Our monthly pick of the best YouTube videos
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Here’s another of our latest videos, a 'short' on 6 common VW Golf Mk7 problems:
Samrac
The Aston Martin Dealer wants $40,000 to Fix my Flooded V12 DBS!
Most of us have spent time crawling over cars in a scrapyard in an effort to save money, looking for that elusive part – a door mirror, a dashboard part, a coolant expansion tank. How about a Volvo C70 body control module to fix an Aston Martin DBS that's been written off after being flooded in a hurricane?
This is what Sam does. He buys 'problem' vehicles – usually exotica – and attempts to fix them himself. But he may have met his match with the DBS, because the module needs to be reprogrammed and his Aston dealer has refused to do any more work on the car.
Grand Thrift Auto
The ugly truth about the Triumph TR7
Harris Mann, the British Leyland designer responsible for models such as the Austin Allegro and Princess, died recently. Richard Gunn's obituary says: "To many people, Harris Mann was on a par with Guigiaro, Bertone or Pininfarina. An always-adventurous designer responsible for some of the most radical stylings ever to appear in Britain, he’s never received the recognition many feel he deserves."
Mann was also responsible for the Triumph TR7, which many of us here at Haynes lusted after in the 1970s. Grand Thrift Auto's Martin explains the TR7's ups and downs in this video – and its story certainly isn't all bad, despite the title of the video. Around 115,000 examples were sold, after all.
idriveaclassic
Festival of the Unexceptional 2023
Remember the Daihatsu Applause? The Mk2 Micra? Renault Laguna? We'd definitely agree that these are unexceptional cars of their time. We're not so sure about the Fiat 128, Triumph Herald or DAF 66 though.
Watch Steph's video of this year's event and decide for yourself.