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bet that's lairy when you come off the power, my S was scary as **** coming off the power @ 90+ you needed to brave and keep your foot down !
They did say that the torque steer, both on acceleration and lift-off, was a bit extreme.
I can’t remember how long I’ve been watching Binky for, I’m not an early adopter but at least 3 years.
Eps 1 – August 2013.
Thats a hell of a long time to fix an old mini up.
Having looked back though the series recently, it could be argued they wasted their time using the rotten old mini as a starting point, almost nothing of it remains.
They say projects are never finished, but I wish this one was, I need closure more than I need another "getting the funk out" montage.
the BOM stuff was never about the finished product for me - after all it always seemed like a terrible idea & was always going to be cramped beyond belief and likely average to drive.
But the journey had been great to follow. Hence why escargot gets so much love I think; I’d love to see it progress
I enjoyed that seat video. I've always wondered why it was so expensive to have seats retrimmed and now I know.
I'd like to try it myself actually, I just don't have a fun car to play with. Not really worth doing in the Yeti.
Sadly not Binky or The Escargot but something from the BOM boys.
Given up on this now as it seems nothing more forth coming from them, shame really as it was interesting.
Stick to Tally Ho and fortnightly updates
@sharkattack... are you sure?
History, if you wondering...
https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/226003-the-twins-and-yeti-rs/
Given up on this now as it seems nothing more forth coming from them, shame really as it was interesting.
6 months between episodes?
Yeah that's pretty standard. 🤣
Given up on this now as it seems nothing more forth coming from them, shame really as it was interesting
What are you going to do with all that spare time you'll have now that you aren't spending it not watching a new Binky episode?
As said the frequency has never been high, folk have been moaning since they started. They are still putting out updates on Insta though so there will be another video. When they're ready.
Given up on this now as it seems nothing more forth coming from them, shame really as it was interesting.
Anyone who has done a project in their spare time will know exactly how easy it is for everything else in life to get in the way and severely slow progress. They may well be professionals at building project cars in their day jobs but the level of detail in Binky is off the scale and even just doing that clutch pedal modification would have eaten up a few days minimum. Just be happy we have projects like this to keep us entertained, the world would be a much more boring place without them.
It's not quite a spare time project, they have over 4000 patreon people paying a minimum of a quid a month, it changed from "per video" years ago. Plus a bit of ad revenue on top.
I'm still happy to pay, I'd rather they did videos when they're ready rather than pointless filler "update" ones, but it's a bit more than a hobby really.
New episode just out
Cant see one or is it more outtakes?
tjagain
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Cant see one or is it more outtakes?
TJ, It's on the BOM TV channel on YouTube, rather than the Bad Obsession Motorsport main channel.
It's not much, just over 8 minutes.
You know you could just post it here...
I wasn't aware of this channel tbh
I reckon Nik has health problems.
I have thought that for a while now
Anyone else just unsubscribed now?
No because however long it takes them, I'm sure it'll be an interesting watch. I'm sure they have business and personal obligations that trump my desire for 45 minutes of free entertainment. To my mind, we are not paying them, so they are not obligated to produce content to our timetable.
^This. Plus they are actually editing Ep38.
Shit happens, at the end of the day they owe us nothing.
New episode out today (yesterday if you’re a patron)
When dammit!
(now you've got me all impatient!)
1 Minute ago according to my You Tube.
Think will save it for later when i can give it my full focus.
Enjoyed that.
Binky and Tally Ho is one sitting. YT is spoiling me tonight 🙂
So good to have that back in my life….. however, how long will it be until the next one
Bad Obsession boys are back.....
I enjoyed that and the nostalgia horrors of the pinto engine.
*Got 2 in the garage as well.
latest from BOM
Something else to start and not finish. They’re worse than me for good ideas that never get finished. However I’ve never managed to snag a load of patrons along the way to keep sending me £1/2/3/4/5 every month to do nothing.
I was a fan, I’m losing interest now and beginning to actually dislike them/BO. Feels a bit like they’ve realised there’s a few thousand people not realising they’ve signed up for patron and will leave it mothballed and let the money flow.
I really don't care about Binky any more. Which is sad as I used to love the shows.
Yeah, I'm bored with it all, too
oldschool
Full MemberSomething else to start and not finish. They’re worse than me for good ideas that never get finished. However I’ve never managed to snag a load of patrons along the way to keep sending me £1/2/3/4/5 every month to do nothing.
I was a fan, I’m losing interest now and beginning to actually dislike them/BO. Feels a bit like they’ve realised there’s a few thousand people not realising they’ve signed up for patron and will leave it mothballed and let the money flow.
TBH I think it's the game of thrones thing... They've gone so far with it and with all the complexity and expectation and the length of the journey they just don't know how to finish it and make it as good as they want it to be. And not just their expectations but ours and all the patreon people. "finishing" a big project is always hard, and tbh after the driving scenes and the tardis madness of the final assembly, I dunno, it just seemed like it's not going to live up to the dream. And probably it can't, since it's so far advanced and so complicated, how do you even start to sort issues? But stopping a project that isn't perfect can be even harder than making it perfect.
What happen to the big yellow lorry project?
I really don’t care about Binky any more. Which is sad as I used to love the shows.
I'm kind of the same, after the first diving shots I'd kind of tune out of the project mainly 'cause I don't like the track and turning circle.
But it's not my car, if they like it fair enough, I don't have a problem with that.
I do like the humor and dynamic between the two and really enjoyed the cheap race series they did.
And as some who has a project in the garage that's +10yrs in I can relate.
@rocketdog Escargo got a third donor to solve the rear axle issue and, well, nothing. They keep saying they're going to get back to it but obviously they haven't.
I think @Northwind has it. Add in the fact that it was getting a full custom instrument package that was a huge time sink and required basically learning from scratch, plus COVID, plus supply chain, plus cost increases and it's easy to see how it could stall for any one of a number of reasons. Plus personal lives.
And probably it can’t, since it’s so far advanced and so complicated, how do you even start to sort issues?
yeah all that "flexi" drive stuff looked a bad design choice from the off! sometimes shit just doesn't fit and once you stuck the largest wheel arches known to man on a small car no ones going pat you on the back for keeping bonnet looking stock.
Just seen this on Instagram, although I really like it, the build quality would be enough to make Nick break out in a cold sweat.
His ceiling fan is both amazing and terrifying
I do want to see if he ever gets his Penny Farming up and running
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_wLhpBxg8/?igsh=aGNlaXk0aWthMG5r
PSA
Just noticed that Roadkill TV is back on Youtube if you're into that sort of thing.
Plus lots of bootlegged/reshared older roadkill episodes 😉
Stay Tuned can be good too if you like that sort of thing- it's Tony Angelo who used to be half of Hot Rod Garage, doing his own thing. As long as you can ignore the inevitable youtubeisms- the repetition and cynical episodism that you have to do to make the monetisation work- it can be really good, partly because they have a real budget but also they're looking for good results, they're not deliberately setting out to do bad work like so many youtubers are or halfassing it, they're doing real world projects and filming it. I really enjoyed the "cyclone" truck build frinstance, it's as close to normal-person car project stuff as it gets while also being reasonably well filmed.