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Drive Thru News #5 - Holiday Shopping Special, 2020 · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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Hello, and welcome to another edition of BrakeFix.
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I'm your host, Brad.
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With me, as always, is Eric and Tanya.
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Heyo!
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And this is the DriveThru November edition.
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As you all know, the DriveThru is our monthly recap where we
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put together a menu of local, racing, and random car jason news.
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Now, let's pull up to the window number one for some holiday shopping news.
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That's right.
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This month we're taking our traditional holiday shopping article and
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bringing it to you in podcast form.
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That's right, Brad.
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It's that time of year again to answer the age old question.
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What do you want for the holidays?
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Most of the time we've already bought what we've needed throughout
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the season, but your loved ones really want to get you something.
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So what do you get for the enthusiast that already has all their toys?
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But before we get deep into gifts this time of year, I'm often reminded
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of those commercials you see on TV with the Lexus in the driveway, a big
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bow on the roof and an unsuspecting new owner shedding tears of joy.
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Or that car hauler full of silver Mercedes and that one red one
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driving alongside that you just have to have for your loved one.
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I'm pretty sure plenty of people do buy new cars for the holidays.
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So that got me thinking, let's play a round of what car
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should I buy holiday edition.
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What do you say guys?
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Well, you know, one car I would love to see in my driveway, even
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though it's probably got too much power is the GT 500 that we talked
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about on a previous episode.
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It's got more power than the GT 350 and sometimes more
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power is too much power, but.
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Not in this case.
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Give me a GT500 and I'll be a happy man.
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Since somebody else is buying it for you, what color should it be?
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There's no other color in the world but black, my friend.
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Dark blue?
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Black with black racing stripes.
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No, no dark blue with white Shelby stripes?
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What's wrong with you?
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The hell's wrong with you?
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Dark blue?
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No, no, no.
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Do you know me?
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You don't want red stripes on your black?
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I want black, black on black with black leather, red piping on the leather, and
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maybe red strips on the racing stripes.
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Very thin pinstriping on the racing stripes.
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I will have to see if Hot Wheels makes that for you, but we'll
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talk about that in a little bit.
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So I think if we have to go back over previous cars we talked about, I'd love
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to see a brand new Z400 in my driveway.
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That'd be a car I'd love to have for Christmas.
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Can you imagine that?
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I don't think I would go for yellow or that poo brown, but a nice
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silver would look pretty cool.
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With racing stripes or without?
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Uh, you know, I'm thinking maybe the old school Datsun livery, you
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know, the blue and the red, but I just, I'm not a big fan of stripes.
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So for me, I like it just in its natural, natural look.
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It's like, it's like.
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Highlighting your hair.
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You know what I mean?
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It's just, it doesn't do it for me.
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You don't want a car with frosted tips?
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No, no.
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I think I could do with that only in my five.
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Oh, so Tanya over to you.
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What do you think?
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Uh, alpha anyone, even the four C.
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Sure.
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I mean, who wouldn't want a 4C?
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I mean, if there's some rich European entrepreneur that just wants to give
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me a car, I'll happily take their custom designed bespoke Ferrari.
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What, only in red though, right?
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Of course, why not?
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Is there any other color a Ferrari comes in, or should come in?
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Ferraris are like Ducatis.
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They come in ketchup and mustard.
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That's it.
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That's all they should come in.
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If you were shopping for a car this Christmas, and it had to be a 2021 model,
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What would you be looking forward to?
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For me, my answer is going to be the same as for your next question.
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Uh, so I'm going to reserve that until we answer the next question.
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Yeah, I, that's really hard.
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Unfortunately, I like small hatchback vehicles, which are dying.
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So if, and when I eventually need a brand new car in the future, I'll
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probably have unlucky one choice.
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So what you're saying is the Mark 8 GTI really doesn't do it for you right now.
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I don't even remember what it looks like.
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It looks like a Corolla Hatchback.
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No, actually, you know, honestly, the Corolla Hatchback is not
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that looking terrible looking.
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I've seen several on the road.
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Yeah.
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But I don't think I'd want one.
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What about the Veloster N, since you like hatchbacks?
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No?
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No.
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If you want me to answer this question, so I am changing my answer a little
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bit, not that I even gave one, but so if I had to buy a brand new 2021,
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I'd, I'd be looking for something.
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And I talked to somebody earlier today about this.
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I'd get one of those lifted, you know, hatchbacks, maybe like a
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McCann turbo or something like that.
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Um, because I would want to lower it and then use it as my track car because those
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are some of the only things I fit in.
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Transcribed That is some sound logic right there, but since we're talking about
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SUV like vehicles, a car I would rather enjoy for 2021 and I was surprised to
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still see it available for sale today.
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So if anybody's listening, I wouldn't mind if a Lincoln Continental showed
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up in my driveway all as well.
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But in addition to that, if I was an Impala, that's what you in the car.
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All right, all right, all right, you get Will Willis from Forged in Fire instead.
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No, no, Matthew McConaughey, but no, I think, uh, in all honesty,
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though, if I look at the rest of the Lincoln lineup, I've seen the
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Corsair on the road a few times.
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I really liked the way it looks.
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I think it's a nice compromise between the Mark C and the Mark X.
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It's a really good looking car.
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And now they just introduced.
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The Nautilus, which is going to be in between, you know, what used to be, you
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know, the big old navigator and what was the mark C to kind of replace the mark X.
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And I like the way it looks and profile really nice seven seater SUV.
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So again, if I was in that market as a family man, I would kind of
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steer my eyes towards Lincoln if I had to buy a new car for 21.
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So good on them.
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It's making some really cool looking cars these days.
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If money is no object, and this is all fictitious, I would
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definitely go look at an Audi RS5.
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But having driven a previous year S5, or A5, I don't even remember
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now, it's been a couple years.
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That was quite an enjoyable car to drive.
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21 model year RS5, there you go.
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If you had to buy an EV for Christmas, knowing what we know
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now, and Tanya, our resident EV specialist here, what would it be?
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This year?
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So, for Christmas we're buying one?
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Let's say you could buy one now.
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None.
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There's no choice in America.
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She would buy a DC Toyota.
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Tesla, and then like Chevy Bolt or Volt.
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I don't even know which one.
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So let's say hypothetically of the ones that we talked about this
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year, if you could buy them now for Christmas, which one would you pick?
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Does it exist?
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It has to exist?
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Can't be um...
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You can, you, you, so I, I'm, I'm qualifying this as it doesn't have
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to be delivered by Christmas, but you can put a deposit by Christmas.
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I like that.
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I like that.
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What if it's just the concept?
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That's fine too.
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It exists in some form.
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I want my Fiat Panda Retro EV.
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I'm with you there.
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I'm with you on the Fiat side.
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I really like that 126 concept that we talked about.
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We've been interviewing a lot of other people lately and we've gotten
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some interesting feedback on the EV market and I think Brad was
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probably going to go there as well.
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But somebody actually brought up the Lucid Air and I thought
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that was really interesting.
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So people are definitely diving into all these different models of the
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hypercars, I'm not really interested in.
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I think I would have a tough choice on what I would buy as an EV, but I'm
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with you on the fiat side of the house.
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I'm still waiting to see how the Volkswagens turn out.
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There hasn't been the right car yet for me.
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What about you, Brad?
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For me, it would either be the Audi, I guess it's the e tron or
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whatever, the Q7 looking thing.
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I've seen a couple of those on the street.
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I think they're pretty slick.
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And if I was putting a deposit down on something, it would be a Mach E.
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Yeah.
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You know what?
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I take that back and you're right.
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I do like the Mach E.
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I want to drive one.
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I mentioned the other day to somebody I drove by the dealership yet again,
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and I haven't seen one outside happens to be a Ford and Lincoln dealership.
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That's why I've seen the Corsair so many times, you know, it's not out yet.
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So I'm kind of disappointed in that, at least in our area, it's not available
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yet to test drive, but I agree with that.
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The Mach E is a good choice.
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And I think in addition to that, since I'm still kind of on
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this weird Ford kick right now.
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I'm kind of holding out for that E 150 pickup truck that we talked about.
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I really want to know what that's all about.
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I want to know some more specs.
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I mean, that's definitely on maybe my Christmas list a year or two from now,
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but I'm still very excited to see where that goes here in the near future.
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Good on Ford.
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Some interesting stuff for a change.
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I got, I'm usually pitching the Chrysler flag all over the place, but
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yeah, I know your, your Mopar gods are very angry with you right now.
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You're going to go outside and your jeep's not going to start.
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I'm going to be smoted momentarily.
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Fossil fuel drum too.
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Pun intended.
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New year, new you.
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Okay.
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That's what it's all about.
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You got to embrace the change, I suppose.
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New year, new fuel.
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What kind of skidder car would you buy?
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All right, moving on.
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So we've got next, we've got Tanya apparently wants to talk
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about an electric Bugatti.
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Tell us about it.
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So I like the news article title that I saw.
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Bugatti is selling a 35, 000 electric car.
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For kids and I read that and just said, what are you kidding me?
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I think an alternative title might've worked here.
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They could have used Bugatti rich people doing rich people things again.
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Cause I, I, I, what happened to the couple hundred dollar, you
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know, pow, pow, power wheels.
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As a kid, I remember seeing, you know, Oh, they have a power wheels.
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They must be rich.
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They got a lot of money in hindsight, those poor destitute people.
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I mean, I don't know how they got by with the plastic power wheels.
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So, but this article is about the Bugatti Baby 2.
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And yes, two, it means there was a one before it.
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So Mr.
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Bugatti, he made the baby one for his son, his eight year old son at the time.
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I mean, sure, you're Bugatti, why not, right?
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But the baby two, this is geared towards teenagers.
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And so we heard it starts at that modest 35, 000.
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It doesn't look like a Chiron or a Veyron or anything like that.
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It's a replica of the 1920s.
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Type 35 Bugatti, if you're familiar with that, same Bugatti
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blue and everything, right?
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And you've got that base model that's at 35, 000, but there are two upgrade
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versions that you could choose.
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Starting at 50, 000 or up to 68, depending on the article you read.
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And they come with the Speed Key.
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Now, if you're familiar with the Chiron, the Chiron has a speed key,
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which unlocks the pow pow power.
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So the models are the Vitesse, French for speed, and the Pursane, pure blood.
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And when you engage the speed key, these pre learners permit drivers.
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Can get up to 42 miles an hour and drive it in the driveway
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because they're not street legal.
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So I'm not really sure where these people are going, but I'm gonna suppose
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that if you have $70,000 to spend on your child's toy, that the grounds you
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live on probably are pretty impressive.
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So there's space to go driving.
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I don't know.
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There's a lot of, I have a lot of questions here.
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I don't know about you guys.
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Mainly mine are why?
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And the only thing I could come up with was rich people, rich people things.
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Well, my immediate answer was it's French and I was just going to leave it there.
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I would need to buy two of them just so I can wear them around the shoes.
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I think it's cool.
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And let's just say you have the budget and you're like, man,
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I want the coolest go kart.
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That I can buy and it's a replica Bugatti type 35.
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I mean, yeah, that's pretty slick, right?
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Go karts could you buy for 35, 000 and go faster?
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You can buy legitimate shifter carts for less money than that.
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That's it.
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But here you go.
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You can buy your Bugatti go kart for 68, 000 or you can buy your
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little shifter cart for 15 grand and dump, you know, 50 grand into it.
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And completely blow it out of the water for half the cost.
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Since we were talking about kids and motorsports and electric vehicles, if
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you don't want to spend all that money on the Bugatti BB2 or the Aston DB5 Jr.,
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you should consider getting a go kart.
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And Brad has said that probably more than once.
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The Donkey Kong edition.
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All right.
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So moving on from that.
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So we haven't talked about motorcycles very much at all.
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And apparently there is a Texas startup that is going to be building an electric
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motorcycle called the Vulcan grunt.
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All right, let's, let's stop there.
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'cause the names are getting really, really good these days.
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I, I don't make the names up.
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I just read the names of vol.
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So let me get this right, the Volcan grunt.
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So not Volcan.
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Volcan not, and not Voltron.
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Not Voltron.
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Voltron vol.
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And not gr grunt.
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Exactly.
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Now you're with us here, brought to you by the letters.
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So the Vulcan Grunt is going to be a super affordable EV motorcycle.
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It's going to be priced at just under 6, 000.
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So 5, 995 and it's going to be ready allegedly in spring
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of next year, spring 2021.
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The motorcycle is going to have 50 horsepower, 75 foot pounds of torque.
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And it's 60 mile an hour top speed and 100 mile range.
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Now I just heard everybody keel over going, what the heck?
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My understanding is I don't think this is at all intended to be a street legal bike.
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So I don't know much about bicycles, but there were some comments
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talking about how this bike is very similar looking to a Rokon.
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And even similarly named, I guess.
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So for people, motorcycle enthusiasts and, and kind of off
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roading vehicle enthusiasts, you might know what, what that is.
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So the intent is, this is more of a hobbyist or worker bike.
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So if you had, you know, your, I guess it makes sense in Texas, you're on your ranch
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and you want to get from one side to the other, you hop on your little electric
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bike and you scoot across the ranch, or maybe you're going to go out hunting or
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something, and, and this is your bike.
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It does it.
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It's basically a electric dirt bike.
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I mean, if you think about it from that perspective, I can see the appeal.
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I can see the use I can see sneaking up on wild animals much more easily because you
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don't have that going on where, you know, you can hear them from half a mile away.
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So I kind of liked the idea.
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I could see this being very popular in Asian countries, like, especially like
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Vietnam and places like that, where motorcycles are extremely popular.
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And they have a lot of bikes that.
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over here, we would consider not street legal.
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I could see something like this working out really, really well.
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I'm really shocked by the numbers though, because when you tell me,
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you know, a hundred miles of range and 60 mile an hour, I'm thinking
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moped on steroids, not motorcycle.
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So, I mean, neither here nor there, but you know, I'm still holding
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out for the Tron light cycles.
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So when those become available, please sign me up.
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Yes, and apparently this company too, they also do like electric ATVs, or
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they're going to be doing electric ATVs.
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So they're very focused on this off roading, hobbyist, not street legal,
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running down the highway market.
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So, interesting.
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So if you're in the market for anything, uh, look out for the Volcon Grunt.
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At your local grunt dealer, head on down.
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Alright, so we talked a little bit about cars and I think it's important
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we get back to holiday shopping.
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Today is Black Friday, so let's talk about deals that are out there.
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Today is Tuesday, my friend.
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Shut up.
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Today is Gray Tuesday.
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It's Burgundy Tuesday.
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So, our holiday shopping guide is traditionally
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divided into three categories.
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for your garage, for your So let's talk about some for this holiday season.
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of carrying around an air
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Look no further than this Ryobi portable air compressor, lightweight,
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no larger than your average impact gun.
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I have to say, I've got one, Eric's got one.
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I think he's burned out one of them using it so much.
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I've got an actual air pump that connects to the battery of the car.
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And I find myself using that 5 percent of the time in the Ryobi 95 percent of
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the time because it's so convenient.
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So it's a good piece of kit.
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Yeah.
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And it uses the same batteries that all the other Ryobi tools do.
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So you've, if you've already invested in Ryobi on your shelf, you
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know, the green brand versus red, yellow, blue, and the rest of them.
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Yeah.
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It's 18 volt one plus system, and you can quick charge it in 30 minutes
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and be out there and inflating all sorts of tires, bicycles, you name
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it, even basketballs for your kids.
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Right.
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And it's available on Amazon for as little.
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as 30 bucks.
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One of our favorite things and it's a recurring item on our holiday
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shopping guide is the QuickJack.
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The QuickJack is the world's first and only portable car lift to truly
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meet the needs of wrench turners and professional techs in any situation.
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It was designed to be taken to the track.
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It is a portable lift.
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It's also known as the RangerJack if you search for it on the web.
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It is able to lift various weights.
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They make three different models, a 3, 500 pound, a 5, 000
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pound and a 7, 500 pound model.
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They're very low profile when they're closed and it's modular
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and easy to move around.
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And it fits under just about every vehicle.
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It's ideal for tight situations where you don't have head height in your garage.
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And for very low cars where a typical two post or four post lift won't be able to
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get under the car without putting it up on blocks first or something like that to be
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able to lift the car the rest of the way.
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I've had mine for over five years now.
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I've had very minimal issues with it.
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A couple silly things, you know, like O rings on the quick connects that have
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to be replaced after tons and tons of use, you know, changing fluid, which
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is cheap, you know, five bucks for some ATF, you know, things like that.
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But if you're searching for one right now, BendPak, the manufacturer of the
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QuickJack RangerJack is offering a 150 off if you order through them, or you
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can buy it through Costco and the Black Friday sale for the QuickJack is 250 off.
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So thanks to Brett and John Richter for bringing that to our attention
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and for anyone out there that has a home and you've got a furnace in
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your home and you need air filters, K and N has filters for your furnace.
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They are lifetime warranty, washable, reusable.
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You, you buy one K and N filter instead of one box of the
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throwaways and you're set for life.
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So check it out.
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They've got them on Amazon right now.
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They've got a number of sizes to fit your needs.
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So go get one.
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Absolutely.
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And these are supposed to be hyper allergenic, Merv 11
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rated, a bunch of other stuff.
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I have one, Tonya has one and a few of other, other members jumped on top of it.
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I really liked the quality of the K and N HVAC.
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filter, it's an aluminum frame with their typical washable filter material.
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Like you're used to on your car that you would put in the car's air box.
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So I saw it as a plus and for the price of what I was paying for 3m or other
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brands at that same level or higher Merv rating, one K and N was the same price.
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And it's going to last me probably a lifetime.
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So something to consider next time you got to change your, your
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furnace filter, and you're also forgetting the most important fact.
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Every K& N air filter gives you plus five horsepower.
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Oh, I put that sticker on my furnace.
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So you have to for when the tech comes out, he doesn't just toss it away.
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This is a reusable filter.
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Don't throw away my K& N.
21:17
That's exactly what it is.
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Perfect.
21:19
So speaking of that, you want to spruce up your garage now that
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you've got it all nice, warm and toasty and running with fresh air.
21:26
Check out the vintage racing posters available at allposters.
21:30
com and varying sizes from different eras of racing from Le Mans to World Rally
21:36
to IndyCar to Formula One, you name it.
21:39
There are tons of color prints as well, but they're black and white
21:42
prints are exceptionally beautiful.
21:43
I have a lot of them hanging around my house and obviously prices vary.
21:47
So it's a great way to bring some motorsport into the house and
21:50
have an artistic twist on it.
21:52
And if you're busy working in the garage, tucking your.
21:55
Possibly race car away into a deep slumber for the winter, or maybe doing
22:00
some tune ups to your daily driver.
22:02
Perhaps you're getting thirsty with all the hard work you're doing.
22:05
And if you are nostalgic for the old VW camper vans, then this
22:11
refrigerator might be for you.
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It's a retro VW fridge inspired by the old VW camper van.
22:19
So when you look at it from the front, it essentially looks like the
22:21
front of a VW camper van comes in two colors and comes in a light blue.
22:26
Uh, like a turquoise or a burgundy color.
22:29
It's not the largest fridge in the world.
22:30
They're about two by two by five foot tall.
22:33
It's a very large mini fridge, but it's slender and sleek looking.
22:37
And I do not know if you can get it in the United States,
22:39
because it's sold out of the UK.
22:41
So I have yet to find the price, because it...
22:44
about three clicks in.
22:45
I still wasn't at a price.
22:46
If you're interested in it, it might be possible to get it here stateside
22:49
and keep yourself hydrated this winter.
22:51
So if you're hungry and you're looking for something different, little known
22:56
fact is that Volkswagen actually has part number one nine nine three nine
23:02
eight five hundred dash a currywurst.
23:06
Which apparently is specialty sausage made in house at the Wolfsburg
23:10
factory by about 30 employees that are trained in the art of making the
23:15
sausage slash part time butchers, etc.
23:19
And the majority, unfortunately, of these sausages are sold directly
23:24
within the different VW plants.
23:26
But then you can actually find them in grocers across Europe and VW
23:31
dealerships will also give some away.
23:34
So if you find yourself in Europe anytime soon, get over to Germany
23:39
specifically, find yourself a VW dealer or go try and get to the factory
23:44
and get yourself some currywurst.
23:46
They do not, unfortunately, ship it to the United States, but if any of
23:50
our German listeners are listening, please be sure to send these to us.
23:54
Reach out to GTM on our website and we'll give you an address to send them to.
23:59
We'll pay for them.
24:00
Everything.
24:00
Well, we.
24:01
are dying to try these sausages.
24:03
Yeah, I didn't realize they've been making these sausages for 47 years.
24:09
This is not something new.
24:10
This has been around for a long time.
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73.
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The people's sausage.
24:15
The people's sausage.
24:18
So to round out things you should get for your garage.
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Do you remember?
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The Bugatti Baby 2.
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That's my pair of shoes.
24:28
No.
24:28
But.
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Aston Martin.
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Doesn't want to be outdone by Bugatti.
24:35
And they too are offering an electric kitty version of one of its iconic cars.
24:42
The DB5.
24:45
James Bond.
24:48
It's Jimmy Bond Jr.
24:51
So, it's not for your everyday person, okay?
24:55
This is rich people stuff again, alright?
24:57
So let's just...
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She's like, I...
25:00
You get it?
25:01
Rich people doing rich people things, yet again.
25:06
Let's just calibrate here for a second, okay?
25:09
Because 60, 000 for your child to have an electric car.
25:14
Now wait a minute, that outspends the Bugatti.
25:17
Wasn't the Bugatti 58 or something like that?
25:19
The actual cost range, because of course, there's different models.
25:23
Right.
25:25
You get one as low as 47, 000 or as high as 60, 000.
25:28
Now you're absolutely right.
25:29
The starting price of the Baby 2 was 35, 000.
25:34
But it's top of the line speed key blah blah blah was 68, 000.
25:40
Ooh, 68, 000, that's what it was.
25:42
So they are in line with each other.
25:44
Okay.
25:44
And not only that, so there's, so there are two models of the DB5
25:48
Electric Junior, and its top speed is 30 miles an hour with a 20 mile range.
25:56
And then there is the Vantage model.
25:59
Which goes faster.
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And that's all they said, so I don't know how much faster
26:02
it goes, but it goes faster.
26:05
And if you recall, the Baby 2 also had a 30 mile range.
26:09
And then its expert mode would go 30 miles an hour, but then the speed key is
26:14
what brought it up to 42 miles an hour.
26:16
So I could only assume that the DP5 is going to be something on par with.
26:19
you know, the Bugatti and be around 40 miles an hour as well.
26:23
The real question is, is there a James Bond version that has like, I don't know,
26:28
oil slicks to come out of it or something?
26:30
That's way better than the speed key.
26:33
I need all the booby traps and grenades and smoke, smoke screens.
26:37
But yeah, I mean.
26:39
Get that on your Christmas list.
26:40
Well, before we move on, a little note on the Bugatti and the Aston Martin, the
26:45
little Baby 2 and the BB5 or whatever.
26:48
Those aren't for your garage.
26:50
Those are for your kid's garage.
26:51
Don't you have to have like a separate structure for your kids
26:54
to park their little toys too?
26:57
Yes, but more often than not, they'll probably live in my garage taking
27:01
up space and I get to trip over them and curse at them constantly.
27:05
Not if you've got enough money though.
27:07
Your kids are going to have their own little garage.
27:09
They're going to have their own little driver of their own
27:10
little DB2 or DB5 or whatever.
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Can we, can we get baby butlers?
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Yes.
27:16
A little bit of others.
27:17
Those count older children.
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Yeah.
27:22
The, the, the younger, you're gonna have multiple kids and then the youngest
27:25
one is gonna be the little baby butler.
27:27
I can just imagine this baby in diapers, like detailing their Bugatti.
27:31
Wax on, wax off, Miyagi style.
27:33
Fantastic.
27:34
Like Biff from Back to the Future.
27:39
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27:45
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it in your garage this winter.
28:56
So to continue on with the, what should I buy?
28:59
Eric, what would you buy for your garage for you?
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Or what do you want somebody to buy you for your garage?
29:04
You know what I really want?
29:06
That alignment machine?
29:06
I want, no, I want that set of every size of 10 millimeter socket that exists.
29:12
You seen that thing going around?
29:14
I mean, for the love of God, I have lost every 10 I can think of.
29:17
I know exactly.
29:21
Where they are.
29:23
I know where mountain man Dan's are there in the woods because I dropped them there.
29:29
I bought every 12.
29:30
I don't know why, but cause you can't find the tens in the store.
29:34
You can find the twelfths.
29:35
Exactly.
29:36
So yeah, I really want that mix match set of sockets.
29:39
So that that's definitely got my name all over.
29:42
It's not exciting, but I actually would like a set of really nice, really nice.
29:46
Whatever.
29:47
I would like a set of.
29:48
The, uh, like jewelers, screwdrivers, those type of really thin, but also long
29:54
that you could reach, like, if you had several inches that you need to reach,
29:57
but you need a very fine Phillips or flathead, I would like a set of jewelers.
30:01
I'd also like a set of, uh, nut drivers, the, the multi size.
30:06
Yeah.
30:06
Cause I'm tired of using.
30:08
Like a socket and a wrench.
30:10
It's, it's a pain in the ass.
30:11
I'd rather just have some, you know, some nut drivers.
30:13
I know something that Tanya would like that was on a previous
30:16
holiday shopping article.
30:18
Those are the indexed wrenches from gear wrench, those dual
30:22
pivot ratcheting wrenches.
30:24
Those have come in super handy on multiple jobs where it's very difficult to reach
30:28
and very difficult to turn the wrench.
30:31
Those are the ones that were such a gigantic lifesaver when we
30:34
changed the steering rack on that.
30:35
Yeah.
30:36
They're super awesome.
30:37
Those, those turned a fricking six hour job into.
30:41
45 minutes only hours.
30:44
I think if it takes you that long to reach the frickin bolt, yeah, you're
30:46
moving an eighth of a turn at a time.
30:48
Those index wrenches were a lifesaver and I've used them for multiple jobs.
30:52
You set them where you want.
30:53
I mean, you're talking, you know, very severe degrees of angle where
30:56
you can set that thing and then you have all this motion or you leave them
30:59
wide open and you literally pump it.
31:01
Like a train piston moving a wheel.
31:03
And I mean, it's so awesome.
31:05
The ability to reach with those things.
31:06
So I could see that on Tanya's list for sure.
31:09
And another thing I need is new blades for my Dremel because cutting
31:12
the hole in my, for the insert on my bumper, I broke about four.
31:18
What's those stupid blades?
31:19
Those stupid little wheels?
31:20
And if Mountain Man Dan's listening right now, he's, he's yelling at his
31:24
speaker going, you need an angle grinder.
31:27
That's what you really need.
31:29
I was cutting plastic.
31:31
I wasn't cutting anything serious.
31:32
Hey, you could still cut with an angle grinder.
31:35
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:35
I need his plasma cutter to cut plastic.
31:38
That's what he's saying.
31:39
I'll fix it right up.
31:41
So let's move on to gifts for your ride.
31:45
Keep your eyes out on the Garmin Catalyst driving trainer, which is now being
31:50
sponsored in part by Ross Bentley, who many of us know through speed secrets
31:54
and as many webinars, and he's come to personally coach some of us through the
31:58
motorsport safety foundation, and he makes guest appearances at many clubs, you
32:01
know, chin and HRD, et cetera, et cetera.
32:04
He is involved in a.
32:06
Aim like device, which looks like a old school Garmin that you'd
32:10
have up on your dashboard GPS base.
32:12
And it's designed to coach you through a lap, make you faster, work with
32:16
you eliminates the human factor, but it uses a bunch of AI to analyze
32:20
your laps and make you go faster.
32:23
Before we move on though, I want to say about that Garmin, I pray.
32:27
That the person giving guidance and, uh, advice and stuff, the
32:31
computer, the AI that's talking back to you is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
32:36
It's gotta be him.
32:36
Dude.
32:37
I, uh, I still want to get to the chopper.
32:39
If you do not take the turn and get the apex.
32:43
Hey, apex is out.
32:45
You must track out.
32:48
Oh my God.
32:49
That's where's my tortilla.
32:51
Anyway, I will say the price tag is hefty on this thing and if it wasn't for
32:56
that Boy, does it look gorgeous the user interface in it and everything like that?
33:00
I mean, it looks like it would be a high quality product, but outside my
33:04
budget I think we all gasped at the price, but it is price competitively
33:08
against the AIM Solo 2 and especially the Solo 2 DL, the ones that offer the
33:15
OBD2 services and things like that.
33:16
So I don't think it's too far off.
33:17
It's a little shocking because a lot of us don't think you bought
33:20
your AIM so many years ago and it's one of those tried and true devices
33:24
that you've made the investment and it pays for itself over the years.
33:28
This is the next generation of a tool like that.
33:30
Now what I'm really excited for is what's AIM going to come up with.
33:35
In retaliation to this device from Garmin, because Garmin's
33:38
the new kid in this space, right?
33:42
So maybe they'll send Garmin back to making fitness watches and, uh, AIM will
33:46
come out with something even better.
33:47
Garmin makes more fitness watches.
33:50
They've been making, you know, they've got the bicycle huds and everything.
33:54
So, especially when you're going off trail and things like that, they've
33:57
got a lot of hiking, um, It's true.
33:59
GPS watches and things of that nature.
34:01
So, I mean.
34:02
They clearly can do the GPS function.
34:05
Oh, absolutely.
34:06
Absolutely.
34:06
I was, I was just poking a little fun at Garmin, right?
34:09
As seen in our GTM article, the battle against brake dust, which is a multi
34:14
part article that I wrote about trying to keep your track wheels clean.
34:18
I found this nifty little tool that's made our shopping guide more than once.
34:22
It's known as the Brush Hero Pro.
34:25
And basically the way it works is it is a water rotary.
34:29
And a lot of people online, if you go read about it, and I've done a
34:32
couple of reviews in the positive light for this tool, we'll say, Oh,
34:35
this is going to scratch your wheels.
34:37
And Oh, my God.
34:38
And these are really the car show purists that, you know, they want to
34:40
rub everything with a diaper and that's totally fine, but for everyday use with
34:45
the right soaps and everything, the brush hero is an amazing tool and it's.
34:48
saves a lot of time, especially if you have multi spoke wheels, older wheels,
34:54
basket weaves, you know, things like that that are just a pain in the neck
34:57
to clean and never really come clean with the traditional brush or rag.
35:01
The brush hero again is a water rotary.
35:03
It is not electric.
35:04
It is powered by your water pressure.
35:06
It spins the brush brush while also using four jets.
35:10
To inject water into the cleaning area that you're looking at.
35:13
It turns at low speed.
35:15
The bristle brushes are of different types, and it comes with four of them.
35:18
When you buy it, they're all pretty soft.
35:20
There's just more bristles on one than the other, so it's kind of a
35:23
coarse clean versus a detailed clean.
35:26
I've been using mine now for a couple of years.
35:28
I love it.
35:29
And I, I don't want to go back to cleaning wheels the old way.
35:32
So if you want to learn more about that and how it works, go
35:35
to our website, gtmotorsports.
35:36
org and search for battle against brake dust.
35:38
You can read out all about it and about the chemicals we used and we tested on
35:43
the various wheels along with this tool.
35:46
If you're interested in buying the brush hero, you can find it on Amazon for 45
35:50
bucks and you can buy replacement brushes.
35:54
in a multi pack for about 10 to 15.
35:57
So, and also check out our YouTube channel for a review of
36:00
the product as well in action.
36:02
This next product is designed to help you not be left on the side
36:06
of the road with a flat tire.
36:07
These V Safe Universal Solar TPMS Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring System has four
36:13
external cap sensors, real time display.
36:16
I use it on my trailer.
36:17
It works really well.
36:18
I haven't had any issues with it.
36:19
It's great to know.
36:21
With my trailer tire pressures are at, you know, as I'm going down the
36:24
road, because I mean, you can only look back and see him, you know, so often.
36:28
So it's available on Amazon.
36:30
72 99.
36:32
Get it.
36:33
I agree, man.
36:33
It's great to have that early warning system and an
36:36
ability to monitor my trailer.
36:37
And I'm with you.
36:38
I can't see it.
36:39
I mean, if the wheel flies off, I might be able to catch it.
36:42
But at that point, it's too late.
36:43
Or if I'm dragging a flat, It's really hard to tell with
36:47
it being that far behind me.
36:48
So having a TPMS for the trailer is, in my opinion, crucial hardware
36:52
for your ride, for your rig.
36:54
If you're, if you're using trailers a lot, and even if you're not going
36:57
to the track, maybe you're just pulling a landscaper or you're, you're
37:00
pulling a tractor or even horses.
37:03
This would be great for any trailer application or anything where you just
37:06
want to put a tire pressure monitor on a wheel and tire, and you don't
37:09
want to have to get the onboard ones like you would have on your car.
37:13
But since we're talking about tire pressure monitoring systems,
37:16
you know, a lot of us spend time at the track, worrying about our
37:19
tire temperatures, worrying about our pressures and what's ideal.
37:22
And when we can really give it the beans in a corner, you know,
37:25
are my tires hot enough yet?
37:26
Or am I getting that heat in the rear that I was looking for?
37:29
Well, there's a company out there named.
37:30
Orange, not to be confused with the formula one team for many
37:33
years ago, they make a universal tire pressure monitoring system.
37:37
It comes with four internal sensors that you have to have mounted to your wheels.
37:42
And then it gives you a real time display that you can mount on your
37:45
dashboard, you know, permanently affix it or Velcro or whatever you want to do.
37:49
It'll give you different alarm functions for if the tires are too cold.
37:52
The tires are too hot.
37:53
It gives you internal temperature of the tire.
37:56
It also gives you pressures as they're changing.
37:59
And there's a couple other different modes you can use on that same display.
38:02
I personally have this device.
38:04
I think it's absolutely awesome.
38:06
It's been a lifesaver at the track, especially doing time
38:08
trials and other things.
38:09
Cause I'm getting real time data from my tires as I'm out there on track.
38:14
And then I know, Hey, my three warmup laps, their warmup laps.
38:17
My tires are ready to go.
38:19
Let's go for it.
38:19
Let's let's put some hot laps down.
38:21
So for.
38:22
You know, the 130 bucks that this unit costs, I think it's well worth it.
38:26
The other thing is the tire pressure monitors themselves are
38:29
probably the most expensive part.
38:31
And oddly enough, I did a little research and it seems like they're
38:34
using Ford off the shelf TPMS sensors.
38:38
So if you blow one out, you can always get more.
38:41
And they also say that you can buy more sensors and link it.
38:45
To the one head unit that you have, so you could have multiple sets
38:48
of wheels with TPMS is on them.
38:51
So I think it's a valuable tool.
38:53
It's a great time saver.
38:55
Don't have to worry about parameters and all that kind of stuff.
38:57
And it's giving you that functionality that a lot of the modern cars have for.
39:01
So for those of us with older vehicles, this is a great plus and
39:05
a great little gadget that will help you when you're out there.
39:07
And if anybody from my viewership is listening.
39:11
This probably would have helped me not spin in turn one in BIR if my tires were
39:16
actually up to the right temperature.
39:17
So, uh, anybody that's worried about my safety, wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
39:23
All right.
39:24
I'll continue on with the what should I buy?
39:26
How about for your ride?
39:27
Oh, thanks for my ride.
39:29
I'm weird because I'm still trying to get parts for the Wookiee wagon from Europe.
39:33
And so I think one of the things I really want.
39:37
are the center caps for those ALMS wheels, the VW style
39:42
ones instead of the Audi ones.
39:44
I've been looking for those forever, so that's on my wishlist right now.
39:48
And hopefully I'll be able to find them.
39:50
I know it's a UK thing or European thing, but hopefully I can track a set down.
39:54
I've been asking people all over the place.
39:56
I've been scouring all over the web, looking for them.
39:59
I too would like a set of center caps, oddly enough, because I lost one,
40:06
unfortunately, off the Mille Miglia wheels that I have on my daily driver.
40:11
And then a second one broke, which I have it, but one of the, it's
40:15
missing two of the pegs now, so I don't trust it to stay on anymore.
40:19
So I have two out of four.
40:21
So another set, which I know are available, I think on the grand eBay's.
40:27
So what about you, Brad?
40:28
What about for your car?
40:29
What are you looking for?
40:29
Well, you know, I'm not as, uh, my cars aren't as close to being done,
40:34
I guess, as your guys cars are.
40:36
So there's huge things on my list, but, you know, it's nothing that
40:39
I would ask anybody to get me.
40:41
But if Santa was listening and feeling generous.
40:44
I need a roll cage for the GTI, uh, which means I also need fixed back seats.
40:50
Anybody that wants to go down to OG and, and test fit me,
40:54
you can get me some seats.
40:55
I'd like a new stereo for the Tundra because the stereo that I got,
40:59
the junkyard stereo doesn't have Sirius XM for some stupid reason.
41:03
So I need to get a new stereo for the Tundra and, uh, Yeah,
41:06
that's what I want for my rides.
41:09
Maybe a gift certificate to crutchfield.
41:11
com, right?
41:11
The, uh, the audio, uh, superstore there, right?
41:14
That might be something to think about.
41:15
Not to be confused with our crutchfield, but yeah, crutchfield.
41:18
com.
41:19
I do need that.
41:20
Well, I don't need it, but...
41:22
We don't need any of this stuff, any of this stuff, but if Santa were
41:26
just magically dropping stuff off the adapter for the aux cable on the older
41:31
style radios, it doesn't have that.
41:33
So you don't have to use a car cassette adapter, which still works
41:36
flawlessly, which a member actually recommended the exact unit for the.
41:42
component to, to buy.
41:45
That is some retro stuff right there.
41:47
Hey man, that car cassette adapter still works.
41:51
So let's talk a little bit about GIFs for you, not necessarily
41:55
Brad, but for you, the automobile.
41:57
No, no, no, I need, I need all the GIFs.
42:00
Many of you may or may not know the DeLorean Motor Company still exists.
42:05
It is based out of Texas and they are still working on developing a
42:10
new version of the DeLorean, and we wrote about this in an article earlier
42:14
this year that Mountain Man Dan put together, because he's a big fan of the
42:17
DeLorean, unbeknownst to most of us.
42:20
But, you can now own your own time machine.
42:23
And I'm not talking about a gull winged stainless steel car.
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No.
42:28
Texas based DMC Motors has licensed the rights to DMC
42:32
logos, uh, style, patterns, etc.
42:36
to the UK based Charlie Foxtrot Watches to release a line of
42:41
DeLorean inspired DMC watches.
42:45
And so the website is dmc watch.
42:48
com.
42:49
They have seven different styles and they clock in, ha ha, pun
42:54
intended, between 130 and 150 US.
42:57
So they're really affordable.
42:58
They're actually very stylish.
43:00
All of the bezels are stainless steel and you can check them out on the website.
43:05
Really cool stuff.
43:06
So yes, you can now own your own DeLorean at a very affordable price,
43:10
unlike the DeLoreans that are going to be coming out of Texas, which
43:14
will probably have a sticker price.
43:17
well above 100, 000.
43:18
Do they come with a line of coke?
43:22
One of the things that's come across our desk and we're actually trying
43:25
it out this year with much success and much enjoyment is a subscription
43:29
service known as petrol box.
43:32
It's the number one automotive enthusiast subscription box.
43:36
Each box contains handpicked items, including tools wearables, garage
43:41
gear, detailing supplies, magazines, collectibles, coupons, and more.
43:46
Every box is different.
43:47
Every month is different.
43:48
Every month is themed.
43:50
There is no contract.
43:51
You can cancel at any time.
43:53
Boxes do range from 20 to 40 a month, and there are discounts if
43:58
you go with a full year subscription.
44:01
I've had PetroBox now for about six months.
44:04
I've been happy with every box that's come.
44:06
It's been a great thing to have.
44:08
Lots of really cool stuff I probably wouldn't have bought
44:10
myself or have known about.
44:12
So it's, you know, new products to try.
44:14
Some really unique tools.
44:16
Really cool gifts and potential giveaways.
44:18
Speaking of boxes, Road and Track actually has a Road and track kids
44:23
club, basically kind of a similar thing where you get a box maybe a month or
44:27
at some frequency and it's, it's car related things geared towards kids.
44:31
So there might be little hot wheels cars in there.
44:33
There could be comic books that are car themed.
44:35
They're specifically made.
44:36
And then like, I think there's even little trading cards that have cars on them.
44:40
So we're trying to get kids engaged and excited about motorsports.
44:43
If you have any little kids of varying ages, maybe it's something
44:46
you could look into for the little ones, not you, but you're you juniors.
44:51
I think I'm going to sign up for this service myself.
44:54
Hey, you said Hot Wheels.
44:55
You have my attention.
44:57
The post office has released for the first time Hot Wheels inspired stamps.
45:02
So you can start using those on your Christmas cards as
45:04
you're getting prepared.
45:06
But in addition to that, if you're a Hot Wheels collector or Matchbox, which
45:09
is owned by Mattel as well, and you like collecting that scale of vehicle,
45:14
be careful while you're out there.
45:15
I happen to do this myself.
45:17
There are collectors out there who are spending.
45:20
thousands on limited and rare additions of Hot Wheels cars.
45:25
This is not new news to really anybody that's in that space.
45:28
A lot of those old red line Hot Wheels from the 60s and 70s, things
45:32
like that, they're worth a mint.
45:34
But this is also the reason why when you go to your local Target, Walmart,
45:38
Walgreens, whatever, you can never find the Hot Edition cars of the year.
45:43
And little trick to people to do collect or you're looking, look in different
45:48
states and different areas because Mattel distributes different paint schemes,
45:52
different models to different parts of the United States and hope that the collector
45:55
network distributes that almost like coins being minted in Denver versus being
46:00
minted in Philadelphia and how they, you know, make it from one coast the other.
46:04
So Mattel implements a similar strategy and they also do limited
46:07
quantities and limited batches of certain vehicles, paint schemes, etc.
46:11
So not to diverge too far on that, but since we're talking about
46:14
the post office a little bit.
46:16
We also issued a small matchbox size postal jeep that you can buy for 5.
46:26
99 and I think they have a larger semi truck option which is about 30 bucks.
46:30
And the money goes to helping USPS out.
46:34
So if you're into, again, collecting the little Matchbox Hot Wheels
46:38
type cars, you could add a USPS postal truck to your collection.
46:43
Very cool.
46:44
But speaking of collectibles, auto art.
46:48
For those of you that might not be familiar is probably one of the number one
46:53
brands when it comes to making replica die cast vehicles and models, they range from,
46:59
you know, 1 18 scale 1 43rd and so on.
47:02
But they've also gotten themselves into making.
47:05
automotive related household items.
47:08
And as an example, they have a Weber carburetor, salt and pepper shaker.
47:14
It looks just like a two barrel Weber or two barrel Delorto.
47:17
If you're into Italian carburetors and they also have
47:20
a Camaro muffler spice grinder.
47:23
They have towel racks in the shape of upper stress bars.
47:27
All sorts of interesting cutlery and cups and dishes and things like that.
47:32
Really cool stuff.
47:33
And the prices are actually quite reasonable considering how expensive the
47:37
models can be from, from time to time.
47:40
As an example, the carburetor salt and pepper shaker retails for around a hundred
47:44
dollars right off of their website.
47:46
And remember auto art is top quality replica.
47:49
So all things coming from auto art are going to look.
47:52
Like the original item and we're very close to so really cool stuff.
47:56
Very unique talking piece.
47:57
Somebody comes out and goes, why the heck do you have a carburetor
47:59
sitting on your kitchen table?
48:00
Well, here you want some salt.
48:01
You want some pepper?
48:02
Have at it.
48:03
And for many of us enthusiasts, when it comes to fashion, socks are the new tie.
48:08
Everybody check out heel tread and there's collection of motorsport
48:11
and racing inspired socks.
48:14
They've got other things too.
48:15
A couple of those little things, but mostly socks.
48:18
Anybody that follows me on Instagram, uh, knows that I got
48:21
all my groomsmen, these socks.
48:22
Uh, I've got probably 10 to 15 pairs.
48:24
So I'm, I'm all in with, uh, with heel tread and I love them.
48:27
So, uh, go get you some.
48:29
Yeah, you started a whole nother collection problem for me.
48:32
Now I got, I got watches, I got cars, I got socks.
48:36
As long as nobody buys me ties, we're okay.
48:39
Cause I think ties are out.
48:40
You're right.
48:40
Socks are the new tie.
48:42
And what, and what motor or what a heel tread is doing now is
48:45
they've actually got some inspired.
48:46
I think earlier in the year, they had some that were inspired by
48:49
tanks and now they've got some that are inspired by airplanes.
48:53
Uh, it's like the world war two era, like the mustangs.
48:56
Yeah, exactly.
48:57
Yeah.
48:57
So they've got a really cool collection.
48:59
The way they tie into the vehicles, they don't have pictures of cars on them.
49:03
They're inspired by these vehicles and the designs and everything.
49:07
And they're really slick the way they do it really retro, really cool.
49:10
I like them all.
49:11
And act now because they are having a black Friday sale and you could get
49:15
up to 50 percent off select styles.
49:20
That's actually really good.
49:21
Considering the MSRP on the socks ranges from nine to 12.
49:25
So you're talking about a high quality pair of dress socks for like
49:29
four and a half bucks to six bucks.
49:31
That's really, really good.
49:32
And to be perfectly honest with everybody that's listening, they're
49:35
one of the most comfortable dress socks I've actually worn because I
49:38
would wear them to work every day.
49:39
I didn't get the hole around my calf where the elastics biting into my biting into
49:43
me or they're falling down all the time.
49:45
Like you buy a brand new pair of socks.
49:47
Always yanking them up.
49:48
They've been great.
49:49
And I almost don't even realize I'm wearing them.
49:51
And to be even more transparent, I have a pair in my track bag that I wear
49:57
with my Sparko booties because they are, you know, not a hundred percent
50:01
synthetic, they are cotton based.
50:03
So I can wear those, you know, underneath my racing suit and stuff like that.
50:06
And I like the fact that they're thin and they gave me that feel and I don't have
50:10
to worry about yanking them up all day.
50:12
But I think over time they've kind of developed it.
50:13
It's almost like a hybrid dress kind of sports sock.
50:17
They're a little bit thicker, a little bit more comfortable.
50:19
They don't wear through like, like other dress socks do.
50:23
Uh, so I, I think they're, they're a great piece of kit.
50:25
And I'm still looking to try out their sport socks.
50:27
I just, you know, I kind of wonder, cause I do like low cuts, but I'm like, are you
50:31
really going to see my Lotus or Porsche golf livery inspired low cut socks?
50:36
If they're low enough in my shoe.
50:38
I mean, so for me, I'm, I'm still on the fence about that.
50:40
So he'll try the GTI ones.
50:43
So he'll, so he'll tread.
50:44
If you're listening, I'll take us, I'll take a pair to try them out.
50:47
They actually did send me a pair of free socks.
50:49
It's more for you to enjoy as you have your feet up on your Ottoman
50:52
or your table, enjoying some Netflix or Hulu or Amazon prime.
50:57
Yeah.
50:57
When you're watching the latest, uh, car inspired, you know, Netflix documentary,
51:02
and you've got your, your auto art.
51:04
Salt and pepper shaker eating your, your dinner or whatever, and you can watch
51:09
yourself having a drink out of your VW fridge as you stare across your toes.
51:13
Yeah, you're enjoying your VW sausage.
51:15
I'm watching my baby butler buff.
51:17
My baby to try saying that 10 times fast.
51:23
So speaking of apparel, what else is on the list?
51:25
Brad?
51:26
I'm wearing one now.
51:27
Everybody's got a shirt from blip shift pretty much nowadays.
51:30
I think I think everybody in the in the North America's has
51:33
a blip shift shirt to speak of.
51:36
I'm wearing the G.
51:37
T.
51:37
I.
51:37
1.
51:38
I've they've got many different styles.
51:40
They've got the thicker ones.
51:42
They've got long sleeve.
51:43
They got short sleeve.
51:44
Mine, I've, I've started getting the tribe blend because I found that they
51:47
don't shrink, uh, as much, uh, the, the thick ones, the heavy duty ones were a
51:52
little too much, a little too thick for me, especially for summertime and stuff.
51:56
The, the fitted ones, I liked them, but they shrunk really quickly.
52:00
Uh, the tribe blend seemed to be the way to go for me.
52:02
Uh, and they've got all kinds of different styles.
52:04
Every single day, they come out with a new design every once in a while.
52:07
I don't know if they're doing it now or not, but they, they roll out.
52:10
past designs to have like a huge sale, I guess, to clear out inventory.
52:14
Uh, you don't have to get a t shirt or a long sleeve shirt.
52:17
You can also get a poster of the designs.
52:19
So yeah, go to Blipshift and get some of that cool stuff.
52:23
So since we're still talking about apparel, our friends at OG Racing.
52:26
Are doing closeouts on various brands of helmets.
52:31
So there are some really great deals out there on 2015, right?
52:35
And as, as we learn on the safety as a system episode, there's a reason to
52:39
update your helmet more often than the 11 year expiration period would suggest.
52:47
Remember that 2015 helmets.
52:50
are good until 2026 and a lot of the 2020 helmets are just now
52:55
starting to ship and you may not be able to get them until next year.
52:59
So honestly, if you've got a 20 10 right now and you're trying to get
53:04
into something else, uh, because they expire next year and maybe a little
53:08
later because of COVID and not having the track time, you know, getting into a
53:12
2015 and helmet that's five years newer, it's going to have newer hookups in it.
53:17
Radio hookups are becoming standard now.
53:20
You're not allowed to drill your helmets anymore.
53:22
So, you know, as we learned, you know, the posts are going to be
53:24
there, all that kind of stuff.
53:25
The black Friday sales for OG racing are running from November 20th.
53:30
Through December 7th, and they're taking 20 percent off all closeout
53:35
items, including SA 2015 helmets.
53:38
That's all brands, your ruse, your sparkles, your steelers, your
53:41
bells, and so on down the line.
53:44
Apex pro you're looking at 10 percent off all items that are in stock.
53:49
And 15 percent off all O.
53:51
M.
53:52
P.
53:52
and that would be all O.
53:54
M.
53:54
P.
53:54
sport items.
53:55
And so sport will be in the name of the item.
53:57
So 15 percent off those and B.
54:00
2 helmets apex running at 199 95 and the B.
54:06
2 helmet known as the vision running at 179 95.
54:11
through December 31st.
54:13
So there's an extended sale on the B2 brand of helmets.
54:17
So if you want to find out more about those particular sales.
54:20
Hop on over to www.
54:23
ogracing.
54:24
com or reach out to Mark Francis, who was on the show earlier
54:27
this year at mark at ogracing.
54:31
com as well, I believe the showroom is open again, but I
54:35
would definitely call OG Racing.
54:37
To make sure you don't need an appointment, uh, if you want to
54:39
run down there last minute and see what they have on the shelf or try
54:42
something on, but you can call them.
54:44
Their staff is super knowledgeable and they'll be able to virtually fit
54:48
you as well, based on some criteria as we learned on that previous episode.
54:53
And if you're looking for Mark, he told me before that he's
54:56
there pretty much every Thursday.
54:57
Perfect.
54:58
Even better.
54:59
So thanks to the guys at OG for extending those, uh, promotions
55:02
and letting us know about it.
55:03
So moving on to talking back about the OG and the, all the stuff that you can buy,
55:08
you know, for safety for you and your car.
55:10
You need that stuff when you go to the track and hooked on driving or one of
55:13
the, you know, the many organizations out there that provide track events
55:17
and track days and stuff like that.
55:19
They have what's called a frequent driver program.
55:21
They offer it two times per year.
55:23
And it works out on a sliding scale.
55:26
I think basically you spend a certain amount of money.
55:28
The more you spend, the extra bonuses you get.
55:31
Um, there's two levels.
55:32
There's the gold and the silver level.
55:34
If you've got any questions, you can surely reach out to Hooked on Driving.
55:37
You can reach out to Mona directly if you're here in the Northeast,
55:40
uh, and she'll hook you up.
55:41
They've got, uh, also gift certificates as well.
55:44
Somebody gave me one as a wedding gift that I was very happy about.
55:47
So if you yourself want to go to the track or, you know,
55:50
some people that you want to.
55:52
Send to the track, reach out to Hoked On Driving and get, get yourself a frequent
55:56
driver program or some gift certificates.
55:59
And speaking of gift certificates, Mark Hicks, who was on the show
56:02
earlier this year, also mentioned to us that Chin Track Days has online
56:08
gift certificate sales as well.
56:10
So you can actually go to their website, ChinTrackDays.
56:13
com and purchase gift certificates for Chin Track Weekend as well.
56:18
And again, these are just Two of the many clubs out there to offer this kind
56:21
of service that people don't realize you can buy a track day for someone else.
56:26
So gift your petrol head, a track day, probably heard over the years,
56:31
you could get all sorts of Cadillac cologne and Jaguar driving gloves and
56:36
Volkswagen sausages, Volkswagen sausages, and Porsche designed sunglasses.
56:41
But did you know?
56:43
A name that's synonymous with motor sports, that being Momo has a website
56:48
devoted to apparel and accessories and motorcycle gear, et cetera.
56:54
It's known as Momo design.
56:56
You can check it out by using the link that's in the follow on article
56:59
to this episode, but they carry a full online store with his and hers
57:03
apparel, motorcycle gear, sunglasses, watches, accessories, and more.
57:08
And it's all reasonably priced and is made and ships from Italy.
57:12
So right from Momo, really cool stuff.
57:14
One of the other things you might be able to get for your loved one is
57:18
Something that's actually free right now, and that's a membership to one
57:24
of our new partners, Garage Riot.
57:25
Garage Riot is the car enthusiast social network.
57:29
It's a great place for petrolheads, motorsports fanatics, anybody
57:33
that's into cars, even casually.
57:35
It's a great place to share ideas, share stories, pictures, events you're going
57:40
to, et cetera, with like minded people.
57:42
It's a great down to earth environment.
57:44
It's not like anything you've probably used before.
57:47
It's not like your Instagrams and your Facebook groups and things like that.
57:50
It's really geared for petrol heads and motorsports and car enthusiasts alike.
57:54
A great environment.
57:55
Brad and I are on there along with a bunch of other GTM members.
57:58
So head on over to Garage Riot and check it out.
58:00
So that's www.
58:03
garageriot.
58:03
com and stay tuned for an upcoming episode where we dig in deep with the CEO and
58:09
founder of Garage Riot so you can learn all about the service in more detail.
58:13
What about for you?
58:14
What is something that Eric wants, not for his car, not for his garage, or Tanya,
58:19
not for her car, not for her garage?
58:21
You know, Jess would cringe at me saying this, but...
58:27
I could go for another motorsport or car inspired watch, to be
58:32
honest with you, because like the DeLorean watch is fantastic.
58:36
It's a really gorgeous watch in person, but there's some
58:39
really cool ones out there.
58:41
There's some Porsche watches, BMW motorsport ones, even though I'm
58:44
not the biggest BMW fan, but some other Their kit is really cool.
58:49
The Momo watches are pretty neat.
58:51
If you're looking at those, I like stuff like that.
58:54
I will say one thing just for me that I think I would like to have,
58:58
and this is because I recently posted about this on Garage Riot
59:01
and I watched a video on motorsport.
59:04
tv, I would like to have a model.
59:07
Of the first Jaeger liveried car.
59:11
And that happens to be a nine 14, six, that'd be a good yet, right?
59:16
They just got to find it.
59:17
That's the, that's the thing.
59:18
And if you don't know what I'm talking about, head over to motorsport.
59:21
tv and search for Jaeger Meister.
59:23
Uh, there's a 30 minute video on there, uh, talking about the history of the
59:27
Jaeger cars and one of the largest collections, single owner collections
59:30
of Jaeger liveried cars, et cetera.
59:32
And he happens to also in his showroom have a.
59:35
The largest collection of Jaeger models.
59:38
Uh, there's about 144 of them total.
59:41
He's got them in one 43rd scale, but I thought it was really cool that he owns
59:46
car number one Jaeger livery, number one, and the final Jaeger livery car, which
59:51
happens to be a Opel touring car V8.
59:53
And the first one is a 914 six.
59:55
And then he's got a ton of cars in between really good episode, really cool
59:59
stuff, definitely worth checking out.
1:00:01
So what about you, Brad?
1:00:02
Just for you?
1:00:03
Uh, just for me.
1:00:04
Well, you know, you're, you're talking about Jaeger and everything.
1:00:07
I'm actually getting a little thirsty.
1:00:08
So a new bottle of Jaeger would be great for me and in my freezer.
1:00:12
Uh, also to go with that, to go with that case of rich energy you have and my Haribo
1:00:20
And then I also I used to have 1 and I don't know what happened to it.
1:00:25
I thought I gave it to you.
1:00:26
I had a 1 18 scale mark for G.
1:00:29
T.
1:00:29
I.
1:00:30
and I do not know what happened to it.
1:00:32
I'm so furious that I can't find it.
1:00:34
Um, but I want 1 and then I want to sand it down and kind of paint it.
1:00:40
Like my car and essentially just do a replica.
1:00:43
Now there is a company on Instagram that I follow, but they actually make
1:00:47
wooden models of anything you want.
1:00:49
You send them pictures.
1:00:50
I'm sure it's super expensive, but someday I feel like I will
1:00:54
have, I will have one of those.
1:00:57
That's actually really cool.
1:00:58
Especially 118 scale cars.
1:01:00
Those are harder to come by anymore.
1:01:02
Everybody seems to have shifted to 140 third.
1:01:05
I have a problem moving to that, right?
1:01:06
I mean, we talked about this about, you know, the model Jeep and the
1:01:10
Hot Wheels and stuff like that.
1:01:12
It's hard to transition to a whole new collection.
1:01:14
I mean, I started with 118.
1:01:16
And I have a lot of them and they're, they're really cool, but then it's like,
1:01:19
you look at a hot wheels, you know, one 64th scale, I believe they are.
1:01:22
And it's like, you can get them for 70 cents when they're on
1:01:25
sale, 50 cents, you know, 94 cents at Walmart, stuff like that.
1:01:28
It's hard to say, Hey, here's a four inch car.
1:01:31
And it's, it's 80 bucks, you know what I mean?
1:01:34
Um, that kind of deal.
1:01:35
So, so I haven't been able to transition into that market.
1:01:38
That, and if we are talking about model cars that we'd love to have, I
1:01:42
mentioned this to somebody the other day.
1:01:45
If I could have any one, one 18 scale car right now, there's
1:01:48
actually two I would have one is the hunch took Audi 90 ITU car.
1:01:53
Like I saw walk ins Glenn back, you know, in the eighties when, when they were
1:01:57
running there and Trans Am with SCCA.
1:01:59
And I think the other one I would love to have is like a 88, 89 Sauber C9.
1:02:03
Mercedes LMP car.
1:02:05
Those are going to be super hard to find.
1:02:07
I don't even know if, you know, auto art or, you know, Maisto or
1:02:10
any of those guys make those, but that'd be, that'd be really cool.
1:02:14
Again, that's, that's a, for me thing, but since we're talking
1:02:16
about for ourselves, you know, that, that'd be super cool as well.
1:02:20
So I think I'm going to take advantage of the sock sale.
1:02:25
Somebody else has to take advantage of the sock sale for you, Tanya.
1:02:29
This is Christmas time.
1:02:32
The list is going to be long.
1:02:35
And then I'm going to have to decide how many socks is an
1:02:37
appropriate amount of socks.
1:02:38
She'll be ready by December 2021.
1:02:40
There's that many socks to choose from is the problem.
1:02:43
They have a huge selection.
1:02:45
It's great, isn't it?
1:02:46
I would definitely have alpha ones.
1:02:49
I haven't decided which one yet.
1:02:51
I'd like both.
1:02:52
My favorites are the, the Mercedes, the Wynn Mercedes, uh, GTD car.
1:02:59
The ones that I wore at the wedding, those are my favorite by far
1:03:02
because they really pop underneath like a dark suit or something.
1:03:05
My second favorite, I call the Wynn socks, my good luck sock.
1:03:09
My second favorite of the, the Ferrari.
1:03:11
250 GTO inspired socks.
1:03:13
Those are fantastic too.
1:03:15
Yeah.
1:03:15
See, I'm going to be more of the enjoys the socks as she
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looks over her feet at the TV.
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That is perfectly acceptable.
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But wait, there's more!
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If you want to get more holiday shopping ideas, head on over to www.
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gtmotorsports.
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org and search holiday to pull up this article and previous year's suggestions
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and check out all of our recommendations.
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To help support the club you love, think about picking up some GTM swag.
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And thanks to one of our members, we recently released a new online store.
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The URL is Swag, which is spelled S C H W A G.
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So that's swag.
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gtmotorsports.
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org or jump onto our main website, gtmotorsports.
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org and click on store.
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So all the remaining goodies we have in stock.
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Are listed on the website, the full inventory.
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And then we have some new items coming for 2021, which we will release
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probably sometime in December or closer to the new year as we're still
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developing that stuff for next year.
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But we do have a new store.
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It's pretty cool.
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There's a lot of different things you can do there.
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And we're also going to be doing some cross selling and cross
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promotion with some of our other partners through the store site.
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And remember, GTM is fueled by volunteers, and we need your
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support to help keep things going.
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And during this time of giving, consider helping us out by
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subscribing to GTM through Patreon.
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We've always been a no annual fee organization, but we do rely on donations
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and pledges to help us to continue to deliver awesome content, publish
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articles, and keep our developers on that strict diet of Fig Newtons,
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Monster, and Haribo gummy bears.
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For as little as 2 and 50 cents a month, you can show your support.
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Become a patron today by visiting www.
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patreon.
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com slash GT motor sports.
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We definitely wouldn't be able to do any of this if it wasn't for
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our sponsors, our members, our listeners, our audience, everybody.
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So we want to give a big shout out as we start, begin to close out this season
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to our sponsors and our supporters.
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For everything they've done for us this year, and we look forward to great things
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with all of them in the 2021 season.
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So let's give a big round of applause to Chaz's Used Auto Parts.
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Hooked on Driving.
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AutoFab Race Cars.
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OG Racing.
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Battery Warehouse.
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Radial Tire Company.
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RLC Automotive Industries.
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Crutchfield Decals and Numbers.
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Brian Schad Photography.
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Ultimate Outlaws.
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Breach Tech Solutions.
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TLC T Moto Works.
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Fontana Web Designs.
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HPDE Junkie.
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And Garage Riot.
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Again, thank you all so much for all the help this year, and we can't wait to do
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great things with you guys next year.
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So in closing guys, we can't thank you all enough after 30 some odd episodes
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that you've been hanging in with us and listening all the downloads, you know,
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we're seeing the uptake and viewership on the website and uptake on the podcast
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and all that, again, we can't thank you enough for supporting us and keeping
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us motivated to continue doing this.
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So I guess it just leaves us with one thing to say, which is happy holidays.
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So, from all of us at GTM, thank you, be safe, and have a great holiday season.
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You can call or text us at 202 630 1770.
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Or send us an email at crewchief at gtmotorsports.
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org.
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We'd love to hear from you.
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Hey listeners, Crew Chief Eric here.
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Do you like what you've seen, heard, and read from GTM?
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Great!
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So do we, and we have a lot of fun doing it.
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But please remember, we're fueled by volunteers and remain
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a no annual fee organization.
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But we still need help to keep the momentum going.
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So that we can continue to record, write, edit, and broadcast
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all of your favorite content.
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So be sure to visit www.
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patreon.
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com forward slash gtmotorsports or visit our website and click in the
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top right corner on the support and donate to learn how you can help.