Interestingly one pre-video ad here was from a firm manipulating the odo (yes, to show a non-real km/miles). In the ad they then used and named Carly to prove their manipulation on the Bmw is undetected by service tech. What a sneaky ad-sense, right? If I were Carly, I'd not have them do that.
Hey Jay, love your content! Keep it up. I have a question, you know, how every second car video claims that they've bought the cheapest car.. Wondering do you have proof that this is The World's Cheapest Lamborghini Gallardo (That Runs, And Isn't Wrecked), or is this just clickbait? Thank you, be safe!
Definitely someone you can trust he's not just saying x or y is broken let's replace he's actually trying to save you money and he's trying to repair instead. So he's not just a fitter he's an actual mechanic which is rare 👍
I own a business of a completely different area, but I can tell you I get 80% of my work from word-of-mouth. The reason? I always thing of the customer FIRST, my profit SECOND. If you work on that system, the money WILL come in. As long as you don't price yourself into bankruptcy, you will be fine, and have a strong, stable business, as people will keep sending people your way (meaning you also have to do LESS advertising!)
@@nickturner2813 I left a comment on his "why I hate BMW" video a while back about how these are fairly simple fixes and that he shouldn't be charging top dollar to repair cheap cars (complaining about rubber seals failing, yeah no shit. They all fail with heat and age). It's not worth his time. He's comes across as arrogant, I think he knows a lot about a lot of cars and is charging accordingly but shouldn't be charging "a customer" $100s if not $1000s for simple fixes on an old 3 series. If you have seen the video, I'm sure you'll know what I mean.
You can tell Jay is good with people, whenever he gets someone from off the channel to present they are always at ease and look as if they are enjoying themselves. Cheers for the top content Jay!
Blue / Red issue... Back in the 90's I had the EXACT same issue with a Blue ford Escort, Did due diligence, HPI check etc, came back clean so I bought the car (from a dealer), several weeks later when pulling a trim panel out in the boot I saw red paint, Like you I was thinking of all possibilities, respray, primer accident repair etc, but again like you we were finding red paint everywhere. internally but all the doors / boot / bonnet had no sign of red paint. Eventually I was so concerned I contacted the vehicle crime unit of my local police station and voluntarily handed them the car to strip. What they found was shocking.... the shell was that of stolen red J reg escort which had the vin from a blue K reg escort stuck down over the top of the J reg vin so at a quick look there was no evidence of tampering with the vin, then all parts from the K reg fitted to the shell. After lots of investigation it was found the original K reg had been badly damaged but with no insurance claim hence not showing on HPI, then rebuilt using the stolen shell. Thankfully as I bought on finance from a dealer I was able to hand the car back !
Regarding the colour. Years ago we bought a new Reliant Scimitar . We specified the colour to be Burgundy with tan upholstery. After a few months we noticed that the paint around the drivers door edges was rubbing off to reveal white paint underneath. The factory had taken a car already painted white and repainted it burgundy in order to fulfill our order, instead of building a new car to our colour specification, presumably because as a low volume production model, this was financially better for the manufacturer. Probably the same thing occurred with your car!
I’m going to enjoy watching this process - who doesn’t love a makeover! This reminds me a little of the Harry’s garage videos of of Espada which were fascinating. The guy from AV should definitely feature as much as possible- he’s clearly an honest straightforward chap and is a natural presenter
Not to be a typical commentator but Carly is completely worth the money. Fixed a seat presence indicator using parts on Ebay on my bmw and turned off the warning using Carly. Saved a packet. Amazing product. Massively recommend. Luv and Peace.
Hi. This is one of your best videos . Right up there with The Truth about buying a Porsche. . Aldous his knowledge and his presentation is great. Thank you.
Never heard of AVS but Aldous certainly comes across like he genuinely wants to give you the car back in as best condition as possible. Gotta love a bloke with a passion and love for his work. I think people and companies such as this need highlighting to the world. Nice one.
It matters not if this car has had a shady past. What DOES matter is that someone it putting in effort to restore it. Who cares if the cost outweighs the car value, the enjoyment you get when finished makes it worth the while. Congrats JayEmm for taking on something that a lot of others here would have just walked away from. Keen to see how this pans out...
@Richard Harrold I don't know where the red is, the perspective was too close for me to judge. But if it's the bulk head then it is mostly likely a factory colour change.
@@JayEmmOnCars If it's red underneath blue in the engine bay it deffo smells a bit suss. Years ago I came across a similar thing in a mk2 golf gti 16v. It was black but traces of dark (helios) blue in the hard to reach parts of the engine bay. The spare wheel well had a couple of minor scratches on the black paint and it was red underneath. It turned out it was a non declared write off that had been helios blue but had been cut and shut with a red rear end and the whole thing painted black! Not saying this is the same (I genuinely hope it's not) but for me it looks very suspect. The welded on gear knob would be enough for me to have walked away no matter how cheap the car was.
Hi James. Great to see a Workshop Owner who has some Character and Honour in the Work. Giving you options and fix. Cheers Aldous. Happy Weekend Guys. Cheers From The Caribbean.
Only recently discovered the channel and loving it. For me, this is what car ownership is about, if you can actually get to own a car (or one in the same class) dreamt about when younger, then go for it. So glad that its being rescued, and even watching the ads to help out. Nice one sir!
Missed this video when it came out….. Great insight into the car, and Aldous proves once again that he is a man to be trusted 👍🏽 (Hope you enjoyed Silverstone on Sunday) was good to see you there
That is the problem when supercars start to be at an buyable price ish. Then comes the first service bill or estimate for a repair then the life of the car is over.
Even though Lamborghini and Ferrari are the brands that made me a sports car lover I would never get a "buyable" used one unless I could afford the car when it was new.
Car was probably painted red originally at the factory - the order was cancelled /changed and the car went through paint again and became blue. Gear knob has been welded back on because they have a habit of snapping off with age. 👍
all the missing parts (esp the ones you can't see like the undertrays) and the red paint under the blue do raise suspisions about something more un-toward... would be interested if there was a way to check all VIN numbers for consistency
@Richard Harrold Its impossible to say just from watching a youtube video. But I have had 15 gallardos through the years but never seen something like that.
strange when looking at the red coming through that the clip holding a wire or cable has been painted blue, suggesting paintwork at some point. A HPI check doesn't guarantee a car has not been involved in an accident, if a previous owner was just 3rd party for instance or a track day car that has had a few off's etc both instances the owner would be paying for repair not an insurance company and therefore any major repairs will not be recorded on HPI.
For that gearshifter I think anyone with a lathe would be able to separate them and weld a new thread on the end of it (without changing the length of the shifter) and cut new threads into the shift ball. Potentially saving alot of money, and hey if it goes wrong you were gonna spend the £800 anyway.
Far from certain but underlying colors can have an effect on topcoats. I remember reading an article about 1980's ferrari's having bright yellow primer under the rosso corsa paint. I tried out some experimental samples when I was painting a motorcycle with some rattle cans and there was a marked difference in sunlight.
9:25 Guy cut open an OEM part and repaired it once a new one was already ordered to temporarily fix an issue of usability and practicality but not necessarily his problem at all. What a top guy.
This guy is great. Genuine honest bloke who knows his stuff. Why can't all mechanic shops be like this? Too many cowboys out there (like whoever previously worked on this car!).
I used to work at a gift experience company working on the super car experiences. Some of these bodge jobs are typical of a super experience company, they simply don’t have the money to fix things so bodge them. I’m surprised there’s not cable ties holding the thing together!
This blokes a star , the British car wizard ! "Took it apart , cleaned it up and put it back together and it's all good" proper mechanic , why replace when you can fix it 😊
@@karlmiller3623 He's being facetious - spelling it how James (and me and thousands of others) say it instead of pronouncing it 'correctly' and being a dick about it at the same time :)
She's had a tough life. She had the work done by the wrong people. Hearing how much that cost, for it to be done wrong and the cost to do it right - it's just bonkers. Least, she has a story. Most cars don't. If she's on the road for another 20 years + that's a great outcome. The most interesting part is, why all the red paint! Some one know.
@@TopUTooBa I'm pretty sure he said in another video it has had a respray so I assume thats why, Oh just seen the end where he said it hadn't had a respray 🤔
Aldous is great, gave me some cracking advice for nothing on purchasing a Ferrari 360! Top guy and as genuine as he appears in all of the content he has been a part of on UA-cam
Wing mirror story reminds me of a Ford Sierra I once owned. Everything kept breaking & it spent more time in the garage than the road. Just when I thought what else could possibly go wrong the electric mirror spat its self internals and all at my very feet. I still can’t believe it happened to this day if I hadn’t witnessed it I’d never have believed it self destructed.
What a genuine legend Aldous seems. Straight taking, no nonsense, knows the cars he works on, doesn’t rip your face off supercar mechanic. Can we clone him please? Send a dozen over here to New England. Give him a UA-cam channel Jay!
Slick presentation, great car. Thoroughly enjoyed your mans review / descriptions of what all is "in need" in delicious detail. Looking forward to more on this. Cheers!
Great to see good mechanic that don't want to rekt you, but instead doing his work by the book on proper quality parts, so his work will last and in long term it will pay off. Cheers.
The reasons mechanics don't do things right Is because people don't want to pay enough to do things right, people look for th cheapest mechanic they can find, it's human nature
@@DomzyDX it true, I've learned a lesson when in one of the cars I had to replace fan resistor, unbranded aftermarket was 40%price of original but it lasts for few months and the seller didn't accept return. So we decided with mechanic that it's not worth to risk again, so I bought genuine part which lasts till now and it's over 5 years already. If someone needs reliable car because they drive a lot I guess they will maintain the car properly. Especially oils, filters, brakes,tyres is not best idea to save on, because it will have influence on safety and reliability.
Does the label with paint codes on (under bonnet lid - not sure on Lamborghini but common VWA location) have primer code? I think you’re right that it’s red primer.
I popped in to AV Engineering on the back of this vid for the servicing on my DB9. Aldous and Edd were extremely welcoming plus the face that Edd is an ex works Aston employee!! 👍👍👍
@@JayEmmOnCars I know. I was previously looking into Ferrari 360s hence knowing about AV Engineering locally. But because there was a vanquish in the background, I've got a new service network. Cheers Jay!!
I had a blue TVR Tuscan with red paint showing through with a clean HPI and no colour change registered, just like your lambo. It was suggested to me that it was likely to have been a cancelled order at the factory so had the colour change prior to registering. Could be a similar story here?
Ho ! The car had a busy life. The blue is sublime ! And not common on super cars and Lamborghini. I’m jealous of how many companies in the UK can help you refurbish parts instead of replacing them (I don’t think there is a quarter of them in France, but I hope I’m wrong). Keep doing great work and thank you for the mechanic for taking us through the car.
Looks like it could be red oxide primer, but most manufacturers grey primer for majority of colours and for those other colour they will use white primer. unless it’s a BC3CT colour.
See, this is all people want, the feeling of trust in a garage and their mechanics, brilliant stuff. ( Could have wired up the reverse though but there must be a reason).
Does anyone know if Carly would work on Lotus Elise S2 w/ 1ZZ-FE engine? Specifically the ABS system. I had tried different professional scan tools, but no luck.
Awesome to see another Gallardo get rescued. You definitely have a small laundry list there. With the paint, maybe a late change-order on that car's spec led to it being resprayed hastily at the factory? That or it's been painted twice, the second time back to the original color...but they must have been panels-off resprays given where those colors are which makes that theory dubious. Have you cross checked the VIN on LP112?
@@JayEmmOnCars Right, the VIN check you mentioned should back that up as well. My "conspiracy theory" was that they had a red car on the line in Sant'Agata, an order came in for a blue one, so they just sent the car back through the booth before affixing the VIN and specification plates. I have zero car manufacturing experience though so that's likely bollocks :) Cheers.
I have a 1995 Mitsubishi Pajero with 6G74 engine. The port is 16 pin like OBD2 but due to production year (95) it has to use older protocols than OBD2. Can the carly scanner read my car? I tried several OBD2 readers but none could read
This channel just gets better every upload. This is gonna be great content for his channel. Couple of things though.. I can't believe how bad this car has been treated such a shame... Defo in safe hands now this garage is legit.
The blue colour is great, if I was to ever have one of these, this shade would be my second or third choice. I love it when Lamborghinis are NOT yellow (and Ferraris not red 😜)
I love previously abused exotics. Seeing this car come back from the brink is going to be fun, great series idea and congrats again on picking this one up!
Gluing the vents shut I suspect is down to the missing shrouds Aldous mentioned on the radiator. It probably chucks so much oncoming air through the vents that it's like having the window open in the winter. Regarding the colour,it is possible if the red is just a uniformly flat red that it's a primer, although that seems odd as most paints i've seen use a white or grey primer for blue. If however you discover some left over flake or lacquer, then we're looking at either a factory stage change to a customer order, where they diverted the shell back into the paint shop before sending to the assembly line, or (more worryingly) an off the books chassis change. Basically, a car which SHOULD have been reported as being in an accident, but was reshelled on the quiet at the customers cost. Examining the VIN plate and chassis markings should show you if there's any sign of alteration or transference. Also ask Lamborghini if they have any record of reproducing a VIN plate for it, as they would have a record of doing so if the reshell just fitted a new VIN instead of trying to remove and transfer the existing one. Nice car still James, I really think you're going to enjoy owning this one, even with the initial costs.
AV engineering sound like a good knowledgable company, essential having someone good to look after specialist cars, also sounds like a fairly long road to getting the car sorted. yes 430 mounts work on the arms as opposed to £1600 per arm from lambo,
Just a shot, could the car have been painted to red from blue, then painted back to blue without doing a bare metal paint job. Cause the red got there somehow. Sounds fantastic but unless that car is stripped of all parts one will likely never know or more still stripped of the current hue, but that will be crazy. Very strange which ever way you look at it. Good luck with all the fix, that’s a good man who’s taking on the Job. All the best. 👌🏿
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Interestingly one pre-video ad here was from a firm manipulating the odo (yes, to show a non-real km/miles). In the ad they then used and named Carly to prove their manipulation on the Bmw is undetected by service tech.
What a sneaky ad-sense, right?
If I were Carly, I'd not have them do that.
@@vprwave wow that's pretty ballsy!
Hey Jay, love your content! Keep it up. I have a question, you know, how every second car video claims that they've bought the cheapest car.. Wondering do you have proof that this is The World's Cheapest Lamborghini Gallardo (That Runs, And Isn't Wrecked), or is this just clickbait? Thank you, be safe!
To my knowledge it is true. When I bought it there was no other Lamborghini in the UK up for sale for less
You can tell straight away that he is an honest man you can trust. That goes a long way.
hmm wing mirror comes off in shop by itself but not during a test run? hmm.
jokes he seems very clear and respectable about his job.
To be fair it's easy to be honest if the owners are ready to pay for the repairs. Lots of tomfoolery arises when the owners try to cheap out.
Yes seems very honest, but if I’m honest been in for over a year and it’s not finished. Id be annoyed to be honest
That guy needs to start his own UA-cam channel
Yes - agreed - a professional and decent independent specialist
TOSSER?a!!!
Car wizard mk2
I would watch it over rollypolly here
He did most of the talking in this video. Good communicator.
Definitely someone you can trust he's not just saying x or y is broken let's replace he's actually trying to save you money and he's trying to repair instead. So he's not just a fitter he's an actual mechanic which is rare 👍
I own a business of a completely different area, but I can tell you I get 80% of my work from word-of-mouth.
The reason? I always thing of the customer FIRST, my profit SECOND. If you work on that system, the money WILL come in. As long as you don't price yourself into bankruptcy, you will be fine, and have a strong, stable business, as people will keep sending people your way (meaning you also have to do LESS advertising!)
Everything he said he repaired has to be changed and they're basically just waiting on the part...
Aldous is awesome, best guy around !
Hey Scott, you everywhere, shouldn't be fixing the 512BBi?? Lol :p
“...apart from that, she’s a minter” 🤣
Deffo need an AV Engineering channel.
Is this guy gonna become your Car Wizard? :D
'Wiiiiizard, I've bought another hooptie...'
Let's hope not, the bearded one is a tosser.
"I bought another cheapest ___ in the UK"
@@nickturner2813 I left a comment on his "why I hate BMW" video a while back about how these are fairly simple fixes and that he shouldn't be charging top dollar to repair cheap cars (complaining about rubber seals failing, yeah no shit. They all fail with heat and age). It's not worth his time. He's comes across as arrogant, I think he knows a lot about a lot of cars and is charging accordingly but shouldn't be charging "a customer" $100s if not $1000s for simple fixes on an old 3 series. If you have seen the video, I'm sure you'll know what I mean.
@@nickturner2813 borderline noncy
refreshing to hear a guy that wanted to get the engine right and stand by his work,
clearly an excellent mechanic and honest man.
Absolutely, Aldous is a legend
Aldous, the European version of The Car Wizard! Get that man a channel!
That's like the most European name ever
You can tell Jay is good with people, whenever he gets someone from off the channel to present they are always at ease and look as if they are enjoying themselves. Cheers for the top content Jay!
My pleasure, Aldous is the secret to this video!
Blue / Red issue... Back in the 90's I had the EXACT same issue with a Blue ford Escort, Did due diligence, HPI check etc, came back clean so I bought the car (from a dealer), several weeks later when pulling a trim panel out in the boot I saw red paint, Like you I was thinking of all possibilities, respray, primer accident repair etc, but again like you we were finding red paint everywhere. internally but all the doors / boot / bonnet had no sign of red paint.
Eventually I was so concerned I contacted the vehicle crime unit of my local police station and voluntarily handed them the car to strip.
What they found was shocking.... the shell was that of stolen red J reg escort which had the vin from a blue K reg escort stuck down over the top of the J reg vin so at a quick look there was no evidence of tampering with the vin, then all parts from the K reg fitted to the shell. After lots of investigation it was found the original K reg had been badly damaged but with no insurance claim hence not showing on HPI, then rebuilt using the stolen shell. Thankfully as I bought on finance from a dealer I was able to hand the car back !
Nice to know your car is in the best hands possible. This mechanic is so knowledgeable
Regarding the colour. Years ago we bought a new Reliant Scimitar . We specified the colour to be Burgundy with tan upholstery.
After a few months we noticed that the paint around the drivers door edges was rubbing off to reveal white paint underneath.
The factory had taken a car already painted white and repainted it burgundy in order to fulfill our order, instead of building a new car to our colour specification, presumably because as a low volume production model, this was financially better for the manufacturer.
Probably the same thing occurred with your car!
Lamborghini are part of VAG, one of the biggest auto groups in the world, Reliant was a handful of guys in a shed...😂
You're comparing one of the world's cheapest cars built in a shed here in England, to a Volkswagen Group Lamborghini product that cost 6 figures new.
"Hopefully it hasn't got a mouse in it, but given this car, you never know"
That did make me chuckle!
@ratarossa had rats living in his 😉
this is one good perk to not being able to sleep! 3am in the USA and a new video to watch!
Happy to wake up to this, here in Paris France
I'll be surprised if JayEmm can sleep as well.
Aldous needs his own UA-cam channel. A top guy.
What a genuine sounding guy. Stick with him. Great advert for himself.
I’m going to enjoy watching this process - who doesn’t love a makeover! This reminds me a little of the Harry’s garage videos of of Espada which were fascinating. The guy from AV should definitely feature as much as possible- he’s clearly an honest straightforward chap and is a natural presenter
Looking good buddy!!
Thanks 👍
Not to be a typical commentator but Carly is completely worth the money.
Fixed a seat presence indicator using parts on Ebay on my bmw and turned off the warning using Carly.
Saved a packet.
Amazing product.
Massively recommend.
Luv and Peace.
Hi. This is one of your best videos . Right up there with The Truth about buying a Porsche. . Aldous his knowledge and his presentation is great. Thank you.
Never heard of AVS but Aldous certainly comes across like he genuinely wants to give you the car back in as best condition as possible. Gotta love a bloke with a passion and love for his work. I think people and companies such as this need highlighting to the world. Nice one.
It matters not if this car has had a shady past. What DOES matter is that someone it putting in effort to restore it. Who cares if the cost outweighs the car value, the enjoyment you get when finished makes it worth the while. Congrats JayEmm for taking on something that a lot of others here would have just walked away from. Keen to see how this pans out...
Thankyou, me too!
As it was an experience car I would guess it has had a few impacts in its time and they got parts from a salvaged red car to fix it.
@Richard Harrold I don't know where the red is, the perspective was too close for me to judge. But if it's the bulk head then it is mostly likely a factory colour change.
The cost involved in doing that wouldn't make any sense
@Richard Harrold this car has definitely had a knock at some point I think they have taken parts of a red car and slapped on some blue paint
What is so "obvious" about it?
@@JayEmmOnCars If it's red underneath blue in the engine bay it deffo smells a bit suss. Years ago I came across a similar thing in a mk2 golf gti 16v. It was black but traces of dark (helios) blue in the hard to reach parts of the engine bay. The spare wheel well had a couple of minor scratches on the black paint and it was red underneath. It turned out it was a non declared write off that had been helios blue but had been cut and shut with a red rear end and the whole thing painted black! Not saying this is the same (I genuinely hope it's not) but for me it looks very suspect. The welded on gear knob would be enough for me to have walked away no matter how cheap the car was.
Advertising execs could learn a lot from this chap simply displaying his knowledge.
Hi James.
Great to see a Workshop Owner who has some Character and Honour in the Work. Giving you options and fix.
Cheers Aldous.
Happy Weekend Guys.
Cheers From The Caribbean.
Wonder if the Lambo would cause the Carly device to kill itself when plugged in.
Only recently discovered the channel and loving it. For me, this is what car ownership is about, if you can actually get to own a car (or one in the same class) dreamt about when younger, then go for it. So glad that its being rescued, and even watching the ads to help out. Nice one sir!
I watched the whole 'paid promotion' because i know where the money is going and its worth it to help James out!
Thankyou Keith!
@GPZ Fan I paid for UA-cam premium so I'm not happy
@@animalcol1 get over it
Watching it doesn’t help him, buying it does. lol
@@yellowledbutter get bent
Missed this video when it came out….. Great insight into the car, and Aldous proves once again that he is a man to be trusted 👍🏽 (Hope you enjoyed Silverstone on Sunday) was good to see you there
Whoever owned that car previously needs some serious help.......wtf....good luck jay im looking forward to seeing the finished results
They need financial help, I'm guessing they bought the car then realised quickly they didn't have the money to maintain it properly
@@wrongcheese
Which happens way too often. So many Jaguars on sale in Germany have been ruined by such people.
That is the problem when supercars start to be at an buyable price ish. Then comes the first service bill or estimate for a repair then the life of the car is over.
Even though Lamborghini and Ferrari are the brands that made me a sports car lover I would never get a "buyable" used one unless I could afford the car when it was new.
Car was probably painted red originally at the factory - the order was cancelled /changed and the car went through paint again and became blue. Gear knob has been welded back on because they have a habit of snapping off with age. 👍
0r the car has been a Vin number change.
@@1005wiking ...agreed. Too many broken clips and missing parts.. something dodgy has happened to this car..
@Richard Harrold It would be interesting to know if all the numbers on the car match.
all the missing parts (esp the ones you can't see like the undertrays) and the red paint under the blue do raise suspisions about something more un-toward... would be interested if there was a way to check all VIN numbers for consistency
@Richard Harrold Its impossible to say just from watching a youtube video. But I have had 15 gallardos through the years but never seen something like that.
strange when looking at the red coming through that the clip holding a wire or cable has been painted blue, suggesting paintwork at some point. A HPI check doesn't guarantee a car has not been involved in an accident, if a previous owner was just 3rd party for instance or a track day car that has had a few off's etc both instances the owner would be paying for repair not an insurance company and therefore any major repairs will not be recorded on HPI.
Aldous seams like a top bloke. your lucky to have him to help you.
For that gearshifter I think anyone with a lathe would be able to separate them and weld a new thread on the end of it (without changing the length of the shifter) and cut new threads into the shift ball. Potentially saving alot of money, and hey if it goes wrong you were gonna spend the £800 anyway.
I’d be more interested to know *why* someone has had to weld it up...
@@geecars6263 i'm sure Tavarish had exactly the same issue on his fast and furious lambo, it must be a common issue
@@dazasc3994 Which issue, the welded up gear lever, the glued up vents, the missing parts or the colour change? 😂
@@geecars6263 oh the gear lever lol
Actually impressed with your effort to sort this car out. Hope it works out.
Far from certain but underlying colors can have an effect on topcoats. I remember reading an article about 1980's ferrari's having bright yellow primer under the rosso corsa paint. I tried out some experimental samples when I was painting a motorcycle with some rattle cans and there was a marked difference in sunlight.
Yeah this is the theory
9:25 Guy cut open an OEM part and repaired it once a new one was already ordered to temporarily fix an issue of usability and practicality but not necessarily his problem at all. What a top guy.
That guy is a proper mechanic, he's the guy you want to do any work on all your cars
A Jack of All Trades is a master of none...
This guy is great. Genuine honest bloke who knows his stuff. Why can't all mechanic shops be like this? Too many cowboys out there (like whoever previously worked on this car!).
This is why I followed your channel thank you for following through on your promise and I hope to see more content on the Lamborghini soon!
This is just awesome work. You gave that car more life. You saved it.
Love the guys at AV btw, they're clearly good honest folks with a ton of knowledge. I hope they'll be in one of Sam's episodes again soon!
I used to work at a gift experience company working on the super car experiences. Some of these bodge jobs are typical of a super experience company, they simply don’t have the money to fix things so bodge them. I’m surprised there’s not cable ties holding the thing together!
Yeah it's pretty much how I would expect an experience car to be
This blokes a star , the British car wizard ! "Took it apart , cleaned it up and put it back together and it's all good" proper mechanic , why replace when you can fix it 😊
The real shocker here is how much Audi charge for their parts....more than Lamborghini. They're often more than Porsche, too.
Porsh*
@@PointNemo9 ?
@@karlmiller3623 Porsh*
@@PointNemo9 why are you saying porsh, its spelt 'porsche'
@@karlmiller3623 He's being facetious - spelling it how James (and me and thousands of others) say it instead of pronouncing it 'correctly' and being a dick about it at the same time :)
What a chilled out mech!! He’s obviously seen it all before, Top bloke👍
Aldous is the man
The level of bodgery on this is akin to buying a 90's Civic from a sweaty chav in a McDonalds carpark
Truly unbelievable how bad some people can treat their cars.
She's had a tough life. She had the work done by the wrong people. Hearing how much that cost, for it to be done wrong and the cost to do it right - it's just bonkers. Least, she has a story. Most cars don't. If she's on the road for another 20 years + that's a great outcome. The most interesting part is, why all the red paint! Some one know.
@@TopUTooBa I'm pretty sure he said in another video it has had a respray so I assume thats why,
Oh just seen the end where he said it hadn't had a respray 🤔
best videos on youtube for car nutters,
keep up the good work !
Thanks!
JayEmm you are a brave brave man! Great to have a specialist like AV on your side!
Aldous is great, gave me some cracking advice for nothing on purchasing a Ferrari 360! Top guy and as genuine as he appears in all of the content he has been a part of on UA-cam
Such fantastic knowledge from Aldous about the workings of a car, which are unfathomable to most of us, even car enthusiasts.
Wing mirror story reminds me of a Ford Sierra I once owned. Everything kept breaking & it spent more time in the garage than the road. Just when I thought what else could possibly go wrong the electric mirror spat its self internals and all at my very feet. I still can’t believe it happened to this day if I hadn’t witnessed it I’d never have believed it self destructed.
Loved the clip of the loose rear vents, this one hanging off.
Clocked the reg
“Fast Cnut” 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
What a genuine legend Aldous seems. Straight taking, no nonsense, knows the cars he works on, doesn’t rip your face off supercar mechanic. Can we clone him please? Send a dozen over here to New England. Give him a UA-cam channel Jay!
Aldous is a superstar
Love the colour and it is different to the usual grey/black/white/orange Gallardos. AV sound like a proper set up.
This Lamborghini mechanic must be one of the nicest people on the planet. Is this the same guy that lost so much on it? Waaw
No, different place
Slick presentation, great car. Thoroughly enjoyed your mans review / descriptions of what all is "in need" in delicious detail. Looking forward to more on this. Cheers!
Was just watching the other Lamborghini video and I’m really excited to see the journey 🤧👀
Great to see good mechanic that don't want to rekt you, but instead doing his work by the book on proper quality parts, so his work will last and in long term it will pay off. Cheers.
The reasons mechanics don't do things right Is because people don't want to pay enough to do things right, people look for th cheapest mechanic they can find, it's human nature
Spend 2k or 4500$, sure the 4500 dollar job lasts 10x longer but the consumer doesn't care.
@@DomzyDX it true, I've learned a lesson when in one of the cars I had to replace fan resistor, unbranded aftermarket was 40%price of original but it lasts for few months and the seller didn't accept return. So we decided with mechanic that it's not worth to risk again, so I bought genuine part which lasts till now and it's over 5 years already. If someone needs reliable car because they drive a lot I guess they will maintain the car properly. Especially oils, filters, brakes,tyres is not best idea to save on, because it will have influence on safety and reliability.
Your coat, look and Lambo is a Perfect Match. Congratulations.
If the vents are superglued shut try using a super glue softener/remover then clean them up 👍🏼👌🏼
Great vid as always. one thing to note, quality microphone sound 👍
the bluemerang is quite a wholesome name, love your work :)
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A vote from across the pond, for keeping that lovely blue.
Does the label with paint codes on (under bonnet lid - not sure on Lamborghini but common VWA location) have primer code? I think you’re right that it’s red primer.
Great video James, we look forward to more Lamborghini updates. All the best Vint-tro.
Thanks all! I'll bring it by when it's done
I agree the colour is very nice! Congrats on the car, i look forwaed to more content on it!
I popped in to AV Engineering on the back of this vid for the servicing on my DB9. Aldous and Edd were extremely welcoming plus the face that Edd is an ex works Aston employee!! 👍👍👍
They are great guys
@@JayEmmOnCars I know. I was previously looking into Ferrari 360s hence knowing about AV Engineering locally. But because there was a vanquish in the background, I've got a new service network. Cheers Jay!!
I had a blue TVR Tuscan with red paint showing through with a clean HPI and no colour change registered, just like your lambo. It was suggested to me that it was likely to have been a cancelled order at the factory so had the colour change prior to registering. Could be a similar story here?
The DSM (diamond star) dodge / Mitsubishi cars used red/brown primer in the early 90s. I had a 93 dodge stealth that was black with red/brown primer
Ho ! The car had a busy life. The blue is sublime ! And not common on super cars and Lamborghini. I’m jealous of how many companies in the UK can help you refurbish parts instead of replacing them (I don’t think there is a quarter of them in France, but I hope I’m wrong). Keep doing great work and thank you for the mechanic for taking us through the car.
Note to self: it's always risky to buy a car where the expert inspecting it says "What on earth were they thinking?" a lot! 😂🤣
Looks like it could be red oxide primer, but most manufacturers grey primer for majority of colours and for those other colour they will use white primer. unless it’s a BC3CT colour.
Great video, James. I'm looking forward to following progress.
My black MG ZS mk2 has a green undercoat. You can see it in some places too but apparently this is quite normal.
Great video, I can testify to the Audi parts prices, went I had an A6 Avant I had to replace the same brake light, what a rip off! 😆
See, this is all people want, the feeling of trust in a garage and their mechanics, brilliant stuff. ( Could have wired up the reverse though but there must be a reason).
Does anyone know if Carly would work on Lotus Elise S2 w/ 1ZZ-FE engine? Specifically the ABS system. I had tried different professional scan tools, but no luck.
I don't think you'd get much beyond basic diagnostics - the ABS system won't be Toyota I reckon
Re the colour mystery, it probably two cars glued together👍🤪
Nice😊 can’t wait to see the finished Lamborghini 👍😊
He seems like a real genuine guy.
Love a mystery. Looking forward to you getting it sorted. Cheers from Canada!
Awesome to see another Gallardo get rescued. You definitely have a small laundry list there. With the paint, maybe a late change-order on that car's spec led to it being resprayed hastily at the factory? That or it's been painted twice, the second time back to the original color...but they must have been panels-off resprays given where those colors are which makes that theory dubious. Have you cross checked the VIN on LP112?
I called a Lambo dealer and they confirmed the colour as Blu Caelum
@@JayEmmOnCars Right, the VIN check you mentioned should back that up as well. My "conspiracy theory" was that they had a red car on the line in Sant'Agata, an order came in for a blue one, so they just sent the car back through the booth before affixing the VIN and specification plates. I have zero car manufacturing experience though so that's likely bollocks :) Cheers.
You are a brave man to have ever gone near this car, Jay.
Love the DB7 (EDIT: it's a Vanquish, thanks Mark!) in the background!
Looks like a v12 vanquish to me
Just seen better angle, def a vanquish
@@markgtrheyes
You're right - thank you!
this video is like our equivalent of a Hoovie's garage video, loved it!
I have a 1995 Mitsubishi Pajero with 6G74 engine. The port is 16 pin like OBD2 but due to production year (95) it has to use older protocols than OBD2. Can the carly scanner read my car? I tried several OBD2 readers but none could read
This channel just gets better every upload. This is gonna be great content for his channel. Couple of things though.. I can't believe how bad this car has been treated such a shame... Defo in safe hands now this garage is legit.
The blue colour is great, if I was to ever have one of these, this shade would be my second or third choice. I love it when Lamborghinis are NOT yellow (and Ferraris not red 😜)
I love previously abused exotics. Seeing this car come back from the brink is going to be fun, great series idea and congrats again on picking this one up!
Gluing the vents shut I suspect is down to the missing shrouds Aldous mentioned on the radiator. It probably chucks so much oncoming air through the vents that it's like having the window open in the winter.
Regarding the colour,it is possible if the red is just a uniformly flat red that it's a primer, although that seems odd as most paints i've seen use a white or grey primer for blue. If however you discover some left over flake or lacquer, then we're looking at either a factory stage change to a customer order, where they diverted the shell back into the paint shop before sending to the assembly line, or (more worryingly) an off the books chassis change. Basically, a car which SHOULD have been reported as being in an accident, but was reshelled on the quiet at the customers cost. Examining the VIN plate and chassis markings should show you if there's any sign of alteration or transference. Also ask Lamborghini if they have any record of reproducing a VIN plate for it, as they would have a record of doing so if the reshell just fitted a new VIN instead of trying to remove and transfer the existing one.
Nice car still James, I really think you're going to enjoy owning this one, even with the initial costs.
AV engineering sound like a good knowledgable company, essential having someone good to look after specialist cars, also sounds like a fairly long road to getting the car sorted. yes 430 mounts work on the arms as opposed to £1600 per arm from lambo,
What a great video - looks like you are in safe hands with that garage 👍
Genuinely can’t wait to see how this goes. AV certainly seems like a great choice too.. can’t say I envy that sort of job though! 😆
The door mirror just decided to eject off the car on its own accord........ 👍
Yep, that tells me all I need to know about that Master Mechanic. WTF is this, World Championship in ignorance
and naivety...??
Red is a primary color of blue, it would stand to reason they used red as a primer so they would use less blue when spraying.
You have bitten off a bit of a job there. Great stuff, it'll be lovely when done 👍🏻
Just a shot, could the car have been painted to red from blue, then painted back to blue without doing a bare metal paint job. Cause the red got there somehow. Sounds fantastic but unless that car is stripped of all parts one will likely never know or more still stripped of the current hue, but that will be crazy. Very strange which ever way you look at it. Good luck with all the fix, that’s a good man who’s taking on the Job. All the best. 👌🏿
As an ex bmw tech - Carly is good but when cars came in for programming that had options selected not from factory it used to brick control units FYI