Joe Rogan's Sharkwerks Porsche GT3 RS - /DRIVE

How do you define, "perfect"?
Joe Rogan has owned a number of sports cars. Over the years his cars got more powerful but seemed to lose that raw, connected feeling that many of us love.
Then he found the GT3, and fell in love.
But he missed the power. He wanted more. So he bought a GT3 RS and sent it right to Porsche performance experts, Sharkwerks. They gave him more. A lot more.

[@f0gGenx]

Joe has great taste in cars.

[@d.kashani]

ReLoad I agree but those baggy jeans need to go.

[@edgonzalez7283]

I like the video of him in this car when he stalls

[@maniac6666]

@@d.kashani the dude in baggy pants ain't even Joe Rogan...

[@responsestability8376]

Pretty easy to do with money like that lol

[@assassin72]

Joe Rogan's taste in cars are impeccable. Supra,NSX,and 911's

[@ImMikoFreako]

saw him driving m3 as well

[@DethThrasher1]

Johnny Wrong wrong indeed

[@youtubasoarus]

I was surprised. I didn't know he was a car guy. He does have great taste in cars.

[@12389h]

Johnny Wrong Lol you're always posting hate comments on Japanese cars.

[@DethThrasher1]

Johnny Wrong well stop being wrong then

[@rosweesy]

of course this video is 4:20 long lol

[@opium42069]

LOL no DMT this time??

[@o.m383]

If you all claim that you want to have the best "auto content" on youtube charging for the experience isnt the way to go. Why would i pay $3.99 for add free longer content when i could download adblock and watch MotorTrend's videos. I used to admire you guys as the little guys trying to make a difference. Now you're just money hungry savages. This is definitely not the future of automotive content.

[@benkrapf]

They were between a rock and a hard place. Video production is expensive, so it's really selfish to assume they launched a pay model just to be dicks.

[@TleeMN]

I'm missing something. When do they ask for money?

[@p00ner1sm]

***** Same, I have yet to see any such request..

[@bullmilk]

Then why visit their channel or negatively review their videos? Watch it or don't. It's like a Yelp review for a restaurant that has great food but you don't want to pay for it.

[@RollYourRock]

Unsubscribe... on average, I'm only interested in watching 30-40% of the video offerings anyway. Cheers...

[@GoadedGoblin]

Just when I thought Joe Rogan couldn't be anymore fucking awesome.

[@Slickpete83]

Honestly I think drive would make more money if they had a donate button (or maybe even one of those kick starters things to raise money ) or sold drive clothing and accessories

[@devitomichael]

It really bothers me to hear Rogan say things like “it should be Illegal”. Nothing should be “illegal”, because what that really means is that other people have decided that you are a criminal by simply owning the wrong thing. This is nothing more than man’s childish desire for a parental figure in the form of totalitarian government.

[@weed46]

I have the feeling tha /DRIVE channel is killing a business that they had so much time and work invested to grow, and now are in risk of killing by being greedy. A LOT of other youtube channels managed to get away with some advertising. If your channel is desired by the audience, i'm sure that even car and aftermarket manufacters wouldn't mind giving you guys a small fee to review their products Sooner your paying content will be on torrents, and then you won't be making money on Drive+ subscriptions, and you won't be making money of your regular youtube "wage" Good Luck /DRIVE

[@jottagti2740]

Nailed it

[@cmpoirot1]

I'm not sure I would go so far to say that they're being greedy. They have a high quality product and they know it. As the saying goes, "If you're good at something, never do it for free." I just think it is inappropriately priced compared to a cable channel. I would have no problem paying 1 or 2 dollars a month, but 4 is a tipping point to where it isn't a negligible cost at the end of the year

[@weed46]

Inspector Poirot Welcome to the present and welcome to the internet, where the grandpa saying doesn't always work. The words "pay" and "internet" don't work that well because in the internet there's always an option to not pay. While with /DRIVE they made some money, but now nobody wants to watch teasers, and nobody wants to pay for /DRIVE+ because their content is too good to not be copied in torrents. This is how the internet works

[@rucarnuts13]

Those "other" youtube channels don't spend $9000 to film a McLaren P1... $39 for a whole year's worth of content from the best automotive channel in the world sounds a whole lot better than $80 than the HBO package on your tele.

[@Hallelujahmkay]

Dr. Weird I seriously don't understand peoples logic behind that sort of statement. Take Pewdiepie, the biggest KZbinr, his cost for a video is like $10 and he posts 2 times a day giving him 4+ million views, that doesn't happen with car channels. Same goes with those who make proper videos like ERB or Freddiewong, they easliy get over 10 million views, even if their costs are high they are making up for it in views. People aren't that interested in cars for it to be viable for /Drive.

[@olbear303]

Back in my day you didn't have to pay $$ to watch videos on KZbin. I'm not mad /Drive..... just disappointed

[@Zukes]

It's ironic that this 'episode' features Joe Rogan, a strong supporter and proponent of giving away content for free... But you can't watch the full episode unless you pay for it

[@JFPW3097]

Surely that shows you how pathetic people are being, and shows that /DRIVE cannot continue to give people free content. I find it pretty selfish of others to refuse to pay because they feel they have the 'right' to free content.

[@TheSmokingTire]

We've spoken with Joe about this, and he is a subscriper of Drive +. He can give his content away for free because he makes it for $0 from his own studio. He doesn't have to travel or do really any of the things that we at /DRIVE need to do in order to make content. Joe may believe that it's better to give content away for free, but he also believes that a business that can't support itself is not a business worth getting into. It's nice that all those other publications can lose money every month on the backs of their print mag parents, but we don't have one of those.

[@Zukes]

TheSmokingTire If I had Joe's money I would also undoubtedly be a subscriber myself, as I know that the content is always stellar whether it be on /DRIVE or TheSmokingTire. But this is KZbin, not cable TV, and I draw the line at being expected to pay for it, especially not when it has been free to view since its conception in 2005. If a content creator chooses KZbin as their platform, then why not use alternate means of generating revenue like every other KZbin creator does, mainly through sponsored ads/endorsements

[@TheSmokingTire]

***** you're "sure we get money"? Where do people get this shit? they literally just make it up as they go along.

[@TheSmokingTire]

Zukes no other channel in our space makes money. None. All other "A" level automotive channels are marketing arms for either TV networks (like XCar with CBS) or magazines (like motor trend, evo, autocar, etc). /DRIVE is the only top-tier youtube channel that needs to be self sufficient.

[@wearethetraffic]

Now we have to pay... I'm already a subscriber for MT online and in print. That blows, you're going to lose my viewership and subs today. Marking you guys unsubscribed and call customer service to cancel your magazines. You should at the very least have access for those who are actual subscribers. Total fail guys

[@TheSmokingTire]

sure, call up our call center and cancel all our magazines. lol.

[@rucarnuts13]

So paying $39.99 for a year-round fee isn't worth it for the best automotive content that's supplied weekly, and yet paying $80.00 for HBO to watch Game of Thrones for two month's worth of content is okay? Alright... Can you believe these people, Matt?

[@wearethetraffic]

TheSmokingTire well sarcasm will surely keep a customer around. And Motor Trend to my knowledge is what Drive is tied to. If not then my error... However allowing my error your response speaks volumes regarding your attitude towards your viewers.

[@wearethetraffic]

Dr. Weird I'm not sure where you come into this discussion. However if YOU wish to pay for the service then that's what YOU should be doing. However I have no interest in paying for content that has previously been free.

[@Hallelujahmkay]

Sledge Hammer Pretty sure they're fed up with 10 year olds and cheapskates complaining that they aren't getting shit for free. They're commenting out of spite, which also isn't a good thing.

[@gerfall]

Damn, they're actually pushing this Drive+ shit, that sucks. Great channel while it lasted.

[@BigLukeyBoi]

Yeah, good content costs money to make. Who knew?

[@hammerdown687]

***** Weird, MCM doesn't cost us anything, neither does roadkill or jay leno garage. Weird, I thought you said good content cost money?

[@BigLukeyBoi]

cmucky MCMs videos are nowhere near the cost of DRIVES to make, motor trend makes their money from having a magazine and Jay Leno is loaded. Any better comparison?

[@damncritics]

Right, because producing shit like this is oh so cheap. Oh wait a minute, it isn't.

[@12389h]

***** Well that's /DRIVEs problem. Not many people are going to pay for videos on website where over 90% of the content is free.

[@dogcrick]

Well... I have been a loyal viewer for a long time. I love this show and get excited to watch it. Unfortunately I can't even afford to pay the phone bill for the phone I am writing this on so even as cheap as it seems I am sorry guys, I can not afford it. I am a youtube producer myself and all though my channel is growing fast it is no where near your numbers. Kinda worries me to be honest. We provide free entertainment and all that we ask is that you put up with 5 seconds of advertising and we can all be happy... But nooooo that is just too much to ask! Gotta get friggin adblock because you really need that 5 seconds! I'm not mad at Drive. I'm mad at the selfish little pricks that use adblock! All good things get ruined by selfish people. I hope this doesn't happen to all my favorite channels... Im gonna go cry now.

[@DeezTricky]

What's the issue Coleman? First off cool to see ya on another channel I watch. What's going on with Adblock that's affecting you? Just asking I don't understand.

[@dogcrick]

Tricky D YT producers rely on selling ad placement to generate income. Its how we can offer relevant entertainment without charging the viewer yet we can still earn a living. People that use adblock are taking our earnings away and still viewing the content. Effectively taking food right off their favorite shows table. Its piracy. It makes it really hard for guys like me to continue releasing videos.

[@dogcrick]

Matt Farah Thanks for the reply Matt. Trust my man, i understand. I'm on your side and once my funds go up a little bit more I am purchasing your content for sure. I hope when I get to that point my fans will do the same. I really do wish you guys the best and I will still be watching as much as possible. I drive a first gen rx7 daily and it made my day when you featured Korbin. He is just a regular cat like me and it really shows that you guys keep it real. I guess its back to editing for me. See you on the next episode!

[@dogcrick]

***** I'm sorry. Who are you? Go do something worth bragging about troll. You bottom feeding free loaders are like parasites. You want the world but don't know the first thing about how it works. Nothing is free.

[@perolito83]

EXTREME SCALE PERFORMANCE With adblock, apparently your videos are indeed free, so it seems to me that you are the one who doesn't know how the world works. And I'm not knocking the guys at Drive for trying to make more money out of their awesome channel, hell, I might even pay for it.

[@TheJohn8765]

I see /DRIVE is trying to "lighten its server load" by charging for /DRIVE+. Good luck, guys.

[@koruki]

MeisterYodarkus lol i guess the quotes around the server load wasn't enough to enable your sarcasm detection

[@koruki]

***** haha yes but I think its a free market, if /DRIVE thinks their content is worth paying for, it will get proven true or false very soon by viewers. BTW has Chris left? He was supposed to release his F80 M3 review but it hasn't showed up, if he's gone I think they chance of people paying is even less now.

[@mobeen1982]

You're going to ruin this channel by making every video into some trailer

[@textvendingracing5189]

I like how this video is 4 minutes and 20 seconds. Coincidence??? I think not... Mr. Rogan you're awesome!

[@supremewhip]

"Wait there's more, if you jump over to /Drive+". WELL THANKS FOR MAKING ME WATCH A 4 MINUTE AD.

[@apstewart]

The video was for Joe Rogan and his car, period. That's exactly what you saw; not an ad. Want to see extended footage along the same lines? That's /drive+ .

[@doogiespence5310]

What the fuck's up with the dislikes? Ridiculous haters.

[@AltHistoryX]

+Doogie Spence The MUSIC is HORRIBLE!!

[@laurens557]

+Doogie Spence This was around the time they started doing drive+

[@delboy2596]

Maybe the companies that are heavily promoted in /Drives videos could pay. Such as Sharkwerks!

[@drive]

If a company we're reviewing pays for it, then they control the narrative and you won't get the truth.

[@delboy2596]

/DRIVE The truth? You never have a bad word to say about any of them.Your reports feel a bit "on the fence" And I use the word report because they don't feel like reviews.

[@LtRoastAhoe]

/DRIVE The truth? When the fuck would we ever get or expect to get that? We just want to see the pretty car go around in circles while a host we don't find objectionable tells us about it. Plus, like Del Johnson said, "You never have a bad word to say about any of them," and that goes for a lot of other automotive shows/publications/channels. Thats why Top Gear (UK, fuck Foust) is as popular as it is. When the Dacia Sandero is shit you don't have to listen to the host fumble for nice things to say about it. It's shit, now lets drop a piano on a Morris Marina.

[@daineserider]

/DRIVE Good point. But what about a car parts supplier like castrol, shell, recaro sparco OZ, Continental ... (you got it), and feature their products in your channel and add some adds to the beginning of your clips so adblocker are useless..? Other Channels do that since a very long time without hiding their opinion --> See Mighty Car Mods The way you have chosen isn't the right one, forcing to pay for content is not how KZbin is supposed to work, and you won't change that. Please react to your viewers, i don't want to miss /DRIVE in my KZbin Feed

[@jaronjohnson9851]

Lt. Roast-a-hoe That's exactly why Lamborghini is pissed at them, right? "forcing to pay for content is not how KZbin is supposed to work" 1) Ironic since the payment system is built into KZbin. Seems its working exactly as intended. 2) Nobody's forcing anyone to pay for anything. Supply and demand, bitches.

[@geekf1]

For all those who are still bitching about Drive+ I have a couple of questions: Why do you charge for your work? Why won't you work for free? Assuming you have a job...

[@errant3]

well i'm sorry but youtube it's a pubblic site were you watch videos for "free"..... correct? They could do like porn star and make a site, so they can ask you to pay. and they should also cancel the channel here. Sheeeeppp.

[@geekf1]

errant3 Why should KZbin cancel their channel? I mean, they funded the project at the beginning then they cut the funding. How is Drive supposed to make a profit? And if the platform allows you to make a per per view channel why would they cancel it? Just because most of the videos here are free it doesn't mean they all are. People just got used to watch tons of free content. Don't want to pay? don't pay. As simple as that.

[@achuck4321]

Just one question to /DRIVE, why does it need to be so expensive? Although 3.99/mth may not seem expensive to you, it is to a lot of us. If you made it $0.99/mth OR $10.00 for the year, if 10% of your subscribers payed the $10, you would have $115k. While that's small, that 10% is rather conservative. I'm sure a larger percentage would be willing to pay $10 than $40. Thoughts?

[@drive]

Because of a key word: "if". If everyone that pays $4 only pays $1, then we're screwed. If twice as many people pay $1 as $4, we're still screwed.

[@CruzinKrispy]

/DRIVE I think your screwed ether way you got your consumers used to a certain quality of video and now your putting up teasers, it would be different if you cut the time of your free content by only a small amount and had more epic longer style videos on the payed for sorta like topgear even if it was a few longer videos a month. im not sure how you call a 1min review with 3 min of filler a worthwhile product but hey its your show.

[@virtueion82]

/DRIVE yeah but "if" you go down this route of 4 dollars a month then your screwed anyways. people will pirate your stuff and will be hated by the internet(your loyal fanbase). i just don't know how much content there is for that price. if its the same old stuff i'm used to then ill pass along with many of my pals.

[@LtRoastAhoe]

JR T. Its already on The Pirate Bay and its still KZbin free quality.

[@achuck4321]

/DRIVE I'm sure you used the word "if" when calculating the minimum number of payed subscribers necessary to create your desired revenue. Yes at a $0.99/mth, you would need 4 times as many payed subscribers, but it seems more plausible than at $3.99 I was just highlighting the fact that most people might see $10 as being viable, and would be more willing to pay, rather than $40 which is seen as a substantial amount of money for the casual KZbin viewer.

[@RoundMangos]

@1:57 A big sound system in a GT3 RS... wtf...

[@drive]

It's a pretty small system, and done in carbon fiber. He knows it adds a bit of weight but he likes music. It weighs much less than a passenger.

[@RoundMangos]

/DRIVE But... RS...

[@mkz24]

/DRIVE but, isnt he already got THE sound system ; in form of flat six. hehe

[@thecoolesteva6]

Lol if you think that's a big sound system... hehe...

[@RoundMangos]

***** Not as much as a screaming flat six!! :D But the thing is, Porsche worked hard on getting rid of weight why add more? After all this is an RS.

[@Trihawk7]

They aren't money scrounging... they're making the deficit... otherwise there wouldn't a /DRIVE at all... You all are retards

[@MrDannyboyFL]

Say's the douche nozzle using third grade grammer. Go fuck yourself /Drive sold out...

[@Trihawk7]

You rephrase what I said into a more sophisticated way and I'll take your shit for now, go fuck yourself

[@MrDannyboyFL]

You wanna race for pinks bro?

[@slowshi1521]

this guy is really entertaining maybe he should make podcasts

[@adamgriffin]

Drive +?!!!!???? Yeah I unsubscribed to. Thank god top gear has always been free

[@streeatbeat]

you're an absolute fucking moron if you just compared /DRIVE TO TOP GEAR

[@streeatbeat]

Adam Griffin That made no fucking sense whatsoever....

[@adamgriffin]

+StreatBeatsAudio Subwoofers just trolling a troll. Why do people like you think they are so much tougher behind a keyboard. I'm sure you wouldn't say the same to my face now would you? Any way top gear is free, has better visuals, commentary, access to the industry, drivers/reviewers that own real sports cars, compare cars on an equal testing environment(test track) have been endorsed by the top drivers in motorsports/manufactures etc.....all of this is for free, and yet Jeremy Clarkson is still able to own a Ford gt, Ferrari Italia, GTR and etc...your argument makes nonsense? Pay to watch Joe Rogan in his 3rd Porsche that has no more cornering ability? Honestly thedudeinblue has way better car reviews than /drive! And drive only now carters to the tool bag un credentialized auto expert like your self that mean mugs anybody that stops next to him at a stop light in his V6mustang, and isn't wearing a wife beater and fitted cap combo.....douches!

[@1958plymouth440V8]

If you live in the UK, Top Gear isn't free at all. If you wanted to watch Top Gear on your TV, you'd have to pay £145.5 a year. In fact, if you want to watch anything at all on the TV in the UK, pay up.

[@adamgriffin]

Tedrick Leong sorry to hear that. That's ridiculous to pay that much money for one program. Here In the states with the luxury of Speed channel we can get top gear, wrc, and fia F1. There is a lot more, but I'm guessing they offer so much here for so little in the states is to compete with the left turn only enthusist(NASCAR)

[@danielreckman]

Hmm so they sign a big deal with NBC and all of a sudden they need to generate revenue through subscriptions? and this is because all because of adblock? that's a good one. Unsubscribe.

[@drive]

Our deal with NBC was not as big as people presume it to be. They purchased some existing content, but it's not nearly enough to run this channel and keep making the volume and quality of video you all like.

[@a_cc4954]

/DRIVE Fuck you anyways, their way better content for free. Do you really feel your content is better than all of those others ?

[@danielreckman]

/DRIVE Still believe there is a better solution. Maybe the companies that are heavily promoted in /Drives videos could pay. Such as Sharkwerks! A lot of this content seems like it could be categorized as promotional to say the least.

[@kevcahill89]

How dare Drive charge less than a pint of beer, or 1 spark plug, or a fraction of the price of a tank of fuel, all for a months worth of high quality entertainment!

[@MightySchultz]

to be fair it's expensive compared to a auto magazine or netflix

[@MightySchultz]

someusername121 if it wasn't the money..them they wouldn't have lots of negativity

[@kevcahill89]

someusername121 What principle? Why should they have to give it to you for free? What's so wrong with charging for it like everything else in life? They need to make a living too.

[@wiseoracle]

They have to add value to justify the 3.99 price tag. If paying that much gives me 6-8 more minutes of content, that's not worth it. I can rent a movie from redbox for 1.50 for a bluray that is longer and makes my 1.50 look like a good value. Cutting us off and saying hey I'll need that 3.99 is not a sustainable model, since YT generally doesn't charge to view it's video. Or $8 on Netflix gets me thousands of movies to watch. Drive hasn't given me a reason to pay the 3.99 to be like... "Oh wow nobody offers anything like this"

[@s.flanders]

wiseoracle Then go away and shut up. If $4 for many hours of video (~1 hour of Chris Harris alone) isn't good value, then I'm guessing you barely get by, in which case entertainment shouldn't be on your list of priorities. Spend the time you'd watch Drive and find better ways of earning money.

[@thepassionofthegoose5472]

Huge fan of Joe's work. I was unaware that he was a car guy, but it makes sense. BTW, love the GT3.

[@murpyeddie1139]

you can see a 15min video about the blue sharkwerks gt3rs on jay leno's garage channel.

[@Riiiisc]

(for free)

[@LivingLifeSlower]

Whats with the mental music levels?

[@Viper007Bond]

So loud and distracting!

[@LawrenceTimme]

well that video was long.

[@DaCoder]

TBH KZbin isn't a great place to market subscription fees... YT'ers don't understand anything other than free. The mere fact that people use that shit called AdBlock shows just how entranced these people are with free. So sorry your videos are getting smashed on by these dudes, but it can't be helped.

[@eoghanhennessy15]

wtf is drive+

[@eoghanhennessy15]

unsubscribed, no good content in a while and now making it difficult to get the content. Yeah nobody cares about paying the money to watch it but you cant start off with something free and then charge for it. Imagine if facebook started charging users, it would die. They need to find a different revenue stream! this sucks balls. bye Drive

[@adj789]

optional paid content with longer videos

[@quickz187]

Next recommended video is a FREE 14min review of same SharkWerks 997 GT3 RS.

[@EagleLogic]

Like running ads doesn't give The Drive enough money lol. Greedy bastards.

[@LabMotorsports]

4 years later I asking the same thing

[@erickonphoenix]

I love it when a couple of my two favourite channels come together. I will never own one of these but I'm glad someone can so they build more.

[@O8532732]

...looks like /Drive will only be airing promos and commercials for /Drive+ from now on... unfortunately, all their love for the viewers was only ever meant for the zealots with money to burn... No hate, but you are losing our attention... :/

[@Javi.Ramirez3]

I rather pay a one time fee or a season fee. Now everything is on a monthly base. Spotify, Pandora, Netflix, Google Storage, and now youtube channels at the end of the day all this adds up. Anyways i believe a Season Package should be available as well. How long will your Seasons be?, How many Videos are you planning on posting in a Season? $3.99 is too high price and it is /DRIVING your viewers /AWAY+

[@snowman01]

Unsubscribed. Free content on /Drive is mere trailers and ads and I have no intention of paying for youtube content.

[@SaintClutch]

and you thought you liked Joe Rogan b4

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

The three Porsches of my dreams: 1: a Magnus Walker air cooled 911 2: a Singer 911 3:a Sharkwerk GT3

[@krippkillaa]

You have to pay to watch vidoes now? Eww Unsubscribing

[@jordanberry4824]

Joe Rogan is ridiculously annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bad ass car but can't stand him!

[@PenthouseJewelersNYC]

Why so many dislikes?

[@LawrenceTimme]

cos nobody can get drive+ apart from mericans

[@PenthouseJewelersNYC]

ahhh! Makes sense. Sorry :o

[@JFPW3097]

Butthurt tight people who are still upset over the fully justified subscription fee. Lawrence Timme DRIVE+ is available in other countries than just America, and they have explained to those who cannot get it that it will be available by the end of the week.

[@ardoin_337]

Lawrence Timme Yes they can, they can torrent.

[@LawrenceTimme]

***** or maybe its cos most people can't even subscribe........ even if they wanted to?

[@FloShaban]

Things Drive can do to that won't cost subscribers anything: - Make a webpage with ads - Have the webpage do written reviews - Collect more sponsors - Make an android/iOS/windows phone/amazon phone app and place ads - Do more collaboration videos These are just off the top of my head.

[@asexydeath]

Honestly. What a shame.

[@Travelwithmoi]

If you want to pay for the content, PAY. If you don't want to, don't. SIMPLE. Judging from this huge backlash though, I would speculate that either they will revert back to the FREE system or the whole channel will be lost. Personally, I think it's a BAD move and It's just an excuse for them to gain more profit. If youtube hadn't introduce this pay channels, they would of strived find other ways to earn profit. If this channel starts this "pay for viewing" strategy and succeeds, this trend will spread to other channels and we'll end up paying for the whole youtube. Which in my mind what KZbin isn't and it should be FREE

[@mn4a15]

Train by Day JOe podcast by night!!!!

[@Gio015]

Just found out that you are moving to your new structure with drive, drive + and drive tv, here is my honest opinion, i just wish that other channels dont follow your greedy decision and you are left without viewers. that would really make me happy, cause after work I get home and relax with one of your awsome videos. Now you are charging me for a channel, when i have my internet subscription, netflix subscription, spotify subscription, tv subscripcion, etc, etc. this is fucking nuts, everybody charging for something. Thanks for so many great and FREE videos, it was awsome while it lasted, good luck making paid videos but I will not pay for them, Sincerly your friend and viewer from Mexico, Jorge Gonzalez

[@speedsociety9177]

German here:@/DRIVE please let me throw my money at you, because i can't right now.

[@drive]

Fixing that this week.

[@mkz24]

/DRIVE /drive+ isn't available here in Malaysia.. :(

[@javiermedina7]

/DRIVE Please take care of Panama also, will suscribe immediately!

[@TheTime623]

Javier Medina Someone is already putting everything on TPB if you want it that bad.

[@mikecoleman4927]

tony mandujano Trailer Park Boys.

[@NickSousa17]

again /Drive another new video let down...I don't mind paying for content I purchased the smoking tier's all cars go to heaven in full because I felt Mat's FREE content was amazing and felt that paying $8 for a long special film was well worth it versus you alienating your subscribers and teasing them every time you post a video I hope you rethink your business model

[@Soulvex]

Goodbye Drive, old pal :'(

[@Daniel-vc1ce]

I love these "broke" college students who can't afford drive+. It is $4/month. What the hell are you doing with your money? Its the equivalent cost of 1 beer a month and you can't pay for it? I just graduated college, I know what it means to be tight on cash, but seriously? I find it hard to believe that you live in such poverty that you are no longer drinking while in college.

[@fliaquat]

I love the subwoofer setup on the rear section. Very nicely done

[@TwinTurbo997]

Why doesn´t DRIVE share its videos for free, and uses ads to earn money?? like every other car channel? I just don´t get it...instead its only getting hate from us, its loyal fans until not too long ago...Well, I guess I´ll have to watch the review of this car in the "Jay leno´s garage" channel for FREE. At least we still have the rest of the channels, but it´s still frustrating to watch these teasers...

[@lonersanonymous]

This is a passion project for them and they are losing money on every video they make without KZbin's support. Did any of you read Chris Harris' explanation? Producing videos of this quality is very expensive (as in many thousands of dollars per video) so stop being so cheap and pay a cup of coffee a month for arguable the best automotive content available. Sheeesh people are spoilt these days.

[@redlinethin]

another paytoview video? nah, unsubscribed...

[@tinleo333]

the channel is becoming a fail i will not pay 3.99 specially for now.Dota 2 is free and i pend over 300 on the store because is something special

[@ellicopter1]

These video's are pointless now, I gain no insight from them

[@Macedonia914]

The problem with drive+ is that it is half the price of netflix with no where near as much content. I love drive and I look forward to their content everyday but this new drive+ stuff is a bit much. I really hope that channel pay subscriptions does not become a thing on KZbin. Like what is the point of using a free video streaming service why not just get rid of your youtube channel and only post on your own website that requires a fee. Yes I know that one person unsubscribing probably won't make a huge deal to you guys but still I feel like just because I can't spare the money to subscribe that I should get almost no content at all.

[@afordcox]

Why don't people understand that if you want nice things you have to pay for them?

[@Slickpete83]

Because youtube was meant to be a free community where people can exchange ideas using videos

[@smilesic]

Slickpete83 Then go make a video and exchange your ideas - your living in the KZbin that Google has never earned a dollar on. Since they bought it, they lose money on it every single day. Go to Starbucks and ask for a free coffee, cause' they already give you a free space, free wifi and free social interaction - might as well get the coffee for free too right? cause f!$k paying $3

[@Slickpete83]

Slavko Milesic I can get free coffee and Wi-Fi and social interaction at my work lol.....

[@Hallelujahmkay]

Slickpete83 It doesn't work like that anymore.

[@ThePieman911]

Im not thaaaaaat thrilled about paying for episodes over youtube, id much rather buy them off of itunes/ play store where I already have my card and stuff set up on. I could also watch them offline. would that be a possibility?

[@cadis87]

I feel like drive has become just commercials for drive+.

[@moptoe]

With all these neck beards complaining, remember the silent majority, drive. We understand why you have to move to paid content. I can't afford it, but I get it.

[@ratmrat]

you guys are ruining your channel with your drive+...

[@ok_thanks_ok]

This Drive+ bullshit is going to the Drive's demise. I would have rather watched a commercial than pay for a youtube video.

[@fattboi100]

unsubscribed...

[@shinzantetsu]

I met joe down in orlando a few months ago after his comedy show,chill fucking guy.

[@Tambo74]

Boycott time sorry ... well not really sorry just thinking of the long term and other channels doing the same. It's not only morally wrong but it's greed when you do the maths of 100's of thousands of subscribers joining a ppm channel. and not only Drive $ .. I mean Drive + channel but many many others doing the same.. it will be the end of KZbin as we know it.

[@zpwslayer9719]

Unsubbing. If this is the future of content creators on youtube, then you guys can blame your self's for destroying a great thing because your greed.

[@dogcrick]

Good lord you guys get trolled harder than anyone! I can't imagine your notification feed lol.

[@Gio015]

I said it before, WONT PAY, and already UNSUBSCRIBED FROM DRIVE.

[@fockyerdod3r]

unsubscribed.

[@vobrasolo]

Drive plus is worth the money to me,i like backing things i enjoy,my sports teams,musicians i like , i have no problem with lil bit they are charging, nothing life is free guys and gals.paying for something i like is well worth it ,keep up the great work guys, my two cent's .

[@vobrasolo]

***** first off i work hard for ever thing i have and proud of it,second i far from being a peasant, third you are not entitled to any thing in life expect life and death ,every thing else you have to work for ,which some people are afraid or to damn lazy to do,it's your choice,

[@prototypeglory]

/Unsubscribe

[@cshevlin]

Come on Seriously... You have to pay for content now. I know it costs money to make these shows but come on...

[@YetiShred]

And there goes the best channel on youtube. Farewell /DRIVE

[@darek4488]

It's this all what's left of you? I will wait some time, but if you keep on uploading only teasers you are done for me and many other people. I liked to watch /DRIVE, but nowadays I always have more movies to watch the time for it. If I won't be watching /DRIVE I'll be watching something else. I considered you as a modern car channel, but you turned out to be a dinosaur with your business model. Now you can do what dinos do - die in the fire. I am sure that your successor will be better.

[@mrstormuk]

Sad that I have to unsub.

[@TylerRaber]

They say adblock is the reason they are doing this yet many many many many other KZbinr's are doing absolutely fine. I call BS. This is a good way to lose a lot of your subscriber base.

[@drive]

Our overhead is much higher than most "successful" YouTUbe channels. KZbin gave us millions in 2012 to start this, and then it ended in 2014.

[@paulleysway]

Always been a fan of Drive, but this whole drive+ has lost me.. Cya Drive. Wonder how many other subs have they lost.

[@MillleBornes]

Just look at Jay Leno's review of the blue Sharkwerks if you don't want to pay...

[@cruiseoveride]

I don't usually comment on youtube (or comment on the internet in general) so I hope the /DRIVE folks get to see this. I think given the problem you guys had, a subscription model makes sense. Premium content like yours (that sometimes can rival anything from the BBC in my opinion) definitely costs money. But keeping the free content as some kind of teaser is really insulting. How about just reducing the budget of the free content? Think of it like product lines. Drive and Drive+ (horribly name by the way), each one needs to make a profit. I'd rather see a 20min video of some idiots driving a Toyota corolla through the bush for free on Drive than have a 2min teaser video of some weird Indo-Englishman in Italy driving a German supercar. Bottom line is; figure how to make each product line profitable with the revenue streams associated with each.

[@drive]

Filming a car, no matter how much that car costs, costs about the same. So 20 min of some idiots in a Toyota costs just as much as filming a La Ferrari. In fact, private cars cost more, because there's no company paying for a flight. Quality content is what brought you (and the rest of the people) here in the first place. To reduce costs is to reduce the channel's quality, and then we're no longer /DRIVE.

[@AdamEronenPiper]

/DRIVE You're no longer /Drive anyway, you're /Drive+ remember? If this channel doesn't make money then why have it at all? It's just a subscription conversion machine for your paid channel now. /Drive died a week ago.

[@clutch8346]

FuzzyWasHeBear Best comment ever....

[@timeforachange12]

A 996 turbo that broke 5 times... what ???

[@Crushercurtis702]

Don't pay, if you pay other channels will charge, then everyone will raise prices. Way to buy the stripped down lightweight version of a GT3 and put subwoofers in it.

[@xorising]

Here's the scoop whingers. They were losing money putting up free videos. They had two options: (1) cut their losses and stop making videos or (2) start charging for them. Would you prefer you had no DRIVE videos at all? Nobody is forcing you to pay. If you don't think they're worth $4 a month DON'T PAY IT. Most of the other popular youtubers are blogs or video game footage which costs bugger all to produce. You can't compare doing a let's play ($50 for a game, $200 for a capture card, an hour of your time) to a track video (multiple $1000 cameras, petrol, 3-4 people each spending at least 3-4 hours then editing for a few hours). And that's just a basic "turn up to a local track with a press car". The fucking entitlement complex is infuriating.

[@Lukeno52]

Drive, if you still think this business path is a good idea; look at the dislike bar. The way to do this is not to charge for people to see your videos; these "teasers" are not worth their salt in enticing most people to pay for the other videos. The way to do it is to give people access to videos a week, or even a month, early, in exchange for a payment. This works for a lot of other people.

[@oranjizer]

>>>> This is a response to everyone who is in favor of new "pay to watch" idea. 1. Why do you guys forget that because youtube was free to watch, /drive got so many views and viewers. If it was a pay to watch from day one, i bet the viewer base would be tiny. 2. I will never own a Laferrari so why d fck should i pay to watch a Laferrari review? I would watch such stuff for my entertainment and my passion for fast cars, which i can satisfy by watching other free channels. So your use freaking mind to understand that as long as people give away stuff for free, you cannot charge money and still be ahead of them for almost the same content. 3. Everyone wants to make/save money, everyone wants profit. So do we.... We want profit by watching stuff for free. Why blame us for being cheap? why not blame them for being greedy? how is it OK for them to be greedy and not us? If you say that they put too much of an EFFORT to produce these videos, did they not put the same effort for all these years and still give us content for free? I thought it was about passion and not money. So if you are questioning the viewers passion why dont you question drive's passion cuz they now want MONEY!! TL DR: Im just arguing with some valid points and being very practical as to why people should not blame youtubers for expecting free stuff :D KZbin IS ALL ABOUT GOING VIRAL and you cant go viral with a "pay to watch" attitude :D PEACE

[@rlclaveau]

Too much other good content out there to justify paying for Drive + .... you guys better sort out your shit

[@chamberofsarcasm8786]

If they made a video of them literally sorting out human shit would you pay for it? I would...

[@theeeMitchi]

This video showed my why I probably won't sign up when it's availabe for me even if I thought I would. If you launch a paid channel, at least try to launch it that way that everyone on this planet can go for it at the same time, not that some people have to wait. Wouldn't watch all the stuff anyway, and - even though I didn't expect I'd say this anytime soon - Harris's drifting gets boring after some time. Also it's amazing how /drive shoves the fact that this video is nothing more than an advertisment for drive+ into our mouths... There's enough stuff out there that comes up to their quality. It's not like they were _that_ much above everyone else. On another note, I'm asking myself how the people over at xcar or petrolicious do it. Maybe because they have a website, where they advertise stuff and get money for it? Something that /drive never managed to get it done... Don't get me wrong, I like /drive. But you guys should've at least tried to do it a bit differently...

[@brandynkelly9319]

+/DRIVE i know you are getting a lot of hate at the moment. personally i believe its not fair on you guys. all you are trying to do is make a living doing the things you love to do. as well as providing enjoyable content to others. Automotive Journalism has for the most part cost money in the past with magazines ect but because the youtube craze boomed and it was free thats what people expect as standard. i think people should grow up and stop acting like they are owed free content from everyone. please keep doing what youre doing you will always have people behind you!

[@Freakling6]

Soo.. Drive+ eh? Another awesome concept ruined.

[@RanvirMaharaj]

Screw all you DRIVE haters. Best place to be on youtube for all your automotive needs. High production values and amazing content. GO DRIVE!!!

[@kilom6187]

Reading the comments on here - just bloody ridiculous. We should have a filter that removes all the kids that are complaining about a $4 charge to watch a video.@/Drive your vids are some of the best on the web, and I'm sure the mature audience's agree that they are worth every dollar! Well done and keep them coming!

[@mojostevo]

Matt and Joe are awesome, this car is sick, that's worth a Thumbs up despite +/DRIVE and their recent business move.

[@rustypossum]

That presenter...dunno...can't find it in me to like him

[@davemartin6452]

Badass. I didn't know Joe was into these kind of real enthusiast cars.

[@133Djdude]

Why drive plus why u have ruined my life

[@jugga3623]

Drive, this was completely the wrong move. This is not the Drive we knew and loved... Who made you big and got you to over 1 million subs? We did and unfortunately you're going to lose us.

[@apstewart]

You did nothing to offset the cost of production, either. Who do you think pays for all these awesome videos and the post-production to turn them into a quality product? Skip one trip to Starbucks or McDonald's and contribute to something far more enjoyable.

[@12389h]

apstewart What the fuck are you talking about? They make thousands from every video. Why? Because we view it. You really think they would become big, if nobody is watching?

[@aps5150]

***** TheSmokingTire posted the best comment saying that the KZbin partnership program ended in January. If not for DRIVEplus to bring in income, there would be no /DRIVE either.

[@G55STEYR]

How can a fucking bug be perfect? pretty easy, just a bug. Try a real car, and at least, let the engine be: IN THE CAR., not outside hanging in front or back, and with the IDEAL NUMBER OF CYL - 8, and I'm from Europe. I say that because here V8's are almost hated by 70% of people.

[@Slampedro]

Fuck now I really have to get /Drive+

[@Travos69]

Old JR. Corrupter of all his young fans. I remember seeing his show (what a joke) and the first few I seen about him talking of some drug that makes you go into another dimension. Pure evil. If you think they sold out for wanting your cash think again. This JR is much worse. Maybe if people had a mind they would be talking more about this than anything else I see in the comments below. Evil rules your world and one day you will pay dearly. Enjoy your possessions while you can JR.