Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. Bands like The Police, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner or the Pretenders are a bit hard to identiify because they had a mix of UK and US members.
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  2. Mat from Carwow just posted a video reviewing the two top of the range Volvo diesel and electric trucks. He explains everything about the exterior, interior, engine/motor and he even did two 0-56mph (they're limited to that speed in the UK) runs, one with only the tractor and another with a 44 ton trailer. I think you'd really like to watch that one, Ian. 🙂
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  3. I agree, the 2CV6 Club model didn't exist in 1964.
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  4. 3:35 - I can assure that the standards are actually different pretty much all around Europe because we refrigerate our drinks, so we hardly ever need to put ice in them.
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  5. UMM made some of the toughest offroad vehicles, so much so that they used to equip the army and one of our police forces (GNR) and many other public entities for many years. We even raced them in offroad races: we had team racing them on the 4th edition of the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1984 and, believe it or not, we sent another team of UMMs 42 years later! Salvador Caetano is a coach builder, amongst other things. It's famous for being Toyota's official importer and dealer in Portugal, now they represent many brands here.
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  6. Being portuguese and occasionally going to Spain for motorbike meetings before the Euro, I never felt the complications associated with having to trade currency when I went to Spain. I had the good fortune that the exchange rate between our Escudos (the former portuguese currency) and the Peseta (the former spanish currency) was almost 1:1 and our neighbours had no problem accepting our currency for payments there. Mind you that those meetings were usually not very far from the border but in any case, we also accepted Pesetas as a form of payment on our side of the border as well. 🙂
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  7. 10:00 - The Fiat passenger van and the Opel passenger van are basically the same platform, the only differences are the front, the engines and some equipment. If you go back to the profile shot of the Fiat, you'll notice that it's exactly the same.
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  8.  @ESCLuciaSlovakia  - It might not be the only one, we also have the word "milícia" in Portuguese and according to Linguee, it means the same as in Slovak.
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  9. 1:40 - They can drive from Germany to Sweden, you know, but taking the ferry it's probably less expensive. It's all about efficiency. 🙂
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  10. 0:59 - That's how you pronounce Benetton, Ian. 😉 Fun Fact: Benetton is an italian clothing brand (United Colours of Benetton). They started in F1 by sponsoring a few teams (Tyrrell in 1983, Alfa Romeo in 1984 and then a small team called Toleman in 1985, that later became famous for being Senna's first F1 team) but in 1986 they thought "why don't we make our own F1 team?", so they bought Toleman and became Benetton Formula. They lasted until 2001 and snatched the manufacturers' championship in 1995 and the drivers' championship in 1994 and 1995 with Michael Schumacher.
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  11. It's celsius, not celcius. 😉
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  12. 4:15 - The button he pressed to lower the volume of the siren says "nuit", which means night. I'm assuming no further explanations are needed, Ian. 😉
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  13. I'm surprised you didn't ask what FAP means, Ian, since you're usually very curious about car-related terms or abbreviations that you're not familiar with. FAP is what you call in English DPF and yes, diesel particle filters are not exclusive to normal road cars, diesel burning, full on race prototypes also had them. Did you notice that the 908 didn't smoke one bit? 😉
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  14. 11:13 - I'm fortunate enough to have a pizzeria in my city that was founded by an italian chef who came to Portugal because his wife was portuguese, meaning that all his pizzas were made like back at home. It's no longer his but the new owner kept the same menu and one of the chefs that worked with him, so his legacy was kept intact. I'm not at all surprised by what the italians said in those comments because the pizzas they're talking about are exactly what's on the menu at that pizzeria. 🙂
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  15. I agree and it's not only having to have distincts tail light designs for distincts markets that makes it more expensive, it's also the different wiring and electronic commands needed for things to work. Simply swapping the tailights won't make the brake bulbs start flashing when commanded by the indicator stalk or the hazards' button.
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  16. I'm portuguese and we have loads of roundabouts all across the country. I live in a relatively small sized city but we have 22 roundabouts in the urban area alone, two of them exist for more than 60 years. Just imagine how many lives wouldn't have been taken, how much electricity would've been saved and how much pollution would've been avoided if the US had adopted roundabouts 50 or 60 years ago.
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  17. It's not 11, it's 9.
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  18. The fridge might be the only one of those things that are called "american" here in Portugal but I'm not sure.
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  19. Exactly and just because he's asking the questions in English but he doesn't specify that the answer must be in English, in principle you can answer in your own language. There's one question that he often asks in these ESN videos (name one country that starts with an "a" but doesn't end with an "a"), that only have two correct answers in English (Afghanistan and Azerbaijan) but have lots of correct answers in French: Alemagne, Albanie, Argentine, etc.
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  20. 17:00 - He's somewhat wrong here, you don't need to spend 40 or 50€ to eat traditionally made, good food in most of Europe. Quite the contrary, in many places you can have that kind of food for not a lot more than you'd pay for fast food in the US. Heck, even in the tourist hot spot that Lisbon has become, you can eat a traditional, local full meal for 10 or 15€!
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  21. 1- I have serious doubts that a US american would complain about anything tea-related. Side note about #2, Ian: not all volcanos are mountains.
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  22. Old school driver here. I was taught how to drive in a car with no power steering, a heavy clutch and bad brakes but I never failed parking at first attempt (it helped that I had the best instructor in the school). Every car that I drove in the last 36 years didn't have parking sensors. If they had, I would drive them crazy with the way I park. Now that I think about it, I'd probably rip them off or cut the wires so that I wouldn't have to hear them whine about how close I was to the other cars when I'm manoeuvering to park. 🙂
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  23. Props to you Ian, for not saying "Ver-sales" like a certain game show host.
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  24. 2:44 - Every other european country always rave about their bread being the best. Meanwhile the portuguese bread is a somewhat well-kept secret. 😉 9:17 - Wow Ian, who would've thought that you, as an american, would one day say "yeah, I wouldn't want to eat that whole thing" for something that's considered "bite-size" compared to the portions they serve in the US? 😄 12:20 - Portugal is the top seafood consumer per capita in Europe - and usually ranks in the top 4 worldwide - so if our seafood wasn't good we wouldn't be. Think about that. 15:15 - Search on Yelp or Trip Advisor for Portuguese restaurants in Chicago and you'll find many.
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  25. Here in northern Portugal, back in the old days, we had something similar called "espigueiro" but to store grain (corn, wheat, etc). They were made of stone or stone and wood, and were also put on top of mushroom-like pillars. 🙂
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  26. Yeah, Opel were always the underdogs among the "sea" of Mercedes and BMWs. And let's not forget the Ford Sierra. 🙂 I'm portuguese and I don't speak German but I also used to watch the races on RTL and the reviews of the DTM and the BTCC on Eurosport (via satellite).
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  27. 3:50 - It's even more amazing when you consider it has only half the cylinders of a V8! 😃 6:03 - It's amazing, isn't it, how they drift an AWD car as if it was RWD. 🤯
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  28. Here in Portugal those are called "terraços" and if you're wondering why it looks a lot like the word "terraces" in English, Ian, that's because it's the direct translation. A "varanda" in Portuguese is what you call "balcony" in English. 🙂
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  29.  @paulozavala3232  - It is true, in Europe the majority of vehicles on the road are still manual. What you said about taking the driving license in Sweden doesn't negate this fact and it's irrelevant to the point the OP was making.
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  30. I agree. The battles between Jean-Luc Pailler, Kenneth Hansen and Martin Schanche were always epic! I never missed a race on Eurosport. 😀
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  31. The "go big or go home" culture is not exclusive to the US, Ian. When satellite TV became very popular in the late 80's/early 90's here in Europe, a consumer electronics company I work with (specialised in TV reception equipment) sent some of their analogue sat receivers to Saudi Arabia, in order to get a supply contract for that market. This was in the mid to late 90's and at that time the receivers were already much smaller (half the standard size) than the first ones that came to the market. The saudis refused them because they were too small, so the company had to make full standard size enclosures, but with the same tiny board inside, for them to accept the deal. Their justification was that the saudi customers thought that if the receivers were small they'd probably be no good. The receiver looked ridiculous with all that empty space inside! 😆
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  32. Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world and that's the "original" one, even the rebuilt version is older than the US of A (after the 1755 earthquake, tsunami and fire). 😄
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  33. Non-american here. Here's what I think about the USA: why do you people eat as if you have free healthcare?
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  34. I would say that's kind of obvious but hey, it doesn't hurt to explain it anyway. 😄
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  35. The Metro 6R4 had a NA V6, which was basically a Rover V8 engine with 2 cylinders removed. Fun Fact about this engine, Ian: it ended up being used in the Jaguar XJ220, with a pair of turbos strapped to it, instead of the promised V12 that had to be ditched due to emissions' regulations. 😀
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  36. Many people only think about the driving part when they plan on driving on a different country, they keep forgetting about one crucial thing: the country's road rules. Granted, many of them are the same everywhere but it's those that aren't that could end up turning something pleasant into a nightmare.
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  37. That and there never were any carburated diesel engines.
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  38. I can't believe that you missed Cyprus and Kosovo! The flags literally have the picture of the country in them! 😂
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  39. For those who know Ligier from F1, it's weird seeing a microcar representing the brand. 😆
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  40. 1:32 - If I understood your question correctly, that was a Ford Escort, either a RS 2000 or a RS 1600. If you like rally this much I firmly believe you'll like hillclimbing even more! I strongly suggest you give it a shot. There are several channels dedicated to it but my suggestion goes to Hillclimb Monsters' channel. He has some of the best footage and he usually includes the cars' specs, which are very helpful when you don't quite know what you're looking at. 🙂
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  41. 5:21 - You're right, the Fiat Ducato traditionally comes with a 2.3L I4 turbo diesel engine, so I have no reason to doubt that it's also the case here.
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  42. 0:33 - You're wrong, Ian, but I'll forgive you since you hadn't watched the video yet. 16:05 - Compared to many US americans who don't even know that their country has a capital...
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  43. What part of "Portuguese here" didn't you understand? I wasn't talking about Europe in general, although what happens here in Portugal also happens in the majority of european countries. But it's good to know that if I ever go to Chéquia I'll make sure to avoid bars, cafés or restaurants that have waitresses and choose the ones that have waiters.
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  44. You see now why I keep suggesting videos from the HillClimb Monsters' channel, Ian? It's because of videos like these! They have all the ingredients to make you happy. 😄 The documentary you watched next was from the french TV channel France 3, which is sub-divided in one channel for each region of France. This one was from the Sud-Aquitaine region and takes place in the city of Pau.
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  45. 0:11 - They're called "matrículas" in Portuguese. 😉 Ours have been following a sequence since the beginning and they have 3 pairs of 2 digits. The early ones had two letters and four numbers, with the letters at the beginning (ex: AA-00-00), when all the possible combinations of that series were used up, the letters changed to the end (ex: 00-00-AA), then to the middle in the following series (ex: 00-AA-00) and when that series ended in February of 2020, a new series with four letters and two numbers started (ex: AA-00-AA) and that's the one being currently used. Also, our plates don't have expiration or renewal dates. They are issued with the first registration of the vehicle and last until the vehicle is scrapped. 6:50 - Vanity or personalised plates are not allowed in Portugal. The UK is the only european country I know that allows them. 13:05 - My thoughts: I agree with everything you said about digital plates. The ability to "talk" to other drivers is also a big no-no. As if today's drivers didn't already have enough distracting things inside the vehicle...
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  46. Sorry but having almost as many pickup trucks and SUVs as cars on the roads is US-exclusive, nowhere else in the world you'll find a similar ratio.
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  47. This is the modern day Ami, Ian, the original Ami was produced between 1961 and 1978 and was just a normal car. Since you like the unique look of older Citröens you should take a look at it to see how quirky looking it was, especially the early version. There was one on the bottom right picture at 15:15 but you missed it. Btw, "ami" means friend in English. 😉
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  48. 4:20 - Exactly, Ian! Knowing the track, the braking and acceleration points and the limits of the car makes an experienced driver go fast in any car but like others already said, this car is far from a regular M4 that you can buy from a dealership. 😄 Oh, and you don't need to tell us to go watch the original video, I'm pretty sure all of us here are part of the 8,2 millions who already have. 😉
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  49. 16:30 - Ian: yeah, we just use "or" Living Colour, the US american Rock band: hold our beer... 19:50 - I can't speak for other european countries but here in Portugal I have 500/100 (download/upload speeds) fiber optics internet, with 100 digital TV channels (the majority of which are Full HD), and landline phone with unlimited free calls for national landlines and unlimited free calls for EU numbers between 9PM and 9AM on weekends and I pay only 32€/month.
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  50. Loving cold drinks and loving warm drinks that have to be cooled with ice are two completely different things, Ian. I love cold drinks but those properly cooled in a fridge or a freezer. Ice cubes cool the liquid they're in by melting, so putting ice cubes or ice cold water in a drink is basically the same.
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