Life's Too Short For Boring Cars
Life's Too Short For Boring Cars
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Is the first-generation Honda Insight one of the greatest cars ever made?
The first-generation (G1) Honda Insight was one of the greatest cars ever made. Built in the same factory, and derived from some of the same technology as the original Acura NSX, it was the first mass-produced hybrid released to the U.S. market. Available with a proper manual gearbox, and boasting the best drag coefficient and highest fuel economy of any production car for over a decade, the mass market misunderstood the G1 Insight-it was too much too soon.
Our mission in this episode is to unravel the story of the G1 Insight by subjecting its revolutionary design to a daunting test. We embark on a quest to locate Prometheus, the world's oldest tree, with just one tank of gas. Once the oldest known tree in the world, Prometheus met a tragic fate in 1964 when it was felled by graduate student Donald Currey. Our journey to find it would require us to cover nearly 700 miles on just over 10 gallons of gas, a true testament to the G1 Insight’s capabilities. Join us on this captivating adventure as we weave together the narratives of the G1 Insight and the Prometheus tree.
0:00 Cold Open
1:20 The Challenge
2:11 The Tragedy of the Prometheus Tree Stump
3:33 NSX Lineage
5:22 Insights to Insight
8:10 A Geologist's take
10:31 651 miles on one take of gas
12:38 The journey begins
13:41 Getting out of Denver
14:57 Drafting Nate
15:31 I-70
16:52 Trouble with the Motocampo
18:49 Going up Vail Pass
21:16 Morning in Mack Mesa
21:50 Back on I-70
23:29 San Raphael Swell
25:07 120 miles to the park
25:54 Final Leg
26:37 Wheeler Peak
27:38 And now the Hike
28:50 First Bristlecone Pine
30:03 The first marker
30:42 The second marker
31:17 Walking among giants
34:12 One one hand
35:25 Running on Empty - 810 miles, 74.4 mpg
Directed by Jeremy Heslup
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*All filming was done with permission of the National Park Service and in accordance with all rules and regulations. Mountaineering is dangerous, and we practice leave-no-trace ethics in the wilderness. We respectfully ask that you do the same.
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  • @rockcrawlerjp99
    @rockcrawlerjp99 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Keep off roading weird!

  • @thebeerhunter7307
    @thebeerhunter7307 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I purchased a Suzuki Carry Van 4x4 in Brisbane, drove it to Cairns (Far North Queensland) a distance of around 1700km, they are awesome little vehicles

  • @georgewashington1106
    @georgewashington1106 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is awesome! Doing the Trans America Trail in a mini truck is on my bucket list.

  • @shunsato6621
    @shunsato6621 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In local used car shop K Vans and K trucks go for $6K but if we can import cars from Japan it would be a huge damage for competitions that’s why there is 25 yrs law😅people still buy 25 yrs old JDM 🎉I would get that Mitsubishi Delica which has Montero drive train. And I wish Suzuki stayed in the US so we would have New “Jimny “ Samurai.

  • @romans883
    @romans883 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    AWESOME trip and awesome tiny truck perhaps more people go this road - one don't need expensive side by side or jeep to experience great outdoors on budget !

  • @MultiThatguy7
    @MultiThatguy7 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes it will even survive as broken car as long as it will drive from the mountains of the Philippines.

  • @dimsun3039
    @dimsun3039 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hey thats where i'm from, might visit ther e later.

  • @bryanayers6104
    @bryanayers6104 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Kei vehicles do not have motorcycle engines...

  • @Brendan7838
    @Brendan7838 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In Europe we get these type of vans with 1.0 and 1.3 l engines

  • @krisvincent
    @krisvincent 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Asian vehicle coolant. LOL.

  • @Gregdsilva915
    @Gregdsilva915 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Need a diesel version

  • @thejoeben
    @thejoeben 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My Dad, my Uncle and I all had these Insights. Great cars, great video.

  • @antoniiocaluso1071
    @antoniiocaluso1071 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    they are soooo-dang CUTE ! heck yeah, the USA needs to build similar ASAP!!!

    • @clutchitup8565
      @clutchitup8565 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Usa won't there is no money to make in them not enough people would buy them everyone wants big luxury trucks for families unfortunately

  • @rfdsdf1
    @rfdsdf1 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Don't know why these guys are hyping this up, a mom-mobile 4 runner with 4x4 and decent tires can get over this without a problem, this place is not even close to difficult. I know this because I just did this a couple months ago.

  • @VintageWanderer
    @VintageWanderer 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So cool. That truck would fit in the bed of my 1961 vw pickup bus! Cheers.

  • @ExpanderDJ
    @ExpanderDJ หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful videography, but the whole thing is pointless. Pull it with a humongous pickup truck, then drive to the top of a mountain? These are work trucks in Southeast Asia.

  • @釣りに行きたい-t7o
    @釣りに行きたい-t7o หลายเดือนก่อน

    こんな絶景の中走ってるのか。なんか不思議な感覚

  • @michaelmanese2228
    @michaelmanese2228 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You know, i drove one of that Mini truck here in the philippines and the reason that keep on installing is the Fuel motor and Filter as our Company Mechanic observe.

  • @expatonmindinao
    @expatonmindinao หลายเดือนก่อน

    I id that loop in winter in my Jeep. Thanks for the memories. Last off road trip I did before moving overseas.

  • @jensenthegreen6780
    @jensenthegreen6780 หลายเดือนก่อน

    these things are still sold where i live and with a bigger engine, you can find 90's and 00's ones mostly coloured black absolutely covered in rust and all kinds of horrible condition yet they still miraculously run, honetly a testament to suzuki quality, i've seen more old suzuki motorcycles in better conditions than their other japanese counterpart, we had a running joke here that suzuki vehicles are so damn reliable their dealerships run out of business XD

  • @muchosa1
    @muchosa1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you need an oxygen tank to inject into the air intake.

  • @Lunarl4ndr
    @Lunarl4ndr หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why didn't you rejet it for at least your home altitude?

  • @Jebbis
    @Jebbis หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder how well a Steyer Puch Halflinger would do on this. I also wonder if you could put a small low pressure turbo on this to make it work better in the mountains.

  • @kaizensweden
    @kaizensweden หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Volvo 940 with rwd would do that without breaking a sweet 😂

  • @user-is9sf5wo5s
    @user-is9sf5wo5s หลายเดือนก่อน

    oh my god is that a tree stump? i'm gonna cum

  • @padrescout
    @padrescout หลายเดือนก่อน

    "It's not super technical!" he says.... as a he drives down a perfectly flat graded improved dirt road.

  • @nrd2143
    @nrd2143 หลายเดือนก่อน

    funny fact me and a couple of guys broke down at the top of engineers pass and we had to fix a diff with sticks and zip ties and I also pooped up there aswell. In all I think we where up there for 25 hours before we made our way back down. I think im the only human to poop up there in probably 100 years lol.

  • @kea1234
    @kea1234 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I did the loop on a crf250l. At one point I was struggling and a guy on an Africa Twin passed me with a passenger on the back.

  • @007Kiristo
    @007Kiristo หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a Honda Acty, and use mine for gathering firewood and plowing. It mostly works great for those things, though as I'm not a mechanic, been struggling trying to fix an issue where it runs like absolute crap until the engine warms up - then it works great. Swapped out the fuel filter and the thermostat, but no dice. Don't buy old vehicles unless you can fix em!

  • @goowol9949
    @goowol9949 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are the truth influencer. I have the same C4S, by the way.

  • @terrelly1209
    @terrelly1209 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So happy Canada has the 15 yr rule

  • @jishaku38
    @jishaku38 หลายเดือนก่อน

    35年ルールに変更しないと日本から軽トラが無くなっちゃうよ。

  • @danabanana4408
    @danabanana4408 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I mean what do you think the geography of east asia is? It's all mountain.

  • @chadderco.luxurybathrooms5757
    @chadderco.luxurybathrooms5757 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wheres the exhaust tip from? The centre circle looks larger than the stock option? i love it, who made it?

  • @GregariousAntithesis
    @GregariousAntithesis หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should have rejetted the carb

  • @GregariousAntithesis
    @GregariousAntithesis หลายเดือนก่อน

    Surprised no one has come up with ring and pinion lower gearing for these vehicles.

  • @Esko5891
    @Esko5891 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw this video about a year ago, and since than I have seen it about 10-15 times. This video made me fall in love the carrera 996 and made me buy one. Love the video and the work you all do!

  • @luburan1973
    @luburan1973 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this are farmers equipment in Japan?

  • @ryanrodriguez1234
    @ryanrodriguez1234 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone know what car is in the back in 4:35 (small grey van)

    • @zack_the_riffer
      @zack_the_riffer 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They literally tell you in the video. Watch it again.

  • @2TrackMind-c6i
    @2TrackMind-c6i หลายเดือนก่อน

    Probably easier on the rig than trying to keep up with freeway traffic.

  • @DABUAS69
    @DABUAS69 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely on my bucket list! Great video, Thanks Man!

  • @T.SMafia
    @T.SMafia หลายเดือนก่อน

    my dream car

  • @petlemons
    @petlemons หลายเดือนก่อน

    Someone in my neck of the woods hauls their mountain sled in the bed of their Sambar. The track sits in the bed and the skis sit on the roof of the cab, it's crazy!

  • @FlorianJunk
    @FlorianJunk หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which light set did you use and how are they powered?

  • @rickrodriguez3374
    @rickrodriguez3374 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I want a rack like that on my wrx

  • @grantog123
    @grantog123 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "I connect to it emotionally"

  • @gggghostface
    @gggghostface หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome man, those trails are incredible.

  • @Anthonysan86
    @Anthonysan86 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Making me miss my kei truck but it’s okay I’ve been working coloring one car after another after selling my truck

  • @joryllpulmones5675
    @joryllpulmones5675 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have a suzuki carry (aka Multicab here in the Philippines). It needs repair though. However, I am very excited to drive it again. Thanks for this content❤