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After introducing you all to the ex-Steve from Traffic Cops Volvo 850 yesterday, I am dismayed to announce that this is NOT the Pope's one-owner-from-new car. Sadly Mr Francis never owned it, but what's that got to do with rally cars and the price of a CV boot in 2023? Let's look at the MOT fail sheet and find out what it's gonna take to get this Volvo 850 Non Turbo road worthy. #Volvo #Pope #Funny

Almost 18 months after appearing on the channel for the first time, the blue 1995 Volvo 850 2.5 non turbo 20v manual is back....! Minus the interior. After it was sold to Steve to donate some parts to his ex-Hampshire Police Volvo 850 T5, the blue car was always destined to end up back with Geoff Buys Cars. It looks great - from a distance. Join me for a look at the car, as well as another take on 'How Many Left' figures on the Volvo 850 and help me decide what to do with this lovely old barge. #Volvo #BuyingCars #PoliceCar

It was brought to my attention that Dundee was considering a Low Emissions Zone, so I took a look at the official Impact Assessment Document that was done by the council to figure out if the LEZ would impact any of the local people. What I found was a bizarre whitewash, that would then be taken to the Scottish parliament to petition to implement more of these Low Poor People Zones, sorry, I mean Low Emissions Zones. The paperwork itself doesn't make sense, although it does imply that the impact on the environment is tiny… But don't worry, if you're a Gay Lesbian Sikh who's had their Gender Reasigned and you have 25 Children and are Unemployed, the council have worked hard to ensure the impact of the LEZ on you has been considered. Eh?! I know. #Dundee #LowEmissionsZone #Scotland https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/57-2022_-_iia_-_dundee_low_emission_zone.pdf

Protestors from Just Stop Oil paint bombed a snooker table at the Snooker World Championship, but what is this protest all about? In this video we learn two new key words 'astroturfing' and 'false flag'. Let's take a look at what Just Stop Oil are doing, and put it in the context of Actual Oil. Are Just Stop Oil protesting in the right places, or is there something else going on here? We'll be learning which countries use the most oil, how much fuel a container ship uses every day, how much fuel a container ship uses between China and the UK and how that compares to how much fuel your car uses in it's entire lifetime. By the end of this video you should better understand what Just Stop Oil are really trying to do .#JustStopOil #Snooker #JustStopSnooker LINKS AND REFERENCES https://maritimepage.com/fuel-consumption-how-much-fuel-cargo-ship-use https://www.searates.com/services/distances-time/ https://www.hotcars.com/heres-how-much-the-average-driver-spends-on-fuel-in-a-lifetime/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag https://www.worldometers.info/oil/oil-consumption-by-country/

It appears the Brecon Beacons is going through a bit of an identity crisis and now wants to be called Bannau Brycheiniog. What on earth is going on?! Geoff takes a look at articles from Sky News and the BBC to try and work it all out, before looking at how the National Park System works and how the Brecon Beacons… sorry, the Bannau Brycheiniog's will become Carbon Neutral. But with 519 square miles of basically grass, aren't they already carbon neutral?! (Apart from what whopping great gas pipeline that they built through it in the early 2000s) Join Geoff for a very funny video, featuring some maths, a whole heap more dead birds, some very happy foxes and a photo of Fat Geoff with a Ford Mustang. Oh I also snuck Catherine Zeta-Jones into it too. Why not? It's a fun one, with a serious message to it.#Wales #BreconBeacons #News

Saturday saw a large anti-ULEZ expansion protest take over Trafalgar Square, and this time it WAS covered by the BBC. Although I say covered, it was basically a smear campaign. So with that in mind, let's take a look at the two parties involved… The BBC and the Protestors. Which one of these two parties is cooking up stories to push an agenda, and which one is keeping people informed? Are the BBC doing their due diligence in producing proper journalism? Are the protestors all crazy far right extremists? In this video I analyse the situation, looking at the track record of the BBC and the type of nutters joining the protest, to draw some conclusions about what's going on. With a little help from Elon Musk, Dr John Campbell and The Brown Car Guy. LINKS AND REFERENCES Footage of BBC report on the ULEZ protest https://youtu.be/N5fnXF0pDf8 The BBC froze me out because I don't believe in global warming https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266188/David-Bellamy-The-BBC-froze-I-dont-believe-global-warming.html Brown Cay Guy ULEZ Protest April 23rd Coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllVOzSu73I&t=769s Geoff Buys Cars Opel Letter to Sadiq Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=araJvpI5qGw&t=85s Sadiq Khan proposes journey charge for motorists in London https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/18/sadiq-khan-proposes-journey-charge-for-motorists-in-london Former airline pilot and conspiracy theorist 'shot dead his two teenage children and his dog before turning the gun on himself' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275258/Phillip-Marshall-Former-airline-pilot-conspiracy-theorist-shot-dead-teenage-children-dog-turning-gun-himself.html #ULEZ #LONDON #NEWS

A general channel update down by the river

A video for people that like the old style Geoff car videos! How about a feature length documentary on the 'behind the scenes' of the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show? How did we manage to get all 5 cars there on time, and how much running around went into making it all happen, with the T5 breaking down 6 days before it was meant to be on display? Join me for a fun video, featuring lots of Chaos, Ben and his Range Rover P38, Lyndon and his Sunbeam and MG, lots of cameos from people at the show and an impromptu trip to Northumberland in the middle. There's also a post show walkaround when we go to collect the car. #CarShow #CarBuild #BrokenCar

In this extremely light hearted but super bleak video, Geoff talks us through a text message he received #London #ULEZ #Surveillance

This is the full video from the live broadcast, where David Vance and Geoff Buys Cars take a relaxed evening drive through Electric Cars (and if they work), the Rising Tide of Anti Car Legislation, Tesla and their legacy, burning electric cars, ULEZ, LTNs and much, much more. It's a fun interview and was really enjoyable to film!

One short video that details the entire character of the man... #London #ULEZ #SadiqKhan

The UK's benevolent, caring, kind and approachable mayor has written a book! He announced it on Facebook to his (alleged) 700,000 strong fan base… and got royally trolled. Join me for a deep dive into the book, looking at what it's all about and what it contains, before we look at the comments on the original Facebook post. Did he deserve the solid trolling that he got? We'll be analysing the data in the comments, laughing at the jokes and guffawing at the brilliant memes that the people of Facebook presented to Mr Khan. It's a fun one from Geoff Buys Cars! #ULEZ #London #Funny

An update on the expansion of the ULEZ and asking whether or not we JUST WON, and as a result, if that actually means we all, collectively as a nation, actually just LOST. #ULEZ #London #Cars

After the first video reached 40,000 views, there were more than 1,000 comments to wade through, and MY GOSH some of them were far fetched. Join me as I dive into the whacky world of YouTube comments whilst we try to untangle the general reaction to the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre's closure. Are you all crazy conspiracy theorists with your wild ideas... Or are you bang on the money? Let's find out #Cornwall #Conspiracy #Aviation

Did you know that Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre has been destroyed by Cornwall Council? I didn't either, until a friend sent me a link to read about their plight. In this video I dive right into what's gone on, and to be quite frank... It doesn't make any sense at all. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE COMMENTS... Did your comments make it into my Part 2 video? What is going on at Cornwall Airport? PART TWO... Your Comments: https://youtu.be/NAA-n6Te4UI You can sign the petition HERE: https://chng.it/yKjzS5Kbrp And follow the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre on Facebook HERE: https://www.facebook.com/CornwallAHC/

In this video we're revisiting a piece written just before a big road trip... Join me as I explain what happened when my Facebook Marketplace Roof Box spent two years in storage and the wife demanded I buy a new one... Featuring Keith the Community Support Officer and One Dead Whale. No whales were harmed in the making of this video. But one was cleaned. #Jackanory #StoryTime #Funny

There's a Jaguar E Type in a River, Ethel's husband is missing, Barry is dead and may have accidentally run over Jesus, Paul isn't called Paul, half the Rover P6 Club are at the bottom of the sea and the Oxford Morris Oxford Club can't get home... it can only be a letter from the future! It's half term so I'm stuck at home with the kids. In a bid to keep them both off the iPads, we did a science project and made a time-travelling-fax-machine out of an old type writer and a printer. Join me as I talk you through a report from Drive It Day 2023, sent to me on the time-travelling-fax-machine from the future. #EmergencyBroadcast #Jackanory #StoryTime

In this video Geoff takes a serious and rational look at what's coming up on April 23rd 2023. An absolutely serious video from YouTube's most boring car channel. #Emergency #EmergencyBroadcast #MaybeAliens.

We're back in the Investigative Journalism Volvo for a deep dive into the Welsh Government's plans to implement yet another crazy clean air policy - The Veil of Glamorgan. Well, for you lot in Wales, I feel for you! #Wales #Comedy #AprilFool

Wow, it's a Geoff Buys Cars Mega Documentary! A friend got in touch and said would I mind helping to turn a 2019 BMW 530E and 2017 Audi Q7 into a 2021 Audi S3. Join me as I review both the BMW 530E and Audi Q7. First up we're in the BMW 530E to talk about how insane the current Company Car Tax system is in the UK that favours hybrid petrol vehicles that average mid-30s MPG instead of the old 60mpg mile munching diesels. We'll be counting the buttons on the dash and doing a general review of the BMW before jumping in the Audi for a review. In the Audi Q7 we're focusing on used car values - my friend has owned the Audi for 3 years and 22,000 miles but how much money has he lost in that time? Finally, after briefly reversing the Audi into a wall just after announcing that I don't need reversing cameras, we're heading over to Audi Erdington to turn the Big Bus into a Pocket Rocket as we come away with an Audi S3. It's a rollercoaster of automotive journalism, genius insight, laughs, commentary and ranting... You might even learn something. There is absolutely no jokes about the hypocrisy of Electric Vehicles, and at no point was I wearing my shirt inside out. #AudiQ7 #BMW530E #AudiS3

It was a wet and miserable day so I decided to go on a road trip instead of filming at home... Join me for a run to the Black Country, where we meet a man with a Vectra B painted to look like a Rolls Royce, an Oldsmobile, a lovely BMW E46 Touring and a horse. Includes only one dead pheasant. #RoadTrip #PowderCoating #BMW

In this video we take a look at two articles about the proposed Petrol and Diesel Vehicle Sales Ban. It was set to be start from 2030, but the German car industry has lobbied to move it back to 2035 - will the UK follow suit? This part 1 of 2 videos about the Petrol and Diesel Ban. Oh, this video also includes my proposal on how to avoid the ULEZ charges by converting Cruise Ships and Private Jets to run on Range Rover wheels. Yeah, it's a classic slice of Geoff. #Cars #ClassicCars #InternalCombustion

Is there a huge crash coming to the classic car market? In this 2nd of two videos on the impending 2030 Petrol and Diesel Car Sales ban I take a look at a piece written three years ago about how this ban will impact car values, particularly of classic cars... How did my 3 year old predictions fare, was I spot on, way off or have things accelerated faster than even I could have imagined? #Cars #ClassicCars #InternalCombustion

I sat down with Unity News to discuss… well, everything. The full interview is well worth watching - especially if you want some of the background on Geoff Buys Cars and where the channel came from, an insight into Geoff’s Christmas Number 1 and the details on Coronopoly…. My lockdown themed family friendly board game. It’s a good, long form run around the houses dipping into cars, politics, music and the future - and it’s definitely worth your time.

I sat down with Unity News to discuss… well, everything. The full interview is an hour long, but a lot of what we discussed isn’t… how do we say it… appropriate for this channel. In this three-minute section we discuss the deafening silence of YouTubers and big Car Media Outlets; who are carrying on carrying on whilst pretending the motorist isn’t under constant attack from changing legislation and road infrastructure. The full interview is well worth watching - especially if you want some of the background on Geoff Buys Cars and where the channel came from, an insight into Geoff’s Christmas Number 1 and the details on Coronopoly…. My lockdown themed family friendly board game. It’s a good, long form run around the houses dipping into cars, politics, music and the future - and it’s definitely worth your time. WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: https://bit.ly/GeoffOnUnity