The Ford Ranger is a smaller pickup truck that can be used for work or fun, especially the Ranger Raptor, which is a tougher, sportier version. People often talk about it online because it’s good for driving on rough roads and trails.
Winter blend is a special kind of gas used in winter to help your car start better and run smoother when it's cold outside.
Car
Volkswagen GTI
The Volkswagen GTI is a small car that's fun to drive and good for everyday use. It has a peppy engine and handles well, making it popular with people who like sporty cars.
The Toyota Corolla is a small car that lots of people buy because it is very reliable and easy to drive. The 2006 to 2013 models had simple automatic gearboxes and safety features like airbags to keep you safe.
Turbo heat blankets are like special covers that keep the turbocharger warm. This helps the turbo work better and stops the heat from spreading to other parts of the engine.
A turbocharger helps your car go faster by pushing more air into the engine. Keeping the exhaust heat helps it work faster so the car feels quicker when you press the gas.
Lamborghini planned to make a new electric supercar called the Lazador, but they decided not to make it anymore. This means they are changing their plans for electric cars.
The Fiat 500 is a small car that’s easy to drive in the city and looks cute and old-fashioned. The newer models have nicer inside parts and more gadgets to make driving easier.
The Ferrari 430 is a fast sports car with a powerful V8 engine. It was made before car companies started using turbochargers and electric parts to meet new rules about pollution.
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V12 engine
A V12 engine has 12 cylinders that make the car very powerful and smooth when it runs.
The Tesla Model S Plaid is a very fast electric car that can go really quickly from a stop. It has three electric motors that give it a lot of power, making it fun to drive fast.
The Camaro is a type of car made by Chevrolet that looks sporty and can go very fast. It's been around for a long time and is popular with people who like muscle cars.
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car that’s fun to drive and looks great. Some people like that you can still get it with a stick shift, which means you change gears yourself for a more exciting drive.
The Porsche 911 GT3 RS is a very fast and light sports car made for racing and fast driving. It has special parts to help it go fast and handle well on race tracks.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a fast and powerful car from America that many people love. There are different versions, and some newer ones are better to drive and have more features than older ones.
It sounds like there might be a mix-up with the name, but Ferrari makes very fast and fancy sports cars that many people dream about. They are special cars that are built to go really fast and look amazing.
The Dodge Challenger is a car that looks like old muscle cars and has a strong engine that makes it go fast. People talk about how much it costs to buy and keep, including things like loans and insurance.
The Jeep Wrangler is a tough car that can drive on really rough roads and trails. The Rubicon version is made for hard off-road driving, so people who like outdoor adventures often choose it.
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Welcome to the Abantz podcast. I'm Dan. I'm Nick. Welcome back to the cold. It's cold. It is cold. I first run
Come on. So we have like three years going. Good Lord
Even I'm cold. So yeah, well the leather chair isn't help you see. No, I mean, they're very comfortable
But I think I'm glued to them. So yeah, yeah, how's life? It's good man. It's good. Yeah, nice
I did not realize that this chair is different than the one in the house. It's much higher back. This is way more comfortable
Oh, which is fine, but I don't tell anybody in the house that no, I ordered two new lazy boys for the house
For the gaming chairs, you know, it's funny. You say that because I've been I have no place to put one
And I don't think my wife would let me but I've been like I'm like I feel like I'm at the age where I need a lazy boy
Like wasn't my idea. I want a new I want something with pockets and you know
I don't need one with like a toilet built-in or anything. That's just
You know, well one of the things I was bothered by is you can't find reclining chairs
Even though they're power with heated seats, okay, can but they're like massaging and all that and all I want is heat
Couldn't find that which is annoying, but whatever
No, it's not my idea. We both are obviously very heavy gamers at this point PC gamers. And so the ideal
Chair for gaming is a recliner a big thick heavy recliner that can hold your weight for several hours
Okay, so we got two new lazy boys present this day sale again, not the gamer
But it's funny because I think within a year there are two games that I will be playing obviously the new forza
Oh, yeah, cannot ever, you know, I cannot wait and then
Some in the next nine years will get Grand Theft Auto 6. So right. Yeah. Yeah
Maybe by 2030 or I doubt it right as the world ends. That is not the point of Grand Theft Auto is that the world ends, you know, I
Don't know. Yeah, but congratulations to Megan and her team at Forza all of her for four
I want to give a shout out to Megan not we in our group chat. We don't talk about games
But obviously we are car people and that woman is is is a is a safe like oh, yeah, she's tight-lipped on that
Yeah, yeah, she sent us a thing the day it came out. Obviously. Yeah, like this is coming out and I was like
It's like I didn't even think to ask like I know she works there, but I never I'm not a gamer
I'm not like hey not that she would ever but I'm saying like it's there's things
I don't ask about course one of those things. Yeah, like even isn't employee. I'm like, I guess you just don't ask about that
Use food in the hallway at hotels
So I was doing a little bit of research
I mean people were asking why all of a sudden Washington State is the gas going up so expensive
And it's because of the gas holes that are running this. Oh wait, that's the wrong reason. No
Partially partially the refineries in this area in California are switching over to summer gas and that is a thing
Summer gas by definition is is a type of gasoline that is produced with a lower read vapor pressure to reduce
Evaporation basically it's a gas that when it sits in your gas tank and your car sitting in the sun
It's not going to evaporate as much which is a thing it costs about 15 cents more a gallon to produce
Therefore you will start so as we're as we're transitioning into spring and summer. We're gonna be seeing that so
Hopefully these prices will raise and then they will
Level out. Yeah, so it's not just a man pricing obviously you look around the country
That's gonna happen to it happens here in California at places first
It happens in the states where the refineries are and then it works its way into the United States
So even though like places like Idaho and things like that you're seeing gas under $2
Some in the $2. Yeah weird wonder what's different
Life mysteries. We're not a political show
We walk a very thin line
Yeah, so
That's that's the reason why all of a sudden like the last week two weeks
You've seen gas prices go up again that we're starting to see those things those types of gas on the market
That's a very good Carter tip. I didn't I was not even aware summer gas existed
I didn't either and like I said, I was in some of the forums and we were talking
I was actually in the Ranger Raptor forum and everybody was bitching about their mileage and the fact that gas was now going through
The roof and I was like I wonder why and I went and looked in so as as the refineries are trend
And there's a bunch of stuff that the refinery has to do to transition to beat to make summer gas
So apparently they're they're doing that now. So that's part of it. Yeah, interesting. Yeah
Winter blend so that the gas station switch to winter blends and on September 15th to late April
So we're starting to but they're transitioning and and starting to make the gas
So therefore prices are going up. So, yeah, well, that's always fun more gas prices, right?
Right as we return to office. I just yeah. Oh, that's right. I forgot about that. Yeah. Yeah
I might be shopping for a commuter here pretty soon. Are you? Yeah, I have no idea. I'm probably probably I don't know
I do have some idea. Yeah. Yeah, I said, I like the idea of a GTI because I want something that's still fun to drive
I also might look at the used electric market since the prices are just in the floor and I've almost free charging at work
If not free some days
Okay, so there's a there's an incentive there that I don't want it for anything else
And so if I have to go to the office
Then I basically don't have that fuel and just to give a little perspective of those of us that aren't in Washington State
A lot of us we live in the area with Microsoft Microsoft is doing return to office a couple days a week
So this is a big conversation in our area because oh, yeah, a lot of people haven't seen their office in years
Yeah, we all have new offices new spaces. Yeah, and there's about 50,000 people returning to work
Wow, it will be great for the environment and traffic. Yeah, why don't you grinning like it's a joke?
It's gonna be awesome. So okay commuter car obviously in your past life when you were doing some things
You had a like a Toyota Corolla or something like that. You put a ton of miles on
Bunch of Corollas that I just drove the living piss out of and they're the most boring cars to ever exist
There's just yeah, but it does the job. Exactly. Yeah, it was and I always said well, I was in another car
I had to see 606 at the time. I had s2000s, you know other stuff arc 7
You know, I always had like a little Corolla and or a small Japanese commuter
And they worked fantastic
Cannot say enough good things about them for being the most functional vehicle ever owned
Cannot say any good things about them for being anything other than that. Okay. I mean, they were built for that purpose. Right exactly
Great first car anybody's looking for one if you can find a good cheap Corolla the
2006 till like 2013 that era four speed auto boring as hell, but power windows abs
You know got all the good airbags. Yeah, I was gonna say you you'll survive a crash if somebody in a
Raptor hit you so right. Yeah. Yeah, totally. Okay, or if a drunk person in a full-size truck hits you
Well, I'm dead stopped at a stoplight and they're doing 45 miles. That's a very exact example there, mr. Putnam
The top of a hill in Marysville just in case you're down there
This is a this is a side thing because you grew up in Arlington, right?
Kate's birthday is a week from is on the 7th. Oh nice. I mean that's what we're doing on the day on the day
She wants to go to Arlington hardware for their first Saturday show. I just find that
And and my dad's so excited because he wants to go because there's a popcorn maker
I know that's off subject, but it made me think of it. So yeah, my dad used to take me to that popcorn maker
Almost every Saturday and we would go get free popcorn and he would get like a load of lumber or parts for a side job
If you're in this area, uh the first Saturday in Arlington hardware, it's a it's an event. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it's it go up
It's fun. I mean they they serve popcorn. It's a it's an old school hardware store kind of thing
I I know this is very off topic, but it just made me think of that
It's a great little drive destination. You have a lot of drives that go up your Arlington and if you headed that way
Just stop in there. I don't know even if it's not an event. It's just a fun place to stop into it's
There's not a lot going on in Arlington. There's the casino and there's a Costco and that's kind of it
Yeah
I guess the Albin mall is not far in Marysville, but true but in downtown Arlington
There's not much there at all, but there aren't anything hardware is a great little spot. Yeah. It's a nice little town still
Yeah, well great Carter tip. I want to follow up on something we were talking about and that is
Turbo heat blankets. Yeah, it's partially right. I thought it would be something sort of ceramic
And so the outer shell interesting enough we're going to talk about this a little bit too
outer shell basalt lava rock
fiber
silicone coated fiberglass or carbon fiber for durability
That's the outer shell the inner insulation
Calcium magnesium silicate cms wool not actual wool, but calcium magnesium silicate wool or ceramic insulation
Uh capable of withstanding direct heat above 1500 degrees
And so this is just all stuff that used to be on fire under their surface
Yes, that has come up and the the idea that we can make fibers from rocks. Okay. Yeah crush it into a
Powder then sandwich it between the blankets
Interesting structure is stainless steel mesh rivets and high-temperature Kevlar thread
And those are used to retain the exhaust heat. It reduces turbo lag
It protects the surrounding components. That's actually the biggest thing if you have a if you ever do a turbo swap
So she'd do a single turbo swap on our jdm car
You will want one of these
Heat soaks, yeah
They make a huge difference almost a necessity those things get so hot in there
They will toast whatever's on that side of the engine bay
Mine I found out in the arc seven
Gretty or g ready whatever you want to call it kit and mine single turbo with a hybrid
It's gretty. Is it not? Yeah, capital g capital r though. Oh
You ready? Oh, yeah
I've been staring at that for years. Okay. Yeah, I could be wrong. Everybody says gretty, but mine got so hot that it actually
Would boil the coolant in the engine and it was actually not the turbo
It wasn't it was this heat soak from the turbo to the engine
I had a custom manifold on it
But it was close enough to the rotary housings that that heat soak was so hot on that side
It would boil the coolant
Okay, and so I had a really weird coolant issue that I had to put a heat blanket on mine for
Interesting, okay, but yeah, um, and that's sort of funny basalt lava rock fiber. So this is a well known
Super old school. So when you see people doing that that fire walking. Oh, you're gonna debunk this
So just so people know when you see that stupid stuff
People go on their little spiritual journey and they go fire walking on the lava rock. It's all bullshit
Um, that stuff doesn't conduct heat. That's why they use it
And so those rocks really never get above at most 100 degrees
So they're hot, but they're not gonna like burn and blister your feet unless you stand in one spot and push through them
Down to the actual coals underneath them
So this is like grabbing aluminum foil when it comes out of the oven it loses its heat instantaneously. Yeah, exactly
Yeah, it doesn't allow it to transfer. Okay, same thing. So that's that's what's going on with that
It's one of the oldest scams in the book. They, you know, literally and so that's that's exactly how they do it
They put lava rock on top of the coals so that it like, you know, who you're fire walking. Yeah, whatever. Just you're dumb
Dan, how old are you when the fire walker hurt you?
I just used to see this stuff and I was like, that's stupid when I was a little kid
I remember seeing I was like, that's stupid. There's a reason that happens because physics. Yeah, you can't beat
Thermal transfer like it's heat like you if you step on it, it burns you there's just no
It's just the image of a little damn putt in them sitting there going this is wrong
It's my obsession with how things like that's great. That doesn't make any sense. Okay. I am the biggest skeptic you'll ever meet
Yeah, what? No, I okay
Um, I know you're gonna be sad
But lamborghini has announced that they're cancelling the lazador lazador, which is their full ev
Because evies aren't emotional enough
Lamborghini the the the company of bright colors and fast cars and loud cars
Doesn't believe electric cars fully electric cars are emotional enough weird weird. Yeah, I can't believe they came to that conclusion
For a company that's known for how long
I mean to be fair
To be fair and to I mean as much as we love to poke fun at them and they deserve it to an extent because they tried to sell this bullshit thing
They were all of these companies at at a time. We're going to talk about lamborghini
We're talking about the world all the companies were going to be forced into electric
That was the thing like by I think it was Europe was like by 2030
Some places it was even sooner than that then it was 2035 then it was oh wait. Nobody wants any of these so we won't do it
But there was a reason they all went down this development path
It wasn't because they were trying to save the planet. That's that's not how capitalism works
It was it was obvious to all of us
Because we don't run car companies. So we know we're talking about that's a joke by the way
But
But it was obvious. It's not a joke. It's sort of there's some things though that you just kind of have to go really
Really
You didn't know
Really?
Yeah, and now Porsche is doing the same thing like everybody's rolling back on this
Like Ferrari still hasn't revealed their all electric car that nobody wants. I don't know. There's some mixed opinions on that people are
Actually, some people actually like the interior
It's fine. I it just does it doesn't represent Ferrari to me. You know what it meant represented to me
A basic fiat. That's the entity when I looked at that. I was like, oh, that's a really well designed fiat 500 interior for the next gen 500
It nothing about it screened premium Ferrari
You know, I was watching anyway
I was this to this point though this because this is europe
I was watching a video and they were talking they were in monaco and they were talking about
They were looking at a 430 scud and somebody was saying this is when Ferrari
Wasn't mandated by all the european crap coming down, you know
Back when the scut the 430 the scud things like that those cars were meant to be fast
They didn't care about emissions and then they got into the turbos and the and the evs and stuff
Which is fine. Yes at the sx 90s a great car
Um, I said, I love seeing the hybrid technology applied for power
But europe has has dictated all of this stuff and that's why we're seeing that
Um, and you know, frary doesn't make the the classic screaming v8s anymore and you know, which is which is really sad
Yeah, yeah, I'll be interested to see how well the new temerario does for lamborckini. Um
I will be really curious to see
With all of the emissions rollback in the us
If companies like ferrari and Lamborghini who have huge customer bases here. Yeah shift to that
Yeah, they're gonna go. I mean somebody somebody to build cars just for america. Yeah
But it would be worth it because if think of it this way ferrari comes out today and says we're gonna build
500 v12s
Nothing added to them. They're just v12s. They're flat plane cranks
They've got high flow cats the shoot fire
They sound insane. Sorry. I'm trying to get my wallet out. Yeah. Yeah, and we're gonna throw a manual transmission at them
We're not gonna do any record breaking. We don't get a crap if how well they do on the track
So my kidneys we're just gonna drive it. Yeah, those would sell out and they're gonna be like and they're only for the us market
They would sell out instantly at seven figures
Instantly and they wouldn't even have to do anything new. They'd be like, we're just gonna re-body the enzo again. Have a good have at it
They would have gone in a harp instantly. I agree and I think every collector on the planet would be like
Fighting over it. Just take my money
And I don't yeah that opportunity is there now
I hope so
Like when's Lamborghini gonna roll back and realize that we've we've reached a performance peak
Like we said the zero one beat everything the zero one x is coming up. It's probably gonna be even faster
And so they're out people are taking delivery of those. Yeah, but I mean saying they've they won car and drivers one lap
Not the car and driver. What's their call? It's not the one lap of america
It was their fastest lap basically where they do what's the fastest car overall and it's the zero one
Everything beat everything
So the zero one x is out at a point. I think we've come to the point where it doesn't matter
Or it's like, okay, cool. I've got the fastest thing on the planet neat, you know
You know how fast I can get the qfc
Right, it's like, you know, it's like we were talking about with bikes in the last episode
Miata's are still fun to drive. Yep
Uh, slow cars are fun to drive fast. So it's like, okay, you get to a break over point where that return is just not really there
It's cool to brag about and it's fun to feel don't be wrong
I could say you're driven a model plaid. Do you know how fun it is to have all that power?
but you know
Above let's say
650 horsepower
Well, what do you get we we have
We have reached the stupidity level what the point is. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. We've said this before where
Really rich stupid people can buy cars. They don't know how to drive
Well, and really poor people can buy cars now. They don't know how to drive. Well, but I'm saying like
Somebody that has done successful in their in their life has done successful, but obviously
So we're clear. I'm not this person. Well, I'm just saying like look at look at
Sorry, I mean interrupt, but you're like the zeal one for example amazing car the zero six
This is the c the c seven zero six. I can't drive the car those limits
I've got a lot of time in a car. There's I will never be that fast
Most of us won't so we've already reached the point where they think you can buy all these cars have way more power than you need
And we'll kill you faster than that you will be. Yeah, that's my point. Should there be a test
There's some more vehicles selling Camaros to brian. I know so you put that out there by the way congrats again brian
Absolutely beautiful love the red the zeal one is gorgeous. I'm glad you got another one
But I'm just saying like I think there's a I think there's a whole new market for cars
Or say hey, we're just gonna sell you the most fun thing we can't it's not gonna be the fastest thing in the world
It doesn't matter just go drive it. You'll have a great time. And that's where I think that we're at this
There's an opportunity knocking at the door for these big
Exotic manufacturers to come out and throw another, you know
A displacement manual in a car and she'd be like, yeah, this year. I want to smoke it. We don't care
Go ahead. Go drive it. You'll be way cooler and they're right
I think you're still gonna have some safety regulations, but I think you're all right safety. Yeah, I mean, yeah like
But I mean like the yard all the like I keep making you know
Ferrari comes up and throws all analog instrumentation into a car
Puts in with the most basic stupid bluetooth only stereo with no nav a manual transmission
A v12 or even a v8 again a 430 scud
A new one though. Yeah, so I understand. Yeah
I think there's a huge market for that and I think that market is even getting stronger. It's not weakening
I I have to say that you know and I've watched this progression
Ever since you had your day driving that roma or whatever with that that that stupid feedback
Steering wheel it it really affected you on on the type of electronics that should be in cars
Uh, it's certain like I love all the electronics on my truck. No, but I'm saying that
Yeah, you came back to that and it was speaking of secrets and and and you were when you finally talked about that
It's the one thing you brought up is it was that stupid steering wheel and it's funny because ferrari went out and fixed it
Right. Yeah, probably because you're you're me and everybody else have the same idea touch controls on a steering wheel
Yeah, um, but I just think that market is actually growing. I don't think it's decreasing
I think it's increasing because people are getting into this point where
They don't need all the power
They don't even want it. They don't care. They just want a car. That's really awesome to drive
I mean the Porsche has figured this out for years. That's why Porsche still makes manual 911s. I mean
They're they're just great cars to drive
You don't have to have you don't have to have the turbo s if you have a career 4s, for example in washington
You have the perfect sports car for here
Riot to drive tons of torque
You don't need to spend the 300 000 dollars on a turbo s to get and just an insanely good driving experience
And even better if you get a gt4 rs or even just a gt4
I think
You know, I was talking to Kate about this and we we have the conversation because she's always like well
What's what's your car right now? What would you have?
And again, haven't driven one if anybody has one love to is the gt3 rs
I I have so I am so in love with that car. Oh, yeah
And I know that it would not do
The things I want it to do as far as drive me to the store and things like that
It would drive me nuts to do that, but I still want one
I've not driven a new gt3 rs. I'm talking about the new 99
991 991. Yeah, or 992. I guess it is. Yeah
I'm horrible. I I could be staring at the poster that explains it and I would still 1.2 or 992
I know let alone the new gt2
RS that's coming out. Well, the new gt3 rs is twin turbo now. Yeah, um
Which is interesting because gt3 rs has always been naturally aspirated. I'm sure it'll be great
Um, I don't like the additional weight, but that's just inevitable, but I hope
Like I said Porsche's figured this out. I want to see more manufacturers doing it doing it and I think those
Gates have been opened because all that hybrid stuff was off to meet emissions going forward
It's in Porsche has done it right by doing it well with meeting emissions and making a ton of power at it
But I don't know. There's there's an analog market and the analog market amongst drivers. I'm hearing more and more
They want more of it. Save the manual. Save the manual. Yeah, exactly. Even if it's not a manual just that
you know, I still think about
with speaking of nostalgia
versus
Different time that's these c606 with the 427 and the six speed no rev matching
Such a great car
Still the best bargain. I think you can get out there is a c606 the c7 is a better car. Don't get me wrong
But if you want all manual all motor
Barely any driver's aids is the c606. I think I would even be happy with like that
Obviously, this is a big big ask that new transmission from the new conix egg
That's manual and automatic so you can still shift it cool
But it it's technically you're not really shifting things the car is still doing it
I mean, you're telling what gear to be in but there's no cables attached like you're not actually shifting it
Give me the sensation that I'm shifting. I guess that's the well. Yeah, and conix like anybody's gonna pull it off. So
Yeah, yeah, uh, oh speaking of that ferrari by the way
I finally figured out the pronunciation. This is going back to our last episode again. It's a luce
Luce. Yeah, it's luce, but it's luce. L. O. And it's pronounced l o o c h a y
And that's just in case anybody asks, um, what else nacha luce? No, okay
Fair enough. Fair enough. Well, I mean, we're coming into spring things are starting to defrost out because we don't have any snow here
Um, and I'm starting to see I was down in redmond today. I had to be down there and I don't know who it was but
Um, if you're an avance member and you want to it's a couple like a baby blue Carrera
Four s nice. She came out of the parking lot and she was sideways and she knew how to handle that car
I was just like, oh spring's here
Nice totally safe. We were on an empty road like I was sitting there waiting to pick the dog up
But like I was like, oh
I heard it coming too. Like I I'd love that like I mean obviously around here
These around here people drive their cars rain shine, but this was just like I was for some reason
I was like, oh it's coming into spring
Nice. Yeah. Yep. Yeah
Uh, a couple of text messages
Um, what is this a good one? I don't think you guys are telling me your names. You're just gonna text me
Yeah, so I don't know who sent this but this is a great one. Uh, great podcast guys. Did you know a chinese bike?
We could just stop there. Yeah, we're done. That was it. Anyway, no
Uh, did you know a chinese bike qualified in the front row of the world super sport race at philip island this weekend?
It was a zx moto 820 cc triple ridden by valentine debis
Okay, I were to buy some of the trips. I think it's debis. Um, if you haven't seen one of those
I had to look it up because I don't know my jenny's bikes that well
Gorgeous gorgeous obviously fast too. Yeah, obviously very fast. So
Um, and then Nathan months brought up a topic on the facebook post that you posted today, which I think you spot on
There was a time
Uh in and I remember it vaguely because we're old
and that is that
When japanese cars
There's huge resistance to them. Oh, well that that was a whole movie. That was more that was more of a resistance to the things that happened during the war
but
Well the resistance to the small commuter cars agree and things like that and that they were bringing in and they were high quality
um, yeah whole movie about it gung ho with michael keaton
um
Fantastic movie by the way if you rewatch it. It's really good. Never seen it. You never seen it. No. Oh, it's a great movie gung ho. Okay
Yeah, anyway, uh, like big trouble little china. I love that movie
Different. Oh, okay. Such a great movie. Okay
Oh
But no, he's right. Uh, the bikes are doing it first. I think it's a it's a much easier market for them to break into
Motorcycles in case
He hasn't realized a big reason. They're so popular is their cheap speed
And I can't tell you how many bikes I sold
To military guys getting that check when they didn't want to spend
60 70 000 like their coat looks, you know, some of their
Their other guys in the service were they would buy motorcycles because they were a lot cheaper
They could save some of the money and saw some fun more part gun. Yeah
Top gun but also like hey, I don't want to go spend
Everything and more, you know, give myself a 25 interest rate on this new challenger
So i'm gonna buy a r1. Yeah for 10 grand, you know, and this is this is a great market. Anyway cheap speed
So motorcycles are a great spot for this. Um
I think we're gonna see the same thing in the cars. I think we're going through the same thing
We did with japanese cars in the 70s and 80s
Once they get here, they will be here and they will be a huge chunk of the market
Uh, we have a very different relationship with china than we do in japan and
This could go either way
There's my hopeful side is is that strengthens that relationship. We find some common ground
We get a better relationship lobby lobbyist wise
I don't see it happening that soon because the american car companies don't want them here because they know what will happen
Yeah, i'm thinking the only way for chinese cars to survive is to build them here
And that is a very real possibility. It would open up a ton of jobs. I think it would be
Here china owns a bunch of land here. It'd be pretty easy. That's true. Yeah, get rid of the farms. Yeah get some car manufacturing in, you know
You know, it's a
I'm curious to see how this plays out. I don't know how it's gonna go. It's too early to predict it
But if competitions good for the market, but I have a feeling a lot if a lot of those came in here
They would dominate the market. I don't think they can build them cheap enough here
No, but i'm saying like if they got here
Like you look at you look at what was the one that uh, the ceo farley was was driving
Yeah, and I mean and he was praising it. Yeah, so I credit for him to do it for doing that
I'm really curious to see how it goes though. And I think nathan's right
It's gonna be the same kind of thing once those break hold in canada and they will
That'll be the test bed because I mean 90 of canada is within 10 miles of the border
so
Okay, so america jr. Is a great test for how that's gonna go
Yeah
I'm by the way go usa hockey team
Congratulations to usa hockey hockey hockey in general men's and women's that was amazing. Yes beating canada. Yeah
so
Well, I you know
They just become the 31st state they got out of gold medal
I saw that post too. I also saw the one where the the canadian flag was at half mass
And there was a bald eagle standing on it. So I'm sure it's a i but I don't care
so
Would people buy them? Yes at the right price point. Oh, yeah, but it's the political side of things where
Obviously our relationship like you said with china is not as good as our relationship with japan
And you know, there's a lot of good stuff that comes out of japan. So yeah
Forza seven that's right for the horizon seven, right? Yeah. Yeah, I'm super excited to play that
That's gonna be a beautiful game. I am too. Like I mean talk about bringing drifting
You know, we're not obviously this is not a video game thing, but this is car related. Oh, absolutely. It's uh
Just the stuff they've released. It's just amazing. So
And now it looks like they they they roped in uh, hawn from uh, yeah
Or fast and fast and furious. Apparently he's not dead. Who knew right? I resurrected hawn just for this
Anybody lives on and fast and furious you go to space
You know, that's what we need this car is a good space. No
No, we don't need that
Uh, we need we need a new automotive franchise. I think you know
Fast and furious i'm gonna admit has been dead for
probably six movies now
Back back when you know stealing dvd players and things like that. We need a new automotive franchise
I'd be curious to see what people would think about that like obviously fast and furious kind of came out of nowhere
I mean if you were a fan of of the the the tuner the market and things like that, um, you kind of saw it coming
but I think there's
There's something there. They've tried, you know, like red line was horrible. Um, right up to an eddie griffon crashed a real ferrari
Um, the anime is fantastic. So what there's an anime called red line
It's all hand drawn. Oh, okay
Artistically speaking it's incredible. Oh, okay. Interesting. All right. I'm just saying I I need something to pull me back into that
Automotive genre. We talked about that a while ago. We need another good car movie
There hasn't been a good car movie or a movie with a hero car in a while
There's been some good attempts baby driver was a fun watch for that sti watching that thing and throw that around
There's been some good stuff, but we need a good car movie again bullet
Stuff like that. Yeah
I don't I don't I don't make movies and I don't know what people are buying
But I I would like to go I want to see hollywood come back. I'd like to see some good stuff come out. Yeah
I agree. Yeah, what else we got?
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Shout out to them. Uh, I won't be able to make it for that because that's pretty quick
It's going to be in a march. That sounds fun. It would be really fun. I don't I don't
Why they're coming after me, but
I mean, I just agree
You know, uh, if anybody's down in that area, especially one of our avance partners, you know
I'd love to see some photos from that. I think that'd be amazing that obviously the car culture in in california
I'm a big enthusiast of it. It's the state that it happens in that. I'm not an enthusiast of but other than that, you know
I I don't think there's anything better than the car culture in and in especially
The tuner culture in california. So yeah, that's taken down. That's taken place at willow springs. Which would be awesome. Um
I would love to go to south california more events. I went to the uh, the singer event, which is really cool
It's nice to meet some sunshine too
And we've got a lot of events coming up down there. We still need to go ride the rubicon on the monkeys
So i've been talking about that. So I shout out to our friends at uh snail trail four four podcast and um
They I've pitched it their way to see because they've done the rubicon
I don't know how many times dozens. Yeah, it's like us doing the wabder for them
But that's you know, but the rubicon's like a seven eight and the wabder's like a two
So it's a bit of a difference, but if anybody knows the trail, it's those guys
And so i'm hoping they will give me some real feedback. I told them it's like hey look before you think we're crazy, you know, we've done
You know
We are first of all, we are we are yeah, but you know, it's more about
Are there way around boulders that we would high center on that's really all there is to it
So
Oh now am I walking my bike through this is what you're yeah, okay
Yeah, it's like do I have to walk it up this some of the hills because it
Steep isn't really a big deal
Down those boulders. Yeah, it's just the boulders like if you have to boulder hop like you do in some four by four trails
That can be really difficult
But you're also talking like do you have a body width your shoulder if your shoulders can fit through it
You can ride through it because you're only doing like a mile an hour
And shift yeah, yeah, so hopefully
That'd be a good way to work on some of my my motorcycle control as far as getting the front end to come up and things like that and slow
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so
I'm I'm itching. I need I need to do some riding. Like I said, we're gonna
Do a couple of drives rides this year. I've got some ideas
I want to I want to do and we I will make them public for people that have
Small bikes and stuff like that, but we're we want to do a couple of little things
I got to get everything figured out but
I'd love to go out to the islands, you know or the peninsula
Yeah, I think that'd be fun and I want to get on some dirt again
Even if we're just doing section three or something like that
You know, I'd also like to go up to section four and find my GoPro four years later, but yeah
Make a good summer trip in the jungle. Yeah. So yeah, no, I want to I want to get back over to Idaho more than anything
Yeah, I mean so much more exploring
I yeah, I'm I think I think there's a trip to moab
Next year that I want to do but I think I want to take my parents
Good plan. So
Yeah, we'll see
But I obviously take the monkey with me, but
My god, I it's it's weird. I
Have traveled a ton, but I I was so bit by that Utah bug. Yeah
It's it's it's it's not a world calling and I don't I don't quite understand it
Like I was talking to Kate about that. I said, I don't know what
Makes me want to be like, oh
I've got two more days. I got two days off. I think I'll just drive down there kind of thing
Like it's I've not I've never really been that person where I'm kind of a planner. I'm like, oh, let's just go
So
It's easy to go down there and not have a plan though because there's so much
Opportunity to you and it's so low maintenance. It's not like you got to go down there and have to have reservations and tickets and book
Things you can like any hotel do the first thing that's called to me. I don't it's you know, trust me
I understand completely. Yeah, I understand Moana now
The sea called to her. Um, well, I've calls to me. Yeah. Yeah
Well, that's a that's a great closing question for the audience. Is there a place outside of moab
Yeah, that calls to you what calls to you. Yeah. Yeah, is there a place that you're like, I have to go back to this place
That's automotive related. I don't mean like you go there because it's your favorite nudist colony
I mean, do you go down there and you're like, this is the place that could be automotive related
It could be okay like tale of the drag. I'm talking place like tail dragon you go to yeah
I mean some of the best, you know, all the driving roads in america. Um
Yeah, I feel like why I feel like most of them are going to be in the southwest. Uh, colorado is another big one for me
I love driving through colorado colorado is so beautiful
And you and I think it's sort of the same thing though
Just like moab in in utah in general
There's so many great driving roads that aren't crowded in color in colorado because in that section of
Western colorado eastern utah
Even I mean, there's not many roads per se in wyoming
But that same kind of strip even northern new mexico, arizona
There's a lot of paved roads. They don't get severe weather like we do the snow. They get in colorado is dry
Remember that it doesn't hammer the roads like we get over here. They get ice, but it doesn't
Quickly destroy the roads like ours. It's very different
So you and all these side roads that just go beautiful places
And they're just not a lot of traffic the parks for sure
but
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I was like, wait a minute. I thought you were just gonna say mine and then be like, okay
Yeah, email nick avance. Leave me off of it. No, I mean, I'm just kidding
I know there's a few people that have signed me up for some things on nick avance. Just so we're clear
I haven't figured out who it is
But I've been signed up nothing inappropriate just some I'm being bothered by some things that I know I didn't go to websites. So, yeah
Yeah, I don't need goalie gummies. Okay
All right, well, we'll wrap it up this this episode for this episode of the avance podcast as always
I'm nick. I'm dan and don't just get there. Enjoy the drive
About this episode
The hosts dive into a casual chat covering a range of topics from gaming chairs and upcoming car-related video games like Forza and GTA 6, to the recent rise in gas prices due to the seasonal switch to summer gasoline blends. They discuss the practicality of commuter cars, especially in light of returning to office work, and share personal anecdotes about reliable vehicles like the Toyota Corolla. The conversation also touches on technical insights into turbo heat blankets, their materials, and benefits, along with a humorous debunking of firewalking myths involving lava rocks.
With several emissions rollbacks already taking effect, the automotive industry finds itself at a rare and timely crossroads—one that opens the door for genuinely exciting cars once again. Horsepower figures are now pushing past the 1,000 mark from multiple manufacturers, signaling that the long-running horsepower war is rapidly reaching its natural conclusion. As that race winds down, there’s hope that automakers will redirect their energy toward what truly defines a great car: delivering a more engaging, rewarding, and memorable driving experience.
Speaking of memorable driving experiences, what automotive related destinations have you felt called to go back to? For us, it's clearly Moab, Idaho, Colorado, and the hidden roads of Sierra Nevada's. What place has you itching to come back and drive? The Tail of the Dragon, the Alps? Let us know!
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