Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc???????

[Shnozz]

Fans? Fans?

Jesus wept.

I appreciate at 38 I am a grandad but, just, cringe.

[Alan_I_W]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Woohooo girls are great to f*p over


etc.

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Tuesday 15th November 13:23

A beautiful worded analogy

[El Guapo]

BlackLabel said:

And now Mr JWW has jumped on the trading 212 bandwagon by partnering with them.

This seems like a very odd marketing exercise to me. I don't imagine many people would sign up to a forex spread betting service as a result of watching a YT car video.
Having said that, I understand very little about marketing/advertising.

[dannyDC2]

red_slr said:

Butter Face said:

On proper topic, I've recently subscribed to Jamie_FYD, very entertaining videos!

Him and Danny DC2 - legends.

Thanks mate

I'm an avid PHer too.

[Shmee]

VTECBOY said:

Shmee on the other hand wouldn't even stop for a photo..

That doesn't seem very fair, I spent 2-4 hours on each day of the Gumball trying to entertain grids and take selfies - unfortunately one does have to call it a day eventually because there are so many people at Gumball you'd otherwise be doing it around the clock.

[xjay1337]

Maybe if you asked for a schmoto?

[Shmee]

xjay1337 said:

Maybe if you asked for a schmoto?

It wouldn't have a c in it

[xjay1337]

Touche there.

[RizzoTheRat]

anniesdad said:

Alan_I_W said:

But for me, no one beats Leno for YT videos

I think Jay Leno likes the sound of his own voice too much. Doesn't let the other person get a word in.

Randomly channel hopping on TV the other day and came across his show, he was looking at cars from films, and in the bit I watched had 2 Batmobiles with Adam West and one of the film directors, then the Blues Brothers police car and Ghostbusters car with Dan Ackroyd. How the hell he managed to make what should have been some quite interesting material so fking dull I have absolutely no idea.

[DonkeyApple]

Shmee said:

xjay1337 said:

Maybe if you asked for a schmoto?

It wouldn't have a c in it

Well............;)

[Buster73]

Don't mind the odd flick through YT for very specific car videos by Shmee and his like , quite entertaining at times even a bit informative.

But the adverts are a pita, and I'm now at the point where if I can't skip the ad after 5 seconds I don't watch the video at all.

I don't think I'll be alone either.

[HardtopManual]

Watching these videos just makes me think the same thing I think when blokes in the office start talking about their latest (usually German) car purchase.

They're not into driving, they're into gadgets and posing.

Case in point: bloke on phone to Maserati dealer. "Oh there's a diesel on the way?! Brilliant!". I said to him, "you can't surely be thinking of ordering a diesel Maserati?". He didn't understand. To him, a Maser is just the next step on from an Audi, which is one up from a VW in the posing stakes. It's sad what happens to great car makers when they start chasing this market segment.

[Robster]

Shmee just watched your video on running costs for a Ferrari and really enjoyed it. Especially your transparency around costs and what you are paying, they was probably the best bits, did you get the beeping sorted?'

[Polarbert]

I watch a lot of the chaps mentioned here quite regularly. I watched Shmees Huracan Spider with race exhaust video not too long ago and that was pretty good.

Its all just good entertainment in my eyes, as someone who loves cars. Glad that these things exist, and if its something that doesn't take my fancy there are so many other choices available.

[Polarbert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbsNNxgC7I


This is a phenomenal video.

[weeboot]

Polarbert said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbsNNxgC7I


This is a phenomenal video.

Drags browser window to main screen, hits maximise..

[Thanoj]

Polarbert said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbsNNxgC7I


This is a phenomenal video.

Ridiculously underrated channel imo.

[paulwoof]

I really dislike the whole youtube personality thing, Between the click bait titles, The "wow this is amazing" videos. Its never really gelled with me. Not just with cars but in alot of niche's its taken over, Fitness ones are equally as bad "7 CHEST EXERCISES YOUR NOT DOING", Then the video is just some guy doing obscure stuff nobody would ever to for the sake of the video.

Have watched most of DannyDC2's videos, mainly as i enjoy watching onboard track videos with no ridiculous editing and funny camera angles and switching cameras every 2 seconds. The more more "vloggey" stuff i kind of skip over but following the DC2 after the smash at the nurburgring and getting it back on track was interesting to watch and he's fairly handy behind the wheel minus the nurburging and cadwell park incident.

[Shmee]

Polarbert said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbsNNxgC7I


This is a phenomenal video.

What a frankly incredible video to watch.

There is one significant problem that has been discussed at length on earlier pages of this thread, unfortunately YouTube is not the platform for premium quality content (as discovered by Chris Harris) because the mass numbers want quantity over quality. Something that is filmed and edited to look straight-from-camera, or done in a way that the viewer feels they could be there or part of the activity is hugely better for natural and organic engagement. It's the exact same philosophy that has allowed and pushed the existence of platforms like Instagram and SnapChat.

I can't imagine how long that video took to put together but for sure the editing is hours and hours of work, rendering the possibility of creating daily videos almost impossible.

[Yipper]

Not a fan, but the vloggers are only trying to earn a crust, feed their addiction, or simply get through the day, like everyone else. Good luck to them.