Fuel economy battle: Jeff VS Tony.

[@TartarSauceIsNotDead]

Tony is the sort of car that makes you feel like you're going fast and Jeff is the car that literally burns a hole in your wallet. Either way, you're a masochist.

[@DimT670]

Your wallet and the ozone layer 😂😂 (yes i know that gas fumes don't pollute that way its a joke)

[@snjert8406]

I’d totally daily Tony… if he was reliable and not over long distances hahaha But driving to uni in that thing? That’d be sick

[@cogreview5467]

MX5s do both haha

[@GraxBishop]

Masochist is *completely* the right word to use.

[@jwalster9412]

He was going 40KMH? Or was sit MPH. Anyways that was flat out and is sounded like he was doing 300.

[@thefourthdymensionmusic]

the differences between both are absolutely hilariously stark. the calmness of jeff compared to the insanity of tony is just hysterical.

[@Suzumi-kun]

would've been funny if he added some calm classical music to jeff and then went to metal when cutting back to tony

[@BOOGA97]

@@Suzumi-kun would've personally lost it if he did that

[@kjur18]

@@Suzumi-kun Scarlet Fire for Tony and this one freakish ears one for Jeff

[@El_Andru]

Yeah but Jeff is silently bursting a hole through your wallet. Is like that gold machine gun or armor in a videogame, where it uses your currency as fuel.

[@vfnt]

@@Suzumi-kun Alright, I’ll give it a try. Give me a day or 2

[@realdanpatterson]

What a legend - going flat-out every day and even apologising for missing a video, he still uploads a video - at 8:30PM!

[@xbmpr]

3:30am for me but I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

[@dadonutslvl90]

8pm gang

[@mattm5981]

4:30am gang

[@jimmyschwarz9075]

@@dadonutslvl90 10:46 am Gang

[@ciprianoravet]

11:30 AM for us romanians here 😁

[@anonymoususer2336]

Jeff has the energy of sophisticated middle aged man who isn't rich but enjoys the things he has. Tony has the energy of a man who just showed up at the petrol station riding his lawn mower to buy ciggies and a couple Iron Jacks

[@Attacknun]

Tony's clearly the winner

[@mrchikkin755]

Hank Hill and Dale Gribble

[@bulldozer6781]

@@mrchikkin755 A truly wonderful interpretation.

[@BunkerSquirrel]

Greatest comment I've ever read. Someone please pin this idiot masterpiece

[@flamingscar5263]

I think that there are high end lawn mowers more powerful then Tony

[@tbuk8350]

I love how Tony sounded like a ridiculously loud rally car while struggling to reach 50mph lol. That thing is the textbook definition of a nugget.

[@nnnnnn3647]

Fiat has been produced in Poland since 1972. It was supposed to be a cheap car for everyone, for city driving.

[@288gto7]

@@nnnnnn3647 yeah its literally the successor of the tiny nuova 500

[@maciejtratnowiecki9222]

@@36niez36 "early 2010's" Nope, that's not true, it was quite a rare view in 2010 already.

[@thessie]

Absolutely howling with laughter at Tony. I fucking love that car. Thank you Wade for bringing such nuggety goodness to our lives.

[@sandyf4931]

Nuggety goodness has to be the perfect description for this lmao

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

Who tf is Wade!

[@travisg6086]

@@jaybeemhardscrote7466 Mr D. Pods mate

[@foil666]

Doing 75kph uphill with about as much excitement as a rally stage. Incredible engineering.

[@legoferrari14]

It's true what they say - it's more fun driving a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

[@wiciuwiciu2783]

Those cars had really good crumple zone. It ended on the engine. It doesn't matter that it's on the rear end...

[@ElectronicInspiration]

@@wiciuwiciu2783 the bigger the crumple zone, the better

[@eg1885]

"77 still" lol

[@geemcspankinson]

@@wiciuwiciu2783 Crumple zones, more like hippy zones

[@moopdoop4204]

it’s incredible how you’ve managed to hide tony’s hyperdrive this whole time! we all know that boy can get to lightspeed, stop holding him back!

[@sergio_-.]

3:56 you can see the difference between Tony and Jeff, it went from “ooh we’re approaching the expressway” to “OH NO WE’RE APPROACHING THE EXPRESSWAY”

[@blastbowman9026]

I love how driving in Jeff is a calm and relaxing cruise while driving in Tony sounds like he's getting helicoptered into a warzone

[@vappyreon1176]

If I'm not mistaken it's very similar to my old saturn which was fucking *fast*. I once tried to see how fast it could go and got to 96mph on the freeway before the old girl started genuinely shaking from the air resistance and I decided to slow down before I lost control lol. I'd run that mf 50 mph around hairpins and only skid a little bit, I miss it.

[@duckyman1755]

@@vappyreon1176 my mom drives her little scion xb like a mad man sometimes its pretty damn fast for being as aerodynamic as a brick wall with a few holes in it and she is even scarier when she's in my dad's 2020 subaru wrx sti she will be going 100 on a 2 lane road my dad has gotten his car up to 130 mph on a 4 lane highway

[@vappyreon1176]

@@duckyman1755 lol yeah my step-dads got a scion cube as well, lays the seat back and drives 40 over

[@trollingisgoodforyourhealth]

i mean, pretty historically accurate

[@anderleok594]

As a Pole it's so hilarious to see Tony yelling so loud on Expressway, Good job there Wade!

[@bystander9028]

Poles are sentient now 😨

[@supra107]

Yeah try to get a 126p up to 120km/h on a Polish express road and it will yell even louder, not mentioning going on the highway where the limit is 140km/h and driving that tin can there is basically suicidal.

[@kostka_bruhowa7848]

@@supra107 suicidal if possible at all may i add

[@baneq105]

@@kostka_bruhowa7848 with Niki and enough alcohol everything is possible.

[@sampuhhupmas5666]

@@baneq105 Same fuel for car and driver

[@YakiAttaki]

I love how nervous Tony looks at the start. He knows he's in for a rough time.

[@tylern6420]

Tony is the perfect race car disguise without being a race car

[@staticfanatic]

he had already had it, i think; maybe he was just exhausted

[@matthewdyer1568]

@@tylern6420could you imagine something like a k20 or something in that arena?

[@fargonianproductions2767]

@@matthewdyer1568 there are videos of people doing that, it’s pretty nuts

[@AntonyThorburn]

yes i was...

[@Asmarxia]

It may be 2AM in Texas rn but you KNOW I need to see this fuel off by our favorite Aussie.

[@UncleBanjo]

Same

[@somenerd1859]

4 am here and I'm so glad I stayed up 😂

[@harkin2008]

I live in Massachusetts, I have to wake up at 5:40 AM. It’s 4:26 AM. This vid was uploaded 7-8 mins ago

[@masterdefender5616]

You already know how it is

[@ConnorNolanTech]

It's 3am for me. ALSO in Texas. Howdy, El Paso

[@Bennythejet55]

You can tell the levels of anxiety really shift with how Wade is gripping the wheel. Literally whiteknuckling on the freeway with Tony.

[@MGL83]

Tony is the kind of car that took family with 2 kids for holiday from Poland, across Alps, to Italy. With roof loaded. My neighbor even used it to pull a small camping trailer. This car is a legend in eastern Europe. Bonus feature. If you dig in snow or sand, the engine will struggle, but since it's on springs, it will jump like mad and it will help to jump the rear (driving) wheels out of the hole.

[@zZWolfyZz]

Hmmm bad suspension design or feature?

[@marcelwilgorski2137]

@@zZWolfyZzboth

[@chefkochmurat2550]

This guy says he's got nothing but then somehow makes a topgear episode. Foken Legend

[@smallspud6859]

It’s beautiful going from the peacefulness of Jeff, then the screaming of tony

[@CalvesPerformanceGarage]

Legend has it that with Eastern block cars the floor beneath the pedal is there to limit the amount of throttle you can give it for the engine break in period. Once it rusts away and you can push the pedal through the floor you should be able to get alot more performance out of it!

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

Hahaha

[@tracker7059]

Exactly! Once the vehicle has rusted, it weighs less, thus the engine has more pull. This, compared with the fact that you can put your foot literally to the floor, is why some old eastern block cars pass you on the road

[@eseisenberger8348]

One of the reasons Tony uses comparatively lots of fuel is that it has a carburettor instead of a proper fuel injection. A friend of mine back in high school modified his Fiat 126p(FSM Nikki) to use a fuel injection and it cut down the litres/km drastically. Maybe that could be a future project?

[@marcusborderlands6177]

Properly tuning a carb can give insane gains. There is a guy here on KZbin who has a big block v8 from the 60's that gets over 50mpg due to him using a specially tuned lawn mower carb, lmao

[@bigmansir3745]

And Its a auto

[@LettuceGayming]

Just run tony on alcohol. It’s the natural fuel source

[@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem]

@@marcusborderlands6177 who is it

[@speedman69420]

@@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem I to need to know

[@nicolasmcintyre4426]

its great how with tony you could technically calculate the grade of a hill by how much he struggles

[@huseyinuguralacatli5064]

technical specs says he can go up to %4 grade on 4th gear when he's fully loaded(350kgs) and %24 on 1st. Driving fiat 126 is comparable by loaded truck...

[@huseyinuguralacatli5064]

I have one of these nuggets on my channel it's gift from my grandpa :)

[@spicytuna62]

So it seems like the sweet spot for torque and fuel economy is somewhere between 0.5 and 5.0 liters. Very helpful, Wade, thanks!

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

Explains why my VW 2.8l VR6 is perfect!

[@spicytuna62]

@@jaybeemhardscrote7466 That 2-3 liter range is just (chef's kiss). Back when I was in college, I drove a Honda Prelude. 2.2L. Fantastic little engine. It wasn't super torquey, but the 7,400 RPM redline more than made up for that. I wish Honda would make high revving engines like the H22 and the K20 again. Small, torqueless, high-revving engines are just stupid fun that won't get you a speeding ticket.

[@ElNeroDiablo]

My inherited 2.4L i4 Nissan X-Trail from 2003 gets about 500km of travel on about 50L of 91 RON, mix of city driving around Wagga/Albury, and rural highway driving to get to the city (110km drive each way from home to Wagga, 130km drive each way from home to Albury). Optimum fuel econo is around the 3,000 RPM mark, which funny enough also has perfect speeds in each gear (20kph in 1st, 40 in 2nd, 60 in 3rd, 80 in 4th, 105 in 5th). Riding shotgun, I can basically fall asleep listening to the purr of that i4 at 3,000 RPM, only waking up when she's forced to under-rev/over-rev to travel through a 50kph zone (2,500 RPM in 3rd, 3,500 RPM in 2nd. bloody annoying). The few times my uncle drove it as we dealt with stuff after my dad's passing, he was treating it like a diesel engine and keeping it at 2,000 RPM (80kph in 5th), and it did NOT like being treated like that.

[@RennieAsh]

@@spicytuna62 the problem with the prelude is that I still hit the fastest speed limit just after 3rd gear. But it was so satisfying through all the rev range, a lot of cars just run out of breath

[@louwashe]

The hard cuts between Tony and Jeff from the relatively composed to the BEGGING cracked me up

[@Manjustman_25806]

Damn wade is an absolute bloody legend, he apologises for missing an upload day for reasons that were genuinely out of his control and yet he still uploads you go you bloody legend

[@drippingwax]

Robot Cantina just had excuses when their whole family got sick, the power went out, and pipes froze! Then their video just said their whole family got sick, the power went out, and pipes froze!

[@bananaman5105]

I just came back from 12 days in Cuba. You have no idea how shocked I was when I saw Tonys EVERYWHERE. Every single time I saw one, all I could think about was this damn channel. If you've had such a hard time keeping him alive, Lord knows how hard it is for the Cubans 😭

[@lsswappedcessna]

iirc the Cuban market is saturated with old cars and old car parts thanks to the embargo. They might actually have it a bit easier.

[@bananaman5105]

@@lsswappedcessna While that seems true logically, it's worth mentioning that many of the locals told me in passing that parts for cars older than the 90s are becoming *super* expensive on the black market. Apparently this is getting worse, as the government has been snatching up those classic American cars for their taxi services. But for now, they probably don't have much interest in the Fiat 126 lol

[@BoshkoIgich]

AFAIK the main reason isn't the embargo. They can still import cars from European and Latin American countries. But Cubans under socialism are so poor that they still drive old American cars that they could afford before socialism, and the newer imported cars are also probably even more expensive thanks to the government monopoly on international trade.

[@Barten0071]

@@BoshkoIgich The problem with embargo is that it makes trade with cuba uneconomical bc of waiting period. Sendig ships just to small island vs to global superpower.

[@Renzowolf]

@@BoshkoIgich And from what I understand is that most classic american cars there run a soviet Lada engine. Pretty damn reliable things.

[@arpitjaggi18]

The calmness in Jeff's lap vs the chaos in Tony's laps is just amazing.

[@myszowor]

When I was 18 and got my license, my grandma donated her Maluch (FSO 126p) to me so I could drive to art lessons after school. I'm a big guy, so the car fit nothing else besides me and the huge art portfolio I had to take. The funniest thing about being a big guy driving this thing was that my knees came up to the sides of the steering wheel and I had trouble putting it in 1st gear because of it (knee was in the way and blocked by steering wheel). I had a ton of really funny problems with the car over the years, including the gas pedal suddenly falling into the floor when I was driving uphill (gas pedal line snapped). Good times. Oh, one other funny fact- the car was actually pretty fast to accelerate from 0, because it weighed only about 500kgs.

[@t33s]

The first thing you learn when driving them is you need to lift your knee to put it into first gear.

[@Adriethyl]

I pictured that scene in the Incredibles with Bob in a small car lol.

[@2112SSF]

Tu błąd w komentarzu bo maluchy produkowali w FSM, nie FSO

[@ThomasQuist]

Driving in Tony is probably way more thrilling than driving in a sports car

[@seanhoogland1938]

real danger vs simulated danger

[@marcusj17]

Like a wise man from Florida said: "It's better to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow" and I think this also applies to cars

[@nathansstuff1547]

@@marcusj17 Yeah, I definitely felt that with a Starlet I had to drive for a week while my car sat around waiting to get fixed

[@rion2499]

The thought of Tony on the road though. I don’t know which reaction I’d like to see more: someone recognising the famous nugget, and the trill of that, or the random bystanders just double taking as this little beast comes barrelling down the road at sub-20km-speedlimit speeds. Iconic. XP

[@Criz_KRinGLe]

Imagine passing someone going 20 under with the windows down and their just yelling "COME ON TONY! YOU CAN DO IT!!" I wouldn't even be mad lmao

[@17calispecial]

Favorite episode so far. Hearing Tony just scream to move at a speed thats almost not dangerous to other traffic 😂 I had a 1990 Fox Body Mustang LX with a 5.0 and 5 speed manual. And yes, it DRANK. But it had torque. I never downshifted that thing. It just moved

[@lasermike2147]

I miss my '87 5.0 Mustang. 212 miles per tank on my mostly city street commute, I don't remember the mpg. My current daily is a '74 F250 with the 6.4 liter V8. At 10 mpg, it's no economy car but it's better than the 6 mpg I was getting before rebuilding the engine.

[@De19thKingJulion]

@@lasermike2147 6.4L V8? Is that the FE 390?

[@lasermike2147]

@@De19thKingJulion That's the one. Edelbrock 650 CFM 4 BBL, Edelbrock SPS2 manifold and three 20 gallon fuel tanks to support it.

[@De19thKingJulion]

@@lasermike2147 I like the sound of that.

[@someguyonyoutube9279]

@@lasermike2147 Man, those old trucks really are something. I’ve got a 1984 F-250 XLT with the 460 in it. Carburetor’s fucked, but when she runs, she GROWLS.

[@abhijithnarayan1370]

as thrilled as I am to see new content from the dank universe, pls make sure you're not overworking yourself. you're the most consistent youtuber ive seen with both output and quality, you can take as many mulligans as u need 😭

[@TheDiner50]

I really do not understand why this dingus derided to make like 6 YT channels. Like sure the drum channel might be a good idea to keep off a main channel. But I mean Garbage time is to good of a YT name. I'm quite mad actually since that is just a genius YT channel name. But if everything was under a single channel I'm sure it not only had given him some breathing time between uploads. It also probably had made people interested to stick around and watch older videos of his. Now multiple channels needs uploads just to please some stinking algorithm. >:c Dankpods has nothing over Garbage Time. I love Garbage Time since it describes exactly the kind of content and I'm sure we all love this stinking garbage! Multi channel stuff is stupid and wrong. Only time it makes sense to have multiple channels is if interest conflicts. Like sure everyone might find drums boring but that is like the only reason to have a second channel to make content that really deserves a dedicated channel! Garbage Time > DankPods.

[@peso76]

amen

[@taylorfillmore9227]

Good thing you gave him permission. Thanks sir!

[@sadisticmaxwell]

i love how wade gives up different energy for both of the cars :) it really reflects on the performance besides the looks !

[@Psycho5275]

God I just love the madness in his voice when he's talking to Tony

[@cool_gamez]

Wade: I need a mulligan. Also Wade: makes us proud with another goobage time vid

[@Jagermonsta]

Wade heart this you bastard

[@TheNamesArif]

@@Jagermonsta 😂

[@koolin3613]

What is a mulligan?

[@LilTachanka]

@@koolin3613 ...

[@Mr._Sandman]

@@koolin3613 It's when you Mul for a second time.

[@St0rmcrash]

I think the most stunning thing is that those 2 nuggets were made only 5 years apart! Cars like Tony really were the last gasp of old school bucket on wheels economy cars before they just became smaller/cheaper normal cars

[@nnnnnn3647]

Nope. Fiat has been produced in Poland since 1972. It was supposed to be a cheap car for everyone, for city driving.

[@tee.enderxity]

I love how tony just sounds like a racing car even though it's not even higher than 100kph

[@Mitchello_Man]

I am genuinely impressed you managed to get little Tony up the southern expressway hill. That hill is pretty darn steep.

[@samrosenthal2111]

What we learned is that a Niki more or less forces you to drive like an absolute yob, and yet still returns decent fuel economy, even by modern standards. Not to say there aren't plenty of issues with cars like this, but us nuggeteers know well that having to push our gaspy little wheelbarrows to the limit just to get around is why we love them so much.

[@s0upbean]

Wade yelling at Tony with his foot to the floor as they speed down the highway in desperation makes me laugh so hard

[@stuff31]

I love that Dank hasn't fixed the rust on Tony and he just has a plaster covering up the hole it's so depressingly cute

[@mbralliable]

I love how my 660cc 3 cylinder Honda kei car handles the expressways in Japan just fine and I've never seen it redline 🤣 Thing is, the expressways here tend to double as parking lots on weekends 😃

[@maciejtratnowiecki9222]

It's literally a car from 1970, no matter the production year, they did not change at all. I do not think that a 1970 kei car from honda would be any better on a freeway.

[@mbralliable]

@@maciejtratnowiecki9222 with a CVT transmission and fuel injection, yes. Yes it is. However the highways here are only around 100kmh. Also turbos. All the turbos.

[@kyrieeleison1905]

@@maciejtratnowiecki9222 kei cars from the 70s had 360cc motors .. yeah i think they would struggle just as much as tony

[@calebmenker988]

I love my Honda, I live in America so it's no kei car, big Acura MDX with a 3.5L V6, sure does run great though, 20 years old now and it's super fun to drive, it'll do 145 kmph at 2k rpm

[@Utonian21]

The fact that Tony sounds like you're racing when you're only going 30 mph sends me 😭

[@MenacingMika]

this is what small cars do, they make any speed feel fast and the whole world feel massive. those are two cars you love for completely different reasons.

[@legoferrari14]

Honestly though it sounds like you were having a lot of fun in Tiny Tony; just from the excitement in your voice as you counted off the speedo!

[@monkeyman767]

Go on Tony! I don't know why but I have such a place in my heart for little nugget cars that somehow still manage to keep up, even if they do feel and sound like they're about to shake themselves apart. Tony specifically reminds me of my dad's old Citroen AX, boy was that thing a nugget. It was essentially a blender motor with wheels.

[@saber1105]

Tony is our spirit animal on a bad day. A lot of noise and pomp, but he gets the job done mate. What a legend

[@MajorYass]

"It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow." That or the incredible energy Wade gives off

[@nullcircuit]

One thing I've learned about fuel economy is that you're a lot better off basically flooring it to your target speed and letting it get in top gear quickly. The quicker you can get to top gear and rest the longer you're on the economy curve.

[@TheDiner50]

Taught in EU heavy lorry school too. (Scandinavia) Find the max torque @ RPM for the engine and shift after reaching it. Get to cruising speed and keep as low RPM as possible unless the onboard computer tell you to shift down. Really the hole machine is designed nowadays to be as efficient as possible and tell the driver what to do or dose it automatically (if it is a automatic) But NO do not take a commercial vehicle designed to have a low run cost as being the truth for everyday vehicles. Find your engines max torque @ RPM. That is literately the sweet spot for efficiency under heavy load. Diesel cars around 2000rpm. And petrol around 2400rpm if talking about small turbo charged cars. But it can vary allot and have a really tight range or very broad band of high torque goodness. Modern cars learn and adapt to the driver. Meaning that running flat out can tune the car to be really uneconomically but very fast and whatever. It is far more valuable to yes try and reach desired speed fast but without overdoing the gas. Early shifts likely is going to lose you economy since you spend less time at cruse speed. Same deal with going up a hill at a low RPM. Getting to the max torque or close to it increases the engine efficiency UNDER LOAD. Low RPM at low load makes total sense that it saves fuel. But under load if the engine struggles it has to compensate with adding more fuel! And you do not even have to notice it struggling since agen it is compensating to AVOID struggling. Same thing going down hill. if you need to brake yea engine brake. But a engine doing nothing is a dead weight. On modern lorries and cars for that matter the computer calculates if staying in gear or going to neutral idle fuel usage is worth the saving of not being slowed down by engine braking! Like using fuel to save fuel? Yes. Turning the engine over at road speed might be wasting more energy then the fuel efficient engine do at idle burning fuel. That and a bigger engine having more moving parts is the reason a big engine can hurt fuel economy. And why a bigger engine driven a bit harder can save fuel compared to a small engine having to go FLAT out. Since even now it is driven hard it hits a good efficiency without having to strain itself doing it to the point of just blowing any efficiency gained from a smaller engine. But the moment you refuse going over 2000rpm with it when it really wants 2400rpm. Your better off with a smaller engine driven at about the same speed but in the right rev range. Since then the smaller engine has to work harder hitting a higher efficiency in the process. But that is just talking about fuel efficiency. Rather waste a little bit of fuel and baby the drive train. It hurt mentally going flat out fully loaded with a old lorry I drove. Like it screamed in pain as it literately power shifted pulling fully loaded :C Just 5-10% holding back before it shifted and the auto gearbox and the hole drive train for that matter was so much happier! It did not sound like you kicked a puppy every gearshift! Poor worn thing :c That was a long message about CARE ABOUT HOW YOU DRIVE! ;) But do it right!

[@AgneDei]

Depends on the car, specifically on the ECU map, and whether it has a narrow or a wideband lambda sensor. Wideband with eco map may be able to optimal fuel economy with full throttle, but usually with full throttle engines run a bit rich (meaning they waste quite a bit of fuel to ensure engine reliability). If the car only has a narrow-band lambda sensor, then it always runs very rich with full throttle, as it has no way of precisely correcting AFR, so it uses a static fuel add offset programmed in factory. So unless you have a custom map in your ECU, in normal cars the optimal way to accelerate is around 75-85% throttle (this should usually result in around 14.7 AFR - so the most optimal for economy that you can get on stock ECU software - at least on gasoline engines) all the way to your desired speed, not going over 3-4k rpm (depending on engine type), and then ,exactly as u mentioned, maintaining constant cruise speed in top gear.

[@lastname-Nm]

@@TheDiner50TLDR but I totally agree with the first couple paragraphs. Find the torque zone and use it to get up to speed. Then let EFI and low revs do the rest.

[@vintageshed965]

Funny thing is, that Maluch had less power than Trabant ( the "worst car ever made"), 23HP vs 26 HP at roughly the same curb weight. Trabant having the advantage of being 2-stroke, making it easy to "tune up" your engine by gutting the exhaust and attacking the intake and exhaust ports with grinder and couple of files.

[@OdykKayne]

You had to be on the gas ALL the time in a Trabant though, even going downhill (unless you were in neutral, or in 4th gear and your freewheeling system as working) because two-stroke means it's not getting oil/lubrication unless the throttle is down because the oil is mixed with the gas! :P

[@OdykKayne]

@@segarallychampionship702 Yes, two-strokes are always smokey!

[@michaelmechex]

People in the former eastern block say the Trabant was okay, many say the worst car available was the Oltcit. I've never seen one in the flesh though.

[@anusername8350]

@@michaelmechex I looked up the oltcit and it looks like a bootleg of a bootleg Citroen of the same era.

[@michaelmechex]

@@anusername8350 apparently it was actually designed by Citroen and sold as Citroen Axel in the west until they found out it was very low quality and awfully unreliable

[@hebijirik]

Tony probably has at least the same air resistance as Jeff given the frontal areas and shapes of them so on a highway both maintaining the same speed their fuel consumption will not be that much different given their power trains are of similar age. Bigger portion of the difference between the two was probably made at lower speeds and in accelerations. Having the result still show one of almost half of the other is therefore quite interesting, thank you for the experiment. The modern car you mentioned at the end gets the same result in a bigger car by offseting the extra size and weight more aero trickery and more modern engine. Makes you thing what could be possible if we did not want our cars bigger and heavier all the time.

[@4sh518]

i love how in the niki it’s just chaotic, and in the ford it’s just casual driving

[@nizzan91]

Keep in mind that Niki was originally designed to run on like 76 octane fuel, so some of the inefficiency probably comes from that.

[@AgneDei]

Likely depends on the model year of it. If it was manufactured after 1986 or then it must've been factory adapted to run on at least 86 octane gas (as this was the minimal octane fuel in Poland at that time, and I'm guessing Tony wasn't a specialized export model). If it was made after 1994 then it must be factory adapted to at least 94 octane gas. If it was made after 1999, then it must be factory adapted to unleaded 95 octane gas.

[@lsswappedcessna]

and yet it still pings like mad on what's probably equivalent to our 87.

[@zogworth]

@@AgneDei it's RHD so must be export surely?

[@AgneDei]

@@zogworth Omg, of course :D Then I guess it's adapted to whatever the cheapest gas was in the original country of import for that car in the year of factory export.

[@confusedora]

I love the pure contrast between Tony and Jeff’s footage. With Jeff it’s just a pure simple quite cruise while with tony it sounds like a wood chipper and he’s yelling out the speedometer like he’s doc brown.

[@radiant97_]

With how much noise Tony was making, you could've pretended he was going 200 kph and I would've believed it.

[@mazda9624]

Wade's the type of guy to make even the most typical Sunday drive just absolutely batshit chaotic every time and I wish I could like this video more than once.

[@joeynebulous816]

Seeing that red Barina was a nice little throwback to my first cars. I had 2 of them in the same shape - a silver basic model 1.2 and a sporty mid range 1.4 in black. In the UK we call them Vauxhall Corsas

[@archie_-zv8xc]

For anyone who uses MPG: Jeff= 37.46mpg Tony= 72.06mpg Simply incredible

[@owenjackson2390]

HOLY SHIT

[@jamesrichardson645]

Jeff used 10.77L/100km as it used 7.54L driving ~ 70km, which converts to 21.8mpg. Tony uses 42mpg. I'm not sure where you got your numbers from.

[@elyuw]

@@jamesrichardson645 He probably used US Gallons which are 20% less than Imperial ones.

[@jamesrichardson645]

@@elyuw this is why I hate imperial measurements lol

[@elyuw]

@@jamesrichardson645 Aye, living in the UK we have such a mis-mash of Metric and Imperial that are used in everyday life it easy to get confused when you see something else used. I hate imperial for measuring stuff and yet I have no idea how tall I am in anything other than feet and inches!

[@stephmakeslyrics4982]

This has got to be one of the funniest videos you've uploaded to date, absolutely in tears at the comparisons and commentary LMFAO Wade you legend. Never change.

[@rjyadventures]

It's nice to see Adelaide again. I grew up there, got my driving licence there and have not been back for 15 year's. At least they are finally sorting out south road after so many years. Great to see some South Australian content. All forgiven for the Mulligan.

[@zogworth]

Visiting Adelaide for a few days in April. What is there to see. Obvs going to see the black stump.

[@Fruckert]

This channel really brings me back to my youth, helping my dad and his best mate fixing absolute clinkers while I have no idea what they're doing

[@j_tw1612]

“You know you’re slow when you get overtaken by tony” 😂😂

[@williammememan6002]

I daily drive a 1983 Celica and while it isn't nearly as slow or loud as Tony I sill very much relate to the feeling of driving flat out to keep up with traffic. Love your little fleet of cars.

[@xzcoxks]

realy danm

[@xenotiic8356]

You're cool, that's a cool car. Respect!

[@williammememan6002]

@@xenotiic8356 Thanks!

[@SonofSethoitae]

Gotta tell you, Tony is _exactly_ the kind of car that I would expect Wade to drive

[@shaunjames1414]

You severely underestimate how much time im willing to give for Jeff and Tony

[@Mr.Conductor]

The Aussie who’s audience understands “there’s more than ONE definition for ‘nugget’”. Love your content bro! Greetings from Maple Syrup land!

[@quay0]

It is impossible to not feel happiness while watching your videos. Please keep up the good work 🙏

[@poonpuncher4203]

Imagine engine swapping these two, the absolute potential of Tony’s bird cage body with the power of Jeff’s big stinker

[@lsswappedcessna]

Tony would probably disintegrate, and Jeff would barely move.

[@Marc83Aus]

engine would have to go inside the cabin. Driver sitting at the rear with legs in the engine compartment while looking over the roof.

[@MegaKirb]

watching dank struggle up a hill with tony was genuinely the most enjoyable thing i’ve seen in the whole school week

[@destrawd4658]

Did some math out of curiosity, the end results in the US system are Tony: 42 mpg Jeff: 21.8 mpg. I decided to do this also because I have a 1994 Lincoln town car, even bigger than your Jeff, with a similar yet smaller engine, yours is a 5.0 modular, mine is a 4.6 modular (slightly smaller pistons both in height and width) and despite the fact that my car is huge, heavy, and has (a small engine in my opinion, course in the US engines aren't big till they hit 6.5+ liters (396 CID)) despite all this, it gets 22 mpg (10.6L/100km) which is very close to your Jeff. Confusing as it is a bigger car with a smaller engine, you'd think it'd have to work harder. Either way, hope everything goes well for ya and you get some videos out in a time that works for you, oh and happy new year!

[@lsswappedcessna]

And just like your Town Car, Jeff will probably run forever. s2g those old modulars were bulletproof if you could deal with the spark plugs stripping out and clattering against the inside of your hood every now and again. Though, the V10 modular/Triton was always way worse for that than the 4.6 or 5.0. V8

[@nep-nep6575]

@@lsswappedcessna the 4.6L modular came in 3 flavors I believe in terms of the top end The 2 valve, 3 valve, and 4 valve. The two valve ones (like the one in Jeff, and the Panther bodies from the 90s) were built to be super reliable since they were made for police cars and taxis. The four valve ones were made for FoMoCo’s higher end SUVs and performance mustangs. Then there’s the three valve, which is neither fast or reliable.

[@TassieLorenzo]

Jeff has a pushrod Windsor not a modular. 🙂 Ford Australia used the Windsor until the end of 2002 (the end of the AU Falcon, although Tickford/FPV built a 5.6L stroker for the flagship TE50 where the normal XR8 stayed at 5.0), after which the BA Falcon came out with either the modular 5.4L 3-valve in non-sporting models and in sporting models the 5.4L 4-valve (and of course the release of the Barra DOHC inline-six replacing the AU's SOHC Intech inline-six).

[@nep-nep6575]

@@TassieLorenzo ah, that would actually make sense. Looking back on Jeff’s engine when Wade got it, the upper intake looks exactly like the one used on the fuel injected windsors used in the 1987-1993 mustangs and thunderbirds.

[@fo3]

Ford Australian abandoned the V8 in ~1983, only bought them back early 90s, and they restarted with the old windsor 5.0. They were doing all sorts of tricks to make the old I6 get more economical, more torque etc in the meantime. So they reintroduced the V8 windsor with 220 hp but already worked out the 250ci I6 with 210hp. Then came the barra...

[@keiranmacdonald4980]

That has to be the calmest V8 driving I have ever witnessed. I honestly think I’d be having to absolutely hook it down that road as fast as possible just for the noise!

[@BladeBrigade7]

And this is why I love these channels. This is always so fun to watch no matter what you're doing. Thanks DankGarbageDrumDankmusPodsTimeThing

[@perchancethishandleiswens]

I don't think I can skip any of your content, this is gold. 😂

[@remurdereht]

This outstanding gent really be driving nuggets nearly 100 miles for us. Absolute legend.

[@StackOfPancakes2216]

70 kilometers is only 43,5 miles

[@remurdereht]

@@StackOfPancakes2216 yeah but he did it twice. Once in each nug.

[@jasonkeith2832]

@@remurdereht Even more, since he ran it with the proper car and the van.

[@StackOfPancakes2216]

@@remurdereht of course, i'm an idiot, haha

[@Chaos42666]

The energy and counting in Tony reminds me of a pre-covid vid I watched of a British attempt to get a steam passenger train up to 100*MPH* for the first time in 75+ years

[@ScarlettStunningSpace]

Your 5L V8 drives exactly like my 5.7L V8 Hemi, though the truck will drive fine at 1500rpm in top gear (5/5). I can turn on towing mode and let it settle into 4th gear so it's at 2,000rpm and a locked torque converter. It's perfect for mountain roads for engine braking. This was a really fun video!

[@thomash1]

Great video! Hilarious test, exactly what I wanted. Very true about the 3 cylinder turbos, I've got a 1.0 fiesta ecoboost and I love it, plent of torque and got 5.1L/100km out of a tank once, without granny driving!

[@HerrEulerich]

When I think about my first car which was an Opel Corsa A (from 1991 with 45 HP) the fastest I could get him on the Autobahn, it was about 150 Km/h (no, not down hill). Combined (town and countryside traffic) he needed about 6,5 l per 100 Km. It was not the worst car, but when I see your nugget I wouldn't like to have it as a gift! Today I stick with my Alfa Romeo 147 (7,5 l per 100 Km combined). Such a nice car. ❤

[@cujotwentysix7519]

You manage 7.5?! I’m lucky if I can get my 147 down to 8! I drive like a yob though

[@HerrEulerich]

@@cujotwentysix7519 Well I drive mostly calm, less aggressive but when I give him the spurs it goes up for about 2 liters. What also makes a difference while driving is the music you're listening to. I prefer Swing and Jazz on a longer ride, so I don't get into the mood for racing.

[@piuthemagicman]

I once drove a 45hp 1,0 Corsa 200km's flat out, top speed 140kmh with 3 other guys with me 🤪 Had to get to a Helsinki-Tallinn ship from northern Finland, Corsa guys had a long night so we had to hurry 🤣 We were after cheap Estonian booze after all 🤠

[@timfagan816]

@@HerrEulerich pity it's not the 147 GTA!

[@rechtrecht]

My sister drives a C-Corsa 1.0 with 58 PS and that thing barely manages 130 Km/H without spontaneously combusting itself. She's the first owner but that car has always been kinda faulty. Gearbox is icky, putting new fuel in causes it to not start sometimes, the engine sometimes just dies. But it has never completely failed and she will own it until it falls apart.

[@QuincysRevenge]

I love how calm he is driving Jeff and the yelling at Tony to get up to 80 🤣

[@GregBond00712]

I think we are gonna have to see a Top Gear style episode where you and James both drive a nugget and set a destination.

[@SKYELOVER]

I'd love to see that

[@thahbx]

Haven't watched yet to the end but this is absolutely best comparison test I've been from last two decades. Greetings from Old Stinky London

[@LenKusov]

I think they're both land boats, it's just that Tony is an aluminum skiff with a 10hp outboard while Jeff's a sterndrive runabout.

[@wykisz]

After getting so exhausted of all the MPG crap, Dank is an absolute legend for using litres per 100 kilometers ❤❤❤

[@SpectraParadox]

I love how Tony sounds like a god damn supercharged engine but it's driving double digit speed. God bless Fiat and Tony.

[@pete3767]

I was expecting the opposite result, nice! I think Top Gear did something similar where a... Fiat Panda(?) just had to keep up with a Ferrari somethingsomething doing a calm medium-low pace around a track, and the Fiat got worse mileage from just being driven flat out the whole way. Great vid as always, glad you started this channel 😁

[@Phoenix-ye6em]

It was a Prius and he had to keep up with a Beamer M5 Good days

[@Jazzy_Waffles]

As an American who drives on the Eagle side of the road, it's always fun to see traffic and driving around on the Wallaby side

[@ms_enj]

“There you go. Nothing was learned, I’ve taken your time from you… And you can’t have it back.” Exactly as I expected.

[@Effi3]

it feels so weird finally seeing someone drive around areas I actually recognize. South Aussie youtube is amazing Edit: man was fr driving two nuggets (one worse than the other) up to victor harbour, the ultimate test; next is murray bridge

[@SmileyTom666]

Only made it half way, to Christies. Don't think Tony would've made it up Willunga hill

[@Fl1pdOver]

Much appreciated! We know you had a rough week but you still came through! If you need a week off, though, just tell us.

[@R3DE3MER]

Bro, Tony sounds like you're trying to drive on the freeway in a Go-cart and keeping up with traffic. Absolute nugget Tony 👌.

[@RicoYT23]

This video made me remember a series by the channel RobotCantina where he puts a lawn mower engine in a car. Pretty cool series of y'all want to check it out.

[@S3pra]

Love seeing a panelvan still out and about!! Awesome video mate take as much of a break as you need

[@kay1761]

Hilarious living in S.A and seeing and recognising where you are. This cracked my ass up. Having bacon sammich for dinner watching you ham sandwich poor ol’ tony lol.

[@davidpaul3495]

Nice…Missed watching videos from this channel, The current inflation got me so busy with work

[@virgilbriggs2229]

Though the inflation was only here in my country,I’m afraid now

[@marcbyer8233]

Anyone got business ideas for 2023, would appreciate it

[@trischboehm1161]

I would say crypto trading or drop shipping, but crypto trading is more advisable, with the aid of a professional or copy trading.

[@jasminepaula358]

Don’t the inflation not affect Crypto tooo ?

[@isabelanna8908]

The crypto is loosing value too. But thats for the long term holders, crypto traders have nothing to loose

[@gorfhalo1]

I just love the comparisons with the highway sounds! Jeff - "alright let's go to work with the test" Tony - "I have no power and I must reeeeeeeeev"

[@lsswappedcessna]

and Tony's constant pinging at full throttle. I wonder what's up with that, surely Aussie fuel is much higher quality than the Polish had during the twilight years of the soviet union.

[@The-Night-Wolf]

There is something to love about a buzzy little tin box struggling to do speed limits. I miss having that. Might have to try and pick up an old corolla or something myself tbh.

[@CamoZ013]

Wade, you can gladly have my time if it means you yell at nuggets, inanimate objects or James 👌 You're sense of humour is exactly my taste. Keep doing what you're doing my man

[@quantum9964]

Great video! Because Tony is basically a lawnmower without blades, could you smack a battery and electric engine in it? You could solve the fumes smell problem this way aswell. Thoughts?

[@techno1561]

Tony's made of rust and junk. An electrical conversion would probably cause him to go so fast he disintegrates on the spot.

[@Fred_the_1996]

It'd take the soul out of thr car

[@OdykKayne]

@@Fred_the_1996 Big 'YES' on this one....I'm not against modern EVs (that's just how things are going), but that's why I'm against all these 'classic car' EV conversions you see sometimes these days. Taking the engine our of a car removes the sound/physical feel and experiences associated with that...sure, it might be easier to live with and it will still look like that car, but on the whole, it won't be 'that car' anymore because it will have lost so much of what makes it what it is.

[@noahn6328]

I bet a sport bike engine would be easier and cheaper to swap into that.

[@OdykKayne]

@@noahn6328 But then you lose the character of the original and it becomes 'yet another small car with a sport-boke engine swap'.

[@bluejayfabrications2216]

Finally someone who gets as excited as I do seeing another panelvan on the road Also A wheelbarrow for humans that has now been saved in the lexacon for future reference

[@_MrMango_]

for Americans, Tony averaged 42MPG while jeff averaged 21.8MPG during the test but in normal use was equivalent to 15MPG

[@panqueque445]

Tony is not falling apart while parked. That's quite an achievement for him.

[@42neddy]

me thinking "damn 15L/100km for a 5L 8V city driving? not bad"

[@KELVIN4TOR]

ikr my 4.0 v6 is sitting around 18l/100km in town