Real Mechanics Respond to Youtube Comments

[@rideepicdriveepic]

Mechanics react was probably Donut's best decision in the last 2 years. Especially bringing Sandro and Angelina on board.

[@chantalwiebe534]

I love them both. Instant click when I see them in a thumbnail.

[@travistidwell2787]

2nd when they got shown the hosts actually know what we want and changed the content back

[@itrxppie4221]

Yeah i dont even think i did it intentionally but ive only watched the videos with Sandro and Angelina in them lol

[@plageran]

hell yeah OG!

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Yup. I watch this. I don't watch Donut anymore. Unsubbed. Trstn finished it for me.

[@irishwristwatch2487]

These two have such unchained sibling energy it's wild "You wanna go down that rabbit hole!?" *Cut to Sandro, shaking his head holding a bottle* Absolute cinema

[@johnthegiant320]

I loved seeing Sandro just back out of it everytime Angelina got fired up. :) NOt scared or anything just," Welp you done lit that fire, I'm gonna let her handle that."

[@DanDrew766]

I feel like the "family" dynamic between them goes like this: Sandro: Oldest child that learned on the job working in the family's shop and has a practical "if it looks stupid but works, it ain't stupid" attitude Angelina: Middle child that went to get formal education to help in the family's shop and tries to do things the "proper" way so that family doesn't get sued Steph: Youngest child that looked up to older siblings and is self taught and willing to be unorthodox if it gets results

[@alejandroWar23]

i hope they banging lowkey frfr

[@thrawnis]

I really appreciate how level headed the responses were by Sandro, Angelina, and Steph. Even when they disagree with the commenters, they took a moment to think carefully about their responses, acknowledge mistakes (if any), attempt to see things from the commenter’s perspective, and respond in a productive and educational way. This is how we learn and grow both as hosts and audience members. Thank you, RMS!

[@chrismast2790]

The respect these 2 have for each other comes through so well. They make such a great team. Angelina: "Sandro has forgotten more than many of you will ever know" Sandro: "I'll rewatch Angelina's segments on my own time and she'll teach me things".

[@cttate]

That is exactly why he's so knowledgeable: some people get lazy with continuing education in the automotive trade, and some people continue to build that knowledge base for decades by consuming everything that'll help them on that path. Gotta stay up to date and know the old head tricks to make it.

[@zacablaster]

@@cttate Old heads already made their mistakes, they can just laugh off yours and tell ya how to fix it

[@rais6036]

Classic timer saying "we've forgotten more than you know"

[@yourslunar]

can we talk about how good Angelina's teaching bit was?

[@auntykriest]

Charisma makes the difference, she's a fantastic teacher.

[@chasm9557]

@@auntykriest It's a combination of things. She definitely needs to know what she's doing, but on top of that you need to be capable of breaking down difficult concepts into simple chunks of information that anybody can understand.

[@jasenrock]

Almsot like she is a teacher

[@Fabulousprofound168]

I would have stayed awake in my shop class if she were my teacher back in the day… my old teacher wouldn’t answer questions and wouldn’t deviate from the outdated course material that he has been using for years unchanged 😞

[@79huddy]

I'd of been walking into class playing hot for teacher on my phone just praying she would ask if that was my phone ringing in my pocket or if I was just happy to see her 😁

[@VetBodGaming]

Anyone who thinks the RMS crew aren't mechanics know nothing about cars. I've been working on cars for over 30 years and its obvious to me. Angelina and Sandro are a great combo and its been a joy watching them. Sandro is like my mechanic homie that we'd buy a 30 pack of beer to come over after work and help on the hoopty when you're stuck. Angelina is the mechanic friend who's always teaching you how to do it right, that you usually don't listen to because that's expensive

[@Ddagman]

Can't believe people leave you comments like that. Angie and Stpeh, you are awesome. Sandro - that laugh said it all.

[@abuser-m7z]

that dude was probably scared of women

[@joeycampbell940]

Well they gotta make some up to spice up the video.

[@andrewdillon7837]

Stpeh. I love it ,,lysdexic much?

[@ross-carlson]

Imagine, just imagine how tiny his penis must be. And how scared of strong, intelligent women he is. How sad for the people that actually have to know him in real life.

[@bradseeker]

@@andrewdillon7837 there's this little niche thing called a "typo"

[@mattgibney4085]

Too many people have a KZbin degree & it shows. I’m a BMW tech, I graduated from Lincoln tech & I am 2 ASE away from finishing my 8. I love what I do but I’ve learned that there’s always something out there for me to learn, I never think I know everything

[@xj31]

Great attitude, man. I have been at it since 1987, A.S.E. master since 1989 and I am still learning

[@Vinemaple]

I'm beginning to think it's more about believing that being correct is a privilege that comes with being part of a privileged group.

[@janunez9216]

For real. Almost every day you learn something new no matter how long you’ve been a tech

[@JoeyMarziano]

The second you think you know everything about any topic, that’s a problem. Education is a lifelong pursuit.

[@brucetec6597]

24 years in the industry, and I learn new things every day.

[@etowngti]

As another woman in a male-dominated industry, hell yeah to Steph and Angelina bringing down the hammer 🔨

[@electrosin]

I worked Techline for 3 different manufactures. Women techs that ive assisted are by far more competent than men.

[@GuidelinesViolator]

@@electrosin stop the 🧢

[@players62]

That little segment where Angelina goes into teacher mode explaining how fuse works is amazing. How lucky her students are !!

[@AllHailMafakas]

I have a counter argument. To a person who doesn't understand anything about electricity in general, that is a very confusing "lecture", by her. That being said, most people who watch this channel are not that kind of people. I was just referencing the average office Joe, who just use their car to go from point A to point B and know nothing about what's going on under the hood. To the students, who have the base knowledge of electricity, that was a great explanation. To the average Joe, not so much. It goes in from one ear, out from the other.

[@zl14l41]

​@@AllHailMafakas Comment specifically refers to her students. the issue is not the presenter but the audience, your going to have a bad time learning calculus if you don't already have a solid grasp on algebra, if you don't already have an understanding of electricity these comment rebuttals are definitely not the place to obtain it, we tend to fair rather poorly when electricity is handled improperly...

[@TheMcXy]

@@AllHailMafakas Why would average Joe even watch these videos if that simple thing like fuse is "lecture"? Maybe need to get some knowledge before watch any mechanic videos about cars, car electrics and engines? I don't think that they have time to start teaching electric stuff from start in this video.

[@Drakith90]

@@AllHailMafakas I'm pretty sure even the least mechanical person in the world can understand the concept of "If something enters one side and doesn't come out the other there's a problem."

[@MichaelArtelle]

​@@AllHailMafakasDude, I'm no mechanic or car nut, and even I know how fuses work in a car, just like the ones in my apartment. Granted, I may not bust out the multimeter, but knowing how to identify which fuse is toast is kinda car ownership 101. You should know how to at minimum in no particular order (and this isn't directed at you per se, but to all vehicle owners in general): 1. Check tire pressure and wear. 2. Know where your oil dipstick is and check levels. 3. Know where your brake fluid reservoir is and make sure it's filled properly, and if the fluid needs to be replaced. 4. Your coolant reservoir/overflow tank to verify levels, add more as required (usually via the radiator if your coolant reservoir doesn't have a cap). 5. How to change your light bulbs when they burn out (assuming they're accessible, newer cars make that damn impossible). 6. Know how to locate and change burnt fuses. 7. Change your tire to the spare and back... I don't know how many times I run into folks who can't change a flat tire. I was taught when I was 13. 8. Make sure your windows and mirrors are clean and streak free to minimize glare. 9. Make sure you know how to operate your vehicle lights, and know what indicators on the dashboard show you they're on. Even if they're automatic, knowing how to operate them manually is a good idea in bad weather. Also, make sure you know when said lights are on at night, and not just your DRLs. DRLs might be just low beams, but your back end is all dark, and I won't see you until I'm nearly on top of you. Especially in dark colored vehicles.

[@RenePorm-ji6on]

As a mechanic myself I need to defend Angelina and Sandro cause they are entertaining and know what they are saying. The problem starting an Diesel engine with starter spray is, that the limitation of RPMs is controlled by the injection only. Gasoline engines can cut the ignition when it is turning to fast, Diesel engines go to hell if you give them too much uncontrolled fuel, the same happens when they suck engine-oil from damaged turbochargers for example. Greetings from Germany

[@raze4789]

100% It can also cause ether lock and extra wear in the cylinders. It can also cause unwanted ignition if the glow plugs are used with ether in the combustion chamber. But it does work when you need it.

[@TankR]

Absolutely a good point! Runaway diesels are terrifying! I mean, amazing that something that heavy is spinning that fast, but also terrifying something that heavy is spinning that fast!!! My 2 cents on the topic, and full disclosure im not sure how big of a problem this is but something that stays in the back of my mind when it comes to diesels, their rubber internals might not like being sprayed down with brake cleaner. You can run diesel in a gas car, itll just run like shit or not run. Maybe clog up the O2 sensor and cat somewhat. But purge the diesel put gas in it and you're good to go. But while the common thought is that diesels can run on anything....I mean, the combustion cycle? Yeah, kinda. But the machine? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Gasoline in a diesel is devastating, not because it cant run on it, itll burn it just fine. What gasoline wont do is lubricate all the things that rely on an oily fuel. Gas will also eat at all the seals and gaskets made for a heavy oily fuel, not a light spirit solvent type fuel. Gas destroys the machine itself. And thats is whats always in the back of my mind when I see someone dumping ether into a diesel intake. Yes it CAN be done.....but sparingly at best.....

[@AntónioJoséSimõesViegas]

Don't forget that Diesel is compress ignition and gasoline is spark ignition... Ounce, about a 100 yrs ago, I filled a Strakar with E95 and it went like the wind, untill it didn't! Scrapped an engine (dumbass)... Oh and I never revved over 3500... That's knocking an engine out LMAO

[@Guyver2099]

Used ether to start diesels all the time. Especially in cold wether. It’s military 101.

[@duv6866]

Fuel-knocking aswell

[@savi_svai]

I'm based in Kenya, run an autobody shop and it's crazy how much i have to multitask, just also put in the work, make sure everything is well done,the stress is crazy and overwhelming. I feel you Sandro..keep doing your thing bro

[@BrandoCommando11101]

Yo, Steph is an Audi tech, so she's got it all. That's why dude in the comment on the video is so bent. She's super attractive, super skilled, and she's got a lot of personality, dude is just pissed off that she's better at her job, and now famous because of it. Being an Audi tech makes you a step above right there. And being in this environment, she's learning way more than most other mechanics out there. Everyone in these videos can do a full build on their own guarantee. Dude in that comment probably can't even do a water pump on a Civic.

[@mr.dragoncrypto4138]

That guy is more Jelly than Smuckers.

[@algnedpe7271]

just a sad man with no life.

[@dsp4392]

Dude is just an weak-minded incel who sees an oppressive feminist agenda whenever a woman's involved. Probably thinks his mom is a witch.

[@VauxhallViva1975]

Steph is a dream girl.

[@BobBasshead]

@@VauxhallViva1975 💓

[@jayramirez5379]

I’m a mechanic with 20 years of experience and I love this show, most people won’t understand you guys. Keep up the good work guys.

[@mistygamblin3741]

Started watching and showed your Channel to my husband . He is ASC certified in electrical and transmission. We love you show . We always find ourselves smiling while watching . Informative with a little fun . You guys look like you enjoy doing the show .So do listen to people affected by their own stupid heated. You guys rock !!!

[@danielcbrecht]

One of the few people certified in the USA to set up robotic welding on cars here. Sandro nailed it with the comment about different welding conditions and parts. Even with the standardization present in an automotive body weld shop, the smallest variations can produce splatter, especially in MIG. Even CMT technology by Frontius can splatter, and when set up properly the splatter they produce doesn't even reach the ground before turning to dust, but it's still splatter...

[@Lurch-Bot]

A machine will never weld as good as a competent human welder. At least not in my lifetime. We can't even make self driving cars reliable yet and welding requires a lot of feel, a keen eye and a sharp mind. Any idiot can learn to putt down the road in a car at the speed limit. Welding is as much art as it is science. All you can do is try to eliminate variables, something you can never fully do with current technology. But the automotive industry is in the toilet, new cars haven't been this unreliable in decades and you can probably get away with phoning it in. No self respecting welder would ever use MIG on a car outside of maybe welding up an exhaust. The problem is the automotive industry is full of techs who don't take pride in their work. As far as manufacturing goes, the results speak for themselves. I'd be very surprised if I ever own another American car. And the moment a machine can do the setup as well as you can, you're out on the street. You probably don't realize it but they are monitoring everything you do and you're just training an AI to replace you. Doesn't have to get anywhere near as good as a human to replace the results you deliver now. Probably will only be a couple of years before you're laid off. Even if their machine welding setup AI isn't ready, they'll hire someone half your age to do the same job for a third of your salary. You really shouldn't go bragging about your job online because there will always be someone out there who knows enough about the subject to take the wind out of your over-puffed sail.

[@THEedcbb3]

​@@Lurch-Botmechatronic engineer here, and hopefully a software engg will jump in here as well, but I think you severely over estimate the current ability of our machine learning, as well as what is allowed to be autonomous around humans If he was training for things then he'd know it cos he'd have to be the one to take photos and data entry's for the reason for choice etc

[@gydo1942]

@@THEedcbb3 Software engineer here. Don't shoehorn "AI" and machine learning into everything. It doesn't make it better, at least not yet. Computers can be remarkably bad at real world things, because they don't have the 'feel' humans have and can't handle every edge case, but they are very good at doing the same thing exactly the same over and over again. Robotic welding has been done for a long time on mass production and it's very successful, because it's the same thing over and over again. The LLMs everyone is talking about (ChatGPT and friends) are designed to output text and cannot be used to do welding, a lot more research would have to go into that, and I don't think it will be of any significant benefit.

[@LonneLpp]

I know nothing about welding or even what CMT technology is, but certified to set up robotic welding for cars is damn cool

[@akafxde7245]

Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe that guy was told something about GMAW and misinterpreted it. If there's mig welding involved, there WILL be splatter.

[@chr1sche]

just give Angelina a series on here or the main channel where she teaches us about how to diagnose and fix cars. i would love that so much

[@AllHailMafakas]

I love the idea, but I have a thing to say that I mentioned in previous replies. To a person who doesn't understand anything about electricity in general, that is a very confusing "lecture", by her. That being said, most people who watch this channel are not that kind of people. I was just referencing the average office Joe, who just use their car to go from point A to point B and know nothing about what's going on under the hood. To the students, who have the base knowledge of electricity, that was a great explanation. To the average Joe, not so much. It goes in from one ear, out from the other.

[@austingalan3872]

She's likely doing these videos in her spare time. Maybe she'd record her teaching sessions and sell them someday but I have a feeling her priorities are elsewhere. Id love to be proven wrong, however.

[@rogerpozzi1060]

In diagnosing , check the basics!

[@hw6271]

She has a channel on here Ms a the shop teacher Seems like a good channel that teaches a lot about diagnostics and stuff

[@mas13ish1]

I love how you acknowledge that some of the things you said in past episodes might have been over simplified and that you are all just real people. Great episode!

[@Hallowfont]

“Just humans back there” is a really good message. I’m fairly confident when I’m diagnosing issues, but even I’ve fucked up every once in a while. People always attribute it to malice or deceit when really it was either a misinterpretation of some symptom or overlooking a symptom all together. I’m not trying to steal your money or be dishonest, mistakes happen. We strive to minimize how often those mistakes occur.

[@Jeremy-kg1zr]

I could be wrong, but I really think the thing that upsets people is when the mechanic/dealership still charges for the misdiagnosed repair, and then also the proper one. As a service advisor at a dealership, I completely agree with the customers that it's total bullshit. If I go to a restaurant and order food, and then if I get the wrong meal, they don't still charge my card and make me pay for the right meal also after they fucked up the first time. If you buy something and get home and the wrong item is in the box, you don't have to keep it and then buy another one and end up paying for both, etc, etc. Often times the customer won't even know the first repair was wrong. The service advisor just says "oh, it looks like that wasn't all that was wrong. The car also needs..." There's a reason they're nicknamed stealerships.

[@innominatum9906]

@@Jeremy-kg1zr My check-engine light came on. Went to the mechanic and they told me it was a broken sensor for gas emissions from the fuel tank. They swapped the sensor. Paid my bill. One week later - light comes on again. Sent it in. Still the same code so they swapped some of the lines and signed it off. Went to pick it up and as I drove home - light came on again. Called the next day and told them about it. They got the car and had it for two days - called me and said they had fixed it and I could come get it. Paid my bill. 3 days later - light comes on again. I bought an OBD scanner and checked - same error code. Called them and they wanted it in again. Said I wasnt going to pay another bill if it wasnt fixed. They denied. So thats 1500 dollars in parts and labor and problem isnt fixed. I very much understand that diagnosing a car can be difficult. Ive since had it in at the same shop but I told them that if theyre just doing brakes - dont even bother diagnosing it. I know beforehand what codes it says and if its the same you still didnt manage to fix - Im not paying for it.

[@CarlYota]

At some point the BUSINESS involved needs to eat the financial cost of the mistake. You don’t make the customer, who is probably living paycheck to paycheck and trying to raise a family, just give you guys several more thousand dollars that they dint really have, because of YOUR mistake. Yes,it sucks. But when businesses, or employees, make mistakes, they take a loss. Deal with it. If mistakes happen so often that you can’t afford to eat it then you’re doing something wrong. Get new mechanics or your business model isn’t viable or something. Nobody wants to actually take responsibility for their actions. This means accepting the CONSEQUENCES, not just saying you were wrong. You can’t just say you’re sorry, you have to make it right. I don’t care if you’re sorry or not, and I’m not interested in placing moral blame. Just accept the consequence and it’s all good. So you can either take the misdiagnosed parts back off the vehicle. Leave them on and eat the cost. But you’re not taking responsibility by charging people for a bunch of unnecessary repairs.. UNLESS you talk to them before hand and acknowledge that you’re unsure if this will fix the problem and they sign off on it.

[@bac1308]

​@@CarlYota that's the rub of it. When I'm doing some experimenting on solving a problem I save the old part in case the new part turns out to not be the problem. Then I can either swap back and return the new part, or more often have a spare. I'm willing to eat some of the cost for their time/labor, but I'd really like to not eat the part cost.

[@Jeremy-kg1zr]

@@CarlYota That's the way it should be. Unfortunately in corporate run Murica, profits at all costs are all that anyone cares about.

[@rondohunter8966]

One night when I reported to work - OTR trucker - it was cold and my engine wouldn't start. Called the mobile mechanic, he came out and checked a few things including attempting to start the engine. Then he got a can of starting fluid from his truck and - every diesel I've ever seen has prominent warning stickers DO NOT spray starting fluid into intake - he sprayed starting fluid into the intake. Just a couple of short squirts. He then climbed into the cab, turned the engine over and it cranked. I asked about the sticker that says do not spray starting fluid into intake. He said "That's right, YOU don't spray into the intake, I do." I just had to laugh. He gets paid the bucks to go out into the cold night and start a diesel engine with the same fluid I'm forbidden to use. But he also accepts responsibility should that go wrong, so I guess he earns his keep.

[@jwalkerXx]

Haha very cool

[@HarrysDogmalaysia]

Guess the diesel mechanic know the ratio to start the diesel without going south,

[@rakninja]

in the army, we used equivalent trucks that had a built in nitro start assist. you were NOT to use the nitro start assist unless the mechanics cleared it. the way it was explained to me is that the engine gets "addicted" to the boost, and becomes impossible to start without it. looking back, it's probably that the boost just masked the symptom of whatever the real problem is, probably some valve or tube getting gummed up, and the real problem just gets worse that much faster. but it was pretty nice having a built in "starter fluid system" in case of emergency.

[@Y2KNW]

Every cold start on Zip Ties & Bias Plies channel has him spraying god knows what this time into the intake, because he's a redneck and if the engine blows up he's still gonna put that video up lol

[@Dragonited]

Diesel engines uses coompression to create ignition instead of a spark plug, so starting fluid would work very porly on diesel engines.

[@ukyo1975]

One of my favorite things about this channel is the chemistry and the camaraderie shared between my 3 favorite mechanics: Steph, Sandro, and Angelina. I would trust their expertise over most other's, ANY day of the week.

[@vkogan1990]

I felt bad for Steph when they read thst super mean comment to her. She left right after that too. 99% of us appreciate and respect you for what you do!

[@robertgillcrist9528]

Steph is awesome! She is used to haters I'm sure.

[@s70driver2005]

That comment was just uncalled for. The only thing the girls share in common is they are girls and they are great on camera. Everything else is different about them!!!

[@pieterdebie4162]

That comment was sooooo pathetic.

[@CarlYota]

It’s was more of a psa. Women who are in male dominated environments often deal with this stuff. Even just being a woman in the public eye online will get you tons of dms that dudes don’t have to deal with. Most men aren’t like this. And the ones who actually need to learn manners won’t be affected by calling them out anyway. But it’s still worth putting it out there.

[@basilbailey47]

@@s70driver2005 Lol even if they were similar they're still great mechanics and teachers and that's all that matters. Some people are just intimidated and want to correct to make themselves feel smarter. There is so much attention on people trying to call people out that everyone wants it now

[@kblinn68]

people really need to be more respectful,ALLof the mechanics/technicians on this channel male & female are exceptional at their craft & seem like they're good people.stop the hate.

[@obeseperson]

But surely the random 40 year old KZbin commenters know much better than these folks who do it for a living

[@stefa4013]

Yeah I don't get it. If you ain't got anything nice or useful to say. Why leave the comment. Why would you purposely try to ruin someone's day for no reason at all.

[@dcgregorya5434]

​@stefa4013 it's the internet there's always some guy out there just trying to be a dick and get under people's skin. I wouldn't have even read it because that probably encouraged that guy.

[@DatOneCat]

@@stefa4013 It's sadly a much more occurring thing nowadays. I've noticed a lot more of the modern internet has become hateful for various things when there's no reason to be. Can't have decent discussions without some unhinged person type out something that just ruins the entire convo.

[@CarlYota]

This is a whole interesting psychological experiment. We aren’t exactly sure what all the moving parts are. Anonymity and lack of consequences has something to do with it. We have brains that are evolved for face to face socialization in an environment of about 100 people who you spend your whole life with, and who, you rely on to literally stay alive. There are serious consequences if you misbehave. But the internet is the exact opposite of that. People are very narcissistic under these conditions. And nobody else on the internet is real. So it’s easy to treat it like a single player game interacting with NPCs. The younger you are, the more disagreeable you are, the more of a bad mood you are in, makes it more likely you’re gonna make a comment like an ahole. This is why calling these people out, in video, like they did, can be useful. Since it creates an effect from the negative comment. And it can make some commenters feel bad. It breaks the illusion that this is a single player game with no consequences. Or it can make genuine trolls and ahole kids do it even more. But those people can’t be helped. It also rallies the good guys (most of the species) to show our support and puts the negativity in context.

[@aggonzalezdc]

I've been working on, studying, and learning cars for 25 years. I rarely learn new useful things on KZbin these days, just usually not that much depth, but these guys and girls here are some of the few that still do. They know their stuff. Impressively so, even for many mechanics. If you confidently disagree with them, I won't say you're wrong, but I will suggest further research.

[@herbsman05]

i love sandro's reactions on all angie's rebuttal to all the comments! i love sandro's and angie's chemistry on camera, they are really hilarious together! :)

[@Deletirium]

They really are the only reason to watch this channel. Them (and Steph) are fantastic. Could've done without all the other hosts, but that seems to have worked itself out.

[@Canucklesammich]

22:18 when Sandro was looking for somewhere to hide...priceless!

[@Hardhat74]

I was happy to see that Angelina took care of his negative commenters as well.

[@42neddy]

This video's alternative title is Sandro reacts to Angie responding to youtube comments 😂

[@flaviourbina7531]

I freaking love Angela's Teaching Segment, as a Electric Technician myself her way of teaching is so clear and cut im sure her students learn a lot from her.

[@nate-hl9sq]

I'm going through an applications course on automotive electrical and damn there is so much to remember, respect for being able to do that work

[@AllHailMafakas]

This is a copy paste from a comment that I left to reply to someone else. Probably relevant to your comment. I have a counter argument. To a person who doesn't understand anything about electricity in general, that is a very confusing "lecture", by her. That being said, most people who watch this channel are not that kind of people. I was just referencing the average office Joe, who just use their car to go from point A to point B and know nothing about what's going on under the hood. To the students, who have the base knowledge of electricity, that was a great explanation. To the average Joe, not so much. It goes in from one ear, out from the other.

[@charles-antoinemartel-roy]

@@AllHailMafakas To be fair, the base knowledge of electricity you need to understand is taught in high school, so I'm not sure who could blame her for not explaining that part. If someone has so little interest that they've completely forgotten about it, they'd probably tune out anyway even if she was explaining the very basics.

[@franciscocravioto4025]

From guest to the hosts everyone loves. From nervousness answering to questions to hosting the response to comments. These two guys are awesome and wholesome. Saludos Sandro, ¡Felicidades!

[@monad_tcp]

30:37 those are the same people that go to the doctors and think they should know what's wrong with you just by looking at you, that's not how it works either.

[@flyinghigh2000]

Complex machines like cars and human bodies are tough to Dx. You can't afford to diassamble to look for fault. You find clues and based on knowledge and experience you make an educated guess. Then you go in to finally find out if you are correct. If not back to square one.

[@Alwayspositiveprofits]

They've never turned a bolt. They're the type that has their cars in the shop for a squeaky noise everytime they turn just for the mechanic to remove a hot wheel from the rear floorboard...

[@CarlYota]

To be fair, this is a reasonable assumption to have when you are a child and adult seems to just magically take care of stuff. It’s not until you actually go to doctor with a difficult issue that this gets dispelled. So if that hasn’t happened to them yet, it’s understandable why they would think in that naive way still.

[@redcroft308]

I've always told my customers that a code reader is not a diagnosis, it's the car pointing to itself and saying "this is where it hurts, doc"

[@patrickmaline4258]

for the first segment, sandro is right, but doesn’t mention the most important thing… front tires do 70% of breaking… staying out of collisions is more important than flat tires that might cause collision.

[@MaritimeUnprepared]

This is a fun argument for the simple fact that bad tires in the rear makes winter driving pretty butt clenching. If your fronts grip but the rears don't you get very fish-taily in the snow and on ice. The theory behind having the good ones in the rear is that the good tires will follow the path of the fronts.. But I honestly don't know if it's actually true

[@trentlewis1473]

I disagree with Sandro on most of the tire talk. Until he said don't be cheap, just get all 4 tires.

[@Gametherapist]

I do hope they're braking, not breaking.

[@RacingPepe]

It even goes up to 80% for certain cars and most motorbikes. But I don't see why people even want to have this argument. Why they want to be "right" so badly. In the end, just get good tires. Don't wait until they really are too far gone. Replace them a little early. Our lives are way too valuable to gamble on rubber.

[@bobboy5508]

This is true. I drive semi’s. The known physics state the steer tires come under the most weight and pressure. As such they must be replaced before tread depth reaches 4/32. Drive and trailer tire allowance is 2/32.

[@jackjumper4231]

3:13 I really think they should go watch vice grip and pole barn and junkyard digs. Those channels are not mechanics trying to make money. Those are Shadetree mechanics showing you how to do it.

[@dreamlab311]

Those cars are in rough shape and leaking or overheating as they drive them home. Sandro has to make them reliable, not runnable.

[@Ward1706]

Kevin & Angus from JYD have actual engineering degrees. But Dalton, Derrick & even the Inevitable Jim don’t - at least, I don’t think so.

[@svettis]

It's crazy how confident people are on the internet. Dunning-Kruger everywhere it's unfathomable.

[@CarlYota]

As a psychology nerd, I have to say that if you really dive into DK it won’t be unfathomable how common it is. It’s actually not a bold or controversial concept. People are essentially ignorant of their incompetence because there is no way for them to be aware of it. It’s not like they SHOULD have known, it’s that they COULDN’T have known. They either straight up lack the IQ or, more commonly, they lack the exposure to the information that they need to self assess properly. The classic example is when you first start learning about a topic. You learn the basics and it gives you so much power and results that it FEELS like you know a lot, all there is to know. But you can only feel this way because you don’t know all the stuff you don’t know. You don’t even know how much unknown stuff there is. This person is simply not in a position to know how ignorant they are.

[@svettis]

@CarlYota I stand corrected.

[@bonkman6463]

@@CarlYota simplest way I understand is that people treat perspective as reality, even though they're two very different things and perspective changes while reality cant. I only was able to look outside the box and understand the concept of looking outside the box and being stuck in it after living 15 years thinking I was normal, but then I was diagnosed with asd. it was right in front of me, I was it yet the simple thought of thinking I was normal prevented me from doing more

[@lucille_the_rat]

I worked as a chef for about 10 years, about 10 years ago. Never qualified or went to college, just started washing dishes and worked my way up (cliché, I know) but I only learned what I had to learn for whatever menu we were serving etc. But still 15 years later I still get asked "oh how do you cook 'x.y.z', oh you don't know, I thought you were a chef" my point is that it doesn't matter what trade or job you do in life, you will never know everything but will always be expected to know...cuz humans do human-ing 😂😂

[@sinAnon6689]

experience can lead you to the correct path and possibly to the right way to find out the answer. You can probably answer for a lot of things but if someone said hey how do I make Korean kimchi (assuming you don't know here) you might be like not a clue..why do you even ask me that? I spent 4 years at University doing software engineering, not a single day of that taught me anything about what I'm doing now, it did however teach me how to use resources and I guess you can call it intuition/experience to diagnose and find solutions using appropriate tools.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

My dad is a cuisine baker, I am a long haul trucker, and I started learning to cook at 6. I am in no way a professional cook or chef but I have hosted massive holiday dinners, I am always asked to cook for others, especially ethnic dishes.

[@lucille_the_rat]

@TheRoadhammer379 whenever theirs a BBQ, I don't even get asked, it's just assumed I'm cooking it. Especially my direct family and close mates 😂🙄

[@floriswood2121]

Simply showing the real side to how these videos are made was especially fresh, and on point too. love the content, you guys do come with a wealth of knowledge even if most people think it's trash, there is always something be learned from from these and even from some people trying new things, a fresh perspective can always be helpful

[@teddbobb4672]

As a 20 year Mechanic & Automotive Instructor I agree w/ Sandro about the tires… Too a point, All 4 tires should be good.

[@canadianguy-nl1xw]

How about this, the lesser tires being in the front have the added bonus of the engine pushing down on them for that extra bit of traction, similar to sand bags in the trunk. In canada, it's mandatory for aut shops to out best to rear, at least in my 15 years of STRICTLY tires it's always been policy. But yes 4 is always best

[@AllHailMafakas]

@@canadianguy-nl1xw Well. A typical road car mostly brakes 70-80% in the front. With crap tires in the front (especially with rain or snow), guess what happens. If you really had to choose, I would say to use the good tires in the front. A counter argument would be if you had a rear wheel drive car, which is not that common (it's not rare, though) at least, where I live. It would be awful to get moving, but the brake system would still use the same principle as mentioned before. I don't understand how the commenter came to the conclusion that the rear tire is the worse option of the two to lose.

[@TheHuskyK9]

That's exactly what Sandro said at the end. All 4 tires should be good

[@Alwayspositiveprofits]

@@canadianguy-nl1xw But also take into account the lack of tread will also lead to a hydroplane really quick. Poor tread on the front and you start to hydroplane, good luck steering. But yeah, always buy all 4.

[@CarlYota]

If people are arguing, in good faith, about what’s the less bad situation, then it’s an interesting conversation. But that’s not what people do. They make absolute claims and dismiss the other side. This is classic apes throwing feces. It’s pointless. Having all 4 tires be good is the correct stance and it’s not debatable. The question would be, what’s less bad if two tires must be bad. There can be pros and cons of both sides, but you have to discuss from a place of good faith and curiosity, not trying to dunk on well intentioned, loveable mechanics.

[@BradGryphonn]

As an ex truckie/trucker, your best tyres/tires ALWAYS go on the steer/front. G'day from Australia. Flashback to 1979. Driving down a winding dirt mountain range. The left rear tyre of my 1967 Holden blew on a right hand bend. The rear kicked out to the left, but I could correct it because I still had two good front steer tyres. I backed off, corrected the drift, and got the car pointed in the right direction.

[@doodleydoo169]

I get why he made that comment, though, all the major tire shops like discount tire tell everybody to put the newest on the rear

[@knunn5171]

I was always told the best tires go on the drive wheels. Kinda counterintuitive but I’ve seen enough new vehicles coming in for there first rotate and pretty consistently the tires will wear more on the drive wheels.

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

Here's my little counter to the whole "Oh but It needs the power to move and control itself!" responses that might come up: What about when you're driving a Front Wheel Drive, like a Grand Caravan? Then it completely shuts down ANY argument they might have.

[@esaedvik]

@@doodleydoo169 And literally everyone here in the Nordics teach that better tires to the rear. Tire manufacturers, trainers, driver's ed, tire installers, cops, rescuers...etc.

[@Scot-p1v]

Decades back, as a broke single father pulling extra shifts, I tried babying a leaking front right tire: just filling the leaky thing up as I didn’t have time to both sleep & move the tire to the rear. Bad move: tire blew on a narrow rural road, pulling me toward a 6’ drop off. I managed to stop the car, basically chassis-grinding the front right to a scary, shaky stop. Never again: that day I started putting a $5 bill in an envelope every week as a tire fund and haven’t had a blowout since. (1990s-my tire fund is a bit larger these days) People, don’t learn lessons the hard way: listen to good advice and make it home safe. Look at your tires when you get gas, check pressures-especially as the weather gets colder.

[@justinhallam4387]

Sandro and Angelina were perfect picks for the show, Steph was the cherry on top.

[@oldschooldos6850]

This is the host chemistry you want in a car program. They're knowledgeable, funny, and they have relevant real world experience. Steph also seamlessly rotates in and is hilarious. This feels like it will continue to grow into a bigger and better funded show and I hope it does because it's top notch educational programming.

[@geovannymoya9474]

Angelina's teaching segment was genuinely amazing! Her students are super lucky to have her for an instructor!

[@MrWhipper3]

Great episode! I have been in the auto body industry since 1984. Painter, body man, technical rep, instructor. I have always done all of my own mechanical work also. I don't always agree with everything said (but usually I do) but I have massive respect and very grateful for this channel and all that support it. Thank you Angie, Steph, and Sandro. I would love to be a guest but I am on the other side of the country.

[@domboivin9975]

mechanic here. 21 years heavy duty. if these people were half as good at mechanicing as they are at spewing bullshit on the internet, then we wouldnt have so many dummy parts changers. use your head. its short 5 min video segments , sandro and angelina dont have time to read you your exact service manual.

[@AVB40000]

Critical thinking is lost now'days.

[@garand70]

​@@AVB40000If knee-jerk reactions burned calories, there wouldn't be a obesity problem in the USA.

[@iraqiwalker1436]

@@garand70 Dude, you made me spit my soda. That was fuckin' funny.

[@zchettaz]

​@@garand70🤣🤣 for some irrelevant reason, this reminded me of an old saying: "no matter how much sugar you add, you can't turn pig shit into strawberry jam", which basically means 'we're not miracle workers'. lol

[@tehgentlegiant]

Everyone is an armchair mechanic who knows better than actual mechanics when you don't have to prove it

[@SireOnesixone]

This comment is directed to the comment about Steph, Angelina and Santo. I enjoy watching all three. I've learned a lot more than I knew before. Who doesn't enjoy watching two ladies sharing their beautiful knowledge about cars.

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

I found the answer: Clowns. Oh, and also Misogynists.

[@Kamodomon]

I really do love everyone you got in for these videos, cause like Angelina said, everyone brings their own strengths and energy into the video and it's nice to have different dynamics bounce off of one another and everyone, you know, KNOWS THEIR SHIT. Good channel.

[@jeffco908]

Your using starting fluid in a diesel comment is spot on. Can it be used, yes in a very limited amount. Its a compression ignition engine and using highly combustible fuel can and will cause pre ignition and can damage the pistons. Also diesel fuel is also a lubricant so repeated use can cause unseen wear. As an instructor and you tuber you were 100% right answering the way you did.

[@WhatIsSanity]

I didn't think about that.

[@Scot-p1v]

And this comment is spot-on. If you must try a starting fluid, use WD-40: it won’t cause pre-ignition. And , in a ~20 to1 compression diesel engine, preignition is a huge deal. A work friend drove a diesel Mazda truck. One winter, when another old glow-plug went bad, she started using starting fluid to get to work. 3 weeks of that, and she had major rod-knock, junking the truck. Yes: you might get away with starting fluid a time or two, but most people have WD-40 around, so use it!

[@JoriDiculous]

Both Angie and the commenter was right, as you wrote. Yeah the general rule is, don't use starter fluid in a Diesel engine if it can be helped. On the other hand you can get Ether containers(dispenser?) mounted for your diesel to help with cold weathered starting. Of course this is more a "industrial" thing like Tractors etc.

[@sinAnon6689]

@@JoriDiculous I'd say the commenter was wrong and I'll explain why. Can you do it? yes. Should you do it? probably not. Angie gave the correct response from a responsibility perspective, yes it works but you really shouldn't do it. The commenter forgets that some may try it and blow their engine the first try or second try but he will not be held responsible for it. A mechanic on diesels will know they can use an alternative but if that is all they have to be extremely limited in how much spray to use to reduce the risk as much as possible, average joe won't have the slightest idea what may happen. There are a great many things you can do but really shouldn't. Can you stick a fork in a plug socket? Sure but you may only get to do it once.

[@BigUriel]

In Europe starting fluid is usually just propane, which actually has a very high octane rating and will not compression ignite even in a high compression Diesel. I think the reason for these warnings is that Diesel engines are not throttled and designed to run lean so there's a lot of air in those cylinders, which means if you flood them with propane once you have any source of ignition (even a tiny amount of Diesel fuel injected will do) you can have a really big bang.

[@mattj1341]

Very nice to hear a mechanic talk about symptoms of the problem vs actually fixing the problem

[@RianKashfi]

Sandro is a so insanely humble for how much of an experience veteran he is and Angie is such a good freakin teacher and I could listen to her go into all the deep dives about all the technical details of these topics even though I barely understand any of the basics 😅

[@zer0theultimate]

Sandro, I give you mad respect. You're cut from the same cloth as everybody else and you don't hold yourself above others. You talk shit, but you don't bullshit. Angi, you're a well educated sweetheart and I'd love to take your classes if I had the chance. Unfortunately I don't live anywhere near Cali. Steph, we love the sass and you're just as cool and capable as the others. To them and the rest of the RMS team. Thank you for doing what you do. I've learned so much through the whole Donut community and RMS is my favorite side of the community. The videos are always fun and educational. That's why I subbed

[@coltdavis256]

This video was great, had a big shock when Angelina showed the multimeter, didn't realise how small she is, made that Snap-On multimeter look like a 17" laptop. 😂😂 keep up the great work guys. 👍🏻

[@wbfaulk]

For the record, that multimeter is 3 13⁄16" × 8" × 2 13⁄32", which is actually slightly *_smaller_* than the equivalent full-size Fluke 87. She *_is_* tiny.

[@aeon4591]

I could sit and listen to Angelina teach me things for hours. Interesting and a good voice to listen too. No wonder she is teaching!

[@thecatofnineswords]

The genius in the brain of Steph is incomparable! I love her chaotic energy. Now shut and and get to the next clip.

[@nicholashenry3394]

I never knew the dots on the fuse was a test point. I just thought they were paint drops for the number like a stamp and every fuse was stamped the same. Thanks Angie for teaching me something new! Don't give in to the haters. We're all here to support this channel! 🎉

[@DatDarkOne]

I didn't know that either. It's nice learning new stuff.

[@ewingfox6459]

I used to solder wires to a blown fuse's test points, add an in-line fuse, and wire a switch to it. Definitely not saying you should do this for tail light / brake light circuits. or the old e-diff 'towing' fuse for Subaru wagons so you can do cheeky front wheel drive burnies at stoplights. Definitely, absolutely don't do this. Really. Don't. Stop. It's a terrible idea. Really.

[@mikemccabe7124]

Now I'm just saying out front this is for offroad use only, it's not to be used to be used for road rage.. Now i drive trucks from 80' & 90's era that are mostly chevy with hei ignitions all you need is 12volt wire, i use 14ga ofc wire from tach output on distributor to inside hidden on the underside of the dash, from ther i run the wire to the back of truck & joojv x xxolder 70's or 80's ignition coil from that thru a spark plug wire on down to a real spark plug i get a new plug to the old dodge semi's cuz the length goes in deeper so spark will be in center of exhaust pipe which you want to have the closer to the rear the better but I do round 8-12"s from the very end of tailpipe.. so u rev truck up and when u hit the switch it kills the engine at whatever rpm it's at but it still feeds the gas down the motor unlite and while that's happening the spark plug in exhaust is ticking away and lights the flames up now you have to turn it off before engine gets below idle rpms or you'll have to restart it but u'll learn how to do it with lil practice but thats how my gramps did it my dad did it and how I did it.. no special tunes or nothing just simple good ol parts and ol school knowledge and thats the classic flame thrower kit

[@42neddy]

Angie got peeved and got gifts in this episode, full range of emotions, what's better than this ♥

[@brown_recluse_human3458]

Steph's line about teenage parents and the delivery was perfect. It came out of nowhere and she owned it with the shout out. Love Angelina and Sandro, too. You guys are the goat(s)

[@Screwdriversteve1]

Good tip on the test points on the fuse... If you know you have a good ground path to the circuit with the circuit on you probe both sides of the fuse with a volt meter. If the fuse is good you will read 0 Volts and if its open you will read the 12V or what ever the voltage of the circuit is.

[@kindaintrovert208]

I totally understand that Sandro wants to make as much money as possible. As he said he is also a businessman and he has to make profet to keep the business running. I love that he won't force you to get something repaird if its not in your budget. I believe him when he says that he makes a great job that will last a while. Angelina is such a good teacher and I have learned a lot from her in these videos. I would love to have her as my teacher if I would become a mechanic. I love this duo overall.

[@ADadasadasdadw]

Nothing better like the self proclaimed experts in the KZbin comment sections. Always good for a laugh.

[@doodleydoo169]

Well, I’ll have you know I’ve been fixing cars for 87 goddamn years and when I tell my mom about what you said on the Internet, you’ll be sorry Lol

[@Alwayspositiveprofits]

@@doodleydoo169 Going down the rabbit hole

[@Bewefau]

what about the self proclaimed experts on KZbin streamers.....

[@monsternside1509]

100% love how excited Angelina was about the Curien tool. That was the greatest.

[@the_dog_says_moo]

Being a mechanic is like being a doctor. The hardest part is diagnosing the problem. Once you know what is wrong, the fix is easy

[@rogerpozzi1060]

Until you have to change out the piston rings…

[@lukesenseney1045]

Easy or impossible

[@Sam-go3mb]

Some don't get that a OBD trouble code isn't always the answer too, it's sometimes the symptom, or way down the chain in a line of issues.

[@bablunt]

​@@Sam-go3mbyup! Sensor errors can be poor grounds, bad relay, etc

[@mph5896]

I work in the medical field and also work on cars. 2 completely different fields that should not be compared.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Empirical evidence of the human body's resistance. I just grabbed my multimeter and first held the leads in each hand. Today, with dry hands, it's 1.8 megaohms. What if it were on "damaged skin?" Well, I didn't feel like stabbing the electrodes into my thighs, but I put them on my tongue, and that was still 180 kiloohms. Blood alone is ~200 ohms per cm, so if you've got 2m from toe to fingers, that's 40 kiloohms if the dude was literally pouring blood onto both batteries. Shockingly enough, the KZbin commenter had his head up his ass.

[@squidcaps4308]

Blood is not the only conductor... 300ohms is ok estimation for safety, that is basically jabbing probes into your flesh. It is for sure too low but better be safe than sorry. Skin is very variable, you can have 100k tomorrow. 10megs the day after. Also, 180k ohms on a tongue is a bit high.. I have 600k ohms between two fingers, 1.4meg from hand to hand... So.. that is not a linear graph with distance, about 175cm vs maybe 15cm and we only doubled the resistance. 30k on my tongue, but it varies greatly, at lowest it is around 1k ohm. Depends on the composition of your saliva, i'm hungry as fuck at moment.

[@Deletirium]

​@@squidcaps4308 Physiology is variable, environment is variable, and why play the lotto when it's unnecessary?

[@Enskakuski]

The human body’s resistance is typically high because the skin acts as a good insulator, often in the megaohm range. However, at high voltages, the skin’s insulating properties can break down, reducing resistance to just hundreds of ohms. In this case, with only 12V, the skin insulates effectively. Even if the starter motor had minimal resistance and the circuit’s only resistance was the human body (e.g., 1.5 megaohms as measured), the current would be just 8 microamps-far too small to move the motor or be felt. Additionally, AC is more dangerous than DC; as little as 30mA AC can cause ventricular fibrillation, whereas DC typically requires 4-5 times more current to have the same effect.

[@gaborcsuzi3671]

@@squidcaps4308 Generally the problem is that the skin is only an insulator to a certain point. When amperage arcs trough its resistance gets lower significantly, like the way an electrical arc ionizes air, it can also ionize molecules in your body finding an easier way to get trough, effectively lowering your resistance significantly for the time of "impact". Don't get me wrong, it still gets nowhere near to zero not even close, but you don't need them in "flesh" to get there. The most important factor is not voltage, its amperage/ time. Even 230V is okay if it only hits you for a fraction of a second, i have been there, and many other technicians/engineers as well within the peoples i know. Residual-current device(i don't know its name in English, google says this is how its called) for example shuts down at 20mA, and it genuinely keeps peoples alive. Voltage is just a "factor" of getting the amperage flow in the first place. 12/24V, which the cars run from are called "extra low voltage" (the choice of words in my language is better, since in rough translation we call it touch protective(electric shock protection with google's words) midget(its an adjective, we use it instead of extra low)voltage), it cannot really cause much harm upon contact;its a shock protective measure by itself.

[@MisterMosfet]

I tested between two cuts on my leg out of curiosity, measured at ~750k, about 9 inches distance wound to wound. 250v meggered across my dry hand at 30k. Never really looked into it past the basic safety stuff, but the bodies resistivity seems pretty linear to the voltage.

[@Mountain_Drew_]

As a diesel tech of 10 years, yes, it is not ideal to use starting fluid to try to get the engine running. What i recommend is lubricant aerosol. I do find that starting fluid can be used in a pinch, but you do run the risk of a runaway. However, there are a lot of variables involved, such as: year, make, model, Pete, freightliner, Cummins, paccar, cat, maxxforce, Detroit (60 series, or dd15/dd10). It all depends on the age and specifications of it. Most of the time, it is okay, though.

[@justmavi7999]

Geez, this has been one tough episode. Props to you guys for handling all these like the pros you are.

[@steveschlagel6620]

I worked in a steel fabricating factory, and I got schooled by the women working there. You got over that stigma about women real quick. I was amazed and humbled; better to watch and learn. Best to hold your opinions; they will be challenged! I was a welder, and these gals knew how to setup my jigs and fixtures.

[@atifsultan_mech]

Biomedical engineer here: Topic: jump starting the car with bare hands Verdict: Angelina is 100% correct Down the rabbit hole: 1. Skin resitance in general in apprx 3Mega ohm. Just hold the multimeter in both hands and set it to resistance meter. Oils and air gaps on hand increase resitance, sweat decreases resitance. 2. In literature it's 1M ohms for skin and 500ohms for INTERNAL resistance ( I.e. if you poke a needle into your blood vessels and try to pass current like that). Both of which are still unusable as resitance for jumper cables is is less than 5ohms ( less than 1 ohm with such thick wires). 3. Voltage matters and 12v is too low. 4. If current could be passed through your hands, then holding the two terminals will short the battery! Anyone can try that to find out it doesn't short the battery. 5. For practical purposes we clean and use conductive gels on your skin to make them conductive enough for passing current in a small area (only a particular muscle). Passing current current though any muscles (heart,shoulders) will make it twitch in usual way. 6. The videos is scam, the person would have been dead or hospitalized if that much current passed though him, as this would have messed up his heart and any other muscle or tissue in between both hands.

[@winklenator]

The thing that drives me crazy are the people that tell Angie's that's she's wrong, then go onto explain that she was overall right, but it was a specific part of her explanation that they're nitpicking. especially that electrical comment about ohms in the human body. These guys are mechanics, not electrical engineers.

[@SonOfNone]

But even then, she was right. I am [well, used to be] and electrical engineer for computer science. Human skin especially over any significant distance [say a couple feet] are _well_ into the megaohm range. Even just an inch away, you can set a multimeter to megaohm range and it will still overload/OL. Car batteries are low voltage, high amperage. Voltage is what overcomes resistance, so it was an absolute hoax of holding hands to jump a battery.

[@AllHailMafakas]

@@SonOfNone I was always taught that OL means "Open Loop". Hmm. Can we discuss this? It couldn't be overload, because when measuring resistance, there's no actual load.

[@deathventure]

@@AllHailMafakas That may be a misnomer due to not being able to display OR for over range as most displays of that sort are 7 segment numerical displays.

[@SonOfNone]

@@deathventure This exactly. I suppose I worded that wrong. Did not mean to imply OL = Overload, which overload was what my instructor taught us instead of the more proper "over range." Thanks for the assist.

[@kinkinkijkin]

the mistake here is that the commenter was putting down the resistivity of human skin as resistance, and simultaneously getting it wrong. Humans have a resistivity of ~171-18k ohms per centimetre (depending on the measured tissue), the highest of those are skin and bone, with a wingspan of 1.9 metres you will have an accumulated ~2Mohms if it were to try to pass through just your skin. However, humans also have some capacitance, and the resulting impedance at DC is far too high for 5v to pass anything through a human body (up to gigaohms, hand-to-foot) other than a little blip. If the guys in the video had actually passed enough current through their bodies to start a car, still at 12v, however, they would've immediately died. Persistent signals through the heart can make it break itself, and there's enough wattage in that to fry your heart. Good thing it's not possible at that low of voltage.

[@jboveda]

The dynamic between instructor Angelina and OG Sandro is amazing. That's the secret sauce to these episodes. Between book and street smarts, they can teach us everything while entertaining us. Love it

[@Boarderbro700]

As a track guy and enthusiast…I have experienced tire failure front,back in many situations going fast,going stupid fast on wet dry etc…was always closer to death when the front failed….

[@316Autos]

What people don't realize about places like Pole Barn Garage, Roadkill (RIP), Junkyard Digs, and VGG, is that they're making content and most of those cars wind up being parts cars. Yeah, I can get anything running for a few hundred miles, but it's going to be sketchy as all get out. I have a basic formula to get any classic running properly. New fluids, belts and battery. New radiator, new carburetor, new fuel tank, new fuel pump, 10SI alternator, entirely new brake system, inspect/pack wheel bearings, and new tires. If it's a GM product, it automatically gets an HEI system. Once you get that done, the car is reliable enough to daily drive, and then you can work on the cosmetics.

[@TWX1138]

Eh. I drove beaters when I was young and didn't have a lot of money. The rusty cars they end up with really are basket cases that should go off the road, but the ones that are structurally sound, it doesn't necessarily take much to get them to run for the long term. The one particular noteworthy bit is when someone has a lot of knowledge about a particular manufacturer's quirks, it can be a lot easier to go in knowing what the relative strengths and weaknesses in a given manufacturer or platform from a manufacturer are in order to just hit those weak spots as boilerplate maintenance items, and to ignore the things that manufacturers overbuilt that don't need attention. I could very likely resurrect just about any Mopar from the mid-sixties through the original end of their RWD era in the late eighties for their cars or their trucks into the mid-nineties because I've worked on a lot of them as a hobbyist, I know what to just go in and address if I want to take something that's been sitting forever and turn it into a road-worthy ratrod. That doesn't mean that the interior will be nice, or that I won't have bypassed the ammeter main power wiring through the firewall to avoid having it ground out to cause a fire, but I know what to do for suspension, steering, fuel delivery, spark, brakes, and the like, and if a popular two-door model from the late sixties or early seventies I could probably later get parts for it if I wanted to actually make it nice. As designed everything was meant to make the cars move.

[@316Autos]

@@TWX1138 Again, it's about getting it going vs being reliable. I put a lot of miles on my classics and I need them to be reliable. The things I listed are the things that have left me stranded.

[@TWX1138]

@@316Autos And I didn't have to do most of that for a reasonably reliable car. Granted, I live in the desert southwest, so cars don't rust here. I have never had to replace fuel tanks, fuel lines, or brake hard lines. I have had to replace fuel pumps and wheel cylinders or calipers, and of course master cylinders on occasion. I've been able to rebuild carburetors for the most part, haven't had to replace them too often unless I was doing a performance upgrade or unless some schmuck before me stripped out the fuel inlet, but I did have some issues with the plastic bowls on some Thermoquads. Mostly I had to deal with balljoints and bushings, sometimes power steering lines, plus a share of radiators and fan clutches.

[@316Autos]

@@TWX1138 The location makes sense. I am in Texas, so I don't see a lot of structural rust, but the air is plenty humid, so the brake lines can really clog, and the sheet metal can rust away.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

@@TWX1138so … cars don’t rust here was something you who have led with … it makes such a big difference. Like I’ve seen Arizona southwest barn finds that barely even have moisture anywhere … cus ya know desert. So yes, they are much easier to make them reliable I’d imagine. But for the the rest of folx 😅… like ya know we do all have a point. Sure you’re experience is a social outlier but not the norm, I get it it’s fun to chat in the comments tho 😊😅

[@chartreux1532]

Real Mechanic Stuff is one of my favourite Car Channels by now! Would absolutely love you Guys and Girls reacting to "NÜRBURGRING TECHNICAL Defects Compilation" and see what you guess was the Problem. Touristenfahrten is when everyone with any Car or Bike etc. can race on the Nürburgring here in Germany each Weekend without Restrictions. I myself do that like once a Month and the Mechanical Issues you end up seeing are often really weird and i still can't figure out what happened! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@estebanquesadas.4983]

I'm from Costa Rica and I have always wanted to drive a car around the Nordschleife , I hope I could do it next time I visit Germany .

[@chartreux1532]

@@estebanquesadas.4983 You're definitely welcome here anytime! If you can't bring your own Car, there's lots of friendly Folk around who'd let you drive theirs but also tons of reasonable Rental Choices! Definitely can recommend!

[@estebanquesadas.4983]

@@chartreux1532 Thanks for the kind words. With work , hope and a bit of luck maybe next year I'll be able to visit Germany again and finally get to drive around the Ring.

[@mzinns]

Donut has actually come out swinging and is producing some great content these days. The RMR crew is just the best!

[@NoYamOnus]

Sandro and Angelina is my favourite RMS reactor combo. They just work so well together, playing off each others humour. Hearing Angelina say she's been doing this for like 20 years, has me thinking that she has been learning since she was a child, or that she is a fair bit older than she looks.

[@saint-cetacean]

I mean I have always assumed she's in her early-mid 30s, so if she started wrenching in HS, that's 20 right there

[@haydenyork8414]

And by the way, I'm not a car guy. I can maintain and replace some basic parts but I'm not a mechanic. And I've learned more from this channel than I have from years of tinkering with cars. And watching 2 GORGEOUS, AMAZING AND SMART women teach me about cars is the best way possible to get me to learn 😊

[@Sam-go3mb]

Pretty sure mentioning their physical appearance at all isn't necessary 😂

[@Cloud30000]

I drove for miles on an empty country road with a flat rear tire without even knowing it; it must have been a slow leak, because I only pulled over when I noticed it felt like the engine was struggling against a load. I can attest that the rear is self-stabilizing. Destroyed the sidewall on the tire, but the tread was strong enough that the rim was undamaged.

[@OuttaasiteNdynomite]

As a woman who's done a lot of mechanic work in her 60 years. These women are going to face more bias than any man and learning to work with it or just ignore it is helpful but it's never going to make them less competent just wiser especially when they get old and have no choice but to let someone else do the work they know they they used to be able to do and sometimes lady's it's best to let the other mechanic make a mistake that you know is going to happen and not be like I told you so

[@bigshorty4855]

I saw 1 dot. After that, your punctuation went to hell. Also, these girls are mechanics. I'm sure they can take it.

[@BeetaroniPizza]

​@@bigshorty4855 you're agreeing

[@OuttaasiteNdynomite]

@bigshorty4855 I really don't care about you seeing one dot or wether you like my punctuation. I just made a statement about my personal experience as a woman.

[@ewingfox6459]

@@OuttaasiteNdynomite I don't care about a mechanic's ability to punctuate, or hell - even know my name right. Worked for a master (real master) VAG mechanic for 5 years, he called me "Hewey" - even made my paychecks out to "Hewey" - for FIVE YEARS before one of our customers was like "Hey, You know his name is Ewing, Right?" :D :D - Dude was a genius, I learned from him every day. Worked with plenty of fantastic female mechanics and fabricators - held them to the same standard - I don't care if you are rough around the edges or what bathroom you use, if you can teach me something every day - I'll work for ya.

[@AbuYusha01]

Aww man having to hear that comment about the two ladies really broke my heart man. Especially since we can notice it affect Angelina from that point forward. People are unnecessarily nitpicking and condescending at best. I hate that. The girls on there seem super cool and I don't know anything at all about cars but love tuning in to these videos because the mechanics are so wholesome and well-grounded in the subject - that's clear even to me as an absolute popcorn munching layman. If I can see the acumen of the female mechanics then dodo who said that surely did and is just wanting to ruin people's day - congrats sir it worked.

[@algnedpe7271]

just a sad man with no life. the rest of us know what's up.

[@SethoMarkus]

Yeah, someone call the circus because that Pyriscent guy is the clown they lost. Just a loser who's so insecure in his own ability that he can only feel happy with himself by putting someone else down

[@CartoonWeasel]

8:18 More info on body resistance. 1000000 isnt far fetched. - The electrical resistance of the human body can vary widely, from 500 ohms to over 1,000,000 ohms, depending on a number of factors, including: Skin condition: Dry skin can have a resistance of up to one mega ohm, while wet or broken skin can have a resistance as low as 1,000 ohms. Contact area: The resistance of skin contact depends on the area of contact. Voltage: High voltage electrical energy can quickly break down the skin, reducing the body's resistance. Cuts or bruises: Cuts or bruises on the skin can further reduce body resistance. Sex: Men typically have lower electrical resistance than women. Salt content: The salt content of the skin's surface, such as sweat, can affect body resistance. The total body resistance is the sum of the internal body resistance, which is around 300 ohms, and the resistances of the two skin contact points. The flow of current is inversely related to resistance, so as resistance goes down, current flow increases. For example, if a person has a resistance of 10,000 ohms and comes into contact with a 120 volt household circuit, the current flow would be 12 milliamps

[@tau12usr85]

Steph and Angelina definitely deserve way more respect than that. I'd be down for either working on my vehicle, they'd probably look pretty good doing it too.

[@khaniela2399]

Angelina and Sandro are the once i enjoy to watch the most on RMS, Don't get me wrong, everyone at RMS is awesome in each of their own rights, but Angelina and Sandro takes the cake for me :) Also, Hello From Norway^^

[@BNGamesYT]

This is prob the best video you guys have done yet on this channel, period.

[@Yugophoto]

That second one, the mustang barn find - Im an enthusiast who does all of my own work. Ive been restoring my dads 1974 charger - i had all the original parts, the engine was rebuilt in 1993 before it was parked, i was able to get it running in under an hour. I'm now about $2k in with parts alone and it is still not roadworthy let alone finished. Electrical, suspension, brakes. I havent even got to wheels and tires yet. And this is considering the labour is FREE!. If I were to take it to a shop i guarantee I couldnt afford it.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

Exactly ✅

[@Alwayspositiveprofits]

Not to mention that it's getting hard to find parts for some of the classics now. Barn finds can be fun, but also sketchy. I've personally seen barn finds that could have been restored, but after digging deeper, found previous cover up work on the frame. That dude says easy, but without history on the car, it can be a total nightmare. And when you can find parts, they are not cheap.

[@JiggyStarz]

Angie has 20 years of experience? :O Did she start at 5 or something? *That's a compliment* Love the cast, everybody is knowledgable and funny and I wish I had teachers like that. I learned and remembered more from these reacts than I did from my boring math teacher

[@Weezlenut]

I had to pause the video when she said that because my brain couldn't compute that either.

[@BrownCoatFan]

I googled and apparently she graduated in 2006 from high school. So she must be around 35-36?

[@ishnifusmeadle]

​@@BrownCoatFandayum.

[@manuelito1233]

Angie's teaching segment REALLY shows how good she is at teaching, she's given this lecture a MILLION times and it shows, true teaching professional.

[@TheCRTman]

Angelina is so cute. I don't think I've ever seen a gal so excited about diagnosing equipment before. It warms the heart.

[@Mr_Cantankerous]

You should follow her youtube channel.

[@toddwhetton1959]

I've been mechanicing for nearly 50 years. Sandro's someone you trust

[@SkorpyoTFC]

I've only been doing it for 14, but I agree.

[@h4rveij583]

im not a mechanic and i agree.

[@salamandastron90]

I've both had people in my family and worked with folk who are subject matter experts in various fields(aviation mostly), who've honed their craft over decades. I may only understand a tenth of what they are saying but when these folk talk, you just know authenticity. Since I first started watching this channel, everyone Donut has brought aboard has radiated it in the way they spoke. No bullshit. No fluff. They may make a minor mistake or two but shit, if you're put on the spot asked an obscure question I'd like to see how well you perform, nobody is perfect. Like Angelina said, what advice they give shouldn't lead to harmful outcomes so they err on the side of caution.

[@SuiLagadema]

Really? A complain because there are 2 women that happen to be mechanics? Somebody's still living in the 1950s, wonder what he'll think when he realizes women are allowed to be doctors and astronauts now.

[@kylar616]

Yeah and going all in like its some conspiracy for an agenda instead of you know, a youtube business, that get people in who have their own lives and jobs.

[@rossstewart9475]

I swear that the DEI crowd actively hunt around looking for "examples" to get mad at.

[@Alwayspositiveprofits]

That guy is so confused. Wait until he finds out his mom is a woman.....

[@Cloud30000]

Wait til they learn that some of them weren’t always women

[@russelljacob7955]

The mustang comment! Sandro is absolutely right. Getting it to start is not getting it to drive. I put thousands into my barnfind SOHC 650SC honda. If I tried to start it without pulling the head? I would have permanently destroyed the block. Brakes, tires, batteries, fuel system. Just the minimum basics to get a driveable barn find is intensive.

[@meeponinthbit3466]

Yeah, Pole Barn Garage could get it running real cheap, but that isn't "fixed" at all, and it sure as hell isn't restored.

[@russelljacob7955]

@meeponinthbit3466 I have a 2001 GTI VR6 that was parked in a heated and insulated garage for several years. Even that had slight spots of surface rust form on the cylinders. (long story on why parked) but had I not cleaned it? Would have wrecked rings and block and potentially more. Fortunately I had to tear down anyways.

[@deadriseful]

side question: what year 650SC? I'm a big fan of the SOHC 650s. I bought in march of 2020 an '82 CB650 (standard) and now recently just started pulling it apart to do a top end rebuild with NOS parts.

[@russelljacob7955]

@deadriseful Mine is an 82 as well. The standard is easier to get many parts for. Easy to work on and rock solid. Main thing is keeping up on valve adjustment.

[@deadriseful]

@@russelljacob7955 nice! yes and no on the parts tho. I had to get the NOS cam from Kuwait and the cylinder jugs, cylinder head, and upper cam cover from the Netherlands. I'm still hunting down valves and springs for it. I wish they used replaceable bearings for the camshaft bc that is what is worn out on my bike. Two of the bearing surfaces are out of spec so I had to find all new parts for that.

[@Cloud30000]

I love the term “Princess Welder”; lots of Princess Solderers judge my solder jobs, but they don’t have to switch between a thousand circumstances a week to get obscure things repaired.

[@Lunerlander]

Angie and sandro are like perfect together on this channel. LET SANDRO WORK ON THE MERCH VAN!!

[@3v068]

6:00 when Sandro is like I don't wanna go down that rabbit hole, I have a feeling that he wished that sparkling water was a beer lol

[@KHolzer444]

Probably useful to note that in an earlier RMS episode of customer stories, he said he doesn’t drink (I forget whether he meant often or at all)

[@darrensim295]

Sandro is a gem. Angelina no less. Honestly could listen to them all day

[@JRCP144]

I love the fact that RMS sometimes has two female mechanics hosting. Same way I love that they sometimes have two Spanish-speaking mechanics hosting. Because its about the way the hosts work together and the different things they specialise in, rather than making sure the right kinds of people are in front of the camera.

[@shimozo]

Angelina's "YOU REALLY WANNA GO THERE? OH WE'LL GO THERE" come backs were absolutely incredible 😂

[@JustTexasKen]

The lack of respect some people have for y'all is just nuts. Y'all are amazing, keep filming, keep, working, keep going!

[@ShiftnWolf72]

I would not claim to be a mechanic but I have learned so much just watching your videos. At least enough to know if I can trust my mechanic. I do work on my triumph but even then I leave serious work to the pros. Love the videos! Thanks

[@I_am_Jess__]

I just love the vibe from Sandro 😂❤ and them both is a perfect duo 🤝🏼🫶🏼

[@docternoblex]

1:53 tire tech here. The best tires do always go to the front. That’s how we rotate it every time, and we always put the tires with the worse road force(the inconsistency of the sidewall relative to the wheel) in the rear

[@terenceih193736]

1:44 I think this one is debatable, depending on climate… You’re in California where snow isn’t much of a factor… Here in Chicago if you’re on snow or ice and your rear tires are worse, It’s very easy for the car to spin due to lack of traction in the rear… if your loss of traction is in the front, you generally slide straight ahead… Which is a better scenario than spinning

[@focussport]

No, if you're driving around in the snow with improper tires it's better that you don't move at all, not that you plow into something. Put your baldies on the rear, and take the bus.

[@GeekOfAllness]

@@focussport I would generally rather drive around in the snow on suboptimal tires than take a city bus if there was enough snow or ice to be concerned. The city buses rarely even have snow tires, just "all season" tires, which are about as good in the snow as worn-out snow tires, and the bus drivers I've seen haven't left me with a lot of confidence. Maybe on the east coast where the ice is pretty bad for months at a time the buses are better. Of course, having decent snow tires is much better still: FWD on snow tires will generally out-perform 4WD on summer tires unless you're going up a steep hill. I definitely wouldn't put the bald tires on the rear to drive in the snow though; that's seriously asking for trouble if you do drive and hit slush. On the front, you're more likely to get stuck (assuming FWD), but you'll still be in control of the vehicle. I mean, I would and have put them on the rear, but I've also driven empty, RWD pickups with no ABS, TCS, etc. in the snow, and I do okay at not hitting things, so I tend to err on the side of not getting stuck rather than safety. But if you're so concerned with safety that you're contemplating leaving the car at home, you should keep the good tires on the rear in most cases, because it's considerably safer. Hence why manufacturers went to FWD vehicles almost exclusively over RWD (although part of that was also drivetrain efficiency and EPA type regulations). Or you could keep the good tires on the front (again assuming FWD), and just slow down. So you've got enough traction to not get stuck and if you do spin it's not important. But if you're driving 50+ mph in the snow you really want stability over traction. (Also, if you're doing 50+ in the snow there's a decent chance there aren't buses running that way anyways, which has been most of my snow driving. So it's a question of whether you want to stay home or not, rather than which transportation method you're taking. And sometimes you're driving on bad tires in the snow so you can replace them with snow tires, so unless you can spend a few hundred on a tow truck (who might not make it) you might be staying home all winter. So driving carefully is then better than... not.)

[@FellowFrosty]

It truly is the best thanksgiving when we get an RMS video to watch after stuffing my face with ham and green bean casserole. God bless America and god bless Real Mechanics everywhere

[@robertoquintana1383]

Much respect and love for the three of yous. Easy it is to hide behind a keyboard and criticize others. But the three of you have shown that knowledge can come together with great humor, amazing personalities and, sometimes, even with nice looks....sorry Sandro...

[@brianargo4595]

End of the video "his hands are CLEAN he doesn't know what he's doing." My last wrenching job was in a heavy equipment dealership. Rules were: cut resistant gloves, nitrile gloves over, all fluid galleys sealed or covered at all times, no oil dry (we mopped spills and had a floor scrubber to clean the bay at the end of every day), more than half a teaspoon of dust in a barrel of fluid was too much contamination, all equipment was thoroughly washed and dry before it came into a bay. It made my heart sing how clean that place was when we were working on equipment that's only job was to move earth.

[@rakninja]

also, some people are just dumb. why would the boss be dirty? he pays people to do the work under his direction. when i was working for other people, i considered it a personal failure if my boss was dirty from work. and second, why would the dude sit for a video seen by thousands of people all across the world without getting cleaned up first? i mean, i wouldent want to be known as a guy who cant take a dang shower before a pre-scheduled video shoot.

[@Alwayspositiveprofits]

That dude has definitely never touched a car lol. He acts like hand cleaners and soap doesn't exist. Only screw the commenter has ever turned was the one that's obviously loose.

[@CarlYota]

@@Alwayspositiveprofitsexactly. I work in a machine shop. We wash our hands before we go home. Soap is a wonderful invention. I wash twice because I’m not touching the wheel of my new car with dirty hands. If your shop doesn’t have a sink, consider alternative employment opportunities.