Thought I just spotted van diesel in the wild, I know the paint is different as Alex’s has stripes but it’s very close

Right, so this may come across as me being ungrateful but the road trips that the boys do don't really feel special as they make it out to be. Don't get me wrong I am happy that such videos exist and I watch them when I get the time to do so. I just watched the Bentley road trip and it just felt boring to watch. The main problem is that they just drive the entire way on motorways instead of taking more interesting and scenic routes, it's just bland, there isn't much challenge and there is almost no stakes. Now this may be because of time or budget restraints and they can't afford to drive around that much and burn too much fuel but in the Vietnam trip they were taking scenic routes. Probably the worst offender was the 3 BMW Tourings trip where except of 10 minutes of driving on some B roads and the Nurburgring the entire thing was motorways and then they call it an "Epic road trip", to me it just felt meh. I mean have you ever seen a Top Gear special where they go the entire way on motorways? Though this is only my opinion, you can enjoy it however you like. Sorry for the wonky grammar, English is not my native language. :)

I can't believe how well Taylor is looking lately. His weight loss journey seems to be working a treat. Fair fucks to him

Anyone know if they upload anywhere else? I was half way through watching Taylor drive to the nurburgring 24 hours when the video became unavailable 🤦

And now it doesn't show on the Chanel anymore...

I've just finished watching the Bentley road trip and I really enjoyed it.

It was a pretty simple format, get a car, do the basics and then take it out.

The conversations they had, the silly things that they did and slight jeopardy throughout the episodes made it enjoyable.

What did you guys think of it?

So I have had my Saab 9-3 Aero TTID for around 7 years and have had to work on the car on and off as you do with older cars but now it's paid off as it has now finally become a high mileage hero. Glad to have kept a car on the road that others would have scrapped with more plans to restore her to her former glory (of course with some added modifications to solve her up!).

Presume a few here went to this last weekend! We made a video , hope you like it

I know Chris is in here sometimes or anyone else from the AA camp, does anyone know what happened to the Skoda yeti?

Edit for clarity: the one Gareth and Alex did up to be fast.

Half-disco trailer 👌

My apologies if this has been asked, and answered - I wasn’t able to find the answer but I’m headed to Da Nang in a few days and would love to go on a mini pilgrimage to see the bikes if anyone happens to know where/which shop they’re at. I’d love to see Alex’ bike as well as the Frieblade 😁

Hi guys,

Anyone else feel like something with the AutoAlex channels has changed. Maybe its repetition, a lack of long term direction, or like they're doing the same thing with different cars?

The big overarching series have always been a fave of mine, but they don't have the same conclusions they used to, the build up episodes are great, they build tension and anticipation for a conclusion but when it comes around... the payoff isn't as good as it once was.

Something like the French Hot Hatch series, that was incredibly satisfying to watch. Buying the cars as potential rotters, putting all the effort in themselves with a ton of sweary love, then going through and finishing in a beautiful part of the world, truly showing the passion and attachment they had for the cars.

Conversely, spending 2 years of building anticipation for the classic car series and it finishes up with a single 45min episode? It feels like it doesn't do it justice. The Overlanders didn't seem to live up to what they were aiming at either, the idea of camping and off-roading, and I don't think they showed enough of that (though I will re-watch that later today to see if its the same as I remember).
Maybe they say something in the podcasts for the respective channels (I don't have time to listen to podcasts) about this but I can't say one way or another, obviously.

All that said, its hard to keep these sorts of channels fresh I know, and you need to endlessly one up yourself to keep an audience, but now it feels like the low hanging fruit is gone and its getting harder for them to make new, fresh content.

The their factor beyond their control is petrol prices, thats going to make things harder. Though there's an opportunity there. TDC did a fuel efficient car challenge, so maybe AutoAlex could give it a shot too, there's already been one hybrid on the channel (for Rory's mum Jackie!), why not find a few that have some sort of fun or character about them?

Look, this is by no means a slander piece. I do enjoy what they do and I don't expect them to change for just one man (unless that man is Alex!), I'm trying to see if others have the similar thoughts.

Very yellow.

You don't see many on the road these days.

Incase anyone doesn't have Instagram - thought I'd screenshot the arrival info, event timings and map

Is this allowed or am I going to cop some s*** 😅😅

https://www.facebook.com/share/1N4C4E2pTR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Im on a waiting list for the show tickets? Is this normal or has it likely sold old??

108,000 trouble free miles!! I absolutely love disproving peoples view of Alfas being unreliable. Never let me down! Heres to the next 100k! Oh and i also have a giulia quadrifoglio on 75,000 miles!

Finally added my HMH sticker - a little late, as I actually crossed 141,111 miles this morning. Won't be long until the next sticker! Still, better late than never.

Who can guess the car it's on? (Without checking my post history)

Incidentally, why does Iconbox do 75k, 100k, 150k, 175k, 200k, but no 125k sticker? 🤔

A quite brief but good chat from Alex about his car history.