I'm always so sad when he has opportunities to review the UNREAL oe sound systems he's lucky enough to encounter. Merc's Bermester, Ford GT's Mcintosh, and especially Pagani's Sonus Faber... All missed opportunities to satisfy us curious audiophiles.
ELEVATEOFFROAD.COM I’d think Doug would at least show Audi’s and Aston Martin’s Bang and Olufsen’s tweeters pop out of the dashboard, as those are quite a quirk even for a non-audio guy. But a lot of those premium sound systems made by super high-end brands like Bermester in M-B, Bang and Olufsen in Audi et. al., and Meridian in Jaguar and Land Rover aren’t entirely made by those brands, as a single pair of entry-level speakers from many of those brands would cost the same or more than the cost of the entire sound system option (e.g. Meridian’s entry level speaker is a $3000 boom box, which is more than the Meridian option). So they’re not at the same level of quality of speakers those brands make, and a high-end aftermarket system (such as my Hertz Mille Legends powered by a JL Audio Slash 300/4v3 amp) would blow most away. The one exception I could see would be Sonus Faber in the Paganini since that’s an extreme limited production care and everything about it is perfect.
Vehicle Virals yeah... I thought he was dumbing it down for his younger viewers but that doesn't make sense either because everyone knows what an eqalizer is...they make software one these days. strange.
Doug, the high beam in the headlight lowered position still comes from the main headlight unit. It just shines through the light bar in that stowed position.
To be fair to modern cars, they do have much better sounding stereos nowadays. I've been in loads of friend's cars from the last 5 or so years, even budget ones, and they all sound great. Compare that to older/cheaper cars from 10+ years ago and they were a lot lot worse so an EQ would actually help with improving audio quality, in some cases. Plus...I can still change it anyway, it's just moved to my phone rather than the car.
In the meantime I have some Kenwood head unit and a $40 pair of Sony speakers from Walmart and I'm happy with it. Could be better, but beats the old ratty stock speakers.
Yeah, I have Bass, mid, and treble in my 13 Mazdaspeed 3, and that seems cool compared to the shitty Cobalt I had before that only had treble and bass.
No it's not. I don't know where you pulled that from. Day lights and night lights are different bulbs and those "clear plastics" are not clear from other side, so light can't go trough them anyway.
Doug, WTF...you are not THAT young. There are interesting sliding levers on the audio system??? Jesus, you never heard of an equalizer?? EQ for short. I can't be that old that an EQ is a mystery!!!
I thought the same thing, the EQ was a great aftermarket purchase of the time also. . Back before double din stereos you had Pioneer cassette player with a clarion EQ under it. Those were the days
I was born in 1995 (22 years old) I've had a couple older stereos with full EQ settings. Also my computer itself allows you to adjust the EQ settings along with my music making programs.
Right? Like dude, you're older than me, and you don't know what an equalizer is? It's like when you make a character and dump all the points into one stat.
Doug, this car is AWD, has a t3/t4 turbo, deep cuts in the seats to hold you in place, a large vertical shifter, a dashboard designed for a guage cluster, and a wheel that isn't cluttered with unneeded buttons. The 4G63T motor came with a butterfly valve system for pulling in more air at higher speeds. It came running like 14 second quarter mile times, 195 horse power, doing over 120mph from the factory. The GSX is a great racecar platform on a budget. That's what it's best for. I loved mine. PS: I've seen these with sub 8 second quarter mile times. I was building a road racing car when I sold mine and the person who bought it was stripping it to the metal and making it into a drag car.
The Eclipse has had one of the worst fates ever... It started out as a cool little coupe (1st Gen) and even became a movie star (2nd Gen), then puberty hit it like a truck (3rd Gen) and it looked really weird for a few more years (4th Gen)... And now they turned it into a ridiculously ugly Crossover that looks like a modern version of the Pontiac Aztek or a jacked-up Prius (5th Gen, Eclipse Cross). What a shame - I feel you, poor little car.
I actually don't mind the Eclipse Cross... I just wish it came as an actual coupe. IMO there's an unexploited market for high riding sports crossovers...
Yeah, these "old" 90s reviews make me feel old, but EQs are still alive in every level of AV equipment, I guess some just don't use them. Looks to be a simple cut and boost of that particular Hz. Even modern smart phones have that on board
I love the Mirage, but it’s a Very different tool. 50 mpg is a different value than 6.7 0-60. I do think they need to expand the model range, though. Turbo AWD Mirage!
I'm amused that Doug apparently hadn't seen a graphic equalizer before. At that point in time all the cool stereos had them. I had a 92 Plymouth Laser RS AWD, unti the timing belt snapped. My favorite car I ever owned.
My first sports car as a young adult and my favorite. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I loved how this car drove, cornered, was so stable at high speeds.
I had a 1991 eclipse for a few years In the early 2000, when I was in college, It was easy Easy to drive and park, had a cute interior, dashboard and trunk, Of course mine was the baseline model, at least it had power windows, but the thing had 95 horsepower But I seriously do miss the heck out of that car and if I could have ever clicked my heels and had the 135 hp DOHC engine installed, not even the Turbo, I would've been happy
I graduated H.S. in 1990. For the next few years, I sooo wanted an Eagle Talon TSI! I just love hearing the amusement and bemusement as you discuss the "odd" features from back in the day!
almost the identical story here as well..... ended up with a used 1990 Acura Integra LS hatchback instead. Loved that car but wanted a TSI in the worst way!
For a guy who supposedly knows a lot about cars this is pretty disappointing. Tons of cars had these in the 80s and 90s. Also home stereos, computers, etc. ...
The guy that owns that GSX seems like a very meticulous type of person by the way the garage and car look. I can just picture him the next time he drove it and found out his equalizer had been messed with.
Had a 92 model with 300hp back in the day. Way too much fun, and surprised many Mustangs, 300ZX TT, Dodge Stealth TT/3000GT, 911's etc Thanks for the drive down memory lane.
There's probably a lot of things car related this joke of a narrator has never seen, like the oil drain plug, and oil filter on ANY car he's owned, a set of wrenches and a ratchet and sockets. Bet he's never jacked a car up, or changed a flat tire either. Probably calls AAA if he gets a flat, and never leaves the air conditioned interior of his car! Slips his AAA card out through the barely cracked window to the AAA driver! LOL!
Dreadnought59 broke fucker he'd rather pay someone like you. Some guy who gets a kick out of killing himself at a dead end job. Someone who hasn't driven 20 million dollars worth of vehicles a week. You aren't anybody you never will be, DOUG IS.
What makes me sad is what Mitsubishi did, turning this iconic line of cars into a fucking SUV crossover. I was hoping it would only be one of those vague rumors we never hear from again. Last week I officially saw the commercial. The 2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. Should've been the Eclipse Sacrilege. I'll go hug my 2G and cry now...
I remember when the concepts of the 2015-2016 Mitsubishi Eclipse were rumored. Looking back, I would’ve killed to have gotten that instead of the shit we got.
I had a 1984 Isuzu Impulse that had an aux jack and also had a very complicated and sophisticated computer interface. I bought mine used and it never worked. I wanted to replace it with a working one, but I remember they were going for more than $800 used.
I think most Mitsubishi’s from this era came stock with that. Mitsubishi was a very tech focused brand back then. The tech from the 3000gt vr-4, active aero, electronic adjustable suspension, 4 wheel steering, and a lot more.Mitsubishi also designed and made their own turbos, which Subaru borrowed for a little bit during the 90s
+Will Serrano it was because CD players were just becoming widely available, but were still expensive. Many people's only CD player was a discman or similar. You hooked it up to your home stereo with a minijack->RCA plug then brought it to your car. While having a front facing jack was rare, tons of cars back then did have an "aux" setting that went to two RCA ports on the back of the head unit, and then the dealer or other installer would run the cable to the glovebox or something. I think a lot of JDM cars actually had the front minijack very early, due to the popularity of MiniDisc long before MP3 players and later smartphones were a thing, though it is strange to see it in the US designed and built eclipse, maybe that premium head unit was used in actual Japanese Mitsubishis as well. Edit: it also makes sense in a higher end car stereo because those tape adapters sounded terrible, and someone shelling out for it at the time probably has a portable CD player and would want it to sound good
Doug, Doug, Doug, I love you man but c’mon, stop talking nonsense! The brights are not 2 sets, they are the same lights shining through when they are lowered. VW has had CC on the stock for decades after this car. Control buttons on the steering wheel is not a new thing either, they’ve existed at least 35 years before this car was produced. I know I’m older than you but you seriously don’t know what a Graphic EQ is?
A couple of things to note. The sliders on the stereo are collectively called a graphic equalizer and a lot of '80s stereos had them. Going further back, lots of people would install custom stereos with an extra power amp that had one of these equalizers built in. Manufacturers just started adding them to the OEM head units due to their popularity. Also, on the power locks with these Japanese cars, you could unlock the driver door from the passenger side using the key (and vice versa IIRC). You simply turned the key twice in the unlock direction and it unlocked the other side (and the back doors if it was a 4-door). I think they were trying to figure out a way to have some of the functionality of keyless entry without using a transmitter fob, a thing that I miss every time I have to pull the big honking key fob from my pocket when I want to drive my car. I hate the bulky newer keys and key fobs taking up all that space in my pocket. Hopefully this gets remedied at some point and they finally miniaturize this stuff.
The old car reviews are awesome. And there is always one or two moments where something seems so strange to him that its as close as we can get to watching an alien review the car.
Little levers that let you play dj in your own car! Listen! They really make a difference!!! Wowwwwww! It's almost as if there was a graphic representation of how you're equalizing the tone of the music, to think this is the only sound system in the world to have this... I do wonder what all those little numbers mean... all the way to 10K? What a head scratcher...
@Oggy Oh, i see. I think he is hilarious, in a doofy kinda way. Lol. And he does give detailed info on many different cars. You gotta at least give him that.
Wow, I didn't expect even cars in 1990s have pop-up headlights. This car has one of my favourite gauge cluster design, and even pop-up headlights or rear end design that it was similar to the Pontiac Fiero back in 1980s. The GSX even has a turbocharger.😍
gtoger I had a 92 gs turbo eclipse that was totally perfect like 6 years ago. Was lowered with rims and bigger sway bars and that car would go around any corner at any speed I swear. Dark green with a black top. Had the sunroof bag and everything. I sold it for really good money and the kid riced it out then crashed it.
I owened a Talon TSI AWD and this has bought back memories. I realky enjoyed it on long road trips because it was fast and the seats were awesome. Passing cars at high speed was a synch.
Man Doug, for knowing so much about cars, there are a lot of common features that you apparently don't know about... -The "second high beams" in the light bar are not a separate light. It is just the regular high beams turning on while your flip up lights are still down. -The sun roof was actually a moon roof since it was see-through glass. You also didn't have to remove it to get the outside air. The handle where you released it can flip forward and latch up, holding it open at an angle. -Stereo sliders are an EQ. Each number is a different frequency that you are adjusting independently. Most stock stereos now adjust the bass, mid, and high on a bell curve and don't allow for independent frequency adjustment. -I've seen various newer cars that still have cruise control on stalks. It is not uncommon. -The pocket to "hide stuff from cops" is the exact opposite of that. It is where you store your vehicle registration and insurance paperwork. -The dome light actually DOES make sense and functions EXACTLY like every other one in existence. You have 3 positions: On, Door, and Off. On would latch it to be used at any point and would keep it on pretty much until the battery of the car dies. The one with the dot is the Door option. Having it down allows the dome light to come on only when the doors are open. When they close, the lights go off. -The cartoonish drawings in the owners manual are quite common in many Japanese manuals of the 80's and 90's; this would include vehicles and electronics.
Erik Hendershot. That's just it, he DOESN'T know much about cars! He just reguritates facts and figures he 'researched' online in his vids. He's a moron!
I know this is old but I had to comment on this. I stopped watching at the EQ part. The headlight comment and the note about a convertible solving the “sunroof” issues had already irritated me. I owned a 97 and it had a POWER MOONROOF! The glass slide above the roof... not a convertible. I understand it has to be very tough to put a video together on the fly, make it interesting and get everything 100% right but my God man... this entire video is flawed. It’s a shame because I really liked this generation of Eclipse in its time and was looking forward to a knowledgeable review.
LOL thank you for explaining all of this so I didn't have to. Sometimes I cringe when Doug doesn't know what some of those Simple Things Are but overall I think he does a pretty good job and he's Young so I give him a pass LOL
LOL, it's called a coin tray! Way back in 1990 we used to pay tolls with actual coinage. It went sorta like this; you would pull up to a toll gate, reach into the change tray, remove the required coins and toss them into a (what looked like) a giant urinal, the coins would clink and clatter to the bottom then the gate would raise to let you pass. A very handy tray to have, especially in cities like Chicago. Keep up the old car stuff, I love it. Thanks!
I owned a black on silver Eagle Talon TSI just like in the brief photo you popped up. The reason you felt the vague on center steering is because your test car didn't have the larger wheel and sporty tire package. I absolutely loved this car. It's slow by today's standard, but so is a BMW e30 (which I currently drive). In its day it was quick, giving Mustang 5.0 GTs a run for their money. And when the roads got slippery, it was game over for just about anything else. The AWD system worked flawlessly with nice rear wheel bias. I could go on, but thanks for bringing back the memories!
You're too old to not know what an equaliser is. Those audio trim sliders was a 7 band EQ feature. You'll find them in pretty much every Ford or GM from the 90s. And you're a car reviewer. That's a pistol grip shifter. For a guy who notices every odd detail, I'm surprised you didn't know these two things.
Yeah, i'm 34 and i still remember my Goldstar Hi-Fi Stereo set with analog equalizer on it. Many high end 90s Bose, Sony etc. stereo amplifiers came with equalizers on them. Digital graphic displays were still in their infancy until late 90s early 00s. But, i do have to say that i can't remember having seen an analog equalizer in a car before.
The best part about these cars was that you could add almost 100 hp with exhaust, boost controler, and good gas. I had a 92 TSI AWD for many years and loved it - rarely did someone know what it was when they were new. And it was actually reliable if you tuned it carefully (monitoring knock etc.), didn't push beyond safe limits.. kept good oil/gas and didn't beat up the transmission with fast shifting.
Doug, when I was growing up my family had two cars, a Toyota previa and an eagle Talon TSi. Its pretty cool that you reviewed them back to back like this
Yeah, "I don't know much about car stereos" from someone that professionally drives and writes about cars, and doesn't even know the most basic functions of a standard radio, modern or "vintage".
This car is very special to me. In 1989, I saw a black one on display at the Columbus, Ohio airport and immediately fell in love. I was 11 years old at the time. Fast forward to 1998, and I was able to buy my first new car (with my dad's help) and I bought a brand new GST. I have kept that car. It sits in my garage most of the time, but I take it out about once a month for a drive to relive my youth.
I had a 93 laser in 2005, it was an amazing vehicle, it ran high 12s with very few upgrades. As he is explaining this car I feel like he explaining my arm or leg, it became an extention of my body. It was amazing!!!
I'm more baffled by how baffled Doug is throughout. The taillights across the back of the car was fairly commonplace among small sedans in this era with the middle being nothing in those as well. Coupled with the high beam in down position gaffe. And anyone (like myself) who owned a car with those seatbelts, all that did was allow us to APPEAR to be using a 3 point belt. It cause more unsafe scenarios as most just ditched the lap belt. Modern cars have those little sliders on the stereo but now they're digital... called an EQ. I want to feel like Doug is trying to make his younger audience feel not so dumb and he really knows more than he's letting on but I wonder if he's spent too much time in nice cars that now he nose deaf to the old plebeian ways most of us were used to.
Seriously, he doesn't know what an analog EQ is, doesn't understand the concept of radio buttons (the style of button, not the buttons on the radio itself), has yet to properly identify the registration holder that he's mentioned in every video is "Too small for anything, maybe a credit card? Or hide something?"...no Doug, that's for the registration. Most older cars had a place for it. Totally bewildered by the shift knob/lever - DOUG HAVE YOU ACTUALLY BEEN IN CARS? I get the feeling this guy is completely disconnected from the reality of older cars. I think of Doug's descriptions as the epitome of "first world problems". Try comparing the vehicle to others of its era to understand why things are the way they are.
My dad used to have a 93 Eclipse. I was in a band, and we fit my whole drum set with cymbals and everything in it. With both of us riding in it at the same time.
Regarding the dome light situation, the button on the far left is the "ON" position that is on regardless of any other setting. The one on the right is the "OFF" setting, regardless of any other setting, and the one in the middle, that you didn't press is a setting to allow the lights to come on when the doors are open, and off when the doors close.
Wow, Brian - thanks. I was wondering if anyone else caught the fact he didn't play with the middle button. Was gonna post a comment about it but then saw yours.
This is great! I had a 1991 Eagle Talon TSi (my first car) that I had to part with over a decade ago and I still miss it. Thanks for helping me remember all the good, bad, and the quirky!
My first was also a 1991 TSI fwd. I got it for $600 when i was 16. The guy that sold it to me told me the transmission was on its way out but i bought it anyways. I had limited money and i wanted a sports car so i took a gamble. Trans lasted about two months and had to park it. Could not find a transmission anywhere. In 1998, the internet wasn't as helpful as it is now lol. Long story short, an old man stopped by my house trying to buy it. After we talked for over 2 hours, come to find out he had a 1991 Plymouth Lazer. The motor was blown in his car. I talked him into selling it to me for $300. So I was able to use his transmission and by this time I had a decent job and a little money so I decided to rebuild the car. My dad and i pulled the motor and bored it out .20 over and put forged internals into it. Put a stage 2 turbonetics turbo I got from Stillen Racing. The turbo alone cost $1300. Now you can get turbos on ebay for $100 lol. HKS super sequential BOV, HKS down pipe, up pipe and exhaust. Head was rebuilt by a local engine racing company that has since closed doors and moved to a bigger city.Transmission was rebuilt by a company in texas I cant remember the name. I live in Ky. I had a little over 4k in the engine and trans. Now you could rebuild this car using parts off ebay for like 1500 lol. By far the most fun I ever had in a car. That thing would move!! Sorry for the rant. Just brought back some amazing memories and times with my Dad. Lol
Thank you very much for this video, Doug. Back in my younger days, I had a RS Turbo, for twenty years. Loved it. Your video is bringing back a lot of memories.
My older sister "special ordered" a brand new 1990 Eagle Talon for her first new car. That was back in the day when you could order a car to be built exactly as you wanted it. She didn't like the upper model TSi because it came with the painted alloyed wheels to match the color of the car. So she ordered the base Talon with literally every single option you could get except the pop out sunroof. It was a white exterior with grey cloth interior with the optional 4 speed automatic. I can still remember going to the dealer to pick it up with her. Salesman said he never had one custom ordered this well equipped. She kept it in mint condition for 11 years, always garaged. Sold it to a gentleman who was buying it for his kid. I tried to talk her out of selling it but she wanted a new car. I miss that car so much. Everyone in our town knew it was my sister's car because it was so rare. I always thought the Talons were so much nicer than the Eclipses.
Kenneth White agreed!! I wanted a Black with Silver bottom Eagle Talon TSi when I was a kid. Looked badass. 2nd best looking of the 3 was the Eclipse and the ugliest was the Plymouth. I don't remember the Plymouth even having an AWD model.
The Talon was the better car. Doug knows little about this car and its history. If he had known, he would have known the Talon was the car of choice not the eclipse.
Given the condition of the car, I'm betting this owner didn't even have to tidy up the garage before it was ready for a video shoot. As an aside, how does Doug seem so lost as to what an equalizer is on the stereo?
m k the Mitsubishi cars brand is a tiny component of the overall company. It's one of the biggest industrial titans of Japan. The brand was never that strong in the US and their cars sold here were basically all shitboxes. I think they decided to focus their car brand on developing world sales and gave up on the US market - Mitsubishis are everywhere in South America and Asia. Same deal with the other tier 2 Japanese car brands, like Isuzu.
These cars had the sportiest interior for the price. I had an eclipse and a talon. Quite a good study of the old diamond star cars. You could even have a Plymouth version. Crazy
I owned a brand new '90 Eagle Talon Tsi, the equivalent of the Eclipse GS (both turbo, FWD). I still think of it as one of the most fun cars I've owned, and I loved the styling, performance and value. Only issues were torque steer, which the AWD version (GSX or Tsi AWD) cured, and warping front rotors. It was also the fastest car I've driven, as in 120 on the interstate. I wish I still had it and one actually just sold on Bring a Trailer for about $18K, but I realized it was just trying to take 30 years off my age, which it couldn't do, so I didn't bid. Now I wish I did. Oh well.
Wow, it’s an “old” sports car. God time goes fast. That came out when I was a young Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune NC. I knew a few guys who got in over their heads financing one of these, and the talon. Lol, the memories that come back, seeing this.
Remember when these came out. Friend got one for his 16th birthday (yes I feel old) and everyone loved it. Got to remember this was the age of the Fox body 5.0 mustang ruled the streets. still wouldn't take down a 5.0 in a race but was super "exotic" for the time. This and the twin turbo GT3000's by Mitsubishi were ultra cool. Definitely got to find a mint 1990 AWD TT Mitsubishi GT3000 next Doug.
I HAD ONE OF THESE! Mine was a 1991 GSX AWD, in metallic blue. Really sharp-looking car, and for 1991, it was a straight badass. I didn't really drive it that hard or street race or do anything crazy, but I definitely did some excessive speeds down some twisty mountain roads for the four years I had it, and it never did me wrong. The AWD system was fantastic and very simple, no supercomputers like you find on cars nowadays. It was largely idiotproof, and since I was an idiot, that was good. It was basically impossible to spin the tires, and as long as I had ground clearance, I could go places in snow that friends in big 4x4s couldn't. I drove mine through the worst of the '93 blizzard in Virginia with exactly zero drama while the country boys in their big lifted FOWER-BAH-FOWERS MAYUN were making friends with every ditch and tree along the way. Handling-wise, I could get on the power as hard as I wanted in the middle of a turn, even counting for the turbo lag, and it was dead stable and very predictable. It just stayed planted and started to push a bit wide. Really there were only two serious complaints I had about it, besides some problems with the interior (the driver's seat broke after three years) and its tendency to eat brake rotors. One was the shift linkage. It was TERRIBLE. Simultaneously rubbery and graunchy and notchy and just crap. Even when it was brand new it was just garbage compared to the rest of the powertrain. I had owned two Toyota Celicas before I got my GSX (a '86 GT and an '88 GT-S, both with a five-speed) and their transmissions were heavenly compared to the one in the GSX. The second...was the turbo lag. Ermahgerd, the turbo lag. You could measure it with a sundial. If you didn't keep the engine screaming high in the rev range, which minimized (but didn't eliminate) the lag, and you romped on it, you were sitting there waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and then HOLY SHIT you were grateful for that AWD system because you got all 195 horsepower in the back of the head all at once. I got rid of the GSX after a bit over four years and 90k+ miles when I got tired of squeezing into it--I'm a fat guy--and traded it in on a '96 Ram 1500 which I kept for twenty-one years. Whatever happened to that beautiful blue Mitsubishi, I just hope it gave the next owner a lot of pleasure and ended up quietly rusting in a junkyard somewhere instead of getting riced to hell like so many of these have been.
The 14b on mine spool'd 13psi (More than Stock by 1.5-2psi) by 2500rpm.. My other car has an Evo8 20g on 24psi which Spools around 4000rpm. What lag exists there on a stock 1g. The stock exhaust limits these cars, but laggy by no means
@@RallyLancer95 I had the 1990 GS Turbo front 2wd. The color was called Maui Blue Metallic. It was my first brand new car I was 18 years old. I remember exactly how much I paid for it, $14,625. I loved that car.
Doug you can't seriously tell me you don't know what an equalizer is. It's not just a series of weird levers with pluses and minuses on them. Many many cars had them from the factory. I am disappointed and slightly embarrassed for you that you did not realize this. Unless you are just pretending?
Err... and not just cars. I can understand my mom not knowing what an iPod is but I can't understand an adult male (yes sexist) not knowing what is an equalizer. Shocking.
I had ‘90 Plymouth Laser turbo and that was very fast for the times. Traded it in for a white ‘95 Eagle Talon TSI AWD. Felt like I was driving a Ferrari. I was so cool… 139 mph top speed and fun in the snow. Sold it with 130,000 miles on it for 5 grand. Extremely reliable.
That garage is WAY too neat! He even has his Lexol Leather cleaner and conditioner bottles in the correct order of usage (orange and brown bottle)... OH CEE DEE!!!!
Hubjeep a garage that is too neat...that's how its done...cleanliness means attentiin to detail. I focus on keeping my workshop neat and clean. And it's earned me alot of positive comments. Just saying. But i get it. Where is everything?
I always ask people this question,if you were having a house(insert about anything here,Shed, Car,boat,Engine, Piano etc) built and all your hard earned money was going into it, would you rather have a builder that was sloppy and didn't give a rats ass or a builder that was OCD? I'm going with OCD and everyone i ask does too,EVERY TIME. really makes you appreciate those weird folks that have extra attention to detail.
That is absolutely gorgeous! Inside and out! Seriously 👏 👏 👏! I had a 93 laser, my favorite car ever. It looked at least that good, but that was in 2000, and had a new paint job! I had very few mods, 3' from turbo, boost gage, blow off valve and it was doing high 12 sec 1/4. It was awesome.
Doug the type of guy to know everything about cars but not know what an equalizer is.
Roman G loved it.
And think they're exclusive to car stereos.
Beat me to it....
Roman G doug is showing his age
love how he explained it xD
Doug the kind of guy to call an equalizer a DJ experience.
Straight Up that’s what dj’ing is
ok
@@eVerProductions1 that dip shit thaught they just jockied disc's lol
Hes still a virgin lmao
I like how he describes an equalizer like it's an alien artifact.
XD lol
These youngins, I tell ya. Lol.
He called a door tweeter a subwoofer one time. Doug knows shockingly little about car audio. It's weird.
"It's like your Eclipse head factory head unit gave you an opportunity to have your own DJ experience"
Alex A hehe
I’ve always wondered why Doug never talks about a car’s sound system when talking about quirks and features....And this explains why.
He is totally ignorant on audio. It's his kryptonite!
I'm always so sad when he has opportunities to review the UNREAL oe sound systems he's lucky enough to encounter.
Merc's Bermester, Ford GT's Mcintosh, and especially Pagani's Sonus Faber... All missed opportunities to satisfy us curious audiophiles.
ELEVATEOFFROAD.COM I’d think Doug would at least show Audi’s and Aston Martin’s Bang and Olufsen’s tweeters pop out of the dashboard, as those are quite a quirk even for a non-audio guy.
But a lot of those premium sound systems made by super high-end brands like Bermester in M-B, Bang and Olufsen in Audi et. al., and Meridian in Jaguar and Land Rover aren’t entirely made by those brands, as a single pair of entry-level speakers from many of those brands would cost the same or more than the cost of the entire sound system option (e.g. Meridian’s entry level speaker is a $3000 boom box, which is more than the Meridian option). So they’re not at the same level of quality of speakers those brands make, and a high-end aftermarket system (such as my Hertz Mille Legends powered by a JL Audio Slash 300/4v3 amp) would blow most away. The one exception I could see would be Sonus Faber in the Paganini since that’s an extreme limited production care and everything about it is perfect.
@@falkenlaser Awesome information! Thanks 😉😉
Imo, real car guys don’t have a deafening sound system because they like to hear all the sounds of the car, from engine to exhaust, and the road.
It's called an equalizer Doug, an Equalizer.
Vehicle Virals yeah... I thought he was dumbing it down for his younger viewers but that doesn't make sense either because everyone knows what an eqalizer is...they make software one these days.
strange.
We even bought and added equalizers to our car stereos back in the 80s and 90s.
Does he really not know what that is? He has to know it’s an equalizer...right?
That part was pretty frustrating to watch.
It seems like he was too young when most of the things he considered "weird" were widely used.
Doug, the high beam in the headlight lowered position still comes from the main headlight unit. It just shines through the light bar in that stowed position.
GearUP-Go! Was going to make the same comment. Smart function ;)
Wow, that’s actually a pretty clever design. How did Doug miss that? He would have been so impressed.
GearUP-Go! Shit I just commented this and now I see that someone else has already noticed. I am also surprised Doug didn't notice this
They do this so it doesn't waste time while opening when you could be flashing
LamborghiniReven1000 That's what she said
Back when Mitsubishi was cool 😢
I loved the brand one day... had 3 Mitsubishi. How could they screw it up soooo bad??
@@setahr fr they really made some best cars in the market
@@setahr They didn't screw it up. They just didn't care about it at all, after all they're a really huge conglomerate.
@@MrBrno Yes from their point of view, not so much from the fans point of view. So its kind of emotional for me so "screwed" is the right term for me.
Mitsu died in 06 when they ended the evo 9.
That's the most unusual way to describe a graphic EQ I've ever heard.
Doug the type of guy to have never seen an equalizer in 2018.
I wish modern car stereos still had 7 band equalizers...you're lucky to get Treble, mid-range and bass now
To be fair to modern cars, they do have much better sounding stereos nowadays. I've been in loads of friend's cars from the last 5 or so years, even budget ones, and they all sound great. Compare that to older/cheaper cars from 10+ years ago and they were a lot lot worse so an EQ would actually help with improving audio quality, in some cases.
Plus...I can still change it anyway, it's just moved to my phone rather than the car.
In the meantime I have some Kenwood head unit and a $40 pair of Sony speakers from Walmart and I'm happy with it.
Could be better, but beats the old ratty stock speakers.
Yeah, I have Bass, mid, and treble in my 13 Mazdaspeed 3, and that seems cool compared to the shitty Cobalt I had before that only had treble and bass.
Brent Boswell my BMW does
Aftermarket is the answer, as a music guy i could not live without an EQ, i get kinda sad when i hear people listening tunes with ready set EQ:s.
Also doug it dosent have 2 sets of high beams. Its just the pop up lights shinging through the clear plastic when they are down.
Thank you, I thougt I was the only one who noticed and was about to make a comment.
yes i was about to say that
Doug is a car reviewer on TH-cam. Do you honestly expect him to research before posting a video?
bryceowen I can't tell if your being serious
No it's not. I don't know where you pulled that from. Day lights and night lights are different bulbs and those "clear plastics" are not clear from other side, so light can't go trough them anyway.
"...these weird, numbered sliders. They make you a DJ."
Oh Dougie...
Doug, WTF...you are not THAT young. There are interesting sliding levers on the audio system??? Jesus, you never heard of an equalizer?? EQ for short. I can't be that old that an EQ is a mystery!!!
I thought the same thing, the EQ was a great aftermarket purchase of the time also. . Back before double din stereos you had Pioneer cassette player with a clarion EQ under it. Those were the days
I was born in 1995 (22 years old) I've had a couple older stereos with full EQ settings. Also my computer itself allows you to adjust the EQ settings along with my music making programs.
This is guy who complained about the dome light later on, are you really that surprised?
Richard Sak / doug's man card status was always suspect, even if his videos have been entertaining.
😂 yup! this old dude thinks he is like 25, i think he is already in his forties
Oh Doug... you don’t mess with another man’s EQ. How could you.
Doug looks 40 yet manages to talk about the radio EQ like he was born in the year 2000.😅
Came to the comments to say this
Right? Like dude, you're older than me, and you don't know what an equalizer is? It's like when you make a character and dump all the points into one stat.
ditto
I think he was fucking with us
it takes a special kind of man to grow up to look like someone who could just as easily pass for 45 as 25 : /
Doug, this car is AWD, has a t3/t4 turbo, deep cuts in the seats to hold you in place, a large vertical shifter, a dashboard designed for a guage cluster, and a wheel that isn't cluttered with unneeded buttons. The 4G63T motor came with a butterfly valve system for pulling in more air at higher speeds. It came running like 14 second quarter mile times, 195 horse power, doing over 120mph from the factory. The GSX is a great racecar platform on a budget. That's what it's best for. I loved mine.
PS: I've seen these with sub 8 second quarter mile times. I was building a road racing car when I sold mine and the person who bought it was stripping it to the metal and making it into a drag car.
Mean u can tune as crazy as evo's ? Same 4G engine
Aux in a 1990 this is definitely a 100/100
lxr that alone would have compelled me to buy one. That was wayyyyy ahead of its time
No need to Install an ugly aftermarket reciever!
lxr that’s mitsu for you, they sure have a thing for high tech, my vr4 and sl 3000gt both have oem receivers and come with an aux
My 2009 car doesn’t have it...
I would hit like, but then it wouldn't be at 69
The Eclipse has had one of the worst fates ever... It started out as a cool little coupe (1st Gen) and even became a movie star (2nd Gen), then puberty hit it like a truck (3rd Gen) and it looked really weird for a few more years (4th Gen)... And now they turned it into a ridiculously ugly Crossover that looks like a modern version of the Pontiac Aztek or a jacked-up Prius (5th Gen, Eclipse Cross). What a shame - I feel you, poor little car.
The Stig's German Cousin the eclipse gt looks the best
XD betyar 4th gen looks nice imo
The Stig's German Cousin Found another CTzen.
iDroppedMeBaconCrossaint_kek That's what I was going to say!
I actually don't mind the Eclipse Cross... I just wish it came as an actual coupe. IMO there's an unexploited market for high riding sports crossovers...
Doug's the type of guy to be too young to know what a graphic equalizer is on a stereo!
Yep...just a new age pussy.
If he is surprised by an equalizer in a 1990 Mitsu, he will be blown away by a 1996 Saturn SL2.
😂😂 right
Yeah, these "old" 90s reviews make me feel old, but EQs are still alive in every level of AV equipment, I guess some just don't use them. Looks to be a simple cut and boost of that particular Hz. Even modern smart phones have that on board
Kenneth White yeeaahh. After that, I'm done. How the hell doesn't he know what that was?
Doug: the type of guy to play with the flash-to-pass and not notice it's the same high beams shining through clear plastic.
I was yelling it into my phone
That was the most idiotic part of this video, holy crap
That and the EQ being something rare got me.
I said the same thing. Then again... he had no idea what an equalizer was for the radio was, either sooooo....
Dave Louisell Yeah, but you've gotta remember, he's only 30. So when he was a young kid, cars with equalizers were becoming a thing of the past...
Hilarious watching Doug struggle to describe an equalizer.
It's like he's completely out of touch with anything that's not an exotic or a supercar.
mpuone it's almost like the Doug score is made to favor supercars and luxury suvs...
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Wiped off my damn screen..
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That profile pic on point
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THIS is a 1988 Doug Demuro without shorts
Please do "Doug the type of guy" content on your channel.
I am SO depressed. He keeps saying "Back in 1990". I was, 18 back then, and it seems all perfectly, NORMAL, to me.
God I've gotten old...
It's ok...i was 2 and it makes me feel old too.
You are ancient. I’m sorry.
I was just 7 but still makes me mad!
I was 18 in 1980, cheer up. It’s all good.
@ Jess4metoo
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. YOU'RE ALMOST 60 NOW.
*realizes Im almost 30*
FUCK.
I expect the comments gonna be about the equalizer, I'm not disappointed.
metalperslfx that’s exactly and the only reason I came to the comments section too! 🥴
When Mitsubishi was actually cool 😢
now we have the mirage 💩
Rip eclipse. The new crossover doesn't get the honor of that name from me.
The evo is alright
Dillon Tannehill , there is no more evo.
I love the Mirage, but it’s a Very different tool. 50 mpg is a different value than 6.7 0-60. I do think they need to expand the model range, though.
Turbo AWD Mirage!
A car with an equalizer... Now that's something you won't see often nowadays
every modern car has it, just not analogue.
I'm amused that Doug apparently hadn't seen a graphic equalizer before. At that point in time all the cool stereos had them. I had a 92 Plymouth Laser RS AWD, unti the timing belt snapped. My favorite car I ever owned.
god forbid anyone knows frequency and not just a scale -6 to 6 haha
My 1997 Mitsubishi 3000gt vr4 had and analog eq
Willie, now that's a cool 90's car. You're lucky to have owned one.
My first sports car as a young adult and my favorite. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I loved how this car drove, cornered, was so stable at high speeds.
I had a 1991 eclipse for a few years In the early 2000, when I was in college, It was easy Easy to drive and park, had a cute interior, dashboard and trunk, Of course mine was the baseline model, at least it had power windows, but the thing had 95 horsepower But I seriously do miss the heck out of that car and if I could have ever clicked my heels and had the 135 hp DOHC engine installed, not even the Turbo, I would've been happy
I've never heard such explanation of an graphic EQ.
And still not explain what it does properly.
It's a way to adjust high, mid, and low frequencies for the sound, Dougie.
Haha I thought the same. What a long explanation for two words really: EQ bands
I was just going to comment on this. 'Levers'. Did he miss the 80's & 90's?
It was weird he didn't know what that was lol
I think what he means to say, that the car stereo contains an equalizer. An eighties gizmo...but then again, he was probably born in the eighties...
Doug is the kind of guy to review his own video and give it a doug score
90s was the high time for Mitsubishi. The Starion, the Eclipse, the 3000GT (GTO) and obviously the Lancer Evolution. Those were the days...
hell even their SUVs were rockin house!
I had a 92 montero 5 speed... it was slow but awesome
I miss when they had sports cars.
The Galant VR-4 was pretty badass as well
The Lancer Evo VI "Tommi Makinen Edition" is the greatest Mitsubishi of all time. IIMO.
I graduated H.S. in 1990. For the next few years, I sooo wanted an Eagle Talon TSI!
I just love hearing the amusement and bemusement as you discuss the "odd" features from back in the day!
I was the same. Graduated in 89 and a few years later bought a 93 Eagle Talon TSI AWD. LOVED that car.
almost the identical story here as well..... ended up with a used 1990 Acura Integra LS hatchback instead. Loved that car but wanted a TSI in the worst way!
I hear you! I . in 1991 and entered the Air Force that summer. I wanted one too but it wasn't possible on an Airman's pay.
The only thing Doug has hid from the cops are his Pokemon cards
I thought you were “Broski”
And his pot gummies... he's not man enough to handle a bong hit... and his mom will get mad because her Plymouth laser had better class than that
Nicholas Scirollio cuz your drunk
whats wrong with Pokemon cards?
Doug doesn't know what is an analogue equaliser.
Doug doesn’t know anything
Apparently neither do you. "Analog equalizer."
Martin Schmidt Tomāto, tomäto I suppose then.
Manbeast beat me to it....
For a guy who supposedly knows a lot about cars this is pretty disappointing. Tons of cars had these in the 80s and 90s. Also home stereos, computers, etc. ...
The guy that owns that GSX seems like a very meticulous type of person by the way the garage and car look. I can just picture him the next time he drove it and found out his equalizer had been messed with.
Is also the owner of the pristine MR2. What compels a person to own a pristine MR2 and a pristine Eclipse GSX?
The fact that the Turbo AWD DSM's and turbo MR2 are 2 of the pivotal Japanese cars of the 90s , the glory yrs of Japanese performance cars
Not to mention, fact at that time the owner has kept under 58k Miles on a pristine 2000 GSX, very meticulous indeed.
I'm the owner of both the GSX and MR2. That's my garage. And I just changed the equalizer back to how I had it before. :)
I'm the owner. I just like taking care of my cars, that's all. :)
Had a 92 model with 300hp back in the day. Way too much fun, and surprised many Mustangs, 300ZX TT, Dodge Stealth TT/3000GT, 911's etc Thanks for the drive down memory lane.
Doug the type of guy to not have a f-ing clue what a 90s EQ looks like
At least those levers gave Doug a DJ experience.
Doug is a type a guy.
Doug, the type of guy who's never seen a graphic equalizer before.
Amazing right?
There's probably a lot of things car related this joke of a narrator has never seen, like the oil drain plug, and oil filter on ANY car he's owned, a set of wrenches and a ratchet and sockets. Bet he's never jacked a car up, or changed a flat tire either. Probably calls AAA if he gets a flat, and never leaves the air conditioned interior of his car! Slips his AAA card out through the barely cracked window to the AAA driver! LOL!
Dreadnought59 broke fucker he'd rather pay someone like you. Some guy who gets a kick out of killing himself at a dead end job. Someone who hasn't driven 20 million dollars worth of vehicles a week. You aren't anybody you never will be, DOUG IS.
Or door inserts, or window buttons that stay down until the window is fully opened or closed....
There is nothing graphic about that equalizer
What makes me sad is what Mitsubishi did, turning this iconic line of cars into a fucking SUV crossover. I was hoping it would only be one of those vague rumors we never hear from again. Last week I officially saw the commercial.
The 2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. Should've been the Eclipse Sacrilege. I'll go hug my 2G and cry now...
They started screwing it up mid 90's. It was late 90's when they really went stupid.
I heard another rumor that the Lancer is coming back as a CUV also...
I remember when the concepts of the 2015-2016 Mitsubishi Eclipse were rumored. Looking back, I would’ve killed to have gotten that instead of the shit we got.
DareToBeDeviant I honestly think it's a preview of whats to come. I'm willing to bet they are bringing the Eclipse back for 2019 or 2020.
Mitsubishi had a good run from the the early 90's till 2009.
A car from 1990 with a aux jack is way ahead of it's time. Never seen a car from this era with aux!
My 2006 Hyundai Elantra didn't have an aux jack
This entire car is far away of it's time...I still have one
I had a 1984 Isuzu Impulse that had an aux jack and also had a very complicated and sophisticated computer interface. I bought mine used and it never worked. I wanted to replace it with a working one, but I remember they were going for more than $800 used.
I think most Mitsubishi’s from this era came stock with that. Mitsubishi was a very tech focused brand back then. The tech from the 3000gt vr-4, active aero, electronic adjustable suspension, 4 wheel steering, and a lot more.Mitsubishi also designed and made their own turbos, which Subaru borrowed for a little bit during the 90s
My friend had one in his 80's Opel Omega A, I was blown away by that and said "No way thats real" but it was!
With an "Aux In Cord" back in the 1990s; this car scores a perfect 10 already!!!!!
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+Will Serrano it was because CD players were just becoming widely available, but were still expensive. Many people's only CD player was a discman or similar. You hooked it up to your home stereo with a minijack->RCA plug then brought it to your car. While having a front facing jack was rare, tons of cars back then did have an "aux" setting that went to two RCA ports on the back of the head unit, and then the dealer or other installer would run the cable to the glovebox or something. I think a lot of JDM cars actually had the front minijack very early, due to the popularity of MiniDisc long before MP3 players and later smartphones were a thing, though it is strange to see it in the US designed and built eclipse, maybe that premium head unit was used in actual Japanese Mitsubishis as well.
Edit: it also makes sense in a higher end car stereo because those tape adapters sounded terrible, and someone shelling out for it at the time probably has a portable CD player and would want it to sound good
Dont the pop-ups just shine through the plastic bits while they are folded in ?
Marthijn van Oorschot Correct. There aren’t 2 high beams like he claims. The standard high beams flash while closed and through clear lenses.
Marthijn van Oorschot that's what I thought too
I guess he didnt see that when he look at it. i have to rewind the video a few times before i noticed it
I was just going to post this
Oh wow now that's clever.
Doug, Doug, Doug, I love you man but c’mon, stop talking nonsense! The brights are not 2 sets, they are the same lights shining through when they are lowered. VW has had CC on the stock for decades after this car. Control buttons on the steering wheel is not a new thing either, they’ve existed at least 35 years before this car was produced. I know I’m older than you but you seriously don’t know what a Graphic EQ is?
Evan J he’s trolling
P Q M He isn’t...
Came here to say this.
Come on, Doug!! You're smarter than that!!
thank you for being the only smart person to comment this because i noticed that too and it bugged me when he mentioned it
Hey moron...it's called a "stalk" not "stock." Get it together man.
A couple of things to note. The sliders on the stereo are collectively called a graphic equalizer and a lot of '80s stereos had them. Going further back, lots of people would install custom stereos with an extra power amp that had one of these equalizers built in. Manufacturers just started adding them to the OEM head units due to their popularity. Also, on the power locks with these Japanese cars, you could unlock the driver door from the passenger side using the key (and vice versa IIRC). You simply turned the key twice in the unlock direction and it unlocked the other side (and the back doors if it was a 4-door). I think they were trying to figure out a way to have some of the functionality of keyless entry without using a transmitter fob, a thing that I miss every time I have to pull the big honking key fob from my pocket when I want to drive my car. I hate the bulky newer keys and key fobs taking up all that space in my pocket. Hopefully this gets remedied at some point and they finally miniaturize this stuff.
I appreciate these old car reviews.
Chad Pugh I would love to see more cheap special editions as well. Like mid 90s mclaren pontiac grand prix
Agreed
The old car reviews are awesome. And there is always one or two moments where something seems so strange to him that its as close as we can get to watching an alien review the car.
Theres something behind you in ur profile pic
Salty der Regenmacher ???
Little levers that let you play dj in your own car! Listen! They really make a difference!!! Wowwwwww!
It's almost as if there was a graphic representation of how you're equalizing the tone of the music, to think this is the only sound system in the world to have this... I do wonder what all those little numbers mean... all the way to 10K? What a head scratcher...
@Oggy You really "unsubbed" because Doug didn't know what an EQ was? Lol. I thought it was freaking hilarious!
@Oggy Oh, i see. I think he is hilarious, in a doofy kinda way. Lol. And he does give detailed info on many different cars. You gotta at least give him that.
Wow - the car is in amazing condition !!
Soul Food Cooking Ive only seen one or two ever and they were both huge piles
ikr
it belongs in a museum
Yes indeed, it is a beautiful survivor of the time. It was Mistubishi's Celica and Surpa competitor...
Wow, I didn't expect even cars in 1990s have pop-up headlights. This car has one of my favourite gauge cluster design, and even pop-up headlights or rear end design that it was similar to the Pontiac Fiero back in 1980s. The GSX even has a turbocharger.😍
The Chevrolet Corvette had popup headlights in 2004. :)
Could not be a cleaner example. Someone has really babied that disposable car, and I really like that!
gtoger I had a 92 gs turbo eclipse that was totally perfect like 6 years ago. Was lowered with rims and bigger sway bars and that car would go around any corner at any speed I swear. Dark green with a black top. Had the sunroof bag and everything. I sold it for really good money and the kid riced it out then crashed it.
blindabinda123 the car didn't accept him lol
blindabinda123 that’s so sad :(
Without people like that we wouldn’t have a channel like dougs. So even tho people who baby cars for no reason annoy me we still gotta thank em🤣
Truth. I had to make mine look beautiful.
I owened a Talon TSI AWD and this has bought back memories. I realky enjoyed it on long road trips because it was fast and the seats were awesome. Passing cars at high speed was a synch.
In the snow even :)
Same.. My '93 TSi was the first new car I bought. Many great memories.
@@rollinlikeariver7756 My 1992 Talon TSI got me through the 2 worst winters we ever had in my area. It was also fun in the summer!
no joke about the passing speed - wish it had 6th gear though!
Me too, my 1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Black was my first new car, and quickly made me forget my previous car, 1983 Camero. Still miss my Talon.
Man Doug, for knowing so much about cars, there are a lot of common features that you apparently don't know about...
-The "second high beams" in the light bar are not a separate light. It is just the regular high beams turning on while your flip up lights are still down.
-The sun roof was actually a moon roof since it was see-through glass. You also didn't have to remove it to get the outside air. The handle where you released it can flip forward and latch up, holding it open at an angle.
-Stereo sliders are an EQ. Each number is a different frequency that you are adjusting independently. Most stock stereos now adjust the bass, mid, and high on a bell curve and don't allow for independent frequency adjustment.
-I've seen various newer cars that still have cruise control on stalks. It is not uncommon.
-The pocket to "hide stuff from cops" is the exact opposite of that. It is where you store your vehicle registration and insurance paperwork.
-The dome light actually DOES make sense and functions EXACTLY like every other one in existence. You have 3 positions: On, Door, and Off. On would latch it to be used at any point and would keep it on pretty much until the battery of the car dies. The one with the dot is the Door option. Having it down allows the dome light to come on only when the doors are open. When they close, the lights go off.
-The cartoonish drawings in the owners manual are quite common in many Japanese manuals of the 80's and 90's; this would include vehicles and electronics.
Erik Hendershot. That's just it, he DOESN'T know much about cars! He just reguritates facts and figures he 'researched' online in his vids. He's a moron!
perfect comment. my 2016 Audi has cruise control on a stalk!
I know this is old but I had to comment on this. I stopped watching at the EQ part. The headlight comment and the note about a convertible solving the “sunroof” issues had already irritated me. I owned a 97 and it had a POWER MOONROOF! The glass slide above the roof... not a convertible.
I understand it has to be very tough to put a video together on the fly, make it interesting and get everything 100% right but my God man... this entire video is flawed. It’s a shame because I really liked this generation of Eclipse in its time and was looking forward to a knowledgeable review.
LOL thank you for explaining all of this so I didn't have to. Sometimes I cringe when Doug doesn't know what some of those Simple Things Are but overall I think he does a pretty good job and he's Young so I give him a pass LOL
@@russess5956 My '80s GM cars had that! I guess they had to put it somewhere, so why not. No controls on steering wheels back then.
Man this I remember driving one of those was absolutely a thrill !! Definitely one of the coolest cars in the 90’s
Still a blast to drive these.
LOL, it's called a coin tray! Way back in 1990 we used to pay tolls with actual coinage. It went sorta like this; you would pull up to a toll gate, reach into the change tray, remove the required coins and toss them into a (what looked like) a giant urinal, the coins would clink and clatter to the bottom then the gate would raise to let you pass. A very handy tray to have, especially in cities like Chicago.
Keep up the old car stuff, I love it. Thanks!
I think the lights the car uses to flash when de pop up headlights are down are the same ones, just reflecting.
Correct. They shine through the trim and you can see that it goes up with the lights.
they clearly shine through the clear trim underneath. SMH comon doug!!!
That's what I thought, awkward Doug thought they're separate
About to say the same thing.
Sometimes I wonder about how Doug misses the most obvious things. Especially because he looks for these "quirks"
So we learned here that Doug have never heard about Graphical Equalizer, man that made me feel old...
Haha...he called them little silver levers that change the sound quality - Yes we are old.
I owned a black on silver Eagle Talon TSI just like in the brief photo you popped up. The reason you felt the vague on center steering is because your test car didn't have the larger wheel and sporty tire package. I absolutely loved this car. It's slow by today's standard, but so is a BMW e30 (which I currently drive). In its day it was quick, giving Mustang 5.0 GTs a run for their money. And when the roads got slippery, it was game over for just about anything else. The AWD system worked flawlessly with nice rear wheel bias. I could go on, but thanks for bringing back the memories!
You're too old to not know what an equaliser is. Those audio trim sliders was a 7 band EQ feature. You'll find them in pretty much every Ford or GM from the 90s. And you're a car reviewer. That's a pistol grip shifter. For a guy who notices every odd detail, I'm surprised you didn't know these two things.
Adam Reeves Its more like he's too young. Growing up in the 80's, I saw EQs on almost everything.
He’s younger than you think.
He looks 45 but he’s actually 29
he just looks old, not even 30 yet haha
Kel Loves orange soda 29 is old enough to live in the Equalizer era!
Yeah, i'm 34 and i still remember my Goldstar Hi-Fi Stereo set with analog equalizer on it.
Many high end 90s Bose, Sony etc. stereo amplifiers came with equalizers on them.
Digital graphic displays were still in their infancy until late 90s early 00s.
But, i do have to say that i can't remember having seen an analog equalizer in a car before.
Pretty sick car for 1990 and looks like someone took great care of it
Ahh the 90s, good times.
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matias balbin
No experts every freakin where!..
Good memories. Got my Laser RS Turbo up to 140mph. The steering was really good compared to other cars I've owned.
I have one too it’s my first car never selling it
The down position flashers are in fact the headlights themselves. The plastic is transparent and it sees in to the headlight compartment.
0-60 in 6.7 sec was king back in 1990. I test drove one of these back then was “ blown” away.
Am I seriously supposed to believe someone over ten years old doesn't know what an equalizer is?
I'm 15 and never heard of one before.
He's twice your age. He has no excuse!
Literally the most retarded thing to be elitist over
Give a man a rope and he thinks he's a cowboy
just because iphone has preset equalizer setting but not fully manual control...
HunterShows 😂😂😂love it
The best part about these cars was that you could add almost 100 hp with exhaust, boost controler, and good gas. I had a 92 TSI AWD for many years and loved it - rarely did someone know what it was when they were new. And it was actually reliable if you tuned it carefully (monitoring knock etc.), didn't push beyond safe limits.. kept good oil/gas and didn't beat up the transmission with fast shifting.
Doug, when I was growing up my family had two cars, a Toyota previa and an eagle Talon TSi. Its pretty cool that you reviewed them back to back like this
So an equalizer is a strange concept?
I was just thinking the same thing. You don't know what an equalizer is?
Now I know why the sound in his video are crap :)
Young kids... I tell you!
Yeah, that was odd.
Yeah, "I don't know much about car stereos" from someone that professionally drives and writes about cars, and doesn't even know the most basic functions of a standard radio, modern or "vintage".
This car is very special to me. In 1989, I saw a black one on display at the Columbus, Ohio airport and immediately fell in love. I was 11 years old at the time. Fast forward to 1998, and I was able to buy my first new car (with my dad's help) and I bought a brand new GST. I have kept that car. It sits in my garage most of the time, but I take it out about once a month for a drive to relive my youth.
Adam Shepherd awesome!
That's awesome, cherish it
You are just 40 years old man
the stock infinity stereo with equalizer was amazing! I had it in the 96 TSI and no one could believe it was stock..especially in that day
It's the same light Doug
Just about to post that. The FC RX-7 had the same high-beam flashing system.
yep i was wondering if anyone else figured it out.
It's an equalizer....
You mean the plus/minus thingies that make the noise sound different?
Dougie may be a male airhead (thumbs up)
Yeah seriously. And behold, it makes a real difference in the way the radio sounds. Wooooooo
An equalizer isn't a time constraint device.
What car guy can't really name an equalizer, always Dork DeMoron.
Doug, please do a Nissan 300zx if you can find one
wolfcat sell me your tt thanks
my friend owns a Z31
Had an NA Z32. Would be cool to see Doug review one
Z32 not 31 , 31 are shit
great car, terrible to work on. miss my z
I had a 93 laser in 2005, it was an amazing vehicle, it ran high 12s with very few upgrades. As he is explaining this car I feel like he explaining my arm or leg, it became an extention of my body. It was amazing!!!
Doug how are you so confused by an equalizer?
Much like how he’s captivated by seeing door inserts. I’m convinced this is the first car he’s actually ever been in before.
that what i fucking going to say hahahahahahahahah you know " Doug, the type of guy .... "
He is an idiot
He may be an idiot. But, he's got the right kind of friends.
I'm more baffled by how baffled Doug is throughout. The taillights across the back of the car was fairly commonplace among small sedans in this era with the middle being nothing in those as well. Coupled with the high beam in down position gaffe. And anyone (like myself) who owned a car with those seatbelts, all that did was allow us to APPEAR to be using a 3 point belt. It cause more unsafe scenarios as most just ditched the lap belt. Modern cars have those little sliders on the stereo but now they're digital... called an EQ.
I want to feel like Doug is trying to make his younger audience feel not so dumb and he really knows more than he's letting on but I wonder if he's spent too much time in nice cars that now he nose deaf to the old plebeian ways most of us were used to.
Seriously, he doesn't know what an analog EQ is, doesn't understand the concept of radio buttons (the style of button, not the buttons on the radio itself), has yet to properly identify the registration holder that he's mentioned in every video is "Too small for anything, maybe a credit card? Or hide something?"...no Doug, that's for the registration. Most older cars had a place for it. Totally bewildered by the shift knob/lever - DOUG HAVE YOU ACTUALLY BEEN IN CARS? I get the feeling this guy is completely disconnected from the reality of older cars. I think of Doug's descriptions as the epitome of "first world problems". Try comparing the vehicle to others of its era to understand why things are the way they are.
I thought He was joking about not knowing what the Equalizer was!
My dad used to have a 93 Eclipse. I was in a band, and we fit my whole drum set with cymbals and everything in it. With both of us riding in it at the same time.
Regarding the dome light situation, the button on the far left is the "ON" position that is on regardless of any other setting. The one on the right is the "OFF" setting, regardless of any other setting, and the one in the middle, that you didn't press is a setting to allow the lights to come on when the doors are open, and off when the doors close.
Wow, Brian - thanks. I was wondering if anyone else caught the fact he didn't play with the middle button. Was gonna post a comment about it but then saw yours.
This is great! I had a 1991 Eagle Talon TSi (my first car) that I had to part with over a decade ago and I still miss it. Thanks for helping me remember all the good, bad, and the quirky!
Barry Effinger Me too. Loved that thing so much I bought another one a couple cars later.
Damn.
I still have one!
My first was also a 1991 TSI fwd. I got it for $600 when i was 16. The guy that sold it to me told me the transmission was on its way out but i bought it anyways. I had limited money and i wanted a sports car so i took a gamble. Trans lasted about two months and had to park it. Could not find a transmission anywhere. In 1998, the internet wasn't as helpful as it is now lol. Long story short, an old man stopped by my house trying to buy it. After we talked for over 2 hours, come to find out he had a 1991 Plymouth Lazer. The motor was blown in his car. I talked him into selling it to me for $300. So I was able to use his transmission and by this time I had a decent job and a little money so I decided to rebuild the car. My dad and i pulled the motor and bored it out .20 over and put forged internals into it. Put a stage 2 turbonetics turbo I got from Stillen Racing. The turbo alone cost $1300. Now you can get turbos on ebay for $100 lol. HKS super sequential BOV, HKS down pipe, up pipe and exhaust. Head was rebuilt by a local engine racing company that has since closed doors and moved to a bigger city.Transmission was rebuilt by a company in texas I cant remember the name. I live in Ky. I had a little over 4k in the engine and trans. Now you could rebuild this car using parts off ebay for like 1500 lol. By far the most fun I ever had in a car. That thing would move!! Sorry for the rant. Just brought back some amazing memories and times with my Dad. Lol
I have a 90 Plymouth Laser RS but 30 years of Ohio winters is taking a toll on the body
Douglas, thats an equalizer. you millenials.
they've
huh?
Millenials, making random grammar corrections, albeit incorrectly of course!
Doug looks a little dumb right here.
thank you!
Thank you very much for this video, Doug. Back in my younger days, I had a RS Turbo, for twenty years. Loved it. Your video is bringing back a lot of memories.
My older sister "special ordered" a brand new 1990 Eagle Talon for her first new car. That was back in the day when you could order a car to be built exactly as you wanted it. She didn't like the upper model TSi because it came with the painted alloyed wheels to match the color of the car. So she ordered the base Talon with literally every single option you could get except the pop out sunroof. It was a white exterior with grey cloth interior with the optional 4 speed automatic. I can still remember going to the dealer to pick it up with her. Salesman said he never had one custom ordered this well equipped. She kept it in mint condition for 11 years, always garaged. Sold it to a gentleman who was buying it for his kid. I tried to talk her out of selling it but she wanted a new car. I miss that car so much. Everyone in our town knew it was my sister's car because it was so rare. I always thought the Talons were so much nicer than the Eclipses.
Kenneth White your sister doesn’t know anything about cars then
Ęłęmêñt Šçøōtër she knows what she likes and doesn't like
Kenneth White agreed!! I wanted a Black with Silver bottom Eagle Talon TSi when I was a kid. Looked badass. 2nd best looking of the 3 was the Eclipse and the ugliest was the Plymouth. I don't remember the Plymouth even having an AWD model.
....you wrote all that not even realizing that most of us stopped reading after "she didn't like the TSi so she ordered the base model"
The Talon was the better car. Doug knows little about this car and its history. If he had known, he would have known the Talon was the car of choice not the eclipse.
Given the condition of the car, I'm betting this owner didn't even have to tidy up the garage before it was ready for a video shoot. As an aside, how does Doug seem so lost as to what an equalizer is on the stereo?
You are correct. I did not have to prepare the garage for his visit. That being said, now that I see the video, I wish I had mopped the floor first.
mrvictory1999 We're you born in 1999? No way... you own too sweet of a car and house.
I graduated from high school in '99. And thanks!
mrvictory1999 so why the eclipse man?
I have it for sentimental reasons. It was the car I drove in high school.
Ahh back in the day when Mitsubishi was a successful company and Hyundai was a low brow start up. How things change.
How did Mitsubishi lose the plot so badly? Hyundai started life as an upstart using their engines and technology
m k the Mitsubishi cars brand is a tiny component of the overall company. It's one of the biggest industrial titans of Japan. The brand was never that strong in the US and their cars sold here were basically all shitboxes.
I think they decided to focus their car brand on developing world sales and gave up on the US market - Mitsubishis are everywhere in South America and Asia. Same deal with the other tier 2 Japanese car brands, like Isuzu.
These cars had the sportiest interior for the price. I had an eclipse and a talon. Quite a good study of the old diamond star cars. You could even have a Plymouth version. Crazy
I thought Doug was in his house for a second
It's his personal gym.
here in my garage
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Doug the type of guy to not know what an equalizer is..
I think Doug sold all of his shorts for new pants 😂
STICK SHIFTER but he's rich
JustAnother Stupidchannel78 iTz A jOkE
It's not Doug if he doesn't use shorts
I owned a brand new '90 Eagle Talon Tsi, the equivalent of the Eclipse GS (both turbo, FWD). I still think of it as one of the most fun cars I've owned, and I loved the styling, performance and value. Only issues were torque steer, which the AWD version (GSX or Tsi AWD) cured, and warping front rotors. It was also the fastest car I've driven, as in 120 on the interstate. I wish I still had it and one actually just sold on Bring a Trailer for about $18K, but I realized it was just trying to take 30 years off my age, which it couldn't do, so I didn't bid. Now I wish I did. Oh well.
Wow, it’s an “old” sports car. God time goes fast. That came out when I was a young Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune NC. I knew a few guys who got in over their heads financing one of these, and the talon. Lol, the memories that come back, seeing this.
Remember when these came out. Friend got one for his 16th birthday (yes I feel old) and everyone loved it. Got to remember this was the age of the Fox body 5.0 mustang ruled the streets. still wouldn't take down a 5.0 in a race but was super "exotic" for the time. This and the twin turbo GT3000's by Mitsubishi were ultra cool. Definitely got to find a mint 1990 AWD TT Mitsubishi GT3000 next Doug.
Doug can you also review the 3000GT/GTO if you have the chance.
I love the fact that Doug apparently has never seen a graphic equalizer before. He needs to review more cars from the 1980s.
I HAD ONE OF THESE! Mine was a 1991 GSX AWD, in metallic blue. Really sharp-looking car, and for 1991, it was a straight badass. I didn't really drive it that hard or street race or do anything crazy, but I definitely did some excessive speeds down some twisty mountain roads for the four years I had it, and it never did me wrong.
The AWD system was fantastic and very simple, no supercomputers like you find on cars nowadays. It was largely idiotproof, and since I was an idiot, that was good. It was basically impossible to spin the tires, and as long as I had ground clearance, I could go places in snow that friends in big 4x4s couldn't. I drove mine through the worst of the '93 blizzard in Virginia with exactly zero drama while the country boys in their big lifted FOWER-BAH-FOWERS MAYUN were making friends with every ditch and tree along the way. Handling-wise, I could get on the power as hard as I wanted in the middle of a turn, even counting for the turbo lag, and it was dead stable and very predictable. It just stayed planted and started to push a bit wide.
Really there were only two serious complaints I had about it, besides some problems with the interior (the driver's seat broke after three years) and its tendency to eat brake rotors. One was the shift linkage. It was TERRIBLE. Simultaneously rubbery and graunchy and notchy and just crap. Even when it was brand new it was just garbage compared to the rest of the powertrain. I had owned two Toyota Celicas before I got my GSX (a '86 GT and an '88 GT-S, both with a five-speed) and their transmissions were heavenly compared to the one in the GSX.
The second...was the turbo lag. Ermahgerd, the turbo lag. You could measure it with a sundial. If you didn't keep the engine screaming high in the rev range, which minimized (but didn't eliminate) the lag, and you romped on it, you were sitting there waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and then HOLY SHIT you were grateful for that AWD system because you got all 195 horsepower in the back of the head all at once.
I got rid of the GSX after a bit over four years and 90k+ miles when I got tired of squeezing into it--I'm a fat guy--and traded it in on a '96 Ram 1500 which I kept for twenty-one years. Whatever happened to that beautiful blue Mitsubishi, I just hope it gave the next owner a lot of pleasure and ended up quietly rusting in a junkyard somewhere instead of getting riced to hell like so many of these have been.
Moose004 There's a red 90 GSX sitting in my driveway right now. In the past I did own a blue 91 GSX hmmm
The 14b on mine spool'd 13psi (More than Stock by 1.5-2psi) by 2500rpm.. My other car has an Evo8 20g on 24psi which Spools around 4000rpm. What lag exists there on a stock 1g. The stock exhaust limits these cars, but laggy by no means
"the driver's seat broke after three years"
"I'm a fat guy"
I think we've solved the mystery, Sc00by!
And I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids! :)
@@RallyLancer95 I had the 1990 GS Turbo front 2wd. The color was called Maui Blue Metallic. It was my first brand new car I was 18 years old. I remember exactly how much I paid for it, $14,625. I loved that car.
Doug the kind of guy to test a car stereo using a burned CD of stock iMovie animal sound effects.
ALSO: Doug the kind of guy to do an entire car review with his mic off.
hashbrowns for hamster boooo wacc ass joke
marty drake 33 people disagree with you.
Doug you can't seriously tell me you don't know what an equalizer is. It's not just a series of weird levers with pluses and minuses on them. Many many cars had them from the factory. I am disappointed and slightly embarrassed for you that you did not realize this. Unless you are just pretending?
(snicker)
He’s trolling
Err... and not just cars. I can understand my mom not knowing what an iPod is but I can't understand an adult male (yes sexist) not knowing what is an equalizer. Shocking.
I had ‘90 Plymouth Laser turbo and that was very fast for the times. Traded it in for a white ‘95 Eagle Talon TSI AWD. Felt like I was driving a Ferrari. I was so cool… 139 mph top speed and fun in the snow. Sold it with 130,000 miles on it for 5 grand. Extremely reliable.
Thats actually same set of high beams, U can just see them through the glass below the headlights when they are down
To be fair you'd have to stare directly into the highbeams to confirm that in person, it's a lot easier to spot in a video.
alexfnah That actually makes a lot of sense
Damn that thing is cleaner than your church shoes.
My church shoes have no soul ... lol
got that reference
This is not a P1
who even has church shoes
That garage is WAY too neat! He even has his Lexol Leather cleaner and conditioner bottles in the correct order of usage (orange and brown bottle)... OH CEE DEE!!!!
Hubjeep a garage that is too neat...that's how its done...cleanliness means attentiin to detail. I focus on keeping my workshop neat and clean. And it's earned me alot of positive comments. Just saying. But i get it. Where is everything?
Liking things organized is not OCD
I always ask people this question,if you were having a house(insert about anything here,Shed, Car,boat,Engine, Piano etc) built and all your hard earned money was going into it, would you rather have a builder that was sloppy and didn't give a rats ass or a builder that was OCD? I'm going with OCD and everyone i ask does too,EVERY TIME. really makes you appreciate those weird folks that have extra attention to detail.
dntlss If you actually had OCD, you wouldn't be something like a builder or some house cleaner. That kinda shit would really stress someone with OCD
NosoyArkano I own a construction company and that kind of attention to detail is what gained us such a good reputation
That is absolutely gorgeous! Inside and out! Seriously 👏 👏 👏! I had a 93 laser, my favorite car ever. It looked at least that good, but that was in 2000, and had a new paint job! I had very few mods, 3' from turbo, boost gage, blow off valve and it was doing high 12 sec 1/4. It was awesome.