Living With A G-Wiz
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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The bloke on the bike overtaking was hilarious, the fact he was laughing made it funnier 😂
13:50
But did he pass at 1.5m 🤷🏻♂️
Especially the fact that Alex was wearing a bicycle helmet and he wasn't 😂
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@@tdick1541 n no no
Non om
I literally call everyone a maniac if they overtake me, a homage to Clarkson doing the Peugeot skit lol
***smash***
"that's very nice of him, he just gave me a little push to let me know he was passing"
*yobo*
Maniac.......Maniac........Yobo! 😂
@@ShibbyJay Yes I love that episode
It’s because you’re childish.
Seen a G-Wiz in south London the other day figured it might be this but it was LK07 (Someone else is actually using one of these...)😅
It's not that bad of an idea, _in theory._ A small, nippy, quiet, comfortable pod like that would satisfy all the people who only use their car for commuting and grocery shopping. It's just too bad the G-Wiz has only managed 'small' & 'quiet' from that list.
Lol I really wish I could get one over to the States! Ppl drove golf carts on the streets here it should be good
I saw one near Liverpool St Station last week 😆
You might be talking about the one in this video perhaps? ua-cam.com/video/JH4S4g5Cuao/v-deo.html
For some inexplicable reason, they’re still being used. I think I see almost one a month in my various excursions in West London.
I could watch the bit where Jack appears with the wheelie bin all day! The little smirk on his face. 😂
Things that absolutely got me in this video... 1. Wing mirrors folded in for maximum aerodynamics 2. The laughing Cyclist 3. That the fastest this car went was when it was being towed xD
you guys are doing so good. There is the slightest feeling of the Old Top Gear creeping in which is an incredible feat to capture. Focus on what you're creating and don't try to copy the old TG do everything original and you'll capture the audience - From a long time fan of your content
Well said
Although clarky boi would never eat that vegan muck
No mate it’s going downhill let’s be honest? What petrol head wants to watch back to back episodes of a g-wiz? I love the channel the lads have great banter but the content is shocking the past year
@@richardynwa96 I like a G-wiz...
Being overtaken by a cyclist is shameful. But being overtaken by a cyclist without a helmet while you are the one wearing one is ridiculous.
I didnt pick that up at first but that makes it even better😂
Pmsl 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍
The grin on the cyclists face tho 👌
That looked hella fast at the outro! How fast did he towed you, that must have felt horrific above 25mph in the Gwiz. 😂😂
Easily the fastest it went in the whole video was when being towed 😅
From Wikipedia,
The coroner Andrew Walker was quoted as saying about the G-Wiz at the inquest: “What concerns me is that this vehicle was destroyed in this collision in a way that I have not seen a vehicle destroyed before”
I'm not sure why, but "thank you very much, have an enchanting day" has me wetting myself 🤣🤣🤣
13:50 The smile on the cyclist - you just made his day 😂😂
The most hilarious part of this is the opening shot. Alex looks to be a perfectly reasonable size next to a Gee Whizz hahaha
"Barry is faster with 4 men inside of him"
I'd move quick if I had 4 inside me too 👀 #nohomo
I was dying at this.
Me basically XD (lgbt)
How is that possible since there's a lot more weight in the tiny car? Sorry it makes no sense.
@@Lively_1185 they probably just went a little farther to get up to speed or hit a slightly downhill section of road
It's amazing how electric cars have evolved, the Citeron Ami is cheaper, faster and can go further. Let's hope progress marches as quickly over the next decade.
Personally I look forward to a future where little EV or hydrogen cell cars, like the Ami, are ubiquitous, cheap, and perfectly self driving though with an option for manual control. I want car enthusiasts around still as enthusiasts are good for whatever field interests them but I think most people would more appreciate automated pods that get you exactly where you want to be rather than just near it like public transport _(which is superior in every respect but that)_ so they can arrive without the stress or energy expenditure involved in driving yourself.
there was toyota RAV4 EV in 1997 that had almost 100miles range and 67hp.
General Motors EV1 (also known as the "Impact") was a very good electric car which was first unveiled in 1990.
Admittedly, its first batteries were lead acid, but were then later upgraded to NiMH batteries instead.
It was very well liked by many who were aware of it, but GM worked their damnedest to put customers off (long story - alot of it to do with emissions regulations in California).
I liked it when I first saw the prototype, but didn't see it again for about 15 years afterwards.
Terrible shame we couldn't have it here in the UK.
Did you buy a citron Ami by any chance?
@@seanoreilly1832 your question arrived in my notifications.
The answer to your question, is no btw :)
You need to put a 1000cc bike engine in one of these, it would make a hilarious vehicle
Busa engine on it 👀
Someone did in like India or something
@@MatthewChapmanYT god could you imagine the speed... would be lighter than a busa too 🤣
@@MatthewChapmanYT misread that as busso
Even a 2 pot 300 cc engine, ya could actually drive 200 miles in it
I lost in when Jack popped in the shot with the bin at 9:32
This brings back great top gear vibes while remaining unique which is very hard to do on UA-cam. Great channel been a fan for years keep up the good content
Does no lights on the dash mean there wasn’t even enough power for the warning lights?
Yep. The car was a laughingstock when car reviewers had it in their hands back then as well.
@@MrMega200 Car?
If you're doing anything with e.g. a wrap etc. Please make it either metallic violet with yellow flames from the back to the front. Alternatively pink with black flames works too...
"going for a late lunch"
I have a feeling you'd be late for lunch everyday in that thing
Alex giggling after pummeling the bag of cement👍
And inhaling it.
Don't forget inhaling it.
I bet that silver UP! driver felt so powerful behind you!
Calling people a maniac just reminds me of Jeremy clarkson 😅
yobbo
5:57 Suddenly, a wild Peugeot RCZ appears.
Very, very cool car.
This is the first thing to put a smile on my face since my mum suddenly died recently Thank you
Lol this brings me back to when clarkson drove the ‘p45’
“I can’t believe how quiet the roads are this morning I’m barely seeing any traffic at all”
"There are no lights on the dash" You know your car is an unreliable shitbox when not having warning lights worries you
I've owned several G Wizzes and although I now have a (early) Leaf now, the Wizzes were loads of fun. Find an AC powered one (2007 onwards) shove in some lithium batteries and they shift (a bit!)
At the end,
You were going faster than any g-wiz has gone before
You need to do the battery conversion people have done. It actually turns into a vehicle that you can barely use for a runaround!
Wait people have done a battery conversion? Gotta see that then...
Make it into a budget electric off roader!
They have two of them, meaning that they could actually retrofit the second motor to drive the front wheels...
Do it up for overlanding!
Yes! With a sick exoskeleton!
@@antontaylor4530 omg 😱, that would be amazing!
@@maxthrust976 yeah, maybe trailing some green lanes 😃
The McDonald's employee thinks you're a maniac.
Good job your car was road legal opposite the station! 😜
Im so excited for more G-wiz saga, soon as I see it appear in my feed I'm watching!
"we can officially say that Barry is faster with four men inside him"...
...just got recommended your channel and love it already ahaha
When the original top gear ended, I found car throttle. Haven’t looked back since. Great videos
An upload once every two weeks is far to little. We want more 🤣
"barry is faster with 4 men IN HIM" 😂😂😂😂😂
"jack we got 3 miles left." LOL
‘There’s nothing Barry can’t do’
Other than get you home😂
"There's nothing this car, sorry heavy quadricycle can't do"
Guess you forgot about getting up that hill/bump in the road 🤣
I wonder if this could be "overclocked" with lithium batteries instead? Should make a bit more power and the range should increase quite drastically
And probably immediately melt the wiring. These cars are awful. I would like to see the difference in range if they did a full LED light replacement though. No additional power but who knows, you might be able to use the lights and wipers at the same time.
There was a lithium version, it would allegedly do 50mph which is terrifying in that thing.
In fairness, even the Lead-Acid G-Wizz would do a lot better than this *IF* the batteries are not basically scrap. In fact, replacing them with Lithium, ideally LiFePo4, not Li-ion makes a big difference, more current, less fade, longer life and lighter.
BUT.... Still perhaps not going to be earning you many speeding tickets in a 30 zone but the lead-acid was always a bad choice - even when the batteries were new!
The motor is (IIRC) 4KW - with the ability to grudgingly operate at about 12KW for short periods (pulling away and hills).
In short, the answer to your question is "Yes", it makes a significant difference. :)
Needs a Tesla motor 😂
So ur just saying it just needs a more powerful motor
Alex:: "Look how close I can get to you!"
McDonald's cashier: "...That's very nice sir."
murdered xD
I recon a Triumph Daytona 955 engine would sound and go fantastic in a car so small 🔥🔥🔥👏🏻🤣
Love the fact that you turned left out of McDonald's and said you was going to BnQ but you should have turned right..... Did you go the wrong way 😂😂
do you recon it would be faster with a lawnmover engine? 🤣
It would be faster with a hairdryer motor.
You should watch Robot Cantina, he's putting various lawn mower engines in a Honda insight
@@zogworth oh i have been watching him for quite a while, quality content 👍
Ethan: Front?
Alex: Front (nods approvingly)
🤣🤣🤣 dead hahahaha
When the fastest you've been all video was while being towed 😂
The we are each other's airbags from the Driving Electric channel when you 4 got into this car was hilarious!!! This thing is a deathtrap! Seems more suitable for a golf course than the road. There would be a good video! Just thought of an upgrade for you too put a tow bar on the back that holds 4 golf bags! LOL
16:08 THE WAY AETHEN LOOKED ON ALEX!!!!! AAAAAHAHAHAAH!
Stick a small motorbike engine in the other one I think that would be great😂
As a resident of Abingdon, can confirm that sami's kebab trailer is fantastic
It’s going way faster on the tow hook than all by itself
2:27 sounded so wrong
And i love it lmao
You seem to have started a craze with these almost flattened one of them yesterday when it pulled out of a junction on a 50 road doing less than 10 🤣🤣 never seen one in person before
Seeing you lot trying to fit in to the car was hilarious it was just like in absolutely fabulous when patsy had to climb in the back of a smart for 2 lol
Hayabusa engine conversion!!!
You lot are crazy...
I love it 🤣
What a great car the Gee Wiz is practical slow thank goodness we did not get them in Australia
“look how close i can get to you!” lmao
It killed me when you guys buckled up to go 20 😂
As summer is coming up get a rear engine car for £500 and turn it into a beach buggy sort of thing but you can't used a VW beetle.
Brings back memories seeing you driving from Culham to Abingdon
I honestly think I could take one of these further if all the motors and batteries but what's needed for lights and indicators and it were stripped and it were fitted with a set of pedals and good gears I could take a g wiz further, and I bet I can change up faster.. fuel me on a pastie and doughnuts
This is golden! So much laughter from this video keep it going lads. Love from Kelowna Canada 🇨🇦
That drive in worker definitely thought you were a bit special 😂
Great video. Good job for putting the hazards on when it’s the fastest it went all day! 💪🤣
fact that Barry haven't fallen apart doing more than 20mph when towing is impresive
Always waiting for new upload keep up the good content 👌🏻
You just have to Tesla this thing for a laugh! 😄
12:33 Ethan really mot happy.... "we whould have take the trellis"
You need to get a Sinclair C5 and a mobility scooter and have a drag race with the Wizzer. Put Ethan on the mobility scooter and Jack on the C5.
Tear out the engine so that can be your frunk. Then mount a GSXR 1000 engine sideways in the back.
Was waiting for this video 😂🔥
Wow, I felt claustrophobic just watching that video 😂😅🤣
When the car is lighter than you lol
Any chance you could modify the front windscreen wiper so that it parks in an upright position? That would look so much better, and help with the aerodynamics of course 😁
I was really hoping this video was about living inside a G-wiz for like 24 hours or something, like in your past videos with other cars.
If I had one of these, my first impulse would be to fiberglass up some front and rear fender flares, mount a massive front wing and another over the hatch and basically make it look like a MG Metro 6R4 that got hit by a shrink ray.
I see you cycling round the city with the girl I admire and I'm like, G-Wiz!
"Living With A G-Wiz" a.k.a. "Alex inconveniences ninety percent of the British motoring public." 😂
Of all the valuable lessons I learned from this video, the most important is that the plural of ‘trellis’ is ‘trellii’ 😊
Should've picked up a generator while you were at the shop to convert it into a G-Wiz REX. Plenty of room in the back seat for a nice quiet 2-stroke, eh?
Throw some more batteries in it and overpower the motor until it blows up 😋😂😂😂
Nice to see you take it through Abingdon, go down that road once a week.
Never heard of the G-Wiz but I am pretty sure I can get a good short horror story out of it.
Finally a Alex sized car 😂
6:44 the cameraman pets the dog 😆
You were able to do 20mph though abingdon at rush hour
im impressed
That's the most excited about reaching 20 MPH I have seen you!
I'm watching this and I realized that my electric skateboard that's a few years old and not the newest model, goes faster than this.
usain bolt has run at top speed faster than a g wiz
This is broken is some way, should easily do 40mph.
Brilliant, providing you're not in a crash - the crumple zones are your knees 😂
The fact the go karts at my work are faster than this😂😂😂😂
You should check out the Kewet Buddy, It's an even smaller electric car produced in Norway untill around 2011
The French have always had a twisted sense of humour and this vehicle proves it
French?
Brother from another mother 💪💪💪
Alex should definitely spend 24 hrs in this 😂
Bites into McPlant
"That's actually better than the meat one"
You almost sound like you even believe yourself. 🤣
Need to re-run the public transport challenge. Can the G-Wiz get your to a country pub faster than the bus?