Automotive YouTube Channel
Based in Yorkshire, England
Honest car reviews, proper tool tests & real garage builds — straight from a Yorkshire workshop.
A Proper
Yorkshire Petrolhead
Hello — I'm Mick, and I've been pulling engines apart since before I could legally drive one. Born and bred in Yorkshire, I started ToolGeeks as a simple way to share what I'd learned messing about in my garage on weekends. A few years on, it's somehow turned into one of the North's favourite automotive channels, and I'm absolutely chuffed about it.
My workshop sits in a converted double garage just outside Harrogate, tucked between the moors and a cracking back road I use for real-world drive tests. The Dales are on my doorstep, so when I'm not elbow-deep in a gearbox, you'll often find me filming drive content along the A65, blasting up onto the tops or pottering through the market towns of the Wolds in whatever project car I'm building at the time.
I'm not a dealership. I'm not bankrolled by a tyre brand. Everything you see on ToolGeeks is funded by the community — which means the reviews are straight-talking, the tool tests are genuinely brutal, and the opinions are entirely my own. If a ratchet's rubbish, I'll say so. If a used hatchback surprises me, I'll tell you that an' all.
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Yrs Experience
Life in a
Yorkshire Garage
The ToolGeeks workshop is a proper working garage — not a pristine showroom kitted out by a brand deal. There's oil on the floor, a knackered old inspection lamp that flickers when it's cold, and a kettle that's seen more action than any of the cars. It's where real work gets done, and that's exactly how it should be.
Over the years, the space has been home to everything from a Mk1 Golf restoration to a full BMW E46 track build. Right now, the main bay is occupied by an Escort Cosworth shell being brought back from the dead — more on that below. There's also a parts car permanently taking up the corner that Mick insists will "definitely get used one day."
Being in North Yorkshire is a genuine advantage for this kind of content. The North York Moors, the Yorkshire Dales and the roads between Helmsley, Pickering, Skipton and Grassington offer some of the finest driving footage you'll find anywhere in England — and they're all within 40 minutes of the garage. It'd be rude not to use them.
- Full mechanical workshop with 2-post ramp and engine crane
- Dedicated filming bay with controllable lighting for close-up tool tests
- On-site parts storage — no waiting a week for a parcel before filming can continue
- Direct access to Yorkshire's finest driving roads for real-world testing
- Regular visits from local car clubs, fellow enthusiasts and the odd stray cat
The workshop — Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Fresh from
the Channel
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Top 5 Budget Car Tools You Actually Need in Your Garage
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I Tested 6 Impact Wrenches So You Don't Have To
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Project Dales: Escort Cosworth Engine Build — Ep.1
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OBD2 Scanner Comparison: Which One Is Worth Your Money?
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EV vs Petrol: Real-World Running Costs After 12 Months
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Best Driving Roads in the Yorkshire Dales — Mick's Top 5 Routes
Every Corner
of the Garage
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Tool Reviews
Honest, rigorous tests of hand tools, power tools, ratchets, torque wrenches and workshop kit — rated on whether they're actually worth the money.
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Car Reviews
Real-world takes on new and used cars — driven on proper roads, not press-day motorways. Mick tells you what the dealers won't.
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DIY Repairs
Step-by-step guides for jobs you can tackle yourself. From brake pads to cam belts — filmed properly so you can follow along in your own garage.
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Performance Mods
Remaps, suspension upgrades, induction kits and beyond. Tested back-to-back on the same Yorkshire roads so the numbers are honest, not optimistic.
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Yorkshire Drives
Road trip content filmed across the Dales, the Moors and the Wolds. Some of England's finest driving roads are right on the doorstep.
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EV & Hybrid
Covering the electric transition from a petrolhead's point of view — without the hype or the doom. Practical, realistic and properly tested.
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Project Cars
Long-form build series following cars from wreck to road. Currently: Project Dales — the Escort Cosworth resurrection. Every session filmed, nothing glossed over.
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Buying Guides
Don't waste your money on the wrong tool or the wrong car. Mick's guides cut through the marketing and tell you exactly what to look for.
What the
Viewers Say
ToolGeeks has built a brilliant community of drivers, mechanics and weekend enthusiasts from across the UK and beyond. Here's what a few of them have to say.
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Mick saved me an absolute fortune on my Golf. Watched his lower arm bush guide, bought a decent press from his recommendation and did the whole job myself for under thirty quid. Brilliant channel.
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Best driving road content on YouTube, full stop. The Dales footage is stunning and Mick actually explains what he's feeling through the wheel rather than just shouting about horsepower figures.
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I work in a tyre centre and I send customers to ToolGeeks all the time. The buying guides are more accurate than anything the trade press publishes, and they're free. Absolute gold.
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Watching Project Dales from episode one. The level of detail Mick goes into on the YB engine build is extraordinary — this is the kind of content that belongs on television, not just YouTube.
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I'm a mechanic by trade and I still learn something from every ToolGeeks video. The tool comparisons especially — he tests them the way we actually use them, not in a spotless workshop with brand-new bolts.
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Found the channel during lockdown. Now I do all my own servicing. Mick's calm, clear explanations make even complex jobs feel manageable. Changed my whole approach to car ownership.
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