Kansas YouTuber Hoovies Garage reveals he spent over $200,000 fixing his cars in 2025 and shares the key lesson he learned

YouTuber Tyler Hoover, aka Hoovies Garage, has revealed that he spent over $200,000 fixing his cars in 2025.

As 2025 drew to a close, many people were self-reflecting.

Hoover was no different as he looked back on his year of fixing up cars.

He vowed that he’s learned a key lesson from his expensive year.

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Hoovies Garage had spent more than $200,000 fixing cars

In his own words, 2025 had been an ‘incredible year’ for Hoovies Garage, filled with interesting cars.

One need only take a look at last year’s lineup to know that’s true.

There was the ‘immaculate’ BMW 535i that he got in a swap for a James Bond pinball machine.

And then there was the time he picked up the cheapest Dodge Challenger Hellcat in the US.

But nothing in life comes for free, and that’s certainly true when it comes to fixing up cars.

In 2024, he broke down the costs that came with fixing up a Bugatti Veyron, but that was just one car.

2025 proved to be a very pricey year – more than $250,000 in total, taking repairs, insurance, tags, and towing into account.

And the full cost is likely to be more, as the costs for his Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing project haven’t fully come through yet.

Some ‘problem cars’ had proven to be more expensive than others.

He’d spent around $8,027 fixing up a Chevy Avalanche, with similar figures spent on a Mitsubishi Evo X and a Ferrari 599.

But the pricier cars included a Dodge Hellcat, which ended up costing somewhere near $50,000 – a decision he described as ‘financially stupid’ but fun.

And there’s the aforementioned Gullwing, which could cost nearly $100,000 by the time it’s done.

So what was his takeaway?

The lesson that this YouTuber learned after an expensive year

For a guy who describes his channel as ‘the dumbest automotive channel’, you won’t be surprised to hear how often the word ‘stupid’ is used in this video.

Hoovie admitted that some of his projects were more expensive than he’d hoped.

A common theme seemed to be that cars that appeared affordable up front were often ‘cheap for a reason’.

In other words, the expense that would come out with the repairs would dwarf the original price.

Although Hoovie vowed that this pricey year ‘wouldn’t happen again’, some of his viewers didn’t seem convinced.

“Hoovie: I spent over $200k on cars in repairs, and I will never do it again! Next year- Hoovie: I spent over $400k on cars in repairs, and I will never do it again!” one person joked.

Let’s wait until 2026 ends before we jump to any conclusions on expenses.

But we can be assured of one thing – there’ll be a lot of interesting car content coming out of Hoovies Garage this year.

To see the breakdown of his costs for yourself, head over to his YouTube channel.

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