Youtube moments

[egg]

Here's the thing, Doug does like shite cars like we do, but he has 4m subs so has to pretend it's all a big laugh that these cars are so shit not shite. I'd say he needs a second channel to review the chod on, but he already has three if you include carsandbids.

[Remspoor]

I tried to watch his review on the Fiat  Miltipla.  I like the car and it's boldness, just like the C6 and a few others. However, I could not do more than when he started laughing at the  interior quirks. It is as if he does not understand what the use of any part of a car is.

[St.Jude]

16 hours ago, egg said:

Here's the thing, Doug does like shite cars like we do, but he has 4m subs so has to pretend it's all a big laugh that these cars are so shit not shite. I'd say he needs a second channel to review the chod on, but he already has three if you include carsandbids.

 

4 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I tried to watch his review on the Fiat  Miltipla.  I like the car and it's boldness, just like the C6 and a few others. However, I could not do more than when he started laughing at the  interior quirks. It is as if he does not understand what the use of any part of a car is.

This is the point. He has 4 million subs but I'd wager a lot of them are drawn in to the exotica rather than the oddities. However, I don't think he's capable of making a joke out of an oddity without it coming across as forced. 

Only thing I can compare it to is how Roy Keane described Henderson's inclusion in to the England squad as he was injured. Southgate said he added to the team, and Keane - straight faced - asked what did he contribute to the squad? Card games? It was cutting, and it was funny, but it was done in a position of knowing the full facts. Doug though just points and laughs at it as much to say "look at these idiots, what idiot did this? i mean why?!". 

More Peewee Herman than Quentin Wilson really. 

[Jerzy Woking]

I lived in Russia (St. Petersburg) for a while, and can say that First Aid kits are essential. Our 8th floor flat was in a fairly quiet area and over looked the crossroads to the flats and a main road.

I don't think a week went by without a nasty crash, many at speed, especially in the winter when snow covered up the road markings.

I saw more than enough people being bandaged up by their wreck to know carrying even a basic first aid kit is worthwhile. Especially when ambulance and police took about 20 minutes to arrive on scene.

You have to call the police if you have even a tiny collision, or at least did when I was there. Russian driver all think they are highly skilled, but I beg to differ on that.

[Remspoor]

Sorry but that football analogy is lost on me. Along with Drug Doug and footballisters. 😁

2 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Russian driver all think they are highly skilled, but I beg to differ on that.

And the world of dash cams would agree with you.

I prefer this sort of review of a Russian vehicle.

 

[egg]

As an aside I think the VW XL1 that Doug tested recently is the exact same car that @dollywobbler tested for Hubnut. Probably the one and only time there will be a Hubnut/DeMuro crossover. 

[Austat]

Fiat 126p "Maluch" bodgery in Australia:

The gearbox fix with the water bottle is quite something.

The guys makes other videos about bootleg electronics and mp3 players from the 2000s.

[Austat]

Dutch guy travels around the Chernobyl area in his AS livery (brown with beige interior) DAF 44:

A very interesting watch, he goes to the famous "woodpecker" transmission station.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

I discovered "Look at Life" here on AS. I'd like to give something back (if it isn't already on here of course) 

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Just now, Leyland Worldmaster said:

I discovered "Look at Life" here on AS. I'd like to give something back (if it isn't already on here of course) 

 

Oops. Wrong video. I meant to post this:

 

[St.Jude]

For those without Sky or Virgin, some lovely person has uploaded the current series of Car SOS. Including the Metro 6R4.

Fantastic episode, sad to as the tribute at the end is to do with one of Ric Wood's guys who took their own life. 

[Austat]

 

[Remspoor]

On 7/28/2021 at 12:02 PM, Austat said:

Dutch guy travels around the Chernobyl area in his AS livery (brown with beige interior) DAF 44:

A very interesting watch, he goes to the famous "woodpecker" transmission station.

I watched some more from this channel. Most are in Dutch, but those guys are quite haphazard when it comes to repairs. Still enjoyable with some touches of humour too.

[JeeExEll]

Maybe posted elsewhere, haven't looked.  Car was parked on farmer's road.  'Gerroff moi laaaand'.  Car's fucked now anyway.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9659643/Get-CAR-land-Moment-farmer-uses-DIGGER-flip-vehicle-blocking-gate.html

[Austat]

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

On 8/3/2021 at 9:06 AM, JeeExEll said:

Maybe posted elsewhere, haven't looked.  Car was parked on farmer's road.  'Gerroff moi laaaand'.  Car's fucked now anyway.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9659643/Get-CAR-land-Moment-farmer-uses-DIGGER-flip-vehicle-blocking-gate.html

Fuck! It seems the more agressive the chap in shorts was, the more damage was done to his jam jar. And as for attacking the crane; well that was fucking stupid. Not surprised he got hit by the boom. Zero sym.... Sy... Ummmm... Can't write that 'S' word... 😂

Edited August 8, 2021 by Leyland Worldmaster
Preductuve ficking toxt.

[JeeExEll]

I think these had right-hand gearchange by the driver's door sill, the seat was shaped to fit the gearstick.  This car doesn't have first or reverse but who cares, it'll do for now and driver is enjoying the car.  Great to see it on the road,

[Leyland Worldmaster]

https://www-liverpoolecho-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/secret-tunnels-hidden-underneath-city-21247255.amp?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D&jwsource=cl

[Austat]

 

[St.Jude]

Brian May re-released Back To The Light over the weekend, and I forgot completely about the album. Haven't listened to it in years.

Then I was further reminded, by the ever so fucking awesome "Driven By You" song, that he did this:

With that version on the album. For some reason. 

[Austat]

 

[Remspoor]

Ivan Dutton's 1959 Mini.

 

[Asimo]

 

 

[Wack]

My gob is well and truly smacked 

[Conan]

 

Have to say, now that they're doing retro moose test it is even more interesting than modern car test. The result certainly is a surprise as well.

[St.Jude]

On 8/17/2021 at 6:05 PM, Wack said:

My gob is well and truly smacked 

 

Fuck.

That.

[ETCHY]

On 8/9/2021 at 3:18 PM, JeeExEll said:

I think these had right-hand gearchange by the driver's door sill, the seat was shaped to fit the gearstick.  This car doesn't have first or reverse but who cares, it'll do for now and driver is enjoying the car.  Great to see it on the road,

I wonder what the film is that's shown in it with the DB4 being chased by the Wolseley ?

[Mr Pastry]

1 hour ago, ETCHY said:

I wonder what the film is that's shown in it with the DB4 being chased by the Wolseley ?

"The Wrong Arm of the Law" 1963.

[Wack]

89 years old , 

Hello this is the DVLA , tick this box to tell us you're still ok to drive 

✅

[LightBulbFun]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5A-COlDPk

I enjoyed this video as both someone into cars and things that light up  

 

but one thing that I noticed was that the thermal flasher he used seemed to be a normally open type,

in that when power is applied the lamp stays off until the flasher has warmed up and it starts flashing

but all the thermal flashers/systems I have seen here in the UK have been of the normally closed type, ie when power is applied the lamp stays on until the flasher warms up and it starts flashing

which seems a much safer way of doing things, because there is an immediate  signal to other road users even if its not yet started to flash

so I found it strange that his thermal flashers where of the normally open type and that for a youtuber that is normally very detailed never mentioned the normally closed type

so I wonder and perhaps @PhilA may know but are thermal flashers different in the US?

are they normally open while British ones are normally closed or did he just not notice the different types and he happened to have bought a normally open type?