Viktor G update

Hey guys, my apologies to the many people who have been trying to contact me though the forum.
I haven't been around much lately and my inbox is full of messages that I have not responded to.
A lot of personal stuff going on which has had me very preoccupied to a point where I did not have any time or energy to stay on top of anything Tundra related.
I still have the race truck and the off-road truck in my driveway, but only drove the race truck a few times this year and never made the 400 mile round trip to the drag strip.
The latest thing to happen is earlier this year I quit my job at the dealership after 17 years of working there to pursue a new career.
It appears that my former manager (who was one of the biggest reasons I decided to leave my job), being a vindictive little man that he is, launched a trademark violation complaint against me with YouTube, which resulted in my channel and all the Tundra videos I had on there being removed.
Unfortunately, I did not have a back up for most of the videos, so they are gone forever.
I am hosting a new channel where I re-uploaded some of the Tundra videos I still had on my phone, making sure to blur out and erase any references to my former employer from them.
I will try to get back into making more Tundra content later this year, once the dust settles and I have more time/money to play with the truck.
In the meanwhile, here is the link to the new channel, stay tuned for more Tundra performance videos in the future, fingers crossed

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzcVoPfVl9fkR9qASproKCA

If anyone on here happened to save any of my old videos, I would really appreciate it if you could send them to me. I will see if I can edit them to remove any mention of my former employer out of them and re-upload them on my new channel. Thanks!

 

Glad to see you back and making the content. We appreciate the pioneering you provide for the community brother!

 

Thank you for the kind words!

 

Just hate to hear that someone would do that to you!!! SCREW HIM!!!! hate to hear that you left your job.
Hope things settle down and everything works out for you. Life is too short for all that BS! Wishing you and your family all the best. Nice to see that you are alive and still around.

You were and are a provider of much good information!

 

Glad you are back and best of luck in your new career.

 

Definitely glad that you're back, man! Thanks for so much. Best of luck, although I don't think you'll need it, you got this. Take care of you and yours.

 

That really blows and since YouTube is owned by Google it is a shame but Google should not be in business in my opinion. That is a lot of valuable video, have you read the agreements from YouTube? Just wondering if you can request the videos you own but not get the channel restored. The channel is a loss and that is a shame but the videos should be restored to owner if requested. Man that really sucks and I am sorry people have to be like that but it is everywhere.

F*$k the little man!!!

 

Sorry you have to deal with that shit, hope the fleas of 1000 camels invade the old boss's body.

Glad to have you back!

 

@ViktorG you may still be able to recover the videos!

4. You won’t be able to play the video directly, but you should be able to download it. Right, click the video to find the option to download the video.

https://filmora.wondershare.com/you...ideos.html#:~:text=Head over to the archive,4.

 

Hey @ViktorG , good luck on your new endeavor! Haven't been around since 2015 from the other forum. Saw you on here and joined up.
Mike

 

Viktor!! Glad you are still alive! Sounds like you’ve been having… fun… (no, not really, but sarcasm comes naturally). I have sooooo many tundra questions…. But I’ll refrain. For a while.

Good to see you alive a kicking!

 

Welcome back,when one door closes another will open up best of luck with your new endeavor

 

Thanks for all the support guys!

 

Hi Mike, it has been years since I have seen you around!
The old forum pretty much died, so I joined here in 2019, it is way more active.
Do you still have your Tundra?

 

Thank you for the suggestion!
I tried it, but unfortunately none of the videos were archived there

 

Love it!

 

Definitely miss your videos! Employers certainly can become more trouble than they are worth, and hopefully you'll have a better life all the way around without all the nonsense holding you back. Good luck with your new endeavors!

 

I still have the 2007. When I replaced my engine I didn't realize I reinstalled the asp overdrive crank pulley. Been driving it for 8 years that way. I never ran the Bullydog SC program though. Tuning has come a long way. Upgrading my fuel system this week minus injectors for now.
Will have to look into the hp tunes!
Will keep an eye out for your updates...

 

If anyone on here happened to save any of my old videos, I would really appreciate it if you could send them to me. I will see if I can edit them to remove any mention of my former employer out of them and re-upload them on my new channel. Thanks!

 

Really wish I would have, man I hate hearing about this type of shit. I wish you the best in recovering "YOUR" valuable information. That really seems criminal to me

 

Amazing news!
A gentleman reached out to me last night and he had all of my 300+ videos saved.
I was able to download them and will start the process of editing them in the coming weeks to remove any trademark references out of them.
After that, I will upload them to my new channel.
Thank you everyone for the support, I really appreciate it!

 

Dude!

I continue to cast well wishes in your general direction.

 

Amazing! I know I'm not the only one who referenced them a lot during my planning. Thanks goes to you and the gentleman who saved all the vids!

 

That's great news!

 

^^^^ that’s great news!!! good score!

 

That is amazing news! Thank god for the man with a plan who downloaded all of them. Again…

F the little man!!!

 

Good to hear from you Viktor! Thanks for all you have done for this community.

 

That's crazy. WHY would your boss give two rips about you posting POSITIVE information for the brand they service and sell? I've heard it all now.

As for your videos: Excellent! I even referenced one of your RX350 videos as I needed to change the diff fluid on the wife's car. Also REALLY liked your fuel line upgrade video. Much more common sense (and affordable!) than the aftermarket rail kit I saw for the truck (and like most cars I've upgraded over the years it's usually not the fuel rail that's the restriction).

Keep up the good fight, perhaps pursue the YouTube "career" further. There is potential for real income there!

 

Viktor, I've said it before and I'll say it again. Your videos are top notch quality and I've learned so much from them. Thanks for all your hard work. Glad to hear they're not all lost.

p.s. my truck has a bad front wheel bearing and I found some threads this weekend with a video linked that was "unavailable". Of course everyone was raving about the quality, etc. Turns out the vid was yours, naturally.