Fixing James May’s CRASHED Tesla Model S at The Smallest Cog
2023 ж. 25 Шіл.
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James May threw Mike Fernie the keys to his daily driver, a Tesla Model S, to be repaired at The Smallest Cog. Andrew Greenhouse and Mike get stuck in to remedy all of the EV's issues, before meeting up with James and reuniting him with the car.
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THE RARI
Possibly more of his A110
On another subject: Andrew made an exquisite bbq out of Chrysler Crossfire bits if I remember correctly. What of that series, will there be a follow up?
The Alpine.
Was Mike talking about The Grand Tour episode that just released like a month ago or was he talking about the next episode that the guys were filming? Also, James May did TGT and Our Man in India back to back?
I have the sneaking suspicion that this is less of a car and more of an appliance for James.
I agree he's treating this car just like any other non car enthusiasts. Just a vessel to get from point a to be.
I mean, it's just a Tesla.
The same as most tesla owners then
@@sebastianmuglia7451 Or from point A to point BMW.
He basically said that in the last episode, soo
Not sure why people think I don’t care about the Tez. If I didn’t care, I wouldn’t have it mended. It just suffered a series of unfortunate mishaps.
You're right, I would mend a toaster as well
James trying not to get sued from Tesla
It doesn't come off as "don't care at all" just seems more not minding if it's a little messy
And I don't really think you crashed it, as described in the title. Scuffed is a probably more accurate. Maybe you've see a few crashes.
@@CantcerCause You mean you’d mend a working toaster’s paintwork?
I love how small Richard's lifesize cardboard cutout is 😂
I could've sworn it's hair blew in the wind ever so slightly
TBH I thought he looked taller
It took me a solid 30 seconds to realize that wasn't him. I think I need to get eye's and or brain checked.
Well it is life size.
"I think it's just the build quality that's a bit terrible on 'em." This CRACKED me up.
Why? It's pretty common knowledge and has been something that Tesla have had to address publicly multiple times, I believe.
@@moogle68 Why "Why ? ..." ? As to why, it's because it's like a 3lb wart hanging off the nose of an otherwise absolute beauty. You'd think that they'd do something about it. It makes me laugh too. I put it down to Tesla being an 'American' car company, and all that implies. I've owned 1970s Dodges, and it all seems familiar.
@@JxH Believe it or not, there are more important things in life than the consistency of the distance between two panels on your car... like, whether the car turns on and drives or not for example. If you have an eye for detail, obsess over how other people see you (seems like an insecurity problem to me), and literally nothing more important going on in your life than worrying about the minute details in the appearance of something that most people use for less than an a couple hours each day, then I _guess_ that metaphorical comparison of a minor cosmetic imperfection to a comically large blemish on your face makes sense. Outside of those that are part of the car culture here in the US, almost no one would know what you are talking about if you mentioned "panel gap" or "fit & finish" issues. I get that there's an aesthetic pleasure/satisfaction to seeing something that is consistent down to the smallest detail, but it's really such a pedantic thing to care so much about with all that's going on in the world today. And even if it is truly your opinion that those details *Are* very important, I (and many others it seems, based on the likes) just don't get why such a matter of fact statement about a problem that no one is trying to hide, and that is entirely cosmetic in nature, is so funny to you.
@@moogle68 Google: Tesla Fit and Finish Issues = "About 79,400,000 results..." And....Tesla has a reputation for this issue. But what's even funnier is your post. Thanks for the laugh.
Andrew is such a natural on camera, this just scratched my workshop itch, thanks boys! Cuppa tea Ant?
they all are, season 1 you can tell they weren't sure how to 'act' and then season 2 they were relaxed and having fun with it
@@CaydeSmax has to be a testament to Richards professionalism, he’s an absolute pro to work with I’ve heard. I can’t get enough of his content.
I think the state of the car shows the difference in mentality. He doesn't care about the Tesla like he does his other cars.
And Yet he chooses a Tesla as his daily driver , not a fossil fuel car !
@@davefitzpatrick4841 yes congrats captain observant, what was the point of that comment.
@@davefitzpatrick4841 A daily driver is an appliance to him, because he can afford it to be. Clearly he doesn't care about it enough to worry about damage.
@@TheTemplarnight the original comment was actually derogatory towards EVs , but the fact he actually chooses one as his daily actually speaks volumes about EVs ! Yes he May ( excuse the pun)not care for it, but the fact he chooses to use a EV over any ( let's face it he can afford any car he would want) fossil fuel cars actually says allot!
@@Gobbbbb but as someone who can afford any vehicle he wishes, he chooses a EV over a ICE car, says allot ( they guy can afford virtually any car on the planet but chose a Tesla as his daily) he might not care for it , but it still says allot !
"YOU CHANGED THE SEAT." I laughed at the change in voice from normal James May to TG/GT James May.
There's something satisfying about seeing professional work being done.
That was not professional work at all. You always detrim a vehicle beige paint and body. Masking off is the lazy and cheap way. You create a hardline in the clear and it will erode from there.
oh?
that wasnt bad but not professional
OK we got a bunch of fellas here saying it's not professional work. I must be wrong. 😅
Not for the person doing the work... everyone loves to come watch me working and I have to put a fake smile on instead of saying the truth which is....f off! Lol
It's so cool seeing so many different aspects on the channel. Engine builds, restorations, paint work. It's great to get an insight. Great work DT!
Andrew is a great teacher, I learnt a lot watching this!
That old milk in James' Tesla is nothing compared to the horrors lurking in my wife's car. It's like a homeless hoarder lives inside there with a pair of dogs.
I once sat inside my uncle's car😂😂😂 the horrors I've experienced is very similar
Nope. Children. Especially toddlers. The rule was no sauces with fast food from the drive-through, so there wasn't inadvertent finger painting in the car.
There's definitely some role reversal between Hammond and May now, May just seems to have adopted the role of crashing into everything 🤣🤣🤣
"You've moved the seat!" I felt that one. I owned a Passat in the past that had, what could be, my favorite feature on any car to date. The drivers seat moved itself as far back as it could when you opened the door, and had the ability to be programmed to each key fob individually. This means that when my wife drove the car, the seat would automatically adjust to her preferred driving position while the same would happen with my key fob. The best part of this was picking your car up from service and not having to spend the next 3 days trying to find your perfect comfy position again. Absolutely loved it. This should be a standard feature on any vehicle with automatic drivers seats.
My '02 GMC Envoy had that, except it misdetected which key you were using just often enough to be annoying. It'd also ratchet the mirrors past the end stops and need realignment each time.
So that means nobody looked at the Tesla control panel and created a secondary driver profile so it didn’t stuff up James’ settings …
Was married to a guy of 6'2". Sons are 5'10" & 5'11". I'm 5'4.5". I hate sharing my car.
We need more of these videos. Because it's great seeing how they do stuff at the smallest cog. I know we've seen the show. But learning is fun
Love seeing captain slow in the videos!!
I played the video at 1.5x and he is still slow.🤣
The banter between these lot is top gear worthy. Legends
I felt there was a lack of respect actually.
Andrew pretending to shoot Mike at 12:46 is very funny.
Makes you your toes lock up with cramp?
I was working on a car for someone a and found a cooked chicken under the passenger seat it had been there for 2 months, another one was a wrapped up in paper prawn shells and other bits left over from a holiday. The worst I had was a rover metro when someone had spilled a 4 pint container of milk in the foot well and left it it took me almost a week to clean the carpet and the thick foam underlay with a jet wash and a steam cleaner. what made it worse was drying it.
Was your chicken customer Bob Mortimer by any chance? He's known for his car meat if you've seen his gone fishing series on BBC 2!
@@the88tench3glad I’m not the only one who thought it was Mr Mortimer 😂
Bob uses pocket meat not car meat.😊
🤢🤢 grooooss
Watching this, on a Saturday morning, with a cup of coffee, with the music you added, was simply brilliant and wonderful. Great job, and thanks so much.
Really appreciate Mike’s forensic breakdown and analysis, it revealed a side of James May I hardly knew, and honestly explained a lot, a lot.
**acts as if car is a hoarders mess** Actual car: 3 fries, 2 wrappers, some paper towel like things and a bit of dirt. I've seen so, so soooooo much worse than this 🤣
By the kettle !! 😂 yep definitely the best place to start !!
Putting that milk in the fridge in the montage had me laughing and gagging at the same time
*PRODUCTION* : Keeps getting better and better ... visuals, music, direction, shot choice ... all excellent. Well done !
Andrew and the cog guys seem like really top blokes! Great video Mike & team
Hope you send May a large bill for all that work you have done!
Anyone else got an image of James dressed as Santa snorting -ahem- sugar while chewing on a pork pie as the car goes down the motorway on autopilot? No wonder he forgot the milk.
24th of December ... but what year?! 4:40
The white powder on the seat 😂😂😂😂 imagine. Great to see more of the smallest cog lads too
No one gonna mention that Hammond keeps a cardboard cutout of himself in the shop? 😂
Watchful eye observing the premises 24/7
It's amazing we saw only one of them. I bet they had a hard time filming around all the others.
It would be hilarious if Jeremy cleaned this 😂
He might spread the smelly "butter cheese" allover the car.
@@settler8616 Maybe he would find another can, put on the right side to make it symmetrical, but with the lid slightly open as an alarm to go clean his stinking car. No, I don't think Jeremy would ever touch May's Tesla and leave it in a better state. In addition, I don't really believe May would accept Jeremy within a 100 yards from his car.
"YOU MOVED THE SEAT" had me chuckle
Thanks for showing the process instead of just filming the start and finish. More of this.
James giving Mike the bill brought me way back to his rolls royce film when he paid for fuel. Where did these years go?
That last bit got me tho 😂 having your seat moved is annoying
It would not be James if he didn't find something to complain about
@@terryhayward7905 lol
as if that would be an issue in any Tesla, your settings apply as soon as you enter.
@@JohnSmith-pn2vl So they changed the settings? even worse
Yeah, James didn't set it to Guest when he handed it over 🙄
I get the feeling James may was never ocd about anything and it was just his character for top gear
*Andrew:* Want to hear a bit about Tesla's build quality? *Mike, whose wife works at Tesla:* _~quickly changes subject~_
Mike with the paint felt very much like bring you kid to word day 😂
Next Grand Tour special: A Greek Hot-Rodyssey
I have subscribed, these long format video's made me do it. I'm so happy with these decent length video's
To be fair, that's the standard milk from the Co-op.
Great episode! Really enjoyed it!
I'll bet James' local Tesla dealer is happy he decided to request extra thick paint on his Tesla before delivering it to him. Thinking ahead....
These long form episodes need to continue, forever. Cheers!
My goodness, such a fabulous job! The car looks brand new. Amazing work. Not sure I would have given it back 😆 As a side note, every time I think I will understand the British language from watching these, they pop out new words and I am at a loss. LOL
Which words was it? but don't worry, some of us Brits can't even speak or understand our own language sometimes! 😂
"I'll give ya a 1,000 quid to neck that down." lol I knew he meant to chug it, just never heard it described as necking it down. Suppose that term could be used in other instances as well 😅
@@herbivore7108 Neck is more obvious than chug since we all know where our necks are and what goes down them. Chug is what a steam train does. Or is that chuff?
It's the English language, not British, since there are words used in Scotland and Wales that no English person would understand!
Also love to learn new Anglicisms. Used to work with guys from the UK, so we would practice.
The TG episode with used BMWs they had scoped by the forensics company was hysterical.
Manlove forensics
New grand tour gonna be exquisite once again
The suspense-building of a mere car detailer is bordering on cinematic! That first 3:55 mins was just a walking cliffhanger 😷🤣
James inspired me to keep detailing brushes in my cars, I also let my cars get messy sometimes (usually summertime) May always picks the best floral shirts! He is ICHIBAN!
What a pretty car at the end. Nice job
The Model S is a great shape I reckon. Well over a decade old now with only a front fascia change. Also, that blue is the best factory color (not that there's many though).
How could you not question him about the suspicious white powder on the passenger seat?!
I love the way he teaches. Seems like a lovely bloke.
"cant see any rust coming in yet" - Looking at a plastic bumper 🤣🤣🤣
Basically James drives like a Frenchman.
Ah, Sugar, Oregano, and some sticky nutmeg. Officer
They should see the interior of our cars (two adults, three cihldren, outside dog, rural area, gravel road, no cleaning in at least a year)
We’ve all done that left a milk carton behind 😂🤣😂🤣
Should have hidden the bottle milk bottle in Richard's Office. Actually, I'm shocked and appalled that it didn't go straight to the bin.. Outdoors. What are you lot like? :D
Crash? More like Mall shopping scrapes! 😂
I could listen to Andrew say, "lacquer" all day long.
I once lost a half dozen eggs in the back of a mini estate. The smell was rank but I could not locate why. I was stopped at a police checkpoint and one of their dogs stuck his nose through my window (prob looking for explosives). Said dog recoiled backwards huffing noisily and that probably wrecked his sense of smell for the rest of the day. I should have had a full vehicle search but the police decided I did not look like a terrorist and wanted to avoid the smell.
There's a panel waiting for me to get painted. It's plastic and it's got some deep scuffs, so it needs a bit of filler. What product would you recoomend? I'm new to this type of job, but very eager to learn.
"We missed the ding on the drivers door"... Don't believe it.... that was for show..... Andrew would not have missed that......he's a perfectionist.....
I remember once forgetting a wedge of bleu cheese (in the wrapper) in the trunk of my car during the pandemic. It was summer and I didn't use my car for about a week. I got in my car and noticed a terrible smell. I checked the trunk and realized what I'd done. "Rank" is a proper word to describe the smell.
I can only imagine. The smell that hit me the time I walked in the door after work and discovered I'd accidentally left a wedge of brie sitting on the kitchen counter all day was bad enough.
Haven't laughed at a car video in a while, but the milk jug bit did me in I was wheeeeeezing
Where would you like to start? By the kettle. Answered like a genius. 👏 👏 👏
Maybe they need to consult with Wilman? These guys once produced the best tv in the world!
What a lovely bloke Andrew is 👍
I own this car in this colour. I do love it. Could do with few touch up's like they have done here.
Neil and Andrew really know their stuff.
For UK customers, Teslas quality reputation comes from cars built in their 1st factory in California IE: Anything pre 2019 was imported from USA and any model S or X. New cars come from their shanghai factory which are much better. If you see a model 3 with chrome window trim- it's older from USA. New ones from Shanghai have black window trim. You'll find build and paint finish noticably different. Just beware if your buying 2nd hand and it has chrome window trim.
Window trim and door handles to be exact.
Somehow I find the shot with the fake Hammond in is extremely funny, I was gonna joke about how he stood there like a cardboard
What episodes are being recorded for The Grand Tour?
Oh Mike, it wasn't that long ago you were buffing out all the damage to my mini! 😅
very interesting stuff. and slightly off topic but as a car modeller (1:43) scale some of the techniques and tips are very relevant albeit on a much smaller scale
The perfect outro would have been James grazing the curb 😅
7:12 the guy at the shop saying...Hammond came in and did it and bam he was done... Im a huge fan of top gear, grand tour, this channel, James May, James May's Hair, Clarkson, Hammond is also great, for real though...but what this guy just said gave me the final piece of the ticket. Thank you, Arnie
my milkshake brings all the boys to my yard
James May crashed his car? Richard Hammond: Hold my large cog 😎
I have been in the trade as a painter for forty odd years, I would have loved to work in a booth like that 😢
19:44 may spill his coke 😂
That milk is still fresh. Give me a piece of it.
i am glad james treats his tesla like this
I love how these guys have gone from proper rough salt of the earth professional world class metal workers, to almost posh salt of the earth world class metal workers! You can see the Hammond effect that money has improved their life. They are so relaxed now their future is guaranteed. 😊
I didn't realise the Smallest Cog fixed household appliances.
It is a gorgeous car mind. I have the Model 3 Standard and am thinking of going for the Performance Model in red. Quite a bit pricier though.
James is beginning to look a lot like Henry Cole from ch4 "Find it. Fix it. Sell it." fame.😂
James doesn't disappoint😅
James May prooving Teslas are appliances
If this is his daily driver it's understandable. My daily is a mess. My other vehicles are spotless except for the occasional beach sand that gets immediately vacuumed out.
I was expecting him to crash it right away as he drove away there at the end
I like his Spotify Daily Mix lists, Iron Maiden, AC-DC. Great taste :)
I don't know why but mid video I had to stop and play My Shrona on my bass.
James May has turned into Billy Connolly fully
You’re right he does
James needs bedliner on his Tesla, just to be sure.
Mike should be wearing goggles when using the sander.
Britain and Bondo go together like Peas & Carrots.
Going to need to respray the whole car now as these fixes will be nicer than the rest. James did say he wanted it Porsche yellow ;)
That's why they blend and polish the whole car, the color will match well. But I remember James mentioning yellow in the last video.
Yeah he said he would pretend to be horrified but would actually like it.
How long was I watching the scene with the Hammond cutout expecting it to speak? Please don't ask. I confuse easily.
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