I bought my R8 back for $1200 but...

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[@tavarish]

that'll buff

[@cpt_nordbart]

Like a flooded McLaren.

[@deadmansfire]

New project?

[@clubracer6]

immediately thought this was a project for you!

[@momlover75]

at least get the powertrain out for a different project?! I thought I remembered you getting a R8 from a certain youtuber out there...........

[@ValentineToybox]

Tavarish's new Project Car, but it's a Donut Low Car. Since the current Project Car is the High Car.

[@DJJ81]

Ok so the next video had better be the current owner of the R8 telling his side of the story. This is too wild to let go of this easily.

[@LimoMcG]

They might wanna wait till the statute of limitations has run out 😅

[@MotoDJS1KRR]

@@LimoMcG lmaoooo

[@luichinplaystation610]

It was the prosthetic leg

[@b_rad88gt2modder7]

Blurry face and voice changer...... they can......

[@thewhitedread7572]

I don't care about his side of the story, I wanna know what actually happened lol

[@capone303]

RIP, it’s funny how life works. I bought the R8 not know it was Ed’s car then googled the vin to find out it had so much history. In the garage I printed out and framed the cartrek photo, it was cool owning something that had some internet clout. It had a stock exhaust and the driver side grill had a hole in it when I got it. Somewhere along the way the scanner was removed. I replaced the grill which was the most frustrating repair I’ve ever done, so many little clips to align. Added CarPlay and got to enjoy the car for a few months before something unexpected forced me to sell it. Thanks for the 5 mins Ed!

[@mannnygz]

how much did you enjoy that evo tho

[@capone303]

@@mannnygz evo was fun! It was a full build 450ish whp with gsc cams and hks turbo. The clutch master cylinder kept popping and I got sick of it so I traded for my first GTR.

[@freefall8243]

Speaks volumes to the safety features built into an R8. It may be “boring” but nobody is walking away.. all be it on one leg.. from a Diablo in that condition.

[@sn1per.-992]

If that crash happened in a Diablo snd not in a R8 im pretty sure noone would have noticed. It would look like someone threw away a can of coke 😂😂

[@jwalster9412]

​@@sn1per.-992 crinkle conch your diablo in now a flaming coke can.

[@BourbonInhibitions]

Two completely different eras of safety features that's an odd comparison 😂

[@luichinplaystation610]

Somebody calls boring a R8

[@drsrsv8884]

the diablo is older👀

[@VINwiki]

Sometimes the car stories just arrive on your doorstep!

[@Hipsters_N_Hippies]

In the year 2016 we have a terrible blizzard and my wife decided to go into labor at that time. When we had a C-section scheduled for The morning. 😅 Well I was able to hold her off until the morning, and I started my journey to the hospital. It really looks like an apocalyptic wasteland. And I had to drive around cars, 18 wheelers and even dump trucks and digging equipment that got stuck while trying to deal with it. When we arrive to the hospital we parked next to an R8.... that had obviously also made the drive. I don’t yet know who the doctor was. But I sure hope I meet him someday. Because there aren’t too many people that could have gotten there in those conditions. And let’s face it it must’ve been his only four-wheel-drive vehicle. And The Man used it as a vehicle. 🤝👍🏻 Oh the look in my face must’ve been priceless, as I said they are explaining to my wife just how uncommon of a man he must be. I truly hope I get to meet him or at least somebody like him one day and form a friendship. I have a few bucket list things I hope to do.

[@Hipsters_N_Hippies]

(Total snowfall that day was about 4.5 foot deep.)

[@MrFixItGa]

Or in the mail😂

[@wolfsokaya]

Well, there are many cases when the car comes to your doorstep too with that story. :]

[@dak4465]

We need to have the owners side of the crash told next

[@PaulGinAZ68]

Welp, at least you don't really need to worry about that passenger side airbag sensor now. Great story!

[@Scotty-vs4lf]

yeah this confirmed that it really was just the sensor lmao

[@BlueTrane2028]

@@Scotty-vs4lf and that it still worked even with the sensor being out.

[@Scotty-vs4lf]

@@BlueTrane2028 true

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@Scotty-vs4lf Or they replaced it some time along the line. It's been almost two years since Ed owned that car.

[@tylersmith7054]

Thank God that faulty sensor didn’t stop the system from working.

[@DeputyNordburg]

I kept expecting the story to end with and then Tavarish bought it, and fixed it for $47.

[@rickmcdowell9550]

Best comment yet

[@MonoPedB]

Field sobriety test. As a one legged guy, I've asked a couple a deputies about that, and they've said it definitely complicates things.

[@twann74bike]

What's a field sobriety test ? To check if the driver is drunk is drunk I suppose... Is there no "ethylotest" in the US ?

[@codypk5111]

@@twann74bikeasically they make you walk a straight line and do a couple other things that sober people can easily do but drunk people cannot; they confirm with a breathalyzer if that’s what you mean, and then with a blood test done at the station to prove DUI

[@twann74bike]

@@codypk5111 thanks! Yeah I was talking about a breathalyzer. This is so strange 😂 In France (and I'm pretty sure everywhere in Europe) you go straight to the breathilyzer step when there is a police stop and in case of a crash

[@coliimusic]

​@@twann74bike Another fun thing you might find funny is that Field Sobriety Tests here in the states are more or less designed to put people in jail even if they're not drinking. It's honestly up to the cop and where in the US you are as to whether you'll get away with it.

[@twann74bike]

@@coliimusic yeah that's so subjective, it's crazy ! And also the other way around, I know a ton of people who can walk/stand on one leg (or whatever the test is) perfectly normally even when they are drunk... On the other hand a breathalyzer is reliable information, this doesn't make any sense 😅

[@KindredAutomotive]

I love that Ed basically said “sure, I’ll give you $1500 so I can tell everyone another R8 story” 😂 Could that money be gone forever? Possible. Could you be arrested for theft? Possible. … but it’ll be a fun story! 😂 Legendary 👏

[@scotts1668]

Right I had a almost identical situation arise however the car was not damaged just a long story I won't bore u with but long story short I contacted the dealer I sold it to and said this is what's happening if they will not release the car to u I will go down to get it with you (it was on the other side of the country now) also he was not aware of the auction date or anything yet so I provided all details and he got the car back and thanked me.

[@scotts1668]

He shipped it to a dealer for someone to buy they went on vacation and commissioned the brakes to be done at said dealer then never came back it was still titled to me and yet a 3rd person had a dealer doing brakes on it lmfao.

[@braddr1]

$1500 for an R8 that's not burned to a crisp would be easy to salvage parts from to recoup that cost if it came to that, so it was a pretty low risk venture.

[@banaki47]

@@braddr1 That carbon rear spoiler alone is probably worth that much.

[@joelspaulding5964]

He had title and registration.

[@aaronrroy]

Tavarish’s next project! 😂

[@MRMERLIN_021]

Well he has a R8 4.2 with a blown engine. Engine swap maybe?

[@ruk2023--]

It's not bad enough for Tavarish. Throw away a couple of wheels and put a hole in the block and he might be interested.

[@MTNorville]

You could have made 10x times the money on that motor alone had the stars aligned

[@HeliRy]

It’s always sad to learn your car got wrecked by the next owner. I had a sweet little VW Corrado in the mid 90’s that I’d put a lot of time and money and love into. Sold it after a few years and learned that the guy who bought it, wrapped it around a tree within a week. Bastard.

[@MrPypro]

I've had a 67 and a 55 Pontiac and "the one that got away" will always be my 90 G60 Corrado. Best looking, most under appreciated VW

[@SamMoto98]

I remember a dude in my local car group had a fairly clean but also high hp s14, new owner picked it up In the rain and wrapped it round a lamppost within 2 hours

[@HeliRy]

@@MrPypro Absolutely. Mine was a 1990 as well, what a fun little car. Looked great and an absolutely screamer on the highways. But that G60 engine… what an unreliable turd of a motor lol. When it worked, it was great. But it almost never worked well for long 🤣🤦‍♂️ Even today, if I could find a low mileage VR6 that wasn’t in too bad a shape I would snap it up in a heart beat.

[@dertmatyui]

⁠@@SamMoto98funny, we bought our coilovers from a sr20 s14 at a pick and pull that got wrapped around a pole.

[@MrPypro]

@@HeliRy yessir, and you just had to love catching that spoiler rise up in the review mirror. So ahead of its time in so many ways.

[@EdBolian]

Lots of great memories in that one.

[@AnomalousOne1401]

I know you are Arne had a great run at Gold Rush. It's been a minute since the last installment of Arne's Antics? It's time for some Shrewd Negotiation?

[@smokestrong1000]

Should have torque spec'd his leg

[@OGbrundle]

I'm just imagining this dude sitting on the edge of the bed, and his wife with a torque breaker cranking away on his leg 🤣

[@smokestrong1000]

@@OGbrundle Wonder if it's this guy kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqWmk4Bsjt6Bns0

[@TRUdetailing]

Same exact thing happened to me last week and I got my Mercedes E550 coupe back! Previous owner never transferred it, wrecked it and I bought it back for storage fees ($750) after it was abandoned. About 5K worth of damage in the front end

[@christiandulaney1638]

"So, a one legged man walks into an Audi dealership.....Ed, you can take it from here."

[@ChrisZang]

I swear that Ed Bolian could turn how to open a beer bottle into a 10 minute super entertaining story!

[@Nick210]

I had an old school RWD Starlet that was bought by a one legged man to be his daily driver. He was also expecting a baby and the thing had no backseats, was a manual and was fully caged. To this day I’m still scratching my head on that one.

[@darekmistrz4364]

Often times it's "one last fun car" before settling down and taking care of a kid

[@jeffreycheng5984]

Condoms are easier to change than diapers.

[@skittlesgarage]

Ed is one of the world’s!best storytellers of any genre.

[@gsmith207]

maybe they wanted to test airbag because of the light on… check that box, it worked!

[@henrymorgan3982]

What a story! Hard to believe no injuries. Great video as usual!

[@MikeJohnson-ld9rn]

Ed, how in the hell do have all these crazy,interesting, unbelievable stories ? I do not want to miss even one of them,so l just updated my notification check mark from “personalized “ to “All “! So just keep them coming.

[@stephen3164]

Glad those airbags worked! I got a toll road bill once for a car I had sold 5 months earlier. I texted the guy I sold the car to to say he has to register the car in his name. He goes on to tell me he had already traded the car for something else. Luckily I had filed with the state that I sold the car, and did not have to pay the tolls. 2 years later a new owner of that car pulls up to my house, needing me to sign some paperwork. Seems no one ever titled it after I sold it. Had a similar thing happen with another car I had sold. This one wasn’t so clear. The car was sold multiple times, and in different states, but somehow never titled. A shop a few hundred miles away bought it and put a tow lien on it. I got mailed a notice, much like Ed. In this case though, it was the tow yard/garage that was trying to establish legal ownership of the car. I called them and they explained. I had sold the car years before, so I didn’t care. Was just happy that finally someone else would be the listed current owner instead of me!

[@MrFixItGa]

Oh man, I can't wait to use my contacts and drive over to see if I can find the crash site. 😂 I live right down the road from there.

[@kennethwilson1140]

I've had a similar experience, when I was younger and my back could tolerate the bouncy ride of a lowered S-10 pickup I had sold it to someone and about a year later I saw it and it had been the "meat" of a three car sandwich; the front was mangled, the back was mangled and it was bowed in the middle but somebody was still driving it around... Saw it again several more times over the next year or two and each time it looked worse and worse, couldn't tell if it was from parts falling off or if it had been in several more accidents.

[@Oooooowow]

So ed got tired of the R8 just to buy it back as a wreck? What a truly Ed story 😂

[@jwalster9412]

Tavarish 100% would take this in if he didn't get the McLaren.

[@Suhspencce]

Kinda like my 04 Cayenne, 9 months later it showed up totaled in a Impound with bullet holes in on it

[@jamwest3146]

I had just been thinking that I would like to hear Ed tell a story, and here is a new but classic Ed Car Story. Thanks Ed.

[@ChrisSmith-ri4mb]

Ed is always one of my favorites to watch! Big fan from Australia!

[@halfseamusracing9073]

I'd be willing to bet that he wrecked the car on a track and had it towed to that location in order to file an insurance claim. Looking at the pics in your video, I didn't see any bark or wood splinters embedded in the bodywork where the impacts occurred, and the lack of any evidence of a wreck at that location is pretty telling. If it HAD impacted a tree at that speed, the tree itself would show signs of the impact very clearly.

[@mexicanspec]

There aren't a lot of trees on tracks.

[@halfseamusracing9073]

​@@mexicanspec How very perceptive of you.

[@bwofficial1776]

@@mexicanspec That's what he said. Read it again slowly and figure out the point he's making.

[@mexicanspec]

@@bwofficial1776 Yes but we don't know that Ed showed us the exact place it crashed. If the owner had done what he said, there would be a lot of witnesses and it would be unlikely to get away with it.

[@12ed12evolver]

The R8 was sold to Barnes Crossing auto group in Tupelo, MS, not Jackson.

[@deadmansfire]

Crazy story ,once again! Also Ed is such a cool guy, got it out of storage to save the new owner the money (and curiosity of course)

[@Felipe-lp8tl]

Yeah, sure, sure

[@hyperspeedcollective600]

Right those were his intentions…. I’m sure he was salivating at the thought he was about to get the car for $1200 😂

[@boofingenthusiast]

The only car I've seen worse with no injuries (minus seatbelt bruise and a possible minor concussion) was my rolled MK7 GTI. VW Audi Group knows what they're doing when it comes to safety, that's for sure.

[@dickhitswater4836]

ze germans are great with safety, as are the Swedes.

[@paulcarmi8130]

Ed, would you ever consider taking us on drives around Atlanta with you via gopro or however you guys film nowadays ? That could be cool

[@EdBolian]

That could be fun

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@EdBolian sick!

[@silasbradford]

Tell Ed there's an abandoned porch 918 spider in Huston, TX, in a parking garage It's got tags from 2016 on it

[@shashankmurari]

Now DDE's comment on the car has come true lol

[@KurumiCurry]

What did they comment?

[@shashankmurari]

They said knowing ed the car might have been crashed or flooded previously

[@jakeringer3153]

Sounds like Ed tried to "steal" the wrecked R8 for $1200 😉

[@gazcolman9184]

Totally. Well, not steal, more like keep safe on the chance nobody asks for it and it gets forgotten about. Then that engine and any sellable parts is straight onto ebay😅

[@spddracer]

Was it off Peachtree Street in Peachtree City? :D Used to live right down the road from Peachtree City.

[@GreekPower]

A man with one leg, buys an r8… plot twist Kimmie will be involved 😅😂😂😂

[@damianmartinez6086]

Is it just me or does Ed always find himself in the middle of some interesting shit. HaHa

[@TimDoscher-wj6xh]

Is the airbag light still on?

[@epiciphones]

Great story 🔥 thank you for sharing 😊

[@Henchman1977]

I'm in Ontario Canada and it seems crazy to me that anyone would take delivery of a vehicle that the ownership isn't in their name. Here that happens at the time of sale and proof of insurance is required at the time of transfer. You can't even get plates for the vehicle without the transfer, and driving around on someone else's plates or a set of plates not registered to the vehicle is a big no-no!

[@switchcars]

“He had to climb back in the car to get his leg” should totally have been the teaser intro clip

[@julianpegoraro6630]

Cheeky Holden ute in the background at the Buick dealership

[@coreykononchuk]

This is so crazy, I swear I just saw the sale listing for your R8 recently, too!

[@TheBrianFlanagan]

Old one legged 🦵🏻 Jimmy’s gettin’ a blowy on the highway! 😂

[@AnonyMous-jf4lc]

Getting a be a pretty common occurrence.... Lots of people have fast cars that can't drive fast cars.

[@steby123]

One of your better stories Ed !!!!

[@luichinplaystation610]

Happened something similar my dad sold my big brother Ford Probe last gen a silver one and the old guy crahed in a week

[@trbstang]

It certainly faired better than the wrecked R8 I saw about 10 years ago. Guy was flying down a curved city street by me and hit a tree going sideways. It split the car in half right behind the seats. You could barely tell what kind of car it was.

[@bdjm8595]

No worries, Freddy will by it from you Ed !!!!

[@user-ob1rh3cz7h]

Damn well built car to walk away from that wreck.

[@ericskakum1593]

9:47 should've been the opening😂

[@NUCKCH0RISS]

Did you press the button with the car and the 180 arrow? That undoes all accidents and makes the car brand new again.

[@ross64rob]

It dosent matter if its just a connector issue, if the airbag light is on they will not deploy in an accident. Almost died because of that in my 2015 mustang when a drunk driver rear ended me at over 100mph. My light was on due to a connector under the seat as well.

[@Level_Up_Nation]

Had this happen to me, got a call from a impound lot in Louisiana about a car I sold 6 years ago that was left on the side of the road, kissed a guardrail and ripped off right front wheel, I just told them wasn't mine anymore do what you want. Mustang wasn't worth driving 14hrs to get back and fix.

[@Playingwithproxies]

I think it does still have an air bag light on.

[@randomness3465]

That shows how tough and safe the R8 is! Whoa!

[@djmartin4776]

Once Freddie finishes the p1, we'll be seeing it again on his channel

[@Xerdoz]

How can the car be sold in the US through different dealerships if he still stays as the owner? Great system you guys have in place. Have you heard of databases? Like the ones where you register the car so you don't have to put stupid stickers on the licence plates.

[@donmynack]

I once traded in an old Sequoia to a dealer when I bought my wife's new car. About a month later, I got a certified letter that it had been abandoned and was at a tow lot if I wanted to pick it up and pay the fees. If it wasn't 600 miles away from me (I'm in Houston and the tow lot was in west Texas somewhere) I could have headed over there and got my old car back for like $750. I wasn't sure on the law at that time but I later asked a lawyer friend about it and he said its pretty much "Finder's Keeper's" if the new owner and/or insurance never contacts you. They sent me like 3 more letters so I'm pretty sure the new owner would have never claimed it. Oh well.

[@mexicanspec]

That is the rub, ,if the real owner never contacts you. Why put yourself in a position where you can get sued, and lose, for a cheap car?

[@Alex-si1uo]

Ngl I love this guys voice and he should do horror stories or something like fr

[@jetcitykitty]

Next Car Trek should be a Freddy-style "fix-a-car trek-supercar for less than the price of a new one"!

[@jetcitykitty]

Well I guess you have to use autotempest in some way.... Maybe to try and find super car "parts cars" lol

[@Whatiffitness]

Audio really needs to be higher, this is the only channel that's too quiet to watch on my phone😢

[@russellhowry4137]

I was picturing a nice coffee table until it got to the part of the dealer follow-up.

[@phillamansky8209]

I noticed that you mentioned the vinwiki app in the video and I am curious if you have any plans to update the app on Android. I am interested in using the app but I am unable to download it as it is built for an older version of Android. Love the videos! Keep up the good work!

[@988danyx]

Ed is so interesting to 👂 and my favorite color is orange. Greetings from Croatia!

[@4090Ti-ler]

Safe to say that guy didn't walk away from the accident.

[@bbearhug]

Tavarish is going to be so happy to get a doner for Hoovies R8

[@audios22]

Once again, the king of car stories brings us another chapter in collecting cars. Too bad about the total. It WAS a nice example even with the milage.

[@Ripperx121]

That is really impressive crash wise. The Audi stayed together!

[@marcusbyron4195]

I was wondering where Ed has been! We missed ya buddy 😎

[@peterga3658]

i like the Manual R8 . the Audi TTs and the older Audi S5 is it or A5 2 door . manual all models

[@armedferret]

I wouldnt say NO injuries. His leg came off 🥁🥁🥁

[@jhl6464]

Great story Ed!!

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

11:48 As you probably know, Many places will not call a busted lip or bloodied nose from an air bag impact as an "injury" unless the nose is physically broken, ect. OR IF the owner seeks medical treatment for said things, then it will be listed as injury. If neither occupant had received medical assistance, No Injury No Foul. Totaled my 01 Forester, DUI incident, broke my nose. Blood ALL over the drivers side of the car, Listed as "no injury" as I refused medical. Nose didnt need reset so I "walked it off".

[@Aces_King]

That wouldn've been a nice conversion for Freddy 😫

[@somerandomness4285]

This is similar to me selling my Ford ranger a few years ago only recently to find out through the wife, the guy I sold it to had recently passed a few months ago and wanted to know if I wanted something from it, asked about the truck since I'd only seen it twice since selling it to which she told me he totalled it pretty early on

[@krookedliptv9852]

I would gladly pay double of that I just want the power plant and some of the interior

[@carlherbermann2053]

I’ve had multiple experiences selling vehicles where they were never retitled. On one I got call from NYC police for impounded car with thousands in parking tickets and they wanted me to pay. On another, a 1984 Ferrari 308 GTSI, the car was sold 3 times, stored for several years, and my signed title was lost. 3rd “owner” wanted me to sign a title over to him, which lawyer advised I not do. Seems a rather open ended process which leaves the seller as legal owner until the buyer retitles.

[@seanparker4495]

This guy is a great storyteller and has great stories 😅

[@bigdadgigachad3042]

That passenger... late night, well I hope his "wife" was alright. 😂 Surely he wasn't getting a hummer and got a bit excited and 💥 🚗

[@gavinblack7511]

What’s the vin I have some databases that I want to check to see what actually happened

[@TezcatlipocaMountyRailfan]

There is no doubt in my mind he was hotdogging it down that backroad 😂. If there are no skid marks, it either means he was too plastered to react at all, or was going so fast that he had no time to react.

[@ShWaGG]

Ed get into old bmws I know you loved your e46 m3 but get a e24 m6 or e28 m5

[@cpressl90]

Should have pulled the airbag control module. The place i work for images them so you can tell exactly what happened before the crash

[@Meow_Merchant]

Anyone notice the bug at @2:42 in the bottom left

[@SANDSCORCHER]

New glass, a geometry check and a nice wash and she’ll be good. 👍🏻

[@Sobegod00]

That was such a great car, sad to see this was how it ends!

[@James-vn8zb]

Seems like an anti-ad for the radenso radar/laser jammer. Says he had it in the car, immediately says he got a huge ticket.

[@DbootsON]

Early 2020? "Last Year?" Have I time traveled?

[@vedranpevec4483]

Looks like a new project for Tavarish 😀

[@paulnelson2362]

Hey Freddy, don't you have a R8 with a boat anchor V8. V10 in your V8 car= 60 or 70 grand for the P1 build. Just a thought.

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

Looking forward to hearing Ed explain this one

[@flexinclouds]

As someone that obsesses over & studies the engineering side of sports/supercars. Imo the Huracan/2nd gen R8's appear to have one of the safest looking supercar chassis's in its price range. Its an entirely aluminum spaceframe with a 'T' shaped carbon tunnel & firewall. And while carbon monocoque Mclarens would likely do better in a roll-over, mclarens literally just use 2 aluminum beams in the front, with a bumper beam RIVETED onto them. And in every mclaren crash, those rivets sheer off, so only 1 beam absorbs all the energy (if they dont tear-off entirely). On the other hand the r8/huracans have several layers of supports & braces all connected & welded together to better absorb an impact. Google ferrari 458/488, or mclaren chassis & compare to a new r8's if interested in what i mean

[@colescrustycars]

Ehhh...you were not going to give that dealer a ring... you ain't fooling me lol.

[@r.warrenparsonsjr.8146]

Love Pop's coffee!

[@johnmackay496]

Had thought you were joining the Freddie and Mat Armstrong crew of working on a motor the rest of the world had written off ha

[@Blahsheep]

Such a beautiful car and a shame for it to be lost like that. My guess is the prosthetic leg jammed the accelerator