Automotive Vloggers (Vol. 4)
Discussion
jayemm89 said:
For your viewing amusement - here is a frame from an upcoming video featuring the McLaren 12C.
Fortunately, at this point I was not even doing the speed limit - just cruising about on a lovely evening.
The oncoming Vauxhall Astra GTC was set on taking the racing line. It was very close. Some swears might have escaped.
Edited by jayemm89 on Tuesday 8th June 21:16
Great review of the FF JayEmm, didn't believe you could pick up a used one for little over £80K considering how eye wateringly priced they were new but you can! https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=u...
Brooks from DragTimes attended the Tesla Model S Plaid launch event, car is cool just wee bit outside my price range lol
Brooks from DragTimes attended the Tesla Model S Plaid launch event, car is cool just wee bit outside my price range lol
Edited by DonBarracuda on Friday 11th June 12:40
Just flicking through new vids on YouTube can't help but notice that Shmee seems to be way below the top channels now in views, the big US channels like Cleetus, Stradman and DDE doing 5-600k Views in 12 hours, Whistlin Diesel doing 1.6million in a day compared to Shmee doing 55k yet the monetary value of his collection dwarfs those channels especially given that Shmee's merchandise sales I assume would be way way below someone like Cleefus/WhistlinDiesel.
Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
Edited by honda_exige on Friday 11th June 13:36
Just my personal opinion but I think all the ‘influencer’ YouTuber channels have hit a wall interest-wise.
I think the audience seem to have grown bored of the churn/repetition of the bigger channels and yet these channels are stuck in their specific lane because they are terrified of trying something even minutely different because it might impact their statistics.
Personally I went through my list and unsubscribed to a whole load of stuff like Doug DeMuro/Hoovie/Car Wizard etc.
The more switched on YouTubers have been getting into non-YouTube related businesses over the last two years as I think they have foreseen the plateau of interest and reliance on the dreaded overlord of algorithm.
I think the audience seem to have grown bored of the churn/repetition of the bigger channels and yet these channels are stuck in their specific lane because they are terrified of trying something even minutely different because it might impact their statistics.
Personally I went through my list and unsubscribed to a whole load of stuff like Doug DeMuro/Hoovie/Car Wizard etc.
The more switched on YouTubers have been getting into non-YouTube related businesses over the last two years as I think they have foreseen the plateau of interest and reliance on the dreaded overlord of algorithm.
honda_exige said:
Just flicking through new vids on YouTube can't help but notice that Shmee seems to be way below the top channels now in views, the big US channels like Cleetus, Stradman and DDE doing 5-600k Views in 12 hours, Whistlin Diesel doing 1.6million in a day compared to Shmee doing 55k yet the monetary value of his collection dwarfs those channels especially given that Shmee's merchandise sales I assume would be way way below someone like Cleefus/WhistlinDiesel.
Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
I always want to be clear I think Tim seems like a lovely chap but his channel seriously lacks any actual content. Lots of looking at cars but not really doing anything. In fact his Taycan charging video was probably the most entertaining in terms of stuff happening, or rather not. When that's the most action packed video you have that's a worry.Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
Edited by honda_exige on Friday 11th June 13:36
See new car, take it out, spit out some colour and trim spec stats and not actually day anything remotely opinionated does not make for a thrilling view.
Pommy said:
I always want to be clear I think Tim seems like a lovely chap but his channel seriously lacks any actual content. Lots of looking at cars but not really doing anything. In fact his Taycan charging video was probably the most entertaining in terms of stuff happening, or rather not. When that's the most action packed video you have that's a worry.
See new car, take it out, spit out some colour and trim spec stats and not actually day anything remotely opinionated does not make for a thrilling view.
The videos where he acts stupid with EVs really irritate me you can see how put on it is and we all know he’s far from an idiot, when he collected the Taycan was trying to work out how to put the connector in a wall socket and when he reviews cars that are tuned or have body kits on and try’s to pass it off as a rare/limited car when they’re usually just Audis or BMWs with body kits and remapped I don’t even bother watching them See new car, take it out, spit out some colour and trim spec stats and not actually day anything remotely opinionated does not make for a thrilling view.
DarthtaterM16 said:
smithyithy said:
Looks likely that TGE has picked up a Testarossa to appear in this evening's video.. To be fair I'm enjoying his more collectable cars that he's been covering recently, showing some of the restoration work etc.
He's got some lovely cars in his garage. PT1984 said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
smithyithy said:
Looks likely that TGE has picked up a Testarossa to appear in this evening's video.. To be fair I'm enjoying his more collectable cars that he's been covering recently, showing some of the restoration work etc.
He's got some lovely cars in his garage. 
If sad old b
ds are paying for the TR that's even better. PT1984 said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
smithyithy said:
Looks likely that TGE has picked up a Testarossa to appear in this evening's video.. To be fair I'm enjoying his more collectable cars that he's been covering recently, showing some of the restoration work etc.
He's got some lovely cars in his garage. InitialDave said:
Jon, did you try the SUV tyres on mud anyway, despite it being "too wet"?
Would've been interesting to see if any did actually cope.
Only the control set. It got the SUV moving, just (the clip in the video) but the data would have been useless. Maybe the Uniroyal would have been a little better than the rest if the tread clean itself outWould've been interesting to see if any did actually cope.
Pommy said:
honda_exige said:
Just flicking through new vids on YouTube can't help but notice that Shmee seems to be way below the top channels now in views, the big US channels like Cleetus, Stradman and DDE doing 5-600k Views in 12 hours, Whistlin Diesel doing 1.6million in a day compared to Shmee doing 55k yet the monetary value of his collection dwarfs those channels especially given that Shmee's merchandise sales I assume would be way way below someone like Cleefus/WhistlinDiesel.
Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
I always want to be clear I think Tim seems like a lovely chap but his channel seriously lacks any actual content. Lots of looking at cars but not really doing anything. In fact his Taycan charging video was probably the most entertaining in terms of stuff happening, or rather not. When that's the most action packed video you have that's a worry.Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
Edited by honda_exige on Friday 11th June 13:36
See new car, take it out, spit out some colour and trim spec stats and not actually day anything remotely opinionated does not make for a thrilling view.
I only watch Hoovie and Manny Khoshbin from the USA, the rest of them DDE & Stradman etc just do the same stuff that Paul/SOL does, yaps about getting a new car, gets new car, wraps it and then put new wheels on it etc etc, maybe it's content for the lowest common denominator?
PT1984 said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
smithyithy said:
Looks likely that TGE has picked up a Testarossa to appear in this evening's video.. To be fair I'm enjoying his more collectable cars that he's been covering recently, showing some of the restoration work etc.
He's got some lovely cars in his garage. At the mention of a Testarossa, I’m interested. It seems that I am not alone in watching the TGE videos with his older, more characterful cars.
Is he not too young to have had an Athena poster on his wall? Anyway, it’s a stunning car (apart from the additional prancing horse on the front), which I hope that he enjoys and that we get to see more of.
Is he not too young to have had an Athena poster on his wall? Anyway, it’s a stunning car (apart from the additional prancing horse on the front), which I hope that he enjoys and that we get to see more of.
honda_exige said:
PT1984 said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
smithyithy said:
Looks likely that TGE has picked up a Testarossa to appear in this evening's video.. To be fair I'm enjoying his more collectable cars that he's been covering recently, showing some of the restoration work etc.
He's got some lovely cars in his garage. If sad old b
ds are paying for the TR that's even better. honda_exige said:
Just flicking through new vids on YouTube can't help but notice that Shmee seems to be way below the top channels now in views, the big US channels like Cleetus, Stradman and DDE doing 5-600k Views in 12 hours, Whistlin Diesel doing 1.6million in a day compared to Shmee doing 55k yet the monetary value of his collection dwarfs those channels especially given that Shmee's merchandise sales I assume would be way way below someone like Cleefus/WhistlinDiesel.
Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
Shmee hasn't put out an entertaining video for ages. It's either him moving his cars around, going to the ring or reviewing cars/suvs people don't really care about. Massive swing towards 'doing' channels rather than 'reviewing', I wonder if a lot of the Ukers risk getting left behind. The exception being Carwow who are absolutely smashing it but I think a lot of that is down to Mat Watsons charisma clicking with viewers.
Edited by honda_exige on Friday 11th June 13:36
The rest of the UK YT'bers aren't far behind with the lacklustre content, SOL is a lost, TGE puts out content just to keep his channel alive, JWW's been busy peddling his "JWW" DBX and STG is reviewing Jag's and Ferrari's no one cares about however STG's podcast is pretty good.
I bet Shmee has got his filming so on point now that he's very efficient at churning one video after another. But his content and filming style has not changed one bit because of it and I'd say that's one of the culprits here.
He should buy his bird a proper DSLR and let film him instead of the raw POV stuff. IDK. Just needs a proper make over. Why is she hiding behind the camera on YT but is being plastered all over IG with a creepy nickname anyway? Püppi150 behind the schmeenes. Gimme a break, man
He should buy his bird a proper DSLR and let film him instead of the raw POV stuff. IDK. Just needs a proper make over. Why is she hiding behind the camera on YT but is being plastered all over IG with a creepy nickname anyway? Püppi150 behind the schmeenes. Gimme a break, man
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