Automotive Vloggers (Vol. 4)

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RShole

474 posts

63 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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jackcactii said:


I'm thinking of wearing this on my next Tinder date. Thoughts?
Let's hope your date has a 12yr old child as they might understand.
Cheeeeeeeeeerrrrrththththththththth.

KillerHERTZ

942 posts

198 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Stigproducts said:
Just had a quick look, last two videos a mailbag and a mailbag (adult rated, someone sent his bird a buttplug again or something)
Jesus, pure cringe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTm5lugChUM

UmpaLoompa

1,789 posts

161 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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This thread has got weird of late.

Toaster Pilot

14,619 posts

158 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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UmpaLoompa said:
This thread has got weird of late.
Of late? This thread has always been weird laugh

1602Mark

16,205 posts

173 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Toaster Pilot said:
UmpaLoompa said:
This thread has got weird of late.
Of late? This thread has always been weird laugh
+1

UmpaLoompa

1,789 posts

161 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Toaster Pilot said:
UmpaLoompa said:
This thread has got weird of late.
Of late? This thread has always been weird laugh
hehehehe this is true!

maz8062

2,232 posts

215 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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JoshSm said:
jon- said:
What's your definition of an entrepreneur? He has a number of businesses which are successful in their vertacles making good money.

His car collection alone would indicate he's pretty good at what he does, even if you don't like it.
Sure people said the same about someone who was doing a bit of pharmaceutical import back in the day - nice cars, must be successful, who cares where it comes from.

A pile of toys and money doesn't mean giving any credit to the person who has them.
TGE did a recent video in which he valued his cars at £1.5m and then promptly bought another Porsche. Yet he lives in a modest terraced house in Oxfordshire. His car strategy doesn’t make sense either - he appears to throw money at the cars and rarely makes a profit.

If he was El Chapo from Mexico or Columbia we’d suspect money laundering. Others see him as an entrepreneur. The truth is somewhere in between.

jon-

16,509 posts

216 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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maz8062 said:
JoshSm said:
jon- said:
What's your definition of an entrepreneur? He has a number of businesses which are successful in their vertacles making good money.

His car collection alone would indicate he's pretty good at what he does, even if you don't like it.
Sure people said the same about someone who was doing a bit of pharmaceutical import back in the day - nice cars, must be successful, who cares where it comes from.

A pile of toys and money doesn't mean giving any credit to the person who has them.
TGE did a recent video in which he valued his cars at £1.5m and then promptly bought another Porsche. Yet he lives in a modest terraced house in Oxfordshire. His car strategy doesn’t make sense either - he appears to throw money at the cars and rarely makes a profit.

If he was El Chapo from Mexico or Columbia we’d suspect money laundering. Others see him as an entrepreneur. The truth is somewhere in between.
I'm not sure what's wrong with the "modest house, lots of cars" ideal, sounds great to me.

DonBarracuda

394 posts

42 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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same, I don't need a fancy house just somewhere store all my fancy cars.

maz8062

2,232 posts

215 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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jon- said:
maz8062 said:
JoshSm said:
jon- said:
What's your definition of an entrepreneur? He has a number of businesses which are successful in their vertacles making good money.

His car collection alone would indicate he's pretty good at what he does, even if you don't like it.
Sure people said the same about someone who was doing a bit of pharmaceutical import back in the day - nice cars, must be successful, who cares where it comes from.

A pile of toys and money doesn't mean giving any credit to the person who has them.
TGE did a recent video in which he valued his cars at £1.5m and then promptly bought another Porsche. Yet he lives in a modest terraced house in Oxfordshire. His car strategy doesn’t make sense either - he appears to throw money at the cars and rarely makes a profit.

If he was El Chapo from Mexico or Columbia we’d suspect money laundering. Others see him as an entrepreneur. The truth is somewhere in between.
I'm not sure what's wrong with the "modest house, lots of cars" ideal, sounds great to me.
Cars depreciate, houses appreciate over time. For example, TGE bought a 992 Turbo S for no money down just monthly payments - it must cost him a fortune, yet he doesn’t drive it. He’s been chucking money at a 996 C4S yet he doesn’t drive it that often. He has a CGT. What is his car strategy? We don’t know. Financing cars that one doesn’t drive and that cost a fortune in monthly payments and depreciate, doesn’t make sense. He is either financially illiterate or there’s more to it.

To me it seems like the YT channel is a front - he doesn't really take it that seriously, like a Shmee, Jayemm or STG - all he appears to do is plug some company for half the video and then he goes off somewhere else. He is successful because folk are not questioning what he is really up to.

n3il123

2,607 posts

213 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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maz8062 said:
TGE did a recent video in which he valued his cars at £1.5m and then promptly bought another Porsche. Yet he lives in a modest terraced house in Oxfordshire. His car strategy doesn’t make sense either - he appears to throw money at the cars and rarely makes a profit.

If he was El Chapo from Mexico or Columbia we’d suspect money laundering. Others see him as an entrepreneur. The truth is somewhere in between.
He also has a flat in London (two I believe one he rent out). I'm also guess that his modest house is worth the thick end of £300k it isn't exactly a 2 up 2 on a sink estate!

He said in the podcast mentioned up there ^^ that his cars cost ~£16k per month, add a couple of mortgages and thats got to be £20k per month financed.

If it is financed then there must be some affordability checks going on there whatever people think. TGE has also been pretty honest about financing himself to the max.


maz8062

2,232 posts

215 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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n3il123 said:
maz8062 said:
TGE did a recent video in which he valued his cars at £1.5m and then promptly bought another Porsche. Yet he lives in a modest terraced house in Oxfordshire. His car strategy doesn’t make sense either - he appears to throw money at the cars and rarely makes a profit.

If he was El Chapo from Mexico or Columbia we’d suspect money laundering. Others see him as an entrepreneur. The truth is somewhere in between.
He also has a flat in London (two I believe one he rent out). I'm also guess that his modest house is worth the thick end of £300k it isn't exactly a 2 up 2 on a sink estate!

He said in the podcast mentioned up there ^^ that his cars cost ~£16k per month, add a couple of mortgages and thats got to be £20k per month financed.

If it is financed then there must be some affordability checks going on there whatever people think. TGE has also been pretty honest about financing himself to the max.
Affordability is not the issue, it’s the strategy, a loss leading strategy, that doesn’t make sense. If, as you write, it cost £20k per month why doesn’t he drive them? They’re sitting there losing cash every month, and then he buys more, and more. The CGT excepted, he doesn’t buy investment cars, cars that will at least not depreciate over the short term, he buys cars that will only drop in value over time.

He doesn’t spanner, so ends up paying out £££’s for others to fix his cars - what’s the point? He has a nice 912 that he is spending a fortune on in repairs - for what reason exactly? Is he going to sell, set up a museum, store them for a certain period of time? We don’t know.

Buying cars to lose money is not entrepreneurial. Buying cars that are not driven is not wise financial sense. But then again we don’t know what his strategy is because he doesn’t tell us.

North West Tom

11,517 posts

177 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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n3il123 said:
maz8062 said:
TGE did a recent video in which he valued his cars at £1.5m and then promptly bought another Porsche. Yet he lives in a modest terraced house in Oxfordshire. His car strategy doesn’t make sense either - he appears to throw money at the cars and rarely makes a profit.

If he was El Chapo from Mexico or Columbia we’d suspect money laundering. Others see him as an entrepreneur. The truth is somewhere in between.
He also has a flat in London (two I believe one he rent out). I'm also guess that his modest house is worth the thick end of £300k it isn't exactly a 2 up 2 on a sink estate!

He said in the podcast mentioned up there ^^ that his cars cost ~£16k per month, add a couple of mortgages and thats got to be £20k per month financed.

If it is financed then there must be some affordability checks going on there whatever people think. TGE has also been pretty honest about financing himself to the max.
There's a Youtuber fitness guy called Mike Thurston. He made a video a while back about his income. I believe he said his fitness/diet guides/PDFs were his big earner - something you can create one time, and recreate unlimited times at no extra cost (there's probably a more businessy term for this). But with LDNM's reputation and reach, I think TGE's cars/houses are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his wealth (or whatever your want to call it).

Escy

3,931 posts

149 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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How do we know he's not a trust fund kiddy like all the others?

DonBarracuda

394 posts

42 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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maz8062 said:
Affordability is not the issue, it’s the strategy, a loss leading strategy, that doesn’t make sense. If, as you write, it cost £20k per month why doesn’t he drive them? They’re sitting there losing cash every month, and then he buys more, and more. The CGT excepted, he doesn’t buy investment cars, cars that will at least not depreciate over the short term, he buys cars that will only drop in value over time.

He doesn’t spanner, so ends up paying out £££’s for others to fix his cars - what’s the point? He has a nice 912 that he is spending a fortune on in repairs - for what reason exactly? Is he going to sell, set up a museum, store them for a certain period of time? We don’t know.

Buying cars to lose money is not entrepreneurial. Buying cars that are not driven is not wise financial sense. But then again we don’t know what his strategy is because he doesn’t tell us.
I think you are making one big assumption, that he doesn't drive his cars. Just because he doesn't upload a video every time he farts doesn't mean he doesn't. laugh

Escy said:
How do we know he's not a trust fund kiddy like all the others?
That would be very hypocritical considering he has been very open about his dislike of people who pretend to be self made but are using the bank of mom and dad to fund their hobbies.

Edited by DonBarracuda on Monday 8th March 14:40

Mezzanine

9,214 posts

219 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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DonBarracuda said:
Escy said:
How do we know he's not a trust fund kiddy like all the others?
That would be very hypocritical considering he has been very open about his dislike of people who pretend to be self made but are using the bank of mom and dad to fund their hobbies.
Can you even imagine...?

DjSki

1,323 posts

195 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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That is some tragic merch.

BawlBag

208 posts

40 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Escy said:
How do we know he's not a trust fund kiddy like all the others?
Pass the salt

jon-

16,509 posts

216 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Escy said:
How do we know he's not a trust fund kiddy like all the others?
He isn't.

maz8062 said:
Affordability is not the issue, it’s the strategy, a loss leading strategy, that doesn’t make sense. If, as you write, it cost £20k per month why doesn’t he drive them? They’re sitting there losing cash every month, and then he buys more, and more. The CGT excepted, he doesn’t buy investment cars, cars that will at least not depreciate over the short term, he buys cars that will only drop in value over time.

He doesn’t spanner, so ends up paying out £££’s for others to fix his cars - what’s the point? He has a nice 912 that he is spending a fortune on in repairs - for what reason exactly? Is he going to sell, set up a museum, store them for a certain period of time? We don’t know.

Buying cars to lose money is not entrepreneurial. Buying cars that are not driven is not wise financial sense. But then again we don’t know what his strategy is because he doesn’t tell us.
I have cars and I lose money on them, but I'm ok with it as I like having cars. I'd say most of us are the same, especially those with bigger fleets. No one is making money on cars at the moment.

egor110

16,860 posts

203 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Escy said:
How do we know he's not a trust fund kiddy like all the others?
Who cares ?

If you like his cars watch the videos if you don't move onto to something else .


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