Automotive Vloggers (Vol. 5)
Discussion
Ended up watching a bit of Mat Armstrong, not bad content but it's *so* drawn out, and everything ends up being OK at a glance (and from a distance) but half arsed if you look at all closely. Big stuff done but all sorts just skipped underneath, especially anything that needs a clip or a bolt.
He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
pquinn said:
Ended up watching a bit of Mat Armstrong, not bad content but it's *so* drawn out, and everything ends up being OK at a glance (and from a distance) but half arsed if you look at all closely. Big stuff done but all sorts just skipped underneath, especially anything that needs a clip or a bolt.
He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
An upmarket HubNut He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
He has a few cars on the go, would like to see what's happening with the Range Rover. A lot of the YT'ers draw stuff out to keep everyone keen to see what happens next.
Talking of drawn out stuff, Archie Hamilton has added an RS3 Sportback to the collection, also black like the saloon (I assume the latter will disappear back to Tewkesbury at some point, perhaps when he collects the black RSQ8
) Expect wrap to Racing Green, Vossen wheels, extra carbon followed by "where's my RS3?" video...
CourtAgain said:
Talking of drawn out stuff, Archie Hamilton has added an RS3 Sportback to the collection, also black like the saloon (I assume the latter will disappear back to Tewkesbury at some point, perhaps when he collects the black RSQ8 ) Expect wrap to Racing Green, Vossen wheels, extra carbon followed by "where's my RS3?" video...
Just watched some of that - he didn’t know what was an option and what was standard half the time. He must have spent ages going through the spec sheet when he ordered it ) Expect wrap to Racing Green, Vossen wheels, extra carbon followed by "where's my RS3?" video...Or maybe he just said to the ‘VIP’ loan dept black, with black wheels and I don’t care what else is on it…
LanceRS said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
InformationSuperHighway said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?
Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
There’s a SHxxMEE on a Toyota Corolla near me! Maybe Tim had to buy an Evora to get an Emira? Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
CourtAgain said:
pquinn said:
Ended up watching a bit of Mat Armstrong, not bad content but it's *so* drawn out, and everything ends up being OK at a glance (and from a distance) but half arsed if you look at all closely. Big stuff done but all sorts just skipped underneath, especially anything that needs a clip or a bolt.
He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
An upmarket HubNut He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
He has a few cars on the go, would like to see what's happening with the Range Rover. A lot of the YT'ers draw stuff out to keep everyone keen to see what happens next.
Talking of drawn out stuff, Archie Hamilton has added an RS3 Sportback to the collection, also black like the saloon (I assume the latter will disappear back to Tewkesbury at some point, perhaps when he collects the black RSQ8
) Expect wrap to Racing Green, Vossen wheels, extra carbon followed by "where's my RS3?" video...Definitely a grafter. A likeable bodger, but not black belt like Danny DC2.
InformationSuperHighway said:
LanceRS said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
Must be a superfan
wpa1975 said:
InformationSuperHighway said:
LanceRS said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
Must be a superfan
OnTheBreadline said:
wpa1975 said:
InformationSuperHighway said:
LanceRS said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
Must be a superfan
OnTheBreadline said:
wpa1975 said:
InformationSuperHighway said:
LanceRS said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
Must be a superfan
InformationSuperHighway said:
Looks to me (right hand edge) that it is stuck over a real plate?
Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
Yeah I think he's mentioned that either on here or on a video, I think they get told to eff right off every time they think they're going to bend him over a barrel for a plate. Either that, or I remember Tim complaining before that people were registering Shmee plates and trying to sell them to him (inflated obvs)
pquinn said:
Ended up watching a bit of Mat Armstrong, not bad content but it's *so* drawn out, and everything ends up being OK at a glance (and from a distance) but half arsed if you look at all closely. Big stuff done but all sorts just skipped underneath, especially anything that needs a clip or a bolt.
He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
Agreed, plus the fact that he always wraps the cars rather than getting them painted, so under the wrap they are a multitude of colours. He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
By the time he has finished with the cars he has put so much money into them that he could have bought a pristine version for less. But all the time he is raffling them and the ticket sales are much more than the amount of money he spent I assume he will continue.
I also hate the way he utterly ruined that pristine Lamborghini and added those hideous liberty walk body kits to the Maserati and Mustang.
I really do not know what he is going to do with the Aston once he has finished with it, I cannot imagine anybody would want to own a car like that which had been bodged to hell.
Joey Deacon said:
pquinn said:
Ended up watching a bit of Mat Armstrong, not bad content but it's *so* drawn out, and everything ends up being OK at a glance (and from a distance) but half arsed if you look at all closely. Big stuff done but all sorts just skipped underneath, especially anything that needs a clip or a bolt.
He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
Agreed, plus the fact that he always wraps the cars rather than getting them painted, so under the wrap they are a multitude of colours. He's enthusiastic but too much subtle lazy bodgery for me.
By the time he has finished with the cars he has put so much money into them that he could have bought a pristine version for less. But all the time he is raffling them and the ticket sales are much more than the amount of money he spent I assume he will continue.
I also hate the way he utterly ruined that pristine Lamborghini and added those hideous liberty walk body kits to the Maserati and Mustang.
I really do not know what he is going to do with the Aston once he has finished with it, I cannot imagine anybody would want to own a car like that which had been bodged to hell.
Statement from West Yorkshire Police:
“The man behind a notorious Leeds-based YouTube channel that featured him driving performance cars dangerously and at high speed on busy public roads has been convicted at court.
Adeel Habib, aged 25, from Harehills, who ran the Certi Drivers channel which had more than 68,000 subscribers, pleaded guilty to both dangerous driving and a relatively rare offence of encouraging dangerous driving under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
The offences were committed between December 2020 and October 2021.
He was charged following an investigation by officers from the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team.
Habib came to their attention during work to target dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour at illegal car meets in Leeds and West Yorkshire that were attracting large numbers of people from across the region to industrial estates, retail parks and the road network.
Operations involving roads policing officers and other specialist resources were put in place to disrupt and deter the Sunday evening events that generally started from Habib’s Certi Touch workshop, in Florence Street, Harehills.
Neighbourhood policing officers pored over hours of online videos posted by Habib to build up an evidential picture of his own dangerous driving and its ability to encourage others to follow his bad example.
Clips showed him driving a range of high-performance cars dangerously on public roads, including at excessive speeds, weaving in and out of traffic, racing other drivers, and ignoring red traffic lights.
While under investigation for the driving offences, Habib was sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in a drugs supply conspiracy.
He subsequently pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and an offence of doing an act which was capable of encouraging or assisting dangerous driving, intending to encourage or assist in its commission.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court by videolink yesterday and was sentenced to 27 months and was disqualified from driving.
Inspector Richard Horn, who heads the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Habib has been shown to be someone who regularly engaged in dangerous driving on public roads with all the potential risk of harm to other road users that accompanies such appalling behaviour.
“He was absolutely shameless about it and showed utter contempt for law-abiding road users and the law by regularly posting videos of his antics to impress his many followers.
“Those videos and the notoriety that surrounded his ‘brand’ clearly had the ability to influence others to flout road traffic laws and put other road users at risk, and he was rightly charged with an offence that specifically recognised that aspect of his behaviour.
“His own arrogance was his downfall in that those videos provided us with a rich seam of material to present to the court and have him answer for his actions.
“We hope his conviction and the sentence he has received will provide some source of reassurance to the public who I am sure will have been horrified by his dangerous driving and glamourising of it.
“It should also send a very clear message to those who think they can take part in and promote criminal behaviour in this way without having to face the consequences.”
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“The man behind a notorious Leeds-based YouTube channel that featured him driving performance cars dangerously and at high speed on busy public roads has been convicted at court.
Adeel Habib, aged 25, from Harehills, who ran the Certi Drivers channel which had more than 68,000 subscribers, pleaded guilty to both dangerous driving and a relatively rare offence of encouraging dangerous driving under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
The offences were committed between December 2020 and October 2021.
He was charged following an investigation by officers from the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team.
Habib came to their attention during work to target dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour at illegal car meets in Leeds and West Yorkshire that were attracting large numbers of people from across the region to industrial estates, retail parks and the road network.
Operations involving roads policing officers and other specialist resources were put in place to disrupt and deter the Sunday evening events that generally started from Habib’s Certi Touch workshop, in Florence Street, Harehills.
Neighbourhood policing officers pored over hours of online videos posted by Habib to build up an evidential picture of his own dangerous driving and its ability to encourage others to follow his bad example.
Clips showed him driving a range of high-performance cars dangerously on public roads, including at excessive speeds, weaving in and out of traffic, racing other drivers, and ignoring red traffic lights.
While under investigation for the driving offences, Habib was sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in a drugs supply conspiracy.
He subsequently pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and an offence of doing an act which was capable of encouraging or assisting dangerous driving, intending to encourage or assist in its commission.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court by videolink yesterday and was sentenced to 27 months and was disqualified from driving.
Inspector Richard Horn, who heads the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Habib has been shown to be someone who regularly engaged in dangerous driving on public roads with all the potential risk of harm to other road users that accompanies such appalling behaviour.
“He was absolutely shameless about it and showed utter contempt for law-abiding road users and the law by regularly posting videos of his antics to impress his many followers.
“Those videos and the notoriety that surrounded his ‘brand’ clearly had the ability to influence others to flout road traffic laws and put other road users at risk, and he was rightly charged with an offence that specifically recognised that aspect of his behaviour.
“His own arrogance was his downfall in that those videos provided us with a rich seam of material to present to the court and have him answer for his actions.
“We hope his conviction and the sentence he has received will provide some source of reassurance to the public who I am sure will have been horrified by his dangerous driving and glamourising of it.
“It should also send a very clear message to those who think they can take part in and promote criminal behaviour in this way without having to face the consequences.”
jamesth32 said:
Statement from West Yorkshire Police:
“The man behind a notorious Leeds-based YouTube channel that featured him driving performance cars dangerously and at high speed on busy public roads has been convicted at court.
Adeel Habib, aged 25, from Harehills, who ran the Certi Drivers channel which had more than 68,000 subscribers, pleaded guilty to both dangerous driving and a relatively rare offence of encouraging dangerous driving under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
The offences were committed between December 2020 and October 2021.
He was charged following an investigation by officers from the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team.
Habib came to their attention during work to target dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour at illegal car meets in Leeds and West Yorkshire that were attracting large numbers of people from across the region to industrial estates, retail parks and the road network.
Operations involving roads policing officers and other specialist resources were put in place to disrupt and deter the Sunday evening events that generally started from Habib’s Certi Touch workshop, in Florence Street, Harehills.
Neighbourhood policing officers pored over hours of online videos posted by Habib to build up an evidential picture of his own dangerous driving and its ability to encourage others to follow his bad example.
Clips showed him driving a range of high-performance cars dangerously on public roads, including at excessive speeds, weaving in and out of traffic, racing other drivers, and ignoring red traffic lights.
While under investigation for the driving offences, Habib was sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in a drugs supply conspiracy.
He subsequently pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and an offence of doing an act which was capable of encouraging or assisting dangerous driving, intending to encourage or assist in its commission.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court by videolink yesterday and was sentenced to 27 months and was disqualified from driving.
Inspector Richard Horn, who heads the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Habib has been shown to be someone who regularly engaged in dangerous driving on public roads with all the potential risk of harm to other road users that accompanies such appalling behaviour.
“He was absolutely shameless about it and showed utter contempt for law-abiding road users and the law by regularly posting videos of his antics to impress his many followers.
“Those videos and the notoriety that surrounded his ‘brand’ clearly had the ability to influence others to flout road traffic laws and put other road users at risk, and he was rightly charged with an offence that specifically recognised that aspect of his behaviour.
“His own arrogance was his downfall in that those videos provided us with a rich seam of material to present to the court and have him answer for his actions.
“We hope his conviction and the sentence he has received will provide some source of reassurance to the public who I am sure will have been horrified by his dangerous driving and glamourising of it.
“It should also send a very clear message to those who think they can take part in and promote criminal behaviour in this way without having to face the consequences.”
Happy days! Although the arrogant prick will probably wear his conviction like a badge of honour. “The man behind a notorious Leeds-based YouTube channel that featured him driving performance cars dangerously and at high speed on busy public roads has been convicted at court.
Adeel Habib, aged 25, from Harehills, who ran the Certi Drivers channel which had more than 68,000 subscribers, pleaded guilty to both dangerous driving and a relatively rare offence of encouraging dangerous driving under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
The offences were committed between December 2020 and October 2021.
He was charged following an investigation by officers from the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team.
Habib came to their attention during work to target dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour at illegal car meets in Leeds and West Yorkshire that were attracting large numbers of people from across the region to industrial estates, retail parks and the road network.
Operations involving roads policing officers and other specialist resources were put in place to disrupt and deter the Sunday evening events that generally started from Habib’s Certi Touch workshop, in Florence Street, Harehills.
Neighbourhood policing officers pored over hours of online videos posted by Habib to build up an evidential picture of his own dangerous driving and its ability to encourage others to follow his bad example.
Clips showed him driving a range of high-performance cars dangerously on public roads, including at excessive speeds, weaving in and out of traffic, racing other drivers, and ignoring red traffic lights.
While under investigation for the driving offences, Habib was sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in a drugs supply conspiracy.
He subsequently pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and an offence of doing an act which was capable of encouraging or assisting dangerous driving, intending to encourage or assist in its commission.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court by videolink yesterday and was sentenced to 27 months and was disqualified from driving.
Inspector Richard Horn, who heads the Leeds North-East Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Habib has been shown to be someone who regularly engaged in dangerous driving on public roads with all the potential risk of harm to other road users that accompanies such appalling behaviour.
“He was absolutely shameless about it and showed utter contempt for law-abiding road users and the law by regularly posting videos of his antics to impress his many followers.
“Those videos and the notoriety that surrounded his ‘brand’ clearly had the ability to influence others to flout road traffic laws and put other road users at risk, and he was rightly charged with an offence that specifically recognised that aspect of his behaviour.
“His own arrogance was his downfall in that those videos provided us with a rich seam of material to present to the court and have him answer for his actions.
“We hope his conviction and the sentence he has received will provide some source of reassurance to the public who I am sure will have been horrified by his dangerous driving and glamourising of it.
“It should also send a very clear message to those who think they can take part in and promote criminal behaviour in this way without having to face the consequences.”
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