Top Gear Test Track Prep -Taking Our Hot Hatch To The Next Level!
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2024
- Mike takes the DriveTribe Alfa Romeo Brera down to Swallows Racing to complete the next run of modifications. Can we make our five-cylinder diesel hot hatch a track weapon?
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Why is everyone moving there workshop videos to there 2nd channel, this is more what i want rather than sitting in a car talking
UA-cam algorithm mate, everyones conforming to it now
Got to bow down to the algorithm sadly
We have more workshop on the main channel this Sunday as well. The main channel is continuing as we would always run it, we are just doing even more which we are sharing here as well!
And yes as some have already said, it’s better for us to split the content across the two channels than over saturate a single channel. We have to do what works best in order to be able to continue providing you with all the content we produce 🙂
@@MoreDRIVETRIBE couldn’t care if you had 5 channels - aslong as you tell us where they are so we can subscribe and the videos pop up on my home page I couldn’t care less - more videos, more content for us, more budget for drive tribe - everyone’s happy
What matters if it's on this channel or the main channel? As long as you can watch it?
That lads banter between the English and Scottish dialect/accents/stereotypes along with the other lads banter just felt more natural and authentic than most content I see online these days. I'd probably say that authentic lads banter made this feel more enjoyable to watch than much of the main channels content to be honest. Great episode guys! :)
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@3:52 I thought Mike was about to start pronouncing Cool Whip over and over! LOL
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Kuuughhll Wuuughhh XD
The Brera is a very good looking car. I remember a time when i had it set as my desktop background.
Looking forward to its Dunsfold showdown?!
I really like Nick(?) The left-handed professional. He is awesome. Please have more of him on the channel. :)
Yeah we loved the chemistry of the pair of them 🙂 We have someone else on screen soon we hope you like!
Great video. Would love to see more like this on either channel. Aka showing the entire process of the work being done (rather than skipping to it finished). To be fair, that seems to be mostly the case in general on these channels now but for a long time it wasn't.
This was great content, with great banter. I laughed pretty hard at the piss take at Mike's accent. I often laugh myself sometimes at his pronounciations. Accents are what they are, and there's no wrong way really... But how heavy he often adds "eughh" or "ueew" etc hard "u"s to every word does make me laugh sometimes, was amusing to see him called out on it lol.
Love nothing more than a little shop banter
The rust on your Halfords set made me feel better about the state I got mine into, I got them wet and forgot to dry them off the other week and started to get a slight bit of surface rust on them. A couple of hours of wire brushing and sandpaper sorted them out a treat.
hoovered up half a spliff , loads of baccy and some roach..been there
Buying cars on Facebook Marketplace, say no more!
Great vid, thnx. Takes me back to the days (I had to be 🙂) working on my MG-B all the time and being left handed as well 👍
Ahh brilliant, glad you enjoyed 🙂
This was pretty funny, had some good laugh out loud moments.
I also started up Need For Speed Carbon this weekend and i had totally forgotten that it was also the starting car for the exotic cars career.
I painted mine Kingfisher blue.
Good choice!
Nice Video.
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Still waiting for Jezza's response. Will he be a bit miffed that it's a diesel?? 🤔
I’m 42 bought my first Halfords advanced set when I was about 20 and bought another about 5 years ago, done me well, worked on all my cars and others over the years, every mot never let me down bar the tiny ratchet I got about 5 years ago swiftly snapped that but that was my fault 😂
Do they still come with the lifetime warranty? If so you should be able to take it in for a replacement 🙂
@@MoreDRIVETRIBE yep just go into a Halfords and take the offending part they will swap in a heartbeat.
Theres a reducer so you can use the 1/4 ratchet with those bits 👌 i have the same set lol
Scottish banter vs English banter continues strong even today.
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I wonder if Mike can say purple burglar alarm? 🤣
Sounds like a challenge!
Wheel bearing super easy to change on those. Try and change one on a Lancia fulvia !The exhaust will sound better under proper load.
Well take your word on it for the Fulvia! As for bearings they should be getting sorted today 💪🏻
Loving the dialect discussion... Mike - what is not spelled Hwat so ida reckon Somerset version wins but I'm local to Swallows so by definition wildly biased 😂
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It's an Audi ER Quattro, an emphasis on the ER!!!
Thoughts on giving it a terraclean?
Quick squirt of WD 40 in the toolkit?
does the test track even still exist? id love to see you guys do a tour of the current place too and the old studio hanger and such
It does yes! Not sure we could get access to the hanger but we’re definitely getting back on track. Also check out our video with Ben visiting Top Gear locations on the main channel, there is a bit on Dunsfold there 👍🏻
@@MoreDRIVETRIBE oh yeah true, I forgot about that weird even though it was a few weeks ago, was good seeing the old office building
Because your exhaust is the same diameter as stock it isn't that loud. If you FULLY straight pipe it with 63mm+ diameter it's gonna be pretty loud and will sound great.
Yeah we were initially getting a full custom exhaust, but the time it was going to take would have meant the project would have sat still for too long. Hence just getting one off the shelf 🙂
Definitely a university graduate engineer 👀👀
Yep😂
I don't have too much knowledge about these European cars but, if it has a DPF, technically it shouldn't be spitting soot marks on the garage walls no? Was that soot or was that some other residue from the newly installed exhaust or oil from the turbo bearings?
Not 100% sure but being a 2007 car, this may have been pre dpf. Would need to check with the team but a quick google suggests they became compulsory in 2009.
#1 gloves, #2 why not disconnect the battery?
"Cool Whip" Family Guy 🤣
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What's the story on that gorgeous XJS at 18:53 ????
hold up is that a joint at 12:11?l🤣
As a mechanic watching Mike spanner is utterly painful 🤣🫠
I must be against the tide in saying these videos that feel more impromptu and homemade are the ones that remind me of early top gear the most. I wish every car video had more of this and less of a set up mood
We enjoy making these too, although as do we with the higher production quality. It’s great that we can offer both 🙃
This is so much more interesting than Hammond driving a 600hp supercar.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Whats wrong with being left-handed mike, we're not freaks 😂
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Get back under your bridge! 😉😅
Lefties rule
Mike say "Cool Whip" 😂
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I wouldn't be able to settle for 3 out of 4 wheel bearings 😂
We were having this exact conversation in the office yesterday funnily enough!
Does anyone have a link to where abouts in Poland they got the exhaust from, I bet they saved a fortune!
It was on eBay, just searched for Brera exhaust and one popped up for £350!
Ever been told your tool is too big before, Mike?
Nice vid guys. ❤ but unfortunately i couldn't watch it with my son as there was just too much swearing this time. I know it was bleeped but it's quite obvious. 😊
No big drama, just a heads up for younger viewers.
Keep up the great work 😊
All noted, thank you!
It's not over engineered its over complicated
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12:11 please tell me that long cylindrical thing and all this stuff on the carpet is what I think it is 🥴
All we know is, it wasn’t ours and it’s no longer part of the car interior!
I’ve just put a Quaffe Diff and coilovers on my Brera… missed a trick #drivetribe?
We have the bc coilovers from earlier work, but yes a diff would have been a great shout!
@@MoreDRIVETRIBE I’ve also got a custom cam going in my 2.2 petrol! With the other mods the aim is 210bhp and because the 2.2 is the lightest Brera, give cars like yours a run for their money! If you wanted to compare yours against the full Brera line up I’m UK based and up for a challenge!
What light is that?
Honestly no idea, it was Nick’s!
@@MoreDRIVETRIBE thanks for the reply anyway 👍🏽
Wow. That's a lot of Beeps. It was getting a tad annoying after the first 20 seconds.
Noted!
The H is silent…..wot can we do ere?
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Watching Mike Fernie work on cars is as painful as watching my daughter work on cars with her beautician tools. Curling iron, hair dryer... etc. 😅
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Hoovering up Mike's Jay he dropped on the way to shoot 😂
i paused it to see if there was any green among all that baccy and roach
This *bleep* episode was *bleeping* great
The guys spent more time than usual having to bleep words in this episode 😂
Do you know what is freaky? How you can't say whee-uw properly...😂
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@MoreDRIVETRIBE Of course I made a spelling error when make fun of someone else's speech...🤦♂️
Happens to the best of us, the important thing is you tried 😅
Thumbs down for the constant swearing!
Noted.
Nowt wrong with alfords gear bud !🤭