A “Chevelle” is a classic car model made by Chevrolet. The hosts are discussing Chevelles they’ve owned and how to figure out which specific ones to look for when buying.
The Buick Regal is a car made by Buick. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because of a name reference connected to “Regal.” The conversation isn’t necessarily about performance details—more about the model being brought up.
VIN codes are the information hidden inside a car’s VIN number. By reading parts of the VIN, you can often confirm things like what year and what version of the car it is before you buy.
The Skoda Octavia is a regular passenger car made by Skoda. The podcast brings it up because someone designed or worked on a version of it. It’s being mentioned as the base for a project, not just as a stock car.
The “Good Guys” event refers to a classic car show series where enthusiasts gather to display vehicles and meet builders. The speaker mentions traveling to Columbus, Ohio for it, framing it as a car-community milestone.
A “Fox Body Mustang” is a specific generation of the Ford Mustang, from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. People like it because it’s a common base for upgrades and custom builds.
This is a Volvo XC 60 crossover, but in a hybrid version called “T8.” A hybrid uses both a gas engine and an electric motor, which can make it feel surprisingly quick for a family car.
A “sleeper” car is one that doesn’t look like a performance car, but it’s secretly fast. Here, they mean the Volvo XC 60 hybrid feels quicker than you’d expect.
They’re talking about a Land Rover Defender. It’s a rugged SUV, and here they’re describing how the back seats and floor area were changed.
Term
kicker and solar equipment
They’re describing extra gear installed in the back—audio equipment and solar power. Because it’s mounted there, it affects what the floor and seats can be.
Term
drop down kids seats
These are rear seats that fold down for kids. The idea is to make it easier to put a child in the car safely without always using a separate setup.
Term
high mileage used car
A “high mileage used car” is a used car that has been driven a lot. More miles usually means more wear, so you may need more maintenance over time.
They’re using the Ford Explorer as an example of an older SUV they saw in rough condition. The point is that some used listings can be a mess, with lots of prior problems.
They’re talking about an online place where people list cars for sale. They found the car through that listings site and were checking if the listing seemed sketchy.
They bought a car that the seller said had two owners, but it actually had three. That matters because different owners can mean different care and maintenance.
A salvage title means the car was once considered a “total loss” by an insurance company. Even if it’s fixed up later, it usually costs more to insure and can be harder to sell.
The insurance company is the business that pays claims when something happens to your car. Here, they paid for the car after it was missing, and then the owner later bought it back.
Reissuing the title means the paperwork was updated by the state. In this case, it sounds like the salvage branding was removed and the title came back as clean.
AAA is a membership organization that helps drivers with car-related paperwork and services. Here, they were used to help with the title and insurance process.
The DMV is the government office that manages car titles and registrations. If a car has special title paperwork, you may need to go through the DMV to complete registration or insurance steps.
When a car is totaled, the insurance company pays the owner and usually takes the car. “Buying it back” means the owner or another buyer pays the insurer to get the wreck back to repair it.
A mild hybrid plug-in is a car that has a small electric motor to help the engine, and you can recharge it by plugging it in. It usually can’t drive far on electricity alone, so the gas engine still plays a big role.
They’re talking about trying to manage the hybrid system so the battery ends up where you want it. That means deciding when to use electric power and when to save it.
Sport mode is a setting that makes the car feel more responsive. It can change how the car uses the gas engine and battery depending on what you’re doing.
Regen rate is how strongly the car slows down and charges the battery when you slow down. A higher setting usually means more “engine braking” feel and more battery charging.
MPG tells you how efficiently the car uses fuel. With plug-in hybrids, the car can run on electricity sometimes, so the MPG number can look extremely high even if you still use some gas.
A plug-in hybrid is part-electric and part-gas. You can plug it in to charge the battery, and it can drive on electricity for a while, but it also has gas power for when you need more range.
They’re talking about how big the battery is. A 10-ish kWh battery is on the smaller side, so it usually won’t let you drive purely on electricity for very long.
Electric mode means the car is driving using electricity from the battery, not the gas engine. It’s the mode you’d use when you want the most quiet/efficient driving.
Term
10 outlet
This means a normal household outlet. It usually charges slower than a special higher-voltage outlet, so it can take longer to refill the battery.
Term
20 outlet
This is a higher-voltage outlet than a normal one at home. Using it usually charges the car faster.
This is an adapter that lets you charge from a dryer-type wall outlet instead of a regular outlet. Using that outlet can charge faster because it can deliver more electricity.
An electric motor is the part that uses electricity to make the car move. In a hybrid, it can help the gas engine or even move the car by itself sometimes.
Volvo is the car brand being talked about. The point here is that Volvo owners tend to keep up with maintenance, which helps the cars last a long time.
“Grenade” is slang for a car breaking in a big, expensive way. They’re saying if you maintain the car, it’s less likely to have a sudden major failure.
GTS is a “trim level” that usually means the car is tuned to feel more sporty than the standard version. It’s often meant to be a middle step between everyday and the most extreme performance trims.
Polestar is the car brand they’re talking about. The speaker says the earlier “R design” version eventually turned into what Polestar offers as a higher spec.
“Third generation” means the model got a newer overall version after two earlier versions. The speaker is saying that’s when the car’s trim options were renamed and reshuffled.
Air suspension uses air-filled springs to help the car ride smoother. It can also change the ride height, but it’s more complex than a basic suspension setup.
Bowers & Wilkins is a premium speaker brand. If your car has their system, it’s usually meant to sound clearer and more detailed than basic factory audio.
AC Delco is a well-known auto parts brand. The host is using it as an example of companies that supply components that can end up in many different cars.
Aftermarket audio means you upgrade your car’s stereo with parts that aren’t the original factory ones. People do it to get clearer sound or more bass than the stock system.
DSP is a smart audio processor that tweaks the sound digitally. It helps the system play more evenly and clearly in your car, instead of sounding “off” or muddy.
Ohms are a number that describes how “easy” a speaker is for the car’s audio system to drive. If you replace a speaker with a different ohm rating, the sound can get worse because the system wasn’t designed for that speaker.
Kicker is a company that makes car audio gear like speakers. Swapping in Kicker speakers usually means better sound than the original factory speakers.
“Eight track” is an older type of tape player people used in cars. They’re talking about how the speakers and settings can make a big difference even when you’re using an older audio source.
A “95 Tahoe” is a 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV. They’re saying older Tahoes didn’t sound as good, but later ones improved—partly due to better audio setup and tuning.
Speaker positioning means where the speakers are mounted in the car. Where they sit changes how the sound bounces around inside the cabin, which can make it sound clearer or muddier.
“Driver positioning” is a setting that tries to make the sound line up better for the driver. Instead of the sound being aimed at the whole car equally, it’s adjusted so the driver hears it more clearly.
Term
stadium
A “stadium” preset is a sound mode that tries to make your music feel bigger and more spacious, like you’re in a big arena. It changes the audio processing so it sounds different than the normal setting.
A “sub” is short for subwoofer, which is the part of the audio system that makes the deep bass sounds. If your car’s factory speakers don’t have much bass, adding one can make the music sound fuller.
“Retunes it” means the sound settings are adjusted to match the new speakers/subwoofer you added. Without that adjustment, the bass might sound off or too heavy.
NVIDIA is a company that makes computer chips. The point here is that the new EV is rumored to use NVIDIA chips to make the car’s electronics feel faster and more capable.
A Porsche Macan is a small luxury SUV made by Porsche. Here, they’re talking about using one as a temporary car while their own Porsche was being serviced, and whether they’d want another one.
The Porsche 911 is Porsche’s famous sports car. In this story, they’re describing service work on their 911—specifically replacing the dashboard and dealing with weird behavior from the gauges.
They’re talking about a private car collection called the Matranga collection. The owners have a dedicated setup for working on cars, not just storing them.
A paint room is a controlled area for spraying and finishing automotive paint. Having one on-site usually means better control over prep, dust, and curing compared with ad-hoc setups.
They poured an extra layer of concrete that’s about three inches thick on top of the old floor. That makes the garage floor tougher for cars driving and parking on it.
Jumper cables are thick cables you use to “jump” a car with a dead battery. They can get hot if something’s connected wrong or the battery problem is serious.
The Chevrolet Blazer is an SUV made by Chevrolet. The podcast mentions it while talking about classic vehicles from around 1970. People bring it up because older Blazers are collectible and often get customized.
The Ford Bronco is a type of SUV built to handle rough roads and off-road driving. The podcast mentions a classic Bronco from around 1970 that was sold at a collector auction. People talk about it because older Broncos are collectible and have a big fan base.
“LS” is a modern GM V8 engine family. People swap LS engines into older cars and trucks because parts are available and they run well.
Brand
Boyd cars
Boyd refers to a custom-car builder/brand known for making special hot rods. If a collection includes Boyd cars, they’re usually one-off or very rare builds.
3D printing is a way to make a part by building it up in thin layers from a computer file. Car shops use it to test designs quickly and sometimes to make real parts if the material is strong enough.
A spray booth is a controlled room for painting cars. A downdraft booth pulls the paint mist downward so it’s less likely to land on the wrong surfaces.
A mock-up is a “test version” of a part. Printing one helps the shop see if everything fits together before they spend time and money making the final piece.
“Dialed in” means the car has been tuned and sorted so it behaves correctly—handling, ride quality, and systems are working as intended. Here, they’re saying some builds get sent back because suspension setup, wiring, or other details weren’t fully resolved.
Wiring issues are problems with the car’s electrical connections. If they’re not done right during the build, they can cause weird problems later and can be difficult to fix.
A hot rod is a car that’s been modified to be more fun to drive and usually more customized. Here they’re saying the difference between a good hot rod and a truly sorted one takes extra time.
SEMA is a big auto show in the U.S. where people show off modified cars and aftermarket parts. They’re using it as an example of a deadline-focused event.
The Riddler Roadster Show is a well-known custom-car competition/event associated with extremely high standards for fit, finish, and overall execution. The segment uses it to illustrate how long it can take to build a car that’s “perfect” for top-tier judging.
The odometer is the mileage counter on a car. They’re saying the car had some miles because the builders drove it to check for problems before delivery.
Topic
Boyd's
Boyd’s is the name of the shop involved in that hot rod build. They’re using it as an example of how the builders test-drive cars before handing them over.
Company
Boyd customers
They’re talking about complaints from a company’s customers (Boyd). The point is that the shop was hearing issues from real drivers before they started testing the cars.
“Speedo” means the speedometer—the gauge that shows how fast the car is going. They’re saying they connect/check it as part of getting the car ready for testing.
These are car body panels made from carbon fiber. They’re lighter than many traditional panels and often used on custom cars to look and perform better.
The Toyota RAV4 is a compact SUV, meaning it’s a smaller family-friendly vehicle with higher ground clearance. The podcast mentions it because it’s very common on the road. That makes it a frequent example in conversations about car trends.
The Dodge Challenger is a performance car, often called a muscle car. It’s known for having a powerful engine and a sporty look. The podcast mentions it because it’s a well-known model that shows up a lot in car talk.
The Dodge Charger is a sporty car that’s built for performance. The podcast brings it up because it’s a very well-known model. It’s often mentioned in the same breath as other popular performance cars.
They mention the Chrysler 300 and say it used to be stolen a lot. The idea is that once the car was discontinued, there were fewer of them around to steal.
The Hyundai Elantra is a compact car made by Hyundai. The podcast says it’s one of the most stolen cars, meaning thieves target it. That’s why it’s important to talk about it when discussing car safety and security.
The “frame” is the main structural foundation of a vehicle that supports the body and drivetrain components. In restoration or collision repair, replacing or sourcing a frame is a major job because it affects alignment, safety, and how everything fits together.
A “parts car” is a vehicle kept or purchased specifically to harvest usable components for another project car. The hosts say they don’t have all the parts yet, implying they may need to source parts from another car or supplier.
“Days of supply” is how long the fuel on hand might last. If that number is small, it’s easier for gas stations to run out during busy times or disruptions.
Term
87
“87” is the standard, lower-octane gas grade. Some cars can use it safely, while others need a higher number to avoid engine knocking.
Term
Supreme
“Supreme” is just a store/brand name for the higher-grade gas. It usually has a higher octane number than regular.
Octane is basically a rating on gasoline that tells you how “hard” it is for the fuel to ignite too early in the engine. Some cars need higher-octane gas to run smoothly and avoid knocking.
The segment discusses regulatory/market mechanics around fuel pricing—specifically selling fuel in half-gallon increments once prices rise above a certain cap. It’s a real-world example of how pricing rules can affect how consumers buy fuel at the pump.
A stock split is when a company changes how many shares you own and lowers the price per share, but your total value is meant to stay about the same. They’re comparing that idea to how gas might be sold in smaller amounts if pricing rules change.
And the R design is kind of their upper spec of that, too.
There's a higher spec, but I because we've been a Porsche family for a long time,
I compare this to the GTS.
So if you were to buy a Porsche quote, turbo, because that's just a marketing thing now,
the turbo spec is the highest level, but it's also geared towards comfort.
The GTS is a very high level spec, but it's geared a little more towards sport.
That's what the R design is, which became the Polestar.
So in the twenty twenty four, the third generation of these,
it became the Polestar option and they dropped the R design.
But yeah, really a nice spec.
It's so comfortable.
It rides so nice.
What color is it?
It's black on black.
So it has white stitching and kind of a deeper.
There's kind of a deeper black and kind of a gray or black.
So it definitely has some variance in the interior, but really nice car.
Like I can't praise it enough.
And I mean, they won the best SUV in the world.
I think it's more of a of a crossover, a large crossover and a small SUV.
But it's kind of the midsize of the series, but they're great looking.
I mean, I think they're great looking and it doesn't have the air suspension,
but it feels like it does a little bit.
They're a little bit almost bouncy, but it's got the twenty two inch wheels.
I think the ride is nice.
It's quiet inside the stereo is unbelievable.
I like the tech like there's nothing I don't like, except there's no stereo.
I forget the company that makes a story.
How is it?
Oh, it's amazing.
It's got the way you said, unbelievable.
Oh, yeah, unbelievable.
It's unbelievable.
It's loud all the time.
I think I think they use Bowers and Wilkins.
Yes, Bowers and Wilkins.
Yeah, it's funny because I I'm a I'm super into it.
The car audio stuff, I still am.
And there's there's some suppliers for audio components, AC Delco and things
like that, right? And and because of the weight and the cost,
so many car manufacturers all use the same components.
And then the brand name, Bose, you know, Bowers and Wilkins, B&O,
they just really do the tuning on it.
So they use the same components and they just come down and like,
we're going to do the tuning to see what they do.
And that's the component.
Yeah, so it's really not like you're not going to like dig into the doors
and stuff and find like branded speakers.
Everybody almost uses the same cheap stuff.
It really is.
Just do it.
But which is why people always say like, how can an aftermarket
audio system with, you know, just four speakers or six speakers,
components in the front three ways or or two way components in the front
and just two rear speakers sound better than my 32 speaker, whatever.
I was like, because it's all fairly inexpensive stuff,
they're just trying to get the tuning right as much as they can.
But if you put good quality hardware in and use a DSP these days,
an aftermarket system is still going to be way better than than anything
from the factory.
But there are some really nice factory systems.
Yeah, this this thing sounds good.
You know, Matt, it's interesting you say I was unaware of that extreme.
I knew there was some corners, but a cut, but I didn't know it was that extreme.
I actually want to look into that more.
I will.
I'll add to this, though, is saying.
Oftentimes, just swapping to a better speaker ruins the sound
because the ohms are different.
It's not tuned for that speaker.
These days, it's all about the tuning of it.
So even if you called and you said this speaker, this sound system is really good.
What if I just put kicker speakers in the door?
Would it sound even better?
No, chances are it's going to sound worse.
Yeah, it was a tune for around that speaker.
So you're telling me that in my 67 Chevelle, if I put two six by
nines and straight back there and cut holes and put some six by sixes
down in the kick panels, it's not going to sound better with the eight track.
With the right tuning, it'll sound amazing.
What I was going to say is that it is amazing.
Merrick shared with me when they did the new accuracy, some of the tuning
they did and the company they showed me.
It's amazing how much work they put into and the steps they take.
But if you just look back to the late 90s,
you know, like my Tahoe, for instance, my 95 Tahoe,
it doesn't sound very good at all.
But you jump in just one generation later into a Tahoe and they started
sounding better. Now, today, they sound great.
And part of it's even just little things like if you look at speaker positioning,
it's that tuning that you're talking about.
Because remember how when they went to putting things on the dash
so that the reflection of the sound comes off the windshield.
And it's such a huge difference.
Oh, yeah, yeah, for sure.
Or when you could go in and choose driver positioning, things like that.
Well, this has a couple of interesting presets, including like a stadium,
like a stadium hall preset, which is, you know, it's kind of large room.
And so it has reverb and it is.
It's interesting when you're listening to a podcast or something,
it's great because it gives a lot of warmth and character to the audio.
But when you're listening to dance music or something, I don't think it works.
But yeah, I know the speakers are yellow because you can see through the screens.
The screens and finish on them are absolutely beautiful.
But it really, really sounds good.
But to your point, kicker offered or still offers for certain trucks
and very specific models, a sub and an amp.
And you just plug it in to the factory system and it bypasses their amp
and provides a new tune with a sub.
A hundred percent.
Yeah, they don't give you a bunch of speakers and all this other stuff.
But man, that system improves to your point, improves the sound in your truck
or in your Jeep so much that it's mind blowing because that's exactly it.
It retunes it with the amp and it adds the sub, which a lot of these things don't have.
Impressive.
And that's all right.
Well, the Volvo, I think, you know, I'm glad you like it.
I think you're going to enjoy it.
I've always been fans of the Volvo.
I was just driving one a week ago and then I just went to the unveiling
of the of their new EV version, which is gorgeous.
You know, there was a few things.
And they're cool looking that that, you know, there's a few things on the
entertainment system, like it was a little slow and it kind of lacked some of that.
But the new EV that's coming out has like NVIDIA chips and it's supposed
to be faster and supposed to be pretty cool.
But yeah, that's welcome.
Welcome to the modern day.
Well, I mean, you had a Macan.
I mean, yeah, we had a Macan.
And you know what?
We took the 9-11 in for servicing and we put a new dash in it because
the dash was coming up and now they have it again because the gauges are showing
some glitches, yada, yada, yada.
So so they gave us a Macan as a loaner and I'm driving at home going,
yeah, just I'm over the Macan.
And it's the newest one.
So it's all fancy and everything's flat screen and it's got.
It wasn't electric, right?
Yeah, it wasn't the electric one because there's no electric.
Yeah, no, it's not all electric.
But but I, you know, I was looking at Macan's because because they're down
in the teens, you know, the earlier ones are down.
They're down in the mid low teens.
And I was like, well, you know, maybe we should do another Macan.
And I wrote that off pretty quick.
I'm thinking, nah, I'm over that.
I'm just over it.
But funny, funny.
Just finish the this finishing this up.
It's pretty funny.
So Colby Colby.
OK, you're in every show now.
Colby gave me this is a Colby segment.
He gave me shit about this car and he said, you're going to be wearing,
you know, sandals and, you know, yoga clothes and man bun and going to yoga class.
You know, he's teaching me and he's like, well, I like women, you know,
and he's just he's just giving me hell, right?
So so he's traveling right now in Europe.
And what do they give him at the rental car company?
My exact car, except he has the newer version.
And it's a Polestar.
And so last night he was texting me because it's a different time in Europe.
And he's going, OK, OK, he goes, it's pretty cool.
He goes, it's not a Porsche Cayenne.
I'm like, different category.
And but he says it's it's he's kind of coming around.
It surprised him.
He's like, yeah, it's pretty quick.
It drives pretty nice.
It's pretty nice inside.
Like he didn't have much negative to say.
So is he coming around on the 67 Chevelle?
Oh, he said he said for me to stop giving him shit about that.
He goes, I like Chevelle's.
It's too late. He opened this box.
He opened this bag.
Yeah, it's too late now.
We can't figure out anything Colby likes.
What does he drive normally?
Well, he just sent me a what are they called?
A lot of or a lot of a lot of the little Russian
that they look like the old Fiat or what are they?
What are the old one of the old Fiat?
Looks like a you go, you know, like the little boxy ones.
It looks like one of those.
It's a little boxy car and he just sent that to me.
And I'm like, yeah, they're pretty cool, too.
So, yeah, we have very quirky tastes at times.
Oh, that's all right.
That's enjoy your enjoy your trip, Colby.
Enjoy Europe. Yeah.
Enjoy your rented Volvo.
Yeah. Yeah.
Those are kilometers or something on it.
And he's he's like, yeah, we're getting a lot of use out of it.
I guess they're they're still a little big for the European streets.
You know, some of those streets are teeny tiny.
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Yeah, we're back.
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That was a long break.
I always put that edit window in there and it's like, you know,
how many go in there? I don't know.
Well, what do they say if you make it, they will come or something?
If you leave the gap, you will get advertising.
You leave the gap.
They'll mind the gap.
Mind the gap.
Now, it's more like if you leave the gap, the truck will pull in.
Hey, so over the weekend,
Matt and I showed up at an event down here in Orange County.
Matt, you want to kind of fill everybody in of where we went and what we did.
I was going to see how far you can go before you had a cough.
I was like, is he going to be able to finish that sentence?
Or does he need another shot of Monster or Rockstar or whatever?
C-4. C-4 today.
C-4 this week.
Wine, pineapple.
C-4 this week.
Second can.
We went over to the Matranga collection.
So Bob and Kent Matranga or they are a father and son team that
successful business owners and built themselves out a really nice, amazing facility.
You would never know from that ratty building they keep their cars in.
Right. First of all, you walk in and there's just like there's like a full,
you know, kitchen off to one side and a meeting room and beautiful floors
and a window that looks into this amazing car collection.
And then when you walk through that, there's a back room with a full
build shop, paint room, cleaning room.
There's a pretty pernative room design.
You know, application.
It's just like they just wanted to do it in house.
Is there a bed anywhere that I can stand?
I think you could listen.
These guys are in the concrete business.
So when you walk in, you could eat off those floors.
Yeah, it's nice.
Brad, I didn't know if you knew this.
So I mentioned this on CarCast as well.
So Bob and Kent Matranga, they're in the concrete business.
They build like big parking garages.
So when they found this building, this building was done.
And it had the cement slab already.
But Chris Brown, their lead designer, kind of a curator over there,
fabricator designer, does a little bit of everything.
When he was talking to Bob and Kent, he said, the old garage,
we had to move all the cars out of the way to get a car out that you guys want to drive it.
He goes, so here's the layout I designed with like cars in the middle backed up
with cars around the edges.
So at any point, they can take out almost any single car,
except for a few that are up on the top of the lips, right?
And because Bob and Kent, they come in and they'll even just grab a car
and just keep it home for two weeks.
They'll just drive like one of the hot rod trucks or one of the Boyd Roadsters
and then bring it back.
And then so when Chris kind of helped lay out the design of the cars,
these guys came in and they said, well, there's a cement slab.
We're going to redo it anyway.
So before they did anything, they did all the extra wiring so they can get
C-TEC chargers all over the floors.
And so they laid down an additional three inch slab on the existing one
that hid all of the wires.
So now you walk in there and there's this beautiful cement floor
and and there's behind every car, there are outlets and basically
C-TEC chargers everywhere.
So if you own the company that does parking garages, then you have the luxury
of being able to go, yeah, I mean, I'm going to add another three inch slab,
you know, which otherwise you'd have to put grooves in that slab.
Or you do it on the ground, right?
You're just running wires and hanging stuff from the ceiling and doing all that.
You know, but this place, if you think about it, Brad, you walked around.
There was nothing hanging from the ceiling.
There was no wires to trip on.
All the cars were plugged in.
It was it was nice.
Now that you mention it, yeah, it's it's very clean and unobtrusive.
And and I didn't even think about it at the time.
I just figured they unplugged all the cars for their event or something.
But yeah, really nice, really.
You know, that's a big thing when you have a car collection like a dad's shop.
I actually bought these or dad's warehouse.
I bought these these power strips that have like a plug every, I don't know,
twenty two inches or something like like there's a span where there's a plug.
And I tried running those along the back wall and they're not quite long enough.
And I can't plug two into one.
And because it's it's like getting all the cars plugged in.
We have an extension cord for every other car.
And it's just you can't find extension cord that's quite the right length.
You have all this extra and it's just nuts.
It's so untidy. I can't stand it.
Yeah.
I even even in the picture behind me having four cars like that,
I had to run an extension cord that split into like four.
And then and then one wasn't long enough to reach the other car.
It was just kind of a mess.
But I have one extension cord that was real long.
And it was really weird because it got real hot, you know.
And but I would just make it longer because I figured if it was longer,
that heat would dissipate, right?
Yeah. So it's like his jumper cables.
He got a harbor freight.
Yeah. When it gets hot, you should pour water on it or.
Oh, right. I never thought about it.
Yeah. I don't have to worry about it anymore, though,
because everything burnt down in that.
You can pour some of that C4 on it.
Yes, the C4.
Oh, it's flammable.
Brad, tell us about some of the cars in the Matrangid collection.
Some of them I know you're more familiar with.
Well, yeah, there's there's a lot of great cars.
I was drinking that day and then he went out with Dave Merrick to drink more.
So no, no, no, I dropped Dave off to have margaritas.
Because you want to come in and have one?
I go, no, I got to get home and I'm kind of bearded out.
And the the collection is is is really great in that it's
it's heavy on muscle cars and hot rods,
but it has a little bit of everything.
There's a there's a cool flat bottom drag boat in there.
There's some, you know, C10 pickup trucks.
There's an Aston Martin.
There's like a, you know, one of those those Lincoln's, you know,
and of course, it's the black convertible, the one you always think about.
And they just bought that one at Barrett Jackson.
Yeah. And it's got big 22s under it.
Yeah. And then I think they brought it back and just did a few things on it,
which you always have to do when you bring those cars back.
So but they had, in fact, another one they bought at Barrett Jackson
was a 70 C10 Bronco, almost said Bronco, Blazer.
And and it's, you know, it's got an LS in it and everything like that.
Beautiful truck.
And they were going through it front to back, kind of making it their own.
But the collection is real nice.
It does include some Boyd cars, the Boydster two,
the yellow one and the red one are both there.
Yeah. And what really is interesting about the collection,
which you see a lot of collections or we've seen a lot of collections,
but they have their their build area, their 3D printing area, which Matt mentioned,
but they have a small machine shop and they have their own body shop with a
downdraft spray booth right in their building, which is really nice.
It's soup to nuts there, you know.
Chris gave us a nice walkthrough of explaining all of the 3D printing side.
He uses SOLIDWORKS for the CAD design and then just sort of how the 3D printing has evolved
over the years and the different types of materials and how on certain printers like
his, he can mix and match materials.
So you can grab like a softer material and add a few little bit of a little bit
harder plastic materials and the things that he was developing there.
Some is just concept, just prototyping.
And then some is functional pieces, air ducts for AC vents.
He's building out a whole center console for a car.
That's going to be a combination of things of some of its printed and wrapped in leather
and some of it's going to be machined and polished out of aluminum and just kind of how
his 3D printed mock up all kinds of fits together walked us through that.
3D printing wheels, small versions of wheels like Brad, like you have your little showroom
out front and somebody would come in and go, well, we have this type of lip or this type of lip.
So they're building a specific car.
So before going to, you know, like a bonds being go, let's machine wheels.
He 3D printed small three inch plastic versions to look at the different types of lip to see
what they would like and how concave it is.
And then go, well, I can print this overnight as opposed to getting wheels machine that takes
six weeks and $10,000. And then they can kind of look at it and go, well, this is what we want.
So it's just amazing how you can do all of that stuff.
And Brad, like you were saying, they have a full shop in house and there's C tech actually
put out a nice video. It's about a 10 minute video where you can see the guys and see the
collection and meet Bob and Kent on them talking about going, we've purchased many cars over the
years and and brought them back and, you know, kind of fixed them up or made them the way we
wanted. And some we've had built with other shops and, you know, most shops because they're,
they've got to make money. They've got to get the car done in roughly a year time.
But oftentimes that car ends up going back because, you know, it needs to be dialed in more
and the suspension isn't right or something's inaccessible and they didn't think it through
wiring issues. And they just figured we've gone down that route so many times.
Let's build out everything in house. Yeah.
We're not open to the public because they have done well for themselves as business owners.
And they said, we'll take two to three years to build a vehicle.
But when it's done, it drives out and it goes to events and it drives home like we don't
like it's it's dialed in at that point as much as, you know, it's never going to work out the
bugs when it leaves. Yeah. Yeah. But it's interesting because
if you think about it, the difference between a really nice hot rod and one that you can drive
is an extra year of work. Sure. Yeah. You know, like you could build something that's nice and
bring it to, you know, one of the award events or SEMA or whatever, Riddler Roadster Show and get that
car done in 12 to 18 months. But to get that done perfect, you need another 12 to 18 months.
Yeah. Well, we had a customer once ask why his new hot rod at Boyd's had 100 miles on the odometer
and we told him because we drive them, you know, the guys take them out, drive them to make sure
that you don't have to deal with an issue later on. And, you know, he was like, well, but it's,
you know, and he didn't understand. And, you know, it was like, that's the only way you can figure
them out. Yeah. If there's a rattle, sometimes that rattle is hidden and you've got to, you know,
keep driving and finding and taking stuff apart, putting it back together and, you know.
Exactly. Or stuff backs out. Yeah. It backs out a little. Yeah.
How many complaints from Boyd customers did you guys get before you started testing vehicles
before plugging in the speedo at the odometer?
He was actually the only guy that ever complained about that. The other one.
And you remember today, just like a lot of shops, like a lot of shops, our customers didn't get their
cars for a long time. They would go out on the semi and they would fly in and see them at an event
or drive them around the fairgrounds and then they'd go back on and we'd take it to the next
event. There were times when people, it's funny how many cars we built that the people never got
them for five years, you know? I mean, it was years because they would come back, then they'd
sit in the shop and they'd go, oh, well, just hang on to it because most of them didn't have
any place to put it. Anyway, it was free rent, you know. So speaking of that, so at SEMA,
sorry, I was just looking it up to see what it was called. So, Ruffian's new GT1, which is the 35
Plymouth, you know, if you were at SEMA last November. One in the booth, right? In the C-Tech
booth? Yeah, I talked with them. 35, but it had like big carbon fiber fenders and like crazy stuff
on that thing. It sounds wicked too. I know, but what a build and you think, man, I bet that thing
doesn't drive very well, like it doesn't, you know. Now, he builds all of his cars to drive, but
Autotopia just released the YouTube on it and this thing is driving all over the place and he's
driving it and it drives good. And it sounds wicked in there. Oh my god, doesn't sound so good. So
there's a good example of not only a hot rod, but a very modern hot rod that's full of technology
and complicated in other ways than just something traditional or street rod. This is the new generation
of mega super hyper hot rods. This is the new world of hyper hot rods and this one really is
the epitome of it and beautifully done. So, yeah, if you want to check out that example,
check out Autotopia's new one. By the way, their project they're working on now is like some crazy
tank thing. Yeah. It's huge. He's always got some. But it started off like it was like a model
or it was a toy or something. He's like, what if we built this tank for real? And then he realized
the proportions were like the size of a motor coach. It was like, it's huge, but he's building it
from, I don't know, it's weird, but it's gonna be cool when it's done, but it's a crazy project.
Guys, I made a mistake last night. Big mistake. Did you? You put on the wrong underwear?
Bigger than that. I've been driving my OBS Tahoe for the last week and a half
and driving it as my daily driver and I get home every night and I put it,
tuck it away in the garage and it draws a lot of eyeballs because it looks brand new. It's
perfect and it's an OBS. And guys like OBS, so wherever I park it, I always throw one of those
old clubs on the steering wheels just as an extra thing. Hey, man, it's one more thing between them
and taking it. So I get home last night and I stopped and picked up some dinner and I park it
in the driveway and I get up this morning and I look out and I go, shit, I never put my truck
away last night. Never tucked it away in the garage. I never put the club on it. I never set
the alarm. Oh, no. It was still there. Yeah. Oh, no. I was just like,
because I'm going to wait every night. It's confusing because it was surrounded by bathtubs.
So exactly. It was surrounded by bathtubs. They thought, well, wait a minute, what is that?
Something's going on. It feels like a trick. Yeah, this feels like a trap. I don't understand.
Well, the other day when I was surrounded by bathtubs. When I picked up Merrick the other day
to go to Matringa's, I think I told you, Matt, I had a tub in the back of my car that I picked up
at Lowe's. I told Matt and Merrick, I said, yeah, I tubbed my Tahoe. Like a hot tub? Well,
I thought I could bring back that old mini truck thing of having a hot tub in the back,
you know? But speaking of stolen vehicles, you guys know that this kind of blew me away. I know
it's a lot, but every 48 seconds a vehicle is stolen in America. And in 2025, there were 659,880
stolen vehicle reports. And that was actually down 24% from 2024. You know what I'm thinking?
My Volvo is one of them. Yeah, there you go. Oh, how relative this is.
But I thought it was appropriate with me fearing I was going to look out and see my truck gun.
And we'd go through the newest list, the top 10 at least, of the most stolen cars in 2025.
And you'll be a little surprised, actually. Yeah, I actually think I saw it. I ain't
sure. Number one, I'm going to tell you last. Number 10 is the Nissan Ultima.
Yeah. Then a Honda CR-V, then a Toyota Camry. Do you notice anything there?
Anything about those? Well, they're all the best selling cars. So best selling and they all are
like little economy boxes that are everywhere, you know? There's probably a RAV4 and a CR-V on the
list. And the next one, what we call invisible cars. Matt, it's a Ford. What do you think it might be?
I mean, just by how many they sell, it could be an F-150. Yeah, you got it. F-150. Yeah,
because there's just so many. All right. Then a Kia Optima, then a Honda Civic.
Wow. Then the next one. Hold on one sec. I'm going to just guess right now that Dodge Challenger
or Charger are like one or two on the list. That's what you think. Well, you're not right.
Yeah, that's okay. But the next number five on the list is, are you ready?
Volvo SC60. What's an SC60?
He just made that up. It's XC60. It's XC60, Brad. Oh, wait, I wrote it wrong.
Yes, XC60. Okay, no, I'm lying. X for crossover, C for wagon. Now, it's actually something very,
very similar. It's a C-1500 Chevy Silverado. Yeah, a lot of trucks. A lot of trucks, huh?
That's because they sell a lot of trucks. Yeah. All right, we're in the top three now.
Honda Sonata.
Hyundai Sonata. Excuse me. Hyundai. Boy, Brad. I'm not reading right today. I'm not talking right.
I'm not reading right. I should just, you know what? I need a drink of my C for.
There we go. Okay. Number two, it's a Honda product. What do you think it might be?
Civic. You know it's not a Civic. Well, it's a Corde. A Corde, yes. Wow. They sell a lot of those
too. And number one on the list, and Matt, to your point, I was very surprised. None of them
were Chrysler's because they, in 2024, they were topping the list all over. Yeah, well,
they discontinued the 300, right? Yeah, they discontinued the 300. You can't steal it anymore.
Ford F-250. It's a Hyundai product. Oh, Hyundai. All right. It's the Elantra. Wow. Really? That's
the most stolen? The most stolen in 2025. That has really changed since a couple years ago.
Wasn't that the one that there was all of the stuff on the internet of how you just had to
go behind the headlight and you could steal the thing, unlock it and steal it?
There was something like that, huh? Yeah, there was that thing and it was all over the
internet for a while. Yeah, that sounds similar. Guys were stealing them left and right. Kids were
stealing them just for an Instagram or a joyride. Kind of like what they're doing now at the
Church of Scientology. What? Another Brad joke. Another Brad joke coming. No. There's a whole new
Instagram thing of people. They run into the Church of Scientology and run through while
they're filming and it's like a new Instagram thing. Oh, my God. That's dumb. Yeah, it is dumb,
but go harass the Church of Scientology. But now the city is all over the Church of Scientology
in Hollywood, the big one because their solution was, did you hear what it was, Matt? No. They
removed all the door handles off their doors and they said, you can't do that. That's against fire
regularly. Oh, my gosh. Everyone running around and making a mess like this are the same people
that ate Tide Pods. That's exactly what they say. Yes, that's exactly. Or what was the one where
they were putting up different things and the people were falling over and breaking their necks?
Yeah, these are all the same people. Everybody that's doing all these stupid things are the
same one. This is the long-term effects of eating Tide Pods.
There's a new one that's just getting started, and I hope it's off the hook, but it's people
donating, just sending me dollar bills in the mail. It's like an Instagram thing. It's
send them to Brad Fancia, dollar bills in the mail. I can get that Chevelle done.
Oh, my God. What are you going to do in episode five? Because have you done anything to the Chevelle?
Well, I don't even have all the parts here yet. I got to go get the frame and the front clip and
everything like that. So, episode five maybe is going back to Arizona and getting all that stuff.
No, episode five is going to be getting my shop organized, getting it dialed in,
some new tools and stuff that I wanted to get bought and getting everything set up. So, it's
going to be kind of a how to organize your shop. And one of the big ways is throw a bunch of stuff
away. Because you're not good, I am at that. You don't throw it away, you sell it.
One last thing, America only has a 25-day supply of fuel right now. I just wanted you to know that.
America or California? America. California's probably got a five-day supply.
What they said, we'll still never run out because we use eight to nine million barrels a day. We
produce 13.9 million barrels a day and we have 413 million in reserve.
I just drove through Pasadena. I had to go to Pasadena yesterday and
I took a picture of a gas station. Now, I didn't take a picture.
You saw your post, yeah.
I was just having fun with it. But the regular 87 was $6.89.
Yeah.
And then the Supreme was $7.08.
Yep. It's like that here in Sonoma and Napa.
By the way, this isn't where everybody lines up at the Beverly Hills one or whatever. And
they all take the picture of that one famous gas station. No, I drove down this. This was a
Chevron. I drove down the street. The shell had the same thing. You need 91 octane, which by the
way is not 93. It's not even like we have good fuel out here.
Right.
708.
Yeah. It's getting pretty ridiculous. One thing too, when I was driving back from
Southern California on Easter after visiting dad, we stopped just on the other side of the
grapevine where all the gas stations are. And I went to the next two exits because there were
not only lines at every single gas station, it was a holiday, but also a lot of the gas
stations didn't have fuel. And it didn't really occur to me with everything going on then how bad
it could possibly get later. I just thought it was the holiday and I really didn't think much
because I was driving that little 308 Ferrari. So I was really just concentrating on taking care
of that car and not really thinking of the substantial part of anything else, but just the
car. And yeah, I went to three different gas stations before I found a spot and they had fuel.
It was kind of bizarre.
But what it's worth, I drove through Pasadena yesterday in my electric F-150, so I didn't
care and I came home and I plugged it in and I was fine.
I will tell you, I don't want you guys to worry either because there has been talk about what
happens when it gets over 9.99 a gallon. And they figured it out. The oil companies have already
figured out and got state approval to sell half gallons. So that way, they can...
I mean, can you...
It's like the stock splitting, like it gets so...
They're like, well, what do we do if it gets over $10 gallon because it only goes to $9.99?
And they're like, oh, we've already gotten state approval from the commission and everything that
we can sell half gallons and then we can wait till we get to $20 a gallon.
What a mess.
That would be funny.
You're buying half gallons, man.
Matt, it'll be funny 20 years from now when we're remembering it. It won't be funny now.
I don't know if I'm gonna be alive in 20 years.
So yeah.
I'll be in my electric wheelchair because I won't be able to afford a gas one.
I'll be eating pencil shavings because I won't understand anything else.
You've been eating crayons.
What do you got, Matt?
I'm past crayons.
I was just looking at my stack of stuff on my desk and I got this at an event in Las Vegas.
This guy is from Red Rocker Beer.
Yeah, don't post that video. That was his phone number.
You know what?
It's too late now.
That would be a fun little segment sometime soon as well.
What's our desk look like?
Yeah, what's our desk look like?
Hey, I could do that now because I just cleaned mine on Friday.
I've got some weird stuff on my desk.
I've got things on my desk like this.
Coco Chanel.
I've got a lot of pens, pencils, brushes.
I really stepped up.
I went out and bought some clone for myself.
But clone's expensive.
I didn't want to get too much.
I bet that smells like a Jaguar from 1982.
We were cleaning out when we were doing the bathrooms.
And I found all these little samples that I don't know where I even got them.
You can't even get those anymore.
Yeah, you can't get them anymore.
And you know what?
Brad looked on eBay.
This stupid little thing is worth like 30 bucks.
Coco Chanel that was never opened is like 120 bucks.
Yeah, you know where that's going.
Well, there's a starter for your chivelle right there.
That's right.
Charlotte, if she never opened it by now, she's never going to open it.
Get on it.
Well, you know what?
I remember as a kid finding some perfume samples that my mom had that she got
on tour somewhere in Europe.
And she was just kind of saving because they were special.
And from Europe, you couldn't get them in the States at the time.
And I remember opening one of those things and they were made from real musk.
So they go bad.
The real musk one is go bad.
I remember I spilled that thing in my little box, you know?
I had this little wooden box that I kept all these treasures in.
And there was something in there that I had.
And I remember one day I'm like, what is that smell?
And I opened the box and it had leaked and it stung so bad.
It's called sex panther.
It's illegal in nine countries.
Yeah, sex panther.
60% of the time, it works every time.
All right, guys, we will end on sex panther.
Love it.
And see where the show goes next time.
Everybody, thanks for listening.
And, you know, if you see Man Bun Aaron driving around, just give him a wave.
Man Bun Aaron covered in paint.
Thank you, Dwayne, once again for saving my butt with the PPG.
I promised him a shout out today.
All right, everybody, we'll be back next week.
And that's a promise, not a threat.
Okski dokski.
All right, guys.
All right.
All right.
Have a good day.
And I won't be on next week because I'll be in the middle of the rally.
So.
Oh, I don't want to hear that crap.
You've got to put a thing right in your car where you can broadcast live from the car,
from the steering wheel.
Sure.
We can attempt that and annoy the shit out of you and our listeners.
All right, have fun.
Have a safe week.
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About this episode
Aaron walks through how he found a rare Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design at roughly half the market price after a mistaken theft report turned into a clean title. The crew then nerds out on plug-in hybrid range, charging, and Volvo longevity before shifting to car audio tuning and a tour of the Matrangas’ impressive collection and build facility. The back half turns into a stolen-car countdown, fuel-supply chatter, and a few jokes about sky-high California gas prices.
