2M Subscriber AMA with Ed Bolian (THANK YOU!!!)

[@VINwiki]

Car questions 1. 0:49 - What’s the latest on the El Chapo McLaren F1? 2. 1:07 - What is happening with Car Trek? 3. 1:34 - What is my favorite muscle car? 4. 2:29 - What is THE perfect car? 5. 3:21 - What is my favorite car under $10K? 6. 3:59 - Am I still looking for a Bugatti? 7. 5:28 - Thoughts on the Japanese market? 8. 6:38 - What car do you most regret selling? 9. 8:06 - What is your opinion on the Gallardo Superleggera? 10. 8:31 - What are your thoughts on the manual swaps from EAG? 11. 9:36 - What car makes no sense from a collectibility standpoint? 12. 10:36 - What companies flagship cars make no sense? 13. 11:19 - What are your thoughts on Vectors? 14. 12:00 - What was your first supercar? Have you ever tried motorcycles? 15. 12:28 - If manual LP-640s didn’t exist what car do you think you would have 3 of? 16. 13:00 - In 35 years, what will grandpa Ed be driving? 17. 13:49 - Why did Murcielagos’s climb in value while manual Gallardo’s didn’t? 18. 15:25 - Do you think the Cannonball run record is still beatable? 19. 17:17 - What are the best investment cars to buy today? 20. 18:31 - Which of your Lamborghini’s gets the most attention? 21. 19:27 - Why don’t you have an Aventador? 22. 20:12 - How is Freddy doing with the P1? 23. 21:02 - What would it take for you to sell every car in your collection? 24. 21:55 - What is the best to sell a low mileage Porsche that has been sitting for 13 years? 25. 22:49 - Should we respect all builds? Personal Questions 26. How many tickets have you been given? 27. 25:13 Where did you learn to sell cars? 28. 25:55 - Where did you learn public speaking? 29. 26:30 - What is your favorite dinosaur? 30. 26:41 - What is your favorite hotdog condiment? 31. 26:53 - Are you getting a new danger noodle? 32. 27:17 - What is your favorite non car hobby? 33. 27:45 - What % of your net worth should be in cars? 34. 29:10 - Where is Rabbit? 35. 29:35 - If you weren’t doing this, what would a normal Ed be doing? 36. 30:14 - What attributed to your success? 37. 30:38 - What are some good marriage tips for entrepreneurs or car enthusiasts? 38. 31:56 - What is your testimony? 39. 33:00 - What is your favorite verse from the Bible? 40. 34:00 - What is your favorite car to drive to church? 41. 34:24 - What is the best supercar for tall people 42. 35:02 - What is the most unethical thing you have done in a car transaction? 43. 36:38 - What is your best advice for a young enthusiast getting into car buying? 44. 37:12 - What is your favorite whiskey? 45. 37:25 - What is the best radar detector and laser system? 46. 37:42 - What advice would you give to your 16 year old self? 47. 38:30 - What are your favorite stories that have been told over the years? Business Questions 48. 40:08 - What has changed over the years as far as video style and performance? 49. 41:18 - How has media success changed VINwiki’s strategy? 50. 41:58 - Why is there no giveaway at 2 million subscribers? 51. 42:25 - What is going on with the VINwiki app? 52. 43:49 - What about a VINwiki live concept? 53. 44:15 - Where is Kimmi?!? 54. 44:34 - Will you start an auction site? 55. 45:12 - Will you ever sell VINwiki? 56. 46:13 - Why have you removed some videos? 57. 46:59 - Do you pay the storytellers? 58. 48:03 - When did you realize that VINwiki could be a real job? 59. 49:23 - What is the hardest place to import a car from? 60. 49:48 - What is the best advice you have for a young business owner that wants to start flipping cars?

[@richardsharma283]

Vinwiki deserves nothing less. Thank you for all the years of entertainment and bringing together a community of car people from across the world. Congratulations Ed!

[@timothyhill4630]

Don’t remember ever not liking a Vinwiki post. Ok, maybe a few from a winy mouth guy. But “this” post has to be my favorite. I got to know you, your ethics, your faith, your commitment to relationships (personal, private, religious and business). I’ll never own a “super” car. But I do own a super car. 87 911 Carmine Red Targa I bought 28 yrs ago. No rain, no snow, all original with so many rock chips. Hope to see many many more posts from Vinwiki. Thank you! ❤

[@ferrynpalmer3875]

WHEN Ed finds the El Chapo F1..... it's going to be the episode that breaks the internet once and for all!

[@EDV8ZR1]

Waiting for the video where he says the Cartel has called me to sell me the McLaren F1.

[@ferrynpalmer3875]

@@EDV8ZR1 ....I'm waiting for the video where Ed gets a collect call from the federal penitentiary from the man himself with the location of the car in exchange for commissary!!

[@ArfDrew]

# 639 sub.... Here since the beginning..... Way to go Ed

[@EDV8ZR1]

Congratulations To Ed & Vin Wiki. This is a Huge Milestone.

[@THEOGGUNSHOW]

30:25 That Sir just made me respect you all the more. You sound like a man of superior character in a day and age where it is not held in the high esteem as it should be. GOD BLESS 🙌 🙏 ❤️

[@Trinity0h4h4]

Congratulations Ed!!!! Thank you for the years of entertainment. Looking forward to many years to come. :)

[@Twinspinner]

The idea of Ben Collins coming back and being the 4th on another Top Gear esque adventure is something I'm living for

[@ldcuba]

Thank you for always being upfront about your faith!

[@gdwe1831]

Yawn

[@kingcountrytowing]

Congratulations Ed you deserve all the success in the world for putting together a great community of people I'm proud to be a part of

[@joshwarner9515]

Congrats Ed! Well done to you and your team.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Congrats on 2 Million subs！

[@TraderDan58]

So good to hear you step up and talk about your faith. It’s so popular to hate on people who profess their beliefs. Before anyone puts some ugly comment below let me remind you that Ed spoke what was important to him. He didn’t say anything negative about you. Please keep that in mind.

[@stevenmcdaniel6820]

I remember the original valet stories from this channel that got me into cars. This channel has inspired so many people

[@dickhitswater4836]

The valet stories were the first I heard, feels like a decade ago at least!

[@farshidrahmani6262]

Congratulations Ed 🎊🎉🍾🎈 and good luck 👍🏼 Always enjoy the content.

[@jamessattely4759]

Im proud to say im part of the 2m vinwiki community. Congratulations ed

[@gsmith207]

yay Vinwiki! 2mil is a crazy amout of peeps that love car stories and history. im 1 of the 2mil! congrats from Maine bub!

[@Amelie-eh3jc]

Well done! The effort and passion are evident.

[@Mr.Magicstick]

Congrats on 2mil! And thanks for Answering my question (46:16). 😂

[@RomanSlivko-bg1dw]

Ed you are awesome. As a creator and as a spiritual leader. Congrats sir and wish you all the best and blessings from above!

[@alanleclair1]

Congratulations on 2M subs Ed. Thanks for all these years of great content! 👏🎉

[@DavidAMoore-ux7nc]

Thanks for your faith.

[@icantrideslow]

Congrats Ed and thank you for your entertaining stories you never seem to run out of!

[@whtdrgn33]

I love this channel but I have such an incredible new respect for you because you had no issue talking about your faith. Thank you so much for doing that...from the bottom of my heart I mean that.

[@CannonballCC]

Happy to have been here for it! Congratulations! "What is toue favorite dinosaur" may be the most important question ever asked

[@chrismilton8792]

Congrats on 2M Ed!

[@stevelehto]

Congratulations! An amazing milestone.

[@justinbrandt419]

Congrats on 2M! I have been watching it sit at 1.99 for a while. Well deserved!

[@greeker94]

Congratulations Ed! Thank you for teaching us so much about the car industry!

[@lctm3]

Love you Ed!! I look forward to the Car stories every week!!

[@BeezeBuildz]

Congrats on 2 million Ed and story tellers it is well deserved!

[@TheJgolfw]

2M Congratulations! Appreciate you!

[@rodrigodepierola]

Never expected Daniel to be in a "favorite Bible verse". Great one, definitely.

[@TheCannonball79]

Congratulations ED! Your hard work has paid off.

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Ed Bolian must've been one hell of a salesman... I feel like he could sell me things I don't even want, from a showroom I don't even recall going in to.

[@ethankillion8419]

Yall taught me about the great Tazio Nuvolari, yall have done more then enough for us, thank you.

[@tomkopp2115]

Always grateful for the amazing content Ed, thank you!

[@caseyrenner2061]

Thank you Ed! Thank you VinWiki! Thank you all the story tellers!

[@brianmcgaffigan8194]

Ed deserves there, one of the funniest KZbinrs who doesn't try hard to b funny and great content with Hoovie and Tavarish

[@frankvuong1080]

Congrats! Thank you for all the stories and the amazing insights into the world of SuperCars!

[@jodiebennett6647]

Love the channel. Love the stories. Love it all. Thank you

[@m.p.509]

Congratulations - such a great channel - thank you, Ed, for being the man of God you are!!! It’s encouraging.

[@silver_bullet682]

Thank you so much for sharing your testimony! The best part of a great video Ed, sincerely.

[@714xdre]

Keep doin what you're doin Ed. God Bless!

[@ferrynpalmer3875]

The logical next step....I've been waiting for a VinWiki auto sales set up. A place for VinWiki members to list their automobiles, in one place, so that buyers KNOW they're getting a vehicle from someone who cares enough to track it in such a manner! I ALWAYS prefer to buy my cars from fellow car guys when possible.

[@DerekSVNLD]

Necropost, but they should just integrate with Cars and Bids. Ed and Doug have been friends for decades, and it makes all the sense in the world to have a "See history and discussion of this car on VINwiki" button next to the one for the CarFax report

[@samsonian]

Congratulations, Ed! How cool that you’ve turned a dream into such a success! Cheers! 🖖😎👍

[@justinkrizenesky]

Congrats Ed! You and the VinWiki team deserve all of this and more!

[@player4741]

Congratulations Ed I can see bright future for this channel

[@QALibrary]

wow car trek with the stig - that would be hitting out of the park

[@brokeboi_heady710]

Congratulation ed you have come so far from 6 years ago when I started watching and supporting vinwiki

[@tims9294]

What a great journey, God is good!

[@phillipohare3104]

Congrats on the milestone!! 👏👏👏

[@nate5804]

Seeing the life of this channel and how it started to how it’s going now is so awesome. Cheers to 2m!

[@trevorrobinson3253]

I’m happy to see how much this channel has grown. I appreciate your work ethic and for keeping me entertained for hours and hours while I work. Congratulations on 2M

[@briandurning9211]

Congratulations to you and your team for the 2M subscriber milestone and for all of the content you produce for us car enthusiasts! Wishing you continued success.

[@michaelcavalieri8576]

Thank you!! You guys run a fantastic channel

[@EA40]

That was my question that you answered at 41:18! Thanks for answering it. I remember years ago you talked about building the userbase and perhaps selling off some equity, which is the normal path for a lot of these startups. But it's rare for a startup to have such a wildly successful content arm. You've nailed it, and perhaps it's for the better!

[@gonzoprius3589]

Congratulations!

[@zresurrectedwon]

Great video! Enjoyed hearing all of the updates on you and the channel. My favorite answer was 27:17 😏

[@iDymff]

Yeah!! He did my question about the danger noodle 😄 Hi Leo🐍

[@_d0ser]

The Gumball 3000 that turned into Mischief 3000 is still the best "cannonball" run. Classic NYC to LA. TONS of cool cars. Sure not a strict cannonball since they had nightly stop offs but still.

[@Dolby109]

Here's the thing on PDK (long term): It might be the fastest way to shift right now, but before long something will come along that is faster and likely for less money, so the value of the car will be more in how enjoyable it is to drive than how fast it does a lap. The great part is Randy Pobst tested a manual and PDK GT3 around the same track and the difference was less than half a second (0.2 I think).

[@lummox1212]

Thank you for your channel. Love it! Love all the interesting stories.

[@TadiclsOperator]

I work at Amarillo international airport and I saw AMA and thought yall were coming up here for something and got excited

[@aidanjohnson7571]

Congrats Ed!

[@thejmhguy]

Huge Congrats on the epic milestone Ed, your dedication and passion is incredible! 😎👏 Sending greetings from Nova Scotia, have you ever done a road trip around the Cabot Trail Road in Cape Breton Island?

[@gregphelps5738]

Great Video from a Great Car Guy! The world is better with your content and original, creative posts. Keep up the great work! I'm hoping to see you hit 3M subscribers!

[@jakes2326]

Great video Ed! Congratulations on 2 million! Absolutely love listening to the videos while i’m at work just like a podcast! Here’s to 2 million🍻

[@martyverdoorn8021]

Thank you for talking about faith and family - 2 things more important than cars :)

[@Pedal2Metal_on_YouTube]

Congrats, Ed! 🎉

[@camillethetacoturd7210]

Congrats sir, that is a big accomplishment.

[@RPmotorcars]

Congratulations Ed... Well deserved 😎👍🏆

[@donstevens7847]

Great channel! Congrats!

[@KCCamaro]

Have you ever considered trying to get T-pain on for some car stories? I feel like he would have some awesome stories and may even bring a new crowd of viewers.

[@sgtjay]

Just wanna say huge congratulations to you and Ed, and cheers to all the sponsors and to everybody that watches that channel what’s up fellow Car lovers.

[@dontraylor3391]

God bless Ed.

[@bigchungusmk6]

6:38 That's me!! Shame to get rid of a 993, I love those cars and I'd be kicking myself for not owning one.

[@John-yf8qh]

Hello Ed, fantastic news and many, many a hearty congratulations to you!! Really over-the-moon for you and everyone involved with VINwiki as it’s very much deserved. It’s also a pleasure to see decent people doing well (for a change, it’s normally the cutthroat swines that do so well) with their endeavours. I’m an investor and agree with you in the main, though I’m not sure what you said about Murcis, can’t remember I mean, not that you were wrong etc… Anyway, that would be my pick (I’m currently looking at 3) because they’re few and far between and, although I’ve not driven one as yet, I know how brilliant they are from vicarious conversations. Another field which is REALLY strong are old race cars (the better the provenance the more bunce to be made, obviously) but anything from the Group B rally days (not a big thing over there I know) and the homologation specials (only 200 of each). Thanks mainly to KZbin really, their price is rocketing up and they’re amazing fun to drive (see Jay Leno and the 037 Lancia, or elsewhere for the Peugeot 205 T16 Evo for more details). I had the latter and I sold it when it double-trebled in value. I got in for £25k but literally days later it was worth £50k… Tgen not long after they went up to £150k and I thought that was their upper limit. It’s a Peugeot hatchback fgs… Nothing under £1/2M now :) :) And when we meet, I’ll introduce myself and tell you about the 250LM I was offered to purchase and said “No, that’s just too much, it’s a wreck.” I’ll then tell you what that very car sold for recently :) :) Thankfully, I’ve been very lucky otherwise. Really sorry for the essay btw, I’m just thrilled that this channel has made SUCH AN IMPACT on the world. I also love that we’re all united, wherever we are from, by old Top Gear, the proper, English one… :) :) Keep up the amazing work anyway. ♥️ to all at VW

[@iancolePRD129G]

Keep the good work up Ed, love all that you do

[@kellyscars]

Congrats, Ed!!!

[@jeffsenecal4168]

Great job guys

[@Crs664]

Ed would make an excellent high school teacher

[@yungrichnbroke5199]

I was the 2 millionth. Thanks everyone for the attention and you’re welcome Ed!

[@paulcarmi8130]

Been watching since the beginning. You rock dude.

[@EdBolian]

Thanks!

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@EdBolian next time you guys roll through Colorado on car trek I need you to sign my fiat 500 💪

[@finaltouchautodetailingllc]

I wanna ask how it feels to achieve such awesomeness? Congratulations on all your successes sir! Can't imaging anyone more deserving

[@doingcoolstuff7609]

Congratulations Ed!!! We are all most looking forward to Kimmy telling her side of the story.

[@iainwalker4285]

CONGRATULATIONS

[@ste_zace]

Congrats its great to see

[@EliPomovyev]

American team (Ed, Tyler, Freddy) vs British team (Stig, Mat Armstrong, Shmee) Cartrek sounds like a fun idea. Almost finale-worthy.

[@dercisi9429]

Yeah, that would be nice. I Hope this could happen

[@dustyjoe1980]

That sounds awesome

[@chrishayes7966]

Congratulations

[@noonehere1793]

Congrats! Well done🙂…the stig on car trek would be great, Ben is a pretty good guy.

[@chefcc90]

Been a few rough patches here and there. But a job well done! Congratulations!

[@jacobsuppliesthegeckos]

Ed: “I’d say procrastinating in college helped me sell cars” Me: “I’m set”

[@lyndeen]

Congrats! Lots of great stories.

[@HarryCane305]

DUDE! off roading is for U!

[@VinegarPotato]

I love how you say manual lp640 so many times. If I have infinite money that is that first thing I would look for. I love listening to your stories and the fancy car rental industry and secondary market. Can't wait to hear those drama stories with that company you said are in the making

[@RT-wb5ye]

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎊

[@nite-winggaming945]

Congrats ed🎉

[@delanopotgieter9972]

Such an amazing journey. Thank you for sharing the stories❤