Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc? (Vol 2)

[Munka01]

e46m3Mark said:

It's not for me but channels like Driftworks' and Monkey London appear to be doing OK with it. I've enjoyed watching the odd bit from the likes of Dan and certainly appreciate how it helps learn car control at the limit but I prefer the track stuff. Diversity is no bad thing though.

I did laugh when we were at Lydden Hill and every 5th session was for drifters. This old boy suddenly piped up ''bloody hell, it looks like a load of bloody joy riders have been let loose!''.

Good to see Adam is making some vids again too.

I love this from Hoonigan. Who wouldn't want an E46 to sound like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57-w6WTK6HU&t=...

I agree that there is a market for drifting content, I am just not sure how it fits in with 'Supercars' of London.

To be honest though, I have probably only watched a handful of his videos (and only recently as well) so maybe I have misunderstood the type of channel it is and what has brought in current subscribers.

[Frimley111R]

If one more vlogger starts their vid with 'Hey, whats up guys....' ....

[DannyScene]

The thing that bemused me with SOL was when he was 'shopping for a drift car' and bought a C63 claiming it was perfect to learn in

[rottenegg]

Frimley111R said:

If one more vlogger starts their vid with 'Hey, whats up guys....' ....

And takes 20 minutes to get to the point.

My missus leaves the room when she hears "Hello, and welcome....." (Engineering Explained)

[e46m3Mark]

Shifter1 said:

While to make nice videos such as Petrolicious and the like probably takes a day or even more for a single video. So we have much less of that.

It took 3 days shooting, 4 or 5 locations, several hundred miles travel and fair few £££'s in fuel, accommodation etc, to do our 8 minute video for Petrolicious.

[smithyithy]

Frimley111R said:

If one more vlogger starts their vid with 'Hey, whats up guys....' ....

The worst for this are the American YouTubers that do the gaming / tech videos, it's just a big blur of words at the start of every video..

"WWWWWWhatsUpGuys ItsYaBoyXxxRazorTechMadness34 CominAtYaWithAnothaVideo DontForgetToLikeCommentSubscribe andSMASHthatNotificationBell"

Only slightly less annoying, for me at least, than Doug DeMuro's "THIS..."

[Shifter1]

e46m3Mark said:

It took 3 days shooting, 4 or 5 locations, several hundred miles travel and fair few £££'s in fuel, accommodation etc, to do our 8 minute video for Petrolicious.

But normally Petrolicious videos are totally worth it. Which video is that by the way?

[lewishollings]

rottenegg said:

Frimley111R said:

If one more vlogger starts their vid with 'Hey, whats up guys....' ....

And takes 20 minutes to get to the point.

My missus leaves the room when she hears "Hello, and welcome....." (Engineering Explained)

My missus is the same when she hears " Hellooooo one and all, welcome to ... " (Seen through glass)

[Butter Face]

Shifter1 said:

e46m3Mark said:

It took 3 days shooting, 4 or 5 locations, several hundred miles travel and fair few £££'s in fuel, accommodation etc, to do our 8 minute video for Petrolicious.

But normally Petrolicious videos are totally worth it. Which video is that by the way?

HTH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCY66GT2o70&t=...

[e46m3Mark]

Shifter1 said:

e46m3Mark said:

It took 3 days shooting, 4 or 5 locations, several hundred miles travel and fair few £££'s in fuel, accommodation etc, to do our 8 minute video for Petrolicious.

But normally Petrolicious videos are totally worth it.

Absolutely. Even when they're about cars I have no real interest in, they usually find an angle to draw you in.

[ashleyman]

Does anyone know why a channel I have blocked would be showing up on my recommendations?

There's a channel called MarzBarVlogs which was always coming up on my recommended and it is of absolutely no interest to me whatsoever. I blocked the channel a few months back but it's now showing up in my recommendations list again.

I've been to the channel to check and it's still blocked as I can't re-block only Unblock.

Any ideas?

[Shifter1]

e46m3Mark said:

Absolutely. Even when they're about cars I have no real interest in, they usually find an angle to draw you in.

It was a nice video. (Thanks for posting it Butter Face)

It looks like art. I wonder how many people working on the team to pull something like that off? I'm betting it's not just one guy with a camera.

It's clear why most videos are not like that and are just people talking to their phones. Probably a lot of work.

First I thought you were involved in producing the video. But looking at your screen name I'm thinking you are the Mark, owner of the car in the video? That's a very nice car. I always wondered if owners get any sort of compensation for providing their cars or being in the videos.

[e46m3Mark]

Shifter1 said:

e46m3Mark said:

Absolutely. Even when they're about cars I have no real interest in, they usually find an angle to draw you in.

It was a nice video. (Thanks for posting it Butter Face)

It looks like art. I wonder how many people working on the team to pull something like that off? I'm betting it's not just one guy with a camera.

It's clear why most videos are not like that and are just people talking to their phones. Probably a lot of work.

First I thought you were involved in producing the video. But looking at your screen name I'm thinking you are the Mark, owner of the car in the video? That's a very nice car. I always wondered if owners get any sort of compensation for providing their cars or being in the videos.

It came about because I had been put in touch with another YT'er (with a view to him doing a review on the E30 M3) and the guys with the cameras (Thomas Garner & Oli @officialmumbo) contacted me to see if I'd be up for doing the video with them. I wasn't paid, although I have been sponsored with parts and tyres from several companies like STACK and Nankang UK, due in part to the magazine editorial I write. The original YT'er I was put in touch with is doing a review with my E46 M3 later this year. If honest, I was really pleased to work on the Petrolicious video, as I feel the same way about them as you do, and I should make it clear I only do any of this stuff for fun.

Edited by e46m3Mark on Thursday 14th March 17:36

[andrewrob]

lewishollings said:

rottenegg said:

Frimley111R said:

If one more vlogger starts their vid with 'Hey, whats up guys....' ....

And takes 20 minutes to get to the point.

My missus leaves the room when she hears "Hello, and welcome....." (Engineering Explained)

My missus is the same when she hears " Hellooooo one and all, welcome to ... " (Seen through glass)

Same here but its either HI GUYS IT'S SHMEE or THIS
Then I'll just keep playing CHEERS over and over again just to wind her up a bit more

[Burwood]

So who's a fan of the pretentious NVN premises? My call is it will be a spectacular failure.

[Master Bean]

Burwood said:

So who's a fan of the pretentious NVN premises? My call is it will be a spectacular failure.

It's a franchise I'm guessing of the one in Dubai.

[sagarich]

Burwood said:

So who's a fan of the pretentious NVN premises? My call is it will be a spectacular failure.

+1

JWW seems like a nice guy, but I’m convinced with NVN. Maybe it’s because my car is always filthy...

[Burwood]

Master Bean said:

Burwood said:

So who's a fan of the pretentious NVN premises? My call is it will be a spectacular failure.

It's a franchise I'm guessing of the one in Dubai.

It doesn't matter what structure it is. If there is one thing I can't stand it's 'designers' that act like Royals. Who do you think will be paying way way over the odds. If you want to spend 10k to have ppt on your car then you're an idiot

[Truckosaurus]

There's a 48 minute long "Harry's Garage" from the Geneva motorshow. One has to admire the chutzpah to do that.

[KHK]

Burwood said:

So who's a fan of the pretentious NVN premises? My call is it will be a spectacular failure.

I doubt they'll fail. They're catering to clients with supercar/hypercar collections and Arab clients. They'll probably make a boat load when the Arabs arrive for the summer plus NVN has built a solid reputation in Dubai so that will help.