While the most viewed videos on Davidsfarm are the crazy car stunt videos, the most highly rated videos (in terms of quality) are his ‘How-to’ instruction videos.
‘How car carburetors work,4 barrel too’ posted on 14 January 2009 is the most highly rated Davidsfarm video – 5 star with 357 ratings (and 47,179 views) as of 4 November 2009.
‘How to buy a used car, real good tips’ posted 13 June 2009 is both highly rated – 5 star with 1782 ratings and has a high number of views for this type of Davidsfarm video – 106,452 views (as of 4 November 2009)
Fragments from fans
On ‘how car carburetors work’
mosquiton001 (1 month ago)
good explanation, i’am about to buy a carbed camaro and finally understood the difference between 2 to 4 barrels carb and how they works,..
thanks
kyba74 (1 month ago)
that was a really good overview! Cheers
BlaineRice (1 month ago)
I have an 1985 Ford Bronco II. It has a 2bbl motorcraft carb that we just rebuilt. Whe we start it, fuel pours out of the vent holes on top and we think it runs though a vacuum tube on front of it. Could it possibly be to much choke, or something else?TransAmLuvr (1 month ago)
Blaine…….sounds like you have a stuck float assembly or a float that is adjusted too high, in other words it isn’t cutting off the fuel supply when it should, thereby flooding the bowl and forcing fuel out wherever it can.
on ‘how to buy a used car’
ErmUhOkFine (2 weeks ago)
I wrote all of your advice down and used it as a checklist when I bought a used car last week. Thank you SOOO much for sharing.
SlashMatrix (2 weeks ago)
Thanks for taking the time to make and post this video!
mpotokar1 (1 month ago)
your video is the reason i got my 91 saturn SC1. great condition and everything is good. $1900. thanx alot man. =]
While most of Davidsfarm how-to videos deal with understanding and repairing car parts and mechanics, he has published a few on other topics such as ‘How to make good YouTube videos’
Fragments from fans
sylvestermeow (3 months ago)
I watched this straight through. Some good ideas. A very good last paragraph, about your sons. Our interest levels vary. I’m looking for new, short art-film. 100% original, including music. That ’s the goal I try to reach. But we learn how to actually film along the way. good tuturial. You’ve my subscription
FoodDudeSF (3 months ago)
This was great. Y’all just got a four year NYU Film School education in 12 minutes. And you saved the $120,000 tuition in the process. Dave deserves your gratitude.
iloverachelkae (5 months ago)
this is really boring. not a good youtube video.
LittleFunnyPerson (5 months ago)
documentrys are usually boring, but you have to learn
Commentary
These videos are quite different from the crazy car stunt videos in that they are very detailed and precise and show that Dave is very knowledgeable in these areas. If I were to pursue this ethnography I would try to see if these videos were attracting an older age group – although it would be hard to tell from the profiles as to how reliable that information would be. Again there is evidence of a virtual community through shared interests. Many fans record how useful these videos have been to them and how they followed the advice given e.g. buying a used car, how it gave them good ideas. Also fans ask questions (as illustrated in the carburetor fragments above) which other fans answer. However, these videos do not have the same high level of views as his other videos have and are a turn off for some of his fans – being criticized as being boring. The reference to Dave’s sons in one of the comments above is the statement Dave made at the end of the video -
I went on YouTube for one sole purpose, mostly: one, I enjoy making videos, I always have but really it was to get in contact with my two ‘stolen’ sons.
This is an example of a personal element Dave introduces in his videos from time to time which I think is his way of gaining a rapport with his fans. In a similar way he often pans the video so you see his cats or the dog, Wolf.
