By the way, since I filmed this video, I have lined up a Cybertruck to film so GET READY -- should go live by the end of the month. 😄

Doug the type of guy to do a review on why he hasnt done the review

Any automaker threatening to “brick” a car, is absolutely terrifying. We all should be concerned about this and make such a situation that automakers are forced to go in the opposite direction.

11 minutes of "I'm not doing it unless it's Cars & Bids promo"

Doug is the type of guy who has a multi-million dollar garage studio with ZERO dollar acoustic treatment. PRIORITIES!🤣

I feel like Doug says THIS is Doug whenever he enters a room

Doug the type of guy to make a cars and bids ad for why he is waiting to make a cars and bids ad

I about fell out of my chair laughing when he said that "at Cars & Bids, we are obsessed with transparency"!! And, they prove it by violating their own rule to conceal the VIN, because they say so "in this case".

Saying C&B is the best place for scalpers to sell new electric cars is not the flex you think it is.

Summary: Doug was hoping to review a Cybertruck that someone was selling on Cars and Bids (no such sales yet) as a cross promotion of Cars and Bids. He has put that as a higher priority than doing a review as quickly as possible for his subscribers, as he notes he has several friends and neighbors with Cybertrucks.

I want to hear the model 3 story now lol

Long time Doug watcher; I actually cried watching the CGT purchase video, mad respect for all he has accomplished. That ended with this video; he has sold his soul by putting money ahead of integrity.

I understand that he wants to maximize his profits but at the same time the viewers are the ones who brought him where he is now. He doesn’t own me anything but seeing his recent videos go down in term of video audio quality, becoming a car salesman for c&b and then this leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

I definitely get it, but it’s still disappointing that Doug reviews are now relegated to only being advertisements for C&B… I know at this point reviews aren’t the main source of income for Doug but I’m sure the review isn’t gonna perform as well than if it were released at the peak of the hype. I’m not even a Tesla guy but I’d love to see Doug go through one

Doug is the kind of guy to not be Doug himself anymore 😔

I liked him more when he did not yet broadcast out of a nuclear fallout shelter.

Respectfully, Doug flexes is GT in this video saying he doesn’t need to take bribes to not review cars, he’s got plenty of money, but the entire video is how he’s not reviewing this car to make more money.

It’s impressive that you tried to twist car flipping to sound like a good thing.

Doug, supporting scalpers since 2020.

I didn’t know this channel was about buying and selling cars.

Doug, I just want a 300ZX review you've done every other 90s Japanese sports car.

9:16 is the hardest flex I have ever heard.

Doug the type of guy to get really cocky and alienate his oldest fans after becoming a multi-millionaire.

So basically Doug is not happy that Tesla is not letting him make money of Cybertrucks on Cars and bids so he’s delaying reviewing their product.

So that’s why every car review has turned out to be so positive in the last few years, they are just advertisements for you the auctions on your site

It is impressive that you managed to spin this out to a ten minute story.

So basically money before subscribers, it's been nice meeting you.

Well, at least he went ahead and admitted that his videos have mainly become infomercials for Cars & Bids.

Sometimes I feel like Cars and Bids is like an evil girlfriend that took away our good buddy Doug. ☹️

"greed, for lack of a better word, is good" - Gordon Gekko

Can't say I'm surprised, he is making a boatload off of it, but it is incredibly disappointing that Doug has gone from being a small quirky car reviewer to embracing the insanely anti consumer practice of flipping and scalping so long as it benefits his flipping/scalping business. You die the hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain after all.

THIS... is pretty much explaining why and how you do car reviews now.

Legal eagle should sell a cybertuck at cars and bids. Even more content would be created!

Well the end of an era Doug. Thanks, it was great while it lasted

Took back my sub. Gonna flip it to a more deserving channel.

Honestly, I think Doug has always been about the money. He's just now in a position, financially, to not have to hide it and dance around his motivations. Honestly, good on him for working hard and being successful. But let's not spin this into a huge, "Doug has changed!" thing. He's always been like this, but now he's just more transparent.

So basically you're admitting you're no longer a car review channel, but rather a front for Cars & Bids.

The viewers are not the priority anymore, cars&Bids and money are the top priority for Doug now.

Can’t imagine being scared to sell my vehicle because the manufacturer might find out. What a weird time to live in!

Doug is the kind of guy who can't afford a teleprompter while sitting in front of his Carrera GT and Ford GT.

I would not give my money to any manufacturer who tried to tell me what to do with my own property

It's nice your site has been so successful, but I am a little saddened it's just turning into eBay and doesn't seem like it's just for enthusiasts anymore.

Not a good look being the premier car flipping auction site. Markup is ruining the car market and you’re adding to it. You’re a car guy. Love the vids.

Doug the type of guy to flush a fart

Another way Cars & Bids has degraded the channel. Not only do we get the same cars over and over, but we don't get the latest and greatest until one is going to be sold.

TL DR: Doug hasn't been able to maximise promotion for Cars & Bids through a cybertruck auction to make even more money. This video basically confirms that this channel is no longer a review channel but a marketing front for C&B.

I think it's great they are trying to protect Consumers from Scalpers, everybody complains when Dealerships charge 100K over list! It happens in every market now, nobody could get a PS5 for a year because they were all being scalped!

He’s forgotten who he is and what made him so likable.

So the reason comes down to Doug has priorities (we all do), and Cars and Bids out ranks reviews.

Doug the type of guy to rationalize scalping

Doug could have explained it better. When you buy a cyber truck, you sign a contract stating if you want to resell it, Tesla has an option to buy it at a certain price (eg list price minus depreciation). If Tesla does not exercise their option, you can do whatever you want with the car and sell it any any prices. Bottom line: no rights violations.

The chair shaking got me 😂

Bro is now just a used car salesman I recall he reviewed vehicles for the love of it.

I don’t get it I’m 10 minutes in and I don’t understand why he needs to sell it in order to review it

Doug is the type of guy that signs the back of his credit cards

9:27 "i got a Carrera GT" yo this flex was fire ngl lmao you tell 'em Doug!

"I got a Carerra GT" might be the best comeback to accusations of being paid off.

To summarize: This channel is no longer entirely about reviewing cool and quirky cars for simply pure viewer enjoyment and engagement, the majority of reviews have to be an ad for Cars & Bids now, especially insanely popular cars like the cybertruck. So the reason Doug hasn’t reviewed one yet is because everyone is afraid to auction one on his platform, as Tesla is rightfully trying to stop people from flipping them to allow legitimate honest buyers to secure one for MSRP, and Doug is now admitting defeat and going to review one soon just for the sake of showing it to his audience for once, not just because the specific unit is also for auction on Cars & Bids and would be a source of heavy traffic to his website.

“I have a Carrera GT. I don’t need ur stinkin money” 😂😂😂

Casually bragging about his site is being used to fleece people is a hell of a flex.

Disappointed that Doug wanted to maximize profit before reviewing a CyberTruck. But at least he is honest enough to admit it.

Car flippers are a cancer of society. There is nothing to be proud of enabling price gouging, and flipping brand new cars.

TLDR: Doug doesn't want to review the cyber truck unless he can make a sale

I've searched your channel several times in the past handful of months looking for your review! Happy to hear it is infact on the way

The real reason: Dough values money more than his viewers

Is that why? You're waiting until someone selling it? This is dumb but....good luck

Doug looking like he's some kind of robot guy sitting static in a chair like Davros or something in this vid... talking about Cyber trucks, but he's really talking about Daleks.

The "Look, I have a Carrera GT" line has to be one of the hardest things Doug has ever delivered.

So Doug is part of the problem causing car companies to jack their prices and car pricing inflation.

To be fair the situation is a bit nefarious

TLDR: I won't review a Cybertruck unless it's promoting my used car website

I got a lot of respect for Doug. People may make jokes about his quirks and features, but he is such a down to earth person that you just cannot not like him.

So you can't review a car unless it's being sold on cars and bids?

Bad decision Doug. You waited cause you were trying to money more money. Now it’s too little, too late on the review. You’ll now be THE LAST car reviewer to review this. I love ya. I’ve watched every review you’ve done since the early days or your channel, but you messed this one up cause you got greedy.

Doug has a million dollars worth of cars in the background but sits on a 3.99$ plastic chair. Priorities.

Very accurate representation of Tesla build quality in the thumbnail haha.

Your fans expect more man… your competition is grand slamming it every time

Well at least it's a tacit admission that everything that's recorded now is either a c&b auction or a new car lent out from a dealer. Better than people speculating about it.

He has a contract with cars & bidd

I miss the Doug who made reviews for passion not only for business

Doug has to schill for Cars and Bids. He’s basically admitting it and also promoting price gouging. The auto hobby is now gate keeped by the elite because of people like him.

I'm watching an advertisement right now aren't I? Quite greedy of him

Sad to hear you're so openly part of this scalper culture and I'm glad Tesla does something about it, even if it will be legally challenging.

A simple "because I can't sell you one" would've sufficed

You won't review it because you can't get one listed on your auction site??? That is such a weird (and greedy) criteria. Bro you have lost perspective. I can't believe I sat through 10 minutes of what could've been said in 20 seconds.

First time I have heard Doug flexin'. "I got a Carrera GT, I'm not taking like 5 grand from Ford..."

I missed you and didn’t even know it. About to go on a binge watch tonight. Can’t wait for the cybertruck video

"As the quirks and features guy" made me laugh!

I'm all for freedom to do what you want with your property, but I also think scalpers are the scum of the earth. So if there could be a thing where for the first year of a product they make it so you can't sell it for more than what you paid for it or have to sell it back to the company or something, I'm fine with that. Then after the year is up, if demand is still high, you could sell it for whatever you want. That said, a company like Tesla that doesn't use third party retailers to sell its products could also just keep track of who they sell to and limit them to one per person as opposed to something like the Playstation 5 where people would just go to different stores, buy ten of them, and hoard them to sell at a ridiculously gouged price.

I just received an email from Tesla last week that I can order my Cybertruck now with delivery from April - June. I'm somewhat reluctant to being that it's $99K and not the $49K I had signed up for when I put my reservation down five years ago.

11 min just to say that the ”reviews” are as reliable as talking to any salesperson at the dealer

This guy doesn’t have one muscle in his body , all jelly and blubber

Ok cars and bids is now the main reason you're posting videos. I'm sure your quality won't drop at all

This video is the reason why Doug has officially "Jumped the shark" Money really does ruin ppl.

"I have a Carrera GT" love hearing that flex from you, Doug.

Omg that last quip in the end 😂😂

Doug is the type of guy who won’t review a Suzuki Samurai.

How much money is enough, Doug? Are you Heisenberg? Are you in the empire business? You own more than one of your dream cars. Is there ever a point where someone will offer you a cool/rare/desirable car and you’ll just review it like the old days, without it having to direct traffic to C&B? What if someone offered you a, say, Lancia Stratos. Or a Ferrari 250 GT California. Too old to be listed on the site but so iconic and cool you’d be a fool to not jump at the opportunity to make a video with it. Does the site take full priority no matter what car is in question? I’m glad to see all the negative comments here. I thought I was the only one becoming jaded with modern Doug. Of course now I’m expecting his typical snarky dismissive response whenever this topic comes up again. To be clear… I still enjoy the content but just because something is good doesn’t mean it’s not a shell of its former self.

4:27 never get rid of that chimp sound 😂😂😂😂 it never gets old

I love the honesty. Basically, you were overthinking it, and the universe was like "Hey, we do the scheming around heyar!" and made it extra complicated, since complication rather than content sharing is what you went for ;-)