CHRIS HARRIS - Building the E30 M3 Rally Car

This is how Chris Harris built an old E30 M3 rally car into a great one

[PasiX]

I feel pretty bad for Chris and all the guys that put so much effort into these videos.. and now those vids are simply ruined because not everyone (including me) can enjoy the full experience. :(

Anyway... I neither vote up nor down... I like to remain neutral.

[MrAeroHD]

Instead of being upset you can't pull enough views to get  the adsense you desire, why don't you start making better stuff instead of just bait and switching people to subscribe to Drive +?

Forcing this Drive+ will get you far.... indeed. I wonder what Leo Parente thinks about this stupid dumb idiotic move, he never holds back.

[bagnatofurniture]

I would pay $20 a month easily to have a channel with all Chris Harris shows...the guy is just fantastic...that is all!

[Warnster]

Drive+. Like fuck I'm paying for that.

[ThisIsMTH]

Another waste of 3 minutes? Bye bye, Chris. Unsubscribed, nice watching you.

[robstruthers]

so Drive has basically just become trailers / adverts for Drive+ content

[sethmo]

Chris Harris, drop Drive, start your own channel/company. People only subscribe to Drive because of you!

[manuelhermidarodriguez]

Well done Chris! you will no doubt enjoy it ...

For those too young or just not well informed:

BMW E30 M3 Prodrive Gr.A rallye car was the last rear wheel drive to win a WRC event against 4-wheel drive competitors. The Gr.A track version is the most successful touring racecar ever winning +50 national and international Motorsport Championships from 1987 through 1992. Most reknown 24h Nurburgring (3 times), 24h Spa (3 times), DTM (2 times). There are still today BMW E30 M3 winning in Hillclimbing, rallye and track events.

The thrill of driving it to the limit is inmense. Developing the skills required to do so properly is a challenge which becames addictive. Take all the technological driver control interference out such as 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel steering,  electronic differentials,  electromagnetic shocks, variable ratio steering, etc ... and what you are left with is pure sensory overload. Carbon fiber airbox makes for an epic soundtrack.

Forgot to mention I own a Gr.A replica I race ....

[adrianamler]

The lack of a transition to Drive+(at first featuring in depth and added content for +, and maybe a bit shorter but full content videos for the normal channel at the start) and making it feel more like a punishment for those not subscribing is a major turnoff to many it seems.

[Loafy]

I used to get so excited for a Chris Harris video... :(

[tagerung]

if I wasn't on a 40 hour school week I'd subscribe, but for now I'm almost happy that my viewing time is limited.. back to the books.

[coxy]

This channel is now officially a joke.

[tasmith]

I was just hatching out a plan last month to build an e30 rally machine...thanks for the inspiration and all the Best!

[ahmadzikri]

When I got /Drive+ this is the first video I'm going to watch.
Because rally and Chris Harris, so yeah.

[JerryNeutron]

All dem rocks! I was thinking R.I.P. to the body panels the whole time and then you 1 UP'd me by destroying the front bumper in the end

[velikibosanac]

To start off, I must give credit where it's needed: Chris, you are doing a great job! Love the show and I follow it on the (your) schedule ;) Since I am a e30 driver, I was intrigued by the clip and my thoughts are that you REALLY need to do a followup episode on the /DRIVE channel about the car, the build, the obstacles you had to overcome and the testing/fine-tuning.
Now I see that a lot of the viewers are voting this vide down and unsubscribing...and now I see that you are creating a pay-channel. That's all fine and well (I have a degree in economics-management, and I understand the need for income), but you are cutting out a huge part of your market with this move. Countries without US broadcast will leave your show and find a new channel to fulfill their needs, thereby reducing your subscriptions and views rates on /DRIVE...and sincerely I would hate for that to happen. Think outside the box, you have other ways to earn money that are more profitable then a pay-channel that is restricted to the US. An increase in views on the channel by a marketing push on social media networks - for example using the shows on the channel to start contests and giveaways that require people to follow several episodes in a row to be able to win some prizes (key-chains, t-shirts, pens, hats/caps, etc.), and make it worldwide so that people from other continents can compete and then announce the winners on the social media so that everyone can see them (the cost of sending a key-chain or some other misc. advertising material around the globe in a "bigger" letter is negligible to the increase in views).
The ideas that can help the company make profits without resorting to limitations of audiences and overall loss are endless, and I think you should try out different marketing approaches before taking such radical measures.
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Anyway, I hope you figure it out, I really do, and it's not a bad idea to ask the community for opinions before making decisions that affect them.
But as for me, I will continue to follow you faithfully for as long as it is possible ;)

Best of wishes
Kenan

PS. Sorry for any grammar issues, I do speak a few languages, but I am not native to English :)

[CodyYankey]

As of writing this, the full length video on Drive+ has just about 7k views.  So that means that 7k people have kept their subscription.  So that's (7, 000 * $4) = $28, 000 dollars this month.  Sounds like they may be onto something to me.  Although I bet it's an expensive thing to produce all these films.  I'll continue to support the guys at Drive, it's really quality work, and that costs money.  

[HighMagnitudeGT]

Please find another way to make money besides Drive+. Thank you.

-Dan

[lordzevallos]

Trust me. The drive + full version of this video is worth it.