CNC: "Wait, is that Doug again?" Doug: "THIS... is the 1988 Doug DeMuro and today I'm going to show you why this reviewer is one of the coolest reviewers of the late 80's"
There's no actual way to turn the "Funky Mode" on, the car detects your inner funk level and makes adjustments accordingly. Doug is not currently funky enough to initiate full Funky Mode. But he can always increase his funk level at a later date.
At the same time, he should be banned from reviewing cars from the 90s and before. His score is totally biased, pitting it against today's standards rather than comparing from the same era. Because he was too young to know. Can't remember what he gave for the acceleration of the Isetta but there's no way they are even close but the scores will be
@@angieemm Remember that this is a review. As in re-viewing old cars and to a certain extent, ascertaining whether or not it's worth buying second hand (hence the Autotrader stuff). You can only give a fair score to something if everything is on the same scale, I know more about cars than most people I know but I couldn't compare a 70's car to others like my dad can, simply because neither I, nor Doug, were alive for it.
@@valiantdiesel1332 which still makes the older car scores completely arbitrary and pointless. If you're not comparing apples to apples, your numbers are useless. As far as considering them as a way to decide whether or not an older car is "worth it," again, scores are useless. There's no way to answer that question unless you actually see that particular car.
@@angieemm The point of the videos isn't the score at the end, it's arbitrary in itself because it's the opinion of one guy regardless of car. But still it is comparing apples to apples, seeing how older cars hold up today.
I'm thinking about offering "Ttttthis is not an official Doug Demuro shirt but it should be"-Shirts Maybe "Doug the type of guy to forgo the obvious merch options and sell uniquely quirky stuff instead"
Beeping in reverse is standard in Japan. I have owned three cars while living in Japan and they all beeped, I guess it is or was required by law. A useful safety feature considering how many very old drivers are driving around in Japan, helps them remember which gear they're in. One life saved is one life saved.
@@xsct878 Oh indefinitely yo. It's funny, I drive a toyota forklift I always amuse myself whenever I'm trying to go fast on the forklift. I start naming the sportiest Toyota's out there, like its gonna help. 😂
Finally Doug does a car that ive owned :) you forgot to mention the air freshner that came with these that had a few selectable fragrances that could be blown out of the vents.
Doug, can you make more films of weird Japanese cars please? This is one of the best/interesting reviews you have done. This is so cool and beautiful car and it's only small Toyota.
Other than Mazda mx3 and Nissan nx100, Doug can also try to get his hands on cars like Toyota WiLL and Toyota Paseo. Toyota iQ. But what's more important is for Doug to look at what other car manufacturers were offering in the 1990 especially the American brands. Let's not forget in 1990 among other great cars Toyota produced were the 1st model Previa/Estima minivan, the first generation of Lexus LS400 and also the world rally champion Celica GT4. Again, we have to look at what other cars sold during that time to realise how advanced and special these cars were. Other Toyota models that Doug maybe never saw include Toyota Corolla Levin of the 1990s which had a combo of supercharged engine with 4 throttle bodies, 5 valves per cylinder and 6 speed manual transmission and Toyota Caldina GT4. For a start, Doug can google or watch videos in TH-cam.
The SLSS system also incorporates an amplifier with a central channel, plus a Digital Sound Processor (DSP) which has three modes - off, Casual mode and Funky Mode. These different modes provide a slight differences in the sound qualities, and also the rear deck speaker rotates from reflecting the sound from the rear hatch glass incasual mode to pointing directly towards the passenger when in funky mode. The DSP modes are controlled by a "WARP" button on the head unit. The CD has random, scan and repeat modes, the radio has 6 presets on both FM and AM bands and the cassette mechanism has Dolby and track search facilities When the car was new you could purchase the SLSS system with either a single height CD / Radio or a dual height CD / Radio / Cassette.
If you think that's crazy there's a very rare speaker that was a Japan only product. It was a rear deck speaker just like this SLSS system but aftermarket. It's the Pioneer TSX-90 which is extremely hard to find any info on. All I really know about them is that they exist and sometimes show up for sale on Yahoo Auctions. Not sure if there's any in the US. It had electronically adjustable speaker height so part of the speaker would rise up 2 or so inches! Here's a video of it in action, its amazingly pointless which makes it amazing cool lol: th-cam.com/video/QeYM1srENI4/w-d-xo.html
The SLSS came with a three mode Digital Sound Processor (DSP) which cycled through 'off', 'Casual' or 'Funky' mode by use of a button labelled "WARP" on the CD/Radio or CD/Radio/Cassette head unit. These produced slight differences in sound quality through preset values for settings such as bass and treble, as well as rotating the speakers in the rear unit to either project directly into the car or bounce off the rear window. A complete and functional SLSS is one of the most highly sought after options by Toyota Sera enthusiasts, but by being factory fit is quite hard to retro-fit. Thanks Wikipedia! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sera
Thanks for sharing... I've been wanting to buy one of these- and bidding on multiple Sera's on eBay for the past few years... but haven't been QUITE ready to drop the full amount on one - and a 'fun' car, while I'm currently building my GS430. I love the little speaker on the rear deck though... So Dustin Miller- does that mean that any SERA that has the rear little speaker box in the hatch is an SLSS then (with the three mode DSP?)
I don't even care about the rest of it, I just want a button marked WARP in my car. (edit: Oh yeah, there it is, 8:05. Douglas, I'm disappointed in you for not noticing that and pointing it out.)
@@AirRideFanatic Sounds like it's an option that only some have. Though I've never heard of the Sera prior to Doug's video on them. I'd love to see more funky foreign cars we missed out on in the States!
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The definition for "Exotic" means rare. Google it. This car is rare so its considered an Exotic. CNC Motors believe its an Exotic otherwise they would not have it in their inventory.
@@kapchonka5128 Yeah, but if you watched more of his videos he reviewed like 5 or more other exotics like Lambo's at this very same dealership. So yeah he did pick a Lambo before the Sera.
Back in the 90s, I had a roommate who sold Toyotas. He once told me how he had a middle aged guy who came into the dealership to trade in his gen 2 Supra for a Solara for his daughter because she couldn't drive a manual and didn't want to learn. He wasn't happy about it but his daughter was happy. Looking back on it now I'm actually shedding tears.
Luckily MK2's aren't that expensive.... yet. Still affordable for regular people. MK3's are starting to go up in value, whereas the MK4 prices are out of this world.
Came here for this comment. I always wish Doug would review the car stereos just a bit. Like, oh this system sounds great, full bass, or whatever. It sounds fine, it sounds like crap...I remember one time he didn't know what an equalizer was.
@@ItsNotAProblem Toyota thought it would be cool to have a smaller sports car again like the wonderful GT86 and a revival of the Supra. I really like it. Back then Toyota had the Sera, MR2, Paseo, Celica, Supra, not only boring family cars...
SirLovesALott I’m sorry, as much as I would love the revival of Toyota the 86 is actually a Subaru and the Supra is actually a Z4. We’ve yet to see a pure Toyota sports car. I just don’t think Toyota has the same passion for sports cars as it once did. Though there’s no doubt the two cars are excellent drivers cars
I would love one if I could add a new crisp modern radio and speakers, change the color, change it to manual, and change the side of the wheel 🤦🏻♂️ scratch that, I just want butterfly doors on a weak car 😂😂
Hey Doug this car was called the Sera Live Sound for a reason. Toyota designed it that way for the acoustic experience. It wasn't meant to be a hot hatch. It also wasn't associated with the MR2. It was built on the Cynos, Corsa and Starlet chassis. In America that chassis was used in the Toyota Tercel and Paseo. So mechanically, they have the same parts. The Starlet Gt engine can also be swapped into it or the engine internals (I think it's the pistons) and turbo system.
That's surprisingly cheap. My father had a 1991 Mazda 929, Mazda's attempt at an ultra-luxury saloon, it's sunroof had an inbuilt solar panel which trickle fed the car battery but primarily powered vents & exhaust fans to keep the cabin 'cool' when parked. Remember back in 1991 that was nuts. Anyhow there was a massive hailstorm with Hail up to the size of tennis balls, one piece happened to crack the sunroof. Luckily the car was comprehensively insured. The replacement cost for the solar powered sunroof ALONE was $9500, and that was in the 1990's... $9500...
@@TCreatorO true... not exactly tinting but I have tried to wrap my car by myself, worst thing I ever did in my entire life Lost a lot of money, and then I scratched all over my car's paintcoat wtffffff
Yep, on the head unit. But Doug doesn't actually research all that well - even though it's easy to find info on it (even Wikipedia gives it a mention, for the gods' sakes.) But I guess that's too much work.
Back when car companies sold base enthusiast models. Now all they have are a million different crossover SUV's and maybe one over priced over built top of the line performance car.
You didn't mention the massive piece of glass that is the rear hatch, with little to support it. Or that it was one of the first cars to have projector headlights. It was a super innovative car for its time and deserves a bit more credit.
Maybe him finally using passenger side to get into them has to do something with it. He is always going from left side so all so only in rhd car he will get in correctly....and usually passebger side has special levers for access and driver seats dont...so ots stupid for him to keep using driver side. Especially with toyotas. All of the have special two dual purpose latches one for people to get out and one on the side which foldes and moved the seat at once
I remember first discovering this car on Granturismo 4 for the PlayStation 2 as a very young car enthusiast. The way they modeled the door to be open in the butterfly fashion as opposed to shut like literally ever other car in the game captivated me. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this video on my feed. Awesome little nostalgia trip there.
C'mon Doug!! Missed the trunk's ARW Subwoofer under the trunk lid, didn't address that the trunk lid cover has its own "hood prop" to keep it open (due to the weight of the boom box), the WARP button on the stereo that switches the "boom box" from Casual to Funky, the roadside Flare (red stick with its own holder on the passenger's side kick panel). I mean... quirks and features, right?? One of the weirdest cars you've reviewed and you missed some of the cool and interesting things about it. Still a fan! Hope to see you review a Nissan NX and Mazda MX-3 as well.
"the weirdest and coolest Toyota of the 90s" *Supra fanboys disliked that* Edit: i don't think the supra is weird i just wanted to include the full quote
Just some shameless promotion, a brilliant old (Dutch) commercial for this V6 : th-cam.com/video/YtYpImVEr6E/w-d-xo.html Loved cars like that: cheap and fun. Too bad nowadays people only seem to want ugly and boring SUV's....
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In Japan when the Sera first came out Eddie Murphy was the person who was the spokes person in the commercials. The biggest sell was the doors and the "10 speaker live surround system".
haha, the Sera, great weird car, I nearly bought an import one in New Zealand. It shares a lot of parts with the Starlet, so it's possible to do some engine swap magic and give it a 1.6 DOHC engine plus a turbo
@@afcgeo882 yeah and could be 600 dollars cheaper or half as cheap. so you pay for the purpose of the stand and an additional 600 dollars to be proud to be fucked in the ass by apple :) as is with anything you buy from apple. you are paying for a purposeful thing and an extra half of the actual true value to be proud enough to be fucked in the ass by them :) in short term apple users are paying extra to be fucked in the ass by apple... by overcharging on everything they sell you.
Only realized that now? Imagine seeing cars actively be worse over the years, with no one listening. But I guess I'm glad people are coming around to that understanding regardless.
No most 90s car are so far from cool and beyond ugly. If you want to talk about cool cars you look back to the 60s 70s and 80's. The only thing the 90s produced that was any good was music.
Hey Doug! I really wanted to see the Sera in Funky Mode so I wanted to let you know that you can swap from Casual to Funky with the WARP button on the center stack. Go to 08:06 and check top right :)
i'm a 15 year old kid, theres a toyota sera on the way to my girlfriends house and for some reason i am absolutely in love with it, it hasnt moved at all and i assume its just being abandoned, its dirty, got a flat and probably has a bunch of problems but im still in love with it, i want it so badly and i dont understand why.
I dig his quirk of starting his videos that way. By contrast, I have an idiot coworker that starts 80-90% of her sentences with the word "So...". Bothers the good heavens out of me.
I LOVE the Sera. I still remember the very first time I saw one, slinking out of an alley in Bangkok one night in the mid-90s. Felt like I was in a scene in Blade Runner.
The doors were probably an attempt at solving a parking problem. Streets in Japan are commonly very narrow. And instead of swing out doors that take more lateral space than gull wings. That's my opinion.
You can get in and out of some very tight spots that's for sure (great if you like to park away from other cars against a wall), but the doors should open to equal heights, this one must have just had bad or aftermarket struts on one side... hmm
@@brandonar868 No, he's an idiot. They are supposed to be equal. Trust me, I'm an owner and every owner I know has the same equal height doors. The struts fail over time.
@@brandonar868 I've owned a Sera for 15 years and have replaced my door struts twice, they should be equal opening height. But the Sera is new and exciting to America so mistakes will happen and that's ok.
@@crowchillingpark It seems that although the cars are very comparable, only the Autozam AZ-1 was a Kei car, but the Sera wasn't because its engine is more than 660cc and its dimensions are bigger than allowed for Kei-class cars.
Toyota Sera was quite popular among JDM vehicle enthusiasts here in South Korea and it was easy to import since Japan is right next to us. It's so sad that most of them are junked and they're super rare now. That car is also hated by window tinting shops here because it's a pain in the neck to tint the door windows,lol
CNC: We have the rarest supercars!
Doug: *wheres the toyota*
HYRI :3 That's just one of the many quirks and features of our boy Dougy D
I have the rarest face
@@UgaRocks571 ya, you so ugly that your face is just so rare
Aryze bro no one asked
😂
Doug the type of guy to get into a car accident just to give the airbags a doug score
Doug score? More like DUNG score!
Prince just stop.
another day another Doug...
Dont give him the keys to the Bentley
🤣!!!
Right-hand drive?
Suited for a place without sun?
Boys, this is the perfect British car.
And a banging stereo for me tunes
@@drivebyemusic Ultimate Chav Mobile
@@drivebyemusic *Beethoven Intensifies*
Also suited for narrow roads
Haha yeah
*laughs in surprisingly hot british summers*
You better give this car a 12/10 for ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃｓ, Douglas.
If thats even your real name
@@furryballsploppedmenacingl8534 douglas
Greg Homan Douglas ‘Autotrader’ DeMuro
Douglas Demuro
Hi Doug, I'm the little kid that went with his older brother when we saw you at CNC filming this video.
Just wanted to say hi.
Keep up the good work!
Aww. Sorry I wasn't filming something more exciting!! haha
Doug DeMuro THEY LOVED IT WE ALL DO
This made my day. I love TH-cam
doug is genuinely such a nice guy
Doug is a national treasure
4:51 Doug doing his thing
4:56 Doug gets seen by a person and goes back 2 being normal.
You are absolutely right I couldn't catch myself from laughing 👍
CNC Motors: "Wait, is that Doug again?"
Doug: "Goodmorning"
CNC: "Wait, is that Doug again?"
Doug: "THIS... is the 1988 Doug DeMuro and today I'm going to show you why this reviewer is one of the coolest reviewers of the late 80's"
@@coscorrodrift underated comment
Fantastic comment
I don't get it
@@samidd_dd5325 Doug borrowed Saleen S7 from them some time ago.
There's no actual way to turn the "Funky Mode" on, the car detects your inner funk level and makes adjustments accordingly. Doug is not currently funky enough to initiate full Funky Mode. But he can always increase his funk level at a later date.
This is utter nonsense. Doug is the funkiest being on this earth
Actually, you are wrong, but funny. You push the WARP button on the upper left side of the stereo and it switches modes.
Doug needs to get Marc Rebillet to come review the Sera with him. It'll sense the Loop Daddy from 100mi away
Watch the funky mode kick on while Doug is sitting back there…
CNC Exotics: Oh, hello Doug.
Doug: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A SERA??
CNS: I like your t-shirt Doug
DOUG: it's hot again
Cnc: could we interest you in the Mclaren SLR?
Doug: .....A Sera, please
@@junbecks that one was the best:) you could say McLaren F1, would sound exotic
CNC Exotics: err...why you in the backseat sir?
Doug: the viewers demand soo....
The kind of review I like from Doug: old cars!
This was one of the vehicles I was considering when I bought my Toyota MR2.
It seems I made the better choice.
Old and quirky cars! :D
True. New cars are all the same. Especially the infotainment bits
Fábio same I like when he reviews older cars
There is a button on the head unit labeled “warp”. It changes the back speakers from casual to funky mode.
what is funky mode?
If I had that I'd be constantly making warp speed jokes and pressing it
AH at 8:08 you can see WARP button below Eject Button.
@@CommanderMouse72 Ah, I see you are an man of culture as well.
@@CommanderMouse72 mess with your kids....
"I can't seem to figure out how to get it into funky mode" Yeah, that happens with men your age.
At the same time, he should be banned from reviewing cars from the 90s and before. His score is totally biased, pitting it against today's standards rather than comparing from the same era. Because he was too young to know. Can't remember what he gave for the acceleration of the Isetta but there's no way they are even close but the scores will be
@@angieemm Remember that this is a review. As in re-viewing old cars and to a certain extent, ascertaining whether or not it's worth buying second hand (hence the Autotrader stuff). You can only give a fair score to something if everything is on the same scale, I know more about cars than most people I know but I couldn't compare a 70's car to others like my dad can, simply because neither I, nor Doug, were alive for it.
@@valiantdiesel1332 which still makes the older car scores completely arbitrary and pointless. If you're not comparing apples to apples, your numbers are useless. As far as considering them as a way to decide whether or not an older car is "worth it," again, scores are useless. There's no way to answer that question unless you actually see that particular car.
@@AlmightyJ97 i know. And it's annoying. It's not a fair comparison.
@@angieemm The point of the videos isn't the score at the end, it's arbitrary in itself because it's the opinion of one guy regardless of car. But still it is comparing apples to apples, seeing how older cars hold up today.
6 billion people: Please Doug, make t-shirt !
Doug: Here a signed photo, for $50 bucks.
I'm thinking about offering "Ttttthis is not an official Doug Demuro shirt but it should be"-Shirts
Maybe "Doug the type of guy to forgo the obvious merch options and sell uniquely quirky stuff instead"
35 for just the sign
Yeah, I mean I could take a screenshot and print it!!! That would be for free
a photo of him with his arms spread wide and caption: "This"
If he signs it "This" I would pay good money for it
Beeping in reverse is standard in Japan. I have owned three cars while living in Japan and they all beeped, I guess it is or was required by law. A useful safety feature considering how many very old drivers are driving around in Japan, helps them remember which gear they're in. One life saved is one life saved.
I have a 2008 Prius and it has that feature. It was sold in the USA.
@@stuffoflife575 My friends snowmobile does that...Very irritating, when I am trying to maneuver in a direction I normally don't go.
Forklift drivers know this rule well
@@xsct878 Oh indefinitely yo. It's funny, I drive a toyota forklift
I always amuse myself whenever I'm trying to go fast on the forklift. I start naming the sportiest Toyota's out there, like its gonna help. 😂
If you're so old that you don't remember which gear you're in, then you shouldn't be driving anymore
The McLaren F1 is just a Toyota Sera TRD
This comment is severely underrated
Facts
That is a fact not a opinion
If I owned a McLaren F1 I’d definitely put it a Toyota Sera TRD badge 😂
Car: has amazing unique sound system and doors that inspired the ones on the McLaren F1.
Doug: best I can do for Features is 2.
"But in Japan, they made some weird stuff"
That wouldn't be the first time.
Octopus relationships come to immediate mind. 👀 🐙
Yes
@@PurgatoryPriest or panty vending machines.. crazy or genius
😂
@@geoffnelson64 Genius to make it happen, Crazy to use it.
I thought a notable quirk was the heated rear-window elements running vertically.
Like a c4 vette
I don't think there's a thing about this car that isn't a notable quirk.
@@joshriver75 I thought they were all like that cuz my first car was a C4, then when I got a camry I noticed it was different
On of these days, Doug is literally going to get stuck in a back seat at some random dealership.
Kevin Willcuts if that happens I’ll donate 300k to him
When they eventually find him he would've splattered the windows with his classic rear seat sharts.
And ask for help and everyone will walk right past him
and he'll title that video *"I GET STUCK IN A 1990 ___"* and make millions in revenue.
Greg Gammago trying to shart his way out the trunk
Finally Doug does a car that ive owned :) you forgot to mention the air freshner that came with these that had a few selectable fragrances that could be blown out of the vents.
Mercedes-Benz ripped off the Toyota Sera confirmed
Who else would rather watch this than another Mercedes SUV review?
or any SUV/compact crossover period.
This is the f-ing coolest car I never heard of!
He would probably agree with you though, but reviews of modern and new cars just do really well.
He also explains this on his other channel
fuck. yes.
I'm totally over modern Mercedes reviews.
Me!
Doug, can you make more films of weird Japanese cars please? This is one of the best/interesting reviews you have done.
This is so cool and beautiful car and it's only small Toyota.
I agree this was one of the most interesting videos I've seen of doug's, but they're all good, but the subject matter was especially fascinating! :)
Other than Mazda mx3 and Nissan nx100, Doug can also try to get his hands on cars like Toyota WiLL and Toyota Paseo. Toyota iQ. But what's more important is for Doug to look at what other car manufacturers were offering in the 1990 especially the American brands.
Let's not forget in 1990 among other great cars Toyota produced were the 1st model Previa/Estima minivan, the first generation of Lexus LS400 and also the world rally champion Celica GT4. Again, we have to look at what other cars sold during that time to realise how advanced and special these cars were.
Other Toyota models that Doug maybe never saw include Toyota Corolla Levin of the 1990s which had a combo of supercharged engine with 4 throttle bodies, 5 valves per cylinder and 6 speed manual transmission and Toyota Caldina GT4. For a start, Doug can google or watch videos in TH-cam.
Don’t forget that he’s also done the Nissan S-Cargo as well as R32 GT-R.
lol, love the subtle sarcasm
I offered my 91 Cappuccino for him to review like 2yrs ago. He doesn't seem interested 😔
The SLSS system also incorporates an amplifier with a central channel, plus a Digital Sound Processor (DSP) which has three modes - off, Casual mode and Funky Mode. These different modes provide a slight differences in the sound qualities, and also the rear deck speaker rotates from reflecting the sound from the rear hatch glass incasual mode to pointing directly towards the passenger when in funky mode.
The DSP modes are controlled by a "WARP" button on the head unit. The CD has random, scan and repeat modes, the radio has 6 presets on both FM and AM bands and the cassette mechanism has Dolby and track search facilities
When the car was new you could purchase the SLSS system with either a single height CD / Radio or a dual height CD / Radio / Cassette.
That would still be badass now
If you think that's crazy there's a very rare speaker that was a Japan only product. It was a rear deck speaker just like this SLSS system but aftermarket. It's the Pioneer TSX-90 which is extremely hard to find any info on. All I really know about them is that they exist and sometimes show up for sale on Yahoo Auctions. Not sure if there's any in the US. It had electronically adjustable speaker height so part of the speaker would rise up 2 or so inches!
Here's a video of it in action, its amazingly pointless which makes it amazing cool lol: th-cam.com/video/QeYM1srENI4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the info Gregory! You would think that Doug could have looked this up before his review... or read the owner's manual....
@@jamescraig4479 Owners manual would be written in Japanese only.
@@Whitestorm2 Well, there's that...haha! Another quirk he could have pointed out....kkkkk....
Has nobody noticed how hilarious the license plates are?
Que sera...
In which minute? En que minuto?
I saw that you right. But only the people that got some Spanish knowledge got the joke.
@ 0:12
Boquete Condo you a kid huh
Its not "Que" is "CA" in spanish K sound like CA in car > "CA"
The SLSS came with a three mode Digital Sound Processor (DSP) which cycled through 'off', 'Casual' or 'Funky' mode by use of a button labelled "WARP" on the CD/Radio or CD/Radio/Cassette head unit. These produced slight differences in sound quality through preset values for settings such as bass and treble, as well as rotating the speakers in the rear unit to either project directly into the car or bounce off the rear window. A complete and functional SLSS is one of the most highly sought after options by Toyota Sera enthusiasts, but by being factory fit is quite hard to retro-fit.
Thanks Wikipedia!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sera
Dustin Miller that just sounds ridiculous, I love it.
Thanks for sharing... I've been wanting to buy one of these- and bidding on multiple Sera's on eBay for the past few years... but haven't been QUITE ready to drop the full amount on one - and a 'fun' car, while I'm currently building my GS430. I love the little speaker on the rear deck though... So Dustin Miller- does that mean that any SERA that has the rear little speaker box in the hatch is an SLSS then (with the three mode DSP?)
A complete and functional SLSS is one of the most highly sought after options by Toyota Sera enthusiasts
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Toyota Sera enthusiasts!?
I don't even care about the rest of it, I just want a button marked WARP in my car.
(edit: Oh yeah, there it is, 8:05. Douglas, I'm disappointed in you for not noticing that and pointing it out.)
@@AirRideFanatic Sounds like it's an option that only some have. Though I've never heard of the Sera prior to Doug's video on them. I'd love to see more funky foreign cars we missed out on in the States!
Imagine the cost of replacement glass for those doors...
Jamie Schneider don’t, you’ll fucking cry
same as mclaren f1
In fact buy a new fucking car
Jamie Schneider too expensive
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Doug the type of guy to go to CNC Exotic Motors for a Sera
He's reviewed every single car in there.
The definition for "Exotic" means rare. Google it. This car is rare so its considered an Exotic. CNC Motors believe its an Exotic otherwise they would not have it in their inventory.
@@Al13n1nV8D3R no shit sherlock, but he means that he could have chosen way cooler exotic cars like a lambo or a ferrari, but he chose a Toyota Sera.
@@kapchonka5128 Yeah, but if you watched more of his videos he reviewed like 5 or more other exotics like Lambo's at this very same dealership. So yeah he did pick a Lambo before the Sera.
@@Al13n1nV8D3R you overthinkin it my guy. It's just a joke.
i absolutely LOVE the glass and how its on the roof. in the rain thatwould be so awesome
Appreciate you taking the time to review a weird/old car. AMAZING!
THAT, is a beautiful car
Doug's the type of guy who needs a button to get funky.
Josh Garretson but blank buttons will turn off his funk.
Hondanumber9 daddy douglas’ funk never turns off
Doug the type of guy to not be able to find his funky button
Back in the 90s, I had a roommate who sold Toyotas. He once told me how he had a middle aged guy who came into the dealership to trade in his gen 2 Supra for a Solara for his daughter because she couldn't drive a manual and didn't want to learn.
He wasn't happy about it but his daughter was happy.
Looking back on it now I'm actually shedding tears.
Don't feel bad, if he was a decent parent he would have told her "you can either buy a car with your own money or learn to drive a stick."
Could’ve traded in the daughter
@@abeg1571 lol
@@abeg1571 makes more sense
Luckily MK2's aren't that expensive.... yet. Still affordable for regular people. MK3's are starting to go up in value, whereas the MK4 prices are out of this world.
Doug the kind of guy to always be in 'Casual Mode'.
Doug the type of guy she tells you not to worry about and you actually don't
Because he’s way out of everyone’s league
Lmao that was ruthless man
Damn fatality
The "warp" button on the stereo is the button to change it from casual mode to funky mode
Full speed ahead Sulu..let's try warp factor *funky* this time
Came here for this comment. I always wish Doug would review the car stereos just a bit. Like, oh this system sounds great, full bass, or whatever. It sounds fine, it sounds like crap...I remember one time he didn't know what an equalizer was.
@@mselsk7784 The Mitsubishi eclipse review lmao that made me cringe
Why did he say that middle speaker on the dash was big
Was worth around 9k, until Doug took us around its quirks and features. Now I guess worth 15k.
Try $25,000. Lmao www.cncexotics.com/details-1990-toyota-sera-used-1990toyotasera.html
Funny, I was given the option of buying one last year for 3k but I didnt know what it was so I bought an mr2. F for me :(
@@blaiddifanc8683 well, if you buy that mr2 for around 5k, I did ratherbsay you shouldn't regret that decision
Mr2 is always better
@@blaiddifanc8683 What's the story on the opportunity to get one for 3k?
@@AJWrenn-kj7mj it would be very very hard, it is my dream car... I search for it A LOT the only one I found was 20k cad w/shipping and tax
Doug, I have critical information! The WARP button on the head unit will take you to Funky town lol
ahhhh, the 90's
Back when Toyota had the balls do do interesting things
Those were the days.....
They’re not as interesting now, but the 86 and the return of the Supra is a step in the right direction
@@ItsNotAProblem Toyota thought it would be cool to have a smaller sports car again like the wonderful GT86 and a revival of the Supra. I really like it. Back then Toyota had the Sera, MR2, Paseo, Celica, Supra, not only boring family cars...
Anon Ymous no they don’t have the balls to make a Supra with a manual lol
@@VI-dr1ov you mean BMW doesn't have manual transmission for it's Z4?
SirLovesALott I’m sorry, as much as I would love the revival of Toyota the 86 is actually a Subaru and the Supra is actually a Z4. We’ve yet to see a pure Toyota sports car. I just don’t think Toyota has the same passion for sports cars as it once did. Though there’s no doubt the two cars are excellent drivers cars
DAMMIT DOUG! Now you're gonna drive up the prices. I was planning on getting one of these for under $5k
Too slow, Jr.
Literally same, I lost an auction a month ago on one of these and ever since I’ve been looking for another. I thought this exactly
Doug the type of guy who can't figure out how to get in funky mode.
(sorry, I've always wanted to do one of these...)
Doug the kinda guy to ask Siri to take him to Funky -town- mode.
If he looked on Wikipedia he would of found out how. You have to press the "WARP" button on the stereo for the different modes.
Remove "is", "Doug the type of guy..." and your attempt fucking sucks it's not funny you ugly mong.
@@everythingsbetternaked473 Mimimimimmmi
@@everythingsbetternaked473 your hostility must stem from your insecurities about your small "pipi". Seek therapy 😜
Someone has one of these in perfect condition on my street.
Bet you're thinking of a talon
@@marcussavina2726 or a mazda mx3, i have one & they look a lot alike
I don't suppose you live in Wolverhampton do you? I pass one in this colour every day and it's pristine and I flip out every time I see it
This has to be one of the greatest reviews you've ever done! The Sera is one of my dream cars!
Your dreams sound like nightmares...
One for sale in Alberta Canada... Stop dreaming...
www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/1991-toyota-sera/1437228212?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
I would love one if I could add a new crisp modern radio and speakers, change the color, change it to manual, and change the side of the wheel 🤦🏻♂️ scratch that, I just want butterfly doors on a weak car 😂😂
Damn that’s a good deal
Robert Hull for u
Doug: "One door is open further than the other"
Health teacher: "One testicle is lower than the other"
its like the Veloster..just slightly different :p
@@pyrobedlam the Sera with the powertrain of the sporty Veloster would be amazing!
I love weird cars. Thanks for sharing the bizarre as well as the spectacular with us, Doug.
Clint's Reptiles this Sara certainly is weird and I too like these reviews. Chances are we’ll never see suck funkyness in our everyday life.
pretty expected feom a guy that loves reptiles😂🤣😂
Yooo clint u are heree??
@@Alvaro-em1dj of course I am! Doug is one of my favorite youtubers.
Weird cars are best cars!
Doug: The Toyota Sera is probably the weirdest and coolest Toyota of the 1990s.
Supra: Am I a joke to you?
Hey Doug this car was called the Sera Live Sound for a reason. Toyota designed it that way for the acoustic experience. It wasn't meant to be a hot hatch. It also wasn't associated with the MR2. It was built on the Cynos, Corsa and Starlet chassis. In America that chassis was used in the Toyota Tercel and Paseo. So mechanically, they have the same parts. The Starlet Gt engine can also be swapped into it or the engine internals (I think it's the pistons) and turbo system.
Demuro is doing weird cars and weird stuff again! YASSSS
By weird stuff you mean signed photos?
Curved glass price is $618 - $1050 USD, each side, depending on the colour of the glass.
Ok.
That's surprisingly cheap. My father had a 1991 Mazda 929, Mazda's attempt at an ultra-luxury saloon, it's sunroof had an inbuilt solar panel which trickle fed the car battery but primarily powered vents & exhaust fans to keep the cabin 'cool' when parked. Remember back in 1991 that was nuts. Anyhow there was a massive hailstorm with Hail up to the size of tennis balls, one piece happened to crack the sunroof. Luckily the car was comprehensively insured. The replacement cost for the solar powered sunroof ALONE was $9500, and that was in the 1990's... $9500...
@@PaddyMcMe jesus😲
Hey where did you find that?
Hopefully it don’t crack again or that old Mazda will be considered totaled out
This car is beautiful. Rolling up to high school in one of these would have been so awesome
This is what I’m tryna do next year
I drank a shot every time Doug said "doors". I'm in the hospital now.
I once did the same thing every time Doug said "carbon fiber." I'm in rehab now.
are you ded?
Window tinter - “I need a challenge”
Toyota sera - “challenge accepted”
Underrated comment... Lolzz
If you have ever tried to tint your own normal windows, you will find that comment even funnier
@@TCreatorO true... not exactly tinting but I have tried to wrap my car by myself, worst thing I ever did in my entire life
Lost a lot of money, and then I scratched all over my car's paintcoat wtffffff
I have one, which is tinted. It took quite a bit of time, but well worth the money.
ha! I got really lucky and stumbled upon a window tinter who actually had Sera templates to cut the film perfectly, still cost me way too much!
the funky mode can be activated on the radio with a button labled "WARP"
I need to see this now!
Yep, on the head unit. But Doug doesn't actually research all that well - even though it's easy to find info on it (even Wikipedia gives it a mention, for the gods' sakes.) But I guess that's too much work.
@@aussiebloke609 and yet he's making quite a bit of money making simple ass videos.
Yes he's obviously not into HiFi from what he usually says about stereo systems, such a shame!
@@Forgan_Mreeman that's simply because he's the only person with the volume of reviews with this level of detail (albeit oft misinformed).
Back when car companies sold base enthusiast models.
Now all they have are a million different crossover SUV's and maybe one over priced over built top of the line performance car.
Miata
Is
Always
The
Answer
@@invektra
Twenty
Five
Thousand
Dollars
Base
do you know how much any new cars cost?
Toyota 86 is probably the closest thing to a base enthusiast car I can think of these days
Hyundai Elantra GT N-Line. Great hot hatch for only 20k
You didn't mention the massive piece of glass that is the rear hatch, with little to support it. Or that it was one of the first cars to have projector headlights. It was a super innovative car for its time and deserves a bit more credit.
I remember this Car in Gran Turismo 4.
Twas really slow
Cade Ellsworth that’s what ultimately made me buy mine 😁
Slow, but dirt cheap LOL.
ISTR that on the buy car screen it was shown with the doors open. Even though you would never get the experience of that in-race.
Not with game shark it wasn’t
In order to engage Funky mode, just put in a Rick James CD in the CD player
Rick Astley is better for that.
Fans, Speakers, and more get ‘rickrolled’ in a car.
@@thyeweiping9094 haha
Fans, Speakers, and more IKR!
Doug the type of guy to give his grandma's apple pie a dougscore
Illyrian Gamer the type of guy to walk in an exotic car dealer and ask for a 90’s Sedan
😂😂😂😂
You know the back seats aren't that bad because he didn't rip out a wet shart on the way in.
And i really thought he will start the Audio system & boom-box just for fun to see how it sounds ! ;0)
Maybe him finally using passenger side to get into them has to do something with it. He is always going from left side so all so only in rhd car he will get in correctly....and usually passebger side has special levers for access and driver seats dont...so ots stupid for him to keep using driver side. Especially with toyotas. All of the have special two dual purpose latches one for people to get out and one on the side which foldes and moved the seat at once
😂😂😂
which video did he rip one?
Greg Gammago yeah he got in surprisingly easily
I remember first discovering this car on Granturismo 4 for the PlayStation 2 as a very young car enthusiast. The way they modeled the door to be open in the butterfly fashion as opposed to shut like literally ever other car in the game captivated me. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this video on my feed. Awesome little nostalgia trip there.
C'mon Doug!! Missed the trunk's ARW Subwoofer under the trunk lid, didn't address that the trunk lid cover has its own "hood prop" to keep it open (due to the weight of the boom box), the WARP button on the stereo that switches the "boom box" from Casual to Funky, the roadside Flare (red stick with its own holder on the passenger's side kick panel). I mean... quirks and features, right?? One of the weirdest cars you've reviewed and you missed some of the cool and interesting things about it.
Still a fan! Hope to see you review a Nissan NX and Mazda MX-3 as well.
All JDM cars have the flare, they get removed before export
@@thrillseekanz7874 correct, can't ship them. Easy to figure out why. I guess paco ibarra missed that part.
Shame there wern't any roof blinds to show off how those work, the doors should be the same height too, that one just had bad struts :)
Notable quirk for the back seat is that unlike many other cars, they are single seats and not a bench
@@thrillseekanz7874 which is something worth mentioning.
4:49 these are the reasons why you gotta love Doug
"the weirdest and coolest Toyota of the 90s"
*Supra fanboys disliked that*
Edit: i don't think the supra is weird i just wanted to include the full quote
I’m a Supra fanboy and this killed me!!😂
@@johnvale3916 Put these doors on a Targa 4th Gen... WOW!!! *brain explodes*
To be fair, the Supra wasn’t very weird.
This is cooler than supra. The supra is just a basic 90s Japanese sports car(not really). That's not a bad thing tho.
*MR2 Owners Disliked x2*
The Mazda MX3 you used as a comparative example had a notable "quirk".
The industries smallest V6 even today at 1.8 litres.
At 1845cc, Lancia beat it with a 1754cc V6 in 1951.
There are 1.6L V6 from Mitsubishi..the 6A10 engine
And it sounds so good
Just some shameless promotion, a brilliant old (Dutch) commercial for this V6 : th-cam.com/video/YtYpImVEr6E/w-d-xo.html
Loved cars like that: cheap and fun. Too bad nowadays people only seem to want ugly and boring SUV's....
Laverda once made a v6 motorcycle with 1000cc.
"Don't get the Autozam, get this"
-Mr. Regular
I knew he did a review on this a while back. Thanks for confirming.
Tttthhhhis*
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In Japan when the Sera first came out Eddie Murphy was the person who was the spokes person in the commercials. The biggest sell was the doors and the "10 speaker live surround system".
According to the Internet, pressing the WARP button on the head unit (below the CD Eject button) is how you change it between Casual and Funky
Doug: Toyota Sera is the weirdest Toyota of the 90s
Toyota Previa: Am I a joke to you?
haha, the Sera, great weird car, I nearly bought an import one in New Zealand. It shares a lot of parts with the Starlet, so it's possible to do some engine swap magic and give it a 1.6 DOHC engine plus a turbo
This is absolutely the best car for a vlogger
License plate: *reads "K- SERA"*
Me: *hums "whatever will be, will be."*
Where is Doris Day
K is for Kei aka small car/van
K sera? Pues un Toyota
Sera means evening in Italian... Che sera: That evening.
@@juniormondragon3577 muy raro por cierto
I bet Doug is so humble that he dislikes his own videos. What a guy.
no thats just him being honest
Lol he charges 50 bucks for a signed photo
@@jbouwman2665 apple charges 1000 bucks for a stand xD. He said he knows they're overpriced. It's like buy or leave, he doesn't care that much lol
comedyman112 Apple stands actually have a purpose.
@@afcgeo882 yeah and could be 600 dollars cheaper or half as cheap. so you pay for the purpose of the stand and an additional 600 dollars to be proud to be fucked in the ass by apple :) as is with anything you buy from apple. you are paying for a purposeful thing and an extra half of the actual true value to be proud enough to be fucked in the ass by them :)
in short term apple users are paying extra to be fucked in the ass by apple... by overcharging on everything they sell you.
I just realized cars were so much cooler back then
Only realized that now?
Imagine seeing cars actively be worse over the years, with no one listening. But I guess I'm glad people are coming around to that understanding regardless.
When people are interested in hypercars but you're still all about Group B.
Sam they’re just all the same today. No originality. It’s like how monster jam has been monopolized. There’s no more competition.
They were really not though. Cars are 100x better these days.
No most 90s car are so far from cool and beyond ugly. If you want to talk about cool cars you look back to the 60s 70s and 80's. The only thing the 90s produced that was any good was music.
Japanese cars put back seats in even the smallest cars so insurance can be cheaper since is a +2
That's not true
Not how insurance works.
Doug: the type of guy to still order a
Happy Meal for the toy.
I really think he could spend 20 minutes reviewing every component of a happy meal.
You have to love the licence plate! These are my favourite types of reviews. Thanks Doug.
what? Could you explain?
Hey Doug! I really wanted to see the Sera in Funky Mode so I wanted to let you know that you can swap from Casual to Funky with the WARP button on the center stack.
Go to 08:06 and check top right
:)
More like top left 🙄/s
i'm a 15 year old kid, theres a toyota sera on the way to my girlfriends house and for some reason i am absolutely in love with it, it hasnt moved at all and i assume its just being abandoned, its dirty, got a flat and probably has a bunch of problems but im still in love with it, i want it so badly and i dont understand why.
I love the curved glass. Makes the car look modern even to this day.
I’m going to have a hard time telling people that the McLaren F1’s doors were inspired by a Toyota from 1990.
Not just that, but one of the tamer ones given they had the Mk. III Supra back then even
Even the senna took that design with the glass doors.
Every Video of Doug starts with :
*THIS !*
😂😂
THHHHIIISSSS
So what?
Actually no, one of his clk reviews doesnt
I dig his quirk of starting his videos that way. By contrast, I have an idiot coworker that starts 80-90% of her sentences with the word "So...".
Bothers the good heavens out of me.
I'm wondering why nobody has made a "THIS" collection yet with all the starts of his videos.
I wish he review the stereo systems. It would’ve been cool to hear what the Sera sounded like.
4:50
Doug DeMuro get an extra chromosome after opening that window
Men thats genius
Ha
I'm pretty sure he's doing his best Jay Leno.
@@TomXizor damm we've found the
Jay Leno stunt double, who can drive as many special cars too
300ZX Owner: Our Car Look So Beautiful That It Make A Supercar Company Borrow Our Headlight.
Toyota Sera Owner: Hold My Beer
Same, I Just Realised That
I kind of get it. You're referencing the facelifted Lambo Diablo, right?
@That Guy From Legendary Axe Headlight of the late Lamborghini Diablo model
You again !
@@samvhell9104 Its You Again!
Doug the type of guy to drive from the backseats
SpyrosGaming 23 your mom drives me
Like Hightower from Police Academy?
Anyone that has played Gran Turismo 4 would definitely know this car. 👌
Haha yeah, true!
I loved how it was the only one car that had the doors open in showroom
MAKE SHIRTS DOUG!!!! I want to wear them to cars and coffee!
Redline Raphael just take a white shirt, and write Doug DeMuro on it and draw a car inside a green circle
No, take your signed framed photo from doug and let people be jealous
**puke**
get a photo and have it scanned onto a shirt from Nantucket.
I would buy two of them shirts and wear them double just like Doug does.
Oversteer crew checking in - who has their signed photos already?
My mom
I love all these, "Doug the type of guy that" comments.
i dont, theyre lame
As someone who's a fan of cyberpunk, and whose favorite car is the Volkswagen XL-1, I freakin' LOVE this car.
Finally! Thanks for reviewing this unique car! Was requesting it for a while!
Doug can you please do a review on the Nissan Pulsar GTIR?
Thatd be reeeal niiice
He should, i'v never seen one
@@liamnissanS2K Lol nice name. "..What I DO have is a particular set of [driving] skills..."
I have no idea why.. but I love this car! Great job with the review, Doug (as always)
I LOVE the Sera. I still remember the very first time I saw one, slinking out of an alley in Bangkok one night in the mid-90s. Felt like I was in a scene in Blade Runner.
Everytime I watch a video where Doug is at CNCExotics I always look only on one thing.
The beautifull Lotuses in the background 🥰
The doors were probably an attempt at solving a parking problem. Streets in Japan are commonly very narrow. And instead of swing out doors that take more lateral space than gull wings.
That's my opinion.
Good theory.
You can get in and out of some very tight spots that's for sure (great if you like to park away from other cars against a wall), but the doors should open to equal heights, this one must have just had bad or aftermarket struts on one side... hmm
@@ScuzzySera No he explains why they don't....
@@brandonar868 No, he's an idiot. They are supposed to be equal. Trust me, I'm an owner and every owner I know has the same equal height doors. The struts fail over time.
@@brandonar868 I've owned a Sera for 15 years and have replaced my door struts twice, they should be equal opening height. But the Sera is new and exciting to America so mistakes will happen and that's ok.
Doug: This inspired the McLaren F1 doors.
Mr. Regular: I WANT AN AUTOZAM AUTOZAM AUTOZAM no you dont.
Autozam had gullwing, not butterfly
I want an Autozam...
Ah, ok, I get the reference now...
Regular Car reviews
th-cam.com/video/8Fqu6VgtJ04/w-d-xo.html
Is this where Doug got the idea to review the Sera?
@@crowchillingpark It seems that although the cars are very comparable, only the Autozam AZ-1 was a Kei car, but the Sera wasn't because its engine is more than 660cc and its dimensions are bigger than allowed for Kei-class cars.
Toyota Sera was quite popular among JDM vehicle enthusiasts here in South Korea and it was easy to import since Japan is right next to us. It's so sad that most of them are junked and they're super rare now. That car is also hated by window tinting shops here because it's a pain in the neck to tint the door windows,lol
No, Doug, that's the closest hydraulic replacement shock owner has found.
Gas spring*
Gas *STRUT*
*theiryre strutpring
@@Moto_Medics they're a
whatever f they are
When I saw the backseat, I was already laughing at how Doug is going to get in there, lol!
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That's ma fav car wen I was a kid.... Thank you fr dis video.... Wishes from India🇮🇳
yer r welcum