What's your favourite car related YouTube channel?

[thecrim22]

Twin engined corsa also features some different cars, he’s a bit shouty but tolerable.

Only just found him the other day building the adam but yeah dont think i could watch much of him

 

[PerthRS]

I find it all super interesting to be honest, especially as someone that's trying to grow their own channel. It's a bloody hard slog if you try to start from scratch, and it requires a huge amount of luck in some respects. I've got some videos that have got 20+k views, but some still only get 200. It's nuts. However, if you have connections and can get endorsements and collaborations from the right people, it can make a huge difference. I can see Fernie doing alright to be honest. He's got plenty of subscribers already, and you only have to look at some of the people that have commented on the video above to see that he is well-supported behind the scenes. He'll do some collaborations with AutoAlex, TDC, Ben Collins etc, and that will likely give him the kick start he needs to make a go of it.

It's a shame that's how it works, as it means some pretty average creators get good opportunities just because they know the right people, which allows them to grow fast. Take Ben Collins as one. He is a good driver, but a deeply, deeply average content creator, who just gets opportunities because of his name and past, while there are a lot of really talented people out there that have to spend years trying to build up a following, just because they don't have connections and are purely at the mercy of the algorithm.

You make interesting points there.
I personally don't do youtube. But a good mate of mine does. He doesn't do car content. Far from it. But he was lucky enough to fall on a niche that was unique to himself and his channel. Gets ~200k-500k views per vid. With his highest grossing close to 2mil.
Even before he started ~2-3years ago. I always said he should give it a go because he's always had the knack for it.
He just needs to upload more. Easily could make a career out of it. And unlike car content, his stuff has a super low upfront cost. It's just time recording and editing. Which he does himself.

But there are some seriously talented people out there that are pending to be noticed and get the attention they rightly deserve.
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In regards to car content. If I had to choose out of the old Carthrottle bunch. TDC gets it. Even if it's on the more repetitive side.
My top British based content. It's the LateBrakeShow with the barn finds and hearing the owners stories. Along with Harry's Garage, whatever Henry Catchpole does, and Bad Obsession Motorsport.
In terms of north America based channels (there are alot). Hagerty is up there. Along with Throttle House. Enjoying Build It Yourself with the v10 Lincoln. Time will tell how they go once that project is done.
Aus/NZ based channels. Obviously there is the OG (MCM). But they're getting long in the tooth. Couldn't be bothered watching their recent Hilux series. High Performance Academy is super informative if that's your taste.

 

[McGherkin]

Just sounds like he REALLY wants a job on Top Gear so bad that he's willing to emulate Jeremy himself.

Don't watch much JayEmm. I don't dislike him particularly, but I do think he fancies himself as a bit of a Top Gear type.

He publicly says he tries to be like earlier Clarkson (before TG got daft), so that’s not really a surprise?

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

You make interesting points there.
I personally don't do youtube. But a good mate of mine does. He doesn't do car content. Far from it. But he was lucky enough to fall on a niche that was unique to himself and his channel. Gets ~200k-500k views per vid. With his highest grossing close to 2mil.
Even before he started ~2-3years ago. I always said he should give it a go because he's always had the knack for it.
He just needs to upload more. Easily could make a career out of it. And unlike car content, his stuff has a super low upfront cost. It's just time recording and editing. Which he does himself.

But there are some seriously talented people out there that are pending to be noticed and get the attention they rightly deserve.
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In regards to car content. If I had to choose out of the old Carthrottle bunch. TDC gets it. Even if it's on the more repetitive side.
My top British based content. It's the LateBrakeShow with the barn finds and hearing the owners stories. Along with Harry's Garage, whatever Henry Catchpole does, and Bad Obsession Motorsport.
In terms of north America based channels (there are alot). Hagerty is up there. Along with Throttle House. Enjoying Build It Yourself with the v10 Lincoln. Time will tell how they go once that project is done.
Aus/NZ based channels. Obviously there is the OG (MCM). But they're getting long in the tooth. Couldn't be bothered watching their recent Hilux series. High Performance Academy is super informative if that's your taste.

I think car content is just about one of the worst things you can do in reality, unless you're just commenting on news and stuff. Someone I went to college with reviews camera equipment and has just under 1m subs now, so has done pretty well out of it, so it's definitely possible to make a living, though I think it's becoming more and more difficult with time.

It blows my mind what some people do though. My missus watches a lot of TikTok and there are loads of people on there that do nothing but sit in the car eating fast food, or applying makeup, and they making an absolute killing from it. It's nuts.

He publicly says he tries to be like earlier Clarkson (before TG got daft), so that’s not really a surprise?

I mean that's fine if it's what he wants, but it's also a bit sad in a way. I'm all for authenticity when it comes to people making content, so I'd rather he just tried to be himself.

 

[mace¬]

I like this bloke.

R3 - Ryan's Road To Rally

I've got one year to go from rally fan playing on my kids Playstation, to competitive IRL rally racer in a national series. Lets see if unreasonable amounts of confidence and a finely-tuned sim rig can make this happen. #simracing #rally

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[cat171]

Surely the buy cheap car add standard free parts and then finish, has a limited life span?
I can’t stand that Hamster faced bell whiff Rory and refuse to watch anything his grinning fat cheeks is on!

Lol!! He popped up in a video I was watching at the weekend (I binge watch most of the time so I can't recall whose channel) I swear those hamster cheeks are getting fatter! He did his usual laugh and I think he said something daft. The video was going so well!

 

[-Jamie-]

Yeah im mixed on mcm just now, i cant be arsed watching 40+min vids at the best of times, but every thing they seem to be doing is full rebuilds/restorations instead of the almost diy repairs/mods its kinda gone the same way wheeler dealers went,

I gave up on MCM a couple years ago now. Their content was pretty crap. Not even checked their channel to see what they have been upto.

Also sacked off the Skid Factory after Al passed it over to Woody. Just wasn't the same

 

[DaveDreads]

I gave up on MCM a couple years ago now. Their content was pretty crap. Not even checked their channel to see what they have been upto.

Also sacked off the Skid Factory after Al passed it over to Woody. Just wasn't the same

MCM vids are just feature length infomercials, the builds are lottery money and Alan does all the hard stuff with his decades of experience, I'm still subscribed but I hardly watch any of their vids as most are formulaic and boring.

 

[PerthRS]

I've felt this way for many years. If....if the MCM guys ever broke apart. Marty would gain the majority of the viewers attention. Blair (moog) has become increasingly dry with forced humour.
Recently I've been enjoying their unicorn circuit on MCMTV2 over the main channel stuff. Though, only the bits were they talk news, opinion pieces, state of youtube, car culture and crap car. When its gets to the other stuff of the video (is this even legal, fanking, mail bag etc), I turn it off.

 

[Trainerbrow]

I've felt this way for many years. If....if the MCM guys ever broke apart. Marty would gain the majority of the viewers attention. Blair (moog) has become increasingly dry with forced humour.
Recently I've been enjoying their unicorn circuit on MCMTV2 over the main channel stuff. Though, only the bits were they talk news, opinion pieces, state of youtube, car culture and crap car. When its gets to the other stuff of the video (is this even legal, fanking, mail bag etc), I turn it off.

I always got the feeling Marty was the one with the mechanical know how/friends in the field, and Moog just bank rolled it.

 

[cat171]

I have to binge watch a few MCM videos and skip bits, then leave them for a month or so. A run time of twenty minutes per video is my sweet spot.
I love M539 restorations too but his one hour videos are too long.

 

[Trainerbrow]

I love M539 restorations too but his one hour videos are too long.

I think it depends on the content. If it's an hour solid of him sizing up piston rings and lapping valves, it can get a bit tedious, but when he switches it up to a few different subjects (even on the same car) then I don't mind them.

 

[Matt Cup]

This might sound stupid and maybe I’m on my own with this but I sometimes play the longer format videos at 1.5x speed just to get through them. The dialog depending on how quickly the presenter talks usually is still clear (the music might sound daft though but IDC) and you don’t miss anything, it just a more efficient way of watching it.

 

[Trainerbrow]

This might sound stupid and maybe I’m on my own with this but I sometimes play the longer format videos at 1.5x speed just to get through them. The dialog depending on how quickly the presenter talks usually is still clear (the music might sound daft though but IDC) and you don’t miss anything, it just a more efficient way of watching it.

Be like watching Alvin and the Chipmunks build an M54 engine

 

[Matt Cup]

Be like watching Alvin and the Chipmunks build an M54 engine

lol. It’s genuinely not that bad, plus when you put it back to normal speed it sounds like they are a bit slow.

Some who like to drawl on you can get away with 2x and it sounds normal. Well to me anyway…

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

This might sound stupid and maybe I’m on my own with this but I sometimes play the longer format videos at 1.5x speed just to get through them. The dialog depending on how quickly the presenter talks usually is still clear (the music might sound daft though but IDC) and you don’t miss anything, it just a more efficient way of watching it.

I do this with videos and podcasts, either 1.25 or 1.5 depending on their natural pace of speech, I can't maintain attention with long form slower paced stuff otherwise. I'll often find myself watching two things at once too, something on the TV and something on my phone too.. probably not taking much of either of them in

 

[Matt Cup]

Enjoyed this one, would love an Arctic Truck build.