@@kayninepvp1717 yea thats a big jump lol, it is in great condition but i just got the same Van but a 1997 with 60k miles for $8k, Supercharged AWD new transmission and no rust. its a blast. you will get a lot of attention in it though.
All we need for the epic crossover is Ian, Fat Electrician, Drachinifel, Chieftain making a road trip from Louisiana to see Battleship North Carolina with stops for firing ranges and microbreweries
@Joe-hz1nw haha, well, I refuse to be a part of zelensky's money laundering operations, and I'm not really a fan of anyone in the Middle East. How about South America?
@@douglb8960 Yes. And in the event of a crash, the crash bar would be entirely unharmed. The driver and passenger, however, would be bisected by said bar when it goes through the dashboard.
honestly look at it. its cheap. look at how much a car costs these days. 10k plus whatever he spent in shipping is cheap. you can park it anywhere. it gets stupid gas milage. you can actually throw a matress in the back and use it for a micro camper. you can haul a decent sized major appliance in it. its got plenty of room for the average home depot/lowes run. there is a van like this in my area that has a high top on it. it parks next to an e-250 based camper. it literally looks like the campers child. its hilarious.
The line "I am, fiscally, sturdy...and I might like to f###" is the funniest fucking line I've ever heard you say from TFB to now, the delivery was perfect and I have to sample it for a soundboard now
"Cuckleberry Finn" was the G.O.A.T. of TFB TV insults, and if you ever achieve the opportunity to use it on someone you are actively cucking, you become a God among men.
James, been driving a Kei truck for over a year. Glad to see you drank the Kei Kool-aid. To understand a Kei vehicle you have to experience one. The van looks fantastic.
Everytime I deployed to Guam, I always saw a lot of the locals driving little vans like this around, as well as the little trucks that have the little flatbed with short folding doors around the edges. The locals absolutely PACK those little trucks with as much stuff as they can. Always saw them driving around with cargo stacked twice as tall as the truck. I've wanted one of these little vehicles ever since I first saw one.
Guam being a territory allows them to get around a LOT of bullshit our government has done to us. Importing either from there or Peru is always a good idea, or Mexico but those guys would rather die than sell their hard little working vehicles
I know some girls in street racing world. Among car girls, Porsche make them dry. A car to impress you need to explain it's German racing lap times. Something only accountant would care about 😂
I had one when I lived in Sasebo, Japan in '05-'08. Mine was a '91 and had an actual supercharger (tiny). It was SO fun to drive it was just insane. I rattle canned it flat black and called it the Van of Death. The idle was messed up and at idle the throttle would keep spiking every few seconds by itself so it sounded like it was trying to race everything. It was a good time.
My grandpa passed me down his 87' Nissan Vanette dx. Basically a bit larger van with a short roof. She's a plain jane though..Rwd with a five speed manual and It has round headlights so it looks like a miata. I was actually brought home in the van when I was born😂
Just got back from Japan and when this hit my YT feed, I was saying "perfection" to myself. Completely unexpected but so appreciated. Thanks James. I can also imagine Aaron getting a bunch of inquiries soon as well.
I was there last year and kept looking at the different scooters delivery drivers were using. I saw a little 3 wheeled one that would be kind of cool to have since it had a huge storage box on back.
@@victorkreig6089 The people aren't tiny and the kei cars actually usually have plenty of room for someone north of 6 feet. Older Japanese generations were somewhat malnourished and that's why their growth was stunted. With modern nutrition, younger Japanese people are roughly as tall as people in the West. I was surprised at how many tall people I saw when I was in Japan.
Kei cars are simply too advantageous to not choose: -reduced taxes -cheaper insurance -super easy to maintain -surprisingly roomy for the footprint -easy to park (sometimes with special kei-only parking that's cheaper) -easy to maneuver around older streets with narrow passageways or minor impediments -very fuel efficient Driving a medium~full size car in Japan is a pain the ass TBH.
So amazing seeing my separate interests come together on one channel. The algorithm brought me this video so fast it was was still being uploaded probably. Love it!
Which vans do you have? I have a 94 Bravo GT w/ 5spd turbo intercooler with super aero glass tops, and also I have a 96 Dias 5 spd w/ supercharger and glass tops
The branch into car reviews is unexpected but welcome. Always loved your production style but this review took it to a whole other level. Kei cars of any stripe are always super fun and exciting to see in the wild just for how different they are. Always wanted an Acty.
@@Trijiconfucious I've wanted one ever since I spotted one in Sonatine when I first saw it in 99, what always concerned me was the engine being right fucking there. IS that a legit concern or are they pretty quiet?
@@victorkreig6089 so with the Hondas and Subarus, it’s a mid engine, so the engine cover is actually in the bed of the truck. It’s really not loud at all, and the Subarus are even quieter since they’re 4 cylinder. But the issue with that (especially in the Subarus) is they are prone to overrevving and destroying the camshaft. 99% of these trucks don’t come stock with a tachometer, so it’s all by sound or by a quasi tachometer built into the speedometer on the Hondas. The Hondas are still loud enough where you don’t really overrev them. The Suzukis, Dihatsu, and Mitsubishis have the motor under the seats in the cab, so they’re probably a bit louder, but I have no first hand experience with them.
The Honda is a gutless wonder. The Subaru sambar with the supercharger is a significant upgrade. My buddies Honda can't get over about 55 and struggles on hills. Add any cargo to the bed and it will struggle terribly. They are all 660cc but power varies widely. If I couldn't get a Subaru I'd go with the Dihatsu.
Informative and entertaining. I had already seen the Doug Demuro review of the Sambar and you both have a lot of the similar thoughts, as well as the same conclusion that it's a really cool car.
@@JamesReeves When living in Okinawa my neighbors (husband active duty Navy and wife of Japanese descent) used to put their cans of coffee in a small pot of water on the stove to heat them up. One day we were out in the driveway drinking and heard a loud bang (think gunshot type bang). She went inside and had forgotten that she had put a coffee on the stove and it exploded so their entire kitchen was covered in coffee. Great times. And yes, the vending machine game in Japan is top notch. I just went back and visited my daughter (stationed at Yokota Air Base, just outside of Tokyo) last summer and it still rocks. LOL! Oh yeah, and now I live in Navarre so apparently you were just down the street for this.
I owned a 94 Toyota HiAce during the pandemic. Had some of the best times in my life in that van with my then gf/now wife, two dogs and a lot of marijuana. Cheers, James. -another Florida man
Informative and hilarious commentary. Congrats on a totally Alpha car that is in mint condition. Hilarious that it has the side step optioned on one side, in case one finds it too tough to climb in.
Honestly the only questionable design feature of this vehicle. I think it's less convenient and far more dangerous to use the side step than it is to just, you know, step into the cab of the comically tiny vehicle.
Finally, James can rock the little shorts in his little van. Seriously though, love the van and you seem like a solid good dude James. Keep the great content coming but feel free to wear better shorts.
Worked for Subaru in the 80’s as a test car driver for the Advanced Vehicle Development Division. We had an early Sambar and other cool early Subaru stuff in our shop “museum’. The Sambar Dias II is essentially a supercharged Rex that got super sized - the most fun car you can drive next to a classic mini.
From this year you can now buy the 1999 6th generation Subaru Sambar as well. That car actually has some safety as well, kei car regulations were updated that year allowing making the cars 80mm wider and 100mm longer, due to concerns of side-impact safety, and as such has crumple zones both on the side and front as well as airbags. Worth noting that as it doesn't have an engine in the front (an engine block of course won't be crumpling much) the crumple zone is bigger than it looks.
I just clicked on a video of this cool car and I was like "this guy driving looks like the guy from tfbtv" so I checked the channel and figured out its james. Very cool. Greetings from Czechia.
These vehicles are amazing and I would love to see them replace SUVs; it's a shame American automakers and dealers are lobbying so hard to make them illegal to import
Proud owner of a JDM 97’ Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. 3L, 4cyl, intercooled turbo diesel. The thing rocks! I’d own it even if I wasn’t a rural mail carrier.
honestly it's something of a crime that there aren't something similar available in the states. Micro vans and micro trucks .... it's seems like a conspiracy at this point.
I crashed a Kei van into a normal car at 40mph and can testify that you are not the crumple zone. The van was crushed at the front but I could still get my legs out and walk away.
I had a 67 VW Bus and that was a death trap in any collision involving the front end... there was the headlights, a thin piece of sheet metal and YOU...
I have a manual swapped carbon copy of your van. Love marshmallow and your absolutely correct as the X owner of a kia stinger this get way way way more attention from the right kind of people.
How hard was the swap? I’m thinking about doing the same thing. In fact if you want to email me at JJReevesii@gmail.com I would love to get the details.
Seeing a new video about the Farmer's Porsche, awesome. Wait, what? It's JAMES!!! Actually got my '91 supercharged manual (RWD, red, with the sunsun roof) a couple years ago as a surprise birthday gift from my wife. Was planning on my 40th B-day party then COVID happened, so got me this instead. Yes, she's a keeper.
I've been looking at kei trucks recently since there is an importer not far. So this is a welcome review from a channel i was least expecting to do one
Perfect review, nailed everything. Excelsior work, Jameothy. While all the cool fun stuff is true, but you really nailed it pointing out the ECVT being the weak spot - that’s what killed mine. It melted down and my wife was like “no, we’re not dropping $4K on a new one.”. She was very cool in supporting my need to have this car AND a Mitsubishi Delica, so it wasn’t going to be a fight. I shall live vicariously through you. Long live the Sammie!
@@JamesReeves In retrospect, that would have been an excellent idea lol, but no I did not. They are quirky little cars and I think my betrothed was just ready for a normal car for a while. I just did a quick Google search in Vancouver and not a lot came up for manual trannie, but I suspect places like Japanoid would do it. Now I want to get a quote ...
I guess one can spend a truckload of money on a supercar and continue to spend ridiculous amounts of money on its maintainance or one can spend a 20th of that on something silly that is still fun. Enjoy!
Hey James, hope your saturdays going well so far! Would love to see more witty funny reviews of other cool things you have sprinkled in with gun videos.
I’m highly interested in getting one of these, especially since I work for Subaru, but I never thought I would be getting a history lesson about one from the James Reeves!
Thank you, thank you so so so much. I love you James, my algorithm was a "fear loop" I've bought too many guns based off my own fears of being raped or mugged and left for dead(happened to me), I find you extremely charismatic, I could watch you run errands on your day off, I would watch a video of you washing the dishes......... I no longer want to feed into my fear cycle, thank you so so much for This kinda video, "buy a gun because the world is dangerous and here's an example of a news fear mongering clip.... my gun /ammo collection is now over $200k. I've lost faith in America and much of humanity, I plan to move to a foreign country and buy condos where their no cell phone reception signal, I tried being a Mennonite(amish) because I'm rich and mostly German...Mennonites never accept outsiders, so Argentina, Philippines and Burma is where my looking to start living, I'm 43 with no loans, no mortgage, no wife, no gf, no kids. Again, I love you, thank you so much for This,kind of video. Do you have a vacation/ tourist channel, i want to watch that. I have enough guns, I need to get over my fears of assault, I don't want to keep feeding into fear mongering. Fear mongering sells guns but leaves me alone and afraid. What are small towns like in the foreign countries you been to? You must have some travel videos? I'm stuck waiting for my elderly parents to pass away so I can continue on with my life. Post script: you once mentioned trying to teach your baby boomer parent How to play Nintendo wii, I felt that like a knife to the heart, both of my parents own several businesses but I've spent the last 8years trying and failing to explain Inflation(don't even try, no baby boomer will ever understand Inflation, no matter what you do, if even showed boomers Inflation app calculator, which helps but they still truly don't understand What is Inflation). Pps: Thank you again James. I love you.
This is an awesome video and the van is sweet but the best part was @jamesreeves driving around Pensacola and toward Navarre bringing back all my college memories. I may have helped keep that Tom Thumb afloat between 2001 and 2005.
Watching this after watching your Suzuki Jimny video, again I’m extremely surprised it’s YOU, what at an absolute chad based car tastes, excellent video as always. at this rate In wouldn’t be surprised if you’re getting a Daihatsu Mira or Toyota Hilux next
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This exact Subaru from the video is for sale right now on EBay! www.ebay.com/itm/135095935621
9k----->22k wow
@@kayninepvp1717 yea thats a big jump lol, it is in great condition but i just got the same Van but a 1997 with 60k miles for $8k, Supercharged AWD new transmission and no rust. its a blast. you will get a lot of attention in it though.
@@kayninepvp1717 Didnt get enough youtube money lol.
It seems like you quite liked it from the video. What ultimately made you decide to sell it?
@@bobdobsin6216 he already caught all original 200 Pokémon and his Pokédex is full.
Driving a slow car as fast as it can go (and not even breaking the speed limit) is a whole lot more fun than tip-toeing around in a high power car.
As someone who has owned a few 80’s/90’s Japanese sport compacts that were under 160hp I can vouch for this philosophy. 😂
Speed is all about perspective
Hence the fun of go-karts
it feels like it must be like when you blast through the earths atmosphere.
I've owned faster cars since I had my NA Miata, but none more fun.
This has increased my love for James by at least 300%...
This just feels like the natural progression of this channel
I did a double take when I saw this in my feed.
Tfb, Subaru and JDM? This is the most epic crossover I ever seen
Not the crossover I expected but definitely a crossover I needed
@@draksia I have 3 Subarus so this is my jam lol. I got this sticker that says "Subaru, not just for agates"
I'm trying to take them back
Its not a Crossover, Its a Van
All we need for the epic crossover is Ian, Fat Electrician, Drachinifel, Chieftain making a road trip from Louisiana to see Battleship North Carolina with stops for firing ranges and microbreweries
Imagine this bad boy rolling up and 4 or 6 guys pop out dressed like nasa office workers armed with gucci ar-15's.
They probably would have women's underwear on as well
It seems like an A team, Fanny pack, short shorts activity.
@@Joe-hz1nw where does one volunteer for such activities?
@@Nightdiver20 right now? Gaza or eastern Ukraine 💀
@Joe-hz1nw haha, well, I refuse to be a part of zelensky's money laundering operations, and I'm not really a fan of anyone in the Middle East. How about South America?
"You are the Crumple Zone." has been my social identity for a long time. I need this car.
I survived being my mom's airbag as a young child. I can handle this.
Could a front crash bar be added, like on a jeep?
@@douglb8960 Yes.
And in the event of a crash, the crash bar would be entirely unharmed. The driver and passenger, however, would be bisected by said bar when it goes through the dashboard.
honestly look at it. its cheap. look at how much a car costs these days. 10k plus whatever he spent in shipping is cheap. you can park it anywhere. it gets stupid gas milage. you can actually throw a matress in the back and use it for a micro camper. you can haul a decent sized major appliance in it. its got plenty of room for the average home depot/lowes run.
there is a van like this in my area that has a high top on it. it parks next to an e-250 based camper. it literally looks like the campers child. its hilarious.
-- what is safer, Kei van/truck OR a...motorcycle?
I saw the notification and I just had to know what a Reeves car review was like
It is reminiscent of early regular car reviews channel
I was waiting for him to toss it into the bayou...
@@OhioCruffler Gotta find out how it handles being immersed in brackish NOLA water.
Brown, brown, brown.
Same
"Are you James from Grindr"?
He didn't say no... 😏
This cute lil van screams “my concealed carry is chambered in 32acp”
theOneTrueCaliber
32 ACP is based
Developed by John Moses Browning. Can’t go wrong.
not 9mm mak?
@@superdupermax no that would be a Trabant. th-cam.com/video/No1-4GsQa-g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jZHeuPuRnZQ08fFf
The line "I am, fiscally, sturdy...and I might like to f###" is the funniest fucking line I've ever heard you say from TFB to now, the delivery was perfect and I have to sample it for a soundboard now
"Cuckleberry Finn" was the G.O.A.T. of TFB TV insults, and if you ever achieve the opportunity to use it on someone you are actively cucking, you become a God among men.
"Are you James from Grindr?"
Get this man a job at TFBTV immediately.
I am absolutely on board with car content from James. More of this, please and thank you.
Same, same
Unexpected, but never unwelcome
James out here driving a bastard, wrong-hand drive minivan while ordering a Whataburger.
I've been to that exact Whataburger so many times at 3 am lol
God bless America.
I had a RHD Mini Cooper S. I just went through the drivethroughs in reverse
RIGHT(aka correct) Hand Drive
@@Trashhauler That's what I do in my RHD Suzuki Cappuccino.
James, been driving a Kei truck for over a year. Glad to see you drank the Kei Kool-aid. To understand a Kei vehicle you have to experience one. The van looks fantastic.
C00L
Never thought James would doing Doug Demouro type of review. Thanks for an education I didn’t need.
Never thought I’d see James talking about one of my favorite classes of car, but I’m fuckin here for it.
Even if it's not a series with regular uploads, I fuck with James Reeves Car Reviews hard. Best car review I've seen in long awhile.
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Kinda reminded me of Regular Car Reviews, another great channel
Wish you could do that to me too
No joke one of your best videos ever. The wife is Japanese and had to explain some of the jokes but she is happy you like the vehicle.
Everytime I deployed to Guam, I always saw a lot of the locals driving little vans like this around, as well as the little trucks that have the little flatbed with short folding doors around the edges. The locals absolutely PACK those little trucks with as much stuff as they can. Always saw them driving around with cargo stacked twice as tall as the truck. I've wanted one of these little vehicles ever since I first saw one.
Guam being a territory allows them to get around a LOT of bullshit our government has done to us.
Importing either from there or Peru is always a good idea, or Mexico but those guys would rather die than sell their hard little working vehicles
Man, you gotta upload more stuff like this, love the content
With the price of "regular" cars and trucks nowadays, The US really needs its own "Kei Car" standards.
I spent some time in Asia and love these little beauties! We definitely need more James Reeves car reviews!
Colion Noir in his Porsche and other exotics.... And here is James Reeves in Subaru Sambar. You go, king.
Exotics are a waste of money unless they're from the 70's or further back
Colion is cool too.
@@jezuzfreek777Colin is a sellout, bought and paid for with NRA and USCCA money to do nothing.
I know some girls in street racing world. Among car girls, Porsche make them dry. A car to impress you need to explain it's German racing lap times. Something only accountant would care about 😂
Funny you think that James daily driver isn't an expensive car. He *just* got this van from the guy, this isn't his main
I had one when I lived in Sasebo, Japan in '05-'08. Mine was a '91 and had an actual supercharger (tiny). It was SO fun to drive it was just insane. I rattle canned it flat black and called it the Van of Death. The idle was messed up and at idle the throttle would keep spiking every few seconds by itself so it sounded like it was trying to race everything. It was a good time.
I had a JDM van similar to this one called a "Subaru Domingo" and it did the same thing while idling glad to know i wasn't the only one
My grandpa passed me down his 87' Nissan Vanette dx. Basically a bit larger van with a short roof. She's a plain jane though..Rwd with a five speed manual and It has round headlights so it looks like a miata. I was actually brought home in the van when I was born😂
Just got back from Japan and when this hit my YT feed, I was saying "perfection" to myself. Completely unexpected but so appreciated. Thanks James.
I can also imagine Aaron getting a bunch of inquiries soon as well.
I saw something like this for sale near me for around $4500 and I'm so tempted even though I have absolutely no need for another car right now.
Gotta love the tasteful masculinity of a kei van. Great choice of wheels and a phenomenal video!
When I went to Japan, I was as surprised how many tiny box cars like this were on the road.
I was there last year and kept looking at the different scooters delivery drivers were using. I saw a little 3 wheeled one that would be kind of cool to have since it had a huge storage box on back.
Japan has really narrow street roads so those small cars work really well
Japan just stacked on top of their old buildings and their people are all tiny
Why would you expect anything less?
@@victorkreig6089 The people aren't tiny and the kei cars actually usually have plenty of room for someone north of 6 feet. Older Japanese generations were somewhat malnourished and that's why their growth was stunted. With modern nutrition, younger Japanese people are roughly as tall as people in the West. I was surprised at how many tall people I saw when I was in Japan.
Kei cars are simply too advantageous to not choose:
-reduced taxes
-cheaper insurance
-super easy to maintain
-surprisingly roomy for the footprint
-easy to park (sometimes with special kei-only parking that's cheaper)
-easy to maneuver around older streets with narrow passageways or minor impediments
-very fuel efficient
Driving a medium~full size car in Japan is a pain the ass TBH.
So amazing seeing my separate interests come together on one channel. The algorithm brought me this video so fast it was was still being uploaded probably. Love it!
The Honda dealership near me has a few of these for sale. I’ve watched a few videos on TH-cam about them, and by far this is the best one. Great job!
I have a fleet of Kei vehicles, mostly turbo Kei vans. Perfect range vehicle, and it’s the only vehicle I’ve ever had that women actually like
Which vans do you have? I have a 94 Bravo GT w/ 5spd turbo intercooler with super aero glass tops, and also I have a 96 Dias 5 spd w/ supercharger and glass tops
@@dougnashz I have a 92 bravo awd turbo with the glass roof. And a turbo Autozam Scrum, also a turbo Jimny and a Subaru RX-R which is supercharged.
@@AtomicCheesegodwow, super jelly.
Gun guy who likes JDM Kei cars too? My new favorite channel 😂
As a long time fan of your videos and an Australian owner of a 1994 Sambar minitruck, I loved this video
i clicked on this video not even knowing what channel it was...i was quite confused, and very amused when i realized it was James!
I was stationed out in Japan for 2 years. Fell in love with these types of vans and trucks.
I’m an American who’s lived in Japan since 1991. I love the snark of this video.
The branch into car reviews is unexpected but welcome. Always loved your production style but this review took it to a whole other level. Kei cars of any stripe are always super fun and exciting to see in the wild just for how different they are. Always wanted an Acty.
I appreciate that. Thank you.
Idk why, but this gives a Tokyo vaporwave vibe and now I’m in love with this and want one bad.
Been secretly on the lookout for a sambar or Honda mini truck. Glad to see Mr Reeves is a fellow connoisseur of mobility perfection 👌
I have a Honda ACTY HA4. Probably the best purchase I’ve ever made
@@Trijiconfucious I've wanted one ever since I spotted one in Sonatine when I first saw it in 99, what always concerned me was the engine being right fucking there. IS that a legit concern or are they pretty quiet?
@@victorkreig6089 so with the Hondas and Subarus, it’s a mid engine, so the engine cover is actually in the bed of the truck. It’s really not loud at all, and the Subarus are even quieter since they’re 4 cylinder. But the issue with that (especially in the Subarus) is they are prone to overrevving and destroying the camshaft. 99% of these trucks don’t come stock with a tachometer, so it’s all by sound or by a quasi tachometer built into the speedometer on the Hondas. The Hondas are still loud enough where you don’t really overrev them. The Suzukis, Dihatsu, and Mitsubishis have the motor under the seats in the cab, so they’re probably a bit louder, but I have no first hand experience with them.
@@Trijiconfucious noted, many thanks
The Honda is a gutless wonder. The Subaru sambar with the supercharger is a significant upgrade. My buddies Honda can't get over about 55 and struggles on hills. Add any cargo to the bed and it will struggle terribly. They are all 660cc but power varies widely. If I couldn't get a Subaru I'd go with the Dihatsu.
Informative and entertaining. I had already seen the Doug Demuro review of the Sambar and you both have a lot of the similar thoughts, as well as the same conclusion that it's a really cool car.
F-ing awesome to see you talk cars. As well done as any pew pew video or other top car content creator. More car content please!
As a k-truck owner and a longtime viewer, very unexpected and welcome :-)
James Reeves is a car guy?! You sir are now my idol.
Coffee Boss kept me awake on the tours, amazing stuff
It's so good. My wife and I crushed 4-5 a day between the both of us in Japan.
It is good stuff. Luckily for me there are Japanese markets in socal that stock it at a reasonable markup.
@@JamesReeves When living in Okinawa my neighbors (husband active duty Navy and wife of Japanese descent) used to put their cans of coffee in a small pot of water on the stove to heat them up. One day we were out in the driveway drinking and heard a loud bang (think gunshot type bang). She went inside and had forgotten that she had put a coffee on the stove and it exploded so their entire kitchen was covered in coffee. Great times. And yes, the vending machine game in Japan is top notch. I just went back and visited my daughter (stationed at Yokota Air Base, just outside of Tokyo) last summer and it still rocks. LOL! Oh yeah, and now I live in Navarre so apparently you were just down the street for this.
I would never have expected James Reeves to own a car like this. Bro can’t get much cooler.
Well damn, I didn't realize James Reeves was a JDM hipster.
I've been wanting an Alto Works for years now. I'd also 100% rock that van.
I owned a 94 Toyota HiAce during the pandemic. Had some of the best times in my life in that van with my then gf/now wife, two dogs and a lot of marijuana. Cheers, James. -another Florida man
Love the HiAce
would never have expected to see James in a Kei car. Wild. I used to have a Suzuki Alto Works.
My gun fandoms and my JDM car fandoms have collided.
They were always in the same venn diagram
This review was everything I expected and more!!! Thank you Sir
Finally a car to match the shorts.
Awesome review of the Sambar. Great to see your unique perspective and razor sharp wit on a vehicle.
Please do some more. 👌🏻👌🏻
I love its simplicity, and durability !!!!!!
Informative and hilarious commentary. Congrats on a totally Alpha car that is in mint condition. Hilarious that it has the side step optioned on one side, in case one finds it too tough to climb in.
Honestly the only questionable design feature of this vehicle. I think it's less convenient and far more dangerous to use the side step than it is to just, you know, step into the cab of the comically tiny vehicle.
Finally, James can rock the little shorts in his little van.
Seriously though, love the van and you seem like a solid good dude James. Keep the great content coming but feel free to wear better shorts.
Worked for Subaru in the 80’s as a test car driver for the Advanced Vehicle Development Division. We had an early Sambar and other cool early Subaru stuff in our shop “museum’. The Sambar Dias II is essentially a supercharged Rex that got super sized - the most fun car you can drive next to a classic mini.
got to ride in a classic Mini
3rd grade
Fulda, West Germany
How crazy! I was actually curious about that when I heard about at a show.
And low, James Reeves does a video.
Well done sir, well done.
dude, obviously i love your gun reviews but im blown away by the surprise of how enjoyable these car reviews are.
From this year you can now buy the 1999 6th generation Subaru Sambar as well.
That car actually has some safety as well, kei car regulations were updated that year allowing making the cars 80mm wider and 100mm longer, due to concerns of side-impact safety, and as such has crumple zones both on the side and front as well as airbags.
Worth noting that as it doesn't have an engine in the front (an engine block of course won't be crumpling much) the crumple zone is bigger than it looks.
I just clicked on a video of this cool car and I was like "this guy driving looks like the guy from tfbtv" so I checked the channel and figured out its james. Very cool. Greetings from Czechia.
James. So cool to you branching out. I have an idea for a new topic you could be really good at. How about some FREAKIN MAILROOM!!!!
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The term Runabout seems to fit; it was used back in the 1920s to connotate short distance use.
This is amazing. Please do more car reviews 😂
I had this exact car. The best, most practical, most fun, most joyous car I ever had or will have. Instant happiness on wheels.
Any chance we'll see more of your car collection?
One more video already made. We'll see how these two do.
Confirmed man of culture, didnt expect this kinda video from you but thoroughly enjoyed it
The big sunroof is so damn cool
my truck arrives in a couple weeks, thanks for the tip claw stick thing and drive thrus
These vehicles are amazing and I would love to see them replace SUVs; it's a shame American automakers and dealers are lobbying so hard to make them illegal to import
James Reeves made a video about his own personal kei car!? Dude that made my day. I’m living vicariously.
Spoiler alert: It’s always worth it.
I'm all about James car reviews
I knew James was a weeb
Proud owner of a JDM 97’ Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. 3L, 4cyl, intercooled turbo diesel. The thing rocks! I’d own it even if I wasn’t a rural mail carrier.
90 series then? I have a 70 series Prado and love it
Yes it is. Now I’ll have to see if you’ve done a review on that one! Stashed amongst the gun porn.
In a couple of weeks it'll go hot on this channel.
honestly it's something of a crime that there aren't something similar available in the states. Micro vans and micro trucks .... it's seems like a conspiracy at this point.
I crashed a Kei van into a normal car at 40mph and can testify that you are not the crumple zone. The van was crushed at the front but I could still get my legs out and walk away.
As a long hair Suzuki Jimny owner I can confirm that nothing drops tops like a big man in a tiny car.
I had a 67 VW Bus and that was a death trap in any collision involving the front end... there was the headlights, a thin piece of sheet metal and YOU...
Anybody else wondering " How did I get here?"
I was waiting for the mini gun to pop out the top
No cause this is the most James Reeves thing to exist since booty shorts and golden Berettas
I have a manual swapped carbon copy of your van. Love marshmallow and your absolutely correct as the X owner of a kia stinger this get way way way more attention from the right kind of people.
How hard was the swap? I’m thinking about doing the same thing. In fact if you want to email me at JJReevesii@gmail.com I would love to get the details.
This van is why the UAW union and Government regulations have ruined the US car market.
Seeing a new video about the Farmer's Porsche, awesome. Wait, what? It's JAMES!!!
Actually got my '91 supercharged manual (RWD, red, with the sunsun roof) a couple years ago as a surprise birthday gift from my wife. Was planning on my 40th B-day party then COVID happened, so got me this instead. Yes, she's a keeper.
Fellow van men of culture, we meet again.
I've been looking at kei trucks recently since there is an importer not far. So this is a welcome review from a channel i was least expecting to do one
But can you mount a M2 on it?
You can, it's a Japanese vehicle.
Practical Toyota Hilux
Perfect review, nailed everything. Excelsior work, Jameothy.
While all the cool fun stuff is true, but you really nailed it pointing out the ECVT being the weak spot - that’s what killed mine. It melted down and my wife was like “no, we’re not dropping $4K on a new one.”. She was very cool in supporting my need to have this car AND a Mitsubishi Delica, so it wasn’t going to be a fight.
I shall live vicariously through you. Long live the Sammie!
Did you look at finding a manual for a transmission swap?
@@JamesReeves In retrospect, that would have been an excellent idea lol, but no I did not. They are quirky little cars and I think my betrothed was just ready for a normal car for a while.
I just did a quick Google search in Vancouver and not a lot came up for manual trannie, but I suspect places like Japanoid would do it.
Now I want to get a quote ...
You had me at Tina Fey! 😁🤘🏼👍🏼❤️
A perfect analogy!
I didn't expect James was swinging for the RHD team. But damn, that CVT . . .
I guess one can spend a truckload of money on a supercar and continue to spend ridiculous amounts of money on its maintainance or one can spend a 20th of that on something silly that is still fun. Enjoy!
Hey James, hope your saturdays going well so far! Would love to see more witty funny reviews of other cool things you have sprinkled in with gun videos.
I never knew you liked your vans like you liked your shorts.
I’m highly interested in getting one of these, especially since I work for Subaru, but I never thought I would be getting a history lesson about one from the James Reeves!
Did you crank Yung Gravy's "Skiing in Japan" while you rode around with your bros in your Pokémon van?
dude, your presentation/reviewing skills fit perfectly for auto stuff. More car videos!!
Aaron's contact info if you are looking for a van like this: www.bulldogautojapan.com/
instagram.com/bulldogautojapan
A true man of culture🙏
Thank you, thank you so so so much. I love you James, my algorithm was a "fear loop" I've bought too many guns based off my own fears of being raped or mugged and left for dead(happened to me), I find you extremely charismatic, I could watch you run errands on your day off, I would watch a video of you washing the dishes......... I no longer want to feed into my fear cycle, thank you so so much for This kinda video, "buy a gun because the world is dangerous and here's an example of a news fear mongering clip.... my gun /ammo collection is now over $200k. I've lost faith in America and much of humanity, I plan to move to a foreign country and buy condos where their no cell phone reception signal, I tried being a Mennonite(amish) because I'm rich and mostly German...Mennonites never accept outsiders, so Argentina, Philippines and Burma is where my looking to start living, I'm 43 with no loans, no mortgage, no wife, no gf, no kids. Again, I love you, thank you so much for This,kind of video. Do you have a vacation/ tourist channel, i want to watch that. I have enough guns, I need to get over my fears of assault, I don't want to keep feeding into fear mongering. Fear mongering sells guns but leaves me alone and afraid. What are small towns like in the foreign countries you been to? You must have some travel videos? I'm stuck waiting for my elderly parents to pass away so I can continue on with my life.
Post script: you once mentioned trying to teach your baby boomer parent How to play Nintendo wii, I felt that like a knife to the heart, both of my parents own several businesses but I've spent the last 8years trying and failing to explain Inflation(don't even try, no baby boomer will ever understand Inflation, no matter what you do, if even showed boomers Inflation app calculator, which helps but they still truly don't understand What is Inflation).
Pps: Thank you again James. I love you.
Hilux’s 🤔
This is an awesome video and the van is sweet but the best part was @jamesreeves driving around Pensacola and toward Navarre bringing back all my college memories. I may have helped keep that Tom Thumb afloat between 2001 and 2005.
Watching this after watching your Suzuki Jimny video, again I’m extremely surprised it’s YOU, what at an absolute chad based car tastes, excellent video as always. at this rate In wouldn’t be surprised if you’re getting a Daihatsu Mira or Toyota Hilux next
Damn, we out here!