You know it makes sense!

After he bought the Ferrari and the Rolls Royce, there is no way anyone can even be surprised anymore...

starting to see a pattern here

More like a vehicle virgins title

Tom-Dearie then the following, everything wrong with my Tesla roadster

Shutup

Oh come on...this guy's great

Seriously dude?!? Hoovie is 1,000 times better than Doug.

Dougscore?

lunisce that would be a quite a laugh if he did that!

IT IS NOT DOUG IT IS HOOVIE

On purpose. Because he's not Doug DeMuro, asshole.

@@vincedibona4687 learn to take a joke

You mean Doge score😆

I do watch repair. Another comment I agree with. Thumbs up too.

@@arnehurnik Sometimes even less. Seriously, I can source some movements for under $5.00

Depends on all the measurements and what other movement will fit without modification. And such modification is usually a pain and not worth the time or effort. Another thing, I get movements as cheap as $5.00 from vendors(third-party). Imagine what the watch companies get the movements for directly from the movement manufacturers?

Give it a break, they are sponsoring a channel you watch. Skip past the ad, keep your mouth shut, and let Hoovie get a few bucks so he can still make these videos.

I am glad. The reason I commented on this was because I'm not a huge watch person at all, yet I considered buying a MVMT watch based on the hundreds of positive reviews on their website. But with some more digging, it appears that a lot of those reviews for essentially bribed with free watches or heavily discounted ones to say positive things. Then I came across youtube videos that explained how they don't last very long at all (some as little as 3 months). and cheap ones of the SAME EXACT watches can be found on sites like ebay and alibaba just without MVMT written in tiny letters.

hero

Nope

.......got $100 for a watch?.....get a Vostok Amphibian...automatic, tons of selections, 10 year service warranty etc etc.

They could not have made the Model S without making the Roadster first. Both experience and money would not have been there if it were not for the roadster. I remember when that thing came out, people loved it and it was a big deal in general.

And it proved that it's a failure. Kill it with fire!

The electric car caught the investors attention and started funding Tesla even though most of it was Elon’s money.

very rude

you are correct

OMG, you're so insightful and observant. Plus you're only about the 10,000th person to say this over the past year. Noob.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH you're just a straight bastard dick face, aren't you?

Hoovie starts imitating Doug when he runs out of cars to destroy

Z Yeah it's kind of a running joke between the two guys

This douche wants more views

Ooh intresting. Did you have any projects after that?

Interesting. Can you tell me if the transmission was durable, would it affect the car's performance and electricity consumption?

Doug does the same thing, I don't click on the articles anymore because I got annoyed of looking for it lmao

Yeah, it is absolutely terrible imo and the reason I never went on autotrader ever again after being tired of Hoovies inability to link directly to the article.

How hard would that have been? I don't use AutoTrader because I got tired of the bait and switch claiming the link was in the description when they really want me to peruse the entire site.

Yes omg. I gave up on Doug's a long time ago because I could never find it.

*ESPECIALLY* when it is an older video.

Phillip JONES it was a failure... we’re not saying it wasn’t good we’re saying it failed at selling

Phillip JONES go kiss elon’s ass some more

@@S1KMassie Because it was a concept car and the company didn't have any recognition back then

The GM EV-1 did that.

Exactly.

Newsflash: Capitalist life is one big inescapable shill.

@K Muz ...You pay KZfaq for commercial free viewing? Just use a free in browser Ad Blocker...

@@rantech1907 maybe he's watching using the KZfaq app.

I only see 1 ad on this video. He needs that ad.

fuck you doug is dumpass, hoovie haves qiurks AND COOL FEATURES

@@leftmorningstar6954 you edited this and still wrote dumpass? What a dumpass

Mike Morris And spelled just about every word wrong.

JxC Mike Morris is supid

Rusty Debier i toke the dump outta that ass now i am fine

well... infotainment centers do take battery to run

15 Continuity Errors You Never Knew Existed In Hoovies Garage

Time went from 3pm to 5pm so there must have been some time in between those shots.

He was switching between Ideal and Estimated range

@@kevins1834 or you could stop making stuff up and look at the clock

He didn’t say Tesla was a failure dumbass, the car was a failure

*They’re

Exactly..... like saying the first number of years for Amazon and Netflix where failures.

It didn't really fund the model S because the costs were so high to produce the Roadster and because the market price was so high, it couldn't appeal to mass market. It did help though in securing funding through investors for the model S and the $100's of millions needed to buy the Fremont factory and also get it ready for operation.

It was never meant to be mass market, it was a proof of concept. That electric cars could be fun, cool and smoke almost everything else around them, and the Roadster proved that beyond a doubt.

mondayfool Although it didn't pay for the Model S platform, it proved the technology was viable and created enough buzz for people to be interested in ordering the Model S when it went into production. It was a prototype which they learned a ton from, since there was template to really go by. No one had built anything comparable up to that point. But I guess your comments just reflect your screen name.

mondayfool There were a bunch of one off conversions, but keep in mind, even starting with a Lotus frame, they had to tear it apart and modify it to the point where they said they ended up using only a fraction of it. That taught them that using ICE frames and converting them simply wasn't viable, you have to start with a dedicated EV frame. The same thing GM learned when they starting making the Bolt off the Spark frame, and ended up developing a dedicated EV frame instead. In an EV, there is no transmission tunnel, no drive shaft tunnel needed, you need floor space for the batteries which doesn't exist in a ICE car, the room up front where the engine sits ends up mostly empty, but you need room underneath for the motors, but don't need the gas tank, etc. etc. Most EV's up to that point were done by just stuffing batteries where they could find space in a ICE frame, which made them both short range and clunky, and reduced the utility too much. The Roadster set a few bench marks no one had really seen before. The car had record range, the handling for a EV was actually pretty good, it was stunning fast at 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds, and it looked pretty sharp being Lotus Elise look alike. So, as much as people like to dismiss it, it set a whole new bench mark for EV's as being fast, sharp looking and fun to drive, and sparked the interest needed for the Model S. A lot of the core design that had never been used, like using the 18650 cells and the battery cooling system, was in many ways revolutionary, and something that was built upon and improved on the Model S. It also allowed Supercharging, as without the cooling system, that simply wouldn't be possible. The Roadster can't be Supercharged as the cooling system was never designed for that. In many ways, regardless of the commercial success of the Roadster, a lot of the design and R&D that went into it was the foundation for the Model S. Starting the Model S from scratch without all that initial work to build on would have been extremely difficult and probably would have killed it before they ever got it into production. That may be the point that many people miss about the Roadster. Whether the Roadster succeeded commercially or not was not the important part. The fact that it was the foundation of the technology used in the Model S, and a hugely valuable learning and R&D tool is what makes it important. Without it, Tesla as it is today probably would just be another failed project like the Fisker Karma.

How come no one noticed, big fan of your channel.

Currently serving quarantine in holiday inn express Singapore. Gosh I hate it

Only 2400?

@@arah8998 The contract between Tesla and Lotus was for 2400 cars, after the contract ended no more roadsters were made.

@@arah8998 public perception on EV turned 180, foremost objective ultra success

Uh thats not allot for a production car

Tesla must have learnt a lot from this car, the fact that it made production and they sold them is a success. Also this video actually shows that they were a lot of fun to drive.

Youch

Hahaha 😂👍🏻

r/suicidebywords

And lost. Haha JK

Fuentes how

Austin Ryser They lied in the video saying it broke down when it didn’t.

@@ObesePuppies was it though?

Ben Mayall it was justified because they said that it died after 65 miles when it did not and still had 100 miles of charge left

Britain always talked shit about America esp on Top gear. They might've taken it too far...

Spiers, Whatsup! YEEET

R A you must understand, Spiers is Canadian and part French. It is the way of his people. And you are behaving like a dumpass

Rust.the.man that's not spiers

Lol I guess not. Aww dumpass!

Doug wouldn’t film with sun behind him

You pay for TV and it has more ads. As well KZfaq has yet to ever make a profit.

@@joer8854 Tool..

@@jalderink entitled asshole who thinks he should get everything for free.

@@joer8854 Wrong again! joe the tool working overtime for his google overlords.. What a TOOOOOL!!! I guess he thinks alphabet/google doesn't make enough money, eh toolboi joe?

@@jalderink That's completely not the point. In order for a business to remain viable and it's parent company not to drop it like a bad habit (which it would be at that point) and it to vaporise it has to make a profit. This is because the whole point in a business venture is to make a profit. So, If KZfaq doesn't remain profitable (Which it finally seems to be, albeit barely) Google will eventually shut it down. This is because running massive servers and giving away servers to ISPs is expensive. KZfaq requires massive amounts of hardware and Bandwidth to work. The reason KZfaq gives away hardware is so that some of the more popular videos people watch can be stored right at Your ISP lowering the amount of bandwidth needed by google to keep KZfaq operating. The ADs you bitch about pay for that hardware and bandwidth.

Teslarossa?

@@Abe_Sheen Testaroadsta?

yes

That's exactly what he said

Yes a pyramid scheme...

giggled at how cringe it was

We're happy that you decided to stop by here after Doug's.

daddy Doug rocks

It was a failure. It was a shitty lotus.

I'd rather have the Evora it's based on.

Launched a billion dollar business and made the investors a ton of money.

@@trihardcx6743 *elise

Sorry, I don't dig the dug.

It did sound like an older windows sound though, just not a login. More like if you get a notification on vista or xp

Worst car of it's era

RW is obviously a pathetic loser troll that needs to get a life.

He is mentioned as Co-founder. After one of the co-founders was ousted in 2008 they named him both CEO, chairman and co-founder.

Joseph Smith yesir, he started as an investor and took more control over the years

Tesla himself didn’t get credit for a lot of his inventions too thanks to investor Thomas Edison so it seems befitting…

Tesla was nothing more than a plan on paper before JB and Elon joined the company. Elon could have been CEO since day 1, but he wanted to dedicate his time to SpaceX. But after seeing that Martin Eberhard was running Tesla into the ground, Elon came in and took over.

True, but he was an angel investor so, better than a founder.

@Lassi Kinnunen And making sound.

I own a 2018 Roadster (known as the Model P3D+) and it is totally amazing, and faster, too.

@ Lassi Kinnunen Actually Tesla Model 3 is the #1 selling car in terms of revenue in the US. Top 5 in sales and the others are 26-30,000 $ cars with the average TM3 costing over 50k, and production is ramping up quickly. Tesla has 80% of the US ev market and the Model 3 outsold all BMW passenger cars combined in the US in August. And they are growing rapidly.

well no, not really. Now you won't have the same engine repairs, but suspension, brakes, transmission, cooling system, drivetrain, all that stuff will wear out just like any other car.

There is no transmission, and the motors are the drive train which are rated for 1 million miles. They could easily be driven hundreds of thousands of miles.

+Red Baron: sorry buddy, but you really need to learn a bit more before you post.....as you will see in the attached drawing, there IS a drivetrain that includes a differential, half shafts, u joints, and I bet there's some sort of trasnmission in the housing (either geared or chain). Rated at 1 million miles.....any link to support that claim? Just an FYI: many things are "rated" for miles, hours, years, etc but those ratings are based on laboratory conditions and in perfect scenarios. In the real world those ratings don't mean diddley. I've have tool batteries that were rated for 500 charge/discharge cycles and don't even get 100 out of them. Oh, you used it outside? nay nay. You used it below freezing? nay nay. You used it in 30+ C summer heat? nay nay. Oh my, you got it WET? nay nay...... www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Tesla-Model-S-Assembly-e1378883403298.jpg&imgrefurl=www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-weight/&h=854&w=700&tbnid=iYmcPx5FERYb5M&tbnh=248&tbnw=203&vet=1&docid=qSoCfdDEd3AN4M

+Red Baron: I looked up the 1 million mile claim...that's on the new model S not the original roadster. Couldn't find any info on the rating for the roadster.....if you can, please post it'd be interesting to read.

The Model S is already on it's way to seeing high miles. There's a ton that've already racked up hundreds of thousands of miles and a few that are near 500k. All with not much maintenance done to them. Just tires/alignments, wiper blades, and software upgrades. The original Roadster may not see a million miles for a long time simply because not many are out there and not many of those are being driven a lot.

fatty

D Gillies additional

Future Hindsight top gear adds satirical comedy. Tesla sued because of there jokes... very embarrassing

@@No1reallydies that's not satire look up the definition of satire that's just lying

@@No1reallydies No, top gear has always and still does call themselves factual, and that stunt they did had people legitimately concerned

stolen cars are cheap in TJ. Better get a cop dog to sniff it if it does check out.

Same!

Well the new roadster is DOPE

@@SURENITY The new Tesla's are incredible cars. I just don't want one because of the customer service issues . Though I am a huge fan of Elon .

Adriano's Classic Garage bruh didn't they unveil the new roadster with the semi ?

That's not true at all. I'm calling you out on your automotive hipstersdom. Admit it, you knew very little of what Tesla was doing at the time the Roadster was around. What about the current Tesla is less likeable than the past Tesla?

When they made the original roadster I was all about it, it was basically just an amazing take on the Lotus Elise, which was my favourite car at the time. Simple, light, quick and electric... and Tesla really was pioneering the idea. While I am happy that they grew to become a huge company and don't make shitboxes anymore, I don't really care for any of the gimmicks of the new Teslas, and I'm afraid they completely steered away from the original concept. This said, I am definately curious about new things coming out, hopefully less gimmicks and more driving pleasure.

I liked them more when the guy in charge wasn't a massive embarrassment to himself, his company, and humanity in general.

Well, hes only had it for a few months. Pretty sure i remember him saying that the eletric motor had to be changed twice in the time the previous owner had it.

He's had if for two years. And it was the drive unit, not the motor. And the car comes with an 8 year unlimited mile warranty on the drive unit, unlike any other automaker. It was the very first model year, so early production issues on the drive units wasn't entirely unexpected.

What are you talking about? He bought the car this year, the first video is from May 2018. And the drive unit includes the motor, so that really doesnt change anything.