Scotty Kilmer has the biggest YouTube car DIY channel

hoodie6029

Well, that's his claim. This guy has over a billion views thanks to his click bait videos.

Came across him years ago and couldn't stand him. Was searching for some G Wagen videos a few months ago and came across his review of one. Made the mistake of watching it (10 minutes I'll never get back) and Youtube has been pushing his videos to me ever since.

With that in mind (to avoid his dross), what are the best Youtube car DIY channels that you watch?

I'm a fan of Mighty Car Mods, ChrisFix, Mustie1 and have recently been following the Irish channel Endfloat do a very detailed engine swap on a VW camper.

RINO87

Cannot stand that man, and the same as yourself YouTube keep pushing his vids everytime I open it. Dunno why, I haven't clicked on one of his vids in over a year.

There's a chap has a channel called furious driving. Mostly him just taking slightly left field cars for a spin. Nothing too exotic but interesting yokes usually.

He also does a few bits of him fiddling about in has yard with old motors. I like it because he seems as cack handed as myself, but gets the jobs done! He's no Ed China, makes nothing look easy, and leaves all the frustrating bits in the videos which is reassuring for all of us who have had a simple job turn into a mess!

bazz26

Who? Is this the guy Matt Damon was singing about in Eurotrip?

Edit: Just google him and watched one of his videos. Jesus he really is the Victor Meldrew of car review youtubers.

DrSpongeBobz

Scotty promotes his love of Toyota and never buying a brand new car.I find him interesting, he has a new channel too,Kilmers Garage which has higher production quality.

colm_mcm

He looks like Barbara Streisand

Also. He’s a knob.




My recommendations

Mustie1
HubNut
Bad Obsession Motorsport
RegularCars
Arthur Tussik
Garage54
Big Car
Smith and Sniff
Carpervert

On the fence about:
Mighty Car Mods (Gone a bit stale and corporate shilly)
WatchJRGo (A bit staged and formulaic)
Doug DeMuro
Hoovies Garage

Can’t stand:
Tavarish
Scotty Kilmer

Titzon Toast

I've been watching a guy called Dannydc2 for a while now. He does some track days and had a quick little MRS with a K swap. He's a good driver too. Low budget stuff, I can relate to that!

ShedTower

I'd recommend anyone give Car Throttle a go. It's lighthearted, think low budget original Top Gear. It is entertaining.



Scotty is tough to listen to. I don't know how anyone could sit through that.

RobAMerc

surely Harrys Garage is the only place to go

I like Hoovies even though he is hard to listen to - Doug DeMuro - oh lord. ( but I still watch it from time to time )

colm_mcm

ShedTower wrote: »

I'd recommend anyone give Car Throttle a go. It's lighthearted, think low budget original Top Gear. It is entertaining.



Scotty is tough to listen to. I don't know how anyone could sit through that.

Yer man on Car Throttle has a terrible put-on accent too though.

ongarite

colm_mcm wrote: »

He looks like Barbara Streisand

My recommendations

Mustie1
HubNut
Bad Obsession Motorsport
RegularCars
Arthur Tussik
Garage54
Big Car
Smith and Sniff
Carpervert

On the fence about:
Mighty Car Mods (Gone a bit stale and corporate shilly)
WatchJRGo (A bit staged and formulaic)
Doug DeMuro
Hoovies Garage

Can’t stand:
Tavarish
Scotty Kilmer

Good list.
Love Mustie1, genuine old school trifty fix anything guy.

Fan of Coldwarmotors, Ronald Finger and Weird Beard, Benny Custom Works, Skid Factory
Like Ratarossa and Rich Rebuilds too.
Basically channels with real content, working on everyday vehicles.

Still like Hoovies Garage, the fame hasnt gone to his head too much.

Tavarish, I have gone right off his channel.
Used to be great a few years ago and then he bought that white Lambo and its all downhill from there.
He does no work on camera anymore and gets his "friend" Jared to do all the work for him.
Same for SamCrac, used to be interesting rebuild/repair of cars. Now its all very dodgy supercar/luxury car rebuilds with his friends doing all the work.

colm_mcm

I saw that!

carzony

Chris fix is quite good...

https://www.youtube.com/user/PaintballOO7

projectgtr

Outside of the ones already mentioned I really like Juiceboxforyou myself , i love the irishness of it theres a real genuineness to it. Their last special was brilliant. It was great to see Need for Speed add a decal of theirs into their game too. Wont be to everyones taste but well worth a try specially if you like Japanese cars.

Lyan

I like him. It was watching his videos that changed me from being a know-nothing about cars to being able to somewhat engage in a conversation about them.

landcrzr

Surprised that no one has mentioned Eric the car guy, likes his Honda's.
Also Alan Howatt is really good for mondeos up to the current model.
Have to agree though Scotty Kilmer can be hard to listen to.

Atlantic Dawn

From his setup you would think he hadn't a bob to his name, seems he is a millionaire from it...
https://ie.youtubers.me/scotty-kilmer/youtube-estimated-earnings

Agent_47

carzony wrote: »

Chris fix is quite good...

https://www.youtube.com/user/PaintballOO7

Keeps himself anonymous, wish Bob Flavin would do us all a favour and become permanently anonymous, ie stop posting videos, he is full of crap

Whocare

GoonzSquad is interesting enough

Dr. Steve Brule

Agent_47 wrote: »

Keeps himself anonymous, wish Bob Flavin would do us all a favour and become permanently anonymous, ie stop posting videos, he is full of crap

In fairness, that's quite a harsh opinion on Bob. He's one of a handful doing it in Ireland & he actually engages with his subscribers.

Each to their own I suppose.

Voodoomelon

Savage Geese has to have the most informed, comprehensive, highest quality car content on YouTube, even if he is a little overly opinionated the odd time.

Henry Ford III

Salvage Rebuilds UK is pretty good.

hoodie6029

ShedTower wrote: »

I'd recommend anyone give Car Throttle a go. It's lighthearted, think low budget original Top Gear. It is entertaining.

I do like those guys too. The restoration of the high mileage Octavia was a good series.

I do find it hilarious that one of the presenters getting stuck in front of a Royal Mail truck and being rescued by Ellie Goulding got them so much publicity

Dr. Steve Brule

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Salvage Rebuilds UK is pretty good.

I really enjoy that channel as well. Rob seems to be a sound bloke.

biko

South Main Auto Repair LLC
EricTheCarGuy

ofcork

For reviews I enjoy high peak autos and jayemm on cars did some interesting stuff re McLaren.

Ubbquittious

Never heard of Scotty Kilmer but had a look there and by feck is he hard to listen to. 10 seconds was enough

monkeysnapper

Could you imagine living next door to scotty.... it would be unbearable.......

"Oohhhh there the old goat goes again filming a video sounding like a cats being murdered"

" Sweet jesus Barbara ring the estate agent and put the house up for sale"


Gets sale for house then does a huge wheel spin shouting at him as you pass " rev my engine you prick now f%"k off

ShedTower

biko wrote: »

South Main Auto Repair LLC

I was coming back to say that. Nice dude.

Henry Ford III

The Car Wizard is quite good. Hoovie isn't though. Repetitive "I bought the cheapest.....how stupid am I" rubbish.

big dar

Unwrecked is pretty good American lad doing up Copart cars also Junkyard Digs

Samcrac is the best imo, v tuned garage is good aswell. They just buy destroyed exotica mostly and fix them up

MrCostington

RobAMerc wrote: »

surely Harrys Garage is the only place to go

And thanks to Harry I was introduced to Iain Tyrell - each video seems to just last 5 min, two gentleman discussing cars, no over excited shouting or stupid music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG2Gwh-H7YE

Iain has his own channel now

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2pQT90JBqbMHSVLtbJBvyw

RobAMerc

MrCostington wrote: »

And thanks to Harry I was introduced to Iain Tyrell - each video seems to just last 5 min, two gentleman discussing cars, no over excited shouting or stupid music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG2Gwh-H7YE

Iain has his own channel now

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2pQT90JBqbMHSVLtbJBvyw

Agreed - Iain Tyrells stuff is very enjoyable - like Harry's, its for the real petrol heads though.

Car Throttle I am sure is good as Alex Kersten seem like a decent bloke, he has some good videos of Phil is MX5

Supercar Blondie is an ok watch sometimes - ( in a different league, almost seems like it was created by some bloke so everyone could be jealous of this lifestyle and his mrs )

ofcork

Supercar blondie gets a bit of a doing off for not actually knowing much about cars especially after that devel sixteen review.

colm_mcm

ofcork wrote: »

Supercar blondie gets a bit of a doing off for not actually knowing much about cars especially after that devel sixteen review.

Yeah, but to be fair like, I’d still watch her.

ofcork

Slightly ot but that devel sixteen is definitely a fake I assume.

Eric Cartman

Tony Worried Fatigues wrote: »

Samcrac is the best imo, v tuned garage is good aswell. They just buy destroyed exotica mostly and fix them up

I like samcrac but have to say I just don't think richrebuilds is a guy suited to video, very wooden and when he appears in samcrac videos it just seems like the humour is very dry and almost mean for effect.

commited

I'm amazed that no one has mentioned SOUP classic motoring. It's homegrown here in Ireland and the editing is incredible! Check out an episode and see what you think:
https://youtu.be/bRs-4AXb9_U

colm_mcm

Forgot about SOUP actually. The production quality was there from day 1, but he comes across a lot better these days with the bit of experience under his belt.

New episode out today actually

rizzodun

For anyone sick of getting Scotty in their feed on YouTube, you can click on the 3 dots on the video recommendation and select 'Don't recommend this channel' et. viola, no more annoying click bait bull****.

Tzardine

Gonna chip in and give a mention for SeenThroughGlass. I think he is totally underrated. He does have a total rich kid accent and is a complete toff, but he is not actually rich or stuck up like some of the others, for example he openly says that all his cars are financed. He is putting out some great content lately (before corona).

His drive the world series last year was great. And his content is really well produced for a one man band.

barry181091

I have a guy that doesn't seem to have many followers but is great! Basically its a "how it works" on different parts of a car etc.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDt9sBJp3Mne9_8xmb_XoWQ

jetfiremuck

Other in depths are 'Rich Rebuilds'..electric car Tesla guru, very talented. 'Weber auto' is a university professor amazing content.

Lewis_Benson

landcrzr wrote: »

Surprised that no one has mentioned Eric the car guy, likes his Honda's.
Also Alan Howatt is really good for mondeos up to the current model.
Have to agree though Scotty Kilmer can be hard to listen to.

Alan Howatt is great, as a mondeo owner, his info is invaluable.

AuldDaysul

Vtuned for rebuilds
Diagnose Dan for troubleshooting
South Main Auto for rust
Ratches and Wrenches DIY stuff
Tonys refinishing for paint
Car Cleaning Guru for valeting
Mad4Motors is a decent Irish DIYer

I watch the usuals like garage54, samcracc, rich rebuilds and car throttle but these are more entertainment channels than anything else.

I watch scotty from time to time just for a laugh.

cruizer101

hoodie6029 wrote: »

Youtube has been pushing his videos to me ever since.

RINO87 wrote: »

Cannot stand that man, and the same as yourself YouTube keep pushing his vids everytime I open it. Dunno why, I haven't clicked on one of his vids in over a year.

On youtube homepage hover over a video and beside the title three dots appear.
Click into them and you can say you are not interested in a specific video which will effect your preferences or you can say not to recommend that channel at all.

Even if you havn't watched much of his stuff if you watch stuff that other people who also watch scotty watch it might recommend him.

I've watched a few times and has helped with a specific problem but wouldn't be pushed on him.

Toms turbo garage is very good he has a few project builds as well as other bits and pieces.

MetzgerMeister

Car Throttle - Light hearted and enjoyable videos
Road & Race - Kind of boring but still a good watch.
Autoshine Blackpool - A trained mechanic who does valeting. Very enjoyable. "Hello guys and gurrals"
Doug DeMuro - "Thiiiiiiiisssss is......." your usual high-pitched American voice. Many "quirks and features" from this guy and the cars he reviews.
Chris Fix - Recently got into watching his videos and I like them.
Forensic Detailing - What I would consider to be the main UK detailing YouTube channel. Jon is very good and entertaining. Knows his stuff and is a wealth of knowledge.
Pan the Organizer - The Canadian version of Forensic Detailing. As some say Pan is great at reading product labels and likes to show off his "high end" stuff.

What I HATE with a passion is that all these videos have the same thing at the end - "Please subscribe if you like my videos and "smash" that like button"

ShedTower

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTH03chB4PrMBQf6iK7eDCg/videos


Very in depth explanations on how car parts work. The closest thing to a proper online course I've seen.

Stallingrad

I really enjoy Goonzquad, hard not to be taken in by their positive energy and fearlessness in tackling anything.

Kilboor

Really enjoy High Peak Autos, almost like ASMR for me. Watch every video even if I've no interest in the car or platform.

Does anyone know of a UK/Ireland equivalent of ChrisFixIt?

Chris_Heilong

Eric the Car guy is the best DIY channel on youtube and he has been making videos for years.