Hey... I'm an organic farmer here in Japan (Sendai) and I have a 2015 Honda Acty truck, 2017 Honda Shuttle, and a 2006 Honda Hobio (my favorite). Obviously the Hobio and Acty are kei (it's pronounced "kay", by the way). Get a ticket and come drive my shit. You can review my tractors, too. Hell, I even have a field by the Sugo circuit and you can take the cars there and pretend they're race cars.
I went to Japan in college expecting to see Imprezas, Lancers, and Camrys everywhere I went. All I saw were mini box vans like this, and a bunch of Nissan Cube knockoffs.
For me college has been a mix of small, and rather weird crossovers, muscle cars, and imports. Oh yeah, and people like me who drive trucks, and no one expects any of us to really be at college.
Fifthcell Yup, they need every square inch of space they can muster and still drive and park on tiny Japanese roads. Plus, speed limits are so low in most places you can barely enjoy a sportier car.
Keep in mind that Kei-class vehicles were primarily designed for Japanese city streets; unlike North America, Japan has a very high overall population density; almost 10 times over the average across the entirety of the United States. That means lots of buildings and lots of traffic, thus that puny engine won't matter so much.
and for the record, owning one and daily driving it, the funnest freaking thing on 4 wheels. And yes the ride is back crushing. But the satisfaction of tinkering with this little devil and getting it working like 98% of it's original condition in the garage with hand tools and maybe a compressor is a highlight of my LIFE.
They're fun to drive as long as its a good open road lol. I drive one and feels pretty relatable with sore arms and legs once I'm done driving for the day
We had one that was used for food delivery. It was called the Maggotmobile, because somebody spilled some food and never cleaned it up. It was the only van we ever had, that never broke down in 11 years.
+Gordon Freeman My 2009 Polo 9N3 has a 60HP 3 cylinder. It's OK, but now that I had it for a month I wish it had a proper 4 cylinder engine with a little more power.
+bob bobo depends on how shitty the driver is. If you romp it, it will kill the trans. If you respect it and only lay it down when you need it, then it will last.
That tiny van is actually kinda cute. And for a 1988 vehicle it is in very pristine condition! Kudos to the owner who takes care of it so well! It looks brand new.
They are brilliant at what they do best. Designed for crowded Japanese cities. My ex wife used to have a fleet of 5 for urban deliveries in English villages & towns, some of the streets date back to medieval lanes meant for a pony & cart where a Ford Transit would struggle or even not pass at all. Any American that has been to old English towns will understand. As for speed, the average speed of inner London traffic is barely more than horse & cart days.
"RIGHT HAND DRIVE IS UN-AMERICAN!" *SWIGS A BUD LIGHT AND PEELS OFF IN A 6-CYLINDER CHALLENGER WITH FAKE HOOD SCOOPS AND COWLS* *GETS PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS THREATS in front of the officer TO ANYONE WHO DRIVES FOREIGN CARS*
OMG that's my neighbor. Such a meathead. Black V6 challenger with loud ass exhaust and an automatic. Challenged him to a race in my 3.8 minivan. won...
+PUU-TAAH Nin Nin It is more like "kay", yes. But it's just the accents and how you pronounce spellings. Someone who speaks English will say "key", and someone who is Japanese or a related language will say "kay". They're both acceptable. Hyundai is pronounced "Hoo-n-d-ie" in Korea, but English say all sorts of weird amalgamations of "Hi" "un" "yun" "die". And that's fine.
***** Fuck man, that hit me right in the feels. But why? Isn't there supposed to be a sale of the house (if paid for) and then evenly split? Or the ex-wife just takes the entire house?
+andrewia Yeah, it was about the same length as the silence before the final scene. My guess is that the gear-shifting clip got slid a bit too far to the left in the timeline.
Seriously-- these Regular Reviews are getting really really good. I find myself eagerly driving home from work (faster than those white signs on the side of the highway suggest :) just to run inside, plop onto da sofa and immediately go through the vids until I find one I HAVEN'T watched. ...and each one gets better than the last one. Please, keep them coming.
+Mr Eighty Are you crazy? All is see in those is 4 types of cars: 1. Lada's, 2. land Cruisers, 3. black G-Class AMG's, the official Russian Mafia car, 4. modern cars from all over the world
+dacasman Yeah that bugged me to. Japanese is a phonetic language, if you can pronounce it once, you can pronounce it forever. Yet so many people can't.
+dacasman I remember when he didn't pretend to know about cars and would talk about the social aspects of the car, not which engine it had in it. He needs to get back to writing. Also this is FAR from a regular car. Stick to your roots dude!
+Stingray but it IS a regular car...just not in America. In Japan, you see these things everywhere, just like how you see Ford Focuses everywhere in America and Reanult Meganes everywhere in the UK. This thing is a fucking van for god's sake. It's not like he's reviewing another sports car or luxury car, which in their most extreme cases are only "regular cars" in the sense that Subway is a healthy alternative to fast food.
Cool! Good to know. Just wish he wrote something for this car instead of trying to a normal review. I think we all know we don't come in here for car knowledge but for funny things said about the type of people who own the cars he reviews. Guess all the money has got to his head, maybe too scared of offending somebody with truth. Oh well.
Grew up in Japan and my dad had a Honda Kei van and then a Nissan Vanette C20 . When he got stationed in America I'd see these and the Kei trucks used on the Air Force bases. Been wanting to import once ever since then.
Armoured Skeptic I look at you entirely differently knowing you watch RCR. Edit: also, I apologize. I know all the replies you ever get is "ARMORED SKEPTIC!? HE'S FAMOUS!!!!" and I'm basically adding to that.
Back in the day it was my dreamcar, when I playes drums and was camping at concerts. Put stuff or people and get somewhere others can‘t. But it was a Subaru Libero in Germany
Massive props to Troy, that guy has JDM cred the rest of us only dream about. All it needs is some wild camber...just to make it look slightly safe to take around a corner, or drive on a windy day...or lean on
I drove a campervan version of this across Japan. Used highways and went well over 110Kph .... 70 Mph. Honestly I would happily daily one of those things.
+WojterEX How could you not be happy in a Kei car? You're in this little box of joy with a buzzy little 3-pot motor. I'd be grinning from ear to ear 24/7.
And here I thought it was like a-city, but it's really act-ii. Also from what I understand Tein suspension is pronounced Ten like the number and not teen or tii-en.
@@camrongraziano1254 Tayn. It's Te-In. In Japanese it is correctly pronounced as Tay-Eeen, but people are lazy and just pronounce it as something that sounds like Taylor Dayne's last name but with a T.
I miss my kei van, Daihatsu Hijet. Despite how it feels, they don’t tip because all of the weight is on the floor. I got it sideways on a dirt road once by accident and I swear it was going to roll, but everything was fine. It’s also pretty fun to drive at low speeds because you can fit through anywhere, turn on a dime, parking is never an issue, and you’re constantly shifting gears with a super marshmallow clutch (at least on mine).
This reminds of me of the micro-buses we have in the Middle East. Where I used to live, they were ubiqutous; almost every street you'd go you'd find either a Toyota HiAce or Hyundai H-1. Alien cars to the average Westerner yet very common out in the East.
No for the people living in Latin America, here we got all of those, the L300(Delica), the H-1, the suzuki apv, the Hiace, the Urban, even Chevrolet produces one of those kei van for our market based on Suzuki ones.
Actually if you were willing to do the work to import it, its about as cheap as buying a used car here after costs. Japan has some strict auto laws that make older cars expensive to own. So everyone just gets newer cars when it costs too much to tag and get insurance.
A lot of people don't know this but the real time 4 wheel drive system on the Acty used a series of rubber bands to transmit power from the rear transaxle to the front end.
in Egypt, Suzuki Super Carry's are a staple of public transport. No one is familiar with the term "Kei vehicle", it's just treated as a regular vehicle and no one thinks it's strange or anything. It just hit me that I see these on the high way all the time and I didn't realize they were so weak. Mind you these vans haul 7 full grown adults ( not including the driver and in these cramped spaces) hundreds of times a day from place to place for years on end! Honestly now that I think about it, it's kind of amazing.
"This is how they Japan in Japan!" LOL! Also, "To Japan" means "To apply a hardened, asphalt-based, durable lacquer-type finish". Often seen on tools made in years gone by, it was developed as a substitute for authentic Japanese lacquering techniques, so in Japan they actually DO Japan differently!
This channel is like 60% info about the car 30% sarcastic remarks in a deep voice and 10% pop culture reference. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, I honestly like this channel, it's just something I've noticed after watching 20+ videos.
I kind of wished there had been a US domestic version of this. Probably be impossible to make a van like this now because of all the safety requirements.
I had one of these in the late 1990s when I lived in Japan. Great car but boy was it gutless. With 4 passengers, it could barely go up steep hills. It had a huge interior and handled pretty well.
In case you were wondering,these kind of vans are also produced in Mainland China and Taiwan in the LHD form,but finding a 25 yo one with mint condition like the Acty shown in the video can be challenging because most of those are totaled or abandoned due to regulation or their poor condition even before they live up for 25 years.
There were alot of those cars driving around in Switzerland in the 90s and 2000s. Especially Subarus. Gotta deliver those croissants in the snow, AWD son.
Actually one of the cars that we drive on the daily where I work. Granted, I live in Japan, but still. Sports cars that do 50 klicks. God, I love these things.
Dat Daihatsu Mini-Truk. Mmmmmm.. I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but around where I'm at in the back-asswards rural everything that is the corners where Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana meet the place is Lousy with grey-import Daihatsu Mini-trucks Exactly. Like. That one. Why? Because Jeeps and Tacomas have gotten too big and too expensive to go bouncing across the pasture doing farm-work during the week and then go bouncing through the woods Huntin' during the weekend, and side-by-side ATVs and UTVs are too Not-Road-Legal to replace them.
It's pronounced like the letter K. Not key. I drove a daihatsu atrai for about three years that is the same thing. It had a 550cc triple engine with intercooler and turbocharger, and 4WD. It was a great little car. My neighbor has a suzuki jimny that looks like a jeep, and it has a 550cc two stroke triple engine. It even sounds like an old suzuki water buffalo.
I know it's an old video but I'm thinking ab buying one of these so I needed an honest review. The funniest thing however is seeing you drive into Tyson's corner which is where I live. Small world but now I know there's other people who can indeed drive in northern VA in a kei van
Hey... I'm an organic farmer here in Japan (Sendai) and I have a 2015 Honda Acty truck, 2017 Honda Shuttle, and a 2006 Honda Hobio (my favorite). Obviously the Hobio and Acty are kei (it's pronounced "kay", by the way). Get a ticket and come drive my shit. You can review my tractors, too. Hell, I even have a field by the Sugo circuit and you can take the cars there and pretend they're race cars.
Yeah! RCR in Japan. He came to UK and fell in love with a Rover so anything could happen.
You take wwoofers? ill come help on your farm lol
dude you should really email him and try and get him over there
I was also wondering why he said key. It's kay
なんかこの現代で一番官能的なクルマって言えば軽バン／トラックか業者だと思う。てか昔のアクティ普通にカッコイイ。
Troy ultimate smile of joy in the last shot is priceless like he was meant to be in that car
+Geovanne Moura Thats the face of a man who loves his car.
+Geovanne Moura Typical Troy. What a champ.
+Geovanne Moura it needs to be a meme.
just such a cool dude!
+Phished123 I ship it. Anyone?
That looks like the perfect van for snuggling anime girl body pillows in
@ItsYaBoi ErrSkinnYP3n15
weird flex but ok
90% sure that's it's intended market in the US
don't judge me
you say that like it's a bad thing :-)
Man of culture
Dude has fully earned that ridiculous smile
I love it. So goofy
@@spacekii 8i
Seuyg
😂💀
That intro. I laughed a lot. Then I felt really bad for laughing.
+PushingUpRoses HAHA. Don't worry.
+PushingUpRoses fancy seeing you here, also "I have no mouth and i must scream" lp???
+RegularCars its promounced "kay" car/van :(
+PushingUpRoses Tis Just a scratch Ma'm I'm made out of metal! lol
+PushingUpRoses Love your channel, did not expect to see you here, lol.
Lmao that fucking 24 Hours of Lemons sticker.
I highly doubt it actually went to Lemons, but if it did, this thing has officially become cool in my book.
+Marcello Penk-Masucci Oh, it did, but as a Judge-mobile.
+Lode422 Oh. Still cool, but would have been way better to see this thing compete.
Really makes me wonder if that's what the VF's engine was originally for.
I love how much he smiles while he’s driving it. It’s such a cool little car!
"This is how they japan in japan. "
Ok
I do believe that that was the the first kei on kei accident on U.S. soil. Regular Car Reviews: breaking social norms, even with car accidents!
I went to Japan in college expecting to see Imprezas, Lancers, and Camrys everywhere I went.
All I saw were mini box vans like this, and a bunch of Nissan Cube knockoffs.
For me college has been a mix of small, and rather weird crossovers, muscle cars, and imports.
Oh yeah, and people like me who drive trucks, and no one expects any of us to really be at college.
Japan got the real Nissan Cubes, we got the knockoffs or the ones they didn't want...
Those Cube knockoffs aren’t “knockoffs.” That’s just the style of car there.
Fifthcell Yup, they need every square inch of space they can muster and still drive and park on tiny Japanese roads. Plus, speed limits are so low in most places you can barely enjoy a sportier car.
Cube is the greatest car ever. I miss mine :(
So small....yet so big. Its unfortunately kinda a pain in the ass on a highway going 75mph.
This Kei Van also had air conditioning
Alright
3cyl
550cc
37hp
AC SURE IM GONNA TURN THAT ON lol
Keep in mind that Kei-class vehicles were primarily designed for Japanese city streets; unlike North America, Japan has a very high overall population density; almost 10 times over the average across the entirety of the United States. That means lots of buildings and lots of traffic, thus that puny engine won't matter so much.
and for the record, owning one and daily driving it, the funnest freaking thing on 4 wheels. And yes the ride is back crushing. But the satisfaction of tinkering with this little devil and getting it working like 98% of it's original condition in the garage with hand tools and maybe a compressor is a highlight of my LIFE.
that dad dialogue was hilarious. I pictured some Peter Griffin looking guy
I pictured myself.
2:50 I thought he was sounding like Nic Cage
For me it sounded like the scout from tf2 but he's 45 and has a dad bod
Reminds me of more of a 5’7 balding 48 year old balding man with a short beard and sunglasses
@@nevids2086 With a Smith & Wesson Escort on a belt holster that he's slowly pulling out as he shouts "I'm not gonna hurt ya"
I DEMAND MORE KEI CAR REVIEWS
They're fun to drive as long as its a good open road lol. I drive one and feels pretty relatable with sore arms and legs once I'm done driving for the day
5:58 This thing genuinely sounds good...
3 cyls sound great when they're low displacement like this.
And even when they're 1.2l like in VWs they're not that bad. Just a bit rough.
We had one that was used for food delivery. It was called the Maggotmobile, because somebody spilled some food and never cleaned it up.
It was the only van we ever had, that never broke down in 11 years.
Man 3cyl motors sound awesome.
+YazeedSaber Yup. The new Volkswagen engines are 3 cyl. I have the 1.4 diesel with 105 hp.
They sound nice in a very narrow rev range.
+YazeedSaber yeah i'd love to get a Daihatsu Charade GTI but hard to find here.....
the e motor in the acty became the one that was used in the insight. 1st gen.
+YazeedSaber vtek kicks in
+Gordon Freeman My 2009 Polo 9N3 has a 60HP 3 cylinder. It's OK, but now that I had it for a month I wish it had a proper 4 cylinder engine with a little more power.
This thing yearns for a motorcycle engine swap.
What's that you say? Honda CB1000R swap? FUCK YEAH MAN. Perfect idea.
+Eric Gudzinas YES!
BUSA TURBO!!
+Richard R I wouldn't be surprised if people in Japan do that already
+bob bobo depends on how shitty the driver is. If you romp it, it will kill the trans. If you respect it and only lay it down when you need it, then it will last.
That tiny van is actually kinda cute. And for a 1988 vehicle it is in very pristine condition! Kudos to the owner who takes care of it so well! It looks brand new.
They are brilliant at what they do best. Designed for crowded Japanese cities. My ex wife used to have a fleet of 5 for urban deliveries in English villages & towns, some of the streets date back to medieval lanes meant for a pony & cart where a Ford Transit would struggle or even not pass at all.
Any American that has been to old English towns will understand. As for speed, the average speed of inner London traffic is barely more than horse & cart days.
"RIGHT HAND DRIVE IS UN-AMERICAN!" *SWIGS A BUD LIGHT AND PEELS OFF IN A 6-CYLINDER CHALLENGER WITH FAKE HOOD SCOOPS AND COWLS* *GETS PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS THREATS in front of the officer TO ANYONE WHO DRIVES FOREIGN CARS*
The scoops and cowls are real.
OMG that's my neighbor. Such a meathead. Black V6 challenger with loud ass exhaust and an automatic. Challenged him to a race in my 3.8 minivan. won...
@@guerrillaradio9953 , I doubt that shit would happen if said neighbor had a classic Dodge with one of those new Hellephant crate engine kits.
I was left wondering what he was saying as an erroneous threat, until I remembered that any threat to a police officer is erroneous....
Threatens foreign car owners while driving a re-bodied Mercedes-Benz E-Class.
You say Kei weird... It's more like "Kay"
True
+PUU-TAAH Nin Nin This reminds me of the first 5 seconds of AE86 review part 1.
ArthurAlcantara WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO WEEABOO
*intense weeabooing*
+PUU-TAAH Nin Nin It's def kay, not key. This is the first time Mr. Reg has annoyed me.
+PUU-TAAH Nin Nin It is more like "kay", yes. But it's just the accents and how you pronounce spellings. Someone who speaks English will say "key", and someone who is Japanese or a related language will say "kay". They're both acceptable.
Hyundai is pronounced "Hoo-n-d-ie" in Korea, but English say all sorts of weird amalgamations of "Hi" "un" "yun" "die". And that's fine.
Kei isn't pronounced as "Key" you pronounce it as "Kay".
Weeb
Cool story bro.
Even if that IS right, it's still wrong when YOU say it.
Okay boomer
i got triggered when he pronounced it wrong
I've seen one of these things do a front flip though an intersection, land on it's wheels, and keep on going like it was nothing.
I love how they have emergency flare in the cars
Just in case a t-Rex rolls up on you
+McMaXiMaX road flares are required in every vehicle in Japan.
I'm surprised the cars in the US don't have them standard.
+psychoS4 yup it's godzilla repellent
+thebigwarthog US Citizens wouldn't use them or wouldn't know how to use them.
+austin1002 Hey look it's a weeaboo.
u-haul needs these for customers that require light loads.
+Carlos Malave What American family ever has "light loads" when they move out?
+Ultrakillerism the father, when he's been divorced and kicked out.
*****
Fuck man, that hit me right in the feels.
But why? Isn't there supposed to be a sale of the house (if paid for) and then evenly split? Or the ex-wife just takes the entire house?
in this fake scenario, let's say the reason was......domestic violence?
You can rent a ford transit connect or a sprinter at Uhaul. The Connect has probably the same cargo space or slightly more.
This was my first RCR video. Hell of a one to start off
*put some wheel on a metal box
*yeah that my kind of van*
Perks of being awake when no one on the east coast should be.
+DiehlGames same
East coast!
+DiehlGames I accidentally 4 am with simcity
+DiehlGames I accidentally got to go to work -_-
+DiehlGames 5 am. lmao
I got a section with overlapping audio and a section with silence. Anyone else?
+andrewia Me as well
Pls respond mr regular
I have it as well. Mr Regular must've had a few Surge's and only though of "BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN!!" while he was editing this
Same here.
+Geovanne Moura Nope, sorry.
+andrewia Yeah, it was about the same length as the silence before the final scene. My guess is that the gear-shifting clip got slid a bit too far to the left in the timeline.
You nailed that "concerned dad citizen" persona. Come across many of those in my life
Seriously-- these Regular Reviews are getting really really good. I find myself eagerly driving home from work (faster than those white signs on the side of the highway suggest :) just to run inside, plop onto da sofa and immediately go through the vids until I find one I HAVEN'T watched.
...and each one gets better than the last one.
Please, keep them coming.
flagship car of Russian car accident compilations
That's too true. I enjoy Russian crash compilations more than I should
+Mr Eighty Nah, i see more Daewoo Damas's
+Mr Eighty
Are you crazy? All is see in those is 4 types of cars: 1. Lada's, 2. land Cruisers, 3. black G-Class AMG's, the official Russian Mafia car, 4. modern cars from all over the world
You are thinking of the UAZ-452...
Mr Eighty that's a UAZ 452 aka "bukhanka" (bread loaf), which is also AWD, but has more power and is older
It's pronounced "kay"
+dacasman Yeah that bugged me to. Japanese is a phonetic language, if you can pronounce it once, you can pronounce it forever. Yet so many people can't.
+dacasman I remember when he didn't pretend to know about cars and would talk about the social aspects of the car, not which engine it had in it. He needs to get back to writing. Also this is FAR from a regular car. Stick to your roots dude!
+Stingray but it IS a regular car...just not in America. In Japan, you see these things everywhere, just like how you see Ford Focuses everywhere in America and Reanult Meganes everywhere in the UK. This thing is a fucking van for god's sake. It's not like he's reviewing another sports car or luxury car, which in their most extreme cases are only "regular cars" in the sense that Subway is a healthy alternative to fast food.
Cool! Good to know. Just wish he wrote something for this car instead of trying to a normal review. I think we all know we don't come in here for car knowledge but for funny things said about the type of people who own the cars he reviews. Guess all the money has got to his head, maybe too scared of offending somebody with truth. Oh well.
weeaboos
“Maybe a Milf, or something will show up and ask questions”
-Regular car Reveiws
Grew up in Japan and my dad had a Honda Kei van and then a Nissan Vanette C20 . When he got stationed in America I'd see these and the Kei trucks used on the Air Force bases. Been wanting to import once ever since then.
I saw my first mini-mag truck on an Air Force Base.
"Fairfax County; White People" I love this guy!
I love it!
+FoxyWolfProductionz I laughed so hard at that
I lost it for like 3 minutes after he said that😂😂
Totally true tho lmao. S/O to FallsChurch and Woodbridge 🙌🐷🐽
I used to live in Fairfax county before moving to the country fair fax has way more Mexicans then white people
NO! Even though I knew the damage was superficial, it broke my heart to see that collision!
7:08 Zordon... apparently.
+Armoured Skeptic Wow Armoured Skeptic what the heck are you doing here? Love your channel.
+Armoured Skeptic Worlds just collided in a massive way.
i also had a small existential crisis when i saw that
sir i never expected you here, as old as this comment is
Armoured Skeptic I look at you entirely differently knowing you watch RCR.
Edit: also, I apologize. I know all the replies you ever get is "ARMORED SKEPTIC!? HE'S FAMOUS!!!!" and I'm basically adding to that.
1:41. Land Rover Defender on the left :)
Trent Burton let's race it
That would be a 110 imported car with the shitty ass diesel not the two door defender with the v8
I thought those things were illegal
Back in the day it was my dreamcar, when I playes drums and was camping at concerts. Put stuff or people and get somewhere others can‘t. But it was a Subaru Libero in Germany
Massive props to Troy, that guy has JDM cred the rest of us only dream about. All it needs is some wild camber...just to make it look slightly safe to take around a corner, or drive on a windy day...or lean on
I drove a campervan version of this across Japan. Used highways and went well over 110Kph .... 70 Mph. Honestly I would happily daily one of those things.
As a NoVa native, and a JDM enthusiast, I loved the video! Excellent shots of and remarks about Fairfax
I love that you tap your shoes to not track dirt through other people's cars. It's a nice little bit of respect a lot of people don't have.
damn, now I want one of these.
There are tons of these in here lol
+Behemothokun quite economical also
+Showta Ito Yeah but importing one to America...
Hey you come here come here why dont you like american cars?
"kei" = "kay"
K Van.
cheap car to travel and sleep in! we need more of them
This is what started my fascination with kei trucks. Thank you so much RCR
He could have imported any car from Japan. He chose a K Van.
Why wouldn't you do this though?
jayive34 I would import a k truck
w00dmii5t3r i mean, there are other jdm cars, even kei cars that are better. But this Kei van is really cool.
Damn, that guy looks happy :)
+WojterEX How could you not be happy in a Kei car? You're in this little box of joy with a buzzy little 3-pot motor. I'd be grinning from ear to ear 24/7.
It's pronounced K as in the letter K, and not key.
Oh, and the Acty is pronounced Acti as in Active.
No one actually gives a shit but you.
*@Zephyr Skies* Yet, you’re antagonizing him for caring.
Which, by default, means you care; by, being an unintelligent dick.
@@SiamHossain7 the whole of America don't care about how the rest of the world says things properly. 🙄
And here I thought it was like a-city, but it's really act-ii.
Also from what I understand Tein suspension is pronounced Ten like the number and not teen or tii-en.
@@camrongraziano1254 Tayn. It's Te-In. In Japanese it is correctly pronounced as Tay-Eeen, but people are lazy and just pronounce it as something that sounds like Taylor Dayne's last name but with a T.
I miss my kei van, Daihatsu Hijet. Despite how it feels, they don’t tip because all of the weight is on the floor. I got it sideways on a dirt road once by accident and I swear it was going to roll, but everything was fine. It’s also pretty fun to drive at low speeds because you can fit through anywhere, turn on a dime, parking is never an issue, and you’re constantly shifting gears with a super marshmallow clutch (at least on mine).
This reminds of me of the micro-buses we have in the Middle East. Where I used to live, they were ubiqutous; almost every street you'd go you'd find either a Toyota HiAce or Hyundai H-1. Alien cars to the average Westerner yet very common out in the East.
No for the people living in Latin America, here we got all of those, the L300(Delica), the H-1, the suzuki apv, the Hiace, the Urban, even Chevrolet produces one of those kei van for our market based on Suzuki ones.
hiace is very popular in australia my mans
@@nielhvg9408 I've seen the hiace in mexico and these strange microtrucks as well as the nv350
@@00-raiser28 HiAces are a lot bigger though... at least those of more recent generations.
Those things are so adorable it's like a derpy rabbit
I love watching Troy drive this thing. He's SO HAPPY!
I just bought one of these. I've had it three months and can't get enough of it :)
When you want a JDM but your poor
Or you need a *practical* JDM.
I always want a japanese domestic market
Actually if you were willing to do the work to import it, its about as cheap as buying a used car here after costs. Japan has some strict auto laws that make older cars expensive to own. So everyone just gets newer cars when it costs too much to tag and get insurance.
Can you put a LS engine in it?
And Dana 60's on 40's
K20 for days
+dany fatso that would be badass
AWD K20 kei van... Sounds monsteras!
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: you can LS swap nearly anything with four DOT approved wheels on it, as long as you are willing to get crafty.
A lot of people don't know this but the real time 4 wheel drive system on the Acty used a series of rubber bands to transmit power from the rear transaxle to the front end.
a living Micro Machines car
Someone needs to let you guys drive a Mitsubishi Delica. I saw those all over BC Canada when I was up there.
They're everywhere in here toronto as well.
+Eric Brunhammer went to vi this summer, seen at least 10 different delica's lol
That's where I was, Vancouver Island. I saw at least half a dozen, and I saw a couple on Salt Spring Island as well.
Got a number of them in Aus with and without the body kit, 2 and 4wd.
+Eric Brunhammer
I was thinking the same thing! Delicas are literally everywhere in BC.
in Egypt, Suzuki Super Carry's are a staple of public transport. No one is familiar with the term "Kei vehicle", it's just treated as a regular vehicle and no one thinks it's strange or anything. It just hit me that I see these on the high way all the time and I didn't realize they were so weak. Mind you these vans haul 7 full grown adults ( not including the driver and in these cramped spaces) hundreds of times a day from place to place for years on end! Honestly now that I think about it, it's kind of amazing.
the super carry is a larger and more powerful export version of the carry with a 1.0-1.5l engine
Awesome video! I want one so bad! Loved the commentary...keep up the AWESOME AWESOME work! Thank you!!!!!!
I had an original Acty van, which was great fun to drive. This is a very much improved animal indeed!
"This is how they Japan in Japan!" LOL! Also, "To Japan" means "To apply a hardened, asphalt-based, durable lacquer-type finish". Often seen on tools made in years gone by, it was developed as a substitute for authentic Japanese lacquering techniques, so in Japan they actually DO Japan differently!
I WANT ONE! WHERE CAN I PURCHASE MY KEI VAN!!!!
MUST HAVEEEE
Best review, ever. So good, I watched two times. This is JAPANESE!!!!
this is my new fav channel. i'm just getting into cars (and soon buying my first) and it's such a unique take on them. i love it. it's so dumb
Ls swap it
Ayyy Lmfao that sounds like a great idea but i dont think it would fit
Ayyy Lmfao I reckon a B16 would suffice
And by it wouldnt fit i mean a smaller engine would do, like a rotary
Sounds like death
You need a K20
Lmao I loved that concerned citizens part
This channel is like 60% info about the car 30% sarcastic remarks in a deep voice and 10% pop culture reference.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, I honestly like this channel, it's just something I've noticed after watching 20+ videos.
You are over 20 episodes in, so whatever it is, it works.
that was a really fun to watch, thanks RCR!
I kind of wished there had been a US domestic version of this. Probably be impossible to make a van like this now because of all the safety requirements.
Diahatsu imported some in the 80s as LHD IIRC
"Either you're in motion or you're retreating." Are sure it's not French?
It surrendered XD
Doing a awesome job on your commentary and videos! Keep it up pal!
I had one of these in the late 1990s when I lived in Japan. Great car but boy was it gutless. With 4 passengers, it could barely go up steep hills. It had a huge interior and handled pretty well.
Project D spare tire carrier?
Karl23extreme nope, it was a Mazda bongo, it’s a larger van but still a kei van.
"Fairfax County! White people!"
As an acty owner I can confirm the accuracy of this video
In case you were wondering,these kind of vans are also produced in Mainland China and Taiwan in the LHD form,but finding a 25 yo one with mint condition like the Acty shown in the video can be challenging because most of those are totaled or abandoned due to regulation or their poor condition even before they live up for 25 years.
The “Concerned Citizens”
I got called an "economic traitor" when I posted a WTB for an import car only, so that speech totally spoke to me
i wasn't expecting the gut busting humor. made my morning before a grueling day of work
I like how he knocked the windscreen wipers on when he went to indicate, something you have to get used to in certain Japanese imports.
"I'm going just as fast as you" isn't much of an accomplishment when your comparison is a Land Rover Defender.
Mr. R's getting a bit sloppy with the editing.
I don't always love your reviews but this made me laugh out loud.
I am absolutely in love with this vehicle
way to represent va. you're funny as hell. new sub.
There were alot of those cars driving around in Switzerland in the 90s and 2000s. Especially Subarus. Gotta deliver those croissants in the snow, AWD son.
Crazy, he's right up here in Tyson's Corner with that thing. Loved the vid!
Actually one of the cars that we drive on the daily where I work. Granted, I live in Japan, but still. Sports cars that do 50 klicks.
God, I love these things.
2:39 *blue punisher skull intensifying*
"This is how you Japan in Japan."
Very, very funny!!! Love your commentaries. Like 7-Up.... refreshingly different!
Just saw one of these of Route 287 in Morris County, NJ.. The exact same one. Really cool...!!!
Dat Daihatsu Mini-Truk. Mmmmmm..
I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but around where I'm at in the back-asswards rural everything that is the corners where Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana meet the place is Lousy with grey-import Daihatsu Mini-trucks Exactly. Like. That one.
Why? Because Jeeps and Tacomas have gotten too big and too expensive to go bouncing across the pasture doing farm-work during the week and then go bouncing through the woods Huntin' during the weekend, and side-by-side ATVs and UTVs are too Not-Road-Legal to replace them.
It's pronounced like the letter K. Not key. I drove a daihatsu atrai for about three years that is the same thing. It had a 550cc triple engine with intercooler and turbocharger, and 4WD. It was a great little car. My neighbor has a suzuki jimny that looks like a jeep, and it has a 550cc two stroke triple engine. It even sounds like an old suzuki water buffalo.
I know it's an old video but I'm thinking ab buying one of these so I needed an honest review. The funniest thing however is seeing you drive into Tyson's corner which is where I live. Small world but now I know there's other people who can indeed drive in northern VA in a kei van
Really loved the REO Speedwagon outtro