This is what he was trying to HIDE FROM ME! 

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Can't understand why those Freelanders are so popular. A tractor is smoother. Rubbish offroad. My wife had to have one. She had to be towed out of a damp field when she tried to drive across one for work. T31 x-trail a million times better.

You are doing really well, keep up the hard work. Keeps me motivated 🎉

I bought a picanto new a year or two ago and honestly I can see myself holding onto it for a really long time, seems really solid for the price and very livable.

Nice little lot there James, I had a C1 as a courtesy car and it was a brilliant little car and I was pissed off when I had to return it as it was so economical and fun to drive.

that rattle, check between the bottom of the windscreen and the back of the dashboard and see if there is a pen down there, we had a rattle for months and couldnt cure it and it turned out to be a biro between the screen and the dashboard. you never know.

Bit of spray lacquer on headlamps brightens them up and is fairly permanent.

i was told once by a salesman that the car i was looking at had a Karmen "Hardon" sound system 🙄

Every Freelander comes with 2 gallons of free rain water in the boot.

I've been watching your channel for a good while now, and I love it. Such a broad range of vehicle's., really informative and honest. If I lived closer to you, I would definitely buy from you. Keep up the great work 👍

who needs cruise on a little shopping cart you are doing 1k miles a year in?

Is the plate with the car or is its someone's Private plate issued from Northern Ireland

Hi James after watching this video I bought a tin of Owatrol to try to save my car😂, thank you very much for recommending it mate it is fantastic, its that good I've got my neighbours asking about it. Love watching the channel pal, cheers Rob ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

If your KIA ... reg HIL was moted in Northern Ireland they have their own system .... we have only lately been able to do our own history checks .. say the last year or so .... and its a County Fermanagh number ... oh and keep up the good work ... Paul Co Down Northern Ireland

'Life is what happens to you whilst you're planning it ...' may be the quotation to apply to your 'Masterplan' to have a full paddock of small cars for a 'relaunch retail extravaganza' ... Still, it is always good to have objectives, irrespective of what actually happens, as it gives the impetus for moving forward.

On the Kia Picanto the auxiliary port and USB is just behind the cigarette lighter

Lovely Jubbly on the video James. But I think for the car's you buy and the price you pay your expectations are high on the previous owners. I have recently visited countless main dealership and the car's they have for sale costing £14k - £18k as p/x having missing history, failed mot's, dents/scratches and smelling of I don't know what. I think you sell car's very well, and if I lived down your way I'd definitely look at buying a car from you, the big boys could definitely learn a thing or two from you matey.

Always worth mentioning that chain cam driven engines still need the tensioners adjusted. If you ignore you will have a wrecked engine. people seem to think they are bulletproof. They're not. I had to do a €3.5k engine rebuild on my x-trail because my regular mechanic never bothered to look at it. Ever. So angry with him, He'd been servicing it from 50k miles and it blew at 230k. he never looked at it despite keeping service records all that time.

Re the various threads on the (currently not recognised by the DVLA) registration, one of the online retailers is selling several very similar plates for between £750 and £1500.

You’ve done well with that little picanto you really have

France dwelling friend headed to Kent for that series Freelander several years ago when they were £500 a go. Took it back to his rural area and worked it as a family hack to bits.

Amusing having cruise control. I have a 2020 base model bought new for £6200. Bargain and still have it at 54,000/Only trouble has been offside rear ABS sensor cost £450 at dealer and the next year a N/S ABS I did myself for £50 off eBay. That is a stunning car to get hold what idiot traded it in?

Good to see some proper retail stock bud, you've had (as have I) a smokey pincicanto, maybe old shape, apparently bores go oval, but at 21 k not a problem.

cripes that bill for the timing belt tensioner bill was nearly £2k ! That would have been a trip to "we buy any car" for me and wave it goodbye!!

Hi James maybe a sticking waste gate issue with the turbo on the Golf I’m sure your friends at Moores will know what it is otherwise that looks like a good buy

The Mk6 Golf has 1.6 or 2 litre diesels, not the old 1.9. The 1.4 TSI petrol like yours is quite common and it was a new engine shortly before the Mk6 was introduced, that's why it is quite refined. I've known a couple of people with them and theirs have been reliable. Yours is a mid-range spec, SE I think.

thank you James a nice mix of small runners youll have no issues moving on,,keep babbling on and have a good week..😊👍

The plate on that Kia is originally from County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, if that is of any help.

That Freelander came up well James! Do you think that Owatrol stuff would restore a plastic red reflector panel which has a bit of bush rash and is a bit flat looking at 10 years old?

Some good retail stock there James for you to crack on with🙂👍

I wouldn't mind a bet, that this Kia sells at full-up money in 72hrs or less... Wow!

James that Kia Picanto is displaying the wrong plates that’s why you were having issues getting the reg recognised. I think the previous owner has kept that private plate and it should have had its original plates put back on WF10HYY

Good assortment of stock for any potential buyers. Market should start waking up after winter months.

Subscription confirmed! One more like and more to come. The Picanto always made a great impression on me, I’d buy one gladly. Don’t know about the aftermarket cruise control. Are those good? Cheers!

You tinker those head lights Owtral. Lol

Bit Bristolian that, where's that too

Nice parcel James.

Both the Kia and Golf are goers. I have a Golf Mk7 1.4 petrol James, and my engine is the same. At tick-over you'd think it had stopped. Much quieter than any Focus etc than I've had. Better screwed together too. Good Golfs are always strong used sellers. Toyota Aygos have a better perceived image James, so the price gets bumped up.... But as you already know, Toyotas are rarely *really* better than anything else...... The Honda CRV will sell without trying.

21,000 miles on a 2010 car. Wow, what a find you've made there with that Picanto!! Never knew that there was such a thing as after market cruise control though. Like the black wheel trims on the C1, suites that car.

3 great cars and a Volkswagen!👍

I get the worst off the peel off with the pressure washer, using cheap 1 k lacquer build it up in the peeled area then go a bit further with the last coats, looks OK when done.

Great video as usual, I have had problems on the picantos before including the crank worn on the pulley at low mileage too. Quite common apparently, hopefully you won't have that issue

Like the number plate on the Kia.

Nice little PX haul James. Where has the XF gone please?

Try the oil on your double glazing frames unbelievable

Great video, thanks again Chops for getting me through the day. Tidy little Kia, would never have considered buying these till watching your channel, the golfs had money spent on it and should clean up nice.

The freelander a pin brakes in the power folding assembly I found a video on RU-vid to fix

Cheers bud got my 10% off

Hah, I have a 2008 Picanto that I picked up with 34,000km on the clock back in December. Not a bad little car, but definitely not as fuel economic as I'd hoped for. Gets 16-17km/l, and I was hoping for around 20km/l, given that she's only 1100cc.

All great stock James, wont stay long

Still catching up on the first lot of videos from 1.5 years ago. Be with you soon. Learning a bit about the back story and how different the videos are now compared to then. 😉

I easily got 4k for a 09 i10 with 18k on, people go nuts for low miles.

first class clutch of cars James well done mate

Costing me a fortune that bloody amazon shop of yours 🤣🤣

So have you not gotta swap the Kia back to the original plate? As your car vertical said it was changed from HIL back to the original….

Northern Irish number plate on the Kia Picanto.

damn , I would have had that freelander , hey ho , take it easy Chop , have a good week

Damn, wish I was closer, I'm in the market to buy a new car.

Nice little shopping trip 👍🏻

James, would you be ok with me lifting and using a bit of your footage of Boo (the Freelander) in one of my videos?

Way to avoid typical city bug AygC1/107 is not buy them in dog d red. Lol. However. We buy what’s right on money

What a coincidence that you get 2 cars with the reg starting WF10 in the same batch !

It’s a Northern Ireland plate most likely the car was bought in england new then changed to an NI plate to keep it dateless being from NI this was allowed to be done for no charge years ago for political reasons because of English regs going to certain areas but now it is done with new cars that have been brought over to gain an extra year of not having to do MOT had to do it with my company car that was registered in England and re registered here so I don’t have to mot the car until 4 years old but mainland is 3 years before 1st mot is due

Have an hour on that micra bud flick some paint on the roof, wash n vac and get it out, it's hardly worth going to town on it, I've flipped two of mine, circa 800 quid

Fook me that shit on the lights is class

Citroen at £2995 makes the Hyundai look worth every penny of £3995

some nice pickings james

What a lovely clean looking car. Ideal 2nd car

Owatrol Polytrol is brilliant on plastics, impressed with all their products, but never thought of headlights. I'll have to give that a try. I've wondered for a while if their rénovateur gelcoat (marine) would work on lacquer orange peel after using it to refurb a couple of f/glass kayaks, but don't have a car with any peel to try it on.

Could be flywheel on golf

Afternoon

Great video 👍

Another good video chops 🚗🚙🚘⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Fake alloys…..hub caps?

Have you forgotten you have the up

Beware the problem on the VW golfmrk 6 ABS module goes wrong my family got a golf the owner spent a lot of money on thet car europit has charged the owner £ 1600 then we took it to the local garage very reasonable price avoid the 2015 land rover Discovery avoid the Ingram engine the engine cut out

What was the podcast you done the Bluetooth

Excellent upload as normal James 👍

Beware anyone much over six foot will find it a challenge to fit into the Kia Picanto!

Honda CrV auto, would it be The Cvt auto,?

Funny thing "Fashion". The fashion for instance that turned cute cars into angular uugly beasties. Kia Picanto a case im point. Those early ones are like little Koalas. Daewoo Matiz is another and then replaced by the plug ugly Spark.

Come on James finish the UP and get it out the door I want to see it back on the road

Heavy german cars chains dual mass clutches. Punters think they’re great xxx

£3999 for a terrible car! You have to be joking!

Just put cars up for sale as you get them done bud, doesn't make any difference, I'd have advertised that freeloader it seemed OK tbh.

these prices , for the cars age...WoW...!

hi chops can you tell me were you get the owatrol colour restorer

What the F. A MK1.

Do u ever sell the cars

UP! 😉

What is your name, Was it Harding.

What’s happening with the white vw up.

Kia Picantos are ok but they look so awful from the outside , the only good thing about that is you can guarantee no boy racer ever owned one lol also not a fan of the MK5 Golf really unreliable and not well made compared to the MK4 that came before it , I had a TDI GT MK4 and it would keep up with a 1.8 turbo Audi TT

Wow car sales men can talk

WF10HYY original number plate