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DeskJockey wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 2:03 pm

Zonda_ wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 1:53 pm 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.

Zonda_ wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 2:41 pm

DeskJockey wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 2:03 pm

Zonda_ wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 1:53 pm 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Quality!

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

Matty wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 6:32 pm 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?

Simon wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:51 am 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"

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

Simon wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:51 am

Matty wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 6:32 pm 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!

samcracc?

Matty wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:00 pm 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

I'd never heard of them until this week

JonMad wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 8:41 am

Matty wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:00 pm 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

I'd never heard of them until this week

They're getting a lot of traffic at the mo to the channel, as they've done crossovers with Jonny Smith, Top Dead Center, Ratarossa etc. Also responsible for the sleeper Skoda Superb that was doing the rounds last year and they've just bought an RS2 that they tried to help JS with on a barn find vid.

They're quite entertaining - although hearing middle aged blokes with West Country accents using kids' slang is a bit

Simon wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:02 pmsamcracc?

Yep that's the one.

REP are excellent, really nice engine work which is a good watch.

Dave!

REP is one of the very few youtubers who actually seems to know what he's talking about when it comes to engines, he's good.

Is Tavarish going to re-hybrid the P1 afterall?



This could get me back watching this build.