Decent car YouTubes

[Zonda_]

I see Mat Armstrong is trying to buy a Chiron. If he gets it, which seems unlikely given Bugattis restrictions, I can’t see where his channel could go from there.

Into bankruptcy proceedings?

It’s obviously being funded from somewhere, I doubt he’s earning enough to be able to spunk a couple of million on a potentially scrap car.

[DeskJockey]

I see Mat Armstrong is trying to buy a Chiron. If he gets it, which seems unlikely given Bugattis restrictions, I can’t see where his channel could go from there.

Into bankruptcy proceedings?

It’s obviously being funded from somewhere, I doubt he’s earning enough to be able to spunk a couple of million on a potentially scrap car.

No idea, but his two YouTube channels have about 7.5m subscribers and a billion views between them. Add Instagram, merch and sponsored videos/Patreon (if he does them) into that. That'll come to something. And he might be financing the cars hoping to clear a profit at the end. ISTR that was how Tavarish did some of his more expensive builds.

[Simon]

I don't think there are any shenanigans, he's just doing incredibly well from his channel/merch etc. He works hard at it so good luck to him. I watch every Sunday after putting my daughter down.

[Gavster]

His videos have a combined 31 million views in the last 30 days across his two channels which is probably in the region of £150k ad revenue, plus each brand integration would be paying something like £20k per video for two videos per month. So that's around £200k a month, plus all the other income streams he's got including High Speed Competitions, he's definitely bringing in a huge amount each year.

[Jobbo]

He’s got some overheads though. A team of people to pay for a start.

[Rich B]

i watched the MA video last night, best one for a while - his output has been a bit flat recently where he’s operating well within his comfort zone. The thrill of genuine jeopardy definitely lifts the whole excitement level.

The same applies/d to other car based stuff imo. Fast N Loud was brilliant when each build was genuinely stretching the finances and every loss hurt. It got boring when it was just “another super car being done up by a rich guy to get viewers”.

It’ll be interesting to see if MA can source the parts somehow - even though the actual rebuild may be a bit dull if they manage to repair the tub in situ.

[Matty]

One for @JonMad on his search Hopefully you wouldn't need an inspection to notice some of the massive bodges on this one

[JonMad]

Quality!

[Carlos]

You didn't need to look beyond the Duruns before walking away

[Simon]

One for @JonMad on his search Hopefully you wouldn't need an inspection to notice some of the massive bodges on this one

I thought that cracked suspension mount thing was an Audi defect with these, rather than crash damage? Didn't early Matt Armstrong fix one of those or am I imagining it?

[Matty]

I thought that cracked suspension mount thing was an Audi defect with these, rather than crash damage? Didn't early Matt Armstrong fix one of those or am I imagining it?

I think Ricky mentioned in another videos that he's never seen a cracked frame that wasn't caused by crash damage. 10:45 for the time stamp

In short, "it's crap...seen 4 cars in 15 years with cracked frame....only ever seen it in crashes"

[Matty]

I should point out I'm posting a lot of REP links at the moment. I'm not a paid shill....I just spent far too much time looking into owning R8's at one point If I could remember stuff at work as well as I could about random car shit, I'd be paid much better

[V8Granite]

One for @JonMad on his search Hopefully you wouldn't need an inspection to notice some of the massive bodges on this one

I thought that cracked suspension mount thing was an Audi defect with these, rather than crash damage? Didn't early Matt Armstrong fix one of those or am I imagining it?

It was the American guy who also did some 360 convertible repair videos somewhere in Florida. I believe he had it welded.

Dave!