Podcast Doug and car guy Doug is way way better than used car salesman Doug.
I know this sub has cooled on him and Matt is well Matt but honestly this was one of the best car related listens for me this year.
I also love it when throttle house goes on smoking tire podcast.
I wish Doug wasn’t so insecure about his lack of track experience. You don’t track your cars, fine. Don’t act like you know so much about track driving. I’ve seen him go off on people in this subreddit about how he’s good at track driving.
On this podcast he talked about tracking his Ford GT, CGT & A class.
Lol nobody tracks those cars. They aren’t good cars to track because they are so old and valuable, that it simply doesn’t make sense even if you have stupid money. He probably just pushed it hard one lap and called it a day lol. The people that track those cars do them in sanctioned events like how people will race the old classic Ferraris. You’ll never see a Ford GT on an open track day lol.
I know. That’s why I brought it up. Matt mentioned it was his first, Doug instantly jumped in and said it wasn’t. Doug didn’t know his times, he didn’t know which way the track was running. He exposed himself so quickly. Literally why I made that comment.
So what?
Thats pretty cringe tbh. I honestly can’t stand people like that. Its common among alot of influencers across all hobbies and activities. So many dudes are insecure and overcompensate. Never saw him as someone who was experienced at the track, just a guy who likes those really weird cars.
I feel like within the car community people resort to track driving as the ultimate way to experience a car and that your opinion is invalidated unless you have track driving experience. The fact that he bragged about tracking his Ford GT and his Carrera is hilarious becuase nobody in their right mind would track those cars and really push them hard.
I can’t go into details but I’ve been at events he was at and that’s just how he is. His head is naturally up his own ass.
He got going on with a guy he didn’t know who happened to be a retired European racing champion and it was pretty funny watching him talk down to a guy about high performance driving knowing who they both were. Oliver just stood there quiet and humble and took the wagging.
Throttle House were cool dudes though.
Yeah I can see that. He probably lives in an eco chamber, and unlike other top people in the community like Jason Camissa, he really is only there because of his videos, and his love for weird quirky cars lol.