7 Things I Wish I Knew Earlier About Cars

I wish I know my wallet was going to look this empty

Old man once told me "while young, build a 4 door hotrod. Cause if you have kids, you can fit a car seat. Wait until you are older and either don't have kids or they are grown to get a 2 door. It will hurt a lot to invest in a car, only to have to sell it when kids come."

My £600, battered MX5 taught me that it's more fun and infinitely cheaper to make your car a one-off rather than a show car. It was orange and I couldn't find replacement panels in the right colour, so I two-toned it orange and black. It looked awesome, and I've never seen another the same. Strangers would wave as I drove by and stop me to talk about it. I miss you Burt but it was you or one of the kids. Still not sure I made the right decision.

Pro tip: driving normally and respectfully in a modded car is more impressive than speeding and cutting people off

When I got my first car, my dad said something very important to me. He said, "David. Why are you checking your oil by putting the dipstick in the coolant bottle"? It was that day we both realised that I may have an intelect problem.

I would argue that Asseto Corsa and realistic driving sims actually do make you a better driver, Atleast if you’re playing with a wheel and pedals

Atta way mark!!! Great video man. Not enough out there like this. Mini deep dive, and keeping it real about the ins and outs of the car community. These are just as important for the young people as the good and bad series! You're killing it man. Thanks.

Touching on the first point. A coupe doesn't necessarily mean it is a small car. What comes to mind is the RSX. Its a coupe but can fit a ton of stuff in the trunk. I saw someone put everything they needed to convert their RSX to AWD in the trunk of their RSX. Tons of room. Wagons have lots of room as well and you can find some cool wagons suitable for a first car

Im not a car guy, hell, im not even a guy. although i agree on everything you said about getting a car for clout, but i do find it cool when people drive the car of their dreams and i think it does make them cool when i see people excited about the car they got or want to get. i really like when my boyfriend talks about JDM cars its the best thing ever. i think its cool as long as you do it for yourself and not for others, that way everyone is happier. also great vid btw!

Another thing, don't cheap out on main stuff like brakes, cooling, suspension, tires and driver train related stuff. it will come back to bite you and you'll end up spending more money in the long run. Save your money on other stuff like cosmetic upgrades or stuff that's not important to the health and safety of you and your car!

I love smaller cars. They have a more “homey” feel to it when I’m driving but when I’m just sitting in it not going anywhere, I wish my car was bigger. Smaller cars just feel a lot easier to handle for me. First car to practice driving in was a Highlander and those things are just too damn big.

Ik you dont get the respect you deserve. 552 videos in 2 years is insane

"be all up in them bellybuttons picking out the lint" 😂😂😂 you're hilarious dude

Racing games DO make me a better driver. I remember first time I lost rear end in my fwd car. I intentionally went fast into a corner in parking lot and released throttle. If it wouldn’t be for sim racing games I would’ve hit a curb. The instinct which I had from sim to countersteer and add right amount of gas made me straighten up smoothly and quickly. Real life is even easier than sim. Becouse you feel the speed. Also the amount of grip real cars have is insane if you compare what it feels like in sim. My cheapo winter tires feel better in rain, than semislicks hot temperature, dry asphalt in sim. The only thing I find troublesome irl is roll of the chassis and being scared of driving fast.

to add to #3 , racing is very different than a videogame because actually racing you're being thrown around in you seat. reacting the the forces of racing is a big part.

I have a pretty huge question. So I have a lowered corolla, fenders arent rolled, and the height changes so much when I add weight, its a 4 seater car but even if 3 total people are in the car it sometimes rubs bad, I havent even tried 4 yet...should I roll the fenders? EDIT: I also cant tell which is tire rub and what is me scraping the ground, because im new. but one time when i had ALOT of weight i could visually see grinded up rubber on my fender, only a small bit on 1 side.

Someone once told me, "people will always find something to hate about your car. It could be the perfect build ever created and someone will find a way to hate this wheel or that radio. Learn to not care what others think. Build your car how you like it. If you like those rims and everyone else hates them. Get the rims. If you want to slammed, then slam it. Don't build your car for other people. Build to what you want it to be" that has always stuck with me. I just picked up a 06 Si and honestly I'm probably going to keep it stock besides exhaust and intake. It has barely above 100k miles and is in prestine condition. I like the car how it is from the factory. I don't need to lower it or put rims. Cause at the end of the day I have a hard to find car. It does everything I need it to do stock. It was the same with my SUV. It wasn't cool. But it had the space I needed at the time and even though it's an SUV. It taught me that you can drive anything hard and you can fun in any car. I went up the mountains tons of time in that cx5 and it was a hoon because it took me to it's limits in a safe and easy to control way. It taught me how to be smooth with movement and now with the civic I can take turns alot faster than most people in the si would because I've learned it's all about the movement of the vehicle through the turns.

I regret putting 18inch wheels on a 95 Civic Coupe they rubbed on tight turns this was before stance and stretched tires were a thing. I regret putting in lowering springs instead of coilovers and not putting aftermarket upper and lower control arms with camber adjustment with extended lower ball joints for correct suspension geometry All of the above lead to wear only on the inside of my tires meaning that my tires were never fully on the road and meant that I didn't have full traction when braking The traction would have helped when I fell asleep at the wheel woke up and suddenly ran into the back of an SUV. I was working too many hours because I was young and invincible I also slammed on the brakes for like 5 seconds( the car slid no abs) and I even had time to swerve into the soft shoulder but I needed a little more steering angle the length of the driver front head light( EJ1 Coupe) clipped the rear bumper of the SUV and the rest is history That wreck set me back 10 years on my build I still have the car, I recently started working on it hopefully in a few days I'll start the engine up and straighten the core support.👍🏽🔰🏎️💪🏽

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The Miata at 12:53 got me giggling and kicking my feet