The video turned out perfect!!! It was such a pleasure working together and Ed is a fantastic driver. He took great care manouvering my LeSabre through those narrow streets! On 2:19 it says it right on the wall: this is a trap for cars like my LeSabre 😱

I spent a lot of years driving an '86 Caprice wagon around Edinburgh. I got ace at parallel parking but only once took it into a parking garage at a local shopping centre. Never again. I had to reverse at the top of every ramp to get get it round. Only once got it properly stuck in a narrow mews lane that a friend lived in. I eventually got it out but only after having that "moment" where I thought "this is where I now live".

Hilarious video😂, but it’s true. I own the same 76 Buick LeSabre and parking in the Netherlands is indeed a BIG challenge. I really don’t dare to park in a parking garage and avoid old towns. Nevertheless I’m very happy with my big seventies 🇺🇸 land yacht😃

I enjoyed the looks on the kid's faces as you attempt to enter the garage with that beast. 'In the Hall of the Mountain King', was the perfect musical choice. It's funny that cars like that were so very common when I was growing up in Grapevine, Texas in the 70's.

reminds me of when i got to drive a 72 oldsmobile in finland. i was used to ford capri's and granada's with big long hoods but i was not prepared for the mammoth task of threading a bonnet in another post-code through traffic. by the time we finally found parking in a supermarket parking lot, we had to take up 4 spaces.

Beautiful Buick. I live in big open space Texas. Back in the 90s, I was in Germany visiting family who live in a stereotypical small town. One day, a stretch Cadillac Limousin was driving down the street, trying to make a turn at a T intersection, but couldn't . After 15 minutes, they gave up and drove backwards almost 2km because it was too long to turn around. As a owner of multiple land yachts myself, I felt bad for the driver.

Growing up in Brooklyn, my Dad had a Peugeot 404 estate, which I thought was quite enough, size-wise. Yet for my driver's Ed class, we all had to drive this exact model Buick, but with four doors. It was stress-inducing trying to navigate that beast through the narrow residential streets, with the occasional pedestrian jumping out from between parked cars. And then the ultimate nightmare for a sixteen-year-old novice driver: parallel parking without hitting a curb, a parked car, or somebody walking their dog. It didn't help that there was zero feedback in the steering and the brakes were touchy yet weak. I couldn't stand the site of these things for a couple of decades... but it's fun to look back on!

I remember My Grandad seeing a Zephyr MkIV, now he served on escort carriers in WW2, he thought the bonnet was bigger than the Flight deck of his ship!

ok but i already love this Le Sabre. look at the chique, the brown, the vynil, the chrome, the massiveness! So very American

My first thought was it looks *really odd* to see these big 70s cars on some normal wheels instead of some giant chrome ugly rims. Thanks for taking us along for the challenge!

My neighbor had a brown/cream 55 Chevy two door post and a 76 Caprice, bright blue with a white vinyl Landau top. Mint cars. Really interesting part is he was a quadriplegic. Both cars were set up for hand controls. They even had a “line lock” setup so he could lock the front brakes and turn the rear tires into smoke and noise.

Once went to buy an MG Midget from a dealer and ended up with a 1972 Buick Electra 225. It remains my favorite car of all time. We could fit 17 people in that car, if you included the trunk. 8 in the trunk.

When I was a kid, my father had a 75 Buick Electra Limited, which is almost 6 1/2 inches, or 16 cm longer than that LeSabre. Imagine trying to navigate those European streets in that.

Who's always eagerly waiting for his video to come out???

This is fantastic. Really enjoying the vids outside of the series... enjoying the series too but these extra's are really great.

I feel you, bro! Back in 2003 I took my freshly bought "Cowboy Conversion" Silverado to the center of Amsterdam, the solution to the parking problem was that two of us went shopping while third kept driving around the block. And we did three 30 minutes shifts so every one could have their share. Holy shitballs, I've been owning that truck for almost 20 years...

Cool idea, and well done to your camera operator (or crew)! There were some cool shots in there, and all arranged in an entertaining sequence

My dad was in the Air Force for many years. Back in 1977 he took his full size Ford F150 to Germany and then again when he was stationed in England. He use to tell me stories about how all the locals would ask him "why do you have such a huge truck".

As someone who learned to drive on a 76 LTD station wagon, I can say that practice makes perfect. I took that thing up rutted dirt roads in the mountains, over giant rocks and across shallow rivers, and I learned to spin it around at the edge of a cliff if I had to turn around and go back (which was often). Forget 3-point turns; try 97-point turns: forward and reverse, over and over, the power steering screaming all the time, and you can do anything. Are they easy to drive? No. But to sum up, it wasn't the car that caused those problems, it was your technique that got you into trouble, and practice can fix that. Parking garages with miniature spaces are another matter.

I love how everyone walking past stopped and watched you attempt to maneuver that beast!

I really appreciate this video! I am from the USA , and I have owned several "land Yachts". 3 Buicks , 2 Plymouths, and one Caddy. Over here parking isn't really an issue, but more and more I see parking for compact cars only. One issue I had one day was running out of gas in my Electra 225. I had to parallel park (street park) the car not running and alone. 4500 pounds of Buick! Not easy!

My first thoughts when i saw that huge Buick were: "Thats an intresting spin on the Aston Martin grille... actually i don't think the designer of this car even knows what an Aston is."

Makes me wonder if, given the size and passenger capacity, you could legally register the car as a coach. 😁

Parking deck to a large car: "Welcome to hell!" 😧

I just love your videos, Ed! Great job! Those 70's cars are truly massive, they aren't easy to drive/park here in the US.

I love driving large cars such as these, such a different driving experience from a small hatchback and quite rewarding in my opinion. I go through a similar ordeal when driving a 1998 Toyota Century in Okinawa.

Ed/DougDeMuro: “and thissss, is the 1975 Buick LeSabre Custom limited Landau”

In my small European country there was a time in the 50's and 60's when you coukd spot many American cars navigating in the narrow streets. There was one feature that saved those drivers from getting stuck until today in the narrow streets: There was hardly any traffic as most people could not afford a car. This quickly changed in the next decades as more people could buy a car but not with big engines and thus American cars have been taxed to near extinction ever since.

The "Little Tree" air freshener is a classic touch!

Watching this whole thing raised my blood pressure and made me nervous!! LOL.

Hi Ed! Beautiful car BTW! I feel your pain - I have a 1988 Pontiac Firebird - which is relatively smaller than the Buick you had there. I never go to parking garages, and even open-air car parks I need two spaces side by side to be able to get the doors open! So - I don't stop in town centres - I use a different car. A Hyundai 😆

Man, what a beautiful machine....

This video made my day. And for some reason, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" was the perfect song to accompany the footage.

You clearly passed by a couple land docks where you could anchor it, but I appreciate the intent of the video.

Great video! I’m reminded of quite a few past land yachts I’ve owned. Now try a parking a 74 Chrysler (my first car) that lost reverse! That was challenging even in the US. 😂

"Will it fit?" is the question Ed hears most often, while he's smashing his way across the world researching cars. Legend.

Ah Ah, great video Ed! I love classic American cars also for these things, five meters for a two door sedan! Here in Italy (North east of Sardinia, landscapes like California.. we are in theme) I've seen a 1970's Camaro in the underground parking of a mall. The spots were very too small for this beast.. and so the owner has parked outside the spots limits. Literally on the road for the exit from the underground parking.. in double row! But in this incredible island I've also had the luck to share the ferry on my old 2007 Yaris with a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado and a Ford Model A (cars of a classic car meeting in departure, there were a lot of old glories) ! I've do some videos fortunately

I had a 1953 Pontiac Chieftain with no power steering, try parking that!!

top gear level entertainment 🤣 Love your channel 😎

I've been driving 70s cars all my life, I love watching you be overly cautious because you're not familiar with such land yachts 😆 great video

I'm always up for a good game of "Will It Fit?"

Love this video Ed - I have driven these cars since I was 16 - here in America - and watching this video gave me sweaty palms from nerves!

At least you wouldn't have to worry about it being stolen and used as a getaway car for a bank robbery! Love your channel - keep up the good work.

That was a very nice '75 LeSabre, and I enjoyed your attempts to find a place to park it, even if they came to naught. Great video!

I like the low camera angles to make the big car look even bigger

I'm European and since I was a toddler, I knew a coach driver and articulated lorry driver (the latter not personally) on my street. The semitrailer is parked outside the driver's house, sitting directly between it and the road. The driver comes and leaves with and without the trailer, backing up when he has it. The coach is parked directly on the side of its driver's house; he simply backs it up but has more space than the semitrailer.

When I was working, my company car was a 1977 Chevrolet Impala STATION WAGON. I was the same width as the Buick, but FOUR INCHES longer. although the instrument panels were identical. It was VERY hard to street park, even straight in, as it stuck out in traffic. Huge car for two people with the rear end and back seat completely filled with the merchandise I sold. Oh, and it seemed to need a tank of gas every week, even though it had a twenty-five gallon tank. So don't ask about miles-per-gallon, you wouldn't believe it. Remember this was AFTER the 1973 gas crisis, so it should have been more fuel efficient. Except it wasn't. This was a car where you could fit three adults in the front seat, three in the back seat and two or three more in the farthest back seat, facing the rear window. Depending on the size of the people, you COULD fit NINE ADULTS in that car. No bucket seats here, all bench seats made of sun-loving vinyl. I also remember that the tailgate had a neat trick, it could fold down, like the tailgate of a pickup truck, or, it could open like a huge door so people could get in and out. Both rear seats also folded flat for carrying plywood sheets or sheetrock that were 4 feet by 8 feet that were lying flat. It really was a workhorse in car form. I believe this was before minivans came out, with the exception of the Volkswagen Type 2, but it could barely get out of its own way.

Getting the Ever Given out of the Suez Canal was an easier task

What a beautiful LeSabre!

this is some another level filming Ed! mad respects

As an addition to your fantastic video Ed, The theme song choice is truly admirable! Big Fan of yours! Love from Sweden!❤

The only problem with getting into the parking garage is that Ed wasn't swinging out wide enough.

Reminds me of someone who lived in the USA but got a job in the late 1980s doing repair and detail bodywork on gigantic classic US cars imported to Japan. Cars like late 1950s & early '60s land yachts like the Chrysler Imperial, Lincoln Continental, Cadillac Eldorado, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, etc.Those huge cars could not fit in those tiny streets in Japan. Cops were always bugging the shop because they sold these cars to so many Yakuza gang bosses.

This has to be a full series. Great video! Please do a Mk3 Lincoln or a 77 Eldorado if you can

I'm reminded of the daily work of bus drivers in this Austrian province, safely steering 12 by 2.55 m buses through little villages, dangerously close to walls and signs in some corners.

Sir, it was absolutely hilarious seeing you navigate that beast 😆😆😆 I grew up in big land yachts like that when I was raised in my home state of South Carolina - so it hit home for me. Thank you for all of your videos and keep being awesome 😎

Well, at least we have more space here in Sweden to drive these land yachts around. The american car scene here is humongous. Although the fuel prices are forcing most of the owners to drive them less nowadays. Plus the added ethanol isn't helping the old carburetors either. Fun times to be alive.

Aw man one of my best friends back in school had a 1976 Lesabre Custom that we spent countless hours cruising in. His was tan and a four door model, but that does bring back some great memories to see one again.

Watching you take them tight corners got me clenching my behind😅

It depends which towns in Europe, the old ones that were not flattened during the war are indeed, really complicated for anything bigger than a Twingo. But any post war rebuilt town, built with cars in mind is really not that bad. I live in Dunkirk, and most of the city center was fully reconstructed in the late 40s to early 60s in a modernist architecture, and there's really no issue parking a big Land Yacht, I know a Continental Mark IV in the main square underground parking.

the buick peeking around the brick corner was epic

3:00 gotta love the kid in the background posing for the video

You & your channel are such a welcome breath of fresh air, whit & humour that I eagerly await your next video. What a brilliant & good humoured way to showcase the excesses of America vs what is really necessary & needed to travel comfortably & efficiently. Good on you my smart, sassy, facetious Dutch friend from KZfaq. The irony is not lost on me that you as a nation have pretty much on average the tallest people in the world yet have found long before us North American's a practical solution to over-sized automobiles & what is really needed size wise for an automobile, street & parking. As an obvious object lesson, the Japanese are essentially tiny people compared to the average bloated American, yet somehow these glutenous beings from the "great USA" can quite easily fit comfortably in a Honda or Toyota nowadays when they are bigger than ever. The huge cars of the past were either "bigger is better" American mentality or an outright over compensation for an evident lack in size of other certain anatomical dimensions. Cheers from Canada; the redheaded stepson & silent accomplice to American over indulgence.

Hey Ed, great video!!! Gotta love these big American land yachts!!! I used to drive a Continental Mark V & I could park it!!! I wouldn't want to try to do it now!!! 👍👍😏

I wouldn’t even want to try to park that monster in the US. I like my small cars.

Edward - loved this video and your content. I'm so impressed with your knowledge of American cars from so far away. An idea for a video: American cars in the 1970's adopted 'Opera Windows' and 'Landau tops' galore. This design phenomenon was uniquely 1970's, wholly American, and totally cosmetic that shockingly stretched across all of the major American car companies, and across all market segments.

That's why the Dutch built DAFs and bikes... Funny story. Good job Ed and team! 😀

Truly a difficult combo. My "biggest" challenge so far was a Dodge Ram 2500 V10 with chunky off road wheels on German "Altstadt" streets. Angled parking or entering parking garages were totally out of scope, and finding a sizable spot is no fun in dense, tiny old towns... Piaggio Ape owners were laughing at me these days, but I loved this truck anyways.

Oddly, the Dutch are noted to be genetically one of the largest groups of people on earth, and yet the build tiny streets and drive tiny cars. I know, I have Dutch genes. I had two uncles that we’re about the size of Kevin Nash.

Hell yea. This is like an up and coming Top Gear-esk channel.

You sure handled that big one like a pro!

Nicely done. My college roommate had a 1977 Buick LeSabre. It was huge even compared to my 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Loved all the classic Top Gear references. Kept expecting Clarkson to pop out.

Tss, complaining while you have the luxury of power steering. My ‘57 Chevy might not be that big, but the lack of power steering makes parking a challenge as well. Great video again Ed!

Excellent episode! More of this, please!

My first car was my great-uncle's '72 Ford LTD in more-or-less mint condition, when I turned 16, in 1988. He sold it to me for a dollar. He was a great man. It was huge car.

Good luck Ed.... An absolutely unapologetic huge (by any standard) GM disco era malaise classic like a 2 ton , 5 meter (15 ft ( 220 in ) 1975 Buick LeSabre Coupe is a major challenge to park the drive and fill up a huge tank of gas for this behemoth and in an environment such as European countries where cars are much much smaller and so our parking spaces and streets Such a car would be a good collector 's car here in the United States but in many foreign countries where car like this is extremely rare Ed is in for a big huge challenge here.

I know the pain. Although I live in Canada, my work truck is a F350 dually. Even places like construction suppliers have parking stalls sized for something like a Honda Civic.

That was one of funnest episode. You can't have a pimp mobile there baby, you dig!

I had a 1969 version in the USA in the 1990's and was having issues finding parking.

That was insane and so entertaining! I was cringing with every turn along with you! That car looks even more ridiculously enormous on those small streets! Great driving job and great video!

This is the exact reason I will always love classic American Cars

Great video Ed. Even longer would have been the Electra 225. But you know that.

It's a question of experience. Back in the day I drove a 1969 Meteor convertible (5.63 m) and it was just a normal car on our roads. I drove a friends 1969 Chevy Impala (5.48 m) around Paris, France and of course, at times, it was a tight fit but not really a big deal. I still preferred the 1971 Renault 16 (4.24 m) I rented while in Paris. Today, even in America these land yachts now seem to take a lot of room but my daily driver is a full size 2021 Ram 4x4 crew cab (5.82 m). Now the ram would be fun to drive anywhere in Europe ! As always, great and fun video !

My dad once drove his chevy trailblazer (07) into this VERY narrow underground parking. After 30 minutes, a scraped rear fender, and an engine which had gone up to 5500 RPM, we got out.

youre pretty much the only car channel i watch anymore, youre videos are interesting, and well edited. its like your channel is a Bentley Continental and others are a toyota Prius! i love your content and i hope you keep the good work up!

Hilarious , working for Enterprise truck rental and trying to find parking spaces for the extended bed Ford F-250 is ridiculous lol

Man, I really love your videos, your presentation style is just perfect, best wishes from Scotland, I can't wait for your next upload, keep up the great work!

Always entertaining! Meanwhile here in Canada, I could easily park 8-9 of those Buicks on my paved driveway … in our National Capital (Ottawa) … I don’t even live in the countryside. Cheers!

My one claim to fame is the time I parallel parked my 1959 Ford Galaxie Club Victoria on a street in the older part of Edmonton, Alberta. The car was 5.3 m long and the space I was trying to park in couldn't have been more than 6.5 m. No power steering either and a large (and heavy!) 5.4 litre V-8 engine sitting over the front wheels. Did it in one go! Never had the courage to try it again, though!🤣

Ed... I love your channel!! I try to watch every one of your videos! Keep it up, my friend!!

Never before have I laughed and stressed out over a video. Brilliant maneuvering

I had this same car when I was a Teen, it was so powerful...455 under the hood. Called it the Great Pumpkin. Would love to have it again.

Watching this fills me with flashbacks when I regularly drove my '85 Riviera all over Seattle.

I'm glad Ed is answering the important questions we all have. :^)

This vid is very painful to watch and reminded me of my father a his beloved 69 Dodge Phoenix 400. Once dad misjudged the distance and hit the house and the house shook! So much so we all came running outside to see what had happened. The car only suffered a scuffed bumper bar though. Yep dad was always looking for the double parking spot so he could drive straight through. Thanks Ed, another brilliant vid!

I love watching Ed struggle to do things in this little Buick that I do every day with a much larger vehicle.

In 1983 I was hitch-hiking down a quiet secondary highway in the Netherlands. To my astonishment a big white new Cadillac sedan stopped to give me a lift. It had Ontario Canada license plates. I had a little Canadian flag on my pack. This remains one of the weirdest experiences in my life.

all i have learned from the other episodes "Custom Limited Landau"😉, great vid 👍.

Here in south Brazil, fully with narrow streets, a haritage from the portuguese colonization back in 1700, a Chevrolet Cavalier its considered a landyacht. Imagine a Buick like these. Nice video!

Ed, that was a fun video... Thanks for posting this video for us to enjoy.