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

[@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.

[@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 😁

[@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"

[@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 😂🙄

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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! 🎉

[@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 💓

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@thecatofnineswords]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@gamerslive1974]

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"

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@gamerslive1974]

@@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.

[@flaminglechoo]

Aside from the actual knowledge I get out of these videos sometimes, I also get a decent amount of joy listening to Angelina's laughter after Sandro's remarks 👌😎

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@geovannymoya9474]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Glasseh]

The reason why manufacturers recommend to always put the best tires in the rear is because if you lose traction in the rear, then you spin out. If you lose traction in the front, you just skid forward. Which is a lot more manageable to handle. So solve this conundrum, of where to put 'the best tires'. ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOOD TIRES. As they are the only thing between you, and the road.

[@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.

[@mattj1341]

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

[@27thstreet3]

50+ years on this earth and I am just connecting the dots on those fuse test points. Funny AND educational!

[@42neddy]

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

[@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.

[@gamerslive1974]

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

[@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

[@gamerslive1974]

@@doodleydoo169 Going down the rabbit hole

[@Bewefau]

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

[@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 😊😅

[@8obby0]

This channel is keeping Donut Media alive. Steph, Sandro and Angie are my absolute favourite people on KZbin, super clever and absolutely hilarious. Anyone that says anything derogatory about them just need to admit you wish they were your friends, cos I definitely do!

[@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.

[@GasGas1252010]

When a tire pops, i agree its probably safer if it happens on the back. But way more common is to break traction and in that case loosing the rear is a lot more dangerous. So put your best tires on the rear axle

[@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)

[@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 😂

[@Jeff13mer]

These two are gods on the channel. I'd watch all your videos even if it was on the phone like you testing the T2

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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 ✅

[@gamerslive1974]

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.

[@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^^

[@darklingnz8017]

Anyone who thinks these guys are scripted are out of their minds, they have natural charisma which is why they are so good at this. I'm not a car guy but I love watching them!

[@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

[@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.

[@vladyvhv9579]

My grandpa was a Ford certified mechanic and a farmer. When I was working on the farm, we did occasionally need to use starter fluid for some of the tractors. His advice was to not use very much. Rather than spraying, maybe a short spritz or 2. And only starter fluid. Never anything else.

[@duv6866]

Does not remove the risk of doing it either way, Ford themselves do not recommend it for example

[@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.

[@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.

[@jamessieli7522]

I’ve been watching RMS since before it was RMS. ALL of you guys are super entertaining and 100x better mechanics than I’ll ever be. Haters need to put up or shut up. Emphasis on the shut up.

[@GTFF]

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

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

I have no doubt most of these will be directed towards Steph and Angela 😭

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

....You might have the best profile picture I've ever seen. It's fire.

[@jb76489]

So much for that eh? I’m sure your biases will remain unchanged though

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

@@Hannah_The_Heretic 🫡

[@ajitnatt8323]

Angelina, Steph and Sandro. All different but all awesome. They bring greatness to the show and are themselves competent mechanics. ( no one’s claiming to be an expert) which makes this show educational and entertaining at the same time. ❤

[@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 🤝🏼🫶🏼

[@Raven777777777777777]

As always Sandro, Angelina and Steph are great. Angelina's teaching lesson was great. Props to whole crew on putting this channel together. There is always something to learn and im here for it.

[@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.

[@gamerslive1974]

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]

@@gamerslive1974exactly. 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.

[@shimozo]

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

[@danedeslauriers1931]

I cannot believe just how much honest chemistry sandro and ms a have. Sandro is definitely the best reason to watch this channel, but the ladies kill it just as much. Rms is really the only thing i still watch from donut, and its because of these three, specifically. Pure comedy and knowledge.

[@jrock2471]

That Mustang video is Dennis Collins. Probably spent ALOT to restore because it’s some rare “holy grail” car.

[@luckyluciano1160]

No mustang is a "holy grail" Vehicle to any clear thinking, rational person Because those people are looking for The true holy grail Of old school muscle like Camaro's chargers cudas

[@Heroo01]

a lot is always two words mang

[@forceawakens4449]

​@@luckyluciano1160nah, the 60s mustangs are holy grail with the gms and the mopars. Thats the golden age of us muscle.

[@NeighbourhoodVandal]

@@luckyluciano1160 If I'm not mistaken, That's a 1960's Mustang GT Fastback. I've seen a Fastback body of that era (no engine, no trans, no interior, just the *body*) sell for 10 grand. Those things are not easy to find. Definitely a holy grail for enthusiasts. I've seen more classic Chargers, Cudas, and Camaros in my life than those. If this is the car that I think it is, it predates the Camaro (which came out a couple years later I think).

[@Grizazzle]

@@luckyluciano1160 Sure but you're required to have a mullet to drive one of those and who wants that?

[@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)

[@cassie1594]

I'm not a car person. But I could listen to these two for hours! You guys are great.

[@sirshmiggins2786]

Let Sando fuck with that van, please! It would make a great episode.

[@BravoMx]

Would have to be a series of vids like high low.

[@ChrisParayno]

I would love to see this channel and "car wizard" collab! They are both honest, unlike the other channels out there who literally "building cars" for entertainment and broken later (ahem tavarish😂)

[@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

[@PePe-lp2xi]

19:20 the comment is wrong bc they think the only difference between petrol and diesel engines are the injectors but that is not the case. Diesel unlike petrol self ignites in the chamber while petrol engines use spark plugs diesel cylinders have higher pressure and the injector difference is largely because of the way the diesel fuel is injected during the power stroke which is by injecting some of the diesel as the piston is going down for a better combustion

[@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

[@pieterdebie4162]

I love Sandro going back to the videos he made with Angelina to learn stuff 😀 these two are so good together.

[@Nicmadis]

Don't feck with the Sandro. He knows his shit.

[@sopcannon]

He probably knows people that can mess with you too.

[@Hardhat74]

That and you'll have Angelica to contend with.

[@ForzaDriven]

So good to see Angela again, she's adorable. Angela reminds me of my older sister, sweet and very smart. Steph reminds me of my little sister, aggressive, but very smart as well and they also share the same name 😂.

[@LukiaTheTrue]

Love you Angelina & Sandro, you're genuine. Sandro is like my half self : dedicated to the customer and having experience to do what he got to do, whenever what, and Angelina is my other self: dedicated to the knowledge and the art of mechanic. I'm a web developer myself, you're the guys who will take care of my f***g car, I'm the one who will take of your f***g PC. You both learned me a shit bunch about mechanic and thank you for that. Sorry for my english, I'm French, you know what. Bisous, keep it on !

[@deanbarnette1602]

In my opinion, from over the years,( I'm 58 years old now & soon to be 59 years old in Feb 2025), your best tires always go on the front, plus now since most vehicles of today are front wheel drive, you should always make sure your front tires are the better ones PERIOD!! 💯

[@justinbecker4772]

I think what we're missing is that most drivers are absolute fucking morons. They don't know how to correct a slide, they don't know how to threshold brake, and they don't know how weight transfer works. I'm a defensive driving instructor, the people coming into my classes would have a much safer time understeering instead of kicking the rear out in an emergency. You and I, rear bias. I intentionally set up my autocross vehicles for neutral oversteer because it's faster (for me). The average 17 year old kid in his mom's civic? Understeer all day, baybee. I put one of my students in my BRZ and he spun it immediately, because the average person does not know how to save oversteer.

[@John-yf8qh]

Sangelina!!! Angelandro!!! The best, the top of the list, A1, best in the room! Boom!

[@roysoutdoorlife]

The tyre conundrum. Always a good one. The idea behind putting the best tyres on the rear mainly applies to front wheel drive vehicles. This is because they can be prone to lift-off over steer, especially if fitted with a beam axle instead of IRS.

[@JMFR2008]

Love Angelina's explanations ! And Sandro's real talk is great too. Thanks!!

[@mizukageezay2243]

Angie is the teacher, steph is the spokesperson and sandro is comic relief