You Tuber rally's his Ferrari
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DaveTheRave87 said:
YouTubers rallys some finance company's Ferrari.
Looks like it's Whistlin' Diesel. He certainly doesn't need to go anywhere near a finance company to buy a measly $400k Ferrari. He owns several other supercars and if I recall, he bought a plane so he could destroy it. In fact that seems to be the main theme of his videos. Buy expensive stuff and then treat it badly.Go'sh, that threa'd title i's mak'ing m'y tee'th itch!
ZedLeg said:
Aye, it's just a car. Have fun with it.
No, it’s a “vehicle” to “drive” views and ad revenue to his channel and make him lots of money The car will be paid for by ad revenue in two months and probably less if he gets more outrageous with it or even wrecks it
From interweb:
The channel has over 4.8 million subscribers as of 2022 and has accumulated over 950 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 800,000 views per day from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $6,400 per day ($2.3 million a year) from the ads that appear on the videos.
Earthdweller said:
ZedLeg said:
Aye, it's just a car. Have fun with it.
No, it’s a “vehicle” to “drive” views and ad revenue to his channel and make him lots of money The car will be paid for by ad revenue in two months and probably less if he gets more outrageous with it or even wrecks it
From interweb:
The channel has over 4.8 million subscribers as of 2022 and has accumulated over 950 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 800,000 views per day from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $6,400 per day ($2.3 million a year) from the ads that appear on the videos.
It's not really any different to Top Gear, or The Grand Tour wrecking expensive cars whilst "testing" them.
I suspect there may be a bit of smoke and mirrors on the "buying brand new" part though, as there is on Top Gear. Its quite possible that the cars used are actually manufacturers development/ testing vehicles which have to be scrapped anyway.
The Top Gear where Clarkson buys a brand new Perodua Kenari with his own money and smashes it up outside the dealership because it's so horrible probably wasn't faked though - the £8k the car cost would be peanuts compared to the filming/production costs.
I suspect there may be a bit of smoke and mirrors on the "buying brand new" part though, as there is on Top Gear. Its quite possible that the cars used are actually manufacturers development/ testing vehicles which have to be scrapped anyway.
The Top Gear where Clarkson buys a brand new Perodua Kenari with his own money and smashes it up outside the dealership because it's so horrible probably wasn't faked though - the £8k the car cost would be peanuts compared to the filming/production costs.
As others have said: it’s his car and he can do what he wants with it. Personally I find what he does all a bit sad due to the state of the world right now. It feels like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. I wish the money could be put to better use and I wish people didn’t watch him in their millions to help pay for such waste. But I guess I’m a hypocrite for saying this as I used to enjoy watching Top Gear presenters do the same thing, although on a much smaller budget.
ZedLeg said:
Earthdweller said:
ZedLeg said:
Aye, it's just a car. Have fun with it.
No, it’s a “vehicle” to “drive” views and ad revenue to his channel and make him lots of money The car will be paid for by ad revenue in two months and probably less if he gets more outrageous with it or even wrecks it
From interweb:
The channel has over 4.8 million subscribers as of 2022 and has accumulated over 950 million views so far. It is able to get an average of 800,000 views per day from different sources. This should generate an estimated revenue of $6,400 per day ($2.3 million a year) from the ads that appear on the videos.
How did I know who this was before I even clicked the link.
As others have said, he essentially buys expensive stuff, destroys it and makes a killing out of it.
He has a lot of "haters" - but he still makes money from them as they still watch the videos!
Would I do it if I was in the same position? Hell yes.
Beats sitting behind a desk on a rubbish salary.
As others have said, he essentially buys expensive stuff, destroys it and makes a killing out of it.
He has a lot of "haters" - but he still makes money from them as they still watch the videos!
Would I do it if I was in the same position? Hell yes.
Beats sitting behind a desk on a rubbish salary.
Edited by AlexGSi2000 on Wednesday 22 February 12:40
He is importing a tank from England. Looking forward to seeing what shenanigans it gets used for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIAmzPFwAd4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIAmzPFwAd4
Kinda shows in one fell swoop all that's wrong with the world, really. The sort of thing that, albeit probably only very briefly, makes you a tiny bit embarrassed to be an over-fed Westerner indulging in a throw away society that values nothing. 'Using $35,000 trainers for work boots' is difficult not flinch at, both the blatant waste and the fact that such a thing exists in the first place 
Ah well...
Ah well...
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