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Me, My Car(s) And My Car Life
The Perfect Country For Car Enthusiasts!
Some 19 yo kids opinion on the perfect country for car enthusiasts (:
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The Most Complicated Shiftknob Install Ever (Over 40 Hours)
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Well #shifterplate #manual #car #driving #tuning
How NOT To Lower Your Car
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Today I take you on the beautiful tale of installing lowering springs in my car
The Holy Grail Of Driving Techniques (Rev Matching)
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In this video I'm going to show you how to properly dwonshift a manual car, with both, rev matching and heel toe rev matching
Fixing Up My Daily Driver
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Today my Dail-driver undergoes a little makeover, fixing all of the little imperfections!
My First Time Drifting In A Real Car (Kind Of)
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This idea randomly came to mind, so yeah of course I needed to try it out
Well...This Didn't Go To Plan
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Well exactly what the title suggest. We diddn't plan on going to a Trackday / Carshow but here we are I guess
Is An Aftermarket Exhaust Worth It?
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Aftermarket exhaust are rather expensive, so the big question is: what do they even do and are they worth it? #exhaust #aftermarket #tuning #car #honda
Can We Fix This 40 Year Old Mercedes?
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Today we got the chance to work on a W123 from 1983
Just Another Day In Bmw Ownership | Oil Change
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An oil change is the perfect task to get into working on your own car, so follow us along and learn how to do it yourself
Fixing My Friends BMW
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Well we are going to do exactly that: Fix my friends bmw
The Dream Of Every Young Man (Finanical Pain)
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The Dream Of Every Young Man (Finanical Pain)
Fast Acceleration Will Save You Fuel !?
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Fast Acceleration Will Save You Fuel !?
Why Bigger Brakes Won't Stop You Faster!
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Why Bigger Brakes Won't Stop You Faster!
The SECRET To Shifting QUICKLY And SMOOTHLY
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The SECRET To Shifting QUICKLY And SMOOTHLY
I think the USA and maybe Japan to some extent are the best countries for car enthusiasts. But of course it makes sense for Germany to be a great country for it as well. The car industry in Germany as well as things like the autobahn and nurburg ring, etc.. it just makes sense. Conversely, i'm from the UK which is turning out to be the Worst country IN THE WORLD for car enthusiasts.
Absolutley agree, still want to travel to the us and japan to experience the car scene there (: But why is england turning out to be that bad? I have the impression that you got a crazy car scene
India is worst for car enthusiasts.
Why is that?
@@MichelsGarage Multiple reasons. Taxation, India specific cars which are just jacked up hatchbacks and are not good enough to be sold elsewhere in the world. Honda, VW and certain other enthusiast brands don't have much in their lineup to offer. No Fiat, no Ford, no Mitsubishi. Cars feel too expensive to own and use for what they offer. The market is dictated by cars which offer features like sunroof, air purifier etc which have nothing to do with the driving feel. Driver focused and enthusiastic cars don't do well here.
That's quite interesting. Thanks for the insight! Seems like you in fact don't have the best conditions for bein a car enthusiastic country :( But don't you have quite a big racing and rallying scene?
@@MichelsGarage Well, we have some good circuits in the Himalayas. We even hosted F1 for 3 years, may host again in the future. Motorsport culture has definitely grown here and hopefully will develop into something substantial.
Fingers crossed for you and all the other enthusiasts of india (:
In turkey anything over 2.0 liters have so much tax that you just forget about it
Damn that sucks
@@MichelsGarage it's not all bad, love my 1984 cc golf r lol
Ah i see, thats the way to go (:
GR86 owners can't install awe touring exhaust in Germany. I can do it just fine in Poland and don't have to carry any silly certificates. Try again.
Like i said it's not all about tuning laws for me. To each their own preference (:
The EU's ISA ('Intelligent Speed Adaptation') is yet another move in this direction towards turning driving into soulless automation-soon there won't be settings to turn them off. Real drivers will end up sticking out from the crowd and have targets on their backs: you're speeding (we can't and therefore don't), you're offsiding (we can't and therefore don't), you braked harshly (the beeper trained me not to), your dated fuel engine is killing the world (they were forced to stop making them, so we 'chose' electric), and your human intuitions scare me (it reminds me of the control I happily gave up). Risk aversity over experience and skill, blanket control over individual freedom. It's pretty bleak. I can't see myself ever buying a car newer than 2016 or so if I'm allowed to. The cars of 10 years ago often come with all the modern trim (heated seats, climate control, cruise control + manual speed limiter, basic media controls), everything after this has become 'disconnected' as you say. Even the body types of high-seated crossover SUVs have developed with no clear design purpose other than to remove people from the road and engage in a battle of 'bigness'. A sofa which just happens to move you from place to place. When I look at my 9th gen Civic Tourer, which sold poorly, I see a clear purpose of design: sleek, efficient, aerodynamic, grounded, usefully roomy. More and more often, everything parked around it appears to be mobility aids for those who would prefer to be dead in life.
I took my time to think about what to answer, because i normally don't like to have such a pessimistic view about the futur. But your comment is pretty well written and I agree in most points. Although I think that this change will take a massive amount of time considering how many people still drive "old" cars. I think this is more a thing of in 50 or 60 years and not a thing of tomorrow. But that's just my two cents (: (and of course I still look at it optimistic with the hope of there being a shift back to the good ol days)
No way lol. America is the perfect country for car enthusiasts. We have by far the most relaxed laws on modifications (depending on state)
and the shittiest cars
And the straightest roads
@@Whomsky I can buy a BMW M8 or Porsche GT3 in America for cheaper than you can in Europe because I don’t have to pay a bunch of environmental taxes. We have one low “gas guzzler” flat tax instead of a scale. Do you think we only buy American cars? I usually only buy German and Japanese unless we do something special here like the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing.
@@sebastianocampo3006 lol you’ve never been to America have you? Yes we have plenty of straight roads, our country is massive, but we also have lots of mountains and winding forest roads because we’re a huge country. Ever heard of Tail of the Dragon in North Carolina, Tunnel of Trees in Michigan, or Mulholland Drive in California, Pikes Peak in Colorado, or Hocking Hills Loop in Ohio? 5 of the most famous twisty roads in the world, 2 of them are only a couple hours from me, and those are just famous ones.
@@DW94576What about dealer markups
No way lol. America is the perfect country for car enthusiasts. We have by far the most relaxed laws on modifications (depending on state) and cars are significantly cheaper here than in most of Europe.
As someone from england, here and the netherlands for example have very lenient modification laws, so as long as your insurance company knows your car is modified, and it meets simple things such as lights and plate visibility for annual safety inspections, you can basically do whatever the hell you like to your car. Another advantage i have at least is that the RHD market here means all our cars are significantly cheaper than the mainland, hence why alot of companies here get very cheap jdm imports and export to places like the US where the prices are inflated
@@zamstig66 It's true that the UK is a very lenient country for mods but that's mainly because barely anyone has the cash left to actually modify a car after they've spent thousands on tyre and suspension repair/replacement costs due to the roads being so crap in 98% of the UK that driving is a game of dodge the potholes/craters. Add on the fees from scalping b*stards that are the insurance companies and you're maybe left with £300 for a cheap remap.
Texas is one of the best states, strict in the cities super lax in the rural areas. Everyone here knows someone who passes emissions “legally” for a few extra bucks hahaha
Nice work brother
Thanks a lot my man!
*Sweats in Australian*
It always seems to me that you guys got a crazy car scene, but also a couple of problems with the law. Is that correct?
@@MichelsGarage Spot on, New Zealand is much looser and cops are reasonable (except for speeding). If you don't drive a complete shitbox.
Japan
English government and police be like “we have the most relaxed car laws. Even Germany is worse”. But they fail to mention that insurance for anyone under 28 with a car that’s bigger than a NA 1.4l will be paying £5k minimum each year. And that’s with a black box. Over 28 years old with good insurance history, you’ll be paying at least £1k per year for a decent 2.0l turbo car. That’s not considering how modifying your car without telling insurance is illegal, can void your policy, prevent you from making claims in the event of an accident, and can get you black listed from insurance companies for “insurance fraud”. So to stay safe, you tell the insurance company about your ig tag sticker, sun strip, and ABS plastic eBay aero parts that add no performance benefits, and then pay them around £3k more because of your £200 upgraded cosmetic mods. That’s if you can even find an insurance company who will let you mod your car, because most of the common/biggest companies do not allow mods at all. So then you turn to special modification insurance companies who will probably charge you £8k off the bat because they know no one else will cover you and they know they can rinse you because you got no choice. Long story short, our law enforcement like to hide behind “Germans have to pay and do an inspection for each mod” but forget to mention that our insurance is unregulated and one of the biggest scams going after taxes. In the end we’ll be paying triple the amount for the same mod. Sorry for the lengthy comment 🤣
Actually really interesting insights!
5000 a year, damn. My first car in the Netherlands at 21 was an Alfa Romeo Mito (1.4 with 177hp / 300nm, small tune). And my first year insurance was $1164 and I paid $600 for tax. So in total $1764 for my first year. Tax is related to the car specifically so that won't go down. But my insurance went down to $1080 now that I've had it for a year. I've read before how english people get a corsa with like 80hp and then pay a few grand to insure it and that is frankly insane. Tuning laws are I guess different here again too. I can switch out my brakes, suspension, tires, rims and what not without issue. Exhaust too, but if a cop pulls you over and it is too loud they can impound the car. Officially they can instantly be angry at you for a louder exhaust but generally won't as long as it is not a straight pipe and you don't go crazy around law enforcement from what I heard from a colleague of mine with a custom exhaust on his car. Tuning wise you are good to go to not re-check it with RDW (civil service for road traffic or something translated) as long as a car does not gain more then 20% of it's original power. So you can do a small tune or what not without immediately having it be checked again. We do have a lot of speed cams, red light cams and law enforcement so you do need to watch out. Friend of mine was pulled over in is 340i M-sport just this week though not by the regular police but by our "Royal Military Constabulary". As they though he was kidnapping two girls and was driving fast. Did not get ticketed as he could in fact proof that they where the neighbours kids lol that he was dropping off somewhere. And did not end up ticketed just written up for suspicious activity and driving too fast. So yah you do need to watch out. These guys are also the ones you do not want to mess with if they pull you over. As they often carry machine guns and are far more serious then regular police. Colleague of mine was also pulled over by our border patrol for they thought they may be illegal here. I have been fine so far but I do run a more understated car and do not have foreign plates.
@Menon9767 I can only agree, thats really interesting to know. I always thought of england as being pretty chill with tuning laws, I didnt know or even consider, that insurance is such a huge pain in the ass. As always YungLimox coming around with the banger insights (:
@@jilianjing7549 Really interesting getting insights into the experience in the netherlands, seems like you guys hit it pretty good; Chill tuning laws, right next to germany, so you also have access to the Autobahn, not bad not bad. The insurance stuff is pretty much the same over here in Germany, I paid roughly 100 euros per month for my first car and now a little more for my civic, but it aint too bad. Some cars are ridiculously expensive to insure tho. For example an old ej Civic would cost me I think twice the amount im paying for my newer Civic. This is because the insurance rate is based on how many incidents each of these cars has, how often they are stolen and so on
@@jilianjing7549 here there’s legal loopholes and “glitches”, so to say, around road tax to either pay none or a reduced amount. Theres also some garages who will pass your emissions test for a small fee even if your car is not complicit with emissions standards. But yeh, the insurance thing in UK is absolutely bonkers. Young people end up paying double their cars value for insurance unless they do insurance in an illegal or dodgy way. UK literally forces its citizens to go against the law and commit some sort of fraud to own a vehicle. As for speed cameras or police camping to catch speeders, apps like Waze help a lot to avoid them. But in UK all speed cameras have to have a warning sign earlier on the road to make drivers aware of a camera (we have this system because when speed cameras first came out, the public were against it saying it’s a money grab scheme for the government). For this reason they are always a bright yellow reflective color too but recently they have been adding some hidden ones on motorways.
just money shifted my b16
Damn, how is it doing?
@@MichelsGarage looking for a b20 block or another b16 but they taxing for these b16s, in a lot of pain...
That sucks, crossing my fingers for you my man
I totally agree. I also live in Germany and used to drive a manual Toyota Avenesis 2015. Awesome car, all technology we need and none we do not. Last november I sold it to buy a new car, and chose a Mercedes. At the dealer it looks like an awesome upgrade, but 1 month later I already wanted to sell it. I curse the car every day since, and my wife (who does not drive) asked me to stop complaining - after all, it is a MERCEDES! Oh my god. I swear I will wake up one day, say nothing and just drive to the dealer to get rid of it to get an older car or a „bare-bone“ one. But lesson learned for new cars: rent before buy. Unfortunately new regulations and high mileage of older cars keep me away from going back too much in time
Honestly I couldn't help but laugh (: Finally someone that understands me, everybody be praising Mercedes to hell and back, but i honestly dislike them. But I know the struggle. I want a reliable daily and older cars just have a lot more points of failure due to wear and tear. Although I would love to restore an older car like an e36 or something similar and turn it into the perfect fun daily driver :)
Could not agree more about modern cars. My personal car (have 3 in household) is a '99 STi RA. No driver aids, no unnecessary electronics, ABS deleted and airbags deleted. What it does have is 320 bhp, a fantastic sound, excellent quick steering with loads of feel, gold wheels, big wing, DCCD, tons of character, and serious head turning skills.
Damn that's a sick ass car! Good on you my man, living the life (You're making me kinda jealous)
New cars are fascists
I agree 100%
I have a Honda also but it is from 1992 and a station wagon and a five speed so I'm a little inclined to agree
But just a little I presume (Hondas are just awesome)
Keep these videos coming, I am sure this channel will gain some traction. I agree on all accounts. I would love if the car industry produced at least a few sporty cheap cars with beautiful design, basic features and modern safety. I wish there were more competition and demand on the market for cars like the Mx-5 (but maybe slightly bigger). There are too many over-engineered cars that suck the life out of driving.
First of all, thanks a lot my man! Second of all, I absolutley agree , sadly the car industry is not focused on us enthusiasts, undestandably, as we only make up a fraction of the buyers base. But we can still hope to get some sick affordable cars :)
I bought a manual 99 civic last week, it is a blast to drive. First car i drive and own.
That's a awesome car! Good for you my man, keep it running and put tons of miles on it :)
bro has a car yt channel and doesnt film himself driving other cars
Yeah I know, a (bit of a) missed opportunity (:
most modern things are horrible now days
I wouldn't call everything horrible, but I get where you're coming from (:
@@MichelsGarage what do you think of teslas i dont know any information about them and have never driven them
Honestly, I've never driven one either, but I've ridden in one and I was actually surprised. Teslas don't seem that bad, despite their reputation, it was comfortable, quick to charge, didn't feel cheap. All in all it was a good experience and I think if it is your type of car it can be great! But personally I don't see myself driving an ev
@@MichelsGarage yea
they look ugly
0 to 60 in yes seconds.
I think you meant 2-3 business days (:
@@MichelsGarage on a serious note new cars are creating solutions for things we never had a problem with. It makes no sense. I bet you most modern car owners don't even know half of the things on their car. and never know they exist.
Yeah that's true we are straying further and further from actually driving a car. I guess that's good for the average consumer, but not for the average petrol head (:
I think this Mod will add at least 120 hp and a turbo! Nice! Keep it up!
Just wait for my stickers, then I'll truly be unstoppable
@@MichelsGarage M sticker and AMG badge for maximum power output please
Especially those cheap m badges that fade after 2 days in the sun
Das Tutorial im Auto gucken während man mittendrin ist ist soo relatable
Also ich fand der Pizza Karton hatte was
Ja das ist beste Hab mir sagen lassen cad ist in (cardboard assisted design)
Hello, MichelsGarage - How are you?? Hope you are well, recently I have looked to your channel. And saw that in your channel have many many problems, for this reason channel videos not getting much engagements. Not growing, If you can solve these problems, channel will grow, You want to know these main main problems??? I can tell if you want to know. here or in email!! Where????
Hey, I'm doing absolutley great! Hope you are too. And of course, I would really appreciate any feedback / criticism. You can dm me on insta or write me an email (both linked in my about section), whatever is best for you :)
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What kinda Honda is this? I'm from the US where I'm pretty sure we don't have that one
Nevermind! You said it about 30 seconds after I commented
Glad I'm not the only this happens to (:
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Fuck, jetzt bin ich mir selbst unsicher. Wollte nächses Jahr irgendwann ein neues Fahrwerk einbauen und hatte eigentlich vor das selbst zu machen... Naja, bisschen informieren und wird schon irgendwie klappen. Wenn was schief geht rufe ich dich hahah
Das ist nen Plan, hab ja jetzt erfahrung 😂 Aber wird schon schief gehen
lmao, all the problems are so real
A little too real (:
love the vids
Aprecciate it my man!
This video is so hot
its really hot in germany right now so makes sense
Hell yeah it is (:
Car sounds so good 👌
Thank you :) Absolutley in love with the sound
Bro always chooses the worst weather to mod his car
Everything else would be boring, but that's just average German weather
Get a diffuser with long fins. Might look better for the exhaust. And maybe get one with rain lights
Already got my eyes on something (:
The Sun thing brought me back here ahhahaha
Such a legendary article. Still funny to this day 😂
Great job man! Could you please keep the pedalcam for your next videos please? :)
Of course, if it'll make sense I'll keep it!
@@MichelsGarage Thanks, great! ;)
Great job 👏 🎉
Thank you!
The best fuel economy is to stay withoin 1 to 2k rpm period dont push the gaspedal further than whats needed, you are wasting fuel then. also remember to kiss the red line once a week to clean the engine :D another thing city driving is worst for economy you should aswell use the start/stop system in the cities if available
Kissing the redline is always a good idea (: (at least fun wise)
@@MichelsGarage you dont overdo it, if you do then it has a negative effect :P
Wieder mal quality content. Und richtig gutes, lustiges Intro
Danke dir 🤝🏻
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That newspaper article was hilarious. “What are ‘granny shifting’ and ‘double clutching’? The right method could save your thousands” 💀💀 When I saw that article I was like yooooo my boy made it in life as a “driving expert” 🤣
Hell yeah I did, my biggest achievement so far. I guess I'm a British national treasure now?
I did money shift once in my Honda Del Sol I used to have, but I caught it before I fully released the clutch and saved it before it revved too far past 8k. Thankfully I don't normally clutch dump when I shift.
The same happend to me a couple of days ago. Glad your del sol survived it!
i am looking to buy this exact car! how do you like it so far??
It's absolutley brilliant. Good fuel economy, fun to drive, enough power (I have the 1.8), a lot of space, has everything you need and just a little more. So I can only say go for it
Your content just gets better and better 💯 and Marcel is fucking hilarious idk why 🤣 gotta love him
Thanks a lot my man, really appreciate it <3 wasn't feeling too sure about this vid. And hell yeah, ain't no way someones gonna hate marcel
@@MichelsGarage all your videos are 🔥 dw
@@YungLimox But you must admit, my first couple videos are pretty hard to watch (:
@@MichelsGarage nah not even! When I first found your channel I went through the old stuff and they were sick! I actually like content like that. The simple animations and drawing and stuff. Has its own vibe
Damn thanks a lot my man! Never would've thought that someone would enjoy these Vids
Pay me money then the result will be better 🤣
I pay you in free labor (:
@@MichelsGaragegood
I've owned two 2013 Fits and you've hit all the key points especially roominess. It's like a TARDIS!!! Way more spacious than you expect. Just heartbroken that it was discontinued....
It truly magical! Loved mine and luckiky over here in Germany we still get new fits (I've even driven one, but honestly i like the older ones more)
@@MichelsGarage they're still making the Fit or Jazz??? What??? I'm jealous. That said, the newer design seems to have less storage room because of the rounded/tapered back. Or am I wrong about what?
@@longhairedphreak hell yeah they are!! But yes as you've already guessed, they've lost that feeling feeling of roomieness. It just doesn't feel like a jazz anymore, kinda sad. But they are still pretty good cars
i thought you're gonna connect the steering wheel and pedal inputs to the pc xD
Damn that would've been a great idea. Maybe I'll do a follow up (if I find a way to make it possible)
@@MichelsGarage than just take a normal monitor instead of the navi system tbh!
cool vlog keep it up
Thanks a lot my man! I'll definelty do