How Doug DeMuro Beat YouTube and Bought His Dream Car00:57:13

This week on The Big Three, we hang out with Doug DeMuro, the man who unintentionally created the blueprint for every car YouTuber since. From Porsche spreadsheets to viral quirks and features, Doug reveals how he stumbled into the perfect formulaand how that same formula nearly destroyed him. We cover his Jalopnik days, starting Cars & Bids, his treasured Carrera GT, and how the key to YouTube might be not caring.

01:00 What was it like working at Porsche?  
04:30 How did you end up writing for Jalopnik?  
07:50 When did you decide to start making YouTube videos?  
10:10 How did YouTube take off before you even realized it?  
12:20 How did Quirks and Features become your thing?  
15:30 When did you realize this could actually be your career?  
17:10 How did you handle the grind and burnout?  
20:00 What was it like running your channel through the pandemic?  
22:00 Are there even bad cars anymore?  
24:30 What makes modern cars feel weird or interesting again?  
28:00 How did Cars & Bids start?  
30:30 What was it like buying your dream car the Carrera GT?  
33:00 How did you handle sudden success and becoming a businessman?  
36:30 Whats happening in the car market now?  
39:30 Whats the weirdest thing youve seen sell for crazy money?  
41:30  Whats Monterey Car Week like when youre that guy now?  
45:30 Whats the coolest car you saw there?  
48:30 Whats next for car culture and for Doug DeMuro?

Visual credits:
@DougDeMuro
BYD Global
Volkswagen
@CzingerVehicles
Wikipedia Commons
Supercar Blog
r/carspotting
Gordon Murray Automotive

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