Salvage Rebuild of an F Type SVR - Youtube Video
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Just watched that over dinner. Surprised they cost so much as CAT N.
Pilot Pete
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All those rebuilds don’t work out financially - it’s YouTubers gaining revenue from the videos and advertising that make them financially viable.
Look at Matt Armstrong’s latest with the ex-Marcus Rashford Mansory Rolls Royce Wraith. Radhford shelled out £700k on it. Matt has repaired it using another doner Wraith and spent £300k+. Would anyone in their right mind with £300+k for a car buy one that had been smashed up and had second hand parts put on it from a higher mileage car? I’m not sure there is a market for such cars.
In contrast, when he does a more mainstream performance car I think he doesn’t have a problem raffling them off and getting enough money back.
So this SVR build is unlikely to come out financially viable, as the car will always have a crash category marker against it, which will narrow the likely buyers, it has a second hand replacement engine, which again is going to put many buyers off, and unless it is an absolute bargain, why would anyone buy it over a genuine car with full service history and no crash/ flood history? I see he’s selling raffle tickets for it - that will be why…
Look at Matt Armstrong’s latest with the ex-Marcus Rashford Mansory Rolls Royce Wraith. Radhford shelled out £700k on it. Matt has repaired it using another doner Wraith and spent £300k+. Would anyone in their right mind with £300+k for a car buy one that had been smashed up and had second hand parts put on it from a higher mileage car? I’m not sure there is a market for such cars.
In contrast, when he does a more mainstream performance car I think he doesn’t have a problem raffling them off and getting enough money back.
So this SVR build is unlikely to come out financially viable, as the car will always have a crash category marker against it, which will narrow the likely buyers, it has a second hand replacement engine, which again is going to put many buyers off, and unless it is an absolute bargain, why would anyone buy it over a genuine car with full service history and no crash/ flood history? I see he’s selling raffle tickets for it - that will be why…
Pilot Pete
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Oh and I see the maximum number of tickets an individual can purchase at £1.99 each is 2000. I guess someone will like those odds and have a punt. I’ve bought one ticket at £1.99.
Pilot Pete said:All those rebuilds don’t work out financially - it’s YouTubers gaining revenue from the videos and advertising that make them financially viable.
Look at Matt Armstrong’s latest with the ex-Marcus Rashford Mansory Rolls Royce Wraith. Radhford shelled out £700k on it. Matt has repaired it using another doner Wraith and spent £300k+. Would anyone in their right mind with £300+k for a car buy one that had been smashed up and had second hand parts put on it from a higher mileage car? I’m not sure there is a market for such cars.
In contrast, when he does a more mainstream performance car I think he doesn’t have a problem raffling them off and getting enough money back.
So this SVR build is unlikely to come out financially viable, as the car will always have a crash category marker against it, which will narrow the likely buyers, it has a second hand replacement engine, which again is going to put many buyers off, and unless it is an absolute bargain, why would anyone buy it over a genuine car with full service history and no crash/ flood history? I see he’s selling raffle tickets for it - that will be why…
The money he makes from producing the YouTube content will more than pay for the cost of the car, parts and labour, plus the ticket sales. Many other YouTube channels doing the same such as Mat Armstrong, Tasty Classics, Not Economically Viable and Tavarish.
cj10jeeper
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elugelab said:
It’ll likely be an unlicensed lottery (and by definition unregulated and probably illegal) given it’s for personal gain. You’ll not have any chance of complaining or seeing any information when invariably you don’t win the car and perhaps many more tickets are sold.
Pilot Pete
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CSGMART said:Pilot Pete said:All those rebuilds don’t work out financially - it’s YouTubers gaining revenue from the videos and advertising that make them financially viable.
Look at Matt Armstrong’s latest with the ex-Marcus Rashford Mansory Rolls Royce Wraith. Radhford shelled out £700k on it. Matt has repaired it using another doner Wraith and spent £300k+. Would anyone in their right mind with £300+k for a car buy one that had been smashed up and had second hand parts put on it from a higher mileage car? I’m not sure there is a market for such cars.
In contrast, when he does a more mainstream performance car I think he doesn’t have a problem raffling them off and getting enough money back.
So this SVR build is unlikely to come out financially viable, as the car will always have a crash category marker against it, which will narrow the likely buyers, it has a second hand replacement engine, which again is going to put many buyers off, and unless it is an absolute bargain, why would anyone buy it over a genuine car with full service history and no crash/ flood history? I see he’s selling raffle tickets for it - that will be why…
The money he makes from producing the YouTube content will more than pay for the cost of the car, parts and labour, plus the ticket sales. Many other YouTube channels doing the same such as Mat Armstrong, Tasty Classics, Not Economically Viable and Tavarish.
Err, I think that’s what I said in my first sentence. Maybe I could have worded it better - the purchase and repair alone usually isn’t financially viable. YouTubers use YouTube revenue streams to make them financially viable for them.