Every time I park in a nearly empty car park within 10 minutes someone has to park next to me! Apparently people like something to park near but it does my head in!

Yeah and then struggle to get out of the car👍 that doesn't make sense

Drives me mad that does, to the point where I say something to the person or move my car lol

People who park next to another car in a half empty car park. Why?

Safety in numbers 😂

Ain't the Nismo R juke the absurdly rare one that is basically just an even fatter GTR?

@@tiagobelo4965that’s the Juke-R, the Nismo RS is the “sporty” juke with the Clio RS engine

@@tiagobelo4965 that's the one buddy 👍

That was achievable until you mentioned 400hp from a Nissan Juke 😂

@@andrewwaller5913 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZ2cZth9x7vDXYk.htmlfeature=shared there are a few out there🤣

I had to scrap my wife's beloved A-class due to a faulty starter motor because all 3 garages I asked for a quote couldn't be bothered to put a new one in. They all sucked the air through their teeth and said that the job would take a long time and they'd lose money if they fixed my car, rather than doing a few quicker jobs instead. I understand to a certain extend that everybody wants to make good money but when something like this happens it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. I felt cheated to lose a car like this, even more to see my wife very upset. Even solicitors do pro-bono up to a certain extend to balance the good and bad in the universe a little, but mechanics don't care apparently

A mechanic is a physicist. You mean automotive technician.

I spent a fantastic childhood adolescence under cars with my dad. He was an "amateur." mechanic but brilliant he taught me everything for changing plugs to a total strip down and rebuild of an entire engine and gearbox. He was severely dyslexic and couldn't read very well. He relied on pictures in the workshop manuals. I was able to help as I grew but to him a picture painted a million words.

@@thegrandmuftiofwakanda do you even own a dictionary? There's more than one definition of mechanic.

@@kabukidreamboy Yes but one of them isn’t a spanner monkey that changes the brake pads on the misuses Ford Fiesta.

Garage charge labour by the hour so half the time it can be cheaper to whip out a part and change it instead of spending hours stripping it down to repair.

VW GOLF mk4 window winder motors. It just needs the motor replacing, but they manufacture them in such a way that you cannot take it apart easily, and you have to buy a complete mechanism including the runners...

​@@ThatLeeNoble I remember watching a video of somebody in Pakistan or similar spending hours carefully repairing a plastic tail light cover, a £20 part in the UK.

​@@ChishanFipz be lucky to get a genuine window reg for a mk4 now

@@user-ue6iv2rd1n They probably don’t have minimum wage legislation

Yep. I get beeped at quite often for "driving too slow" in car parks. I think a fast walking speed is fast enough in a car park.

Some moderns are so badly designed that their indicators are not always easy to see even if the driver is using them. Cars used to have big orange things on the corners rather than tiny afterthoughts tucked away in the headlight unit. I've noticed with Fiestas from the front it can be easier to see the indication of turning from the DRL going off rather than the actual indicator flashing.

I had no idea you knew me so well

Yes, I agree, and the drivers that overtake in a stupid place, then turn right, usually making you stop cos they have to give way to the rush hour traffic....🤬

Your wife hates it when I pull out both in front and behind of her

100% with you there

It's to cover the costs of the numbers ... Those 9s and 5s are very expensive.

@@jimmyccam you could be right. But they ain’t going be getting my contribution!

Agree, if i see a vehicle i like and think i will go and see it and then see an admin charge, i bin that one and carry on looking elsewhere. There is a used car dealer near me that has a £250 admin charge! Absolute rip off merchants.

@@ChrissBeerReviews i know its mad, why put the cost of the car up, they want you to buy it but want to add admin fees !

No no, it's a hate crime to mock disabled people 😂

@Relaxationvideos88 - ‘Barugzai’ is Latin for ‘Monkeypox’. (it may be Greek however though)

Was looking for a comment like this, not all remaps are bad

Car that runs healthier but doesn't meet emissions standards 🤔

@@rallychamp2003In my defence, I never said healthier for humans. 😆 I meant it’s not getting choked to death on its own exhaust gasses.

I feel that manufacturers use the same engine in a whole range of sport levels but simply tweak the mapping to achieve a 'Sport' version of the same car, add some trim perks and £3000 to the msrp

@@AaaaandActionyep exactly

Lane assist is a great addition but shouldn't be relied upon.

Yep, agree with those - I want buttons for air-con, radio, heated seats etc. Massive wheels too! What's all that about? Big wheels, means thinner tyres, giving a worse ride.

@@54356776 sadly, lane assist doesn’t work on the country lanes where I live. Constantly tries to put me in the hedge 🫣

I think we can guess your generation...

@@mariemccann5895 Which would that be ?

Those haptic touch buttons that cars seem to have now, just yuck. Proper buttons, more buttons!

I think you’ve got the smart motorway thing wrong. Yes, the abolition of the hard shoulder and the appalling amount of time it takes to make a motorway “smart” is a disgrace, but being able to travel at 50 mph through heavy traffic, without the constant braking and accelerating is good. The M42 works well for this and as it was an early smart motorway, it has more emergency refuges. The Nissan Juke: awful thing, but I’d be more concerned about the Audi S3, which in its earlier versions has become the car of choice for dangerous drivers. I hate to think how much rubbish modifications, almost wrecked engines and gearboxes there are out there. Jukes are just pathetic.

Auto wipers on a Subaru are actually really good. Every other car gets them wrong.

Come on now, all the auto wipers on my cars have worked perfectly, until they're needed.

@simonwilson7581 that's a BMW/Audi thing, you can program the indicators to US spec where they are on all the time as marker lights. I agree they look bloody silly

Also depends on who is doing the map, a mate had a map done at some random place and it was crap, he then took it to a reputable place and like you said he got more power, more torque, slightly better mileage and nicer to drive.

I think it's people not understand how they work typically a stage one map on a decently maintained car will be fine (depending on how good the fuel quality is in your country) if you just stick on a S2/3 remap with no parts to match Ur cars going bang

you are 100% right - buy and install any dash cam even from Lidl and Aldi. Even a crap one is better than none. An insanely dangerous piece of driving I witnessed one day I obviously caught on said camera and another road user and I (as calmly as possible) challenged the driver of the car. You guessed it the idiot promptly got out of his car and wanted to have words shall we say. All i needed to say to him as i rolled my window down was that everything you say and do will be recorded and if he didn't want me to send the footage into GMP then get back in your car and go about your business. He calmed right down and even apologised...amazing. Late for work apparently. It's the keep fit stuff in the centre aisle at Lidl and Aldi you need to leave well alone - cos you'll never use it..!!

Haha yes. The craze for wrapping cars will probably go the same way as vinyl roofs did back in the day. I took my fiat supermirafiori for a black vinyl roof fitment. Looked quite good actually!

My 131 (1975) leaked through the top of the windscreen after the dealer fitted a sunroof to the black vinyl roof. Replaced it in 1978 with a 3L Ghia Crapheap, that one only had a leaky steering rack and head gaskets!@@allosaurusfragilis7782

I got my 75k Lexus LC wrapped to protect it from stone chips, what’s the problem?

I dont see an issue with Vinyl wraps. As long as its done well and not a ridiculous colour. Its a much cheaper way of changing the colour than a full respray.

I used to work with someone who stuck those ridiculous plates on his car. I can confirm he was a complete tw@.

They are a shit to clean !, but sheeple buy them. 😅

​@@tonynewcombe9075.... Yep they're a throw back to the old pressed metal plates or the ones with stuck on plastic letters and numbers that took longer to clean than the car did

What is a 4D plate?

@@mr.b.4048 .... Not 100% sure I've seen them advertised and they just look like 3D plates to me .... Not sure if it's the ones with a coloured band under the numbers and letters

Who thought having running lights at the front but not the rear was a good idea? Idiot.

😂😂well said Mine aswell I bloody hate it

To be fair they work mostly at night. They did when I worked on the tarmac.

@@lazylad8544 mate up in Glasgow they close the M8 motorway most nights without a workman to be seen for miles

Testing the warning matrixes at 2am, saying a lane is closed(, they're not,) or queues likely at slip roads, at 2am. That last one is comical.....

The stretches are too long, mile and miles of roadworks but here's the thing the sign ROADWORKS is a farce as there is very little WORK going on

or a debadged 316d. the single exhaust pipe gives it away though!

RS6 badge on one side...2.0TDi on the other

In Spain last year I saw an M badge on a Peugeot 206.

Even weirder when it's on something like a 435D. Like, that's a good engine

@@Franatixx Haha, I have a debadged 435D. Looks identical to a 420D from the outside then does 0-60 well under 5 seconds!

Yep. Matt complaining about having to drive at 50mph through roadworks makes me suspect that his penalty points are probably justified. Being an HGV driver myself, I know how tight these lanes can be in roadwork zones, especially given the growing trend towards tank-like SUV style "cars". I agree with him on his other points though.

Usually found on a shagged 20 year old German saloon with 150k plus miles

Everyone knows it's shorthand for D**kh**d. Loose it Matt, pls....

​@@Thb202 you also forgot driven by Asians

Any private plates. Just spend your money on a good holiday.

@@willtaylor6112 no need to bring race into it bro a lot of people have these types of plates including the geezer who posted this video who is white lol

The government need to step in with insurance. I agree, it’s needed but it has to be affordable for all. If you want high level of cover, then yes, Pay £2000. But what if you own a Chevy Cadiz and drive 30 miles a week? £150 tops. We live in RipOffBritain

@@alanwllms5172 Getting a lower level of cover is ironically more expensive. If you're young its more expensive to be the 2nd driver on someone elses car even if you have your own vehicle.

And charge exorbitant interest

​@@alanwllms5172 I understand your point, and I agree insurance in the UK has gone a bit crazy, but your example isn't great. Insurance cost is basically decided by statistics. And, statistically speaking, you are more likely to have an accident if you drive few miles than if you drive often. As with everything else - the more often you do it, the better you become at it. Also, your vehicle's cost is only a part of the insurance cost, assuming you have comprehensive cover and not just 3rd party. If they give you dirt cheap insurance because you drive a 30 year old banger, what happens if you do some expensive damage to a new luxury vehicle? Which isn't hard to do, considering how many expensive sensors & cameras they have all over their bumpers. If you pay just £150/year, it will take them years/decades to recoup the cost of that one payout. Average cost of the vehicles on the road plays a big part in the insurance cost, and that price has shot up a lot in the last few years. The OTR (on-the-road aka car + delivery charge + road tax etc) cost of cars has almost doubled in the last 10 years, even in the budget and mid-range cars segment. Repair costs have also climbed a lot for various reasons. All of these increase the payouts that insurance providers have to cover.

Touchscreens in cars are madness. Now when I am cleaning cars you clean the screen and the radio comes on, but they have taken away the big OFF button you used to get.

@@NotRubensDadMine has a screen clean mode. I’m ok with removing heating buttons because heating should be a set and forget anyway

@@mamba101that’s not how heating in cars works. Climate control…. Actually I can’t be bothered.

@@Hollowevego on.. I set my car to 19c auto, extremely rarely touch it (and it’s either a swipe of the screen or most commonly I tell the car what I want). It’ll auto de-mist the windows too. I honestly think people are stuck in the past.

That's what's wrong with this country - not enough prosecutions for motorists with slightly off number plates.

If the rules for number plates don't matter, they should cancel the rules. Otherwise one would expect the rules to be enforced.@@Ian8008

😂😂😂 its like watching a modern Chris Harris video

I agree had my diesel remapped and the fuel consumption improved massively. The by product of this was also a boost in performance 😊

just to understand more about the issue: if stage 1 remap done good to power and mpg within the tolerance of the parts, why doesn't the manufacture make it as standard for every car? thx

@@___Q-botbecause the vehicle manufacturer use a generic ECU, with a generic setting and they also have to follow regulations set by different countries, plus different parts of the world the environment is also different. For example one of the eu regulations states there much be a flat spot in power between 1000rpm to 2500rpm, which means your using fuel but not getting any benefit from the engine, but you will get higher emissions. The flat spot is for 200rpm. This may not seem a lot but to an engine and fuel economy it is. Everyone seems to think that a ECU remapping is about power and speed. When it is not. A credit remapping will give you an optimum performance for the engine. So to remap a vehicle correctly it is basically a mix of a number of things economy performance and gearing, fuel, rpm. If you every get the chance to look at a vehicle ECU, you will see the number of different settings within it for different stages of the engine and gearing, all have a function at a set time, depending on what the engine has been asked to do. There are a number of fuel maps, and number of Rev’s maps, plus loads of other maps, if one of these is not correct then it can change how the engine performs. So vehicle manufacturers use a generic setting it’s not the best map and it’s not the worse map. Its say a good average map. A good remapper will work out better settings of the maps. Which should result in better economy by about 20%, performances 35%, torque 40%. These percentages are up to. To get higher or close them them, then things like the exhaust and/or spark plugs, and other parts may need to be upgraded. But then your getting into the area of stage 2 remapping, which again is different, then more parts changed for stage 3 which is normally racing or drag race performance. But for the normal public using every day vehicle a stage 1 basic, you will see better results on economy, power, torque and parts working at an optimum.

I agree with this not all mapped cars are thrashed and abused my car is a performance car and is garages and only used for occasional use and certainly isn’t thrashed. It’s about drive ability

@@Vince_Paul I don't see how regulations can prevent better economy. AFAIK, the regulations are about emissions, and those are measured per mile/kilometer. If you use less fuel to travel the same distance, surely your emissions would also be lower, as burning fuel is what causes the emissions in the first place. " For example one of the eu regulations states there much be a flat spot in power between 1000rpm to 2500rpm, which means your using fuel but not getting any benefit from the engine, but you will get higher emissions." This makes no sense. The regulations are aimed at reducing emissions. I find it hard to believe there is an emissions regulation that forces manufacturers to burn more fuel without any benefit to it. Can you provide some source for that? I'm fairly familiar with the Euro emission standards and I don't recall seeing anything like this. "But for the normal public using every day vehicle a stage 1 basic, you will see better results on economy, power, torque and parts working at an optimum." Define "optimum". Optimum performance - potentially. Optimum longevity - doubtful. If you increase the power output, you are undeniably increasing the stress on various components as they have to handle the extra power, which negatively impacts the lifespan of those components. PS "Stage X" isn't really a thing, it's just a marketing jargon without a strict definition... if you ask 5 different people what "Stage 1" means, you'll get at least 5 different answers, so better to not use that pseudo-terminology at all.

A cheap solution using hard shoulder, as an extra lane. All just nickels and dimes......

Good post.

Thats one for the list - people who feel the need to wash their car every week.

Current Prado is the worst at that

what? what is the problem with these? and what makes them 3d? being embossed?

Absolutely agree… there is plenty of people like that, what we need is a customer review, not only business reviews ;)

I take it with 3D plates, there is something else meant than those ones from 1970s and 80s? It’s been a while since I have seen one of those too.

Yes, exactly!

I have often thought about an inspection before buying but having read your comment I will do the same as you in future. 👍

Those inspections are not worth the paper they’re written on. Drive away and something happens? They will wriggle out of any responsibility.

if i was selling a car and you asked me to have some AA guy to poke around it then take it for a drive, i would refuse too. Nobody drives my car until money changes hands. least of all some random guy claiming to be from the AA.

god i haaaaate "because ......." stickers. its an embarrassment.

You just hate black people don’t you.

Came to say this, if you have slight mods like an exhaust or some, might as well optimize. Manufacturers have to manufacture for the lowest common denominator fuel quality, climate et al. As you said, usually comes with improved fuel economy.

Agreed. I'd say a remap is essential on vehicles made in the last 10 years, especially motorcycles as they strangle them to get through emissions regulations. A remap just fixes an issue.

@@rotteneffekt4416 don’t get me started on 24/7 50 mph road works . Forcing traffic to bunch up with the trucks . Only way to filter is to in cut others up or sit at max 55mph as safer risk points . 4yrs ago it was meant to changed to 60 mph stop that. No common sense. Every time slow speed cause accidents just lower even more . What happed to making motorway 80mph like most of Europe . The Standard of driving in the uk is dreadful . cruise control on and forgetting or not caring about anything else. Motorways used to be great now they just make blood boil .

Without a shadow of a doubt.

Mapping done right is not a bad thing. A little older cars are not made for todays fuel.

I'm sure Matt said the new version isn't so bad. Maybe Nissan saw his earlier video and took note.

Ha!... You're trying to swim against the tide of progress, dude.... the result of which is.....drowning...!!!

@@andymccabe6712 lane assist most definitely isn't progress 🤣

Lidl Richard. I’ve got two very good ratchet straps.

I've seen so many people pass me and then slow down and wait to come back into my lane. Wtf are they doing ? An overtake shouldn't involve the vehicle being overtaken.

Great car for OAP's

@@pauldavies6037 no just a great car ,

And what car do you drive? Answer the question if you dare, !

Couldn't agree with you more. I drive a completely stock Chrysler 300C and that's the way it should be. My heart drops whenever I see a modified one with the fake grille and some stupid bright green wrap. Luckily here in Finland most people do keep them stock.

I dont, some body kits rejuvinate old classics to look more modern, getting a body kit that looks decent is the key. As for remaps, certain cars such as BMW 318d and 316d have same engine, same turbo and most likely same clutch but difference is most likely down to software limiting the engine.

Welp as an engineer shouldnt you make them serviceable

For insurance purposes? You are insured. That is it. Whatever happens you are insured. Unless..... You put a dashcam in your car, and it records you after the pub, or speeding or breaking the law in any way and and then you will find they will not pay out! The way they lower your premium for having a dashcam is not catching some fool jumping on your bonnet but by you being a fool and invalidating your own insurance.

Cheers for the reply. If the insurance scammers stamp on the brake and you rear end them you'll have video footage to prove what really happened. If a cyclist accuses you of driving too close and causing them to fall off you'll have video footage to prove otherwise. In an accident you'll have video footage to prove what actually happened saving heaps of paperwork etc. You could also challenge any speeding charges and other road offences 'if you were innocent' as you have the time and date plus speed all recorded on the dashcam video. Numerous other plus's in having a dashcam ( in my opinion ), no discount from my insurance for having one installed. And the insurance company or anyone else can only have dashcam footage if I offer it to them, my dashcam isn't operated or monitored by my insurance company, so zero chance of my insurance being invalidated due to dashcam videos. More pros than cons in having a dashcam. Although it's personal choice isn't it.

You missed his point. Rewind your dashcam and you will hear he was only talking about budget middle-isle products.

Yes I guy I once worked with had hand painted his 1980’s fiesta with purple gloss paint using a brush.

😂

I had a dodgy MK3 escort in lime green with an RS bodykit with twin headlight conversion lol it was only a 1.3! But I used to leave some xr3i's at the lights usually as they were thrashed to death and knackered - a year later I removed the bodykit to find little to no metal underneath then off to scrap yard 😂😂

the grand old duke or the nissan?

Sweeeeet!!!!!

Absolutely Middle laners drive me nuts. So many people just don’t seem to understand the overtaking lanes system of driving. A middle laner in effect makes a motorway into a dual carriage way making the inside lane redundant for all but trucks. Ultimately making driving more hazardous for those wanting to use the lanes as designed. ( having to drive from inner lane to outer lane to pass the middle laner so as to avoid an undertake).

They passed their test in a tram car.

This comment 👆🏻 gangster glass is just rife now even on low end cars.

Ah yes, Mafia glass. Used to hide ugly people, not using seat belts, smoking dope, delivering drugs, etc.

Cringe old people

Couldn't agree more, and I've got one (corsa for the wife), nasty horrible thing. Cheap though.

Sounds like someone's only experience with french cars was a mistreated, rusted out 1.1 carbed saxo

The French made some good cars years ago, 205GTi for a start! Just not anything in the last 25 years.

The French have made plenty of cool cars. More interesting and stylish than the Germans which just live off the badge. Peugeot are making some striking stuff these days.

Smart motorway lane should only be used as a live lane when traffic has slowed down to a crawl

Just out of interest when you remap an engine, did you tell your insurance company because you’re supposed to and if you don’t you’re not insured should the worst happen… even changing the wheels to non-standard is something that will invalidate your insurance if you don’t tell them.

I did not know this. I'll have to keep that in mind.

Yes I go along with that. I've been with them for 30 years. Simples!(oh sorry I couldn't resist).

My brand new car came standard with them.

They are always a theme in every car club I have been in. Many drivers seem to think the road in front of them should be illuminated like a football stadium. They always buy the cheapest junk from online auctions. I always point out that if a court finds they caused an injury accident, they will loose their house, their car and everything they own, is it worth the risk. My comments are invariably unwelcome.

Matt is the only car dealer that i actually like

Engines are undertuned to get through emissions tests.

​@54356776 so why is the motoring community hating on diesel gate?

@@tungstencarbide7255 Have no idea. I loooove BMW diesel engines.

@@tungstencarbide7255 Because they lied. Obviously.