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We love when you guys share your cars with us. And over the years, we've discovered that a lot of you guys have really cool cars and a lot of you guys have really weird cards. That's what we're focusing on today.
I'm joined by one of my best friends in the whole world, Mr. Bruce Greene. I'm James and this is The D-List.
Big thanks to car insurance comparison site,
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- We love when you guysshare your cars with us.And over the years, we've discoveredthat a lot of you guyshave really cool carsand a lot of you guyshave really weird cards.And that's what we're focusing on today.I'm joined by one of my bestfriends in the whole world,Mr. Bruce Greene.I'm James and-- This is the D-List.- Big thanks to carinsurance comparison site,"The Zebra" for sponsoring this episode."The Zebra" makes theoverly complicated processof finding car insurance simpler, fasterand hassle free.To prove it, I asked Job and Jamesto find the best policy for me.- Yeah, hi.What's the lowest you'll go?I'm looking for like the best price.Oh, hang on a sec.- Job is using the oldschool, traditional wayof finding insurance.He's calling everypolicy provider at once.Looks like a hassle but over here,I asked James to use "The Zebra",the nation's leading carinsurance comparison sitewith one simple goal,to simplify insurance.- Yeah, I finished beforeyou even walked that far.- What?- Yeah man,"The Zebra" only takes a couple minutesto find the best coverage."The Zebra" compares over100 car insurance companies,including all of the major providers.- Hey Nolan!Nolan, I found somebody tosave you a hundred bucks!- A hundred bucks, dude?The average Zebra usersaves over $440 a year, bro.- $440, that's a ton of money.- Yeah, but it's not justabout the cheapest coverage,Nolan, it's about the right coverage.- Nolan, they want your phone number,can you come put it in?- With "The Zebra" you don't even needto enter your phone number, so you knowyou're not gonna geta bunch of spam calls."The Zebra" has zero stakein which policy you choose.- Hello?Yeah, they can save you$20 every two years.- So, all you gotta do is head on overto TheZebra.com/DList tofind the right coveragefor you today.- Wow, "The Zebra"really did make it easy.Thanks James.- No problemo muchacho.Nolan, my phone!Nolan, my phone!I don't have any friends anyway.- Bruce, thanks for joining me.I don't know if you guys rememberbut Bruce hosted a couple episodesof "Up To Speed" a fewyears ago when I was dying.- Man, I'm so glad you made it.I'm so glad you made it.- Bruce, what is yourexperience with cars?And I think you're more knownin like the gaming world.- I am yeah, no it's true.My dad took me to the LAAuto Show when I was fiveand subsequently made mefall in love with cars.- You have a pretty cooldaily driver, don't you?- I do, I have the Dodge Demonbut I only put about 500 mileson it 'cause of the pandemic.So, it just sat in mygarage which was really sad.- You guys submitted a bunchof your weirder automobiles.Today, we're gonna take a look at 'em,were gonna talk about 'em a little bitand we're gonna determinewhat kind of weird they are.Is it dangerous weird?Is it cool weird?And then at the end, you guyscan hop down in the commentsand vote on your favorite weird carand that person will get $500.So, without further ado.Okay, first up we got-- Is it Brand Dupler?- Brand Dupler!- That's a cool name!- Hell yeah, dude.Brand Dupler's 1979 CadillacFleetwood pickup truck.(Bruce laughs)- Wow.- Yeah, this thing-- Look at this.- Looks like Dracula driving.- (laughs) Yeah, really.This is like you're takingit to the hootenanny.I love it.- For sure.But it's a little class,got a little class.- It does, it does.- And we got a quote here from Brand,why don't you give us yourbest Brand impression?- All right, the way Iimagine Brand speakingand this is not a yokel accent."Well, it is a Cadillacstep side pickup truck"from the 70s and it's a convertible."- And its got a removable chop top.- Does it really, oh yeahit does, that's amazing.- Which makes it lookeven more Draculaesque.- That is so cool.- So.What kind of weird is this truck?- Well, let's call it vampire weird.- Yeah, it's like goth weird.- It's definitely gothweird, that's a good one.- So, this is not a project car.- Okay.- This is George's Nissan Pao.- Pao, that's a cool (laughs).It's not p-o-w, it's p-a-o.- Yeah.- what does it mean?- Pao is a Chinese word-- Okay.- Describing a type of houseused by nomads in Mongolia.In the 90s, Nissan made a few-- Did you call it Nissan?- Yeah, that's how the Australians say it.- But you're not Australia.- No, I'm from Kentucky.- Oh, yeah right (laughs).- Which is the Australia of America.(Bruce laughs)- I don't disagree with you there.I don't disagree with you there.- Nissan made a number ofthese retro-styled cars.They're part of a thingcalled, "Pike cars".- Okay.- It then took inspirationobviously from the miniCooper and the Citroen 2CV.- I think it's toy weird.Each one of those looks like little carsthat I would've bought when I was a kid.- It's Tokyo Disney weird.(both laugh)Oh, this one's rad.This is an LS2 Swapped,2005 Porsche Cayenne,it's rear-wheel drive.- Okay, what happened to the headlights?- That's for air intake.No, I think it's a project.(Bruce laughs loudly)I think it's a kind of a work in progress.- Okay, all right.- And the coolest partabout it, is its got an anglekit, so you can drift it(Bruce laughs)Like who is this dude?- This is Vasily.Everyone knows, there goes Vasilyand he's like scooting along Main street.- Yeah, he's gotta pick his kids upfrom soccer practiceand get there in style.- I think, this Formula D weird.- Oh yeah.- Yeah, that's what this is.- Formula daddy.- Formula Daddy weird.- Nice job, Matt.(all laugh)- I love that they made this car.This is Thomas's NissanPulsar NX Sportbak.- Wait, is it Thomas?(James laughs)You called him Thomasbut I'll call him Thomas.- I assume that it's Thomas.So, in the late 80s, Japanesecompanies faced restrictionson how many cars that theycould export to America.- Oh, interesting.- So, this is like thereason that we have Lexus.- Oh, they made anotherbrand so they could export-- Yeah, they made another brandand made it more expensive,so the profit margins was bigger.- Right?- Another response was Nissan,made a modular coop called the Pulsarwith interchanging roof optionsdepending on the customer's needs.- Wow!- Yeah.This is like car cultureand like nerd culture.- I had this toy, rememberMask, the television show?- Yeah.- I had this toywhere you could pull that roof off of itand you could turn thecar into, I think it was,you could drive your little hatchbackor you could put the roof on itand then it was like a cool sports car.- And that's exactly why I like thisbecause it's a car butit feels like a Gundam.- Yeah, absolutely.- Like it feels like a Gundam model.- This looks like itcould travel through time.- Exactly.- It looks like the, not ascool of a version of a DeLorean.Definitely.- Yeah (laughs).- I'm gonna call this Marty McFly weird.That's what looks like to me.- Another car that hasno business drifting.- (laughs) But is?- But is.- Okay, all right.- This is Robert's-- (laughs) All right, okay.- 2013 Jeep Wrangler.Now, I know you've never met Robert-- But yeah, I could do the voice.- Okay, yeah.- "Definitely just went theopposite route for any Jeep."It's a supercharged V6lowered with small tires"with a hydraulic handbrake,quick release steering wheel"and a welded differential."- So, he's like French and Russian.- I can do 'em all together, James.(both laugh)- This thing just lookslike a fricking hoot.- Is he rescuing people with this?(James laughs)Is that what he's doing?- I hope so.If he's not, then heis wasting a resource.- I would agree, yeah.I'm gonna call it rescue weird.- Yeah, rescue weird.- Hopefully he's doing somethingreally admirable with it.- Next up we have Vincent's Volvo 940.All right, this is ahomemade pickup truck.- What does it pick up?- It picks up Vincent's friends.(Bruce laughs)- So he lives in-- Sweden.And he's 15 years old.And a lot of people will make thesehomemade, two-seater pickuptrucks and then modify 'emso they can't go fasterthan 20 miles an hour.- Why?- Because then,it's technically a tractor.(both laugh)- "It has been made into a pickup."Which is pretty common here in Sweden"as 15-year-olds can drive thembecause of laws and stuff."(James laughs)- Your honor.(Bruce laughs)This man belongs in jail becauseof all the laws and stuff.- I rule in favor of Vincent!Genius weird.- Yeah.- Genius weird.- Yeah, genius weird.This is from our discord,to learn more about getting access to thatand our underground program,click the join button belowor I'll put a link in the description.- Everybody got really cool names-(laughing drowns out speaker)- McBetie!(Bruce laughs loudly)Give me your badge and your gun, McBetie.- You're off the force!- McBetie's squad caris an Isuzu Vehicross.- Nice.- Which I think is like ahidden gem that I think they're-- You don't see them very often.- No and apparently, they'resuper capable off-road.- Oh, this looks like aconcept car from "Cyberpunk".- For sure.- And this car came out20 years ago or whateverbut it definitely looks like Cyber-- Cyberpunk weird?- Yeah, this is Cyberpunk weird.- For sure.Blade runner weird.- Yeah, there you go.- This is the most ironic car.(Bruce laughs loudly)This is Joseph's 1984 Pontiac Trans Am.It was an official dare car, if you don't-- They had official dare cars?- Hell yeah, dude.- I was part of the dareprogram or whatever, I mean,I had to go through it-- You didn't get your car?- I mean, I never saw the official-- No, we all got Firebirds dude.(Bruce laughs loudly)It used to be huge whenBruce and I were kids,it was like a huge thing.- It was a big deal.- A police officerwould come to your classand tell you all about drugsand then at the end he'dbe like, but don't do 'em.- Yeah.(both laugh)- It's exactly right.- This is what this one looks likeand how much it should cost.(Bruce laughs loudly)- Yeah, they give you all the slang terms,we sounded really cool.- Yeah, Joseph has a reallyperfect quote to sum this up,is again the most ironic car ever.- "It was a police D.A.R.E carseized from a drug dealer."- Joseph's cool for driving this car,hilarious for driving this car,the drug dealer that drove this dare car.- Cooler.- He's way cooler.- Way cooler, is this all rightto buy drugs from this car?He'd be like, "Yeah, it's great!"That's the joke.- Nobody suspects a thing.(both laugh)- I'm gonna call it cocaine weird.- Yeah,, this is cocaine weird.This is like cocaine weird,like starting a businessat 5:00 AM with your best bud.(both laugh)- You won'tfind lists like this,at the grocery store.(techno music)- This is Bernd's NSU RO 80.These are cool becauseI think it was the firstproduction car to have a rotary engine.- Oh.- Before Mazda.- Oh wow.- It was made by a west Germancompany called NSU.It was early on in rotary developmentand it was just unreliableand ultimately killed the car.(Bruce laughs)- I wanna know Bernd'sexperience with the rotary engineand if he has had todisassemble and reassemble.If you have Bernd, then I'mgonna call this smart weirdbut if you haven't, then I'mgonna call it dumb weird.(James laughs)- This is Thaddeus' 2006 Toyota Prius.- It's just a Prius, right?- But see that one?- That's right, a normal Prius.- No bullhorns.- Got it.- Notice.- Understand.- And then next to it is Thaddeus' Prius.- Which has the bullhorn.- Which has bullhorns on it.- Okay, all right.- Okay.- Is that it?That's all.(cameraman laughs)- What do you mean, is that it?Okay, Bruce.- Okay, I know.Explain it again 'cause I'm missing it.I'm sorry, I don't understandthe concept, I'm sorry.- Right here, that's a regular Prius.- Got it.- Okay.- Yeah.- Then over here we got Thaddeus' Prius.- Okay, right.- Yep.(dramatic music)With the bullhorns.- Yes!- Oh yeah, bullhorns man, Thaddeus!Wow, Texas weird, I love it.I love it, Thaddy, great job.- Oh, this one's cool.This is Mauricio's...(record whines)Are you guys making your names up?(Bruce laughs)This is his Ford Focus ST-H.So, we're all familiarwith the Ford Focus ST,it's like the sporty Focus,its got a turbocharged four-cylinder,very fun front-wheel drive car.Ford partnered with Hertz.- The rental company?- Yeah.So, Ford actually hasa pretty decent historyof making what theycall rentable race cars.- Really?- Yeah.- I didn't know that, wow.- But this one, it was onlyreleased in the Netherlandsand it was a manual and they saythat the fact that itwas manual was the reasonthat they never released it over here.So, it's basically a regularST, just has really cool paint,some gold wheels and it comeswith the optional Recarosand you could rent it for 90 euros a day.- This is a rentable weird.- Yeah rentable weird.(Bruce laughs)Hey kid, you wanna rent some weird?(Bruce laughs)This is Justin's 1988 Chrysler New Yorker.- Okay.- It looks like a Homer Simpson car.- (laughs) It does.I had a 1985 ChryslerLeBaron station wagon.- Yeah.- That looked just like thisbut it was the station wagonversion, it was the faked Woodyand that car was a piece of (beeps),like it was terrible.- They're not good.- It was a terrible car,so I can't wait to seewhat Justin did with it.- Yeah, you might noticethat Justin is wearing a helmet.- Right, it looks like hemight race this car, possibly.- That's because it hasa 2.4 liter SRT Swap,turbo four-cylinder from a Dodge Neon SRTfrom the early 2000s,it made 230 horsepowerand is like really wellknown for being beefyand you can just like crank the boostand make these boys fast.They sound awesome, they'reimpossible to find nowbecause everyone just blew 'em up.(Bruce laughs)The crazy engine swap justtotally flipped this car for me.Like it-- It's really cool.- It was sort of a grandma thing.Not even sort of, it wastotally a grandma car.- Yeah.- And now,it's a hilarious race car.- This is not grandma weird, Justin.You did a great job.- This is a-- Not your grandma's weird.- Not your grandma's weird.Not a lot of information about this carother than what we can see.- All right.- This is Kelvin's 1980 Toyota pickup.- Nice, cool.Is that a surf board, no that's a spoiler.It looks like that's a surf board.It looks like a surf board on the back-- It's huge.- "The truck has unconventionaldoors and some custom aero."- I like how he describesthese doors as unconventional.- Those aren't doors, man.- Those are bars.- Do they think they swing out?- I think so or else hewouldn't call 'em doors- If they don't swingout, they're not doors.(Bruce laughs).- Yeah, so clarify Kelvin.We need answers!- It looks like it's awork truck too, right?He's got to work rack on-- He's got the rack on there.It looks kinda like the carfrom Arrested Development.- Oh, yeah the stair car.- (laughs) Yeah.- This is hard workin' surfer weird.- Hard workin' surfer weird.Its got super seats in it too.We're down to our last car.Speaking of hard workers.(Bruce laughs)This is Sawyer's Toyota Camrino.- But is it a joke though, to Sawyer?That's the question?- I can't imagine that it's not.(both laugh)- Sawyer might take thiscompletely seriouslyand driving around townand everybody looks at himand he goes, what?(James laughs)This is my car.This is a Camrino.- Stop laughing, okay.(Bruce laughs)No, it's not fun.(Bruce laughs)It's not a fun car.- I use this for work.(James laughs)He says, "It's kinda like a Toyota Camry,"but you can fit 12 bikes,a snowmobile, 8 kayak,16 4x8 sheets of plywood,nine cases of beerand one other one other friend in it."- That is a party and a half.That is a hell of a weekend,I love the paint job.I love that-- What was he doing?What was that?What is that?- It was probably mathematical.- Oh, that makes sense, yeah.- Their geometric shapesand we just don't get it.- You don't get it!(James laughs)This car is the future!- What do we call it, El Camrino weird.- Yeah (laughs).El Camrino weird, for sure.Right now we got everysingle car on screen.Go ahead and jump down in the commentsand vote for your favorite.Is it the coolest, is it the weirdest?The person who gets themost votes will receive $500from Donut-- That's right.- For your commitmentto making weird cars.And Bruce, if people wanna see moreof your awesome sense of humor and charm,where can they find you?- In long form on Twitch.I'm usually streaming eighthours a day or something-- Wow!- Yeah, just my nameon Twitch, twitch.tv/brucegreene.- If you're not alreadysubscribed to Donutand you liked this video,you wanna see more,hit that subscribe button,hit that like button,so we know we're doing a good job.Just hit the like button,just hit the like button.I love you.(upbeat music)