When Quinn asked why the ac compressor can’t be used as a heater I was waiting for Alec to pop out of nowhere and explain “if only for the reversing valve”
I know that giant flashy touch screens are "the way of the future" as ordained by pretty much every auto manufacturer now, but they're much less safe than physical, tactile controls (i.e. BUTTONS) that you can feel and activate without taking your eyes off the road.
The collab we didn’t expect but welcome all the more! Do all my favourite TH-camrs know each other? Aging Wheels, Technology Connections, DankPods, Techmoan, Ashens….
Aging Wheels also appeared in the CarTrek series on Tavarish' channel. And if you like old tech you should also check out Nostalgia Nerd, he has some really amazing videos.
I've no clue how you've done it so soon after the iPad review but your content has been fantastic lately, this is now my favorite video of yours and I've been watching you for years! Don't think i've ever laughed this much at a car video, was an absolute joy to watch your guys's back and forth. Snazzy indeed!
I wonder what Coda's profit margins on each sale were. If this car could be sold for 25k while keeping the company solvent, I could imagine a world where this car would have taken the mass EV market by storm while Tesla occupied the luxury EV market. At 25k, Coda sales would likely not have impacted Tesla sales. Lots of people really just wanted a car that was like their old car, but that ran on electricity. I also think that 40k price tag had some taxes added on. Like a greed tax and an early adopter tax. I think the two words to define this car are: "Wasted potential."
I found it so jarring when I realised that this WASN'T one of Robert's Codas my mind cannot comprehend that there exists regular unmodified prototype codas that can be found and purchased by people who aren't Robert
@@theproducertm Refreshed Model S still does. S and X are more expensive, luxury vehicles. For the Model 3, they simplified as much as they possibly could to produce them as fast as possible and having your speed at a side glance wasn't unheard of. The great majority of owners just got used to it, no big deal.
@@theproducertm Which version did you test drive? Have you had a chance to take it out in the back roads? Have you played with the acceleration and steering settings? I'm aware you can't really give me an informed opinion on one pedal driving since it takes some time getting used to before finding it amazing.
Arguably, the Tesla having a touch screen, which even gets changed on updates, is a major negative compared to the Coda. With simple buttons you can just reach and operate them on muscle memory, even while driving. Whereas with a touch screen, you have to look at the screen to see where you are tapping. If you manage to build muscle memory for it, an update can completely and irreversibly break this. For this, and the better battery chemistry, I'd have picked the Coda if given those two choices. Now I only consider cars with physical buttons operating the car's features, the entertainment unit should be separate and preferably upgradeable.
"slaps roof" this coda car is so futuristic that you wouldn't know if it was from the future cause it had the designs of olden days. Modern camouflage baby
Insta360 needs to work on their lens warp correction. Most of the time it's fine, but there was a shot in the ad segment where you could really see it's shortcomings in how it made that Hummer look waaay out of proportion.
Love how the Avenues is the handling proving ground for the Coda (and almost bricking it in SLC Cemetery = priceless). Seems like a fun little city runabout.
No, I'm not sorry for saying this. Tesla's UI is problematic for multiple reasons. So is the Coda, _but_ this is what's important: it's familiar for veteran drivers. I'd frankly take a vehicle with _buttons_ all over the place where I would know what to press when driving than interacting with an oversized tablet.
5:15 As someone who has an engineering degree and is the child of Vietnamese immigrants that owned several nail salons, that comment really caught me off-guard lmao
2:10 They also designed the Norwegian NSB Type72, currently operating mainly in Stavanger on the Jæren line; and in the east in assorted roles around Oslo.
Now Robert knows what the coolant lines of a stock Coda look like. I'm starting to wonder how much of Robert's problems with his Coda is due to it being hacked back together from a CVT monstrosity. I'm going to assume not much. I can't help but think this will be FAR from the last we'll see from that Coda.
Not sure if you're gonna read this but I have some things to say about the current electric vehicles. They all are trying to be like tesla. Just like all other smartphones are trying to be iPhone. You don't need to be any of that stuff. You don't need to have cameras for mirrors, don't need to have big touch screens, onboard navigation which sucks btw because how slow and inaccurate them being sometimes, doors that open weird, or self driving mode etc. None of that. Take 1995 Honda Civic, remove ICE put Electric motor and put a decent range. That's literally it. You wouldn't need a giant screen and navigation display to find closest gas station, you would mpst likely use google maps for it or any other navigation app in your phone. Hence, you shouldn't need the same hardware to find a charging station. Complexity = Bad Be a 1995 Honda Civic Electric.
The issue with that approach is that nobody makes a 95 civic. Any new model car has a giant touch screen and complex internals. It's not an electric thing it's just a car thing.
I remember the Coda store at Westfield mall in Century City West LA. It got replaced by the tesla store and subsequently became the highest grossing store they have.
I’ve said this before, but I love unscripted Quinn. There’s level of unhinged and just pure spontaneity that is so entertaining to watch and listen to.
Being 2012, people were of course leery about electric cars. Aside from the vehicle's attributes, a *Chinese* electric car was just a bridge too far. And a Chinese vehicle it was, even if they went through the motions of "assembling" (twiddling a few bolts) here in the USA.
I think the true reason electric vehicles were unable to take off until recently is because they kept making them ugly. as. shit. in an attempt to look futuristic, or in the case of vehicles like Prius, appeal to more markets by combining sedans and small SUVs, instead of making their current vehicles electric.
@@archive3do769 after the federal tax incentives it was about $13,000 brand new. Range in good weather was 75-125 miles. It was poorly built. Not very comfortable and had some quirks. But I didn't have to buy gas!
@@keithremelts36 not terrible if you live in an area with short burst drives and charging stations I suppose, especially in 2014 when gas wasn't cheap either. Kia was selling overstock Souls for like 9k/10k around that time with $200 gas cards. So you definitely didn't come out too bad it sounds like.
If you ever want to see a clash in different TH-camr styles watch that walk around of the car. One is trying to be a car journalist and talk about the features of the Coda, the other is just a bloke showing off his car. Very funny.
@@snazzy honestly I think it looks just fine, it’s just naturalistic. Which is honestly what I want from a car review, I don’t want neon grass or endless depth to the dust on the car.
I wish the Koda was the breakout car instead of the Tesla. It's just a car that happens to be electric, which is all you actually need in a car. Instead of pushing self driving tech, they focus more on the R and D of the car itself, meaning more affordable and dependable cars.
I really wish these things got off the ground, the potential for them was huge at the time! Even by todays standards advertising an electric car with batteries that don't degrade as much and are significantly more environment friendly not to mention more slave labor friendly would be absolutely huge!
We forgot to film our intro, so Robert just appears out of nowhere-fitting though-he does it in real life. Thanks to @AgingWheels!
Robert is an awesome dude.
When he said x3 the look on my face went DARK. Until I realized it was a insta 360
You should do a tech adventure video and try and disable the speed limiter.
I love how he just pops up like yea, Playa this my car...we gonna race? *playfully tosses keys*
When Quinn asked why the ac compressor can’t be used as a heater I was waiting for Alec to pop out of nowhere and explain “if only for the reversing valve”
If only we had Alec! Haha
@@snazzy Through the magic of buying two of them!
Omg that wouldn't been perfect, I clearly remember that line LOL
And thanks to robert owning multiple codas, he could show us by the magic of having two of them!
Aging Wheels is essentially the greatest Coda collector in history
And the onliest
If they made it to our shores, I would hunt one down LOL 🤣
Don't forget Wheego Life collector!
@@sergiofreitas9368 With his own personal Wheego tech support!
Aaaaand he bought Quinn's Coda.
Seeing your Camera Operator tossed around in the back at 14:17 is very hilarious
I know that giant flashy touch screens are "the way of the future" as ordained by pretty much every auto manufacturer now, but they're much less safe than physical, tactile controls (i.e. BUTTONS) that you can feel and activate without taking your eyes off the road.
The collab we didn’t expect but welcome all the more! Do all my favourite TH-camrs know each other? Aging Wheels, Technology Connections, DankPods, Techmoan, Ashens….
There was a time techmoan collabed with 8 bit guy, I think
But yeah, they should all come together and make an electric shitbox video
The NerdCubed videos with Ashens are gold too, I used to watch Daniel all the time back in the day.
Aging Wheels also appeared in the CarTrek series on Tavarish' channel. And if you like old tech you should also check out Nostalgia Nerd, he has some really amazing videos.
I can say that DankPods watches Aging Wheels
@@somedonkus69420 Oh how I wish Daniel had become more popular instead of slowly declining.
I love the enthusiasm Robert has when he talks about the gauges in the Coda
He probably owns the only Coda in existence with fully working guages.
I love the chaotic energy of this video. Great video as always quinn!
Glad you enjoyed!
it's low effort november!
I've no clue how you've done it so soon after the iPad review but your content has been fantastic lately, this is now my favorite video of yours and I've been watching you for years! Don't think i've ever laughed this much at a car video, was an absolute joy to watch your guys's back and forth. Snazzy indeed!
The collaboration we didn't know we needed, didn't deserve, but goddamn is it good.
I wonder what Coda's profit margins on each sale were. If this car could be sold for 25k while keeping the company solvent, I could imagine a world where this car would have taken the mass EV market by storm while Tesla occupied the luxury EV market. At 25k, Coda sales would likely not have impacted Tesla sales. Lots of people really just wanted a car that was like their old car, but that ran on electricity. I also think that 40k price tag had some taxes added on. Like a greed tax and an early adopter tax. I think the two words to define this car are: "Wasted potential."
Great to see CODA owner's club meeting up.
I found it so jarring when I realised that this WASN'T one of Robert's Codas
my mind cannot comprehend that there exists regular unmodified prototype codas that can be found and purchased by people who aren't Robert
Me too.
It is Robert's now, he recently bought it from Quinn.
Resistance is futile, all your Codas shall belong to Robert!
Snazzy labs and aging wheels??? This is amazing!
Aging wheels twice in one day? best thanks giving ever
Big advantage of the Coda: You get a proper dashboard, not that touchscreen-junk.
And the battery chemistry that lasts.
Always great to have Robert to show up.
Love to see Robert on the channel. He's an awesome guy. Probably the best person to talk about the coda with.
I mean the *total* number of people in the country with first-hand knowledge of everything Coda can probably be counted on two hands lol
@@Twinspinner pretty much lol
The Coda has door handles that have outlasted Tesla's several times.
Robert had to replace the Coda's door handles too. They also had a bad design.
@@danam2584Still mechanical so hes able to access his own car if the electrics are completely dead.
@@Altezza1999they are mechanical but they literally break more somehow. It's astonishing.
What I find funny is that the original Model S looked so much better than the current models, back then it actually kind of looked like a car!
I actually prefer the facelift front, by far. That original grille thing always looked weird to me.
It had a freakin gage cluster. Superior to current Teslas in many ways. I'm baffled.
@@theproducertm
Refreshed Model S still does. S and X are more expensive, luxury vehicles. For the Model 3, they simplified as much as they possibly could to produce them as fast as possible and having your speed at a side glance wasn't unheard of. The great majority of owners just got used to it, no big deal.
@@gabrielgingras814 Ah, I wasn't aware. I only ever test drove a model 3 and was somewhat disappointed.
@@theproducertm
Which version did you test drive? Have you had a chance to take it out in the back roads? Have you played with the acceleration and steering settings? I'm aware you can't really give me an informed opinion on one pedal driving since it takes some time getting used to before finding it amazing.
The ending comparison sequence is pure gold!
Just need Technology Connections and the holy trinity is complete!
Arguably, the Tesla having a touch screen, which even gets changed on updates, is a major negative compared to the Coda.
With simple buttons you can just reach and operate them on muscle memory, even while driving.
Whereas with a touch screen, you have to look at the screen to see where you are tapping.
If you manage to build muscle memory for it, an update can completely and irreversibly break this.
For this, and the better battery chemistry, I'd have picked the Coda if given those two choices.
Now I only consider cars with physical buttons operating the car's features, the entertainment unit should be separate and preferably upgradeable.
I don't know what it is about the coda that makes it so appealing to me but I need one
"slaps roof" this coda car is so futuristic that you wouldn't know if it was from the future cause it had the designs of olden days. Modern camouflage baby
Nice collaboration with Aging Wheels, Robert's channel is awesome, I subscribed. 👍
Insta360 needs to work on their lens warp correction. Most of the time it's fine, but there was a shot in the ad segment where you could really see it's shortcomings in how it made that Hummer look waaay out of proportion.
Love how the Avenues is the handling proving ground for the Coda (and almost bricking it in SLC Cemetery = priceless). Seems like a fun little city runabout.
No, I'm not sorry for saying this. Tesla's UI is problematic for multiple reasons. So is the Coda, _but_ this is what's important: it's familiar for veteran drivers. I'd frankly take a vehicle with _buttons_ all over the place where I would know what to press when driving than interacting with an oversized tablet.
I love your videos, there's always that ironic spark that makes me laugh sometimes!!
5:15 As someone who has an engineering degree and is the child of Vietnamese immigrants that owned several nail salons, that comment really caught me off-guard lmao
2:10
They also designed the Norwegian NSB Type72, currently operating mainly in Stavanger on the Jæren line; and in the east in assorted roles around Oslo.
Love that you give aging wheels a Platform he deserves it
Was not expecting this collaboration.
Now Robert knows what the coolant lines of a stock Coda look like.
I'm starting to wonder how much of Robert's problems with his Coda is due to it being hacked back together from a CVT monstrosity. I'm going to assume not much. I can't help but think this will be FAR from the last we'll see from that Coda.
Foreshadowing! Robert bought it from Quinn in his video today!
@@bradensmith888 He did, poor bastard needs an intervention.
I hereby dub thee...
*_The Coda Colab!_*
Interesting info & review, with just the right level of humor.
Thank you!
This is a crossover I didn’t expect but I am happy for
Now this is a collab I never saw coming
Not sure if you're gonna read this but I have some things to say about the current electric vehicles.
They all are trying to be like tesla. Just like all other smartphones are trying to be iPhone.
You don't need to be any of that stuff. You don't need to have cameras for mirrors, don't need to have big touch screens, onboard navigation which sucks btw because how slow and inaccurate them being sometimes, doors that open weird, or self driving mode etc. None of that.
Take 1995 Honda Civic, remove ICE put Electric motor and put a decent range. That's literally it. You wouldn't need a giant screen and navigation display to find closest gas station, you would mpst likely use google maps for it or any other navigation app in your phone. Hence, you shouldn't need the same hardware to find a charging station.
Complexity = Bad
Be a 1995 Honda Civic Electric.
The issue with that approach is that nobody makes a 95 civic. Any new model car has a giant touch screen and complex internals. It's not an electric thing it's just a car thing.
Regardless of the subject you make extremely entertaining videos, thanks.
Thanks!!
Soo true one of the few TH-camrs I have the bell turned on
best colab ever!!!!!
I remember the Coda store at Westfield mall in Century City West LA. It got replaced by the tesla store and subsequently became the highest grossing store they have.
That's sad
It's interesting to learn about EVs of the ancient past, now we've brought that back with style & efficiency,
If the Tesla and the Coda were the same price, and had the same range, I would buy the Coda.
Golly gee. One of my favourite youtubers ever pairing up with Quinn. Happy days.
I’ve said this before, but I love unscripted Quinn. There’s level of unhinged and just pure spontaneity that is so entertaining to watch and listen to.
14:48 "It feels very current-full" ... oh you :D
Wow! didn't expect to see these two together, awesome!
legendary video and vehicle. also nice information throughout the video
Yes! The amazing Aging Wheels getting more attention
Love that camera
I did not see a @AgingWheels crossover so this is awesome. lol
I wish I could upload a photo of my Miles EV. Love Aging Wheels!!
Bumper shot of a 2012 Coda… that rear looking all kinds of fine 🤣
17:35 her loss on the aux, snazzy confirmed wavy
So funny from the start at the parking lot, move to Garage, and now end up testing the Coda at the cemetery. Quinn you're fcking legend! 😂
even without reading the title i saw the collab coming from a kilometer away when i saw that Coda in the thumbnail XD
what a great collab guys
The colab I didn’t know I needed!!❤❤
Wait you own one? I thought Robert owned the only running Coda on the planet.
It is *I* that owns the only running coda on the planet! Haha
@@snazzy okay, Robert's will run when he fixes it.
How long have you had yours? At the beginning I thought Robert brought his to show off.
Coda compensates for the trunk release delay by opening it REALLY FAST!
My boi aging wheels 🔥
YAY FOR MORE ROBERT (Aging wheels) :D
Two of my favorite TH-camrs in one vid? God are you hearing my prayers?
I will watch any video Robert makes a cameo.
The real issue was that it was an introduction to electric vehicles, but instead was called the Coda.
Automatic rain sensing wipers have been around since the early 2000s. My 2013 Golf came with them standard
M y 2004 Buick Park avenue Ultra 1SE package had rain sensing wipes as standard equipment on the Ultra 1SE package for 2004-2005.
Being 2012, people were of course leery about electric cars. Aside from the vehicle's attributes, a *Chinese* electric car was just a bridge too far. And a Chinese vehicle it was, even if they went through the motions of "assembling" (twiddling a few bolts) here in the USA.
I think the true reason electric vehicles were unable to take off until recently is because they kept making them ugly. as. shit. in an attempt to look futuristic, or in the case of vehicles like Prius, appeal to more markets by combining sedans and small SUVs, instead of making their current vehicles electric.
They're still ugly as hell. Gas cars just had to get ugly too.
The coda has physical gauges and some of them even work! 🎉
Hey! Thank you for this Information. I was just wondering, what camera are you using?
Robert convinced me to subscribe 👍
I love this car. I drove the gas version over 100k
14:17 cameraman doing the most
I was not expecting this crossover episode
Hehe I was thinking to myself: "they are testing the Coda in a graveyard....foreshadowing much?"
Driving a Coda in a cemetery... how fitting
I had one for a couple years. It was cool at the time (and for the price I paid in 2014)
How was the range and your experience with it? What did you pay
@@archive3do769 after the federal tax incentives it was about $13,000 brand new. Range in good weather was 75-125 miles. It was poorly built. Not very comfortable and had some quirks. But I didn't have to buy gas!
@@keithremelts36 not terrible if you live in an area with short burst drives and charging stations I suppose, especially in 2014 when gas wasn't cheap either. Kia was selling overstock Souls for like 9k/10k around that time with $200 gas cards. So you definitely didn't come out too bad it sounds like.
Robert's face as you squeal around a corner 🤣
Dang, my 2001 Bonneville has 12 way adjustable leather seats.
The Model S also had OTA updates, and it still gets them
my favourite tesla feature is catching fire
This episode is so awesome
If you ever want to see a clash in different TH-camr styles watch that walk around of the car. One is trying to be a car journalist and talk about the features of the Coda, the other is just a bloke showing off his car. Very funny.
I wouldn't say you *wasted* your money. Tax write-off, video revenue, reselling the vehicle and writing off the lost will more than cover the cost.
Aging Wheels is the manz.
7:00 Insta360 seems to be having problems keeping terrain polygons steady :)
Was the Boss radio stock, or what magic made the ev info work on an aftermarket head unit?
Reverse camera input I believe. No Coda software is actually running on the aftermarket radio, it's simply displaying a video feed.
Loved the video. It would be nice if the image had a little more contrast and saturation. It almost look like a LOG straight out of the camera.
Has a grade but will keep in mind for the future. Thanks.
@@snazzy Nah, it's got that 2012 vintage feel.
@@snazzy honestly I think it looks just fine, it’s just naturalistic. Which is honestly what I want from a car review, I don’t want neon grass or endless depth to the dust on the car.
the model s was very ahead of its time
13:00 why are they in a graveyard
I learnt something new today.
to my knowledge, it's said to be derived from a late 90s mitsubishi mirage.
When talking about "first to market" it should be noted that the Mk1 Tesla Roadster is a modified/"EV-swapped" Lotus, not a ground-up development.
To be fair man, it's changed a LOT.
but is it worth 4000 today? seems like a good deal to me. you're student getting his first car, and you don't have to pay gas... an absolute steal.
I wish the Koda was the breakout car instead of the Tesla. It's just a car that happens to be electric, which is all you actually need in a car. Instead of pushing self driving tech, they focus more on the R and D of the car itself, meaning more affordable and dependable cars.
Hey Snazzy, loved the video, but the audio seems really weird. Sounds mono or not mixed right? (I compared to your other videos to confirm this)
Sounds good to me.
Dialogue should be mono.
Favorite video to date
I love this video. It’s like they’re trying to sell me a bad used car. I’d still buy it. 😆
I really wish these things got off the ground, the potential for them was huge at the time! Even by todays standards advertising an electric car with batteries that don't degrade as much and are significantly more environment friendly not to mention more slave labor friendly would be absolutely huge!