Car obsessions start 97 cents at a time

[@VINwiki]

No unexpected wildlife in this one, other than that mustache.

[@JamesSmith-qb5im]

lol.... He has that attitude that let's him get away with it tho.... well... almost.

[@TennesseeMatt]

That mustache is scarier than any snake...

[@Naturalchorus]

and the video isn't an ad today! hurrah!

[@CanadiansInCarsGettingCocky]

He was upset that it WASN'T purple! 😂🤣

[@2004RADMAN]

We need rabbit to show up with a razor strap and shaving cream. This guy is funny but he looks like a born star.

[@royalquartersconsultants3930]

"They don't make the Prowler in silver, they only make it in purple!" That reaction was GOLD 😂😂😂

[@sickwitit1835]

Lol my dad has a silver prowler!!

[@chowtownfoodreviews6679]

My son was in the hospital about a year ago he was very upset and sick the doctor gave him a yellow Lamborghini Miura (diecast) he was just so calm after that. Maybe the start of a car flipper lol

[@marknewman9430]

I read that the kid was upset that the doctor gave him a yellow lambo. Totally read that wrong but maybe green would hav helped haha

[@victorh5174]

lol i read it the same way, Mark. i was like damnnnn

[@TennesseeMatt]

Yes! I was a Matchbox and Hot Wheels kid, and still am. Don't think I'll ever "grow out" of it. And proud to say my son always wants to grab a car or two every time we go to the store. So the obsession lives on! And I share Doug's sentiment for REAL models and not the concept cars. Which is why I generally preferred Matchbox over Hot Wheels as a kid. Great video!

[@_clutchbite]

+TennesseeMatt *LITERALLY ME.*

[@CS-ks3yy]

TennesseeMatt hotwheels build quality seemed a bit higher but I was the same I hated all the fake crap

[@TennesseeMatt]

Yep, Hot Wheels always seemed a bit more "heavy duty" and matchbox were more real.

[@dna129]

Almost 30 and i stop always take a gander at the Hot Wheels section at the grocery store every week. I too, only collect the real world cars.

[@issuesexplained681]

Me too!! 😂

[@pwrightisright8611]

"Unexplained and irrational" - best description of the Prowler ever.

[@rabbits_used_cars]

He loves the Art Deco Mopars of the 90's and It also appears he wears the same size shirt from when he was 10 years old still ....... lol Great story Doug!

[@redram5150]

Rob Pitts Art Deco in the 90s?

[@rabbits_used_cars]

K ris the retro styling of the PT Loser and the Prowler

[@icanrunat3200mhz]

I did the same thing with Hotwheels/Matchbox and the carpet cities, with the same problems. Beam.NG drive is like the same thing in a video game, it's amazing. Realistic transmissions, trailers, open world cities, etc.

[@sgtaaronp]

Hey Rob, why is hot rod and happy hour not uploading to podcast anymore?

[@rabbits_used_cars]

Aaron Parker it should be. What site are you listening on ?

[@jeremyeast5297]

When Doug started talking about hot wheels, the first thing I thought about was how much I disliked the "concept" and crazy dragon cars. Then he said exactly what I was thinking. Even today my nine year old will always end up on the hot wheels isle and I will look for, and sometimes buy, cars that is a real car I always wanted. Hit the nail on the head Doug!

[@bandccoresohio]

I was the same way....all cars had to be the same size.....had buildings houses.... carpet city...tracks...small trains and tracks..tractor supply had model homes and farms the same scale as hot wheels basically...never liked the dinosaur shark cars....or anything fake looking....

[@LukeWhite15]

Hello kindred spirits! 😎 I was, and still am, the same way. Only the “real” cars. Still have many from my childhood (I’m 48 now). They’re in my son’s room now. He took good care of them.

[@mattizie91]

I don't like the concept cars either either, at least I didn't when I got older, but they make them because little kids (my younger self included), don't understand the difference, and go for whatever looks the "coolest" or most outlandish. By the time they're old enough to understand real cars, most kids have moved on from them, unless they make collecting them a hobby.

[@whatevernevermind5960]

This guy is like me when I was a kid. I loved playing w model cars.

[@dna129]

Doug sold me a Porsche GT3 filled with clay. Gonna need my money back.

[@cloudstrife293]

This video was already starting off good and the little Ed comment in the background made it great.

[@shoethecrew1640]

Told my son, realistic cars or no cars at all. We only end up with fake cars when the wife takes him shopping

[@bigospig]

"We" 😂😂😂😂

[@ThreeDaysOfDan]

maybe cause some of the fake cars are cooler.

[@trbstang]

That was my childhood too. Hot Wheels, roads, accidents, and realistic cars! And now, 50 yrs later, I collect Johnny Lightning and just about anything else Mustang. Great memories!

[@Collateral0]

Doug, ed, rabbit, and that viper guy always have the best stories.

[@sickwitit1835]

And the Valet guy!

[@leftmorningstar6954]

Haha! I love Ed in the background, “you can’t flip a Prolwer.” 😂😂😂

[@sickwitit1835]

MY DAD HAS A SILVER PROWLER lol it's very rare but they did make them! We also got the plastic bumpers painted to match the car color.

[@jjj4888]

This is the first video about matchbox cars that I have watched in probably 2 years. And my recommended feed is completely filled with Paw Patrol and Magic Little Driver. Why KZbin

[@ozzstars_cars]

I painted a lot of Matchbox cars back in the day. A Q-tip and a little jar of Testors. Bad results but I enjoyed doing it.

[@JC-11111]

I moved up to model cars and bad testors paint jobs lmao. Still have a 66 1/2 and a 98 Mustang somewhere from when I was 13, about 25 years ago. At 17, I got a real Chevy S10 truck and had it painted Midnight Blue Metallic, and took a pint of the extra paint home for touch ups down the road. I had the bright idea to paint one car with my can of Sherwin Williams automotive paint. Lol. I don't think it ever cured properly and stayed soft for years lol

[@jaked5651]

Ed, I really like the back and forth in the beginning. Ever thought of a podcast? Or even just like more stories where people talk back and forth?

[@austinmcwilliams5020]

Jake Dwinell YES! DO THIS!

[@tannerhoward3817]

I second this.

[@brettbilger1390]

"My name is Doug and I have a problem...I love...I love...well....I guess...ok, I am going to say it...I LOVE THE PROWLER!" [crowd gasps]

[@sickwitit1835]

Lol my dad's prowler is actually the sickest prowler I've seen. Stock ones are pretty weak looking

[@kEvInloLz09]

They need to re release a good version of the prowler with a hellcat engine

[@switchcars]

This.

[@dylanhigginbotham5441]

Nooo

[@donnysan]

Buy one and do the swap 😂😂😂

[@kEvInloLz09]

not worth the effort to me lol

[@GreenJeep1998]

There's one being converted with a HellCrate and apparently they are going to try and have it done for SEMA this year. For some reason they decided to stick a Powerglide behind the it with a LX diff back where the transaxle was instead of trying to fit a Corvette transaxle back in the stock location. Either way, the car supposedly will weigh in at 3100lbs......

[@dna129]

Recreating car wrecks with Matchbox cars, because Hot Wheels cars were too nice to do that shit to.

[@jamieround2072]

I HAVE DONE A FEW HUNDRED ( CRUMPLED STYLED HOTWHEEL'S & DIE CAST & ALL THE OTHER'S U PUT THEM IN YOUR DAD'S WOOD /METAL BENCH IN 1 OF THEM BOLTED DOWN BIG SCEW TYPE BENCH VICE'S U WILL CRUMPLE ANYTHING........LOL

[@Jonathan11225]

i was doing the same with Majorettes ones, i was doin the same as Doug, always choosing real model over prototype or non-existing vehicles ,and make real scenarios and such i stopped playing with die cast at age 12 that 15 years ago hahahhahahah i still have 90% of my diecast (around 500-600 of them) and i will give them to my son next year(he just turn 1 year old so too young for now)

[@parsaesteky]

THIS IS MY DRUG!!! 😂😂😂

[@Darkdude478]

"i just want to own one if only to go get icecream...once." isnt that the dream doug, Good story man!

[@PreMergerMerc]

So many facts in this video. Hhotwheels, trains, and construction vehicles. Using blankets with lines on them as the street 😂

[@JC-11111]

@@redrider7730 hey I was doing that in the 80's too! Glad to know I didn't invent it! Lmao. I was sitting here trying to figure out how to put it into words, which you so eloquently did for me lmao. My guys were stunt drivers. They liked to ramp from one mountain to the other, too!

[@WealthyWalnut]

Another Doug video, another iconic outfit.

[@LazyPorpoise73]

If Ed is ever in Texas near Houston I’d love too meet him! I’m 17, and love cars!

[@nysportsfan9680]

Such a great story, Im sure many of the car guys that watch this channel started they obsession with cars by trying to collect matchbox and hot wheels. I remember as a kid going to my local Shop rite and I would love getting all the new cars they had.

[@MrHondablink]

Now in my 40's I still have all mine from when I was a kid and still purchase some from time to time.

[@austinmcwilliams5020]

I like how Ed interjected not even a minute into the video.

[@maxxas5067]

Man, I remember the prowler. I've only seen two my whole entire life.

[@kyleglenn4893]

I still have a 97 cent car addiction lol

[@basithph8958]

I still collect Matchbox and Hotwheels cars always looking for the rare specials

[@SplitScreamOFFICIAL]

I like how you hear them in the background

[@LapoftheWorld]

I'm glad someone else was bothered by the scale issues vs the playsets.... "S" scale model railroad accessories, for the record, are also 1:64 scale.

[@shreyshah9266]

I’m 2 months away from being 20 and I still go around making real life scenes with my hot wheels and other scale models . I’m really happy seeing this video . It reminds me of my past days !

[@justinanderson8758]

I couldn’t tell you how many I have. It’s definitely in the thousands. My first one was the 1996 Mustang GT convertible in red. My first car is a real 1995 GT convertible unusually. I have well over 200 examples in original packaging and so many more than just matchbox and hot wheels. I have Majorettes,Yatmings, Maisto, Johnny Lightnings, you name it!

[@Aliensundercoverz]

That toy part with the clay, speaks to me in a primative level.

[@Zimbo1212]

You’re safe here I love Creed, C5 corvette, vipers and Prowlers too

[@dakkii234]

Amway on the side of that wrecker 😂😂

[@ae86hachi]

I've gotten into restoring vintage hotwheels and matchbox cars in the past few months as a hobby. The amount of custom wheels and tires available for 1/64 scale cars never ceases to amaze me. Greenlights, Kreauto, RealRiders... Those are just a few of the companies making wheels and tires for these cars.

[@LeadFarmer1597]

Hearing the background voices totally broke the illusion that Doug is telling me these stories directly

[@ale8oneboy]

Oh man. Brother? I once filled some Matchboxes with clay too. lol

[@dparker8419k]

I too and still love matchbox and hot wheels. I remember having like 600 or so when I was 11 and my grandma ended up getting rid of most of them.i restarted my collection. My tastes have been refined as I have aged. I will never stop collecting them

[@N54-]

I can’t believe you guys grew to 500k this fast! I remember subbing to you guys at 10k, congrats to all the team of vin wiki you guys deserve it

[@hectorpereira8510]

Theres a squirrel on his face

[@PintoPopProductions]

My first Matchbox Premiere car was a metallic teal ‘95 Mustang Cobra convertible that I bought at a swap meet. It was a big purchase for me at the time because I was a stingy kid who didn’t get an allowance. I would go to swap meets with my dad every few months and usually only bought one Hot Wheels or Matchbox car at each, with a budget of about $1 per car. I liked the Mustang Cobra enough to spend $5 on it. That and a couple of 1990s era Johnny Lightning muscle cars (‘68 GT500 and ‘71 GTO Judge) were my first taste of premium collecting in small scale. This video brought back a lot of memories of my early days of diecast collecting, back when I actually knew how many I had. Regarding real cars, it should be noted that two of my favorite Matchbox castings to play with were the Mercury Sable wagon and Volvo 760 GLE. I still have both well-worn originals in my collection.

[@COCarDude]

This one especially hits home. I was the same way, hated how fake the play mats were, and made my own. Loved customizing matchbox and hotwheels (especially with black, red, and metallic sharpies), and collecting the realistic ones. For me, I was obsessed with sn95 Mustangs (I still am, just the big ones) and collected the 95 Mustang Cobra Convertibles. I did have the purple matchbox prowler, and loved that one as well. Now, it seems Hotwheels makes more realistic cars, and Matchbox is struggling to exist.

[@JC-11111]

I still have mine. Every single one. And still buy them when I'm at Walmart or toys r us before they closed. Johnny Lightning has some really nice stuff. And rare ones, too. White Lightnings and Lightning Strikes and others that randomly show up at stores. They're pretty awesome.

[@guskipper1194]

Quiet on the set Ed!

[@willharris8632]

I passed my driving test today :)

[@mikemueller1745]

Damn it doug!!!!!!! The prowler is an all time dream car if mine. Now I'm gunna go look for one.

[@GreenJeep1998]

Round 2 just brought the snap together kit of the concept car back out in the past few weeks. The colors are all wrong and it's a bit pricy if you don't buy it from Hobby Lobby with that 40% off coupon, but it is available again

[@chazer200]

Ha ha ha ha, laughing still! Thanks for the memory, I completely relate!

[@griffithdidnothingwrong2115]

Awesome video, my obsession also started when my dad bought me a Ferrari Enzo hot wheels back in the day :) and to this day, that's my dream car !

[@acrvids]

This was SO MUCH like me as a kid with re-creating accident scenes and painting the cars! But one thing I remember is that Hot Wheels had a series of cars called "crackups" where they actually had spring loaded panels that would reveal crash damage.

[@v8vince761]

I didn't know Freddie Mercury's still alive

[@cadenmiller2788]

Legend has it right after this was recorded Ed started looking for Prowlers

[@TortoisesBL]

I used to have a huge collection of match box cars when I was like 7 or 8. I mustve had like hundreds saved up because I would always get a new one whenever I found them and had been doing so since I was 5. I was able to get them so often because they were all I ever asked for so my mom was happy to get them for me since they were fairly cheap and it's all she needed to do to keep me happy. Then when I went to move to another town we had moved them all into a big box with a lid and had them piled up with all the stuff we were moving out with and at some point they were stolen. We believed it was someone who lived in the same building as us but we could never prove it and it was devastating. It kinda stunted my car interest for a few years but now I am back to living cars and have even found a friend who I can talk to and discuss cars with.

[@UBeesh10]

My go to was always hot wheels. But, I really loved the matchbox premier line. I also loved a line called johnny lightning. They had all the cool 60s to 80s cars and were sooooo detailed! They were the best. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Cheers!

[@adampimentel9490]

i did the exact same with the matchbox cars, crashing them and making accident scenarios. I also have a little love spot for the prowler. I will always be a hot wheels and matchbox kid at heart!

[@James-nu7fh]

I remember trading Hotwheels when I was about 6 with friends at school, eventually ended up with at least 2000 1/64's mainly Hotwheels or Matchbox. Stopped buying 1/64's when I was around 10-11, stopped buying any diecast in fact apart from the odd one. Then when I was 16 I opened a bank account and started collecting 1.18's. Started with 4 now I have nearly 300 (i'm 19) mainly higher end ones like Autoart, I doubt i'll ever grow out of collecting model cars because even now I've have 2 real cars which I love yet still find myself on eBay every so often buying more models.

[@rwdplz1]

I remember building the AMT model kit of the Prowler when I was ~14, painted it purple of course. Was very surprised it was only a V6.

[@ivansvintsitsky8787]

I love Doug's stories. They're more relatable to me. I meet up with my cousins and friends in our old church basement for deals and hooligan activites

[@xmsteel]

I work at a Chrysler dealership in service and someone finally brought one in to be worked on. It was the kind of horrible yet amazing car dreams are made of. I'd hate to drive one daily, but it was a fun experience to drive it at least once.

[@rsubie]

I’m in Australia and I’m still collecting hot wheels/matchbox to this day. 1300 and counting. Just love the fact I can have these dreamcars to myself

[@kasper5688]

Dude! We used to throw rocks at matchbox cars to make them look like they crashed. now about 10 years later found out we did that to a r32 matchbox car so that wasn't so cool.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen8176]

Smashed my Ferrari F40 matchbox with my dads sledgehammer once when i was 7. Good times.

[@kasper5688]

It was fun then but now I honestly would love a timemachine to give a minor ass beating to my younger self

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen8176]

@@kasper5688 Same

[@sostrucking]

I also used a pellet gun on some and grandad's vice and hammer got a few. Gasoline and a match got a few til I got in trouble.

[@clintgliford9941]

Last time I was this early, I still thought the snake was fake.

[@Raditram]

omg that realism thing is so relatable to me lmao. When I grew up I always think "god damn why are these cars have this wonky wheel size" or "why are don't they have this detail on this car, it's so ugly". Little did I know how expensive these detail die casts are.

[@josecam0455]

In school but screw it time for d Mexican stiiiiig😂😂😂😂

[@isaaclyonsf1]

Lol

[@Thunderkorn]

Ed was like “ you couldn’t flip them” 😂😂😂😂

[@danstewart8218]

Loved this story!! thanks!

[@dirtshaman]

The best part of waking up, is Vinwiki in your cup.

[@thug_573]

I remember back when i was like 7to 9 years old something like that me and my father had like an agreement that every 2 weeks i could get 2 new 1-2 dollar matchbox cars, lo and behold my room was packed with matchbox cars and matchbox cars only after only a few years and i still have all of em stashed somewhere 10 years later.

[@jakethreesixty]

Holy crap, it was like him describing me as a kid, right down to the realism thing! I had a lot of the cars shown. Holy nostalgia

[@largefarva73]

My next door neighbor in the 90’s and early 2000’s have a daughter and son in law that both work for Chrysler R&D. They traveled to Alabama to visit their mom often, and would always be in a vehicle with manufacturer plates. They were always very generous in allowing me to drive vehicles, as they were instructed to do so in order to gain consumer feedback. Doug is right, folks were all about those PT Cruisers! I was allowed to drive a blue touring edition PT back in 98, early prototype car. The looks I got while in that car! If only they could have felt how boring it was. They came down one time in a blue Viper GTS around the same time, but unlike other times I wasn’t allowed to drive because the employees had to sign a form stating that they would be terminated if anyone but themselves were involved in a crash.

[@sambrandes3272]

I couldn't agree more. This has been me my whole life.

[@goodial]

Here in Switzerland it's a bit more difficult with the Matchbox / Hot Wheels passion and it is more expensive ... but it still lives on!

[@noscopesallowed8128]

haha I used my blanket for the "off road terrain" when I was younger. Lego was my go to cause I could build any car I wanted in any style. Man I'm gonna miss childhood. Good memories...

[@aswimming37]

At 2:29, I have the tHat exact IndyCar! It’s of my dads high school friend Scott Brayton!

[@andrewzboray2984]

first story to get interupted is literaly just Ed in disbelief haha i love ti "you couldnt flip a prowler new" immediatley met by two people "Yes You Could!" lmao i love it, "it was a boomer dream car" "YEAH RIGHT" hahaha so good

[@hheythered]

My all time favorite toy car I finally found was the General Lee, searched high and low for that thing.

[@matthostetler5422]

I felt the same way back in the day. Couldn't care less about the weird rocket shaped hot wheels with crazy paint jobs but I'd take the real looking cars all day. I always loved pulling one out of the package to find it had working suspension. Usually it was only trucks that had that, I don't remember finding any hotwheels like that, usually it was matchbox. I still have a red late 90s regular cab Dakota with suspension somewhere with quite a few miles on it. I've also taken a hammer to a few cars trying to get that wrecked looked. I mastered the fresh out of the crusher look, never could get one wrecked and drivable. Even buried a few in the garden trying to recreate an unrestored car but that didn't work either. I also remember taking sand paper to one and leaving it in a cup of salt water for a few days. Glad I wasn't the only little kid obsessed with scale realism on vehicles.

[@koalafan1455]

I’m about 14 and still collect them and I have this same mentality. Well I do lik hot wheels too but I also restore and sometimes sell old hot wheels and matchbox

[@jamesmullins7705]

lol i have so many toy car channels in my recommended now thanks WINwiki

[@redram5150]

Agree 100% about 90s Chrysler. They were on fire. Began the decade with Iacocca at the helm, kept creating very stylish vehicles ahead of their time. Edward Herman narrating every commercial didn’t hurt either

[@MianCowell]

Vinwiki needs some head-to-head discussion videos.

[@911Tger]

There was the Hot wheels, the Matchbox, the Micro Machines... and the king of realism, Johnny Lightning. I collected all, only kept a select few JL cars...

[@Timothyboland1995]

Wow, I did the same stuff with matchbox cars when I was a kid! Down to stuffing clay in some of them.

[@Sherando2013]

This brings me back to my childhood

[@gagemcintyre3207]

another full series down lol watched the whole series in 12 hours!!! on to the next

[@JT-qd6uc]

This was one of the top videos imo lol love it👌🏽

[@vicmiller2884]

As a kid I would call car manufacture's and get flyers and books sent to me and waiting for the mail to come and spending hours looking and reading them. To this day whenever I get a car all try and pick up as much info as I can and place it in truck in nice box. I bet you guys have same story as me.

[@ThatDrummerBen]

I cannot believe how much I can relate to this. Trading, only wanting realistic cars, pretty much relate exactly to everything but his love for the prowler 😂

[@kbdadriftking]

Last time I was this early.. Ed was still complaining about a product that worked.

[@justinmccabe19]

Just for everyones reference on the prowler. The cheapest one on Autotrader in Canada is in Guelph(about 1.5 hours from Toronto) for $39,900. So about 33k american? It's a 2002 with 18,000km or 12,000 miles.

[@RMoribayashi]

After a few similar encounters, mostly surrounding gifts from aunts and uncles, my mom probably would have seen it coming and said something like "If it's not what you expected at least act like you like it. You know, like you did with Aunt Agnes's sweater last Christmas.."

[@MiniPiggieMinecraft]

AGAIN I LOVE YOU VINWIKI

[@jaked5651]

"Your Prowler is in" something Doug hopes to hear again!

[@1truerodney]

I spotted a Porsche GT3 outside a restaurant and was asking my friends to take my picture standing next to it when this older gentleman dressed very flamboyantly, accompanied by a very young lady wearing very little, walks up to get into the car. He let's me look around and even inside the car and is very nice but also kind of dismissive of the car. Then he said something that blew my mind. He said very proudly "man if you like this you should see the purple prowler I have at home!" It was at that point I learned that you just can't buy taste.

[@harrybircham8869]

Man, I used to have that shirt! Awesome video as always

[@jakemoritz3102]

I identify with this story on such a painfully deep level