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I think he is into 4 or 5 rental properties now, just moved house again recently. he has form for "raffling" cars off after they are finished and the numbers involved usually mean the car "sells" for a lot more than market value. It just so happens that the raffle company is owned and operated by his partner and i think they do other raffles as well so there is another income stream.
he has come a long way in a short space of time from repairing a TT on his drive and he seems like he has got his head screwed on right to ride this horse for as long as it will last and leave him with a passive income stream to live off and some potentially tasty cars in the garage.
he has come a long way in a short space of time from repairing a TT on his drive and he seems like he has got his head screwed on right to ride this horse for as long as it will last and leave him with a passive income stream to live off and some potentially tasty cars in the garage.
Another recent fan here. I watched some of his later stuff first then watched his TT and where he started. He has great presence and makes it very clear he is no mechanic. He’s clearly had some media training along the way and has built up a solid network across the YouTube crash rebuild universe. His deals with surf shark, square pace and car vertical must be valuable and he does a good job of folding the segments in by making the sponsorship segways part of the subject matter and not some pre-canned marketing video (im looking at you, Linus!)
I just finished the cayman playlist and he seriously went over budget on that one (think it was an 18k purchase and 30k rebuild cost (not including all outside contracts and he doesn’t include his own labour rate).
Please get a hold of a big turbo escort cosworth or a 2WD sapphire cosworth and do them justice.
Good on you Mat - crack on!
I just finished the cayman playlist and he seriously went over budget on that one (think it was an 18k purchase and 30k rebuild cost (not including all outside contracts and he doesn’t include his own labour rate).
Please get a hold of a big turbo escort cosworth or a 2WD sapphire cosworth and do them justice.
Good on you Mat - crack on!
Edited by Davie_GLA on Thursday 13th April 10:41
Good to see the progress on the Lambo, thought the whole 'one of you guys gets to start it for the first time' thing was gonna be completely staged with them having had it running prior but that all looked proper legit....
There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
Yeah I quite like Mat Armstrong, genuine nice guy. Also local to me, he is based just round the corner at Mallory Park.
Actually, there is a very old video of him taking off a supersprint exhaust from an E46 M3 on youtube. Around that time, I had sourced a supersprint exhaust for my E46 M3 also from ebay, and I requested cash on collection.
Drove over to collect at the provided address, and the location upon arriving was at the same location that video was filmed, and of course Mat came out to give me the exhaust!
Small world.
Actually, there is a very old video of him taking off a supersprint exhaust from an E46 M3 on youtube. Around that time, I had sourced a supersprint exhaust for my E46 M3 also from ebay, and I requested cash on collection.
Drove over to collect at the provided address, and the location upon arriving was at the same location that video was filmed, and of course Mat came out to give me the exhaust!
Small world.
bobbo89 said:
Good to see the progress on the Lambo, thought the whole 'one of you guys gets to start it for the first time' thing was gonna be completely staged with them having had it running prior but that all looked proper legit....
There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
Respect to him rebuilding the engine but is sounded like a bag of spanners when it did start, to me the timing was way out plus I would not have chanced the oil pressure, at least hook up a mechanical gauge first, I have a feeling that engine will be back out soon.There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
wpa1975 said:
Respect to him rebuilding the engine but is sounded like a bag of spanners when it did start, to me the timing was way out plus I would not have chanced the oil pressure, at least hook up a mechanical gauge first, I have a feeling that engine will be back out soon.
Yeah I thought the same although it could just be electrical problems as they alluded to in the video with the throttle bodies. It was a cold start on a freshly built engine with some ancillaries missing so it might just be ok....wpa1975 said:
bobbo89 said:
Good to see the progress on the Lambo, thought the whole 'one of you guys gets to start it for the first time' thing was gonna be completely staged with them having had it running prior but that all looked proper legit....
There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
Respect to him rebuilding the engine but is sounded like a bag of spanners when it did start, to me the timing was way out plus I would not have chanced the oil pressure, at least hook up a mechanical gauge first, I have a feeling that engine will be back out soon.There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
On the 4th attempt I was begging them to fail again so they did it properly!
Dont know if you noticed the engine builder chap from REPerformance hanging around…. I reckon theres been a bit more ‘assistance’ given than they’re letting on. Either way, full marks for getting it running!!
The only thing I dont like is all these other Youtubers jumping in on each others channels. It’s getting a bit desperate to be on the camera to generate the same content…
The only thing I dont like is all these other Youtubers jumping in on each others channels. It’s getting a bit desperate to be on the camera to generate the same content…
InformationSuperHighway said:
wpa1975 said:
bobbo89 said:
Good to see the progress on the Lambo, thought the whole 'one of you guys gets to start it for the first time' thing was gonna be completely staged with them having had it running prior but that all looked proper legit....
There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
Respect to him rebuilding the engine but is sounded like a bag of spanners when it did start, to me the timing was way out plus I would not have chanced the oil pressure, at least hook up a mechanical gauge first, I have a feeling that engine will be back out soon.There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
On the 4th attempt I was begging them to fail again so they did it properly!
I didn’t like the didn’t like the bodge, but really admire his “can do” attitude.
Nothing seems to daunt the guy.
super7 said:
Dont know if you noticed the engine builder chap from REPerformance hanging around…. I reckon theres been a bit more ‘assistance’ given than they’re letting on. Either way, full marks for getting it running!!
The only thing I dont like is all these other Youtubers jumping in on each others channels. It’s getting a bit desperate to be on the camera to generate the same content…
This video cropped up on my feed the other day, I did wonder if he helped behind the scenes.The only thing I dont like is all these other Youtubers jumping in on each others channels. It’s getting a bit desperate to be on the camera to generate the same content…
robemcdonald said:
InformationSuperHighway said:
wpa1975 said:
bobbo89 said:
Good to see the progress on the Lambo, thought the whole 'one of you guys gets to start it for the first time' thing was gonna be completely staged with them having had it running prior but that all looked proper legit....
There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
Respect to him rebuilding the engine but is sounded like a bag of spanners when it did start, to me the timing was way out plus I would not have chanced the oil pressure, at least hook up a mechanical gauge first, I have a feeling that engine will be back out soon.There's now a circle of seemingly quite close YT'ers (Matt, Tavarish, Ratarossa, Samcrac etc) all doing the high end re-build stuff and they all seem pretty chill and not at all arrogant.
On the 4th attempt I was begging them to fail again so they did it properly!
I didn’t like the didn’t like the bodge, but really admire his “can do” attitude.
Nothing seems to daunt the guy.
Wacky Racer said:
Binge watched most of Mat's videos over the last few days.
What an amazing positive bloke, I'll have some of what he's on.
I agree, he's always looking for positives and solutions. That Mclaren would have me scurrying to the pub pronto but he's walking the walk with it.What an amazing positive bloke, I'll have some of what he's on.
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