Why is Quentin Wilson trying to DESTROY the Classic Car industry…?

[@HandsUpforThePanther]

For a man who use to gloat about how much he loves old cars and classics. its a truly remarkable U-turn by Quentin.

[@ianjones739]

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 💵💷

[@michaelelliott4265]

Qw bought and paid for 🔔 end

[@G-ra-ha-m]

He may be a chosen one. Not to ever be trusted.

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

​@@ianjones739I was exactly the same. Now hes a complete turncoat only in it for the £'s

[@paulschneider9286]

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??

[@peterbunting8485]

Plain and simple. He's a nob.

[@paulschofield985]

Agreed 100% gobshite

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

Knobs on old cars are forever dropping off and getting lost.

[@cornishhh]

Jealous of Clarkson.

[@johnharrison373]

@colingregson8653 Yeah, he'd want to rip out the engine and fuel tank and replace them with an electric motor and battery. 😁

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

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.

[@vspencer9764]

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.

[@gj91471]

QW doesn't know how to get a petrol or diesel to run clean.....

[@gj91471]

He is getting paid from the climate Clowns

[@brianlopez8855]

He is: I just bought one !

[@steveclark..]

Mike Brewer is shilling for those fuel pellets that go into fuel tanks,... can't trust any of these people.

[@James-cs2wi]

Don't ever buy a second-hand car from Quinton Wilson

[@douglasb.5601]

Quentin Wilson is THE classic car Judas! Enjoy your 30 pieces of Silver Quentin!

[@richardpickering2452]

Quentin is a climate queen... say no more.

[@alanflint7732]

He's called Quentin. Say no more.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

​@@alanflint7732Tribe, I'd guess.

[@pcwizardman]

Isn’t he being funded by the net zero mob in Brussels?

[@markstarmer3677]

Never really heard that saying before, but it sums Wilson up to a tee.

[@cornishhh]

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.

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

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. 👍

[@mickc7388]

He's on the payroll.

[@bEEBO178]

Oh god get a life

[@offgrid7837]

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.

[@trevormorris1281]

He,s on the payroll,money bribe snake in the grass!

[@MikeWooshy]

I suspect Quentin has received a brown bag/envelope. They do say Money Talks.

[@laurieharper1526]

Or perhaps he received a nice shiny new Tesla...

[@paulpaintshop103]

EV'S, an Impractical solution to an Imaginary problem

[@thesmallnotesduo]

And a tool of the the EFW [I'm dislexik]

[@AdamLaw-f4w]

Perfect!!!

[@alxgu198]

🤝 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.

[@joytotheworld9109]

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.

[@chaseshadow]

100 year model

[@barrydavis3044]

Clocker Wilson. Shouldn't he be kicked out for clocking vehicles. 😡.

[@COIcultist]

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?"

[@gordon7470]

Once a crook, always a crook 🤬

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Battery fires, limited range and inconvenient charging are why EVs are not selling

[@nathansmith7153]

NO, people like Geoff pushing lies are

[@ahorton6786]

Plus the fact they are absolute crap.

[@LoremIpsum1970]

...price and depreciation...

[@RichardASK]

@@nathansmith7153 Would you like to list Geoff's lies then, oh knowledgeable one?

[@mikehunt-w8u]

@@nathansmith7153 What lies.Prove it.

[@daviddaw999]

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.

[@cornishhh]

I think Clarkson could have a valid argument with that "Cemented reputation" Plus quite a few KZbinrs.

[@kevinmott6205]

Do the so called select committee know Quinten has a criminal conviction. Shows lack of integrity and honesty and morals and character.

[@johnnydoe1984]

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 .

[@peterdrake8392]

Well said - he is a self serving idiot

[@BrianPaterson-f3i]

Never knew that (clocking)!

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

There is probably not much money in clocking MK2 Cavaliers anymore.

[@captainnutnut6077]

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?

[@thejamesieboy]

@@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

[@andrewbarnes1295]

​@@captainnutnut6077yes the B reg a mark 2 and the F reg an early mark 3 probably.

[@captainnutnut6077]

@@andrewbarnes1295 got it in one. The Wikipedia was a great help, but one heck of a deep rabbit hole, too!

[@MrT01582]

I enjoyed building them in Luton in my youth 🤣🤣

[@richardweyland116]

The Elephant in the room is why the people of GB are tolerating this crap?

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

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.

[@magfan77]

The problem is that many corporate types got tax insensitive to go Electric. However would they buy these cars with their own money??

[@fbboringstuff]

We’re is the gun stroking yank Speaking in tongues about… Something petty

[@jimtaylor294]

@@magfan77 Certainly nobody sane should 😆 >best Clarkson voice< "I'd rather eat the money."

[@danny29x]

He's like a jealous child. Had his fun, and now it's over for him he doesn't want others to enjoy it.

[@davidbarlow350]

Good luck in trying to find an EV that's lasted 30 years.

[@cornishhh]

I've seen a 1974 milk float that still works.

[@johnharrison373]

​@@cornishhh😂🤣😂

[@gimble447]

@@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 👍

[@nathansmith7153]

So all the cars that KevTee picks up for Trent are 30 years old? You are clueless

[@Angusoksen]

There are some Detroit electric cars around that are over 100 years old

[@murphychris9811]

if evs were really that good that no one wants to pay 60 grand on a car that is crap

[@saxon-mt5by]

Quentin Wilson talks about 'misinformation' harming EV sales, but he never comes up with examples to support his case.

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

When it comes to misinformation, the pro-EV lobby is riddled with it.

[@batmanlives6456]

Because he can’t

[@chrispark9343]

Ok gives us the evidence that supports your case against QW. Put your money where your mouth is

[@saxon-mt5by]

@@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.

[@jimtaylor294]

Indeed. As always, Question is full of shite.

[@waynekaminski5438]

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-rp6oi]

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!

[@DaleSteel]

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-qs4hx]

That taffy should be ashamed of himself for ruining all those classics.....

[@allannicolson2607]

​@@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.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

@@allannicolson2607 Converting a 308 into an EV ought to incur the death sentence.

[@Farney-gy1qo]

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.

[@DaleSteel]

Have you noticed all the companies with terrible engines are the ones that have declared they are going all electric.

[@bentullett6068]

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_knows]

Ford?

[@G-ra-ha-m]

​@@bentullett6068To replace the staff is a great way to sabotage a company.

[@bentullett6068]

@@G-ra-ha-m exactly

[@bentullett6068]

@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

[@daveb2wright]

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!

[@siandaw4753]

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!

[@nonecomformistme932]

And his btother​@@siandaw4753

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

​@@siandaw4753 Once a crook, always a crook. He just found a wealthier way to con people!!

[@siandaw4753]

@@WeeShoeyDugless Exactly! If people did their own research and found things out for themselves, the world would be a very different place!

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Yes - that was mentioned in an old issue of Private Eye.

[@tug1345]

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

[@colingregson8653]

Not likely 😜

[@miketherefurbisher8000]

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!!

[@ianjones739]

Quentin Wilson looks like he had a big fat old cheque from the WEF! I'll say no more.

[@keithvers569]

Correct, the WEF are the reason this country is in the shit now

[@graememckay9972]

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-dd4iw]

A friend has a Tesla too (he loves it), but his insurance has jumped from £850 to £1,500 this year.

[@chrishart8548]

​@@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-uf1iw]

@@chrishart8548 Gender ? well if he is a father of 2 I hope he is male, but then these days who knows !!

[@chrishart8548]

@@JosephJackson-uf1iw exactly knowone knows how many genders there are nowadays.

[@thomasreilly6362]

So this is more about insurance companies jacking up prices on EV vehicles and nothing about the vehicle.

[@stuartsnowden4824]

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.

[@jimtaylor294]

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.

[@JamesSmith-qs4hx]

Slimy B4stard..... (Quentin not you Geoff🤣🤣🤣)

[@alanflint7732]

Ask Clarkson what he thinks of Mr Wilson. I bet he has an angle on it.

[@noelward8047]

I am sure that they get along like an EV on fire ! Haha

[@martinswift219]

he already called him a twat back in 2021 for promoting ev's, theres an article on it...... well said JC

[@soulstep967]

Your nailed it. Mr Wilson enjoys the money more. I’m guessing of course.

[@Aut0five]

Quentin Wilson - too busy clocking cars to care about classics

[@cabbage681]

"Quentin", the name says it all, probably went to the same school as Blair.

[@jimtaylor294]

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

[@Richie-vu4we]

All about about Money…. He properly being Sponsored. He should be saying that its best buy the right vehicle for the correct purpose.

[@vrillon778]

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.

[@GeoffBuysCars]

Really?!

[@siandaw4753]

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.

[@colingregson8653]

What a Tosser !.

[@n0w3lly90]

Good question because Wilson was always a passionate fan of classics!

[@carbonnieferrous2689]

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.

[@trevdean540]

Quentin Wilson is the Tony Blair of the car media industry! He will say anything you want him to for money! .

[@jimtaylor294]

That, and he's always been a smarmy yuppie nob 😆

[@Bazza-l1i]

Quentin Wilson is the EV industry’s Hilary Jones

[@awalk5177]

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. .

[@robincook3367]

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.

[@robincook3367]

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.....

[@michaelhicks708]

I am 82 years of age and I remember Mr Wilson from the motor auctions many years back, Oh dear Oh dear.

[@MikeWooshy]

Judas Was Paid.

[@jasepaul91]

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!!

[@colingregson8653]

Same for me with my Skoda Superb Green line at slightly more than your measly 600 miles per tank plus I can get 10 dead bodies in the back as it's an estate. Ching ,Ching a win all around 😂😂😂.

[@OS993]

Quentin is not a hater of classics, he is a paid political/consultant activist, just trying to make a living

[@G58]

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.

[@RW-bi2rp]

A GOOD PRODUCT WILL SELL ITSELF

[@chrislee6939]

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. 😮😮😮

[@TheHidden-ny4rk]

PiP are also making it very difficult to get an ICE car.. But making it extremely easy to get a EV.

[@lezbarker2673]

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.

[@TG-ki9zf]

QW has a barn full of vintage cars, why would he decry IC engine vehicles unless he is hoping to benefit from rarity

[@bentullett6068]

He thinks every classic car should be retro fitted and made worse with used EV batteries.

[@bednar23]

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 😅

[@SamanthaHeath-h9t]

He's called fucking Quentin!!! What do you expect??? 😂

[@pilsortangle]

Awesome stuff chap. Nice to see you back on form.

[@vickielawless]

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..

[@tinniswood2577]

Smary fu&&er always was.

[@martinnevey7258]

Quentin should get a job stunt driving as his u turn is legendary...

[@system11yt]

Too much bloody technology in them, too many cheaply designed parts. And don't even get me started on touchscreens.

[@martinhudson2552]

Great Video. Never give up on Classic Cars. 👍

[@imagseer]

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.

[@dudmanjohn]

Pity we don't, in the UK, have the dry climate of Cuba.

[@PamelaD963]

@@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 .

[@ewaf88]

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.

[@James-cs2wi]

In the lockdown Quentin Wilson paid £ 25000 for an old Range Rover because of shortages of cars so he reckoned😊😊😊 lol

[@peterwait641]

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 !

[@jasonkurtsdad]

You are 100% correct there sport... remember david icke!0

[@perfectford133]

That's some weird dream you had Geoff.

[@GraceGroves-q5p]

Great video Geoff-bang on the money 💰

[@David-tt2mt]

You could say that St Quentin has had a Road to Damascus moment, indeed a Damascene conversion.

[@welchtemplarmotorcycles2933]

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.

[@davidpickard9393]

I get range worry at the 200 mile mark.

[@carukchannel]

Well said 👍👍👍👍

[@veryhappychappy12]

And The Answer to the Question is:- £......but any currency accepted.

[@IANREA]

My neighbour has a hybrid as a company car, and he has been told this will be his last hybrid, because the next one will be full EV. So travelling from Bromsgrove to Southampton once a week to work at his head office means leaving the night before on a full charge, booking into a hotel with an EV charging point, working the day, and travelling home late the next day. Previously he had a BNW diesel, could travel early , do the day and come home, so how is that more efficient than a hotel, forced charge time.

[@janwhite6038]

Where do all the dead batteries go Geoff?

[@murphychris9811]

in the landfill lad

[@julianpalmer4674]

@@murphychris9811 No they just set fire to themselves!

[@trevormorris1281]

In land fill if there is room for the wind generator blades!

[@kaybee2930]

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!!

[@GeoffBuysCars]

Heaven.

[@peteknaggs2036]

I follow someone in the states thats picked up a couple of classics as someone who ran a museum died and there is no one around interested in classics so he got it dirt cheap, the market is dying. plus its now trying to find garages that also work on really old cars as the new technicians refuse to work on them as they have no clue when you cannot replace a module.

[@ivanlyne4270]

Q.W. = dung passage!

[@FreeThinkingRealist]

We don't need to change our cars, we need to change our politicians.

[@carlbjames1]

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.

[@Lancashire-Lass]

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.…

[@GEOFF0906]

The best way to treat Mr Wilson, is to ignore him. He is forgetting that he is only in his present privileged position because of his one-time 'love' for classic cars. I'm sure we all know someone whose 'enthusiasm' has ultimately been proven to come down to money. For most of us who have a passion for older vehicles, it really isn't about money at all, but about nostalgia , recreation and enjoyment. We really should not be deifying the likes of Wilson, neither should we get too upset when we discover that they are not all they appear to be. Let's just carry on enjoying what we have from day to day, and prove that the enthusiasm and passion of a huge family of like-minded enthusiasts is far more powerful than one man's love of money and kudos.

[@thisisnumber0]

Because he's an Electric Vanker

[@olivertaylor4779]

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.

[@Ozcrazy49]

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.

[@colinviano]

Geoff your dreams are weird. Perhaps a chat to a friendly phycologist is in order.😂

[@animal355]

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

[@rayhart8327]

Geoff your dreams are weird…….makes me feel better about mine! 🤪🤪

[@jjrider6758]

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..

[@stevewatkins228]

Quentin the crook eh?

[@DYLAN-sq5cm]

IF U UNDERSTAND WHO THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVISTS IS(👑),THEN U WILL UNDERSTAND THAT DUDE IS A MESSENGER

[@johna3421]

It's not just Quintin who's at it. Johnny Smith's all over this EV nonsense too

[@mikepeugeot7344]

I noticed that too. They've both been paid off I can guarantee it

[@matthewgodwin3050]

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.

[@stevie750iL]

Stopped watching the EV crap that Johnny puts out.

[@cogboy302]

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.

[@johna3421]

@@cogboy302 🙄

[@uham999]

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.

[@barrywhite5622]

Geoff your dreams are weird. I've never liked him. He's obviously being paid by someone.

[@mikeburke603]

Heard from a very good source that Porsche are having massive issues with Taycan battery packs and they are wanting to take £15,000.00 of your English pounds out of your bank account to 'fix' the problem. Misinformation, NAH its a load of bollocks is EV ownership.

[@stevenking9985]

It's not misinformation it's inconvenient information for them 😂😂😂

[@tucays1]

800 miles on a tank what you driving and what year is it?

[@stevenmanning6884]

Never liked Quentin to me he came across as a slime ball.

[@tanfosbery1153]

I always use to say that the engine management system on my old diesel Citroen ZX was a wire pulling a lever

[@mikecain565]

Well said Geoff, and looking at the state of your mucky right paw, Have you had to change a tire on the way down to Le Mans ?

[@johnburniston6525]

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.

[@davidjames-rp6oi]

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.