700k subscriber AMA with Ed Bolian
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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Car related questions:
1:05 What is your 5 car dream garage?
2:40 How is the S65 doing reliability wise?
3:07 Did you ever total a car?
4:09 What car am I chasing right now?
4:33 Who do I admire most?
5:10 What are my favorite roads?
5:54 Would you want a movie made about the Cannonball Record?
6:36 What is the single best car moment I have ever had?
7:59 Where do I see car enthusiasm in the next 25 years?
9:15 What was my first car?
9:58 What car would I want from overseas?
10:29 Dream road trip on any continent?
10:04 Have I ever bought a car sight unseen?
12:03 How many Lambos have I had? How many cars have I owned?
12:32 Do I think anyone can or will beat my Cannonball record?
13:58 What is the most overrated car I have ever driven?
14:42 What are my thoughts on the current crop of hypercars?
16:30 Do I work on my cars myself?
17:11 Have I had any near death experiences?
17:34 Worst time I ever stalled a car? Most embarrassing moment?
17:59 Are you only interested in exotics?
18:57 Best daily I have ever owned?
19:09 Most reliable supercar?
20:04 Personal top speed
20:45 Scariest time as a passenger?
21:08 Toughest car to sell at Motorcars of Georgia?
21:56 Personal belongings left in cars?
22:49 Will I ever buy a TT Lamborghini? Thoughts on modified cars?
24:12 Who from the channel would make a good Cannonballer?
24:42 What was the weirdest thing I saw in the Lambo dealership?
25:09 Thoughts on the Grand Tour?
26:15 Recommendation for a cheap first sports car - $10-15k
26:35 What's happening to the 993? RWB? Do I regret selling a car?
27:54 Do I want an Aventador?
28:53 Favorite car I sold while working at Motorcars of Georgia?
29:18 No speed limits anywhere or a Ferrari F50?
30:05 Is there any movement on the $300k Bugatti deal?
30:48 Will I ever own a Tesla?
31:49 Is anyone currently waiting to reveal a Cannonball result?
32:09 What are my thoughts on the E60 M5?
33:05 Will I ever buy a brand new car?
33:48 What is the first car you ever fell in love with?
34:23 Have I lost friends over buying exotic cars?
35:06 Worst gremlin I have discovered after buying a supercar?
36:18 What car would I go back in time and buy?
37:00 Can I drift?
37:26 What is the most interesting characteristic of a car I have seen?
38:10 If I could merge 2 cars together to create the best package, what would they be?
38:53 What caused your hatred of McLaren?
40:16 What car did you regret buying?
40:34 Best trip while working at Lamborghini Atlanta
41:10 What do I find so special about the Murcielago?
41:49 What is my guilty pleasure car?
42:20 What is your opinion of the 550 Maranello?
43:15 Worst car I have ever owned?
43:46 What Lamborghini Ad Personam colors would I choose?
44:27 What is your favorite BMW of all time?
44:58 What are my thoughts on cars like Ariel Atoms, Radicals, etc.?
VINwiki related questions
45:22 When are we having a meetup?
45:40 Why did I create VINwiki? Was it primarily a business motive?
46:54 Is VINwiki profitable? How does it make money?
48:16 When will there be an update to the app?
48:42 What are the future plans of VINwiki?
49:07 When will VINwiki be available in other countries?
49:42 What is the most interesting piece of information you have found about a car on VINwiki?
50:44 Talk a bit about the founding team of VINwiki and is it a full time job?
Business
51:40 Would you recommend the path you took? How does it feel to have people look up to you?
52:45 What is the biggest risk you ever took?
54:09 How did I market my first business?
55:11 If I were starting from zero, what steps would I take?
56:01 Nicest customer? Meanest customer?
58:31 Best advice for a young entrepreneur?
59:00 When did I realize I had the gift of a salesman? ...Storyteller?
1:00:00 What is the hardest part about saving for an exotic?
1:00:43 What is my best advice on networking and relationship building?
1:01:27 What is the difference between Shrewd Negotiating and lowballing?
1:02:52 Best piece of advice for someone who wants to enter the car business?
1:03:39 What are some of your long term goals?
1:04:41 What career choice would I have selected if I weren’t doing this?
1:05:21 What is a good career choice that will guarantee a chance to own supercars?
1:07:20 What is my biggest regret in life?
1:08:18 How did I earn enough to buy my first Lambo in college?
1:08:39 Do I regret closing the exotic car rental business?
Personal Life
1:09:29 Have you had your snake get out? Do I plan on getting more?
1:10:21 Has becoming a father changed your perspective on the automotive industry? Do I think he will drive a manual exotic car? Has he expressed any interest in cars? Hot Wheels or Matchbox? If he wants a sports car for his first car, will you let him?
1:11:21 Most interesting story of being pulled over? How many Fast Driving Awards have I avoided? Is Gwinnett or Fulton more strict?
1:12:12 Would I ever consider doing a show like Top Gear or Grand Tour?
1:12:40 Did I go through puberty twice? Why does my voice sound like this?
1:13:36 Do I have a copy of the MTV show from 2004?
1:14:00 Boxers or briefs?
1:14:03 How tall are you?
1:14:13 If cars didn’t exist, what do you think you would dedicate all your time to instead?
1:14:26 Favorite music to drive to
1:14:50 When will I be running for public office?
1:15:32 What do my parents think of my car buying habits? Business habits in general?
1:15:46 What really freaks me out?
1:15:57 Talk about your faith and how that works with the car business? How do you stay so calm?
1:16:48 How have cars helped you through difficult times emotionally?
1:17:27 How did I meet my wife?
1:17:52 What is my favorite color, what is my favorite IPA, do I like sour beer?
1:18:13 What is your favorite Fast and Furious movie?
1:18:36 nuggins - Can you record my voicemail greeting for me?
1:18:59 Where can I get an Albino Iguana?
1:19:14 What are my thoughts on SIM Racing?
RUclips
1:20:10 What was my inspiration behind the channel?
1:21:00 Will you let Doug Demuro review your cars? Is Doug coming to tell stories?
1:21:30 Who would I love to have on VINwiki?
1:21:55 What story did I think would do better?
1:22:28 How do we select storytellers? Do we pay them? Have we considered posting user submitted stories?
1:23:06 Has anyone turned down an invitation?
1:23:22 Should we move to California?
1:23:37 Have I thought about doing car reviews?
1:24:05 How has my life changed from RUclips fame? Do people recognize me in public?
1:24:43 How did we decorate the background? Where can I buy an Alligator lamp?
1:25:10 Is Alex Roy coming to tell stories?
1:25:23 How did I meet Rabbit?
1:25:46 Which story would I like to relive? What would I do differently?
1:26:27 Would I ever consider doing a VLOG or a Podcast?
1:27:09 What is your favorite story you have told?
1:27:30 Are there any stories you can’t tell on VINwiki?
hey man absolutely love the long form content would love to see more like this in the future. Can't wait to listen to this at work tonight! Thanks for the effort
wow, thats alot of questions, you really didnt leave any question out did you?
@@hellothree8223 I left out 600 or so. Glad to have had the chance to answer some of them.
@@EdBolian how many duplicate questions did you get?
Chiter 1 day ago
I would totally watch a Netflix documentary about Ed's Canonball Run!
I would pay for netflix just for that
Why Netflix? They have a youtube channel. Lol
MTV could sell the 2004 video to Netflix, and Ed add a directors cut story to end.
Zachariah Nelson Only if he’s narrating it
Seriously..I love hearing these stories
Ed knows how to run a RUclips channel for sure . Giving the people what we want. AND TIME STAMPS THIS IS RIDICULOUS
I wish television companies would understand that people just want something genuinely relatable. It's pretty easy to spot what's fake and staged, I think people are tired of it
@@littlerhino2006 you need a actual account dropping this knowledge
@@littlerhino2006 People are getting their news from youtube for the same reasons!
Damn no name went a little on a tangent but I can say this ed knows what people want cuz I never understood car people wit fancy cars hes made me see them on how much I love weed they have this things becuase they truly love it and want i can relate plus hes so relatable whit out ever been able to have ever had the things hes had shot even been inside that fancy car but this man has made understand the grasp of where his passion comes from
Wait a video of just Ed that lasts an hour and twenty eight minutes? Christmas came early.
That's a movie
Go stand at a car dealership for an hour and half you get the same voice
@@ericworthington7299 #oscar for best voice goes to.... :D
Who is Christmas? 😌
(_)(_):::::::::::lD💨
ps. 👆 that's a rocket ship 😉
Yes! He also a shrewd talker. I always feel like my IQ just rises a little every time I listen to him.
1 hr of listening to Ed talk? Sounds like a plan!
Breeze BC I feel the same way..just good voice to listen to
He could crush the podcast game
He has a huge network of guests too and we could hear the longer story behind some of these epic stories. Post the whole podcast up, maybe even live stream like Joe Rogan and The smoking tire podcasts. Then later on he can post up epic clips from the larger podcasts for those who can't digest the entirety. So much potential here.
He’s the only one on vinwiki I listen to. He’s great.
I hope he ends it by saying "Thank you for coming to my Ed Talk".
I came to VinWiki at 25 subscribers now there 700k. I can’t Believe the journey. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for coming along for the ride. It has been an amazing journey.
I forgot what it was when I came in but I feel like it was lower than 100k
@@guyknightley3499 it grew really really fast! I remember when it was 30k and I was like damn.... These are some good stories! And Ed is a Lambo legend. Abd sure enough it started to blow up :)
I was here at 0 subscribers.
@@paul2673 oh... oh yeah? I pre-subbed to this channel. I pre-ordered my subscription
1hr and 30 mins of Ed Bolian answering questions?? Sign me up!
Didn't even notice it was 1 and a half hours
I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching.
That's a movie
I love how Ed is unapologetic about his faith and share the word of Jesus Christ! Such a breath of fresh air in these crazy times. 😎😎
This is my favorite aspect of Ed. Love it
I'm not a Christian but ed is clearly one of the good ones and I can respect that!
I found it disappointing actually. In my experience most intellectuals with the type of poise Ed seems to possess seem to realize the ideas put forward in any religion don't seem to make any sense. I wish people could just find a way to be good without needing a dangling carrot called "heaven" to motivate them.
@@thomascourts7599 -
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18
@@ivansvintsitsky8787 quoting the bible to someone who thinks it's a lie doesn't make much sense does it? Keep being manipulated by other people and believing in "miracles" as a child would.
What a coincidence that the church is the most profitable institution in the world. Why would god request money from his followers?
You deserve everyone of these 700k subscribers ! Listening to all the stories published here is a real pleasure. Thank you Ed
ED Bolian as a lawyer, now that's a scary thought.
not if you're the client....
We settled right in the middle and he got the death penalty
@@tangneptune lol!!! (not for the guy tgats getting the death penalty :)
Tangy hahahahahahaha i laughed out loud at 5am
Jesus will deal with the real punishment in Ed’s mind...
700k subscribers! We are all so grateful for the viewership and for the opportunity to share our stories. What are some other guests you would like to see us invite?
VINwiki no problem you guys are awesome
Doug DeMuro!
Tom from Tom's turbo garage, Brent from PFI speed, Jr. to talk about his dad, an interesting engineer from Lamborghini or Bughatti, or interesting people from anywhere in the auto industry. I love car stories.
Possibly normalguysupercar from texas... he might have some intersting ones (smaller growing channel)
Doug Demuro
2days ago Casey Putsch tells one of the best stories EVER on Vinwiki.
Ed Bolian: Hold my beer, (uploads over an hour video).
Congrats again on 700,000 subscribers Ed! 1 million is just around the corner at this point. This is one of the best car channels on RUclips hands down!
I appreciate you answering all of the questions as well, most people pick a few and make a short video. I think I speak for everyone when I say we can sit here and listen to you talk all day long
Thank you for your persistent support of the channel. I am curious to see how the algorithms treat this one.
@@EdBolian my pleasure Ed. I'm curious to see how the algorithm treats it as well. A lot of RUclipsrs feel as though 20 minute videos are the cap, but it definitely depends on the channel. You could post 30 minute stories all day long, people will enjoy them.
I'm gonna say this will hit a million views in under 4 months
If I ever meet Ed Bolian, I will shake his hand and say thank you.
Cheers
I saw him around Halloween at a local pumpkin farm, I didn't want to bother him and his family, but I knew it was him.
When you can’t hide in the bathroom at work for whole video.
Vinwiki blew up!!! Love it! Let's go for a million!
90 minute vid with Ed!? Hell yes! Congratulations on the growth of the brand as well.
Thanks so much. It has been a lot of fun.
Ed is the only one who I would listen to for 1.5 hrs
Yea him and rabbit.
Obvisouly not a jre fan then
What makes Ed so special is that the way he let's us in on his stories and inside jokes, you feel like you know him. You must have been a helluva salesman.
Congrats on 700k, already on road to 1 million.
@@bahe57 man crush on Ed, I guess... My wife's loves to make fun of me for it.
@@bahe57 also been a subscriber for like 2 years
Congrats on 700K! I see that million mark rapidly approaching 😎
You got called out to cannonball...
Hey Rob, how about a vid from you?
Will Jay Leno ever sit down with VinWiki?
Ew I hope not
That would be sick
Still waiting for the Doug DeMuro episode... babysteps
@@gustavolopez4981 Same here!
Have a all denim day. He will be there.
Congrats! 1 million is just around the corner!
ROAD TO 1 MILLION. Glad i stumbled across this channel about a year ago now. Its awesome to see channels that show this much care for detail and care for its fans. Also thank you for opening me up to new personalities on youtube to learn even more about cars from. To Ed and everyone thats part of the VinWiki family, congrats and keep up the amazingly awesome work 💚💚🤘🤘🤘🤘
I literally just sat and watched the equivalent of a vinwiki movie...
1:24:25 been slowly watching this video in segments throughout my day and finally saw my question pop up at the very end :D congrats on 700k Ed!
Patrick you are probably about the last person I expected to find in the comments section
Glad to hear your a believer in our Lord and Saviour, may you spread His message. God bless from Scotland.
Who else sat through the whole 1.5 hours of this episode??
Just watched the entire video and didn’t skip a single second and enjoyed every single second of it!!!!! Keep it up Ed
This was worth the wait from yesterday. Thanks! Can't wait to listen to them all.
I could listen to Ed's voice all day, so damn soothing lol
Now Ed becomes a billionaire selling his voicemail messages inserting every name availible.
Ed actually skyped into my classroom to speak with my students. Such a great guy to take time out of his day for the youngsters.
That was a lot of fun. We should do it again sometime.
Almost 1h 30min of Ed talking? Yeah, count me in!
Congrats to all the subscribers and success!
Just when I need to study for my exams..
Nobody:
Ed: uploads 1,5 hour video..
Such a long video! Perfect to have playing in the background at work. Thanks for making the morning that much better.
Thanks for watching!
Ed Bolian it only took me the entire day, but I finally finished! Keep doing what you guys do!
Congrats on 700K!
Ed, thank you for this channel. You and your cohorts on this channel are very amusing, you are all great story tellers. This is my favorite channel on RUclips, glad this can channel take care of Vinwiki and your family!
I hope this video does great for you Ed. Here’s to 700k more subs
1:03:27
Bingo. When i worked at a dealership right out of high school i started out as a porter because i needed a job and that was the only position open. Then i began helping the service writers write up customers coming in for service. Once i had gotten the hang of that i started getting involved with helping the loaner car manager with issuing out rental cars. After about a year the rental car manager had gotten into some hot water over not checking the conditions of the loaners being turned in and the dealership had to eat the cost of scrapped rims, burn holes in interiors...etc. Well, they ended up taking that position away from him and the GM decided to have all service writers learn how to do rentals. I took it upon myself to deal with the loaner department myself so they wouldn't be bothered with it. Keep in mind at first i was not getting paid for the extra work... i will still making crap porter money but in my mind if i did a well enough job i would get my raise. 6 months into portering, service writing and taking care of the rental department i got my big raise and of course new job titles. I would even provide my GM with a daily updated list of the miles on each unit along with the date put in and due out of service ( which was not my responsibility because long story short if a unit gets so many miles on it they can pull it out of fleet and sell it fast) Loaner department went from having 6 cars to 32 by the end of my career there. It was bittersweet leaving a department that i pretty much had full control over and built up into a well functioning cash cow for the company but i had better things waiting for me on the horizon. Ed makes an excellent point. You need to put yourself out there and learn as much as you can...even if you don't get paid for the extra work or recognized at first it will all work out exactly how you want it to.
Helps if you are growing up in a credit boom and not a credit crunch
I drive cross country often, and love to listen to the stories as I'm driving.....
One story is about 12 minutes which averages about 4 stories per hour with the short breaks or phone calls I take....
My last California to Key West Florida trip flew by so fast I wish they were farther apart.... cheers
Congratulations on 700K! Been following this for a while and I love the stories!
Sup Ed, its pretty cool on my behave to know we both share Faith in Christ and also have passion for car. Be more Bless Bro.
My favorite channel.
God bless you for being open and honest about your faith. Thanks for the hour or more of chilled out time listening to all these mini stories.
Congrats on 700k you need 10 million fast
Nice to see you, Ed! Hope you have a great week!
I swear I could listen to Ed talk for 10 hours about literally anything and enjoy it
Sooooooo excited to watch this! Instant thumbs up
I could listen to ed all day long, its like hes a old grampa with cool stories.
As always
**Ed for President**
Ed for C.E.O 😜
First 1.5 hour video that i watched every second of and enjoyed every single second of. Congrats on 700k!
Haven’t finished the video yet but I’m loving listening to it while I do work thank you!
1 and a half hours of Ed Bolian talking? Let me grab my popcorn, This is gonna be good!
Movie time
This channel has definitely grown, I’ll always love it. Your videos are part of my daily routine. 🤙🏻 mahalo from Hawaii.
Mahalo! Thanks for watching.
4/3/2001 Ed thank you for the life education I'm 50 years old and you opened my eyes again I learned so much from this video you prompted me to take a look at my self and I'm going to attempt to apply your brilliant words to my way of thinking to change the way I handle my self thank for the inspiration
Wow! So many questions! Extended videos makes me happy!
It was physically IMPOSSIBLE for me to click this notification any faster.
Thank you for the stories Sir!
Love vinwiki videos
First RUclips video I’ve ever watched where I felt like I should be taking notes. Ed is such an entertaining person his personality is marketable.
Holy shit it took 3 hours to do that index! My brother has met you, he is a Sandy Springs officer and was glad he was on a different call when you had that accident on that test drive...love your stories bud!
Holy smokes I thought I misread the length of the video at first... hour and a half of ed?! Yes please!!
This got me through the day. Thank you for such excellent stories.
Enjoyed entire video so much. Would love to see full version reveal of VINwiki's soundtrack on 1 million subscribers!
Congrats on the 700k Ed.
I never once watch a youtube video this long... all the way.
Congrats on the 700k
1 million is just around the corner! 👏👏👏
There are so many pearls of wisdom from Ed in here; on life, business, success, work ethic, integrity. So good. If I didn't live on the other side of the continent, it would be fascinating to sit down with Ed for 30 min and talk shop.
Awesome video Ed, always enjoy listening to talk about car stories ;)
Pagani Zonda
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Dude, I wasn't expecting an hour and a half. Glad I got my coffee already when I saw the notification! Congratulations on having an amazing channel btw.
This is the first ever 1hr+ long video that I watched without taking a break, there’s never a dull moment with Ed.
I think the best thing about these Ed centric videos is that Ed as a person, and his character are one of those that we would all like to have as a mentor. Thanks for doing what you are doing and how you go about it!!
It's been really amazing seeing VinWiki grow. 👍
1 million this year?
For sure ;)
It seems that way. That will be an unreal feeling.
Nice job man, you deserve it!
Clearly you and your team spent A LOT of time on this video. We are grateful to have a clean, well organized, and quite enjoyable car show to watch that isn't Doug DeMuro 24/7, Vehicle Virgins, etc. Sure helps that you're local to me as well.
Colombia is pretty chill now Ed 👍🏼👍🏼🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴
Oh yes! Long video?? Tuned in....thank you VinWiki
Thank you for talking about being a Christian! You just gained a fan for life!
Came from PKA podcast was not disappointed! Awesome channel congrats on 700k!
Fell asleep watching random videos woke up to this video, pretty sweet way to start the day and perfect excuse to be late to work .
Last question, will I watch a 1.5 hour long video about Ed and the VW channel? Yes, yes I will. And I did. And it was awesome.
Congrats on 700k dude! Onward to 1 million :)
Having my M4 brake pads changed. Waiting at the dealership and this video couldn’t have been uploaded at a better time. 👌
Ed, you absolutely have made my day, you answered my question about the MTV show! I’ll find a copy of that some day!
Ed, you should make this a tradition maybe at 1 million, 1.5 million followers etc.. In my opinion its as entertaining as any of your other videos!
Thank you for being open about your faith, Ed! It's not something that is often brought up in the car community, so I found it very refreshing to hear.
Congratulations on 700k subs
And thanx for bringing awesome story
This year you will accomplish 1M! Stay on track - we love the VINwiki stories ;)
I remember coming to this channel with just 30k subs, loved every story here and hope to see more of these coming!
ED IS THE MAN.
Wow. I just spent an Hour+ of Ed just talking. And didn't realize until I was an hour in.
As far as social media I appreciate you talking realistically about the positives and negatives of your path. I feel like people only show what works and not what doesn't. I really like listening to your story, although I would not follow in your footsteps I really appreciate your transparency and I enjoy listening to your story.
Been a subscriber since vinwiki was under 100k. Glad to see its finally getting its followers! Ed is awesome. Wish to meet him or any of these guys at a cars & coffee.
With this video I must say march has been a fantastic month
You're a great story teller. Plus it's all about cars... what's not to love
You are very kind. It has been fun to get better at storytelling through the repetition and practice.
@@EdBolian thanks for sharing!!! I've enjoyed it so far
At 55:20 you said “start working.” Reflecting over my life, I can’t tell you how many times I have seen people never even have the opportunity to be successful or fail because “the time wasn’t right”.
I’ve always been the one to basically dive in head first and push right through the layer of ice on the surface. I have had a few very very expensive mistakes, but in the end those times taught me exponentially more than my successes.
The Nuggins voicemail recording was unreal! I like your style, Ed!
Time to Pull up a chair and get the popcorn. Congrats on 700k subs!
Can only imagine how long the 1 mill sub video will be lol
A true gentleman
Thank you sir.
Ed love all your videos so glad to see success of your RUclips channel. And to show that having a clean Christian channel that my kid can watch without worry. Keep up the good work it is appreciated.
Man I could listen to Ed talk all day, great stories...