@@Impala_babe Same man. I enjoy going around corners way more than shifting, so an automatic allows me to focus more on what I like. It's just a matter of what you prefer
"Who says I wanted an exhaust system? A car can be plenty fun without making every other driver and pedestrian within a 400 foot radius hate your guts."
Worst argument I've ever seen was a kid saying " if you don't have a car, you don't know anything about cars " and i listened to this and thought, " kid, you are a 13/14 year old child, the only car you own is on Forza " 😂😂😂😂😂😂
tbh, you do learn alot more by owning a car and doing maintenance and working on it. Over time you learn more and more which you wouldn't really in the same way if oyu never owned a car...?
I actually found myself in a similar situation, but it was a little bit the other way around: I have neither a license nor a car, I have played racing games for years, from arcade to simulators, and this dude was sayng i couldn't lap the nordschleife becasue "i didn't have a license so i wouldn't know how to drive a car". i have an H shifetr and clutch on my sim setup, i have a decent understanding of steering, throttle input, ect. I didn't claim I would beat Aytorn Senna on his best, I didn't claim to be a pike's peak engineer, I literally only said that I would be able to lap the Nordschleife (wich plenty of people do almost everyday with no real issues) without crashing. he went on about how "I had no idea about the sensation of speed" (wich I do, I have gone over 150mph in a car as a passenger before) and how i'd shit my pants on the spot. He better believe that if I ever have enough money to do it, i'm dragging his ass with me to germany out of spite
It's like those parents who believe everyone who hasn't had a kid knows absolutely nothing about children, like who do you think knows more about kids, someone who works with kids all day (like a teacher or daycare worker) or someone who didn't use protection?
This guy? He’s just a whiner who can’t get drive. Wisdom is sadly lacking in this post. This is just a rant by a disgruntled nerd who got dissed by the cool kids 😊
It’s hilarious I’m a car guy, but my other hobbies are rollercoasters, tornado chasing, and my slam band. I legit told a car guy all my hobbies and he said “ you could use all that money on car parts”. Dude was legit appalled I had other hobbies that I spend the same if not more money on other than my car.
@@arya0794 nope it’s an actual hobby! I go out every spring with some friends and chase. We mainly just get cool photos and report tornadoes so that that emergencies and warnings can get issued. You actually get tornado warnings from storm spotters and chasers.
You read my mind lol. I was like are you saying activities related to cars AKA Motorsports aren’t dangerous?. Safety is the main reason why 99.9% of race cars have roll cages like in WRC and GT or a extremely strong carbon monocoque for open wheel or prototype cars together with fire extinguisher and 6 point harness so I don’t really get their point
@@yono367 more to the point, a car that someone has invested in because they like it is much cooler to me than a car someone built for clout. - especially if the difficulty level is high, like keeping a 50 year old car in like-new condition.
too add to point #1, learning new different things literally keeps your brain fresh. When you're learning something new, your brain is literally rewiring itself and making new neural pathways, but once those initial pathways are set you'll eventually plateau. It's like going to the gym and doing only arms. You'd have strong arms sure but you're missing out on strong legs, core, stamina, flexibility, etc. It's also fun to learn something new, especially once you start getting good at it.
There was a car meet near me today. Someone brought a McLaren. Someone else brought a riced out Ford Fiesta. Both cars were celebrated as expressions of automotive passion
"You don't deserve that car" tells me a guy because I drive safe and speed limit and I take it to the dealer for maintanance rather than doing it myself.... meanwhile he abuses his car, doesn't change tires and says "this car was built for this bro"
I do everything myself because dealers are a rip off. Scat pack brake and rotor change was $1500. Did it myself for $320 and 1.5 hours of work. 45 of it was youtube, 15 minutes a side.
@@gameplayer2014 Having a service record is good if you need to share your car with others. For an older car or a modified car, though, doing maintainence yourself is pretty important.
Well, ahem, I sometimes bend the speed limits a bit, but only in a safe manner. Sometimes I even do my own maintenance. The only people who don’t deserve a car are the ones who don’t maintain, or care for the car, or just beat the 💩 out of a nice car because they will always get the parents to buy another one, or they’re just overbearing jerks who need to feel superior to someone while they failed miserably at everything
I work with a 89 year old truck guy. We are fixing up (really restoring) a 1949 chevy pickup. He has said he spent his drug and alcohol money on his vehicles. He definitely is mostly a car guy, but he is a machine guy. He raced, and apparently he knee the feel of the vehicles amazingly, but he just stopped racing dirt tracks and stuff. But he also says the best vehicle, is the one that is paid off. He has a credit card but has never paid interest. He is incredibly smart
Not necessarily that’s old way of thinking one that’s paid off doesn’t have a warranty on anything usually. As long as you make your payments on time you’re good. Plus you’re building good credit which you can use in the future if you ever do want to buy a nice house or something like that
@KevinMcAllister-666 ....and then everybody wonders why inflation is thru the roof and no one can afford to buy a humble house in their hometown. The "just buy everything with credit" culture is the reason why prices for literally everything is insane now, because it's an "out of sight, out of mind" attitude.
The worst one is the people who own a car and say that people who don't have a car are not allowed to have opinions on people's cars and their opinion is irrelevant. Then say that they're what's wrong with today's car community. That's such bullcrap, saying someone's opinion is irrelevant because they don't have a car. It completely ignores the fact that it takes time to grow up and it takes money to buy cars. It really makes me upset. They are the absolute worst, and that kind of gatekeeping is the real problem with today's car community.
Agreed. For things as simple as the look of the car those people will not accept opinions from those who don't own one, like if having a pair of eyes is illegal now.
And unusual in my experience. I would suspect that the people who would do this are promoting evs or don’t think that anyone with less money should have an opinion. The are not car people. Go to a show, a race, or something like that and talk to people, admire the cars, you’ll find nice people eager to share their experiences with you
I disagree. People who don't have guns are pushing for laws against them because they don't understand them for example. It applies to the car world as well.
Yeeaah, I like almost anything with an engine, some wheels (optional), and goes kinda fast😂. Also am interested in home renovation and interior design (so there goes a new crate engine) And even computer/electronics repair or assembly (awh man another exhaust down the drain with this) Even audio, where you can spend 10k on 1 speaker😂 But I’ve never seen that “real car guys only have one hobby” bs, even on tiktok
@@TomGT59Tom only the truly obsessed ones think like that. I drive an 18 year old Audi S4 cabrio, because it’s paid for and the repairs are less than the interest on a new one. Plus mine’s got a honkin’ V-8 and awd. It’s faaasttt 😂
@@MidnightGreen4649 Most JDM fanboys don't know what a DCT is, or playing with automatics...I was bashed on my own group for wanting to swap my 6 speed Evo VII RS for a Evo X SST because it was "like an automatic". I also wanted an Evo VII GTA for a daily. I said "I have an evo because I want to go fast, not because of the transmission". People in my country drive manuals that would make those fanboys cry and beg for mercy
@@JABelms My Subaru WRX CVT is more "JDM" than the 6MT considering that it's got the 2.0 and those were CVT only in Japan. Funny enough, the car has more RWD bias in its AWD system so it's sportier on paper too. I think a lot of the JDM hype comes from video games and kids do not really understanding just how important comfort is because they think that's what normies go after. In America at least, enthusiasts forgot what made these rally-inspired cars great, it wasn't the manual transmission. It was the turbocharged four pot that was connected to an AWD system that was usually only available on 4x4s or (actually good) SUVs.
I don't get how people can wrap themselves up in one hobby and ONLY one hobby, I have like 6-7 hobbies and every person I've spoken to finds me interesting because of the hobbies I have. Plus if for some reason I wanna take a break from being a car guy or stop completely, I have 6 other things I can now devote time to.
Exactly. I find people with only one thing they care about to be extremely boring. Like come on man I like metal too but can we talk about something else for once? I like music, cars, motorcycles, video games, mtg, reading etc. There's so much more to life than just one thing.
There definitely is, and I'll never understand how people choose to involve themselves in one thing only, variety is the spice of life as they say but I guess some people don't want that
I have lot of hobbies because of low attention span and it keeps me broke, but I got a lot of friends because of it from those different hobbies. And when I was younger I had a lot of vices, the hobbies keep me busy and grounded.
This reminds me of some GFs some buddies had. They dropped of the face of earth for most of their time, because their girls ONLY hobby was their current BF. So if my buddy wanted to do anything at all that wouldn't include her, she was super pissed.
The most obnoxious thing about the car community is the dehumanization and harassment of people who prefer electric over gas and making their whole personality around hating EVs.
I used to be like this but I think a lot of it is just resentment over the fact that it seems like we will be forced into EVs rather than given the choice. If EVs were genuinely superior than ICE cars then I don't think that this would be as much of an issue as it is now, but the legislation that clearly favors it is pretty upsetting to a lot of younger enthusiasts who want that opportunity to understand what driving a gasoline car feels like. Additionally, a lot of EV supporters tend to be stereotyped as "anti-car" or "tech bros" when that's not always the case. Current EV trends like the touchscreen stuff and subscriptions put off a lot of people too... it's a complex issue but it's very sad to see what should have been a new genre of car to get excited over ruined by outside forces.
@@MidnightGreen4649 Yeah I agree with you and it sucks that government meddling has given EVs a bad name. I’ll always love ICE cars and I want them to stick around as long as possible but I appreciate EVs for being different and want them to stick around too.
Can we just say...... man bladed you sneaky boy adding Zenless Zone Zero theme music in this video. No hate tho cuz its chilly and I completely like it in this video.
I do think the bare minimum for being a "car guy" is owning a car, and it doesnt even need to be anything special, could even be a boring grocery getter. otherwise I would rather use "enthusiast"
@@yono367my parents won't let me get a project car until I am 18, even if I buy it with my own money. I would still consider myself a car guy because I am learning from many car guys and I have done automotive mechanic camps, etc. I have helped take apart/rebuild motors and gotten my hands dirty helping others until I can get my own project. Also, I learned that there is no point in modifying the prius that my parents have bought for me to drive and I am instead saving for something worth spending money on. On the bright side, just two years to go until I can buy a project if things work out
@@yono367Sir, with respect, I beg to differ. Owning a car etc.. is not a necessary requirement. I was a car guy before I was able to own a car. I read books and magazines about cars constantly. But the good thing about that was that it led me into the history of cars and then everything else, the politics around cars, how they worked in war and peace and many other things, but it all started with cars
i had a school mate once who was into cars, he was a car guy through-and-through. He had a yellow seat cordoba, because that was his first ever matchbox car he got. He even bought a second one to race with it. In my eyes thats more car guy than any trend chaser or tuner with 10+ projects of number crunching builds.
Also I hear a lot of non carguys tell me how dangerous driving a fast car is, while they also have "dangerous" hobbys. And actually driving fast is one of my less dangerous hobbys. I´ve been skiing and riding horses, when I was a kid already, and thats way more dangerous.
Absolutely right. I would never bungee jump, fly a parachute glider, or jump off a building with a parachute. And those are just a few of the hobbies that are far more dangerous than driving a little fast. Race track speeds are for the track and not the street. On a track most of the really bad things to run into are removed. And even your mom’s econobox will go fast enough to really make a mess of the human body.
So the only guy I ever knew to own a Ferrari had an F40.. owned a trucking company that leased out fleets as well as ran their own that specialized in food or live cargo. Anyway, company was being run into the ground due to a few bad decisions, yatta, yatta, yatta... and when the company went bust, he lost his bank account... that's it. Because he had placed his cars, his house and everything else under his wife's and kids names, he got to keep all his stuff, including the F40... so when I hear "you don't deserve that car" I think of him. There were accusations of embezzling and a bunch of other things that I never kept up on so yeah...
i starte dfollowing you just because of the car content, but as the months and now years have passed, you have become one of my absolute favorite creators, not just because your content is entretaining, but your lessons and wisdom is unmatched by most people, yeah you are centered around cars, but every little detail outside of them makes you unique, wise, and i cound be here praising you for a while but you probably already know that, never missed a video i spec to never miss one, Cheers man
Bro like common. I probably know more about cars then anyone who calls me a “fake car guy” just cause I love doing music, like anime, travel, cook and do sport/ have a life, just shush. Just enjoy your hobbies guys and if you’re lucky you have more than one Edit: I don’t deserve my car. My dad bought it for me. I drive a Abarth spider and I love it but didn’t do shit for it except being lucky having a dad that bought it for me for some strange reason
My mom got me a WRX. I think that saying you don't deserve your car is a bit silly because clearly your parents thought you could handle the responsibility. There is no shame at all in being privileged despite what assholes say online and in the real world. There is only shame in not paying it forward.(obviously dont give a homeless dude your life savings but yk what I mean) Off topic, but I might be interested in a Abarth Spider as a car after college. I really want something that has that connected, lightweight feeling but isn't a Miata. Is it a good car? How does the steering feel and all?
Being able to buy a car isn't what makes you worthy of it. Appreciating it for what it's worth and what it was built for, taking care of it, knowing the limits of both yourself and the car and being humble enough not to recklessly push them; that's what truly makes you deserving of sitting behind the wheel.
@@MidnightGreen4649 I don't own one so don't take it as a certified truth, but I'd assume the fact it's both rather short and fairly tall doesn't make it very stable. Might make it pretty nimble tho.
I never expected any youtuber to summarize the big issues among people these days at the presumably for entertainment only video, great work. Sorry english isnt my first language
I was also called "fake car guy" several years ago on one of the Nissan dedicated forums. My dad bought Altima as family car and I thought to boost it up 50HP at least or so. I registered asked simple question on the forum about simple upgrades that I can do, but skeptical replies were in style: "An Altima? And you’re talking about simple upgrades to boost 50 HP? You’re such a fake car guy. Anyone who actually knows anything about Nissan performance would never waste their time on a family sedan like that." And I actually clearly know that this car was engineered by the same team who built GTR, it just bit less peppy.
this video is actual one of the best and realist video I have ever watched. I can tell you are actually doing this because you want to, The complete wisdom and truth being spoken here is insane. You don't appeal to any side and just share your own opinion. I love this type of content. A human sharing there thoughts to a wide spread audience.
i thought a “real car guy” car was one that barely runs and needs a ton of work, not a rust free, brand new, air con having, functional, drivable, working, not a complete piece of shit that you regret buying
Wrong again grasshopper! Who do you think it is that buys all the new Vettes, Mustangs, Miatas, Supras and all the off road trucks etc…car people. A lot of us drive older hot rods, sports cars etc because we put the important stuff first and then we can play. So if you get dissed by car people, you must’ve said or done something incredibly stupid. Motorheads are among the nicest people in the world and I have talked, partied and attended races and concours , sometimes with people who didn’t have a common language as me, but lap times United us. Lol
I love the advice about “not having a real car guy car” as someone who drives a 90s Toyota, yes it’s essentially a “Grocery getter” sure, but it’s mine, and I like it.
10:05 I actually appreciate your life advice 'rant' :3 and it's one of the reasons why I watch your channel. I like to hear your nieche knowledge about cars, but it's never annoying when you drift off topic. I'm subscribed to you for that reason :)
I live, sleep, eat, dream, and think about cars every single day, but I also have a lot of other hobbies, like guitar, balisong, tech, photography, mountain biking, cooking, carpentry, gym, etc PS: Huge W for being subbed to dani, if only he was still uploading ):
Great video Bladed this really needed to be said many car people feel pressured to one stick to cars and nothing else I myself realized this as I got older that having more than one hobby is not a bad thing nobody is considered a "fake" car guy simply because they have other passions
I'm quite guilty of sticking to cars as the only hobby, especially during middle to high school. I brushed off other friends' weekend plans as some NPC activities and believed that my everyday Sunday car spotting was some special activity. Back then I had true passion and attitude, but as I have entered university,, nothing is new and have began to lose motivation. The problem with growing out of this I think is because for many, we had this hobby as the first hobby or default hobby. At least for me, it was natural. It's like being bilingual for living in a country that's not your parents' origin, with your whole body equipped with two languages. Learning a new language is hard unlike your second language you acquired simply by living there. We get stuck in a situation where we don't know how to discover and explore.
+ I don't own a car yet so my passion for cars might return and expand again, but for now, I would want to experience other hobbies (and also how to find the "fun" in them).
@@hohohor3551 once I got mine, I pretty much turned into a regular person. I think having interest increasing and decreasing in any hobby is pretty normal. When I was a kid I loved space and stuff, I haven't cared about that for a very long time. Current developments just don't excite me as much as something like the moon landing or space shuttle. I used to not like "fringe theories" or politics, now I'm more interested in that, since my friends know stuff about it. And all my friends are gearheads because I'm one and it rubs off on them. Gonna see if I can introduce my best friend to beach buggies. He'd love that, probably.
Car Mechanic here,as well as having a Hatchback with a i4 as a Dream car Yet people tell me its shit,people tell me its unreliable and say I should get a better car. Not cool dude,not cool,that ain't what car guys say.
I bet those same people say some old 70s rusted out car is “reliable” huh. I think a lot of what it is is jealousy they try to talk you out of it cuz they are jelly. It was the same way with my m4 now you can tell how angry those people are when I got it.
@@KevinMcAllister-666ask them how much they make in a month, and they will ‘not respond’.[ IRONIC ]. Not like they could even fork over the money for maintenance 😂
As someone who has an ingrained tendency to get weird about interests and hobbies I appreciate a good reminder and call to be normal about things. Stuff can be simply fun and not that deep and that's ok
In the car community, it’s great to have an open mind and to understand that some are newbies who don’t know manual, but ruling out automatics, DCTs, and semis is just unnatural. Keep an open mind but not so open that V6 chargers with a gender reveal party ass wrap and straight piped are ok.
Having a CVT really opened my eyes to the bullshit. I still want my next car to be a 3 pedal but I am not giving up my current car because I love driving it. And I've probably driven my car a lot harder than most of these bros who have a "raw driver's car".
@@QuadrifogIio yeah, and? I like my car. Funny enough, when I was in the shopping stage, I thought about the Giulia and discounted it as I needed a new car and I thought it had gone out of production. Also thought of the Stinger GT, which has a better price/performance ratio but I forgot it existed more than a few times. But yes. I like my car, with an admittedly boring transmission. What a concept.
@@MidnightGreen4649 I think the invention of the CVT is cool and how it was banned from Formula1 for being OP. (I do suggest the Giulia when your current car has a car-ending issue as used ones are cheap and more fun to drive than a BMW 330i or Audi A4.
90% of the time, I enjoy the people at meets, I'm exaggerating online cuz duh YT. Imo don't pull a Gen Z and avoid social interaction out of dear of disaster. Every hobby at any gathering can have toxic ppl, be it anime conventions, swimming groups, running clubs, gyms, or even a book club I bet. If meets aren't up thing, spectating a race event or car show is fun too. Plz still touch grass!!
Recently I moved to alaska to pursue my dream with my wife. We live on the Kenai Pinensula, and it is truly one of the most fulfilling experiences ever! Unfortunately, wisdom led me to sell my beloved civic and buy a crossover. I got the HR-V because it's still on the same platform as the civic, and it has what I need to handle the environment. (Like truly, snow, gravel, potholes, sand, storing supplies, etc.) Not that the civic wouldn't have made it, but I made the sacrifice of selling my civic so that I could get a different vehicle that allows me to go a bit further into various outdoor hobbies that otherwise would have just chewed up the fenders of my 'car guy car.' I love this thing, no it's not quick. Slow as a potato, but I did what I can to spice up its styling, and I'm still finding fellow car enthusiasts to talk with. Love the content bladed!
I've long since stopped talking to "car guys" because of the "you're a fake car guy". The list was endless on what made a "fake car guy". I still passionately love cars and their engineering but damn.. Interacting with people over them sucks.
When I first watched you're channel, I thought I was watching another elitist kind of car channel. I was wrong. You're probably the most mature car UA-camr on this site.
As an enthusiast who can't drive anymore because of a genetic condition, thank you for spreading the good word. I love cars but I have a myriad of other hobbies that I still make time for and spend irresponsible amounts of money on.
The part about how you think in your teens that you are mature but in your 20s you realize that you were not hit like a truck [ not the isekai one ] I used to be this overtly edgy, know it all, wannabe hero with a saviour complex. I didn't realize that all of it was just a mask for my narcissism and loneliness, Now in college I do realize, how dumb I was. Though I am proud of a few things I learnt back then.
last point is extremely valid, I get shamed on by car guys(who sometimes do not even own a car) for driving an electric car despite loving cars since a kid, in europe it is simply cheaper to own and maintain an electric car. yeah they're not really fun to drive, but it's pretty insane how close-minded car guys really are tbh, especially with how expensive it is for what still is just a hobby. edit: just want to add that most of these car guys don't even know how expensive "car guy cars" are when you're still a university student
I turned 17 and the first car guyish car I bought was a 2011 bmw 335i. The first car meet I went to I heard from some 30 year old guy that I should take out a loan and get a “real car” 😂. People don’t understand how much owning and modding a car costs especially when you’re still in school. The bad thing is my 335i would still probably gap his 4c 😂.
Had some kid at work dogging on my car because it’s a Toyota Corolla IM, dude was saying “you should get a hellcat. You should get a track hawk. You should get a Chrysler 300. The Toyota is so slow my car could definitely beat your Toyota.” I kept trying to tell him how speed and acceleration and horsepower isn’t the end all be all of cars and this dude COULD NOT get it through his thick skull about what I was trying to say. It was a stupid kid anyways. It was a little bit annoying hearing a kid dog on my car because I chose something with more handling than speed, but it’s whatever and I totally agree on everything on this video that kid at my work definitely was one of those last examples in the video.
7:01 Your making a difference in at least my world with your yellow covet and the rants you go one for once or twice in my week. Please keep up the wonderful things you do!
ive gotten something similar to the "you dont deserve that car" recently because i wanted to get something a little more performance oriented than a 20 year old toyota not because i dont know all the specs but because i havent owned a car like that before like brother how do you expect me to get used to more power if i never get something with more power
Okay, one thing There is a clause for people that “don’t deserve” their car Specifically it’s someone who either, has a car for the wrong reasons, or uses it improperly. Maybe this does fall into that cultist mindset, but abuse of something someone else could treasure, in my eyes, makes it seem like “you don’t deserve that car” Whistlindiesel is in a weird limbo when it comes to this though, I don’t know how to feel about him…
If someone does it "safely" and pays for it, I don't think there's a problem. A rare car that not many people have anymore, or cheapskate it, definitely Is a different story.
You're not wrong. Use what you bought however you want. My problem is is that when I abuse my hellcat, she tells me when I'm fuckin up. And I let off and she's happy again. I respect her. It's the people who don't respect their shit and destroy it that don't deserve their car. Use that money and help some unfortunate animal and be a good person, not a douche.
whistlin diesel doesn't destroy extremely rare cars so I don't have a problem with it. most cars he destroys are mass produced or have a fairly high production count
Also when some car guys won't let you judge a car because you drive some cheap daily car, like why i have to own an expensive to judge an expensive car?
Also, by car community standards and motorcycle community standards I’m spend my money like an idiot. But on the contrary I have a shit ton of fun with my paid off 2023 Polaris Slingshot & 2019 Yamaha Niken GT! Buy what you like and what you can afford and you’ll never regret it!
I have a story to tell relating to point 4. Funny enough, I am exactly 22 now, and I feel like I didn't really live a life before because of my immaturity prior to now. When I was a young teen, I very much got into Tuner culture. Because of the F&F and NFS, my dream car for a number of years was the MK4 Supra. I could ramble your head off about the 2JZ, about how the Supra could beat a Bugatti if you just tuned it to the moon, etc. As I grew up, I got interested in architecture, specifically Baroque architecture. I liked old European castles, cathedral's, and chruches. Then I got into Art Deco art and architecture (it was prevalent in America in the 20s-50s), and I absolutely fell in love with it. With that, I found my interest in cars changing. If you gave me the choice between a MK4 Supra with an 800hp 2JZ now, or a 1937 Cord 812 with 175hp (which was a LOT in 1937) then I would take the Cord in a heartbeat. My dream car is a 1949 Cadillac Sedanette; that (other than LS swapping it) I want to keep in retro looking condition. Long story short, I love really old cars now, and I can't find too many people (especially in my age bracket) who like the same cars I do. Someone in fact told me once, that I need to "Get with the times grandpa." Or that "The cars you like are old enough to be your grandpa." I am a fake car guy supposedly, because the hot rod era has passed us. I related to this video a lot.
20 y/o here. The good news is, you could probably find your dream car for relatively cheap as long as you know the right guys. With how expensive tuners are, if I had that kind of cash I'd rather just buy an old supercar. A lot of my favorites are obscure enough to still be (relatively) cheap.
Yeah Bladed you are so damn right. You are speaking facts. As for me, I love cars, but among all of my friends I am the only car enthusiast, because connecting with non car people is way more easy. I have multiple other hobbies, like I am on a sports team at school, skateboarding or aviation. In fact I want to become a commercial pilot once I have finished school.
1st of all... that is not a SUV that is a Chevy Silverado 2500 with a shell. 2nd of all... only 2 of they're tires crossed the line it not ikr the whole truck was over it. 3rd of all... there was no fucking on coming traffic.
That life lesson speech was pretty good, thanks for not editing that out! And me as a teen would not try to play with my body like a toy and test out different drugs, all for what that could do to me in the future. And I don't see that future being bright if I go down the dark path that many drug addicts went down.
Once met a dude my age at a bar. We talked cars & got a convo going. He talked about that he has met some people at meets that claimed they were car guys. His next comment was that "but they're not real car guys tho, I can tell they're just sayin that". He goes on about how he has 7 cars in his fleet. New, old, & neat cars, all that I can respect. I then go on & start bringing up the issues, troubleshooting, & fixes that I have gone through on my car and immediately see him loose interest in the conversation. Part of my mind starts to doubt if this guy i am talking to is even a "real car guy". Might be the elitist part of me coming through my thoughts, but still a funny thought.
I met a guy once and we got along very well talking about cars, but when I asked about what other interests he had, he said that he can't keep up with more than one hobby. He was astonished when I told him I was into cars, guns, playing guitar and drums, watching hockey, football and baseball, building PCs, and content creation. He told me he couldn't imagine having to balance that many interests, and that was the first time I found out that single interested people like him actually exist lol. I thought that "cars are my only interest" people were just memeing lol
@@rexraptorsaur Hell yeah bro💪 You own any firearms? Wondering what you've got if anything, I'm looking to expand my collection but I've only got a CZ75 at the moment. It's so much fun to shoot
@@MyNameIsNidos Just a 9mm pistol that became mine when I turned 18 this year. We don’t get to go shooting often so I forgot what specifically, only twice a year cause we’re so busy. I’ve shot just some pistols and my dad’s shotgun. Will look into having my own little collection once I’m able, though
The most I literally hate is some dumb Cultists of car related was "Oh that car is always a king!" I'm from Malaysia. But, most people say "Perodua Myvi is still king!" And I was like "am I gonna care about it?" I personally like anime and gaming as well somehow...
Myvi king is just a joke I think I never took that seriously lol In fact, I never thought someone would take that seriously. Anyways, what anime are you watching? I think the 模擬後宮生活 is pretty damn underrated, barely got any people talk about it.
Fellow malaysian here , at this point in time ." Myvi is King" is a long joke already . I don't take it seriously . I don't keep up with the car community as much cause I have other hobbies like gaming , a bit of anime (not soo into just a tiny bit) and collecting diecast cars .
Dude building computers is what got me INTO wanting to learn more about cars. Cars are Macro, PCs are Micro, but both are very similar from a hobbiest perspective!
Me when someone wants to move my collection of LEGO 501st Legion clone troopers, especially ARC Lieutenant Fives & Season 7 Rex: MY PRECIOUS The 2nd point can still be reasonable if it's one actual proven bad people or someone with video evidence being reckless on a packed highway.
12:14 i fully agree with the statement of not going in financial debt over a car. Thats why i (and so many others) love cheap project cars. At least the daily (should) get you around to work/school/wtvr but the project is where the money goes slowly and where the most enjoyment is for myself, in the shop making something cool
These people simply give a bad name to the car community. I feel bad for those who are starting and believe this is the example to follow. I do hope those who are new realize the wrongs and grow in a good manner; luckily you are giving them that chance Bladed.
i feel very lucky i only got online well after i had watched a lot of Top Gear. That show really broadened my love of cars from supercars to just about everything. I still get excited watching old reviews of obscure supercars, like the Nobles and TVRs and Marcos.
I agree with #1, I hate when people, friends, ect say "You couldve saved that for your car". My other hobbies include kayaking, photography, cooking, and landscaping
Hey Bladed, I especially love your videos about bad/good driving habits and etiquette. Just an idea - maybe a video about what to do in an accident - maybe from fender benders to more serious situations. Thanks for all the amazing videos!
I agree with the first point so much. Having different hobbies is actually really fun. For me I've been loving music, play a sport, nerd out on pc's, and I've started photography a few months ago. I've been able to make tons of friends with similar interests and its always nice to talk to someone about a common hobby.
only seen the first one so far and holy that couldnt be closer to the truth! I like metal, cars, guitars (tied to metal but still), anime, farming and going to the gym. I used to only be into metal and everything else I felt like cheating metal, like it was my wife. then I started watching anime, then I started having friends who are into cars, which made me look up cars more as I wanted to understand their latin and that actually made me feel better about myself.
Another big thing that wraps some”car guys” up is that a car price determines its value. Just because something cost more or is modified beyond recognition doesn’t mean it’s better. I think a perfect example is cars with legacy that go for less than 5 grand. Or not liking a slightly lower trim when the difference is so small that if you changed to aftermarket wheels, nobody would tell. Especially if you buy less than 500 in parts to replace the “distinguished features”
I think it's so cringe when other car people tell ur not a car guy or they care about every little thing u do to your car... like the only thing u are allowed to do is mod your car for power and performance
Vehicles are one of the most expensive hobbies, more than Warhammer 40K. PC hobbies are much cheaper because there's not a lot of parts. There's a handful of parts to a complete PC setup. There's hundreds of parts if you're going all the way. Not every vehicle is worth the investment. As time goes on every year more vehicles become classics. Seeing vehicles cheap can only be found on the side of roads and that's a needle in a haystack because you don't know where they are. You find them randomly.
With point number 4 I do have a slight disagreement, if you are into cars you should at least get to the point of buying a "car guy car" you dont have to take out a loan or spend 70k to get one, i have 9k USD into my trans am and its restored with a new paint job, new interior and rebuilt motor, i did all the work myself, having said that if you like your 2010 VW Passat and dump money into it, still daily drive it and that makes you happy...fine...but in the grand scheme of things its a waste of money and time because its not an enthusiast car it will not hold value nor is it an exciting car in any way, it doesnt mean they arent a car guy nor would i look down on them, but im saying this in the sense of at SOME point you should get something more enthusiast oriented hell go get an EK civic with a manual and a D series for like 5k at least you can have fun with it until you want to spend some money on it
On being a stupid kid there is a quote form a Red VS Blue back in 2008 that has stuck with me since it first came out. "Take you current age, subtract ten years. Where you smart back then? No, you were a god damn idiot." Every time I think about this it has remained true.
Some kids do be clowning people for not driving manuals and they themselves never to driven manuals themselves, and no Sim rigs don't count.
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I have manual and a automatic and to be honest I like driving the automatic more
@@AMERICANA1155 especially in heavy traffic
The sim rig kids spend more on that, than real cars
@@Impala_babe Same man. I enjoy going around corners way more than shifting, so an automatic allows me to focus more on what I like. It's just a matter of what you prefer
"That 4080 Super couldve been an exhaust system"
My response: "Your financed mustang could have started a business, bud"
Or: "Oh yeah. The car the bank owns. That car?"
"Who says I wanted an exhaust system? A car can be plenty fun without making every other driver and pedestrian within a 400 foot radius hate your guts."
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
@@Thinginator
"how's an exhaust gonna help my pc"
i eat, im no car guy
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Worst argument I've ever seen was a kid saying " if you don't have a car, you don't know anything about cars " and i listened to this and thought, " kid, you are a 13/14 year old child, the only car you own is on Forza " 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's literally the exact argument the corny people on ig use when they try to flex their ecoboost with fake vents and leds
tbh, you do learn alot more by owning a car and doing maintenance and working on it. Over time you learn more and more which you wouldn't really in the same way if oyu never owned a car...?
I actually found myself in a similar situation, but it was a little bit the other way around: I have neither a license nor a car, I have played racing games for years, from arcade to simulators, and this dude was sayng i couldn't lap the nordschleife becasue "i didn't have a license so i wouldn't know how to drive a car". i have an H shifetr and clutch on my sim setup, i have a decent understanding of steering, throttle input, ect. I didn't claim I would beat Aytorn Senna on his best, I didn't claim to be a pike's peak engineer, I literally only said that I would be able to lap the Nordschleife (wich plenty of people do almost everyday with no real issues) without crashing. he went on about how "I had no idea about the sensation of speed" (wich I do, I have gone over 150mph in a car as a passenger before) and how i'd shit my pants on the spot. He better believe that if I ever have enough money to do it, i'm dragging his ass with me to germany out of spite
@@adrian506 or knowing the price of different operations (bc i'm not a pro mechanic)
It's like those parents who believe everyone who hasn't had a kid knows absolutely nothing about children, like who do you think knows more about kids, someone who works with kids all day (like a teacher or daycare worker) or someone who didn't use protection?
This is feels like they type of conversation you have with that random stranger who drops life changing wisdom on you and just disappears
For real man
This guy? He’s just a whiner who can’t get drive. Wisdom is sadly lacking in this post. This is just a rant by a disgruntled nerd who got dissed by the cool kids 😊
@@markvincent5992exactly who bro is talking about.
@@markvincent5992 holy fucking christ you are that pretentious and obnoxious car guy 💀
@@markvincent5992 bruh, you serious?
It’s hilarious I’m a car guy, but my other hobbies are rollercoasters, tornado chasing, and my slam band. I legit told a car guy all my hobbies and he said “ you could use all that money on car parts”. Dude was legit appalled I had other hobbies that I spend the same if not more money on other than my car.
And by car parts, they usually mean LED Strip from TEMU😂
Keep living your best life!
@@BladedAngel bro true!!!!!
tornado chasing is an actual hobby?? i thought that was a some sort of slang for weather agencies who focus on tornados typa shit
@@arya0794 nope it’s an actual hobby! I go out every spring with some friends and chase. We mainly just get cool photos and report tornadoes so that that emergencies and warnings can get issued. You actually get tornado warnings from storm spotters and chasers.
@@DuuhvisThat’s actually sick, learned something new
"Yeah, those are too dangerous."
As if strapping yourself into a 3000-4000 pound metal coffin for some hot laps isn't "dangerous".
Me reading this as a drummer: yes drums are definitely dangerous 🫡
Spinning off a track at over 100kmh is my personal favorite safe activity. I'm wearing a helmet!!
You read my mind lol. I was like are you saying activities related to cars AKA Motorsports aren’t dangerous?. Safety is the main reason why 99.9% of race cars have roll cages like in WRC and GT or a extremely strong carbon monocoque for open wheel or prototype cars together with fire extinguisher and 6 point harness so I don’t really get their point
the same mfs who probably run circuits without safety equipment just for shits and giggles
Not if you know what you’re about. It’s great fun. For you, not so much.
you know you're a car guy when you see a Volkswagen beetle in original factory configuration and have mad respect for the owner's dedication.
this^ growing up and actually maturing I realized a bone stock nice car is way cooler than a modded but clapped out car
@@yono367 more to the point, a car that someone has invested in because they like it is much cooler to me than a car someone built for clout. - especially if the difficulty level is high, like keeping a 50 year old car in like-new condition.
@@kenbrown2808 I agree 100%
Me when I see a dodge K car. What was once a throw away car back in its day is a car I fawn over
@@sandyv4819 if a person has kept a K car running this long, they are an incredible mechanic.
too add to point #1, learning new different things literally keeps your brain fresh. When you're learning something new, your brain is literally rewiring itself and making new neural pathways, but once those initial pathways are set you'll eventually plateau. It's like going to the gym and doing only arms. You'd have strong arms sure but you're missing out on strong legs, core, stamina, flexibility, etc. It's also fun to learn something new, especially once you start getting good at it.
There was a car meet near me today. Someone brought a McLaren. Someone else brought a riced out Ford Fiesta. Both cars were celebrated as expressions of automotive passion
I've been to meets like this as the Fiesta owner. My neon green Fiesta Mk6 Celebration parked next to an Aventador SV, it was WILD
As it should be and as usually is.
@@saberszcool daddy!👍😎
Me on my bricked up Toyota while seeing some kids crying because of their parents' car getting towed by a Repo Man:
Huh? Lmao "bricked up"??? You mean on blocks??
Which kind of bricked up are we talking about? 🤨
@@connor4961 That's what I'm trying to find out! Lmao
bros toyota is drake 😟
@abn0rm4l_nah bloods got diddy’s truck
"You don't deserve that car"
tells me a guy because I drive safe and speed limit and I take it to the dealer for maintanance rather than doing it myself.... meanwhile he abuses his car, doesn't change tires and says "this car was built for this bro"
I do everything myself because dealers are a rip off. Scat pack brake and rotor change was $1500. Did it myself for $320 and 1.5 hours of work. 45 of it was youtube, 15 minutes a side.
What do you drive?
@@gameplayer2014 Having a service record is good if you need to share your car with others. For an older car or a modified car, though, doing maintainence yourself is pretty important.
@@gameplayer2014hopefully your car isn’t under warranty cuz it’s now void if it is
Well, ahem, I sometimes bend the speed limits a bit, but only in a safe manner. Sometimes I even do my own maintenance. The only people who don’t deserve a car are the ones who don’t maintain, or care for the car, or just beat the 💩 out of a nice car because they will always get the parents to buy another one, or they’re just overbearing jerks who need to feel superior to someone while they failed miserably at everything
I work with a 89 year old truck guy. We are fixing up (really restoring) a 1949 chevy pickup. He has said he spent his drug and alcohol money on his vehicles. He definitely is mostly a car guy, but he is a machine guy. He raced, and apparently he knee the feel of the vehicles amazingly, but he just stopped racing dirt tracks and stuff. But he also says the best vehicle, is the one that is paid off. He has a credit card but has never paid interest. He is incredibly smart
Not necessarily that’s old way of thinking one that’s paid off doesn’t have a warranty on anything usually. As long as you make your payments on time you’re good. Plus you’re building good credit which you can use in the future if you ever do want to buy a nice house or something like that
@KevinMcAllister-666 ....and then everybody wonders why inflation is thru the roof and no one can afford to buy a humble house in their hometown.
The "just buy everything with credit" culture is the reason why prices for literally everything is insane now, because it's an "out of sight, out of mind" attitude.
Owning a luxury car or a JDM legend isn't a flex. Buying a house is, buy your dream house first then buy all the cars you want.
That’s why you buy them to make stupid noises
dream home is a VW ID buzz
I genuinely do not care about houses
@@zaremol2779 If you buy a lambo and don't own a house kinda crazy. But hey to each their own. Its your money buy what ever you want.
I own 4 cars and no house. Why? Because I'm paying less in taxes. And my parents I'm taking care of them. Might as well live like Italians.
The worst one is the people who own a car and say that people who don't have a car are not allowed to have opinions on people's cars and their opinion is irrelevant. Then say that they're what's wrong with today's car community.
That's such bullcrap, saying someone's opinion is irrelevant because they don't have a car. It completely ignores the fact that it takes time to grow up and it takes money to buy cars. It really makes me upset. They are the absolute worst, and that kind of gatekeeping is the real problem with today's car community.
Agreed. For things as simple as the look of the car those people will not accept opinions from those who don't own one, like if having a pair of eyes is illegal now.
@@hohohor3551 For real man.
And unusual in my experience. I would suspect that the people who would do this are promoting evs or don’t think that anyone with less money should have an opinion. The are not car people. Go to a show, a race, or something like that and talk to people, admire the cars, you’ll find nice people eager to share their experiences with you
I disagree. People who don't have guns are pushing for laws against them because they don't understand them for example. It applies to the car world as well.
Honestly, I like vehicles on wheels. Bikes, motorbikes, motorcycles, trains…
I also enjoy walking around.
I enjoy cars too Ig
Yeeaah, I like almost anything with an engine, some wheels (optional), and goes kinda fast😂.
Also am interested in home renovation and interior design (so there goes a new crate engine)
And even computer/electronics repair or assembly (awh man another exhaust down the drain with this)
Even audio, where you can spend 10k on 1 speaker😂
But I’ve never seen that “real car guys only have one hobby” bs, even on tiktok
Then you are a car, trains, bike sort of person and you are welcome to come and visit.
I love the trains too, along with planes boats etc
@@TomGT59Tom only the truly obsessed ones think like that. I drive an 18 year old Audi S4 cabrio, because it’s paid for and the repairs are less than the interest on a new one. Plus mine’s got a honkin’ V-8 and awd. It’s faaasttt 😂
I like torque
@@BotulinSpikedMarzipan so say we all, my friend. As the head of Buick once said: “People buy horsepower but what they drive is torque.”.
i daily my manual car and am considering wearing a "real men drive automatics" shirt everywhere
Thats genius, go for it! 😂
Funny enough a lot of muscle car guys don't buy into the manual hype. From what I see it's exclusively a Jay Dee Em clout bro thing.
@@MidnightGreen4649 Most JDM fanboys don't know what a DCT is, or playing with automatics...I was bashed on my own group for wanting to swap my 6 speed Evo VII RS for a Evo X SST because it was "like an automatic". I also wanted an Evo VII GTA for a daily.
I said "I have an evo because I want to go fast, not because of the transmission". People in my country drive manuals that would make those fanboys cry and beg for mercy
@@JABelms My Subaru WRX CVT is more "JDM" than the 6MT considering that it's got the 2.0 and those were CVT only in Japan. Funny enough, the car has more RWD bias in its AWD system so it's sportier on paper too. I think a lot of the JDM hype comes from video games and kids do not really understanding just how important comfort is because they think that's what normies go after.
In America at least, enthusiasts forgot what made these rally-inspired cars great, it wasn't the manual transmission. It was the turbocharged four pot that was connected to an AWD system that was usually only available on 4x4s or (actually good) SUVs.
I kinda love this 😂 I daily a manual as well. It can be fairly annoying some times especially in town stop and go traffic
I don't get how people can wrap themselves up in one hobby and ONLY one hobby, I have like 6-7 hobbies and every person I've spoken to finds me interesting because of the hobbies I have. Plus if for some reason I wanna take a break from being a car guy or stop completely, I have 6 other things I can now devote time to.
Exactly. I find people with only one thing they care about to be extremely boring. Like come on man I like metal too but can we talk about something else for once? I like music, cars, motorcycles, video games, mtg, reading etc. There's so much more to life than just one thing.
There definitely is, and I'll never understand how people choose to involve themselves in one thing only, variety is the spice of life as they say but I guess some people don't want that
I have lot of hobbies because of low attention span and it keeps me broke, but I got a lot of friends because of it from those different hobbies. And when I was younger I had a lot of vices, the hobbies keep me busy and grounded.
I can understand that feeling
This reminds me of some GFs some buddies had. They dropped of the face of earth for most of their time, because their girls ONLY hobby was their current BF.
So if my buddy wanted to do anything at all that wouldn't include her, she was super pissed.
The most obnoxious thing about the car community is the dehumanization and harassment of people who prefer electric over gas and making their whole personality around hating EVs.
It happens with a lot. ICE v EV, Manual v Automatic, brand v brand etc, just sucks
I used to be like this but I think a lot of it is just resentment over the fact that it seems like we will be forced into EVs rather than given the choice. If EVs were genuinely superior than ICE cars then I don't think that this would be as much of an issue as it is now, but the legislation that clearly favors it is pretty upsetting to a lot of younger enthusiasts who want that opportunity to understand what driving a gasoline car feels like.
Additionally, a lot of EV supporters tend to be stereotyped as "anti-car" or "tech bros" when that's not always the case. Current EV trends like the touchscreen stuff and subscriptions put off a lot of people too... it's a complex issue but it's very sad to see what should have been a new genre of car to get excited over ruined by outside forces.
@@MidnightGreen4649 Yeah I agree with you and it sucks that government meddling has given EVs a bad name. I’ll always love ICE cars and I want them to stick around as long as possible but I appreciate EVs for being different and want them to stick around too.
"Dehumanization" calm down and take criticism lil bro
@@clonecommandermike332 found one
Can we just say...... man bladed you sneaky boy adding Zenless Zone Zero theme music in this video.
No hate tho cuz its chilly and I completely like it in this video.
ZZZ ost slaps
kids have to realize being a "Car Guy" doesn't mean they need something like a Supra or a car entirely.
I do think the bare minimum for being a "car guy" is owning a car, and it doesnt even need to be anything special, could even be a boring grocery getter. otherwise I would rather use "enthusiast"
@@yono367my parents won't let me get a project car until I am 18, even if I buy it with my own money. I would still consider myself a car guy because I am learning from many car guys and I have done automotive mechanic camps, etc. I have helped take apart/rebuild motors and gotten my hands dirty helping others until I can get my own project. Also, I learned that there is no point in modifying the prius that my parents have bought for me to drive and I am instead saving for something worth spending money on. On the bright side, just two years to go until I can buy a project if things work out
I was a car guy before I could reach the pedals or see over the dashboard. Some of us started early
@@yono367Sir, with respect, I beg to differ. Owning a car etc.. is not a necessary requirement. I was a car guy before I was able to own a car. I read books and magazines about cars constantly. But the good thing about that was that it led me into the history of cars and then everything else, the politics around cars, how they worked in war and peace and many other things, but it all started with cars
I don't own a car, heck, i don't even have a driver's license yet (still learning to pass the writing test), but i consider myself to be a car guy
I think that it's healthy to think certain people don't deserve cars, but only if they're a danger on the road.
i had a school mate once who was into cars, he was a car guy through-and-through. He had a yellow seat cordoba, because that was his first ever matchbox car he got. He even bought a second one to race with it. In my eyes thats more car guy than any trend chaser or tuner with 10+ projects of number crunching builds.
Also I hear a lot of non carguys tell me how dangerous driving a fast car is, while they also have "dangerous" hobbys. And actually driving fast is one of my less dangerous hobbys. I´ve been skiing and riding horses, when I was a kid already, and thats way more dangerous.
Absolutely right. I would never bungee jump, fly a parachute glider, or jump off a building with a parachute. And those are just a few of the hobbies that are far more dangerous than driving a little fast. Race track speeds are for the track and not the street. On a track most of the really bad things to run into are removed. And even your mom’s econobox will go fast enough to really make a mess of the human body.
partying and drinking every weekend is probably way more unhealthy than hitting 150 mph on an empty freeway.
So the only guy I ever knew to own a Ferrari had an F40.. owned a trucking company that leased out fleets as well as ran their own that specialized in food or live cargo. Anyway, company was being run into the ground due to a few bad decisions, yatta, yatta, yatta... and when the company went bust, he lost his bank account... that's it. Because he had placed his cars, his house and everything else under his wife's and kids names, he got to keep all his stuff, including the F40... so when I hear "you don't deserve that car" I think of him. There were accusations of embezzling and a bunch of other things that I never kept up on so yeah...
i starte dfollowing you just because of the car content, but as the months and now years have passed, you have become one of my absolute favorite creators, not just because your content is entretaining, but your lessons and wisdom is unmatched by most people, yeah you are centered around cars, but every little detail outside of them makes you unique, wise, and i cound be here praising you for a while but you probably already know that, never missed a video i spec to never miss one, Cheers man
Bro like common. I probably know more about cars then anyone who calls me a “fake car guy” just cause I love doing music, like anime, travel, cook and do sport/ have a life, just shush.
Just enjoy your hobbies guys and if you’re lucky you have more than one
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I don’t deserve my car. My dad bought it for me. I drive a Abarth spider and I love it but didn’t do shit for it except being lucky having a dad that bought it for me for some strange reason
if you take care of your car responsibly then you do deserve your car. Treasure it, instead of being ashamed.
My mom got me a WRX. I think that saying you don't deserve your car is a bit silly because clearly your parents thought you could handle the responsibility. There is no shame at all in being privileged despite what assholes say online and in the real world. There is only shame in not paying it forward.(obviously dont give a homeless dude your life savings but yk what I mean)
Off topic, but I might be interested in a Abarth Spider as a car after college. I really want something that has that connected, lightweight feeling but isn't a Miata. Is it a good car? How does the steering feel and all?
being a weeb isnt a hobby its cp
Being able to buy a car isn't what makes you worthy of it. Appreciating it for what it's worth and what it was built for, taking care of it, knowing the limits of both yourself and the car and being humble enough not to recklessly push them; that's what truly makes you deserving of sitting behind the wheel.
@@MidnightGreen4649 I don't own one so don't take it as a certified truth, but I'd assume the fact it's both rather short and fairly tall doesn't make it very stable. Might make it pretty nimble tho.
I never expected any youtuber to summarize the big issues among people these days at the presumably for entertainment only video, great work. Sorry english isnt my first language
I was also called "fake car guy" several years ago on one of the Nissan dedicated forums. My dad bought Altima as family car and I thought to boost it up 50HP at least or so. I registered asked simple question on the forum about simple upgrades that I can do, but skeptical replies were in style: "An Altima? And you’re talking about simple upgrades to boost 50 HP? You’re such a fake car guy. Anyone who actually knows anything about Nissan performance would never waste their time on a family sedan like that." And I actually clearly know that this car was engineered by the same team who built GTR, it just bit less peppy.
this video is actual one of the best and realist video I have ever watched. I can tell you are actually doing this because you want to, The complete wisdom and truth being spoken here is insane. You don't appeal to any side and just share your own opinion. I love this type of content. A human sharing there thoughts to a wide spread audience.
Im not a car guy, im just a guy that likes cars.
If someone hits you with the "other hobbies are dangerous" line, tell them to try gardening.
i thought a “real car guy” car was one that barely runs and needs a ton of work, not a rust free, brand new, air con having, functional, drivable, working, not a complete piece of shit that you regret buying
Wrong again grasshopper! Who do you think it is that buys all the new Vettes, Mustangs, Miatas, Supras and all the off road trucks etc…car people. A lot of us drive older hot rods, sports cars etc because we put the important stuff first and then we can play. So if you get dissed by car people, you must’ve said or done something incredibly stupid. Motorheads are among the nicest people in the world and I have talked, partied and attended races and concours , sometimes with people who didn’t have a common language as me, but lap times United us. Lol
I love the advice about “not having a real car guy car” as someone who drives a 90s Toyota, yes it’s essentially a “Grocery getter” sure, but it’s mine, and I like it.
10:05 I actually appreciate your life advice 'rant' :3 and it's one of the reasons why I watch your channel. I like to hear your nieche knowledge about cars, but it's never annoying when you drift off topic. I'm subscribed to you for that reason :)
I live, sleep, eat, dream, and think about cars every single day, but I also have a lot of other hobbies, like guitar, balisong, tech, photography, mountain biking, cooking, carpentry, gym, etc
PS: Huge W for being subbed to dani, if only he was still uploading ):
Great video Bladed this really needed to be said many car people feel pressured to one stick to cars and nothing else I myself realized this as I got older that having more than one hobby is not a bad thing nobody is considered a "fake" car guy simply because they have other passions
I'm quite guilty of sticking to cars as the only hobby, especially during middle to high school. I brushed off other friends' weekend plans as some NPC activities and believed that my everyday Sunday car spotting was some special activity. Back then I had true passion and attitude, but as I have entered university,, nothing is new and have began to lose motivation.
The problem with growing out of this I think is because for many, we had this hobby as the first hobby or default hobby. At least for me, it was natural. It's like being bilingual for living in a country that's not your parents' origin, with your whole body equipped with two languages. Learning a new language is hard unlike your second language you acquired simply by living there. We get stuck in a situation where we don't know how to discover and explore.
+ I don't own a car yet so my passion for cars might return and expand again, but for now, I would want to experience other hobbies (and also how to find the "fun" in them).
@@hohohor3551 once I got mine, I pretty much turned into a regular person. I think having interest increasing and decreasing in any hobby is pretty normal. When I was a kid I loved space and stuff, I haven't cared about that for a very long time. Current developments just don't excite me as much as something like the moon landing or space shuttle.
I used to not like "fringe theories" or politics, now I'm more interested in that, since my friends know stuff about it. And all my friends are gearheads because I'm one and it rubs off on them. Gonna see if I can introduce my best friend to beach buggies. He'd love that, probably.
Well random fact, you are likely to die a Ferrari than a F-18. Also, its more likely that someone destroy a supercar than a F-18
Car Mechanic here,as well as having a Hatchback with a i4 as a Dream car
Yet people tell me its shit,people tell me its unreliable and say I should get a better car.
Not cool dude,not cool,that ain't what car guys say.
I bet those same people say some old 70s rusted out car is “reliable” huh. I think a lot of what it is is jealousy they try to talk you out of it cuz they are jelly. It was the same way with my m4 now you can tell how angry those people are when I got it.
@@KevinMcAllister-666ask them how much they make in a month, and they will ‘not respond’.[ IRONIC ]. Not like they could even fork over the money for maintenance 😂
all of my hobbies are cars, trains, shoes, video games, and history, cars can’t be your only focus in life outside of work
As someone who has an ingrained tendency to get weird about interests and hobbies I appreciate a good reminder and call to be normal about things. Stuff can be simply fun and not that deep and that's ok
In the car community, it’s great to have an open mind and to understand that some are newbies who don’t know manual, but ruling out automatics, DCTs, and semis is just unnatural. Keep an open mind but not so open that V6 chargers with a gender reveal party ass wrap and straight piped are ok.
Especially when DCTs are quicker
Having a CVT really opened my eyes to the bullshit. I still want my next car to be a 3 pedal but I am not giving up my current car because I love driving it.
And I've probably driven my car a lot harder than most of these bros who have a "raw driver's car".
@@MidnightGreen4649 you know why the CVT was invented right?
@@QuadrifogIio yeah, and?
I like my car. Funny enough, when I was in the shopping stage, I thought about the Giulia and discounted it as I needed a new car and I thought it had gone out of production.
Also thought of the Stinger GT, which has a better price/performance ratio but I forgot it existed more than a few times. But yes. I like my car, with an admittedly boring transmission. What a concept.
@@MidnightGreen4649 I think the invention of the CVT is cool and how it was banned from Formula1 for being OP. (I do suggest the Giulia when your current car has a car-ending issue as used ones are cheap and more fun to drive than a BMW 330i or Audi A4.
Just wanna say I love your videos. Always here for the content man! Keep it up
as a young car enthusiast, man im glad i dont go to meets, lol
Im 27 year old and im never go once .people are stupid and toxic. 😂
But i would not give up tho on finding right people in car community.
@@stealthfur1375 I go to car shows everyone is nice there and no one judges you. Way better than car meets
90% of the time, I enjoy the people at meets, I'm exaggerating online cuz duh YT. Imo don't pull a Gen Z and avoid social interaction out of dear of disaster. Every hobby at any gathering can have toxic ppl, be it anime conventions, swimming groups, running clubs, gyms, or even a book club I bet. If meets aren't up thing, spectating a race event or car show is fun too. Plz still touch grass!!
@@Impala_babeFun as spectator! But the literal judges will judge you if your car is participating!
Just go to Caffine and Octane or something. They don't really care over there
you are like the most REAL person ive seen and its great to see you not just doing car stuff in your videos and actually just being real
As an asian zoomer whos into PCs, cars and anime this channel really connects with me lol. Thx for the great content ❤
Recently I moved to alaska to pursue my dream with my wife. We live on the Kenai Pinensula, and it is truly one of the most fulfilling experiences ever! Unfortunately, wisdom led me to sell my beloved civic and buy a crossover.
I got the HR-V because it's still on the same platform as the civic, and it has what I need to handle the environment. (Like truly, snow, gravel, potholes, sand, storing supplies, etc.)
Not that the civic wouldn't have made it, but I made the sacrifice of selling my civic so that I could get a different vehicle that allows me to go a bit further into various outdoor hobbies that otherwise would have just chewed up the fenders of my 'car guy car.'
I love this thing, no it's not quick. Slow as a potato, but I did what I can to spice up its styling, and I'm still finding fellow car enthusiasts to talk with. Love the content bladed!
I've long since stopped talking to "car guys" because of the "you're a fake car guy". The list was endless on what made a "fake car guy". I still passionately love cars and their engineering but damn.. Interacting with people over them sucks.
When I first watched you're channel, I thought I was watching another elitist kind of car channel. I was wrong. You're probably the most mature car UA-camr on this site.
As an enthusiast who can't drive anymore because of a genetic condition, thank you for spreading the good word. I love cars but I have a myriad of other hobbies that I still make time for and spend irresponsible amounts of money on.
The part about how you think in your teens that you are mature but in your 20s you realize that you were not hit like a truck [ not the isekai one ]
I used to be this overtly edgy, know it all, wannabe hero with a saviour complex. I didn't realize that all of it was just a mask for my narcissism and loneliness,
Now in college I do realize, how dumb I was. Though I am proud of a few things I learnt back then.
at least you learned. some people don't.
"its too dangerous"
well we all end up dying anyway so why not go out having fun
Seeing Bladed Angel be subbed to Destiny Dynamics, Pan Piano and Nerissa was NOT on my bingo sheet but holy based
last point is extremely valid, I get shamed on by car guys(who sometimes do not even own a car) for driving an electric car despite loving cars since a kid, in europe it is simply cheaper to own and maintain an electric car. yeah they're not really fun to drive, but it's pretty insane how close-minded car guys really are tbh, especially with how expensive it is for what still is just a hobby.
edit: just want to add that most of these car guys don't even know how expensive "car guy cars" are when you're still a university student
I turned 17 and the first car guyish car I bought was a 2011 bmw 335i. The first car meet I went to I heard from some 30 year old guy that I should take out a loan and get a “real car” 😂. People don’t understand how much owning and modding a car costs especially when you’re still in school. The bad thing is my 335i would still probably gap his 4c 😂.
0:48 dont wanna sound parasocial or anything but wtf since when
It's best to open up too much about his private life
@@edwardrod605 you mean to not?
Had some kid at work dogging on my car because it’s a Toyota Corolla IM, dude was saying “you should get a hellcat. You should get a track hawk. You should get a Chrysler 300. The Toyota is so slow my car could definitely beat your Toyota.” I kept trying to tell him how speed and acceleration and horsepower isn’t the end all be all of cars and this dude COULD NOT get it through his thick skull about what I was trying to say. It was a stupid kid anyways. It was a little bit annoying hearing a kid dog on my car because I chose something with more handling than speed, but it’s whatever and I totally agree on everything on this video that kid at my work definitely was one of those last examples in the video.
7:01 Your making a difference in at least my world with your yellow covet and the rants you go one for once or twice in my week. Please keep up the wonderful things you do!
ive gotten something similar to the "you dont deserve that car" recently because i wanted to get something a little more performance oriented than a 20 year old toyota
not because i dont know all the specs but because i havent owned a car like that before
like brother how do you expect me to get used to more power if i never get something with more power
Okay, one thing
There is a clause for people that “don’t deserve” their car
Specifically it’s someone who either, has a car for the wrong reasons, or uses it improperly.
Maybe this does fall into that cultist mindset, but abuse of something someone else could treasure, in my eyes, makes it seem like “you don’t deserve that car”
Whistlindiesel is in a weird limbo when it comes to this though, I don’t know how to feel about him…
If someone does it "safely" and pays for it, I don't think there's a problem. A rare car that not many people have anymore, or cheapskate it, definitely Is a different story.
This. The waste of resources and abuse of items people value is heartbreaking.
You're not wrong. Use what you bought however you want. My problem is is that when I abuse my hellcat, she tells me when I'm fuckin up. And I let off and she's happy again. I respect her. It's the people who don't respect their shit and destroy it that don't deserve their car. Use that money and help some unfortunate animal and be a good person, not a douche.
whistlin diesel doesn't destroy extremely rare cars so I don't have a problem with it. most cars he destroys are mass produced or have a fairly high production count
@@KTONGAMESHe did wreck two R32 GT-Rs, just to piss people off. His Ferrari also burned down, but that wasn't intentional.
As an R33 GT-R owner, I 100% agree with the assessment that females or non-car-people see it as, simply, a weird, old Nissan.
When someone’s hobby or interests become their personality they’re cringe
Also when some car guys won't let you judge a car because you drive some cheap daily car, like why i have to own an expensive to judge an expensive car?
Also, by car community standards and motorcycle community standards I’m spend my money like an idiot. But on the contrary I have a shit ton of fun with my paid off 2023 Polaris Slingshot & 2019 Yamaha Niken GT! Buy what you like and what you can afford and you’ll never regret it!
I had to look up the niken and I've gotta say that is a sick looking bike
Not mine, but my dad has a 1993 Yamaha V-Max, he dailies it in the summer, and he loves it and I love riding on it! It is STUPID FAST!
I thought this channel was cringe at first and I grew up. Love your content Angel.
I have a story to tell relating to point 4.
Funny enough, I am exactly 22 now, and I feel like I didn't really live a life before because of my immaturity prior to now. When I was a young teen, I very much got into Tuner culture. Because of the F&F and NFS, my dream car for a number of years was the MK4 Supra. I could ramble your head off about the 2JZ, about how the Supra could beat a Bugatti if you just tuned it to the moon, etc.
As I grew up, I got interested in architecture, specifically Baroque architecture. I liked old European castles, cathedral's, and chruches. Then I got into Art Deco art and architecture (it was prevalent in America in the 20s-50s), and I absolutely fell in love with it. With that, I found my interest in cars changing.
If you gave me the choice between a MK4 Supra with an 800hp 2JZ now, or a 1937 Cord 812 with 175hp (which was a LOT in 1937) then I would take the Cord in a heartbeat. My dream car is a 1949 Cadillac Sedanette; that (other than LS swapping it) I want to keep in retro looking condition.
Long story short, I love really old cars now, and I can't find too many people (especially in my age bracket) who like the same cars I do. Someone in fact told me once, that I need to "Get with the times grandpa." Or that "The cars you like are old enough to be your grandpa." I am a fake car guy supposedly, because the hot rod era has passed us.
I related to this video a lot.
20 y/o here. The good news is, you could probably find your dream car for relatively cheap as long as you know the right guys. With how expensive tuners are, if I had that kind of cash I'd rather just buy an old supercar. A lot of my favorites are obscure enough to still be (relatively) cheap.
At the end of the day a cars a car and I never judge what people drive, although I ain’t respecting all builds if it’s outright stupid
Good to see you’re a fellow Shoe0nhead subscriber.
Bladed: maybe once, maybe twice a week…
Me: *Rewatching old vids for the last two weeks* 🥴
Yeah Bladed you are so damn right. You are speaking facts. As for me, I love cars, but among all of my friends I am the only car enthusiast, because connecting with non car people is way more easy. I have multiple other hobbies, like I am on a sports team at school, skateboarding or aviation. In fact I want to become a commercial pilot once I have finished school.
oh nah at 1:14 the SUV literally crossed the double solid yellow line and went onto oncoming traffic 😭
1st of all... that is not a SUV that is a Chevy Silverado 2500 with a shell.
2nd of all... only 2 of they're tires crossed the line it not ikr the whole truck was over it.
3rd of all... there was no fucking on coming traffic.
@@K-44467 it crossed all four of its wheels
Technically it having a shell turns it into an suv and trucks and suvs are basically the same@@K-44467
That life lesson speech was pretty good, thanks for not editing that out! And me as a teen would not try to play with my body like a toy and test out different drugs, all for what that could do to me in the future. And I don't see that future being bright if I go down the dark path that many drug addicts went down.
3:31 MEGA BASED 🗿
thats a guy tho
@@corl4147so real, but the guns are cool
@@corl4147 even better
@@corl4147 Did they stutter?
I see you're a futa enjoyer as well. 🍷🧐
Once met a dude my age at a bar. We talked cars & got a convo going. He talked about that he has met some people at meets that claimed they were car guys. His next comment was that "but they're not real car guys tho, I can tell they're just sayin that". He goes on about how he has 7 cars in his fleet. New, old, & neat cars, all that I can respect. I then go on & start bringing up the issues, troubleshooting, & fixes that I have gone through on my car and immediately see him loose interest in the conversation. Part of my mind starts to doubt if this guy i am talking to is even a "real car guy". Might be the elitist part of me coming through my thoughts, but still a funny thought.
I met a guy once and we got along very well talking about cars, but when I asked about what other interests he had, he said that he can't keep up with more than one hobby. He was astonished when I told him I was into cars, guns, playing guitar and drums, watching hockey, football and baseball, building PCs, and content creation. He told me he couldn't imagine having to balance that many interests, and that was the first time I found out that single interested people like him actually exist lol. I thought that "cars are my only interest" people were just memeing lol
My man 🤝Im also into guns, guitar, drums, tech, and content creation.
@@rexraptorsaur Hell yeah bro💪 You own any firearms? Wondering what you've got if anything, I'm looking to expand my collection but I've only got a CZ75 at the moment. It's so much fun to shoot
@@MyNameIsNidos Just a 9mm pistol that became mine when I turned 18 this year. We don’t get to go shooting often so I forgot what specifically, only twice a year cause we’re so busy. I’ve shot just some pistols and my dad’s shotgun. Will look into having my own little collection once I’m able, though
@@rexraptorsaur Love to hear it man, hope that collection grows soon! Take care brother
Same here brother
As an artist with shooting skills in my head from 2 years ago i feel like an human car guy.
The most I literally hate is some dumb Cultists of car related was "Oh that car is always a king!" I'm from Malaysia. But, most people say "Perodua Myvi is still king!"
And I was like "am I gonna care about it?"
I personally like anime and gaming as well somehow...
Myvi king is just a joke I think
I never took that seriously lol
In fact, I never thought someone would take that seriously.
Anyways, what anime are you watching? I think the 模擬後宮生活 is pretty damn underrated, barely got any people talk about it.
@@iamcarl4591 yeah. Most of it is a picture of the Myvi crash to something. And I was like "what are you guys doing?"
Fellow malaysian here , at this point in time ." Myvi is King" is a long joke already . I don't take it seriously .
I don't keep up with the car community as much cause I have other hobbies like gaming , a bit of anime (not soo into just a tiny bit) and collecting diecast cars .
@@mansongamingz7559 yeah. I didn't even get that car. But, driving a car already is Okay for me.
It's a joke pointing out how myvi drivers are usually assholes on the road. They think they're the king of the road
Dude building computers is what got me INTO wanting to learn more about cars.
Cars are Macro, PCs are Micro, but both are very similar from a hobbiest perspective!
Me when someone wants to move my collection of LEGO 501st Legion clone troopers, especially ARC Lieutenant Fives & Season 7 Rex: MY PRECIOUS
The 2nd point can still be reasonable if it's one actual proven bad people or someone with video evidence being reckless on a packed highway.
12:14 i fully agree with the statement of not going in financial debt over a car. Thats why i (and so many others) love cheap project cars. At least the daily (should) get you around to work/school/wtvr but the project is where the money goes slowly and where the most enjoyment is for myself, in the shop making something cool
These people simply give a bad name to the car community. I feel bad for those who are starting and believe this is the example to follow. I do hope those who are new realize the wrongs and grow in a good manner; luckily you are giving them that chance Bladed.
i feel very lucky i only got online well after i had watched a lot of Top Gear. That show really broadened my love of cars from supercars to just about everything. I still get excited watching old reviews of obscure supercars, like the Nobles and TVRs and Marcos.
I agree with #1, I hate when people, friends, ect say "You couldve saved that for your car". My other hobbies include kayaking, photography, cooking, and landscaping
Im a simple man, i see r33 skyline, i click.
Hey Bladed, I especially love your videos about bad/good driving habits and etiquette. Just an idea - maybe a video about what to do in an accident - maybe from fender benders to more serious situations. Thanks for all the amazing videos!
6:19 found the miata
I agree with the first point so much. Having different hobbies is actually really fun. For me I've been loving music, play a sport, nerd out on pc's, and I've started photography a few months ago. I've been able to make tons of friends with similar interests and its always nice to talk to someone about a common hobby.
only seen the first one so far and holy that couldnt be closer to the truth! I like metal, cars, guitars (tied to metal but still), anime, farming and going to the gym. I used to only be into metal and everything else I felt like cheating metal, like it was my wife. then I started watching anime, then I started having friends who are into cars, which made me look up cars more as I wanted to understand their latin and that actually made me feel better about myself.
Another big thing that wraps some”car guys” up is that a car price determines its value. Just because something cost more or is modified beyond recognition doesn’t mean it’s better. I think a perfect example is cars with legacy that go for less than 5 grand. Or not liking a slightly lower trim when the difference is so small that if you changed to aftermarket wheels, nobody would tell. Especially if you buy less than 500 in parts to replace the “distinguished features”
Babe wake up bladed uploaded 🎉
I think it's so cringe when other car people tell ur not a car guy or they care about every little thing u do to your car... like the only thing u are allowed to do is mod your car for power and performance
Vehicles are one of the most expensive hobbies, more than Warhammer 40K. PC hobbies are much cheaper because there's not a lot of parts. There's a handful of parts to a complete PC setup. There's hundreds of parts if you're going all the way. Not every vehicle is worth the investment. As time goes on every year more vehicles become classics. Seeing vehicles cheap can only be found on the side of roads and that's a needle in a haystack because you don't know where they are. You find them randomly.
Is it more expensive that my roommates gacha addiction ?
@@Sailed_away Depends on if he's spent tens of thousands on the gacha's.
@@Wbfuhn it's already bad enough without the monetary component involved I just wonder how bad it gets from here lol
With point number 4 I do have a slight disagreement, if you are into cars you should at least get to the point of buying a "car guy car" you dont have to take out a loan or spend 70k to get one, i have 9k USD into my trans am and its restored with a new paint job, new interior and rebuilt motor, i did all the work myself, having said that if you like your 2010 VW Passat and dump money into it, still daily drive it and that makes you happy...fine...but in the grand scheme of things its a waste of money and time because its not an enthusiast car it will not hold value nor is it an exciting car in any way, it doesnt mean they arent a car guy nor would i look down on them, but im saying this in the sense of at SOME point you should get something more enthusiast oriented hell go get an EK civic with a manual and a D series for like 5k at least you can have fun with it until you want to spend some money on it
Sometimes I get sad that I found this channel pretty late but am happy that I am growing my ideals from this wise elder.
Cars are my inexpensive hobby. Warhammer is my expensive hobby. 😁
The Emperor protects
This is random but I love your channel. It perfect to watch when I eat dinner.
I like cars
cool I do to
On being a stupid kid there is a quote form a Red VS Blue back in 2008 that has stuck with me since it first came out.
"Take you current age, subtract ten years. Where you smart back then? No, you were a god damn idiot."
Every time I think about this it has remained true.
saw the "uploaded 18 sec ago" and had to click
Me: *Breaths*
Others: "You are not a real Car Guy"
😂
1:45 Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!