If I were to list my favorite reviews, it would include the Vector W8 and this - the 1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette. It would be the only list, ever, that includes both the Vector W8 and the 1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette.

@silentvega2004

4 жыл бұрын

Uploaded Today, 16 hours ago, at 11:57Am Feb 11 2020

@DNRUDVN

4 жыл бұрын

@Bonda Heat this was a scheduled upload I guess

@comradeclaus

4 жыл бұрын

Bonda Heat probably had it unlisted and just made it public, maybe waiting for the better quality to get uploaded because when YT videos are uploaded they start at 144P.

@cheta616

4 жыл бұрын

Doug type of car of the year?

@RonnyBRL

4 жыл бұрын

Doug's a time traveler. This was actually filmed in '96

Does anyone else like it more when Doug reviews "normal" cars like this, as opposed to million-dollar exotics?

@matts22071

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I love seeing Doug review quirky cars like this, it just fits his personality so well.

@danny67762

2 жыл бұрын

yes i like weird cars

@h0rze423

2 жыл бұрын

How is this normal? You are more likely to see a Rolls Royce on the road than this olds

@danny67762

2 жыл бұрын

@@h0rze423 yeah the rolls royces are cool but i prefer cool, weird, and quirky cars

@h0rze423

2 жыл бұрын

@@danny67762 I love wierd and quirky cars as well, but we need both on this channel imo. I also wish he would review regular, boring cars as well like a BMW 535i 2016... don't ask why about that particular model

her: he's not responding for 25 minutes. he's probably with another girl me: learning about an Oldsmobile silhouette

@s3ntin3l60

4 жыл бұрын

That explains our attention span and interests

@dougrogan379

4 жыл бұрын

At least you have your priorities straight

@JORDAN-og7ze

4 жыл бұрын

That's very accurate 😂😂

@z06king

4 жыл бұрын

We're cats. We get bored easily

@vernondouglas4425

4 жыл бұрын

24 min 54 min

My dad bought one of these vans used and gifted it to me when I was old enough to drive. I was embarrassed of it at first but I eventually embraced how wacky it looked. I named it “The White Bullet” and it soon became the go to car for road trips and group events. Even my girlfriend fell in love with it. Lots of great memories and handies in The White Bullet. Miss you buddy. RIP king!

@mikemoss6045

7 ай бұрын

Same here except it was a 1986 dodge caravan.. I graduated in 2004.

@dakotahernandez4377

7 ай бұрын

Shootin white bullets in the white bullet

@evancaparis4131

7 ай бұрын

Don't hit the inside of that van with a black light...

@jumpmansz

6 ай бұрын

This was my exact case as well. Family bought it for my first car. Couldn’t stand it at first, but eventually my friends all loved it. Only difference is that we affectionally called it “the space shuttle” 🥹 miss her all the time

The lack of built in car seats nowadays probably has to do with constantly changing safety standards. Kids below 40 lbs are supposed to face the back of the car now. You could design a seat and 5 minutes later some regulatory body changes a recommendation and suddenly your built in seat is a "deathtrap"

@alexlollar3293

2 жыл бұрын

blah blah regs, blah blah liability... but you are right.

@straightpipediesel

2 жыл бұрын

Look at toddler-sized car seats as well. For side impact protection they have huge side bolsters, it's too hard to integrate that into a normal seat. Even back then, many of these integrated car seats were lumpy, hard, and uncomfortable when retracted.

@RandomVids519

Жыл бұрын

Better as a booster seat

@RandomVids519

Жыл бұрын

Doug the type of guy to park in a no parking zone

@Lazerrus

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Blah Blah Blah. Just a reason to make people spend more money. Car seat exp dates.....what a joke.@@alexlollar3293

*Doug*- “Quality, there was none” (proceeds to open/shut the power door 30 times) *Silhouette owner*- (nervous sweating intensifies)

@GPTVIBHU

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Zufall laughed too hard on that one

@billolsen4360

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and it's like 24 years old.

@TalismanPHX

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the cable to snap

@sivvinod3187

4 жыл бұрын

Oh shit

@papanovember83

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

3:05 missed the perfect chance to say “a button with the silhouette of a silhouette”

@m_._m906

4 жыл бұрын

Xgalxall1122 I know ,right?

@heresyV6

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to make the same comment

@seandenby2304

4 жыл бұрын

oh hey, thanks for typing out my comment for me

@ChrisMcCoyMc

4 жыл бұрын

YES! YES! YES!

All jokes aside, I really love these. I just really dig that 1980s & early ‘90s “car of the future” vibe that these give off, you know?

@hakeemsd70m

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. These GM vans still look super futuristic to me, especially from the rear. I grew up seeing these space vans all over the road as a kid in the early 00's. I haven't seen one in many years, and it's very sobering to know that nearly all of them have sent to their final resting place. I would absolutely jump at an opportunity to own a clean Lumima APV or Trans Sport.

@Jeffra-cd5sv

9 ай бұрын

@@hakeemsd70m I almost bought one. It was a very nice vehicle @ the time!

@bentonrp

8 ай бұрын

The Super Oldsmobile MiniVan 2000 !

@abemartinez9623

5 ай бұрын

I love that era of vehicle design

I have another theory about the styling. Star Trek The Next Generation was on the air when this minivan came out, and a lot of minivans of that era looked a lot like the shuttles they used on that show.

@clunkclunk2099

6 ай бұрын

Leonard Nimoy did advertisements for this specific Oldsmobile so I think you’re on the money.

@JasonNichols75

6 ай бұрын

I always called them shuttlrcraft vans. A few friends started to as well once I pointed out the similarities. I ran into a couple of other people over the years who did the same. I think the design esthetic feel just inside the boundaries of acceptable because of TNG, even if the resemblance wasn't intentional.

My response to Doug reviewing a McLaren supercar: "Meh" My response to Doug reviewing a Silhouette minivan: "OH HELL YEAH" I've always been interested in the dustbuster vans. I like the look.

@kaidenbrennfoerder4304

4 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, i totally agree

@headers12

4 жыл бұрын

@Marcus Smith 100% agree.

@miracleeskimobattleship2874

4 жыл бұрын

Weird stuff is why I even watch in the first place. Hence why I want a Previa so much now.

@catrabbit4996

4 жыл бұрын

So you’re more of a Countach guy I see :)

@RickTobin98

4 жыл бұрын

@@miracleeskimobattleship2874 May dad test drove a Previa, I got car sick in the back seat.

Finally a car that matches Doug's clothes.

@Branbran1993

4 жыл бұрын

Fox Blue River 😂😂C’mon man 😂😂

@theknowgo5186

4 жыл бұрын

Why is this so accurate 😂💀

@anuyusuf17

4 жыл бұрын

where is the lie 😂

@lexithelexus7377

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too !

@DocHolliday3841

4 жыл бұрын

😂😩

doug score be like: "lets see how this minivan stacks up against a Ferrari"

@brunoder303

Жыл бұрын

"Let's see how this Ferrari stacks up against the Spacex rockets"

whats interesting in watching these older cars doug reviews is seeing all these features that were so ahead of their time. like the button opening the power sliding doors. stuff like that got lost for 20-30 years. interesting to see it all start to come back in todays vehicles.

@Jeffra-cd5sv

9 ай бұрын

Silhouette was truly a very nice vehicle. I was really, really close to buying one. Bought Taurus wagon instead. Cheaper.

@drygnfyre

5 ай бұрын

I just got a car recently that has the on/off power button instead of using a key. Not new at all, but this was actually a thing way back in the 1950s, then was gone for decades before making a comeback around the 2000s or so. So it is interesting to see how things come and go. Sometimes it's just trends, other time they are ideas that just weren't really ready for mass adoption.

3:07 “A perfect diagram of the Silhouette,” Don’t you mean a perfect *silhouette* of the Silhouette?

@sandasturner9529

3 жыл бұрын

Someone who finally gets it.

@Keebrev

3 жыл бұрын

Such a missed opportunity

@itwontcomeout5678

3 жыл бұрын

It’s an old silhouette 😭

@DefundTheFringes

2 жыл бұрын

I like the look of it - much more sleek than ugly.

@KingLarbear

2 жыл бұрын

Only Doug could of dropped the ball at this moment

Those babies are in plenty of backyards in the midwest. with tall grass around them.

@Journey_Awaits

4 жыл бұрын

Pontiac's legacy

@beverlybalius9303

4 жыл бұрын

J S They were junk!,,

@lissanguinan

4 жыл бұрын

I know the one I drove is now compacted and probably still smells like Ready Lash and Those bath and body works spritzed that were popular with the late 2000s high school gals club

@JoeBruin99

4 жыл бұрын

I still prefer Prodigy BBS service. On my 14k modem. Yes, that's PRE-Internet, bitches. Bow down to endurance. I'm a Bonobo.

@HiddenGemPictures

4 жыл бұрын

I can speak to that from Texas. Poor old Trans Sport sitting and withering away in someone's yard.

I had one of these with the 3800 V6. I liked the feature that the rear seats folded flat and could carry an entire 4x8 foot plank of plywood. I also was in the funeral business and once these rear seats were removed, two cots would fit in nicely. The bodies on the said cots would carry an odor/ the vented rear windows were very useful for this purpose.

When my grandfather retired from GM, he bought my grandma one and she drove it for years til she couldn't drive anymore and gave it to my dad. When he sold it after owning it several years, it was still running great. That automatic door chime is burned into my memory tho. Such a weird little van.

Prospective customer: "Mind if I open the driver's door to look inside?" Oldsmobile Salesman: "Knock yourself out. Literally."

@Games_and_Music

4 жыл бұрын

The design will leave you floored.

@Paveynator

4 жыл бұрын

Wake up with a kidney missing🤣

@Branbran1993

4 жыл бұрын

Last thing you hear is them hiding you in the back of the van at the dealership: “weuh weuh weuh weuh” *back door locks*

Mini van door closes .. Snake charmer recording artist "My time has come"

@jmoney7289

4 жыл бұрын

Sad Toast lolol

@ua7pyro591

4 жыл бұрын

Sssss ahhh

@DougDeMuro

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha, literally laughed out loud.

@sadtoast6122

4 жыл бұрын

@@DougDeMuro I got a reply from Doug ... I am now worthy

@jmoney7289

4 жыл бұрын

Sad Toast now happy toast

I think the built in car seat is super cool. Would love to see that in modern cars

That door noise just brought back sooo many child hood memories. We had a 97 Pontiac Transport Montana with the auto door and that was a very memorable sound. We then had the 02 silhouette and coincidentally my first car was a 2000 Montana and that door sound will always mean so much to me.

"And not just any van, but a perfect diagram of the Silhouette..." That's a huge missed opportunity to say; "And not just any van, but a perfect silhouette of the Silhouette..." C'mon Doug 🤦🏻‍♂️

@MCTogs

4 жыл бұрын

He needs to work on his dad jokes since he plans on having kids

@grantmeyer4094

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for doug to say that but nothing :(

@washuai

4 жыл бұрын

same, I was deffo like, what, how can you not say silhouette of the Silhouette?

@Games_and_Music

4 жыл бұрын

I know right?! I literally said that to myself after i facepalmed myself (a bit too forceful). How could he have missed that, diagram isn't even the proper word to use in that context.

"Drives pretty well" While vehicle shakes violently.

@msport_erick

4 жыл бұрын

*best comment award*

@DougDeMuro

4 жыл бұрын

That is "pretty well" for a 1990s GM vehicle.

@vcotta2012

4 жыл бұрын

@@DougDeMuro Just messin around. Love your content. Keep up the good work.

@Bzons

4 жыл бұрын

Fiat: *Laughs in Soviet exports*

@randommanlady

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

That door opens faster than most new minivans today

@KingLarbear

2 жыл бұрын

So they could take your fingers off

Let's be honest. We ALL drew a picture of this in kindergarten.

“This car actually drives fairly normally” (Shakes violently)

@jonnyrion8769

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Caras Also puffs white smoke out the back. Lol

@starkicker5623

4 жыл бұрын

omg i cried

@saturnia_

4 жыл бұрын

lmaooooo

@fl350r

4 жыл бұрын

That's normal GM build quality for the 90's.

@loveashley320

4 жыл бұрын

@@fl350r facts

He’s finally reviewing the new cyber truck. Yeah!!

@snakerb

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Stiles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@orenda992

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Stiles Mostly

We had a 95 we bought used in 96, very comfortable with lots of power. Love the fact that you're reviewing older vehicles!

Doug’s car reviews are always so much fun to watch thanks to his attention to every little detail and his colourful way of presenting quirks and features. 😊

Sign: "NO PARKING" Doug: "THIS IS..."

@DeeM-fe3wr

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!!

@abeismain

4 жыл бұрын

Hugh Jass totally

@nicolasjovic

4 жыл бұрын

0:14

@bertinverhagen

4 жыл бұрын

Sovereign Citizin: 'I am not parking, I am reviewing'

@SnazzyZubloids

4 жыл бұрын

He was able to finish the interior quirks and features and a "driving simulator" while hoisted on the back of a flatbed that was towing the Silhouette at Doug's expense.

My grandpa had one, drove it into a lake... true story.

@Charliefox71

4 жыл бұрын

Wait...what? I think this calls for the story to be told.

@thomasknight7734

4 жыл бұрын

If it flipped over you could probably have just used it as a boat

@llobotomized

4 жыл бұрын

i hope it wasn’t cuz he was tryna avoid another car at night and flew over the guardrail

@sharmanoop82

4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@Seethenhagen

4 жыл бұрын

Can't say I blame him, it does look like a boat

We called them "Dustbusters" when I was growing up. It was the equivalent to a "Punch Buggy". Edit: I made this comment before watching the video. 😆

this was my first vehicle! my grandparents gave it to me. unfortunately i got rear ended about 2 years ago and it was totaled 😢😢😢 i miss it so much. i always got a ton of compliments and comments on it! always had a great time in there.

"I borrowed this vehicle from a viewer here in San Diego who has a number of 1980's and 1990's General Motors vehicles." Sounds like someone's planning on starting a demolition derby.

@brolymaininfighterz962

4 жыл бұрын

I have a saying the uglier the car the more i want it. To be honest i would get more disgusted and laughter of people than a normal lambo or ferrari.

@HarryBalszak

4 жыл бұрын

@Make America Great Again - DUMP TRUMP! The Aztek didn't come out until 2000.

@brandonvalentine3640

4 жыл бұрын

Make America Great Again - DUMP TRUMP! That would probably win honestly lol

This channel in a nutshell: - Day 1: McLaren 720s - Day 2: Oldsmobile Silouette - Day 3: Pagani Zonda - Day 4: Bugatti Chiron - Day 5: PT Cruiser

@tarunmenon8028

4 жыл бұрын

Kenzer 161 other than the 720s they’re all the same class what you on about

@Journey_Awaits

4 жыл бұрын

He should do the pt convertible it's so retarded

@lostkaiser1995

4 жыл бұрын

He demolished a pt cruiser with a hummer awhile back

@10p6

4 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for the Ford Cortina Estate in two tone colour.

@bandombeviews6035

4 жыл бұрын

keith cunningham BS. The PT is an absolute turd, even compared to the exotics

Had an older Chevy version of this with the 3.8. Got great mileage on the highway, fairly decent power for the day, about 180 hp at least. I liked the composite body panels, the body never rusted. I didn’t like removing all the seats to carry larger loads, but I could fold all the seat backs down and handled a lot of things that way, on an elevated flat surface. And yes that was a long dashboard. It was good to armor all it so it wouldn’t warp in the sun too much. But it got us through a lot of family trips back in the day.

The GM minivans produced 1990- 1996 were probably the most exotic minivans such as Oldsmobile Silhouette, Chevrolet Lumina, and Pontiac Transport are kind of innovative and their something you'll never see on the road.

When I was a kid my babysitter had one of these, I never thought hearing that door sound again would be so nostalgic

@KESTRAL23

2 жыл бұрын

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The child seat built into the rear seat was actually amazing.

@80for80

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely genius! Blows my mind how new models don't have it 🤦‍♂️

@kls5948

3 жыл бұрын

moein didn’t know kids stayed kids forever

@Quicksilver_Cookie

3 жыл бұрын

@@kls5948 Can't say if this comment is serious or... You don't have to use it if you don't need it.

@joshcarrey8856

3 жыл бұрын

moein Volvo had adopted this on their XC90 as a option, really cool though!

@kls5948

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my Josh 2 SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH

Another great review. This van was great in looks--quite ageless, which is why I find it worthy of one of your reviews. I've only driven two minivans--a Grand Caravan I rented for a 1400 mile round trip between Phoenix and Napa to move my Mom and her pets in 2000 when she bought her retirement home in Phoenix. I also almost bought a Toyota Sienna, which rode nice but I chose a Camry instead and gave my Highlander which I bought for hauling utility to me wife. That way I had a car with a nice sedan ride (a poor man's Lexus) and great highway and commute fuel economy and a near 500 mile range on the highway--to Socal and back I only had to get gas once, usually around Indio when I'd go there on a vacation with my wife and daughter. My Camry was hit once, the front end was damaged, but it was a strong car and I, unhurt, had it in a body shop and a replacement car in my garage the afternoon of an accident, thanks to a great insurance company. I've quit driving since I live within easy access of public transport now so I do not need the expense of insurance--if I could get a car just for looks, I'd get a Ford Probe or Mazda RX7 which reminds me of a Porsche 924. I also like the mid 80's vintage Camaro or Firebird for looks, or the modern Mustang. My favorite looking Sedan was a Chevy Corsica--drove a Beretta once and my fiance loved it--it had nice power and looks for its days. This genre of GM van was quite nice in looks. The Aston Martin Lagonda was also cool looking--I believe you did an awesome review of that car too. The only drawback of these streamlined vehicles was the windshield blocking the view of the front end. I always liked seeing the front hood so when stopped in traffic I could use the back two tires of the vehicle in front to keep a safe stopping distance which I'd line up with the top of my hood--my driving instructor and also my father taught me that trick and I never rear ended anyone as a result in a half million miles of driving.

The movie Get Shorty showcased this van a few times. John Trevolta got one as a rental and told everyone it was cool and "the Cadillac of minivans". In the end of the movie everyone was driving it

This brings back my childhood and if you think this is ugly, just imagine having it in turquoise. I always thought it resembled a Disney monorail with the sloping windshield, the lines down the side, and the door closing music. A couple of things that weren't mentioned (or omitted) in the video: those rear front vents didn't have a way to close the vents, you could only move them up or down. Although they may have been deactivated if the rear vents were turned off. Also, the ashtray in the rear next to the fan controls for all of the kids that smoked in the 90s.

@redram5150

4 жыл бұрын

A schoolmate’s mom had a “tranny vanny” in jelly bean blue. It was awful

@Conqueef-tadoor

4 жыл бұрын

My Grandma had one in that awful Turquoise color. And I definitely busted my head on the top corner of the front passenger door. After splitting my head open, I made DAMN sure to lean back when opening the door.

@archygrey9093

4 жыл бұрын

My old 80s merc has an ash tray and cigarette lighter for every passenger in the car, yet not a single cup holder

@connoisseuroftigolbitts

4 жыл бұрын

microchip470 cars were more colorful back in the 90s now it’s white silver or black

@bjthedjdutchdude1992

4 жыл бұрын

He also did not mention about the air pump

My grandmother had a 2001 Oldsmobile Silhouette and I was quite literally waiting for the sound the door made. Made my day hearing that iconic sound.

@Branbran1993

4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Shatunovsky Me too! My great uncle had one, I think it was a 98’ because I was about 5-6 when he got it, but I loved that noise so much. It used to make me laugh lol

@jhontayuckfou2393

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@kingartison

4 жыл бұрын

My grandma had the teal colored one with the funny cloth grey seats can’t tell you how many pizzas and Ice cream we ate in there

@michelinman8592

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoyed that sound!

@CarringtonHollister

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes me too reminds me of my father’s 1995 Lumina APV especially that sound

I had a mom ride me out in the second row seats at the end of a cul-de-sac in an Olds Silhouette. This van brings back very happy memories for me.

@TransistorBased

11 ай бұрын

Am I reading this right? You got it on with someone's mom in one of these- in the middle of a cul de sac???

I worked at a dealership when these were new. They had two flaws (IMO): the long nose that made parking a little sketchy, and the overly long reach that was required to clean the interior of the windshield. Otherwise they were absolute gems. The aerodynamic advantage over other vans of the era was very evident when driving in a strong headwind. Oh, the "safety noise" when the sliding door closes was just marketing. GM used a stepper motor to drive the door mechanism. Stepper motors make that noise because of how they are driven.

Doug's wife: Hunny how do I look Doug: Stylish and luxurious back in 1990's Also Doug: Quite unattractive to modern standards.

@djnoah225

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh how does he have a wife he's a simp

@captainkster

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@uraldamasis6887

4 жыл бұрын

@@djnoah225 Having a variable height between 6''1 and 6'4 helps a lot with the ladies

@elijahwalters2938

4 жыл бұрын

I read your comment right as he said "Stylish and Luxurious back in 1996" lmfaoooo

@eh86055

4 жыл бұрын

@@uraldamasis6887 , indeed. It helps one cater to all preferences.

3:06 Im mad at you for not saying Silhouette of a Silhouette

@hupsou4237

4 жыл бұрын

I see a little silhouetto of a van! Scaramouche, Scaramouche....

@musek5048

4 жыл бұрын

@@hupsou4237 no no no it should be; I see a little silhouetto of a van! Oldsmobile! Oldsmobile! will it do the fan-dan-go??!....

I owned one (used) in the early 2000's.... One of the best Vans I have ever owed. I might have had it for many more years than I did, had it not been stolen from my driveway and found about a month later in the Florida Swamps. It was an odd looking van, but it grew on you - and it had so much interior room.

6:21 my family had a Chevy Venture when I was a kid and it made that noise when the door closed and it was one of my favorite noises, and hearing it again is bringing back memories. It deeply saddened me when it first stopped making the noise, and then the power door stopped working completely

Car: has leather seats Doug: LUXUURYYY

@tms_182

4 жыл бұрын

aaaaaaand tinted windows

"It's an Oldsmobile Silhouette." "But I booked a Cadillac." "It's the Cadillac of minivans..." Get Shorty - 1995

@jackd8147

4 жыл бұрын

ooooo irreverent.

@ninjamaster3453

4 жыл бұрын

Just where I saw it

@maitro94

4 жыл бұрын

Chili Palmer 😂

@JonathonBarton

4 жыл бұрын

THIS is the comment I came here for.

@kcosgrovelakers

4 жыл бұрын

24:42 thank me later. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Growing up with friend's parents having minivans like this was great. Comfortable seats in the back, plenty of room. The funny angled front meant tons of dashboard space so you could use the dashboard like another storage area.

As always, great review Doug! One note about the rear seats though! While GM indeed was late to the party regarding fold-flat seats, the first-generation Honda Odyssey which came out in 1995 had fold-flat third-row seats, and fold-forward middle-row seats. The Honda also had 4 car-style doors, not a sliding door. Growing up, we had a 1996 Odyssey while my cousins had a 1989 Plymouth Voyager. I remember my parents loving the Odyssey's seats and door config being far superior to the Plymouth which made you remove seats and slam the sliding doors shut with all your strength!

GM Designer: So what shape are we going for on this luxury mini-van? GM Executive: Have you ever seen a hand-held vacuum before? GM Designer: Say no more fam.

@nathanielp2119

4 жыл бұрын

Grew up in these vehicles. All of my family called them Dust Busters. That V6 kicked ass though lets not lie

@thickheart28

4 жыл бұрын

And the GM exec was simply trying to find his dust buster, the rest is history.

@olavofernandes7286

4 жыл бұрын

Let's copy Toyota previa 😆

@cariusx

4 жыл бұрын

They looked at the Renault Espace. The removable seat system is also the same.

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

When they say 'lozenge design' I think they mean Preparation H Suppository.

Sign: "No Parking" Doug: "QUIRKS AND FEATURES"

@majahanson311

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't choose the thug life; the thug life chose him.

@ducknorris233

4 жыл бұрын

I was only there for a minute!

I owned the Pontiac one, the first-gen, the front wasn't cut. I loved it. Looking futuristic and the view from inside was amazing. You could see the road so well.

I owned a 92. It was the most amazing vehicle I ever drove. It practically floated down the road. Had great power. I have forever hated trading it in. Loved it!

@vaughnmiller4371

8 ай бұрын

I had a 95 and I too feel like you do.

My mom had a gray one when I was six and I even remember looking at it as a child and thinking “why does this look like a space ship”

@vfspectrum4652

3 жыл бұрын

i think my mom had a purple one back in 2008 and we always called it barney cuz it was big n purple

@gregorynofsker7554

3 жыл бұрын

Thought the Pontiac Transport version was better looking.

@kairoward7738

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a military german boxer APC jajajja every owner of this i know they call them by a name jajajja pretty funny thing actually i call mine gregory xd

@someskinnydude100

3 жыл бұрын

@@vfspectrum4652 that's hilarious lol

@MicklowFilms

3 жыл бұрын

They all did. The Toyota Previa van from the 90s was weird too.

Looks like the car i drew in pictures when i was 5 😂

@christopheryasus3666

3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahaha

@isaiahkaulaity9467

3 жыл бұрын

GM probably hired a group of 6 year olds to design this thing lmao

@katiatannus3146

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@rob5598

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Cat-Daddy

3 жыл бұрын

oh look it's me

I actually like the way it looks, a lot of 90s minivans had this sort of shape like the Toyota Previa so it doesn't seem that weird. Love to see things like this decades later

@pilorj4444

Жыл бұрын

I think that forward panoramic front windshield is actually a pretty elegant design idea, vans with a more "normal" bonnet and windshield often look a bit sloppy. I'm pretty sure this idea was started in mass production by the renault espace which carried this idea in more or less dramatic ways for all of its 5 gens, for almost 40 years. It has drawbacks but also quite a few benefits, including maximizing interior space and luminosity, as well as reducing blind spots. It definitely feels very spacey in this type of vehicle.

I believe my parents had the 1990 silhouette! My mother always said she wasn't crazy about it at first, but grew to love it. My grandfather worked for GM & helped them get the van as they were starting a family. It definitely wasn't a sexy vehicle, but it was unique. We had so many great trips & memories in that van!

12:23 Doug is the type of guy who reviews a car at a no parking zone

@interstate80.

3 жыл бұрын

He’s safe because a tow truck ain’t even gonna touch that shit

@sandasturner9529

3 жыл бұрын

Needed that laugh thanks

@jimmy22334

3 жыл бұрын

All the tow trucks are busy with Range Rovers so I don’t think he’s worried.

@andrewgonzalez9391

3 жыл бұрын

He's fine, the sign specifically says at the vehicle owner's expense lol

“A technology all modern minivan take for granted” Mercedes metris crying in the corner

@froggodoggo79

4 жыл бұрын

The US market Metris is so boring compared to the Euro V-Class. Their van is DRIPPING with luxury.

@DTD110865

4 жыл бұрын

@@froggodoggo79 Metris' in the US are primarily geared towards being small commercial vehicles for people who may not need as much room as a Sprinter. Most people looking for luxury in a Mercedes-Benz have always looked to the cars.

Probably one of the best quality content on KZread.....with love bro from Romania !

I'm suprised to hear they didn't sell as well as the other two because the Olds was definitely a lot more common around here than the Lumina van and even a little more common than the Pontiac.

I like the “no parking sign” next to the van. Doug is badass.

@coreygrant5974

4 жыл бұрын

"Towed at owner's expense." Not Doug's problem! 😁

@Torus2112

4 жыл бұрын

#DougLife

@KingLarbear

2 жыл бұрын

@@coreygrant5974 lol

This van reminds me of the Monorail from Disney World...

@2004cyrus

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Fisher lol true

@lazarmeme9641

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh yessss

@karlsmith2570

4 жыл бұрын

They do kinda look like a monorail train car, doesn't it??

@dha588

4 жыл бұрын

Or the front of a japanese train. Lol

@Lincolntowncoupe

4 жыл бұрын

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car monorail.

Love the videos Doug! That’s a dream job there

My friend just gave me a rusted 2000 Pontiac Montana Luxury after a tornado crushed my Corolla. It’s the same van as the Silhouette though past the “Dustbuster” single sliding door and no fold-flat seats phase. I’m really enjoying this dive into the platform’s history! You mention that there wasn’t much “luxury” in the back but the Silhouette fixed that a few years later by becoming the first minivan with a built-in video entertainment system, standard. Of course, it was just a VHS player with a tiny flip-down LCD but a few short years later it was a DVD player with a widescreen LCD. My 2000 Pontiac Montana Luxury was just a couple years too early for the DVD player and has the exact same VHS entertainment center rebadged “MontanaVision.” I’m not about to start a VHS collection but the only auxiliary input is composite video (yuck!) and that LCD is tiny by modern standards. Still, having a flat-panel display to watch TV was probably the coolest thing in 1998. The bezels are huge so I’m tempted to see if I can swap out the LCD with something more modern while retaining compatibility with the VHS VCP… I bet I could just swap in the 16:9 widescreen one from a later DVD model but it’s still going to be composite-only.

My family used to have one of these lol the door fell off in traffic once

@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Thanks! I needed a good laugh!

@malharpriolkar9533

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@UNPOCOLOCO444

3 жыл бұрын

Damn

@daiajsjsj

3 жыл бұрын

😹😹😹😹😹

@Rock722

3 жыл бұрын

Too funny 😂

I remember when I was a Kid my best friends Dad drove a silhouette exactly like this one. We used to hate it and call it a Big Nose. He was embarrassed to be dropped off at school in it, and would make his Dad drop him off on the corner. 😂

@gregoriorazgado5541

3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist when he got his license it was his passme downs and adored it🤣🤣

@jimmy22334

3 жыл бұрын

If I saw one of my classmates get dropped off in this thing, I would respect the hell out of them. Also this thing may be ugly but it’s cool asf much cooler than a Ford Explorer or a Highlander.

The other really cool styling feature of these vehicles were the high-mounted tail lights. That was, to me, at the time, the most striking design feature. It looked so cool.

@jamescollinson2179

2 жыл бұрын

The Volvo 850 Estate Wagon copied those high tail lights 2 years later. That's got to be the only time Volvo ever lagged behind a U.S. auto company.

I don’t recall ever seeing one of these iterations of this style - but I was always fond of the Pontiac Transport which I always found cool. In white, tinted windows, with matching white accented rims and body wrap around accents made it look hotter than even most sports cars of the era.

I like how there is a “No parking” sign behind the van where he is reviewing it.

@charliethedog7579

4 жыл бұрын

😂🤣 I didn’t even notice that!!

@glitchedparadox7296

4 жыл бұрын

💀

@TheBanjoShowOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

4:20 💀💀💀

@washuai

4 жыл бұрын

It's funny. Truth is, though if someone came along, he's there, so then he'd just have to pack up his stuff and drive away.

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

Doug is 'edgy' that way...

When he said "we're going to remember" I imagined him holding a gun to my head for a second

@Uilliam56

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah same lol *"wE'rE gOiNg To ReMeMbEr"*

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

Look at me... What did you say? Look at me...

@Branbran1993

4 жыл бұрын

Thug Nasty I love how he liked this comment

Definitely reminds me of the early 90's . Saw that beast on the road a lot in my teens . My grandparents used one to haul antiques with the back seats removed . All around Texas from camp Bowie to Canton .

Absolutely gorgeous design from the Silhouette. I've looked these up and nobody has restomodded them apparently. These fixed up must look spectacular!

I only watch this video for 4 reasons: 1) “THIS” 2) quirks 3) features 4) Doug being doug

@dukenukem8381

4 жыл бұрын

bumper to bumper

@arrowdynamlc

4 жыл бұрын

But what is this comment's dougscore?

@brettb8825

4 жыл бұрын

Number 1 and 4 !!

@ryansrides9714

4 жыл бұрын

Viktor Shokur I totally agree, he’s the only one I would spend 25min watching review a van!!!😂😂😂

@BobThe9534

4 жыл бұрын

I watch this vid since I knew it was gonna b good

Ohh man!! I grew up in one of these! Well, my grandma had one when I was 6-9 that had red/burgundy fabric seating, then later on had another one that had gray leather seats. Same white exterior with the black lines, though. I loved those vans 😊

When I was a child we had a Pontiac Trans Sport 3.8 with nearly the same interior. We are living in Germany and the car was very rare here even in the early 90s. My friends named the Trans Sport a "flight simulator". I have a lot of nice memories watching this video... Vacation with the family driving through Europe..

@markusantonio4866

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t think Pontiac or GM was in Germany.

@philleicht212

Жыл бұрын

@@markusantonio4866 When I remember right you could buy these cars in Opel (GM) dealerships. This was also possible for the successor (Chevrolet Venture) that was sold as Chevrolet Trans Sport. By the way: The successor Trans Sport was the same car like the Opel Sintra, but with another engine and long wheel base.

True story, we had a customer who put a little model railroad on the dash

@itwontcomeout5678

3 жыл бұрын

Lol whoa

@RosyRecluse

2 жыл бұрын

That's a neat idea.

I can smell the inside of this car though the screen

@Matt-dz3xe

4 жыл бұрын

how does it smell?

@butwhataboutdragons7768

4 жыл бұрын

@@Matt-dz3xe Like cigarette smoke.

@Matt-dz3xe

4 жыл бұрын

@@butwhataboutdragons7768 oh, yes, the smell of childhood.

@fvkz

3 жыл бұрын

YOOO I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE.

@TetrisShark70

3 жыл бұрын

Smells like Play-doh and McDonald's

The Aurora takes me back! love for you to review those Doug!

Thank you for this! I loved this car and wished my parents would rent one when we went on family vacations. I loved the futuristic design and felt like if I were in this or the Pontiac Transport I'd be part of a futuristic superhero or sci-fi movie 😋😁

"Has an amazing group of 1980s and 1990s GM cars" is a sentence never before heard.

@PigEqualsBakon

4 жыл бұрын

@anonymous dude probably has a B-Body or 2, lets be honest. with a repertoire like that is basically mandatory.

@JendaHrbac

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing in its quantity, I guess

@JendaHrbac

4 жыл бұрын

@anonymous it was an attempt at levity, GM has made some cool cars in the 80's a 90's. My childhood favourite was a 95 Suburban.

@dextersmithbsee

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

@saadqureshi7127

4 жыл бұрын

@anonymous "rare" lol

As a small child in the late 90s, these were my favorite car and i was dead certain I'd own one as an adult. Don't ask me why.

@hugonubario

4 жыл бұрын

is it your car now? lol

@baronvonjo1929

3 жыл бұрын

@@hugonubario Still waiting for a response?

@hugonubario

3 жыл бұрын

@@baronvonjo1929 I forgot about it but yes sure!

@cheesandwichfactory

3 жыл бұрын

same but mid nineties

@Bartonovich52

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, me too. They looked like a Star Trek shuttlecraft. As fate would have it... my mom bought a 1997 Pontiac Transport. One year off the Dustbuster design. Truth is it was a much better vehicle. It went 200,000 miles before the head gasket got it. My father in law had a 2003 for 200,000 miles as well before the head gasket got it. And I had a 2001 as a jalopy that went 150,000 miles until I sold it running perfectly fine. But you’d never mistake any of those for Captain Kirk’s ride. That’s for sure.

I had a Pontiac one for a while, and it was really great! Fuel economy vs power from that 3.8 wasn't, but everything else. Comfy ride, versatile, damn good seats... I even kind of like the styling! You could toss out any of the five rear seats, and make kids sit in any arrangements you liked, or needed. Vs Chrysler where you usually had two seats in the middle, three at the back. And they were bench seats. Families today don't understand what they are missing. These old minivans were spacious caverns that could swallow pretty much anything when needed, torquey engines with autos, smooth, soft suspensions... Vs SUVs of this day, especially not the very large ones. Flat floor so middle seat isn't a torture point, third row is just like second... Oh, and those side windows - when opened, they were pretty silent, but oh boy did the air circulate! As it went out from all around the window, it didn't feel drafty, but it was effective and near silent. Those roof mounted air vents are god sent in a car that huge. Those rear seats fold up, btw. Seat backs fold onto seats, and they had hinge at the front, so you could get an extra feet of cargo space. And if you took them off, they stacked somehow behind front seats, not well, but it was already helluva lot room. They were heavy, though. Oh, Volvo has had built in child seats even pretty recently, if not now, too.

Absolutely love this. Excellent teenage memories and so comfortable..totally underrated car

nobody: Doug: *parks in front of a no parking sign to make a video*

@lukenaoumovitch4477

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Tomashowski damn I didn’t see this comment when I just posted about it. Damn now I have to delete mine :(

@farsidekiki

4 жыл бұрын

I laughed heartily when the door slid open to reveal the sign 🤣

@nlpnt

4 жыл бұрын

Collab with GTOger?

When Doug was born and his parents brought him home from the hospital the first thing he did was give their car a Dougscore

@stinkycheese804

4 жыл бұрын

When Doug was born the first thing his parents did was give HIM a Dougscore.

@wormyguy

4 жыл бұрын

@@stinkycheese804 Value: 6

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

The first thing Doug learned to count was the large number of crests, insignias and logos on that car. They really wanted Doug to know he was riding in one of THOSE...

@jeremiahanthony5521

4 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoooooooo

@Seethenhagen

4 жыл бұрын

When he was born, his first words were "Anyways, now its time to give my Mother's uterus a doug score. Starting with the weekend categories in styling the interior is very dark but the exterior has a nice smooth curve similar in style to the Volkswagen New Beetle and it gets a 5 out of 10 Acceleration is slow due to the massive weight on the chassis and gets a 2 out of ten..."

I've been watching this guy's videos for so many years that the moment I see him standing next to an old minivan from the '90s I know I have to click on the video and I have to click on it RIGHT NOW 😂😂

My best friends mom had one of these in Hunter green with a brown leather interior. She used to drive us to and from football practice in it. It was super comfortable, and seemed to have every option you could possibly get, the auto opening sliding door was ahead of its time.

I'm not afraid to admit that I've always liked these vans

@swatisquantum

4 жыл бұрын

Eric Allison loved the Transport version. It was my dream car when I was a kid.

@redram5150

4 жыл бұрын

Way to advertise you have no taste.

@dkt1976dt

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@ericallison3051

4 жыл бұрын

@@redram5150 By that logic, you're saying that Doug doesn't have good taste either. Because I have the same taste in cars, as he does. Weird and quirky

@ericallison3051

4 жыл бұрын

@@swatisquantum Yeah same here.

Doug: Reviews a Lamborghini Me: Oh, that’s nice. Also Doug: Reviews a Silhouette Me: Oh my god yes😁

@Perich29

Жыл бұрын

that van looks like a 7 seater Lamborghini

@fast98gtp

Жыл бұрын

I'm the same way.... We had a 94 lol

I loved mine, 95 Aqua Green with Black trim. It was great. Drove from Fairbanks through the Yukon, British Columbia, down the West Coast of the USA, down to LA, across to San Antonio, ho7ston New Orleans, Birmingham, Atlanta to Ft. Bragg. Almost had it paid c off and the Ex Totaled it. Great van.

We had one. As a kid you don’t really think of vehicle styling so much. You’re just excited every time you get to craw into the weirdly shaped van and go somewhere lol. We took the middle seat out in ours from the second row, and put in a in car tv/vhs movie player. That was the coolest thing being able to bring a movie from home, and pop it into the vhs player and watch a movie in the van! Ah the simpler times, where it didn’t take much to entertain us before internet.

I love how the background for this video is a dodgy chain-link fence that looks like it's on the edge of a homeless shanty town...

@ashc4167

4 жыл бұрын

Max H it’s where doug lives

@DougDeMuro

4 жыл бұрын

The natural habitat of a 1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette.

Never thought I’d see my childhood minivan reviewed by Doug Demuro. That door closing noise brought back some old memories, I haven’t heard it in 20 years.

We had one of these beasts. Dad found it in 2002 or so for like $600 or $800 and it was our main daily driver until late-2014 or so. I sort of miss it. We got rid of it because the engine started shutting off when driving; dad even had to push the darn thing through a five-way intersection once. I think it was a '93 or '94. The sliding door also pretty much never worked. Cable broke at least three times and I guess it took us a long time to fix it. Same with the passenger window, which wouldn't go up properly, and eventually the driver window too, which stopped working mostly altogether. Speaking of windows, the rear windows were a pain in the sweltering heat! We had a green one and it got HOT in the summer, and naturally the AC didn't work for squat most of the time we had it. Same with the overhead thermometer. Never gave a reading, despite the compass working fine. Dad did eventually fix that up in 2013 or so. We also had the padding off of the passenger door most of its life since dad started to fix the window but never finished. Didn't matter much since people pretty much never sat there. We also often had the third row of seats removed, and I don't think we EVER had the middle-row center seat in. It was alright though, since we only really had my sister, mom and I in it most of the time. Sure was comfy though! I'm surprised you didn't mention the amount of cup holders though. If you count the ones on the seats there's something like sixteen of them in this thing. SIXTEEN! Who could ever drink that much? The controls on the dash always mystified me. The wipers were always a hoot to play around with, as were the lights. Certainly unique there! Standard fog lamps too, and a tach! We also had ABS brakes on ours which were neat, and of course the overdrive stayed on practically the entire life. Overall we put something like 200 or 250k on the thing. Overall I do sort of miss the thing. It was the family car of my childhood and it always mystified me, and it was always there, day after day. The plastic body also kept it from rusting in the good old Wisconsin salt-bath winters, at least on the body. These vans will always have a special place in my heart because of that. When we stopped driving it, dad tossed it at Rawhide or something, so who knows what happened to it. I did see a green Lumina van in my old town though this summer at some auto place, so I stopped and nabbed a photo. Not that I necessarily need one though, since you can still see ours on Google's street view, if you know where and when to look.

@3:50 , I had a W210 E55 AMG, and apart from fold out seats in the boot (rear facing, lol, kids + 5.5 AMG Engine) but also had pop up middles of back seats to convert into child seat. Year was 2000/2001