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What happens when you take a Hyundai Genesis coupe, wrap it in hot pink, and mod it into a
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full-blown Barbie car?
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You get one of the wildest rides in San Diego.
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And today, I'm taking you inside that store.
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Yes, we are meeting Barbie herself.
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Hey, what's happening?
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How are you doing today?
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Thank you so much for being here.
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I truly do mean that.
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I am Chris, and you clicked on Cool Cards with Chris, the official podcast, the one, the
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only, world-famous baby.
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And today, I've got a very, very special treat for you, because today, we are climbing
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inside one of the most unique rides in all of San Diego.
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I sit down with Barbie herself, who has a hot pink modded Hyundai Genesis coupe.
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And this car is crazy to look at.
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It looks like, wow.
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So if you want to see all the visuals, which I highly recommend seeing all the visuals
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to this episode, you got to go over to the YouTube channel and check out Cool Cards
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This video will definitely be on my website at CoolCardsWithChris.com.
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It is something to behold.
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It is something to see.
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And I remember meeting Barbie on Instagram.
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I was scrolling through a bunch of the different car, like Instagram pages, and I came across
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this hot pink Hyundai Genesis coupe, and I said, like, BK2 Barbie on the title.
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And it was barbied out, and it was shown at all these different car meets, and
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it had like all these other cars, all these other people at these different car culture
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And this car was showcased in the girl who drives the car.
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She goes by Barbie and she is a model in real life in that she has this car.
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The car and her are like making the rounds, going to car meets, going to tournaments,
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going to these places, these car culture places.
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And today I have the opportunity to sit down with Barbie one-on-one, check out her ride,
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go for a ride in her car.
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And let me tell you, this has got to be one of the most interesting rides I've ever encountered.
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It's one of the most interesting rides I've ever been in and photographed, and it just
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was such a thrill to actually sit there and have this conversation about cars and
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the car community coming from a female perspective, a girly perspective, a Barbie girly hot pink
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So this is the full unedited version of our conversation that we had sitting there in
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front of her car in the sunshine right there in San Diego, and it was a fantastic conversation.
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So please enjoy my conversation with Barbie herself and her hot pink Hyundai Genesis Coupe.
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Welcome back to another edition of Cool Cars with Chris.
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I am Chris and I am with Barbie herself.
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How you doing, Barbie?
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Hey, thanks for having me, Chris.
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You brought your beautiful car.
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What kind of car is this?
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This is a 2013 Genesis Coupe, Hyundai.
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How long have you had this car?
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I've had it about eight months.
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Has it been good to you?
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Those secrets about, or the rumors about, uh, Hyundai's and all, just know how to take
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care of your car, oil change, all that, you know.
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I love the color, by the way.
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Did it come factory this way from the factory?
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No, it's actually like pearl white.
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Uh, I got it wrapped pink, hot pink.
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It's hot pink in favorite color.
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It's hot pink, but hot pink is my favorite.
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So what made you decide to choose the Hyundai Genesis Coupe as your car?
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So, um, when I was looking into cars, there was a lot of miata, mustangs.
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I mean, I had a lot of choices.
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Um, but one that stood out was the Hyundai Genesis Coupe, specifically the Genesis
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Um, just because I did have the 2010 2.0 Turbo Genesis Coupe, so I lost that one.
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I did not take care of it.
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Wait, but how did you lose a car?
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So, no, it just, it gave up on me.
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That's why I'm so big on oil changes now.
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But yeah, you know, I was young, um, my first sports car and, um, yeah, I guess,
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you know, I didn't do the maintenance on it and it did give up on me.
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But I told myself the next one that I'm going to get, it's going to be the biggest upgrade
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Biggest upgrade ever.
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So, so you obviously went stuck with the Hyundai lineup and you stuck with, with
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the, uh, Genesis Coupe lineup.
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And these cars are so much fun.
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They're so adorable.
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They're so, they're like, they're like kind of remind me of the Infinity
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Coupe, the Infinity G37 and G35.
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They're kind of like that.
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Yeah, it's the comp.
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To that, to that car.
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And I love those cars.
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I love all those kind of cars.
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I love sports cars myself.
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I had to see myself.
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But this is fantastic.
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So, um, you mentioned that this car feels like a return to your much
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Uh, can you tell me how or how, how more it connects back to when you were,
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were younger, having a car like this today?
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I have no idea how old you are.
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But age is not an option.
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We'll, we'll keep age out of this.
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But how does it relate to your younger self?
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Um, I think it was, um, it was the fact that when I touched the Genesis
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Coupe when I first got the sports car, when I was young and I first touched,
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you know, the speed of it, I, I knew this was the type of car that I,
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that I was going to stick with.
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Unfortunately, you know, I didn't take care of it, but I, I did tell
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myself the next one is going to be the biggest upgrade.
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You know, I had the 2.0 before.
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So, you know, to me, it's an upgrade, but it definitely, um, the speed, um,
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you know, so it brings me back to, you know, when I first touched the gas pedal
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and I first, it's so true, you know, when you first step on a gas pedal,
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first drive the first time, no matter what it is, whether it's a
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go-kart or, or a doom buggy or, or a car or whatever, having the control
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and be able to like steer the vehicle and hit the throttle and actually go.
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It's quite a crazy experience.
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So when you had the 2.0, did you notice a difference in power between
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the 2.0 and this thing?
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Well, you can definitely hear the turbo in the 2.0.
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That's the only thing I don't have the turbo.
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But, but at first I can touch the, touch the pedal.
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Do you definitely notice like a feel?
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This, the three point is definitely a faster, but, um, yeah, you can
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definitely feel, you know, before, like I, like I said, I, you
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could feel the turbo in there, but I guess you can feel the upgrade
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on the speed on the 3.8.
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I mean, uh, I know that when they came out with the Genesis Scoop, I
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remember watching the commercials on this car when it came out and I was
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like, wow, I want one of those now.
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Cause I was looking at 350 Z's and I was like, well, I don't have a
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back seat and this thing comes out and it's, it's priced right.
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And I'm like, yeah, I want one of those too.
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You know, so I bought a lot.
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You know, I get to go through a phase.
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You're like, oh, you want this, you want that.
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You go to the auto show and you're just like looking at everything.
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It's like your window shopping, every car show, every car meat.
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It's just like you're checking out all the different cars and what you
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can do with your car and all the improvements.
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Now, when you take this thing to car meats, what are people's
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reaction when they see it?
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Um, definitely, uh, neck turner, you know, um, definitely catches a
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lot of people's attentions.
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I do it for the girlies.
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So now you got the Barbie on there and your Barbie yourself and the
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whole thing's a Barbie car.
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I absolutely love this thing.
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Does, um, do you have a little, uh, Barbie doll to go with it?
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I'm thinking about something.
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Um, I won't, I won't say too many details, but yeah, there might
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be a doll coming soon.
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You got to have like something to go with it.
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I mean, especially it's Barbie, so I'm going to Barbie something to
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Maybe, you know, I mean, I don't know.
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I mean, I like what you done with the car.
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I love the color scheme.
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I love the whole like theme Barbie.
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It's actually says Barbie, but it's not like too over the top of Barbie.
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We're getting there.
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Oh, you're getting there.
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So much more to come.
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Now, when you, when you have ideas for what to do with the car,
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color schemes and all this stuff, do you like have like a
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vision board or like a drawing board of all this stuff on the
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wall that cases what I want to do the car?
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Is that what you do?
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It's all in my head.
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Oh, is all your head?
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But like, I feel like each mod creates the next mod.
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So like it started with the hot pink wrap, then it went on
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with the wheels and then it went on with the spoiler.
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The spoiler kind of matched the wheels with the heart.
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You know, everybody was saying, oh, it's a Barbie car.
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So I was like, let's just make it official.
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Then I got the M plates, Barbie, the emblems, Barbie, the
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sticker Barbie, the stick shift Barbie, everything, you know.
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So each mod kind of created the next one.
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Well, that's fantastic.
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You know, I guess that every build, every mod builds the
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next mod you want to do with the car and gives you ideas.
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It's like, it's like with anything, whether you're a
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constant creator or whatever you're doing, you do one thing
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and like, oh, that's an idea.
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I should do the next thing.
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And then here we are doing the show today.
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So that's kind of how it works.
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But, but was there any big challenges for you putting
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mods together for this car or any things that were like, oh,
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man, I want to do that.
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But I think it's just too, too big of a, of a project
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So I had a couple of difficulties.
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I mean, look, when, when you're building cars, you're
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always going to have someone, someone that tells you, I don't
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think that's going to look good.
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Or I don't think, you know, if you do this, it'll probably
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start going down, like, for example, they were telling me
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about my, my front bumper.
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So it's, I took out the stop, the stock bumper and then
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I put in the mesh sheet bumper and people were telling me,
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you know, it's not going to look good.
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Leave it how it is.
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And I was like, no, I'm going to do it.
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Anyways, I have it, you know, like I said, I have this vision
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in my head and we, we went on and did it because I was like,
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like, here's the money.
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So they put it on and I remember just walking to the car
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when it was done and I was like, yep, this is exactly
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what I had in mind.
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It looks great by the way.
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It looks almost like it's stock.
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I know it's not stock.
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It almost looks stock.
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And that gets the thing, we do kind of have mods, you
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know, like, obviously they're not stock.
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And obviously you can tell by looking at them.
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They're not stock, but you kind of want to look like
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they're part of the car.
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Like it came this way, like a special dealer, like car,
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like some cars, you buy them from the dealer, they're
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like done a certain way already from the factory.
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And I think you kind of want to make it look like that.
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Your car definitely looks like that.
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I look out like I clean the lights out too.
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The lights are great.
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Do you have these like, what do you call it though?
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Were they, were they, I had my headlights used to fog up
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by old lights, you know, do you get them cleaned up
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or whatever you do with these things?
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You know, I haven't.
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Um, I don't know if I can, but if I can, I want to tint them.
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That would be nice.
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But I got to see, I got to do my research.
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I got to look into it.
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Is it, you know, something I can do, so.
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Yeah, I know like, doing all these different mods
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for your car, you've had a lot of support from your
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husband, helping you do all this stuff.
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Um, what does it mean to have this, like a kind of a
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community around you and your car supporting you?
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What does it make you feel?
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Honestly, um, we did not know this car was going to
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become everything that it is today.
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Um, we've gotten so much love from San Diego.
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Honestly, I didn't know it was going to become this
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and it's, it's just great.
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Um, honestly, every time I get in the car, it's
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just, you can't have a bad day.
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That's, that's high praise.
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You know, uh, Hyundai, look out.
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We've had, we've had, Hyundai is going to reach
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out to us and sponsor you.
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You know, like it's always nice to have other
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people support the things that you do because
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sometimes there's a content creator or anything
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you do a project of any kind, especially like
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an artist, you know, like you're making
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something, it's like art and people are like,
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well, art's also objective and people may hate it,
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they may like it, they may whatever, but if you
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like it, you know, if it's something you like
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doing, uh, then, uh, it's also good, good to
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have people supporting you too.
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I do get, uh, sometimes a little bashed on
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because why did I do all these mods on a
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You know, why didn't I do it on a Mustang?
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Why didn't I get a Miata?
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You know, why like the regular car girl,
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but you know, there's, they're
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typical, I feel like, oh, that's, you
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know, all girls like Miata is all girls
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like Mustangs and that's true, but the Mustang,
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I don't hear that one.
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Um, I feel like it is.
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I feel like it is because it has the most
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So like the girls, I feel like they're jumping
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on that and that's awesome.
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But I wanted to stick to what I wanted.
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You know, like I said, the car has history.
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And you don't see a lot of these on the road.
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Yeah, it's a thing.
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It's anything when I'm my Z, I didn't see a
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ton of them on the road either.
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Uh, Mustangs, you see them everywhere.
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I would want this intersection right now.
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I bet you can find out three of them right now.
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So it's kind of like, I think you're kind of over
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overplayed because I like Mustangs too,
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but I'm like, gosh, you're like everywhere.
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There's nothing special about a, about a stock Mustang,
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you know, they're all primitive, the same.
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They all feel the same, sound the same.
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It's a bunch of them out there.
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I mean, people mod them and different things
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But you said, I don't see a ton of Genesis
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Coops out there and you have yours.
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So, um, but when people see your car,
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What do they say about after seeing your car?
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Like, you know, what, what are the things
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that you heard them say?
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Um, well, I've heard the, you know,
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why did you do all these mods on this car?
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Why didn't you do it on a different one?
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But I mean, the good stuff I've heard is like, wow,
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you know, there's not a lot of girls that mod
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We need more girls that mod their cars,
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You know, I do get a lot of appreciation.
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That's, that's great.
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Um, and I just found out today that the car
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is not a stick shift.
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But no, it's, it's, it's fine, but, but, uh,
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they said you can't drive a stick.
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Um, so my husband has the 2013 Genesis Coop.
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So, you know, I'm learning from his car.
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Um, maybe to one day transition, I do want to LS swap.
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LS swap this thing?
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I'd say that'd be great.
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I mean, might as well.
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First thing I do is blow the engine.
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Get your engines, money's worth out of the old
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engine first, blow it, blow it and then get the
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That's your good idea.
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That, that's correct.
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So when they tell me all the time, you know, people,
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they tell me, Oh, how's your engine?
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Don't worry about it.
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Cause after that it's a LS swap.
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You know, like I've been trying to find some of the
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LS swap be on us and, um, I
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seen some Zs with it and I seen 2JZZ swap, but
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I don't, I don't know.
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You're, you're putting the car community, but
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have you seen anything crazy like that?
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The car meets, I think crazy engine swaps that are
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crazy at the car meets.
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Um, I have seen actually LS swaps.
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So I have seen LS swaps.
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Um, I think that's about it.
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The craziest that I've seen.
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I know that in California, they're pretty strict on
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carb and they're real strict on anything like that.
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Like, I mean, you got to go through a lot of stuff.
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Oh, I don't know how you even do it.
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A lot of that stuff, a lot of stuff you see on YouTube and
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Instagram, a lot of it's crazy mods are all like, you know,
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like Midwest States and stuff like that, you know, where
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they can just do whatever and no one cares.
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But, um, that's one thing I hate about like modding my
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car is that having to deal with all the carb stuff.
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So yeah, I saw, you do have an air intake on your car
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from engine and it is a carb legal.
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You get the carb sticker and all that for that.
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Do you have to go through a process to get that?
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Or did it come with a thing?
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No, it came with it.
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Cause I had mine from my other truck.
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I had a, um, a K and N air intake, like yours.
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And when we took it for smog, there's these stickers on here.
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I said, what's sticker?
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You need a sticker for this thing, I can't smog this.
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So I had to get a hold of K and N because it's supposedly
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it was a smog legal, the kid I had.
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And then so I had to go get a hold of them, take
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pictures, VIN numbers, mileage, all kinds of stuff,
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documents, and then send it into K and N.
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Then they give me the sticker.
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It was a big pain in the butt.
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But, uh, and I know when you take it for smog, they'll
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like, let's see, let's see a car like this.
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Come into the smog shop.
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They're like, oh my God, I don't know what we're going to do.
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But I heard some stories that some people actually know
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people that like, we'll just like sign it off or whatever.
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And I haven't checked because people get tunes.
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Have you thought about getting a tune for the car?
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Um, the thing is that I'm just, I'm still not done.
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I feel like there's so much more.
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So I, I do want to get a tune, but I still want to focus,
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maybe another rap, um, maybe changing the sticker,
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maybe start working on the inside.
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I mean, in all honesty, this is more of a car show type of.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely.
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How many car shows have you been taking this thing to?
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Are they all local or are they?
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Uh, yes, they were all local.
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San Diego, one in Escondido, Bates Farm, I think.
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Now, when you go to these car shows, is there an entry
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form or how's it work to get in there?
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So, um, technically sometimes there's a fee.
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So you pay the fee, you register.
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Um, sometimes it's acceptance.
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Sometimes they, you know, anybody that, that registers their
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So it just depends.
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Like the Hot Wheels I went yesterday, that one had to be
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What's the waiting period for that?
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Um, it was like a day or two.
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It was like months or whatever.
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It was like a day or two.
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And what's the fee to enter that?
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I think someone actually charged for that kind of stuff or
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That's pretty cool.
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I know there's a lot of local car events and, and
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especially in San Diego and if you're LA it's like a
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lot in LA, Long Beach, you know, lots of crazy stuff.
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Do you ever go to the San Diego Car Show, the
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International Car Show down here at the Convention Center?
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I'm pretty new to this.
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I'm pretty new to the, you know, the car shows,
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Um, but from all these eight months, I mean, I've
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gotten so much love and I'm so excited for more
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car shows, you know, more events, super excited.
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The, the International Car Show is more like a new
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Kind of, it's like, it's like, imagine if you walked
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there, like all the dealerships had their like
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five cars they sell and like put them all into the
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where, into the convention center and you
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can like walked around and checked out the Ford
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exhibit, the Chevy exhibit, the Hyundai exhibit,
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They used to have more cars than they, they
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A lot of the car dealer, car companies seem
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like they're no more.
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Like, like, like last year I didn't see BMW or
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I, I didn't see, uh, Mercedes only was there.
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But, um, they did, one year I was there, they
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had a full on like, um, tricked out like cars
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like yours upstairs the top lot.
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They had wheels, they had this wheel on the
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display in the glass.
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It was covered like diamonds or whatever.
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The wheel, yeah, they had all kinds of stuff.
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Ma, it's just like the year, like the 350Z was
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out, I think, or a little years after that.
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But, um, but yes, when Fast and Furious was
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like hitting the, hitting the movies, like
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everything was like that.
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And, um, I love movies like Fast and Furious.
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And I mean, it's just, it's so much fun.
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Do you watch movies like that, too?
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Who's your favorite character in the movie?
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She was only in the second, second one, I
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And then after that, that, uh, I haven't
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seen her after that.
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Maybe, I don't know.
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They, they keep intertwining 20 different
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And I think the movies are backwards.
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I can't get, now, now they're so far off
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It's so funny is that like, is like, we
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have this like serious national security
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Who we call the FBI?
22:17
No, they call Dom and the crew.
22:20
They'll save it, save the day.
22:23
You know, their car is parachuting
22:26
But, but I love cars.
22:27
You got a super cool ride.
22:28
It's super, super cool.
22:30
I love what you've done with the car
22:32
And I saw that you met the mayor.
22:34
It was it yesterday.
22:36
That is, he's honored too, I'm sure.
22:41
And I always see you on social media
22:43
and you're constantly posting all
22:44
kinds of stuff to your car and car
22:46
So you're like into thinking of it
22:48
And you say you used to modeling
22:49
too or modeling with the car or
22:51
something different?
22:53
Model without with, with the car.
22:56
I do promos, you know.
22:59
How do you get, how do you get
23:00
involved in that stuff?
23:00
Like, how do you find, do you
23:01
have like a, like a manager
23:03
No, I'm actually going insane.
23:07
But it is a lot of hard work.
23:09
I do not have a manager, but if
23:11
you stick to it, I promise you
23:14
All of these connections, I've
23:16
been very blessed in just
23:18
finding the right people to help
23:21
One connection to another.
23:22
They've all helped me and
23:26
yeah, I'm very blessed honestly
23:27
to have met them, but they've
23:29
been helping me out a lot with
23:31
events, because I have someone
23:33
that used to do like
23:35
coordinate events and stuff.
23:36
So if I ever do events, she's
23:38
there to help me like my right
23:40
hand, you know, yeah, so.
23:43
Well, that's great.
23:43
It's always good to have
23:44
people helping out and getting
23:45
started because, because you
23:47
go on the solo and especially
23:49
if you're in a new town.
23:50
No, I do feel though that if
23:51
you do help each other out,
23:53
I promise you guys will rise.
23:54
The thing is that now in the
23:56
car meet, it's a little bit
23:59
like, oh, I have to be number one.
24:03
I have to be and you know, I get
24:06
there's a competition, you know,
24:07
car shows and stuff, but when it's
24:09
in car meets and you're just
24:10
there to have fun with friends,
24:11
yeah, I felt like that changed
24:13
a little bit, you know, it's like
24:14
who has the biggest car club,
24:16
who has the biggest car crew,
24:19
And it's just, no, it's more
24:20
like, let's bring it back to
24:21
like, let's all connect, let's
24:23
all help each other grow,
24:24
you know, have fun with friends,
24:26
good vibes, good food, good
24:28
cars, you know, what else can you
24:29
have? It's like family. It's like
24:29
Dom, you should always say, it's
24:31
like family, you know? Yeah.
24:32
So, but that's great. I got to
24:34
get out to some of these car
24:34
meets and it's one thing I've
24:36
done, I've done a few a while
24:37
ago, but, but yeah, it's one
24:39
thing I got to do is get some
24:40
of these car meets and check
24:41
out the different cars, we do
24:42
people and get people on the
24:45
show and that's what it's
24:46
all about. And I love cool
24:47
cars. I no longer have a
24:49
quote unquote cool car, but
24:51
you guys have cool cars and
24:53
you have a really cool car
24:54
and I really appreciate you
24:55
stopping by today with your
24:56
super cool car. This has been
24:57
great. Now, you said L.S. Swap,
24:59
is there anything else you want
25:00
to do with the car and say,
25:01
if you keep the car 10 years
25:03
from now? I mean, the goal is
25:05
to get other cars. I want all
25:07
my cars to be pink. Oh, look at
25:09
that. Yes, it would be awesome.
25:10
I'm sure you can do that. Yes.
25:12
Where did you get this thing
25:13
wrapped at, by the way? True
25:14
Customs, National City.
25:16
Okay. Okay. Okay. Now, I
25:18
don't know about wraps. Now,
25:19
what do they tell you about
25:20
the wrap? Is it like you
25:21
can't wash it or will you not
25:23
wash it, no car wash? What's
25:24
the deal? Yeah, so maybe
25:25
not going in the car wash
25:27
you have to hand wash
25:29
yourself. Just try to take
25:31
care of the wrap as much as
25:33
possible. The sun, keep it
25:35
out of the sun. I keep it in
25:37
a garage. I keep it stored. Oh,
25:38
look at that. Just for the wrap.
25:40
Oh, nice. There's a bunch of
25:41
things you have to do to take
25:42
care of the wrap, but it's
25:43
okay. Yeah, but how long
25:46
it take to do the wrap? One
25:47
day, two day, what? I think
25:49
it took them about two weeks.
25:52
Two weeks to do the wrap.
25:53
Well, in their defense, it
25:56
took about two to three weeks,
25:58
but I also took it in for the
26:00
wrap, for the wheels, and the
26:02
tint. So they did all of that
26:03
in one, so. Now, was there any
26:06
prep work that you need to do
26:07
to get the good thing done?
26:09
Wash, detail, or do they have
26:10
to clay bar or like that to
26:11
get the wrap on there? Yeah,
26:12
they probably did. I've
26:13
watched a lot of videos. They
26:15
probably did. I was not
26:17
there. I didn't see, but yeah,
26:19
the prepping stuff, I hope
26:20
that they did the clay bar
26:22
and everything. I mean, how
26:23
long have you had the wrap?
26:24
How long have you been on
26:24
there? I've had it for
26:25
like eight months. Eight months?
26:27
This looks great. So like as
26:28
soon as I got the car, I went
26:29
and got it wrapped. Okay. But
26:31
I'm saying like it doesn't
26:32
look like it's peeling or
26:35
like some stickers have
26:35
fall off. I don't like it too
26:36
closely. But I thought it
26:39
was painted. I didn't think
26:40
it was a wrap. I first thought
26:41
it was actually painted. Yes.
26:43
Painted. Is it cheaper to
26:45
wrap than as a paint? You
26:46
know, a couple more thousand
26:50
and you can have it painted.
26:51
So it's really what you
26:53
want to do. See, a lot of
26:55
people were like, you know,
26:56
just paint it, paint, just paint
26:57
it, paint. I don't know if
26:59
this is the only shade of pink
27:00
I want to have. Maybe I want
27:02
to keep, you know, having
27:04
different shades. Maybe I want
27:05
a different wrap, you know.
27:06
So I don't want to paint it
27:08
yet. Maybe, maybe in the
27:10
future, when it's permanent,
27:12
you know, when I'm done
27:13
playing with it, yeah, I'll
27:15
have it painted. But right
27:16
now that I want to have,
27:17
you know, I want to get
27:18
creative with it. I might
27:20
just keep it like that and
27:21
just have like different
27:22
wraps. Yeah. I mean, if
27:24
you can do that as well,
27:25
I mean, that's great. So I
27:28
mean, I mean, it looks like a
27:29
lot of work to do a wrap, take
27:30
all these little parts off
27:32
or how they figure it out.
27:33
I've seen videos of them
27:34
doing it and like they wrap
27:35
it over like a sheet on a
27:37
bed to kind of put it down
27:38
and they figure out how to
27:39
cut it and do a lot of
27:40
stuff. We've got a heat gun,
27:41
everything, so there's no
27:42
bubbles and all that stuff.
27:43
But it looks great and the
27:44
wheels are wrapped too,
27:45
right? No. Actually, those
27:47
are heritage wheels, yeah.
27:48
They come like that and
27:49
they have different colors.
27:50
They come like that. Look
27:51
at that. Is it a slightly
27:53
different color? A shade of
27:54
pink than your car?
27:55
It is just because I got
27:56
everything online, like I
27:58
saw the wrap color online
28:00
and then the wheels. I was
28:02
hoping that it was going to,
28:04
but I mean, it still looks
28:05
cute. Could you wrap those
28:07
and get them the same
28:08
wrap as this? You probably can.
28:09
And match the, I mean,
28:11
really match. Painting coated,
28:12
I think, you can also do.
28:14
Or you can, yeah. I mean,
28:15
I don't think it costs that
28:16
much. It's probably cheaper
28:17
to paint the wheels than
28:18
it would be to paint the
28:19
whole car. Definitely.
28:19
I would think. Definitely.
28:20
But I've never done anything
28:24
Yes. Yes. Now, as far as the
28:26
interior goes, are you planning
28:27
on doing anything pink,
28:29
like over the top in the
28:30
interior, like seat,
28:31
seat covers or the plan is?
28:33
I want bucket seats.
28:35
But okay. Okay. So that's the
28:36
plan. Later on, we're going
28:38
to start working on the
28:39
inside. I want some
28:40
bucket seats, maybe some more
28:43
lights. I want to start
28:46
maybe getting more pink in
28:49
there. It's just, there's a
28:50
lot of black. It looks really
28:52
manly on the inside.
28:54
Yeah. I got to get, you know,
28:55
I got to get some pink in
28:56
there. Oh, you got to do it.
28:57
You got to do it. You got to
28:58
do it. You know, but don't go
28:59
over top with like fish tanks
29:00
or whatever. Like it was that
29:03
MTV show back in the day.
29:04
Pit my ride. Pit my ride. Oh,
29:06
my gosh. I remember that.
29:08
Yeah. It was a fish tanks.
29:09
And they had like a lot of
29:10
machine in the back and like
29:11
or just a movie theater,
29:14
You know, it's like, it's
29:15
a lot. It's a lot of stuff.
29:16
But now since you're the
29:18
only car you drive on a
29:19
daily basis is your daily car.
29:20
Yes. But like I said, I
29:22
didn't know it was going to
29:23
become everything that it has.
29:25
So now I need a daily.
29:27
Now I'm looking at a daily.
29:28
Yeah. I just every time
29:30
I'm like looking for a daily,
29:32
I'm like, well, you know,
29:33
let's wrap it pink.
29:35
No, it's going to be a daily.
29:36
It's going to be a daily.
29:38
The car girl in me wants to
29:40
mod it out already.
29:42
Yeah. I hear you. I mean,
29:45
yeah, I mean, luckily we live
29:46
in like San Diego where it's
29:47
not so like no snow or
29:49
like that kind of crazy stuff
29:50
because I heard people have
29:51
like live in Canada have like
29:52
a car like this. Oh, yeah.
29:54
And it's like, they'll use it
29:55
like a few bucks a year. They got
29:55
a story. Yeah. Yeah.
29:57
They had this storage thing.
29:58
They got to put in the storage
29:59
or whatever and all this nonsense.
30:00
And we get to enjoy our cars
30:02
like all year round and
30:04
stuff where it's raining.
30:05
Yeah. Like I hate to drive
30:07
my car in the rain.
30:08
You know, how does this
30:09
thing do in the rain, by the way?
30:14
Okay. Now, yeah, have you done
30:16
Have you lowered springs
30:17
or like that on this car?
30:19
It has like a performance
30:20
suspension, but yeah, nothing.
30:23
Later on, I want to add some bags.
30:25
That's like the biggest whole
30:26
bags and some Lambo doors.
30:29
Oh, wow. You're thinking big.
30:30
Lambo. Oh, mine as well.
30:32
Yes. That's fantastic.
30:34
Well, I cannot wait to go for a ride
30:35
in this thing. Yes.
30:36
You want to go for a ride? Let's do it.
30:39
Wow. That was fantastic.
30:41
It was so great to have Barbie
30:42
herself right there sitting down,
30:45
talking shop, talking cars,
30:47
talking about the pink wrap
30:48
she got done for her car.
30:50
It looks spectacular.
30:52
And like I said, you got to see
30:53
this thing in person,
30:54
but if you can't see it in person,
30:55
obviously, you got to see it
30:57
on my YouTube channel,
30:58
which is at coolcarswithchris.com.
31:02
You click on the video section
31:04
It's right there in the videos.
31:07
And this has been so much fun
31:09
creating this brand new podcast.
31:11
I'm only like three episodes in,
31:13
three cars down and more to come.
31:16
And if you know anybody
31:17
that's got a cool car
31:19
who's in the San Diego area
31:21
that's willing to come on the podcast
31:24
they call it videotaped anymore,
31:26
you know, video shot or whatever they say.
31:29
If you want to come on,
31:30
be on film, I guess, as they say,
31:32
and record it on the podcast,
31:34
please go to my website
31:36
at coolcarswithchris.com
31:38
And right on there,
31:40
I've got a section called
31:43
I think it's what it's called,
31:45
So it's called something like that.
31:47
You'll figure it out.
31:48
That's on the website,
31:49
coolcarswithchris.com.
31:51
There's an application link right in there
31:53
to where you can submit
31:56
your application to be on the show.
31:58
And it's easy peasy just like that.
32:00
And until next time,
32:02
stay safe, stay legal,
32:04
don't crash your car,
32:06
don't get any tickets,
32:07
and don't argue with the cops.
32:08
How many times I've seen these videos
32:10
where people are like arguing with the cops,
32:12
like going back and forth.
32:13
And usually, let me tell you,
32:15
if you argue with the cops,
32:16
it usually does not end well.
32:18
I've seen these videos.
32:19
It usually ends with somebody
32:21
ending up in handcuffs
32:23
Listen, you want to go home
32:24
or you want to go to jail?
32:25
That's what it comes down to.
32:28
thank you once again for being here.
32:29
It's late and I got to get going
32:32
or today as I look at it.
32:33
So until next time,
32:35
I'll catch you later.