Comments by "John Aitken" (@johnaitken7430) on "Tedward" channel.

  1. I enjoy these engaging pieces where there is a sharing of experiences...
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  2. Dude, I worked in France for many years ..it’s not weird..”we are French” is the obvious explanation for everything
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  3. You totally nailed it: fun vs fast...fast is pretty easy: just add money...fun is baked in from the get go. You are one of the few on YouTube that thinks about it...good for you as it’s a never ending dilemma, especially when everything is so label, statistically driven
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  4. Phones and cars are deadly. Your dialogue resonates
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  5. Tom, two things: debt is nasty. Don’t live payment to payment..but..my late grandfather advised me to enjoy the fun things when young enough to do so..I am old now and have an incurable illness. So dude: drive the damn Porsche. Screw the trip. Drive the car.
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  6. Small thing, but through your work there is a consistent subtext of respecting ones car and enjoying the ride. We live in these you tube and performance spec driven times where something is the best and everything else rubbish, for ten minutes until something else is better, and where people get more pleasure slagging than actually enjoying and driving..you drive some exotic machines, and some fairly approachable ones, cars personalized, maybe that’s better term than modified, and all enjoyed by their owners. That’s the cool aspect..the unwritten competition of things having to be the best and it being some entitlement thing..that’s inevitable a losing proposition ..you look for the best in everything you drive, and it’s less about something better than something else, and when you are on the track it’s about improving, not so much beating someone..everyone wins by driving well..maybe off topic, but i think the sensibility is a common thread across all your stuff
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  7. Definitely was one of their best cars
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  8. Well done...imagine the anxiety level is reduced
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  9. Nice job..low stress when the right guys do the job
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  10. I am really enjoying this series..the prices are silly..it’s a point where so much is sunk to buy them that people can’t afford to buy them...you are definitely on a roll doing these. ‘Drive the cars you want to drive”. Not many do..driving these older cars really gives context to modern cars
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  11. Your social commentary is spot on...thanks...we are all wound really tight these days...
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  12. Noticed same thing : few drivers seem able to go around corners without major panic
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  13. Your reviews are truly fine stuff..too many car reviewers do their stuff in relative terms..”this is better, worse” etc..whereas you have a knack for clinically finding what’s to appreciate..I’d say the world has loads of good cars these days..it’s so much down to taste, taste in driving style and what turns one on..I sense it suits your style. Screw haters, fan boys whatever. We had a deposit on one and ultimately passed..but not because the car is pooch. Moreover I understand many design elements suggest future tuning will come if not via TRD, via aftermarket..I think it’s a tie to the old supra if only in that aspect. More than other comparably priced cars, this one lends itself to tuning..as is, box stock: you confirm it’s fun and looks the part too..well done..you are the reviewmeister...
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  14. Nice car that remains valid today
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  15. It’s fairly clear the emotion of the moment and shock of the fire is still alive. On the track one expects and is ready for stuff to happen, but the unexpected just driving around stuff is what leaves the mental scars...those biffs are the ones that shake one up big time. And yes, the firefighters were on it ..good job..
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  16. Was a great car in its time
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  17. So many cars today speak more to owners bank account than the individual. This is more personal than another car same total sunk cost but stock..so while it kills on resale, the value is in the buiLd vs writing a big cheque and driving off the lot in an m3
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  18. There is no worst, you conduct yourself as a pro in every endeavour and can get thru the better..and take stock, take actions where you can..the worst job is one where you have no control, no direction and no way out. I like your style..it’s not whining poor me shit..it’s self reflection of what’s important for you..each of these is getting better..might be scary opening up but it comes across as real deal. Thanks
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  19. Fun stuff..shows power and noise not needed to have fun
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  20. Good assessment ..well done
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  21. You may well be in it...comfort key ...BMW less so, Merc maybe..
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  22. I relate to your preferences in cars: lighter is funner on track..bear in mind smarter isn’t always better...if the goal is money..drive a beater..if the pleasure of driving, tracking, is big: decide based on your track progress..are you ready for more car, c)tent with less...or go racing..
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  23. I’d get a head ache from that buzz! Love it..maybe.
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  24. Class build well thought thru. I like these tuned cars..takes balls to put oneself out there as risk looking an idiot if it flops ..it’s not about winning or losing, it’s about everyone laying down their best and having fun
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  25. Tom: you are doing solid test drives. It’s so much fun to be able to fellthe nuance. In my Ski testing days and bike testing. The nuances are fun to discern
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  26. Indeed..from my very first 68 beetle..no regrets there..the only ones I ended up regretting: a Chevy Blazer, the only American car we ever owned..back in 74..thru corporate deal thinking would be cool yet was junk that sucked gas..one we stepped back from and regret: a vintage jag about the same time..would have sucked money but been fun..our lesson: don’t buy anything restored or tuned by anyone else..know the provenance..
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  27. The issue: dead lousy reliability and build quality. No dealer network love em but can’t buy for those reasons
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  28. Well said. Needed saying..sadly..it’s not important to me:you do good stuff and it doesn’t matter the rest...society seems to allocate people into tribes and at the end this is about cars, as portrayed thru the personality of the presenter ...gay etc isn’t part of the equation..cycling and cars have this macho guy thing: “the wife” etc...that denigrates entire groups: women, aging....in favour of some juvenile image...wtf, it’s about enjoying cars, learning. Do we research authors and toss books by those we find to be gay, female etc? Thankyou for gently curry thru the crap...you do good shit, and I can imagine having coffee enjoying a ride with you..and I don’t need qualify that with despite being older, heterosexual or whatever..that’s bullshit and unnecessary. Thanks for the piece...keep up the work and having the balls to call it as you see it
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  29. Nice..but really while it works for a fresher, younger look, I wonder if it’s got lasting appeal?
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  30. The gt Porsches are most balanced cars period. They don’t have any clear weakness. So tuning is either crazy over the top or just drive em. They are so damn much fun..
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  31. I’ve driven the 4wd and felt bit dead...you clearly had fun..so I’d say the change was full success. It’s personal taste and kinda cool it’s not obvious to look at..need more cars that are less advertising and more done by and for the driver
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  32.  @TedwardDrives  we are in our 70s but car people still, darn near shut in with distancing...you and others like you are really helping. It’s gotta be hard to make these, but keep going...we are living vicariously thru every gear shift
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  33. Thanks. Car culture likely will change- maybe for the better in terms of enjoyment vs status...your real deal stuff is great...keep at it...
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  34. Build quality way better than now..check the door shut lines. Today the spec r is junky by contrast
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  35. Keep doing these. You ask questions of the viewer; cause me to reflect...it’s not as tho there is a right answer, but you get the discussions going. It’s the sort of chat I miss in these distancing and polarized times. Hanging out, talking cars with no winners no losers..just enjoying cars and driving.
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  36. Can’t say the car does much for me, but you did a good job positioning it..and yes the road is special...
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  37. We are ok...really it’s more like 5 weeks before we can hope for relief...we are sick of it...but we can do it..
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  38. I’ve found small hybrid, ev, are sorta, sorta, fun as calming exercises kinda yoga but still want something other than autonomous.
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  39. This is so cool! Well done..
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  40. I love it..time was none of us had money and we did this sort of hands on work...should be a rite of passage to fix up a shitbox...the whole piece works and resonates with me...nice work you guys
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  41. Seems too little too late...good assessment
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  42. We have a miata w complete suspension, intake etc. As it’s silly up high stock. Is fun. Drove a few Maclarens and do agree.
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  43. French blue
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  44. I had two one made 350 at wheels and weighed same as miata. Due carbon everything. Was the drift car built by an old guy banker
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  45. Our roads are fraught w construction in summer..and now, trailer traffic...we used to really enjoy overnight from Calgary to Minnesota overnight..beck then was Volvo turbo which was good for it’s time...we drove near 100 and in a few years of it only have one incident in dark with loose cow..my wife was driving, 2am..she didn’t blink, but simply spun the car out of trouble.
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  46. Tanklike..seems slower to rev than I’d expected...grip aside it’s just too big ..even if it performs there isn’t much to do but point it..it’s almost too good to be fun..I’d like to like it but can’t...
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  47. One of you most informative, and broadly useful pieces period...well done dude...one thought, that vs stage 3, it’s a place where some might wish to revisit goals and take that stage 3 cash, buy into a spec race car....that spec miata for example or other SCCA classes. It takes a trailer, some more cash yes, but if ones goals become competition door to door, maybe a way to consider. I really like your approach to the m3 ...it’s more fun to set up towards track days, than simply add mega power and body kits to look hot at the drive in...that’s fun too, but I prefer your usage of the car. Sure envy the access to properrace tune shops....we have...zero....and thanks for sharing your set up....you aren’t pitting it out as this being the only way, best way, all else is wrong, rather just a footnote that we can all calibrate off
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  48. Bar none. This is the car you’ve tested I’d sell everything for. It’s most my style
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  49. Oops..but the suv still sucks.
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  50. Nice conversion...big improvement in driving fun..
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