Can I drive across the UK faster than the sun in a Range Rover?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Is it possible on the longest day of the year, to drive from John O' Groats to Lands end in one single day? There's only one way to find out...
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Good introduction, insult Scotland. Do you really think that is appropriate or necessary?
@@billybhoy32
It was a joke buddy 👍🏻 Maybe the English are still upset we hammered them 0-0 at Wembley 😉🏴
VERY original idea buddy :) maybe you should try not to take ideas from top gear episodes next time
Can you do the challenge again but with a toyota?
bet
You sounded like a proper Range Rover owner when you said “it broke down but that could happen to any car” 😂
Not even gone past Glasgow he’s got a smoking exhaust, steaming engine bay and a engine warning light.
This is why I don’t want a Range Rover 🤣
The other reason I don't want a range Rover is that I can't afford it
Ur a acting like you can afford one. Idiot 🤣
@@thesavageone_3605 hehe noooo. At least not now
I guess Land Rover's bad reliability reputation isn't unjustified.
Old Range Rover before BMW picked up was good.
@@max33kick I don't think it was ever good from family experience, but its just wasn't much worse than competitors. The problem is they haven't really gotten any better reliability wise over time, while pretty much every other manufacturer has. Equally, usually its the electronics that cause problems, so you could argue in this case that it really was just unfortunate rather than something that only would have happened to a range rover
What I find annoying is you spend 100K on a car and in about 10 years it's basically needing 1000,s spent on them with only around 100k miles on them
@@philiphinton6259 I wish I knew what that was like (being in a position to spend 100k on a car) 🤣🤣🤣
@@philiphinton6259 Toyota engines are the boss!
top gear flashbacks
I miss the OG top gear
yess, basically with the same car manufacturers JLR
My childhood is coming back
Except they didn't do it in a banger
Top gear defo faked it caah they blurred out the timer in the xj
Mate, if you keep putting out bangers like this, your channel is going to explode!
Appreciate that, thank you
Facts☄☄
@Asif bruh you’ve never even owned a rover stfu
@Asif no chance you owned a Rover that was made after 2005
@Asif also any Rover made between 2003 to 2005 it’s completely junk based off of the 4.4 bmw motor
Land Rover. Turning owners into mechanics since 1948.
Joel, you've really transcended the 'car dude' channel genre and have turned into a legitimate short film maker-sincerely and literally. You see things the way and artist does, and know how to capture that and share it via beautiful and evocative images, and communicating with unique point of view and a real sincerity that shines through. I know that's not the easiest thing to do driving along alone or sitting in the middle of nowhere talking into a camera...! Along with, of course, some awesome and insightful car content...and as an '03 Z4 3.0 owner I obviously appreciate that as well. You've got a special talent at this, which is pretty rare amidst the usual basic stuff that rolls by endlessly here (nothing wrong with them, they're just doing something very different from what you do with these.) Think you're going to have a very interesting future making all kinds of content, on many platforms, as a genuine visual artist. Not a lot of people that start one of these can truly make a career out of it, you definitely can. I know a little a bit about what I'm talking about here, so trust me lol. Cheers and keep up the great work...!
Thank you so much 👍🏻
Twat
Respect the amount of effort gone into this video - despite the breakdown!
Respect to you for watching it! 🙏🏻
Car could possibly be leaking fuel and Joel decides to have a lye down 😂
Meh it's diesel, it's not as dangerous as gasoline. It wont vaporize and explode with a spark
A land rover breaking down? Never saw that coming
They the most expensive shit boxes . Luxury inside shite engineering
@@MrWookielover that describes literally 99% of all luxury cars
@@lbnewell23 literally doesn’t🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@lbnewell23 there are many luxury cars that are incredibly reliable with excellent engineering.
@@Mohsong Lexus and Volvo are basically it
Man you never disappoint with your videos. Thank you for this, after I'm done watching this, I'm gonna watch Clarkson's race against the God again.
Thanks so much!
its 2021. We don't ignore warning lights, we clear them. Nice video
Fair play for staying so calm when things went wrong. Great video as always, the fact it stopped you completing the challenge didn't take anything away from the video in the slightest
Thanks buddy. Am glad you still enjoyed the video!
I did this trip in a 16 year old Lexus LS430 with 120k miles on the clock and orginal tired air suspension.
The fuel filler cap string that let it hang while I fill, broke. I was livid.
Lol. Utter garbage.
It is good you got the full Land Rover experience with that break down. 😂
I think I road test mile for mile is needed against a few manufacturers. Lots is down to driver I think.
I love the transparency of the video, well done Joel, I would like to buy this exact Range rover vogue, my favourite colour from the inside, love it.
Feels like an old school Top Gear challenge. Even had the breakdowns 😂
White Range Rover, private plates, XL dog in the back and parked outside your council house. Nice! 😅😂🤣
I drove from Devon Exeter to Iraq Baghdad and come back to Exeter with 4.4 petrol Range Rover vogue .
I cover just under 8000 miles in 5 weeks.
Classic Land Rover! My Discovery prematurely ended a trip last year due to a pretty hefty diesel peak, and had to take the big silver taxi home (courtesy of the RAC).
Great video Joe, I loved how you kept it super-realistic and amazingly simple all the way through. Cars go wrong all the time and I really appreciate you reporting how you tackled that issue. I am a road trip person and motorist & really enjoyed the trip you did. Keep up the good work and god bless you.
Thanks so much for the kind feedback, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
@@itsjoel Np brother..Keep it up 👍
"this is the best car to do this" some miles later: everything is licking and exploding :D
btw, great video, greetings from italy!
Please make more of these videos where you go on long road trips, i love them
I love this channel. It’s my new top gear. Natural born presenter is Joel.
Thanks so much
Very enjoyable video, great to see what goes on behind the scenes when things don’t quite go to plan !
I just wanna say how good your videography skills are great! Such a great film, I have alot of time for your videos.
You're a brave guy carrying on driving a potentially broken very expensive range rover😉
I did LE to JOG in one hit on a KTM 990 Motorcycle a few years back. 18 hours Door to Door. No Motorways, no breakdowns. 1 x 15 min power nap in Edinburgh. I had an L322 RR, but sold it at 55K miles. Ticking time bomb in my wallet.
Cracking video again Joel, can’t believe I’ve just spent 40 minutes watching it. But time flys when you’re enjoying what you watch I suppose
Cheers mate
Loving these style of videos you're doing! Like a Car Throttle/Top Gearesque vibe
Glad you’re enjoying the content! Thanks for the comment
Car throttles trying to replicate top gear badly though, this guys got his own twist on things. Keep it up bud
Great presentation skills it’s like watching a professional tv personality
I appreciate that, high praise! Thank you.
A typical Range Rover ownership day. Best day of my life was when I got rid one of these.
Keep the great work mate!
Great video, you're very good at what you do. You're destined for greater things.
Appreciate that, glad you enjoyed the video thanks !
I love that a sleep may have sorted the car in your mind lmao. I often fix a leak by sleeping
At that point I was still wondering if perhaps it had just overheated, but was definitely wrong 😂
Funny thing is that you had a luxury motor that couldn't make it but in a Nissan micra you would've smashed it lol
@@brendanmoloney89 Exactly, this Range Rover seems pretty new. I've had a Chevrolet Cruze for 10 years now, never had to tow it. EVER.
Whatever the outcome, I loved this video. Visuals, cinematography & editing superb, commentary & content, fantastic.
It's another winner for me! 👌
I appreciate that! Thanks so much for watching 👍🏻
About 20y ago I was working across the road from Harrods in London, I left there at 19:00 sat Eve in a Astra 1.7 Diesel van , I arrived at Wigan ,. At 21:40, didn't stop and floored it, but that was what there wasn't as many speed cams on the M way, I don't think it could be done now.
woah...how have I not discovered this channel before?! Awesome video. Subscribed.
Thanks so much!!
Awesome video. So much respect for the effort you put into your channel. Keep it up! in the future you'll be happy that you did.
It's a difficult situation mate - so often the warnings mean nothing. You got unlucky this was one time it actually had an impact. Quality video regardless 👌
Seeing you wear a jacket in the thumbnail reminiscent of Alan Partridge's Castrol GTX jacket made me click right away, jokes aside; that was a cracking video! Showcasing JLR for what they really are too; for the most part, money pits. Great work, Joel! Keep doing what you do!
The quality of your content has come leaps and bounds mate - and i can see its paying off with the subs! well done
Very very entertaining, nothing better than unexpected problems and solutions. Thanks Joel
I think it's safe to say that the evoque is the most reliable range rover. 170'000km, several long road trips, nothing has broken so far
Girls' car though
Watching this just after getting back from covering 500 miles at an average of 83.6mph (just under 6 hours) across northern Spain in my L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 TDV8 (older body-shape, same engine and box as this). Not a hitch in mine, maybe yours was too new! :P
26mpg too! :)
Alan partridge wants his jacket back 😈
Loved that - thanks Joel for entertaining me on this lovely summers evening.
I’m Scotland in Oct and John OG is now on my list to visit
Glad you enjoyed the video and that it’s inspired you to visit JoG. It’s one of those places one must tick off the list. Enjoy!
Really unlucky Joel - Since filming my race against the sun on the same day I have to appreciate how much work and effort went into your video!
I’ve got the identical Range Rover 3 litre, full dealer Range Rover history. I always get it dealer and on time. I get 35-40 MPG mixed and it’s a pleasure to drive. That RR looked battered and it’s clearly the dealers run around range with all the chip stones and body work looking finished. Not surprised the car ended up how it did. If you don’t look after any car especially a range it’ll damage you !
I love watching your videos Joel, the price of fuel just last year is crazy how far its jumped up now in early 2022
Range Rover - The car with everything, except reliability.
No worse than any other Prestige car and i have owned most leading Brands.
@@minimeee04 my first hand experience of two new RR Autobiography’s and industry feedback would disagree.
They are renowned for excessive unreliability for good reason.
@@minimeee04 Couldn't agree less, I love Land Rovers having grown up near the manufacturing plant, but from personal experience they are far worse than anything else I've owned/had as company car
What broke so I don’t have to watch? How far did he get ?
@@AndyK.1 everything
Now this is why TH-cam was invested. Interesting videos. I was hooked all the way and your delivery is natural and flawless. But next time, please do take a Land Cruiser Prado
An L405 in limp mode... who'd have thought it.
Threatened dealer with legal action and finally got a refund on the utter turd that was my 4.4 Vogue SE.
How old was it when you purchased it Tony?
Same here…..£101k 4.4 TdV8 Autobiography rejected due to transmission errors, suspension faults and air con issues. Replacement car accepted after waiting 4 months in a loaner and broke down on Day 2. Second car rejected, money repaid and currently in a Q8 which starts and stops when I want it to. Lesson learnt.
@@marcusskyfall 4 years old, low miles, full dealer history. Wouldn't touch another JLR product, im back in an AMG that works every single time I get in it
@@tonybhogal8112 wow, full service history and yet you still had all those problems, JLR need to rethink their manufacturing processes/methods. My favourite vehicles but I'm put off by all the disaster stories 😕
@@marcusskyfall I absolutely loved it when it worked, but it started costing me money in terms of business so it had to go back.
Was chatting with a JLR bod at Goodwood last week they have a new Head Honcho apparently, and his primary goal is to sort the quality issues. Fingers crossed it works because they are amazing products let down with crap quality
Fuel and smoke exiting the car. Its is a race against time.......Joel....going to have a nap. Jeez. I would have phoned the garage and then slept whilst you are waiting 😂😂 great videos. Love em.
Really good this mate. Favourite video you've done yet. Feels like a step up from even a few months ago. Keep it up!
This channel is amazing, keep up the quality content!
I think it`s epicly irrisponsible to drive a car when you suspect it has a diesel leak as diesel on the road is fantastically dangerous for motorcyclists in particular.
Oh…Then how about “Don’t Drive Motorcycles?” That way, when you hit a slippery patch, YOU DON’T DIE 🙀
Great video, and also a great and accurate representation of the reliability…Or lack thereof, of JLR products.
been here since the original z4 days, still loving the channel.
All these bad comments towards a land rover breaking down is mad...If it was a Toyota that bad a fur l leak they'd probably make an excuse for it and letting it off. Had very few issues with my 2006 l322 where it's left me stranded or needing a mechanic. Problems could happen to any car but you can't beat the driving experience of a range rover! Got to be an enthusiastic owner to have one. Great video and look forward to the next!
But it's a dealer car that isn't very old so it says nothing good about the brand ... even though I'd still buy one without hesitation myself 😅
@@matthewgibbons4525 Not sure if it's a main dealer vehicle... Think it's owned by an independent specialist? Being 6 years old something is bound to break and just unlucky or the pipes had been rubbing. Same here, should really be thinking about a van but looking at newer Range Rovers 😂
If you want reliable off roader the king is a landcruiser. If want luxury buy a S class. A Range Rover is a Chelsea tractor this one only had 50k so it shouldn't break.
Love the way you managed to get this rangy to throw a code then fix it with the Carlyapp 😜😜😂😂
New level of pluggin your sponsor right there mate 👌👌
Amazing video! Didn’t expect this to happen. Please try this again in something like a Jaguar F-Type. Could be a very nice series to have some flashback Top gear video’s 😉 And 1,50£ that’s cheap! Here in the Netherlands it hits up to €2 (1.71£) per liter.
Keep up the good work mate! Love the video’s! 👍🏼
2€ per liter of diesel ?? Come to Germany ;)
Really hard work
You got a new subscriber
Lots of love❤️
Great video, thanks. I think the furthest I drove in a day was home to Aberdeen from Graz. In the winter. In a Merc 560SEL
Great video/mini movie! Nail biting stuff! Lucky fix!
I had the main diesel line go on my VW Transporter, drenched the electrics, total shutdown! Easily fixable and close to home luckily, not the middle of nowhere!
The joys of motoring 🙂
This has confirmed two things for me - 1) Land Rovers are incredible to look at. 2) I've now ruled it out for my next car! Cheers Joel 😅
Hahaha
mate your presentation skills have improved massively since i started watching you. can imagine watching you on tv in the future keep it up
That's alarming. I was only in John O'Groats last week. In a Range Rover!
The difference was, it was a 13 year old L320 RR Sport TDV8 and it did about 1400 miles over the week and literally the only thing that went wrong was the cruise control flipped out and refused to work. Just needed an ignition cycle and it was back in business and behaved for the rest of the trip. They don't all break down.
They’re absolutely wonderful pieces of machinery, and wouldn’t have half the appeal if they never broke
13 years and the cruise acting matter of time before it breaks down. I had a 2002 330d which had over 150k miles drove to Amsterdam countless times with no issues. Range rovers are 💰pits I love the presence of them but for something that's almost 100k reliability should be much better
Lots of Range Rovers on eBay etc with well over 150k miles. Looking after them properly helps. A lot of people don't understand that just sending the car for an MOT every year isn't enough.
I've had this one just over a year and I've changed all fluids (engine oil/front and rear diff/transfer case/gearbox/coolant & brake fluid) as well as having the air con serviced and a set of new tyres, disks and pads front and rear. Up to press, the only issues that I've had is 2 door latches (common fault covered under warranty), alarm activations (bonnet latch. Another common fault £15 to fix) and a puncture!
They're lovely cars. They just need a little more TLC than most.
@@zamaanrana1 The irony is, if you look into it, the least reliable of all Range Rovers are the one with BMW engines in them. I've had 2 BMW's and one Range Rover and the RR has given me the least issues.
@@JohnBaxendale Very true. I think the ones with the BMW engines in are responsible for a lot of the bad press the marque had over that period. Sadly, it seems reliability on the more modern stuff is questionable in some areas again as well.
Just drove 960 miles within a day last Sunday, and then the same a week prior. No sleeping, just stops for fuel and restroom. Mk6 golf tdi with 88k, no problems on the either trip and it's a 2012. Average speed was high 70's and the girlfriend kept me awake. Got a fridge too for sandwiches and yoghurt.
Always wanted an l405, but I'll pass after seeing this. You can sleep in the back of a mk6 wagon too. $3.04 average per gallon of diesel but 30 mpg due to hauling mountain bikes. No excuses for the land rovee on such an easy trip. We hit a high elevation of 12,000 feet and arrived without a back-ache.
Just revisited this vlog, you really need to get back into a L405 Joel, long term test, ownership, mods, road trips and or course adventures. 🙏
Great video Joel. Would have been nice for you to make it to lands end... looking forward to more of these challenges. Been a fan since the BMW trip from Scotland
Thank you for watching
I think what a lot of people forget with Land rover products is that they're seriously complex. They can do things that most other vehicles can't. Their reliability is probably in line with other brands but there is just far far more to go wrong. Great video Joel. Look forward to seeing the L322 camper conversion 😉
Disagree. Locking me out of the car, brake calipers locked on in cold weather, limp mode at random times, adaptive headlights not adapting and blinding everyone on the road... all things other manufacturers manage to make work most of the time
@@tonybhogal8112 I find with my Range Rover (L405 5.0 Supercharged lwb) is that if you service it well it will last. I get mine serviced every year and I get the full lot done. They did find a leak but it was replaced within the week and so far, it’s been bulletproof.
@@jackjoyce1744 mine was Serviced religiously, never very skimped on servicing and maintenance, didn't make a blind bit of difference... utter garbage
Loved the vid man I can imagine the time and money it would have taken but it was excellent as always man. Well done keep up the great work really enjoyed it from start to end 👍 excellent product and editing
You holed up in that hotel room whilst the repair was done gave me Top Gear in Patagonia vibes, was waiting for the mob to arrive 😂
Great video mate, really enjoyed it. Excellently produced and you're a natural presenter!
Great video.
Sorry to see the best off reader off the road again!
Ignore the hater comments, it’s a really enjoyable well presented video.
How don't you have more subscribers!? You deserve more... As soon as I saw that on your Instagram story, I couldn't help myself but to screen record "butt-fuck nowhere!"
😂😂😂
Well Made film Joel. It just reminded me of my 10hr near none stop run down last year, on near deserted roads due to the lock down. When I came back from Fort William to my home on the south Coast in West Sussex in my 4.4 Autobiography. This was with a 2am start, It was a joy and a bucket list trip. I also did a Coast to Coast USA trip last year the same [ Santa Monica to Martha Vine Yard ] - although this took 10 days not 10hrs LOL - which I recommend if you ever get the chance you try.
Fair play for getting a decent video out of that disaster - congrats.
You should have done the journey in a Toyota Landcruiser. A land rover would barely get you from John O' Groats to Lands end in a week.
Here we go. Typical Toyota-phile🤦
Yes but has to sit in it for 15 hours. That means it has to be a nice place to be
But it got from London to John O' Groats No??
Toyota is a terroist vehicle
Great video as always Joel. I’m gutted that you didn’t achieve your goal, but it was a great video nonetheless. Thanks again for your efforts 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for watching!
I love your content!! Keep it up!😁😁👍🏻
Thank you
One channel that made me love rovers. Its amazing 👏 😍
"It's leaked fuel everywhere, gone into limp mode repeatedly, smoked all over the motorway, almost caught fire, stranded me, and cost £300 to fix. Not too bad really!". Average JLR ownership experience.
having camped in the back of my 04 discovery I can tell you that sleeping in the back of a Land Rover is super comfy if you do it right
In 2001 a friend and I started a journey in Cornwall at Mullion Cove with a full round of golf, once the sun had risen enough to see the first green (a par 3, thankfully). then drove in his 3000GTO to Thurso GC and completed another round of golf before nightfall, although it was slightly dark as we putted out on the 18th. We had a printed (!) list of speed camera locations and an AA road map atlas to guide us.
Fair play to you Joel - Great effort.
Great episode Joel, really enjoyed watching it. Will filmed and edited. 👍
hope there were no bikers falling on that spilled DIESEL! as for sleeping in a car, when I go covering RallyCross I sleep in my B8 Passat estate. love the video.. I need to do some trips to Scotland.
No wonder it crapped out: it's a Range Rover.
Glad I found your channel before 100k. Great content!
"I used my OBD reader to clear a code and pushed on through until the leak became terminal....!!!! " PLONKER.
Staggering isn't it? And pissing diesel all over the road much to the injury of any motorcyclists behind him.
Great stuff Joel, always show the failures so we can enjoy your successes even more. Chin up 👏
Great video! This long-form video works great with your style! What a treat to wake up to 😁
This was my fave top gear. Thanks for the memory
Range Rover is always my dream car. I don't know when my dream of owning a Range Rover in my life will come true 😞😞. African life beats X1000 ... Imagine getting a daily meal is a big problem! Eradicate poverty yourself🥲🥲🥲. Watching you from Tanzania 🇹🇿! Much love&respect 🥰🥰🥰
Porsche Macan ;-). Job done. Good video! Well done Joel 🙂
I literally visited John O Groats a week ago, nice to see it sunny
Great video Joel
Thank you
Just discovered your channel, Joel. Great vid. Looking forward to more from you to inspire me to take trips with my ‘16 RRS HSE 3.0 S/C.
Could happen in any car.. But.... In a range rover the odds are stacked even more against you. 😬
Sorry but it would never happen in a land cruiser (or pretty much any Toyota products) I’m just saying.
@@rizwanwali4223 So the multiple times the fuel pump shutdown in my Dads 2015 Landcruiser v8, hydraulic valve lifters (requiring and top end overhaul) and all the air suspension issues he had with his previous Landcruisers were fake? A breakdown can happen in any car no matter how reliable or not they are 🤷♂️
@@ethansenior9918 I agree, any car could break down....