Car TV Shows Have Peaked

[@ttano1117]

I used to work for a fiberglass hood shop that made a lot of the hoods for Trick my Truck. They never paid for anything and only gave us a REAL quick blip of advertising in the credits.

[@Clay3613]

Couldn't you guys sue?

[@WHDRWN]

@@Clay3613 He was just telling an interesting story. Not looking for advice.

[@savagelife977]

That’s crazy some of those custom stretched hoods can be big money

[@likeablecloud2454]

@@savagelife977 yeah but then again they probably need the owner of the shop and we're good friends or something... That's probably why it was free.

[@ttano1117]

@@Clay3613 I have no idea what the contract was, I am a 1000% sure if they could have sued they would have. From what I've been told the Idea was to send them free products for advertising and it just didn't work that way.

[@infin1ty850]

The most memorable episode of Pimp My Ride for me was where a guy had a car that was literally two separate cars that were put together with Bondo and they just said "fuck it, we're getting this guy a new car"

[@Bruscofen]

i remember it! How the hell that car passed inspections?

[@infin1ty850]

@@Bruscofen I'm not sure about CA specifically, but a majority of states in the US don't require inspections. I've lived in 4 different states and have never had to get an inspection.

[@Bruscofen]

@@infin1ty850 holy crap, that makes sense. In Italy you have to get inspections after 4 years if the car is new then every 2 years

[@infin1ty850]

@@Bruscofen yeah, not really a big thing here. It varies by state. There are states that do require yearly inspections but it's not nearly widespread enough.

[@Bruscofen]

@@infin1ty850 now i understand why all Pimp My Ride cars were absolutely beaten up. In italy we have a specific word to describe cars like this: "catorcio"

[@DG_427]

Imagine having a pristine Saab 900 Turbo and then it being turned into a monstrosity like that.

[@tony_5156]

As a Saab owner, that bodykit made me dry-heave. It’s god awful!

[@TheSuperBoyProject]

@@tony_5156 wow... Who asked?

[@R3D_Lantern]

As a former Saab owner I hated what was done to that one.

[@pogwrth4672]

@@TheSuperBoyProject He was making a comment about what they stated chill out 💀

[@largebills337]

Yeah the early Saabs had such distinct and iconic styling I can't imagine doing anything more fog lights or maybe a roof rack. Homie went wayyy overboard.

[@isaiahgingerich5494]

I absolutely love your vids, and it’s because of you that I have a na Miata for my first car. thank you so much.

[@bonnome2]

I'm a bit sad that it didn't contain junkyard wars! People would go to a scrapyard and built a car from junk. Sometimes they build their own frames to mount stuff on. It got pretty wild at times

[@skrimper]

I was certain that show was gonna be near the top of the list.. not even mentioned :(

[@hoodprty2222]

i miss that show the submarin one was my fav

[@TheCatLady65]

Scrapyard Wars, that was brilliant! I wish the BBC would bring that back. But they didn't just build cars, there were all sorts of challenges. I remember one where they had to build a jet powered train! I also remember Edd China was still in one episode!

[@danatkinson6698]

Great show!

[@westonholmes9503]

man great show i miss that one... they had a kids show that was like it... theyd take something destroy it then the kids would build from the peices and the winner destroys the losers creation

[@filhudi]

In Brazil, we had a show called "Lata Velha" that worked kinda like Pimp My Ride. We had some ridiculous and extremely out of had mods, like a BRICK THEMED VW Logus made for a guy that used to work in construction

[@gscalone8745]

Brasil nosso de cada dia 🙏🙏

[@jeannascimento5216]

br é br né pae

[@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr]

That’s perfect then, when he runs out of bricks he can just use his car for supplies! Nah for real that must have been insanely heavy

[@JaguarNation100]

The “Honor Roll” build from trick my truck came through my dads work once a few years back. He told us about the show and how they built it for him. Super nice guy and cool to see it actually being used, can’t remember what he was delivering for the life of me though.

[@Suplarai]

Your ad worked, I bought the wheel, my $100 Thrustmaster bit the dust last week and can’t afford to make the jump to DD. This is perfect for me

[@dylanthomason3066]

Super stoked to see what you peeps do to the new hi-Lo cars this next season. Keep up the good work! I love you…..😐

[@OIFIIIOIF-VET]

I'm gonna guess it's the Chrysler Sebrings hahahhaahha

[@karelpgbr]

Yeah I can’t wait too 😬

[@garbagetrash2938]

@@OIFIIIOIF-VET I hope so lmfao. Those cars are so dog water.

[@siccochubbs97]

WHERE WAS THE TRIPPLE D LIST INTRO

[@eladiomarquez]

@@OIFIIIOIF-VET no it is a subaru wrx blobeye, it is on their members only video

[@Hockeyguy8541]

Roadkill is still my favorite actual car show. Those guys are insane, their meetup with my other favs, Mighty Car Mods was just the best.

[@williamtigner5387]

Roadkill was amazing.

[@sagumeofgensokyo1478]

roadkill is great what's more，even if you dislike their builds，most of their cars would hardly be in better condition with their previous owners

[@E3N_Bierski]

If I don’t get this Donut video uploaded by 8am est MY WIFES GONNA LEAVE ME!

[@yangulomam]

And that's ong bbg

[@ashutoshdesai4265]

Who needs a wife bro, get a car she won't leave you :)

[@HeHeHeShampoo]

Polak?

[@karendurag5357]

Isnt that a good thing? No more sleeping in your truck?

[@imdumbforthings]

Bruh 😑

[@skjetnis]

I was starting to get nervous that you wouldn’t mention Pimp My Ride. Absolute legends

[@AA-zv6yo]

And they pimped an escort out lol. She's out turnin tricks to this day... I'll see myself out now.

[@Just_Waitin_For_A_Mate]

Would've loved some Top Gear builds to be mentioned, none of the mentioned builds can even float!

[@lufai9462]

or reach the moon lol

[@Zuroslav]

@@lufai9462 Hammerhead Eagle iThrust

[@spudz7405]

Boat car crossing the channel

[@j.a.y.1234]

Ski jump car

[@floijd]

Fiat Panda Limo

[@mikailbrooks6892]

“And during its unveiling, it did what modified cars do. It freaking broke.” Lol that’s so funny to me 😂😂

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

Some other people here mentioned that little electric car that Top Gear made and how interesting it could be to see the donut crew attempt to make their own. I'd definitly watch them one-up the "hammerhead eagle i-thrust" XD

[@pacificostudios]

You mean "Geoff"?

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

@@pacificostudios Yes, that's the one :-D

[@onesadtech]

Monster Garage will forever be my favourite car TV show. The stuff they built was so freakin' cool, especially as a kid watching it. The fact that they started with a 3k budget meant they never hid the fact that their projects weren't of insane quality, just really rad. Also, the narrator yelling "FREEBIE!!" was so hype. 😂👌

[@NoahPly]

Gotta say, the Monster Garage nutshaker truck has to be my favorite build from any of these shows

[@onesadtech]

@@NoahPly oh shit yeah, I forgot about that one! That thing was a unit. Also, please nobody fall for bot comment up top. 😂

[@NicholasLegion1]

I'm surprised Top Gear is not even listed here. Still, watching Pimp My Ride on MTV in 2006 as a young middle school boy was the bomb.

[@LouisSubearth]

Top Gear isn't a car modification show, even if they had some interestingly modified cars made for certain challenges.

[@xidarian]

@@LouisSubearth the two halves of a car race where one team used two front halves of front wheel drive cars and retained all the drive train and steering for both cars was great.

[@DroneStrike1776]

@@xidarian Once again, Top Gear isn't a car build show. It's a "factual" entertainment show.

[@NicholasLegion1]

@@DroneStrike1776 @Louis Subearth I'm not sure they specify that it HAS to be a car mod show [I could be wrong]. So yeah cif I made that list, I would have put Top Gear on the list in my book, provided I disclose the fact that it's purely not a car build show, but a car show that is enjoyable to watch nonetheless.

[@pacificostudios]

"Top Gear" doesn't count because they were usually "Ambitious, but Rubbish", in their own words. Nearly everything they ended up wasn't usable. Remember the limousine that couldn't go around a corner? And the limousine that broke in half in the middle of the street?

[@FYCBigJezus]

If you guys haven’t already PLEASE do a list of the most ridiculous cars from Pimp My Ride! They’ve done some insane stuff!

[@NvSrAgE679]

So stoked for the new Hi-Low!

[@killer147896325]

Gusses on the next ones 😂I wanna see some soccer mom vans

[@alexbobincheck1130]

@@killer147896325 it’s gonna be the seabrings 😂

[@altarancho]

@@killer147896325 I think it’s got to be camper vans: cargo vans are plentiful and cheap, and there’s a million different ways to build them. Only issue i can see is how do they test them

[@SpaceMissile]

finally reddit can now STFU with their crybaby posts every day. lol

[@killer147896325]

@@SpaceMissile baby

[@rhegafd]

I love Car TV shows. I wish you had made a joke to the "we have a deadline and if we dont hit it...WE LOSE THE SHOP" plot line that they have played out.

[@ft.Aryann]

Surprised they didn't mention “Counting Cars" on the list. I loved that show.

[@slayo710]

Oh yeah that was a banger

[@lutherchastain9880]

that was a good one, but they never showed them working on cars wich alot of people enjoy including me

[@NoblesTx]

“Monster, monster garage 🎶 bud’um bum 🎶” Ahhh the memories of being 10 on the couch watching this were the good ol days

[@BrianLTU]

Havent watched it yet, but MASTERMILO's ROLLgolf should have been mentioned

[@stancelife_]

Correct

[@kevinpratt7766]

I still want one particular build show. "Pimp My Ride, The Week After". That's where we see the car they just pimped broke down on the side of the road because they didn't fix anything, and it's been stripped of it's new rims and all those flat screens. 🤣

[@Alex_564]

There is that Pimp My Ride Dodge Caravan that goes around between a few youtubers you can see as a decent example of what happened to those cars.

[@LoiriVaan]

@@Alex_564 Tavarish?

[@Peacereader11]

You guys should make a video on the best movie car chases from the 2010s

[@roymcdre9180]

Would have to be getaway right?

[@reesemalcolm1808]

no we want them to do real car videos not reactions

[@MrK1kk3r]

@@reesemalcolm1808 QFT

[@karelpgbr]

Didn’t they already do that? Or did they stop at 2000’s car chases?

[@eTiMaGo]

they covered 200mph, what else si there to talk about? :D

[@matthewwalker5430]

Can't believe you didn't include any Top Gear creations on here. Clarkson's High Rise apartment vehicle named "Leaning Tower" that couldn't properly fit into the petrol station was a classic, in fact so were Hammond's and May's "mobile home" conversions. Their Amphibious Cars was another.

[@skwashua]

What used to be a 30 minute TV show is now a 15 part KZbin series.

[@patrickpl94]

In some cases, that's a good thing depending on what the series is about. If its 15 part build series on a car or bike restoration, where you can see all the fabrication and detail that goes into making it, that's great. If its a 15 part series where 99% of it is useless daily vlogging while getting starbucks and advertising some garbage product then no.

[@LouisSubearth]

The closest we got on TV that looks like today's KZbin builds format wise is Chop Cut Rebuild. They'd have one car they're working at for an entire season or something. Maybe two to vary the content in episodes.

[@skwashua]

@@patrickpl94 I agree. Wasn’t saying it was a bad thing, just a joke about the different mediums and how our consumption has changed.

[@GameOver-nm2us]

Eh I am tbh I enjoy series better than a 30 minute video

[@cenciende9401]

It's honestly great to see the process in much more detail, not just surface level 'here's what I did in one sentence and 30 seconds of footage', but something like 15 parts is way out of hand! Keep it under 10 parts, ideally 5 if they're 40+ minute parts

[@sergio_-.]

When James said “Hi-Low coming back” adrenalin rushed into my blood

[@c.varela]

This Escort was probably one of the best builds from Pimp My Ride. 😂

[@magiliangaming]

the ONLY channel that i actually enjoy watching the ads to. theyre relevant and fun.

[@Bodamn1]

If you love the rolling truck you should check out Mastermilo! A dutch guy who invented the rolling golf (from there the diesel bros got the idea) and he also has even more crazy inventions

[@michellemire8462]

Hes dutch? I didnt watch since about 8 years i think i was sure he was slav lol

[@michellemire8462]

I mean... the half car that he drove and all the lack of safty gear lol

[@simonkampfer33]

Was looking for a comment mentionning Mastermilo. Milo must have been copied many times. I know of two shows that actually reached out to him to see the Rollgolf in person, film a sort of crossover video, and then try and build a copy on their own show. One was german and the other one russian (maybe that's what you're thinking of, Michel. It's Garage 54). Loved the old Mastermilo channel, now it's mostly tank stuff sadly. Other than the Rollgolf, i really liked the Duoclio : two Renault Clio fronts assembled and still functionning with steering. It would spin so fast when two people operated it!

[@MRMechanicRC]

If I had my car stolen it would be found one way or another. Don’t touch my truck James.

[@danielalmeida5232]

Every time you think it can't get worst, it does

[@eddydalton4959]

Reality be like "nah bro, you thought it gets better? Lol" and then we die. Isn't life beautiful?

[@nappy2720]

Imagine if someone stole my 2000 Toyota Camry! 😂 I’d actually be happy I got full coverage on it. Just don’t get caught for 30 days

[@Patkilla7558]

Damnit James, now you got me excited for Fridays. Can't wait to see what Jobe's got cooking up in the garage.

[@CGR89]

We all knew exactly where this video would end at but it was still a surprise seeing that last car. That show was nuts.

[@blackhorseteck8381]

FINALLY! Someone talking about Monster Garage

[@chrisbrecheisen3715]

Kinda sad he didn't even drop an honorable mention for Weaponizers; a car show where two teams built Armageddon rigs bristling with machine guns and plate steel, put them in an arena, and made them fight each other. Granted, it only had a handful of episodes before I'm sure somebody somewhere in an insurance agency said "Wait, we're covering -what-, now?" and funding got pulled, but it was pretty rad. Like Twisted Metal before it sucked, or Mad Max.

[@fcogalle]

Man I've got some monster garage toys and i love em. By the way, that fox body lawnmower is my favorite ♥️

[@Akecherfd8424]

The most iconic pimp my ride vehicle was the pink van that Tavarish got running and working again. Was last seen in his garage. It was with Tyler Hoover in some car museum for 2 years. Tyler sent it back home to Tavarish. You guys should go see the van.

[@YukiNami]

I remember watching London Chop Shop and most of the time I get super angry since most of the time I see cars that are pretty cool looking by itself that just needs a few buff and polish turned into a monstrosity of aesthetics

[@muchluck7981]

I mean, the idea is to take old cars and make them into original creations. I personally dont mind as much since leepu is clearly trying to make his own style and is trying to expresd that originality. I mean you got to have to give the guy some respect, its easy enough to restore any car to driving condition but to revamp the design of the car from the ground up is something else. Asthetics on the other hand is pretty subjective. I personally dont mind the design of his cars but i can see people who are

[@DjDolHaus86]

I always felt sorry for the mechanic, that Leepu guy was a maniac with poor taste

[@josephknight3066]

@@muchluck7981 there's better ways to go about that. Using modern bases would allow for performance to match style Kendig it does a good job of moding but not ruining

[@muchluck7981]

@@josephknight3066 you mean kindig from bitchin rides?

[@josephknight3066]

@@muchluck7981 yeh

[@pinkace]

12:02 that was always what I loved about that show. They didn't even change the oil lol.

[@SpaceMissile]

ahahaha

[@bitboithabot2299]

Bro new Hilow episodes you just made my week Mr. Pumphrey

[@logan_page]

There should be a D List episode chronicling the wildest Top Gear builds.

[@neonhvit]

We need a D-list video where they rank MANY of the pimp my ride cars

[@ronanvelarde8072]

I was hoping to see top gear on this list in one of their creation like James may turned hurst into ambulance, turning a van in into hover van, and so on.

[@durreallduncan5818]

Is the Petro Bruvs real?!?! I literally LOLd

[@green7449]

Huge Congratulations on 7 million!!! Keep doing what you do, and never change. Jeremiahs best.

[@dominikwiebe5021]

I'm sad that top gear/grand tour wasn't on the list. Sure, the show isn't specifically about building cars, but it produced some very interesting vehicles. Like the "Pond Bug", or the "John"

[@Mitharan23]

They turned a Robin into a space shuttle. I mean how much more insane can you get.

[@MudSluggerBP]

The Fast n Loud F40 is f’in awesome 🤟🏻

[@siouex]

Wait a minute, about that Gas Monkey F40 (btw Aaron Kaufmann poked around engine aswell), as I remember, Richard bought this 50/50 with his friend Dennis, after the build was done, Dennis offered to buy it out and Richard happily accepted, don't remember how much exactly, but he (RR) was definitely in profit, six figures, that build was the pinnacle turning point for the company and then the empire of Gas Monkey spread like covid

[@CorbinSklener]

“I’m going to go back to filming hi low” brings a tear to my eye, can’t waaaaaait

[@ozzy1427]

I used to watch the show "Monster garage" they did some pretty crazy car builds

[@Enixgeek]

6:30 "they crushed it": Raise pitchforks! "with a monster truck" . . . . . . COOL!!!

[@YuriAnderson1]

You should really really see the brazilian version of overhauling/pimp my ride called "Lata-velha". They crushed dreams weekly in the early 2000s.

[@ScoobyBrue]

Texas metal makes some pretty cool trucks. They are genuinely skilled in creating custom vehicles. They do a lot of very cool custom frame work.

[@dayontapout]

Dude growing up watching those shows, I didn't realize how cringe they were lol. Part of me is still hoping Chip will come fix up my truck though lol

[@SpaceMissile]

it was a different time for sure. lol

[@baileyocallaghan1278]

Stoked about the upcoming HiLow series

[@rockstar6790]

Why did you leave out Top Gear (British version, with the original trio). Their builds are a lot more interesting.

[@TechDove]

I had a 77 thunderbird with the 400 and landau package and my parents tried to get me on overhaulin because I LOVED that show. One day I came out and my car was gone and I couldn't get a hold of either of my parents so I thought it was happening lol but turns out they never reached back out so my dad took my car to Maaco and had it repainted since he felt bad they couldn't get me on the show

[@jetcitykitty]

If Jer Bear is selling something called a thrustmaster I need to have it meow

[@dmanbiker]

You said monster garage, and the name sounded familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it, then suddenly I remembered Jesse James turning a Mustang into a lawn mower. Blast from the past. I loooved Monster Garage along with Junkyard wars as a kid.

[@scottblanco5991]

Man I’m surprised to hear that story about Overhaulin. Wonder what other bad stories about them are out there.

[@zrally2107]

I always thought everything about that show was fake except the restoration. I'm kinda sad too hearing that was also somewhat faked

[@RandysRides]

Foose is just an artist...and a horrible body man. Most those build have a ton of bondo that falls off over a year.

[@noneyabizz8337]

There's probably quite a few

[@piwok]

YESSSS you started the show with the best one. Green for the money, gold for the honey!

[@linusgreene9666]

My favorite part of donut is seeing James' face on the cover of all his episodes

[@annoyance7584]

Someone needs to tell James about Sin City Motors, a custom car shop called Welderup based in Las Vegas would take a client's car or go out and find an old car use the shell and build everything else themselves and modify it towards the client's specific wants or needs insanely cool and wild.

[@Smothtiger]

As a child I loved watching Discovery Channel. 90s and early 00s was the golden age of my TV watching. Scrapheap Challenge and Thunder Races was wild to watch as a young boy. Edit: Just remembered Wheeler Dealers. A big influence for me for my love of cars.

[@6038am]

Wheeler Dealers is still going strong, they are releasing new episodes atm.

[@matthomer1224]

wheeler dealers has definitely peaked, about 3 seasons ago. Not been the same since edd China left.

[@Dqtube]

The best builds ever, not only cars, were in the show *Scrapheap Challenge*

[@TheCatLady65]

I totally loved that show! I remember Edd China was a judge in one episode :)

[@gunshotmike]

I miss the days when Donut made daily vids. And like the explainer videos. Like what's the difference between Quattro, Xdrive, 4matic and 4motion. Those things. 💔💔💔💔

[@speakersspotemgottem]

"Imagine your non running project car being stolen" Bro just opened a whole other level of evil with that

[@lenonmelricdsouza9037]

There was a time where it was a possibility that donut media would make the kind of cars that are shown in this video. Well nothing remains the same does it?

[@jamescostner9040]

And to top it ALL off, the most OUT OF HAND builds OF ALL TIME! Are the Jettas. 😂 ...seriously though, loving the shenanigans. Can't wait to see what y'all do next!

[@BradThat1ArmGuy]

Aaron Kaufman made Fast & Loud imo . When he left the show tanked.

[@jimmyguy428]

I agree! The man is a genius.

[@FixItStig]

After watching this I confirmed why I watch KZbin, most of the shows on tv still just don’t have the character, dedication, or show as much of the actual build like people on KZbin can

[@LucoreAuto]

Soooo James, is this a bad time for us to announce we have a whole new project coming with us and a few different channels working together to produce an awesome road trip show? Well, dang it!

[@lallumanohar4107]

Am i the only one see all those shows and fell in love with them( leepu and pitbull, Overhauling,Diesel Brothers,fast and loud,street outlaws, girls garrage,chassing classic cars) and after the puberty realised everything is rigged and I never can afford such car? James u really made me time traveler,thankz.

[@starcups8522]

Is it just me or has Donut become very boring lately, I miss the daily uploads with b2b with real cars and the miata series with honest garage wrenching and of course the lovely up to speed series. I think their downfall startet when covid hit and we started getting more of these green screen videos.

[@starcups8522]

and where is the crowd with sweaty james

[@jarodmcmichael9944]

The phrase “London Chop Shop” sounds absolutely ridiculous!!!😂😂😂

[@Rockatha]

Great video but you need to check out a British show called Scrapheap Challenge which then spawned Scrapheap Challenge Scrappy Races. They had a truck with a genuine Spitfire Engine in it. You could make an entire episode because there builds make Pimp mt ride look normal.

[@embfixer]

Just didn't even mention the boys over at Top Gear when they built their own RVs (caravans in jolly ole England). Lets not forget a little car called the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust!

[@SpaceMissile]

the bit about the wheelie bars got me good

[@WilliFisterbottom]

Freakin awesome that you just did a Gamestop ad. POWER TO THE PLAYERS! 🏴‍☠

[@nahhwe1141]

I'm glad James looks happier! We're back to great content

[@carolinaturbo4572]

Where is Junkyard Wars at? They built some unhinged rides

[@Moon___man]

dang i had one those monster garage school bus models as a kid and had no idea what the hell it was supposed to be lol.. i thought it was a stage... now i finally know it was a boat lol

[@abritabroadinthephilippines]

10:35 Hello there Mr Heavy D Sparks 🤣

[@6luealreadydead]

0:25 As soon as I saw that ad I immediately hollered to my girlfriend in the other room and said "baby can I get a thrust master?" & her exact response was "uuuhhhh WHAT!?......TF is that? " 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣then I showed her the ad

[@kevinpratt7766]

So happy you made this video. F all those build shows! None of them are for car guys. They're all for people who think they're car guys. The kind of people that put a wing on a front wheel drive. And happier still that PMR is #1.

[@COU51N.Kyle.]

Nolan is THE THRUSTMASTER

[@stxrrbxyy1212]

You Should Make A Video On The Dodge TomaHawk I'm Pretty Sure James and Jeramiah Would LOVE This Motorcycle WIth 800 BUFF Horses:)

[@DSP990]

James presence is amazing, he really goes all the way with what little substance these list-videos have to offer

[@mes4925]

That’s a really weird coincidence because “Thrustmaster T128” was my nickname in college :-)

[@Yoshikaable]

the diesel brothers are really cool guys and help out KZbinrs with their time and money

[@joshuaslamen5213]

I am so sad at this realization that there will never be car television like this again

[@Yaleblue22]

Ultimate Car Build-Off definitely belongs on the list

[@zeegriffin2565]

The f40 actually peaks my interest

[@Hey_zues420]

Junk yard wars was an awesome show. They had to make themed builds from what was in the junk yard.

[@codeman99-dev]

You mean Junk Yard Wars, correct?

[@MachtPlays]

12:05 tbh that’s probably the best looking end result out of all of pimp my ride lol

[@chadp363]

There was a show in Germany called "pimp my bicycle" during the time of pimp my ride. One was a rolling dj booth. The late 90's, early 2000's....what a time to be alive

[@smartvegitable3922]

Wheeler dealers is my fav car show I just really like the way they do things