Automotive Vloggers (Vol. 5)

[AlexNJ89]

jayemm89 said:

A few people have said that, but honestly the condition is WAY too good for an ex experience day car.

I shall be getting the mileage checked during the inspection just to be sure, but I have no particular reason to doubt it is genuine

I actually went to the one near you in Saffron Walden and the track was only about 0.5 mile, maybe even less. So 3 laps with that car is 1.5 miles per go.

They put black gaffer tape EVERYWHERE on the car, even the centre console to stop people from kicking it when they got in and out.

[jayemm89]

I won't say it's impossible, but I think it's unlikely. I've known quite a few ex experience cars. This doesn't have that vibe.

[AlexNJ89]

jayemm89 said:

I won't say it's impossible, but I think it's unlikely. I've known quite a few ex experience cars. This doesn't have that vibe.

Fair fair.

Well I've just bought a 2013 Vantage S for £26k which is currently sat at Bamford Rose right now so it's good to know someone else is nervously waiting for Mike's phone call too.

[jayemm89]

Ah is that the one being mentioned in another thread on here? It's a bargain if it is even half good

[AlexNJ89]

jayemm89 said:

Ah is that the one being mentioned in another thread on here? It's a bargain if it is even half good

Maybe ...

This is the only thread I've mentioned it in:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[skylarking808]

jayemm89 said:

A few people have said that, but honestly the condition is WAY too good for an ex experience day car.

I shall be getting the mileage checked during the inspection just to be sure, but I have no particular reason to doubt it is genuine

Don't forget to use your Car Vertical discount code lol

[mdk1]

jayemm89 said:

A few people have said that, but honestly the condition is WAY too good for an ex experience day car.

I shall be getting the mileage checked during the inspection just to be sure, but I have no particular reason to doubt it is genuine

Congrats on the new wheels James,
Another nice car for the collection, never mind finance for the car, your annual road fund licence bill has to be eye watering.

[jayemm89]

I spoke to someone about this the other day. Yes £730 a year hurts, funnily enough the 550 is one of the cheapest on fleet due to the age.

Truth is though in Britain we are very lucky - we can import cars, drive basically anything within reason and the road fund licence really is very cheap compared to many other places round the world.

[Doofus]

jayemm89 said:

I spoke to someone about this the other day. Yes £730 a year hurts, funnily enough the 550 is one of the cheapest on fleet due to the age.

Truth is though in Britain we are very lucky - we can import cars, drive basically anything within reason and the road fund licence really is very cheap compared to many other places round the world.

France (for instance) has no road fund licence but, unlike the UK, it's incredibly difficult to modify a car's powertrain, and I was recently considering the purchase of a new Maserati Grecale, until I discovered the initial registration fee is more than €60,000. !

So yes, Britain does do pretty well on balance.

[jayemm89]

In Germany any mods have to be TUV approved
In Italy I think mods are basically illegal(!?)
In Andorra you can only import Euro 6 compliant cars!
Even in the USA dealers will add markup themselves to in demand cars, so just about nobody ever gets a bargain!

I think we have it very good.

[Pommy]

Doofus said:

jayemm89 said:

I spoke to someone about this the other day. Yes £730 a year hurts, funnily enough the 550 is one of the cheapest on fleet due to the age.

Truth is though in Britain we are very lucky - we can import cars, drive basically anything within reason and the road fund licence really is very cheap compared to many other places round the world.

France (for instance) has no road fund licence but, unlike the UK, it's incredibly difficult to modify a car's powertrain, and I was recently considering the purchase of a new Maserati Grecale, until I discovered the initial registration fee is more than €60,000. !

So yes, Britain does do pretty well on balance.

Just bought a 3yr old mustang here in Australia and the stamp duty payable just as a 'oh you bought a car, here's a tax charge' on the $60k car is $3800.

So yes, Britain does do pretty well on balance.

[InformationSuperHighway]

Indeed. Also no such thing as a smoker barge here in the US. Used cars hold their value very well.

A mid 2000s Lexus LS430 with 150k miles is still $10k

Lowest you can buy anything running / driving is $2500ish.

[Truckosaurus]

I think you pay sales tax on used cars in the States, even on private sales.

[jayemm89]

Same in ROI I think I was told the other day

[jon-]

jayemm89 said:

In Germany any mods have to be TUV approved
In Italy I think mods are basically illegal(!?)
In Andorra you can only import Euro 6 compliant cars!
Even in the USA dealers will add markup themselves to in demand cars, so just about nobody ever gets a bargain!

I think we have it very good.

Come visit Utah. I got bored one day so cut the exhaust backbox off my Cayenne. Now it sounds like a v8 and is incredibly loud. It's like mad max here, cops don't care, though I'm not even sure if it's illegal.

Funny story, they have emission here but no safety inspection. Turns out they had safety up until about 5 years ago when the Utah gov (red) decided that the 3 officers managing the whole states vehicle safety inspections was too much work.

Since stopping safety inspections "The UHP has inspected 44 cars after a wreck, finding half of them had a safety violation. But Spillman said the violations might or might not have contributed to the crash. About 36% of the violations were brakes and 16% were tires.

Troopers also did visual inspections at 50 used car dealerships and five new car dealerships, meaning they just looked at the front row of cars parked on the lots, Spillman said. Of the 714 used cars troopers eyeballed, 388 had violations, according to the UHP. Only 11 of 118 new cars appeared to have violations."

Freedom

[Gecko1978]

jayemm89 said:

In Germany any mods have to be TUV approved
In Italy I think mods are basically illegal(!?)
In Andorra you can only import Euro 6 compliant cars!
Even in the USA dealers will add markup themselves to in demand cars, so just about nobody ever gets a bargain!

I think we have it very good.

Watched some more officially gassed last week Jamie has done so well and created a great brand. The content is quite samey bur like KFC formula works so why change.

High Peak I like but always want the follow up sales video of his I bought a cheap etc.

@Jayemm89 would a bentley continental gt v8 coupe 2014/15 with q budget of 40 to 45k and 2k for running be a good idea or not?

[jayemm89]

I've always been tempted by one of them but I think you want to maybe keep a bit more aside as a slush fund, certainly in the first year.

[AlexNJ89]

Gecko1978 said:

Watched some more officially gassed last week Jamie has done so well and created a great brand. The content is quite samey bur like KFC formula works so why change.

High Peak I like but always want the follow up sales video of his I bought a cheap etc.

@Jayemm89 would a bentley continental gt v8 coupe 2014/15 with q budget of 40 to 45k and 2k for running be a good idea or not?

It's always a tough one.

Do channels mostly die due to not evolving their content or do they die because they stray away from a working formula?

[WarrenB]

jon- said:

jayemm89 said:

In Germany any mods have to be TUV approved
In Italy I think mods are basically illegal(!?)
In Andorra you can only import Euro 6 compliant cars!
Even in the USA dealers will add markup themselves to in demand cars, so just about nobody ever gets a bargain!

I think we have it very good.

Come visit Utah. I got bored one day so cut the exhaust backbox off my Cayenne. Now it sounds like a v8 and is incredibly loud. It's like mad max here, cops don't care, though I'm not even sure if it's illegal.

Funny story, they have emission here but no safety inspection. Turns out they had safety up until about 5 years ago when the Utah gov (red) decided that the 3 officers managing the whole states vehicle safety inspections was too much work.

Since stopping safety inspections "The UHP has inspected 44 cars after a wreck, finding half of them had a safety violation. But Spillman said the violations might or might not have contributed to the crash. About 36% of the violations were brakes and 16% were tires.

Troopers also did visual inspections at 50 used car dealerships and five new car dealerships, meaning they just looked at the front row of cars parked on the lots, Spillman said. Of the 714 used cars troopers eyeballed, 388 had violations, according to the UHP. Only 11 of 118 new cars appeared to have violations."

Freedom

Think Florida is the same, no safety inspections ?

I'm amazed at some of the cars I've seen. Last time I was there I was behind a Toyota Corolla badly crabbing down the freeway. It looked as though it had hit a pole side on very hard, the passenger B pillar was right next to the drivers head. It was like a banana.

I know there's no safety inspections but I thought the police would take an interest in obviously defective cars, but we passed about 4 or 5 troopers on the freeway and none of them even gave it a second glance.

[WPA]

WarrenB said:

jon- said:

jayemm89 said:

In Germany any mods have to be TUV approved
In Italy I think mods are basically illegal(!?)
In Andorra you can only import Euro 6 compliant cars!
Even in the USA dealers will add markup themselves to in demand cars, so just about nobody ever gets a bargain!

I think we have it very good.

Come visit Utah. I got bored one day so cut the exhaust backbox off my Cayenne. Now it sounds like a v8 and is incredibly loud. It's like mad max here, cops don't care, though I'm not even sure if it's illegal.

Funny story, they have emission here but no safety inspection. Turns out they had safety up until about 5 years ago when the Utah gov (red) decided that the 3 officers managing the whole states vehicle safety inspections was too much work.

Since stopping safety inspections "The UHP has inspected 44 cars after a wreck, finding half of them had a safety violation. But Spillman said the violations might or might not have contributed to the crash. About 36% of the violations were brakes and 16% were tires.

Troopers also did visual inspections at 50 used car dealerships and five new car dealerships, meaning they just looked at the front row of cars parked on the lots, Spillman said. Of the 714 used cars troopers eyeballed, 388 had violations, according to the UHP. Only 11 of 118 new cars appeared to have violations."

Freedom

Think Florida is the same, no safety inspections ?

I'm amazed at some of the cars I've seen. Last time I was there I was behind a Toyota Corolla badly crabbing down the freeway. It looked as though it had hit a pole side on very hard, the passenger B pillar was right next to the drivers head. It was like a banana.

I know there's no safety inspections but I thought the police would take an interest in obviously defective cars, but we passed about 4 or 5 troopers on the freeway and none of them even gave it a second glance.

Just rolled in on Youtube is worth a watch, some of the cars are truly shocking.