- Asking questions is
part of being a car guy. Whether you're asking your
mechanic, asking a forum, or asking a Facebook group,
asking questions is common. So we asked you guys for
some of your questions and you turned in over 2,000 of them. - Some really good technical ones. Some odd ones, and quite
frankly, some sad ones. - Nice, well, we'll talk
about that and much more on this 50th episode of Money Pit. I can't believe we've
been here for 50 episodes. I hear they even got us a cake. And it's a strawberry cheesecake. - Number one.
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visiting audible.com/donutmedia or text donutmedia to 500-500. - All right, so first question here. Connor from Canada wants to know what's your favorite part of the build? - Honestly, for me it might
be, I think it's the brakes. I really like the brakes. They're really high quality. They went on really well. It was a nicely thought out kit. - Very expensive.
- Very expensive. You gotta like expensive car parts. - [Eddie] And anodized, the purple. - Purple, exactly, they
were purple anodized parts. I love purple anodized stuff. That's just a fact. But yeah, I think I
gotta go with the brakes. - So Dion from Westchester asks, "How come you have mo powah baby, "but not less lap seconds, baby?" - All right, well, there's
a few answers to that. And I think there is some
confusion around that. First off, I did shave
six seconds off, right? I think I ran a 1:56? - I think it was slower
the second time around. - No.
- Yeah. - No.
- There's memes about it. - I honestly think everybody's wrong because I remember specifically. Now we can go back and check. I wanted to hit a 1:45. And I think I ended up at 1:56 at best. And so I was always like, well, dang, I didn't even come anywhere close. Granted we had some
issues that time as well. - Both days were kind of
like a technical nightmare. There was things wrong
in the first time around with the heat and overheating and blowing the gauges and all that stuff. And then the second time
around with pissin' oil basically from everywhere in the engine. - Yeah, and both of those
were like, you know, so crammed in scheduling wise. It was like, we literally
got this thing off the dyno and went to the track. And it basically the same
the time before that. So hopefully, eventually, I
have a little bit more time to sort things out between
wrenching and track time. And then, you know, we won't
have issues like, you know, my PCV system stuff. But I do think the car has
a lot more speed in it. - Mateusz from-
- Workaholics. - Massachusetts. "What is the most frustrating experience "you've had working on the Miata? "Something that pushed you to the brink "of never wanting to work
on the car ever again?" - (laughing) Well, that
happens every week. No, I mean, the truth is working on cars often is frustrating and you will feel that
way from time to time. But there haven't been too
many really devastating times on the Miata. But the one that comes to mind first is the power steering rack.
- Right. (dramatic music)
(beeping) - I've never seen anything
like this in my life. I can't believe this. This is some stuff I would
joke about happening. I knew it was a terrible idea. I didn't want to do that, which is what made for a good video. I was like, I know that it's worth it to pay somebody to do this
or to buy a whole rack. Rebuilding it is not gonna be fun. And guess what? It was not fun. - And naturally, the
same mistake that we make in pretty much every episode is we buy one of the
thing that we need to fix. - All right, let's give it a shot. - [Eddie] It hasn't been that long. - Well, how long do you think it takes to warm that little tiny thing up? - [Eddie] At least more than two minutes. - What do you mean? It's as hot as the
temperature of the water now. - [Eddie] We got one shot. - Well, what do you think I've learned? Yeah, 'cause you know,
I don't want to spend unnecessary money and then
when I break the thing that I need to make the video, I gotta get another one to do. So it was just, that was a big pain. And I cried inside a lot on that one. - You could see it, it shows. - So what do you guys think? Is this worth it? You want to get into cars? - So next question. LJ asks, "What caused Zach
to get into repairing cars? "Did he go to a trade school?" - I mean, repairing cars
is really the evolution of just being into cars. And I've thought cars were
really cool since I was a kid. And I started working on them as soon as I could really
get my hands on one. I didn't really grow
up in a family of like, you know, mechanics or anything like that, but I just started tinkering on, well, the family lawnmower I think was the first thing I really
got to turn any wrenches on. And you know, it kind
of took off from there. Into high school when,
you know, people I knew started getting cars, we
would just wrench on them. And then I took a auto
body class in high school, which was really where things skyrocketed. - I'm jealous, we didn't
have anything like that. - Yeah, well it was really cool. So I bought my first car
from a junkyard when I was 15 and took it to my high
school and rebuilt it, repainted it, did a bunch of work to it, and brought it back from
the dead for my first car. So that was what really got me into it. And then after high school, I did end up going to trade
school to my community college that offered an automotive program. - Efrain from New York.
- Efrain. - [Eddie] "When preparing your home garage "to tackle any job necessary, "in what areas should we
spend our hard earned money?" - Yeah, I mean, tools, getting yourself a good set of hand tools. I mean, it's a common phrase that you need to have the
right tool for the job. And it's common because it's true. You can get away with a
basic set of hand tools for most things automotive related, so. Be organized too. Organize your tools and
try to keep them organized. And utilize your space as well
as you can in that regard, and you're off to a good start. - [Eddie] "Do you have
any tips for someone "who is really anxious to get into cars, "but needs to wait a while before he can?" - Be patient.
(laughing) Yeah, I mean, be patient
and learn what you can. I mean, you can learn a lot
without actually having a car, especially now that we've
got the internet and YouTube. You can watch videos like
the ones that we make and a lot of other folks make. And you can learn stuff
without even having a car so that you're prepared
once you do get a car. - EvergreenKings.com asks. - Yo, Evergreen Kings. - [Eddie] "What's Zach's
favorite mod so far? "What made the biggest difference "in the car's overall performance "besides obviously the turbo?" - It's honestly probably the tires. And it's a pretty easy mod to do, but getting that extra grip that some good sticky tires give you is a huge performance benefit. And it's really easy to do. So I suggest anybody get
some nice sticky tires. Oh, my God.
(laughing) It's my 50th birthday
and I'm feeling fabulous. - [Eddie] "How is Eddie liking
the lifted Miata so far?" - Well, Eddie seems to
be liking it pretty well. Uh, you want to answer that.
(laughing) - It's great, honestly. Somehow the steering got lighter. It's like really recognizable. Fans of the show see the car and stop by and say like, what's up? It's a lot of fun. - That's cool, so you're into the lift? - I love it. Honestly, I wish I can go even further. I think Paco Racing has like a $5,000 kit that they sell for that car with like gnarly, gnarly suspension, completely freaking built
arms and stuff like that. - Wow.
- It's so cool. - That sounds fun.
- Yeah. - Make her into a real off-roader. - Dude, it'd be very cool. Mustafa from Turkey asks, "What is the worst thing
that's happened while filming?" - Hm. - I don't know, that rollbar episode got pretty hairy there towards the end. Oh, God.
(crashing) - Thought that might happen. (sighing) - People could have got hurt on that one. - Yeah, someone almost got guillotined. - Yeah, that was an interesting one. Against everyone's better judgment, we just plowed forward with some ideas that were definitely sketchy and we ended up yanking
the whole forklift over. (crashing) Luckily, we were thinking,
you know, safely enough that we didn't have
anybody in the forklift or that close to it, but that
was still pretty sketchy. Pretty hairy.
- Questionable for sure. It was a lot of fun though. - It was fun.
- It was awesome. - But if the neighbor
didn't have that forklift, the day would've been over. There's no getting that forklift tipped back over without another one. So shout out to the neighbor
of Forsberg and Dylan. - Austin from Iowa asks, "What part install took the longest?" - I think I'd probably say the clutch. I think the individual
part that took the longest, you know, transmission out and everything. - [Eddie] A two or three dayer. - Two day. You know, and that's the other thing too is like with filming,
everything takes extra time. So I think the clutch is probably the longest individual item. - I think the most tedious one to do was definitely the alignment one. - Oh yeah, there was a lot
of guess and check there. You know, you're saving about $75,000 over buying an alignment rack. You're gonna have to do a little checkin'. - Or you could pay like 80 bucks and have someone else do it for you. - Oh yeah, there is also that option, which actually I, you
know, definitely recommend. - [Eddie] "How many things go wrong "in a typical Money Pit recording? "And how long do you guys get set back?" - How high can you count? I mean, it happens all the time. I mean, think about any time
you've ever worked on a car. Did it go perfectly? Did you have to go to AutoZone 17 times? That stuff happens all the time. I'm always running to Pep
Boys right up the street, running to my house to pick something up. I think the short shifter episode was the one that that went smoothly and I didn't have to go
to the store or anything. But pretty much every
episode something comes up or I break something or I need something. And that's just how it is. I mean, we're really working on cars and that's really what
working on cars is often like. - Vinnie from North Carolina asks, "What did Zach and other team members do "before working at Donut?" - Before this, I worked at
ECS Tuning in Wadsworth, Ohio. I worked there for about six years. So I worked in their research
and development department. Did everything from managing the research and development shop and a lot of the technician work that goes on there for a part development, all the way to making videos. I made YouTube videos at ECS for parts that we made
there or just for fun. And I had a lot of fun doing that and ultimately, that's
kind of what led me here. - What about you, Phil? - Tell me about your last job. - My last job, I was working
at an organic chemistry lab at San Diego State.
- Damn. - Doing what, what was
like your day to day? - Just, you know, regular
lab work, synthesizing. - Oh, yeah, regular lab work,
synthesizing some chemicals. - Atropisomers.
- Oh yeah, atropisomers. - I'm gonna get out of here. (laughing) - Yeah, hook me up with some atropisomers whenever you get a chance. - Felipe is definitely
the smartest of the bunch. And then for me, I joined Donut
straight out of film school. I didn't go to any fancy school. I just went to community college. - Nice, nice move. - I was doing Uber and
night shifts at the time when I first started at Donut at Target. - What were you driving? - My Prius at the time.
- Ah, nice. That's the Uber move, baby. - It's true, Tyler from
York, Pennsylvania. "What was your favorite
episode to film and why?" - This one. Oh yeah, actually, yeah,
that's a good point, Felipe, thank you. It was actually the drifting episode. That was, I mean, the
closest to really doing what I want to do as we get. I was out driving, sliding around, and making a bunch of
noises with my friends. And that was absolutely great. As much as I like working on cars, what I really like to
do is drive cars around and that was a great day of driving cars. So probably the drifting episode with my boy, John Jack Cerrone. - I think the flame thrower
one was mine for sure. (engine revving) - Ah, that was one of my least favorites. - Is that right? - Yeah. - [Eddie] Tell me worst case scenario, what might happen here? - Burn down the house,
burn down the Miata, burn down us. - [Eddie] But I mean
seriously, I mean like- - Worst case, yeah, burn
down the house and the Miata. I mean, honestly, like
the house is right here. I hated that episode. - It was so much fun. "For the Money Pit Team: "how much time goes into
shooting an episode?" From start to finish
or just the production? - Well, I think overall, like
from coming up with the idea, and then like jotting down all
the ideas within that idea, and then figuring out
what we're gonna shoot, then shooting it, then editing it. I would say each episode
probably gets north of 24 hours? - Ah. - Oh yeah, I guess including
editing, right, right, right. - Way more than that. - So I'm thinking of my part, I guess. So I spend about 24 hours like outlining and then shooting, at least. - And then in the editing front, it probably takes about
(beeping) 30 hours? - I mean just actual work hours, yeah. I would say we're easily at
72 to 80 hours per episode. - And most of the episodes
that we end up releasing on YouTube, could easily
be 20 to 30 minutes long. - At least, most of the rough
cuts are closer to an hour. - [Eddie] "Who was the Mr.
Miyagi mentor that taught Zach? "His knowledge is endless." (laughing) - I mean, I guess really
I've had a lot of teachers. But the biggest one is the internet. You know, I think that if
you've got a specific question or if there's anything that
you really want to learn, we live in a time that you can learn it without really even talking to anybody. And that's nice. People definitely, you know,
that you work with commonly, but also the internet is
definitely a huge mentor. You just gotta learn how
to siphon through the crap. - [Eddie] "What is your favorite "Fast and the Furious" movie?" "Fast and the Furious" movie. - I mean, "Tokyo Drift" is
probably my favorite to watch, but the one that holds the
most special place in my heart is probably the first one. (roaring) That movie kind of changed my life. So I'm gonna have to go with the first. - Dude, I almost had you. (crowd laughing) - [Eddie] "Does Donut
fund the Money Pit Miata?" - So yeah, Donut does pay for
all the parts on the Miata. Originally the car was mine. I bought the car when I moved out here. And then when we started Money Pit, Donut bought the car off of me. So now Donut pays for all the
parts, which is pretty nice. We really don't do a whole
lot of like sponsorship or even asking people to send us stuff. We just buy what we like or
whatever we think we want to do and just go from there, so
Donut does foot that bill. - [Eddie] "Do you listen to tunes "while working on your car? "If so, what do you generally listen to?" - You know, that is bar
none, in my opinion, the worst part about like
making this kind of show because we can't listen to
music when we're filming. Because then we'd have to pay for it. So that really, really sucks to be honest. But when I'm just working on
a car and we're not filming, yeah, I got the tunes going. Uh, what's on the radio though? It's all over the place. It is literally all over the place. I love classic rock to techno
and everything in between. So it really depends. Lately I've been on a jazz kick. Ramsey Lewis, check him out. - [Eddie] "What do your neighbors think "about you working on your
cars a lot on the driveway?" - They don't like it. - No, they get very upset. - My neighbors don't like me. - Believe it or not, the episode that we actually
caught the most heat for was the driveway cleaning one. - [Zach] Yeah, that was interesting. - [Eddie] We got lit up. - Yeah, I've been screamed at
by several of my neighbors, which is jarring. But that one was a doozy. And that was because we had a pop-up tent to give us shade while we
were scrubbing the driveway. One of my neighbors came over
and literally unleashed on us because of how terrible it
looked to have that pop-up tent. - [Neighbor] It's like a
frat house around here. - And it was just a ridiculous,
ridiculous interaction. Couldn't believe it, and it lives in the back
of my head to this day. So, you know, don't
grow up to be like that. - [Eddie] "Has Money Pit changed "how you view the Mazda Miata? "If so, is it in a positive
way or a negative way?" - That is a good question. This is actually the first
Miata I've ever driven. You know, obviously Miatas are ubiquitous. I've been aware of them. I've been around them a long time, known a lot of people that have had them. This is the first one I've
driven and actually worked on. And I gotta say, I think I
got exactly what I expected. I expected it to be easy to work on, parts availability to be huge. And it just basically is. I love the Miata, and I'm glad that's what we
chose to use for this show. - Yeah, and the parts are so cheap. It's just kind of hard to go wrong. - Yeah, and it's like a little toy. It's like a little go-cart. It's a good one. - [Eddie] "How did you come
to join the Donut team?" - Ooh, how did I? How did I get here? Hello, Donut Media. My name is Zach Jobe, and
this is my audition tape. As I recall, Donut posted
a post on Instagram saying they were looking for new hosts. And the criteria was being
comfortable on camera, knowing a lot of stuff about
cars, and living in L.A. And I figured I had like
1 1/2 of the three things, so that's probably close enough. So I just sent 'em a message, and one thing led to
another and here we are. So yeah, it was an Instagram
post looking for hosts. I responded, and they were
like, okay, we'll take ya. - Peter from Sydney, Australia asks. - Peta. - Peta, as they say. - Yeah, all the ones from Australia, can we get an accent out of you? - I'll do my best.
- Thank you. - [Eddie] "Will you do a shoey?" (laughing) - And the most Australian
question of all time. Sure, but I need something
to be celebrating before. - The 50th episode, your birthday. - Oh, (beeping).
- I'm gonna go get it. - You know, I've had these
shoes for at least two years, and I work and skate in them all the time. - [Eddie] Disgusting. - Yep.
(laughing) - [Eddie] That's the whole thing. (gulping) (banging)
(clapping) - High five! - You love to see it. "Who is in the Money Pit team?" - We three gentlemen. We got me, we got Eddie, we got Felipe. We've always been here. We're always cranking on it. We've got some assistant
editors to help you guys out. Tom.
- Yep, our new buddy, Tom. He just joined the team. And a couple other people
like Manny and some other. - Kinda have a group of guys
that can help these guys out with editing when possible. But the core team is we three gentlemen. - [Eddie] "Why Miata? "A lot of other projects have much better "improvement trajectory of
that sort of mod budget." - That is a good point. We did spend a lot of money, and we're still only making
like 230 horsepower basically. So the Miata is a really
good classroom skeleton, if you will. I mean, it's easy to work on. There's room in the engine bay. You can kind of see
everything we're doing. Parts are available. So the Miata was just a choice because I thought it would
the best thing to learn on. Sure, we're not making
the biggest numbers. And you know, if that's what you're after, the Miata really isn't the right platform. But we're just trying to make
videos that help educate. And I think the Miata's great for that. So that's why we chose it. - [Eddie] "Why is Eddie not hosting? "He is much more attractive than Zach." TBH, I did not write this. (laughing)
- Didn't you not. - Yeah, Zach, you can
still hit me up though. (laughing) - Well, you know what? After coming at me like that,
I'm not gonna hit you up. But why don't you host? You are cute. - I've thought of hosting,
but I want to make sure it's something that makes sense. That like is in my wheelhouse, that I have a firm understanding of. Yeah, once those things come about, then I'd be glad to do so. But until that day comes,
you'll find me behind the scenes making this content for you guys. - Yeah, behind the scenes
like you are right now. - Exactly.
- Yeah, no, as well. I hope to see an Eddie
hosted show in the future. - Also Ben, my guy, I appreciate you. - Ah, you know what, Ben? Not a huge fan. - [Eddie] "Favorite car from Initial D? "Other than the Miata." - Ah, '86. (upbeat music) - So that's gonna do it
for us here today, guys. Thanks so much for watching.
- Our 50th episode. - Our 50th episode spectacular. - We've done this 50 times. I can't believe it. I honestly thank you
guys so much for watching and for enjoying this show and for being on the other
side of YouTube for us. It really makes everything we do worth it, and I'm excited for the next 50. So thanks for being with us folks. - And it means a lot to
us to have all you guys that are so kind and
awesome in the comments, telling us what you want to see. - Look at all these questions we got. - Yeah, over 2,000 questions. We do apologize if we
couldn't get to them. This video would be five years long if we did answer all of them. If you wrote in, we appreciate you. - Yeah, seriously. Thanks so much for being
here for the first 50. I hope you're all here for the next 50. And for however long we go after that. Don't forget to follow me
on Instagram @Zachjobe. Follow my wife, Eddie @Eddy_Esparza, and follow Donut @donutmedia. - I'll see you guys.
- And our boy. - Oh yeah, and Felipe. And you gotta follow Felipe Armenta. He's got two Instagrams. You can go with Tendoroni or F_Armenta. Follow him on both accounts. And we'll see you guys next Wednesday. Goodbye. I love ya.
- [Eddie] Cawaiee.
