Revving Engines with Luke: A Journey from Passionate Car Enthusiast to YouTube Phenomenon

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Get ready to rev up your engines as we bring you an exclusive conversation with Luke, the man behind YouTube’s ‘Cars With Luke’ with his jaw-dropping cinematic car videos, set against the mesmerizing backdrop of the Swiss Alps. Join us as Luke dives into his passion for cars, the profound influence of the TV show Top Gear on him and his latest adventures in auto trading.

Our exciting conversation with Luke takes a detour into the realm of car journalism as he shares his experiences with the iconic Porsche 964 Turbo, the Alpine Vibes series, and much more. So, fasten your seat belts and turn up the volume for this high-octane discussion about cars, passion, and the art of visual storytelling.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Good morning, James McGarrah.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Andy Gawnt, how are you doing on this fine Sunday
morning or Sunday night,whatever it is Well yes, sunday
night, where I am, it's pitchblack.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Yeah, no, I'm doing good.
Do you know what we had?
We had sunshine today, so I'm ahappy camper.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Very nice, I've got asked did you finish dune?

Speaker 1 (00:31):
I did finish dune.
Yes, I did and I liked it.
I'm about it.
I'm definitely about it.
Very good, I mean you did saythat Captain Kirk or Jean-Luc
Picard or Blando Calrissian orsomeone, was going to come in at
the end.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Did you not?

Speaker 1 (00:46):
see that and they did not not, unless it was in like
a post-credits scene.
Maybe I missed.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Yeah, that might be the Snyder Kurt.
I'm not sure.
Yeah, you've probably got adifferent version in Australia.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
It might have been.
It might have been Wow, I meaneveryone.
We're here to talk Porsches,but we're talking science
fiction movies, but we've got agreat guest today, so should we
start the show.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Let's get it on.
Welcome to Curb your Canyon.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
James, our guest this week.
He is someone who I reckon willbe familiar to anyone that goes
hunting for Porsche content onYouTube and, in fact, his 992
GT3 touring coffee run video.
Do you know?
That was our first ever videoof the week?
First ever.
I didn't know that really yeahyeah, yeah, yeah.
He's been putting out amazingcontent since, I think, 2015,.

(01:44):
2016, maybe Cinematic videosthat honestly rival the work of
much bigger productions.
And some might argue oh yeah,yeah, some might argue he's got
an unfair advantage, with theSwiss Alps as his backdrop and
some of the world's mostdelicious cars as he subjects,
and that may be true, but hebrings a level of craft and care
to his videos that truly setshim apart.
Add to that, he's got this likeevery man approach when it

(02:07):
comes to talking about cars,which I love, and very, very
fine work with a stills camera,and I reckon you've got a recipe
for something very cool.
You've heard him say holy, molyand chow for now for years, and
I'm very pleased to say thatthis week he's a special guest.
It's Luke from Cars With Luke,luke, welcome.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
Hi guys.
Yeah, thanks so much for havingme.
It was quite quite funnylistening to you talk so good of
me, but very much appreciated.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Well, you know what Last time we did one of those
intros was with Henry Cachpole,and James interrupted me halfway
through and suggested that ourguest was actually Joey from
Friends, and Henry laughedgoodnaturedly, but I'm not sure
he wasn't offended, james.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
No, I know, and it was because I think the prompt
you gave me at the beginning ofthat conversation was don't give
the game away.
So I thought how about best notto give the game away by
completely throwing a curveball,because you know it could have
been Joey from Friends.
I mean it could have been.
He was on TV driving cars for awhile he was.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
Yeah, I don't know who enjoyed really watching him
do that, but you know I did likehim eating the sandwich in the
9-11R.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
I thought that was okay.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Look, I've reached out to Matt's people and so far
they haven't got back to me, butI'm not giving up.
Hope We'll get him on here oneday, is that?

Speaker 1 (03:37):
right, I would have thought they'd be all over our
podcast.
Anyway, luke, welcome.
It's so good to have you on.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
It's taken us a little while to make this work.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
And slightly, I think , over a year.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Look, I may have hassled a little bit gently from
time to time.
I think I said to the other dayI wasn't sure, when I reached
out to you, whether you thoughtwho is this real?
Do these guys even have apodcast or they're just trying
to get my money somehow?
No, no, not at all.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
I mean, I've listened to a few of your podcasts and
it was just, I think I was justoverwhelmed with so many
podcasts invites the last year.
I just couldn't keep track ofanything anymore and I was just
struggling to keep track of myown time alone and juggling
three jobs and so, but yeah, Idefinitely kept you hanging for

(04:33):
a good year before we got here.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yeah, it's funny, james.
Were you thinking when Lukesaid that he was overwhelmed,
then that he was going to sayoverwhelmed by the quality of
our banter?

Speaker 3 (04:45):
And that of course.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
Oh no, not even for a second.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
Well so, Luke, for those who don't know and those
who are living under a rock, whoare you and what is cars with
Luke?

Speaker 3 (05:01):
That is a good question.
I've never really thought aboutit, to be honest.
I'm just a guy that's trying todo what he loves, and trying to
do it regularly and pay mybills by doing what I love.
I think that simplifies it.

(05:21):
It's just combining the thingsI love, which are filming photos
, cars, mountain passes,mountains in general just being
out, exploring, driving andsharing that passion with so
many like-minded people.

(05:43):
Yeah, that's all I am really.
It's just a guy trying to tryhis best to live his dream.
I guess you could say that'sbeautiful.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
Doing it successfully .
One would say yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:58):
I mean, I'm learning every day and a lot of the time
I'm not thinking about what I'mdoing too much.
I think it's more other peoplethink about what I'm doing, but
with me it's just more like afeeling and, yeah, I'm really
learning every single day.
I'm super grateful for everyonethat gives so many compliments

(06:20):
on my filming and storytellingand they feel emotions and it
touches them.
Some videos and they feel likethey are with me in the car,
which is really important, Imean it means the world to me
when I hear this from people,but I'm still figuring it out.
It's been like seven years, Ithink, since I started my

(06:43):
YouTube channel, at which Istarted it as not a joke, but it
was really.
It was silly fun and I thought,god, no one's ever going to
watch this junk.
And I also had no idea what Iwas doing then.
And then it's been seven yearsnow and, like I said, still

(07:04):
learning every day and trying tofigure out which direction I
want to go.
Now I thought it would geteasier as it get bigger, but it
did in one way, then also becameharder in other ways that I
never even thought about.
Yeah, so, who knows, just goingto keep doing what I'm doing
and, who knows, maybe I get toproduce a movie one day.

(07:28):
That's definitely a big goal ofmine to produce a real big
movie or be part of more filmproductions.
That's what really excites me,that's cool.

Speaker 1 (07:40):
Maybe a Transformers film set in the office.
I'm down for that.
Yeah, I'm very much down forthat.
Yeah, when you started way back, when you said it kind of
started as a joke.
I can't imagine.
You had in your head or maybeyou did a vision of what your

(08:02):
channel would ultimately becomeand where you would take it, and
you've made some stylisticchoices over the journey that I
think have defined the look ofyour channel and the tone of it
At the start.
Was it just what made youdecide, hey, I'm going to film
myself driving around in a carand put it on YouTube and see

(08:23):
what happens.

Speaker 3 (08:25):
It's funny thinking about it, I guess.
A few reasons.
First, it was a dream of mine.
So I was the classic petrolheadkid that grew up watching Top
Gear daily.
Literally it was my Bible.
It was just everything to me.
I was obsessed with watchingthose guys have fun in cars.

(08:48):
It was the dream.
So I had kept that with me mywhole life until one day I just
said come on, I've got to giveit a go.
I want to try filming cars.
I'd always enjoyed filming andphotography and storytelling.
I think I was quite a kind oflate bloomer.

(09:10):
I guess I was very insecure Imean I still am mostly, but very
sorry, I was still shy.
Otherwise I'm not someone thatwanted to be on camera.

Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (09:21):
I was quite a quiet person, Hence I love filming in
the Alps alone.
I can have a lot of enjoymentfrom that.
Yeah, right, and I just said itwas one of those moments I was
really unhappy in my job and itwas kind of now or never thing.
So I just tried.

(09:42):
That was, yeah for sure thehardest part was just putting
yourself out there at thebeginning, yeah, but I'm
obviously very happy I did gothrough that.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
Now oh yeah, yeah, I love that, do you and James, I
don't know if you were a watcherof Top Gear, do you have?
Is there a segment that youlook back on and think that one
really just captured myimagination and has stuck with
me ever since?
Is there a Top Gear segmentthat really did that for you?

Speaker 2 (10:13):
For me, I don't know.
I guess you could say I'm justsuch a star whore that the best
moments of those shows werewatching the stars race around
the lab.

Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, totally.

Speaker 2 (10:28):
That is so you.
But just listening to them talkabout themselves a little bit
and then actually see them noton TV but behind the wheel and I
remember Cameron Diaz wasabsolutely awesome Tom Cruise
seemed to be relatively sincereand he was quite happy with his
results yeah, it was alwaysthose moments, to be honest, it

(10:51):
was just like, okay, yeah, I cando that myself in my little
Ford Fiesta.
Put me in a Fiesta and get meon that ring and I'll have a go.

Speaker 1 (10:58):
Definitely looked fun and look what about you?
There must have been someinfluential segments for you and
what you've gone on to do.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
Sure, Not one in particular.
I was actually finally enoughwatching it last night on this
channel called Dave, and theyplay older top with such a man
channel.
They play old episodes of TopGear, so it's super nostalgic,

(11:26):
obviously, watching watchingthem.
At last night I watched theBurma special from, I think,
2007.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (11:34):
You know, with with Hammond, when he has Oliver,
which he still has now, and theywere all they.
I think I like them all as muchas each other and the cool, the
cool wall that was.
I really enjoyed the cool wall,which was on last night Missed
that a lot.
Yeah, they were all kind ofequally as good as each other.

(11:58):
As you said, the guest they hadon was always fun.
It was, it was, it was for me,it was for me just the dream.
I think any episode they alwaysdid did magic.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, yeah, and not with.
Not with big budgets on lead tobelieve, or at least not really
in.
Yeah, not least not in thoseearly days.
I'm sure that towards the backend they were you know BBC were
probably throwing money at it.
But yeah, my understanding isthat in the early days it wasn't
as budget heavy as you mightimagine, and I think you're so

(12:28):
right, though there was thisgreat chemistry between the
three of them that I think isreally difficult to just
replicate.
They just the combination justworked.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
Yeah, yeah, no, you can't.
Yeah, it was really.
It was just just happiness.
It was for me my happy place.
Yeah yeah, to watch that.

Speaker 1 (12:51):
Why cars?
Where's the?
Where's the cars interest comefrom?

Speaker 3 (12:56):
I honestly don't know .
I, growing up as a kid, I wasjust always obsessed with them.
As far as I can remember, youknow, if I saw anything
interesting I would just bestaring at it visually and the
sound.
I was just always attracted tothem.
From as far back as I canremember, I was obsessed.

(13:17):
Actually, I guess you could sayI can't yeah, I can't really
say where it comes from.
I just I just never wanted tostop looking at cars.
I used to.
I used to buy these what'scalled when I was living in the
UK.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
The auto trader was this car magazine for selling
cars, you know, I mean I waslike seven years old and I was.

Speaker 3 (13:40):
I would just flip through.
I would literally memorizeevery single car in there and
facts and prices.
So yeah, it was really, really,I guess you can say obsessed
with with it.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
So it's funny how, when you're young, you do that,
you do that and you, you knowyou.
You fold over pages wherethere's a car that you're
interested in and you're certainthat is though you might buy it
one day.

Speaker 3 (14:03):
Even, yes, I still do it now.
I mean, I just got bigger andolder, but I still, I still
doing it, don't we all?

Speaker 1 (14:10):
don't we all?
I was talking about this with afriend and saying I'm I
constantly have car sales, whichis our, I guess, auto trader in
Australia.
I have that open all the timeall the time looking through it.
And James has his open all thetime and then sometimes at three
o'clock in the morning, hesends emails to dealers and buys
cars.

Speaker 2 (14:32):
No right, this week is the week.

Speaker 1 (14:34):
Is this the week?

Speaker 2 (14:34):
I've got 24 hours left on it is yeah.
So I've got 24 hours left on myauction on Peek Our Market for
my nine, nine, six.
And then I'm picking up a nine,nine one dot two on Friday on
my way back from a business trip.
Perfect, it's like I just can't.
The last few days I haven'tbeen able to do anything but

(14:55):
look at auto trader dot com,which, which actually goes back
to the UK for me as well, luke,yeah yeah.
Because auto trader was theplace and I'm just like I'm
constantly looking over thelisting of the car that I'm
buying and the car that I'mselling, just like constantly.
How's it doing selling?
Is it still there?
What about my car?
Is it?
Is it gone yet?
You know, it's just I'mobsessed as well.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
Joe, it makes me think.
Actually, every time I'vebought a car, or even been
considering buying a car, I endup trawling YouTube right and
watching every single piece offilm I can about that car.
So when I was looking for a 981GT4, I watched all the videos.
There was a there's a pistonheads video comparing the 981

(15:38):
with the 718.
I can.
I watched it 10 times, luke.
Your first one where you drovea friend's silver one.
Watch that a whole bunch oftimes as well.
Do you do that and if so, wheredo you go to to watch this kind
of content?

Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, I just like you .
I mean, when I have a car in myhead, I literally, I think I
watch every video on YouTubeabout it and to the extent I
know I have, because now when Isearch cars that I know I've
searched a lot, I have to putthe search settings to.

(16:16):
You know, recently uploaded,yeah, yeah yeah, because and
then I'm refreshing, I'm like OK, I've really watched every
video about it on YouTube.

Speaker 1 (16:25):
Yeah, I always love when they start giving you
options in different languages.

Speaker 3 (16:32):
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
They're like OK, now we'redesperate.

Speaker 1 (16:35):
So yeah you're done with English there, mate.
We're going to give you nowsome Arabic, because we've
scraped YouTube at this point.
My friend my friend bought a991.2 GTS and I must say he had
told me at the time he'd watched, he'd watched your.
You did a drive of one of thosepretty early on I think it was

(16:57):
when you were on the hunt to buyyour first sports car.
There was a crayon GTS.
You drove and he watched that abunch of times.
Oh, the crayon one, yeah, thatwas, yeah, that was such a nice
car.
That one, yeah.

Speaker 3 (17:08):
That's.
I find that one frustrating forme.
That car was the one that gotaway.

Speaker 1 (17:14):
I think oh really.

Speaker 3 (17:15):
Yeah, the spec on it was so nice I I really wanted to
.
I mean, I mean I was what Idon't know what job.
I was working in some horrificjob and I could barely afford to
eat, let alone buy such a car.
And they actually offered me aleasing on the car and it

(17:36):
somehow would have gone through.
I don't ask me how, but I kindof wish I just gone for it, even
though I couldn't afford it,because that car also ended up
going up in value because it wasthe right year, it was the, it
was a manual, had ceramics, theright color, and I remember
seeing it come back online ayear later with triple the
kilometers and for more money,and I was like I should have

(17:59):
gone for it.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
I didn't.

Speaker 3 (18:00):
Yeah, wow.

Speaker 1 (18:03):
Well, I mean, you know what, we've all got those
regrets, but let's, let's talk,because currently you've just
taken possession of a GT for RS,am I right?
Yes, last week, holy wow, wow.
Now tell me, is it, is it the?
Is it too loud for the road oris it OK?

Speaker 3 (18:25):
I mean, you can drive it normally when you're just
driving normally it's.
It's totally reasonable.
For any you know anyone wholikes cars it's totally
reasonable to drive normally.
It's only loud when you'repushing it.

Speaker 1 (18:39):
Yeah, right, Right.
Well, because it's interestingthat when I've seen again, I've
watched all the reviews, notwith an intention to buy this
time, but it just depends whoyou watch, right?
Like catch pole says yeah the,the sound isn't a problem and
then other people say it's tooloud and it just it literally
depends who you're listening to.

Speaker 3 (18:57):
Yeah, it depends exactly.
I mean, we'll have a verydifferent, you know, hearing and
sensitivity levels.
And it depends what you want touse it for.
If you want to just go forthfor us through the whole time,
then maybe it is too loud.
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (19:17):
Do you?
Because you know, looking atlet's, let's talk about your,
your car journey.
Yeah, what was the time delaybetween?
If you look at, say, a videowhere you were driving something
like that 991.2 GTS and then Ithink you got a 981 GTS, is that
right?

Speaker 3 (19:36):
Yeah, that was my first Porsche.

Speaker 1 (19:38):
That's a pretty good first Porsche.
That's a really good idea.

Speaker 3 (19:43):
Yeah, it is it's.
I really liked the car at thetime.
I had a very bad experiencewith the car, which actually I
never talked about because I'mso, so stressful.
I never got round to making avideo about it.
It was a very bad buyingexperience and the car ended up

(20:07):
having quite some issues whichcaused quite some stress.
So my first ever Porsche wasactually a horrible experience.
No, it was definitely notpositive at all, but that was
nothing on the brand, that wason the garage that sold it to me
.

Speaker 1 (20:26):
Right, right and yeah , well, I bet you glad I brought
it up.
I am.
But then, since then, what dowe have?
What do we got?
Like two 718 GT4s, a 992 GT3,and now GT4 RS, that's.

(20:47):
They're all big hitters.
What is it that draws you tothose big hitting GT cars?

Speaker 3 (20:53):
First, just the feeling.
You know anyone who's evertried a GT car on a twisty road
it's not much that can comparewith it, especially not in that
price range.
I think the next step would be,you know, spending double the
amount or so.
First it's just the feelingsthe way it steers, it's the

(21:14):
feedback, it's yeah, the sounds,and not talking about the
exhaust sound, it's the, youknow.
It's the gearbox, it's thestraight cut gears, it's just,
it's you feel that you're justdriving a race car on the road
and have just endless fun havingthat experience.
It feels so special but at thesame time, as loud as they can

(21:38):
be in R, you can drive themnormal and you have luggage
space.
So it really does work.
Also in the real world.
Yes, my GT4s.
You know it's quite hardsuspension, but I don't mind it,
I'm kind of used to it.
I like sometimes bouncingaround a bit and the roads here
are so good.

(21:58):
It's not a big issue.
I think in the UK or somethingit might be different, but it
really depends on where you live.
That's why I see sometimespeople talking bad about certain
cars and suspension, but theyforget about it it really
depends on where you live andwhat roads you have.

Speaker 2 (22:16):
Right right.

Speaker 1 (22:17):
Yeah, well, in fact, I think Lee Sibley from Total
911 and Nineworks Radio wastalking.
I think he did a review on theCarrera T and he was saying you
know, it's almost at the pointwhere Porsche need to do a UK
spec version of their cars.
Yeah yeah, crazy.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
Yeah, yeah, because I hear a lot of UK YouTubers and
car jet complain about the roadsand about suspension and I
think well, I've driven that carand had no problems.

Speaker 1 (22:47):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (22:48):
So the roads must be so bad in the UK.
Now that's what it sounds like,anyway.

Speaker 1 (22:53):
Yeah, not much different here in Australia.

Speaker 2 (22:56):
So, having come from the UK and driven in the UK in
the last year, the roads thereare perfect compared to the
roads we have in the UnitedStates.
Is that right?
We must be.
Oh my God.
There are so many cities thathave crumbling roads, crumbling
infrastructure.
I mean, I don't want to starttalking politics, but it's
pretty embarrassing.

(23:18):
Even with my Cayenne, on thecomfort suspension setting, you
can still feel like you'regetting kicked in the balls as
you're driving down the road,right, it's just terrible.
Yeah, the roads here.
Man, if they did a US spec, atrue US spec, I think everybody
would be driving Safari 911swith massive bouncy springs.

(23:38):
Is that the quality of theroads here?

Speaker 1 (23:41):
Well, that is pretty much the James spec, though,
because, luke, I know you like acar that's quite lower.
James tends to have his cars.
Would we say they're liftedJames, or are they just factory
cities?

Speaker 2 (23:53):
No, it's stock Factory is the thing, luke.
Let me ask you about this, luke, because this really gets me so
lowered cars, all right, what Ilike about the factory ride
heights is that the perfectcircle of the wheel fits
perfectly into the semicircle ofthe wheel arch and

(24:16):
aesthetically I think it looksreally nice.
It lines up the minute youstart lowering the cars.
They just look odd, they just.
Then you lose symmetry.
They just I can't do it.
They look odd, they drive menuts.
Where are you on?

Speaker 3 (24:31):
this.
Yeah, no, it's a really goodpoint.
I mean, it's one of thosethings.
Again, it's beauty is in theeye of the beholder.

Speaker 1 (24:43):
So Listen to Luke trying to be diplomatic.
He's trying very hard to bediplomatic.

Speaker 3 (24:48):
Yeah, I am not.
I mean I don't judge anyone andyou know, the car scene can be
quite, quite, quite, you know,bitchy at times and I just think
, come on, guys, it's.
I mean it's great that we alllike different things.
It would be so boring if we alldid the same thing.

Speaker 2 (25:04):
That's true.

Speaker 3 (25:05):
And I like what you said.
I saw I'm obsessed withsymmetry, so I totally
understand that, but at the sametime I think I hate the gap
between the wheel and the archeven more.

Speaker 2 (25:18):
Oh, really On that occasion, yeah, okay, okay.

Speaker 3 (25:23):
Yeah, I never would want the wheel going into the
arch.
I still have a couple ofmillimeters gap.
It's not like flat, yeah, butit's very close to being just
above the tire.
And I think, on depending onthe car, I think on Porsche GT
cars, I just love them when they, when they're low.

(25:44):
I think yeah, it looks likeagain a real race car for the
road and I do like the feelingtoo, not just visually.
I do like how it feels, evenlower.
I'm definitely not making itmore practical, but I think most
petrolheads, yeah, we don't dothings to be practical.
Most of the time it's based on,you know, looks and feeling and

(26:06):
sacrifices If it scratches thefront lip sometimes.
But I also have a front liftsystem on the GT4 RS, so at the
moment I've had no problems.

Speaker 2 (26:17):
Can I just say, Luke, that was the most Swiss
response I've ever heard.
I mean, do they teach you thisdiplomacy and this neutrality in
school?
That was, that was the perfectresponse.

Speaker 3 (26:30):
I think I've just been here too long.
I've just.
That's as simple as that.
I'm just neutral.
I'm sat here waving my whiteflag to you know, like keeping
my gold underneath the floor, asthey do here.

Speaker 2 (26:45):
We're neutral, honestly.

Speaker 3 (26:48):
I got it.
I don't have any gold, I justwant to make that clear?

Speaker 2 (26:51):
I wish I did, but I don't.

Speaker 1 (26:55):
James, that's a big accusation from someone who
couldn't decide if they likedthe 911 ST or not when we last
recorded.

Speaker 3 (27:01):
That's true.

Speaker 2 (27:02):
You were well on the fence.

Speaker 1 (27:04):
Speaking of which Luke 911 ST.
Are you a yay or a nay?
What are your first thoughts onthis car?

Speaker 3 (27:12):
I mean for sure I'm a yay for just how amazing the
car looks and sounds.
It's yeah, it looks spectacular.
But, then, as soon as you seethe price tag, you start to
question it a bit.
I did a configuration with afew options and was straight to
just over 400,000 Swiss francs.

Speaker 1 (27:34):
Whoa.

Speaker 3 (27:36):
And you're like, okay , it's cool.
Then you look at it from adistance you're like, okay, that
could be a normal touring ifyou didn't know.
And you, you know, you see,okay, it's got magnesium wheels,
but you don't see that.
And it's got the carbon fiberroll cage.
Looks magnificent, butotherwise, yeah, of course, at a
first glance it doesn't lookthat much different from a

(27:59):
regular 911 touring.
So yeah, it's a tough one.
I think the car will be simplyincredible as the ultimate one
car, possibly for everything.
But the price is another point.

Speaker 1 (28:15):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I agree, I agree.
Anyway, I don't think any of uswill.
Well, do you know what?
You probably get a chance todrive when I hope.
So I look forward to that video.

Speaker 3 (28:23):
Yeah, I know I liked.
Well, I think I'm confidentenough to say I will definitely.
I mean in Switzerland.
I assume a lot of them will besold because they have huge
market here in Switzerland.
It's an absolute Porschecountry.
Yes, so I will definitely Iwill find a way to get my hands

(28:45):
on one either.
I guess there will be a presscar going around eventually, but
when I don't know and yeah,like we all know, I'm gonna see
them for sale here next summer,I bet for 600K plus like always,
that's gonna be reality, yeahindeed, it's time to liquidate

(29:06):
some of that gold.

Speaker 2 (29:07):
Luke, just pull up the floorboards.

Speaker 3 (29:14):
I might just pull up the floorboards.
You never know, there mightactually just be some hidden
here you just switch.

Speaker 1 (29:18):
It can't hurt to try right Like just at least one
board.
Have a look, have a look.

Speaker 3 (29:24):
So funny.

Speaker 1 (29:27):
Luke, what is it for you about Porsche?
Cause you talk about being acar nut, since you were young
and watching top gear and doingthese sorts of things.
Wow, and you've driveneverything right, Like you've
driven Ferraris and Lambos andMerck's Audi's, all of it.
Why do you keep circling backto this brand?

(29:47):
Why Porsche?

Speaker 3 (29:49):
First of all, I never actually liked the brand until
not even when I first started myYouTube channel.
I didn't hate the brand, ofcourse, it was just I didn't
have any feeling or connectionto Porsche.
So growing up I was, I lovedthe idea of the definition of a
super car, which was then aLamborghini, a Ferrari,
something loud and bright inyour face.

Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (30:12):
That's what I was obsessed with.
If you would ask me when I was18, what my dream car would have
been, it would have been somekind of Lamborghini, and Paul
Switzerland actually got me intoPorsche.
So, coming here, I started tomake videos for fun and because
there's so many Porscheenthusiasts here, I just ended

(30:33):
up being around them a lot andeven then I wasn't that
attracted to them.
I still liked this idea of amore in your face super car.
Like you would have a poster onyour wall and it was a friend
or a guy I met at the time who'snow still a one of my, turned

(30:55):
into one of my best friends here.
He had a GT3 RS and 991 and hetook me out in it and I'd never
been in a Porsche GT car before.
And it all made sense once Igot to drive it for the first
time.
And then, once you feel it forthe first time, and then you go

(31:15):
back to like driving an R8 orsomething you're like it just
feels a bit numb after that andthat was it.
So that's what I tell people.
So as soon as you get to tryyour first GT car, then I feel
like that's it, it's game over,because just trying to find
something that competes with.

Speaker 1 (31:32):
it is really tough yeah yeah, yeah, let's get
inside baseball a little bit onthe way you produce your content
, because, as I said in theintro, you've got this beautiful
cinematic approach, and itseems as though you made a very
deliberate choice from theget-go that you were going to

(31:54):
produce content with a realfocus on high production values
and to really set it apart,which, I have to say, I think
you've done successfully.
Why not, though, just smash outcontent with a GoPro or a
little Sony hand?

Speaker 3 (32:09):
cam Gives me shivers when you say that.

Speaker 2 (32:14):
Smash out content.

Speaker 1 (32:16):
But you know what I mean.
But people do that and are verysuccessful doing it.
You look at people like Shmi.
He just pumps out content andit works really well for his
channel.
Yeah, why do you not take thatpath?

Speaker 3 (32:31):
I just don't have it.
You just gave me the answer andsaid shiver, it does.
Oh god, I feel sick.
Everyone has to find their ownthing.
Of course, when I startedYouTube, I mean, I was also
still quite.
I was quite late to the game.
Then the car YouTuber thing hadalready taken off, and I'm

(32:56):
someone that was obsessed andstill am with film.
I always dreamt of being afilmmaker or producer, so
quality has always beenimportant to me when watching a
video.
And then I said to myself okay,I can't be another car vlogger.
There's too many already.

(33:17):
What can I bring to the table?
That's different, how can I bedifferent from everyone else?
And I thought, okay, I'm goingto try and push the quality,
because that's also what I enjoy.
I kind of regretted it at thetime.
Yeah, yeah, I guess I starteddoing this high quality and then
it became a headache and then Ithought, oh god, I wish I could

(33:40):
put out more videos, but it wasjust.
I just can't.
If you want to film somethingthat's more meaningful, it's
just well by yourself.
It's very time consuming.
So that's the route I took, andI questioned it for many years,
but in the end, it was, withouta doubt, the best thing, one of

(34:03):
the best things I did.
I stuck with it because it'sdefinitely paying off now and
bigger brands notice it.
And I just want to make onevideo a week.
That's of a certain standard.
I mean some I'm not happy with.
Still, some are quite rushed,like I filmed a Ferrari F40

(34:24):
recently.
I had three hours to film thevideo, which is hard for me to
do, to give in and say, okay,today's video is not going to be
of my usual standard withcinematic B-Raw and storytelling
.
It's just kind of grab and run,which I do actually also like
doing now and again a bit moreraw just like a real straight up

(34:47):
vlog that's in the moment.
It's also quite nice to do nowas well.
So it's a bit of a mix, I guess, of these short films,
something in between a shortfilm and a vlog, and then this
just a bit of a mess vlog, to behonest.

Speaker 1 (35:04):
But I think people get those ones, though right,
because you'll always say I'vegot access to this for a couple
of hours.
So I think people have enoughwhether they really have a sense
of what it takes to produce,like you say, cinematic B-Raw
and the like.
I think people get that.
Yeah, there's a certain amountof time involved in doing that.

(35:26):
So if you've only got the carfor a couple of hours, hey,
you're going to take us allalong for a ride in it and tell
us what it's like, rather thanspending all of that time
Shooting B-Raw.

Speaker 3 (35:35):
Yeah, I mean, it's nice, obviously, for you to like
to hear that and for you to saythat, but I guess everyone
doesn't feel the same.
I'm also probably quite guiltyof putting way too much pressure
on myself and thinking that ifI upload something that's not my
usual standard, everyone'sgoing to give me grief for it.

(35:57):
And I feel like I have thisstandard to keep to and I want
to please the viewers and I wantto make them happy, so I get
quite nervous about it.
A lot of people have alwayssaid to me hey, you should
upload more.
I definitely wouldn't want toupload I think, anyway more than
twice a week.
I think that changed a lot inthe last years.

(36:19):
A few years ago it was aboutregular content.
I hate even using that wordcontent, but regular videos.
But now I think quality in 2023is above quantity.
Like you said, there was acouple of YouTubers, like Shmi,

(36:39):
for example, that he has histhing.
It works for him.

Speaker 1 (36:45):
He has his viewers.

Speaker 3 (36:45):
That likes it like it and that's great, but for the
rest of us, I think there's not.
Yeah, uploading daily vlogs nowis not as interesting as it was
.

Speaker 1 (37:01):
No, I agree.
I agree.
I think people, I think ourexpectations of what we see on
YouTube have evolved too,because YouTube has become a
genuine content platform that wetune into in the same way.
Once upon a time, we did Freeto Wear Television or Cable
Television, so we have highexpectations now.

Speaker 3 (37:22):
Yeah, no, we do.
We do.
Some people definitely have toohigh expectations.
I mean I can make.
It's hard, it's a hard game.
Sometimes I make movies thatI've worked hard on.
In the end it's just actuallyI'm minus in money.
It's costing me money andthere's.
You know, someone will straightaway try to point out something
negative on it, but that's justpart of it as well.

(37:46):
It's tough sometimes, but themajority just sit back and enjoy
it and realize, you know, okay,I'm not paying for this.
I mean, I'm giving my time butit's not costing me anything.
And most people that complain,I'm pretty sure couldn't do
better themselves.

Speaker 1 (38:03):
If they could.
If they could, they'd be doingit.
And yeah, exactly, it's funnybecause I heard a phrase just
the other day and it seems to meto be particularly relevant to
creatives, and that is that youknow, we're often Teflon for
positives and Velcro fornegatives.
You know, we can get a millionmillion positive comments on a

(38:25):
piece of content that you drop,but the one negative comment
will be the one that sticks withyou and that you stew about.

Speaker 3 (38:31):
Yeah, that's, yeah, that's a sad truth.
It's something that Idefinitely had to work on over
the last years.
At the beginning, I think Ispeak probably for any YouTuber
or blogger or creative or anyoneout there putting themselves
out there on social media.
The first time you, you know,read a hurtful comment, it hurts

(38:52):
.
And then, after time, you learnto go above it and you start to
realize that most of the well,nearly all the time, if anyone
would say anything hurtful, it'sit also means you're doing a
good job, You're doing somethingright.

Speaker 1 (39:11):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true.

Speaker 2 (39:13):
Do you have any that stand out?
In particular, andy, it soundslike you're coming from a place
of trauma.

Speaker 1 (39:18):
my friend, Well, I mean James.
I realized that all of thenegative comments on my channel
have been written by you, soit's all good.

Speaker 3 (39:28):
I left a few as well.
Oh, did you think Sorry?

Speaker 2 (39:35):
You know, the one comment I got on one of my
videos which still to this dayjust like makes me laugh and it
always cheers me up is I did adriving video and the comment
was just simply more car, lessface.

Speaker 3 (39:54):
I mean it's quite straight to the point, at least
I know right, yeah, exactlyExactly.

Speaker 2 (40:01):
Swift kick in the nuts.

Speaker 1 (40:03):
But it's also constructive feedback.
Do you know what I mean?
It's like it's not saying, hey,you're a moron, it's, it's.
It's somewhat constructive.

Speaker 3 (40:11):
I think you should put that on a t-shirt.
To be honest, more car, lessface.
That's a good idea.

Speaker 2 (40:20):
But you know, I do, I do.
I take that one comment in apositive way into every video
that I make.
Now as I, as I shrink my faceinto the corner and make sure
that the focus is on the car, Ithink yeah that is an
interesting topic.

Speaker 3 (40:35):
That's also something I tried to do that some people
recognize that stopped me in thestreet or write me there.
They said that they like that.
The car is the star on mychannel.
Yeah, I never, of course, I'mpart of it, but I never wanted
it to be like hey, I'm the star,I'm in front of the car and you

(40:55):
see the difference on YouTubersas well.
For instance, on like thethumbnails, you see a lot of car
YouTubers are standing in frontof the car on the thumbnail and
you know, for me I look at itlike hey, like, get out the way.
I want to see the car Like youshould be pushing the car
forward.
I mean, it's up to you what youdo, of course.

(41:16):
But yeah, it's about the carfirstly, and then I'm just kind
of the luggage.

Speaker 1 (41:25):
Well, you know, I heard, I did hear, actually,
matt Farah saying that, with allof the video videos they
released, that the YouTubealgorithm seems to work better
when you put yourself in frontof the car.
People, you know, people justare attracted to a face for some
reason.
So, james, your friend whoposted that comment, you know,

(41:46):
didn't know what they weretalking about.

Speaker 2 (41:51):
Yeah right.

Speaker 1 (41:52):
But, luke, you do it well though, because you do the,
you know you do things likeyour, you know your nighttime
service station shots, so you'rein the shot.
It's unmistakably our cars,with Luke thumbnail yeah.
But, the car is still the heroright.

Speaker 3 (42:06):
Sure yeah, yeah, I mean it always will be.

Speaker 1 (42:09):
Yeah, the way you deliver, the way you talk about
the car when you're driving it.
It seems as though you took adeliberate path to, I guess, not
try and position yourself as amotoring journalist, but rather
just an enthusiast talking aboutthe car from an enthusiast
perspective.
Is that?
Is that fair?

Speaker 3 (42:29):
Yeah, totally fair.
It's what I tell people all thetime.
It's a I saw.
I never wanted to be a carjournalist.
I just wanted to have fun withcars.
I wanted to share emotion andadventures and create this
community.
There's plenty of amazing carjournalists out there.

(42:50):
I think there's also maybeenough if you want to know
details.
You know, you, you, we all know, like certain channels of
people we can go to to knowfacts.

Speaker 2 (42:58):
Yeah, and figures.

Speaker 3 (43:00):
That was also something I thought about when
starting.
I felt like everyone washeavily talking about zero to 60
and weight and all this stuff,and I used to always sometimes
miss okay, cool, but when am Igoing to see you have some fun
with it?
So that was another point whereI said okay, I want to take
these cars to amazing locations,to beautiful roads, and kind of

(43:22):
let the car do the talking andthe smiles and the emotion.
And that was just my way at it.
Of course, I like talking aboutsome facts and figures, you
know, sure, but I don't go toointo detail.

Speaker 1 (43:38):
Yeah, yeah.
Now do you know?
While we've been sitting heretalking, I've just had a YouTube
notification that your latestvideo has just dropped.
Yeah, it is yeah, so you mighthave been uploading while you
were talking to us.
I was actually multitasking if.

Speaker 2 (43:55):
I'm on it for 10 minutes now.
I feel quite bad for it.

Speaker 1 (44:03):
No, it's all good.
You gotta make a living.

Speaker 3 (44:06):
Yeah, I like I told you, I mean to find time.
It's just been crazy.
I tell my days have been whereit's just to find an hour free.
It's been, it's beenoverwhelming.

Speaker 1 (44:17):
Yeah, amazing.
And if I'm not mistaken, thisvideo features a 964.
Exactly yeah.
Tell me about that car.

Speaker 3 (44:27):
Well, for you it's interesting, isn't it?
I guess?
Yeah, no one else likes them.
Well, it's a friend's.
I wanted to film it since quitesome time and, yeah, so I
started filming now this seriescalled Alpine Vibes Well, I've
just actually just named it thatnow and it's short movies, no

(44:49):
talking.
It's about showing a road, thecar, some surrounding area, to
give you a real feeling of ifmaybe you ever wanted to visit
there.
You just want to see it andactually want to go there.
That's my again, my attempt totry and do more films rather

(45:10):
than vlogs.
And yeah, this car wassomething different for me.
It was.
I've not had that muchexperience driving classic cars
in general, but this one stoodout just based on the looks.
It's.
You know, it's the ultimate badboy.
Look, yeah, yeah, yeah, and Iwas obsessed with how it looks
To drive.
However, yeah, it wasdefinitely interesting.

(45:33):
It was tiring because I've beenspoiled with, you know, pdk and
Apple CarPlay and airconditioning and all this stuff,
and I was like God, I reallyhave to work in this car.
I mean, I was sweating afterthe day driving that on the pass
.
It was really hard work andespecially with a nickname as
the widowmaker as well, Ithought I need to take care.

(45:55):
So it was.
It was a whole new experiencethat I loved.
Whether I would ever have one,I don't know if I could really
own multiple cars, like likethree or four cars one day, then
?
yes, for sure, but it's.
It made my GT4 RS as hardcoreas it is.
It made my GT4 seem very dailyusable.

Speaker 1 (46:18):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (46:19):
Compared to driving the 964 Turbo.

Speaker 1 (46:21):
That's funny, isn't it?
Cause I think everybody has asweet spot in terms of the era
of car that they just naturallygravitate back towards.
And you know, for example,you've driven so many of the
modern cars and owned the moderncars, that you can have an
experience like that in a 964,where you enjoy it and it's a

(46:44):
good time, but still yournatural place to play is in the
modern stuff, where if you couldonly have one, if you have
multiple cars, then yeah, maybeyou'd consider a classic, but if
you can only have one, thenit's going to be, it's going to
be something modern.
And I'm almost the other wayaround, right, like so I've had
my 964 for seven years now sevensomething like that and you

(47:10):
know, I've had, I've had a 991,I've had a GT4, but always the
964 is the one constant for me.
That's, that's my kind ofcentre spot.
I love how Porsche you justhave so many different
experiences in different erasand, yeah, if you can afford
multiples, then they're allgreat experiences.

Speaker 3 (47:31):
I think visually for me a 964, I wanted for a long
time.
Yeah, just I just want to lookat it.
You know, I want to look at itmore than to drive it that's for
sure.
And I definitely have enjoyeddriving a 964, carrera 4 and,
yeah, now the 911 Turbo 964.

(47:54):
Yeah, super amazing experiences.
It's a whole different thing.
But, like I said, it wasn'tjust hard work, as in driving it
was.
The seats are so upright like acoffin.
The lower back pain I had was Imean it was, I just had to roll
out of that car.

(48:14):
It made you know the 918 Spidercarbon seats I have in mind
seem like sofas.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's no legroom on the left and I'm quite
tall, so I had to stop everyhour and a half or hour and you
know stretch and it was fun,don't get me wrong.
That's part of the fun, right,but as someone that can only own

(48:38):
one sports car at the time, atthe moment I just couldn't do it
.
It would have to be a third car.

Speaker 1 (48:45):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah .
I wonder if those seats wereyour favourites, James the
Riccaro pole positions whichtend to find their way into a
964.

Speaker 2 (48:55):
Thank you.
Thank you, luke.
I absolutely can't stand thoseseats.

Speaker 3 (49:01):
No no, they don't agree with me.

Speaker 1 (49:07):
So, james, we're one, we're one at one apiece, right,
Exactly, luke agrees with myride height preferences, but
your seat preferences now too.

Speaker 2 (49:16):
All right, that's good.
It's a very Swiss, your 1-1.
Yeah, I know.

Speaker 3 (49:22):
Right.

Speaker 1 (49:28):
Oh look, I was saying to you the other day it's funny
when you watch your videos,because you put out so much
content and, like you, say one aweek.
It's really easy to get theperception that every time you
are driving a mountain pass thatwe're seeing content around
that I'm sure that's notnecessarily the case.
Is there a drive you've had,whether it was with cameras or

(49:52):
not, but one that just sticks inyour memory as an incredibly
special one?
Is there one that really standsout?

Speaker 3 (49:59):
That's a good question.
Thank you, it really is.
Yeah, because I feel like Ishould know the answer.

Speaker 1 (50:14):
It might be multiple right, like there's.
You might say one now, and thenlater you'll think, ah, but
there was also that time, orthis road, or that drive.

Speaker 3 (50:24):
I mean, one very special drive was when I did the
first drive in my 992 GT3 ayear ago up the system pass,
because I dreamt about owning aGT3 since, yeah, a very long
time and that whole day was sospecial.

(50:48):
It's definitely one of myfavorite videos on my channel
because of the community, of allthe people that turned up that
evening.
I just did one Instagram storyand was like, hey, anyone who
wants to come hang out?
And in the end it was just.
I mean, so many people turnedup.
It was the perfect light.
Like I've never seen suchbeautiful lights up there.

(51:08):
It was the perfect setting.
It was.
It was definitely you know,some people give me a hard time
about it but it was an emotionalevening.
It was really touching.
It was.
I've driven that past loads,but I guess driving up there in
my GT3 at that time was like thefirst drive I did and it was
really special.

(51:29):
And apart from that, I guess itwould have been the first time
I got to drive a GT3 on the SamBernardino pass around seven
years ago.
That was, you know, somethingI'd never experienced before.

Speaker 1 (51:44):
Yep, I can totally understand what you're saying
about that 992 GT3 video.
I've seen that video and youknow when you think about it.
For you it's the culmination ofso many things, right it's?
You've got this achievementwhere you finally managed to buy
this car.
That has been the goal, thedream, the pot of gold at the

(52:06):
end of the rainbow, for so long,and you've put the work in and
finally managed to make thathappen.
And then to have that momentwhere you arrive at the top of
the mountain and there's allthese people that gather.
You know that in itself musthave been really gratifying too.

Speaker 3 (52:22):
Yeah, that was more than the car in the end you know
, because the people really makeit at the end.
Yeah, it's about sharing theseexperiences and that really made
the whole evening.
And you know, when I talk aboutbuying cars as well, just to be
clear, because I know peoplealso give a hard time about it,

(52:42):
like I've always openly said,you know, I pay for my cars
monthly.
I take my cars on finance and Iwant to enjoy such cars now.
And yeah, it was.
But obviously I'd never been ina position before where I could
think, okay, I can afford topay that amount.

(53:04):
Yeah monthly and get to livewith this car, and I know
there's lots of differentopinions on that, but it was
yeah, regardless.
It was still a huge moment forme and I would say, you know, a
future goal for me would be thatone day I don't know maybe I
could save enough money that Icould order and buy a brand new

(53:28):
Porsche.

Speaker 1 (53:29):
GT car.

Speaker 3 (53:30):
I don't know what it would be in my own configuration
, my own color, and then thatwould be the one that I
eventually keep.
But until then I won't.

Speaker 1 (53:42):
Do you see that being the case, that one day there'd
be one that becomes the forevercar, or are you just gravitating
towards experiencing differentthings constantly?

Speaker 3 (53:54):
Yeah, I mean, I just love experiencing different cars
, as any petrolhead does, and ofcourse, the bigger my channels
becomes, the more offers I have,the more opportunities I have.
So then you end up with allthese offers on the table which
are very tempting.
As a petrolhead, you knownearly impossible to say no to

(54:14):
so but I do think, yes, that Iwould eventually have my car.
I don't know what it will be.
Maybe it won't even be a newone, maybe I will find something
older.
That's just me, and I thinkonce, if I'm ever in a position
where I could fully buy out acar and say, okay, I own this

(54:37):
outright, this is mine.
I can afford now just to keepit, and I think I would like to.
Anyway, I would like to havenot a car collection, and so
just like three unique cars, Ithink, would be more than enough
for me.
I wouldn't really want morethan that and, yeah, one of them

(54:58):
I would like to keep as aforever car.

Speaker 1 (55:02):
Love it, love it.
Now, look every week on the podJames and I.
Well, james and I, we do avideo of the week.

Speaker 2 (55:13):
James.
I think you've contributed sofar as many as Henry Katchapal
you know what, every time Ioffer up a video, you're like oh
interesting, yeah, no, this isthe one we're going to use.
So I just I've given up.

Speaker 1 (55:26):
Well, and confession time, because the last time you
did that it was one of Luke'svideos.
I think it was a GT3RS coffeerun video and there was
something else to it.
That's right, so, luke.
I'm sorry you got kicked becausethere was something else that
had come out this week that Itook my attention.

(55:46):
Well anyway.
But when we had Henry Katchapalon, he said can I do a video of
the week?
And we said, yeah, of course.
I mean he's clearly a big fanof ours.
Are there any videos that havecaught your attention over the
last week for our video of theweek segment?

Speaker 3 (56:06):
I don't think I've watched any of the last week, if
I'm honest.

Speaker 1 (56:11):
You haven't seen James as one more carless face.
No, but I really want to.

Speaker 3 (56:19):
I just want to find that comment and give it a
thumbs up.

Speaker 1 (56:28):
I love that.
Well, I guess you're so busy,right?

Speaker 3 (56:32):
I mean, yeah, let's say the last weeks have been a
bit challenging, to say theleast, as life is sometimes on
and off the camera.
For example, I hadcancellations with cars because
they were damaged the day beforeand I had to find other cars
last minute for filming.
Oh, no, it was it was meant tohave the 992 GT3RS again last

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week for a second time and weplanned this whole movie to film
with it, and I was told the daybefore that it was someone
damaged it while cleaning it orsomething, so I gave me 12 hours
to find another car.
It was one of those weeks whereeverything was challenging.

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So the last week I've definitelynot done anything apart from
work and tried to sleep when Ican, but I mean a video that's.
It takes a lot for me to reallyenjoy a video.
I think in the last week'snothing, the last special car

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video I watched I maybe can lookquickly.
I can't remember what it'scalled, but it was a short film
from a Group B rally.
It was such an incredible pieceof work.
It was really well.
It really makes my hair standup.

Speaker 1 (58:05):
It was it had quite a famous accent.

Speaker 3 (58:09):
I'm bad with names.
I'm going to search it for younow quickly.

Speaker 1 (58:15):
So it's?
Is it the dude from Game ofThrones?
Yes, him.

Speaker 3 (58:20):
That's it, yeah, yeah , yeah, I know the one.
All right, perfect.

Speaker 1 (58:23):
We can share that.
Yeah, it's like a British rallystage Group B era.
When it was rally it was at itsmost dangerous, most insane.

Speaker 3 (58:33):
Yeah, exactly, I think it's just called Group B.
Actually, I think it's a shortfilm.
It's 25 minutes long and wow, Imean why someone else also
hasn't made Group B films upuntil now?

Speaker 1 (58:50):
Right.

Speaker 3 (58:51):
Yeah, this is on my list, but things like this I
dream of, but without budget Ican't.
And I think, yeah, I hope oneday I can start getting some
real budget from somewhere,because I would just give my
left arm to be able to producesuch movies.

Speaker 1 (59:11):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, 100%.
I've always thought that theproduction company that made
Senna and those films surelythere's just such an opportunity
for them to be getting intosomething about Group B, Such a
crazy year of racing right.

Speaker 3 (59:29):
Yeah, and just terrifying it's absolutely
terrifying.
Mental yeah, yeah.
So if anyone hasn't watchedthat yet, I can highly recommend
it.
It's really incredible, love it.

Speaker 1 (59:44):
I love it.
Do you know?
I had in the back of my head.
I thought, if you don't havesomething, the one thing I was
going to point out as myalternative video of the week
was the one you did during COVIDcalled the Sunday Escape.

Speaker 3 (59:56):
Oh yeah, yeah with people.
I really wanted to talk aboutthat.

Speaker 1 (01:00:00):
Yeah, because we were .
Melbourne was.
I'm not sure if we still are,but we had the dubious honour of
being the most locked down cityin the world, and at that time
it was terrible and I rememberthat film came out and watching
it.
There was something about.
There was a scene where youleft your car, walked into the

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woods somewhere and lit a fireand cooked a hot dog or
something.
And I remember just thinking allI wanted to do.
All I wanted to do was get inmy car and go and do exactly
what I'd just seen you do, and Iwatched that film a bunch of
times.
It was actually.
It was quite cathartic for mein a tough time.
So thank you.

Speaker 3 (01:00:41):
Yeah, no, I mean, that's also why I made it and I
appreciate that I'm really happyto hear.
But it was also why I made it.
It was God.
That was a horrible time formost people and I was.
I mean, I was really down, Iwas somewhat depressed, it was
worried, it was, if I also can'tbe creative, I'm not in a

(01:01:06):
particularly good place and Ithought well, I can't.
We're not allowed to go anywhere, really, you know, apart from
locally.
So we just, yeah, I wanted tomake that short movie.
It was the best we could do atthe time.
It was just an idea and, yeah,it was a lot of fun to make and
I had quite good feedback fromit.

(01:01:26):
And, yeah, I'm really happy, ofcourse, if, if others enjoyed
it and or felt something from it.
Hmm, hmm, no, I did?

Speaker 1 (01:01:35):
I did Look.
Final question If you'reinformed that after tomorrow you
can never drive another Porscheand you can never drive another
twisty road, but tomorrow youcan take any Porsche you want on
any road you want, anywhere inthe world, what car are you
taking, on what road?

Speaker 3 (01:01:56):
I think, although I've driven it too many times, I
would have to go back to thesystem pass, just because it's
kind of where it all started forme.
Yeah, so I would think I wouldend it there too.
What?

Speaker 2 (01:02:12):
car?
Pretty depressing question,actually.
It is right, no, I know I do.

Speaker 1 (01:02:16):
I would end it there.

Speaker 3 (01:02:19):
I would just dry up, you know, off the top of the
cliff, and that would be it, youknow.

Speaker 1 (01:02:23):
Just Thelma and Louise style, just saying
Exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:02:29):
What car I guess it would have to.
It would be a GT3.
It would be maybe even a 991.2manual, because, although that's
not one I'm I love.
Not necessarily I would buyright now, but it was because it

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was also where it started forme.
It was.
Oh yeah.
When I got to drive that car,like five years ago, it was one
of the first GT3s.
It was in Sapphire Blue.
It was a friend's car and hegave it to me for a day to film
and I remember I took it to thesystem pass, I drove it up.
It had some exhaust on.

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I had to just figure out whatthis flat foot shifting is and
it was.
I was just blown away.
So I think, yeah, if it had tolike end, it would have to end
with one of the first, bestmemories I had.

Speaker 1 (01:03:27):
I love that, james.
Do I need to work out a betterfinal question for our guests,
one that's not so devastating.

Speaker 3 (01:03:36):
So it is quite a dark question.

Speaker 1 (01:03:40):
I just want to finish these things on a downer look.

Speaker 3 (01:03:43):
Yeah, it's fine, mate .
Have you walked away?
Absolutely, I'm just going togo away and have a good think
about everything I think nexttime let's get a Swedish person.

Speaker 2 (01:03:54):
We'll get someone from Sweden on next time and ask
that question, because they'rea particularly bright bunch.

Speaker 3 (01:04:00):
Yeah, I know it sounds good, I mean, but it is
of course.
It's sad when you think aboutit happening and you think, okay
, god, can you imagine doingyour last drive in the and
saying, okay, you're not allowedto do this anymore.
Yeah, it is quite a dark one.

Speaker 1 (01:04:15):
Yeah, good.
Well, I'm glad I could bring ithome strong.
Well, luke, we know how busyyou are, so we genuinely
appreciate you taking the timeto chat to us.
It's been terrific.
And if I could just acknowledgeyou, I think the work you're

(01:04:36):
doing is spectacular.
It certainly inspires meAbsolutely.
I just can't get enough of it.
So keep doing what you're doingand whether it's raw, the
non-talking stuff, whatever itis, just keep going, my friend.

Speaker 3 (01:04:50):
Yeah, I really appreciate it.
No, it really means a lot.
I will do my best, like I said,still figuring it out.
And yeah, let's see where thenext year goes.

Speaker 1 (01:05:03):
Love it, love it.
Just remember if, when in doubt, more car, less face.

Speaker 3 (01:05:11):
I'm pretty sure that I've had very similar comments,
so don't be offended by it andI'm someone that really does
show cars more than my face, andI still get those comments like
come on, guys, I can't.

Speaker 1 (01:05:25):
So you know.

Speaker 3 (01:05:25):
But then I make a movie and they're like Luke, why
don't you talk more?
Okay, give me a break.
I was like I can't, but that ispart of it.
As we all know, it's impossibleto please everyone.
When making a movie, a film, abudget film, or a movie with 20
billion, whatever You're stillgoing to not please everyone,

(01:05:46):
and that's part of it.
But the majority is theimportant part and the majority
love it and that's the part tofocus on.

Speaker 1 (01:05:57):
That's it, and I reckon the majority love your
stuff.
Thanks again, luke.
Yeah, thank you very much.
We'll chat soon.
Yeah, thank you so much.
See you, mate.
What a good dude, what a niceguy.

Speaker 2 (01:06:12):
Yeah, such a nice guy down to earth Just really
really enjoyed that conversation.

Speaker 1 (01:06:17):
Yeah, same and really humble, and he knows exactly
what he's doing with his channel.
Do you know what I mean?
He's got a this is what I doand others do their thing, and
that's great, but I do my thingand that's what's worked for me
and he's had success with it.

Speaker 2 (01:06:30):
Yeah, yeah, totally.
I just.
It amazes me just the qualityof the content he puts out.
You know, if he talks aboutwanting to produce a movie at
some point, I want to see thatmovie.
Whatever he puts out, I'll bewatching.

Speaker 1 (01:06:45):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 100%, 100%.
Because he's got he's got thatreal cinematographer's eye, I
think.
I think the look of his contentis always stuck and if you've
not seen it I mean I'm sure youguys have he's pretty hard to
miss on YouTube and he's driveneverything Like any.

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Every great car you can thinkof is driven, so you'll have
seen it.

Speaker 2 (01:07:08):
Yeah, he got his hands on some pretty amazing
stuff.

Speaker 1 (01:07:10):
Right.
I didn't want to admit when hewas talking about when we're
talking about the ST and I said,oh, you'll probably get to
drive it, and he was just like,oh yeah, of course I will.
And all I could think of was my.
It was my interaction withPortia of Australia when I asked
for a press card.
And they told me to go and getmyself 100,000 subscribers, and

(01:07:31):
then we'd talk.

Speaker 2 (01:07:33):
Oh, so funny, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:07:35):
Oh, dear.
Well, my man, enjoy your Sunday, and you too.
Next, of luck with the Blueyauction.

Speaker 2 (01:07:43):
Oh God, yeah, fingers crossed.
Whoever, whoever told me andconvinced me that no reserve was
a good idea.

Speaker 1 (01:07:52):
Right now Speak to closing moment.

Speaker 2 (01:07:56):
Oh, my God, yeah, so I'm going to be.
I'm going to be on a plane, ona flight to Puerto Rico when the
auction ends, so I'm hoping.

Speaker 1 (01:08:07):
So you won't even know you get off the plane.
I should have in flight wifi,hopefully sold for 5k less than
you bought it for, oh my God.

Speaker 2 (01:08:17):
Just, I just wanted to sell for 5k.
We'll see.
No, you know what?

Speaker 1 (01:08:27):
It's a.
It's a car that's famous.
It's attached to one of theworld's biggest Porsche stars.
It's going to.

Speaker 2 (01:08:33):
It's going to go right down where it showed up,
man yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:08:36):
Well, that now so.

Speaker 2 (01:08:40):
All right guys.
Well, thanks for tuning in.
I hope you enjoyed this episodeof cars with Luke and we will
see you in the next one.

Speaker 1 (01:08:48):
Thanks very much, thanks very much gang.