Homeless to Buying A $1,000,000 Buggati Veyron.
With the development of science and technology, the cars have already become one of the important components of our life gradually. But too many cars can cause a lot of problems. Well, not for these guy. Here’s a story of a guy who made a career buying several Cars and doing crazy stuff with it to entertain us every single Day. If you’re a car enthusiast or lets say you love cars, you might have came across this man on YouTube named James Neese or as we all know him as THE STRADMAN which he named his Channel after his fvaourite sportscar Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale.
People know him as the person who owns cars worth Millions but what they don’t know is what he went through to build his multi-million dollar empire.
James started his YouTube Channel back in 2012 while he was working at a 5-star resort in Park City,Utah where he was getting paid by $17 an hour which was actually pretty good. However he found out that his colleague who was not even able to finish a single job was getting paid more than him. So he went to his boss to get a raise. Well, that didn’t en up well and two weeks later he had no job and he had no money to pay his rent, coverup his expenses and had to move out from his apartment. He was homeless and had no idea what to do, which direction to go and that’s when he decided to pursue Youtube fulltime.
He moved to Beverly Hills and he used to walk 12 hours a day every single day just to film rare supercars and at the night, he was sleeping in his 2002 Audi TT. Not having a place to live, place to sleep, place to shower triggered him into making more videos. He started making daily content. Making $5 a day, he was not able to afford McDonald’s where his Audi was parked daily. He would go to grocery store and get Bread and Peanut Butter. But he would use the McDonald’s Wi-fi to upload his YouTube Videos daily.
One such day, while leaving McDonald’s, his Audi was not able to start. After multiple attempts to start it , the car broke down. The car needed a Fuel Pump. The Audi dealership told him the price of new Fuel Pump which was $1200. Having less than a $1000 in bank account, it seemed impossible for him to get a new Fuel Pump. His Parents Offered to pay for his fuel pump but he refused. He lived in his dead Audi for more than 50 days before his new Fuel Pump arrived. And the feeling when the car starts after 2 months cannot be expressed in word.
He packed his stuff and moved to his home town Bend,Oregon where he got another job in a fancy resort getting paid $14 an hour. He kind of hated the job and ended up leaving it too. In 2014, he met Nick, The Burlacher who gave him a job. Now he was getting paid $50k a year. But he still maintained the cheap lifestyle which helped him save a lot of money and in 2015, he bought a 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo as an investment in his YouTube channel.
Yes, you read it right. Instead of buying a house he ended up getting a Lamborghini. His family and friends didn’t support his decision and were constantly telling him to sell the car. As he spent his all money buying the car, he didn’t had enough money to afford a hotel room on the way back. He camped outside a walmart in $24 tent.
And few months after buying the Lamborghini, his company went Bankrupt. After failing for first time of his dream to pursue YouTube fulltime, he decided to give it one more try. And the rest is history. He now owns cars worth more than a million — Lamborghini Aventador, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ford GT, Ford Raptor, Ferrari 458,Ferrari 430 challenge car, Toyota Supra, Ford Focus RS, Jeep Gladiator, Mclaren 570s and on 30th August 2020, he took delivery of his 2008 BUGGATI VEYRON.
One of his biggest achievements was when his beloved Toyota Supra, was featured on Centre Stage SEMA, which is one of the biggest Car Show in the world and where he used to go film other people’s cars.
Let’s take a recap. He lived in his Dead Audi TT for 2 months making $5 a day and he owns cars worth $2 million. For Your Information, he still does not own a house. He still wears a $9 short and doesn't wear or buy anything expensive. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his freind Nick. He is under process of building his dream house with a garage that can fit atleast 15–20 cars.
He does crazy stuff with his cars like doing cross country trips, putting ski box on supercars, off-roading supercars like Audi R8, Putiing Flame throwers on cars which now spit flames Like nothing other, Putting widebody kits on his supercars and many other.
James, if you’re reading this, you have inspired me as well as millions of people. Keep up the good work and keep inspiring people to do better every single day.
Link to James YT Channel — www.youtube.com/thestradman
Link to James Instagram — www.instagram.com/thestradman
