Must be the magic price for a pair of QH struts I paid the same for my i10 and then discovered they were made in China anyway they're done about 10k so far.

Scrap it jon, they are awful contraptions people laughed at the allegro but these things are worse proper euro trash

For a second I thought the Smart ran on dog treats 😂 Another fun day in the workshop 😊

Laser Tools 6270 would that not do the job?

The Canadian UKposts channel that fixes Smartcars is called Man Builds. He has several good videos. Worth checking out.

Nice one father and son team.

Your dad is now Lincolnshire's Smart specialist!

Dick Turpin and Swiftnick 😂😂

Lovely job 💪🏼

Yep its got to be the aftermarket stuff .. its just never up to scratch these days its probably false economy even trying them now ..... and Ebay 🤦‍♂️ ... i will look forward to the next installment, take care guys ... oh i wactch man builds he had a shed load of batteries in the 450 recently , it made it to the recycling 😅

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Knocking at rear quite likely to be anti-roll bar drop links, or anti-roll bar bushes. I fitted new shocks and springs to my 450 about 18 months back and it also seems to sit too low now. I have a suspicion that some of the after-market springs tend to sag quite quickly compared to the originals.

Yeah i think you have said it all ,Jon ... It's a more grown-up vehicle ... and it does ride harder due to its set up ... i personally couldn't get comfortable with the seats ... but i only had it for 2 weeks while they were busy with mine .. i think he was trying to sell me it ... probably 😁 ... you maybe getting the noise from the perplex roof 🤷‍♂️ great video guys ... its still a nice car 👌

That’ll do Gromit! Brilliant.

Awesome ❤

which type of adapter did you take? we are unsure if we will need the adapter with the 2 flat prongs or the 2 prong one with the circular grounding pin

Enjoying the videos Jon. My parents have just bought al black 451 to tow behind their motorhome. Let me if you take the Android head unit out as may be interested in buying it off you if you sell it!

Definitely punching jon you lucky sod 😂😂😂😂

I quite like this color combination and would certainly using one as a commuter like you are planning.

Too fast to photobomb you, so the pilot settled for noise 😁🤣🤦‍♂️

That was the best 40 mins I've spent watching anything that's been on TV all week guys, well done. In my town they've built new roads and roundabouts, of which have had they're curb stones ripped up already by lorries.

Seen a Hercules up here the other day 😊

"You're getting mainstream" 😁. Uneventful = GOOD!. How's it going since you started using it as a daily driver?

Those extreme wheels and tyres will add a lot of road noise, especially in a small resonant cabin…. also older aged tyres can be noisier than new and the noise ratings vary. I’m sure the car will now give good service….

Does the Smart add miles if it’s being towed behind a camper van ? Has it actually driven all those miles ?

Tivoli is a SsangYong (KG Mobility). I Used to own a Suzuki Celerio ( called Gnat ) loved that car, it was a little go cart, I only sold it because my wife was having problems with the manual gearbox 😢 he lives next door now 😂 Maybe pulling the hatch blind closed might reduce the road noise a bit? Sadly your roads are as bad as ours😥 Thoroughly enjoyable video, you’ve both done a great job on Pumpkin 😊

I thinkthe dealer used regular gas, but when we get it back and I use up most of the gas I'm planning on refueling it with 91 octane.

I liked it.😊

We've had our 2013 pure for 3 days and now it's got a check engine light on, so back to Austin to the shop. My wife's birthday gift ...... she's somewhat bummed. Loved the video, looks like positive results from all the work done. We watched and learned. Thanks again.😊 34:09 34:12 34:14

Interested to hear how fuel economy compares on the 451 to the 450!

Does it have the splash guards, wonder if the road noise is coming in through there

Could just see you two in a Yellow Reliant Regal van 😂😂

Soooo. The 451 has a conventional 5spd gearbox that's automatically controlled, whereas the 450 gearbox is a 3spd with overdrive that doubles it up, hence 3rd to 4th shift is slower than the rest. It's a shame they didn’t do a 451 6spd somehow, would've helped the mpg.

The Celerio was the Wagon R + replacement - built on the same underpinning? The Tivoli is a Ssangyong - Korean built

Well if you will live in RAF Lincolnshire

Budgets Jon budgets - If highways don't spend ALL their budget a cash strapped council will say they are getting a bigger budget than they need so reduce it on them. Always happens.

Brilliant 😂😂

40 mins entertaining banter. Suits me! I wonder if the rear tyres have got a bit hard or maybe they are super-efficiency spec and a harder compound than normal.

🎉❤ well done

Tivoli is a SSANGYONG from South Korea. 😏

Did you get to the bottom of the gear change issue? Often gear change issues are down to the clutch actuator, the grease inside dries out and sometimes they get water in them which does do them any good at all. Sometimes they can be revived by dumping in half a can of spray grease via the rubber sealing boot and then cycling them a good number of times to work the grease in. Also the actuator needs the correct pre-load, very important to give crisp changes. It should be pre-loaded with 50N, the clutch cycled half a dozen times and then the preload should be reduced to 10N being careful not the let the preload drop to nothing as you do it. You just need a suitable spring balance to this.

The noise has to be because the roof is see through

The Tivoli would be a Ssangyong Tivoli. They recently changed brandname from Ssanyong to KGM apparently. The Tivoli was designed when it was still part of Mahindra, but the brand recently got bought by a Korean consortium "KG Mobility".