Cool Cars That Suck to Own

Sometimes dream cars are actually nightmares.

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[inFamousAnto]

“we had to call pagani and his son said yea you can drive it we’ll insurance it” is the coolest and hardest line dropped in a donut video

[jamesweldon]

You should do one on “boring” cars that are actually fun to drive

[frenchieblack]

Reaction to the viper was accurate back then. There was one in my neighborhood 30 years ago. All the kids in the neighborhood could hear when he was coming home but he lived like a mile away. We all hopped on our bikes and met him at his house to ask him questions before he went inside. When he moved away, the kid that moved into his house was really popular for reasons, unbeknownst to himself.

[AdamGs]

I've driven a first gen Viper. I used to work at a dealership in the late 90s when I was in high school. The owner of the dealership had a 93 Viper and he let me drive it...with supervision of course. It was absolutely terrifying to drive. Even at low speeds it never felt like I had control of the thing. It just acted like it wanted to kill you.

[grandmoffporkins]

Basically you’re telling our inner child how much grief we were spared by not having the dream car. That’s a service. Well done Donut!

[JacksonMack]

I love how when he says "we had to call Pagani", he's not talking about the company per se, but a family member, an actual Pagani.

[jairusofall]

Having owned a 1st gen viper for a decade and adding almost 50k to the odometer, I can say with certainty that it’s definitely wonderful to own and never stops being fun! Love your vids btw!

[prod.byfound]

3:34 this mans reaction to a closely sounding....word....was priceless

[mannywilliams]

Someone once described the Viper as a car that seemed like it was trying to kill it's driver.

[KjV]

Justin is such a great addition to the team. Everybody has their own individual personality, but the whole team still gels really well together.

[iviuidi]

As a Service Manager at a Goodyear Automotive Center back around 2000-2001 or so, I had to Road Test a 94 Viper after customer bought Rims, Tires, and Alignment. Usually we have easy access in our area to quickly get to the residential streets, the regular traffic streets, and finish off the road test "circle" with a 2 mile run down the freeway. It was really helpful for diagnosing ride disturbances at different speeds, terrain, etc.,
I never even drove the damn thing out of our mall parking lot during this road test, (this was the only time in my 10 years working there that I had ever done such a thing) IT ABSOLUTELY, TRULY feels just like the memes; that the car is actively trying to kill you. Particularly, if you're not used to the subtleties of that torque hitting (even with very careful throttle and clutch control), once that power gets itself to the rear tires, that car felt utterly possessed. I parked it and hid the keys in my desk for the rest of the week until the customer was expected to pick it up. Last thing I wanted was for one of our rookie techs to try to get out for a joyride. Nope.

[jergarmar]

My jaw literally fell open hearing about James driving that Pagani, that is an absolutely insane experience, from arranging to drive it, getting it insured from an actual Pagani, driving it through Huntington Beach, and that doesn't even include the insane experience of *actually driving the car*. That is nuts, I can't imagine.

[stephenmaw]

That story on the Pagani and the son giving the okay is amazing. Can we get a series called "Story Time" and just go into things like this.

[NarwahlGaming]

Our town's richest guy (every town has one) waited 6 months or so for his custom Viper when they first came out.
He showed up to our auto shop to show it off and took one of our guys for a "quick ride".

They were gone for over an hour.

Keith decided to do a doughnut in an intersection (because he's rich enough to be able to do one - in town) and wrapped the car around a telephone pole. 😂

[ShortAss]

Knowing that about the Mclaren makes the fact that Rowan Atkinson put tens of thousands of miles on his F1 absolutely legendary!

[stevenhudson]

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure, It's built on fraustration. it's built on fear that you have to overcome. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

[evandempsey]

My dads cousin had a first gen viper. He was driving it a few months ago, lost control, hit a tree and ripped the car into pieces. He was ejected still strapped into the drivers seat. He broke almost every bone in his body but he’s doing better now. He said he wants his viper back 😂

[paliH]

My uncle was one of the engineers on the 1st Viper. He picked me up one day after school in a Viper prototype. I was 9. It felt like an alien spaceship.

[smody]

I have a '95 SL320 R129 and absolutely love it. Yes, I had to re-solder the brake light wiring that runs along the trunk hinge, and the blower motor had to be replaced and jerry-rigged but it was cheap and I'm learning a ton about how to work on my own car. 3rd party parts haven't been an issue yet and you don't see these on the road much anymore so get a lot of compliments. The most come from Gen Z kids, makes me think of the days of the 90s when I'd look at the 60s and 70s cars like that.

[MkSwampy]

Donut single handedly trying to drive down prices on collector cars. I see what you're doing Donut.