Welcome to this garage! The dumbest Automotive channel in all of YouTube And to celebrate the Season Three Premiere of Car Issues with Tyler Hoover on Motor Trend today January 3rd so check it out! I'll have it linked below as well as a Sizzle reel At the end of this video I Decided to go through the 10 dumbest purchases I have ever made on this YouTube channel and the very first we'll get right into it is a very wooden Rusty Horrible thing. it's a 1983 Chrysler LeBaron Town and Country Mark cross Edition and it's probably the ugliest car ever made. Clearly, mine is not in the best condition I Told the guy that had 22 of these that I wanted one with no rust. He said this one didn't Not only is the rust clearly visible on various body panels of the car, but underneath is pretty ugly too.

Take a look at this please. Oh that yeah, that's what it is. Thank you! The Talking Car Feature: Your engine oil pressure is low. Prompt service is required.

well. I I Haven't started the engine yet I Just turned on the computer. That's why it's saying the oil pressure is low. foreign X offered 500 It wasn't worth the hassle of titling in my name.

It's also too much of a liability to give it away like I've done with previous cars as it could rust into pieces at any moment. So I had this bright idea of burying the LeBaron in the ground. Oh oh no, with no distractions other than the sun setting on the Great Plains My only mission in life was to move a mountain of dirt into a hole. Well, this is my 1983 Chrysler LeBaron It's actually about about eight feet under me right now.

a little less than a year ago I got fed up with it. It made me mad for the last time. So I had someone dig a giant hole and buried it? Come on honey. Oh no.

Ready? Yes, Yes! Who can forget that horrible 1983 Chrysler LeBaron where the seller either didn't know or was a total scumbag and didn't tell me about all of the rust and things. So I buried it and dug it up a year later. The coolest part was the Speak and Spell the talking car part of it. but the rest of it total absolute garbage.

The next car I was one of the first to fail through and ever since there have been so many other YouTubers that have failed on these horrible cars and that is a 2004 Bentley Continental GT for only 27 700 I Bought the keep this Bentley Continental GT in the USA very well putting out 550 horsepower, giving it a 0-60 of about 4.8 seconds. Mine sort of feels like the motor got swapped out from a Lada as it has an uneven idle. It falls on its face hard during acceleration and also sends vibrations through the entire car. The odometer was showing only 47 000 miles with a clean Carfax that corroborated and I bought it for only twenty seven thousand dollars making it the cheapest running clean title Connie GT Sold in the USA It arrived with a bunch of problems, but the real mystery was figuring out the 10-year Gap in the history report.

There are records of six owners during this car's decade spent driving gentle Russian highway miles. There was also another photo of my car driving around probably in Moscow based on the license plates I Am told that my car was confiscated. the literal translation was confiscated and resold by the governments five times. This probably means it was repossessed due to non-payment but it doesn't take much imagination to come up with other theories.

Apparently it's perfectly acceptable in Russia to roll back an Indometer right before you sell a car. to get more money, there's vacuum lines that run right on top of the transmission. Up here they go to the intake and the only way that they say to get to them is to pull the engine and transmission as a unit down out of the car. Do you think this was owned by a Russian mobster? Tell me, Do you think they did crimes in it? It's a lot of smoke.

Yep. I Had no idea it was that bad. Now foreign now six months have passed since I Made that massive mistake dumping ten thousand dollars in the motor and at least another five to ten. Grand of sort out the rest of the crap would be the equivalent of betting twenty thousand dollars on a two seven off suit before the Flop any poker fans.

Basically, that means I'm lighting my money on fire. This is probably the saddest day ever on Hoovie's garage as I'm Giving Up on completing this Bentley Continental GT project. Now there are a lot of factors going into this and for once I'm baking the rational Choice really I am? that was certainly one of the biggest losses I've ever taken on YouTube sold it to Freddy Tavares Hernandez who I think got it running but then traded off for a non-running Porsche that he still has and the next car on our list crosses the pond from England to Germany a hot little green wagon that ate my lunch buying an E63 at dusk. Right off.

it's really nice. now. other than the ridiculously low production numbers, there's something else that makes this E63 special. That's the engine.

This was the fastest production station wagon in the world in 2007. Thanks to this 6.2 liter V8 that put out over 500 horsepower in 2007, this station wagon was putting out more power and could keep up with say a Lamborghini Gallardo Ferraris just about anything in a giant station wagon. Yes sir, you can't park here. You're leaking all over my street display.

malfunction. Visit: Workshop And then a check engine light and it's misfiring. It's bucking a little bit, that's That's not good. Where are we right now? Uh, just outside of St Louis All right.

we'll get to this nice gas station here and do a control delete. Fingers crossed. Come on. Power Price compels you.

The power of Christ compels you nothing so it won't start. Ow And hello 63 wagon. It is all fixed. But still.

There are some other things wrong with the car. Wizard needs to look at foreign steering. now. it really didn't like that burnout.

So my little burnout caused a check engine light and now my power steering to Not work. This guy says I think it's been discussed before, but power steering pumps die. And these cars when you do donuts. Seriously.

Oh yes. Power Steering pump operation. Some thoughts on why it fails when doing donuts even comes with a handy dandy diagram on all these check valves. One half a donut.

Not even a full donut. They can get replaced, parts and labor. 600 bucks. That burnout cost you six hundred dollars with labor and everything involved.

You're looking at Seventeen hundred dollars for breaks. Almost two thousand dollar brake job. Okay, a grand total: 37.50 This car has lost his bloody mind. Foreign.

Here we are again. Really? Yes, really, it's happening. I Can't believe it myself. Such a very cool rare car.

But in that instance, it kept breaking and breaking and breaking. And the service records were this thick from previous owners trying to keep up on this thing breaking and break. But anyway, it was so terrible. I Ended up trading it for the next worst car on this list we're going back to England Interested in a video a few weeks ago I Recently traded off my steaming pile of German Automotive Excellence to some guy out in California and I Don't feel too bad for him though because he traded me this steaming pile of British Automotive Excellence And clearly now that the cars here I can tell he got the better end of this deal by a lot.

Basically, we were both apes and we were throwing stuff at each other and covered each other in our own. It's doing it. You're kidding me. A pink smoking burnout.

This one has numerous leaks. It's giving me a mineral oil level light. Oh, that's break oil. Yes, uh.

there's three windows that don't work and I'm sure. I'm sure there's other things. Oh yeah. I Saw this the other day.

It's the pool is getting bigger. The brake pumps are leaking. The brake pumps. Why are the brake pumps there? Oh, there's a camshaft.

There's a little push rod that runs off the camshaft and that builds up your brake pressure. That's your power brakes. Look at the puddle, it's already left. Oh, I'm just putting it down here.

So that's mineral oil, right? Yes, looks like the steering rack is leaking. Uh oh oh. God We better take this panel off here. Why? That's where your brakes are at and it's all wet.

Oh no. So if we combine everything together, we're right at Five grand, which is to be expected for a car like this. repair. Bill To what? I had into my Mercedes E-Class wagon when I traded for this Bentley Turbo R This now means I have a little over twenty thousand dollars invested into this Bentley I took a turn and it electrically went nuts.

It's not the battery, that's what happens when I crank it. Nothing so surprised. Absolutely no buddy. The Turbo R is off to the Wizards again.

you stupid stupid. okay. I get a few licks. Oh please.

Yes, yes. that one sold for another massive massive loss I got it fixed as much as I possibly could, then sold it on cars and bids in the next owner. or maybe he got luckier than me because that was awful and it seems like we're going from Allied to Axis Powers again this time with the Bavarian Motor Works So in this Alpena B7 came out in 2007. I was working as a Salesman at the local BMW store and it was the coolest car we had ever had an inventory.

it was over a hundred thousand dollars. It was absolutely beautiful and seeing it almost 15 years later in this Condition it's just. it's just so sad that's broken. It's very broken.

B7 And what? Really? Yes, Yes, I know you're broken. down goes the drip pan. The BMW is as much aerodynamics as a catching crud. Oh dear Foreign.

oh my. How many of these valve seals do you think you've done with? BMWs I Lost Count hundreds I Lost count. It is pretty much a hundred percent failure rate on this generation of engines. Isn't it? You're not gonna faint, Are you? No, No.

I'm I am battle hardened Now it's almost twenty Four Hundred dollars for all of it for all of it. for the engine. You're taking the whole thing out, you're taking it apart, putting it back together. Out comes the snail.

Goodbye. Extra 150 horsepower. It's oily in there. it's so heavy too.

Is that supposed to be in there? Not that much. The noises. it makes creepy noises. Huh as all the little hoses and lines fight with each other.

So this this little seal in my hand is the reason why BMW V8s are complete junk now that it's all back together with many thousands spent on Parts in many days worth of Labor totaling more than what I Initially paid for this car, it still smokes like an old diesel. It's almost like this black beauty is tired of its miserable existence. It's broken and it just wants to die while taking as much money from the owner's wallet to the Grave with it. Basically the normal experience of an aging modern.

BMW Spark plugs coming out. how's it look I Don't really like it? Yeah, there's some oil around it. Yeah, all right, you got your camera here. Scored! Yeah, that's pretty good all the way down there.

So what do you think? I Tried despite the car, Ninja's best efforts, that thing was a turd of Epic Proportions It was all torn apart, put back together, ran just as bad. There was no fixing it so it got junked I think it's at J J auto wrecking and there's just a Hulk left of it. But it was a beautiful, beautiful turd and we're going to stay in Germany again. I Guess for the next one.

this one's a diesel. They're supposed to be reliable. We're looking at a Mercedes more specifically a 2008 Mercedes GL 320 CDI And back when these were new I dreamed of owning one I Thought it would be the ultimate Mercedes diesel. Yes, it cost 50 60, 70, 000.

But then you would get a giant SUV with an invincible Mercedes diesel engine that would last a lifetime. and well, that was the farthest thing from the truth. Now this is saying a lot. but I think this is the worst Mercedes made in the last decade or so and Mercedes has made a lot of bad cars.

the CLA is the first one to come to mind. but the the CLA was built to a price point. It's not good because it was cheap and this this thing wasn't cheap. It was built for a purpose and that purpose.

it completely fails. That to your I have all the service records right here. I've perused them multiple times. It is a brutal brutal.

Story The air Suspension I have receipts from six failures. Six failures of the air suspension. You only have four struts, but somehow they're managed to be six failures. Now, it wasn't just air suspension failures.

this thing had oil leaks upon oil leaks fixed over and over again. Things like the timing chain failed on a Mercedes diesel engine, the timing chain failed, the transfer case filled the rear hatch failed among so many other things. There's well over fifteen thousand dollars in repair records on this thing, and they didn't want to take the five thousand dollar dealership offer because they invested so much that they kept it and well, it kept breaking and kept breaking. They spent thousands more and well even then they couldn't keep on top of the repairs.

so they offered to sell to me for not much more than that trade-in offer that they got to a few years ago. And well, here it is and it cranks right over. That's nice because a week ago this thing wouldn't even start in the cold. It was, uh, you know, zero degrees negative.

Five degrees here and I left it outside. I had anti-gel in the tank so the fuel didn't gel. it was just too cold and this thing was 200 000 miles. it was tired apparently and just noped at the weather This you would think my engine oil is leaking but it's not smell it.

Yeah, that's diesel. It's all diesel fuel in here. So from here back is fuel. It's even on your particulate filters or cats.

Nice and gunky, ready to catch fire. More fuel, but the fuels even worked its way. So therefore, yeah, that's fine. Even they trailer hitch has it on it.

Wow. so I'm driving a giant Molotov cocktail. basically. Yeah, basically.

well I said I was gonna dump this thing and not spend a dime. but I I can't I can't sell it like this. No, not in good conscience so someone could give her. Yeah, my driveway is still ruined from that horrible, horrible diesel that I dreamed of owning when it was New Years ago.

But I had no idea they're going to be so horribly unreliable. It wouldn't start when it was cold outside even though I had good glow plugs and my driveway still. Bears The scars from that turret leaking diesel leaking oil everywhere until I sold it. Now the next car on our list is American and electric.

Here's the big problem. You see this message. it says maximum battery charge level reduced and when I plug in this car, it only lets me charge up to 50 miles before it cuts itself off. And unfortunately, since I'm out of warranty according to the searches, battery replacement on these cars, seventeen thousand dollars.

Twenty thousand dollars. So it completely and mechanically totals out the car. Rich Please please please please please help me despite our last meeting not being on the best of circumstances. Uncle Rich Please help me Uncle Rich You're my only hope Tesla Bought Summon Forward What happened to the headlights? This is not a nice Tesla Tyler No, it's a prototype.

Elon Sent me a nice prototype here. Ah, this one has two accidents on the history report. almost a hundred thousand miles right? Obviously some customization and some pretty bad paint work. How much? but I got it for twenty two thousand dollars.

Still don't believe you bought a P85 for twenty two thousand dollars? Well, it's a lot more believable because when I got it, it had some issues. You don't say a Tesla With issues, it showed up with a bad battery pack. Oh and uh, three months out of warranty on the battery pack. Good a replacement pack is something over twenty thousand dollars.

but I was able to send it to Rich rebuild electrified garage. They fixed it for five thousand dollars. so a little unexpected repair there. but uh, still 27 000.

Anyway, I Have no Forward Motion Here it says unable to drive battery to charge level too low at 35 miles. Well, I've decided this is the better solution. Me inside my 2016 Chevy Express Explorer conversion van which is the total lap of luxury 6 liter V8 nine passengers limo lighting, a big screen where I can watch Dumb and Dumber and it tows a Tesla totally effortlessly and it is so nice. Oh yes, those early Teslas are dropping like flies I'm sure you're seeing more and more of them for sale with dead batteries.

Elon Musk Said that they would never appreciate and now, well, they're certainly depreciating and unfixable. Worth less than the battery replacement. So a big L there in the Hoovie column, but the next one on the list is from Japan and supposedly reliable. Yeah oh my yeah.

okay up we go. Hopefully it doesn't collapse on the lift it's making crunchy. uh maybe there's another spot you can lift it from. It's yeah, it's giving away.

These turbo versions with the stick are very very hard to find in Nice condition and I did not find well I did find a turbo stick but I didn't find one in Nice condition. unfortunately. no serious leaks really? Yeah. I was smelling and seeing oil smoke though.

so your steering rack does. Your steering is actually just being held on by chunks of rust. Oh my goodness, you know you're gonna have to sweep all that up. I I it's it's a never-ending okay.

that too You know oh that that that's paper there. You paid nine thousand dollars for this. Thank you? Yes! I Sure did look the rust is eating through even that. Yeah Yeah so that's the rear subframe and I can poke through it with my finger.

Oh that's that's still hanging. huh? uh. look. look at the uh, the flex in that as we stand under this car with this hole.

Look at that. Yeah, yeah. I'm scared. Wait, wait a minute.

Yeah. I Don't think the Japanese could ever imagine the amount of salt put on the roads in the United States during the winter, which is why that thing became a total crustacean that was rusting apart. Of course there's been recalls for frames with Toyota pickup trucks. It is a big big problem with that era and before of Japanese cars.

which is so sad because on the outside it had such a great look. It looked fine and it was the perfect spec. a turbo with a stick. but it was too far gone to save and it got junked.

Now the next car on our list. well back to Germany You're getting this for your wife. It is a A Christmas gift for the wife. Yes, you're serious? Yeah yeah yeah.

I Don't think it'll be done in time for Christmas Oh, maybe it'll run enough for me to at least show it to her. Maybe all right. 65 000 miles. gearbox malfunction service do all right neutral.

Let's jump it off, huh? Well, we can do that, but in a current state I Know your wife and she'll hand you the key back and probably walk off in silence. Merry Christmas I Took my foot off the break. so I shouldn't have done that here. You ready for your big Christmas surprise? When was that? It's something you've always wanted? Open my eyes.

not yet. Let me get you in the right position here. All right. Nope.

Okay, no. no turn this way. All right. No turn.

Okay, good. All right. Ready. Okay.

One, two, three, hey, it's an RA it is. You've always wanted one. Yeah, Hi, David hello. How are you? What do you think it? It doesn't run unfortunately.

Um, we put a new battery in it and one side of the engine wants to run, the other side doesn't but it's It's a little bit of a project, but it's it's your R8. So I know a lot of you are wondering about the Audi R8 and well here it is. That said, on the Carfax they had a bunch of engine work done, new timing chain uh, the block replaced and I actually called the shop and I asked them did you do all this work in the car left running and I first said they didn't want to disclose that information because it's private and they're reluctant and then finally they said yes and the seller told me the car ran the lie detector test. determined that was a lie.

Apparently the Audi which you wisely punted is is the worst news I Hope it's not too bad of news but what you describe it sounds it's horrendous. Yeah, it's a 22 000 engine from Audi if you want to replace it which I was not expecting that unfortunately. Yeah, that was the dumbest gift I have ever given my wife and thankfully Freddy is still my pooper scooper even more recently and bought that car. Traded it for actually the Vanquish right there which is running great.

So good on Me Maybe Not a complete disaster, but the car sure is. We'll see what Freddy does with it and the wife is now happily driving the Bentley Bentega. Now the final car is a little bit of a happy ending as well and also from Germany I Guess the majority of the cars have been from Germany This was a mistake. It was an impulsive late night eBay purchase that I immediately regretted.

It is a 1979 Porsche 911 SC Targa Except well, it's not a Target anymore Somebody Went in and cut off the rear glass portion of this with the roll bar and threw away the target top and affixed a newer Cabrio top and it is an absolute mess. And it's been sitting for 20 years and hasn't been started. We have lights. This thing's been sitting for 20 years.

There's no way it just starts. There's no way. All right ready Wizard! Oh that's that's all the fuel started. What the heck? That's compressioned.

So 120, 150, 140, UH, 60, 60, 120 and zero. Where's the one? Nothing. This cylinder on the driver's side furthest toward the rear bumper. that is a completely dead cylinder.

No compression, Zero compression. none. One black piston that Piston's coated in carbon and garbage. That piston has.

it ran in a long time. Don't jiggle it around, you see a hole. And speaking of Dom Oh not really. No.

Leonard How dumb. How dumb am I did I Just a complete fool. Go in your garage a little bit and see the motor. but I think that's where we're gonna go with.

this one is bringing it back into a Target. But first you're going to put the motor in and get it running and driving. Hopefully the transmission's sitting for the driver would sit right now. So yeah, yeah, that's a it's a great thing.

This was a common conversion in the 80s for these cars. Well, we've upgraded a few things. yeah, you know, and uh, it's gonna be nice. So when you're building something cool and a hot rod, nothing adds bling like a new set of carburetors that is gorgeous isn't it? Yup, we've opened the book on a new page of stupid projects.

and we're closing the book on another one. right here with the 1979 Porsche 911 SC Under Here it was hacked off. The original top was hacked off because this is just the pretty part. This is just the pretty part.

Under here is an actual bar that you weld it back on. We have pictures of that. It's the actual structure it welds to the actual chassis itself. It's a hoopty, but it has all the right stuff now.

I think so too. Leonard Obviously did all the little things because the suspension's dead on, feels right, the brakes feel good. It's amazing. This car sat for over 20 years and runs as good as it did considering well, how little work was done.

It was still a lot of work and a lot of money so that was a terrible project that I never should have taken on. But I felt bad for the car and the results. Well, pretty darn cool at the end of it, but it was definitely one of my dumbest purchases. Now that continues with season three of Car Issues, which unveils today on Motor Trend on demand and on Motor Trend TV be I Make a lot of other dumb purchases and here's a look of what you'll be seeing this season: Hello Dolly Oh, we're gonna be a good friend.

Oh my. God I Can't believe I'm drifting a K5 laser right now. Go Go Go Tree! Yes, you're invincible. Oh oh what are we gonna do Now my name's Tyler Hoover and I've got car issues so I believe this is Motor Trends first big premiere of 2023 so let's make it a big one you have Motor Trend on TV Be sure to watch it tonight and as always thank you so much for watching.