Matt Moreman of Obsessed Garage Joins The Club (Again)

[9kracing]

Sure 20 years ago.

Toyota RAV4s are that fast now.

[01SG]

It's still a great car in stock form as far as I am concerned. I reversed most of the mods I've done over the years. It was good enough for C&D to put it over the Z06/Boxster and have all the car mags rave about it too.

[oceansize]

He's not wrong... do any of us leave these cars stock? They're not great in stock form. Yeah, he talked shit about his old white car, cause it was a stock E46... they're not very exciting.

It's funny you mention this as I'm currently driving a completely stock car and prior to this it had been a long time since I had done so. I'm quite enjoying the experience. So much so that I've reconsidered a bunch of plans that I had. I'm going to install the CSL airbox, associated accessories, euro headers, and Bryson's mullet tune plus a 3.91 diff and call it day. I'm not even going to change the suspension at this time. I like it. However, I get what you're saying, the airbox is probably a mandatory modification for these cars since we didn't get the CSL.

[9kracing]

I'm a fan of Matt, although he can be cringy at times.

IDK.

He's not wrong... do any of us leave these cars stock? They're not great in stock form. Yeah, he talked shit about his old white car, cause it was a stock E46... they're not very exciting.



I could type up a thesis about forums and youtube personalities and whatnot, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter. Our opinion is irrelevant, Matt makes plenty of money off his multiple businesses, and will continue to buy and modify cars for the foreseeable future.

[Casa de Mesa]

It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for all the world to criticize. Especially on YouTube where you can't hide behind a forum avatar & username. I had to remind myself of that this past weekend...

I used to roll with my actual first last name on forums, then it started showing up in Google searches and I changed my approach, mainly for professional reasons (i.e., career). So like I said, still no tire nibs nipping for me, but he can do him.

[fattycharged]

I watched a bit of it, more palatable than I remember…Maybe it was some reflection yesterday and I reminded myself I am also obsessive about stupid shit. Like sourcing handmade knives and I'm no chef, so do I really need spend 3-500 because I like the way they feel in the hand?
He gets a pass from me on the tire nips, because who knows, it may be really enjoyable snipping those things off.


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[bigjae46]

Car videos on youtube...99.9999% suck. I only watch M539 restorations and Judd V10 hill climb videos. Oh and my track videos when I need to go to sleep.

[theOracle]

I can tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to watch it. Cuz any new content that comes out on a car I love will have my attention.
I used to watch more of Matt’s stuff years ago. Been following his stuff for more than 10 years back before he had a business. I’ve even had a chance to meet him at SEMA a couple times. He’s a nice guy. I’m not “obsessed” so I can’t get into the vast majority of what he does. But I like seeing cool cars and his builds/giveaways.

[R60BBA]

https://youtu.be/krWu2GpIw4k

[Mayan-Viking]

So essentially this dude is able to double the value of a car with just a little time, energy and a few new parts. It's brilliant. Taking the EAG business model to the next level...

Going to the garage to remove the nibs from my tires now. Hoping that yields a 15% increase in market value.

Casa de Mesa Ballsach edition - Bwwwwahahahahaaaaahahahahaa

[EthanolTurbo]

+101 on the insufferableness. He's part of the current car "culture" mentality that thinks every answer to the question no one is asking is a 911 GT3 RS Ballsach edition.

I hope I'm not the kind of keyboard warrior that spreads poison because in truth I secretly dislike my existence... but man, it isn't his OCD that bugs me, it is his elitism. One of his vids popped up recently about wheel detailing. He was explaining the benefits of the different kind of pliers/nippers he used to cut the tire nibs off the side of his brand news tires. I literally had this moment of, "why the F am I wasting my life watching this bulldonkey?" Blocked his channel.

And as for this:



Could not agree more.

Ballsach Edition is hilarious and spot on. And yeah the channel is a total waste of time.

[EthanolTurbo]

How do you say it without sounding like a hater. Matt made a shit load of money and he is really just a rich car prick. I watched a little bit of the video, he talks about a few things that make my point but the biggest one is the rod bearings. He says he doesn’t “believe in rod bearing conspiracy theories” and that he would rather blow up the motor and replace it because the S54 is “cheap,” instead of just doing the bearings for like 2 grand. Only a giant prick would have an attitude like that, and it means everything else he says is also a write off because he doesn’t even live on planet earth.

This is borderline idiotic, but there literally is a "flat earther" side of the S54/S65/S85 world that thinks doing the rod bearings are a myth and pointless, that it's some crazy Internet bullshit. Hilarious.

[lcrain]

Good to know.

Did he explain to you his change of tune on these cars?

I’m sure you are aware but he used to have an Alpine White E46 M3 a few years ago which he bashed quite a few times.

In his most recent video he alludes that his reasoning for not being a fan of these cars is due to how they are when in stock form (comparing them to a Civic?), whilst suggesting that they need to be modified.

He indicates that he didn’t have the bandwidth to modify his Alpine White M3 at the time, but now does and is looking forward to the project with his already modified Interlagos Blue E46 M3 ZCP.

I dunno but something just doesn’t quite add up for me…

He liked that it was interlagos (matching his e92 which I understand kind of started his journey with cars), had the 4.1 gear ratio and roof. Thought it was a good starting point.

[powerbait]

So yesterday I attended Bimmer Invasion of West Palm. I like to support our local BMW CCA group, they have a tent area and work to drum up new members and I get free early entry. At their request I brought my e46, which was parked next to an amazing 3.0CSL Batmobile, which got most of the attention all day. The e46 did pull it's fair share, but it looks mostly stock and not what the typical attendees are in to. Anyway mid morning, I look over and there's some bald guy checking out my car, I look closer and I'm like "no way!" It's him, he turns to walk away and I couldn't remember his name so I yelled OG at him and he stopped, so I introduced myself. He complemented my car and started talking about his and out came the highest mileage bit, the 65k he bought it for and then all the hours and parts he's put into which he values at $120k total. It was a bit of a turn off but expected, at least he's consistent. Apparently his business in up near the Villages in Florida and he came down, I had know idea he was so close. Quite the weird coincidence.

[R60BBA]

I sold it to him.

Bought something new, impulsively. Toyed with the idea of selling the m3 to a friend who did some work on it. A few hours later I get a call from Matt saying he wants to buy it. After giving repoman a shot at buying it back at a lower price, I agreed to sell it to Matt. He wired money the next morning and had it picked up that night. Easiest car transaction I have ever done.

I did have pause in selling it to him, knowing he was going to take what I thought was the perfect e46 m3 and change quite a bit on the car. But that’s his decision. I’ll regret selling the car itself more than selling it to him. I can’t justify a garage full of toys at this point in my life.

My way of enjoying cars is very different than Matt’s. But I don’t think that makes him less of an enthusiast or worse than me in some way. I haven’t watched any of his content in years and I don’t expect that to change having sold him the car.

Good to know.

Did he explain to you his change of tune on these cars?

I’m sure you are aware but he used to have an Alpine White E46 M3 a few years ago which he bashed quite a few times.

In his most recent video he alludes that his reasoning for not being a fan of these cars is due to how they are when in stock form (comparing them to a Civic?), whilst suggesting that they need to be modified.

He indicates that he didn’t have the bandwidth to modify his Alpine White M3 at the time, but now does and is looking forward to the project with his already modified Interlagos Blue E46 M3 ZCP.

I dunno but something just doesn’t quite add up for me…