The kid is a wizard.
And the rest for the most prolific.
Making money by duplicating others who made good money (or at least made it appear as if they did) has always been a trend. Also cars as status symbols have been a trend since cars were invented. Of course being an "influencer" as a profession appears to many very glamourous, similar to being an actor - doing easy and fun things while getting rich. Combine all these, and no wonder if someone says to the world that they managed to drive an expensive exotic car for free (remember original Rich Rebuilds rebuilding a Model S at a net profit after selling off remaining parts), that it appeals to others to try. After Rich Rebuilds original build, salvage Tesla prices went up in auctions. YouTube starts plenty of trends every year, often resulting in that hobby prices going up.
Me too. I often use such videos as references whenever I decide to dive into my car to improve it to my liking. It is really helpful to see how to remove certain pieces, and what things look like underneath various panels, before attempting to do it myself. I don't do videos, I take a lot of pictures but mostly for myself (helps me put it back together). Sometimes I decide to spend the time to do a little writeup for others like this or that - nowhere near to the level any of these videos go though, and my car usually starts in working order, so the mods are to enhance it (again, to my liking, not everyone wants to modify their tail lights to house a lidar jammer for example) rather than fix it.
That was pretty amazing, TBH.
"I have no experience, but have passion" often beats "I took a course, but would rather be doing something else". Whenever interviewing new hires, I always look for the passion and desire to learn, over pure experience. Experience you can backfill, passion not so much.
Can’t help feeling manufacturers design cars to discourage working on them. Why should you need to take the back seats out to remove the dashboard for example?
