Driving Santa Barbara and Montecito in 1989

Two irresponsible 19 year olds blast the streets of Santa Barbara and Montecito in a 1988 HONDA CRX during the summer of 1989. Vintage footage from VHS handheld recorder.
San Roque, Foothill, Stanwood Drive, Montecito, the Mesa, State St and more.
#1989
#HondaCRX
#SantaBarbara
#SBHS
#1980s

[@maplefreak64]

7:33 Everyone is crazy about the girls in the red car, but the white convertible staying next to them is a 1968 Datsun FairLady 2000 SR311. It's a very rare car.

[@624radicalham]

But that Fiat Spider showed that they had great Italian taste. It's not easy to drive a manual transmission Spider at all, or even the 3 speed automatic either. These were determined girls!

[@OFFICIALDJFLASHBACK]

This brought back a lot of nostalgia. State Street was closed at the 101 because that's when they were taking out the traffic lights and building the bridge. That entire project I believe was finished in 1991 or so... and for those commenting on the bad driving, who cares. They were young and we all did fun stuff like this. Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it.

[@skottoman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@OFFICIALDJFLASHBACK]

@@skottoman I live about an hour away from Santa Barbara. It's my home away from home. Seeing videos like this make me miss it!

[@kareemestwani2400]

You guys are lucky to have lived this, I’m 18(born 2004) male in Los Angeles, everyone and every thing is relaxed chill good music cool people, now everyone is on their phones and tik tok listening to dumb music w dumb trends and everyone now (especially attractive girls are total jerks now), thank you for sharing the moment🙏🏻

[@Poopsticle_256]

So people today aren’t allowed to enjoy the things they like? You’re acting like there weren’t any people who were jerks, into dumb trends, or thought the contemporary music was weak back then. The only difference is the lack of smartphones, and what difference does that make while driving around? I mean the guy is literally in the passenger seat of a car recording their experience on video, doesn’t seem that different to me

[@dzim8822]

I was 16 in 1989 and I lived in San Diego. I know what you mean. One main thing that is different nowadays in California is it's so overpriced. But I enjoyed living there and I recently moved back and I still love it.

[@LABoutaBagDoe]

I was 19 in 2004’ living in LA, and 2004 was a totally different time than it is now in LA, in 2004 it still wasn’t a lot of social media, IPhones and all those apps didn’t surface until 2009-2010, so it was real chill and cool in 2004 I miss those days , I was too young in 1989 to remember what was really going on lol I was only 4 in 89’

[@kareemestwani2400]

@@Poopsticle_256 dude, people now promote being fat and weak, there def was jerks but not because they have 10k followers on insta over something that is most likely fake (not all are jerks but you know what I mean).

[@bitrexgm]

@@kareemestwani2400 if you want girls to like you, you could probably try giving them a reason to

[@protectorp]

OMG! I bought my CRX SI in Feb 1989 and I was 21. This car is super fun to drive. It brings back a lot of good memory! Thanks for uploading this video!

[@skottoman]

I bought that CRX In 1988 for $11k! Pizza delivery paid for it. Such a fun car!

[@PavlovSkriniskalov]

@@skottoman Thank you so much for posting this video, it brought back so many memories of 1989. Merry Christmas, Mr. Skottoman.

[@624radicalham]

@@skottoman Why were you selling the CRX when it was nearly brand new? I can't imagine it was paid off in cash. What's the story?

[@skottoman]

I was moving out of state to go to college, and was giving up my job so had to sell. Couldn’t afford those $220 car payments anymore! Car was $11k brand new! 😂

[@624radicalham]

@@skottoman Thanks for the info! The mystery was fascinating and it was killing me lol

[@chalinosanchez696]

I hope you never got rid of that crx. That's a classic now

[@fitmis50]

Thank you for this. I went on my honeymoon end of May beginning of June 1989 in California and we drove up the coast through Santa Barbara from LA to San Francisco. We stayed which was then the Red Lion Inn in Santa Barbara and walked through the town of Montecito. It was so great to see this video, the old cars and re-live some of what I saw in this area over 30 years ago. Thanks again.

[@skottoman]

This video was probably from June/July 1989. Glad you enjoyed the throwback.

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

Red Lion Inn was beautiful back then. I haven't been back to SB in over 20 yrs.

[@tntinsbca]

That was a transformative time in SB (Fess Parker Red Lion Inn Resort, Underpass at State St / 101, Paseo Nuevo, widening of 101 to 3 lanes). Pretty cool video. Thanks for posting it.

[@skottoman]

Certainly was! Getting stuck at the State St. / 101 intersection sucked!

[@johng1598]

Westmont grad '87 here. What a freaking walk down memory lane! This very well could have been me...I did all these roads (very irresponsibly) but in a 240Z. Pretty sure I had some Rush and Van Halen blasting. Amazingly, I still have the car. 😎

[@skottoman]

A 240z on these roads in ‘87? Yes please. I used to deliver pizza for Guiseppis on Coast Village road so I knew the good spots of Montecito well!

[@mattl1758]

I grew up in Dallas around the same timeframe. So much difference but so much similarities. Took me back. Thx guys.

[@Chaggy1978]

Great video! Wish I could go back to the 80's when the world was a much better place. 🙏

[@raiderfan71269]

Awesome video man. I turned 20 that summer. Reminds of me and my buddies cruising around SoCal. Had a Datsun 210 I used to drive the hell out of. Packed with like six people. lol.

[@skottoman]

I also turned 20 that summer!

[@raiderfan71269]

@@skottoman Good times bro...

[@Y2K_Bugs]

I was born here in 1998 and my parents only immigrated here in 1990 - but I see many still familiar scenes around today!

[@bpoole73]

This is the best! I miss the 80s

[@Gator805]

Grew up there. Left in 1986 for the valley but ended up in Morro Bay.

[@skottoman]

Me too. Very similar story.

[@jujufraud7467]

I can finally see all the classics instead of the new and modern. classics fascinate me so much. I wish my father recorded all this for hs future kids.

[@gamvlogs9134]

My favorite part of the video is the cars! I love 70s-90s cars, they are just all so unique and cool! Now I feel like most cars on the road are all kind of basic 😔 also I saw my dream car pass! The BMW E30!

[@seapearl27]

I still have a 90s car 😅 a 1996 Toyota Tercel

[@Diggz24]

4:13 Lmfaoo!! Man great Times! I was born in November of 1983 so I was only 5 but the 90's were some of the best times of my life! Everything wasn't about Social Media and you actually missed your friends. Now kids are connected non stop!! I would hate being a kid nowadays! Everybody is recording something. 89 it was rare to have a handheld!! Great vid and memories brother!

[@seadragonadventures]

Massive thanks. Stokes me for living here. - AB on Laguna St, between Ana and Vic PS - almost everything looks the same, gorgeous :)

[@heatherscancerjourney]

My hometown! Cruising state street and down by the pier was always fun . Growing up there was perfect really .

[@jastbu1890]

Here I am waiting for the fourth lane of freeway to be added 😅 Fun vid y’all! Thanks

[@aisle_of_view]

Lived in SB for 10 years, it looks pretty much the same today as it did back then.

[@juanpabloarena2724]

These images are gold dust ✨

[@jesselee4405]

LOL, holy shit. The fist thing he says is road work ahead, and that's still a damn problem lololol

[@44.caliberbrainsurgery63]

Some things never change. That’s the one thing I miss about living in SoCal. I fucking miss cruising around.

[@semihkoc]

Wow the year I moved to SB😮

[@peytbass]

Growing up in Ventura this brings back a few memories.

[@donnix1192]

My sister had the exact same car in 1989, I remember her driving us around in it

[@ChatGPT1111]

All I can think of is Toonces, the cat that could drive a car. 😂

[@jasondouglas8376]

Wow, this is my home town, I got to say not much has changed

[@FischerRestoration]

Cool classic video.. I lived there during the late seventies. It was a good time to be alive and living the dream in Santa Barbara. I could be seen driving the streets in my 67 Camaro listening to KMET or KLOS 😬

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

I lived in SB around the same time. I was young and it was during my party days. But, I moved back to Ventura eventually. Some years later my mom moved to Goleta off of Turnpike. It's a beautiful area. I do miss it, but I don't miss those annoying one way streets in SB! lol

[@jesselee4405]

ahhh, the one way streets make it 'quaint' lol

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

@@jesselee4405 😂

[@charlottaw599]

Nostalgia! The sign for Big Dog

[@danielreigada1542]

Is that a Mazda Rotary pickup I see at 6:20? Those are very rare! I don't even remember seeing one back then. Wonder if the CRX is still around. I own an '84 CRX.

[@skottoman]

Yes! They were rare, even back then.

[@Crystalgayle1999]

I love this video ❤

[@MarkMeadows90]

Yes, the Honda CRX. Such a nice little car. I did not notice anyone driving custom old school mini trucks in the area. I saw one in the video with some custom striping, but nothing that caught my eye lol

[@skottoman]

There were quite a few Mini Truck clubs in Santa Barbara in the 80’s! They used to cruise State St. Saturday nights.

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@skottoman Don't forget Whittier Blvd. Popular car cruise hangout spot!

[@meatybtz]

my eyes are burning with the memory of the smog. Good times. Always knew when I got into LA over the grapevine.. the eyes started to burn until you adjusted. Traffic is so much lighter back then. We had a camera back then as well.. but we uhh.. burned the tapes because.. reasons. I am sure they'd be fine now, statutes of limitations and all that. But young folks can be dumb with a camera.

[@PumaPete]

I’m sitting here 52 years old watching this thinking “what a couple of morons.” But looking back to 89 I would have been doing the same thing. But I had a Camaro that I was driving like an idiot. I’m lucky I never killed anyone.

[@jgringo5516]

Yep! I had a 1979 Datsun 280zx back in ‘89 when I graduated HS. I’m not from CA, but I was definitely like these guys too. Now, I’ve gotta play defense against all the Texters and people watching videos on cell phones drifting into my lane. I spend a lot of time on the shoulder in the grass in my truck these days. Those were cool times back then no doubt.

[@BenGoldman76]

Its like a POV of a couple NPCs in GTA Vice City

[@businessraptor134]

My buddie had a red crx si in the early 2000s. good times

[@yungentei]

Straight vibes

[@kanivakil198]

I'm surprised that Santa Barbara pretty much looked the same, the beach, pier, and State Street.

[@samhouston1483]

Back when Cali was the greatest place to live

[@here2win201]

This is how California started the drifting and fast car culture

[@boilerhousegarage]

So, what movie is this from? 😆 It's great seeing footage of everyday life in the late 80s as I remember it well, but wasn't old enough to drive or travel.

[@haldeman]

I was born in SB in 1963 graduated from San Marcos High in '81. I remember the "homeless" man at 8:06 but back then we called them bums. I used to deliver auto parts for Caesar's on Montecito St now the funk zone. Used to see him picking up cigarette butts out of the gutter but he still was always clean shaven. Those were better times

[@skottoman]

Was he the homeless man we called “Jonesy?”

[@haldeman]

@@skottoman I never knew him by a name just used to see him cruising lower state street near haley. This would have been around '82 or '83. Surprised to see him still kicking in '89. It's a trip to see my memories come to life in a video that will live on. Thanks for posting this

[@wetfeathers9971]

Hey just curious did you guys modify that exhaust on that Crx, or was it just that loud? Just curious, sounds really nice when you guys go flat out in this

[@skottoman]

It was a Jackson Racing exhaust, so yeah, it was aftermarket.

[@santabarbaralocal8058]

He self increminate in this video ..he came out on the local news station back in the 90s

[@privateprivate1865]

I can almost name all the automobiles.. cant do that now, cuz that all look similar

[@jesselee4405]

Oh, I drive an RSX-S with a Kfrank. I'm local, terrorizing tourists.

[@shadynassar8893]

What is the model of the white coupe parked in the right 1:20 anyone noticed

[@skottoman]

I think that is a Toyota MR2

[@sweets6865]

RPS freight truck 5:11 which is no longer around think they were bought out by FedEx.

[@elgeneralxx]

8:42 what song is it i heard it at Home Depot

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

ahhh... they were better days.

[@johndeere8594]

Stop at 4:10 and get some 89 cent a gallon gas.

[@DoNotEatPoo]

@9:33 is this vehicle still for sale?

[@skottoman]

Wish I still had it

[@Bbmangood]

You had the foresight to know that in 30 years this would be super cool very good for you and for us to be able to watch it

[@patrickb840]

I’ve wasted my entire youth

[@msell8107]

What happened to these two crazy kids? 🌪🌪🌪

[@skottoman]

They're both currently retired and living their best lives.

[@andre1987eph]

@@skottoman “Retired” as in serving 25 to life?

[@watchdogs295]

@@andre1987eph lmao what?

[@44.caliberbrainsurgery63]

@@andre1987eph why would they serve 25 to life? Are you so bothered by kids being kids? Have you never pulled the stick out of your ass?

[@kodakhrome3754]

Datsun fair lady? What about the black escort Gt!! The guy in the truck said “get out of your car” not nice car even though your car would be worth like $20-30,000 today so technically Nice car. You will need to find everyone in this video and ask them for written permission to use their image or likeness

[@624radicalham]

You it's funny how you're joking, but the reality for those who don't know in this day of the internet, if you're out in public, you're going on youtube and there isn't a damned thing you can do legally about it. WatchFirst Amendment Auditor videos to see how this happens daily and the police always side with the video maker, because it's the law that you can film in public.

[@elgeneralxx]

Wipe your crap in 1988

[@klipnotik7835]

100th 👍

[@Elaphe472]

Terrible handling of camera...

[@skottoman]

19 year olds doing their best with 80s tech.

[@babaikaizxisgini1146]

Си Си Кэпфэл

[@HikikomoriDev]

Very irresponsible indeed. ...And if this where a driving tape from some other part of the world from the time, it wouldn't be like this.

[@skottoman]

I wouldn’t have it any other way.

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

sb has to be one of the most rac ist towns in the state. from the celebration of ‘old spanish days’ or whatever they call it, to the only black residents being homeless people, the place is a mess. and how did you manage to misspell montecito? 😳

[@elgeneralxx]

You smell bad

[@celuiquipeut6527]

Those where the days. You could actually drive on the roads. Life was easier. Less stress. Less peoblems. Less racism. This young generations are groomed idiots. Newer generation like to blame boomers (whem we arent lol) but they are the one who are actually screwing our future.

[@perisher1976]

the road with turns is ideal for drifting, and for some reason you are driving on Japanese front-wheel drive low-powered shit. Why not on a powerful rear-wheel drive muscle car?

[@cookowa3256]

Bro it's a video from the 1980s

[@geothon]

Because you would kill yourself in a Mustang. I am no fan of Hondas but they do handle way better than any muscle car. Даже заднеприводная Volvo 240 будет лучше на такой дороге. Похоже на Foothill в Santa Barbara.

[@golfr604]

Wonder if these two are still alive and where they are and what they're doing now!?

[@skottoman]

Yup, still alive!