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Drive Thru News #16 - Holiday Shopping Guide, 2021! · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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  The drive through is our monthly recap where we've put together a menu of local,
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  racing, and random car adjacent news.
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  Now let's pull up to window number one for some holiday shopping news.
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  This month, we're taking our traditional holiday shopping article and bringing
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  it to you in the form of a podcast.
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  That's right!
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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 needed throughout the season.
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  But your loved ones really want to get you that something.
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  So what do you get for the enthusiast that already has all their toys?
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  You know, Tanya, it's an extremely difficult thing to do, putting
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  this list together year after year.
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  And it's a tradition here at GTM that we do this.
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  And I tell you what, I think I've been listening to Mariah Carey sing
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  about Christmas since about Halloween.
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  What do you think?
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  I quickly turn the radio channel off when the Christmas music is playing
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  because it is not past Thanksgiving yet.
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  And so here we are, if you're listening to this episode on its air date, just
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  after you stuffed yourself with turkey and getting ready for these Black Friday
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  day sales and preparing for holiday shopping, some last minute scramble.
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  So what do you get?
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  For the automotive enthusiast that has it all cash because he's bound to have some
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  broken car part that needs replacing.
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  There's always that option.
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  That is a great way to start off any holiday shopping guide cash
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  people cash cash cash is king.
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  Speaking of cash.
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  It wouldn't be a drive through episode if we didn't kick off with.
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  Rich people doing rich people thangs.
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  You didn't say that right.
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  Rich people doing rich people thangs.
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  Doing rich people thangs.
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  I mean, I think we can just read this headline and then move on.
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  Now there's a licensed three quarter size Ferrari 250 Testarossa.
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  For fancy kids, how much does this thing sell for?
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  That's what we want to know.
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  It's up there with the Bugatti baby too.
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  It's up there with that Aston Martin, James Bond thing.
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  What are we talking about?
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  Price wise?
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  I'm just curious.
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  We are talking about for a whopping 37 miles an hour.
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  It is so expensive.
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  They don't list the price in the article.
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  That's a Ferrari.
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  Of course you only pay for the best.
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  No, my baby too is on order.
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  Is there a baby three, three?
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  No, what are we talking about?
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  No, this actually is.
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  But it's actually not really rich people doing rich people things
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  because this is a one off build that I think is going to go up on auction.
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  So, I guess a rich person will buy it.
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  But it is a small sized replica of a Porsche 917.
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  30.
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  That's the Can Am, Porsche, Audi, blue, yellow, liveried, 917.
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  Correct.
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  And essentially, it's a go kart with the 917 body on it.
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  I like it.
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  That sounds way better than the Bugatti Baby 2.
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  And you know what got me about this article?
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  It made me think for a minute, like if you could put a body like this on
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  a go kart, how cool would it be To have a race that's like a mini IMSA
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  or WEC where you're in a go kart that looks like a legendary race car.
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  Think about how awesome that would be.
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  This sounds like the Power Wheels races.
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  Well, for this, I actually think you're onto something with the Uh,
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  go kart racing of these classic liveried and classic bodied vehicles.
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  And I think if Dr.
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  T and race are listening to this episode, there's a business model
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  in here that you should tap into.
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  This is an untapped market.
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  Can you imagine?
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  It'd be bonkers.
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  And I heard a guy talking the other day about how he was going to.
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  Purchased the option package for his Tesla so that it could
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  sound like a hemi challenger while he was going down the road.
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  Apparently they mount these speakers and they can like project the sound.
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  So it sounds like something else.
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  And I'm like, put that on the go kart.
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  So it doesn't sound like a weed whacker.
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  Can you imagine being like a Ferrari three 33 SP replica mini?
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  And it sounds like you got a screaming V 12 boom mental.
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  I would, I would love this.
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  I'm on board.
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  Sign me up.
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  Ever wonder.
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  If you could outrun a police pursuit, this one pulls at my
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  ascended button pretty hard.
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  You won't have to wonder for very long if that police is a Tesla.
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  Brah!
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  Or an ID3 or whatever.
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  Yeah, or any electric vehicle.
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  But now your wish can come true because in the United Kingdom, you can pay to try.
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  So wait a second.
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  And the very next subtitle to this article is It's you and a Porsche
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  Boxster or Mazda Miata versus a law enforcement Dodge Charger, GTFO.
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  Right?
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  That's what I said.
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  A Miata versus a Dodge Charger.
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  On a racetrack.
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  On a highway.
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  Different problem.
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  On a racetrack.
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  First off ramp and then Miata would be gone.
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  But here's the deal.
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  Let's give you the bluff, right?
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  The bottom line up front.
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  An hour and a half, Includes the introductions to the basics, right?
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  So they're assuming people don't have track time, whatever.
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  So they go over safety, racing lines, throttle and braking, typical HPDE
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  and HPDC type of stuff, testing on the track, getting familiar.
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  And then you get to choose between the Boxster or the Miata.
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  I would personally choose the Boxster knowing what Miata's are like.
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  No offense to Miata lovers.
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  Just saying I'm in a police pursuit.
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  I think I want the Porsche.
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  Yes, it's a 15 minute police pursuit.
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  So think about it as a shortened track session and you're being chased by
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  a Dodge Charger in your attempt is to escape where you're escaping to.
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  I don't know because you're lapping the track.
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  I feel like I do this on any given weekend at the track anyway.
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  And it probably costs a lot less, but I like the idea of the cherries and berries
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  chasing me around, but not in a Miata.
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  That's for sure.
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  That is for sure.
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  Now, if you had told me, come to the track with your own car and outrun
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  the cops, hell yeah, let's do this.
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  I'm in it to win it.
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  Yeah, I mean, it seems it seems a little gimmicky.
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  I was the headline was I was like, Oh, this is going to be awesome.
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  I think it was one of the old top gear episodes.
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  Maybe it was top gear us where they had like a military base where
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  they'd abandoned the housing section.
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  And so they ended up doing some little contests where they're running from
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  Stig or Stig's chasing them around.
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  The housing section.
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  And so you had this kind of residential setup, but of course there's nobody there.
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  So if you jump a curb or run into a house or something, it's not a big deal.
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  I was hoping it might be something like that.
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  It seems like just a way to play flashlight tag on a racetrack.
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  Yeah, exactly.
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  And in a Miata, you're not going to get very far in 15 minutes.
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  I hate to break it to you folks, especially with a Hemi charger behind you.
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  It's not going to work.
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  It's not going to take him very long to catch you.
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  You better have like a three minute headstart or something,
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  but so if you didn't.
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  Spend all your money on all these other rich people things and you're
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  flush with cash, as we said at the beginning of the episode, what can
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  you buy with all that extra do re mi?
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  Well, you've probably never thought about going to lamborghinistore.
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  com.
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  Oh.
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  And honestly, you can get yourself this lovely, is a strong word.
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  Safety cone yellow.
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  Let's call it what it is.
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  According to the listing, green soft shell jacket with what I think
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  appears to be reflective striping.
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  So you'll be safe at night.
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  Now it's on sale.
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  So you're getting a steal here at 404.
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  60, regularly 5.
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  78.
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  So look at this bargain you're getting for almost 200 off.
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  For a jacket, you could buy a tractor supply.
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  I do not understand.
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  Go to REI.
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  Get yourself a cycling jacket.
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  It'll be highly reflective.
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  It'll cost a quarter of this.
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  But it won't say Scooteria Lamborghini Automobili on the back.
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  It's okay, because you can still get it in this obnoxious green color.
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  Trust me, because I've seen them.
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  But you're right, it will not have the Lamborghini badge
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  on the arm or the Lamborghini wording on the back of the hood.
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  But you know what that jacket might be useful for?
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  Because I don't think too many Lamborghini owners are going to be
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  riding their bicycles in the dark, especially if they own a Lamborghini.
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  I was going to take a guess, but continue.
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  It might make you highly visible at the Miami Grand Prix.
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  Oh, see, I was going with when your Lamborghini breaks
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  down on the side of the road.
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  If you're standing outside of it waiting for AAA, he'll see you.
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  That's a very good point as well, but if we're searching for you on TV, you would
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  definitely stand out in that Lamborghini jacket at the Miami Grand Prix, right?
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  Or would you?
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  I don't know, because with 275, 000 of your other friends sporting their
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  Lamborghini jackets, I don't think you're going to be seen in the crowd.
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  275, 000 tickets sold for an 80, 000 person capacity event.
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  So if you missed out on this inaugural Miami Grand Prix Formula
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  One race, you didn't get your tickets, you're out of luck.
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  You didn't spend anywhere from 1190 to 1550, and I'm not saying 15.
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  50, 1, 550 for turn 18 tickets.
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  Not that I know where turn 18 is quite honestly, but nonetheless,
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  turn one as high as 1, 695.
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  Now if you're on a budget, you could have gotten a beach ticket for 640.
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  Sounds like a deal.
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  I thought COTA was expensive.
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  This is ridiculous.
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  I mean, compared to this, shoot, the tickets at COTA were free.
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  Right?
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  Yeah, that's absolutely true.
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  But yay.
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  And it came with a concert at COTA.
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  I saw Miss Taylor Swift.
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  Thank you very much.
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  This is why we're talking about rich people doing rich people things
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  because this is just, it's insane.
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  I mean, you can go to an SCCA race for free.
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  So, you know, Hey, whatever.
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  If you missed your opportunity to go to the Niami Grand Prix, you have
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  still the opportunity to buy tickets for the Goodwood festival of speed.
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  They just went on sale.
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  At the same weekend as the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, where I was
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  live there with folks from Garage Riot, MIE Racing, and a few others.
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  Festival of Speed is the hill climb.
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  I want to clarify that there are actually two races at Goodwood.
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  There is the Festival of Speed and the Revival.
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  The Festival of Speed is the hill climb and the Revival is the track event.
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  The track event tickets are not yet available.
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  And the festival of speed is going to be held in June of 22.
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  And you can learn more about Goodwood at www.
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  goodwood.
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  com.
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  So get your tickets today.
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  And I guarantee you could probably buy them for 10 of your other friends for
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  the cost of that Miami Grand Prix ticket, taxes, tags, airfare, lodging, and other
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  things need not apply to my statement.
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  I'm thinking here's the bargain.
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  You buy that Lambo jacket for 404 on sale.
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  And then instead of buying a ticket to the race, just sit in your
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  living room and watch it on TV.
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  Look, you just saved an extra thousand dollars, but that's pretty good.
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  You're you're ahead in that, that mathematics.
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  Well, if you're in the market for a luxurious motorhome and
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  you happen to have a cool 2.
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  4 million burning a hole in your pocket, you could check out a German
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  brand called Volkner Mobil that makes a very luxurious motorhome for which
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  you could also slide your Bugatti Or other high performance luxury car
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  underneath in its own private garage.
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  I love that the second picture is an I eight.
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  That's a bit of a change.
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  I mean, we should number one Bugatti Chiron picture number two and I ate.
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  We picked up for five bucks.
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  We've seen these before on the old top gear, where they showed this
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  being done with a Morgan arrow eight, if I remember correctly, and
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  they had an older Volkner on there.
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  So I'm glad to see that they're still around.
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  Didn't realize there was a huge market for these things, redefines the toter
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  home and the toy hauler and whatnot.
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  But, uh, yeah, if you got 2.
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  4 million bucks to burn, what, what the hell not sending,
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  it looks super nice inside.
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  I don't know if it looks 2.
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  4 million nights though, and maybe if 2.
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  4 is Too steep?
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  Maybe the stereo system is an option because that would save you 355, 000.
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  Whoa.
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  Brings it down to a cool 1.
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  9 million.
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  All right.
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  More taxes, tags, and insurance.
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  So like most years, we like to talk about Things for your garage.
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  This year was a little bit tougher.
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  We have a huge list of things in our show notes in the category of tools, and
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  we're not going to cover all of them.
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  Some of them are dead pullers and rivet makers and all sorts of really neat stuff
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  that you could use for working on the car.
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  And so we've listed that in the show notes.
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  Go ahead and check it out.
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  It's pretty extensive, but I did come across something I thought
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  was pretty cool for maybe your office, your den, your man cave.
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  Or even the garage.
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  That's right, and I found it on all places, Etsy.
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  Etsy can be a little underrated for car related things, I think, because
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  surprisingly there's some interesting things and sometimes artists will
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  post their work through Etsy.
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  And there's some pretty good card drawing artists.
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  So if you're ever bored, Etsy is an interesting place to find maybe some
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  unique gifts, but this one in particular.
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  Happens to be a set of logo to banners that you can get for different marks.
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  The one in particular that we're listing in the show notes is for
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  team Corvette racing, and it's a.
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  I think it looks really cool in some ways is better than having
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  the team flag because of how long it is and how skinny it is.
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  I could find more places for it either in my office or in my garage.
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  I like the way it looks and there's more things like this on Etsy.
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  Well, this one is like, it's got this Punisher vibe to it, right?
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  Because they put the Corvette flag in a Punisher type.
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  Helmet.
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  Oh, that's you don't know about that?
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  That's Jake.
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  That's Jake.
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  Jake from State Farm?
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  No, that's Jake, Team Corvette mascot.
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  That's been around for since the C5R now.
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  So that's a long time logo that Team Corvette has been using.
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  So this is really cool.
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  Wow, I have not Seen that before.
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  I have been under a rock.
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  So speaking of Etsy, do you remember our friends from Everything I
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  Learned from Movies, the crossover episode we did earlier this year?
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  Do you mean Steve and Izzy?
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  That's right.
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  And here's a quick word from Steve and Izzy.
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  Rats?
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  Shrimp?
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  Pokemon?
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  Tie dye?
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  Paracord bracelets?
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  Paracord dog leashes?
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  Enamel pins?
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  Coloring books?
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  Watercolor?
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  Pet portraits?
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  Magnets?
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  And we're back.
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  So.
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  Let's talk about things for your ride.
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  And if it wouldn't be a drive thru episode, if we didn't do some
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  Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche news, right?
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  So this little bit of information is brought to us by New German Performance.
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  They've got all sorts of deals on parts from black forest industries.
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  Both of NGPs locations are stocked with sale items and you can find
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  it on their website and gpracing.
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  com.
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  We also put a link specifically to those sale items in the show notes.
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  So check that out on our website.
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  And if you need help getting those parts, those sale parts installed,
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  NGP can set that up for you as well.
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  Also, if you are looking for something in particular that isn't on their
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  list of preferred brands or sale items, be sure to reach out to Mike
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  com for additional information and assistance with anything you
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  might be looking for, for your Volkswagen, Audi, or Porsche.
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  You know, we would be remiss if we didn't just find random car adjacent things to
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  talk about in this particular segment.
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  And one of them that got me really scratching my head
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  the other day was when I was.
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  Searching on newegg.
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  com and realize they now sell car parts.
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  Did anybody realize that is this like the end of Newegg?
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  But then I also came to find out that they quietly went IPO this past week.
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  And so I'm like, huh.
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  That's kind of weird.
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  Yeah, I'm not sure.
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  So maybe Newegg will be the new advanced auto or something online
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  and we can order car parts and stuff.
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  I mean, I looked at the catalog.
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  There's an interesting array of things, accessories and stuff to wash your car.
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  And I'm not going to probably buy oil filters from there, but just,
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  you know, if you want to save a buck or two, maybe check out newegg.
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  com and see if they've got something that you Can't actually buy on Amazon?
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  I will say that they are accepting multiple different
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  currencies, especially Dogecoin.
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  So anybody who's got some Dogecoin lying around Is that like Doge?
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  Is that Dogecoin?
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  Yeah, whatever.
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  Dogecoin.
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  I say Doge because it's a dog.
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  What
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  That's awesome.
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  So another item for your ride track decals is having a 15 percent off everything
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  Now let's talk a little bit about gifts.
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  For you, let's be a little bit selfish.
• 20:12
  Let's, and as we hopefully put COVID in the rear view mirror, be
• 20:17
  able to get out more, travel, get on airplanes again, trains, planes,
• 20:23
  automobiles, whatever your flavor is.
• 20:24
  You know, when you're doing that, you need to store your stuff in something, right?
• 20:28
  What do we normally use?
• 20:30
  We use luggage, travel bags, roll ons, carry ons.
• 20:33
  All of the above.
• 20:34
  And who do you usually think about?
• 20:36
  You usually think of, uh, Jan sport.
• 20:38
  I'm thinking Jan sport, Jan sport backpacks.
• 20:41
  No Samsonite was what I was thinking of for, for luggage, for the
• 20:45
  roller bags and things like that.
• 20:47
  You don't normally.
• 20:49
  Think of Sparco or exactly what you do think of them for helmet bags
• 20:56
  or, you know, other car accessories, seats, little booties, sweatshirts
• 21:01
  like you're wearing right now, but they have a line of travel bags.
• 21:08
  So not just backpacks, but also duffels and carry on luggage for airplanes.
• 21:14
  I really like these.
• 21:15
  There's some cool styles in there, especially their new martini racing
• 21:19
  livery inspired peril and accessories.
• 21:21
  They have like this luggage.
• 21:23
  I think it looks super cool.
• 21:24
  Obviously that's a throwback to the martini launches and
• 21:28
  Porsches and things like that.
• 21:29
  But yeah, I also like the fact that some of the bigger bags, if you're not
• 21:34
  traveling on a plane, have a compartment for your helmet, along with your clothes.
• 21:39
  I kind of wish I knew about that before I bought my track luggage that I have.
• 21:46
  I mean, I went with Swiss Army, it is what it is.
• 21:48
  But had I known these existed, I could do a two in one helmet and clothes together.
• 21:53
  Talk about amazing.
• 21:53
  And they look stellar.
• 21:55
  I mean, even their basic black, I like the way it's stitched together, the way
• 21:59
  it looks just there's that flair to it.
• 22:01
  It's a Sparco thing, you know?
• 22:03
  And you might be rolling your eyes going, Oh, that's nice.
• 22:06
  Sparco.
• 22:06
  Huh?
• 22:07
  How much did those cost?
• 22:08
  Like a Lamborghini coat?
• 22:09
  But actually these are actually on par with standard luggage prices.
• 22:16
  I mean, 179 for a carry on roller bag.
• 22:20
  That's really not astronomical or out of the range of something you,
• 22:23
  you know, walk into Macy's and go to the luggage section and see.
• 22:28
  And with, you know, Sparko quality, I've had a lot of Sparko gear over the years.
• 22:32
  It holds up really, really well.
• 22:34
  And their warranties are really good.
• 22:36
  Plus you can look for items like this through our sponsor, OG Racing.
• 22:40
  So if you want, reach out to Mark at ogracing.
• 22:44
  com and inquire about the Sparko bags or reach out to us as well.
• 22:48
  And find out what the pricing might be like on some of these Sparco accessories.
• 22:52
  And remember, more than just bags, it's apparel, it's shoes, it's gloves, helmets,
• 22:56
  you name it, steering wheels, seats.
• 22:59
  I mean, they've been making motor sports related, uh, gear for a very long time.
• 23:05
  You remember a while back we talked about the Mach E 1400.
• 23:10
  Do you guys recall that?
• 23:11
  Yes.
• 23:12
  So Ford put out that monster super drift car equivalent to 1400 horsepower.
• 23:18
  It's a Ford performance factory only vehicle.
• 23:20
  They've got some factory drivers, you know, doing all these videos and whatnot.
• 23:24
  So to give you a taste, quote unquote, of what the experience
• 23:29
  is like in the Mach E 1400.
• 23:31
  They have partnered with Hot Ones to create the Mach E hot sauce.
• 23:36
  And so we posted the video of this as Ford factory driver and the
• 23:40
  host of Hot Ones sit down together and kind of go back and forth.
• 23:44
  It's, it's an interesting kind of fun little two minute video showcasing
• 23:47
  the maki and this hot sauce, which probably tastes like liquid fire.
• 23:52
  As far as I can tell.
• 23:53
  I mean, they're near tears in the video as they're eating these chicken wings
• 23:56
  and they keep pouring the sauce on there.
• 23:58
  And it's, it's pretty brutal looking.
• 24:01
  I don't know.
• 24:02
  Get yourself some maki 1400 hot sauce.
• 24:04
  That's all I'm going to say.
• 24:05
  Well, since we're talking about ways to blow your money, two things
• 24:08
  came across my desk this month.
• 24:10
  I found some really cool logo merch, officially licensed
• 24:15
  products at paddockcollectionstore.
• 24:18
  com.
• 24:19
  So if you're looking for stuff from F1 teams, Bermos Porsche, IMSA related
• 24:24
  stuff, pretty much different facets.
• 24:26
  Of the motor sport world, check out paddock collection store.
• 24:31
  com.
• 24:32
  Actually great sales, reasonably priced, officially licensed merchandise.
• 24:36
  And on top of that, I saw an ad on Instagram for something called the
• 24:39
  block zone, which is the coolest custom Lego sets I have ever seen.
• 24:45
  So there's a group in the UK that puts together and sells sports
• 24:49
  cars, race cars, et cetera, for you to buy, you know, they're not.
• 24:53
  Lego sets, they are the block zone sets, although they are comprised of Legos.
• 24:59
  You can order these reasonably priced.
• 25:01
  What's funny is if you want to search for certain brands like Porsche or
• 25:05
  Lamborghini or Ferrari, you have to use kind of creative ways to look them up.
• 25:09
  Like the old bull.
• 25:11
  is what they call the Countach and the prancing horse is Ferrari, but you
• 25:16
  learn their nomenclature pretty quickly.
• 25:18
  And there's some very cool sets out there.
• 25:20
  I highly recommend the Porsche 917 kit came in right around 150 pounds
• 25:26
  or so, which, you know, can be kind of expensive, but it's a 2000 piece
• 25:30
  set and it looks really, really good.
• 25:33
  So check it out.
• 25:33
  Check that out.
• 25:34
  We'll post a link for it in the show notes and maybe think about that as a Christmas
• 25:38
  gift for your petrol head this winter.
• 25:40
  Well, it wouldn't be the holidays if you didn't have an ugly
• 25:46
  Christmas sweater party to go to.
• 25:49
  Oh God, that's become such a thing now.
• 25:51
  You know, I've never had an ugly Christmas sweater and I felt into
• 25:56
  spirit this year, but instead of getting ugly Christmas sweater, I
• 26:00
  opted for an ugly Christmas t shirt.
• 26:03
  I have one of those too.
• 26:04
  It's pretty heinous.
• 26:06
  Although mine isn't.
• 26:07
  It's quite cute.
• 26:10
  Shall be debuted later this year.
• 26:13
  So according to AutoWeek, there are now car themed holiday sweaters.
• 26:18
  Yes, this is true.
• 26:20
  And they are the vibe of the ugly Christmas sweater.
• 26:25
  Pattern and design, but car themed and you know, they're, they're pretty nice.
• 26:29
  Actually.
• 26:30
  I like that drifting through the snow Lambo or GTR.
• 26:33
  And there's another one with an old Mustang on it.
• 26:36
  They've got winter turbo, they've got rotary friends.
• 26:40
  I like the Bronco one.
• 26:42
  I mean, it reminds me of the Denver football team, but I'm
• 26:46
  like, I kind of like that one.
• 26:47
  I like the one with the tow trucks.
• 26:49
  I mean, they're all pretty cool.
• 26:50
  They've got what Mercedes Porsche with a Christmas tree on top.
• 26:54
  Those look a little rad racer to me, a little out Sega outrun.
• 26:57
  I mean, that's fine.
• 26:58
  That's fine.
• 26:59
  That rotary one's pretty cool though.
• 27:01
  So these are, these are really neat.
• 27:02
  There's something to check out and price wise you're sitting at 34.
• 27:06
  99.
• 27:08
  Yeah.
• 27:08
  32 bucks somewhere anywhere, anywhere between 29 and 35.
• 27:11
  It looks like, and some of these are directly available on amazon.
• 27:15
  com.
• 27:15
  So we have a link to this in our show notes as well.
• 27:18
  And so if you're looking for something fun for your petrol heads soon to
• 27:22
  be attending ugly sweater party, this is, this is a way to go indeed.
• 27:27
  Now, one of my favorite gifts as a kid Model cars.
• 27:32
  I still have a large collection of model cars.
• 27:36
  I've specifically have always been a big fan of 1 18th scale cars, which
• 27:41
  are becoming harder and harder to find anymore, especially in high quality.
• 27:45
  Now there's, there are brands like auto art out there and others that came on
• 27:49
  the scene, you know, already a decade ago at this point, compared to the classic
• 27:53
  days of like the Burgo and the Maisto and those types of cheaper brands that
• 27:58
  are still out there and still available.
• 28:00
  But I always get this boyish grin on my face.
• 28:04
  Anytime I see a new way to get a one eighteenths to go car.
• 28:07
  And so again, from auto week, just like the collection of sweaters, there's a
• 28:12
  collection of model cars for us petrol heads of a certain age, what do we think?
• 28:17
  Uh, I mean, this is an interesting collection.
• 28:19
  I guess this is just a snippet of their collection.
• 28:22
  I mean, it ranges from everything from the Bugatti Chiron to a 62 VW bus.
• 28:29
  To a Ford Velociraptor.
• 28:32
  So I think you could find anything, uh, for that car enthusiast in your life.
• 28:36
  A 1934 Dusenberg, two sj.
• 28:40
  That's actually not bad looking.
• 28:41
  I mean, the sizes are a little bit over the map in their collection here,
• 28:45
  ranging from 1 24 scale to one 18 scale.
• 28:47
  So 1 24 scale is gonna be about six.
• 28:50
  And a half inches versus a one 18 scale is nine to 10 inches depending on the car.
• 28:55
  But I did chuckle a little bit.
• 28:57
  The bottom right hand corner there is a, what, what does that
• 28:59
  Tanya, what does it say there?
• 29:01
  A one eighth horse.
• 29:02
  R eight.
• 29:03
  The mall?
• 29:04
  Yeah.
• 29:05
  And what, what's the picture of.
• 29:06
  Not a Porsche.
• 29:08
  That's the privateer champion Audi R8, you know, after the crocodile car of Alan
• 29:15
  McNish, who, by the way, I just happened to see, I rode Atlanta not long ago.
• 29:20
  Now, the real question is, did you click on the Audi R8 and see how much it costs?
• 29:25
  Because this is a rich people doing rich people thing.
• 29:28
  Yeah, it has the whopping price tag on it.
• 29:31
  Well, for four interest free installments of 2, 912.
• 29:36
  50, it could be yours, or a one time payment of 11, 650,
• 29:41
  taxes and shipping not included.
• 29:45
  It's cool, but for that price, I think I'd rather buy a real car off of racingjunk.
• 29:50
  com.
• 29:51
  And that's another thing.
• 29:51
  If you haven't heard of racingjunk.
• 29:53
  com and you're listening to this, go check them out for some ideas
• 29:56
  for your petrol head as well.
• 29:57
  Maybe you can find a spare engine or something on there, uh, if
• 30:00
  that's what they're looking for.
• 30:01
  But you know, on the cheaper side of things, I came across a new brand of
• 30:05
  model car that I didn't know about.
• 30:08
  And so there's a company called Solido.
• 30:10
  They're based out of.
• 30:11
  France.
• 30:12
  And they only sell through dealerships, which I think is kind of interesting.
• 30:16
  And their catalog skews quite European and very French in some cases.
• 30:22
  And there's a U S dealer in Georgia.
• 30:24
  And I don't know if the dealer I bought from at the petite You
• 30:28
  know, happens to be on their list.
• 30:29
  But I did pick up a Solido 1 18th scale Momo 935 while I was there.
• 30:35
  And I tell you what, the quality was really good and it was inexpensive.
• 30:38
  It was under 70 bucks for a 1 18th scale model.
• 30:40
  Now, retrospectively, I'm like, Oh my God, 70 bucks.
• 30:44
  That's a lot by today's standards is actually quite cheap.
• 30:47
  A lot of these die cast models have gone.
• 30:49
  Really up in price.
• 30:50
  And when you compare it to like an auto art where they clock in
• 30:53
  at nearly 200 each, it's a steal.
• 30:56
  It's a bargain, right?
• 30:57
  It doesn't have full suspension and things like that.
• 31:00
  Like you come accustomed to on some of the higher end ones, but to put on my
• 31:03
  desk to go, Ooh, I got a Momo nine 35.
• 31:06
  It's pretty cool.
• 31:07
  And it gets your attention, you know, from.
• 31:10
  That was very nice.
• 31:11
  I mean, I haven't seen it in person yet, but in photo seems nice.
• 31:15
  So speaking of other things that you can get for yourself.
• 31:17
  I don't know how many times I've been getting ready for a presentation,
• 31:21
  and someone has leaned over to me in a conference room and
• 31:23
  said, isn't that the GTI plaid?
• 31:26
  Or, where did you get those socks?
• 31:28
  Because let's face it, socks are the new tie.
• 31:31
  Portugal based Heeltread is a unique brand of socks that draws its inspiration
• 31:36
  from motorsports and aircraft.
• 31:39
  Their collection pays tribute to some of the world's most
• 31:42
  renowned automotive icons.
• 31:44
  We get to wear our passion.
• 31:46
  We get to take it out there on the streets and show people, Hey, check out this
• 31:48
  cool design or you get that question.
• 31:50
  What is that?
• 31:51
  What are you wearing exactly?
• 31:52
  Where did you get that?
• 31:53
  Well, I got it over at heel tread and you definitely got to check it out.
• 31:56
  So with that in mind, any shout outs, promotions, special discounts,
• 31:59
  anything you want to tell the world about coming up in our holiday season?
• 32:03
  Yeah, we actually are going to have a big Black Friday promotion as everyone does.
• 32:07
  It's going to start at the end of November.
• 32:10
  So you can subscribe to our newsletter and be the first to get that information.
• 32:14
  And a lot of cool things coming up until the end of the year.
• 32:17
  We are launching also sports socks and knee high socks.
• 32:20
  You can wear them to when you go to the gym or to do whatever you want.
• 32:24
  If you are a guy who needs high socks because you have cold in the winter.
• 32:28
  Are these sports socks going to be thicker?
• 32:30
  Yeah, thick socks.
• 32:31
  Yeah.
• 32:31
  Actually crew socks like the American style socks.
• 32:35
  We are going to launch a first small collection to test it and
• 32:38
  it's going to be Mid october.
• 32:41
  I think they're going to be available on the promotion For black friday.
• 32:44
  Also, I know exactly what i'm ordering Yeah good There's always a 10 discount on
• 32:52
  your first order So you can test the brand and see if you like the socks if you don't
• 32:55
  like the socks You just can return them.
• 32:57
  There's no no problem there.
• 32:59
  We subscribe to our newsletter You will receive then a confirmation
• 33:02
  and a discount code for your first order Of 10 percent off.
• 33:05
  Yeah, I have a special discount code for all the fans of breakfix.
• 33:08
  It's breakfix 2021.
• 33:10
  So we just put the code on checkout on the on the checkout and get 20 percent off.
• 33:15
  That's awesome.
• 33:16
  It's not not cumulative with without a promotion.
• 33:18
  So when we run the Black Friday promotion, you cannot use So, okay.
• 33:22
  Good to know.
• 33:22
  Good to know.
• 33:23
  But we very much appreciate that.
• 33:24
  So if you haven't ordered heel tread socks yet, this is your opportunity to get in
• 33:29
  on that and check out the designs and really show off your motor sports pride
• 33:34
  and your enthusiasm about different brands or things that you really geek out upon.
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  So 20 percent off.
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  I'm solid.
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  Designed and produced in Portugal, Heeltread uses seamless toe knitting
• 33:48
  to create a sock without any stitches.
• 33:50
  80 percent combined cotton, 17 percent polyamide, and 3 percent elastane.
• 33:54
  Every sock is beautiful inside and out.
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• 34:40
  Tonight, we're talking about We're joined by John Sayre from Petrelbox
• 34:44
  to discuss why this Petrelhead curated monthly box is something
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  you'll be anxiously anticipating.
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  What are the tiers?
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  What do you get in the different tiers?
• 34:54
  And what do they cost?
• 34:55
  So we have our Petrelbox basic, which is typically two to three
• 34:59
  items each month, starting at 19.
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  95 a month.
• 35:02
  Then we have our petrol box premium, which is typically five to seven items.
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  Some of the bigger, heavier items in this box starting at 39.
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  95 a month.
• 35:10
  And depending on how long you subscribe, it does get a little bit cheaper as well.
• 35:14
  So there's two tiers and obviously it's probably cheaper if you
• 35:17
  buy the whole year up front than going monthly as well, right?
• 35:21
  Correct.
• 35:21
  Yeah.
• 35:21
  If you bought 12 months for the subscription, you're basically
• 35:25
  getting like two months free.
• 35:26
  You know, like a lot of other companies that do this, there's
• 35:28
  usually sister brands or other things that people aren't aware of.
• 35:32
  So is there anything else that Petrobox or that you're involved in that
• 35:36
  you'd want to let people know about?
• 35:37
  So recently, just this year, we did start our dog accessory brand.
• 35:41
  It's called Petropup.
• 35:42
  Petropup is a thing I've been working on for a while.
• 35:46
  I have.
• 35:47
  Probably the cutest dog in the world.
• 35:49
  And, uh, he just needed some more space to shine.
• 35:53
  So we, uh, got him his own little brand of car enthusiasts, motorsports
• 35:58
  inspired dog collars and leashes.
• 36:01
  Right now we have about seven different designs.
• 36:03
  Cause my dog loves going to the car shows and all the attention he gets.
• 36:07
  So we just get them, uh, looking good for the car shows.
• 36:11
  Doggy bandanas are big to do.
• 36:12
  We actually have them available on our store site as well with our logos on them.
• 36:16
  And a lot of our members, you know, put them on their dogs and
• 36:19
  obviously they switch them up.
• 36:20
  It's like wearing t shirts, right?
• 36:21
  Well, this time I'm going to wear formula one bandana next week.
• 36:24
  I'm going to wear petrol beds, bandana or whatever.
• 36:26
  So, you know, it all works, but so you were talking about
• 36:29
  the subscription, all that.
• 36:30
  So that being said, you know, with us looking at the holiday season,
• 36:33
  that's very fast approaching any shout outs, promotions, special discounts,
• 36:39
  anything you want to throw out there, do you want to let people know about?
• 36:41
  Yeah, absolutely.
• 36:42
  The, one of the best coupon codes we have out there is 2021.
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  You'll get 21 percent off your entire first order from Petrobox.
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  So you'll get that first month's box for.
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  21 percent off.
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  That's a really solid deal.
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  And that's good through the end of the calendar year through 2021.
• 37:00
  Correct.
• 37:00
  Oh, that's awesome.
• 37:01
  Check that out.
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  Listeners get 21 percent off your subscription of Petrobox starting now on
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  the holidays through the end of the year.
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  That's really, really cool.
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  To get the best in automotive swag and goodies, you definitely have to check
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  out Petrobox hop on over to mypetrobox.
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  them on social at Petrol dot box.
• 37:32
  In addition to that, you know, thinking about yourself, gear it
• 37:36
  up for next season, maybe it's time to refresh your safety gear.
• 37:41
  Personally, I go through a set of gloves almost annually.
• 37:44
  I, if I'm lucky, I get two years out of them before I basically destroyed them.
• 37:48
  It's one of the first things to go.
• 37:49
  Shoes is the next, especially if you're wearing driving shoes around
• 37:52
  the paddock and you're not switching in and out, you know, you could
• 37:54
  consider the normal brands, right?
• 37:56
  The race quips and the sparkos and all these different ones, but how
• 37:59
  about Checking out our friend and GTM member, John Caffeese's project
• 38:04
  motoring line of safety gear.
• 38:06
  He's SFI certified.
• 38:08
  He's got some really cool designs and some techniques on personalizing
• 38:13
  your safety gear, your driving suits, your shoes, your gloves, etc.
• 38:17
  To match your style, match delivery of your car.
• 38:20
  And we're actually going to be airing an episode where he explains how this all
• 38:24
  came about the process he's undergone and what he offers coming up here really soon.
• 38:29
  So pay attention to break fix two weeks from now, where you can learn more about
• 38:34
  project motoring abbreviated PMX and their line of safety gear and safety equipment.
• 38:40
  Since you have your ugly Christmas sweater and you're going to your now ugly
• 38:44
  Christmas car theme sweater party, you need some activities to do at that party.
• 38:50
  Why not some board games?
• 38:52
  Are you talking about Settlers of Catan?
• 38:54
  No, well, I mean, that's always a crowd favorite, generally.
• 38:57
  Ticket to ride?
• 38:58
  Ooh, I love me some ticket to ride.
• 39:00
  Monopoly.
• 39:01
  Monopoly I haven't played in a hot minute.
• 39:03
  You lose friends playing Monopoly,
• 39:09
  but always a solid choice as well.
• 39:10
  And risk is always a favorite, especially if you've seen the Seinfeld episode
• 39:14
  and Newman and Kramer and they're going through the subway and they don't, you
• 39:16
  know, don't want to mess up the board.
• 39:18
  Fantastic stuff right there.
• 39:19
  If your ugly Christmas car theme sweater party is a week long, then
• 39:24
  yes, risk would be a viable option.
• 39:26
  However, I'm thinking more car related.
• 39:29
  Okay, war games.
• 39:31
  And if you happen to be in tarjay anytime soon, they have a game called downforce.
• 39:39
  Whoa, what?
• 39:41
  And I actually believe you might have this game, a previous version.
• 39:45
  So this is a redesigned version of basically a car racing game.
• 39:51
  Um, the highlights, tires screech, gear shift, drivers push their
• 39:54
  million dollar cars to the limit.
• 39:56
  The difference between victory and defeat could be a single car.
• 40:00
  So essentially you put out this game board that looks like some
• 40:03
  sort of street course, right?
• 40:04
  And then everyone has little cars and you roll dice and, and you, you pull cards out
• 40:09
  of the deck and you move your race car.
• 40:12
  Along predetermined slots on this game board.
• 40:15
  And you're trying to get to the corner apex, the corner correctly
• 40:19
  come out at the right speed.
• 40:20
  It's all about like the number on your die that you roll and all this
• 40:24
  stuff to, you know, get to the finish line at any rate, it's car related.
• 40:28
  I got two questions.
• 40:29
  One, does the car look like the little car from the game of life?
• 40:33
  And can I put a little peg people in it?
• 40:34
  And two, maybe not a question, more of a statement, sounds wholly more exciting
• 40:40
  than all of last season's Formula One.
• 40:42
  I'm just going to lay it out.
• 40:43
  They are Formula One style cars.
• 40:45
  Okay.
• 40:46
  Well, that makes it that much better.
• 40:48
  I might not fall asleep while I play this game.
• 40:50
  Well, if you don't like that one, you might want to check out this next
• 40:55
  one, which you'd want to play while wearing your Lamborghini jacket.
• 41:01
  The high vis one?
• 41:02
  I don't know.
• 41:02
  The high vis Lamborghini jacket.
• 41:04
  This also from Tarjay, hey, hey, is a game called Lamborghini,
• 41:11
  the official race game board.
• 41:17
  The true listing is Lamborghini, the official race game board game.
• 41:22
  That's too many words.
• 41:24
  It doesn't make sense.
• 41:25
  It's a race game.
• 41:26
  That's a board game.
• 41:27
  Whatever.
• 41:28
  At any rate, this one, the Lamborghini official board game is
• 41:32
  a fascinating economic management of a racing Lamborghini team.
• 41:36
  Sign the best driver, buy your car and its components and
• 41:40
  equip it at your fingertips.
• 41:41
  best to face the qualification session.
• 41:44
  Then drive your Lamborghini Murcielago at 350 kilometers an hour
• 41:48
  on the Munzar Hockenheim Straits.
• 41:51
  The game is both managing and racing.
• 41:53
  The five miniatures in the box, scale 187th, are also a toy for adults and kids.
• 41:59
  Lamborghini is the official board game which will drive the sports car fans mad.
• 42:04
  It comes with micromachines.
• 42:07
  You have to wear a high vis jacket.
• 42:09
  And this sounds exactly like, if you remember Parks and Recs, when
• 42:13
  they brought in the teachers from the rec center, and the guy was
• 42:16
  showing people how to use Quicken.
• 42:18
  This is exactly like that.
• 42:20
  Like, this is how to be an accountant as a board game.
• 42:26
  Now, I'm not deterring anyone from trying it out, or checking it out,
• 42:29
  or adding it to their collection.
• 42:30
  It is officially licensed Lamborghini Merchandise.
• 42:33
  But, You know, hey, whatever, take it with a grain of salt.
• 42:36
  It could be the next best game and we just don't know it.
• 42:39
  And there's one more thing we got to talk about, which is, you
• 42:42
  know, right out in left field.
• 42:44
  The Ford Mach E fragrance.
• 42:46
  Is that ode to toilet?
• 42:48
  I mean, toilette?
• 42:50
  Sorry, I just got a whiff.
• 42:52
  Okay, hold on.
• 42:52
  So Ford Mach E.
• 42:55
  Fragrance.
• 42:56
  So the Mach E is an electric car, right?
• 42:59
  Yep.
• 42:59
  I know this.
• 43:00
  I'm just, you know, being, being that way with my rhetorical.
• 43:03
  I get it.
• 43:03
  Yeah.
• 43:03
  No, no.
• 43:04
  And it's good that you answered who here has played with a train set.
• 43:08
  I know where she's going with this electric train set.
• 43:11
  Who remembers that smell, that, that taste almost that gets in your mouth.
• 43:16
  It's called ozone.
• 43:17
  Right?
• 43:18
  Like even, I guess, if you went to an electric go kart
• 43:25
  track, it'd be the same thing.
• 43:26
  So is that what this smells like?
• 43:29
  Oh no, no, no.
• 43:31
  As I read the article, it says the Moc O, okay, spelled E A U.
• 43:37
  What?
• 43:38
  That's the name of the fragrance.
• 43:40
  Yes, that's French.
• 43:41
  Like many French references we've made on this episode this time.
• 43:44
  It is designed to please the nose of any wearer.
• 43:48
  A high end fragrance that fuses smoky accords, aspects
• 43:53
  of rubber, and even an egg.
• 43:56
  Element to give a nod to the Mustang heritage.
• 43:59
  What are we talking about?
• 44:01
  So it smells like a horse stall because the mach is a Mustang.
• 44:06
  That's exactly what I was thinking.
• 44:08
  It smells like horse shit.
• 44:10
  And this is a pile of marketing horse shit.
• 44:13
  I like that you said stall because I thought you were gonna say horse's ass.
• 44:17
  Uh, I have, I have class.
• 44:21
  This is right up there with the whole Maki 1400, what is it?
• 44:25
  Red chili Tabasco sauce that came out with like two months ago.
• 44:30
  So instead of like, can't even remember who the, the fragrance
• 44:33
  models are, you know, when they walk down and they do their little
• 44:37
  thing for like, Dior or whatever.
• 44:39
  Who is going to be the spokesperson, the spokesmodel for this?
• 44:44
  Is it going to be?
• 44:46
  Ken Block.
• 44:47
  Sorry.
• 44:48
  No, that would be good.
• 44:50
  Let me do it again.
• 44:50
  I'll get it.
• 44:52
  Shit, I'm gonna get it.
• 44:53
  Hold on.
• 44:57
  This has gotta be good.
• 44:58
  This has gotta be really good.
• 45:01
  Is it going to be?
• 45:03
  Mr.
• 45:04
  Ed, cause it is a Mustang.
• 45:06
  He's a horse.
• 45:07
  Of course, of course, that might be a little too old for some of our listeners.
• 45:12
  It might be right in their wheelhouse too.
• 45:15
  Uh, y'all get new balances for Christmas.
• 45:18
  This memorabilia collectibles and automobile ista as we call it over
• 45:23
  on Garage Riot has been brought to you by the friendly folks at
• 45:27
  Garage Riot, where we talk about this stuff a lot in a specific way.
• 45:30
  Channel over there, but here's a couple of words from Donovan.
• 45:34
  About the new platform that's coming out.
• 45:36
  Yeah, that's right.
• 45:37
  So garage ride is moving platform.
• 45:40
  So Eric's been helping out a lot with that, doing a lot of the work there.
• 45:43
  So we've been working pretty closely together, but pretty excited to
• 45:45
  announce that, uh, we're moving sort of, we're definitely changing platforms.
• 45:49
  Our old one's been around for five years.
• 45:51
  It's served us well, but, uh, we're excited.
• 45:53
  Some of the new features coming and some new stability in the platform.
• 45:56
  So.
• 45:57
  If you haven't already, you can visit the, uh, the new platform.
• 46:00
  Uh, there's links on the current.
• 46:01
  com site.
• 46:02
  We hope to have everything built out and switched over
• 46:04
  officially sometime in November.
• 46:05
  So look forward to seeing you online.
• 46:07
  That's right.
• 46:07
  And there's a new phone app coming out as well, right?
• 46:09
  So we should be looking for some big changes.
• 46:11
  That's right.
• 46:12
  Yeah.
• 46:12
  Those will replace your existing apps.
• 46:14
  Uh, should just be a regular update from the app stores.
• 46:17
  So yeah, looking forward to it.
• 46:18
  So to add to that, here's a couple of highlights from things that
• 46:22
  we talked about on Garage Riot.
• 46:24
  Donovan and I bought a bunch of stuff from Tuned in Tokyo.
• 46:28
  It is definitely geared towards the JDM crowd.
• 46:31
  However, the gear is really cool.
• 46:34
  Original designs, lots of things throwing back to, you know, again,
• 46:38
  petrol heads of a certain age.
• 46:39
  If you were a fan of Initial D, a lot of Mount Akina stuff, a lot
• 46:43
  of, you know, Toyota specific, uh, Nissan specific, et cetera.
• 46:47
  Really cool gear on the site.
• 46:48
  I have a sweatshirt that I bought from them and even my wife went.
• 46:52
  Where'd you get that?
• 46:52
  That's really neat.
• 46:53
  I like the way that looks.
• 46:54
  It's actually a lime sweatshirt, so it's double thick.
• 46:57
  I love wearing it on cold days like today where you're out and about running around
• 47:01
  and you don't wanna throw on a jacket.
• 47:02
  So a lot of cool stuff over on.
• 47:04
  Tuned in tokyo.com.
• 47:06
  On top of that, I also happen to pick up a pair of shoes based on an article
• 47:11
  that somebody posted on a garage riot, and they came from hard tuned store.com.
• 47:16
  They're listed as at hard tuned store or at Hgx JPN on Instagram.
• 47:20
  And what did I buy?
• 47:21
  I bought the infamous Fujiyara Tofu Shop Hachiroku AE86 Converse Chucks.
• 47:28
  They're amazing shoes.
• 47:29
  I love them.
• 47:30
  I posted about them on Instagram.
• 47:32
  They're very classy looking and they definitely get people's
• 47:34
  attention if they're petrol heads.
• 47:36
  Most people are like, Oh, you're wearing these like black and white panda.
• 47:39
  Chucks, what are these?
• 47:40
  I love them.
• 47:41
  I like shoes like that.
• 47:42
  I like things that are neat and get people's attention and
• 47:45
  get us talking about things, especially from when we were kids.
• 47:47
  And don't forget another apparel retailer, Blipshift, usually around this
• 47:52
  time of the year, or at least heading towards The Christmas holiday season,
• 47:56
  they start pulling out old designs kind of from the archive from the vault.
• 48:00
  And so designs you might've missed earlier in the year, even in the
• 48:03
  past, start coming back available.
• 48:06
  So if there was something you missed, go to blipshift.
• 48:09
  com and don't forget to check out what they've got.
• 48:11
  Some really cool stuff over there recently.
• 48:13
  It's some Sauber C9 Mercedes, some Corrado, some IMSA Jaguar V12, which
• 48:19
  actually we saw that car in person at Watkins Glen and got to speak with Mike
• 48:24
  over at Havoc Performance about it.
• 48:25
  Sneak peek.
• 48:26
  There's an episode with Mike coming.
• 48:28
  So if you want to catch up on some of these designs from this year over to
• 48:31
  Blipshift, definitely check it out.
• 48:32
  Blipshift.
• 48:34
  com for all of your petrolhead tees.
• 48:37
  Let's talk about other brands, sister brands to Heeltread that
• 48:41
  people might not know about.
• 48:42
  I was digging around and I noticed on the website recently, there's curatorsocks.
• 48:46
  com.
• 48:46
  What's that all about?
• 48:47
  Actually curator, our office manager, Madalena, she's a big art fan.
• 48:52
  And what we re branded our company to be a company that caters to passions.
• 48:57
  So our biggest passion is art.
• 48:59
  So we did a sock brand inspired by all the famous artworks.
• 49:03
  And we launched in February last year.
• 49:05
  And it worked out really, really well.
• 49:07
  Not as good as Siltred.
• 49:09
  I think the Petrelheads are more possessive on that way than our guys.
• 49:12
  And in July last year, me and João are also big music fans.
• 49:17
  We launched Stereo Socks.
• 49:19
  It's, it's inspired by the coolest album covers.
• 49:21
  It doesn't need to be, The album that sells more records or most famous, but
• 49:26
  we do socks inspired on the cool socks.
• 49:28
  Like Depeche Mode's Violator album, right?
• 49:30
  That would make sense.
• 49:31
  It's a sock.
• 49:32
  Beautiful.
• 49:32
  Yeah.
• 49:33
  Well, it's really, really cool.
• 49:34
  It's a black sock with only the, um, the flower and we did
• 49:38
  it in a really special way.
• 49:39
  That was really cool.
• 49:40
  Exactly.
• 49:41
  And I showed my wife the curator socks because that's more her style.
• 49:44
  And she was like, I didn't know they, I didn't know they did this.
• 49:47
  And I'm like, yeah, I think you can order some, or at least I know
• 49:50
  what, at least I know what I'm getting her for Christmas this year.
• 49:52
  That's for sure.
• 49:54
  Another thing we talked about at Garage Riot.
• 49:56
  His watches, Donovan is a huge watch collector.
• 49:59
  I nerd out on them, but I'm super specific.
• 50:01
  Last year, we talked about the DeLorean watch, the DMC watches
• 50:05
  by Charlie Foxtrot in the UK.
• 50:07
  By the way, folks, those are no longer available.
• 50:11
  So they were available for about an entire year and now they have been pulled.
• 50:15
  So if you've got one good on you, I love mine.
• 50:17
  Couldn't recommend it enough, but we keep an eye on motor sports inspired watches.
• 50:22
  There's every once in a while, there's like a golf liveried,
• 50:24
  something or rather, you know, by.
• 50:26
  Tag our Breitling or something like that.
• 50:28
  And then Donovan and I were even joking recently about how there's
• 50:31
  now Chevy and Ford sports watches and things like that, but there's always
• 50:36
  those classic Porsche ones, right?
• 50:38
  And so recently PCA has put a bunch of different articles right in time
• 50:46
  for the holidays, talking about new watches that are Porsche inspired
• 50:50
  or designed specifically for Porsche owners or Porsche enthusiasts.
• 50:53
  So there's a.
• 50:55
  901 slash 993 exoskeleton called the Chelsea.
• 50:59
  There's a Porsche designed, uh, sport chronograph, which looks like the clock
• 51:04
  from the latest 991s and 992s modeled after the clock that's in the car.
• 51:09
  And then they have some legends reborn series, things like that.
• 51:13
  So this is a really cool watches.
• 51:15
  Maybe I'm the line of rich people doing rich people things in terms
• 51:19
  of price compared to, you know, some of the other watches that are
• 51:22
  out there, but Do a search online for motorsport inspired watches.
• 51:28
  That's a search that I generally use.
• 51:29
  And you'll be fascinated to see what you come up with, but we've
• 51:32
  linked to all the ones that we've talked about here in our show notes.
• 51:35
  So check them out.
• 51:35
  If you're interested.
• 51:36
  They're so expensive.
• 51:38
  The price isn't even listed here.
• 51:40
  I don't even know, like you must have to like knock on a door and say the
• 51:43
  secret passcode to see what the price is.
• 51:45
  I mean, that's like some of those Ferrari kits and Bugatti baby twos.
• 51:50
  And you don't want to know what the price is.
• 51:51
  Maybe it's free.
• 51:52
  I don't, I'm good.
• 51:55
  Something that could be perhaps more in the, uh, price range wallet
• 52:02
  ability of, of listeners is, uh, don't forget to go to the Lego shop.
• 52:06
  So in the recent years, they've created a set theme known as speed champions.
• 52:13
  And so.
• 52:13
  Seems about every year, at least, or even multiple times a year,
• 52:16
  they're kind of coming out with a new vehicle in their lineup.
• 52:19
  I mean, they've got the rally Audi sport Quattro.
• 52:22
  They've got 1974, nine 11.
• 52:24
  They've got trucks.
• 52:26
  They've got Mercedes and rather Ferraris small size and also large size.
• 52:31
  So there's also a 74, nine 11 that's one eighth scale.
• 52:35
  Yeah.
• 52:36
  So, uh, don't forget to check that out.
• 52:37
  If you want a fun toy, maybe, you know, for yourself or for the kids in your life.
• 52:43
  That's right.
• 52:43
  Or yourself's.
• 52:45
  And going back to what you said about earlier about Jake from
• 52:47
  Team Corvette, there's even some CR as well as Bronco kits now.
• 52:53
  So they are on the front end of new models that are coming out.
• 52:56
  So don't, uh, you know, Legos aren't just for kids, like you said for yourself.
• 53:00
  I know that there's a bunch of us in GTM and, and even over at Garage, right.
• 53:04
  That love putting some of these bigger kits together.
• 53:06
  Some of these one eighth scale Bugattis and Porsches, Lamborghinis
• 53:11
  and things that have come out.
• 53:11
  So keep an eye on them.
• 53:12
  And the other thing I'll say about Legos is don't wait, grab it now.
• 53:17
  If you see it, usually it's low production runs, especially on the car based stuff
• 53:21
  and the prices go through the roof.
• 53:24
  If you try to get them later from a collector, if you see it
• 53:27
  now, grab it now, especially at places like Walmart and target.
• 53:30
  And don't forget stocking stuffers, Hot Wheels and Matchbox.
• 53:33
  always go a long way.
• 53:35
  It's a great way to spend 94 cents.
• 53:38
  If you're looking for something else, maybe for yourself or for someone
• 53:42
  else, a loved one, let's rewind the clock a little bit and go back to
• 53:47
  our crossover episode with John W.
• 53:50
  Warner the fourth author of the little Anton series.
• 53:54
  And as a reminder, his new book, book, Lion, Tiger, Bear just
• 53:58
  released and is available on Amazon.
• 54:00
  You know, if you're not turning wrenches over the winter and you've got a voracious
• 54:04
  reader at home, or you are one yourself and you want to add something to your
• 54:07
  collection, pick up Lion, Tiger, Bear, or the entire little Anton series as it is.
• 54:14
  adjacent.
• 54:15
  But I don't want to spoil it for you.
• 54:16
  Go back and check out the episode we did called Beyond Little Anton with John W.
• 54:21
  Warner the fourth.
• 54:22
  And it explains everything about the series.
• 54:25
  And oh, by the way, there's a bonus episode on Patreon that will release
• 54:28
  probably later in 22 that you can get a head start on Lion, Tiger,
• 54:33
  Bear and get a little bit Behind the scenes on some aliens too.
• 54:38
  So in the spirit of giving, we want to highlight a couple quick things.
• 54:42
  Uh, obviously there's different organizations out there that
• 54:45
  are keeping track of events in a sort of non denominational way.
• 54:48
  We'll, we'll call it that.
• 54:49
  And one of them is always Garage Riot.
• 54:51
  And right now, you know, obviously the tail end of the year is upon us
• 54:54
  and a lot of things are winding down, but posted on Garage Riots, site.
• 54:58
  I noticed that there is a charity 5k going on at National Corvette Museum.
• 55:05
  I noticed that as well because I get NCM emails.
• 55:08
  That's true.
• 55:09
  So, but they call it the Run Run Rudolph 5k and it'll be happening
• 55:14
  on December 11th at 5pm at the National Corvette Museum track.
• 55:19
  So if you live in the Bowling Green area and want to give back to the community
• 55:23
  in a motor sports sort of way, it's a great opportunity to get out there.
• 55:27
  In addition to that, a little bit of a sneak peek on an upcoming partnership
• 55:31
  and episode that we're doing.
• 55:32
  The collector card guide is also your source for events and recommended vendors.
• 55:39
  They're kind of new on the scene within the last year to 18 months.
• 55:42
  They have a paper publication that they put out, but also their
• 55:46
  website is very comprehensive.
• 55:48
  And you can look at events.
• 55:49
  throughout the East coast in the motorsports community from car
• 55:53
  shows, track events to, to others.
• 55:55
  And so they are also listing some charity events and festivals and car shows here
• 56:00
  for the late fall and early winter.
• 56:03
  So check out collectorcarguide.
• 56:05
  com.
• 56:05
  Before we get into some shout outs and close out the episode.
• 56:08
  Wouldn't be a drive through episode unless we went down
• 56:12
  South to our Southern neighbors.
• 56:14
  We talking holiday Florida man stories.
• 56:18
  Holiday Florida man stories.
• 56:20
  And yes, folks, the holidays have not happened yet.
• 56:23
  So we do not have fresh out of the oven holiday stories of 2021 for you.
• 56:29
  So we are going to go back in time to last year when you would have thought.
• 56:34
  Thanks to COVID lockdowns, there wasn't really much holiday getting together.
• 56:38
  Not in Florida.
• 56:39
  Hold on.
• 56:40
  I got to add more rum to my eggnog before we get into this.
• 56:43
  We'll go reverse because Thanksgiving at the time of this
• 56:46
  recording is a mere two days away.
• 56:48
  So we'll start.
• 56:49
  Christmas time.
• 56:50
  And we'll work our way back to Thanksgiving.
• 56:52
  So headline alone, like start with those because they're always good.
• 56:57
  Florida woman charged with assaulting sister with Christmas decoration.
• 57:01
  And I got really excited because I'm thinking there's lots of kinds
• 57:06
  of Christmas decorations here.
• 57:07
  Are we talking about like, you know, the big pieces outside outdoor?
• 57:11
  Rudolph Rudolph's getting a beat down.
• 57:14
  I was a little disappointed when it's merely a beaded cone tree.
• 57:22
  So I guess it's like a Christmas cone, like a little mini Christmas tree that's
• 57:28
  shaped like a, like an ice cream cone.
• 57:30
  It's a stabbing device.
• 57:33
  And she stabbed essentially her sister in the left side of the dorsal
• 57:39
  with the Christmas cone due to some sort of altercation that they had.
• 57:42
  And there was that, but then further kind of reading through the article.
• 57:48
  Apparently there was another incident in Florida, fights at Christmas time, using
• 57:52
  Christmas decorations is a big thing.
• 57:55
  This one's even better.
• 57:56
  I think they said a similar incident, similar.
• 57:59
  Okay.
• 58:00
  Well, and similar in that it's a Christmas decoration, but this is the
• 58:03
  kind of decoration I was looking for.
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  Florida woman hit her boyfriend with sections of her family's
• 58:10
  artificial Christmas tree.
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  With sections of the Christmas tree.
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  The woman's last name is Graham, told the police, the couple began arguing because
• 58:20
  her boyfriend had set quote, the TV volume on too high while she was sleeping in
• 58:27
  response, she had quote, squared up to the victim and was screaming in his face,
• 58:32
  she admitted to the police that she quote, took apart an artificial Christmas tree
• 58:38
  and through three sections of the tree.
• 58:40
  At the victim.
• 58:41
  I mean, apparently in Florida, you could weaponize anything.
• 58:45
  Wow.
• 58:46
  I mean, that takes you had nothing else to go for.
• 58:50
  I mean, what was that guy doing while she's disassembling the Christian?
• 58:54
  Or was it like rapid fire?
• 58:55
  Like the Tasmanian devil?
• 58:57
  Like, was he just standing here?
• 58:59
  And he's watching her like take apart the Christmas tree and
• 59:01
  then he gets chucked in his face.
• 59:02
  I mean, how much of a Doug's can you be?
• 59:05
  I don't know because I mean, regardless of a pre lit tree or
• 59:08
  not, I'm going to go out on a limb.
• 59:11
  You have lights strung around it.
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  And if they're not pre lit.
• 59:15
  Well, even if they are, you got to disconnect the strands.
• 59:18
  If not, the whole tree is still like kind of together by virtue of the lights.
• 59:23
  And then you got the balls flying everywhere or whatever other
• 59:26
  hanging ornaments you have.
• 59:28
  I mean, what was that dude doing?
• 59:32
  He was, I don't, I don't, I don't understand.
• 59:34
  Please folks, don't let your Christmas turn into this disaster.
• 59:37
  That's for sure.
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  Please don't get a misdemeanor jail time on your record for.
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  Throwing Christmas tree parts at your boyfriend or girlfriend.
• 59:45
  How does that 9 1 1 call go?
• 59:47
  Excuse me, operator, I've been assaulted by a Christmas tree.
• 59:52
  Like, seriously?
• 59:53
  Like, I don't understand.
• 59:54
  Oh, who did it?
• 59:55
  Santa?
• 59:57
  Right?
• 59:57
  I mean, how do they even keep a straight face?
• 59:59
  Were you naughty this year?
• 1:00:02
  It's ridiculous.
• 1:00:03
  Oh, God.
• 1:00:06
  But here we go.
• 1:00:08
  Also saving the best for last.
• 1:00:11
  Whoops.
• 1:00:12
  Move to Thanksgiving.
• 1:00:13
  You don't even need to read the rest of that.
• 1:00:15
  There's not even anything else to the article, okay?
• 1:00:18
  Honestly, because it's summed up in its entirety by the title.
• 1:00:22
  Florida man defrosts Thanksgiving turkey in swimming pool.
• 1:00:31
  Y'all be worried about, Oh snap, I haven't taken my turkey out of the freezer yet.
• 1:00:36
  Thanksgiving's in two days.
• 1:00:37
  How will it ever defrost?
• 1:00:39
  No, you got a swimming pool in Florida.
• 1:00:41
  Throw that sucker in there.
• 1:00:42
  It takes just a few hours, apparently.
• 1:00:44
  So does the salmonella only takes a couple hours too.
• 1:00:48
  I mean, Add that little extra something, something.
• 1:00:52
  Oh God, really?
• 1:00:54
  I mean, in the hot tub, but then you'd end up cooking it, right?
• 1:00:57
  Quote.
• 1:00:58
  We saw our turkey in the pool.
• 1:01:00
  That's how you do it when you live in Florida.
• 1:01:03
  I didn't know that.
• 1:01:04
  I've also never lived in Florida.
• 1:01:06
  I mean, we learned something new every month.
• 1:01:09
  Every year, a different family member throws the turkey into the pool.
• 1:01:14
  I mean, that's tradition.
• 1:01:15
  I mean, that's almost slam dunk.
• 1:01:16
  Throw it in.
• 1:01:17
  Most people wonder, doesn't the chlorine get into your turkey?
• 1:01:22
  That's a little extra.
• 1:01:23
  That just keeps it moist.
• 1:01:25
  He says, these bags are sealed by the factories.
• 1:01:28
  We've never had a leakage yet.
• 1:01:30
  And no chlorine is in our turkey.
• 1:01:32
  All right.
• 1:01:33
  I mean, and it's like a sous vide at that point, right?
• 1:01:35
  So, I mean, I get it.
• 1:01:37
  I get it.
• 1:01:37
  I mean, those turkey bags are pretty thick, but.
• 1:01:40
  So is the skull of the person doing this, but you know, hey, whatever.
• 1:01:44
  And please, people, before you get any ideas, the United States Department of
• 1:01:47
  Agriculture does recommend that there are three ways to safely thaw your turkey.
• 1:01:52
  One, in the refrigerator.
• 1:01:54
  Two, in cold water.
• 1:01:55
  Or three, Apparently in the microwave.
• 1:01:57
  That sounds like a lot of work.
• 1:02:02
  All right.
• 1:02:04
  Well, thank goodness.
• 1:02:06
  I don't like turkey.
• 1:02:07
  Well, now that we've spread a little holiday cheer, it's time
• 1:02:10
  for us to wrap out with some local news and some shout outs.
• 1:02:13
  So first let's kick off.
• 1:02:16
  With Mike Arrigo from Hooked on Driving.
• 1:02:18
  We do two promotions at the end of the year and the beginning of the year.
• 1:02:21
  So basically right before Christmas, we have our frequent
• 1:02:25
  driver program that comes out.
• 1:02:26
  So you're going to be able to buy a gift certificate that never expires.
• 1:02:29
  You're basically saving somewhere in that 10 percent range.
• 1:02:32
  David Ray puts it out every year, but come right around December, we
• 1:02:35
  send an email out to everybody, you know, the frequent driver programs on.
• 1:02:39
  And then, uh, at the beginning of the year, they do it also.
• 1:02:41
  So in January, right after the new year starts.
• 1:02:44
  So for people that are balancing budgets and different businesses
• 1:02:47
  from, you know, one year to the next year, have two opportunities
• 1:02:50
  to kind of grab those out there.
• 1:02:52
  And like I said, they never expired.
• 1:02:53
  They're good for everything we do out there, except for the, uh,
• 1:02:57
  private coaching that we provide.
• 1:02:59
  So that gift certificate is good for anything out there.
• 1:03:01
  The one thing people need to know is like the gift certificates are regional.
• 1:03:04
  You can't buy a gift certificate and say, I'm going to use it and,
• 1:03:07
  you know, You know, a New York track and then a California track
• 1:03:10
  and then head down to Texas.
• 1:03:12
  So they are regional for your region.
• 1:03:13
  And that's why there's two levels, you know, our sponsorship packages
• 1:03:16
  are going to be coming out soon.
• 1:03:17
  Again, that go out to everybody out there for our, you know, regional sponsors
• 1:03:21
  for the year, like you see up on our website and some of the people I've
• 1:03:23
  talked about that do stuff for that.
• 1:03:25
  So, uh, I know there's a lot of people out there with businesses and,
• 1:03:28
  you know, our sponsor packages are very flexible out there for people.
• 1:03:31
  So it could be anything from a yearly sponsorship, you know,
• 1:03:34
  where you're, you know, you're.
• 1:03:35
  A title sponsor and you're on our website to something that's more
• 1:03:39
  localized and regional where, you know, you might have something at
• 1:03:42
  a certain track and say, you know, that's a title sponsor for that event.
• 1:03:45
  And, you know, lunch has been provided by, you know, ABC
• 1:03:48
  dealership or anything like that.
• 1:03:49
  So, uh, we're very adaptive and what people need and want to do like that.
• 1:03:54
  And to continue our HPD e junkie.
• 1:03:57
  com trackside update, all these trackside news brought to you by our
• 1:04:01
  friend, Dave Peters over at HPD junkie.
• 1:04:04
  com.
• 1:04:04
  He is underway in terms of updating the track day schedule for 2022.
• 1:04:10
  And guess what?
• 1:04:12
  Our friend Nabeel sent us his 2022 schedule already, and we
• 1:04:17
  haven't even finished the gear yet.
• 1:04:18
  And that means Dave is going to have it up.
• 1:04:22
  Let's, let's review really quickly.
• 1:04:23
  Starting in January, they're kicking off at Barber motor sports park, then
• 1:04:27
  headed to AMP Roebling road, road, Atlanta, Atlanta motor sports park again.
• 1:04:31
  And so on down the line, they're going to be a Carolina again in August.
• 1:04:34
  We hope to join them there.
• 1:04:36
  Maybe at some of these other events, but they've got a full
• 1:04:38
  schedule from January through.
• 1:04:40
  through December.
• 1:04:41
  I'm looking at 15 events.
• 1:04:43
  That's awesome.
• 1:04:44
  So Nabil also gives an exclusive little sneak peek here on the 2022 schedule.
• 1:04:48
  He is offering an off season rate for the barber event in January.
• 1:04:55
  That would make a great Christmas gift for a lot of people if they
• 1:04:58
  live in the Southeast or are looking to check a bucket list track.
• 1:05:02
  Off their list.
• 1:05:03
  So you can get a special discount with just track it at their January,
• 1:05:08
  15, 16, Barbara motor sports park.
• 1:05:10
  Beautiful track.
• 1:05:11
  It is absolutely beautiful track.
• 1:05:13
  And remember to check out the full length episode that we did with Nabil
• 1:05:16
  from just track it earlier this season to learn all about their program.
• 1:05:20
  If you're hearing about them for their first time.
• 1:05:22
  Again, stay tuned for updates on their registration and their events will all
• 1:05:26
  open up shortly on club registration.
• 1:05:29
  net.
• 1:05:30
  So if you're from the East coast and you're used to using motorsport
• 1:05:33
  reg, they use a different platform.
• 1:05:35
  That's prevalent in the South known as club registration.
• 1:05:38
  net.
• 1:05:38
  So be sure to check out their events there or check out their website, just track it.
• 1:05:42
  net.
• 1:05:42
  And also be sure to go to HPD junkie.
• 1:05:45
  com as your source for track days across North America.
• 1:05:48
  Chin has also already posted their track list for next year.
• 1:05:54
  So go to ChinTrackDays.
• 1:05:56
  com to check out their list.
• 1:05:57
  And please note something very exciting that I picked up on as I perused their
• 1:06:03
  list, as soon as I got their email, May 14th and 15th, 2022, Saturday and Sunday.
• 1:06:09
  Chin breaks the ice at a brand new track.
• 1:06:13
  Ooh!
• 1:06:14
  Ozarks International Raceway.
• 1:06:17
  O I R.
• 1:06:18
  I'm excited.
• 1:06:19
  How far is that?
• 1:06:20
  Far.
• 1:06:22
  Where is it?
• 1:06:22
  It is in Gravois Mills.
• 1:06:25
  Missouri, which if you're from, let's say, Washington, D.
• 1:06:30
  C.
• 1:06:30
  area, that is a mere 15 hour.
• 1:06:35
  Oh, is that all?
• 1:06:36
  15, 16 hour drive, approximately 995 miles, depending on route.
• 1:06:41
  Basically get on 70 and just keep driving till you make a left to IR.
• 1:06:47
  That would be our longest cannonball yet.
• 1:06:49
  But for our members in the middle and west region, region five, that are based out
• 1:06:54
  of Bowling Green, based out of Michigan and Ohio and other places, it's not that
• 1:06:59
  far of a stretch for them to get there.
• 1:07:00
  Maybe report back to us or, hey, if you guys got a car for rent, Let me know.
• 1:07:04
  And I did hear that OIR is going to have some cars available.
• 1:07:08
  So that might be a way, you know, fly out there, drop in, even if it's in a Miata,
• 1:07:12
  it's a cool way to check out a new track.
• 1:07:14
  And on that note, our friends, Jason and Sarah over at auto interests are also
• 1:07:18
  having an extended black Friday sale.
• 1:07:21
  So there'll be running a black Friday bonus value gift card special.
• 1:07:25
  And we've added that link to our show notes.
• 1:07:27
  And in addition to that, they're also offering what they call track packs.
• 1:07:31
  You can buy.
• 1:07:33
  The mid Ohio five event track pack.
• 1:07:36
  Now it's running 1, 199 and you can also pre purchase the summer camp at
• 1:07:42
  summit point, which is going to be July 29th through August 1st, three tracks
• 1:07:48
  over four days, Jefferson, Shenandoah, and summit point for 745 and those.
• 1:07:56
  Discounts, those track packs are available until January 28th of 2022.
• 1:08:02
  So check out their Black Friday sales, their fast pass sales.
• 1:08:05
  There's all sorts of other discounts going on.
• 1:08:07
  Sign up for Auto Interest newsletter, go to autointerest.
• 1:08:11
  com.
• 1:08:12
  And also be sure to check out the episode that we did with Jason Kennedy
• 1:08:16
  from Auto Interest earlier this year.
• 1:08:19
  Well, you know, looks like we've come to the end of our
• 1:08:22
  holiday shopping guide, but.
• 1:08:25
  I think there's some people that we need to thank.
• 1:08:27
  There's some messages that we need to give.
• 1:08:29
  Some virtual Christmas cards that we need to send.
• 1:08:33
  Sending out virtual thank yous.
• 1:08:34
  And a big thank you to all of GTM sponsors for supporting us
• 1:08:37
  during this very trying year.
• 1:08:39
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• 1:09:19
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• 1:09:37
  been an action packed year.
• 1:09:40
  We have put out 90 episodes in a year and a half.
• 1:09:44
  So if you're, haven't been listening to break faces the first time you're
• 1:09:46
  tuning in, you have a lot to learn.
• 1:09:49
  We have had names from all over the motor sports community, you know, from
• 1:09:54
  authors to racers to everybody in between.
• 1:09:56
  We've done crossover episodes.
• 1:09:58
  We've talked tech.
• 1:09:59
  We've talked off roading.
• 1:10:01
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• 1:10:02
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• 1:10:03
  I mean, all over the map.
• 1:10:04
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• 1:10:08
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• 1:10:10
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• 1:10:13
  I mean, week after week after week.
• 1:10:15
  And so I can't thank my co hosts enough.
• 1:10:19
  I'm going to name drop some people that have been on the show multiple times this
• 1:10:22
  year, first up, Donovan, Laura filling in multiple times for Brad coming up.
• 1:10:26
  Over from the garage riot team to help us out.
• 1:10:29
  David Andrews from the off roading group within GTM to come over and
• 1:10:32
  be on the show multiple times.
• 1:10:33
  He was on the double episode we did with Matt Martelli from the mint 400.
• 1:10:37
  Also talk about Gymkhana.
• 1:10:38
  He's done some off roading stuff.
• 1:10:40
  I want to thank David Middleton for coming on multiple times to talk
• 1:10:43
  about my racing and brought over Rob Holland for Bro Tech racing.
• 1:10:47
  I mean, all of these exciting episodes, Tanya, any other.
• 1:10:50
  Folks that you want to thank for being on break fix this year.
• 1:10:52
  Mark Shane, our resident Porsche file and petrol head extraordinary.
• 1:10:56
  He was on our, what should I buy nineties episode as well as drive
• 1:10:59
  through number 14, I think it was GTM member, Tom Wendy, region chief
• 1:11:04
  extraordinaire and resident Rotard as he calls himself, our rotary expert.
• 1:11:08
  Expert Tom, right?
• 1:11:09
  He's also the lead for our virtual racing league, which we hope to be
• 1:11:13
  kicking off here in late winter.
• 1:11:15
  So stay tuned for details on that.
• 1:11:16
  But you know, the list of guests goes on and on.
• 1:11:19
  And also we want to give a huge shout out to Brad.
• 1:11:22
  Congratulations to him and Adrian.
• 1:11:23
  They had their baby.
• 1:11:24
  You know, he's.
• 1:11:25
  Doing his parental duties and all that.
• 1:11:27
  We hope to have him back here for our winter special, along with
• 1:11:31
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• 1:11:33
  We don't want to give away too many spoilers because you guys
• 1:11:35
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• 1:11:37
  But if you have ideas for the show, please don't hesitate to reach out.
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  Let us know.
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  Contact us via email per chief at ggmotorsports.
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• 1:11:50
  And I think there's one last bit of news.
• 1:11:54
  A sad farewell we have to get to a guest that has been on the show multiple times.
• 1:11:59
  It's with a heavy heart that we share this news.
• 1:12:02
  As many of you probably already aware before the recording of this episode,
• 1:12:07
  one of our esteemed members of GTM, Matthew Yip, had been struggling
• 1:12:12
  and striving through his battle with kidney failure for many years now.
• 1:12:17
  And unfortunately, on November 15th, 2021.
• 1:12:21
  He lost that battle.
• 1:12:23
  We were all very shocked and saddened by that sudden news.
• 1:12:26
  And we hope that wherever he may be now, he's at peace.
• 1:12:30
  That's right, folks.
• 1:12:31
  And more details to come on Matthew's celebration of life.
• 1:12:35
  So please stay tuned to emails coming from GTM HQ, as we reveal
• 1:12:41
  more information as you know, things are kind of playing out and whatnot.
• 1:12:44
  So again, it was a shock to all of us that this happened.
• 1:12:48
  Matthew's.
• 1:12:49
  Extended family is huge.
• 1:12:51
  There's so many people that are coming out and sharing stories.
• 1:12:54
  It's hard to get our arms around all this stuff.
• 1:12:56
  So he had a major impact in the motor sports community,
• 1:13:00
  especially here in the DMV.
• 1:13:01
  And so if you're hearing about Matt for the first time, or maybe you
• 1:13:04
  knew him on the periphery, we did a special episode this year that.
• 1:13:09
  aired on his 55th birthday.
• 1:13:11
  So you could check out, uh, some of the, his backstory, some of his more
• 1:13:14
  famous stories in his own words.
• 1:13:16
  The title of that episode is called y'all be yippin big shout out to Matt again,
• 1:13:21
  and a thank you, even though he's not here to hear it for coming on break fix and
• 1:13:25
  helping us get this show off the ground.
• 1:13:27
  He was a big part of season one and he was on a ton of episodes.
• 1:13:31
  So we've linked to that in a time capsule article that That's
• 1:13:34
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• 1:13:37
  So if you search for y'all be yipping, all the information is there.
• 1:13:40
  So a big GTM salute to Matthew.
• 1:13:43
  You are with us in our thoughts and our prayers from here on out.
• 1:13:47
  And that being said, it's always important to remember something
• 1:13:50
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• 1:13:52
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• 1:13:56
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• 1:14:04
  Oh, and wait, did I forget to thank Tanya again?
• 1:14:08
  Our executive co producer of the drive thru.
• 1:14:10
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• 1:14:13
  And on that note, happy holidays everybody.
• 1:14:16
  Happy holidays.
• 1:14:18
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• 1:14:23
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• 1:14:35
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• 1:14:38
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• 1:14:42
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• 1:14:47
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