defaria

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SeymourButts

^^^ ...and don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment below.

Phanni

He isn't even a good actor. Every Corvette lover would be freaking out.

Judgment Day

I dunno. I can't vouch for everyone's reactions, but if I owned any car that burst into flames, the last thing I'd do is film it...much less post it on YouTube. Uhh...my car is on fire - I've got calls to make: insurance claims, police reports, let the immediate family know, err...find a ride home, etc. The last thing on my mind is (with all due respect) posting on Corvette Forum or YouTube. I don't want to see my car in the process of being damaged on film over and over unless it either helps my case in court or if it happened on the track (mainly to prevent it from happening again).

FLEXjs

I know any time a real tragedy strikes the first thing I do is whip out my smart-phone and start taking vids of said tragedy and my own reaction to it.





Looks like blatant promotion for his little fledgling YT channel.

Strong first post.

Also Strong first post.

The Successful Plumber

This thread gave me a good idea! Depending on how the C8 reveal goes I’m going to set my C7 on fire.

L8ter

Well, that's one way to get out from under those hefty car payments.

TyBoo

It got the views because it has a catchy title.

The bigger questions is, why would a guy click on and reply nine times to a thread that bothers him so?

The Successful Plumber

Paid cash for it. Just figured I’d get more for it this way between YouTube and the insurance company.

L8ter

"Financial Strategies"
Different stroke for different Folks.

The Successful Plumber

Maybe I could start a “FUND ME PAGE” from the out pour of sympathy for a C8.

KnightDriveTV

Let me explain clickbait...it's when the title or thumbnail doesn't reflect what's actually in the video. This increases views, but leads to very high bounce rate or short avg viewing times. The guy didn't BURN HIS CAR to feed his 1100 sub channel. Were it doucheboy from StreetSpeed I'd probably question it but...you don't burn your car to grow your 1100 sub channel, because your car burning up isn't really going to lead to subs, just views of that exact vid. Ad rev on that isn't gonna be sh*t anyway, he doesn't have enough subs to be monetized under the new rules.

He posted it because it happened, clearly looked kinda speechless watching it burn.

People need to calm down...

FLEXjs

I could MAYBE see someone taking a vid of the event while it happened, but not repeatedly turning the camera toward themselves and talking to it and recording their own reaction to (and comments about) the event. That's the part that makes it seem staged.

A little over 3 years ago my brand new (less than 1 year old) SRT 392 was wrecked when a dude turned left in front of me. I did not at any point take out my smart-phone and start making a video of the aftermath. I was genuinely too upset to think "Hey, this might make a good video for my YT Channel."

I was more worried about real-world **** like how much did this jackass just cost me, how am I going to get to work tomorrow, etc. plus dealing with cops, witnesses, tow truck driver, arranging for a rental, etc. You know; **** NORMAL people do when something like this happens.

defaria

Filming the incident didn't bother me at all. I've seen many real videos where people capture things, often very interesting, that I would not have thought to whip out my cell phone and film. Some people are more naturally into capturing the moment, be it a photographer or videographer. While you and I might not have the first thought of "let's get this recorded" there are many who do.

But not stating why this happened, even in simple terms with a "more detail to follow" and then not responding at all is the fishy stuff.

defaria

Your definition of clickbait is faulty. Here's a definition - content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page. Thus the web page could reflect the title or not. For example, the title can draw you in and the "article" could reflect the title but in a very unsatisfying way.

And for all, you know it may not even be his car. Maybe he just came upon somebody else's car that was on fire. Maybe it's a publicity stunt funded by somebody else. We don't know. Not enough information and it's obvious the guy's not coming back to fill us in.

Why do people say this? I don't think anybody responding here is somehow not calm. We're simply pointing out that this appears to be a farce. Hell, I can do that without breaking a sweat!

srm077

Besides no leaves on the large trees, the fact that he had his social media stuff on the quarter panel of the car is suspect too. Just appears to be a bit fishy to me.

mschuyler

Riiight! he just happened to come across a burning C7 and filmed it for his channel. Or somebody else burned up a $50K car as a "publicity stunt." The only thing not believable here is your answers.

GTIMANiac

Eight years lurking, one post and this is it?

555ctsv

A day and a half later and I'm still lol'ing at this one!

Firefighter jackets said BCFD, I googled and found Baltimore City but their FB page all their jackets actually said Baltimore City on them. If anyone really wants to dig into it further, try looking for license plates or text on the fire/tow trucks. I just watched from my phone and couldn't really see much

Hopper12

For those of you who have been around for a few years, the OP is really Black & White........

Sorry.............