Harry's Garage

[trigger]

You only need to see how many views Trigger has had for his Ital video to see that! Exciting times.

The biggest problem with video can be the interaction from some of the viewers, you can get some real spitful and hurtful comments of some people who really put me off doing these videos, either personal jibs about yourself or mostly slagging the cars off, both the van and Marina have been pretty bad for that, too many Top Gear believing twats.

 

Still, 34000 views on a rubbish video I made quickly on the Rover SD1 is pretty amazing!

[danthecapriman]

That video is brilliant. It’s exactly something I’d love to do.

 

Anyone fancy doing something similar!?

I wouldn’t mind taking the Mercury on a road trip somewhere like that. It’d be a hell of a trip and I’d expect it’d be a right laugh too!

[Lacquer Peel]

The biggest problem with video can be the interaction from some of the viewers, you can get some real spitful and hurtful comments of some people who really put me off doing these videos, either personal jibs about yourself or mostly slagging the cars off, both the van and Marina have been pretty bad for that, too many Top Gear believing twats.

 

Still, 34000 views on a rubbish video I made quickly on the Rover SD1 is pretty amazing!

I wouldn't take it personally, even the most innocuous videos are often turned into sewers in the comments section.

[captain_70s]

I wouldn't take it personally, even the most innocuous videos are often turned into sewers in the comments section.

Mine have tapped into an odd niche, namely homosexual fetish videos.

 

I wasn't aware that unreliable cars actually got people off...

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Mine have tapped into an odd niche, namely homosexual fetish videos.

 

I wasn't aware that unreliable cars actually got people off...

 

 

I reckon it's the rusty wheel arches.

[egg]

Maybe just turn the comments off. Not sure it affects the views. But I guess it has some impact on monetisation?

[davehedgehog31]

He's frightfully posh.

 

Give him his due though, his videos are good. None of the nonsense filler of a lot of similar YouTubers, just the cars and he does always seem well researched on any car he features. 

 

I'm not particularly interested in the type of car he typically features, but have still enjoyed the ones I've watched.

[Shep Shepherd]

Crappable Plastics is is okay but the Kelsey titles tend to be better these days.

 

Classics Monthly is now rather like how Car Mechanics used to be back in the 1990s. It has articles by the legendary* Peter Simpson in it from time to time, and even the late, great Ted Connolly used to crop up on occasion

 

 

 

 

*He sold me The Volvo in 2003, so I'll always be a fan of his.

[sierraman]

I liked his articles because he always sought practical cost effective repairs to stuff. I remember an escort mk3 he bought for £50 or whatever, idea was to get it motoring for as little as possible. Anyway it wanted welding on the sills so he plated over the grot to see it through a test. In a lot of magazines they’d have embarked on a full scale pointless full underside rebuild on a car that in all reality was unlikely to see 2-3 years out. He had some good practical advice on buying bangers, he wasn’t fannying about poring over whether it had an oil change in 1997 missed or what seat trim it ought to have, he was a proper bangernomics bloke who it was obvious had a shit load of experience in that department.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Same goes for ALL things in life now; turn off the TV, take no notice of newspapers/magazines, do not listen to authority. Go out of your door and find out yourself from real, living people.

[Stanky]

That video is brilliant. It’s exactly something I’d love to do.

 

Anyone fancy doing something similar!?

I wouldn’t mind taking the Mercury on a road trip somewhere like that. It’d be a hell of a trip and I’d expect it’d be a right laugh too!

 

YES PLEASE!!!!

 

Someone else posted that video link somewhere on here a little while back and i sat and watched it, really good I thought. He comes across really normal in the video I thought. I've not watched any others yet though.

 

I'd love to try something like that, even in a modern - just going somewhere a long way away just to say you've been there.

[davehedgehog31]

That video is brilliant. It’s exactly something I’d love to do.

 

Anyone fancy doing something similar!?

I wouldn’t mind taking the Mercury on a road trip somewhere like that. It’d be a hell of a trip and I’d expect it’d be a right laugh too!

Do it Dan. Mind and film it!

[J-T]

Well I lost about 2 hours to this today. He has so many cars that are on my bucket list, it’s great to see them being driven instead of sat in an air bubble whilst they appreciate. and I really like how he comes across - a proper car geek, showing you all the daft little details you just wouldn’t normally see covered in a mag or on TV.

 

But he must have some serious wedge the amount he swaps & changes them. Just maintenance alone must be eye watering. Fair play to the guy though I’m happy he’s willing to share them.

[chodweaver]

+1 for both his Shad to the arctic and his range rover vids. I think he's got more time for chod than we give him credit for.

 

Will be watching more, in deference to Tavarish's 'I bought another ridiculous exotic on the cheap cos it has some serious issues but I'll spend most of my videos talking about gold foil and sponsorship rather than showing me or my welding guru fixing them' you tube channel. Another wasted opportunity...

[timolloyd]

The one on his Lotus Elan is good. IIRC he’s owned it decades and has a level of geek about Lotii of this era which is impressive.

[PrimeraMike]

Been watching him for more than a year now. A bit sporadic when he post videos, but they're always good and knowledgable. I like the Ferrari to the desert one, as well as the E30 M3 one.

[warren t claim]

 

He's everything this guy isn't except wealthy.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Christ he’s annoying.

[dollywobbler]

There are some monumentally annoying folk on YouTube. I'm probably one of them, but Mrs DW runs for the hills if I'm watching Ageing Wheels or Mighty Car Mods. Or Engineering Explained.

 

EDIT - I like all three of those, but Mrs DW finds the voices had to stomach.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I did LoL at you overtaking a Focus in the Invacar. I would have shit myself laughing had I seen it in real life.

[timolloyd]

I only watch 3 motoring journos on YouTube: DW (obviously), Harry's Garage and Carpervert (although he's a bit hit and miss). I watch all 3 because I think they're proper car people, in slightly different ways and they all feature unusual vehicles.

 

That's more important to me than Fast, £££, exclusive, latest, although if any one of those factors creeps in, so be it.

I'd quite like to see a Harry's Garage/Hub Nut guest appearance video, where Harry Metcalfe grows a massive beard and drives the Invacar to his yacht in Spain, and DW, while sporting a Rolex Oyster Meantime Perpetual G-Shock, takes Harry's Lambo to collect a Reliant engine from a farm in the Midlands. 

[motorpunk]

Harry is ace. I had a lovely chat with him once about his Elan and he's just like you see on screen; patient, interesting and friendly - rather like a posh old Uncle who bought you your first pint, I thought. 

 

I watch his stuff, and George Karellas' Soup which is brilliant but doesn;t get many views which is nuts as the quality is excellent and the cars are good- Cortina, Range Rover, Esprit etc..

 

I've made a few films for YouTube but they're hard work for little money. 

[LoftyvRS]

Got a lot of time for Harry and his garage, his run down to Monaco in his early V12 Jag XJ-S was well shot and watchable, same as the Ferrari to the Sahara.

 

Yes he's well wedged up but he seems genuine and the sort of bloke you'd happily have a pint with.

[Jon]

Another vote for the video of Harry's V12 manual XJC once he'd added an aftermarket exhaust, as it does sound amazing! 

 

I think for number one annoying car reviewing videos, see Doug De Muro and all his overly-animated raised voice commentary (I'm not deaf) and clickbait video titles, coupled with the sad fact that he has interesting cars at his disposal to test. Many don't like Roadkill but do try Finnegan's Garage as an antidote to "DUDE!!" every few sentences, plus almost no incidental music - and indeed, very few editing cuts, for that matter. I don't partake in the podcast shows though, as that's not really my thing.

 

Hub Nut is becoming better and better, as I think DW is really in his presenting stride after so many videos. Good coffee-friendly video lengths, too. But now you're at the heady heights of 13k subscribers and counting wobbler, PLEASE buy a cheap device to mount your phone to windscreens etc. as for the minimal outlay, it'd be a game changer. 

[egg]

This is great!

 

[Pillock]

I've got fully addicted to Harry's Garage when I'm meant to be working....

[iainrcz]

I just watched the combine harvester one while cooking tea

 

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[Felly Magic]

I like Harry, yeah he's minted, and he has done a fair whack of car journalism, loved when he took his Testarossa to the Sahara, he isn't frightened of giving his old motors some stick, and taking them out of their comfort zone, and he seems so down to earth, and genuinely likeable.bloke. 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Jay Leno has made some great vids as well. Seems a chap of wealth yet impeccable taste.

 

This XJ-C test is on the money. 

 

[HMC]

Saw a round up from Harry on his fleet, loved it. Down to earth, no nonsense and addressing the viewer like he’s a mate being given a look around.