Cape Town's mixed bag

[TurboLlew]

This is part 3.This is scary!!!!

I don't know where to start. If you have some skills you can DIY a portion of this. Driving down the road with untightened suspension bits and a clearly broken rear end (all of it) is certainly a choice. I assume still with no insurance too - risk of crashing into others or property damage doesn't enter his mind. Ah well.

 

[KPM3_30]

I don't know where to start. If you have some skills you can DIY a portion of this. Driving down the road with untightened suspension bits and a clearly broken rear end (all of it) is certainly a choice. I assume still with no insurance too - risk of crashing into others or property damage doesn't enter his mind. Ah well.

Stupid is, as stupid does.

 

[Teezoh]

I'm certain this guy has spent more than the cost of the car on repairs before this FAFO moment.

I blame the plakkies... All the open diff, potholes, these excuses. Guy just ran out of talent that's all.

 

[TurboLlew]

I blame the plakkies... All the open diff, potholes, these excuses. Guy just ran out of talent that's all.

Plakkies definitely a factor 🤣

 

[Greenz]

He decided to ditch the plakkies and go barefoot for maximum scene points.

Then throws in some heated springs and coilovers.Includes some spirit level action as well.

 

[TurboLlew]

Previous owner of the coils and springs catching strays for being a cheapskate

 

[TurboLlew]

He decided to ditch the plakkies and go barefoot for maximum scene points.

Then throws in some heated springs and coilovers.Includes some spirit level action as well.

I actually had this on as background noise yesterday. Previously I'd just skimmed through within your post.

This is basically what people should watch to understand why "off grid" repairs are a problem. He has randomly changed things himself, left shit off, tried to somehow align the car with wheels and suspension AND steering rack still broken (one of the titles I saw says "the internet says the rack should be slightly bent" or something like that ).

As much as panel shops and insurers are sharks, this is another level.

He then goes on to get used suspension, apparently from the same car but that has collars that are substantially different. He is measuring suspension gaps in fingers instead of with calipers. He then does a suspension job himself and has some banger lines in between, including "not intending to use things for long" or "more than a month" as well as somehow thinking he will be ready for wheel alignment the next day when there are not even the tools on hand to do things.

This is while the car has about R120K worth of bodywork to still be done... then he does all this and the wheel bearings are still shot. At every point in all these videos he says (paraphrasing) that everything that needs to be changed has been changed while they very obviously (to anyone with eyes, let alone any kind of knowledge of cars) there is ALOT left to change.

I think guys underestimate how well equipped workshops of youtubers are and how skilled they really are (if not them, then their teams) when doing rebuilds and making comments. The gift of sight would have helped alot here even without equipment and machines.

Cautionary tale to the uninsured and those who feel they can 'vibe repair' serious damage.

 

[Teezoh]

I actually had this on as background noise yesterday. Previously I'd just skimmed through within your post.

This is basically what people should watch to understand why "off grid" repairs are a problem. He has randomly changed things himself, left shit off, tried to somehow align the car with wheels and suspension AND steering rack still broken (one of the titles I saw says "the internet says the rack should be slightly bent" or something like that ).

As much as panel shops and insurers are sharks, this is another level.

He then goes on to get used suspension, apparently from the same car but that has collars that are substantially different. He is measuring suspension gaps in fingers instead of with calipers. He then does a suspension job himself and has some banger lines in between, including "not intending to use things for long" or "more than a month" as well as somehow thinking he will be ready for wheel alignment the next day when there are not even the tools on hand to do things.

This is while the car has about R120K worth of bodywork to still be done... then he does all this and the wheel bearings are still shot. At every point in all these videos he says (paraphrasing) that everything that needs to be changed has been changed while they very obviously (to anyone with eyes, let alone any kind of knowledge of cars) there is ALOT left to change.

I think guys underestimate how well equipped workshops of youtubers are and how skilled they really are (if not them, then their teams) when doing rebuilds and making comments. The gift of sight would have helped alot here even without equipment and machines.

Cautionary tale to the uninsured and those who feel they can 'vibe repair' serious damage.

Agree, the guy is a dom p@e$, excuse my language but no other word could possibly express how dumb and irresponsible someone can be while documenting everything on youtube and possibly inspiring other people to take shortcuts like this.

These vibe influencers popping up left, right and center have no idea how badly they influence our youth.

Fckin mampara.

 

[Peter@AEW]

I see nothing wrong in the way this car has been vandalised.
What I am trying to figure out is whether this gent has ever seen a vid from 539 restorations or legit Street cars etc and if he has what type of mind would find his level of repair comparable or suitable.

 

[YozTruly]

Agree, the guy is a dom p@e$, excuse my language but no other word could possibly express how dumb and irresponsible someone can be while documenting everything on youtube and possibly inspiring other people to take shortcuts like this.

These vibe influencers popping up left, right and center have no idea how badly they influence our youth.

Fckin mampara.

My worry is he will drive that car on the road once he is done with the “repairs”, it’s a death trap.

I’m otherwise impressed at how much money he is throwing into this “repair”. He has chosen the “cheap” route but it’s still costing real-world money.

 

[TurboLlew]

My worry is he will drive that car on the road once he is done with the “repairs”, it’s a death trap.

I’m otherwise impressed at how much money he is throwing into this “repair”. He has chosen the “cheap” route but it’s still costing real-world money.

The same thinking that resulted in the crash is now resulting in this approach.

I have noticed that many of the local Youtubers and Tiktokkers parrot the same tropes as Hoovie or Tavarish or Samcrac not realising at least part of this is theatre or exaggeration. In this case, I believe that he believes it is worth repairing for several reasons:

1. Blind belief that he is indeed like the other youtubers that have resources and sponsors or that this will get him sponsors. I initially thought that was his company on the back. If it was my company I would have paid to have his rear glass replaced on the basis that he never puts my logo on it again after this series.

Youtubers treat severe wrecks as calculated business investments long before they bid on a car or reveal it to their audiences. If a project fails or costs double, it's a tax write-off or subsidised by a sponsor or even sales of bits of the wreck that are signed by the audience's special internet friend that is definitely 'just like them'. This dude trying to fund a 335i rebuild out of pocket is playing a completely different game.

2. Sunk cost fallacy - He had an uninsured car that he obviously couldn't afford already and now the loss is too much to bear. Extra points if he is still paying it off. Seems possible. This car has no business being repaired. If he was smart he would have documented how he parted out the good parts and made enough money to put down a deposit on an M2/3 or something of that sort. Even swapping good bits across to a car he got with a blown motor for instance could have worked... This is going to bankrupt him if he goes on - and it will never be a good car again... or just even a safe car without spending its value over again. There is no shortcut to fixing it.

3. Desperation to save face: He has to show that he has built it against all odds or else - the reality is that this dude cannot buy another 335i or anything close to one to generate content. He has no skills to speak of. No talent to speak of and at this point his views seem to be from us watching the slow motion car wreck continuing. He initially made these videos available only to paid members probably thinking that it could generate some money AND limit some of the embarassment. There are probably few enough paid members that adsense is likely making him more money.