Jessica at the start laughing uncontrollably at Derek, 'Are you vapor locking already!' Priceless! 😂

Always a pleasure to watch your content

As a native Tennessean born and raised in Nashville we are thrilled your family decided to now call this home. Y’all are a bright light in a dark world and I’m so glad to have discovered your channel and tv show. It’s one of the highlights of my week. You’re only a short drive from my house so I hope to get over there to meet you one of these days. Keep up the great work bud!

Welcome to Tennessee! I have to say that you are not typical of most folks that move to Tennessee and you guys fit right in. We're glad to have you!

This is KZfaq gold..when you invite fans behind the scenes and share a little bit of your personal life people can’t help but love the VG channels even more! Seeing your guys success is so awesome and it couldn’t have happened to a more a deserving and hardworking family. ..Jeff

You blessed people in no way owed us this, but, it's refreshing for "celebrities" to be so open and honest about their lives. I appreciate you Derek and the wonderful family that you have created. Keep up the good work and God bless.

Derek,you are truly fortunate to have a partner who is supportive and works with you. Your an amazing person Jessica.

I just enjoy y'all so much, Derek's knowledge is amazing an with Jessica makes for a great time and being family friendly means a lot. Thank You for putting a quality product out. Know that you are appreciated.

Very happy for you and the family Derek. Warmer weather and having some land can definitely do something for a fella or fellette. God bless you all!!!

Watching you interact with Jessica, allowing her to talk without interruption speaks volumes about the respect you have for her and is just one more reason I continue to watch your channel. And we can't forget funny - you are definitely funny (the beginning, "already in a vapor lock?" hahhah). I'd wish you best of luck but I don't think you need any. You've got the formula. Success is yours. Rock on.

love it! Live where it makes you happy. Hospitality happens in the south. I enjoy the content. You guys make it all worth the time spent watching. Enjoy the new home.

Its wonderful to know that you can still find places to stay and roll up your sleaves and get to work building your life and let your hair down at the end of the day with family. Thats the old school way of family life. Give thanks, you two have been blessed🙏🏻❤️

If you can still make your wife laugh uncontrollably just by looking at them you are doing good in life. NEVER and I mean never change Derek and Jessica. I was subbed long before you became big but somehow I knew you were going to shoot off and be able to have a career out of it. By far my favorite channel and family to watch on KZfaq. Can't wait to see more from Jessica, little grip garage and maybe from Bradley if he makes a channel for his rockets or whatever he wants to do. I'm disabled and can't support financially but by golly I will watch every video with ads because you guys deserve it. Thank you guys for your dedication and for the content and genuinely hope you guys are making content for a long time. Or at least till Derek gets his hand stuck in a muffler trying to change a battery.

I can only imagine the amount of laughter you would experience being around Derek for an extended period of time. This dude is just naturally hilarious.

the move from Minnesota to Tennessee made sense and your shop is doing well and your channel is doing well which I am happy for you, I like your channel I like the content it's good clean family content, I hope the Lord continues to bless you and your family

Out all the reasons you mentioned on why you moved, the most important thing that struck me was when you said you wanted to produce a show that will educate a person. Hollyweird has nothing to see worth anything. I never watch TV. My entertainment is youtube. I'm 73 and still learn stuff from you. You guys do a great job. Thanks a bunch.

The US of A needs more people like Derrick and Jessica. God bless you and thank you for the top quality content!

That Mrs Vice Grip is a keeper. Supportive, intelligent, thoughtful, good sense of humor. I hope to have a family half as nice some day. Congratulations on the move and the success! Thanks for all the laughs!

Definitely one of the best channels on here! Great hosting with all the humor, a guy just can't watch enough in a day. Perfect. No. You should live where you want to, and sounds like you folks made the right choice for your family, which is key.

TN is a phenomenal place. So glad y'all chose it as your new home. I hope to return to it one day as well, I've never met so many car people as I did when I lived in East TN. Great people, great weather, more reasonable taxes, what's not to love?? Regardless, hope you guys are still enjoying it and it continues to be the place you want to call home.

I didn't think i could respect you guys more. I was wrong. The fact the numbers crunched in the right direction is the icing on the cake. You are family first, good hearted, respectful people. I love you guys. DANG IT!!!........Somebody snuck in here and started cutting onions.

Glad things are working out for you. I'm 58 years old and a "little" behind in technology. Yours is the first subscription I ever made on KZfaq. "Lightning hoses" is what hooked me. Lol. Anyway, don't forget to stop and smell the roses sometimes. We'll still be here. ~ Bear

absolutely beautiful. Having your place of work next to your family and home.. Is a blessing.. Good move, continue be prosperous. God Bless.

My brother and I really enjoy watching what your mechanics and humor you bring. We can't wait for new roadworthy rescues. We are glued to the TV when you come on and glad you moved to Tennessee to give you more time for fun, family and antics. We hope your still showing and rescuing cars when your in your 80ies. God bless from Kentucky.

Love the family aspect; 26 years in the Navy ended up costing me 12 years of my kids' growing up I cannot get back. Y'all did the right thing.

The past 2 years have been unbelievably sad. Through it all, your content blessed us immeasurably. A literal escape from certain realities that at times, were just too much to bear. You guys always put family first. We are so proud of you!

I absolutely can not get enough of your videos. Glad you are in Tennessee.

Love your content, from someone who has lived & breathed cars all of my working life and having a grown up family let me tell you, you are making the absolute best decision here, make as much time for your kids as you can because in the blink of an eye they're gone and even though that in it's self becomes a delight with grandchildren etc it's easy to regreat not spending time & enjoying family life.

The family vibe is the best thing about your channel. Family is important and I am glad that you guys have found a way to make it work. Keep up the great work you guys do

I find it incredibly heartwarming that any entire family uprooted to move to a place where they could have a good family life and make as much content for us as possible. Thank you guys so much.

Ty so much for making all of the family friendly content. We are a family of five and we watch all the time. You guys rock! God bless!!

Thanks guys. I appreciate the videos and enjoy them immensely. Enjoy your new digs!

After watching this I sat down with the wifey and had her watch and we're looking at our future as well. You two are a true inspiration on what's important in life when you work together for all the right reasons. Much love, good luck and success in the future. One of the last life lessons my dad shared with me before he passed two years ago was " As long as you have your health everything else can be fixed"

When you grew up on country air, and with plenty of green around you, even if you leave for a while, you’re never really “gone”. My Dad passed away in December, and I wound up moving back home to my grandparents place, an hour away from the city, where Dad had been living, and I FORGOT how nice rural life is - driving an old Ford truck up and down country roads on pleasant evenings or killing time in a country junkyard pulling parts? You can’t beat that. Happy for you!

I'm relatively new to your channel and spend way too much time watching, but I am learning a lot and really enjoy the "realness" of what you all do. In fact, I find it very motivational...so much so that I actually fixed my toilet yesterday after watching! Thanks for everything!

Can’t express enough how glad I am that I found your channel 2 weeks ago! Merry Christmas and happy new year to y’all. Thank you so much for all your time and effort!

Raised my kids in the country, they claim they were feral children; all are super successful adults. Great channel, thanks.

A coupla years back, I was finishing my basement in Stillwater MN during a polar vortex. -53 low temps. You could visibly see the progression of frost forming on the inside of our newly installed casements. The house went on the market three months later, and the wife, kids & I were on the road to TN two days after we closed :). Its so much better here!

Love the down to earth, humble attitudes you guys have. Keep killing it.

I just recently found your channel and have been binge watching your videos, love the content and your humor, cracks me up, and the way you handle every situation is amazing, your wife Jessica is just gorgeous and your kids are so cool, they will grow up to be awesome mechanics lol. You got a new subscriber here! I have been a motorhead all my life, had many hot rods and toys, but am getting older now and can't do what I used to do, so your a breath of fresh air to me and remind me of all the great times I had with all my past projects. Glad you made to move and feel it was the best decision for you and your beautiful family.

I am blown away and humbled by the fact that the majority of the reasons you moved was for the benefit of VGG. You guys are great. Every episode you make us feel like we're a part of your life and welcoming us to come along for the ride.Thank You for all you do. Happy International Womens Day, Jess!!!

When you talked about raising the kids on open land where they can play with the toys (go karts, mini bikes, etc.....), I was nodding my head saying yep, and having outdoor weather almost year round beautiful

Just recently accepted a job and am moving my family from Iowa to Huntsville Alabama and you guys helped make that possible! I have been thinking it for awhile and decided to make the leap!

Derek, my wife and I have followed your exploits for ...well gosh a few years now and absolutely love the content that you and your family have put on here, we just moved from ABQ, to Pampa, Texas and love it, the people are so much nicer and I don't have to carry my gun all the time here..thank God! But I want to say thank you, having watched so much I feel like your a family member that I enjoy hanging out with. Best wishes for you guys ❤❤❤

I could always tell just from Derek’s demeanor, but this video confirmed that family values, love of cars and enjoyment of turning wrenches is at the heart of VGG! Not your typical KZfaqr folks! Much love and prayers for your future success!

No job is worth sacrificing your family. The fact that you ranked your family first is all the fans need to appreciate how genuine and authentic you both are. Thanks for being so vulnerable and transparent about your personal lives. It just goes to show your big hearts and your appreciation for your fans. I cannot wait to see the next video. Keep them coming.

you and your family are amazing. glad tn worked better for you. will continue to watch and support anywhere you are. thanks for what you do!

Love you Guys and your Boys.Thanks for being there for us all.

You can definitely see the love and passion in Derek and Jessica's face!! they really do care about their fans! Some of the other KZfaqrs need to take a step back and do the same

You know the internet and KZfaq has a LOT wrong with it but seeing folks like this have success is worth watching it. I have a son and law and we are always talking about your content. We live in Arkansas. You can have all the cars you want....on blocks if you want. These folks should have a million subscribers. I hope they get filthy rich off this channel. And as one final note, the rural lifestyle is absolutely the best. Especially in this day and age. This whole restriction on property use is getting ridiculous and I think there will eventually be a back lash over it.

Love all your video presentations. Now I have been more impressed to learn that you are a loving productive family man. It’s especially beautiful to see you working side by side with your son in some of your posts! He is learning how to be a better person from the closeness of his loving father. And now Mom is on scene adding the mothers touch! Bravo to your family! Wishing you all the successes in life that you deserve as you help us, your. ‘extended family’ learn how to keep our machines going! Thank you all so much and. keep ‘em coming! 🙏👍🏼😎💐

I have truly enjoyed vice grip garage and will continue to enjoy it and thank you

I can’t imagine how much work goes in to these channels so it’s heartwarming to hear you’ve made the change not only for the weather and the costs but because of the whole families quality of life. What a warm, genuine good ol’ fashioned lovely couple you guys are and what an amazing upbringing your boys are having. All the best from the U.K. Jon

I'll be honest, I'm happy you guys were able to move where you wanted. My wife and I have noticed several times over the past few months that it appeared you "Derek" had a heavy load removed from your back. Your attitude in your videos have returned to the snappy lighthearted productions we loved when we got hooked on a guy a few years ago! Thanks, guys, for continuing to keep us entertained!

Very happy for you guys. You have the correct thoughts for moving and for the future. The size of the property is perfect for the boys to be outside learning about the real world.

I randomly came across this KZfaq channel and completely fell in love this is my favorite channel of all, I can’t get enough, thanks for all you do!

Being from northern Minnesota myself it was great to have a "local" guy making so much great content but i can totally relate to the tax burdens in the state and the weather! 😆keep up the great work!

Sounds like you’ve made the perfect decision, family and home life should always come first. Hope you guys are settling in and enjoying life .

Congrats on the move! Sounds like you made the right decision. Super happy we get more content! I only discovered you guys after seeing the Motor Trend show. I’ve been watching every day since and I know I’m going to run out of videos soon. Lol Keep ‘em coming! Best show around!!!

I live and grew up in East Tennessee. We love that you all chose to live in Tennessee. Time with family is so important. You made the right decision.

You gotta love how these two interact...they are talking as much to each other as they are to us. It's adorable. Don't tell anyone I said that word. And it's awesome that they would take the time to tell us why they moved. Like someone else said, they didn't have to do that, but that's just the type of people they are. Be sure to give 'em a like, they're definitely worth it.

Y'all are arguably the best content creators on KZfaq. The way you include your family and friends, and do hands on things in hopes to teach people is exactly what most of America is missing. Y'all are a diamond in the rough. God Bless you and your family!

Just found this channel, watch the restorations often. Y’all are so much fun to watch!

I've only been watching you for the couple of months and it's been great to watch your videos. I really love your interaction and because I've never had the car I wanted I enjoy watching you work on some of the ones that I would have loved to have. And it makes it even better that you're such a good family man. Keep up all the good work. And I definitely will be buying some of your merch.

You two deserve everything and more that comes your way, you both are so real down to earth folks, that entertain us and bring smiles to our faces, the true measure of a couple is there children if they have them, and your young men are stellar individuals that shine kinda like some of that fancy chrome stuff

You can never go wrong when being honest. Love this channel... I stumbled across VGG... a bearded guy and son reviving a 60ish IH combine engine... the "I'll pretend I didn't see that" , "what a feller ought to do", etc are gold.

All the best ! To you and your family. I hope you all do well, And things run smoothly in the new shop and home. I ❤ the show, from NZ

So glad to have you folks down here in the South now! Love your content, and shows! WELCOME

This is awesome. When a guy gets to see the family more and get more done. That’s a win win. I’m sure your channel is going to continue being just awesome!

Congrats on a well thought out decision. Centralization, weather, no state income tax, relatively cheap acreage, lower cost of living and an anticipated reduction in work hours sounds like a winning combination for the family life. Be careful on the last one- it takes a change in mindset to reduce the number of hours devoted to the work thing. If a guy doesn’t prioritize the family hours, there is always more work to just suck up the time! Derek, the last sentence was me using some of your words to explain what I did way too much of while my kids were growing up. We don’t get that time back to try again.

I'm from Milwaukee WI and I still love you guys u are the best God bless you and your family and keep up the good work

Love your channel. I was a mechanic for 16 years of my life, had my own garage once. Wish you all the best in TN.

I remember when you used to work in your driveway in the neighborhood thinking how out of place it was. It's been great to follow your journey and it's cool to see you're still growing.

The love you guys have is just so rare to see. And the commitment to the family is incredible. All the luck!

Definitely the most wholesome channel on KZfaq. Wish you guys all of the best with everything you do - it's always a pleasure seeing the harmony and love you have as a family. Too rare these days.

Love your channel, your family and glad to have you here in the South. I live near Bristol, TN and two of my grown kids are around Nashville, so we're running in similar circles. Between the local beauty, natural habitat, decent weather and many opportunities within a few hours of almost everywhere, we're in an ideal place. I hope you are continually blessed and successful. Keep up the good work!

Lived in Tennessee for 25 years, loved every minute of my time there. Always enjoy your interesting vocabulary and approach to repair challenges. You remind me of an uncle of mine who could take apart, fix, reassemble almost anything mechanical, Best of luck going forward.

My wife and I left Michigan for many of the same reasons, the biggest being the weather. It was Tennessee or Texas that we were looking at and Texas won out, we've been here for almost 13 years and have never regretted leaving the north. Enjoy your new home and no snotsickles

Hi guys, thanks for the explanations. I know how you felt to make this decision. Having lived in a cold climate and moving north to warmer climes is a game changer. Watching your efforts from the land down under makes my day. All the best to you and your family. Take care and keep on keeping on. Cheers Dave.

We welcome you to Tennessee! In fact, from watching your channel now from the time you began. I feel confident in saying. Tennessee is better with you and your beautiful family in it. May God bless you and family. Keep up the awesome content. And as always, looking forward to the next video.

Derek, I think you have such a jewel of a wife that helps and supports your dream. Look forward to more awesome content on Vice Grip Garage. Happy for you and your family for enjoying the change.

You saved my life you have no idea what I was going through with this stay home pandemic.I watched your videos and it was like I was fixing cars with you.God bless you and your family stay safe.

Tennessee is a great state 😊. I moved here 7 months ago from California. Love your channel ❤️ 😊.

Thanks for sharing so openly with us. For a Dutchman this sounds like moving to another country within Europe. Keep up the good spirit, thank you so much again!

You guys are worth a zillion to me. For a women I've learned so much and grateful because I'm now interested in the outs of a vehicle now that I'm older. I love seeing the whole family involved including your friends.

I've criss-crossed the country as first a rig welder and now an inspector. I don't think you could have made a better choice. Also, I found the people in Tennessee to be so friendly and helpful. Love all your channels, you guys are real people, and I'm looking forward to meeting you all one day!

Absolutely love your channel. I am 72 now and have built several cars thru the years. My wife and I now live in Honduras and trying to locate parts and pieces is very difficult. So now I live vicariously thru watching you. Thanks for the entertainment. Great humor and comedic timing.

I've only known about VGG for the past couple months wend a band mate introduced me to the channel, but I think the family aspect is the most important one, and I see it on the channel. I can see that you love your family Derek and being away from them is hard. To be in an area where you can do more work in less time so you can spend more time with your family is important. You've not only inspired me to work on my vehicle projects, but to strive to be a better father and husband.

It appears that your move to Tennessee was most definitely for all of the right reasons. I lived in New Hampshire for the majority of my life and moved to Kentucky last Spring for many of the same reasons as yourselves. My wife was originally from Florida and spent the last 32 years with me in New Hampshire dealing with the cold and snow, lots and lots of snow. We miss our friends from New Hampshire but are rapidly making new friends here in Kentucky. There is so much history here, and natural beauty is everywhere, plus the cost of living is so much better than up North, but most importantly, there is so much less snow. Vice Grip Garage has been the best quality entertainment I can find on the KZfaq Channel. Thank you for providing that level of wholesome, down to earth and inspiring programming. I get lots of nods here while I'm wearing my VGG hats, so it appears that you have quite a following here in Kentucky.

I’m retired here in Minnesota. I’ve lived here all my life. I’ll be 72 years old in June. Every Winter for the last several years I’ve spent months in isolation within the walls of this house. It usually starts toward the end of November and ends around the second week in May. I’m not married however I have one son that lives 1/4 mile away. I get to see him often. My daughter lives in Coon Rapids. When I was younger I chose factory jobs to avoid working in the cold. However I would spend time off in the winter snowmobiling, skiing, ice skating and ice fishing. Now my disabilities don’t allow for those things. I’d love to go out to the garage and work on my old Chevy, but it’s such a small dark uninviting place to be in the Winter that I avoid it. My dream, before I pass on to the great junkyard in the sky would be to walk outside sometime during the month of February in a t-shirt and jeans and my new balance shoes and feel free from the heavy coat, gloves, felt lined boots, stocking cap, insulated bib overalls, wool socks and long Jon’s. God bless the Bieris and May they live long and prosper in all they do!

There are many of us, my self not included (!) who really don’t know the amount of time it takes you to do all of this. Many years ago I bought a hardware store. The first thing people asked me: are you going to take more vacation time? Uh, well, if I want to be broke, sure!! So just running a business is hours weekly. For you, add to the mix of responding to emails and posts, finding and fixing the absolute gorgeous vehicles you find, and swooping in before someone from Barret-Jackson gets there, and the videoing and editing. Thank you so much. I only found this channel recently and it came at a perfect time. My wife, who works, and I who is disabled have been taking care of her parents. In July we lost her mom and her dad isn’t much further behind. I came home from another soul crushing visit to the home where he is now, and found you. I laughed so hard! And I needed that! Finally, I notched you, like myself is a fan of tilt wheel (and not this ridiculous loosen move the wheel and tighten type) Anyway, 40 years ago when I met my wife, I had a 75 Caprice and she liked driving it more than her then new 83 Mustang without tilt. She would always leave the seat forward and the wheel part way down…. Veto So after asking her repeatedly (1 or 2 times anyway) I went out to the car while she was closing, moved the power seat as far forward and as high as it would go, and dropped the wheel. To this day, she gets out and flips the wheel up, gets in and drops it to drive, like a normal person!! Seriously, thank you. Btw, we live in Kingsport. Come on over anytime. You can look over my 76 Mark IV, 78 Thunderbird, 04 Grand Marquis and 18 Sierra truck

Congratulations on the new diggs,may you have fare winds and following seas.

Hey Derek, without getting too personal, would you be able to do a quick story time on what you were doing before vice grip garage became a thing? It would be kind of cool to hear your backstory. Cheers from Canada Parker 🙌

Quite possibly the most wholesome channel on youtube. A true inspiration for fellow parents. And people in general. You guys are really amazing. My wife and I watch everything. And so does our 18 month old. Honestly I feel at times like Derrick and i are kindred spirits. If more people were like you i think America just might be a better place. Hopefully we get the opportunity to meet someday. Living in indiana currently i cant wait to get back to Tampa bay. And maybe see you at the track. Keep doing what you do. And what you reap will continue to be what you have sewn. And remember. Mind open, heart enlarged, soul receptive. Mahalo my friends

I miss knowing you guys were just a few miles away from me in Wisconsin, but I get why you moved and am happy for you all. Remember that God has blessed you, I pray for you.

Your a very smart family for getting out of that freezing cold weather,, Tennessee is so much better for you and your family, God bless you and family, great show, good people and really entertaining to watch

Congratulations on a really great series of programs. Your droll delivery, your wonderful off the cuff comments, your immense knowledge of matters mechanical have kept me in awe for the last year or so. I am glad that you have made a move that will allow you to continue to do great things and also to not have to freeze in winter. I am in Australia and a lot of the vehicles you are working on were never available here. But several of the Mopar vehicles reminded me of my father's VC Chrysler Valiant which I learned to drive on. That Torque Flite transmission was a ripper behind the 225 Slant Six. My mother drove a Morris Minor for many years. 803cc of raw power. When we bought the Valiant she decided it was too powerful for her and she would continue to drive the Morris. One day I was driving the Morris and she had to go somewhere so she drove the Valiant. She never drove the Morris again. She loved to burn people off at the lights. She said " I just push the pedal and they are all left behind." Mike

WE LOVE YOU AND THE FAMILY HERE ON VGG!!!!!! You guys didn’t owe us an explanation as to why you moved, but I can say I’m so thankful it has granted you guys so much more!!!! You work so hard and you deserve a break. The content is amazing

So glad y'all came here. Love your channel. Big Love from Murfreesboro! ❤️

Welcome Home,Derek, Jessica, and family!!