1993 Mitsubishi Delica Starwagon Chamonix: Regular Car Reviews

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[@fleurdetristesse5218]

Ah, yes. Southeast Asia: the car.

[@a.hammad9194]

@James Ring and northern africa lol

[@stunnaboymercy]

Da filipino swagapino car

[@troll2637]

These vans were mostly found in hillside areas of our country(Sri Lanka 🇱🇰) because of their robust engines. Ah, yes.

[@latebloomer2]

Yup, in 80s - 90s the 2WD "Colt Diesel L300" were used for shuttle between cities in my country, even the pickup trucks are still in production until today.

[@kawaiishibe5304]

:(

[@gbm.03]

in the Philippines this is the official uncle car who only wore a tank top while running 140kmh on the 100kmh expressway

[@joaopedrosambatti2474]

Here in brazil this is the car of the weird Paraguayian family that is visiting as a tourist

[@wobblysauce]

In Australia also.

[@nutshot_brawler8466]

OHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHH, thats accurate

[@jululugz2893]

The delicas are also converted to left hand drive in Philippines

[@nong333]

@@jululugz2893 Yeah, it's the most awkward thing about them. They changed the position of the steering column and gauge cluster but they didn't touch the center console so the handbrake is now tucked between that and the now passenger seat. The driver has to lean far right and over/around the gear shifts to get to the handbrake

[@stuntmonkey00]

The official car of: "The Wesfalia is too mainstream for me."

[@benjaminbuschi284]

"The Westfalia is too expensive for me" at least Syncros, have you seen prices lately?

[@pamgypsyaries8049]

lol!

[@acreativename7999]

@@benjaminbuschi284 tru, they've SKYROCKETED in price recently sadly

[@stevejeffrey11]

@@benjaminbuschi284 they also break down every 10 mins lol

[@rexsaugerty2407]

i just bought one with Reimo pop up roof. and seriously dont like VW :D

[@jensimaster]

I'm one of those crazy Canadians who bought one of these and drove it for 10 years. I just got rid of it last year (replaced it with RHD Forrestet XT) and I've never missed a vehicle so badly before in my life. This van is similar in terms of passion to the vanagon, It grows on you like you wouldn't believe. There's a few things that you missed in your review though. These vans are the most utilitarian vehicle on Earth. You can use them in all weather, you can drive them in all terrain. You can get parts for them everywhere in the world. Given their size, they're relatively good on fuel They're very reliable. The cargo capacity or passenger capacity is massive, but the physical dimensions of the van are actually tiny. To give you an idea, I could fold the seats down and easily fit 4x8 sheets of plywood into the van, however the total length of the van is only about half a foot longer than a Volkswagen golf! The wheelbase being so short, this van is incredibly easy to handle around town, the turning radius is incredibly tight, almost on par with my wife's Fiat 500! When you add to that the visibility, and the fact that you were positioned on the right hand side, this is bar none the easiest vehicle in the world to parallel park. I could fit that van into spots that only had inches at either end! Also, about that visibility. Since you have no front end, If you're in a city and you're poking out of an alleyway, It's fantastic, you don't have to worry about some car smacking the front end of your vehicle. Also, I don't understand why that guy needed a backup camera? There is a curved mirror on the front bumper and the rear window. If you angle those correctly, you can see the full width of either bumper, which again allows you to park the van really tight! Off-road it wasn't spectacular, If you say compared it to a Toyota 4Runner. However given that it's a van, It's a lot better than most other cars. It's built on the same platform as the Pajero (kinda like the Montero) and it has a proper high low transfer case, It's a proper four-wheel drive with locking hubs, which you can switch out to manual locks if you want. The main downsides, Cooling sucks for the engine. you can drive it in hot climates up steep hills but you have to be aware of your temperature gauge because it will move. Doing any kind of maintenance is a huge pain in the butt. If you're tall like me, I hope you have an elastic body like Mr fantastic. Working on the engine in a cabover is brutal. Also, It's very tippy, so swerving is terrifying. If you have kids it's great for all of the room but the sliding door is on the wrong side so getting them in and out is terrifying in a city because you have to go out into traffic. Worst of all, If you get into a front end collision, you are the crumple zone. There is a KZbin video of the crash test of an l300, If you own one of these just don't watch it, you don't want that in the back of your mind constantly while driving. But that's it for bad stuff, I love to this van and I wish I could have owned it forever. If you are into the outdoors, mountain biking, camping, climbing or especially snow sports (that Chamonix model was actually marketed for skiers) this vehicle is tailor built for you. They are fantastic! You can pack all your gear, Head to the race, or the campsite, and you're just ready to go. You don't even need to use a tent with one of these. That's really the point of this van, It's for adventures for active people, that's why they sold so well here in Canada.

[@benjaminbuschi284]

Excellent, I love hearing how much people love their Deli's. Makes me even more confident in my decision to buy this one. Only thing I want to say in my defense, the only reason I put the backup camera on was because it came packaged with the head unit. I needed tunes and wanted gps so a modern head unit and speakers were in before I finished the registration. I do plan on putting a graphic on the rear window and tint all the way around, so it may become more useful in time.

[@jensimaster]

Are you the owner of the vehicle in the RCR? If so congrats, that is a really clean example!

[@rockolutheran]

Tl dr

[@christopherdickinson4291]

Your deserve way more likes... good to hear a long term owners perspective.

[@AdmiralBosch19]

somebody lives out of one at my local climbing gym and i'm super jealous because it looks *so rad*

[@rnvsinha]

God, everything is valuable now

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

Plymouth Horizon: rArE

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

Minority Lives aren't....

[@mr.doctorprofessor9953]

Pain

[@TheNiteNinja19]

With every car nowadays not having personality anymore, I can see why. Unibody crossover after unibody crossover after unibody crossover...

[@kylesoler4139]

Most, but not all. If you have the money for some of the 90s cars these days, I recommend buying into some of the avaliable new sports cars, more bought new means more used examples and maybe more interesting specialty variants.

[@FireAngelZero]

Yes mr regular, I too used to “surf the highway” during long road trips.

[@fred_e]

Bruva!

[@ReverendTed]

Ditto. Also trains, shuttles, pontoon boats, our '78 GMC Vandura conversion, etc...

[@owerty100]

Used to do it while taking a bus home. When I'd manage to balance for a long time I would feel as one with the bus-surfing nature :D

[@hambrabai1256]

I'm one of those bus drivers that yell at kids to stop doing that, I think it's one of those things that kids all try to do at some point in their life.

[@nbougeard]

I'm 36 and still surf the city bus and metro in Paris. Sideways with a moderately wide stance is the most stable position to ride standing up, and you take less chances when you need to let go of the latch or bar. I actually taught my kids.

[@jameshooker5939]

"When I was in marching band" It all makes sense now.

[@mepp4224]

This man’s diction and humor are unsurpassed in the modern world of car reviews

[@RobWVideo]

Back in the late 1990s my father took early retirement and started a business with my uncle importing these to Australia. Every few months they would fly up to Japan, purchase a bunch of JDM weirdness at the car auctions and ship them home. When the boat arrived, the whole extended family would go down to the docks and we each got to drive one of the vehicles back to the workshop to be modded to Australian spec. If you were lucky it was a Supra Mk4 or a GT-R R33. If you were unlucky it was kei car microvan or (on one memorable occasion) an old japanese fire engine.

[@adamromanak7605]

That sounds awesome! Really, would love to do something like that.

[@oldfrend]

tbh i wouldn't call myself unlucky getting to drive an old japanese fire engine. automotive art isn't just about sports cars that we all fell in love with playing gran turismo 3.

[@airenesivad2975]

I would love to do that.

[@nomadben]

@@oldfrend That's oddly accurate. The first video game I ever played in my life was Gran Turismo 3...

[@andrewduong2740]

Unlucky? They're all cool!

[@SuperApeFight]

These are worth about $50 in the UK, where we have no age limit on imports so they've been here from nearly new. Hearing $10K for one of these blows my mind.

[@BYLRPhil]

Do you have one? I’ll give ya $5k :-)

[@mr_dances]

In the states this is known as the "tofu tax." Made colloquial from the AE86 Corolla. Because of the anime Initial D, it's priced way above its worth. This has bled into the JDM import market as a whole.

[@MongooseTacticool]

Yeah and they're all rusty and dinged up too.

[@bigtopmedia]

I’ve seen these going for 30 grand.

[@rezwan6613]

You should start a business importing these things. Lol

[@SquallyZ06]

God I remember these things as cheap $500 island beaters and dive vans when I was stationed in Okinawa in the mid 2000s. Amazing, you'll never know what will be worth something in the future.

[@GilBatesLovesyou]

They still are, the market in USA is artificially inflated.

[@rnvsinha]

I like the First Person shots of Mr Regular running behind the Van. Reminds me of trying to steal cars in GTA

[@SkyGrizzzley]

The seats of this van has more fashion sense than I do.

[@primuse.x.e6141]

😂

[@yoisthatahonda8410]

This thing radiates pure 90s energy... *I want one*

[@fred_e]

join the club, bub

[@roddydykes7053]

Go back in 10 years and get one from Canada lol they used to be so cheap here

[@sh0ryualfa393]

I want one too. Good thing these are easy to find where I'm from. 😁

[@michaelclark3192]

They're an 80s design that was never updated untill they stopped making them in 2014 so hardly 90s

[@Ragnar8504]

@@michaelclark3192 I believe the Saudis are still building them. And yes, the design was launched in 1986 with only very few modifications, mainly to the front of the higher-spec models.

[@Alisora]

Oh shit, the Japanese Moon Rover everyone wants

[@rlsimpso]

The RWD L300 passenger and panel versions of these were sold in the US from 87-90 and the Mitsubishi Van and Mitsubishi Van/Wagon. They have have a single cam 8 valve 4g63 and a four speed auto. The Van/Wagon came in two trim levels, RS base with crank windows, and LS with basically what the Starwagon had minus the fridge and Montero dash pod. They were only available in low roof, but can fit a CB750 in the back with the seats removed.

[@jourdanredden3190]

I remember the good ole days when Mr. Regular called this a “Delcia” Star Wagon.

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

Honestly I think that name sounds better, even in Japanese (De-ru-shi-ya instead of De-ri-ka)

[@Scoobawoo]

My dyslexic ass always thought it was delica

[@ODPTV1]

Pronounces it properly now lol

[@accordinglyx]

These delicas, the HiAce, and the Acty are all pretty cool in person, I’m a sucker for 80s and 90s tech and “features”

[@buillioncubes]

My dad wants one so bad but we're in California so you need to jump through the 7 extra hoops and also the secret handshake loop.

[@MichaelW132]

The Hiace to me is the the courier van doing the speed of light around town.

[@accordinglyx]

@@buillioncubes ah that’s a shame, I’m in WA, my dad was able to import an Alpina B3 Edition 30 from Japan and we became good friends with the importer, lucky for me that means I get to check out some very cool RHD cars up close in person (almost bought a Celica ST205 but ended up with an E36 instead). Maybe one day Cali laws won’t be so stringent on imports, or at least one can dream.

[@buillioncubes]

@@accordinglyx Part of owning one in California is definitely being friends with the importer. They are being sold here but they're registered out of state so you need a residence outside of California and you are just "visiting" with your import van. Otherwise you need to make friends with the California air resources board and get an exemption. That's awesome you get to check these out on the regular.

[@accordinglyx]

@@buillioncubes yes I’m definitely fortunate to have the opportunity to be around cool and rare cars often, hopefully you and your dad get the chance to own a really cool import at some point

[@dildobaggins069]

The village of hank hills is golden. I understand that feeling when im using my volvo to tow

[@Sqeptick]

Japan donated a bunch of third gen Delicas to allied forces as part of their contribution to the first Gulf War. So I drove one of those around Saudi Arabia for a few years. I believe ours was two wheel drive with a stick shift. We absolutely loved it--affectionately referring to it as Mitsy. Ours was held together by dust and sand, but it's one of the greatest vehicles of my lifetime.

[@cluckinbell1974]

This thing just embodies every late 80s-early 90s JDM aesthetics.

[@RoodeMenon]

It's perfect.

[@rambo64bit82]

It's beautiful

[@kawaiishibe5304]

i also saw 1980 version of this going around as work vans in my childhood

[@RustOnWheels]

The interior looks like the background of an anime character that is flying through the air in a karate stance.

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

Funny how over here in the Middle East (Bahrain), Delica/Space Gear/L300 are nothing more than a typical white panel van for carrying groceries or a mini bus to take the kids to School in similar ways to the GMC Savanna, Ford Transit and Toyota Hiace. They are never seen as this cool and "JDM" offroader minivan or whatever Jalopnik says about them.

[@Lollllllz]

to be fair though the local variant of the L300 over there in the US(boringly named the Mitsubishi Van)probably wouldn't be considered cool either.

[@Nedula007]

There's no car culture in the middle east lol

[@arlingo]

And of course the offroader scene is equally insane with +1000hp nissan patrol/ toyota LC dune racers

[@nomoreheroes93]

@@Nedula007dumb opinion, of course there is it's just newer. Car culture is above gatekeeping.

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

@@Nedula007 Last time i checked, pretty sure there's a car community for JDM cars, Muscle Cars, Classic Cars, American Land Yachts, German Performance, VW owners, Offroaders and such here in Bahrain as well as other places like Kuwait, Emirate, Qatar, Oman and Saudia. I ain't pretending this is Japan or California but car guys exists and are in no ways different from other car guys around the world. You always never heard of them because the internet are either too busy making shitty dumb Hollywood tier jokes (r/arabfunny) or thinks everyone lives in a village in Iraq with a golden platted Hilux and Ak47s.

[@AaronSmith-kr5yf]

Love the Engrish on the factory stickers. That was always such a 90's JDM thing, had to spell out how awesome you were for buying one with all the options.

[@graumail]

As someone who owned an 88 caravan during my high school years, this would be an amazing high school kid vehicle. So many activities while you have enough close friends to need the extra seats.

[@cra_55]

Putting your shoes on clean JDM seats is like cooking sushi

[@benjaminbuschi284]

I told him he could.

[@SpikerDragon95]

Or deepfrying

[@nomoreheroes93]

Yeah it's crass, you'd think Mr Reg had better car etiquette.

[@gregorp8406]

And serving it with plastic forks

[@musewolfman]

Regardless of if it was ok or not, or if it's "wrong,"... It feels weird seeing Mr "knock your shoes off before getting in even an absolute shitbox" Regular with his shoes on someone's seats.

[@TheToyotaMann]

50% of the cars in Afghanistan are either these, and 50% are yellow-painted Toyota corollas from the 80s

[@marquaviouschester6947]

The 86 corolla or the boring one?

[@TheToyotaMann]

@@marquaviouschester6947 yea because everyone in Afghanistan is rolling around in food delivery drift wagons. the boring one bro

[@marquaviouschester6947]

@@TheToyotaMann well that sucks

[@freedomhardly]

Can't be entirely 50/50. Cuz I'm gonna assume that a good portion of the traffic there was Bongo trucks, too. At least, that's how they roll in Iraq.

[@TheToyotaMann]

@@freedomhardly yea you are right, but in terms of people’s personal cars, it was pretty much only 4x4 vans and corollas

[@quantum_entangled_tardigrade]

"Gamer-girl bath water vibes." What? Man, I'm getting old...

[@sza-ry6yl]

Great job on the documentation and presentation of this one, Mr. Regular! Thank you for your service to entertainment.

[@MichaelW132]

I always had the overwhelming impression that Delicas were always driven by hippies for some reason. Like come to New Zealand, drive around long enough, and if you manage to see one of these things on the road, it's got someone with dreadlocks behind the wheel. And it is not as clean and immaculate as this.

[@rmay7]

Yup, it's like that in British Columbia as well - the supply of good Westys dried up, so the nomadic, sporadically employed (inevitably in some tourist town) young people bought these to go surfing and hiking. They're so common around Vancouver, you'd think they were sold in Canada from new.

[@nomoreheroes93]

Same in the UK, they're either surfer wagons or owned by JDM fans. Loads of them in the Midlands for some reason, but I guess it's where all the niche car culture is in the UK. I haven't seen a single one in London.

[@nitehawk86]

It's like a fancy VW Bus.

[@roddydykes7053]

Same for Canada, up here they’re “well groomed” hippie vans

[@perooster1]

Well the box is new too the us...

[@ussliberty109]

Sam "he can't keep getting away with this" Hyde. Was not expecting his name with Wilde and Osborne. I believe you already listed in another episode one of the big reasons 90s cars are so popular, apart from n o s t a l g i a and the fact our anti consumer bribery laws allow us to buy quarter century old products. The people's cars of the 90s were as light, cheap, and simple as they ever had been, just as phones were the smallest ever in the 00s. The attraction to the kei cars is a rejection of the bloated crossovers with no purpose other than to be more expensive than a passenger car and the needlessly bulging brodozers (with even the "mid sized" Tacomas and Rangers being taller and wider than Tundras and F-150s twenty years ago). There are no small trucks or SUVs being manufactured in the US anymore. They've gradually upsold the market by just phasing out the cheaper options.

[@seththomas9105]

Preach it, brother. Cheap cars and trucks of the 70's-90's . I member'.

[@Dji5hy]

The cars of today reflect American Consumerism very well. They are excess and vain. Almost none of the cars here are “simple” anymore, everything is jam packed with unneeded features and accessories. Although I will defend my 2016 Toyota Tacoma though, despite its somewhat big size it’s actually very simple and straightforward in its design and function. The essence of the Toyota Tacoma is the same today as it was when it was first introduced back in the 90’s, without compromising technological progress.

[@seththomas9105]

@retrobeats First. Shitfuckery is a word I am going to shamelessly steal from you. Second. You absolutely hit the nail on the head. Who in his right mind in 1985 thought pickups would have leather interiors and literally more options than a early 2000's Caddy. My 05 Chevy 1/2 ton 4X4 is a five speed, 4.8 with manual windows, locks, rubber floor mat etc. At 55-60 MPH I can get 20-23 MPG out of it because it is a stick and I don't have hundreds of pounds of bullshit options riding around in the truck every second. I'm 50 and unless GM or whoever comes back to their senses and starts building trucks like that again I will die with this truck.

[@PrydeWater901]

Say what about the 3 Series(now vs. then)?!

[@PrydeWater901]

@Pharmaceutical Grade Enter the era of the driverless car.

[@weaselman24]

The Australian 'I'm adventurous but have too many kids' option.

[@dangerpudge1922]

I had one as my POV when I was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. It was a diesel. This one is really more of a Space Gear version. Not bad. We called them toasters (because they look like toasters). They get you there; that's about where the description ends.

[@JonasOnAutos]

It's weird to see people making a big deal out of seeing these, there are so common in bc it's to the point were i don't even make a mental note of there existence anymore. The local Canada Post delivery center has a fleet of 2004 jdm Subaru foresters sti's as well.

[@JudsonGraham]

Nbd they just running mail in my dream car.

[@JonasOnAutos]

@Pharmaceutical Grade there right hand drive, fully loaded, and really cheap. And there a lot less terrifying than a grumman LLV, you take one of those things past 60 and you are going to die.

[@mattsmith7962]

Can confirm i see at least 3 of these on the way to work everyday. Others on Vancouver island at least

[@SundownMarkTwo]

@Pharmaceutical Grade In traditional Subaru fashion, as long as you feed it the requisite amount of oil, it will keep going until the head gaskets finally blow up.

[@Flying_GC]

Try New Zealand. Literally 5 on every street. Don't recall seeing hardly any in Canada around BC in the month I was there last year.

[@mikeanthonybrooks]

The interior of that machine reminds me of 90s taco Bell

[@dongately2817]

That wasn’t a pattern on the seats and booths of 90’s Taco Bells - the workers just didn’t clean up the puke before you came in.

[@jeffreyroberson7900]

Looks more like Taco viva a now defunct taco 🌮 shop?

[@BenShapirosLowerLip]

"Surfing the Highway" or what the teachers probably referred to as "Ritalin Recipient".

[@GrotrianSeiler]

I am so glad I found this channel. I can’t get thru a video without literally laughing out loud. So funny. And a car review to boot. Excellent.

[@juicysushi]

“Ben’s dealer” is a double-entendre so loaded with semiotics when referencing JDM importing it probably deserves its own 1-hour history video from Roman.

[@powershin12]

As a person living in Japan, those fake Japanese plates makes me laugh.

[@guardraillover5044]

i think the 81-00 isnt centered amongs other misses

[@Mahlmo]

lol yeah. Look closely and you'll notice this plate is supposed to be from Nagano.....but the kanji is arranged backwards 0_o (Unless this combination is a legit land/transportation office location as well, but I don't think so...)

[@powershin12]

@@Mahlmo That is exactly what I'm talking about! In addition to that, 野長09 does not make any sense. Every stock Japanese Delica passenger version must start with 3, 4, 5 or 7.

[@zo1dberg]

In Victoria, Australia, you can get legal plates in Japanese number plate style. Not much use to us right now given we're not allowed to leave the house.

[@patrickmartin3322]

@@zo1dberg huh that’s pretty cool

[@Shaunbonzer5]

Long time fan since day one ( as far as I think) great video man. Keep up the great work. Makes me think.

[@quuxummephitida1219]

"...AND BEST WISHES FROM THE LOTTERY." It's the glue that connects all the parts of Pennsylvania. As for Æstheticism, would it be fair to put Tom Waits into that category? Or maybe Fred Willard?

[@Redmenace96]

I was thinking Jack Kerouac.

[@dongately2817]

Johnny Knoxville, if you wanna go lowbrow.

[@buillioncubes]

The 4D56 is the stroked version of the 4D55. We got both in the US in such classics as the Mitsubishi Mighty Max, the Dodge Ram 50 and the Pajero. Also the few diesel Ford Rangers had this motor.

[@GalaxyStandard77]

MIGHTY MAX

[@Oddman1980]

I had a mighty max! It had a gasoline engine though, a single overhead cam 2.0 liter. It's been years but I think it was a 4G53 or maybe a 4G63? It was no speed demon, but it was the first vehicle I ever owned that just... worked. I hardly had to do anything other than maintenance. I put 100,000 miles on it in four years and sold it to someone who needed a vehicle. I did put a weber 32/36 carb on it, which fixed every fueling problem it had.

[@bluthian]

It's like driving from Delaware to a beach in Miami was made into a car

[@CJWriter0925]

AND BEST WISHES FROM THE LOTTERYYYYYYY!!! Seeing Delicas at the last two Radwood Philly/Jersey events pre-Rona were something new for me.

[@lukeblankenship8424]

Wow I love the description in the intro looool makes me so happy

[@IggyWon]

I had one of these when stationed in Japan. The 4x4 manual Turbodiesel still my favorite vehicle of all time.

[@Teddingtin]

Should've kept it and had it imported.

[@IggyWon]

@@Teddingtin this was back in the early 2010's, so I couldn't have if I wanted to because of the Mercedes Rule.

[@Teddingtin]

@@IggyWon What a shame.

[@stjepanmarjanovic1544]

Is this Matt Farah's million mile Delica?

[@PianoBlackTrimRep.]

I think he's car was the Lexus ls.

[@sh0ryualfa393]

10:20 Clever and sneaky then and now comparison of Mitsubishi right there.

[@ryant2568]

Love it. A small little 4x4 van with a funky layout and looks like it is made for camping.

[@nullentry6032]

HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT !!!!

[@doncorleon9]

You said it!

[@leomolloy5067]

I think people just want them because there one of the only reliable 4x4, Forward control Vehicles. Which are becoming very rare due to the need of things like crumple zones in the modern van. Also FC vans are really space efficient maximising the vanlife potential in the smallest wheelbase.

[@Flying_GC]

Ironically these are not that reliable. The Hiace super custom was far more reliable.

[@Flying_GC]

@@camaroz28rhd76 I guess same deal with VW vans being popular which were even more unreliable and drove terrible. On the L300s advantage side is they do drive well, and the 4x4 version uses the Pajeros basic drivetrain which makes them probably the best off road JDM van you can get. Our telecommunications companies used to use 4x4 L300s for years for offroad access in New Zealand. Other than that I guess they are just trendy for some reason.

[@koopatroopa187]

@@camaroz28rhd76 The AWD systems used in the Mazda and Toyota HiAce are more so for traction in the rain and are in no way comparable in terms of off roading capability to the Delica.

[@ScubaSteveM45]

Lol no, they get these because it's weird AF and from Japan. What's the point of a compact van anyway? Don't people get vans for cargo volume and maximum passenger capacity? Getting one of these sent to North America is merely a tremendous flex of your weeb rating in that you paid a king's ransom for a teeny tiny van with so little performance and is probably a parts nightmare for maintenance as it's probably all 25+ year old special order JDM parts to fix one

[@benjaminbuschi284]

@@ScubaSteveM45 I mean you are just wrong. Don't know where in the US you are, but up here in the northeast, on the trails, there are trees. the Deli can fit down UTV trails, places a jeep or full size van/truck wouldn't dream of going. Also, find me a nice, clean, well optioned ford or chevy van that is also 4x4, you're looking at literally 3x the price as this. You can fit a full 4x8 sheet of plywood in the back with the hatch closed, and the seats fold into a queen size bed. I've been getting over 20 mpg which not many true 4x4s can do. And on top of all that, I can still flex on weebs in my free time for less than the cost of a Corolla.

[@Kizzle001]

There was one of these in my parking garage at work, thanks for this video.

[@wasbiishot]

"SPECIAILY DESIGNED FOR ALL SEASON OUT DOOR PLAYER"

[@mistermikeyjay]

“Highway Surfing” eh? Nice. My cousin and I would stand in his dad’s Ford Econoline big conversion van and do that face to face as a battle. Think of your Surfing plus Joust from American Gladiators. Oh those days. Thx for the memory trip, stay safe.

[@micaharies]

“gamer girl bath water vibes” - Mr. Regular 2020

[@ammarharith5512]

He knew about Delphine. 🤣

[@micaharies]

@@ammarharith5512 at this point i don’t think there‘s any weird shit on the internet he doesn’t know about

[@ammarharith5512]

@@micaharies He's Mr. Regular anyway. 😂

[@workaholica]

I have driven a Mitsubishi L300 in the early Aughts. It technically was a mid engine car, and the rear wheel drive made it great fun in the snow. Ours was a manual with a column shifter, which greatly contributed to the cool factor.

[@kickerpunter]

I'm so happy that I'm from PA and can really enjoy these PA references.

[@RyanBowie1]

Last time I was this early, mr regular was driving a toyota echo.

[@robwebster1098]

I see these all the time here in Okinawa and Tokyo. They're cool

[@emmanuels.688]

Delicas were super popular on French roads during UK tourists holidays, all driving to the French Riviera. I remember them from when I was a kid, especially the late 90s models with their huge taillights. I need one of these.

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

My middle school music teacher had one of these, and I fell in love with it instantly.

[@stevemanart]

"This is art, but dense with abstraction and just as fun to simply enjoy as it is to overthink its role" sounds like you're talking about modern Japanese art as a whole.

[@jaket2k927]

"Indigenous Peoples of Virtusignala" I am gonna use that now.

[@houstonnewton9199]

The literary theory bits are my favorite parts of the videos. Please keep it up

[@gunmafirerunners3880]

Bus surfing is the most fun that can be had on a long journey

[@e4t662]

It looks like one of the vehicles that was being swept away by the tsunami in those horrific videos.

[@Dafoodmaster]

in the netherlands we have stand up places in busses which are usually only used when it's busy but i've spent entire journeys "surfing the highway" making a point not to balance myself with my hands. it's truly liberating

[@deandupont5503]

@ 13:52 In Linda Ellerbee's autobiography, she talked about "aisle surfing" on press planes during the 1980 Presidential election: during takeoff, you put a plastic tray in the aisle, and surf to the rear of the plane. It kept the cameramen amused, if nothing else.

[@KRN762]

If Jeff Spicoli' and his stoner crew were Japanese. Fast Times at Tokyo High.

[@Subdubbin]

No, this is not Matt Farah's Mitsubishi Delica.

[@deliciouscrabmeet]

Almost old school style rcr I loved it and I love you guys!

[@DrunkNotIAm]

4:18 I needed that thank you

[@j_mars_cars]

I loved my 1989 toyota van wagon(right before the previa). Thanks for showing us all around this fine mitsu

[@jamesslick4790]

I'm getting odd flashbacks of my 1967 Dodge A-100, (esp. at 5:52). And I had that Slant 6 legend Wayyyyy before it became "hipster" cool.

[@Fetusberry]

I drive a '92 Delica Starwagon Super Exceed, so it has the Cool Box and the Audio Stage package, which is the karaoke machine. Predictably, I live in Portland, OR. My interior is grey and I have two seats in the second row that move forward and backward as well as rotate 360°. I have the Crystal Light roof package, so I have additional windows on the top. I love the van's AESTHETIC. The AESTHETIC.

[@michalhornof5309]

I love the part when Mr. Regular speaks about aestheticism. Great work!

[@CardboardSliver]

I used one of these for years as a cargo van. We sold it for £75 to some kid. That's about how much they're worth.

[@jamesslick4790]

"......I can drive it with my shoes on..." Hell, that's all I need.. I'll take two! 😜

[@CrespoTorke8]

I have a story that many could find interesting, my family own this car for 9 years in Spain, the was the early 2000's and my fathers just bought a Mercedes Vito, that vehicle was stolen a few months after. So with the insurance compensation my fathers start looking for a new family vehicle that can transport 6 persons (big family), and they saw a adverticement from a German woman that imported the car from Deutchland and was interested on selling his van, and at a really competent price, and there is where this Mitshubishi apear, the van was called Mitsubishi L300 Starwagon model in Europe, it have a 8 seats configuration, but the central seats where independents, and they have rails so it can advance, lean and rotate 360º each one also both armrests, at the same time they have solar grass with electric courtains on each one of the back seats. The air conditioning system was dual climate configuration one for the front and one for the back. The car stood with the family 8-9 years, and was used for long summer trips, and daily as use get us from school, grocery shoping... Also as a transpor unit, having the car to much overload that one of the rear tire explode on the midle of the road, the overload was the adding of 1,5 ton of tiles, 2 adults and 4 kids... A really great history is that time that we where on Galicia and was some mountain goat tracks, my father thought that the car was capable of crossing it, but all the family started going to the opposite site to compensate the mass, and avoid to roll over, that turn out to be really funny and that the car is not as easy to flip as we thought. Unfortunately my mum accidentaly clashed it a few meters from my home, and was send it to the junk yard, and i didnt have the opotunity to drive it. As a description the car was silver, my brothers to anger me, used to call it "The Silver brick", and the gasoline version 2.0 GSL engine that produced 140 Hp, that have one of the most beutifull sound i ever heard, sound like a carburated old engine, with a sweet rattling at idle. The car only give one breakdown, one steel cable from a courtain...However their major drawback was how thirsty that engine was. I don't remember how many kilometers was put into the odometer, but certaintly more than 150.000. I was in love with my van, spending most of my infancy there, althought I whould love to spend my 20's with her, driving and working on it... That's how life turns out, and in 2020 seem like we where a really early Hipsters. Pd: I hope that you found it interesting and sorry for my orthography and grammar mistakes for being my secondary language.

[@nauthizzz]

"Bus surfing" is an essential skill for anyone who has to ride them as a means of public transportation on the regular. I learned the craft at university which had a fairly sprawling campus of about 30,000 - 40,000 people. There was a fleet of city bus style busses that ran various circuits around the campus and campus adjacent areas, with some routes running 24 hours. During the day proper that meant most often the busses were jammed and the art of keeping one's balance by "surfing" the bus was essential since you were more often than not standing and holding onto an overhead handle and needed to not careen into the people around you each time the bus came to a stop. This was especially essential during winter when rubberized flooring became slick with melting snow and slush, and you potentially had a student driving the bus who had gotten the job, passed their CDL test, and went right to driving all of about 8-12 weeks prior. Now suddenly they're stuck navigating busy urbanized streets jammed with traffic in a vehicle they still don't know how to drive, in snowy weather conditions. If the driver had to slam on the breaks suddenly it was not out of the question for people to slip and fall. Good bus surfing skills meant you likely stayed upright as you slid until you were able to arrest your movement by regaining a grip, or contacting another person, seat, or interior partition.

[@helbertdiaz6351]

The 90s way to commute in many south American cities...making extra seats out of stools, too freaking uncomfortable. Too many memories, of many kinds together...ew...

[@tsubakiharayuuji]

Delica: The official car of Indonesian public transport

[@anthonyfarnan5935]

You mean Toyota Kijang...

[@tsubakiharayuuji]

@@anthonyfarnan5935 Is it still though? I haven't been there for over 5 years.

[@anthonyfarnan5935]

Tsubakihara Yuuji every second vehicle is a Kijang I reckon. They must be made well!

[@anthonyfarnan5935]

Tsubakihara Yuuji I guess the Kijang is more private transport than public transport though.

[@seansanve]

I saw one of these on the road in Oakland, CA a few months ago. It was super clean. First time I'd seen one.

[@bf0189]

I can't help but instantly smile at these even if the intention is a bit more abstract like you said.

[@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703]

OMG how did you move around like that inside the van with devil voice? That's freaking me out!

[@chasebarber6154]

Stop motion, I believe. Maybe by filming, then selecting every 20th frame or so and deleting the rest.

[@chasebarber6154]

Not sure if you're referring to me or the op, but that's kind of rude, man. Not everyone knows how this stuff works.

[@theplasticcup7391]

well the Ukraine line aged well........

[@MrMduchesne23]

super popular offroader here in Canada for the last 10 years. 3 of my friends had one. Nice to know these things will soon be too damn expensive for a cheap family offroader. These things were amazing offroad on camping trips and came in so many varieties that we found a full camper version, one with a wheelchair lift, and one that was turbocharged intercooler and ready for a massive arctic trip.

[@Flying_GC]

They are RHD so you guys actually contributed to the inflated price taking them all the way to Canada

[@04dram04]

A van is a perfect highschool first car. It can ba a studio aparment on wheels, when you are living with your parents

[@mrdaykurutakuchannel]

Yeah with the good ol' 4D56 engine, seriously durable diesel engine indeed.

[@RyouKaguraTV]

I remember seeing these here in the Philippines back then. Today, I still see them, albeit they’re rarer.

[@JERMJIMJAMBURI]

Cruising the world reference made my day I'd always play that machine when I was a kid when my mom worked at a bar/pizza place Mr regulars choice of references always make me smile

[@thatsounditmakes9177]

"Looks like it belongs down by the river" as a whitewater kayaker, you have no idea how much this means to me ❤️

[@maxon1672]

“Just as fun to simply enjoy, as it is to overthink its role.” A succinct and accurate summation, I think, of every creative work that has ever been.

[@L00PdeL00P]

I look forward to Mondays now. Also, Mister Regular mentioned the Bricklin SV-1. WHO HERE OWNS ONE

[@jibbinjibberish8886]

yes!! Been wanting this for a long time

[@nismofreak33]

As someone who has a triton with the same engine. proper pump timing, a small boost up, intercooler and most importantly an exhaust, really liven these little motors up

[@MrJMS814]

I get the appeal of these. People like the practicality of a small SUV but they don't want a boring silver blob.

[@JesusBehindtheWheel]

Cruisin the World reference took me back. Still have it for the N64.

[@ScubaSteveM45]

The diner I cooked in when I was 19 in 1999 had that arcade. It gave you a free game if you won first place. If you got good at it you could play for over half an hour on a mere $1 in quarters

[@markmarshallmusic]

It's like a miniaturized version of my '85 Yota Van - which I LOVED. (Your videos are hilarious... thank you.)

[@xZeer0x]

Buying one of these while i lived in and traveled across Japan was one of the best things i ever did. I miss it everyday...

[@imcrazyforwar]

Made me remember how I wanted one. Looked them up cheapest I can find them right now is a 92 for 11400. Should have bought it years ago when they were cheap lol

[@gabeb-b4392]

Where is this? I've got one and I wanna know where to sell it lmao