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How much off-roader can you buy for $500? Edwin and Will have bought each other cars, and neither knows what they've got. They'll see how bad they are and then they'll test them off-road and even through a river.
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Fiat panda 4x4 is the cheapest 4x4 and they are fun to drive off road
SUGGESTION: Put another $500 into each vehicle and do the same test or try to make them like daily drivers?
Both you guys have good taste. Such classic vintages.
Hey Guys, not to be a Debbie Downer, but, if you knowingly buy a car with bad brakes and have an accident, the insurance company won't cover your accident damage or medical costs ☹️
Please look after each other, because we love this channel 👍
ROVER STRETTWISE ONE
I kinda love that your main content is just simply buying shit box cars and doing a single challenge with them and then onto something new with a few cars that stick around for longer than one episode. Really taps into the adhd
Yeah it’s almost like Alex lost his crown of “king of the shit boxes”
At least they drive there shit boxes unlike Alex lol
@@matthewchappell2253and they are actually funny.
its similar to some of the most popular episodes of a certain very popular motoring tv programme
@@matthewchappell2253And they're actually funny.
Haha you cant just leave us with "i crashed into a car at the dealership"😂
I thought the bit was that the car was 650 but is joking that it was 500 and the extra 150 was for 'crashing'
@@coryhamelehle6439 how do you know it was in the rover that he crashed into a car?
@gvdc could very well be the case. Either way, it made me very curious 🤔
That,s what people do at French car dealerships right? 😄 I,m looking at you, Peugeot.
Realistically, it should be £500 for the crash-damage and £150 for the Rover.
The spare tyre housing on the Scenic looks like the toilet paper cover in a public toilet, you could install a big roll in place of the tyre and cut a hole in the bottom to let the paper peek out
Then they would have had something for Ben to dry off with!
Install the bumper dumper.
there already is a hole in the bottom... see 14:00 lol
Keep the scenic as a hero car for the channel. Strip it out, fix the exhaust and embarass the "proper" all-the-gear (heh) offroaders in it. Let's take the Scenic route together.
Yes please
100% needs to happen
Scenic and Zafira?
Only if the I falls off the badge. There's a Scenc driving around near me and it's hilarious every time I see it.
And a turbo!
7:50 "it LOOKS like it might do off-road, but it barely does on-road." Epic :D
The guys should definitely make this quote into a sticker or t-shirt slogan 🤣
I owned a Rover Streetwise many years ago. Drove it into a field once. And the speaker covers fell off. Top quality!
Why did you buy one of those shitboxes willingly?
@@dipstiksubaru3246 I was drunk
Shame rovers slowly went worse and worse quality. The 60s-70s stuff was great
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium obviously, lol.
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium must've been near blackout
The rear differential in the Renault Scenic RX4 was built by Magna Steyr in Austria, the same people that produced Haflinger, Pinzgauer, Golf Country, Geländewagen and the transmission for Panda 4X4. This can only be a good thing.
Sadly, the future for the company and it´s 13500 employees is a bit uncertain since they produced cars for Fisker and partly got paid in now worthless stocks.
I'm trying to decide who is worse at buying cars - Edwin bought the Rover, Focus, Zafira and a fire-damaged 911. Will bought the Civic, the Renault and the Crossfire. It's a close one 🤔
It's a race to the bottom!
It's a lot more fun at least than two properly working cars. 😂
the Focus and the Zafira are peak shit boxes and I like the tale of the 911, so for now Edwin is at the leader
The cars selection of this channel has been fantastic. Finally no BMWs! The cars that were in bad nick were quite cool/fun and interesting (like the Zafira), while the bad cars were at least in reasonable condition (like the Crossfire). The Civic and the Focus are both fantastic. The worst car so far is the Rover in my opinion. But at least it isn't something boring like a Golf or a Corolla.
Honestly, my dad has had a worse car history than this TH-cam channel. Mainly because there were multiple Citroën 2CVs in it.
Wasn't it Edwin that bought the 914(?), mk1 golf, and really bad BMW at the end of his Car throttle days?
Car vertical ad: always check to see if the car has been involved in an accident.
Next scene: I bought it without checking and it's definitely been crashed.
😂😂😂
Saying MGs aren't cool is just admitting you've not truly accepted your heritage yet.
But there's still time. There's a little Longbridge in all of us.
Drive a ZS180, it's just a dc2 with torque.
I had a ZR160vvc and I completely agree. They're little go karts and they corner like old minis
True, my rover 214Si is an absolute rocketship
I loved my 160 ZR, couldn’t afford the insurance 🙈 sold it to my pal who wrote of off before he’d even finished paying me for it
Yep 👍 the engine for me is the L-series diesel though. Easy to get a 60% power increase & they're bombproof (I've owned 4 but largely due to crashes 🤣)
Couldn’t agree more, there are some gems that they made
This channel is such a refreshing change from the usual buying smashed up cars, repairing them, raffling them off and overly laughing at everything that ever happens in every video! Keep going guys! 😁👏
That Mat Armstrong does my head in. It's like watching an episode of Terence and Philip from south park
34C is hot while sitting in a car with no AC, no matter where you live. When it's that hot, the fans blow hot at at you and you have to go 60mph before you start to cool down.
windows can be rolled down, and no you don't have to go 60mph
I measure temperature in Freedom Units like most Mericans do, but I'm assuming that's kinda hot.
@@c63w204W ... I was talking about with the windows down. With the windows up, being that hot you are legit in danger heat stroke.
When it's that hot, your car and the road radiate heat. Even at 35mph, your arm feels hot when hanging out the window. You can feel the heat from the ground and the metal on your car.
I take it you don't live in a hot climate or always had a working AC in a car.
Even hotter when youre up on a bloody roof working haha
@Ultimatebubs In foreign units it's 93f That's too hot to be on a roof with grey concrete tiles doing lead work.
The best of the "new" channels from all those former CT guys. Buying a car, using it, maybe make a short series, having fun, being funny. That's content. Unlike some of the others...like AA, starting several different stories but never ending it properly...
Seeing the Rover bought back memories of my first car, an R reg Rover 200. I bought it for £150, spent £800 on repairs and then £1800 on insurance 😬
Lads, you know the Rover K Series is an absolute peach - the VVC 1.8 is a magnificent engine (in my S1 Elise) 😂😊
I have the 1.4 K16 and it was a beast until the head gasket blew
It's currently off to be skimmed right now
@@Fred_the_1996 - Make sure you get one of the new Chinese head gaskets - they've fixed the K HGF "issue"
@@jasongibbons6836 thats what i'll do, an N series gasket
You have to make your own seat belt like that because all the rear seats click out (remove) individually, what you have there is a mini van or small camper once you take all the seats out. brilliant design :)
Good old British engineering, how we miss you
The rover streetwise has such a solid engine. I own its angry older brother the MGZR are honestly underrated cars.
Also I would say the "old person" rover is a 75... The others people of all ages drive them. You both should try and buy a £2000 Rover/MG and see who can race aeound the track better.
They get flak for the K series headgasket issues, but they’re actually cracking little cars (and the engines are great when they work!)
@@joelgilby exactly it's a shame really of they didn't cheap out on the head gasket... The company may be still here as they would have had a better rep. That all said I upgraded my head gasket and it drives a dream. Lovely car.
Once had a 620Ti with a T28 turbo strapped to it, most certainly wasn't a old person car then! But agreed, K Series are good engines (Once you iron out the problems/improve on it a bit)
Nothing wrong with a 75 and I'm not old 😜
Guy slags Rovers/MGs as old men cars but thinks scenics are 'cool' 😂
I can't believe you found an RX4! I think those were engineered by Steyr daimler Puch, same folks who did the Panda 4x4 and the Golf Country 4x4. Always wanted one of them, well jealous.
Are those full time or auto engage rear diff via viscose coupler like kangoos?
@ApocGuy yeah same as the kangoo.I had a scenic rx4 it's was canny
@@garethtaylor6684 tnx, I wasn't sure if rx4 had the same drive line. I had a Subaru justy with broken viscose coupling. Instead of replacing coupler I've simply welded it up and made a permanent 4wd. Funny ride, wasn't totally "road legal" after that though 😁😛
Hate the hot weather debate, I lived in a desert where it'd get close to 50c outside and it was awful. Since moving to the UK I've sweat through more shirts then I ever did there. Hot weather just sucks everywhere!
Overdrive's Ka would hav done very well in this. U should try and buy it if it hasnt been scrapped.
RIP overdrive
Proper top gear cheap car challanges vibes. Really love the content guys ❤
You guys are kinda sleeping on rovers. I know they're niche but ive had my 200vi for 10 years and limiter bash it almost everyday and its never even been close to over heating
I’ve got an MG TF which I bought cheap and love it. My friends has a V6 75 and a 200 BRM which I like as well. Definitely agree with your comment. K series nowhere near as unreliable as people say, once you upgrade the head gasket.
@@dtulip8 The BRM colours are fantastic. Would be nice if it was on a sports car!
I have an MG from the 70s and it was(is) more reliable than the Suzuki swift that was my first car
Definitely!
I unironically like the front of the Rover Streetwise, this era of Rover and MG looks quite good imo
MG ZR is definitely cooler than the Streetwise though lol
i love my MG zr
I owned a Streetwise, a 25, a ZR & then a ZS. All the L-series diesel, tuned & were great. The streetwise was probably my favourite though
You guys are quickly becoming one of my fave channels on TH-cam!
These guys always look like they’re having so much fun! Will’s voices are hilarious!
The Streetwise was designed by Peter Stevens of McLaren F1 fame. And he to date is still extremely proud of the design!
That’s very true “but” he’s old and probably senile like my good self I think what was I saying gotta go bye bye
To be fair, I think the Streetwise has aged very well, and was ahead of its time design wise.
Urban Onroader
What in all that's holy is Will's French accent about? It's absolutely hilarious.
a bit like clarksons accent from series 22 of tg
best part of the video
lol
First Video I saw from those guys, but with this lovely British accent, it just feels like Top Gear is back, even though one person got lost.
Absolutley love Ed's attitude to people who say things like "34 degrees? That's not hot!!! I live on the surface of the Sun!?!1" 😆
someone make the face edwin made at 12:51 a meme pls and thank you, actually make some merch of it.
HighBoi again proving his incredible taste in TH-cam channels
The Renault RX4 is a wonderful, practical car. Its variability of rear seats is great. You can even move the middle seat away and move the outer seats one rail closer. Get the original refrigerator for these cars. I myself am the owner of one Scenic RX4, but with a much better engine, 1.9 dci. You have to pay attention to the gearbox and especially, don't put big wheels on it, otherwise the car is amazing
220 turbo, ZS180, 218vvt all cool cars.......fight me
OMG RENAULT SCENIC RX4, I miss mine so much and loved doing a restoration build on my channel, I had the Petrol 2.0 16v engine in mine, same block as the Clio 182, Honistly wish I had mine back, I had to get rid when the engine blew up right after its MOT, Engine timing chain tentioner brock and all the valves met all the pistons, its was a rough day, Maybe one day ill do a redemption build and get another one.
Time will tell.
Good luck boys with your RX4, hope it treats you well
Also btw, the rear seats in the RX4 are detatch and full removable
Love that Renault scenic RX 4 ..
Sold it to couple of dodgy guys from London , kicked me in the bollox in the price for £550 !
1:56 Those people clearly don't understand humidity, it wouldn't feel as hot in a climate that's not as humid as our sea climates
BTW the petrol engine in the Scenic is actually a Nissan QR20DE which is same unit they put in 2000s Primera and X-Trail
You reminded me of that '90s company car documentary "from a to b: tales of modern motoring", where a bloke says "I said with pride, its not a Honda, its a Nissan Primera". The whole thing is like a parody of people being up themselves judging each other by the badges on the back of their cars, it's like lots of different flavours of Alan Partridge, but they're all real people.
(It's on TH-cam, and the Nissan Primera bit is about 8 minutes in.)
Panda 4x4 would have been epic
If they bought cars for themselves that would've happened. But they're buying shit cars for one another on purpose lol.
@@SatanDotExe the Scenic is a solid choice tho!
Good luck finding one for under 500 pounds mate
@@iaintdonknow yeah it's interesting, it's got to be shit but not too shit lol
Gone crazy money tho apparently
The k series is actually an excellent engine, the HGF problem was never an issue with the engine itself it was the poor quality head gaskets used. Every time they blew they’d go back to a main dealer to be replaced which gave the impression that they used to blow constantly once fitted with a much better quality gasket they’d last way longer, I’ve got a 2002 1.8 MGTF on nearly 90k miles it’s had one head gasket fitted 11 years ago and 55,000 miles ago. I’ve never heard of overheating issues before I remember when mine went for MOT on the hottest day of the year which is a recipe for disaster if your car overheats because of the emissions test, it handled it no problem.
Cheap sh*boxes are the best. You can thrash them, take them off road, go on road trips with your mates and all for a small price. Love your work guys, great content as always 👍
I had a Clio in the same shade of 'please just end my life silver' as this Scenic, and it also had a 20-year-old tyre on. Turned out it was the original unused spare, and the previous owner left the bald used up tyre in the spare wheel well.
Love the Scenic! My parents had a new RX4 in 2001 as our family car, it was brilliant. Same 2.0 petrol but in bright green.
I'm frankly jealous of your knowledge and confidence to know what needs fixing, what can be left etc. And also how to fix things!
This channel is basically slightly professional messing about on film and it’s utterly excellent and I love it. Good work boys. This channel was the best thing the two of you could have done 👍🏼
9:40.... cant imagine why it feels whobbly while driving... the rims are perfect... only some heavy dents 😅
The Scenic looks like a French copy of a Pontiac Aztec 😂
The dad jokes are hilarious, "you must have taken the Scenic route" lol😂😂
I love that you guys do what the old Car Throttle did.
Now I just want to see you guys do some crazy sleep in car stuff aswell!
I had a scenic rx4 and i bloody loved it. It's got the most storage compartments in any car ever
Probably my favourite car youtube channel these days. Top stuff
"So this has a Rover K Series En..." *Mike from DriveTribe has entered the chat*
Just got back from an 8 hour (each way) trip to go off-roading on a badge of honor trail 3 states over in my jeep and get to come back to a video about off-roading. Couldn’t of been planned more perfectly
You two could film literally anything and it would be funny/entertaining 😂❤
We had a scenic rx4.... it was legit not bad off road. IIRC it came with proper knobbly tries Tyres from the factory. A little agricultural but it was a genuinely fun car. We had a mk3 espace before that with the centre dash, huge glove box and column shift auto. Lush car.
I totally forgot about the split tailgate and the lower half hinged on the left hand side. Amazing.
I love that "off roading" to them is just a driveway on our farm to me (Aussie). I use to drive a Mini-Moke and a Morris Minor 1100 on roads like that daily.
Funny I remember the advert for the scenic when it was new. Being driven on the moon. The rover streetwise is actually quite cool too. Manufactures are making jacked up superminis recently
I definitely agree with 34 being too hot. I live just a bit farther north compared to you guys, but I'm in Alberta, Canada. Lol. In early July, it got pretty close to 40 in the Edmonton area, and I was dying. 21-ish is ideal for me, so I pretty much didn't leave my air-conditioned bedroom other than to go to work
If we know anything about cheap offroading (those of us from Overdrive) know that the Ford KA is the superior vehicle for this.
The rover street wise is under rated
Really loving these challenges where you buy each other cars!
Edwin is spot on with k-series engines, I thought it was a fantastic engine even though it overheated the day after I bought it.
Top dead center I love your content I have ADHD and struggle alot but your videos make my day and make me happy
I'm sorry but the k series doesn't just blow up and over heat 😂 "everyone will tell you". Yes everyone will because "everyone" has driven a rover and knows every thing about them 🤦♂️. The car community is just a giant game of Chinese whispers. No one has even touched a rover yet "know" what's wrong with them because someone they know knows someone who knew someone who had a story
I'm tired of people on the internet complaining about MG & Rover. They made some great cars at excellent value. Wish any of these guys would even attempt to give them a chance rather than just telling the world they're shit 😂 just came over from watching Auto Alex complain about an MGF for 10-15 minutes, it's mad I really don't get the hate
@fred9604 he flags off the k series. But not lotus or caterham which have the k series engines and are loved in the track scene. Then there is the t series bullet proof motor. They have a very interesting story and history. We need someone to educate these guys ( like myself)
Will looking like a dog getting in trouble when Edwin spots those dodgy welds 😅
Loving the Scenic!!! Back in the day I used to want one to use for skiing
I’d love to see the buying process, I love watching people sift through the cars and choosing
My Grandma had a standard scenic for years! Super reliable apart from all of the electrics.
This reminds me of that scene from The Grand Tour's Carnage A Trois where the boys drive their family french cars up a mountain 😂
I love the streetwise 😂
I'm sure they'll sell it to you 🤣
@AshRowland pretty sure by the end a car left in a lake would be more safe and reliable 🤣
This channel is the highlight of my week
At least they both did better than a Cyber truck!😂
Best of the Auto Alex cinematic universe closely followed by All the gear
When edwin was saying the rover was the first crossover i was thinking na the scenic definitely beat the rover to the post. What then appears 😂 the damn Renault turns up.
as someone who definitivly owns a cool mg... your right they are old people cars BUT the Z cars are cool!
Those scenic were proper 4x4 and tough as old boots plus family car with nice roof etc
MG ZS/R/T are cool cars
Both these car are modern classics. I was surprised they are still under 1k! I remember when the rx4 came out, saw one as a kid at the dealership
This is actually becoming my favourite channel cant lie
Ahh, Rover Streetwise was my first car, had it 5 months and then decided to wrap it around a tree 😅
I love that your thing is buying each other shitboxes and then doing challenges with them. Classic old school shenanigans. Keep up the good work
I’ve had three scenic only 2wd but they were surprisingly agile off road Used to park them things anywhere !!
Tye scenic is the car that i grew loving, pleaaase keep it in the channel and do more with it please :'(
Alex can point you in the direction of Drivetribe for that Rover if it makes it through your plans for it 😂
was pissing myself laughing when you soked the cameraman we knew it was coming except him 🤣 fingers crossed focus tickets bought to🤞
Can't tell if Will actually cares about the rear bumper squish but if he does, pour a freshly boiled kettle of water over it and it'll probably just pop back out, looking forward to the mods :D
this is just like the series on overdrive with the ford ka, glad to see it back
Keep the cheapo cars coming, these are most of the time better than unobtainable supercars!
I am very jealous of Edwin's Scenic RX4! Well, maybe not just that one, but in general - as you say, that is a cool car. I'd take one of those over any SUV. As it happens, I know that a regular Scenic (second gen, in my case) is a formidable off roader too, even without ground clearence or 4x4. I took mine up a forest-trail in Spain more suited for Land Rovers or forestry machinery with no problems what so ever. Still regard that Scenic as the best car I ever owned - had it for 10 years and would still own it if not all wear and tear of extensive regular use had become a bit too obvious...
Keep the scenic, remove the front driveshafts and weld the little rear diff, cut the springs and drift it until it dies!!
Well done Ben for taking the soaking humorously….. from what we saw anyway. What a guy
Edwin and Will turning buying shit boxes into a refined artform. Best car content out there
TDC is quickly becoming the most entertaining autoalexuniverse channel!
all of those people who comment "well it's way hotter here" dont realize that most of your area isnt equipped for those temps. my base in germany didnt have AC at all
Damn, what would I give for to just hang out with these guys. I think I would grow a 6pack in a day with laughing, because they are so funny
I think people that comment on 34 not being hot compared to where they live after spurred on by the same feeling I used to get when Mighty Car Mods would say 'look at the rust!' whilst poking metal that looks like something made by Ford that had seen a single mild British winter.
I nearly broguth that scenic😂
As a Brit who also hates the heat I feel you.
Shame the Scenic is in such poor condition since they're pretty rare, especially RHD ones.
Always had a soft spot for these, they're literally the french cousin of the Golf Country, an utterly unneccessary car, with specific bits which are impossible to find.
I'd love to see you actually trying to fix this manky thing!