at 12:31 there is that slight power loss / hesitation right after the shift ... I see that on many of the A8 Z06 going to 5th on many videos too . What’s going on with that ??

I'm a gen z kid and I approve this message. Everything that I watch, aside from sports, sports-related shows, and movies is on YouTube, and that's common among my peers. Some people on YouTube are toxic and fake their personalities, but every content creator that I watch is self-made and humble. They don't follow scripts or corporate orders, unlike TV shows. It's amazing how much better the camera quality of YouTube videos are now compared to TV shows, and their editing talent is far ahead. YouTube allows people to watch content about the things that they are interested in, and it lets them explore topics that they don't know anything about. TV is nothing but scripted comedies, biased news coverage, "reality" shows, and Live PD at this point. The only automotive shows are produced and run by people who know nothing about cars. On YouTube, I watch tons of different self-made guys who buy their own cars, work on their own cars, drive the hell out of their own cars, film their own videos, edit their own videos, and make a ton of money doing it. And they aren't all guys sitting in garages working on show cars. Cleetus McFarland ran a 7.89s quarter mile in a C5 Vet-cart with no body and a 6-speed manual(first GM stick car in the 7s), and he just bought a race track. Adam LZ is a Formula Drift Pro 2 competitor who owns his own team, has his own merchandising company, and was good enough last season to earn a spot in Formula Drift's top division(he's not moving up yet, though). Guitarmageddon ZL1 works at a steel mill full time but also has a channel with a 9-second 5th gen ZL1 that's switching to a big turbo setup. These guys are legit, and I have met those three in person. Unlike actors, most big YouTubers engage with their fans in-person through events that they create, and guys like Cleetus can shut down entire highways with the traffic they bring into areas. They do influence lives, and they do so in a great way. Some, like Mr. Beast, even make a living by making videos about giving away money or thousands of dollars worth of stuff to people, charities, or other causes in need. You don't see that type of stuff of TV.

BTW, here's a video of that "idiot" TJ Hunt driving horribly and abusing a poor car. This should be illegal :rolleyes:

With all due respect that’s simply not correct.

I know they ordered from Matt Beaver at Whitmoyer Chevrolet. Whitmoyer is a small dealer and do not have the allocations or influence that Kerbeck, MacMulkin, Chiswell have. In fact Whitmoyer Chevrolet is not even on the list of the top 50 Corvette dealers.

AND the custom VIN option does not get you moved up on the production list it simply affords you the ability to pick a custom VIN.

He actually posted this on his channel, he was making around $3,000+ per video and growing.

Honestly though these guys are all morons. Spilling Monster energy drinks on the seat of your brand new C8 and racing within 15 minutes of picking up their cars. Youtube is stupid central and pay these guys to burn brain cells.

again I laugh because most of you seem to think that the people in here saying whatever about TJ has something to do with his age, but then again you're the ones who are impressed by some dude doing doughnuts and burnouts in a car, you are the same people who stand at the C&C exits with your phones out recording what someone else is doing because for some odd reason you think that posting the vid on your social media page people will think you're cool for being able to record something...hahahaha...instant gratification by seeking approval by others...talk about low self esteem. I watch a lot of YouTubers, I subscribe to most of the good ones, DDE, Shmee, Supercar Blondie, VinWiki, Street Speed, Doug DeMuro, Cleetus McFarland, Emelia Hartford, etc and the ones that I enjoy the most are the ones that actually talk about the cars, talk about the mods they do, go over nice exotics, not the one who do nothing the whole episode but burn their tires, my rocks don't get off by seeing tire smoke, I can do that in my car or on my motorbikes myself, but hey, that's just me, I'm not as easily amused as a lot of people.

Truth be known, Jay Leno could do burnouts and doughnuts in his new C8 or whatever car he owns and it wouldn't impress me in the least simply because I think those two things are just stupid and I'm not a pimply faced pre-teenaged boy who walks around with a boner every time I hear a car spin it's tires. Post up some good drag times or laps on a road course, that will impress me.

Customer cars are built in VIN order. So if you pay for a low VIN, you do move up the production list.

For the good of the California school system which seems to have failed this person, Louisville is pronounced "Lou-E-vil"

Oh yes.. and Texas is "big and flat". I know that's shocking. Where's all the cactus plants like in the Western movies? Well, they are in Arizona.

You're welcome. I know, Geography is tough. Maybe someday he'll get to go to the Morocco Grand prix.

Don't be shocked, but we agree ;) It's hilarious that everyone throwing around the stereotypes, "ok boomer" comments and age jokes are being stereotypical snowflakes ... oh the hypocrisy and irony hahahaha

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Being older than the majority of the other members it is not surprising that this is the first TJ Hunt video that I have seen. I watched it and the ones from Speed Street 717 because they took delivery of the first C8’s. Being about 50 years older than TJ, I probably would not have done some of the same things he did in a new car. I did enjoy the videos and tried to learn as much from them as possible. Like he was driving 84 mph and turning 1700RPM. The split screen on the nav. and other small items about the car. I’m guessing that he was doing about 180-185 in that 6500 sixth gear pull. He did “influence” me to change my want for the car from 90% to 95%. I still want to sit and drive the car before I give up my C7. Some of You Tubers are better than others but I found TJ’s entertaining.

no, it isn’t... It’s “Loo uh vull”.

carry on.

Well, it sure as hell isn't Lewis Ville.

Please explain to me the proper way you wod do a donut and provide a video of you doing said donut. The car has serious nannies on it so its not going to want to do a donut. If you think thats considered abusing the car then you're one of those people that still has a 3000 mile base c6 in their garage with a blow up bubble protector around it.

First off you don't know what your talking about? Whitmoyer is on the list and is also the number 1 Corvette dealership in Pennsylvania? My dealership is number two in Pennsylvania and when did you become an expert in Corvette ordering? Do you work at a Chevrolet dealership? if a customer chooses custom vin option for the $5,000 they pick the number and GM will tell you if it is available or not. If it isn't you pick another? Last year some of us did it to get our ZR1's early in production?

People with high self-esteem don't care this much about what others are doing :confused2:

A lot of these dumb content youtube channels like TJ Hunt, Stradman, Streetspeed, etc. are popular because they were one of the first out of the gate on youtube. They wouldn't cut it as a new channel these days.

WAY better content and intelligent youtube car channels like Mr JWW, Tavarish, VinWiki, etc.

Note: I'm a millennial, not a boomer.

You mean THIS GUY that the the GP was named for?

:lurk:

TJ Hunt had a video on the topic of his VIN. In it he said he approached his buddy "Matt" (Farrar) about how to get an early car and later found out that he had been accepted into the "VIP program".

There is plenty of circumstantial evidence that GM held back the first 25 VIN's for auctions, VIPs, and anyone paying for a low VIN.

And it's abundantly clear that a select group of Youtubers got preferential access to the car pre-production as well.