Matt from OG picks up an E46 M3

[jet_dogg]

Hagerty, particularly JC, and m539 are the only car related channels I watch. I used to watch some og but not anymore unless the topic interests me.

I tried to watch savagegeese once and he was so comically far off his assessment of a car that left me scratching my head and wondering how this guy was a car reviewer, then never watched him again.

[oceansize]

I'll throw out Speed Academy for the two guys mucking around in the garage concept. They are incredibly down to earth and even if I don't necessarily like what they are working on I almost always learn something. They absolutely beat the hell out of that dude, who resembles the floating Barron Harkonnen from Dune, rolling around in his chair washing his cars.

[D-O]

Jason Cammisa is great. His partner in crime on the Carmudgeon show David Tam-Scott has some great stuff on some really interesting cars. BTS with DTS. More art than review, but I like them.

Jesse

[Cubieman]

I like the two guys on the TV show Everyday Driver that plays Saturday mornings on Motortrend, I belive they have a YouTube channel as well and have done a full show on the M3 generations which I have yet to see.

I will have to check out some of these suggestions, I really don't watch YouTube unless it's a DIY or something similar.

[Obioban]

Jason Cammisa is the only journalist where I feel like... he's driving the same cars as me when he describes the experience. So, He's my go to for what I'll actually enjoy driving. He also gives fun historical context.

Savagegeese is great for getting some level of technical detail on the car, which rarely exists anywhere else. My driving tastes don't exactly align with him, but I don't think they're ever anything but honest about what they're experiencing.

Henry Catchpole is pretty good, but suffers a bit too much from... everything is awesome disorder. Everything is very much not awesome.

I pretty much don't watch anyone else at this point.

[Toby22]

savagegeese seems to be a universal favorite among enthusiasts, especially after toning down the edginess in his videos

He’s my favorite on YouTube atm. His guest, Jack is awesome too!

[usdmej]

I don't know, I find practically every modern car culture personality insufferable.

savagegeese seems to be a universal favorite among enthusiasts, especially after toning down the edginess in his videos

[lastMleft]

Lol after 4 months with the E46 he is selling it and buying another e92 lol...he must truly love the S65...it does sound glorious!

[maw1124]

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1886876


he paid 120k for the e92. And he already has 50k worth of mods on order to build the same car as his lemans lolol. This is on top of the 100K+ into the E36 project this year. Can someone do the math abs tell me where all this money is coming from ?? Certainly not from YouTube views or his store.

Good question. My opinion, he's a YouTube enabled RENNtech back in the day. Nothing new under the sun. (1) Some zealot will buy the modified car when he's done = 100% recoup + profit; (2) He'll make "click and advertise" money as well as product endorsement money along the way; and finally (3) Some auction house will buy the enterprise (Haggerty, McGuiars, BaT, Hemmings, whoever) after a while. Loans and "investors" will carry him in the meantime. It's not a hard business model to understand. Just look at Wheeler Dealers forever -- Mike Brewer ain't doing it to lose money. Only here, it's YouTube instead of TV.

maw

PS… maybe more Wheeler Dealers than RENNTech but a mix of the two…

[Maxima SE]

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1886876

he paid 120k for the e92. And he already has 50k worth of mods on order to build the same car as his lemans lolol. This is on top of the 100K+ into the E36 project this year. Can someone do the math abs tell me where all this money is coming from ?? Certainly not from YouTube views or his store.

[01SG]

To think we used to have David E. Davis Jr, Ken Purdy, and Denis Jenkinson.

I don't know, I find practically every modern car culture personality insufferable.

[maw1124]

You guys do know his just an old money finance guy right?...

Umm..... No.

The guy is in his early 40s and spent less than 15 years in finance. I'm more of "an old money finance guy" than he is and I definitely don't qualify. Unless his parents and grandparents were wealthy (possible), he's definitely not "old money". Hell, he's likely neither "old" nor "money" as that term is used. I just realized he's the detail products guy -- that's actually useful content for me, having grown up detailing cars in the 80's.

maw

[Epoustouflant]

You guys do know his just an old money finance guy right? His not making any money from these videos. Money is being rained on him from interest.

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He makes money from selling garage improvement services and related products on his website. Cars are his marketing.

He's a smart dude and made something cool out of his OCD, hats off to him for that.

[Tones]

You guys do know his just an old money finance guy right? His not making any money from these videos. Money is being rained on him from interest.

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[maw1124]

I didn't watch it all but didn't find him overly BS or critical of the car. He likes what he likes (modifying cars) and has found a way to make money on his car hobby. For those guys, this car is still a 3-series BMW (shoulder shrug), but with Motorsport DNA (which makes it worth a try). So he tried it. Not everyone is going to heap praiz 'pon da car. The guys I know like that (1) understand why I have one, but (2) aren't over the moon about the need to have one. When people are comparing it to a Honda S2K (I drove one in '99 and didn't realize they were still making them) or a Mazda Miata, that kinda makes the point IMO. It's fine. Still a car worth owning for car guys, which these days is saying a lot.

maw

PS... it's funny that (1) I hadn't driven one before I decided to buy it either; and (2) I find they lack headroom too with the top closed, but then again for me the car only looks right with the top down.