Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc? (Vol 2)
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TGE, Archie etc going to Monaco, but shipping all the cars over, because of course you wouldn't actually want to drive the things or put any miles on them.
Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Of course it's their money so they can do what they want with their cars but to me the depressing part is that it's seems they are only interested in having the cars for the pose value rather than taking em to the track or some nice roads in Wales etc...a colossal waste TBH ...they certainly don't strike me as guys who love driving in contrast to Shmee or STG
Greshamst said:
TGE, Archie etc going to Monaco, but shipping all the cars over, because of course you wouldn't actually want to drive the things or put any miles on them.
Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Didn't he get banned in france? Seem to have a vague memory of watching a video where he got tugged by the gendarmes.Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Based on business concepts - surely if you can get the same number of viewers for a video that involved 20 minutes burning up the Kings Road, or for a video that involved a day out on the roads - you would choose the shorter time - less mileage on the car, and quicker to get your income...
If you see it as a business concept, not as a petrolhead venture, then it maybe makes sense?
If you see it as a business concept, not as a petrolhead venture, then it maybe makes sense?
nyxster said:
Didn't he get banned in france? Seem to have a vague memory of watching a video where he got tugged by the gendarmes.
I think French driving bans are relatively short, even at huge speeds."A friend" was caught well over 130mph a few years back, €750 fine and a court letter a few weeks later confirming a 2 month ban.
akirk said:
Based on business concepts - surely if you can get the same number of viewers for a video that involved 20 minutes burning up the Kings Road, or for a video that involved a day out on the roads - you would choose the shorter time - less mileage on the car, and quicker to get your income...
If you see it as a business concept, not as a petrolhead venture, then it maybe makes sense?
As a short term thing, then maybe? I'm not sure people won't just get bored of the same old nonsense. If you see it as a business concept, not as a petrolhead venture, then it maybe makes sense?
I've had a look at more pics of Archie 'road presence' Hamilton's chrome Lambo and it just looked way better in gloss black to me. The chrome just looks cheap and tacky. Each to their own though I guess?
akirk said:
Based on business concepts - surely if you can get the same number of viewers for a video that involved 20 minutes burning up the Kings Road, or for a video that involved a day out on the roads - you would choose the shorter time - less mileage on the car, and quicker to get your income...
If you see it as a business concept, not as a petrolhead venture, then it maybe makes sense?
You are right.If you see it as a business concept, not as a petrolhead venture, then it maybe makes sense?
There is an additional factor that the agreements in place with the suppliers limit the mileage and therefore the opportunity to milk the short period of ownership.
Point being if th car has to go back to Redline with sub 5k miles on it don’t waste 1500 of those on one trip down the Autoroute which can only yield a couple of additional YT clips at most.
e30m3Mark said:
My thoughts also. Especially after a few miles in the yellow 911.
I know he has a FT job to hold down but would be good to see him take some of these cars on a proper road trip. A weekend in North Wales maybe? It's hard to fathom why you would only drive these cars around the West End counting envious looks?
Maybe because he uses the YT channel to feed his other business by building up his profile and getting him news/TV coverage. As alluded to many times on this thread, making a living from YT is a precarious business, but taking advantage to monetise another business makes a lot of sense.I know he has a FT job to hold down but would be good to see him take some of these cars on a proper road trip. A weekend in North Wales maybe? It's hard to fathom why you would only drive these cars around the West End counting envious looks?
Straight out of the book... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tribes-We-need-you-lead/d...
jon- said:
I'd be surprised if their finance agreements allowed a lot of miles as the cars will have very high GFVs against them, so they need to keep the miles off to avoid penalties.
More like rentals agreements. No idea what's so cool about driving around supercars for a few months, flexing like you're balling and claiming you "found a new car" when in reality the rental agreement has ended.Greshamst said:
TGE, Archie etc going to Monaco, but shipping all the cars over, because of course you wouldn't actually want to drive the things or put any miles on them.
Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Suspect it's a time choice - why spend 2 days of your holiday driving there and back when you can ship the cars there and then fly down to meet them. The drive down would only be motorways anyway, hardly the drivers' choice Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
AyBee said:
Greshamst said:
TGE, Archie etc going to Monaco, but shipping all the cars over, because of course you wouldn't actually want to drive the things or put any miles on them.
Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Suspect it's a time choice - why spend 2 days of your holiday driving there and back when you can ship the cars there and then fly down to meet them. The drive down would only be motorways anyway, hardly the drivers' choice Could you imagine the drive over to Monaco, through all those twisty mountain roads with few cars on them... avoiding those and shipping the cars over is the obvious driver's choice.
Just tick avoid autoroute on the satnav.
AyBee said:
Suspect it's a time choice - why spend 2 days of your holiday driving there and back when you can ship the cars there and then fly down to meet them. The drive down would only be motorways anyway, hardly the drivers' choice
You've got a great point there, why spend your time driving a car, that's not what these things are made for... sorry for my idiotic suggestions. AyBee said:
I'd be surprised if it was a LHD GT2RS to be honest.
It might not necessarily be a LHD one, but they are significantly less expensive than the RHD versions.
If it’s a GT3 RS, he’s already had a gen 1 version and he may be overselling it a bit, but that wouldn’t be so surprising.
jon- said:
I'd be surprised if their finance agreements allowed a lot of miles as the cars will have very high GFVs against them, so they need to keep the miles off to avoid penalties.
Bingo... for when they have to hand these back after a few months of borrowing them.Shmee for the win on this particular topic.
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