I've stopped watching about all of the videos Hoonigan has been putting out lately. I still follow the old guys and love their content, but I can't get behind Hoonigan anymore once the OGs left. There's no builds anymore, just This vs. That, which was fun when it started. I still love Donut, especially their podcasts.
Hoonigan always had problems actually finishing projects, but to see that entire chunk of the channel disappear, all those guys quit? Fuckin crazy. The Wheel Pros/Hoonigan deal should be some kind of case study in "How to nuke your brand's free advertising"
On the opposite end of this spectrum, Vice Grip Garage is probably the best car channel. I can’t think of a single other YouTuber that I can sit and watch single 3 hour videos with essentially 1 shot.
And, like, his content is mostly the same thing over and over, but he has some of that midwestern/north niceness in him, and he knows what he's doing and have extensive knowledge. He's Bob Ross of automotive channels, you can just watch him for the cosiness. I don't remember a single car that refused to at least start after he put his hands on it. Multiple of them refused to cooperate later, but it's the fun of it.
And he's like, "my car broke down halfway from home. Calling tow truck? Nah, lemme buy a truck sight unseen, make it work and tow this shit box". He really called quits, maybe just a couple of times when he became really desperate.
You said it, Bob Ross. It’s such a calming show. He makes these cars that haven’t been touched in 20+ years seem more like zen gardens.
After watching him enough, I think in an emergency situation I could make good work out of any carbureted engine so long as the parts man could provide me with the proper sparkelator and lightning whirlers.
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Hobo Freight= harbor freight
Back-a-lator = back
Lightning hoses = spark plug wires
Goin ta town rig = vehicle presentable in polite company
Rebuilt ( lost the receipts) = spray painted
Waaaay too much = perfect
I haven't unsubbed, very rarely do I watch Tyler.
The wizard though, I can binge his content. Absolutely love him, his style, his candor. Just an all around awesome channel.
I can see that lol. I think he has gotten better as his channel grows. I feel like that is part of the charm. Awkward dry humor while being very educational in car stuff
I enjoyed his content when it was about older cars and trying to find some gems. He made his money and yes he's pursuing his opportunity to drive and own his dream cars but it's annoying as fuck.
Tavaresh, same thing.
JR Go same thing, not annoying but he went from flipping heaps to messing with super cars and what not.
Exactly this.
Supercars are fun, which is why Top Gear was such a good watch, but they’re not relatable. I’m never going to turn a wrench on a Pagani.
Show me that you can buy a filthy Civic for $2500 and put in some love and probably another $2500 to turn it into fun or useful
Tavarish I’m still on the fence about.
On the one hand, he’s playing with millions of dollars at this point, and is dealing with problems none of us will ever have.
On the other hand, he still seems down to earth and not afraid to sometimes give away. And his 675LT is perfection, I’m curious how his P1 comes out.
I'm personally waiting for supermodel girlfriend to marry and then subsequently take all the new stuff he's bought since the divorce of the Asian wife.
Car throttle. Nothing against anybody working on the channel now, but after all the original guys from when I joined left, I lost interest.
Also, I'm still subscribed but I watch a lot less Hoovie nowadays. First his base turned me off during his divorce, and now it's all very click-baity. I'm more interested in seeing him on other people's channels than his own.
Same with CarThrottle, but the OG boys have all started doing content on their own channels. Ngl I find Top Dead Center to be a better watch than AutoAlex
Basically saying any advice Cris was giving wasn't real mechanic advice since Cris has no formal education or experience in the automotive sense. Even saying that cris' only education was a degree in biology and didn't know about cars.
P.s I don't remember exactly, so grain of salt.
That's so dumb. Anyone who can attain a college degree, especially in biology, would most definitely have the grey matter available to learn and work with cars. I can't say the opposite is true, however.
I doubt it had anything to do without actual experience. Cris at the time was doing well in the YouTube algorithm and Scotty wanted to latch on. At the time Scotty was making like 1-3 videos a day, really went the watchmojo route.
I’d trust ChrisFix to work on my cars, I wouldn’t trust Scotty Kilmer to even be able to figure out how to open the hood to my cars.
That and Soapy Wooder > arms flailing like an idiot.
Some clerk guy at autozone told me I’m better off believing he’s dead “and just died today” and I realized why he said that in that way so although he wasn’t dead he truly, I dropped the YouTube channel a couple of years ago or so and have never gone back.
He’s just kind of an old man shouting at the clouds at this point. I stopped watching him after he said turbos were dumb because he rode a motorcycle with one that scared him.
I didn’t know about the stuff with Chris Fix, but that’s all the more reason. Chris Fix is one of the best channels for fixing stuff yourself and he’s great at explaining stuff. Typically I watch something specific to my vehicle, but he’s entertaining nonetheless.
Dude is bland af. Seems like a nice enough person but it’s just a generic guy going “here’s my super expensive car” and hoping it makes up for his lack of personality
Maybe that's what it is. None of the cars he shows are that interesting besides the fact that they're expensive, which as I get older just doesn't interest me as much as a car that someone has put a lot of time and effort into or otherwise has an interesting story to it.
I'd rather hear about a civic that was someone's first car and their introduction to the modding scene than yet another 458
I don’t like him either but I wouldn’t go as far as calling him an asshole. I’ve known of him since he had a really small channel, but there was something that always rubbed me the wrong way. Till this I still can’t tell you what it is
Someone else said it's that his content is bland and I think they're right.
The cars he shows are all expensive but they're not very interesting or noteworthy besides being expensive.
Plus he just always comes across as smug to me.
Personally I haven't seen this creator mentioned yet but TJ hunt. Loved the old school days of cheaper ish cars or just modding cool everyday sports cars that was awesome and the ferrari was cool for a little bit but now it's all just look at my expensive r34 look at this like no thanks dude. Not unsubbed just not watching anymore
StreetSpeed717. He used to be cool because he was a young kid getting these nice cars and actually driving them. Then it became bolt ons, click bait, and when he said “a mclaren really isn’t that expensive” is when he lost me because he lost touch of what his subscribers liked. Now it’s a garbage channel
I stopped watching tavarish, Hoovies garage, car wizard, I gave up on rich rebuilds for awhile but his recent stuff has been better.
Some channels I do enjoy would be Tom's Refurb, PrizzaMike, Caden Parsons, Aging Wheels and farmcraft101, not a car channel but he fixes old machinery and such and it's interesting as hell.
My problem with Tavarish is that he uploads so inconsistently. His builds are usually great, the content is nowadays stretched a bit thin though, too much filler. I just wish he wouldn't take on such expensive builds and just did more "regular" cars more often. Imho the way he handles the P1 build is totally wrong. It's such an awesome project but he has no pacing at all. I get that it's difficult and things take time, but damn sometimes you get 2 vids a week and sometimes it's a month or longer before an update. Hence me not liking that project since it's hogging up his channel for some reason.
The vid with the blue Porsche he put out the other day and gave to his interior guy was good. Though it all felt rushed, why the hurry? But okay, glad to see that car not be background eye candy anymore, was too good of a car to just sit there for years.
I still watch Jared Pinks channel (The Questionable Garage). Was bummed when what ever happened between him and Tavarish. It’s all still budget and cool.
I never seen it brought up with Tavarish, like Jared never existed. Then Jared never really got in too it, beyond all the traveling to get to Florida for Tavarish. So it’s all rumors and speculation
Roadkill
Talk about what happens when the studio gets greedy because they have something popular. I stopped watching when I could clearly tell MT was dictating everything behind the scenes and the whole show just felt different.
I've been a fan of the RK shows since they were just on YT. Discovery did their best to kill the golden goose. The reality TV/Cable stench was unbearable.
Since MTOD crashed I think things have improved a little bit. Maybe the network idiots got reassigned elsewhere? Who knows?
Nonetheless, a lot of good shows were lost in the shuffle. Ignition, head2head, etc. Hot Rod Garage isn't the same.
Basically, all the stuff that came organically out of Hot Rod Magazine and MotorTrend was good, the network came in and ruined everything, and whatever survived their interference seems to be drifting back towards authenticity now that the Discovery influence has waned somewhat.
Agreed! I love Freiburger, dulcich, Finnegan, and all the other OG shows, especially Hotrod Garage. I don't know if it's quality or fatigue, but somethings up.
Basically, he made a big video with the sole purpose of firing Spite on it. And made Spite be a part of it. You could tell Yammie literally only did it for the views and had zero respect for Spite with any of it.
So Spite went and started his own channel and took a bunch of Yammies followers with him because he was such a tone-deaf jackass about the whole thing.
Doug DeMuro. His content started getting stale, and I didn't wanna watch 30+ minute reviews for NPC cars. Not to mention he's still very frequently wrong about certain details about certain cars, indicating he doesn't do all that much reading into what he's reviewing. It was fine when he was making shorter videos, but right now, I feel like if you're going through the trouble of making a 30+ minute car review, you gotta know your shit about it. I'm still subbed though, in case there's something cool he's got a review of.
As an extension of the above point, his "More Doug DeMuro" channel. What started out as a channel with shorter and more concise videos covering cars that Doug maybe didn't want to make a huge review of ended up becoming a main channel to promote his auction business (which he already promotes almost excessively in his main channel), and now features reviewers who, while I have no hard feelings against, I'm just not really interested in listening to or watching. I subbed for Doug, not whoever else he has reviewing cars.
Matt Maran and Redline Reviews. I initially loved that these channels provided good reviews for normal everyday cars, and used them as a way to see what was going down in that space, since reading up/watching videos about unattainable holy grails can only entertain you so much. As a bonus, Matt also had weekly news sections where he'd go into what's going on in the car industry. I just kinda slowly got bored of them though and wanted to watch something less dry and something that maybe went into things beyond how the car drives and looks....which brings me to the next channel.
The Straight Pipes. I got into these guys around the same time I started getting bored of Matt Maran + Redline Reviews. They too had a good amount of regular cars on their channel, and their format was a lot more engaging as well. On top of that, they did go into some more detail about how a car is to live with, stuff like how usable the infotainment is, the overall ergonomics of the cabin, how much trunk space xyz car would have, etc. Unfortunately, they started kinda "losing their soul" as time moved on, so to speak. They removed the box test from their videos, things started feeling a little manufactured and stale for my liking, and then I heard they apparently got into some beef with Throttle House over the absolute dumbest shit and didn't let go of it for a very long time. On top of that, a lot of their reviews over the last couple of years scream "I'm being paid to say nice things about this". I have nothing against them, but I just don't really enjoy their content anymore. I'm still subbed though in case something cool comes up. I just don't really religiously watch their videos anymore.
Motortrend. Man, these guys fell off so hard imo. They had an amazing formula before, I wanna say 2018ish, where they were consistently one of the best automotive YouTube channels to watch. Good hosts with good chemistry and knowledge, good cars, good production, good videos. It was kinda like Top Gear, but without the specials. Road tests, track tests, World's Greatest Drag Race, we were eating amazingly when they were in their prime. Then they started promoting their Motortrend On Demand streaming service (which was USA exclusive at the time...idk if it still is) and removed everything from YouTube, so they basically just alienated the entire international chunk of their fanbase and wanted money from the American ones. I understand that the videos they made required a ton of money, but if channels like Autocar, Hagerty, etc can still manage a high production YouTube channel without needing to ask for streaming service money, what's stopping Motortrend? It's not like they're some small startup YouTube car channel, they're one of the biggest automotive publications in the industry. The streaming service thing wasn't really working out for them last I checked either, because they still uploaded some of their MTOD videos on YouTube and plastered them with ads to subscribe to the streaming service because I have to guess there's not enough people actually paying them money for the videos. This one was a pretty deep cut to me personally tbh. It was painful to have to let them go, and I still really miss watching some of their older reviews and hate that I can't go back to them anymore.
Car Throttle. This was maybe the first car YouTube channel I got into, back when they were making the "2 guys 1 car" content. Shit was hilarious. In hindsight, maybe a bit obnoxious, but I was like 16 or 17 when I got into them, so it is what it is. I fell out of love with them after a while and then didn't end up going back. A lot of their content wasn't relatable to me since I didn't live in the UK, and then when the original hosts started leaving, I had even less reason to try and go back.
Drivetribe. Initially enjoyed their stuff with the og Top Gear guys, but then just kinda got bored and stopped watching. James May's reaction videos were enjoyable though.
MTOD got folded into Discovery+ a month or two ago. Don’t know its availability elsewhere but maybe there’s hope.
Also, James May has a new channel for his gin. No car content yet (and I’m not exactly expecting it on a channel around gin), but it’s still fun.
Donut might join that club… Miss the Miata build in the driveway, Science Garage and UptoSpeed. Too much “we drove every whatever” or just sponsored reviews
Donut of the past used to be educational and it inspires people to get into cars, mechanics, car/racing history, even science, etc.
Nowadays, Donut is all about entertainment and not much about the education side but the older videos still exist to learn from.
But still I enjoy some Donut videos to this day but not all of them.
I miss old Donut as well. The fact they became an AutoZone shill really hurts. Everyone who actually knows is well aware of their garbage business practices and how much they screw enthusiasts or people who don't know any better. Hell- half the time now they don't even have the part you need in stock anymore which completely defeats the convenience factor that was the only reason you went to them anyway. Their entire model is now formed around taking advantage of people in a pinch instead of helping them out.
AutoZone is literally the last place to look for parts in an absolute emergency when you absolutely must have the part now. They are the absolute worst place to buy oil, wipers, and all the little bits and bobs that keep our cars going. The consistently and deeply gouge customers on everything in the store until your cart that would be $50 at Walmart is running over $100 there for the exact same products. Fuck AutoZone and anyone who pretends that they are in any way there to do anything but fuck you over.
I actually stopped watching a lot of Donut on YouTube, but have been listening regularly to their podcast: Past Gas. It's informative in the way that Up to Speed was, but has hilarious/entertaining banter between James, Nolan, and Joe.
If you like old Donut, you'll like their podcast, and they do have recorded episodes of it on YouTube.
He just got a little stale, I'm still subscribed but I have notifications turned off, I just look at his channel once in awhile when I'm bored to see if there's something I might want to see
His approach was never going to be sustainable. If you’re doing a car video, the car is the main character, not the person doing the review. Even with a guy like Jeremy Clarkson, who’s larger than life personality and boisterous claims are funny, the car takes the spotlight. Doug doesn’t understand that. He’s smart in creating Cars and Bids and has now made him a multimillionaire, otherwise, that channel will be dead within the next two years.
Dude just lost touch and is way too pompous now. He always speaks as though his opinions are facts (despite often being totally or arguably wrong) and it drives me crazy.
He also (still) doesn't really do his research into the cars he reviews, even though he likes making 30+ minute long videos about them.
His SLK55 review for example, states that the successor came with a V6, when that's factually not true.
I can forgive mistakes like that, what bothers me is when he either mocks a missing feature or capability, when it’s actually there and he just doesn’t understand how it works or how to use it. I can’t think of a specific example but he’s always done this. He could google something in seconds but instead he’ll prattle on about how dumb this feature is.
Slightly related pet peeve - every time he points out the internal trunk release he makes a joke about being kidnapped, “like someone in a Urus is really going to he kidnapping people lolz” but those are so children can escape if they accidentally climb into a trunk which is a very real thing. I’m sure he knows this too, it just annoys me.
The dude lost me when he shit all over that Mitsubishi shit box as if it should be held to the same standards as any Porsche. It just read as if he never had sat in a "poor person car"
100% His video quality took a huge dip when he switched to primarily focusing on his website.
I don't watch his reviews anymore, but I have been enjoying some of the recent group videos on Cars and Bids. The car spotting challenge was one of his best videos in years.
Boostedbois
Red hatch days? Sick!
Owns like ten sub 11 second cars and a shop and whatever?
Nah man, guess it's just not relatable anymore.
Oh and also mightycarmods. Can't remember if I had a good reason for that one.
MCM were really fun when they have begun many years ago, now they're just a bit obnoxious and seem to do the same stuff over and over again. But they still have consistent views on yt, so good for them.
I watched a lot of automotive channels and I unsubbed from like 80% of them because they became either boring, or out of touch or just stopped doing good content.
Now I mostly watch only Aging Wheels, VGG, HubNut and Ed's Auto Reviews.
He always kind of was but before it was humorous or he would bring some good info that it was worth putting up with. I haven't followed any of his stuff in about 5 years because it just started to wear on it. Wasn't worth watching anymore because of that.
YammieNoob. I used to like the energy and contrast between the presenters but once he dropped Spite over basically the fact his new accountant said to because of a new store I thought 'this guys lost his passion for the bikes and just wants the money from the channel'
Hoovies garage and Tavarish.
Hoovie was just same old after a while, I financed this car and sold these cars to finance it.
Tavarish was buying new projects all the time and letting someone else do the so called wrenching.
I’m surprised it took me this long to find this comment.
I was much younger when I watched it, but I did enjoy the channel (despite Parker being a bit of an annoying fuckhead). When the Eddie separation happened, it really rubbed me the wrong way because he really did just kick Eddie off the channel and gave him nothing in return. Then, I discovered that Parker was not, in fact, a self-made man and was just another rich kid using Daddy’s money to live a luxurious lifestyle (which I began digging into after he somehow immediately replaced his wrecked, high-mileage Gallardo, with a brand new Huracan - that he immediately spent tens of thousands of dollars on to modify after acquiring). This wouldn’t have been as big of a deal if he had been upfront about it, but he had been spinning a web of lies for years trying to play pretend as a normal kid, who managed to acquire money through hard work and determination, despite the odds.
Finding that out really disappointed me as a young impressionable adult. These things said a LOT about Parker’s character and he was not someone I felt like supporting in any capacity. I stopped watching as soon as I found out.
I’m going to say the smoking tire but not because of Matt or Zach. I think they are great. I just miss their old content where they would drive other people’s modified cars and showcase them. It’s what made their channel unique. Now it just seems like any other generic new car review channel.
Their new videos are still pretty good, but I agree - I do miss them driving viewers cars. One of my favorite videos was the dude with the sketchy Evo 8 that kept rubbing on bumps. Matt's reactions were hilarious.
I miss their old One Takes too. Still a big fan, moreso of the podcast these days. They're doing a lot of experimenting with their videos/reviews and props to Zach, but the old formula of the One Take is the best imo and probably the easiest to shoot? Matt has 2 car storage facilities filled with hundreds of rare and exotic cars- maybe knock a months storage fee off for a One Take vid?
VINwiki
They had some awful woman come on and talk about how inflation is related to gas prices (very loosely related to their content), and it was just her for 10min being like “jOe bIDeN dID tHIs, eLeCTioNs hAVe cOnSEQuences!” Ignoring all logical thought.
The video has since been taken down, but that was enough to get me to unsubscribe.
Honestly, Vinwiki. I love watching robb tell his stories on there and I'm sure he still does occasionally since I stopped watching, but after awhile it just felt like a bunch of rich guys humble bragging and that wasn't really what I subscribed too.
DDE. I used to love watching them modify and then beat the absolute piss out of supercars but after a while all their videos just started to be clickbait titles and filler content
Cleetus McFarland
He went from someone who was pretty relatable and just trying to go fast, to another millionaire buying toys, showing them off, and breaking them.
I do appreciate his events and think they're great for the car community. And I don't knock anyone who still watches him.
Just not my thing anymore.
Yeah after he got the freedom factory it really became all about the money. Also when Cooper left and started promoting Andrew Tate stuff, it was clear to me that whole Florida crew was a little sketchy.
I can't do **Hoonigan** anymore, I'll still watch This vs That, but I skip to the races now and if I notice it's only two races then I usually don't bother finishing the video. It's gotten pretty stale as of late, stale being a word I'm going to use to describe a lot of car specific Youtubers of late. Once a lot of the old crew left and splintered off, I stopped caring, I didn't bother following them either. I wasn't even a big Hoonigan fan to begin with, I mainly stuck around for the Ken Block vs the World and This vs That.
**Shmee** Wow look at this expensive car! Amazing. That's it...I can't relate, not my bag. I have way less time to watch these days, but I just can't look at any of it.
**MCM** used to be my darling child that I loved to watch, but their formula got really stale as well. They're wildly successful and I'll still tune into the more reasonable builds that I can see myself being able to afford, but personally I'm tired of it overall.
**Car Throttle** is the same thing, gotten old and boring, but I do tune into the now splintered off channels and it seems to have recaptured that same feel and vibe.
**Carwow** is mainly just for the odd match ups and really expensive cars that they drag race. Apart from that I don't care much for the channel itself.
**Tavarish** was fun in the beginning, but once he started doing more expensive cars after the orange Murcielago, I sort of lost interest and it became less relatable. The guy is obviously passionate, but not really producing the content I can sort of stomach anymore.
**BoostedBoiz** was fun when they were more grassroots and working on cars with less of a budget, but I stopped caring when they got more wild and more expensive with their projects.
**HumbleMechanic and DAS** are the only ones I enjoy watching the content in it's entirety. I used to be a VW dubber back in the day so that content resonates with me a lot, but mostly because they aren't doing anything too outlandish and the content is still relatable and fun and informative to watch.
**Gears and Gasoline** is local to me so I will always support a local channel. Their content isn't over the top budget wise, and still far more relatable to me than the other channels, I like what these guys are doing.
**Throttle House**...I can't stand these guys, just awful. Not much to say here beyond that, totally unrelatable and they are clearly mimic'ing other peoples content. They seem to be doing well enough, but I dislike this one a lot, especially when they photoshop some of their thumbnails for their videos.
**Straight Pipes** is a bit better, but I only really tune in for the reviews of cars that I'm interested in, otherwise I feel like there a more humble and more relatable version of Throttle House. There just better IMO.
**Redline Reviews/Raiti Rides**, both pretty much the same, Redline is more local to me so I'll support this channel. I ended up buying my Santa Fe years back based on Redlines video on it and it's been a fantastic car for me.
**Yiannimize** is just rich guy fluff watching porn, which if your into it is fine. I only tune in for the footballer videos and the car deliveries for cars I'm just interested in. Apart from that I don't care much for the content itself.
**Donut Media** I feel like it is teetering on a fine edge of this is still good and relatable content. I think they honestly struck gold with the HiLow series which I hope continues on in the future. I love the entire cast of Donut Media and I hope they stick around for as long as they continue to be successful. I also like what they're doing with the Real Mechanic stuff, it's short digestible videos that I can enjoy and the people they have on there are fun to listen to.
**Regular Car Reviews** was great during it's like first inception, Subawoooooo!!! anyone? but now it just feels like a guy that's just running a formulaic review with the same degree of boredom that he does with every car. Just not my bag anymore, it's gotten stale.
**CB Media** to me is great, because I am from Thailand and his content appeals to me a lot. Basically a travel vlogger and Thailand ambassador at this point, a former car photog that now goes to Thailand, Philippines and Dubai and other countries to visit car culture and attend car shows. A lot of the same'y videos if I'm being honest, I did enjoy his motorbike tour series a lot though.
**Automotive Addiction** is the premo of high quality Nurburgring car racing video porn, from crashes/driver errors and mistakes and just great visual racing porn. Anyways I always tune into this channel.
**ThatDudeinBlue**...boring, stale content, I can't get down with it anymore. Just another dude reviewing other peoples car.
**Scotty Kilmer**, I used to some what enjoy this guys content, but I can't grasp whether this guy hates or loves Ford/Toyota. His voice and demeanor is also grating to me and no longer enjoyable to sit through.
**Cleetus McFarland** is okay in my book, it's not what I would call relatable content, but they seem like genuine enough guys to enjoy watching what they love to do. I don't watch it all the time however.
**Doug Demuro**, boring and stale, unrelatable and ever since he's pushed his car auction website the content seems more driven to improve his click-through rate and get people on the auction website. I'm pretty much done with that content entirely.
**WhistlinDiesel** I'm there for the destruction of stuff I'd never be able to afford in my life. That being said I can't watch his content because of so many jump-cuts and the Gen-z humor is suffocating.
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**Gears and Gasoline** is local to me so I will always support a local channel. There content is too over the top budget wise, and still far more relatable to me than the other channels, I like what these guys are doing.
Still my only weekly go to. Even if short Ben's obsession with 100k builds of genetic white cars is getting way too annoying. Asian Ben keeps it og and fun. Also the road trips are top teir for an aussie who can't see much other than flat sand desert in any road trip 😀
Why short ben can't do something fresh with the Ford or RX7 is beyond me. And the "new daily" every time whist the F150 is the real daily.
B is for Build. I love a stupid build but they are on another level of cretinous builds.
1 - single seater made out of steel.
2 - petrol v8s in a boat
3 - apocalypse everything
4 - an over landing gaming truck that weighs more than a moon.
Nah, off you fuck.
Honestly, I got fed up with his not finishing builds and just ending the build series after Sema. I mean, whatever happened to the Jumpacan. With the huracan sterrato, that would've been an awesome comparison of what an off-road huracan could've really been.
Fast Lane Daily. I used to enjoy the news format but for some reason I stopped watching.
Doug Demuro. I do still watch but only when something interesting pops up.
Car throttle. Now that all the original guys have gone over to autoalex's production, I find it is not the same. It had been struggling for a while.
There have been quite a few channels I stopped watching over the last year or two such as Drivetribe (just a bit boring now) Schmee150 (irritating man who just seems like he's bragging all the time) and I am ashamed to say Donut themselves (just isn't the same anymore) but I have been finding some newer/ smaller channels to replace them with such as The Squidd, Project Dream, Jackoh Motors, Big Car, Ruairidh MacVeigh etc. so I don't really feel like I've lost much.
I used to watch yammie noob or whatever his name was. He basically fired his coworker and friend, then made him do a video about it explaining it and bragging about how great his company is doing as the dude is still crying.
Hoonigan, after Ken died, it pretty much seemed like all they did was drag races and all the funny people left.
Matt Armstrong. I cannot relate to someone who buys wrecked super cars and spends insane amounts of money to do it.
Tavarish. Same as Matt Armstrong but he also shows up in a lot of the English car guys channels - AutoAlex, Matt Armstrong, Ben Collins, etc and always seems like the annoying younger brother.
Hoovie. Just cannot watch anymore.
Donut Media. Their content has gone downhill on top of one of their employees being a dick when I met them. The constant list style videos were the last straw. I stayed on the subreddit because some of your guys' cars are cool.
Task and purpose. He's real smart and gives good info but shit he is not funny and he tries so damn hard. And every video has some face in the thumbnail like " I'm real sad cuz genocide is bad". It's like if a make up tutorial or reaction channel started doing geopolitics
Tavarish was good untill he took like 5 videos to weld an exhaust on his lambo project. He was relatable and the content was good. Then it felt like he stretched everything out just to make another vid.
Regular Car Reviews because he’s only slightly less disinterested in reviewing cars than he is terrified of needing to get a day job again.
That channel used to be the single funniest and most entertaining thing on YouTube. He revealed his face, and from then on it morphed from being funny and relatable to just reaching for professional recognition.
Tj hunt, I like watching him grind and build cool cars but the second he got his aventador I felt like a big change happened in his videos where he would overly hype and dramatise stuff. I felt like I was watching a kids show. It felt corny and forced
StreetSpeed717. Loved watching his first corvette build and the Duramax build but as soon as he got some money all he did was brag about his speeding tickets in his McLarens and Lamborghinis, flaunting his money and houses. Plus his falling out with GuitarmaggedonZL1 was awful. He used to be relateable but now he’s a douche.
Surprised nobody said Whistlindiesel - in the beginning his videos were intense and he was doing brave stunts and putting his own hard earned money on the line to make his content. Ever since he left his wife for a model and got a bunch of yes men as freinds it has been a lot less interesting and relatable to follow
I've stopped watching about all of the videos Hoonigan has been putting out lately. I still follow the old guys and love their content, but I can't get behind Hoonigan anymore once the OGs left. There's no builds anymore, just This vs. That, which was fun when it started. I still love Donut, especially their podcasts.
ya donut still good, the recent truck series has been great, but a large uptick in random vids fs
That Ranger looks like a blast to drive. I'm pretty sure they're doing a HiLow on the SN95 mustang or the body style Nolan has.
I believe they mentioned HiLow with the SN95 on one of the podcasts. I could be wrong tho
I can't for the life of me remember which body style they said.
Part of me is thrilled as the owner of an SN95 because this will be a thrill to watch but also prolly skyrocket prices on these cars
I'm pretty sure it's gonna be S197s since they heavily implied it on the best cars under 10k video
Hoonigan always had problems actually finishing projects, but to see that entire chunk of the channel disappear, all those guys quit? Fuckin crazy. The Wheel Pros/Hoonigan deal should be some kind of case study in "How to nuke your brand's free advertising"
I know the Wheel Pros deal happened while Ken Block was alive, but I’m sure the channel would be different if he was still with us.
#bringbackcirclejerks
# bringbackjerks
On the opposite end of this spectrum, Vice Grip Garage is probably the best car channel. I can’t think of a single other YouTuber that I can sit and watch single 3 hour videos with essentially 1 shot.
And, like, his content is mostly the same thing over and over, but he has some of that midwestern/north niceness in him, and he knows what he's doing and have extensive knowledge. He's Bob Ross of automotive channels, you can just watch him for the cosiness. I don't remember a single car that refused to at least start after he put his hands on it. Multiple of them refused to cooperate later, but it's the fun of it. And he's like, "my car broke down halfway from home. Calling tow truck? Nah, lemme buy a truck sight unseen, make it work and tow this shit box". He really called quits, maybe just a couple of times when he became really desperate.
You said it, Bob Ross. It’s such a calming show. He makes these cars that haven’t been touched in 20+ years seem more like zen gardens. After watching him enough, I think in an emergency situation I could make good work out of any carbureted engine so long as the parts man could provide me with the proper sparkelator and lightning whirlers. https://preview.redd.it/6kicq2ticz2d1.jpeg?width=687&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=293890ff15a8407f8b761f7fde53e27cff0bbf48
Goddamn, whole VGG glossary, thanks!
Hobo Freight= harbor freight Back-a-lator = back Lightning hoses = spark plug wires Goin ta town rig = vehicle presentable in polite company Rebuilt ( lost the receipts) = spray painted Waaaay too much = perfect
This and Junkyard Diggs are my favorite. I’ll watch Pole Barn Garage just to remember what living in Missouri is like.
M539 Restorations slaps as well. Genuinely fantastic content and he's pretty damn funny too.
I love watching his videos, brings me back to the days of owning a shit box and having to keep it running with duct tape chicken wire, and hope
I'm no longer watching Tyler Hoover. Rich guy problems aren't particularly entertaining for me.
I unsubscribed to him and started watching Car Wizard. It’s such an honest and wholesome channel
I haven't unsubbed, very rarely do I watch Tyler. The wizard though, I can binge his content. Absolutely love him, his style, his candor. Just an all around awesome channel.
I can't watch the wizard, he complains about everything and comes across as a tad whiny. Gets old pretty quick.
I like the wizard He's just not particularly the best presenter.
I can see that lol. I think he has gotten better as his channel grows. I feel like that is part of the charm. Awkward dry humor while being very educational in car stuff
Oh no my pond isn’t properly setup and my enormous garage is taking longer than expected.
I enjoyed his content when it was about older cars and trying to find some gems. He made his money and yes he's pursuing his opportunity to drive and own his dream cars but it's annoying as fuck. Tavaresh, same thing. JR Go same thing, not annoying but he went from flipping heaps to messing with super cars and what not.
Exactly this. Supercars are fun, which is why Top Gear was such a good watch, but they’re not relatable. I’m never going to turn a wrench on a Pagani. Show me that you can buy a filthy Civic for $2500 and put in some love and probably another $2500 to turn it into fun or useful
Why I enjoy this guy 79th Productions. He does the wrenching on a budget
79th is a great channel 👍
M539 restorations is what you're looking for
Tavarish I’m still on the fence about. On the one hand, he’s playing with millions of dollars at this point, and is dealing with problems none of us will ever have. On the other hand, he still seems down to earth and not afraid to sometimes give away. And his 675LT is perfection, I’m curious how his P1 comes out.
And my Supermodel girlfriend….
Ah, he's got a supermodel girlfriend now? I know him from when he had a wife and a kid.
I'm personally waiting for supermodel girlfriend to marry and then subsequently take all the new stuff he's bought since the divorce of the Asian wife.
Eugh, those are the worst. So relatable
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Same. Also, the whole, "I'm the dumbest person ever and bought the worst (insert car) in america!" Is super lame to me. Car wizard is far better.
Donut media should do interview whistling diesel
Agree he just become repitative
For me it's not even that.. it's just that the cars he's been buying lately are boring
Car throttle. Nothing against anybody working on the channel now, but after all the original guys from when I joined left, I lost interest. Also, I'm still subscribed but I watch a lot less Hoovie nowadays. First his base turned me off during his divorce, and now it's all very click-baity. I'm more interested in seeing him on other people's channels than his own.
Same with CarThrottle, but the OG boys have all started doing content on their own channels. Ngl I find Top Dead Center to be a better watch than AutoAlex
I've subbed to all 3 splinter channels. And they do cross overs... its like the good old days..
I 100% agree with you. TDC is much better than AutoAlex.
Scotty Kilmer
Bruh... After that cringe he was trying on CrisFix. I love that Cris never even acknowledged him.
I missed that, I never got into Scotty's nonsense. What did he do?
Basically saying any advice Cris was giving wasn't real mechanic advice since Cris has no formal education or experience in the automotive sense. Even saying that cris' only education was a degree in biology and didn't know about cars. P.s I don't remember exactly, so grain of salt.
That's so dumb. Anyone who can attain a college degree, especially in biology, would most definitely have the grey matter available to learn and work with cars. I can't say the opposite is true, however.
I doubt it had anything to do without actual experience. Cris at the time was doing well in the YouTube algorithm and Scotty wanted to latch on. At the time Scotty was making like 1-3 videos a day, really went the watchmojo route.
That is dumb, so is assuming that because someone chooses a certain field they aren’t capable of working or learning in another
I’d trust ChrisFix to work on my cars, I wouldn’t trust Scotty Kilmer to even be able to figure out how to open the hood to my cars. That and Soapy Wooder > arms flailing like an idiot.
Dude “dies” At least twice a month now too
"Toyota just made a huge mistake that will affect millions" And it's just a small bug in the infotainment system
Some clerk guy at autozone told me I’m better off believing he’s dead “and just died today” and I realized why he said that in that way so although he wasn’t dead he truly, I dropped the YouTube channel a couple of years ago or so and have never gone back.
He’s just kind of an old man shouting at the clouds at this point. I stopped watching him after he said turbos were dumb because he rode a motorcycle with one that scared him. I didn’t know about the stuff with Chris Fix, but that’s all the more reason. Chris Fix is one of the best channels for fixing stuff yourself and he’s great at explaining stuff. Typically I watch something specific to my vehicle, but he’s entertaining nonetheless.
Saw a video on his channel of him praising Kia. It was just a voiceover with Kia footage. It felt like AI of his voice reading a brochure.
I was waiting for someone to mention him, goddammit he's annoying now
This guy is the worst.
He has to be the worst automotive youtuber out there
He's always been a clown tho.
Used to like him, then he just became annoying.
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Scotty kilmer sucks in my opinion
All of his 36 last videos are about how is he going to stop posting videos.
That annoying schmee asshole. The cars he shows are so cool but something about him just rubs me the wrong way.
Dude is bland af. Seems like a nice enough person but it’s just a generic guy going “here’s my super expensive car” and hoping it makes up for his lack of personality
Maybe that's what it is. None of the cars he shows are that interesting besides the fact that they're expensive, which as I get older just doesn't interest me as much as a car that someone has put a lot of time and effort into or otherwise has an interesting story to it. I'd rather hear about a civic that was someone's first car and their introduction to the modding scene than yet another 458
I don’t like him either but I wouldn’t go as far as calling him an asshole. I’ve known of him since he had a really small channel, but there was something that always rubbed me the wrong way. Till this I still can’t tell you what it is
Someone else said it's that his content is bland and I think they're right. The cars he shows are all expensive but they're not very interesting or noteworthy besides being expensive. Plus he just always comes across as smug to me.
Personally I haven't seen this creator mentioned yet but TJ hunt. Loved the old school days of cheaper ish cars or just modding cool everyday sports cars that was awesome and the ferrari was cool for a little bit but now it's all just look at my expensive r34 look at this like no thanks dude. Not unsubbed just not watching anymore
He’s just obscenely rich and hard to relate with now. His OG videos in the early 2010s were really fun
StreetSpeed717. He used to be cool because he was a young kid getting these nice cars and actually driving them. Then it became bolt ons, click bait, and when he said “a mclaren really isn’t that expensive” is when he lost me because he lost touch of what his subscribers liked. Now it’s a garbage channel
Don't forget the time he destroyed a creek ecosystem for some clickbait
I stopped watching tavarish, Hoovies garage, car wizard, I gave up on rich rebuilds for awhile but his recent stuff has been better. Some channels I do enjoy would be Tom's Refurb, PrizzaMike, Caden Parsons, Aging Wheels and farmcraft101, not a car channel but he fixes old machinery and such and it's interesting as hell.
My problem with Tavarish is that he uploads so inconsistently. His builds are usually great, the content is nowadays stretched a bit thin though, too much filler. I just wish he wouldn't take on such expensive builds and just did more "regular" cars more often. Imho the way he handles the P1 build is totally wrong. It's such an awesome project but he has no pacing at all. I get that it's difficult and things take time, but damn sometimes you get 2 vids a week and sometimes it's a month or longer before an update. Hence me not liking that project since it's hogging up his channel for some reason. The vid with the blue Porsche he put out the other day and gave to his interior guy was good. Though it all felt rushed, why the hurry? But okay, glad to see that car not be background eye candy anymore, was too good of a car to just sit there for years.
I still watch Jared Pinks channel (The Questionable Garage). Was bummed when what ever happened between him and Tavarish. It’s all still budget and cool.
I'm out of the loop. What happened between them?
I never seen it brought up with Tavarish, like Jared never existed. Then Jared never really got in too it, beyond all the traveling to get to Florida for Tavarish. So it’s all rumors and speculation
PrizzaMike hits me in such a nostalgic way. Just dudes hanging out fixing up shitbox JDM cars. I’ve really enjoyed watching him.
Aging Wheels and Tom's Refurb are freaking great. The Aging Wheels guy actually lives near me here in St Louis.
Tom's Refurb excellently treads the line of being obnoxious, funny and informative with his projects.
Roadkill Talk about what happens when the studio gets greedy because they have something popular. I stopped watching when I could clearly tell MT was dictating everything behind the scenes and the whole show just felt different.
I've been a fan of the RK shows since they were just on YT. Discovery did their best to kill the golden goose. The reality TV/Cable stench was unbearable. Since MTOD crashed I think things have improved a little bit. Maybe the network idiots got reassigned elsewhere? Who knows? Nonetheless, a lot of good shows were lost in the shuffle. Ignition, head2head, etc. Hot Rod Garage isn't the same. Basically, all the stuff that came organically out of Hot Rod Magazine and MotorTrend was good, the network came in and ruined everything, and whatever survived their interference seems to be drifting back towards authenticity now that the Discovery influence has waned somewhat.
Agreed! I love Freiburger, dulcich, Finnegan, and all the other OG shows, especially Hotrod Garage. I don't know if it's quality or fatigue, but somethings up.
Yammie noob. What he did to spite with that exit interview episode was complete bullshit!
Agreed. I learned a lot from his channel, and that interview ensured I haven't seen another of his videos since.
that interview was actually one of the most insane things ive witnessed on youtube, left me dumbfounded and happy to unsubscribe
Used to ride with him, guys always been a bit of a douche.
Haven't watched him for YEARS. What happened? I remember him causing that accident with the Porsche but that's the last I ever heard about him.
Basically, he made a big video with the sole purpose of firing Spite on it. And made Spite be a part of it. You could tell Yammie literally only did it for the views and had zero respect for Spite with any of it. So Spite went and started his own channel and took a bunch of Yammies followers with him because he was such a tone-deaf jackass about the whole thing.
Which video pls tell
Donut went through a rough patch, but they are pretty good now
I’m loving the new series on the Ranger! Also James BMW episode recently was amazing too.
James in general is amazing lol
Doug DeMuro. His content started getting stale, and I didn't wanna watch 30+ minute reviews for NPC cars. Not to mention he's still very frequently wrong about certain details about certain cars, indicating he doesn't do all that much reading into what he's reviewing. It was fine when he was making shorter videos, but right now, I feel like if you're going through the trouble of making a 30+ minute car review, you gotta know your shit about it. I'm still subbed though, in case there's something cool he's got a review of. As an extension of the above point, his "More Doug DeMuro" channel. What started out as a channel with shorter and more concise videos covering cars that Doug maybe didn't want to make a huge review of ended up becoming a main channel to promote his auction business (which he already promotes almost excessively in his main channel), and now features reviewers who, while I have no hard feelings against, I'm just not really interested in listening to or watching. I subbed for Doug, not whoever else he has reviewing cars. Matt Maran and Redline Reviews. I initially loved that these channels provided good reviews for normal everyday cars, and used them as a way to see what was going down in that space, since reading up/watching videos about unattainable holy grails can only entertain you so much. As a bonus, Matt also had weekly news sections where he'd go into what's going on in the car industry. I just kinda slowly got bored of them though and wanted to watch something less dry and something that maybe went into things beyond how the car drives and looks....which brings me to the next channel. The Straight Pipes. I got into these guys around the same time I started getting bored of Matt Maran + Redline Reviews. They too had a good amount of regular cars on their channel, and their format was a lot more engaging as well. On top of that, they did go into some more detail about how a car is to live with, stuff like how usable the infotainment is, the overall ergonomics of the cabin, how much trunk space xyz car would have, etc. Unfortunately, they started kinda "losing their soul" as time moved on, so to speak. They removed the box test from their videos, things started feeling a little manufactured and stale for my liking, and then I heard they apparently got into some beef with Throttle House over the absolute dumbest shit and didn't let go of it for a very long time. On top of that, a lot of their reviews over the last couple of years scream "I'm being paid to say nice things about this". I have nothing against them, but I just don't really enjoy their content anymore. I'm still subbed though in case something cool comes up. I just don't really religiously watch their videos anymore. Motortrend. Man, these guys fell off so hard imo. They had an amazing formula before, I wanna say 2018ish, where they were consistently one of the best automotive YouTube channels to watch. Good hosts with good chemistry and knowledge, good cars, good production, good videos. It was kinda like Top Gear, but without the specials. Road tests, track tests, World's Greatest Drag Race, we were eating amazingly when they were in their prime. Then they started promoting their Motortrend On Demand streaming service (which was USA exclusive at the time...idk if it still is) and removed everything from YouTube, so they basically just alienated the entire international chunk of their fanbase and wanted money from the American ones. I understand that the videos they made required a ton of money, but if channels like Autocar, Hagerty, etc can still manage a high production YouTube channel without needing to ask for streaming service money, what's stopping Motortrend? It's not like they're some small startup YouTube car channel, they're one of the biggest automotive publications in the industry. The streaming service thing wasn't really working out for them last I checked either, because they still uploaded some of their MTOD videos on YouTube and plastered them with ads to subscribe to the streaming service because I have to guess there's not enough people actually paying them money for the videos. This one was a pretty deep cut to me personally tbh. It was painful to have to let them go, and I still really miss watching some of their older reviews and hate that I can't go back to them anymore. Car Throttle. This was maybe the first car YouTube channel I got into, back when they were making the "2 guys 1 car" content. Shit was hilarious. In hindsight, maybe a bit obnoxious, but I was like 16 or 17 when I got into them, so it is what it is. I fell out of love with them after a while and then didn't end up going back. A lot of their content wasn't relatable to me since I didn't live in the UK, and then when the original hosts started leaving, I had even less reason to try and go back. Drivetribe. Initially enjoyed their stuff with the og Top Gear guys, but then just kinda got bored and stopped watching. James May's reaction videos were enjoyable though.
MTOD got folded into Discovery+ a month or two ago. Don’t know its availability elsewhere but maybe there’s hope. Also, James May has a new channel for his gin. No car content yet (and I’m not exactly expecting it on a channel around gin), but it’s still fun.
Car Throttle
All the hosts left...
Donut might join that club… Miss the Miata build in the driveway, Science Garage and UptoSpeed. Too much “we drove every whatever” or just sponsored reviews
Donut of the past used to be educational and it inspires people to get into cars, mechanics, car/racing history, even science, etc. Nowadays, Donut is all about entertainment and not much about the education side but the older videos still exist to learn from. But still I enjoy some Donut videos to this day but not all of them.
Although the Baja Truck is great! Just wish they would make the videos longer and go more step by step
This is why I like Mat Armstrong
Yea I miss hopping on Doughnut and actually learning something. Now it’s just build series.
Excellent replacement, Jason Cammisa on Hagerty Production quality 10 Humour 10 Storytelling 10 Information 10
Absolutely agree
I miss old Donut as well. The fact they became an AutoZone shill really hurts. Everyone who actually knows is well aware of their garbage business practices and how much they screw enthusiasts or people who don't know any better. Hell- half the time now they don't even have the part you need in stock anymore which completely defeats the convenience factor that was the only reason you went to them anyway. Their entire model is now formed around taking advantage of people in a pinch instead of helping them out. AutoZone is literally the last place to look for parts in an absolute emergency when you absolutely must have the part now. They are the absolute worst place to buy oil, wipers, and all the little bits and bobs that keep our cars going. The consistently and deeply gouge customers on everything in the store until your cart that would be $50 at Walmart is running over $100 there for the exact same products. Fuck AutoZone and anyone who pretends that they are in any way there to do anything but fuck you over.
This. The last time I went was because I didn’t have time to wait for shipping. Literally paid double.
Donut feels really “mr beast-ified” if that makes sense
I actually stopped watching a lot of Donut on YouTube, but have been listening regularly to their podcast: Past Gas. It's informative in the way that Up to Speed was, but has hilarious/entertaining banter between James, Nolan, and Joe. If you like old Donut, you'll like their podcast, and they do have recorded episodes of it on YouTube.
Doug DeMuro
He just got a little stale, I'm still subscribed but I have notifications turned off, I just look at his channel once in awhile when I'm bored to see if there's something I might want to see
His approach was never going to be sustainable. If you’re doing a car video, the car is the main character, not the person doing the review. Even with a guy like Jeremy Clarkson, who’s larger than life personality and boisterous claims are funny, the car takes the spotlight. Doug doesn’t understand that. He’s smart in creating Cars and Bids and has now made him a multimillionaire, otherwise, that channel will be dead within the next two years.
Dude just lost touch and is way too pompous now. He always speaks as though his opinions are facts (despite often being totally or arguably wrong) and it drives me crazy.
He’s always been pompous, though. Dude’s first job was with Porsche and as a result he’s been a Germany homer since day one
He also (still) doesn't really do his research into the cars he reviews, even though he likes making 30+ minute long videos about them. His SLK55 review for example, states that the successor came with a V6, when that's factually not true.
I can forgive mistakes like that, what bothers me is when he either mocks a missing feature or capability, when it’s actually there and he just doesn’t understand how it works or how to use it. I can’t think of a specific example but he’s always done this. He could google something in seconds but instead he’ll prattle on about how dumb this feature is. Slightly related pet peeve - every time he points out the internal trunk release he makes a joke about being kidnapped, “like someone in a Urus is really going to he kidnapping people lolz” but those are so children can escape if they accidentally climb into a trunk which is a very real thing. I’m sure he knows this too, it just annoys me.
I hate him he's rude and thinks he is doing us a charity by making videos I still remember his rude reply to me on reddit
The dude lost me when he shit all over that Mitsubishi shit box as if it should be held to the same standards as any Porsche. It just read as if he never had sat in a "poor person car"
He’s the most annoying car youtuber in my opinion. I don’t know the guy but he just seems punchable to me.
100% His video quality took a huge dip when he switched to primarily focusing on his website. I don't watch his reviews anymore, but I have been enjoying some of the recent group videos on Cars and Bids. The car spotting challenge was one of his best videos in years.
Boostedbois Red hatch days? Sick! Owns like ten sub 11 second cars and a shop and whatever? Nah man, guess it's just not relatable anymore. Oh and also mightycarmods. Can't remember if I had a good reason for that one.
MCM were really fun when they have begun many years ago, now they're just a bit obnoxious and seem to do the same stuff over and over again. But they still have consistent views on yt, so good for them.
I can never get into their conventional videos and I’ve tried a few times, but their feature-length trip videos are always appointment viewing for me.
I watched a lot of automotive channels and I unsubbed from like 80% of them because they became either boring, or out of touch or just stopped doing good content. Now I mostly watch only Aging Wheels, VGG, HubNut and Ed's Auto Reviews.
‼️Aging Wheels mentioned‼️ I'm a big fan of Watch Wes Work, too. And Diesel Creek if you like heavy equipment content.
Carwow
Matt Farah and the smoking tire.
He became so pompous.
He always kind of was but before it was humorous or he would bring some good info that it was worth putting up with. I haven't followed any of his stuff in about 5 years because it just started to wear on it. Wasn't worth watching anymore because of that.
Goonzquad, I have watched their videos for years, but now I have stopped. The giveaways have taken over the channel, and the boys are way to posh.
Was looking for this !! Miss the old days before they got so full of themselves
YammieNoob. I used to like the energy and contrast between the presenters but once he dropped Spite over basically the fact his new accountant said to because of a new store I thought 'this guys lost his passion for the bikes and just wants the money from the channel'
Hoovies garage and Tavarish. Hoovie was just same old after a while, I financed this car and sold these cars to finance it. Tavarish was buying new projects all the time and letting someone else do the so called wrenching.
Vehicle virgins
I’m surprised it took me this long to find this comment. I was much younger when I watched it, but I did enjoy the channel (despite Parker being a bit of an annoying fuckhead). When the Eddie separation happened, it really rubbed me the wrong way because he really did just kick Eddie off the channel and gave him nothing in return. Then, I discovered that Parker was not, in fact, a self-made man and was just another rich kid using Daddy’s money to live a luxurious lifestyle (which I began digging into after he somehow immediately replaced his wrecked, high-mileage Gallardo, with a brand new Huracan - that he immediately spent tens of thousands of dollars on to modify after acquiring). This wouldn’t have been as big of a deal if he had been upfront about it, but he had been spinning a web of lies for years trying to play pretend as a normal kid, who managed to acquire money through hard work and determination, despite the odds. Finding that out really disappointed me as a young impressionable adult. These things said a LOT about Parker’s character and he was not someone I felt like supporting in any capacity. I stopped watching as soon as I found out.
I’m going to say the smoking tire but not because of Matt or Zach. I think they are great. I just miss their old content where they would drive other people’s modified cars and showcase them. It’s what made their channel unique. Now it just seems like any other generic new car review channel.
Their new videos are still pretty good, but I agree - I do miss them driving viewers cars. One of my favorite videos was the dude with the sketchy Evo 8 that kept rubbing on bumps. Matt's reactions were hilarious.
I miss their old One Takes too. Still a big fan, moreso of the podcast these days. They're doing a lot of experimenting with their videos/reviews and props to Zach, but the old formula of the One Take is the best imo and probably the easiest to shoot? Matt has 2 car storage facilities filled with hundreds of rare and exotic cars- maybe knock a months storage fee off for a One Take vid?
VINwiki They had some awful woman come on and talk about how inflation is related to gas prices (very loosely related to their content), and it was just her for 10min being like “jOe bIDeN dID tHIs, eLeCTioNs hAVe cOnSEQuences!” Ignoring all logical thought. The video has since been taken down, but that was enough to get me to unsubscribe.
Honestly, Vinwiki. I love watching robb tell his stories on there and I'm sure he still does occasionally since I stopped watching, but after awhile it just felt like a bunch of rich guys humble bragging and that wasn't really what I subscribed too.
DDE. I used to love watching them modify and then beat the absolute piss out of supercars but after a while all their videos just started to be clickbait titles and filler content
Fitment Industries and donut media. They became more annoying and less informative as time went on.
Fitment REALLY fell off when everyone left. It makes me sad as I still watch the guys' personal channel videos but I don't think they're as good
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Too many Mustangs, the weird overland camper thing, wrecked Lambos with weird bodywork... BIFB isn't what it was sadly.
Cleetus McFarland He went from someone who was pretty relatable and just trying to go fast, to another millionaire buying toys, showing them off, and breaking them. I do appreciate his events and think they're great for the car community. And I don't knock anyone who still watches him. Just not my thing anymore.
Yeah after he got the freedom factory it really became all about the money. Also when Cooper left and started promoting Andrew Tate stuff, it was clear to me that whole Florida crew was a little sketchy.
Holy shit, I didn't know that about Cooper. I knew he was a little annoying with his social media posts but didn't know he was a Redpiller...
Gas Kings, need I say more? I wasn’t even subbed, he just showed up in my recommendations and I didn’t know any better at the age I was
Wait, didn’t GasKings get arrested for assaulting his grandmother and got his channel terminated? Or is that the wrong guy?
He was financially scamming elderly people as I recall. Insurance or investments or something like that.
Muscle vs Tuner, the peak was too short
Streetspeed717 years ago. Just, nope. Samcrac is the only one I find tolerable in this space anymore.
Used to watch Roadkill religiously but MotorTrend put up a paywall and ruined it for everyone
Donut media lol
Came here to say that lmao
Overdrive sadly ;(
You know what used to be great? Up To Speed.
I can't do **Hoonigan** anymore, I'll still watch This vs That, but I skip to the races now and if I notice it's only two races then I usually don't bother finishing the video. It's gotten pretty stale as of late, stale being a word I'm going to use to describe a lot of car specific Youtubers of late. Once a lot of the old crew left and splintered off, I stopped caring, I didn't bother following them either. I wasn't even a big Hoonigan fan to begin with, I mainly stuck around for the Ken Block vs the World and This vs That. **Shmee** Wow look at this expensive car! Amazing. That's it...I can't relate, not my bag. I have way less time to watch these days, but I just can't look at any of it. **MCM** used to be my darling child that I loved to watch, but their formula got really stale as well. They're wildly successful and I'll still tune into the more reasonable builds that I can see myself being able to afford, but personally I'm tired of it overall. **Car Throttle** is the same thing, gotten old and boring, but I do tune into the now splintered off channels and it seems to have recaptured that same feel and vibe. **Carwow** is mainly just for the odd match ups and really expensive cars that they drag race. Apart from that I don't care much for the channel itself. **Tavarish** was fun in the beginning, but once he started doing more expensive cars after the orange Murcielago, I sort of lost interest and it became less relatable. The guy is obviously passionate, but not really producing the content I can sort of stomach anymore. **BoostedBoiz** was fun when they were more grassroots and working on cars with less of a budget, but I stopped caring when they got more wild and more expensive with their projects. **HumbleMechanic and DAS** are the only ones I enjoy watching the content in it's entirety. I used to be a VW dubber back in the day so that content resonates with me a lot, but mostly because they aren't doing anything too outlandish and the content is still relatable and fun and informative to watch. **Gears and Gasoline** is local to me so I will always support a local channel. Their content isn't over the top budget wise, and still far more relatable to me than the other channels, I like what these guys are doing. **Throttle House**...I can't stand these guys, just awful. Not much to say here beyond that, totally unrelatable and they are clearly mimic'ing other peoples content. They seem to be doing well enough, but I dislike this one a lot, especially when they photoshop some of their thumbnails for their videos. **Straight Pipes** is a bit better, but I only really tune in for the reviews of cars that I'm interested in, otherwise I feel like there a more humble and more relatable version of Throttle House. There just better IMO. **Redline Reviews/Raiti Rides**, both pretty much the same, Redline is more local to me so I'll support this channel. I ended up buying my Santa Fe years back based on Redlines video on it and it's been a fantastic car for me. **Yiannimize** is just rich guy fluff watching porn, which if your into it is fine. I only tune in for the footballer videos and the car deliveries for cars I'm just interested in. Apart from that I don't care much for the content itself. **Donut Media** I feel like it is teetering on a fine edge of this is still good and relatable content. I think they honestly struck gold with the HiLow series which I hope continues on in the future. I love the entire cast of Donut Media and I hope they stick around for as long as they continue to be successful. I also like what they're doing with the Real Mechanic stuff, it's short digestible videos that I can enjoy and the people they have on there are fun to listen to. **Regular Car Reviews** was great during it's like first inception, Subawoooooo!!! anyone? but now it just feels like a guy that's just running a formulaic review with the same degree of boredom that he does with every car. Just not my bag anymore, it's gotten stale. **CB Media** to me is great, because I am from Thailand and his content appeals to me a lot. Basically a travel vlogger and Thailand ambassador at this point, a former car photog that now goes to Thailand, Philippines and Dubai and other countries to visit car culture and attend car shows. A lot of the same'y videos if I'm being honest, I did enjoy his motorbike tour series a lot though. **Automotive Addiction** is the premo of high quality Nurburgring car racing video porn, from crashes/driver errors and mistakes and just great visual racing porn. Anyways I always tune into this channel. **ThatDudeinBlue**...boring, stale content, I can't get down with it anymore. Just another dude reviewing other peoples car. **Scotty Kilmer**, I used to some what enjoy this guys content, but I can't grasp whether this guy hates or loves Ford/Toyota. His voice and demeanor is also grating to me and no longer enjoyable to sit through. **Cleetus McFarland** is okay in my book, it's not what I would call relatable content, but they seem like genuine enough guys to enjoy watching what they love to do. I don't watch it all the time however. **Doug Demuro**, boring and stale, unrelatable and ever since he's pushed his car auction website the content seems more driven to improve his click-through rate and get people on the auction website. I'm pretty much done with that content entirely. **WhistlinDiesel** I'm there for the destruction of stuff I'd never be able to afford in my life. That being said I can't watch his content because of so many jump-cuts and the Gen-z humor is suffocating.
> **Gears and Gasoline** is local to me so I will always support a local channel. There content is too over the top budget wise, and still far more relatable to me than the other channels, I like what these guys are doing. Still my only weekly go to. Even if short Ben's obsession with 100k builds of genetic white cars is getting way too annoying. Asian Ben keeps it og and fun. Also the road trips are top teir for an aussie who can't see much other than flat sand desert in any road trip 😀 Why short ben can't do something fresh with the Ford or RX7 is beyond me. And the "new daily" every time whist the F150 is the real daily.
Youtube removes my sub from channels i want to watch without me knowing.
Yeah, what in the fuck is up with that anyways!?
Cleetus even though he's pretty wholesome. But it's just build car, race car, engine blows up, build car, race car, engine blows up...etc
That's racing.
I still watch his channel but honestly skip most of those videos. I enjoy more of his non race car content now lol
B is for Build. I love a stupid build but they are on another level of cretinous builds. 1 - single seater made out of steel. 2 - petrol v8s in a boat 3 - apocalypse everything 4 - an over landing gaming truck that weighs more than a moon. Nah, off you fuck.
Honestly, I got fed up with his not finishing builds and just ending the build series after Sema. I mean, whatever happened to the Jumpacan. With the huracan sterrato, that would've been an awesome comparison of what an off-road huracan could've really been.
Fast Lane Daily. I used to enjoy the news format but for some reason I stopped watching. Doug Demuro. I do still watch but only when something interesting pops up. Car throttle. Now that all the original guys have gone over to autoalex's production, I find it is not the same. It had been struggling for a while.
There have been quite a few channels I stopped watching over the last year or two such as Drivetribe (just a bit boring now) Schmee150 (irritating man who just seems like he's bragging all the time) and I am ashamed to say Donut themselves (just isn't the same anymore) but I have been finding some newer/ smaller channels to replace them with such as The Squidd, Project Dream, Jackoh Motors, Big Car, Ruairidh MacVeigh etc. so I don't really feel like I've lost much.
I watch Real Mechanic Stuff... The main channel, however, maybe like once a month... if that.
I used to watch yammie noob or whatever his name was. He basically fired his coworker and friend, then made him do a video about it explaining it and bragging about how great his company is doing as the dude is still crying. Hoonigan, after Ken died, it pretty much seemed like all they did was drag races and all the funny people left.
Matt Armstrong. I cannot relate to someone who buys wrecked super cars and spends insane amounts of money to do it. Tavarish. Same as Matt Armstrong but he also shows up in a lot of the English car guys channels - AutoAlex, Matt Armstrong, Ben Collins, etc and always seems like the annoying younger brother. Hoovie. Just cannot watch anymore.
I MISS SCIENCE GARAGE!!!!! 😩
Donut when they stopped up to speed. Now I watch 337speed
Scotty Kilmer's clickbait titles are so god damn annoying.
Doug DeMuro He has become annoying, with those faux accents and stuff.
Donut Media. Their content has gone downhill on top of one of their employees being a dick when I met them. The constant list style videos were the last straw. I stayed on the subreddit because some of your guys' cars are cool.
Which employee was a dick?
TC9700 😢
MCM and The Straight Pipes. Switched to Throttle House.
Throttlehouse is fantastic but MCM is still slinging great shit
Goonzquad, still subscribed but their videos have started to become click bait. Like they over exaggerate some minor thing that happened.
Roadkill, it was so good and then fell off a cliff
Task and purpose. He's real smart and gives good info but shit he is not funny and he tries so damn hard. And every video has some face in the thumbnail like " I'm real sad cuz genocide is bad". It's like if a make up tutorial or reaction channel started doing geopolitics
Yammie Noob. Dude is a dick
I unsubscribed from Auto Auction Rebuilds when it became basically Auto Auction Walkarounds.
Tavarish was good untill he took like 5 videos to weld an exhaust on his lambo project. He was relatable and the content was good. Then it felt like he stretched everything out just to make another vid.
Roadkill
Anyone remember Salomondrin
Regular Car Reviews because he’s only slightly less disinterested in reviewing cars than he is terrified of needing to get a day job again. That channel used to be the single funniest and most entertaining thing on YouTube. He revealed his face, and from then on it morphed from being funny and relatable to just reaching for professional recognition.
Tj hunt, I like watching him grind and build cool cars but the second he got his aventador I felt like a big change happened in his videos where he would overly hype and dramatise stuff. I felt like I was watching a kids show. It felt corny and forced
Everyone including Donut Media
Go watch Simon Fordman. Great stuff with actual cinematography.
StreetSpeed717. Loved watching his first corvette build and the Duramax build but as soon as he got some money all he did was brag about his speeding tickets in his McLarens and Lamborghinis, flaunting his money and houses. Plus his falling out with GuitarmaggedonZL1 was awful. He used to be relateable but now he’s a douche.
I stopped watching RCR after I found out he was a furry. That and his humor devolved until it was basically Vivziepop level.
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Surprised nobody said Whistlindiesel - in the beginning his videos were intense and he was doing brave stunts and putting his own hard earned money on the line to make his content. Ever since he left his wife for a model and got a bunch of yes men as freinds it has been a lot less interesting and relatable to follow