- This is going straight in the trash. - That's just dangerous. (laughing) - Gifts, they're hard to give. And guess what? It's gift-giving season. Well, we got your back. We've put together a list
of 25 good, maybe bad, gifts for the car enthusiast. Today we're gonna rank
'em, and finally at the end see what is the ultimate
car enthusiast gift, and also what is the
worst car enthusiast gift. - I'm excited. (James screams)
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- Check it out. - Nolan John Sykes. - Thanks for giving away my
personal information, James. - Fun fact Nolan didn't know
how to spell his middle name till he got his drivers license. I wasn't sure if it had
an H or not, you know? - Okay, we're gonna look at some gifts. We're gonna decide if they're
really good, really bad. I got this split into
five different categories. - Let's hear them. - Down here at the bottom
we've got coal tier. That's like, you are mad at this person. Right above that we have wack. Wack is like, I'm definitely
gonna return this. Please give me a gift receipt. Above that we got thanks Right above that we have dece. It's like, this is pretty, this is good. And above that, I don't see
a lot of gifts going in here. We got B.O.A.T. That's the best of all time. So without further ado,
shall we get started? - Please. (James chuckling) Okay. - [Man] So this one's coffee mug of their favorite car brands. - I think that's like a thanks. - I think it's like a, oh, thanks. - Yeah.
- Thanks. - It's like, you know
what I like, but also. - You know what it says,
like it's not a flashy gift. I think that's what they expect. They expect the thanks. Their expectation of your
gratitude is like, oh, thanks. So I respect that. There's nothing worse than getting a gift that someone's like so
excited to give you. Then you're like (ominous music). - [Man] Thanks. - R/C drift card. - Love it. I think that's a great gift actually. - Yeah?
- Yeah. That's a great example of a gift where it's like those
are almost too expensive where it's like I shouldn't
spend my own money on this. - Exactly. - But if I got it as a gift,
it's like this is a great day. - Somebody once told me that a good gift is something that the person would like, but would never buy for themselves. So I think this falls into that category. - If you're gonna get one for somebody, you wanna make sure you're
getting it at a hobby shop, not from like Kmart or wherever. - Not to knock Kmart. - Yeah, not to not Kmart at all, but you want a dedicated serious car. - Yeah, all right. R/C drift car. Dece. All right, so this is, I think, some sort of car multi-tool. You got a tire pressure gauge, a saw, 'cause when you need
to use a saw on your car. - James, I'm gonna stop you right there. I think this is a perfect
example of a thanks gift. You're like, okay, cool. And then you use it that one
time and it kind of saves you, but then you never touch it again. - I think it's wack. - Really?
- Yeah. I mean, I could see wishing I had one in a situation being oh, I
do have that in my glove box. But I think my first
reaction if I got this would be like. - [Man] Wack. - [Man] This one is from Nolan. - Oh, okay. - So this is a man that washes cars. - That would just be auto, like gifting someone a full auto detail, both inside and out. - Dece, 100% dece. - I think so. - That is expensive. And for me, I mean, it's like something that I'll do for myself
every, honestly, six months. - I think it's a perfect
example of something that they wouldn't buy for themselves, but they would definitely be grateful. - Solid dece.
- Yeah. - [Man] Dece. - Socks that say clutch and gas on them. Wah, wah, wah. Those are wack. - I have no rebuttal. Yeah.
- [Man] Wack. - Ooh, shift knob. This one's from Black Forest Industries. Shouts to those guys in North Carolina. I think this is a good gift. I think this is a solid dece, depending on if it's goofy and
it's easy to get a goofy one. Like a serious weighted,
feels nice on the hand, not a joke shift knob, I think
is a very solid dece gift. - Yeah, I agree. - [Man] Dece. - Nice tools. This might be B.O.A.T. - Yeah, I think that's
approaching B.O.A.T territory for me as well. Tools are expensive and you can never have too
many of them, honestly. - Honestly, yeah. If you love someone, get them tools. - Good, good tools.
- Good tools. This would be like your big gift. You don't get just anybody nice tools. This is like your significant other loves you so much that they
know what you could actually use and they get you like an
expensive version of it. This is a great, great gift. - Great for the younger kid
who may have left the nest. - [Man] B.O.A.T. - What the heck is this? This is an espresso machine for your car. - I'm gonna say wack. - I think this is coal tier, dude. This is going straight in the trash. - That's just dangerous. - This person wants to do you harm. - Yeah, yeah, that's coal for sure. - I'm gonna make coffee in my car. Yeah, this is dumb. - [Man] Coal tier. - You got a gift card to eBay. This one's for $25. We're talking any dollar amount, I think. Yes, eBay has sponsored other videos. They do sponsor us, but
an eBay gift card is nice. It's like a person who
doesn't know what you want, but they can admit that they
don't know what you want. And they got you something
you can still use. - Depending on the
dollar amount, of course, I think it really opens
up a lot of options as to what they're gonna get. You could get car parts, you
could get car memorabilia, which is always a fun thing to have. - Yeah, like vinyl and stuff on eBay. People always ask me where
I get my cool old car hats. I get them all on eBay. - [Man] Dece. - Okay, so this is a scale
model of a car that you own, like a custom one? - [Man] It doesn't have to be custom. - I'm saying custom would be B.O.A.T. - Yeah, custom would be B.O.A.T. - Yeah, let's make a distinction. If you pay for a modeler
to make a custom model of their car. - Or if you yourself are a modeler and you make someone a
custom model of their car. - B.O.A.T.
- Yeah, total B.O.A.T. move. - Best of all time.
- Because that modeling takes such a long time. It's so, it's insane. So let's put it in
between dece and B.O.A.T. - Yeah, depending 'cause there is a. Oh we got our first middle boy. - [Man] dece/B.O.A.T. - Ooh, driving gloves. - Hmm.
- Hmm. I'm actually. Someone gave me driving gloves as a gift. I don't want to hurt their feelings. - Let's say driving gloves are a choice. You know what I'm saying? You're saying something
when you put those on. - If I'm feeling like Ryan
Gosling, every once in a while, which I probably do once every two months I might put on driving gloves. I have my driving gloves in my glove box. - Yeah, I think these are a solid thanks. - Yeah, for sure.
- Yeah, like ah thanks. - [Man] Thanks. - Donut Media gift card. - B.O.A.T. No, not really. I think like if you're a Donut
fan, this is pretty dece. - Oh yeah. - It shows that, and again, as being as unbiased as possible, I think it does show not only do they know that you like cars and like car videos, they know the kind of car
videos that you like to watch. - That's a dece, for sure.
- This is dece. - [Man] Dece. - Are these slippers? - [Man] Miata slippers. - Miata slippers. These are (James cackling). - Yeah, I'm not into that. - These are coal tier. These to me are the perfect
example of coal tier because now it's a burden. Now it's like, ah, I have these now. Now I have to move these
from apartment to apartment. - [Max] I thought they were cool. (men laughing) - Yeah, Max things it's a B.O.A.T. - Max thinks they're cool and I can see Max behind
the camera being like oh. And also, I'm over Miatas. - It sounds like in this case, Miata is not the answer, James. - Miata is not the answer. Do not get these. - [Man] Coal tier. - This is a universal socket. This is like an infomercial tool that your aunt or your mom
or somebody would get you. They don't know anything about cars. You're like, I have nice tools. But if it's in your glove
box and something breaks and you need a socket,
it's gonna save your life. - That's a solid thanks
for me on that one. 'Cause I would never buy that, but I'd also kind of
wanna see if they work. - Yeah. Yeah, this is a thanks. Throw it in the toolbox, whatever. It's cool.
- It's not the end of the world. - This thing could save your life one day. - Who knows?
- Thanks. - Gas station gift card. - Dece.
- Dece, for sure. - Definition of dece, straight up. Again, it's just like,
I think a gift card. I think what we're
finding, is pretty good. It's because you understand
your own limitations. - Are you putting that on top? - No, man, I'm not great at Photoshop. - First time, first time.
- Yeah. - [Man] Dece. - Lego car sets. This is the Lego Technic. Bugatti set, we have this thing. I think this is mad dece. - Yeah, mad dece to B.O.A.T., for me. - For you're a little grittier than I am. - Yeah, for sure. - Depending on what kind
of car it is for me. If they gave me like a Hachi-roku. - Oh yeah.
- One. I think that would be pretty B.O.A.T. That would be like
potentially my favorite gift. - There is one major drawback to these expensive Technic
sets which I really like. That one in particular
took us 16 hours to build. I'm not lying.
- That's with multiple people. - We had to do shifts around
the clock building that thing. It took forever. So if you hate somebody. - Also get them this.
- Also get them. - We actually hold the world record for world's fastest Lego Bugatti. We made a video about it. Check that out. I'll put a link in the description below. So what did we decide? - I'm gonna say dece. Top of the dece.
- Top of the dece. So not quite splitting B.O.A.T.,
but I'll put it up high. - [Man] Dece. - Car detailing supplies. - Okay. Let's put it in between thanks and dece. 'Cause I mean, detailing
supplies can be expensive and I would definitely
appreciate getting them, but I also have to do it myself. - Yeah, I also have to
then go detail my car or now I feel bad that I didn't detail it. - I think this is a great
gift for a teenage enthusiast who might be have their first car that they're really proud of. And this is something that
you could do with them. Like a family member could do with them. That's a fun time. - [Man] Dece/thanks. - Oh, ah, coal tier, boo. I hate this. I would not say blow me to anybody, much less everybody
everybody I see that day. You know what I mean? It's like walking down the street being like (beeping) you. (beeping) you. - You're walking into
me and it's like huh. - Walking through Target,
literally just spraying the area with like (beeping). I don't like a lot of cars shirts and this is one of the worst ones. Again, if you like it I
don't wanna offend you, but come on.
- Yeah. - Coal tier. - James, I got some ideas
for new merch coming up. - [Man] Coal tier. - This one and the next
one are suggested to us by our Discord. So this is a day of karting. I know that you and I are gonna have very
different opinions on this. You think it's probably
dece, close to B.O.A.T. - Uh-huh. - I would be upset if
someone gave me this. (man laughing) - I think that's a B.O.A.T. gift. - A B.O.A.T.?
- Yeah. Again, if you're going with someone if you wanna give them the gift of karting with a family member, I think
that's like an awesome day that you're gonna
remember for a long time. - Now if someone gave me
a go-kart, that's B.O.A.T. - That is B.O.A.T. - That's the best of all time. - Can we split the difference here, B.O.A.T./dece on this one? maybe lower B.O.A.T., higher dece. I don't know.
- I think it's dece. I think this is a dece. This is a good gift. This is a good gift for somebody. Not me. - [Man] Dece. - This next one is also from our Discord. This is from you guys. A track day. Some track time. - B.O.A.T., instant B.O.A.T.
- B.O.A.T. 100%. - No question.
- Agreed. I love driving cars 'cause I'm a grown up. I'm just kidding. Erikson's saying I love
karting his whole life. - B.O.A.T. gift.
- I think this 100% B.O.A.T. There's very few things that are more fun than driving your car on a track. If you haven't done it,
it's relatively easy to do. It's not super expensive. You should definitely do it. The feeling of going as fast as you can without worrying about getting in trouble is something everyone should experience. It is so fun, so fun. B.O.A.T. - [Man] B.O.A.T. By the way, we've been
talking about our Discord. If you want to learn
more about the Discord, hit the join button. Donut Underground. I don't know what this is. - [Man] That is a replica of
Dom Toretto's cross necklace. - This is a replica. This is a movie accurate replica of Dominic Toretto's cross. It's got the moving. It moves. It's got the hinge on the
bottom part of the cross 'cause you know (laughing),
'cause you know. Nolan.
- Yeah, why not? - One of the things about
the "Fast and Furious" movies that I'm always kind of surprised by is so the first movie
came out in what, 2001? - Yes. - And this was like kind
of a style for 2001. They stayed with this piece of jewelry. This piece of jewelry was
a defining characteristic for 20 years now. If someone gave me this cross necklace and it wasn't from the "Fast and Furious," therefore, making it a
hilarious gift, coal level. But because it is from the
"Fast and the Furious," and it is such a funny decision to keep it part of Vin
Diesel's costume for 20 years. I think this is between dece and B.O.A.T. - Dece and (Nolan laughing). - [Man] It's $15 by the way. - Oh okay, that's wack.
- 15 bucks, wack. I think it's between thanks and wack. But if someone got me one
from the movie, B.O.A.T. - [Man] Thanks/wack. - Is this a jump box? - [Man] Yeah, emergency battery jumper. - Ooh, thanks. - That's a.
- Thanks. - That is a thanks. - [Man] Thanks. - Dirt 5, B.O.A.T. B.O.A.T. Nolan and I are, is this any racing game or is this Dirt 5 specifically? - It was a Dirt 5.
- Dirt 5. - Dirt 5, B.O.A.T. The reviews are in baby. - It's a great game. - It's pretty good.
- It's really fun. - [Man] B.O.A.T. - Is this a geometra? - [Man] This one is just
a non-running project car. - Ooh, a non-running project car. Ooh, I mean this one could be B.O.A.T. and this one could be coal. - It really depends on what the car is.
- On the car. If someone gave Nolan a
non-running Plymouth Superbird. B.O.A.T. - I have never heard of anyone giving (James laughing drowns
out Nolan) car as a gift. - The logistics involved of giving someone a
non-running project car. - May there's like a 14 or
15-year-old kid in your family who's really into cars,
wants one of their own and you've got like a DSM eclipse in your backyard rotting away. That's a cool gift. - This one just broke the game. It could be anywhere
from B.O.A.T. to coal. - [Man] Coal to B.O.A.T. - The final gift, a drawing
of Max in front of his car. - B.O.A.T. - [Man] It's just like
artwork of the person's car. - Artwork of the person's car. I think this is mad dece.
- Mad dece. I think it follows the same principle as the car modeling one. A lot of time and work goes into art. - Yeah, aforethought. They thought of this gift months before they were gonna give it to you. They tracked someone down to do it. They communicated with that person. I think this is like healthy mad dece, going into B.O.A.T. territory. - Yeah, for sure. It might be the most
thoughtful gift on this list. - I think it is. I think that for that reason,
I might make it B.O.A.T. - I mean, it's not like you're ever gonna throw away that photo, that picture. I'm gonna say B.O.A.T as well. - [Man] B.O.A.T. - Oh, I did get you a gift. Combines two of your loves
muscle cars and off-roading. - I actually really like it. I mean, thanks. - Oh, that's not your whole gift. The rest is that you get to
keep your car at my house for another six months. - Yes! - There you go, Casey and I
got together and gave it to you 'cause we said six months
and it's been eight. (men laughing) Sounds big. - All right buddy, open your eyes. - Whoa, jumper cables. Thanks.
- You're welcome. - I can actually use these. They're long ones. Thanks. Hey, thanks man. Thank you guys so much
for watching this video and everything else on Donut. Make sure you hit that
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