The CitiCar is an Electric Cheese Wedge From the 70's

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • This is a 1975 Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar. It's electric. It's silly. I love it.
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Комментарии • 4,7 тыс.

  • @JD3Gamer
    @JD3Gamer 4 года назад +1683

    Modern EVs: *Quiet as a mouse*
    The Citicar: "Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

    • @goldenpun5592
      @goldenpun5592 4 года назад +55

      it sounds like a childs battery car. XD

    • @sirarandor
      @sirarandor 4 года назад +37

      @@goldenpun5592 Brushed DC motors FTW!

    • @xxtravdamanxx
      @xxtravdamanxx 4 года назад +10

      MORE LIKE THE SOUND YOU MAKE IS RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @69uremum
      @69uremum 4 года назад +22

      @@xxtravdamanxx no that's the sound a gender studies major makes at a biker meet.

    • @iHawke
      @iHawke 4 года назад +3

      *cue screaming sun from rick and morty*

  • @nancydwyer4583
    @nancydwyer4583 Год назад +66

    Nancy's guy Frank here.... I owned and drove one for 5 years, my wife took our car to work and I had the choice of buying a gas car and all of the expense of operating that, or buying the CitiCar with no gas or oil expense. I chose the Citicar, so I didn't have to walk to work... we lived in a small city at the time and I was only about 2 miles from my job. I ended up charging it ONLY once a week. ALL of my gauges worked like they were supposed to work, and the doors closed easily like they should. Mine had 8 - 6V golf cart batteries, I found that a bungee cord hooked to one metal bar of the rt. window and over my head to the metal bar of the other window effectively killed all of the drafts in the winter time. Also, the frame was of large Pipes (like race cars use) from the front bumper over the drivers head to the back bumper. So when you really looked at it... the driver was in a "basic" Roll bar cage... much safer than at first glance. Still I did not want to be hit in it though, but the roll bar cage did give me a little more confidence. I DID get the car to go up to 47 MPH ONE TIME! It was going down a long hill, and that was my first and only time at that speed. The short wheel base made it rather unstable as it jumped from lane to lane with only a small movement of the steering wheel. Had to hold the wheel perfectly still or you would be crossing the yellow, double line, on the road and running head on into on coming traffic. I actually served me well for the time that I needed it. MUCH cheaper than running a gas car for that short distance each day.

  • @BootScoot
    @BootScoot 5 лет назад +551

    "How did they sell these things?"
    followed by
    "I love this thing"
    Perfection.

    • @slckb0y65
      @slckb0y65 5 лет назад +8

      spoken like a true petrol head ;)

    • @captaindrywall
      @captaindrywall 5 лет назад +1

      there was a dealer in Sacramento ca. in the 70's

    • @nerkdurgen5574
      @nerkdurgen5574 5 месяцев назад

      the answer was in the 70s you didn't need a liscense so it was popular with drunks

  • @TwitchFast
    @TwitchFast 3 года назад +638

    0:47 What I find more impressive is how the car can grow a tail at a moments notice.

    • @pl2996
      @pl2996 Год назад +14

      lol nice

    • @cyrilio
      @cyrilio Год назад +16

      It retracts too!

    • @nickirmen6671
      @nickirmen6671 Год назад +10

      If it is cat approved then I am sold

    • @BOGDANSAR
      @BOGDANSAR Год назад +3

      i thought the car was happy and that why was wigling the tail :)

    • @narancs5
      @narancs5 7 месяцев назад +1

      Thats a tailpipe if I have ever seen one.

  • @plushifoxed
    @plushifoxed 4 года назад +657

    "I'm doing over the speed limit!"
    imagine being pulled over in a cheese wheel...

    • @alexanderburger3399
      @alexanderburger3399 3 года назад +7

      That would be like the van version of it, right? XD
      Getting the kids to school in a washing machine... (rofl)

    • @pablorey9203
      @pablorey9203 3 года назад +16

      a friend of my dad put in a portrait a speed ticket he gained in a citroen 2cv

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад +6

      that's probably why 4000 people bought it for the shits and giggles factor alone no other reason then the comic relief factor alone

    • @Sky30w0
      @Sky30w0 3 года назад +3

      SERGAL CAR SERGAL CAR

    • @plushifoxed
      @plushifoxed 3 года назад +3

      @@Sky30w0 i mean, it's battery powered... could just as easily be a protogen car :P

  • @timelord8047
    @timelord8047 5 лет назад +437

    Everybody gangsta till a giant mouse comes to you

  • @JackSadler
    @JackSadler 5 лет назад +473

    Someone designed this and went “yes it’s amazing”
    And it was actually built
    Chase your dreams folks , chase your dreams

    • @austrinivanderfanly745
      @austrinivanderfanly745 5 лет назад +59

      "cheese" your dreams

    • @SgtKOnyx
      @SgtKOnyx 5 лет назад +12

      You too can make a failure of a car

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 5 лет назад +19

      You seen what it was like in the oil crisis??? Nearly everyone was wasting a FEW HOURS A DAY in massive lines to get a limited amount of gallons of gasoline. It made it look like some type of soviet union lines for basic goods.... with this you'd look like the guy who HAD THINGS WORKED OUT. Less about chasing your dreams, more about ESCAPING YOUR NIGHTMARES.

    • @georgebeard2337
      @georgebeard2337 5 лет назад +2

      Lassi Kinnunen would people start using horses 🐴 again if that were to happen. It'll be the Wild West all over again huh?

    • @titmouse-distribution
      @titmouse-distribution 5 лет назад +1

      ...

  • @newfoundrooski
    @newfoundrooski 3 года назад +192

    “And he’s brought a piece of cheese.”
    -Jeremy Clarkson

  • @Freakinreviews
    @Freakinreviews 4 года назад +1848

    When I was a kid in the 70s, someone in my neighborhood had one of these, so I used to see it driving around all the time. I found it both fascinating and hilarious.

    • @mazyoda_
      @mazyoda_ 4 года назад +58

      I feel like this one desperately needs some as seen on TV accessories 😁

    • @shibu5175
      @shibu5175 3 года назад +7

      It's freakin reviews!!

    • @aaronbalchand5475
      @aaronbalchand5475 3 года назад +7

      I was born 2007 but i bet if i saw that i would have the same reaction

    • @wallybooger1
      @wallybooger1 3 года назад +2

      That's cool,I would have enjoyed to see one for reals

    • @thehumbleofficer
      @thehumbleofficer 3 года назад +1

      Time to review this

  • @introvertairways
    @introvertairways 4 года назад +243

    “This is the most fun I’ve had barely moving”
    The perfect expression of the Citicar

  • @Jordan4Ibanez
    @Jordan4Ibanez 4 года назад +268

    0:42 man that CitiCar is happy to get out and about, just look at it wag it's tail!

    • @ricchburglar
      @ricchburglar 4 года назад +2

      I was about to say the same thing. Great minds think alike.😊

    • @Jeffrey314159
      @Jeffrey314159 3 года назад +1

      Cat is cuter than the car

    • @DonnyDope02
      @DonnyDope02 3 года назад

      @@Jeffrey314159 cat was cute tho

    • @Brinta3
      @Brinta3 3 года назад +5

      *its tail

  • @AaronSmith-kr5yf
    @AaronSmith-kr5yf 4 года назад +176

    Learned this from going to the Lane Motor museum, where they have one of these along with several other similar French electric cars from the 70's. Back then you didn't need a driver's license to own/operate one of these. But they were so awful the only people who bought them were the town drunks who had their license suspended due to DUI.

  • @johnmccrossan9376
    @johnmccrossan9376 4 года назад +362

    "No Locks" and who in their right mind would try to steal it?

    • @redakaminekloc5167
      @redakaminekloc5167 3 года назад +52

      That's not my concern, I'd rather be worried about getting dragged out of it

    • @paulstubbs7678
      @paulstubbs7678 3 года назад +8

      Probably car-jack proof

    • @remlatzargonix1329
      @remlatzargonix1329 3 года назад +12

      Clearly, you have never lived in a city with junkies.....they steal anything and everything, no matter how seemingly worthless.

    • @simonruszczak5563
      @simonruszczak5563 3 года назад +9

      Mickey Mouse.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 3 года назад +19

      @@remlatzargonix1329 Yeah, I saw that picture someone posted, where some idiot broke the *FREE* condom dispenser to steal the *FREE* ones. Not like I pay attention to this very much, but I remember that.

  • @StevenDonaldonYouTube
    @StevenDonaldonYouTube 5 лет назад +233

    This is like the Doug Demuro of cars that WERE quirks, had NO features and were bumper-to-bumper mistakes. Well done, I was thoroughly entertained.

    • @Filipe1020
      @Filipe1020 5 лет назад +31

      This is far more entertaining than Doug to be honest.

    • @snjert8406
      @snjert8406 5 лет назад +13

      Doug just takes too long

    • @glennsundin8495
      @glennsundin8495 5 лет назад +10

      @@snjert8406 that's what she said!

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 5 лет назад +11

      He's not as much of a smart arse as Doug either.

    • @Anand-qb1wp
      @Anand-qb1wp 5 лет назад +2

      Steven Donald well put!

  • @meltedtn
    @meltedtn 2 года назад +82

    @ 6:23 you ask, "Who would buy these things?" Well, my best friend from grade school's dad, that's who. I about fell over when I saw the title of this and watching you go through all the parts and how it drives brought back a BUNCH of memories! He took me for a ride around town in it and I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but even as a late grade schooler I recognized the impracticality of it.

    • @liam3284
      @liam3284 Год назад +2

      Looks fine as a paddock bomb.

  • @user-ov7ci8tp8v
    @user-ov7ci8tp8v 4 года назад +252

    Watching this man giggle while driving the equivalent of a little tikes my first Chevrolet on the road is enjoyable. Cheese wedge for the win.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 Год назад +2

      you should try driving that cheese wedge you might giggle to driving it knowing someone thought that would make a serious car to drive on the highway🤣🤣

  • @robertnix4467
    @robertnix4467 5 лет назад +186

    I'd wager a lot of those 4000 units sold were to residents of communities with golf cart trail networks. As ridiculous as it is as a car, it's a pretty fun golf cart equivalent that could take you on the road when needed.

    • @jusb1066
      @jusb1066 5 лет назад +6

      Yep, the concept is ever more popular,

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 5 лет назад +29

      According to Wikipedia, the USPS was a big customer.

    • @MeatLeBeef
      @MeatLeBeef 5 лет назад +15

      @@CaptHollister Were they delivering one letter at a time with that trunk space?

    • @no1DdC
      @no1DdC 5 лет назад +17

      @@MeatLeBeef It seems to have as much space in the back (if not more) as a first gen Smart Fortwo, which let me tell you is quite a lot. I once put more than a dozen old PCs in one of those (some were on the passenger seat though) and interestingly, this heavy load drastically increased ride comfort. So for carrying a day's worth of letters, this should be easily enough.

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 5 лет назад +10

      You live thru the oil crisis??? I bet plenty were bought by the type of people who can't understand why rich guys buy a ferrari to get stuck in a traffic jam when they could have bought a helicopter. The lines were ridiculously long with people wasting HOURS EACH DAY to get a few gallons of fuel. Stuff like this was a solution "that worked" but nothing more.

  • @wyatthawkins4397
    @wyatthawkins4397 5 лет назад +217

    If you squint hard enough, it kinda looks like a Countach

    • @oldschool8432
      @oldschool8432 5 лет назад +2

      Haha no it don't

    • @cryo2156
      @cryo2156 5 лет назад +24

      Wyatt Hawkins if you squint hard enough to close your eyes completely, hold a picture of a Countach in front of your face, then open your eyes, it looks like a Countach.

    • @Tinkerdog7
      @Tinkerdog7 5 лет назад +5

      If you squint that hard you'll get brain damage!

    • @forbiddenkalamari
      @forbiddenkalamari 5 лет назад

      Ha

    • @fuzerocky7237
      @fuzerocky7237 5 лет назад

      Damn I don’t think they got the joke

  • @ToyKingWonder
    @ToyKingWonder Год назад +53

    Today, 8 hours ago, my son received his CitiCar. Yes, delivered in an enclosed carrier as the width of the track would not allow it to go up on an outdoor rig. I just got home from there.
    Good Lord.
    The cheesiness is unbelievable. We are trying to grasp the concept. Get our heads around it. His makes your look like a perfect specimen. It gives us the flavor of something like a kiddie car at an amusement park, the kind that the kids think they are "driving" but it is in fact pulled by a cable underneath the concrete path. Where do I start.
    The seats feel like they were designed by someone who said, "Let's make the most uncomfortable seats as possible". No matter how you sit, and how you move around, you cannot even get slightly OK. You are just uncomfortable. On his, this seat bottom can be removed to reveal the battery case underneath. Behind this sheet metal case, there is just an opening to the road. Just open. So you are separated from an opening that goes to the street by just the seat bottom. I guess that is the method to provide ventilation to the batteries. Insane!
    The old bass terd that sold him the car said that everything works, it just needs the batteries. When I saw it, I noticed the brake pedal was on the floor. "The brakes need some work Dad" my son said. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the brake pedal was just freely swinging from its mount. The mechanism to connect it to the master cylinder is gone. Upon even closer inspection, I discovered that there is no master cylinder, or anything else! The rubber brake hoses are there for the front, just sitting in their mounts. The line for the rear brakes is just hanging weirdly in the air. "It just needs brakes, the mother****** said".
    Cracks as described in the A pillar. And the doors. None in the front piece. No battery connector cables. "They just take regular cables!" the guy said, whatever that means. Yeah, regular cables that have battery terminal connections on BOTH ends, plus whatever goes off to the motor. You know, the "regular" cables.
    The bright side today is I was able to push the car up the driveway. Up a slight incline. By myself. With my son inside. With one arm.
    Sigh.

    • @bewilderbeestie
      @bewilderbeestie 9 месяцев назад +5

      TBF if I had one of these I would probably want to replace the brakes _in toto_ with something modern. Due to wanting to live? Replacing the batteries with lithium iron phosphate would improve things dramatically, too. (Although I'd be torn between using three different banks or a single bank with three DC-DC converters to get the three voltages.) But everything else about this car is perfect. Cannot be improved upon.

  • @Shady-Shane
    @Shady-Shane 5 лет назад +146

    'no power brakes no power steering', it sounds like it's hardly got a power assisted motor, lol

  • @lijithiumdioxide7621
    @lijithiumdioxide7621 3 года назад +11

    The cat was guarding the cheese form any possible rats🤣🤣🤣

  • @raggedy3759
    @raggedy3759 5 лет назад +164

    The true question is
    "If a Citicar rear ends a pinto at full speed, who explodes first?"

    • @MrSheckstr
      @MrSheckstr 5 лет назад +16

      Army combat engineer here
      It’s essentially an electrically ignited blasting cap that some spec for has booby traps a convenient gas can with

    • @Slazlo-Brovnik
      @Slazlo-Brovnik 4 года назад +1

      Pinto.

    • @TheRealNormanBates
      @TheRealNormanBates 4 года назад +6

      I’m now imagining a MORTAL COMBAT “Versus” mode: Pinto VS Citicar

    • @monfrig6959
      @monfrig6959 4 года назад

      HMMMMM

    • @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433
      @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 4 года назад +3

      The driver 😂

  • @maxthecatwizard7937
    @maxthecatwizard7937 5 лет назад +459

    The Citicar is basically a golf cart with windows

    • @mardiffv.8775
      @mardiffv.8775 5 лет назад +9

      Or I would call it: "A moped on 4 wheels with a cover".

    • @chuckgilly
      @chuckgilly 5 лет назад +15

      It's just a golf cart.

    • @TimSlee1
      @TimSlee1 5 лет назад +34

      With windows? Yes. More powerful? Debatable.

    • @devinoakley4063
      @devinoakley4063 5 лет назад +10

      I think it's actually less powerful, but it does go faster than golf carts. Based on the incredible noise it sounds like it has a gearbox to achieve that ratio.

    • @conker33350
      @conker33350 5 лет назад +6

      Dude i was just gonna say the same shit it's like a street legal golf car lol

  • @justgrayyy105
    @justgrayyy105 4 года назад +1859

    Mom can we have Cybertruck?
    Mom: no, we have Cybertruck at home
    Cybertruck at home:

    • @thatquietasianguy9582
      @thatquietasianguy9582 4 года назад +31

      Itz_gray_ 2020 *at least you have a car*

    • @bo9718
      @bo9718 4 года назад +7

      you stole that comment

    • @ottakuwarrior8518
      @ottakuwarrior8518 4 года назад +12

      @@thatquietasianguy9582 That's not a car that's a death trap

    • @thatquietasianguy9582
      @thatquietasianguy9582 4 года назад +8

      /OttakuWarrior\ *that death trap was worth it*

    • @acathosh
      @acathosh 4 года назад +1

      Eeey! No stealing comments! 😠😂

  • @stevehorton9864
    @stevehorton9864 3 года назад +43

    Thanks for this review. Brought back fun memories. When I was about 5 years old my family moved to Sebring & my dad worked for Vanguard. We had a green Citicar. All your comments in your review were spot on. My favorite Citicar memory was when they had a parade lap/race prior to the 12 Hours of Sebring race with about 20 Citicars... I got to ride with my dad for that lap. Our memory is how quite it was. You could hear the fans along the track talking & that back straight took forever going 30’ish mph!! (We came in second 😎)

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 4 года назад +215

    8:06 "I'm going 31, _this is the best thing ever!"_ This man is my hero. Solid rec from Technology Connections!

    • @Dappersworth
      @Dappersworth 3 года назад +3

      Read this as he said it perfectly in sync

  • @superchargedpineapple3504
    @superchargedpineapple3504 5 лет назад +2073

    Me: Can we get a Tesla
    Mom: we have a Tesla at home
    Tesla at home:

  • @et76039
    @et76039 3 года назад +14

    While I was stationed in Louisiana, had a co-worker who owned one. Considering the speed limit on base, it was theoretically ideal for commuting in that environment. Never asked the co-worker how it held up in that state's notorious humidity and rainstorms.

  • @recoveringnewyorker2243
    @recoveringnewyorker2243 5 лет назад +291

    I remember seeing one of these in an episode of “The John Larroquette show.“ The title character won one of these in a contest. His rent agreement stated that his electricity was paid for with his rent. The landlord had a fit when the electric bill jumped threefold because of John charging his car.

    • @JoeHynes284
      @JoeHynes284 2 года назад +2

      oh shit i remember that show

    • @MusicAuthority-b9r
      @MusicAuthority-b9r Год назад +2

      That's how marijuana growers would get busted. because of the grow lights, there would a sudden increase in the electricity they were using.

    • @liam3284
      @liam3284 Год назад +1

      So, most of these were sold as the pot growers' cover story?

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 Год назад +7

    I don’t know what was more entertaining, viewing this example of an electric road car to tackle the gas crisis or listening to your chirps and chuckles at the experience of driving it! Thank you!

  • @mrlowdays
    @mrlowdays 4 года назад +288

    Never thought I would see Cheese Louise in my recomended videos, much less in a channel outside Simone's

    • @StevenRides
      @StevenRides 4 года назад +9

      Was literally about to say is that Cheese Louise

    • @bradlemmond
      @bradlemmond 4 года назад +3

      @@LewisMoten The Comuta version had crank windows!? Swanky!

    • @DezzaSpeed
      @DezzaSpeed 4 года назад

      @@bradlemmond no, they were sliding windows

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад

      you learn something new everyday

  • @BoyPagcu23Staff
    @BoyPagcu23Staff 5 лет назад +652

    Me:Can i buy a Wheego?
    Mom: We have a Wheego at home
    Wheego at home:

  • @bentullett6068
    @bentullett6068 4 года назад +790

    So this is where Elon based his Tesla cyber truck design ideas from.

  • @NickBouwhuis
    @NickBouwhuis 4 года назад +11

    "It's so loud and I'm barely moving. This is best thing ever"

  • @Chocwish
    @Chocwish 4 года назад +33

    "The interior, if you can even call it that" .. LOL
    *switch to dash shot*
    Awww .. look at that sweet BROWN

    • @lightningdemolition1964
      @lightningdemolition1964 4 года назад +7

      Its actually more of a dark orange. There is no brown.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад

      why is my BMW I3S so damned quiet compared to that thing there's no whining at all

  • @dri50
    @dri50 5 лет назад +34

    in 1975 I bought a Ford F150 pickup and across the street from the Ford dealer was a Citicar dealer. I clearly remember this because, at the time, I was interested in electric cars and the only way to get one was either build one yourself with lead batteries or buy a Citcar.

  • @tom_olofsson
    @tom_olofsson 5 лет назад +146

    My dad bought one of these for $800. It was an interesting ride.

    • @JohnSmith-eo5sp
      @JohnSmith-eo5sp 5 лет назад +6

      Was it as noisy as this one exhibited here?

    • @tom_olofsson
      @tom_olofsson 5 лет назад +13

      John Smith It was crappy, bumpy, but quiet. It whined a little.

    • @johnsmemes4887
      @johnsmemes4887 5 лет назад +4

      Tom Olofsson what happened to it?

    • @georgebeard2337
      @georgebeard2337 5 лет назад +2

      Give it a proper cheese 🧀 paint job and drive around town :-P

    • @tom_olofsson
      @tom_olofsson 5 лет назад +7

      Johns Memes Dad sold it. The new owner paid for it but never picked it up. We hung onto it for a couple of years then called a tow truck to take it away.

  • @IgnatSolovey
    @IgnatSolovey 3 года назад +15

    This reminds me of Soviet battery-powered hauler from about the same era, a two-seater with a cargo platform, was used to pull cargo trolleys in mail sorting facilities, and on some factories where for some or other reason traditional vehicles were considered not okay. Made similar noises and was also yellow. But three times longer and ten times heavier (it used 10 if not 20 led-acid batteries).

  • @jurassicjack3320
    @jurassicjack3320 4 года назад +262

    I almost bought one of these off of Craigslist
    Biggest missed opportunity I’ve ever missed

    • @golfish8589
      @golfish8589 4 года назад +27

      1D10CRACY just today I spotted a blue citicar a few blocks a way.
      You can tell it's been sitting in the driveway a long time.
      Not in good shape. Front end up on jacks . Stuff is piled around it.
      What is this thing worth as is?
      What is it worth fixed up?

    • @Viktor007
      @Viktor007 4 года назад +15

      You're going to regret this for the rest of your life.

    • @peterlamont647
      @peterlamont647 4 года назад +2

      Wait...so you missed missing the opportunity? Are you low-key admitting you got it?!

    • @peterlamont647
      @peterlamont647 4 года назад +2

      Hey I just saw a link to a video by you, and it has a citicar in it! mystery solved.

  • @dylanjb4065
    @dylanjb4065 5 лет назад +91

    When you pull up to a charging station in a Tesla and see this car charging

  • @SYKEPACZOLT
    @SYKEPACZOLT Год назад +4

    Thank you for bringing back memories. I drove one in Erie, PA. Not mine, but owned by a close cycling friend of mine who was starting up a bicycle shop in town during the Bike Boom, and I was his mechanic. John D'Angelo's was a little older than this one (memory is saying 1973, but could be 1974) and was one of the hard-core eco freaks in town. Thus his selling off his 72 Honda Z600 for one of these. I remember his had a propane heater in it, where you'd screw one of the Coleman bottles into the heater, and I only remember three batteries under the seat. And once your mileage ran past the 25 mile mark, you could count on your top speed dropping. By the 35 mile point, you were crawling home.

  • @mrsebring181
    @mrsebring181 5 лет назад +116

    Cat... "Yeah I'll check it out, but first I need to clean my ass." Hilarious creatures.

  • @genosho5574
    @genosho5574 5 лет назад +37

    *"This is the most fun I've ever had barely moving."*

  • @sonofsound
    @sonofsound Год назад +5

    The cat licking his ass during the intro...best car channel on YT hands down

  • @comradegarrett1202
    @comradegarrett1202 5 лет назад +199

    "this is so fun"
    "WHO WOULD BUY THESE?"

    • @trollop_7
      @trollop_7 4 года назад +2

      I bet it stinks down there.

    • @motorizedbikeenthusiast6880
      @motorizedbikeenthusiast6880 4 года назад +2

      I would... And put a 600 cc gas engine in it.

    • @1D10CRACY
      @1D10CRACY 4 года назад

      I have one!

    • @trollop_7
      @trollop_7 4 года назад

      @@1D10CRACY Have a quick sniff. I bet it stinks down there.

    • @fgdgjgjhc
      @fgdgjgjhc 4 года назад +1

      Simone Giertz has one of those... ruclips.net/video/hXzcIoq2ing/видео.html
      Nice Bonus: It can be used as a computer mouse: ruclips.net/video/QDSEpjjavhY/видео.html

  • @reeseantone7423
    @reeseantone7423 5 лет назад +97

    Next on Aging Wheels... I bought a citicar.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 5 лет назад

      I want to see this thing on Laurie's Mechanical Marvels, but he's more into diesel and steam.

    • @johnstahlman9767
      @johnstahlman9767 5 лет назад

      they're only $6,000

  • @Moskal91
    @Moskal91 4 года назад +75

    "20 MILES AN HOUR"
    my electric scooter:
    "I do 24 HAH"

    • @CharredSteak
      @CharredSteak 3 года назад +2

      my two stoke motorized bicycle: *does almost 40* lol

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад +1

      hey your electric scooter has better aerodynamic properties then that city car so obviously it can go faster

    • @IgnatSolovey
      @IgnatSolovey 3 года назад

      24 mph... what is it, 38.6 km/h? Sorry, I can do it peddling my 23-kilogram (50.7 lbs) very un-aerodynamic bicycle with my legs. On a good road and with a tailwind but still. My friends who ride lightweight (17 lbs) racing bicycles can do 25 mph uphill in crosswinds.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад +1

      @@IgnatSolovey yeah but sadly your bicycle's are slightly more state of the art tech then a simple amusement park like that old cheese wedge

  • @simonruszczak5563
    @simonruszczak5563 3 года назад +9

    When the voltameter's on empty, the battery's been stolen.

  • @Inspectornills
    @Inspectornills 5 лет назад +26

    0:43 apparently these cars also came equipped with their very own cat tail. Very innovative for its time indeed!

  • @splicetape9435
    @splicetape9435 3 года назад +4

    Given the opportunity, I would buy one of these in a heartbeat. Throw a couple Ebike batteries in parallel and you are off. It is also probably one of the few cars ever built that today is even easier to maintain as you can 3d print your own body pannels.

  • @lonefoxxo9848
    @lonefoxxo9848 5 лет назад +485

    Nobody:
    That one cat in the background:
    *licks it’s balls*

    • @MICHGO1
      @MICHGO1 4 года назад +10

      A LONE KITTY LICKING IT'S BALLS.

    • @colonelgraff9198
      @colonelgraff9198 4 года назад +11

      0:35 this

    • @RoseSupreme
      @RoseSupreme 4 года назад +4

      r/UselessNobody.

    • @flurng
      @flurng 4 года назад +2

      Well, they're not going to lick themselves!

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 4 года назад +2

      I was 'Ahh look, a nice ca... ffuck it's munching on it's love plums now... DIRTY BASTARD!!!!'

  • @darius2640
    @darius2640 5 лет назад +105

    If you dare to drive this, you will get killed in a fender bender

    • @sosvaneey993
      @sosvaneey993 5 лет назад +12

      if the car infront of you has a blowback, youll flip

    • @MartinWillett
      @MartinWillett 5 лет назад +1

      Do all your cars crash?

    • @stevegorkowski3246
      @stevegorkowski3246 5 лет назад

      It has a roll cage and full frame. Stronger then it looks.

    • @austinbartose6527
      @austinbartose6527 5 лет назад

      Like a smart car

    • @theotherwalt
      @theotherwalt 5 лет назад

      @@austinbartose6527 Here is your answer to crashing in a Smart Car: ruclips.net/video/mnI-LiKCtuE/видео.html
      I was surprised, the passenger compartment is well protected.

  • @trianchannon7235
    @trianchannon7235 5 лет назад +25

    If they came out with a updated version of this, I’d buy it.

    • @RidhRidh
      @RidhRidh 5 лет назад +2

      me 2

    • @Dimbliss.
      @Dimbliss. 5 лет назад

      Just convert an old golf cart, couldn't be much worse than what they have here haha.

  • @RatPfink66
    @RatPfink66 Год назад +3

    0:27 The Citicar has a top speed of 35mph. A domestic cat can run at speeds of up to 30mph. So we're basically looking at 2 vehicles in the same performance class.
    One major difference is a brushed motor produces DC current, whereas a brushed cat produces only static.

  • @mikasaarela6217
    @mikasaarela6217 4 года назад +70

    " I ca-chunk too quickly " finally got me

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад +2

      how did they find 4000 people to buy it simple from how fun it looks to drive that's how I figure

  • @HelloKittyFanMan.
    @HelloKittyFanMan. 5 лет назад +43

    0:43: And some models sport a tail that mimics that of a living cat!

  • @guycrew728
    @guycrew728 5 лет назад +29

    7:35 "I wish I could honk at them but the horn doesn't work" XD

    • @psykoklown874
      @psykoklown874 5 лет назад +8

      If it worked, the car would probably slow down every time you honked it..

    • @illegalprime3626
      @illegalprime3626 5 лет назад +1

      I'd want to put a London Underground whistle on it. Search on youtube. They're so obnoxious and sound like a toy train but much louder. Perfect for this car.

    • @scootergrant8683
      @scootergrant8683 5 лет назад

      Nah it would draw too much current.

  • @Th3Pr0digalS0n
    @Th3Pr0digalS0n 3 года назад +6

    That looks like a fun toy, should be a modern more reliable version made. I like the idea of using off the shelf batteries to run it.

  • @Membrane556
    @Membrane556 5 лет назад +78

    Fun fact these were the most produced electric car until the Tesla came out.

    • @AsbestosMuffins
      @AsbestosMuffins 5 лет назад +14

      I'd say there are more street legal golf carts in the world than these though
      its clear some money exchanged hands to get these things certified

    • @MrIansmitchell
      @MrIansmitchell 5 лет назад +2

      Uh... Nisaan LEAF?

    • @MrIansmitchell
      @MrIansmitchell 5 лет назад +1

      EV1?

    • @ajuc005
      @ajuc005 5 лет назад +2

      Not true, Melex cars were. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melex

    • @imaginarystranger1974
      @imaginarystranger1974 5 лет назад

      @@ajuc005 It's a freaking golf car...

  • @jorgepadua5802
    @jorgepadua5802 4 года назад +17

    "This... Oh cmon no one's that desperate"
    Well played, you, well played

  • @Vault1337
    @Vault1337 5 лет назад +27

    Contactors clicking, yellow, electric,
    man, it's a tram!

  • @rainrade
    @rainrade Год назад +2

    The amount of times I have rewatched this cheese wedge centered video is too much

  • @SanityDrop
    @SanityDrop Год назад +2

    "Electric Cheese Wedge From the 70's" is such a good description

  • @sccarguy8242
    @sccarguy8242 5 лет назад +24

    You’re giggling while driving was so funny. Doubly so because you own a Wego.

  • @Azizz1
    @Azizz1 4 года назад +28

    0:46
    The car has a tail
    what a great Feature !

    • @mutalix
      @mutalix 4 года назад +3

      Read your comment in your avatars voice 😂

  • @ZAGAD-i2x
    @ZAGAD-i2x Год назад +1

    Ngl this thing is unironically awesome and I would love if some niche car company created a refreshed version, some may argue the Renault Twizy exists but it doesn't have the same aesthetic, that cheese wedge shape is to die for

  • @guni7197
    @guni7197 5 лет назад +50

    *I found that car in my city, i live in Poland, i couldn't find the name of it, untill now! Thanks! ❤️*

    • @wojciechmuras553
      @wojciechmuras553 5 лет назад +2

      Gdzie? W jakim mieście? Na polskich tablicach? Kiedy?

    • @guni7197
      @guni7197 5 лет назад +4

      W Żorach, bez tablic, w zeszłym roku ;)

    • @lordcegese1385
      @lordcegese1385 5 лет назад

      you should've searched for "city car"

  • @HolzMichel
    @HolzMichel 5 лет назад +16

    that thing has overtones from the movie "Total Recall"....the johnnycab...

  • @The1Nomad
    @The1Nomad 5 лет назад +215

    A 1970s Prius made from melted down Legos? Sign me up

  • @darkgio6
    @darkgio6 4 месяца назад

    I haven't seen in my whole life a car analyst having this much fun driving
    .

  • @tomgruda5141
    @tomgruda5141 5 лет назад +9

    its nice to see him genuinely having fun driving that, makes me want to have one

  • @haweater1555
    @haweater1555 4 года назад +12

    1:19 I can see the kitty's tail under the front end.
    A long time ago, I think one of these was featured on "The Partridge Family" tv shows. They wanted to hire a driver for the bus, but the lady they tried out had her own electric.

  • @kevinbarry71
    @kevinbarry71 5 лет назад +30

    By the standards of the 1970s that car wasn't so bad

    • @glennsundin8495
      @glennsundin8495 5 лет назад +4

      Right at the time the national speed limit was 55

    • @MrCarguy2
      @MrCarguy2 5 лет назад +5

      This would make seem a 1975 Chevelle look like Rolls Royce
      Perhaps would work with Chrysler's

    • @brentboswell1294
      @brentboswell1294 5 лет назад

      How many ashtrays and lighters does it have? 🤣 No 8 track option=epic fail

  • @matthewcox7985
    @matthewcox7985 5 лет назад +20

    "This is a step below golf cart..."
    I wonder how many surviving Citi/Comutacars have been modified using modern golf car controllers, motors, etc., and how much they can be modded before legal definitions get in the way!

  • @tubaterry
    @tubaterry 3 года назад +1

    You had a genuine blast making this and I love it

  • @stephenpowstinger733
    @stephenpowstinger733 4 года назад +15

    I remember my doctor had one. He was ahead of his time environmentally. They were manufactured a hundred miles from here so you saw more!than average numbers.
    I had no idea they were so primitive, not to mention dangerous and uncomfortable in the Florida sun and heat.

  • @leifhietala8074
    @leifhietala8074 5 лет назад +7

    When I was a kid in the early 80s, one of these drove past my school bus stop every morning in the DC area. That guy was dailying his Citicar.
    In recent years the philosophical offspring, the Buddy, got about 1000 takers in Norway. It's got a lot about the same range and a lot more speed though, topping out at about 55.
    One wonders what you could do by fitting one of these things with a decent motor and more/better/lighter batteries. Hello, Rich Rebuilds! You have a spare Zero motor...

  • @geekbruin
    @geekbruin 3 года назад +1

    The joy the car’s absurdity brings you is infectious. You’re my best find on RUclips in 2021! Please make more Under Dunn content too.

  • @CreeperGreenMC
    @CreeperGreenMC 5 лет назад +22

    I love this car. It must have great aerodynamics (as if the would matter much at this speed), and it must have at least some downforce thanks to like 70% of the body beeing a slope.
    The solution with the gas pedal is also very loveable, and the misleading voltmeter is also great. I think this car would make our electronics professor cringe.
    This car needs to have a comeback, some companys revive old sports cars, like the alpine, but this is what humanity really wants to see revived.

    • @9HighFlyer9
      @9HighFlyer9 5 лет назад +3

      Terrible aerodynamics. That flat backend would just create a huge low pressure area. That would have the effect of pulling backwards on the car. For aerodynamic think teardrop shape. It's way more complicated than that but it's a start.

    • @CreeperGreenMC
      @CreeperGreenMC 5 лет назад +3

      @@9HighFlyer9 Thank you, I totally forgot about this.

    • @GregRickard
      @GregRickard 5 лет назад

      But for spares you just head to Jaycar.

  • @JimFortune
    @JimFortune 5 лет назад +33

    Is that the car that Simone Giertz turned into a computer mouse?

  • @Hardts
    @Hardts 5 лет назад +155

    I love how you got slightly manic in this thing.

    • @georgebeard2337
      @georgebeard2337 5 лет назад +3

      Hardtsonfire the car comes with built in laughing gas dispenser to make up for the lack of features

    • @atsdroid
      @atsdroid 5 лет назад +5

      Perhaps he was beginning to suffer from ozone poisoning due to the continuous arcing of the brushed DC motor. (offered unseriously)

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 5 лет назад

      He had a cheese high

  • @shawnhtpc2271
    @shawnhtpc2271 4 года назад +41

    Imagine how long a Tesla Model S could run on a single charge if it only had a 3.5hp motor.

    • @Shaun_Jones
      @Shaun_Jones 4 года назад +10

      I mean, a Tesla is about ten times as heavy as this thing, so that’s not the best comparison.

    • @Saviliana
      @Saviliana 4 года назад +7

      Not gonna make a Tesla move, the motor would burn before you get it rolling.

    • @lopwr1212
      @lopwr1212 3 года назад +1

      Finally someone making fin of my older brother

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 3 года назад

      zero, it won't be able to move an inch with 3.5hp

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera 3 года назад

      @@alexm566: That depends entirely on the gear ratio.

  • @jtgiles6197
    @jtgiles6197 5 лет назад +30

    6:24 how did they get people to buy these?
    6:32 This is so much fun!

  • @Eric_Hunt194
    @Eric_Hunt194 5 лет назад +8

    It looks so much like a piece of cheese that the cat is simply waiting for the mice to come along...

  • @johns3106
    @johns3106 3 месяца назад

    I remember these from when I was a kid. They were supposed to be the start of something big…electric cars for everyone were just around the corner. 50+- years later we’re finally starting to see what was “just around the corner”!

  • @armontek9084
    @armontek9084 5 лет назад +6

    This is like a life-size model of something a kid would design that works roughly like a car should work.

  • @TommyCrosby
    @TommyCrosby 5 лет назад +35

    This car sounds better than a supercar, it sounds like a turbojet engine.

  • @wendellbrownbrown5968
    @wendellbrownbrown5968 3 года назад

    You had me in stitches, when you said may as well have a squrl breathing down your back, and your wright, you are having to much fun!!

  • @zygrot
    @zygrot 5 лет назад +8

    This channel is now dedicated to golf carts and cats. I love it.

  • @robertmiles1603
    @robertmiles1603 5 лет назад +38

    "i cachunked too quickly" XDDDDDDDD

  • @biswajeetsingh4994
    @biswajeetsingh4994 2 года назад +4

    I think using Mosfets and a PWM switching controller the throttle design can be improved.
    The motor can be changed to brushless motors and the batteries to lithium ions.
    Anyway, I came to your channel from "Technology Connections" and found your video informative and funny at the same time.

  • @igregurec
    @igregurec 5 лет назад +15

    0:42 that self-adjusting antenna looks like an interesting feature - can we learn more about it?

  • @capnsparky2436
    @capnsparky2436 3 года назад

    I just saw an ad for one of these for sale in Hawkins, TX on Facebook marketplace. For a mere $3000 (plus the cost of batteries,) you could own your own cheddar wedge.

  • @dennisperusse3837
    @dennisperusse3837 5 лет назад +7

    When the Trabant actually looks stylish and useful. ;)
    All aside, I can imagine someone replacing the lead acid batteries with laptop batteries to reduce weight and increase range.

    • @billd66
      @billd66 5 лет назад +2

      That was the major failing of electric cars. Until maybe about 20 years ago, the battery technology just wasn't there.

  • @TheSmurf854
    @TheSmurf854 5 лет назад +10

    According to my dad, it sounds like the Evel Knievel toy stunt cycle launcher he had as a kid.

    • @horseteeth6139
      @horseteeth6139 5 лет назад +3

      Your dad is right. I had that launcher, with the motorcycle, and the rocket.

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 5 лет назад +2

      Ironically this is basically another toy from the 70's.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад

      your Dad is def right

  • @DL30Creations
    @DL30Creations 3 года назад

    In 1984 I lived in Woodgate Manor in Gainesville and the security guy at the entrance drove one of these. Wasn't a gated neighborhood he just sat in a booth watching people come and go. About 4 months before we moved I stopped seeing him there anymore. Was cool seeing this video it brought back a few memories. 👍

  • @nickadoo50
    @nickadoo50 5 лет назад +79

    Finally a car that matches how I feel inside. Annoying, useless and also a piece of cheese.

    • @RobMacKendrick
      @RobMacKendrick 5 лет назад +2

      You might say, it stands alone

    • @jood9574
      @jood9574 5 лет назад

      That was the cringiest thing I've ever laid my eyes on

  • @demogod4955
    @demogod4955 5 лет назад +6

    6:10 You will never catch me Krabs, not when I shift into *MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!*

  • @ronaldspencer547
    @ronaldspencer547 5 лет назад +6

    I remember when these came out during the energy crisis. People were backed up for blocks at any gas station that had gas. These were not such a bad idea at the time.

    • @TheWinjin
      @TheWinjin Год назад

      The only thing that bothers me is that a Tuk Tuk, or an Auto Rickshaw, is basically the same size but WAY more practical. Just make one with doors and you're golden. Why do all these weird little triangular 70s cars. I opened Wiki and Tuktuks were all over the world after 1940s, not just the Asia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, everyone had them. USA had their own, Westcoaster Malister, just needed a better transmission, according to Bajaj engineers, who are the biggest rickshaw producers in the world.

  • @elijahvincent985
    @elijahvincent985 Год назад

    This makes the Cybertruck look like an elegant work of art... YIKES.