For the moment please everyone bear in mind that traveling to China is placing your body in jeopardy because now 2016 China enacted the " espionage law " which authorizes it to exercise (and ARREST) world wide jurisdiction on any one who in China or overseas is reported as being " anti-China" ... For example, now because China offers 70,000 dollar reward to any Chinese citizen to report any suspicious Westerner as a potential spy, he can audio record your conversation with local Chinese and send it on a government application and expect to get paid if lucky.......Simple! October 2018 China arrested Interpol chief when he short visited China! Again, for the moment I will never suggest anyone shoiuld go to China! Wait until China self relaxes after a while... watch! th-cam.com/video/lJm_RyfQsPo/w-d-xo.html
I've been inside mercedes vans, they aren't any different to ford vans, don't think they are a stretch from chinese ones either, van is always a van, also, why isnt Conquering Northern China on Hulu/Prime/Netflix, you picked one platform nobody uses, if my choice is between Netflix/Hulu/Prime and paying for the 4th service Vimeo, or pirating, I will pick the latter.
this is just a short clip, Conquering Northern China is a series of movies on Vimeo you have to pay to watch, you cannot watch them unless you get vimeo or pirate it, and most pirate because its not on mainstream services like netflix/hulu/prime
Actually they are right but they are taking advantage of the situation. You think you can do better than those regular drivers, driving up and down that mountain road without going of the side?
zam023 You know, familiarity breeds nonchalance, so a safety conscious driver may actually drive up there in a safer way than these cowboys making their tires squeal in every corner to maximize their profits. The responsible driver may be slower, but safer, especially if the bus drivers drive down the mountain at the same speed. Can't be fun to experience brake fade in that situation.
@@zam023 From the footage the roads there look pretty decent, I've been in similar roads at similar heights, if not worse. So to answer your question, I do think I would be safer if I drove myself because I wouldn't be in a rush to get as many customers per hour and would take it slower.
It's true. On the other hand, these drivers are much more experienced on these roads and probably know all the corners and sloppy places much better than anyone else. Yeah, they might think about their profit but it's certainly not good for their business either to epically fly down and crush into million pieces... :D
Actually, The Maxus Istana (The car seen in this video) is The SsangYong Istana, and is based on the Mercedes-Benz MB100 'Bus' variant. It comes with most of the options of the MB100 as well. The word "Istana" is Malay and Indonesian for "palace", which is the name of the presidential residences in both Singapore and Indonesia. So it basically, the guy who changed the badge was just turning it into a fake Mercedes-Benz MB100
Actually fun fact, that car very technically is a Mercedes-Benz! They were originally built under licence in Korea and marketed there as the Ssangyong Istana based off the original Mercedes MB series vans, and marketed in overseas markets such as Australia as the Mercedes-Benz MB100 and MB140. They stopped production in '03. That car you see before you is actually built by SAIC Motor under licence from Ssangyong for the body and Mercedes-Benz for the diesel motors and called the SAIC Maxus Istana and is the exact same car but built from 09 until 14. So yes, technically, the car can wear the Mercedes-Benz and not be lying, but it is far from the Mercedes-Benz you get in the first-world now days.
SuperAceguy if Disney licences a product to be made in China, it’s still a Disney product. Same thing with licenced cars. It’s not a copy, it’s a licenced original.
@@SuperAceguy Most of MB, especially C and E class, you see in China are made in China, so they are not MB??? Also, lots of BMW are actually produced in Thailand.
@@MrJustapersn Nah, Chinese Geely is now producing Proton(shit Malaysian car) under licence from Japanese Mitsubishi, then Chinese car is supposed to be equal to Japanese Mitsubishi? Chinese car = Malaysian car = Japanese car? lol
The most dangerous thing about Chinese cars is that they don't need to conform to say the Euro Ncap or US Nhtsa accident safety requirements. In an accident over 30mph, you could be in big trouble.
Any vehicle sold in the EU or imported privately must have Type Approval. That means it must meet certain standards. If that were not the case, we would be flooded with cheap Chinese knock-offs.
Hey serpent, as a South African living in Poland, I just want to say: Good going boytjie, your endurance against the odds, truthfulness and perseverance to stay true to your ethics is so refreshing to see, keep it up. One question though: Don't you miss a "lekker Karoo lam tjoppie op die vuur?"
The van in the video is in fact a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz MB100. SAIC Maxus (the manufacturer of the van in the video) gained the rights to the MB100 platform when they acquired a major stake in SsangYong, who was manufacturing the MB100 under license from Mercedes-Benz. So although the Mercedes-Benz logos are an aftermarket addition, it basically is a Mercedes-Benz van.
Interesting. I commented elsewhere here it's a little sketchy because especially in China there's lots of licensed versions/things like the Volkswagen Santana that are still essentially 1980s cars made until recently, that being a tourist you can't know every car and every marque ever made in every country by every manufacturer. As a general thing, it's a shame in US we can't get older vehicles made under license like this. In Mexico B13 Nissan Sentras were sold until last year or the year before, with only a $7000-8000 brand new price tag. Same for old Toyota trucks and SUVs, can't get those either. :/
@@GilBatesLovesyou there is a reason for that... youtube search b13 crash test... DEATH TRAP. Most cars made before the year 2000 are totally unsafe. Traditionally, German manufacturer safety standards were about 10 years ahead of the rest of the world until recently.
That changes things only very, very slightly. It's arguably a sign of how standards have plummeted. Typical Chinese cheapness and corner cutting. Undoubtedly major companies have sold out, and the boundaries are no longer clear. Any way you look at this, they're shitty vans, with Mercedes logos *wired* on.
James Hedlock Well I think about it as if I’m paying for the content this way since that is their source of revenue and 5 secounds for 10 minutes of content isn’t really that much... But you do whatever you want😂
Alex Sike But was it a fake chinese one. Lol They copy all sorts. There is one that looks like BMW X5 and a copy of Rolls Royce. They were on Top gear in U.K. cheeky fuc--rs. Can they get sued for this as its blatant obvious what they are doing. David
I love it when the exclamation point is above some guy's head when he is hyper aware metal gear solid style that you're recording. Its what I look for in every video, so funny.
If an old man may offer you a tip - next time your boots are soaking wet, pack them with crumpled newspaper until it gets wet, remove it and open it up so it dries off, and pack it back in. Repeat several times. This will not dry them out completely, but will reduce the drying time. We never had hair dryers when I was a lad, but I am sure they helped you. Stay awesome :-)
Tip from my instructor here in Vancouver... wrap your feet in a plastic bag. I've never actually tried it though but sounded interesting. Also for cold when your jacket isn't enough and you forgot to pack extra; stuff some newspaper under the jacket for extra insulation.
For an even better tip: There are commercial products made especially for drying boots. They basically consist of a heating element and fan in a form that fits into a boot. In other words, a hair dryer that runs constantly and dries the boot from the inside out. They tend to be much lower wattage than a hair dryer because the idea is to be able to leave them drying the boot overnight and not have to worry about burning the building down. Given the propensity of Chinese manufacturers to take their Western designs, knock them off, and make them more -dangerous- _effective_ , I have no doubts that you could find some pretty good ones in China if you just look around.
0:02 korean's Ssangyong istana is not a fake car. Ssangyong and Benz were OEM-produced vehicles in the past. The engine is equipped with an OM662,OM661 engine on Benz W124. And the Chinese Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. took over Ssangyong, so the car has a Mercedes-Benz emblem. MB100D2.9/ISTANA 2.9D same car Union flame body
This reminds me of one of the most terrifying trips of my life. In 2002, I'd taken the train from Chiayi to Alishan in Taiwan. But came back down later that day in a minibus / van. The driver travelled well over the speed limit almost the whole way down the mountain. Overtook through tunnels and over crests, ran red lights, sped around the hairpin bends, and past sheer drops, some without barriers at the time. Somehow he only managed to lose control of the vehicle twice (both on the hairpin bends). The only time he actually slowed down was when passing through thick fog. There were no seatbelts for passengers - well, there was, but they were inacessible under the slippery plastic seat covers. So with nothing to grab onto, we slid from one side of the seat to the other on every bend. When questioned back in Chiayi about his speed, he answered that there was a storm coming and he wanted to get down before it came. Of course the real reason was so he could get as many trips in his day as possible - because he departed for Alishan as soon as his next passengers were loaded.
@@jackwilliams3411 It doesn't matter what they believe. It's the political movements like "The Great Leap Forward" (followed by a 3-year famine) and "Cultural Revolution" under the communist police state that deprived the Chinese society of its morals.
the white van with the mercedes badge on it is marketed in the Philippines as the "Mercedes Benz MB100". Apparently in South Korea, this same van is marketed as the "Ssang-Yong Istana". So it could be legitimate.
put salt or sugar into a paper envelope seal it, put it in your wet shoes, or collect them little package that absorb moist you get in a lot of goods!,
I’ve watched your videos on ireland for a year and then moved to China 3 months ago, really good to watch and I could spend a day flicking through all yer videos. Good job men!
I had absolutely NO interest in China a year ago, before I came upon Winston and CMilk. Now I’m obsessed. So entertaining. You boys gotta come to NY and have a subscriber meet up!
Way too many people for me and rural areas are way too extreme for me. I love to see other people go there, but I wouldn't want to go there myself. Although there is beautiful landscapes for sure.
Their videos had the opposite affect on me. I had no interest in visiting China, and their videos made me want to go even less. I still find it interesting, but I would rather just be a spectator in China than actually be there. On top of that I have heard a lot of horror stories if they find out your family has a military background at all even if you personally were never in it.
Only discovered Serpentza few days ago and found myself binge watching. Very engaging. Well done. Top tip: Quick way to dry wet boots is stuff newspaper in them overnight.
This is par for the course with Chinese manufacturers. They simply can’t come up with original ideas. They’re great at stealing other manufacturers ideas, and reverse engineering it. The problem is, that what they make is built down to a price not up to a standard.
@@xcalibertrekker6693 Even worse is that the citizens are brainwashed into believing their nation is an innovative country that hasn't stolen anything and that the world owes everything to China just because they mass produce most of the garbage in the world. China is literally a nation entirely build on theft, deceit, and scams.
@@varg92 Raw patent application numbers don't mean much. Especially when China doesn't respect them and 9/10 patents forwarded by China are discarded, which is the complete contrary in the US. www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-09-26/china-claims-more-patents-than-any-country-most-are-worthless Besides, doesn't change the reality.
@@l.k5244 >tells someone to kill themselves >gets called out for being a spineless little weasel of a sad pathetic man >"hurr welcome to the internet meester keyboard wahreeor durr" >Hmm... yeah, that checks out. Exactly what I suspected, really. A weirdo.
@@danfred7127 > posts a bullcrap comment > uses emojis > totally ignores the reply itself > gets triggered over internet slang and starts acting like a christian keyboard warrior > assumes that people on the internet are unmanly (even though any given man on Earth is probably manlier than him) > "hurr durr" > then calls others weirdos
@@l.k5244 Telling someone to "Kill themselves" is """internet slang""" to you, is it??? Yikes my dude.... Yikes. Brain completely rotted out from too much internet and social media huh? Pro-tip from me to you: Try leaving your house once in awhile, join the rest of us in the real world. How sad for you...
LDV was formerly a British company who made and supplied vans. It stood for Leyland Daf Vans, untill it was bought by AvtoGaz, the Russian company who formally made the Lada Riva etc.
@steve gale I think I am confusing myself with Avtovaz, who made the Lada cars, the Riva was based on a Fiat 124, though heavily altered through its life. Avtovaz is now owned by Renault.
Hey dude. A good cyclist's trick for wet shoes is to take any dry news print you can find and open up the pages completely. Then take a stack of 3 or 4 big sheets turn them diagonally and twist them like a towel until they are tight. Pack as many of these as possible in your shoes and leave them for a few hours. This can get my road shoes dry enough after working 8 hours that I can commute home with dry socks (assuming I packed a second set). It also helps to put the shoes upside down and at an angle for water vapor to escape as it is heavier than surrounding air. Your boots are going to be harder to dry than cyclist's road shoes, but the trick will still work surprisingly well. I was super skeptical when someone told me this one, but after trying it once, I always do this with wet shoes now ;) -Jake
so where I live: an Asian lady with a kid in her suv. late at night/early in the morning. ran over a guy that fell on the street. she got out of her car,looked at him. then got back in her car and drove away. the guy that fell in the street died. watching your videos,you mentioned this is a "thing" in china. this is a very bad "thing".
We did something similar in Qingdao however you were allowed to take your own vehicle as long as there was local in the car with you. The locals hung around the parking lot on the base of the mountain and you would pay them to ride shotgun in your car. You guys are way braver than I am. After experiencing Chinese drivers for the first time in the back of a cab in Shanghai I refused to take one of these vans! Great channel it brings back a lot of memories.
Aside from partners/family, why do you guys still stay in China? Apparently you can't own property, people don't accept you as part of their society, there's openly hostile racism and so many other issues that you mention in your videos.
All property owned by wives.. dangerous situation.. risky at least.. tons of people leave with nothing after 20 years of work. Luckily his channel follows him so hopefully he keeps private bank accounts and the channel for incase life doesn't go as dreamy as some hope it will :P
some people are here to show them there is a other world out there and the most important make the do gooders back in our countrys aware why Trump is going the way he goes with China we need equal rights in China at a bilateral base like chinese citizens have in our countrys
juschu67 *Oh really, CCP troll? Just ask the citizens of Tibet, Mongolia, and now 🇭🇰 Hong Kong about how their “equal rights” are being administered via police batons!*
The van you pointed out is a cooperated product from Mercedes and a local brand called SAIC Maxus，this van is based on the 1st gen Mercedes Sprinter from about 20 years ago，and Mercedes officially allows this company to put its logo on the van，the quality of production cars were at the time quite bad，so traces like that would often appear. This is actually one exception lol.
@@leelauer517 he is correct in some sense Ssangyong back until 2010 was controlling SAIC Motors and had a Mercedes Benz cooperation. The Van is based on the Sprinter platform and is basically a mercedes benz car, made by a chinese company. but still, branding was never part of the deal, so there is no way Mercedes "allowed the car to wear the badge" though it in part is from Mercedes origin.
It’s a lot of fun watching your old videos at random (really TH-cam keeps sending me those videos) and seeing how you guys came together. It was a long process I suppose.
Is it crazy Uncle or Evil Uncle ? I like crazy because evil can sound so sinister and honestly I don’t think they mean any harm they just don’t know any better
Mercedes built a van for the Pacific market called the "Mercedes MB 100 from 1999-2004. The van in the video was a Saic Maxus Istana, which is based off of a Ssangyoung Istana. So they took an MB100 grill, and didn't even fasten it properly. Yes, Mercedes licensed their brand name to Ssangyoung. It's hard to believe, isn't it?
5:29 - - They also use steel wire to ensure that people dont steals the Mercedes mark from the car , they are popular to put on all kinds of cars in China
In another video of yours, you have mentioned that even the car dealership where you bought your car was going to slap a Toyota emblem onto your car. Too bad that no domestic Chinese car company can evolve to the point where people will trust their product. I mean imagine what a best seller any good and reliable domestic Chinese car could be. By the way, this is my first comment (previously I tried to contact you via the PayPal donation message). I very much like your videos and the ones from Matthew (C-MilK). I must have watched at least 50 of them already (and counting). My wife and my mom (very cool lady) are watching and subscribed as well. We feel drawn in for many good reasons. For one you woke our interest in China and we enjoy learning about it from you. We also like your to the point straight forward, stay awesome style. I hope you don’t misunderstand if I say that we kind of adopted you in our hearts, at least in ways that the internet allows. We care about you and wish you and your family the best. Personally I share a somewhat similar story to you. I too chose to live in a faraway country and happily married to my Asian wife. I also share your passion about motorcycles. We are looking forward to many more great videos. Please stay awesome!
no wya mercdes will partner up with soem infurior car company, why would they?, can only harm their brand name, show me some proof mercdes is partner with these cheap chinese/korean car makers!.
No way, it's just a chinese knock off based on the first gen mb sprinter, probably maxus bought or stolen the blue prints and started manufacturing in china
That van isn’t as bad as you make out. We have LDV in Australia too. It isn’t a Chinese copy, they bought the tooling and design of the original LDV Maxus when SAIC bought British brand LDV.
It would be interesting to inspect this van in the first secound of video, my korean build istana badged mb140 is built like a tank the you can push the penals with your hand and they wont flex. The new ldv vans we get in new Zealand where rusty already brand new and the doors are made from catfood tins or something.
It's a piece of shit mate, Australians on the whole are easily fooled by marketing of cheap cars which is why half the population drive Kia's, Hyundai's and Chinese rubbish.
I love the evil Uncle sound, it cracks me up, funny how many evil uncles are in China, it's prob gonna take 10-20 years for all off them to die off lol
I don't think the last crazy uncle exclaim was correct that just looked like a guy who was genuinely interested in what the foreigners he has probably never seen before are doing!
From what I understand money and status is an unhealthy preoccupation. In China 🇨🇳 That would be funny people wearing gold Plated Mercedes emblems on their necklaces becomes the cool thing to do!... Stay awesome!
So when they were communists you'd call them fucking retarded commies and now after they've become capitalists they're greedy. I never understood why the western countries are always obsessed with China. Maybe they just cannot accept the fact that China is now a force to be reckoned with and its importance is growing by the minute?
The best way of drying out boots is scrunched up newspaper, put on radiator and change newspaper regularly (can be reused). Also works inside wet motorcycle jacket sleeves.
They export dangerous electrical items that could kill you with the CE logo...Conformite European. I don't know they're allowed in at all. CE now means Chinese Export.
The other scam is to show a UK or German flag and then 'Designed in UK/Germany'. Now they're flooding the market with cheap kitchen knives with a prominent Swiss flag and the word Swiss somewhere in the brandname.
Watching Conquering Northern China with my aunt that is Chinese and enjoying it. We have one request your next adventure can you please put Chinese closed captions on your videos when you speak.
@@serpentza TWere starting the second episode now and have laughed so hard had to order a Pizza and take a break. My aunt is glued to the TV! She said, to tell you thank you for showing her country and places she has never seen before. I planed to wait until the pizza got delivered to continue but she sad no we eat when it gets here! She won that battle!
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Hey they now make legitimate Volvo’s in China for sale elsewhere and probably USA.
Hey, is your show coming to Amazon like the first one ?
Boring!!!
For the moment please everyone bear in mind that traveling to China is
placing your body in jeopardy because now 2016 China enacted the " espionage law " which authorizes it to exercise (and ARREST) world wide jurisdiction on any one who in China or overseas is reported as being " anti-China" ...
For example, now because China offers 70,000 dollar reward to any Chinese citizen to report any suspicious Westerner as a potential spy, he can audio record your conversation with local Chinese and send it on a government application and expect to get paid if lucky.......Simple!
October 2018 China arrested Interpol chief when he short visited China!
Again, for the moment I will never suggest anyone shoiuld go to China!
Wait until China self relaxes after a while...
watch!
th-cam.com/video/lJm_RyfQsPo/w-d-xo.html
serpentza RENTLY🤣😂
A Bentley with an Infiniti steering wheel. 😂
not really it's cherry and also how does that look like Infiniti
Chery steering wheel
@@yimingjack2263 it looks more like an A than the Infiniti logo does but if that part wasn't there it'd look just like the Infiniti logo
It’s a Bentfinity
Infiniti doesn't exist outside the usa
I'm going to put Chinese car badges on my Rolls Royce. I don't want my neighbors to think I am wealthy
replace
Rolls-Royce engine with
Bike engine that will be enough.
😂🤣👌
On your what?
What about fake Chinese Rolls Royce stuff?
You may have made in chungchung parts in your RR
The Chinese copy everything apart the quality
quality has no word in chinese it seems
Chinese can make one to one replicas where there is a market
@@rohinghosh2685 not with cars they can't
So true
Quantity over Quality lol
0:37 well thats one way to merge...
I was thinking the exact same thing
hes sharing the lane LOL
hahahaha
See this everyday going and coming from work in S. Florida. Seems like some drivers are universal.
@@artcore9886 Bro Florida is the home of the WORST drivers.. Only second to China ;)
The moment he took the first turn, I was like, "This is no Merc..."
I've been inside mercedes vans, they aren't any different to ford vans, don't think they are a stretch from chinese ones either, van is always a van, also, why isnt Conquering Northern China on Hulu/Prime/Netflix, you picked one platform nobody uses, if my choice is between Netflix/Hulu/Prime and paying for the 4th service Vimeo, or pirating, I will pick the latter.
@@GamingAmbienceLive Why does it matter if it's on youtube too? You're already here, lao-whiner.
this is just a short clip, Conquering Northern China is a series of movies on Vimeo you have to pay to watch, you cannot watch them unless you get vimeo or pirate it, and most pirate because its not on mainstream services like netflix/hulu/prime
@@GamingAmbienceLive I just wanted to call you a lao whiner
@r2dxhate how the fuck did you manage to tag me if google has removed that feature like 2 years ago? how did you reply to my comment?
Yeah, It's too "dangerous" to ride up there on your own vehicle because that way the bus driver's wallets will remain dangerously light.
_FOR YOU_
Actually they are right but they are taking advantage of the situation. You think you can do better than those regular drivers, driving up and down that mountain road without going of the side?
zam023
You know, familiarity breeds nonchalance, so a safety conscious driver may actually drive up there in a safer way than these cowboys making their tires squeal in every corner to maximize their profits. The responsible driver may be slower, but safer, especially if the bus drivers drive down the mountain at the same speed. Can't be fun to experience brake fade in that situation.
@@zam023 From the footage the roads there look pretty decent, I've been in similar roads at similar heights, if not worse. So to answer your question, I do think I would be safer if I drove myself because I wouldn't be in a rush to get as many customers per hour and would take it slower.
It's true. On the other hand, these drivers are much more experienced on these roads and probably know all the corners and sloppy places much better than anyone else. Yeah, they might think about their profit but it's certainly not good for their business either to epically fly down and crush into million pieces... :D
Lmao. I live in Singapore and I’ve seen those vans a lot and I actually thought they were Mercedes Benz untill today.
Actually, The Maxus Istana (The car seen in this video) is The SsangYong Istana, and is based on the Mercedes-Benz MB100 'Bus' variant. It comes with most of the options of the MB100 as well. The word "Istana" is Malay and Indonesian for "palace", which is the name of the presidential residences in both Singapore and Indonesia.
So it basically, the guy who changed the badge was just turning it into a fake Mercedes-Benz MB100
I think there's bigger concerns with his driving than putting a fake badge on the front lol
Holy crap that orange van merging....
i was thinking the same thing omg.
Gappie Al Kebabi
they don’t have a culture of giving way on the roads....
I can't imagine your reaction in india....
100th liker
That dude just not knowing how to express himself when you passed him the shirt just shows he was genuinely thankful for it he was.
The shirt is printed "Fake snow, real genocide"
0:37, that orange van
Max made me so mad
Max I thought that the uk for a second
Not that every uk drivers do that ............
i would not budge over for it
typical chinese drivers
VoxCudaRadio no he is sharing our lane comrade! And youre going to our Gulag blyat!
The guy you gave the shirt to was so sweet. I can tell that made him happy.
Actually fun fact, that car very technically is a Mercedes-Benz! They were originally built under licence in Korea and marketed there as the Ssangyong Istana based off the original Mercedes MB series vans, and marketed in overseas markets such as Australia as the Mercedes-Benz MB100 and MB140. They stopped production in '03. That car you see before you is actually built by SAIC Motor under licence from Ssangyong for the body and Mercedes-Benz for the diesel motors and called the SAIC Maxus Istana and is the exact same car but built from 09 until 14. So yes, technically, the car can wear the Mercedes-Benz and not be lying, but it is far from the Mercedes-Benz you get in the first-world now days.
Very interesting.👍
Still it's a Chinese car, not a MB.
SuperAceguy if Disney licences a product to be made in China, it’s still a Disney product. Same thing with licenced cars. It’s not a copy, it’s a licenced original.
@@SuperAceguy Most of MB, especially C and E class, you see in China are made in China, so they are not MB???
Also, lots of BMW are actually produced in Thailand.
@@MrJustapersn Nah, Chinese Geely is now producing Proton(shit Malaysian car) under licence from Japanese Mitsubishi, then Chinese car is supposed to be equal to Japanese Mitsubishi?
Chinese car = Malaysian car = Japanese car? lol
Dude the production quality is amazing, i love the different camera angles. Always such professional content from you, I'm so glad to be subbed.
The most dangerous thing about Chinese cars is that they don't need to conform to say the Euro Ncap or US Nhtsa accident safety requirements. In an accident over 30mph, you could be in big trouble.
If they sell outside of their country they will, MG brand have to apply to those regulations.
@@UnderWarranty Money does wonderful things, opens lots of doors and cuts red tape.
Any vehicle sold in the EU or imported privately must have Type Approval. That means it must meet certain standards. If that were not the case, we would be flooded with cheap Chinese knock-offs.
Geely are now using HPF process for the car body.
Only MG have to go by ncap rules,as they sell cars in the UK.
Hey serpent, as a South African living in Poland, I just want to say: Good going boytjie, your endurance against the odds, truthfulness and perseverance to stay true to your ethics is so refreshing to see, keep it up. One question though: Don't you miss a "lekker Karoo lam tjoppie op die vuur?"
The van in the video is in fact a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz MB100. SAIC Maxus (the manufacturer of the van in the video) gained the rights to the MB100 platform when they acquired a major stake in SsangYong, who was manufacturing the MB100 under license from Mercedes-Benz. So although the Mercedes-Benz logos are an aftermarket addition, it basically is a Mercedes-Benz van.
Interesting. I commented elsewhere here it's a little sketchy because especially in China there's lots of licensed versions/things like the Volkswagen Santana that are still essentially 1980s cars made until recently, that being a tourist you can't know every car and every marque ever made in every country by every manufacturer. As a general thing, it's a shame in US we can't get older vehicles made under license like this. In Mexico B13 Nissan Sentras were sold until last year or the year before, with only a $7000-8000 brand new price tag. Same for old Toyota trucks and SUVs, can't get those either. :/
@@GilBatesLovesyou there is a reason for that... youtube search b13 crash test... DEATH TRAP. Most cars made before the year 2000 are totally unsafe. Traditionally, German manufacturer safety standards were about 10 years ahead of the rest of the world until recently.
That changes things only very, very slightly. It's arguably a sign of how standards have plummeted. Typical Chinese cheapness and corner cutting. Undoubtedly major companies have sold out, and the boundaries are no longer clear. Any way you look at this, they're shitty vans, with Mercedes logos *wired* on.
Good, at least somebody with a bit of car knowledge around. I just wrote the same above ;)
No it's not it's just a knockoff. Like they said they just copy the looks and put on fake badging.
The irony I got BMW ad before this😂😂😂
That's a good thing.
James Hedlock how nice of u
James Hedlock Well I think about it as if I’m paying for the content this way since that is their source of revenue and 5 secounds for 10 minutes of content isn’t really that much... But you do whatever you want😂
Alex Sike But was it a fake chinese one. Lol They copy all sorts. There is one that looks like BMW X5 and a copy of Rolls Royce. They were on Top gear in U.K. cheeky fuc--rs. Can they get sued for this as its blatant obvious what they are doing. David
David m3 maniac Yeah but the comedy in this for me is that “A Mercedes could be fake instead buy a BMW”... atleast something like that😂
I love it when the exclamation point is above some guy's head when he is hyper aware metal gear solid style that you're recording. Its what I look for in every video, so funny.
In Philippines, we have Mercedes Benz jeepneys 😂😂
But actually powered by used Isuzu/Fuso engines
I miss the old days where you would drive a scooter off-road while holding an open cup of coffee.
Me too
Then try take a sip with a full face helmet.
ayyyyyayayay
@Master Q: I'm imagining that as a force-of-habit moment, with closed visor. xD
@SmoothRide: Don't worry, it's making a comeback. :-D
If an old man may offer you a tip - next time your boots are soaking wet, pack them with crumpled newspaper until it gets wet, remove it and open it up so it dries off, and pack it back in. Repeat several times. This will not dry them out completely, but will reduce the drying time. We never had hair dryers when I was a lad, but I am sure they helped you. Stay awesome :-)
I'm not sure I'd want traces of Chinese newspaper ink in my boots.
Another vote for newspapers. Thought everyone knew that trick
I've had wet shoes where i just change out socks a bunch of times. Socks pretty efficiently pull out the water.
Tip from my instructor here in Vancouver... wrap your feet in a plastic bag. I've never actually tried it though but sounded interesting. Also for cold when your jacket isn't enough and you forgot to pack extra; stuff some newspaper under the jacket for extra insulation.
For an even better tip: There are commercial products made especially for drying boots. They basically consist of a heating element and fan in a form that fits into a boot. In other words, a hair dryer that runs constantly and dries the boot from the inside out. They tend to be much lower wattage than a hair dryer because the idea is to be able to leave them drying the boot overnight and not have to worry about burning the building down. Given the propensity of Chinese manufacturers to take their Western designs, knock them off, and make them more -dangerous- _effective_ , I have no doubts that you could find some pretty good ones in China if you just look around.
mb100 van is not chinese car its a real mercedes asian edition
Just say chinese not asian😑😑
lol I think this guy is from china
Apparantly made by Sanyyong under joint venture
0:02 korean's Ssangyong istana is not a fake car. Ssangyong and Benz were OEM-produced vehicles in the past. The engine is equipped with an OM662,OM661 engine on Benz W124.
And the Chinese Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. took over Ssangyong, so the car has a Mercedes-Benz emblem.
MB100D2.9/ISTANA 2.9D same car
Union flame body
Can't you see the two different logos on the wheel cap, steering wheel and the front of the car, who does that other than the forger.
Maybe that’s fake ssangyong istana lol
This reminds me of one of the most terrifying trips of my life. In 2002, I'd taken the train from Chiayi to Alishan in Taiwan. But came back down later that day in a minibus / van. The driver travelled well over the speed limit almost the whole way down the mountain. Overtook through tunnels and over crests, ran red lights, sped around the hairpin bends, and past sheer drops, some without barriers at the time. Somehow he only managed to lose control of the vehicle twice (both on the hairpin bends). The only time he actually slowed down was when passing through thick fog. There were no seatbelts for passengers - well, there was, but they were inacessible under the slippery plastic seat covers. So with nothing to grab onto, we slid from one side of the seat to the other on every bend.
When questioned back in Chiayi about his speed, he answered that there was a storm coming and he wanted to get down before it came. Of course the real reason was so he could get as many trips in his day as possible - because he departed for Alishan as soon as his next passengers were loaded.
china, how it is
Low. Trust. Society.
Christ Godless heathens.. the jews of asia ..
Does their currency say "In God we trust, everyone else pays cash"?
Communists ruined everything.
Most Chinese believe in Buddhism, followed by Islam.
@@jackwilliams3411
It doesn't matter what they believe. It's the political movements like "The Great Leap Forward" (followed by a 3-year famine) and "Cultural Revolution" under the communist police state that deprived the Chinese society of its morals.
Loved the "!" at the end😂 that guy came out of nowhere. Awesome video quality on this one too!
6:38 His seatbelt didn't even tighten properly...
One reason why I keep coming back to your videos is that they not overloaded with ads
This Is Such An Epically Awesome Channel!
Zenmasterme because he bashing China, that's why you love his channel?
A fiat with Bentley logo with infinity steering wheel is just perfection!
the white van with the mercedes badge on it is marketed in the Philippines as the "Mercedes Benz MB100".
Apparently in South Korea, this same van is marketed as the "Ssang-Yong Istana".
So it could be legitimate.
It is a ssangyong,from the mid-90s.
SomethingMedia it can’t be the MB100
The paneling looked really cheap
Ssangyong merged with Mercedes in the early 90's to late 2000's
Reverse balding.
Why was he so excited to receive a t-shirt that is also made in china? Lol
Winston little tip to keep your boots dry. Try stuffing with newspapers in your boots overnight.
put salt or sugar into a paper envelope seal it, put it in your wet shoes, or collect them little package that absorb moist you get in a lot of goods!,
Bentley “Rentley” how funny 😀😀😀😀
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I’ve watched your videos on ireland for a year and then moved to China 3 months ago, really good to watch and I could spend a day flicking through all yer videos. Good job men!
Whoah he has videos on Ireland? Where can I find them?
I had absolutely NO interest in China a year ago, before I came upon Winston and CMilk. Now I’m obsessed. So entertaining. You boys gotta come to NY and have a subscriber meet up!
I had very little interest earlier and I have about the same level now. I really enjoy the videos though.
I love the Chinese Wholesale Market, with like 250,000 shops
@@xvnbm
WuMao!
Way too many people for me and rural areas are way too extreme for me. I love to see other people go there, but I wouldn't want to go there myself. Although there is beautiful landscapes for sure.
Their videos had the opposite affect on me. I had no interest in visiting China, and their videos made me want to go even less. I still find it interesting, but I would rather just be a spectator in China than actually be there. On top of that I have heard a lot of horror stories if they find out your family has a military background at all even if you personally were never in it.
Only discovered Serpentza few days ago and found myself binge watching. Very engaging. Well done. Top tip: Quick way to dry wet boots is stuff newspaper in them overnight.
WAIT UNTIL CLONING IS ACCESSIBLE. YOU'D LITERALLY BE WATCHING KNOCK OF JOHNNY DEPP IN A MOVIE😂
And knock off mission impossible with knock off tom cruise
This is par for the course with Chinese manufacturers. They simply can’t come up with original ideas. They’re great at stealing other manufacturers ideas, and reverse engineering it. The problem is, that what they make is built down to a price not up to a standard.
They can but they make more money by stealing ideas and building with very low quality standards. $$$$$$ Thats all that matters in china.
@@xcalibertrekker6693 Even worse is that the citizens are brainwashed into believing their nation is an innovative country that hasn't stolen anything and that the world owes everything to China just because they mass produce most of the garbage in the world. China is literally a nation entirely build on theft, deceit, and scams.
There are more parent applications from china lol
@@varg92 Raw patent application numbers don't mean much. Especially when China doesn't respect them and 9/10 patents forwarded by China are discarded, which is the complete contrary in the US. www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-09-26/china-claims-more-patents-than-any-country-most-are-worthless
Besides, doesn't change the reality.
+Bilbo What's your point?
Maybe the real Mercedes were the friends we made along the way....
Think about it. German Engineering for our hearts ♥♥♥♥
@Alexander Meme Hyundai, Toyota and Peugeot are all more reliable than the three fancy German manufacturers.
@@danfred7127 Welcome to the fucking internet, Mr. Macho Keyboardwarrior
@@l.k5244 >tells someone to kill themselves
>gets called out for being a spineless little weasel of a sad pathetic man
>"hurr welcome to the internet meester keyboard wahreeor durr"
>Hmm... yeah, that checks out. Exactly what I suspected, really. A weirdo.
@@danfred7127
> posts a bullcrap comment
> uses emojis
> totally ignores the reply itself
> gets triggered over internet slang and starts acting like a christian keyboard warrior
> assumes that people on the internet are unmanly (even though any given man on Earth is probably manlier than him)
> "hurr durr"
> then calls others weirdos
@@l.k5244 Telling someone to "Kill themselves" is """internet slang""" to you, is it??? Yikes my dude.... Yikes. Brain completely rotted out from too much internet and social media huh? Pro-tip from me to you: Try leaving your house once in awhile, join the rest of us in the real world. How sad for you...
Thumbnail looks like mat watson
Winston, this may be the only video where your not wearing your suit! great upload as usual! stay awesome....
LDV was formerly a British company who made and supplied vans. It stood for Leyland Daf Vans, untill it was bought by AvtoGaz, the Russian company who formally made the Lada Riva etc.
@steve gale I think I am confusing myself with Avtovaz, who made the Lada cars, the Riva was based on a Fiat 124, though heavily altered through its life. Avtovaz is now owned by Renault.
We don't see you too often without a suit ^^ Love your vids ;)
JimVerNL I like him without the suit. He looks hot when he wears a suit. Although he is a good looking man, I mean temperature hot.
Not entirely fake, but not real either. The Maxis Istana is basically a 95-03 SsangYong Istana a licensed version of the Mercedes Benz MB100 van.
TErrible techniek
Correct
Hey dude. A good cyclist's trick for wet shoes is to take any dry news print you can find and open up the pages completely. Then take a stack of 3 or 4 big sheets turn them diagonally and twist them like a towel until they are tight. Pack as many of these as possible in your shoes and leave them for a few hours. This can get my road shoes dry enough after working 8 hours that I can commute home with dry socks (assuming I packed a second set). It also helps to put the shoes upside down and at an angle for water vapor to escape as it is heavier than surrounding air. Your boots are going to be harder to dry than cyclist's road shoes, but the trick will still work surprisingly well. I was super skeptical when someone told me this one, but after trying it once, I always do this with wet shoes now ;)
-Jake
so where I live:
an Asian lady with a kid in her suv.
late at night/early in the morning.
ran over a guy that fell on the street.
she got out of her car,looked at him.
then got back in her car and drove away.
the guy that fell in the street died.
watching your videos,you mentioned this is a "thing" in china.
this is a very bad "thing".
Where do you live ? Maybe you should move.
@@oldtiedyeman I live in Canada,why should I move?
@@madstevens8961 you should come to the Philippines bro. I'm a dive instructor here and it's amazing
she should be sent to china and sentenced to the firing squad....
I mean, maybe don't lie down in the middle of the street.
I find this title misleading. Your video seems to be more about a journey to that mountain peak instead of off-brand cars.
We did something similar in Qingdao however you were allowed to take your own vehicle as long as there was local in the car with you. The locals hung around the parking lot on the base of the mountain and you would pay them to ride shotgun in your car.
You guys are way braver than I am. After experiencing Chinese drivers for the first time in the back of a cab in Shanghai I refused to take one of these vans!
Great channel it brings back a lot of memories.
Aside from partners/family, why do you guys still stay in China? Apparently you can't own property, people don't accept you as part of their society, there's openly hostile racism and so many other issues that you mention in your videos.
All property owned by wives.. dangerous situation.. risky at least.. tons of people leave with nothing after 20 years of work. Luckily his channel follows him so hopefully he keeps private bank accounts and the channel for incase life doesn't go as dreamy as some hope it will :P
some people are here to show them there is a other world out there and the most important make the do gooders back in our countrys aware why Trump is going the way he goes with China we need equal rights in China at a bilateral base like chinese citizens have in our countrys
The part I could never tolerate is no legal protection on anything - courts always find against the foreigner regardless of the evidence
Everything Chinese look fake
juschu67 *Oh really, CCP troll? Just ask the citizens of Tibet, Mongolia, and now 🇭🇰 Hong Kong about how their “equal rights” are being administered via police batons!*
Love your videos, China was a total mistery for me. Excellent approach. Greetings from Costa Rica!
Mystery, amigo!
The van you pointed out is a cooperated product from Mercedes and a local brand called SAIC Maxus，this van is based on the 1st gen Mercedes Sprinter from about 20 years ago，and Mercedes officially allows this company to put its logo on the van，the quality of production cars were at the time quite bad，so traces like that would often appear. This is actually one exception lol.
Except for the blindly obvious fact that it looks NOTHING like a Sprinter van from 20 or 30 years ago, inside or out.
@@leelauer517 he is correct in some sense Ssangyong back until 2010 was controlling SAIC Motors and had a Mercedes Benz cooperation.
The Van is based on the Sprinter platform and is basically a mercedes benz car, made by a chinese company.
but still, branding was never part of the deal, so there is no way Mercedes "allowed the car to wear the badge" though it in part is from Mercedes origin.
Many chinese brands do the same great wall started with toyota hilux copies and now isuzu dmax based models
One of the biggest things I like about Winston is that he doesnt end the video with a beg for subs lol. Keep up the good work sir.
It’s a lot of fun watching your old videos at random (really TH-cam keeps sending me those videos) and seeing how you guys came together. It was a long process I suppose.
I love the sound effects for your shades😎 and the evil 💃🏽🕺🏼uncles...
When I'm in China I never never expect the truth.
of course. it's far too expensive.
I think this video should be in ADV China... And I guess the hair dryer belong to C-milk, why would you need one...lol
I just love it when serpentza puts in these little scenes like at 7:01 LOL
You guys need to do a funny t-shirt for the Evil Uncles. Ones you can give away to any evil uncles you speak too, hahahahaha.
Yes please we want a “ Crazy Uncle “ t-shirt hahahahaha so funny
Is it crazy Uncle or Evil Uncle ? I like crazy because evil can sound so sinister and honestly I don’t think they mean any harm they just don’t know any better
Winston is married...have to remind myself everytime im watching one of his videos
What a lucky woman
Id have better things to do in China than complain about a van.
😁😁😁
It's -2c up there... LOL , don't visit us in Canada then hahahaha, come do a -40c challenge xD
2:21 even the weather scam you!! lmao 😂😂 😂
What's gonna happen when Chinese cloned items begin to get cloned?
war of the clones
@@Vrey662 Yeah I guess Victor.....
Mercedes built a van for the Pacific market called the "Mercedes MB 100 from 1999-2004. The van in the video was a Saic Maxus Istana, which is
based off of a Ssangyoung Istana.
So they took an MB100 grill, and didn't even fasten it properly. Yes, Mercedes licensed their brand name to Ssangyoung. It's hard to believe, isn't it?
5:29 - - They also use steel wire to ensure that people dont steals the Mercedes mark from the car , they are popular to put on all kinds of cars in China
Lol the first van is real merc made by ssangyong called MB100
Ahhh China....Wait im Chinese😂
ni ce me yoo america is scammer too
I wanna be to! how can I become from China?
friedchicken You need chinese citizenship first.
@@ember5935 where can I find one?
friedchicken go to china
I am Korean and until 10 years ago, there were many people who put the Mercedes logo on that car(Istana) in Korea.
No one else notice the guy at :42 in the small orange van merging straight into a bigger van?
In another video of yours, you have mentioned that even the car dealership where you bought your car was going to slap a Toyota emblem onto your car.
Too bad that no domestic Chinese car company can evolve to the point where people will trust their product. I mean imagine what a best seller any good and reliable domestic Chinese car could be.
By the way, this is my first comment (previously I tried to contact you via the PayPal donation message). I very much like your videos and the ones from Matthew (C-MilK). I must have watched at least 50 of them already (and counting). My wife and my mom (very cool lady) are watching and subscribed as well. We feel drawn in for many good reasons. For one you woke our interest in China and we enjoy learning about it from you. We also like your to the point straight forward, stay awesome style. I hope you don’t misunderstand if I say that we kind of adopted you in our hearts, at least in ways that the internet allows. We care about you and wish you and your family the best.
Personally I share a somewhat similar story to you. I too chose to live in a faraway country and happily married to my Asian wife. I also share your passion about motorcycles.
We are looking forward to many more great videos.
Please stay awesome!
I actually have enough money to BUY a Ferrari....
In China... 😂
A Furruri you mean. :P
A Fellali you mean?
@@ReviewOrcsUSA Hahaha.
@@Bristecom Hahaha cant stop laughing.
Bentley, my friends call it Rently!!!!
bruh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That Tourist Van Guy Needs To Change The badge On Steering Wheel - :D
Isn’t the van the istana from ssangyong from Korea??
Serpentza thank u for ur videos I hope to visit China someday
welcome to China，You'll be disappointed
Love your videos, I get to see China and the wonderful aspects of the country, thank you and keep up the great work.
Ldv maxus is a British brand originally
Those van are made from Korea before ssangyong its a partnership with Benz
no wya mercdes will partner up with soem infurior car company, why would they?, can only harm their brand name, show me some proof mercdes is partner with these cheap chinese/korean car makers!.
S Dew it does have a Mercedes version called MB 100. Although the car they hired was a rebadged one
No way, it's just a chinese knock off based on the first gen mb sprinter, probably maxus bought or stolen the blue prints and started manufacturing in china
That van isn’t as bad as you make out. We have LDV in Australia too. It isn’t a Chinese copy, they bought the tooling and design of the original LDV Maxus when SAIC bought British brand LDV.
Same machinery and design but local quality control... They break down all the time
@Patriot extraordinaire Because you don't leave a country with simple inconveniences. You teach others about them.
It would be interesting to inspect this van in the first secound of video, my korean build istana badged mb140 is built like a tank the you can push the penals with your hand and they wont flex. The new ldv vans we get in new Zealand where rusty already brand new and the doors are made from catfood tins or something.
It's a piece of shit mate, Australians on the whole are easily fooled by marketing of cheap cars which is why half the population drive Kia's, Hyundai's and Chinese rubbish.
The German
Kias and Hyundais are fine, and i never don’t see too many chinese cars around, although these LDV vans have been popping up a fair bit
My goodness! Is there anything they WOULDN’T do?
One unique thing i like about you is the depth of the fact you always present with so much calm and ease,thanks alot for the videos
I love the evil Uncle sound, it cracks me up, funny how many evil uncles are in China, it's prob gonna take 10-20 years for all off them to die off lol
I don't think the last crazy uncle exclaim was correct that just looked like a guy who was genuinely interested in what the foreigners he has probably never seen before are doing!
Every time I watch a video about a car a Maserati commercial comes on
Nothing is worse than seeing an M5 with a 528i engine
1:10 Bruh even the sky is fake
From what I understand money and status is an unhealthy preoccupation. In China 🇨🇳
That would be funny people wearing gold Plated Mercedes emblems on their necklaces becomes the cool thing to do!...
Stay awesome!
So when they were communists you'd call them fucking retarded commies and now after they've become capitalists they're greedy. I never understood why the western countries are always obsessed with China. Maybe they just cannot accept the fact that China is now a force to be reckoned with and its importance is growing by the minute?
0:38 Woah! This is the first time I've seen a live bird in one of the videos.
The best way of drying out boots is scrunched up newspaper, put on radiator and change newspaper regularly (can be reused). Also works inside wet motorcycle jacket sleeves.
Click bait title ...its actually is mercedes van
@4:20-
C-milk: "He's f*cking Tokyo drifting around these corners!"
Winston: "Meh. Still better than combi drivers in Johannesburg."
I think this is the only video where I saw any birds.
They export dangerous electrical items that could kill you with the CE logo...Conformite European.
I don't know they're allowed in at all. CE now means Chinese Export.
The other scam is to show a UK or German flag and then 'Designed in UK/Germany'. Now they're flooding the market with cheap kitchen knives with a prominent Swiss flag and the word Swiss somewhere in the brandname.
Watching Conquering Northern China with my aunt that is Chinese and enjoying it.
We have one request your next adventure can you please put Chinese closed captions on your videos when you speak.
Sure
@@serpentza TWere starting the second episode now and have laughed so hard had to order a Pizza and take a break. My aunt is glued to the TV! She said, to tell you thank you for showing her country and places she has never seen before. I planed to wait until the pizza got delivered to continue but she sad no we eat when it gets here! She won that battle!
First farms been taken now in South Africa Winston.
If you are being scammed by a fake Mercedes, you clearly deserved to be scammed.