Trading Up Car Challenge – 100bhp to 500bhp! | Ep.1

We're attemtping to trade up from a 100hp car to a 500hp car, but it has to be a supercar! Mike & Maxwell beging with a 100bhp starter car, and fix and modify it to then be sold on to make the atep up the horsepower ladder.

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00:00 We're trading up!
00:36 Starter car reveal
01:41 First drive
05:04 Fixing and modding the KA
08:54 Oil change
10:37 Sump plug torque challenge
12:02 Lowering spring install
14:00 Bleeding the brakes
16:21 Giving the KA a clean
17:10 The final test drive

[dan]

I really hope this isn't gonna be like some other YouTubers when they start it and never finish the trade-up series

[Billybob]

How to make money from cars "spend your entire budget with mods that will limit your marketplace before even looking under the car" Smort! 😂

[mgt]

See a car that has lowering springs and a random air filter... Walk away!

[Ultrarunnerdad]

I've done, Focus, to Mondeo, to MGF, to MGTF to Boxster 2.7 so far. Started with a free car. 😊

[fenixk]

Cheap ebay mods are a reason to walk away from a car, not a selling point.

[juststeve]

Identifies car potential buyers as granny going to shops...
Instantly blows budget "chavving" it up...

Oh dear.

[CRhodesDesign]

The ka was my first car, my first taste of freedom to go anywhere whenever I wanted and petrol was still under £1 a litre! It was a fun little car to drive, sure it wasn’t fast but you could sling it around A roads and have fun. Will always smile when I still see these around thanks to those days

[OnlyAnOpinion]

Great content, can't wait for the next episode.

[tallguy]

Maxwell is on fire! Great addition to the team

[aromaticsnail]

Great to see you doing your own thing and being less reliant on Top Gear lore

[-PLAYERNE-]

Quick tip, take a plastic cup and slide that over the oil filter before you unthread it completely. Keeps all the oil contained instead of it just rolling down your arm. We've all done it, but when i saw that trick years ago, it changed my life lol.

[theunknownstuntman]

Nothing wrong with a ka, i had one it took 3 adults a child and 3 suit cases from Sheff to Gatwick and back never missed a beat

[phuketexplorer]

What a great concept. Now all you need is a snazzy name like.... err.... 'Wheeler Dealers'?

[Saint_Vincent]

I used to hire these on the cheap to go to London years ago and I can assure you that the KA is fun quick ! Everyone knows hire cars are the fastest cars around.

[Active.mk]

Watched this about 2/3 weeks ago at drivetribe live and still watching it again, great video lads

[StormdriverOne]

I like this. Not the Ka, but the concept. Looking forward to more.

[ThunderChunky]

I had the SportKa - completely broken, couldn't even open one of the doors, one wheel literally snapped in half... It was easily the best car I've ever owned! Easily. Road legal go-kart! 1.6 felt fast (it wasn't but whk cares?) and handled like... Well, it's about 2cm long! It's a go-kart! Handled like a go-kart! And I didn't care if I damaged it. Cost me £50 and sold it for £60.
Brilliant. You basically can't crash them. You think you've crashed, and you're in the middle of a crash... but then realise there's another 5 feet of road left to go before you leave it! They're not even fast enough to crash, but you FEEL like you're found fast
So much fun.
Every now and then I look at prices with a mind to knock out the windows, weld in a scrappy cage, and go grass tracking like when I was a teenager.
Reckon they'd blow everything out of the park!
When I used to go tracking (rallying on the cheap for those who don't know) the very best cars I raced were the Citroen AX GT and the Metro GTi.
Miniscule, fast, and most of all *cool!*
I reckon a SportKa would be invincible.
All those old mechanics racing battered MK2 ford escorts and Rover 200's wouldn't stand a chance against a 13 year old in a SportKa! Or me... Lol.

[Grover]

A ford KA that hasn't rusted in half?! Unheard of!!!😂

[cloudededen]

'added a new air filter to my ford ka today, my ryobi hoover was handy'
man i hope i never have to say that sentence in real life

[samhunt]

Nearly £2, 000 current bid, sorry but nah. The crew must be bidding 😂