Car Designer Reacts to Failed Inventions

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  • @somdusazerate
    @somdusazerate 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4220

    Bob doesn't cease to amaze me. He is incredibly good at speaking japanese, that's what I observed last time around. He actually knows that Finland isn't a Scandinavian country. This guy is proabably waaaay smarter than what his golden comedic vibe conveys to people. Guy is the real deal.

    • @realmechanicstuff
      @realmechanicstuff  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +747

      Bob and I started yelling "PERKELE SAATANA!" after the discussion about Blue Piss to confuse Steph. We cut it for time/pacing. 😅🇫🇮❤

    • @RukProtect
      @RukProtect 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

      @@realmechanicstuff Sikka, sikka, sikka, sikka...

    • @realmechanicstuff
      @realmechanicstuff  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

      @@RukProtect Terve Bob Hall!

    • @BigFatCone
      @BigFatCone 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@realmechanicstuff Hyvää Bob!

    • @bobloblaw1720
      @bobloblaw1720 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      Bobs the kind of guy who can strip off his coveralls and put on a tux and still blend. Proper renaissance man.

  • @Huwbacca
    @Huwbacca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2491

    Bob is just an encyclopedia.
    He jokes around but seriously, that dude knows so much and is so good at communicating.

    • @Ntwister
      @Ntwister 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      it would be hilarious if all the info he shares was just made up xD would be even mote inmpressive tho ^^

    • @fabr5747
      @fabr5747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Well he also makes assumptions based on stuff he thinks he knows...
      The first clip with the Saab 90... He says that it was a requirement from the EU... Car produced from 1984 to 1987.
      The European single market has existed since 1993, prior to that, no European standard existed. So that's pure bullshit !
      This was just a Scandinavian car thing. Volvo and Saab were innovators trying to have the safest cars, and back then, lights were not as good as today. Sweden seems to have made it mandatory for a certain period. Now it seems that only fluid is used for that.
      But for the rest of the world, it was sold as an option.

    • @faizalfaiya
      @faizalfaiya 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Bob: hmm
      Steph: wtf ? 🤣⚠️👋🏼

    • @flopjul3022
      @flopjul3022 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@fabr5747 but he did specify that Finland wasnt Scandivian so i give him that

    • @fabr5747
      @fabr5747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@flopjul3022 Fair enough, he might know his geography basics !

  • @andrewwang8204
    @andrewwang8204 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    I'm so glad bob is just now a reoccurring character here. He's such a bro with that chaotic version of the James May energy

  • @laurikoivumaki1471
    @laurikoivumaki1471 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1765

    Finland we call washerfluid system a pissapoika direct translation is pissboy system 😂

    • @realmechanicstuff
      @realmechanicstuff  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +322

      Perkele!!! That's hilarious!!!

    • @touko7337
      @touko7337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

      Suomi mainittu, torille!

    • @jingalls9142
      @jingalls9142 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@realmechanicstuffPerrrrrrggggg'kele

    • @AddyEspresso
      @AddyEspresso 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      hilarious

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@touko7337 Tortilla tavataan! Olen saippuakivikauppias.

  • @fpSmoker
    @fpSmoker 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +420

    Not just Gullwing doors but an episode on all non traditional doors would be cool. Koenigsegg Dihedral synchro-helix doors are by far the coolest

    • @bofa83
      @bofa83 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      look up the 1954 kaiser Darrin. those doors are cool.

    • @philallen7626
      @philallen7626 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      The BMW Z1's doors that drop down into the car are cool too.

    • @JC_500
      @JC_500 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@bofa83 that's like the bmw z1 doors but sideways

    • @tallguygreg
      @tallguygreg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@bofa83 I just looked it up 🤯🤯

    • @cixelsyd40
      @cixelsyd40 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@bofa83 I have seen one in real life. The doors are indeed cool.

  • @konstantinhoncharenko719
    @konstantinhoncharenko719 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    “Ford’s Engineering department I think was experimenting with drugs…”
    Bob’s sense of humour is awesome 😄

    • @Tayl0r_
      @Tayl0r_ 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He's probably not wrong, honestly😆
      *cough* Fordlandia *cough*

  • @phbuss
    @phbuss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +587

    When Bob said Finland is not part of Scandinavia, I knew he was educated

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      There is only one reason why they are not Skandynavia. All the other things (1000s of them) say the opposite.

    • @pad9175
      @pad9175 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      @@HanSolo__ No, skandinavia is just a geographical area and Finland is 100% not part of it. It is however part of the nordic countries.

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@pad9175 I know. It's Scandinavian Penisula. In English all you call Nordic are scandinavian in mine. And not only mine.

    • @jama211
      @jama211 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@HanSolo__ You're not making sense.

    • @RadioactiveSaddam
      @RadioactiveSaddam หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes!

  • @GremmieWhite
    @GremmieWhite 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +565

    With all due respect to Sandro, Angelina, Steph, Paul, others...
    Episodes with Bob are THE BEST. You just cannot be better host and at the same time know fascinating trivia about cars more than Bob

    • @Tynamiitti
      @Tynamiitti 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I think his stuff would work better on his own engineering channel like "Real Car Engineering Stuff" .
      I love the guy, but him talking about engineering history and Carlos dunking on bad car repairs belong tonseparate channels.
      I personally just want more of both!

    • @strangerinastrangeland3613
      @strangerinastrangeland3613 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      For real! The guy is absolutely somewhere between an Expert and a Master when it comes to the entire automotive field. The guy's a legend, I wish the best for him and his health.

    • @bpmcmanson8701
      @bpmcmanson8701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thats your opinion, personally dont care much for bob or that blonde kid

    • @privateburke1st
      @privateburke1st 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Steph detracts from every video. She seems to have very little of car history.

    • @StayMadNobodycares
      @StayMadNobodycares 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@privateburke1st She's trying to project too much energy and it's overwhelming.

  • @oscardiggs246
    @oscardiggs246 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Bob could save Donut from it’s owners.

  • @mikelesnieski1488
    @mikelesnieski1488 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +925

    The fact that pop up and down headlights song didn't play makes me so so sad.

    • @diddlybow3891
      @diddlybow3891 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      I’m with you on that one. I miss James..

    • @abrown956
      @abrown956 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      James has his own channel as well now called speed

    • @zachbreece2311
      @zachbreece2311 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      They don’t wanna pay James residuals lmao

    • @Maj_Kasul
      @Maj_Kasul 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😢

    • @michaelhowell2326
      @michaelhowell2326 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I thought the same. James might not be around anymore but he was still a Donut Founding Father that can still be quoted and appreciated.

  • @dexnpy
    @dexnpy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +312

    The way Bob imitated how english dubbing is often not synced with the mouth movement in the "Nucleon destroy tokyo!" bit had my rolling 🤣

    • @hoilst265
      @hoilst265 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      "No wonder Japanese is so hard to learn. Your mouth has to keep moving after you stop speaking." - Calvin watching a Godzilla movie, Calvin And Hobbes.

    • @El_Negro2003
      @El_Negro2003 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I love gorillas

    • @Dirk-Digs-U
      @Dirk-Digs-U หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was so confused watching Speed Racer long ago.

  • @evelynsahoe8896
    @evelynsahoe8896 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    5:01 she says that like a joke but a guy like 7-8 years ago managed to steal a plane, fly it for a few hours, AND do barrel rolls in a commercial aircraft with his only experience being flight simulator 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Skinflaps_Meatslapper
      @Skinflaps_Meatslapper 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      He was just a broken guy who wanted to do barrel rolls and reclaim the sky. Godspeed, Sky King 😞

    • @nolankahler6705
      @nolankahler6705 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was in 2019

    • @mr_pigman1013
      @mr_pigman1013 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@nolankahler6705yeah that’s like 7-8 years ago

    • @nolankahler6705
      @nolankahler6705 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mr_pigman1013 missing a few

    • @mr_pigman1013
      @mr_pigman1013 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nolankahler6705 yeah I’m missin a few toes, I lost my left pinkie in a boating accident, my right middle toe back from when I was still workin for bill, and, my dear left big toe, that one got taken by my ex

  • @QuasiMonkey
    @QuasiMonkey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    11:02 Former US President Lyndon B. Johnson had an Amphicar. He would often play practical jokes on passengers who were unaware the car was also a boat, pretending the brakes malfunctioned as they sped downhill and crashed into the lake water at his ranch in Stonewall Texas.

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He would also hold meetings in the bathroom of the White House while he was on the toilet, and once got into an argument with his tailor over his pants not having enough room in the crotch.

  • @tonyl7286
    @tonyl7286 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    Bob's Japanese is very "Showa Japanese" - it has a specific cadence and rhythm distinctive to older people who grew up in the Showa era. Kinda like a transatlantic accent but Japanese version, really cool touch.

    • @sgtmaggi
      @sgtmaggi หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Transatlantic accent comparison is a great way to explain it to people like me haha
      So its like a "everyone can understand it" kinda accent? Thats really neat. Is that something purposefully used today or like you said something of the past?

  • @Bombabud
    @Bombabud 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    15:12 OMG, Im sorry bob!😂

  • @RandyBarlow-fn8lo
    @RandyBarlow-fn8lo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +269

    No wonder the Miata turned out so good. Bob's IQ has to be super high, the guy's a absolute genius.

    • @JC_500
      @JC_500 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@RandyBarlow-fn8lo he looks like you'd see him and Danny Devito rolling down the street in one

    • @sihiri_kabari
      @sihiri_kabari 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      How? He has lots of experience and knowledge about cars, sure. Experience and knowledge don’t make anyone a genius tho

    • @mofayer
      @mofayer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​​@@sihiri_kabarihow? In this very video you can see him recognizing a pattern and quickly adapting to it. That is the definition of high IQ. It* also leads to a quicker aggregation of knowledge.

    • @CyberCheese392
      @CyberCheese392 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yet he was against the pop up headlights

  • @MishtahPoog
    @MishtahPoog 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    I'd love separate longer-form versions of these videos where Bob is allowed to go more in-depth with his responses and history lessons. I feel like there were a few times in this video where the short-form nature of this rapid-fire reaction format cut him off from expanding on his answers. I'll watch virtually any videos you make with Bob Hall in them!

    • @robertnichols2283
      @robertnichols2283 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree
      On the other hand, at 20+ minutes, this video was already getting long for an RMS video, so I can see why the had to trim some things back

  • @thom-mark6443
    @thom-mark6443 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I owned a first gen 300ZX with the digital dash in 84' that included the "talking" option. Nissan had the good sense to use a female voice that sounded sexy and very realistic as opposed to Chrysler's robot male. The only problem is that it made me feel like my wife was always sitting beside me barking orders even when driving alone. The only voice command missing was "slow down before you kill us".

  • @krank4352
    @krank4352 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +330

    Can we clone Bob? The world needs a lot more Bobs

    • @FonikosGazmas
      @FonikosGazmas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I second that. Seems like a chill, awesome and honest dude.

    • @keledek660
      @keledek660 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Count me in. We need neighbours, friend, or uncle just like him.

    • @Technically_Working
      @Technically_Working 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Would you belive he has a twin brother that was a product planner with GM?

    • @inhohvh7850
      @inhohvh7850 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      just watch the princess bride. he's the little guy

    • @channeldoesnotexist
      @channeldoesnotexist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and vagene too

  • @MyRegardsToTheDodo
    @MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    0:40 Sorry, Bob is wrong here. It was never a EU regulation, it was mandatory in Sweden between 1972 and 1990. In Germany it's mandatory for any car registered after April 1st, 2000 with headlights that are brighter than 2000 lumen, but most car companies try to keep the brightness under these 2000 lumen, so that they don't have to add headlight cleaners. As far as I know wipers aren't required at all.

    • @teslatrooper85
      @teslatrooper85 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      They are not. They require some cleaning system and most companies settled to pressure washing. Old Mercedes cars have wipers, with Xenon lights They moved to pressure washing.

    • @AVDB95
      @AVDB95 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely otherwise we would have more cars that had them. Only time I ever see a car with headlight wipers it's a mercedes at a clasic car meet. Even the spray system for headlights is quite rare, I mostly see it on porsche's.

    • @teslatrooper85
      @teslatrooper85 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AVDB95 even the 10+ year old VW Golf of my GF has the pressure washers.

    • @AVDB95
      @AVDB95 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@teslatrooper85 Still not common, my 2023 A4 doesn't have them. Neither I or my parents ever had a car that did have headlight washers.

    • @michaelXXLF
      @michaelXXLF 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      BMWs had little head-light wipers in the late 70's and early 80's. You could get them on the E23, E24, E28 and E30. Volvo had them as well!

  • @JongiB96
    @JongiB96 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    Just a conversation between someone being genuinely funny, interesting, and knowledgeable, and someone who's trying their best to look and sound interested.

    • @andrewh2341
      @andrewh2341 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah she’s annoying af

    • @precesionnoreaster1507
      @precesionnoreaster1507 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fr fucking annoying

    • @cambino66
      @cambino66 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      yea no offence to the other host but she seems like shes going for the react youtuber persona and it doesnt mix great with bobs bluntness. WOW DOORS LIKE TESLA to a 300SL is wild. Im sure shell find her hosting potential soon though lol.

    • @justice91423
      @justice91423 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Right? Feels so forced.

    • @dereksutherland5564
      @dereksutherland5564 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Yea, something about Steph just feels fake. Bob, Sandro, and Angelina all feel like real people when you watch them, like their real personality is being displayed. Steph doesn't give that vibe at all.

  • @Quasi_Terrible
    @Quasi_Terrible 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    Bob should do the show by himself. Bob is awesome!

  • @supremelordoftheuniverse5449
    @supremelordoftheuniverse5449 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    “The windshield wiper… (sigh) windshield… take two!” damn this guy is SHARP

  • @goodfinity8432
    @goodfinity8432 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Best decision Donut ever made, hired Bob Hall. I'm glad dude's has the place to spend his free time now that he's probably retired

    • @RukProtect
      @RukProtect หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wholeheartedly agree!
      bwob

  • @Diecastclassicist
    @Diecastclassicist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Bob needs his own channel, he is the GOAT. He knew these already, he’s like an encyclopedia. He even knows all about thorium! And yes, please do an episode on Gullwing doors.

    • @weaselwolf
      @weaselwolf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Give it time, eventually we'll get a 'Why I left donut' video from Bob lol

    • @scottcol23
      @scottcol23 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@weaselwolf Bob's retired and just having fun. This is a "It get me out of the house" type gig. Doubt he cares about any of that stuff.. What he needs to do is get on a few Podcasts, tell some banger stories and plug his channel. It would yield him a steady income.

    • @weaselwolf
      @weaselwolf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@scottcol23 That's what makes it a joke.

    • @TheFattenedSausage
      @TheFattenedSausage 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@scottcol23 I'd listen to that podcast

  • @MuhammadAziz._.2004
    @MuhammadAziz._.2004 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    I dunno why but rms is becoming better then donut all the hosts Step, Angie, Sandro, Bob especially are great

    • @bebokRZly
      @bebokRZly 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I ile only Bob and the way they montage movie. Hosts are quest of Bob :D

    • @snrkybrd
      @snrkybrd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's the same reason, actually. Donut Media (the company) is going in a more corporate direction and that allows them to put money into paying these legit ass people. ... Unfortunately that same money used to pay the creatives at Donut.

  • @TomLehockySVK
    @TomLehockySVK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    Why is this not just the expert talking about the stuff ? Why is there another person just repeating what was said and randomly laughing??

    • @Thinginator
      @Thinginator 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Yeah I just found it annoying how she called everything unconventional ugly or ridiculous. There was a point to all of those inventions, even the gyrocar, and just because something is odd that doesn't make it ugly. The gyrocar is just a typical sports car of the era narrowed to half the width because two wheels and aerodynamics. Also I get the feeling neither of them understand that 1950s concept cars were meant to showcase potential future technologies to get the public excited about the future of innovation in car design. The Nucleon didn't have to be possible at the time, it just captured the fascination America had with nuclear technology at the time and imagined what a nuclear car could be like if it could be made to work. Concept cars existed to be fun and imaginative regardless of whether they worked, they aren't failures at all. They were great publicity stunts and therefore a success.

    • @danielmuonio7043
      @danielmuonio7043 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      She really is awful.

    • @ellsworthm.toohey7657
      @ellsworthm.toohey7657 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just shows how DEI is poisoning EVERYTHING ! 10 % of useful stuff for 90 % BS !

    • @Jdowling357
      @Jdowling357 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They call that a "hole" in the radio world

    • @robertnichols2283
      @robertnichols2283 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same reason that, with broadcast sports events, you have one that calls the play, and the other that does the commentary (“the color”)
      It sets up a far more interesting dynamic
      And, quite frankly, I expect the “color” commentator to be goofy
      Is any one besides me old enough to remember “Dandy Don” Meredith from the original Monday Night Football?
      RMS is “Infotainment”, not just (dry) information

  • @cornovii3012
    @cornovii3012 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +163

    With headlight wipers don't forget we used to have glass headlights, plastic headlights that we have now wouldn't last a day being scratched to death with a wiper and dirt.

    • @Angry_Squirrel555
      @Angry_Squirrel555 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Mercedes had them on the E-Class and S-Class back in the '90's. Pretty sure that those units were plastic.

    • @noGoodNickLeftForMe
      @noGoodNickLeftForMe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Angry_Squirrel555 no, plastic headlights came with W210 E class, W220 S class and so on which hadn't had wipers, but high pressure jets. Older models like W124, W126, W140, R129, W201 all had glass headlights, I've owned them all ;-)

    • @SoulTouchMusic93
      @SoulTouchMusic93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Angry_Squirrel555I e seen them up to early 2k on volvos.

    • @Fortzon
      @Fortzon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My Volvo S80 has glass headlights but the wiper motors died ages ago :D

    • @Angry_Squirrel555
      @Angry_Squirrel555 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@noGoodNickLeftForMe I thought that later models had them, but apparently I am incorrect. I never had a desire to own a Mercedes but my brother has owned a few.

  • @AarmOZ84
    @AarmOZ84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    My grandparents had a talking Chrysler! That voice brought back so many memories of trying to get the car to talk. It would even say things like, "Your door is ajar."

  • @ps3Hubbards
    @ps3Hubbards 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Can we get this guy's reckons on the cars of Cyberpunk 2077? They're pretty thoroughly thought through

    • @TheGrace020
      @TheGrace020 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😳😳😳

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A cheap model is described as "a guillotine cross-bred with a meat grinder" when it comes to safety

  • @uncleartax
    @uncleartax 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I love that you guys randomly got the miata engineer on and he is now the best part of the show

  • @jrhoadsHTI
    @jrhoadsHTI 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I love Bob being involved. He's so knowledgeable and charismatic.

  • @greenaum
    @greenaum 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Presenter pretending to laugh at Bob's Betamax joke, having no idea what he's talking about.

  • @BringerOfDearth
    @BringerOfDearth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I wish I _merely_ possessed even just the ancillary knowledge that has spilled over from Bob's brain across his many, remarkably skilled, years in the industry.
    He, quite clearly, mastered his craft. I love the heck out of hearing him speak; he's a pretty dang engaging guy as well. Keep this series coming, please! 👍

  • @banichi2269
    @banichi2269 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The yellow car at 1:53 with the roll over headlights was an Opel GT. I had a 1970 GT, it was all mechanical operated by a lever next to the emergency brake. Cool little car that I had tons of fun in.

  • @A-man3607-p7o
    @A-man3607-p7o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What?? he knew about Indians looking at building Thorium Reactors. That is crazy. Even most Indians don’t know that. And he is correct in saying that India is building thorium based reactors.

  • @jasonpatterson8091
    @jasonpatterson8091 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    You'd think that a gyroscopically stabilized car would be awful to corner in as well. Not because the gyro can't go around the corner - it can, without any resistance other than inertia, but that's only true if it's perfectly vertical. This thing is a two wheeled vehicle that can't lean into a turn. Similarly, it's going to struggle mightily if the road itself is banked in a turn.

    • @aleks5405
      @aleks5405 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      As stated before you need two gyros for the job. It wasn't cost effective on a train so I doubt we'll see it on a car anytime soon. Maybe it could have some uses in a big boat to avoid keeling over but I'm sure there's a reason why it's not used there either.

    • @mfree80286
      @mfree80286 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@aleks5405 A lot of times you want the motion of a large craft to happen. Think about heading into heavy seas, do you want the boat to climb the wave, or forcefully shove it's nose in there and get swamped?

    • @jasonpatterson8091
      @jasonpatterson8091 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@aleks5405 But even with multiple gyros you've got to change the things' angular momenta just to tilt. Seems like a lot of work/extra equipment for something that is 95% cool and 5% useful.

    • @Thinginator
      @Thinginator 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes it can lean into a turn. The Gyrocar had a system to move the gyro so the car would lean. You can find clips of the gyrocar driving on TH-cam where it visibly leans. Even if it didn't lean, it would still remain upright and would actually be more stable than a four wheeled car. The only reason for it to lean is comfort.

    • @Greatdome99
      @Greatdome99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The gyro only affects roll, not pitch or yaw, so turning corners is not affected.

  • @zacharias_b
    @zacharias_b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Bob is one of the 5000 main characters of this world

  • @valiroime
    @valiroime 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    15:25 Nuclear powered cars! No thank you. Can you imagine the _Fallout_ from highway speed accidents? (I’ll see myself out)

    • @Femboy_housewife
      @Femboy_housewife 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ever heard of submarines? They are mostly nuclear powered too 😂

  • @Serenity_Dee
    @Serenity_Dee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    16:11 The Nucleon was only the second most terrifying idea for a nuclear-powered vehicle. Both the USA and the USSR experimented with nuclear aircraft, but they came to their senses before they went anywhere. The Americans never got past the R&D stage to build a prototype, but the Soviets built the Tupolev Tu-95LAL, which wasn't actually powered by the reactor, it just had a reactor running in the bomb bay while conventional engines actually powered the craft in order to test the shielding. (It wasn't quite sufficient and test crews fared poorly.)

    • @JimoftheSlim
      @JimoftheSlim 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The US very much did fly a reactor. Convair built the NB-36, which was a Peacemaker with a reactor on-board. It did quite a lot of flying and the reactor was operated safely. Both programs were canned more because the requisite size of the aircraft made them too slow to penetrate air defenses more than anything.

    • @Oblivionbolt1
      @Oblivionbolt1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      and inspired all the cars in Fallout.

    • @GSBarlev
      @GSBarlev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I will always love the Nucleon. But then again, I'm the kind of nutcase who thinks that Project Orion was our ticket to the stars.

    • @Serenity_Dee
      @Serenity_Dee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JimoftheSlim I stand corrected. I _thought_ I remembered something about US test flights but a quick Google to check dates and project names led me astray.

    • @darthmeow1370
      @darthmeow1370 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The idea was brilliant, thorium like Bob said is not very dangerous from a radioactivity standpoint and certainly won't kill you any less dead in a crash than a massive fireball of burning jet fuel. The tests were successful --they didn't have the reactors running the engines but they were operational while in flight so they could test if radiation shielding light enough to be airworthy could also be effective, and it was. There was no reason they could not have been built and flown safely. The project was canceled late in development because the ICBM (InterContinental Ballistic Missile) was invented rendering ultra-long range bombers for dropping nuclear weapons no longer necessary. If it had been completed and put into service, the tech would be in commercial airliners long before now and fuel costs would be incredibly low, countless tons of pollution wouldn't have been put into the skies, and a lot of people might have survived plane crashes with minor radiation sickness instead of being roasted alive in a kerosene fireball.

  • @EthelJung-j5w
    @EthelJung-j5w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    I have a C4 corvette and one of my favorite features is the way the headlights flip up. They rotate 180 degrees from back to front. Will always be my favorite pop ups!

    • @spfadden082711
      @spfadden082711 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you had any issues with them? I always hear that they give problems over the years. Maybe on the older ones more…

    • @weldeddaydreams
      @weldeddaydreams 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah the C4 has the best popup headlights I think

    • @benblack1180
      @benblack1180 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spfadden082711they do have alot of issues. LT1/LT4 92-96 for LT1 and 96 for LT4 are more reliable. Definitely don’t touch em if you are scared of wrenching on it.
      However… once you exorcise the demons from the car, man is it fun to drive. (Or just LS swap it and throw the old electric in the trash).

    • @sethaie
      @sethaie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have C3. and popup lights is one of the features I hate most :D probably going to convert to non-popups eventually

    • @LU-D1GITAL
      @LU-D1GITAL 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have an 87 C4 no issues with headlights. It’s been an Arizona car its whole existence. Also no issues with the optispark.

  • @MrOmriSan
    @MrOmriSan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bob is a legend! Such a great sense of humor to go with so much knowledge. We need more of Bob.

  • @MandBstudios
    @MandBstudios 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Bob hall is a national treasure, I could just listen to him talk about car history for hours

  • @eidodk
    @eidodk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

    Saab didn't go out of business, the automotive division was bought by GM. Saab is very much alive, making fighter airplanes, which by the way was the only reason that company exists in the first place.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Which is why there is now a "Saab AB" with stands for "Swedish Automobile Stock Company Stock Company".

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Unfortunately, after GM sold SAAB, it went out of business.

    • @eidodk
      @eidodk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@mjouwbuis A GM owned "Saab" wasn't Saab anyway. when GM buys a car company, they either develop it or use it for tax purposes, this one was for tax purposes.

    • @formatique_arschloch
      @formatique_arschloch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. Saab makes fighter jets, radar systems, missile systems, all sorts of top tier military stuff.

    • @rowdyringsak9448
      @rowdyringsak9448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gm built the Chevy Cruze basically from the Saab 9-3 platform. It's literally pretty much the same car.

  • @millenniumf1138
    @millenniumf1138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    "...who is ready to send the car off with a driver who promises to be about as non-technical as they come."
    "What does that mean? That she's a woman?!"
    *Bob turns into Silent Bob*

    • @Bob-Sacamano
      @Bob-Sacamano 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She was just dying to make this a gender thing the whole time

    • @BixbyConsequence
      @BixbyConsequence 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Bob-Sacamano Well they were pretty obviously leaning into a gender stereotype when it was filmed.

    • @millenniumf1138
      @millenniumf1138 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BixbyConsequence Yeah, it didn't even really bother me all that much. But c'mon, I had to make a Silent Bob reference!

    • @Agret
      @Agret หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Bob-Sacamano I don't know who she is but it's clear she is not the right fit for this segment

  • @boester69
    @boester69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    We need WAYYY more Bob! This man is a national treasure of great jokes and amazing knowledge, please film as much content with him as you can, when you can!

  • @baileydillon3331
    @baileydillon3331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +222

    Bob would’ve saved donut

    • @Odayian420
      @Odayian420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      No not even Bob could have saved something like that channel. The people who acted as the face couldn't make any calls.

    • @ginger_nosoul
      @ginger_nosoul 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@Odayian420we all know that, just play along mr literal

    • @KernelFault
      @KernelFault 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Just the other day, he stole MY doughnut.

    • @alexjackson936
      @alexjackson936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      No, James couldn’t lol, nothing can stop rich out of touch suits… they see money, the think to themselves how to maximize it. They see loss of revenue, they blame the consumer and just keep on going with it… big money kills creativity, always, no matter what…

    • @InTenSiFieR-29
      @InTenSiFieR-29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They're happy with their Chinese overlords

  • @thebonkarsgamer449
    @thebonkarsgamer449 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Could talk to Bob all day, also the sleeve is stunning

  • @joshkraynek9494
    @joshkraynek9494 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    If this ever gets a part 2, I’d love to hear Bob’s thoughts on Ford’s Big Red Turbine Truck. Now there’s some nifty 60’s engineering!

  • @robertsvet6980
    @robertsvet6980 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    1:24 now we need some superpiss washer fluid in My Summer Car

    • @hubareu
      @hubareu หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lmaoo

  • @HJ-vs7lf
    @HJ-vs7lf หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great vid and Bob is great! The girl is a bit forced with all the fake laughs though. A silence isn't neccesarily an awkward silence, please dont''t try to fill any moment of silence with fake laugs or cringy comments. It's kinda annoying and makes the video hard to watch after a minute or two.

  • @stephen3164
    @stephen3164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Friend’s mom had a talking Chrysler. When the battery got low, the system flipped out and started going through ALL the programmed settings. Friend’s mom was freaking out, just trying to get us home, but my friend and I were both in tears from laughing so much.

    • @Eduardo_Espinoza
      @Eduardo_Espinoza 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ah yes, computers get drunk when the battery is low 😂

    • @davidmiller9485
      @davidmiller9485 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Most of us ( back in the 90's when these things were being made) just removed the wire to the voice box. It could talk all it wanted but you would never hear it. That has positives and negatives. If you overheat and were not paying attention, you would need a new set of head gaskets (at the best). On the other hand, you didn't have to hear a man (there was a woman voice as well) tell you that your "door was ajar" over and over. Still those cars had some nice instrument clusters on them.

    • @Dennis-in5lo
      @Dennis-in5lo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Don't forget your keys"

  • @thegreatawoo4072
    @thegreatawoo4072 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    The Superpiss gets it's name from Helsinki slang, the windshield washer is often called 'pissapoika' or "pissboy" and the washer fluid is 'pissapojan neste' or "pissboy fluid". There's no official origin to the slang that I could find.

  • @JohnVanRiper
    @JohnVanRiper หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Don't know why I was recommend this video, don't care about cars, but I watched the entire video, these two have great chemistry and are a very entertaining combo. I'd watch more of this!

  • @1RungAtATime
    @1RungAtATime 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +154

    One time, me and three friends dropped acid, drove around in my dad's car. He has one of those talking cars. We're tripping and the car goes, "The door is ajar!"
    We pulled over and thought about that for twelve hours, man.
    "How can a door be a jar?"
    "Why would they put a jar on a car?"
    "Oh man, the freeway's melting."
    "Put it in the jar!"
    - Bill Hicks

    • @DoubleMrE
      @DoubleMrE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That reminds me of when I was a kid. “When is a boy not a boy? -When he’s abed.” I totally didn’t get that when I was small. 😊

    • @joeshmoe7967
      @joeshmoe7967 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DoubleMrE When is a fire truck not a fire truck?...When it turns into a fire
      station...

    • @DoubleMrE
      @DoubleMrE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joeshmoe7967 😆👍

  • @CobetcknnKolowski
    @CobetcknnKolowski 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    15:11 Bob is such a treasure, he just has Excellent mastery of Comedy both physical and wordplay, and being able to make jokes involving the media format (Leaning over the table to "look" down at the comments)? Just bless that great man.

  • @sgtmaggi
    @sgtmaggi หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not particuarly the style of presenting I love to see in a host but thats where taste differs. Still a great video, enjoyed them both thoroughly :)

  • @auntykriest
    @auntykriest 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    1:52. 1968-1973 Opel GT! Rotating POP-UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIGHTS! Awesome! Fun fact they were rotated with a sliding lever under the dash and looked cool AF. Bonus fact, if there was never an Opel GT there would have never been a Corvette Stingray. 😉 Dig it!

    • @FastSS02
      @FastSS02 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How so? The C3 Corvette was introduced in 1968, the same year as the Opel GT.

    • @banichi2269
      @banichi2269 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@FastSS02 The Opel GT was first unveiled in 1965. They weren't going to build it but got a lot of positive feedback so a few years later they decided to go ahead and the first production GT came out in 68. At the time GM owned Opel and the same designer, Clare MacKichen, worked on both and they incorporated a lot of the design into the Vette.......supposedly

    • @banichi2269
      @banichi2269 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I had a 1970 GT. 1.9 liter 4 cylinder left a little to be desired but since it was so small it would move pretty good, handled like a go cart. Very fun little car. It did get old hearing people say "Oh, it's a little corvette" NO it's not, the vette is a big GT😉

    • @chada75
      @chada75 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the GT made awesome drag cars.​@@banichi2269

    • @JoriDiculous
      @JoriDiculous 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Always wanted an Opel GT. Just for the look alone. Wish Opel would retro-remake it someday.

  • @denizplays1307
    @denizplays1307 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Bob can't be any cooler, his knowledge of the history on cars is incredible, the details he knows about, and his humor has no limits and him speaking fluently Japanese is just the cherry on top, hell I would be blown away if Bob was in Initial D/MF Ghost 😂

  • @EmilyTestAccount
    @EmilyTestAccount 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got Bob Hall and Jim Hall (Chaparral) mixed up only to find out Bob Hall had brother who was a different Jim Hall?
    Yes, do the gullwing video!

    • @RukProtect
      @RukProtect หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yup. my elder (by seven minutes) Evil Twin Brother Jim was a near-lifer at GM. He's now retired with his charming wife, '63 split window Corvette coupe and a 1966 Toronado that's metallic turquoise inside and out! Ah, the stuff they did with vinyl interiors in the 1960s...
      bwob

  • @mmilley
    @mmilley 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    As someone who had a job pumping gas back when it was not uncommon to encounter cars with the gas cap behind the license plate, I hated them. The spring loaded door made it a pain in the ass to get the nozzle to hook onto the filler tube and all too often the nozzle would fall out and spill gas everywhere.
    I also remember crud falling into the filler since the whole area was constantly pelted with whatever was on the road.

  • @tfrowlett8752
    @tfrowlett8752 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    3:17 one of the main issues with this car/plane is just how much paperwork you need just to own it. You need a drivers and pilots license, it needs to be registered as a car and a plane, you need a radio operators license and medical certificate to be a pilot, and because it’s over 17ft when the wings are being towed, in America you need a chauffeurs license which requires another, different medical certificate. That’s eight licenses and certificates just to fully use it. No wonder only five were built.

    • @BigUriel
      @BigUriel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      People never seemed to understand that once you make a car that can fly it's not technically a car any more, it's aircraft with all that entails.
      That thing is not a flying car, it's a really crappy airplane.

    • @callummclachlan4771
      @callummclachlan4771 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@BigUriel Yep. Not sure what the laws are in the US. But in Australia, (legally at least) pretty much everything has to be done by a qualified aero mechanic. Makes sure everything is airworthy.

  • @mominx2412
    @mominx2412 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Only his 2nd video and Bob might just be the best Mechanic React host.

  • @JCReeves
    @JCReeves 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    YASSSS! Do gull-wing doors! The Mercedes C111 and C112 (i think) should be one that's near and dear to Bob's heart.

  • @cadburybunny
    @cadburybunny 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    As a Canadian who has used it ... SuperPiss Blue is fuggin good shite!

  • @AFMountaineer2000
    @AFMountaineer2000 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As a truck driver i see horrible drivers everyday giving them the ability to fly makes a bad situation worse

  • @BogeyTheBear
    @BogeyTheBear 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    16:26 Bob's right (Bob is _always_ right...) It's the transduction from thermal neutron flux to kinetic energy that takes up most of the work. You're boiling water in order to get power out of a reactor, and water is _heavy._
    Once we get aneutronic fusion licked, where the energy coming out out the reaction is electrically-charged particles instead of the heat coming from neutrons hitting matter, then we can see compact nuclear reactors be practical enough to run the flux capacitor installed in our flying DeLoreans.

    • @Garbox80
      @Garbox80 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd place my bet on low radiation batteries instead. Some easily replaceable units. In real life. Won't make a flux capacitor though 😁

    • @mfree80286
      @mfree80286 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Garbox80 If they do *anything*, unless there's a drastic breakthrough in physics it'll probably be a small TEG that just charges a standard lithium pack when the car sits.
      The current state of nuclear anything basically can't be shut off unless it's a critical mass, and then you're far too large for a land vehicle of any kind. So it needs to be small enough for heat rejection 24/7/365, since it's going to be pumping out the same heat load when parked doing nothing.

  • @andrewholden1501
    @andrewholden1501 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson found the best use for the Amphicar (10:58). He would invite people to ride with him, scream, "oh my God, the brakes are out," and drive into the lake.

  • @BrandinooWOW
    @BrandinooWOW หลายเดือนก่อน

    I met Bob earlier in the summer. The guys a hero. Such a nice dude. Was very excited to see my little Mazda pin on my coat. So blessed to have met him and Tom Matano. Great guys

  • @godsbadside
    @godsbadside 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Say it with me now! 1:49 "Pop up, up and down head lights!"

  • @Trojan_Rabbit
    @Trojan_Rabbit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I really want Bob to exclaim, "Inconceivable!"

  • @nahhwe1141
    @nahhwe1141 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bob is the friend who turns into a comedian when the baddies are around

  • @Number5_SCP
    @Number5_SCP 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Need Bob to cover gull wing doors

  • @Mr-Neven
    @Mr-Neven 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    The biggest problem with flying cars is gravity. Not an insult here, Bob reminds me of a combo between Wallace Shawn from Princess Bride and Don Rickles

    • @stephen3164
      @stephen3164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      People have a tough enough time controlling a car in 2 dimensions - just imagine how many air accidents there would be when drivers had to navigate a third dimension! Also, can’t slam on the brakes or hit anything - bc then you fall out of the sky.
      It “works” in sci fi movies, but the logistics of making highways in the sky, and placing traffic signs and controls up there - it would just be a nightmare resulting in blocking out the sun for anyone stuck on the ground.

    • @Mr-Neven
      @Mr-Neven 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stephen3164 Yup! Additionally keeping it up to code.

  • @joevykopal
    @joevykopal หลายเดือนก่อน

    I could listen to Bob tell car stories all day! MORE BOB!❤🤘That man is an automotive culture treasure to be protected at all costs!

  • @SavageShooter93
    @SavageShooter93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    We had an 87 New Yorker and that stupid thing said "please fasten your seatbelts" and "engine oil pressure is low prompt service is required" constantly no matter how full the oil was or if you had your seatbelts on.

  • @kamackmac
    @kamackmac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    WE LOVE BOB! WE LOVE BOB! He's honestly hilarious, well-spoken, and super knowledgeable! He's the reason I get on so well with a lot of (chill) older folks.

  • @XxRDxX9
    @XxRDxX9 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should get bob to react Fallout Cars from each game Fallout 3 Fallout 4 and fallout 76 including Forza Motorsport 6 and talking about if the cars became real or won’t work or maybe can become a concept

  • @QuantumShow2022
    @QuantumShow2022 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Gull wing doors YES PLEASE! Cover more Gull Wing Door Cars!

  • @mattlinthicum4207
    @mattlinthicum4207 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    this guy must be hilarous at parties, especially the 24 Hours of Lemons or a Cannonball party

  • @joejoey7272
    @joejoey7272 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    SAAB isn’t out of business, they make fighter jets and made cars for a brief period of time

    • @ps-fun1000
      @ps-fun1000 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      SAAB cars is definitely out of business, it was a different company from the jet part.

    • @joejoey7272
      @joejoey7272 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ps-fun1000 both under the same parent company initially then SAAB sold it and became as you said a separate company

  • @varinrommel
    @varinrommel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    As a pilot, and a driver, there are a few more problems with a flying car. In an airplane, we actually steer with our feet. The top of the pedals are our brakes, one for each side, and the whole pedal, in some small aircraft, steers the front wheel and also moves the rudder. Not to mention that a used small, relatively, aircraft is going to run you around $30k.

    • @KernelFault
      @KernelFault 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Also, would you want to deal with a car that has the same maintenance requirements as an aircraft?

    • @Garbox80
      @Garbox80 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@KernelFault And if you do, Audi RS6 is a nice option 🤪 (or probably any supercar etc., but RS6 is referred to have use hour to service ratio of a helicopter... at least amongst Audi "hobbyists" in Finland).

    • @varinrommel
      @varinrommel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KernelFault if I remember correctly, there is a 50 hour inspection, 100 hour inspection, an annual inspection, and that’s not counting the routine maintenance that needs to be done. I will mention that the hourly inspections are based off of engine runtime so if you’re doing a four hour trip, there is nearly 1/5 of your allowed runtime on your engine already. Not to mention gas mileage is horrible. The best gph I’ve seen for small aircraft would be 11 gallons per hour, and that’s on a small two seat aircraft called the Ercoup

    • @Outworlder
      @Outworlder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@varinrommel you don't remember correctly, unless you are in some country with different requirements . You just have annual inspections unless you are carrying passengers for hire(or flight instruction), then you need to do 100 hour inspections. Some flight schools do 50 hour inspections since their aircraft get pretty banged up but it's not required. There's a recommendation for 50 hour filter and oil changes, which are no more difficult than a car and can be done by the owner.
      I don't understand the tidbit about 1/5 of engine runtime or whatever. People do cross country flights all the time and spend days flying and just refueling and topping off oil.
      Engine TBO is around 1200-2000 hours, depending on engine.
      There are some aircraft that guzzle fuel, but small general aviation aircraft aren't them. The Ercoupe consumes 5 gallons per hour. A Cessna 172, which is a 4 seater, uses around 8 gph in cruise. The fuel efficiency for the 172 is roughly 15mpg. Which is not amazing, but consider the distance you cover in one hour, and that's without twists and turns and traffic or stop signs.

    • @varinrommel
      @varinrommel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Outworlder I am going off of my flight school specs. I am an aviation student in the United States and I probably fly pipers more specifically the piper archer 3. they do about 11 gallons per hour. I’m going off of Colorado since that’s where I fly.

  • @Dattson510
    @Dattson510 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I would love to see Bob talk about Citroen and Saab. So many weird and wonderful quirks.

    • @RukProtect
      @RukProtect 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ummm...Citroën...

  • @ubacow7109
    @ubacow7109 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bob is such an intellectual personality a true gem, we rarely have people like this anymore

  • @Furko08
    @Furko08 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    my W124 has headlight wipers. one of them still works. the rubbers on both are shot and very expensive to replace
    not like you actually need them so don't even think about fixing them

  • @Bonitacreekrcs
    @Bonitacreekrcs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Watching Bob is a blast

  • @ssemaganda1
    @ssemaganda1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This guy - BOB is very knowledgeable

  • @joeytgolf
    @joeytgolf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    2:15 You can actually see the guy's arm moving as he raises the headlight. Would never have noticed if Bob hadn't said something about that.

  • @HoRRiiBLe1313
    @HoRRiiBLe1313 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Bob really is becoming a household favorite on this channel. We need to protect him at all cost.

  • @danielpittman889
    @danielpittman889 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:52 A friend of mine had an Opel GT - always loved those headlights.

  • @ShepTheCreator
    @ShepTheCreator 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    15:08 🔥 bob do it

  • @hectorsarinana4486
    @hectorsarinana4486 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    They just need to have Bob write all the puns and transitions for all their episodes at this point. Not a single cohost has beat his puns yet 😂

  • @Bleats_Sinodai
    @Bleats_Sinodai 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    PLEASE do a gullwing episode!
    The Gull, the bad, and the ugly!

  • @IAmTheCoastalGhost
    @IAmTheCoastalGhost 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    MORE STEPH AND BOB WOOOO

    • @FloridaDIYer
      @FloridaDIYer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well, more Bob anyway.

    • @IAmTheCoastalGhost
      @IAmTheCoastalGhost 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@FloridaDIYer I kinda like Steph, she gets Bob and not everyone her age does.

  • @alfwatt
    @alfwatt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Pop-up up and down headlights are also a pedestrian safety issue, smooth hoods do a lot less damage on impact.
    Hidden gas fillers also had some safety problems, the license plate fillers would leak profusely in a rear-end collision, worse than a Pinto! Modern regs say the filler has to be as near the center of the vehicle, as practicable for crash worthiness.

    • @Garbox80
      @Garbox80 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I don't see how that would be an issue. Pedestrians shouldn't be on the hood anyw.... oh.
      Nevermind, carry on.

    • @kingnull2697
      @kingnull2697 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If the lights are up, you can see the car coming. I fail to see the safety issue here.

    • @mikkoolavijarvinen3653
      @mikkoolavijarvinen3653 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also understood you just can't have them on production cars anymore, otherwise some make would have in some retro model.

  • @SlipstreamFirst
    @SlipstreamFirst 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Next episode, motorized seat belts.

    • @RukProtect
      @RukProtect 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ugh...I had to live through those gawdawful 'mad mice' when they were new and I was writing at Motor Trend.
      bwob
      (Bob Hall)

  • @RetroQGaming
    @RetroQGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    No one will ever convince me the pop up headlights on my Mazda NA MX5 are bad or ugly. They're the reason it's the best car ever made.

    • @KingChadKennedy
      @KingChadKennedy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To qualify as the best it should be super popular all over to the point where it's disgustingly overhyped and I live in South Africa I've only seen 2 Miatas a red one and a lhd green one so it was not sold here if it was it sold horribly so it's not the best

    • @RetroQGaming
      @RetroQGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@KingChadKennedy It's my favourite car so it's the best to me!

    • @stephen3164
      @stephen3164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Especially with a set of E-code Hellas with H4 bulbs. Now the headlights are as bright as modern cars! (or you can put those Jeep LED lights in there, but those look a bit strange on a Miata)

    • @RetroQGaming
      @RetroQGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stephen3164 Mine is off getting some of the LED Halo rings in the pop ups atm, but the normal running lights have been converted to LEDs. It was annoying me having white daytime lights and orange halogen pop ups.

    • @TheJohn8765
      @TheJohn8765 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I smile every time I see one on the road. It's just so charismatic! A bit of engine work to boost the power and it's one of the best cars ever made.

  • @The_Razielim
    @The_Razielim 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Bob is fantastic, no question. That's literally every other comment at the time of writing this, and rightfully so.
    But Bob + Steph is such a power combo btwn technical knowledge, historical knowledge, and sarcasm. I noticed it in the previous vid they did together, but they just play off each other and mesh so well.

  • @ExploringFate
    @ExploringFate หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You know what would be awesome well 2 type of videos 1) At the end of each year a Car Designers React to the Best Car for Each Brand for the year. Where they pick 1 best design model from every car manufacturer at the end of each year. Guess it will start with 2024 since this is the first year. 2) The best car manufactured ever from every car manufacturer. Example: The greatest car Ford ever made, the greatest car Mercedes-Benz ever made, the greatest car Toyota ever made ect.

  • @qarx666
    @qarx666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    7:10 not the clown shooooooeee :( i love em

    • @TherapyGel
      @TherapyGel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The clown shoe shade is unacceptable!

    • @GSBarlev
      @GSBarlev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same. It's a beautiful car.