Tyre widths, recalls & my cars - Big Car Q&A

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  • čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
  • Like many CZcams channels I have a Patreon, and a few weeks ago I asked my Patrons if they had any quick car questions that I could research and maybe answer. I got some interesting ones so I thought it would make a good video to go through and answer them.
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    0:00 Intro
    0:22 Why do tyre width end in a 5 for cars?
    2:50 Bigger tech transitions than the EV shift?
    6:28 Does a recall have to be completed in a given time?
    8:38 Car quiz
    11:50 My 3 car dream garage
    14:28 What cars have I owned?
    #bigcar
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Komentáře • 204

  • @BigCar2
    @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci +5

    Support the channel via Patreon. Early access to ad-free videos & exclusive channel updates: patreon.com/bigcar

    • @adamwishneusky
      @adamwishneusky Před 2 měsíci +1

      Look how early I am! 😋

    • @typxxilps
      @typxxilps Před 2 měsíci

      It is no longer about rules that will ban ice production cause the factories are already moving ahead. They will not produce ice cars any longer cause they have realised that the speed of progress in the battery technology is so much higher than developing costly emission cleaning tech that there will be a turning or tipping point they can not afford to miss. Who stays with fossil ice cars will be dead sooner or later except in the military and expedition vehicel, but even trucks will dy sooner or later cause the smaller the production volume of gearbox and engine gets the higher the costs of the then already outdated engines.
      Any clue what it costs to develope a complete new engine family like those from Mercedes ?
      Close to 1 billion dollar including the whole amount of changes from turbo to exhaust and manadfold incl. tools and what not for the production line. And those costs for an EV engine are what ? a tiny fraction.
      Having worked for decades since the mid 80 in the car industry and from the oldest manufacturer to the brands with the rings and that with horses I can only tell you that the game is long over and was already visible mid 2000s due to climechange and upcoming emission regulations. Buy a 12 cylinder as long as you can get one in mint condition and a decent one with a long lasting spare part and supply chaing cause those days are gone. AMG C 63 never happen again, except you get the badge and a 4 cylinder engine.
      And once the tipping point is reached then the costs for the remaining ice cars will be constantly rising due to lower volume and still high fix costs.
      Look into the supply chain industry: Magna has laid off 300 employess in their Cologne site due to lower demand for ice vehicles and lower production volume which they could not compensate with new ev orders cause they have not so many parts they can supply. I am not talking about Fisker cause that has been produced in austria where another 500 have been laid off or the amount of worker will be reduced over the next month by no longer prolonging contracts that had a 1 or 2 year limit.
      ICE is dead like hell in Europe regardless what the governments would offer cause a possible delay of 2035 to 2040 has been in discussion most recently in the EU but now the manufacturers intervened that they do not want such delay and want to shift gears and push through cause all of them have a clue that in 5 or 10 years range will no longer be an issues as the charging infrastructure.
      This time the manufacturer forced the EU to stay to the 2035 goal cause many of them will arrive even earlier there.
      Will you be able to buy another ICE GOLF ?
      No, there will be a 9th generation but electric only announced by the CEO during the 50th anniversary of the GOLF.
      The manufacturer are starting to phase out ICE models already to get space for new EV line ups. You can not build those next to each other and the previously expensive battery mess is getting now cheaper and cheaper at a much faster pace then anticipated 5 years ago. Buy a 15 kWh home storage and the german price for that is 2000€, so 90 kWh at home for 12.000€ which means a car manufacturer must get it for less than 50% of that.

    • @typxxilps
      @typxxilps Před 2 měsíci

      the end is the best, all these cars you had and might miss.
      There is a german car channel preserving all the iconic cars you mentioned your father or family once had, I mean all of them and even the AUdi 200 turbo, the Scirocco, and what not. They repair those cars and also french, italian and even russian Lada and then store them in their museum which you can visit in Dortmund, Ruhr valley a bit south of MÜNSTER, the airport. Yon can park in front, but only if you arrive in a classic car 30 years and older or a young timer which means 20 years plus. Otherwise you have to drive to the parking garage.
      But you can watch 4 or 5 times a week the cars they do repair and how in every details. Do you remember the OPEL / VAUXHALL OMEGA limited version, the fast production car in 1992 ? They have an OPEL LOTUS OMEGA - genuine one and I guess first hand bought.
      Check out the channel HALLE77 which stands for workshop77 cause the founder is born in 77 therefore loves GOLF mark I but also Fiesta Mark I but the GTI, RS and what not sporty versions. Close to 500.000 subscribers and I guess there might be an automatic translation too. If you need to fix an old german car or even Ford Taunus or most recently FORD KNUDSEN they have it done already.
      You have had great cars since you got your licence and what a great idea that your father had bought you a rusty crusty car with more issues than fingers can count to learn a lot of diy and help yourself. Quite unusual for that era I must admit.

    • @michaelharrison1093
      @michaelharrison1093 Před měsícem

      Are you still living in the USA?

  • @macdaniel6029
    @macdaniel6029 Před 2 měsíci +36

    Biggest surprise for me was when you said you moved to the US. You are propably the most british person on CZcams.

  • @csours
    @csours Před 2 měsíci +42

    "Everyone knows what that acronym means, no need to define it"
    Reading the document years later: *ANGRY NOISES*

  • @The_R-n-I_Guy
    @The_R-n-I_Guy Před 2 měsíci +25

    Millimeters for tire/Tyre width. And inches for wheel size. This is what has always baffled me

    • @Low760
      @Low760 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Given the imperial system was redefined after WW2 based on the metric system, it seems like a formality?

    • @RichieReportsUK
      @RichieReportsUK Před 2 měsíci +4

      Still happens a lot in Engineering, a mixture of Metric & English measurements used for similar items, Tyre air pressures for a good example, still use PSI, (pounds per square inch), as well as 'bar'.
      TV & monitor screen sizes are still stated as inches, yet the physical size of the unit as a whole will be listed in centimetres!
      Then there is the whole world of thread sizes & pitches!

    • @drazenradosevic7467
      @drazenradosevic7467 Před 2 měsíci +7

      And tire height as percentage of tire width, just in case it was overly simplistic 🙂

    • @andrewbennett2820
      @andrewbennett2820 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yes, i had always wondered this but i worked on RR jet engines and they are drawn in mm but have a mixture of imperial and metric threads.

  • @kitko33
    @kitko33 Před 2 měsíci +45

    Japanese car makers dominating the world was a MASSIVE shift. The opened a giant tech gap between Japan and the rest of the world. In the late 1980s, Japanese cars had 4-valve per cylinder engines, independent suspension all round combined with AWD and AWS... when the Big 3 were still using ancient OHV engines, leaf springs....

    • @chefchaudard3580
      @chefchaudard3580 Před 2 měsíci +17

      In Europe, many cars had indépendant wheels and torsion bar suspensions since the seventies.
      Japan copied what was best on the market.

    • @martinsvensson6884
      @martinsvensson6884 Před 2 měsíci +11

      Compared to Big 3 maybe but not to Europen cars. Especially the Germans were still far ahead. Although the Japaneese narrowed the distance a bit in the late 80's and early 90's.

    • @Low760
      @Low760 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Ohc 4 valve heads were not that new, they existed before pushrod engines in fact. But most Japanese vehicles were but 4v until the 90s, and even then the lower spec cars were still 2v ohc.
      Once again, not looking at the American market.

    • @scott8919
      @scott8919 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Japan be entering the future while USA brands ve trying to perfect white wall tires and wire-look hubcaps. 😂

    • @DiscoFang
      @DiscoFang Před 2 měsíci +4

      *... was a MASSIVE shift... for USA.

  • @stefanmathys3272
    @stefanmathys3272 Před 2 měsíci +29

    Not only was the sunroof only for the back passengers, it did not open to begin with. So, it was never meant to be a sunroof, rather a skylight.

  • @leskouts2
    @leskouts2 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Really enjoyed this twist to your format (but love your format).
    The quiz is great. More please

  • @klasseact6663
    @klasseact6663 Před 2 měsíci +7

    I am looking forward to more videos like this!

  • @Finne72
    @Finne72 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Very pleasent episode, you have good taste in cars. One of my many cars was also a MK1 Fiesta. It was a 1980 1.1 VIP Millionaire.

  • @VladoT
    @VladoT Před 2 měsíci +6

    I have driven a Renault Twingo with an insane V6 engine swap. It was terryfing and fun but unfortunately diy engine mounts broke and the engine fell to the ground destroying itself 😅

  • @ve2vfd
    @ve2vfd Před 2 měsíci +4

    Fiesta! I had a white (and rust, looooots of rust!) 1979 Fiesta 1.6L as first car when they imported them to Canada in 78-80. I loved that car.
    If I were to buy an antique car it would have to be a VW T1 or T2 van or a SAAB 900 Turbo.

  • @BazFairbrother
    @BazFairbrother Před 2 měsíci +6

    Thanks for finding the answer to my question Andy, i thought i was on the right track😁

  • @davec8921
    @davec8921 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Now I'm really curious about the issues you had with the Tesla 3. Maybe we could get a video about that in the future? Also would be interested in seeing more about electric convertibles in the future.

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci +10

      I think it would turn into a bit of a moanfest. It's small things like the windscreen wipers. There's no stalk that after 5 years is still annoying. When you turn on self drive (which I do often) it puts the wipers into auto mode, but that's rubbish and never does the right thing. I can't play my MP3 collection - the music keeps cutting out. Their navigation system often doesn't got the optimal route. So, I'm using my phone for many of these things. I wish they'd just support Apple Carplay and be done with it.

  • @jordylad69
    @jordylad69 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Fun video Andy, much appreciate your good work, please keep it up. I'm surprised you stumped me with the Mazda MX30 question, I thought it was pure EV. A bit embarrassing as I worked for Mazda USA for 10 or so years back in the 90s and am still close to many people there. From a fellow Brit living in California.

  • @harryspeakup8452
    @harryspeakup8452 Před 2 měsíci +19

    One might also ask why it is that the world has standardised on metric for nominal tyre width (understandable IMO) but we still all have wheel rim widths in inches (expressed as J, for some reason)

    • @jhutt8002
      @jhutt8002 Před 2 měsíci

      Actually it makes sense. Otherwise french would have switched to 37 and 41 cm as everyone else would use 38 or 40 in place of 15 and 16 inch.

    • @GGL171
      @GGL171 Před 2 měsíci +2

      J is the rim profile(?? not sure it's the right word), there are( or used to be) other profiles as well, A, B, JJ etc.

    • @tthbeige3332
      @tthbeige3332 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Citroen sold cars with 400mm diameter rims until 1956 I believe(Edit: until September 1965), don’t know when mm rims were abandoned by other manufacturers. And the width was 165 to my knowledge.

  • @iainhunneybell
    @iainhunneybell Před 27 dny

    On the tyre sizes, I ‘love’ how the width is in mm while the wheel diameter in inches. What a wonderful mix of metric and imperial units 😊

  • @nadeemchaudhry6585
    @nadeemchaudhry6585 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Another brilliant video!
    Thank you.

  • @frostwise87
    @frostwise87 Před 6 dny

    I love your videos, you remind me a lot of my step dad (in a good way he's a great guy and very practical)

  • @johnnywinstone
    @johnnywinstone Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great vid. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Jester85
    @Jester85 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Renault Twingo, parents rented one on holidays once when i was a boy and ive loved it every since, sunch a shame they never made RHD

  • @tonybaker7484
    @tonybaker7484 Před 2 měsíci +1

    A really enjoyable video. Thanks.

  • @JMJoubert
    @JMJoubert Před 2 měsíci +1

    This was good! Thank you

  • @JJonCars
    @JJonCars Před 2 měsíci +1

    Totally with on the VW Scirocco MK2 - it was always the car I dreamed I'd have when I was old enough to drive. Really cool car, I'd run around the playground pretending I was driving one 😅

  • @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
    @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Your channel is excellent to learn the English language.

  • @litehammer69
    @litehammer69 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great video 👏 could definitely have watched more

  • @christophecamus8410
    @christophecamus8410 Před 2 měsíci

    Very interesting video thanks

  • @Enakaji
    @Enakaji Před 2 měsíci

    Regarding the first topic about tiresizes for cars, the interesting thing is that some motorsport tires, like slicks or rallye tires for cars, are also sold in sizes ending in a 0 instead of a 5 for the width but not from every manufacturer. Some stick to the "rule" and sell them in sizes ending with 5 while others don't.

  • @RedBatteryHead
    @RedBatteryHead Před 2 měsíci +3

    I'm middle aged and a full battery head. So do many I know. I think it's more the mindset of people to ignore the EV. Especially since I hear a lot of the younger people with the anti FUD on EV.

    • @BlackhawkWoTConsole
      @BlackhawkWoTConsole Před 2 měsíci +2

      The reason petrol heads like me dislike Ev’s is that they are the biggest scam on the planet currently. Building an EV and keeping it going (replacing the battery) is way worse for the planet then petrol engine cars are! On top of that what is the use of claiming to drive without pollution if the electricity you put in those Ev’s is still made by the same gas and coal plants that still mostly make the electricity today… The day i stay away from petrol it would be for something that can really help the climate like hydrogen or something as of yet unknown and new. But in the mean time the planet would be far better off if people just bought a car and drove it as long as it could instead of wanting a new damn car every 3 to 4 years just for the sake they want to have something new!!!

  • @jhutt8002
    @jhutt8002 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Hmm...
    I was born in -92.
    To me the technology peaked around 2000. Windows XP was probably the first big new thing that I truly hated and wanted to fail so I could stick with good old tech.
    I guess that's kind of my life ever since, I have a big house in the middle of nowhere and family, and keep buying cheap old stuff to fix, so when I get home from work I can feel 20th century isn't just history fading away.

  • @chrisperyagh
    @chrisperyagh Před 2 měsíci +1

    I was just going to say my Citroen CX 25 GTi Turbo 2 had Michelin TRX tyres which were 210/55 R390 which made tyre choice very limited, but then you covered that early on. I was told back in the day Avon tyres could be used in a pinch.

  • @DrLoverLover
    @DrLoverLover Před 2 měsíci

    He said it again!

  • @michaelharrison1093
    @michaelharrison1093 Před měsícem

    On the topic of air-conditioning, convertibles, and sunroofs... when you live somewhere with a mild climate a sunroof or a convertible seem like great ideas. When you live somewhere with brutally hot weather there is nothing better than a hardtop car, no sunroof and really great air-conditioning

  • @thatcheapguy525
    @thatcheapguy525 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I drove around in a hired Mk1 Renault Twingo on holiday in 1998. absolutely loved it too and would have owned one if only they'd made a righthand drive version and imported it here in Blighty.
    don't get what Mazda are playing at with the MX-30. running an engine at a fixed speed (almost certainly maximum torque) makes perfect sense as a generator for fuel efficiency, the Wankel engine is very small and light BUT surely these benefits are more than negated by its inherent heavy fuel consumption, poor exhaust emissions and low life expectancy. (and) this is all from the company who found the holy grail of Internal Combustion Engines with their compression-ignition SkyActive-X petrol engine.
    really like the definition regarding generational techology.

  • @ashleygroome1555
    @ashleygroome1555 Před měsícem

    Your articles are always very interesting and highly enjoyable to watch. One small thing however, when quoting power ratings for vehicles and fuel consumption it might also be useful to mention metric equivalents rather than just mpg and horsepower. This would no doubt benefit the other 6 billion or so people who live outside the United Kingdom.

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před měsícem

      Alternate units are always in the subtitles (and I put a note in the intro to show this). If I always say the alternate units I think it bogs down the video.

  • @nigelcreighton2411
    @nigelcreighton2411 Před 2 měsíci +2

    The horse vs the automobile is totally valid and the closest we have to a similar shift today.

    • @RichieReportsUK
      @RichieReportsUK Před 2 měsíci +3

      Or the horse vs the introduction of the steam engine, there was a fear in early Victorian times that if you travelled at speeds of over 30mph you would suffocate by having all the air sucked out of your lungs, this originally made many people scared to travel on steam trains!!

  • @93455Driver
    @93455Driver Před 2 měsíci +1

    The new Model 3 sounded so good, the changes to the suspension really caught my attention. Unfortunately there was the gear change on the screen and worse the crazy turn signals on the steering wheel (like on a motor bike but haptic). With all the market research and customer clinics they can do, surely they would have realized that these were a yoke steering wheel type off errors? Tesla develop the most efficient EVs, do some great innovation, but they seem to always shoot themselves in the foot with an idea that goes too far.

  • @TillOverHill
    @TillOverHill Před 7 dny

    Loved this video, absolute banger. Sorry about your RAC experience.
    I was surprised you had a Tesla to begin with, your survey epiphany sort of validates that. They're just not for people like us from ages when things actually needed to be good to sell. Not just be trendy or cool. But be actually good.

  • @lloyddarbon5034
    @lloyddarbon5034 Před 2 měsíci

    Actually laughed out loud at the RAC story :D

  • @danield8528
    @danield8528 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So, it IS okay to trade in a car for another one. Thank you Big Car for this video. Loved it!

    • @joytotheworld9109
      @joytotheworld9109 Před 2 měsíci +1

      As long as it isn't an EV, then a lot of dealers might offer you scrap value or just tell you to sell it privately. Too many used EV's with aging batteries sitting for sale for months, despite the discounting.

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Other things in my life mean car changes are on hold right now. But I'll probably get a new car later this year.

    • @danield8528
      @danield8528 Před 2 měsíci

      @@BigCar2 I understand that. Thank you for the video also. Keep up the great work.

  • @camrsr5463
    @camrsr5463 Před 2 měsíci +4

    13:54
    I don't think you can say Twingo in public anymore. lol

  • @manofthehour6856
    @manofthehour6856 Před 2 měsíci

    Fun stuff, BC!!! I have deduced you must still live in the USA as the MINI you and Missus BC are standing by has the USA size plate frame and you mention it is still in your motorpool. And I had assumed you were UK based and that the missus had moved there!!!! Its the accent and the UK rear plate mock up in the background. Very enlightening, although a little surprised that you don't have a more varied list of dream cars that do not break the paper floor of the 1970s. Well, all of us care nthusiasts can't be Jay Leno have love almost every cool and unusual car ever made. Keep the videos coming as they are always insightful and properly researched.

  • @john1703
    @john1703 Před 2 měsíci

    Making progress in a small car is all about momentum, which requires anticipation and concentration, which is rewarding and therefore fun. The best of course is a proper (BMC) Mini.

  • @stephenschofield2836
    @stephenschofield2836 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Bit like us Andy, hate the Tesla, can't stand getting behind the wheel of a mini (it feels like you're disconnected from the drive, imho), We roll a Volvo V60 D2 as a family car, my Betsy (personal fun/ keeper car) is a Peugeot RCZ (we call him Eric, after Cantona, another fiery little French B£$"^!d, lol) and as for the 4x4's, owned 6 Fronteras is all guises (loved the safety/ reliability) but couldn't ever get the keys from the wife because she was besotted with the driving position. Great channel mate, always enjoy your musings

  • @courtneypuzzo2502
    @courtneypuzzo2502 Před 2 měsíci +1

    America started having compact cars in the 60s such as the The Chevy Corvair Pontiac Tempest Oldsmobile cutlass & Jet fire/star fire and Buick with the Skylark Cadillac didn't have its first attempt at a smaller car until 1976 with the Seville and even that was 17 Ft long in comparison to a 1961 Skylark which was 15.67 Ft long then we got the Toyota Corolla for 1969 model year and US got more compact/subcompact models as the years went on such as the Chevrolet Cavalier Geo/Chevy Metro etc. metro was discontinued around the same time as the Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire were in the mid 2000s

  • @robpeabo509
    @robpeabo509 Před 2 měsíci

    An interesting and very enjoyable video. When I had kids, my choice of vehicle was Japanese all the way. The reliability was phenomenal. Now that I am on my own, it is different. I own an LR3TDV6, which I will keep till it is no longer viable to repair. As a daily driver to cart my dog around I have a Nissan sedan I bought very second hand (though mechanically sound). I also own a Suzuki VL800 motorcycle. My dream cars are a Ford Falcon V8 ute, Last of the Range Rover Classics, 1981 - 1986 W123 Mercedes sedan. and finally a 1991 - 1991 BMW 318i.

  • @JunYamog
    @JunYamog Před měsícem

    We downsized to 3 car home of: Fun and unreliable BMW E60 M5, Hauler and off-road Toyota LC90 Prado, Practical and convenient Tesla Model Y. I guess it pretty ok but like with all things I still wish something else.

  • @GGL171
    @GGL171 Před 2 měsíci

    For tire sizes ending with 0 for bikes, i think that's only for the road, there are 125 with Pirelli tires tor the track, there might be other funky sizes as well.

  • @sweetcorn1968
    @sweetcorn1968 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I had both the lego technical sets when I was younger.

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci

      I sold my helicopter a few years ago. The one you see has been built mostly from new pieces from Lego, with some older parts I couldn't source.

  • @elelegidosf9707
    @elelegidosf9707 Před 2 měsíci

    15:08 "My Ford Fiesta ironically broke down in front of the RAC building".
    That's not ironic, Alanis. 🙃

  • @philipmordaunt5341
    @philipmordaunt5341 Před 2 měsíci

    You are a talented broadcaster. The internet has changed the world for the better. You didn’t have to get a job in broadcasting before demonstrating what you can do. The ‘permissionless’ world is better

  • @janstrom3482
    @janstrom3482 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Now I want to know more about your thoughts on the Tesla 3

  • @cbmsysmobile
    @cbmsysmobile Před 2 měsíci

    Imperial sized tyres do still exist in America ('Diameter' x 'Width' R 'Rim Diameter') in inches. Same as you can still get imperial size tyres in the UK for classic vehicles (Old Landrovers, for example). Not very common these days, even in the US

  • @trwsandford
    @trwsandford Před 2 měsíci

    Warning on the Morris Marina… Pianos fall on them frequently.

  • @BlakesPipes
    @BlakesPipes Před 2 měsíci

    Great episode! Loved the personal information . Getting to know your presenter is so important. You must be south Jersey with the cherry hill genesis dealer? Lol I am from north jersey. I like the questions too, I got 0 right!

  • @volvofreak86
    @volvofreak86 Před 2 měsíci

    My 2008 XC70 had a recall on the restraint system, i think it was the buckle itself, i never got a time to bring the car in but i suspect they did it when i turned it in for a service since it has to do with the seatbelt i would've guessed that it is a big deal

  • @user-tc5wt9xv3g
    @user-tc5wt9xv3g Před 2 měsíci +3

    Hello Big Car, please do Toyota Aygo, Citreon C1,Peugeot 107 story, please, please

    • @TheKsharm
      @TheKsharm Před 2 měsíci

      This would be good especially now the partnership has ended.

  • @stealthg35infiniti94
    @stealthg35infiniti94 Před měsícem

    I enjoy the new technology as long as it reliable and not expensive to repair. There's some brands out there that will Break My Wallet after warranty is over. Hopefully the Right To Repair Law will help consumers find affordable repair centers.

  • @michaelloach9461
    @michaelloach9461 Před 2 měsíci

    Great vid, thanks. I have an idea for a great car for you. What about an Audi S5 convertible? Its practical. It has 4 seats, big enough to carry suitcases for a holiday & if you need to carry some long length's of wood from you DIY store you can drop the roof. If you want a bit of fun, put your foot down & it will bring a smile to your face. If you want frugality, it 'will' do 36 MPG if your on a long journey & take it easy & the road tax is not too bad either. All the best.....

  • @NLBassist
    @NLBassist Před 2 měsíci +2

    few people now what like 235/65/15 means and I find it always very funny to tell: first millimeters, than a ratio, followed by inches. It doesn't make any sense,

    • @DiscoFang
      @DiscoFang Před 2 měsíci +1

      Except when you understand it, and the function, it makes perfect sense.

  • @michaeltutty1540
    @michaeltutty1540 Před 2 měsíci

    Not all tyres end in a 5. Avon Turbosteel tyres are available in a 230/70R15. Certain Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Ford models used the size.

  • @richardbrayshaw570
    @richardbrayshaw570 Před 2 měsíci

    Very nice bit of Big Car background! Treat yourself to a Ferrari on the 3 Car Garage Challenge. You can afford it - it's purely fictional. Cheers!

  • @julianfoot8748
    @julianfoot8748 Před 2 měsíci +1

    With new technology there is always the hype cycle. Just think about Smart Phones. Huge initial rush then gradual adoption. You still have a few people with dumb mobiles, but the bulk of the market is now for smart phones. The same will happen with electric vehicles. As charging becomes easier and more general then problems will be overcome. In the early days of Petrol people had to carry fuel in Cans. The petrol infrastructure took decades to evolve.

    • @RichieReportsUK
      @RichieReportsUK Před 2 měsíci

      But that is the advantage of petrol, you can carry a spare can of it in the boot, in case you happen to run out in the wrong place, but you can't carry around a spare can of electricity!!

    • @julianfoot8748
      @julianfoot8748 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@RichieReportsUK Actually you can. There are many supplementary battery packs on the market that can provide a recharge and you are a million times more likely to find a domestic socket to plug into than a stray can of petrol lying around. If you are dumb enough to run out of fuel in the first place that is. Let's face it the infrastructure for electricity is everywhere. You can if needed use a diesel or petrol generator if you are going to travel in the bush. The flexibility of charging is actually a huge advantage of Electric vehicles. When traveling we plug the car in to charge overnight using ordinary outdoor plugs and leave with a Full Tank in the morning. You can't do that with a petrol car, you have to find a petrol station etc...

  • @verttikoo2052
    @verttikoo2052 Před 2 měsíci

    Reason for the sales going down is that they started to change prices way down. People want to see where the prices go.

  • @UncleJoeLITE
    @UncleJoeLITE Před 2 měsíci

    How about doing the next one as a premiere Andy?
    _First up, yeah, I never thought about that odd/even aspect thing._

  • @robertstevens2857
    @robertstevens2857 Před 2 měsíci

    make yourself an ev hotrod with the twingo, imagine a 110kw leaf drive unit in a twingo it would be... ludicrous :) DIY of course as it would make good videos

  • @charade993
    @charade993 Před 2 měsíci

    Now i know

  • @scottharvey-davies1607
    @scottharvey-davies1607 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So, here is a question.... If you had to choose, would yo go MK1 Escort Mexico or RS200....... (drops the mic and discuss)

  • @peterrobey1654
    @peterrobey1654 Před 2 měsíci +1

    What about unleaded gas as a major change?

  • @typxxilps
    @typxxilps Před 2 měsíci

    3:01 - technology driven innovation
    Yes, of cause, but on the production site there was a big shift with 2nd revolution in the car industry released in 1990, a book, describing how the japanese were challenging the established european car manufacturers and remember all those british brands which have vanished in those years.
    Those were the victims and the japanese build new factories in the UK or took them over, so yes, that was a technology driven revolution and I can only recommand the book published by MIT or so by Daniel T. Jones
    A must read - deserves 5 stars back in the days and even nowadays cause it describes the evolution of car production till Tesla even though their big leap would be the tiny car with a complete new architecture maybe also seen before a bit by Smart producing the city coupe in Smartville, the production plant in Hambach , France.

  • @JohnCline
    @JohnCline Před 2 měsíci

    Wait! What? My 2019 and 2024 Tesla Model 3s play MP3 files up to the ISO standard 320 kbps flawlessly. Using the LAME MP3 encoder you can encode up to 640 kbps but good luck finding a player. I use AAC and FLAC Lossless encoding these days. The Teslas will play 96k-24bit FLAC files flawlessly, too.

  • @brunovanaken5893
    @brunovanaken5893 Před 2 měsíci

    Can you believe that i have the same lego sets 😊

  • @pageonejournalist
    @pageonejournalist Před 2 měsíci +1

    One of my cars runs 180R15 Michelin XAS tyres, they are not TRX tyres, not scooter derivatives and yes, you can still buy them new. Care to guess what car it is?

  • @thomass3769
    @thomass3769 Před 2 měsíci

    Electric starters greatly expanded the market for combustion automobiles

  • @mikosoft
    @mikosoft Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'd argue Ford's assembly line and electric starter were two big shifts that enabled petrol cars to overcome electric cars back at the day

    • @guzziwheeler
      @guzziwheeler Před 2 měsíci

      So the electric starter killed the electric car back in the day, so to say. Because it made the comustion engine much easyer to handle.

    • @mikosoft
      @mikosoft Před 2 měsíci

      @@guzziwheeler yes. At least that's how it's often quoted because electric cars didn't need to be cranked so we're more popular. Also were quieter and didn't smell. But their range was very limited and took two days to charge so they were used for running errands mostly. Once ice cars could be handled more easily long distance travel was suddenly possible.

  • @Roqedda
    @Roqedda Před měsícem

    Kind of sad that a car ist still in essence as simple as the early ones. Compare it to planes. THAT is an evolution. Assist-Systems for cars are still quite new and I still wait for a really working wiper^^

  • @dekalogue
    @dekalogue Před 2 měsíci

    🍿🍿🍿

  • @ingocernohorsky
    @ingocernohorsky Před 2 měsíci

    I never knew you are in the US.

  • @deepblueskyshine
    @deepblueskyshine Před 2 měsíci

    Yeah, lovers of the inches use millimeters for widh and millimeter lovers use inches for diameter.

  • @JuanAlvarez-km6dx
    @JuanAlvarez-km6dx Před 2 měsíci

    Ouch! This means we don't get a new video this week? Meaning a video about any given car's history

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci

      I'm trying something different. Have you tried my second channel (Little Car)? I've done some interesting histories there. And I dropped a new podcast today, with more information about the Rover 800.

  • @ColinHarvey78
    @ColinHarvey78 Před 2 měsíci

    Interesting about not having another Tesla 3. I have a colleague who has one and he said exactly the same recently… he thinks it’s a great idea and concept, just not quite there yet

  • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
    @kasperkjrsgaard1447 Před 2 měsíci

    To be honest, I’m not too convinced that the Fisker is such a clever buy - there’s troubles in Fisker-land.

  • @bobbysenterprises3220
    @bobbysenterprises3220 Před 2 měsíci

    The now standard way of sizing tires sort of made sense to me.
    Until I deal with my jeep tires. 31 x 10.5 r 15. How hard is that

  • @barmybee61
    @barmybee61 Před 2 měsíci

    What was strange about the AM sunroof? Is the answer that the sunroof looks good and the rest of the car doesn't.

  • @oliverandersson1991
    @oliverandersson1991 Před měsícem

    the MX-30 is such a mess that i bought a 2024 Mazda 3 automatic with the skyactiv-x engine instead, better fuel economy and less hassle.

  • @MiloG209
    @MiloG209 Před 2 měsíci

    Might not want to be doing to much comparison to Tesla, considering the cyber truck may be deemed unsafe for the road and severely design flawed

  • @mishalchotai4721
    @mishalchotai4721 Před 2 měsíci

    Mr Big Car, my mrs has an orange mini cooper too. I enjoy it tbh. My car a Jag xe. Have you done a Jag xe ?

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Not yet, and I haven't tried one unfortunately.

    • @mishalchotai4721
      @mishalchotai4721 Před 2 měsíci

      @@BigCar2 be great to see a Big Car review of the XE. Shame they stopped making them now

  • @macaalf8219
    @macaalf8219 Před 2 měsíci

    It would have been interesting to include what you did not like about the tesla

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci

      I think it would turn into a bit of a moanfest. It's small things like the windscreen wipers. There's no stalk that after 5 years is still annoying. When you turn on self drive (which I do often) it puts the wipers into auto mode, but that's rubbish and never does the right thing. I can't play my MP3 collection - the music keeps cutting out. Their navigation system often doesn't got the optimal route. So, I'm using my phone for many of these things. I wish they'd just support Apple Carplay and be done with it.

  • @Low760
    @Low760 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Gem-en-ei. Odd to hear it said another way.

  • @NLBassist
    @NLBassist Před 2 měsíci

    Of course many coachbuilders went on, when horses were replaced bij engines.

  • @jamesengland7461
    @jamesengland7461 Před 2 měsíci

    I wish that it had become industry convention to have 4 lug wheels have 4" spacing, 5 lug to have 5" spacing. and 6 lug to have 6" spacing. They're generally close to this, but just enough that it's aggravating. Why, for example, does Ford have 4x98mm, 4x100mm, and 4x101.6mm (4")? If nothing else, now that there are very few cars with spare tires, it would be convenient for there to be a generic spare in 4, 5, or 6 lug that fit everything.

  • @kmorton54
    @kmorton54 Před 2 měsíci

    I would love to own a Mercedes W210 E55

  • @DaleSteel
    @DaleSteel Před 2 měsíci

    It always gets me why tyres have metric width but imperial diameter. So 255mm for 17 inch wheel. Lol

  • @GOdelta2
    @GOdelta2 Před 2 měsíci

    Genesis service/repairs in the US take FOREVER 😢

  • @MoparTechWill
    @MoparTechWill Před 2 měsíci

    tYrE

  • @uncipaws7643
    @uncipaws7643 Před 2 měsíci

    And I thought bike tyres had only two numbers (like mine are 32-622).

    • @EmyrDerfel
      @EmyrDerfel Před měsícem

      That's bicycle not motorcycle, but that number format is defined by the ETRTO, mentioned in the video.

  • @panosvrionis8548
    @panosvrionis8548 Před 2 měsíci

    With your budget sir you can buy a gr Corolla and done 🧐🧐.
    Why 3?😊😊

  • @Timico1000
    @Timico1000 Před 2 měsíci

    15:41 Maybe you should have named the channel "Great Car" instead of "Big Car". ;)

  • @rodion1911
    @rodion1911 Před 2 měsíci

    A comment for the algo

  • @rob5944
    @rob5944 Před 2 měsíci

    I agree the mx5 isn't powerful enough, the Twingo however has to be the worst car I've even driven, noisy slow and uncomfortable.

    • @BigCar2
      @BigCar2  Před 2 měsíci

      Ah, I've never driven one. If I did, maybe it would shatter my dreams.

    • @rob5944
      @rob5944 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@BigCar2 it nearly shattered my teeth! Lol. As you say, never meet you heroes. I didn't realise you actually still lived in the US!

  • @rhys180606
    @rhys180606 Před 2 měsíci

    Car tyres don't or not always did finish in a 5. Bmw 3 series had 200 sections.

    • @DiscoFang
      @DiscoFang Před 2 měsíci

      Which year and model?

    • @rhys180606
      @rhys180606 Před 2 měsíci

      @DiscoFang going to say Late 80s 325i.