Most car lovers are well aware of the popular racing shows that are out there, including Top Gear, which was inspired by and named after the British magazine. The show airs on BBC two, and focuses on different types of challenges like racing, carried by celebrities behind the wheel.
The series was created by Andy Wilman and Jeremy Clarkson and has seen its fair share of hosts throughout its inception in 2002. It’s one of the channel’s most successful shows, airing in several countries around the world.
Comparing Notes
Orion is far from being the only YouTuber to pull experiments like this one. And he’s definitely not the only one who makes videos about race cars and using different types of materials on them.
All it takes is one search of a few keywords to uncover the influencers that you’d like to watch. Of course, maybe they’re not all putting WD-40 and baby oil in car engines, but you’re bound to discover something else you’d like to see. There are probably even more extreme pranks. There’s likely someone who actually tried to put the oil in the gas tank – or something else in the gas tank that doesn’t belong. We blame Gen Z.
Drifting
Drifting is a popular form of racing that’s done by drivers all over the world. With this technique, a driver purposely oversteers to lose some traction on the road. While this doesn’t sound like something you’d necessarily want to do while driving, these racers typically have a good handle on things, literally. This is why it’s important not to try it on the roads at home though, or in a mall parking lot.
Drifting can usually be achieved by a trick known as “clutch kicking.” But once that traction’s gone, they’d better hope they can get it back as easily as they lost it. Sometimes, drifting happens unintentionally, due to rain or other circumstances.
Car YouTubers
Shmee150 is another extremely popular car vlogger who presents his videos on YouTube. With nearly 800,000 subscribers, he creates videos like the “Where’s Shmee Pizza and P1.”
The face behind the channel belongs to Tim Burton. When you hear that name, you likely think of some trippy family movies, but it’s not the creator of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Rather, he’s just a guy with an awesome car collection who likes making videos of all of the stuff he does.
Jay Leno
After this funny man retired from his long and successful stint as a late-night television host, he decided to pursue his passion: cars. Leno was able to create quite the collection and he shares it on his YouTube channel which he calls “Jay Leno’s Garage.”
On his channel, he does things like test cars that most people could never imagine owning, which is probably why so many people tune in to see him do it. He also plays fun games and does other things for his subscribers that will remind you of his TV show.