WHAT IS THE BEST WINTER HACK FOR £2000?
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I'm with Rory on the meaning of "winter hack"
The .."for £2000." gives it away a bit though, like what hack as in gimmick or trick would you spend 2 grand on?? 😅
I was about to say this exact thing, I'm with Rory, you don't understand English Alex....
I don't know if it's actually a thing or not, since I'm not from the UK (I'm Canadian), but it seems like Alex is using "hack" like we would use "beater" over here (not sure if it's just a Canadian thing though, or if Americans and others use it as well)
Speaking as an ex-owner of a 2004 Passat PD130 4motion - they are an INCREDIBLE winter car, or even just a daily driver. Seats like arm chairs, 50 to the gallon, less than 1k to buy, and after an EGR delete, vac line simplification and a £30 Polish remap, it had a canny bit of punch behind it too 😂
Never got stuck in the snow, on rubbish, knackered all season tyres, and never let me down at all.
Phenomenal cars, I’d have another in a heartbeat if I did the mileage to warrant having a diesel!
I have fwd with vac simplification. Love it
Please tell me more about the "vac simplification", my new daily driver is a 3BG 1,9PD 130HP AVF
I knew the first words out of Rory's pie hole would be "Discovery 3" lol 🙂
Best winter hack......carry a mini shovel, a brush and a bag of grit. Served me so well over the wintery north-east winters
And a blanket 😊
@@Chriskreepa Brrrrr youre not wrong ! 🙂
Best winter hack is have good winter tyres. Should last you a good 5 years and aren’t even that expensive, better than carrying a shovel and all that crap😂
@@AI-Records24 Even with good winter tires, it's not hard to get stuck during the winter in most of Canada or parts of the northern US. Their shovel tip is definitely a good one
2003 generation Volvo XC70 D5 for £1750… 170k and went on and on and on and on. Fantastic winter beater option
A winter "hack" for England would be to get a second set of wheels and winter tyres (preferably studded if permitted)...that's how we roll in Finland 😉
Studded tyres aren't road legal here (and rather unnecessary anyway). But absolutely every car I saw up in Lapland had a set of studded Hakkapeliittas, and some also had rally-style lights for the long and deep winter darkness. I also noticed that Finnish trucks are absolutely massive beasts!
Doesn't snow often enough to warrant them lol, for Finland makes sense but not in England lol
@@ricequackers I kind of assumed that studded tyres are off-limits, but there's the non-studded friction tyre as an option. Not as good in my opinion, but better than summer or "all weather" tyres on ice/snow. I'm in the South-West Finland myself and yes, running Hakkapeliitta studded tyres 😁
@@2595220 The good thing about this is that we have the sliding down the hill - playing pinball with cars-compilations from around the world when there's an inch of snow and a bit of ice on the roads 😂
That's not what a winter hack car is.
My friend had a Toyota Rav4 which has been pretty reliable for him during the winter months
And it’ll be much more reliable than any BMW’s and Rovers combined.
Great cars till the rear arch flakes off in the drive. Drive train outlasts the body
Best winter hack I ever bought was an old Fiat Scudo van for £400, so good I kept it 5 years 😂
I genuinely believe that ANY remotely practical car can be made into a good winter hack simply by fitting winter tyres.
It's scary just how many people drive all year on summer tyres, and then wonder why they go pirouetting down the road as soon as temperatures hit 0 Celsius. We don't get bad snow or ice where I am, but plenty of rain, so I always fit good all seasons to every car I own.
high riding preeferrabbly. maybe in uk u dont get stuck in eastern europe we do
Hack is a "trick". Rory might not make good decisions but at least he knows what a hack is.
I still don't understand, is it Rory who got it right and assumed it is a lifehack in that context or these 2 idiots don't understand what is a hack is? Also, they talk a lot about BMW's. They should rename their channel to BMW Alex or some shit
FWD C6 automatics are CVT(multitronic). Quattros are torque converters(tiptronic).
A set of winter tyres and wheels, transforms any car into a perfectly safe and cromulent winter vehicle. If you have AWD it becomes nigh-unstoppable. My 530xd with Sottezeros on an icy slip road just rockets in a straight line with nary a traction control light.
My Michelin cross climates embigen me
old scooby, I worked in a rural garage for a while and most of the farmers still had ancient Foresters
Owner of X3 E83 3.0 Petrol automatic, get one that has been cared for and you will love it.
And when it comes to winter just write X3 Slip test and go check the 4x4 vs the competition. It's so good.
Put nice tires on it and it won't betray you :)
Starts video
Rorie: Land Rover
Taylor: We said good😂😂
Some have already pointed out that just getting winter tyres can do the job for most cars, especially and the question was "winter" and no "off roading" so even all wheel drive is less relevant than the rubber.
However, if you want to go one step further: get winter tyres on a cheap Ford with the full winter packs. A 12 year old Fiesta probably has the heated windscreen (game changer), and if you get one with the headed seats too you're golden. Not sure they did a heated steering wheel back then but could look into that as well.
It must be a regional thing, as I had no idea the 'hack' was referring to a car 😂
A hack is usually referred to as going for a ride on a horse 🐎.
@@notmanynamesleft In what universe is that a thing? It's certainly not this one, as I've never heard such a thing in my 39 years of wisdom.
@@MaverickBlue42 Google it
Best winter hack:
Ford Focus/Mondeo for £1600 with QuickClear front screen defrost then £400 of decent winter tyres.
Specifically 1600£ yea? Not 1500 or 1750?
@@notmanynamesleftretrd
2 grand, Jeep WJ 4.0ltr 2004 , best off road for that money. Leather seats, heated seat, great transfer boxes, articulation is awesome
Had the exact same idea as Taylor with the early X3s💪🏼
Currently -35c here in Alberta, -43c with the windchill. My "Winter hack" (I would just call it a "winter beater") is a caliber SRT.
I love my windy cottage. What about an old Scoobie AWD?
im so far behind with the podcasts because listening is usually a work thing but at the moment im working over a kilometer deep in a power station in north Norway at the moment so a lot of noise so sorry about that...... i love you guys and love everything you do! best winter hack that's cheap to buy, run and repair and also its a shitbox so its super fun! Suzuki swift :)
Before last winter I bought a ZF6 3.0asb (pre dpf) Audi a6 Allroad Quattro, Bose surround, auto lights, auto wipers, full leather, heated electric memory seats, sat nav, air suspension nearly 300bhp. Had loads more too, and cost me a whopping £1900. I put some new tyres on it, then after winter sold it for £2400. Only bad thing? Tax was £690 a year so cost me around £200 to own it all in all.
How about an Outback or Forrester?
I feel quite safe in winter in my 2008 Mercedes R320CDI. AWD, decent ground clearance, plenty of toys and available for not a lot of money second hand.
Never heard anyone appreciate the 2.0d X3. Its been our family car for the last 10 years and Im so happy someone else appreciates it!
Does it not have the timing chain issues that the 320d had?
@@MatthewPusey44N47 but there is also a M47 x3 and those never die.
@@MatthewPusey44 i think our's has the M47 so much less susceptible to timing chain issues?
@@boostedsideways2584 if it had 163hp was the M47, 177hp (from like 2007) was the first gen of N47
Honestly you should just post the entire pod cast
We will be from now on, we just a have a few more clips to post!
@@Autoalexv2 fantastic news! Thank you!
I had an a6 quatrro saloon 2.5 auto when we had that really bad snow storm a few years back. It was on winter tyres and it was Incredible. It pushed a 330d across town in 2ft of snow.
Some countries use the term ‘beater’ to describe a car that can be driven in the harsh winter months and keep your ‘good’ car for the better weather.
What sort of conditions are you all expecting down there, that you need 4wd to cope ?
we had 18 inches of snow up here ( Scotland ) about 10 years back and my old Citroen Synergie took everything in its stride. Get the right tyres and you're sorted.
92 Nissan Primera 1.6 lx. £300 . kept it 4 years in the end. still going as far as i know.
Get a 2.0 na Impreza wagon. You can get an ok one for about £1500 and then use the extra £500 on winter tyres.
I’ve had a few na 2.0 impreza’s and they were pretty reliable. Quite slow but great fun in the snow/ice.
Also if you’re looking for an additional way to heat your car but a 12v diesel heater 😅 not a propane heater 😂😂
If you have a nice car that you're looking after, you'll need a daily beater all year around anyway. You can't go wrong with a K11 Nissan Micra. Good on fuel, reliable, saves some money for your weekend car. I bought mine so the E91 330d can be left safe in the shed, but the little K11 grew on me so much that I just sold the BMW...
Can you please try to obtain a Passat with W8 engine and make some content about it!!!
Money pits
I've got a challenge for you
Cheap coupe with automatic box in it up to £1000
I'll make it a bit harder (BMW not allowed)
Coupe's and autoboxes shouldn't exist, surely if you want a coupe you should want to be able to drive it yourself rather than it being twist and go like a grandad car?
Fill a carrier bag with warm water n de-ice your windscreen with it safely
Freelander 1 isn’t bad as long as you make sure it still has the prop shaft to make sure it’s still 4wd
Discovery 2 td5 all day. Mines up for sale soon by the way 😬😂
My vehicles don't have garages just get parked in the open so definetly not a diesel for me. Our petrol Renault Duster does a damn fine job in winter.
chuckling at -24 C here for the "using coats at -6" =)
Good (actual) hacks for winter btw, carpet or gravel in a bucket in the trunk. And a small shovel. way under 2000 but oh so worthy. Jump pack and tow straps too. Extra weight in trunk helps with RWD too. Also, low end torque over rpm's will help get you moving from standstill. and switching off your TC could actually help with acceleration, just be smart with your throttle then. And for every non car guy, practice your e-brake turns. might save your car some day on slippery roads. Just dont go practicing it on public roads... thats an easy way to lose a car. trust me. I paid that price when i was a new driver 20 yrs ago...
Some more experienced winter driver may want to add to the list. these were just off the top of my head.
For a winter hack (car). Old Saab or Volvo. With turbo. Warm, safe, reliable and made for the winter. Never had issues with a front wheel drive even here in Finland. Well, never had issues that 4 wheel drive would have solved. Would prolly have just made things worse... saying goes "4 wheel drive will just get you stuck further in deep snow".
I've been using a 325xi 5-speed (E46) as a winter car. It's both the best thing and the world and the worst. I've come to the conclusion that the oil squirters under the crank are not holding pressure. RIP.
Above the crank surely?
@@rob1984p It's under if you're upside down!
How are the nissan navaras for slightly more ? Or Mitsubishi's
Subaru Forester SG
A winter beater for under 2k well Any vag product with awd and one of the reliable engines
Or for some fun in the show id go with one of the rwd volvo wagons
Citroen C1/Toyota Aygo first gen with winter tyres. Super lightweight, will actually stop on snow, unlike those 2+ ton vehicles you're talking about!
best winter car, e46 compact, rwd, cheap realiable(in case of the diesel ones) So much fun in winter
Anything with all season tyres should be good enough for uk winters, only snows 1 day a year.
Can’t believe no one said this… Subaru legacy or outback. Unstoppable in the snow.
Id be picking a Grand Vitara 2.0 TD. Goes anywhere
Get the petrol though
Great vehicle, I want one. One person at my horse camp had one a long while ago, it went up a steep grassy hill with a horse-box on the back with no issues, meanwhile all the large 4x4s were getting stuck on the flat ground in the same field.
Dacia Duster - petrol or diesel - you may be able to get a leggy 4x4 for £2k even but honestly it will see you through a winter. Its all ancient Renault technology that works.
I have one, love it. Comfy, immensely practical too
Except most of the important electrics.
The audi c6 3.0 tdi quattro has a zf 6hp transmission. Only the fwd ones are cvt
Here in the states I’ve been able to find good disco 3 and even L322 range rovers for about 3000 us, with relatively good reliability! Better than most common cars frankly
Be careful with those camping heaters, if anyone has one in a car at all, please bring a carbon monoxide alarm too!
Freelander td4, more reliable than people think and 2k will get a good one. Also a x type jag awd, same again 2k would get a good one.
Alex and Taylor gaslighting Rory on the word “hack”
I agree with Rory on the question ‘Hack’ lol
Old Mitsubishi Shogun , Subaru Forrester, or legacy
Great video, quick one, Greenlight don't insure BMWs, found this out the other week trying to insure my E36.
Honda Crv 2.2 diesel. Ex spec with the heated seats.
I have a feeling we have seen this before late last year or was it for a 7k budget?? I can’t remember however loving the content guys
Any type of burner in an enclosed space is suicide, might aswell pipe the hot exhaust into the coupe.
Just move to the tropical south west, frost is about as bad as it gets down here as long as you stay off the moors
I know they get alot of stick but one year when we had a really sh*tty winter I bought an old 1997 Rover 200 1.4 and that thing was a proper trooper, never got stuck and it was mega reliable,.almost felt sad selling it in the spring...for about a minute
Subaru Forester or Legacy
I've got a6 cvt and it's great, depends on how well its looked after i guess
propane heater uses up oxygen and produces H2O, i.e. water. The two things you don't want in a closed vehicle, in the freezing temperatures.
Alex, if a disco didn’t have the ground clearance, I’d love to knowwht did. I can’t think of much with better clearance. Unimaginable?
Any 4x4 car with winter tyres will do, also not too heavy.
My winter hack would be a VW Golf, Mk4, 2.8l V6, 4Motion, Manual
Nippy with its 200+hp and can handle the British winter with easy
Too thirsty,the GTTDI can map to 200 hp and does 50mpg rather than 25
Never get snow in UK these days so don't need 4 motion it's just something else to have to service or go wrong
Rofl, that’s not even close to a hack. Real hack is passat 1.9 131hp
Gloves and thermal/fleece-lined combat pants. Best investment ever.
Asking for winter hacks is not the same as asking what cheap car is good for winter I would argue
Audi B7 A4 quattro. Super reliable, absolute beast in the snow! Proper quattro too!
Run one for five years the faults soon add up…
@@evorobinHad mine since 2018, got it on 67k its now on 170k. Things have had to be changed but thats because they were old and worn out, e.g. the Clutch and exhaust and brakes. I've had the balance shaft delete done and the cam chain has been replaced. The car has NEVER left me stranded at the side of the road.
Getting some real "this one time in band camp" vibes from Rory 😂😂
Any Subaru! Had a £3000 Subaru Impreza, and it could get to anywhere in the snow!
do these cars come with engines? prices have literally doubled recently and there's barely any decent winter motors about (up North)
Taylor, there isn’t any Audi Quattro with a CVT gearbox.
Where do we watch the whole thing not just listen?
Subaru Forester SG.
Why no honourable mention...,
The X3 didn't come with the m57 in a manual. That was reserved for the X5. I know this, not to be an anorak, but because I want one now 😂
snow plow and a big axle... 1000lbs of sand bags over the axle.
Big stritch from maisy, always good content
This is Gona be a bmw n discovery channel soon😊
Most propane heaters produce a lot of carbon monoxide gas and in an enclosed space can be lethal.
Fiat Panda with enough change for some decent winter tyres. Clarkson was right about 0-60'c quicker than 0-60mph. Skinny wheels to cut through the snow and drive it like you stole it everywhere.
As the owner of an A6 AllRoad my answer would be a Fiat Panda 4x4.
Greenlight insurance doesn't insure BMWs (according to their website) who is insuring your BMWs?
R8?
Useless awd on BMWs.
Suburban on a/t's is fine, throw in a set of chains and you go where you want.
T31 X Trail 2.0 dci is what I've got for winter
Rory is right about everything in this video 😁
RAV4 or an XC90 with a decent set of winter tyres
Winter around the corner?
It's -25°F outside rn.
Honda CRV, Nissan x trail, Toyota Rav 4. All easily achievable for 2k
For me after living in Montreal for the last 20 years..
Best winter Hack is..
Stay home!!!
Best thing here for winter Honda CRV or Toyota Rav..
Audi, bmw, land rover.. the old die by rust exposition infection!!
cant believe theres no shouts for an old D5 XC70.
Subaru Legacy wagon every time.
I've owned my 2007 Audi A6 3.0 TDi Avant (obviously Quattro!) since 2009: 235,000 faultless miles through all weathers, carrying and towing all manners of stuff (and two dogs!). I have other weekend 'toys' which I keep chopping and changing, but will just keep the old Audi till it dies...... IF it ever dies! Oh, and just a little fact to get you thinking - the gearbox as we all know, is stated 'sealed for life'........ and I took the risk of leaving it that way. I started getting worried when I crossed the 100k mark, reading all the stories from 'experts' on the internet, but I thought I'd leave it for a bit longer to decide. Then 150k miles came and went, then 200k miles came and went, and as the gearbox (complete with pointless paddle shifter!) is still as smooth as the day I bought it (and the fact the car is now worth about the same price as a Mars bar), at 235k miles on the clock...... the gearbox will remain untouched!! Great work lads as ever (and always a bonus seeing Maisie!).
This is from ages ago?? What you playing at??
I would say a 19990,s Toyota hilux surf
I love when Maisey(sp) casually wanders into the shot and nobody bats an eyelid, you know she's well treated and nobody is shouting at her to get down. People who treat dogs well are generally good people and car people are generally good people, combine both and what do you get.... very good people 😃