Nissan S-Cargo: The Crazy Quirks
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Here are all the weird quirks of my 1989 Nissan S-Cargo. There are a lot of them.
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When the car you drew in kindergarten comes to life
Kai B. Sowieso
I mean...i couldn't leave this comment with 199 likes. Here is your 200th : )
Innacurate, the wheels are actually attached
xD
you literally copied this comment from a meme.
"When the car you used to draw in kindergarten pull up"
It isn't as funny now that I know the origin...
And it says “no smoking” right under the ash can
lmao is that true
But then what’s the point of the whole thing...
Willing to bet this was a delivery van before it was imported, I'd guess a company put it there
Oh that makes sense
車內禁菸
no smoking in the car
Normal Car Manufacturers: 'We have reinvented the wheel'
Nissan: *'We have reinvented a snail'*
tom nicoll this comment would’ve blown up when this video came out
tom nicoll:
Japanese Design.
700th like brudda.
I'm drunk as hell. At a party, lots of good looking ladies here, and I'm watching a video on 80's Nissan cargo van. Lifes good.
You win the internet with that comment.
Thats pathetic
Yea sure mate, of course you are
Carl Johnson AYYYYYYY CJ
@@themonthlycooler9938 Was goood dawg
It actually looks like it was built in the 00's instead of the late 80s.
Externally yeah but the steering wheel and way the seats are mounted are a dead giveaway that it's from the 80s haha
Not the headlights
Ya know I really like cheese
He meant 2000s -_-
Mangolia What? I’m talking about cheese
That's not a back seat, that's a casting couch for a FakeTaxi Japan
or it can be a giant clipboard
It’s a dog seat.
Skipp3rBuds w
Check for little black hairs
NoPain NoGain I FUCKING LOVE FAKETAXI PORN!!!
The radio part makes sense if it's imported, as it's possibly the standard range for Japanese radio stations.
Jezza , it is exactly
The Japanese use a different radio FM frequency range then the U.S. so there is nothing odd about the frequency range on the radio in this S-Cargo. Now it might be possible change the frequency range on this radio as some digital car radios have a way of choosing a country locale which determines the frequency range. In this case it would likely involve some hidden setting on the radio accessed via a key combination if it can be change at all in this case.
Renault and Fiat don't got that feature
Send a message to top gear that s cargo could be driven from Richard Hammond James May Jeremy Clarkson or the stig can drive
@Angad Grewal Who?
"So how much legroom in the backseat?"
"No"
I'm guessing it had a token back seat fitted to comply with some weird US import provision, much the same as the Subaru Brat.
"everything in this car is manual" No everything isnt manual, the gearbox is automatic
Everything is manual... except for the bit you actually *want* to be manual.
The rear left tire is also automatic
Tailgate lock too
Everything in the car is manual, *EXCEPT THE CAR ITSELF*.
I'm pretty sure everyone has been in reverse when they thought they were in drive at least once in their life and Japan has alot of elderly so that chime alerting you that you're in reverse isn't a bad idea
IKR that's what i was thinking.
With loose manual..yes..with automatic, no comments..
Omega Man there are a lot of elderly people in America too
That’s actually good logic. But I think it would still drive people nuts.
baronvg it doesn’t bother me
With Japan's crowded cities and narrow streets, this is the perfect delivery van for it's assumed environment. It falls down badly on Interstates, a habitat it was never meant for. And yes, it's a very weird vehicle anyway.
From the base that I was on, to the other army base, was a long stretch of road. This is in japan, mind you, and these roads were smaller than some of the side roads of the neighborhood I live in here in the states. We were coming back from the other base to see a car flipped on its roof. We sat there in complete shock. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FLIP A CAR, A NISSAN CUBE ONTO ITS ROOF!?!? The road allowed at best, speeds of maybe 40-50 kph. It's possible.
Bruh the guys engineering that backseat be like: ok here's a list:
Cons:
-no legroom
-no seatbelts
-folds even if you don't want it to
-you basically can't sit there
Pros:
- We have a backseat
Yeah sounds good to me let's do it
The headroom kicks the competitors out.
Backseat: YES
Actually that's exactly why, I think it's to get around tariffs that make a 2-seater a truck, but a 4-seater becomes a passenger vehicle. Ford does exactly this with the Turkey-made Transit Connect, except they throw out the seats after it gets here.
"Hey, look at that S-car go!"
conan900 joke was better in trading places but I commented the same thing
Such a delicious escargot
conan900 small car
I just watched that movie two hours ago. It's an oldie but a goodie. : )
conan900 oh please stop
Can't wait for the Carmax appraisal on this puppy ^^
Bandit Darville me too
Since the odometer is in KM Carmax will not be able to give an offer. It will be the same thing that happened with they Skyline.
David Bacon Yeah, but getting the recreation will still be funny.
Sadly, probably.
Doug DeMuro "You're bring a snail to CarMax?! We appraise cars, Mr. DeMuro." Or something.
S-Cargo, Escargot. That's genuinely hilarious.
You're French ?
They did that joke on Bewitched back in the early '70's.
@@Mark-zu6ozAlso in Trading Places
I like the fact that this particular s-cargo has all the "Japanese car-thing" as original. For example, the black box next to the speedmeter is ETC system, which can automatically pay the toll by just pass away the gate. Also, the 2 stickers on the wind sheild is the car maintenance sticker. In Japan, all car must pass the qualification test every 2 years. if you fail to pass the test, your car can't be used on public road. the sticker says the limit of the test, so you have take it to the nearest car factory to pass the test before the date comes.
sorry for my bad English, I'm Japanese, and not so good at using English.
Hold up. HOLD UP. The name is a PUN?!
God damn it, Nissan.
Inkblot Games the name Nissan is itself a play on the Japanese word for brother. Think Ni-San, or Oni-Chan for for us anime perverts.
Roosevelt Brentwood naruto
escargot, my car go, 160, swiftly... wait nvm
Tyler Smith you nailed that one - holy shit!
"look at that S car go" - Trading places
Tyler Smith - Awesome.
Tyler Smith hahah bigi bigi bigi your words just hypnotise me
LMAOOO comment of the day. +1 for biggie.
I'm really wondering how the back looks.
Time for som GOOGLING
Bet you were disappointed 🤣
Stonks
@@EdrisAjmal the back looks normal compared to the front
@@EdrisAjmal ngl the back looks kinda cute xD
Doug: A quick turn = a quick rollover
Me: *widebody it*
A real bisexual petrol-head I think it’s a joke
@A real bisexual petrol-head lol chill its an inanimate object, no need to be so angry
Shit, I thought that thing was from the 2010's. I love it!
thats what i thougt - looks like a brand new model...
Dusan Veselka It could make a recognizable pizza taxi
For real
Why would you need a van like that?? Its so tinyyyy, if u need a van get those chevy work vans man
Why Nissan and Toyota thinks that they need to make utility vehicles for America i don't know but they got to stop!! We Americans are fully capable of making our own utility vehicles and have been doing it since the Ford model t went into mass production. Our American utility vehicles also aren't ugly besides chevys 2019 Silverado with that ugly ass grill. Fuck import trucks and suvs!!
I'd be clipping some wires to those alert signals lol
I would do the same, however, after living in Japan with cars that have the speed chime and the reverse chime, you get used to it.
0:54
Toyota AE86 Chimes
DOUG DEMURO NEEDS TO REVIEW THE AE86!!
but a little bit faster
@@alviyunitasari3737 Oh really?
@Coolomon Tetris
Yeah. The chime is like 2 times faster (maybe.).
Cool!
We have them here in nz, they're used mainly as mobile adverts and delivery vans for small businesses. They serve a purpose and run alright for what they are. If your looking for a cruiser or a race car your in the wrong car but the rear compartments quite tall and good for signage. They don't rollover that easy either, they have a heavy floor and a light roof and get strenght from the curve of the roof rather than use a heavy structural frame up so high. For a florist, caterer or handyman they're great little workhorses that do catch the eye even if just for being so weird and let's be honest......fugly. They are also fairly reliable....I've seen some over 300k and still in decent shape after years of just being thrashed to bits by careless employees.
Doug would be a legend if he modified this
2JZ swap
Moreno Autocross build.
Moreno rear mounted 2jz
Moreno its just a smart car with downs
Moreno someone must make this car a sleeper that eats 911 for breakfast. the race snail
"S-Cargo, my car go, one sixty, swiftly"
Hypnotize, right?
Wreck it buy a new one
Your crew run run run, your crew run run
It says “no smoking “ in Japanese under the ashtray..... wtf?
heh, every Japanese person I knew who drove has smoked in the car at some point of time while I was in it. I saw people when I was driving around smoking and driving. Some were on their phone while smoking and driving. Japanese people are pretty crazy.
4:18 also, the spare tire? Located in the back, under the floor, no, under the passenger seat
That is indeed what he said
Lol I have 20 likes ty
Anybody else think of Initial D when they heard the speed chime?
I did, I remembered it from the 86 before it got the formula atlantic engine
same here intial d lol
*Eurobeat intensifies*
yes!! :D
*EUROBEAT TRIGGERED* DEJA VU!... XD
I'm sure it would make a great drift car
Sarcasm or not, it is small, front wheel drive, and narrow tire'd. Should be pretty easy to skid about.
Dragon Butt yeah if you like skidding on the roof
Pebble Crawler
Naw, just go till you hear the speed chime and hard left!
you could neutral drop this thing at redline and it still probably wouldnt chirp the tires
Dragon Butt-I was searching for this comment-INITIAL D!
There are 3 Nissans I want. R32, Cummins Titan ,and this little thing. I just love the chime for some reason.
S cargo was a very popular delivery VAN in Japan in the 1990s.
Owner was paint a shop logo at the car.
The 76Mhz to 90Mhz FM radio isn't a quirk or the car per se but that is the Japanese frequency allocation for terrestrial FM radio.
Might make sense there, but bring it here, and boom, quirk. I bet you if someone in Japan had a car with radio stations up into the 108Mhz frequencies, they'd think it was crazy, too.
What's Japanese for "I've got hundreds of stations of nothing but static"?
私は何百もの駅を持っていますが、
Thing is, most car radios should be adjustable to different regions. I've even had a walkman that let you choose between European, American and Asian frequency ranges plus the "weather band" up beyond normal FM, as well as at least a couple of different car radios that included similar instructions in their manuals. A modern tuner essentially is good for 76mhz through to 108mhz on FM (or 150ish for those with WB capability?), and about 130khz through several MHz for AM (LW to SW bands, encompassing the common 530~1610khz MW one), as it's just a software programmed PLL circuit, and the upper/lower limits on what it can tune are entirely artificial... and the same module is used for basically everything, including emergency, CB and marine frequency tuners, pretty much just stopping short of also being suitable for wireless microphones and walkie talkies (which start at ~170mhz and then push on towards the Ghz range, overlapping more with TV tuner and mobile phone frequencies than normal audio-only radio)
I like this guy and all, I like his reviews and all, but; if I would get 1 dollar for every time he says how tall he is I would be very rich.
jamdc2000 To a Japanese, the inside of this thing must be like the Astrodome.
jamdc2000 if I got a dollar for every time you said “and all” I’d be rich too
Ninja Potatoe if I got 20 dollars for every time anyone said if I had a dollar I would be Rich than Jeff bezos
That's good information to know when he's attempting to explain to you how much room a cabin has.
His height is relevant as he's getting into a vehicle he lets you know that he as someone who is 6 ft 3 if he finds it comfortable someone of average height will be just fine
Is it me or does the paint job on this car look new
Cartel Gang Gaming uhhhh kinda, it’s a weird eggshell color that they don’t put on Modern cars.
S-Cargo the type of car you draw on 1st grade
didn't takumis 86 make that sound in initial d
Theferrariguy5 yes
Theferrariguy5 yes! first thing I thought of. Man I'd love to drive it on the highway just for the initial-D vibes.
Yeah, it was a different tone though. If I remember correctly, it was a 2 tone one, like a soft "ding dong". I honestly wouldn't mind that either in a real 86.
Nissan 240SX's with the pop up headlights make this chime when your key is in the ignition instead of the usual beep beep heard in other cars
some cars make that noise when you forget to turn off the lights after switching the car off & taking the key off.
now I know why there is a beeping sound in the anime initial D
yeah finally after years watching it.
Or you could, you know, read the manga. It explains it in the first few chapers.
I've read it twice can you tell me what chapter exactly?
Luis Madero If i can remember i will tell you lol. Its a scene where Takumi and Itsuki are together and hes flipping out. Says something along the lines of "And that stupid speed alarm, shut up!".
But there is no Eurobeat with the manga.
Back when there was only Quirks, with no Features
Doug didn’t say THIS at the start of the video, now the universe is going to collapse
Why am I picturing like 17 Japanese people crammed in this thing? I dont think the fuel economy should be much of a complaint. It is not the fault of the vehicle, or nissan. This vehicle was designed to be a small urban delivery vehicle....not a highway cruiser. Im sure most of them never saw above 30-35mph in their life.
Mikey this van definitely isn't made for fat disgusting 500 pound americans for sure
FF M Says the country which has an entire support based around "fast disgusting 500 lb" men.
Andrew Delashaw and china owns your filthy, heart disease ridden pale people. What are you trying to prove?
Mikey true.
...this thread went somewhere weird, very fast.
Anyway, you're thinking more of Korea, China, and particularly Vietnam. Japan doesn't go much for the whole "cramming as many people into/onto a wholly unsuitable car or motorcycle" thing as seems to be common to a lot of the rest of southeast Asia. They're more about highly efficient public transport systems... which then end up heavily oversubscribed and with far too many people being literally shoved into them by special shoving officers. But on the roads themselves, rather more regulated and one seat / one seatbelt per person. Despite the tuner and drifter culture, the official stance on road safety is extremely strict. Hence the overspeed chimes and all that guff.
I thought that was 2098 car
Its charles Here LMAFO
You are 100% the most entertaining car reviewer of all time. I love watching your videos!
Gary the snail vinyl wrap is a must!
please do a video where you Uber with ir
*it
spicy memes please don't
Smokey waffle that would be cool xD
Can’t, it’s only got 2 doors
Try tightening the screw so the side mirrors stay in place once adjusted.
Genius
This never gets old
a local coffee shop in my area uses one of these as a mascot. they have a real one i see around town sometimes.
God damn all those quirks. It would make it a bitch to own...
I WANT ONE!!!
lol!!
One things for sure. Those windshield replacement insurance scammers would leave you the hell alone.
Some of them have a big sunroof option, which is vinyl, and leaks.
I would do an engine swap on it. I don't like tires that stick out of cars like a sore thumb, but for the sake of safety... I would do that to the S-cargo. I think people would definitely stare at it either way.
Phillip Jernigan get a aftermarket car stereo and figure out how to get rid of that sound if you want this car
it literally says "车内禁烟（no smoking in the car）" on the ashtray lmao
Stick it out the window :)
It's 車内禁煙 [shanai kin'en]. 车内禁烟 [chē nèi jìnyān] is simplified Chinese (Mandarin).
This is a used car and the former owner must have put the sign there.
@@SarahLJP I thought the car was made only for the JDM
@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx I don’t know what JDM means. Also, what does it have to do with my post?
Who else came here from the auction of this same car on Cars & Bids?
I knew I recognized that "chime". I had a 1991 Pathfinder in highschool. My dad still has it and has over 400k on the original engine, trans, etc.. it simply won't die. Anyway, it has the same chime. Which is, interestingly, a mechanical device with two different bells and hammers.
Wow the quirks are quirky
Nafone14 😂😂😂
The quirkiest
that's a sweet coupe
It's faster than a honda
Love those little cars. Nissan should made more!
The chime is not annoying it's used to permanently traumatize your friends when going down Mt. Akina.
Just realized it's called an S-Cargo because it looks like an escargot (french for snail) GENIUS!
i have the NISMO S Cargo
pffffff no way x)
I saw one of these in the wild today and immediately thought of you, Doug.
Actually, the steering wheel is inspired from the Citroën design on the DS, ID, CX and the early units of the XM, when they finally introduced airbags for the driver.
This wheel design was a safety feature: back into the days of the DS (1955-1975), with no airbags, the "one radius" steering wheel prevented further damage when a collision happens: it can bend and absorb the shock of the driver on it. Otherwise, you'd collide with a stiff piece of metal that would broke your chest!
As I said, it was replaced by airbags in the mid-90's, which are obviously much better protectors (but make steering wheels less cool)
Doug, you are unfairly fairly comparing the S-Cargo to US standards. the vehicle was one of several niche cars produced during that period byToyota, Nissan, and Daihatsu. As a delivery vehicle it was spot on. They were never seen on the highways of Japan, rather they were designed for the narrow confines of Japanese neighborhoods and seldom saw speeds of more than 40mph. As a delivery car it was very successful, and those huge cargo body panels made for a great graphics design slate. I'd want one if it can pass safety. in fact it can be imported as a classic since it's over 20 years old. just the thing for scooting around town, it's intended purpose. And the bell. it was standard equipment on all Japanese cars as a fuel economy measure. A savvy Japanese mechanic could disable it.
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Revell Walker s
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hey that speed chime sounds like the ae86 speed chime #InitialD 😤
Hahah when I was a teenager I bought a genuine AE86 chime and installed in it my car so I could be like Takumi.
God I was an idiot back then.
That’s what I thought too!
the famous initial D chime
I thought that
0:55
The backseat part killed me 😂
I love these types of vehicles with quirky cars!
Still has more views than Doug's Toyota Supra Turbo review. Respect the quirky cars.
Curved windshield? That's like Tesla Model X status!! WIN.
One of the funniest Doug videos
I driven an S - Cargo as a utility vehicle at NAVSTA Yokosuka, Japan. It's not all that bad. A lot of U.S. Servicemember I know of stationed in Yokosuka drove it too, and they seem to like it. 👍
I thought basically all Japanese imports radio's are like that.
Mike Morris they are. they use different frequencies if I remember correctly.
Yeah, I assume so. Same situation with speed chime, turn signals/wipers, etc. Still interesting!
Doug DeMuro do the windows on the s cargo work like the Subaru SVX, where you're able to have the windows down while it's raining?
They are. Japan and the US just decided to have commercial radio broadcast at different ranges. Japanese radio, according to Doug here, goes from 76MHz to 90MHz. American radio goes from 87.5MHz to 108MHz.
"WOWWAAAHHH THIS CAR IS CRAAAZZYYY IT OBEYS JAPANESE AUTO SPECIFICATIONS WHAAAAT?!?!?!"
-Doug.
but does it have a bumper to bumper warranty?
This short is sooooo good !!!
I think the chime is so adorable, just as the car itself
Half these quirks make sense if you realize this car was designed to drive in-town its entire existence, quickly delivering goods back and forth. Not for passengers, not for luxury or cruising. I mean, you might as well review a Bobcat. This is a company vehicle. Here's the quirkiest part, half the vehicle is the storage area and you don't show it!
Yeah, he seems to miss the point because his head's up his friggin' butt sometimes.
Exactly he didn't even show the storage area and the entire point of the vehicle is to carry stuff 😆
@@rudolphguarnacci197 How does he miss the point? He never claimed the car was supposed to be a Rolls-Royce, he's laughing at what a goofy car this is, it doesn't matter what it's for, it's a goofy car.
In his other video he pointed out that as goofy of a car this is he still likes it, and chose this over other Japanese cars he had available
@@drew_porter806 yeah, i had just discovered doug and didn't get him. He's funny. I've been binge eatchin' him.
A vehicle with a lot of storage area is NOT QUIRKY! 🍄
Skip to 5:20 to see Doug turn into his Alien form for a brief moment.
Ur stupid
Meep
Deez Nutz Another One I
Dimitri K no u
Deez Nutz Another One z
I remember one of these was used as a McDonalds delivery vehicle in Alice Springs Australia during the early 2000's
The chime being in the AE86 too. I absolutely love the chime and it's sound but I can see why it would be annoying after a while lol.
It's made for the Japanese market, so of course it has Japanese frequencies for the radio.
I kept thinking that during a lot of his critical comments. It's obviously a city street delivery vehicle. You don't usually expect to hit 60MPH or worry about roll overs during city driving. It would be like complaining of a Porsche's endless shortcomings as a dump truck.
beavis6363
Exactly. Japan is full of tiny vans and "trucks" that rarely hit 60MPH. This was probably used as something like a postal service truck in smaller japanese towns.
Umm i dont think the mirrors are a quirk, thats probably a broken mount
the ball joint sleeve is probably worn out.
Pringle Lays happens all the time in my ranger
I think I saw a screw hole at the base, maybe use that to tighten it up?
Used to have that problem with my Ranger's mirrors until I finally took them off and tightened up the springs. Amazing what a little maintainance will do.
Those wing mirrors remind me of the Yugo 75 that I had at college. Every trip down the A2 in Kent ending up with having to reposition the wing mirrors.
I used to drive one of these briefly through a job I had. However the one I had was made in the Nissan plant in the UK in the mid 90s so slightly different. It lacked the rear seat, which as I understand it is only there to get a lower tax band in Japan and quite common on Japanese commercial vehicles. Being made in the UK meant it had a UK radio (which would have been as useless in the US but worked in the UK) but the most interesting feature was the ash tray was swapped out with an optional Motorolla/Bosch phone cradle so you could charge your Motorolla or Bosch badged phone as you drove. At the time these were the most common cell phoned in the UK so very useful. But you could remove it and replace it with a drink holder, the ash tray or the same unit in a sedan could have a Bosch taximeter if you were using the car as a taxi. There may have been other options.
The biggest difference was the UK ones had an electric motor. But only a 10 mile range.
The S cargo (the S stands for small, ie. small cargo - but the name is a pun on escargot) was never made in the UK, in fact it was never even officially imported into the UK, all S cargots on UK roads are 'grey' imports. The S cargo was, along with the Figaro, the Be-1 and the Pao models, made exclusively at the Nissan Pike factory in Japan and are known as Nissans Pike cars.
@@wangdangdoodie I was told the electric ones were made in Sunderland, although maybe they just did the electric motor and drivetrain. The one I used was part of a sponsorship with the Arts Council so maybe they only gave them out rather than sold them.
My guess is they would no longer be road legal as regulations for electric vehicles changed over the years.
Doug howmany cars have you had in your entire life?
more than you can afford pal
Aba Dibi Ferrari
Ferrari
Zxibit youre right
That's a pretty douchy answer.. douchbag
Doug, if you were a car....this car would be you. I swear, the shape of the car matches your head...ADORABLE!
u r a gay,right?
?
This thing is awesome!! Looks way newer than something 80's.
LOL’d when you discussed the steering column stalks. I have an ‘80 Classic Mini - same reversed wiper/turn stalks.
Buys a car because it is quirky, complains about it's quirks.
Casey Urquhart he's not really complaining as much he's pointing them out. I'd do the same thing, its what brings in his dough
doug,the kind of guy
Basically his whole channel
Casey Urquhart you just made a meme I think?👏
I spent some time in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 80's and remember those little vans. We always laughed because when it rained they would all stall out on the road. We would pass dozens dead with drivers sitting inside, waiting for the rain to stop.
Cheeky Monkees You wouldn't have seen many outside of Japan in the 80s because they were released in '89.
Multicabs weakness are flood and mild rainfall.
Why do they stall from rain?
@@Network126 the cars don't like rain. That's why they stall 🍄
Never seen a Japanese S-Cargo stop in the rain... not to mention in Japan your boss would kill you if you waited because of rain and not to mention it came out in 89... what car did you see again?
I seriously LOVE IT
I can't tell you enough how much I want one of these in bright yellow...... SO MUCH WANT! Just for puttering around in.
The radar detector is hilarious. Or is that some sort of disk drive?
i think thats some prehistoric "driver/vehicle identification device" for company/toll booths
it IS for toll booths, but it's not prehistoric. They're called ETC cards. they identify your car (when there's a card in them) and automatically pay your toll for the expressway.
Brendan A. MacWade That's an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) reader. You put your ETC card into it and Japanese road tolls get charged to your credit card. Besides being convenient you get toll discounts for paying by ETC instead of cash.
i finally know what that thing was on my half cut
So, basically, its a better version of the easy pass and all those other similar things we have here in the US....
not gonna lie, I cant name a single thing i like about it
but i want one
no one:
doug: *QUIRK*
That van is perfect,and looks like it nas made on blender
The headlight looks like pop up head lights
It beeps over 60 but there's a radar detector on the dash 😂
That's not a radar detector, it's a Japanese Electronic Toll Collection transponder, like E-ZPass. Most Japanese freeways are privately owned and tolled. Whereas the US has RFID stickers or at most battery-powered toll tags, the Japanese had to invent an overly complex system that requires hardwired 12V and smart cards.
thanks Doug, now I know where the AE86 speed chime comes from
An older Doug video i never seen 👍
Small RUclips Pedant note: 100km/h is 62.5mph ... so if you do 63mph the chime comes on ;)
Though of course you can probably find where it is and disconnect it.
The frantic gearing is probably because it's intended for the rather mountainous terrain of Japan, especially the rural areas where you might be doing little deliveries around. You need to be able to grind up the steep grades with a heavy load and a small engine. But then when you've got to the top and are almost out of fuel, you can just coast all the way back to the bottom. And there are loads of little mom & pop fuel stations all over the place, though they tend to only be open during regular business hours. Good for the hard working courier in a Kei van, not so good if you're using one to go visit someone at the other end of the country on your day off... But, hey, you've got loads of space to carry spare jerrycans in.
...also it's just cheaper that way than providing a proper 4-speed auto, and I think there were - at least for a while - California-esque rules against fitting manual gearboxes to Kei cars/vans (makes it harder to implement nannying speed limiters, for example, and you can then issue Kei-only licenses that include an "auto only" restriction, easier to pass but limits what you can drive)... but autos tend to need more space under the hood, and there's not a great deal of room left in that tiny engine bay after installing the engine itself. It looks even smaller than that provided for the March / Micra that the van is originally based on, in fact, so you'd probably only have fit a 4-speed manual in there.
So with only a limited range of ratios available and a need to have at least a super low first gear for hauling heavy packages over really steep hills, the top end suffers instead. I mean, hey, you're not legally allowed to go over 100km/h anyway, and will likely be spending a lot of time on roads with 80km/h, 60km/h, or even lower speed limits, so what's the problem? (similar in concept to the Daihatsu Midget which has a 4-speed manual - the benefit of being RWD with all the drivetrain parts under the floor instead of in front of the cabin - that tops out no higher than 15mph in 1st, and as a result is also basically on the rev limiter at 101k... ie it's more like a Jeep's 3-speed-plus-crawler-gear setup).
Take that same thing and put it on a US freeway and it's massively out of its depth, sort of like trying to ride a moped under the same conditions, or even a 1950s British budget car... just revving itself into an early grave. The engine itself is probably good for the better part of 100mph on the flat, though, so it might be worth investigating if there's any kind of transmission swap, or at least final drive re-gearing options available, if you're never going to carry anything particularly heavy in it or drive up super steep hills.
don't get me wrong this is all good information but did you have to type up a full on essay
I just bought a kei van, a '93 Honda Acty, and this is all very accurate. My first gear is basically a crawler gear, so I start in second. The gearing is very short, which means the thing is surprisingly punchy around town despite having only 42 horsepower, but it tops out at about 75mph, which I think may be due to the rev limiter in fifth, but it's hard to be sure since it lacks a tachometer. Basically it's an ideal work van for the Japanese countryside - you can even spray it out with a hose if you want - but on the highway it would be highly suspect. I kind of wonder if you could swap the longer final drive out of a Honda Beat, with which it shares a powertrain.
Regarding the S-Cargo, it shares a powertrain with the OG Sentra, which was sold in the US with a 3AT, 4MT, and 5MT transaxle, so the idea of regearing it isn't totally impossible, but at that point you've spent enough money to probably buy a used Ford Transit, so nah.
What's the deal with this guy. He never shows the engine!!!
I read that in Rodney Dangerfield's voice XD
What's the deal with this guy. He never shows the cargo area!!!
And it's called the S-_Cargo_!
It's because he's a fake. His real interest is to fool people into thinking he is a car guy.
THANK YOU! Thought i was the only one that noticed he didnt say a word about it, let alone show it!
Zedword there are more parts to a car than just an engine, lol. but he should still talk about everything. that is why saabkyle and alexonautos are the best
I love the positioning of the gear stick. That must feel like being in the Millennium Falcon , I'd be saying "punch it!" every time I go into drive.
Then there would be a tremendous whining and grinding noise and...
Nothing!!
I am in love with this cute lil car.