I WAS OFFERED A SHOW ON MOTORTREND TV........THIS IS WHY I SAID NO
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Yes I turned down a once in a lifetime opportunity to be in a new motortrend car build series.
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Yeah, no way... Can't leave home that long.
Definitely not. Spent enough time away from the family back in the day. Don’t wanna repeat that.
Do you think I made a mistake? Let me have it guys.... I can take it.
Being a nobody it seems like a dream situation but I have already done a job for many years where I have to wear a face and image that isn't mine and I can agree it sucks and you would probably hate yourself for it in a short amount of time.
I believe you stayed strong to your beliefs and that's what makes you who you are.
Stick to your heart and not your head! So I think you made the right decision!
Absolutely made the right decision. Family comes first and the times you miss you will never get back. If I could retire right now just to be able to spend more time with my family, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Great opportunity yes, but probably better suited to a single person(not married with children) that shares the interests they wanted. 💯 Great job sticking with your beliefs and values.🤘
Naw, you're fine here man.
Can you please do a update on the radium surge tank? I'm really leaning on going that way for my 77 firebird because of the room for growth the tank has like you said. As I go up in power I just drop in another pump.
I ran across your video on FB and had to watch it. I had a similar experience but it was for a different network and I would have had to relocate from So Cal to TN. I also turned the opportunity down. I have a video talking about Car TV shows also because i wanted to share. I think you made the right decision for you and that’s all you can do. I feel like the larger a channel gets the less desirable being on a a TV show having people tell you what to do and how to act would get less and less desirable. But the right opportunity could be life changing so if a good one comes along don’t be afraid to take a chance and the opportunity. You have a new sub here and I’ll see if I can catch up on some content!
Hey brother! I know who you are. I think we’re actually friends on Facebook. Lol. Yea if they would have come at me with a show more inline with what I actually do, things may have been different. If I’m gonna be part of something like that, even if I wasn’t on camera, it would have to be something that aligns with my beliefs and what I do.
I think you made the right decision,I like all your videos man,thanks for sharing your knowledge..
Thanks for watching them brother!
Hate to see you pass up on an opportunity to make some more money and getting your name, channel, brand out to more people to grow your presence but Im greatly impressed and and appreciative thet you are sticking with your principals and viewers and not becoming another sellout. Keep up the hard work, it will be recognized by others. Have a safe and happy thanksgiving.
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Nah, you chose well, Robert. Love the channel!
Thanks man!
Thank you for sharing this with us! I think there is a group of us (myself included) where the cost of the build, obtainability, and ensuring your audience can duplicate what you do matters. Can’t blame you for your decision, your RUclips channel will grow and you will continue to be successful! Keep up the hard work!
Thanks brother.
Good for you!!! Your exactly fucken right about everything and I mean everything you said!!!!
Good for you, Thanks
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Agreed!
Nothing more important than family! New subscriber here.
Family is important, love your channel.
Your reasons for not taking the part are 100% legit. Some of us that have stable jobs, good insurance, and principles about how we do things just can’t throw that away for something new and shiney for a short time. Good choice in my opinion.
Honestly I’m really shocked reading these comments that so many people understand why I turned it down.
All that matters is that you think you made the right choice. I also like that your builds are real with real hiccups and solutions. Plus I know you interact with us on here and other formats which is great for those of us building similar projects. Keep up.the good work!
Thanks brother. Yea my builds are definitely full of hiccups. Lol. Delays for sure… usually because of money issues or long work hours. They should do a show where it takes 3 years to finish a build because the hosts just don’t have the time or money to do it all at once. LMAO!
@@BadLuckGarage I bought my Apollo in 1999 and I still have it. It's been thru a few motors and 2-3 years ago I shoe horned a LS into it and look to your DR Nova series for guidance. Still not to close to running yet because of time or money. But I promised my 12 year old the car when he can drive so I'll keep looking to you for guidance on it till it's done
@@jamessmith3581 That'll be an awesome forst car for sure!
Everything you said is so great to here I agree
I just came across your channel. My opinion of motor trend starts back when they were on RUclips. They did all thier fans dirty after building up a big fan bace and then did them dirty by pulling out of RUclips and requiring everyone to pay. Not that a few dollars isnt affordable but its the moral of it .
There's a reason they call it selling your soul I think you made a good choice Family First Integrity second pretty good move
Just came across your channel by accident!! Been binge watching since. Hats off to you for being true to yourself and what you are building here. From someone that worked in California and traveled, from what you explained your family means that much to you you made the right choice. It would've eat you alive being gone.
Do what 'YOU' want....Family is the # 1 reason for everything I do. If your heart and mind are not at peace with a decision you had to make or have to make it than do some soul searching....everything happens for a reason. I am true believer of that. Good on you!!! Keep up the great commentaries and videos coming....you will get alot more subscribers after people watch this video!
Take care God bless.....hope your sons health gets better!!
Why didn’t he except the offer and make the television show how he envisioned?
Edit: I asked my question too early, fair enough decision
I would love to have seen you on Motortrend. As far as the budget builds, I look at that as your appeal factor to the workin man. Either way, do your thing, man.
Hey brother, you have to be true to yourself and there's nothing wrong with that .
I’d say you made the right choice. Be true to who you are
Family 1st!!!!!!!!!
Always!
i agree completely.. anyone with a big budget can buy a new everything and bolt on a few parts then send it to a shop to have it tuned and fix all the stuff they messed up
good choice I like you the way you are I don't know if I could get useto fake Robert lol plus good choice kids are still growing up they are not gone from home yet tell them to call you back in about ten years when the wife can travel with you 🤣🤣😂
Everyone has their own needs and wants. But i’d say rarely do people regret doing things that are out of the normal, or safe route compared to regretting not doing them later.
Sometimes you just can't sell your self or your family short for money fame or going against your morales or ideals......you made the right decision.
R U Nuts! Just poking fun.
We all have been saying this as well and how unoriginal shows were. Thankfully some things have changed. Your gut told you already. But, that doesn’t mean it isn’t in your future. Good stuff
I would like to say props to you. I would have done the same thing. Look at Richard Holdener. He does the same thing on a cheap budget friendly for the average car guy and shows how you can still build power. And he's not trying to sell products that he would not recommend. And the time we're at right now A lot of people are looking for that budget friendly power added. Keep up the good content that's why a lot of people watch you glad I'm subscribed
Yea I really like what Richard does. What I DON’T like is how people who don’t understand what he’s doing will watch bits and pieces of his videos and then run all over the internet trying to use them as examples in situations that they don’t fit in or misquote things Richard said in his videos. But that’s not Richards fault. That a problem with RUclips and short attention spans. I’ve actually been on Facebook and people who don’t realize who I am try to use things I supposedly said in my own videos against me, not realizing that I’m the one who said it and they’re misquoting the hell outta my video. Lol. It’s funny but it’s frustrating at the same time because I make a lot of these videos to help people. But when people skip and skim through them they don’t get a full understanding of what’s going on.
I think youd like Tony Angelo and Lucky Costas stuff a bit more than Roadkill. Finnegans Garage also does budget oriented stuff too. Roadkill is just long in the tooth now with no original content. We can only watch so many mopar rust buckets do a slow burnout.
I actually don’t care for Tony at all. Something just never sat right with me about him. But I know lots of people like him. So nothing bad, I just don’t like his demeanor. He doesn’t seem “genuine” to me and now seeing how he acts on his own RUclips channel confirmed for me why I didn’t care for him on motortrend.
@@BadLuckGarage yeah too each their own. But i enjoy Tony’s content as he seems to actually be a car guy on a budget. He also drives his stuff, and can drive. He’s with Hagerty now and a little more production value stuff but still doing ebay turbo junkyard lincoln and stuff is pretty cool.
@@kyletice811 Yea when he tried to stick a single gt3582 on that 4.6 and then wondered why it wouldn’t make any power it pretty much told me all I needed to know about how much of a car guy he really was. Or putting the merge together at 180 degrees AGAINST the flow of the exhaust. 🤦🏼♂️ And that’s exactly why I don’t care for him. To do so many things so obviously wrong and getting such dismal results because of it he has to either have no clue what he’s doing OR be purposely doing everything wrong for some unknown to me reason. Either way it’s definitely not something I care to watch. Like you said, to each their own. And I know there are people that buy into it not knowing any better. But I just can’t get behind or endorse that type of content.
You definitely made the right choice. I spent a year away from everyone one I had anykind of relationship with. Many firsts with my daughter etc. I would do it again but god was it hard. Good on you.
Got to stay true!
Always!
This tells me the TV crowd wants to make some interesting content instead of most of the crap they put out. Makes me hopeful for us the viewers may see some better television, related to a great hobby. "All that Glitters is not Gold" Kudos to you.
Rebuilding a 1969 Boss 429 would be an awesome experience! You got to be true to yourself though.
I can promise you there would have been no “rebuilding” of anything on that show. That was part of my problem with it.
Money coming family going!! Remember that all you commentors ! This man made the decision for him . Thanks for all the content 🙏🏾
Thank you for the kind words brother.
Hotrod Garage with Lucky and Tony did several real deal, every-man builds. Specifically, one called the Bone-maro was a 2nd Gen camaro with a junkyard 5.3 turbo with the goal of going 10's for 10000 total dollars....see what I'm saying here? I'm not hating. Do you. Make your own decisions. But saying nothing on that channel appeals to you is ridiculous.
I remember the bone-Maro. I also remember yelling at the screen the entire time like “why the fuck are you doing that??” The entire time I was watching it. 🤣 I never really cared for hotrod garage either. Couldn’t stand Tony (although I know there are people who love him), and I don’t really like his demeanor on his RUclips channel either.
Brother. You made the right decision. You're a good man. Continue on your path and keep being a good Father. You got this. 😎🇺🇲
Thank you sir!
Seems the popular shows are not just about the subject. Drama and conflict supposedly makes for good tv. Who wants that stress?
EXACTLY! I try to avoid drama whenever possible! Getting too old for that shit. Lol
I tip my hat to you sir! You stood up for what SO many have lost these days. Morals. You stood up what was right for you and your family. They will do well with the show I'm sure. And you will feel proud to have been offered the chance to be part of that. You have done something correct if they noticed you. Right? Keep the content a coming.
I appreciate that brother.
the average blue collar man doiing what he can, keep inspiring others to become more
Thank you sir
I want to build a car just don't know what🥺
Just find something you like on marketplace and dig in brother. 👍
The money must of not been that good. Because I don’t know about you but money talks to me. And if the audience likes you the way we like watching you you never know you could’ve got your own show.
I’m sure the money would be great. But I’ve reached a part of my life where time is more valuable than money.
To me that's sounds like a true American I salute you and stand behind your decision.
Thanks brother. I appreciate that!
I can understand what your saying, I'll be the first to be out here busting youtubers balls about not being straight when it comes to doin DIY "budget" kinda builds and they they spent $50k on an engine or the car. Don't get me wrong im the broke af budget guy and I think it takes heart to keep to your roots and what you believe in.
$50k wouldn’t even touch most of the projects they were proposing. It would have been cool as hell to have that kinda money to work with, but definitely wasn’t me.
Can't wait till they call you to do your own show and have full control of your content
Probably never happen, but that’s an offer I would probably accept if the money was right.
Would rather watch u on here u give me lots of encouragement and wish we were closer so I could stay involved with my monte carlo
That mean a lot to me brother.
Man that why I watch your videos…. You stayed true to yourself and family and it wasn’t worth it keep pushing the right opportunity will come
I passed on a job in Australia becuz of the time I spend with my fam
Yea moneys not always the deciding factor. Maybe 10 years ago I would have went for it.
You made the right choice. Aside from the pretending, which sounds like selling out your values. In my opinion family comes first. Im a few years older then you are. I had an offer like that 10 years ago, out side of youtube. This company offered me lots of money for lots of travel. In the end I turned it down, I dont regret it. I have a second child now and spend tons of time with the family watching my kids grow up. Had I traveled 2 weeks out of every month around the US I would have missed something more valuable then money. Time is the most valuable commodity. You have chosen to use yours wisely. Just my two cents. On a side note I just found your channel. Im learning about the ls engines. Thanks for all the info 👍
Couldn’t agree more. Money is great but time is the most valuable commodity and the older you get the more valuable it becomes.
@@BadLuckGarage facts! Happy turkey day 😁
@@thisoldhooptie Happy Thanksgiving brother.
Sounds like you made the right choice.. if its not a good fit then it's not... cool ego boost tho.
Definitely!🤣👍
You making a mistake or not is up to you and your family. I will say this though. I think the “budget” part is hanging you up more than it should. I’m sure many of us, myself included are only budget because we have to be. If I won the lottery tomorrow I definitely wouldn’t be budget minded anymore lol.
On the second part. Your loyal fans would have stayed loyal. If I was going to leave it would have been when you got rid of the c10. I could care less that you take advantage of the opportunities presented to you.
I agree and disagree at the same time. When I sold Steppinwolf I lost so many subscribers and views it almost felt like I was starting over at first. As for the lottery thing. I think even if I won the lottery I would still be doing budget builds and helping people who didn’t have that kinda money do the same. The difference is I would be able to do a lot more of them because I could quit my job and have more time and money to do them and enough land to park them all on. Lol. I’m not saying I wouldn’t have some nice cars too, I’m just saying I prefer the work with what you have budget builds over just buying a bunch of high-end parts and slapping them together like you see on so many TV shows. But this isn’t winning the lottery. This would have been me building cars nobody else could ever have and building them for someone else. If the show every makes it to air everything I said will make a lot more sense. Trust me, the show isn’t like anything anyones ever done or seen. It’s a totally new concept altogether. I’m actually really amazed with the concept of it, it’s just not something I feel I fit into.
@@BadLuckGarage those you lost back then were probably fans of the project more other aspects of the channel. I found you right after the truck was turbocharged and I was building my c10. I didn’t like when you sold it either, but understand why. It didn’t hurt that you bought a thirdgen my other favorite lol. But I enjoy your content more than I enjoy a single project. I’ve even watched most of the Vette videos and I am not a Vette guy by any means. Either way you would not be a sellout. Made the decisions that benefit you and your family.
I think you did the right thing. I watch some PowerNation shows for inspiration and ideas, but those shows make everything seem like it takes zero skill and a few weekends to build something wild. It leads people to start something they're in no way prepared to finish. Smaller budget RUclips channels show that with some skills and guidance, many people can do things they are unsure about, and give realistic timelines and budget. If you look at when you brought the Camaro home, to when it was running, average a weekend per video (give or take for video overlap) and you see that it's NOT a couple weekends and $500 to get it going. Be you brother. I have family in Powell so one day I'm gonna have to meet you.
Yea I think we’re on the same page with the “actual working man’s budget” stuff. It would have been cool to build things with unlimited money and resources though. Lol.
@@BadLuckGarage well all dream of such shit. That's why the lottery is so popular 😂
I do not think you would be a sell out, you would be doing a job. If you then changed what you do on your channel that would be a sell out. You made great points about family and your family and future.
I would have felt like a sell out everyday though.
@@BadLuckGarage I hear you, I was offering you my opinion, but you have to live it not me.
I think you did the right thing man. If its not a good fit then you can't force it. I enjoy your videos the way they are and can appreciate your dedication to yourself, us viewers and your family.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen you I don’t even know why you popped up on my feed, but you definitely earned a sub. On another note it would be cool to see you and Richard holdener on a show.
Also, happy Thanksgiving
Well glad you found us brother. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well! 👍
Almost 10 minutes in and I just noticed your dilly is missing. 😂
LMAO! I took it down when I was doing the zoom meetings with the producers. 🤣🤣🤣
@@BadLuckGarage figured that’s why it went missing lol
Yea I wanted to appear at least somewhat professional during the meeting. Lol.
You made a lot of good points. At least you can always brag to family and friends about getting the opportunity to have your own tv show. That's definitely worth bragging about in my book!
Yea especially since I video captured the zoom meeting. Lol.
Got to respect your decision to stay true to yourself and your family definitely not a opportunity that gets offered to average people everyday.
Yea that was probably my one shot. 🤦🏼♂️
@@BadLuckGarage maybe so but you have to stick with your roots and make sure the family is priority number one like you mentioned it get be a one season deal then you will be back to square one looking for a new job
@@williamcordle-FLman Exactly! In the beginning it was annoying to me how these guys would constantly reschedule and everything was taking so long. But ultimately I think that worked out to my advantage because it kept me from making a quick decision without thinking everything through and weighing the pros and cons of doing the show.
I certainly understand your reasoning, but I think you should have accepted the offer even if nothing more than its use as a resume builder or to make some connections over there, hopefully there will be another opportunity for you.
I thought about that aspect of it as well. The cost just wasn’t worth the reward for me.
@@BadLuckGarage understood, hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
@@vrm86gt Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well!
Totally understandable and it takes a genuine person to stand on who u truly are.. hell, who knows. They may come back around and give u a show that’s true to what us hotroders do.. keep on being u 💪🏼🏁
I proposed such a show when I turned it down. I even offered to just be an off camera technical advisor if they should ever want to make a show like that.
@@BadLuckGarage hey in my eyes u stayed true.. and when ur true to urself is when ur most happy. Keep doin what u do 💪🏼
Mistake? That’s only for you to decide, but as long as you followed your heart, you won’t have any regrets. Myself, I’m self employed because I have a hard time dealing with corporate bullshit.
I have watched Vice Grip Garage for several years, & when I heard he had a show on Motor Trend, Roadside Recovery, I had to check it out. Took me 5 minutes to see there was a HUGE difference between the two shows. I much prefer the RUclips show.
I'm still mad they got rid of car craft, best car magazine ever
I couldn't agree with you more. Motor trend has gone the wrong way with their channel.
Most of the people I see that “make it” and end up of RUclips, lose their actual fan base. They don’t stay true to who they are. Props for staying real. Been watching you for quite awhile and you are a legit dude who keeps it real. As a family man also, you made the right decision. Family time is the most important thing.
Thanks brother. I appreciate that.
That's what everybody says , but anyone would have taken it ....and his fan base would have grown 10 x .... Everyone in life sells out a little bit or does something that they don't truly want to do so when they act like they don't, they're just lying to themselves. Hey it's his decision and I can respect that, but in the overall picture it would have worked out better for him to take the deal. Show me one person's account that didn't grow drastically after being on TV. one little show doesn't take all that time they film for a few months and that's it. No different than spending hours in front of a camera in the garage posting things on RUclips , you think that doesn't take time? I tried it ...and my channel sucked LOL LOL it takes a s*** ton of time and I'd rather work on my car than film me working on my car. Even if he did a season it would help this channel immensely and he could have went back to that made more money and moved on. I don't mean to send a bad way but these kind of chances don't come along a lot in life and sometimes you just got to go for it. He's got a good channel and I wish him the best. But a lot of people are giving him bad advice on here.
Man I'm right there with you. I have zero interest in motor trend tv and I love this stuff. I would went the way you did.
I'd say you made the right call. I use to watch motortrend all the time. 99 percent of their builds are with parts way out if the avg person's budget. I remember a show they did a 454 build on and said about these head and this intake and this carb and these pistons and rod and you got a 700 hp low budget build. That low budget build was like 6500 in parts alone plus machine work
That’s exactly the stuff that made me stop watching.
Gotta stay true to you Rob! I commend you for that. Who knows what the opportunity would have brought you, but at least you know people are watching you! Salute!
Thanks brother!
I respect you and whatever decision you make 💯 You should be proud of everything you've already accomplished and I'm not a camera person I wouldn't be able to do that no matter what 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 last time I watched motor motortrend was back in the day when I was a teenager and the show was actually good back then. However you do have a good camera presence and would've been good for it..
I appreciate that man. Honestly I don’t even care about being on camera. I even told them I would be more than happy being an off camera technical advisor if they ever decided to make a “real working man’s budget build” type of show.
Glad you made the right decision. I have spoke to others that have had the same opportunities and looked at their life changing decision. Continue on doing what YOU want to do and not what others want. Build AWSOME cars and make yourself HAPPY.
Best of luck and keep your dream builds going.
Thanks brother.
yea, the insurance thing deffiinately sucks. The company i work for just had to stop providing full paid insurance due to the economy, housing market and certain home builders not readjusting what back to what they used to pay for but increasing their prices ro the customer and making more money when they could go back to paying contractors what they were getting in their contracts to begin with. Thanks Democrats
I know your not the only the ones they are taking to
Oh of course not. I stated that in the video and advised “if you’ve got a RUclips channel and are getting emails from this guy you should answer them if you want a shot.”👍 It’ll be a great opportunity for someone. Just wasn’t something I wanted to do.
In my opinion that was a bad move you made... I understand what you're saying but you got to get the popularity and then you're able to do the show you want. Most car guys don't need to be shown how to do things with no budget because we are doing it with no budget. Most car shows are based on people that don't know much at all and really aren't even into it ...look at Gotham garage and look how big that is on Netflix. You should have taken the deal and done the show that they wanted to do get some notoriety and then present your show. Even if you did there show for a year or two and pumped up your RUclips channel to half a million or a million subscribers then you'd have the income to really do what you want to do and a make a format of what you want to do. Sometimes you got to look at the big picture . And motortrend does have low budget build shows.... Full custom garage, they do engine Masters which shows low budget upgrades to high-end builds and they teach a lot to people that don't really understand small things to do and then they run it on the dyno to show what the two horsepower gains really are ...it's a decent show. All in all it's your decision but you should have taken it in my opinion. It would have helped your channel, and it would have help get you where you wanted to go. Best of luck ✌️....
Robert I will watch this later today and give you my input..but in the end it is all your decision which everyone should respect...😉😊
Happy Thanksgiving uncle Mark!
Robert, as long as you're happy with this decision, that is what matters. The way I look at it is when you miss one opportunity, a windows of others opens up. I have seen this before with other people. Keep doing what you are doing and that other window will open. 😊😊