Automotive Vloggers (Vol. 5)

[audi321]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Alex is tiny

I thought that too. But then saw there was a kerb which he was stood off and the other guy was on.

He isn’t a tall chap though.

Video boring and the horn/brake pedal trick is so 2002

[SCJM21]

For me it was 90% cinematic shots of them spread across the carriageway, it did lack in content and I started time-watching towards the end. I watched a BQR video prior to this of them fitting the engine to the E36 and enjoyed it 50x more.

The saving grace on the AA vid is that Jag

[yeager2004]

I read on FB Hubnut is doing a cheap car collection caper. His content has become very dull of late, so hopefully this will be more entertaining.

[Discendo Discimus]

WPA said:

Rusty Old-Banger said:

Yes I thought it was very dull indeed. No real technical details on any of the cars for the non-subscribers, would have been nice to hear some details on the E28. Although I thought a nice change that Alex didn't jump on the bonnet of one of the others cars. Next to Freddie, he looks absolutely tiny too.

Agreed, it was dull also seemed strange to me that Taylor did not just take his 540I and forget the 6 series from the start.

Maybe the later parts if Taylor does join will be better.

Not that I will be rushing to watch based on the first part

He tried to take the 540, got to France and one of his wheels shat itself. Pretty big hole in the barrel of the wheel. I think after that he gave up.

[AlexNJ89]

One thing I find interesting to see is where car journalists actually put their money.

And as I look at cars like Huaracan, the 488, MC20, 296 etc etc, Harry went and bought a 650S.

Not an Artura or a 600LT.

Yet no one really speaks about the 650S.

[HorneyMX5]

I'm liking the direction CT is going:



Not got the views, but actual interesting content. I hope they follow this up with more of these style of videos. There's some really fascinating people in the British car scene with great cars and stories.

Edited by HorneyMX5 on Friday 5th July 14:35

[acer12]

ThomasBMW87 said:

With how Tim Shmee150 is currently in America, I wonder if he even bothered to vote.

Seems like he values America's independence day rather than our voting.

Wow, this is a new low even from you where 90% of your posts are about shmee!

My guess is that a) you have another account and b) one day saw Shmee and you gave him a big girly wave but he didn't wave back

[LARK F1 GTR]

WilsonWilson said:

Back OT

Thought the Auto Alex trip video was poor last night. Half an hour with not really much shown, other than endless shots of the BMWs lined up on the road or parked up. Even the dramas weren't really shown or explained, Taylor's dramas were just sort of mentioned without details, someone was there doing photos/video so why not properly add it in? And the overheating would have been better explained if they'd shown the temp gauges in the red adding a bit of drama, shown how the poor fan in Rory's car was or shown them removing the stat from Freddies to stop the issues.

It made it feel like they were rushing on the filming days and forgot to do stuff then cobbled it all together and tried to stretch it out in the edit. Maybe part 2 will be better.

Thanks. I hadn't got round to watching it. I don't think I will now.

[The Moose]

jayemm89 said:

Vlog/road trip content is simply hideously inefficient - it just isn't a good way to make money.

Massive demand in terms of cost/time and relatively little returns.

Isn’t road trip content mainly a way to expense the cost of the road trip?!

[Mezzanine]

AlexNJ89 said:

One thing I find interesting to see is where car journalists actually put their money.

And as I look at cars like Huaracan, the 488, MC20, 296 etc etc, Harry went and bought a 650S.

Not an Artura or a 600LT.

Yet no one really speaks about the 650S.

650 is a weird one because I don’t think they made/sold all that many before it was overshadowed by newer product.

Of that era, journalists either focus on ‘cheapest 12C on the market’ or the 675LT which was seen as the one by the proper journalist.

The 650 is kind of forgotten about. I think they were essentially a 12C with a lot of the problems ironed out and also better looking.

[LincolnLovin]

I doubt that paying for itself is the main aim of this trip, its the final one before Alex becomes a dad. I imagine doing road trips away from home will be challenging in the next few months at least.

Likely they will get 2 main eps, 2 v2s and 2 podcasts out of the trip.

[Doofus]

Mezzanine said:

AlexNJ89 said:

One thing I find interesting to see is where car journalists actually put their money.

And as I look at cars like Huaracan, the 488, MC20, 296 etc etc, Harry went and bought a 650S.

Not an Artura or a 600LT.

Yet no one really speaks about the 650S.

650 is a weird one because I don’t think they made/sold all that many before it was overshadowed by newer product.

Of that era, journalists either focus on ‘cheapest 12C on the market’ or the 675LT which was seen as the one by the proper journalist.

The 650 is kind of forgotten about. I think they were essentially a 12C with a lot of the problems ironed out and also better looking.

What I've learned is that LTs are track-oriented, which isn't so much Harry's bag - he's more into GTs. He also said he only wanted to spend £X, which ruled out the Artura.

[acer12]

Hope all is well with Taylor. Surprised he didn’t just jump in with Tom L or else jump into another of his many BMWs.
Hopefully he will appear in the next episode

[LincolnLovin]

Going by the intsta posts he had real time of it, multiple cars and a lot of bad luck.

[Horsey McHorseface]

ThomW said:

WarrenB said:

Been a long time since she's done anything automotive related on YouTube, especially after that weird arrangement where she sold her channel and then ended up with it back, but Emma Walsh is now Sky Sport's first influencer ambassador... whatever that means.

She’s the very definition of ‘getting by on her looks’ because Christ she’s dull. I’d rather listen to Shmee talk about the colour of his pants or even Archie talk about the mods to his next car (hint- it’ll be black with some st Maxton Design body kit and cheap wheels).

[Martin315]

jayemm89 said:

Vlog/road trip content is simply hideously inefficient - it just isn't a good way to make money.

Massive demand in terms of cost/time and relatively little returns.

I saw you on the Harwich-Hook of Holland a week or so ago and thought you might be doing a road trip video.

Interesting that the road trips are inefficient as my favourite Harry’s Garage videos are the road trips. I assume that (and this is not meant to disparage either of you) he has more subscribers and is less dependent on podcast income so can do them more as a hobby?


Edited to add missing “not”!

Edited by Martin315 on Friday 5th July 19:06

[SteBrown91]

Martin315 said:

I saw you on the Harwich-Hook of Holland a week or so ago and thought you might be doing a road trip video.

Interesting that the road trips are inefficient as my favourite Harry’s Garage videos are the road trips. I assume that (and this is not meant to disparage either of you) he has more subscribers and is less dependent on podcast income so can do them more as a hobby?


Edited to add missing “not”!

Edited by Martin315 on Friday 5th July 19:06

Difference is that Harry would be doing the road trips regardless of YouTube - filming it to make a video or two is just a nice bonus really.

[thegreenhell]

Harry doesn't come up with contrived challenges with jeopardy for his road trips. He just takes a camera on his holibobs, occasionally dropping his endlessly patient missus at the roadside while he rags it up and down the road with a big grin.

[AlexNJ89]

Actually don't know how Harry does it. I watch all of his videos and enjoy most of them.

But on paper it shouldn't work. The videos are very long, long intros usually about the styling of the car and the spec sheet, quite slow going, as said above nothing actually ever happens on his road trips, he just gets the map out, says where he's going, goes there, comes home.

[GVK]

Harry can skillfully fold those Michelin maps too.