The KA was meant to be a joke. It turned out to be the best at every single challenge they threw at it!

@seljd

Жыл бұрын

is that why they're calling it like it's an acronym?

@davefb

Жыл бұрын

I really miss my KA. Some twunt hit it. But whilst it was 'somewhat' archaic, it was great to drive. . Not sure I'd have taken it up a "mountain" though....

@beetlegend

Жыл бұрын

You can say it is the hottest hatch in the series

@paulpotter5129

Жыл бұрын

I learnt myself to drive in a ka offroad used to get up some banks 🤣🤣

@vipersbladeify

Жыл бұрын

I'm not gonna lie I had a 2007 focus and it survived a *Lot* and could handle way more than it should have. If I was gonna get a cheap shitter for some off-road thing like thing, I'd look for one of those. Bigger KA

I want to see a fully lifted off road KA now. I think that should be it's reward.

@The_VanTM

Жыл бұрын

I wanna buy a KA as my first car now honestly 😂

@ahyaan2552

Жыл бұрын

@@The_VanTM go for it, its ulez

@asinineintentions7773

Жыл бұрын

I think the KA deserves to be promoted to full blown project car.

@tobyborrett547

Жыл бұрын

​@@The_VanTM I litterally just have 😂

@maarten332

Жыл бұрын

Turbo the KA

Its nice to see Callum getting OFF a ditch for the first time! 😂🤣😂

@bertram-raven

Жыл бұрын

As opposed to Scott getting off in a Super Kart.

I think it's great that when Scott first saw the KA, he was disappointed and now he's bonded with it. He doesn't want to scratch it on a rock. There's a real love there between a racing driver and a little red KA

These guys are the new Top Gear and I Love it!!

@1Aiaj

Жыл бұрын

FR

@blairmarshall544

Жыл бұрын

Took the words right out my mouth! Definitely nailed the fun side of it

@80HDpilled

Жыл бұрын

fr, it is basically a lower budget version of top gear

@Gryski0

Жыл бұрын

for sure

@Schizz_Popinov

Жыл бұрын

A way better version of UK Top Gear for sure. This is much more like the US Top Gear.

Saw the astra on a trailer yesterday heading towards the M40 at Barton. Noticed the snorkle and wondered what that was about

The content is so wild I wouldnt be surprised if you eventually try to use cars to swim across the ocean

@afroteddybear

Жыл бұрын

More Top Gear References eh?

@galaxlordcz3933

Жыл бұрын

There's no way you're a real person, this has to be some AI experiment, you're everywhere.

@anomeyidk

Жыл бұрын

​@@galaxlordcz3933 you see him everywhere too?

@redbuIIracing33

Жыл бұрын

Justin Y is better anyway

@MikeMr305

Жыл бұрын

That was a hilarious waste of time lmao

Three guys who trust each other, work together and have a modicum of mechanical sympathy. Brilliant 🌞

The "Honk if anything is falling off" sticker is just fitting for this episode

I love how the music is the same as Matts Offroad Recovery has used a lot. It seems really fitting because it looks like you needed a lot of rescuing!

@Ramonatho

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, Matt in these cars vs. the fellas in Matt's Truck... What an idea.

@wullxz

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly :D

That MG stood no chance off road when it’s that low lol I remember having a lancer that was lowered by the previous owner and I was having to crab walk over speed bumps and drive ways. I actually beached the car once on a huge speed bump it was both extremely embarrassing and hilarious lol.

@LowStandard5

Жыл бұрын

I owned this, it has zero fluid in it. Sat on the bump stops. It would do soooooo much better in everything they’ve put it through with a £30 top up

8:52 - the "Honk if anything falls off" sticker is perfect also, great teamwork all around. this was an awesome episode.

That's the least normal "normal car" I've ever seen

I get so many old school Top Gear vibes from these guys. Even in the personalities, I can imagine Callum being the James May of the group, Scott is the mousey and nippy Richard Hammond, and Will is the grumpy prankster Clarkson

Turn the KA into an offroad with raised suspension, Will's snorkel and the rest of the off road kit you have. That would be fun👌😎

This is my go to channel for watching chaps just having fun. Genuine smile fest watching these videos!

I remember that KA was supposed to be punishment for Scott but it turns to be the best car they bought

why the hell does the ka look so damn good

@SpaceMissile

Жыл бұрын

it has no business being as legitimately cool as it is. making me want one over here. 😅

I would love if you guys did an hour long special of all three of you across europe or some place.

I love this so much, especially as an American who was raised in rural Oklahoma and is an off-road enthusiast. The road never looked any worse than roads I drove on daily, lol. That's not to say people didn't have issues with cars on these roads - exactly like y'all did - but that's why I was a truck owner, lol.

That ka has actually been a beast in almost every challenge 🤣

You'd be surprised what you can do with a scissor jack, which is probably in the boot. Jack up to full height and then push it off the jack in the direction you want to go forwards or backwards. Used this many times with a TG Gemini in outback Australia.

Awesome idea. Now you gotta lift those cars and try again :D The Ka is a beast!

Don't care if you guys got stuck, this was a great watch! more of this please

Who would’ve guessed that the once-ridiculed Ka would turn out to be an absolute champion. Keep up the great content, boys.

those bikers were awesome for stopping by and helping out

I live in Kyrgyzstan where I frequently go off-roading to the most remote lakes, galciers, and passes up to 4000 meters. Watching you guys try to navigate this with cuty cars was super fun!

@aarb4858

Жыл бұрын

What vehicle do you use for off-roading?

double tyres is the most brilliant idea!!!

my want for a ka goes up every video

Brilliant. Not having 6 support vehicles makes for much better entertainment although clearly more stressful you guys. Many thanks for putting yourselves through it!

Discussing how the tow rope is rock solid while the astra just says "420 Anusol" in the background i mean people say you're like the new top gear but I think you've topped early top gear ngl

The whole time I’m thinking how easy this would be with more than 3 inches of clearance. Such a great video as always

This kind of off road driving is what i love. I take my mx5 on roads like this regularly, and it’s bloody fun The ka was hilarious, but surprisingly effective

The Ka is an awesome little car ! Great handling and gearbox 👍

"And my Ka is absolutely amazing." Now there's a sentence that nobody has ever spoken before.

Brilliant video really great to watch!! 👌🏼

I seriously love you series and all your vids, binged watched them like 10 times, keep them coming up love you all so much

😂😂😂 I seriously NEEEEEED more of this stuff! You guys not only make me laugh, but get me nostalgic about how fun cars can be.

Absolutely love ur content. Keep it up lads

Offroading is always so much fun. Hope to see more off-the-beaten-path content!

I love the way this challenge turned into a full on escape mission🤣Keep up the great content!

That Ka is an icon! Absolutely legendary!

I think, by now, the KA is an iconic car for Overdrive. From joke car to top dog. Well done. And in this video, it had some Mad Max vibes. :D

You guys are making some awesome content 😂 love it keep it up lads great to watch!

Love these "top gear" styled videos. Wish they were longer though!

Just as every off-road/truck enthusiast should immerse themselves in what makes sports and racing cars so impressive, this video proves the reverse is true ;)

That "Honk if anything falls off" sticker was very accurate for the Astra in this video lol

Awesome video, boys! Love this one! Love 'em all!

Awesome video guys!

Best episode yet! I'm loving what yall are doing.

One of the best videos on this channel 😂 fantastic stuff

You guys are the most fun car channel to watch!!

I bought my wife a KA identical to this (red, 08 reg) as a cheap stop gap car around 2013 for £1800 with less than 20k on the clock. It felt like a bargain then, but the idea of paying £1800 for a 5 year old car now is mind blowing! I maintain that it was absolutely the best cheap car imaginable. Cheap to buy, cheap to run, almost nothing to go wrong and put a smile on your face to drive. I couldn't find anyone to agree with my verdict on it at the time so these videos are a nice bit of vindication many years later :)

One of the most ridiculous car challenges I’ve seen… absolutely loved it! 🤣

I think offroad challenges are the best and the rally was brilliant and you should lift them all up (you can do with spacers only to keep it cheap) and do it again. Or go safari all the way. I also love the MORR vibe you gave it with the music. Keep it up youre going in the right way!!!

Brilliant video lads 🤘🏻

Really glad to see you went South to North like the voluntary restraint suggests. The last thing we need is the very few greenlanes we have left getting closed from misuse!

@joshpoole1872

Жыл бұрын

Foxsey, do you know which trial this is?

@AidanCadogan

Жыл бұрын

It's the green lane between Dolwyddelan and Capel Curig, The trail gets turns into a loose rocky descent towards the end

i've done that route on a mountain bike and I had a hard time on a bike. its incredible you guys managed to get some of the cars that far along it.

If Scott had mounted LARGER diameter tires as the outboard tires he could have improves his ground clearance by a fair bit...

That KA is a true trooper! was never a fan but by god they really are little reliable joys of fun. Good job lads!

North Wales mentioned???? Instantly liked from a North Walian, love seeing my home area represented on KZread.

I still have this same Astra model, but left handed, not convertible and made by Chevrolet (Brazil, 2002). Even if it's a caged beast for asphalt driving, is not the best specimen for dirt driving (a baseline Fiat Uno would easily ace this trail with no mods). Nice video. Your channel is becoming what Top Gear ceased to be. Cheers!

Having taken my van many places you would never think it would go, I really felt for you guys! Currently en-route in it from the Sahara to the Arctic. It's amazing what you can do with a completely standard vehicle :)

@bertram-raven

Жыл бұрын

Are Sahara and Arctic two casinos in Las Vegas? 😉😛

@arnoldrimmer4025

Жыл бұрын

@@bertram-raven If I drove to the US from here it would be a hell of a lot more impressive! :)

This was probably one of the best videos you guys ever put out!

Probably the best video you guys made!

I love how Callum is like a hypochondriac for Will's car 😂 Great content lads as per

Thumbnail game ON POINT! Looks like an epic screenshot from a game, outlandish modded cars with saturated colour. Love it

OMG, this was my absolutelly favourite video guys! Please please make a season from this hahahhah!!!

Love your top gear style videos.

First time a youtube video undersold itself, top content lads.

Despite it all going a bit wrong this is one of the most entertaining videos on the channel. You 3 have a great dynamic.

I think the KA was so good off-road because it knew it had to make up for being the butt of the joke in the beginning!" 😂🚗

That was one of my favorite videos u guys have done keep it up

You guys are the spiritual reincarnation of the OG top gear and I'm here for it

Haha love that KA. I've done some stupid stuff offroad in a Corsa so I can relate to that.

2:10 love the sticker :D "Honk if anything falls off." Vauxhall / Opel Astra is such a great car, I had one and it was great even in some terrain. :) but not if you lower the suspenssion :D and mine had bad exhaust as well, it rotted away and sounded like a dirt bike.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The KA is a brilliant vehicle. People just don't appreciate it because it's tiny and rusts away to nothing. I miss my little KA.

We really need to see more of the amazing KA!!! Rig a little lift kit and hit this trail with it again.

That Ka is by far the best looking Ka I've ever seen! And an absolute off-road beast 🤩

i can't believe all three of them missed the free "welded diff" mod

That KA is awesome, i love it so much.

That might have been a headache but boy was it entertaining. Great stuff and who would have thought that little KA would have been anything but last when they all turned up weeks ago? Next up wil be the cargo and towing challenges where the KA will somehow pull a 747 while the MG will get crashed out and the Astra will struggle to hold a packet of wine gums. :)

This remembers me a lot to yesterday when I went off to the fields in my Audi A3 to cut down bushes growing into our fences. Meanwhile it started raining and the gravel field way got muddy what had negative affects in traction and ground clearance.

Great work

this reminds me of the time me and some pals took a rented hyundai into the pyrenees in the spring and got stuck in a snow bank. luckily once night fell the snow hardned up and we could drive over it

I love this content. They are great.

Ngl the Ka looks like its about to pounce on you HARD. Epic episode keep it up guys!

This is by far the best car channel 🙌

The KA is a work of art😂

I'm freakin' loving the 3 modded cars series! Even though you didn't get very far, I think it was a pretty fun one!

Failure has the highest entertainment value. Awesome!!!

I'm almost 3½ minutes in and laughing to bust a gut! When she was about 75 my mother, with my father as passenger, thought it GREAT fun to join the local off road club on St. Joseph Island, Ontario and drive the Right of Way for an unbuilt road to keep the right if way open. With ZERO prep, on street tires, i can only imagine the faces when these serious off road people saw a 75 year old grey haired woman get out from behind the wheel if a 15 year old, rear wheel drive Volvo 240 estate, look at the trail and yell "Hot damn, that looks like fun!!" It should be noted that the Volvo, automatic transmission and all had to yank a Jeep out of the mud. Arthur started the drive clean as a whistle, Ice Blue paint shining. At the end if the run, Ma had used a gallon of washer fluid and the car was, um, BROWN! It took me three washes to get it clean after the 450 mile drive home from that vacation. That was not the most difficult run that car has done. At 33 years and 391,000 miles i am prepping it for a 7,000 mile drive to visit my brother.

I love Scott's embarrassment at being seen stuck with these dumbass vehicles in the middle of nowhere lmao. 'I used to be a proper racing driver for Pete's sake!'

This was the best one yet!

This gave me some really good TG/GT vibes! Loved it

oh man, just a little bit more, that's a really crazy idea tho, please do more

Yessssss been waiting for a new video!!!!

Looks like a lot of fun.

Callum proved how much a good set of tires means for performance previously and then didn’t get proper tires for off-roading!

On a trail like that, the only mod that would really matter is ride height, but it wouldn't have been much of a challenge then (if ride height was possible even as a dodgy mod for the budget).