I spend far too much time on this channel...

Big Car www.youtube.com/c/BigCar2/videos

This young lad is quite entertaining:

Twin-Cam: www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Xob60AYoK4YIcpkKLUX9Q

Edited by Xileno on 05/03/2021 at 20:32

Great suggestions above for channels that entertain. I find that the road tests available on Youtube are just as informative in their way as what you read in the magazines.

I'd recommend (sorry, no time to provide links but all are available in Youtube's search engine):

Carwow (Mat Watson)

What Car (Doug Revolta)

Electrifying (Ginny Buckley, Tom Ford and Nicki Shields are all very good presenters)

I've also looked at and enjoyed Petrol Ped. If you're interested in EVs, Mr EV and Electric Vehicle Man are worth watching.

Edited by Metropolis. on 06/03/2021 at 11:38

I suppose it depends on what you want out of the channel - a laugh/fun, motoring news and commentary, car test drives/reviews, problem-solving and DIY, a combo of more than one?

I subscribe to Jason's Engineering Explained and Aussie 'auto expert' John Cadogan (both of whom have engineering degrees, John is also a journo of long standing), although John's coverage is more Aussie-biased, but is very informative, fun and blunt (maybe too much for some).

I also occasionally watch videos from US and Canadian YouTubers such as Scotty Kilmer, as well as from Savageese, The Straight Pipes (both of whom do regular test drives, often well before they appear in the UK for new cars) and sometimes from Kirk Kreifels, who speacialises in news and commentary about Japanese cars.

From time to time I've also watched CarWow reviews on YT, which to be fair aren't too bad.

If you like Hubnut, then Furious Driving is worth a look. He also buys cheap second hand cars and goes through his trials and tribulations.

Tyrrell's Classic Workshop is well worth a look (linked with Harry's Garage): www.youtube.com/channel/UC2pQT90JBqbMHSVLtbJBvyw

Turns out TFL doesn't stand for Transport For London after all.

Imagine my surprise.

I find Hubnut, Furious Driving and Car Throttle all very watchable.

M539 Restorations

www.youtube.com/c/M539Restorations

I love this channel. Sreten is a German bloke, and he will travel to far of places to buy up old BMWs and renovate them. I love his projects.

He even let slip. Here is a BMW from a time, when they knew what they were doing! :-)

He does this for a hobby and his day job is in IT. He highlights all the dodgy repairs jobs by previous mechanic and point them out to viewers. Would be mechanics can learn a lot!

He is frugal too!.

Just to add, Tyrrell's Classic Workshop's latest video is about the recommissioning of a 300SL Gullwing. If the exhaust note during the test drive doesn't make the hair on your neck (and a few other things) stand up, you need to check your pulse:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISell98Jv9w

I suppose part of the reason I like South Main Auto. (The Acceptable Face of Redneck) despite it being mostly about newish cars, is that it reinforces my prejudices.

Who doesn't like that, eh?

Recent example. Installing a second hand seat because the "passenger detection and classification module" is bust and the replacement part is unobtanium.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vlj1VfvPME

Has to PAY to reprogram for the replacement seat, (multiple times) initially using a fancy OEM scan tool which does not work, then using another fancy scan tool which luckily does.

There is also a hint at the end that this procedure may itself be illegal

So newish stuff (2014 in this case) really sucks.

I knew that, but its nice to have it confirmed every so often.

Edited by edlithgow on 17/03/2021 at 04:15

The snag with Youtube is that, even done well, (and its more often done badly) its a really slow and cumbersome way of conveying information.

Progress?

If it was a Youtube channel, this would be my top pick.

www.autospeed.com/

Its an online magazine format. Lots of punk-technology inspiration which AFAIK isnt available anywhere else,

Seems to have gone quiet lately but for now at least the archive is available, though of course it could disappear any time.

If it was a Youtube channel it would probably be a lot more popular, and a lot less useful.

This fella was on YouTube on and off for a few years but seems to be on the regular now. Quite dry and funny and reviews the odd interesting car. Matty's cars

youtube.com/channel/UCmFCJZYb4ZRczrBBApfousg

If you like car repair channels I've started watching Saving Salvage. Dean the presenter has a nice relaxed style and goes into some. nce details of the process, a bit like old School Ed China. I don't particularly like Ed's Channel, it feels a bit slow Pai for me btw.

The car care but.. Yes I own only Toyotas and Lexus but where also do you get a vlog from an independent specialist ?!

youtube.com/@TheCarCareNut

For entertainment High peak autos and that Aussie bloke Cadogan.

www.youtube.com/@UncleTonysGarage

Hands on rude mechanicals.

VERY American muscle car, unfortu8nately, but that does mean no b***** computers and fancy scan tools,, which is nice.

Must find out what MOPAR actually stamnds for sometime

Got to agree with a few, High Peak Autos, find it really intresting.

Pretty knowledagble! does little clips of him going through Autotrader saying whats crap and why, and whats decent and why.

also Mat on CARWOW, pretty polished and honest reviews. Little ad for CARWOW in his videos but apart from that, really good.

I quite like the retro content on ROVR: www.youtube.com/@rovr