I saw a statistic somewhere that they had damaged in some way, shape or form 150+ cars over the years on Top Gear. I’ve always wondered what the breakdown was by guest and hosts. Because of Hamsters big accident in 06, motorcycle crash in March and this recent crash the web search for anything else is overshadowed by…

Yep, he even knows it.

I have an opinion. Hamster can’t drive worth a crap. I’d like to know how many cars he has wrecked in the TG series and GT now.

We sold a used Abarth at work two months ago. Its low mileage , its been back 4 times for stuff, once for clutch and the new owner has had multiple manual transmission cars. She was so pissed when she drove off the lot and was back within a week.

Police auctions of all types are great. I once bought a Bridgestone made Kabuki bicycle for $25. It needed a seat and front wheel plus other small stuff. It became one of my two roadbikes during college in the 70's. My other bike was for fast riding and the Kabuki I had a rear rack on for light shopping. After about 5…

I work at a dealership and just found out my wife’s Ford Edge was partially repainted before we bought it. The car was a dealers trade from Pittsburgh 8 years ago. We only discovered this because my wife grazed a bollard in a parking lot. The post hit back of left door, the quarter and end of bumper. When our body…

Drunk

At 61 I now wrench sometimes more than I did in my teens and 20's. I know more and instead of letting things go that could later affect the car I fix the issues. In my younger years I had cars for 2-3 years and then traded or sold them. Now I’ve had some cars for up to 14 years. I’m healthy for my age and sometimes…

Okay, I hope somebody from Velocity reads all this.

Now I’m wondering if everyone watches “Whats My Car Worth” the same way. I fast forward past half the crap, look for the “bubbles” with performance details, check the meter for ranking the quality/value, zip to where they talk about what the auction price should be, then look at the end of each auction. I can pretty…

You fast forward past Mike too, thought it was just me :)

My German genes outnumber all the others. Family origins in Moselle river region.

I would gladly hand them a lighter and a gallon of gas to solve any problems with the car. One of my warped neighbors had an Alliance with a high end stereo. It was his wifes grocery getter. I think I had nightmares from helping install the over sized alternator and second battery in the car. If he hadn’t been my…

Lol, old guy , 61 . The key words to your post are “ when it ran”. Had a friend Polly who owned an R8 in college in NC. I think she had it for two years and it spent a few months of that in the shop. Tie rod ends, tire issues, wheel bearings, electrical gremlins, brakes and clutch. had many issues. Fun car to drive…

Being an OG, I’ve worked on Le Car, Renault Alliances and Fuegos. I have to vote against it, having prior wrenching experience on these. This is where my German ancestry over rules the decisions of my French ancestry while my UK genes don’t want to get involved.

Whatever cars that you’re considering do research on the insurance payment before you lay down the cash. Give the choices to your agent and make a comparison. I’ve seen such variations that the money saved off certain cars allowed the owner to get an upgrade model or just pocket the savings. Take my advice on this…

Cadillac Northstar engines have the starter under the intake also. My candidate for simplest cheap part that is in a stupid place goes to Audi/VW for hiding a thermostat behind the timing belt on many V6 engines.

I can so relate to this entire post. A friend and I from car club were at a Pull-a-part in Ohio taking cylinder heads off an Audi when we realized that a guy working on a VW nearby had taken some parts we had removed from the engine and sat in a pile. He looked like a real dirtbag as did his buddy so we didn’t try to…

I being an original gangster here can verify all the above. In the 70s I had a TR4 and joined a British car club for the Tidewater area of Virginia and northeast NC. Everyone of my friends loved their cars but hated their cars. I learned early on that a wire can show continuity between point A & point B but not light…

Didn’t really hate it , but I’d say least favorite was a 1979 Buick Regal Limited with the Pontiac 301 motor. The valve train noise could rattle the teeth out of your skull. We had to run Castrol 20w50 in it just to keep it somewhat calmed down.