I liked the dichotomy between their ideas of what constitutes automotive shame. Other than the world they live in where $50g cars are “cheap,” I love these videos even more than Doug’s usual car vids.
I’m not rich and I’m also very young but I’ll have you know the average price of a new car in the US is now $48,000. All that gets you is some kind of mid level boring crossover or minivan or something. 50k for some kind of fun enthusiast level car by comparison IS cheap. Of course you can get something good for much less but $50,000 for a car isn’t as special as it was even just 10 years ago…
LC 500 is such a beautiful car. Performance wise, its a balance and what holds it back is its weight due to the outdated tech installment but it will definitely be appreciated in the future even more for being ahead of its time for design and beauty!
@@bunsenn5064 Trouble is paying full whack and accepting the hefty depreciation to have the updates and improvements when there's second hand ones that will be substantially less costly.
I dig the panel versions. I don't need all that glass. I also agree with knock about it being a GM vehicle. I had it's platform mate (Cobalt), and it was a car that redefined the word cheap.
In addition to the LC500 being stunningly gorgeous and near 500hp naturally aspirated, I average over 30 mpg on the highway in mine as well. It's ridiculous, near perfect and since it's a Lexus, it's never in the shop.
I get where Alanis is coming from with the Carnival. Honestly, if someone was wealthy and being chauffeured, but wanted to keep a low profile, the Carnival would be an incredible choice.
@@mikewozawski1634I see these everywhere. I also think they’re every popular in South Africa. But I digress. A Benz would always flaunt more money than a Kia. Even if you don’t know the badge, you still know a Kia is less valuable than most Mercedes’
Doug, I’ve been around a long ass time. I remember when you posted the CTSV video when it was super cold in philly. Hilarious when you talked about getting a CGT as if it was a completely unrealistic dream and here we are. Keep doing what you’re doing buddy.
Yeah really... An lc500 a guilty pleasure? That doesn't make any sense.. A car with one of the highest quality interiors (as per Doug), a NA v8, looks amazing and keeps its value like any great lexus? Her opinion gets worse every week. Gonna have to start skipping videos with her.
@@jeffreycormier7808I think my eyes rolled into the back of my head reading this. Shocks me that viewers can be just as out of touch as Doug despite not being insanely wealthy.
We had a transportation minister here in Norway some years ago, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who owns a Prowler. With the matching trailer! He also has a Viper GTS and a Ram SRT-10, as well as a 1981 Seville. That was the first and only time we've ever had a transportation minister here who loved cars! Heck, most of them barely have driver's licenses...
Seeing a Vantage on the road “wow I’m glad I got to see one, that person is doing us a favor by paying the maintenance to keep it on the road” I’d never have one but thank you 🙏🏻
Mini-vans absolutely make the list. You can keep your dumb Maybach or three row SUVs. A mini-van is the ultimate car for hauling your buddies around and then getting a stack of 4x8 plywood home from the store dry. The only reason 90% of F150 owners don't have a Minivan is out of embarrassment.
I was born in 1983 and loved MOPAR since I could like cars, along with 30s cars... so when the Prowler came along, it was perfect timing for me to have become a lifelong fan.
The Plymouth Prowler would be on my list of cars to get (not even just a guilty pleasures list) but I would heavily modify it mechanically, starting with a manual swap and an engine swap.
My guilty pleasure is a 4 cylinder turbo automatic Camaro. I work for a car rental company, and thus was the first car I did a burnout in. All of my cars have been front wheel drive and I was surprised the Camaro did a burnout.
Interesting video,Doug! My truly guilty pleasure of all time is that I still love and want my first car back. 1966 Corvair Corsa, with the four one barrels. I loved it and would still have it ,if I hadn't backed up between two vacuums at a car wash,fast, only to realize, to late that there were three vacuums on concrete stands. Made a 90 degree dent in the rear deep nuff it shoved the engine almost into back seat. It was an aquamarine with white convertible top. No other car ever sounded as sweet!
My guilty pleasure car is a Nissan Versa with a CVT. I had one as a rental a couple years ago, I drove the piss out of it and I had an absolute blast. I have no idea why people hate CVTs so much, it was so much fun just flooring it and the car never shifting. My guilty pleasure may extend to any "slow car" with a CVT but that Versa was the only one I have driven.
I'm not sure I get Alanis' definition of a guilty pleasure you know if it's something you want but don't need, isn't that just the definition of wanting something 🤔 sure, I don't need a 911 GT3 RS but like h3ll I want one ❤️😩 However, I like her way of being practical even in the hypothetical to stay true to herself, I am just like her in that sense :) Also, my Guilty Pleasure are 4 cilinder sports cars, not like a GR 86 or MX-5 that were made to have a 4 cil. engine but like a Mustang Ecoboost or 2.0L Camaro, specially if they are automatic! (Yes, the auto GR 86 and MX-5 count in this case) Because they are just so weird, they go so hard against the essence of their name yet, each of their brands still try with all seriousness to make something fun, and I kinda love them for that quirkiness 😂
My guilty pleasure is my father-in-law's 1968 Nissan (Datsun) Pickup. Hopelessly underpowered, the gearbox takes about a week to shift so whatever revs you've been able to muster are gone before it slides into a gear, half the trim has fallen off and the fuel pump tends to overheat, and it jumps around in a cartoonish manner. Oh, and the steering, you just try to point in a general direction you want to go. Three-point turning is worth an hour's cardio. I should hate this car, and yet I find it so endearing and fun.
Alanis had the absolute best guilty pleasure vehicle with the Kia Carnival. "Nobody" who watches this channel wants that vehicle. But she does. That's the epitome of this episode.
the Carnival was our Family Car and the one i learned driving after driving school and was a great car, only the first Gear is unuseable but that teach you quick shifting it's not a particular sought-after car like a Dacia or an Fiat Doblò
@@enisra_bowman Previous versions of the Kia minivan were sold as the Sedona in the US, not the Carnival. Alanis is referring specifically to the current gen van in this video.
I love Alanis. Such a good addition. We need an entire episode of this show filmed in the second row of a Kia Carnival now!! I totally get what she means. I’ve done similar in the second row captains chairs of my Telluride. Wish they had the foot rests, though!
Kia Carnival is in the vein of a good minivan, which folks put down as a soccer mom car or what not but they carry a ton of stuff in relative comfort, easy to load, lots of them have features like fold away storage, easy to maneuver, so I get that. Hummer EV also a great pick, and it's miles per gallon equivalent on highway is the same as a Ford Maverick hybrid, which is just terrible for an EV, the F150 Lightning has about 50% better efficiency...the F150 lightning! But the Hummer is what is was designed to be. I think my picks would be a Chevy SSR, it's a convertible truck that's not too good at either but looks super cool, or maybe like a Challenger Demon 170, which I think they measure gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon on it.😅
I've been eyeballing C4 vettes for a while now and wanna get one. They fall into this weird zone of not "classic" enough for some and not performance enough for others, but they were poster cars and in every game when I was growing up - compared to other poster cars from that time they're practically giving them away now.
This issue is country wide, just different cars. You could take any type of person and there is a version who is not paying attention to the road. You go to the suburbs and it's moms in big SUVs texting, or In the city it's guys in suits texting while in their BMWs. Grandma is still driving her Toyota Avalon talking on her phone because she can't work the Bluetooth. Each is wrong and just as dangerous.
@@drunkenhobo8020 I have never lived in rural PA, grew up in Philly. I have never owned a pickup, and I'm leaning towards EV for my next car. I'm not the stereotype you think I am.
Mine is the Mazda 5. Not the MX-5, not the CX-5, but just the 5. I love the thought of goin somewhere in the 5 and whatnot. Pluss they're smaller than my mom's car yet it has a whole extra row of seating. Minivans and Estates just fuck idk why but they rock.
Alanis nailed it. Guilty pleasure is like a 3 Michelin star chef who loves Velveeta shells and cheese. An automotive expert shouldn't love the Kia Carnival, yet here she is.
My biggest guilty pleasure car is the Ford Excursion. I'm generally anti SUV and will never ever get an SUV in my life, I'd even rather not own a car with rear doors. But it's so over the top that I just have to like it. The second one is the new Toyota Sequoia Capstone. For almost the same reasons, but adding to that the fact it's a powerful hybrid and that it's very technological and also luxurious like a Lexus making it incognito in the process. That's exactly the opposite of my optimal car, which is any 2 door car that weighs under 3000lbs without almost any computerized digital bullshit, but that Sequoia is so opposite it makes me love it
15:00 These are used as chauffeur driven vehicles in Asia and when well equipped are a valid alternative to things like the Long Wheelbase Range Rover and Mercedes-Maybach GLS. I’m on board.
For me a truly guilty pleasure was driving a Trabant 601. For me as a West German it is a ridiculous car and a saw zillions of them when I visited my relatives in East Germany. My cousin once let me drive his Trabant and it was a real pleasure because it was so different. For him there was no alternative but I could easily change into my West German car and go to freedom.
With the Lexus LC500, I mean you could say ANY sports cars or grand tourers are silly and hard to justify buying, which is why we view them as dream cars; and every car always has a compromise or two you need to accept.
If the Ford (Mercury) Capri meets the definition of a GT car, in a book about them they said that one was used for transporting Formula One engines between the U.K. and Germany. Being a hatchback they were actually a very practical car.
I like the Hummer EV too, but I don't know that it's actually "more efficient than any gas car." Just being electric doesn't mean a car is efficient, and I'd be willing to bet a truck that weighs 9,000 lbs and does 0-60 in 3 seconds is about the least efficient thing on the road.
Funny enough, my favorite corvette gen is the C4. I loved mine when I owned it; it was very quirky, was super engaging to drive, looked quite exotic and had a great sounding manual V8. They’re underrated in my opinion.
Doug you gotta do a review on the C4. Earlier ones with the all-digital instrument panels would be cool to go through and the later ZR-1's are quirky too
My guilty pleasure is the 2nd gen Scion xB. So many hate it. I love it. I love the boxy looks. I love space and practicality that so many cars seem to miss now adays.
This was great! Probably should rename this episode to “Moped”. “everybody wants to ride it, but nobody wants to be seen on it”. Reminds me of a girl in high school nickname… lol
Oh damn (sorry dang). Just found this podcast. Alanis, I saw you on Jim Jeffries’ podcast (hands down my favorite podcast hosted by a comedian) Hope you and Doug continue to make these. Thanks! Edit: forgot to add Alanis, in Korean, all big celebrities get driven around in nice minivans and vans so you’re absolutely right. Besides what is a husband for? My wife about every other week asks me to buy the Carnival so I can drive her around in it…
In Korea, they have specialized limo spec'd out Kia carnivals. Those things are ultra luxurious and still under $100k (About $77,000 to be exact). Not to mention 3rd party aftermarket designers who can put all out options in as well. I live in Korea and saw one and it was absolutely gorgeous inside.
Did you shoot these all on one weekend, just changing shirts? Or are you having Alanis fly in every week for a new video? And why are the cookies gone?
The Lexus LC500 is great and I’d love to own one. They’re an Aston Martin for 1/3 the cost, but this one will actually run. I’d 100% daily it if I had had $80k to drop on a daily
I am 100% with Alanis on her rationale for these. There are lots of sports cars I can't justify -even some I've owned that were guilty pleasures because they were outright impractical. My guilty pleasure car equivalent to the minivan for Alanis is a Chrysler 300 with a long wheelbase (not a limo). I want someone to drive me around in that. No idea why. Buuut I'll stick with my 23 year old Dakota
My guilty pleasure is the SSR. My grandfather had one growing up, and I loved driving that thing. My father recently inherited it and sold it on cars and bids actually, great site doug!
One of my guilty pleasure cars has always been the 4th gen mustang. I know it’s not really the mustang body style people are used but I always thought it was a good looking body style.
Alanis is on point with the carnival. In Korea, lots of celebs, politicians and wealthy people get chauffeured in carnivals to keep a low profile and to be seen humble.
My guilty pleasure car would be the Infiniti QX80. I’m definitely not an SUV guy, or a Nissan/Infiniti fan but that giant thing just has so much presence and I think its completely outdated engine and interior is so funny
What nationality was he? In Europe it would be a great choice. Skoda a common choice for U.K. Police forces. If he was in the U.S.A. it would tick a whole load of "Forbidden Fruit" boxes.
@@honestyisthegucci Perhaps they didn't have adverts like this in Germany ruclips.net/video/Jl-aCxfOhBk/видео.html ruclips.net/video/ZWTJ_TPraLQ/видео.html
I always had a soft spot for the Prowler. It came out when I was 10 and someone in my neighborhood had one years later. Always enjoyed seeing it when he left the garage door open. And I always preferred the C4 over all the other Corvettes up until the C7. It has the best styling to my eye. Got to drive one once, automatic unfortunately, but learned I barely fit and my dreams died.
I just drove by an LC500 (at the Frizz and Freeze in Leola PA, just in case anyone local is watching). I saw it and was like "is that something special"?. It took me a minute to figure out is was an LC500. Still love this car though. I looked at 1 about a year ago at BMW Lancaster PA and they wanted over 100k...pretty low mileage.
In summary… Doug’s choices: American cars that only Americans wanted at some point and are generally considered to be low key shitboxes or full blown useless. Alanis’s choices: cars that just about no one wants but she can’t help but like anyway for personal reasons. And that’s why Doug’s channel is great, because it features what car enthusiasts are about - liking cars for the sake of liking cars, even when a particular car just makes absolutely no sense. Liking a good, reliable, boring car like a Camry isn’t car enthusiasm. Liking a old car that never made sense and makes even less sense now? That’s enthusiasm.
Thank you for admitting the 4th Camaro (and C4 corvette for that matter). I had a framed picture of a pre-facelift 4th gen in my room as a kid (😂😂) all the way to college and it is still my favorite Camaro generation!! Always been slightly embarrassed about it but I still see low mile versions pop up every once in a while and think.......soooooon!
I'm sorry if this hurts the man's feelings, but Alanis is so much more entertaining than Kennan. Her presentation, personality, and chemistry with Doug is just superior, and the videos she is in are much better by comparison.
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Yet another week of me breaking Doug’s brain
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Kia Carnival > Hummer EV
Well done, Alanis. Well done.
Those were relatable lists though lol.
You have more quirks and features than Doug
We all know that Doug's true guilty pleasure is the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet
Saw one of these last week. And all I can is oof. Ugly doesn’t begin to cover it.
I liked the dichotomy between their ideas of what constitutes automotive shame. Other than the world they live in where $50g cars are “cheap,” I love these videos even more than Doug’s usual car vids.
Yeah, the Sunday series is growing on me more n more. I find myself watching the whole video on Sundays but skipping thru his car reviews.
It's because she doesn't understand what a guilty pleasure is. She's kind of dumb.
I love this format too! Wished it was longer...
I’m not rich and I’m also very young but I’ll have you know the average price of a new car in the US is now $48,000. All that gets you is some kind of mid level boring crossover or minivan or something. 50k for some kind of fun enthusiast level car by comparison IS cheap. Of course you can get something good for much less but $50,000 for a car isn’t as special as it was even just 10 years ago…
@charliethedog7579 A cheap car means $3,000 for the majority of us, my man 😂
LC 500 is such a beautiful car. Performance wise, its a balance and what holds it back is its weight due to the outdated tech installment but it will definitely be appreciated in the future even more for being ahead of its time for design and beauty!
Don’t worry, they got rid of a lot of the outdated tech in the LC with the 2024 model refresh. Thank goodness the touchpad system is gone.
@@bunsenn5064 Trouble is paying full whack and accepting the hefty depreciation to have the updates and improvements when there's second hand ones that will be substantially less costly.
Her concept of guilty pleasure is dumb
Oh my god. Putting them in the Carnival was hysterical.
Yeah! Who's idea was that? Great job!😂
Top notch editing
I hate Hyundai products. They really have no business being more than 30k
@@Arun999historical Hyundai was absolutely trash, but the past 4 years they've actually been totally killing it, Hyundai too. Worth a look
I love how it was casually buried 14:20 into the video
Doug is the type of guy to not make cookies for his guests
R2debo is the type of person to make the same joke used a dozen times on other videos already.
R2debo is the type of person who actually watches Doug for the guests. We really do live in 🤡🤡 world.
Bro what😂😂😂😂
Last guests there were cookies ;)
When Doug offers a guest a cold drink, it’s a Le Croix
My guilty pleasure is the HHR SS. Everyone seems to dislike them, yet wagons are always cool to me and the amount of usable cargo space is surreal.
I love wagons.
I only dislike the HHR SS because it's a GM vehicle, but I'd totally own one.
It's an awesome car. Not a guilty pleasure at all, unless it is painted a terrible color.
I dig the panel versions. I don't need all that glass. I also agree with knock about it being a GM vehicle. I had it's platform mate (Cobalt), and it was a car that redefined the word cheap.
I saw one driving yesterday. Cool cars.
For some reason, I knew that car would show up in the comments.
Alanis’ opinion on the Carnival is so valid it makes me so happy to see Kia getting love
Thank you
Kia and Hyundai have come a long way.
Kia and Hyundai are still the biggest pieces of shit despite how far they’ve come
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It's a Ford explorer with sliding doors. The styling is very 2011-19 explorer, which is why it looks so good.
In addition to the LC500 being stunningly gorgeous and near 500hp naturally aspirated, I average over 30 mpg on the highway in mine as well. It's ridiculous, near perfect and since it's a Lexus, it's never in the shop.
Hot take: they should have removed the rear seats and put a hatch. Probably would have helped it get pushed closer to 4,000lbs where it should be
I get where Alanis is coming from with the Carnival. Honestly, if someone was wealthy and being chauffeured, but wanted to keep a low profile, the Carnival would be an incredible choice.
Wrong it wouldn't be Lowkey because you don't see those nobody would know it's a Kia. Lowkey get all black Benz dime a dozen.
Mark Davis, who owns the Las Vegas Raiders, famously drives a conversion van----if that qualifies...
@@mikewozawski1634I see these everywhere. I also think they’re every popular in South Africa. But I digress. A Benz would always flaunt more money than a Kia. Even if you don’t know the badge, you still know a Kia is less valuable than most Mercedes’
Doug, I’ve been around a long ass time. I remember when you posted the CTSV video when it was super cold in philly. Hilarious when you talked about getting a CGT as if it was a completely unrealistic dream and here we are. Keep doing what you’re doing buddy.
With how Alanis defined guilty pleasure cars, almost every car I like would be a guilt pleasure car
shes not too bright
Yeah really... An lc500 a guilty pleasure? That doesn't make any sense.. A car with one of the highest quality interiors (as per Doug), a NA v8, looks amazing and keeps its value like any great lexus? Her opinion gets worse every week. Gonna have to start skipping videos with her.
@@jeffreycormier7808I think my eyes rolled into the back of my head reading this. Shocks me that viewers can be just as out of touch as Doug despite not being insanely wealthy.
I think shes confusing splurging with guilty pleasure.
We had a transportation minister here in Norway some years ago, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who owns a Prowler. With the matching trailer! He also has a Viper GTS and a Ram SRT-10, as well as a 1981 Seville. That was the first and only time we've ever had a transportation minister here who loved cars! Heck, most of them barely have driver's licenses...
Genius
That Nowegian had some Texan in him no doubt.
Seeing a Vantage on the road “wow I’m glad I got to see one, that person is doing us a favor by paying the maintenance to keep it on the road” I’d never have one but thank you 🙏🏻
I had no idea the Kia Carnival even existed until today. And now I want to be driven around in one, or go camping in one.
Mini-vans absolutely make the list. You can keep your dumb Maybach or three row SUVs. A mini-van is the ultimate car for hauling your buddies around and then getting a stack of 4x8 plywood home from the store dry. The only reason 90% of F150 owners don't have a Minivan is out of embarrassment.
As a proud owner of a Kia Carnival, it is certainly the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering!
I'll see myself out.
Alanis has such a chaotic good energy and I am 100% here for it.
Yeah she good
Alanis is really cute. I like the energy, it's fun.
She's not very bright.
@@herbiehusker1889 Plus, social media check shows she uses gender pronouns.
I was born in 1983 and loved MOPAR since I could like cars, along with 30s cars... so when the Prowler came along, it was perfect timing for me to have become a lifelong fan.
Doug is the kind of guy who feels guilty for liking the Hummer EV, but not feel guilty about NOT having cookies, for his guests.
His Carrera GT ate them already
@@RubyRoks LOL
The Plymouth Prowler would be on my list of cars to get (not even just a guilty pleasures list) but I would heavily modify it mechanically, starting with a manual swap and an engine swap.
Same here. I never understood why this car never came with at least a standard transmission. I feel like that alone would have helped it tremendously
I just want to say I highly appreciate the conversions to the metric equivalent. It might be small, but matters a lot!
My guilty pleasure is a 4 cylinder turbo automatic Camaro. I work for a car rental company, and thus was the first car I did a burnout in. All of my cars have been front wheel drive and I was surprised the Camaro did a burnout.
Interesting video,Doug! My truly guilty pleasure of all time is that I still love and want my first car back. 1966 Corvair Corsa, with the four one barrels. I loved it and would still have it ,if I hadn't backed up between two vacuums at a car wash,fast, only to realize, to late that there were three vacuums on concrete stands. Made a 90 degree dent in the rear deep nuff it shoved the engine almost into back seat. It was an aquamarine with white convertible top. No other car ever sounded as sweet!
Luckily you didn't put it in to a tree prior to that my good sir hats off to you!
This exactly how I've always thought about the Kia Carnival, I've never been able to make sense of it for my life, but I want it.
also feel the same when I look at those and Tellurides when I get my little KIA Soul serviced
My guilty pleasure car is a Nissan Versa with a CVT. I had one as a rental a couple years ago, I drove the piss out of it and I had an absolute blast. I have no idea why people hate CVTs so much, it was so much fun just flooring it and the car never shifting.
My guilty pleasure may extend to any "slow car" with a CVT but that Versa was the only one I have driven.
That is surprising! Now i'm curious......but small car are fun to beat around in manual, almost like an adult gokart!
Doug is the type of guy who always tells his wife when he wants to go play with Alanis😊😊
I'm not sure I get Alanis' definition of a guilty pleasure you know if it's something you want but don't need, isn't that just the definition of wanting something 🤔 sure, I don't need a 911 GT3 RS but like h3ll I want one ❤️😩
However, I like her way of being practical even in the hypothetical to stay true to herself, I am just like her in that sense :)
Also, my Guilty Pleasure are 4 cilinder sports cars, not like a GR 86 or MX-5 that were made to have a 4 cil. engine but like a Mustang Ecoboost or 2.0L Camaro, specially if they are automatic! (Yes, the auto GR 86 and MX-5 count in this case) Because they are just so weird, they go so hard against the essence of their name yet, each of their brands still try with all seriousness to make something fun, and I kinda love them for that quirkiness 😂
"Every guy in rural PA is currently driving an F250 down a two lane road and texting" 😂😂😂 I live in PA, it's so true. 😂😂😂
My guilty pleasure is my father-in-law's 1968 Nissan (Datsun) Pickup. Hopelessly underpowered, the gearbox takes about a week to shift so whatever revs you've been able to muster are gone before it slides into a gear, half the trim has fallen off and the fuel pump tends to overheat, and it jumps around in a cartoonish manner. Oh, and the steering, you just try to point in a general direction you want to go. Three-point turning is worth an hour's cardio. I should hate this car, and yet I find it so endearing and fun.
Alanis had the absolute best guilty pleasure vehicle with the Kia Carnival. "Nobody" who watches this channel wants that vehicle. But she does. That's the epitome of this episode.
Ohhh… I’ve been watching for years and I definitely would!
the Carnival was our Family Car and the one i learned driving after driving school and was a great car, only the first Gear is unuseable but that teach you quick shifting
it's not a particular sought-after car like a Dacia or an Fiat Doblò
@@enisra_bowman Previous versions of the Kia minivan were sold as the Sedona in the US, not the Carnival. Alanis is referring specifically to the current gen van in this video.
I'd absolutely love one of those even as someone without kids, but there's other vans I'd choose before it. Vans are awesome for camping.
I would absolutely love to have the carnival. It looks awesome from inside and outside.
I love Alanis. Such a good addition. We need an entire episode of this show filmed in the second row of a Kia Carnival now!! I totally get what she means. I’ve done similar in the second row captains chairs of my Telluride. Wish they had the foot rests, though!
Constructive criticism, Doug....you should invest in better mics for your guests. Alanis' hair kept rubbing against the mic and making weird noises.
Kia Carnival is in the vein of a good minivan, which folks put down as a soccer mom car or what not but they carry a ton of stuff in relative comfort, easy to load, lots of them have features like fold away storage, easy to maneuver, so I get that. Hummer EV also a great pick, and it's miles per gallon equivalent on highway is the same as a Ford Maverick hybrid, which is just terrible for an EV, the F150 Lightning has about 50% better efficiency...the F150 lightning! But the Hummer is what is was designed to be.
I think my picks would be a Chevy SSR, it's a convertible truck that's not too good at either but looks super cool, or maybe like a Challenger Demon 170, which I think they measure gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon on it.😅
I've been eyeballing C4 vettes for a while now and wanna get one. They fall into this weird zone of not "classic" enough for some and not performance enough for others, but they were poster cars and in every game when I was growing up - compared to other poster cars from that time they're practically giving them away now.
PA resident here. Doug nailed the imagery of the “F-250s in rural Pennsylvania texting down a 2-lane road” lmao.
This issue is country wide, just different cars. You could take any type of person and there is a version who is not paying attention to the road. You go to the suburbs and it's moms in big SUVs texting, or In the city it's guys in suits texting while in their BMWs. Grandma is still driving her Toyota Avalon talking on her phone because she can't work the Bluetooth. Each is wrong and just as dangerous.
@@superturtle61177 So what year is your F-250?
@@drunkenhobo8020 I have never lived in rural PA, grew up in Philly. I have never owned a pickup, and I'm leaning towards EV for my next car. I'm not the stereotype you think I am.
I was waiting for Doug to say the Cadillac XLR because he’s said he has a soft spot for those before!
Mine is the Mazda 5. Not the MX-5, not the CX-5, but just the 5. I love the thought of goin somewhere in the 5 and whatnot. Pluss they're smaller than my mom's car yet it has a whole extra row of seating.
Minivans and Estates just fuck idk why but they rock.
The chemistry between Doug and Alanis is AMAZING!
My guilty pleasure is the American Ford Transit. Mustang V6 with rwd and you sit up high plus 7k rpm redline. Ecoboost Transit is also crazy quick.
Full-size vans are cool
@@clonecommandermike332 very underrated
Alanis nailed it. Guilty pleasure is like a 3 Michelin star chef who loves Velveeta shells and cheese.
An automotive expert shouldn't love the Kia Carnival, yet here she is.
I've been in the back of a Carnival with the captain chairs. It's GREAT!
The Lexus LC500 is a dream car for me. I feel guilty solely for the amount of drool that comes out of my mouth when I see one
My biggest guilty pleasure car is the Ford Excursion. I'm generally anti SUV and will never ever get an SUV in my life, I'd even rather not own a car with rear doors. But it's so over the top that I just have to like it.
The second one is the new Toyota Sequoia Capstone. For almost the same reasons, but adding to that the fact it's a powerful hybrid and that it's very technological and also luxurious like a Lexus making it incognito in the process.
That's exactly the opposite of my optimal car, which is any 2 door car that weighs under 3000lbs without almost any computerized digital bullshit, but that Sequoia is so opposite it makes me love it
15:00 These are used as chauffeur driven vehicles in Asia and when well equipped are a valid alternative to things like the Long Wheelbase Range Rover and Mercedes-Maybach GLS. I’m on board.
For me a truly guilty pleasure was driving a Trabant 601. For me as a West German it is a ridiculous car and a saw zillions of them when I visited my relatives in East Germany. My cousin once let me drive his Trabant and it was a real pleasure because it was so different. For him there was no alternative but I could easily change into my West German car and go to freedom.
At least the Trabant passed the Elk test 🙂
Doug is the type of guy to add no thumbnail to his video even after 10 minutes of upload
My brother daily's a LC500. I've ridden in the back seat as an adult i just say it was very manageable for the 20 minute ride
With the Lexus LC500, I mean you could say ANY sports cars or grand tourers are silly and hard to justify buying, which is why we view them as dream cars; and every car always has a compromise or two you need to accept.
If the Ford (Mercury) Capri meets the definition of a GT car, in a book about them they said that one was used for transporting Formula One engines between the U.K. and Germany. Being a hatchback they were actually a very practical car.
I like the Hummer EV too, but I don't know that it's actually "more efficient than any gas car." Just being electric doesn't mean a car is efficient, and I'd be willing to bet a truck that weighs 9,000 lbs and does 0-60 in 3 seconds is about the least efficient thing on the road.
we need another one of these, doug sure has more guilty pleasures
Funny enough, my favorite corvette gen is the C4. I loved mine when I owned it; it was very quirky, was super engaging to drive, looked quite exotic and had a great sounding manual V8. They’re underrated in my opinion.
My brother had one for a little bit, it was super fun to ride shotgun in.
Doug you gotta do a review on the C4. Earlier ones with the all-digital instrument panels would be cool to go through and the later ZR-1's are quirky too
My guilty pleasure is the 2nd gen Scion xB. So many hate it. I love it. I love the boxy looks. I love space and practicality that so many cars seem to miss now adays.
I’m glad the Carrera GT finally ate it’s cookies.
This was great! Probably should rename this episode to “Moped”. “everybody wants to ride it, but nobody wants to be seen on it”. Reminds me of a girl in high school nickname… lol
Oh damn (sorry dang). Just found this podcast. Alanis, I saw you on Jim Jeffries’ podcast (hands down my favorite podcast hosted by a comedian) Hope you and Doug continue to make these. Thanks!
Edit: forgot to add Alanis, in Korean, all big celebrities get driven around in nice minivans and vans so you’re absolutely right. Besides what is a husband for? My wife about every other week asks me to buy the Carnival so I can drive her around in it…
Thank you for watching!
In Korea, they have specialized limo spec'd out Kia carnivals. Those things are ultra luxurious and still under $100k (About $77,000 to be exact). Not to mention 3rd party aftermarket designers who can put all out options in as well. I live in Korea and saw one and it was absolutely gorgeous inside.
My guilty pleasure is the ever-quirky and insane Aston Martin Cygnet
Alanis didnt understand the assigment.. her husband on the other hand got right the concept… awesome video 😎
I was literally about to type this. 👍
She's not very bright ...
She got it fine she just has a different idea of what a guilty pleasure is. Let's not start with the misogyny.
But her Kia Carnival pick was the perfect choice. She doesn't even want to drive it. Chauffer Vans are an awesome category.
@@OrbObserver Misogyny is when you disagree with woman.
LC500 is definitely NOT a guilty pleasure. It’s a straight up cool car.
Did you shoot these all on one weekend, just changing shirts? Or are you having Alanis fly in every week for a new video? And why are the cookies gone?
Ate em
The Lexus LC500 is great and I’d love to own one. They’re an Aston Martin for 1/3 the cost, but this one will actually run. I’d 100% daily it if I had had $80k to drop on a daily
If you can afford it, love it, then buy it. You owe no one an excuse 😊
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Alanis didn’t understand the assignment. Maybe if she stop interrupting Doug and listen until the end she could.
I am 100% with Alanis on her rationale for these. There are lots of sports cars I can't justify -even some I've owned that were guilty pleasures because they were outright impractical. My guilty pleasure car equivalent to the minivan for Alanis is a Chrysler 300 with a long wheelbase (not a limo). I want someone to drive me around in that. No idea why. Buuut I'll stick with my 23 year old Dakota
I drive a 20 year old dakota and I really want the last model year of the lincoln town car
My guilty pleasure is the SSR. My grandfather had one growing up, and I loved driving that thing. My father recently inherited it and sold it on cars and bids actually, great site doug!
First of all...hilarious! And Alanis your trunk pictures put the entire video over the top. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Alanis, if you want a minivan with power, get a last gen ('18-'20) Sienna.
3.5 L V6, 296 hp. Activate "ECT PWR" mode and send it.
Doug the kind of guy to clone a female version of himself
One of my guilty pleasure cars has always been the 4th gen mustang. I know it’s not really the mustang body style people are used but I always thought it was a good looking body style.
New Edge ones look so athletic and cool. I want one for my first fun car.
Alanis never understands the assignment 😂
Alanis is on point with the carnival. In Korea, lots of celebs, politicians and wealthy people get chauffeured in carnivals to keep a low profile and to be seen humble.
Doug when will you admit you love the Evoque Convertible
My guilty pleasure car would be the Infiniti QX80. I’m definitely not an SUV guy, or a Nissan/Infiniti fan but that giant thing just has so much presence and I think its completely outdated engine and interior is so funny
Kia Carnival mention reminded me of a guy I met who's favorite car of all time was a Skoda Superb LNG (liquid natural gas) station wagon 😂
those are incredibly nippy off the line and skoda is the "poor mans luxury" car, great and affordable.
What nationality was he? In Europe it would be a great choice. Skoda a common choice for U.K. Police forces. If he was in the U.S.A. it would tick a whole load of "Forbidden Fruit" boxes.
@@MrDuncl he's German and currently driving an BMW E91 330d Touring
@@honestyisthegucci Perhaps they didn't have adverts like this in Germany
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I always had a soft spot for the Prowler. It came out when I was 10 and someone in my neighborhood had one years later. Always enjoyed seeing it when he left the garage door open.
And I always preferred the C4 over all the other Corvettes up until the C7. It has the best styling to my eye. Got to drive one once, automatic unfortunately, but learned I barely fit and my dreams died.
Waiting for Alanis to say Polaris Slingshot
I just drove by an LC500 (at the Frizz and Freeze in Leola PA, just in case anyone local is watching). I saw it and was like "is that something special"?. It took me a minute to figure out is was an LC500. Still love this car though. I looked at 1 about a year ago at BMW Lancaster PA and they wanted over 100k...pretty low mileage.
I love how Alyssa’s personality interacts with Doug’s personality. Makes the videos even more entertaining
I whole-heartedly thought one of you was going to say a 2002 Pontiac Firebird, though the Camero/Vette was right up there.
Love this content, she is great
100% with Alanis on the Carnival, except Sienna Hybrid
I LOVE when Alanis gets ready excited.
In summary…
Doug’s choices: American cars that only Americans wanted at some point and are generally considered to be low key shitboxes or full blown useless.
Alanis’s choices: cars that just about no one wants but she can’t help but like anyway for personal reasons.
And that’s why Doug’s channel is great, because it features what car enthusiasts are about - liking cars for the sake of liking cars, even when a particular car just makes absolutely no sense. Liking a good, reliable, boring car like a Camry isn’t car enthusiasm. Liking a old car that never made sense and makes even less sense now? That’s enthusiasm.
Car cookies are Doug’s guilty pleasure
Thank you for admitting the 4th Camaro (and C4 corvette for that matter). I had a framed picture of a pre-facelift 4th gen in my room as a kid (😂😂) all the way to college and it is still my favorite Camaro generation!! Always been slightly embarrassed about it but I still see low mile versions pop up every once in a while and think.......soooooon!
Doug and Alanis are a great combination, loving the new videos, thanks a lot guys :)) 😁
Rivian should make a convertible for Doug. It would have everything he likes about the Hummer, without the optics.
Entertaining video, even if barely any of the vehicles really seem like true guilty pleasures
I have an opinion, the 98’ rav4 2dr convertible, rarer and more reliable than a geo tracker. But also a 2dr convertible suv
Doug is the type of guy to not make a thumbnail for his video
We own a Kia Carnival with captains chairs and absolutely love it.
Love your chemistry guys!
What makes the hummer EV more dangerous than the super duty is that it weighs over 2000 pounds more and accelerates at a much higher rate
I love these videos. Alanis is a keeper 👌🏻
I'm sorry if this hurts the man's feelings, but Alanis is so much more entertaining than Kennan. Her presentation, personality, and chemistry with Doug is just superior, and the videos she is in are much better by comparison.
Is Alanis hiding an Australian accent? Listen to how she says “that is so exciting” at 1:07…
She's from Texas
@@AdamG1983The Australia of North America.
Nah
I love how Alanis' version of practical amounts to whether or not you can fit a dead body in it
I wonder does Doug's wife get jealous when Alanis be in their house like "Doug who is this b****?!!!!!"
Fun Fact. The Prowler was quicker than the Mustang GT through its run. Even beating the convertible Cobra in 99, and matching the Cobra hardtop.