Recommend some YouTube channels

Recommend some YouTube channels

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Lee Jones Jnr

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1,724 posts

177 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Like everyone else (most people) I am now at the end of any useful work I can do and am bored out of my tree. PLEASE recommend some car based YouTube channels that I will like.
For guidance, here are my thoughts on a few popular ones:

Harry’s Garage - really enjoy it, a bit of an old man rambling is a small price to pay for thoughtful, insightful commentary on the cars from a man who has earned the ability to buy them.

JayEmm - I don’t really watch them anymore. Not at all bad but generally manages to cram two minutes content into half an hour, has a generally very negative outlook and it’s got to the point that I’m irritated every time he mentions Lotus.

Shmee150 - Just not for me. I find the lack of detail and genuine insight is not worth sitting through the hyperbolic screeching faux excitement.

Seen Through Glass - Diet Shmee150

Chris Harris - seems to have gone a bit ‘mainstream’ but still enjoyable

cgt2

7,141 posts

195 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Harry's channel is by far the best in my view. Always an interesting selection of cars and a very relaxed style.

I don't know a couple of the others you mention but I also watch Number 27 and Carfection. Oh and occasionally The Car Guys. Not quite as good as Harry but usually some interesting cars, again from an owner's perspective. And Petrolicious.


Edited by cgt2 on Monday 20th April 11:54

toasty

7,778 posts

227 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Petrolicious has some quality videos.

silber

72 posts

167 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Davide Cironi is on another level in terms of authenticity and getting under the skin of really exciting cars. Technical knowledge, appreciates real driving experience over the colour of bonnet stripes, full of Italian enthusiasm and drives the cars as they should be. The last couple of minutes of each review are often just in car footage of him giving full beans.

ricotansky

114 posts

191 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Hubnut, Hoovies garage, Furious driving, Sarah-n-tuned, salvage rebuilds uk, petrolblog, volkswizard, car pervert, rich rebuilds are what I've been filling the time with lately....

MDL111

7,172 posts

184 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Petrolicious
Dirt every day
Roadkill
Peter Auto videos


Cheib

23,759 posts

182 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Carfection - Henry Catchpole’s current home. Love his work !
Jay Leno’s Garage - Harry’s on steroids !
The Smoking Tyre- Best US one I would say apart from Jay Leno
Tyrrell’ s Classic Workshop= Ian Tyrrell first featured on Harry’s Garage stripping his Espada engine. Has now started his own channel...I really like it.

ajprice

29,259 posts

203 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Car Pervert
Hubnut
Car Throttle

carphotographer

502 posts

202 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Mr JWW, suppose to be in the top 100 influencers on Youtube. Quality content . Just done a film on the McLaren F1

Retropowercars - just built a Mk1 Escort for Gordon Murray .

It's interesting how the film content has improved. It use to be just a guy talking cars with a GoPro, or iPhone. Now it's drones, proper cameras, lighting, camera cars with booms for tracking etc etc

The Surveyor

7,584 posts

244 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Cheib said:
Carfection - Henry Catchpole’s current home. Love his work !
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Tyrrell’ s Classic Workshop= Ian Tyrrell first featured on Harry’s Garage stripping his Espada engine. Has now started his own channel...I really like it.
These were the two I was going to suggest, some of the stuff Henry Catchpole has done with Porsche and McLaren are beautifully filmed. I know the OP has been looking at McLarens, this is still one of my favorites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU08GySJDNQ



cgt2

7,141 posts

195 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Yes Tyrrell good one too. I wonder if Ian's Submariner gets scratched up as he always wears it when doing mechanical work. A Daytona or GMT with polished links wouldn't survive that for long.


Edited by cgt2 on Monday 20th April 15:34

PrancingHorses

2,714 posts

214 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Chris Harris on Cars

How could your list not include Lord Aleem biglaughgetmecoat

Cheib

23,759 posts

182 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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ajprice said:
Car Pervert
Forgot that...I’ve really enjoyed a few of them...especially if you grew up in the 70’s his love/knowledge of cars from tat era is fantastic...that “barn find” Allegro is hilarious and perplexing in equal measure

Lee Jones Jnr

Original Poster:

1,724 posts

177 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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carphotographer said:
Mr JWW, suppose to be in the top 100 influencers on Youtube.
I’ll take a look but that information fills me with dread

Cheib

23,759 posts

182 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Lee Jones Jnr said:
carphotographer said:
Mr JWW, suppose to be in the top 100 influencers on Youtube.
I’ll take a look but that information fills me with dread
It’s pretty hideous ! A mate of mine told me about this one where he talks to Guy Berryman of Coldplay fame about his car collection

https://youtu.be/tqepDxuwwHE

It’s worth enduring Mr JWW because it’s a fantastic and very eclectic collection of cars....clearly someone who loves cars who happens to be wealthy enough to buy some amazing cars. After watching that I tried a couple of others on the channel and gave up

Lee Jones Jnr

Original Poster:

1,724 posts

177 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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The Surveyor said:
Cheib said:
Carfection - Henry Catchpole’s current home. Love his work !
…...
Tyrrell’ s Classic Workshop= Ian Tyrrell first featured on Harry’s Garage stripping his Espada engine. Has now started his own channel...I really like it.
These were the two I was going to suggest, some of the stuff Henry Catchpole has done with Porsche and McLaren are beautifully filmed. I know the OP has been looking at McLarens, this is still one of my favorites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU08GySJDNQ
I’ve seen that one, I’ll work my way through the rest smile

ColdoRS

1,845 posts

134 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Doug DeMuro is great - probably my favourite just now along with Harry’s Garage.

The Smoking Tyre and B is for Build are good too - a bit American but fun.

My guilty pleasure is AdamC. Good coverage of UK car shows, interspersed with some chavs, entertaining, sets himself apart from the UK automotive YouTuber mould - sometimes good, sometimes bad.


anonymous-user

61 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Lee Jones Jnr said:
Like everyone else (most people) I am now at the end of any useful work I can do and am bored out of my tree. PLEASE recommend some car based YouTube channels that I will like.
For guidance, here are my thoughts on a few popular ones:

Harry’s Garage - really enjoy it, a bit of an old man rambling is a small price to pay for thoughtful, insightful commentary on the cars from a man who has earned the ability to buy them.

JayEmm - I don’t really watch them anymore. Not at all bad but generally manages to cram two minutes content into half an hour, has a generally very negative outlook and it’s got to the point that I’m irritated every time he mentions Lotus.

Shmee150 - Just not for me. I find the lack of detail and genuine insight is not worth sitting through the hyperbolic screeching faux excitement.

Seen Through Glass - Diet Shmee150

Chris Harris - seems to have gone a bit ‘mainstream’ but still enjoyable
JayEmm has become a clickbaiter. He has moved on from whining about Lotus. McLaren is now his obsession.

Lee Jones Jnr

Original Poster:

1,724 posts

177 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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MAC 720S said:
Lee Jones Jnr said:
Like everyone else (most people) I am now at the end of any useful work I can do and am bored out of my tree. PLEASE recommend some car based YouTube channels that I will like.
For guidance, here are my thoughts on a few popular ones:

Harry’s Garage - really enjoy it, a bit of an old man rambling is a small price to pay for thoughtful, insightful commentary on the cars from a man who has earned the ability to buy them.

JayEmm - I don’t really watch them anymore. Not at all bad but generally manages to cram two minutes content into half an hour, has a generally very negative outlook and it’s got to the point that I’m irritated every time he mentions Lotus.

Shmee150 - Just not for me. I find the lack of detail and genuine insight is not worth sitting through the hyperbolic screeching faux excitement.

Seen Through Glass - Diet Shmee150

Chris Harris - seems to have gone a bit ‘mainstream’ but still enjoyable
JayEmm has become a clickbaiter. He has moved on from whining about Lotus. McLaren is now his obsession.
I didn’t know he has ever complained about Lotus, in everything I’ve seen he seems to think that Lotus are superior to everything else out there. He does that thing that Nissan GTR drivers do, dropping them in as if they belong with Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren etc.

Edited by Lee Jones Jnr on Monday 20th April 21:52

BJWoods

5,017 posts

291 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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Off tangent pleasures...

Harry's Farm....

any more.. ?