Is Shmee150 going to be the new Chris Harris?

[TameRacingDriver]

I've heard him mentioned on here before, I did end watching one of his videos a couple of weeks ago. Never again. What an enormous bellend.

[robemcdonald]

Presuming Ed said:

Anyone who makes a living from their hobby is one lucky so and so and therefore Chapeau to Mr Shmee for doing what he does.

I can't understand anyone giving him stick apart from those who are dare I say jealous at his lifestyle. I'd love to be earning a living driving my 675LT across Europe and putting videos out on You Tube but dare I say I'm not creative enough to come up with enough content and who the hell would want to watch it.

If you don't like his videos, don't subscribe and don't watch. Its as if you guys moaning are deliberately watching his feed so you can be offended by the output

Is he like Chris Harris, no but then he's not going after that market and as Chris regularly pointed out, you can't make money on you tube doing such expensive content and so little of it.

It seems to me that to make You tube vids profitable you have to make content everyday and even the like of Martin Scorsese is going to fail to make that interesting everyday.

I agree with your comment regarding making a living doing what you love and good luck to him for that. Am I jealous of his lifestyle though?? Well I'd certainly like his car collection, but I wouldn't like to put myself under the public microscope to get it though.
I do think that people are entitled to their opinion equally on things they like and dislike though. You can say whatever like about that, but you have to acknowledge that reaction video is beyond terrible.

[tankplanker]

Is he completely self funded by his videos or still partially funded by bank of Mom and Dad or a normal job?

[JoeMarano]

You have to get probably half a million views per video for it to really make you decent money so I doubt that's solely where it's coming from. It's not really anyones business either to be fair to the guy.

[anonymous-user]

tankplanker said:

Is he completely self funded by his videos or still partially funded by bank of Mom and Dad or a normal job?

It's complicated !

[Ari]

tankplanker said:

Is he completely self funded by his videos or still partially funded by bank of Mom and Dad or a normal job?

What do you think..?

[Aidancky]

No. Chris Harris is engaging and has talent.

[s m]

I've watched a couple at least partway through but they're not really for me, the Schmee videos. Fair play to him, wish him well doing his stuff but he doesn't approach Chris Harris' content from my point of view.
Truth is I'm pretty much supercar'd out these days, EVO seemingly has a different version of the McLaren on test every month or some other piece of unobtainium ( to me anyway )so it has to be exciting content for me to watch, stuff like the F40/F50 twin test or the 918/McLaren/Ferrari tests with sliding slomo's, rubber chips flying off tyres and brilliant photography to pique my interest. If Schmee does stuff like that in the future I'll probably watch it.

Like E21mark above though, it's probably an age thing - I'd rather watch stuff about things I might drive one day, M2, Boxster, Alfa Giulia, Focus RS etc.....or listen to ownership experiences of older stuff on Petrolicious and so on

If Schmee starts making stuff like this -> https://youtu.be/MjKN0Ummc6M ......I'm in!

[JoeMarano]

I don't know why but I keep feeling the need to defend this shmee character a bit....

I'm sure Harris was probably pretty ste the first time he got in front of a camera and I bet he probably knew about as much as shmee when he first started.

That and shmee isn't trying to be Chris Harris as far as I'm aware!

Is this all a bit conspiracy to gain that extra 100k subs so he can get a million or are people that bothered that because they don't like him everyone else has to?

I myself have 162 subscribers on my youtube channel and i'd love to have as many as him! The opportunities that come his way must be immense!

[TR4man]

mr_fibuli said:

My favourite at the moment is probably Harry's Garage - loads of nerdy details about the cars and ownership experience, followed by a decent blast up a country lane. A really interesting and varied car collection too.

Me too.

Also like Charles Morgan on Carfection.

[TheJimi]

Aidancky said:

No. Chris Harris is engaging and has talent.

My first thoughts exactly.

Chris is also a proper, nerdy petrolhead who can drive a bit and can articulate to you *why* he thinks a car is good or bad.


Shmee is none of those things, but then, for the intended audience, he doesn't have to be.

[knitware]

This is a classic, grab yourself a beer, popcorn, turn up the volume and enjoy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hl4PWeD55w

Her vblogging career hasn't gone as well as his...

https://www.youtube.com/user/MsShmee150

I'm not sure why, she was funny, charismatic, sexy and and gave an excellent review of the R8.

Edited by knitware on Wednesday 12th October 21:07

[JoeMarano]

OMFG ROFL that was actually classic! My word I like to think I'm a nice person. Heck me and the missus are just watching "is the uk racist" and have both agreed we are far from it but fk me jesus I have never met people like this before in my life! Where do you hide yourselves? In your anti peasant castles? Behind the large doors of your law firms? I must be common as muck as I just never come across people like these anywhere I go!

[JoeMarano]

I sort of feel bad for sounding a bit mean I know we are all a product of our surroundings and environment and all that but even most household cavalry officers don't come across half as poncey as this.

Guess I'm a common asshole after all ; (

[pushthebutton]

Yes it's different, but I can't help but think that this all sounds a bit Ike my Dad explaining why the young generations have got it so wrong. According to each 'Dad' the next generation should dress the same way as he did, enjoy the same music, have the same haircut and enjoy the same TV programs; anything new or different is just rubbish.

He's producing media that some people want to watch. If he didn't have an audience then he wouldn't be successful. It really doesn't matter if it's not to your individual taste: find something that is.

Me - I'll watch anything.

[red_slr]

I think Chris would have been mega popular on YouTube if things had carried on. He was almost a bit before it blew up. But he needed a USP. Bit like Matt Farah with One Take.

Chris has a brilliant skill set, almost perfect. Can drive very very well, has excellent technical understanding, can tell a great story, (reasonably LOL cant give him a big head) photogenic, connections with the industry and that special something that TV people have.

Tim on the other hand has a great business, lots of followers and access to money and cars. He is slowly becoming a bit more of a hack but he lacks that authority and with time might get there - but I suspect that is not his end game plan. I suspect he has no desire to be a hack.

Another example was when Paul Wallace was trying to work out the MPG his R8 was doing and really struggled and was confusing the displacement of the engine and the size of the fuel tank... yet he can tell you every colour of Lamborghini currently on sale and very detailed knowledge of specification. Would he be able to explain camber, caster or toe... no chance. But its horses for courses. As above a poster liked the spec video from tim on the GT8.. its that access people like.

[slk 32]

Welcome to the new world.

I was watching a programme(OK her indoors was) on British Vogue a couple of nights ago and I was struck about how archaic it all seemed. I've just checked the monthly circulation figures and it's circa 152k.

Contrast that with fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni who has 6.8m followers on istagram. Advertisers are happy to pay a pretty penny for that kind of engagement.

Once you reach critical mass with your followers the world's your oyster

[e21Mark]

s m said:

I've watched a couple at least partway through but they're not really for me, the Schmee videos. Fair play to him, wish him well doing his stuff but he doesn't approach Chris Harris' content from my point of view.
Truth is I'm pretty much supercar'd out these days, EVO seemingly has a different version of the McLaren on test every month or some other piece of unobtainium ( to me anyway )so it has to be exciting content for me to watch, stuff like the F40/F50 twin test or the 918/McLaren/Ferrari tests with sliding slomo's, rubber chips flying off tyres and brilliant photography to pique my interest. If Schmee does stuff like that in the future I'll probably watch it.

Like E21mark above though, it's probably an age thing - I'd rather watch stuff about things I might drive one day, M2, Boxster, Alfa Giulia, Focus RS etc.....or listen to ownership experiences of older stuff on Petrolicious and so on

If Schmee starts making stuff like this -> https://youtu.be/MjKN0Ummc6M ......I'm in!

Enjoyed that very much. I wonder if old peoples homes will play stuff like this instead of tunes from WW2?

[robemcdonald]

s m said:

I've watched a couple at least partway through but they're not really for me, the Schmee videos. Fair play to him, wish him well doing his stuff but he doesn't approach Chris Harris' content from my point of view.
Truth is I'm pretty much supercar'd out these days, EVO seemingly has a different version of the McLaren on test every month or some other piece of unobtainium ( to me anyway )so it has to be exciting content for me to watch, stuff like the F40/F50 twin test or the 918/McLaren/Ferrari tests with sliding slomo's, rubber chips flying off tyres and brilliant photography to pique my interest. If Schmee does stuff like that in the future I'll probably watch it.

Like E21mark above though, it's probably an age thing - I'd rather watch stuff about things I might drive one day, M2, Boxster, Alfa Giulia, Focus RS etc.....or listen to ownership experiences of older stuff on Petrolicious and so on

If Schmee starts making stuff like this -> https://youtu.be/MjKN0Ummc6M ......I'm in!

When it started I didn't think I'd like it, but it was excellent. I also watched ms Shmees review of an A8...... we'll half of it. I think I did well to manage that much.

[Ari]

knitware said:

This is a classic, grab yourself a beer, popcorn, turn up the volume and enjoy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hl4PWeD55w

Her vblogging career hasn't gone as well as his...

https://www.youtube.com/user/MsShmee150

I'm not sure why, she was funny, charismatic, sexy and and gave an excellent review of the R8.

Edited by knitware on Wednesday 12th October 21:07

FFS.