Top Gear guide to Buying a Banger

[MrAlex12p]

I hate volkswagen polo with 1.0 l engine

[kappucinokid]

Its good advice like this which I miss on 'new' Top Gear.

[djdavedoc]

@kappucinokid Exactly. Even 5th Gear doesnt provide good stuff like this!

[latmens]

"Mileage is everything" its as wrong as you can get. Service and driving style is everything.

You can kill the engine in 50k if you use bad quality fuel and dont change oil, filters and belts,

[kernals12]

@latmens define bad quality fuel short of putting in diesel rather than petrol or vice versa or filling the tank with random fluids

[axionknyght]

Love the music because it reminds me of the Sin City movie, :D

[MrsBrownsBoysFeck]

I started watching these old Top Gear episodes because I was interested in cars. Now I watch the episodes with Quentin Willson in order to get a better education of the English language! ;)

[t3super60W]

That VW Polo looks very cool! Such a typical oldschool German design!

[MattLoaf92]

That VW Polo he said would last forever only lasted until 2000... Oh well, I've still got my VW Polo Ranger with 23k miles ;D

[MrSmokingKronic]

Cars this good this cheap dont hang around, im 22 about to buy a car today and i think yours is a piece of shit xD

[MrsBrownsBoysFeck]

'Quentin Willson's guide to buying a banger' - Step 1: Went to cafe at 1:03 and bought a fry-up which included sausages. Top Gear's guide to buying a banger! LOL

[BobM925]

You can keep your hybrid Prius' and the like - banger motoring is green motoring. I've had my old Cavalier for nearly 4 years, it cost me a couple of hundred quid with full service history low mileage, 2 owners from new... Not had any troubles or expensive bills in 4 years - just normal servicing costs, which I can do myself because its easy to work on.

[djdavedoc]

@BobM925 Spot on mate. Why cant we get advice like this nowadays? Im fed up with all the supercar bullshit we get nowadays!

[jmmullarkey1]

Talbot Sunbeam unlicensed since 1 December 2004

Morris Oxford unlicensed since 1 August 1999

Triumph Acclaim still licenced until 1 November 2011

VW Polo unlicensed since 1 October 2000

Don't know if Volvo 340 still exists (I hope it does!).

[JeffersA1]

Quentin was the best of all the Top Gear presenters.

[Arqera]

He said, "unmolested".....lol

[mavericksf16]

@Arqera haha he's funny!

[StevenPaul20]

"Well Dash My Buttons!"

[angurisloud]

How have I missed this guy after watching virtually every season of Top Gear (Thank you streaming NetFlix!).... I don't recall ever seeing this guy before.

[TheSRalston]

"cars like this do not hang around for much time"...."oh, sorry sir, aren´t you going to buy it? Why did you made me show it to you in front of those cameras? Damnit!"...

[dan14676]

5:22 i totally agree with him

[2209YASSINE2209]

For me topgear isnt topgear without jeremy clarkson :P

[yorrickwi]

i love the morris

[lpggriff]

@visionit2007

It's actually about $1.60, my mate went to get money exchanged the other day to go to America and he only managed $1.58 to every pound!

[Woolymatt]

Ah! So Tony Blair wasn't the first person to coin the New Labour phrase 'Cool Britannia' ( @ 5:06 )

[CosserBoy]

Id take that sunbeam!! Set ok mk2 escort arches and a nice red top or something under the bonnet :D

[hessimj]

Lovely Virgin engine compartment, never been stuffed!

[CamaroAmx]

based on some of the comments on this page, it sounds like theres alot of redtape to go through to buy/sell a used car in england. in the US you sign the title, prove you have insurance and hand the money over, its yours.

I'd love to be able to buy a mint, used car with low mileage for a few 100 dollars. These cars would run you at least 2-3 times the amount there charging in the US.

Then again, what was a $500 car in 2001, is now a $1500+ today.

[MegaMrDamo]

I want a nice reliable toyota but they are all owned by pakis and I don't want to give them my money, or they are abused taxis with insane milage

[BREN70S]

nothing like a crisp little box 

[unhappy4life9]

TOP PUSSY!

[sysrq120]

Who rights this guys script?Never heard so many double entendres.

[Commando303X]

How much is a "quid" in U.S.D....?

[visionit2007]

@Commando303X A quid is £1... so about $1.90

[Commando303X]

The hell is a "banger"?

[Underscorio]

@Commando303X

Banger = British slang for either 1. Sausages (that bang/burst when cooked) or in this case 2. An older car (so you might call a car an "old banger") although "really" banger is usually an unreliable/noisy old car.

[MrMK94]

I want that Triumph Acclaim!

[mangaloveFTW]

that sunbeam must be worth about 6000 today

[casper123]

Surely this is older then 1997? GOod ep.

[whoohaaXL]

What is Quentin driving? Looks like a Hyundai or a Daewoo?

[djdavedoc]

@whoohaaXL Ford Mondeo

[kixnet]

Why does he always talk about a "misfiring moped"?

[kazimann]

UPDATE: The Acclaim is still on the roads. Taxed till November 2011:

The vehicle details for A325 UOM are:

Date of Liability 01 11 2011

[Forcefield23]

varicose vein blue and hearing-aid beige. funnier than a lot of what top gear puts out today, i still like it though.

[perniciousgreg]

I cringed a little at 2:04 when he said "crisp litle box" eww and then again at 3:09 when he called the engine virgin. filth!

[perniciousgreg]

I cringed a little at 2:04 when he said "crisp litle box" eww

[MENSFORTHHILL99]

Triumph Acclaim - The working mans Rolls Royce.

[Statimtek]

@MENSFORTHHILL99 Wan't there also a Rover that was a rebadged Honda like the Acclaim?

[Paintheshed]

The Sunbeam was at a garage in Coventry, it's a Coventry number plate VKV and the industrial estate he's driving through is where the Rolls Royce engines factory once stood.

[imcdowel]

lol lifter tick as vw drove off....

[russthebiker]

still got my Oxford after 17 years!

[hobo31009]

equals nothing has been done to the car yet! as my milage crept up so did the expence.the cars done no miles but things still wear out. for example. exhaust,fan belt siezed brakes and handbrake cable. rusted through break back plates leaking wheel cylenders rusted up discs! plus every thing you do on the car all the bolts are siezed up. so i think anything between 50 and 120k is ideal.

[hobo31009]

heres a thought about mileage on older cars. for the record i do all my own vehicle maintainance and repairs.so for the past 10years or so ive run "bangers" sub £500! austin metro 1300 57k no mot £75 did 160k spent about £200 on it over 3 years.rover 216efi 98k mot £160 ran that for 2 years and spent about £100 then gave it away! a few other of similar price and spend.until two years ago i got a 1 owner 21k full service history fiat chinquecento £450 years mot.it was mint. low milage

[halofour01]

Yeah, the good old days of Top Gear. Back when it was nothing special and not very entertaining. Nothing like the horrid show that it is now, with all of it's wit, style and excitement! The trouble is, the show being the most popular on Earth is probably going to convince Clarkson that he's found the perfect mix between humor, advice and thrilling driving footage. Don't worry though. If you long for the days of a drab and boring car show that does nothing but present cons

[EnergyDog23]

OH! im glad he isn't on the new Top Gear, he is so fucking annoying, plus Richard,James and Jeremy are funny.

[blueriderccx]

Cars that have a liability date mean that they are either currently running, wrote-off and owned by the insurer, or they are sorn/rotting in a garage somewhere. Cars that are in accidents can't be faulted by people who say "It doesn't last long".

[ciaoukulele]

"crisp little box." yikes!

[ethanM088]

wow you bald twat that 340 volvo in a vido i watched not 10 minits ago you said it was the worst car youve ever driven

[1993gandy]

i once sold my car for £50 for petrol

[RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF]

@1993gandy what did you do with the petrol[not commit arson i hope ]

[kazimann]

To date, the only cars that are still alive from this clip are the Acclaim and the Oxford.

[italianbro225]

i liked that triumph lol :)

[mustsilm]

LOL Jeremy hates that Volvo 300 model, and it is one of the worst Volvos, built in Netherlands and had Renault bad engine on.

[symbah247]

So top gear used to educate viewers about cars , but these days its all about expensive sport cars , speed and horse power.

[Jarren202]

@symbah247 Yes but don't forget that Top Gear was a Dead Duck until it was revamped into the show we know now.

Yes it's no longer as educational but the viewers prefer the new show. Personally, I used to love watching the old style Top Gear as a kid and I enjoy watching the newer Top Gear now as an adult.

Besides, if you really want the more formal approach there is always 5th Gear.

[sith100]

He should of grabbed a porn mag as well when he was in the newsagents.

[Sennaf11994]

Absolf***inglutlutely! Top Gear these days show you nothing but cars you'll rarely if ever see on the road let alone ever be able to afford.

Clarkson with his inappropriate jokes about prostitute killing lorry drivers does nothing more than mock the working public.

[Paintheshed]

I once met Quentin, he was a nice bloke, down to earth and chatty. Bring back Quentin.

[blaster2012]

@Paintheshed My dad met him whilst filming Top Gear,and apparently he was rude,blunt and arrogant.Maybe he just didn't like my dad!

[Paintheshed]

@blaster2012 I suppose it can be annoyin to be pestered by people, but he really wa s a nice guy and came up amd had a conversation with me. Some people had photos with him, but I didn't ask... shame really, a nice bloke. I'm not keen on the Top Gear format these days, it's not about CARS anymore

[blaster2012]

@Paintheshed My dad wasn't pestering him,he was filming WITH him (a bit part holding some brake shoes up to the camera),and your right,Top Gear take the cars they used to review seriously 20 years ago,and drop caravans on them for comedy effect instead.

[walshy2089]

i always liked quentin

[MARTIANBROTHER]

I like Quentin. intelligent and unpretentious, he was informative and passionate about motoring that was within the reach of most of us.

[alfamonk]

Never thought i'd hear Mr Wilson talking about a 'crisp little box'...good work!

[roterendeinlaatschij]

good tips, terrible cars but the morris was okay.

but in the end he's right.. those cars where good quality buys if you dont have much money

[forestcamper]

I think whats more impressive here is that a woman drove a car for over 65,000 miles and didn't crash it. Someone should give her a medal.

[amiskorolla]

@forestcamper You sir, are absolutely right.

[FrapsYou]

@forestcamper a new knife perhaps?

[damiannerd]

Quentin Wilson is the Jesus Christ of Motoring.

[bodysnatcher0421]

19,000 miles? That's like...ex-demo..

[C0LL1N]

not in america, people put things on ads like a 1990 chevrolet cavalier with 212,300 miles for $3500

[kolbpilot]

In this day and age of a world awash in vehicles, driving on the cheap is really quite easy. Everything in this video is true. All these cars go just as fast as need be.

[Paintheshed]

Perhaps this is why the BBC is soon to stop the programme, as they have run out of ideas and material, hard to believe really, considering the only thing they have road tested in the past 7 years has been Aston Martins, TVRs and other unreachable models for dreamers. Jeremmy is a brilliant showman, but the old Top Gear was for consumers of cars, the new one is for crazy fools lol

[Paintheshed]

I met Quentin, he's a nce genuine friendly, down to earth sort of guy. This is Top Gear as it should be, Quentin is also into road safety and promotes responsible motoring.... This cannot be said of Clarkson and crew, the Top Gear of late it not a consumer motorigng show. But one which promotes stupidity from the book of how to be a complete menace on the road.

[LutzfromPS2]

What he says about old people taking care of their cars is true. My grandma has a 1978 dodge sportsman van. Shes owned it for 32 years. The engine is still good, body has a dent here and there, but overall it is worth a lot more than the value kelly blue book has to say about it. That tank of a van will last forever if well maintained.

[bymycute]

dom maar ik ben de beste fan van top gear en bolivia special was erg leuk

[EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

the sunbeam was the best just do it up abit like the lotus verion you no with superlite alloys black paint with a white stripe and a 2.0 engine

[DJwes6969]

there is a very simple reason why he contradicts the cars not to buy video, all these un-cool cars have already suffered the depreciation he talks of in the other video, so the stupid person who bought it in the first place looses all the money and you end up with a car that actually isn't really that bad, but for a lot less money!

[weekendoff]

the morris oxford is for sale, advertised etc. then Quentin turns up like a 70's porn star, looks around the car to be told it's sold?! never mind asking if there's any tears in the apholstrey Quentin, ask if the cars been SOLD!!!!!

[butchd2009]

i like how the acclaim he pulls up and has the keys

[leeg131313]

This is him saying the opposite to the what cars not to buy video :S

[Mpayne]

I bought a mk3 golf £680 nothing wrong with it at all. Also it was going so cheap because the driver got band.

[SupermansWheelchair1]

Quentin must have been taking the piss ...

[TashkentFox]

That Morris Oxford is absolutely gorgeous.

[dopeydonald39]

that triumph is still on the road! taxed till nov 2010

[TashkentFox]

It must have got around a bit, until a few years ago it used to live near me.

[123alfaman]

Talbot sunbeam!!?? It looks so cack, i reckon the eastern bloc countries would vomit at it.... also, i bet it has dissolved now! Lotus sunbeam is what you want, If you can find the remains of one... Why is he looking at volvo 340's, morris's and a triumph acclaim's!!!! Even in '97 i could find better image and decent cars for a grand!

[geffel]

Aaaggh - my ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex etc girlfriend had one of thoseVolvos 340s back in the early 1990s - what a piece of shit!

[wahgwaan87]

good if your from sweden

[sergionuno]

thats how i buyed my car, 1991 FIAT tempra brand new with only 60.000km always serviced on FIAT, air conditioned, alloy wells, 200km/h on the highway, all for 500Eur. i buy it 7 years ago and no problems at all.

[wahgwaan87]

lucky u, how hurt is ur pride for driving one lmfao

[sergionuno]

Im actualy realy proud of it, ive been making some improvments over theese years on it. He looks quite good, and has a improved performance. i have no reasons to get rid of it.

[SupermansWheelchair1]

Your a tragic individual. You're writing about how great a Fiat Tempra is? Get a grip, grow a life PMSL

[sergionuno]

aswer me, what do you need in a car?

[SupermansWheelchair1]

Sorry mate, I didn't mean to flush your life down the toilet there or anything but lets face it...... its an ugly piece of fucking shit with the worlds worst dash and makes you look like someone who couldn't afford a Citreon and lets face it even a tramp collecting money on the tube can afford a Citreon.

[SupermansWheelchair1]

Your Mum, that's about it..

[sergionuno]

I ask you a simple question, you didnt aswer me, i didnt ask you anything else, mabe you didnt understand the question, i ask again.

What do you need in a car? what things do you need in a car? What caractersitics do you need in a car?

[sergionuno]

And mum´s are not in the list of extras you can buy in a car. Or did you buy your mum?

[SupermansWheelchair1]

I want comfort, reliablility, decent dealer network. I don't want bits of plastic to fall off, I don't want the inner wings to rust, I don't want the door rubbers to fall off, I don't want the sunroof to leak and I don't want a shitarse FIAT that looks like it was designed by a blindman in a powercut

[sergionuno]

Well...I got confort and a alfa romeo handling, reliability, my car is from 1991 and still no problems(not one at all), dealer network? i know about mechanics i do it all myself. About rust, did i mention that i have no problems at all with my car? yes no rust no fallen plstics or rubers.

I thought you were going to say something wise, but you are actually saying that a French Citroen is better looking and reliable than a Italian design? by the way, witch Citroen? AX, Saxo?C3?

[SupermansWheelchair1]

I'm obviously wasting my valuable time here. You are very happy with your heap. Citroen's are fucking dreadful BTW.... All of them

[sergionuno]

Citroen Beautifull? hahaha, well i give that to you, thats a funny joke, you have a good sense of humor, for a GMILF guy. lol.

[sergionuno]

And you also saying that you want to make sex with a respectable 68 year old lady? well...that makes you a GMILF guy, and that at the least makes you someone with a very awfull taste. not so say its sick.

[SupermansWheelchair1]

You sik for the very suggestion

[sergionuno]

Your the one who ask for my mother, lol.

[3500P5]

Sheeeep!

[testtestthisisatest]

Haha, basically every car here is scrapped.

[richardmaudsley77]

fuck off.

[kazimann]

That Morris Oxford is also still on the roads today: The vehicle details for JSJ 213 are: Date of Liability 01 04 2010 Date of First Registration 01 08 1961 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1489CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour BLUE Vehicle Type Approval null

[khew1]

I'd love to know if any of these cars are still on the road...

[kazimann]

Check the regs. on the DVLA website. As I mentioned before, the Acclaim is still on the roads today.

[charlieflint]

Ahhh, back in the day when TopGear was a real motoring show and not simply the brash, unrealistic 'entertainment' piece it is today.

In the current show, Clarkson would have bought several of these cars, filled them with water, crashed them into a pile of bricks and dropped a caravan on one for comedy effect (ho-ho-ho).

[animation303]

if you want information, watch fifth gear. and stfu.

[charlieflint]

I reserve my right to pass comment, thanks. Now please GAFY.

[saweet999]

@charlieflint that is why u can watch 5th gear for real motoring journalism and top gear for entertainment

[BenReillyUK]

@saweet999 But it was old Top Gear.

:P

[Laofse]

@charlieflint I guess they simply changed it to suit a different audience. People like me, actually. I find Top Gear very entertaining.

[stepheng1483]

@Laofse If I wanted comedy I'd watch a comedy programme. Modern Top Gear is pathetic.

[damitzmike]

@charlieflint old top gear sucks compared to the new stuff

[charlieflint]

@damitzmike

Wow, succinctly put.  However, no, you have that the wrong way round really, don't you?

[eggfromsywell]

@charlieflint So true. And I think there is room in the market for a show like old Top Gear. A true consumer car show.

[zx6arrrgh]

if i was sellin my motor n he tunred up id hate iot.nightmare or waht

[AutoBat1]

spelling FAIL!

[gamerfreakUK]

Capital letter at the beginnning of a sentence FAIL!

[BEEFYBAYONET]

There are three instances of the letter N in the word "beginning".

Failure FAIL! +:o)

[gamerfreakUK]

@BEEFYBAYONET Damn. I must've been tired or something. :(

[kazimann]

The Talbot lasted until 2004: The vehicle details for VKV 659X are: Date of Liability 01 12 2004 Date of First Registration 10 09 1981 Year of Manufacture 1981 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1295CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour BLUE Vehicle Type Approval null

[kazimann]

Quentin Wilson is such a twat.

[GavinS1965]

And make sure the Triumphs had the anti roll bar mod.Chassis plate rivet painted red,otherwise they're all over the road when the boots loaded,I changed hundreds of em.

[mrspivvy]

That oxford would be around £5k these days with such low mileage and good condition

[VincentChen90]

virgin engine compartment lol nice choice of words quentin

[7137666aeb]

You know, the front ends of the Chrysler/Talbot Sunbeam, Chrysler/Talbot Alpine, and the Chrysler/Talbot Horizon look almost exactly the same.

[GNRDemocrazy]

I hope Clarkson didn't see the bit with the Volvo 340...I remember him crashing one into a tree, and tearing one up in a junkers yard

[GLUDGE]

The pristine Morris Oxford makes this-as for the others-well just bangers!!

[xraycortina]

i had a talbot horizon with a twin choke weber carb... it wasn't exactly cool but it surprised people off the lights. And it cost £275 so no worries.

[blaster2012]

@Buttmunch5000 Talbot are French

[timpannekeet]

For 15 years al ride car's like this. Never more than 700 euro. I love the Volvo 360 with 2000 CC.

[philyfree]

crisp little box :P

[weekendoff]

had to laugh when Quentin just turned up and stole that Triumph!!!

[verwoerd]

I watched and heeded Q's advice in 2000 and bought an old but low mileage Merc with FSH... and it's still doing well.

So I'm happy with his main line and I don't care whether some of the cars shown are still running.

Just two remarks:

Though I liked the Morris, too, I don't share Quentin's enthusiasm about a 1961 spare tyre because it can't be used any longer.

And the lifespan of today's bangers is limited by environmental regulation more than mechanics - so the film is a bit dated now.

[AustinSomerset]

"This one I just have to drive"

Could you see Clarkson saying that? :)

Morris Oxford's still going too!

[JELH]

For a car that supposedly would last for ever, the G-Reg VW Polo didn't last too long: The vehicle details for G756 GOP are: Date of Liability 01 10 2000 Date of First Registration 24 01 1990 Year of Manufacture 1990 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1272CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour BLUE Vehicle Type Approval null

[eccIefechan]

@JELH

Perhaps it was in an accident. To only last another two years after this, something has to have gone seriously wrong!

[JELH]

The Triumph still is on the road: The vehicle details for A325 UOM are: Date of Liability 01 11 2009 Date of First Registration 01 08 1983 Year of Manufacture 1983 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1335CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour BEIGE Vehicle Type Approval null

[sgtcht92]

I said to myself at the end of this that I'd have gone for the Triumph.

[JELH]

The blue Talbot is no more... The vehicle details for VKV 659X are: Date of Liability 01 12 2004 Date of First Registration 10 09 1981 Year of Manufacture 1981 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1295CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour BLUE Vehicle Type Approval null

[d1rcwill]

Bit of innuendo. Tight as a trampoline ... with a little box. I laughed

[LashoutUK]

Great little vid. Thanks for putting it up - back in the days when Quentin was a legend! :D

[andycarr75]

Date of liability on that Talbot is 2004 :(