The World of Exotic Cars: A Journey with the DDHQ Crew
As we stepped out of our vehicles and onto the driveway, it was clear that today was going to be an exciting day. The DDHQ crew had arrived back at their headquarters, eager to dive into some maintenance work on their fleet of exotic cars. With a mix of anticipation and skepticism, they prepared themselves for a long day of tinkering with throttle bodies, fine-tuning engines, and getting everything just right.
One of the first tasks was to address the issue of little things being out of whack. The crew knew that if these minor adjustments weren't made, it would impact the overall driving experience and the performance of the vehicles. With a collective nod, they got to work, their hands moving deftly as they worked on the intricate systems of their cars. As they tinkered, they chatted excitedly about the upcoming activities, from test drives to car shows.
As we made our way into the driveway, one of the crew members couldn't resist sharing a funny anecdote about the Mercedes-Benz 48 Winter Beater. The car's loud roar was music to his ears, and he regaled us with stories of its "beastly" performance at startup. Meanwhile, another member of the team was occupied with admiring the stunning looks of their Porsche 911 GT3, marveling at its sleek design and precise balance. It was clear that each car had its own unique charm, and the crew took great pride in showcasing them.
Next, they made their way to Dave's Squadron, where a fleet of high-performance cars awaited them. The Mercedes-Benz 48 Winter Beater stood out among the crowd, its massive size and striking appearance turning heads as it glided smoothly into place. As we caught up with the crew, they shared updates on various projects, from the upcoming release of new merchandise to their latest acquisition – a rare Porsche Carrera GT.
But what really had everyone abuzz was the possibility of swapping out one car for another: the Porsche 911 SVJ. The debate raged on, with some members of the team advocating for its impressive performance and distinctive sound. Others countered that it might not be worth the upgrade over the existing cars in their fleet. As we pondered this question, a new development emerged – the announcement of an upcoming Liberty Walk kit for the 488.
This latest addition to the DDHQ crew's arsenal promised to take their cars to the next level, with enhanced performance and style. With the arrival of the Vora Steiner parts, it was clear that these enthusiasts were committed to pushing the boundaries of what was possible behind the wheel. As we watched them work their magic on the 488, we couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement about the possibilities ahead.
But before they could fully indulge in this new project, the team had to make some time for their beloved Porsche Carrera GT. With its distinctive look and unmistakable sound, this car was sure to turn heads as it took center stage at an upcoming event. As we discussed the finer points of the GT's design, one member of the crew couldn't resist sharing a few humorous anecdotes about the car's quirks.
As the day drew to a close, the DDHQ team reflected on all that had transpired. From minor maintenance work to discussions about new acquisitions and upcoming projects, it was clear that this crew was passionate about their cars – and their community. With a nod of appreciation, they began to pack up their gear, already looking forward to their next adventure together.
Meanwhile, the members of the team couldn't help but share some news with their fans: a new merchandise drop had arrived, featuring exclusive designs inspired by their iconic cars. For those who wanted to show off their allegiance to the DDHQ crew, this was the perfect opportunity. And as they packed up their gear, one member of the team couldn't resist sharing an update on their plans for an upcoming video – one that promised to showcase the latest developments in their garage and the exciting projects on the horizon.
In a parting shot, the team invited everyone to join them on this journey, to experience the thrill of driving exotic cars and to be a part of the DDHQ crew. With a final farewell, they disappeared into the distance, leaving behind a legacy of passion, creativity, and a shared love for all things automotive.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engarage door opener there you are that's where i left you that's what i need what's up guys welcome back to another episode of daily driven exotics now i'm a little light on cars here in the ddhq and we're gonna solve that problem right now and we have our own personal chauffeur anthony what's going on back in the vlog what are you up to brother you know eat sleep gym tan laundry the whole nine yards oh gtl let's go and pick up one of the very special cars of daily driven exotics we gotta do a quick you know why because this car doesn't have snow tires and it's starting to snow so it's only a matter of time before bad things happen so when i just said that this car doesn't have snow tires let me clarify i don't mean anthony's porsche it has snow tires as most of you guys know i'm talking about the dd car we're about to go pick up and it's already a scary car to drive let alone in the snow without snow tires also we have some major updates you guys have been asking a lot of questions about things like where's the dd hummer what's the next update on the f12 what are you guys gonna do with the r34 gtr i have answers to all of those however i'm gonna give you a couple of things one at a time so you can really process this information because it might be a little while before we have another update starting with the hummer predator incorporated down in san diego has been diligently working with california motorsports kind of back and forth to getting that truck dialed in the hummer is painted it is that electric beam yellow from mercedes the 4x4 squared bright yellow and it's got a brand new black roof but instead of me talking about it well i'm sitting here anthony's car why don't you show you guys a few updates directly from ryan down at predator inc he was nice enough to do a few clips for us so check them out what's up damon today ryan wilson here from predatoring down in san diego we're reassembling the outside of the truck i wanted to give you a quick update on it and let you know what's going on couple surprises in order one of them is a psk which is a performance suspension kit that we designed for your truck specifically that day that you went airborne damon lobbed that thing like five feet in the air which you should not be doing with an h1 hummers not designed as a baja 1000 trophy truck so don't do that again but we do have a suspension kit coming out that's going to be on your truck prototype system has been fully tested and this is the actual first production kit that is going on to your truck or it's even offered to the public then it's going to your upholstery shop up north and then up to canada and we're back august luxury motorcars and they form a kerdi place we have oh new aston and we got mclaren man a lot of winter driven supercars here in kelowna now what's really cool about august is they are moving if you didn't know this is the end of an era here in august this building at 84 mccurdy place which we've always joked about the address i don't know how we're gonna do that but we're gonna have to go back and like the videos and like change the damn address this address will be no more this was the very first location that they started this whole luxury dealership or side of the august family business the whole august family was in three generations of selling cars but it all started with mazda flagship store if you will the mazda store here in kelowna and luxury cars was actually matt's idea and well it's been a huge success with the whole team with mike hall billionaire mike hall being the stores manager and then all the staff here have done a phenomenal job but it's time to move on to what they like to call v2 like uh car build right version two their new store is i'm telling you guys it's phenomenal it's insane and i can't wait to show it to you grand opening is in like three weeks wow february 1st so stay tuned for that you know it's a winter car when it comes to the tow hooking already we got a new vantage sitting out here it's mildly snowing we better go and collect the old car and put some heat in the engine and hit the road yeah you excited are you excited i'm super excited you guys excited you have any idea what the car is yet you know what the car is yeah of course let's go inside they're clearing it out end of an era look at this the cars are gone they have a crazy new setup so they're going triples which was what i was hoping to get in my garage due to waiting and i was impatient everything with manufacturing is behind so i didn't want to wait for triples in my garage they have a huge wall that's going to have like nine triples in a row nine triple zero freaking wall of cars 348 ts 308 and we have a tesserosa super og ferrari corner right here you know i don't even know what you call this design what would you call it what would you call that the door venturi door according to anthony they're called venturis very iconic this is way before they ever had any of that f1 technology so everything is a manual manual testarossa you got the manual 308 here the air of gated vehicles yeah dude simplicity simplicity triple pedal i mean this is as iconic as ferrari gets red on tan leather resale red to this day we got the sv and a classic coutosh man these are just these are pretty cars well speaking of murcielagos that's actually what we're here to pick up my murcielago we've been getting a few little things touched up on the car since i am not winter driving that car mine is a manual it's gated if you're new to the channel super rare billionaire my call you son of a how are you doing good buddy how are you i'm amazing say hi to everybody they miss you hey everybody i've been stuck in my little corner office here anyhow just wanted to say hi picking up the mercy taking it back to the ddhq yeah new throttle bodies oh there she is now we do have a couple more things to finish on this car one of them is the stereo so we have a new deck going in and i thought while we were at it why not put in some new speakers so at least it sounds half decent whoo what we did was we sent the throttle bodies away correct to be rebuilt cars now revving more freely what was holding it back like i don't understand you have to explain when we were actually physically watching the throttle bodies move they were all moving at different times they should all move at the same time so we've gone from an old analog throttle body to they've updated it to a digital basically modern day throttle body really you got some nice shiny throttle bodies made up on top crazy well i'm excited we fire it up listen to this thing yeah arguably one of the best sounding cars on the planet god this is all-time favorite cars in my collection it's the v12 first of all and then the fact that this is one of the manual cars it is the last manual v12 lamborghini ever sold other than a handful of svs sounds great i missed her well it sure looks good in here oh man i'm telling you there's nothing quite like the murcielago this car is so iconic as the sound of the engine even with the e-gear that everybody wants this is the money right here look at this it's all about the shifter in this one amazing right dude it's like it sounds different it's a symphony who knew right hey high-tech redneck high-tech redneck i love it go for a rip yes please yeah let's do it well you always have to drive a murcielago with no traction control it's such a sensitive system that if you don't bogs you down going in through corners this car will break loose real easy just like that no honestly it's a new car it's a new freaking car i always forget how epic this car is dude it really drives different now man i can feel i can hear it just on the rpms oh dude downshift this is why i bought the car yes it's crazy it's taken me two and a half years to get it put back together but it was in rough shape when i got it i mean this car sat for sale online for like a year and a bit and no one bought it even though people knew that this was a rare car so smooth all right here we go guys happy yeah it sounds sick hey hey yeah oh listen to it this is such a tall first gear that is 5000 rpm of 8 500 until redline it's half of the rpm line you're behind this car like not in the inside it is pure bliss it's mayhem this is daily driven we're driving emmanuel murcialago in winter in canada very few people would drive their car in these conditions back he is back and just look at the presence this car has this is the car so wide it's so low it's just it screams she is good i genuinely love this car it's amazing especially now that it's dialed in i can't even tell you how out of sorts this car was from the day that i bought it and i bought it sight unseen out of florida no idea what i was getting into but i felt it was a good deal if the car was at least mechanically running which they assured me it was and it was it just had a lot of things little things to fix to get these cars dialed in because if they're not dialed in and little things are out of whack like throttle bodies and stuff like that what a difference it makes in the driving of the vehicle and the experience for the driver now listen to this listen to it oh yeah and this thing shoots real fireballs sounded like i just shot one a second ago you can kind of hear this little woof sound all right guys we have officially arrived back at the ddhq i gotta get 48 winter beaters off the lift a bit of a cold start on the 488 yeah think about it that's the cars and his house is right on the other side right on the other side of this fence don't tell him be very very quiet this thing's so loud too once it idles down it's fine but in the beginning this thing's a beast give him the cold start on the 48 winter beater this thing's extremely loud i'm excited to see the mercy by the way up here next to dave's squadron which we have in a matching fierce fuchsia so it's gonna look really good i'm actually curious to see how much of the track the tire takes up oh yeah because out of all the cars until the 48's wide bodied this is the widest car we have like hands down the mercy's the widest widest son of a in the fleet like look at this thing total balbony on this and hang out the side and this thing's not easy to back up because it's a big wedge wow this thing is wide how sick does that look we've got the murcielago finally back at home with the squadron this is the anti-collector collector club right here what collector cars we do own we are anti-collector because we do drive them and we even drove them in the snow it was snowing we went to pick them up and there's still snow on the ground so let's throw this away into the ddhq you guys i'm super stoked we do have other cars that we want to get now i know we've talked about the svj but hold on let's pump the brakes what if i bought a carrera gt instead arguably the best sounding v10 on the planet manual gearbox and it would be the first porsche other than mad whips that we've officially bought and brought to the channel would you like to see a straight piped carrera gt over an svj i want to know comment below a lot of people have been asking where can i pick up the ysob merch well you son of a listen up it's at ysob.com there is a link in description and we have some new dde merch coming out that happens to go with the theme of the aperta if you like it bright and you want to stand out pick some of the merch up you're dropping it in the next couple of weeks if you want the classic tri-color merch it is at shopdd.com oh another update full liberty walk kit for the 488 has shown up it's a fast track the vora steiner parts are being delivered to my house in the next day or two so i'm going to have the vor shiner kit here i have the gt3 wing we gotta make a trip to vancouver and deliver everything the fast track it won't be long like the next month or two can go by really quick and then before you know it we're gonna be building a wide body 488 tire slayer all over again recreating my infamous 458 from back in the day and very few people are gonna remember that car because most of you the 2.7 million people that have subscribed since that car vanished from the channel only about 50 000 subs at the time you know you know your og your og this is fun it's ridiculous looking but what we really want is we want a wide body juicy big gt3 wing monster on the channel we do have to choose what wheel we're gonna go with is that like the only thing that's outstanding it is the only outstanding thing the wrap has even been decided anthony it has it is the og wrap with a twist no twist okay guys smash the subscribe button join the dvd fam we'll have to put the aperta in the garage for now until we get an official date that we can bring it down to texas i don't know texas and california can have a battle we have a few more tweaks with the 720 you'll see that in the future vlog i'll see you guys in the next one peace i'm gonna hold this and we'll get everybody to actually can you just fire it up for me sure i don't need to be the one that fires up a hole i'll hold the camera well we'll let the professionals work here right professional driver professional talkergarage door opener there you are that's where i left you that's what i need what's up guys welcome back to another episode of daily driven exotics now i'm a little light on cars here in the ddhq and we're gonna solve that problem right now and we have our own personal chauffeur anthony what's going on back in the vlog what are you up to brother you know eat sleep gym tan laundry the whole nine yards oh gtl let's go and pick up one of the very special cars of daily driven exotics we gotta do a quick you know why because this car doesn't have snow tires and it's starting to snow so it's only a matter of time before bad things happen so when i just said that this car doesn't have snow tires let me clarify i don't mean anthony's porsche it has snow tires as most of you guys know i'm talking about the dd car we're about to go pick up and it's already a scary car to drive let alone in the snow without snow tires also we have some major updates you guys have been asking a lot of questions about things like where's the dd hummer what's the next update on the f12 what are you guys gonna do with the r34 gtr i have answers to all of those however i'm gonna give you a couple of things one at a time so you can really process this information because it might be a little while before we have another update starting with the hummer predator incorporated down in san diego has been diligently working with california motorsports kind of back and forth to getting that truck dialed in the hummer is painted it is that electric beam yellow from mercedes the 4x4 squared bright yellow and it's got a brand new black roof but instead of me talking about it well i'm sitting here anthony's car why don't you show you guys a few updates directly from ryan down at predator inc he was nice enough to do a few clips for us so check them out what's up damon today ryan wilson here from predatoring down in san diego we're reassembling the outside of the truck i wanted to give you a quick update on it and let you know what's going on couple surprises in order one of them is a psk which is a performance suspension kit that we designed for your truck specifically that day that you went airborne damon lobbed that thing like five feet in the air which you should not be doing with an h1 hummers not designed as a baja 1000 trophy truck so don't do that again but we do have a suspension kit coming out that's going to be on your truck prototype system has been fully tested and this is the actual first production kit that is going on to your truck or it's even offered to the public then it's going to your upholstery shop up north and then up to canada and we're back august luxury motorcars and they form a kerdi place we have oh new aston and we got mclaren man a lot of winter driven supercars here in kelowna now what's really cool about august is they are moving if you didn't know this is the end of an era here in august this building at 84 mccurdy place which we've always joked about the address i don't know how we're gonna do that but we're gonna have to go back and like the videos and like change the damn address this address will be no more this was the very first location that they started this whole luxury dealership or side of the august family business the whole august family was in three generations of selling cars but it all started with mazda flagship store if you will the mazda store here in kelowna and luxury cars was actually matt's idea and well it's been a huge success with the whole team with mike hall billionaire mike hall being the stores manager and then all the staff here have done a phenomenal job but it's time to move on to what they like to call v2 like uh car build right version two their new store is i'm telling you guys it's phenomenal it's insane and i can't wait to show it to you grand opening is in like three weeks wow february 1st so stay tuned for that you know it's a winter car when it comes to the tow hooking already we got a new vantage sitting out here it's mildly snowing we better go and collect the old car and put some heat in the engine and hit the road yeah you excited are you excited i'm super excited you guys excited you have any idea what the car is yet you know what the car is yeah of course let's go inside they're clearing it out end of an era look at this the cars are gone they have a crazy new setup so they're going triples which was what i was hoping to get in my garage due to waiting and i was impatient everything with manufacturing is behind so i didn't want to wait for triples in my garage they have a huge wall that's going to have like nine triples in a row nine triple zero freaking wall of cars 348 ts 308 and we have a tesserosa super og ferrari corner right here you know i don't even know what you call this design what would you call it what would you call that the door venturi door according to anthony they're called venturis very iconic this is way before they ever had any of that f1 technology so everything is a manual manual testarossa you got the manual 308 here the air of gated vehicles yeah dude simplicity simplicity triple pedal i mean this is as iconic as ferrari gets red on tan leather resale red to this day we got the sv and a classic coutosh man these are just these are pretty cars well speaking of murcielagos that's actually what we're here to pick up my murcielago we've been getting a few little things touched up on the car since i am not winter driving that car mine is a manual it's gated if you're new to the channel super rare billionaire my call you son of a how are you doing good buddy how are you i'm amazing say hi to everybody they miss you hey everybody i've been stuck in my little corner office here anyhow just wanted to say hi picking up the mercy taking it back to the ddhq yeah new throttle bodies oh there she is now we do have a couple more things to finish on this car one of them is the stereo so we have a new deck going in and i thought while we were at it why not put in some new speakers so at least it sounds half decent whoo what we did was we sent the throttle bodies away correct to be rebuilt cars now revving more freely what was holding it back like i don't understand you have to explain when we were actually physically watching the throttle bodies move they were all moving at different times they should all move at the same time so we've gone from an old analog throttle body to they've updated it to a digital basically modern day throttle body really you got some nice shiny throttle bodies made up on top crazy well i'm excited we fire it up listen to this thing yeah arguably one of the best sounding cars on the planet god this is all-time favorite cars in my collection it's the v12 first of all and then the fact that this is one of the manual cars it is the last manual v12 lamborghini ever sold other than a handful of svs sounds great i missed her well it sure looks good in here oh man i'm telling you there's nothing quite like the murcielago this car is so iconic as the sound of the engine even with the e-gear that everybody wants this is the money right here look at this it's all about the shifter in this one amazing right dude it's like it sounds different it's a symphony who knew right hey high-tech redneck high-tech redneck i love it go for a rip yes please yeah let's do it well you always have to drive a murcielago with no traction control it's such a sensitive system that if you don't bogs you down going in through corners this car will break loose real easy just like that no honestly it's a new car it's a new freaking car i always forget how epic this car is dude it really drives different now man i can feel i can hear it just on the rpms oh dude downshift this is why i bought the car yes it's crazy it's taken me two and a half years to get it put back together but it was in rough shape when i got it i mean this car sat for sale online for like a year and a bit and no one bought it even though people knew that this was a rare car so smooth all right here we go guys happy yeah it sounds sick hey hey yeah oh listen to it this is such a tall first gear that is 5000 rpm of 8 500 until redline it's half of the rpm line you're behind this car like not in the inside it is pure bliss it's mayhem this is daily driven we're driving emmanuel murcialago in winter in canada very few people would drive their car in these conditions back he is back and just look at the presence this car has this is the car so wide it's so low it's just it screams she is good i genuinely love this car it's amazing especially now that it's dialed in i can't even tell you how out of sorts this car was from the day that i bought it and i bought it sight unseen out of florida no idea what i was getting into but i felt it was a good deal if the car was at least mechanically running which they assured me it was and it was it just had a lot of things little things to fix to get these cars dialed in because if they're not dialed in and little things are out of whack like throttle bodies and stuff like that what a difference it makes in the driving of the vehicle and the experience for the driver now listen to this listen to it oh yeah and this thing shoots real fireballs sounded like i just shot one a second ago you can kind of hear this little woof sound all right guys we have officially arrived back at the ddhq i gotta get 48 winter beaters off the lift a bit of a cold start on the 488 yeah think about it that's the cars and his house is right on the other side right on the other side of this fence don't tell him be very very quiet this thing's so loud too once it idles down it's fine but in the beginning this thing's a beast give him the cold start on the 48 winter beater this thing's extremely loud i'm excited to see the mercy by the way up here next to dave's squadron which we have in a matching fierce fuchsia so it's gonna look really good i'm actually curious to see how much of the track the tire takes up oh yeah because out of all the cars until the 48's wide bodied this is the widest car we have like hands down the mercy's the widest widest son of a in the fleet like look at this thing total balbony on this and hang out the side and this thing's not easy to back up because it's a big wedge wow this thing is wide how sick does that look we've got the murcielago finally back at home with the squadron this is the anti-collector collector club right here what collector cars we do own we are anti-collector because we do drive them and we even drove them in the snow it was snowing we went to pick them up and there's still snow on the ground so let's throw this away into the ddhq you guys i'm super stoked we do have other cars that we want to get now i know we've talked about the svj but hold on let's pump the brakes what if i bought a carrera gt instead arguably the best sounding v10 on the planet manual gearbox and it would be the first porsche other than mad whips that we've officially bought and brought to the channel would you like to see a straight piped carrera gt over an svj i want to know comment below a lot of people have been asking where can i pick up the ysob merch well you son of a listen up it's at ysob.com there is a link in description and we have some new dde merch coming out that happens to go with the theme of the aperta if you like it bright and you want to stand out pick some of the merch up you're dropping it in the next couple of weeks if you want the classic tri-color merch it is at shopdd.com oh another update full liberty walk kit for the 488 has shown up it's a fast track the vora steiner parts are being delivered to my house in the next day or two so i'm going to have the vor shiner kit here i have the gt3 wing we gotta make a trip to vancouver and deliver everything the fast track it won't be long like the next month or two can go by really quick and then before you know it we're gonna be building a wide body 488 tire slayer all over again recreating my infamous 458 from back in the day and very few people are gonna remember that car because most of you the 2.7 million people that have subscribed since that car vanished from the channel only about 50 000 subs at the time you know you know your og your og this is fun it's ridiculous looking but what we really want is we want a wide body juicy big gt3 wing monster on the channel we do have to choose what wheel we're gonna go with is that like the only thing that's outstanding it is the only outstanding thing the wrap has even been decided anthony it has it is the og wrap with a twist no twist okay guys smash the subscribe button join the dvd fam we'll have to put the aperta in the garage for now until we get an official date that we can bring it down to texas i don't know texas and california can have a battle we have a few more tweaks with the 720 you'll see that in the future vlog i'll see you guys in the next one peace i'm gonna hold this and we'll get everybody to actually can you just fire it up for me sure i don't need to be the one that fires up a hole i'll hold the camera well we'll let the professionals work here right professional driver professional talker\n"