ROCK BOTTOM: John Temerian's fall from grace

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 16 фев 2023
  • John Temerian from ‪@WeAreCurated‬ shares the story of the worst moment of his life.
    VINwiki Merchandise - store.vinwiki.com
    VINwiki on iOS - vinwiki.com/ios
    VINwiki on Android - vinwiki.com/android
    Check out our 2023 Sponsors:
    AutoTempest - vinwiki.com/r/at23
    The Ticket Clinic: vinwiki.com/r/tc23
    Premier Financial Services - vinwiki.com/r/pfs23
    Caramel - vinwiki.com/r/caramel23
    Element Fire Extinguishers - vinwiki.com/r/element23
    SWAE - vinwiki.com/r/swae23
    Lemon Squad - vinwiki.com/r/lemonsquad
    Support the Cannonball Memorial Run - vinwiki.com/r/cmr
    Support the Brock Yates Memorial Fund - vinwiki.com/r/yates
    #VINwiki #JohnTemerian #PalmBeach
  • Авто/МотоАвто/Мото

Комментарии • 426

  • @Kxji
    @Kxji Год назад +815

    The fact that John can talk about it and acknowledge it, it’s probably why he’s successful now.

    • @messermoreaux1139
      @messermoreaux1139 Год назад +16

      Or the fact he comes from real money and has been connected because of that since a teen if you watched his other videos

    • @Thatguy55595
      @Thatguy55595 Год назад +6

      @@messermoreaux1139 he wasn’t rich growing up

    • @BleedingWhiteKnuckles
      @BleedingWhiteKnuckles Год назад +2

      Any real man with some age and experience would love to tell their story's!!! I hope one day I can be a motivational speaker for the youth, not a terrible retirement plan 🤷‍♂️ especially when you've lived a colorful rollercoaster lifestyle by the time I was in my mid 20s I did more than most men have their whole lifes!!

    • @BleedingWhiteKnuckles
      @BleedingWhiteKnuckles Год назад +11

      @K W don't have to be technically "rich or wealthy" but if your born, raised, and all the family friends are not lower & middle class, then you've got connections with money backing them connections, life is much much easier, and the path to success becomes alot shorter and easier with luxuries that are literally out of reach for a poor or middle class boy/man to achieve. Anyone who argues this is clueless and has had the luxury of staying in one social class for their life and blind to the rest of society. 🤷‍♂️

    • @jackhammer078jack4
      @jackhammer078jack4 Год назад

      How are you supporting all of this financially:
      Dude: Centurion 😮

  • @EdBolian
    @EdBolian Год назад +704

    You'll definitely want to see the next story we run from John.

    • @the_frankc
      @the_frankc Год назад

      Will it be the detailed story of blowing up your Gallardo?

    • @Melanie16040
      @Melanie16040 Год назад +5

      Agreed! I definitely want to see it!

    • @haywood12
      @haywood12 Год назад +14

      that intro volume level is that for dogs or?? turned it up during the intro and john almost blew my speakers when he sttarted talking

    • @nathanthomson777
      @nathanthomson777 Год назад +4

      @@haywood12cry

    • @llHllAllRllSllHll
      @llHllAllRllSllHll Год назад +4

      i genuinely enjoy Johns way of story telling.

  • @VINwiki
    @VINwiki  Год назад +505

    Great humility and a great lesson for all of us. Congratulations to John on his journey back to the top.

    • @Oldguynotbald
      @Oldguynotbald Год назад +6

      God has a plan!

    • @Make-Asylums-Great-Again
      @Make-Asylums-Great-Again Год назад +3

      He started at the top… the journey was a short one.

    • @nathanchildress5596
      @nathanchildress5596 Год назад +5

      Great humility? Excuse me? I like John, but the story was basically “I threw a huge super car event and went 300K in debt…but things are fine now.”
      Not humble whatsoever

    • @TheeGlocktopus
      @TheeGlocktopus Год назад

      I just want to know how he went from being a professional Mike the Situation impersonator, to a Ethan from H3 Productions impersonator.

  • @thomasmagda4580
    @thomasmagda4580 Год назад +252

    John is very likable. Took responsibility, got out from under it, and moved forward. I meet people every day with terrible business plans but sometimes they have to learn this way.

    • @thespicemelange.1
      @thespicemelange.1 Год назад +3

      You spelled that wrong it's 'unlikeable'

    • @weseethetruth158
      @weseethetruth158 Год назад +4

      He literally got a slap on the wrist for something a regular non connected citizen would have gotten major time over..

  • @brenics77
    @brenics77 Год назад +210

    From cocky kid to a very level headed guy now , I take my hat off to you . Loving your videos

  • @johnnyg9804
    @johnnyg9804 Год назад +104

    Really great of you to tell this story John. It's a lesson we can all appreciate.

  • @KeithKman
    @KeithKman Год назад +56

    What a stand up guy John is! Showing accountability, owning your mistakes, making it right, while not playing the victim. We don't see that enough these days, what a refreshing video.

  • @rjlebeau2012
    @rjlebeau2012 Год назад +4

    My father has taught me from a young boy that, "the decisions you make today will affect you for the rest of your life". Fully agree!

  • @ZGryphon
    @ZGryphon Год назад +188

    The sponsor bit at the end lands... oddly. John's just spent 11 minutes telling everyone a cautionary tale about owning the consequences of your actions, and then Ed comes in like, "Here's a way to dodge the consequences of your actions." :)

    • @aimDiego
      @aimDiego Год назад +25

      It's called timed irony, and it is PERFECT.

    • @allegorx58
      @allegorx58 Год назад +6

      I found the life of the party!

    • @chad8251
      @chad8251 Год назад +3

      It’s a channel talking about being reckless with cars

    • @cwagenaar5080
      @cwagenaar5080 Год назад +3

      If you listen closely to the story John went to court and negotiated a resolution. I’m sure he had the help of a lawyer during the process. That’s exactly what the sponsor does for tickets. It wouldn’t be allowed if it wasn’t within the scope of the law.

    • @constitutionalli7522
      @constitutionalli7522 Год назад

      The only ones allowed to break laws are the ones paid by extorted taxpayer funds to enforce those laws. 🥳

  • @MrGTO-ze7vb
    @MrGTO-ze7vb Год назад +16

    I lived in Palm Beach County during this time.. 2002 to 2020. I remembered this hitting the paper. Now this show is HUGE and lots of fun..!!! I met lots of cool people and saw great autos...!! I met Butch Patrick (Eddie on the Munsters) with 2 of the show's cars..!! Thank you John...!!

  • @matteomarchio4405
    @matteomarchio4405 Год назад +51

    If you could find him, the person that was hired by Lexus to market the LFA, would be so awesome. I know that lexus hired a rep to basically drive an LFA to different meets as a way to market it when no one was buying them. A story from specifically him on his experiences would be fascinating.

    • @BOSSofLA
      @BOSSofLA Год назад

      A funny thing happen to me while I was coming back from work passing downtown couple years back (when leaving work at 2pm would get u back to bbank in less then ten mins to super light traffic) anywho for some reason I jus decided to record for know reason what so ever (yes I don’t jus record n driver ever.. I think I was in a 850i n wanted to record the windows go ûp as u pass 100mph n jus as they added the lil by pass lame to either exit or cut threw to the 5 I notice the bright yellow car I’ve only seen once online it was a LFA n I couldn’t believe I caught it jus as I was about to turn off the camera,.... excuse the sensless discretion trying to look busy.... lol but yea would love to meet the PR team....

  • @TonyLasagna
    @TonyLasagna Год назад +19

    Congratulations to John on 75k subscribers and counting! He is like a walking exotics encyclopedia, much like yourself and our beloved John Ficarra.

  • @wickedpony4633
    @wickedpony4633 Год назад +30

    John, your humility and willingness to speak about where you came from should be an inspiration (and lesson) to all young people with a dream for their future. I think that you would not be where you are today without admitting the mistakes made and learning from them.

  • @iogamingeasy
    @iogamingeasy Год назад +11

    One of the best Car Stories yet. Kudos to you John for telling your story so openly and honestly.

  • @nickcarnes6194
    @nickcarnes6194 Год назад +32

    I wasn’t sure about this dude until right now. I’m sold, he’s one of the good ones. Tough video to make I’m sure, but much respect for doing it. I’m a fan for life now.

    • @pitaorj
      @pitaorj Год назад

      samething here.

    • @RBeeMedia
      @RBeeMedia Год назад

      I don't know why exactly, but I felt the exact same way. I suppose that once you hear about someone's rock bottom story, that it makes him more relatable.

    • @popcorn8153
      @popcorn8153 Год назад

      @@RBeeMedia reality checks are more relatable than success stories

  • @chancekromer4269
    @chancekromer4269 Год назад +9

    I met John in person, I was just at curated to ooo and ahh at cars that will most likely forever be out of my price range but he was so kind, so polite, and very respectful to me and my friend, he’s a true car guy that gets it, I can’t say enough about how nice him and his staff were to me! Even took the time to chat about a few cars and the inventory, I just can’t say enough about his amazingly character and how down to earth he is!

  • @Oldguynotbald
    @Oldguynotbald Год назад +3

    Good for you, not only owning it, but putting it out there. My son is having a tough time right now, I am going to have him watch this...Thank you John!!

  • @americansmark
    @americansmark Год назад +7

    I feel this. I flunked out of college on a full ride scholarship and then again after taking out loans. I eventually got my life together and an now living my best life.

    • @ImmaTbagyou
      @ImmaTbagyou Год назад

      What do you do now? I'm on a similar path but am back in college

    • @americansmark
      @americansmark Год назад

      @@ImmaTbagyou I am an LTL daycab trucker and logistics coordinator for a small trucking company. My wife is in the medical field. We were on food stamps when we met and now make $320,000 a year combined. Took a lot of hard work and stress, but we beat the system.

    • @allegorx58
      @allegorx58 Год назад

      @@americansmark you joined the system. you didn’t beat it. but well done nonetheless.

    • @americansmark
      @americansmark Год назад

      @@allegorx58 meh. I beat the poor person system, anyway.

  • @Elim_84
    @Elim_84 Год назад +8

    Respect to John for learning from mistakes and still making a success of himself

  • @TEEDUBS
    @TEEDUBS Год назад +5

    John is so successful, he can’t even say “failures” anymore.

  • @tanzidchowdhury7801
    @tanzidchowdhury7801 Год назад +6

    I was lucky enough to meet him one day, I was headed to my dads store to help him out, and I occasionally take 2nd ave hoping to one day see John Temerian, and one day, I did. Man, I wish I could’ve asked him to be a mentor for me

  • @jasonbecker3319
    @jasonbecker3319 Год назад +6

    So humble of him to acknowledge his own past. That takes grit, made me respect him moreso. Thank you for the story John!

  • @llHllAllRllSllHll
    @llHllAllRllSllHll Год назад +11

    This is a great story about accountability and understanding who you are putting around yourself.

  • @DepreciationNation
    @DepreciationNation Год назад +6

    That was great, honest, and transparent. Fantastic that John can talk on that level.

  • @ISwearDownOnMeNansGrave
    @ISwearDownOnMeNansGrave Год назад +4

    This story is definitely going to end up being one of the GOATS from the channel! That was a stellar story!

  • @Buzz48317
    @Buzz48317 Год назад +5

    Nice to see someone so successful still embrace his past…we all love and learn John, congrats on making it back to the top

  • @jamesdellaneve9005
    @jamesdellaneve9005 Год назад +7

    I had a buddy who hung around rich people in the Hamptons. He learned how to party crash. He started working in SoCal and would party crash here. One day, I visited him in his condo. He was about to go to Australia for a month long vacation. He had a pile of unpaid bills on the counter and I asked about those. He said that rich people dont pay their bills. I said, “But you’re not rich”. And he took his trip on credit cards. Eventually, he started a business and as expected, started screwing his customers.

  • @Jefe4x4
    @Jefe4x4 Год назад +11

    Amazing story! I couldn’t imagine being 21 living that life

  • @PrayItForwardAGAPE
    @PrayItForwardAGAPE Год назад +5

    This is my favorite video yet!! Congrats John you've become a well rounded man.!

  • @idrivearttabletennis
    @idrivearttabletennis Год назад +5

    John, well said. Hope we all will listen and hear.

  • @NWEDC
    @NWEDC Год назад +5

    Solid lesson. Learned this the hard way in my early 20's. Still impacts me every once in a while in my 40's.

  • @MasterChiefKeef
    @MasterChiefKeef Год назад +8

    Absolute legend! One of my favorite stories!

  • @capedwonder2833
    @capedwonder2833 Год назад +7

    Very gutsy video to make about yourself with a great message at the end. Very well done.

  • @Law19157
    @Law19157 Год назад +3

    That's a great lesson for youths. Hope they take notes and make responsible choices with their lives.

  • @abscess7476
    @abscess7476 7 месяцев назад

    I have only one word for this.... "inspiring." His positive attitude about learning from his mistakes. And the honesty about the situation. It would be so easy to point fingers and blame everyone else would have been the easy cop out. The man has my upmost respect. Great channel.. great content.

  • @minhazulabedin7804
    @minhazulabedin7804 Год назад +3

    John got the best stories on the channel fr

  • @JM-ir8vw
    @JM-ir8vw Год назад +2

    I’m glad to hear you took this as a lesson and not a failure. It’s only a failure if you don’t stand up and work your way back. Congrats on your successes!

  • @luisgarc93
    @luisgarc93 Год назад +15

    Great story. John Temerían is one of my favorite vin wiki speakers.

  • @jamesh7195
    @jamesh7195 3 месяца назад

    I met John in California for the lamborghini show. He is a really great guy he took the time for a photo. He is the real deal. Thanks again John for the memory.

  • @AllGoodAuto
    @AllGoodAuto Год назад +4

    John should’ve called the ticket clinic 😂

  • @DutchMDeacon
    @DutchMDeacon Год назад +2

    Great story and great lessons to be learned. And good on John for having the humility and intellectual maturity to not only recover from his fall from grace but to acknowledge his mistakes and speak openly and honestly about them. To err is human.

  • @moeandco.
    @moeandco. Год назад +2

    Liked John before, but now a huge amount respect.

  • @omegaentertainment1
    @omegaentertainment1 Год назад +4

    Most people would've let that story disappear and hope most people would never know of it (I didn't), but it takes humility to actually tell that story to Millions of people who had no clue. And when you're that young and "successful" it's hard to not let it get to your head. Most of us have been young and dumb. Cheers 🤘

  • @josephfranzen9196
    @josephfranzen9196 Год назад +1

    In my experience failure has always taught me humility and invaluable life experience and at times has become the driving force for the things I’ve been successful at.

  • @hrcvf7505
    @hrcvf7505 Год назад +6

    Thank you for being so open, honest and vulnerable John. A great life lesson!

  • @DanaOrtiz
    @DanaOrtiz Год назад +12

    This is going to be one of the best videos on this channel.

    • @theanomalous1401
      @theanomalous1401 Год назад +1

      Agreed @DanaOrtiz I hope the life lessons that are the reason for this story, will be recognized and well received! We shall see.

  • @majorissues6604
    @majorissues6604 Год назад +1

    ngl, the title made me go "WTF!?!?" I thought it was something that is currently happening, lol.

  • @alxgai552
    @alxgai552 Год назад +3

    John has the best stories and outlook

  • @BWSSoldya
    @BWSSoldya Год назад +6

    Absolutely fantastic video guys! Such a compelling story told brilliantly and has a fantastic message to the younger crowd to boot! What more could you want?

  • @toddmarier
    @toddmarier Год назад +3

    Thanks for the inspiration John.

  • @caseyhubbard76
    @caseyhubbard76 Год назад +4

    Love this man and all his stories and history

  • @srmorso999
    @srmorso999 Год назад +3

    I did 6 months in jail for dangerous driving at 18 years old. Definitely still effects me now, and will for many years to come. If youre a teenager now, remember to think about your actions. You dont understand yet what the consequences really are. The time i did was nothing compared to how the charges have effected my life

  • @fordTH7335
    @fordTH7335 Год назад +1

    Pretty humble, cool dude

  • @bobmcl2406
    @bobmcl2406 Год назад +13

    Wow, someone who learned from a bunch of poor decisions. Bravo JohnT! I was glad to hear him say that he eventually paid off his debts, rather than take the common route of bankruptcy, and leaving other people to carry the burden. Be careful folks, there are lots of shady "glitzy people" out there.....

    • @corail53
      @corail53 Год назад

      That is how a lot of people get rich. Doing it the honest way is much harder. This is why people should not follow or believe all these influencers with supercars - guaranteed they are lying.

  • @Atlas.X9X
    @Atlas.X9X Год назад +2

    John Temerian always brings a good story.

  • @henrymorgan3982
    @henrymorgan3982 Год назад +3

    A Great story of humility.

  • @sfjp1
    @sfjp1 Год назад +2

    Paying it off was great to hear, well done mate.

  • @BMW7series251
    @BMW7series251 Год назад +1

    New bell here!! Very best to John for working back to where he is now. Great respect for him. (UK).

  • @darrensanimalsreptilesfish30
    @darrensanimalsreptilesfish30 Год назад +4

    Very admirable. Getting incarcerated can be a new beginning instead of the end of the road. Been there

  • @ruk2023--
    @ruk2023-- Год назад +5

    Good story John. You wouldn't be where you are now without this happening and it's better to make these mistakes when you're young. On a much smaller scale I started a business with someone who made similar promises when I was about the same age as you were. Learned a lot of lessons quickly!

  • @mikenimmick3920
    @mikenimmick3920 Год назад

    Humility, honesty, accountability and acknowledging your failure and making it right is a very rare breed in this day and age. Kudos...hopefully you are a huge success.

  • @davidisaiv
    @davidisaiv Год назад +2

    Thank you John for sharing your story! 👏🏽

  • @lobsterwhisperer7932
    @lobsterwhisperer7932 Год назад

    Dude has the gift of the gab, great story-teller.

  • @shawnwattles5556
    @shawnwattles5556 Год назад +1

    Fantastic attitude and character. Great story. Hope this guy goes on to even bigger and better success.

  • @ntense6527
    @ntense6527 Год назад

    Joe,
    Love the story.
    Know from personal experience that the only cure for over confidence, arrogance, smartest person in the room…is humiliation.
    Your awesome brother!
    Chris Blocker - Indiana

  • @calquick
    @calquick Год назад +1

    A truly valuable story to share,,, Thank you John. Well done

  • @paulb354
    @paulb354 Год назад

    Great story. Owned up to his mistakes, and made things right. The world needs more of this. I wish John the best.

  • @billstewartxxx
    @billstewartxxx Год назад +2

    that is a good episode!!!

  • @astroboi_9998
    @astroboi_9998 Год назад +2

    Damn. Could’ve been salty, bitter, or devasted especially at 21. Gives me hope man

  • @vladimirchervenkov6949
    @vladimirchervenkov6949 Год назад +4

    Great lesson from John

  • @mamarine81
    @mamarine81 Год назад

    I'll admit that I've never been the biggest John Temerian fan, but I can respect taking a hard fall, learning from it, and getting back up. Well done.

  • @jacobsmith831
    @jacobsmith831 Год назад +1

    Wow. Respect to John. I’m glad my initial thoughts on him have been proven right. Straight up gentlemen.

  • @claireernst693
    @claireernst693 Год назад +1

    Ed, I liked this story much much more than some of the rich boy shenanigans videos you have. It really seems like John is a gem of a person. It makes me want to root for him and his business more knowing how humble he is.

  • @chadnoneo9769
    @chadnoneo9769 Год назад +5

    How do they just call the cops on you and not even attempt to call you first? It's not like it was for goods where you are likely just gone but for a venue.

  • @Kellsboro
    @Kellsboro Год назад

    John is one of the best guests with his presentation style. A lot of baggage but he doesn't distance himself from it nor is he trying to leverage it. Instead he puts himself out there honestly. That's refreshing. I was already happy for his recent success but even more so now for having not run away but owned up, paid it off and started new.

  • @thewatchloungechris
    @thewatchloungechris Год назад +1

    Great story John you seem like a genuine guy glad you were able to bounce back!

  • @jakeb92980
    @jakeb92980 Год назад +3

    Any video with John T gets a like, even before I watch it.

  • @michaelmilasuski2895
    @michaelmilasuski2895 Год назад +1

    Mad respect John

  • @islammedheryamz8546
    @islammedheryamz8546 Год назад

    He is amazing. Love that he points out the lessons to learn 👌

  • @ballra
    @ballra Год назад +3

    Inspirational and Ethereal, thank you John 🏁

  • @winters792
    @winters792 6 месяцев назад

    It’s a very good sign when a man can admit that he was cocky and a fool in the past. Most of us would also make similar mistakes at that age and in those situations.

  • @vijaychauhan46
    @vijaychauhan46 Год назад

    This really shook me to take a look at my own life and decisions I have taken and things I am doing right now, thanks for sharing that, this may help me

  • @violinmiata
    @violinmiata Год назад +1

    Life will always prove that it’s not what you did, it’s what you are doing that matters

  • @2vcrew782
    @2vcrew782 Год назад +5

    I only needed one trip in the back of a black and white dodge charger handcuffed to realize I never wanted that to happen again. It isn’t fun, especially sitting in a cell by yourself for hours and hours with no human contact. It wears on you.

    • @allegorx58
      @allegorx58 Год назад +1

      yep. that’s the point.

  • @Nozam
    @Nozam Год назад +8

    John is a great story teller.

  • @jesterokjones4954
    @jesterokjones4954 Год назад

    I really like this guy for one pretty big reason, his accountability, his honesty follows right after that.

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 Год назад +3

    Great stuff John!!! 👍👍🙂

  • @bsmitley
    @bsmitley Год назад +9

    These are the types of stories that change lives. And through cars nonetheless. Great story John. And great to see you can use your experience to potentially better others.

  • @texasplumr
    @texasplumr Год назад +5

    Yep, I made a stupid decision at the age of 19 that still haunts me today at the age of 69! Being that I live in Texas, there is nothing that I can do to have it removed from my record. It doesn't matter how well I've done in the last 50 years, The state of Texas doesn't forgive. Think, before you do something stupid as a young person.

    • @michaelf.2449
      @michaelf.2449 Год назад

      @@widing19 yeah if trump can have bankruptcy disappear from his records in 7 years why shouldn't criminal records not disappear

  • @Catechuman23
    @Catechuman23 Год назад

    This is how you grow. This is success. Kudos John.

  • @VVS_jeezy
    @VVS_jeezy Год назад +1

    this man unironically started his villain arc in the back of that cop car💀

  • @rahulsudhir666
    @rahulsudhir666 Год назад

    This is why I absolutely love John Temerian. The fact that he chose to put this out now for the world n many prospective clients to see is an insanely ballsy move. Especially so considering how big a player he is becoming in the classic car scene. My dude deserves the redemption n success he's had till date n the days to come.

  • @n8inc924
    @n8inc924 Год назад +1

    Someone wise once told me that wisdom would be wasted if given to us in our youth. I agree

  • @weldonhogan9259
    @weldonhogan9259 Год назад +1

    John. Thanks for sharing

  • @milowilson5482
    @milowilson5482 Год назад +2

    The grandest proof of good character is the full on admission of poor character. People, you may hear that Tigers don't change their stripes but, we're not tigers or animals are we? Humans are the changingest (most changing., but I like the sound of "changingest") humans are the changingest things on the face of this planet. John, is human, he is ONLY human. His great character today proves, as he's readily able to admit poor character, that redemption exists, Johnny boy, you have been redeemed.
    Keep shifting forward, my guy.

  • @joeg9810
    @joeg9810 Год назад

    Great story and obviously lesson learned. Nice to see someone not blame others for their decisions, kudos!

  • @georgenelson3496
    @georgenelson3496 Год назад

    Great story.
    Very cool that you where able to learn and bounce back.. 🎉

  • @joehaney5186
    @joehaney5186 Год назад

    Best John story I've heard. Should've started with it and used that to show the humble beginnings of curated

  • @rileyhiggins4753
    @rileyhiggins4753 Год назад

    Wow thanks for such candor

  • @trwsandford
    @trwsandford Год назад +3

    What a story. Why did we have to wait so long for this one?