The most thrilling thing you'll ever watch about depreciation and MOT certificates.
BBC Television's Top Gear presenter Tiff Needell presents this invaluable guide to buying a second hand car. He takes the viewer through the best places to buy, the paperwork you need, how to check the bodywork, tyres and exhaust, interiors, engines and the test drive.
Acting
Tiff's unhinged enthusiasm for checking tire tread depth.
Production
That aggressively 2001 BBC graphics package.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired when Top Gear was still a straightforward consumer advice show, before the trio turned it into chaos cinema.
Tiff Needell was a former racing driver who once qualified for Le Mans—making him uniquely overqualified to explain why that £500 Fiesta is definitely a death trap.
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