Mat Armstrong got SCAMMED on his Murcielago project!
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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Thanks so much for having me over!!
Stoked to see your gumball coverage if you're allowed to record it! that's going to be so sick.
Waiting for the next lambo video ❤
You're the best, Mat. Thanks for all of the genuine content and hard work, man.
*I think it was the ''track experience'' place that had you over mate!*
Well done Matt 👏
Finally the real story comes out!
The truth shall prevail
Yeah you should concentrate in finishing a project instead of watching yt videos XD
Thank you for working along with Mat on the journey. You both are the best!
@@philh.9618 Don't be that guy, it makes your Mom sad.
This is phils mother, I'm sad now
It has been so much fun to see Mat's well-deserved success with these projects.
worth tuning in just to see his smile and reactions
The real stars of his show is his girlfriend, his dad, and Kevin :)
It’s a feel good show, always positive and inspirational. The cars are a bonus.
I remember watching Mat when he was a small UA-camr with his Audi. The comeup is unreal and the interest in these types of videos has grown rapidly.
Hahah same here, I was having suspension trouble with my S3 and I came across his channel with the TT. I wasn’t hooked straight away, it was only when he got the S5 I was really interested!
@@redemptionx2918 I used to have an A4. So I watched his channel the A4 broke down a lot. The new S5 has been a lot better. Unfortunately I can’t keep up with Mat in terms of supercars yet 😂. One day.
@@epicswirl haha same here as well mate😂, who knows One day there could be a R8 outside! Ahah I the A4 3L TDI B9 Quattro, but wanted a petrol, so the most logical answer was the S4 which I now have. Fuel economy is well… no longer 60mpg 😂😂
Same, started watching Matt build an S5 when I was in high school, now I’m a year out of university.
Same, been watching his channel since the Audi TT just love the positive energy in all his videos. The last couple of years the whole channel exploded, one of the few channels where I look forward to every video.
I worked for said experience company as a photographer for almost a decade and I photographed this car so many times over the years. I know the car has been abused to hell and its the same as all of the cars that are in that hanger. The whole place is ran by a bunch of con artists that treat their customers like cattle. Everything is ran on a shoe string from the cars to the staff at that place. The events and offices are ran on fear and intimidation by the people at the top. They hire kids that love cars with dreams of glamour and the high life, pay them the bare minimum and work them like dogs. One of the worst places to work ever.
Sounds like most jobs in America, for the most part.
I worked for nasa aswell
If you are listening to this guy for the first time, he and his father are some of the best guys on the internet when it comes to good wholesome entertainment as they work together to repair damaged vehicles. Compared to all the stupid crap that actually exists on the internet, this is one of the one redeeming channels that I enjoy watching that actually put a smile on my face as the two work hard together.
I absolutely agree with you. Love his channel and his projects
This :)
and he's a midlander✌
Yup very true🙏🏽🤝🏽
I watch his channels with my 12 year old son. It’s a nice change from the regular trash found on UA-cam.
That track experience company is so unprofessional and should honestly be held accountable!!!
Someone tag the company
@everymanracing9636
I was gonna say was it Everyman? I had an Atom experience with them.. paid for 2 laps driven by their driver.. then 8 or 10 laps by me.. on the day I was told 2 laps by me then kicked out. Complained.. they did nothing.. scammers
@Proper Tea Property they've never let the public drive the ariel atom ?
@ken kennith well I drove one in 2014.. have a photo too.. 1st day I drove to the track it was raining so waited 3 hours (along with others who had booked the Atom) and told it was not permitted on track that day and then told to book another day and come back. It was my 40th birthday and booked through Red Letter Days.. Redeemed through Everyman Racing.
This was a huge project and it has been so much fun to see Mat knocking it out. Can't wait to see it reach the Gumball finish line!
I for one don't want to see him knocking one out.
@@Dime_Bar i want 😂
Mat's channel is the one I'm watching most right now. His builds and getting to see how family support him have been a true joy.
I have to agree, whilst the man is living the lavish life he isn't a stuck-up a-hole. Just an honest bloke
I worked at Everyman Racing, and they treated me like trash. The guy who sold you the car used to bully me. He also used to stare at me and give me extreme anxiety. That company doesn’t deserve the costumers it gets, it’s filled with toxic people and it’s a shame to see how good employees are treated
I've worked there as a track mechanic you wouldn't believe what we had to do to keep them cars going 😂
Yep I worked there and they are a bunch of crooks!
One of my mates is a driver there, he says all the cars are absolute wrecks, they buy the cheapest examples they can find and run them with the absolute minimum maintenance that they can.
Yeh they offering jobs for customer services like fuk😢
Sounds like the place is run by pikies 🤣
Freddy’s kindness showed by helping Mat out. It’s too bad there were so many parts that didn’t come with the car but Mat & his dad did a great job restoring it.
Mat is without doubt one of the best UA-camrs currently. His enthusiasm and ability to make consistently enjoyable videos is extremely difficult and he deserves every success he’s having and in the future. I look forward to the channel growing and watching future projects.
Watching Mats content is a joy. Such a good guy with lots of positive energy and love for cars.
Mat is a Rockstar in his rebuilding. Love the attitude of jumping in and figuring it out later! BANG ON BROTHER!!!
Big fan of Mat Armstrong! thanks for bringing him for an episode!
Rule of thumb, never try to scam or outhustle someone who is going to bring your shit to light to millions of people. That track company has gone from just a track experience company to a scam company for just 100,000 pounds. What a shame
Couldn't have said that any better 😂 Name and Shame 😮😊
Its funny how the car guys who would do track days, are the ones who will now avoid them. Shot themselves in the foot.
Exactly.
its worse than that really because all he wanted was the missing parts so really they did all of this for prolly less than £10k in refunds lmao
@@harvuk7729more like £30k lmao have you watched the rebuild series?
Yo, Matt is one of my new favorite CarTubers. He laughs and smiles the whole damn time, it's the best hahaha
I'm glad to hear ppl are bugging the track experience company about this 💯
Its great to see Matt finally get his flowers. His channel is nothing short of inspirational
Good story. He put so much effort into that build.
Right from episode 1 this was clearly a honey trap for Matt, but the perseverance from his Dad and himself has been great to watch. Great to see it tackled for what it is, and raised from the dead
At the end of the day, he got a lot more content out of it so probably in the end he was still the winner.
I didn't originally know the track experience company were the ones to contact Matt but now it all makes sense, they knew from the get go he'd be their sucker
@@imnota crooks through and through clearly, even when given the opportunity to save face they doubled down on being shady. Relieved to see Matt come out the real winner
@@jonnowocky8179 Can't really say he won when he did spend 100k on a car in that state, and they haven't hold up their end of the deal so he pays for the missing parts too. I checked yesterday and there's an egear murci for 140k in the UK, surely converting that one to manual would cost about the same as this resto and it would have known mileage and history...
@@imnota channel growth bro
Mat the mileage should be on a EPROM chip
A device called orange5 EPROM reader should be able to read the data. The chip should be voltage and reverse polarity protected.
you can't not love Mat Armstrong's passion, hard work and he does it with a smile that's not just joyful, its also extremely interesting......
“The mechanic went to prison for robbery.” The irony… Matt’s a legend and the story of this car and his journey with it only makes it more special
That was another bullshit story provided by the sellers! The truth will out!
Good idea going with the Verde Ithaca car. Thanks for sharing the reality of the project.
I love Matt always positive and laughing in very disappointing moments. Thanks so much for having me over!!.
I too used to work for Everyman and was at the track when it went through a fence into a field wiping the side of the car out hence the door! Last company I would trust, last company I would buy anything off and would rather retire from instructing than work for them ever again
Sometimes the journey makes the bond stronger. Bringing a formerly tracked car back to life isn’t the best decision financially but the experience is priceless. Great job!
Liking before even watching. Been watching Mat's Murcie rebuild along with the others as a recent subscriber and loving them!
Matt’s channel has been the only thing I always check every day for new content. The dude is truly in his happiness rebuilding cars and it makes the content that much better. If you’d asked me who I want to be when growing up I would have said Matt Armstrong 😂
Unbelievable how bad some of these scams are! Some people are ruthless when it comes to money. Pure lies & no remorse! Well done to Matt for getting the build this far!!! 👏🏼
Never seen this bloke before or heard this story but I've instantly become a fan. Amazing story and an incredible rebuild. Mat seems like such a good hearted lad, the positive vibes are immaculate.
Avoid that driver experience company like the plague. Spread the word about them.
To be fair, they're all run in exactly the same way, with the same shady 'types' running them!
I used to work at this place. The yellow one never had the engine in it at some point it came back on a truck in bits. So probably wasn’t put back together properly either.
Had a rats nest behind glove box too
Have to admire a person with that kind of passion and perseverance on any kind of project.
His attitude at every issue was proceed and carry on with a smile.
Not all of us are like that.
It was a passion project that through thick or thin he will complete it.
I hope that everyone is bypassing the test track company 👍🏼
Too right!
The gentleman is humble, tries to simply things and works hard. Good job mate.
Imagine selling mat a ringer with the following he has now,I bet that track day companies trust pilot/trip advisor has gone downhill 😂😂😂
Matt is so full of life its so fullfilling and joyful to watch him do his thing 👌🏻😊
A very honest interview. I suspected something was up with the company Mat got the car from, but stunned they were this bad. I’d love to know who they are to avoid them. Keep up the great work Mat.
Matt and his dad are truly amazing people who never give up. Inspiring.
I love this guy!! I hope for nothing but success for Matt in all he does. It has been cool watching his journey to this point.
Mat keeps it real, thus so relatable. Such a pleasure following all of his projects on yt,
Guys just aquick note on these „fire extinguishers“ from element. They dont work at all. Please carry a traditional one in your car. You will thank me once you really need it..
#2 on trending in the UK! Amazing.
How many Subscribers did Matt have before the Murcielago? The people who robbed him also gave him just that thing that blew his channel up, the kicker being Matt deserves it. Genuinely nice lad obviously loving what he is doing whilst spending a load of time with his old man and setting up their future. And we get to enjoy watching it happen. HWBT
I was literally just thinking this.. sometimes what may seem like a bad decision can turn round be the best thing that could happen. He’s gained loads of followers from this build and followers = £££££
This guy is amazing....just full of knowledge...if he doesnt know,he figures it out....love it. Thanks mat
I’m happy for you matey. You chased your dream. And it came true. Hard work can pay off , Fingers crossed it makes the full GB rally 🙏
A harsh lesson learnt here for Mat, but great resilience and perseverance in rebuilding that engine and getting it running. It truly is a dream car and you can’t fault him for jumping at the opportunity. Shame on those shady sellers though. Hope Mat completes the project and enjoys that car to the fullest
Now HERE is a great, legit guest.
There has to be a storage chip on the old instrument cluster - find out what chip and pull it and send it to a data recovery specialists
It's still definitely worth a try but like Mat said, old eeproms tend to get corrupt after a short.
It's probably using an EEPROM, and it would seem the instrument cluster doesn't have reverse voltage/over current protection. Someone could probably easily dump it, maybe they have, maybe the bytes where the mileage is stored are scrambled.
@@JacobJonesy Would they really just keep programming an EEPROM over and over? Is that a common use case with them? Do they have a max number of write cycles?
@@andrewdunbar828 Yeah they are commonly used in odometers, they normally have 100k-300k write cycles in them but engineers utilize them in clever ways to achieve much higher lifespans.
@@JacobJonesy eeprom is usually to control something so it can store program functions with write protection but remove the write protection to upload new eeprom settings. It could be stored with the program functions though I don’t know how those are programmed whatsoever m all honesty.
You have to tell everyone the name of the Track experience company so we’ll never go there or suggest people not to go there. We should not support dishonest people. Congratulations for the rebuilding. You guys are fantastic. Say hello to your dad, I love when he laugh out loud.
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Everyman Racing, based at Prestwold, just north of Loughborough.
Did work experience with them back in 2016/17, place was a shed. 75% of the cars didn’t run, and the amount of dirt and grime on every car there was insane.
@@alexgaskin8375everyone go online and give them a 1 star😂
I was also going to buy a former track day car from the same company Matt bought his from for my UA-cam channel Cormac on cars as I’m also based in Leicestershire!
However their prices are far too high for what they are asking, as the car have no service history and are also in bad condition.
If their prices were more realistic I would have bought a project car off them. I think I will stick to buying showroom condition cars 👍
For an extra 80k you could of had a 2020 hurricane evo in the UK for sale on PistonHeads atm.
I've watch the whole build from day 1 on Matt's channel and am always impressed with him and his Dad how they manage to rebuild all these high end cars, especially the M5 Competition he did, what a beautiful car and what an amazing job he did on it.
Will always follow his rebuilds and hope for the best for him and his channel. ❤
simple....if you make an agreement, NEVER pay the full amaunt until you have everything you agreed on!
Mat may have been ripped off by the people who sold him the car but the rebuild has been some of the best content on YT plus it got his dad involved a lot more in the channel which is great. Some people would have seen it as a disaster but Mat turned the whole thing into a triumph, he's that kind of positive energy personality I suppose.
Yeah, gotta feel for him about the rip off, but tbf it has resulted in some great YT content for us to enjoy. And if Mat's gonna keep the Murci once it's done then that's a dream car in his garage which can't be a bad thing. Better than rotting in that 'workshop' the track day people have. Have you checked their reviews BTW? Ouch...
@@Abo999 Yeh, I checked them out as soon as I realised they ripped him off. From what I saw it looks like they are total scammers, loads of people getting ripped off for track days and driving experiences that are nothing like advertised in sh1tty broken down old cars. Absolute garbage people.
Mat reminds us that being a hard worker is not only the key to success, but also makes being a good (and sane) person easier. Rather than spending time and energy on having been wronged, he (after what I imagine were a few profanity-laden conversations with his team) just got on with the damn thing - which, at the end of the day, is all anyone can do really.
Surely with all the evidence i.e. the videos of the rebuild, there is enough for a civil court claim against the seller? How much did they want for the orange one?
I love following Matt. He seems like such a nice guy and a hard worker.
Gonna be real cool seeing Matt an the Merci on the Gumball . Also the way he fit right in with Freddy an Jack in Florida for his gt3 build .. it's been great for all us auto UA-cam fans ..
Everyman racing in the mud
Literally soon as you saw it everything said just walk away. Fair play for having the character and resources to see it through hats off. 👍👍👍
Good on you for sticking with it & making it whole again, I did not know how much you were stuffed around by the place you got it from or there was a partition, I'd be interested to sign it for you & I'm sure my friends & their friends I have recommended your channel to would sign it in solidarity, cheers.
I'm glad your keeping it there's something sentimental about that car with your old man helping you out with the engine. Good on ya!
Man, that track experience company should be taken to court!!
i'm glad i watched this as i thought we had all the details from Matts channel, seems there was more!
Mat channel is next level! The excitement from his joy is just pure awesomeness!
Can likely recover the mileage from the onboard EEPROM of the old cluster, even if the cluster is not functional. Doubtful that any EEPROM would have be damaged by overvoltage / reverse polarity - the voltage regulation hardware which supplies it would have been damaged instead.
Reading most EEPROMs are easy to do, either in-circuit or after removing the IC. Plenty of automotive electrical companies out there who can do it.
What a lovely guy 😊 well done for pushing through and making it run
"If it doesn't make it no hard feelings, we'll rebuild it again!" Said like a true gear head! LOL
Good Luck!
Halfway through my 1st rebuild....totally understand how things can go off the rails
There's a 2004 manual murcielago for sale in Derby 57,000 looks immaculate no damage in yellow. Just been dry stored for a while and obviously stood so will need new tyres,fluids service etc and a going over £130,000 I don't know what this owes you. Obviously UA-cam profit to consider aswell.
I’m sure I’m you haggled and left they would have crawled back, 7 years of being stored and it never moved. I’m watching the rebuild and previous ones, always well put together videos and great content!
May and his dad reminds me of Goonzquad and their dad 😂
I’m so proud of Matt and his dad putting the engine and the car back together and running, What an achievement, they deserve all the luck and the car a second better life!
I love Matt always positive and laughing in very disappointing moments
I worked for that company instructing, cars were all awful, not road worthy and had to have a fire extinguisher between my legs 🙈
I’ve been a subscriber of Mat’s for ages. His channel is entertaining and inspiring. I don’t recall Mat ever mentioning the name of the experience day company on his channel and he doesn’t in this video, but some of the commenters have mentioned a name. In case it’s just rumour I won’t mention the name but I had wondered whether it might be that one. I had an experience day with them a few years ago and when I came to drive my final car of the day, a McLaren MP4-12C, before we set out onto the track I noticed a tyre pressure warning light was showing. The instructor I was with was a sound enough chap but gave me some story about a faulty sensor that they couldn’t fix because they do their own maintenance. It was against my better judgement, but I went out anyway because I didn’t want to miss out on the experience, which turned out to be great.
Me looking at the intro picture: uhh you know the engin is in the back right? 🤣
The amount of times I've found cables direct mounted to the battery without fuse or the fuse at the wrong place is incredible, and makes you wonder why there are no more car fires.
100k for that wreck was absolutely a scam from that company, name and shame them was the best thing to do!!!
Super happy it turns out to be a huge success on youtube for Matt, i think he is one of the best youtuber around with load of enthusiasm!!!
This is the best VinWiki car stories I’ve seen, since I’ve been following this rebuild from scratch. The full backstory adds so much more to the ongoing saga 😂
Glad his followers wanted justice as he had been well and truly screwed over, but really glad he got it running and had his dream car at last!!
Can't fault Matt. If from UK and seem to mainly follow us channels yet Matt is one brit I love to follow. Have to say he's gone from strength to strength. Great to have him on your channel!
Great story of a man and his Dad and a car with character, love it
I've been following Mat's series on the rebuild and I just have to say, he and his father have done an outstanding job! My hat is off to them.
Mat is fast becoming one of my favourite UA-camrs. Great content, regular and well edited
This car is going to be so beautiful when Mat finishes!
Honestly, screw Everyman! I’ve done a track experience with them but will ensure I stay clear of them in the future.
1) Bodge repairs on performance cars that are used on the track
2) Break promises, lie and inflate prices
3) Don’t pay invoices
Bunch of jokers
Love that Matt has come so far and now to see him on vin wiki and in the company of Freddy and alike is amazing can't wait for gumball ..well done lads
no way in hell that I would of paid that much money for that car which is in shambles and parts missing. That was simply a scam
Doubt he did. But I reckon because youtube can be a tax write off, he upped the price (to us online and paperwork) so he can claim way more on it
God bless Paula Mary Allen for the help, $51,000 biweekly pay!!!
how can I reach out to Paula's services???
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I’ve watched the series from the beginning, but this was really fascinating to watch, and learn more about the on goings behind the scenes.
Find out what chip holds the mileage counter and swap those two! If it did burn up, it will not cause further damage...you almost got nothing to lose...
I knew he’d been scammed on this car from the beginning. Absolute thieves charging him what they did. That said, awesome job bringing this car back to life and caring for it the way it should be.
That car should have been sold for £50k Matt u got good energy a lot of good things will come to you keep posting buddy 👍🏾
Nothing beats that feeling the first time you get in your project and it moves under its own power.
Big fan! Mat armstrong..
Only man allowed to say Meri- Lahgo.
the manual box and the e gear box are basically the same as the e gear is doing the shifting but its still a manual box at its core. the "robot" of the e gear is essentially physically shifting it with electronics. lambo does this so it has that raw and real feel still and they think making an auto transmission ruins that. you can simply convert any e gear transmission to a stick shift manual by drilling those holes and doing a few other minor things
A lot of people say, never drive your childhood dream car, it’s almost always a let down