As a kid, my granddad had a 89 Ford Probe GT. It was cool, sleek and pretty quick. I used to sit in the passenger seat, while my granddad floored the car, spooling up the turbo and flying away. After a few years, the car was parked away, and pretty much only used as a 'holiday car'. Even tho no one cared about that old thing, I always thought it was the coolest car ever, and had to own it one day. At least to make sure it would never go to scrap. Then, on my 18th birthday my grandparents came to visit. I also just got my drivers license. As a gift, I got a set of keys, the keys to the Ford Probe. Right now, I'm restoring the car with my granddad, and still believe it's one of the coolest cars I have ever seen.
This same thing happened to me! My grandpa doesn’t drive anymore because he’s getting older and the last car he bought was a 1996 ford probe gt. He was going to donate it to a charity because it was only taking up space in his garage but I was turning 16 in a few months so he gave it to me and now I’m trying to figure out as much as I can about my first car so I can take care of it.
Congrats on the PGT! Take care of it as it's a rare car now! I've owned 2 first gen PGTs (89/90). I even tried to rebuild a wrecked one I bought. Unfortunately became a money pit due to the rarety of parts at the time. This for me was back in the early 2000s. Would love to re-own one and restore this or even the counterpart Mazda MX6 GT
@@90FirstGenPGT I had a second Gen MX-6. That thing was great. Well... it was fun. A surprising fact, transmission bolts are rare as hen's teeth and rather expensive.
The first car I ever bought was my brother's girlfriend's 1993 Ford Probe GT. I was 17, a junior in HS and that car was a life changer. I poured all my money and time into it. Upgrading, modifying, "tuning" I was truly a fan of the car. Mostly because it was all I could afford, but also because it was fun, quick, and just sporty enough to keep me out of too much trouble. I was such a fan, that around town I started doing a knock-off Biker's Wave to other Probe owners as they passed by. It took almost 2 years, but just before heading to college, I got my first wave back lol.
i mean to be fair, if u see a 2005+ mustang rolling down the street its like a 50% chance to be a woman driving. Ford knows the demographics, v8 for men, electric for soccer moms.
Donut is known for that but this one was especially obnoxious. They need to fix that whole "lure you in to understand and then knock you out of your seat" contrast.
Yea she does. That's very sexy 😍 she did that I already love cars but to know that women got their hands on them too, is right there next to my cold heart 💯💀
@@AtomicNexus thanks, now I need to watch the last Airbender again ._.) But if anyone wants to see a real E-Musclecar that isn't a shitty SUV look up the Mustang Lithium and Zombie 222
@@AtomicNexus "that's not true there's literally a March-E drilling a hole into the wall!" *"Dai Li, take this man to the underwater brainwashing facility"*
The second gen Probe is such a good looking car. Up there with some JDM greats for me. Also, thanks for doing highlights of underrepresented designers.
I think the reason it looks so good is because it has an RX7 FD vibe to it... I don't know whether that was intentional or not, but from the front it really looks like a slightly deformed FD. And the first gen looks a lot like the FC too.
Marcelo Guia i agree. the pop up head lights really did it to me. The only issue is, i can’t find any parts for it. looked all around in my town and online and can’t find anything. any suggestions?
I got a GT Probe in 1993, and drove the wheels of that thing! It was the funnest car I've ever owned. It was so sad, that Ford was going to replace the Mustang with the Probe, because it was a totally different car from the Mustang.
First guy says "Well, I'm an astronaut, so I drive a Saturn." The second guy says "Well, I am a pimp, so I drive a cheap Escort." And the third guy says "I got you both beat. I'm a proctologist..." . . . *"So I drive a brown Probe."* . . . -taken from Michael Scott's Dirty Party Jokes book
Lmao except the front wheel drive would probably make the handling more predictable and safe, so maybe Camaros or something would be the ones to be known for driving into crowds? This is a fascinating alternate universe to imagine lol
@@nvrndingsmmr FWD isn't safer except in the context of the average person. Someone who knows what they're doing will find that FWD is less predictable and more likely to crash. Understeer is harder to correct than oversteer
@@dustinjames1268 I think we can agree that the many Mustang drivers who built a reputation for crashing at meets were average people who didn't know what they were doing.
That's what I've always thought about the Chevy vega. I've seen some with a 305 or a 350 and they are running MF'ers might have rusted to bits but they drove the guts outta them and sold them
Ford hatted the Probe so much it was treated like the red headed stepchild. The turbo motor was very capable and I suspect if they had put that motor in the 2nd Gen Probe, it could have eclipsed even the mustang.
But the bigger issue is when they finally started making the car cool, people stopped buying them. They had no choice. Building a cool car is great but if it’s not selling, then it’s not making money. Ford ain’t in the charity business, they need to make money.
Back around 2000 when I was young and cycling to school in Jolly old England, there was a striking curvy car with a 2.5 V6 in an Azure blue that caught my eye every day. It said "24v" and "Probe" on the rear, and I was fascinated by it. The second generation Ford Probe was like nothing I was used to seeing on the road or driveways in my neighborhood. Most cars I saw were economy oriented four cylinders, but this was different. My mother drove a series of Austin/Rover Maestros which were boxy and boaty, underpowered and unremarkable, and I just couldn't help but see all of the differences between this low nosed, sleek car and the plucky but slow hatchbacks that met most of the family transport needs of the 90s. Obviously now I know that the probe was more of a GT car than a truly powerful, muscular, performance car, but that look really stuck with me. It's probably what helped me really love the looks of the Catfish Camaro. I was a petrol head already, always poised to turn any conversation to cars, but as a car that held the name "Probe" I did not dare mention it to my friends despite it being a significant landmark on my Monday to Friday life for four years, because of the inevitable comments teenage boys can't help but make. Shout out to the Ford Probe for being the most interesting Sunday driven vehicle I didn't discuss for twenty years. I never saw the car driven, but it was always there to catch my eye while the owner doubtless commuted in something bland and economy focused. Thank you Donut. My odd, secret fascination with a re-skinned Mazda that I couldn't forget can now be put to rest, and my desire to talk about it ended without fear of enduring countless butt jokes from people who missed the point.
@@jamesloder8652 I will agree with you that every era has it's fair share of terrible design trends. However, I just don't see it in the Probe during it's entire lifespan. Toshi Saito created the 1st gen design, making it very similar to the modestly styled Japanese coupes that it was competing against in the American market. That sensibility carried over into the 2nd gen design by Mimi Vandermolen, even when Ford was trying to push their awful "ovaloid" aesthetic cues in the late 90's (ever seen a 98' Taurus dashboard? Ugh!). I guess what I meant to say rather than "90's looking" was the GOOD part of what charachterized 90's aesthetics. Sensible proportions and congruous lines, with only a bit of tasteful "rounding" of edges into smooth curves to make things look sleeker.
@@luckyduckydrivingschool3615 Nailed it, even the inside is like this, curved nicely, the doors and the dashboard lookss like they are merging, it's really satisfying, i'm an happy owner of a '97 Probe and i just love every aspect of this car.
Agreed. I had an MX6 as my first car. I miss that car everyday, was fantastic to drive. It's a shame the diffs where made of cheese and they had very little aftermarket support.
Samee my dad had a stock supra 98 special edition he sold it for 4K on 2004 because it was rusted and bought a new Ford Taurus for the family and now he’s trying to buy a nother one but there to high price 😭😭😭
It's fine as long as it's differentiated from the regular mustang. The 2020 Mustangs are the best ever, ever ever. The mach E is just a cool electric bonus.
As it has been explained Mustang will become its own division nor that Mercury is gone and the Mach-E will be part of it...along with a full Mustang EV eventually (Mach-E GT 0-60 in 3.5, Mustang coupe will be faster).
Watching this video at an audio level loud enough for me to hear most of it, and not disturb my roommates in the next room, is a huge challenge. Love your content!
Thank you for the love. I owned a Probe and loved it. It helped me land a girlfriend that was way out of my league that would later be my wife, she thought is was some kind of exotic job.
I use rockauto and Ebay for most of my parts. I bought several beat to death cars for around $500 so I have plenty of spare parts. Many of the lx stuff is the same as well as mazda 626, mx-6 and the b2200 had an 8 valve version of this engine. Pretty sure all the adjustable struts are gone. I couldn't find any so I ended up with non adjustable ones for an lx. Turbo parts are rare and hard to find. I'm finally upgrading to a bigger turbo which, is a big project trying to make everything fit. Hopefully it will be back on the road in about a week. Can't wait to see what a larger turbo is like on this car.
@@Jason-si4mf Wow sound's like you've got a great project going, best of luck! I'm a 2nd gen 2.5L MX-6 owner from Australia. Pretty tidy car, goals are essentially to revamp alot of the 20+ year old tech. Got a 2.5" stainless exhaust currently, next up want to ditch the whole fickle variable intake in favour of ITB's, as well the ancient distributor based ignition system with instead coil packs, bigger injectors, and a walbro fuel pump. The dream is to do away with all the vacuum line reliant junk and get with the 21st century, going with a haltech to set and tune all the engine conditions.
hahaha. oscillating dash vents song. maybe as the B-side to the 5th single from the album. You know, the song that really shouldn't be released at all, and needs a throwaway on the B-side vs. the instrumental track.
@@MillionairX , well... one of the smaller mass produced V6 ever made is more correct. the Mitsubishi 6A10 engine found in some Colt and Lancers in the mid 90's was a 1.6l V6 and is the smallest modern mass-produced V6.
Seriously, I got mad half way through the episode and just stopped because I got tired of fiddling with the volume on my PC. Super amateur audio engineering, whoever did the audio for this video should be fired, very unprofessional.
@@theofficialsikris they're not in their studio anymore, didn't have the same equipment they normally use, the audio issue is coming from his mic placement (which he got right in later videos)
Not an excuse for content creators, but there's an option in the Windows sound settings called Loudness Equalization that I love. It's especially clutch for those movies that swing wildly between whispered dialogue and bone-shaking explosions.
First off I would like to say thank you very much for literally letting me check off something on my bucket list I've been waiting my whole life for someone to mention the Ford probe and do something with it. I forget what show it was maybe a month or so ago you had mentioned like "even if the guy got a Ford probe it's his car and he loves it" and I wrote a comment and I was like man I wish somebody to do something with the Mazstang. I was obsessed for years with the first and second gen I'm probably ownd 30 overtime and they've always been true to my heart. Wish you would have mentioned the jdm KLZE motor. And maybe the brother model from Japan the MX6. or the fact that the Ford ranger at the time basically had the same 2.2 motor just turn sideways I actually turboed one with Ford probe manifold and parts. I was hoping this show would have been at least an hour maybe.. maybe even 3 hours. But I understand I'm probably the only one that truly appreciates it. Thank you bro keep up the good work 👊. Pop-ups for life bro.... For liiiiifffffeee. For a Thursday afternoon you made my f****** day. and brought back all the nostalgia of my childhood in the beginning of my understanding of turbos and cars. I can literally smell my old cars right now that Ford oil burning turbo. Thanks again guys!!
Yeah I wish they had left the turbo motor in when they created the 2nd Generation. Very understated car. Was a blast to drive. I got rid of mine only because I wanted more power. If I knew then what I know now. smh
i have such fond memories of this car, my dad owned a ford probe as a main daily driver, and i miss it to this day, i still remember listening to modern rock 95.9, foo fighters, disturbed, all while going to neimann's.....i miss that car so bad....
Hey chip your job search sounds like privileged upbringing but your father's choice of car the sounds very much like he did not want to piss your mother off
My late grandfather worked in Ford's design department in Michigan. He played a role in helping to design this car. I rarely see these on the road....but when I do, it always brings a smile to my face
I feel like I'm the only one who thinks the fox body mustang is the worst gen mustang. It's just the most boring looking gen, like just a standard boxy sedan. But the probe is genuinely cool and different
Here in Texas (and a few other states in the USA), there are exceptions which allow legal drinking alcoholic beverages under the age of 21. Individual exceptions vary from one state to the other. Some states allow active members of the military to drink at the age of 18 (typically on base). IIRC, this one does not apply to TX. Some states (including TX, last time I checked) allow parents or a spouse to serve alcohol to their children or younger spouse, with supervision. This means that if a 21-year-old marries an 18-year-old, the 21-year-old spouse can buy alcohol and serve it to their 18-year-old partner while both are at the same dinner table (the 21-year-old is supervising the 18-year-old). Similarly, parents can serve their teenage "children" alcohol while in their presence (supervision. Parents cannot legally serve kids alcohol and then leave the room). Some states allow small quantities of alcohol to be served to minors in religious ceremonies, such as Holy Communion (a.k.a. "The LORD's Supper", or "Holy Eucharist."). Interestingly, I read somewhere that this exception, albeit for older adults, was also an exception which applied to the US Space Program. Alcohol was forbidden on space flights, but at least one Astronaut was allowed to take wine with him into space in order for him to have Communion while he was in space. So, the "you have to be 21 years old in order to drink in the USA" is not quite as cut-and-dried as it may seem. Depending upon where you live in the USA, there are exceptions. When it comes to actually buying alcoholic beverages, unless you are 18+ on a military base in a state with the service member exception, however, you do have to be 21 to legally buy alcoholic beverages. I am not a Lawyer and this is not to be considered legal advice. Laws sometimes change also. Check the laws in the municipality, county, and state where you live.
My dads always been obsessed with these cars and I didn’t know why until I had the opportunity to buy a 1993 base model with only 40k miles on it and my dudes, it’s by far one of the most reliable and fun vehicles I’ve ever owned. My 1995 mustang gt breaks down like every other weekend so having that probe as a backup is pretty refreshing.
Easy to tune. Remember they were introduced in Feb 88. I bought one in Feb 89. Such a fun car to drive. Didn't take much to get high 12s without making more noise. I put 300000 on it with performance bits, routine maintenance and wear parts, and a cv shaft. I'm glad I never had to get new struts! Those automatic adjustable struts have been unobtainium since the mid 90s.
I just went on Spotify. I see a couple playlists, but no “Pop Up Up & Down Headlights” song. What gives?! I need mo’ powa, baby!! Come on, stream it, it’s a hit!!
A guy in the comments of the Pontiac Fiero video made a downloadable clip. I made it my ringtone so now I almost never answer my phone... mega.nz/file/p8BEkQ5I#Esv2j3DddiaWTB99xMY-b3HOx2UG0Co_1nxm_70ZbDg
@@christianbudd2358 I've still got my Grandpa's v6 Murcury Mystique...unfortunately with the crappy automatic. I will say though, the seats are great, the v6 is super fun with those 4.11 gears. It's only 2800lbs, quite fun to zip around in. Otherwise, yeah, its not the best lol
I driven one of those Cougars for a summer it sure reminded me of the Focus Sedan. Like a churched up ZX4, but it had a V6. Which was cool, but the chases felt Focus.
I've had 6 1st gen Probes and MX6s since I was 18 and I'm 37 now. I currently own a 90 Probe GT with just shy of 500whp and it's a blast to drive. The F2T engine is bullet proof.
Mercedes Benz E63-S AMG no. They eventually build cars using the Shelby name. They were never employed by Shelby, as Shelby is a separate company. Shelby just licensed the name to ford and approved the final product.
@@CamaroAmx Yes that's why I said SVT was later renamed Shelby. Shelby did not do the Mustangs. They just used his name instead of SVT because most people know the name Shelby. Ford never really advertised the SVT team. So really most didn't know they existed. I think back in early 2000's they did like 2 or 3 SVT commercials they ran once or twice each during a few Nascar races. Never seen them again. Like Dodge people have heard of SRT. Chevy doesn't have one. Mercedes for a long time here in the USA most people hadn't heard of AMG but I think it has gotten a lil more well known in past 5-10 years or so. In Europe people know what AMG is.
So glad a high profile TH-cam video was made on the Ford Probe. My friend has an old 928 and 944 Porsche. You go online, and many are still around, no one crushes those cars. Go on line looking for a Ford Probe, and they are very very hard to find today. Very sad...........
It’s all I think about when I see these videos and I’m disappointed if i don’t hear the song. Hell, my son and I sing it around the house. It’s the best.
First car I bought was a 96 mx6! Bought it after I joined the air force back in 2001. Car was eventually stolen while i was at work. Looking back, it was kinda a piece lol had so many problems.
Gotta love Mimi being real, it wasn't "anything you can do I can do better" it was as case of recognizing that most women aren't Enthusiast drivers, if ford made something more user friendly for women then guys will want it too because its going to be the lazy boi of cars and too comfortable to resist buying"
When we got the European one in the early 90s. I remember seeing a turquoise one at our local ford dealership. I remember even being around 5. Thinking it's gorgeous. The car had so much potential. Just a shame ford wasn't prepared to be a little bit more adventurous with it. They should of raced it in the BTCC.
"Should of" is wrong yes, "should have" is the correct term and should've is a shortened version of should have. How ever a lot of people say should of because its reads and sounds very familiar to should've. I do think it's worrying, that after reading my comment. You felt the need to take time out of your life and vent about a simple common spelling mistake. (That you clearly understood anyways). Guessing a little victory like that goes along way for some people. ✌️
I had a 93 GT and I miss it 20 years later. I'd love to find a clean manual one. Im surprised you didn't mention the MX6 which was Mazda's version. In Japan that V6 had 200 HP. These engines also had a variable intake so the intake would adjust volume. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_K_engine#KL
I currently have a manual 2.5 Telstar. Basically a plainer looking Sedan with all the underpinnings of the probe. Lovely car to drive. Amazingly smooth engine
I had a 94 Probe GT 5 speed also, I thought it was a great vehicle. I liked it better than my Dodge Stealth I got a couple years later. I liked the looks of the Stealth better, but I thought the Probe drove better.
@@TechDove there is. And it seems to be at 9 AM. However, my point was that i looked at the clock at EXACTLY 10AM. Like literally i turned on my phone and it showed 10:00:00.
For a guy speaking DIRECTLY into a microphone, this episode has some inconsistent frickin audio. Anyone playing this through a T.V is constantly playing with the volume.
I agree. Most of the time I could barely hear it then all the sudden it start blasting and I'd scramble to turn it down. Bad enough it took away from the video in my opinion. Still a good vid though.
@@boletus60 That's exactly it. I much prefer the sound and smell of a V8 but times change sadly so if they want to keep the Mustang brand alive, they need to come up with an electric muscle car. To put that name on an SUV is crazy after years of building a heritage that you cannot buy.
I think that turn cars like the ford puma or the mustang into suv is a terrible idea because the « dna » and the heritage of the car is destroyed for the profit that suv make
I had a 1991 Mazda MX6 GT that was fantastic. The seats are still of my favorite seats Ive had in cars. The first gen MX6 looks better, to me, than the first gen, or second gen, Ford Probe.
Did someone forget to comp the audio on this one? Anyway I've always wanted a Probe but I'll have to get a vanity tag that says PROBED just to be safe.
From 1975 to about the mid 90s, my father worked at Ford Aerospace and part of his benefits he got to lease two cars every year. He typically got some of the low end cars... Escorts, Fiestas.. but some years he got nicer cars. Bronco 2, Mustang, Thunderbird. One year just after I got my drivers license, he got a red Probe GT. I loved that car, it was much nicer than a low end Mustang. Wish I had that car now.
YESSSSSSSSS!! I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!! I love you Donut Media and James!! I own a 1993 Ford Probe GT and it was reviewed by “ThatDudeInBlue” and it only has 82,000 miles!! I absolutely love my Probe!! It’s 2.5L DOHC 24 Valve V6 while “only” making 165hp got the car to 0-60 in 6.8-7.0 seconds which is pretty fast!! The 2nd gen Probe V6 is actually really reliable!! I love my Probe a ton!! The wrap around cockpit styled interior and the sound the V6 makes is great!! Plus the car only weighs 2,900 pounds and it’s a hatchback so it’s very practical and I get almost 30 miles per gallon!! It also has POP UP FREAKIN HEADLIGHTS!! My Probe has some modifications done to it!! It has König Oversteer Opal 16 inch rims, a Cold Air Intake, Stainless Steel Headers, a Dual aftermarket Bluetooth stereo, and last but most certainly not least a Greddy SP1 muffler!! The Greddy muffler mixed with the Intake and the headers makes it sound great!! The Probe was so good when Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson loved the car saying it was better than all of its rivals and and it made Car and Driver’s Top 10 Best Driver’s Car list and it was 1993 MotorTrend Car of The Year!! So, I absolutely love my Probe and James did a great job on this Up To Speed on the Ford Probe!! Keep it up Donut Media!!
I remember when my grandma bought a brand new probe. that thing was awesome... and she drove the shit out of it. it was pretty much my introduction to “going fast.”
@8:07 that is incorrect. The Vulcan V6 was never available in the Probe GT. The GT always had the Turbo 2.2. The Vulcan V6 was available in the Probe LX model, either with a 5-spd manual or a 4-spd auto.
I had a 92 ford probe with the V6 Taurus engine front wheel dr. manual xmission. It was a great car but with the front wheel dr...when you gave it gas the front end would hop. never a wheel cherp or anything....but still a fun car to drive and will always be in my memories...) ;
I love that at the end of every video James is in he says “I love you.”. Plus, with how passionate he is, you know that he’s being 💯 about it. Just so you know James, your extended donut family loves you too 🍩❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎
As a kid, my granddad had a 89 Ford Probe GT. It was cool, sleek and pretty quick. I used to sit in the passenger seat, while my granddad floored the car, spooling up the turbo and flying away.
After a few years, the car was parked away, and pretty much only used as a 'holiday car'. Even tho no one cared about that old thing, I always thought it was the coolest car ever, and had to own it one day. At least to make sure it would never go to scrap.
Then, on my 18th birthday my grandparents came to visit. I also just got my drivers license. As a gift, I got a set of keys, the keys to the Ford Probe. Right now, I'm restoring the car with my granddad, and still believe it's one of the coolest cars I have ever seen.
Awesome, my first car story is very similar but with a 99 Neon haha
Thank you for keeping the Probe alive 😭
This same thing happened to me! My grandpa doesn’t drive anymore because he’s getting older and the last car he bought was a 1996 ford probe gt. He was going to donate it to a charity because it was only taking up space in his garage but I was turning 16 in a few months so he gave it to me and now I’m trying to figure out as much as I can about my first car so I can take care of it.
Congrats on the PGT! Take care of it as it's a rare car now! I've owned 2 first gen PGTs (89/90). I even tried to rebuild a wrecked one I bought. Unfortunately became a money pit due to the rarety of parts at the time. This for me was back in the early 2000s. Would love to re-own one and restore this or even the counterpart Mazda MX6 GT
@@90FirstGenPGT I had a second Gen MX-6. That thing was great. Well... it was fun. A surprising fact, transmission bolts are rare as hen's teeth and rather expensive.
The first car I ever bought was my brother's girlfriend's 1993 Ford Probe GT. I was 17, a junior in HS and that car was a life changer. I poured all my money and time into it. Upgrading, modifying, "tuning" I was truly a fan of the car. Mostly because it was all I could afford, but also because it was fun, quick, and just sporty enough to keep me out of too much trouble. I was such a fan, that around town I started doing a knock-off Biker's Wave to other Probe owners as they passed by. It took almost 2 years, but just before heading to college, I got my first wave back lol.
That is ridiculously adorable....
sounds very familiar to my 93 chevy beretta gt.
cool
Theyre cool little cars for sure. I drove my aunts a couple times and it was fun as hell.
My first car was a Ford probe and lemme tell you that particular one was a piece of shit lol
>No V8 in the car
"I'd rather the Mustang die"
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INTRODUCING THE ALL NEW 2021 MUSTANG MACH-E!
Seriously, at least the probe was a sports car. The Mach-E is going to be exclusively bought by “Karens”
@@iamlpdo19 Power output 198-342 kW (266-459 hp; 269-465 PS) All some people see is electric. I see bigger numbers then the V6 models prior.
I knew nobody that ever thought the Probe was anything but anal or a girls car. Cool never was in the sentence.
Maybe they will but a speaker that plays v8 sounds like the bmw
i mean to be fair, if u see a 2005+ mustang rolling down the street its like a 50% chance to be a woman driving. Ford knows the demographics, v8 for men, electric for soccer moms.
1993-97 Probe GT was my dream car in my teens. Wish I bought one and still had it. One the best looking 90s cars out there and still looks fantastic.
there's a really nice one for sale near Seattle
I want to see James meet post malone
Me
Everybody does it would be awesome
Bruh they best friends. He just don’t know it yet
B2b with post malone's 6 wheelee raptor
Post Malone would have to meet James; not James meeting Malone. Mo’ bleepin Powah baby.
Do a D-list on members of donut media.
Ye
Lamfao
Please
With every car they've owned.
I wanna see an Up The Speed for James honestly
The audio is so inconsistent with this episode, I had to keep changing the volume on my tv lol
So im not crazy, good.
I have earbuds in 😢
Audio levels were terrible. Just plain lazy production this time.
Donut is known for that but this one was especially obnoxious. They need to fix that whole "lure you in to understand and then knock you out of your seat" contrast.
EchoXMC I thought it was only me, but thx.
Mimi needs an entire episode just for her.
Yea she does. That's very sexy 😍 she did that I already love cars but to know that women got their hands on them too, is right there next to my cold heart 💯💀
That would be a great Past Gas episode
"I'd rather the Mustang name die, than be put on that thing" Wish this guy was around when the Mach-E was introduced
In my world there is no such thing called mach-e
@@DefinitelyNotEmma There is no Mach-E in Ba Sing Se. Here, we are loud. Here, we burn gas.
@@AtomicNexus thanks, now I need to watch the last Airbender again ._.)
But if anyone wants to see a real E-Musclecar that isn't a shitty SUV look up the Mustang Lithium and Zombie 222
@@AtomicNexus "that's not true there's literally a March-E drilling a hole into the wall!"
*"Dai Li, take this man to the underwater brainwashing facility"*
Definitely not Emma also the camaro el1 in fd
The ford probe was a cool car back in the day. A replacement for the mustang, no, but a cool car nonetheless
The probe was the first car I learned burnouts in
Not a cool car... the name alone is awful
@Drew Looks like 99.5% of people disagree with you.
Very true my stepdad had one they were quick for back then
Cant wait for in hub electric motors to make one awd
The second gen Probe is such a good looking car. Up there with some JDM greats for me.
Also, thanks for doing highlights of underrepresented designers.
Had a silver ‘94 probe as my first car. 20 years later and I still miss it. It was a fun little guy.
Philip Riddle just bought a 95 probe as my first car. in love with the car already
I prefer American designs usually, big blocky cars are the best kind of cars.
I think the reason it looks so good is because it has an RX7 FD vibe to it... I don't know whether that was intentional or not, but from the front it really looks like a slightly deformed FD. And the first gen looks a lot like the FC too.
Marcelo Guia i agree. the pop up head lights really did it to me. The only issue is, i can’t find any parts for it. looked all around in my town and online and can’t find anything. any suggestions?
I got a GT Probe in 1993, and drove the wheels of that thing!
It was the funnest car I've ever owned.
It was so sad, that Ford was going to replace the Mustang with the Probe, because it was a totally different car from the Mustang.
First guy says "Well, I'm an astronaut, so I drive a Saturn."
The second guy says "Well, I am a pimp, so I drive a cheap Escort."
And the third guy says "I got you both beat. I'm a proctologist..."
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*"So I drive a brown Probe."*
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-taken from Michael Scott's Dirty Party Jokes book
😂😂
I was waiting for a cougar to be involved
"This thing was as sleek as a river otter covered in jelly"
-James Pumphrey
genius
Covered in what? Congrats on being jelly tho
Yeah I laughed at this line as well. (:
Imagine the mustang actually got replaced by this and all the crowd killers were nicknamed the probers instead?
Lmao except the front wheel drive would probably make the handling more predictable and safe, so maybe Camaros or something would be the ones to be known for driving into crowds? This is a fascinating alternate universe to imagine lol
If the Mustang got replaced by this, it wouldn't exist anymore.
@@nvrndingsmmr
FWD isn't safer except in the context of the average person.
Someone who knows what they're doing will find that FWD is less predictable and more likely to crash.
Understeer is harder to correct than oversteer
@@dustinjames1268 I think we can agree that the many Mustang drivers who built a reputation for crashing at meets were average people who didn't know what they were doing.
Crowd Probers.
Gen 2 was one of the most visually pleasing '90s coupe,it was sleek
👍👍👍
It still looks great today.
Way ahead of its time for sure. They are still a great looking car.
Unfortunately, like is the case with so many cars, when the Probe started getting really cool, they stopped making it.
Yeah it's so unfortunate grew up with a fleet of these cars never saw the day to drive or own one yet 89 gt is so hard to find
That's what I've always thought about the Chevy vega. I've seen some with a 305 or a 350 and they are running MF'ers might have rusted to bits but they drove the guts outta them and sold them
Ford hatted the Probe so much it was treated like the red headed stepchild. The turbo motor was very capable and I suspect if they had put that motor in the 2nd Gen Probe, it could have eclipsed even the mustang.
But the bigger issue is when they finally started making the car cool, people stopped buying them. They had no choice. Building a cool car is great but if it’s not selling, then it’s not making money. Ford ain’t in the charity business, they need to make money.
If it was such a cool car sales wouldn't have dropped. Poor quality killed the prob, it became a huge pos.
I never notice animated James in the intro is chasing a letter that says “from: dad” lol
Yup they added it on episode 50 of Up to Speed.
Back around 2000 when I was young and cycling to school in Jolly old England, there was a striking curvy car with a 2.5 V6 in an Azure blue that caught my eye every day. It said "24v" and "Probe" on the rear, and I was fascinated by it.
The second generation Ford Probe was like nothing I was used to seeing on the road or driveways in my neighborhood. Most cars I saw were economy oriented four cylinders, but this was different.
My mother drove a series of Austin/Rover Maestros which were boxy and boaty, underpowered and unremarkable, and I just couldn't help but see all of the differences between this low nosed, sleek car and the plucky but slow hatchbacks that met most of the family transport needs of the 90s.
Obviously now I know that the probe was more of a GT car than a truly powerful, muscular, performance car, but that look really stuck with me. It's probably what helped me really love the looks of the Catfish Camaro.
I was a petrol head already, always poised to turn any conversation to cars, but as a car that held the name "Probe" I did not dare mention it to my friends despite it being a significant landmark on my Monday to Friday life for four years, because of the inevitable comments teenage boys can't help but make.
Shout out to the Ford Probe for being the most interesting Sunday driven vehicle I didn't discuss for twenty years. I never saw the car driven, but it was always there to catch my eye while the owner doubtless commuted in something bland and economy focused.
Thank you Donut. My odd, secret fascination with a re-skinned Mazda that I couldn't forget can now be put to rest, and my desire to talk about it ended without fear of enduring countless butt jokes from people who missed the point.
Damn that’s crazy bro...but did we ask
Bro you just mad cuz he can put in work
Wait til u drive one lol. U won't shut up about it haha. Preferably a manual btw. The auto is so blahhh
Brent Jones please and thank you
@@marc6602
Did I ask you to ask if we asked?
I love how the Probe looks. It so clean and 90's looking.
This honestly
The Probe wasn't a bad design.
It just wasn't a MUSTANG, and never should have been considered for replacing the Mustang.
"clean" and "90s" don't go together lmao
@@jamesloder8652 I will agree with you that every era has it's fair share of terrible design trends. However, I just don't see it in the Probe during it's entire lifespan. Toshi Saito created the 1st gen design, making it very similar to the modestly styled Japanese coupes that it was competing against in the American market. That sensibility carried over into the 2nd gen design by Mimi Vandermolen, even when Ford was trying to push their awful "ovaloid" aesthetic cues in the late 90's (ever seen a 98' Taurus dashboard? Ugh!).
I guess what I meant to say rather than "90's looking" was the GOOD part of what charachterized 90's aesthetics. Sensible proportions and congruous lines, with only a bit of tasteful "rounding" of edges into smooth curves to make things look sleeker.
@@luckyduckydrivingschool3615 Nailed it, even the inside is like this, curved nicely, the doors and the dashboard lookss like they are merging, it's really satisfying, i'm an happy owner of a '97 Probe and i just love every aspect of this car.
I had a 94 Probe with a 5 speed as my first car, I never realized how special it was until after I sold it.
Agreed. I had an MX6 as my first car. I miss that car everyday, was fantastic to drive. It's a shame the diffs where made of cheese and they had very little aftermarket support.
They could've called it. Anything else. Yet I still like this car
The 5speed from the probe GT was used in the Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute
@@Pmike404 along with pretty much any other Mazda G chassis or manual FWD vehicle throughout the 90's such as B2000 vans, 323's & MX3's.
Samee my dad had a stock supra 98 special edition he sold it for 4K on 2004 because it was rusted and bought a new Ford Taurus for the family and now he’s trying to buy a nother one but there to high price 😭😭😭
Where is John when we need him most, with the mustang badge going on a crossover now??? I'm not a big mustang fan but that's not right!
It's fine as long as it's differentiated from the regular mustang.
The 2020 Mustangs are the best ever, ever ever. The mach E is just a cool electric bonus.
I hate mustang, JDM for life, but I also hate that idea of the Mach E.
@@BonesMcoy It's not the fact that it's electric; the price is becoming SUV
Carroll is rolling in his grave
As it has been explained Mustang will become its own division nor that Mercury is gone and the Mach-E will be part of it...along with a full Mustang EV eventually (Mach-E GT 0-60 in 3.5, Mustang coupe will be faster).
Watching this video at an audio level loud enough for me to hear most of it, and not disturb my roommates in the next room, is a huge challenge. Love your content!
Thank you for the love. I owned a Probe and loved it. It helped me land a girlfriend that was way out of my league that would later be my wife, she thought is was some kind of exotic job.
I actually bought a 1990 Prove GT Turbo and I love that thing with all my heart only issue is that u can barely find parts for it
Have you tried rockauto?
Jesse I have not thanks for the recommendation tho I’ll check them out
Steve Silvas lmao my bad meant a probe lol
I use rockauto and Ebay for most of my parts. I bought several beat to death cars for around $500 so I have plenty of spare parts. Many of the lx stuff is the same as well as mazda 626, mx-6 and the b2200 had an 8 valve version of this engine. Pretty sure all the adjustable struts are gone. I couldn't find any so I ended up with non adjustable ones for an lx. Turbo parts are rare and hard to find. I'm finally upgrading to a bigger turbo which, is a big project trying to make everything fit. Hopefully it will be back on the road in about a week. Can't wait to see what a larger turbo is like on this car.
@@Jason-si4mf Wow sound's like you've got a great project going, best of luck! I'm a 2nd gen 2.5L MX-6 owner from Australia. Pretty tidy car, goals are essentially to revamp alot of the 20+ year old tech. Got a 2.5" stainless exhaust currently, next up want to ditch the whole fickle variable intake in favour of ITB's, as well the ancient distributor based ignition system with instead coil packs, bigger injectors, and a walbro fuel pump. The dream is to do away with all the vacuum line reliant junk and get with the 21st century, going with a haltech to set and tune all the engine conditions.
“Sportier than a Taurus”
*Cries in SHO*
The SHO is it's own segment. It has only one natural predator, the Volvo Turbo Brick.
SHO Nuf!
@@henryrodgers7386 Volvo bricks are the quickest 😍😍
The SHO is the ultimate sleeper, many camero, mustang and others have been rudely surprised LOL!!!!
SHO me something sportier than a 250hp Yamaha V6 family car.
No mention of the MX-6? How about an oscillating dash vents song? Such a cool feature
hahaha. oscillating dash vents song. maybe as the B-side to the 5th single from the album. You know, the song that really shouldn't be released at all, and needs a throwaway on the B-side vs. the instrumental track.
The lack of a mention was weird. The probe was a reskinned MX-6.
or the mx-3 with the worlds smallest production v6 ever made.... 1.8l
Hah yeah I was hoping my Mazda would get at least a mention
@@MillionairX , well... one of the smaller mass produced V6 ever made is more correct.
the Mitsubishi 6A10 engine found in some Colt and Lancers in the mid 90's was a 1.6l V6 and is the smallest modern mass-produced V6.
Love your content but someone needs to watch “up to speed: audio mixing and sound leveling”. That was bush-league.
Seriously, I got mad half way through the episode and just stopped because I got tired of fiddling with the volume on my PC. Super amateur audio engineering, whoever did the audio for this video should be fired, very unprofessional.
@@theofficialsikris they're not in their studio anymore, didn't have the same equipment they normally use, the audio issue is coming from his mic placement (which he got right in later videos)
Throw out the fisher price mic it hurts so bad.
Not an excuse for content creators, but there's an option in the Windows sound settings called Loudness Equalization that I love. It's especially clutch for those movies that swing wildly between whispered dialogue and bone-shaking explosions.
I kinda felt like it made the video funnier/more entertaining in some ways lol
Variable audio volume was a novelty but also annoying as hell, not a winner I'm afraid.
Tell that to the ad companies
Sounds like it was mixed by someone that was being slapped in the face every 5 seconds. This is awful with headphones on.
@@wewalkedonthemoon even without headphones it is awful...
He needs to apologize
Yeah I am not even going to finish the video it is so annoying
“Nothing is a coincidence”
- The Conspiracist cult of James
Thats from kung fu panda
I used to buy a sex lube called PROBE...
Gino Jansen NON - BELIEVER
Day 188 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad
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The king has arrived
I was 40 seconds late to beating pagani gaming
4th
You always comment this commitment nice
I'm 19 and picked up a 93 Probe GT a couple months ago as my 1st car. I love it so much
The first gen probe also had a cool feature. When you raised or lowered the steering wheel the gauge cluster moved with it.
First off I would like to say thank you very much for literally letting me check off something on my bucket list I've been waiting my whole life for someone to mention the Ford probe and do something with it. I forget what show it was maybe a month or so ago you had mentioned like "even if the guy got a Ford probe it's his car and he loves it" and I wrote a comment and I was like man I wish somebody to do something with the Mazstang. I was obsessed for years with the first and second gen I'm probably ownd 30 overtime and they've always been true to my heart. Wish you would have mentioned the jdm KLZE motor. And maybe the brother model from Japan the MX6. or the fact that the Ford ranger at the time basically had the same 2.2 motor just turn sideways I actually turboed one with Ford probe manifold and parts. I was hoping this show would have been at least an hour maybe.. maybe even 3 hours. But I understand I'm probably the only one that truly appreciates it. Thank you bro keep up the good work 👊. Pop-ups for life bro.... For liiiiifffffeee. For a Thursday afternoon you made my f****** day. and brought back all the nostalgia of my childhood in the beginning of my understanding of turbos and cars. I can literally smell my old cars right now that Ford oil burning turbo. Thanks again guys!!
Dayum
Yeah I wish they had left the turbo motor in when they created the 2nd Generation. Very understated car. Was a blast to drive. I got rid of mine only because I wanted more power. If I knew then what I know now. smh
The mid to late 90’s 2nd gen Probe GT was a SWEET car!
@Drew look up a modified one done right and it will change your mind 😂
Hell lot of guys had them in the 90s all fix up
@Drew nah it was actually better than the v6 and gt trims of the sn95 lmao
The 4 cylinder turbo was my first car and it was awesome. Had huge 90s turbo lag. Fun car.
My dad had one and it saved his life
i have such fond memories of this car, my dad owned a ford probe as a main daily driver, and i miss it to this day, i still remember listening to modern rock 95.9, foo fighters, disturbed, all while going to neimann's.....i miss that car so bad....
Hey chip your job search sounds like privileged upbringing but your father's choice of car the sounds very much like he did not want to piss your mother off
The only thing that would be worse than a front-wheel drive Mustang would be an electric SUV Mustang,,, whoops...
Ah, too soon?
Ouch.......nailed it
And then have car " journalists " and TH-camrs simp for it only because they want Ford to invite them back to the next event.
Bruh said “i know it’s 9 or 10 am and you’re probably on the toilet “ literally describes the situation I’m in
It's 12 pm where I live
JFORJOHNx sheesh
me too 😂😂
Same except it was a little past 12 noon
6:15 pm and I’m on the toilet 👍🏻
I just realized that piece of paper James is chasing in the intro, says “from dad” lol
I just replayed the video to see that. Never noticed it before.
@@silentlighting5523 me neither...
Nice Easter egg!
My late grandfather worked in Ford's design department in Michigan. He played a role in helping to design this car. I rarely see these on the road....but when I do, it always brings a smile to my face
Am I the only one who thinks the probe is actually a cool car
MadJamYT it's my dream car
@Drew James thinks its cool too
It looks really cool in final form, a teacher at our school got one and it blew our tiny minds :O
I feel like I'm the only one who thinks the fox body mustang is the worst gen mustang. It's just the most boring looking gen, like just a standard boxy sedan. But the probe is genuinely cool and different
Too early for it’s time.
My dad had a probe when I was in kindergarten. I loved that car
Was it red i remember my friends dad had one on kindergarten too
“... if you’re under 21”
*laughs in canadian, european, and basically any non us country*
Driving at 16>drinking at 18.
Here in Texas (and a few other states in the USA), there are exceptions which allow legal drinking alcoholic beverages under the age of 21. Individual exceptions vary from one state to the other. Some states allow active members of the military to drink at the age of 18 (typically on base). IIRC, this one does not apply to TX.
Some states (including TX, last time I checked) allow parents or a spouse to serve alcohol to their children or younger spouse, with supervision. This means that if a 21-year-old marries an 18-year-old, the 21-year-old spouse can buy alcohol and serve it to their 18-year-old partner while both are at the same dinner table (the 21-year-old is supervising the 18-year-old). Similarly, parents can serve their teenage "children" alcohol while in their presence (supervision. Parents cannot legally serve kids alcohol and then leave the room).
Some states allow small quantities of alcohol to be served to minors in religious ceremonies, such as Holy Communion (a.k.a. "The LORD's Supper", or "Holy Eucharist."). Interestingly, I read somewhere that this exception, albeit for older adults, was also an exception which applied to the US Space Program. Alcohol was forbidden on space flights, but at least one Astronaut was allowed to take wine with him into space in order for him to have Communion while he was in space.
So, the "you have to be 21 years old in order to drink in the USA" is not quite as cut-and-dried as it may seem. Depending upon where you live in the USA, there are exceptions. When it comes to actually buying alcoholic beverages, unless you are 18+ on a military base in a state with the service member exception, however, you do have to be 21 to legally buy alcoholic beverages.
I am not a Lawyer and this is not to be considered legal advice. Laws sometimes change also. Check the laws in the municipality, county, and state where you live.
@@Robert-goose1 Hahaha, laughs in Belgian where drinking is allowed from 16.
Bruh, in Asia we are allowed to drink at 18 above and driving at 18
American here drinking at 13 driving at fifteen. Rules are meant to be broken!
I spotted a purple Ford Probe the other day. It was very bizarre
My dads always been obsessed with these cars and I didn’t know why until I had the opportunity to buy a 1993 base model with only 40k miles on it and my dudes, it’s by far one of the most reliable and fun vehicles I’ve ever owned. My 1995 mustang gt breaks down like every other weekend so having that probe as a backup is pretty refreshing.
legit loved my Orchid Probe back in the day, wish they'd bring it back to compete with the BRZ/FRS/87
Easy to tune. Remember they were introduced in Feb 88. I bought one in Feb 89. Such a fun car to drive. Didn't take much to get high 12s without making more noise. I put 300000 on it with performance bits, routine maintenance and wear parts, and a cv shaft. I'm glad I never had to get new struts! Those automatic adjustable struts have been unobtainium since the mid 90s.
I just went on Spotify. I see a couple playlists, but no “Pop Up Up & Down Headlights” song. What gives?! I need mo’ powa, baby!!
Come on, stream it, it’s a hit!!
It be on permanent rotation for me
A guy in the comments of the Pontiac Fiero video made a downloadable clip. I made it my ringtone so now I almost never answer my phone...
mega.nz/file/p8BEkQ5I#Esv2j3DddiaWTB99xMY-b3HOx2UG0Co_1nxm_70ZbDg
Brian Reddish OMG I love it
@@brianreddish4874 not all heroes wear capes , I salute you
MO POWA BABY!!
14:15 The Cougar that replaced the Probe was the '99 - '02 Cougar, which was a great car for what it was. That's the wrong Cougar mkdely in the edit.
Yep, that’s an MN12 Cougar... basically a rebodied Thunderbird. The “new” cougar had a lot in common with the Ford Conturd and Mercury Mistake.
@@christianbudd2358 I've still got my Grandpa's v6 Murcury Mystique...unfortunately with the crappy automatic. I will say though, the seats are great, the v6 is super fun with those 4.11 gears. It's only 2800lbs, quite fun to zip around in. Otherwise, yeah, its not the best lol
Cougar always sucked
I driven one of those Cougars for a summer it sure reminded me of the Focus Sedan. Like a churched up ZX4, but it had a V6. Which was cool, but the chases felt Focus.
Because pagani gaming hasn’t said it yet: James, Do an Up To Speed on your dad.
Except he already has, his comment has just been buried.
He's right, I scrolled through over a thousand comments to like it.......
Hehehehehe
There's two constants in life
Taxes
And Pagani gaming counting down to an up to speed on James' Dad
@@andydufresne8034 it's Corey Taylor
@@andydufresne8034 nah, it's Corey Taylor. The lead singer of Slipknot is his dad
I've had 6 1st gen Probes and MX6s since I was 18 and I'm 37 now. I currently own a 90 Probe GT with just shy of 500whp and it's a blast to drive. The F2T engine is bullet proof.
Sitting here adjusting my computer volume like pop-up-up-and-down headlights to match the video volume!
“Built with women in mind”
*Named the Probe*
Coincidence? Naaahhh 😅
😷🍆🍆🍆🍆
Frick
Stay away from the red ones...
Gotta get these likes to an even 69
I need a full “pop up up and down headlights” song from James
Here you go:
th-cam.com/video/Dm1J42mnKho/w-d-xo.html
roll out up and down headlights remix too
I'm so glad you guys fixed the mic situation because this is close to unwatchable the way the audio goes quiet to loud
"SVT Team"
Ah yes, the Special Vehicles Team team
Which was renamed Shelby eventually
Ironically SVT worked on the Mustang and Mondeo/Contour but not on the Probe....Hmmmmm?!!!
@@kwedog2373 And focus. LOL
Mercedes Benz E63-S AMG no. They eventually build cars using the Shelby name. They were never employed by Shelby, as Shelby is a separate company. Shelby just licensed the name to ford and approved the final product.
@@CamaroAmx Yes that's why I said SVT was later renamed Shelby. Shelby did not do the Mustangs. They just used his name instead of SVT because most people know the name Shelby. Ford never really advertised the SVT team. So really most didn't know they existed. I think back in early 2000's they did like 2 or 3 SVT commercials they ran once or twice each during a few Nascar races. Never seen them again. Like Dodge people have heard of SRT. Chevy doesn't have one. Mercedes for a long time here in the USA most people hadn't heard of AMG but I think it has gotten a lil more well known in past 5-10 years or so. In Europe people know what AMG is.
YES !!! Finally my little Probe got an episode of it's own !!!!
“They had a desire, for a fire, on the ti-“
*Ad*
I got a dyson ad...sucks.
@@chavira2009 what?? me too, about a Volvo subscription, one at the start and one at the end of the video
I got an ikea ad as I read this
@@chavira2009 I ether get Facebook ads every video or add from trump showing Biden forgetting what he is talking about
I just use TH-cam vanced. No ads whatsoever.
So glad a high profile TH-cam video was made on the Ford Probe. My friend has an old 928 and 944 Porsche. You go online, and many are still around, no one crushes those cars. Go on line looking for a Ford Probe, and they are very very hard to find today. Very sad...........
80's: WE CANT HAVE A FWD MUSTANG! ITS A SIN!
2020: Have you seen the all new all eletric SUV, Mustang Mach-E?
That said, the turboed 4 cyl Diet Stang is pretty neat.
Hey at least it's RWD/AWD.
@@andmicbro1 🤢 still an suv, still eletric, thats a Double sin
No not a mustang
#NotMyMustang
I wish I could communicate how often I think about “pop pop up up and down headlights”
It’s all I think about when I see these videos and I’m disappointed if i don’t hear the song. Hell, my son and I sing it around the house. It’s the best.
Pop, Pop! pop! pop-up up and down head lights!! pop-up up and down head lights uh!
Motivated me to posted a short video of my Probe’s headlights doing its thing. Check it out if you can.
listening with high volume...*james "POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIGHTS!"* blows speakers lol
I'm so glad you guys did an episode on this car, I had a 90 Probe GT and to this day it's been one of my favorite cars
Mazda: We want to sell corks.
People: OK.
Mazda: Here's a car! To sell corks with!
Good guy Mazda
I need a girl that’ll look at me the same way ford looked at Mazda
/r/girlsmirin
Just when you think the volume is right, boom!
Needlessly loud followed by quiet talking.
Otherwise good video.
This really makes me want a Mazda MX-3/6 video. I have an unhealthy fascination with them.
we need this!
First car I bought was a 96 mx6! Bought it after I joined the air force back in 2001. Car was eventually stolen while i was at work. Looking back, it was kinda a piece lol had so many problems.
@@joeg5414 my first was a '93 mx-3 and then a couple cars later I bought a '95 mx-3
@@SkeetGecko hell yea, loved my 95
Gotta love Mimi being real, it wasn't "anything you can do I can do better" it was as case of recognizing that most women aren't Enthusiast drivers, if ford made something more user friendly for women then guys will want it too because its going to be the lazy boi of cars and too comfortable to resist buying"
NekoWinters you’re on to something big with that lazy boi idea.
You guys should make a “Ranking the best cars in the Transformers movies”, like the Fast and Furious video
I'd like to see them do the same with Pixar's Cars.
We don’t talk about that video....
Love the videos but for gods sake learn some audio leveling, it’s either quiet or way too loud.
Normally not this bad, I think they must have goofed on the audio normalization for this video.
it probably has to do with the fact that they have him holding the microphone instead of having it set up some other way
You got it purdy good if this is what you have to complain about.
This was my first car! And I LOVED that thing lol i learned to drive manual in it too
When we got the European one in the early 90s. I remember seeing a turquoise one at our local ford dealership.
I remember even being around 5. Thinking it's gorgeous.
The car had so much potential. Just a shame ford wasn't prepared to be a little bit more adventurous with it.
They should of raced it in the BTCC.
Totally agree with you mate the probe had so much going for it.
iirc it's called "should've", as "should of" doesn't actually exist.
"Should of" is wrong yes, "should have" is the correct term and should've is a shortened version of should have.
How ever a lot of people say should of because its reads and sounds very familiar to should've.
I do think it's worrying, that after reading my comment. You felt the need to take time out of your life and vent about a simple common spelling mistake. (That you clearly understood anyways). Guessing a little victory like that goes along way for some people. ✌️
14:17 That’s the wrong Cougar. The third gen Probe became the fwd 1999 Cougar
That was a huge mistake! The FWD Cougar was pathetic! They would have been better off just making that the 3rd generation Ford Probe!
probe mk2 got a design that still look good 30 years later.
@Drew you're the troll here judging everyone in the comment section who likes something you don't.
@@bluruckuscrx8124 He is still a small minded child probably, and doesnt understand that he cant benchmark the universe after his likes and beliefs.
@@bluruckuscrx8124 i like ford probes and i am man enough to admit it.
its so underated the design is perfect the biggest reason why its not popular becouse of the front wheel drive ...
@@jonasnesvarbu7617 u are right it would be more popular with rwd.
fans love it for the design and its a fun car tho its not a drifting car.
Someone needs to make a compilation of everytime he says "everything you need to know to get UP TO SPEEED!"
I had a 93 GT and I miss it 20 years later. I'd love to find a clean manual one. Im surprised you didn't mention the MX6 which was Mazda's version. In Japan that V6 had 200 HP. These engines also had a variable intake so the intake would adjust volume.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_K_engine#KL
I currently have a 93 gt Manuel hahaha
My step dad had a MX6 GT with the turbo. That was a quick car and fun to drive!
@@maxklein1867 awesome! Would only want it as a manual!
Manual* hahah rip my spelling
I currently have a manual 2.5 Telstar. Basically a plainer looking Sedan with all the underpinnings of the probe. Lovely car to drive. Amazingly smooth engine
My 94 probe GT was honestly my favorite car ever!!! sold it back in 2007 and I have regretted it ever since.
That is my issue. Same exact car. So decided to keep it. Even if it is currently not running. Check it out.
i had 93 gt i regrettet seling it too i want it back :D
I loved my '94 GT 5 speed. Owned it for over 20 years, just recently sold it to someone else who fell in love with it.
I had a 94 Probe GT 5 speed also, I thought it was a great vehicle. I liked it better than my Dodge Stealth I got a couple years later. I liked the looks of the Stealth better, but I thought the Probe drove better.
"I know it's 9 or 10 right now..."
Me: *looks at clock*
Exactly 10 AM.
Wow almost like there's an upload schedule or something
@@TechDove there is. And it seems to be at 9 AM. However, my point was that i looked at the clock at EXACTLY 10AM. Like literally i turned on my phone and it showed 10:00:00.
exactly
10 PM here
*Nothing is a coincidence*
My grandfather owned a probe and we use to take it fishing every time I went to visit. I will forever have very fond memories of the Ford Probe.
I can't even watch the video. It goes from I can barely hear, to holy shit my eardrums. The volume balance is all over the place.
For a guy speaking DIRECTLY into a microphone, this episode has some inconsistent frickin audio. Anyone playing this through a T.V is constantly playing with the volume.
I'm playing with the volume even on my phone, usually balanced better than this.
Maybe they have miss some sound compression
It sounds like compression. I have headphones so it was bearable
It's definitely just part of the experience
I agree. Most of the time I could barely hear it then all the sudden it start blasting and I'd scramble to turn it down. Bad enough it took away from the video in my opinion. Still a good vid though.
Let's be honest, we'd rather would have had that as a Mustang than the stupid electric SUV
I think an electric mustang is not a bad idea. But turning it into an SUV is a really sh*tty idea.
@@boletus60 That's exactly it. I much prefer the sound and smell of a V8 but times change sadly so if they want to keep the Mustang brand alive, they need to come up with an electric muscle car. To put that name on an SUV is crazy after years of building a heritage that you cannot buy.
@@boletus60 no, slapping the Mustang badge and name onto it is the wrong thing to do
Being honest, the SUV is a great car, but it's definitely not a Mustang
I think that turn cars like the ford puma or the mustang into suv is a terrible idea because the « dna » and the heritage of the car is destroyed for the profit that suv make
I recomended this 🥺😭 thank you im happy but sad cuz i miss my probe
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My daughter would LOVE an episode on women in the car industry
🙋🏽♂️ mine too
Yes, this!!!
Good luck, women really didn't do much in car industry, just complain about work conditions, either then that.... really less the 0.3 percent..
@@JazzyBell2 Did you actively decide to become an asshole or did you just slide into it?
@@xopelvi2796 FACTS don't care about your feelings, and I don't sugar coat my words, so I'm an asshole cause your feelings are hurt.
I'm not going to lie, I was drinking that "fancy root beer" when I started
FWD mustang : nooo!!
But it has pop up headlights : ok, ok, maaybe its fine
My first car when i was 18 was a 95 probe. Car was cool af
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I had a 1991 Mazda MX6 GT that was fantastic. The seats are still of my favorite seats Ive had in cars. The first gen MX6 looks better, to me, than the first gen, or second gen, Ford Probe.
I'm sad I slid my mx6 into a telephone pole I loved that car it was so nice to drive
I’ve been waiting for this episode for over a year thank you so much James my first car was a 93 probe gt with a 2.5 klze worked great miss her Daily
Did someone forget to comp the audio on this one?
Anyway I've always wanted a Probe but I'll have to get a vanity tag that says PROBED just to be safe.
From 1975 to about the mid 90s, my father worked at Ford Aerospace and part of his benefits he got to lease two cars every year. He typically got some of the low end cars... Escorts, Fiestas.. but some years he got nicer cars. Bronco 2, Mustang, Thunderbird. One year just after I got my drivers license, he got a red Probe GT. I loved that car, it was much nicer than a low end Mustang. Wish I had that car now.
4:30 Everyone when the Mustang Mach-E was introduced
I want to change the drive train to rwd and put a coyote in the Probe. Imagine drifting a probe alongside a bunch of 240s and bmws
YESSSSSSSSS!! I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!! I love you Donut Media and James!! I own a 1993 Ford Probe GT and it was reviewed by “ThatDudeInBlue” and it only has 82,000 miles!! I absolutely love my Probe!! It’s 2.5L DOHC 24 Valve V6 while “only” making 165hp got the car to 0-60 in 6.8-7.0 seconds which is pretty fast!! The 2nd gen Probe V6 is actually really reliable!! I love my Probe a ton!! The wrap around cockpit styled interior and the sound the V6 makes is great!! Plus the car only weighs 2,900 pounds and it’s a hatchback so it’s very practical and I get almost 30 miles per gallon!! It also has POP UP FREAKIN HEADLIGHTS!! My Probe has some modifications done to it!! It has König Oversteer Opal 16 inch rims, a Cold Air Intake, Stainless Steel Headers, a Dual aftermarket Bluetooth stereo, and last but most certainly not least a Greddy SP1 muffler!! The Greddy muffler mixed with the Intake and the headers makes it sound great!! The Probe was so good when Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson loved the car saying it was better than all of its rivals and and it made Car and Driver’s Top 10 Best Driver’s Car list and it was 1993 MotorTrend Car of The Year!! So, I absolutely love my Probe and James did a great job on this Up To Speed on the Ford Probe!! Keep it up Donut Media!!
I love my 93 Bimini blue. I used to have a Red one.
I remember when my grandma bought a brand new probe. that thing was awesome... and she drove the shit out of it. it was pretty much my introduction to “going fast.”
@8:07 that is incorrect. The Vulcan V6 was never available in the Probe GT. The GT always had the Turbo 2.2. The Vulcan V6 was available in the Probe LX model, either with a 5-spd manual or a 4-spd auto.
Pretty sure the gt also had an option for automatic transmission. I've seen a few. Super rare though.
Thank goodness someone said it!
think ur right bro, thats how i remember it being
I know y'all interested so I'm asking: how many times did you have to film the intro to nail it without laughing
“Your probably on the toilet” omg James how did you know
There are no coincidences
I clicked on this video on the toilet
Yo wtf fr, I'm literally dropping a fatty rn
You're
hYeah BoAh sorry I was on the toilet, being grammatically correct< wiping my a$$
I had a 92 ford probe with the V6 Taurus engine front wheel dr. manual xmission. It was a great car but with the front wheel dr...when you gave it gas the front end would hop. never a wheel cherp or anything....but still a fun car to drive and will always be in my memories...) ;
I love that at the end of every video James is in he says “I love you.”. Plus, with how passionate he is, you know that he’s being 💯 about it. Just so you know James, your extended donut family loves you too 🍩❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎