To those who say I should quit YouTube because of my recent actions, I'm sorry...

welcome to hoo garage the dumbest car channel on all of

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and i have dug myself a very deep hole, first literally here with the pond and metaphorically in some senses, one of them being my financial situation with this house and the renovation of hooy garage 3.0 and all the hoops. and then also in my latest videos, in which you all seem to have a rather negative reaction to using this once in a lifetime opportunity to test the off-road abilities of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoke convertible in this mud pit that is now a pond nice and clean that's filling up so I wanted to address that today in this video, update you on all things farm and check in with the car attendant.

Yes, I am fixing the Land Rover Range Rover or convertible. I'm going to fix it. In much better condition than when I bought the vehicle. I had no plans to destroy it and had no idea how bad the equipment was when I bought it as a kid. I was a big fan of Top Gear and watched the cheap car challenges time and time again. over and over again and being able to do that with Cart Trek with TVarish and Ed Bullan has been a lot of fun and I thought it was in the spirit of that fun of the Old Top Gear challenges when I definitely tortured that land.

Rover in this that was a swamp and around the farm and now most of you like the video, it has a like ratio of 92 or 93%, eh, but that's a little low for me, usually at 98 o 99% of you like my videos so obviously that means some of you were upset with the treatment I gave that car and destroyed it just for the sake of destroying it or thought I just destroyed that vehicle

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I knew it was broken arriving. Now, one thing I do on purpose just for fun. is to buy these cheaper cars on the US side sight unseen, take the sellers word for it or just buy them at auction and see what I'm going to get for better or worse and

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ly it's been a lot worse with the Maserati gbi and the Land Rover but with the Land Rover I got it a little muddy, I rubbed it against a tree which scratched the side and misaligned the front bumper, all of which can be fixed and as I drove it to the car To inspect it, the engine blew up on the way up, someone had poured a leak plug into the engine before I bought it and I drove it off road, all the throttle pulls and things finally loosened the head gasket completely and revved its Disappearance, obviously.

I couldn't get it back down to get details

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it won't go more than a mile right now, so I had to leave it there with them. It kind of ruined our plans, but there was nothing really prepared or prefigured. beforehand and I have received some criticism before when I buried or destroyed some cars that were mechanically total and would have been a burden on the next owner even if I had given them that vehicle and that always left me scratching my head because if I gave that Land Rover to someone who needed a car who needed reliable transportation and didn't have the connections.

I have to buy cheaper engines and, you know, the automobile wizard would have to spend to fix things at a discount, you know? over $10,000 to get the car running again and then they're still in a very unreliable Land Rover when they could have bought a Toyota Camry for half that price from the mid-2000s - much more reasonable to own one list of hundreds of cars. Now, on the other hand, if I didn't buy the Land Rover, let's say I just took that money and gave it to someone. Let's say I took the 20 thousand dollars and bought four good, reliable cars for the people and gave them to them.

I wouldn't be making a video about that, which is how I make a living, is creating content buying crappy cars, then I wouldn't be making a living, so there's just no point in my charitable donations and all that. This usually doesn't happen on camera because it's a bit embarrassing, but I also get criticism even though I'm doing this more in the old school Top Gear style and not whistling diesel, I'm not whistling diesel, no I buy cars to deliberately set them up to destroy them. I buy them from the brink of death and resurrect them much like this Ford Raptor I skipped around the farm but then went through and fixed everything even though it has 307,000k on it and shows a lot of wear and tear but now it's fixed up and it's a Excellent, reliable truck, and that's what everyone is used to and if I do something different, if I deviate a little from that, I get punished when it comes to the views and I get punished in the comment. section, so I've been doing pretty much the same thing over and over again for many years buying the cheapest example of something in the US and then fixing it up enjoying the car for a while and then usually eventually selling it so I can buy. the next and continue the cycle and although it is repetitive, I love this and I love doing it, so I don't mind, but my feelings get hurt a little when I experiment, when I do something different, let's say on my channel for a one-off video and, eh, they totally murder me for that or if I want to make more content and start a whole new channel, Good morning YouTube, which doesn't take any of the content out of my car in Hovie's garage, once again, they just brutalize me. in the comments section and I know it's a small majority because my good morning videos on YouTube have a 98% and 99% like ratio, getting a lot of views and traction lately, so it's growing and I'm very happy for that and Hu's garage, well, it really hasn't.

I didn't suffer all that. I'm not growing at a fast pace like all the YouTubers did four or five years ago, but I'm still growing, I'm still doing well and I'm happy, but obviously I can't make everyone and those of you happy. I was offended for abusing that Land Rover, I'm

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, but once again I promise I'm going to fix it, today we're going to go to the Wizards car and check it out, in fact the engine is in the replacement engine to fix that little evocative convertible. I'll check out the other projects, but also because of this mess I'm in financially with the farm, I'm going to have to sell a few more cars, probably a lot more than just a few cars, so I'm also going to take We'll show you the farm and all projects and we'll show you how well this is going budget-wise, including this pond we had to dig when I went to the pond earlier while trying to get the cattails out with my Jeep.

I went to the middle and the water level was right here, which is a swamp, no fish or anything would survive in it except algae and nasty swamp creatures, so it had to be fixed, it had to be dug up again. about 10 feet deep here, probably 15 or 16 in the middle and that was another $177,000 on top of the 15,000 I had already spent to widen the edges of the pond to make the berms in the front, so it was a surprise, but there are a lot more in the house, so let me show you that the only thing that has stayed on plan and more or less on budget is my 60 x 100 Hooie Garage 3.0 building, which you can see how much bigger it is than the last one. barn this 30x40 barn and it's huge the only surprise was during the permitting process where I had to move the building pad about 152 feet because they didn't want it to be too close to the property line as you can see no I have neighbors.

It doesn't really matter, but they have an easement and I had to follow the rules, so it was only an extra $5,000 dollars to move on the level building platform, but other than that, I guess everything has been easy since it was outside for so long. construction I will have to paint the beams, that is an additional cost because they corroded, but you can see here that the Loft space is more or less framed and finished, all that is left to finish here, a stall for a car and then you have storage. closet under here or a utility room and then go up the stairs and I have my loft office where I can look at all the hoops, this is more or less finished, we will do something fancier with the railings, obviously, in the finish. but what a sight it will be when it is finally finished.

I still have no electricity here, no lighting or garage doors. I'll probably be around 300,000 people in this building completely finished and ready to play, which is pretty much it. What I thought was going to cost, the big surprises come in the form of landscaping and inside the old farm, which is a surprise to absolutely no one, so we are off a reasonably busy road, it is still a two lanes going up to 55 right where the house is so I needed the privacy gates and the BMS and all the trees and the landscaping so it was about $50,000 and there's still more to do obviously things are pretty trashed around here and they will need to fix it.

Be more level next to the pond. I already mentioned the surprise of the pond, but the interesting part about the house is that the temporary wall is finally down, so when you walk in you are greeted at the 1895 Farmhouse, this would have been the dining room, there was actually a front door here in some sort from main living room or reception area, all lower ceilings. All this kind of old house, but the transition now to the new edition is

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e dramatic now that this temporary wall is down, we have a new great room with a great room. ceilings that connect very well with what is now the reception area and kitchen and you have these huge ceilings in a fantastic family room or great room with a fireplace, a television that will rotate from here to face the sofas and some more storage and now it has been opened and we are out of the 19th century.

Now the original budget for this was supposed to be $300,000 or less and you can imagine that didn't happen. I anticipated that we would rise 20% and we are probably going to do that, the big surprise currently is the floor. You can see there are some old floors under here that are actually pretty cool, but there was an extra layer, unfortunately there was this floor and then the gray floor that came in the house, that's it. been ripped out so having to put down a new layer of subfloor is a surprise and this area is a nice little surprise of cob work right here plywood and there was actually some cardboard on this it was always very bouncy on this area and we found out why unfortunately only shoddy work was done on the new floor, this is what's left of that new laminate floor that was in the house when I bought it and oh I just couldn't stand it, it was gray and it had a very faux looking so you can see inside, there's more of the 1800's pine planks here and the wallpaper choices are very interesting throughout the house, there was strange floral wallpaper almost everywhere inside the old office here, where you can see some of the new flooring being laid, uh, there wasn't.

I know there's some sort of camouflage pattern here, maybe this was a children's room at one point, but also older wallpaper right here, it's like archeology peeling back the layers of tastes and trends from the last 100+ years , but what was the original part? Also, I

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say that in the '80s this section was a garage in some sort of craft room or one bedroom, one bath apartment and now this is the new master bedroom. We were able to blow the roof off a little bit here, but with the tone. We couldn't do everything from the roof, but now a very spacious bedroom, bathroom and closet, and my mistake was that my huist took care of all this at once.

I could have done the building first for the cars and then the house. next year or two and I actually finished the pond landscaping in the next year or two, but for some reason I thought well, let's do it all and I'll do it out of pocket, no construction loan, just pay as you go and that's it what I have. It got me into this pickle I'm in and I'm hoping that by the time it's all done I'll have a few cars left because I keep having to sell and sell and sell, and all the Hoopties are still in The Hanger, so let's drive a little bit north and eventually we'll head over to the Wizards car and check out the Land Rover I'm fixing up.

Don't worry, as I leave the farm I find myself complaining about being in an amazing situation with that beautiful property. With all the cars I have, I am a very, very lucky person and that may be the biggest difference between 20 years ago, when they did Top Gear challenges, and today making your dreams come true or just having the basic American dream of owning a car. home a couple of cars and some financial security is much harder than a few decades ago, where you just laugh at someone destroying something, but when you really have no hope of owning anything interesting to yourself, you are in debt forever.

It's frustrating for viewers to see someone wasting and I think that's led to the rise of so many aspirational channels, these gurus and advisors getting rich off cryptocurrencies and whatever because it seems like the only way to do it is to become an entertainment sensation. social media or doing it in a fast and crazy way with things you don't reallyI understand when it comes to all those intangible things, hard work, starting a business, doing it that way doesn't work anymore or at least it's a lot harder the old fashioned way quickly, so I know my situation pales in comparison to most. people and I am very, very lucky, but I am going to have to sell a lot more cars, but my wool is thinning to the point that it is becoming difficult to make a decision on which one.

One to pull the trigger next, but there is one and it's a tough decision that I'm going to let go, so I'll show you that and the remaining hoops on the hanger. It will be very nice in a few months. leave my house, take a few steps towards huies gar 3.0 and have all the space I could have ever dreamed of for two hoop shops. Now the hangar is a wonderful temporary place, but it's like in the middle of nowhere, it's not mine. I have it full of cars too, which is a little frustrating for the actual owner and is kind of a TOA point for me.

I come here driving the car and then I bring it back here because I can't really store anything in the house right now with all the construction, all the dust, the new garage isn't closed yet so all the good stuff just stays here Outside, I don't bring it. to the house now many of the cars here are not mine like this nasar that everyone has been asking about. It's a real Casey Kane Road Course car from about 15 years ago that a friend of mine, Rob Santor, bought, but it's a leaky rim for flat tires and he doesn't fit because he's a little shorter than me and Casey Kane is a lot shorter than me.

I barely fit into this and Rob can't even get in and drive. his own car at the moment so it needs a lot of work, it will be out soon, plus there is a new car here, not mine, a new Bentley Continental GTC convertible, one of the last ones with the W2, which will be leaving so it will be fun . comparison to test this against my Bentley 20 years cell difference and the W12 is gone, the birth and then the death of the W12 and probably the death of Bentley as we know it with the hybrids and different drivetrains they are not selling. as well as their Glory Days with the W12, which they are choosing not to continue with now.

One car I am going to let go is the Callaway C8, not because I want to but because I need it and it is not something that has since been arranged that I drive as much fun as it would be to sit in this car and see what the next few decades will do in regarding appreciation. Just as rare as this is a Car and Driver cover car, something tuned by Callaway 400 horsepower with this crazy body kit. I just can't keep everything right now. I need to sell some cars so this will most likely be posted on cars and deals here in the next few weeks which is where I sold. the m6, the HHR and the million mile Dodge, there will be a few more, probably my Buick Park Avenue Ultra and a few others, but I'll probably have to make a tougher decision with something else, whether it's my classics. with the 62 Corvette, the 49 Cadillac or the 46 Chrysler, three classic cars, maybe one has to go or my high-powered exotics, it can't really be the cage because I have that one that is being sold to pay the bills that I took out of a $300,000 loan. against, so basically there's a mortgage right there that I'm making a payment on to continue to keep the circus going, so that leaves the SR McLaren with the closed manual 599 and the zh every three of these cars.

I love them. Different things give me different feelings, uh, so I don't really want to do it again, compared to most people's problems, this is a wonderful position to be in and I know I'll eventually be able to get out of it because all of you see this. videos and enjoy them, so thank you very much for that and you are subscribed to hoo's garage or at least a little more than half of you, if you haven't already, hit that button and subscribe. I really appreciate it, but we do it. Make one more stop like I said.

I promise I'm going to fix that Land Rover Roke Convertible better than when I bought it. I'm going to keep this promise and let me show you how I'm in the Wizards car. I went back to the Wizards at the crime scene and yeah, I put

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e a bit of force on this thing and clearly, uh, a lot of stuff had fallen out, but it's all inside the bumper, it can definitely be fixed, even though it's out of alignment, everything can be turned back. To place. The only damage was on this side when I ran it into a tree and pushed it around a bit, but note that there was a dent from the previous owner right here, so I was going to need to repaint that entire side anyway to get it all done .

Matches and looks good PDR uh I wouldn't have done it at all because the paint was damaged too so I'm going to have to paint the door now in addition to the rear quarter uh fix the bumper maybe some of these decorative pieces around salvage yards because it's the same as the Fiveo Evoke so it's not that fucked up, the only thing that was the big problem was the engine, which I hastened its demise thanks to the top leak and I will definitely be spending a lot of money, uh, cleaning it up. fix the interior because there is a big mess there and the brake problem, but it will be fixed.

I didn't destroy this. I've finished now. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to have that mud pit in my garden and indeed the engine. Here, but the car wizard is here playing with my Maserati engine. What are you trying to get my fist out of this thing? What are you doing banging on a dead Maserati engine? Isn't that what you're supposed to do? Is it like a Chinese finger trap? Just look, he had me pretty tight there. The Academy Award goes to the automotive wizard for getting his fingers caught in a Maserati V6, but things get done here even though I enter. and the magician is always doing something interesting, something strange, yes, so yes, the new engine for Land Rover is here, yes, and a lot of people said: well, why don't you put a head gasket on it? fix that engine and the wizard is not really interested in taking care of things like that no and also the fact that it has 5 gallons of leak to stop the entire engine and yes the Dropout engine shipped for $4,000 that was over what we thought he was going to spend.

Unfortunately, the Maserati engine has not arrived yet, the replacement I ordered, well, we are almost a month waiting for this engine from this scrapyard behind, apparently abandoning engines, but this one was instant, so well, if you do the numbers, If you think about it, if we take the head off, we're not going to put back your old timing chains, your old parts, and your old stuff, mhm, fixing the head gasket, getting the machine running. In fact, it could cost three or four thousand dollars just to do that, it's not much more, you can just replace the entire engine, that's it, there's no, there's no questions about this, it's done, it's one and it's done right, this is a delivery with a 90-day warranty sometimes an engine is defective at the scrap yard and it is becoming more common nowadays because people are falling behind on their payments or their car is a little broken and they are falling behind on their payments , so they crashed into a tree to make the insurance claim, so there are a lot of bad cars in the salvage yard for that reason, but hopefully that's not the case because head gasket problems are very common on these 2L Fords everywhere with Ford Fiestas and everything else, and someone had the bright idea to do a swap like a Focus RS or St Fiesta ST, you already know that, but it's not surprising that there are enough differences on this engine like so that the real Ford engine is not just swapped directly, there are a lot of mounts and things that are different, right?

So eventually you will make the Land Rover better than it was when I bought it and they will clean it before I come back here. We have a guy that's going to come out and power wash it and clean it all up so the car wizard doesn't get covered in pwn scum and everything, yeah, that'll fix it, it'll be better than it was and I'm

sorry

for those of you. who were offended at the thought of me destroying that magnificent, beautiful convertible out there. I don't understand why they're upset, we've literally buried cars, well people get upset when I do that too, but it's always cars that were mechanically complete that weren't worth saving, but yeah, it is what it is, yeah, but the Normal things go on so the Buick Grand National is here for a normal oil service and then the T-top seals that I left out all winter, the t-tops and that finally seemed to work on the seals themselves, yeah , we have all new ones.

Gaskets were ordered for the T-top and you can see here, they just don't even seal anymore, right? I think when I left it it expanded enough and now it doesn't squish because it's no longer malleable, it seals very hard so the hiss is quite bad, it's much quieter now with the lids off so it's a bit annoying, but otherwise it's been a really solid, good vehicle and like I said, the Maserati, we're still waiting for the parts assistant, he'll be posting a video taking inventory soon. all these parts, which is incredibly believable, it's crazy, yes, but I see the GT500 that you took from me in exchange for not paying some bills, so have you done more work on it?

I have cleaned it. We actually have a new clutch from a cloud double disc clutch, the old one was slipping and it was stiff and Mrs. W will be driving it so it's a little bit easier clutch, a little bit easier, but it needs Power also handles full power, so I hope it's up to the task, but I didn't notice any slippage. The old one when we removed it was discolored blue and there were hot spots on the steering wheel. It was slipping at some point. I didn't, I think it was before you said I wasn't that abusive with it, some donuts and stuff like that, but not a slippery clutch, so yeah, the 456 is in its final stages of repairs I guess.

There's really nothing left to do other than some test runs, the test runs we're chasing a possible small grounding issue for a cable, but other than that it works and dries perfectly, incredibly well, and Daniel is definitely on His happy place, yes, is surrounded by Ferraris. Yeah, the Ferrari 360 and then the Roa tester and that's actually the Roa tester of the person I bought the two Lamborghinis from and the one I bought my Kosh from, so I saw this there years ago and it hasn't moved in four years, so he's finally getting it out of the mothballs I guess they'll make an in-depth video on it.

I guess soon, yes, Danielson will go bumper to bumper. I say this is going to be expensive, but the owner is very apologetic. I'm sad that it all came to this, but hey, I'm willing to pay for it, let's fix this, let's get this right because I want to move forward on this, well, fortunately, they've been appreciated a lot in

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years. The investment is worth it because when these were $4 or $50,000 a lot of them became like this yeah it's really cool to see one unfortunately I bought mine years ago when they were still cheap but then I returned it due to a problem of title and Now I have completely missed the boat, but I still have many fine hoops, including the Land Rover Range Rover Evoke, which will be fixed.

It's a wonderful car. Yes, thank you very much for watching.