I BOUGHT A CHEAP VOLKSWAGEN LUPO FOR £500!
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I have been a passenger in one of them lupos ( same colour too) when we had absolutely insane snow , double decker buses where sliding everywhere 4x4s where sitting at the side of the road! Our little trooper of a lupo just drove on and on and got us home !
There's a reason 17 year old lads whip these around. Proper frugal yet fun motoring
@@bmorris5863 It's adorable but I'm not sure a VW petrol engine is anything near frugal
@@ElderlyAnteaterOh trust me they aren't. Heavy drinkers
9/10 chances you got home credit to the driver rather than the little Lupo. However, great little cars for "A to B" with enough capacity considering its size.
@@ElderlyAnteater This is.
We all know it, he's about to massively overspend 😅
On he's website for 1k spare or repair so doubt he spent anything
@@Hislopaspoiler alert!
It's his replacement car for Spain?
@@Hislopahis?
It's all we're here for 🤪
I'm not going to lie I laughed more than I'm supposed to, that mechanics report needed more censoring than the car needed fixing. Big up to you though Matt for trying your best to keep a straight face. 😂😂😂
He has Chubby Brown as his mechanic
and me
Yeah that was brilliant! Maybe Matt should print the mechanic's report uncensored in the advert he writes, will get the message across to buyers that it's 'spares or repair'! :P
Nothing needed any censoring whatsoever. You are Brits, not childish Americans. 😊
can't tell you how grateful I am for the progress bar under the CarVertical bit. Don't get me wrong I'm sure car vertical is useful but there's only so many times I can watch you explain it :D
my Polish mate bought 2001 Seat Arosa (twin brother of this VW Lupo) when he arrived in the UK back in 2015. It was a great laugh when he selected reverse instead of 1st at the set of traffic lights (not used to RHD). We called it ''THE WILDBOAR'' because of the fun we had on flooded country roads around South Wales.
Decent pillows cost over £40, that’s why you protect them.
I went latex that cost a tonne, lovely!🛌😊
Lupo was my moms first car, and i remember my young self and my twin sitting in the back with candy while she drove us trough Belgrade and blasted 90s Serbian music. Very happy and dear memories. Thanks for sharing with us that small but powerful car 🥹
Aw, one of the best examples of someone's pride and joy. The yellow paint on metal interior is so retro, so refreshing. And you can keep it in a cupboard. I know it doesn't make sense for business, but someone will love it and want to save it. And no, I don't want to buy it. I'm just too old.
I’m quite upto date with the lupo scene. These cars are slowly going up in value. What reason I don’t know, but you’ve done quite well at £500. The alloy wheels are lupo sport wheels. The automatic box is a little less desirable but definitely appeals to the specific kind. They’re common for rotting on the arches, rear pop out windows was an optional extra also. Electric windows was an option too.
Always loved pop out rear windows it’s a shame that no one uses them anymore!
It was a tragedy i couldn't play with those pop out windows more, cause i was usually driving it, but they were adorable
The 1.4 engine looks like the same lump found in Audi A2s of the period. They feel quite chirpy for a 74bhp lump although there is nothing beyond 5,000 rpm and, arguably, not much before 5,000 rpm either.
It’s an S spec so comes with electric front windows, rear pop-out windows and central locking. The alloy wheels were an option. Also for your (and my) OCD the rear mats are in the wrong footwells and the tray in the spare wheel is upside down. We have had 5 Lupo’s in my family and still have a TDI which I bought in 2007 so I know them well. I hope someone saves it as it doesn’t look rusty at all!
I've had my 99' Lupo for about six months now and I love it. It's small enough to fit into the tight spots, yet it's still roomy enough on the inside. Also handles like a beaut.
Thank goodness the washer fluid was topped up, it made the whole purchase worthwhile, glad you pointed it out so carefully. Pillows? Save the planet, keep the one you have, clean, dont throw everything away all the time. It is a generational thing, older folk naturally care about the environment. Haha. Great car, great find, we all ought to be keeping cars over 20 years, then no need for EVs. Great video, Matt, love the quirky older stuff.
Deserves to be saved the MOT history is amazing. It’s obviously been well loved it would be a massive shame to see it end now. 😢
These hold their value well, especially the GTI which are sometimes ridiculous money but they are rare and a real hoot. Waiting for the massively overspent and it could do with a valet and a buff.
And new numberplates.
and don't forget the gearbox service 😂
There's some eternal optimist here in France got a low mileage, two owner one up for €20,000....
I drove one of these from Rome to London, it was epic!
My GF had one of these that she bought brand new in 2000 and she owned it for over 13 years. Solid little car
I had a manual 1.4 Lupo about 18 years ago. It was a brilliant in my daily commute into Edinburgh and had more than enough poke to be entertaining.
At 18, my then girlfriend bought one of these. Red 1.4S Manual with 75ps. It was actually quite quick up to about 40mph.
Its the legendary Lupo that escaped the scrapage scheme. It belongs in a museum!
Best mechanic write-up ever!
As a yellow 2003 beetle owner, I’m crying 😢 about this little cherub.
It’s such a shame it’s been looked after but important things overlooked.
If I had the space and time I would have it definitely although the road tax is a big put off.
The rear end of these always makes me think of a Fiat cinquecento, the rear windows and boot. I owned one 😂 M481 VMA years ago.
The yellow shades are for twilight driving 😂
Edit… Motor Addicts video last Sunday the 15th features a 412 Hp lupo
Only the name itself makes me laugh. Lupo sounds like a cartoon frog or something. Not exactly Ferrari vibes 😅
We had a 52 plate in the family which was used as a runaround - was a good little car.
A VW enthusiast will be quite keen to take this on. All the items which need work are easy to do and critically the car isn't rusty. How about contacting the person who bought the low mileage Golf you had a few months ago ?
if you mean the 7500 miles 2008 Red Golf it is still advertised on Matts Website
seems no one wants that one sadly
@@mariataifi don't see it anymore
Rip little Lupo 😢
Another great video, thank you!!
Couple of weeks ago in the Smith 'n Sniff podcast they also asked when you last saw a Lupo. I kept an eye on it, and the answer is; more than once a week. They obviously are still around here in the Netherlands.
Yeah here in the Netherlands we love to keep small old cars on the road, I guess it’s our frugality. So many old Lupos, Polos, Corsas, Fiestas and others are still driving along happily here
@@timschellekens7967old Polos Corsas and fiestas are still very common here in the UK but lupos? Not so much. I see Polos (including mine😂) and fiestas from late 90s early and late 2000s and Corsas from early and late 2000s every day. Lupos? Maybe one a month 😂
Ahh the 2000s,..when the smallest VW had a bonnet strut...and the Audi A2 cost more than the A3 😂
I remember the Lupo made lots of headlines with the diesel 3L, it looked like alien tech.
good old days
Back when VW made quality products. Ever since dieselgate their cars have just been going downhill.
@@Swiss4.2 I'd argue they were already almost at the bottom of the slope by then - my wife's 2007 Polo 1.4 petrol we bought new and it was nothing but trouble from mile 64 when the water pump failed. We sold it the moment the warranty expired - just constant trips back to VW to replace bits.
@@duncanhamilton5841 The MK5 Golf was also a massive downgrade in quaility and reliability over the MK4 before it.
A genuine lol on this video. Your sense of humour is what makes these videos 😂
So happy to see one of these on the channel! My first car was a 2005 (very late) 1.4 (flying machine) that my grandad bought at 2 years old and was passed down to me so has a lot of sentiment. It was gorgeous, I put these alloys on it and it was in the laser blue that only went on the very late cars. Loved it. Had the opportunity to buy it back and I wish I did!
Omfg the glasses. That was an absolute gem of a High Peak moment, glad you kept it in.
I think yellow night driving glasses are a big help when oncoming traffic has those super bright headlamps.
Interesting video as usual, thank you, from Feilding, New Zealand.
I owned the more or less identical Seat version (Aroza) for 17 years in Spain. It was the 1.4 turbo diesel version. Super nippy car and incredible mpg on a run. It was still perfectly OK when I sold to a policeman. Wished I’d kept it as I bought an Alfa that cost me a fortune in engine repairs.
well theres the issue you went from a very reliable spanish car to an italian bucket
Enjoy the view of the world from your -Rose tinted- Yellow tinted spectacles, Matt. 💛
We loved our Larry the Lime Green Lupo. Bought it in 2007 for £1400 sold it two years later for £1550. No power steering (last car I had without it) but a great drive. Kids loved it’s lime green upholstery. It’s why we have an Up! now.
My brother is a mechanic at the VW dealer and bought a scrap lupo for 350 euro 6 years ago as a project car. It`s a 1.0 german import with funny specs, It has no electric windows but is equiped with electric heated seats and airco. I turned out to be a beautiful black beauty after the repairs and polishing. It drives nice to.
"funny specs ..." Hmm Matt found them behind the "sun visor"
Always been a huge Lupo fan, especially the gti & the 1.4 tdi
My son had one of these - huge fun but I virtually rebuilt it to keep it on the road over 4 years. I am amazed that your mechanic didn't mention corrosion as well 😂
My Porsche Cayenne 2010 is in Sand Yellow, never seen another one in the same colour. Always feels sunny on a dull day!!
Last time I saw one of these I was in it. It was a 1.4 three cylinder TDi. It was great to drive!
That is the best mechanics report that you have ever done. Brilliant. I feel sorry for the Lupo, but great as a "Do'er upper". 💯
This was my dream car when I was about 10 back in the early 2000’s. Was obsessed!
Good to see the old l322 is getting some camera time and running well Mat
Hi Matt i’ve just been using a golf mk4 diesel courtesy car, 02 plate 180,000 i drives grand and at 63 mph on 200 mile trip it brought 64.8 mpg on the trip and i’d believe that after fuelling up, gears a bit stiff aftr 30-40 miles when warmed up bit of a rattle underneath but this borrow’d car has really been abused in its last years, very impressed tho’.
Rag under the bonnet for checking the oil, always a good sign 👌
....or a sign that the oil needs constant checking....
@@jerrydonnan8665 at least there checking it
😅@@johnmackay5784
Had Lupo 1.4 auto. One of the best cars I've ever owned. Did 70 miles a day 5 days a week for 2 years and it never missed a beat.
My first car was the sister to this, the Seat Arosa.
I saved for a year when I was 16 and bought it when I was 17 for the princely sum of £700.
It had a smooth wide body kit, bucket seats, BBS wheels and coilover suspension. Felt like such a boy racer with all my customised kit, pity it only had 50bhp!
Dear Matt:
My last pillow purchase, £56.00 Each
Current mattress £1550.00. ( Yes, I gulped when I typed that as well).
Protectors make sense...lol
Greatv video.
Thanks.
i just got one for myself, as my first ever car, I paid 700 pounds for mine, a little cutr silver nugget, driving, and starting every time, all I need to do is some minor fixes for it to become road legal, its also low milage about 200,000km im already in love with it
Save it! Only thing that sounds potentially expensive is the gearbox - it may only need a new sump pan and gaskets? Thats a £2k car retail surely - you could always raffleshack it. I recently spent 12 x what you paid for that lupo on buying my own lupo, allbeit a GTI low miler, and even that has the window switch issue. New one isnt lots and can be a diy job. Now theres an idea for a video, you doing some of the fixes on it!
A VW Lupo was my first car (in yellow!) and I LOVED it. It served me well for a long time. Excellent little car!
Good to hear!
From that report it all looks like a decent home mechanic could handle it. Being a romantic but this is a great project car for a parent / child team to get a child’s first car up and running. Hope it sells as such
Awesome. A friend of mine had a Lupo 3L TDI years ago. Really liked it.
Many, many years ago I had an automatic VW Variant (estate) in that yellow, I believe it's called Texas Yellow. It had room under the bonnet for luggage, and the engine under the rear cargo area, so loads of room in the back !
How nice to see a clean car in part exchange shows it’s been loved
This is trouble with not watching till the end before commenting...shame it just looks superficially like a nice car....ideal for student or recently passed test at £1500...
Glad to hear you are becoming a fan of VAG after your slightly sniffy review of the Polo. You like Audis, Bentley, SEAT, Schooda (aka Skoda)...and now you are impressed with an old Lupo (well at first at least).
Welcome friend. One of us! 😊
Yellow glasses 😂😂 I like how you have a laugh whilst recording!😂
My Mum has a 2004 Lupo which has done about 43k miles - it's still a good car to drive and aside from a boot which is tricky to open it's fine - she's the only owner ever
I bought the vw rear mud flaps as soon as i got mine. They are shaped and look pretty good, and essential if you drive on muddy or salty roads cause the far back rear wheels and near vertical rear window make it a magnet for sludge
Matt’s giggling at the expletives was sending me. 😂
I have a Gti one,i have it for 15 years,i love it,its so much fun
Cool little things! Already sent two to the states this year. Getting some worldwide demand for these now. Cult following and guaranteed classic.
maybe buy this one and do Matt a favour?
@@mariataif this guy buys too many lemons I ain't helping him out🤣he needs to learn ahhahah.
My late father had one of these as a courtesy from Seat in Hyde. He was a big bloke and an ex bus driver, but he loved it. It was my mother who stopped him from getting one; she wasn’t a fan of the salmon pink! They both agreed that one of its biggest assets was that it left the bins free when parked on the drive, quickly followed by the room it left for the milkman.
The ******* mechanic's report, with all the ******* swear words, had me ******** my ****** **** off.
******** priceless!
We appreciate the things you do for our entertainment ☺️, all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦
I had a Lupo 1.7sdi for my 3rd first car😂 and honestly I must’ve done 20k on it, mostly at full throttle because it was gutless. It was unbelievably economical even at max speed which wasn’t 3 digits. Had windy windows, tape deck, CD player. Always started even way below 0° and never let me down. It was on 260k, and it’s 4th timing belt when I sold it for £250 after crashing it into a farmers field! Those were the days.
It’s a shame about that. Sell it spares or repair £500 at it’ll go easy. I bought one over your way for my daughter to learn to drive in,it was the same colour but a 1.0 manual . It was brilliant and she loved it .
Saw this video coming since I had a look at your website recently and saw this listed haha!!
Good timing Matt, I was bored as f*ck 😂👍🏻
Will there be a video about the Astra GTC?
Great video Matt. Must admit i’ve taken to scrolling High Peak Autos stocklist to guesstimate what hits the channel next..😂
I love when people keep their cars clean. I just bought a new car. When I deliver my old car to the dealership it'll be clean. Many people will say that I'm a idiot. However I see it as respect for the dealership, from who I demand respect.
I drive past a Lupo GTI everyday..... wanted one since they were new. Ex- had a 1.4, such a fun car to drive and still comfortable for 6' 1" of me to drive.
Got a lupo GTI here in Canada
Those glasses cracked me up Matt ,suit you though 😂
Sorry to see an apparently viable car go under, so I hope someone with time on their hands takes it on. Thanks for the video, and kudos for not having massively overspent!
The temptation to have one of the doors painted red would be overwhelming!!!!
I passed my driving test quite late for a lad 21. My grandad was still alive at the time and was obsessed with cars but more importantly getting a bargain. He knew someone who was getting rid of one of these cheap and arranged for me to go and see it for it to potentially be my first car. I just agreed to keep him happy without even having a clue at one looked like. When I turned up with him to look at it as soon as I put my eyes on it I knew there was no way I was gonna buy it. I think it was only a year old and had hardly any milage on it but the chap only wanted about £4k for it. It was an absolute bargain but there was no way I was gonna be seen dead in it. My grandad was that pissed off with me for not buying it and thought it was that much of a bargain too good to miss he offered to buy it for me! And I still turned it down. This car was that awful to look at that I couldn't even stomach driving one of it was given to me for free! Lol.
Soo....the actions of an utter fool, then....!!!
....you allowed 'street cred' to overrule obvious, logical common sense....a free car, ffs......!!!
Kids, eh...!?!?
bruh reputation and sex appeal as a young man is worth so much more than that little turd box, guess you missed the memo@@andymccabe6712
It's Perfectly Normal to put the oil cap back on the correct way up !
What's wrong with people these days.
That 1,4 mpi is bulletproof engine. In my town there are many golf 5 + with lpg conversion as a taxies, and they got 700-800K KM without any major issues. Yes it is slow, but it is very reliable engine.
What a joy!My first car was a lupo 1.4 100hp.bought it with 70k kilometers for 2k euro 2009 and sold it with 210k for 1500 2015.Then upgraded to a 1.6 GTI with 150k and sadly totaled it 2017.
Bought my skoda Octavia 5e 2.0 tdi but I still miss the small wasp!!!
a lupo had been my dream car for ages and ages (bare in mind i’m 19 so don’t have too big dreams hahah) and i finally got one in August, unfortunately not banana yellow but the beautiful light blue. it is a shame to see these coming off the roads, i get all giddy when i see a fellow lupo on the roads so i really do hope someone takes this up as a project! but if not may it provide spares to all the lupo lovers up and down the nation 😂
mine’s 2003 with 89,000 miles and no advisories, has had issues with the exhaust in the past though so it must be common 😬
Small old automatics are not normally driven by people who abuse them but usually by people who don't know how to maintain them
The Lupo was a great little car but rust has finished most of them. That one is a great colour
Back in like 2003. here in Croatia there was a bingo show on tv and they where giving these out like candy through a scratch board game. 2 shows a week, 2 cars a week given to the public from our capitol city Zagreb. That went on for like a year or something so in the end there where shitloads of them on our streets in blue, yellow or red. Still see them from time to time.
Love cars like this so underrated
Reality Strikes Back! Well done for controlling your urge to save em all. Golden piece of theatre with the mechanics list 👍👍🤣🤣
I had a Lupo in the same colour! I don't know why they weren't more popular
I too went down with pink eye,after finding a pair of knickers in a nova and putting them on in 1999.i miss those knickers.out lived the car by 6 years
Such a shame matt but will be a good project for someone to stick on there drive and do as and when they have sourced the parts cheaply as the body is good but your right for yourself it aint worth the hassle matt and for you to massively overspend great video keep em coming matt 👍
Stopped on a double yellow line in a bright yellow car matt, nice touch 😊
Not everyone can easily afford a new matress so thats why they use matress covers matt.
I know this because i have to use one.
Love the mechanics report 😂😂we all guessed the words😂😂.
This is the same power train as our 02 Fabia Mk1 1.4 Automatic was. It cost a lot to tax as you've found out. It drank fuel as well, and used a fair bit of oil. Otherwise it was quite a nice car. We scrapped it four years ago.
I had an ex girlfriend that had the same car, but in black. I really liked it to drive into in the town center etc. Although I had a rather new company Golf V TDI, I often used her car for small trips😊
Thankyou very much for an excellent video. I was a bit grumpy but your view with yellow sunglasses cheered me right up, you are a star!
wife had a 1.4 s about 20 years ago, great little car, apart from the colour , fantasia green, or' Hi vis ' green as i called it ''''lol
I love when u say about the pillows lol £5 they must be crap ones as mine cost me £50 latex pillows would not buy nothing else one you try latex u don't go back. Great video how the light on is something not too expensive and the epc light sad it's going to cost much to do up
So many times I have thought you should create a little museum corner with all the crap that you have found in cars... The yellow shades would be a star attraction.
That engine on the Lupo and Polo is notorious for the timing belt jumping a tooth. It'll still run but like a bag of Nails.
My wife had one of these for years in green !!! Very reliable, she did over 100k miles in it !!
So Matt doesn't wear rose tinted specs, as commonly thought. My Dad had a pair of yellow tinted accessory specs in the 70s - they were sold on the theory that German pilots in WW2 used similar ones to improve night vision. Hope someone takes the Lupo on as a project.Surprised it even has power steering for a car so old/small.