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  • @AlexSpalex1
    @AlexSpalex1 9 місяців тому +3471

    It's great seeing Wade get dumbfounded at Pontiac's.

    • @zachoman420
      @zachoman420 9 місяців тому +89

      Sad that they got discontinued😢

    • @bradprimeaux8443
      @bradprimeaux8443 9 місяців тому +152

      Wait until he finds out about the 2004-6 Pontiac GTOs

    • @gustiwidyanta5492
      @gustiwidyanta5492 9 місяців тому

      ​@@bradprimeaux8443rebranded Commos lol

    • @lfraser7128
      @lfraser7128 9 місяців тому +49

      Pontiac, the Canadian version of Holden

    • @gustiwidyanta5492
      @gustiwidyanta5492 9 місяців тому +95

      @@lfraser7128 *uh no no no*
      Pontiacs are all american from the get go lol

  • @bradenfitzpatrick
    @bradenfitzpatrick 9 місяців тому +682

    I love how Wade notices the Buick but not the Porsche Tycan behind it

    • @ThunderTHR
      @ThunderTHR 9 місяців тому +30

      There was another Taycan next to the red hydrant when he was busy staring in bewilderment of the blue hydrant.

    • @alexhesselink4664
      @alexhesselink4664 9 місяців тому +3

      That's because the W platform Buick Lacrosse is such a good looking car

    • @JeffS96
      @JeffS96 9 місяців тому +11

      To be fair he was hanging out with Linus so a taycan is already checked off the list

    • @KazzyMac
      @KazzyMac 9 місяців тому +3

      I like how he didn't see the Evo X at the train crossing either lmao.

    • @Justeeeevy
      @Justeeeevy 6 місяців тому

      @@KazzyMacI think that was just a regular lancer

  • @joshuanichols5468
    @joshuanichols5468 9 місяців тому +981

    "Toyota Tacoma, those are the big trucks!"
    Brother, wait until you see a Tundra.

    • @fredygump5578
      @fredygump5578 9 місяців тому +32

      I had to drive a Ford F550 at work for a few months. Slightly bigger than a Tundra. Now I drive one of those white chevy vans he was so impressed with.

    • @KamenRiderGumo
      @KamenRiderGumo 9 місяців тому

      @@fredygump5578 Used to drive for a auto auction here in the States. We'd get those F550s about 2-3 times a month from businesses hat were replacing fleet vehicles or going out of business. While I'm not a fan of Ford engineering and never have been, I cannot deny how comfortable those trucks are to drive. Lots of legroom for someone who's on the shorter ide at 5'7".

    • @Dr.Spatula
      @Dr.Spatula 9 місяців тому +19

      @@fredygump5578 I question your knowledge of 550s or Tundras because 550s are not "slightly" larger than fullsize. Heavy/super duty are slightly larger

    • @AfferbeckBeats
      @AfferbeckBeats 9 місяців тому +28

      He was talking in comparison to the Hilux, a crazy common vehicle world wide. Which also fat compared to old Hiluxes.

    • @fredygump5578
      @fredygump5578 9 місяців тому +5

      @@Dr.Spatula I question your understanding of humor! Sometimes an "understatement" is used as a comedic device. This is common in British humor. When they say something is "slightly" too big or too small, one should expect it to be several orders of magnitude too big or too small.

  • @CommanderBean9
    @CommanderBean9 9 місяців тому +190

    5:39 that's my buddy's car 😂
    Edit: by the way Wade, his car is a '95 Ford Escort wagon

    • @HexAyed
      @HexAyed 8 місяців тому +1

      Thought it looked a bit like an Escort Mk5 lol

    • @Senatorlemonsouth
      @Senatorlemonsouth 8 місяців тому +13

      I am so unsurprised that wade wanted this nugget out of all the things he saw

    • @beefchicken
      @beefchicken 2 дні тому

      Has it dropped the valve seats yet?

  • @jordanHReid
    @jordanHReid 9 місяців тому +1812

    As a Canadian, I love seeing someone freak out over the most normal things I see every day

    • @Flare03l
      @Flare03l 9 місяців тому +95

      in Australia we don't have those yellow school busses or above ground fire hydrants. We usually see them on TV or in cartoons, so you can imagine why we get excited when we find out that they're real.

    • @jordanHReid
      @jordanHReid 9 місяців тому +62

      @@Flare03l yeah, and I'm sure I'd feel the same way about kangaroos. It's understandable

    • @griffinelliott9697
      @griffinelliott9697 9 місяців тому +2

      Yup I agree with this

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Flare03lwait you don't have school buses??

    • @Flare03l
      @Flare03l 9 місяців тому +19

      @@jwalster9412 they're usually not yellow. In Sydney they're either branded by the school if it's a rich school, or they look like regular busses.

  • @SALEENS7GTR5
    @SALEENS7GTR5 9 місяців тому +234

    As a USerican, went to Australia and was enamored every time I saw any ute. My Australian friends were like "m8, it's just a ute" but then they absolutely lost their shit when a Camaro or Mustang drove by. The feeling is mutual, Dank lol

  • @WilburJaywright
    @WilburJaywright 9 місяців тому +836

    We have finally found what calms him: Radioactive materials.

    • @raydenmorris5220
      @raydenmorris5220 9 місяців тому +39

      They'll calm most people after a little exposure.

    • @deanchur
      @deanchur 9 місяців тому +25

      He comes from the state with the world's largest single deposit of uranium in the world (Olympic Dam), and also the state where the British held nuclear tests back in the mid 50's (Maralinga).
      It's probably the radiation that hypes him up in the first place.

    • @brendancross2767
      @brendancross2767 28 днів тому +1

      Based on the fact it was a commercial truck, it’s probably a caesium source (my guess is industrial x-ray)

  • @RipperTips
    @RipperTips 9 місяців тому +74

    It low key feels like its the most Canadian thing in the world to excitedly point out the streets you know

  • @thatdude8454
    @thatdude8454 9 місяців тому +980

    I find this absolutely hilarious hearing a different perspective on things im so used to seeing on a daily basis

    • @Frank_Pods
      @Frank_Pods 9 місяців тому +37

      literally when tourists visit Australia they get excited over seeing a Commodore or Falcon for the first time

    • @blackroseruby
      @blackroseruby 9 місяців тому +21

      The Pontiac confusion is phenomenal

    • @alexflosho
      @alexflosho 9 місяців тому +7

      The Grand Am as well as Taco being called a “big truck” is the best part

    • @SoosRamirez1
      @SoosRamirez1 9 місяців тому +1

      Fr

    • @demogaming8895
      @demogaming8895 9 місяців тому +1

      @@alexflosho Believe it or not, the Tacoma is very big compared to other pickups you can get elsewhere. The only "truck" Toyota sells where I live is the Hilux which is like half the size of a Tacoma.

  • @Dbear1977
    @Dbear1977 9 місяців тому +96

    It’s probably been mentioned, but the teal car at 2:17 is a Pontiac Sunbird. Built on the J-Body platform. Australia got its own J-Body, the Holden Camira. My favourite, and most ridiculous, J-Body is the Cadillac Cimarron… I’ve been the “proud” owner of one since August

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 9 місяців тому

      I mean honestly, the Cimarron is the best out of the J Bodies

    • @anareel4562
      @anareel4562 9 місяців тому

      Does yours have Corinthian leather?

    • @domodude120
      @domodude120 9 місяців тому

      J bodies are the best

  • @AlexanderCusworth
    @AlexanderCusworth 9 місяців тому +599

    The blue fire hydrants in Vancouver are a separate system designed to be resilient to large earthquakes. Each has a large cistern of water they can pull from.
    It’s also worth noting that the blue hydrants also put out more water than the red hydrants.

    • @judo_ashtray
      @judo_ashtray 9 місяців тому +27

      oh that's cool San Francisco has a city wide cistern system too! They're marked by a ring of bricks, usually at an intersection.
      only thing is that ours came after the earthquake, because of it.

    • @Asianese
      @Asianese 9 місяців тому +8

      As Vancouverite, TIL lol

    • @breezy3176
      @breezy3176 9 місяців тому

      Then why have the red ones if the blue ones are just better

    • @daniel_gallardo808
      @daniel_gallardo808 9 місяців тому +2

      Fascinating. From an outsider looking in it on the surface seems like the blue ones are better. Are they only found in larger population areas that are more earthquake prone?

    • @breezy3176
      @breezy3176 9 місяців тому +2

      @daniel_gallardo808 not really most we get up here is forest fires and flooding I guess its more or less for just encase it happens earthquakes up here are super uncommon and usually are very minor

  • @LinkiePup
    @LinkiePup 6 місяців тому +26

    “I saw snow for the first time in my life. It was cold.” The fifth most Australian thing I’ve heard.

  • @papercrane747
    @papercrane747 9 місяців тому +556

    The truck you see at 1:19 is a kenworth c500 ballast tractor. Essentially the box on the back is a ton of weight so that you get traction on the drive axles for pulling heavy stuff. Those trucks are called vocational trucks, which essentially means they can be custom built to do special jobs. They use them a lot in here in Alberta for the oil sands operations. They can be fitted with cranes, ballast, winch beds, tanks, etc. Specifically the c500 is built to be an off highway truck in extreme conditions.

    • @realcanadian67
      @realcanadian67 9 місяців тому +21

      i love severe duty trucks... Such badass vehicles.

    • @papercrane747
      @papercrane747 9 місяців тому +9

      @@realcanadian67 I know right. I wish Alberta had more pacific trucks. I've never seen one of them in real life

    • @realcanadian67
      @realcanadian67 9 місяців тому +5

      @@papercrane747 Hell yeah! Love those Pacific trucks. Pacific Truck & Trailer essentially helped the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest thrive.

    • @AlienLivesMatter
      @AlienLivesMatter 9 місяців тому

      1:21

    • @RustBeltBoi
      @RustBeltBoi 9 місяців тому +3

      Man I just commented about how I’ve always wanted to see a c500 and that I need to come up to Canada from the U.S to see one, I also need to come see an Old Hayes or Pacific I won’t leave till I’ve seen one.

  • @Ilikefire2792
    @Ilikefire2792 9 місяців тому +39

    There needs to be a part 2. As a Canadian ive never smiled any harder that now seeing this. Thank you. :)

  • @kennorcott7074
    @kennorcott7074 9 місяців тому +516

    I like how a taco is considered big and it’s a smallish midsize pickup in North America
    Also that one you didn’t know was a Pontiac Grand Prix

    • @Mark-te5bf
      @Mark-te5bf 9 місяців тому +78

      Just wait until he finds a Tundra.

    • @steelfox1448
      @steelfox1448 9 місяців тому +19

      Was about to comment about a Tundra and as I clicked the text box a comment appeared

    • @Mark-te5bf
      @Mark-te5bf 9 місяців тому

      @@steelfox1448 great minds think alike.

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 9 місяців тому +10

      He also didn't know a Pontiac Sunbird

    • @zake881
      @zake881 9 місяців тому +4

      That's smallish? Jesus, one of my cars is a Twingo rs, that is a small car.

  • @legomaniac601
    @legomaniac601 9 місяців тому +48

    I love how confused Wade was about setting sun. From someone living in the Pacific Northwest, WELCOME TO THE WINTER

    • @PunkTiger
      @PunkTiger 7 місяців тому +1

      Living in New England in winter is the same way. Sun sets at 4-4:30 here, too.

  • @crazyjoe4247
    @crazyjoe4247 9 місяців тому +428

    American is completely different from Canada but it’s also insanely similar at the same time

    • @WilliamHollinger2019
      @WilliamHollinger2019 9 місяців тому +8

      I know right

    • @Myriadys
      @Myriadys 9 місяців тому +77

      Visiting Toronto as an American felt like peering into an alternate universe. It's so similar, but different in a bunch of ways too.

    • @mfri
      @mfri 9 місяців тому +22

      I live in Seattle and my partner goes to uni in Vancouver, basically the same city with different measurements and license plates lmao

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 9 місяців тому +17

      Nah, Canada is just America Jr. Plop me in Canada and the only thing that’d confuse me is the metric system and Monopoly money.

    • @eukaryote-prime
      @eukaryote-prime 9 місяців тому +9

      ​@@MyriadysToronto is used as certain American cities in a bunch of movies. Short Circuit 2 has Toronto pretending to be new york

  • @thetincan_man
    @thetincan_man 9 місяців тому +18

    Love seeing Wade call Tacomas the "big trucks" lmao

  • @jjsmart8066
    @jjsmart8066 9 місяців тому +363

    “The naked man fears no pickpocket”
    -Gandhi

    • @staxmurphy64
      @staxmurphy64 9 місяців тому +32

      not until he feels a finger digging around in his prison wallet!

    • @josephd.5524
      @josephd.5524 9 місяців тому +17

      @@staxmurphy64 naw m8 that's just the police; it's one of their kinks.

    • @sirewokthefirstidonthaveal2902
      @sirewokthefirstidonthaveal2902 9 місяців тому

      naked men usually have little to fear

  • @mickleman52
    @mickleman52 9 місяців тому +21

    The best part of big trucks is driving at night and having the headlights aimed right at your eyes. Also you can't forget about when they are parked near an exit to a parking lot and you can't see oncoming traffic because they are the size of billboards.

    • @marcusborderlands6177
      @marcusborderlands6177 3 місяці тому

      See, if you drive one too those problems go away. Gotta think smarter

    • @mickleman52
      @mickleman52 3 місяці тому +2

      @@marcusborderlands6177 oh true, then I get to pay close to twice as much on fuel and never be able to find street parking! Why didn't I think of that!

  • @camouflagecamaro99
    @camouflagecamaro99 9 місяців тому +188

    Car at 1:35 is Pontiac Grand Prix, Car at 2:16 is Pontiac Sunbird, 5:40 is a Ford Escort Wagon (NA Spec) also the Toyota Matrix is basically a Corolla Hatch so yeah. Man it's funny seeing Dank going crazy over seeing some of these cars when you see them on a day-to-day basis lol

    • @Ferrari255GTO
      @Ferrari255GTO 9 місяців тому +3

      To be fair i had never heard of the Grand Prix as a car enthusiast, it legit looked whacky af

    • @Ferrari255GTO
      @Ferrari255GTO 9 місяців тому +2

      Also i like the twingo in your PFP, truly based XD
      Edit: damn, the twingo is gone :v

    • @asamson23
      @asamson23 9 місяців тому +8

      Not only is the Matrix basically a Corolla Hatch, but the full model name of this car is the Corolla Matrix.

    • @LongPeter
      @LongPeter 9 місяців тому +7

      I want him to do the same in Japan. So many weird sub-variants that never made it to Australia.

    • @lfraser7128
      @lfraser7128 9 місяців тому +18

      Also should note that matrix was also available as you guessed it! A Pontiac

  • @Cadmemes
    @Cadmemes 9 місяців тому +6

    As someone living In a farming town in Canada it is rather hilarious seeing someone see all the trucks as strange

  • @spencechan
    @spencechan 9 місяців тому +92

    Our fire hydrants are colour coded based on their flow.
    Red : 1900 Litres/minute
    Orange : up to 3780 L/m
    Green : up to 5675 L/m
    Light Blue : >5680 L/m
    But I think the dark blue one you saw is a different category altogether

    • @a3-radio
      @a3-radio 9 місяців тому +4

      Holy fuck learned something new today

    • @venomoussocks1017
      @venomoussocks1017 9 місяців тому +2

      I'm Canadian and I didn't know this. Based on research, it seems to be more of a regional thing, rather than a federal one.

    • @Metal_Maxine
      @Metal_Maxine 9 місяців тому +2

      And in Regina, the Mountie mothership has hydrants painted like little Mounties.

    • @djrenault
      @djrenault 9 місяців тому +2

      @@venomoussocks1017 it's an NFPA (american) classification but it's optional. lots of places have adopted it. funny to see it in LPM though. i'm a canadian and i think of it in GPM and L/s for my job

    • @Jezee213
      @Jezee213 9 місяців тому

      Dude I'm Canadian and this blew my mind! we have yellow ones where I live, any info on those?

  • @Ariaishurt
    @Ariaishurt 9 місяців тому +6

    As Canadian it’s so funny so see other ppls reaction to our cars. Watching him freak out about normal looking cars and trucks is great! And the shared love to just hate on the plague that is Chevy 😂
    1:10 awwwwwn Smol baby truck tires, so cute pretending his “work truck” does work and doesn’t just drive to work and back everyday 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @pancakification3610
    @pancakification3610 9 місяців тому +90

    Please please please travel more to make more of these. I’m dying laughing. ‘I don’t know what you are, but I want one?’ Killed me

  • @BenKuyt64
    @BenKuyt64 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for visiting my country. Our Pontiac is your Holden. The Holden Commodore first came to North America as a Pontiac. Amazing video. Love it.

  • @RoyalTomato
    @RoyalTomato 9 місяців тому +240

    As a Vancouverite, I kind of love this perspective of the city that you're showing! Most people in my circles don't really think much about cars, and it's been fun seeing how many of our "regular" cars are so unique to you! I hope you enjoyed our nugget of a city :)

    • @stevenschwartz-yvr
      @stevenschwartz-yvr 9 місяців тому +1

      It was fun and I saw my hood

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 9 місяців тому +5

      What surprised me most was how he didn't know the three door civic was a thing lol

    • @AndrewWilde
      @AndrewWilde 9 місяців тому +1

      It was so fun to jump between Richmond, Langley, and downtown so fast. Yes the trucks are big. And yes, it’s also certain personality types driving them lol

  • @GEV646
    @GEV646 9 місяців тому +2

    Always a heck of a thing seeing neighbourhood landmarks in a video recorded by someone from the other side of the planet!

  • @wrenbirde
    @wrenbirde 9 місяців тому +143

    As someone who doesn't know the breeds of car, watching him zoom in on a car seemingly identical to those around it and freaking out is kind of hilarious. It's always fun to see someone get excited about something I know nothing about.

    • @jordishima
      @jordishima 9 місяців тому +36

      “Breeds of car” is a hilarious way to put it, and from the way some car guys talk about it, it’s also pretty accurate

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@jordishimaI think I'm going to steal that one.

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 9 місяців тому +23

      Oh no, identifying model years by subtle differences in the mirrors or wheel arches or front grille IS just like birdwatchers looking for a special little crest to make an otherwise ordinary bird into a special rare one

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 9 місяців тому +9

      @@kaitlyn__L some face lifts are noticable. Some are about as obvious as the difference between a Chrysler using the Chrysler minivan platform and a Dodge using the Chrysler minivan platform.

    • @Lizlodude
      @Lizlodude 9 місяців тому +13

      @@kaitlyn__L It's like birdwatching but people can take parts off of other birds and make their own and sometimes they label them wrong cause they didn't want to pay for the real one 😂

  • @bro61671
    @bro61671 9 місяців тому +3

    Just so you know, the boxy mail truck is made my Lockheed martin en is I believe supposed to run forever

  • @bevy9598
    @bevy9598 9 місяців тому +129

    In the US tacomas are the smallest truck toyota makes thats crazy to imagine they are big trucks elsewhere

    • @swert8852
      @swert8852 9 місяців тому +22

      man thats insane to me😂 In Australia, I think the absolute largest Toyota is probably the 70 series Landcruiser dual cab, and the tacoma is still almost a whole metre longer. A normal sized Toyota here would be a hilux workmate

    • @magnificentbuzz
      @magnificentbuzz 9 місяців тому +25

      Going to Woolies and seeing just a Dodge truck, which are fairly new here, they are twice the size of a carpark. Those shits don't fit.

    • @thomasphillips885
      @thomasphillips885 9 місяців тому +13

      ​@@magnificentbuzzand we immediately judge the person who owns it lol

    • @macapple2697
      @macapple2697 9 місяців тому +3

      We have the Tundra in Canada aswell.

    • @a3-radio
      @a3-radio 9 місяців тому

      He probably just miss spoke, the tundra was recently introduced into the australian market so he probably ment to say small because they get the hilux which is both better and worst than the tacoma xD

  • @bcj842
    @bcj842 9 місяців тому +2

    Dude it's so wild before watching Wade I had no idea that Australia had basically its own species of automotive industry. American cars are totally different.

  • @sebb6011
    @sebb6011 9 місяців тому +136

    I’m so proud Wade got the true Vancouver experience. Rain and giant SUVs

    • @Michael-zf1ko
      @Michael-zf1ko 9 місяців тому +7

      He's only missing the hoards of homeless people wandering around. (Seriously, the amount is off the chain there, and that's coming from someone who lived in NYC for 4 years.)

    • @sebb6011
      @sebb6011 9 місяців тому +11

      @@Michael-zf1ko very true, it’s a huge problem the city’s facing and is only getting worse. It’s good that it’s getting talked about more on an international scale as of late, but I wish the Canadian government/vancouvers community could give those people the help they need/help them off the streets

    • @Michael-zf1ko
      @Michael-zf1ko 9 місяців тому +12

      @@sebb6011 I know someone from Vancouver and he says the real issue is Chinese investors owning like 1/3 of the city. People can't get homes because of foreigners buying up property without even living there and driving up the prices. It's a sad situation indeed.

    • @sebb6011
      @sebb6011 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Michael-zf1kothat among a bunch of other dumb things the city has done over the years have absolutely killed anyone’s chance of buying a house in their lives

  • @BocaBola_
    @BocaBola_ 9 місяців тому +11

    Wade, I was stoked to get to hang out with you at the Linus Writers Party! You're a riot, and cant wait to see you again some time. - Elijah PS funny to see you freak out about cars here that I get to see everyday lol

  • @just_limerence
    @just_limerence 9 місяців тому +78

    "A particular type of personality seems to be buying them, but here they're everywhere"
    Nope, can guarantee the same type of personality buys them here too. There's just a lot more of em.

    • @saltoftheegg
      @saltoftheegg 9 місяців тому +8

      Ugh... conservatives

    • @laulen3448
      @laulen3448 9 місяців тому +15

      "a particular type of personality" is exactly the target audience since their studies found out that they are the most likely to buy these

    • @alexeikotov7769
      @alexeikotov7769 9 місяців тому

      You mean people with tiny penises?

    • @JeremyLevi
      @JeremyLevi 9 місяців тому +17

      Can confirm. There's always a short angry dude who thinks he knows how to fight behind the wheel.

    • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 9 місяців тому +7

      @@saltoftheeggas if liberals aren’t the problem

  • @MrHack4never
    @MrHack4never 9 місяців тому +9

    5:00 Fire hydrants have different colours depending on what type of water supply they're hooked up to

    • @Megarah0
      @Megarah0 8 місяців тому

      Red is mains and blue is propane in case you don’t want to shovel your driveway

  • @YashKumar6352
    @YashKumar6352 9 місяців тому +56

    "The Everything" seems like such a fun car. So many possibilities.

    • @Ferrari255GTO
      @Ferrari255GTO 9 місяців тому +10

      You can even roll it turning on an intersection! How exciting :D

    • @JankPods0201
      @JankPods0201 9 місяців тому

      I know, Right?

    • @outofcloudsmusic
      @outofcloudsmusic 9 місяців тому +4

      As a guy who grew up driving crew cab trucks with 8' boxes for work on the daily, it's surprising how sturdy they actually are. You have to fuck up *royally* to roll one. Only rollover I ever came across personally in my decade-plus in the oilpatch was a electrical apprentice who decided he could keep his truck in two-wheel drive driving on glare ice, with cruise control on, no less. He rolled the truck on a corner and was lucky to make it out alive. Surprisingly, the company paid to fix it - a 20,000-plus dollar touch way back in 2010. 🥴

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 9 місяців тому

      Looks like the B-is-for build camper thing..

  • @JunkHeapProductions
    @JunkHeapProductions Місяць тому

    So weird to see my old stomping grounds and familiar cars narrated by Wade’s dulcet Aussie tones. Glad ya enjoyed, mate!

  • @NEEDbacon
    @NEEDbacon 9 місяців тому +40

    It's so weird seeing Wade wander around Langley BC. Keeps giving me the feeling I might spot a Wade in the wild.

  • @YABBADABBABABABABABABABAB
    @YABBADABBABABABABABABABAB 9 місяців тому +3

    Toyota Matrix (and Pontiac Vibe!) are based off of the corolla platform, but are oriented for the "Crossover" category the 2000s had going. Basically an inflated corolla.
    Parents had a 1st gen vibe and matrix, and with those 2 cars my aunt and uncle moved (with a good amount of furniture) 6 hours north in one trip. You can haul a bit of lumber with all of the seats besides drivers folded down and the back window hatch open. (the rear door has an opening window)

  • @cckonettaxptor611
    @cckonettaxptor611 9 місяців тому +157

    CANADAAAAAA! 🇨🇦 Also as a Canadian city dweller I promise you 90% of those giant trucks are never used to haul anything more than groceries…

    • @daniel_gallardo808
      @daniel_gallardo808 9 місяців тому +24

      Large trucks that basically haul nothing heavy (and are also kept rather clean) seem to be a constant regardless of location then. Same thing where I am. (US but the one in the middle of the Pacific Ocean)

    • @superboss3758
      @superboss3758 9 місяців тому +4

      and whatever the owner found or bought to put in the back permanently as weight because pickups aren't garage queens

    • @launchpending
      @launchpending 9 місяців тому +37

      Groceries, a second wife, and questionable political stickers.

    • @saltoftheegg
      @saltoftheegg 9 місяців тому

      It's just rich conservatives cosplaying as working-class as usual

    • @superboss3758
      @superboss3758 9 місяців тому +9

      the wife's boyfriend@@launchpending

  • @blooblaah9896
    @blooblaah9896 9 місяців тому +2

    Glad he got some hawkins cheezies! The best gas station snack we've got to offer imo.
    Vancouver is silly bicycle land, its a shame he didn't see the carrot.

  • @cammclean5460
    @cammclean5460 9 місяців тому +25

    As a Canadian who basically reacts to all the ausi cars in the background of car thing videos I'm really amused to watch wade get excited at a tundra
    Also, the fire hydrant colours indicate the pressure of the water main its connected to, I dont know about bc, but in ontario blue is the extra high pressure ones.

  • @Gearhead221
    @Gearhead221 2 місяці тому

    Love the shout out to Rivian. The one car us folks in Illinois can proudly say is built here.

  • @shore_thang
    @shore_thang 9 місяців тому +19

    The prairies have even more, larger, and more... compensatory trucks. It's a right of passage to get coalrolled on a bike. Vancouver is also cool because older cars survive better vs. pretty much anywhere else in Canada because of how much milder/less road salty the winters are. Plenty of those old Volvos still kicking around!

    • @hyperturbotechnomike
      @hyperturbotechnomike 9 місяців тому +1

      I 'm from Europe and drive a volvo 240 GL Turbo. The 240's are everywhere at all times.

  • @A.Achorn
    @A.Achorn Місяць тому

    Being Canadian this is such a joy to hear so much excitement for some of the "nuggets" we grew up with!! The "What is that?!" moments were great!

  • @HellsJayBells
    @HellsJayBells 9 місяців тому +35

    Mate, I'm an Aussie that moved to the states a couple of years ago. It still brings a tear to my eye that I gave up my Magna Ralliart. It was stupid. It was fun. I saw a very rarely seen Lancer on the road here, that had the ralliart badge and brought a tear to my eye.

    • @zadtheinhaler
      @zadtheinhaler 9 місяців тому +6

      Dude, I had to google that. Y'all get *WAY* cooler shit than we do. I'd love to have a Sambar or Delica, but getting parts is murder.

    • @Wombattlr
      @Wombattlr 9 місяців тому +4

      You did WHAT.

    • @tractorguy1994
      @tractorguy1994 9 місяців тому

      Love the Magna Ralliart. Such a unique car.

  • @TheEPICandAWESOME
    @TheEPICandAWESOME 9 місяців тому +1

    I only live 45 from all of these film locations so its pretty cool to see wade look and talk about local cars

    • @georgeyoung5675
      @georgeyoung5675 9 місяців тому

      We have been to some of these spots bro

  • @blargleschnartz
    @blargleschnartz 9 місяців тому +32

    Toyota Matrix is basically a Corolla, but as a wagon. There's a Pontiac flavoured one called a 'Vibe', which got rebadged back to a Toyota 'Voltz' for asian market

    • @TJX91
      @TJX91 9 місяців тому +4

      Ayyy came here to say this. My buddy ordered a Voltz front emblem for his vibe. Same shape and everything

    • @blargleschnartz
      @blargleschnartz 9 місяців тому

      @@TJX91
      I ordered and swapped the 'Yaris' badge for a 'Vitz' one 'cause that's what I remember my car being called growing up, having played the GT games
      There's just something so silly about 'Voltz' and I love it

    • @GamingLadJosh
      @GamingLadJosh 7 місяців тому +3

      One of the most reliable cars ever made too imo I've seen a ludicrous amount of them with over 299,999 km(that's how high a lot of the odometers go lol thanks Toyota) that have had little more than basic maintenance

    • @misfire33
      @misfire33 6 місяців тому +1

      @@GamingLadJosh Plus even if most of them are super boring the XRS/Vibe GT actually has good power (like 180 hp) and the toyota vtec thing so it's a cheap way to get something fun.

    • @SoundShinobiYuki
      @SoundShinobiYuki 6 місяців тому +1

      My/my husband’s previous car was an ‘04 Vibe. It belonged to his grandma for 12 years and she put nearly 300K on the odometer. We put another 100K onto it (lot of travelling for the Renfaire circuit and family cross-country visits) in the seven years we owned it for. The engine parts? Absolute WORKHORSE. It was still running great when the car finally had to go to the scrapyard- the thing that eventually gave out was the exhaust system (which got fixed to some degree) followed by the struts (and they were too rusted to fix). I still see some on the road, they’re still very popular but getting rarer since they discontinued them.

  • @southerncrescentstudios
    @southerncrescentstudios 9 місяців тому +4

    Fun fact! Australia has SD70ACes for iron ore trains. Since I'm in America, I don't know where they are located, but BHP owns them. They are basically the same size as a CN SD70M-2 witch you saw.

  • @salamander405
    @salamander405 9 місяців тому +36

    As a viewer from Victoria, BC (the capital of BC which is just a quick ferry ride across the Juan De Fuca Strait) I find this to be very entertaining and eye opening. Everything you’re surprised about it just part of my day to day life. The cold, the rain, the brands and models of cars around, the GIANT pavement princess trucks and pedestrian-killer SUVs, the homes on wheels parked in a Walmart parking lot for several days on end, and of course, Cheezies. I had no idea Cheezies were a Canadian thing!

    • @danielbrachman
      @danielbrachman 9 місяців тому +1

      Im also from victoria! Stay cool broski

    • @AuzzieBoi
      @AuzzieBoi 9 місяців тому

      Aye Vic gang rise up!

  • @Lizlodude
    @Lizlodude 9 місяців тому +1

    3:30 that may be the best timed train I've ever seen
    Also yeah down here we have the trucks too, just stack two of them on top of each other and you've got a good idea of the height. I just love driving my normal truck around and having a mile ahead of me illuminated by the lifted F350 behind me brightly enough that I have to check that my headlights are on. Love it.

  • @sam4weapons
    @sam4weapons 9 місяців тому +53

    As a Brit I am so happy you called it a fake MG

    • @fascinatingpotato9790
      @fascinatingpotato9790 9 місяців тому +4

      the old mg were alright the new ones are chinese shitboxes

  • @TheRealdraudE
    @TheRealdraudE 9 місяців тому +2

    As I Canadian I can confirm for some reason we like trucks alot, me personally I drive a mini cooper

    • @saltoftheegg
      @saltoftheegg 9 місяців тому

      And for that, you will be allowed into heaven

  • @thequacktrainchannel3921
    @thequacktrainchannel3921 9 місяців тому +36

    The one that looks like a nissan is a pontiac sunbird. They're oddly desirable, and priced way higher than you'd think or hope.

    • @thequacktrainchannel3921
      @thequacktrainchannel3921 9 місяців тому +7

      Also, the black car he didn't know was a Pontiac Grand Prix I believe. The wagon that he wants is a Taurus Wagon. They're notoriously unkillable.

    • @Where2bub
      @Where2bub 9 місяців тому +13

      @@thequacktrainchannel3921 escort wagon

    • @thequacktrainchannel3921
      @thequacktrainchannel3921 9 місяців тому +1

      You're right. I always get them mixed up.

    • @microwavetechnician7493
      @microwavetechnician7493 9 місяців тому +3

      Because those things are seemingly immortal. Even rural alberta meth heads cant break them.

    • @Jezee213
      @Jezee213 9 місяців тому

      My parents had one growing up, I remember sitting on my dads lap and steering on the back roads, drove that thing till the floors fell out!

  • @dwaynezilla
    @dwaynezilla 9 місяців тому

    Your assessment of the huge trucks and truck "culture" is spot-on.

  • @realcanadian67
    @realcanadian67 9 місяців тому +13

    jeez, i couldnt imagine actually reconigzing places in a video by a guy from australia.
    Also, seeing the CN (Canadian National, or Canadien Nationale if your from quebec) train really inspired me to give you some quality BC lore.
    Canada is the Europe of North America, or the closest we will ever get to Europe. So, as expected, we have (or now, had, as our crown corporations are slowly disappearing) alot of crown corportations (which is essentially a company owned by the government, whether provincal or federal). BC Is no stranger to this. One of our oldest (and possibly THE oldest) crown corporations in BC Was BCRail. BCRail started off as being charted as Pacific Great Eastern (as it had loose ties with the Great Eastern Railway in England) in 1912. Back then BC was in a hell of a railway craze. Everyone was building railways and chartering them and many did not get built or died very quickly. Luckily, PGE, while was very close to death, was lucky to find the government wanting to take them over if they couldnt pay back their loan. And so in 1918, after only 32 kilometres had been built, the BC government took over PGE. For a good bit of its early years it would run from nowhere to nowhere, as it had no interchanges with any other railways, nor did it serve any major urban areas. It did find luck in serving logging and mining communities, though. It would gain nicknames such as "Please Go Easy" and "Prince George Eventually",' the former for its rather lengthy saftey record, and the latter because its goal was to reach Prince George (a community in the central interior, now a major hub) from their starting point of North Vancouver (which back then was essentially East Armpit. Now its something as they have their fair share of the port of Vancouver). In 1949 they finally started expanding to Prince George, gaining an interchange with Canadian National and Northern Alberta Railways. In 1958 they finally reached Prince George. A side note is that PGE dieselized with ALCos and MLWs (MLW being the canadian subsidary of ALCo) which are famous for being "honourary steam locomotives," as they are famous for horrible turbo lag (which produced thick smoke when throttling up) and producing what is probally the most steriotypical diesel engine sound ever: A slow, loud, mechanical chug.
    The premier at this time wanted to expand all the way to Yukon and eventually Alaska, and built a line to Mackenzie (a town in BC's north). In 1971 they finished a line to Ford Nelson, which was ~170 kilometres away from the Yukon border. Unfortunately, the PGE lived up to its nickname and the opening was overshadowed by the inagural train derailing. in 1972 it would finally gain a new name: the British Columbia Railway (BCR). In 1984, it would drop the new logo adopted in '72 (which featured the Pacific Dogwood, BC's provincial flower) and adopt a new, modern logo and name. It was restructed with properties going to BCR Properties. BCR would be renamed BC Rail and would be jointly owned by BCRC (the British Columbia Railway Company), and by BCR Properties. This would be its last name. For a while things would be slow. As per government, some controversies would emerge.
    In 1983 a new line was open: The Tumbler Ridge Subdivison. This subdivision would be electrified and serve new coal mines BC would be building after a contract with some asian steel mills. This was revolutionary. a brand new electric FREIGHT line in North America? Electricification would be saved for commuter trains at this point, let alone overhead line, as everything was third rail. With this, BCRail would purchase locomotives from EMD, and producing one of the most iconic classes of freight locomotive in North America: the GF6C. BCRail was already an anomaly for being nationalized in a world of privatized railways. Only the Alaska Railway was nationalized like BCRail.
    For the majority of BCRails history it would be extremely profitable. in the 90s the government cut subsidies so BCRail was forced to drop some services (which i believe was a mistake). Luckily, their passenger service, run by Budd RDCs wouldnt be a victim of this until 2002. If the government didnt cut BCRails subsidies (and perhaps asked the Federal government for help running it) it wouldnt've suffered the fate it did in 2003. Premier Gordon Campbell announced he would lease the railway off (not selling it). CN won the bid for 60 years. But, that wouldnt be the end of it. It would turn out that hoards of papers were falsified, and 5 people were arrested. It would be one of the biggest scandals in BC's history, the BCRail Scandal.
    BCRails legacy still lives on as CN still has not gotten rid of all of the Cowl Units (which were EMD freight locomotives with a full width rear hood), and the Nathan K5H (a 5 chime air horn used on BCRails cowl units) would be immortalized as the horn of the Half Life Razor train. BCRail would also be featured in many movies, sometimes taking a starring role, as BC is essentially the hollywood of canada.
    Just felt like you needed to know this. BCRail never dies.

    • @Jezee213
      @Jezee213 9 місяців тому

      I know I seen the CN and was filled with somewhat surprising pride for a sec. So many people in my family work for CN and are running those trains everyday.

    • @ebnertra0004
      @ebnertra0004 8 місяців тому +1

      RIP BC Rail. I've seen a handful of their old locos on CN trains in MN, but it sounds like the cowl units are being scrapped now, so no more of those, I'm afraid

  • @CaecusYT
    @CaecusYT 9 місяців тому +3

    Would be hilarious to hear your reactions to all the nuggets driving around in Japan, I was bewildered during my stay haha.

  • @asparaguswater8016
    @asparaguswater8016 9 місяців тому +14

    As someone who lives in West-Coast US the cars I see is about the same. But with more 80-90s Toyota trucks as they haven't rust away from salt

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 9 місяців тому

      I don't know I live in Arizona and I don't see that many 80s or 90s Toyota Trucks, I see the 2000s and newer, but not those old ones, our old pre 2000s trucks are normally old Square Body Chevys, GMT 4000s, and Fords, mainly Aero Nose but you do see Brick Noses and Bullnoses every so often, and 2nd Gen Rams

  • @venomoussocks1017
    @venomoussocks1017 9 місяців тому

    Canadian here. Most of the old cars that are usable are Mazda or Subaru. In Alberta, east of BC past the mountain range, they're BIG on oil. Major part of the economy. As a result, lots of people who work in the oil fields are culturally shamed into buying gas guzzling trucks.

  • @john_toss
    @john_toss 9 місяців тому +11

    The Tacoma is basically the Hilux for the states. The big truck is the Toyota Tundra. My mother has a 2016 1794 tundra and the rear seat legroom is fukin huge.

  • @RyansAlwaysEaton
    @RyansAlwaysEaton 9 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely boggles my mind recognizing the places these clips are from, because I am in some of them fairly often

  • @AHeese
    @AHeese 9 місяців тому +9

    It's so weird seeing Wade walk around my home town being amazed at all things we take as completely normal here! Would have been wild to run into you at the mall, I'm there all the time lol

  • @rebarangel6017
    @rebarangel6017 9 місяців тому

    Ough, a red Dodge Neon... First new car my family got when I was barely six years old. So many memories... it had a cassette player! Great vid! It was delightful watching you go about like a kid in a candy store at various parking lots.

  • @nathanens8806
    @nathanens8806 9 місяців тому +9

    Being from Vancouver I am so happy to see how happy Wade was from seeing the most basic beaters😂

    • @JankPods0201
      @JankPods0201 9 місяців тому

      I'm just 12 minutes away from Vancouver!

  • @Sircrapalot7696
    @Sircrapalot7696 9 місяців тому

    You make me feel so validated, this is the sort of thing I did literally my entire trip to Melbourne. Like, Honda Jazz??? Never heard of her!

  • @dart157
    @dart157 9 місяців тому +6

    Train at 3:33 is an EMD SD70M-2. 4,300 HP in a 16-cylinder engine. I think there’s similar types in Australia, just in a different body style. Trains here in North America are HUGE!

    • @ebnertra0004
      @ebnertra0004 8 місяців тому +2

      I think a couple of the Western AU iron-ore lines bought some lightly-modified ACes for their gargantuan ore trains

    • @OXN-RailProductions
      @OXN-RailProductions 7 місяців тому

      @@ebnertra0004SD70ACis spec’d for BHP iirc

  • @gorenje_life_simplified
    @gorenje_life_simplified 9 місяців тому +1

    2:46 literally the best car ever made. We do actually have one and it’s literally in mint condition even tho it has 200.000 kilometers in it. Such a lovely thing.

  • @dcresistance
    @dcresistance 9 місяців тому +11

    Wade, if you want a real good time, come to the Cord Deusenberg Museum here in Auburn Indiana. It's classic car heaven. We also do a giant car festival at the end of August. People bring everything from their classics to monster trucks

  • @genzigzag
    @genzigzag 9 місяців тому

    Love this perspective, when I travel abroad I quietly do the same thing in my head. Welcome to BC!

  • @ausernameidk
    @ausernameidk 9 місяців тому +9

    4:52 Mate you didn’t have to turn into a furby to get your point across 😂

  • @NSUGS
    @NSUGS 9 місяців тому +1

    What strikes me
    Is the size Vancouver, youtube, much less the internet as a whole... there is a possibility, however unlikely someone may comment saying their car is featured in this video.
    Fascinating

  • @stillko16
    @stillko16 9 місяців тому +10

    Last year was a good year

  • @PrinceMoonRunner
    @PrinceMoonRunner 9 місяців тому

    i love this! watching someone flip out over everyday cars and things we consider junk is so fun!

  • @curcapsicum
    @curcapsicum 9 місяців тому +4

    Hahahah this is fantastic. You should've come to Edmonton to go car-spotting, it's like vancouver but even MORE nuts, and in the suburbs you get the young modders everywhere!

    • @tsrenis
      @tsrenis 9 місяців тому

      The only downside is that it's Edmonton

  • @jimtownsend6139
    @jimtownsend6139 9 місяців тому

    Great video.. good laugh. I’m a Canadian who has been to Australia and loved spotting the different cars there. Holdens, Utes with Roo bars etc..

  • @christo_unlimited
    @christo_unlimited 9 місяців тому +4

    North America in general, but especially South Eastern USA has a huge Truck Culture. It's pretty sweet hearing an outside perspective on cars, because for me it was pretty normal lol. It's insane to me that Kia Souls were such short lived in AU, because they're kinda the Ol' Reliable over here.

  • @xistic1
    @xistic1 9 місяців тому +1

    In the USA fuel efficiency standards are based on towing capacity. When that regulation went into effect it effectively outlawed the manufacture of new small pickup trucks.
    I would LOVE to get a new small pickup truck instead of one of those monsters.
    15 year old used pickups go for a small fortune now.

  • @bonebrothyt
    @bonebrothyt 9 місяців тому +19

    Canadian winter be like Ausie rapture

  • @seanb9698
    @seanb9698 22 дні тому

    As a watcher of at least 6 months it was hilarious to see you randomly fly to my city and walk around just a few km from my place

  • @philgoodinc2
    @philgoodinc2 9 місяців тому +6

    I was in the US last month and got to drive some American things. we had a GMC Acadia for a day, a 7 seater "mid" size, but was sill pretty big, a Dodge Challenger, and for some big roadtripping, we lucked out and got a basically brand new Chevy Suburban. (had 1500 miles on the odometer) That suburban was freaking MASSIVE and actually quite nice. V8, 10 speed auto and you change gears by pulling what can only be described as window switches that are on the dash. Loved having to climb in and out. Cannot imagine that on our city roads in Aus. The Challenger was fun and looked cool as hell, but Interior felt fairly cheap, definitely not nice plastics, but still loved it. Id love to see more American cars make their way over here.

    • @musicmoviesandgames2004
      @musicmoviesandgames2004 9 місяців тому +1

      Well then I got good news for you. The Suburbans counterpart, the GMC Yukon has been confirmed for Australia

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna 9 місяців тому +2

      God, the new Suburbans and Silverados are monster trucks. Dad had a 2022 Silverado for a while. Parked next to my 04 Suburban it looked like fucking Grave Digger was parked in the yard with a fresh white coat of paint.

    • @michaelfreeze2949
      @michaelfreeze2949 9 місяців тому

      Holden sold Chevy Suburban's in Australia in the 90's They didn't sell many as the quality was crap that's why you don't see any on the streets of Australia anymore.

    • @philgoodinc2
      @philgoodinc2 9 місяців тому +2

      @@musicmoviesandgames2004 I wonder if its going to be the full length version or the Shorter version which is like a Chevy Tahoe.

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 9 місяців тому +1

      Funny thing about those Suburbans, performance wise, the same as a top of the line 1969 Camaro

  • @pravitkeyo9167
    @pravitkeyo9167 9 місяців тому +1

    We need more videos like this

  • @ZemzyOseris
    @ZemzyOseris 9 місяців тому +7

    0:51 That box is trying its absolute best to camoflauge with nature...it's not working too well.

    • @leerman22
      @leerman22 9 місяців тому +1

      Looks like a half life 1 texture trying to exist in reality.

  • @commieprohibition5429
    @commieprohibition5429 9 місяців тому

    Dude, I lived around there for like a year, awesome place. Quite a nostalgic video.

  • @maltainu3621
    @maltainu3621 9 місяців тому +6

    Man id love for wade to come to the uk because you get to see the same usual cheap bydingus nugs but also literal Porsches and g wagons and all sorts just in the same street, ive seen a koenigsegg in Manchester before, its a wild place (its also basically the UK's home of music)

  • @Respectable_Username
    @Respectable_Username 9 місяців тому

    I cannot tell the difference between any of these cars but the excitement is infectious and I love it 😂

  • @HenningGu
    @HenningGu 9 місяців тому +13

    My dad was never really a non-German car guy. He worked for the industry and I guess that kind of put a bias in him.
    But the moment he saw an Ionic 5 on the road, he was smitten. Not enough to buy yet, but enough-

  • @schplin
    @schplin 9 місяців тому +1

    He's so amazed by all the trucks around... Wade needs to come visit Texas sometime.

    • @saltoftheegg
      @saltoftheegg 9 місяців тому +1

      Nooop I don't want him to die

  • @dingusboi7045
    @dingusboi7045 9 місяців тому +10

    5:34 the voice tho 😂😂😂😂

  • @FranklyPeetoons
    @FranklyPeetoons 9 місяців тому +1

    As a Norf American, it's interesting to hear you going on and on about regular normal cars I see in huge quantities every dang day.
    My personal daily driver is a 27-year-old Toyota. I bought it in 2002. I never maintain the thing, but it keeps on going.

  • @IsaacMega
    @IsaacMega 9 місяців тому +5

    dankpods calling teslas eggs made my day so much better

  • @KillerCaitie
    @KillerCaitie 9 місяців тому

    That Canadian pride of watching someone get incredibly excited over things you see on a regular basis.

  • @brumm0m3ntum94
    @brumm0m3ntum94 5 місяців тому +3

    5:45 welcome to the pacific northwest

  • @alexmason5668
    @alexmason5668 9 місяців тому +1

    If you had gone to the next province over (Alberta) the offerings would have been completely different! Huge souped up diesel pickups, far fewer EV's, and more muscle cars

  • @devilcookie9924
    @devilcookie9924 9 місяців тому +3

    If Wade visits Alberta, he should be more surprised cuz 80% of cars are SUVs or pickup trucks there lmao

  • @UrgggAndSchloink
    @UrgggAndSchloink 9 місяців тому +1

    This video is literally “COR LOOK AT THIS, WOAH LOOK AT THAT. OH MY GOSH MATE LOOK AT THIS.” Best car video on UA-cam.

  • @toneztoneztonez4735
    @toneztoneztonez4735 8 місяців тому +3

    I just wanna see more garbage time. I miss you n James 😢

  • @atomiccrown6917
    @atomiccrown6917 9 місяців тому

    That is the most excited response to a neon I have ever heard

  • @WilburJaywright
    @WilburJaywright 9 місяців тому +7

    “Even this absolutely massive train!” EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! 🤣

    • @MrMX85
      @MrMX85 3 місяці тому

      The speed egg lol 😂

  • @gavinv
    @gavinv 3 місяці тому +1

    0:46 Its funny that Wade calls a Subaru Crosstrek a SUV lol