Australian Mechanic Reacts to Aussie Car Problems

[@heyitsbarish]

I spent four of the best years of my life living in Sydney. I once had a mechanic charge me two cases of beer (Hahn Super Dry and Tooheys New) to fix the front bumper cover on my Holden Astra. God bless em all.

[@myrkrterj]

I've never heard anything more australian

[@tommyt4259]

Ohh 100%, a case of beer is a legit mates rate form of payment

[@outcast_performance]

​@@tommyt4259same down here in New Zealand

[@matt.2708]

Yeah a ‘slab’ of beer is common payment between mates, even if it’s someone you’ve just met they might count as a mate 😂

[@---zq1cz]

The real story behind KRANKY. was explained years ago. The engine was spitting so much fuel out the tail pipes onto the bushes behind it actually caught fire prior to the skid!

[@thecloneguyz]

JC Whitney used to sell a kit where you can shut off one or two of the spark plug wires and allow the fuel to go down the tailpipe , And then you mount a spark plug in the end of the tailpipe!! Shooting flames anytime you "PUSH" the kill button A few guys ACCIDENTALLY GRENADED THEIR INTAKE MANIFOLDS!! PFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTBWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Parents_of_Twins]

@@thecloneguyz Nothing like washing your cylinders clean from all that annoying oil and then lighting it on fire. I knew someone who ruined a relatively recent rebuild by having a carb that was dumping in too much fuel and still driving like it. Had an F-150 with a 351 in it that was getting 8mpg or so. Eventually took out the rings.

[@gin3648]

Kranky is mechanically injected and like all top level burnout cars are tuned on meth for WOT, she was richer than bill gates and the methanol caught fire, he talks about it on hoonigan.

[@DigitalGangster.]

Yeah they should of at least had a concrete barrier setup at the launch area. Also it didn't help KRANKY had been idling for a few minutes prior to pulling into the launch area so the exhaust had time to heat up and the engine was on a methanol tune. And no doubt fuel was pooling up. This shows a different angle he was sat there for 5+ mins just idling. extreme heat + methanol that has an invisible to the eye flame as soon as he starts revving you can see the vegetation get doused in a nice mist of methanol that had not burnt and had pooled up in the exhaust. and can literally see it turn into a visible flame and it goes from the vegetation down the dried out rotted tyres and across the Bitumen and up to the exhaust kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpzVh35-n6l_m6c

[@jeffreybamford1171]

​@@DigitalGangster.That was early days now they know.my dad lives there and helps run the event he said they stopped using hay after that burnout ..

[@iNINJ4Ri]

The first clip was actually from Red CentreNATs, basically the same as SummerNATs except it takes place in Alice Springs in the direct centre of Australia, the local government here issues temporary permits for all those cars to drive wherever they want on the street for the weekend, that's why that commodore was in the McDonald's Drive through

[@Aaron_Hanson]

COEY is my mate’s car and the white VK behind it was another mate’s car HIGHCOMP. We all grew up together on the NSW Central Coast. If these guys had only seen the build process of both these cars, they wouldn’t be putting shit on them.

[@caylebmladenovic3348]

Love the fact that no one in these comment section knows who rocky is and the fact he builds the fastest rotaries in the world

[@rx4mandude]

He is a rotary legend indeed . Been watching his cars haul down the strip since the early 90’s

[@aidankreltszheim3599]

Yeah the second I saw him I was damn that’s the legend

[@billmago7991]

Who cares

[@lepus6511]

comment directly below yours for me: "What the fuck... Rocky from PAC performance on a Donut Media video... It's akin to having Arnold Schwarzenegger reacting to general fitness videos. He's a respected OG in the rotary scene and has worked on some of the fastest dorito cars we have in the country." - JT-ry5ei lol

[@bubblebaath7840]

I think the worst thing to happen to every car guy in Australia was Holden stopping production The $300 beater commy now costs 5k… I don’t give a shit if I lift my car and a spider falls on my face but if I go to open the door and feel a web under the door handle I am RUNNING.

[@MuscleCarLover]

Get the surface spray under the handle. I've also been taught to open the door via the very edge of the handle, or just checking beforehand

[@catey62]

Yep, I'd love to own a classic Holden again, but you can buy a brand new car for what they're asking for them. the most I ever paid for any of the Holdens I owned was $1500.00 for my HQ Panel van. and I bought my HK Brougham for $600.00.

[@CommissionerManu]

Fkn oath mate, and don’t even get me started on the death of *real* utes for these overcompensating, yank tank, pick-up “trucks”!

[@DavidHands]

@@catey62 Imagine the price of a HQ Panel van now. My uncle had 3 parked in his yard for many years. Me and my cousin tried buying them but he wouldn't let them go. Many ears later I had to eventually drag them out with a tractor to dispose of them. They were so badly rusted, they snapped in half under the dash. Some aluminum trim and a GTS dash was all that was salvageable. 😢

[@chdreturns]

100% truth, the way GM handled Holden is criminal... During the period muscle cars were popular in the US instead of introducing Holden to the US they badge engineered the Monaro to the Pontiac GTO and Commodore to Chevy SS. Holden could have been quite successful in the US imho and as a result they might even stil have been around today. 😢 A Maloo HSV is my dream car but I'd have to wait til the dang car is 25 years old til I can legally import it cuz US has stupid import laws for cars. Whenever GM has something good (Saturn another example) they inevitability screw it up.

[@JaggoLee]

Ok guys, hear me out. Hi-Lo Down Under.

[@stevenschalck2781]

Yes

[@fai.salrahman]

Gotta be Commodores/Falcons, that's for sure

[@6489Tankman]

oL-iH

[@mtilby]

Gotta be utes for sure!

[@PedroFerrer-vq5sw]

“I come from a land down under, where” I can hear it already

[@xdemon5015]

8:54 - Hearing him say that Kia/Hyundai are looking after them regarding the engines catching fire and trying to correct the issue, reminds me of the Ford issue in South Africa a couple of years back. Basically there was a period where new Fords at the time had a tendency to catch fire from the gearbox, you'd hear reports on it almost daily on the news and one unfortunate owner actually died. Ford SA was facing charges and, unlike the Kia/Hyundai case here, refused to accept responsibility (not just for the owner who died, but all customers whose Ford burst into flames), and went so far as to try blame the owners' for the fires happening. Best part was when watching a new episode of Ridiculousness (around the same time the Ford SA issue), they had Ken Block (a U.S. Ford racer) as a guest and they showed a clip from his racing Ford's (same model as the defective Ford SA models) onboard camera, and his gearbox ignited and was burning inside the car mid-race. Disgusting attitude from Ford SA.

[@AquaticOni]

They never ended up getting consequences? No lawsuits? That's disgusting, man

[@xdemon5015]

I'm not sure of the current status of the lawsuits, but here the judicial system is so pathetic, it could be decades before the case gets closed IF it even proceeds further at all. Yea, it's horrible@@AquaticOni

[@marcr1333]

Ken Block’s too?? I’d assume he’d have some upgraded items, especially drive train.

[@thecloneguyz]

I don't believe any of that a car company won't even lift a finger until they have 1,000 'COMMON / SIMILAR PROBLEMS' it's called a lemon law you should look it up and read it

[@thecloneguyz]

@@Bakedfrijoless any likeness or representation of him that is not him is blasphemy yet we claim that Holy bread represents his body and holy water represents his blood and the church represents this and the statue represents that and the Bible represents this when it's literally all blasphemy according to the scriptures themselves

[@iiitsRachel]

i heard that a lot of snorkels in australia are more for dust than water crossings, raising the intake to the top of the car is enough to mitigate the dust getting into ur filter

[@phalanx3803]

that is right. there are 2 types of external air intakes for 4x4's a raised air intake and a snorkel. the former is just to get the air intake up and away from the factory intake in the fender that tends to suck up an ass load of dust kicked up from the front wheels. the latter does the same but is also designed to do water crossing's as well.

[@smalltime0]

Its for both, typically if you're driving in a region with excessive dust (unsealed highways or trans-nullabor) they're likely to be flood prone anyway.

[@FrostyNut]

Correction..... Most snorkels are for city drivers who want their 4x4 to "look" tougher. Yep, down here 4x4 owners have become the new "Ricers".

[@rhys5567]

Mine is for dust. Wouldn't do anything for water.

[@weppanx]

If it is purely for dust ? You should get a sock for it. (Any kind..lol) Just make sure you take it off when you leave your rig ,or some jammy POS will steal it.

[@rayzecor]

Rocky seems like such a nice and wise person, reminds me of my head teacher in high school

[@WHDRWN]

`Yeah ol mate billy goat raring to slag off ol mate for crossing that river while Rocky comes thru with the common sense take that he needed to cross that road and he succeeded.

[@waynewelland7044]

​@@WHDRWNyeah and old mate "Billy" called hydro-locking hydraulic lock and an oil filter a fuel filter 😳

[@SmolPotatowo]

"With a coathanger and some rope, we get it done." Don't take that one out of context... haha

[@kanedaku]

I mean, I don't usually use rope

[@Jimmyy32]

when ur gf gets preg

[@kanedaku]

@@Jimmyy32 🙄

[@jubjubs1000]

New term to Get er done.

[@GodOfBiscuits66]

When 90% of the crazy stuff they showed was "Normal days", it is wild down under!

[@Milosan1986]

They are a different breed

[@Chzydawg]

They’re putting it on a bit. Unless you live in the sticks, you won’t see most of it. Some of the toughest car laws in the world are in place in our major cities. Just about any modifications in Sydney could get you booked by anti-hoon laws. If you go to a drag strip you will see bogans blowing their engines pretty much every night of the week though. Commodores are pretty common for spilling their load of oil all over the drag strip and requiring a 1 hour cleanup.

[@discovolante6624]

all this stuff is pretty common around the world, they are just making it look like a big deal cos Australians are there, would be the same thing if it was reversed

[@smalltime0]

@@mickoxley7729 city slickers still go to drag strips and closed circuits.

[@caylebmladenovic3348]

@@mickoxley7729 bahaha you mean the inbred parts of australia 😂😂😂

[@ugotpassed7241]

Top tip for flood crossing. Don’t do it but if you absolutely need to stuff your air box full of tshirts or any kinda clothes you have it will give you a few more seconds of driving. And if you flood your engine. Pop the spark plugs out turn it over till there’s no more water coming out then try and fire it up

[@dr.floridaman4805]

no you fool. you must grab the tranny cooler line and swap it with the coolant hose to flush the engine.

[@flandrble]

it had a water bra on, but still failed.

[@Ktmfan450]

I wouldn't even suggest driving through flooded water crossings

[@gmailisaretard]

@@Ktmfan450 This is the real top tip. River crossings, flooded road crossings, and water hazards in general kill people all the time, don't go out of your way to find out why.

[@Ktmfan450]

@@gmailisaretard The rule of thumb is if you can't walk it You can't drive it Know the conditions before you travel and if caught unaware by a flooded crossing don't risk it Waiting doesn't cost anything and can save your life

[@Freeloves_Whipps]

As a Kia mechanic, kia was forced to extend their engine warranties on some models to 99years/999999 miles. These were models with engines known to be defective. Although you do get a new engine from kia, it only has a 12month 12k warranty after installed. Thanks for all the free content Donut!

[@australianoz]

Being an Oz myself and a revhead, i can appreciate the business done Downunder. Bloody ripper!

[@violinmiata]

The dog chain on the oil filter is up there with a friend taking his belt off out of frustration. 100% ace!

[@benharper3555]

Thanks for being so nice to all us Aussies loved this video 😀

[@chibacha21_CarBoi]

Yeah, I did too! :D

[@TheBeelzboss]

Who would be mean to aussies?

[@chibacha21_CarBoi]

@@TheBeelzboss I dunno, but I also like Donut's stuff. I see more and more Donut stickers on car windows... XD

[@robdavis3498]

It's impossible to be rude to an aussie. You guys are amazing and unbelievable nice!

[@armored_pony]

what's living in Austria like? How do you guys fight the gravity?

[@Xphinity]

2:12 the wind kick back on the plants is insane! It sounds like a turbine engine tbh lol

[@rx4mandude]

Rocky is Mazda Rotary performance royalty down under 🙌

[@wildeturkey2006]

I remember in the late 90's seeing the PACMAN (pac performance) Mazda Rx2 around my neighbourhood. They stood out amongst the rest, was nothing like them on the road at the time and probably still to this day.

[@willbroccolo8389]

I love this A LOT of my cousin live there, and man do they have some CRAZY car stories! Keep em' coming!

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

That little Green Tree Snake is adorable! I love snakes, even if its a brown snake they are very important for ecosystems so a snake hook/professional is in order im sure. Gotta get the little silly back to his home. Baby snakes can be super cute tho, look up baby cobras lol. They make me laugh cuz they try and be big.

[@misstorimua6008]

PLEASE DO ANOTHER ONE IF NOT SERIES WITH THESE TWO LEGENDS OF MECHANICS HERE IN Australia 🇦🇺 Also really nice to see some Australian videos come up! could of sat here after work with a beer watching for at least another hour! 🍻

[@justayoutuber1906]

You DON'T get a new engine - you get a USED engine under warranty. They just have to get you to 100K miles. Many people have been surprised by this.

[@SSS_HEX]

And where do they get a used engine from smart ass? Don't say the replaced working engine was replaced with a new one lol.

[@murkadelic422]

FALSE. YOU GET A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. Semantically speaking, yes its used, but it's been completely went through top to bottom. Still a Kia engine though so not so warm and fuzzy feeling about it being reman lol

[@DonisGP]

Really? My friends engine on his elantra went out at 75k and he got a brand new engine with another 100k mile guarantee on it. But that's maybe because we all work at the hyundai dealership and are close with all the service advisors 😂

[@murkadelic422]

@@DonisGP almost all of them I've done under any service campaign are reman. If it's under Kia Basic wty, it's usually new

[@JoseBloodthurst]

I can get a new engine if I wanted to. Who are you to tell me about my engine?

[@electricblade3]

I was at WTAC thank you Jeremiah for the free tickets to the show had an absolute blast loved looking around the r35 even tho you only did 2 laps then pitted but it was the best car show ive ever been to also the biggest ive been to so far

[@bigdavedownunder]

Donut needs to be here for actual summernats

[@the_freaky_stallion]

100% bro. I came to say the same thing.

[@DysonParkes]

With Mike Finnegan and Zac Mertens as well.

[@Tazznbk]

Supernats (apparently, according to the text on screen 😂)

[@bigdavedownunder]

Faster with

[@ardencassie5150]

Legit. Wanna see James Pumphrey at Summernats.

[@liamcollings6168]

ROOOCCCKKKKYYYYY man you guys gotta do a pac performance tour you guys will be shocked soooo cool

[@sirjolly81]

red backs are a regular issue around my home. if anything sits outside un touched for a few weeks. Its got some fat spider making more spiders under it. huntsman spiders is the car are passage of being Australian. They LOVE the sun visor. SO you open it and they drop on your lap.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Yeah, I've had huntsmen in the car. Not under the sunvisor (yet!) but I've had them trundling across the dash and up the A pillar and one night sitting on top of the steering wheel - every time I turned the wheel it would climb to the top again, it wasn't until I drove under a bright light that I realised what was tickling my knuckles! Oh yes, and in door reveals and under door handles too.

[@thatpeskyswan]

Love this! It's cheaper for my family in England to ship junk cars in contains or bulk ship parts even from big manufacturers like Ford, GM, Nissan, Toyota etc. Than it is for my family in Australia & New Zee to buy it from their local dealership, says alot about the remoteness

[@thailandretromods]

Nah mate, the rest of the world just milks us for our cash! Proof?... Adobe digital is almost twice the cost (currency converted!)... Can't tell us that shooting it down the wires adds that much cost to the yanks! 😂

[@someyoungguy6990]

It can be easier and less cost to get a import from Japan than a "quality" secondhand car in Aus

[@rhys5567]

Taxes

[@ScytheNoire]

I love Australians. They are just built differently.

[@someyoungguy6990]

Hey! I resemble that remark....thanks mate!

[@WickedPhase]

I agree! They're so cool, and I love their accents lol

[@sal8717]

​@@WickedPhasewe hate yours

[@sal8717]

F off were full

[@rhys5567]

Thanks Mate

[@phalanx3803]

7:14 what may look like a snorkel may not be one. there are 2 types of external air intakes for 4x4's a raised air intake and a snorkel. the former is just to get the air intake up and away from the factory intake in the fender that tends to suck up an ass load of dust kicked up from the front wheels. the latter does the same but is also designed to do water crossing's as well. a lot of factory mounted external intakes are just RAI's not snorkels, a lot of people mistake the factory RAI for a Snorkel and try to do water crossings with them and learn the hard way or are hardheaded and say snorkels are BS there on afterwards.

[@Colossalis]

The fact that garbage time didn’t make an appearance on this Aussie car video compilation is criminal

[@CarterDoesStuff73]

Real

[@WiddlPeppuwu-sx3rx]

Nah we would need ol mate james hes the real mechanic

[@mattriddiford7585]

Who???

[@theunknown7683]

We need some smelly Jeffy and some Tony

[@bodhithespoodergen]

@@mattriddiford7585this youtuber called dankpods whos basically the most chaotic thing ever

[@allhonesty848]

That was really cool. I especially like the dog chain oil filter removal. I'm gonna try that next time my filter gets stuck. I'm also adding "bogan" to my vernacular.

[@rossbrumby1957]

If you can undo a filter like that, you can undo it with your hands even easier.

[@elwoodroadsmusic9639]

Cars that have no business being in certain places got me. We used to do exactly that down south in WA. We had little Datsun 1200s and used to take them tracking down 4x4 tracks. End up at the beach and all the fourby guys were catching flies. If you got stuck you just lifted it out. We went some places!

[@AkSamurai69]

Just makes me want to get down under even more. Cheers, mates from Alaska

[@rhys5567]

Maybe come in Winter Brother.

[@AkSamurai69]

@rhys5567 which winter? We're in different hemispheres

[@MrNicvdb]

Awesome vid as always. Hope the Donut crew enjoyed their time here in our country! 🇦🇺

[@hasanalhasani]

You guys the the break we need on the our crazy world. Thank you for your awesome content and keep em coming boys 😂❤

[@Sam-lr9oi]

as far as seeing baby snakes irl because it isn't necessarily common, I saw a northern water snake in my yard in NJ a couple years ago just about that size, what a treat!

[@ObitoVXM]

rocky is a legend of the rotary scene here in australia, some of the street cars from his shop fetch upwards of 100k and he's built some of the fastest drag rotaries going around

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

Ayyyy, cool to see PAC on the show. Those guys *know* fast.

[@calvinthurston1441]

TWICE I have used my belt as an oil filter wrench! Works great!

[@damonmorris5590]

I love that last one it really sums up the ingenuity of Aussies

[@11regnartseht]

I like the chain on the oil filter trick. You can also poke a screwdriver through it for leverage, but that's pretty messy.

[@elisabethvisser8257]

I’ve seen someone taking a pt cruiser mudding. We had struggled to get our side by side to the point on the path that we passed him.

[@cameronphillips2992]

The hyundai issues were in the states too. Ours blew at 80k miles and we had a free rental for 7 months waiting on the dealership to get the new motor and turbo shipped and installed.

[@poot111111]

The first car isn't bliping the gas. It is very common with alcohol/ blown race drag cars with huuuge cams. They hunt while idling, combine that with shorter rear gears and you are left with a fast cars with poor idling manners.

[@ImpmanPDX]

Four wheeling with my parents in the 4 corners area there's an amazing number of "old Cadillac roads" that our Bronco II had some fun with.

[@joostin123]

Thats squatted AU Falcon was around the corner from my work in the Gold Coast for a while, funny seeing it here!

[@BoostedMonte]

Let’s gooo it’s always a good day when real mechanic stuff posts!!!!

[@UntamedImpala]

Bogan problems require bogan solutions

[@th3_only_blubbu]

They spend two more weeks we declare you two Aussies, hope you 2 are having fun here

[@jbstepchild]

That ladies positivity was an is what i need in my life she wasnt happy but wasnt mad an thats a keeper to me

[@chibacha21_CarBoi]

Nice to see you guys still here in down-under. 🙃I've noticed you're pretty close to where we are! We live 2 hours or so from Sydney in the Southern Tablelands, and you must've been in the Sydney Motorsport Park in Western Sydney, if I'm not mistaken. 😊

[@putnamehereholdmadoodle]

Hello Mr pac performance man. Been digging your builds for years. Keep yhem rotarys brapping

[@theangrypainter826]

I like that chain trick on the oil filter

[@bartfourie8359]

These videos with the mechanics are awesome and informative

[@aidenbealer8227]

i had to do something similar with an oil filter yesterday. we didnt have a clamp big enough to fit around, so i ended up puncturing the bottom to drain it, then driving a screwdriver into the filter with a hammer and using that as leverage to get it off

[@ErinTransOfGenders]

All this video did is confirmed my suspensions, Australia is absolutely wild haha. I love it

[@TheRealSykx]

suspicions

[@someyoungguy6990]

Truly shocking...

[@ErinTransOfGenders]

@@TheRealSykx it's a car video, I meant suspensions...duh

[@discovolante6624]

i live in Australia and i haven't seen anything like this, ive seen more insane stuff happen in America on youtube, its just one off things that you would see pretty much anywhere in the world when uploaded to youtube

[@FiGNewtonWilliamsJr]

Here in TX, we get snakes and black widow spiders in trucks all summer, just gotta be careful. also, the dog chain for the oil filter was good, but in a pinch, you can hammer a big screwdriver through it and turn.

[@GOICOBA]

This channel is really worth the time

[@ranwolf7650]

Years ago I owned a Ford Explorer, and I decided to change the oil myself. The oil filter was so tight the filter wrench I had couldn't make it budge, kept slipping. I ended having to use a screwdriver and a hammer to bust a hole through the filter and pry/twist the bastard out. Took me nearly an hour because of the way the filter was position I had very little room to work. Afterwords, I told my dad about my misadventure and he suggested adding small dents in the filter before installing them that way the wrench I had(It was the kind that had 3 fingers instead of a belt) would have a better grip. Tried that and so far it seems to work.

[@TheSnowbo83]

Been there done that went through too deep of a mud bog with my Jeep. Went through too deep fill the intake with water. Pulled the plugs, shot nasty water out by using the starter.... Dump some racing fuel, driving home and got about courts of muddy oiliness out of the oil pan... Drove it for another 60,000 mi before selling it

[@andyossie]

Funny you bring up the redback spiders in around the car wheels when my daughter's car has been parked in the driveway for months and now has redbacks around the wheels of her car 😅

[@SwangaSuiteAuto]

you guys should put the links to these videos in the description. I would like to see these videos in their entirety.

[@Valorsphere]

imma have to remember that chain on the oil filter trick

[@MikeHarris1984]

Kia dealers with blown engines... If thats the 2011-2013 that was made for just two models for like a year or so... somewhere in there... it was an engine where the pistons would burn holes through them... massive class action and they for some reason made the engine and next model year replaced it... so I think they KNEW the bad engiens and tried to quietly change stating more power or something.

[@natapper]

I have a Kia in the states with the same engine issue. Not just in Australia. I'm still waiting on a new engine, the issue is so common there's a long wait as they work through them. The dealer mines at now said there's a guy who's job is just replacing engines that seize from this and its a 1-2 month wait.

[@Chase-dc8uc]

As an aussie myself i highly recommend checking out bush mechanics which was an old show that showed how some ingenuity and intelligence you can make a car get anywhere.

[@Parents_of_Twins]

My wife and I went to Australia in 2005. We spent a day in Sydney a few days in the Blue Mountains and 4 days in Tasmania just driving around. It was awesome. Really nice people amazing scenery and when they label a trail 4wd only they mean it. We rented a Trooper in Tasmania and I was amazed how well it handled those trails. Not sure how the rental place would have felt about us driving on the trail but it did say it was a road and all the document said was we weren't allowed to drive off road. Gorgeous waterfall at the end of the trail so worth it. Wish we could get that car here in the states. Trooper was awesome. Plenty room for our luggage and still got like 25-30mpg with me driving 80mph, occasionally. What an amazing country and experience.

[@rossbrumby1957]

Nobody does 80mph in a troopy. Kmh your speedo was in. Also did you calculate US or imperial gallons for your mpg figures?

[@Parents_of_Twins]

@@rossbrumby1957 I was doing 140kph so pretty sure that's close to 80mph. It was a relatively new one so maybe a 2004 or 2005 model. I converted from liters per kilometer to miles per US gallon. I wasn't going that speed all the time by any means, I should have clarified that fact. Most of the time we were doing 50-60mph. We drove around most of the time and would stop and go look at stuff and walk. Then when it got dark we would hunt for a place to stay and that's when I would drive faster, with the exception of our last day there where we were trying to get to some park before dark and then I did spend a fair bit of time running between 125-140kph. Amazingly didn't hit any animals along the way. I was young at the time and should have been smarter.

[@Parents_of_Twins]

@@rossbrumby1957 Thanks for the comment I put occasionally next the speed so as not to imply that was my constant speed. Now the Audi A3 we rented in Germany that car did stay above 80mph pretty much constantly and still got 30mpg. We were driving on the Autobahn and I like driving fast. Got it up to 140mph for a while but spent most of the time circa 110-120mph on the Autobahn then 60mph, which feels like you are crawling after doing 120mph, on the side roads. My wife and I have been blessed and have had a chance to do some travel on our own and some partly off from her work. Hope that answered your questions.

[@heckin_dinosaw]

That LandCruiser clip, you can see that it's got a snorkel on it, but, I'd bet it's the factory Toyota raised intake which isn't sealed, and/or it just sucked water in through that drain hole that they showed at the end of the clip

[@infinity6450]

Good to see some more stuff that involves my fellow Australians.

[@TheSausage318]

I'd like to see more of these. Well done in the down under.

[@rybosaurus5664]

FYI: ‘Summernats’ not ‘Supernats’. Portmanteau of ‘Summer Nationals’ first held in 1987. ✌🏼

[@mausm7534]

I love this, I would watch the hell out of a "Normal Day in (Country/Area)" series.

[@Heather420]

I used to take my mini van up the mountain trails. The looks I'd get lol she drove the trails like a champ

[@opossom1968]

Australians are cool AF with their car culture.

[@Leonarco333]

The Kia engines wasn’t just an Australia thing. There are dealerships all over the states that have piles of crate engines

[@DaftViru5]

I'd love you guys to react to Canadian car chaos on our winter roads 😂

[@stevekenilworth]

my small city car, did have fiesta 2007 plate but current i20 they both do a bit off road at times. pick your lines right read the track good if you going to be on three wheels have just enough speed to get drive tyres back on the ground. been off road many times even in to forest never had damage or got stuck, calculated moves know what you drive and pick the lines what work best. loads fun and my car both city cars have prob done more off road than at least 90% range rovers in uk. small light weight fiesta was better less power but had diesel a french diesel and manual lowdown torque great and small diesel bit extra weight over the drive wheels can help, current petrol at 1.1 ton with tank fuel so very light it just requires small bit extra speed some times and for engine size torque is not bad for age only 30 nm less than my old diesel. good set summer tyres with high wet rating as lot places i drive can get 4 meters rain a year never really felt i struggled for grip. steep climb forest track side mountain mid winter had to clear fallen branch hand brake not work to slippy put it in to 1st engine off with hand brake on locks all 4 wheels all good just be quick just in case pops out gear but even 4x4 handbrake only locks rear wheels and was so slippy that would still had to leave it in gear too, same climb track ended at split to walking path to narrow so 3 point turn side mountain in the woods on wet mud track with inches to spare i got out damage free that my first week driving after passing my driving test. i get 40mpg if i drive careful only £35 a year road tax and parts cheap disks pads £60 a corner fitted, tyres £60 each. got 4x4 £500 a year tax, £150-200 tyre, and prob half mpg so it cost me more on something ive never needed my city car its surprising just where you can take it and careful and calculated moves you won't get stuck or damage and always have plan b and c as you might have to adjust. bonus most the time only 1.1 ton car, great fun twisty back roads and right conditions if left behind bmw m cars with 3x the power, lightness adds fun and great in corners with good tyres and brakes

[@ahha6304]

I remember Zach wearing Seiko 5 GMT (for people who don't know watch, GMT watch means watch with two hour hands) but this time he wore Apple Watch instead

[@BradGryphonn]

7:05 In 1986, I worked for an earthmoving company at a coal mine. During some downtime from driving my giant water truck, I convinced the mechanic to let me drive one of the brand-new Landcruiser utes they'd bought for site work. So I took it for a run around the earthworks...and decided to see how it went through water. There was a nice puddle at the bottom of one of the borrow pits, so I hit it at about 40km/h. Yeah, it wasn't a puddle. It was a metre-deep, 20-metre long trench used to collect rainwater drainage. The new ute didn't have a snorkel and after my escapade had some issues with the rods and stuff...apparently a few were bent...can't imagine why...The ute had about 700kms on the clock.

[@chriskarkk]

A friend of mine has a Kia that was out of warranty and the motor just seized, had a bit of a stuff around getting onto the right department but they replaced the motor on good faith and the dealership in Morayfield Qld looked after her.

[@jodiunger9425]

Diesel tech here, just thought id say, NEVER install spark plugs with an impact, that is a bad idea, I don't think I even need to explain why. Side note, if you ever work on a Ford triton engine they have spark plugs that are known for breaking during extraction than require a special tool and a lot of time to remove the broken section. An interesting trick to remove them without breaking every single time without fail is to use a impact, best method i've ever found so far.

[@Lurch-Bot]

3:10 The redback looks and sounds suspiciously like a black widow. You have to watch out for those in the Arizona desert when working on old cars or planes. Usually not fatal but not a pleasant experience getting bit by one. Rattlers aren't terribly deadly but the coral snake sure is. 4:15 came off the throttle abruptly or had a malfunction leading to sudden loss of power. An amazing save. Powered right out. 9:09 Of course we had to see that bogan with a Mad Max fixation...

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

Grandpa taught me, any disposable oil filter can be easily removed with a screwdriver in almost any tight space, its just a little messy.

[@GhostDrummer]

That last clip with the choker chain on the oil filter at night while barefoot was kinda impressive

[@dramoth64]

Removing tight oil filters 40 years ago... hammer a screwdriver through it and twist :D That choker chain one would have been great to know years ago.

[@dinglemccringleberry2293]

Aussies are on another level. Good peeps.

[@jordlinford7883]

The cruiser one is funny cuz the cruiser does have a snorkel (they come factory with them, I’m pretty sure) it’s the air box that is the problem

[@thedarkside2432]

love it - all the crazy shit is a normal day and all the normal stuff is crazy

[@kylewagenaar5786]

I live in Canada and my town has a hyundai dealership that is storing a ton of recalled engines in a swamp

[@liviubita4238]

Those videos are so entertaining that, even if they were 1 hour long, they'd still be too short!

[@dekatonkheir]

The aussie language is so beautiful. For instance, we dont say "wow, thats a nice car!" We say "TUFF STATO MAT"

[@gwick358]

I grew up in the country. Miles from town. The last clip is a perfect example. Whatever works.

[@kelvinelrick807]

Water crossings aren't the only thing snorkels are good for. They do a great job of cleaning dust before it gets to your air filter.

[@psychosis7325]

Best Aussie ingenuity I have seen is cap and rotor made from a roll of tape, some heavy gauge copper wire and a whittled stick. Can remember thinking the skill and precision to make that actually work not just run was pretty well beyond but few hours after hearing the story the old Digger rocked back up the shop and dropped em in my hand.

[@BackyardPodcasts]

@ 2:45 ya'll literally just described South Africa's version of Spinning!!😂😂😮

[@misterkite]

@6:15 Arizona has the "Stupid Motorist Law" where if you drive into a flooded wash, you will be billed for your rescue.

[@Bassplayermane]

Hell yeah! got Pac Performance on the donuts! those guys make some MEAN disco doritos

[@lukenash5261]

That red falcon with the five-poster on it is BNS baby 😎 BNS utes are about as Aussie as they come 🤘🏽

[@ryantoomraider8767]

Loved old mate saying the Summernats car was bogan until he saw the feral falcon Ute and changed his standards 😂