If that was me, I wouldn't try & flip the car in any traditional sense; sure, fix it up maybe spray it white or black then set up a business: sell the business, not the car.
I got an Idea Matt: Take 4.6 V8 engine to those performance tuners who tune BMWs, NissannGTRs and Toyota Supras to 1000hp for 8000 pounds, let them put some beefy turbos or supercharger on it and do a couple of drag races of the limo vs Tesla/Porsche 911/Lambos or even McLaren
For future reference, there's a lever in the trunk to pull if the electric fuel door fails. Also, if the shifter is binding, first check to make sure the brake switch at the pedal is working, because it won't shift out of park if it's not. Alternatively, there are 2 T30 torx screws that can come loose in the shifter linkage underneath the dash near the steering column. Free and easy fix but the lack of threadlock on those bolts was less than ideal. Some of the electronics in these were overly ambitious but this limo will get someone wherever they want to go for a few hundred thousand miles more, or until it snaps in half.
That was the first thing I thought at the beginning of the video. Although it's not as funny or entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I like carwow and Mat but this video is nowhere near the quality of the best days of TG.
I'm amazed it didn't snap in half.... we booked one in the early 90's from Cambridge to London and back for a night out... I can still remember the sound of tortured metal everytime we went around a roundabout, the smell of petrol, the smell of burnt brakes and the best part was when one of the lads was getting seasick in the back and we swapped places, I put my foot through the floor and got a nice toasty foot massage from the drive shaft!!! No wonder the bastards wanted payment up front 😂😂
@@BillyBobDingledorfThe guy that owned the company had 30 cars and if they were not in use he allowed us to use them (I think that's why he paid so little). So I had a side gig driving some people about for extra cash. I also used to drive folks home from bars and charge them a little less than a taxi.. I got to meet some cool people.
Drove one of these from Las Vegas to Timbuktu, a 1988 model, 5’ stretch in white with red pleather interior. Paid $1500 for it. Good times. Great long distance road trip machines. Tons of load capacity, highway fuel econo not that bad compared to a truck or SUV carrying the same load since much better aero. Something is wrong with yours, shouldn’t be that bad, we got above 20mpg highway and low teens even when offroad. Can confirm, donuts are possible, although snow or gravel helps. Some of them also have LSD’s…. The tires are very heavily loaded and need very high air pressure. Watch out for sudden blowouts, especially a front tire at highway speed, very scary! Pretty good off-road at a pinch, ours had air shocks in the back to lift the rear, and they usually have uprated axles, suspension and trans. Add some front spring spacers, a skid plate to protect the trans cooler/radiator/sump, and go hit the sand dunes in the Sahara, or wherewhere. Cheap to fix and surprising robust, even the interiors hold up well to offroad abuse depending on who the “coachbuilder” was. Electrical can be a nightmare especially if they’ve been molested. Pay someone to clean the interior, all kinds of horrors are lurking under those seats….
Omg hands down one of my most fav vid on this channel 🙌🏻 on par with all those F1 and Nevera vids. I was laughing throughout the drifting and J-turn section 😂😂
This was such a funny video, I couldn't stop laughing when Matt was trying to pick up strangers. I do prefer these types of videos over car comparisons.
So fun to see someone enjoying a slightly shorter version of my car! Sidenote; There is an emergency fuel door release lever inside of the trunk on the driver side for the event that the driver door release button fails!
This video is one the most interesting car reviews I've ever seen and we need more of this!! Not just all the wildest coolest newest tech show us more weird outliers in the used car world and then THRASH them to the limit😂😂😂 10/10 video Matt
We had that 4.6 in our used Crown Vic police interceptor (bought it just for the sticker). Got it up to 135mph but I've always been amazed how underpowered it was in retrospect.
I freaking love All of the Carwow videos but this was the most entertaining one I’ve seen! Felt like a variety show! The old ladies, the stripper comments, the chips, trying to get people in the car, the drifting, Sam being educational and proficient about the J-turn and how to restart the engine. The funny editing was also hilarious!
Fix the suspension and the driveline then tune the engine to maybe get another 150 ponnies then do a drag race with whatever you choose. Great stuff!!!
One of the most fun uploads of the Carwow. Hopefully we can see more videos like this instead of some fancy new cars that 99% of your viewers cant even afford.
Six of us from our office in East Yorkshire had to travel to a hotel somewhere west of Heathrow for our long service awards. We hired one of these for the day, no messing with a train journey and swapping trains, it was door to door, really comfy, came with a chauffeur and cheaper than buying 6 rail tickets. It was so good we hired it again another year for other staff to travel in.
I'd love to see a Top Gear special format, where Mat, Nick and Sam travel abroad with their used cars searching for adventure and making modifications to make the cars "better"
We used to do this as kids. Buy an old super cheap car and ruin it for a day. Never thought a limo could be that much fun, though! Well done, team carwow!
Sell your car for free with Carwow: bit.ly/-Sell-Your-Car-For-Free-2203
Dear God, save the UK from islam😢😢😢
If that was me, I wouldn't try & flip the car in any traditional sense; sure, fix it up maybe spray it white or black then set up a business: sell the business, not the car.
What I learned from this video. Always carry an ironing board in my limo. Makes a fantastic dining car table.
Turbo charge it, Supercharge it or twin charge wana see the max performance of that v8
This is definitely the kind of video Mat WANTS to make. He was happy throughout the video.
I love that the auto companies stopped letting Mat review things.
these videos are usually on his personal channel mat watson cars
I was happy throughout the video, really enjoyed it
this is an old video, the channel has been reposting old videos lately
@@ReviewGuy01he mentioned his gt3rs which he hasn’t had for that long
This channel is slowly becomming the successor to old Top Gear. And I'm all for it
No
No
Stop 🥩 riding It isn't even close lol
I thought it was aswell
You're thinking of Throttle House
From 10 cylinders to 10 seats😭
😂😂😂😂😂❤
And soon went into 18 wheelers.
@@purwantiallan5089 the wheel is still 4
Well said, man. Well said
I saw this exact car on autotrader for £2000 3months ago
I got an Idea Matt:
Take 4.6 V8 engine to those performance tuners who tune BMWs, NissannGTRs and Toyota Supras to 1000hp for 8000 pounds, let them put some beefy turbos or supercharger on it and do a couple of drag races of the limo vs Tesla/Porsche 911/Lambos or even McLaren
Manual swap is easy to do because many 4.6 engines came with manuals. Also supercharge and tune it. Make it a sleeper 😂
Lol just throwing words
or.. swap to an LS crate motor and supercharge it. This could be a real fixer-upper / sleeper 😁
That would literally rip the car apart have you seen the rust
Bro traded an R8 in for a limo
R8 is a loan
@@MonicaHolly143 Ohh
Bro limos are cool tho
Rich people problems right?
Yes thanks for repeating the title of the video and adding bro to it. Very clever.
£69.69 fuel price and naughty gas station cashier had me chuckling
lol, its a liquid not a gas
gasoline@@Thomashorsman
Full tank is 19 US galons or ~72 liters.
Gasoline is jet fuel bro.....☠️ Its petrol or diesel @@daboodledop
@@daboodledop actual its petroleum, hence petrol not gas
Mat really went in there asked them "what's the longest thing you sell" without laughing, 8:45 and the dude's face lmao
The Limo with engine swap could be very interesting.
Guernsey 🇬🇬
I love how all business they were. They both legitimately helped him find the longest item and didn’t even question it. 😂
This is by far the most fun video I've watched on this channel in the last 4 years of not missing a video. Please make more of these !!
I am agreeing with you, this is best video so far in the channel and had lot of fun
Dealer: What is the service history?
Matt - "It has been serviced..that is the history" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
A lot of people have been serviced in there...what do you mean?
For future reference, there's a lever in the trunk to pull if the electric fuel door fails. Also, if the shifter is binding, first check to make sure the brake switch at the pedal is working, because it won't shift out of park if it's not. Alternatively, there are 2 T30 torx screws that can come loose in the shifter linkage underneath the dash near the steering column. Free and easy fix but the lack of threadlock on those bolts was less than ideal. Some of the electronics in these were overly ambitious but this limo will get someone wherever they want to go for a few hundred thousand miles more, or until it snaps in half.
Vids like this that break up some of the usual drag races, sport cars, ect. Is such a nice change of pace at times.
That J-Turn was insane
No it broke car:):)
We need a separate channel just for Mat's shenanigans
Already exist, Mat Watson Cars
Drifting a Limo is insane !!💀
Definitely. Did the Limo can do 1000bhp engine tune?
How so?
I found drifting with truck more fun to do:)
It's actually kinda easy, especially if the limo is in better shape
Sam is one hell of a driver
Like he's drifting a limo and smoothly too 🤯
Yeah Sam knows how drive and roast Matt too:)
There should be actual drifting championships in limos...
@@kadajawi2Lol no.
Whats the time zone difference betwen the front and back ;)
Time differences is like night and day.
3-5 working days!
😂😂😂
Guernsey 🇬🇬
OMG, editors having fun lately, love it! 😂❤
And whoever sorted out this route, great work! 😅
Anyone else get Top Gear flashbacks while watching this?
I got ❤
That's ammmmmmazingggggg
Duuuuuude 😂😂
Some say that this is the limo that the singer Lemar refused in favour of Mr. Clarkson's red machine 🤔
That was the first thing I thought at the beginning of the video. Although it's not as funny or entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I like carwow and Mat but this video is nowhere near the quality of the best days of TG.
Everything went well... until it didn’t.
This was just like the OG Top Gear!!! Awesome fun, more of that please
I was thinking the same thing. OG Top gear vibes 💯😂
I'm amazed it didn't snap in half.... we booked one in the early 90's from Cambridge to London and back for a night out... I can still remember the sound of tortured metal everytime we went around a roundabout, the smell of petrol, the smell of burnt brakes and the best part was when one of the lads was getting seasick in the back and we swapped places, I put my foot through the floor and got a nice toasty foot massage from the drive shaft!!! No wonder the bastards wanted payment up front 😂😂
It probably had a bad or welded diff
"I think I've driven over something, but I don't know what it was!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I drove limo for 10 years, 2001 - 2011 was the most interesting job I ever had :)
It's one shitty industry. Good for you for keeping it positive.
@@BillyBobDingledorfThe guy that owned the company had 30 cars and if they were not in use he allowed us to use them (I think that's why he paid so little). So I had a side gig driving some people about for extra cash. I also used to drive folks home from bars and charge them a little less than a taxi.. I got to meet some cool people.
Drove one of these from Las Vegas to Timbuktu, a 1988 model, 5’ stretch in white with red pleather interior. Paid $1500 for it. Good times.
Great long distance road trip machines. Tons of load capacity, highway fuel econo not that bad compared to a truck or SUV carrying the same load since much better aero. Something is wrong with yours, shouldn’t be that bad, we got above 20mpg highway and low teens even when offroad.
Can confirm, donuts are possible, although snow or gravel helps. Some of them also have LSD’s….
The tires are very heavily loaded and need very high air pressure. Watch out for sudden blowouts, especially a front tire at highway speed, very scary!
Pretty good off-road at a pinch, ours had air shocks in the back to lift the rear, and they usually have uprated axles, suspension and trans. Add some front spring spacers, a skid plate to protect the trans cooler/radiator/sump, and go hit the sand dunes in the Sahara, or wherewhere.
Cheap to fix and surprising robust, even the interiors hold up well to offroad abuse depending on who the “coachbuilder” was. Electrical can be a nightmare especially if they’ve been molested. Pay someone to clean the interior, all kinds of horrors are lurking under those seats….
Always thought the tires should be a lot bigger than the normal Town car to all the extra weight!
Leave it in your back garden and use it as a shed, best use for it
Stupid idea
I thought its a nice idea.
Nah take the family on vacation
It would get great mileage as a shed. Mine's not a stretch, but usually gets over 20MPG in mixed driving.
Omg hands down one of my most fav vid on this channel 🙌🏻 on par with all those F1 and Nevera vids. I was laughing throughout the drifting and J-turn section 😂😂
same fr
the irony here is Lincoln is now an SUV company
Few companies aren't SUV companies nowadays
Yup, I miss the big floating sedans they used to make
@@SombreroKnight They still make sedans (maybe like one) , it's the demand and supply.
@@AlzhinSoneven Cadillac also doesnt produce SUVs any longer.
@@SombreroKnightlike the Subaru Forester and Mercedes S Class?
This was such a funny video, I couldn't stop laughing when Matt was trying to pick up strangers. I do prefer these types of videos over car comparisons.
Fair play to the dealer, what a good sport
Porsche & Lincoln Guy. 🤣🤣🤣 Don't forget to say Lincoln! (That's your Flex) 🤣🤣🤣
@2:50 I’ve been watching this guy for seven years now and he still manages to make me smile every single time…
This needed Yianni in the back.
Saying “Young Matthew” lmao
mat really is a one-man top gear team. love the entertainment keet it up carwow!
So fun to see someone enjoying a slightly shorter version of my car!
Sidenote; There is an emergency fuel door release lever inside of the trunk on the driver side for the event that the driver door release button fails!
SHMEE would buy those plates off you.
Or perhaps Brembo.
@@purwantiallan5089 No Brembo wouldnt
I don't get it, M700? What's so special about these plates?
@@skankhunt420usa
The usa part probably @@skankhunt420
This video is one the most interesting car reviews I've ever seen and we need more of this!! Not just all the wildest coolest newest tech show us more weird outliers in the used car world and then THRASH them to the limit😂😂😂 10/10 video Matt
We had that 4.6 in our used Crown Vic police interceptor (bought it just for the sticker). Got it up to 135mph but I've always been amazed how underpowered it was in retrospect.
Just swap the heads from a new edge Mustang GT. Easy 40 hp gain. Also a manual 5 speed swap helps.
amazing upgrade on the r8 please review more used cars
10:47 “The OAPs have all the time in the world … but actually they don’t do they” ☠️
This is the best video ever by you. Hysterical!
The Brits finally learning why Cleetus chooses Crown Vics for his events
Man I needed the laughs. Thank you Matt and team. 😂 33:10 😅
We NEED more of these videos
I found this channel recencly and it has brought me more random joy then nearly anything else I watch. Well done.
Just think, if you put 5k into that, you'd have a $3700 car!
Do more videos of weird cars like this and we'll have Top Gear reborn. Maybe get Matt to create a car from scratch 😂
The editing is so on point. It's hilarious 🤣
That was one of the greatest videos Mat. Do similar videos if possible !!! Love that !!🔝
I find it amusing how this started as a regular Carwow video and then started to feel like classic Top Gear.
Spoiler: the limo won
Thanks
@@samerab0no, the limo won
Not a tank
@@616-j4rthis Limo reminds me a lot to Jaguar XJR Vehicle Sedan.
There's no drag race
@@CharlesRanger4x4 NO WAY!
I freaking love All of the Carwow videos but this was the most entertaining one I’ve seen! Felt like a variety show! The old ladies, the stripper comments, the chips, trying to get people in the car, the drifting, Sam being educational and proficient about the J-turn and how to restart the engine. The funny editing was also hilarious!
Real top gear vibes from this vid mat. You should definitely keep these types of videos up 👌🏼
Best motoring journalist of all times. Lots of love from Kenya ❤
This is the most entertaining video in carwow history PERIOD.
Easily
That was so entertaining to watch. I give this video a 5 out of 5 stars.
Imagine your uber turning up in that lol
"Just go around the block a few extra times mate my lap dance isn't finished"
this dude has the best job in the world! flipping brilliant!
the grandma checking out the limo was wholesome ngl
Great video ahaha. Definitely didn't expect that drifting from Sam and sick J turn from Mat.
100% one of my favorite carwow videos, in stitches the whole time 😂
Anything that lets Matt get up to his crazy antics is guaranteed to be a banger of a video. We need more videos of odd cars like this!
28:13 using an iron board as a dining table 😂😂😂😂
In a limo, of all things
This is really like old top gear
Thumbs up for the Editor and the laugh for not picking up anyone
GLS Amg, SQ7 and X7 Drag race please!
x7 wins lil buddy
Gls on top
The Q7 competes with X5 and GLE. There is a Q9 coming next year.
absolutely not, q8 is the competition for gle and x5@@N1ckZ
@@-v33333 your IQ is below zero. Q7 competes with X5 and GLE. Q8 competes with X6 and GLE Coupe. Q9 coming next year will compete with X7 and GLS.
This is easily one of the most entertaining videos out of this channel, thanks Mat 😅😅
Easily #1 On my list outah all the million carwow videos
You can really see Mat enjoyed making this video, this is the type of content we really want to see ! Beautifully ❤️
41 mins and loved every minute of it 😂 so much better than anything on netflix
This gives out the old Top Gear vibes….just shenanigans :D
Love you guys! You both are so nice and happy together” I love what are you doing… keep going 🔥
Ayo! They're not actually g**!
Fix the suspension and the driveline then tune the engine to maybe get another 150 ponnies then do a drag race with whatever you choose. Great stuff!!!
23:30 wtf was that ???? 😂😂😂
Nick says he likes it black apparently 🤣
Wipers sound like a dog throwing up xD
33:08 The amount of wheel hop in that shot is just glorious🤣
@22:23 you had me for a sec! 🤣
THE best video on this channel so far. Laughed half the time, great to see how Mat enjoyed shooting this.
I haven’t even watched this yet and I’m laughing 😂😂
What HAVE you done Mat?! Audi R8 for this?!
He didn't own R8
One of the most fun uploads of the Carwow. Hopefully we can see more videos like this instead of some fancy new cars that 99% of your viewers cant even afford.
Now that Matt drove an extended town car he needs to find a Ford Excursion and try to drive it around for a day.
Six of us from our office in East Yorkshire had to travel to a hotel somewhere west of Heathrow for our long service awards. We hired one of these for the day, no messing with a train journey and swapping trains, it was door to door, really comfy, came with a chauffeur and cheaper than buying 6 rail tickets. It was so good we hired it again another year for other staff to travel in.
Now we know why Sam is also known as "racing driver Sam"
With completely honesty. I never thought of seeing a 3rd Gen Jimny on this video. Wonderful.
"OAP'S have all the time in the world but actually they don't" 😂
That old lady being introduced to the limo to break the ice before you unleash full flirt with your Jimny!
“Where are you keeping this?”
“Anywhere that’s big enough”
💀💀
Long enogh. 😂😂😂
got to be by far the best You Tube channel love it more please all the way from Hong Kong , Mr Watson you are the best
21:56 Nicks reaction. 😂
That was hillarious! Didn't know you could drift a limo.
Balls
Balls
Balls
Balls
Ed
Balls
I don't know who's idea was to use all the meme sound effects, but he/she need's a raise ASAP!
Matt is a character !!!!!😂😂
31:30 Well, you can certainly forget about the 2.7 mpg! 😂❤
Now mat is a VIP
DIV at best
I'd love to see a Top Gear special format, where Mat, Nick and Sam travel abroad with their used cars searching for adventure and making modifications to make the cars "better"
traded in the R8 for this beauty 😂
He didn't owned R8
@@Wulf573 i know he had it for a press lone
These was the videos that made carwow and we want more matt
"there is a gap in the market for people who want to buy long things"
A car show that is also a comedy show! Hopefully there will be a double decker London city bus episode! 😂
We used to do this as kids. Buy an old super cheap car and ruin it for a day. Never thought a limo could be that much fun, though! Well done, team carwow!
Gay
This is one of the best Carwow videos ever!!