Channel Title: Tim Rodie Drives Stuff Channel Description: Welcome to Tim Rodie Drives Stuff! I'm Tim and I'm a UK-based car journalist who wants to help you buy your next car… or fantasise about what you could have. I've been in the industry for more than 10 years reviewing cars and motorbikes for the likes of carwow and DriveTribe, and here's where you'll find my sarcasm-laden thoughts on all things with four wheels. Check out Tim Rodie Rides Motorbikes for my two-wheeled ramblings! <video> Fast family perfection? 2025 Skoda Octavia vRS facelift review Description: Power's up to 265hp, the price is up to £39,000 and the infotainment system no longer frustrates – so is the Skoda Octavia vRS still the best do-it-all hot hatch for people with families? Join me for an in-depth 350-mile review of the facelift Skoda Octavia vRS, including a look ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> The best cheap SUV? 2025 MG ZS Hybrid+ review Description: The MG ZS Hybrid+ might have a slightly ridiculous name, but for £22,000 it offers a roomier and plusher alternative to the likes of the new Dacia Duster, Ford Puma and Hyundai Kona. Join me for a review as I look at the cabin quality, infotainment and driving tech, boot space, back-seat space and a look at how it copes on UK roads - and find out why I'm pleasantly surprised, and why it might just be the best affordable SUV of 2024/5. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> A flawed city car – or a tiny SUV? 2024 Toyota Aygo X review Description: The Toyota Aygo X is one of the last small petrol cars you can buy with a manual gearbox – but how does it compare to the Kia Picanto and Hyundai i10? Well we're going to bloomin' find out. Join me for an in-depth review of the little Toyota, including a look at its turning circle, road manners, interior space, infotainment, back seat space and general awesomeness. Or is it? ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> Good value, or built to a price? 2025 BMW X3 (X320) review Description: This is the new fourth-generation BMW X3 – complete with a whole new look, new interior and updated engines. This is a premium family SUV – but it isn't perfect. Join me for a full in-depth review including a look at the interior, some bad jokes, a driving assessment and a bee attacks me in November. WTF. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> Remembering the 1914 Christmas Truce (in a Kia EV3) Description: This Christmas I didn't want to put out yet another car review – but instead talk about something close to my heart and a lot more meaningful. Join me as I head to Belgium and France to visit some of the sites behind the Christmas Truce, a time at the start of the First World War when both sides briefly laid down arms and came together for one day. I'll also head to Messines, where two future world leaders would almost meet, and then to Ultimo Crater and Lilles for some moving memorials. And pigeons. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> Has Volkswagen fixed its mess? 2025 VW Golf Estate Mk8.5 review Description: It's a fair dinkum fact that the Mk8 Golf was a troubled car – it was full of little useability niggles that were just very unbecoming of the German sensibleheads in Wolfsburg. Now we've got the facelifted Mk8.5 Golf – so are things better? Join me for a full review of the Mk8.5 VW Golf Estate, complete with its huge boot, a look at overall family car-ness and of course a look at its driving manners. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> Why can't other premium brands get this right? 2025 Lexus RX 450+ review Description: The Lexus RX in its current form isn't exactly new, but it's a car I wanted to review because it does something that you won't find an Audi, BMW or Mercedes doing at this price point – a proper sense of luxury. So join me for a full in-depth review of the Lexus RX, including a prod and poke around the cabin, a look at the technology and my thoughts after doing almost 500 miles in this stunning blue waft machine. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> 👵Turns out the Honda Jazz only likes old people 😂 #hondajazz #hondafit #carreview #radio Description: </video> <video> Even BETTER than a Kia EV3? 2025 Skoda Elroq review Description: The Skoda Elroq is finally here - a small-medium size electric SUV that – like the Kia EV3 – actually rides and drives properly, offering decent electric range for a decent price. Join me as I do a full in-depth review, comparing interior space and boot space directly the EV3, as well as talking about the driving dynamics, interior tech and more.------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> Goodbye to a hero: My 3,000 mile Audi A6 Avant review Description: For the past 3 months I've been driving an Audi A6 Avant – a very under-the-radar estate car with a big boot and lots of premium touches. But can it make me shred my Skoda Superb fanboy card? It's come very close… watch and find out what I've thought about the A6 Avant as a daily driver. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> STILL the best value SUV? 2025 New Dacia Duster hybrid review Description: This is the all-new Dacia Duster, with a whole new platform, new interior technology, a better driving experience and a new range of engines. But is it any good, and has the price been kept low enough to tempt you away from its rivals? Join me in a slightly fuzzy sleep-deprived state as I try to film a video review of the new Dacia Duster. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> Does this fix the problems with EVs? 2025 Kia EV3 review Description: The Kia EV3 looks set to fix my two biggest gripes with EVs – price and driving range. It costs from £33,000 in the UK, and if you spend £36,000 you'll get a version that can do about 375 miles on a charge… on paper. Join me for a full review including a look at the practicality for families, boot space, cabin teach and a drive in the Portuguese hills. In the rain. In an orange coat. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> More efficient, more fun? 2025 Porsche Taycan 1000-mile review and roadtrip behind-the-scenes Description: The Porsche Taycan's had the gentlest of facelifts, with most of the Katie Price action going on under the skin. It has updated motors, batteries and other assorted electrical gubbins that aim to improve efficiency and also driving performance, especially in this entry-level rear-wheel-drive model. Along with the Motorpoint crew, I drove the Taycan to Glasgow and back via Portsmouth, clocking up just over 1,000 miles. Find out how efficient it is, how comfortable it was and all the rest of that good stuff in this in-depth review. Watch the full EV roadtrip over @motorpoint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUZALMvu8Yw&ab_channel=Motorpoint ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> MUCH better than I thought: 2025 Vauxhall Grandland review Description: Talk about surprises - the all-new Vauxhall Grandland fixes nearly all of the problems the big Vauxhall's faced in the past. And it's even reasonably affordable if you want the electric version. It's bigger, sharper styled, has a stylish interior and I haven't said those words in relation to a Vauxhall in a long time. Would you pick one over a Peugeot? ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video> <video> £11,000 cheaper than the electric version! 2025 Peugeot 3008 1.2 petrol hybrid review Description: The new Peugeot 3008 was an okay thing as an EV – but it was expensive and the one I drove wasn't that efficient. So I booked in the 1.2-litre petrol version to see if it's a better car. It's nearly 500kg lighter and it's £11,000 cheaper – so is it the better family SUV, and the 3008 we should all be buying? Let's find out. ------ 👍 Follow my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timrodiedrivesstuff 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/timrodie 🏍 Check out my bike channel: https://youtube.com/timrodie </video>

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Welcome to Tim Rodie Drives Stuff! I'm Tim and I'm a UK-based car journalist who wants to help you buy your next car… or fantasise about what you could have. I've been in the industry for more than 10 years reviewing cars and motorbikes for the likes of carwow and DriveTribe, and here's where you'll find my sarcasm-laden thoughts on all things with four wheels. Check out Tim Rodie Rides Motorbikes for my two-wheeled ramblings!

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