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I promise I am fun at parties. This week on that car show, Ryan
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takes a break from designing 7 more Cracker Barrel logos to
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share some experiences from last weekend.
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Lindsay admits that she's been licking the outside of windows
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when it comes to the Ford GTD. I learned that Sam bedding
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Bernardino is not an exotic location that should be
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cherished, but a place that you should get out of as quick as
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you can. We talked a little bit about the
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shows that we've been to recently and what it takes to
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put on a show. Lindsay attended the show in the
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Pacific Northwest that's been going for five years and was
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started by a young man called Tom, who was 15 when he started
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the show. We have a little bit of fun when
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we pair up each other to famous cars and famous car owners.
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Then we talk a little bit about cars that had Corvette engines
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and there are more than the five that were listed on the website.
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And then finally, we talk about what plans are coming up.
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And in particular, Ryan has his annual adventure in all sorts of
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exotic cars in Colorado as part of the Colorado Grand.
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So all that and a hell of a lot more on this week's That Car
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show Bullshit Long Island Ice Tea.
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I've never had a Long Island Iced tea my whole life. 50 years
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of well, I was going to say 50 years of drinking, that's not
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true, but I've never once enjoyed a Long Island Iced Tea.
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You got to try it. They're dangerously delicious
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at. What point did we start playing?
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I've never, ever have I right? Just we're all just going to be
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constantly taking sips. Yeah, well.
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Welcome to this week's edition of that car show.
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The gang is all back together again for another week.
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How are we doing that's? Right.
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Good. How are you guys?
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It's great to see you about this.
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Emotionally scarred Wait. Do tell.
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So I decided to go to a concert last weekend in another part of
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California that I've never discovered before.
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And it sounded glamorous because it was this place called San
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Bernardino. What I didn't realize is San
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Bernardino is one of the sketchiest places in California.
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Is that right? That's accurate.
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I just want to say I'm sorry now to all the San Bernardinians
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listeners. All our listeners from San
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Bernardino I. I the Inland Empire.
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They can share their tales. I realized my mistake
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afterwards, but I booked another Wyndham hotel.
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So if you remember when I went to the Daytona 200, it was a
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Wyndham hotel, and this one was a Wyndham hotel as well.
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Well, I drove into the car park. It was a two-story motel.
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Obviously I had the Boxster, the new Boxster.
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There were half naked people in the car park drinking alcohol.
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There was one car that only had three inflated tires.
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And the windows were, yeah, the windows of some of these rooms
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were, were kind of, you know, cracked.
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And so I sat in the car park for 10 minutes trying to find
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another. Hotel.
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Like it was the second time of my life where I've never I
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didn't check into that hotel and I decided that Redlands was a
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much better place. What's the saying you can't go
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home, but you're definitely not going to stay here?
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I'm also picturing Dan, you know, this British, you know,
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gentleman and a brand new Guards Red Porsche Boxster GTS 4.0.
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I'm sure all eyes were on him. No, they didn't notice they were
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that drunk. They didn't notice me in the car
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park. Oh boy.
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Yeah, it also, I mean, I've travelled with Dan.
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Dan's bar isn't real high, so this place must.
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That's how you know it had to be really bad.
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Well and I will say in defence of Wyndham, I've had reasonable
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experiences there so it may not be, it may not be across the
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board, but yeah, that's when you pull in and there's half naked
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people outside. That's how you know it's a
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party. Sounds like a bad naked yeah.
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And none of them were wearing brief pants.
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For the record, it Yeah, so if only.
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They were. That would have been the coolest
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motel ever. But.
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I would have, yeah. I'd have checked in.
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I was going to say, you might have actually stayed there.
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I I got a got a birthday card for my parents.
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It's got underpants on. This has become a thing.
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I've had people check in with me ever since that episode checking
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in to me and my undies. I've still not heard from Roof
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but I would love to hear from roof.
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Would love to get. Some I'm sure they're working on
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a prototype. I heard next year instead of
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hats it's underpants and it's all going.
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To get it to you, Ryan. This is now going to be a
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through line in your life for the rest like for the duration
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Ryan it's. Just I'm afraid it might be this
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is going to be what it is, yeah. Does it give you somewhere?
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I was thinking, does it give you somewhere to tuck in your yellow
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boat? Oh family, nicely done.
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So I went from San Bernardino to Redlands, I saw the concert
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which is great and then Tori texted me to say I sold a car to
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the lead singer 8 months ago which was just crazy.
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Amazing. It is a small world and that guy
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gets around. Right.
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Yeah, yeah. So.
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So what did you see? What was the lineup?
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It was a band called The Ataris. They were big.
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In the 2000s they did a cover of Boys of Summer.
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Right, right. That was obviously.
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They're still touring, Yeah. And then I didn't stay for many
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songs, but then it was Alien Ant Farm if you remember them.
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Sure, yeah. It sounds fun.
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Yeah, like they did a cover of a Michael Jackson song.
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That's right. That's right.
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Yeah. Yeah, it's Smith.
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Importantly. How's that car?
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Car is great and still need to still need to ride it in right.
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So you need to get to 1000 miles and I'm about 650 now and so a
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little bit more to go. I had the top down until it was
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109 and then decided it was too hot at that point.
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But I yeah, it's got good air conditioning for sure.
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And you had the opportunity to test it.
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I know I heard it was a wild heat wave down there the last
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few days. Hot, hot, hot.
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But it was good. What have you guys been up to
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then? I went to the Northwest Exotics.
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It was the last event of the season for them up here, which
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has grown into like if you're in the car world in Seattle, it's a
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cool story because it was started by a 15 year old and
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it's really grown into a huge event and they do like they're
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now themed. So this was, I think, Italian,
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and there were some really cool cars and it was fun when we were
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walking up, there was a reliable truck outside, which, you know,
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especially coming off of car week, that's always an indicator
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of like good stuff ahead, you know, when reliable's there.
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Yeah, I've been walking in. There was a GT4, you know, with
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the carbon hood and this amazing teal green that I've never seen
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before, which was beautiful. There was a Peugeot 2O5 GTI.
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There was an M1 that I actually got to see the owner climb into
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and drive away, which is really cool.
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You know, neat to see one of those and even more fun to see
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it driven. And then there was a 66427
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Cobra, which I always, you know, it's near and dear to my heart.
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There was a Pagani Utopia. Which is.
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Full carbon fiber, you know, with over it.
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I mean, that is it. It was stunning.
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It's really something to behold. It's really a work of art and to
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get to see one in person and be able to get up close to it was
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really special. And it tells you really how much
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the event has grown and how well regarded it is with what they're
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able to bring in. There was a special edition
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Mustang GTD, which is, they're calling it the Spirit of America
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Edition. And delivery celebrates the
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first time that a Mustang won the Tour de France in 1964.
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And I actually got to see that car in Le Mans in June.
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So that was pretty fun to see it again.
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And there was a kind of an interscope style 9935 with BBS
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van wheels. There was a 9/11 Carrera Cup car
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that had been driven in the Great Britain series.
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So that was unique. And then what else?
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There was a 296 GTV Ferrari and a Viper green GT4.
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So we thought of Dan McGinnis and let's see our friends
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McLaren. There was a 98-M3 sedan that had
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been restored. You know, and I always love this
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approach because you get some really interesting examples.
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But it was. They restored it with the idea
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of if BMW was making an E36M3 sedan now, what would it look
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like? Yeah.
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And it was beautiful. And then there was an F1 car,
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there was a 67, yeah, no big deal.
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And then there was a McLaren Senna, which I have never seen
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one of those in person. They.
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Have see through doors. Oh yeah, that's the best part.
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That's the best part. So what happened?
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What's happened with this 15 year old?
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Where is he now? Or she.
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So actually he's a friend of mine.
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Yeah, you know him. Yeah.
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So it's, it's Tom. He's now 20, right?
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I saw him yesterday. Oh, you.
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Did so he studies in LA but he's about to do a semester in
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London. So but yeah I mean I've been
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speaking to him for about 6 months or so and actually didn't
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doing a bit of mentoring for him so but really nice.
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We should get him on the show when he's back from London,
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yeah. That sounds fun.
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That would be. Awesome.
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You know, it's gone from a pretty small event to obviously
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a significant event and the community around Seattle kind
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of, you know, gathers around on it.
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There was also a private event the night before at a private
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car collection which looked outstanding it.
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Really did. I was having a lot of FOMO
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afterwards. Fear of missing out is this
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place is on Mercer Island. So it's on the the island in
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between the two bridges. So it's on the water on yeah,
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check out we we can share some of the pictures.
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I'm sure I can find some that we can share, but but yeah, I mean,
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someone who's who's now 20 and has seen the event grow and you
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know, it's kudos to Tom and the team around him.
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So yeah. What are you doing at 15?
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Not this, and I didn't, I didn't realize until after the event,
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but they had the designer of the Ferrari Enzo there.
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He was at the event the night before and then he was at the
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show also. And Dwight Knowlton from Carpe
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Vayam actually designed the art for the poster for this for this
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event. And this event is notoriously
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like the like the bouncer at the gate, if you will, is, is is
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tough, right? Like, you've got to have some
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pretty good iron to get in, right?
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It's definitely curated, Yeah, yeah.
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Very curated. The centre is in the Mulberry
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colours I think. Is that right?
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It was white, fluorescent orange and black.
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Yeah. OK, maybe I'm thinking of a
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different car. I think it's the Grillo's car.
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Could it be? Oh, I think you're right.
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So yeah, there was sort of car royalty there as well.
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The I've sat in that M1. Really.
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Yeah, so that M1 used to belong to racer Johnny Ducato, and it's
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now owned by BMW collector Peter Gleason up in the Pacific
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Northwest. Oh yeah.
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Oh, that makes sense. Well, and it's such a nice venue
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because it's not enormous, which also like it's sort of like,
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even if they hadn't set out to curate it, the space dictates
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that it needs to be, you know, carefully curated.
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So it's it's like the perfect size because they can bring in a
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lot of really cool cars, but it's not so big.
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You can see everything if you want and you still have time to
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talk to your friends. And it's a beautiful, you know,
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it's on the water on Lake Washington.
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And so it's like it's practically perfect in every
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way. And Speaking of events that take
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a lot of coordination etcetera, I think Ryan, you, you didn't go
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to an event last weekend, but you witnessed some of that
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challenges around coordination. Yeah, yeah.
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Shout out to the Morgan Adams Foundation, Concord here in
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Denver. A lot of friends went.
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I ended up not going. Long story, you know, call it
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burned out from cars, call it whatever you want.
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I didn't go. For the first time in several
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years, it looked fantastic. I didn't do it.
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Said just kind of relaxed around here.
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What's? That like.
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It was needed. It was needed.
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Although strangely, the Chinese tourists are back.
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Have I? Have I shared this with you?
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Wait, do tell. We were, this was a couple
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months ago. We were in the living room and
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we noticed there was a group of very obviously Chinese tourists,
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right, you know, out in front of the house taking pictures and
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taking pictures of each other in front of our house.
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And you've both been to our house.
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I would say it's a pretty typical, you know, modest brick,
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you know, bungalow or whatever. I mean, and we we thought, OK,
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well, this is interesting when they, you know, they're like the
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ghost. They could have been and but but
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this started this actually, this is pre underwear, right?
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It's just pre underwear. Story It's not because this was
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the man who created the roof underwear.
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No. Yeah, known worldwide.
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Well, then it happened again. Or like, well, there must be
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something to this. Well, they, they came back.
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I've looked into this. This is a thing.
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Dan, I, I googled this on bbc.com.
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Your people, they report a story Kidlington Chinese tourists
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attracted by quote UN quote quiet houses.
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Do you know, first of all, do you know where Kidlington is in
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the UK? Yes, it's an oxygen.
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It's quite near where I grew up. OK, you're kidding.
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OK, Yeah, well, apparently this is a thing.
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This article says residents were baffled by coaches of sightseers
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arriving in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, and posing for
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photos in front of gardens and against parked cars.
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And at least in the UK, apparently these tourists seek
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out sort of prototypical British abodes and they like to take
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pictures. And it's, you know, it was a
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little weird. It was a little like being in
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the zoo. I'll be, but I would, you know,
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our house is again, a pretty modest place, but I think it
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probably is. It probably checks off a lot of
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the boxes of like what an American house should look like,
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right? And so apparently we're on some
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checklist or something. I'd love to know where else they
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stop but rain shine. Feel like I should go and sell
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lemonade or something. I was just thinking your
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daughter should set up a lemonade stool.
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I know. Yeah.
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Or you any good shop? They're hard to predict, you
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know, they just pop up and then they're they're gone and and and
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they've been respectful. I have no real issue with that.
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I just of all the houses, you know, in Denver, why mine?
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Like you know, it seems seems kind of uneventful, but good on
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on them. Yeah.
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So that was the we should check Google Maps, like is there some,
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you know, you go on and it's like a pin or a whatever.
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And so does is it like Kidlington tour #13 I mean.
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As far as I know, Elvis didn't live here, I don't think.
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That you know. Of the crimes of the century or
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anything like that. I just, I, you know, I, I, I
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don't know. We've got nice landscaping.
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I spend an awful lot of time out there.
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That's all I can. Yeah, it's a lovely.
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That's what I, I did in lieu of Morgan Adams this year, but I
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look forward to going back next year.
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It looked like a hell of a show. I apparently had more airplanes
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this year. So if you went to the show, if
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you're listening, please let us know.
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But a great event. They're really expanding their
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reach. They're doing a the Concorde is
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always on a on a Saturday evening.
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They're doing an event on Sunday at the Polo Grounds, which I
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didn't even know was a thing here in Denver.
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So just just when you think your life is good, there's find out
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that there's a whole other team. And but I guess it was a it was
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a great event. So anyway, next year, next year.
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Thinking about those people that you heard at Quayle saying,
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well, at least we know we're worth the same amount as
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everybody else here. I still think about that.
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That was that was something, yeah.
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But it got me thinking, you know, just even.
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So this relatively local event. No, they they, they draw from
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all over and they get a lot of people going back east after car
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week. But what, what a logistical sort
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of just achievement it is. And it got me really thinking
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about car week in the quail and, and Pebble and not just those,
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but the auction houses, you know, and, and I think we might
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be having someone from one of the auction houses joining us as
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soon who maybe can shed some light on that.
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But just just again, you talked about the reliable carriers
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getting the cars in, selling the tickets, the, the, the vendors,
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you know, that I just, I cannot imagine that sort of stuff.
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That's the stuff that really impresses me, right?
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Like that's the stuff that I know I can't do.
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And I don't know, maybe it's an insight, but.
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I think you're right. Even, you know, I think if you
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haven't been involved in putting an event on like that, you go
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like, oh, we just want to do like a simple little car show.
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And then especially when it starts to scale up.
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I mean, I know, you know, my family is involved with the
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Cobra Club in Orange County and they do a car show every year to
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benefit the charity that they've chosen that year.
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And they get between 75 and 85 cars.
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So it's not enormous, especially when you compare it to some of
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the car week events. But having seen the back end of
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that, it is a lot of work. So I can only imagine it's
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exponentially more, you know, obviously the bigger you get,
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like it's a lot of effort. I could barely organize a
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wedding, you know? There's no cars involved.
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Don't know, like I just all the moving parts.
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I just, I, I guess I never really had an appreciation for
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that. And it really hit me this year
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and it's just fascinated by it. Yeah.
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Love to love to, you know, get a peek behind that curtain, I
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guess. And to get someone on don't mean
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he's. Yeah, kind of things.
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And there's at least one car manufacturer that recognizes the
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high quality of journalism coming from Mr. Ryan Barky.
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You. You got a very polite note.
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I understand from a certain car manufacturer.
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You're kind to say that, Or at least their PR, you know, firm,
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you know, Yeah, did this article for Autoblog about the G90,
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which we've talked about ad nauseam.
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Really like the car, but I struggled a little bit, you
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know, with who's this car for, right, Right.
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Sort of a baller on a short of a baller on a budget or what have
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you. But you know, got a really nice
19:25
note from them basically extending all the graces moving
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forward. So you may be hearing more about
19:30
Genesis cars. That car show might be called
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That Genesis Car. That car show perpetually
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brought to you by Genesis here on out.
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Thank you. And Sheffield watches, of
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course. And Sheffield watches.
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Yeah, yeah. But thanks for mentioning that.
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Yeah, that was that was that was fun and and just had an article
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in Autoblog about Car Week sort of my impressions and getting
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older and the importance of friends and all that.
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So if you haven't checked it out, please, please do.
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I've had some very nice responses from people.
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I think it resonated with a lot of other people and quote UN
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quote my demographics so. But thank you, it's a great
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read. As always, so definitely go
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check it out. Thanks.
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And I think a couple of the shows have reached out to you
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just to acknowledge that piece as well, right, So.
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Yeah, that's been fantastic. Thank you.
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Especially Pebble and and also Concorso Italiano.
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So yeah, maybe we'll have them on on the show in time too.
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Let's do it. Yeah, news items.
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Firstly, that old orange McLaren collection is sold to a private
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buy. Did you guys see that?
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I did, I thought. Parents sent me that article.
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This is this is this is the reach that that this thing has
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had so. Yeah, right.
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Your parents are on top of it. Well, and isn't that interesting
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that sort of the big collections that have been the topics of
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discussion. We had the white collection and
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now we've had the autumn orange metallic, you know, McLaren
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collection. What would your colours be if
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you had a collection? It was one colour.
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First thing that comes to mind, what are you?
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Doing Astoria Blue. OK, it's.
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A BMW colour, isn't it? Yeah, that's the that was the
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the M exclusive colour blue for the E36.
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Yes. No, it will.
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Every time I see it I'm like, yes.
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Yeah, I think I would go for like a either a British racing
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green or, you know, an Irish green.
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Yeah. Also a good choice.
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Yeah. And then Ryan when we.
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Called say Sepia Brown but I think would either be Muirblau
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or Brewster Green. Shout out to our our friend with
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the Brewster Green GT4 that I'm very envious of so.
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Yeah. So this this was just on this,
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this was 19 Mclarens, the majority of which were I think
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it was, was it the last of each model?
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It also included the McLaren F1 and it sold as a full package.
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So very similar to there was a Bernie Eccleston collection of
22:06
Formula One cars they sold as a complete package.
22:09
And this has as well. And it's interesting because
22:11
someone I know was looking at just the McLaren F1 from that
22:15
collection and apparently there are 7 McLaren F ones for sale
22:19
right now apparently. And this was kind of the one to
22:26
have because of its uniqueness, the fact it was orange,
22:29
etcetera. But there was no way that they
22:32
were going to separate that from the rest.
22:33
So you literally bought a McLaren F1 and got the rest of
22:36
the cars right if if that was the way to do it.
22:39
But. What's the going price on an F1
22:41
right now at the end? I think it's mid 20s.
22:47
It depends. There's a few out there that
22:48
have been crashed a lot and they still get Mr. Money.
22:52
Yeah. Right the bean and also the
22:54
daily driver was crashed twice or crashed once and set got
22:58
caught fire so. But it's interesting in the mid
23:02
20s, that's a lot of money. Yeah, RM Sotheby's have one
23:05
that's a private sealed bid at the minute.
23:08
So I'll be interested to see if that gets publicized as to what
23:10
that goes for. Well, and I wonder if that's
23:13
ever happened before where there's that many for sale at
23:16
the same time, like that's pretty.
23:17
That's a lot, right it. Feels like a moment in time,
23:20
yeah. Yeah.
23:22
I I think they made, I think it was just under 100, OK in total.
23:28
So that's 7%. That's that's, that's up there.
23:32
Yeah, if you if you got an F1, I don't know all the colors or
23:35
whatever, but obviously we've seen silver, we've seen black,
23:37
we've seen orange. I don't know what else is out
23:39
there. Yellow.
23:40
Yellow, What are you going for? Lindsay.
23:45
I think blue. Yeah, it's because it.
23:50
Has a BMW powered engine doesn't it?
23:51
So you could have esterol blue. Oh, there you go.
23:54
I wouldn't even have to fight. Too hard for it, right?
23:57
Yeah. Just need the 25 mil, yeah.
24:01
I like the orange. That orange one.
24:03
Yeah. One for me.
24:03
Yeah, yeah. I you know, I'm not picky.
24:08
Any. I mean when?
24:11
You one in primer. Right.
24:13
Well, it's like we've all learned, you know, when you're
24:15
looking for these specialty cars and they're pre owned, you can't
24:18
be too picky about the color. So I feel like that applies
24:20
here. Bad car.
24:24
Doesn't matter, does it? No, I think, I think you make
24:28
peace with the color. Nice.
24:31
That's pretty wild. I thought it was interesting.
24:33
They had Tom Hartley handle. He had done the Bernie Eccleston
24:36
collection, and then he handled this as well, and he seems to be
24:41
the authority. Yeah, if you have a giant
24:43
collection like that, he's your man.
24:46
Yeah, it's funny how that works out, right?
24:48
Like certain sellers sort of they corner a market of a
24:51
certain car, merit partners, right?
24:55
Four Point O GT3 Rs is for example.
24:57
Right there we go. But it's also weird because in
25:01
Kissimmee in a few weeks time there is a 250 GTO going up at
25:06
AMICOM auction. Oh, interesting.
25:10
So Meekum's really stepping up. Yeah.
25:14
I mean, they obviously had the Jerry car, the Jerry Seinfeld
25:17
car last year, yeah. Yeah.
25:19
They're we went to the Meekum auction, or at least I did.
25:22
Did either of you go to the Meekum auction?
25:25
OK, I went for the very first time and let me tell you, it was
25:31
an event I paid to get in, paid 30 bucks to get in.
25:34
The auctions were done for the day.
25:36
I tried the whole media thing and that they weren't half paid
25:40
30 bucks. I have never seen such a
25:43
diversity in cars at one auction.
25:47
And I think they had something like 900 cars on auction there.
25:50
And there was everything from, I mean, you know, a beaten down
25:55
Monte Carlo s s, right? Michael Lisasa, where are you to
25:59
a 250 GTO, right? And and it was a white one.
26:05
So that's that's the car that. Must be the same 1.
26:07
So they must be. Yeah, they must, must be
26:09
parading it around before they actually, actually sell the
26:12
thing. But yeah, that.
26:13
Makes sense. I I that that's a range, folks,
26:15
that's. It that is a range and something
26:18
else. When they say there's something
26:19
for everyone, they mean it, yeah.
26:21
Yeah. It's interesting because that
26:22
car, that 250 GTO has been paraded around for over a year.
26:26
It was, I think it was at the Retro Mobile last year, Lindsay
26:31
in Europe. It's possible that show is so
26:35
enormous. It's possible it was there and I
26:37
didn't see it. But it's a Seattle car.
26:40
Interesting. Is that the one that was at
26:43
Classics on the green? Yes.
26:45
OK then. I've seen it and it's one of the
26:49
very few that are actually right hand drive as well.
26:52
That's that's that's that's right.
26:53
Also interestingly, big placard in front of it.
26:56
Cars never been restored. Untouched, but not the original
27:00
paint, not the original engine, not there.
27:04
This whole list of things that seem to, I guess, contradict the
27:07
claim. You know, I'll have to check my
27:09
my notes. But unrestored.
27:11
But things have been altered along the way.
27:12
Yeah, you know, that's a lot of cars, but the 250 GTO just as a
27:16
thing is really something to behold, whether it's that one
27:20
or, you know, the one we happen to see in the paddock at Laguna
27:23
Seca. I mean, it is I when you see one
27:25
in the flesh, yeah, the the prices kind of make sense.
27:28
I mean, they're, they're just, there's something to behold
27:30
there. There are.
27:31
They're just fantastic. Just fantastic.
27:34
They just have that right shape. They're amazing.
27:37
Well, there's some cars that just sort of stop you in your
27:39
tracks and that is one of them. That is one of them, yeah.
27:42
Yeah. But there are nicer ones than
27:44
that white one at Meet Them. I'm just telling you.
27:46
Yeah, so. You're going to hold out for a
27:48
nicer one, right? Is that what we're hearing?
27:51
Yeah, that in the F1. I'm going to give everybody else
27:55
a crack at this one, and I'll wait.
27:59
Do the right thing. Yeah.
28:01
Always do the right thing. Great movie.
28:03
Very good. I thought I would lay down a bit
28:06
of a challenge for you guys this week and it's inspired slightly
28:10
by RM again. I think we should be sponsored
28:13
by RM are selling a Ayrton Senna Rd. car, it's a McLaren car and
28:21
a Mercedes 190 with the Cosworth engine.
28:25
Yeah, those are neat cars. But the interesting story behind
28:28
it is that this car in particular so early on and said
28:32
it wasn't a known quantity, wasn't a known driver.
28:36
And there was a race in Germany where Mercedes put everyone in
28:39
the same model of car, A190 Mercedes race car.
28:44
And you had people like Nikki Lauder and, you know, other
28:47
famous drivers, Alan Prost. And this young guy at center
28:51
turned up and he won the race. So he beat all these peers in
28:56
cars that were all, in theory, identical, but he wasn't a name
29:00
at the time. And and he bought this car and
29:02
he picked it up from the factory.
29:04
So with that in mind, I thought, well, why don't we match each
29:09
other to cars either real or fake, but you want the car and
29:13
someone famous who's owned the car.
29:15
Right, Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's the, what's the estimate
29:18
of the car, by the way? It was.
29:19
It was quite high. I think it's like 350.
29:22
Is that what it is? OK, OK.
29:25
As in 350,000, yeah. Yeah, yeah, so boy.
29:28
Compared to the F1, that feels like a real bargain, yeah.
29:31
Talk about Providence. So.
29:32
So yeah. Yeah.
29:34
Especially with that Providence, that's pretty remarkable.
29:37
I mean, there can't be many Rd. cars that Senna had that you
29:39
know, would go up sale. So, you know, maybe that's a
29:43
bargain. But what I thought I might get
29:46
you guys to do is suggest cars for each other.
29:49
What is the car and who was the famous owner?
29:53
So I don't know if you guys have been thinking about this.
29:55
I have a. Little bit I didn't know it
29:57
could be fake though. I thought it had to be real.
29:58
So, OK, I'm operating in reality.
30:01
Real ones, but I'm giving you a get out of jail card.
30:05
Or you can just go like, just kidding, yeah.
30:08
So, so Lindsay, what are you going to buy for Ryan?
30:11
OK, so for Ryan I have picked up the 917 Steve McQueen Seinfeld
30:17
car. Oh wow, you you think way too
30:20
highly. Wow, happy new birthday.
30:23
That would be amazing. Right there from Lindsay on
30:26
Ryan. Wow.
30:28
Ryan might want to reach options in a minute, I don't feel.
30:31
Really bad about what I picked up for you.
30:34
That would be incredible. Yeah, that's.
30:37
Let's make it happen, Lindsay. Yeah, right.
30:40
Hey. That's fine.
30:43
So what did you go for Me, Lindsay?
30:45
So for you. Better be than a better be
30:47
better than a 917. Yeah.
30:50
So yours comes with a bit of a fantasy life that I've created
30:54
for you. And this is where you now have a
30:56
second home in England and you keep a car there.
30:59
Oh, very good. So what I went for was a 1964
31:04
Alfa Romeo Julia Spider that was owned by Steve Coogan.
31:08
Very good. So he's the act to come.
31:09
Comedian, right? Right.
31:11
And he was in Tropic Thunder, not at the museum he was.
31:15
Yeah. Minions.
31:16
He's a comedian from the UK, so that just that felt very
31:22
fitting, especially for this, you know, international life
31:26
that you lead. Love it.
31:27
So I get the house and the car right?
31:29
Right. I've created like a whole
31:31
second, like you're just you. You split your time now.
31:35
Yeah, very good. I like that.
31:36
I like that, Ryan. You are welcome.
31:39
You do have, you do own a house in England, right?
31:42
You have a second home, it's just that your parents live
31:43
there. Right.
31:44
And the inheritance. Probably put a car.
31:46
Right. And as they are still with us.
31:51
Details. It's a a really early 90s
31:53
Mondeo. Doesn't really cut it.
31:58
So close. Yeah.
32:00
Anyway, Ryan, can you top that? Yeah.
32:04
Can I top that? So, So Dan, I, I, so I was very
32:08
impressed last year at the Quail when they had the Queensland
32:11
Rover collection because the queen, as you know, has a
32:15
certain shade. You talk about paint to sample,
32:17
you talk about special wishes. I mean, queen can get away with
32:20
anything and she has this very special color.
32:23
What would you call it? Sort of a it's.
32:25
Like a claret burgundy. Yeah, it's burgundy, but it's
32:30
not much darker, right? Or that much like it's special.
32:33
It seems special and and she's got some great stuff, right?
32:36
She has some incredible, I mean, those were those were my
32:40
favorite class at Pebble last year.
32:42
I agree, I spent more time there, took more pictures.
32:45
Well, I would love to give Dan, you know, his choice of any of
32:48
the QLD Rovers. I just think it seems
32:50
appropriate. You got to leave that little,
32:52
the little Crest. What do they call that little
32:53
Crest by order of the? Coat of arms, yeah.
32:56
Coat of arms or whatever you know, like you see when you walk
32:59
into. Yeah, the royal seal of
33:01
approval. That's right.
33:02
So like when you walk into your, your, your, you know, your
33:05
favorite tobaccoist or, or your right, whatever they've got or.
33:08
Tiptree Jam, which you guys would call you, don't you call.
33:12
You call it jello, don't you, Jam.
33:14
You spread it on bread. Yeah.
33:16
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Jelly. With chunks.
33:19
Yeah, there we go. Tiptree Jelly would be an
33:22
equivalent, but that's got the seal of approval.
33:24
I think Hendrick Jin has the approval as well.
33:27
Who is their underwear provider? Yeah, I think it's up for
33:32
negotiations right now. Anyway, I just, I love those
33:36
cars. You're our resident Brit.
33:38
It seemed to work. Now I I guess I'll, I'll then,
33:41
you know, tilt the question to you, Dan, of those cars, which
33:44
one would appeal? Would it be an older car,
33:46
something newer? Would it be 1 of the sort of the
33:49
popemobile type? You know, right units or what
33:53
what what strikes your fancy? You were there.
33:56
Well, it was interesting because during the Second World War, I
33:59
believe she would umm, she took on duties driving a land driver
34:04
in likes with nursing wing or something, right.
34:06
Good. Yeah, but I think I would
34:08
probably want the newest Range Rover that she had.
34:11
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's fair.
34:13
Well, and what an amazing 2 car solution you have that and then
34:17
this Alfa Romeo from Steve Coogan and you're good to go.
34:20
Yeah, what a win. What a.
34:21
Win all your bases comes. Right, that's right.
34:24
So. Lindsay, you're now curious of
34:25
what Ryan's gone to you. So we all know Lindsay is a
34:29
Shelby fan. Right.
34:31
True. And we also know that you're a
34:32
truck gal. Yeah.
34:34
So you know what fits both of those.
34:37
And of course, you've got your your Shelby, Dodge, Dakota.
34:41
At least that's what I was going to choose for you.
34:44
And then I found out that it really wasn't very fast.
34:47
It had AV 8, but it was 172 horsepower.
34:51
I think 175 horsepower had a zero to 6.
34:54
For a heavy car. No, no, no, zero to 60 time of 9
34:58
1/2 seconds and a quarter mile of 15.6.
35:01
So that that does not work for you, so you know you got.
35:04
You have time to make an appointment to get on the
35:06
freeway there. Exactly.
35:07
Well, I thought if it was the convertible version, do you
35:09
remember the Dakota convertible, the Dodge Dakota?
35:12
It was a drop top I had so there was a like.
35:16
That sounds one. Older kid, an older kid, my
35:19
neighborhood had one and he was the coolest and I I don't think
35:23
they made that many of them though.
35:25
I was gonna say don't worry, Lindsey, I've got a good car for
35:27
you. He.
35:28
Was he was the coolest guy in Indianapolis in 1990?
35:32
OK, let's let's let's say that, but so I have a better car for
35:35
you. You know, I I'm involved with
35:36
the Colorado Grand and I put car descriptions together and I was
35:41
surprised and also thought was very cool to see a car that that
35:46
that Jim Hall and Carol Shelby owned.
35:48
It was delivered to their dealership, I think in Texas.
35:51
It's a 57 Maserati 250 SA very special car.
35:55
And I think that's more a set of wheels that benefits a lady like
35:59
yourself, Lindsay. So I could get on board.
36:01
With that also a little quicker than 16 seconds the quarter
36:04
mile. We have witnessed Ryan getting
36:07
out of jail so. I'd like to immediately update
36:13
my answer. Yeah.
36:16
Unless you're thinking on his feet, which he could.
36:18
Butterflies with honey, right? Not not vinegar, right As as
36:22
they say. Otherwise, I think Lindsay was
36:24
driving a Dodge to coat right? Like, I mean, there's Shelby
36:27
anything I want to say anything with Shelby on the side was
36:29
cool. But then that was also the era
36:31
of the Shelby, like the the Duster or whatever, right?
36:34
The Plymouth, the little 4 door, you know that those were not
36:38
peak years for Shelby, so. He was, he was playing a little
36:41
fast and loose with the licensing there.
36:44
What was the? I've always wanted to drive
36:46
that. Is it a GLH?
36:49
Yeah. The girl's like, hell yeah,
36:51
that, that that does have an appeal to me.
36:53
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
36:54
Lindsay Gilbert. Good one.
36:55
I have not, not yet. Are those accepted into the
36:58
Shelby community? Because I I feel like that those
37:01
are kind of cool. I mean, I'm sure they, I think
37:05
that's, you know, there's something for everybody and
37:07
there's, there's somebody for every car.
37:09
That's what we love about the car world.
37:11
Yeah, who made them? Dodge was it?
37:15
Yeah, it was a dodge. It was based on Omni, I think
37:17
right, which was kind of this 4 door and I I don't think it was
37:21
maybe a Mitsubishi, but I could be wrong, but it was that kind
37:23
of it was an import fighter, right?
37:25
And I think that it was a Plymouth horizon slash Dodge
37:28
Omni. And they again talk about
37:29
Indianapolis. They were everywhere, right?
37:31
That was kind of the that was the IT was a very popular
37:34
vehicle financed it, you know, 19 percent or something, I'm
37:37
sure. But but you know, the the
37:40
standard car was really nothing to write home about.
37:42
But there was the Shelby and it was the goes like hell.
37:44
And I think it had a turbo 4 cylinder that actually put out
37:48
some serious power. I think that that car was in the
37:50
fives to 60 and this was like 1989.
37:54
Where's our fact checker, Dan? Yeah, that we've given our.
37:58
Research assistant, Yeah. I think that was like a
38:01
ridiculously fast car for the time and.
38:04
Yeah, I think you're right. I don't know.
38:06
I don't know that much about that era, but I remember hearing
38:10
that those like as maligned as they often are, like actually
38:15
were relatively quick, like, you know, all things considered.
38:19
Through a turbo and anything. I think it was a turbo
38:21
Mitsubishi engine is what that was.
38:22
I think it may have been the same motor that was in other
38:24
cars. Maybe the God, I don't know.
38:27
There was a turbo lebaron at the time.
38:29
There was the was the sports car that conquest.
38:33
Maybe it was in the conquest in the Mitsubishi Starion, but I I
38:37
could be wrong. What what?
38:38
What does our intern come up with then?
38:40
Well, I I've given them the night off, but why don't our
38:43
viewers let us know? Why don't our let our viewers
38:46
let us know and also if anyone's got one of those cars, like let
38:50
us know because it's one I want to drive one I.
38:52
Think we need to drive one. I mean listen, anytime we can
38:54
work in a starian into an episode like.
38:57
We're that's a win. Money ahead?
38:59
That's a win. So just to recap, so Ryan, the
39:03
two cars you went for were one of the Queen's Land Rovers.
39:07
You take your pick. Yep, and a. 57. 57.
39:13
Maserati 250 S. Owned by.
39:17
Carol Shelby and Jim Hall. Cool.
39:19
And then provenance, yeah. I'm driving cheaper than a
39:22
McLaren F. One.
39:24
Yeah, that's true. Well, probably only just right
39:27
based on provenance and everything else Lindsay's
39:30
currently. Sorry, Ryan's currently got the
39:34
917 Porsche. Yep.
39:39
And he's waiting to hear from me.
39:40
But I'll start with you, Lindsay.
39:41
So the car I was thinking of and I was trying not to stereotype,
39:47
but. Too late.
39:48
No, no, I didn't go Carroll Shelby.
39:50
I didn't go forward. I didn't go Cobra.
39:53
I thought what would be a cool car for Lindsay to drive around
39:55
in and maybe more in the California lifestyle than the
39:59
Washington, but that Janis Joplin Porsche was.
40:04
It a speedster, was it? 356 yeah, I think she had some
40:10
random people do the paint job on it.
40:12
Yeah, it looks like there's some random people that did that
40:15
picture. Yeah, but it's now an iconic
40:18
Porsche, so. It is, yeah.
40:20
I could just be cruising on PCH with the wind in my hair.
40:23
Exactly driving. Driving the Artmobile.
40:26
What's the story with that? Because she sung out very famous
40:28
the song about being a Mercedes, wanting Mercedes, right?
40:31
Her friends all Dr. Porsches. Right, right.
40:34
She needs to come in. She finally joined the club.
40:37
It happens to all of us. Happens to the best of us.
40:42
There we go, and. Before you know it, it's a all
40:45
Porsche podcast. Here we are.
40:47
Just need to get that sponsorship in place, don't we?
40:49
That's right. And and we, we mentioned this to
40:52
the 4th member of the group, Michael and he doesn't own a
40:56
Porsche, but his dog is called Porsche.
40:58
Was that right? That's right.
41:00
So that. Counts.
41:03
We will accept that as an answer.
41:04
We all own Porsches. So anyway, Ron, I was looking
41:07
and thinking about for you and I started with the car and then
41:13
looked to see who the famous owners were.
41:15
And the first famous owner of one of these cars was Justin
41:18
Bieber, But I just thought I'd love it up a little bit.
41:23
So the second owner I found of one of these cars was Daniel
41:27
Craig. So James Bond and he owned a or
41:32
maybe still owns, but he owned a classic Defender.
41:35
So I thought, yeah, that's always one that owned by Daniel
41:39
Craig is pretty cool. And I'm going to change your car
41:42
Dan to ADB 5. Nice, nice.
41:47
The revolving number plates. That's right.
41:50
That's right. Yeah, so with.
41:53
Some pretty unique collections. Yeah, I think Ryan gets to sell
41:58
his and retire, but. What are we really driving
42:04
right? At the end of the day, we all
42:05
have a Porsche. Yeah, that's true.
42:08
Yep. Very true.
42:10
Something and something to those Porsches.
42:12
Well. We all have the same engine as
42:14
well, don't we? I know, I know.
42:15
Yeah. It's a bit crazy and my mind's
42:18
detuned compared to both of yours, but.
42:21
Well, you've got more probably. A little.
42:23
You've got 2/10 of a litre more than Lindsay.
42:27
I thought Lindsay's was the four litre as well, no?
42:30
3.8. You.
42:32
You've got the 16, Lindsay. Yeah.
42:36
A fine car, many would argue a better car than the 718 and.
42:39
Better noise I think is the. Yeah, that's what I hear.
42:42
I. Mean it sounds amazing, but my
42:44
example is also straight pipes so.
42:46
Oh, there we go. That's right.
42:49
Yeah. If you if you, if you're new to
42:51
the show, if you're new to the show.
42:55
Yeah. Lindsay and and Tori brought
42:57
that car to my house on the way back from buying it, and it was
42:59
at Kansas City and you drove that thing buckets and all,
43:03
right to Seattle. We did.
43:06
Yeah. 2000, just under 2000 miles.
43:10
Yeah, that was that was our first road trip together.
43:14
And I think since then we've done four more Rd. trips.
43:17
Which is awesome. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:19
If you made that trip, you'll be together forever.
43:22
But that thing sounded epic. But I think the whole the whole
43:25
block, the whole neighborhood, that's amazing.
43:30
Amazing. Yeah, that's.
43:33
Well, and I I can now say that the carbon buckets are the road
43:37
trip seats because they were so comfortable and I actually took
43:41
a nap in them at one point. So I'm here to disprove all the
43:45
carbon bucket naysayers. Buckets and straight pipes and
43:48
you're able to sleep. Right.
43:50
Yeah. You, yeah.
43:52
You know you're in the right place.
43:54
Is that the title for the show? Buckets and straight pipes and
43:57
you're still able to sleep there.
43:59
You. Go could be, or it could be
44:01
Chinese tourists. There were so many jokes I
44:06
wanted to make there, just held them in.
44:09
Come on, we are a politically correct show if nothing else.
44:12
Your restraint is noted and applauded.
44:15
Plus, China's a big market for Porsche.
44:18
Very true and roof pants. I also was looking on the
44:23
Internet because I was a little bit bored this week and found
44:26
five cars that you may not know have Corvette engines.
44:32
Wow. I wondered if you guys could
44:33
name any of them. So this could be from different
44:36
generations. It's not necessarily current
44:38
Corvette engines. I think this group will get one.
44:45
Well, I've got 1 and that's the Impala S S built on the 90 and
44:50
on Caprice Classic, right. Yeah, I I do believe that that
44:55
was was it the L98? What were the LT1?
44:58
What was what was that engine? But I believe it had one and it
45:01
was D2. Was that the one that they did
45:03
in partnership with Holden, the S S?
45:06
No, that was later. I'm talking about like the
45:08
1990490596 era. I remember I mentioned this
45:14
before in the show. I was living in Chicago at the
45:16
time and there was a taxi, there was a Yellow Cab that was an
45:18
Impala s s, which I thought was just the coolest thing ever.
45:22
But that I do believe is 1 is is that one?
45:24
Does that check off 1 box it? Wasn't on the list, but I am now
45:27
going to check with the research department who decided to come
45:29
back to work this. Is the one the only one that I
45:33
was certain about isn't on the list.
45:34
All right. It's, but I think Lindsay, to
45:37
your point, I think there was then one.
45:39
Malibu. It was just the s s they just
45:42
called it. Yeah, it's just the s s, right?
45:45
So the impact of speed, it had the LT15 point 7V8.
45:52
Right. So that was the that was the 90,
45:54
the mid 90s. OK, Thank God.
45:57
Yeah. What else?
46:00
Well done, Ryan. What about the what about the
46:03
Holden base car? The like the the 2000 and the
46:08
2012, 2015, I don't know it's. A Holden?
46:14
Would it be a Corvette? Based.
46:15
Well, they took a car that yeah, they didn't sell it in any other
46:19
form in the States. It was an Australian car.
46:21
I think it was the same thing as the Pontiac G8.
46:23
Maybe there's Pontiac G8 in there.
46:27
And then of course there was the GTO, the Pontiac GTA, the 2 door
46:30
fewers before that, but that's kind of where several engines.
46:36
Cars used culvert engines. Yeah, so the Commodore FS and
46:42
the menorah. That was that was the yes, that
46:44
was yes. That was the that was the base
46:46
for the I think this, this is where we need Michael Isasa.
46:49
This is his bread and butter. This is his world.
46:51
He's owned typhoons, cyclones. He picked me up at car week in a
46:56
it was a Cadillac, was an STS. Do you remember those with the
47:02
North Star? It's the only North Star, I
47:03
think. Oh my.
47:04
Gosh. Yeah, managing the speeding
47:07
ticket on the way to car week in it.
47:08
Yeah, so. Did he?
47:11
Yeah, 5 over. Interesting.
47:14
Good. Talk to your buddies at the CHP.
47:16
They were out in sports, they were out in 4, so I had friends
47:19
that got done on the way back to LA as well.
47:22
I think we need to talk to Slash Gear because I think we found
47:25
three or four cars that aren't on their list.
47:27
So it should be maybe 10 cars you didn't know that had
47:30
Corvette engines. Should we guess a couple more at
47:32
least? There's one I don't think you'll
47:35
ever get, but I think Lindsay probably got a couple or at
47:38
least one that she may. Are they all cars?
47:42
One is an SUV, so that might. Help.
47:45
OK, OK, OK. Is it one of the Escalades?
47:51
It is. It's.
47:52
Oh, well done the newer one, right, yes, yes, OK, the V spec
47:59
right on. And also the Cadillac, the is
48:04
this ATSV or the CTSV or something along those lines you.
48:08
Mean the black Wing. The Black Wing, yeah, is the
48:11
current, yeah. Yeah, CTS.
48:13
That was the older. I'm now checking the facts.
48:21
Get that assistant back to their desk.
48:23
Come on. Right, yes, so the CT5V black.
48:27
Where you go? Okay.
48:28
Okay, I'm gonna like, just go through this.
48:31
Yeah, please do, because a great radio, Yeah.
48:34
Yeah, I'm just gonna. Yeah, our.
48:37
Way through, yeah. When do you say, well, Oh yeah,
48:39
yeah. That was what we knew that.
48:41
So here are the ones that firstly the first one that I
48:43
don't think you guys would have got, which is the Buick
48:46
Roadmaster Estate. Yeah, so our friends the
48:50
Deistys, John, Todd and Lewis spotted one at Car Week and they
48:56
they they talked about it on their podcast on 1st Dibs.
48:59
Took way too many pictures of the thing.
49:01
Had wood on the sides, had safari windows at the top.
49:05
That thing was epic. Yeah, that thing would lay down
49:07
elevens. That thing was amazing.
49:08
Yeah. Those were cool.
49:09
Was it the the. Last version of the Roadmaster.
49:15
Mid. Mid 90s.
49:17
So this was yeah, 94 to 96. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
49:21
So you're originally hiding a Corvette under that statement.
49:25
That's. Cool, that's cool.
49:27
Yeah. So the next one is a pickup
49:30
truck that turns into a convertible and it's the
49:33
Chevrolet SSR. I didn't know that had a
49:36
Corvette derived engine though. Yeah, no kidding.
49:39
Yeah, 5.3 lead to V8. Is that like a souped up version
49:43
of the avalanche? Because I.
49:45
Think no, this was the the rounded one that the the retro
49:48
the Jumer with the round headlights look like a 50s.
49:50
Truck. Yes, yeah, I guess I didn't
49:52
realize that those theater. Yep.
49:54
Had so much engine. OK, Yeah.
49:56
We've talked about the Cadillac. Yeah, the next one is the Saab
50:01
97X Arrow. So that is the Blazer the
50:06
Trailblazer derived, but I again, I didn't, I, I knew that
50:09
that was extra. I didn't know that was Corvette
50:12
based. And I think they made all of 22
50:14
of those, Dan, if I'm not mistaken, that was an
50:16
exceptionally rare. Car had the C6 engine in it I
50:21
had. No idea, I knew somebody that
50:23
had one but I didn't realize they had a Corvette engine.
50:25
And that car was sub sub 6 seconds to 60.
50:29
No kidding. And it's the only Swedish car to
50:33
ever have a Corvette engine. I'm.
50:36
Not going to argue that. Like that track?
50:40
I promise I am fun at parties. Well, this is this is
50:43
fascinating. By the way, I got had a Bush die
50:47
in the yard and I had to replace it today.
50:49
And I had our friend, friend of the show, Matthew Fitzpatrick,
50:53
architect here in the neighborhood, lover of, of, of
50:55
the, the cars of the north. I think as we refer to him in
50:58
the past. He got a 13,000 mile 2003 Volvo
51:02
cross country. It was owned by a family member
51:05
out on the East Coast. Paid 2 grand.
51:07
You got the car for free. Paid 2 grand to have it shipped
51:09
here to Colorado. He spent $1400 on timing belts
51:12
and an oil change. The thing is amazing.
51:16
It was like peak Volvo I We went to the hardware store in the
51:20
garden center to pick up the the stuff I needed for this thing
51:23
and I felt bad putting this lilac Bush in the back because
51:27
the car was so nice, right? Really.
51:30
You forget what a great era of car those Volvos were.
51:35
You know, I had a 2000 or 2001 S 40, but this was like this was
51:38
this was the big, the big Volvo and it was fantastic.
51:42
The ride was amazing. I'm sure it's not been touched
51:44
in all these years. This car's 22 years old, right
51:47
in the most amazing seats I've sat in in a long time.
51:51
I want that era of Volvo back. It was just it was it was great.
51:57
It was fantastic. And he's got 3400.
51:59
Sounds like Oh, you're the first on the list, are you?
52:01
I'm. Telling you that's the thing I I
52:03
used to I want a little pickup truck or something No, give me
52:05
an old Volvo wagon with 13,000. That's the you found.
52:10
Your Holy Grail. What a thing.
52:12
I think it was Brock Yates in an old car and driver referred to
52:15
the car right before that, the V7, and he called it very
52:18
famously a God damn paradigm of automotive design.
52:22
And I get it. That thing was just, it was, it
52:26
was amazing. I feel like we've slid downhill
52:28
since that car. So I kind of feel like you need
52:31
to do an auto blog article on that car.
52:33
I think that's a great a great idea.
52:36
That's a great Yeah, do it a Christmas.
52:37
Put a Christmas tree on the roof for the photos.
52:40
That's. Right.
52:40
And and you've got a, you know, the perfect Christmas card.
52:44
No Bluetooth if. You like, you could create
52:46
Christmas cards from it and send them.
52:48
That's really France it'd. Be it'd be amazing.
52:50
It'd be amazing. Matthew's looking for the third
52:53
row seat. It didn't come with the 3rd row
52:55
seat. So apparently they're they're
52:57
hot on the secondary. Market.
52:58
This is the next. One Wow.
53:00
Anyway, so the final car on the list, which again never came to
53:05
the UK, is a Pontiac Solstice mallet.
53:09
Does that ring any bells with anyone?
53:11
It does not. That was an aftermarket thing,
53:13
so it was a company called Mallet.
53:14
I remember again Car and Driver reading about this where they
53:16
basically put the engine into the car.
53:18
It was not produced by by Chevy or GM or whatever.
53:21
It's not a production. I don't believe.
53:23
Yeah, you remember that, right? Yeah, it says aftermarket
53:27
conversion. Yes, right.
53:29
Yes, there was that there was the Saturn was it the I not the
53:33
ion? It was the Saturn sky, I
53:35
believe, and they made one called the red line, which is a
53:37
turbo, but it was not the Corvette engine.
53:39
But Dan that was based, I think, on a Lotus car.
53:45
Very strangely. Wasn't the Elise, you know, the
53:48
Exige or anything like that. It was the Lotus that they also,
53:51
I think turned into a Vauxhall in in in Europe, which was a hot
53:56
we. We had the yeah, we had the
53:58
Vauxhall X something 2/20 it was.
54:04
XI think that was that I. Think so.
54:05
That was the same and I think it was Lotus engineered.
54:07
I don't think there was a. Lotus OK, OK, maybe that's what
54:10
it was. Yeah.
54:11
It was an odd thing about super quick in turbo form and and a
54:16
neat, neat thing. So but but now that was one of
54:19
those thousand tuner companies you'd read about back in the
54:21
day, right? There's a Lincolnfelter and you
54:23
know, all these companies, I think you know, a few of them
54:25
are, are still around. Callaway.
54:27
Corvette. Do you remember Callaway?
54:29
Callaway, yes. Those were so cool.
54:31
The hammer, I think it was, I think they Co opted the the AMG
54:34
name. But you know, that was it was a
54:36
wild era of like, you know, hugely powerful cars that would
54:40
do zero to 60 in like 6 seconds. But they were super, super cool
54:44
at the time, you know? I mean, it doesn't measure up to
54:47
a Shelby Dodge Dakota, but you know.
54:50
It's all relative. But then I yeah, then I give you
54:54
a Maserati, so we're good. You did.
54:57
I'll take both. So what have we got coming up,
55:00
folks? Is there much?
55:01
I mean, Ryan, I think you're going to be quite busy in this
55:03
in the near future on you. Yeah, can't wait.
55:06
I think the one week, the one week each year that that, that
55:09
even that's even a better time than car week.
55:12
And that's the Colorado Grand. So we take off for that in about
55:15
a week and a half. Can't wait.
55:16
You know, Michael and I were talking earlier, Mercedes-Benz
55:19
brings in a fleet of AMG's for us who are involved to drive for
55:22
the week and to hand off to people whose cars might
55:25
breakdown and that kind of thing.
55:26
And we were we were sort of waiting the the AMG models that
55:29
we know are going to be delivered like sort of fighting
55:32
over the good AM GS. So it's going.
55:35
To be a great. Great week it's.
55:39
Going to be what is the most popular then what's the top AMG
55:41
you want to? Drive there's always AGT or two,
55:44
right? AMG GT in SL, right?
55:47
I don't think there's one this year, but last year there was
55:50
was a was AG50G63 right in this amazing green color that was
55:56
awesome with this sort of Brabus style like dish wheels, which
55:59
was cool. I think the one we don't want, I
56:01
think the one that'll probably, well, I gladly have it, But I
56:04
think the car that's going to stay on the transporter most of
56:06
the week is the CLA based. I think the CLA 45, that will
56:11
probably be the one that people don't fight over, but it's going
56:15
to be a great week. It's going to be fantastic.
56:17
The people are amazing, the cars are amazing.
56:19
I'll definitely have some dispatches from the field after
56:23
the fact. And I just, I just can't wait.
56:25
It's just such a such a wonderful event and that's what
56:28
I'll be up to. But we've got one more show
56:30
before that. Can we tease who's going to be
56:33
on next week's show? Let's do it.
56:35
So if you're all listing probably are familiar with Neelu
56:39
cars, Neelu is this amazing hypercar that's that's been
56:43
developed. I'm going to get his last name
56:46
wrong, but Sasha is his first name.
56:48
We've become friendly with him at some of the events and stuff.
56:50
And he designed, I think, I think he was the designer, one
56:53
of the designers, but behind the Bugatti Chiron and was involved
56:57
with Lamborghini for a long time and stuff.
56:59
And this is his personal, this is his passion project and very,
57:03
very excited to speak with him next week.
57:05
So make sure you you tune in. So what about you guys?
57:07
Road trips, Lindsay, any road trips coming up?
57:10
No, we just finished Reno to Seattle, so I think we're
57:14
staying put. Maybe just do a a little cruise
57:18
where we start and end in the same place.
57:21
An A to a if you will. Huh.
57:22
Yeah, exactly. Something new and different.
57:25
Yeah, just for the sake of driving.
57:26
Nice. Yeah, what about you, Dan?
57:30
I need to get more miles on the Bugster.
57:32
So and we're coming up to a bank holiday.
57:35
I guess you guys would just call it a holiday weekend.
57:37
We call it a bank holiday weekend, but so I got to work
57:40
Sunday, but Monday maybe I'll go up to Newcomb's ranch and then.
57:44
Nice, nice. We've got to coin a name for
57:47
this, this thousand mile break in period for Porsches, right,
57:50
Because it's I want to call it like the struggles or the
57:53
troubles or something because you just all you want to do is
57:55
just like just go and you can't. The neutered zone.
57:59
Yeah, that's also a good show. Yeah, that'll get some.
58:03
I'm also not good, right, because I team to buy these cars
58:06
that need these break in periods and then I get it through the
58:08
break in periods and I sell the car.
58:10
At least, don't I? Need to make sure I don't do
58:12
that this time. Dan, I and Lindsay, you can
58:15
attest. I mean, you know the car behind
58:16
me. I mean, this is Carl Heffer
58:17
ever. I think you you're going to fall
58:19
in love with this thing. It is just such an inherently
58:22
good and balanced car, exactly as fast as you want it to be and
58:26
no more, no less. I think you're going to fall in
58:29
love with it. I think it's going to be the
58:30
best car you've ever owned and I think you'll have it forever.
58:33
So. Nice.
58:34
Yeah, they're definitely, they're like the best of best of
58:37
all the worlds in so many ways. So yeah, I'm excited for you to
58:41
have more like real adventures without having to think about
58:44
like the break in period. Yeah, or San Bernardino.
58:48
I don't think it's an accident that the three of us have
58:50
basically ended all up with the same car, right?
58:53
No, it's so funny, right? It's crazy, isn't it?
58:55
Isn't it crazy? Yeah, I think that says even
58:57
more about the car, like you said, Ryan, that it wasn't
59:00
planned and that's just what we've all gravitated to.
59:03
Yeah. I think we also need to check in
59:05
on our good friend John Dicey at some point because he sent me
59:09
some pictures midweek and it was of a trade in that he'd received
59:14
and with a Should I do it? Now, is this the one that they
59:18
talked about on their show where I think Justin had been pushing
59:23
him and a lot of people had been pushing him and he said on the
59:26
show, I'm convinced. And I'm like, wait, So what does
59:31
this mean? Did the back seats have two like
59:34
wooden tables that fold down? Yeah, so they, he said they had
59:38
figured out. So Lauren's going to ride in the
59:40
back, she's going to take the luxury seat, and they're
59:44
promoting demoting Lewis to the front seat, which doesn't have
59:47
the luxury, you know, accoutrement.
59:49
Yeah. So this was a Jaguar.
59:52
Yeah. So yeah, it's I yeah, I guess
59:58
it's going through the shop to see what it needs doing, but it
1:00:01
sounds like it's this old done deal, so I love it.
1:00:04
Watch their space in the Deisty Garage.
1:00:07
Yeah, none of that new Jaguar crap.
1:00:09
This is a real Jaguar right then, right?
1:00:11
Right, well, it's electric bullshit.
1:00:15
We should do a shout out to the winner of our competition from
1:00:19
last week. So it's by way of a reminder, we
1:00:24
have this partnership with Sheffield Watches.
1:00:27
And as part of that, every month we have one or two watches which
1:00:30
we were able to give away in competition style.
1:00:33
And for the first one, what we wanted to do was make it the
1:00:36
first person to respond, the first watch we've ever given
1:00:39
away, the first person to respond.
1:00:42
And I did see some feedback from people that oh, it's not fair.
1:00:45
And it's like, will there be more chances?
1:00:47
Keep listening, keep playing. But Dave, and he is Radar Dave
1:00:54
on Instagram, will be receiving a Sheffield watch in the very
1:00:59
near future. So congratulations to you.
1:01:01
Thanks for listening. I know you're a fellow Brit as
1:01:05
well, so not that there's any inside baseball, but it's great
1:01:09
that us Brits are getting the watches from Sheffield.
1:01:13
He picked out a good one too. He picked out the rally, which
1:01:16
is a good one, and that's what you can do.
1:01:18
You can pick out whichever one that's available that you want.
1:01:21
So he chose well. He's got excellent taste.
1:01:24
Can't believe he didn't go for the pink one.
1:01:26
Dave is also a big fan of the band Madness, which extra points
1:01:30
there. So, you know, you can tell by
1:01:34
that alone. He's a good dude.
1:01:36
Yeah, I mean, more than a big fan, he's friends with one of
1:01:39
the band members. That's right.
1:01:41
I think it's, I think it's the guitarist, so.
1:01:43
Yeah, so if anyone wants very cool, had those tickets, he can
1:01:46
add you up. Dave's your man.
1:01:48
He might have to go with him. I do.
1:01:52
He's going to stand on the side of the stage, right?
1:01:54
Which wouldn't suck, so. What are your favorite madness
1:01:57
songs? Do either of you have a favorite
1:01:58
Madness song? I do not.
1:02:02
Growing up, our house was just a favorite.
1:02:03
I thought that it sounded like nothing else in the radio.
1:02:06
It was kind of a contest between that and I had the tiger for me
1:02:09
for a couple of years there. So I think history has sort of
1:02:13
shown that Madness is probably the better of the of the two.
1:02:17
Also, is it the the night boat to Cairo, which we played on and
1:02:22
the steering committee on one of our very final shows.
1:02:24
So that that's got a special place in my heart.
1:02:27
But you know, ska's always good, right?
1:02:30
Yeah. And they're the best at it,
1:02:31
right? They still sound good.
1:02:32
Still look good still. Yeah.
1:02:35
Still at it. So.
1:02:36
Nice. So there we go, some listening
1:02:39
for the folks. Go listen to some madness.
1:02:40
Yeah, and. Madness for your madness.
1:02:44
Yeah, relive your 80s music vibes.
1:02:48
Yeah. Anything else you folks wanted
1:02:50
to raise tonight? I think we've got a show.
1:02:52
We I. Think that it's a show.
1:02:53
I think we're good. Yeah, just.
1:02:55
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1:03:19
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1:03:20
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1:03:25
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1:03:30
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