Fanboys, Influencers, and Coattail Riders

Today's video is my best advice for young car guys and gals and fanboydom, fanbois, not being a coattail rider, and social media influencers. This week is a video series on the BEST advice I have relating to the car world. If this were the last week of my channel, these would be the most important videos.
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[@derekohlhauser5632]

I really appreciate this series. As a young person going into my 20s I am thankful for providing me with some different ways of looking at life and the way I conduct myself as a person. 👍🙏

[@CaseyPutsch]

I gotchu!

[@mrmaddoxp]

One of the best parts of being in a more rural area is the lack of the showy fanboy culture. Cars and coffee is a once or sometimes twice a month thing unless you drive a few hours away. Nobody is there to show off or prove anything. Everybody respects the place that allows it to happen and those who don’t are told to not come back. It’s unfortunate that the reputation of “car enthusiasts” has become what people see on Facebook/Instagram (mustang crash compilations, street takeovers, etc.)

[@NXT_LVL]

Only problem with the rural area is, the stigma that everyone has a rusted out lifted 4x4 and if you had a sports car, Viper or a lowered truck you were to weird or rich one.

[@TwoDollarGararge]

I've had a worse experience with rural communities it's billy Bob #9000 with there rusted out pick up with a "Corvette motor" or bro dozers with 3 light bars at your eyes tailgating you because your not doing 60in a school zone

[@DMAX_DIY]

@@TwoDollarGararge Or the dreaded "Carolina squat trucks".. Mississippi checking in here .. hahah

[@TwoDollarGararge]

@@DMAX_DIY Yes I would agree I know a lot of people don't like whislin diesel for various reasons but I think his video where he put the squatted trucks in a Crusher was a free service

[@DMAX_DIY]

@@TwoDollarGararge Yeah.. I seem em all the time out here.. WTF.. kids..

[@arnold17]

This has been happening in a lot of communities. I use to be really into sneakers. Going to and lining up for releases was fun. You’d meet like minded people and you could trade or buy sneakers you missed out on, but now you have these kids with connections buying up 200 pairs on their parents’ credit card and selling them for more than double retail price. The sneaker community is dead now because of them.

[@BeranM]

I really wish people would stop calling several individuals who share a similar interest in a person, place, or thing as a 'community'. It's the cringiest thing I've ever heard.

[@diggingattycho7908]

I think the whole "likes/clicks" thing, is going to end up one of the biggest cons of our time. It feeds the desire for glory, without a war. It fades even faster. I grew up in a family that had some money, some of the members put on a show. I feel into that as well, I think that's one of the trappings of youth, you don't know any better. You have to learn it's all BS in the end. Some never learn that, or worse some hate it because of their false perception. Without realizing there is a price for everything. Coffee and Cars, I used to attend a lot of them. But over time I was getting board, all the same cars would show up. Now I don't go for the cars, I go to talk to hang out with my friends. Yes, we talk cars, we gravitate to the unusual cars that show up. So far the winner of the most unusual car I've seen in the last year. A Triumph TR7, it was a piece of crap, who cares it was still cool looking. I find new cars boring, I'm not impressed by performance. But I am surprised by how much horsepower regulators have let pass on production cars. A funny one for you Casey. My Mom and I are sitting at an intersection. Across the way is a Urus, I say to my Mom, "That's a Lamborghini." She states, "That's a Lamborghini? I thought Lamborghini's were supposed to be interesting."

[@joshuakhaos4451]

I started off life as super poor when it was me and my dad, then he got a house, back to super poor, then He got promoted and went up in wages, We lived nicely, then eventually in high school I became an upper middle class kid and had more than I needed. But it never changed how I lived my childhood. I still had a normal friend group and did normal kid/teen things. But I see Kids now living life in almost a drug induced euphoria thanks to social media, modern culture and even drugs themselves(Which became a common trend more than it had during the mid- Late 2000s. back the Weed was like the big one that every one went for and pills were only just becoming a thing amongst us teens). This is sadly going to end so badly when the bottom finally falls out. So many are convinced that life is all about wha the internet thinks of you and that to be liked, that you need to be an influencer and have all these crazy and expensive things that people think are so desirable. Theres nothing wrong with wanting expensive/luxury items, But its a serious issue when you have teenagers and people in their early 20s trying to live their life in ways that make getting anything thats precieved as a high end status symbol, and then go around basically living hollow existences and or being societial jokes just trying to make it seem like they are in the upper end of society.

[@a5phyxi466]

Be yourself until you're: car spotter, car detailer or car wrapper

[@kagondemon]

I'm very glad I never got caught up in this, I ran from social media. The best drives I've ever had, have always just been with the wife on a nice sunny day through the country. I'm glad you made this series, its great to see people sticking their neck out for actual values.

[@mustie1]

great series casey, if this is what you are teaching your students they will be much better people for it

[@subarusympathizer]

I'm not old by any means, and I still have plenty to learn, but so far the best thing I have found in life is to surround myself with genuine people, who appreciate you for who you are, and make sure you reciprocate that back to them. It goes hand in hand with being genuine with your interests as well, and realizing there is no shortcut to whatever goals you have in life. Often it's the opposite and life throws curveballs that will force you to take a detour, which can be a blessing in disguise. To an outsider, chasing hype looks very flat and shallow. Genuine passion and interest is much more enduring, and is usually more fulfilling as well.

[@michaelbarefoot6334]

Whole video is wholesome to me. I took courses to be able to drive cars around the world, as a young Marine. Now retired and much wiser, I understand way more about the cars I was given opportunities to drive. I didn't take pics, no social media posts, no flaunting stuff I didn't work for or own. Everything I see now are clout chasing kids with someone else's money or things. Watching some more of your videos hits home for me. Thank you for the grounding and words.

[@انا_ابراهيم_البناوي]

I love this series and thank you for the amazing Advices as harsh as some people might think it's the truth and one Importent thing to take from all of this is stay real don't be fake just be you the real you not the fake you

[@jerrycampos3975]

I believe this video was well needed, social media is completely chaos. Everyone wants to jump into the hype train and be someone there not just to be “cool and trendy” i cant look up to people who buys cars every time they change their underwear use them for clout at and blow em up or sell it and next thing you know next video i bought a 100,000 super car smh, were living in times where young generations only want to be trendy and its sad. Ive seen more cars built in a shop or already bought built than people actually doing the job and taking the car to a track and not only drive it for a 6 second video with trendy music or a girl just driving casually not even doing anything and get 50k views because you can see her legs?!? Thank you for this video im glad i have been subscribed to one of the most honest and down to earth channel here. Keep up the good work

[@CaseyPutsch]

Thank you for the kinds words!

[@jerrycampos3975]

@@CaseyPutsch i wished i could’ve been one of your students but i have learned alot from you’re videos, i might not be a really good mechanic or Ayrton Senna at the race track but i am who i want to be and life is a journey i will continue to learn and improve. Thank you again for all these years and its always a pleasure to see you’re videos! Greetings from texas

[@kentmedia]

I'm close with a young cousin who's barely a teen and getting into cars. You've probably seen it more with the kids you are around with GG, but people his age have that show off side of social media blasted in their face constantly. That's not really his personality and even then I have to remind him at times that it just makes him dumb to look up to the wrong guys. I'm hoping I can get him into building stuff, I'd think he'd love it but at least in my experience young people are a lot more wary to get tools in hand and just try. I grew up like doing that, but we didn't have phones and social media all the time. Building and fixing things was just what I did.

[@stkmltS]

This series has been great. The car "scene" has really devolved over the past couple decades and the topics you've been talking about have helped me to be more thoughtful about how I get my kids involved with cars. The fun vehicle is what we admire, not the driver.

[@CaseyPutsch]

My last best advice week is almost over before this channel is only cars. Go to "the Golden Shovel" if you want more uncensored talk on the world at large to shovel through the BS and propaganda out there! www.youtube.com/@caseysgoldenshovel

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

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[@SummitLife]

Love these videos/ rants! 😂 totally agree with what your saying. Although TheStradman is my best friend, we actually met at a small local car meet (about 15 cars maybe). I just bought my at the time dream cayman, and noticed a guy my he with a lotus Elise. Started chatting with him and we became friends over our passion on cars. He now makes flashy exotic car videos but every time we hang we wish we could go back to the simple car enthusiast meets.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Good to hear and thanks for the comment.

[@TheCarTakerGarage]

Again....an Awesome!! video.. i agree so much with everything said in this video...especially that " Things and people like these..are the reason why you almost dont want to do car stuff..and go out amongst car people..but rather just drive away...for yourself on the countryside."This is soo reckognizable to me.And i hope the youngsters out there can take your words to heart. Thank you once again for a very different type of video. Loved it. Greetings from the CarViking in Norway ,Stefan

[@LoderryPlaysPVP]

I love your channel and this series especially. As a young guy who feels lost at the moment, you have given me the inspiration to start chasing my real goals in life. All I can say is thank you Casey

[@mired914]

You rock dude, keep being you and I'll be here watching.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Thank you kindly

[@AoiKaze2000]

The one truth of Autocross: Regardless what you do, there is always a Miata faster than you

[@toddr3093]

What up boiiiii? Love the videos, just now getting back in to watching your stuff consistently. Keep the bangers coming

[@CaseyPutsch]

Awesome to have you back!

[@giovanni4304]

"It's people like this that make me not want to do car stuff and go outside anymore" Right in feels on that one, there's days where I just want to sell everything and be done with "cars" altogether. Fortunately I have good friends with good values that are real like you said and it keeps me in it. A lot of the times I just want to be solo, I even pump gas at night just to avoid people that do it for the "gram". Great video.

[@Zipppyart]

Car scene in my city is just awful. I stopped pulling up to the local meets because it's just devolved into people doing dumb stuff, and there have been some cases of dog fights. Yes, that kind. Cops keep shutting em down and lots of established spots have been lost and are now heat traps. A classic Triumph was rear ended on the highway last year, and the jerkoff who plowed into it going twice the speed limit laughed it off and boasted about the aftermath on TikTok. The owner and his son were fine, but they did not walk away. Now all I do is just hang with the people I know. Do my own thing, getting to know the auto specialists in the area. I don't even bother posting about my adventures. I just chill at the local timmies with that mediocre coffee and cruise town.

[@joshuakhaos4451]

The car community was really fun in the early days of Instagram, KZbin and other's rise, But has since been really ruined and largely insufferable. Its now more about getting likes on social media and filming yourself and others being an actual danger to the public with cars. Sometimes expensive cars. Ive even been told by some younger people that "its good that the way car meets used to be is over, it was so boring and lame". So they decided to show up to them and just create chaos to make it more appealing for them and their little group of NPC's.

[@TwoDollarGararge]

This is nothing new this happens to every era of car culture once it hits a certain level of popularity you get idiots and then it starts to decline because cops start cracking down The same thing happened with cruising and street drag racing 60s

[@Zipppyart]

@@TwoDollarGararge yea not new at all. I'd say people were probably a bit more careful back then compared to now, as cars weren't as safe. The collision could've been lethal if both cars came from the same era.

[@joe2ker]

Make them tell you no - CWLemoine on youtube. The idea is to Make 'them' (the military in his case) tell you know instead of self eliminating. For example, flight school requires you to pass a vision test? Don't just assume you won't pass, even if you think you won't. Go take the test. You might pass, you might get a waiver, or at the very least you will always know that you didn't eliminate yourself. Whatever you do - don't just assume you will fail before you try. Make THEM tell you that you didn't qualify. It has nothing to do with pestering people until they give in!

[@WardSpose]

You're a good man Casey

[@lusoamericanpatriot1984]

They do it just for the KZbin algorithm, & sponsorship deals, I will not say any names, but putting a wide body, extending the fenders, putting a new set of tires, wheels isn’t a car build! Thank you Casey for posting this video!

[@americanbadass88]

the "truck" scene is the same way they think a store bought lift kit, gaudy wheels and some underglow is a "build" now there only about 20 years to late since the tuner scene was doing that in the early 00s. minus the lifts. At least the tuner scene actually did engine mods and cool interiors even if they are gaudy now.

[@joshuakhaos4451]

The only person that immediately comes to mind is TJ Hunt lol. Dude is a walking stereotype of the modern car culture.

[@TwoDollarGararge]

​@@joshuakhaos4451 by that logic the boomers that put a cam cragar's and side pipes on their 350 Nova wasn't a build either

[@supercarowners]

Nice video Casey. Here are my thoughts. I use KZbin for Learning and for Entertainment. Firstly, If I want to learn about cars, (build, fix, restore) I watch channels like yours. In fact, your channel inspired me to buy and restore a Porsche 924. That's a huge deal for me (a poor Software Engineer) who know nothing about wrenching. Secondly, if I want some entertainment, then I go to some of the channels you specified. What they do may not be relevant, but I watch them because of the movie style thrill/adrenalin they bring in. It may or may not be legal, I am not judging, I am just having some entertainment. Legality is their problem. Vinwiki videos are short stories and they can be entertaining or educational. That's why everybody use the Vinwiki platform for story telling. Every learning video I watch, I use it to improve myself. Every entertainment video I watch, I forget and move on.

[@dirkferguson5523]

Thank god for people like you still

[@pugs1377]

Good advice. I've never really.cared what most people think of me and never did things to impress others. I do it for me or my family.

[@surferdudehb352]

I managed to live on $12k last year and save $20k. If I can manage to buy a Viper on a $20/hour job than so can anybody.

[@kylevenditti3250]

Hey, Casey! Love your channel and I have been following you for a while. As a piss poor car enthusiast with a Subaru WRX, I grew up around my dad's garage working on our crappy cars and I've always just appreciated cars because they're beautiful pieces of engineering and they're fun to drive. I love racing culture and rally is my jam, but I can appreciate a Beetle as much as an old Porsche or a DeLorean. My car I bought new and got a loan for but I'm driving it for the 30 years until it does because I love the history of the car, not because I want to be a tuner or triple the horsepower on the car for no reason. Someday I want to own a Viper too, but right now, I can only afford my WRX and that's good enough for me. It's a fun car and I'm more interested in old cars and keeping them running because I'm a backyard mechanic through and through and I enjoy driving and taking my friends and family on drives. But that's just me haha glad to hear there are people out there like me still. Keep driving man!

[@firebythewater4477]

Git em!!! Doing the Lord's work Casey!!!

[@zachg9065]

"Make them tell you no" is from a great guy CWLemoine on KZbin, it basically means don't count yourself out before someone of authority tells you that you can't. When he was young an optometrist told him he would never fly in the military. He originally gave up his dream but then attempted again and got in through a waiver. Basically means don't count your self out before you know the answer from the person who can truly decide. You don't know if you don't ask.

[@overtorque]

THANK YOU CASEY! We need more people, Car Guys, to speak the truth!

[@whetzel_photo]

This came up in my reccomended - I don't know who you are but the video intrigued me. You make some good points - be yourself, don't let consumerism define you. But I think also you forget that some people just enjoy things because they enjoy it, not because they want clout. I'm a car photographer. Not as a career, just as a hobby, but I'm in my early twenties and that's my goal in life, to establish myself as a car photographer. If the local chapter of PCA wants photos of their car, does that make them clout chasers? If I want to take photos of their cars in hopes it can lead to exposure and I can make a career out of something I enjoy doing, does that make me a coattail rider? I'm a bad mechanic - I'm clumsy and not super technically minded, and sometimes it's easier to have a shop work on my 96 Integra, my daily driver and only car, because I don't have the tools, time, or skill to get the car operational. Does that make me fake? I think you make some good points but I also think you lose yourself in the extreme on the opposite side of the spectrum - the gatekeeper. Especially with your tone, bro.

[@LifeatSpeed]

Great discussion in this video Casey. It's one of the negative effects of social media (while a certain amount did exist before social media, it's just grown exponentially since). So many folks (especially younger folks), want over night success and don't want to put in the required work to get it done. The hard reality is true success takes time, years, decades even. I try to talk to as many younger people as I can at events to try and help them understand, as well as with my channel. I also have to say the fake watches, jewelry, clothes etc, I really can't stand. The people you're trying to impress can tell it's fake and aren't impressed. Bottom line it work hard, surround yourself with people that will help you grow as a person, make smart decisions and with time that effort will pay off. But the road to that level of success is long and extremely challenging.

[@SLISKI_JOHNNY]

Some things (such as wisdom, responsibility) just come with age. Thankfully I've always been respectful to every car I've driven, because I knew how expensive it is to fix/replace anything. But yeah, I used to be young and stupid, loved showing off, although thankfully I've never taken photos with cars I didn't own (or even ones I DID own as a matter of fact) or show off with a rental. That would just feel wrong, even if I would be the only person who knew

[@beelinebrett2077]

Was the comment at 1:40 mark referring to a recent McLaren malfunction? Hmmm...

[@joegibson2966]

You are starting to come across as a bitter person, not sure this is the correct avenue. I too despise a lot of the car influencer culture but this diatribe reeks of jealousy if I have to be totally honest. Hating on those with more than you is petty and beneath someone with your skill set. Show us the craftsman Casey, that’s why most are here to be fair. I want to see fabrication and exquisite engineering, which I know you are a master of. Just my humble unasked for opinion.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Massive life experience. When you get as much as I do, you will see what is wrong too.

[@joegibson2966]

@@CaseyPutsch I too have massive life experience and have adopted the mantra of “Be the Duck” and let it roll off your back. I have learned to not let this stuff bother me anymore. One thing I know we can both agree on is DDE Damian has the most punchable face on KZbin! Keep on doing what you are doing and don’t let the wankers who don’t know the difference between a hammer and a screwdriver get you down. You do good things and at the end of the day that will be recognized more than the dude in the flashy BS flavor of day throw away exotic. By the way my watch is real and it’s a GMT Master II. 😀

[@CaseyPutsch]

And how is anybody supposed to share bad things then…

[@Ken-zg3ze]

I gotta admit it comes off as hating jealousy too. Not real hate. But jealousy hate. Mocking other car KZbinrs and telling people that they don't enjoy cars the way he enjoys cars. It would be one thing if he wasn't the type to use clickbait thumbnails and money in his titles to garner attention. But he does. He wants that same type of attention as the other car vloggers. He even responded to you with a pretty egotistical statement. Translation: "I am more experienced and when you get to the level of my expertise you will be able to see the things I see." IMO, massive life experience is being able to recognize that innate human emotion of jealousy and using your frontal lobe to not act on it by hating on other people. I will admit I didn't learn that ability until I was an adult. But that's all this is.. Acting out a charade and making a dumb voice to mock other people is something I haven't seen since I was in middle school. He's pretending like he's imparting some wisdom on people in this video while acting like a child.

[@murdoc6501]

These latest posts just make me sad. I came here for the car content and just ended up feeling deceived. I unsubscribed but come back every now and again because I think Casey has something to offer and keep hoping; but as of late it's just bitterness. Rants about education (some valid points), social media (some valid points), car culture (some valid points), but in the end there is no car content here. Just a guy maddingly sad/frustrated with life, trying to change/beat the world with words, into his vision of what ought to be. Which falls flat when you're leaning against a Lamborghini. And for a guy who talks a lot about listening, respect and understanding, he seems to have no problem taking a shit on his peers (KZbinrs) and the rich guys he wants to go racing with. "Massive life experience. When you get as much as I do, you will see what is wrong too." His words. Funny for him to type this. Extremely defensive, narcissistic, condescending and out of touch with his audience. Casey worked hard and worked his way into the same club he seems to loathe. He wants to be part of the popular, but wrestles with what he sees as the compromise (views and likes and clicks), and that is his trophy ladened gilded cage. Ficarra, Hoovie, Tavarish, Bolian, Dereck at Vice Grip, Iron Trap, Make It Kustom and Bennetts Customs all get one thing...happy to be where they are and share positivity and car content. "When you get as much as I do..." Yuppers we should all get as much as he does (family, home, cars, motorcycles, etc.). I am sorry that your past scarred you so deeply that you can't move forward and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Rooting for the guy, but he just keeps walking around his cars and life, and not getting into gear and going somewhere, anywhere.

[@Last_Responder]

I love going to cars and coffee, my problem is, some are just the young generation and have no interest in talking to the older generation. Also I have very unusual vehicles that most wonder why I am even there. But I still go, I enjoy the cars and most of the drivers

[@Petrospect]

I stumbled on this just as you uploaded it so I hope that doesn't make me a huge f a n Boi ii 😉 But I've stuck with you for this long, even if, at times, I don't really agree with everything you say but I respect the perspective and the experience that's coming from. Too many people my age (I'm 21 as I write this) will just discount and disregard anyone who at large doesn't fit with what they deem "right". I think that's bullshit. I dunno, Casey. You've always stuck out to me as genuine and I appreciate you're doing this series of vids even if it's evident this whole culture disgusts you now, hope you do what's best for you ultimately as much as I'd like to see more of what you've got to show. Me? I'm trying to get somewhere aswell. Trying to finish up the first few vids I wanna make, the thing I've noticed with that, aswell as my uni professors all talking down this phenomenon of the influencer and me agreeing... really, integrity is important. Me liking cars and seeing the people who get access to them and do vids with them...honestly it's what separates people I'd class as high as journalists from clout chasers. What keeps me going is that what eventually is worth it, lasts. I want to believe that at least. It might take a long time for that to happen but a good quality product, a genuine product lasts. Too bad that there's rich guys where that doesn't matter, it still would never be something I'd respect. Props for keeping it real. Hope I didn't make you hurl.

[@scottyo64]

I stopped going to C&C around 10 years back. It stopped being fun. Now I hang out with myself. I found I don't need others to enjoy driving my car.

[@peterdupuis9238]

I had been chasing after a car for a bit and working my way up to it for a while and it wasn’t to impress anyone else, but it was so I could enjoy it and have fun. I now own that car (22 Corolla hatch 6 speed manual), it was an attainable goal for me and I am still loving every second of it. A lot of the guys where I work have trucks and SUV’s and they rag on me sometimes but I don’t care because I didn’t want a truck, I had wanted that car ever since it came out 4 years ago. Cars are personal, they are exhilarating, they are fun, they engineering marvels. Sadly now a-days they are used for internet clout and not for enjoyment on KZbin much anymore. I see KZbinrs buying cars they say they will keep and then sell them or give them away after only a couple of months. Makes me sad. They are built to be enjoyed not traded for large sums of money because of some significance. Last thing I will say is this; The Ferrari F40 is arguably one of the best drivers cars of all time and the internet has tons of car videos on the F40. When have you EVER seen someone push the car anywhere close to the limit? Now think about how many times you have seen beauty shots and “garage tours”. Yeah that’s as far as any of those cars really ever go.

[@jaykay78666]

Keeping it real and telling the truth. Great video with some very valid points. 👌

[@ToomasTelling]

i like cars for the design and art as well as the driving expirence. sure i like the looks i get when i pull up to the gas pumps or turn up at a car meet because that usually means i get to talk to people and answer some questions or get some neat history about the car i have or maybe some maintanance tips. for Example i have a Buick Enclave a fairly common car in the states but very rare here in Estonia, and it has an unusual design(i love it because it has some neat coke bottle like lines) unlike any other SUV people usually see here. but online the likes dont do anything for me because they are just soulless clicks.

[@DMAX_DIY]

I watched your first episode.. but been busy **WORKING** since then.. I hope the young guns take your advice.. Friggin hilarious episode and great advice for them. Probably similar.. I've never been to cars coffee - probably would.. but I just enjoy driving and I drive a hell of a lot.. Just me.. I'm going to watch those episodes I missed these past couple weeks. Thanks for posting and I hope you keep ringing the bell - I seriously hope that not all your subscribers are as old as me.. hahahh!! DMAX

[@lastfirst5863]

When I take pictures of cool cars I see, I’m not in the picture because I’m not the cool thing I want to show my friends.

[@JP_Stone]

I do hear that Case. You have wisdom’s in you bro.

[@2vcrew782]

I daily drive my sonic blue pearl 2003 Mustang GT 5speed. It’s low miles I’ve done a lot of work to it. It’s nothing special and most people wouldn’t give a damn about it but I like it. It’s in great shape and garage kept so I’m proud of it. I don’t care about all the flashy glamour. PS Casey, I’m 39 and never drove any of my Mustangs on the sidewalk 😂 And I have front ball joints to replace tomorrow morning on the ground because I do all the work myself too.

[@KurtofTrades]

Good stuff, I like Doug demuro for this reason, wears whatever he wants and is honest about his feeling of the vehicles.

[@olwheelman5799]

I gotta say, I really agree. The car scene these days is chock full of people who really don't about cars, they're just interested in using it to get clout. There's the squatted truck guys, camber gang, tanker over gang, and other assorted Dbags acting like idiots. Now I just go talk about or drive cars with my two best friends and try REALLY HARD to ignore everything else.

[@ChrisKing-dt7bl]

I do not have a fake watch because i could afford a REAL automatic seiko! Hamilton is probably next

[@michaelpereira2888]

So wrap installers, and people who own detail businesses are being fake and riding coat tails? Are you saying people who work are fake?

[@jmooch59]

Good points Casey. Because I care not because I’m trying to be an internet troll. Jackstands. You have more experience than I do. Safety. Nothing gained from using the jack(actually yes time). I care for you.

[@CaseyPutsch]

?????? Jackstands????

[@darylrusaw369]

Look everybody it’s the new hate channel, but it’s ok, because he’s the “real car guy” the rest of us are just pretending I guess.

[@ApartmentPrepping]

What do you do for a living that allows you to afford these vehicles?

[@AdamForeman]

I totally agree with you Casey, the number of "fanboi's" who follow the top media savvy car owners is just a joke. Literally the other day, VINWIKI (which I love btw), had some guy on there following Andrew Tate and his Bugatti. Why is that something to brag about? Can't afford a Lambo/Ferrari etc etc, buy a 2nd hand motorbike and then realise that you've got a Super Car beater for $10k or pay for the latest Ducati Panigale V4 for $30k! You get people stop you and talk to YOU about your bike and talk to you about yourself and your passion for bikes. People have gotten so wrapped up in social media that they don't realise their own life is making someone else rich/richer whilst they continue to waste their time in Ubers chasing Andrew Tate!

[@CaseyPutsch]

Agreed

[@batmayn]

good advice.

[@MNlotus1]

I miss the old cars and coffee so much! I stopped going because of the children that go there. I must be old, im 35 and don't want to deal with the kids at cars and coffee...

[@ishaiahsmith]

Some people have depression so they gotta do what they gotta do

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Is a con artist not an artist? 🎅 Casey, you seem depressed mixed with a side of anger. Therapy would be more worthwhile.

[@daniesalex7073]

You still drive an Old VW Casey 🙂 , you are still you and you kept being you for a long time . And im sure you will keep doing that till the end

[@funfun5656]

On top of all this the fake "interest" and "social currency" in relation to enthusiast cars has inflated the value and priced a lot of people who were genuinely just interested in tinkering with cars out of the market. 5 years ago I could have bought a 996 911 or E36 M3 for 8K and kept it running by doing my own work and research...now either of those are 20K on the low end and increasing at a rate where people constantly shame each other for driving them...obviously those are just examples that apply to me but it gets even worse with other examples (ie supra).

[@americanbadass88]

i love cars but HATE the car community honestly. I can't even watch youtubers now because of this clout chasing crap. And i HATE car shows for the same reason. Its all attention seeking nonsense. It bores me to tears. This is why i prefer sleeper cars because i don't want the attention from a flashy sports car and such its just not me

[@BOB70TX]

I like these videos, cool series.

[@andrewhovorka2473]

This is gold, well said.

[@Habu12]

I abhor the term “influencer” at least in its current paradigm. For me, Orville Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, Robin Olds, John Boyd, are REAL influencers.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Robin Olds. Now there was a man’s man. “Fighter pilot is an attitude…”

[@Habu12]

@@CaseyPutsch if ever there was one. I got to spend some time in the Olds Room at the O Club, Kunsan AB, Korea. I sat there one night, by myself, as it wasn’t being used for anything. Surrounded by all the memorabilia. His lucky socks, the F-4 tail that he signed, all the artwork, and framed photos.. What a life. What a man. That is influence. 👍🏼

[@n9tmarecamaro46]

This guy needs to stick to whatever he does and leave the rest of the world alone. Maybe he’s upset that he don’t have the traffic as the other popular KZbinrs. He obviously has a chip on his shoulder that is going to ruin whatever success he has. Focus on yourself and stop hating the world around you!!

[@flyingRich]

Killing it!

[@johnfregeau1785]

This guy is great!

[@CaseyPutsch]

:)

[@YeahItsYourBoyG]

Thank you Casey for keeping it real in a very fake time xD

[@NXT_LVL]

Yep and when people resort to "eh yeah only have 300 followers, that means youre lame" in comments or during videos/discussions. Yeah I don't have 3.5mil tictok followers (which 80% are bots) or have 20mil subs on KZbin. I pay my bills, enjoy my life, make and design some cool stuff, if by some chance someone likes it too and what's to buy it, I'll sell it. There's plenty of "fake it until you make it" creative designers out there too. Where they'll pass someone else's work off as their own. 10-15+ years ago if you made any art or video that resembled a character or brand and threw it on a website as your own. It got taken done instantly or you got a cease and desist letter. Now people are taking clips from movies (Marvel/Disney movies) slapping them together and naming it, "Leaked spiderman 4 movie" it has 2 million views in 10 days. Meanwhile about 4 years ago I got a WMG audio claim on KZbin for a 15 second video I made in 2008 that was on an account I havent used since 2012 and was still stuck at 300 views. Go figure.

[@thatrealba]

I don't really have any "car friends" anymore at age 46, but I just bought a cool car, and now Casey tells me I can't even go to Cars and Coffee to find some. 😮‍💨

[@TwoDollarGararge]

Don't listen to Casey Foley there are still plenty of chill people at cars and coffee that you can hang out with there are some posers but it's an experience at least try it

[@scottyo64]

​@user-gw9rb7qz8p about 50 - 50 but the posers tend to ruin it.

[@New_Jax_City]

@Casey i know this is alittle old now. But?? I would like to hear on a video how u feel about DDE’s window gettin hit with a sledge. Unless i missed it in another vid. Doesnt that tie into what your talkin about here? Now there makin videos with there lawyers on a supercar channel!! 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@BengLadislavDanicek]

Can agree more, you really are truthfull

[@Aearonjer]

Truth.

[@highviscosity749]

Tell 'em! You are rare breed Casey. We all need world with less Ed Bolian's 😂

[@hmsamiee]

I’m so much you inside I know you might believe me

[@JWsGarage]

I don’t care for cars and Coffee I rather drive and enjoy what I’ve built myself.

[@TwoDollarGararge]

It's more for the social aspects I usually go down with some people and friendly with it we have a nice morning drinking coffee and talking about cars and if time allows it go for a nice drive after

[@brianmurphy8657]

Nice bike

[@isaacnikora8485]

Thank you

[@cyanidebill]

Clay bar is handy.

[@name-oc2df]

I got caught it the trap that is track days :(

[@adrian4g635]

TAVARISH 🤔

[@alexl9334]

Sounds like someone named jimbo lol

[@rary3893]

Why don't you talk about some cycles

[@rustythefoxcoon5143]

Say what you will about the youtubers - no where near as cloud minded as sound cloud rappers. Lol

[@krisspradlin715]

Don't Steven Crowder yourself.

[@TheRyanc490]

is there a three thumbs up button? #keepitreal

[@duhduh14]

Based

[@cyanidebill]

Rosie palm… HAA!

[@chillymackeigan2808]

i bet he gets lots of chicks

[@danstray2527]

Try get your hands dirty again instead of trashtalking real contentcreators. The Tavarish blown engine pun was funny but he works hard and is a positive role model.

[@CaseyPutsch]

I’m not wrong. Positive role models don’t leave their wife and kids for a GF.

[@danstray2527]

@@CaseyPutsch U sound like jehovah's witnesses. Are u ok sir?

[@CaseyPutsch]

You gotta troll better than that man. Try again.

[@danstray2527]

@@CaseyPutsch Sadly not trolling. OG sub holding on by a thread.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Well take a break and find your center again man. Take care of yourself.

[@surferdudehb352]

My original reason to get a Viper was to say FU to a former manager who was a complete A hole to me. Now I see just how iconic the gen 1 Viper is so its more about owning a piece of car history. Plus I wanted just 1 really nice thing in my life.

[@surferdudehb352]

When I do get my Viper the first video I make will be a disclaimer. I am not cool, I am not rich, you should think of me like the nerdy loser in the movie She's Out Of My League. Then Im free from liability :)

[@squadmaster114]

In a world where thinks continue to constantly seem fake, everyone’s is looking for something real more then ever

[@JordansDroid]

This dude is the most negative dude in the car scene. Case you go, take a vacation and come back when you’re a little more mellowed out. Because ridiculing people for videotaping cars and cars and coffee sounds like you’re just salty with your situation. And what’s funny is you’re doing this video as you’re standing from a Lamborghini which is pretty ironic. Humble yourself

[@CaseyPutsch]

Read the other comments. Someone on KZbin needs to be real. One can choke on cotton candy…