My biggest pet peeve with alot of these car shows is that they show the process, and then skip right to finished, which taking the time to complain about issues they experienced, only to cut to the finished product anyways. Are there any car shows that actually go through the steps of teaching you how somethings done? Even just one thing per episode. I could sit there and watch tutorial after tutorial, but I don’t know what I don’t know. So watching someone else work on something and learning from them while also being entertained would be a great way to kill a Saturday. Any recommendations?
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Roadkill!
Ratchets And Wrenches is a DAMN GOOD DIY repair channel and IMHO, a very overlooked auto repair youtuber. He only has 1M subs. Check em out.
Iirc, grind hard plumbing co shows you a lot. They don’t really do cars, more just cool shit, but it’s the same genre of stuff I guess.
Ive been enjoying legitstreetcars for a while.
Sarahntuned shows the entire process of all her builds (even the boring stuff like body work, fabrication and mistakes). No flash cuts from start to end product. Full restoration/engine swap etc, on multiple cars on the channel.
Sarah-n-Tuned is great at explaining what she’s doing and why-and her offbeat humor just…works.
I personally like to watch Dylan McCool, Junkyard Digs, and Pole Barn Garage to name a few. They have a few small skips to save time, but they do explain their process a lot as they work. Compared to some other YouTubers I’ve seen out there, they’re pretty down to earth and they like to keep things to a budget instead of going all crazy.
Other than the practical, mechanical stuff. The ones that teach some amazing and detailed theory related things are Engineering Explained and Driving 4 Answers
Depends on what you’re into. Roadkill is awesome and everything under the motor trend tree. Especially Hot rod garage!
Any of the engine rebuild shows.
MotorWeek!
Tofu Auto Works is one I personally love, but it’s mostly bodywork and cosmetics iirc fwiw (custom fastback hardtop, decklid spoiler, widebody, etc NA Miata).
Google “Cyberpunk Miata” to see the end result; guy does it all himself in a garage. Very relatable, and easy to follow the process.
“I Do Cars” on Youtube tears down an engine every Saturday night. It’s a good way to see what actually blows engines up, which is almost always user inflicted really.
For modding and repair, I have yet to find a “youtube star” style channel I like, but I have found random build videos that actually explain a decent amount. Most of the time I’m looking to do something to my own car and search for a video of someone else doing the same thing.
Not mechanical/“car guy” knowledge but Regular Car Reviews is my favorite YouTube channel, Brian is more focused on history and philosophy rather than pure wrenching porn
I haven’t watched any of their long form content but actually stopped watching the short form reviews because I started noticing some mistakes in their videos about cars I actually knew something about… they make lots of generalizations about who buys a car new, why it sold well/poorly, what people initially used the car for, and so on. When those generalizations aren’t accurate, what’s the point of watching the rest of the video?
I have no doubt that their long form content is much better researched, but if someone’s actually looking to learn something about a specific car (because really, that’s what RCR seems to be all about), I would look elsewhere. Probably a buyer’s guide or something very vehicle specific.
Vice Grip Garage is pretty good. Just check it out.