Want to learn to fix your car???

These guys' videos have EASILY saved me thousands of dollars over the years. Honestly, I knew little-to-nothing about cars a few years ago, and now I'm the guy that friends come to for help on it. I was asked the other day how i "learned so much." So I thought I would put this post together because these people have honestly been just so helpful. Below is some info and some channel ratings.

First guy here is Eric The Car Guy. He's been doing this for like, I don't know, 10 years or something. Tons and tons of videos on so many things. Repairs, mods, best practices, philosophy. He also runs a forum site, as well as another channel just for discussions called ETCG1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ralw-IZAaf0&t=1s

Info: A+
Presentation: A
Film quality: A- (starts off a bit rougher, but definitely better in the later years)
Quantity: A+ (again, so so many)
Diversity: A (mostly Japanese--Honda, Subaru, etc)

This is Eric O, from South Main Auto. He also has quite a few videos, and he's a funny guy. Has all the weird sayings of a kooky uncle. Fairly well rounded in types of videos and makes of cars. Really, really good with rusty cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgAT6B0wtv8

Info: A+
Presentation: A+
Film quality: A
Quantity: A
Diversity: A

Scotty Kilmer is kinda known for being a bit nuts. He's presentation style is so unbelievably......unique. But honestly, for how short his videos are, he makes a fantastic crash course in just about anything you would need. I usually watch one of his videos first, just to see what I'm in for, then watch the Erics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow5nZ64Zoiw

Info: A
Presentation: A
Film quality: A
Quantity: A
Diversity: A

ChrisFix has a decent amount of mods videos, but also several medium-length maintenance videos. Mainly works on American cars (Ford, Mazda, GMC). He's also from NY, so he says "water" super weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQ9UabOIPg

Info: A
Presentation: A
Film quality: A
Quantity: A-
Diversity: A

The Humble Mechanic is really chill and unassuming. Calming. He is primarily a VW mechanic, so that's almost everything you'll see on his channel. Still very informative, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcj1fQcWwU&t=66s

Info: A
Presentation: A
Film quality: A
Quantity: A
Diversity: C

Brians Mobile 1 is based out of Utah. He's a skier and makes some awesome stupid jokes that I love. He has a good amount of videos out there too, spanning a long time, and he focuses on Japanese cars a lot. He doesn't take himself too seriously, and it makes his videos very approachable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N2sPvRssuY&t=233s

Info: A
Presentation: A-
Film quality: A-
Quantity: A
Diversity: A-

Engineering Explained is exactly that. He talks about the actually mechanical workings of things far more that how to fix things. Still crazy helpful though for a lot of diagnostic work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p91gmhlPNo

Info: A+
Presentation: A-
Film quality: A-
Quantity: A
Diversity: A+

Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics is based out of PA, so he also deals with lots of rust. Like his channel names says, he specializes in diag, and he's good at it. He kind of comes off a been irritated half the time though, so, eh. Still good though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZItq5lL64

Info: A-
Presentation: A-
Film quality: A-
Quantity: A
Diversity: A

BleepinJeep specializes in Jeeps. Specifically for offroading. Honestly, that's not super helpful to me, but there stuff is still great and worth including.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhEd49-XPvU
Info: A
Presentation: A-
Film quality: A-
Quantity: A
Diversity: C

FP Edit! Whoo!********************************************

Okay, so a few things. I totally forgot FordTechMakuloco. He's also very good, obviously if you have a Ford (which I do). He knows a lot of those little, unique tricks for Ford's, which i helpful. EricTheCarGuy also has TONS of tricks for Honda/Acura.

There are other great channels out there. I learned several from the comments on this post alone, however since I haven't used them I'm not going to vouch for them here. But check out the comments; I'm sure there's a lot more usefulness out there.

If you read the comments, obviously Scotty is super controversial. Hence, my comparison to Wiki. You've been warned. Some of his stuff is way wrong.

If you are wanting to start working on you car, here's a list of basic things I think you should start with, in this order:

1. Front brake pads and rotors
2. Changing motor oil
3. Spark plugs4. Serpentine belt
5. Rear brakes (drum or disk)
6. Alternator

These are all things that are great for beginners with progressing difficulty. Also, be aware that if you've never changed your brakes, you probably shouldn't try a head gasket. Just sayin'.

Glad you all enjoyed the post. Hopefully you can be helped by these folks as much as I was.

MOST VIRAL EDIT??????

I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. If you're commenting about the Mazda thing, Ford had a huge hand in their US based production for a long time.

Also, I added some links for y'alls.