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TR Hamza's neglected Passat W8 has a parts problem

The 2004 Volkswagen project has passed half a million views, joining his Phaeton W12 restoration on the active shelf.

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I Bought a Neglected VW Passat W8 for £1500

What do you do with a project car when Volkswagen can no longer supply the parts? That is the challenge TR Hamza sets up in “I Bought a Neglected VW Passat W8 for £1500.” He says VW tried to fix the car but could not because parts were unavailable. Bought through Facebook Marketplace as a spares-or-repairs prospect, it gives his Phaeton W12 some appropriately unusual company.

Hamza posted nothing new this week, but the Passat is his busiest video right now, three weeks after arriving and with more than half a million views. The Phaeton restoration remains active too: part three covers reassembling the rear end with new components after work on the rusty subframe, along with an introduction to his new workshop. The original Phaeton purchase video offers the starting point for that longer project.

Subscribers stayed unchanged, while daily viewing is running at about a third of its usual pace. Nearby motoring channels are also seeing slower-than-usual daily views, though The Daily Downshift had a substantial weekly audience and MattieFlips added subscribers briskly. For Hamza, the neglected Volkswagens remain the main attraction during the upload break.

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The videos drawing views on TR Hamza right now

Restoring my Abandoned VW Phaeton W12 | Part 3397,587 views

I Bought an Abandoned VW Phaeton W12 for £35001,396,555 views

The facts

Channel: TR Hamza
Subscribers: 270,000
Channel views, last 7 days: -18,864
Videos published this week: 0

The numbers

Here is TR Hamza's week in subscribers and views.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

The Daily Downshift

7,344,538

MattieFlips

1,798,786

Low Fro Photography

790,667

Pine Hollow Auto Diagnost…

482,338

440,479

133,108

54,930

10,562

subscribers

270,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

48,680,033

views per day

3,682

typical day: 11,145

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Built Not Bought

284,000

Pine Hollow Auto Diagnost…

282,000

279,000

278,000

270,000

267,000

266,000

262,000

257,000

As of October 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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