I remember seeing a T-shirt that would offend the Corvette crowd. It said "Corvettes make the best parts cars."

Any Chevrolet parts, as soon as "Corvette" is attached to it in the description, doubles in price.

I suspect he knew what he was getting and felt it would make for a great video. I'm sure he's made more than enough money to cover his "loss" from the Youtube income. If you ever watched Hoovies Garage you'd see the same tactic. Tylor buys the worst of the worst, takes a huge loss on the repairs but gets a million views. I know of some content creators making $50k for more a week on videos. Tyler just bought a Bugatti Veyron for several hundred thousand dollars and thanked his viewers for the income that allowed him to buy it.