Why you probably SHOULD NOT BUY new Corvette E-Ray electric hybrid
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Holy crap, you actually took on a sponsor that is relevant to the content you make, never thought i'd see the day!
Nobody does that really lol
@@denitipuric1130 Yeah they do!
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@@denitipuric1130 It is always annoying tho
@@ichheissedamian I know but it’s money lol
Put a gear vendor in that charger. You'll have everything you want.
That's what I said. Short of converting it to a Tremec 5 or 6 speed it's the best option as far as I see it.
@@jedwin4816 Dodge already makes a 727 with overdrive. And it would cost a lot less then a gear vendors unit
@@waterloo123100 Except you have to modify the floorboard to install it into old cars.
@@waterloo123100 normally I'd agree with you but lets not forget who we're talking about here and who's YT videos have brought us here to argue this: A guy who just stated in this last video that he's seriously considering shipping his ASTON MARTIN back to the UK to convert it to a manual transmission (👍) at a cost of $50,000+ so I don't think cost is at or even near the top of the list of concerns like it might be for you or me. 😅
He's right
E-ray battery at 1.9kwh shouldn’t be more than $5k IMO…could see it going up to 10 if there’s a lot of fancy stuff built into the pack, but power dense cells vs energy dense cells aren’t much more expensive per kWh. So stands to reason it should be an order of magnitude cheaper than an F150 lightning battery
Agree...
Yeah that's a teeny tiny battery. parts availability could make it stupidly expensive, but on the pack alone, there is no reason for it to cost something crazy like 20 to 40k.
Also corvettes have a lot of aftermarket support, they have big production numbers, both things that neither of the examples he provided have. The Hopi trinity were sold in small numbers and tesla has no aftermarket support.
I’ll bet you there will be companies repurposing tesla battery packs into 20 corvette batteries in no time
thats a cheap battery the f150 batt is over 35k what a deal
Well, Hoovie just spent a lot of money on this car, so he needs to bad-talk the newer one. Keep the value up for a soon to come flip.
Hoovie, I am very impressed by the Continental Tire sponsorship. You have made it.
Being a 49 year old Englishman I can indeed confirm I’m starting to leak from places I shouldn’t 🇬🇧🤣🤣🇺🇸❤️
When you can blame your car for the leaks you did...
Hi Tyler, if your Jurasic Park jeep is an automatic the transmission casing may be cracked. Hopefully its just some gaskets but those casings have a reputation so before y'all install the new pan gasket have him scan for cracks. Great show as always.
Concerning the Charger, with 3:23 gears it shouldn't be as bad on the freeway as you are describing - 4000 rpm at 70mph. In doing the math it would be ~2900 rpms at 70mph with 26 inch tires. Have Dave use a RPM to MPH calculator to investigate. This is a great car Hoovie, can't wait to see it sorted!!!
Yeah I think he was exaggerating a tad. When I watched the video it didnt sound like it was revved out like that.. probably just loud exhaust making it sound like that
@@Wontreplyeverdontbother Tyler's tach might be off too
Put a taller tire on it
3:23's will be fine and I'm sure you will be happy that you made the swap. I ran 3:55's in my '69 Roadrunner and loved it.
Charger is the best car he has
Those Conti's are GREAT all season tires. I have them on my current car, a 2013 Lincoln MKT and have used them on 2 previous cars. They work great in all weather, including heavy snow.
Tyler can always give you a boomer take. The e-ray has a 1.5 kWh battery. A model s has a 95 kWh battery. The price to replace isn’t even slightly similar.
The e-ray to the Z06 is like a 911 Turbo to a GT3. Not one over the other, different takes on the same platform.
Tyler is a Gen Xer, not a boomer. Get your generations straight.
@@victorgatta2408 Don't have to be born a certain year to have a boomer take
@@victorgatta2408 Lol. Tyler is a Millennial. He’s only in his mid to late 30s.
@@sumofty so are you both giving us the salty gen z take?
Tyler is giving a automotive sales professional's viewpoint. A real Boomer like myself, considers the E-Ray a whole lot of disappointment. GM dribbling what they call their advanced tech out one model year at a time. Had they of released a EV Vette, then this Boomer would of been impressed.
The DWS 06+ is what I have on my Mustang GT and they are the bomb. I've been able to drive on this 5 inches of sleet without issues. Works well when cold wet pavement is the norm.
Spot on! I have them on my Camaro and I drive in Chicago weather. I put about 30k in a single year. I’m zooming on the expressway in rain and a good amount of snowfall.
I'd love to see the Vanquish get a manual swap! I'd also like to see you take the Vanquish through the UK (especially those roads in Scotland they featured on the Grand Tour).
You'd be better off with a Golf. With the narrow roads, way more fun. I'm thinking of getting a Fabia. 0 to 60 of around 11 seconds. For us less is more. In a Vanquish you'd never be changing gears, how boring. I had a 1.4 Ford and was always driving around in 5th or 3rd.
I came to the comments to say that too and Tyler can visit the Smeusium while he does the tour.
@@2DogsVlogs get a small rwd if you want to really enjoy driving.
Just had to leave you a comment about our brief interaction at Barrett -Jackson last week in Scottsdale. I was the old guy with the goatee(since shaved) who spoke with two different times on Thursday night. I asked you the first time if J R was going to be here, and the second time we discussed the preponderance of awesome you tubers in Wichita. I asked if you had anything to do with that, and you very humbly said that they were just friends and you just gave them some encouragement. You down played your role in this , but I would have none of that. You played (in my opinion) a larger role that you were willing to accept. You also took the time to speak with me even though you were actually working, and I thank you for that. My son and my grandson witnessed both interactions and thought that you were nice and very serious about cars. I told them to watch some of your videos and see just how calm and reserved you are on camera. I closed by telling you how I enjoy watching Car Issues and Car Trek. Thanks for being a true good guy!
Tyler’s outfits remind me of high school in the early 2000’s & I’m not mad😂🔥🔥
Jeans and a sweatshirt?
@@DanielJamesEgan if you’ve been to any high school in the last 8-9 years I’d say about 5% of kids come dressed in a solid color hoodie w/ a small graphic & straight fit jeans, not skinny, not baggy. Prolly less now I graduated in 2018, everybody loves streetwear now
@Alex
What a trench coat and Tec-9 mini ?
@@Alex-gq3zc I work in a highschool and a lot of kids can't even dress nowadays. Either that or they come outside looking sloppy. 😂
The E-Ray is a pretty small battery pack that just charges hyper fast, so it's nothing like the big honking Lightning battery option (which is designed to power a whole house). Also the E-Ray and Z06 are for different people, GT vs. track enthusiast, so pick your poison. Also the price for the e-ray is insanely good! The only closest competitor was the NSX, and it was $50k more, and it only had a V6. AAANNNDD they made carbon ceramics standard on the e-ray, which sweetens the deal! It's an amazing machine and an incredible feat of tech.... if the battery really is a concern, then one can always lease it :) But it's definitely on my radar as I prefer AWD.
Seeing the new Corvette next to the 66 like that shows just how beautiful the old Corvettes are.
Bloody stunning, we're never going to see the kind of styling you got from that era ever again
This is very true, that's why I have had my C2 for so long, I just can't imagine not having it. If I were to buy a newer Corvette though, I think I prefer a C6 Z06, or a C7 Z06, Chevy just missed the mark by a little on the C8 styling. They got so close, but it just doesnt have that same wow factor visually as the other mid engine cars it undoudtedly competes with very well in terms of performance.
I had no idea the venerable Paul Shinn hung out at the daftest channel in all of TH-cam!
Love your channel and I'm dreaming of the day I can get a Model A.
@@carsareaddictive7450 you've got to be the only person in the world who thinks the c6 looks good and the c8 doesn't.
@@carsareaddictive7450 When the c8 came out I didn’t like it but the styling has grown on me. The z06 looks great.
Tyler Now: Why my Z06 is a better choice than the newer E-Ray
Tyler Later: Why I traded my Z06 for an E-Ray
I can see this... Especially when he has a hardon for Rapid Blue 🤭
I see a future episode "Why I brought an E-Ray and why you shouldnt" 🤣🤣🤣
I like that you had to put painters tape over the merc logo during your commercial. What a world.
The Conti ExtremeContact DWS 06+ are great tires, especially in the rain. They’re our go to tire on multiple vehicles.
Same! I got it on 2 of my vehicles.
Shoot. I worked at Les Schwab in Colorado and we would put those tires on, sipe them, and they would go to Aspen in feet of snow and come back and put them on every audi, bmw, Mercedes Porsche they had. We would do over 50 sets a week like that
I prefer Goodyears, although my current summer tires are Bridgestone Turanzas.
i got 325/45/22 on my x5m dw6 are amazing tires
Have Continental DWS06 Plus Extreme Contact tires on both our ATS and CTS Cadillacs. Great tire. Smooth, quiet and good traction. Great wear as well. Couldn’t wait to replace the OEM tires on both Caddy’s with the Continentals.
continental tires are amazing, i run the aa traction all seasons on my 500 hp 335i and they perform amazing, would recommend very highly
Hoovie: Got a potential option for you that maintains originality on the Charger.
You and wizard should see if that trans can accept a 'Gear Vendors' overdrive. It is a secondary overdrive for the output of the transmission. Would mean that plus a driveshaft, but more easily added and reversible too.
This reminds me of an old episode of Hot Rod Garage featuring David's Super Bee
My buddy has a Gear Vendors unit in a 69 Newport with 3.55s. It's awesome.
A dealership near me had a Tahoe Hybrid for about 10k less than comparable normal Tahoe. A quick search found that you could get a rebuilt battery for around $3k. Not sure the install costs, but the one I was looking at said they’d come to you and swap it in your driveway. Not every battery pack out there is stupid expensive.
Not sure I'd want a "rebuilt battery" or what exactly that entails. Will the Tahoe Hybrid run fine even if the big battery is dead (not the 12v)?
If you say so
No, you get what you pay for. $3K 'rebuilt' battery make explode while charging or burn your entire vehicle down in the driveway. Insurance companies likely aren't going to insure anything that's not OEM. Go into it expecting to pay $10,000 (or more) to replace the battery.
Electric front wheel drive to make a car all wheel drive seems like a really good way to go. That way there are no axles or CV joints in the front. You can always use region breaking. I think that is the best of both worlds. If you run out of gas, you can let Pam in front wheel drive maybe? Or vice versa
They are not hub motors so of course there are still two axles up there.
The guys on FBBO are some of the best people I have ever met in my life! I've done thousands of dollars of transactions with these guys and never ripped off! The advice and even wrenching help from the FBBO community has been greatly appreciated. These guys are PASSIONATE about MOPAR and the hobby. I understand your point of view and I am sorry it worked out the way it did.
I recommend you consider the Gear Vendors overdrive, although my 1968 Road Runner with 383, auto, and 3.23 gets 15mpg highway and runs a little above 3200 at 75MPH.
I Loved the Continental Super Contacts I had on my Porsche 914. They were good cold and great warmed up!
Thanks for all you do Hoovie!
Tyler, Run a taller tire on the rear of the Charger. I have 4:10 ratio in my Cuda and does 3500 rpm at 70. I'm running 275/60/15 rear tires. If you run a taller tire, it will help your 3:23 car.
I think the 69 charger would look awesome with some really high profile sidewall red line Muscle Car tires for the rear with a matching standard profile set on the front and would also benefit the final drive ratio without sacrificing too much low end grunt.
Tyler still dresses better than 90s Nickelodeon kid Doug
😂
Who doesn’t?
We had a Roadmaster in what looks like the exact same color and spec when i was a kid. Pretty cool nostalgia trip Thank You
The w126 are such cool cars. My personal favourite is the coupe front end swap onto the sedan.
Normally hate ads because usually for something that isn’t quality but I’m a continental tire customer for life. Best tires I’ve ever owned.
Thanks so much for the advice Hoovie, I was really wondering what I was going to do with that extra $104,000 I have just laying around. (LOL)
I have nothing else to say but this... I am genially happy for you Tyler. Living the UT dream (you will get your rest when you retire at 50 ) Hope everything is going well with your family. My personal opinion, you deserve this (whatever "this" is). Frank and honest is the way....
3.23 gears with the 727 should be close to 2300-2600 rpm at 70. Sounds like it's only in 2nd gear. Check that transmission or linkage that its engaging drive.
Time to change the transmission fluid and filter which likely date to the time of his last set of tires
My thoughts exactly. It looked like a transmission issue from day one.
I used to run Bridgestone Turanzas and thought they were good. switched to continental extreme contacts and now my car feels 10 years newer. It also handles better, and can get threw the snow safely unlike before.
still buying one thanks though hoovie
I'm a new-ish subscriber and thought you was just a big time TH-camr but smacked my head when I saw you on the car auction show last week, too cool! Happy to.. kinda know you! lol
I swear by Continental tires! I have put Extreme Contacts on all of my vehicles (including my kid's) for years. The only vehicle I don't have them on is my CTS-V where they don't make the size I need or else I would have them ion that too. Great tires and a great value. This is a completely unsolicited shout out for Continental. I like them that much.
Best channel sponsor you've ever had.. I'll watch through a sponsor like that any day
The warranty and support from Continental is actually a great deal! I should really sign up. (Not a bot or shill)
JR gonna love that garage
Do a calculation of tire diameter, gear ratio, and engine rpm on the challenger to see if the rpm is correct for the speed the car is going.
I just did the math on it. No way it is shifting into 3rd if the rpm is that high. I used factory wheel diameter and at 70 it should be at 2800rpm in 3rd, about 4400rpm in 2nd. A 3.23 really is a highway gear so it shouldn’t be doing what it is if it were shifting into top gear
Swapping pumpkins was a common practice in my family. If we went on a trip we would swap out to 276. Helped with fuel milage and wasn't screaming in your ear for 12 hours.
Wow!!! Didn’t realize your collection had gotten so big, that’s impressive, good for you Tyler.
Anybody that watches your channel knows you don't have to set anything up or drama or views, you have enough natural bad luck with your vehicle purchases to begin with LOL.
I'm just having a little fun, love the channel, keep up the great content
"The end of an old technology is always better than the beginning of a new technology." Jay Leno
My wife bought a 1969 Toyota Carona 4 door sedan deluxe while I was in Viet Nam. When I got back to the world, she went a few inches off of the street at night and ran over a rail road track. it dented the rim . I changed the tire, and my wife was proud to say it was a Continental. My Smart Car has Continentals. Good tires.
The E-Ray is for buyers who would get the Z06 but they have an HOA so they need to creep out of the neighborhood in EV mode
They are not that loud stock.
This comment is probably way way more common and truthful then most want to admit.
Maybe, but the E Ray is also intended to be a more comfortable long cruiser than the more track-focused Z06.
@@isaacfortner same target market
How about a driver's vette? Cross plane, manual trans, 6.2 litre - for those who still enjoy driving their cars vs. being driven by their cars.
Maybe I can finally get a Corvette allocation via an e-ray. As an Alfa Romeo 4c owner under rated cars are a great opportunity.
Hey Tyler I would love to purchase your Escalade! I have 3 kids and need some extra room! Keep up the great videos
Good warnings and analysis on the E-Ray from one experienced in the business, thank you. Also I agree about car colors. Now you can still get bicycles in all sorts of great colors, but cars are shades of gray. That Z06 would look great in that blue.
I'm trying to see why I like these videos so much. I think its narrowed down to that you're a car guy and it feel authentic. Like you buy what you love. These videos help with my anxiety. Plus my car is causing me thousands and hundreds each month. I want to get another one but at the same time I'm finding difficulty releasing it since its paid for.
I'd love to buy the 996 turbo twist wheels if you swap them out during the Safari build
The reason Hoovie is my favorite car TH-camr? He can appreciate an exotic little 911 Turbo, then immediately turn the camera to admire an enormous Buick Roadmaster built to eat miles, both parked right next to his workhorse million-mile pickup. Zero overlap in those vehicles, but they're all phenomenal in their own ways. People who only like one type of car are annoyingly one-dimensional. Hoovie loves 'em all.
The e-ray is not an all electric car. This is the one that is purely designed for performance. It is not meant for efficiency. I think it will do really well.
I'm sure it well sell fine. I don't think Tyler thinks otherwise. He's worried about resale value later on. Which may be valid. Depends on whether the vehicle will operate fine even if the battery dies and how much a replacement battery might cost.
@@BrettBreeden I'm not sure why someone who has cars over 40 years old is worried about resale value in the first place.
Thanks for the update Mr Hoov. Pretty soon you'll have enough Hoopties to open the Hoover Auto museum. I'm glad you decided against the hybrid Vette. YUCK! 👍😎❤🤑
That caddy needs more love on the channel, and the roadmaster!
Agreed. He's got two kids --the Roadmaster would be the perfect Griswold family grand canyon road tripper.
The 49 caddy is amazing !
Remember when this channel was mostly old hoopties?! Please give us more of that! Tyler with old "normal" cars is so much more interesting than the majority of the content from the last couple years.
I guess the bulk of the watchers must prefer seeing Tyler's stuff new car stuff and restorations of expensive exotics, or else he wouldn't do it, but there are tons of good channels who were already doing that!
Like Cars & Bids going all corporate now
+1. I like all Hoovie's vids, but do miss the fun stories associated with the really unwise purchases he made in the past.
As long as it's a turd or broken I really don't care what year it was made.
@@paulie-Gualtieri. Yeah this is slowly going downhill unfortunately. I will still watch the ones that interest me but the videos are drifting toward fake reality shows. Seriously does anyone believe he just lucked out getting one of the first Z06's?
@@danm3359
Doug has been shilling hard for electric cars lately, nobody wants to see stuff like that.
My '73 Buick Limited does about 3000 RPM at 60-65 MPH. I've thought about a GearVendors swap so I have over drive, but my speedo will be off then. Think I'll need another drive shaft [length], too. This car would be driven a LOT more if she didn't roar down the road at high RPM. BUT! My car only has 21k original miles on it. So you can see my issue, original or drivability??? That Mopar big block needs to come down in R's, think about a GearVendors as a reversable solution. GREAT car!!!
I’m so torn on your collection because it’s so amazing and the way you built it is truly such a great way to do it. You’re one of the best car collectors. However, it also bums me out because those are such great cars and so many of them just sit so he’ll be so cool to find some TH-camrs that are in their second year if you will of growth that could maybe buy off the Jurassic Park jeep or the Audi, S5, or just some of the stuff that you haven’t touched. I think the Hooptie fleet needs to have a rule of 500 miles a year minimum for it to stay or it goes to someone who will get to love it, and drive it
I miss when he was juggling $1000 cars in a three-car garage. Now he's got cars stashed all over Wichita. There's always a few at the Wizard's, sometimes one at the Ninja's or the body shop, a bunch at his parents' hangar, and a few still in the old barn he rents. He's got more cars than he knows what to do with. While it's great that he's rich and successful he should consider downsizing. If it can't fit at his house he's not using it enough and should consider letting go.
@@bwofficial1776 Who are TF you to decide WTF he does with his cars or his life?!?
@@VL1975 I get what you're saying, some of these cars have personal significance to him, but as viewers we do (indirectly) get to decide, do I really want to see another TH-camr moaning about how much his Lamborghini is costing him in maintenance, or would I rather watch someone trying to get a $1000 car home with every warning light flashing?
It's something that these guys have to juggle, what they want personally vs what people want to see.
@@astonwards7236 Hoovie is gonna be Hoovie. He's moved on from the "hooptie" guy despite what he calls his channel. There's plenty of TH-camrs that do that (which I follow) but Tyler has developed past that. He's gotten to the point that he's feature on TV and represents Barrett Jackson now. He has a brand. If you want some names of TH-camrs that just buy a cheap car to fix up, lemme know. I know one I follow is Dylan McCool. Another is Auto Auction Rebuild and Budget Buildz. They all do restorations on old cars.
Hoarding is an ironic thing to do especially with cars which need annual maintenance. Obviously he is a car youtuber but still a car hoarder.
This reminds me of being a kid and having a cool new toy that you play with for a few weeks. The toy gets old quick and just ends up in the toy chest with all the other oldies. Kinda the same for Hoovies collection.
Considering we have yet to see any track videos, and the driving clips are either to or from the wizard or the detailer, I'd say this is mainly a car Hoarding TH-cam channel. Fix the car to let it sit and not drive it for the viewers who are here to see these cool cars.... makes sense to me as long as you get views?
Battery will likely be pretty cheap as it’s small- prob 5-7k.
"cheap"
first world privilege shining through, lol.
Lol
@@Mis73rRand0m People pay 3k for a second gen Prius battery rebuild. So yeah, 7k for a battery on something called supercar by many is in fact, cheap.
Hoovie at times likes to talk out of his ass. I don't think the car even uses the battery most of the time. From what is shown, looks very easy to replace from the bottom and given the size, 5K is likely the higher end.
@@bindingcurve it shouldn't be expensive, but we don't know how parts availability will be.
The Prius is a high production car, there aren't going to be many of these e rays so I wouldn't bet on the battery being cheap just because it's small.
The answer to that Charger? Gear Vendors overdrive. I put one in my '68 Ford Galaxie convertible. Easy peasy -- I seriously was able to do the whole job (except for shortening the drive-shaft, which I had done at a local drive-shaft shop) in my own driveway, over a two-day weekend. Hell, the wiring was the hardest part. Even with the 3.70:1 9" rear-end I put in that thing, it had fantastic acceleration *and* did only about 1800-2000 RPM on the highway at 65-70 MPH. After I added EFI to its 390 cu. in. Z-code V8, it would get 20MPG, too. AND, all of this was with the original bullet-proof C6 3-speed automatic that it came with from the factory. Best of both worlds.
I love those wheels that have those new Continentals on them lol
My 1 year old son watched this video with me from start to finish. I think he likes your fleet.
You should definitely do the Manual swap on the Vanquish. A grand tour with it in the UK and a couple of fan meets. It will be nice content and will definitely pau for the swap and you'll enjoy it at the same time.
I am still in awe every time I see that roadmaster, I don't think I've ever seen one let alone experience one but hopefully one day I'll bring one to the Emerald Isle 🇨🇮
When hoovie says don't, I hit the bid button again
My parents had the same Buick Roadmaster wagon except it was white! Great car, I miss it and my parents alot! I want your Roadmaster Hoovie !!
Keep the Roadmaster! Also your collection is impressive love how you have a taste of all the flavors of the car lovers palate.
Watching the complete video of all the good looking cars and then the E Type, just a step above all others, such a beautiful automobile.
Hoovie is officially a corvette owner now😂😂😂
With a 3.23 final ratio, with 26 inch tall tires, assuming about 5% torque converter slip, at 4000 RPM you would be travelling at 91 MPH. So either you drive way too fast on public roads, or something is not right. I have 3.73 gears and I cruise the highways with no issues staying at around 3500 RPM and 70 MPH.
Before watching the video let me take a guess. Don't buy the new one so the value of mine goes up.
Nailed it
Nice little update on the fleet! Thanks Hoov! ❤
The new corvette sure makes the old one look good.
I knew Gm would do this started out as 60k supercar now it’s overpriced. Would rather have a C7.
WHEW! When I didn't see Granny's car on the lift, I went NO, he didn't. Love the caddy & road master, old boats rock.
Whoa. Getting F150 lighting vibes here 😂
Thank you Hoovie for speaking truth to power which takes two ingredients:
1. understand technology aka electrification versus ICE. You got a pretty good taste with your Lightning.
2. you have the balls to call out Hybrids for what they are. They are a money making ruse perpetrated by auto manufacturers for profit. Long term reliability cost for ignorant consumers. Not just a second, redundant powerplant when most automobiles have a single powerplant which costs enough to maintain long term...but batteries fail like clockwork and a Hybrid automobile has 100 computers to allow two powerplants to play nice which are very different powerplants to meld into seamless propulsion.
I am not surprised you understand the tech because of your self effacing nature as you know way more than you let on but almost NO youtuber calls out Hybrids for fear of backlash from major auto companies like GM. For that sir, I say thank you for the public service.
EV Hipsters are learning why your Dad's told you never to buy the first model year of a brand new car, you wait 2-3 years for the bugs to get worked out in real world average Jack/Jill conditions.
People learned that with the new bronco too. Paying way over sticker for an SUV and now it has what looks like a bad engine design. If you are lucky it blows before the warranty is up.
@@pierredelecto7069 weird. Because the Bronco didn't launch with 100% new tech. The 6 speed manual +crawler gear is new, but the 2.3 turbocharged 4 cylinder engine is from the Ranger, as is the optional 10 speed automatic. The 2.7 Ecoboost is from the F-150, and the 3.0 Ecoboost in the Raptor is supposedly a derivative of the one in the Explorer ST. If those engines have issues, it's not because they're in the Bronco, it's because they've had issues that were left unsolved before they were fit into the Bronco.
Love the 49 Cadi, great job at Barrett Jackson
Refreshing to see Continental as a sponsor. I actually don’t have to skip ahead😏
Love the collection you have, I've probably passed by you a few times. I live in Bel Aire and recognize many of the roads you travel. I'm surprised by the highway RPMs, are you sure it's shifting to 3rd. I don't remember my old cars being that high with my 3.23 gears. I'm not surprised by the online attitude towards you, when I had the old cars I gave up on those communities. There is a good Mopar community around here if you need parts or info. Usually someone knows someone. Hopefully I'll get to see some of these cars around on the road, cars and coffee, or if you get to any shows. Chuck
I saw the Honda Odyssey sitting next to the Jurassic Jeep! They are sooo much fun to drive! We had one in the mid 80s I used to love taking it for a rip around our track we had on our 20 acre block!
The options for lowering your cruising RPM on the charger. Are overdrive transmission, a gear vendors overdrive unit, ring an pinion swap, taller rear tires, or any combination of these. On my 1974 nova with no overdrive, I'm just a little over 3000 RPM at 70mph and I've got 3.42:1 rear gear. This was accomplished with slightly taller tires in the rear.
As much as I love your content, the Continental ad at two minutes was pushing my tolerance...
Continental tires are amazing. 10/10 recommended. Great sponsor
There are several companies out there like Gear Star for example that offer 4, 5, or 6 speed autos that will bolt right up to your charger with little to no modifications.
85 500SL .. absolutely beautiful car wish you made more a video of that... between the Mercedes and the Jaguar I think they both should be show cars
Hoovies definition of reliable is funny, " I've driven it a 1000 miles in a year and it hasn't broke!" LOL good content man happy for your success
Amazing collection hoovie!!! I totally understand y u have so many. If I had the means to own that many I would as well. Congratulations on doin so well and being able to have suck a fleet of cars. I love it
It's nice to see somebody's honest opinion. I think you're probably right unless the aftermarket industry gets into batteries. Whe Sur-ons were first produced didn't have many options right now they almost look decent. I think batteries are going to get a lot cheaper. Or at least they should be within certain circles.
Just got new tires today. Date code from 9 years ago. Tread was still good. Started getting cracks in the side walls. Better to replace before you are stranded.
Tyler you are my fav TH-camr
Please please from the bottom of my heart do not sell that w126 and keep saving old Mercedes from the 80s and 90s. I have 6 of em. I’m in the military and don’t make much but I do my best to keep ‘em sorted and going when I can.
Wrap the Z06 blue, like you want it. Bonus points for protecting the original paint with the wrap :)
On the charger, look into keeping stock rear end and installing a Gear Vendors overdrive
I replaced my 323 gears fin my 68 Charger for 373 gears and used a TCI 700R4. 383 stroked to 432. The last 500 mile road trip I managed 18.5 MPG!
Soooo many cars I’d forgotten half of them.
Crikey!
Keep it up.
We want new projects,and renovation of the fleet!!! keep going with this amazing content!!