American freaks out over the cars in Sydney, Australia
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- American weirdo Wasteland Firebird takes you on a tour of the cars he sees around Sydney, Australia.
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Really love that you're excited for all the cars not just the "cool" ones, absolutely infectious enthusiasm.
I agree 100%, such an underrated comment.
He spent all of 2 seconds on the super cars. Lol
We don't all wont American influence
Yeah.. if we walked past him on the street, we would raise an eyebrow like " yes mate it's a car buddy, not seen one before ?.!". Lol
Being an Australian, I find it quite surreal when I see what Americans have
I love this man's enthusiasm for all the cars. A big V8 or a Suzuki. It doesn't matter what it is. A genuine motoring enthusiast. This is such an awesome video. Really crave more like this please.
Yes I have eclectic tastes. Most of all, I love muscle cars, Japanese sports cars, and... little weird cars!
@@WastelandFirebird you would freak out if you saw the cars in the warehouse near mine called the Muscle Car Warehouse lol
It's in Kogarah
wait till he sees a 90s Suzuki carry
@@user-in1yw9ty5t Suzuki MightyBoy too. The Little original Swift in ute form.
@@WastelandFirebird So ya no really a #Gronk. 'eyh Muz?
Ute stands for Utility vehicle, hence the variety of beds depending on what the tradies are using them for :)
Ha ha. Now you need to define "tradies" for the non-Australian audience, mate.
@@nancinyols8015 Tradesman
Not really. The original definition -when it was invented by Ford Geelong in 1934 was for a utility vehicle based on a passenger design that could be used as a passenger car and work vehicle. Since we don't have any passenger car based bed vehicles on sale here anymore we should really call them pick-up trucks or trucks for short.
@@galactica1980 I absolutely dare you to go up to a bloke in hi-vis in the pub on a friday arvo, and give him a lecture on why he's not allowed to call his ute a ute :D
@@NostraFnDamus no worries. I have my own hi vis stuff. He's allowed to call it that it's just not really correct. Besides I'm sure the bloke would rather be thought of as driving a truck than a "pussy" car based vehicle? 😜
I'm Australian and I felt the same way when I travelled to America for the first time in 2008. I was excited to see the Ford Crown Victoria taxis when I arrived at he airport.
Those Crown Victorias were one of the best vehicles ever produced. The engines in those things seemed to run forever.
@@YoureUsingWordsIncorrectly I never heard about that. I’ve only heard good things about them. Maybe the improvement was well made.
I was excited to drive a Camry in the US. Crazy how instead of just switching sides of the steering they did an entirely different interior for Australia.
@@BeastPoint1 How was the interior different ? Which one did you think was nicer? That’s interesting.
Bahaha i hear you. I talked to some poor guy for 10 minutes about his clapped out Camero assuming it was a project car.
This guy knows more about Aussie cars than most Aussie car salesmen.
Slaps roof, "Yep this is our finest model, ah uh.... little one".
I didn't realise the cars in Australia were so different, it's really cool to see someone appreciate the cars I see everyday that I now after watching this appreciate more this is awesome, keep it up :)
Yeah the cars are very different, when I got here my coworker didn't believe me, but I can just look in any direction and find examples!
I didn’t realise it as an Aussie till I visited the Midwest US, like still mostly the same type of cars but everything just looks..different.
It’s mostly small generic Asian cars with very little personality that are all over countries like China, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, etc. The U.S. and Europe have much nicer cars!
I’m from England, and the cars here in Australia are much better. If I could sell the commodore Ute in England, I’d make a killing.
@@pommiebears really depends what sorta cars you're into! UK got these awesome late 90's mitsubishi colts from japan with awd that we never got and I've always wanted to import one. Our version was the mitsubishi mirage and they only came with tiny engines and fwd in aus :p
As a european I find it awesome how Australia has lots of Japanese and Euro Cars that we have around here too but then it also has a bunch of American, or American style, cars and on top of that they have their local car brands too… RIP Holden, we’ll miss ya.
Exactly! It seems like Australia has the largest variety of cars in the world.
@Tearjerker 2 models were solely AU though, the Maloo and the Commodore. Some performance Commodores were exported to the US as Chevys, the SS he mentioned. The UK could import it as a Vauxhall for a while too, but I believe they were all built in Australia regardless of what they were rebadged as. The only way they were linked to Opel was by being owned by GM.
@@WastelandFirebird I think New Zealand has Aus beat on that regard. Way different import laws so you end up with all the same cars we have in Aus but more American cars and way more Japanese, Thailand, etc. imports
@@WastelandFirebird Australia has great connections to Asia and the U.S.A.
@Tearjerker
Which in turn are rebadged Vauxhalls.
All owned by GM, or used to be
This guy is a blast - love watching his enthusiasm for our cars
:-D :-D :-D
I’m Australian and looking at this guy freak out over Holdens fills me with so much pure bliss.
They were Holdens made in Korea by GM's subsidiary over there or made in Germany by Opel when GM still owned them.
lmao I laughed when he got excited over the commodore
We made a Holden pilgrimage! ua-cam.com/video/bOz0HhAWZA0/v-deo.html
Literally the only person in Australia excited for a Citroen
Australia is the most competitive car market in the world.
There are many car brands in Australia.
The Japanese manufacturers ruled the Australian market, because they make right-hand drive vehicles.
But now the Chinese will take over with their electric vehicles.
It wasn’t very competitive until government decided to sign really bad free trade agreements with South Korea, China, France and Japan
No they won't Japan has a really good reputation they will continue to dominate in Australia. China has a terrible reputation I'll be surprised if they sell many cars
I love the hot chick that walks past at 37 seconds. When I went to New York, I thought it would be full of beautiful girls. But Sydney women are so much more gorgeous, even when friends reciprocated from New York over to Sydney they simply couldn’t believe how many beautiful women were in Sydney. Makes you kinda of proud as a Sydneysider.
Low standards lol
@@stn7172 yes. in the usa.
New York is not American city anymore, its full of foreigners and foreign born
My old neighbourhood...Crown St, Surry Hills
Hahahah yeah nailed it, I love it here
The car scene in Australia has really changed during the last decade. We went from every second car being Commodores and Falcons, to now being dominated by Japanese brands (especially Toyota). The popularity of dual-cab pickups has skyrocketed due to the practicality factor. Never been to the US but I think checking out the cars over there would be fascinating.
Not to mention European cars like the French ones he pointed out in the video and a plethora of German car brands too
And Korean.
Probably a good thing fuel-economy wise with the way prices are going, and how far out the sprawl is. You don't need big powerful engines when all you're lugging around is groceries & a kid or two. Arguably if Sydney's suburban sprawl didn't copy America's & stuck to the old town style with corner shops & high streets, even one of those moped engine cars or a cargo ebike would do most of what most people use cars for lol.
Japanese carmakers have dominated sales here since the 80s
A ute is a utility vehicle so anything you can “chuck it on the back” is a ute
Americans always say "there are so many utes in Australia!" but the USA has lots and lots of pickup trucks too. What we're actually surprised at is that there are so many things that look like the old Chevy El Camino or Ford Ranchero! They don't sell a single thing like that in the USA now. Sadly I don't think they're selling any new ones in Australia either, but at least there are still lots of cool used ones you can get.
@@WastelandFirebird yeah everyone loved the utes but with locally produced cars in Australia ending a few years ago with Holden and Ford they kind of died out. Then people moved towards duel cabs like your Toyota hilux or Ford ranger for work vehicles. I use to have a 500hp HSV vr maloo, hsv is Holden special vehicles and back in the vr model which was 1994 there were only around 150 of them made and I was a young dumb 19yo with shit for brains.. it’s a wonder they never took off in America, they basically started as a farm vehicle
@@WastelandFirebird the early Holden utes were also called ‘one tonner’ if they had a tray but if they had a tub they were still a ute
Hi Wastie. The different trays on uses are for different trades and uses. Great to see a true car lovers get excited over everyday cars. Have a good one mate. 🇦🇺
I love that I apparently have a new Aussie nickname. You're like the 10th person to call me Wastie!
@@WastelandFirebird dont worry, itll stick forever
"Wastie Birdo"
This is how I am when visiting new countries 😁 absolutely love seeing how different the cars are!!
It's the best part of traveling!
Not surprised he's fascinated by cars considering he arrived on horseback with a Smith & Wesson in his britches...
🤣👍👍👍
0:38 Love the dedication. Car's before those.
I would have been distracted. Lol
YEAH WAS SHE PLANTED?
They will crush your car for repeated street racing and "hooning" but not for general speeding they hold you up by the ankles until all your money falls out of your pockets.
Any "car" with an open back is a ute as for the trays pretty much every ute with a ladder frame chassis is sold as a cab chassis meaning you have the option of buying it with or without the factory tub and there are a lot of companies making custom trays
💖 your enthusiasm…..Great video Thankyou….Cheers❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺
Australia rules!!!!
What a top bloke! Welcome to our lovely country and love your enthusiasm. New subscriber!
Oooooh I'm super honored to be granted this new title, I kind of want to print that on a t-shirt: TOP BLOKE
@@WastelandFirebird haha that's a common expression in Australia but it's a good one for a t-shirt!
Fascinating observations, and flips the 'America had all the best cars' concept I have always subconsciously nurtured from childhood. Most informative.
I love the Australian ford falcon xr6. I think America really missed the opportunity on thoughs cars. 4 door reliable sports sedan that has a inline 6 that will smoke any V8 on the road
Oh yeah, if I had made a longer video I would have mentioned 2 more things! 1: Aussies kept the muscle car thing going long after the USA had given up on them and 2: Aussies enjoy 6 cylinder muscle cars, whereas Americans only like V8s.
@@WastelandFirebird Europe makes 4.0l V8 so a 4.0L inline 6 is basically simular size that's a big 6.
Nissan skyline inline 6 are rather small in comparison But make a lot of horsepower with all the oversized cams and turbo. So I guess a 4.0L inline 6 Barra would be more likely up with the standard V8 range on stock but serous horsepower worked.
@@WastelandFirebird I think that is due to the fact fuel has been relatively cheaper in the USA so the market was more accepting of 6 cylinder cars in Oz.
Fun fact about the ford GT-HO Phase 3 is it was the fastest 4 door car in the world for over 20 years
My uncle had one in 1974. They were fairly expensive even back then, but nothing like they are now.
@@FrostedSeagull Well no duh, GT-HO phase 3 was like buying a FPV compared to buying a normal falcon in 2012
Glorious!!!
@@WastelandFirebird Although the American name (ford) the car was developed in Australia.
G'day Wastie, (that's what your mates would shorten your name to here in Australia) really enjoyed your video and your enthusiasm for the cars was contagious. In the mid 80s a mate and I toured the USA ad we had a fantastic time. We bought a second hand Trans Am ( with the eagle on the bonnet/hood, ala Smokey And The Bandit). Such a welcoming ,free country back then. Of course we visited every car factory, museum, etc ,etc. America has and has made so may beautiful cars and lead the world with innovation and technology in the motor industry. Looking forward to your wife's video. Take care and stay safe.
I have a 1975 Firebird Trans Am in storage back in the USA. I miss it!
and with the eagle
SERIOUSLY MATE ???
one of the most famous cars of that era and you don't know it's name..
THE FUCKING FIREBIRD
TRANS AM FIREBIRD Mate
Wow
Hopefully you also know what a Lamborghini countach
and a Corvette or Ferrari F40 as well
@@martinkuliza and we all know when a dogs being a bitch.
@@martinkuliza l mean if you’re gonna be so pedantic it’s actually a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Trans Am was just the highest equipment package and only a wanker would say the last bit, like saying you had a VB Commodore SL/E.
The car is a Pontiac Firebird.
@@ragereset2795
well.. Clearly you're just pissed off and can't accept your mistake
Mate
1. I'm not being overly Pedantic You called it THE CAR WITH THE EAGLE LOL
ok, I'm just talking normally , yes, we called it the firebird or the fucking firebird (but that was in Australia), there's nothing pedantic about that
2. So you decided you go over specific and be pedantic yourself in order to win an argument.
Why don't you just understand what actually happened and that was that you didn't give the car the respect it deserved and called it THE CAR WITH THE EAGLE, that's like calling Michael Jordan the player with the ball.
3. it's your mistake mate, ... Accept it and move on
I didn't name the car in it's full format BECAUSE I WAS TRYING NOT TO BE PEDANTIC
in saying that , the car does deserve a degree of inherent respect, ok
so.. Stop being pissed off, Calm down and accept your mistake, Simple as that because to argue and bitch is to be childish, ok
Make a choice
❤Americans, and their infectious enthusiasm.
Most of the cars you showed are what I'd call 'regular' cars. Nothing special about them and cars like that can be found all over the world in one form or another. What irks a lot of Australians is that we don't get American pick-ups, vans, or muscle cars because none are made in RHD except the Mustang. Can't buy a Camaro, Demon, Hellcat, F-250, Econoline (when they were making them) etc. unless you want to spend another $40,000 to have it converted. You can modify your car to the limit. Go to a custom car show and see what's there.
I think maybe you can modify older cars more freely than newer ones? Then again the USA is the same way in that a lot of things are technically illegal (like putting a turbo on a non-turbo car, I think, violates federal environmental regulations) but people get away with doing it all the time.
I've seen at least 3 Camaros in Melbourne
@@keyboardemperor3540 I've seen several where I live too and an uncle of mine had the first in Australia back in 1968 but like everyone since then, he had to pay a ton of money to have it converted to RHD.
Because Aussies don't want to pay 6 times what the yanks do just for the privilege of having the wheel on the correct side of the car 🤣👍🏽
@@BamBamZ_Gaming See ua-cam.com/video/q1B6L5nE2bI/v-deo.html and from 1903 until the Model S of 1908, all Fords (indeed all American cars) had the steering wheel on the right. The Model T of 1909 was the first American car to be LHD.
I'm not really a car guy but i really enjoyed this video purely based on old mate's enthusiasm...
I love hearing comments like that. I've been bringing back the enthusiasm every week since! ua-cam.com/video/NvhlS_B2sUw/v-deo.html
I do this exact thing when I'm in the States. Glad to see I'm not the only one!
I love the cars here!!!
I did the same thing in the states! Raptors, big Chevy Escalades, Tahoe’s, Silverado, F trucks and shit every where! Big shit everywhere! Blew me away
The cars don’t get crushed but your heart will be when you see how much they fine you for going like 5kph over the limit
The Hilux is sold in the US as the 4runner but not in the open tray config. Also we don't have "right on red" equivalent here, instead some intersections have green arrows.
And there are no 4-way stop signs here. Just roundabouts!
This guy is officially the first and only person to be happy to see a Suzuki swift
What a lovely video, your energy is great. So glad to see your enthusiasm. I’ve been lucky enough to own an XR6 Turbo Ute and one of the last XR8 sedans with the supercharged coyote V8. All of the Americans that I have shown those cars lamented that they were never available over there.
Those are so cool!!!!
Gotta love the FGX Falcons! I own a 2015 XR8 and it’s an awesome car. Bought mine 2nd hand in 2018 for 45K and a guy near me who wants to buy it from me offered me 80K about a month ago, it’s wild 😂
@@Devastator0 sold a 2011 Xr6 beginning of last year for $8k and seen them more than double in price since.
Not complaining because the skyline Gtst i got with the money has more than tripled since
@@Pheatan same bro bought a skyline for $26k nzd only a year ago now is worth $40k nzd. Crazy
I love your excitement for things which are different and novel. 😍
That's the best part of traveling!
"My name is Wasteland Firebird!"
Sure it is pal. Sure it is.
ua-cam.com/users/john was already taken
@@WastelandFirebird fair play :D
I was expecting to have to get pedantic in the comments, but I was pleasantly shocked to hear you address what a ute is instead of -incorrectly- calling it a truck.
Sköda's have traditionally come from Czechoslavakia / Czech Republic, but were acquired by Volkswagen Automotive Group and now are built in and around Europe, various components in various factories... Same Audi/VW/Sköda/Seat
Im Aussie and watching this made me happy :) So were so close to getting the the Ute thing right. basically here if it has a tray it's a UTE. We only call truck what US calls semis or big rig.
What you call a pickup truck we also would still call a ute here.
Loved the video
I’m so surprised that the US didn’t get this many vehicles! I can also say that New Zealand is similar with the cars on the road as Auzzie. Guy looks so happy seeing all these cars! Very wholesome
Bless this guy he got excited over a Nissan Micra :))
What you were saying about the land cruisers is true. They’re very popular over here and are one of the most reliable cars that I’ve driven, ever. My dad was obsessed with them too. We had a 60’s series, an 80’s series and a 90’s prado. The 60’s series (yes, it was made in the mid 1960’s!) Would have still been going to this day if we hadn’t had to sell it when we moved across the country. All of those cars had probably been 3 - 4th hand when we bought them, but they never broke down. The 60’s series was literally rusting through in some places and it would have fallen apart before the engine carked it I reckon!
Suzuki swifts are super popular for being small, easy to park, and having one of the best saftey ratings for accessible cars.
When you can, get to Narrandera for the Summernats or one of the custom cars shows. There you will see old cars lovingly restored plus hot rods, street rods etc.
I had a similar experience when going to the States in 99, I couldn't believe how low all the cars were. A lot of Aussie cars are built slightly higher off the ground because of the rougher and more unmade roads we have. Also if you come down to Melbourne, sit in peak hour on one of the major roads and count the Porsches, Lambo's, Lotus, Peugeot, etc cars you see in inner Melbourne.
The Summernats are in Canberra.
I have been to a couple shows like that! If I had made a video there it would be 9 hours long.
@@WastelandFirebird so good you're enjoying yourself here mate. A very warm welcome from Queensland Australia 😀
The parking job at 0:43 hurts my soul
Man it’s awesome to see someone totally buzzing out on cars of all sorts and brands.
G'day, The Ute is evolving It now includes practically any vehicle that has a tray. The True Blue Ute, has a Sadan version available and the tray portion is part of the cabin of the vehicle. A "Cab Chasis" has a Tray portion that could be removed and replaced with one of a different style. I.E. remove a "Tub" and fit a "Drop Side" or "Flat deck" style. Some "Ute" also have Cab Chasis with a matching "Tub". Both look almost identicle but the Cab Chasis has a gap between the cab and tray.
This is useful info!
Appreciate your perspective and enthusiasm here. Have you visited Japan before? As an Australian it tripped me out because I realised everything I grew up with car wise was foreign (from Japan), but none of the car models I was familiar with are sold to the domestic Japanese market. None of the Japanese brand cars in Australia are driven in Japan (They're made for export only, just like Fosters beer). The Japanese in Japan if they do buy a car, it's a really boxy and tall car like the "Cube". Their needs are different from our own, they travel short distances at slow speed, so headroom and storage is prioritised over speed and aerodynamics. Cars are for groceries or Sunday trips mostly over there, never for commuting, because public transport is so attractive, its faster, regular, efficient and cheaper to travel by. Oh and all the Taxis are black Crown vics with white doily interior and white glove drivers, It's like a perfectly preserved 80s time bubble.
I do hope to visit Japan someday, and I fully expect to have my mind blown.
And what you say is perfectly true, even the models like say Toyota Corolla are a bit different as I own one here in Australia or models look similar but different names. I just had 6 weeks in Japan and took great notice of car types and most Japanese Hatch and SUV types are all Hybrids, a few diesels and I also seen a few Jeeps, a Huge GMC pick-up and one of those 70's style American Utes, which looked ridiculously large in a Japanese shopping centre car park. The little Boxy cars commonly known as Kei Cars are generally under 1,000 cc, mostly around 660cc 3 cylinder cars and under 1,000kgs in weight, they are much much cheaper in rego and tax charges and commonly get around 27kms to a litre or just over 100kms (60 miles) to a US Gallon and inside they are deceptionally spacious.
We get after market trays on our utes so that the sides on the base car don’t get in the way of putting tools and what have you in the back. If you really wanted the tray can be completely flat, you also don’t have to worry about anything scratching the paint. Tradesmen and farmers dream.
You can modify cars here, but they need to be engineered. Generally if you're nice to police and your car isn't stupidly low or loud they don't really care. Insurance won't pay out however.
Also, they'll crush your car if you're doing absolutely stupid really dangerous driving, otherwise it's just rather larger fines and a loss of licence for a while
I used to do donuts in parking lots in the USA. I'm a little scared to do that here. Anti-hooning laws!
@@WastelandFirebird im jealous of the mods i see on some American cars & how cheap some of there car parts are as well as availability of them for some models,
Back in the early 80's, my American college roomate visited me in Bermuda where we drive on the left. A bunch of us were driving along and the front passenger (I was driving) turned around to say something to my roomate sitting directly behind him. My roomate absolutely let the Fs fly telling him to watch where the h...he was driving! What a laugh we all had.
An American friend of mine fell asleep in the passenger seat in England, and woke up in a panic thinking she was supposed to be driving but there was no steering wheel.
3:58 yes! As an Aussie I did exactly the same thing in Europe, but in reverse obviously! Also, on multiple occasions, I would turn the wrong way cos the GPS said turn left (or keep left) and I'd take the exit and turn right. This was particularly annoying on Autobahns cos sometimes the exit would be to a different freeway and it might be 20km before I could turn around! I prob did this a dozen times over a 3 month trip if I wasn't concentrating properly.
Ugh yes exactly
What a lovely gentleman. Came for the outfit and streets of Sydney, stayed for the charm.
Thanks for watching! Since this video I've been all over Australia. Still more to see though....
I recall hearing that Australia has the world's highest number of different car makers in a single market
I believe it!
This brotha is so wholesome he gets my sub much love from Aotearoa New Zealand love his knowledge too he is a very smart guy chur the bro put some merch out cuz
Just so you know in South Australia, We don't do that weird pull to the left to turn right at intersections. That seems to be an east coast thing.
Deadset I'm from South aus and I'm travelling for my first time and that's really getting to me. And how everyone reverse parks
As someone who's lived in Sydney their entire life as is really used to the...I suppose you could say ecosystem of cars around here and what they look like, I find it fascinating that the cars I'm so used to are rare or non-existent in another part of the world! Your enthusiasm is infectious, mate. Also I'm not a huge fan of blocky cars, but the Jimny looks quite nice in that colour!
When he said MG use to be British now its Chinese I died inside dam you Thatcher dam you
Interesting to see his perspective!
Of course you can modify cars here ! You should go to a custom car show, Australia is full of highly modified cars, but just like the US, they are now worth a small fortune, so you generally only see them at shows or organised runs. I have both modified cars and motorcycles... Look for video's on the "Summernats" at Canberra for a look at some modified Aussie cars...
I've been to a couple shows like that. Can you drive those cars on the street? Do they have to be a certain age to avoid having to be engineered and emissions-approved and safety-approved and all that? I know the people who modify their modern cars are constantly complaining about being defected by police.
@@WastelandFirebird There are rules and regs for say, putting a late fuel injected engine into an older car, some regs / emission's controls must go with the date of manufacture of the engine, some with the manufacturer date of the car, it also depends on which state you live in, All states have different rules. It can all be a bit confusing. Yes you can drive them on the road if engineered properly... Lots of people do mods without getting them approved and get defected..
the fold-down side tray thing you get on the tradie utes comes like that AFAIK.
As someone from Australia I find this really interesting seeing as I see cars like this all the time.
The only car I recognized was the echo. I’ve seen plenty of those here in the states
Cool video, that purple Falcon GT is worth about half a million Aussie dollars and if it a GTHO it's worth about a million dollars.
Looks like the replica that "Classics for a Cause" are raffling at the moment (got my ticket), and if so, the claimed value is $230k. Cheers!
Yep makes sense, good luck with the raffle mate
Niiiice
The fact that they don't have a suzuki swift in America is insane to me!
The Holden Ute you were looking at , yes , we would call that a UTE . The Toyota with the Silver , Drop-side Tray can get referred to as a " One-Tonner " .
And something like a Big Chev C-20 or Ford F-150 we may well call an " American Pickup " .
And I think the OTHER big Toyota you were thinking of , while looking at the Prado , would be a 70 Series Landcruiser . Big and Square Farm Truck .
Yeah the 70 Series! I'm starting to figure this out. I think I want one. But they are bizarrely expensive!
@@WastelandFirebird . Everyone , Everywhere , knows how tough a Hilux is . A 70 Series is the " Big Boys Toy " version . THAT is why they are Pricey .
Bruz you may call em trucks but if it’s got a tray I call it a ute, doesn’t matter if it’s American or not
@@dantemadden1533 . I did NOT say , anywhere , that they could NOT be called a " Ute " . However SOME People will use the terms I mentioned to be more descriptive to whomever they are addressing .
Now that the car companies no longer make car based utilities anymore they started calling pick up trucks utes hoping that people wanting ute qualities would be sucked in buying rough riding pickups by calling them utes.
Worked well with lots of clowns defending the names of ute replacements.
This makes me so happy !
Darlinghurst?
Wait till you get over to New Zealand.
We will get there eventually!
L😍VE your enthusiasm! When I visited the States in the 1980’s I couldn’t believe those Monster trucks and that people actually drove them around as their daily drive - also I lost track of the times I almost got run over crossing the road looking in the ‘opposite’ direction 😁
I have lived and driven in Australia, Japan, the USA, and Germany. And I make the same left turn/right turn mistake when talking and driving!
0:42 Skoda Superb. The parking, not so superb.
hahahahaha
The ute beds are all different in Australia because a tradesman can only tax deduct his tools as a business expense if they are stored in a locked container that is attached to the tray of the ute.
No way! I think you just explained it! That's wild.
I love seeing people who have a passionate interest in a certain subject in a setting where they can totally embrace it!
Holden/Ford/Chrysler used to build panel vans. These were a car front end, like the ute, but with a van rear. As teens we used to turn them into custom vans known as 'shaggin' wagons'. You'll mainly see then at car shows these days due to their age.
I love those things!! I want a purple Sandman!! In the US we had the "van" craze too but we had those big tall vans, not the station-wagon type things you had here.
2:58 that is an Australian made car from 1971. Australia made its own falcons from 1960 to 2016 because the American made falcons fell to bits on our rough roads. That purple car is a GTHO phase 3. It can handle some of the roughest roads in America and can reach 160mph.
Deadset my falcon still falls apart on our roads I've spent more money on it then any car I've owned. biggest regret of my life can't wait to get rid of it and go back to my hilux
IWrocker sent me here. Love Yanks loving Aussies.
I love Australia!!!
I'm Australian, born and lived here all my life. I'm not familiar with half of the foreign cars on our streets these days.
Mr. Humungous, sir, it's an honor to hear from you. I made a film about one of your mates, be sure to check out The Fall of 7 Sisters Petroleum. ua-cam.com/video/YaMjCREtDP0/v-deo.html
@@WastelandFirebird Wow! That was awesome! HD too. Thanks for telling us the story behind that compound in the wasteland, upon which I will unleash my dogs of war. Wez never spoke to me about his past. Now I know he had a thing for blondes and I know why he loved The Golden Youth so much. He reminded him of Debby. (I didn't turn Wez gay. He was like that when he joined my gang.) We have many LGBTQI members and Wez made a valuable contribution.
Thanks Firebird!
0:42 'Skoda Superb' rust-buckets. In the 1970's they were famous for their thin paint and bodies. Some floors and side panels were rusted through in under 12months. Absolute, commy-made rubbish.
Looks like VW owns them now, so maybe they've improved since the commie days....
@@WastelandFirebird Hope so as they couldn't get any worse. They were also notorious for their incredibly low price. Lada's and Polski Fiats were a better buy but still commy-made junk.
you can modify your car, it just has to be engineer approved so it's not some janky pos. also to get your car crushed for speeding you'd have to be a serial offender breaking speed limits by huge amounts.
Australia is the perfect car market. Japanese, Korean, European, JDM, american-like cars (V6, V8 Holdens, Ford falcon). I envy their car market
really intresting to see we get more exclusive cars than i thought. Fun fact tho, the Toyota Echo is literally the same as a Yaris, they were just called different things in different markets until they eventually consolidated everything to Yaris
I have a Nissan Micra. I was so hyped to see him excited over it.
NEE SAHN MICRA!!!!!
You need to go to Summernats in Canberra to check out some amazing classic cars people own in Australia!!! 👌😎💨🚘🔥Great video 👍
Oh yes, I plan to!
Welcome to Australia! You might enjoy Summernats if you are still here in April.
yes i did! ua-cam.com/video/8r4rqMH44hs/v-deo.html
Great vid, love how you get excited over everyday cars which we Australians take for granted. What would be great is to see you cruising in a few aussie muscle cars. If you ever make it to Brisbane let me know. My friend runs the UA-cam channel Oz Torque, I'm sure he would do a colab and take you for a spin in his Commodore VL Turbo.
YES PLEASE
I can totally make it to Brisbane for something like that, my email is on my UA-cam profile
He’s so cute when he talks about cars
I like that the variety of cars in Australia is very similar to my country. Pacific gang
That's my neighbourhood! Woolloomooloo and Darlinghurst.
Note that although there is the threat of having your car crushed, I've never heard of them going through with that threat.
That's good, then again after they've seen how I drive they might go through with it....
Who told you they crush cars for speeding 🤣.On rare occasions they might crush your car if you're street racing or doing burnouts.And as far as modifications go ,it's only the young and stupid P PLATERS that can't but do increase the power.That ford GT falcon was the fastest production car in the world when the first hit the roads.I strongly urge you to test drive a commodore SS/V8 Ute, hold on 😂and don't worry they won't crush it.I have had plenty of speeding tickets in my 50 years and just about all my cars have been legally modified with twice the power at least 😉
I reckon he will love the Ford falcon GT over the commodore. Nothing better thrill then the power of a Barra Turbo
Ford XY GT Falcon not quite fastest production car at the time, but was the fastest 4 door. Goes some way to explaining the big money they bring now!
Only the XY GTHO phase 3 Falcon was the fastest four door production car for a while.
Lots of exotic Euro two door coupes were faster.
The far more common standard Falcon GT was quite a bit slower..
Lots of factory mods on the HO version.
@@johnd8892 Most falcons are modified today pushing power way beyond the factory standards
I was working for a company called Walkinshaw that converts Dodge Ram, Chevy Silverado, VW trucks and some other stuff from LHD to RHD for the Australian market. I don't recommend buying their vehicles.
Haha this is so awesome. Love it. Love your enthusiasm and general love for automotive history. As an Aussie if I went to America I’d be so excited seeing all the USA cars we don’t get over here. 😃
He was like a super cute excited dad. I love it!
awww shucks
*He is a little bit confused but he got the spirit* 🤠😎
I have seen the light!
@@WastelandFirebird 👍
The tray-back utes are (imo) the coolest things yall get that we simply dont
cool video, greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!
Ute is short for utility, most uses are made with a basic tray but are adaptable for the different tradesmen
Great video!!!
Thanks mate!
You gotta visit during summernats, nothing quite like it, im across the ditch and have been wanting to go all my life, definitely #1 on my bucketlist for sure❤️💯
Summernats was awesome! ua-cam.com/video/8r4rqMH44hs/v-deo.html
Love the vid. I moved from LA to Sydney in 2001 and driving here is very different to driving in the US. The government here in Aus look at cars in a different light than most of the world. Here, if you own a car you are a means of revenue generating for the local councils. If you love cars and want to mod them you are labelled a Hoon by the police. Aus turned me off driving.
I love Australia, but I much prefer driving in the USA.
This is facts
Wow that was really cool. I really enjoyed this.
I had fun making it!