Any RoadKill Fans?

adman02

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Seems the show (and all other MT shows) is leaving YouTube and going exclusively to MotorTrend.com. If you pay their $4.99/mo subscription fee, you can watch them as they're released. Or you can wait 8 weeks and watch them for free.

There's an explanation from Freiburger on this page.

Bummer.
 
Got mtod when it came out and it's definitely worth it. There are other great shows like engine masters, rk garage, dirt every day, etc. People scream about them being sellouts but then demand more shows regularly. It's one or the other and YouTube is turning into censorship Nazis these days anyway.
 
I am a subscriber to MTOD (wife insisted, she knows I like the Roadkill shows, etc)...

The free stuff is fine, just have to be patient - free is free. Commercials may be a problem...
 
wish i had gone roadkill on my 70 charger instead of waiting for almost 2 years now on the paint shop.






maybe i will sale a jeep or 2 and roadkill the dart
 
orange150 said:
MTOD is only $5/month. Worth it for me for some entertainment that I actually enjoy.
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Netflix is only $8/mo

The value proposition just isn't there for a paid subscription model, IMHO. If you cancel cable to "save money" or "better yourself" or WTFever, then you pay $5/mo for this subscription package, $12/mo for that one, $10 for another, etc, you're not saving money, and your ass is still on the sofa.

Truth be told, there are probably enough old episodes of Roadkill, Dirt Every Day, etc, on Youtube to keep me satisfied for a long time.
 
I watch them as well as engine masters and dirt every day. Feel cheesey saying i watch it but they are entertaining as hell and pretty smart guise.
 
that was a stupid move i believe. keep the free mtod at the 8 weeks mark, make youtube 1 week later than that if you msut if mtod traffic is needed. But why throw away the YT subscriber/ad money?
i got no problems with the biz model of delayed free. its a smart idea.
 
ckruzer said:
But why throw away the YT subscriber/ad money?
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Because YouTube's ad reimbursement rates no longer support long-form professionally-produced videos. If they can sell commercial slots direct to companies (and/or combine them with in-kind sponsorship deals), they're better off financially, assuming they can maintain a comparable level of traffic.
 
Love that show mtod is great def worth the 5 bucks plus no stupid ads like YouTube

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shawn said:
Truth be told, there are probably enough old episodes of Roadkill, Dirt Every Day, etc, on Youtube to keep me satisfied for a long time.
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About 6 days... If you count all the engine masters, all the dirt every days and the ultimate adventure vids... Ask me how I know. The flu sucks. Lol... And that was in between streaming the king of the hammers
 
adman02 said:
Seems the show (and all other MT shows) is leaving YouTube and going exclusively to MotorTrend.com. If you pay their $4.99/mo subscription fee, you can watch them as they're released. Or you can wait 8 weeks and watch them for free.

There's an explanation from Freiburger on this page.

Bummer.
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they have a special going on now, $25 for the year

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shawn said:
Because YouTube's ad reimbursement rates no longer support long-form professionally-produced videos. If they can sell commercial slots direct to companies (and/or combine them with in-kind sponsorship deals), they're better off financially, assuming they can maintain a comparable level of traffic.
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didnt know that! makes perfect sense then.
 
Watched a great one last night with Rick Pewe and Friburger took a old flat fender jeep wheeling and shit. Wood watch again.
 
palmetto zuk said:
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