An abandoned SL65 AMG, bought for $3,000, finds a buyer's crowd at LegitStreetCars

A V12 Mercedes with spare parts still rattling around inside became the week's one upload and passed two million views in six days.

Channel: LegitStreetCarsStory of October 2, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

I Bought An Abandoned $180,000 SL65 AMG For $3,000 & Fixed It For FREE With Parts Left Inside!

Six days old and past two million views, the abandoned SL65 AMG is the video carrying LegitStreetCars. The title tells the whole pitch: a car that once listed around $180,000, bought for $3,000, and brought back without spending on parts, because the parts it needed were already sitting inside it.

It was the only upload of the week, and it opened strongly, close to three-quarters of a million views in its first day. The description thanks Craig from Modern Masters for bringing the car out and handling the tune, which suggests the fix was not a solo job.

Behind it, the blown-engine BMW M3 saga keeps ticking over. The first chapter, billed as an $8 repair after a $15,000 quote, is nearing 1.6 million views, and the follow-up, where the real cost of doing it properly gets tallied, is closing on 900,000. Together they make a tidy three-car month of cheap buys and cheaper fixes.

The channel as a whole is running well under its usual daily views, perhaps simply because one new video cannot fill a library's worth of appetite, though subscribers are still arriving at around 10,000 a day. Among car channels near its size, the busy weeks belong to Clearview Driving and Hoovies Garage, both above their usual pace, while most others, Dave's Auto Center included, are a little slower.

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The videos drawing views on LegitStreetCars right now

I Bought A Blown-Up Engine BMW M3 For CHEAP! Fixed It For $8 Dollars …1,567,733 views I Finished My Blown-Engine M3! Here’s The REAL Cost Of Fixing It Prop…889,730 views

The numbers

Here is how LegitStreetCars' week looks in figures.

subscribers

1,570,000

total views

344,938,834

views per day

417,271

typical day: 729,549

this week's videos (first-day views)

I Bought An Abandoned $180,000 SL65 AMG…

748,159

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

That Racing Channel

1,700,000

WhistlinDiesel 1000

1,670,000

Hoovies Garage

1,660,000

Samcrac

1,650,000

Dave's Auto Center

1,600,000

LegitStreetCars

1,570,000

BoostedBoiKyle

1,500,000

Clearview Driving

1,490,000

Street Speed 717

1,440,000

As of October 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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