This Viral Meme Ruined His Racing Career

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Samir Thapar, aka the guy from everyone's favorite meme of 2013, "You're Breaking The Car, Samir!" Turns out, he's actually a legit rally driver, along with his codriver Vivek. The video we laughed at, doctored. And us laughing at them ended in a defamation case and an arrest of the memelord who made it.
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@albonfilms Жыл бұрын

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@Eduardo_Espinoza Жыл бұрын

This was cool like a Bollywood movie! :D

@z3ronotfund939 11 ай бұрын

@ManOfPillowDoom 11 ай бұрын

Took you forever just to get to the point...

@wowzanpakutou 11 ай бұрын

how's it taste though, nobody talks about that.

@dzzope 5 ай бұрын

When half your video is a sponsor spot, particularly a scummy one like suppliments.. Buhbye.

@Arraxis Жыл бұрын

"the car had to be retired" Sooo... Samir broke the car?

@JP-xd6fm 11 ай бұрын

Exactly! he actually was breaking the car!, poor Vivek he was right

@inesis 11 ай бұрын

shut up! 🤣

@in8_ras 10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@onepunchman6165 Жыл бұрын

Never knew India had a rally culture after knowing their car mod laws.

@ak06041 Жыл бұрын

car modding is illegal for street cars. India had rally culture going way back since british were administering India.

@potatogirlcultist19 Жыл бұрын

India has a pretty large motorpsorts scene in general. It has produced two notable F1 driver in K. Chandhok and N.Karthekeiyan, who managed a 4th place finish at the 2005 US GP (albeit with only 6 finishers), and later went on to win a DTM race at Fuji, it has two major tracks, Madras and the F1 venue Buddh. As with most countries, they are more than happy to allow car racing as long as it's on a closed course. In F1 especially, it gave the country and various sponsors lot's of exposure.

@onepunchman6165 Жыл бұрын

@@potatogirlcultist19 Racing on a professional setting is one thing . But what do the people without these sponsorships do?. Banning any and all mods is a very stupid move my india knowing how the company TASMAC destroyed entire state with it but is still not banned.

@potatogirlcultist19 Жыл бұрын

@@onepunchman6165 I can't really speak for India, since, well, I'm not Indian, so I'm not sure how good their infastructure is, but in places where racing is popular, they set up clubs to organise and host legal events in places like car parks or disused airfields where they're aren't restrictions on what car can enter, thus meaning anyone with a license and a car can enter. However, I'm not sure how the government would deal with this, since I heard that they refused to class F1 as a sport and put it as entertainment instead which meant the track owners could no longer pay F1 up, meaning the track was forced to leave (correct me if I'm wrong here). India seems to have a lot of passion for motorsport, and with exposure and a massive potential audience of over 1 billion, it seems odd that governments don't really want to get behind it. But then again, I'm not really a politician, so what am I to say?

@onepunchman6165 Жыл бұрын

@@potatogirlcultist19 After some research the government just seems corrupt . Many Indians seem to have a love for racing but the government is run by older guys who look into for profit . But I think it would probably change after 20 to 30 years when india is properly developed. We must remember india is still a third world developing country

@travischang5565 Жыл бұрын

Vivek was a co driver for Malaysia's flying Sikh, Karamjit Singh, who is a rally driving ace. To say he is a legend is an understatement knowing a great length of challenges he faced throughout his rallying career. Consider running a video about his story, and believe me it's worthwhile.

@ThisIsMyRodrick Жыл бұрын

well, that co driver, is extremely insufferable, rude and a real dick. Let the man drive and do your job, call out the notes. instead of telling him how to drive. Unless Samir is somehow motivated from that 😂

@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 Жыл бұрын

I met Karamjit two weeks ago at a car show. Awesome guy and Malaysian sensation even today.

@haluyolo7568 Жыл бұрын

Iirc Proton Pert(old Motorsport name before became R3) also have its name written on rally hall of fame because of Karamjit Singh

@savetheevo Жыл бұрын

@@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 which car show

@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 Жыл бұрын

@@savetheevo tuh Retro Havoc. Monkey enclosure hahahah. Assuming from your name, you have an interest in 190E’s? I recently got one and it’s currently in the early stages of simple refurbishment. Maybe we can hangout sometime :))

@Truenofan86 Жыл бұрын

TRIPLE CAUTION! TRIPLE CAUTION! STAY CENTER!

@jaxxrr Жыл бұрын

they should have used this guy in the rally games as a voice .. hillarious

@TH3_T3RM1N4T0R 9 ай бұрын

@@jaxxrrthere are mods available...

@TheFlyingPLiner 9 ай бұрын

Shaddup!

@helper_bot 9 ай бұрын

i hope he gets paid for royalty, he's a legend @@jaxxrr

@blerst7066 Жыл бұрын

You keep saying Thapar had "decades" of experience, but he only raced for 5 years, retired, then returned 16 years later. That's less than a decade of experience.

@ghost.of.aleksz.salad. 7 ай бұрын

u dont understand doing things

@everythingpony 6 ай бұрын

@@ghost.of.aleksz.salad.nether do you apparently

@thefinalseqil8633 6 ай бұрын

Racing for 5 years is like 10 years of driving bro

@brandonborgerding182 5 ай бұрын

its like calling a dynasty heir a businessman

@SwipeLess 5 ай бұрын

probably just sounds better on a video and is more impactful statement storytelling wise

@cephy8102 Жыл бұрын

As always, a meme is only funny if you're not in it.

@rgamer4272 Жыл бұрын

To correct you, there are quite a few out there who like the memes of themselves, like moistcr1tikal and Ainsley Harriot. But yeah, the story behind this one is dogshit.

@mclama1139 Жыл бұрын

@@rgamer4272 i would say those two are pretty isolated cases. There's a tone of examples of people who's life was ruined because of a meme i.e the angry german gamer kid (who ended up turning out fine) but not quite as many for the opposite outcome. Most of the time these kinds of meme are only good if you're already looking for attention or public succes i.e moistcr1tikal who was already a full time streamer and youtuber and Ainsley Harriot who was already a tv entertainer

@nathanchildress5596 Жыл бұрын

The fact remains that it’s hilarious.

@spinyslasher6586 11 ай бұрын

@@mclama1139 There are also tons of examples of people embracing their memes.

@purwantiallan5089 11 ай бұрын

@@nathanchildress5596 but also extremely funny all the same.

@gurulaghima6518 Жыл бұрын

I'm running out of ways to say I like Albon videos without sounding like a creep

@sicstar Жыл бұрын

with that one you nailed it sounding like a creep :d

@darthvader8744 Жыл бұрын

"I rubbed one out to this video Albon"

@High_Bread Жыл бұрын

*The picture of dexter from dexters laboratory holding a picture of albon *

@Jim-qi9gu Жыл бұрын

Same

@pumpshotty9875 Жыл бұрын

You're sus!

@Mx64MaxyImpress Жыл бұрын

I'm really appreciate him to gave this golden yet hillarious moments, such a badass rally driver with carrying his own sponsorship, despite the chaotic results

@purwantiallan5089 11 ай бұрын

Coco Hayashi (Hayamaru) secretly also love this meme from Samir Thapar.

@AtlasJotun Жыл бұрын

As a native of Colorado, it is my duty to state that the car driving off a cliff at 5:28 occurred at the 2012 Pike's Peak International Hill Climb. That 125mph left-hand turn is called "The Devil's Playground", and it's nerve-wracking to drive at 30mph. Driver Jeremy Foley survived after his Evo rolled something like 14 times down the side of the mountain. "Jeremy, you're breaking the car!" The Race to the Clouds is just weeks away now, Sunday June 25th 2023.

@SpizzzYT 11 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing!

@swifter46ter 11 ай бұрын

Sometimes I forget other people from Colorado are online. I only meet them like once every two months.

@Striker-jg9kv 10 ай бұрын

@@swifter46terwell that's bcz Ralph ( and not Samir ) keeps breaking the Colorado's internet 😂

@mastercoolguy2809 10 ай бұрын

Not native to colorado but grew up there and yeah it doesn’t seem to like cars existing

@swifter46ter 10 ай бұрын

@@mastercoolguy2809 Honestly, true. Everything in this state wants to make your car miserable. The air, the ground, the terrain, the weather..

@versthappening603 Жыл бұрын

samir's legacy lives on as a racer in nfs: prostreet pepega edition

@theonlyplain Жыл бұрын

So true

@b.1570 Жыл бұрын

It's crazy to think becoming a meme is a bless as many people imagine or a curse for some individuals at the same time.

@braahstututu3572 Жыл бұрын

Ey, nice pfp

@ryanb9749 Жыл бұрын

I was becoming a meme in 2007. But I didn't like it so I deleted every copy of the video in existence. 3,000 views in 3-4 days, exponentially growing, dozens of hateful comments. I wish I would have kept it, it would have been funny.

@luichinplaystation610 11 ай бұрын

Just because it was on India if it was another place nothing of this would have happened

@purwantiallan5089 11 ай бұрын

@@ryanb9749 yep. Keeping them sometimes may earn you far more profit.

@HullsColby 11 ай бұрын

We are blessed and cursed, like it says in the book.

@eclipse101. Жыл бұрын

Someone should make a racing game with all the final bosses being car meme videos. Like Samir and the Mexican guy in the Maxima who gapped the Porsche.

@TorchicNidoran1994 Жыл бұрын

Need for Speed ProStreet: Pepega Edition is a mod that adds a lot of meme content. Samir actually is a character in one of the events that you race against!

@eclipse101. Жыл бұрын

@@TorchicNidoran1994 No way that’s insane I gotta try that

@blackroberts6290 Жыл бұрын

Manuel Transmission

@DistractedGlobeGuy 10 ай бұрын

And the truck filled with violent gopniks in _SpongeBob_ fursuits.

@kenobiwanobi889 9 ай бұрын

Miamis Daily Traffic!

@jhonnalbisa8422 Жыл бұрын

Yow I was 10 when this blew up. I'm 20 this year and still a diehard rally fan, now a tuner, and currently studying in college.

@surfside75 Жыл бұрын

You just keep this up and you will enjoy a fulfilled life.. enjoy and be blessed. -Make us proud sir.😁💙

@jhonnalbisa8422 Жыл бұрын

@@surfside75 I am actually. College might be difficult and stressful, but working on my shitbox to run it on touges here would always make my day. Idk, just my take on living my life.

@anmolsaxena_ Жыл бұрын

@@jhonnalbisa8422 literally me may i ask what shitbox you drive?

@surfside75 Жыл бұрын

@Jhonn Albisa listen.. don't be overwhelmed. I quit but I should have just stayed in it!! A passing grade even if it's a C-/D you still passed. I love you, don't ever give in and don't give up!😎

@turboaviation1307 Жыл бұрын

How To Be A Tuner?

@Arexion5293 Жыл бұрын

To me this seems weird. Like the ones at wrong here should be the people who took some random edited video on the internet seriously, treating it as if it was evidence of someone's capabilities.. in a sport where everyone makes mistakes, and the co-driver wasn't even one who had a big history of mistakes either. Those people who treated this random meme video as gospel are the ones who did wrong here. In general making decisions based on just some random video on the internet, which isn't even claiming to be educational, is a massive mistake on the viewer's part. Pretty sure this is common sense, or at least it is over here, taught to kids pretty early on too. Is no one else taught to not treat something they seen on tv or the internet as somehow factual and accurate information?

@archwaldo Жыл бұрын

"Pretty sure this is common sense, or at least it is over here, taught to kids pretty early on too. Is no one else taught to not treat something they seen on tv or the internet as somehow factual and accurate information?" No, not at all. People on the internet are dumber than you think.

@Arexion5293 Жыл бұрын

@@archwaldo To be fair, I do avoid Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit like the plague.

@bloodyhell8201 Жыл бұрын

Take a step back and think..how many things that you got taught do you actually remember?

@Arexion5293 Жыл бұрын

@@bloodyhell8201 The basics that are important in every day life, like understanding that what sort of language is allowed depends entirely on the social group you're in (can swear with friends and make dumb jokes, but act proper when parents are around or when you're in school or at work). Not taking stuff you read on the internet seriously is pretty much reinforced by everyone constantly, including the internet itself, hence I am baffled that there are adults with jobs who leap into conclusions based on a random post on the internet instead of doing any proper research first. They're adults, and their decisions are made for the sake of a professional job, so this sort of reactions from them makes them look very questionable as people. It's not professionalism at all. Children make such dumb mistakes. Adults who are acting in context of a job have no excuse.

@jaredmiller8740 11 ай бұрын

I canned all my social media and it feels great. All I got left is youtube and I limit that. Even champions like Ogier and Rovenperra crash and damage cars on a regular basis. Thats rally and tensions get high going fast and facing dangers and unknowns. Samir actually did ok and his co-driver was freaking out at a couple turns, but overall, its normal rally.

@motodude1002 Жыл бұрын

From a step back point of view. It is absolutely ridiculous that we as humanity have reached the point of letting social media have actual effect on real life thoughts, feelings, and subsequently ones actions are driven by it. We all owe eachother a favor, and need to stop treating social media like it is our lifeline. Start living in reality again.

@kraizerxthesimp46 Жыл бұрын

tell that to twitter freaks

@comradesusiwolf1599 Жыл бұрын

🗣️🔥

@intorsusvolo7834 Жыл бұрын

It’s been like this since ancient times with rumors, news papers, gossip, radios, tv.

@rompis.a Жыл бұрын

Social media is our communication, merged into one huge stream. It's not some other world separate from our world, or a dream that we can simply wake up from and forget by the time we have our first meal of the day. Yes, we are all responsible with the things that we post, and the actions we take upon whatever we consume from social media. Yes, we shouldn't let the mob mentality carried by social media blindly affect our lives, but don't forget that it can similarly be carried by newspaper, TV, radio, mouth-to-mouth, public addresses, and whatever else humans communicate with one another.

@jaredmiller8740 11 ай бұрын

I completely agree with you. As an American I have seen the damage that can be done from social media. Just a few years ago we had the best of everything in our country's history. Since the 2020 elections and the various collusion, censorship, and restrictions that have happened, as well as the algrithm echo chambers, my country is in shambles.

@descentmvm Жыл бұрын

wow i never knew the video was edited like that. and it costed them both alot of issues after... I hope this video blows up and gets more views so everyone understands the truth.

@ZipZapTesla 4 ай бұрын

Them both? Samir was a rich fat cat, this shit barely phased him.

@Austin.Kilgore 3 ай бұрын

It was all real though… implying it’s fake because it’s edited down to just show the highlights (or depending who you ask, the lowlights.) hardly seems accurate and even a bit misleading tbh.

@royliber3824 11 ай бұрын

Watching the rally video first time around and many times later, I never thought Vivek was "incapable" of co-piloting a rally driver like Samir. Infact, Vivek did excellent job and he read the pace notes even before they got to the corner. I always thought none skilled one between the two of them was always Samir and he kinda was that stage. I kinda feel bad for Vivek but im happy he got back on his feet.

@qaiserkhan4465 10 ай бұрын

Yeah it doesn't make sense to me that Vivek got the heat aswell to me it seems more like he was desperately giving out the calls and Samir wasn't listening. The people who stopped supporting Vivek after watching a meme on the internet are the dumb ones.

@razorfett147 8 ай бұрын

@@qaiserkhan4465agreed 150% its ridiculous that Vivek caught the heat for this considering he was doing his job. His hilarious frustration with Samir's sketchy driving discipline during that particular stage was warranted and completely relatable

@ToyotaMotorola Ай бұрын

It's insane especially cause you can see Samir drifting all over the place and making bad corrections, etc.

@poppachoppa8956 Ай бұрын

Honestly he sounds so flustered and just giving off "OHHH AHHHH FUUUUUUU" vibes the whole time. It would stress me out badly if he were my co driver.

@tomaszbabula369 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Vivek Ponussamy is also in charge of Team MRF Tyres in European Rally Championship these days. That's a succesful operation. They won the drivers', co-drivers' and the teams' championships in 2022.

@tdon6650 Жыл бұрын

I'm a Navigator in offroad desert racing. Our stages are into the hundreds of kilometers, if I'm yelling at the driver that much, in such a short stage, there is something dreadfully wrong. Just because a driver has decades of experience, doesnt make them any good. The edit wasn't the problem, the driver was. I guarantee, a powerful man like Samir wasnt happy losing face because of Viveks comments and that, I'm betting, was the cause of Viveks troubles. Might post some in car footage of ours, it can get pretty heated in there!

@dobryanskiy 11 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment. It doesn't matter if the 3 minutes of incompetence are cut out of 40, it's still 3 minutes of incompetence.

@pegcity4eva 9 ай бұрын

Yeah imagine this as a flight instructor.

@Koselill Күн бұрын

Yeah I never thought Vivek was the one that looked bad in that video.

@qwertycoupe 11 ай бұрын

Theres no way he had 20 years experience before that video, thats amazing 😂😂

@buckodonnghaile4309 11 ай бұрын

He didn't though. He raced 5 years over 2 decades, the presenter has repeated the "decades of experience" line a few times but he also said the man stepped away from racing twice for extended periods. I built a patio at my parents house in 1997 and then built one at my house in 2021, apparently I have decades of experience in construction.

@caliqm2199 9 ай бұрын

The footage wasn't "doctored". Vivek and Samir did indeed do everything that the clip showed. Unless the context includes Vivek saying "Samir,for about 3 minutes I am going to say things that are completely untrue" then I don't know how you could call it defamation.

@Austin.Kilgore 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I feel pretty mislead by him saying “it wasn’t actually real” only for it to turn out it’s 100% real… pretty annoying tbh

@k.e.v Жыл бұрын

The deep dive I didnt know we needed! ❤

@MadIIMike Жыл бұрын

I just imagine Binotto watching this video and checking the Italian laws on the subject...

@RealNameNeverUsed Жыл бұрын

How do you afford tuning while being in college? I finished college and barely afford new tires

@Broke.97 11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@foxhound24 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video and presentation! I will definitely be sharing this for so many reasons to my friends, absolutely superb, please keep up the hard work as I love this content!

@Alex-UM7GTE Жыл бұрын

I feel bad for Vivek after watching the vid.

@canaryellow. Жыл бұрын

Rest In Pieces Samir "You're breaking the car" Thapar 😔😔😔

@DaciaSandero_1.5DCi Жыл бұрын

*pieces*

@HendraProject1341-ov2yq Жыл бұрын

Bro?☠️

@vreikezen8268 Жыл бұрын

My brother in genetics, it's rest in peace 😭

@canaryellow. Жыл бұрын

@@vreikezen8268 mutual

@tappajaav Жыл бұрын

@@vreikezen8268 Reading comprehension my man. He wrote "rest in pieces". Rest in pieces bro.

@oregonfelder1 Жыл бұрын

My God man, I laughed so hard the first time I saw that video I couldn’t breath! It took me a few more attempts before I could get through it without laughing so hard I missed things. Thanks for adding the rest of the context to this.

@DarkSignal59 Жыл бұрын

I can never find the proper words to describe how much I enjoy video essays (or whatever the term might be), especially those that tell the story behind something I once wondered about a long time ago.

@kirklandexotics1506 11 ай бұрын

It's so satisfying to hear you pronounce the Indian town names correctly 😌

@DhruvAnand93 8 ай бұрын

Makes me doubt if he's using his real accent

@Django0324 6 ай бұрын

@@DhruvAnand93what does it matter?

@thawne4235 6 ай бұрын

That's because he is Indian.

@fa1_z 11 ай бұрын

Man, this is probably one of the most interesting videos on a 'meme' that I've ever seen. Great stuff, subbed!

@Shakukirai Жыл бұрын

4:25 this duo made me obsessed with Satria Neo. am still looking to buy a 2ndhand tbh

@ziulcast 8 ай бұрын

one time it was SWRC car, 2nd category in WRC, Per Gunnar Andersson was driving this car to the max

@rust405 Жыл бұрын

awesome that you shed some light on this, I never knew

@miaouew 8 ай бұрын

"Nerevarine, you will destroy the automobile." - Vivek

@gochaavtandilashvili8372 4 ай бұрын

Why did I have to scroll down this far to find this? 😂

@unsafevelocities5687 11 ай бұрын

You've got to lean into these things to weather the storm (easy to say when it's never happened to me, of course). If the duo continued racing, were it me I would have updated the livery by putting "Samir, you're breaking the car!" on the passenger side and "Shut up!" on the driver's side.

@VoxlMusic Жыл бұрын

I discovered rallying 2 years ago only thanks to the video. Today it's my main hobby, can't be more thankful for it :D

@ilgvarscevers7514 Жыл бұрын

soooo, he isn't actually a rally driver with 20+ years of experience since he started in 1992, retired in 1997 or whenever - couldn't really understand from the video since you mention he retires in 1997 but then you also say "it wouldnt be until 10 years after that, in 2013, that Samir would finally lace up his racing boots properly" (he returned in the Evo in 2013). If my math checks out - what happened in 2003? Somethings off with the timeline, or there is just missing information in the video about his carreer. Either way he started in 1992, finished in 2016, but if you are retired for half of that time period, it doesn't mean you have 20+ years of rally experience :D Anyway - loved the video, thanks :) !

@FreshTillDeath56 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving the real story more attention. It's always bothered me that people don't know the full story of how both of these guys really are legends.

@rocketman3285 5 ай бұрын

Noone cares! funny video funny. Doesn't effect any of us here!

@Nick77ab2 4 ай бұрын

@@rocketman3285you apparently cared enough to scroll through the comments and specifically troll reply to this comment. Next time check if your troll reply actually makes sense. You're a disgrace to trollers.

@Worldopain Жыл бұрын

Him: "You know what's worse than a viral video though?" Me: Your sponsor?! Him: "Yup"

@HRM.H Жыл бұрын

Kinda feel bad for Samir, but i hope he embraces the meme someday

@Dontdoitguy Жыл бұрын

That’s so crazy I just found that rally video for the first time yesterday.. 😮 you’re the man

@redcamaro9401 Жыл бұрын

Samir and Vivek: Hats off two you glorious legends.

@ryuhayashi97 Жыл бұрын

Yay Satria Neo! Proton, the Malaysian Manufacturer had great success in Rallying in the past. It's an interesting subject to study too, like how they brought EVO IV as a Proton. Built by Mellors Elliot Motorsports in the UK and won their WRC category. Which Mitsubishi was competing in as well! Also that Cusco Satria Neo, an original car made by Proton was bought by a Japanese tuner, to race in Asia Pacific Rally.

@Distinguished_Cat Жыл бұрын

he does the BEST ad segments i act want to watch them instead of skipping them

@salvatoreshiggerino6810 8 ай бұрын

It's an absolutely bizarre takeaway from the video is that Vivek did anything wrong at all. Then again that country has a really bad reputation for its absolutely toxic power dynamics, where the boss is always right, even when he's literally breaking the car.

@rahulsudhir666 Жыл бұрын

Bruh I'm impressed with the pronounciations! My uncle built parts of the team that built the cars raced by Samir. It's a now defunct firm called Red Rooster Racing here in Bangalore. The dude is immensely skilled. I remember the time he had brought out his Novitec Supercharged Ferrari F430. The thing sounded wicked n he had it floored! This was around 2013 or so and a time when supercars were a rarity on Indian roads, let alone being driven hard. We also happen to have a goddamned almost 200% import duty on imported cars. So something like a highly specced SVJ is almost 1.5 million USD here. Samir also has a Superformance GT40 in the Gulf Livery amongst a dozen or so tasteful exotics.

@Antikyth 3 ай бұрын

200%?! Wow! I wonder what the reason is. That is very very high.

@rahulsudhir666 3 ай бұрын

@@Antikyth It was set in the 60s-70s in order to help Indian auto manufacturers to have a better chance at getting a grasp at the market because alot of imported cars were coming into the market n folks naturally prefer to have a car that's built way better than what the local manufacturers were putting out. But what's unfortunate n engaging is that they've now had over half a decade to do exactly that n have gone on to become titans that have acquired foreign automakers such as Jaguar, Land Rover etc yet they still very strongly lobby the Govt to keep the import duties that way n it's highly unlikely to change. In the late 90s they went on to ban the import of cars older than 3 years into the country So if you love vintage or classic cars, you just can't buy one abroad n import it in unless it's to be kept in a museum n can never be registered. If I remember correctly, the Philippines has it even worse with 300% import duty.

@julianbrelsford 9 ай бұрын

I haven't got a clue about the laws in India but in the USA, lawyers usually tell us that a critical component of defamation claims is a false statement. So if you took a raw video and removed everything that wasn't fun to watch, and you're not not splicng phrases/sentences to fundamentally change their meanings... it doesn't seem to me as though any "defamation" happened! Copyright is a whole other thing though; taking the rally video and reposting without the owner's permission might be a copyright violation

@curledone7947 Жыл бұрын

Happy to know the co-driver could go back to his rally carreer in the end. So we ones more learn the dangers on the internet

@agungwarih Жыл бұрын

Samir wrecking the car is kinda urban legend. Thank you for your explanation. I didn't know that the video has been an archaic archive.

@WodenSimRacing Жыл бұрын

First video from your channel I have seen, great content!

@BboySlashGNR 9 ай бұрын

Man this is such an underrated channel! Quality content💪🏽

@edwardfletcher7790 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic research ! I always wondered about this videos background...

@jjurss7263 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad Vivek did alright in the end. The video is funny af and Vivek is the funniest part of the whole thing :)

@ericmcmanus5179 4 ай бұрын

There is no defamation here. Thank god I live in America.

@tryzinpew 11 ай бұрын

Now this makes sense. That nevigator was a professional and he's only been doing gigs with a professional rally drivers up until that Samir gig. No wonder he was furious cause that dude definitely didn't know how to drive to even begin with. I've seen the full clip and saying it was rusty is a bit generous of you cause from the start of the race till the end of that clip he seemed like he just got a learner's licence.

@pixelesque. Жыл бұрын

Anyone else miss the old thumbnails that aren’t AI generated images? It makes the videos look like they are from completely different channel, it took me seeing this video pop up in my recommended 3 times for me to realize it was an even an Albon video

@kbhasi Жыл бұрын

I didn't realise it was one until I watched the video. Ugh.

@haziqmalik8078 Жыл бұрын

Why is he fat and fit at the same time?

@canaryellow. Жыл бұрын

💀💀💀

@someonejustsomeone1469 Жыл бұрын

Ever heard the word stout?

@canaryellow. Жыл бұрын

@@someonejustsomeone1469 no

@TheRedGlint4427 4 ай бұрын

It's misleading to say the video was "doctored" or "fake"... It all happened, it's just that the funniest bits are clipped together for convenience.

@lucwijngaard8413 11 ай бұрын

Already knew this fact but not the story behind it, great job!

@mattmanix5104 9 ай бұрын

Great content, fantastic investigative journalism. Really enjoyed that video, keep up the good work.

@congruentcrib Жыл бұрын

Small game I play had a small video with this. It’s a space sim (and you can play in VR) but the ship they were flying was nicknamed “The Vomit Comet”. One of the fastest moving ships with almost uncontrollable sensitive agility. So they took a video of this ship racing in canyons. Truly a masterpiece.

@eduardoFIFA Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this. I didn't know I needed to know the details of that meme from so long ago 😅

@anhtunguyen111 Жыл бұрын

I’m glad to learn about the history of this. Thanks for another video.

@justsomeguy5628 9 ай бұрын

I'm glad that Vivek was able to turn things around.

@DantesGrill 5 ай бұрын

There's something about rich people wanting/thinking they are racing gods that removes all sympathy and impressiveness of their driving. Samir will always be the one who broke the car in my eyes. Nothing else.

@davidsonw3085 5 ай бұрын

I'm from Coimbatore, India - the place where some of the rallys featured in this video took place. Worked at a dyno facility located near the airport of that city and got a front row seat to the rally scene in Southern India

@thespectator1243 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for setting the record straight. The people involved really deserved this, so thanks again for this... edutainment! (: ... I still like the original meme video, can not deny that. ;)

@ytbreezy3199 Жыл бұрын

When i saw the thumbnail and title just knew it was "Samir you breaking the car!"

@PositronicDiscombobulator Жыл бұрын

It's commendable that you would take the time to bring the truth to light. Thank you.

@thisismyspout Жыл бұрын

You know what's worse than a viral video.... Yes. Ads put into videos when I pay for premium lol

@sanman9385 Жыл бұрын

You can select a skip ad option in the settings.

@spaceshipearth356 11 ай бұрын

@@sanman9385 Where? Can't find it anywhere in the KZfaq app.

@sanman9385 11 ай бұрын

@@spaceshipearth356 it's premium KZfaq I think.

@spaceshipearth356 11 ай бұрын

@@sanman9385 I have YT premium, but can't see it anywhere.

@JPSimen 11 ай бұрын

Hilarious. Even the Indians who pay for premium yt get ads! My heart swells, not from pride, but from endomyocarditis and butter chicken curry. 😂❤

11 ай бұрын

you cant save samir. the meme video has no manupilation. it cant be a crime.

@mojojoji5493 11 ай бұрын

Kinda hate how this video doesn’t really care for what happened to vivek he honestly needs some justice for that video

@chemicalist 9 ай бұрын

"Swine flu viral" Guess it's too soon, but it baffles me to come off a pandemic and see reference of all things

@MISTA_GAMER 11 ай бұрын

i never looked at the other side of this meme... damn man... thanks for covering stuff from india too... i really loved your smokey nagata and midnight clubs video

@gutzimmumdo4910 2 ай бұрын

"Samir youre entering burning building" Samir: shatap, dont tell me how to drive

@mohammadaliraza5134 Жыл бұрын

Justice for Samir!

@JP-xd6fm 11 ай бұрын

Samir was breaking the car!, he was a mediocre driver with a ton of money. I can't feel sorry for him

@helper_bot 9 ай бұрын

he can afford it though, i dont know what are you complaining about 😂😂 @@JP-xd6fm

@hyper_channel Жыл бұрын

Happy to see it turned out ok for the most part, I don't think the dude making the meme expected or wanted for it to have such a negative impact.

@BigBoyAdvance 6 ай бұрын

This video is 100% false. The 3-minute Samir video is not edited. It's just a collection of clips from the full 20-something minute video that's available to watch. Samir really did drive that bad, and the dialogue between Samir and co-driver is authentic.

@B_COOPER 11 ай бұрын

Dude that sponsor ad is brilliant. You are good at “purposefully bad acting”

@massimopecile9666 Жыл бұрын

"Its only a video no one will remember tomorrow" Aggiungerei anche la frase "occhio che si scivola"

@abrakadabra5023 Жыл бұрын

SAMIR, SAMIR, YOU'RE BREAKING THE CAAAR

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450 9 ай бұрын

Jesus christ I never knew the extent of what happened after. Now I felt bad for the navigator. At least he got a redemption arc & is doing well in racing circle

@VigneshV-lo6fi Жыл бұрын

Very nice and well researched video 👍

@rabimunif2078 Жыл бұрын

I know what's worse than a viral video, The KZfaq ad, immediately after you fell; followed up by the built-in sponsor clip, which I liked.

@matthiasannaberger2469 Жыл бұрын

That "consequenzes" crash wasnt a rally crash. That was a pikes peak hillclimb crash at devils playground

@NotBubZ 5 ай бұрын

that's crazy. i can't believe his career was tucked up because of this. especially considering it all. like this exact video got me into rally racing and really motorsports as a whole.

@kaletovhangar Ай бұрын

I first heard of this voice-over from montages of KZfaq gamer DollarPlays whenever he included some fast armored vehicle. I'm quite glad it is actually funnier than I previously thought.

@somonisak5591 Жыл бұрын

Bro has his thumbnail made from an AI by the looks of it

@Sh1ba. 9 ай бұрын

In Motorsports like rally and rally raid arguments and fights between crew and mechanics is common, especially after hours of hardcore racing But honestly everyone’s pretty nice to each other again after a few hours💀

@dexopaw Жыл бұрын

Calling the clips video "doctored" and "not exactly real" I don't think is fair - the audio and the video are seemingly accurate, it's just missing the segments between the funny bits. I thought you were gonna say that maybe it wasn't Samir driving, or that the codriver we hear might have been someone else, those I would agree would make the video "not exactly real" but that wasn't the case.

@aramisperez9923 Жыл бұрын

In the court of law any edit or manipulation of the clip in any way is what counts the meme as doctored and not real.

@ToyotaMotorola Ай бұрын

@@aramisperez9923Are we in a court of law? Yes, the footage was doctored, but it did not unfairly depict any of the events that went on. Those happened.

@idkwhyieventryanymore 6 ай бұрын

Career is temporary, “Samir you’re breaking the car” is eternal

@AJsWorld 18 күн бұрын

That 4 minute sponsor spot though, omg!

@thegreatafrican3367 5 ай бұрын

How you managed to stretch this to 1 minutes is impressive

@BlackjackJoe101 Жыл бұрын

Albon going full-on "Know Your Meme"

@outerspaceoutlander 6 ай бұрын

I always like to know the history behind the meme, because there is always at least one. Cool to know what stands behind "breaking the car" one. Waiting for more. Thx.