Alternative to Petrolicious ‘Made to Drive’ videos

Alternative to Petrolicious ‘Made to Drive’ videos

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rainmasterb

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371 posts

206 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Morning all, I am really missing new editions to the Petrolicious ‘Made to Drive’ series.

For those who don’t know these are beautifully shot short video clips, typically about nice cars in long term ownership, where the owner talks about the car and his or her life with it. I can’t really explain why but I find them really appealing.

I don’t know if the new management have decided to abandon it or if Covid is making them difficult to produce, but is anybody aware of an alternative I can trawl through the archives from one lazy Sunday afternoon?

Thanks

jagot

56 posts

64 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Those videos seem to have stopped after the founder made some controversial comments regarding BLM - it has since been sold I believe - not sure if those videos will restart - https://www.carscoops.com/2020/08/petrolicious-sol...

Like you, I loved that series so went looking for similar. Two I've found that do something along those lines are Praemio and Tokyo Tuner. Not quite the same quality or volume of content, but still pretty good.

Interested to hear if anyone has found any others like this.

rainmasterb

Original Poster:

371 posts

206 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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jagot said:
Those videos seem to have stopped after the founder made some controversial comments regarding BLM - it has since been sold I believe - not sure if those videos will restart - https://www.carscoops.com/2020/08/petrolicious-sol...

Like you, I loved that series so went looking for similar. Two I've found that do something along those lines are Praemio and Tokyo Tuner. Not quite the same quality or volume of content, but still pretty good.

Interested to hear if anyone has found any others like this.
Yeah it has been sold. They are making more videos, just not the 'Made to Drive' series. Am subscribed to Praemio and will try Tokyo Tuner. Thanks.

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Petrolicious popped into my head a minute ago, went to their page and wondered to myself why the views had drastically dropped. I check my youtube and IG daily and can't say I've ever noticed their videos or images appearing on either of my feeds. would explain why the views on their videos are so low.

a shame. I really liked the petrolicious tshirt and always wanted to get myself one.

rainmasterb

Original Poster:

371 posts

206 months

Wednesday 24th February 2021
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I really am gutted - their videos still pop into my you tube feed but I don’t even bother watching them now, the other formats just don’t do it for me

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Wednesday 24th February 2021
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There are a few smaller channels out there with Petrolicious-style videos, although new content on all of them has been pretty sparse of late. Take a look at Car Tales, eGarage and Patina for a start.

85Carrera

3,503 posts

236 months

Wednesday 24th February 2021
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ambuletz said:
a shame. I really liked the petrolicious tshirt and always wanted to get myself one.
I meant to get one or two of those too.

Shame the videos have dried up. That and Harry’s Garage were easily two of the best things on YouTube

rainmasterb

Original Poster:

371 posts

206 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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thegreenhell said:
There are a few smaller channels out there with Petrolicious-style videos, although new content on all of them has been pretty sparse of late. Take a look at Car Tales, eGarage and Patina for a start.
Already subscribed to Car Tales and eGarage but have just added Patina - thanks

monthefish

20,439 posts

230 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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jagot said:
Those videos seem to have stopped after the founder made some controversial comments regarding BLM - it has since been sold I believe - not sure if those videos will restart - https://www.carscoops.com/2020/08/petrolicious-sol...
From the article
"He went on to claim he’s not racist and was outraged by Floyd’s “cold-blooded murder.”

Behnia went on to say “I believe our fight for justice is derailed when we loot, burn and destroy innocent lives.” He added, “My post was written out of frustration at seeing our pursuit of justice turn into senseless violence led by the actions of a few within their ranks, which I believe is causing to divide us.”"

Can't see any issue with that at all. Pretty much echoes my thoughts on the matter.
Shame he had to part ways with his venture on account of this "if you don't support BLM movement, you're a racist" rhetoric.