Tyler Hoover is a very successful YouTuber with 1.3 million subscribers. Like more than a few other YouTubers, he buys cars sight unseen or the cheapest listed or similar and makes a series of videos about it.
This is done on purpose. It makes good video. It shows people the pitfalls of letting the “sparkles in the eyes” for that cheap WRX overcome due diligence in the purchase of your dream car. Hoovie makes the mistake and shows you the consequences!
Tavarish and Mighty Car Mods (MCM) are a couple more like this. MCM recently did a series on an uncompleted engine swap project on a Honda Civic. “All the parts are there” the seller said… “You just need to put it together” he said… Yeah, it turned into a project that cost more than just buying the correct Civic with the engine they wanted, PLUS a LOT of work. It was fun to watch.
I’ve been watching these shows on YouTube long before they wandered into mainstream TV. I prefer the more “organic” content on YouTube rather than the “directed” style on TV. TV forces the creators into a box to fit their timing and advertisers.