Classic Hoovy Facepalm - buys a 450SEL 6.9

[gerryvz]

As the former owner of a 6.9 myself, which had around 65K miles on it, I am embarrassed that Hoovy now has one.

 

[daantjie]

The guys over at DC Motorwerks have a soft spot for the 6.9. Check out their Cannonball project, very impressive stuff.

 

[alabbasi]

I think this is his second one. I remember him having a Euro 76 from the forums (before he was on TV). He sold it to a fellow in Houston who also bought a 76 parts car from me

This one appears to be a US car with Euro bumpers (which explains the lack of rust)

Some of the info in this video seems unfamiliar.

 

[gsxr]

Hoovy is still a thing? How about that!

 

[duuder]

Hoovy is still a thing? How about that!

clicks sells...

 

[gsxr]

clicks sells...

People still click on his stuff? Maybe he puts his new hot wife on all the screencaps.

 

[Surf Blau]

Hoovy is still a thing? How about that!

I've watched a lot of his - and other similar youtubers - content, but somehow lose interest as soon as they stat dealing with x amount of supercars and hypercars - anyone can buy whichever car and do whatever is needed to it when budget is no longer an issue, and such approaches are just one big yawn to watch in my opinion. One of the last of his videos that I did see mentioned "going back to his roots" though, so we are probably not the only ones who lost interest.

And yes, him showing off his new wife in all of his videos is neither enough to get back to what made his earlier videos more interesting.

 

[gerryvz]

I haven't watched a video of his in so long, that I didn't even know he was married. Yikes!

 

[gsxr]

I haven't watched a video of his in so long, that I didn't even know he was married. Yikes!

Twice... something happened with wife #1 (Quynh Anh, they married in Vietnam) and he traded up to a fancier model (literally, she's a model/actress), April Rose.

 

[alabbasi]

People still click on his stuff? Maybe he puts his new hot wife on all the screencaps.

I see that you've been paying attention

 

[JC220]

Hoovy is still a thing? How about that!

I've watched a lot of his - and other similar youtubers - content, but somehow lose interest as soon as they stat dealing with x amount of supercars and hypercars - anyone can buy whichever car and do whatever is needed to it when budget is no longer an issue, and such approaches are just one big yawn to watch in my opinion. One of the last of his videos that I did see mentioned "going back to his roots" though, so we are probably not the only ones who lost interest.

And yes, him showing off his new wife in all of his videos is neither enough to get back to what made his earlier videos more interesting.

Exactly this. I watched his channel in the early days when he had much less money and they were enjoyable. Then the money and "dumbest" channel dancing around started and I had to unsub it got so bad so quick.

 

[R129 UK]

Twice... something happened with wife #1 (Quynh Anh, they married in Vietnam) and he traded up to a fancier model (literally, she's a model/actress), April Rose.

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He must be doing something right...

Still a bit of a weirdo imo but maybe that's because I'm an Englishman and his American zaniness goes over my head...

 

[duuder]

People still click on his stuff? Maybe he puts his new hot wife on all the screencaps.

He did a channel for her as well...

I did watch when he did a financial history of the things he did, that the thing I'm interested in

 

[gerryvz]

April Rose.

That sounds to me like a porn starlet's "stage name." Could be wrong on that, though.

 

[gerryvz]

I think this is his second one. I remember him having a Euro 76 from the forums (before he was on TV).

You seem to be correct, mate.....

 

[alabbasi]

Yeah he's been on peach parts for as.long as I have (around 2004) and was a teenager at the time he joined. That's when the forum was called Mercedes shop.
He also attended one of the Centerville gathering in the white R107 Euro 500 that his grandmother gifted him.

@gerryvz it might have been one of the ones you attended.

 

[daantjie]

I hope buddy got a prenup...

 

[R129 UK]

Old(ish) news but Hoovie has now taken over Car Wizard's unit and intends to continue the business now that Car Wizard has moved to New Mexico.

What could go wrong...?

This didn't seem worthy of its own thread to me.

 

[Xanzar21]

Old(ish) news but Hoovie has now taken over Car Wizard's unit and intends to continue the business now that Car Wizard has moved to New Mexico.

What could go wrong...?

This didn't seem worthy of its own thread to me.

sadly everything, i remember watching him when he had just finished the 996 ls conversion. its been a downhill spiral ever since 2018. I've watched his recent stuff. The w198 acquisition was interesting, but all of his 90s era car stuff is pretty much performative now. Multiple r129s , and other legends have been through his channel, and he never seems to actually care about the cars he does have save for the r107, and maybe the w198(and that's a strong property tax on his childhood dream car maybe). Its like every other season he gets rid of his "dream car", but that's an issue with automotive youtubers in general (shmee150 isn't the best but at least he holds on to some of his cars longer, for whatever that's worth. We're gonna ignore Tavarish, and his p1 "build" while we're at it). The JDM community is starting to follow this trend too, and its quite sad to see.

 

[gsxr]

its been a downhill spiral ever since 2018. I've watched his recent stuff. ... he never seems to actually care about the cars he does have...

He cares about monetizing his YouTube channel. The cars are simply commodities leveraged to drive clicks.