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scotty kilmer.

does not teach ‘mastery’ but he teach much about what to look at when buying car..have car issue..avoid get scam by mechanic.

his speaking style like old grandpa. very enjoyable and improve my ability to understand spoken english too so not use chatgpt when doing work




Scotty is entertaining and informative, but you gotta be careful with that guy when it comes to actual car repair because he's very opinionated and overly willing to play the algorithm game. It's a true rarity for a car brand to actually be "junk", but Scotty doesn't think so, and it would be a shame if people bought cars based on his opinion. He thinks Hyundais are all bad, but I and countless others love our Hyundais. Relying on the suspension as safety when jacking up a car is also pretty dangerous advice. Even if Scotty got away all these years without using a full set of jack stands, that doesn't mean other people will have the same sense of how to do dangerous things and live.

I do like his occasional presentation style videos, though. Whether you agree with him or not, the ones on electric cars are well made and entertaining.


I think the RestoMod car scene are the true deciders of what is a good car or bad car. Yet to see a really cutting edge, state of the art, loaded with tech restomod though! Something that would give even Tesla and Mercedes a run for their money and the hypothetical Knight Industries.

General scene overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KngtkxrTxuc

Singer - Fulfill Your Potential https://youtu.be/ui4_K3CeTwA?t=1128

Theon Design https://youtu.be/E0v7SAahFSo?t=448

Gunther Works If NASA made a .... https://youtu.be/IxBZsp_-LvM?t=905 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_dz-7N9k_M

Magnus Walker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHPw3HlcMDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpsWnOw220o&t=44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QACYD67akQM


He's not wrong, though, that the Toyota Avalon is the most reliable car you can buy.


I watch many of his videos, very dense information wise but something about his tone or pacing makes it unbearable :)




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