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  • @christianporto264
    @christianporto264 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +401

    Doug is a prime example of the success that comes with being unapologetically yourself. Never change you quirky man!

    • @stereotypicalwhitemale848
      @stereotypicalwhitemale848 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      What 😂
      Hard work and personal growth.
      There’s way to many famous TH-camrs that have no personality for that to be true boss 😂

    • @christianporto264
      @christianporto264 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @ did I say it was his only positive attribute? Nope. Dude obviously works hard. Enjoy getting worked up about TH-cam comments all day boy

    • @joecramer9256
      @joecramer9256 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He reminds me of the Why Files host in that way

    • @stereotypicalwhitemale848
      @stereotypicalwhitemale848 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@christianporto264 naw what you said was fkin returded 🤣 “unapologetically yourself” 🤣

    • @christianporto264
      @christianporto264 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @ like I said, enjoy getting upset about TH-cam comments kid 😉

  • @MarkDenovich
    @MarkDenovich 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +138

    I took my wife to the hospital to give birth in my 1998 Elise. Had to take the roof off to get her in/out. My wife loved the car though… riding in the car was the only time my daughter-to-be would stop kicking her insides. My daughter’s middle name is Elise.

    • @MarkDenovich
      @MarkDenovich 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      I drove it from London to Frankfurt for work with a stop at the Nurburgring. Drove it all over Scotland. And once to Rotterdam via the Chunnel. I loved that car. I had it two years. Zero unplanned maintenance. Sold it for more than I paid for it when I moved back to USA. Spoiled me for cars.

    • @jonathanknight8251
      @jonathanknight8251 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      You should write to Elisa Artioli and tell her that story.

  • @check4v
    @check4v 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +250

    Doug's only 50% commitment to doing the Indian accent is hilarious

    • @christianporto264
      @christianporto264 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@check4v I thought he was about to launch into a full impression- sad he didn’t lol

    • @stevemonkey6666
      @stevemonkey6666 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      I want to confirm the friendliness of Indian people. I recently sold a car to an Indian couple and the wife looked at my apartment, which is somewhat messy and disorganized, and offered to clean it😂. They were the absolute nicest people I've ever met. And, yes, Doug's accent is pretty funny

    • @randyvfromtheperch
      @randyvfromtheperch 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      You know he has the Apoo accent stashed away for private times!
      .

  • @blue_lancer_es
    @blue_lancer_es 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +90

    Doug is the type of guy to go to vin wiki and then do his own car trek.

  • @eatattheafter
    @eatattheafter 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +132

    Doug on VINwiki is chef's kiss worthy.

    • @MariosTabajen
      @MariosTabajen 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Too much quirkiness 😅

  • @arranree
    @arranree 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +49

    As soon as Doug said that the owner was Indian and their mother was very traditional, my thought was "he's about to get fed."

    • @Evan55
      @Evan55 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That would have been my favorite part of the trip!

    • @arranree
      @arranree 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @Evan55 I was half expecting Doug to say that she also offered him a place to sleep as it was far too late and he shouldn't be driving at night.

  • @juanalbertogonzalez-peraba4675
    @juanalbertogonzalez-peraba4675 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

    I just did the same thing this summer. I flew from Madrid to London, bought a Lotus Elise with broken AC (the seller didn't mention it) and had to drive all the way back to Spain with the windows down. But I actually loved the road trip

    • @Carsaddiction
      @Carsaddiction 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do you have to pay customs and tax for importing outside EU?

  • @EdBolian
    @EdBolian วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    That time in the Lotus market was wild. The best and worst Elises were the same money. $30k all day long.

    • @blockchainprofessor.x
      @blockchainprofessor.x 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Up until 2018, they stayed those prices too! Picked up a 2005 Elise with 17k miles for only $29,000 back in 2018 from a Sergeant in Georgia.

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I shopped for one in 2009, as I recall, the dealership in my city wanted $50k.

  • @unlovedcars9208
    @unlovedcars9208 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    I bought my 05 Elise at the age of 24 and within a few months I took it on a road trip from NC to Maine and back. The heat wasn’t as bad as the blister on my foot after doing an 800 mile day. That was 18 years ago and now my annual mileage is below that number many years, but I still have the car.

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      It sounds like you need to sell it to me instead of letting it rot from disuse. 😉

  • @adg6729
    @adg6729 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I met a guy in his 70s earlier this year at Barber Motorsports Park outside Birmingham, AL who had driven his Elise from Colorado to do a track weekend. My back hurt just with the thought of the road trip.

  • @jfanoe
    @jfanoe 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Coincidentally, driving through the desert in summer with no AC your car was probably the same color as where you were on the dehydration level by urine color chart

    • @STimedic1
      @STimedic1 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Tell me you're current/former military without telling me! 😂

  • @Utoobdewd
    @Utoobdewd วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    The greatest car reviewer/automotive vlogger on TH-cam. A living legend in car community

  • @jackpalczynski7884
    @jackpalczynski7884 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I had an 07 Elise with working AC. But working AC in an Elise means that the air first goes through the hot heater core, then gets cooled. So it goes through cycles of cool then hot then cool. A common fix in the Lotus community is to run a valve in the heater host that goes to the core and switch it to bypass the core for the summer. This makes the AC nice and mediocre. The other fun thing is that the AC relay does not have a reverse diode on the coil section. What happens then is that the relay is commanded to shut off. It does and the collapsing magnetic field throws a negative voltage to the ECM, shutting it down for a quarter second. So you're driving along with working AC and the car shuts off for a quarter second then turns back on. A fix is to solder in a diode backwards on that coil of the relay or spend $18 for an upgraded relay with the diode across it. Lots of fun stuff like that if you keep your Elise for a few years like I did.

  • @dr.burtgummerfan439
    @dr.burtgummerfan439 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    "Before I begin my story, I'm going to show you some of VINwiki's quirks and features..."

  • @originsofarceus6645
    @originsofarceus6645 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    What's crazy is 5 years back I flew from Dallas TX to Tampa Fl to buy a 1987 Alfa Romeo Milano that I drove all 1,200 miles back. No cruise control, no ac, etc. but it was actually really nice. Granted, I'm sure the Alfa is more geared towards highway cruising than an Elise is, but for all of its faults it was pretty comfortable most of the time. I think the key is that I did that road trip in October. The weather was very nice and mild. It's funny to see a story about another tall guy in a small car taking trips you really shouldn't lol

    • @MarkDenovich
      @MarkDenovich 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Years ago I flew from Pittsburgh to Burlington Vermont to buy a Milano Verde sight unseen. It drove well enough, but never buy an Alfa that lived in Vermont. Every bolt was seized, the rocker panels and spare tire well had the structural integrity of puff pastry, and bad grounds throughout the car. It was so bad I eventually bought another one. 😂

    • @originsofarceus6645
      @originsofarceus6645 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @MarkDenovich Oh man! That's rough. The owner of mine tended to fix it after it broke and it sat a lot. No rust but it had plenty of issues when I had it. When buying an old Italian car, it pays to buy the nicest one you can find. Can't wait to own another one someday.

    • @MarkDenovich
      @MarkDenovich 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@originsofarceus6645 2 Spiders, 3 Milanos, a 164S and a 164QV. All purchased on a tight budget so I paid for it down the road. I think I got it out of my system. 😀

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It mostly depends on the roads. While not a Lotus, I bought my MR2 Spyder in New Jersey and drove it back to San Antonio. I’m taller than average and was certainly cramped, but it wasn’t a bad drive once I got out of Maryland. My goodness, it’s like they put speed bumps on the highway every 50 yards. Once I hit the Texas state line, I knew I was home and our rural highways would be smooth.

  • @f.a.d.2137
    @f.a.d.2137 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Even with a working AC in an elise you have to pour water on yourself when it's getting really hot! Bought a 2018 S3 Elise in June and did a 1600km drive from northern germany down to southern france for vacation. Around Bordeaux it was over 41°C in the shade and I had to stop several times for cold water. Especially my feet werde cooking. The engine cooler is right above your feet and radiates a lot of heat towards the footwell.
    But in the end it was totally worth it. Driving the elise through the bendy roads of the basque country over the pyrenees to spain and back with an open roof was a lifetime experience. For a hilly and bendy terrain like the basque country / pyrenees there is no better car than an elise.

    • @drew699
      @drew699 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The radiator is a long way away from the footwell.

    • @DqMS33
      @DqMS33 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Elise owner from Bordeaux here, I can confirm in the summer it's too hot for this car :D (my S2 doesn't have A/C anyway...). I agree about the roads in the Pyrenees, I went to Pamplona and back through the mountains and it was amazing.

  • @GrantRussell-k1p
    @GrantRussell-k1p วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    About 20 years ago, I drove a 1990 Nissan Skyline GTR about half-way across Canada in the winter time. It was very snowy, and the road conditions were not great. The car handled it like a champ, but it was torture to listen to the 105 kmh alarm bell for the entire trip. I got home, and immediately disassembled the gauge cluster to remove the bell.

  • @michaelvanderzand
    @michaelvanderzand 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I flew one way to California and bought an 86 Subaru BRAT. Drove it home to Ontario Canada in 3 days. Slept once. This was 12 years ago. I still got the BRAT! This was in march so it was a great temperature until we got to Michigan...the heater couldn't keep up! It was freezing haha! We found out later one of the grommets on the firewall was off. Good times..

  • @paisis123
    @paisis123 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I bought my 2020 Evora GT at 1100 miles, it was my daily for 3.8 years. It ended when the engine blew at 104k miles. Best time of my life.

    • @KMD_Online
      @KMD_Online 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      That's actually not bad 👍 pretty reliable for you to have been driving daily for 3 years

  • @Adrian-op5ni
    @Adrian-op5ni วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Used to own a Lotus. So much fun. It blows my mind that people would hate the idea of riding in it, but it makes sense. Very small cabin, bumpy, etc. However, I can ride in it all day.

  • @aardvarkapoc5933
    @aardvarkapoc5933 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I flew from Maryland to South Florida for an R53 mini, race seats, no cruise control the whole way back, 10/10 road trip experience would absolutely do again.

  • @aaronbehindbars
    @aaronbehindbars 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    When he said 2011...July...yeah, that was Hell.
    2011 was the year Austin, TX reached 100 degrees or more 90 times. Last Summer was the hottest on record, but that was only because we hit 105+ more than in 2011. I can't imagine living without AC in your car.

  • @Almanacplanting-g6o
    @Almanacplanting-g6o 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    This team-up is pure gold!

    • @dannydillon997
      @dannydillon997 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Should of done it sooner they both live in Georgia I bet hoovie had something to do with this 🙏

  • @joshuacstorlie
    @joshuacstorlie 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Wait Doug…so what you’re saying is that the Lotus wasn’t a fantastic GT car? Lol, who would have thought!🤣

  • @Psychonaut_
    @Psychonaut_ 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    did it not occur to you to just sleep during the day and drive after dark the whole way?

    • @arranree
      @arranree 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      Lotus headlights are ineffective. And because the car is so low, the headlights of oncoming cars are at head level so you basically get blinded.
      Driving a Lotus at night is bad in different ways to driving it in the heat during the day.

    • @drew699
      @drew699 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@arranreewhat utter nonsense.

    • @AndyRRR0791
      @AndyRRR0791 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@drew699 Indeed. @arranree has 100% accurate internet knowledge.

    • @arranree
      @arranree 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @@drew699 what a well thought out rebuttal.
      You really proved me wrong with your substantiated reasoning.

    • @1183newman
      @1183newman วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@arranree This is true, i owned an elise as a daily for 5 years and driving at night was fairly scary due to the terrible visibility. Also peoples headlights would dazzle you on unlit roads. It is a great car if you plan to travel for up to an hour somewhere during the day though. Out of all the cars i have had i think an elise is the one i would own again.

  • @rattila13
    @rattila13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I picked an one up in the bay area in 2010 at the same age. Drove up from LA in a cheap rental and drove back the same day/night in pouring rain on bald tires but I made it back without issues. I haven't seen a single one of these cars with working AC. One of my driver side window regulators has broken off inside the door from normal use, now the rear corner sags. The hardware that holds the hardtop on failed on the freeway one day, so orange hardtop just flew away. now I have a carbon one that saved about 30lbs but it has no upholstery, and it's basically see-through. The only thing this car is good at is track use. You can drive the piss out of it and it will get you home afterwards, but it's a pretty low quality car for every day use.

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The most surprising thing about your story is it had bald tires since most owners probably don’t drive them often.

  • @farmerdave33
    @farmerdave33 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    That car in Abilene Texas might as well be a McLaren F1

  • @snypa-ck7hn
    @snypa-ck7hn 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    i hate to hear this about a car ive idolized from the 2000s. That orange GT3 Lotus Exige "concept car" was and is my ultimate dream car.

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Mine too. I would take an Exige over most modern sports cars, preferably in orange.

  • @globalautobahn1132
    @globalautobahn1132 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    1:53 I did it in my brand new 2009 370z. Los Angeles to Manhattan. 🇺🇸❤️

  • @tomkopp2115
    @tomkopp2115 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Always great to see Doug Demuro stories to start the day!

  • @scottwhitmire6577
    @scottwhitmire6577 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Doug,... You ever been to India?
    The last owner just ran the Heater.
    Best to ya 🏁

  • @hitchedtohorsepower
    @hitchedtohorsepower 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I did a trip from LA to DC in the middle of the summer of 2004 at 21 in a highly modified 1978 911SC that did have AC or a radio! I decided to take I-15 up to I-70 instead of the more direct route across I-40 hoping it would be a little cooler. It probably was a little cooler but it was pretty miserable!

  • @LycanWitch
    @LycanWitch 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    you know the 2005 Lotus Elise was one of my regrets of not buying, but at the same time glad I didn't.. back in Spring of 2009, I was on the market for a 2 door convertible for no more than 20k, So choices were a used 2006 Porsche Boxster, 2005 Lotus Elise, 2007 Chrysler Crossfire, 2005 Ford Thunderbird.. but then I decided I wanted a car that no one else had, so the ruled out all the big brands, leaving just the Lotus Elise, that is until coincidently GM announced in April 2009 they were getting rid of Pontiac, and suddenly the brand new inventory of Pontiacs, were being liquidated with new vehicles being sold as used..
    So suddenly a brand new 2009 Pontiac Solstice entered my price range and I couldn't resist jumping at the opportunity to have one, ended up with an orange 2009 Solstice "Street Edition".. So while I do regret not going with the Lotus for it's "exotic car vibe", at the same time I don't regret how fragile those cars are and undoubtedly necessary repairs and maintenance to keep it in good shape.
    Meanwhile I still daily drive that Solstice 15 years later today, and it's had zero major mechanical issues, no expensive repairs, the worse thing that happened to it is the shifter refused to shift to park and key stuck in ignition (but this was covered by warranty/recall), and other than this, I had to replace the ignition coils and a front right wheel bearing, both of which I did the repairs myself, other than that, it's been bulletproof, so due to this, I don't regret getting the Pontiac over the Lotus..

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Where did you live that a 3 year old Boxster and a 4 year old Elise were under $20k?!
      In the Spring of ‘09, I was also looking for a roadster, preferably mid-engine, and didn’t see those models priced that reasonably. I checked out a new Miata carryover because Mazda was discounting them nicely to about $18-20k, but I ended up with a low mileage MR2 Spyder since I had wanted a first generation MR2 since I was a kid.

  • @AdamBuckley1964
    @AdamBuckley1964 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I live near Wales and drove my old Elise S1 to a wedding in Spain this summer - it was great fun. They were made for road trips!

  • @scottnorris8571
    @scottnorris8571 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Did very N. Ca. {13 mls from Oregon on the coast}to South Central Missouri in August. 65 Vette hardtop no A/C. Thought I was going to have a heat stroke. Drove it back, didn't look at it for 2 years.

  • @chiguy_
    @chiguy_ 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Definitely memories one will never forget... cheers.

  • @clintmiller88
    @clintmiller88 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Dry heat ain’t nothing compared to humid heat

  • @jamesd6801
    @jamesd6801 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’ve made a cross country trip like that multiple times! 1981 VW Rabbit pickup! Though after once without AC, I made sure that never happened again…

  • @themathiashoogland
    @themathiashoogland 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Man, that is a good story! Wish we could get more long form content stories.

  • @AFTER_MIDNITE
    @AFTER_MIDNITE 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I wanted an orange Elise, but between the car payment and insurance, it wasn’t in my budget so I got an MR2 Spyder instead. I found one with low mileage and in my preferred color in New Jersey, so I flew there to pick it up, and drove the long way home down the East Coast to see the country and back to South Central Texas. No cruise control sucked, but top down was nice.
    I stopped in Georgia for what was supposed to be a one hour nap, but woke up six hours later with a sore back and neck from trying to stretch out by sleeping in the car widthwise with my feet on the passenger seat since I’m too tall to stretch my legs while sitting in the driver’s seat.
    All in all it was an enjoyable trip. I stayed the night in Philadelphia to check out the city and went to some clubs. I had a great time with the people I met. I thought about driving to NYC, but reconsidered because it would’ve likely been a nightmare trying to figure things out without knowing anyone there or anything about the city.
    The iPhone had only recently come out, and I didn’t have one yet, so I would’ve been stuck using paper maps and the phone book. A few days after getting home, having realized how useful it would’ve been to have a pocket computer, I bought my first iPhone.

  • @Peezy71421
    @Peezy71421 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    So this is nothing. I drove from Bakersfield CA to Charlotte NC in a Saturn SL1 packed with clothes and a tube TV. Basically I-40 the whole way. The mountains were TORTURE! Did it in 39 hours with only 2 hours of sleep.
    I then recreated that same trip with an E34 525i. Now THAT was a fun trip!

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I don’t think you realize how comfortable and roomy an SL1 is compared to an Elise. Not only are the seats more comfortable, but so is the suspension. And Doug is like 6’3” to 6’5”.

  • @hoser412
    @hoser412 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Didn't think Doug Demuro was the type of guy to say "funzies"

    • @josephsamsor1698
      @josephsamsor1698 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I think he’s the exact type of guy to say funzies.

  • @DF-et4gs
    @DF-et4gs วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I drove through the desert in Nevada in a rented vette, it said 114f on the display. It was July too, I couldn't imagine being less comfortable and not having AC. Probably had PTSD

  • @Mach5Johnny
    @Mach5Johnny 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Damn… and I thought a 12 hour drive from Central California to Idaho in my BRZ was bad! Haha

  • @Snarge22
    @Snarge22 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I used spray bottles filled with water for my air conditioning when I was in those situations.

  • @AaronSmith-kr5yf
    @AaronSmith-kr5yf วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Dude it is NO JOKE getting into/out of an Elise with the top on. I'm 5'7" and used to valet part time 10-15 years ago($250 in like 4 or 5 hours lol). One of our regulars had an Elise, weather had been warm so the top was always off. Yeah I just kinda jump in and sit down with the top off. Well I had been having back issues and wasn't as limber/able to bend like I was used to. Anyways, cool night, top was on. I put my right foot in, proceed to hop in and bang my head so hard that I lost my balance and ended up ass first, splayed out on the pavement.

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I once saw an Elise parked in a handicapped parking spot and was surprised to see it had a disabled veteran license plate. I joked that the driver couldn’t be very disabled if they were able to get in and out of that car.
      When the owner applied for the disabled plates, I wonder if the clerk was familiar with the type of car they drove and made a face like “Really?” 😂
      (Before anyone attacks me for this comment, yes, I know there are many kinds of disabilities, some more limiting than others, and some that don’t cause constant suffering and instead flareup so a person may function fine one moment but not minutes later.)

  • @A52_E92
    @A52_E92 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    0:35 Oh. My. God. Doug’s hair.

  • @Docinaplane
    @Docinaplane 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great story!! When I think back to things I did in my 20s, yes, I must have been crazy too lol

  • @jlo2o199
    @jlo2o199 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bay Area gets hot as heck in the summer, man. You definitely can't be without AC. lol I know he's thinking the towns immediately around the bay like Oakland and San Francisco, but, I can't imagine.

  • @Waggles72
    @Waggles72 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Doug is just one of the best personalities in the automotive world love these

  • @johnnygeorgopoulos4072
    @johnnygeorgopoulos4072 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Doug's the type of "car guy" who doesn't like Lotus Elise's ....let that sink in.

  • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
    @MAGGOT_VOMIT 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Doug: "I'm tall, between 6ft4 and 9ft7" 😳😵‍💫

  • @Jaloogman
    @Jaloogman 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great story great storytelling!

  • @00Zy99
    @00Zy99 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Doug the kind of guy to figure out cruise control and use it on long trips.
    I should really get around to that at some point. Maybe next time I drive on a freeway. When will that be? I dunno. (shrug)

  • @andrew1979ish
    @andrew1979ish วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Did he just describe the U.K. as “exotic”😂😂 I can assure you all it is not 😂😂🇬🇧

  • @TyfoiD75
    @TyfoiD75 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Blegh... Elise is a nice car. If you buy one, you get the looks and tons of fun. Handles like a dream. No AC? I never use AC. I do not have Elise.. but Opel Speedster. (vx220)

  • @yeasonyea1
    @yeasonyea1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just bought a brand new 4Runner at bighorn Toyota glenwood springs!

  • @justingrisham6658
    @justingrisham6658 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Doug i live in Abilene,me and my family run a auto shop here, ill have to keep my eye out for it!

  • @connerpeterson2165
    @connerpeterson2165 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    As a Kansas resident, they will pull you over for the smallest thing

  • @misterdarkcloud2384
    @misterdarkcloud2384 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    back when i was a kid a dude who lived in my area drove one of those. I saw him maybe a dozen times and he always looked miserable in it. weirdly he looked just like doug

  • @justinrobert6573
    @justinrobert6573 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I took a 2 hour road trip with a lotus and carbon backed seats. It was pretty bad.

  • @ziobrowskin
    @ziobrowskin 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    currently on a cross country drive in a 1986 toyota pickup no cruise no AC but it is november so its been all right. philadelphia to long beach to ship the truck to honolulu. in vegas now

  • @CasperthefriendlyG10T
    @CasperthefriendlyG10T 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Even my Pontiac Turbo Firefly has air and cruise control.

  • @DrWho007
    @DrWho007 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The next person I'd like to see here is "Scott" from *Scotty's Garage* ... let em tell us crazy car fix stories...

  • @kurtbarrett6785
    @kurtbarrett6785 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I always find it hilarious when anyone complains about not having cruise control, or when purchasing a vehicle they talk about functioning cruise or even weirder, adaptive cruise (not even sure what that is) being a deal breaker if missing or non op! I really just don't get it's importance to some and short of having my right foot cut off, there's no way I ever will! I've been driving since '94 and I've only turned the cruise on in exactly one of the fifty some odd vehicles I've owned! The best part is, it was way back at car #2, which was/still is my '78 Cutlass the day I bought it, in like 1996... and surprisingly it actually worked!

    • @scienz0220
      @scienz0220 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Adaptive means it will slow down if the traffic in front of you slows down, and then speed back up to the target speed when the coast is clear. Sometimes traffic pattern is just a bunch of unnecessary braking and then speeding back up, and the adaptive thing makes it less annoying to cooperatw with impatient drivers, and perhaps give your right ankle a break on a long ride

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Cruise control is great for long distance travel. I’ve never owned a car that had it, but I’ve rented a few and it was glorious.

  • @MrLimitHoldem
    @MrLimitHoldem 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Doug Demouro "I have this youtube channel where i do stuff" is the most underrated statement on here

  • @laistab1916
    @laistab1916 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    People and needing all the fancy shit to do a long drive xD

  • @125conman
    @125conman 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Me thinking about buy a lotus for the exact same reasons this past weekend....

  • @markalbert9011
    @markalbert9011 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    No such thing as a bad road trip unless your injured or incarcerated. Even the most nonsense and BS filled road trip with a buddy is better than sitting at home.

  • @mexicanspec
    @mexicanspec 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    People have gotten so weak. Put the windows down and drive. AC is not necessary. Cruise is even less necessary.

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      There's nothing wrong with being comfortable. AC and cruise are awesome.

    • @mexicanspec
      @mexicanspec 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@bwofficial1776 Yes but it is no necessary.

  • @Ultimora1
    @Ultimora1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    He does not mention it, but the radiator is in the front and the hoses go to the back where the engine is. It has an aluminum tub and aluminum radiates the heat of these hoses like nothing else. Every thing gets hot on the sill on the right hand side. Then there is the fuel tank that is directly rear to the seats and because of the fuel return also gets warm after about an hour of driving. The car already gets really hot on drives when it is only 25 degrees, but in the desert it gets hotter than an oven!

    • @drew699
      @drew699 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ditto, any mid engined car.

  • @Evan55
    @Evan55 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    None of them have operable A/C. Thats the joke with Lotus. It even says so in the user manual in roundabout terms.

  • @dannydillon997
    @dannydillon997 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Its about time you two get together, i mean you both live in Georgia.

    • @blue_lancer_es
      @blue_lancer_es 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Doug left Georgia eons ago.

    • @check4v
      @check4v 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Doug lives in San Diego.

    • @dannydillon997
      @dannydillon997 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Last I know he was in Georgia

    • @dannydillon997
      @dannydillon997 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@check4vI thought he was still in Georgia

    • @LIamaLlama554
      @LIamaLlama554 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That is, the country of Georgia

  • @chrischaf
    @chrischaf 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think it would have been worth it to have just had the roof panel shipped home ahead of the car lol
    When I was a kid in the 70s/80s it was common not to have A/C, but now that i'm 52 and am on medications that make me extra sensitive to the sun and heat, I can't imagine living without it.
    Convertibles *might* be an exception. When I was in high school and for a few years afterwards, I had several convertibles, and that top was down 90% of the time or more.
    Sometimes if in *Heavy* rain (in light rain, you just drive faster and it goes right over you ;P), and sometimes if it was crazy cold enough, or when it was going to be parked for a while. Otherwise, top down babay! :O
    *BUT!!!* in the true convertibles I had, you could put the top down whenever you wanted.
    And in the Targa I had, you could put the roof panel under the front hood.
    I *cannot imagine* a "convertible* where you couldn't store the top in the vehicle itself. That's ridiculous :O
    I'd be looking into ways to have it sawn into pieces that could be put away somewhere in the car and reassembled when needed, or something lol
    Maybe a vinyl collapsible top that could be stored away?
    Duct tape? 🤣
    I dunno, I'd have to figure out something, cause I'd want the top off any time I didn't *have* to have it on.
    Oh, and yeah, tall guy ;P Part of the reason I love convertibles. *unlimited headroom!* ~~^_^
    As for convertibles without A/C...
    Well, none of the ones I had back in the late 80s/early 90s, had A/C, most of the cars my family had didn't have A/C either.
    Sort of like Doug said, back in the 70s, people would "just do that". Head out on road trips with no A/C.
    And even if your car *did* have A/C, actually using it was somewhat discouraged (it was coming off the fuel crisis, and anything that decreased gas mileage was frowned upon)
    But in a convertible I don't ever remember having a problem with the heat.
    Of course, I always had the top off, and traffic jams anywhere within 60 miles of here only happen during major events, and you almost never have to wait more than a minute and a half at a stoplight.
    So I virtually always had airflow.
    But I was also much younger, and wasn't on meds that increased my heat sensitivity.
    Anyway, I don't know if I'd *still* be okay driving around in the summer heat with no a/c and just having the top off, or not...
    But I *do* intend to find out :)
    Cause I bought a $350 1980 Fiat X 1/9 that I intend to get back on the street, and *of course* it doesn't have A/C 😅
    So once I get it all put back together, I'll be finding out if I can survive the summer heat just by taking the top off, or if I'll end up having to retrofit A/C onto a 40 year old car that was never really designed to have it in the first place ;P

  • @Lemma01
    @Lemma01 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Had my Elise S2 111S since 2005. Never once missed the AC. Must be because of my English sang froid.

  • @Michel-r6m
    @Michel-r6m 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Once back from a gig Paradiso Amsterdam I had to snooze a bit. And on vacation to Avignon France after 33 traffic jams I just had to....

  • @paullondon5332
    @paullondon5332 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    And I thought you were a car guy!

  • @mcfritter
    @mcfritter 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I wish we all lived in doug's head and could figure out what the hell is always so funny

  • @ryanpatterson9526
    @ryanpatterson9526 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Some vehicles are only meant for us short kings

  • @R3ddyyg
    @R3ddyyg 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Literally me.
    I drove 2800km with my new to me second gen miata, we just have differents budgets

  • @DanielDiMassa
    @DanielDiMassa 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Who is the guy in 1 shirt?

  • @mikhilmuhuthan6903
    @mikhilmuhuthan6903 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Many consider what that Indian family did was kind. But that's just South & South Eastern Asian culture. Weither family, friends, business partners, or an associate. If you visit a family's house must stay to have a meal with them or atleast a tea. No matter how much you say no, they will insist until you either say yes or run away.

  • @atreyuwings
    @atreyuwings 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Pretty long video just to say: The car was hot and smol

  •  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    only 1 t-shirt?

  • @ap2831381
    @ap2831381 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Imo. This story is very Hoover's thing for Doug Demuro.

  • @thepalm2791
    @thepalm2791 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Pure driving no hell

  • @gkrebs6636
    @gkrebs6636 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Driving on the sellers plates...wow

  • @jbielinski12
    @jbielinski12 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Mothers will put up with a lot to spend quality uninterrupted time with their adult children.

  • @marshallfuchs5175
    @marshallfuchs5175 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I went to college out in Abilene, sadly I never saw the Lotus :(

  • @WestPat23
    @WestPat23 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So Doug is 36, looks 46, acts 66

  • @ricardodiaz1738
    @ricardodiaz1738 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    guys get a new light, he's at least two stops underexposed

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The side of his face is green from the green screen.

  • @michaeljcurry
    @michaeljcurry 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Pour one out for the poor souls in the comments that get uncomfortable in their Elise. The horror!

  • @MariosTabajen
    @MariosTabajen 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Okay his creepy doug dance can be RED ! 3:04

  • @jasonnelson6624
    @jasonnelson6624 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Exactly same reason I bought my lotus. I wanted the orange but settled for purple with 8k miles for about 30k.
    Also when I bought my Elise I lived in san jose. I used the ac all the time. He knew it didnt work. San Jose gets hotter than Sf not vegas hot.

    • @AFTER_MIDNITE
      @AFTER_MIDNITE 32 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      My issue is who doesn’t check the AC when buying a used car?!

    • @jasonnelson6624
      @jasonnelson6624 9 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@AFTER_MIDNITE I obviously cant speak for him. But I have bought multiple cars sight unseen. In fact my lotus was one of them. I dont even know if I was told that it worked or not. Its never been something ive looked for or cared if it didnt work. Honestly i don't know why he didnt just buy a can and recharge it when getting gas? Even if it leaks he could have had some AC for a little while.

  • @AndyRRR0791
    @AndyRRR0791 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Who's surprised that Doug is too soft for an Elise...?

  • @scooby45247
    @scooby45247 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    coulda mailed the roof to yourself..
    just sayin

  • @clintmiller88
    @clintmiller88 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Lotus cult

  • @philipbanks2462
    @philipbanks2462 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Of course it was in San Jose 😂 hilarious imagining you drive windy ass Highway 17 over the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz for the first time AT NIGHT. That drive is not for the weak hearted even during the day 😂

  • @wolfsokaya
    @wolfsokaya 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That picture at 3:21 , like next to a toy car. :]

  • @svvwoo
    @svvwoo วันที่ผ่านมา

    RIP Rabbit