Am I the only one who thinks Magnus Walker is a douche?

[Emre]

I'm just glad he didn't knock out that W113 pagoda-top.

[deutschman]

He is a self made man and I respect that. Showed up here from England with some clothing and a few bucks and made him self into what he is now. Gota give him some props for that.
Do I think he dresses funny and drives a little to crazy on public roads? Yes.
But Ill reserve judgment on him until I meet him face to face.

Funny thing is he is a driving instructor as track days and autox.

[Jon325i]

I really don't cast any kind of judgment on the guy.....just a car enthusiast showing off. Was it smart to do? Probably not....especially in the presence of media (which has gone viral). I just hope he learns a valuable lesson from this.

I've been a fan of vintage Porsches for many, many years.....way before Magnus' Urban Outlaw video. He has saved some great cars from turning to scrap and gave them his own personal touch. We are no different with our E30s.


Jon

[Exodus_2pt0]

I do remember seeing a video about him a while back, didn't recognize the name earlier.

Anyway, seemed cool in the video. Definitely has an interesting story to tell about his rise.

Wouldn't be the first time someone showed off and bit it. I've done it, most of us probably have.

Moving on, I'm surprised this thread has made it this far.

[varg]

He seems like the Porsche version of a wealthy hipster bike builder who builds the oh so fad friendly cafe racer for other wealthy hipsters, but he never seemed douchey to me. Maybe arrogant. I don't dislike the cars he builds, they're no RUFs or Singers but I don't find them lame or garish like some of the stuff Akira Nakai builds, and I'm not even a purist.

[keefy6]

Seems like a lot of this dislike just came out of the woodwork. Or people were just waiting and looking for an avenue to display these feelings. idk.

agreed, but everyone is entitled.

I just like the cars, I don't know him personally so I simply don't entertain anything else, maybe I don't know what 'douchey' behavior is.

[Dozyproductions]

https://vimeo.com/44410797

"urban outlaw" - 40 minute movie all about him. He self describes himself..."It's part of the mystique... here's this cool guy that looks like a rock and roll homeless dude." I wouldn't want to have a movie or show done about my tuner shop with 911s but then again I don't have a giant tuner shop full of 911s so I guess good for him.

[2mAn]

i was there as well.

what car where you in?

here's his car parked next to mine at the petro rally

I was at the morning meetup in Malibu (and the only E30 there) and on the first leg of the trip, but I busted my subframe mount and my day was over.



It was also where I saw Magnus almost crash into a group of cyclists on PCH and also passing cars in the opposite lane around blind turns. Its one thing if your some dumbass kid on r3v, but when everyone knows who you are you should probably carry yourself a little better. I complained about it on the Petrolicious

http://www.petrolicious.com/drive-tastefully-barker-hangar-was-a-celebration-of-speed-style#user-comments

How many here actually know Magnus Walker?

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Ive met with a few times, and he wasnt really as bad as a LOT of people in LA are as far as being a douche, but he did have this persona of "Im better than you" so that combined with his reckless driving lead me to post this to see if Im the only one whos felt this way.

I really don't think r3v is the right place to be all moral about speeds or driving behavior. Some of the videos ppl post on the r3v facebook page are much more dangerous, like turbo builds going full retard on public roads. And I don't see people condescending them in the replies.

r3v facebook is full of idiots. I dont even bother going there...

[BklynE30Dude]

Not about Magnus Walker - who I respect and admire.

My question is for the original poster of the thread;

How does one "bust my subframe mount"? Just curious.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Not about Magnus Walker - who I respect and admire.

My question is for the original poster of the thread;

How does one "bust my subframe mount"? Just curious.

You must be new to e30's.

[2mAn]

My question is for the original poster of the thread;

How does one "bust my subframe mount"? Just curious.

please head to my build thread and you will see...

[BklynE30Dude]

@2mAn

EPIC thread.

Good luck.


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[E30_Pare]

Took sometime this morning and helped put Humpty Dumpty back together.



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[LateFan]

Is it a new shell repainted, or the same one? That thing was pretty crooked, the whole windshield / roof shape was shoved sideways.

What part do you get to do?

[Wschnitz]

Could have grafted a new roof portion on.

Also i guess I have to rephrase my opinion of him. I dont mind him, in some videos he seems like a douche, in others he seems like a really cool guy. I dont know it its just that he comes off more lame when doing businessy stuff or what.