Edwin, if you're reading this.. Good call in the end there. I have been very critical towards CT recently, but if i haven't been clear enough i'd like to make clear that personally my criticism towards CT is purely the management/owners. Obviously can't comment on your former collegues. Can't wait to see Jack and Ethan join either TDC or AA and i still hope it's not the end for CT although it currently looks like it is.
You may think that releasing the podcast as a video a week later will satisfy your rabid fans but it will not! We can only assume that the Car Throttle management and the French police have surrounded the Unit and you are negotiating a hostage trade of 17 broken BMWs for Ethan and Jack. Come on!
52:26 Love the channel guys but having electricity blackouts is a myth! In the UK our electricity use peaked in 2005 with 357 TWh used per year. Our electricity use has been falling since 2005 and we are now (2022) using 281 TWh per year. If we all had EV's we would need an additional 75 TWh per year so we would be back to 2005 levels. National grid have stated this is the case. There will be no blackouts. Home solar is becoming cheaper & more efficient every year. Plenty of people already have solar so an EV is basically a no brainer for them. Off peak overnight tarrifs means there will not be spikes in charging in peak times. With bidirectional charging being introduced in more vehicles you can sell your BEV electricity back to the grid in high demand and charge when there is low demand. You can end up being paid and still charge your car!
Have now caught up listening to all the pod casts while I've been driving. Sometimes I have laughed so hard I've had to almost pull over, god knows what other drivers must think seeing me in the car alone in utter hysterics. Keep up the great work and thanks for the entertainment it's much appreciated.
This is absolutely brilliant listening, you guys are all fantastic together, now just finish the line up with Jack and Ethan and make some Auto Alex history 😎
Birmingham is the only place I have looked at a car, and the sales man was wearing a track suit, and when It came to test driving it I was told "you ain't test driving it unless ya buying it" to my response "I won't be if there is something wrong with it, when I drive it". He proceeded to argue with me to the point lol I think he wanted a fight. Yeah no I'm not buy any shit off you, laughed and walked away. One car had miles rolled back and showed it in the handbook.. lol And one car was so rough (blue smoke, clutch gone, suspension shot).. I just walked away. Yeah don't buy cars from Birmingham...
Tim at EBC is right! It's not the discs warping but the heat causing the crystalline structure of the metal changing, making it much harder. Most often caused by super hot brakes not being allowed to cool of driving. Once you stop, the super hot brake pads cover only part of the disc and change the structure in the metal of the disc. Nothing wrong, until the disc starts to wear and the thickness of the disc changes because the part that was much hotter during cooling off is much harder and doesn't wear as much as the rest or the disc. The lesson here is that if you get your brakes hot, you need to keep your wheels rolling until they are cooled off sufficiently or your discs need to be replaced eventually.
Not entirely true, last year i warped a rear disk on my Kia Ceed, took the disk off, put it on a flat surface and there was a clear warp, my caliper was partially seized so it didn't happen through normal operation but disks can and do still warp even on modern cars, the noise and vibration that came from it was horrendous when going above 40MPH, new right rear caliper and new disks and pads on the back fixed it.
Excellent advice there, it also helps if you lift off the brake pedal when sat at traffic lights, that portion of the disc in contact with the pad does not cool, if you don’t. Since I’ve been doing that I’ve never warped a set.
Diesel or gas electric plug-in hybrids are simply the way to go. If you think about it, if the engine exists only to drive the generator to top off the battery, almost all powertrain inefficiencies are eliminated. Plug it in and charge up off the grid to do your short driving. For your long drives, top off the tank, and let the little engine hum away. Added bonus, Diesel and electric stationary engines that are designed and optimized to run at a fixed RPM, are just about as efficient as you can make an internal combustion engine.
Car throttle was always 💩 The best thing that happened to it was when Alex left and met Taylor and Rory F**ing around with cars with no script or any BS is 10x funnier and more watchable than car throttle content was
The bridge before M40 J3, Loudwater, just before the bend, most weekends, all holidays, camera van. M40 J4. Handy cross bridge. They sit tucked up to the left if you’re going North
Alex get a 32A commando socket installed on its own 40A circuit. A £30 adapter for your tesla charger will get you 7.4kW charging rate with very little outlay. That's 30miles per hour overnight and on an ev tariff 128 miles will cost just over £2. There is too much buy this/buy that and you cannot charge at home bs being spread. It is possible even in a terraced house if you do it the right way. I'd also say Rory has not lived with a PHEV if he did he'd realise it is far from ideal. Unless you plug it in you use the engine as a generator ruining any savings of "Green efficiency". We have PHEVs in our company and they barely get 300 miles to a tank unless you plug them in every night. And then I throw the people in Terraced house argument back at him. And the the answer you get for economy is buy a diesel. Now I don't live in London but I was under the impression they had kerb charging being rolled out? Perhaps look at that and ask what the city council's are doing to bring in the EV policy. And without fleecing the public in doing so. 7.4p/kw off peak and 26p/kw at peak. So why charge a minimum of 50p/kw and more?
Here's a possible solution to the EV charging issue. Modular batteries. If all the EV manufacturers (or groups of them) get together and agree to use a specific size of battery and design their cars around the battery (or multiples of batteries) so it (they) can be easily swapped out for fully charged batteries. That way, there could be battery stations, just like petrol stations, where you stop in and change your battery (or some of your batteries) out for a fully charged one(s). If , for example all the Japanese manufacturers agree to this, all their dealerships could have battery stations, to sell and swap out fully charged batteries. Charging an EV would be just like filling the tank of a petrol car. Not a perfect idea, but it might be worth looking into.
"Some say when the Stig hears a Brummie dialect, his brain decides to forget everything he learnt for the past 5 years, and that when he goes on a night out in Birmingham, he sniffs oil patches on peoples driveways. All we know is he’s called the Stig.”
The mystery vehicle was a Vanden Plas 1500; it was never named an Austin nor an Allegro despite its origins. Also, Allegros and their badge-engineered offsprings were saloons with 2 or 4 doors and a 3-door estates only. Although the styling suggested, BL never offered them in hatchback form, and indeed the VP 1500 was only sold as a 4-door saloon.
I've only been court once for speeding and had the same experience. Me in a suit while everyone else in a tracksuit but it played in my favour. Got caught 80 in a 40 got a 2 week ban and £160 fine
Hi guys, as a car guy from the other side from the pond in The Netherlands, I see so many RHD cars for sale here. Not necessarily JDM cars but semi-cool cars like V8 BMW's, Porsches, etc. Over here they are offered much cheaper than their LHD equivalents. Are there any stict rules and import laws applicable to these former UK vehicles in case you guys fancy importing them back to the UK? Otherwise you guys might be able to score some cars for pretty cheap!
Totally down for a Ralleaf 😂👌 great podcast guys and so glad the guys have hit the ground running with TDC, fantastic content across all channels, building an empire here 👌
The trouble with the Government's EV plans is, they've not done anything to actually make this a viable option for most people, They should have been investing in adding EV chargers across the country, also with the way Energy Suppliers have price gauged up all in recent years nobody trusts that their electricity bills won't suddenly do through the roof if the suppliers suddenly feel like increasing prices again.
Went to view a 320d in Birmingham once, backstreet dealership. After test driving the heap of sh:t, I jumped back in my car and realised my phone was missing. We went back in and searched the BM interior and could not find it. I stood around asking where is it then and the owner got in my face telling me to F*** off and they don't have my phone, after a heated row, one his 'many' cousins turned up and started punching my windscreen and threatening me (whilst my partner and baby were in the car). We reversed away from him and called the police, they helped with a 'find my iPhone' searh to which it showed it was in the building, then they told the guy to drive round the block in the car, it showed the phone was moving with the car and we eventually found it stuck in the air vent under the seat. The police just told us to shake hands at the end of it, no action taken! Absolutely horrendous interaction.
Warped brakes usually incorrect fitting or driving - Dirt behind disc on hub when fitted or standing on brake pedal after coming to a stop after a heavy braking session (ie motorway slip road to roundabout stop). They won't/Cant leave factory with runout.
Boys can you get in touch with Sam Evans? AKA the Electric Viking? He is the oracle when it comes to EVs and he can give you the truth on so many EV facts. He knows all about Hydrogen and plug in or “self-charging” hybrids and can answer all of your questions. Rory really need this I end up screaming at him when he starts parroting his ‘alternative facts’ about EVs (I don’t feel about that, he’s a really nice bloke). 😂
I bought my cheap project BMW delivered from Birmingham.. Cat S write off, clutch slipping, massive oil leak and many many more problems. Owner said everything was fine with the car 😅
That fuel is not carbon free though. Yes carbon capture tech produce fuel from thin air, but it takes electricity to run those machine, and without more renewable energy deployment, it's still using electricity from burning coal or natural gas. If you consider that electricity to be explicitly from renewable energy, then the lamp on a random person's desk just got dirtier using those dirty electricity that wasn't used to create synthetic fuel.
Alex my car could be a decent contender for the tesla, its a seat leon supercopa 2.0tdi CR, with a few spicy bits, semi slick, bilsteins to be put on soon, 240bhp 500nm, other handling mods etc
I bought my car from Cazoo (yes I know) and only found out when I looked at the service book that it had lived in and around Birmingham for around 6 years. Was very surprised because it was in perfect condition inside and out 😂 the speed limiter was set to 106 though...
Currently the majority of owners of BEV's have a driveway. BEV's just make more sense if you have a driveway where you can charge. With the falling prices of new BEV's (price parity with ICE is already here for some models) and an increasing number of 3/4 year old BEV's coming on the market more people can afford them especially people with driveways that can charge using cheap overnight tarrifs. Lack of public charging infrastructure is the main reason people without driveways will not move to BEV's sooner. The infrastructure will come but it just takes time to plan and install. Supermarkets etc are starting to include chargers which is a convenient way to charge your everyday car if you dont have a driveway. Legacy auto delaying their change to BEV will just result in electric only brands being able to sell their cars even more easily. They are just shooting themselves in the foot by delaying their BEV vehicles & they will end up paying huge fines/buying credits from Tesla etc. Pushing up the price of their vehicles and reducing the price of EV only manufacturers. To be honest legacy auto manufacturers that dont have BEV vehicles being mass produced in the next 5 years are dead ducks.
I love LEAFs! You can turn the traction and stability control off by pulling a couple fuses. On my channel I have videos of me autocrossing a LEAF on semislicks.
Friend of mine went down to Birmingham for a suspiciously cheap s2000 about 10 years ago. He said it drove like it was hung together with cable ties, every wheel felt like it was pointing a different direction and the seller kindly said was no need to slow down for the speed bumps like he was doing, 'just smash over them' he suggested. He didn't buy the car and hasn't Been back to Birmingham to buy a car again. Lol
The answer to kerb side charging is a simple plastic gully that the council approves you install. Called Kerbocharge. It was on dragons den the other night.
To put it simple, zero emission is the goal, like when you want to pass a course. Pushing for EV is like taking the exam, and the infrastructure for charging, renewable energy generation is like attending lectures, taking notes, do your homework. If you just push for EV, you are not getting a good grade on an exam if you don't study for an entire semester. But instead, what we hear most is you need to attend the exam to pass, like sure thing, but how? Everything else is not gonna magically falling into place like they should.
Love the Videos and PodCasts keep up the good work. With regards to the electric vehicles, i work for a popular Motorway services and we are struggling to put EV chargers on sites as they dont have capacity on the grid and is taking a while to get it agreed. As a country we only produce about 35% renewable energy so most of these electric cars are still being charged with burning fossil fuels and the batteries are shot in 7 to 8 years. If you have a small budget the electric car isnt possible and as you said in certain situations the electric car will work but generally not the best way forward.
The repairability of EV's will end when the EU steps in with true right to repair (kinda). Its going to be a massive problem most people i know (and myself) buy cars that are around 10 years old. If the engine goes, slap a new one in for less than 2k no issues (and thats not even doing the work yourself). 10 year old EV with issues though, its going to get scrapped its not worth it if the battery pack dies, its not like your local garage can install a second hand battery pack when its all locked down in software. Even if they could a used battery pack is going to be extortionate and just not economical. I think the EV/Used market can only go 2 ways. 1) Governments step in and demand right to repair or 2) We dont own the cars, we end up renting cars. I can see 2) being possible especially in the UK. I think say going to showroom/drop/pickup point picking a fully charged car up, driving it about until battery is near dead (never charging yourself because you cant maybe you live in a flat or something), and then dropping it back to the showroom/drop/pickup point and jumping in another charged one will happen for those who cant afford a new car every say 10 years or when an issue comes up that is to costly. I also think in the UK they will have a scheme soon that converts lampposts into EV charging points. The charging thing is going to be a proper scam on the poor though where its more expensive if you cant charge at home because you dont have the privilege of a driveway. If they can do "cars as a service" they absolutely will do it, they want everything as a service these days. It will be sold as more convenient and affordable. They will probably bundle it with insurance/tax also because insurance is going to be unaffordable for most in the not to distant future. Its not like when you crash you can repair that 40k car for a few 100 quid, its just wrote off. You will also have no choice but to rent/buy new since the insurance will be so high on an ICE car. They will probably really jack the fuel price also. The governments wont stop this happening because "as a service" means more tax.
With some BYD models you can change the battery pack within 5 minutes. Kind of mad that the EU has mandated that phones must have readily swappable batteries but not cars. Hopefully that's something that's addressed quickly. At least with the price of batteries continuing to fall, it should get cheaper to get new ones.
You definitely can get local garages to do battery packs now. Maybe not even pleb but high end places will.... There's also companies now that rebuild battery packs.... I can find a couple not too far from me right now
Will must live locally to me, one of the unmarked vans is outside my village at least weekly on the a508. So easy to confuse with a works van but so far so good for me
Cutting William from Overdrive would be like cutting Richard Hammond from Top Gear. Their loss. Just so thankful Will and Edwin is starting the TDC channel. Day 1 subscriber. ❤️ Car youtube is my new obsession. After Top Gear and The Grand Tour slowed down and/or died.
53:00 I just leave my car charging when I get in and its ready by the time I need it the next day on my 3 pin, even from empty (TM3 LR). Also only costs £2-£3 to fill a ~350mi tank. I can live with the trade off for that sort of mileage cost, its the same as charging your phone, just leave it overnight. You're not driving it anyway, its just a change in mindset. I get the impracticalities of British terrace house charging, but as with all things someone will come up with a solution. Kinda getting tired of all car guys just ragging on EV's all the time, its getting boring. Rome wasn't built in a day... it's taken us a century to get to this point with ICE cars, its only normal because its what we know. We're only just starting on electrification. "You can't plan your journey to work going via a super charger", then what is going to a petrol station, other than going out of your way to fuel it? Its all about destination charging.
I can understand concerns about charging to a degree, but not the way some in the "car guys" world amplify them. As you state, it's a transition and not a cliff edge. Nobody has their own petrol forecourt at home, yet we all cope. We just assume we can drive to the nearest forecourt and fill up, without giving a second thought to the vast refining, logistics and transportation operation that underpins that. We take it for granted as it's just sort of always been there as far as we're concerned. EV charging will get to that point, and I'd wager a lot quicker, as it is far more decentralised with lower barrier to entry. Those fortunate enough to have off-street parking can charge at home, perhaps even from their own solar (try refining your own petrol...), whilst those without will have choices ranging from dedicated EV "forecourts" (a la Gridserve), destination charging at places like supermarkets, retail parks or offices, plus an array of smaller sites. We don't all sit there staring at our phones while they charge, we go off and do other things. EVs will be the same. I say that as a current ICE driver, but it's just obviously the direction of travel. Similarly on cost. Yes, new EVs are expensive, but who actually buys cars (of any sort) new for cash these days? Most people will be acquiring on finance plans or leasing, so the upfront cost isn't relevant, only the mostly repayment, at which point lower running and servicing costs start coming into play. It's kind of weird that many of the same people complaining about high purchase costs are using the fall in second hand prices as a signal of the death knell of the industry, which does rather suggest their "concern" over cost is an artifice. I'm not saying it's the case here, but I also can't help think a degree of the "car guy" push back is ego driven. If transportation is increasingly electrified and maintenance moves ever more towards software rather than oily bits, what does that do to their perceived identity and who's going to listen to them?
I had a very similar experience! Just goes to show how much value they put in the "Speed Awareness" course... if they thought it was any use, they'd make you take the points AND the course, but... they don't, because... it's pointless.
I think I made a comment on the electric cars last video. Plug in hybrids are the way forward, I'm plugging in at work and spend like £2 a week on petrol this year in average and that's only because at the start of the year it was cold so the engine turnt on alot for heating.... Agree with Rory plug in is the way forward. If someone does 50+ miles a day fair enough but for most like me who does 30 a day it's a no brainier. Talking about how in London..... Councils are puting chargers on lamp poles I don't know what nonesense the boys are on about.... If you get a neighbour to back you up too they install in weeks. Source fiends mum I can give street name ect if the boys want to know more....
Has there been any changes to the breakeven point at which an electric car becomes better for the environment than its ICE equivalent, including manufacturing and running etc.
3 hours???... Traffic School here in the states is 8 freaking hours. You have to take a whole day off of work and miss that income plus you have to pay for the school plus they keep the money for the ticket that you have to pay ... and it STILL goes your record!! ... all it does is keep your insurance from dropping you..... sometimes. Sheesh.
i bought a pug 205 1.9 gti from brum years ago and when i went to start it the next day it wouldnt go into gear. so many days later we discovered the people before had filled the gearbox up with sawdust.
@@gingernutpreacher I bet he said calm down calm down after it as well. Look at the crime / deprivation of the 2 cities now, Birmingham is far worse, like Liverpool used to be in Thatchers day
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Come on Alex. You cant moan about £150 for a cold water tap and then advertise a £50 waterbottle.
You realise these are total snake oil, right?
You're better than this Alex. Don't ruin your rep by shilling known scam products. . .
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A road trip with Alex's 993, Edwin and Will's 996, and Ben Collin's 997 would be mega! Battle of the Porsches!
Berlin to Warsaw in one tank
Agreed 👍 the UK version of car trek is born 🙌
And Jacks’ 924!
More like 'march of the Porsche Drivers through the Brecon Beacons....'
@@Chronostra what you did there, i see it hahahahahahahaha
Edwin, if you're reading this.. Good call in the end there. I have been very critical towards CT recently, but if i haven't been clear enough i'd like to make clear that personally my criticism towards CT is purely the management/owners. Obviously can't comment on your former collegues.
Can't wait to see Jack and Ethan join either TDC or AA and i still hope it's not the end for CT although it currently looks like it is.
ethan did say he would do the headliner in Miles...............................
To be fair, do we care about CT? We just care about Ethan and Jack! (and the rest of the boys who left)
The mystery guests... What a great way to introduce Ethan and Jack under the Autoalex umbella
"This divorce is taking all the kids" is what did it for me 🤣
@@EthanTurner61Rory is the step mom masterminding the plan
PLEASE. this would be so awesome.
exactly what I thought ..
Unfortunately there will be no audio podcast this week but it will be back next week!
I want to know what's happening to the other 2 legends from Car Throttle
What did Rory bugger up this time?
@@anonimushboshlast weeks from Spotify.
Oh man
You may think that releasing the podcast as a video a week later will satisfy your rabid fans but it will not! We can only assume that the Car Throttle management and the French police have surrounded the Unit and you are negotiating a hostage trade of 17 broken BMWs for Ethan and Jack. Come on!
Alex, instead of getting a bigger sofa, use that molten crispy seat for a "hot seat"
That's a great idea.
Ben Collins: "Yes... Interesting." 🤣🤣🤣
52:26 Love the channel guys but having electricity blackouts is a myth!
In the UK our electricity use peaked in 2005 with 357 TWh used per year. Our electricity use has been falling since 2005 and we are now (2022) using 281 TWh per year. If we all had EV's we would need an additional 75 TWh per year so we would be back to 2005 levels.
National grid have stated this is the case. There will be no blackouts.
Home solar is becoming cheaper & more efficient every year. Plenty of people already have solar so an EV is basically a no brainer for them.
Off peak overnight tarrifs means there will not be spikes in charging in peak times. With bidirectional charging being introduced in more vehicles you can sell your BEV electricity back to the grid in high demand and charge when there is low demand. You can end up being paid and still charge your car!
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Have now caught up listening to all the pod casts while I've been driving. Sometimes I have laughed so hard I've had to almost pull over, god knows what other drivers must think seeing me in the car alone in utter hysterics. Keep up the great work and thanks for the entertainment it's much appreciated.
Don't crash 😭
This is absolutely brilliant listening, you guys are all fantastic together, now just finish the line up with Jack and Ethan and make some Auto Alex history 😎
Are you Rory 🤣 To be honest I don't watch regular TV anymore, UA-cam has the best content, can fully relate
Birmingham is the only place I have looked at a car, and the sales man was wearing a track suit, and when It came to test driving it I was told "you ain't test driving it unless ya buying it" to my response "I won't be if there is something wrong with it, when I drive it". He proceeded to argue with me to the point lol I think he wanted a fight. Yeah no I'm not buy any shit off you, laughed and walked away.
One car had miles rolled back and showed it in the handbook.. lol
And one car was so rough (blue smoke, clutch gone, suspension shot).. I just walked away.
Yeah don't buy cars from Birmingham...
"2 mystery guests." 🤞🏾 Please be who I hope it is!
I think it has to be!
It's 100% them, it was basically confirmed with the bed in the Focus comment
Referencing a bed in a sofa, there's no way it isn't 🤣
Tim at EBC is right! It's not the discs warping but the heat causing the crystalline structure of the metal changing, making it much harder. Most often caused by super hot brakes not being allowed to cool of driving. Once you stop, the super hot brake pads cover only part of the disc and change the structure in the metal of the disc. Nothing wrong, until the disc starts to wear and the thickness of the disc changes because the part that was much hotter during cooling off is much harder and doesn't wear as much as the rest or the disc. The lesson here is that if you get your brakes hot, you need to keep your wheels rolling until they are cooled off sufficiently or your discs need to be replaced eventually.
SCIENCE! haha
Not entirely true, last year i warped a rear disk on my Kia Ceed, took the disk off, put it on a flat surface and there was a clear warp, my caliper was partially seized so it didn't happen through normal operation but disks can and do still warp even on modern cars, the noise and vibration that came from it was horrendous when going above 40MPH, new right rear caliper and new disks and pads on the back fixed it.
Excellent advice there, it also helps if you lift off the brake pedal when sat at traffic lights, that portion of the disc in contact with the pad does not cool, if you don’t.
Since I’ve been doing that I’ve never warped a set.
It’s disc thickness variation - DTV - that can be measured with a dial gauge. Warping simply isn’t the correct term for it. (Tim from EBC)
Diesel or gas electric plug-in hybrids are simply the way to go. If you think about it, if the engine exists only to drive the generator to top off the battery, almost all powertrain inefficiencies are eliminated. Plug it in and charge up off the grid to do your short driving. For your long drives, top off the tank, and let the little engine hum away. Added bonus, Diesel and electric stationary engines that are designed and optimized to run at a fixed RPM, are just about as efficient as you can make an internal combustion engine.
Alex talking about expensive heating while the postman left the door open in the background 😅
25:44 spending ticket 🎫
An Allegro isn`t a hatchback!
Looks like it should be but as you say it’s bot
59:02 MYSTERY GUEST!!
Alex is collecting previous car throttle members like they Pokémon his gotta catch them all . 😂
Car throttle is like a launch pad for You tube success
car throttle is going to die
@@NikoMoraKamuit’s already dead but it dosen’t know it is like a zombie 🧟♂️
Car throttle was always 💩
The best thing that happened to it was when Alex left and met Taylor and Rory
F**ing around with cars with no script or any BS is 10x funnier and more watchable than car throttle content was
Jack and Ethan mystery guests
The bridge before M40 J3, Loudwater, just before the bend, most weekends, all holidays, camera van.
M40 J4. Handy cross bridge. They sit tucked up to the left if you’re going North
I reckon Rory has become protective mother and sheltering all the “stragglers”
Alex calling someone should just be part of the podcast 🤣
Alex get a 32A commando socket installed on its own 40A circuit. A £30 adapter for your tesla charger will get you 7.4kW charging rate with very little outlay. That's 30miles per hour overnight and on an ev tariff 128 miles will cost just over £2.
There is too much buy this/buy that and you cannot charge at home bs being spread. It is possible even in a terraced house if you do it the right way.
I'd also say Rory has not lived with a PHEV if he did he'd realise it is far from ideal. Unless you plug it in you use the engine as a generator ruining any savings of "Green efficiency". We have PHEVs in our company and they barely get 300 miles to a tank unless you plug them in every night. And then I throw the people in Terraced house argument back at him. And the the answer you get for economy is buy a diesel.
Now I don't live in London but I was under the impression they had kerb charging being rolled out? Perhaps look at that and ask what the city council's are doing to bring in the EV policy. And without fleecing the public in doing so. 7.4p/kw off peak and 26p/kw at peak. So why charge a minimum of 50p/kw and more?
Here's a possible solution to the EV charging issue. Modular batteries. If all the EV manufacturers (or groups of them) get together and agree to use a specific size of battery and design their cars around the battery (or multiples of batteries) so it (they) can be easily swapped out for fully charged batteries. That way, there could be battery stations, just like petrol stations, where you stop in and change your battery (or some of your batteries) out for a fully charged one(s). If , for example all the Japanese manufacturers agree to this, all their dealerships could have battery stations, to sell and swap out fully charged batteries. Charging an EV would be just like filling the tank of a petrol car. Not a perfect idea, but it might be worth looking into.
swiftly becoming one of my fav pod casts ,well done guys
"Some say when the Stig hears a Brummie dialect, his brain decides to forget everything he learnt for the past 5 years, and that when he goes on a night out in Birmingham, he sniffs oil patches on peoples driveways. All we know is he’s called the Stig.”
The discussions here were brilliant. Love you guys.
Had no idea P1 was "cousins"🎉 with this crew. Thats awesome
Raleaf sounds amazing! Get it done
The mystery vehicle was a Vanden Plas 1500; it was never named an Austin nor an Allegro despite its origins. Also, Allegros and their badge-engineered offsprings were saloons with 2 or 4 doors and a 3-door estates only. Although the styling suggested, BL never offered them in hatchback form, and indeed the VP 1500 was only sold as a 4-door saloon.
I've only been court once for speeding and had the same experience. Me in a suit while everyone else in a tracksuit but it played in my favour. Got caught 80 in a 40 got a 2 week ban and £160 fine
How long ago was that, because they changed the sentencing for it in the last few years.
Also did you have a clean record prior to getting court.
Hi guys, as a car guy from the other side from the pond in The Netherlands, I see so many RHD cars for sale here. Not necessarily JDM cars but semi-cool cars like V8 BMW's, Porsches, etc. Over here they are offered much cheaper than their LHD equivalents. Are there any stict rules and import laws applicable to these former UK vehicles in case you guys fancy importing them back to the UK? Otherwise you guys might be able to score some cars for pretty cheap!
Totally down for a Ralleaf 😂👌 great podcast guys and so glad the guys have hit the ground running with TDC, fantastic content across all channels, building an empire here 👌
The trouble with the Government's EV plans is, they've not done anything to actually make this a viable option for most people, They should have been investing in adding EV chargers across the country, also with the way Energy Suppliers have price gauged up all in recent years nobody trusts that their electricity bills won't suddenly do through the roof if the suppliers suddenly feel like increasing prices again.
TDC has already surpassed Autoalex V2 sub count lol
Went to view a 320d in Birmingham once, backstreet dealership. After test driving the heap of sh:t, I jumped back in my car and realised my phone was missing. We went back in and searched the BM interior and could not find it. I stood around asking where is it then and the owner got in my face telling me to F*** off and they don't have my phone, after a heated row, one his 'many' cousins turned up and started punching my windscreen and threatening me (whilst my partner and baby were in the car). We reversed away from him and called the police, they helped with a 'find my iPhone' searh to which it showed it was in the building, then they told the guy to drive round the block in the car, it showed the phone was moving with the car and we eventually found it stuck in the air vent under the seat. The police just told us to shake hands at the end of it, no action taken! Absolutely horrendous interaction.
The beauty of multiculturalism
I did a 400 mile round trip in my BMWi3s Range Extender. Four petrol stops during the trip roughly £40 of petrol. Brilliant car.
Honestly, the podcast should be with taylor. Give these two their separate channel sure, but leave this one.
I mean they're guests for one week, it's not that bad
@@TAussieG that's my point, I hope they're guests
Just alriciate the channel amd what they all do wooop
Warped brakes usually incorrect fitting or driving - Dirt behind disc on hub when fitted or standing on brake pedal after coming to a stop after a heavy braking session (ie motorway slip road to roundabout stop). They won't/Cant leave factory with runout.
Boys can you get in touch with Sam Evans? AKA the Electric Viking? He is the oracle when it comes to EVs and he can give you the truth on so many EV facts. He knows all about Hydrogen and plug in or “self-charging” hybrids and can answer all of your questions. Rory really need this I end up screaming at him when he starts parroting his ‘alternative facts’ about EVs (I don’t feel about that, he’s a really nice bloke). 😂
Bring matt and tommy to the pod please.
Bought a Sapphy 4x4 Cosworth from guy in Birmingham in June 2004.. Spot on appart from the ABS light came on at 123MPH.....
Collins is just a living legend
I recently started watching Auto Alex. I am enjoying laughing along with you guy's. Hello from Sydney Australia.
You should invite Richard from RSEV to debate the electric car matter.
I bought my cheap project BMW delivered from Birmingham.. Cat S write off, clutch slipping, massive oil leak and many many more problems.
Owner said everything was fine with the car 😅
996 csr spec would be cool. 996 vs 993 video would be cool as well. Doesnt Edwin have a green e46 m3?
I'm a huge f1 fan, seb vettle drove an older f1 car run completely on carbon free fuel, and it still had the same great sounding engine and run fine
That fuel is not carbon free though. Yes carbon capture tech produce fuel from thin air, but it takes electricity to run those machine, and without more renewable energy deployment, it's still using electricity from burning coal or natural gas. If you consider that electricity to be explicitly from renewable energy, then the lamp on a random person's desk just got dirtier using those dirty electricity that wasn't used to create synthetic fuel.
Rorys 100% right governments lie it's about the only thing that can count on them to do
Saw a photo of Phil on the Top Gear video on the end of the Dodge Challenger
Alex my car could be a decent contender for the tesla, its a seat leon supercopa 2.0tdi CR, with a few spicy bits, semi slick, bilsteins to be put on soon, 240bhp 500nm, other handling mods etc
I bought my car from Cazoo (yes I know) and only found out when I looked at the service book that it had lived in and around Birmingham for around 6 years. Was very surprised because it was in perfect condition inside and out 😂 the speed limiter was set to 106 though...
Currently the majority of owners of BEV's have a driveway. BEV's just make more sense if you have a driveway where you can charge. With the falling prices of new BEV's (price parity with ICE is already here for some models) and an increasing number of 3/4 year old BEV's coming on the market more people can afford them especially people with driveways that can charge using cheap overnight tarrifs.
Lack of public charging infrastructure is the main reason people without driveways will not move to BEV's sooner. The infrastructure will come but it just takes time to plan and install. Supermarkets etc are starting to include chargers which is a convenient way to charge your everyday car if you dont have a driveway.
Legacy auto delaying their change to BEV will just result in electric only brands being able to sell their cars even more easily. They are just shooting themselves in the foot by delaying their BEV vehicles & they will end up paying huge fines/buying credits from Tesla etc. Pushing up the price of their vehicles and reducing the price of EV only manufacturers.
To be honest legacy auto manufacturers that dont have BEV vehicles being mass produced in the next 5 years are dead ducks.
Great podcast, thoroughly enjoyed!
there is two awareness courses I'm sure, speeding on motorway and speeding on normal roads have there separate courses.
I love LEAFs! You can turn the traction and stability control off by pulling a couple fuses. On my channel I have videos of me autocrossing a LEAF on semislicks.
Limited slip dif and it's golden
Friend of mine went down to Birmingham for a suspiciously cheap s2000 about 10 years ago. He said it drove like it was hung together with cable ties, every wheel felt like it was pointing a different direction and the seller kindly said was no need to slow down for the speed bumps like he was doing, 'just smash over them' he suggested. He didn't buy the car and hasn't Been back to Birmingham to buy a car again. Lol
I got clocked at 88mph on the M40 with one of the same vans back in 2018! I didn't expect it either!
The answer to kerb side charging is a simple plastic gully that the council approves you install. Called Kerbocharge. It was on dragons den the other night.
To put it simple, zero emission is the goal, like when you want to pass a course. Pushing for EV is like taking the exam, and the infrastructure for charging, renewable energy generation is like attending lectures, taking notes, do your homework. If you just push for EV, you are not getting a good grade on an exam if you don't study for an entire semester. But instead, what we hear most is you need to attend the exam to pass, like sure thing, but how? Everything else is not gonna magically falling into place like they should.
Love the Videos and PodCasts keep up the good work. With regards to the electric vehicles, i work for a popular Motorway services and we are struggling to put EV chargers on sites as they dont have capacity on the grid and is taking a while to get it agreed. As a country we only produce about 35% renewable energy so most of these electric cars are still being charged with burning fossil fuels and the batteries are shot in 7 to 8 years. If you have a small budget the electric car isnt possible and as you said in certain situations the electric car will work but generally not the best way forward.
The repairability of EV's will end when the EU steps in with true right to repair (kinda). Its going to be a massive problem most people i know (and myself) buy cars that are around 10 years old. If the engine goes, slap a new one in for less than 2k no issues (and thats not even doing the work yourself). 10 year old EV with issues though, its going to get scrapped its not worth it if the battery pack dies, its not like your local garage can install a second hand battery pack when its all locked down in software. Even if they could a used battery pack is going to be extortionate and just not economical. I think the EV/Used market can only go 2 ways. 1) Governments step in and demand right to repair or 2) We dont own the cars, we end up renting cars. I can see 2) being possible especially in the UK. I think say going to showroom/drop/pickup point picking a fully charged car up, driving it about until battery is near dead (never charging yourself because you cant maybe you live in a flat or something), and then dropping it back to the showroom/drop/pickup point and jumping in another charged one will happen for those who cant afford a new car every say 10 years or when an issue comes up that is to costly. I also think in the UK they will have a scheme soon that converts lampposts into EV charging points. The charging thing is going to be a proper scam on the poor though where its more expensive if you cant charge at home because you dont have the privilege of a driveway. If they can do "cars as a service" they absolutely will do it, they want everything as a service these days. It will be sold as more convenient and affordable. They will probably bundle it with insurance/tax also because insurance is going to be unaffordable for most in the not to distant future. Its not like when you crash you can repair that 40k car for a few 100 quid, its just wrote off. You will also have no choice but to rent/buy new since the insurance will be so high on an ICE car. They will probably really jack the fuel price also. The governments wont stop this happening because "as a service" means more tax.
With some BYD models you can change the battery pack within 5 minutes. Kind of mad that the EU has mandated that phones must have readily swappable batteries but not cars. Hopefully that's something that's addressed quickly.
At least with the price of batteries continuing to fall, it should get cheaper to get new ones.
You definitely can get local garages to do battery packs now. Maybe not even pleb but high end places will....
There's also companies now that rebuild battery packs.... I can find a couple not too far from me right now
Mystery guests: I bet one rhymes with Smack and the other rhymes with Eaton ☺️
Alex time to tap up Ethan and bring him on board. Taylor, Alex and Ethan with the sugar that is (buuuuuuuuuuut) hamsterman Rory. Its El Glacticos!
lads jack and ethan will be coming soon
I was getting the feeling you had moved on from ' Rorys Mum Jackie ' well saved 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The courses are funny 😂 everyone trying to plead their case…
Will must live locally to me, one of the unmarked vans is outside my village at least weekly on the a508. So easy to confuse with a works van but so far so good for me
Cutting William from Overdrive would be like cutting Richard Hammond from Top Gear. Their loss. Just so thankful Will and Edwin is starting the TDC channel. Day 1 subscriber. ❤️ Car youtube is my new obsession. After Top Gear and The Grand Tour slowed down and/or died.
late to this podcast but I'd love to see the ofroad leaf!
53:00 I just leave my car charging when I get in and its ready by the time I need it the next day on my 3 pin, even from empty (TM3 LR). Also only costs £2-£3 to fill a ~350mi tank. I can live with the trade off for that sort of mileage cost, its the same as charging your phone, just leave it overnight. You're not driving it anyway, its just a change in mindset. I get the impracticalities of British terrace house charging, but as with all things someone will come up with a solution. Kinda getting tired of all car guys just ragging on EV's all the time, its getting boring. Rome wasn't built in a day... it's taken us a century to get to this point with ICE cars, its only normal because its what we know. We're only just starting on electrification.
"You can't plan your journey to work going via a super charger", then what is going to a petrol station, other than going out of your way to fuel it? Its all about destination charging.
I can understand concerns about charging to a degree, but not the way some in the "car guys" world amplify them. As you state, it's a transition and not a cliff edge. Nobody has their own petrol forecourt at home, yet we all cope. We just assume we can drive to the nearest forecourt and fill up, without giving a second thought to the vast refining, logistics and transportation operation that underpins that. We take it for granted as it's just sort of always been there as far as we're concerned. EV charging will get to that point, and I'd wager a lot quicker, as it is far more decentralised with lower barrier to entry. Those fortunate enough to have off-street parking can charge at home, perhaps even from their own solar (try refining your own petrol...), whilst those without will have choices ranging from dedicated EV "forecourts" (a la Gridserve), destination charging at places like supermarkets, retail parks or offices, plus an array of smaller sites. We don't all sit there staring at our phones while they charge, we go off and do other things. EVs will be the same. I say that as a current ICE driver, but it's just obviously the direction of travel. Similarly on cost. Yes, new EVs are expensive, but who actually buys cars (of any sort) new for cash these days? Most people will be acquiring on finance plans or leasing, so the upfront cost isn't relevant, only the mostly repayment, at which point lower running and servicing costs start coming into play. It's kind of weird that many of the same people complaining about high purchase costs are using the fall in second hand prices as a signal of the death knell of the industry, which does rather suggest their "concern" over cost is an artifice.
I'm not saying it's the case here, but I also can't help think a degree of the "car guy" push back is ego driven. If transportation is increasingly electrified and maintenance moves ever more towards software rather than oily bits, what does that do to their perceived identity and who's going to listen to them?
I had a very similar experience! Just goes to show how much value they put in the "Speed Awareness" course... if they thought it was any use, they'd make you take the points AND the course, but... they don't, because... it's pointless.
As long as you only want an is200/300/altezza the one good guy to buy from in Birmingham is Ricky smith, he’s a legend
I guess Jack and Ethan are coming over as well 👍
Will … how is it that you’re the most adorable man in the known (and some say the unknown) universes
I can never look at Rory and think anything other than him looking like a chipmunk😭
The mention of the purple turtle got my attention!
1:02:41 Air Up chokes everyone... what a scam.
TDC has already surpassed AutoAlex V2.
I think I made a comment on the electric cars last video. Plug in hybrids are the way forward, I'm plugging in at work and spend like £2 a week on petrol this year in average and that's only because at the start of the year it was cold so the engine turnt on alot for heating....
Agree with Rory plug in is the way forward. If someone does 50+ miles a day fair enough but for most like me who does 30 a day it's a no brainier.
Talking about how in London..... Councils are puting chargers on lamp poles I don't know what nonesense the boys are on about.... If you get a neighbour to back you up too they install in weeks. Source fiends mum I can give street name ect if the boys want to know more....
Ralleaf sounds great
I must admit, I would love to have a proper debate with Rory about Ev's
Taylor looking good here
I bought a car in Coventry Road Birmingham, it’s broke so much I call it Frankenshed now!
Ngl missed Taylor
Was literally driving down the M40 the other day paying attention to every bridge because of this haha
Was there a hatch back VP 1500? I don't think there was!
The only problem with EVs is they use a bucket load of power to charge. Most cities aren't equipped to charge so many cars.
Somebody mentioned my cappuccino?? 😏 Always up for a new video 👍
Edwin needs to swap that 2.0l V10 in the mx5 when it's ready
Has there been any changes to the breakeven point at which an electric car becomes better for the environment than its ICE equivalent, including manufacturing and running etc.
Electric is not the answer synthetic fuel is!
3 hours???... Traffic School here in the states is 8 freaking hours. You have to take a whole day off of work and miss that income plus you have to pay for the school plus they keep the money for the ticket that you have to pay ... and it STILL goes your record!! ... all it does is keep your insurance from dropping you..... sometimes. Sheesh.
As ic you forgot Rorys mum Jackie I think she needs to be on the show and you should all gang up on Rory lol😂😂
Ever heard of hitting puddles? Whoever said it's not possible to warp breaks, tell my 1.2 50hp clio 😂😂 shouldnt comment silly things bro
erm the Austin allegro range of cars were salon or estate, not hatchback
i bought a pug 205 1.9 gti from brum years ago and when i went to start it the next day it wouldnt go into gear. so many days later we discovered the people before had filled the gearbox up with sawdust.
Liverpool is worse for buying second had car's had a vw dealer say he refuses cars from Liverpool branches
@@gingernutpreacher I bet he said calm down calm down after it as well. Look at the crime / deprivation of the 2 cities now, Birmingham is far worse, like Liverpool used to be in Thatchers day
@@seany8787 no he said ay up duck it wasnt that big of a chain so may not of had a branch in Birmingham
@@gingernutpreacher ay up duck? So he was from Leeds / Bradford area then
@@seany8787 stoke on trent