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The Iced Coffee Hour

Graham Stephan/Jack Selby

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 790 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 145 minutes

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0:00.0	I know that this person is about one video away from bankruptcy, you know? And I'm just like terrified for all of them. Guys sit here and watch all these other people on YouTube doing this stuff. And I'm like, damn, I'm jealous. Like I could have some of the cars I've always wanted if I was just willing to go into crazy debt. Driving my own Lamborghini Kutosh. I can't lose 100 grand in depreciation.
0:21.6	Like, mentally, like it just, I can't.
0:23.6	What do most people do you think get wrong about the car market?
0:26.6	People just think depreciation is going to be a thing that happens to them,
0:30.6	and they don't take steps to minimize it like they should.
0:33.6	You have to kind of know which cars to buy, how to look for them,
0:36.6	what to look for, to actually not lose money.
0:41.6	If you take a look at the car market over the last 15 years, cars are an asset class.
0:50.6	We're like the only logical, rational people on this platform.
0:57.0	Who do you think is the most irresponsible?
1:09.0	Doug DeMiro, thank you so much for coming on, the iced coffee hour.
1:11.8	Thank you.
1:12.2	Thank you for coming to my lair.
1:13.8	So we just asked Freddie Tavarish, who is the worst with money out of all the car YouTubers?
1:19.8	He said, take a guess.
1:22.3	Himself.
1:23.5	That would be correct.
1:24.8	Yeah, he said himself.
1:25.9	And then we asked who's the best, and this is what he said. Oh, boy. Um, stradman. The best with money? Yeah. More than Doug DeMiro. Yeah, Doug DeMiro. No, no, no, no. Doug's very specific with money, but he can be pretty frivolous. He'll buy, he'll buy some, some car that he considers cool.
1:45.5	And, and then that's like, I think, I don't think Doug DeMiro, I'm glad. I'm, I think he's
1:51.7	totally fine with money. I think he's, is great. I think Stradman has monetized himself in such a way
1:58.6	that he can afford hypercars and an incredible house and an
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