I was gonna say eh it's no worse than mine, but I had a look (10:09) and it is worse than mine. Mine are only curbed on the edges. All 4 wheels, all the way around. Apparently there's products to DIY repair this with a kind of filler, and apparently it can look practically as good as new... might have to try that. Probably can't make them worse anyway lol
Thank God for your timing guys. Feeling so low as my life has basically ended completely, from the bottom of my heart, you guys are the only thing that keeps me going in my completely solitary life. Thank you so much fellas
Only one way to go from the bottom matt, that's up 👆🏻 I don't know you or what your going through mate, but I know your stronger than you think and can get through anything, you got this bro 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
This is absolutely fantastic... I spent the entire episode smiling from ear to ear. Just gave me the feeling that the old top gear /grand tour gave me which is just banter and smiles. The 3 of you have ...IT... you just gel and its so brilliant to watch. Cant get enough... Keep it coming chaps
Was another hard week. Now in oct, my mother passed 6 years ago, I am stuck in a for me , foreign country. Your laughs and good times bring me some joy. Thank you.
Don't know who you are but just wanted to take a sec and say I'm so sorry for your loss. I really hope you find your peace somehow and you do well enough
I’m a young gay man who’s always had a huge love for cars and aviation, but never really been interested in sports. It’s so nice to see Taylor be so open and able to enjoy his hobby with his mates and not be treated differently. Great video as always guys!
To be fair, 30hp loss on that 208gti with a engine management light and neglected engine (likely stretched timing chain so the variable camshafts are probably adjusting all over the place) isn't too bad considering how bad it's been neglected. People love to talk shit about the engines in these but it's really down to how well you look after it, I've got an R56 Cooper S with the same engine, expect for the fact it's meticulously maintained every 5-10,000 miles and now on 120k and still runs like it's new, no major issues with it ever, and pulls well. It's really down to how it's been treated as with any car. It's just that these engines aren't as forgiving when it comes to sheer neglect like some other engines.
Even if it had it's full original HP, Taylor and the Clio should still be able to beat it in any race. The 208 is almost twice as heavy as the Clio, with only 35 more HP.
This is a cope. They're a shit engine. Period. You *can* make them last if you give them meticulous maintenance, but so what? Any engine can last if you maintain it religiously. A good engine lasts while being neglected and abused. Those prince engines blow up even when they're maintained properly. There's a reason BMW abandoned them.
must also say a massive thank you for keeping me sane these last few weeks, the whole of the autoalex multiverse in fact! i had major surgery on my eye and in that time my nan also died, thank you all for helping me get through everything! ps the podcasts are fucking superb, keep it up.
Ah. Saw this uploaded late last night and wanted to save it for Saturday morning. Woke up 04.45 to take the missus to work, now it's 6am and am back home. Microwaved ham& cheese sandwiches (elite sandwich), cup of coffee and 75" of new hot hatch episode. Perfect! 👌🤝
Hang on what have I just watched? According to the recent comments I thought the next video would be “my NEW Ferrari 250 gto is hiding an EnOrMoUs problem” or “8726 reasons the Nissan Qashqui is the greatest car… in the world”. Great work gang, keep the brilliant content coming. Ps I’d have had an estate personally but the Macan is about as cool as they come for an suv, hope it’s bringing you lots of smiles per gallon and peace of mind
Epic, these guys are savage. And this channel is absolutely the most relatable on TH-cam. You give us, good ideas.... horrible ideas....and many laughs
To those saying that the content had dropped. Top gear had seasons. You boys put something entertaining out every week. Yes it might not seem as exciting when he shows off a nice daily. But I think it’s great. Keep up the good work, you deserve everything you have
Yeah the channel really went downhill for a while but hopefully these videos put them back on track, will literally switch off if they do another cheap bmw or nurgbergring vid
@darekmistrz4364 then if he's that stressed let the other 2 do road trips without him for a few weeks, he's a content creator and his content is what keeps people interested if that content is poor then people will turn off.
21:58 yep it’s your start motor solenoid Taylor 💯%. Next time it doesn’t start up grab a hammer and whack the start motor a couple times and then it should start up. That’s what dad had to do when we had it 😂
That or it's the cps, I have to regularly take mine off and clean it. The only other start problem I had was due to an alarm/immobiliser that the original dealership installed poorly.
That corsa temu mods are insane, its not only 6hp gain , overtime they lose hp especially vauxhalls are effected a lot by it, so those temu mods rejuvenated hp and gave it a bit more
Great episode; really made me laugh. It was lovely to meet some of you today at the Bicester Scramble - Rory and Chris - genuine, nice friendly people and well done Taylor for blagging some golden tickets to allow you park inside the show; should have brought my M3 along. Keep it up! The google translate had me laughing out loud.
As an elderly gay man who loves cars, I have finally found a channel that I consider a home. Taylor, without knowing it, has let me come out of the automotive closet at last. 😂 I hate sports, but I love cars.
As a straight man who has worked in Theatre for most of his life; seeing gay folk enjoying a mutual hobby with their straight(ish!) mates makes the world seem in a more normal balance to me!.. Almost like maybe some of the automotive world could have more females that love cars on board as well. I'm not after over-representation - I dislike the catch-all term 'woke' - but seriously - there isn't just a single demographic for car enthusiasts and representation does matter! The community at large should; let people like things!! I think Taylor is great and should be just as much of an inspiration to straight folks in my opinion! :)
If you genuinely like cars, and have a sense of humour, then who you wanna fuxk doesn't matter. If you have to point it out, YOU are the problem. No one gives a shit, and as soon as you point it out, you're making a rod for your own back.
Autoalex… as a channel should be “doing remarkable things in unremarkable cars..” nice to see some good content after a few months of “look at this car ive had for a while” challenges, NC500, paris in a citroen BX… cheap car heroes.. first time cars, sleeper estate car challenge, etc etc… just bought a t-shirt from the shop. Keep up the new content :)
Someone is definitely eavesdropping between Autoalex and Carthrottle, a month ago both channels came out with a hypermiling challenge, a week ago both channels went on about NC MX5s and this week both bought almost the same stuff from TEMU, and all uploads were done pretty much simultaneously 🧐😅
These videos just give you a lift! Fantastic work and editing too very funny! The Corsa is now straight outta 90s McDonald's car park which is amazing lol!
How the fuck does that rust repair only cost 500? Over here in the US, that's at least a couple thousand dollars. At this point, it might be cheaper for me to ship my Datsun over to the UK to get the rust fixed there rather than getting it all done here :D
Need to do a mini series on engine conversions. Buy a corsa c,jazz and a clio or cars similiar then do a conversions. Vxr engine in corsa,k20 in kazz and megane 225 engine in the clio. Then do some challenges with them.
How are those tires in the wet? Does anyone know? |I'm looking into buying a set of them, but I'm unsure if I should have a separate winter set (Where I live there's no snow or anything, and it doesn't rain a whole lot, but it does rain)
Bro these carbon fiber pieces you added on Rory's Corsa, if you visit Egypt you would see every car has em plastic stuff side, side skirts ruff glass bonnet trunk bumpers everywhere fam its funny 😂
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This channel is what made me get Sponsorblock lol, not for the ads but for the spoilers. Finally I can watch without being spoiled! Though the sponsored portions being skipped as well is a nice bonus, I must say.
Atleast Alex's Gearknob is the Red GT one so there's £90, its a start to recoup some money lol do a cheap coupe series and please please get an RCZ they are pretty cheap, also I have one and never see them on youtube
External Boost gauge.. That is epic! 😂
And you got an award for the most curb-rashed wheel ever
I was gonna say eh it's no worse than mine, but I had a look (10:09) and it is worse than mine. Mine are only curbed on the edges. All 4 wheels, all the way around. Apparently there's products to DIY repair this with a kind of filler, and apparently it can look practically as good as new... might have to try that. Probably can't make them worse anyway lol
"Two bent men trying to put something on straight is never gonna work is it?" - Actually LOL'd at that 🤣 God bless you Taylor!
God bless identity politics
I didn’t know he was gay !
@@smyth0109really? He’s been mentioning or indicating it in most videos for a while.
@@smyth0109 he jokes about it alot, mostly in the podcast
@@dutmala That's the complication. He jokes about it so much I don't know what to believe, but Jooshy - gay? That really surprises me.
For me this is AutoAlex. Working on interesting shit boxes and having a laugh!
agreed, as nice as the expensive cars are they're just a bit boring? no real charm to them
@@Hazmatti id rather a clapped 92 honda civic then a mint 2013 Ferrari.
@@Hazmattiand totally unrelated for us poor people
Well, two interesting shitboxes. Not sure about the Peugeot, unless they push it off a cliff 😂
Thank God for your timing guys. Feeling so low as my life has basically ended completely, from the bottom of my heart, you guys are the only thing that keeps me going in my completely solitary life. Thank you so much fellas
stay strong man... don't do anything silly
Only one way to go from the bottom matt, that's up 👆🏻 I don't know you or what your going through mate, but I know your stronger than you think and can get through anything, you got this bro 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Stay strong my Brother 💪🏼
Keep strong pal every day brings a new dawn and things can only get better. There's people out there to talk to. Never be ashamed to ask for help.
Yes stay strong bro
Not even NFS underground thought of sticking boost gauges into the bumpers 😮
It's so genious, that it might catch on...
Defo a Max Power era thing, perhaps on the back so the person you gap can "see" how much boost you're making 😱
Not even Pimp My Ride thought of that! Too busy installing screens.
Hahahahahahaha As a OG hardcore unground fan I must say you have a excellent point there
This is absolutely fantastic... I spent the entire episode smiling from ear to ear. Just gave me the feeling that the old top gear /grand tour gave me which is just banter and smiles. The 3 of you have ...IT... you just gel and its so brilliant to watch. Cant get enough... Keep it coming chaps
What I love about the challenges on this channel vs old Top Gear, is you guys actually DO all the ridiculous mods on them yourselves
13:38 “We all know what that sounds like, even the bent of us!”
Taylor is the glue of this trio of presenters, one liners and rust buckets he thinks are amazing finds😂
Literally cracked up 😂
Plus 2 benders not being able to get something straight 🕺.
I fucking love Taylor so much 😂
Was another hard week. Now in oct, my mother passed 6 years ago, I am stuck in a for me , foreign country. Your laughs and good times bring me some joy. Thank you.
Don't know who you are but just wanted to take a sec and say I'm so sorry for your loss. I really hope you find your peace somehow and you do well enough
The mods to the Corsa OPC, would make it fit in and camouflaged in certain neighborhoods.
Or the visitor parking lot at a prison.
I’m a young gay man who’s always had a huge love for cars and aviation, but never really been interested in sports. It’s so nice to see Taylor be so open and able to enjoy his hobby with his mates and not be treated differently. Great video as always guys!
To be fair, 30hp loss on that 208gti with a engine management light and neglected engine (likely stretched timing chain so the variable camshafts are probably adjusting all over the place) isn't too bad considering how bad it's been neglected. People love to talk shit about the engines in these but it's really down to how well you look after it, I've got an R56 Cooper S with the same engine, expect for the fact it's meticulously maintained every 5-10,000 miles and now on 120k and still runs like it's new, no major issues with it ever, and pulls well. It's really down to how it's been treated as with any car. It's just that these engines aren't as forgiving when it comes to sheer neglect like some other engines.
Even if it had it's full original HP, Taylor and the Clio should still be able to beat it in any race. The 208 is almost twice as heavy as the Clio, with only 35 more HP.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodoI believe they aren't arguing that the lost power lost it the race, more so that the amount of power it lost wasn't that bad.
Some say the engine management light is standard from factory on the 208 gti's 😂
This is a cope. They're a shit engine. Period.
You *can* make them last if you give them meticulous maintenance, but so what? Any engine can last if you maintain it religiously. A good engine lasts while being neglected and abused. Those prince engines blow up even when they're maintained properly.
There's a reason BMW abandoned them.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodoWhat are you waffling about? The 208 is only 70kg heavier.
Felt like a real classic episode this, really enjoyable to see the cheap mods getting added
must also say a massive thank you for keeping me sane these last few weeks, the whole of the autoalex multiverse in fact! i had major surgery on my eye and in that time my nan also died, thank you all for helping me get through everything! ps the podcasts are fucking superb, keep it up.
Ah. Saw this uploaded late last night and wanted to save it for Saturday morning. Woke up 04.45 to take the missus to work, now it's 6am and am back home.
Microwaved ham& cheese sandwiches (elite sandwich), cup of coffee and 75" of new hot hatch episode.
Perfect! 👌🤝
Hang on what have I just watched? According to the recent comments I thought the next video would be “my NEW Ferrari 250 gto is hiding an EnOrMoUs problem” or “8726 reasons the Nissan Qashqui is the greatest car… in the world”. Great work gang, keep the brilliant content coming.
Ps I’d have had an estate personally but the Macan is about as cool as they come for an suv, hope it’s bringing you lots of smiles per gallon and peace of mind
that google translate segment was gold haha
Epic, these guys are savage. And this channel is absolutely the most relatable on TH-cam. You give us, good ideas.... horrible ideas....and many laughs
19:57 The RPMH edit made my day 😄
I was not prepared for that comment around 13:39 Taylor, now my beers fallen out
This is one of the best videos they have done in a while, I really enjoyed the banter in this one, keep it up gents
Taylor’s humor is class I love it 😂 bent as a nine bob note!
18:57 amazing maths rory 😂
Taylor's belly squeaking on the windscreen should feature in all episodes 😂
To those saying that the content had dropped. Top gear had seasons. You boys put something entertaining out every week. Yes it might not seem as exciting when he shows off a nice daily. But I think it’s great.
Keep up the good work, you deserve everything you have
Also Alex has a wife and a brand spanking new child in his life. Give him a break.
And running a freaking whole company, I like to compare the Auto Alex group with Linus tech tips, ups and downs of being a media company
This has the perfect dicking about/getting shit done ratio, really enjoyed this one. The outside boost gauge is hilarious 😂😂
Ok now THIS is the stuff I've been hoping for on this channel, this is really great! Well done, guys!
Yeah the channel really went downhill for a while but hopefully these videos put them back on track, will literally switch off if they do another cheap bmw or nurgbergring vid
@@John.Winchester Give Alex a break, he was stressed about his wife pregnant and childbirth.
@darekmistrz4364 then if he's that stressed let the other 2 do road trips without him for a few weeks, he's a content creator and his content is what keeps people interested if that content is poor then people will turn off.
21:58 yep it’s your start motor solenoid Taylor 💯%. Next time it doesn’t start up grab a hammer and whack the start motor a couple times and then it should start up. That’s what dad had to do when we had it 😂
That or it's the cps, I have to regularly take mine off and clean it. The only other start problem I had was due to an alarm/immobiliser that the original dealership installed poorly.
Didn’t stop smiling and laughing through out all of this guys 🤣🤣 such good content
Love these series lads 😊
19:40 Have you ever seen Rory this happy before😂😂
That car made him happier than most of his expensive mistakes he had before
Loving this challenge. It's awesome seeing small cheap hot hatches being tested. That and these cars are serious fun but also affordable 😊
That corsa temu mods are insane, its not only 6hp gain , overtime they lose hp especially vauxhalls are effected a lot by it, so those temu mods rejuvenated hp and gave it a bit more
Great episode; really made me laugh. It was lovely to meet some of you today at the Bicester Scramble - Rory and Chris - genuine, nice friendly people and well done Taylor for blagging some golden tickets to allow you park inside the show; should have brought my M3 along. Keep it up! The google translate had me laughing out loud.
As an elderly gay man who loves cars, I have finally found a channel that I consider a home. Taylor, without knowing it, has let me come out of the automotive closet at last. 😂 I hate sports, but I love cars.
Absolutely, it's so refreshing to see some gay representation in the car scene
As a straight man who has worked in Theatre for most of his life; seeing gay folk enjoying a mutual hobby with their straight(ish!) mates makes the world seem in a more normal balance to me!.. Almost like maybe some of the automotive world could have more females that love cars on board as well. I'm not after over-representation - I dislike the catch-all term 'woke' - but seriously - there isn't just a single demographic for car enthusiasts and representation does matter! The community at large should; let people like things!!
I think Taylor is great and should be just as much of an inspiration to straight folks in my opinion! :)
If you genuinely like cars, and have a sense of humour, then who you wanna fuxk doesn't matter. If you have to point it out, YOU are the problem. No one gives a shit, and as soon as you point it out, you're making a rod for your own back.
Well thanks for sharing. 😡
@@MrRatchaphruek What's up Bangkok?! Why the grumpy face?! :)
I would trust Taylor's bum dynamo - he calibrates it frequently
I think the calibration was c*cked up.
My god my heart stopped when Alex said temu. I feared it would be a sponsored video by temu
Autoalex… as a channel should be “doing remarkable things in unremarkable cars..” nice to see some good content after a few months of “look at this car ive had for a while” challenges, NC500, paris in a citroen BX… cheap car heroes.. first time cars, sleeper estate car challenge, etc etc… just bought a t-shirt from the shop. Keep up the new content :)
New video editor? Great job whoever edited the vid!
Someone is definitely eavesdropping between Autoalex and Carthrottle, a month ago both channels came out with a hypermiling challenge, a week ago both channels went on about NC MX5s and this week both bought almost the same stuff from TEMU, and all uploads were done pretty much simultaneously 🧐😅
Is it because both channels are basicly run by the sponsors?
@@dk-su5dklikely
Taylor on top form in this video. Some brilliant one liners throughout.
2013 and only 4 years old is so true. I still think anything newer than 2010 is brand spankers! 11:17
I bought a new car in 2021, it's still brand new to me. I don't understand why would they facelift it!
“This car is a shit box and it’s driven by a hamster” absolutely ended me 🤣🤣🤣
Great too see Alex again with the lads 👍
You guys make me laugh so much, and I don’t have the best sense of humour haha. Love you ❤
Brilliant! And Taylor's jokes almost had me in tears laughing :)
External boost gauge is so stupid but so good I love it
13:35 😂😂😂😂😂 Taylor and his way of words
Really liked this format, keep it up
Good stuff guys! This one was worth the wait!
Outstanding content everyone, hilarious throughout!
Taylor: It's very consistent.
Alex: Consistently shit
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Taylor is awful 😞
The perfect budget hot hatch is the fiesta ST. Brilliant chassis, great engines and ultimately brilliant fun.
These videos just give you a lift! Fantastic work and editing too very funny! The Corsa is now straight outta 90s McDonald's car park which is amazing lol!
How the fuck does that rust repair only cost 500? Over here in the US, that's at least a couple thousand dollars. At this point, it might be cheaper for me to ship my Datsun over to the UK to get the rust fixed there rather than getting it all done here :D
mates rates?
Don’t send it by sea, it’ll probably dissolve by the time it got here!
We’re use to rust over here
Send it to east europe, here full body respray with welding is done couple thousand euros.
Norway: Hold my beer...
Back to shit boxes. And having fun. This is a real autoalex channel that we all loved at the begginig 😊
Funnily enough that 182 is pushing healthy figures compared to others 😆
Hope you guys support the sponsor of today's video especially with all the crying recently 😂. Boost gauge in the bumper 😂😂 epic
Damn Alex flexing his wealth with his £1500 cars!
Or £2500 👀
@@heyhey3887 Thats on Taylor
No more original Top Gear / Grand tour 3 but now have these muppets. Totally brilliant. I have to stop laughing as I can't breath. 5 star.
Need to do a mini series on engine conversions. Buy a corsa c,jazz and a clio or cars similiar then do a conversions. Vxr engine in corsa,k20 in kazz and megane 225 engine in the clio. Then do some challenges with them.
I didn’t realise Peugeot did a diesel gti - I thought it was just the golf gtd and Skoda vrs diesel! You got a unicorn right there!
Absolute banger as per usual 🔥🔥🔥
I've never seen a bucket suit a man so much until taylor held up the wash/shitting collapsible bucket 😂😂😂
Lads start to finish this video was fantastic, made me laugh so many times. Keep up the good work
the outside boost gauge immediately brought back pimp my ride memories of stupid stuff they did like tv's in the mud flaps
Very good Rory maths @18:57
Nice episode. Keep them coming.
This is the auto Alex we all know and love keep it up lads 👍
that boost gauge location is pure genius
The 2 bent men comment had me spitting my coffee out😂
Amazing 😂 AutoAlex at its best!
The Clio is definitely the best car there 👌
Great fun!! Episode suggestion, tune them until one blows up..... 😂 30Hp - 20Hp - 10Hp rounds and so on. Best, Simon 🇳🇴
16:07 Alex, it's the 2015 facelift that's 205bhp. Your pre-facelift is 197bhp
Due to the conversion from HP to BHP, the facelift had 208 HP and 205 BHP, rather fitting numbers.
Worryingly I absolutely love the front bumper rev gauge!!!!
Feels like I’ve been waiting a lifetime for this video 🎉🎉🎉
I creased at the "That's not the only thing that sucks" statement 🤣
Aren't LED headlights where they used to be bulbs illegal in the UK? 🤣
I think so unless the bulb housings are projectors I heard.
These guys turned a vauxhall corsa into a Mansori corsa, amazing.
It's so great I could not belive my own eyes
Decent numbers on the clio, it's going to help that it's ~200kg lighter than the other 2 cars.
Wow, the best episode in quite a while.
9:48 "This car is a shitbox and it's driven by a hamster" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even the bent of us hahahahahaha brilliant a love Taylor
How are those tires in the wet? Does anyone know? |I'm looking into buying a set of them, but I'm unsure if I should have a separate winter set (Where I live there's no snow or anything, and it doesn't rain a whole lot, but it does rain)
Bro these carbon fiber pieces you added on Rory's Corsa, if you visit Egypt you would see every car has em plastic stuff side, side skirts ruff glass bonnet trunk bumpers everywhere fam its funny 😂
9:21 Just to make shure they even wrote it in Japanese "I'm a bad influence" but removed the です "desu" So must be "I'm bad influence" 😂
Ah, pleased to make your acquaintance Influence-San * bows respectfully *
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*Hatches
Yes! Love the notification for a new video. Moving house tomorrow and at a party but might have to sit in the car to watch this instead lol.
You need to keep Taylor, mans made to be a presenter!
Was this only a tensioner or the distribution chain which were a problem with THP engines
182 not starting is a notoriously bad grounding strap issue
God I love taylor! 😂😅
15:41 I supplied those white roof graphics on that orange S14 for Gary many years ago. Still a really nice looking car. County Durham Signs.
County Durham represent!
Anyone else wince when Taylor lent over running engine with his hoodie ties dangling into the engine? Love channel, BTW .
Hardly as bad Colin Furze's "safety tie".
Just happy you guys have more outlets for videos :)
14:43 It's a Peugeot turbo engine mate, of course there's oil everywhere. 😂😂😂😂
Spoiler blocker❌❌
That does not work 💀
This channel is what made me get Sponsorblock lol, not for the ads but for the spoilers. Finally I can watch without being spoiled! Though the sponsored portions being skipped as well is a nice bonus, I must say.
Fail
Atleast Alex's Gearknob is the Red GT one so there's £90, its a start to recoup some money lol do a cheap coupe series and please please get an RCZ they are pretty cheap, also I have one and never see them on youtube
I have one and there are a number of TH-cam videos about them, just not as many as there are for a lot of other cars.
I love how half the stuck on aero mods had fallen off before they even got to dyno them 😂😂
Needed this today 😮💨❤️