£500 Sports Car Challenge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2019
- This week, Ethan and Jack give Alex the task of purchasing a sports car... for only £500.
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"Sorry I'm stretched to £500 only"
*Arrives in new Mercedes*
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds about right for a Mercedes owner. After all, to keep one on the road, one needs a big wallet
@@Welcometofacsistube Can confirm, own a 2000 E320 4MATIC. Bought for $3000, about 3000 put into it so far. So fucking worth it though. Beautiful interior, drives wonderfully, almost 260,000 Miles.
@@CAepicreviews my girlfriend used to drive one of those for work, it was a beautiful car but a total money pit for the owners. That engine tho, it sounded awesome, like there was a tiger trapped under the hood 🐯
@@justamango1341 shut up
Few tips:
1. more time to buy, but still less than a week.
2. Buy 2 (Alex&Jack?) to see who can get the best. (Ethan can get a taxi if he wants)
3. 1 day to clean and fix up the car
And collabo with car Cleaning guru for the clean up
Day for sell the car to see which one earn most profit
Like the old top gear challenges
And they have to do an LS swap
that would be kinda like the old topgear challenges, i would absolutely love that!
pls, all 3 of you need to buy a car, spend the rest of the budget working on the car, then, set of challenges, old top gear style
this is why these guys are great
I agree
i don't think they have the top gear budget to do such videos
And they should prepare the cars like int the tg specials
LEW1S I agree but they don’t have the budget and it would ruin the whole of the CT company
Your laptops cost more than the car
their phones cost more lmao
E
C stands for cheap little rustbucket
So true 😂
@@gojko1669 IKR
2000's Top Gear called.... to thank you
Christian29D jolli jolli jollibee jolli jolli
.
Oh my god how fucking good was that show pre season.. whatever season Chris Evans came in? Fuck.. I must have watched each episode at least 8 times.
Sa jolibee bida ang sayaaaaa
PLEASE keep the car buying challenges coming, like a mini episode of old, proper, top gear!
Charlie Williams Conplwtely agree. They should keep going up like maybe £1000 challenge then 2k then 4K etc. Great fun!
Pretty sure most ppl here are for that sweet sweet nostalgia
What I like about this over Top Gear's version is that this shows the buying process and that it's not scripted. However, I like both. The more the merrier
And the added advantage of 100% less Jeremy Clarkson!
A person who doesn't know shit about UK is asking you guys. Do they insure these cars ?
14:18 The car was about to pass, and the driver gave him the look, so he changed his mind
lol true :D
now he stopped because of oncoming traffic.
@@adityapundir8128 ? It's a motorway lol no oncoming traffic
We all love west kebab, even if we have never been there, just because of the channel
yes, another cheap car challenge, used to love when top gear did them
Yeah. They’re irrelevant now. We have better shows. Like this one.
@@kellypaws nah the old top gears still lowkey fire tho, watched the rv episode other day.
@@xcake2652 I think my favourite one was when they pretended to be 17 year old and tried to get a car abd insurance for around £2k
kellypaws i think that The Grand Tour is also boring without the cheap car challenge . That’s what i miss in the old Top Gear :(
@@qw.3 there will Be them in season 3
“Is the MGTF mid engined ?”
“Yeah....”basically it’s a Ferrari”
...😁
CasualAgent and he’s basically a racing driver...😂😂😂
where the fuck is prelude content tho
@@manilove2pwn fr the fucks it at
@@JC-fn6gv 13:13
I just checked Carsales in Australia, searching for registered 2 door sports cars under $1kAUD, which is barely higher than 500 quid
There is literally 1 option in the whole country, a 1992 Ford Capri with 374,000kms
You guys are lucky to have so many cheap cars available
carsales is terrible for good deals man. Go on fb marketplace or gumtree even eBay.
@@jai_b_drums The problem with most websites, like those you mentioned is filtering results.
None of those 3 can show only 2 door vehicles, not even carsales can filter by "leather seats", facebook marketplace can't even search outside of 100km.
It's frustratingly difficult to find something specific unless you know the exact make and model you want.
MotoCat yeah I get you man. Gumtree has the most customisation but it’s not even that much
On the facebook market you can change your location thats what i do.
pablosoriano soriano yeah but motocat said that you can’t filter with an option like leather seats for example.
Alex: "It doesn't feel like it's the BEST made sports car in the world..."
Jack: "Uh it's not going to though, it's British."
LMAO :P
The biggest car/vehicle you can find for as little money! - not engine capacity, but actual physical size! A bus? A truck? A wagon? ANYTHING
I like this one...
I like this idea
Pound per Pound Challenge!
Fiat Multipla. Done.
@@UzY3L Any Renault Grand Scenic or even Espace beats the UglyDuckling.
You can get trucks MAN, old Volvos for as little as 2k with valid MOT - so a 6t truck... interesting challenge but all depends on the budget.
I would stay in the £650 area and try to find the newest, most economical car with less then 150k on the clock.
Needs to be 4 or 5 door and should achieve at least 50mpg when driving 70mph
You should recreate top gear episodes for example all buy a car for a grand travel the UK doing challenges and see who wins
Will Brown make the episodes an hour long too
Aliaan Then they would need more/more paying sponsors
@Paul Sykes relax
You can buy very good cars for a grand though, would be kinda boring
Will Brown that needs a real budget
Ethan suddenly grows a beard for the trip and then shaves it off on arrival - mind blown💥
I don't get why he took a seperate car 🤣
Next week buy campervan for £1000 and go camping in it
2 tall blokes and a short British man
*Now that's quality*
Anglo-German.
Now we just need a cheap car challenge where they each buy a car and see who did best
@@neelparmar6690 Yes. We need this
Sir Savage the 21'st its like James May Jeremy Clarkson Then the short one is Richard Hammond
@@Ward1706 honestly no one gives a fuck where his mother comes from. He's one of the most British TH-camrs ever.
How about a £750 luxury car challenge? Like bmw 7 series, Audi A8, etc. But they have to be top trim level? Just a suggestion lol
Sam Jones Try to find any running V12 Mercedes for 750 bucks 😂😂🤣
Not top trim level, just the best they can get would be a good idea.
Has to be a v12
Yes!
Yes great idea
The MG TF is a good looking car, even today
You mean my goodness the fu#k
Two words: Face Lift
There are prettier ones, but it’s by far not the worst. By far! I really like it!
spainter1985 shame it’s an awful car.
The original F is prettier IMO
Mid engine
Soft top
Two door
Totally impractical
Decent reliability
Under £500
Toyota?
What car is it ?
Indrajit Riziq Prayogo mr2 spyder
@@Agentricochet13 oh yeah i forgot 😅
Got one in red but 04 model was more than 500
“Decent” reliably?? With a Toyota?
This is just a modern spin on the old top gear days, and I'm all for it.
It's not really even a modern spin on it though, is it? It's just exactly what they used to do, but with no point to it. At least Top Gear did something with the cars once they bought them. I just sat for 20 minutes and watched some guys buy some cheap shitty car. They could have put a bit of effort in. This channel is slowly losing it's appeal..
@@ollythomas6702 You are kind of right, but I think these challanges are more about how fast you can buy/sell a car in the UK. Most car shows have a huge team that do the research to get the cars, the hosts select the car they like the most and then do old drive from point A to point B formula, we never get to see the selection of the car so I would strech a bit to say this a "new" twist on the formula. I said it in the last video, but these dudes should focus on a long term challenge where they keep flipping cars and see which is the nicest car they can get without losing money.
@@ollythomas6702 the reason they don't do challenges like top gear did is because it would just be Alex, without the competition element I don't think it would be as entertaining. And in top gear you never saw how they found the car so it's kind of a modern take on what they did.
Except wankerless.
American discipline- Go to your room
British Discipline- *Go make some tea*
@sHwWaRtZy it was a joke mate calm down.
@sHwWaRtZy wooooosh
Love how Ethan and Jack turn into flags at the end 20:05
You really are a bit spoiled in Britain, 500 pounds for a MG TF that's a bargain.
Very cool to see the whole proces by the way, the excitement of actually finding and buying one is almost as fun as owning it, really genuine as well 👍.
@TheCamshafter That's somewhat disingenuous. The used car market is such that, financially, it makes no sense to spend a thousand pounds repairing a car when you can get a similar one, in better condition, for less. As for knowing about cars, well that may be true, up to a point, but then, like most people, you probably don't know how to service an aeroplane, repair your fridge, rewire your house or remove your appendix. That's why we have people who specialise in such things.
Next Mission;
Each buy a car for under £1000
then attempt 150 mph on Germany's atobahn
You want them to die? Because that's how they die.
@@wowfreaker i volunteer
Nahhh i would atleast give them a budget of £3000 one thousand is too little and you will get something terrible and most cars are electronically limeted so it wont do that speed
I'd choose a lexus ls400
@@wowfreaker i'm sure they can find plenty of people who want to die
Buy cheap car, do it up and flip it. most profit wins. Each get own car
Top Gear, 50 a gram wat if they don’t have enough money
Drip ACE _ al do them tic to friday
Nice idea
randumz randumz what are u on about mate
randumz randumz wtf are u on about “last guy” aha ur comment feed will be different than mine. Commented this ages ago and didn’t see any comments similar, fuck off mate aha
Loved the wheeler dealers reference 😂
At 12:15 right?
12:12
The guy behind them's face is just hilarious
All car guys have played this game in their heads with a copy of AutoTrader but you guys are doing it for real...love it!
Stop don't tell them what we do in the toilet for 3 hours every day
@@acid3129 i promise it's à nightmare to not look at ads for little sports cars when you already have 4 cars in the driveway
How about a 1000 pound challange on any car then at the end you have to try and sell it for double the money. These cheap car vids are your most entertaining!
You obv. Didnt see BMW driving school ;)
But these videos are great too
@@Samon187 no I didn't but still be good to see sticking with the theme.
@@lucaparker1084 I can highly recommend that video :D it is extremely funny mate
"I've always wanted to do that"
So Good!
Happy New Year guys! These challenges are fantastic! You should all have a budget each and buy individually? I know it harks back to Top Gear but it's great fun for us!! Keep doing what you do! Happy 2020.
Let's try who can buy the most bhp for 500£
Buy an engine.
@@SFH_Jenkins lol of course it has to be in a running and driving car with MOT to make it a challenge
Buy a dodge... its crap but you'll get power
@Lassi Kinnunen then buy a ford there common u could get a st. Or a old diesel. With simple mods could put down big power and torque
Surprising what you can actually find, although they're all basically non-runners... Merc CLK320 (217bhp), Volvo V50 T5 (220bhp), Jag S-Type 3.0 V6 (240bhp)
Next challenge, THE BOY RACER CHALLENGE. you've got to buy a car for less than £750 and spend a max of only £750 modifying it for performance, interior AND exterior styling then enter it into a modified car show. 3pt series?!?
Not really a challenge
Great idea 😎👍
Another great video guys, you really do the "buying cheap cars" thing very well !!!
Hey there, love all of the videos. You guys put up some of the most original and inspiring videos. Bravo...keep up the good work. Cheers and thumbs up from India.
Do a flipping cars challenge where you start with $100 and go for a week to see who makes the most profit
£100 is too low. Would take you weeks to garner ant profit as if a car costs £100 it's shit and the next person wouldn't pay much more
we don't live in america mate its £
@@Luckyjo21€ actually
Or who ends up with the best car at the end
@@TtThomas19 no its pounds, We are from UK
You’re pushing your luck uploading with 5 minutes left of Friday.
Thats true
Why are we still awake
@@wrth watching porn
Just kidding
ikr
These videos are interesting, but your road trips are the most enjoyable to watch! Hope you make more of those...
Love these! You have to do more 👍🏽
Cheap rally car. Ideally from 90s to 2000s, like subies.
That'll be a good video.
yeees
What a great idea! They will probably start looking for a WRX - but end up with a 1991 Subaru Justy! Don't know what a Justy is? Back in the day this is how the commercial tried to sell it vs a Porsche enjoy! th-cam.com/video/sBrEHxFQpT8/w-d-xo.html
What like a world rally championship winning Toyota Celica, apparently it's not a sports car ? Wtf ???
EZ just get a fiesta
*_Loving this, good old Top Gear challange ❤️_*
Really enjoying these videos, keep 'em coming.
Really enjoy this style vids guys thanks :)
“Ooo and he’s got motorbikes so that means he’s cool!!” 😂😂
Don't even know counter-steering
To be honest I like watching you guys more then the new top gear keep it up with the vids
dan Butch boi You and *everyone* else
Yea the new hosts r pretty lame for me
Yeah, the new Top Gear with the current lineup is worse than the previous one.
I´d prefer having my eyeballs poked by rusty nails over watching new TG
Next challenge, make a sleeper taxi 👌 or a track focused taxi
Anything with a London cab and making it actually quick/fun
My mate just did that. Squeezed a V8 under the bonnet and kept the entire exterior stock. 👌
Yesyesyes pls more of these. This is best content in the imternet
Next challenge should be...
Buying a cheap car that make you look rich without being rich.
just buy a jaguar
Jaguar, but you do need to be rich to keep repairing it 😁
Porsche 944 worth like 800 bucks running and driving
@Yosë to troll
buy a mercedes clk those are cheap in the uk :) 50% off compared to europe price
300 Pounds each.
A race to some point couple hundred miles away.
Reincarnate the old top gear days
12:12
Alex: We've just got ourselves a new car!
Guy in the back: Ask me if I care
Loving these challenge videos, the buying a car for £250 then flipping it and this one! Make more please
Next challenge: buy a awd or a 4x4 with 700£ (save some for mods too😁) and go offroading or rallying!!
What about the shogun pinin for 800£?
@@josephweber4467 hell yeah
An old impreza easy
@@mosxidigaming 👍
YES!!! I would watch that.
Jack should have shown up tomorrow in the z3, then you do some challenges. 🤷🏻♂️
where the fuck is prelude content tho
@@manilove2pwn Look up what happened mate ;)
@@tommeiner9983 wait what happened to the prelude? sorry i don't know
@@stxnce36 The guy who was supposed to build the K20 happened to be a scammer asshole, so the canceled the project.
Awesome series, keep it going!
These challenges are brilliant! Reminds of the prime Top gear days... Hope to see more of these 🙂
Now THIS is the type of videos that car guys wants to see. Thank you for providing us with such good quality videos. Keep it up!
2years later: 50k exotic car challenge!
I think you’ve added a “k” by accident
Great video! Also I love that you went with the MG I'm a big fan of the make and soon I'm going to be getting my 4th MG ZR.
Mate this is awesome keep this going
Alex: “...another cheap car challenge.”
Maisy: “Not again, I’m out”
Haven't watched it, but I like it already.
Dennis van de Steeg yEP
Loving these pls keep going with this theme 😍👍💯
I love these types of
Vids
Man you guys are killing it🔥
This cheap car challenge is awesome
Sequel to £250 car challenge. Next sequel: £1000 V8 challenge
You'll be fairly limited to LS400s and XJFs I should think. If they get an XJF, fine, but I'm currently shopping for an LS400 and I don't want the prices driven up :(
@@TakeMeOffYourMailingList Easy just buy an audi s6
@@eazye1914 For £1k?
There’s a few S type V8s for less than a grand
These cheap car videos are so good to watch hope there are more coming :)
Fix it!!! Its lovely!
Would be nice to se a series about restoring this little gem!
"It's basically a Ferrari" Hahahaha I can't stop laughing!
He isn't wrong though lmao
@@hondafknciviv3818 That and: "I'm pretty much a racing driver" goes awesomely well together ahahhaah
@@goncalotomas5659 it's nice to see what great friends can do
The amount of love and respect the community has for you guys by comparing you to the old (and loved) Top Gear , means you guys are doing something right.
We love and praise you for continuing such a car loving culture. Cheers
love it, well done guys.
0:17 i love how the dog looks up and thinks: Oh he's gonna talk, i'm out of here :D
What's happening to the k20 prelude?
I was just about to ask🤔 atleast an update would be nice
They order murrican parts that takes long to come
@@lucasvonheiz1310 I found out why. The guy doing it has been scamming people and selling fake parts as real parts and is under investigation.
So hard to find such great genuine sellers. And what a little nugget for the price!
Name for the MG? I vote Maggie
I was thinking of leaky leak
Just come across your channel, loved the £250 Volvo videos and really enjoyed this one too!
Loving these!
Good lads, you've just made hundreds of ex longbridge factory workers proud, tbf they are great cars
This is posible in UK, in EU is imposible to find something in order for that money. Even for 1000 euros you can only buy a bunch of problems with wheels that have some options to pass the inspection.
I went to the internet look at car prices because of this series. Even a crappy Fiat Punto is more than 1000€ here in Portugal...
In America you can't find a decent car for 2000.
yeah, but insurance is way cheaper in the rest of the eu, at least where i'm from. as far as i know in most of the countries you insure the car - the more expensive, the more you pay.
say you buy aforementioned punto for 1000€. but you'll pay maybe 150-200€ insurance p/a.
in uk you insure the driver and it also takes in account the car. so you might buy same car for £100, but if you're in your early 20's, no kids, without no claim bonus, you'll end up paying easily over £1500 p/a to have it insured.
@@piciak Although that may be true, any driver will pay
madjh8 The cars in the UK are RHD. You can’t sell them to the rest of Europe cos no one would buy them. Look at Porsche prices or S2000 etc in the UK than elsewhere in Europe.
I LOVE these cheap cars buys where you can work on it later. Love it!
I'm enjoying these videos
Since its mid engined, would you guys be able to do a series on modifying this car? Kind of like a MX-5 Alternative?
They are fairly easy to mod, same engine as a 75/ZT with the 1.8 Turbo engine. Little bit of adjusting to the firewall and the turbo fits, remap to 220hp
@@yugnoswam4 Can get 350 out of a K turbo with a bit of money now
@@SimpleOldGaming aye I know a mate with a forged one, it's no bother. There's one in an Elise running 700hp
@@yugnoswam4 Hell when they upgraded from the F to the TF the sub frame was modified so it could take the V6. Realistically they could probably buy a scrappy 400 and put the KV6 in the TF. With a remap alone you can get 220 from those things.
@@SpitfireFortyFour You can put a KV6 in a TF and it's been done a few times, a mate of mine has one from MJS Auto and Marine. The problem is the KV6 in its top spec is only 190Hp and with upgraded cams/pulleys, remap you're only seeing 215hp or so. They don't really take well to forced induction either without deep deep pockets, plus then you don't have space in an F or TF.
K series turbo is lighter and if you spend 2 grand on building the engine with forged pistons, con rods and ductile liners, you'll happily see it running 300-330hp all day every day, and be lighter.
Hyundai Coupe: I'm the ugliest car :(
Fiat Multipla: YES!
Nissan juke wants to know your location
Toyota Mirai has entered the chat
Missed call from that massive ssangyong hideous thing
Talbot Tagora here, you lot need to grow up.
@@Blondie5791 AWS SHOPPER: Ha! You wish!
I thought it was going to be a challenge, for which one of you buys the fastest car on the track with 500£.
Subscribed last week. I think this is the best car channel on TH-cam. Happy to be corrected.
There laptops cost more than the car 😂😂
There are monitor stands for 2 times as much as this car
@@gid_verepsic4794 *caugh* apple *caugh*
Gid_ver Epsic lmao you can get monitors for so much more than that
And they are bad
*their
£500 car including fuel to Scotland and back.
Buy the car at home. Drive to Scotland and back 👍🏻
Sounds good, might have a crack at it myself
Cheaper then renting a car, I guess. :p
First top gear cheap car challenge was to buy a car and drive to Manchester and back for cheaper than the train...Jeremy got a £1 Volvo
You guys are just awesome. I have been watching your videos for the last 1 month or so. Some of the challenges that you've pulled off are just amazing. I will surely need help in finding my first car when I get to it in a couple of months time. I would really appreciate your help if I can get.
Love the content guys :)
a MG MGF costs in Austria , in this condition, at least 2500 Euro. I feel screwed.
Generaly almost all cars are cheaper in the UK than in the rest of the world I think, the cheapest Mg Tf now here in Holland is 1950 euro..
Because they had to import it over the ocean, it's not a small trip down under you know.
@@wowfreaker Austria, not Australia ;)
mx5s beginnen auch erst ab 2000 bei uns😭
Blurky holland cheapest 999€ autoscout :)
Next video should be a 750£ Luxury car (BMW 7er, MB S-class, Etc.) OR a 750£ 4x4 (Mitsubishi Shogun, Jeep Cherokee, etc)
s class for 750 ? 😂😂😂 you mad the cheapest I saw was like 2k in a very rough condition
£750 luxury car is going to be more like E class, 5 series and Volvo S80
A cheap luxury car is an endless money pit.
Keep these comin boys
"you know what though.."
"yeah, I agree" LMAO
I love the MG TF, great car! Can't wait for more videos on it.
“It’s not rotten though is it?”
Has an advisory for corrosion every year since 2014.... yes I’m afraid it’s rotten chaps.
Subframe rotted out on every MG-F ever made.
@@andrewlaw It's not something that's unique to MGs. The Ford Fiesta, Ka, Puma and Focus of that era all suffered from serious rust problems and MK2 MX5s are renowned for the sub frame rusting away. I dare say many other cars had similar problems. Steel, moisture and salt just don't mix well... not ideal for cars in places like the UK.
@@another3997 I'm a VOSA tester, see them every day. Soon as an early Ford comes in inner/outer sills, subframe and fuel filler area are a given for an MOT fail. Got 3 regulars I see every year, 2 Fiestas and a Ka, always fail and end up visiting the welders for remedial work. Every year I tell them to get rid and every year they spend £300+ getting it through a test. All are one owner cars they can't bear to part with....go figure.
@@andrewlaw it's an mg not a ford
@@DavidSmith-yt7im wtf you talking about? 😕
Love the look! In Finland cars are so much more expensive that I couldn't even dream about those prices.
"AND HES GOT MOTORBIKES WHICH MEANS HES COOL!!"😂😂😂
How about this one?
Buy a car, for every pound you spend on buying car, you must travel one mile. (500£, 500 kilometers)
Please like so Alex can see this 🙏
I like it but I think the budget should be capped at either £500 or £1000. I bought my car for £525 in February and have done 5000 miles in it so far. A £2000 car will (should) easily do 2000 miles.
Maybe £750 maximum budget as they have done a £250 and £500 budget challenge.
YESS
But make it so tgey have to just use ONE TANK of fuel aswell! so 200 Pound car has to drive 200 Miles with one tank, So it gets harder, the more the car costs
Uhmmm 1 mile is not equal to 1 kilometer, so a pound per mile for a £500 car is 500 miles or 805 kilometers.
@@Thumper427 i think it would be too much to go 800 miles with a car that cost 500£..Think 🤔
Remember if you guys want to save money on this car or any new car, click up there and go to carw...wrong channel sorry
Jack 1 lol that was funny Matt
That was pathetic
Very funny jack I think you mean ‘carwow’ lol 😂
**Mat Watson has entered the chat**
😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭
Would love to see more of these challenges. These were the best thing that Top Gear used to do imo, when Top Gear used to be half decent.
Love the Mike Brewer reference 👌🏻🤣🤣