Daihatsu Hijet Review | Do Kei Trucks Work In Britain?
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2022
- This week on Buckle Up, the boys drive around in something that looks more like a childrens toy than a real working vehicle, the Daihatsu Hijet.
Japans answer to the Ford F-150 is really very different from anything we've had on the channel before, and since the van version of this type of vehicle has been famously rolled over by both Top Gear and Fifth Gear naturally we were very cautious of exceeding the vehicles limits, except no one seemed to tell Jasper that...
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That’s high praise! Thanks for watching!
I'm in the lengthy process of importing a 1996 4WD Hijet into the US and I wish we didn't have these protectionist laws that only allow me to import a vehicle that is over 25 years old, so I only get a 660 cc engine with a carburetor instead of a 1300 cc engine with electronic fuel injection. Regulators require us to have safe cars, and they require us to have efficient cars, but they also won't allow us to import modern safe and efficient cars.
I theory the 1.3 from a Geo Metro would fit in the space as it was the suzuki engine. I don't know a huge amount about the vans but that engine also fitted in the Jimny which also had a kei trim so it should be packaged tightly enough.
@@BuckleUpShow - My Hijet is the TwinCam 12V with the EF-GS engine, and parts are even more difficult to source. I can buy parts from Japan with a long lead time and high shipping cost. I can also buy an entire lightly used salvage engine. I've wondered if an S210 or S510 engine would fit in my S110, and how difficult that would be. It'd be a nice upgrade, for the EFI alone. Thanks for the Geo Metro suggestion. I can source those engines locally, although a lightly used one may be a trick.
Having always wanted a kei car of some description I had always had the thought of popping one of the 1.3's in one, since proper kei engine parts are hard to get here too. The thing is UK got a lot more 1.3 Japanese cars than the United States did, off the top of my head I can't think of anything other than some of the Geo models and like you say the trick would be finding a lightly used one.
Hope you get through the rest of the import alright and have lots of fun with your Hijet, they're a great laugh
@@BuckleUpShow - A great laugh? Nobody better be laughing at my mighty Hijet. I'm gonna be like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys.
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There used to be loads of these running around bedford rascall also.
So impressed with this review I have now purchased the camper van version. Not exactly in the grand motorhome league,but hey a lot cheaper. The world is my oyster now if allbeit a very small oyster.
Amazing! We wish you many happy road trips in it!
The world is your periwinkle.😂
I used to laugh and still do at these Kei trucks. Used to be to used these for work back in day and laughed all the time. Then eventually bought one 😅. I still love watching videos on these trucks be made fun of.
Massively useful if you need a 6ft pickup bed, but weirdly scary to drive in traffic
@@BuckleUpShow oh I moved to Japan years ago. And well I wanted a truck and since majority are like this well here I am. Very fun to drive but also very scary. I really enjoyed you alls review. And thanks for the reply. I always enjoy reviews and opinions on these vehicles.
We hope you're enjoying the amazing things Japan does with its Kei cars! Thanks for watching and commenting 😁
Thnx for your honest review! i just picked up my own 1.3 hijet pick up and i love it!
They're great little things!
Recently purchased one of these in the van configuration. Last owner painted it in the a team van livery, and it is a camper! Its a hell of a lot of fun as long as irs not windy
Is it a camper inside the regular van body or has it got a camper body on it
@@BuckleUpShowregular van body. Just about enough room for my 6'4 self to sleep in it 😂
we need more of these team reviews
We’re on it 👀
😂very entertaining …. Thanks boys …
Living in Japan every where is such a big squeeze .
Japanese abroad are like escaped lunatics !
Omg all this space …
Thanks for watching
Almost all Japanese Koi breeders use these to get their fish from the ponds back to their premises.
I don’t know why but this fact is amazing!
Yeah I've been to Nigata Prefecture where many of the koi farms are.
From the new Noble to this, please always make videos
We’ve got plenty more where that came from! Thanks, as always, for watching Oliver!
I'm looking to purchase a 660cc one from 2008. I'm still not sure if this was the review I was looking for 😄
This is definitely the review you were looking for, and with the one caveat that the one you buy would be a second or occasional use vehicle then yes, definitely do it
That's an old ridge and furrow field. I bet it hasn't ben ploughed in several hundred years!
It makes quite the roller-coaster ride when you're three up in a Hijet
@@BuckleUpShow I bet! You'd want to be careful though with turning as these are getting rarer and rarer!
You guys need to watch Julien Nagel …these things dont roll easily 😜
Rob gave it a good go when he tried drifting it around a corner, but it wouldn't roll!
Yeah with all the incoming 20 mph regulations. Still better than an EV. Only problem is I'm too tall for most of them.
What incoming 20 mph regulations? Have you been reading Rishi Sunak's book of "imaginary policies that he's definitely cancelled but were going to happen we just had never mentioned it so you should vote for him now"?
Wait until Labour get in.
In 6 ft 3in,and have been driving Kei vans/trucks for forty years
6'4 and I fit in mine just fine!
@@BuckleUpShow Ask the Welsh. There's lots of 20 mph areas springing up in Lancashire also.
Whats your thoughts on the daihatsu deck
It is different with its extra row of seats
I have no thoughts about the Daihatsu Deck
what category of vehicle are kei trucks? Can you drive them on a basic licence?
Kei trucks are just classed as normal vehicles here in the UK - they're too large/heavy to be classed as quadricycles. You therefore just need a standard car license to drive them.
@Buckle Up Awesome, thanks for the info
I have one , horrible to drive , one slight wind and you’re all over the road , put anything in the back and it struggles to move
And then there's always the fear of tipping over
Can u get a 2008 kie truck for around 5k mark
Probably but it would be hard to find
I have the Piaggio Porter,same vehicle,assembled in Italy.
Japanese design and Italian manufacturing, just like the Alfa Romeo Arna
Haha.Nothing like. After over twenty years, almost no rust,no breakdowns, very few new parts.
love the batman reference
Adam West is the OG
Try driving 7 seater 1L version like I have!
At least we’d fit a bit better
@@BuckleUpShow I wouldn’t be too sure about that 😂
You’re probably right actually 😂
Top Gear/Grand Tour material
😏😏😏
@@BuckleUpShow You three should at least see or meet Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond if you haven’t already
1300cc? So it’s not actually a Kei truck at all.
Thanks for watching Jon
great big wusses
It’s scary!