- Earlier this week, our producers put
a couple of polls on Instagram
so that you guys could vote on your favorite car
that we have ever put together
in videos on this channel.
They blocked us from seeing 'em.
- They did, they did.
- I didn't even know you could do that.
So we have no idea the results.
They put 'em together in a bracket.
And today Nolan and I
are gonna see how well we know you guys
by trying to guess which car is your favorite.
I'm James, he's Nolan.
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- We gotta do one more.
Dude, dude, that was awesome.
- Jimmy, bracket please.
(wheels squeaking)
These are all the cars except for the Jetta.
- Oh, that's right.
The Jetta went to hell.
- You can't vote for something in hell.
First up, money pit bracket.
We got the Money Pit Miata,
- [Nolan] Ooh.
- Versus the Money Pit E 36 rally car.
- They both have their merits, man.
The Money Pit Miata was kind of devised
as a build along series.
If you wanted to, you could buy your own NA Miata
and do all the steps that Job did and have the same car.
- It's turbo charged, standalone ECU
- Its got a weird clutch.
It's got a great sound system.
It shoots flames.
- Shoot's flame's, got cool suspension, wheels and tires.
- [Nolan] Yeah everything. - [James] Seats!
Little roll bar.
- Everything you can do to Miata,
we've done short of changing the carpet.
That's kind of it.
- Yeah, or the oil.
- Yeah. (Nolan laughs)
- [James] And the Money Pit E36
same principle as a build along.
But this time we built it as a rally car.
Stock power but it's got a really cool BC coil overs.
- It's got cool Ronal wheels.
It's got a custom made roll cage.
- [James] It's got straight pipe exhaust, e-brake handle.
- Yeah, super fun to drive.
- Money Pit Miata versus Money Pit E36.
To me, this is no brainer.
- Really? - Yeah. This is a shut out.
I think that the Money Pit Miata was for our audience
and we may have misstepped with the E36
and made a car for us.
- Maybe, but I also think the unique nature of the E36
and the final livery at the end of its run,
I just think was very cool.
I'm gonna go with E36.
- You say unique.
Unique to me means less votes.
- That's true.
- [Jimmy] The winner of our first round is
the 56% vote...
- Oh! - Oh, closer than I thought.
- [Producer] The Miata!
(James and Nolan cheering)
- [James] Of course it is, can I have a sharpie?
- [Nolan] You know what?
I'm not gonna go for emotional picks anymore.
I'm gonna go for what I think is the winner.
- Yeah, duh, that's the point of the game.
- I forgot that we had a game.
- You know this dry erase marker is the
perfect tool for the job?
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- Great reading James. - We make clothes.
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All right!
Our wild card kind of
group.
- We got Leonardo Da Cabrio.
- It's our Mark 3 Volkswagen Cabrio.
We put a wish.com supercharger on it.
We test weird products on it.
- It sounds like a F1 car.
(engine revs)
- It looks awesome.
I'm upset that we put the supercharge on it
cause I really wanted to go to the beach in it.
I'm a very beach guy this year,
Sunday, October 23rd.
I'm gonna swing around the Venice pier.
2:00 PM, be there.
- Wow.
All right.
So against the Leonardo Da Cabrio is our Merch van.
It's a Dodge van with some drag slicks.
- [James] For some reason.
- [Nolan] And a spoiler on the back.
- [James] Sick spoiler. It's wrapped.
It's got our logo on it.
It's got a Nardi steering wheel in it.
Lowered. - Lowered.
- The reason we have this is so that we can
go to events and sell our merch.
Speaking of merch
we buy junk cars,
also available at donutmedia.com.
- Alright so, for that reason...
- A shill, a shill, a corporate shill you say?
No, I'm just passionate
about the things that me and my friends make together.
(voice fades out)
You're the shill sir!
The shill for the man.
- I think my pick for this round,
James, is Leonardo Da Cabrio.
- One hundred percent.
- I want one. - We have one, you have one.
- But like, it's like broken and has weird..
- I know, I wish we didn't break it.
How did our audience vote?
- [Jimmy] With the 61% vote
The winner was Leonardo Da Cabrio.
- [James] That is way closer than I thought.
- Yeah, same.
- [James] The merch van is pretty sick and vans are cool.
Next up, we have a bracket very near and dear to my heart.
Two vehicles that I've been relatively
involved in the building of.
We have Hi Car.
Our one hundred thousand dollar,
LS powered,
350 Z.
Versus Hi Truck,
which we may have gone a little overboard
in the wrong way with.
Hi Car is an example of what you would do
if money were not the option.
Just the best parts, the most expensive stuff.
To see if that expensive stuff is worth it.
For the most part on this car, it was.
Then we have Hi Truck.
Which is the same principle as Hi Car
except it's a truck, it's got big old wheels on it.
- [Nolan] It's got air locking differentials
- In theory, it can crawl over everything.
- Except a steep hill, yeah.
- Yeah it might be time to use the old winch.
Stop stop stop stop! - [Nolan] Ohh!
- This is a tough matchup dude.
- These are two of the most popular cars we've ever built.
I gotta go with Hi Car.
- Knowing the fans, I think I also have to go with Hi Car.
- One hundred percent.
- [Jimmy] The winner...
Sixty two percent of the vote.
- [Jimmy] Hi Car!
- [Nolan] Use that brown one.
- [James] Yeah.
- [Nolan] I was thinking all four of the winners
could be different colors around there.
- [James] Okay, That's cool - [Nolan] Yeah.
In the last matchup of round one,
we have Low Car versus Low Truck.
Same series as Hi Truck and Hi Car.
Except with these vehicles,
we put all the cheapest parts.
I love Low Truck very much.
It's a lot of, it was a lot of fun to
go on that road trip with you guys.
It's got Bilstein suspension.
So not bottom of the barrel stuff.
We built our own bumpers.
It's got a, like a $80 LED setup.
- It looks like that monster truck El Toro.
(James and Nolan chuckling)
- Yeah It does.
Low Car currently has mostly Megan suspension set up
with a few GK tag bits thrown in here and there.
The interior we've got some Corbeau seats,
a bolt in roll cage.
- But the piece de resistance is the LQ9
from a Cadillac Escalade with a big old lumpy cam in it.
- Yeah. - This thing rips.
(engine revving)
- This is a tough one.
It's like choosing between your kids.
But I think I do like one kid more than the other.
It's gonna be a- it's a hard decision for me,
but I think I gotta go with Low Car.
- It's an easy decision for me
and I too am going for Low Car.
- [Jimmy] With a 63% vote,
Low Car!
- I'm doing really well.
I've gotten every one right so far.
I know our audience, but way closer than I thought.
I think that's a testament
to how lovable all of these vehicles are.
We've reached the semi-finals.
Round two of the bracket to decide,
which one of our cars you guys like the most.
First up, the Zack Jobe showdown!
The Money Pit Miata versus Hi Car.
(rock music)
This is tough.
- This is a hard one.
- And I tell you what, I am invested in this
because Zach built both of these cars
and I was only involved in one of 'em.
So if they pick the car that Zach built
that I'm not involved in..
- Oh!
- That means that they hate me.
and I'll have to quit the channel.
I will hang up my microphone,
kick over the camera,
burn all the bridges,
call everyone names,
and steal as much stuff as I can
on my way out the door.
- Yeah so, I mean, these are both
pretty beloved cars on the channel.
I think in the fan base.
- They both give people the courage
to pick up a project car.
Even if you don't have a million tools,
Money Pit Miata was built on a driveway.
- [Nolan] This is a tough one.
I don't know which way it's going to go.
- But then Hi car is like, Hi car is a bad guy though.
You know, we built Hi Car as a foil to Low Car.
I hate to say it, but I think Miata,
although Hi car rips.
- This is my chance to catch up to you.
So I'm gonna go...
I'm gonna go Hi car.
- Really? - [James] Yeah.
- Okay.
Woo!
A lot more nervous than I thought it would be.
- [Jimmy] Winner of this round with 59% of the vote...
- That means that they hate me.
And I'll have to quit the channel.
I'll hang up my microphone.
- This is my chance to catch up...
- Steal as much stuff as I can.
- [Jimmy] Hi Car.
- Yes! - Yeah!
- Ah, I got it wrong, but I'm happy.
It means you love me!
You guys like me?
You like my car!
Really dodged a bullet with that one.
I think it looks like we're gonna have the
most exciting final possible,
but let's see if Leonard Da Cabrio
can pull out a win.
He's a plucky little fellow.
- Little plucky thing, really represents the very-
the silly nature of what we do sometimes.
- It a, he really represents the cute side of donut.
But Low Car 1000%.
- Yeah. I gotta say Low Car.
- I mean Low Car is so good.
I think it's gonna be 100% to zero.
- [Jimmy] The winner with 61% of the vote.
- What? - What?
- [Jimmy] Low Car!
- Okay. - [James] Dude.
All of these are way closer than...
- [Nolan] They're very close.
- [James] Before we get to the final.
Jimmy has selected a donut underground
car of the week for us.
This is a car owned by one of our donut underground members.
to learn more about that, click that join button below.
"Hello, I'm Swiss."
"I'm also from Switzerland."
"And this is my freshly built street legal tarmac Impreza."
Swiss, that car rules,
Maybe I'll see you on the discord.
And now
the moment we've all been waiting for.
It's time to find out once and for all
which one of the cars that we built on this channel
is your guys' favorite.
Also is a tie game between me and Nolan
for guessing what you guys like more.
Who knows our audience better bud?
There's a lot at stake here.
- Yeah. - That's all I'm saying.
There's a lot at stake here.
And again, no matter who wins
we're all about spreading the joy of cars here.
Joy of cars t-shirt available on donutmedia.com.
Have I told you guys?
We make clothes.
You know what?
I think Low Car's gonna win,
but I can't betray my High Car.
- I respect that.
- So I'm going with Hi Car
my ride or die, my day one, my pony.
- I just gotta vote Low Car.
Same reason, Low team till I die.
People say, "you guys should switch teams."
I'm like, nah. - Nah.
- Nah. - Nah.
- Nah.
- Nah I will never do poor stuff.
So I'm choosing my pony.
Nolan's choosing his pony.
High team for life.
Low team for life.
- [Jimmy] Fifty five percent.
- Very Close. - Wow.
- Closest of the night. - Oh man.
- Closest of the night!
- [Jimmy] Is...
High Car.
- Whoa! - Whoa!
(bleep) you! (James laughs)
- You just spit my mouth! (James laughs)
- You are the winning star pony!
You are the star pony!
Star!
Pony!
Star pony!
You!
Thank you guys so much for liking me
more than any of the other hosts.
You voted for my car.
Nolan, I'm sorry.
You- they just don't like you
as much as they like me and Zach.