James May’s Unpimp My Ride: BMW 420i
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- In his toughest test yet, humanitarian James May saves a BMW 420i from the brink by coaxing it back to standard. Watch with rapt attention as James saves it from the wilds of modification and nurses it back to health. For just £2 a month you can save cars like these from the horrors of alteration.
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haha the way he turns around the whole car instead of repositioning the camera is just lovely
JMacCookie 100% Fruchtfleisch you don’t wanna mess with James M’s lighting setup.
Maybe he didnt want to show whats on the other side of the garage
Im pretty sure thats the part of the joke
Plus the first music and sped up bit for something that took less than 10 seconds
You and I both know that doing the latter is just casual.
In the words of Jeremy Clarkson:
“Anyone who puts an M badge on a bmw that isnt an M bmw has to go to prison”
Funny i was just watching that episode of grand tour with James in the 850 earlier :)
Bmw seem to do that themselves
So BMW CEO has to go to prison.
Agreed
I have an M badge on the front fender from factory so bmw has to go to prison 😁
I have a deep appreciation for James wanting things standard.
^ What he said. This is not about being standard. This is about correcting a lie.
If you buy a bog standard car you want bog standard
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken!
To be fair, BMW throws a shit ton of M badges all over non M cars these days, straight from the factory.
@@tmanepic still not on the back, u get m badges on both sides if u buy bumpers from the m version, and for most powerful diesels correct me if im wrong cuz im not sure
James...you just removed about 80 HP from that car
I disagree. Over 420 intelligent horses were forcefully evicted this day
Nice one.
Because that's casual.
“The box said 250 hp...”
He removed weight, it's faster now.
"And if you thought that was bad, wait until you see what it's done to the front"
*moves car around instead of the camera*
I love it hahaha
I genuinely would have not wanted it any other way
2003 James May - “ Good Evening, Lads!”
2019 James May - “Yo Playas !”
World has gone mad
I aks you... is I bling?
Omfg your profile pic... Family cup from gt4!
he is now "hip"
True😷😂
next thing you know hes gonna be wearing a cap backwards......oh wait.........
Well i hope this becomes a trend..
2nd that! More May = more aMAYzing
@@Bef090 But it's June...
Im sure theres a bimmerboi out there searching for the exact location of that dustbin.
It will, I mean your comment already have 1k likes
@@ingiiiiiii Maybe a 1,000 idiots.
James May: "Yo, playas"
Me: *hits like*
Sorted. Casual. Epic. May.
Lol
Standard baby! 1:47
"Yo Players", I had to pause for five minutes to compose myself before proceeding
Gotta love J Dawg
Fo sho, jizzle mizzle’s the shizzle
I nearly spat my drink out , and I wasn’t even drinking one 😂
BMW 4 2 0 .
Won't be long until he says "good morning gamers"
This isn't just an episode of Unpimp My Ride.
This is an admirable effort to save some grace for all humanity.
Yes!
M badges on a regular BMW car is a crime. Good unpimp this time!
A regular M badge as a nod to the M division is okay but claiming that the car is an actual M car (M4 in this instance) is preposterous.
agreed.. same as putting 18" 235mm on a VW UP or Peugeot 107 and believing it will perform better !
The M-Sport models pays homage to the M division but those have just the "M" badge by the side indicators.
I don't know why but this type of stuff REALLY pisses me off.
@@overlord64n6 As a nod? No, just no. If you Toyota Isnt a TRD dont put It on. If your BMW isnt an M, dont put It on.
James just destroyed a Chinese eBay industry in one video! 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ali express 😂
That's actually... very true
Bring back Unpimp my ride PLEASE.
James May, keeping BMW drivers honest since 1963.
Leveraged you mean 1369?
This is literally every BMW I see in my hometown.
You are our savior Mr. May.
Hearing James May say "yo players" has to be on everyone's bucket list.
It is now.
James May is the type of person to move the entire car in a small space instead of moving the camera.
James May, the kinda guy to turn a car 180° instead of moving his camera 0:42
I'd take any chance to drive a car like that too :D
gotta frame that shot bro
that's a "how much you love driving" test, and that's a perfect score
Thanks for the timestamp, couldn't find it otherwise 😂
Gotta respect that.
James May's yobbish behavior: walking around town removing improperly used M badges.
STANDARD!
The funniest damn thing, is knowing that he crawled on all fours under the camera for that ending bit.
The funniest damn thing is that a vauxhall astra diesel could get to 60 faster than James May can get on all fours
Sage Channel and he waited for a bit too before popping his head back out
*_M4 badge on a 420i_*
James May : "I'm about to end this badge's whole career"
WHAT WE DO HERE IS GO BACC
Badges don't have careers... but thanks for playing!
@@bobolinkr sounds like something a real Captain Slow would say.
In a way the x20i line has more lineage than the m line. He did the car a favor.
Badgers are animals, aren't they?
James: Unpimp my ride
Jeremy: Power my ride
Hammond: Crash my ride
lmao
He really is an American at heart. Can tell he owed a Mustang
You got to crash my riiiide
Destruction: 100
Expecting Hammond: Flip my ride
I love how he does everything at his own pace. Could be the most stressful situation and he will just methodically complete the task to his fullest. What a champion of a geezer.
2 dislikes are from Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson
And the other 13 are from top gear...
Casuals.
see - thats funny
And the other 17 are from BBC
Neither Hamster nor Jezzer would EVER fake an M car. Dislikes are from pussies that are offended because they did exactly what Captain Slow removed.
Closes bin lid..... Accidentally plays the opening notes of almost every reggae song!
He is a Music Major
one love
That's all you need. J Dawg and simplicity. Standard.
-hey May, have you heard of this new thing called the internet?
-oh really, the interweb you say? I think I’ll have a go at that. *creates the most homemade but hilarious videos in interweb history*
Is no one gonna talk about those credits.... ?🤷♂️😂 😂 😂
You mean J Mizzy and the gang?
@@XHobbiesPrime Don't forget Snoop Jimmy Jim for his excellent editing
@@jreed7125 You are so right!
Love the editing Snoop Jimmy Jim does.
when james starts a video with "yo players" you know its a good one
A lot more people need to see this. Thank you James
i cant stand people who put “better badges “ and things on there car to make it look a better model variant 🤦♂️
i am loving this series !
Just about a month ago, I saw a BMW X5 with M5 badges. Why....?
There's a difference between trying hard to make people believe you're driving an M-car, AMG, RS, etc and having a sense of humour and being able to laugh at yourself a bit. I slapped an AMG-badge on my C180K, but didn't remove the C180K badge. There were no AMG-skirts, -bumper/diffuser on it and I was fooling exactly no one.
... and that's fine.
I saw a W204 debadged and then Brabus-badged a few days ago, and you know what? i found that funny.
The only people who really care can literally see that you're lying.
TheImperfectGuy what iam i lying about you silly pratt
Twiggyay its still stupid and sad pretending your car is a better variant by putting shitty amg badges on
Show some love for those behind the lense, making it all possible.
_A round of applause everyone, for the Camera operator_ *J Mizzy !*
I want Jeremy to just come in and put on a massive sticker that says "POWEEEEER"
James: Unpimp my ride
Jeremy: Power my ride
Hammond: Crash my ride
@@NymbusCumulo928 exactly that
Known Jeremy he would try put a sticker on with a hammer
but its not S T A N D A R D
@@NymbusCumulo928 That was mean. 😆
It’s amazing how we’ll squander our time watching these guys do absolutely nothing and love every second of it.
This is just quality... content. I mean it. I want more of this, DRIVETRIBE.
James May with a camera and a car in a garage all by himself. Absolutely genius idea.
Captain Slow
The Exorcist
And now.....
The UnPimper
UnCasualer
more like the Depimp
The Standardizer
A.K.A. J Dawg, J Mizzy, Mr May, James M, and Snoop Jimmy Jim.
Peter Stormare is the original "Unpimper" ...ua-cam.com/video/e1MNEqCr748/v-deo.html
I could watch only this channel in UA-cam and be happy knowing it’s just James May!
I can't believe the transformation, it's incredible!
I knew he was going to pop out and say 'standard'
I still laughed like a madman
You can't umpimp the 420 in the name.
I agree 1,000% with every James May point of view and commentary. Here, TG, GT, his pub, everywhere. He’s absolutely right about umpimping every car to STANDARD.
Couldn't stop myself from laughing when he turned the car around instead of moving the camera. 😂😂😂... Never change captain slow
That'd be casual
It's more practical to turn the car around. It's not just the camera, but also lights, microphones, etc., the whole studio rig. Also, who knows what's behind the camera, it may be a bad background or something they simply don't want to show (maybe it's not even a garage!). The fact they left the turning around in the video instead of doing it off the camera is kinda funny though.
@@ondraspendlik9759 I know that, but it's still funny.
This video probably gets more views than the new season of top gear😂
James May you are the greatest I cracked up over this for absolutely no reason keepem coming brother please you should do more of these
Every video including James May is a gem and they all should be preserved for all the eternity.
Ah the 2 liter m4
My second favourite performace bmw behind fhe 118d Msport
Jimskateuk I have actually seen an “M116D” before 😂 WHY?
nearly as fast as the mercedes c220 AMG
@@werbinich7908 😂
Don't forget the Audi RS4 35 TFSI
Put the twin pipes on the 116 and it’s now a M140
Starting off with my same opinions, perfect. Your my hero.
Was waiting a while for him to come back on camera just for James to say Standard 😂
I've worked for BMW for about 15 years now... and an old Sales Group Buyer of mine used to call this "Un-Bradford-ing" of a car!! "Yo Players" love it 🤣🤣🤣 & those end Credits to 😂😂😂
Other people : Yo check out this $100k exhaust that makes sound of a jet
James may :
Ayy i watch your videos man. Glad to see you here.
idk why but its so funny hearing james may say "YO PLAYAS"
lmao im dying
Drivetribe you should make a 60min episode of James unpimping cars and their owners in public. Start with the local youths 👍
This is a genius idea.
Glaring honesty - so beautiful.
I was totally prepared to watch James turn the car round in normal speed, mundane but brilliant. Keep it up drivetribe team!
Ok who came up with this utter gold? The internet needs more James May.
1:47 thanks for the jumpscare james.
James called the audience "Players." The R in that word very, very audible. And I absolutely love it.
I feel like Drivetribe pimps cars every now and then just to have May unpimp them...
I'm proud to own a F32, where james may said it's one of the nicest looking cars BMW has designed in a long time
I love how he specifically put it in the bin
A the bin was extra noisy for making the point clearer.
May never looks the same way twice. Sometimes he is thin and sometimes he has a beer belly and sometimes he looks like a homeless man and other times he looks like a rock star. May is like the weather in Maine. Wait a few minutes and he will change.
I absolutely love the end had me laughing for ages STANDARD !!
Why is James May one of the best ppl in the world 😂😂
The noises he makes when he gets in and out of the car is legendary 😂💪🏽
I've always been a big fan of Snoop Jimmy Jim what a legend
>reverses the car 20 times for it to face the camera rather than moving the camera to the front of the car
I love this man
There should be a meme playlist of just James May by now...
James May saying "yo players" is everything I needed from the internet today thanks **logs off**
Edit: NEVERMIND I'M SO GLAD I WATCHED TIL THE END 😂😂
Dr. Slowly: "Yo, players"
And I laugh after less than a second of video.
This is the first video of this series I have watched. If he says "yo players" every time then I'll subscribe, no questions asked.
putting an M badge on a BMW fools nobody, the exhaust is always the instant giveaway
burnzy3210 yes and the brakes ☺️
Unpimping: A carspotters nightmare. Love it!!
I've never thought of James May greeting anyone with "Yo players" lmao
I had a smile on my face the entire video. Oh how I’ve missed you Captain Slow!
100% Agree, hate "M" badges on none M BMW's.
Trouble is BMW themselves are doing it, anything with the "M Line" or whatever they're calling the "sporty look" trim level these days, tends to have an M in front of the usual model/engine badge, always looks awful even from factory!
@@richardhammer187 Nope, that's just false. BMW does 3 'grades' of M. You can get M styling pack for your car, and they'll slap M badge usually on the side + you'll get "M steering wheel" and whatnot. Then there are MXXX cars, like M240i for example. Those while not 'true' M cars do have usually high performance engine, like turbocharged L6 in M240i case, as well as suspension/breaks with more sporty characteristic than baseline model. There's similar deal for SUVs, with M-package, things like X5 M40d etc, and finally X3M and so on. Oh, and that's another thing - the "MXXX" lineup can be a diesel, while proper "MX" won't. Bottom line is - if there's M in front of engine number out of factory it's usually a fast car. You can actually draw a parallel with how Audi brands their cars - "normal" with S-line styling, SX and RSX.
@@maciejkornatowski3026 what's false?! You've just worded out what I said, and even agreed with me! "Then there are MXXX cars, like M240i for example. Those while not 'true' M cars"... exactly what I was saying in (a lot) fewer words.
Bought my M240i last year debadged side and back. Clean look is so much nicer! Still got M240i logo inside like on the door sills, steering wheel and instrument cluster which I quite like.
@@maciejkornatowski3026 Which still does take some of the desirability out of the M badge, doesn't it?
I’ve just bought the 420D gran coupe version of this car and I’m picking it up Saturday! It’s such a beautiful car!
weird flex but ok
God he’d hate my xr650r. The only thing standard is the frame at this point 😂
He closed the door so gently!! You're doing God's work Mr May!
Everyone:
James may: Turns the car around
These Drivetribe videos are awesome! James May is awesome!
You forgot the badges on the front fenders though. Filthy casual.
Those are standard if its the M trim
Why do I love watching this so much?
Agree with the M badge but damn those stripes looked beautiful
You have to spend the grands to get them if you want them :)
Thanks, James. It looks so much better now.
BMW 420 - for those who want HIGH output.
XDDDD
Thank you Captain. The world needed this.
2:02 Snoop jimmy Jim 😂😂
Every time I see a person with a fake M badge and those grill stripes I just fall over laughing
i once saw a M badge on a X5 but he put it before it so it read MX5 😂
Good stuff and what a cracking California in the background
Love how the music plays for like 0.5 seconds before the badge came flying off ahah
1:30 liked for the asmr tape also 420
Watching this is better than drinking coffee in the morning.
Perfect. I’m always laughing when someone put M badge and signs on a normal BMW.
Not just BMW. People do that on everything. S and RS badges on some diesel A4. Type R badges on Civics, anything really.
I just want to say that 00:22 was perfect comedic timing.
Jeremy clarkson should've been involved in this situation..
With a hammer
Love this!!! Soo glad someone unpimps rides!!!
Having an M badge on non M cars should be made illegal with High Treason being the reason. Off to Siberia with you.
James May loves UA-cam now, he's going to win this challenge.
I saw one the other day with an M4 badge. JUST DON'T DO IT!!
James may the STANDARD! Bring back the disassembler please