Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "carwow" channel.

  1. In 15 years time that will still be a very expensive car. V8 and V12's of today are going to be collectors items because this is probably the last generation of them.
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  2. I think once most people realize what has gone wrong it will be too late. Once the western market economies have been damaged it will take 100 years to recover if there ever is a recovery. When cultures collapse they do not necessarily return. The Roman culture existed for almost 800 years and our current culture is about 300 years old.
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  3. The car is nowhere near as good as a Porsche. Anybody who is that stupid will almost certainly regret the selling the Porsche. Naturally aspirated Porsche cars are going to start to become very expensive over the next few years as their supply starts to dry up.
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  4. There is no big car craze. Governments who are dominated by the upper classes are hell bent on lower the standards of living for the working classes. The larger cars are to be owned by the upper classes that will still go to the alps for their family midterm breaks.
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  5. They are cheaper, more reliable and better interior for the price. People are starting to recognise this.
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  6. Peugeot always made nice cars.
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  7. The issue is not the manufacturers and is the regulations that are shaping the economy as a whole. There is a reason why very little is manufactured in the west. Cars are probably one of the last things that are manufactured in the west.
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  8. German cars are nice as well and not boring.
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  9. The BMW sounds like a lawnmore. The V8 has a satisfying roar that cars used to have before all the turbo environmental regulations came along. The BMW really should only cost about 20,000 for what it is. It is a lightweight small engined car.
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  10. You are very naive if you think the new upper classes want people to have access to horses. Once cars are changed over to electric they will then work to ban those and so on the downward spiral flows. They will claim bicycles damage the environment.
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  11. It is Porsche lowest rated 911.
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  12. But it is a light weight sports car so while its performance from a spec sheet might not seem as impressive in reality it would be far better in the hands of a driver.
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  13.  @alexzhou7  Skoda are luxury they may not be high end Luxury but they are in the luxurious designed element of the market. By the way price does not designate luxury.
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  14. Of course there are people that will buy it. Some people love ford and they are the people who will buy it. People around here seem to think that BWM is of some higher quality. They are brand snobs.
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  15. You would never get a European SUV that is the same size for the same money. The Q5 would be the nearest european equivalent and it starts at £40,000 (you may get a deal). ANd if you take a european SUV that is the same size and equipment it will cost an extra few thousand so it could be about 30% more in cost. Lexus RX which is the same size starts at about £48,000 (no extras needed). I would say the best match you will find to the Ford edge would be the Mazda CX5 at £25,000 but will not be as good off road. Land Rover discovery would be a good alternative but would not be as good to drive the road or as reliable. The Ford edge also has an amazing looking exterior for the price and looks very aggressive.
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  16. It used to be that smaller cars could be built with good engineering at a reasonable price. Those days are gone so now what is produced is a small car that is cheap and unreliable.
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  17. Touareg are better off road vehicles than x5 or q7.
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  18. I suspect neither driver knew what they were doing.
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  19. I will be realistic here so that some of you can understand what is about to go down. The move to electric vehicles will destroy the western markets. There is not enough copper in reserve to build an economy of electric cars that is being legislated by government. It is impossible that all cars will be electric by 2030 or even 2040. They will need to create a new alloy that can do the job of copper and be easy to manufacture. And that also applies to renewable.
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  20. US is the greatest country in the world. End off.
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  21. Ford Build quality are as good as BMW or Audi. Anybody who tries to tell you different is talking nonsense.
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  22. Maybe Britain will have a trade deal with America removing taxes from American cars.
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  23. +myvolvoforlife It is as good Mercedes, BMW, Audi or Lexus.
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  24. Real men don't drive a Tesla toy battery car.
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  25.  @KK001  The V8 RS5 is not a lightweight sports car. So no matter what weight savings you are trying to gain with the V6 are nonsensical. The RS5 is not a Lotus with a V6 engine it is a super coupe which makes it firmly a GT car. The V8 in the RS5 sounded and felt wonderful to drive and I will never get a V6 RS5.
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  26. +Luis Santo You probably want a more sporty like car.
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  27.  @f4tpie  Stinger is a genuine V8 but it is a performance sports car more like the Audi R8.
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  28. Toyota in the past has produced 2 liter Supra cars but it tends to have the Celica or GT86 as a 2 liter car. I surprised they did not call the GT86 a Celica to keep with the previous tradition.
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  29. I routinely take an F-150 into the rough. I could never imagine taking a VW glorified van into the wild.
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  30. Manuals are cool to drive and a real mans car not a vagina automatic.
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  31. "Mercedes' quality is unquestionable" A part from the plastics that are being used.
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  32. Rover made excellent cars but it was destroyed as a brand by the unions and government interference.
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  33. I think this piece was a joke but it showed that all three were great.
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  34. Electric is the future but that is not what is happening. Governments are willing this in to existence through legislation. It is not a technological development of the marketplace. Tesla are advancing the technology but that is not the government regulations that are in place.
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  35. It looked better than many modern cars.
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  36. That is not what they are doing. The Touareg is a proper off road vehicle which is where the money was spent on the vehicle. Audi and BMW SUV's are pointless.
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  37. Skoda are a luxury car they are not a budget car.
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  38. It is the Dodge Challengers problem that a Brit does not know how to drive it. The 911 turbo is the idiots car that is just point and click.
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  39.  @jonathanong4583  People always make these claims but all Toyota owners know how reliable they are.
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  40. Haters? They are just pointing out the obvious. You cannot energies the car that easily it requires time. A ICE car can be filled up with petrol/gas in a few minutes and be on the road again. They are not a sports car so no matter what 0-60 times are you are not in a sports car. That is just he short reality of the tesla.
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  41. The V8 is far nicer to drive than other little turbo lawn mowers.
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  42. Why change hundreds of years of culture.
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  43. The reason the Chinese have bought volvo is because they want access to their technology and methods and experience. You will start to see the Chinese (Geely)copy volvo in terms of engineering not just looks.
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  44. It is a nice lower price luxury car.
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  45. It is not available in every country so it has nothing to do with Brexit. Britain has right hand drive cars which are different from the European left hand drive cars.
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  46. cylinder deactivation is a scam that is not good for engines.
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  47. The US has naturally aspirated V8 cars and trucks why on earth would an American want a trashy little 3 cylinder car. The only reason it will be popular in the UK is down to the fact only wealthy people can afford a V8 in the UK. If you want a V8 in Europe the only real option is Mercedes.
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  48.  @f4tpie  The R8 is a super care and not a GT.
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  49. It may not be staged but it may be badly organised. But nobody buys a pickup for 0-60 tests. Both Toyota and Ford have long histories of producing genuine off road pickups. Would you trust any of the rest off road.
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  50.  @johnprice9938  I think they are implying that Matt wanting to be an American is a mid life crisis. They are joking.
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