Our 275,000 Mile Turbo Volvo Lives Again
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This week we bring back our high mileage turbo Volvo after letting it sit since we took it on the Dyno. Will it go straight back on the road or is it now a proper project car?
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I hope whoever bought this channel is happy, because they killed it...literally
Don't worry you'll see them again soon, gardening leave is almost over 🤫
Probably passive income. All the old videos are still up and people still watch them. I suggest sponsorblock and ublock origin.
"and thats it from us, Goodbye" I wonder if that was them saying goodbye to CT
💯 is they are off to autoalex
I reckon theyre off to autoalex or tdc, one thing that makes me think that is jack following TDC on insta despite him not really using the platform, and given that edwin publicly called the owners of CT c*nts, I wouldnt be surprised if CT management would demand that their presenters dont associate with TDC
@@Hagrid216 The latest AutoAlex podcast pretty much confirms they're joining AutoAlex/TCD in some aspect.
@@Novouk which episode?
@@Novouk nvm i properly read your message a second time
If what Edwin said about no buying, restoring, no nothing is true then I fully expect Jack and Ethan to leave as the owners clearly have no faith in them which is absurd and they deserve better.
what video did edwin say that
@@Auri713Realon his new channel
@@DSPrints_ His new Channel Top Dead Centre, CT has run out of Budget and they haven’t got any budget to buy, fix or restore cars.
@@Auri713Real He's got a new channel called "Top Dead Center" and the video is called "HERE'S WHY I QUIT CAR THROTTLE / OVERDRIVE!".
I really hope they leave CT.
Rip car throttle , hoepfully jack and ethan join TDC
Fingers crossed mate
Highly unlikely unless they can get 500k- a million subs pretty quickly. Money doesn't grow on trees. They have to be able to cover the cost of the cars, parts, camera equipment, editing equipment, travel, fuel, and their living wage! It's a big ask! For a small channel.
@@bobbybawbager but they don't have a future at car throttle surely , all CT want to do is review subscribers cars , only need 1 person to do that
@ConorRobinson I agree!! But we as a community will have to all move over to the new channel to make it financially viable. I genuinely hope they grow quickly enough to be able to make it happen. Here's hoping the whole gang gets back together!
@@bobbybawbager Well Alex managed it and he is helping support TDC, so it's not impossible that they will end up under the Alex umbrella somehow.
It still fascinates me that Jack manages to present Car Throttle and be the frontman of Kasabian at the same time
He’s a man of many talents
😂
isn't that Noël Fielding ? ...
@@jimfear13Ur smart😂😂
I think he also looks a lot like robert snodgrass
The silence in recent weeks from here has been deafening
The channel is dead. The camera man has moved to another channel , the mechanic has started a new channel with somebody else and the owner of the channel has cut their budget. They're no longer allowed to buy new cars either. I wouldn't get your hopes up on seeing any videos any time soon on here.
@@Steve30x ... if there's any consolation, after seeing the video, I looked on Ebay, saw a red Volvo 740 saloon for sale up the road in Crewkerne, won it for £560, MOT'd it for £300, went back to Ebay and bought some 17" Lenso Eagle alloy wheels, and am about to polish the shizuoka out of those acre's of dull flat red paint. Thankyou for my new land barge Car Throttle, all because of your ultimate death nell last video ... 🤗 ...
Alex saying there’s a big & exciting announcement coming up, Edwin leaving CT, Alex making a insta story with Ethan about something new happening few weeks back, Alex meeting up with his financial advisor, Rory saying that they “will need a bigger couch” in the unit on a comment, them get rid/ finishing videos with all their existing cars ( which are CT owned) and the sad music isn’t just a coincidence. I think it’s the end of CT as we know it. Hope for some new stuff happening.
Much as i think the current owners of CT are idiots for letting things come as far as all presenters walking away, i do hope that CT will be back at it in the future.
He’s created a new company with Edwin as small shareholder.
Never connected those dots… but wow would that be good
So in todays AutoAlex podcast, Alex said that a new channel is launching next week with familiar faces. Because he said faces, believe Ethan & Jack have also left now. A video is already been filmed with a car that has been bought.
@@AK.2425 saw that! Yeah it’s on the cards that they are joining Auto Alex or making a new channel
That outro and "goodbye" sounded weird to me. Maybe it's because of Edwin leaving, but I got the feeling those 2 are planning to do the same thing, and I wouldn't blame them. I just hope, that all 3 of them end up in the same place again;)
Totally - Jack saying he hopes he can keep the car & that it’s his favourite that he had from the show, plus the music & goodbye.. feels like they’re saving the Volvo and saying goodbye while they have the chance.
I also have a feeling they are finishing off with the cars as they are CT owned.
The Autoalex channel may have two new cohosts
@@anusername8350 highly doubt it. Alex, Taylor & Rory are the perfect trio. Too many cooks etc.
@@CJ-is4nb true that
"That's it from us..... googbye"... looking forward to the new channel boys!
Don't want to read to much into the edit but I don't like how they walked different ways...
@@adamwade2546 orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it could mean that one is going to autoalex and one is going to top dead center maybe....
Unfortunately a big company has bought car throttle and won’t put any budget in. A real shame. Thanks to all the front line car throttle staff for all your hard work ❤
Unless im living under a rock, source?
@@OG-97Dennis publishing (the same company the owns car buyer & auto express) bought out CT back In December 2019. Alex left for the same reason & he discussed it on the first Ep1 of his podcast as well as more depth on the The Road to Success Podcast with Ben Fowler. Alex leaving also pissed off the management and that why he wasn’t back so often even though he was supposed to be working as a freelancer. Edwin covered why he left on his insta post last week. They have little budget & they can’t make videos that they want as all has to be approved before.
@@AK.2425 ah i see thankyou, sad to hear
@@AK.2425 Dennis sold CT on again. Since last year it's been part of Crash Media Group. Dennis didn't seem to know what to do with the channel, it only seemed to make a come back with regular videos since Crash took over and Edwin became a regular presenter.
It's a business, I don't understand why people dummyspit over a company that is trying to make money.
Just realised this goodbye, was very similar to the one James and Hammond did on top gear.
"That's it from us. Goodbye" Don't tell me the current owners of CT have managed to make even Jack and Ethan abandon ship? And if so, i hope that's not the end of it all.
I thought exactly the same mate 😮
Yeah that ending has to be foreshadowing. The choice of words doesn't feel like a coincidence
I heard in a previous comment section that Edwin's starting a new channel, so maybe they're both going with him? I hope so if true.
@@LouieAblett Either that or Alex i suppose. Or maybe something completely different, i gues we'll find out. If it's true it will definetely NOT be easy for CT to find new presenters with good chemistry.
@@destructionnl8165I mean we knew the CT has been on the way out for a little while now tbh.. Even a little before Alex left. Jack, Ethan and Edwin have done an amazing job to keep it going, but management has probably been a b!tch, which is something Edwin hinted at in his insta post. Id guess that if the channel even continues without these 3, Ben would take a more important role. However - and this is ofc speculation- this could be the end of it
I hope ethan and jack follow on and leave them selves and open a new channel. You all deserve more
this whole video sounded like the end of an era tbh
@JW-qf2fx It wasn't the same vibe was it. Ethan wasn't his jolly self.
Turns out it was Ethan and Jack saying goodbye, RIP
lets hope they end up at autoalex or top dead center, as itd be great to see the two of them back in with the people they have worked with over the last decade
came here for this
I have been watching this for 8 years and now it will never be the same
"Handles like a bin-bag full of yoghurt". Too funny.
That defeo sounded like a proper goodbye.
That ending is a true goodbye. You guys rock. Hope to see you soon on another channel
I think CT is done guys. Jack and Ethan, thank you for the great content over the years. And from me and every subscriber, a quick message to the owners of CT……….you fucked up big time on this one
thank god the channel finally died, who wants to watch a channel run by middlemen just out to make a profit who have puppets out to film in front of the camera. This channel is not what KZhead was designed for. This was a long time coming, I've been tracking this channel for years (I work in this space, not a hobby)
Jack can carry this channel but Edwin will be missed.
What about ethan, hes the goat
What has Edwin left
They should both leave. Join Edwin and make a new channel. What would car throttle even do. Car throttle (not Jack and Ethan) are meanies to the hosts by the sounds of it. Best of luck to the lads of this channel 👌
Has Edwin gone to make a new channel I new he was leaving but didn't know for a new channel??
@@martinsimpsonE46 just mentioned we will see him again in a different format very soon
"Sat for one year" As someone from family with close to ten of these older volvos you can have it sitting for ten and it'd probably fire right up. Also mileage, well you can't really find these up here in north at under 500k km because they just do not break.
Yep, 275k miles doesn’t really qualify a Volvo as a high-mileage car. It’s in its prime!
Edwin, jack and Ethan = new channel coming soon 👀
This is what I want.
The auto Alex boys were hinting about "doubling" the amount of work in the following year on their podcast, I wonder if Jack and Ethan might be headed over there?
The end of this video hits hard now eh😂
I agree, this video is like a good bye in some way
This does feel like the end of the Clarkson, Hammond and May era of top gear. Contractually obliged video. The goodbye at the end felt more like a permanent one. The fact Ethan turned up in an autoalex vid a while back spoke volumes to me. It would be sooner rather than later.
This channel feels like it's coming to the end
Sad, it got way better without that irritating autoalex
how so?
@@MorzsaszarAlex definitely carried the channel
I see now
@@edcook8303 dont think so, the guys proved they can make very entertaining videos, i think they are just being cucked by the bosses, not allowing to fully do what they want and need. Hope they leave and make a new channel together or collab with Alex again.
CT has been bought in 2023 by crash media group. On their website there are couple of job adverts for car throttle: Social Media Manager and Junior Production Assistant. Latter payin.... UP TO £22k (in London!) for pretty much doing EVERYTHING on the channel. List of duties include: Working on Car Throttle cars in between filming Towing and moving cars Ordering and collecting parts Working on behind the scenes tasks in the production process General running for shoots Scripting Booking locations, travel and accommodation Speaking to tracks, dealerships, clients, transport, mechanics Sorting Insurance, managing the Car Throttle fleet and the bay Conducting crowd control by putting up signs, directing pedestrians away from filming, lock down sets etc. Perform administrative work (answering phones, paperwork etc.) Undertake errands as assigned Anyone surprised why this channel is dead? Fu** you Crash media group. You have killed my favourite car channel on YT.
£22k a year for being a mechanic, driver, parts manager, runner, writer, resource co-ordinator, administrator and crowd controller? And that's a "junior assistant", you'd need at least 10 years working experience in various roles in order to do all of those to a decent standard.
22k in London won’t get you far these days
my waiter friend gets 30k a year what a shame
Presume CT is dead given there’s been no upload in a month. Hope to see these two somewhere they’ll be appreciated
Yegh the New owners only have themselves to blame!!
yknow what this video really does remind me of the last episode of top gear, Hammond and May running the whole thing before inevitably saying goodbye at the end and well that was that
Guys, an absolute pleasure watching you with Alex, Edwin and all the other guys on CT. Well done. I really can't wait to see you both soon on whatever channel you decide to do. It'll be a success I'm sure. Cheers.
"thats it from us, Goodbye" End of an era
Ethans face right at the end screams.... 'wow Jack that wasn't even a little Subtle..."
Gutted to hear about Edwin lads 😢
I bet he’ll be on AutoAlex. Big things have been hinted.
Whats up with Edwin?
@@cvwright i sincerely hope not, wanted to watch whatever he does next but i physically can't stand autoalex channel
What time did they talk about Edwin?
@@cvwrightnah, he has too much dignity
Get out boys. You are both quality guys who have great chemistry and make car vids fun. CT is a sinking ship.
They are out.
Guys its not just edwin jumping ship, theyre all gonna leave. Car throttle about to have the same ending as wtf1
Both CT & WTF1 were owned by Adnan before the sale. So both channel get the same crap treatment by Dennis publishing
Unlike an old Volvo, I don't think CT can come back from this neglect. I hope Jack and Ethan make the move elsewhere, but I'll still have a lot of respect for them both if they don't. As Alex said in that long interview, I really respect the security of being employed rather than self-employed, but I really think AA and TDC are going places, great places, and those places will be brighter still if Jack and Ethan come along too. Lots of love for all you guys.
I don’t think they’d join Alex, there’s no way he could pay them both the salaries they was earning. They both have camera,presenting and editing experience at a big channel, they’ll probably just get a production job. I’d like to be wrong though
I’m so glad you guys are doing stuff with old bangers like this, it’s great to see! 🙌
Feels like they brought it back to end. The way this video ended and how Ethan asked Jack if it was is favorite car ever on CT etc
To save an extra bit of money, they could make an episode, Jack and Ethan go to the park and feed the ducks. The could go by train :-)
Well, I guess no upload this week means it’s true that Jack and Ethan followed Edwin over to AutoAlex
I've been waiting to see if there's a video this week the silence says 1000 words I think CT is done
@@grifterchrisify New channel announcement tomorrow
@@bulleto8192 How do you know? Source?
@@anderskisen1375 Newest Autoalex podcast said end of their video they'll announce it. Also end of the podcast they said Edwin and Will be first but Jack and Ethan will be joining in later videos
@@bulleto8192 sweet! I havent listened to the latest pod. Gonna listen tomorrow
Respect for you guys that despite the budget cuts Edwin explained on TDC you still push it and making content of a £5 car wash. I hope you'll join TDC or Alex in the near future, because CT as we know it might be dead... That outro though... "That's it from us. Good bye!"
I'm gonna miss CarThrottle as a true fan from the beginning.. I missed Alex at first but you guys did a good job making it even better, and now... It's dead.. I want to see more from Jack and Ethan and Edwin.
Music makes it feel like a final video
Good stuff boys. Considering the obvious lack of budget from above, the content is great x
RIP CT, look forward to the boys reunite
I think lads have had enough of CT managment. It would be very sad to see Car Throttle end as I have been a fan for many years, however I hope that Jack and Ethan will leave because they deserve better. Guys I wish you all the best and see you some other time !
It's quite sad that Edwin is no longer with car throttle. But hey, the turbo Brick is back 😁😁
1 month since last upload kinda tells you where this channel is at now. RIP Car Throttle.
My first car was my mom's old 1989 Volvo 240 wagon, also in navy blue. I loved that car so much. She was called "Boxy." Thanks for this "celebration of Volvo estates."
This was officially the last vid Jack and Ethan did on car throttle, they both announced their departure from the channel on the Instagrams yesterday. How the hell has car throttle collapsed so quickly 2022- Alex left Jan 2024 - Edwin left April 2024- Jack and Ethan left. And Ethan worked for Car Throttle for 12 years. What service he did for that channel
Well , it was fun CT!
Goodbye guys. Hope to see you soon, hopefully in a fresh new start of your own channel!
The end was so odd. The lads are 100% done with this channel. I sincerely hope they keep getting in front of the camera, driving some good and awful cars and having a laugh.
RIP CAR THROTTLE. Dear new owner of the channel…..MUPPET 😂😂
The outra from jack and Ethan says to me they won’t be back
Grown up watching car throttle since the days of 2 guys 1 car it’s been great guys
The rear suspension looks like it could really use some love, and in general i'd hate to see this magnificent cow, this absolute landship go to the scrapyard
From someone who lives in a country where a lot of people still daily these old Volvos (2,7,9&8 series) I'm not surprised that it started so easy. They're durable, comfortable to drive and cheap to maintain. I used to daily an 88 240 b200e sedan to work until I was cut off on the motorway and smashed the front corner. Now I'm waiting for insurance money and driving a Polo.
These volvos is like a plauge during Swedish winters. Drifting everywhere, love it!
goodbye car throttle, sure we can all agree its been an awsome journey. But every journey comes to an end.
Daily driving my 210hp/340nm Volvo 940 wagon is the best thing I’ve done. Not economical, but my god i loved it.
Edwin, Jack and Ethan was the reason i subbed to this channel wow gonna miss these blokes
Well... It's been 4 weeks already, guess we were right...
RIP Car Throttle, thanks for the memories
These high mileage cars amaze me 🤯 most people see a car with 60, 70 or even 80,000 miles and believe it's on its last legs but these car have so so much more to give. As long as they are maintained well they will last ages.
Honestly my old 9-3 estate is the best car ownership experience I've had. It looks after me and with minimal effort from me it just keeps going. Can park it anywhere and not care if it gets a scratch or door ding is brilliant
Advertising a matress on a car channel 😂😂 these new owners 😂
If these 2 get made redundant or leave this channel it’ll be the fastest mass un-subscribe KZhead will have ever seen! Shame on the owners
Car throttle gave me the courage to buy a high mileage car, was struggling with dealers so got out of the warranty and got a cheap vw passat estate with 165k miles and loved every second of it the past 4 months of currently owning it
I'd love one of those. The cheapest car I ever bought, was a £270 Volvo 850 in the same colour as that. It had absolutely nothing wrong or broken on it. It still ranks as one of my favourite cars I've owned. It was so comfy and reliable. ❤
Come to sweden and fix it for cheap. We have Europe's biggest Volvo Scrapyard in Jönköping as well as a DIY Workshop were you can rent some space (P7an).
Last vid of the proper Car Throttle hosts. God, history is repeating itself, as I always considered Car Throttle to be the Top Gear of KZhead. Now thanks to corporate messing 2 unlikeable and boring presenters gave been shoehorned into their place to poke the dead horse that is the Car Throttle KZhead channel with a stick.
Watching this makes me miss this car even more! Glad you’re still enjoying it guys 🤙
Please, and I mean it don’t stop car throttle every time there’s an upload I’m thrilled to to what adventures they’ve done next I have grew up watching you guys and I hope this Chanel stays alive. Keep up the good work 👍👑
Dude this was absolute gold, made my day. I read the comments and see Edwin left and them saying goodbye at the end? What is going on? This channel was legitimately peaking, the best it has ever been... Please don't stop... 😢
Tldr: Edwin left for the same reason Alex did a while ago (management being problematic). And the outro of this video (and some other hints throughout the community) it seems to indicate CT on KZhead is kinda on its last breath, because the entire video just screams “the end” to me edit: i cant type
Alex mentioned moving to a bigger unit as there may be more people in the AutoAlex KZhead group, but Alex said that waiting for them for get back to him. I think it's Jack and Ethan planning a new channel.
i doubt ethan and jack would make their own channel, more likely join TDC.
Love to see the Old Volvo again, always wondered what happened to it. Also Love to see the SMX in the advert (I love that car) Great video as always lads 😁
I'm glad it was a shirt easy video. It gives me hope for my 940 which is in a similar state but less mouldy! Reading the comments about it perhaps being the end for CT videos is concerning but as long as everyone gets onto their next big thing and we get some good videos that is the main thing. Hopefully we won't get a total refresh on CT with Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan turning up as it just won't be the same. I thought with Jack and Ethans sleeping cars there would be another big camping/road trip.
10 min video of them throwing a battery in the car and cleaning it? rip car throttle, will always watch you fellas if you decide to start up anew
Yeah, it felt a little odd to me too, more like a way to say goodbye then a proper video
They’ve been finishing off all of the projects that are most likely car throttle owned I think this one was the last on the list. It a shame since I’ve been watching car throttle since I was 11 but all good things must come to an end.
i really hope jack and ethan leave CT and join up with edwin again
Maybe they can start their own channel. It isnt easy tho.
@@DylanRSTIm hoping the visit Alex and Ethan had was about more than just catching up
How a big company have no idea what the public want and think that spending no money is a saving when actually no money, means no content, no channel. So short sighted, and so smart of Alex to see the writing on the wall.
Love the Volvo content! Always great to see these bricks living on, all around great car. I own two s60R models myself nothing but reliability and power
as a swede, and my first car being a 940, this brings joy to my heart. dont ever get rid of it. dump some money into it and keep her rolling.
as long as it doesnt rot out, those old boxes will go and go and go.
2 weeks and no video, no more investment in vehicles to run the show, edwin gone, i really hope the great presenters here have stood up for their passion and walked away and we see them somewhere they are appreciated very soon.
This was a good episode, not because of anything amazing happened but because that's just how car life is and it really highlights what it's like to own older vehicles
Keep going guys you are doing a great job. Love these old volvo estates. Maybe do a 3 series estate at some point too.
See you on tdc guys goodbye car throttle
No Edwin, no budget and a mattress company sponsoring a car channel really! Hope u guys get together and bring us what we actually want. The 3 of you doing what you do best. Here's hoping 🙏
Yea I was thinking about the lack of budget. Maybe and deservedly so they spent a lot of it on the Porsche. They're really doing the best they can and videos like this really show what little they're working with.
@@Ben-fk9eyI mean to say low budget is an understatement.. The sponsor is a mattress store which is very out of place (though they made the ad work, so props for that), and realistically a battery isn’t expensive either. Besides that, it just sounds like they’re on the way out, especially with that goodbye
These guys are true professionals being able to turn this into watchable content. They must be struggling behind the scenes and have their hands tied.
Had an old 850 saloon many years ago. Still the most comfortable car I ever owned. Felt like driving on a cloud. It certainly liked a drink which was the main reason I had to move it on but miss the comfort.
So happy to see the old Volvo getting some love! They are such an enigma. On paper they should be the least interesting and most boring cars to experience. But they always seem to put a smile on the face of anyone who has one. I plan to keep my 2001 xc70 on the road as long as I possibly can! Even if the MPG ruins me financially because I got the petrol instead of the diesel 😅
only just learned about edwin, sad to see him go. With how this video ended, it reaaally looks like ethan and jack are also jumping ship, something that wouldn’t surprise me at this point.. The entire video just felt a bit off in general. With all the crazy projects we suddenly get a relatively “simple” one where they just pull the volvo out from storage? just seems off
“We’ll get some wet wipes.. well done that that’s us two” rare self burn
I've never seen a car get mouldy like that here in Australia. Regardless of it's been flood damaged, leaks water, lives in the super humid tropical areas, never seen it 😅
I hope you do a bit of a project on this, engine is super capable and the chassis will get good with some poly bushes and proper set of coilovers!
See Edwin cooking something up with Will Chandler soon 🤷♂️😏
Yes boys back with a banger, in both ways 😂
Always love your videos lads. Better than the competition. 👍
Love a Volvo estate. My parents had numerous over the years, but none will ever be quite like the 940 Celebration they had in silver. Something about the way it turned over then surged into life was intoxicating to by child self.
I wish to see a video where Jack presents all his cars, theres always these hints about other car he owns, but we never see them...
From one video per week, to no videos for a whole month
That ending does seem pretty ominous now
fit a manual boost controller and a boost gauge for a video. It unlocks a crazy amount of power. It will change the car completely. The locking diff goes hard on these too. Super easy to make it into a cheap skid car.
RIP CT, unsubbed.
uyp but we got all the gear and autoalex;)