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[kevm14]

And now I'm even more impressed. The Classic only came with the 2.2L ecotec. Pretty strong. And I guess a little lighter.

I drove that engine in a ~2005 Pontiac Sunfire and I thought it felt much stronger than I expected.

[Bob]

Some of my college shenanigans: https://youtu.be/bZZL2LM_bzo

When I last talked to James, the driver of the 4-door Integra GS-R, in maybe 2007 or so, he was driving a modified STi that he let me drive. I remember spinning all 4 wheels pretty readily on some less than perfect roads in Maine.

Mark, the driver of the Si, found Jesus and is now living in Florida.

[kevm14]

My channel's popular videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/kevin9c1/v ... d=2&view=0

Best one is the MAP sensor video I made on my Caprice. Almost 5,000! Extra funny because it is an 11 second video.

I have not yet attempted to monetize anything. I have 11 subscribers. None of what I have done so far has been designed to get likes, views or subscribers.

My oldest video was posted Feb 1, 2012 and shows Newman in Ian's crib. Ian would be born later that month.

[Bob]

I think videos that provide car repair knowledge can actually get a fair amount of hits. Makes me wish that I documented some of the things I have done in the past.

[kevm14]

No kidding. For a small supplemental income I could be persuaded to take the time. It would add a lot of time to the repair, both during, and after. But I agree, taking the time to walk through a diagnosis and repair (fits in well with the mission of this forum...) would probably bear fruit.

And to be honest, I think I'd do better starting up that way. Later on, I'd begin to add entertainment content. Bill wants to start with entertainment content. I say stick to core competencies and then move on from there.

[Bob]

Entertainment content seems to be saturated at the moment and it's also expensive to produce if you want it to be good. About 12 years ago, I had the idea of "what if I reviewed cars of the past with a modern perspective." At the time, all of the journalism out there seemed to focus on current cars with no sort of retrospective "is this car still relevant today?" kind of reviews. Since then, many people have executed this model and done well with it.

[kevm14]

Entertainment content seems to be saturated at the moment and it's also expensive to produce if you want it to be good.

This is also my assessment. That's another bonus of the repair approach. The production value can be way, way lower and still accomplish the goal. I can think of a few channels where the production value is far lower than some of the entertainment stuff but there is some high quality information/content. One thing I could use is a camera that:
1) Is somewhat ruggedized so I can handle with a little grease on my hands
2) Optical zoom and macro
3) Good mic or at least the ability to accept a good mic
4) Image stabilization
5) Maybe a video light? This can be dealt with externally of course

I have several ways to record video and none have all this. And when you really get down to it, I only have 2 current video recording devices, my phone and my expensive dSLR. I have a feeling I could get a decent Sony HD camera that more or less meets the above requirements for well under $1000. Maybe under $500.

About 12 years ago, I had the idea of "what if I reviewed cars of the past with a modern perspective." At the time, all of the journalism out there seemed to focus on current cars with no sort of retrospective "is this car still relevant today?" kind of reviews. Since then, many people have executed this model and done well with it.

That's funny. RCR is the first to come to mind but I know there are others. I think a lot of those guys started by reviewing their own cars, also. For driving videos, I'd have to further invest in suction mounts. Maybe a GoPro.

It would be fun to review my CTS-V but right there, I can already see hours of editing time to make something worth watching. Not to mention I'd probably need some kind of script/guide. Too much work.

I have done so many big and little repairs over the years it is almost a shame I couldn't capture them on video. I guess I can start now. Still think I need a video camera though. If my hands are clean, my dSLR does a nice job but my hands are rarely clean when working on something. Or I need a camera person.

[kevm14]

You re-branded your channel.

[Bob]

Yeah, I decided to go with a title that matches the content, since the majority of my popular videos are 0-60 videos of rental cars I had

[bill25]

I think the entire problem is that it is really easy to make excuses why not to do it. In the last 2 years of talking about it, there have been many missed opportunities. There doesn't have to be a specific prescribed formula. You need to let it breath and grow into what it will be. It is going to evolve. You don't need a million hits from the first video. There have been multiple things worked on in the last couple years that could have been content.

Clearly nobody wants to deal with the work aspect of this to get it started, so talking about it is a waste of time.