Best thing about these videos is Matt's dry wit and sarcasm.

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Haha thanks. Plenty more where that came from

@davidwainwright2816

29 күн бұрын

Hardly

@djwarren5081

29 күн бұрын

Really. I hadn't noticed 😅

@stephenlane9168

29 күн бұрын

To address your “Why didn’t I work harder at school” = you were a ginger kid growing up in beautiful sunny warm Bermuda dodging the sun 😉

@Awake-Aware

29 күн бұрын

Oh yes

“Water retention, engine warning light, dirty roof, wheel refurb and a service..still, good news about the bottle opener”

@T.S.T2014

29 күн бұрын

I’m ex car trade and own three of the bottle openers. (Allegedly).

@vincentyerkess7230

29 күн бұрын

You forgot the sting in the backside 😂

@JamesSmith-fm3ry

28 күн бұрын

Hilarious 😕

@rambleon3698

28 күн бұрын

​@@vincentyerkess7230 Vinegar as always.

I can't get my head around how cheap Jimmy the Magician is. 280 quid for all that work in two locations, paint, materials and full buff included. Ridiculously cheap.😕

@philcross1057

29 күн бұрын

I agree, I’m tempted to drive up from Hampshire to get my Rangie polished up!

@ademiravdic

29 күн бұрын

It might be special price for matt since hes a regular

@KarlGaff

29 күн бұрын

Yeah that is crazy cheap. I know some places would charge 280 just for the bumper repair and paint. Got to have been discounted for his continued use.

@scientist6790

29 күн бұрын

Mates rates. 😊

@davidsneddon3758

29 күн бұрын

He is a magician.. he can makes the VAT disappear 😂🎉

Could just hear all the Golf convertible owners chuckling with you getting concerned about the water sloshing around, when all it takes is pushing a screwdriver through the rubber drain bungs in the sills which have got blocked 😂

@philipbrit13

29 күн бұрын

Or wait until the metal rusts through round the bung hole and the waters gone. Should not take long.

@b.2221

28 күн бұрын

Folks this is a world first, no other car channel has ever test driven a white German Submarine 😂.

Dock leaf is the remedy for nettle stings

Best thing about his videos is he is absolutely authentic and genuine with the effort he puts in. I use to be a manager for lexus and I feel like working with this man he has the same high standards I do in preparing cars.

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Thanks. I try

@michaelmccann4706

29 күн бұрын

My mums friends think Mat is a lovely lad. The older ladies like him.

@BobbyDeniroX

25 күн бұрын

@@michaelmccann4706 Loads of lady's don't see how much work car showroom workers put in. They think it's run smoothly like a Tesco's store. Car business is manic. Because cars look so well produced with the branding and advertising and sheer finish of such a marvel people's expectations are high but they don't know how much work goes into preparing them for customers. Especially if the dealer is actually any good. The lady's in my family thought my job was a doss about for years just because it was cars I was working with until they started to see how much work we do. They thought it was some joke thing until they see the real levels and standards on TV and KZread. People will put up with Josie developments because they accept it's a messy hard job. They don't give that same respect to car showroom workers. As car showroom workers we have to stand by our cars and there is no I can wait for it to get fixed like a house job. The car brand heads are down your neck expecting problems to be fixed efficiently and on time. DIY house jobs people put up with it.

The format's changed! Car NOT parked up in a parking lot. No rifling through the glovebox, finding coins and old cd's. What's in the boot? Could be all sorts. How are the engine mounts? What's the service history? What does the dipstick tell you? This dipstick tells you to return to the old format. :)

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Hahaha I will

@thebigchip

28 күн бұрын

Obviously the Wonder Grip van wasn’t there for product placement, so a change was necessary. A change is as good a a rest.

@stevena9305

28 күн бұрын

Yes please return to the old format. I’m six minutes in to this and have not even seen the car.

@joneslive586

26 күн бұрын

No it's good to mix up the format now and then

Your videos are so chill, always brightens my day

Brilliant, I had one (Mrs has it now) the same a white 2.0 TDI but mine was DSG and full leather, nav etc. The dreaded VW bong of doom i have worked out, between tyres going flat, random phantom canbus bulb out warnings, ABS or pad wear sensors and actual faults - its £150 per bong. But keep it on good fuel, regular oil and filter changes (And DSG every 20 - 30k) they are really reliable and go well. The water / sills are standard and easily sorted, same with the boot area and vents clogged up. all simple stuff. One item to bear in mind for any 2.0 DSG owner is if the temp is low - it WILL be the thermostat in the gearbox and not the thermostat on the engine. Ignore at your peril, or the motors take 50 miles to warm up and we all know where this is going ref EGR and DPF clogging. . . . . Anyway i bet you will get that all day long Matt, they are desirable especially in white and actually really good cars for a Mk6 golf.

The thing no one ever got excited about: matching sailwinds!

@djwarren5081

29 күн бұрын

I hadn't heard of these cheap brands of tyres till Matt mentioned them on his channel. I wouldn't dream of fitting them to a vehicle I owned.

@JeffPower-dv3zl

29 күн бұрын

😂😂

Hahahaha loving the sarcasm when you said I’d hate to roll it! Made me laugh out loud. 😂😂😂

Dock leaf for the Nettle stings. Got a 2014 Golf - water gets in everywhere. EPC light on more than off. Deff getting binned at the weekend.

@glenbetton3146

29 күн бұрын

Dock leaf does the trick..my Grandma swore by it.

Love your videos, your honesty your humour. Keep it up!

Lovely car and perfect timing for sale, coming into the summer. Thanks for the video and good luck with the sale.

You've finally done a car I owned! Crazy how the market has gone, I paid £6000 for a 16 plate with the newer EU6 diesel engine, back in Dec 2020. Car has been absolutely bulletproof, I've changed discs and pads and aux belt myself, it went to VW for a cam belt and water pump, and that's been it. Great cars

@JustSendMeLocation

15 күн бұрын

6k for a 4 year old VW Golf Cabrio at the time sounds incredibly cheap, I’m assuming it was a category car?

I'm really enjoying your more relaxed approach. Also i really enjoy this channel. Always evolving always entertaining. Thanks Matt.

Great video Matt, loved how you got that Golf gleaming.

Love the videos , great result 👍

Love the videos, Jimmy the magician does a great job and seems to charge a really good price!

Great video matt looks really good now good luck with the sale 👍

Jimmy is worth every penny...

yay! another brilliant video

"I did clip my wheel once when I went for brunch" Now that's a first world problem right there! LOL

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Haha I know, thought that as soon as I said it

@alexcrossley148

29 күн бұрын

@@HighPeakAutos Great video though as always. I’m off for brunch! 😉

Thanks to you Matt i went out and bought the car i have been dreaming about, BMW 530D - and i have had it for a week now and it has been problably one of the best weeks of my life! The feeling og driving that car is unmatched to me. Also thank you for the hours of entertainment, i hope you continue to do well.

Great video as always Matt👍🏻

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

You can do it Matt! I have faith in ya!

Happy to share a video of the water being emptied out of the sills on our golf cab 😅

Great as allways😀

As always an amazing turn around Matt. I am biased, being a Škoda fan, but I am partial to VAG group products. This Golf cabrio looks stunning now, it will be a lot of fun in the coming summer months❤.

Well done for squeezing that video in. Still just as enjoyable. You were lucky with the water - I had a similar problem in a car where the sill drains had been welded over and when I braked after heavy rain, my partner got very wet feet as it all rushed into the passenger footwell 😂

Loving these cheap videos

Your bodywork guy's prices are amazing - worth his weight in gold! I guess he does get a fair bit of work from you. Great video the Golf looked pretty good when it was done.

Excellent piece of kit, and turned out well. Say it sold fast.

Nice video. I've just sold my Seat Arona and was considering a Golf Convertible as a replacement but went for a Golf Plus instead - mainly for practical reasons.

The final step on the journey - it would be lovely on these videos to see if you actually got your full asking price when you sold the car, or if you sold it at a discounted price. Great content and presentation, thanks.

Result ! Looks good .

awesome video

Looks lovely

Matt works his magic on the Volkswagen Golf Convertible 🎉 Looks good

Another great video mate, I've got an idea you may be interested in, every month you should take a viewers car and work your magic and massively overspend on getting it into retail condition! As its my idea please take my bmw gran tourer first!

Nice car and ready for the summer 😊

My dad’s got one, 140,000 miles, also a 2.0 diesel and it runs smoothly, I do like the wheels on that golf as they do look very nice.

Such a cool car, wisj it had front LEDS and was DSG. i seriously didnt know they made them untill 2014. Great video and work as always Matt, these are quite rare! :D

I do enjoy your videos,

If that's the new video format it certainly worked for me Matt.

My Vauxhall GTC collects water in the doors. The window seals let water in and a design fault doesn't let it escape. The doors are raked forward with the lowest part of the doors at the front but the drain holes are at the rear. Not a problem when being used, as centrifugal force pushes the water out but my car stands idle for weeks at a time. I don't really need a car but on rare occasions, it does come in handy.

Great vid as ever Matt, but I missed "well we're here". 😢😅

Erm, I own an EOS and love it. No problems at all. I DO live in Australia and its always covered but no leaks and the roof works every time; oh and yeah I wouldn't upgrade it because I like the EOS!

Another good video Matt 🚘🚙🚗👏👏👏👍👍💥💥

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Hi Matt, many thanks for sharing your insights and knowledge into the world of the second hand car market. Have you ever done a car vertical check where you have found something that would make you run for the hills. That is the car has been stolen, written off.. or the mileage had been tampered with?

Had the 1.6tdi Se on a 62 plate! Was a great car, sold it very quickly when time came to change it.

I have a soft spot for the golf cabrio. Think they're cool cars if the weather is nice!

ahaha caribbean waves 😂😂 Sloshing water in this car sounds like stepping into a muddy puddle. I like the final result, someone will enjoy this car once a year when a sky isn't grey for a few hours in july

I had a 1.6tdi version of this in grey and can confirm the sills probably need emptying from the drain plugs, bit of a design flaw. The other thing I noticed in your video was the bloody noise the windows used to make going up and down, my wife used to be so embarrassed to operate the roof in case the neighbours heard the window squeaks 😂. Mine needed an egr valve at 60k miles but apart from that was solid.

Really look forward to these videos. Really makes me want to buy a car from Matt as I known he will have the car wanting for nothing and seems a very approachable knowledgeable gent.

Jimmy's prices are very reasonable nice repair good looking Golf hope it sells

JIMMY DEFINITELY DID A GREAT JOB!

Great video, love all your stuff, going through a very low time right now and your videos help me get through my days. was very tempted to email about part ex'ing mine for this one... One day i will buy one of your cars i am convinced!! 😂

You got great amount of sarcasm on you Matt 👍😂 Brilliant video again. I think you're pretty lucky with "Jimmy the magician " mayby you should consider to have him on some video aswell? That's my promote him and maybe give him more customers? If he would like that of course. Regards🖐

'when they're working properly they drive really well'. That's gold!

Great tsunami car mat still a nice car.

180 for alloy refurbs is brilliant, I've been quoted 400! Cracking job done too.

17:12 The nervous Stewart Pinkie bit.

Loving the content, is there any other follow up videos? I.e if and how much it actually sold for ?

@stevena9305

28 күн бұрын

Generally not on this channel.

That water sloshing sound was the same as I had in my 2018 4 series convertible. Water was running down the windows (in my case driver rear) and not emptying via the channels as they were block by the side skirts! I fist thought it must have been my flasks in the rear footwell that I take to work, then it dawned on me that they were empty upon my return 😮I have a video of it gushing out once I’d clear the blockage. Nothing too sinister chap 👍

Oh the infamous 'oh dear' at 6:13.

Nettles grow where waste has been dumped, they live off the acid. Dock leaf always grows beside them (Positive and Negative) so rub the Dock on the stings.

I think you got my birthday wrong,but thanks for uploading an hour early either way!

Nice looking motor that!

I bet you sold / will sell that Golf quickly. Looks great. Ps Jimmy the Magician Great name!

Mango Daquiri is an elite choice of drink to be honest - also loved the bottle opener gag. A massive overspend but a nice end result for a summer buy for someone.

@HighPeakAutos

27 күн бұрын

Haha they’re the best when you’re on a beach

I test drove an Octavia 1.9TDI mk1 when they 1st came out . I could hear the diesel slosh around the tank every time we accelerated&decelerated.

Vauxhall cascada also suffers with water. It's blocked drain plugs. On the cascada there located on the rear wheel arch. Easy fix just need cleaning out

Have got to say, the new plates look fantastic 😅

I have owned a MK 6 cabriolet for 2 years....the sills will be full of water as VW in their wisdom sprayed the body after fitting the drain bungs. I have do 40k in mine and use it daily as a careworker.....mine does 53mpg for work and have had 68mpg on long runs

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Impressive

@whatsdavedone104

29 күн бұрын

@@HighPeakAutos it's fantastic on fuel...those numbers for mpg are not from dash reading, they are using "fuelio" 😀

Dont expect much from VW ... anyway great video as always 👌👍

Rub a Doc leaf on a nettle sting you find them alongside nettles normally.

Love my Germanic turd thank you 🤣 That's a great looking car and now you've worked your magic on it and summer on the horizon I'm sure it won't be in the showroom for long 👍

The prices that you pay for some of the work you have done Mat is unbelievable. Such good value for such good work. You could never get a set of wheels refurbished for £180 down here in Essex, let alone diamond cut ones 🤣 feel like bringing my car up your way to get loads of work done to it 👍🏻

@patrickjones2985

28 күн бұрын

He gets trade prices as he puts a lot of work their way?

@4:58 I had a Renault Megane that collected water in the cills...Had to punch though underneath at a couple of places...Water that come out was liquid rust...

First!❤.

Haha Matt..2 GRAAND Sounded like you were from daaan ere in Essex 👍

Always amazed by how low JTM bills are for what he does, same with your mechanics. They obviously working on low margins considering how much work you put their way. Fair play it's a really lovely Transformation

@giotto4321

28 күн бұрын

Not to mention the wheel refurb guys! Last time I priced up getting a set of fairly simple alloys done, the best price I got was about £250 and that must have been 6-7 years ago.

Nettle stings, find a doc leaf, it actually works!

Wow, rain on the hood sounds like an Australian rainforest, thats a massive selling point!

That boring Golf looks so much better as a cabriolet and the white/black combo suits it... Although i think no cabriolet should be a diesel it will still make a great summer 2nd vehicle....

Great video mate. People give this guy 1,000,000 subs. His output is incredible and its quality always.

@HighPeakAutos

29 күн бұрын

Much appreciated

Bargain those wheels, where did they get a refurb ? My wife’s TT needs 2 doing (same diamond cut) great video as always 👍

NettleCam next time please! And agree with what others have said about Jimmy, bargain city that one!

I've said it before and i'll say it again-great channel. Have you thought about getting into new car reviews? (your reviews would be excellent i'm pretty sure).

Hi Matt - thanks for the great videos and entertaining comment, surely the time is now for a major HPA Netflix or Amazon Prime series 😀! Quick thought, I grew up in sunny Romiley and my old primary school was just across the road from your garage - I passed it everyday in the '70s and it was a garage then. I moved south in the late 80's and only make fleeting visits back. On a recent visit whilst driving through Romiley I was lookig out for the HPA signs as I passed the garage - nowhere to be seen 😬 - with all the brilliant brand-building work you are doing online Matt, a bit of a HPA makeover for the garage signage would work wonders 💥 and as the advertising w*nke*rs say, 'synergises your comms'. Keep up the great work Matt, ATB Deano

I like how you get the sponsor out of the way early on :) Duck leaves are good for nettle stings ;)

@stevena9305

28 күн бұрын

Quack quack

Jimmy the Magician, does such a high quality job for so little money! Also £180 to gey 4 diamond cut alloys repaired is unreal... Must be mate's rates 😂

I just got rid of my eos after 13 years , she was a good car but just dropped an engine valve so she went . Bought a golf cabrio last Saturday, now its pouring down with rain !

Did the Golf Convertible replace the Eos? Don’t think so. Golf 2011-6, Eos 2006-15. Pretty much overlapped. Personally, love them both. Had a ‘56’ plate Eos 2011-9 and a ‘14’ plate Golf 2019-to date. Both equally wonderful cars! Why are suddenly so few convertibles being made?

Disconcertingly vague. Love a descreet partridge reference 😅

Comes across as such a genuine guy just making a living. 10/10 would go for a pint. Highpeak Autos meetup on the cards?

Each time I watch one of your videos I am astonished at the low cost levels of the various mechanics/paintwork etc. bills. I reckon that your costs are less than half typical Surrey retail prices. It seems to be a different world up north.

@patrickjones2985

28 күн бұрын

Trade prices.

@pt99810

27 күн бұрын

@@patrickjones2985 Good point thanks - still seem very cheap. however.

I agree, I am not a fan of the EOS. When VW introduced the EOS, they lost the plot, considering the VW Golf convertible was one of the most successful convertible and affordable cars on the UK market for years, VW try a different take. I owned a 1991 1.8 Karmann convertible, I loved it, solid with a power hood too, and one of the few cars I owned for the longest time, plus, the car held its value too. As ever Matt, you did what was needed to this car to make it desirable, you didn't go in blind, you knew money needed to be spent. What a great price, £180 to have the diamond cut alloys refurbished, I paid double this for normal alloy refurb in Sussex 😞, and my BMW needs the diamond cut alloys addressed before selling (ouch), which I inherited 98% of the damage, oh well, deep breath.

Your such a nice guy matt. Very rate on KZread