Sell car to help fund your future. Solid decision.. now, when do we get a proper house tour, because we know your going to do some house mods at some point. It's in our DNA.. 😉
I just have to say that I've been following you for about 2.5 years or maybe a smidge more. I love how real you are to your TH-cam fans like myself. Although we will miss not being at Bimmer Invasion, just know I'm sure the majority understand that life definitely gets "in the way" but really it's growth and events that have to happen in life and it's not a bad thing at all. Getting into a new house and still being able to go hard in the paint with 2 different BMW's is an absolute dream. Thank you for your content and your honesty. I've really been digging the new format of your videos and I'm really excited to see where the 1M conversion gets. The E92 is my favorite in your fleet so far simply because, as you have said, it has all the right sounds and feeling that a car should be. It may not be fast, but it's a dream to drive. Congrats on the new house and new chapter with your girlfriend!
I watch all of your videos bro, as a local who wants to support you and genuinely enjoys your videos. You didn't even have to say it for me to know you sold the M4GTS and that you had likely finally bought a house. I saw the M4 GTS for sale locally and with the absence of new content (as much typical new content you normally put out) I assumed you had found a house and were moving. I am genuinely happy for you bro. I also think the moves you just made, GTS, house and moving back to roots of your channel are all very good decisions 👍. Good work bro on content and life...... good video as well. Keep killing it man.
Sounds like you made a sensible decision and I'm sure everyone is behind you on this. You continue keeping the channel fresh , relevant and extremely informative - as a long-time subscriber, this is personally all I care about. Keep up the good work!!!
I’ve seen you from Thic f30 328i bro and love the content you’ve done since day one it’s why I’m here. Everything you achieved since then like all the cars you’ve own modded and now bigger steps in life is awesome to be part of your journey brother. 🤙🏽
no explanation needed / love your work / content. I've been watching your vids since beginning , thank you for the work that you bring to us. Super pumped for the future bro.
Hey congratulations on the new home/garage!! Anyone who’s has watched this channel grow over the years should not be questioning your judgment and decisions. It’s awesome you’re able to do what you love. Very inspiring! 👏
I really liked GTS content but I absolutely understand your decision and I have no doubt it was the right one. I’m rather a newer follower from another side of the globe but I recently came back for e92 content and I think you are doing a great job with a recent videos. Very interesting and informative! The amount of work you are putting into these projects especially e92 is incredible! Keep it up man!
Hey man we all support it! I’ve been watching your channel since 2020 and we are here for you’re support! It’s sad to see when a car leaves the fleet but its probably for the better and for greater things in the future! Congrats on the new house!
I'm proud that you're always making sensible and empowering moves man! If more people moved like this, they would really be happy with their direction with cars they build or even cars they aspire to have. Leading by example brother! Great video👍 P.s You know an A91 Manual is the move haha
I've been a viewer since the 328i days. I love your videos so much bro, your style when it comes to modding tastefully is just amazing. Keep doing what you gotta do bro!!!
Makes sense to me! Enjoyed your GTS content and it helped push me to get my M4. Regardless, excited for the E92 project and looking forward to more videos!
one of the things ive had to ingrain in my mind, is the fact that it's awesome to experience more cars than it is to experience very few. sounds like this is one of those things, plus made economic sense
After I got over you selling your F30 328i, I've now understood and accepted that cars are not for life haha. Great ROI on the GTS! I know your channel is growing but it takes time to get to that TH-camr level where you can hold onto every project. Heck, even the guys at Might Car Mods don't keep every awesome project car they have done (and sometimes buy them back lol).
Facts, if I can someday I would LOVE to buy back all of my old cars. People just sort of assume if you do TH-cam you have some sort of expendable income at all times for 50 cars 😂😂
It is very respectable how you laid out the honest truth and how you live for yourself and not to please the TH-cam audience with trophy cars. Your builds are awesome and is an inspiration to many who also share the same passion. Anyone with money can buy a car but not everyone can say they rightfully built one that is one of a kind and a pleasure to them. Big props keep it going!
That’s the right move brotha it just made sense and you can focus on your future with your family! You can always hop in a f80 or f82 in like a cool individual color or special edition and still be able to experience the s55 again and go crazy with a single turbo the options are endless!
Hey Jon, could you elaborate a bit more on some of the corners cut in your previous builds to help us avoid some of the same pitfalls? You could turn it into a cool series and go over the actual build vs the "in hindsight" build if you could do it all over again, and specifically why you would make those adjustments and the issue/s resolved.
Completely get it man! You have to do what's right for you! I've had to do similar over the past few months and actually had to come out of a Beemer for the 1st time in many a year 😔 but making moves for the future 👍🏼. Keep doing you Jon and I look forward to seeing what's to come!! 👊🏼
Bummer to hear you’re not coming to invasion but life happens. Great video, totally understand why the gts is gone. Cant wait to see where these builds go. Such great bmw’s
Ive been watching this channel long enough to not be surprised. I think the m4 served it’s purpose. E90s are a great platform in my opinion. Keep doing what you do Jon 👍🏾
Man gonna miss that car, the roll cage really turned it into the perfect grocery getter haha (Inside Channel joke). Jokes aside, you absolutely kill it with every build, I'm okay with seeing one gone meaning we're getting another couple HUGE projects.
Sounds like me with my M5. I went into it thinking I could make more than what I bought it for just to find out it isn’t that type of car. I made what I put into it. I only sold it because I wanted to use the money for getting into a home and saving money
Had to trade to hellcat redeye to pay for my masters degree, currently in a launch edition Supra. When I traded the hellcat in the car salesman said something to me that changed my life. He said “sometimes you have to slow down to speed up.” That made a lot of sense to me and changed my perspective on life.
Love the builds at the moment and understanding why the gts is gone, and precisily that reason I stopped watching DDE and much more love for your channel, love the more 'realistic' builds which are do-able for multiple people and have a community in it
John, no joke, straight up, as a local, as a long time viewer, supporter wanting to see a good local guy succeed. If you are okay with Rock Hill, I seriously know someone (with a shop) who may be able to rent you space for a fantastic deal. No BS on this, genuine, reach out to me, reply to this message, give me your email ect... however (whatever is public already), you want to be contacted safely. I will talk with my buddy/neighbor (detail shop) and get you two connected. He just got a new shop and for the time being should have plenty of room to store your car safely.
I respect the moves and love that you prefer to buy cheaper more relatable cars and modify them. You see a lot of TH-camrs blow up, start acting cocky and all of a sudden they're buying and modifying $100k+ vehicles, to me it gets boring and un-relatable. ALSO, the fact that the lineup is all manual now is extremely dope.
Best decision made. Found my self in a similar situation. Keep up the good work and congrats to you and your GF in the big moves. And by the way, try out the g42 M240 AWD with an automatic, it would be nice to see you compare 2 RWD manual cars vs. a AWD auto that could be fast AF.
Onwards and up John! I get why you got out of the GTS, you also need to think about your finance situation and car values and the market as well as your channel and entertaining your subscribers. Good decision! looking forward to seeing more of the ongoing builds🤜🤛😎
Getting rid of that GTS is probably the best thing you could've done for yourself and the channel with little effort. Enjoy your new house and the progress cars!
Congratulations on the new house. As a car enthusiast, we are just caretakers and should explore multiple vehicles and builds before we pass on the experience to the next owner. 👍
I always have a way of forgetting this guy has more cars, everytike he shows attention to a car for a certain anount of time I forget he even has other cars. I literally forgot about the gts and forgot abouy that 1M convertion car, also forgot he even had a Supra.
Figured that’s what happened.. To each his own, understandable. I watch all your vids..but I’ve always enjoyed the Supra and M2 type build videos the most
In coming years, the G42 will be revered as one of the best tuner cars.... Its affordable, and for what you get its such a high value car. An AWD Supra essentially. Once the after market catches up, so driveline upgrades are available, its going to be beast, as its a lighter platform than the M340... It would be great to see you get one... I had one ordered until I fell into a perfectly optioned G80CXD, so I upgraded. Though, as much research as I did with the G42, I still would love to get one down the road at some point once I can build it out for a high HP build..
Great video. I have DM you before but want help picking a toy...I have owned a X5 50i loved the power but I am thinking a E9x M3 or M240i. Again I love hp but I know handling is a big thing too, also sound. I know horsepower and the b-58 is easier but the s65 is badass with a supercharger. Thoughts go straight to an M car or baby m? Last I do want to use this car to keep upgrading to the next toy . Thanks.
I’m beating my e63 650i until the engine shits out. I’m thinking about putting an s65 in it so it still has a bmw v8. What do you think? I’ve been getting mixed opinions on it from friends and family
Could get into the S63TU platform, I’ve owned mine for a little bit over a year and don’t see much content about it. I’d be interested to see what you’d do with either the M5/M6/M8.
You be you man, you don't need to justify your decisions to anyone. Come back to the B58 gang homie! haha. I think you made the right call on the GTS for all the comments you shared. The highpoint for used car value has definitely passed.
Everything that you did was expected and understandable! E chassi is the way that you and the majority of us like 😅 Keep the good work 💪 Ps: yeah the 513M fits good on normal e92s, I’m surprised that they need so much work to fit on the M3 tho 😱 I hope they will fit better on the 1M clone 💪
Get ewg n55 but something like 335/435. Yes you had m2 n55 not many channels that pushed particularly ewg n55 to the max like 650whp. Many b58/n54 content. Do ewg n55 with 650whp+ that is rare and there are more n55 than b58
Anyone that would say an E92 M3 is a downgrade from an M4 GTS is fucking crazy. Other than the way they look, they're not comparable, and I would take that manual V8 over basically anything produced after it.
You dont have to explain anything but in any case i think you’ve made a good choise… only next time sell me the seat 😂 i’ll being searching a pair of M4 seat for my M2 😢
Sell car to help fund your future. Solid decision.. now, when do we get a proper house tour, because we know your going to do some house mods at some point. It's in our DNA.. 😉
I’m here waiting for the response
Soon!!!
I just have to say that I've been following you for about 2.5 years or maybe a smidge more. I love how real you are to your TH-cam fans like myself. Although we will miss not being at Bimmer Invasion, just know I'm sure the majority understand that life definitely gets "in the way" but really it's growth and events that have to happen in life and it's not a bad thing at all. Getting into a new house and still being able to go hard in the paint with 2 different BMW's is an absolute dream. Thank you for your content and your honesty. I've really been digging the new format of your videos and I'm really excited to see where the 1M conversion gets. The E92 is my favorite in your fleet so far simply because, as you have said, it has all the right sounds and feeling that a car should be. It may not be fast, but it's a dream to drive. Congrats on the new house and new chapter with your girlfriend!
Thanks for the support man!
I watch all of your videos bro, as a local who wants to support you and genuinely enjoys your videos. You didn't even have to say it for me to know you sold the M4GTS and that you had likely finally bought a house. I saw the M4 GTS for sale locally and with the absence of new content (as much typical new content you normally put out) I assumed you had found a house and were moving. I am genuinely happy for you bro. I also think the moves you just made, GTS, house and moving back to roots of your channel are all very good decisions 👍. Good work bro on content and life...... good video as well. Keep killing it man.
Sounds like you made a sensible decision and I'm sure everyone is behind you on this. You continue keeping the channel fresh , relevant and extremely informative - as a long-time subscriber, this is personally all I care about. Keep up the good work!!!
I’ve seen you from Thic f30 328i bro and love the content you’ve done since day one it’s why I’m here. Everything you achieved since then like all the cars you’ve own modded and now bigger steps in life is awesome to be part of your journey brother. 🤙🏽
no explanation needed / love your work / content.
I've been watching your vids since beginning , thank you for the work that you bring to us.
Super pumped for the future bro.
Up and on to bigger and better things. I’m happy for you. Congrats on the house!! And I’m just always excited to see what you decide to build next.
Hey congratulations on the new home/garage!! Anyone who’s has watched this channel grow over the years should not be questioning your judgment and decisions. It’s awesome you’re able to do what you love. Very inspiring! 👏
I really liked GTS content but I absolutely understand your decision and I have no doubt it was the right one. I’m rather a newer follower from another side of the globe but I recently came back for e92 content and I think you are doing a great job with a recent videos. Very interesting and informative! The amount of work you are putting into these projects especially e92 is incredible! Keep it up man!
Thanks for the transparency, i would have done the same. Keep it up Jonathan 🤞
Hey man we all support it! I’ve been watching your channel since 2020 and we are here for you’re support! It’s sad to see when a car leaves the fleet but its probably for the better and for greater things in the future! Congrats on the new house!
I'm proud that you're always making sensible and empowering moves man! If more people moved like this, they would really be happy with their direction with cars they build or even cars they aspire to have. Leading by example brother! Great video👍
P.s You know an A91 Manual is the move haha
I have enjoyed your current content of the M1 clone and M3 E92 the best. Great to see you doing more of the work!
Congratulations!! You made the right decision! Very excited for you and to see where you take the e92 and 135.
I've been a viewer since the 328i days. I love your videos so much bro, your style when it comes to modding tastefully is just amazing. Keep doing what you gotta do bro!!!
Makes sense to me! Enjoyed your GTS content and it helped push me to get my M4. Regardless, excited for the E92 project and looking forward to more videos!
one of the things ive had to ingrain in my mind, is the fact that it's awesome to experience more cars than it is to experience very few. sounds like this is one of those things, plus made economic sense
Absolutely
Nothing but support over here!
Do what makes you happy and what makes sense for you man! Keep leveling up!!
Loving the new 2-car garage setup! Really nice job over the years! Proud of you and your work
After I got over you selling your F30 328i, I've now understood and accepted that cars are not for life haha. Great ROI on the GTS! I know your channel is growing but it takes time to get to that TH-camr level where you can hold onto every project. Heck, even the guys at Might Car Mods don't keep every awesome project car they have done (and sometimes buy them back lol).
No, some cars are for life. He's a TH-camr. He needs us to watch videos and not become bored or he won't make money.
Facts, if I can someday I would LOVE to buy back all of my old cars. People just sort of assume if you do TH-cam you have some sort of expendable income at all times for 50 cars 😂😂
Saw the car for sale a few weeks ago ... I just waited for you to make your video
Great life move!!! You are always an inspiration to improve your life.
It is very respectable how you laid out the honest truth and how you live for yourself and not to please the TH-cam audience with trophy cars. Your builds are awesome and is an inspiration to many who also share the same passion. Anyone with money can buy a car but not everyone can say they rightfully built one that is one of a kind and a pleasure to them. Big props keep it going!
Thanks man!
Love the videos, thanks for the update! M4 will be missed
Been debating on commenting on lots of the recent videos asking, but I knew you would address it eventually
That’s the right move brotha it just made sense and you can focus on your future with your family! You can always hop in a f80 or f82 in like a cool individual color or special edition and still be able to experience the s55 again and go crazy with a single turbo the options are endless!
Makes perfect sense 👌🏻 Just keep going with the channel. Love E92 M3 content. Got one myself a few months ago! ("11 Alpine White DCT)
Hey Jon, could you elaborate a bit more on some of the corners cut in your previous builds to help us avoid some of the same pitfalls? You could turn it into a cool series and go over the actual build vs the "in hindsight" build if you could do it all over again, and specifically why you would make those adjustments and the issue/s resolved.
Completely get it man! You have to do what's right for you!
I've had to do similar over the past few months and actually had to come out of a Beemer for the 1st time in many a year 😔 but making moves for the future 👍🏼.
Keep doing you Jon and I look forward to seeing what's to come!! 👊🏼
Congratulations man I just moved to Charlotte from Maryland and I also just brought a house as well.
Congrats on the new house! Always enjoy your vids.
Hell yeah! You’re killing it man!
Congrats on the new house!
Bummer to hear you’re not coming to invasion but life happens. Great video, totally understand why the gts is gone. Cant wait to see where these builds go. Such great bmw’s
Man I was just rewatching your m4 videos today. Good timing hahah.
Love it man always onto the next one
Ive been watching this channel long enough to not be surprised. I think the m4 served it’s purpose. E90s are a great platform in my opinion. Keep doing what you do Jon 👍🏾
What happened to the e30 s54 platform 🤔
Good thing you sold it and didn't loose money!
A smart decision both for you personally and the channel!
Best channel keep it up like your style just a normal guy loving his cars 👌
Man gonna miss that car, the roll cage really turned it into the perfect grocery getter haha (Inside Channel joke). Jokes aside, you absolutely kill it with every build, I'm okay with seeing one gone meaning we're getting another couple HUGE projects.
Congrats on the new house man!
Sounds like me with my M5. I went into it thinking I could make more than what I bought it for just to find out it isn’t that type of car. I made what I put into it. I only sold it because I wanted to use the money for getting into a home and saving money
Much respect Jon. Been watching since your F30 days, you inspired me to start my channel. Wish I could catch you at Invasion!
Had to trade to hellcat redeye to pay for my masters degree, currently in a launch edition Supra. When I traded the hellcat in the car salesman said something to me that changed my life. He said “sometimes you have to slow down to speed up.” That made a lot of sense to me and changed my perspective on life.
Hey man it's fine. I understand where you are coming from.
Hey, you do you. Keep the solid content coming’!!
Love the builds at the moment and understanding why the gts is gone, and precisily that reason I stopped watching DDE and much more love for your channel, love the more 'realistic' builds which are do-able for multiple people and have a community in it
John, no joke, straight up, as a local, as a long time viewer, supporter wanting to see a good local guy succeed. If you are okay with Rock Hill, I seriously know someone (with a shop) who may be able to rent you space for a fantastic deal. No BS on this, genuine, reach out to me, reply to this message, give me your email ect... however (whatever is public already), you want to be contacted safely. I will talk with my buddy/neighbor (detail shop) and get you two connected. He just got a new shop and for the time being should have plenty of room to store your car safely.
Dude, yes! Email me if you can: thickf30@gmail.com
@Thic Whips John I just shared your email with 'Tyler' the shop owner. He should reach out soon, day or so.
Bro we are here for your cool builds 🙂🤘🏻
I respect the moves and love that you prefer to buy cheaper more relatable cars and modify them. You see a lot of TH-camrs blow up, start acting cocky and all of a sudden they're buying and modifying $100k+ vehicles, to me it gets boring and un-relatable. ALSO, the fact that the lineup is all manual now is extremely dope.
Thanks man
Best decision made. Found my self in a similar situation. Keep up the good work and congrats to you and your GF in the big moves. And by the way, try out the g42 M240 AWD with an automatic, it would be nice to see you compare 2 RWD manual cars vs. a AWD auto that could be fast AF.
As expected, I really which I wasn’t a holder. Congrats on the house bro, keep growing.
Onwards and up John! I get why you got out of the GTS, you also need to think about your finance situation and car values and the market as well as your channel and entertaining your subscribers. Good decision! looking forward to seeing more of the ongoing builds🤜🤛😎
At first I was disappointed it sold when you first did it but the 135 quickly changed my mind good job bro
Do you dude I enjoy your content and your taste in vehicles I’ll continue to watch and like.
The grind don’t stop!! 💪🏽
Getting rid of that GTS is probably the best thing you could've done for yourself and the channel with little effort.
Enjoy your new house and the progress cars!
Glad to see you doing what's best for you. Loving the content and the builds. Curious if you still have that E30 though?
Mann im here for it all!👌🏽
Congratulations on the new house. As a car enthusiast, we are just caretakers and should explore multiple vehicles and builds before we pass on the experience to the next owner. 👍
Cannot wait for the house tour 👀
Congrats my guy! Sad to see M4 GTS go but onwards and upwards
Waiting for a f31 or f81 conversion. hopefully it will come one day and good content for the channel
It’s on my list for sure.
I always have a way of forgetting this guy has more cars, everytike he shows attention to a car for a certain anount of time I forget he even has other cars. I literally forgot about the gts and forgot abouy that 1M convertion car, also forgot he even had a Supra.
Figured that’s what happened.. To each his own, understandable. I watch all your vids..but I’ve always enjoyed the Supra and M2 type build videos the most
In coming years, the G42 will be revered as one of the best tuner cars.... Its affordable, and for what you get its such a high value car. An AWD Supra essentially. Once the after market catches up, so driveline upgrades are available, its going to be beast, as its a lighter platform than the M340... It would be great to see you get one...
I had one ordered until I fell into a perfectly optioned G80CXD, so I upgraded. Though, as much research as I did with the G42, I still would love to get one down the road at some point once I can build it out for a high HP build..
Sell one car, get a home, two cars...and a garage.....hey...nice trade up...in my 📖 📕
Great video. I have DM you before but want help picking a toy...I have owned a X5 50i loved the power but I am thinking a E9x M3 or M240i. Again I love hp but I know handling is a big thing too, also sound. I know horsepower and the b-58 is easier but the s65 is badass with a supercharger. Thoughts go straight to an M car or baby m? Last I do want to use this car to keep upgrading to the next toy . Thanks.
Good move. The F82 GTS is cool and all but I like the S65 a lot better than the S55.
I’m beating my e63 650i until the engine shits out. I’m thinking about putting an s65 in it so it still has a bmw v8. What do you think? I’ve been getting mixed opinions on it from friends and family
Congratulations on the new house, and you made an excellent decision in selling the BMW M4 GTS at the height of the market.
The GTS was not a project car. You are a car flipper and we love your projects. Good luck on the new homestead.
Could get into the S63TU platform, I’ve owned mine for a little bit over a year and don’t see much content about it. I’d be interested to see what you’d do with either the M5/M6/M8.
who paints your cars? debating on ordering the f30 gts hood but curious how bad it will be to paint estoril blue
You be you man, you don't need to justify your decisions to anyone. Come back to the B58 gang homie! haha. I think you made the right call on the GTS for all the comments you shared. The highpoint for used car value has definitely passed.
thoughts on getting another og m2 or Comp?? maybe LCI and do a turbo setup etc- not enough n55 content especially n55b
Selling the GTS was the right move. I honestly prefer the e92 content to it
Once your done with these builds, perhaps an f31 build? Maybe an engine swap to a b58? Or an f81?
I REALLLY want to do a wagon build.
@@ThicWhips That’d be really dope.
I think it was a smart move for your channel and as a business. GTS videos will be missed.
Would love to see a see a single turbo f80 in the future
Would you ever get a cheap high mileage F80? I think it’d be cool to show how reliable that chassis can be even with higher miles
Still miss the 340 content that car was dope asf to see, as I’ve been watching since the 328 days
Congrats on the house man. How is Bob dealing with it?
He loves it! Thanks man
I'd love to see a E46 M3 build!!
340i b58 what is the best car you ever owned in my opinion and it was a very interesting build
I was just thinking about how the m4 just disappeared and was wondering if you still had it.
I would love to see a s63 platform in this channel I feel like an m5/m6 would be interesting
Everything that you did was expected and understandable! E chassi is the way that you and the majority of us like 😅
Keep the good work 💪
Ps: yeah the 513M fits good on normal e92s, I’m surprised that they need so much work to fit on the M3 tho 😱 I hope they will fit better on the 1M clone 💪
Get ewg n55 but something like 335/435. Yes you had m2 n55 not many channels that pushed particularly ewg n55 to the max like 650whp. Many b58/n54 content. Do ewg n55 with 650whp+ that is rare and there are more n55 than b58
is the plan to still single turbo the 135 eventually?
It's okay John I will get an M4 in your memory. Saving for it still 😆
Greta - how dare you! 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah doing a build you enjoy and not expensive is the way to go. I really should make videos on my 340xi.
Anyone that would say an E92 M3 is a downgrade from an M4 GTS is fucking crazy. Other than the way they look, they're not comparable, and I would take that manual V8 over basically anything produced after it.
You dont have to explain anything but in any case i think you’ve made a good choise… only next time sell me the seat 😂 i’ll being searching a pair of M4 seat for my M2 😢
Can you please explain yourself every single time you make a personal decision? On that note…what’s up with the pants?
😂😂😂
Can't waot for 1M color reveal is it gonna be Valencia Orange for Laguna seca blue?
Man has the Rapha drip. Sheeeesh.
Was the E30 too far gone? not worth the time/investment? since u got rid of the E36 as well for the engine swap.
Unfortunately yes, I wasn’t willing to dump 60k plus into that car. Maybe down the road, but rn I just can’t justify that