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Infinotize posted:I am kind of sad he was a downer on the awesome dash font. Doug has poor taste, I thought that was discussed previously?
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Infinotize posted:That exhaust you had really made the car. And the 80's cocaine-white. Doug will be Doug and his reviews are weird and shallow on the driving experience (which is his shtick and I still watch all his poo poo so fair enough), but I am kind of sad he was a downer on the awesome dash font. I can't blame him entirely. There's lots of what seems to be stoplight to stoplight driving, which would of course give you very little appreciation for the steering. But yeah, 6/10 on aesthetics? The typeface is perfect. We'll never go back to that, when these days you have awful serif fonts on nav screens that clash with everything else in the car.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 21:19 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Doug has poor taste, I thought that was discussed previously? He is pretty awful about knowing anything about cars, but he's really good at being an internet 'personality'.
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# ? Sep 1, 2017 02:26 |
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Doug Demuro is a loving hack
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# ? Sep 1, 2017 15:52 |
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There's only few auto journalists I don't mind listening to. I can't stand him or Matt Farah.
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# ? Sep 1, 2017 19:51 |
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So far I'm enjoying savagegeese. But yeah in general I'm really tired of hearing the same poo poo over and over. 5 things I hate about car YouTubers: oh wait
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# ? Sep 2, 2017 16:12 |
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Larrymer posted:There's only few auto journalists I don't mind listening to. I can't stand him or Matt Farah. Edit: Why don't you like MF? He comes across to me as very genuine, and actually knows his poo poo, neither of which I can accuse Doug of. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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InitialDave posted:If you're not watching Harry's Garage, watch Harry's Garage. I like Farrah when he's interviewing people or describing a car he's driving in his one takes, he definitely knows and loves cars. But he can be pretty annoying by himself.
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# ? Sep 5, 2017 01:53 |
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I'm also not find of his 2+minute commercials at the beginning of the videos. He's knowledgeable, and half the time he's interesting to listen to. The problem is the other half where he's insufferable.
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# ? Sep 5, 2017 13:13 |
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So, now that the Lotus is gone, how about another 348? 337km on the clock. Sold for just shy of 150 kiloeuros.
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# ? Sep 11, 2017 18:05 |
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bolind posted:So, now that the Lotus is gone, how about another 348? Were I ever to get a 348 again, it'd have to be one with the sports seats, which look amazing. Though that black interior does look nice. That Sotheby's one has a perfectly flush targa top; so jealous. I had been worried that mine had some issue that caused the front corners not to line up with the windscreen, but the last 2 348s on BaT had this problem, so I feel better. The red one was fairly sneaky in presenting the top on: https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC01280.jpg https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59922ecebe38d_DSC01275.jpg You can barely make it out as not sitting flush: https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC01274.jpg E: also, I wouldn't outside park a 348 thanks to its slatted engine lid. That and a TS would leak like mine. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Sep 11, 2017 |
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InitialDave posted:If you're not watching Harry's Garage, watch Harry's Garage. I just don't find him that interesting to listen to. The last video I watched was him driving a V8 starion I think. It was all "Bro. This car is next level poo poo. Bro this a car!" which I couldn't take. Bonus points for use of the words "chode" and "sick." He may have just been excited or whatever but it just sounds like any other Bro doing a review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpmymrOoir4 Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Sep 11, 2017 |
# ? Sep 11, 2017 19:14 |
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That's still infinitely prefereable to Doug Demuro. I feel Matt is someone you could actually have a discussion with cars about at an adult level.
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# ? Sep 11, 2017 20:08 |
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I have a feeling Matt's Cali/bro accent and general demeanor will affect people to different degrees. It doesn't really bother me, but I could see it being really grating. His awful forearm tatt is a huge distraction. I'm glad they went to that 2-camera setup.
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# ? Sep 11, 2017 20:14 |
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My only issue with Matt is he tends to say 'uhm' like every other word. Take a minute and figure out what you wanna say and how to say it to the camera, dude.
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# ? Sep 11, 2017 21:24 |
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I hung out with Matt once and he was really chill and down to earth - really, really knows his poo poo. I can't really stand Doug's voice but I do love the interior quirks of weird/supercars so I usually watch the videos until he starts driving, which is always slow and tells me nothing about how the car drives. At least Matt can really whip. Harry's Garage is the best, I don't think anyone is going to argue against that.
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# ? Sep 11, 2017 22:13 |
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Voltage posted:I hung out with Matt once and he was really chill and down to earth - really, really knows his poo poo. I can't really stand Doug's voice but I do love the interior quirks of weird/supercars so I usually watch the videos until he starts driving, which is always slow and tells me nothing about how the car drives. At least Matt can really whip. I totally agree with this. I'm not a full on car guy so I find the weird quirks a lot more interesting than someone talking about super technical handling stuff. Thankfully in Demuros videos he usually spends most of the time showing the quirks than driving. I also really enjoy Savage Geese (thanks for the suggestion!) and Harry's Garage. One Take I'm not huge on probably due to the above point. However he does have a huge array of cars driven compared to the others. I really want to like Petrolicious as it's beautifully shot and they do strange Euros but there is no real substance in any of the videos.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 04:02 |
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Red_Fred posted:I really want to like Petrolicious as it's beautifully shot and they do strange Euros but there is no real substance in any of the videos. It's kind of up its own rear end. I feel like they try to peg every owner's story into the same hole instead of letting their personality come through more.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 04:06 |
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kimbo305 posted:It's kind of up its own rear end. I feel like they try to peg every owner's story into the same hole instead of letting their personality come through more. Agree, but still it's wonderfully shot which puts it above virtually every other car-related video series on the internet.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 11:55 |
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1983-ferrari-mondial/ "We did not fix the AC or Sunroof for two reasons, #1 If we had fixed these items, it would have prevented a DIY person the fun of doing it, and #2 as we are in California and the prices are much higher than in other parts of the world. We would have had to pass on this cost to the buyer." All true, but talk about spin.
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# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:20 |
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kimbo305 posted:https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1983-ferrari-mondial/ That reason #1 may be the most bullshit sentence I've ever read. I'm just floored at the sheer audacity. "Well, we could have done it, but
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# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:48 |
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Those two problems also have an unfortunate relationship. The AC doesn't work but this is California, just open the sunroof. After you experience the joy of fixing it.
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# ? Sep 29, 2017 22:36 |
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Haha, AC and Sunroofs are like two of the worst jobs for DIY'ers, imo.
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# ? Sep 30, 2017 15:57 |
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BaT gave the car a Success Story.
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# ? Oct 18, 2017 17:36 |
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That's awesome.
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# ? Oct 18, 2017 17:54 |
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Never saw that before. The car sounds incredible as usual, and the stock stance with the spacers is so awesome: In the in car video, I do get a little annoyed at how those non-segmented wiper blades I put in don't quite sit down well.
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# ? Oct 19, 2017 05:48 |
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I wonder if they're pumping it all up for a sale, or just having fun posting it https://instagram.com/p/Bao2ynag7fl/
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# ? Oct 25, 2017 02:36 |
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Back to the Ferrari build quality and paint topic -- a BaT Testarossa deal went south over paint condition: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-ferrari-testarossa-6/#comment-1915397 I think the buyer has every right to ask for the car to be in the condition as claimed in the listing, but I also wouldn't be surprised if the paint was sloppy from the factory, as a follow comment has said.
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# ? Dec 17, 2017 18:27 |
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Proof that dealers are always going to be dealers, even with BaT.
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# ? Dec 17, 2017 19:47 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Proof that dealers are always going to be dealers, even with BaT. Yeah, if the dealer had access to a paint thickness meter and any integrity, he would have disclosed the issue during the sale. And we know the dealer had access to a paint thickness meter...
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# ? Dec 17, 2017 22:24 |
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Stick to Porsches, guys.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 11:29 |
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It's official -- up for sale now: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc2JXdAgkJU/ http://www.tachyon-motorsport.nl/projects/1991-ferrari-348-ts-targa/ I definitely want to know how much it sells for; will gently ask my buyer how Euros he's hoping to get. e: the more I look at the car, the more I have to concede that blacking out the front grill (per factory) would look right. MrOnBicycle posted:Stick to Porsches, guys. *moves to try to block out 911 behind me* The 911 is a car you get when you want the improved reliability of an IMS bearing.
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MrOnBicycle posted:Stick to Porsches, guys. *knocks on wood*
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 21:07 |
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kimbo305 posted:Back to the Ferrari build quality and paint topic -- I missed the DOXX on that. Was it deleted or removed from BaT? Who was it that got called out?
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 22:05 |
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I missed the DOXX on that. Was it deleted or removed from BaT? Who was it that got called out? I would assume the buyer dealers are not hard to find.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 22:22 |
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Elephanthead posted:I would assume the buyer dealers are not hard to find. Somewhat Heroic posted:I missed the DOXX on that. Was it deleted or removed from BaT? Who was it that got called out? The winning buyer was another dealer, and the seller posted at the top of his response the buyer's business address, name, email, and phone number. Dunno who edited it, if it's Best doing some damage control.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 23:10 |
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That's pretty hosed up.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 23:12 |
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I'm pretty sure I had a comment asking what BaT would do about their fee that got deleted.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 23:27 |
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Wait, so this was sold by a dealer to another dealer?
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Wow, you guys AI brigaded that one!
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