State of the Fleet 2024
Added 2024-03-06 22:04:54 +0000 UTCDirect Link: https://youtu.be/Y5vbfJSSSuc
Hellloooo! It's that time of year again. My collection has grown a wee bit too big for even me to keep track of. Well, that's not strictly true. It's grown too big for me to keep up with.
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I posted a comment under the video, but I'll reiterate here. I'm going to be "that guy" and go against the flow. You should absolutely NOT scrap the bus and finish it. The bus videos (as well as the pandemic daily series) are among the best in your catalog. They show a real creativity to solving problems and creating something new as opposed to just fixing an old thing. While it is a big project and frustrating, the amount you learn from solving those projects is way more useful (to you AND us) than tinkering with some old car that you'll enjoy for a few months then never see again. As a fan of yours for a while, who has a Peecadabus on my shelf, it would make me angry to not see that project finished. Especially if it is tossed because of some other Soviet car or weird electric prototype that's not even a practical vehicle. Those are not very interesting videos because they aren't very creative. You're just "restoring" the cars to make them work again. If there's anything you ought to declutter, it's the Codas and Wheego and other weird trinkets taking up space that have sat forever. Those cars are awful and they won't get any less awful no matter how much work you put into them. Like, I fully get that it's not "fun" anymore, but I think most of your projects aren't "fun" anymore. The Escape is a bit of a boondoggle, the woodshop has been collecting dust after that fantastic dust collector project, 6 months on the TWIKE?! Really? I'm fully in support of you, Robert, you make great things. But the direction seems really scattered lately. Of course, I bring my own biases in here, I don't enjoy cars that much. Creative projects, sure, but I'm not a "car guy" like that. But mechanical stuff has always interested me so it was great to watch you go through the process. If you don't feel the bus project's original goal of an RV and car hauler makes any sense, then change directions! But don't just scrap it, that's such a sad end to a really great idea.
Justin Tokke
2024-03-19 00:06:01 +0000 UTCPersonally, I love the bus, but if you aren't getting any more dopamine out of it, I can't blame you for abandoning the project. I own a Peecadabus and a window piece, they're fun conversation pieces and I cherish them. I think I'd like to see the bus completed, but I'm more than okay if you don't do it. Maybe Jared from Questionable Garage wants a crack? Just spit balling ideas here.
Alexander Lamontagne
2024-03-11 23:55:28 +0000 UTC
