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?
Top Gear and Grand Tour. Only the top gear with the 3 old British Men
I like ‘stay tuned’ on youtube for some decently in depth stuff modification stuff, they do some mild and some truly wild shit and do a good job showing you the ins and outs of how things work and the little stuff that can hang you up along the way.
Any of the engine rebuild shows.
M539 restorations, BMW only but by far the best channel I’ve found for methodically working on cars.
All these guys are on YouTube: Smeedia, Mighty Car Mods, DriveTribe, TheTopher (Car Reviews)
Engineering Explained isn’t a project channel, but he does go very in depth to explain some complex topics around the engineering of cars: https://youtube.com/@EngineeringExplained
This is exactly why I try to be informative, while not being a bore on my own channel.
I have a ridiculous amount of knowledge in my little niche market (Hondas), and have been in the automotive industry for well over a decade working on all sorts of cool stuff.
Making videos has been a great creative way to share my knowledge with those that want to watch.
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.
Sarah-n-Tuned and Rob Dahm.
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.
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.
Depends on what you’re into. Roadkill is awesome and everything under the motor trend tree. Especially Hot rod garage!
Sarah-n-Tuned is great at explaining what she’s doing and why-and her offbeat humor just…works.
Vice Grip Garage is pretty good. Just check it out.
I was going to say M539 but that was already covered =)
South Main Auto Repair
Rainman Ray’s repairs
Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics
Car Care NutSouth Main Auto Repair
Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics
Had to look way to long to find these one on here. Both really good at explaining the diagnostics and fixing of things.