Why We’re Leaving Donut - BIGTIME

Today we're talking about our tough decision to leave Donut and whats next. Welcome to BigTime!

[TheKrausenKid]

First reaction : abject horror.
Second reaction: Thank God I'm not the only one who noticed that Donut has become trend chasing clickbait corporate nonsense.

[dohcturbo]

Bye Bye Donut, Hello BigTime and Speeed

[InfiniteCheeseCrates]

You two are the biggest reason I kept watching Donut after "Up to Speed" stopped.

[beltron-_-]

James is why we fell in love with donut, Jobe and Jeremiah are the reason we’ve stuck around since 2019

[juanin]

Donut slowly went from a channel about car and racing history, car science and car builds to a channel about testing cheap products and reacting to other videos every week. Hope you guys can really take it back to the OG concepts with this channel.

[TheManInTheRing]

When corporate buys a company, tries to tell creatives what to do, they scatter, sun goes down, they pop up tomorrow in a new place lol You guys have the talent, we will come with you! lol

[RoninEnslaught]

We ALL want
1. Racing
2. Car builds
3. Bro time
4. Knowledge

We know you two will provide

[linkk]

We know you wont have the budget Donut has, but our hearts are with you. Lets fucking go!!!! You were the reason why many of us were watching donut

[antikruxx]

Money pit miata is what got me into donut. We dont need 100k budgets on a build, they are fun, but unobtainable for most viewers. Money pit miata was in depth and made building on a budget look so fun.

[themexis]

Just watched James' vid over at Speeed. It led me here.
Can't wait to see what you guys have for us!

[JakeforJesus]

Relatable garage builds > reaction videos

[John-shreds]

The YouTube algorithm boosted you. This was at the TOP of my page.

You guys are going to kill it. Love you all!

[dheitz]

Kudos to Donut for letting you two announce your new channel on a Donut video. Immediate subscription.

[AutoAuctionRebuilds]

Man I never thought you all would go separate ways. I understand exactly how it feels to have a company you helped build sold and no longer listen to your creative input that helped build it all while telling you to just do what you're told. I helped build Mystro in SF, CA into a million dollar company then got kicked to the curb when it was sold off. Props to all of you I'll be following along.

[Scknows]

"I was a comedian working at an engineering company" is the most Workaholics lore ive ever heard lmao

[slowLX]

"As the only 2 guys who did any work at Donut....we decided to leave." 😂😂

[Stellar-Nucleosynthesis]

Long story short: Wealthy people bought Donut, and now their money first mentality has ruined it all.

[calebgeyer]

I did a semester research project for an english class on Donut, Specifically Money Pit, at the end of the covid lockdowns. Analyzing the stakeholders right as/after Donut sold, I was from that point on highly aware of the immediate shift in content. I was very glad to see you guys address it, in the most respectful way possible

[LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

One of the reasons I haven't been watching Donut that much is because it stopped feeling like a group of guys having fun in a garage and started feeling like a business automotive YT channel. I won't say the soul was lost, but it had changed.

[tristankrieger]

Nothing Donut puts out has the same feeling as their cheap vs. expensive 350Zs, up to speed, and money pit. Those days were the peak.