He has humor, but he's not going to make jokes to your face at your expense. Probably behind your back and he'll probably lighten up the mood, but he'll tell it to you straight.
I've seen many big 3 vehicles make it 300k miles+. Personally had a 99 ram 318/5.2 magnum make it to 320 before selling it just a couple years ago. Grandpa bought it new in 99. My grandmother bought a 06 explorer with the 4.3sohc in 07 1 prior owner before her. She gave it to me Me it made it to 310k. It would have went even further but heater core hose blew it ran hot. I didn't at the time know that cold water in a overheated engine was a no no. If you do put cold water in a overheated engine make sure it's running. Popped the head gasket and i sold it. I was 17 still learning. Now im 23 ,and I'm much smarter, and still learning. Try to learn at least 1 new thing every day. Trying to be one of the old men who have forgotten more than most young people know. One day I'll be that guy. Easily any diesel will make it 300k+. The only terrible engine i can think of from ford was the Triton engines. The old flathead v8 were prone to over heating but the 2 and 3 cylinder on both sides shared only one exhaust port. Not exactly the flathead or Ford's fault that's just the engine design. The Cummins, Duramax, IDI ,power stroke are all very reliable especially older models pre emissions. The magnum and LA Mopar engines were good. The hemis are good and so we're the older ones. The big blocks were good from every manufacturer. The Chevy SB engines were all great including the vortec, LS, and LT engines. The Coyotes are reliable even though i don't like overhead cam designs especially because of the size of a 5.0. the older 302s were gold. The 351 Windsor and Cleveland engines were good. Almost all models used the Dana or Ford 9 inch rear end, great rear end. The transmissions were great especially the stick shifts. Dodge did have some terrible auto transmissions around the 2nd gen platform but that was easily fixed permanently by getting the trans built then it would last forever.
Fuck the chicken tax bro. I want me a proper small truck. Can't get em no more! The government wants our old girls off the road. Even if I fixed my 81 toyota I doubt they would pass it.
Uhhh, don't you know that after a certain age you can get a car or truck registered as a "Historic Vehicle" (comes with special license plate, too), which allows it to be used without having to pass all sorts of different requirements, including emissions? I'm pretty sure a truck from the 80s would qualify today, but I'm not positive about that. Also, emissions is a fairly inexpensive test to get done, so why not just fix up the truck a bit and at least give it a shot? Sounds like you're making some wild assumptions before anything has even happened.
@@ILovePancakes24 maybe in the old days, but by now, most of the truck customer base in the US has it ingrained into their DNA to buy domestic only. Also, the American manufacturers have finally started making interiors and tech packages that can compete with what European light trucks have, and Ford has the very affordable Maverick and Ranger that I don't think anything else of a similar price can compete with.
My first language is German. So I was able to understand what they were saying, but I wonder why they didn't translate it for everyone who doesn't speak German.
I work at a wiring harness factory that makes harnesses for Toyota. Our oldest production lines are Camry, Corolla and Axio. The Axio line has been running for more than a decade. The Corolla line was last modified to make updated harnesses about 5 years ago while the Camry had the most number of production line and are updated once every 2 years. The best part for Toyota is that the harness shares a lot of parts with RAV-4s so if by some reason, you broke a connector on the harness for your Camry, you can just yank one from a RAV-4
Just in case anyone is confused: The country selling us the imported goods is NOT the one who pays the tariff's. The domestic company IMPORTING THE GOODS is the one who pays the tariff - then passes that tax onto the consumer. Tariff's are not ideal, unless we make the tariffed good domestically (many of which we can not or do not).
@@ryshow9118 crazy how people still don't understand that without tariff...the very people that are supplying your "cheap" goods will win and once domestic production is out of commission. They now have the monopoly and can charge whatever price they want.
@@Baebon6259but according to "free market" once the offer is bad enough, domestic manufacturers will just appear out of nothing but a pile of money. Isn't that how it always works /s.
One mistake, the Hilux on topgear was not a 22r or 22RE it was the 2L diesel. That diesel had a few issues but was even harder to destroy compared to the 22 series, and trust, the 22 series is rugged. I drove a 22R pickup for 300K miles, and I was not kind to it, about half of those were hard miles in what in mechanical terms would be considered adverse conditions.
I actively tried to kill my '85 2WD P/U with the 22R in it by running it out of oil going down the interstate at 80MPH and white smoke pouring out of the exhaust, running it without water down the interstate and every morning starting and red lining it for a few minutes cold. After 400k miles I gave up and sold it to a friend for $200, that was in 2009 and that truck is still on the road with the same motor with over 600k miles.
@@liftedyotalife Oh I absolutely blew that 22R in mine, but it was a little more of a "oh crap" moment, someone pulled out in front of me in a 55, I swerved, and dumped it in second gear, and yeah, that kind of thing, yes, compression skid, and yes over-rev to the point the valve train came apart, I bought a rebuild kit, and stripped it to the block, new valves, ground the seats, planed the head that lifted, etc. Basically, it took a catastrophic over rev to kill it, and even then, the bottom was alright, the top end came apart. Even then, it was salvageable with a rebuild and some know how.
As other ppl keep mentioning, whilst Sandro & Angelina are actual GODS, with Steph being very close to that level too... We absolutely love Paul as well, he's awesome :)
Shout out from Haiti: we know Toyotas and how to keep them running! My friend has a 92 Land Cruiser and that thing's still running nice and looks brand new too BTW, HILUX is the pickup truck over here.
Man nobody cared when I bothered my mayor for 10 days straight until I got a response. Crazy how the every day man can't get no love lol mad love to you gents
@@thawhiteazn For sure! Toyo's have long been making great vehicles before Top Gear was even a twinkle in anyone's eye. Toyo's R&D is extensive and takes a long time. The end result is a wonderful car/truck that can last a lifetime if taken care of. They have made engineering/manufacturing mistakes as we see in the vid, but nothing like other car makers.
A man with experience under the belt & even more under the hood, he has seen most if not all the ways vehicles can break down, PAUL!, one of the bois, an OG, it's always great seeing him on RMS. Keep on being awesome Paul.
LIthium ion is recyclable but not as profitable YET so companies don't care. Also disposable vapes are a massive waste of lithium. Also thing with hydrogen is it's generally derived from hydrocarbons now. Water electrolysis isn't cost effective enough yet.
Good stuff. Tech is improving and it's nice to look at facts not feelings. Definitely agree hydrogen is not ready yet but maybe in the future. No harm in Toyota r&d imho
Unfortunately hydrogen cannot work. There are to many losses producing it, it is hard to transport, it leaks through steel and when it leaks it is damaging to the atmosphere and its energy density is to low, so simple math shows that it takes up to much volume and gives to little energy. The maths on this will not change. At present the known easily accessible lithium reserves on earth is enough to replace all vehicles on earth twice. That is without recycling it where you can retrieve nearly 100% of the lithium from a battery. It is much wiser to develop batteries that does not use lithium, or much less lithium than on a impossible hydrogen dream. Hydrogen is only good for rocket fuel.
Correction about the lithium issue, they found about 3 million tons underneath the Salton Sea earlier this year, EV's are going to be around a bit more and cheaper since we now have a domestic supply.
I'm still dailying a 1992 Toyota Starlet. When I bought it, it had been standing still for about 10 years. Couple of oil changes, new gasoline, new battery, new spark plugs and new timing belt. Boom runs great. I have added over 60k to it and no problems. Now back in Guatemala with my nephew still drives his 80's hilux. Back in the day the only repairs we had if something broke was ducttape. Still runs perfectly.
I'm SO GLAD they got Paul back here, he's so intuitive and knowledgeable. Don't get me wrong, I love Sandro and Angelina, but I think Paul should be added to the list of normal Donut hosts.
i checked price of toyota celica gt4 in my country for 60k miles started $8000, i had one celica ten year ago, but without gt4 and buy this for $6000 now i can buy this for $4000-$5000
I've got 304k on my 05 4.0 L 4Runner and wouldn't hesitate to drive it cross country tomorrow. Now that I'm driving 125 miles a day, I need me a Corolla and some of that sweet 40mpg love in my life
17:01 not counting all the times toyota have trolled its enthuasists customers with cars like this. The celica looks great and it looks RWD why made it FWD?!? and when they made the 4wd celica for rally they litearlly almost keep them for themselves. That is straight TROLL
We have the Toyota GR Corolla here in germany. and i made a testdrive with it. I was on the mighty Autobahn, and drove it 6th gear 1/2 throttle. It reached 175 kph (109 mph) without any problem. IDK what happens in US, but something is f... up over there...
the usa gr corolla isn't the euro corolla gr trim, although they were supposed to bring the 'proper' gr corolla(the bigger gr yaris) i think to some countries.
@@mikeydude750 It was a test drive, a new engine, with 20 km on the odo. Having to much revs on that engine would ruin it. So 1/2 throttle. Was enough to have a little fun with it. I would buy one, but i need more space for family and hobbies.
I had a friend who was a surgeon and owned a beautiful Mercedes for a couple of years. Because he had a fear of flying, he offered me a long ride for business. Right in the middle of that journey, the car broke down in the middle of nowhere. We opened the hood and looked at the engine as if we had nothing to do. "When was the last time you changed the oil?" I asked casually. The surgeon replied, "Is the oil supposed to be changed?" I thought he was joking, but he was not. The car had over 110,000 kilometers on the gauge. He is a very successful, well-known, and reputed surgeon, by the way.
Hydrogens problem is n't with the motor technology it's one of storage. The molecule is too small to bleed off through any material by moving through the molecular structure. Hydrogen also causes all material that it's stored in and runs through to become brittle.
that's why the bottles have a shelf life and toyota is reluctant for you to actually 'own' the car. the cost of production is the big one, it's currently still cheapest to make it from oil. if you had an unlimited cheap energy source somewhere on the planet then it would make some sense. currently it's an experiment and the experiment has proven that it can work with a bunch of caveats.
4:42 hi, drunk Honduran here. Just my 2 cents. This is a beyond common sight in my country. Sometimes it's bananas, sometimes it's trash, plastics, bottles etc. And mostly 22Rs. Over loaded 22Rs, so rusted you can see the fuel tank. With doors of different colors. Toyotas are pretty expensive here, the Prado is the defacto luxury car for politicians, upper class citizens and drug lords. Our ambulances are 90s Land Rovers, and our "public transportation buses (They're actually all privately owned) are donated school buses (still painted yellow btw), Blue Birds are the best, Thomas a close second. Anyways, Toyotas get price gauged because they are sonreliable and the parts are soneasily found, same for Civics. A Toyota Corolla from 2016 goes for 8k dollars, which, yes, is expensive here. But they can back it up, their reliability is top notch.
Yes, you were drunk mate. 😂 “busted Toyota trucks are common af. Rich drive Prado. Land Rover ambulance and yellow ‘school bus’ for public transit. Toyotas are expensive cause they’re reliable.” #cliffsnotes
All I have to do to disprove this viewpoint is mention the 2AZ-FE 2.4-liter inline-four or even the 3VZ-E 3.0-liter V6 engine if you want a throwback. All manufactures have cranked out trash over the year don’t be loyal to brands be loyal to good engines and good transmissions. Good engine bad transmission wasted potential, bad engine good transmission makes a clunker. On that note the newer Toyota CVT transmissions 2018-2021, not to mention the disasters that happened with the 2007 Toyota transmissions like the ones in the Camrys that year. Also don’t forget about the U151F AWD transmission version, this isn’t me bashing Toyota to be clear, they definitely have some gems but don’t misconstrue this to be they can’t crank out a lemon every company has built their own cyber truck so to speak.
You mean aside from the current engine and transmission failures. Oh and the trucks that Toyota admitted they knew had frames with a long history of severe premature rust rot failure. And that time Toyota was fined a billion for covering up the accelerator pedal assembly that would get stuck and cause unintended acceleration and caused many people to die. And all those engines with oil consumption issues that became so expensive for Toyota to fix that they eventually changed their warranty to state that it's normal for their engines to drink 1 quart every 1200 miles. And all those 2GR-FE's with external oil line failures that Toyota ignored, only issuing bulletins for the more expensive Lexus vehicles with the issue until threats of lawsuits and government investigations was enough to twist their arm and expand it.
My first car...was a truck...it was a 1989 Toyota "Truck" (Names like Tacoma, Tundra did not yet exist) 5 Speed manual with the 22RE engine.... 99HP and 125FtLBS of torque was all i needed to peel out into 3rd gear.....Toyota after 20 years out of warranty replaced my FRAME FOR FREE!!!!!!!.. TOYOTA FOR LIFER....(occasional Honda's too) :P
This sorta stuff makes me happy I have a 2012 Acura TL, never had issues, finally selling it for cheap after taking great care of it at 180k miles. Still runs like a dream. Bought myself another 2012 Acura TL with 102k miles, and I'm gonna drive that thing until the maintenance costs more than the car's worth. My old one I'm selling now, never had any major issue, just one at 160k miles where I had a random mechanical issue where my key wasn't responding, and just had to have the computer reset. Outside of maintenance, never had to take it in for anything. I'm dreading the day I have to get a different make model and year car.
4:04 I've had customers that don't believe in oil changes and I've also had the "by the owners manual guys". Car comes in for it's first oil change at 10k and I let the customers know in the video we send them that as a mechanic I would recommend changing the oil every 3-5k instead of 10k because their oil is black and the filter is caving in on itself. They then tell me I'm crazy because how would I know more than the people who made it 🤣🤣🤣
This is exactly what I was thinking. Both with solid state batteries and the fact that 90% of new cars sold in Norway are EVs. Finding alternative fuels is great, but EVs will not die because of it.
EVs will die if the infrastructure isn't capable to handle it. US is way behind on the infrastructure for electricity and adding EVs to the grids will only make it worse. This isn't a "buy first, improve later" thing, it's the opposite. Without upgrading grids and making charging stations as prevalent as regular fuel stations, EVs will be DoA
@@idkalan00 That is true. But infrastructure is a problem then CAN be solved. If certain people would just "shut up and do it" instead of waiting for things to break and fix it later.
A “working solid state battery” means a lot of radiation, they already have one small to use on phone devices but it produce a lot of radioactive energy.
Had a 2001 Corolla, 1zzfe 1.8L , and unfortunately, maintenance was not kept up, by previous owner. Like maybe once every 2-3 year oil changes. Had about 120K miles when I was gifted this car. It also burned more oil than an old chevy. Sold for scrap at 189K miles when the Trans went out. One impressive thing I noticed, with as much oil being burned, we never had any check engine lights, and never any smoke. I know emissions monitor systems were pretty basic back then but still, 1qt every 100-400 miles?🤣🤣 still got 36mpg though.
@@cardboardboxification Nah, corporate greed. Engineers almost never want to cut corners or do a worse job. We're made to by people pushing quarterly profits over quality products.
moving it upmarket it for usa for oversized grocery getting, 'marketing experts'. take a look at hilux champ though toyota CAN design for utility cost and simplicity still, just not for usa. and look the whole problem is that the market experts aren't exactly wrong the buying habits of usa have been twisted for so long. you can look at bmw too and the trim/engine levels they sell in europe and asia vs. usa. the usa cars are starting to get nigh impossible to work on with the engine bay completely filled with whatever they can fit in there while the european 4 pots aren't that bad. for toyotas suvs too, they make a body on frame suv for emerging markets called the fortuner with 4 pot engines(longitudal, rwd) on the hilux frame, it's smaller than the tacoma and simpler, made for worse roads than usa. our isuzu mux, fortuners competitor also a body on frame suv, has basically enough space to stand in the engine bay. look what the answer would be then for american consumers? I dunno it's hard to solve from the consumer side, but buying simpler cheaper cars is what would move the market. none of the worlds cheap simple cars are really sold in usa though, like no normal hilux range, no dmax's, no dacia's, no fiats(as fiats as proper fur-hat fiats in usa it would be an entire range of cars under 30k).
Hydrogen will never be practical as long as physics exists. Unless it's nuclear fusion. The energy density is absolutely horrible for combustion as well as making electricity, let alone the transportation of it to a refilling station. Also, making the hydrogen in the first place is very energy expensive.
@@HAHA.GoodMeme you could be using that energy for far better things that producing hydrogen. Also, hydrogen pipeline?? I wouldn't want to be within 10 miles of that.
I like Paul's laugh - that's a proper 'I'm having fun' laugh, not a polite 'A haha ha. Moving on'. Plus he obviously knows what he's talking about. Excellent co-host.
Another big thing on Toyota 22r motors are the timing chains. The earlier ones didn’t have too much of a problem but later ones got cheaper on the timing chain and guides.
Feeling that right now. 85 celica and I swear the chain is gonna eat through the chain cover and make the forbidden chocolate milk any minute. Rattle can sounds on decel, cold startup and 2k cruise in gear. Got the kit today, just need to finish my last shift and in the shop it goes
@@mitch5300 they had a double row timing chain on them for awhile and not sure why they switched to the single row. If you redoing it I highly recommend metal or metal backed guides. They do make a double chain conversion kit but in my opinion it’s only worth it if you are planning to keep the car.
@@kaosalone3748 i do plan on keeping the car, and i did get the metal guides. Was gonna do the double row conversion but since I don't have personal access to a lift, the person that does the engine work for me essentially refused to do the double conversion since it ain't oem lol
@@mitch5300 I would try to find someone to do it because it’s worth it in the long run. I was able to mine without taking the engine out but I have a 2wd pickup. But I would definitely upgrade the guides.
My car makes in order: Chevy, Mazda, Dodge, Honda, Ford, Plymouth, Pontiac, Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Chrysler, Ford, Buick. I have always liked Toyota, not sure how I have never owned one.
80% of those are American, not saying that's bad but maybe you could try something different for the next one. As much as America hates German brands they aren't so popular because they suck. ;)
They’re always looking for gas and oil because they know there are so many of them They are looking for lithium because they can’t find it Not the same thing
Lithium is often with other minerals already being mined, it's just harder to extract and often dumped into tailings. Much of this comes down to price, Lithium doesn't have a set price like gold.
Hydrogen is too expensive. You need to make the electricity first, then you need to use that electricity to make hydrogen, then you need to use MORE energy to compress and freeze the hydrogen, then you need to use MORE energy to transport the hydrogen to an infrastructure that doesn't exist The inefficiency is mind boggling, just put the electricity in an EV and call it a day
@@jarehelt plus the fact that the majority of the hydrogen being produced is still from petroleum which still takes a ton of energy to produce also might as well just slip in that it takes 5-7 kWh of electricity to produce a gallon of gasoline.
@@DeadStuffGuy yes it's the cheapest way to produce it now. you could use it as a portable energy storage sure in some scenarios but the energy would need to be basically free. the mirai is an experiment to learn about the technology in real world use and as that it's commendable that they do it, but the greenie consumers getting into it should understand that it's an experiment and not an actual viable consumer product that's paying for itself.
Even if the hydrogen itself was free (its far from it) it would still be too expensive. Making a station costs huge amounts - about 50x what an EV charge station costs. The lifetime of the storage and pumping gear is poor so it's a high ongoing cost. All of that has so far been obscured by grants, but it's not even close to commercially viable. It's not even particularly good on refuelling throughput as you need to repressurise frequently. Add the problems with the cars themselves (heavy, slow, terrible cargo space for the size of vehicle, massively expensive) and you're not looking at a pretty picture for Hydrogen. Minor details like it's very much not green too and can't become green, as you'd need so hugely much added electricity generation to make it green that you could be powering everything else that draws from the grid combined including a full EV fleet for less than just the electricity it would take to make clean hydrogen for fuel cell cars... (lets not get started on hydrogen combustion, given it's just plain worse) These guys are remarkably positive about hydrogen. The only way it makes it to passenger cars on mass is if lobbying forces it.
@@lasskinn474 oh absolutely, the mirai as a test bed is very cool and valuable… the trouble is that it doesn’t seem like that’s how Toyota views it based on their marketing. Toyota is well behind the other main stream automakers on electric cars and seems to be seriously pushing for hydrogen cars and while they may have some secret bleeding edge technology that they’re keeping secret the all the public information about hydrogen as a fuel seems to indicate that while hydrogen will likely become instrumental for large vehicles and heavy machinery(trains, planes, industrial machinery) it doesn’t seem like its going to catch up to electric cars before the next major innovation in batteries comes and cements electric vehicles as the standard
Solid state batteries made from salt instead of Lithium are on the way, electric cars won't be dependent on laptop batteries too much longer. Meanwhile, hydrogen is a fool's errand, has to be stored at pressure, is collected mostly from the oil refinement process (so not really clean at all) and requires building out yet another infrastructure that only a single automaker is only kinda behind at the moment. Only reason I'd even consider leasing a Mirai is for the 2 years of free fuel, but hearing the headaches owners go through with trying to find refueling stations, it just wouldn't be worth the headaches.
Honda has invested in hydrogen combustion engines too. Amazing that (arguably) the top two manufacturers in terms of reliability have is saying something
yeah the mirai is just an experiment at the moment. like if you'd like to participate that's cool but one should understand the limitations of how it's not same as having a normal car for the duration. if you'd drive a lot around in a set area i suppose it could make sense. that's also how it's with CNG cars in some countries, flat fee use how much you want but caveat is just for a single area. some countries have nationwide cng and lpg networks tho
toyota coolant is red or pink, you actually don’t want to use other colors in the older ones because it deteriorates the heater core and ruins the rest of the coolant system after long enough.
Toyota invented crossover suv concept? duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. Ever heard about Lada Niva? xD Or even better Jimny, which is in production since 70s?
Willys Wagon hit the market in 1946. the Jeep Wagoneer was introduced in 1963 s a "wagon, for sport and utility use" yes, Subaru, the Wagoneer is the first sport utility wagon.
@BainHAMMER at the time, if you wanted a large off road vehicle, you got a deuce and a half. Edit: but you're right. The AMC eagle is a better example. Edit to the edit: the wagoneer and cherokee were the original crossover between dedicated offroaders and cars.
@@kenbrown2808 true. It's just IMHO dependant on the construction. I think what really separates crossover SUVs (at least early) is a construction: while full size SUVs were built as body-on-frame, pretenders (Niva vs RAV4) for "1st true crossover" features integral body. But that also kinda dumb because if we take it as a parameter, Jimny can't be considered crossover, as well as 1st gen KIA Sportage and who knows what else. AMC Eagle you've mentioned, on the other hand, is a crossover, but not SUV. It more like Avant predecessor, along with some other cars like that (JDM Toyota Sprinter Carib is one of my favourites for instance)
Do percentage of issues to total number of ever manufactured vehicles for each company and see. Honda is fantastic, Honda has Toyota beat in transmissions, and used to match in reliability. But it's no contest in terms of total amount of successful engineering and manufacturing done.
As a celica owner, the 21 grand for a GT Four is definetly justified. A LOT of fun to drive, turbo, awesome sound for a 4 cylinder, 4wd and rallye genes. Plus it looks beautiful.
Sorry to correct you regarding the EV's, but the new batteries are not lithium based... they are already testing saltwater-batteries and i assume we got enough salt water on this planet.
I have a 1st gen Tundra that refuses to die, only parts I've had to outright replace are the struts, still using 99% of the original parts, except the plugs and other regular maint items. The V8 2UZ-FE is just beautifully engineered (except maybe the cams being made of uncooked pasta).
“EVs don’t make sense” “ there’s not the infrastructure” “companies are abandoning the technology” oh my god I already gave up on donut after all the good hosts left but Jesus Christ yall just straight talking out your asses. EVs make perfect sense for the majority of people and public charging is all but irrelevant for most people because 90% of cars spend 90% of the time parked and you can slow charge it at home or if their employer is among the growing number who have charging for their employees they can charge at work and more and more apartments are even installing chargers because most people don’t even need to charge every other day. Also manufacturers aren’t looking to move away from lithium because “mines are running out” they’re looking into other chemistries because sodium is looking super promising and they want to find something that can beat the others on range or efficiency since right now it’s stupid easy to make an electric car with 200 miles range so nobody is really standing out in range or efficiency without being stupid expensive. Even the price argument is on its last leg as the used market continues to get more and more robust especially since most EVs still have 90% of their original range 5 years later and since they’re not stupidly complex like combustion(including hydrogen combustion) there’s just not much to an EV that can’t easily last over a decade even with heavy use. Hydrogen technology is great for heavy machinery and large vehicles like trains boats or semis but hydrogen cars were a flash in the pan largely because they do need public infrastructure and it doesn’t exist unlike the robust public charger networks in two thirds of the country(which again, most people don’t need)
@@justinlast2lastharder749 why. Give a single reason why. I’ve already debunked the three most common ones and you can find hundreds of videos on here of regular people who have EVs and say that they love them with no incentives to say so. You can also go to any forum and find regular ass people who say they are very happy with their EV. Hell go to any parking lot and you’ll probably see an EV within 20 minutes if you live in a medium size city and just ask the owner how they like it.
@@DeadStuffGuyHere's my perspective as an old car fart. I think EVs are best suited for drivers who drive in a lot of short trips or stop and go. But beyond that they're not worth it. At least not right now. The infrastructure isn't ready for it. The lack of support networks for the cars,the extreme overabundance of electronics and dreaded tablet controls. I could spend a ton of money on an overpriced EV. Then spend more money to make my home suitable for that EV(properly. Not using the 120v adapter). To me that kind of investment isn't worth it. EVs should be an OPTION on the market. Not forced down our throat as the only choice. Not only that EVs have many environmental concerns(rubber pollution,EV battery life,battery recycling,support for parts and repairs,etc) I can keep my 09 SLK on the road until the subframes fall out. But if a Tesla gets into a fender bender it's a write off. To me,I appreciate EVs as they can be interesting vehicles. But I think blindly supporting them and shoving them in everyone's faces is where the problem is. I think it's important to be critical of anything including the politicians mandating the change to EVs when the requiring support infrastructure isn't there. Let it be an option for those it can benefit. Let the market decide not politicians being paid.
Notice how NONE of these fails are older Toyotas. That's just how this works. My 88' Supra has had LESS issues than than any car I have owned, but I also baby her. Celica has been amazing too.
Buddy is over hear cracking jokes about Ford when I’m on my second within 17 years of driving. First truck started with 69k and went to 316k and my “new” 2013 truck started with 48k and now is at 185k and mind you this is no major repairs at all…. If the owner maintains the vehicle then no matter the manufacturer the vehicle should last.
Do any vehicle can last if owners do property maintained but the problem is some cars need more maintainence than the others. People are too busy to pay attention to their cars. Like it’s supposed to be car, not your girlfriend, wife, son daughter, parents, etc
I never once thought they were riding Toyotas jock until dude with the hydrogen cell car was complaining about having to drive over fifty miles to get fuel then Jason and what's his face immediately started with lithium sucks hydrogen is so cool guys we swear!
Fun fact, you don't ALWAYS have to goto the stealership for OE grade parts. Find out who manufacturers the said part for whomever, and buy it direct by cross referencing the OE part number with the manufacturer number. Don't pay the box tax! Mind you, this doesn't apply to everything, but it does apply. For example, I just replaced the downstream O2 sensor on my buddy's 2015 Lexus IS250. Denso makes the OE sensor for Lexus/Toyota. From Lexus, the sensor was $220ish + tax. Once I figured out the Denso part number, I got it from Autozone for $150. The box tax is REAL, as that's legitimately the only difference between the 2. Conversely, NEVER buy an aftermarket manufactured sensor of any type for Toyota or Honda. I've worked for both, and both do NOT do well with aftermarket sensors (it was indeed a Bosch sensor that shit the bed on my friend's Lexus, which means it had already been replaced once before). Albeit an O2 sensor, MAF sensor, heck even the ABS sensors are subpar when allocated from an aftermarket source. There are a fair number of parts you can go aftermarket and all will be well. Sensors do not fall into that category.
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We love Sandro and Angelina. But big love for, Paul! He’s been around since the early RMS days!
He was in Donut videos before this.
The channel is 1 year old. this is ALL "early RMS days" 💀
I love Paul! ❤
How old do you think the channel is? Pffft early days
@@bighammer3464they aren’t wrong tho. 😅😂
I'm not a car guy, but it warms my heart listening to people who know their shit talking about the shit they know.
I love paul, he gives off no-BS-mechanic vibes
Yea but he can’t tell the top gear pickup hilux classic video was NOT 22re and was CLEARLY a diesel
He has humor, but he's not going to make jokes to your face at your expense. Probably behind your back and he'll probably lighten up the mood, but he'll tell it to you straight.
I've seen many big 3 vehicles make it 300k miles+. Personally had a 99 ram 318/5.2 magnum make it to 320 before selling it just a couple years ago. Grandpa bought it new in 99. My grandmother bought a 06 explorer with the 4.3sohc in 07 1 prior owner before her. She gave it to me Me it made it to 310k. It would have went even further but heater core hose blew it ran hot. I didn't at the time know that cold water in a overheated engine was a no no. If you do put cold water in a overheated engine make sure it's running. Popped the head gasket and i sold it. I was 17 still learning. Now im 23 ,and I'm much smarter, and still learning. Try to learn at least 1 new thing every day. Trying to be one of the old men who have forgotten more than most young people know. One day I'll be that guy. Easily any diesel will make it 300k+. The only terrible engine i can think of from ford was the Triton engines. The old flathead v8 were prone to over heating but the 2 and 3 cylinder on both sides shared only one exhaust port. Not exactly the flathead or Ford's fault that's just the engine design. The Cummins, Duramax, IDI ,power stroke are all very reliable especially older models pre emissions. The magnum and LA Mopar engines were good. The hemis are good and so we're the older ones. The big blocks were good from every manufacturer. The Chevy SB engines were all great including the vortec, LS, and LT engines. The Coyotes are reliable even though i don't like overhead cam designs especially because of the size of a 5.0. the older 302s were gold. The 351 Windsor and Cleveland engines were good. Almost all models used the Dana or Ford 9 inch rear end, great rear end. The transmissions were great especially the stick shifts. Dodge did have some terrible auto transmissions around the 2nd gen platform but that was easily fixed permanently by getting the trans built then it would last forever.
@@fastinradfordablewe didn’t even have hilux over in the states give him a break
Fuck the chicken tax bro. I want me a proper small truck. Can't get em no more! The government wants our old girls off the road. Even if I fixed my 81 toyota I doubt they would pass it.
Uhhh, don't you know that after a certain age you can get a car or truck registered as a "Historic Vehicle" (comes with special license plate, too), which allows it to be used without having to pass all sorts of different requirements, including emissions? I'm pretty sure a truck from the 80s would qualify today, but I'm not positive about that. Also, emissions is a fairly inexpensive test to get done, so why not just fix up the truck a bit and at least give it a shot? Sounds like you're making some wild assumptions before anything has even happened.
Without the chicken tax the big 3 American auto manufacturers would not be competitive and go out of business
@@ILovePancakes24 maybe in the old days, but by now, most of the truck customer base in the US has it ingrained into their DNA to buy domestic only. Also, the American manufacturers have finally started making interiors and tech packages that can compete with what European light trucks have, and Ford has the very affordable Maverick and Ranger that I don't think anything else of a similar price can compete with.
@@moogle68If they live in a state like Tennessee then emissions tests don't exist.
@@ILovePancakes24good. They can’t make good cars for sh*t
For everyone wondering 20:40 - "Its a Trap. A Corola doesnt break down."
My first language is German. So I was able to understand what they were saying, but I wonder why they didn't translate it for everyone who doesn't speak German.
@@rolandbauer1 Luckily I had already seen the commercial, but yeah, why wouldn’t they translate??
@@user-sk2kt1vy6y Well if they were scared of that why show it? It's more likely an editor oversight
I don't know any German but still it was easy to guess what they were saying based on the video.
*It's
*Corolla
*doesn't
And fix those caps. Keep learning English, kiddo.
Hey guys, great video, funny enough I'm the dude drifting the black supra. Thanks for using my clip ❤
nice! fantastic drifting
Wuuuut, that's awesome!!!!🎉🎉🎉
@PulsarProactivo thanks man !
I work at a wiring harness factory that makes harnesses for Toyota. Our oldest production lines are Camry, Corolla and Axio. The Axio line has been running for more than a decade. The Corolla line was last modified to make updated harnesses about 5 years ago while the Camry had the most number of production line and are updated once every 2 years.
The best part for Toyota is that the harness shares a lot of parts with RAV-4s so if by some reason, you broke a connector on the harness for your Camry, you can just yank one from a RAV-4
What about a 3rd gen Tacoma. Asking for a friend.
Weird.. since the camry & the rav4 actually had the same engines for quite some time!!! *dripping with sarcasm*
@@ethangomez6441 i don't really know since our factory don't produce harness for Tacoma. just camry, highlander, Frontlander and Rav 4
Just in case anyone is confused: The country selling us the imported goods is NOT the one who pays the tariff's. The domestic company IMPORTING THE GOODS is the one who pays the tariff - then passes that tax onto the consumer. Tariff's are not ideal, unless we make the tariffed good domestically (many of which we can not or do not).
Crazy how people still don't understand that
@@ryshow9118 crazy how people still don't understand that without tariff...the very people that are supplying your "cheap" goods will win and once domestic production is out of commission. They now have the monopoly and can charge whatever price they want.
@@Baebon6259but according to "free market" once the offer is bad enough, domestic manufacturers will just appear out of nothing but a pile of money. Isn't that how it always works /s.
One mistake, the Hilux on topgear was not a 22r or 22RE it was the 2L diesel. That diesel had a few issues but was even harder to destroy compared to the 22 series, and trust, the 22 series is rugged. I drove a 22R pickup for 300K miles, and I was not kind to it, about half of those were hard miles in what in mechanical terms would be considered adverse conditions.
yeah less things to break on it. no ecu wiring to worry about, no ignition.
2lte is great
2lte is great
I actively tried to kill my '85 2WD P/U with the 22R in it by running it out of oil going down the interstate at 80MPH and white smoke pouring out of the exhaust, running it without water down the interstate and every morning starting and red lining it for a few minutes cold. After 400k miles I gave up and sold it to a friend for $200, that was in 2009 and that truck is still on the road with the same motor with over 600k miles.
@@liftedyotalife Oh I absolutely blew that 22R in mine, but it was a little more of a "oh crap" moment, someone pulled out in front of me in a 55, I swerved, and dumped it in second gear, and yeah, that kind of thing, yes, compression skid, and yes over-rev to the point the valve train came apart, I bought a rebuild kit, and stripped it to the block, new valves, ground the seats, planed the head that lifted, etc. Basically, it took a catastrophic over rev to kill it, and even then, the bottom was alright, the top end came apart. Even then, it was salvageable with a rebuild and some know how.
Love paul, definitely one of the sweeter original mechanics. Glad you guys still have him around :>
Whooo Paul's back, dude is always fun + super knowledgeable
Great chemistry with Justin.
The blank stares on Paul have me laughing so hard 16:35 🤣🤣🤣
"Hey, can someone reboot Paul? He's frozen again"
Should try to get the The Care Care Nut for the next Toyota / Lexus fails!
He lives in Chicago, too far
This 🔥👏
That's literally who I thought it would be in the beginning
Almost embarrassing he wasnt the first person they went to for it
@@kristop3rit’s called a flight ✈️ 😂
As other ppl keep mentioning, whilst Sandro & Angelina are actual GODS, with Steph being very close to that level too...
We absolutely love Paul as well, he's awesome :)
Gods? You must have comfortable knee pads.
Shout out from Haiti: we know Toyotas and how to keep them running! My friend has a 92 Land Cruiser and that thing's still running nice and looks brand new too
BTW, HILUX is the pickup truck over here.
Could you stop eating the pets
If Danny Trejo had a mechanic cousin, it'd be Paul.
Good for Justin for actually calling his congressman!!!
Man nobody cared when I bothered my mayor for 10 days straight until I got a response. Crazy how the every day man can't get no love lol mad love to you gents
😂 I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the last bit with Justin calling congress. 🤣🤣🥰🥇🥇🥇
"How does Toyota get that reputation of being so indestructible?"
Top Gear, Toyota Hilux. (Which they end up showing later on after I posted this)
Watch what it took for whistlindiesel to kill his Hilux.
That and how many of them are rolling around the Middle East and Africa with DsHK’s on the back with zero maintenance done on them, the car that is
But that’s not where they got the reputation since the Top Gear episode was just testing the already existing reputation for toughness.
They got it from the bush in australia.them old hilux and landcruiser
@@thawhiteazn For sure! Toyo's have long been making great vehicles before Top Gear was even a twinkle in anyone's eye. Toyo's R&D is extensive and takes a long time. The end result is a wonderful car/truck that can last a lifetime if taken care of.
They have made engineering/manufacturing mistakes as we see in the vid, but nothing like other car makers.
My mom's 98 Ford expedition went to nearly 400k miles, and my dad's 2001 Ford explorer is nearly to 300k, and it runs great.
Nice video :)
About the Top Gear Hilux... the end part should have been included... It still moved while having a split though the middle chassis :)
The damn thing was basically a mound of scrap and it still drove into the studio 😂
They are beasts, drove several in South Africa, absolutely indestructible.
A man with experience under the belt & even more under the hood, he has seen most if not all the ways vehicles can break down, PAUL!, one of the bois, an OG, it's always great seeing him on RMS. Keep on being awesome Paul.
LIthium ion is recyclable but not as profitable YET so companies don't care. Also disposable vapes are a massive waste of lithium. Also thing with hydrogen is it's generally derived from hydrocarbons now. Water electrolysis isn't cost effective enough yet.
Good stuff. Tech is improving and it's nice to look at facts not feelings.
Definitely agree hydrogen is not ready yet but maybe in the future. No harm in Toyota r&d imho
Water electrolysis is always going to be significantly more expensive than electricity, because of how much electricity the process itself requires.
Unfortunately hydrogen cannot work. There are to many losses producing it, it is hard to transport, it leaks through steel and when it leaks it is damaging to the atmosphere and its energy density is to low, so simple math shows that it takes up to much volume and gives to little energy. The maths on this will not change. At present the known easily accessible lithium reserves on earth is enough to replace all vehicles on earth twice. That is without recycling it where you can retrieve nearly 100% of the lithium from a battery. It is much wiser to develop batteries that does not use lithium, or much less lithium than on a impossible hydrogen dream. Hydrogen is only good for rocket fuel.
@@JJSmith1100 facts
Sodium-ion is even more sustainable than Lithium-ion. Also, people seem to ignore the NOx emissions that come with hydrogen vehicles.
Correction about the lithium issue, they found about 3 million tons underneath the Salton Sea earlier this year, EV's are going to be around a bit more and cheaper since we now have a domestic supply.
I'm still dailying a 1992 Toyota Starlet. When I bought it, it had been standing still for about 10 years. Couple of oil changes, new gasoline, new battery, new spark plugs and new timing belt. Boom runs great. I have added over 60k to it and no problems.
Now back in Guatemala with my nephew still drives his 80's hilux. Back in the day the only repairs we had if something broke was ducttape. Still runs perfectly.
I'm SO GLAD they got Paul back here, he's so intuitive and knowledgeable. Don't get me wrong, I love Sandro and Angelina, but I think Paul should be added to the list of normal Donut hosts.
"What car was that?" "Rav4". "Lol, you already know".
Literally had the name of the car on the screen.
If he did guess correctly, that was actually impressive👍
Thank you for bringing back Paul! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
And thats 21K Canadian dollars since it was listed in calgary.
When he said I wouldn't pay 21k for it, I don't think he realized it's really 15K in USD
i checked price of toyota celica gt4 in my country for 60k miles started $8000, i had one celica ten year ago, but without gt4 and buy this for $6000 now i can buy this for $4000-$5000
I’m glad you guys mentioned GS300 😭 love my 01 GS300 my 2JZ
The Top Gear Toyota Pickup was definetly NOT a 22RE or 22R 😂 Clearly a diesel flavoured Toyota we didnt get in North America!
I asked an american friend about his opinions on a vw passat. He said it was shit. Turns out the us doesn't get the TDI variant.
Yalls videos are always a pleasure to watch.
I've got 304k on my 05 4.0 L 4Runner and wouldn't hesitate to drive it cross country tomorrow. Now that I'm driving 125 miles a day, I need me a Corolla and some of that sweet 40mpg love in my life
love a good Paul vid, he has great vibes & mechanic sense
17:01 not counting all the times toyota have trolled its enthuasists customers with cars like this. The celica looks great and it looks RWD why made it FWD?!? and when they made the 4wd celica for rally they litearlly almost keep them for themselves. That is straight TROLL
I always enjoy getting to see Justin and Paul talking on cars. Even if I'm a Honda owner.
Top gear hilux had a 2L-TE 2.4 diesel engine not a 22RE motor
Came to comments to point out this exact thing
Lmao I knew I wasn't alone when I heard a diesel start up and it definitely wasn't a 22r lol
L series motors have a lot more balls than a lil 22r
The red one? Didn't the pull out sparkplugs to get water out of the cylinders?
@shelvins1841 no they pulled out the Glowplugs.
love the chemistry between these two, very fun video enjoyed it a lot
We have the Toyota GR Corolla here in germany. and i made a testdrive with it. I was on the mighty Autobahn, and drove it 6th gear 1/2 throttle. It reached 175 kph (109 mph) without any problem. IDK what happens in US, but something is f... up over there...
i have a gr corolla and, ahem, tested the ecu limited max speed once. even at 130 it felt fine if a bit loud because of the lack of sound insulation
the usa gr corolla isn't the euro corolla gr trim, although they were supposed to bring the 'proper' gr corolla(the bigger gr yaris) i think to some countries.
@@mikeydude750 It was a test drive, a new engine, with 20 km on the odo. Having to much revs on that engine would ruin it. So 1/2 throttle. Was enough to have a little fun with it. I would buy one, but i need more space for family and hobbies.
i think often it's just US spec can be weird AF.
I had a friend who was a surgeon and owned a beautiful Mercedes for a couple of years. Because he had a fear of flying, he offered me a long ride for business. Right in the middle of that journey, the car broke down in the middle of nowhere. We opened the hood and looked at the engine as if we had nothing to do. "When was the last time you changed the oil?" I asked casually. The surgeon replied, "Is the oil supposed to be changed?" I thought he was joking, but he was not. The car had over 110,000 kilometers on the gauge. He is a very successful, well-known, and reputed surgeon, by the way.
I mean everyone has to learn sometime, somehow, someway.
Its just sad when its an expensive one.
Hydrogens problem is n't with the motor technology it's one of storage. The molecule is too small to bleed off through any material by moving through the molecular structure. Hydrogen also causes all material that it's stored in and runs through to become brittle.
that's why the bottles have a shelf life and toyota is reluctant for you to actually 'own' the car. the cost of production is the big one, it's currently still cheapest to make it from oil. if you had an unlimited cheap energy source somewhere on the planet then it would make some sense. currently it's an experiment and the experiment has proven that it can work with a bunch of caveats.
4:42 hi, drunk Honduran here. Just my 2 cents. This is a beyond common sight in my country. Sometimes it's bananas, sometimes it's trash, plastics, bottles etc. And mostly 22Rs. Over loaded 22Rs, so rusted you can see the fuel tank. With doors of different colors. Toyotas are pretty expensive here, the Prado is the defacto luxury car for politicians, upper class citizens and drug lords. Our ambulances are 90s Land Rovers, and our "public transportation buses (They're actually all privately owned) are donated school buses (still painted yellow btw), Blue Birds are the best, Thomas a close second. Anyways, Toyotas get price gauged because they are sonreliable and the parts are soneasily found, same for Civics. A Toyota Corolla from 2016 goes for 8k dollars, which, yes, is expensive here. But they can back it up, their reliability is top notch.
Yes, you were drunk mate. 😂 “busted Toyota trucks are common af. Rich drive Prado. Land Rover ambulance and yellow ‘school bus’ for public transit. Toyotas are expensive cause they’re reliable.” #cliffsnotes
Guilty of the oil change. Last one... it wasnt exactly a change but a top up of around 3 liters out of the 3.5 it needs after 6k kilometers.
13:30 - thats a torque converter blown up. The sound and the fluid
Toyotas don't fail. Their owners fail their Toyotas!
Nah the new ones have been crappy. Just look at the GR86 the new Tacomas the new Tundras all having glaring issues.
All I have to do to disprove this viewpoint is mention the 2AZ-FE 2.4-liter inline-four or even the 3VZ-E 3.0-liter V6 engine if you want a throwback. All manufactures have cranked out trash over the year don’t be loyal to brands be loyal to good engines and good transmissions. Good engine bad transmission wasted potential, bad engine good transmission makes a clunker. On that note the newer Toyota CVT transmissions 2018-2021, not to mention the disasters that happened with the 2007 Toyota transmissions like the ones in the Camrys that year. Also don’t forget about the U151F AWD transmission version, this isn’t me bashing Toyota to be clear, they definitely have some gems but don’t misconstrue this to be they can’t crank out a lemon every company has built their own cyber truck so to speak.
Roll of the dice
You mean aside from the current engine and transmission failures. Oh and the trucks that Toyota admitted they knew had frames with a long history of severe premature rust rot failure. And that time Toyota was fined a billion for covering up the accelerator pedal assembly that would get stuck and cause unintended acceleration and caused many people to die. And all those engines with oil consumption issues that became so expensive for Toyota to fix that they eventually changed their warranty to state that it's normal for their engines to drink 1 quart every 1200 miles. And all those 2GR-FE's with external oil line failures that Toyota ignored, only issuing bulletins for the more expensive Lexus vehicles with the issue until threats of lawsuits and government investigations was enough to twist their arm and expand it.
Depends on when it’s made tbh.
Jason from engineering explained has a good video on why hydrogen combustion will most likely never be a thing.
It's not hydrogen combustion, it uses hydrogen fuel cells that are also trash.
@@joeycampbell940 Both were being researched as a solution to the emissions bs.
Good to see Paul back i thought he was gone but he an OG!
"What car was that?"
"RAV4."
"Oh, you already knew that!"
With respect, it was said at the beginning of the video.
As the owner of a GX470, keep an eye out for 03-2014 Lexus and Toyota truck frames. They turn to dust if they touch salt.
My first car...was a truck...it was a 1989 Toyota "Truck" (Names like Tacoma, Tundra did not yet exist) 5 Speed manual with the 22RE engine.... 99HP and 125FtLBS of torque was all i needed to peel out into 3rd gear.....Toyota after 20 years out of warranty replaced my FRAME FOR FREE!!!!!!!.. TOYOTA FOR LIFER....(occasional Honda's too) :P
Great channel! I’m happy to see the cast going between channels.
Toyota Celica ... and the Supra
Very good icons and the Castrol painjob looked amazing back in the da.
A lot is happening at Donut, but Justin's swagger is stepping up. He takes his passions seriously
Honda is good too. My odyssey just hit 250k, no issues with the engine whatsoever as far as I know, runs fine.
This sorta stuff makes me happy I have a 2012 Acura TL, never had issues, finally selling it for cheap after taking great care of it at 180k miles. Still runs like a dream. Bought myself another 2012 Acura TL with 102k miles, and I'm gonna drive that thing until the maintenance costs more than the car's worth. My old one I'm selling now, never had any major issue, just one at 160k miles where I had a random mechanical issue where my key wasn't responding, and just had to have the computer reset. Outside of maintenance, never had to take it in for anything. I'm dreading the day I have to get a different make model and year car.
4:04 I've had customers that don't believe in oil changes and I've also had the "by the owners manual guys". Car comes in for it's first oil change at 10k and I let the customers know in the video we send them that as a mechanic I would recommend changing the oil every 3-5k instead of 10k because their oil is black and the filter is caving in on itself. They then tell me I'm crazy because how would I know more than the people who made it 🤣🤣🤣
22RE was my first vehicle. Single cab, no power steering, loved it.
'Toyota invented concept of crossover vehicles'
(Suzuki laments yet more disrespect...AMC/Eagle tries to remain supportive)
International Scout say Hi
pauls facee when he nails the glass bottom boat reference is like a proud mechanic dad lol !
EVs will die? Check out Norway? Lithium might die, sure. They're working on solid state batteries which will be the next big thing.
ok. hit us when (probably never) it will happen
This is exactly what I was thinking. Both with solid state batteries and the fact that 90% of new cars sold in Norway are EVs.
Finding alternative fuels is great, but EVs will not die because of it.
EVs will die if the infrastructure isn't capable to handle it.
US is way behind on the infrastructure for electricity and adding EVs to the grids will only make it worse.
This isn't a "buy first, improve later" thing, it's the opposite.
Without upgrading grids and making charging stations as prevalent as regular fuel stations, EVs will be DoA
@@idkalan00 That is true.
But infrastructure is a problem then CAN be solved.
If certain people would just "shut up and do it" instead of waiting for things to break and fix it later.
A “working solid state battery” means a lot of radiation, they already have one small to use on phone devices but it produce a lot of radioactive energy.
If reaxtion videos were like this in general, the whole genre would be okay. Love the amount of extra info we get for each.
Let Sandro fuck with the van.
Had a 2001 Corolla, 1zzfe 1.8L , and unfortunately, maintenance was not kept up, by previous owner. Like maybe once every 2-3 year oil changes. Had about 120K miles when I was gifted this car. It also burned more oil than an old chevy. Sold for scrap at 189K miles when the Trans went out. One impressive thing I noticed, with as much oil being burned, we never had any check engine lights, and never any smoke. I know emissions monitor systems were pretty basic back then but still, 1qt every 100-400 miles?🤣🤣 still got 36mpg though.
hahaha, we got pretty close to being racist there at 5:48
Good to see Paul back great guy!!
Man I feel like I got my last gen Tacoma at the perfect time. Current gen Toyotas feel more like Hyundais. WTF happened, Toyota?
New Generation of EngInEeRs
Dei hires
@@cardboardboxification Nah, corporate greed. Engineers almost never want to cut corners or do a worse job. We're made to by people pushing quarterly profits over quality products.
moving it upmarket it for usa for oversized grocery getting, 'marketing experts'. take a look at hilux champ though toyota CAN design for utility cost and simplicity still, just not for usa.
and look the whole problem is that the market experts aren't exactly wrong the buying habits of usa have been twisted for so long. you can look at bmw too and the trim/engine levels they sell in europe and asia vs. usa. the usa cars are starting to get nigh impossible to work on with the engine bay completely filled with whatever they can fit in there while the european 4 pots aren't that bad.
for toyotas suvs too, they make a body on frame suv for emerging markets called the fortuner with 4 pot engines(longitudal, rwd) on the hilux frame, it's smaller than the tacoma and simpler, made for worse roads than usa. our isuzu mux, fortuners competitor also a body on frame suv, has basically enough space to stand in the engine bay.
look what the answer would be then for american consumers? I dunno it's hard to solve from the consumer side, but buying simpler cheaper cars is what would move the market. none of the worlds cheap simple cars are really sold in usa though, like no normal hilux range, no dmax's, no dacia's, no fiats(as fiats as proper fur-hat fiats in usa it would be an entire range of cars under 30k).
Seen before believe it was done during superpower years ago
Great video gentlemen
Hydrogen will never be practical as long as physics exists. Unless it's nuclear fusion. The energy density is absolutely horrible for combustion as well as making electricity, let alone the transportation of it to a refilling station. Also, making the hydrogen in the first place is very energy expensive.
so we use nuclear to make it and we use pipes to distribute it. Problem? It actually will work unlike EVs
@@HAHA.GoodMeme you could be using that energy for far better things that producing hydrogen. Also, hydrogen pipeline?? I wouldn't want to be within 10 miles of that.
@@theheadone still not as bad as EVs
Deuterium.
@@theheadone what about 11?
I like Paul's laugh - that's a proper 'I'm having fun' laugh, not a polite 'A haha ha. Moving on'. Plus he obviously knows what he's talking about. Excellent co-host.
@16:24 - Yeah, you are going to want to watch @TheFatElectrician video about this.
Another big thing on Toyota 22r motors are the timing chains. The earlier ones didn’t have too much of a problem but later ones got cheaper on the timing chain and guides.
Feeling that right now. 85 celica and I swear the chain is gonna eat through the chain cover and make the forbidden chocolate milk any minute. Rattle can sounds on decel, cold startup and 2k cruise in gear.
Got the kit today, just need to finish my last shift and in the shop it goes
@@mitch5300 they had a double row timing chain on them for awhile and not sure why they switched to the single row. If you redoing it I highly recommend metal or metal backed guides. They do make a double chain conversion kit but in my opinion it’s only worth it if you are planning to keep the car.
@@kaosalone3748 i do plan on keeping the car, and i did get the metal guides. Was gonna do the double row conversion but since I don't have personal access to a lift, the person that does the engine work for me essentially refused to do the double conversion since it ain't oem lol
@@mitch5300 I would try to find someone to do it because it’s worth it in the long run. I was able to mine without taking the engine out but I have a 2wd pickup. But I would definitely upgrade the guides.
0:28 and what’s worse is they refuse to honor it’s warranty because he took it over 80 mph at one point
they refused to honor it because it was a salvage title car from copart
1:25 just so happens that tires with plugs and patches are rated for 80mph tops so maybe the insurance used a patched tire as a insane excuse.
My car makes in order: Chevy, Mazda, Dodge, Honda, Ford, Plymouth, Pontiac, Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Chrysler, Ford, Buick. I have always liked Toyota, not sure how I have never owned one.
80% of those are American, not saying that's bad but maybe you could try something different for the next one. As much as America hates German brands they aren't so popular because they suck. ;)
@@andreas9720 Pretty sure I am going Subaru next.
@@andreas9720as racing cars they are great.
@@courtney5796 I drove Hondas for years, but went with a Subaru for my current car. So far, things have been good!
Paul has the same energy my dad does, and I love him for it.
“They’re looking for lithium mines as we speak”
…. They’re always looking for gas and oil reserves. 🤷♂️
They’re always looking for gas and oil because they know there are so many of them
They are looking for lithium because they can’t find it
Not the same thing
Lithium is often with other minerals already being mined, it's just harder to extract and often dumped into tailings. Much of this comes down to price, Lithium doesn't have a set price like gold.
Also, they are literally digging HUGE creators into the ground to mine these minerals. Even Elon Musk has said it is not sustainable.
HUGE lithium reserves in australia - easy to mine
@@jeremy3747 bs
as a toyota tacoma owner, i love paul.
take care of your cars!!! it doesn’t matter if they’re reliable if you neglect them!!!
Hydrogen is too expensive. You need to make the electricity first, then you need to use that electricity to make hydrogen, then you need to use MORE energy to compress and freeze the hydrogen, then you need to use MORE energy to transport the hydrogen to an infrastructure that doesn't exist The inefficiency is mind boggling, just put the electricity in an EV and call it a day
@@jarehelt plus the fact that the majority of the hydrogen being produced is still from petroleum which still takes a ton of energy to produce also might as well just slip in that it takes 5-7 kWh of electricity to produce a gallon of gasoline.
@@DeadStuffGuy yes it's the cheapest way to produce it now.
you could use it as a portable energy storage sure in some scenarios but the energy would need to be basically free. the mirai is an experiment to learn about the technology in real world use and as that it's commendable that they do it, but the greenie consumers getting into it should understand that it's an experiment and not an actual viable consumer product that's paying for itself.
Even if the hydrogen itself was free (its far from it) it would still be too expensive. Making a station costs huge amounts - about 50x what an EV charge station costs. The lifetime of the storage and pumping gear is poor so it's a high ongoing cost. All of that has so far been obscured by grants, but it's not even close to commercially viable. It's not even particularly good on refuelling throughput as you need to repressurise frequently.
Add the problems with the cars themselves (heavy, slow, terrible cargo space for the size of vehicle, massively expensive) and you're not looking at a pretty picture for Hydrogen. Minor details like it's very much not green too and can't become green, as you'd need so hugely much added electricity generation to make it green that you could be powering everything else that draws from the grid combined including a full EV fleet for less than just the electricity it would take to make clean hydrogen for fuel cell cars... (lets not get started on hydrogen combustion, given it's just plain worse)
These guys are remarkably positive about hydrogen. The only way it makes it to passenger cars on mass is if lobbying forces it.
Gasoline doesnt just magically pump out of the ground....
@@lasskinn474 oh absolutely, the mirai as a test bed is very cool and valuable… the trouble is that it doesn’t seem like that’s how Toyota views it based on their marketing. Toyota is well behind the other main stream automakers on electric cars and seems to be seriously pushing for hydrogen cars and while they may have some secret bleeding edge technology that they’re keeping secret the all the public information about hydrogen as a fuel seems to indicate that while hydrogen will likely become instrumental for large vehicles and heavy machinery(trains, planes, industrial machinery) it doesn’t seem like its going to catch up to electric cars before the next major innovation in batteries comes and cements electric vehicles as the standard
Good work as always guys, keep up the good work^^
Solid state batteries made from salt instead of Lithium are on the way, electric cars won't be dependent on laptop batteries too much longer. Meanwhile, hydrogen is a fool's errand, has to be stored at pressure, is collected mostly from the oil refinement process (so not really clean at all) and requires building out yet another infrastructure that only a single automaker is only kinda behind at the moment. Only reason I'd even consider leasing a Mirai is for the 2 years of free fuel, but hearing the headaches owners go through with trying to find refueling stations, it just wouldn't be worth the headaches.
Honda has invested in hydrogen combustion engines too. Amazing that (arguably) the top two manufacturers in terms of reliability have is saying something
yeah the mirai is just an experiment at the moment. like if you'd like to participate that's cool but one should understand the limitations of how it's not same as having a normal car for the duration. if you'd drive a lot around in a set area i suppose it could make sense.
that's also how it's with CNG cars in some countries, flat fee use how much you want but caveat is just for a single area. some countries have nationwide cng and lpg networks tho
I hope so. I’d really like a solid state Chinese car but since we can’t have that, I’d like one made in US, Japan, or Europe
Paul says it how it is! Love the dude
Is Paul color blind? That red fluid around 13:33 really stands out to me and yet he keeps saying coolant which would be a green fluid.
There are different colors of coolant depending on manufacturer. Yellow, blue, green, orange. I think pink as well
Toyota HOAT fluid is a Pinkish color.
My coolant is red
toyota coolant is red or pink, you actually don’t want to use other colors in the older ones because it deteriorates the heater core and ruins the rest of the coolant system after long enough.
I've got a 3rd Gen 4RNR that just wont quit! Love that thing!
Toyota invented crossover suv concept? duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. Ever heard about Lada Niva? xD Or even better Jimny, which is in production since 70s?
Willys Wagon hit the market in 1946. the Jeep Wagoneer was introduced in 1963 s a "wagon, for sport and utility use" yes, Subaru, the Wagoneer is the first sport utility wagon.
@@kenbrown2808 but 1st gen wagoneer was considered fullsize SUV, not crossover.
@BainHAMMER at the time, if you wanted a large off road vehicle, you got a deuce and a half. Edit: but you're right. The AMC eagle is a better example.
Edit to the edit: the wagoneer and cherokee were the original crossover between dedicated offroaders and cars.
@@kenbrown2808 true. It's just IMHO dependant on the construction. I think what really separates crossover SUVs (at least early) is a construction: while full size SUVs were built as body-on-frame, pretenders (Niva vs RAV4) for "1st true crossover" features integral body. But that also kinda dumb because if we take it as a parameter, Jimny can't be considered crossover, as well as 1st gen KIA Sportage and who knows what else.
AMC Eagle you've mentioned, on the other hand, is a crossover, but not SUV. It more like Avant predecessor, along with some other cars like that (JDM Toyota Sprinter Carib is one of my favourites for instance)
a yota focused RMS video featuring Paul, the formula is just perfect
Ask any 7th gen Celica owner how much oil their engine consumes xD
Honda rules supreme ^_^
Do percentage of issues to total number of ever manufactured vehicles for each company and see. Honda is fantastic, Honda has Toyota beat in transmissions, and used to match in reliability. But it's no contest in terms of total amount of successful engineering and manufacturing done.
Honda ranked 16th on his year for dependability Toyota ranked 2nd behind Lexus 🤔
Both eat oil like crazy
As a celica owner, the 21 grand for a GT Four is definetly justified. A LOT of fun to drive, turbo, awesome sound for a 4 cylinder, 4wd and rallye genes. Plus it looks beautiful.
Sorry to correct you regarding the EV's, but the new batteries are not lithium based... they are already testing saltwater-batteries and i assume we got enough salt water on this planet.
Iron-Phoshate batteries
@@wormhole009 those are lithium and nothing new
Nice to see Paul again!!
10:24 That's not what he said, he said.Get it from a junk yard
Yes but what he meant is go original new or junkyard part dont go with aftermarket parts
25 year grey market rule needs to go away too....like TWENTY FIVE YEARS!!!! WTF!!!! And this is supposed to be the land of the free? COME ON!...
These two are amazing!:)
16:39 F*** we're dumb.
I want a small truck
But your chickens are too cheap... it's hilarious that this is the reason.
I have a 1st gen Tundra that refuses to die, only parts I've had to outright replace are the struts, still using 99% of the original parts, except the plugs and other regular maint items. The V8 2UZ-FE is just beautifully engineered (except maybe the cams being made of uncooked pasta).
“EVs don’t make sense” “ there’s not the infrastructure” “companies are abandoning the technology” oh my god I already gave up on donut after all the good hosts left but Jesus Christ yall just straight talking out your asses. EVs make perfect sense for the majority of people and public charging is all but irrelevant for most people because 90% of cars spend 90% of the time parked and you can slow charge it at home or if their employer is among the growing number who have charging for their employees they can charge at work and more and more apartments are even installing chargers because most people don’t even need to charge every other day. Also manufacturers aren’t looking to move away from lithium because “mines are running out” they’re looking into other chemistries because sodium is looking super promising and they want to find something that can beat the others on range or efficiency since right now it’s stupid easy to make an electric car with 200 miles range so nobody is really standing out in range or efficiency without being stupid expensive. Even the price argument is on its last leg as the used market continues to get more and more robust especially since most EVs still have 90% of their original range 5 years later and since they’re not stupidly complex like combustion(including hydrogen combustion) there’s just not much to an EV that can’t easily last over a decade even with heavy use. Hydrogen technology is great for heavy machinery and large vehicles like trains boats or semis but hydrogen cars were a flash in the pan largely because they do need public infrastructure and it doesn’t exist unlike the robust public charger networks in two thirds of the country(which again, most people don’t need)
No. EVs will never make sense for anyone other than the people lobbying for them.
@@justinlast2lastharder749 why. Give a single reason why. I’ve already debunked the three most common ones and you can find hundreds of videos on here of regular people who have EVs and say that they love them with no incentives to say so. You can also go to any forum and find regular ass people who say they are very happy with their EV. Hell go to any parking lot and you’ll probably see an EV within 20 minutes if you live in a medium size city and just ask the owner how they like it.
@@DeadStuffGuyHere's my perspective as an old car fart.
I think EVs are best suited for drivers who drive in a lot of short trips or stop and go.
But beyond that they're not worth it. At least not right now.
The infrastructure isn't ready for it. The lack of support networks for the cars,the extreme overabundance of electronics and dreaded tablet controls.
I could spend a ton of money on an overpriced EV. Then spend more money to make my home suitable for that EV(properly. Not using the 120v adapter). To me that kind of investment isn't worth it.
EVs should be an OPTION on the market. Not forced down our throat as the only choice.
Not only that EVs have many environmental concerns(rubber pollution,EV battery life,battery recycling,support for parts and repairs,etc)
I can keep my 09 SLK on the road until the subframes fall out. But if a Tesla gets into a fender bender it's a write off.
To me,I appreciate EVs as they can be interesting vehicles. But I think blindly supporting them and shoving them in everyone's faces is where the problem is.
I think it's important to be critical of anything including the politicians mandating the change to EVs when the requiring support infrastructure isn't there.
Let it be an option for those it can benefit. Let the market decide not politicians being paid.
Notice how NONE of these fails are older Toyotas. That's just how this works.
My 88' Supra has had LESS issues than than any car I have owned, but I also baby her. Celica has been amazing too.
Buddy is over hear cracking jokes about Ford when I’m on my second within 17 years of driving. First truck started with 69k and went to 316k and my “new” 2013 truck started with 48k and now is at 185k and mind you this is no major repairs at all…. If the owner maintains the vehicle then no matter the manufacturer the vehicle should last.
i see you haven’t heard of volvos. even with warranty coverage, their owners got sick of owning them from how often they break
Do any vehicle can last if owners do property maintained but the problem is some cars need more maintainence than the others. People are too busy to pay attention to their cars. Like it’s supposed to be car, not your girlfriend, wife, son daughter, parents, etc
I’ve seen Hondas and Toyotas come into my bay with barely any oil, 10,000mi/25,400km oil change.
Engine flush, fresh oil and filter. Ran fine.
I never once thought they were riding Toyotas jock until dude with the hydrogen cell car was complaining about having to drive over fifty miles to get fuel then Jason and what's his face immediately started with lithium sucks hydrogen is so cool guys we swear!
Fun fact, you don't ALWAYS have to goto the stealership for OE grade parts. Find out who manufacturers the said part for whomever, and buy it direct by cross referencing the OE part number with the manufacturer number. Don't pay the box tax! Mind you, this doesn't apply to everything, but it does apply.
For example, I just replaced the downstream O2 sensor on my buddy's 2015 Lexus IS250. Denso makes the OE sensor for Lexus/Toyota. From Lexus, the sensor was $220ish + tax. Once I figured out the Denso part number, I got it from Autozone for $150. The box tax is REAL, as that's legitimately the only difference between the 2.
Conversely, NEVER buy an aftermarket manufactured sensor of any type for Toyota or Honda. I've worked for both, and both do NOT do well with aftermarket sensors (it was indeed a Bosch sensor that shit the bed on my friend's Lexus, which means it had already been replaced once before). Albeit an O2 sensor, MAF sensor, heck even the ABS sensors are subpar when allocated from an aftermarket source. There are a fair number of parts you can go aftermarket and all will be well. Sensors do not fall into that category.