Here's Why the BMW Z1 Is the Strangest Modern BMW
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The BMW Z1 is the strangest modern BMW -- and most people have never even heard of it. Today I'm reviewing the BMW Z1, and I'm going to show you why the BMW Z1 is so weird.
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Doors go up, doors go down. You can't explain it.
Some say the same of panties.
This is why you are the best car reviewer!
Headlights go up
Headlights go down
magic
O´Reilly can´t explain a lot of things. Like, why he got kicked out for being a serial sex offender lol.
What infuriates me is when Doug alleges that it's presumably difficult to access the car in a dress, but offers no demonstration.
Honestly what a misogynistic piece of shit for not doing that
Yes, I'm sure Tank Man is a lady viewer.
Theres some videos where he purposefully makes it look award to get into the backseats of convertibles
look up the old top gear, clarkson does a demonstration with hot girls in short skirts
Tank Man 😂
Owner: Hey don’t open the doors so much.
Doug: Wanna see me do it again?
P
I was thinking the same. I'm sure tge motors and parts for that are really expensive
Right!
LOL Same
Ive always wanted to see a side shot of all the owners just cringing and wincing as he giggles while repeating all of the "quirks."
"Don't overdo it"
*Raises and lowers doors about two dozen times*
200th like!
@Jeronimo Stupenengo Pefaur I loved that
Buying a normal cars: How is the mileage?
Buying a BMW Z1: How often where the "doors" opened and closed?
So this one lost pretty much all its value.
Alot
Good one 😂😂🤦🏾
This made me laugh way harder than it should have 😂
The door goes up and down?? I thought it just come without one.
Finally a car in which you can walk the dog without getting out of the car.
Haha, actually laughed at this one.
It's like walking the dog while riding a bike, only the dog can run faster.
Actually had a guy in the neighbourhood, who had this huge Saint Bernard, and used to "walk" him while driving his Transit van around the block.
ace0071000 God bless America.
Cmon man, don't give me excuses to buy a 25-year old car for 50K :)
Owner- Yeah dont overdo it on the doors, dont wear them out.
Doug- ok.
Also Doug-
up
down
up
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*_UPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWNUPDOWN_*
CarbonButtprint I can't figure out if this is a reference to regular car reviews
Sad only 7 other people got this reference.
V4 Guy XD RCR would definitely do that
Yeah from his mx5 NA video
A Regular Car Reviews reference, which was originally a Simpsons reference.
“Glove box is in the single most inconvenient place possible, behind the passenger seat”
350Z owners - “yep”
Lostsage01 Miatas too
Jesus I’m still getting used to this on my z
I never got used to it, I just kept all my stuff in the arm rest compartment or put it in my bookbag.. which that passenger had to shimmy around their legs lmao
@@haywardhummus8777 haha you’re lucky you’ve got the armrest compartment - early cars like my 03 didn’t have that, or the better center console & cupholders
@@Lostsage01 their is this great video for non-Bose owners where the subwoofer place is converted into a large storage compartment
9:19 Doug the type of guy that does pull ups using a rolling bar
Doug "more on that in a minute" DeMuro
slash46xx 😭😭😭😭
Doug “check out autotrader.com” DeMuro
🤣😂😂🤣😅
@Miles back at ya
I never thought about how much he says that and now I can’t stop. Thanks.
7:42 'don't over open the doors' doug opens and closes them about ten times in 7 minutes
Wouldnt u tho?
That window regulator deserves a medal
Fuckin Doug
13:07 Germans can do it in 40min.
german jokes... no laughing matter
Zu wild
You totally missed one of the weirdest and quirkiest features of this (or any) car. The rear muffler was shaped like an aerofoil and acted like a rear spoiler to provide down force. That’s what the gigantic air gap between the trunk lid and the rear bumper is for. It allows the air that flows over the top of the muffler/spoiler to exit the rear of the car
"You’ll never know where to find them unless you know where to find them." - Doug
Yogi Berra said it first.
The fact that those doors made it past the concept stage is a miracle
Imagine getting pulled over in this car 😂
Cop: Sir, license and registration please!
You: yeah let me just get it out of the glovebox *moves seat*
Dies shot because the policeman thinks you are going to pull out a gun 💀
Doug is the type of guy to rewiew a car with a bicycle t-shirt
Michele Arosio A car can have a bicycle t-shirt?
This whole time i was waiting for what it looks like with the top on
Timothy Estabillo, same here
Me too
Exactly, I actually needed to search for video with putting top down and up.
FAIL
Same here. What about him trying to get in with the top up?
“Don’t put your weight on it”
...
*puts weight on it*
He clearly made the point that it's permissible to put your weight on it.
*Fun fact:* The "1" on the Z1 badge is as German as it gets. That's how Germans write the number 1, with an up-down motion. It's also why Germans put a cross on their "7" in order to better differentiate between 1 and 7.
I write german style because my grandfather lived there for a few years before coming to america, and he taught me how germans wrote, and I thought it was functional, so I never stopped writing like that
@@THESLlCK I cross my 7s as well, for the same reason (functional), although I write my 1s like all the rest of my fellow Americans.
Wait do people write “1” in other ways besides the updown motion?
wow that is cool!
Same in all over Europe.
Seems like Doug likes to exaggerate how difficult it is to get into some cars; but then again, he is 19 feet tall.
E4T6
19' 4"
if we're being exact
SkuzzyJ I was rounding off.
It's like seeing a clown getting into a small car.
E4T6
I figured, but pedants gonna pedant
there is no one 19 feet tall if he was 19 feet tall he would be the tallest person in the world
Doug is the type of guy to drive around in circles with salsa music playing
😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅
lmao ahah love when he puts that song on and does such dorky stuff like that part in this video . its hilarious !
#Super Awesome what song it is from Tropico?
“You’d never find them, unless you know where to find ‘em.”
-Doug
Though the same lmao
5:33 I thought Doug was flipping me off 😂
Doug the type of guy to do a car review with a bicycle on his t-shirt
crOWN
He is waiting bicyclest to rally up and sub. Then he switch to bike videos🤓🚲☝🏻
Doug the type of guy to review a convertible and don't put the top up...
gogoverize u can tell he gets pissed off when people ask about opening the top
gogoverize he did to amuse us with the Aston Martin. Probably the last time you'll see it
Michael Rossi 😃
Also I realised it's a roadster not a convertible. 🤷♂️😂
Michael Rossi same thing
Thank you for this video! I'm German and I can tell you, they are pretty rare in Germany. That time, it was produced, I was visiting the factory plant and I was able to see, who the Z1 has been produced. It was so cool. A lot of was made by hand. I saw the most of the available colors. Very pretty.
You missed one thing, which is common on sportscars today: a defusor at the rear. The Z1 has a kind of that. Pay attention ed nation to the gap between the rear bumper and the bottom of the trunk hood. This is the outlet of the air. The rear muffler is formed like a wing so the air goes over the muffler through this gap and produces downforce. That is one reason why the opening of the trunk is not that big ;)
Saw a red one once in Germany when I was stationed there in ‘94. Never saw one moving so had no idea about the doors. Thanks for the info!
Doug the type of guy to give little kids costumes a dougscore
Donnie Sexton lolol I'm dead
Hey Doug we will borrow you this cool rare BMW with slidy doors just don't over do the door rolling like 1,000 times
Doug: OK cool- *Rolls the doors 999 times*
cobrar85 you know you would do the same thing... it’s like a giant red button that says “don’t push”... you push the fuck out of that shit.
3:00 Doug the type of guy showing his viewers how to get into a car....
This car is beautiful! BMW should make a new one at a more affordable price with the nice little turbo 4 cylinder. I'd be down lol.
BMW Z1 has 2 models 4 cylinders and 6 cynlinders, I have BMW Z1 with 6 cylinders with 364 HP.
Or, a S55!!!!! Inline 6!!
"You never know where to find them unless you know where to find them"
-Doug DeMuro, 2017
Or unless... they watched this video
Yea i loled when he said that xd
Ghdf lmfao
Imagined that sentence with cursive letters and inspiring music behind :v
"Now you know, and knowing is half the battle" GI Joe
Doug the type of guy to break into a car and steal the owners manual
Shantanu Sharma and the first aid kit if it has one
An try the horn
Niboré gives his theft a Doug score
Shantanu Sharma How do people still find this funny?
Bowl Of Carrots why don't you ask tge people who liked the comment?
God, I could only imagine what kind of hell on Earth you'd have to go through to get that door repaired when it ultimately fails.
“You never know where to find them, unless you know where to find them”
- Doug Demuro 2019
LOL
This car was made for the cool kids of the 80‘s to drive legal with open doors
modelllichtsysteme too bad it didn't come out until the early 90s
depend on point of view lol >> limited production time 1989 - 1991
Jeep wranglers also existed chief
modelllichtsysteme when did this happen I could have sworn he was around 675k last time I checked
LOL in the 80's.....all one year of it. First thing Doug said was produced from 1989-91......
They built the car around the spare tire
When you lock the car
Imagine casually walking by and seeing Doug driving around in circles around a tripod making weird hand gestures and spending nearly 7 minutes talking about doors and windows lol
I think you misunderstood the badge and the joining of the Z and 1. It’s a European one which gets written with the leading upswing.
Love the removable panels. Reminds me of a Nokia 5110.
Please doug, add a horn test to every review
Bapo Rapo horn test please
horny test
Yess!!!!
15:19 There you go.
Bapo Rapo aw hell yea
Please daddy demuro
How do you get in when the roof is up? Also, ROOF ACTION!
SmashGhost I had to scroll way too much.
This should be top comment!
SmashGhost Exactly?^
You don't get in
My favorite part of this channel is watching Doug’s pure unadulterated joy.
As an 80's child I can't believe I never heard of this car until right now. Doors that slip down... Why... That's a clever little idea.. It seems like such a gimmicky 1980's concept. I love it!
Your not the only one,i thought it was a Miata on the thumbnail,lol
same here
i didn’t know this existed till just now..
lol
Doug is the kind of guy who gets positive comments even from trolls.
Well you answered my "can you drive it with the doors down question" XD
"Modern" BMW. Came out literally 30 years ago. Doug, get a calendar or something.
Modern relative to 1868
what do you mean, BMW was founded March 7, 1916 whats wrong with you next time you make a statement please do your self the favor and look it up. thanks
@@FutureGPTranscoDriver i think he can make a slightly exaggerated statement without someone calling him out for now saying modern relative to March 1916 ;-)
You might to fucking google what modern means, because it certainly doesn't mean yesterday, you fucking child
@@zgSH4DOW Ok Boomer
You didn't find out how the roof goes up.
You're not the only one.
I've seen other POV reviews with the same problem here.
Doug : To open the door you press this silver thing *PRESSES SILVER BUTTON*
Spends the next 84mins speaking about the door and its silver thing
5:45 - Doug is literally Mr Bean
hahahahaha... 6'4 Mr. Bean... Yup his brother.
James Sword AGS!!!!
Indeed it is ;)
3:39 Doug has seen that old Top Gear segment 😉
This man is a meme himself
You forgot to put the roof up and down
I was sitting there wondering if this thing even HAD a top, lmao... Wish Doug would have shown it if it has one.
A lot of the time when he does convertibles especially if they’re old he just leaves the roof alone, I remember he did a review of some convertible once and didn’t have the top down once in the video
one time he addressed these questions about convertible roofs, he acted like it was a dumb thing to want to see, and made it overly boring by not talking and just staring at the camera the entire time the top went up and down...I thought it was a real jack-off kinda move....
sjnfaueefaefaef jdnsuiodsgsd yeah I mean if it’s a convertible and he’s reviewing it i at least expect the top to be down the entire video if he’s not gonna show it, but I mean yeah unless there’s something really special or quirky about the way it goes up and down I do feel like that is the type of thing he would and should also show us in his type of videos but if it’s just easy up and down like any other car I understand why he doesn’t bother showing us cuz if he showed us how every little thing in the car worked it would be boring and long but if it’s something unique I want him to put it in the video also though when you’re borrowing a car that is maybe one of a handful or maybe the only one in the entire continent I also understand why you wouldn’t want to risk breaking something that would be near impossible or just extremely expensive to replace especially if it is just the same as any other convertible
+Fred Frederickson for me its more about if its a power roof or not, is it hard top, soft top? and also what it looks like top up/top down, just seems to me like a soft top you have to put in the back yourself could be a real game changer on if you are interested in a car or not...
Doug is the type of guy to give his girlfriend a Doug score after having sex
Lymbo - lol
xD
This had me dying 😂😂
😂
"Starting the weekend categories with styling"
8:07, I think I found one of the conclusion for the BMW Z1, this roadster isn't recommended for accidents or crash as Doug mentioned that the body panels are plastic instead of metals. While the panels may crack after several years, an unexpected accident or crash may make matters worse. In my opinion, this roadster should be driven with fully 100% caution for those who own of rent a Z1.
Doug-"this is the weirdest thing, driving a car without doors"
Me, an intellectual- "Ever tried a Jeep?"
Well this car has doors. They just disappear in the floor. A Jeep just don't have any. Little difference.
I mean he did mention jeeps while he was talking
@@daschaot8290 hmm. You said this car had doors that disappear in the floor. *BARZ*
I just want someone to carjack me just so I can laugh at them
You don't need a Z1 to do that. Just own a stick-shift in the US.
SNEK ridiculously true. Someone broke into my buds 03 Jeep Wrangler that was a manual. Put it in reverse, and their foot was never on the clutch. Ran over an entire bush and flipped the door inside out 😂
>Countach has a 10 in cool factor
>"Everyone at Cars and Coffee would go look at a Z1 instead of a Countach"
>Z1 gets a 9 in cool factor
They aren't looking at it because it's cool. It's so egregiously ugly I'd be staring at it trying to figure out what I'm looking at.
Well, after they look at the Z1 for a minute, they go back over to the Countach.
Doug DeMuro that's fair. Just give them a couple minutes of giggling and playing with the door
LLA
“all the way to La Jolla” must’ve been a real long 20 minute drive from SD hahah
First 2 mins Me: GET TO THE DAMN DOORS!!!!
Sees door: Me: Thats kinda cool, I'm good now clicks on next recommended video "7 Car Features That No Longer Exist"
Show the roof opening and closing!!!!!
Honestly
Who said it has a roof?
it's a roadster dumbass lmao.
It is a BMW, roof was not operating.
nathan koroush My Mercedes roof also doesn't operate automatically. I have to do it manually. I guess time is a bitch to the rubber in cars over time and the car economy is a bitch charging an arm and a leg to replace cheap hydraulic rubber rings
Doug the type of guy to put on cologne before taking a selfie
Hey look at that, a new "type of guy" that's actually funny!
rohith janardhan lmao
5:25 never seen him that happy 😂
My Dad owns a Z1 in Black with 25.000 km on it only. My face will be the same when he hands over the key to me some day 😂
Saw one on these in 1990,Munich number plate(obviously) driven by a very well off German tourist in Iesolo Lido.When he inserted the key and the doors appeared and came up I was impressed.Never knew only 8000 were produced 😳
That window gets a workout, wonder how difficult it is to change the regulator inside
maxxjett films since the windows aren't structural, I'm surprised they weigh that much. My 99 Sierra's doors only weigh about 70-80lbs, and that's a huge steel truck door.
Have a look through here czcams.com/video/YkaKBEidchQ/video.html think they cover the door in that
Wheeler dealers edd China did one
czcams.com/video/ZruGhwyUqLA/video.html
Never even knew this car existed. Thanks for the video
I knew of the car. Got a little coverage by the car mags back then. I remember a couple of pictures with a paragraph or two to go along with it. Don't remember reading anything about it going to production or any road test though.
*you're
kek
been living under a rock or just stumbled accidentally on a car enthusiast video?
BoxingWave i read a bit about it...its basicaly an e30 convertible with hide-away doors...BMW thought the trend in the late 80s was gonna be door-less cars...like the jeep wrangler or other cars, so they made this...needless to say it didnt sell all that well because it costed twice as much as an E30 and its gimmicks like detachable body panels just wasnt all that appealing
Also as doug said...when those door raising belts broke it required 2 or 3 people to take the door off just to replace the belt because the doors were solid metal and weighed 150lbs
Never seen this car before, thank you for the review. Good job sir. I happen to love conversations pieces.
Good job Doug....
Also do a presentation of the Z3 or even an M Roadster
It slightly infuriates me that he never shows the converting roof of convertible cars.
Me too. I wonder how hard it is to get in and out of the car with roof closed? Maybe it has no convertible roof.
NO! I ALWAYS DO! I JUST FORGOT THIS TIME! GO WATCH THE MCLAREN 650S! THE VANQUISH! I SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THIS! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!!!!
It would have been fun to watch Doug try to get in and out of this car with the roof up. Especially this small car, with that door design.
Followup! Followup! (lla)
But, in this car it would have to go over and secure across the upper windshield mounted roll bar... my inner engineer wants to see how they accomplished such a feat and still be air/water tight! Go back and review it again!!! LOL
0-60 in 7.5sec earns a *1* ??? You're spoiled, Doug
Leofred my gti is 5.9 😂
I can buy a car for 5 grand that does it in 5 seconds. 7.5 is SLOW.
Under 8 seconds is alright to me but yeah like 10 seconds 0-60 should be a 1.
Alex C your car isn’t from this time period, gtfo
For a 1988 was very fast.
3:30 how do you get in and out if you're wearing pants or 3 t-shirts? Seriously though, great to see this video, Doug. You've covered some amazing cars
Great video!
Doug, show your quirks and features on the occasion of hitting a million subscribers.
DOUG NEEDS TO DO THIS
i am pretty sure he already does in every video lol
That window sure goes down fast
beefyisrare almost as fast as your girlfriend
Seriously 5 times faster than my 1993 Miata power windows. I really need to clean and grease the rollers but it's too much work. Maybe I'll do it after winter when I sell the car to make it a bit more desirable
Cars and tech it also has to do with arms/leverage if the raising/lowering mechanisms.
Get new Delrin bushings for the window. The process only took me an hour total and was so worth it. Do it before your motors die!
That sounds like a great plan, my friend. The other day while I was cleaning my counter tops I noticed a strange buzzing sound coming from my refrigerator - I listened carefully and had to stop wiping to make it out, but sure enough, it was buzzing away. Now, I don't know if it was just a fluke or if it was just working extra hard to cool down the delicious coffee ice cream I had gotten for me and my wife, but it made me realize the general good fortune I've had with this house. Not much has gone wrong, and the things that have - haven't been beyond my capacity to fix! Now all that could change in a heartbeat, but as long as I know god is looking over me and my family - I know everything will be alright. Come to think of it, I could probably stand to grease the rollers in my windows too. There's nothing quite like the function of a freshly greased window unit!
Doug once spoke into an envelope trying to create a Voicemail.
Oh a door that rolls down cant wait to see doug make it look like the hardest feat known to man.
6:40 it's a BMW why does it have mirror in the first place
So the driver can look at himself from three angles
11:44 “there’s no lock on this fuel door” *Immediately opens door revealing keyhole on fuel cap*
The cap isn't the door, is it?🤦
The cap is a after market cap
I don’t see any contradiction here
Great video as usual but I cannot believe you never put the top up , the
Z1 does come with a roof right ? I'm now left wondering is it a soft top or is it hardtop is it automatic or is it manual roof
I had a poster of this car with this same colour, on my bedroom wall, when I was a kid.
I got the poster from a BMW dealership in Germany, when I was there on vacation with my Dad back in 1990.
Why you no show how to open and close the roof?! Lol I'm one of those guys 😂
Mateusz Zygadlo roadster not convertible 👍
Michael Rossi I meant that I wanted to see him get in with the roof lol
Doug is a savage I thought he was flicking us off at 5:34
Alex Gray same here, I would be
Flipping*
Justin C. Thank you
Yeah!.. it's the nose!
When I saw the tumbnale "this should be crapy" it actually awesone
Lots of Good Memories from my trip to Germany 1990-92...Had a chance to see that Z1..
1 MILLION SUBS now show us your quirks and features
^‼️
Yup
Robert Serro looo
Cool sun visor but kinda disappointing it dont have a mirror to snort cocaine like lambo
With BMW's you don't need a coke snorter. You need blinker fluids.
blinker fluid isnt a real thing
You clearly never had a car.
Blinker fluid and muffler bearings are a thing
That's because it isn't Italian, bro
Benis I thought you were going to say Oxycodone addiction.
Doug sometimes i watch your videos just to watch how funny your in some videos.
Imagine pulling up to the Mc Donalds drive-thru and when you get to the window, instead of rolling down the window, you roll the whole door down!
SO COOL!!!
That thing is basically a Golf cart made for the street..
Richard † you're right
And that's why I love it
Yes it is :)
And it looks cool af
BaiKO mi Bella genio
Doug is trending, humanity has been saved
I remember racing with one, one quiet summer evening down the A34 in South Manchester (UK) It was the same colour as this one, it was faster but stopped at the lights and looked over and it was Bernard (Barney) Sumner from New Order.
I've seen this back in a TV commercial back in the early 90s. I was so amazed by its doors it's like a robot.😂
Looks pretty safe.
Until a suited up Jeep wrangler hits this car with the door open. Flying through the air at 60 miles per hour feeling like a flaming asteroid smashed your car.
*Famous last words
Daniel Mayo what if the jeep has its doors off
Not from inside the trunk.
Did you manage to get a reservation at Dorsia by now?
Doug the type of guy to wear a bicycle shirt while reviewing a car.
Iiro Nissinen #AmsterdamLife
W A I T
Iiro Nissinen yes, yes he is.
5:51 what a luxuriously cool bag snatcher's getaway car 😂
They made the z1 to help develop the rear axle and suspension for the 3 series which was known to be hairy in the wet.
Seemed to work and also what a great little future classic they made 👍
Doug the type of guy to have a million subscribers
Doug the kind of guy to have a million subscribers but still write a column on autotrader.
This reminded me of school videos back in 2003 when we were watching documentaries corny waving and edits and the non copyright trumpet music simpler times then
Doug, I was hoping to see you try to get and out with the top closed. LOL