I wish the AutoAlex Podcast would be more like yours. I watch yours much more than theirs by now. And I don't hate AutoAlex but I would love them to do something more like this. A bit more calm and more about cars. Idk what it is but you make the "behind the scenes" aspect a lot more interesting. It's a structured and easy listen and theirs is chaotic and stretched.
I also really like the pace and content/structure in the TDC Cream podcast. There's personal anecdote and experience but it's always related to the topic or the channel; they're also honest when something is just their personal taste but can look at things objectively too. Sometimes bits drag on but it's never unwarranted or way off topic. Podcasts normally are not my thing but I do like this quite a bit.
But this is why the different channels have their own podcasts... rather than wanting to other To change prefer to have Alex and friends guest on each others podcasts.
Some, most things (atleast car related) are designed to fail, however its the intention that matters. Design to fail before major issue that can be dangerous happens? Sure, okay. Design to fail, to then be expensive to replace and be forced to take it to a specialist garage to make money? Not okay, and that's the modern most common occurrence I feel unfortunately, but if it was the other case to lets say; save money and time for the people that might not be as mechanically and car smart it wouldn't be too bad.
I think Aston Martin is a great shout too, you could easily daily a rapide, dbx or even a db9 or something. You get the Valkyrie which is insane, a manual v12 vantage or old shape dbs for weekend drives. All great cars imho
If I am picking one brand, then I would want one that gives the biggest variety, both present and past. For me that would probably be Ford. Escort Cosworth to a Capri 2.8i, to a Maverick or even a Focus or Mondeo. Then there are the American market cars, like an F150 or a Mustang.
Ford has history, they also have a varied car line up from vans and hatches all the way to the Ford GT a super car. A brand that does econobox cars up to super cars would be an excellent choice.
I’m not an Audi guy. I’ve had nearly 200 cars since passing my test and I’ve not owned an Audi. But if I could only drive one manufacturer for the rest of my life I’d pick Audi. The range is ridiculous! You could have anything from an a3 tdi as a daily/“winter beater” to an rs6 for taking the family and the dog on holiday in and a v10 r8 as a weekend toy. Not many manufacturers can do that
@@steveguthrie2550 purely for the range of options tbh. I’ve had a lot of vw’s so maybe that has something to do with it. Natural progression and all that haha
@@fundude9938 yeah I suppose Merc could offer similar range. I just find their options a bit bland in comparison. Most of their performance line has or at least had basically the same 6.2 v8 in it. At least the generations of Merc I’m familiar with like the g63, c63 etc etc 😅 and as cool as the gtr is its more of a grant tourer than an r8 which I wouldn’t class as a super car but it’s the closest thing Audi makes to a super car
The real world forum answer is....... Honda. NSX, either one, any Civic Type R, S2000, S660, any of the hot Accords for your practical saloon, all the weird JDM ones too. The Odyssey or the Stream for loads of people, etc
A couple of people i used to know were convinced that some bloke invented a car that ran on water and it was hidden away by "big oil!" They also claimed it would run 500 miles on a jug of water. You could travel the length of the country on a watering can! lol But then they also claimed that the nobbly bits on tires from the moulding process were actually government devices to track you. I honestly caught one of them with a pair of scissors cutting all the nobbly bits of his tires and throwing them in a river! lol Oh and i'd like a Recaro Racing seat for my PC. Playing Forza with one for the immersion!
Love dreaming about restomods. I can imagine RX-8s and Mazda 6MPS restos, Mondeo St-220s. Companies may go for car styles rather than specific models. The number of saloons and estates out there for restomods is massive, especially with next to none being made now
On the key- less cars : i used to work as a 12t recovery truck driver for a well known national breakdown company with yellow liverys . I once picked a lady up from a petrol station outside Edinburgh with the very same problem as Will but unfortunately the key wasnt in the door pocket. It was on a flight to Amsterdam with her husband on route to a stag weekend 😂
"Singer-ize" a Ford Cougar. Give it a clean, wider body from the concept model, put the twin-turbo 3.0l Duratec from the Noble M12 GTO, add the AWD system from a Mondeo or Jag of the same era and you got something that still looks and drives good with a bit more grunt.
Its a rule for me this week lads. Needed to change the rear wheel bearing on my E46 touring (absolute tit of a job !) so called around a couple of mates to see if anyone had a full hub assembly i could slap on.....long story short i ended up buying an entire parts car for £150 thats got the full manual swap i need and the engine has 80k less miles than mine ! So ive basically got a full running gear ,spare hubs , subframes , full set of alloys for free by the time I scrap the catalytic converter, battery and bodyshell !
As I have never been a fan of BMW or Porsche, it would have to be Audi for me. In their recent history they have made interesting and/or fun cars for most segments. Hot hatch? RS3 with the legendary 5-cylinder turbo. Relaxing executive saloon? A8 (with a W12 even, if you are adventurous). Supercar? R8 V8 or V10 (preferably one with a manual). Large luxury SUV? Q7. All-rounder with performance to enjoy? RS4 or RS6 Avant.
Gen Z here. I did grow up around a classic car mechanic so this may be a bit of a skewed view. Absolutely agreed 90s-2000s are the best car era. I could not care less for new cars at all. There's no appeal for me anymore in cars that cost millions, they're not meant for me and without a cool show such as TG anymore showing the personality of them they just feel like corporate shovelware. Give me analog dials and buttons!! my dream car is a Volvo 240!!!
28:30 what I believe has happened, was that investors (who usually steer companies into pitfalls) in the early 2000s were lured by the upcoming things of electrification and self driving; company boards then mandated these new technologies to be studied. Some design teams must have went and asked for similar funds to develop halo cars that would at least turn an immediate profit, either directly or indirectly.
One brand only forever? Mercedes! You could have a proper offroader, a proper family wagon, a proper sports car or even a proper campervan..... and anything in between
If you take concept cars into account a good manufacturer could be Peugeot. Peugeot has some range and some pretty good concept cars as well (Onyx for example).
As an MX5 owner, I'd be happy with an EV conversion if price was sensible & it's still enjoyable to drive. Could still be done with a manual gearbox, hydraulic power steering & brakes retained so it retains majority of the driving feel. If the kit used Nissan Leaf or equivalent battery packs then they're readily available & EVs really aren't that complicated to work on compared to rebuilding an engine, just the voltage danger you need to be safe around. S2000 is completely different to a tuned MX5 though, Especially if skidding it around like you say. S2Ks are known to be awful for skidding as weight balance isn't there, mx5s can be drifted by someone's nan 😂
Love the pod cast, love the OG channel, loved what both of you guys were doing before TDC and you too Ben, love your editing and camera work. Would you guys be up for a behind the scene vid? Even if you think we'd find it boring I think we'd love it. Lots of respect to all of you at the Auto Alex multiverse, Merry Christmas.
Regarding Dacia, would you consider buying one and doing some kind of episode? It is cheap, as they use Renault platform, you can fit different parts, also the Duster is quite a good 4x4.
This week is a little Ruin. My 4runner just got a “rebuilt” engine installed by me. I discovered immediately that it had no oil pressure because the pump was wrecked. It will pump was wrecked because there was no oil pick up tube in the engine to supply it with oil. So once I got all that sorted out, I’ve put 600 miles on it and done two oil changes. It’s using a good amount of oil and turning the oil to black tar almost immediately. It was used in another vehicle for assault my friend five years ago and he sold it to me a few months ago(without him ever using the engine). I guess I will just try to fix any oil leaks and adjust the valves and hope for the best.
My candidate to "Singerise", and some will disagree, and some will disagree then think " I don't know though....", The Rover "Tomcat" turbo with all the dressings, and not too much more power.
I know exactly which Saph you're on about been on the hunt too. Agree with carcpiracy. One of the restomods close to my heart is the HWA's 190E Evo 2 resto.
Before now I'd never heard of singer nor the term "resto-modding" but for the longest time ive wanted to get MK.2 golf gti leav the exterior almost completely original, with some new wheels and a midnight purple paint job, but put on nice suspension, beef up the engine a bit and completely gut and remake the interior, so from the outside it looks like it's fresh out the factory no modifications, but inside it feels like a modern car
Unfortunately I think as far as cars go, it’s all down hill from here. Everything is turning into an appliance and is being strangled to death by these regulations. It seems to me like one of the only cars that has mostly escaped this are the new 911s, but even so I think in the next generation or two they’ll have been regulated into appliances as well. And that’s at $200k+ as well. There aren’t really any new cars that are achievable that are interesting in the way that like the w204\5 c63 or the v10 m5 are. To be honest I mostly only really know/care about German cars, but the newest gen saloons really don’t do anything for me and I don’t see them reversing on these decisions unless their government does the same. When i see how they massacred the new w206 c63 I can see the rest of the car industry doing similar. Add that to the digital tracking and data collection stuff, and I wouldn’t want to own a car much newer than 2020 even if they were at a reasonable price.
Merry Christmas TDC crew Also i can finally join in and say: Im ruin this week. Had the last banger raceday of the year last Saturday. Did 2 laps before the oil filter housing broke and spilled oil over the exhaust, causing a fire. Got extinguished quickly but the leak was right next to the exhaust. Had to drain the oil to prevent more fires, but as you can imagine i made 2.5 laps without oil before the engine completely seized😅 but it fits the horrid season im having so was a pretty fitting ending
The Boreham Ford Escort Mk1 RS will make its public debut next summer, ahead of production starting during the third quarter of 2025. Just 150 examples will be built and each will be sold by application only, in a similar fashion to the Ford GT and the new Mustang GTD. Each will be priced from £295,000. Before then, Boreham will also revive the Ford RS200. Like the Escort, this will be built from the ground up as an "entirely new" creation. Two engines will be available: a reworking of the storied Twin Cam engine that powered the Escort to competition success, and a powerplant derived from Ford's current offerings. The Twin Cam has been upsized from 1558cc to 1845cc and its twin Weber carburettors have been replaced by fuel injection. The changes net an extra 73bhp for 182bhp. This is sent to the rear wheels via the original four-speed gearbox, with straight-cut, close-ratio gears. The modern alternative is a 2.1-litre four-pot with forged steel conrods and a billet crankshaft, enabling it to rev to 10,000rpm. It produces 296bhp and is mounted to a five-speed dog-leg 'box, with ratios aimed at providing usability both on the road and track.
Lexus is the answer. 1. Toyota said openly they don’t want to go fully electric anytime soon 2. LFA 3. Good range of fun daily vehicles of all sizes IS, RC, RX with either V8s or hybrid engines depending of what one needs
Merry Christmas lads. The correct answer to the one brand for life (if someone's got a gun to my head) question is Ford...some great off-roaders and pick-ups, GT40 for that supercar box check and an abundance of fast and interesting hatchbacks and saloons.
Nissan for me, Bit of a failure in their current state but the old ones cover every option I need, Porsche would be great but they don't have a proper live axle 4x4. Toyota and Ford would be good shouts too.
It is a different recaro company mates. There were two, recaro germany and recaro italy. The german one went bankrupt, the italian thrived and the new company will actually move everything to the italian brand.
Easy for me, Toyota (gonna include Lexus and Crown). They make cheap reliable run abouts, awesome 4x4s (land cruisers, hilux/4runner etc), great sports car history (supra, mr2, 86), rally car (celica gt4), super car (LFA), gt car (LC500), emperor spec cars (Crown) and a good range of classics. Also can then maybe inlcude Yamaha to cover motorbikes and boats? seeing as Toyota has extensively worked with Yamaha on various cars, engines and components throughout their history and also owns a minor percentage of Yamaha? Or am a taking to much liberty ha
As a 21 year old I agree mid 90s to about 2008 was peak cars. I could finance a new hot hatch but I drive around in a Saab 9-5 Aero because it's just better
Will youre learning that EVERY trip[ in an L322 is an issue . Also check your bank account, everytime you pass dealship, your account will have money taken LOL. Also, I live in the Highlands and I rarely lock my door anywhere up here ( which is an issue when I fly from Manchest etc and park up , fly out and realise my cars unlocked , thank god for apps!) and I have even left the physical door open over night and nothing was touched lol Oh and Ford. Not huge ford fan but if stuck with one brand, anything from Focus to a Transit , Mondeo to Mustangs and a GT !
I did that with my 335D. Drove all the way from Newcastle to York without my car key. Luckily I could lock and unlock the car with the BMW app so I could leave it
Sorry, you've got American Miata wrong. Look at Tim's Turbo garage... project Thunderbolt? Fasterproms...I think it's an LS3. My neighbor has a 90s Ford 5.0 HO in one (it might be sunburst yellow 😢).
I got a couple for a restomod. Ford Sportka. Vauxhall Zafiara GSI. Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. Honda Beat. Ford Fiesta XR2. Alfa Romeo 147 GTA. Also who asked?
Rule or ruin is 50/50 still haven't fixed the Mercedes C320 v6 diesel I bought last week but I'm very happy with the passat cc 2.0 tdi I got this week had to take the battery from the bmw 330 CD to play with the passat and I didn't manage to get my polo 1.9 started cos all my batteries are rubbish I'm going with rule for the white passat, car have to drive forever yeah bmw. I have a diesel ford cargo racetruck that cool it's full auto a hi lux surf 3,0 auto 1993 and an iveco 2.3 lwb got a couple of other cars that run on petrol but they don't count hahaa
Nissan S Chassis for Singerisation. Imagine being able to spec a brand new S13 Silvia or hatch without uncut guards, rust and a cracked dash in 2024? Bliss.
my family has owned in my lifetime, a 2000s forester turbo, a turbocharged outback, a regular outback, and a lame newer outback, i have a 2000s crosstrek and i will at csome point own a wrx or an impreza. im going subaru.
Love a good conspiracy and would love a dedicated ep. Some good cars ones too. The guy who made an engine to run off water was killed and fuel is man made.
As far as i am aware because i work in the planes industry, Recaro does the seats for multiple planes, so the news of Recaro bankrupcy for me i really didn't get also i didn't done more research, but i think they are OK if they have contracts with Airbus and such
for the only one manufacturer question i would say nissan. fast car? R35. estate car? stagea. weird and wonderful? BE-1 or PAO and exa canopy. drift car? 350z (S chassis are expensive af now and so are the RWD skylines). luxury car? nissan cedric or president. classic sports car? a 240z or 70s skylines. to rob a store and do a stupid ass takeover with? nissan altima/sentra/ultima. to take to a derby? a juke or quashqai preferably with my eyes gouged out
If the beat hasn't lost its v5 yet from being broken he could assign that plate to you without the need to re shell the car.. just a plate retention and then transfer
The forum: I’ve never quite understood when folks put bigger alloys and thinner tyres on cars. Uk roads and general comfort aside is it purely a looks thing or is there a performance benefit?
Up to a certain point there’s a performance advantage to more wheel less tyre, but people, and manufacturers take it too far and it becomes more about looks.
hello top dead center, my grandmother's friend owns a Sierra sapphire that was driven by Richard Rydell i think. he sold his ferrari a couple years ago and is looking to sell his sapphire.
question: if you swap an engine in a car in the uk, how does the road user charge (just call it road tax) change if at all? also WIN! bought a set of leather seats from a wrecked nicer version of my car
I wish the AutoAlex Podcast would be more like yours. I watch yours much more than theirs by now. And I don't hate AutoAlex but I would love them to do something more like this. A bit more calm and more about cars. Idk what it is but you make the "behind the scenes" aspect a lot more interesting. It's a structured and easy listen and theirs is chaotic and stretched.
I also really like the pace and content/structure in the TDC Cream podcast. There's personal anecdote and experience but it's always related to the topic or the channel; they're also honest when something is just their personal taste but can look at things objectively too. Sometimes bits drag on but it's never unwarranted or way off topic. Podcasts normally are not my thing but I do like this quite a bit.
Totally agree!
But this is why the different channels have their own podcasts... rather than wanting to other To change prefer to have Alex and friends guest on each others podcasts.
I like Auto Alex better but both are still good.
I don’t watch the AutoAlex podcast at all now… I find myself not even watching the main channel videos as much because of how childish they are
Oooo here is a good conspiracy topic for you: Planned Obsolescence. Cars are designed to fail and when they do, be hard to work on/fix
That's just fact
Everything is designed to fail at some point, that's just the world we live in.
Some, most things (atleast car related) are designed to fail, however its the intention that matters. Design to fail before major issue that can be dangerous happens? Sure, okay. Design to fail, to then be expensive to replace and be forced to take it to a specialist garage to make money? Not okay, and that's the modern most common occurrence I feel unfortunately, but if it was the other case to lets say; save money and time for the people that might not be as mechanically and car smart it wouldn't be too bad.
There's no counter arguments to that
This is a know fact. They actually run computer modeled tests to define the exact point of failure.
These podcasts are actually so good, keep it up PLEASE, and merry Christmas
Merry Christmas TDC!
I think Aston Martin is a great shout too, you could easily daily a rapide, dbx or even a db9 or something. You get the Valkyrie which is insane, a manual v12 vantage or old shape dbs for weekend drives. All great cars imho
If I am picking one brand, then I would want one that gives the biggest variety, both present and past. For me that would probably be Ford. Escort Cosworth to a Capri 2.8i, to a Maverick or even a Focus or Mondeo. Then there are the American market cars, like an F150 or a Mustang.
Ford has history, they also have a varied car line up from vans and hatches all the way to the Ford GT a super car. A brand that does econobox cars up to super cars would be an excellent choice.
I’m not an Audi guy. I’ve had nearly 200 cars since passing my test and I’ve not owned an Audi. But if I could only drive one manufacturer for the rest of my life I’d pick Audi.
The range is ridiculous! You could have anything from an a3 tdi as a daily/“winter beater” to an rs6 for taking the family and the dog on holiday in and a v10 r8 as a weekend toy. Not many manufacturers can do that
That’s wild! Over 200 cars and you’ve never owned an Audi, yet you would pick an Audi! Haha
Mercedes could probably give you that range too, but you're right I'd pick Audi as well.
@@steveguthrie2550 purely for the range of options tbh. I’ve had a lot of vw’s so maybe that has something to do with it. Natural progression and all that haha
@@fundude9938 yeah I suppose Merc could offer similar range. I just find their options a bit bland in comparison. Most of their performance line has or at least had basically the same 6.2 v8 in it. At least the generations of Merc I’m familiar with like the g63, c63 etc etc 😅 and as cool as the gtr is its more of a grant tourer than an r8 which I wouldn’t class as a super car but it’s the closest thing Audi makes to a super car
The real world forum answer is....... Honda. NSX, either one, any Civic Type R, S2000, S660, any of the hot Accords for your practical saloon, all the weird JDM ones too. The Odyssey or the Stream for loads of people, etc
I really appreciate you editing photos of the cars you're talking about onto the screen
Edwin saying he wants a sapphire cosworth is the best thing he's ever said
A couple of people i used to know were convinced that some bloke invented a car that ran on water and it was hidden away by "big oil!"
They also claimed it would run 500 miles on a jug of water. You could travel the length of the country on a watering can! lol
But then they also claimed that the nobbly bits on tires from the moulding process were actually government devices to track you.
I honestly caught one of them with a pair of scissors cutting all the nobbly bits of his tires and throwing them in a river! lol
Oh and i'd like a Recaro Racing seat for my PC. Playing Forza with one for the immersion!
It was called the butterfly engine it was built in the 80s
Love dreaming about restomods. I can imagine RX-8s and Mazda 6MPS restos, Mondeo St-220s. Companies may go for car styles rather than specific models. The number of saloons and estates out there for restomods is massive, especially with next to none being made now
Would happily watch you guys work on your personal cars on the main channel. Would love to see more of Edwin’s M3 and wills Clio!
On the key- less cars : i used to work as a 12t recovery truck driver for a well known national breakdown company with yellow liverys . I once picked a lady up from a petrol station outside Edinburgh with the very same problem as Will but unfortunately the key wasnt in the door pocket. It was on a flight to Amsterdam with her husband on route to a stag weekend 😂
Ford Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth is one of my dream cars, I had a standard Sapphire 2.0 for a year or two.
You two are so relatable it is crazy.
"Singer-ize" a Ford Cougar. Give it a clean, wider body from the concept model, put the twin-turbo 3.0l Duratec from the Noble M12 GTO, add the AWD system from a Mondeo or Jag of the same era and you got something that still looks and drives good with a bit more grunt.
Top Gear even proved the correct pronunciation of Dacia when they went to Romania and showed the clip of the local journalist presenting the car.
Merry Christmas lads
Its a rule for me this week lads. Needed to change the rear wheel bearing on my E46 touring (absolute tit of a job !) so called around a couple of mates to see if anyone had a full hub assembly i could slap on.....long story short i ended up buying an entire parts car for £150 thats got the full manual swap i need and the engine has 80k less miles than mine ! So ive basically got a full running gear ,spare hubs , subframes , full set of alloys for free by the time I scrap the catalytic converter, battery and bodyshell !
Being a car enthusiast summed up right there 😂 Needed a wheel bearing, ended up with a parts car lol
@@benmarsden7655 same thing happened a few year ago when I was looking for a starter motor for my 528i touring ...bought a full car. 😂
£150 is a bloody bargain mate
@Afraz_9n3 yup . Considering the new bearing and abs sensor came to £100 alone !
@bigerch85 and now you have a whole nother car and manual gearbox and lower mileage engine for 50 quid more 🫡😂
As I have never been a fan of BMW or Porsche, it would have to be Audi for me. In their recent history they have made interesting and/or fun cars for most segments. Hot hatch? RS3 with the legendary 5-cylinder turbo. Relaxing executive saloon? A8 (with a W12 even, if you are adventurous). Supercar? R8 V8 or V10 (preferably one with a manual). Large luxury SUV? Q7. All-rounder with performance to enjoy? RS4 or RS6 Avant.
31:20 Airbus A320's have Recaros too, I know some EasyJet aircraft do and for a short haul plane they're comfortable!
Gen Z here. I did grow up around a classic car mechanic so this may be a bit of a skewed view.
Absolutely agreed 90s-2000s are the best car era.
I could not care less for new cars at all. There's no appeal for me anymore in cars that cost millions, they're not meant for me and without a cool show such as TG anymore showing the personality of them they just feel like corporate shovelware. Give me analog dials and buttons!! my dream car is a Volvo 240!!!
28:30 what I believe has happened, was that investors (who usually steer companies into pitfalls) in the early 2000s were lured by the upcoming things of electrification and self driving; company boards then mandated these new technologies to be studied. Some design teams must have went and asked for similar funds to develop halo cars that would at least turn an immediate profit, either directly or indirectly.
Mk2 RS Focus with the AWD drivetrain of the MK3 RS👌
One brand only forever? Mercedes! You could have a proper offroader, a proper family wagon, a proper sports car or even a proper campervan..... and anything in between
What is the proper sports car?
AMG GT2, or if thats too tame borrow Lewis's he wont need it now!
If you take concept cars into account a good manufacturer could be Peugeot. Peugeot has some range and some pretty good concept cars as well (Onyx for example).
MAKE THESE LONGER. PLEASE… lads!!
My girlfriend got me the TDC gta looking T shirt for Christmas made my day . Love the channel merry Christmas 😊
As an MX5 owner, I'd be happy with an EV conversion if price was sensible & it's still enjoyable to drive. Could still be done with a manual gearbox, hydraulic power steering & brakes retained so it retains majority of the driving feel. If the kit used Nissan Leaf or equivalent battery packs then they're readily available & EVs really aren't that complicated to work on compared to rebuilding an engine, just the voltage danger you need to be safe around.
S2000 is completely different to a tuned MX5 though, Especially if skidding it around like you say. S2Ks are known to be awful for skidding as weight balance isn't there, mx5s can be drifted by someone's nan 😂
Love the pod cast, love the OG channel, loved what both of you guys were doing before TDC and you too Ben, love your editing and camera work. Would you guys be up for a behind the scene vid? Even if you think we'd find it boring I think we'd love it.
Lots of respect to all of you at the Auto Alex multiverse, Merry Christmas.
Regarding Dacia, would you consider buying one and doing some kind of episode? It is cheap, as they use Renault platform, you can fit different parts, also the Duster is quite a good 4x4.
This week is a little Ruin.
My 4runner just got a “rebuilt” engine installed by me. I discovered immediately that it had no oil pressure because the pump was wrecked. It will pump was wrecked because there was no oil pick up tube in the engine to supply it with oil. So once I got all that sorted out, I’ve put 600 miles on it and done two oil changes. It’s using a good amount of oil and turning the oil to black tar almost immediately. It was used in another vehicle for assault my friend five years ago and he sold it to me a few months ago(without him ever using the engine). I guess I will just try to fix any oil leaks and adjust the valves and hope for the best.
@TwoDeadCenter The right answer for the forum question is Ford if you think about it. They've made anything from commercial vehicles to supercars. 😁
I would have picked the Lexus as a one car brand. Or if a group counts, then VW group vehicles
They’re using a few different options for the mk1&2 escorts the millington is the top spec same engine as Frank Kelly’s baby blue 😉
My candidate to "Singerise", and some will disagree, and some will disagree then think " I don't know though....", The Rover "Tomcat" turbo with all the dressings, and not too much more power.
I know exactly which Saph you're on about been on the hunt too. Agree with carcpiracy. One of the restomods close to my heart is the HWA's 190E Evo 2 resto.
Before now I'd never heard of singer nor the term "resto-modding" but for the longest time ive wanted to get MK.2 golf gti leav the exterior almost completely original, with some new wheels and a midnight purple paint job, but put on nice suspension, beef up the engine a bit and completely gut and remake the interior, so from the outside it looks like it's fresh out the factory no modifications, but inside it feels like a modern car
One brand Audi.
Has every shape size of car going.
Plus R8
Q7 6.0 v12 tdi
Plus every RS model
Plus UR quattro
Plus rally cars
Happy new years, lads! Just got back from Summernats, already working on Bathurst 12hr content. Ready for a killer year with cars! 🤙
Merry Christmas from Sweden
Make the limo into a canalboat. That would be epic!
All the Gear channel idea 😂
I love every time Edwin does an American accent. Dude is incredible at it
Will and Ed, you speak my language. Almost seems like I’m in the room with you 2. Keep it up 👍🏼
Unfortunately I think as far as cars go, it’s all down hill from here. Everything is turning into an appliance and is being strangled to death by these regulations. It seems to me like one of the only cars that has mostly escaped this are the new 911s, but even so I think in the next generation or two they’ll have been regulated into appliances as well. And that’s at $200k+ as well. There aren’t really any new cars that are achievable that are interesting in the way that like the w204\5 c63 or the v10 m5 are. To be honest I mostly only really know/care about German cars, but the newest gen saloons really don’t do anything for me and I don’t see them reversing on these decisions unless their government does the same. When i see how they massacred the new w206 c63 I can see the rest of the car industry doing similar. Add that to the digital tracking and data collection stuff, and I wouldn’t want to own a car much newer than 2020 even if they were at a reasonable price.
Merry Christmas TDC crew
Also i can finally join in and say: Im ruin this week. Had the last banger raceday of the year last Saturday. Did 2 laps before the oil filter housing broke and spilled oil over the exhaust, causing a fire. Got extinguished quickly but the leak was right next to the exhaust. Had to drain the oil to prevent more fires, but as you can imagine i made 2.5 laps without oil before the engine completely seized😅 but it fits the horrid season im having so was a pretty fitting ending
The Boreham Ford Escort Mk1 RS will make its public debut next summer, ahead of production starting during the third quarter of 2025. Just 150 examples will be built and each will be sold by application only, in a similar fashion to the Ford GT and the new Mustang GTD. Each will be priced from £295,000.
Before then, Boreham will also revive the Ford RS200.
Like the Escort, this will be built from the ground up as an "entirely new" creation.
Two engines will be available: a reworking of the storied
Twin Cam engine that powered the Escort to competition success, and a powerplant derived from Ford's current offerings.
The Twin Cam has been upsized from 1558cc to 1845cc and its twin Weber carburettors have been replaced by fuel injection. The changes net an extra 73bhp for 182bhp. This is sent to the rear wheels via the original four-speed gearbox, with straight-cut, close-ratio gears.
The modern alternative is a 2.1-litre four-pot with forged steel conrods and a billet crankshaft, enabling it to rev to 10,000rpm. It produces 296bhp and is mounted to a five-speed dog-leg 'box, with ratios aimed at providing usability both on the road and track.
Proof ford people are off their tiny minds, they will pay silly money for any old crap with a ford badge.
That's an easy question...Toyota, you have from the Supra for the weekend to the Yaris for daily driving.
Another lovely pod Lads, I think someone should start making v8 capris! And If no one does I will! Also how is Porsche a smart idea? 😂 Ford 4 me.
Great video as always
Lexus is the answer. 1. Toyota said openly they don’t want to go fully electric anytime soon 2. LFA 3. Good range of fun daily vehicles of all sizes IS, RC, RX with either V8s or hybrid engines depending of what one needs
has to be Lexus, Fro the RX suv's for daily to RCF & LFA. theyre the best bet.
Merry Christmas lads.
The correct answer to the one brand for life (if someone's got a gun to my head) question is Ford...some great off-roaders and pick-ups, GT40 for that supercar box check and an abundance of fast and interesting hatchbacks and saloons.
Wildcard answer if money is no object: Maserati. Dailies in the Quattroporte/Ghibli/SUVs, GranTurismo as a GT and the MC12 and/or MC20 as supercar
Nissan for me, Bit of a failure in their current state but the old ones cover every option I need, Porsche would be great but they don't have a proper live axle 4x4. Toyota and Ford would be good shouts too.
I would love to see a Toyota Celica GT4 ST165 or a Celica GT4 ST185 Carlos Sainz back.. my dad had both and I loved them.
36:30 The problem with the S2000 is... the price. Here in Germany they go for no less than 10k. MX-5s go for like 3k
I would love to see a singerised E24. Put something like an S54 in it and a mega tan interior. Dream car that
It is a different recaro company mates. There were two, recaro germany and recaro italy. The german one went bankrupt, the italian thrived and the new company will actually move everything to the italian brand.
Easy for me, Toyota (gonna include Lexus and Crown). They make cheap reliable run abouts, awesome 4x4s (land cruisers, hilux/4runner etc), great sports car history (supra, mr2, 86), rally car (celica gt4), super car (LFA), gt car (LC500), emperor spec cars (Crown) and a good range of classics. Also can then maybe inlcude Yamaha to cover motorbikes and boats? seeing as Toyota has extensively worked with Yamaha on various cars, engines and components throughout their history and also owns a minor percentage of Yamaha? Or am a taking to much liberty ha
As a 21 year old I agree mid 90s to about 2008 was peak cars. I could finance a new hot hatch but I drive around in a Saab 9-5 Aero because it's just better
Ben killed a CUN… kid 😂😂😂 5:09
Will youre learning that EVERY trip[ in an L322 is an issue . Also check your bank account, everytime you pass dealship, your account will have money taken LOL. Also, I live in the Highlands and I rarely lock my door anywhere up here ( which is an issue when I fly from Manchest etc and park up , fly out and realise my cars unlocked , thank god for apps!) and I have even left the physical door open over night and nothing was touched lol
Oh and Ford. Not huge ford fan but if stuck with one brand, anything from Focus to a Transit , Mondeo to Mustangs and a GT !
35:10 even though I disagree that's a spot on Jimmy impression
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
Christmas day drop i love you guys ❤️🎄
I did that with my 335D. Drove all the way from Newcastle to York without my car key. Luckily I could lock and unlock the car with the BMW app so I could leave it
@24:59 I wasn't sure (surname) but had my suspicions, this confirmed it 😆 happy holidays for all!
toyota or nissan for me. probably nissan as they have 4x4 and a gtr
“there’s nothing you could ever want more… other than reliability” 😂
Right there with you, Will. There’s a reason that feet are at the opposite end from your head, they are absolutely not meant to be thought about.
Sorry, you've got American Miata wrong. Look at Tim's Turbo garage... project Thunderbolt? Fasterproms...I think it's an LS3. My neighbor has a 90s Ford 5.0 HO in one (it might be sunburst yellow 😢).
The engine swap of the unimaginative
I got a couple for a restomod. Ford Sportka. Vauxhall Zafiara GSI. Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. Honda Beat. Ford Fiesta XR2. Alfa Romeo 147 GTA. Also who asked?
Rule or ruin is 50/50 still haven't fixed the Mercedes C320 v6 diesel I bought last week but I'm very happy with the passat cc 2.0 tdi I got this week had to take the battery from the bmw 330 CD to play with the passat and I didn't manage to get my polo 1.9 started cos all my batteries are rubbish I'm going with rule for the white passat, car have to drive forever yeah bmw.
I have a diesel ford cargo racetruck that cool it's full auto a hi lux surf 3,0 auto 1993 and an iveco 2.3 lwb got a couple of other cars that run on petrol but they don't count hahaa
Nissan S Chassis for Singerisation. Imagine being able to spec a brand new S13 Silvia or hatch without uncut guards, rust and a cracked dash in 2024? Bliss.
my family has owned in my lifetime, a 2000s forester turbo, a turbocharged outback, a regular outback, and a lame newer outback, i have a 2000s crosstrek and i will at csome point own a wrx or an impreza. im going subaru.
The fact that you didn’t mention Ford as a brand in the one brand for life thing is crazy.
Literally the most variety in vehicles and prices.
yes but stands for Fix Or Repair Daily
found on road dead
Merry Christmas all
Know a guy that made a fwd mk2 escort using a wrecked mk3 rs turbo and a wrecked 5 door mk2 body, just to annoy people 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love a good conspiracy and would love a dedicated ep. Some good cars ones too. The guy who made an engine to run off water was killed and fuel is man made.
Saab forever for me ❤
Yes! I just wish they had made a small hot hatch . What Saab do you drive?
Just to answer the title question... a 200 series land cruiser or ford ranger. I know it is a boring answer but those vehicles do all the things
I'm glad you guys did a christmas episode.
Would love to see a reimagined Chevy Corvair
As far as i am aware because i work in the planes industry, Recaro does the seats for multiple planes, so the news of Recaro bankrupcy for me i really didn't get also i didn't done more research, but i think they are OK if they have contracts with Airbus and such
Merry Xmas boys
for the only one manufacturer question i would say nissan. fast car? R35. estate car? stagea. weird and wonderful? BE-1 or PAO and exa canopy. drift car? 350z (S chassis are expensive af now and so are the RWD skylines). luxury car? nissan cedric or president. classic sports car? a 240z or 70s skylines. to rob a store and do a stupid ass takeover with? nissan altima/sentra/ultima. to take to a derby? a juke or quashqai preferably with my eyes gouged out
If the beat hasn't lost its v5 yet from being broken he could assign that plate to you without the need to re shell the car.. just a plate retention and then transfer
No, just for our age, my dad loves 80s stuff, its 00s for me
Vrolijk Kerstfeest Edwin! And Will and Ben, obvs
Correction Millington Diamond engine is loosely based on Ford but is really an engine in it’s own right
One brand I would own for the rest of my life would be ford as I’m a massive fastford Fan and will always be
Cars🚘
The forum: I’ve never quite understood when folks put bigger alloys and thinner tyres on cars. Uk roads and general comfort aside is it purely a looks thing or is there a performance benefit?
Up to a certain point there’s a performance advantage to more wheel less tyre, but people, and manufacturers take it too far and it becomes more about looks.
A car to be remade today BMW 2002 or the 2002 turbos. AMAZING cars.
Change My mind
The singular car for the rest of my life is an rs6 for me. It ticks all the boxes for me.
hello top dead center, my grandmother's friend owns a Sierra sapphire that was driven by Richard Rydell i think. he sold his ferrari a couple years ago and is looking to sell his sapphire.
You guys should just do a live show and have people call in
question: if you swap an engine in a car in the uk, how does the road user charge (just call it road tax) change if at all?
also WIN! bought a set of leather seats from a wrecked nicer version of my car
merry christmas gang 🎄