That car doesn't just need a detailing, it needs an exorcism

Exactly the Car Throttle content that I needed!

Clearly not paying the team enough if he's willing to luck the seatbelt for a fiver...

This is such a great video. You guys should do a flipping cars challenge. from £500 to £5000. a long term series where you take cars like percy, love them and sell them on and so on until you hit the 5 grand target. Then donate it to charity or give the car away to a lucky subscriber!

I love this because a couple of years ago, I was looking to buy my first car and I did just that. I didn’t have much money and was trying to keep the car under £1000 and was fixated on a fiesta but then it just sort of hit me: all i need is a run about. So I went on gumtree, searched “car” with a filter under 1000 quid and below 80,000 miles and I found a mitsubishi colt with 52000 miles on the dash covered in dents and scratches and a bad interior with what looked like a replaced boot lid. It had no service history. But they are known to be reliable and the main stuff seemed to work well. No dodgey oil residue or anything and the cams are chain driven. So I bought it and took it home. I forgot to service it for two years and it hasnt put a toe out of line. Passed every mot and had no major issues at all. I cleaned him up and fixed the little issues. It’s been a very rewarding car to work on. I did my first oil and filter change and insulated the doors. Next is brakes! The mechanic told me that it was so healthy mechanically and i got a great deal. I love my shitbox and I will drive him for years to come.

20:36 that reveal was beautiful, and the message at the end, doing this so it doesnt end up scrap, was really wonderful. Well done guys :)

Alex is so short, when he was standing next to the car I was thinking its a Tiguan :D

There’s something almost satisfying about how the car looks before and after

Those macro shot are incredible, well done Ethan 👏

22:15 onwards is why I love you guys and wish you the very best in your growth. A well maintained car will give you years of love. Just sad that the powers that be are doing their best to completely make it unaffordable to drive nowadays, well UK at least.

Get so excited eveytime I see an upload notification from CarThrottle. :)

Loved this. Bought a $1000 USD car 3 years ago as a joke. Cleaned it up just like you guys did, did some maintenance, and now I drive it EVERYWHERE.

From a detailer such as me it came out perfect. Lovley interior to do many more miles for somebody on a budget,cheap,reliable,decent looking for its age and very well detailed :D Great job Alex!

The content you produce is phenomenal. First the shots, then the music and in the end you can see the effort put into editing. But your dedication to the project is EXCEPTIONAL. You are my favourite channel period!!!

Thanks boys, having a bad day and this put a smile on my face several times.

These series are honestly so entertaining! I can't wait for even more lol

Car Throttle has been killing it lately!! Love from Canada!!

Brilliant job on Percy lads, Didn’t think that interior was do-able! Love the content from Car Throttle! More please!👍😊

Absolutely love this one guys! Enjoyed seeing another VW on the channel, the clean up was amazing and the message at the end was spot on! Good on you!!

Well done. Exactly the right attitude towards older cars. Love this ❤

Amazing camera work and editing on this video, those macro shots and the reveal especially. Really interesting seeing you all shine a spotlight on overlooked used cars. Good work guys.

The choice of Clair de lune was perfect! 👌🏻 🎹🎹🎹🎹

Brilliant, just brilliant! Awesome trio as always, wonderful work, plus terrific shots, fantastic editing, splendid content! Incredible!

Literally one of the best vids I've seen from this channel (with the 2nd best being the previous video!) - Please keep on a roll, this is amazing to watch!

Great video and superduper editing 🙂 As a car detailer myself this is almost eye watering to watch. Cudos to you, guys 🙂

Thank you for bringing back this beautiful Passat back into shape, hopefully it will serve many years to come for someone that loves it!

Good to see Edwin again, we need more of the social team! Transformation on the car is impressive, the outside looked really sharp as well. Great effort, and great production as always

This is why I love Fridays 💪🏽

Never thought I would smile along watching a video about a Passat. CT crew please keep making these contents. They are so damn good.

These videos are outstanding mates, the only complaint is that you should post more often. Thanks a lot from Barcelona.

I had a 2004 v6tdi auto estate about 10 years ago and I loved it, bought it from a local Ford garage that took it as a trade-in, two days after I bought it I noticed the timing belt hadn't been changed in the service book, took it back and told the actual garage owner (well known for great customer service) that it was overdue a timing belt (just hit 80k) and he said it should have been done before I picked it up so bring it back Monday morning and he will make sure it gets done so I dropped it off on Monday and they gave me a brand new Mondeo to use whilst it was getting worked on, 4pm I get a call from the owner saying the job was way more involved than they first thought so it would be a few days until it was ready, got a call on the Friday saying it was ready to be picked up so I went to get it and the mechanic himself told me it was the worst timing belt job he had ever done then he showed me photos of the entire front end off the car.

cracking content , camera work and production ! love it

I love watching old beat up cars come back to life, cheers Car Throttle!

This channel just continues to get better and better. It's actually one of the things that sparked my love for cars about 6 years ago I found you guys.. Had never really had much of an interest in cars, I watched a few videos on CT and got hooked. Now I have my own shitboxes and I love them all lol

This before and after is just amazing and satisfying to watch! Amazing work

These are the sorts of videos that I love, you can keep the supercars. Keep these coming guys!

Thanks blokes! For fixing and saving old shitty cars and make extraordinary content out of it! Keep up the good work!

Good stuff lads, love to see cars getting a second chance 👌🏻

I like Edwin, more screen time please (if he fancies it, don't force him or anything weird).

Sooooo satisfying wow 🤩 we need two uploads a week CT 😔

I'm surprised the front suspension arms (all four of them) didn't get a mention or a check. They're not cheap to do properly and are basically a service item on this chassis (and its A4/A6 contemporary brethrin)

Always great content... Exactly what i need..

I love that you cleaned it properly by taking the seats out etc

Love these videos! keep it up

20 years ago I was blissfully watching Big Brother, Supermarket sweep, Noel Edmonds House party and Gladiators on TV I've just watched a 30 minute UKposts video on cleaning filth from a car interior and can honestly say my viewing habits have increased 10 fold in those 20 years 👍

The best cleaning montage ever! Hollywood needs to include more cleaning montages like this!

Fantastic video, I really enjoyed this! Just goes to show, as Alex said, if you put a bit of love into a dirty old car, it can come up quite nice! Great work boys, loved the banter as well in this. Keep up the awesome work!

There are very few things more satisfying than seeing a car restored.

Had one as my first Company car - loved it and still think it's a lovely looking car. Great work guys!👍👍👍

Those spot cleaners are excellent, we have one for small cleaning jobs around the house and car! Excellent work guys well done

Yep, 100% agree. I'm currently driving round in a 140k Freelander TD4 (with propshaft still connected!) that cost a grand. Had it 6 months and it hasn't missed a beat. Percy cleaned up really well tbf, shame about the saggy door fabric but the interior looked really good 👍

Those Zoomed in Camera shot of the dirt and grime in the interior, really spiced up my Breakfast! Thanks for that

This is an eye opener. thanks guys

Fantastic! What a transformation, I love seeing underdogs like this get proper treatment. That Passats got another 270k left in her yet

Takeaway just arrived perfect timing haha

I did similar work to a super dirty Citroen C4 from 2006. When was that last cleaned-i don't know, but it had some pre-euro coins that haven't been used for about 10 years. I also changed the gearbox leather by myself. Bought some leather and did some sewing. It didn't turn out perfect, but I like it.

I bought an older version of that Vax machine about 17 years ago, along with a steam cleaner. Both still going strong. I have cleaned my way through at least two dozen cheap cars with both. I have removed not just the seats but carpets too out of a couple of cars they were so grotty. Great video👍

Great Video. My first car was a 12 year old J Reg (1992) Mitsubishi Colt CA in very faded red. Brake lights didn't work and it cost me £500 which I paid a colleague for in instalments. I T-Cut it, waxed it, back to blacked it, changed all the lamps, bought clear side repeaters and cleaned it up to the point it looked brand new. I've had many cars since but haven't loved any car as much as her. Love a car and it will definitely love you back!

Love your work 👍

I'm glad I waited until after my breakfast to watch this lol but man that was satisfying at the end. Great job!

THIS is the content we want lads!!

Well done on excellent job I am in car valeting buissness for many years and it's a always a great pleasure to bring back a car like this it's also extended its life and is helping the environment and joy on customer that gets back a car is amazing so well done lads it's hard work as I know but sastifiy ing

Production quality is taking big leaps recently. Love it

Always loved this model Passat, especially the Sport model. The doors had such a satisfying 'thunk' when closing.

That passat has had A long life. It deserves this after all the hard work and love and care it has had in its life

Fantastic job lads !

One of your better videos guys, well done to the guys who sat and tackled that interior.

I love it! more like this please!!

Really enjoyed this one gents.. thanks 👌

Waited so long for this video

Great video guys, thanks for featuring the SpotWash, looks like it's done a cracking job!

Amazing transformation! But.... Please tell me you changed the cabin air filter as well??

Great video. Love the content and humour. More more more!!

Forget these everything cake video's. This was so satisfying!

Got a 2005 bora highline with the same engine at 160k miles for £700. Now on 180k miles. Bit of rust on the common places but starts up every time. Had it remapped to stage one, and fit a 2.5' exhaust, hard piping and uprated intercooler, egr delete and it transformed it. Handled it like a trooper considering the mileage 😂

Another excelent real world video!! Such a huge fan!! After a cheap daily at the momemt and this is just what im after, a decent cheap high miliage ledgend!

Watched this last night then seen one of these driving down the motorway in Belfast earlier. Fantastic

Wow! Amazing transformation guys, really, incredible job. Just goes to show what a days hard work and elbow grease (thks Jack!) can produce. My Dad had this exact same model and colour as his final company car. He liked it so much he bought it from the company when he retired and put 280,000 miles on it before selling it to a French student who filled it with all her stuff and moved from London to Lyon in it!! Some say, it can still be seen late at night on the Lyon Peripherique.......

i was hoping for some more daylight exterior shots in the end... loved the colour already... it's a solid and actually pretty car now

All the way from Hawaii, I love your content. Been a fan for years

Love this! - Always said these are one of the best cars VW ever produced! - I’ve a mate who’s got one that I remapped for him at 180k miles, it’s still going strong 8 years later with 300k miles on!! (I can send you a remap file Car Throttle FOC for this car if you wish to do it yourselves!) .. I’ve also recently started a project like this myself as a hobby.. E91 330D Auto with the all important flappy paddles for the gearbox… will be a great car when it’s finished… First BMW I’ve got this involved with & imo VW much better & easier to work on!! - but the BMW will certainly be faster when I’ve finished remapping it!! - great content as always - more of this!! Disappointed you didn’t show the EGR like the high mileage hero’s though!!

One like Alex's, will never get sick. He's like immune to even a poison. Truly a racer 👍

Alex you love that Crew clothing jumper, (I have the same one). I also had a 130 PD Passat and it was a great car. Loved the vid and you chaps have great banter.

i love when Alex said to transition it transitioned to an advert - Keep up the great content

Good vid, i recently got a 1997 1.9tdi passat, the old rotary pump 110hp version, even more agricultural, and 4 wheel drive aswell! Mine ended at roughly 550pounds with a 2 year TÜV and new brakes. Soon to hit 340000kms aswell, last 3 tanks have averaged at 4.6l per 100kms

Had a 54 plate Highline one of these Passats with the 1.9PD 130 lump. Brilliant car, very solid feeling all round. Had leather, 6CD changer which was great for a 19 year old at the time. Now have a B6 that i bought in 2008 and have done over 160k in it - nowhere near the car the B5.5 was in terms of solidity but still a great car nonetheless. Will be changing in a few years for an S213 Merc E Class but will be sad to see the Passat go.

Exactly that, I bought a 150 k mondeo that I used for a few years and has been the best all round car I've ever owned, sold 8t to a mate on 210k and still going strong

I really need this content right now

Holy high definition of the grime! Love to see Adam in vids again! Looking forward to more Percy content

Great video and it's nice to see cars like this being taken care of, but did you really not change the bushes? They're absolutely shot and need changing desperately

Every single detailing video claims to be the „dirtiest car ever“, but this is no doubt among the Top 3 most revolting interiors I’ve witnessed. Really nice transformation, and also the ultimate confirmation for me to finally buy one of these extractor vacuums. My new 600€ Toyota shitbox doesn’t look half as bad as this, but I’m very excited to see how much better I can make it look before our 5000 km trip to Romania, also inspired by your NC500 challenge 🤩

Brilliant video lads, can't believe it had an mot with dampers that crap!

Legend says the socket is still stuck to the Bolt

"That is Textbook". Classic Partridge, well done 🤣

9:35 Those are some excellent shots. But how did the seatbelts end up?

Brilliant Video! only thing i would have done differently as a Valeter myself, would be to use cleaning solution in the wetvac, sprayed it on the seat, drill brush it in and the dirt out, then suck the water and dirt out. but all round very good!

Enjoyed this one! Love a pd 130!

6 months ago I brought a 2004 Seat Altea 2.0 tdi140 Sport DSG for £500 with 90k on the clock it’s just flew through the MOT with no advisory’s. All I have done to the car is a full service the only items I have had to replace are a Drive shaft, intake pipe and a coolant temp sensor. Great video as usual.

These generations of Passat and Golf are the best cars that VW ever made. They are absolutely bullet proof.

I agree with last message of the video. Ive got 56 plate car and had it for over 3 years, drove to europe 3 times and it hurts to see how many people in uk drive new plates. Why people keep buying new stuff just give love to what we already produced. Love your content guys xx