Columbo's Car | Columbo

[@healer378]

I laughed so much. You know after a hard day of work seeing just his car episodes brings the light of the day back.

[@alaalfa8839]

They forgot the episode with McGoohan playing a rich agent. He asks This is your car? Interesting model.

[@5610winston]

Remember the episode with Robert Vaughn and a couple of others riding in the back seat, Columbo riding shotgun and Dennis Dugan driving?

[@quietprofessional3608]

Tells the dude wait a minute while he fishes through his pockets to make sure he can cover the gas 😂

[@Seregium]

And telling nothing about his sigar on a gas station!

[@FenrisTheMannis]

Keep it rolling lol

[@jamessawyer8889]

As a car enthusiast I can tell you that the Citroen SM that pulls up at the gas station was Motor Trend Magazine’s car of the year for 1972 which was a first because it was the only time a foreign car won the coveted award

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I've driven one- it was amazing experience. Friends own them and the maintenance must be taken very seriously but they are very reliable and man, what a ride! A French Ferrari for sure.

[@Alakwe]

@@lawrencelewis2592 owned these back in the day actually a very smooth ride for the time

[@DopravniPoradce]

Came here to make a similar comment. 😂 Iconic car. Moreover, it's the US gas station with only French car on it. 😂

[@kevincarlson668]

My favorite car,SM's are a wet dream.I at least had my mom's handed down Peugeot 505.Great car,incredibly reliable,but nowhere near as intriguing as the SM,DS,CX or XM.

[@NicholasGuccione]

His car is perfect for him. Unassuming, and yes, reliable.

[@Maninawig]

Just a little rough around the edges.

[@Relkond]

Reliable, yes. Your right turn signal is out, the high beam doesn’t work and the smog device is leaking. One of the wipers is out too (it was working yesterday…) To say noting of the passenger door, and the times it stalled or failed to start.

[@NicholasGuccione]

@@Relkond A guy who was bumbling and fumbling, forgetting if he brought the proper papers, late, tired, eating eggs at a crime scene with too many egg shells, seemingly "clueless", silly, uncouth, disheveled and aggravatingly persistent? Yes. Did he get his perp? Yes. Did the car help get him to where he needed to be at the end of the day? Yes. Therefore, BOTH reliable. Defense rests.

[@Alystas]

Yeah those old Peugeot are bulletproof, they'll run poorly much longer than most cars will run at all and you can fix them with a hammer and some scrap metal.

[@bobkarafin]

The car matches his old raincoat PERFECTLY…

[@LearnMoreDoBetter]

watching this when my car is at the repair shop...and waiting ...to be ripped off.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

Columbo is one of the greatest television shows of all time. Peter Falk was terrific in everything he was ever in,but Columbo will always be his signature role. I have the complete series on dvd. Peter Falk hand picked the 403 out of all the cars on the Universal lot. It was truly a perfect match for his character. It made me sad to see it get more run down and beat up as the series progressed. I read the original was kept by the beach and rotted away. Columbo and Rockford Files were the best universal shows in the 1970’s.

[@samizannad1844]

I see you know the story quite well

[@justinturley4818]

You take care of your car it will take care of you. Columbo's right, my dad has had a 1995 FORD F-150. Bought it used in 1998. He's had that truck for nearly 20 years and it still runs great. So if you've had a truck/car for nearly 20 years, took care of it, and make sure it runs right then it will certainly take care of you.

[@barryscott3327]

I was given a little 1997 peugeot 106 recently and it runs like new paint is very good aswell needs 2 new drive shafts and that's it one is knocking and the other is too short

[@kathyyoung1774]

A Ford F-150 will run forever with halfway decent maintenance.

[@marshalastovall4270]

2001 Chevy Cavalier just hit 300,000 miles and he still turns right over and runs on all four cylinders!

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

I Have a 1988 Audi Coupe with 400 000km to it. Great piece of engineering, restored recently And It still looks amazing. Has left me on The Road only once when oil filter blew. Otherwise everything has Been broken but somehow working

[@Capa978]

Yes. It's a Peugeot 403 Cabrio, from the 60's. Very exotic, and expensive now, if you find it for sale...

[@abdulsalim8900]

Best colombo

[@Romulan2469]

It's a piece of junk.

[@denisetrine3066]

And the convertible was very rare.

[@5610winston]

It was a fine, stylish car in its day, and despite appearances, they did not respond well to neglect. I had a friend whose Mom had a 403 sedan, and it was in the shop more than his Dad's Mercedes 220S.

[@melkuspinot3678]

72 000 euros now !

[@boulejazz]

My dad had a 1961 Peugeot 403 sedan. 4 speed on the column. He drove it on the LA Freeways for 6 years and put 150,000 miles on it. Never broke down.

[@Mark_Proton]

Jeremy Clarkson posited that Peugeot were always the best at what they set out to do. Best salt grinders. Best bicycles. Best artillery shells. Then they set out to make the best reliable cars. In the 80s they set out to make the best fun cars. Then in the 2010s they've decided to make the best worst cars and they have nailed it.

[@dinky19810]

I can watch this all day.

[@JUANIBOTERO]

So can I

[@ch33rfulness]

“There are limits mate, you know…” 🤣

[@tady64]

Listen ,Mr. I remember your car.😂😂😂

[@lunatic7700]

his car is one of the best running joke of the film history !

[@chucku00]

The current value of this model, Peugeot 403 Cabriolet, is around 70000€ / $80,000. And this very car might be easily 3 or 4 times this value if it still exists... not bad for a _vieille guimbarde!_ And certainly a better investment than any NFT. Oh, I forgot : Serge Sauvion really nailed the French dubbing of our dear lieutenant.

[@eltfell]

This very car still exists - in Florida.

[@NigelMott]

Seen an identical one in Switzerland for 85,000 EUR a

[@Mark_Proton]

@@eltfellthe screen used car rotted away years ago because it was left near the ocean and was flooded.

[@HelloKindWorld]

4:00 That's a common problem on those Peugeots, the start up sound effect keeps getting muted before the engine fires.

[@joeyelite348]

Especially if that start up sound effect is a old dodge starter

[@KainRazielMT]

@@joeyelite348 Yeah.. No clue why they did that. All they had to do was disconnect the spark plugs and it would have given for a much more convincing "failure to start".,

[@onemorething123]

"My wife' has a car but it's nothing special" God bless Mrs. Colunbo, lol!

[@Valmontst]

Makes one really curious as to what type of a car Mrs. Colombo had, or if there was even a Mrs. Colombo to begin with! 😉

[@borutix]

Just transportation

[@photosrain4351]

The car had no engine when he picked it for his show. That Chrysler starter gives hint to a 318 chrysler in a french car!

[@AROBASPARK]

The remarkable journeys of Columbo and Old Reliable.

[@artytoons]

To The Columbomobile to catch today's special guest star villain.

[@peterm1826]

the cop who pulled columbo over @3:26 is Bill hickman he was the driver of the black car in movie Bullitt and was driving the station wagon following James Dean when James Dean was killed

[@michaeljames4904]

Also did all the car/train chase driving in _The French Connection_ while playing the Fed who trades blows with Hackman too.

[@5610winston]

2:50 notice that the green car that pulls up to the pump is also a French car, A Citroen-Maserati "SM". How many of THOSE do you see these days? I've seen a Peugeot 403 in traffic since I've seen an SM. The SM is an incredibly sophisticated, beautiful and luxurious model, but not tolerant of any degree of casual attitude on maintenance. DOHC V6, two valves per cylinder, if I remember correctly, three two-barrel Webers, transmission and axle ahead of the engine, Citroen's famous hydro-pneumatic suspension, five-speed manual (automatique optional).

[@Apis4]

It was a car that never truly attained the vision of it's creators... as is the story of every Citroen since the DS. That six was meant to be a Maserati V8.... Citroen bought Maserati JUST to make this car.... but they got scared by French Government regulations that made cars with large engines pay higher taxes on their registration and insurance. This meant they went with the a V6 made by simply making a clone of the Massa 8 with two cylinders less, which is never good (as opposed to making an all new engine, or just using the 8).... they also balked on the transmission the public was crying out for, the 5 speed was good, but could be better, but they opted for an auto way too late, in the final years, 74/75, and it was not a great one, though Borg could have made them one which was... they also made some smoother bodied lower profiled coach built show cars, a proposal for a sedan, and initially talked about making the lwb Landaulet they made as the French State Car a low volume production affair... and the public was frothing for these.... yet they never materialised. It was, like the XM and CX.... a car that was meant to be all things... or a lot of things.... but never quite got there, because they could not commit to being ... specific. This car should have been a high powered V8 GT, with coupe or sedan body options, with a better auto optioned from the get go, that could also come as EWB luxury Saloon, with Laundalet upgrade, as an optional choice. It should have been so without consideration to regulations domestically, or unit cost. They had made such a name on the back of the brilliant 2CV and legendary DS, they COULD have done this, and made the CX all the other things this was meant to try to be. Wonderful car, but as said, like the CX and the XM, it is also a story of a car that fell short

[@5610winston]

@@Apis4 Still a great car.

[@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317]

The main difference was that the Citroen SM was a complex car which required not one but two types of special mechanics, one for the suspension the other for engine. SM should stand for Special Mechanics in this case, the 403 was a much simpler car. And when Peugeot bought Citroen it ended production of the SM.

[@goodnamesareallgone1]

If anyone lucks out and sees that car at the scrap yard: buy it. The convertible 2-door models are worth a lot. The four door ones not so much though.

[@GladiusTR]

I hear from another video that only 2000 were built

[@ericrojas3200]

Simply amazing show....funny without too many words...

[@johnnyreed8537]

Columbo says " my wife's car is nothing special. It's just for transportation"... I'd sure like to see it😂😅

[@Alystas]

I think we saw it in one episode, it's some mid 70's regular ford I think

[@5610winston]

I believe the episode was _Columbo Goes To College_ and the car is described in the dialog as a '75 Ford, but what we see is a '68 Falcon Futura coupe.

[@Valmontst]

I would also love to know what type of car she supposedly had, or if there was ever even a Mrs. Colombo to begin with? 😂

[@5610winston]

@@Valmontst 1979-'80 There was a sort of spin-off series (13 episodes according to Wikipedia) _Mrs Columbo_ morphed into _Kate Loves a Mystery_ starring Kate Mulgrew. In the pilot episode the title characterremarks over the phone that she needs to run some errands, and looks sadly out the window at the Peugeot. I believe that in later episodes she drove a Ford Pinto or its twin, a Mercury Bobcat, I believe a hatchback, but it may have been a wagon. There were kids. The complication here is that Kate Mulgrew would have been in her early twenties if she the character had been _that_ Mrs. Columbo.

[@floydlooney6837]

I remember my dad always getting $2 in gas in the 80's. Sending one of us in to pay.

[@Aethelhald]

Where I live in the UK we were still doing that all the way up until 2000. Kind of a poor area. Wasn't uncommon to see people getting £1, or even less - just enough to get you to your destination and back. I remember my uncle once putting in 60p (60 cents).

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I started driving in 1973. It cost 3 dollars to fill a VW. Ten gallons for 3 bucks- you do the math.

[@fiandrhi]

They really needed to pay Columbo more.

[@aenzilay7939]

Columbo*

[@fiandrhi]

@@aenzilay7939 thank you.

[@pressureworks]

There are limits, mate.

[@cottagechskitty]

The Alleged Car. I love that the revival used the same car. Literally the same car

[@andrewdrabble8939]

cottagechskitty. I heard that they had to pull the car out of the water when Columbo was revived as it had been dumped there after it was finished with

[@5610winston]

Oh, no. It was de-acquisitioned and the young couple who bought it put enough time and effort in to make it street-legal (you will remember that in one episode Columbo drove it into the back of something in Mexico, and knocked the headlights out) and replaced the canvas top, probably shampooed the basset out of the upholstery, but left it otherwise just as they had bought it. They were, according to the story I heard, delighted when the show was revived and offered the car to the studio. Execs were dubious about the authenticity, but when they ran the serial number (it was built before there were today's 17-digit VINs) they were able to identify it as the original.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

@@5610winston The 17-digit VIN became mandatory in 1981. Some 1980 cars have it but it wasn't mandatory until 1981. I've suffered selling older cars on EBAY where it tells me _"invalid VIN."_ A shortcoming of their software.

[@LearnerChess]

Peter Falk had two of them - one as a backup in case there were any problems with the better one. Not kidding. ROFLMHO

[@5610winston]

In _The Long Dark Teatime Of The Soul_ Kate Schechter's Citroen 2CV was called "the alleged car". Where did Douglas Adams come up with that?

[@candymountainn]

I had a wiper snap off in the driveway and when I saw the metal arm going back and forth, the clip at 7:40 immediately popped into my head. Couldn’t stop laughing

[@alaalfa8839]

This is the best series maybe because of the humor. His car that doesn't work, the dog that doesn't listen to him. He said My dog listens to my commands. When I say stay, he stays there. :))))

[@simontaylor2319]

I read there 2 identical 403 cabriolets, which were alternated during the 128? Episodes. We had a saloon version in the late 50s. Luved it

[@RamonaHaygood]

That Columbo is a riot. 😅😅😅😅😅

[@masterskrain2630]

I remember taking the Universal Studio tour years ago and seeing the Peugeot parked in the lot with other studio vehicles.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.” Thomas Wolfe.

[@francisclause9307]

What a character!!!! An American cop driving a French automobile!!!

[@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317]

Just like the mentalist.

[@davidbakin1953]

Say what you want - this car was _easy_ to get in and out of! Have you ever seen a modern car whose doors open as wide as at 4:37 ?

[@jamielancaster01]

In some episodes his 403 has a light tan top and other episodes it has a darker top.

[@pupaepedorra]

I never understood why they tried to use his peugeot as a joke, we have peugeots here in Argentina (also fords, chevy and so) sure, his car was old already, but those peugeots are extremely reliable and sturdy, they do not consume much and will hardly fail, even in winter. My grandfather had one of those same model in in the early 60's, it was light blue and with the whole metal roof, there was also a pickup version.

[@OmegaRC59]

Cars were changing quite rapidly and still do in the US, and anything out in California's going to have both a lot of ocean moisture and heat to worry about, so I can imagine a car like that would start needing serious maintenance later in its life if it wasn't super well maintained. I don't know if the average car age is a lot older in Argentina, but as someone from Arizona in the US I really hardly see any cars earlier than 20 years old unless they're classic cars. Most common really old car I see on a regular basis is very old Ford trucks

[@pupaepedorra]

@@OmegaRC59 well that sounds VERY familiar to me, but you still see some rare "strays" now and then. Classics are also present here, as prized posessions and bragging material.

[@delanorrosey4730]

Because Columbo's Peugeot 403 cabriolet had a bit of small charm and class. A funny little, unsuspecting car I bet Columbo would've bought for very cheap. But like Columbo, unassuming of the populace - a diamond in the rough.

[@MyLateralThawts]

Kept seeing the car during the tour at Universal Studios. Haven’t been back in a few years, but suspect it’s still there.

[@Bydesign777]

I had a Peugeot 405 myself

[@thegirlwiththekittytattoo1756]

uhhh, so Columbo (oops autocorrect before) says Ridgeway Drive, and the other cop answers with a "Ridgewood Drive"? Oh.

[@JohanLebbing]

At 0:35 and 7:40 you`ll see it has on it`s dashboard a iron or some other material (all the way from the right to the left). Is that for heat or something to hang???? It bothers me a very long time.

[@davidbakin1953]

I just was going to ask that question - I figured this was the exact right video to ask it on. Hope we get an answer!

[@JohanLebbing]

@@davidbakin1953 Still don`t know what it`s for..............do you know it????

[@rogueranger-vq9ch]

God bless Larry Storch. Still alive after all these years. 97

[@MilouTintin]

Larry Storch? Peter Falk!

[@SciTrekMan]

@@MilouTintin Larry Storch plays the Driving Instructor in this clip.

[@martinetarchamp1158]

Il est unique comme sa voiture 😘😘🤩😘

[@TheSchmed]

Is that Larry Storch ? Corporal Eggarn.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

I have an 86 Chevy dually. Bought it new. Still plugging along. Speedo broke at 47,000 miles so I don't know how many actual miles. 300,000 or so I guess. Been coast to coast at least 4 times and was my daily driver my last 11 years in the Marine Corps.

[@Channel205UK]

Peugeot 403 ❤

[@senorkaboom]

The only other car I can think of that would have been a good Columbo car is a 1959 or 1960 Rambler American.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

Triumph Herald Convertible.

[@5610winston]

DKW 3=6, '57-'58 Studebaker Scotsman, Borgward Isabella, Willys Jeepster? no, Jeepsters are well-known and generally accepted as cool. Now a '52-55 Aero-Willys would be seriously funky and nobody would remember it.... Or a Hudson Jet or a Henry J...

[@kathyyoung1774]

My ex had a 1960 Rambler. The floor rusted out, and the accelerator pedal fell out and was lost. We used a toe to push on a knob on the floor to drive. We got soaked with muddy water when it rained. He kept saying, “The Rambler is a good car. It just needs a little work done on it.” It needed the radiator cap jacked up and a new car driven under it. It was finally towed to a recycling center when the city made us get it out of the yard. R.I.P. 1960 Rambler American.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

We had one that my older brother and sisters drove on one section of the highway and the speedometer would go up to 120 mph as it was accelerating since it had a bug in it. I was maybe 4 or 5 and that was a great time. BTW no seat belts so we'd climb onto the back of the seat to watch it move.

[@kavinskysmith4094]

they did that for Third Rock From the sun, and now that you mention it and how similar it looks to the Pegeuot, I wonder if that was intentionally a call back to this.

[@threeparots1]

Sounds like a Dodge starter in there.

[@agiar2000]

I grinned at "I got over 100,000 miles on that car." as I considered how, about 40 years later, the car on which *_I_* have 100,000 miles would be built. :)

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Ah yes....to break the monotony of TV Detectives with fancy cars... Columbo has a model that is unphotogenic and full of flaws! (But never belittle the guy's brains when he's on a case.)

[@brettsinclair1521]

Excellent video! Many thanks. 2:55 is another French car, a Citroen. What episode is the $3 scene?

[@sunilphalakdhari3869]

As a Renault owners, because French....i am delighted of Columbos taste in cars.

[@malbig2344]

I think that that driving instructor is the best-casted actor in any movie ever.

[@Valmontst]

Isn’t that actor Larry Storch? I think he mostly played comedic roles.

[@Broeckhoest]

my wife has got a car, but that's nothing special, only transportation..

[@5610winston]

As I recall, her car is a '68 Ford Falcon Futura coupe, gold or green, shown in one episode where the murderer was trying, rather clumsily, to plant evidence for a frame if memory don't prove me false.

[@5610winston]

@Barbara Jolley Yes, but Broekhoest was not talking about Columbo's car. His wife's car was described in dialogue as a '76 Ford, but the only car I have seen in two episodes was the Falcon. I know from '68 Falcons. I bought one at an estate sale, drove it for years. Yes, Columbo drove the Peugeot (which made a cameo appearance in the first episode of the all-but-forgotten Kate Mulgrew show, Mrs. Columbo). Character must have been a masochist with deep pockets.

[@5610winston]

@Barbara Jolley I had a neighbor who had a 403 sedan, her husband had a pontoon-fender Mercedes sedan, and as I recall, her son had a two-stroke SAAB.

[@blbcr8767]

@@5610winston I believe you are right about her car. I think her car was also shown at the end of "Columbo goes to College". Is that correct?

[@5610winston]

@@blbcr8767 Probably, a couple of frat-rats trying to pin the murder of their professor who was about to flunk the one out whose father had said he was going to disown him if he screwed up one more time....

@2:55...................a Citroen SM driver helps out

[@antman5474]

...class act I thought. A Panhard ct24 would have been cooler

[@paladin1758]

Is that a requirement?

[@MrTransalpin]

This is an European Cars Vintage festival: -VW beetle -Peugeot 403 -Citroen SM designed by Robert Opron

[@zacharycat603]

I know a couple detectives and they never drive their own cars on the job.

[@alaalfa8839]

This guy is smart nobody can steal the car, he has the best alarm system ugly car with no value. But today police would probably not allow using old cars.

[@Max-xr9bx]

3:04 fallen cigar near Columbo? is it a mistake???

[@john-mi1ud]

al bundy , columbo, thatcher, seinfeld...what a time to be alive was 90's...

[@susanb2015]

Columbo was the 1970s. They did some more episodes a decade later but they weren't as good. Al Bundy couldn't wipe Columbo's boots.

[@ssshhclos405]

Keep it rolling Keep it rolling… LMAO

[@ratkooporonty]

- Look at this! It was just re-run! - I would take it back. I'll help you change the wheel. -The spare wheel is in the garage. - How cunning! If you get a flat tire at home, it's at hand.

[@dominiquecontant1254]

It is well kown that the car comes with the french actor Roger Pierre who visited the US and left it.

[@rubenski_415]

They didn't include the scene where he drives his car to get to his next destination, only to drive in reverse half a block!!

[@Jbobloochjr3]

3:35 exactly right

[@kcmurphy7367]

3:58 - That sounds like an old Dodge/Plymouth starter! Some sound effects guy got a little lazy!

[@LearnerChess]

Good onservation, but do you know what a 1959 Peugeot convertible, Model 403 sounds like? Only 504 of them were made, thank God.

[@kcmurphy7367]

@@LearnerChess It sounded a lot like this - much more muffled. Chances are the sound effects crew dubbed over the louder starter sound to emphasize the car troubles.

[@LearnerChess]

@@kcmurphy7367 Oh, I was just commenting for good-natured fun. Besides, I always wondered about that car. Was very surprised to know only 504 of them were made. You seem to know a lot about being a mechanic, and I know a little about filmmaking. I doubt Peter Falk even turned the key when they filmed that scene. As you mentioned, the sound effects crew took it from there.

[@kcmurphy7367]

@@LearnerChess I just realized that the link with the actual 403 starter didn't stay in the comment! All in good fun!

[@anthonyducoutumany6585]

@@LearnerChess 2050 were made

[@TheToonMonkey]

Why does the soft top keep changing from dark to light? I thought it was the same car throughout.

[@zainaman710]

This was me and my first car

[@Zzznorch]

Corporal Agarn: Who says I am dumb 😂

[@toddkeller8091]

I wonder whatever happened to that car it's got to be in somebody's collection somewhere

[@raypurchase801]

Where is this car now?

[@talkswithhandswhisper649]

no courtesy from chp? same for firefighters too

[@BrunoLeBoss]

Did they use the same car for all episodes? (Because the side mirors changed place over the years. Maybe it's just a change made by the owners.)

[@provencalbreton5953]

Les voitures françaises : les meilleures, obviously xD

[@pressureworks]

I'll remember your car ! Well, we all certainly will as well !!!!

[@alaalfa8839]

His car is the biggest car alarm system....nobody can steal it. Because nobody wants a trash can.

[@peterkincaid6406]

Did not know that it was 2 tone. May be patch up !!!??

[@rogeredmonds5158]

This car in real life did not have a engine in it. It was found in the studio back lot.

[@ThisLifeisaParade]

Where's the one episode were security mistakes it for a "stunt car?"

[@martinetarchamp1158]

Toujoursxson genre baba cool j adore 😁😁😁

[@ericrojas3200]

And very smart leutenant

[@blueman1904]

I wish Peugeot was in the North American market again.

[@GeorgiRusev]

Peugeot 403 Made in France.

[@5610winston]

8:00 "...smog device is leaking..."? Of course, in the People's Republic of California, the nanny-state....

[@Matt_from_Florida]

Thing is, that old Peugeot didn't have any smog devices!

[@DimT670]

As opposed to what, letting a malfunctioning car on the road In my day people uaed to incoherently yell nannu state to less mundane stuff than this. Guess people are more reactionary to logical rules now. Or more stupid

[@richelliott9320]

Crime is so low in California cops can be used to check cars. Maybe I’ll move there

[@mamadetaslimtorabally7363]

$3.55 of petrol? Would that be the same now in the year 2018? O gosh! How cheap life was back in the olden days although it was still hard to earn money.

[@reald542]

Back then people was getting 2 dollars a hour lol

[@mamadetaslimtorabally7363]

Ya you are right. I agree with you. However, life was still better in the 1970's. I was about 12 years old in the mid seventies. I watched Columbo back then. And can you imagine, I didn't even speak English back then, because my mother is creole. I am from Mauritius. Unreal, innit?

[@5610winston]

And you could get real tetraethyl lead, too. No burned valve seats.

[@kathyyoung1774]

When I started driving, gas was 19 cents a gallon. I made 50 cents an hour. And bought a house for $6,000. Inflation.

[@amascia8327]

Painful...

[@dr.leftfield9566]

He can find the murderer before you finish your breakfast but can he find a Lexus dealership can he .......

[@thomassaehler9038]

Larry Storch...F Troop

[@Zolega89]

I always thought it was a Mercedes-Benz

[@hflivares1824]

Just seen a grey one at 83000€

[@Max-xr9bx]

haha here in Europe is really not expensive, Im from Italy and I found one for 2000 € only!

[@rickrick5041]

Columbus has always been my favorite. It’s too bad when it started in the 50’s like this one it was less than 10 minutes long for the whole show. They leave out a lot of details. Later they were as long as half an hour which was a great improvement. The TV had just been invented in the 50’s so the TV sets were a lot smaller so they couldn’t handle longer shows

[@ChrisJones-tp5ek]

For starters do you mean "Columbo" not "Columbus'? This show has nothing to do with "Christopher Columbus" also the show didn't start until 1968 with the first pilot episode, then the second which is from 1971!!!! This episode is from 1974 so it was way after the 50's!!!! All the episodes were between 1 hour and 10 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes long!!!! They were never just 10 minutes long then changed to 30 minutes as there wouldn't be enough time to develop a story!!!! I don't know what you're on about when you say "TVs were a lot smaller in the 50's so they couldn't handle longer shows" It might help if you buy the dvd box set and check your facts first!!!! Everything you have said is unutterable rubbish and you don't know what you're talking about!!!!

[@rickrick5041]

@@ChrisJones-tp5ek I’m pretty sure I’m right. Check and you will see the TV’s in the 50’s were very small. Then check the size today

[@lawrencelewis2592]

@@rickrick5041 That is so true! I was around in the 1950s and I sure recall the short shows on the little TVs. My parents told me about how when they first got a TV in 1949 and shows were only 3 minutes long and how when you saw a show, it was like looking through a telescope on account all the screens were round. I salute you- you are a bullshitter after my own heart!

[@rickrick5041]

@@lawrencelewis2592 I’m glad there is at least one person who lived the times and agrees with my well researched expositions. Columbo would be great in longer shows too and the TV's today can handle it because as I've said the TV's now are way bigger and some are in color. I sold my black and white TV set 3 years ago and bought a new all color big 15" TV with all the trimmings but now want to buy the old one back because I like watching the 50's black and white movies on TCM and the 8 minute music videos like Be Bop a Loola. A British company has created the world's biggest TV, leapfrogging the previous champ by almost 20 feet. The Zeus, from Titan Screens, measures a full 370 inches diagonally - and costs well over a million bucks. It stretches 27 feet across diagonally. The dollar amount is obviously eye-catching, but let's not ignore the physical mass of the TV. ... It's 27 feet across diagonally and weighs more than 2,000 pounds. The Titan Zeus - $1.6 Million This TV is definitely something you should remember since it's currently the largest TV in the world. The screen size is 370 inches which means that you might need to expand your house to be far away to enjoy this massive screen fully.Jan 6, 2022

[@dmansf49ers71]

Noticed in a late 80s episode side mirrors were on doors not fenders...same 403???🤔

[@vitomessina3784]

in Etiophia ,full of this cars, Peugeout 404,...

[@antoinemozart243]

We only repair European cars But it's European!

[@joeb6853]

The days when cops where good

[@RinoaL]

the days when bad cops got away with their shit. :p

[@reald542]

Cops was way worse back in the days bro you just wouldn't know because we did not have smart phones

[@specialmilks8592]

I drive exotic wheels too.

[@jonnyrubberman]

I have another car but that's nothing special just for transportation yes Columbo what do you think this car is for

[@tannarbuck7908]

I love soft top convertibles I wish they were as popular as they used to be

[@5610winston]

"Flat tops! Sock hops! Studebaker. Pepsi, please! Do we remember these?" ---The Statler Brothers

[@aqdrobert]

Mrs. Columbo will beam down a new car from the Voyager.

[@MrAshleywilkinson]

😂

[@bobkarafin]

Actually, Colombo’s car would’ve been a rather special piece when it was new…it sold for almost TWICE what the regular sedan model cost (a LOT of special hand work involved) and only a few hundred of them were ever made!