2003 Toyota Raum (Canada Import) Japan Auction Purchase Review
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- Toyota Raum Purchased and Exported from Japan
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There is nothing particularly "weird" about this car. It's just incredibly inventive and practical.
I'd say the door situation is quite wierd
@@isakjohansson7134 I don't know what "wierd" means. You Danes are too much.
@@paulparoma you dont know what wierd means?
@@isakjohansson7134 You just don't get it, do you?
@@paulparoma i guess not
Doug demuro would probably liked to review this car, so many quirk for a toyota
right! 🤷♂️
This car can be perfect as a taxi, and the rear passenger can use the front seat as a table or as a footstool. So weird that I kinda like it.
It's a good car i like it its spacious
This car is sometimes used to carry disabled people, the passenger seat could be lifted will be very useful. The door served as B pillar, that's probably why it is super heavy.
Thanks for the video, it's great.
Think the name refers to the German "raum" meaning space/spacies. Quirky car, wouldn't get one myself. But I can see the appeal.
I agree that it's probably the German raum 👍
Tharmas13 btw I would say Roomy is a better translation for raum. Confidentiality Toyota also sells a car called Roomy
Raum was very popular in Russia
Yeah that's why most of the reviews are in Russian language
The seats fold forward in the Dodge Caravan the back seat of the last two generations. You can usually for long items. PT Cruiser pass seat also folds flat for the same reason.
5:57 probably to make space for the fuel door and all that stuff..
Finally Managed to find this Excellent review and that too in english.
I always like to these videos of you where you go through weird cars and show their pros and quirks... It's like watching a review of a new product, but then after it had been used for ten years! 😅
Btw: do you always smell your real estate agent? 😱
Every time I get a chance I do.
I had the 1st Gen and love it.
We buy raum in February Alhumdulliha it is a good car for family use ❤
what a cool little van!!
The Ford B-Max also doesn't have B pillars but on both sides.
And that car costs them so much to make they have discontinued it.
That Toyota Bb pickup truck is called Bb Open Deck there in Japan right? It's very rare here in the Philippines.
This reminds me of a General Motors-based subcompact, or compact. I can't remember which one, though.
I have seen these cars, and just thought they were ugly. Still think they are ugly, but didn't know it had so many quirks and features like Doug Demuro would say. Makes it really cool actually.
Hahaha...stuck in the back seat again! ...and yes, happened to be the same platform (my old bB).
It looks like the speaker is tilted to allow the fuel filler pipe some space.
Good thinking
@0:13 Interesting, a vehicle with a German name. ^^
Nearly perfect just not wierd enough body shape for me tho. I settled for a Toyota urban cruiser cos it was the strangest thing I saw for sale at the time in the UK when I was looking
I don’t suppose you know if they share the same suspension with the Yaris? Looking to buy springs
11:28 Vitz? If it is, how come you not remember the Vitz name while living in Japan? They are basically sold the Yaris as Vitz there right? Hahaha
That car has three different names depending on your country. It's was called the Echo in Canada before it changed names to Yaris. In Japan it has always been called the Vitz. It's funny, when I use the Japanese names people call me stupid and when I call it the other country names, people call me stupid. I suppose it's just the nature of the TH-cam comment section.
PacificCoastAuto Well, i am aware of those 3 different naming that toyota gave, and atleast i'm not calling someone stupid for refering different product names. It just chuckles me a bit when you forgot the Vitz name while living in Japan and work in car importing scene 🤣🤣
PacificCoastAuto don't worry we are here
Echo/Yaris/Vitz/Vios
@@Banom7a It's also called a Clavia in some countries.
Raum is a german word which means space or room with enough space
Raum [ʀaʊ̯m] is german and means room or space as in volume (wich i guess is what they're going for). Pronunciation -> en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Raum
No offence, but I really can't see the appeal of shipping a 5 seater hatchback to Canada when there are plenty of similar offerings in NA. I mean it's not that unique apart from its looks, and the flipping seat.
I don't recommend this to you then.
There are a lot of people that want something different than what's available to them.
I had the older generation of these in Japan, it was a decent car, but I don't know why anyone would want to import a RHD car from Japan to a LHD country unless it was really special. Oh and my supervisor in Japan always called it a 'Laumu'
I GAVE mine away when it was too old to be worth doing the road certification ... probably cost no more than $300, possibly a lot less. This is after I paid $1600 for it six months previously ... my neighbours no doubt sold it to a Russian car dealer who shipped it to Vladivostock (I lived in Toyama).
Raiuum rauuuuuuum
If you have any questions about the yaris,vitz and echo ask me
Raum, German word, means room, or can refef to "living space" I've had two of fhese cars, and absolutely love them!! Bought my second car two weeks ago,,only 34500 k's on the clock, goes really well!! Not at all "weird" as the presenter of this video seems to think!! It's possible to get a completely flat floor right up to the back of the front seats with these "weird" cars. In short, in no way are these cars weird!! ...... I do think however that that the presentef may be just a little ... "weird"!!! These cars are becomming increasingly popular in In NZ, and please learn how to pronounce "Raum" . The "au" phonetically is owm, as in brown or frown,. Got it??? Say Rowm, ok?? Not really weird at all.
I would like advice guys what sort of rims should I put on
Would love a legroom/headroom comment addition your already great reviews.
#concernedCanadianSized
Kinda looks like a scion Xa that got stretched a foot or so
I believe that the “glass coating” you refer to is known as a “ceramic coating” in English
Nick Bruno I think he meant clear coat
I think it's designed for PWDs?
I need something like this shape for work vehicle
I am more interested in who and why bought this?
Plz do firetruck video
the back doors are automatic 🤣🤣🤣 you dint notice that
This and the upload 2 days ago are the opposite spectrum of Toyotas lol
...why? why would anyone buy this, pay the import etc, when you could get a beautiful little hiace turbi, impreza,... anything
Le prix c'est combien
I don’t really think this car should be a Grade 4, more like a 3.5 o be Honest, to many things wrong with the Exterior, take care !
Yeah that wouldn't pass the crash test here...At least not the side one.
Hey can I order a vehicle from you
Cool :)
Raum is german for space
A Scion Xa or Xd
I have one
Weird and kind of ugly car, but I dig it. Tip on that white paint, until fairly recently(like last 3-5 model years) regular Toyota white paint is a single stage enamal. No clearcoat. If you don't keep it washed/waxed, it does that chalky crap like this car has. Good news is get a buffer and some compound, you can get that paint looking brand new again. Same thing with that Toyota red that fades to pink, its a single stage enamal.
Also I kind of wonder about the odometer readings on some of these cars you have, if they've been rolled back. I'm not trying to defame you or anything, as I'm sure you run an upstanding business and ARE NOT the ones rolling odometers back. Its just you buy stuff from auction, it has multiple owners, its old and so few km, etc Anyways here in the states it isn't hard to roll back an odometer and pass it off as actual miles if you know how to game the system.
25,000km and the steering wheel is already showing wear on it. That's the type of thing that kind of gives you pause IMO.
6:14 Would not be japan if there was not a good boye Shibe
can some one help this guy , he locked him self inside.
VVT-I the i means injection. Not intelligent
This is a ugly car