Collector garage · US
Tyler "Hoovie" Hoover
Tyler Hoover · Hoovies Garage · ≈1.65M (2026) subscribers
Tyler Hoover is a Wichita, Kansas-based automotive writer and former used-car dealer who launched the Hoovie's Garage YouTube channel in 2016, after contributing to outlets such as Jalopnik and Autotrader's Oversteer. He built an audience of roughly 1.65 million subscribers by buying the cheapest examples of depreciated exotics and luxury cars in the USA — his self-described "hoopties" — and documenting the repair bills with his mechanic David "the Car Wizard" Long. He co-hosts the Car Trek series with Ed Bolian and Tavarish, and his revolving "Hooptie Fleet" has cycled through well over 100 vehicles, including major sell-offs in 2021 and 2025.
Estimated garage performance
+US$1,986,475
across 10 of 15 documented cars · 2 with publicly stated figures
realised (sold): +US$1,986,475
In the garage now · 7
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W198) Gullwing
2025–present
no reliable figure — not estimated
Hoover never stated an exact transaction price for the 1955 Gullwing (autoevolution noted he 'keeps the price a secret'), but his own video titles repeatedly brand it 'my $2,000,000 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing', and press (Supercar Blondie, Motorious/Yahoo, mercedescarmarket) credibly reported the estate-find car came up at ~$2M, acquired mid-2025 by trading his Bugatti Veyron and Ferrari 599 through The Cultivated Collector. Caveat: Jay Leno pegged its market value at 'a million and a half' in Hoovie's own video. Not sold — engine failed from oil starvation and is being rebuilt.
- Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster
2021–present
+US$590,001(+590%)
unrealised · stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$99,999 → US$690,000 · modelled from 15 verified sales
Buy: Ed Bolian (VINwiki) publicly documented buying the 2006 Murcielago Roadster for $76-77k and flipping it to Hoover the same day for $99,999; Hoover corroborated in his own purchase video ('getting this for under a hundred grand', noting Bolian's 'very hefty finder's fee'). Sell: in his 'I sold my Bugatti and Ferrari' video he said he 'traded in my Lamborghini Murcielago for what I paid for it initially' (i.e., ~$100k, toward the 599/manual-conversion 'guy math') — no separate figure stated, so sell left null.
- Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster
2020–present
no reliable figure — not estimated
Buy: no individual price stated — part of the '$250,000 for both cars' Countach+Diablo package he described in his Veyron lease video and on The Iced Coffee Hour. Sell: in the Veyron lease video he said 'I sold the VT Roadster for 280,000, something like that' (on the podcast he rounded it to 'sold the VT Roadster for 300' after ~$30k of fixing), which he noted covered what he paid for both Lamborghinis.
- BMW Alpina B7 (E65)
2020–present
+US$11,500(+329%)
unrealised · stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$3,500 → US$15,000 · modelled from 10 verified sales
Bought the broken 2007 Alpina B7 for $3,500 (BMWBlog, Feb 2020); after repairs exceeding the purchase price, cylinder-wall scoring and an $11,000 supercharger quote led to his video 'Here's Why I'm Sending My Cheap Alpina B7 to the Junkyard: MECHANICALLY TOTALED'.
- McLaren MP4-12C
2018–present
−US$6,500(-7%)
unrealised · stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$100,000 → US$93,500 · modelled from 8 verified sales
Bought as 'the cheapest McLaren MP4-12C in the USA' for $100,000 plus a $5,000 extended warranty (his Dec 2018 video, covered by Carscoops); CarThrottle later reported the warranty had covered roughly $150,000 of work in two years, including a replacement engine (~$70k) and gearbox (~$30k).
Mercedes-Benz S600 (W221)
2016–present
no reliable figure — not estimated
Documented on his own blog (Aug 2016: 'I bought a 2007 S600 biturbo for $4500') and in the viral video series where he reported spending roughly $13,000-$15,000 over a year repairing the broken V12 — the saga that effectively launched the channel.
- Porsche 911 (996) Carrera 'Apollo 911'
2016–present
+US$25,000(+263%)
unrealised · stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$9,500 → US$34,500 · modelled from 145 verified sales
Bought the 1999 Carrera with 243,000 miles for $9,500 (documented in his own Jalopnik writing and videos); after the M96 engine failed he spent about $17,000 swapping in a Corvette LS2 V8 (CarThrottle cost breakdown).
Former cars · 8
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4
2024–2025
+US$1,051,667(+78%)
stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$1,350,000 → US$2,401,667 · modelled from 3 verified sales
On The Iced Coffee Hour podcast Hoover said 'The Bugatti was like... $1,350,000', structured as a 4-year lease at $14,570/month (figure also in his own video title), with his Countach traded in (~$500k) on the deal at Chicago Motor Cars (Oct 2024). Sale: traded with his Ferrari 599 to The Cultivated Collector for the 300SL Gullwing in 2025; he said in his video he sold it 'a little bit back of what I paid for it initially' — no exact figure stated, so sell price left null.
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster
2022–2025
−US$27,500(-9%)
publicly stated figures
US$302,500 → US$275,000
Buy: purchased at Barrett-Jackson Houston, Oct 2022 (his video 'Buying the cheapest Mercedes McLaren SLR roadster EVER, with previous fire damage?', 28 Oct 2022) — the documented result for the 2008 SLR McLaren Roadster, lot #745, was $302,500; ClassicCars.com Journal confirmed his car was bought at Barrett-Jackson and Supercar Blondie reported 'over $300,000'. Sell: in his 2026 Las Vegas auction-walk video he stated 'Sold mine for $275' ($275,000); on The Iced Coffee Hour he separately said he 'sold it for what I paid for it'.
- Ferrari Testarossa
2018–2025
+US$146,649(+177%)
stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$83,000 → US$229,649 · modelled from 35 verified sales
Featured as 'the cheapest Ferrari Testarossa in the USA' on his channel; a FerrariChat thread from the selling side reported the 1988 car was advertised at $140k and sold to him for $83k. He said it 'hurt' to sell it in his March 2025 video liquidating half his fleet over a $500k tax bill (Supercar Blondie).
Fisker Karma
2024–2025
no reliable figure — not estimated
Bought the 2011 Karma sight unseen on Bring a Trailer for $20,000 (autoevolution, May 2024), then said he 'got scammed' over undisclosed faults; in his April 2025 tax-bill selloff he said he lost over $10,000 on it, calling it the biggest scam he'd fallen for in a long time (Supercar Blondie).
- Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
2022–2025
+US$140,659(+106%)
stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$133,000 → US$273,659 · modelled from 22 verified sales
In his purchase video (2022) Hoover said the 30,000-mile 599 no-saled on Bring a Trailer at $133,000 and 'I paid a little bit more than that to buy this thing' — autoevolution reported the price as $133,000, so treat as his stated round figure (actual was slightly higher). Later had it converted to gated manual (~$40-50k). Sale: traded with the Veyron to The Cultivated Collector for the 300SL Gullwing in 2025; no value for the 599 in that trade was ever stated.
no reliable figure — not estimated
Buy: no individual price ever stated — Hoover said in his Veyron lease video he 'paid $250,000 for both cars' (this Countach plus the Diablo VT Roadster, bought the same day in 2020 from a local neurosurgeon), so per-car buy price is null. Sell: on The Iced Coffee Hour he said of the Countach trade-in on the Veyron at Chicago Motor Cars (Oct 2024): 'I sold it for 500 grand or whatever' — a round verbal figure.
- BMW Z8 (E52)
2021–2024
+US$65,000(+42%)
stated buy · Marque estimate today
US$155,000 → US$220,000 · modelled from 4 verified sales
Buy: in his video reacting to his old Z8 crossing Broad Arrow's Amelia Island 2025 auction, Hoover said 'I paid 155 for it in 2021' ($155,000 — the 37k-mile 'cheapest Z8 in the USA' bought via Auto Dynamics). Sell: he traded it to Chicago Motor Cars alongside the Countach on the Veyron deal (Oct 2024) but said the Z8 'wasn't necessary to do the deal, it just made the payment a little bit cheaper' and they 'worked the bottom number' across both cars — no individual trade value stated, so sell null (the dealer's subsequent Broad Arrow sale hammered at $155k, but that wasn't Hoovie's sale).
- Rolls-Royce Phantom (VII)
2018–2019
−US$10,000(-13%)
publicly stated figures
US$80,000 → US$70,000
Bought the 2005 Phantom as 'the cheapest Rolls-Royce Phantom in the USA' for about $80,000 (his Aug 2018 video, reported by BMWBlog); HotCars reported he sold it for roughly $70,000, an overall loss of about $26,000 including repairs.
How these numbers are made
Car imagery: our own licensed model-catalogue photography, rendered as monochrome plates; hover a photo for its credit. Where Tyler "Hoovie" Hooverhas publicly stated what they paid or sold for, we use their figures and say so. Everywhere else, the figure is a Marque market-modelled estimate: the verified auction median for that exact model in its market at acquisition vs sale (or today). These are estimates of market movement during ownership — not statements of actual profit, and they ignore spec, mileage, modifications, fees and taxes. Cars we can’t price honestly show no figure.
Indicative only — not investment advice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future value.