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959: The Year Behind + Year Ahead, What Does ‘Vintagey’ Mean, Build To Fit
959: The Year Behind + Year Ahead, What Does ‘Vintagey’ Mean, Build To Fit
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About this episode
Reflecting on the past year and looking ahead, the hosts share their favorite automotive experiences, including memorable road trips and notable car encounters. They discuss the impact of their distance challenge featuring Richard Grio, the excitement of upcoming events like their 1000th podcast at Circuit of the Americas, and the evolution of car culture. Listeners can expect insights on various cars driven in 2024, including surprises and disappointments, while engaging in a lively debate about vintage cars and what that means for future car ownership.
Topics:
2024 recap
upcoming events
distance challenge
vintage cars
car ownership
road trips
car surprises
car debates
Hyundai Sonata
Lotus Amira
Cars:
Audi Q8
BMW 2 Series
BMW 3 Series
BMW M3
Cadillac Lyriq
Chevrolet Blazer
Chevrolet Corvette
Chrysler Pacifica
Ferrari 360
Ford F-150
Ford Mustang
Honda Accord
Honda HR-V
Honda Prologue
Hyundai Sonata
Lexus GX
Lotus Elise
Lotus Emira
Lucid Air
Maserati MC20
Mazda RX-7
Mini Cooper
Nissan 300 ZX
Nissan Z
Porsche 911
Porsche Cayenne
Porsche Cayman
Subaru BRZ
Tesla Cybertruck
Toyota Camry
Toyota GR 86
Toyota GT 86
Toyota Land Cruiser
Toyota MR2
Toyota Prius
Toyota Tundra
Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Rabbit
Volvo XC60
Welcome to 2025! The guys discuss their favorites from the past year, and look ahead to exciting projects. They debate fun, first-time cars for new drivers, a request sent from Kevin F. in WA. Social media questions ask what was the most overrated car of 2024, will there be a 911 Turbo Touring, and what does the “Mitsanda” merger mean for the future of Japanese cars?
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Hyundai Sonata
"...d in the lucid air GT as electric and the Hyundai Sonata hybrid. That was a who dies first. And then what ..."
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Volkswagen Rabbit
"...d his ridiculously over-restromated 77 Volkswagen Rabbit. It's completely so cool. So that was desold in t..."
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Lotus Amira
"...perience from this year is I actually got a Lotus Amira. That actually happened. It's like currently at m..."
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Porsche Cayman
"It was so fun. So I've gotten the Cayman out just recently. I've been driving the Elise a ..."
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Lotus Elise
"...e Cayman out just recently. I've been driving the Elise a lot, actually. People are boggled."
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Porsche Cayenne
"...ou kind of see those a little bit last night, but Cayenne, Cayenne, Ranges, all stuff."
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Chevrolet C8
"Exactly. The C8 versus R8 is an unexpected piece that I really en..."
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Ferrari 360
"That's really awesome. I got to drive a manual Ferrari 360 Modena. Yeah, it was an okay day."
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Tesla Cybertruck
"...d of surprising for me this year and that was the Cybertruck. I wanted to drive it."
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Ford Mustang
"..., another one that came up this past year was the Mustang. Dark horse Mustang."
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Toyota Land Cruiser
"There's some good stuff going on there. Land cruiser, Lexus GX, forerunner, Sequoia, Tundra, Tacoma. T..."
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Toyota Tundra
"...ere. Land cruiser, Lexus GX, forerunner, Sequoia, Tundra, Tacoma. The reality is, there's not a lot of var..."
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Volvo XC60
"...ut anyway, on we go. Danny, I felt like the Volvo XC60 was such a surprise. It was a hybrid that I didn'..."
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Porsche 911
"shoulder to shoulder with Kevin in the garage while the weeks go by and do it yourself clutch project on that 9.11 plus a dozen other jobs, you know, while you're in there, you got to take care of this, this, this course."
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Nissan Z32
"Vintage-y. A Z32 Nissan 300ZX manual is vintage-y. It is."
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Mini Coopers
"They're great. Early mini Cooper's are very, very fun. I already mentioned the meada, the NC third gen, which is 2005-ish and newer."
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Subaru BRZ
"...t, there is the 86 twins, the first gen, the FRS, BRZ, and GC-T86. That's good."
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Toyota Gt86
"...s quite impressed. And you know, I hate to run to GT86, but that's really a perfect car too. It's a grea..."
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Volkswagen Gtis
"...ok at all the hot hatches. We could go, you know, GTIs. You could go with a Golf R from 2012."
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Toyota MR2
"...xt for Toyota. And I still have high hopes for an MR2. I am obsessed about the MR2, which is interestin..."
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Toyota Gr86
"Oh, yes. Is it going to be the G-R86 and the BRZ, same kind of thing? It's going to happen."
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Honda Prologue
"What is it? The prologue? They're EV, SUV?"
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Chevrolet Blazer
"They're EV, SUV? Is the Cadillac lyric and the blazer and a bunch of other things. And the blazer and t..."
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Cadillac Lyric
"They're EV, SUV? Is the Cadillac lyric and the blazer and a bunch of other things. And t..."
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Honda Accord
"...ere considered for the piece and why no Sonata or Accord or maybe just a truck with a big fuel tank?"
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Chrysler Pacifica
"... fuel tank outlasted everyone. It's going to be a Pacifica hybrid. We talked about Pacifica."
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Toyota Camry
"...nstead of the Accord or the Prius or even the new Camry. We wanted the new Camry."
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Toyota Prius
"...at we had the Sonata instead of the Accord or the Prius or even the new Camry. We wanted the new Camry."
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