 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly.I have a Daimler 250 V8 and a 68 Jaguar 340, those values have been frozen for a few years now. We all have one so no mega market. 😮😮😮
@stephenballantyne2 ай бұрын
"You can't tell me this is bad for the environment when it does 52.6mpg" 😂😂😂
@perfectford1332 ай бұрын
That's some weird dream you had Geoff.
@bednar232 ай бұрын
I have an 18 plate volvo s60 t4, (So 2L turbo petrol). No hybrid gubbins or anything like that and it absolutely wiped the floor with that xc60 hybrids mpg. On the motorway I get between 55 and 60 mpg depending on how heavy my foot feels that day 😅
@martinnevey72582 ай бұрын
Quentin should get a job stunt driving as his u turn is legendary...
@pilsortangle2 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff chap. Nice to see you back on form.
@jasonkurtsdad2 ай бұрын
You are 100% correct there sport... remember david icke!0
@veryhappychappy122 ай бұрын
And The Answer to the Question is:- £......but any currency accepted.
@user-il6jm9mi4z2 ай бұрын
Great video Geoff-bang on the money 💰
@jjrider67582 ай бұрын
My neighbour has a company car, previously he had a diesel Audi but his employers have decided to go to a hybrid fleet, so he now has an EV Ford Focus. Officially his employer intimated that the change from Petrol/Diesel to hybrid was due to their desire to improve their 'carbon-footprint' and their 'green credentials' but the company purchases it's fleet outright and the fleet manager told my neighbour privately that they had looked at going to full battery-only EVs but the resale value was pathetic..
@imagseer2 ай бұрын
We are going to have to get like the Cubans with old cars and keep them going forever one way or another. EVs are not cars in the traditional sense. They are electrical appliances with computers and software which are designed for rapid obsolescence.
@dudmanjohn2 ай бұрын
Pity we don't, in the UK, have the dry climate of Cuba.
@PamelaD9632 ай бұрын
@@dudmanjohnin South Africa you see many cars from the 70s and 80s looking pristine . The dry climate means almost zero rust ….the enemy of the UK classic and old car owner .
@David-tt2mt2 ай бұрын
You could say that St Quentin has had a Road to Damascus moment, indeed a Damascene conversion.
@peterwait6412 ай бұрын
Was at a motorcycle repairers the other week , an electric scooter had one cell fail in the battery pack. The replacement battery pack was more than the value of the scooter, the owner said he was going back to petrol as he could not afford the repairs bill . Modern cars have too many silicon chips designed in which have reduced reliability and increased repair costs !
@martinhudson25522 ай бұрын
Great Video. Never give up on Classic Cars. 👍
@janwhite60382 ай бұрын
Where do all the dead batteries go Geoff?
@murphychris98112 ай бұрын
in the landfill lad
@julianpalmer46742 ай бұрын
@@murphychris9811 No they just set fire to themselves!
@trevormorris12812 ай бұрын
In land fill if there is room for the wind generator blades!
@kaybee29302 ай бұрын
Landfill, along with the expired wind turbines. They can't shift used EV's off the forecourts, so are being sent to auctions. QW is an absolute tosser!!
@GeoffBuysCars2 ай бұрын
Heaven.
@davidpickard93932 ай бұрын
I get range worry at the 200 mile mark.
@ianelstub40972 ай бұрын
As much as i loved the old Top Gear, i always went and made a cup of tea when dear old Quentin was on.
@thisisnumber02 ай бұрын
Because he's an Electric Vanker
@ivanlyne42702 ай бұрын
Q.W. = dung passage!
@welchtemplarmotorcycles29332 ай бұрын
The reliability issues you mention affecting modern ice cars, I fully believe is down to environmental restrictions not only on the vehicles themselves but on production methods and production plants.
@lesklower72812 ай бұрын
Great rant Geoff l am glad we don't have Quinton Wilson in Australia
@palerider77082 ай бұрын
Agreed, but there’s plenty in the motoring media here pushing the narrative.
@lesklower72812 ай бұрын
@@palerider7708 The EV agenda is not working is an EV a good replacement for an I.C.E vehicle l don't think so we're as a Hybrid is so far superior replacement for an EV
@colinviano2 ай бұрын
Geoff your dreams are weird. Perhaps a chat to a friendly phycologist is in order.😂
@stevenking99852 ай бұрын
It's not misinformation it's inconvenient information for them 😂😂😂
@ewaf882 ай бұрын
My petrol 1.0L Kamiq got me down to Interlaken from the south east on one tank - 583 miles. Admittedly I cruised at 65, but rather this speed than having to stop and charge 2 - 3 times.
@EdVanMeyer2 ай бұрын
Follow the money they say
@Lancashire-Lass2 ай бұрын
QW telling you EVs are the best thing ever to come into the motor industry is like Geoffery Dharmer saying he's vegistarian. Just saying.…
@rayhart83272 ай бұрын
Geoff your dreams are weird…….makes me feel better about mine! 🤪🤪
@andrewloizou98032 ай бұрын
Quentin the Clocker!
@nockianlifter6612 ай бұрын
Quentin is a salesman. That’s not an insult, it’s just his job to sell a product and he will sell any product if it brings him an income.
@stevewatkins2282 ай бұрын
Quentin the crook eh?
@stevenmanning68842 ай бұрын
Never liked Quentin to me he came across as a slime ball.
@davidjames-rp6oi2 ай бұрын
30 odd years back i had an old leyland mini that smoked, saw an ad in a motoring mag fronted by you know who(the ad not the mag), put this stuff down the plugholes and it will seal the bores, stop smoking etc for 50000 miles, bought some, not cheap and did nothing! i was young then.since then i would not believe a word he says.
@johnburniston65252 ай бұрын
Lets get down to details, I own 3 SAAB'S. 95 2.3 estate 80,00 miles.a 93 carlsson 2.8,24000 miles.a 93 2.8 v6 40000 mls. Given the pleasure to own these cars,they have no internet connection, they travel 400 mls on a full tank,they will not have a 10 year failure of a propulsion battery [no child labour with suffering] These cars are designed to last-200,000 miles, so it saves the planet. People changing their cars to keep ahead of their friends etc are supporting the strain on wasteful energy. Just to say that I can only drive one at a time ! Thanks for listening to a senile 90 yr old.
@johna34212 ай бұрын
It's not just Quintin who's at it. Johnny Smith's all over this EV nonsense too
@mikepeugeot73442 ай бұрын
I noticed that too. They've both been paid off I can guarantee it
@matthewgodwin30502 ай бұрын
Both Quentin and Jonny drank the cool aid and have become addicted. That WEF money sure is intoxicating. As are the free Teslas that Elon gives to Quentin in exchange for favourable reviews. It's the fire cover-ups that get to me. Back in the day, Quentin would have been all over that like a cheap spiv at an auction for high mileage cars.
@stevie750iL2 ай бұрын
Stopped watching the EV crap that Johnny puts out.
@cogboy3022 ай бұрын
Oh, that'll be why Johnny Smith is presently dumping a shed load of cash into having an Austin Allegro sleeper built with a Honda K20 motor in it then, will it? He built the Flux Capacitor electric drag car, from a 1974 Enfield, using battery packs designed for the Huey Cobra helicopter from the Vietnam War era, which a mate with a 'cough' contract with the US military managed to source for him, and has a Honda Insight hybrid, which is 25-ish years old. He's really pushing modern EVs, so he is.
@johna34212 ай бұрын
@@cogboy302 🙄
@barrywhite56222 ай бұрын
Geoff your dreams are weird. I've never liked him. He's obviously being paid by someone.
@calorus2 ай бұрын
Quentin Wilson still loves classic cars. And he's right about this too.
@carlbjames12 ай бұрын
Geoff - I can top your Quentin Wilson dream. I dreamt I was in a Range Rover eating sausages with Jeremy Clarkson and laughing a lot. Nobody was driving the car but it was moving. That's it. This was years before Clarkson's farm I might add! And Teslas.
@olivertaylor47792 ай бұрын
There was an online article last year by a big name magazine (sorry I can't remember which one) where they went on a road trip in the UK, comparing re-fuelling costs of an ICE car and an EV. The EV was more expensive and also had the long wait to charge up.
@Ozcrazy492 ай бұрын
Yep. Same here in Oz. TV show did a trip from Sydney to Melbourne. BMW EV vs IC car. The petrol Beemer was cheaper & quicker.
@animal3552 ай бұрын
When facts are interpreted into misinformation; that’s where the problem starts. I don’t have a Nokia 3310 now, because something better came along, and I didn’t receive a tax credit to get a smartphone nor was I mandated into getting a smartphone. The smartphone was just a better product. Great video Geoff
@uham9992 ай бұрын
You hit the nail on the head when you said that all modern cars are unreliable. That's what should really be legislated against. We need to go back to a time when a headlight bulb costs £2, not £200. A lifetime of 20 years will be a stretch for a modern car. I don't agree with you about EVs not being classic cars. Nostalgia is a powerful force. The few EV survivors from this era will be in demand as classics in the future the same as old cars are today. The piece of crap Escort mk2 that I used to own 35 years ago and sold for £40 back in the day would now cost me £10k. Fond memories of that car but it was rubbish compared to many others of that era.
@rickyboy5912 ай бұрын
He goes where the money is simple
@johnh18722 ай бұрын
I was hearing about how disabled drivers are struggling to charge EV'S. Its not been taken into account.
@richardweyland1162 ай бұрын
Interesting perspective. EVs simply aren't selling here and the classic car enthusiasm is still alive. Wait till November. FJB. F the EPA.