Our monthly pick of the best YouTube videos
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Isle of Man TT Races
TT On-Board Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
Yes, it’s nearly that time again. The Isle of Man TT races run from 27 May to 8 June in 2024, with a week of qualifying before the racing gets under way on 1 June, with Supersports, Superbikes, Supertwins and Sidecars taking to the island course.
This video will do a good job of getting you in the mood. It shows TT Rider Liaison Officer and race winner, Richard 'Milky' Quayle, on a Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP, complete with a camera offering a bird's-eye view.
Find the full TT 2024 schedule here
Soup Classic Motoring
Rescued From The Junkyard
If someone asks you to name a classic car that was built like a tank, chances are you’ll say "the Mercedes-Benz W123". It's famed for its build quality and ability to shrug off the harshest of conditions. But the last one rolled off the production line in 1986, so even the youngest examples will have required some fairly major work to keep them in running order.
Cue George’s beautifully filmed video. It shows the restoration of his family's 230 E in Ireland. He says: “This family car was destined for the junkyard. Scary structural rust problems and no budget for the level of repairs needed meant a little boy would have to say goodbye. But his uncle decided to try to save it. This is the story of what happened next.”
Much of George’s video uses stop-motion animation to tell the story, which is astonishing when you think how much extra time that must have taken to do on top of the restoration work. Appropriately enough, the video is 1 hour 23 minutes long.
Hoovies Garage
Tearing Apart my Tesla Cybertruck made my mechanic want to retire
The Tesla Cybertruck isn’t likely to be sold in Australia because it's not going to be made as a right-hand-drive vehicle, so the closest you’ll get to one will be seeing it in videos such as this one from Hoovie.
There's no denying it's a weird thing, but what sits behind that bluff front end? Tyler takes it to the Car Wizard, who pulls it apart and soon discovers a problem before promptly breaking some 'one-time-only' clips we’re all familiar with on our own cars.