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Mega Meet Car Talk! · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:00
  Don Armstrong: Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast.
• 0:02
  Don Armstrong: Team Gilman presents the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show, the Mega Meat 2K26.
• 0:12
  Don Armstrong: Just ahead, guests from today's humongous cruise in.
• 0:16
  Don Armstrong: Plus, Jeff has his motor minute, and I'll review the new 2026 Lexus NX.
• 0:22
  Don Armstrong: It's just ahead on the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show.
• 0:25
  Don Armstrong: A good Saturday morning to you.
• 0:27
  Don Armstrong: It's a beautiful morning in Houston, Texas, and we got lots of cars.
• 0:31
  Don Armstrong: And if you think that there's a lot of cars here now, just wait.
• 0:33
  Don Armstrong: We understand that there's a lot more coming from another car show that's just closing up for the day, and they're all headed this away.
• 0:40
  Don Armstrong: So it ought to be a great morning.
• 0:41
  Don Armstrong: County, along with Mike out of this world, Mars, we always need more Jeff Zeke and Chief Engineer David Ainsley.
• 0:46
  Don Armstrong: I'm Don Armstrong.
• 0:47
  Don Armstrong: Glad you could join us.
• 0:48
  Don Armstrong: And if we look a little weird, because uh somebody forgot a little bitty piece of equipment.
• 0:53
  Don Armstrong: Don't worry about it.
• 0:54
  Don Armstrong: It's about don't worry about it.
• 0:55
  Don Armstrong: It's about that big.
• 0:57
  Don Armstrong: You're familiar with that size.
• 0:59
  Don Armstrong: That big.
• 1:00
  Don Armstrong: And uh that thing uh is uh being absconded at the best buy right now, and it should take him about five minutes to get back here, and then we'll be back in order.
• 1:10
  Don Armstrong: But anyway, it doesn't matter.
• 1:12
  Jeff Dziekan: It started out a little slow coming in this morning, but it seems to be filling up on the uh south end of the parking lot.
• 1:17
  Don Armstrong: What are you talking about the car show?
• 1:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, I'm talking about all the time.
• 1:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, I'm talking about this.
• 1:20
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh.
• 1:21
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I'm talking about the entire car show start off.
• 1:23
  Jeff Dziekan: We ain't got that far yet, Jeff.
• 1:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay.
• 1:25
  Don Armstrong: You're you're jumping ahead.
• 1:26
  Don Armstrong: I'm jumping ahead.
• 1:27
  Don Armstrong: I know.
• 1:27
  Don Armstrong: Jeff was here at 6 30 this morning.
• 1:31
  Don Armstrong: What?
• 1:32
  Don Armstrong: Jeff was here at 6 30.
• 1:33
  Don Armstrong: This morning.
• 1:36
  Don Armstrong: So what do we have coming up today?
• 1:40
  Don Armstrong: Well, uh a full boat of uh lots of different people.
• 1:45
  Don Armstrong: Uh Carla with the team Gilman folks, and uh she told me she says, Well, there's an influencer here.
• 1:52
  Don Armstrong: That uh that girl in the pink car, as soon as she gets set up down there, we're gonna have her on because I'd love to talk to an influencer and find out what how how she how does influencing work.
• 2:03
  Don Armstrong: You got me here, you influenced me to come, so yeah.
• 2:07
  Don Armstrong: Well, I twisted your arm, and it's not all my fault.
• 2:10
  Don Armstrong: Unless it goes bad, then it is my fault.
• 2:12
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, you go.
• 2:12
  Don Armstrong: I'm familiar with that.
• 2:14
  Don Armstrong: So we got our regular stuff, but we also got a bonus hour today, three-hour show, and we're gonna tack on the third hour at noon.
• 2:23
  Don Armstrong: So we're gonna go to one o'clock today with the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show, and we hope that you'll stay with us because it's gonna be fun.
• 2:30
  Don Armstrong: Um, we're hoping to uh get them folks from the Mazda, the Subaru, and Acura.
• 2:38
  Don Armstrong: Acura.
• 2:39
  Don Armstrong: It that that sign's hidden back there.
• 2:41
  Don Armstrong: But this is a three-dealership complex here, and if you want to know where we are, we are on I-45, the North Freeway in Houston.
• 2:50
  Don Armstrong: Uh the highway that comes from Houston and goes to Dallas.
• 2:53
  Don Armstrong: And we're just past FM 1960, which is a huge major thoroughfare up here on the north side of town.
• 3:00
  Don Armstrong: Anyway, this three dealership threesome.
• 3:05
  Don Armstrong: Extravaganza.
• 3:06
  Don Armstrong: Extravaganza is just north of 1960 and uh lots of parking and uh lots of fun.
• 3:13
  Don Armstrong: I see that Red Bull is here.
• 3:14
  Don Armstrong: Uh they're bringing out all their stuff.
• 3:16
  Don Armstrong: You got a big display over here and a bunch of bulls at the at the Subaru dealership.
• 3:21
  Don Armstrong: Um so you get all of the imports and you get the specialty cars.
• 3:27
  Don Armstrong: And I'm looking at the specialty car row right now, and there's a red Camaro out there, and you're gonna see them once we get back with our video the way that it's supposed to be.
• 3:36
  Don Armstrong: There's a red Camaro out there.
• 3:37
  Don Armstrong: There is a black Corvette, uh C8 Corvette, that's got a lot of horsepower under the hood.
• 3:44
  Don Armstrong: I didn't talk to the guy, but he opened the hood, which makes me want to look inside the hood.
• 3:48
  Don Armstrong: Well, I think it's a supercharger that's in there.
• 3:52
  Don Armstrong: So I'm thinking maybe six, seven hundred horsepower, not sure.
• 3:56
  Don Armstrong: And uh then next to the old car there, there's another uh C8.
• 4:01
  Don Armstrong: It's black with a red stripe on it.
• 4:03
  Don Armstrong: We also have over here, what what is that?
• 4:06
  Don Armstrong: Is that an Acura?
• 4:08
  Jeff Dziekan: Looks like an Acura, you've got a Mercedes, you got Lexus, another Corvette.
• 4:12
  Don Armstrong: So these are the specialty cars that are in front of us.
• 4:14
  Don Armstrong: And uh most of the imports are on either side.
• 4:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Square body Mustang there.
• 4:19
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, old square body Mustang.
• 4:21
  Don Armstrong: And you got a Buick over here.
• 4:23
  Don Armstrong: Is there a Burek?
• 4:24
  Don Armstrong: Oh, there's a great Burec over there.
• 4:26
  Don Armstrong: I wonder who owns that.
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: I wonder.
• 4:28
  Don Armstrong: Probably probably another influencer.
• 4:30
  Don Armstrong: You mean to tell me that that Gilman owns the Cadillac dealership?
• 4:33
  Don Armstrong: I'm sure he does.
• 4:34
  Don Armstrong: Well, there's something about that.
• 4:36
  Don Armstrong: So big dealership here in town called Team Gilman, and uh they have lots of dealerships.
• 4:43
  Don Armstrong: Three of them right now.
• 4:44
  Don Armstrong: Could be a pre-owned.
• 4:45
  Don Armstrong: It could be, yeah.
• 4:47
  Don Armstrong: That's a nice looking little car.
• 4:48
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 4:50
  Don Armstrong: Um anyway, there's also lots of news that uh I wanted to tell you about today.
• 4:55
  Don Armstrong: Um one of the things that uh that just jumped out uh the automotive news yesterday, as a matter of fact, and I'll read it to you now, and we can have a little discussion about it.
• 5:05
  Don Armstrong: Texas dealers are voicing strong objections to the State Department of Motor Vehicles expanded photo identification requirements for vehicle registrations.
• 5:15
  Don Armstrong: You got to have a photo ID.
• 5:16
  Don Armstrong: You do?
• 5:17
  Don Armstrong: Your driver's life.
• 5:18
  unknown: Yeah.
• 5:19
  Don Armstrong: The agency said the change will curb fraud and prevent undocumented residents from driving in the state.
• 5:26
  Don Armstrong: But vehicle sales will decline and loan delinquencies will increase at dealerships that serve primarily immigrant and low-income car buyers, according to Texas dealers.
• 5:38
  Don Armstrong: Under the new rules, car buyers face a slew of changes about what photo ID they can use to register their vehicle.
• 5:45
  Don Armstrong: Dealers must now confirm the validity of the identification used before submitting registration paperwork.
• 5:52
  Don Armstrong: New car buyers now must use a real ID, that's the thing with the star on your on your driver's license, or bring along their birth certificate, no problem with forging that at all, or citizenship documents to register the vehicle.
• 6:08
  Don Armstrong: Previously, any driver's license issued by any state or territory of the United States sufficed, according to the Texas DMV.
• 6:16
  Don Armstrong: The agency has accepted passports or a driver's license expired in the past year.
• 6:23
  Don Armstrong: Now those IDs have to be current.
• 6:26
  Don Armstrong: You can't have an expired driver's license.
• 6:27
  Don Armstrong: No.
• 6:28
  Don Armstrong: Texas dealers, like those in other states, handled the titling and registration process for their customers.
• 6:33
  Don Armstrong: They said the rule changes will hurt sales and increase their responsibilities.
• 6:38
  Don Armstrong: Well, increase the responsibilities I get, but I don't know about hurting sales.
• 6:45
  Speaker 4: Can I add to that?
• 6:46
  Speaker 4: Yes, please.
• 6:47
  Speaker 4: So I handle 16 vehicles for my work.
• 6:50
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 6:51
  Speaker 4: I now cannot register online to update the registrations every year.
• 6:56
  Speaker 4: I have to go to the place.
• 6:58
  Speaker 4: I used to be able to do it within minutes online.
• 7:00
  Speaker 4: You have to go to Texas DMV or I have to go down there each time.
• 7:04
  Speaker 4: So wait in line, you know, all that.
• 7:07
  Speaker 4: Can you take all sixteen?
• 7:08
  Don Armstrong: Can you take all sixteen?
• 7:10
  Speaker 4: No.
• 7:10
  Speaker 4: Because they they come in at different months.
• 7:12
  Speaker 4: Different times of time.
• 7:13
  Speaker 4: So now instead of doing it online, it's in person.
• 7:17
  Speaker 4: Lucky.
• 7:20
  Speaker 4: Much worse.
• 7:21
  Speaker 4: You need an assistant.
• 7:22
  Speaker 4: They've gone back.
• 7:22
  Speaker 4: You need an assistant.
• 7:24
  Speaker 4: I'll do that for you.
• 7:25
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 7:25
  Speaker 4: Will you pay me?
• 7:26
  Speaker 4: No.
• 7:27
  Don Armstrong: That's what I'm figuring.
• 7:28
  Don Armstrong: Carmax is going to pay nearly $500,000 in restitution and penalties to settle allegations by the U.S.
• 7:38
  Don Armstrong: Department of Justice that improperly repossessed 28 service members' vehicles.
• 7:44
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh-oh.
• 7:46
  Don Armstrong: U.S.
• 7:46
  Don Armstrong: alleged that the large national used car dealership group didn't require staff to check the defense manpower data center database to see if a delinquent borrower was a soldier or prohibit staff from repossessing vehicles from reservists who had been called up.
• 8:05
  Don Armstrong: That's ridiculous.
• 8:06
  Don Armstrong: The settlement required CarMax to pay $420,000 into a fund to compensate service members for repossession violations and add more funds if needed.
• 8:17
  Don Armstrong: So shame on you.
• 8:25
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, it's terrible.
• 8:26
  Don Armstrong: Well, but who who is to know?
• 8:29
  Don Armstrong: I mean, you know, you would have to have, of course, I'm sure that they do have full time.
• 8:33
  Don Armstrong: You'd have to have full-time lawyers, attorneys, and people looking for this stuff.
• 8:38
  Don Armstrong: Because you know the government is really bad about changing the laws and then not telling anybody, oh, well, you're out of compliance, sir.
• 8:45
  Don Armstrong: You're gonna you're gonna be fined $50,000.
• 8:48
  Jeff Dziekan: But you think if you're a a high-end finance company, you would understand and know But how I guess Because when you get a loan, yeah, what do you do for a living?
• 8:57
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm an electrician, I'm in the army, I'm in the navy, I'm this, that, or the other.
• 9:01
  Jeff Dziekan: So they know going into it by getting a loan.
• 9:04
  Jeff Dziekan: So I think there should be closer watch on them.
• 9:08
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm just saying it's not right.
• 9:11
  Don Armstrong: Well, if I'm a dealer, I'm gonna have to designate somebody to read over all of those legal documents.
• 9:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Now, if you go to a town that is heavily in the military, like the for instance, Clean or San Diego, there are dealerships, and I know this because I work with several of them, there are dealerships that actually cater to the military, the service members, so that they can give them better rates.
• 9:35
  Jeff Dziekan: They know that they're going to be deployed at some point or another.
• 9:37
  Jeff Dziekan: And they put them in a car that fits their family that they can afford.
• 9:41
  Jeff Dziekan: Now, if they're doing that in the beginning, they should know they're going to be in the military and maybe deployed.
• 9:46
  Jeff Dziekan: That's a good point.
• 9:46
  Jeff Dziekan: So you know, they they actually cater to the military.
• 9:49
  Jeff Dziekan: Like Colleen.
• 9:49
  Jeff Dziekan: Colleen's an example because I'm worked there several times.
• 9:53
  Jeff Dziekan: I just think it's wrong.
• 9:54
  Jeff Dziekan: That's it's a black eye on the dealer.
• 9:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 9:57
  Jeff Dziekan: CarMax.
• 9:59
  Don Armstrong: Shame on them.
• 10:00
  Don Armstrong: Shame on you.
• 10:01
  Don Armstrong: Well, I think that their car sales have gone down because you know they've got a lot more competition.
• 10:04
  Don Armstrong: And apparently Carvana, who I bashed when they first came out, you remember back in the day they all had the vending machines.
• 10:13
  Don Armstrong: Right.
• 10:13
  Don Armstrong: I don't know of any vending machines left anymore, do you?
• 10:16
  Don Armstrong: Are they still around?
• 10:17
  Don Armstrong: Maybe one or two round.
• 10:18
  Don Armstrong: I don't know if they're here.
• 10:19
  Don Armstrong: I think that they got wise and said, you know what, we're spending a half a million dollars on these vending machines for what?
• 10:25
  Don Armstrong: Doesn't make any sense.
• 10:26
  Don Armstrong: A lot of people, especially uh generations that are younger than us.
• 10:31
  Don Armstrong: But they do the stuff online anyway.
• 10:34
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 10:34
  Don Armstrong: And most people not most people, I will say that a lot of people go online to buy their cars.
• 10:39
  Jeff Dziekan: And rightly so.
• 10:40
  Jeff Dziekan: I mean, I understand.
• 10:41
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, there's other issues with Carvana because there's things that we reported on a while ago that you have to go through their financing, you had to go through certain hoops that they want you to jump through for them in order to get the car delivered.
• 10:53
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I think with this new CEO, I think that they've changed a lot of it.
• 10:56
  Don Armstrong: Could be, okay, and I think that uh their car sales have increased.
• 10:59
  Don Armstrong: I know their locations have.
• 11:01
  Don Armstrong: They're even into new car dealerships now.
• 11:04
  Don Armstrong: I noticed that they have uh purchased several car dealerships around the United States, and I think that that will probably continue.
• 11:10
  Jeff Dziekan: And they're they've got a lot of they're heavy on the advertising and the marketing on TV.
• 11:14
  Jeff Dziekan: You know, you see all these celebrities saying they're gonna get their car delivered and the commercials, just the marketing stuff.
• 11:20
  Don Armstrong: Sure.
• 11:20
  Don Armstrong: You know, I think that you need something like that, Jeff.
• 11:25
  Don Armstrong: Me?
• 11:26
  Jeff Dziekan: No.
• 11:26
  Jeff Dziekan: No, no, no.
• 11:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh you know, uh uh a rice rocket.
• 11:28
  Jeff Dziekan: Um I'm we're uh I need six wheels, not four.
• 11:32
  Jeff Dziekan: Do you?
• 11:32
  Jeff Dziekan: I had a I had a buy a tire this week.
• 11:35
  Jeff Dziekan: I had a flat tire.
• 11:36
  Jeff Dziekan: You really?
• 11:36
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 11:37
  Jeff Dziekan: It was a chunk of some electrical company probably was in front of me.
• 11:43
  Jeff Dziekan: It was a about three inches long, white, sharp, looked like a fastener of some sort.
• 11:48
  Jeff Dziekan: Right in the middle of the tire, about bigger round as your finger.
• 11:52
  Jeff Dziekan: And luckily I was getting off the freeway when all the gauges were coming on, all the warning lights, and I ended up with a flat tire right in front of a discount tire.
• 12:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Seriously.
• 12:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Only you.
• 12:02
  Jeff Dziekan: So you know, about 250 bucks later, I get one tire.
• 12:08
  Don Armstrong: Did you the same same make and model tire?
• 12:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 12:12
  unknown: Yeah.
• 12:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Really, they had it in stock.
• 12:13
  Jeff Dziekan: They had it in stock, believe it or not.
• 12:15
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh the TPC, the tire performance criteria number, is for that vehicle, but it it's not the you know, it's a different compound.
• 12:23
  Jeff Dziekan: It's a continental, it's a good, you know, it's the same thing.
• 12:25
  Jeff Dziekan: Did you put it on the back?
• 12:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, well, it was the right rear is what went out, so it had to be a good one.
• 12:30
  Jeff Dziekan: Really?
• 12:32
  Don Armstrong: Not the front.
• 12:32
  Don Armstrong: That's weird.
• 12:33
  Don Armstrong: You probably were sliding around a corner sideways as well.
• 12:36
  Jeff Dziekan: I was doing about eight around the corner.
• 12:40
  Don Armstrong: Eight around the corner.
• 12:41
  Jeff Dziekan: No, I was actually on the freeway, coming off the freeway.
• 12:43
  Don Armstrong: Weird.
• 12:44
  Don Armstrong: There's a lot of stuff on the freeway.
• 12:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, there is, and of course I found it.
• 12:47
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 12:48
  Don Armstrong: No doubt about it.
• 12:49
  Don Armstrong: Um, you know, they've got food vendors here.
• 12:52
  Jeff Dziekan: I see they're they're setting stuff up.
• 12:54
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 12:54
  Don Armstrong: And I'm thinking lunch.
• 12:56
  Don Armstrong: What do you think?
• 12:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, I I've got to leave to go have lunch.
• 13:01
  Don Armstrong: Oh, you're leaving early today.
• 13:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 13:04
  Jeff Dziekan: In about five minutes.
• 13:05
  Jeff Dziekan: No, you're not.
• 13:06
  Jeff Dziekan: No, you're not leaving that early.
• 13:08
  Jeff Dziekan: No, I just won't be here.
• 13:09
  Jeff Dziekan: I'll be here to the end of the show.
• 13:11
  Jeff Dziekan: It's just I won't be participating in the the uh fun of packing up.
• 13:15
  Don Armstrong: And you know, one of the things that I asked David, Ainsley, I said, David, why did you bring the truck, the work truck today?
• 13:21
  Don Armstrong: Why didn't you bring the nice cars?
• 13:24
  Don Armstrong: And this would be a perfect event for you.
• 13:26
  Don Armstrong: If you pull your microphone up, we could hear you.
• 13:28
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 13:29
  Don Armstrong: Um, so what's the deal with the infinity?
• 13:32
  Speaker 4: You could have brought the right-hand drive vehicle.
• 13:33
  Speaker 4: I I need new brakes.
• 13:35
  Speaker 4: I've got metal to metal right now.
• 13:37
  Jeff Dziekan: Ah, it's never stopped you before.
• 13:38
  Jeff Dziekan: What do you think?
• 13:39
  Jeff Dziekan: You're gonna go out there and change them yourself?
• 13:41
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh yeah.
• 13:42
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, there's three dealerships here.
• 13:44
  Jeff Dziekan: You can roll it into one of them, had it done like that.
• 13:46
  Jeff Dziekan: I I want it done right now.
• 13:50
  Don Armstrong: Well, these guys do it right, don't they, David?
• 13:54
  Speaker 4: They do it right here, yeah.
• 13:55
  Speaker 4: But I'm having infinity, so they probably don't do that.
• 13:57
  Speaker 4: Oh, you got specialty washers and stuff.
• 14:00
  Don Armstrong: Do you do you have uh do you have pads for it?
• 14:04
  Speaker 4: There's a place that sells infinity parts, OEM parts online.
• 14:08
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 14:08
  Speaker 4: Have you ordered them?
• 14:09
  Speaker 4: Are they sitting in the box in the garage?
• 14:11
  Don Armstrong: No.
• 14:12
  Don Armstrong: No.
• 14:12
  Don Armstrong: How much are those parts, David?
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: About five, six hundred dollars for all rotors and pads.
• 14:20
  Don Armstrong: Oh, so you buy rotors as well.
• 14:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they've got their worth.
• 14:24
  Speaker 4: I've had them turn before.
• 14:25
  Jeff Dziekan: You guys are they have different different like good better best on the pads?
• 14:29
  Jeff Dziekan: You got like a maxi pad and all that.
• 14:32
  Speaker 4: A maxi pad.
• 14:32
  Speaker 4: Are the big thick ones?
• 14:34
  Speaker 4: The big thick maxi pad.
• 14:36
  Speaker 4: Those really better best in the quality of it.
• 14:42
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you get the uh ceramics.
• 14:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and they're really expensive.
• 14:46
  Speaker 4: Slotted.
• 14:47
  Speaker 4: Why?
• 14:47
  Speaker 4: You you don't drive the car like that.
• 14:49
  Don Armstrong: You don't need that.
• 14:50
  Don Armstrong: Why would you buy the ceramics?
• 14:53
  Speaker 4: No, I I'm not.
• 14:54
  Speaker 4: No, no, no, you get the it'd be about two thousand dollars.
• 14:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I was gonna say if I got slotted and drilled and all that.
• 15:01
  Speaker 4: You don't need all that unless you race the car.
• 15:03
  Speaker 4: What do you mean?
• 15:03
  Speaker 4: Bring it over.
• 15:04
  Jeff Dziekan: I got a drill.
• 15:06
  Don Armstrong: That's right.
• 15:07
  Don Armstrong: Everybody's got drills.
• 15:08
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 15:09
  Don Armstrong: So we're gonna take a quick break.
• 15:11
  Don Armstrong: And uh when we come back, no.
• 15:14
  unknown: Who's gonna play the break?
• 15:15
  Don Armstrong: What?
• 15:15
  Speaker 4: Who's gonna play the break?
• 15:17
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 15:19
  Don Armstrong: Oh, he can't we can't play the break.
• 15:21
  Speaker 4: You know how to do it?
• 15:22
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 15:22
  Speaker 4: Main either.
• 15:23
  Speaker 4: Oh, wait, yeah, hold on.
• 15:25
  Don Armstrong: He does here goes Jeff.
• 15:27
  Don Armstrong: So we're having to do this in a roundabout kind of way.
• 15:31
  Don Armstrong: Mr.
• 15:31
  Don Armstrong: Mars was supposed to be back 15 minutes ago, but that didn't happen.
• 15:35
  Don Armstrong: Uh, anyway, so Jeff is gonna sneak around over here.
• 15:39
  Don Armstrong: So you're not gonna he's gonna bend down, see all you can see is his head.
• 15:43
  Don Armstrong: Put your head in there, Jeff.
• 15:45
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 15:46
  Don Armstrong: So then he's gonna play the commercial.
• 15:48
  Don Armstrong: Just ahead, Jeff's Motor Minute, and a review of the new Lexus NX when the in-wheel time car talk show continues right after this.
• 15:57
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• 16:24
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• 16:33
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• 16:37
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• 16:45
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• 16:50
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• 16:55
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• 16:57
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• 17:03
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• 17:08
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• 17:24
  Don Armstrong: Mm-hmm.
• 17:25
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• 17:28
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• 17:37
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• 17:41
  Don Armstrong: There's one for you, David, right there.
• 17:42
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• 17:52
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• 17:59
  Don Armstrong: Time now for Jeff's Motor Minute.
• 18:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, I've got several, but I'm going to pick one that's near and here with me.
• 18:04
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay.
• 18:05
  Jeff Dziekan: Engine ticking issues now linked to several GM models.
• 18:10
  Jeff Dziekan: Now, what models are those?
• 18:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, let me tell you.
• 18:12
  Jeff Dziekan: General Motors has updated a service bulletin, which addresses an engine ticking noise caused by a manufacturing defect.
• 18:18
  Jeff Dziekan: The revision of this manufacture bulletin uh is is a revision of it, and it includes more than the 25 and 26 models equipped with a 2.0 liter inline LSY turbocharge engine.
• 18:32
  Jeff Dziekan: Here's the kicker.
• 18:34
  Jeff Dziekan: This means that of the owners of the Buick Envision, me, Chevrolet Blazor, Cadillac C T four, C T five, XT4, XT5, and XT6 may now be affected by this issue.
• 18:48
  Jeff Dziekan: So you may be affected by I may be affected by this.
• 18:51
  Jeff Dziekan: So I'm gonna put some ointment on it.
• 18:53
  Jeff Dziekan: However, the ticking noise is infected.
• 18:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, okay.
• 18:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Just off that.
• 18:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, it's a typo.
• 18:57
  Jeff Dziekan: However, the ticking noise is not necessarily an engine design issue, but the rather the result of a manufacturing defect is also a service bulletin, meaning that sent by GM, sent to GM dealers rather than directly to the owners would be typically what the recall would be about.
• 19:13
  Jeff Dziekan: So what's happening?
• 19:14
  Jeff Dziekan: The issue stems from manufacturing debris entering the hydraulic valve lash adjuster, preventing the component from pumping oil properly and resulting in a soft adjuster.
• 19:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Without proper hydraulic pressure, the affected engines may produce a ticking noise.
• 19:28
  Jeff Dziekan: Tick, tick, tick.
• 19:29
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh dealers are instructed to use a stethoscope, of course, and other methods to inspect the valve train first.
• 19:36
  Jeff Dziekan: You sure that's all they're using that stethoscope?
• 19:38
  Jeff Dziekan: The stethoscope, or I don't know.
• 19:42
  Jeff Dziekan: I don't know if my my insurance has covered that.
• 19:46
  Jeff Dziekan: So, anyways, it's the two two-liter, two point five liter.
• 19:50
  Jeff Dziekan: It's uh it can't be good, but I don't have an experience yet, but ever since I read this this past week, I'm listening to it.
• 19:57
  Jeff Dziekan: You listened for sound.
• 19:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Like a time bomb.
• 20:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Exactly.
• 20:01
  Don Armstrong: So what are they gonna do?
• 20:02
  Don Armstrong: They're gonna replace the whole motor?
• 20:04
  Jeff Dziekan: No, they're gonna go, there's gonna be a replacement of the valve lash system, they're gonna flush it out and all that, but they don't know yet because they haven't really uh done it.
• 20:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh my god, how many how many cars are affected?
• 20:13
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh well the 20 2025 and 2026 models.
• 20:16
  Jeff Dziekan: So of all of those.
• 20:18
  Don Armstrong: A million of them.
• 20:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh it could be.
• 20:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh but there's no specific VIN range because it's like random.
• 20:22
  Jeff Dziekan: It's random right now.
• 20:23
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh my god.
• 20:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, yeah.
• 20:25
  Jeff Dziekan: So there you go.
• 20:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Keep an eye out.
• 20:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, ain't that fun?
• 20:28
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 20:30
  Don Armstrong: What do you do?
• 20:32
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 20:33
  Don Armstrong: Here's what I do: a review of the 2026 Lexus NX.
• 20:38
  Don Armstrong: It comes in so many different trim levels.
• 20:42
  Don Armstrong: Let me start.
• 20:42
  Don Armstrong: 350H, 350, 350H premium, 350 premium, 358 luxury, and the list goes on and on.
• 20:52
  Don Armstrong: I'm not going to bore you with all that.
• 20:53
  Don Armstrong: I had the 450H Plus luxury all-wheel drive.
• 20:59
  Don Armstrong: This is considered a small SUV.
• 21:01
  Don Armstrong: I would consider it a small SUV.
• 21:04
  Don Armstrong: Uh, five seats.
• 21:05
  Don Armstrong: I'm sorry?
• 21:07
  Don Armstrong: No, the Lexus.
• 21:10
  Don Armstrong: Um new in uh 2022.
• 21:14
  Don Armstrong: Exterior features, attractively curvy body lines.
• 21:19
  Don Armstrong: I'm talking about the car now, so you get your mind out of the gutter, with signature spindle grill, different wheels and grills for different trims.
• 21:27
  Don Armstrong: The tail has brake cooling ducts back there.
• 21:32
  Don Armstrong: Does it need it?
• 21:32
  Don Armstrong: No, but it looks really cool.
• 21:34
  Don Armstrong: They're fake anyway, but it looks good.
• 21:37
  Don Armstrong: Um the C pillar adds a fast back, attractive touch to the design.
• 21:43
  Don Armstrong: What I liked about it, the overall design gets high marks, in my opinion.
• 21:46
  Don Armstrong: What could use improvement?
• 21:47
  Don Armstrong: I don't think anything.
• 21:48
  Don Armstrong: It really is a good looking vehicle.
• 21:50
  Don Armstrong: Interior highlights, a center screen designed into the dash layout.
• 21:56
  Don Armstrong: It's nice, and uh it looks really good.
• 21:59
  Don Armstrong: Comfortable seating with lots of adjustments.
• 22:03
  Don Armstrong: Leg room for the second row passengers is adequate, which is different for a small SUV.
• 22:10
  Don Armstrong: Overall, fit-finish design, excellent.
• 22:13
  Don Armstrong: Trunk room, cargo room, adequate for this small SUV, especially with the second row down.
• 22:19
  Don Armstrong: What I liked about it, that 14-inch center screen.
• 22:22
  Don Armstrong: What could use improvement?
• 22:25
  Don Armstrong: The steering wheel multi-function buttons disappear when you're trying to use them.
• 22:30
  Don Armstrong: It's frustrating.
• 22:31
  Don Armstrong: So if you don't, if you're not using it, the display that tells you what it is that you're moving your cursor to disappears too quick.
• 22:41
  Don Armstrong: Going, dang it, where was I?
• 22:44
  Don Armstrong: So it comes with a 2.5 liter plug-in.
• 22:48
  Don Armstrong: This is a plug-in hybrid electric.
• 22:50
  Don Armstrong: Now I did not plug it in.
• 22:53
  Don Armstrong: Okay?
• 22:53
  Don Armstrong: I'm guilty, I'll I'll admit that.
• 22:56
  Don Armstrong: But that's a pain.
• 22:57
  Don Armstrong: If it's got a gasoline motor in it, I'm not plugging it in.
• 23:01
  Don Armstrong: Because it's a pain.
• 23:02
  Don Armstrong: I don't have the setup at the house for net horsepower, 304 combined to plug-in and the engine as well.
• 23:12
  Don Armstrong: So if you use both, 304 horsepower.
• 23:14
  Don Armstrong: Torque, plenty.
• 23:16
  Don Armstrong: Has a CVT transmission.
• 23:18
  Don Armstrong: Till rating, one ton.
• 23:20
  Don Armstrong: Would you subject your car to towing something?
• 23:25
  Don Armstrong: I I wouldn't.
• 23:26
  Don Armstrong: Apparently that other car show let out because it is nothing but cars all coming in here.
• 23:32
  Don Armstrong: It's crazy.
• 23:33
  Don Armstrong: There's some uh WRX STIs.
• 23:36
  Don Armstrong: Yep, do.
• 23:39
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, 10 bucks to pass by the in-wheel time booth.
• 23:42
  Don Armstrong: Wish you could see it.
• 23:43
  Don Armstrong: Sorry you can't.
• 23:43
  Don Armstrong: Um miles per gallon, 34 with the gas.
• 23:49
  Don Armstrong: 84 with the gas plus electric plug-in aspect of it.
• 23:54
  Don Armstrong: 84.
• 23:55
  Don Armstrong: I got 33.4 because I didn't plug it in.
• 23:59
  Don Armstrong: Uh over 103.6 miles.
• 24:01
  Don Armstrong: Don, you only drove the thing 103 miles?
• 24:03
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 24:04
  Don Armstrong: I only drove it 103 miles because that particular week I had two cars, and uh I kind of split the difference between the two cars.
• 24:12
  Don Armstrong: What are you doing with two cars?
• 24:14
  Don Armstrong: Don't ask me.
• 24:14
  Don Armstrong: Don't get me started.
• 24:15
  Don Armstrong: What I liked, the mileage.
• 24:17
  Don Armstrong: Wish I'd taken the time to plug it in, though.
• 24:20
  Don Armstrong: I made a note of that.
• 24:22
  Don Armstrong: You know, they do they get out of the way when Mars shows up with the in-wheel time truck?
• 24:28
  Don Armstrong: Uh what could use improvement?
• 24:30
  Don Armstrong: Uh a non-plug-in would be great, but it would be more expensive.
• 24:36
  Don Armstrong: Uh what I liked about it, riding handling, top-of-the-line luxury.
• 24:40
  Don Armstrong: And what could use improvement?
• 24:42
  Don Armstrong: An F Sport is available.
• 24:45
  Don Armstrong: So that would give you a little bit more zip, some more vinegar, as they like to say.
• 24:50
  Jeff Dziekan: Ah, Vim and vinegar.
• 24:51
  Don Armstrong: Vim and vinegar.
• 24:53
  Don Armstrong: Vim, is that a word?
• 24:54
  Don Armstrong: Vim, well, my mother used to lose that all the time.
• 24:57
  Don Armstrong: Um, okay, so let's talk about pricing.
• 24:59
  Don Armstrong: Base trim price, $61,740.
• 25:03
  Don Armstrong: Price is tested, $67,289.
• 25:07
  Don Armstrong: That counts me out.
• 25:08
  Don Armstrong: It's a little bit too expensive to me.
• 25:10
  Don Armstrong: Now you can get in an NX starting at 44,775.
• 25:14
  Don Armstrong: I think I'd look down at the lower level.
• 25:16
  Don Armstrong: That's just me.
• 25:16
  Don Armstrong: Competitors, Mercedes-Benz X3, the Acura RDX, and the Genesis G V70.
• 25:27
  Don Armstrong: I got another car review, going to do that in the last hour of the show this morning.
• 25:32
  Don Armstrong: And um next week I'll review the Ram 1500.
• 25:38
  Don Armstrong: Oh yeah.
• 25:38
  Don Armstrong: Oh my god, was that thing nice?
• 25:40
  Don Armstrong: Jeez.
• 25:41
  Don Armstrong: Expensive, but nice.
• 25:43
  Don Armstrong: I mean expensive.
• 25:45
  Don Armstrong: I think it was like $87,000, David.
• 25:48
  Don Armstrong: You need it.
• 25:49
  Don Armstrong: It was the Ram 1500 longhorn.
• 25:55
  Don Armstrong: It had the etched leather.
• 25:59
  Don Armstrong: I mean, it's got bells and whistles on it that I I still was finding stuff.
• 26:06
  Don Armstrong: It's worth it.
• 26:06
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, well, it is.
• 26:08
  Don Armstrong: And if you if you've got the dough, go for it, baby.
• 26:12
  Don Armstrong: That's what I say.
• 26:14
  Don Armstrong: Um Jeff is standing by over at the computer screen that we're broadcasting this show from, and he's ready to punch the button to go to a commercial break.
• 26:25
  Don Armstrong: Um because we don't really have anything else.
• 26:29
  Don Armstrong: Actually, I have plenty of stuff, but I've got to kind of space it out a little bit.
• 26:36
  Don Armstrong: Because I don't want to blow it all at one fell swoop here.
• 26:40
  Don Armstrong: I will tell you what, you know, this is a different kind of car show for me personally.
• 26:46
  Don Armstrong: Because it's interesting, you know, back in my day when I was hanging with the hot rod boys and we go down to the d drag strip, we drove basically mom's car, unless one of us had some sort of hot rod.
• 27:01
  Don Armstrong: My buddy Ross did.
• 27:02
  Don Armstrong: He had the 55 that was open exhaust and it was set for the drag strip, and you couldn't really drive it too too much on the street.
• 27:10
  Don Armstrong: Now, these cars are all street ready.
• 27:15
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 27:15
  Don Armstrong: And uh this is the high school college barge, as well I would imagine.
• 27:21
  Don Armstrong: Marla, come and sit down.
• 27:23
  Don Armstrong: We want to talk to you.
• 27:24
  Don Armstrong: You don't have time?
• 27:25
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, bring them on.
• 27:28
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 27:33
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 27:34
  Don Armstrong: Okay, so apparently he's found the device.
• 27:41
  Don Armstrong: Anyway, uh, this is all behind the scenes stuff, but I'll give you an idea.
• 27:45
  Don Armstrong: So Mr.
• 27:46
  Don Armstrong: Mars has taken thirty minutes to go and find some sort of a little device that we can get our video working properly.
• 27:54
  Jeff Dziekan: That's what the aliens put into you when they kidnap you.
• 27:57
  Jeff Dziekan: Really?
• 27:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, little little devices like that.
• 28:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Is that is that why I got why I've got that going on?
• 28:03
  Jeff Dziekan: Exactly.
• 28:06
  Don Armstrong: So we are going to deal with that in just a minute.
• 28:08
  Don Armstrong: So why don't we take a quick break and we're going to regather our thoughts, and we'll be back in about a minute and a half.
• 28:13
  Don Armstrong: And if you'd like to get in touch with us, we don't know why, but send us an email.
• 28:18
  Don Armstrong: The email address is info at inwheeltime.com.
• 28:22
  Don Armstrong: We'll be back right after this quick break.
• 28:25
  Don Armstrong: Stay with us.
• 28:26
  Don Armstrong: The Easter Bunny's coming.
• 28:29
  Don Armstrong: To the tailpipes and tacos cruise in at the Loopy Tortilla Text Max in Katie, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 28:35
  Don Armstrong: And you're invited to.
• 28:37
  Don Armstrong: Bring the kids and grandkids.
• 28:38
  Don Armstrong: It's a cruise in like you've never attended before.
• 28:41
  Don Armstrong: With a donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Tortilla breakfast taco.
• 28:44
  Don Armstrong: There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili pepper trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic.
• 28:51
  Don Armstrong: There's no entry fee and no registration.
• 28:52
  Don Armstrong: Just bring your ride and the kids.
• 28:55
  Don Armstrong: Bad bunnies aren't allowed, but the Easter bunny will be there, and he'll be full of joy to help make this tailpipes and tacos a very special one.
• 29:02
  Don Armstrong: Photo opportunities abound.
• 29:03
  Don Armstrong: The Unwell Time Car Talk Show will be streaming around the globe, and you can be selected to tell your car story to a global audience.
• 29:09
  Don Armstrong: It's the Tail Pipes and Tacos Cruise and Easter edition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 29:14
  Don Armstrong: at the Lupi Torchilla Tex Max in Katy, located on 99, the Grand Parkway, just south of I-10, the Katie Freeway, in Katy.
• 29:21
  Don Armstrong: Make plans now.
• 29:22
  Don Armstrong: Loopy Torchia is pretty good.
• 29:27
  Speaker 9: Houston, get a ready, Sink Hilman is hosting a medical car meet at the North Complex after a lost Subaru.
• 29:36
  Speaker 9: We're collaborating with the Car Meet Network, so you know it's gonna be crazy.
• 29:41
  Speaker 8: And that's not enough.
• 29:42
  Speaker 8: We're gonna be wrestling up six cars to be sold at a thousand dollars each.
• 29:45
  Speaker 8: See below for more details.
• 29:50
  Speaker 7: You're not gonna want to miss this Houston March 14th.
• 29:53
  Speaker 7: We can't wait to see you here.
• 30:10
  Don Armstrong: Just ahead, we immerse ourselves into the specialty cars from Mazda, Subaru, and Acura, and all the cruising competitors here today.
• 30:18
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 30:18
  Don Armstrong: Uh in Jeff's car culture, the best seven gas station hot dogs in America.
• 30:23
  Don Armstrong: You know what?
• 30:23
  Don Armstrong: If you didn't tune in for anything else, this is what you tune for.
• 30:28
  Jeff Dziekan: You're going on a road trip, you got spring breaks for the next three, four weeks, whatever it is.
• 30:32
  Jeff Dziekan: You've got summertime coming up.
• 30:34
  Jeff Dziekan: You're going on vacation.
• 30:35
  Jeff Dziekan: You're going somewhere, you're stopping for gas, and you're getting something to eat, and here they are.
• 30:41
  Jeff Dziekan: That's what it's gonna be.
• 30:42
  Don Armstrong: Do you eat hot dogs?
• 30:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh I th I was thinking about having one maybe this week.
• 30:46
  Don Armstrong: I'm thinking about having one today.
• 30:48
  Don Armstrong: Well, that they got them here.
• 30:50
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, they got a lot of stuff out there.
• 30:52
  Jeff Dziekan: It could happen.
• 30:52
  Jeff Dziekan: I've been I've been eating for the five.
• 30:54
  Don Armstrong: But you know what?
• 30:54
  Don Armstrong: There's something special about gas station hot dogs.
• 30:58
  Jeff Dziekan: And sushi.
• 30:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Gas station sushi's good too.
• 31:00
  Don Armstrong: You know what?
• 31:00
  Don Armstrong: I think I'm gonna pass on that, but I will go for the uh I will go for the hot dogs with the gas stores.
• 31:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, there's several.
• 31:06
  Don Armstrong: And some of them have been on that roller thing for at least a couple of days.
• 31:10
  Don Armstrong: Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 31:17
  Don Armstrong: Anyway, uh looking forward to that, along with Mars, who has seven most underrated car tracks in America.
• 31:25
  Don Armstrong: Howdy?
• 31:26
  Don Armstrong: Along with the disappearing mic out of this world, Mars.
• 31:30
  Don Armstrong: We always need more Jeb Zeke and Chief Engineer David Ainsley.
• 31:34
  Don Armstrong: I'm Don Armstrong.
• 31:35
  Don Armstrong: Glad that you could join us today.
• 31:36
  Don Armstrong: So uh what are you guys, what are you doing back here?
• 31:39
  Don Armstrong: You're gonna fix it?
• 31:41
  Don Armstrong: You know what?
• 31:45
  Don Armstrong: We we've never had this kind of relationship before.
• 31:48
  Don Armstrong: Easy tiger.
• 31:49
  Don Armstrong: But uh Mars just put his arms around me.
• 31:52
  Don Armstrong: I know.
• 31:53
  Don Armstrong: Because apparently he's full of joy and other things, but joy mainly.
• 31:58
  Mike Marrs: It's called adrenaline.
• 31:59
  Don Armstrong: Is that what it is?
• 32:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Are your eyes brown?
• 32:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Because you're full of it up to here?
• 32:03
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 32:03
  Don Armstrong: Mr.
• 32:04
  Don Armstrong: Mars, did you find the piece of equipment we were looking for?
• 32:07
  Don Armstrong: Well, we hope.
• 32:08
  Don Armstrong: Well, how come we don't know that yet?
• 32:10
  Don Armstrong: Well, we're gonna work in on it.
• 32:12
  Don Armstrong: So uh uh we know these guys are sticking around.
• 32:14
  Don Armstrong: Where's Marla?
• 32:15
  Don Armstrong: She had a guest for us.
• 32:16
  Jeff Dziekan: It might be one of them before, but let's get this organized here real quick.
• 32:19
  Don Armstrong: Well, uh no, we I need I need to do something.
• 32:23
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 32:23
  Don Armstrong: So uh where's Marla?
• 32:25
  Don Armstrong: I know.
• 32:26
  Don Armstrong: Are you supposed to be our guest?
• 32:28
  Don Armstrong: You don't what yes sir?
• 32:30
  Don Armstrong: Well, sit down and we'll and I'll just find out who you are.
• 32:34
  Don Armstrong: Okay, and um and I'll welcome you to the uh the penitentiary here at the NWL Time Show.
• 32:42
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 32:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Keep the microphone.
• 32:44
  Don Armstrong: No, that's got to go on top of your head and the microphone in front of your okay.
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: Right there.
• 32:50
  Don Armstrong: That's perfect, yeah.
• 32:51
  Speaker 5: Could be.
• 32:51
  Speaker 5: And who are you?
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: My name is Sam Medina.
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: I'm with uh Sam Medina.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, with Shaking Auto Club.
• 32:56
  Speaker 5: Shake and Auto Club.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: Tell me about that.
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: Uh Shake and Auto Club was started back in 2024.
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: Um, my brother had a car club out in Sugarland.
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: Um he died November 15th of uh pancreatic cancer just out of the b out of the blue.
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: Um before he had passed, he stated that he wanted me to continue his legacy and give back to the kids.
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: I didn't know if he meant my kids or all kids in general.
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: So after he passed away, I went out and bought a Corvette in honor of him and started uh Shake and Auto Club in order to give back to the cancer patients, which are kids.
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: Um my sister right now uh is battling cancer also.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: So everything the Shake and Auto Club does is a nonprofit in order to give back to cancer patients.
• 33:52
  Speaker 5: Is your car out here?
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: They're actually right over there on that side.
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: I have two Corvettes.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: I got a green Corvette and a blue Corvette.
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: Yours?
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: Uh 2026 and a 2022.
• 34:03
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 34:03
  Don Armstrong: So the 2022 would be a C7?
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: It's a uh no, it's a C8.
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: It's a C A.
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, and the 2026 is a C8 also.
• 34:12
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 34:13
  Don Armstrong: Well, that's my uh 25-year-old black Corvette sitting out there, the C5.
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: I see it, I love it.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: It's old it's old school.
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: It's old school, but it's still beautiful.
• 34:22
  Don Armstrong: Thank you.
• 34:22
  Don Armstrong: I appreciate that.
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: Beautiful.
• 34:24
  Don Armstrong: So what'd you say?
• 34:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Old school.
• 34:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Never mind.
• 34:29
  Jeff Dziekan: We're moving on.
• 34:31
  Don Armstrong: Are you making fun of us?
• 34:32
  Don Armstrong: I think he's trying to get away.
• 34:33
  Don Armstrong: You're trying to be part of us, that's what it is.
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 34:38
  Don Armstrong: So, um, how many cars in the club?
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: Uh, right now we have about 18 to 19 cars.
• 34:45
  Don Armstrong: Do you need one?
• 34:45
  Don Armstrong: Another one?
• 34:46
  Don Armstrong: I live out uh Richmond.
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Sure, I'll take it.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: I'll take anybody.
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: Anybody anybody.
• 34:52
  Mike Marrs: That'll let you in for sure.
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: Let me let me rephrase that.
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you go, you better.
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: My club, I'm trying to bring back the old school style clubs where you just park, show your car, mingle, have fun, family oriented, bowling shirts, leather jackets.
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, none of this trying to kill people on the street, running people over, tearing people's property up, taking up parking lots, and then doing takeovers.
• 35:20
  Don Armstrong: How about how about 13,000 revs in the parking lot?
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: We don't do that neither.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: It's good.
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: We don't do that neither.
• 35:25
  Don Armstrong: Well, if you did, you'd probably blow it up.
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: Probably, but we spend a lot of money on our cars, and we do that in order to show our vehicles so we can bring the public out and bring the families out so you can get mom and dads and their children back together and reunited and do family activities.
• 35:40
  Don Armstrong: So we've got a deal for you.
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 35:43
  Don Armstrong: Easter Saturday.
• 35:44
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 35:44
  Don Armstrong: Tailpipes and tacos.
• 35:46
  Don Armstrong: You ever heard of that?
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: No, sir.
• 35:48
  Don Armstrong: That's at the Lupi Tortilla Tex Mex out in Katy, which isn't that right up 99.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: We're actually out of Katy.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: We live out we live in.
• 35:55
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, you know what the Lupi Tortilla is there.
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, right there at uh Kingsland in uh 99.
• 36:01
  Don Armstrong: So Easter Saturday.
• 36:03
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 36:03
  Don Armstrong: You'll you'll appreciate the cars that show up there.
• 36:06
  Don Armstrong: Well, all are welcome, but uh you know it's mainly a bunch of old school guys.
• 36:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Right.
• 36:11
  Jeff Dziekan: And you talked about giving back to the children, the kids.
• 36:15
  Jeff Dziekan: There's actually gonna be a kids' event there as well.
• 36:17
  Jeff Dziekan: There's gonna have the pedal car event and they give trophies out.
• 36:20
  Jeff Dziekan: They've got the one, two, three stand.
• 36:21
  Jeff Dziekan: Yes, it's it's it's a big event for them, so you need them out.
• 36:25
  Jeff Dziekan: Right, okay.
• 36:26
  Mike Marrs: Of course, they're open and we're we'll be there from eight to eleven.
• 36:29
  Mike Marrs: Right.
• 36:29
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 36:30
  Mike Marrs: And uh that's when it runs.
• 36:31
  Mike Marrs: They'll have breakfast tacos, coffee, some other beverages, right?
• 36:35
  Mike Marrs: And and the money that people spend on that kind of stuff goes straight to Shirley's kids to find charity from kids.
• 36:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay.
• 36:44
  Jeff Dziekan: And Stan, the owner, actually matches it.
• 36:46
  Jeff Dziekan: Beautiful.
• 36:46
  Jeff Dziekan: So whatever's race he matches it next donation.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: We'll be more than happy to go and give some of our money away.
• 36:51
  Don Armstrong: So how how do how do you get other people in your club?
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: Actually, they they can reach out to us on Instagram or TikTok or Facebook or are you a TikToker?
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: Yes, well, unfortunately, I am only for the car club.
• 37:04
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 37:05
  Don Armstrong: Because uh I don't do TikTok myself.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: Well, that's that's how we're advertising, that's how we put out our meets and everything else is on social media, because social media is a big platform right now.
• 37:14
  Mike Marrs: Oh yeah.
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: You know, and so everybody's all we're old school Facebook.
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're we're we're old school, you know, but I this I'm old school, I was my space back in the day.
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: Oh my god.
• 37:25
  Don Armstrong: Well, I didn't talk I didn't think we were talking to Methuselah, you know.
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: Well I'm 52, I might not look at it, but I'm 52 also, so you know.
• 37:32
  Don Armstrong: You're a young man.
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I'm still young, unfortunately, but you know.
• 37:37
  Don Armstrong: Do you uh do you work in the auto industry at all?
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: Actually, I own a repossession company and a private investigation company.
• 37:44
  Don Armstrong: Very good.
• 37:45
  Don Armstrong: TV show.
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 37:47
  Don Armstrong: A walk-in TV show, that's you.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: And my brother was um he was the head tech at uh Classic Chevrolet for 30-something years back when it was uh Bill Hurts Chevrolet.
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, oh Bill.
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah.
• 37:58
  Don Armstrong: I think he's in the penitentiary, isn't he?
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: He's still alive?
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: I think he is in jail after all the tricky stuff he did.
• 38:05
  Jeff Dziekan: But he was quite quite of age when all that happened, so I don't know.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: Might have.
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: But who knows?
• 38:14
  Don Armstrong: Exactly.
• 38:15
  Don Armstrong: So have you done anything to the Corvette?
• 38:18
  Don Armstrong: You say you got a lot of money in two.
• 38:19
  Don Armstrong: Well, a new Corvette is not cheap.
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: On my 2026, I especially ordered it out of uh Westside Chevrolet and Katie.
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: Um, did some some add-ons on it.
• 38:28
  Don Armstrong: Um I want to know about the add-ons.
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: We did the uh I did the exhaust on it, throttle body plates, uh injectors.
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: Instead of the uh 5.5 motor, I got the 6.2 motor in it on a ZL6.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: So it it gets up and goes.
• 38:43
  Don Armstrong: I think it's you you want to smile as you said that you want you holding it back, I can tell.
• 38:47
  Don Armstrong: What color is it?
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: It's uh a green.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: It's a real light green with some gold metallic flakes in it.
• 38:55
  Don Armstrong: So it's a custom paint show?
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: I think I'm if I'm not mistaken, my vehicle was the first one in Texas.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: Um, because I ordered it and got it in towards the end of November, beginning of December.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: I believe there was another one somewhere here in Texas somewhere, and then uh Chevy also said that they were gonna put it on a ZR1 X, uh, and then they were gonna discontinue the color.
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: So it's a rare color.
• 39:20
  Don Armstrong: One in a million probably.
• 39:22
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 39:22
  Don Armstrong: I like that.
• 39:23
  Don Armstrong: So do you normally go to the car shows like this?
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: Actually, the car shows that I only go to are the ones that we're VIP'd at, and the only reason why we go to the VIP ones is because we don't want to be mixed up in the bad craft.
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: The riff raft, yes.
• 39:38
  Speaker 5: So what is the what is a VIP?
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: The VIP is that we're getting our own spots.
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: We're getting recognized that my car club is coming out and we're coming out and gonna have a design spot that we're you know people can actually see our vehicles.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: You know, we're not gonna be in the middle of the riffraff.
• 39:58
  Mike Marrs: So, so what would be an example of one of those?
• 40:01
  Don Armstrong: No, I want to know, wait a minute.
• 40:02
  Don Armstrong: I want to know, first of all, what what is the definition of riffraff to you?
• 40:08
  Mike Marrs: He wants to see if he can belong to that club too.
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: In real time.
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: Riffraff.com riffraff is, you know, unfortunately, this new era in street takeovers and things takeovers and the kids these days that are, you know, they they think because you have a hot rod or you can make the car louder or faster that they can just go out and just tear everything up in the United States.
• 40:31
  Mike Marrs: Generally louder is the criteria.
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: Correct, correct.
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: But I don't feel that if you have a sports car that you have to go out and take over somebody's property or do burnouts and donuts in a parking lot, destroy people's parking lots, you know, rev your motor up until you you're popping it, or you let me ask you something.
• 40:50
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, they my mother used to call them hoodlums.
• 40:51
  Jeff Dziekan: Hoodlums.
• 40:52
  Jeff Dziekan: My mother used to call them hoodlums.
• 40:54
  Jeff Dziekan: So every don't hang out with the hoodlums.
• 40:56
  Don Armstrong: Well, so let me ask you all all the burnouts and and the donuts and all that stuff, dude.
• 41:02
  Don Armstrong: I'm thinking dollars.
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: But what do you get out of it?
• 41:05
  Don Armstrong: Well, that was that.
• 41:06
  Don Armstrong: But okay, so I go out there and I burn the back tires off the Corvette.
• 41:10
  Don Armstrong: Now I gotta go and spend $500, at least $500 on a new set of rear tires.
• 41:15
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, right, correct.
• 41:16
  Don Armstrong: Correct.
• 41:17
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 41:18
  Don Armstrong: I I don't have any clue what that said.
• 41:22
  Mike Marrs: No, he was asking about a camera that he was controlling.
• 41:25
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, I I I'm out of control.
• 41:27
  Don Armstrong: Oh.
• 41:28
  Don Armstrong: Well, look at that.
• 41:29
  Don Armstrong: Well, are we are we off of that?
• 41:31
  Don Armstrong: No, we're on that.
• 41:32
  Jeff Dziekan: We're still we're still on that.
• 41:34
  Don Armstrong: But so what's the criteria for us to check?
• 41:35
  Don Armstrong: Pardon me.
• 41:36
  Don Armstrong: Well, we'll go to commercial.
• 41:37
  Don Armstrong: Oh, we've got to go next commercial?
• 41:38
  Don Armstrong: Technical work, yeah.
• 41:39
  Don Armstrong: Technical work commercial because we're we're we're kind of hobbling along here, right?
• 41:43
  Don Armstrong: Um, and uh we we don't like that, but we're of age to do that.
• 41:48
  Don Armstrong: It's because we're not hungover.
• 41:49
  Mike Marrs: Exactly.
• 41:50
  Mike Marrs: That's the problem.
• 41:51
  Mike Marrs: We're not drinking monster.
• 41:52
  Mike Marrs: That's why we're drinking monster.
• 41:53
  Mike Marrs: I had to spend too much time getting ready, couldn't get enough time.
• 41:56
  Mike Marrs: Is there is there coffee or water around here?
• 41:58
  Mike Marrs: Well, I'm fixing to send uh when Paige comes back.
• 42:00
  Mike Marrs: I'm gonna get her to go make a channel.
• 42:01
  Mike Marrs: Where's Paige now?
• 42:02
  Mike Marrs: I'm not sure.
• 42:03
  Don Armstrong: You know, that's a scary thing if you don't know where Paige is.
• 42:05
  Don Armstrong: Paige is his granddaughter, who's 19, a very attractive young woman, and I'm worried.
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: That was her driving off.
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: That was the car killing the riff raff.
• 42:17
  Don Armstrong: There's that.
• 42:18
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 42:18
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 42:19
  Don Armstrong: Oh my god.
• 42:20
  Don Armstrong: Well, uh you said that Camo.
• 42:23
  Don Armstrong: Camo vet.
• 42:23
  Don Armstrong: Camo Corvette.
• 42:25
  Don Armstrong: You said that you were uh, I thought that you said that you were in Sugarland.
• 42:28
  Don Armstrong: Was that your brother that was out there?
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: We're we're all originally from First Colony Sugarland area back when Mr.
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: Frost owned all the ranches and Highway 6 was a two-lane road.
• 42:37
  Don Armstrong: I remember it well.
• 42:38
  Don Armstrong: Um the only restaurant out there back in the day was Los Tilles.
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: Yes, Los Tilles.
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: Los Mexican restaurant on Highway 6.
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: I believe it was uh Highway 6 in uh Williams Trace.
• 42:47
  Don Armstrong: That look at you.
• 42:48
  Don Armstrong: Dang, he's even got a member there every week.
• 42:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we were too.
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: I I believe that was my first job at Los Tilles.
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, right there on the corner.
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: And then from Los Tilles, I'd leave Los Tills and go to Randall's and be a stalker at Randall's.
• 43:01
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 43:01
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, Randall's was our grocery store, sir.
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but small world.
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: We all left Sugarland and went to Katie when Sugarland started getting overpopulated.
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: My brother and his wife were the only ones that actually stayed in Sugarland, first colony area.
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: But we just we moved over to Katie.
• 43:17
  Speaker 2: But now Katie is getting crazy.
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: Crazy now, too.
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: A lot of crime.
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: So what's next over there?
• 43:23
  Don Armstrong: I'll tell you what's next.
• 43:24
  Don Armstrong: Honestly, you're the of the age that you could move out there to be in one of those old folks' communities.
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: No, no, no.
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: Actually, honestly, we're looking for some land right now.
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: We want to stay around Berkshire, Waller area, any hideout, good place to be.
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: Yes, but I want actually the land that's wooded.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: I don't because everybody right now is cutting down the woods.
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: I want it wooded, so I can't.
• 43:45
  Don Armstrong: You want to live in the woods.
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: Yes, I want to cut down the section where I want to put the house.
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: Just a little bit.
• 43:49
  Don Armstrong: And let's not forget the garage.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: I want a huge garage.
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: I can park all my toys in there.
• 43:53
  Speaker 2: But I want I want to be able to see you coming in, but I don't want you to see me.
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: One of those.
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: Like a bunker.
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: Rifraf.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: Riffraft.
• 44:04
  Don Armstrong: Well, man, it's a pleasure to meet you.
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: It's a pleasure meeting you all.
• 44:07
  Speaker 2: And what's the name of the car club again?
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: Shaking Auto Club.
• 44:10
  Speaker 2: Shaking Shaking Auto Club.
• 44:13
  Jeff Dziekan: And uh, yeah, so we we need to uh we need to get together.
• 44:16
  Jeff Dziekan: Isn't that a Taylor Swift song?
• 44:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Shake Shaking Auto Club.
• 44:20
  Speaker 2: Uh no, I don't know about Taylor Swift.
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: Not right now.
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: I'm old school.
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: I like country, old country music and old country ride.
• 44:27
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 44:27
  Don Armstrong: Earl Haggard.
• 44:29
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 44:29
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 44:29
  Don Armstrong: Conway Twenty.
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: Um Hank Williams Jr.
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: Kevin Fowler, Doug Supernova.
• 44:37
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 44:38
  Don Armstrong: You're talking school, man.
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: Hey man, it's great to see you.
• 44:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, great.
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: Appreciate y'all having me all right.
• 44:44
  Don Armstrong: Thank you.
• 44:44
  Don Armstrong: We appreciate you.
• 44:45
  Don Armstrong: And uh again, be uh tailpipes and tacos Easter Saturday.
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: Easter Saturday.
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: It's right down the street from you.
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: It's right down the street from all my club.
• 44:54
  Don Armstrong: Got it.
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: We'll be there.
• 44:55
  Don Armstrong: All right, man.
• 44:56
  Don Armstrong: Thank you.
• 44:56
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 44:58
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 44:59
  Don Armstrong: Just ahead in Jeff's Car Culture, the seven best gas station hot dogs in America.
• 45:08
  Don Armstrong: David, we're gonna learn something today.
• 45:10
  Don Armstrong: Uh-huh.
• 45:12
  Don Armstrong: So we'll know exactly where to go to right after this meet.
• 45:14
  Don Armstrong: And Mr.
• 45:15
  Don Armstrong: Mars has seven racetracks worth visiting.
• 45:17
  Don Armstrong: It's called coming up on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show after this break.
• 45:21
  Don Armstrong: Stay with us.
• 45:22
  Don Armstrong: The Tailpipes and Tacos renowned cruising expands to Beaumont.
• 45:29
  Don Armstrong: Golden Triangle cruisers will want to experience tailpipes and tacos at the Loopy Tortilla, High Ten South in Beaumont, near Washington Boulevard.
• 45:37
  Don Armstrong: Grab free Loopy Breakfast Tacos with any donation to Shirley's kids.
• 45:41
  Don Armstrong: Enjoy a coffee or an adult beverage.
• 45:43
  Don Armstrong: Every cruising vehicle is automatically entered to win one of the beautiful Chili Pepper trophies for Best Hot Rod, Classic, and Modern Classic.
• 45:50
  Don Armstrong: Tailpipes and Tacos Beaumont happens Saturday morning, March 21st, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 45:55
  Don Armstrong: If you're a car geek like we are, this is the event you'll want to attend.
• 45:59
  Don Armstrong: The Info Time Car Talk Show will be online live and you may be interviewed about your ride.
• 46:04
  Don Armstrong: Tailpipes and Tacos Beaumont edition Saturday, March 21st, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 46:08
  Don Armstrong: at the Loopy Tortilla 2050 I-10 South in Beaumont.
• 46:12
  Don Armstrong: The Katie Tailpipes and Tacos happens Easter Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11.
• 46:16
  Don Armstrong: The free tailpipes and tacos cruising is a production of Lupi Tortilla Tex Mex, Beaumont and Katie.
• 46:22
  Don Armstrong: He's pretty good.
• 46:23
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• 46:29
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• 46:35
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• 46:45
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• 46:50
  Don Armstrong: Mm-hmm.
• 46:51
  Don Armstrong: InWheeltime.com has a list, and we know you love lists.
• 46:55
  Don Armstrong: In Wheel Time invites you to join us 10 to noon usually every Saturday for our live show about all things automotive, and we thank you for being with us today.
• 47:04
  Don Armstrong: I'm gonna have to change things around a little bit.
• 47:07
  Jeff Dziekan: It's up to you.
• 47:08
  Don Armstrong: No, I know I want to do it because I teased it and I want to talk about it.
• 47:10
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 47:11
  Don Armstrong: The seven best gas station hot dogs in America.
• 47:14
  Don Armstrong: Have you got that?
• 47:15
  Jeff Dziekan: I got it.
• 47:15
  Jeff Dziekan: Hot dog.
• 47:16
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, here we go.
• 47:17
  Don Armstrong: Oh, don't make fun.
• 47:18
  Don Armstrong: You know you like them.
• 47:20
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 47:20
  Jeff Dziekan: All right.
• 47:22
  Jeff Dziekan: So what we got the shiny, juicy skin, warm buns on the counter, and all the.
• 47:29
  Jeff Dziekan: Wait a minute.
• 47:30
  Don Armstrong: We're not talking about the beach now.
• 47:31
  Jeff Dziekan: No, all and all the toppings to choose from at a low price.
• 47:34
  Jeff Dziekan: We don't like toppings.
• 47:35
  Jeff Dziekan: Of course, some gas convenience chains, dog stands, a head and shoulders above the rest.
• 47:42
  Jeff Dziekan: So here we go.
• 47:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Number one, Michael.
• 47:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Pilot flying J.
• 47:47
  Jeff Dziekan: You've probably seen this gas station and truck stops while making summer road trips across the country.
• 47:52
  Jeff Dziekan: They make that look that looks famous.
• 47:54
  Jeff Dziekan: When you'll find a pilot flying Jay, you got big juicy dogs on a roller grill along with fresh, cold toppings ranging from what?
• 48:09
  Jeff Dziekan: Sauerkraut, sliced jalapeno, banana peppers.
• 48:14
  Jeff Dziekan: We'll move on.
• 48:16
  Jeff Dziekan: The next one is Come and Go.
• 48:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Founded in 1963, the Midwestern chain's name is a play on a phrase Come and Go, using the initials of the founders, Cross and Gentile.
• 48:29
  Jeff Dziekan: With 400 stores in 11 states, it's not difficult to find that there's a tasty dog wrapped in a soft bun.
• 48:36
  Jeff Dziekan: What's outstanding about the dogs is that they're often on special.
• 48:40
  Jeff Dziekan: With two dogs, chips, and a drink running less than six dollars.
• 48:44
  Jeff Dziekan: I am in.
• 48:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Next one, Michael.
• 48:46
  Jeff Dziekan: Is a Circle K.
• 48:48
  Jeff Dziekan: Almost as ubiquitous as a 7 Eleven Circle K.
• 48:51
  Jeff Dziekan: All Angus beef dogs are dependable.
• 48:53
  Jeff Dziekan: Choice for a road trip.
• 48:54
  Jeff Dziekan: I know I had to say that's what we used to call that commie K.
• 48:58
  Don Armstrong: That's another story for any day.
• 49:08
  Jeff Dziekan: Next one we got is AMPM.
• 49:11
  Jeff Dziekan: The Tapatilla hot dogs and AMPM are spicier versions of our traditional roller dogs made with a tappeteo hot sauce.
• 49:18
  Jeff Dziekan: AMPM.
• 49:19
  Jeff Dziekan: AMPMARCON?
• 49:21
  Jeff Dziekan: They're around.
• 49:24
  Jeff Dziekan: I think there's one in Sugarland.
• 49:26
  Jeff Dziekan: A West Coast convenience store chain with locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington.
• 49:31
  Jeff Dziekan: Offers a spicy convenience.
• 49:32
  Jeff Dziekan: You didn't say Texas.
• 49:33
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I think there's one over there though.
• 49:35
  Jeff Dziekan: They offer the dogs for $1.99.
• 49:38
  Jeff Dziekan: The chain also offers cheddarworst dogs packed with cheese at the same price.
• 49:44
  Jeff Dziekan: If you buy one dog, get the second dog for only $1.50.
• 49:48
  Jeff Dziekan: I am in.
• 49:49
  Jeff Dziekan: Michael, we've got the holiday station for only a dollar.
• 49:53
  Jeff Dziekan: You can get authentic Nathan Jr.
• 49:54
  Jeff Dziekan: all beef dog at the Midwest chain.
• 49:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Dang, a dollar.
• 49:57
  Jeff Dziekan: Locations in where?
• 49:59
  Jeff Dziekan: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
• 50:06
  Jeff Dziekan: They're all indoors.
• 50:07
  Jeff Dziekan: Our full serve Nathan's hot dog with classic Johnsonville brats.
• 50:12
  Jeff Dziekan: If a long day in the car has you feeling hangry, go for a hot dog.
• 50:17
  Jeff Dziekan: Hangry.
• 50:17
  Jeff Dziekan: 7 Eleven is the next one.
• 50:19
  Jeff Dziekan: For its price, the 711 Big Bite may be just the best dog.
• 50:22
  Jeff Dziekan: 7.
• 50:23
  Jeff Dziekan: You can get almost anywhere in the country.
• 50:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Seriously, with over 13,000 locations, it gets harder to avoid a ubiquitous brand.
• 50:30
  Jeff Dziekan: Its locations offer gas, and that's right before you eat the hot dog.
• 50:34
  Jeff Dziekan: But you can also find there's a convenience store in many cities.
• 50:38
  Jeff Dziekan: Straightforward, all beef dog starts at around two bucks.
• 50:42
  Jeff Dziekan: It's a quarter pound beef wrapped in a pillowy bun.
• 50:44
  Jeff Dziekan: Several different toppings are available with a very uh and they vary by location, of course.
• 50:50
  Jeff Dziekan: Speedway, which is also owned by 7 Eleven, also offers the big bite.
• 50:54
  Jeff Dziekan: And the last one on the list, Michael, is Sheets.
• 50:57
  Jeff Dziekan: This chain is around 700 stores located in central and western Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, southern East Coast.
• 51:05
  Jeff Dziekan: They made to order dogs starting at 99 cents.
• 51:08
  Jeff Dziekan: But they also offer more upgrades with the most convenient set stores, including pretzel bun.
• 51:13
  Jeff Dziekan: Six kinds of cheese, including nacho.
• 51:16
  Jeff Dziekan: 14 different spreads like Dr.
• 51:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Pepper barbecue sauce, four nineteen different toppings from caramelized onions to guacamole.
• 51:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Talk about a dog a pelooza.
• 51:26
  Jeff Dziekan: So there you go.
• 51:27
  Jeff Dziekan: What a deal.
• 51:29
  Jeff Dziekan: How about that?
• 51:30
  Don Armstrong: I'm sorry, I was waving at the drone.
• 51:33
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, the drone flying by.
• 51:35
  Don Armstrong: I was waving at you.
• 51:36
  Jeff Dziekan: Paige thought you were waving.
• 51:37
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, I know.
• 51:38
  Don Armstrong: Paige Paige, uh, I love you, but I w I was waving at the drone, but one of the same.
• 51:43
  Don Armstrong: You just flying by.
• 51:45
  Don Armstrong: Have you had a good time so far?
• 51:46
  Don Armstrong: We've missed you.
• 51:47
  Don Armstrong: We were worried about you because you know you're out here with a bunch of car guys.
• 51:51
  Don Armstrong: Just saying.
• 51:53
  Don Armstrong: She needs a headset.
• 51:54
  Don Armstrong: She does.
• 51:56
  Don Armstrong: Um okay.
• 51:58
  Don Armstrong: Um Mr.
• 51:59
  Don Armstrong: Mars.
• 52:00
  Don Armstrong: I'm gonna kind of mix things up a little bit here.
• 52:03
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 52:04
  Don Armstrong: Um, Jeff, uh, do you want uh do we even want to try to get back on track with this?
• 52:09
  Jeff Dziekan: You can if you want.
• 52:10
  Jeff Dziekan: Do you want to do the racing?
• 52:11
  Don Armstrong: Uh well, I'm not sure.
• 52:12
  Don Armstrong: Um, yeah, let's do the racing calendar because it's big.
• 52:15
  Don Armstrong: It's sponsored by Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge.
• 52:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Thank you for that.
• 52:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Give me just a second here.
• 52:20
  Jeff Dziekan: We're we're uh running a little crazy.
• 52:22
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I know.
• 52:23
  Jeff Dziekan: And um Oh, but in racing, we've got some good stuff.
• 52:26
  Jeff Dziekan: This week, to actually tomorrow.
• 52:29
  Jeff Dziekan: I'll I'll take one.
• 52:31
  Jeff Dziekan: Tomorrow is um for the IndyCar series, you got Streets of Arlington in Jerry's World.
• 52:37
  Jeff Dziekan: I watched a little bit of the practice and a little bit of the qualifying for the N the NXT series and the big boys.
• 52:44
  Don Armstrong: Streets of Arlington.
• 52:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Streets of Arlington, and it's going around the stadium, the baseball stadium, football stadium, and all that.
• 52:50
  Jeff Dziekan: They did here in Houston many years ago.
• 52:52
  Jeff Dziekan: They're doing that up there, and it's tomorrow uh up in Dallas.
• 52:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Formula One.
• 52:58
  Jeff Dziekan: They have issues.
• 52:59
  Jeff Dziekan: The new car that they're putting out for Formula One is.
• 53:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Nobody likes it.
• 53:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Nobody likes it.
• 53:04
  Jeff Dziekan: You've got to watch your battery level for charging, and it's it's go slow to go fast.
• 53:10
  Jeff Dziekan: They're putting it.
• 53:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Is it Formula E?
• 53:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, they're you know what?
• 53:14
  Jeff Dziekan: You bring that up because they're calling it an updated version of Formula E, and they're hating it.
• 53:20
  Jeff Dziekan: The cars are hard to drive.
• 53:21
  Jeff Dziekan: It's not Formula E.
• 53:22
  Jeff Dziekan: It's not, but they're calling it that.
• 53:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Because you have to do the you have to maintain the electricity.
• 53:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Because it's a hybrid.
• 53:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Yep.
• 53:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 53:29
  Jeff Dziekan: If you can gas and electric.
• 53:33
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, and then you gotta pit on time and all this other good stuff.
• 53:36
  Jeff Dziekan: So but that's uh that's actually the 15th tomorrow.
• 53:39
  Jeff Dziekan: It's the Chinese Grand Prix going on there.
• 53:42
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, uh NHRA, they are off until the end of the month, the 20th and 21st.
• 53:47
  Jeff Dziekan: But there's gonna be in Arizona, and they got uh pretty good compliment of folks that are gonna be running.
• 53:53
  Don Armstrong: That would be next weekend, wouldn't it?
• 53:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Yep, that'll be next weekend.
• 53:56
  Jeff Dziekan: And I think I've got one here.
• 53:58
  Jeff Dziekan: My NASCAR boys, the uh trucks are off this weekend, but the uh uh Riley series in the big boys.
• 54:07
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, I know I was almost saying they're because they're going broke, so they pulled out.
• 54:10
  Jeff Dziekan: And they are in Vegas, so uh check that out as well.
• 54:14
  Jeff Dziekan: And of course, you got circle track guys, all you got your local tracks, all that good stuff.
• 54:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Go out and support them because that's where you get your new talent.
• 54:20
  Jeff Dziekan: And speaking of talent, I'm not talking about NASCAR, so okay.
• 54:24
  Jeff Dziekan: They've got their own issues.
• 54:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, they really do.
• 54:29
  Don Armstrong: Mr.
• 54:30
  Don Armstrong: Mars, did you want to contribute to this?
• 54:32
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, I did.
• 54:32
  Mike Marrs: I said they do, I agree.
• 54:34
  Don Armstrong: Well, no, but wait for no, but I mean, do you uh uh feature of some sort?
• 54:37
  Don Armstrong: Do we have time?
• 54:38
  Jeff Dziekan: No, we don't history?
• 54:39
  Don Armstrong: Uh yeah, we do.
• 54:40
  Jeff Dziekan: You want to participate, but we don't have time for auto history.
• 54:42
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, go ahead.
• 54:43
  Don Armstrong: Go ahead, Mars.
• 54:44
  Don Armstrong: We'll make time for you.
• 54:45
  Mike Marrs: All right, so you want me to run something here, buddy?
• 54:47
  Jeff Dziekan: I got it.
• 54:48
  Mike Marrs: This week's auto history.
• 54:49
  Mike Marrs: So it's second week of March, lots of things going on in racing, milestones.
• 54:53
  Mike Marrs: Got a lot of people were born, but we don't do births so much.
• 54:56
  Mike Marrs: So we're gonna go straight to March 8, 1950.
• 54:59
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is when production begins for the Volkswagen Type 2.
• 55:03
  Mike Marrs: Originally slated as a type one, but this is called uh you called it a microbus, a minibus.
• 55:09
  Mike Marrs: Uh it came in several different variations.
• 55:11
  Mike Marrs: It came actually as a single cab truck, a double dual cab truck, uh camper, hippie bands, any way you want them.
• 55:18
  Mike Marrs: It had it in all kinds of different variations.
• 55:21
  Mike Marrs: Now, by the 1960s, it basically became a microbus.
• 55:25
  Mike Marrs: And uh I was really interested that they actually have a pickup flatbed that was involved in all this.
• 55:31
  Mike Marrs: So then uh moving straight on up to March 8, 1969, uh uh, Pontiac reveals the Trans Am.
• 55:37
  Mike Marrs: That's a pretty car.
• 55:38
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is the first year they brought it out.
• 55:40
  Mike Marrs: Of course, it's based on the Firebird package, uh, and it was designed to go and race with the SCCA Trans-American Championship Racing Series.
• 55:48
  Mike Marrs: And the first one, the 69, is on the left in this picture, the 73 is on the right, and that's the one that I really like.
• 55:55
  Mike Marrs: You might remember it from the movie Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
• 55:58
  Mike Marrs: So then we're going on up to March 9.
• 56:01
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is the first Mustang that was produced.
• 56:03
  Mike Marrs: I know we talk about the Mustangs Lost a lot.
• 56:06
  Mike Marrs: People talk about the 1964 and a half, and blah, blah, blah, blah.
• 56:10
  Mike Marrs: Well, this was actually built in March, and it actually came out in April of 1964.
• 56:17
  Mike Marrs: They call it generally a 64 and a half, but the 64 was and a half was the first year the Mustang was made.
• 56:23
  Mike Marrs: This is that was where'd it go?
• 56:25
  Mike Marrs: This was, that was.
• 56:27
  Jeff Dziekan: And then where'd it go?
• 56:28
  Mike Marrs: I hit the button whenever I was pouncing around it.
• 56:30
  Mike Marrs: So that's actually it.
• 56:32
  Mike Marrs: That is the very first one that was made whenever the millionth Mustang came out.
• 56:35
  Mike Marrs: They traded it to the owner of the original one so they could get it back and put it in this museum.
• 56:39
  Mike Marrs: Oh, that's cool.
• 56:40
  Mike Marrs: March the 9th.
• 56:42
  Mike Marrs: Turn the page.
• 56:46
  Mike Marrs: March the 12th.
• 56:47
  Mike Marrs: Ferrari 125 IS is computed or is completed.
• 56:51
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is the first car that was built by founder Enzo Ferrari.
• 56:57
  Mike Marrs: It's powered by a compact V12 engine, and this is what began Ferrari as the manufacturing of his own vehicles.
• 57:04
  Mike Marrs: Up to that time, he had done uh farmed out some of that stuff.
• 57:07
  Mike Marrs: But this is where Ferrari got started.
• 57:09
  Mike Marrs: Then coming up in March the 13th, the Lub Bug came out as a Volkswagen bug.
• 57:17
  Mike Marrs: It came out in several different variations.
• 57:19
  Mike Marrs: Disney made a lot of money off of that.
• 57:21
  Speaker 5: It would be Herbie.
• 57:22
  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 57:23
  Mike Marrs: And uh still people are meeting, they have Herbie meets, and people go and bring their Herbie cars.
• 57:28
  Mike Marrs: March the 14th, 1957, Fort Fairlane 500 Skyliner debuts.
• 57:33
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is the one where the roof actually retracts down into the trunk.
• 57:37
  Mike Marrs: It was really fascinating.
• 57:38
  Mike Marrs: I remember the first time I saw one of those up in Oklahoma when I was a kid.
• 57:41
  Mike Marrs: Could not believe it.
• 57:43
  Mike Marrs: It was very expensive to produce, but it demonstrated their engineering and the technology that they could do and kind of led them to other things that were more uh cost effective to produce.
• 57:54
  Mike Marrs: And that's what I'm going to say is this week in automotive history of a real quick look.
• 57:59
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 58:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, it wasn't that quick.
• 58:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, but we'll we'll go with that.
• 58:04
  Jeff Dziekan: And that the then wasn't there a bunch of solenoids on that roof to it was like 60 of them.
• 58:09
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, that's the reason the technology was really cool, but it just was expensive to build, and then it was expensive to maintain.
• 58:16
  Mike Marrs: There's your car, Mars.
• 58:18
  Mike Marrs: That is yours.
• 58:19
  Mike Marrs: Come on.
• 58:20
  Mike Marrs: If I was gonna have one like that, that's what I'd have.
• 58:23
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, yeah, exactly.
• 58:24
  Don Armstrong: It looks like it just came off of the dirt truck.
• 58:26
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, or it could just go on.
• 58:28
  Don Armstrong: Well, it could do that too.
• 58:29
  Don Armstrong: Seems like it came off a rollback.
• 58:31
  Don Armstrong: Hey, we'd love to hear from you.
• 58:32
  Don Armstrong: Shoot us an email.
• 58:33
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• 58:36
  Don Armstrong: We are back after this quick break.
• 58:38
  Don Armstrong: Stay with us.
• 58:39
  Don Armstrong: The Easter Bunny's coming.
• 58:42
  Don Armstrong: To the tailpipes and tacos cruise in at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katy, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 58:48
  Don Armstrong: And you're invited to.
• 58:50
  Don Armstrong: Bring the kids and grandkids.
• 58:51
  Don Armstrong: It's a cruise in like you've never attended before.
• 58:54
  Don Armstrong: With a donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Tortilla breakfast taco.
• 58:58
  Don Armstrong: There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili pepper trophies for the best hotbod, best modern classic, and best classic.
• 59:04
  Don Armstrong: There's no entry fee and no registration.
• 59:06
  Don Armstrong: Just bring your ride and the kids.
• 59:08
  Don Armstrong: Bad bunnies aren't allowed, but the Easter bunny will be there, and he'll be full of joy to help make this tailpipes and tacos a very special one.
• 59:15
  Don Armstrong: Photo opportunities abound.
• 59:16
  Don Armstrong: The Unwell Time Car Talk Show will be streaming around the globe, and you can be selected to tell your car story to a global audience.
• 59:22
  Don Armstrong: It's the Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise in Easter edition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 59:27
  Don Armstrong: at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katy, located on 99, the Grand Parkway, just south of I-10, the Katy Freeway, in Katy.
• 59:34
  Don Armstrong: Make plans now.
• 59:35
  Don Armstrong: Loopy Tortilla is pretty good.
• 59:40
  Speaker 9: Houston, get ready! Team Gilman is hosting a mega car meet at the North Complex, Afro, Asta, Subaru.
• 59:49
  Speaker 9: We're collaborating with the Car Meet Network, so you know it's gonna be crazy.
• 59:54
  Speaker 8: And that's not all.
• 59:55
  Speaker 8: We're gonna be wrestling up six cars to be sold at a thousand dollars each.
• 59:59
  Speaker 8: See below for more details.
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 7: You're not gonna want to miss this Houston March 14th.
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 7: We can't wait to see you here.
• 1:00:11
  Don Armstrong: That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show.
• 1:00:15
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