Roadworthy Rescues

Derek, thank you for all the hard work you and your family do to make this and your YouTube channel happen.

Your video's are amazing. And what I like about you is that you haven't changed a thing since your first videos. Sure the quality is better, but you stayed yourself. Even with the Roadworthy series on Motortrend. Please don't ever get caught in the fame, don't change how you are!

You aspire many people. And you have aspired me for sure! I bought a 74' Olds Omega when I was 17 and 4 years later I had it restored. Every time I watched your videos it made me want to work on my car. Thank you for that.

And it goes deeper then cars only. You are an example for people. Running a YouTube channel and in the meantime we as viewers still get the idea that you have your family on number 1. And that's just great to see.

Hope to meet you some day.

At first I thought of Roadkill, but that's not fair at all.

Derek is a charming guy that's almost impossible to not like.

He and his brother roam around the country side finding cars that have been given up on, and he gets them going in his own way. They do some remarkable work, while Derek does a running commentary that only he knows where some of those words came from.

I'm on my fourth episode and they're becoming more entailing not less. One hour of smiles. This is the kind of work many of us can identify with. Recommended! My earlier remark about Roadkill was because every once in a while they do something similar on that show. But they don't do it with the same style. This is fast becoming a favorite of mine.

As a lifetime car lover, I relate to what Derek has done to get the cars back on the road. Just keep to the track of the show. Bring them back to life and not have a ton of off camera work to make them run and function. I enjoy the different terms for things and his odd ball ratios used to describe things. I wouldn't mind jumping in, getting the hands dirty to assist on a build. He relates well to a lot of shade tree mechanics. Perhaps show a few things about points in old distributors and things done in the past to show this generation how things worked in the past. I will be watching season 2!

Finally a more down to earth auto DIY semi-resto show that's more in line with what the average auto DIY enthusiast can do with your typical garage tools. Most of the auto enthusiast shows on main stream TV show upgrades and builds that require auto training, high tech shop, and skill well outside the scope of your typical home garage mechanic/DIYr. Derek demonstrates what to expect and what is required to bring an old junker that's been rotting for the last 20years back to life (on-site) and at least mobile enough to get it back to your house. The tools Derek uses "onsite" are the typical ones a garage mech has on hand as well and can relate to the basic repairs being done on the show while at same time throwing out humorous metaphors in his dialogue.

All the other polished high end car shows pushing out $200K show car builds (none of us can afford) need to take note of the Roadworthy Rescue format that actually encompasses the average car enthusiasts budget, abilities, and process to get vehicles up and running even if they sat for years. No fancy metal forming tools, high end paint mixing room/paint booth, or colored pencil drawings of concept cars in this program. No these rescues aren't going to SEMA but most of us average car folks aren't going to SEMA either.

Great program and the only car program I record/watch. Breakout the weed eater, floor jack, and don't forget to taste the engine oil!