Is This The Rustiest Car We've Ever Owned?
Summary
TLDRThe script describes an old and very rusty Honda SMX that was bought as a Christmas gift. It is brought to an auto shop where the mechanics inspect it, pointing out many issues like missing badges, rust holes, broken clips, worn brakes, exhaust leaks, and more. They determine it needs about £500 of mechanical work but extensive welding and fabrication that will cost much more to restore. The recipient acts ungrateful, saying this is the worst car he's received. They agree to fix the major mechanical issues first before considering bodywork repairs to get the rare Honda back on the road.
Takeaways
- 😀 Ethan received a rare and old Honda SMX as a Christmas gift from his parents
- 😟 The car is very worn down and in poor condition externally
- 🤔 The Honda SMX was made for sleeping/camping in Japan apparently
- 😨 The interior is dirty but actually in decent shape compared to the exterior
- 😱 The underside of the car is badly rusted with holes in many places
- 😥 Parts for the Honda SMX are hard to find and expensive
- 😀 Mechanically the car is not too bad and mainly needs gaskets, seals etc replaced
- 👷♂️ Extensive fabrication work is needed to repair the bodywork rust and corrosion
- 💸 Total repair costs will likely exceed what the car is worth
- 😅 Despite its incredibly rough condition, the car has lasting appeal
Q & A
What model and year Honda did they buy for Ethan?
-They bought Ethan a Honda SMX, likely from around the 1990s based on the references in the transcript.
What was the condition of the SMX when they first saw it?
-The SMX was in very poor condition. It had a lot of rust, flat tires, missing parts, and many mechanical issues.
How rare are Honda SMX cars in the UK?
-According to Lee, there are less than 30 Honda SMX cars total on UK roads.
What is the main challenge in repairing and restoring the SMX?
-The main challenge is finding replacement parts. Many parts like seals are discontinued by Honda and would need custom fabrication.
What is the expected cost range for mechanical repairs?
-Lee estimates the mechanical repairs to cost around £500.
What additional repairs might be needed beyond mechanical work?
-The car needs extensive rust repair and welding work which does not yet have a cost estimate. It may also need new wheels, windshield, spoiler etc.
What is the history and background of the SMX model?
-There are urban myths about the SMX being designed for sleeping, but the real details are unclear. Honda enthusiasts in Japan may know more about the intended purpose.
What condition was the interior of the SMX in?
-The interior was given a score of 7-8/10 by Lee. Overall intact but with some wear and missing pieces.
Did the SMX have any valuable or rare parts?
-No, overall it was very run down and neglected without any highly desirable components.
What ideas did they suggest for restoring the SMX?
-They suggested the first priority should be to make the body solid and rust-free. Beyond that, no definite plans were made.
Outlines
😀 Introducing Ethan's Rough Honda SMX
The first paragraph introduces Ethan's Honda SMX which was bought for him as a Christmas gift. It seems to be in poor, rough condition. To assess how bad it really is, they visit Lee at Auto Matrix.
👀 Inspecting the Rare and Unique SMX
The second paragraph describes inspecting the rare Honda SMX. There are very few on UK roads. It has some unique features like the sleep configuration and curtains. The interior is actually in decent condition despite stains.
😩 Assessing the Severe Rust and Damage
The third paragraph involves putting the SMX on a lift and assessing the underside. There is extensive rust and damage throughout. Mechanically it needs about £500 of repairs but the bodywork needs extensive fabrication and welding.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Honda SMX
💡mechanical
💡rust
💡interior
💡rare
💡custom fabrication
💡wheel bearings
💡exhaust
💡oil leak
💡steering rack
Highlights
The car is a rare Honda SMX
The car is very rusty and neglected
Spare parts are difficult to find
The windshield will be nearly impossible to replace
The interior is in decent shape
The car likely has water damage
The engine seems okay mechanically
The transmission may be slipping
Brakes need work but can be adapted from a CRV
Bodywork needs extensive fabrication and welding
Mechanically it needs about £500 in repairs
Rust repair costs are unknown but likely high
The car was overpaid for compared to its condition
The car could be restored but it will take a lot of work
The car is in very poor overall condition despite okay mechanicals
Transcripts
we bought Ethan this Honda SMX for
Christmas now we know it's a little bit
rough but today we're going to find out
just how rough it is oh wow
what no please please please please you
got to laugh as you going to cry so to
find out just how bad Ethan's SMX really
is we've come down to see Lee at Auto
Matrix thank you for having us no
problem what's your first impressions I
see worse I'll take that that's like a
glimmer of optimism for us we're
definitely in the right place because I
had never seen an SMX on the road and
we've come here you got a few here how
rare are these I've UK roads about less
than 30 and one less after today if we
look around it should we start we'll
start with the
[Music]
outside no spoiler are they easy to find
uh no okay perfect at least they have
tried to fill these yeah tried they took
their time with these ones then that one
they just thought screw this I'm not
this one's literally got to screw it
that's the first thing and we're off to
a brilliant start good start our tips
looking a bit crusty that's not a good
site for the rest of the car no badge no
badge you can put any Honda badge on
there3 off eBay okay excellent this side
don't look too bad if you looked at this
side I'd say it looks all right I'd say
that looks mint The Arches don't look
too bad well they always rust is that
rare to have semi- decent archers uh
yeah if you look at any other SMX
they're nearly all vot flat tires flat
tires yeah that one refuses to hold a so
does that one yeah look look how quickly
we're get around it it's just perfect
well that's just that's the best side of
it that's that's the good side this side
uhoh yeah this side's worse like good
worse yeah good worse you can see the r
there that's where the skirts attach on
and there's a hole for the clip and they
rust around the clips and then the seals
go that's like the the tip of the
iceberg underneath if you can see it
doing that it's worth behind it I have
just noticed the wheel AR Lin is missing
are they easy to get uh I've got some so
not too difficult to get I think that's
going to be the least of your issues
though I think so typical Bonnet lacer
pill the you men mentioned an
interesting point about the wind screen
almost impossible to get probably get
them from Japan still bit about ,000
probably likely to write them off for in
this country so if this wind screen goes
that's that's it unless you can find
someone breaking one it's got a nasty
little chip there looks like it might
have had a repair but we need to keep an
eye on that because if this goes it's no
good don't drive it when he's windy
don't drive when the grit in the roads
okay so never in England best off just
not driving it okay perf yeah thanks for
the present
man you corrected us earlier was it it's
a b b20b almost the same as a B20 Z
slightly different compression and we
also said that the front end of these is
a Civic but that's not true is it unique
fit unique fit unique I say unique it's
the same as a Mark 1 Step wagon but
looking in here is this generally
everything there should be in there it's
got the original airbox which most of
them have got a stupid cone stuck on the
end of them difficulty is most places
won't carry the air filter for it even
air filters yeah we do sell them but
most motor factors don't stop
them
is this how one should normally
sound I think the manifold is blowing a
bit on that it's got a bit of an a leak
what what sort of power do these make
standard about 130 135 engines are
normally really good gearboxes tend to
slip I don't know much youve driven this
did you Noti 50 to 100 yards maybe yeah
they generally slip sort of third to
fourth gear you'll find out when when
it's driven obviously we can check that
later if if it's
driven okay so in here not too concerned
blow we reckon is coming off of um
probably the downpipe sort of good news
s of good news s bad news s much like
the rest of this car so just looking at
how well cared for this car is W
ball nothing in it nothing it nothing in
it at all it's just a sign of like how
it's been looked after a oil caps lovely
they always are look at that no milk in
there you love that as well don't you
like so I think this might be one of the
better bits of the car the interior it
seems all intact and all together it's
mostly there
um you're missing the rear headrest on
the back they're an option so most of
them don't have it anyway your sun roof
covers gone they're quite thin Plastics
they break quite easy it has a certain
Aroma in there they suffer from a bit of
water Ingress so the carpet's probably
been wet well ingeniously I think the
last owner instead of fixing it just put
two massive air yeah so that's more or
less solve the issue Edwin was saying
you could in that cover you can get a TV
in there they do different
configurations of this so this is the
single d one they do a double D most of
the time that's broken or the catch is
broken yours is actually working yeah so
nice another little win it's still in K
an hour cuz that's a true kilometers
reading on there yeah 179 is 79 which is
all right fog light switch there for the
old mot yeah cuz I don't come with one
someone's been in the diagnostic P down
the bottom there cuz that's hanging down
trying to figure out why it smells so
bad it's just an honest motor isn't it
bit super glue holding the dash together
there by the look of it pretend I didn't
hear that the orange of thec which is
great but the stains are let it down a
little bit they do stain quite easy were
these built cuz obviously it's the SMX
the the m on its side is on side there
is a whole website about it actually if
you Google it really is it a myth is it
an urban myth oh well I'm unsure ask
Japanese
people uh you can sleep in it so yeah
yeah sleep yeah yeah do lots of sleep
and they do a they do a curtain option
for it as well Which slot in all the
little bits of plastic trim okay and
they got SMX written on them so yeah
they do a curtain so that makes me that
does make me think more you know what
people paper in or whatever is you're
getting up to in one of these they the
see your steamy Windows that's probably
why people go on the step wagon a bit
bigger yeah that's it you got more room
you know different combinations or
positions or whatever of sleeping
obviously what would you give us out of
10 score interior wise I'd say it's
probably about seven or eight out of 10
yeah the underneath where your problems
always are yeah I'm going to guess with
two can I not be part of this next bit
what yeah yeah put up on the list and
have a look okay sweet let's do
[Music]
it you got a bit of a leak on the
steering wack drop link totally missing
oh wow and totally missing there so
that's amazing yeah amazing it's not
amazing it is amazing it's awful well
there's your oil leak that's running
down the front and under the engine
let's call it our from the top no let's
call it your when you say your it fills
me with Dread it's got a new alternator
on it though out of 10 yeah for the
aor no I don't like this game oh there
we go it's bit falling down that's good
uh is that just mud you might find it
just needs new gaskets on
there that b is okay please this is the
good side what the the other side was
potentially
worse yeah so the needs a seal
definitely does now didn't before I put
four holes in my car I won bashes too
much get the fuel pipe but they do
suffer from very corroded fuel pipe
anyway it was great to meet you I we got
way more prod this is good fun
oh wait a minute where'd it
go yeah sorry if I'm treading in your
car this is funny to you you got to
laugh I you going cry like at the risk
of sounding a bit ungrateful because you
bought me this what kind of gift is this
that's very ungrateful look that's not
in the spirit of Christmas is
it
no please please please please please Le
please for him to go on the inside seal
that's normally quite bad normally it's
the outer one only it goes the clips
even Ved out on that one
perfect leave please leave please please
please yes have some sympathy on me from
now on when you talk about a future car
and you say I've seen worse the worst
you're talking about is this that's a
legacy that you're leaving behind you
though yeah you should have seen this
one car that car all brought
it I think tracking out as well that is
lovely as smooth this is the worst game
ever I like this game when it's not my
car let's get your sa in here no no no
it's fine this car this car the uh front
subframe this side has got a nice hole
up there is that good um I don't think
that's very good now U what's the other
side like the other side is solid solid
solid seen eight out of 10 just noticed
that as well that's because the exhaust
part's been been changed about yeah
should be hang they just cut through
that it's just EAS I don't need that no
I don't need that that's good should we
get a closeup of this hole here yeah
yeah I'd love to jack could we get a
closeup of that deck love to show that
to everyone now we've had a good poke
around quite literally down here we have
another score out of 10 yeah it's a
little bit worse than I expected because
the inner SE was gone this side I knew
the back bits would be gone straight
away they always are every single one of
them out of 10 two or
three after seeing this car all the way
around how much would you have paid for
it um we would have probably bought as a
breaker at
250300 okay at best okay okay okay so we
paid a little bit more than that only
over three times that yeah yeah I feel
like you're being a bit un growthful no
actually to be fair how many cars have
people bought you in the past can you
call this a
car call it a
Civ oh yeah oh sounds like a
thunderstorm like 20 M
away it's a bit noisy that whe of
Fortune Wheel of unfortune Wheel of
Despair that's inside the tire that's
inside the tire I like that there's a
mystery item in our tire if someone's
lost their marbles they
probably yeah can I have them
[Laughter]
back while Lee worked out everything
wrong with the car I spent some time
sweeping my SMX off his Workshop floor
just sweeping your car up quick
mate you missed a bit I here and down
the front
and a lot
everywhere dust panful of Ethan chassis
in the nearest bin we regrouped with Lee
to find out the total damage the
mechanical stuff on this isn't too bad
right no no Hondas are really good
mechanical wise it doesn't need a lot it
needs couple of drop links which are not
a lot of money will bearings a little
bit difficult but like I said we've got
a breaker coming up so we should have a
wheel bearing for it it needed a bit of
exhaust work just needs fitting better
oil leak again gaskets a bit sealant
that sort that out steering rack we've
probably got a used one we can put on
there if not we have a place that
refurbishes them so brakes they have got
a unique breake disc on them of course
they it's available for Honda only and
and it's about £ 150 for a pair we do a
fitting kit which allows you to fit your
usual CRV brakes on oh excellent okay
mechanically wise it's going to be
within 500 pound what I thought oh wow
however yeah yeah there's a lot of
welding it needs and until you start
ripping it back there all customers off
you cannot buy the seals you cannot buy
any of the repair panels for the back
it's all discontinued from Honda proper
fabrication proper fabrication a lot of
people with the seals they'll use a Ford
seal transit or a fiesto on one day
because they a similar profile this also
doesn't include probably a new set of
wheels maybe a wind screen that coulden
needed a spoiler spoiler really
mechanically pretty good not too bad and
then the welding we can't yet put a
figure on that can't put a price on
happiness but it is
steep but once it's done it'll last for
another 20 years yeah well that's good
maybe we can bring this back and do
something with it yeah we'll get the
tank done on if you want yeah scrap it
I'll send you pictures when it goes off
the the question what is a cube so there
we have it I think that's answer the
question of how ropey is mechanically
okay okay all right not the worst car
we've ever that's true when it comes to
rust though quite possibly the worst not
in the sense that it's like bad in one
bit it's just spread quite evenly
throughout the whole car really good
there bit there bit wherever you like it
yeah yeah let us know in the comments
what we should do with it don't you
think they're actually making it so it's
solid is number one maybe we'll do that
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