Cool Cars That Suck to Own

this is a first gen Dodge Viper it's one of the most iconic sports cars ever and it is absolutely terrifying to drive and impractical to own we're going to talk about this Viper and a bunch of other cars that seem great on paper but are actually not a great to own I'm James he's Justin let's talk about cars welcome to Donuts Justin you're an eight-year-old kid okay you see a Dodge Viper rolling down the street what are you thinking [Applause] Dodge released the Viper in 1991 and it's basically a streetly race car it has a V10 that makes over 400 horsepower a six-speed manual transmission it only weighs about 3 000 pounds it blew people's minds when it came out but here's the thing about race cars they don't have analog brakes neither does the Viper they don't have traction control neither does the Viper race cars don't have airbags a V10 with no traction control and no airbags is very scary these cars need your absolute undivided attention to keep straight it also doesn't have a lot of things that regular cars have like Windows instead it has these vinyl zippers that you have to undo to open the door because it doesn't even have no door handles neither and driving down the road somehow you still weren't free from danger even after you get home because side exhaust is famous for burning your ankles all right so Justin if you were to own this car is it a sweet dream or a beautiful name if anyone has driven a 90s sports car they were all built plastic and like used truck parts so they all feel really specific Jimmy described it as feeling like a McDonald's playground it would be a track toy I would own it as a track toy because I imagine it breaks every time you take it out so beautiful nightmare beautiful nightmare this one smells like coolant this car is the reason that we made this video well the Viper's engine was actually derived from a Lamborghini engine because Chrysler owned Lamborghini at the time which makes a perfect Pro level transition to another Supercar I'm talking about the Lamborghini machine tune Tosh is designed to look cool but ergonomically it's extremely impractical getting in and out of the car means contorting your body around the scissor doors the visibility doesn't exist this is what the rear window looks like it has that half window that goes down which just looks like a nightmare because it's just like a four piece little thing I couldn't imagine and then the door handles like a metal bowel button yeah push up it's like what's the security in this thing like how expensive that car is that you just press a button the backup you have to open the door and look out of it because of the unique design the gas and brake pedals were offset meaning that you had to sit almost sideways while driving a lot of owners reported getting intense back pain from just driving the Countach because of this plus there's the whole issue of reliability during much of the intense 16-year production run the company experienced money problems constantly interior parts would break off AC units basically never worked and even though like they've used basically that engine since the Mira they didn't figure out how to make it reliable but every dollar that you paid for in maintenance and repairs was paid back tenfold and rubberneckers lookie-loo's and fans Justin when you were a kid what did you think about the Lamborghini Countach they were so cool their wings and vents it looks like a spaceship when you're a kid yeah beautiful nightmare for sure uh if I had that kind of money I would probably do something else with it so it totally would you know Lamborghini Countach beautiful nightmare from the 80s 80s car that everyone wanted to the 90s Supercar that everyone wanted next up on the list probably my favorite car of all time the McLaren F1 [Applause] McLaren F1 debuted in 1992 as the fastest production car in the world a title that it would hold for the next 10 years back then it cost the equivalent of about 1.2 million dollars today but that pales in comparison to what owners shelled out just for basic maintenance the upkeep is more insane than I would have ever imagined the bespoke clutch needs to be replaced every two to three thousand miles a tire change cost fifty thousand dollars that's as much as a new Civic Type R it's so expensive because in order to put the tires on McLaren requires the owner to rent a private race track and hire a driver to work with the engineering team and get the tires and suspension diode in why because it's a beautiful work of art Justin when I was on Jay Leonard's garage the producer called me and he was like we're gonna put you in the [Music] like McLaren and F1 and they were like okay well and they call me back and they go yeah actually we're going to put you in a dream on a budget uh episode so you're gonna drive a Toyota MR2 now whether you drive it or if you just keep it in your garage you still need to replace the fuel cell every five years that costs a hundred thousand dollars that's almost as much as a Porsche should take in every significant part on the car has an expiration God is that a nightmare like that's like your whole life's worth of money so yeah I think McLaren F1 is going to remain a beautiful nightmare for me wow are in the 90s but you couldn't afford a McLaren chances are you may have purchased something like a Mercedes is this one going to make me sick joke I own one of these [Music] this is one of the best eras of Mercedes and a lot of them held up very well that's a lot during this time period a government mandate LED Mercedes to use a biodegradable wiring harness to offset the environmental impact that car manufacturing has let me say it again a biodegradable wiring harness big fluctuations in cool cold and heat and dryness make it worse the things you have to deal with to live on planet Earth if you bought a brand new sl320 in 1996 you would have paid the equivalent of nearly 150 000 in today's what yeah because today you can buy one of those under yeah but like a very under it's a 100 beautiful nightmare this is why LS swapping is so popular people they'll swap these now just to make them better yeah or better wow dude interesting take reliable should know be two I'm tough of course talking about the Bugatti Chiron it's no secret that owning a Bugatti is expensive okay to change the oil in your Bugatti you have to send it to one of only 10 guys that are responsible for servicing all the Bugattis around the world just that alone costs twenty five thousand dollars oh what if you just need wiper blades 3 800 bucks annual engine tune-up twenty nine thousand dollars just like the McLaren the most egregious maintenance cost is replacing the wheels and tires because Bugatti recommends you buy new Wheels every three Tire changes just the wheels alone are fifty thousand dollars oh my God I guess they don't recommend aftermarket wheels due to like a Bugatti Chiron on Volks tires are Michelin Pilot Sport Pax tires that combine Rubber and polyurethane and function like a run flat tire and a set of them costs 42 000 making a grand total 92 thousand dollars that's a BMW M4 but don't worry because you can bundle all these surfaces together for only a hundred thousand dollars every 14 months Jeremiah actually did a b to B on that tire change so uh go check that out uh this one actually compared to a lot of the other ones seemed relatively practical I I know that that hundred thousand dollar 14 month deal yeah it's a package deal and they take care of everything if they're willing to give you package and I have that kind of money that's that's a sweet dream yeah it's a sweet dream I agree we only have two cars left on this list and this next one can be a real nightmare to own I'm talking about Shelby Cobra 427. we all know the story of this car it's based on a British Roadster called the AC Ace Bristol but Carol Shelby thought it needed a little bit more power baby so uh he turned it into a big bad American V8 death machine the toughest dog Cobra came with the 427 cubic inch V8 and spit up 4 and 25 horsepower in the 1960s in a car that didn't ever seat belts well it's known for being an insanely good cart going fast it isn't exactly the most Pleasant vehicle to drive at low speeds and it's terrifying at high speed it sounds really familiar because the same guy uh worked on both of them Carol Shelby designed cars for people who could really really really drive more people have more money than skill to drive so some of the bigger problems come down the line in ownership over time the aluminum body can become fatigued and a lot of the original cars have stress tears yeah a lot of people don't understand like why aluminum is so tedious it becomes like paper after a while like you know heat from the engine just turns it into rubber essentially that's why they built these out of plastic so if you're in the market for a Shelby Cobra make sure you look it over really closely before dropping like 5.5 million dollars on it so Justin sweet dream or beautiful nightmare honestly I say I say beautiful nightmare for that much money just build a kit car I would build a kit yeah just build the kit car the kit car is way more worth it leave it in the dreams beautiful nightmare beautiful nightmare for a real one beautiful nightmare but a kit car sweet dream hell yeah there's Shelby cobraich then there's alien Rich alien where you're so rich that everything in your everyday life would make you seem like an alien to a normal person but it's just normal to you oh the Facebook guy yeah Justin what do you know about a little company called Pagani oh [Music] so Mercedes engine and completely hand-built car right paganis are dope yeah I've driven a wyra you drove one our production Insurance wouldn't cover it so we had to call Pagani and talk to his son and his son was like yeah he can drive it we'll insure it I've never snapped so many necks like I was driving in Huntington Beach and like entire restaurants would just be like it was insane we drew a crowd the amount of attention that this thing gets is mind-blowing but this final car isn't a wyra this is a cooler car than a wyra it is a bikaner kodalunga I don't even know what that is holy is that newer yeah oh okay no wonder I don't know what it is all right wow that's sick that actually looks great that reminds me of a clear it looks like an F1 the kudalanga it's kind of based on the wire and they're only making five of them and they're all sold already naturally the reason that this car is inconvenient is because it costs 7.4 million dollars and I don't have that much of it thank you for watching this video and everything else on donut uh hit that subscribe button and ring that Bell to make sure you don't miss anything follow Justin at just a free man follow me at James Pumphrey follow donut at donut media I have a podcast called pass gas it's the number 59 most popular comedy podcast in the world go to 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Length: 12min 44sec (764 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 24 2023

Reddit Comments

[u/Silent_Selection_582]

When I was 18 I got to drive a 1st Gen. viper for a couple weeks. The first time I took it out, there was a right turn on a red light goin up a hill. From a dead stop I accidentally spun it out lol. Not totally blaming the car, cause I was a kid without a ton of manual experience. But ya you’re on your own with vipers

[u/sonnytron]

I don't understand the hate these guys get.

They obviously know more about cars than like 85% of the people on this sub, but are more relatable to normal people.

Like James is pretty rich, and he's still talking about what it's like to daily a Miata and do a B16 swap. Sure he misses a few details, so do we lol. It's not meant to be 100% accurate and those super specific detail videos are boring as fuck.

I love their channel. It's always entertaining to watch. Better than a 20 minute "spec sheet run down".

[u/Charles0nline]

Most memorable cars do kinda suck to own.

[u/Dogesaves69]

My dad owned a first gen Viper new, it was badass and he says it was a awesome driving experience but the interior was pretty much all the switchgear from a 90s Neon lol.

[u/SufficientTill3399]

Of all the cars on the list, the biggest offenders are the Viper (uncontrollable), Pagani (costs as much as a nice home in California or a nice gently-used private jet), and Bugatti (price and maintenance costs leave you better off with a personal-size jet). Those mid-90s MBs are quirky but they’re far more livable than the other cars despite their electrical gremlins, they’re still very solid mechanically (but they have high mileage snow and are mostly worn out as a result).

[u/gr8d4ne]

Doug DeMuro was actually not too disappointed with his Viper, as long as you take it for what it is.

Doug’s Viper roundup

[u/tubawhatever]

I have to say the cool cars that suck to own list should probably include just about any British-made sports car. I have done tons of work on a friend's DeLorean and it's quite honestly the worst put together car I have ever dealt with. People complain about Yugos being bad quality, but they're really not too bad, especially in comparison to a DeLorean. There's not really a single easy job on a DeLorean except changing the air filter.

[u/PlatinumElement]

I used to drive a lot of exotics and super cars for my job, and my absolute favorites were the Viper and the 997 Turbo. When the time came where I could finally afford one, I chose the 997 Turbo, because I knew if I got the Viper I’d die too early.

[u/LewdDarling]

I feel like mclaren was just scamming people with that mclaren f1 tire change procedure. Rent out a private track and hire a driver and engineers to 'dial it in?' Come on not even the most cutting edge race cars do that between wheel/tire changes