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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!

The mystery guests... What a great way to introduce Ethan and Jack under the Autoalex umbella

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.

Alex, instead of getting a bigger sofa, use that molten crispy seat for a "hot seat"

Ben Collins: "Yes... Interesting." 🤣🤣🤣

Unfortunately there will be no audio podcast this week but it will be back next week!

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!

Autoalex v2 (Joined Apr 13, 2023) : 131K subscribers vs Top Dead Center (Joined Feb 9, 2024) : 141K subscribers C'MON GUYS... V2 GO GO GO!!!

"2 mystery guests." 🤞🏾 Please be who I hope it is!

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 😎

Are you Rory 🤣 To be honest I don't watch regular TV anymore, KZfaq 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...

Alex talking about expensive heating while the postman left the door open in the background 😅

The discussions here were brilliant. Love you guys.

Great podcast, thoroughly enjoyed!

An Allegro isn`t a hatchback!

swiftly becoming one of my fav pod casts ,well done guys

I reckon Rory has become protective mother and sheltering all the “stragglers”

Alex is collecting previous car throttle members like they Pokémon his gotta catch them all . 😂

59:02 MYSTERY GUEST!!

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

Jack and Ethan mystery guests

Alex calling someone should just be part of the podcast 🤣

Had no idea P1 was "cousins"🎉 with this crew. Thats awesome

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.

I recently started watching Auto Alex. I am enjoying laughing along with you guy's. Hello from Sydney Australia.

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.

Raleaf sounds amazing! Get it done

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 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.

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

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

I got clocked at 88mph on the M40 with one of the same vans back in 2018! I didn't expect it either!

Bought a Sapphy 4x4 Cosworth from guy in Birmingham in June 2004.. Spot on appart from the ABS light came on at 123MPH.....

TDC has already surpassed Autoalex V2 sub count lol

Saw a photo of Phil on the Top Gear video on the end of the Dodge Challenger

996 csr spec would be cool. 996 vs 993 video would be cool as well. Doesnt Edwin have a green e46 m3?

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

"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.”

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!

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?

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.

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.

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...

Collins is just a living legend

You should invite Richard from RSEV to debate the electric car matter.

Was literally driving down the M40 the other day paying attention to every bridge because of this haha

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.

there is two awareness courses I'm sure, speeding on motorway and speeding on normal roads have there separate courses.

I did a 400 mile round trip in my BMWi3s Range Extender. Four petrol stops during the trip roughly £40 of petrol. Brilliant car.

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.

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.

The mention of the purple turtle got my attention!

late to this podcast but I'd love to see the ofroad leaf!

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.

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

The courses are funny 😂 everyone trying to plead their case…

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.

Was there a hatch back VP 1500? I don't think there was!

Mystery guests: I bet one rhymes with Smack and the other rhymes with Eaton ☺️

Rorys 100% right governments lie it's about the only thing that can count on them to do

erm the Austin allegro range of cars were salon or estate, not hatchback

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

May the forth be with you!

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.

25:44 spending ticket 🎫

I bought a car in Coventry Road Birmingham, it’s broke so much I call it Frankenshed now!

Ralleaf sounds great

Edwin needs to swap that 2.0l V10 in the mx5 when it's ready

The Austin Alegro Vanden Plas isn’t a hatch back

Somebody mentioned my cappuccino?? 😏 Always up for a new video 👍

Will … how is it that you’re the most adorable man in the known (and some say the unknown) universes

Looks like a weight watchers meeting 😂😂

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!

Edwin looks like Wayne from the cramp twins

Bring matt and tommy to the pod please.

Honestly, the podcast should be with taylor. Give these two their separate channel sure, but leave this one.

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). 😂

Get a mezzanine built so you dont lose a lot of room.

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.

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 👍

I genuinely thought Edwin was the guy from VinWiki with the ASMR voice.

I was getting the feeling you had moved on from ' Rorys Mum Jackie ' well saved 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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😂😂

So, not all podcast episodes will be upladed as videos?

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.

There should be ranking miles or kilometres on the clock if all your cars combined and years old all combined

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.

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.

Sitting down, Alex and the TDC lads are the same height!!!!???

Eye holes and ear holes? Ahahahahaah i see alex watched MCM 🤔🤣

Clicked so fast! 😂

an 330d e90 (manual maybe remaped) will piss the damn fridge

Car throttle company pic. Never seen so many fake smiles.

Ngl missed Taylor

Should just make the phone call it's own segment

TDC has already surpassed AutoAlex V2.