Having enough money to be able to fly your super car to another continent, then drive all over that continent doing a dream road trip and flying your car back, probably has a bit to do with that.
You say that, I saw him at a Le Mans I went to (I forget which year) and he was recording a review of some new car at it's booth/stand/PR/hospitality building and he was not happy with people getting in the background. Very moody
He says he doesn’t have room for a camera bag. Then he says he put his bag in the camera car. What a spoiled prick. What a complete waste of the world.
@@fastinradfordable i know can you believe that someone with money has problems!! i thought the general rule was that you couldn’t have problems unless you were poor!
@@thewebwingman shiiiidddd you was living life in the C5. I drove from New Orleans (LA) to my home city Compton (CA) and it was comfy. I’m 6’6 250 for reference.
Tim literally living the dream every car enthusiasts around the world. Owns multiple supercars and travelling around the world doing what he passion about What an inspiration
You know what would be a genius idea? Make a VinWiki studio in an RV or trailer, then travel the country going to where the story tellers are. It’d be a fun trip, and you’d get a lot of content!
When you get down to it. Shmee’s chronicles in that car are epic. Most people take a couple pictures of the car parked in front of a few tlandmarks. This man takes it to the next level
The police experience was my favorite part of this story, and it's very accurate. What a great VINwiki story, good to see Shmee on there. What I really wanted to know though is, despite the lack of luggage space and storage pockets, how was the Ford GT on the road for a road trip car? Too harsh? Passable as a road car?
It would make my day if someone were to put a trailer behind that GT. Ford’s designers would hate you for letting that car be seen with a hideous little trailer, but it serves them right for making it so impractical. Both the Dodge Viper ACR and Chevrolet C7 Corvette ZR1 sparked it on every race track ever, so what is the GT special for, anyway?
The Seattle Police pulled me over driving a car with it's US military tags from overseas. Had all the papers, insurance tags, shipping & pick up papers. Still got a ticket, took it to court. They made me pay a fine..."Awesome!" That plate, as well as my other Euro tags are on display Rob Pitt's warehouse along with some other automobilia I can't hang up until the barn gets built.
I’ve taken a long road trip (not multiple months) in several cars ( nothing fancy) the three that stood out to me was my 2004 Audi A4 1.8t and my 2012 Infiniti FX35 these cars were extremely tight and at 6’ 1” it was uncomfortable going from NY to Florida. The third and final car was my 2005 Ford Crown Victoria P71 was THE best road trip car I was comfortable the entire trip and thought it would’ve been the opposite.
@@sabr5162 omg lmao sounds awful! One time when I had the Audi it was myself and 2 others ugh it was brutal there was no leg room. Are you still in Florida and how long was that drive?
Two years late I know, but I did Vegas to Anchorage in a 2001 Tacoma xtracab. Three dumb dogs, two stupid cats in the bed, all in separate crates, and my 'wife at the time' (a truly insufferable woman). The trip was so bad that when we hit Montana, I had my ex take me to a car rental place. I was going to rent a car and drive back to Vegas. The place was closed so I continued on. In Canada, the towns were so small they usually only had one hotel and they didn't allow pets. My ex insisted that we take all the animals inside at night. Did I mention it was the dead of Winter? So each night we had to smuggle all the animals inside through the window of the room. Each night we had to be prepared to shush the dogs because they kept hearing noises and wanted to bark. I got stuck in the snow at one point and had to be winched out. Half a day lost there. This small description doesn't do justice to how unbelievably bad those ten days were. Never again.
I remember driving past shmee when I headed back from school on the Autobahn. I waved at him and I'm not sure if he saw me but after first seeing him I remember telling my grandpa to speed up so I can actually see shmee and sadly he got a speeding ticket for catching up with shmee 😂
No Shmee amber turn lights are legal here in America but Ford was too ignorant to make them standard worldwide. Red turn lights are lazy design can't contrast against brake lights.
I've done a few road trips in my '06 Ford GT and it's not too bad if it's just me or me and my little one. We manage to stuff everything for a weekend in a duffle bag on the floor. With two adults, it would be difficult. Can't wait for my '21 to get here to see how to work around it like Shmee150 did.
Shmee150 has the most wonderful fresh enthusiastic way of telling his stories! The excitement is SO Infectious! He is probably the most perfect person to take a road trip with! He is fun loving and daring but he is also very thoughtful and caring in the way he looks after his passenger and accounts for somebody else riding with him, ensuring they are comfortable. He is a most excellent host! Shmee! If you ever find yourself in Fort Worth, or Dallas Tx, Or Anywhere near Hugo, Oklahoma or Paris, Texas, and you break down, or Y'all Need a place to sleep, or food to eat, or a Good Mobile Mechanic, who works day and night and loves European & 'Merican cars too! who will come straight to you wherever your having trouble. message me!
Funny story about Shmee's Chicago leg. Local car scene photogs heard he was coming, as he was spotted with other exotics. People were calling police not about speeding, but on the photogs! Gumball rally style hanging out way out windows and thru sunroofs to get the best shots. Grabbing a guys belt to get that extra low rolling shot.
In 2012 I moved from Halifax NS to Grande Prairie, AB with my buddy in a 2007 Eclipse GS. Not nearly as low on space as the Ford GT, but definitely not a comfortable car to drive 5000km with everything you decide to bring with you when you move across the country haha. Since then we've moved to Mexico and have brought the car with us. 90k Miles, had a transmission failure which we diagnosed as a cable that had fallen off of a shift solenoid. Fixed that as bare ass amateurs. I still daily that car, very fun to drive even though it's not a Gated Manual LP640
"Is this legal?" "Yes" "OK - off you go , then." Brilliant! Why couldn't I ever meet cops like that? Mine went more like..."You can go ahead and get out of the car."
The car is registered in the UK. It is not an US registered car, nor is it going to be. Plus if you do any registering of the car over here you have taxes that would have to be paid. To put it short it would be a form of fraud, and illegal to have a UK registered car on US plates for a non us citizen whose not actually registering the car here for the purpose of it staying here.
@@HJW018 Makes sense. TY for explaining. I'd love to know how he got to drive the car on US roads though. I know he had a whole bunch of paperwork. I do know the cars are probably very similar in spec to US.
@@mildmanneredthinkingman9323 Google "Geneva Convention on Road Traffic" that's the international treaty that allows this. As far as minute detail specifics that is something someone who has done that would have to answer.
Why do you have mileage restrictions on a car you bought? I can understand a lease but is mileage something you have a limit imposed by the lender even when buying a car in England? Or is this something Ford put in place?
At some point I'd really like to ship my car from Europe (Austria) to the USA and also take it on a road trip. Though I haven't found much info on what it takes to make that possible, anyobody got an idea?
You have to pay a couple thousand dollars to get it over here. Then when it’s here somebody has to insure it. Then once it insured you’ll have all the paperwork that u need.
It's far easier and cheaper to rent one in the US. A friend also had the whole across USA Route 66 thing planned out but after a couple of hundred miles of nothing but corn fields and 55mph straight roads with radar traps everywhere they decided to fly most of it. And rent something new (mustangs, chargers... things we don't really have here) for the immediate locations they wanted to explore. Shipping your car there and back solely for a purpose of a road trip / vacation is really costly and complicated.
@@Valks-22 you are absolutely correct. A large majority of our roads are a huge straight line with a low speed limit. Much more fun to fly and rent a new car in each city
Ed in a few years: I bought the CHEAPEST, HIGHEST MILEAGE Ford GT in Europe
Mark teixeira burner account?
This guy is the happiest man in the world. Always has me smiling during and after his stories.
Having enough money to be able to fly your super car to another continent, then drive all over that continent doing a dream road trip and flying your car back, probably has a bit to do with that.
Good coke.
@@CSHracer yep. At least he doesn't waste it. Gotta respect the guy for having nothing but a good time all the time because he knows he has it good.
You say that, I saw him at a Le Mans I went to (I forget which year) and he was recording a review of some new car at it's booth/stand/PR/hospitality building and he was not happy with people getting in the background. Very moody
Work hard play hard 💪🏼
Today we have reason #37 that Ed won't get a Ford GT
He says he doesn’t have room for a camera bag.
Then he says he put his bag in the camera car.
What a spoiled prick.
What a complete waste of the world.
It comes with a "heated" compartment out back! Perfect snow car Ed
@@fastinradfordable how is that spoiled? he works for everything he has...
lol, one day man don't lose faith
@@fastinradfordable i know can you believe that someone with money has problems!! i thought the general rule was that you couldn’t have problems unless you were poor!
Shmee: "Is the Ford GT the worst road trip car ever?"
*Lotus Elise has entered the chat*
caterhamseven 620r has to be the worst road trip car ever lotus has a roof and doors
morgan three wheeler
Doug Demuro wrote a book about taking one on a road trip.
Buddy of mine did a week long roadtrip in a Lotus Esprit. I myself did a cross country move in a C5 'vette. It's possible, but... cramped.
@@thewebwingman shiiiidddd you was living life in the C5. I drove from New Orleans (LA) to my home city Compton (CA) and it was comfy. I’m 6’6 250 for reference.
Schmee looks like a private school kid from 2004 even though he's probably like 30+ and it's 2021
Can confirm I was a britsh private school kid then 😂
Well I graduated in 2003 and I am 36
@@danpmatz I went to Giggleswick from 2001 to 2006 I'm 31 😂
@@tbrowniscool Giggleswick sounds like a place from Middle Earth
@@riskyb250 it's like hogwarts 😂
Tim literally living the dream every car enthusiasts around the world.
Owns multiple supercars and travelling around the world doing what he passion about
What an inspiration
This makes me think of the phrase, "You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should."
You know what would be a genius idea? Make a VinWiki studio in an RV or trailer, then travel the country going to where the story tellers are. It’d be a fun trip, and you’d get a lot of content!
yes, maybe buy one of the gm RVs from that guy and do it up in vinwiki vinyl
I like that Ed’s house is a global destination like the Howard Stern studio
😆😆😆
"I didn't get any tickets."
-"This video sponsored by Off The Record."
Next Hoovie video " I bought the highest millage ford GT on the planet".
Only Tim could execute such a complex journey and still smile fondly about the memories.
When you get down to it. Shmee’s chronicles in that car are epic. Most people take a couple pictures of the car parked in front of a few tlandmarks. This man takes it to the next level
This guy is awesome. Not arrogant at all like some of the storytellers. Get this guy in more, please
I think the police thinks "this guy is too nice to be pulled over" 😂
Honestly that sound legendary
Man, it's a Ford GT. You just buy new clothes in each city XD Or just post it around
Pretty much the "Jack Reacher" method of travel...
Couldn't they just put a roof rack on it? Lol
@@elijahherman 👍 hood one dude 😂, foking love those movies too.
@@elijahherman He did say he considered it
Two word solution: Lycra Bodysuits.
I'll bet you could get two weeks worth under the seat.
I remember all of these, it feels so long ago now! Loving the new road trip vids in the GT500 too
Perfect and very comfortable car for a long roadtrip :D
I love how he randomly switches to talking about police departments. Great video as always!
Love this channel man
This guy is the most consistent and knowledgeable car you tuber out in my opinion. Puts out tremendous amounts of vids.
I respect Shmee for actually putting miles on it. Cars are made to be driven.
The police experience was my favorite part of this story, and it's very accurate. What a great VINwiki story, good to see Shmee on there. What I really wanted to know though is, despite the lack of luggage space and storage pockets, how was the Ford GT on the road for a road trip car? Too harsh? Passable as a road car?
Shmee is the best! This guy is so genuine that even if he got pulled over for speeding his face alone would get him off the ticket.
I really enjoy his positive and interesting way of telling a story
Tim is really hilarious and I love his way of telling stories. A genuinely funny person
Compilation of all shmee stories next
"...Its illegal to drive around without your tags..." - US police in a nutshell. Accuse first, ask questions later.
As a resident of New York I can assure you our police officers are one of a kind
It would make my day if someone were to put a trailer behind that GT. Ford’s designers would hate you for letting that car be seen with a hideous little trailer, but it serves them right for making it so impractical. Both the Dodge Viper ACR and Chevrolet C7 Corvette ZR1 sparked it on every race track ever, so what is the GT special for, anyway?
The Ford GT is just epically stunning!
So much money, to allow a bank to limit how much you drive your car. wowzers.
I remember seeing Shmee’s GT on Exit 13 on 400 here in Georgia. Such a badass car!
I did 10,000 miles in a 06 GT in 2006 including Gumball. This was THE least expensive GT ever sold afterwards.
I’ll take 3000 miles in a Ford GT over a Toyota Corolla any day of the week
Are you sure? Hope you thought that through..😂
Met Shmee on this tour in Philadelphia. It was an amazing event. A senna showed up. A GTR Skyline and of course the famous Red and Gold GT
In 1985 on a trip in Australia my brother saw a BMW M1 in front of a fancy hotel in Sydney. The car had California license plates on it.
Only way I could afford one is buying the traxxas 4tec rc with the ford gt body
Hotwheels for me...
@@sabr5162 oof
Look at Shmee, soo inspirational man.
Schmee had no room for his long sleeved shirts, that’s like jay Leno without his denim...
What were the logistical cost of transportation to and from the Uk inclusive of insurance?
I'm confused by this. Was it sold as left hand drive in the UK?
yep, they only made left hand drives.
The Seattle Police pulled me over driving a car with it's US military tags from overseas. Had all the papers, insurance tags, shipping & pick up papers. Still got a ticket, took it to court. They made me pay a fine..."Awesome!" That plate, as well as my other Euro tags are on display Rob Pitt's warehouse along with some other automobilia I can't hang up until the barn gets built.
7:43 Where can I find that clip? It's magnificent!
Shmees background i can see the number plate of the Mexican F1, P440 CPJ
Why is the P440CPJ plate behind shmee.
I’ve taken a long road trip (not multiple months) in several cars ( nothing fancy) the three that stood out to me was my 2004 Audi A4 1.8t and my 2012 Infiniti FX35 these cars were extremely tight and at 6’ 1” it was uncomfortable going from NY to Florida. The third and final car was my 2005 Ford Crown Victoria P71 was THE best road trip car I was comfortable the entire trip and thought it would’ve been the opposite.
I did Alaska to Florida in an extended cab GMC Sierra with 2 other people, a cat, and an 8x10 Uhaul trailer. Worst road trip ever!
@@sabr5162 omg lmao sounds awful! One time when I had the Audi it was myself and 2 others ugh it was brutal there was no leg room. Are you still in Florida and how long was that drive?
Two years late I know, but I did Vegas to Anchorage in a 2001 Tacoma xtracab. Three dumb dogs, two stupid cats in the bed, all in separate crates, and my 'wife at the time' (a truly insufferable woman).
The trip was so bad that when we hit Montana, I had my ex take me to a car rental place. I was going to rent a car and drive back to Vegas. The place was closed so I continued on.
In Canada, the towns were so small they usually only had one hotel and they didn't allow pets. My ex insisted that we take all the animals inside at night. Did I mention it was the dead of Winter? So each night we had to smuggle all the animals inside through the window of the room. Each night we had to be prepared to shush the dogs because they kept hearing noises and wanted to bark. I got stuck in the snow at one point and had to be winched out. Half a day lost there. This small description doesn't do justice to how unbelievably bad those ten days were. Never again.
I remember driving past shmee when I headed back from school on the Autobahn. I waved at him and I'm not sure if he saw me but after first seeing him I remember telling my grandpa to speed up so I can actually see shmee and sadly he got a speeding ticket for catching up with shmee 😂
Speeding ticket on the autobahn ?
@@DubC yes because it's not always unlimited. The usual speed is 130kph
Ahh, well that’s crap!
No Shmee amber turn lights are legal here in America but Ford was too ignorant to make them standard worldwide. Red turn lights are lazy design can't contrast against brake lights.
I love the color combo on the GT!
Just put a "ski box" or a rooftop carrier there you go
i know Ed would be the first one to try ,when Shmee decides to sell his Ford GT
Shmee150 is never selling it.
I've done a few road trips in my '06 Ford GT and it's not too bad if it's just me or me and my little one. We manage to stuff everything for a weekend in a duffle bag on the floor. With two adults, it would be difficult. Can't wait for my '21 to get here to see how to work around it like Shmee150 did.
Yessss! Shmeeeeeee!, this can't get better VINwiki and shmee at same place.
Shmee150 has the most wonderful fresh enthusiastic way of telling his stories! The excitement is SO Infectious! He is probably the most perfect person to take a road trip with! He is fun loving and daring but he is also very thoughtful and caring in the way he looks after his passenger and accounts for somebody else riding with him, ensuring they are comfortable. He is a most excellent host! Shmee! If you ever find yourself in Fort Worth, or Dallas Tx, Or Anywhere near Hugo, Oklahoma or Paris, Texas, and you break down, or Y'all Need a place to sleep, or food to eat, or a Good Mobile Mechanic, who works day and night and loves European & 'Merican cars too! who will come straight to you wherever your having trouble. message me!
If only he could be this calm on his videos
Going across Texas in a hachiroku might suck.
Funny story about Shmee's Chicago leg. Local car scene photogs heard he was coming, as he was spotted with other exotics. People were calling police not about speeding, but on the photogs! Gumball rally style hanging out way out windows and thru sunroofs to get the best shots. Grabbing a guys belt to get that extra low rolling shot.
In 2012 I moved from Halifax NS to Grande Prairie, AB with my buddy in a 2007 Eclipse GS. Not nearly as low on space as the Ford GT, but definitely not a comfortable car to drive 5000km with everything you decide to bring with you when you move across the country haha. Since then we've moved to Mexico and have brought the car with us. 90k Miles, had a transmission failure which we diagnosed as a cable that had fallen off of a shift solenoid. Fixed that as bare ass amateurs. I still daily that car, very fun to drive even though it's not a Gated Manual LP640
Tim is such great storyteller
Is it just me but this is the only guy who is happy to be pulled over. And the police happy to oblige too. Hmmm?
If you got stopped in Texas you might still be there arguing.
That is the godfather of youtube automotive. If you like this channel or any other car channel you can thank him for it.
“Cun-traugh-vuhh-seee” 😂😂😂🤣
(Controversy)
Having crossed the country on a cafe racer with a school backpack for clothes and tent, I’m not understanding this lack of space issue.
just take a trailer! 😂
Now do it with no AC, no radio, no cruise control, deafening road and wind noise and burning more than one fluid along the way
Very interesting,entertaining story. Loved watching that adventure as well as the most recent with the GT 500. Keep it up "Shmee!"...Cheers!
He drove that car pretty hard at Nurburgring, risking quite a pricey car, I really like Shmee, he loves his cars and uses them.
This lad can talk
What does bank have to do w mileage?
Another great video! Shmees spec on that GT is one of the best out there. Such a clean car!
How much money does it take to temporarily bring a corvette to the UK and drive it around?
There used to be people who would joke about V6 mustangs, well this is a V6 Ford GT
I knew he looked familiar. This guy came to visit itsjust6's shop in a green gt500.
Don't know much about Shmee but I like the guy. I imagine when he opens wardrobe there are 20 identical pants and shirts lined up.
This isn't first world problems this is rich people problems.
the c7 Corvette is probobly the opposite, the luggage set that you can get from the factory comes with 5 bags.
finally a shmee video where he doesn't scream at me
He forgot about when he met the Stradman
thought he was going to talk about how small the gas tank is
"Is this legal?"
"Yes"
"OK - off you go , then." Brilliant!
Why couldn't I ever meet cops like that? Mine went more like..."You can go ahead and get out of the car."
Usually I like to listen to these at work but once I saw it was shmee I clicked so fast
Interesting question is why couldn't they get him temporary plates for when the car is in the US?
The car is registered in the UK. It is not an US registered car, nor is it going to be. Plus if you do any registering of the car over here you have taxes that would have to be paid. To put it short it would be a form of fraud, and illegal to have a UK registered car on US plates for a non us citizen whose not actually registering the car here for the purpose of it staying here.
@@HJW018 Makes sense. TY for explaining. I'd love to know how he got to drive the car on US roads though. I know he had a whole bunch of paperwork. I do know the cars are probably very similar in spec to US.
@@mildmanneredthinkingman9323 Google "Geneva Convention on Road Traffic" that's the international treaty that allows this. As far as minute detail specifics that is something someone who has done that would have to answer.
@@HJW018 TY!
@freepieanchipsgarage TY for this info!
This is a perfect case of looking for trouble and complexity because of boredom and too much money.
Please have speedracer38!
The Ford GT is my dream car.
How was the bank restricting his mileage? It's his car, right? Or was it a rental and I missed that.
So Tim admits that the Ford GT is really the bank's car and not his.
of course, do you really think he has half a million dollars to spend on a car? He already had to sell one Porsche and it wasn't enough.
Why do you have mileage restrictions on a car you bought? I can understand a lease but is mileage something you have a limit imposed by the lender even when buying a car in England? Or is this something Ford put in place?
It’s amazing how much he knows about the states
Jeremy clarkson once proved the previous generation was thirsty yet fun
Glad I got to see the gt at cars and coffee palm beach, she's a beauty!
Very good Police interaction examples
If the bank can tell you how many miles you may drive the car you might as well not own it.
I see a lot UK plates here in Mission Viejo and they lived here.
I missed this part of his US adventure...I only saw that he had bought a green Shelby 500GT
At some point I'd really like to ship my car from Europe (Austria) to the USA and also take it on a road trip. Though I haven't found much info on what it takes to make that possible, anyobody got an idea?
You have to pay a couple thousand dollars to get it over here. Then when it’s here somebody has to insure it. Then once it insured you’ll have all the paperwork that u need.
Money.
It's far easier and cheaper to rent one in the US. A friend also had the whole across USA Route 66 thing planned out but after a couple of hundred miles of nothing but corn fields and 55mph straight roads with radar traps everywhere they decided to fly most of it. And rent something new (mustangs, chargers... things we don't really have here) for the immediate locations they wanted to explore. Shipping your car there and back solely for a purpose of a road trip / vacation is really costly and complicated.
@@Valks-22 you are absolutely correct. A large majority of our roads are a huge straight line with a low speed limit. Much more fun to fly and rent a new car in each city
Meanwhile I just completed a2200 mile road trip in a Evora gt with a wife and her sister 🤔
3000 miles, to all of those places? How? That doesn't seem like fun logistics.
Could do what the one 05 GT owner does. Have a custom trailer that's just a miniature version of your car for storage.