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And it smells just like a 16 year old boy, like.
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I don't want to know how you know this.
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Like this week on that car show, we are back with a cruise show.
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We did have structure, I promise, but it didn't
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necessarily show that we had structure.
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We talked about driving seasons coming to an end in Washington
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and Colorado. Obviously it's one big season in
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LA, so I'm still driving with the top down.
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We talked a little bit about closing out car shows, including
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Redmond town centre. Dr. Habibi said hello to
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Lincoln, not to Lincoln to Ryan Habib.
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Dr. Habib said hello to Ryan, I think.
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Habibi is the phrase. Habib is the man.
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There we go, a legend. He was the customer services
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gentleman who served Ryan with some optics a few about six
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months ago. We have an ex.
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We also talked about watches for weddings, whether it's just a
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British tradition or something that carries on further.
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We may have mentioned some famous people getting married as
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part of that as well. We introduced the new
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competition on how you could win a Sheffield watch and it's
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pretty easy. Once again, we talked about
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which cars touch your soul. So these are the cars that
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actually make you want to go and investigate.
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You know where I can find them online and how much do they
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cost? I think Ryan got a little bit
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too intimate with a local police, but we'll leave that
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there. Then we talked about what
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Porsche is up to. Not only are they going back on
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commitments of stopping doing ICE engines, but they're also
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working with Audi on electric cars.
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And then finally we talked about what it's like to be a man
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inside a kids car, whether that was getting erected in Canada or
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deliveries in in LA. All that and a whole lot more.
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It was a fun episode. The 1st 20 minutes were only
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and let Jay know you heard about Sheffield watches from That car
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show. Hey and welcome to this week's
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That Car Show. It is another cruise show after
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a few successful weeks of me being replaced by some fantastic
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guests. So I saw the episodes but what
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were the highlights guys? I mean, how do you even choose,
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right? I mean, one of them's Lindsay's
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fiance, so she probably has to be careful, but they were all
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great, right? I will not be choosing.
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I know my answer. But think about it, I think,
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well, three shows, but four very different guests, right?
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Sasha Slepenov from Nilu Car Designer, our friends Derek Tam,
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Scott and Tatsio Otis, and then our very own fiance Tori Alonso.
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He's the VW. Now is he?
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Yes, He's our collective. Collection Royal we Little did
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he know, when he asked for my hand, he was.
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Going to wait till he meets my parents, yeah?
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He came with his own car show love.
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It the whole VW mafia came up for that one.
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That was a surprisingly well performing show, so thank you
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all. Thanks to all our VW fans out
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there. I think before we go into a deep
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dive on this show, let's just take a moment and say that we're
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going to honour an individual with this show, which is Tom
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Matano. And Tom was the father of the
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MX5, the Miata, as you guys would know it, and he passed
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away this week. So I think we'll take a moment,
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we'll raise a glass and say, hey, this show's for you, Tom.
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That's. Right.
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Thank you for all your contributions.
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Did you guys spend much time behind the wheels of Miatas?
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0 actually for me, which is very strict.
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Homework. Lindsay, we need to keep this
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homework. Yeah.
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Yeah, so who has a Miata that they won't let me pile it around
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They're. One of the great cars they
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really are there's nothing like a Miata, right?
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And it's a car that's really I think stuck to, you know, it's
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it's what makes it special, right, Even all these years
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later. But we had a couple growing up
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we had two growing up. I mean, my teens and 20s, a
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couple Nas, yeah, that's. They're still formative years.
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Long time ago and they were great cars.
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You know, I fit OK, you know, I wasn't that much smaller back
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then. We had a A92 limited edition
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with like the BBS and the the Nardi shifter and all that and
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then we had AI think it was a 96 M edition, which was kind of the
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equivalent, which was a midnight blue and they were fantastic
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cars. In fact, my dad had the that the
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the blue one until a few years ago until he traded it in on a
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on the Cayman that he's got or effectively traded it in so
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wonderful cars. I mean, they're, you know,
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there's just nothing like a Miata, a good Miata, you know,
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they're the, the fact that those were brought back, you know, I
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mean, really was, was something special.
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And there's a lot of effort that went into to that, I think.
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And, and he was the man. He's one of those guys like one
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of the bands you say, oh, I'll see him eventually.
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He's not that old, right, Right. You know, you know, yeah, run
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into an event or something. I think that's what was so
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strange is like for this day and age.
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He was very young. And you know, I, I haven't
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driven A Miata, but I remember seeing them like growing up, you
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know, at the track and at car events especially.
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You know, a lot of the events I attended were like Ford focused,
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as we all know. And there were plenty of Miatas
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there because people would put a Ford engine in because they were
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so great at the track. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I I cannot believe you've never driven A Miata.
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Lindsay, to Dan's point, yeah, I think you need to.
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I know that's, well, that's what I love about the car like world
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and the car hobby is that as much as you do know and like as
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much as we've all gotten to experience, there's still so
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much that we haven't done, which means, you know, we have a lot
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of homework. I also wanted to give a shout
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out because at the end of this month is The Gentleman's Drive.
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So this is a charity that focuses on men's health.
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Both men's mental health as well as physical health.
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And it is a worldwide movement in 64 countries where there is
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an organized drive that raises money for charity.
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If you want to find out more about it, go to
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www.gentlemansdrive.com and we'll put it in the show notes.
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But we have some friends, don't we, that are actively
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participating, leading rallies. Shut up, Matt.
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Yeah, and our friend Babes in Classics, Ariel Zadok in LA,
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friends of Late Night Playset will know her as the purple
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headed producer, as Jay has been calling her lately.
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But she's been producing the event in LA for the last, I
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think, four years. And it's always fun to see the
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pictures afterwards because people dress up the whole, the
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gentleman part of it is everyone dresses up.
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And so they all look very dapper to do the drive.
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So it's fun, you know? And they're raising money for a
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good cause. Yeah.
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Yeah, we like it. So the question for the folks
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that are either in Colorado or Washington State, are you guys
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making the most of the change in season because things are about
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to change in both states? That's right.
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I'm lucky in LA because I think the season continues on.
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But how are you guys? Journal Summer Things.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you made you made the
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right move, Dan. This season is year round.
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That's where you are. Yeah.
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Yeah, we can definitely tell in Seattle the sun has shifted all
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of a sudden. It is like clockwork, just like
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it's fall. You can see where the sun is,
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the lights different. So I actually took the GT4 out
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today because it was sunny and you got to take advantage.
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Right. And it was delightful.
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Every time I get back in that car, you know, you get get out
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on the road, like have the chance to accelerate even the
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tiniest bit. And it's like a giant exhale.
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Just yeah. Man, I love that car.
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Are the car shows in still in Seattle still taking place or
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have they finished now? So they had the last theme day
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of exotics at Redmond Town Center, which has grown into,
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you know, such a massive event. That was this past Saturday
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morning. And I think they, that's how
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they sort of hedge the seasons because they'll, they end the
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sort of official days and then weather permitting, they'll keep
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doing it for a little bit. But so this weekend was British
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for this past weekend was British day, which was pretty
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fun because on the drive there we actually saw a few of the
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examples. We were like towards the later
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end of the event. And so some people had already
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left, but so we got a little bit of like British day on the move
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on the way there. Very good, like a moving car
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show whether any Jaguars there? Yes, there were, there was 1
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XKSS replica, but it was very well done and like very fun to
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see. And then there was a, it's a, an
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XK140, which I have a friend in Orange County that actually has
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a red one, but there was a black one there and it was absolutely
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stunning. Really fun to see that in person
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up close. And then there were some like
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60s Jags. Sorry, Jaguar.
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And yeah. And there were two very cute
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little Nash Metropolitans right next to each other, which, yeah.
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So it was a fun, like even getting there a little bit
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later, it was still a fun day and it was beautiful.
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I'm glad to hear you're making the most of the the last few
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days of Summer and Ryan. I gotta give a quick shout out
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to well, I got it first, like you mentioned, the Redmond Town
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Center and the last time and the only time I've been at Redmond
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Town Center is when I was moving, helping you move from
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Seattle to LA, Dan and I forgot my contacts.
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So shout out to Doctor Habib and the the crew at Optics OPTIX
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Eyewear at Redmond Town Center. They were.
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They were an. Official sponsor of that car.
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So that's was 1500 on the. Gentleman's drive, couldn't
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they? They were true generous.
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Yeah, I think we save. Save my my bacon.
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Yeah, about 5 different opticians and like they were,
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no, they weren't willing to give any samples.
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They were. Yeah, I know you needed were
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just enough to get you through the week, right?
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That's all I needed. And Doctor Habib said liability
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out the window. I like this guy.
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We'll hook him up with some contacts and I like them.
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So thank you. Thank you very much.
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Like your smile? Come on in.
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I would have rubbed in my eyes all week, Dan.
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More important, you don't even have it anymore.
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Who cares, you know? Yes.
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But to answer your question, yeah, it's it's the seasons are
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changing here as well. We got a little snow in the
11:17
mountains for the first time recently and oh boy, yeah, it's,
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you know, the writing's on the wall.
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So I've been trying to get out as much as I could.
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Went out with some friends like 6 perfectly matched cars, right
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different versions. There was a 992.2 T.
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There was a 991.2 GT 3RS. There was a Cayman 4.0 GTS.
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There's my car a couple of the course anyways, just it was just
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a when you ever get in a group and everyone's just kind of kind
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of gels the cars, the driving and all that.
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And it was it was grand. And then I got out by myself
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once as well, which hasn't happened in a long time.
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And you forget is wonderful. It is driving with friends,
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right, right. It's also pretty great to just
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go out and drive to. Just go.
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Get in the zone, right? Get in the zone.
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And there's not a better driving season than the fall, right?
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At least here in Colorado, the leaves are changing.
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And, you know, there's that you're, you know, you've got to
12:07
get it in, you know, that this this driving really counts,
12:09
right? Yeah.
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And so. Yeah.
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It makes it that much sweeter because, like you said, you can
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see the evidence that the season is coming to a close for.
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This year, Exactly, exactly. There is nothing quite like
12:20
being, yeah, being on your own in a car that you love on a fun
12:22
road. And just like, again, it's just,
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it's so restorative. And, you know, I think we summed
12:29
it up right. There's so much Zen and drives
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like that. Yeah.
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Do you guys listen to music when you're driving on your own or is
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it the engine and the. It depends.
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For me, it depends on like how restorative I need the drive to
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be. And if it's, I think a lot of
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times it's just the engine noise, especially if it's in a
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car that I really enjoy the note.
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Like, yeah, I had a GT350R Mustang, and that was, you know,
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that exhaust is sort of in a class of its own.
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It's so intoxicating. So when I drove that car, no
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music. Well, let me just mention that
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Lindsays GT4 straight pipe. So I don't know that you be able
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to hear the music anyway. I don't listen.
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I don't listen to music ever unless I'm stuck in traffic or
13:17
something. Not in not in the Porsche
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because I don't know. I like to be fully tuned in.
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In fact, I, I, I struggle even with wearing sunglasses right.
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I like to be fully aware, fully dialed in and plus I have the
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bass stereo so it's not that good anyway.
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More enjoyment in the sound of the car.
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So funny. Yeah.
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Yeah, the engineers at Porsche will really appreciate those
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comments. Yeah, windows down so I can hear
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it all. You know for sure how to do
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that. Yeah, get a little sand in the
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teeth, you know. It helps with your awareness
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too, like when I. First learned to.
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Drive again. I was in Southern California, so
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the weather was nice and it was the summer.
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But I remember after a week realizing like, I think it
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something happened and I had to put a window up.
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And I remember going like, well, how am I supposed to know what's
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going on if the window's up? Yeah, yeah.
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Come on. Yeah.
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I don't know where to shift you. Know I've done a few drives so I
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wanted to get 1000 miles on the car.
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Right. Yes, A.
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Few weeks ago I went down to Malibu and there is a market I
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can't think of. The name of the market is a Is
14:17
it pizza market? Oh, Scott's Scott's Malibu
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Kitchen, I think. So that's a nice drive, although
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obviously that area was affected by the fires at the beginning of
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the year. So when you head down there,
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there are very strict speed limits and there are also police
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bikes with radar guns at various junctions.
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So you definitely have to take that seriously.
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Yeah, but super saddening. And I've heard good news, but
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super saddening as you go down that road.
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On the left hand side is the coast and on the right hand side
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is the canyons. There was a burnt out 9/11 which
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was as a result of the fires became iconic.
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Yeah, but I've heard it's been towed away to be restored.
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So I hope that myth is true and that is the case.
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Yeah. But I also went to Helms Bakery
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last Sunday for the Johnny Lieberman friend of the show.
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Yeah. I needed Lindsay with me.
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There's all these people I know by face but I don't like to talk
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to. So I got there, pulled in, and I
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went for my coffee, and they do a coffee outside.
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Step behind me. Was is it universe, Jeff?
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Yeah. Jeff.
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Booker. Yeah, we met him at.
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The LA Auto Show last night. Briefly, I wrote a show.
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Behind him was Lynn Woodward. Behind her her was Matt Farah.
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And I was like, I'm introverted at the best of time, so I'm
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like, I'm not going to turn around and say hello to the
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who's who of LA. Oh, you're right there with him,
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Dan, Come on. Yeah, that's.
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Amazing. Yeah.
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And I think was Hannah, Matt's wife.
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She was with him too. I think that.
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Was. Well, yeah, And they collected
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bunch of cars. Like, I am dumb.
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I'm really dumb. So I got there and I walked
16:02
through and Matt had his Myers Manx, Yeah.
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And he was the only guy who'd parked nose in.
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So initially I'm like, why? Why bother?
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Like, are you just lazy? But the reality is that the
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business end of that car is in the back, right?
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It's got the. Radial engine, Yeah, that's why
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he did it. But I needed more coffee because
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I hadn't been turned it together.
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Well, the next time you go, Dan, you roll up in that brand new
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red Porsche of yours and, and and you say, do you know who I
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am? And I bet they do.
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But nice people all in. Because the car didn't make the
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list. So as I'm pulling, oh, someone I
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know very well was on the gate, and when you go to the gate,
16:45
it's a left turn to go in and exhibit your car.
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Yeah, just straight on to go park in the car park.
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And a good friend of the show, Sean, just sent me straight
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along. And I'm like oh and.
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He's moving, yeah. Next time, Sean, I'm looking for
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a left turn right. Yeah.
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Well, that's why that thing's got a radio in it.
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Because I got to Lynn and I were the parking wardens for the
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inaugural event. And so you didn't.
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Send me left. You would have definitely sent
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me left. I would have moved all those
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cones and brought it right in. What?
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Does it take? Well, it was.
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It's, I think what makes it so unique and is one of the cool
17:22
things about that event is that there's the front parking lot
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and then when you go behind, there's more parking along the
17:27
building, but then there's also the parking garage.
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So it's sort of like a choose your own adventure.
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And they were sort of like sorting.
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You know, some of the priority spots were behind the building
17:37
the first time, and then they had the front lot.
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But it was also a learning experience because the front lot
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filled up even as, you know, it was being curated, filled up.
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And then there were more behind. And then.
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But even the parking garage was a car show in itself.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Well. Yeah, having also been in this
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position. Garage.
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Sorry, Ron, you go on. No, having also been in this
17:57
position, that is a tough position to be in because it's
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not like you're getting paid to do this.
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Where do you draw the line? And I think it's kind of a
18:03
sliding scale as the show goes on, right?
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Maybe a little tougher as the show goes on.
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It was that early, Ryan. Yeah, I I mean, I would have let
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you in no problem. Not only the car, but it's it's
18:14
come on. It is it is it is the Dan
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Pilling, right? Danny P, come on front and
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center, everyone. You know, if you don't know, you
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know. Now how is that car, by the way?
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You've got 1000 miles on it. So if you don't know, it's this
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beautiful Guards red. Sorry, Boxster GTS 40.
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Yeah, again, quickly to 1000 miles.
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I've had it. Yeah, I've had it first of
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August, I think I got it 2nd of August.
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So anyway, I went out to the Joshua Tree with it.
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It was 109°, not not mph, but the drive home was magical.
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So I had to get back to LA quite early on the Sunday.
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So it was literally up at 6:30 and on the road and there was no
18:57
one else around. The sun was coming up.
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I was driving through mountains. So I got to give it some beans
19:03
in the end. That's amazing.
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How many beans did you give it, Dan?
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Yeah, let's, yeah, let's not incriminate myself now that I
19:11
right. You got that 1199 license plate
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I have? I'll talk.
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About that on this show, the chairman of that organization
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on. Absolutely right.
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You can use. Your imagination.
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Had you been to Joshua Tree before, Dan?
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Not for a long time. Not for a long time.
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There's a really good music venue, not necessarily the music
19:31
I saw there, but called Pappy and Harriet's and and it's a
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really good music venue. It's just outside Joshua Tree,
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in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, no, but I've heard about
19:43
it because it's this like totally out of the way.
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Like you have to know, you know that it's there and but they get
19:49
some really big names. Yeah, about 3 or 4 years ago,
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Paul McCartney played a secret concert there.
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Oh really? Yeah, it's that sort of crazy.
19:58
Have a look at the website because they have.
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I don't know how they do it because it is literally the
20:02
middle of nowhere. Yeah, but they have like famous
20:05
acts all the time. It's wild.
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I I had never heard of it until like a year ago because I have,
20:11
I know people that live in that area and that's how they had
20:13
learned about it. But yeah, yeah.
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It's like you would never expect.
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I mean, Paul McCartney there is the last thing you would expect.
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Right. Right.
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I know. Yeah.
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So. So, Dan, I just want to go back
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to your Malibu Dr. Like what was it like being in the area?
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You know, you'd been there before the fires?
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Obviously. Yeah.
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What is it like to be there and experience it like post fire?
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I haven't been there since. I I think it's just humbling
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because you you drive along and you realize what people have
20:45
lost. And you know, it's still,
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there's still people, even though it might be a beachfront
20:51
property in Malibu, you know, it's still people and they've
20:54
lost their houses and. Right.
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Yeah. So just very humbling.
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Yeah. I saw.
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I saw a post today from a gal who has done a fair amount of
21:04
reporting on Malibu just sort of lifestyle or, you know, store
21:08
kind of day in the life stories. And she actually ended up losing
21:12
her house too in the Palisades. And what struck me was she said
21:16
when she did go back to the neighborhood after the fire, she
21:19
ended up passing her own house at first without realizing it
21:22
because there were no landmarks anymore.
21:24
And I. Thought.
21:25
You know, we're going to start hearing like more of those
21:28
stories, but it's always interesting to hear what it's
21:31
actually like to see it. Yeah, but no, it's it's good
21:36
news is that obviously people are starting to rebuild now and
21:39
all that sort of good stuff. So yeah, shall we give a watch
21:44
away? What do you think?
21:45
We should. Before we do that, I've just
21:47
been informed that we are recording an audio only so much.
21:49
Like when Wizard of Oz goes from black and white to color, we are
21:54
now going to go to video. Nothing.
21:59
Here we are, because I know you are missing our beautiful mugs.
22:02
Here we are, right? Sorry, Dan, We're going to give
22:05
away some watches. Part 2 in full visual definition
22:11
If you've missed the OR if you listen to the first part, it was
22:13
audio only and it's our apologies.
22:15
So let's get on with giving something away to buy back our
22:19
audience, shall we? We're here now, Yeah, we're here
22:21
now, and we've got a watch to give away.
22:24
So we are obviously working with the great folks at Sheffield
22:26
Watches and I thought, you know, how do we do some sort of
22:29
competition that helps someone win a watch?
22:32
And Congrats again to our friend Dave who won the 1st watch.
22:36
So there was recently a very famous proposal, a football
22:43
player proposed to a pop singer, Travis and Taylor I believe
22:49
their names were. And I wanted to ask you guys,
22:52
first of all, is it just a British tradition that when a
22:56
couple get engaged, obviously the the gentleman buys a ring
23:00
and it's usually either a month or a month and a half's worth of
23:04
salary for that ring. So is.
23:06
That three months was. That.
23:08
Absolutely. Bamboozled we're we're cheap Or
23:12
both your other halves have been told the wrong information, but
23:17
so that is tradition that you earn a certain amount of wages
23:20
on the ring. Yeah, I think less tradition and
23:23
more marketing, but yes. Yes, and apparently.
23:25
Different in different parts of the country, but.
23:28
Yeah, there's a sliding scale, so.
23:31
Yeah, be careful where you get engaged.
23:32
If you find if you you find your wife in the South, it might be
23:36
cheaper than more metropolitan. Even real diamond.
23:40
Yeah, who knows, but. San Bernardino, yeah.
23:44
Shout out to San Bernardino, the people of you know were kind
23:48
enough to send me AT shirt so I thought I would wear it.
23:51
It's. Amazing.
23:52
Yeah. You wear it well.
23:54
I'll be wearing Taylor and Travis T-shirt next week.
23:57
Tune in. The second piece is obviously
24:01
the groom and fiance is buying the ring, right?
24:06
Does the bride have an obligation?
24:08
In the UK it's kind of considered that the bride would
24:11
buy the groom a watch to wear for the special day.
24:14
Is that AUK thing or do you guys subscribe to that?
24:17
That's so fun. I think it's AUK thing, but I
24:20
love it. I think we need to bring it over
24:22
here. We did that.
24:24
So when my Molly and I got engaged, oh lo, so many years
24:28
ago, I got her a ring that was three months my salary, which
24:34
now I know better, and she got me a Rolex at Rolex Milgaus,
24:39
which is the Rolex I wanted. But then I somehow then got her
24:42
a Rolex as well, but a cheaper one, an Air King, which now she
24:47
doesn't even wear anymore because she's got an what is it
24:50
the the. Yes, the date just.
24:52
Yeah, the date just that's what it is, which.
24:54
Is not that. I know all the watches your wife
24:56
wears, but I know it's the one I have.
24:58
That's how. I yes, it's the beautiful green
25:00
one, which you know, so anyway, but you know, we, so we did
25:03
that. I don't know how common that is.
25:05
I mean, it seems like, you know, all is fair.
25:08
And so sweet. I love.
25:09
Yeah, I love that. But no, I've never heard of
25:12
that. I've never heard like I've heard
25:14
of the bride and groom getting each other a gift when they get
25:19
like like a wedding present to give each other after they're
25:23
married. But you would need to watch
25:24
ahead of time. Right.
25:26
It's right. I like the idea.
25:28
I mean, certainly watches are involved.
25:30
It's a great idea, right I? Mean, I guess we like Jay
25:32
Turkbus kind of helped us do that accidentally.
25:35
He sent us or like without me realizing that there was a
25:38
tradition that we could have been ascribing to it, but he
25:41
sent us his and hers of the green, the the black diver with
25:46
the green. Yeah, it's cool, you know, Dial.
25:49
So wow, I happen to be wearing mine today without even
25:53
realizing we were going to talk about that.
25:55
So I was thinking then if you were to be wanting to buy the
26:01
other half a watch or if you wanted to receive a watch, which
26:05
of the Sheffield watches firstly would you think would be the
26:09
most appropriate? Knowing that on the wedding day,
26:12
the worst thing you can turn up with is a really fancy watch
26:16
that is going to, you know, take the attraction away from your
26:19
beautiful bride. So firstly, which Sheffield
26:22
watches would you go for and why that's?
26:24
A good. Let's see.
26:25
So if it was a. Beach wedding.
26:27
If it was a beach wedding, I think the rally would be a great
26:30
choice because it's very elegant, right?
26:33
But it fit well. Like it's not too, it's not
26:36
super flashy, but it's very elegant.
26:38
It would fit with that, you know, setting and still look
26:43
classy. Let's see.
26:45
I do know someone that got married at Laguna Seca.
26:48
So I think if you did that, sorry, Yeah, you can.
26:52
Actually, I didn't. I know.
26:53
I remember going like, wait a minute, I didn't even know that
26:55
was an option. Well, it could be.
26:58
I mean. Yeah, yeah, there's still time.
27:02
I know, right? You know what?
27:04
We know some people. It's done taken care of.
27:08
Yeah. I think maybe like a blue like a
27:12
blue spikes would be kind of cool or the is it the GMT, the
27:17
blue and red? I think that would be cool if
27:20
you were getting. Married.
27:20
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That.
27:21
I think that would be the one, Although I could probably insert
27:24
a joke here about the QL one and that it's practical and cheap.
27:28
That could set the set the path for a marriage.
27:30
The tone for the watch relationship.
27:33
No, but I like that idea. I like that GMT.
27:35
It takes you around the world. I don't know, right.
27:37
It's just it's, it's worldly. It's.
27:39
You wouldn't need to change the watch on your honeymoon.
27:41
You wouldn't need to. Change.
27:42
No, you just turn that bezel, you know?
27:44
And I was going to go for the new super production, which is
27:48
obviously the Swiss made. I think it just looks, you know,
27:52
next right level of fancy showing off fancy If it was a
27:57
non Sheffield watch, did you guys have any thoughts around
27:59
what the equivalent would be? I could go first.
28:04
Go first if you want. What'd you buy your bride then?
28:07
Well, it would be what I would be wearing.
28:09
So what I would expect. Let's go.
28:11
Yeah, to buy me. So I was thinking about a JJ
28:16
Lacoute Roberto. So these watches are, I guess
28:22
they're portrait in shape, aren't they?
28:24
And they were originally designed for polo players.
28:27
So to protect while playing polo, you can actually flip the
28:31
watch over and it becomes some of them have dual time, but it
28:34
becomes. So then you could have the
28:36
inscription of the date or something on the other side.
28:39
So to protect the watch, you can.
28:40
Flip it over. There was such a demand in the
28:42
polo community for a watch that without you know it.
28:45
Was screaming out for it. That's amazing.
28:48
I I you learned to be something tonight, Dan.
28:50
I didn't know that. That's right, that car show is
28:53
called an educational institution.
28:56
Yeah, I like it. Any other ideas?
28:59
Yes, so I'm trying to look up the brand because it's it's a
29:03
really unique watch. And of course I'm blanking on
29:07
the so Matt Farah has one and I got to see a quail a couple
29:12
years ago and the dial is made of some a material called
29:16
Fordite. Have you guys seen?
29:19
This, yeah. So it's it's cut from the layers
29:23
of paint on the floors in car factories.
29:27
Which is so cool. No two of them are the same, but
29:30
there's a company that makes really beautiful ones.
29:33
It's also highly carcinogenic, but it's.
29:35
Beautiful. I mean, oh Arkanot.
29:38
OK, yeah, they're super cool. They're super cool.
29:41
I love them and you know, what's so amazing is like, obviously
29:45
they're all unique and you never know and, and it's kind of fun
29:49
when they release a new series to guess like which, you know,
29:53
OEM. Do you think this came from and
29:55
like what were they painting? Because some of the colors are
29:57
very distinctive. There was one that had like a,
30:00
you know, kind of it was like an acid green.
30:01
And I'm like, is this Porsche Fordite?
30:03
Because it's it's called Fordite, but they can use.
30:06
They make it so. Yeah, Porsche Knight has a
30:12
certain ring. Yeah, there's a Stand by me
30:15
reference in there, Dan, if you dig deep.
30:17
But yeah, I'll have to keep looking and me listen to the
30:20
show, right? Any watches from your side
30:22
because you used to like trade in watches didn't.
30:23
You I did you know that that was something yeah.
30:27
In college and right out of college lived in Chicago and you
30:30
know, this was back in the day probably told the story.
30:32
But my first couple jobs out of college, I traveled a lot and
30:35
I'd go to these small towns or these towns across the country.
30:38
And I first thing I do would be to check Craigslist and see if
30:41
anyone was, was trying to unload a Rolex and picked up a lot of
30:45
watches over the years and would flip them and make a little bit
30:47
of money and, and so got to try just about everything.
30:50
I've never much like you've never driven A Miata.
30:52
I've never owned a Daytona, which is the car guy watch,
30:55
right, you know, but a lot of submariners, a lot of GMTS and,
31:00
and explorers and things like like that.
31:02
And, and I guess that sort of leads me into the watch, I think
31:05
is kind of the gold standard, if you will, for, for weddings and
31:08
funerals and everything else. And that's Rolex and, and, and I
31:11
guess Tudor as well. It's it's sort of junior brand.
31:14
I, I just, to me, that's always sort of meant something special.
31:18
I know it's, you know, maybe not as as a rare a watch or as
31:23
uncommon a watch to see maybe as it once was.
31:25
But but yeah, I, I, I, I wear 2 watches.
31:29
I wear Rolexes and I wear Sheffields and they complement
31:34
each other well. But yeah, if it wouldn't be a
31:35
Sheffield for me, I think it would probably be a Rolex of
31:37
some sort, or maybe a tutor and maybe something vintage if you
31:40
really want to up the cool. Oh that would be cool.
31:43
Yeah. All those old vintage Rolexes I
31:46
sold so many years ago to make $1000 that are now worth, you
31:49
know, live and learn. But don't even think about it.
31:53
Move on. Yeah, at least at least they
31:55
weren't fakes like that's. Right.
31:58
You know the Rolexes came in a fake calculator, at least from
32:01
China. Yeah, so very good, Very good.
32:03
Well, let's give folks a chance to win a what?
32:06
Yes, So what? I'm music or something.
32:09
Is yeah, that car show, Instagram, we're going to post a
32:15
picture of a watch and we're going to do that after the show
32:20
gets released so no one can do it in advance.
32:23
And what we would like you to do to win potentially one of these
32:26
watches is firstly follow 2 accounts, follow that car show
32:30
and follow Sheffield watches. I'm hoping that most of our
32:33
listeners are already doing both, but just in case that's
32:36
the first way to opt into this competition, then I want you to
32:39
comment and say which watch from the Sheffield Watch brand range,
32:44
would you think that Taylor Swift should buy for Kelsey and
32:48
why? And you can make that funny, you
32:50
can make that serious. You can make that, you know,
32:52
anything you want. You you know, you can say it's
32:55
because I don't know if she wants him to shake it out or she
32:59
wants somebody style. Yeah, I'm out of ideas in terms
33:07
of some names, but yeah. So follow both accounts.
33:11
Comment on the post that we have specifically with why and which
33:16
watch from the Sheffield range. Go to Sheffield Watches on all
33:20
the websites and we will pick the best answer.
33:23
It'll be a group decision amongst the four of us, Lindsay,
33:26
Ryan, myself and Michael, and we'll let you know and you'll
33:30
get your pick of a Sheffield watch.
33:31
So little effort for great. Reward potential.
33:34
Yes, creative is is good. The real story here is Dan wants
33:38
to tag Taylor on Instagram. Did you say tag?
33:44
What do you do? Sorry, Tag.
33:46
Is it tag? Oh, that's also a watch brand.
33:48
OK, All right now and. Then say what you did there.
33:51
No, I'm sure. Yeah, we have our competition.
33:57
Yeah, make it happen. Get creative.
33:59
Yeah, make Dan laugh. Please make me laugh.
34:03
I was watching another podcast, which was Chris Harris and
34:06
friends last week and he said something really profound, which
34:10
he does regularly, but this was really profound and he said say
34:14
again. No, I was going to say
34:16
particularly profound, even from someone who is profound quite
34:18
often. Yes, and he wasn't saying, hey,
34:21
Lindsay, do you like the ice cream here at Lamont this time
34:24
around? But he's that was.
34:27
A1 time thing. His quote was, you know, a car
34:30
has touched your soul and after driving it, you spent hours on
34:34
websites looking at used versions.
34:36
Yeah, yes. So I wanted to ask you.
34:38
Agreed. What was the last car that
34:41
touched your soul and why? Ryan, you want to go?
34:44
I'll go. A car that touched me for the
34:47
record, good touch was is Lotus Elise.
34:51
You know, it's A and it's a tiny car, so it touched me all over,
34:54
I guess. But that was that was really
34:59
every time I see a Lotus Elise, I go down that rabbit hole even
35:03
though I hardly fit and they'd have to like Lube me up whatever
35:05
to slide me in and the top couldn't be on because I can't
35:08
fold that direction. That is a car that gets me
35:11
going. They're eternally 3540 thousand
35:14
dollars. I think they still are.
35:17
They're just wonderful cars. The cars that they don't make
35:20
like that anymore and hardly did make at that time, you know,
35:24
manual steering and everything else, just just special special
35:27
cars. Incidentally, also one of my
35:30
bucket list cars, one of my cars you should drive before you die.
35:33
They're truly, truly special. But I guess also the GT4, the
35:37
first time I had a A base came in the first time I really had
35:41
an interaction with the GT4. It was a 2016981 and they're
35:50
amazing, even when they have mufflers on them.
35:52
But yeah, you know, it's I I just fell down that rabbit hole
35:57
and I had to have one and then the, you know, the 2020 came out
36:00
and I bought one. I've not bought in the lease
36:02
yet. I probably never will.
36:04
But yeah, those are the two cars that have have touched my soul.
36:08
Very good, very good. And Lindsay, what was the last
36:11
car that touched your soul? The last one was actually a Land
36:16
Rover Defender. Interesting.
36:18
Is this a car week? Was this a Pebble?
36:20
No, it was because when I got to go to Carmel in May and do the
36:25
Land Rover experience the off road school.
36:28
Yeah. Yeah, I mean Chris really hit
36:31
the nail on the head because the amount of time I have spent
36:35
looking at defender like slightly pre owned defenders is
36:41
you know, probably an unhealthy amount over the last like since
36:44
I got back from that trip. Some modern defenders.
36:47
Yeah, modern defender. What would you get?
36:49
The 90, the 110, the 1:30? So that's it for you.
36:53
I I really like the 110 and that would have been my like I would
36:57
have said, you know, no question.
36:59
But what was so interest like another interesting part of the
37:01
trip outside of getting to do the off road school and like
37:04
learning all of the aspects of off roading and doing it in
37:09
those cars and seeing how capable they are.
37:12
Before the actual event started, my dad was over at Laguna Seca
37:16
doing a vintage racing event and they let me take a brand new
37:20
1:30 to go like pop in and say hi to him at the track.
37:25
And I was really excited to try it because it is about 20 inches
37:29
longer I. Think.
37:31
Than the 110 and I'd only driven a 110.
37:34
So I'm like this is going to be really interesting.
37:35
I'm curious to see like does it feel a lot heavier?
37:37
Is it laggy? Is it slower?
37:39
Whatever. You can't tell a difference.
37:41
You do not feel it, which is really a feat when you look at
37:45
how much longer it is, you know, because it adds weight, it adds
37:49
drag, all of that. And I took the 1:30 over
37:52
Loreleus grade, which if you know the area, it's a windy Rd.
37:56
Like it's, I think of it as sort of like car weeks, Angeles
37:59
crests, like, you know, short, but it's a lot of elevation,
38:05
some pretty good turns. And the 1:30 ate it up no
38:09
problem really. Did you just say that the 1:30
38:13
I'm going to get it was 20 bigger than the 110?
38:18
Wouldn't it? I think.
38:19
Yeah, that's inches, right because.
38:21
And surely that's the numbers 110 + 20 is 130.
38:27
Yeah, no, this isn't that how it works.
38:29
And then there's the 90, which is the short wheel base.
38:31
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was subscribing.
38:33
Proportional. Yeah.
38:35
People that may not be familiar with what the numbers.
38:38
Mean yeah it's like I had to think they're for a minute if it
38:41
was millimeters inches hands like what was going you know
38:44
it's the Brits so you never know right and.
38:46
It could be hands. Sorry.
38:47
They're very agricultural. It's.
38:49
So that really was the Land Rover Defender, right?
38:52
Yeah. And would you swap the wrong?
38:54
Would you swap the Ford 150F-150 four?
38:59
I hope so. That wasn't an immediate yes,
39:02
so. What is this Sophie's Choice?
39:04
Come on. Just the Ford touch you in the
39:07
same way that the. So you know what's funny?
39:10
I was thinking about this because a friend texted me
39:13
yesterday. They were at a shop in LA that
39:16
had a fifth Gen. Bronco.
39:19
And I like, I immediately just went, Oh my gosh, it's so
39:22
exciting. I love it so much.
39:24
And it's funny because the truck is probably the closest thing to
39:29
a Bronco like that that you can get.
39:33
You know, obviously the configuration is slightly
39:35
different, but it's probably one of the closest things you can
39:37
get. And that didn't hit me until
39:40
relatively recently that I was like, I'm basically driving the
39:44
closest thing I can get to at Morocco.
39:46
And I really do like, they did a really good job with the design
39:49
of the truck. I think it's still so classic.
39:51
Like, it makes me smile when I see it.
39:55
Yeah. I mean, it's been, you know,
39:56
it's been with me through a lot. And it's like, really?
40:00
Been a big part of my life for a long I mean, you know what?
40:04
I brought my daughter home from the hospital in the truck, so I
40:09
would have to add the defender. How about that?
40:12
There we go, there we go. Add it to the stable.
40:14
The The last car that I think touched my soul was I had the
40:19
car Week. I was incredibly lucky.
40:20
I had the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quatrefolio.
40:23
The car had heard great things about.
40:27
I'd driven the sister car, which is the Stelvio, which is the
40:30
SUV, and it was good. This car is just fantastic.
40:35
Aren't they amazing? It's like a Italian love letter,
40:39
like like, I just don't know. I've got so many great things to
40:43
say about this car, like the way that you sit in it and you're
40:46
next to the pillar, so the window is kind of in front of
40:50
you, if that makes sense. The way that the car just
40:53
handles, yeah, the the gearbox, the engine noises, it's yeah,
41:01
there was a lot of consideration.
41:02
Do I get rid of the Audi for one of those?
41:05
Because they they are just perfect.
41:07
They're over 500 horsepower. Yeah.
41:10
And it's just the power is there when you need it, turns in
41:14
incredibly well, makes great noises, amazing stereo.
41:17
It takes a lot of boxes, yeah. Yeah, and the interior is so not
41:21
like you feel like you're in this very lovely car, which you
41:23
are. And they're so capable on, you
41:26
know, twisty roads. The what was interesting for me
41:29
about those was when I realized I knew, I think at least three
41:33
automotive journalists in LA that owned them at one point.
41:35
And I thought that really tells you something about how good
41:39
that car is because you look at everything they get to
41:41
experience and if they're going to commit to something, it has
41:44
to be really good. And, and they were buying the
41:47
Julias and I love them and I think it's a great choice.
41:51
Interesting to Britson and Italian, right?
41:54
These are, these are the cars that have touched us, yeah.
41:57
Our soul, that is. Yeah.
41:58
Yeah, so we. Have to clarify.
42:01
Right, right. I mean, yeah, I.
42:03
Want to get technical? Yeah, most times when I get
42:07
these press cars, I'm like, I'm ready to hand them back.
42:10
But it was like any excuse to wait a little bit longer before
42:13
I hand the keys back to the to the alpha.
42:15
So I'll get one again soon, I'm sure.
42:18
But yeah. Well, I think that's going to be
42:21
your equivalent of like, yeah, is it, is it a press car that
42:26
you want to give back or not, as opposed to like are you spending
42:29
time on the classifieds? Like if you want to hang on to
42:31
it, that's another indicator of how good it is.
42:34
Yeah, well, I approve of both of your choices.
42:37
I I like both of those cars very much.
42:40
Not spent much time with the Alpha, but I spent a ton of time
42:43
with the Defender and it's a car I would buy.
42:47
Give me the 90 with the 500 horsepower V8.
42:51
Is that the? Yeah, that's the thing you can
42:55
buy, have you? Seen how much they are.
42:57
Yeah, I've priced them out. I mean, this is fancy land,
43:01
right? How much?
43:02
Yeah, 170,000. No, they're not that much.
43:06
Can I take a look the? Well, do they not make them
43:08
anymore? And they've gone up.
43:10
No, the Octa is what he. Oh gosh, no, yeah, no, no.
43:14
This would just be the standard, uh, whatever.
43:16
I don't know the regular rap scallion model.
43:18
Yeah, the regular V8. That's right.
43:21
That's. Right, yeah, I'm keen to get
43:23
behind the wheel of a Octa so. Yes, yes, let's put it out
43:31
there. Let's let it manifest.
43:34
I'm sure we can make that happen.
43:35
Manifest an Octa for all three of us.
43:37
That's right, an Octa for the trio, right?
43:41
You have to change. There's a joke there.
43:43
I didn't quite find it, but yeah.
43:48
So what? What is it with these adults who
43:52
are getting in kids cars and driving them around?
43:54
Have you guys seen this? Well, they want their souls to
43:57
be touched. Right, in a very different way.
44:01
Well, and I think what what caught my attention was the
44:05
different results for the two drivers because the poor guy in
44:08
Canada just wanted a slushie and he ended up getting arrested.
44:12
But what was he driving, Lindsay?
44:13
What was he driving? He was driving a girl, a little
44:16
girl's Barbie Jeep, as one does now, I think.
44:20
I think maybe the only flaw in his process was he did it during
44:24
rush hour. You know, if he had picked a
44:26
less populated time, I. Think rush hour in.
44:29
Yeah, rush hour in, I mean in this remote town in Canada, you
44:32
know, who knows? It's all relative.
44:34
Right, Yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe I'll insert the the
44:38
interview with the guy. But it was, it was pretty
44:40
classic. Yeah.
44:42
Yeah, that's right. On Friday, a Prince George man
44:45
was pulled over and arrested right here after he was seen
44:48
driving a child sized. Pink.
44:49
Barbie Jeep down this busy Rd. And I wanted, just wanted to get
44:53
it to Slurpee. I got lazy.
44:55
I didn't want to walk. I think he's just, you know,
44:57
he's a solution oriented guy. He's got a great taste in cars,
45:01
I think, I think. I hope he's got a daughter.
45:04
He's got his daughter a slushie as well because she's gonna
45:07
borrow. And then there was a dude in LA.
45:09
That's the guy I'm a little concerned about because he's not
45:11
going to be alive. No, I kept thinking we were
45:14
going to see his demise in the video, like what is happening?
45:19
He's in a Porsche, a miniature Porsche, which, you know, might
45:22
be the only thing any of us can afford here before too long, the
45:25
way Porsche is raising their prices.
45:27
But yeah, in LA, delivering what?
45:30
Food or something? Doing Uber Eats and again, it's
45:32
like a, it's like a 911, but it's a children.
45:35
'S yeah, yeah. 9/11 body because they put whatever kids, you
45:39
know, body on top of these little jeeps.
45:41
But it had some power. It had some power.
45:44
He's keeping up. But he's in traffic, regular
45:47
traffic on the on the streets. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
45:50
Two inches off the ground. Yeah, and I mean traffic.
45:53
I thought he was going to get taken out by a bus at one point,
45:55
another time, like, because he doesn't, you know, he's not
45:58
observing the rules of the road. No he's not.
46:01
Bike lanes, splitting lanes. Well, and then he did a donut in
46:05
the intersection at one point. I'm like, this is it's not going
46:09
to end well. But what's no, what's wild is
46:11
like, you know, the police clamped down on our poor friend
46:13
in the Barbie Jeep so quickly. And this guy just seems to have
46:16
free reign in Beverly Hills. But but not work with the with
46:21
the app, you know the Uber Eats app or the the and you can see
46:26
your driver and What Car they're driving.
46:29
Probably just put Porsche or whatever, right?
46:31
Porsche 9/11 You know it's, but look at the fun that Mofo's
46:35
having. I mean, Dan, have you ever
46:36
smiled like that? Ever hammed it up like that in
46:38
your Boxster? I mean, he was.
46:40
Maybe that's where it's at. Yeah, yeah.
46:43
You're skirting the, you know, the fine line of death about
46:46
delivering Uber Eats to the fine citizens of Los Angeles.
46:50
I mean, that guy's living his best life.
46:53
He's like, can we talk further about Porsche?
46:57
Oh yes, yes, we can talk more about Porsche Dan.
47:00
Firstly, I want to file it under.
47:03
I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
47:06
So I think there are a number of articles now to say that the
47:10
next Gen. 718 models will be available in both electric and
47:15
gas engines. After being told, well, that
47:19
that was it, they were done, Yeah, They're coming back with
47:22
more ICE engines, yeah. But it's only the top and they
47:26
didn't define top. Models that doesn't that doesn't
47:29
help us any of us. No GT4 GT 4, right?
47:33
Boxster, GTS 4.0, these are the top models and, and, you know,
47:37
say goodbye to our retirement, you know, respective retirement
47:40
plans guys, because these are the cars that they're going to
47:42
continue making, which I'm not sad for, but yeah, I, you know,
47:46
I thought we had the last of the last here.
47:48
I was going to say, I know we definitely like we all sort of
47:51
enjoyed like, hey, we got it right for what without even
47:55
realizing. Yeah, we still got it right,
47:57
don't we? Still.
47:58
Absolutely got it right. But yeah, that was.
48:00
Clear. I know because that article,
48:03
that announcement was made that they were just continuing the
48:06
ICE engines two days after Tori and I got the GT4 and we were
48:11
like, wait a minute, talk about right place, right time.
48:16
And you know, it was nice while it lasted, but but the new ones
48:20
are obviously going to be like accessible to a certain level of
48:23
people and like you said, Ryan, the prices are going to keep
48:25
going up. So I.
48:27
We're still in my. Words position all.
48:29
Of us no, no, mark my words. The new GT4 will start at at
48:33
least $150,000. Now let's remember that in 2020,
48:38
you know, at least in theory, you could get a no options GT4
48:42
for 99.9. I think it was Yeah, so but but
48:46
but look what's happened to the GT3.
48:48
I mean, they were in Porsche was leaving that money on the table,
48:50
right? So why wouldn't they raise, you
48:52
know, the the sticker? But you, you mark my words, at
48:55
least 150,000 to start for the next GT4.
48:59
So electric and gas at the same time, but it was interesting.
49:04
Did you guys see the concept Audi TT that was?
49:08
Launched. How about that?
49:10
So that I don't know if you guys know this, but this is going to
49:13
production. There's a really good Top Gear
49:16
video on it. If you get the chance to see it
49:17
online. It's going to production.
49:19
It's going to be an all electric convertible, but it's actually
49:23
going to be using all the technology from the new electric
49:26
box star, but it's coming out before the electric box star.
49:30
But it won't be quite as good because it would be quite as
49:33
good. But it's interesting that they
49:37
they seem to be like, OK, we need to test these cars further,
49:41
Let's put something else out to market.
49:43
And then let's, let's be frank too.
49:44
I mean, Audi's never been known for for its engines in quite the
49:48
same way that Porsche has, right?
49:51
So, you know, why wouldn't they do it that way?
49:54
It's not as integral as part of part of I.
49:57
Think they would make a bolder statement if they said, hey, you
50:00
know, we are the the Audi Group, the Volkswagen Audi Group and
50:03
we're going to lead our electric charge, electric charge with
50:08
with the Porsche, right. If they could have gone and said
50:12
we believe in our products so much that we're going to start
50:15
with the Porsche and then the other cars are going to inherit
50:18
the technology, that for me would have been the move.
50:20
Yeah, but I don't know. I'd probably buy an electric
50:24
Audi before I would an electric Porsche, Yeah.
50:26
You know. Really so OK, so explain, help
50:29
me understand. That again, I just, I don't
50:31
know, I want a flat 6. You know, think about Audi's
50:34
history of, of, of engines, right?
50:36
You know, 5 cylinders, yeah, they have a certain charm or
50:40
whatever. But you know, I've owned a
50:42
couple Audis over the years. The engine really wasn't the not
50:46
quite sure what the highlight was for either one of those cars
50:49
to be. Now that I think about it
50:52
#unremarkable is what I'm hearing.
50:56
Well, one, the first one seized up at 40,000 miles, you know,
51:00
and the second one said it delivered 344 horsepower but
51:03
never quite felt like it. The Porsche isn't, as we all
51:06
know about Porsche horsepower, right?
51:08
It's always, you know. Yeah.
51:11
German stallion, the opposite of Mustang.
51:15
Sorry, Lindsay, the opposite of Mustang I.
51:18
Feel to let that one go. Yeah, the other throw I had
51:21
around that Audi TT is if that had been the Jaguar move,
51:25
because they're quite similar in design.
51:28
But if Jaguar had come out with a car more similar to that,
51:31
yeah, and didn't do that bullshit advertising campaign.
51:34
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It would be onto a flyer.
51:37
Well, I think the Audi's a little more of a, what do you
51:40
want to call it, a little bit more of a, of a statement in the
51:43
design. I thought the Jaguar was a
51:45
little a little more just what? Oh, did I?
51:49
Yeah. 50 years old, It's 50 years it's taken.
51:53
Me finally got him trained. Yeah, this Midwestern boy to
51:55
what? Calls attention to it if he
51:57
doesn't think about it. Just next.
52:00
Do we have to give him the train or something?
52:01
No, it's gonna. Be like, sort of poor Sasha was
52:04
on the show and I pronounced his name three his name three
52:06
different ways, right? Just to cover my bases.
52:09
No, I, I think that Audi's a bit more of a statement.
52:11
It's a little more confident, right.
52:13
And it's, you know, the, the cut of its jib or whatever you want
52:16
to say. The, the Jaguar, you know, just,
52:19
ah, see, there I go. The Jaguar we may be thinking
52:22
about. See, now I'm going to think
52:23
about it. Yeah.
52:25
Yeah, yeah. I, I, I you got to own it,
52:27
right? Yeah, it's your right.
52:29
I think you got to own it. I think that's the the secret.
52:31
I mean, you know there's a phrase, you know, walk like a
52:35
Panther, right? You go into a room, you.
52:38
Know we'll talk a jockey with him.
52:39
And they that didn't happen, hopefully.
52:41
And that didn't happen. So yeah.
52:43
I think it's like what's the Cologne in Anchorman?
52:45
60% of the time it works every. Time, by the way, guys, I I
52:51
desperately need a haircut. My hair is very long and I ran
52:54
out of product and I usually get product at the salon, but it's
52:57
like $50.00 for this little thing of pomades.
52:59
I ordered some on Amazon tonight.
53:00
Suave, OK, and it smells just like a 16 year old boy like.
53:06
I don't want to know how you know this like.
53:10
No, we're not going to ask those questions.
53:12
Yeah, wow. They all wear like that Axe body
53:15
spray or whatever. It is say like it's along the
53:19
lines of Axe body spray. So what I'm hearing is be glad
53:22
that the podcast is only audio and visual and.
53:25
We don't have mainly vision is not coming anytime soon.
53:29
Yeah. OK.
53:30
Moving on. I think we should probably do a
53:34
shout out to our friends. So our friends at Drake Motor
53:38
Cars, yeah. Who will be launching their new
53:42
warehouse on the 11th of October in Denver?
53:46
It's their grand opening and I think Ryan, you know the guys
53:49
really well. Are they excited for it?
53:50
Yeah, shout out Willis and and Rob and and they've got some
53:53
great cars and and some great partners along with us with this
53:57
grand opening. I think I saw Cars and Bids and
53:59
Avant's and some other yeah, friends of ours.
54:02
But yeah, they're going to have some great stuff, already do.
54:05
But this is their official grand opening and they they really do
54:07
specialize in the cars that we like, right.
54:10
So all the stuff that, you know, that touches us, right, you
54:13
know, is the stuff that presumably will be in their
54:15
inventory. So perfect.
54:17
Yeah. Yeah, so if you're free on the
54:19
11th of October, we've posted it on our socials.
54:24
So yeah, go check them out, go get a nice a nice look around
54:28
the warehouse and maybe a glass of champagne or something.
54:30
Absolutely, yeah. And.
54:31
Just decide what you want to add to your collection.
54:33
That's right. Good luck on the on the, yeah.
54:37
Some we sent you. What else do we know well?
54:42
Can I just add that you know all this Porsche talk?
54:44
Doug Demuro said. It must be.
54:47
True. Away with this one, Lindsay.
54:49
I thought we were going to be like Mike.
54:51
There's only so many times Ryan can send you the same article on
54:54
text. Will you not be able to ignore
54:56
it? Right.
54:57
Come on there, Ryan. Let's have it.
54:59
We tried. So hard.
55:01
So I'll be real honest, I had, I had never listened to the this
55:05
car pod podcast before today, but then I saw GT4 and I clicked
55:10
on it and I really liked it. They do a great job.
55:12
I really, I really like the, I like what those kids are doing
55:16
over there, but no great job. I honestly, I feel like it's a
55:19
very, the, their podcast is very aligned with sort of our, our
55:22
style and what we're into and all that.
55:23
And, and Doug talked about the, how the GT 4 really is the best
55:29
sports car you can buy and anything that strays from the GT
55:32
4 really is a compromise in some way.
55:35
I don't want to take all his content.
55:36
So you should go and listen to the episode.
55:40
You'll know it when you hear it. But basically, you know, the GT
55:43
4 is the best sports car, which I mean, come on, the three of
55:45
us. I mean, you talked about
55:47
journalists, you know, driving and owning the, you know, the,
55:51
the Julia, right. I think, you know, it's a
55:52
similar thing here. We, you know, we put our money
55:55
where our mouths are and, and basically anything that strays
55:59
from this, this model is, is a, is a, it's a compromise in some
56:04
way, right? You either want more comfort or,
56:07
you know, less comfort or, you know, but it, but it's kind of
56:10
like, you know, it's kind of the, the, the whole package,
56:13
right? And you know, it was just, it
56:16
was nice to hear because I've been reaching the praises of
56:18
this car for a long, long time until people are sick of hearing
56:21
about it. But he said the same thing.
56:23
So go check this out. Tell us if you disagree, but
56:26
again, I think the proof is in the pudding and all the other,
56:28
you know, phrases. I can, I can pair it here
56:31
because we, I mean you've got a 16, I've got a 20 and Dan's got
56:36
2424 GTS 4. Point stop calling just to
56:41
answer his argument. I do know his number is on your
56:44
phone so he senses the GT for it.
56:48
It's like the bat signal for us GT4.
56:50
My question here is Doug, He's obviously a very wealthy
56:53
gentleman. Yes, he's obviously got the
56:55
Carrera GT, the 2005 Ford GT, the contache.
57:01
If he's saying it's the best car, why doesn't he own one?
57:05
Doug. Doug.
57:06
I'm pointing this question out to the man himself.
57:07
He should have answered the phone, I guess, is what I'm
57:10
hearing. Yeah, just asked.
57:12
I wondered the same thing, you know, because he is a man of of
57:15
wealth and taste. You know, he's got that the
57:17
little that the rag top G class and all these other amazing
57:20
things and he's not afraid to buy something if he likes it,
57:22
right, right. Hell, he bought that Audi A2 I
57:25
saw which doesn't do a thing for me, but I guess it's mildly
57:29
interesting and. I think that was part of a
57:32
challenge. Yeah, they're doing a challenge
57:34
with a Fiat multiplayer and a two and something else.
57:37
So he bought it for a challenge. I don't think he bought it to
57:39
keep as a a long term. That's right.
57:42
Well, now it's got Doug Provenance right.
57:43
So he can sell it for more than he paid for.
57:45
And this is the difference between I guess our podcast and
57:48
theirs. They go and they import cars
57:50
from Europe to to, you know, to have challenges with and we talk
57:54
in theoretical terms about traffic.
57:56
My T-shirts with San Bernardino, that's OK.
58:00
Right. We have to start somewhere.
58:01
We're just not at that point yet.
58:03
Yes. I mean, we're manifesting an
58:06
Octa, so that's a good place, yeah.
58:08
That's right, that's right, that's right.
58:10
And that T-shirt, now that you know, you can see us is, is
58:13
really is is quite the, quite the piece, Stan.
58:16
I feel like I don't have to do something to kind of give it
58:20
some more. So now you're wearing black.
58:22
Yes, and a teacher. This is San Bernardino on it.
58:26
What else does that say? Is there a picture of something
58:28
like? It's I didn't see any palm
58:30
trees. Maybe they're marijuana plants.
58:33
I. Think they probably are too.
58:38
San Bernardino Oh, they're going to come for us.
58:41
I know they are, Sir. San.
58:42
Bernardino, Holly City. What did?
58:44
They say no good deed goes unpunished.
58:46
I know. Yeah, this is as much anyone's
58:48
talked about San Bernardino on a podcast in years.
58:51
It's it's cool. But I do want to know why Doug
58:54
doesn't have AGT 4. And the next time he's in
58:57
Denver, he can he can come out with me and mine and I'll
59:00
convince him to buy one. But.
59:03
But you're right, I mean, it is, it's, it's not for nothing that
59:07
the three of us have committed to the same car.
59:09
Basically, yeah. Without any like, without
59:12
coordinating like, that's just the way it has worked out.
59:15
And every time we talk about them, we say how much we're
59:17
still enjoying. Them absolutely.
59:19
And we're practical people, practical cheap now, but you
59:23
know, but I, I can't swing a new like Aston Martin or a new
59:27
McLaren or something because those cars take a hit and, and
59:30
something the GT4 apparently is, is immune from all that.
59:34
And so they're really it's invested do it as well.
59:37
We just get to drive them. That's right.
59:39
That's right. Yeah.
59:41
Anyway, I, I they had a term for the term is escaping me.
59:44
It was something clever in a way that only Doug Demiro can kind
59:46
of can coin. But but yeah, it in the spectrum
59:53
of cars, there was but one that rules supreme, reign supreme,
59:57
and all the others are are mere compromises.
59:59
So, well, it's always nice to have somebody.
1:00:02
You know that people listen to declare that that car happens to
1:00:05
be wrong. You already have, yeah.
1:00:07
It's good to have some of the people listen to say that the GT
1:00:09
4 is a good car anyway. Wow, Stepped in it to it.
1:00:17
Stepped in it to it tonight, guys.
1:00:19
Check out the video and if you want to know where the link is,
1:00:22
just ask Ryan to text it to you. Yeah.
1:00:27
Indeed. What have we guys got coming up
1:00:30
over the next couple of weeks much?
1:00:32
I think, again, just try to get out and enjoy the driving
1:00:35
weather while it holds and, you know, create my own rallies of
1:00:39
one. Maybe we'll see.
1:00:41
With no music with. No music supposed to be on the
1:00:44
Rocky Mountain Automotive Press 4 by 4 day tomorrow where they
1:00:47
get all the manufacturers to bring out their favorite 4 by
1:00:51
fours and over landing vehicles and it just couldn't, couldn't
1:00:54
make it work. So I'm sad that I won't be able
1:00:56
to do that because that would have been content for days.
1:00:58
Right. Well, that was where you got,
1:01:01
that was where you go to drive. The the Fender last year, right?
1:01:05
That that's right. That's where I fell in love with
1:01:07
and I've driven that same car. It's in the, it was in the press
1:01:10
fleet a couple times since it was the, the classic or the
1:01:13
whatever, the one with the retro, you know, the white steel
1:01:15
wheels and all that. And that that would be the one
1:01:17
if I didn't get the 500 horsepower.
1:01:18
For was it the country? Edition must have been Yeah, it
1:01:22
was a like a baby blue white. But it has white.
1:01:25
Yeah, it's so good. So that's or no?
1:01:28
You know what? The country is White with a blue
1:01:32
roof and a blue tailgate. Can you tell?
1:01:35
I too many variations, yeah. Yeah, and it has the white
1:01:40
steelies. Yeah, the only thing I can't
1:01:42
search history. It's all defender, Defender.
1:01:44
Right. Yeah, it's.
1:01:46
All well, as far as search history goes, search histories
1:01:49
go, that's probably not a good one.
1:01:51
Well, and it's it's the county edition is the one I'm.
1:01:55
Not the country. But which Hawks back to the old
1:01:58
models? That's right.
1:01:59
Yeah, but what's funny about the county edition is that it
1:02:03
doesn't come with heated. The second row seats are not
1:02:06
heated so. That doesn't.
1:02:10
Interesting have to suffer. I know I'm like, what does it
1:02:13
make me a bad mom if I'm like, but it's so pretty on the
1:02:15
outside. You can wear another jacket.
1:02:19
Kids, they don't know better. I know.
1:02:21
But they do. That's the problem.
1:02:23
They know that your seat heaters exist.
1:02:26
Right. They know that they exist.
1:02:27
And you know, if we lived in Southern California, then I
1:02:30
could say like it's not a necessity, but it gets below
1:02:33
freezing here. So it's it's a little more of a
1:02:36
bad mom moment if I'm like, yeah, but it looks great.
1:02:39
Suck it up. Just turn the heater up.
1:02:41
Yeah. So a bit of driving you're not.
1:02:45
Are you going to do any driving this weekend right?
1:02:46
I'm going to do my best. Yeah, I've got an article to
1:02:48
write. I just got nice Tom.
1:02:51
It's a blessing to write about the grand for Autoblogs, so
1:02:54
that's, that's cool. I got to make that happen here
1:02:56
in the next couple of days and that's awesome.
1:03:00
Yeah, I would. Put you right, that's probably
1:03:01
one of the first published articles on the ground.
1:03:05
Yes, there have only been a couple over the years and and I
1:03:08
think that'll be something I touch on in the article.
1:03:11
It's kind of an exclusive thing. That is great.
1:03:14
So you got to walk that line, right?
1:03:15
You don't want to give too much away.
1:03:17
You know too many of the secrets, but you want to peel
1:03:19
back the curtain a little bit. And yeah, I expect I'll go way
1:03:23
over the word limit because I'll, uh, poetic again.
1:03:27
Approximately. 3 maybe? Get paid twice as much, right?
1:03:34
That's maybe. Not a bad.
1:03:34
Move. You can do an article per day of
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the event. Yes, I mean, it's I could write
1:03:39
a book. I I really could write a book
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so. Well, you did.
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Here we go. Descriptions.
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Yeah. I've read the book.
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What am I talking? About I've read the book several
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times, just a different book. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And I got to give a shout out to my daughter, 12 years old Elsa.
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She's babysitting for the first time tomorrow night, so we'll be
1:03:59
very close to houses away just in case.
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And it will. It'll be perfect.
1:04:04
She's wonderful. But yeah, very excited about her
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and very excited that she's going to start bringing some
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money into the house. That's right, right?
1:04:11
No way. That's a big step and that's I
1:04:14
babysat a lot. When I and I.
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Think that's an amazing gig for that age?
1:04:19
And yeah, nothing like being able to bring in your own like
1:04:22
pocket money. She her first question was,
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well, what do I eat? Well, I'm there because I'm
1:04:27
going over at 7:00. And I said that's the best part
1:04:29
about babysitting. You can just pillage the
1:04:32
cupboards. Nice.
1:04:34
It's like all their best stuff. Minimum.
1:04:36
Wage. But nobody tells you you've had
1:04:37
too much ice cream, so you're great.
1:04:39
Yeah. HBO, all the mod cons.
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That my dad did, which I didn't appreciate at the time, but I
1:04:49
remember I came home from my first babysitting job and I had,
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you know, I mean, when I first started babysitting, I think I
1:04:55
got $0.50 an hour, which is like.
1:04:57
It's gone up a bit better. You were really getting let
1:05:00
down. I know Well, but yeah.
1:05:05
And I remember I was so excited with however many dollars I had
1:05:09
made or whatever. And he's.
1:05:10
Apparently 2. Yeah.
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And he said that's great. I need you're going to give me
1:05:16
half so that I could start to learn about taxes.
1:05:21
Oh my God. That's all.
1:05:23
He he no, not, not for him to keep the intent was like they
1:05:28
would save half of my earnings. But he was like, I want you to
1:05:30
understand when you make money in the real world, yeah, you
1:05:35
don't keep everything you make. Yeah, no, no.
1:05:37
And you're in California, so half tracks, right?
1:05:39
That's yeah. I was going to say, you should
1:05:41
have said to your dad, Dad, we're in Portland now.
1:05:44
I'm taking another dollar back, right?
1:05:49
I thought you're going to say he came around like knocked on the
1:05:51
windows. Oh no, no, there was.
1:05:54
There was came to take your money.
1:05:56
There was a neighbor that did that.
1:05:58
Once. Oh, Jesus.
1:05:59
Man. Every now and then I still think
1:06:01
about that. It was not my favorite.
1:06:02
It's. Awful.
1:06:03
That's awful. Well, I on the first have got a
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tour of the Singer Factory. You do.
1:06:09
Not that I'm buying 1. I don't want to start that
1:06:11
rumor, but you had to start that rumor.
1:06:13
Have a look around and. Got all these new sponsors?
1:06:16
Yeah, right. Yeah.
1:06:18
Singer money now. Dance baller.
1:06:20
Real singing money right there. That's cool.
1:06:23
Yeah. So I'm looking forward to going
1:06:24
and seeing they've got obviously the new factory in Torrance.
1:06:27
Yeah, excellent. So I'm looking forward to seeing
1:06:30
Sheamus and if. You say hello.
1:06:31
Well. I'm excited to hear what you
1:06:34
think. That's really.
1:06:34
Cool, Yeah, yeah. Looking forward to it.
1:06:36
It should be good fun. Good fun.
1:06:39
But I guess that's a show, isn't it?
1:06:40
I. Think that is a show?
1:06:42
Well, that was all over the place, wasn't it?
1:06:44
That was a cruise show in every sense of the.
1:06:47
We did have some structure, we just might not be able to show
1:06:49
it that well. Yeah.
1:06:51
You're going to have to listen really carefully to find the
1:06:53
structure. That's right, yeah, Alex, he's
1:06:55
on a postcard. Yeah, in that first 20 minutes,
1:06:58
all you could do is listen, so. Yeah, we're sorry.
1:07:02
Well, he's going to leave us with the phrase that pays.
1:07:05
I am happy to do it. Thank you so much for joining
1:07:07
us. We're that car show and remember
1:07:09
always be driving.