I don't think Scottie understands "B". He refers to it as a "Battery Setting". Still a pretty glowing review for a dyed in the wool gear head. So it shows evolution. This is a guy that starts most of his older segments with the sound bite of a engine loudly revving. So Scottie gravitating over to any level of acceptance of a Hybrid I think is significant.
Scotty Kilmer is loud, abrasive, and hyper, but he's an honest and smart mechanic. I'm not bothered that a non-hybrid driver doesn't know what "B" means, but I'm worried by his blowing the stop sign at 8:25.
Have to admit that I am having no problem accepting the CVT in the Prius, but then the Prius's entire drivetrain is something people expect to be different.
Mambo: I agree. I hated the CVT when I first owned one, 2007 Camry Hybrid...OMG...felt like an underpowered, poorly propped outboard, engine screaming from a full stop, no forward momentum, until it got up "on plane". Then, indeed, the softly sprung Camry would wallow and porpoise. HATED that car for 26 k miles (not just because of the color my wife picked...Jasper Pearl Green...) I adjusted to the CVT in the 2014 Avalon Hybrid, and don't even notice it in our Prii...
The constant "edit drops" as you call it is becoming (or is already) very popular on youtube videos and in general TV and movies. I remember taking a class and the professor said if you time how long a typical TV show stays on one scene/picture, it's alot shorter than it used to...maybe just a few seconds before they cut to a different shot. Same with youtube videos. If you watch closely, you'll see some of the more popular or "professional" looking videos where they will change shots, even just very slightly with just a zoom in or zoom out...and then the cut goes to also a new audio segment...so that it doesn't sound like the speaker is droning on and on and on like a regular conversation. It certainly keeps peoples' attention more and I think it's a well-known tactic to help keep peoples' attention in today's massive distracting media environment. Looks like the arm flailing is just his way of talking, lol
I stopped regularly watching the youtube channels that started using the method. It was attention-getting when nobody was doing it, but close/far/close/far immediate edits seem like the work of amateurs, perhaps recent college graduates with two- or four-year degrees. In the grand scheme of things, it fast became a turn-off as too many are using it now.
You really want to see how it's done... go back to a classic episode of "This Old House" and feast your eyes. The crew on that show was constantly pressured to hit their marks and timing so perfectly that nearly no editing was required to finish it. The director aimed to have four cuts during the entire half-hour show. That's right, just four edits beyond what was required for air formatting. Now it's cheap to run a second camera for a B angle, cut to it for a pull up and keep going as if that's a valuable edit with sufficient cover. Ugh.
