This is why James May is selling his Ferrari... 

There will probably be a electric Dacia bet he will buy that

GREAT NEWS!

@@mats7492 WHAT?!

there is a "new" dacia sandero being launched on wednesday

Dacia what?

He does it the right way. Remembers and learns from the past and uses this to appreciate the present and future. I like the musical analogy. I appreciate the music that enabled what I like to exist, even though I don't like most of it. Without Presley, Led Zep etc. I wouldn't have the fast heavy metal I enjoy, but I find them both dull and dated now.

Je moved on .. or just saying he moved on .. ) ..

Him and Stephen Fry. An old school gentleman with modern sensibilites.

That is from one of his other shows "James May's Toy Stories". It is electric and made from Meccano or an erector set if you are in the US. He rode it around the race course on the Isle of Man

@@c827q He's no where as sane as he comes across of course. It's impossible to be around Jeremy and not have of it rub off. Some of the things he's taken on aside from Top Gear are quite astounding!

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On that IOM trip wasn't OZ Clarke with James?

LEGIT THE WHOLE TIME THATS ALL I WAS LOOKING AT😂😂😂😂

For alot of us it is like a break up when ur selling ur car mate

Especially that Ferrari it must be very special for him.

@@Whit3Eyes 9

More like trying to find a girl who looks and acts like the one, you used to date 20+ years ago.

Pretty sure he's never broken up with a girl...ever.

I watched all that and still want that Ferrari LOL

Well, we all know how James is.....

The joke approach to humans doesn't work.

While James is talking I'm going to take a nap.

The long winded version of why he is selling it. He put a lot of thought in it and reflected upon it very thoroughly. Not that anyone would agree with him, but that's the beauty of being honest

What, the movable loo behind him? Meccano isn’t old tech.

he is ancient tech

he owns a Model S and a BMW i3, probably more technology than in your entire house...

I think that's the joke.

@@Kyzerii you're right on all counts... James is ancient tech or as Hammond calls him, "an old Top Gear prop" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

MoNercy 👏

Yes I liked the way he put that! Right back at you, disagreeing without being confrontational!

Yes, too many people just can’t agree to disagree these days.

Mm. He's politely disagreeing about what people desire for their own satisfaction. Past statements show he's perfectly happy vehemently disagreeing and failing to consider your viewpoint valid if it's a subject that affects others. Conflating the two is where most people end up wrong-headed.

MoNercy I disagree! (Just kidding...)

Thank goodness.

A relief

What's a Speciale?

Vintage Thrifter he also owns a 458 Speciale

I just Googled it. I'll take the 308.

"can we put in the mottly old junk too?" "Yes, perfect!"

He is still in love with it

@@ashrafeselim l know 🤓

Because he knows people sitting around watching these videos can never afford it.

Someone can just buy the car remove the engine and there u go a talking piece in your house

Me too I got trolled hard 😂😂

I think everyone did

At the start I wondered which one he was talking about. He sold the wrong one IMO. I mean, I wouldn't have sold the Speciale either but it would go before the 308 did.

think we all did

I prefer the GTO over the speciale. tbh

Amazing, she got three years younger in a matter of seconds...

I think, she sells potatoes and fruits online.

Your a sketchy robot

@@janjarous 😂😂😂😂 Best chuckle I've had all day. James would approve of your analysis 😉

We don't approach strange humans with jokes.

Ha!! That is weird

Yeah. Me too. Stuff bound to drop off into the cup

Optical illusion, his cup is further back

All hail the messiah

Rombizio he is indeed, Ive most of his books and would definitely say he has been a big influence on some of my lifestyle choices....we all need a hero.👍😎

he is my lad he is

A bim

Scholar? He quoted a wrong philosopher

Great! Anyway...

And now we must do the news!

The new *electric* Dacia Sandero

Ahh yess, The Dacia Sandero!!!

yes indeed he should buy back the sandero from that Chernobyl episode.

100% agree with you

And I'm sure all of them are just acting a character on GT/Top Gear. It's a show full of scripted, fictional sketches, and they each play a role.

FoxBox72 yes, yes they do

@@FoxBox72, yes but it's a heightened version of themselves rather than a fake one.

May has been my favorite since I watched TG as a wee lad on tv

Ye

No it doesn't, it's 'very uncool'.

The amount of market overlap between "Ferrari buyers" and "people willing to admit they appreciate James May" is exactly 0

@@SedanChair I doubt that is true. May is the only thoughtful one on that crew.

Probably mor value as you certainly know it wouldn’t have been thrashed

i do the same thing LOL

He's saying why it doesn't suit him. People see different things in cars...the 308 isn't practical...it's art and a collector's item.

Gor, such a negative Nellie. Get a 67 335.

Haha same

Both swerving the point .. .. ..

EXACTLY

You think James don't have money to buy things like this ? He just don't need that car anymore, no point to keep it so he make someone else happy to own and old Ferrari.

He's rich and semi retired, he's one of the few fortunate people in the world that can truly do whatever he wants at this point.

Magnums car was a GTS.

Wasn't Magnums the Testarosa?

As if you can afford one.

Make a 7 and a half minute youtube video philosophizing the motoring zeitgeist - also I sold mah car

And properly adjusted.

@@Biker_Gremling if that ferrari doesn't have the air vents perfectly aligned i'm suing the dealership

@Christy, I checked the ad. The vents were closed.

Someone should sell James... maybe a tenner

He seems to be the Prius electric type of guy. Very odd but maybe he's just getting old.

I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS he still has the 458

ikr! I feel that he is completely missing the point of the Ferrari SMH

Everybody thought he was selling the speciale tbh

At the start I thought he was crazy selling the Speciale.

Hurricane

It's a quote from the film The Battle of Britain.

He said "old cars"

I think he explained it pretty well with the model on your desk bit at the beginning

The model on my desk is an E Type.

Buyers need to thinks about what they're doing for once in their life. I'm SO fedup with the social histeria of people buying stuff. Especially GUYS! If only, men could stop posing. Men can't see image. They're such perfectionist at details the don't see the tree about to hit them.

@@dreyn7780 What business is it of yours what anyone does. Stop trying to fundamentally tear down what's not yours to tear down. I refuse to give an ounce to people who have no respect for the fundamental rights and opinions of others while advancing the destruction of society to further their own incorrect social behavior.

@@Will_DiGiorgio internet calculations will take care of all you’ve said. Rights and opinions are no match for recording and calculating. James couldn’t even see his car was painted red. You’re just heading for a lot of regrets. I’m glad we surprised you. Looks like only you and James are trying to tear stuff down.

@@dreyn7780 That is the most nonsensical load of hogwash I've read in my life. Your condemnation of free thought, the very fabric our society is founded on only proves that you have become the lemming, the danger to the world that you strive to create. If you think you're going to make some dystopian society that represents the German Riech, dehumanizing someone because of their gender and their want of free will, I and probably billions will rise up, if you think you're going to change millions of years of humanity, of what defines a man and woman, you will lose. Get off of social media and interact with people who live in the real world. Not anarchists, fascists, Marxists and celebrities...

@@dreyn7780 you need to grow up a little bit. Can't tell that it's painted red? The man said it is painted race red. Using the term Rosso Corsa is more an Italian thing than a man thing

Yes, the hair style is definitely from 1974. 😋

Nobody looks at the bikes against the wall...

@@bryanhallman8183 I think his entire physical body is from World War. As in the first one.

@Green Mills Yeah, I know. He still looks like he should be in Pink Floyd... 😂

@@bryanhallman8183 Pink Floyd with May in place of Richard Wright... they’d still be writing Dark Side of the Moon 50 years on!

For real though, I really liked Toy Stories, Man Lab, and all of his independent shows.

I watched that for the first time about a month ago. You gotta love a guy who keeps something like that around after hes done with it. Bravo to the adult of the three as well!

Meanwhile, Hammond has the Oliver.

Yeah... the stupidest words he ever said....

he liked old cars that were involved in the war !!

I am off, haver to buy that i3, fast! Seriously? Golden age of the car? Just no Mr May. Just No. Maybe you have noticed but the vision Musk and others are preparing for us is to not drive on our own at all. Call a Tesla per App, get in, watch YT-videos of blokes driving real cars, get out and the Tesla gets and picks up the next customer all by itself. THAT'S what's coming and that's what this development is aiming at. To describe that as golden is a bad joke i am afraid.

I respect James’ objectivity, however having been lucky enough to have had a couple of modern equivalents (Alfa 4C, Cayman GTS), I bought a 308GTB (from The Ferrari Centre!) last year and prefer it, hands down. The 308’s ability’s (and size) suit today’s driving perfectly and you feel like you’re operating a piece of machinery as opposed to the disconnect of seamless DCT changes.

Thats why Jay is a fellow Lamborghini owner like myself, although the newer ones dont require that much work

@@lutomson3496 nice LARP

@@xvzf115 Nice propaganda...I guess you are fixated on posers...nice try..next..

@@lutomson3496 nah m8, I don't drive a Ferrari or a Lambo, I went with a Bugatti Chiron Sport and no regrets so far.

And that's why Jay Leno is a nice funny guy, but his knowledge of driving and mechanics, is almost zero. He may know the history of every nolt in a car, but he can't take a turn or understand why that bolt is there.

An International one.

IrLosin A universal one

Didn’t expect you here

IrLosin Intergalactic one

British unesco heritage

Yes, agreed - but a million views of this video might just help sell it, not to mention the James May ownership. That will always be a beautiful classic.

He needs the money Classic upper class awipe.

To be fair, the kind of person who WOULD buy a 1970s Ferrari is probably well aware of its problems.

It's a Ferrari, if people used logic they wouldn't exist. he won't be harming its sale.

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Bingo!

@@joshb7989 Top hole. Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the How's your Father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.

@@bbb462cid Sorry? Not getting your banter, old boy.

Boom! 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

@Pete is never wrong do you mean the perfectly ordinary banter, Squiffy?

At that point you could buy a newer car with all the relevant technology for probably a lot cheaper. Sure you can put brand new things in the car make it "new" but that just ruins any value the car had its an old car people who like old cars will love it for its vintage quality.

@@Dischingo Very true, but there is a very small pocket of car people that want that vintage car look with daily driver qualities. The Eagle E Type, Singer 911 and as I say, Morgan. I'd personally buy a Morgan Plus 4 over a BMW Z4 for example. Both two seater sports cars but the Morgan offers that vintage look. I'd imagine quite a few people would take a revised 308 over a new Ferrari of similar price, if it offered them a similar driving experience.

@@2KXMKR Absolutely, and they had a discussion on that on GT season 3, where Hammond needed some time alone with the Hellephant

NitricWarrior well they recently made a classic electric 911 and there is definitely a market there!

while it is cool to dream about, such a thing will never happen because of safety regulations. morgan (and other small manufacturers) are often exempt but FCA or even Ferrari alone could never get such an exemption.

And you loved every second of it.

@@alrumuller9300 If anything there wasn't enough tea sipping.

Aahh but would you marry him

@@ridanann haha, yes well I am a dude so no. But i see your point...i believe you may be subject to heavy criticism haha

Is he more of a philosopher, or a sociologist?

Needs a haircut lol

If you’ve got 70k he’ll let you have it

can you pay the upkeep? thats the thing with these old cars...

I think every subscriber should get a piece of it.

AKGaming i wish

AKGaming nah, I’d rather someone had it whole

That's the true common sense liberal mindset, not the modern day version of the "leftist liberal"

.."And i accept your point of view" thats what he said

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 aaaand you managed to make it political, congratulations

@@oliviersavard8676 you'll find I didn't, but was comparing it to a current situation, I made no affiliation to any voting or particular political party, I can see how easy the reach was but unfortunately you grabbed the wrong thing

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 and what is the current situation you are talking about

And saying "Hello viewers"

There was also no mention of 'flood the cowling, plenty of it'.

CHEESE

By the looks of it... yes

Poor man's Tardis (or would that be Turdis? hahahaha)

Stand and tan??? 😂😂😂

I assume the garage is not attached to his house, so when he wants to work in there he needs somewhere to relieve himself.

Well thank you now I can never unsee that

There is a reason. And the reason is the sun while you re driving.

@@shilohstore6086 lol same

Thanks for that lol. Now I can't unsee it. XD

Maybe to much raising.

hahaha XD

gmark the same man who earned the name :cpt. Slow

If the bar is Clarkson then maybe. Otherwise no way, that trio are awfully cut off from society

Agreed

Cognitive dissonance, it keeps us all from going insane.

I said the same thing... convincing himself he's made a "logical" decision. But there's nothing logical about purchasing or owning a classic anything.

He's talking bollocks as usual

It's a near death experience. He's realized his life was a sham. All thanks to the mass population. Which fooled him into buying into the red team, when He's not a Team player.

And new stuff doesn't mean bad stuff.

Newer usually means made of poorer quality and designed to fail. Older often does mean better. Deal with it.

@@MountainMan. sure that's why alot of old cars rusted away have problems etc. If you don't destroy your new car then it can last a long time

@@MountainMan. well not necessarily the engines in old cars are amazing but definitely body and other things aren't that great

Video takes 7min.39sec.

The problem is Ferrari don't believe in producing new relic models. Our minds eye, gets old. This fools us into thinking the car is old and not suited to you. Ferrari doesn't see cars that way. The Ferrari car has a full tank of potential energy when it's clean and in 100% condition. That's the whole point of handmade engines. The colour is tuned for you. You fill up the tank with potential energy. They could easily slap together an engine building machine, but they don't. James was the WRONG customer in the first place.

Lightness, less noise dampening, none or hydraulic powersteering, skinny tires, making it fun to test the limits at somewhat safe speeds.

It's more about what that machine means to you. If that era's significant to you, then there's its value.

It's all about what floats yor boat.

Keep in mind he is talking about the 308 a car that is known to not drive very well. He bought it because it was his childhood dream. There are lot's of cars of the 80s and 90s that are known to drive marvelous and indeed do. I have got for example a 993 in my garage and it's my favourite of the cars i own.

000GunterGabriel000 I think you might be missing his point, he isn’t saying you can’t enjoy old cars, but a latest generation 911 will smash your 993, and be more comfortable and easier to drive.

Yeah, the Speciale is somewhat old tech compared to current supercars.

I noticed that too, but his foot was probably not directly over his cup.

This should be top comment

Hence why electric cars are terrible things.

lucky Jeeps and offroaders like a different style of drive

Car tech moved on way too brilliantly in the last 20 years, completely logical to out the analog based tech and move onto Micro based..

Why, even after 8 years and 200,000 miles that I put on it, my 2004 S60R is hands down my favorite car ever. They made fun of it on Top Gear when it came out (and no, I don't have a Trilby to wear when driving it) it's not the fastest, but it isn't shamefully slow, it handles very, VERY well, it's luxurious without being snobbish, and it even has weird faults and quirks that any exotic does... heheh, but it is an all weather grand tourer and it does great for that role. It may not (probably does not!) fit you, but for me, it's still amazing. If that Ferrari didn't do that for me, it'd be gone, too. Like the Triumph Spitfire, the Charger, the Toyota Celica, the Mustang, the GLH Turbo, the Pontiac GTO, the SuperBee, all been in my life, and now are all history.

@@CaptainSeamus P2 Volvos are underrated. High quality cars with cheap entry but mildly expensive parts.