2012 VW Up Review: The Ideal 'First Car' Yet So Expensive? 

It’s not cheap indeed, I agree with you on the Picanto. It’s the only car I haven’t driven and it seems more robust

I had an up for my first car, even when I sold it on 150k miles it had literally nothing wrong with it, sold it fairly local and still see it driving about now and again. I gave that car such a hard time, yet the only thing I ever did was put a new clutch in it and serviced it every year.

Love it man, I’m currently 18 and I have a 2015 VW UP 4 door and as a car guy I can say with certainty I absolutely love it. I’m never planning on selling mine.

@jan-louisvondempter1533 that's good to know! It really was a great car. It didn't look the prettiest but everything you expect from a car you got! Such a crazy model from VW. I have my Puma now and that's also great too!

My first car was an up, took it from 70k to 150k miles and the only repairs it ever needed were a ball joint and a clutch. I've since bought a nice little monte carlo citigo and plan to keep it forever as it costs me barely anything to keep running👍

The IQ is the best! I did a video on it!

I think it’s time for something bigger

Yep I’d do exactly the same, are you based in brum? I usually go play footie at power league by spaghetti junction

I've bought a few of these cars and flipped them for good money. Just bought a 5 door black one at a bargain price with FSH and cambelt done and I'm really considering to keep it than to flip it.

Yes, 5 door is always better for resale than 3 door

What bhp is yours?because mine goes uphill pretty easy

@@genericmodz Unfortunately, mine only has 59 bhp. On steep gradients of 14%, to maintain 50 km/h in third gear I stand with my foot on the floor panel.

@@Sir-Prizse was going to say mine is 73

Basic cars are the ones that will last forever, I love windy windows it's a dying art😂

Heard many Americans complain about the Up not coming to the US weirdly

@@ArmaganDemiral I find that strange, because city cars are not that big in America. I know they have the Chevrolet Spark which is a city car, but I don’t think it’s selling well. And as a result, Chevrolet is cancelling it at the end of the 2022 model year.

@@DaveDVideoMaker ah good ol Chevy! I don’t think they will exist after 10 years

no

Yea but why?

@@user-bh3qj5oh4n because it’s a bmw made product

What is the MPG like?

@@seansmith445 I can answer you in litres, not gallons.....It average 23km to 1 litre petrol

I think it feels alright if u haven’t driven a better car. but when u have driven a better car it’s not great lol.

@@bandokaysauntie8666 Correct!!!

Joe, I know what you mean but I tried to compare cars within that price point. I wouldn’t buy this car given I can get insured on more power cars but for younger drivers it’s very ideal

@@ArmaganDemiral that’s a good point I guess I’m just not the target audience for it. Still think the seats would get pretty uncomfortable so they’ve could’ve easily improved them

Change the gear oil and add a sip of a slightly thicker oil. When shifting first move the knob into the '2' (without driving) then move it into '1' or reverse before lifting your foot.

@@bobdebouwer7835 Doesnt work, thicker oil makes it hard to go into reverse in the cold, there are a few things usually wrong, the plastic arm at the gear selector run it's pin through a metal hole, this hole can get corroded and is not lubricated from factory, also the selector does not have a lock at the transmission side when trying to do a reset, there is only a lock at the gear shifter inside the car. Next the cable that pulls up on the transmission pin going into the gearbox needs a bit of slack i.e. The shift from N to 1st should be an entirely horizontal motion (Not up at an angle)Then there is the master and slave cylinder and in general bad clutch in these cars that needs to be upgraded to 190 or 200mm.