Auto Correct Oct 30, 2025

Auto Correct | Iconic Halloween Movie Cars

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Cummins engine

A Cummins engine is a type of powerful diesel engine used in big trucks. They are known for being strong and reliable.

Car

Cadillac Miller and Meteor Ambulance

This is a type of ambulance made by Cadillac in 1959. It's known for its fancy design and was used to transport patients, but it's also popular among collectors today.

Concept

tail fins

Tail fins are the pointed parts at the back of some cars that were very popular in the 1950s and 60s. They were designed to make cars look faster and more stylish.

Term

V8 engine

A V8 engine is a type of engine that has eight cylinders arranged in a V shape. This design helps the car produce more power and run smoothly, which is why it's often used in powerful cars.

Term

stainless steel

Stainless steel is a type of metal that doesn't rust, making it great for cars. It helps keep the car looking good over time, even in bad weather.

Car

Delorean DMC-12

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a famous car that has doors that open upwards, and it looks like a spaceship. It's well-known because it was featured in the 'Back to the Future' movies.

Brand

Cadillac

Cadillac is a brand that makes luxury cars. They are known for being stylish and high-quality.

Brand

General Motors

General Motors is a big company that makes many different car brands, like Chevrolet and Cadillac.

Term

350

The '350' is a type of engine that is often found in Chevrolet trucks and cars. It's known for being strong and able to handle heavy loads.

Car

Cadillac Series 62

The Cadillac Series 62 is a large, luxury car made by Cadillac. The 1958 version is known for its stylish design and comfortable features, making it a popular choice in its time.

Car

Ford Pinto

The Ford Pinto is a small car that was made in the 1970s. It had a serious problem where its gas tank could explode if the car was hit from behind, which made it very dangerous.

Concept

go-kart

A go-kart is a small car without a roof that you can drive on a track. It's usually very simple and is often used for fun racing.

Term

LFL 250 engine

The LFL 250 engine is a powerful engine used in motorcycles. It's designed to be lightweight and fast, which helps the vehicle go quickly.

Car

Ford Navigator

The Ford Navigator is a large SUV that offers a lot of space and luxury features. It's designed for families and those who want a comfortable ride with plenty of room.

Car

Lincoln Navigator

The Lincoln Navigator is a big, fancy SUV that is very comfortable and has lots of space inside. It has been in the news because some of them had safety issues that needed fixing.

Car

Renault Wind

The Renault Wind is a small car that you can take the roof off, making it fun to drive outside. It's known for being sporty and stylish.

Part

moonroof wind deflector

A moonroof wind deflector is a part that helps reduce wind noise when you open the moonroof in a car. It makes it more comfortable to ride with the roof open.

Car

Ford Expedition

The Ford Expedition is a large SUV that can carry many passengers and is good for towing things. Some models from 2021 and 2022 have a recall issue.

Car

Ford F-150

The Ford F-150 is a well-known pickup truck that is strong and can be used for many tasks. Some trucks from 2021 to 2023 have a recall issue.

Car

Ford Super Duty F-250

The Ford Super Duty F-250 is a tough truck made for heavy work like towing and carrying heavy loads. The 2022 version has a recall issue.

Car

Jeep Wrangler

The Jeep Wrangler is a tough, outdoor-friendly vehicle that can handle rough terrains like mountains and trails. People love it for its ability to go on adventures and for its cool, boxy look.

Company

Stellantis

Stellantis is the company that owns Jeep and other car brands. They make decisions about recalls and vehicle production for those brands.

Term

hybrid control processor

The hybrid control processor is like the brain of a hybrid car, helping it decide when to use the electric motor and when to use the gas engine for the best performance.

Term

telematics box module

The telematics box module is a part of the car that helps it connect to the internet and communicate with services like navigation and emergency help.

Term

UConnect

UConnect is a system in some cars that lets you connect your phone to the car for things like navigation and music. It makes using your car's technology easier.

Car

Tesla Cybertruck

The Tesla Cybertruck is a new type of electric truck that looks very different from regular trucks. It had a recall because some parts could come loose while driving, which could be dangerous.

Car

GMC Sonoma

The GMC Sonoma is a small truck made by GMC. It was popular for its ability to carry loads and drive well in various conditions.

Part

pigtail

A pigtail is a small wire that connects a light to the car's electrical system. If the light needs to be replaced, you can just change the pigtail instead of the whole wiring.

Car

Rolls-Royce Phantom

The Rolls-Royce Phantom is one of the fanciest cars you can buy, known for being super comfortable and very expensive. People talk about it because it's a symbol of luxury and wealth.

Car

Plymouth Barracuda

The Plymouth Barracuda is a cool old muscle car that many people love for its speed and sporty look. It's a classic car that collectors really want.

Car

440

The 440 is a powerful V8 engine made by Chrysler, popular in fast cars from the 1960s and 1970s.

Car

383

The 383 is a V8 engine made by Chrysler, known for being powerful and used in many classic muscle cars.

Car

Chevrolet Sports Van

The Chevrolet Sports Van is a type of van made by Chevrolet, designed to carry families and their gear. It's known for being roomy and comfortable for trips.

Car

So, before we get started, here's my definition of what an iconic movie car is.

It's a vehicle that transcends its on-screen role to become a pop culture symbol, often

defined by its unique design, speed, or connection to a memorable film.

These cars are not just props, they're memorable characters in their own right that enhance

the film's story and remain influential long after the credits roll.

Well, you know, when we start thinking about cars on Halloween, I start thinking about

horror movies that had iconic cars in those movies.

And I was going through my list of movies and cars, I said, wow, I have watched all

of these movies but three.

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Welcome to AutoCorrect, helping you correct your auto problems, our host is Coach Charlie

Melton, ASC-certified master technician, I'm Jermaine Flood.

Hey, Coach.

How you doing today?

I'm doing good.

I think we're both feeling a little, a little chickeny.

Well, you know, you're a little yellow, I'm a little brown.

Like you said earlier, we're both fouls today.

We are dressed as chickens today.

Why?

Because it's the day before Halloween.

Why wouldn't we?

And Coach is definitely a chicken and I'm definitely Big Bird and Abrams definitely

an MPB employee with his hat on.

I can't see.

Don't worry about me.

You know what?

Coach dressed as something and the reason why I know is because Marissa told me this morning,

but I cannot remember of what movie you are dressed as.

It's literally a specific scene from a specific movie.

It's dressed as, and it's like a B tier character in that movie.

Okay, tell us.

Jasper Cullen during the baseball scene in Twilight.

Okay.

The very first Twilight movie because I was wearing this shirt the other day and

Marissa goes, you know what?

You look like you're about to go play baseball with the Cullens.

So I said, I'll just embrace it today.

Well, you know, I thought it might have been the hair because I saw a lot of hairs on both

sides.

Well, Javi didn't think this was my real hair.

That's your real hair.

Yeah, this is my real hair.

Okay.

Well, I didn't think it was your real hair neither.

That's crazy.

Yeah.

I thought it was your real hair, but I thought, oh, he's just in his MPB gear

because you do have on an MPB hat.

I do have my MPB hat on at least.

Well, Coach and I are, we are going to be laying eggs later.

Well, I'm the rooster.

I'm not laying eggs.

Oh, you're a rooster.

I'm a big bird.

Big bird doesn't lay eggs either, but they do sit in nest.

We'll sit in an nest.

We will sit together.

We will sit in a nest together.

Listen, everybody, today we are going to, you know, piggyback off of these awesome

Halloween costumes we have on.

And we're going to be talking about iconic Halloween movie cars.

So let's get it kicked off.

Our email address for questions is auto at mpbonline.org.

The phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

You can still call Coach with all of your car horror stories.

And Coach will help you get that figured out.

He's going to assess the situation.

That's right.

Plenty just from last week.

I know.

He's going to assess.

It's some scary stuff going on with these cars.

Okay.

So before we get started, here's my definition of what an iconic movie car is.

It's a vehicle that transcends its on-screen role to become a pop culture symbol, often

defined by its unique design, speed, or connection to a memorable film.

These cars are not just props.

They're memorable characters in their own right that enhance the film's story

and remain influential long after the credits roll.

Well, you know, when we start thinking about cars on Halloween, I start thinking about

horror movies that had iconic cars in those movies.

And I was going through my list of movies and cars.

I said, wow, I have watched all of these movies, but three that had these iconic

cars in them.

And you are definitely a horror movie watcher if that is the case then.

Well, you know, I haven't watched one at a long time because I got to go back a little

bit.

You know, I was thinking about Pet Cemetery.

You know, if I think about Pet Cemetery, what did Jed, what kind of vehicle did Jed

drive?

You know, if you knew who Jed was, you know, that's a little bit of an older movie.

So no, I don't know, you know, but that was Pet Cemetery.

And really what it was, what really got me is that you had a, the whole idea

about this movie was that they lived by the road and these 18-wheelers would come by and

the boy walked out there in the middle of the road and got ran over.

And he got ran over by a real nice red Peter Belt.

It was a mean.

That thing wasn't nice because it ran him over.

Well, no, the truck, the truck was very good looking, you know, I think it had a

big Cummins engine in it and it was driving down the road and it was shiny red.

You know, and I think about iconic vehicles that just catch your eye because of what type

of vehicles might have been in that movie.

Yeah.

No, you're right.

You're right about that.

But Coach, he knows all of them.

That's how crazy this is.

Coach knows all of these movies and the one, okay, you got to mention one.

I'm going to mention one that stands out to me.

And it, of course, is the Ecto One from Ghostbusters.

Ghostbusters.

If you think about it, it had all types of different gadgets in that vehicle to make it what it

was.

Right.

Okay.

And you know, it was a ambulance in the first place.

It was.

It's really what it was.

It was an ambulance.

And so it really is a 1959 Cadillac Miller and Meteor Ambulance.

That's right.

Converted into the Ghost Catching Vehicle.

So that's exactly what that one is.

It's a rare end ambulance or a hearse that was built on a commercial, and I'm probably

saying this wrong, chasis.

Cadillac chassis.

Yeah.

It was built on known for its large tail fins and its V8 engine.

And these vehicles are highly sought after collectors items due to that design which

symbolize the era's fascination with space and speed.

Because you know what it reminds you of a little bit now.

What did it remind you of?

The DeLorean from Back to the Future.

Is that the car?

No.

No?

The DeLorean was a stainless steel car back to the future, and it was at Goldwing

Doors.

It had, it was just, it was like a sedan, is what it was, but it was stainless

steel.

And the good thing about stainless steel, it don't rust.

Right.

The Cadillac chassis, what they did, they built the echo on a Cadillac

chassis that, you know, most ambulances at that time were on a Chevrolet

chassis.

And when I say Chevrolet, that's a General Motors chassis.

Okay.

And so, same thing as you're saying, the hearse, they all look the same, but

what they did to that one is how they put the different gadgets in the

vehicle, you know, the different, the sirens and everything, the lights and how

they made it different.

Yeah.

You know, yes.

And everybody would like to have one of those.

It's got 300 worth of horsepower, 7,000 pounds of vehicle right there.

But yeah, that was a good one.

What was the vehicle that you were just talking about from, from that movie?

Oh.

From the other movie, from the one that you just said before me?

Oh, you talk about the, the, when I'm talking about Pet Cemetery.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Pet Cemetery, it wasn't really the, they didn't really have a vehicle

besides Jed drove an old Chevrolet pickup truck.

Okay.

Is what he drove.

And I'm sure it had a 350 in it, but they really didn't talk

meaning about vehicles.

But the one I really thought was really good, if you thought, thought

about it was, uh, Nightmare on Elm Street.

I don't, I don't remember the car.

All I remember is Freddie.

They were riding around.

You know, Freddie was supposed to be in the dreams.

Yeah.

But they had a car.

It was a 1958 Cadillac series.

Okay.

Once again.

I know what you're talking about.

I don't.

So they had the Cadillac series and that's what the people were

driving around in.

You know, Freddie came back in the dreams.

Yeah.

Okay.

And so, but, uh, even in the car, it seemed like Freddie was in

the car sometime chasing the people.

Okay.

In the 1960, uh, the 58 Cadillac.

Yeah, you're right.

You know, and you know, those Cadillacs had the big fins on

the back of them.

They were just long.

Matter of fact, you could take this whole room up because they

were so big.

It was a convertible?

Yes.

Well, doesn't he turn into the convertible part of the car?

Yeah.

Freddie does.

Yeah.

It does say that at the end, the roof closes and it traps the

character.

Yeah.

That was Freddie.

Yeah.

So that was a real neat car.

But you know, the one I was thinking, another one.

Did you ever watch the movie Cujo?

I did not see that one.

I've seen Cujo, but I've never paid it.

You talking about the car that they were stuck in in the

dirt.

Yes.

Well, in the driveway.

In the driveway and Ford had to do away with that car

because that car was very dangerous.

So I'm giving you sort of an idea about what that car was.

Okay.

What was it?

It was a Ford Pentel.

Oh.

Oh, okay.

She was stuck in a Ford Pentel and couldn't get out because

the big old dog was jumping on them on the Ford Pentel.

Yeah.

You know, so the dog was bigger than the car.

Yeah.

The dog was bigger than the car.

But Ford had to get rid of that car because the gas tank

was right on the back of it and it would explode.

Wow.

When it got hit in the rear.

Wow.

Ford Pentel runabout.

Right.

That's what they were in.

Yeah.

You were sure right.

You know, you just straight up go to the Halloween horror

movies and literally look for the vehicles in that movie.

Well, you know, they're so iconic because like I say, most

people are not going to know what they were driving or what

they were in.

You know, I was thinking about if you think about Silver

Bullet, anybody watch the movie Silver Bullet?

No.

Okay.

I was thinking about a priest that was a werewolf.

Okay.

And he would preach during the day and he would eat people

at night.

Okay.

So that's really what it was about.

That's a horror movie.

You know, so he would preach during the day, eat people

at night, but yet there was this young crippled boy that

knew he was a werewolf and he was trying to prove he was

a werewolf.

But you know, he didn't drive a car.

This uncle, his uncle built him a go-kart called the Silver

Bullet.

Okay.

Yeah.

And it was a go-kart on a track.

It had like this particular one, I wrote it down here

somewhere, I'll get to it, but it had so much power in

this.

It had like a LFL 250 engine in it, you know, it's

motorcycle engine that would fly down the road.

But that was the main vehicle in that movie because he was

the main character, you know, and coach is going to

roll through him.

And before he rolls through him through them, coach has

given you all a trivia question that I'm going to

reiterate for him.

So the question is, and you will win, you know, you

can call us, you will win a MPB t-shirt.

I will send you an MPB t-shirt.

The number again is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

If you'd like to win this t-shirt, answer this

question.

What was the vehicle of transportation that was a

common thread?

There was, there was a vehicle of transportation.

That's what we're calling it.

That both the, the main character, the killer in

Saw and the main character, which was a leprechaun

in leprechaun, rode or drove.

Rode, drove, whatever they could do.

There is a, a call, a vehicle.

There is a vehicle in one of, in both of these

movies, that's the same thing.

You can, if you can answer that question, give us

a call.

The phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

And if you've got a question, you can give us

a call about your car.

Coach is still answering those, or you can send

an email to auto at mpbonline.org.

We're talking iconic Halloween movie cars.

Is your car under recall?

That's scary.

I'll tell you how you can find out next.

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You know what, before I go to the recalls,

let's go to the phone lines.

We've got Sheila in Slidell, Louisiana.

She, I think, has the correct answer

to our trivia question.

And Sheila, you are on with Coach Charlie Melton.

Okay, well, tricycles.

That is the answer.

Tricycle.

Yeah.

You know, to really get that answer,

you had to watch both of those movies

because the leprechaun, you know,

he would always ride that tricycle

looking for his pot of gold.

That was really creepy.

It was really, really just creepy.

That movie was just creepy all the way through.

It was. You know, it looked a little like me

sometime.

It was, and then even the main character

from Saw Riding a tricycle was creepy.

Both of them, they were both.

Billy the puppet, yeah.

Yeah, that's creepy.

Sheila, stay on the line.

I'm going to have Marissa get your mailing information,

but you did win the t-shirt.

So thank you so much for playing with us today, Sheila.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Yeah, that was good, Coach.

That was a good question.

That was good.

So the other two must have had it too.

Yeah, everybody just about more than likely

hit the nail on, especially leprechaun.

If you ever remember what he was riding around in.

Yeah, the better one would have been Silver Bullet.

Right, right, right.

Okay, well, here's some recent recalls.

Up first, it's not as scary as it used to feel.

Ford is our first.

Well, we're used to it.

We're used to it now.

It's just part of life.

Yeah, it's not even Halloween anymore.

It's like Freddy Krueger just comes in your dreams.

She just has the, every time you do a recall,

every time you do a Ford recall,

just have the bam, bam, bam.

Every time.

I was thinking, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.

That's the twilight zone.

So this latest recall affects more than 174,800 cars,

including a population of navigator SUVs

from Ford's luxury brand, Lincoln,

and involves the moonroof wind deflector, which may detach.

Effective vehicles include model year 21 to 22 Expedition SUVs,

model year 21 to 23 F-150 pickup trucks,

and model year 22 Super Duty F-250, 350, and 450 trucks.

Affected, Lincoln's include the 21 to 22 navigators.

The moonroof wind deflector clips.

Side note, does a moonroof wind deflector

really deflect enough wind to make it needed?

Say that three times fast.

Maybe it'll deflect a few bugs coming in.

Yeah, possibly, flying into the car.

Okay, I'll give them that.

Let's give them that one.

The clips, though, on the affected vehicles

may not be adequately attached to the moonroof frame,

and as a result, that deflector may detach

and become a road hazard increasing.

The risk of a crash, of course,

are inspecting and repairing the moonroof wind deflector

as necessary for free, so this is kind of tame for them.

Well, what I was thinking,

we could go ahead and put clips on there

and use a little gorilla glue at the same time.

At the same, it'll work just fine.

It'll work just fine, okay.

So, the second recall we have in the deck

is after installing an over-the-air update

for the UConnect system October 10th,

some Jeep Wrangler 4XE owners took to social media sites

and internet forums to report some serious issues

they were experiencing with their vehicles,

including dashboard error messages

and sudden power losses while driving.

Now, an official recall has been filed

with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

for the issue.

Jeep parent company, Stellanus,

is recalling more than 24,200 model year,

23 to 25 Jeep Wrangler 4XE plug-in hybrid SUVs

over the issue.

The over-the-air update may cause incomplete communication

between the hybrid control processor

and telematics box module

and as a result, the processor may reset.

If it resets while the vehicle is in motion,

the vehicle could lose drive power

and crash unexpectedly.

Now, that's scary.

Well, you know, you call it UConnect

and I think it's UDisconnect.

Yeah, that's what it's gonna do.

You know, I think about just a little car note here.

You know, when we do the internet

on all these vehicles and all these things

are ran by software that is over-the-air

and all that, there are a lot of vehicles.

Even my wife's Honda, there are certain times that,

you know, you're supposed to be able to connect the phone.

The phone don't work because the vehicle

is just not grabbing the signal from the internet.

Yeah.

So that is really what's happening

to all of these different modules they put in there.

They're not grabbing the signal

quick enough from the internet to work.

To get it through.

Yeah, the interface is not working.

Well, let me tell you, the remedy for this issue

is currently under development.

They need an IT person in there more than likely.

Well, just keep on driving

and you just won't have no communication.

Yeah, that's probably what's happening.

The transmission will stop on you

and then hopefully we don't have accident.

Yeah, yeah, no, you're right.

You're right.

All right, here is a final recall.

Back in March, this is the scary one.

Tesla.

Tesla recalled more than 46,000 examples

of its Cybertruck 4 Detaching trim

that could become a road hazard.

Now the automaker is recalling the vehicle

over another issue that could disrupt other drivers.

The lights are too bright.

We talked about lights several months ago

about the different lights

and what people were the manufacturers

that have a problem with those lights

because they were so bright.

I mean, they are white.

I've seen them.

63,600 Cybertrucks are involved.

That's 24 to 26.

The vehicle controller software in the trucks

may cause front parking lights to be too bright,

affecting the other driver's visibility

and increasing the risk of a crash.

The automaker has already released

a free over-the-air software update

to resolve the issue.

Once again, over the airsoft,

all they're going to do is reduce the voltage to it

so they don't get so bright.

Okay, okay, well, that's easy fix.

Yes.

And you can find out if your car has a past recall

by going to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's

website in htsa.gov

for slash recalls

and put your VIN number right there

or you can find their safer car app.

We're talking iconic Halloween movie cars.

We're also taking vehicle repair questions.

Our email address is autoatmpbonline.org.

The phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

Coach, we had a caller leave a question.

He has a 1999 GMC Sonoma truck.

Blinkers on the passenger side are blinking fast.

He changed the lights, but it hasn't fixed it.

Any ideas what he can do to get them to blink properly?

The driver side blinks normally.

Yeah, usually what happens there,

we go ahead and we change the light bulb on it

and it doesn't quit.

It still blinks fast.

And usually what you need to do there,

they have a pigtail back there where that light goes in

and that pigtail can be disconnected

and the aftermarket auto zones,

events, Napa sells that pigtail

and that will solve your problem.

Okay, okay.

Well, that's it.

I hope that helps with that GMC Sonoma.

About $15.

Okay.

Oh, that's cheap.

That's a good fix.

Good fix, y'all.

All right, we're still talking about

iconic Halloween movie cars.

Coach, let's get into another one.

Do you have one that's at the top of your brain?

I got one.

Okay.

Phantom, okay.

If you think about Phantom,

what kind of car were they driving?

And this is one of these types of cars that I just love

and everybody wants to have one.

What car?

It is a Barracuda.

A Barracuda.

What do you know the year of that one?

It's a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.

Okay.

It has a 440.

Okay.

It has a six pack on it.

If you know what a six pack is,

not the one on your body,

but the six pack on a car.

That is three two barrel carburetors on this vehicle.

Okay.

And it's a 440 engine.

You know, they made the 383,

then they made the 440.

Yeah.

Okay, that was just a step up

and that vehicle will run.

Right.

You know, and so everybody loves the Barracuda.

Everybody wished they had one.

I wished I had one.

So this car,

and some of these cars in these movies,

these were not like Christine,

where they were killer cars.

These were just cars that were driven in the movie.

These are just cars driven in the movie.

Okay.

We do have some killer cars on here,

but these are cars that were driven in the movies

and just really made the movie,

not because the car was the main character,

but just made the movie

because of what type of vehicles they were driving.

Okay.

You know.

Okay.

I've got one.

It's a night.

Can you guess?

I'm going to say the car

and you've got to guess the movie.

All right.

We have Chevrolet Sports Van.

The Chevrolet Sports Van.

Don't know that one.

Which one?

Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine?

What?

The Scooby-Doo.

I was going to put that one down,

but I said,

well, Scooby-Doo's not really a Halloween.

Well, he was.

It was always,

they were always chasing ghosts.

Yeah.

That ghost they did.

They never could catch that.

They were always chasing ghosts.

It was always somebody human.

Yeah.

But it was the 1965 Chevrolet Sports Van

was a passenger-focused front-engine compact van

introduced as a comfortable version

of the standard Chevy Van,

featuring integrated windows and interior paneling.

And it puts you in the mind of the Volkswagen,

the van.

The new van they got to.

Well, that too.

But even the old Volkswagen van.

The old Volkswagen van.

Yes.

From the 60s.

It was a Chevy van.

Yes.

They were loving those open-window concept

vans.

Their van had shack carpet in it.

You know, I had a van,

a Chevy van,

short wheelbase Chevy van

that had carpet in it.

Uh-huh.

Had a 315 engine in it.

Uh-huh.

And it would fly.

And but, you know,

I thought it was a man van.

I love it.

You know,

I didn't keep it very long.

I love it.

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In the news coach,

Tesla deploys Mad Max Mode

and it immediately triggers

an NHTSA investigation.

So a recent update to Tesla's full self-driving

saw the first production deployment

of Mad Max Mode.

It's an aggressive driving profile

willing to take more risk,

speed and weave through traffic

to get you to your destination more quickly.

This mode, which turns a Tesla into a road warrior

willing to break laws and risk crashes,

immediately triggered a government investigation

and Tesla is already under scrutiny

for FSD failing to stop for school buses

and train crossings.

So it seems strange that they would deploy a mode

that disregards safety even more

in the middle of all of this.

Well, you know, last month,

they had a recall on Tesla

due to the autonomous vehicle

what they were doing.

They were running red lights

just driving down the road and running red lights.

Maybe this is one of the ones

that we're talking about.

So it says Mad Max Mode first appeared

in beta testing in 2018

before being removed due to public outcry.

At the time, it was called Crash Mode

as a moniker

because some of the worst human drivers

it was willing to drive aggressively down a road

and increase the risk of a crash,

which is exactly what the autonomous driving systems

are supposed to be preventing.

Well, that sounds like one of our horror movies.

That's what I'm saying.

So NHTSA has gotten involved

and they've been investigating Tesla

for numerous reports of violations and crashes.

So we're going to see how this Mad Max Mode

shakes out.

Elon just wants to drive fast without nobody in the car.

I guess if you're riding in it

and you know what, if a car is driving you

just calm down, right?

It seems like you want the car now to drive

like you were driving and if that's the case

just get behind the wheel.

What a terrible idea that was in the first place.

Let me give you an example.

How would Tesla drive an autonomous vehicle

if you were coming out of Oklahoma's University?

It took us two hours to get out of the parking lot.

I wonder what a Tesla would do.

I don't know.

I wonder if it would just sit there

autonomous driver and wait until all the traffic went by.

I guess. I don't know.

It could be a Mad Max Mode

and just sort of ran over the curve and stuff like that.

Right.

Well listen, everyone, if you'd like to read up more on this

I'll include a link to this story in our show's

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He's got a submission of a bad guy car coach.

A bad guy? That must be Steve McQueen.

Fletch, you're on with Coach Charlie.

All right. No, it's not McQueen

but it's the category has been expanded

a little bit to include bad guys

and or chasing bad guys.

How about the Bandage 77's Firebird?

Oh yes, that was the car my wife had.

One of those, her and her sister shared it.

It was beautiful. It was beautiful.

How did it drive?

How do you get to drive it?

They had one but they were younger but they had one.

And it was a beautiful car

and the Bandage car was just beautiful.

Fletch, thanks.

Fletch, you still there?

We make it between the 77 Firebird

if we could come up with the sheriff's model car

probably a Chevy Cruiser.

That would be another bad guy chasing.

I like the sheriff's car.

Every time it was off all the doors were off

but he was still driving that car.

He never could catch that bandage, could he?

That's funny, that is funny.

Fletch, thank you so much for that.

Alright, thank you.

Alright coach, we're getting into some more

iconic Halloween movie cars.

This time though, I want to know about the killer cars.

The ones who wore the bad guys in the movies.

Now, we know the famous killer car.

What?

Christine.

Okay, let's get started with Christine.

Christine was a 1950, first off,

Christine the movie was made in 1983.

That's my year, thank you very much.

But in the movie, the car was a 1958 Plymouth Fury

and it was a vengeful little car.

It was vengeful.

Well, you know what I liked about that car?

Every time it ran into somebody

or every time it killed somebody

and it got smashed, man, it was one of the,

it was like a chameleon.

Oh yeah, it was just, it would regenerate.

It would regenerate.

And it looked as good as it did on this room floor.

That's scary, that's scary.

That's why, that's a scary killer car.

That was a beautiful car.

Yes, Abram has one, coach.

Abram, what you got?

I do, and I can make this a little bit

of a trivia question if you guys wanted to.

No, I'm tired, I don't watch horror movies.

Fair enough, fair enough.

This one is a 1941 Chevy COE delivery truck

with the tag, the license plate reads

B-E-A-T-N-G-U, so B eating you.

I feel like I've known.

Jeepers, creepers.

You got it, you got it.

Marissa came in here and told me about that

in the middle of the break

and I was like, I already have this pulled up.

Okay, so because I have some words in front of me

I know what that one is.

It's a 1958 Chevrolet C-10 truck.

So that's what that one is.

But it had that big ol' green face on it

and it was a monster car.

It was and he would shoot like harpoons

out the back of it and stuff, like ridiculous stuff.

That's terrible, that is terrible.

These cars were scary, man.

Well, if I could name all the cars

that were on some of the Mad Max's movies,

all those criminals, they had all kinds of things

coming out of the back of them,

harpoons and machine guns and swings.

But they weren't autonomous self-driving cars.

These were manned cars.

But they were bad.

They were bad.

We got any more killer autonomous cars?

Well, there is a movie called Cars.

Not the Pixar movie called Cars.

No, Lightning McQueen.

Leave Tomater out of this.

This was a 2019 movie

but it was about road revenge.

Chrysler 300 and what it was,

a district attorney died

and he comes back.

He got killed and he comes back.

As a car.

As in this car and the car,

he is cruising down the highway.

He's a ghost and he's cruising down the highway

running over people and killing people.

Right.

That was called the movie Cars.

So don't get it mixed up with cars.

Yeah.

Okay.

Rest only then.

That is a beautiful movie.

It's nice and it's nothing scary in that.

Yeah, nothing at all.

Well, this is one of the first horror movies I've watched.

Okay.

Was the Exodus.

The Exodus.

That was one of the first horror movies you watched?

Really.

I think the one that I can really remember.

The original.

He's on the original.

This is the original.

This was Blair in there

and her name was Reagan.

Yeah.

She was throwing up

and the devil was in and all this.

Yeah.

How do you think?

I love the way Coach just called her Blair from.

That's what I mean.

Yeah, from the Watcher McCut.

That's her real name, Blair.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I love it.

You know, and the priests were driving.

Facts of life.

I'm sorry.

My brain was trying to pull her.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you know what she was drove out of DC

and what type of car?

I don't know.

A Mercedes, a 280.

Oh, that's what she drove out of.

That's what the priest drove her out of, you know.

Yeah.

Took her out after she had the exorcism.

Oh, after she had the exorcism.

Okay.

They had to get rid of her.

Okay.

You know, and then so that was, you know,

Mercedes, you know,

you don't really see a lot of Mercedes in movies.

Yeah.

But this is one that they were in, you know.

Yeah.

So I thought that was pretty neat in that one, you know.

And then the battle bus.

You know what the battle buses are?

There was two of them.

It was in the movie,

what was I got on the dawn of the dead.

Okay.

So it was the movie dawn of the dead.

The newer dawn of the dead or the older dawn of the dead?

You know, they look like newer vehicles.

Okay, okay.

And these battle buses, you got to understand.

That's the one movie.

That's the one horror movie I did watch.

The newer one.

Or they reinforced everything, you know,

and, you know, and, you know,

they had all the gear in them and all.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I thought that was a neat movie as well.

Yeah.

And have you ever seen Wrath?

I haven't.

No.

You ever seen Wrath?

No.

Okay, Wrath.

It was a movie in 1986,

and it had a blackout Dodge M45 turbo.

Okay.

And they didn't make many that were rolled,

where they could drive on the road.

Mm-hmm.

And this one here sells right now for 410,000 euros.

Good news.

Neuros?

Neuros.

Oh, man.

410,000 euros.

Yeah.

And it's only one that they said was a road legal.

Right, right, right.

This vehicle was so fast, you know,

because like I say, it had, like,

it was a blacked out Dodge M45 turbo interceptor.

Oh, wow.

You know.

Wow.

What about, did you ever see the movie Maximum Overdrive?

What was that?

Who was that with?

That's a, I don't know who was in it,

but it's a, oh, wait, it's right here.

Emilio Estevez, that's right.

Emilio Estevez is in it.

And he, it's Steven,

it's the only movie Stephen King actually directed himself

and he hates it.

He hates the movie.

He's not proud of it at all,

but it's like, there's like a, like a,

like a EMP pulse or something

that like makes all these cars come to life

and they all start killing people.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

Well, did you see the-

I'm gonna watch that one.

Okay.

There is a movie out there.

It's a older movie and it's called Killer Trucks.

Okay.

And what this movie was about is that

18 wheelers that were at the truck stop

came alive.

No, that's scary too.

And they started running over people down the highway.

I gotta find these killer car movies

where their cars are autonomous.

That's where we got all these self-driving Tesla ideas from-

We got them off the-

The movies.

That's where they came from.

Thanks, Tesla Mad Max Mode.

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It's time for Coach Charlie's Halloween tip of the week.

Week, week.

You know, I was thinking here,

and maybe this is not really funny,

but it is to me.

If I ever get old and I get dementia,

do you think I'm going to think about

Halloween movies and horror movies?

I think you will.

And I thought about the same thing for me,

but mine would be more music-based,

and I'll probably just be standing around

just singing and just happy with life.

But you'll just be talking about,

remember the movie,

Carl Christie?

Look at me.

Just be walking around saying just that.

The tip of the week is, you know,

go out and...

Don't forget nothing.

Don't forget anything.

But if you think about Halloween movies

and Halloween itself,

I want you to be very safe with the kids on Halloween.

There's going to be a lot of cars out there,

and it's on Friday night, you know, football,

Friday night football,

so everybody's going to be out.

So be very, very careful with the kids out there.

Please do.

And just pay attention.

Stay safe.

And candy ain't all that worth it.

You can go to a grocery store

and buy some off the shelf.

That's too hot.

Yeah.

Yeah, on Halloween Friday night,

you got to watch out for a lot.

Be very, very careful.

Yeah, everybody please do be careful out there.

And all the kids pranking people and whatnot.

That's right.

And there are no autonomous vehicles

that are real killers out there.

There are really people who will hurt you so bad.

Yes.

Please, please, please, please be safe.

Let's get into some more scary movie cars.

We got two phone calls on the line.

Let's go to Les in DeSoto County.

He's got one.

Les, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Good morning, everyone.

This is a little peripheral perhaps.

Some years ago, there was a film

that was directed by Spielberg.

It had Dennis Weaver, a plaintiff's valiant,

and a dirty truck chasing him.

It was called Duel.

Yeah.

Coach was about to say that, Les.

You literally, and he's so excited.

He can't even get it out.

He's just foining.

You know, Les, that movie Duel,

I think that scared me when I was younger

because it was like 16 years old

when I just started driving.

And I was scared that 18-wheeler

was going to run over me because,

you know, I might have done something,

pulled on in front of somebody or something.

But I was just fixing to talk about that.

Les, did you get the same feeling that Coach did?

I'm quite disturbed.

But the important thing about that film,

it was never explained.

It was never explained.

You never knew why the truck was chasing him.

No, no clue at all.

And some parts of that film,

I think Spielberg, we filmed in Jaws,

you know, the appearance of the truck,

the appearance of the shark with the headlights,

and little dirt, you know.

When I first saw that, I thought,

I ain't driving in America.

I'm not...

I'm never going.

That's what I got.

I love it.

But I think it's still worth watching, actually.

It is.

It's still a very, very good film.

Let's say it's not really a horror movie.

It's just...

I'm not quite sure how you would describe it.

But it's worth seeing.

Hey, it was off the chain.

More of a thriller type movie.

A slasher?

A little thriller.

But you couldn't get the gist of it.

All you knew is that this 18-wheeler,

and matter of fact, it was a 1971 Peter Belt

that was chasing this guy.

It was an oil tanker.

And you couldn't get the gist of why...

He was getting chased.

That meant...

Yeah.

It was never explained.

And also, I think one part of the movie,

and I think that people tend to overlook that,

director didn't, was he chose for the car,

Dennis Weaver's car, one of the most mundane,

ordinary suburban vehicles in America,

and that was the Plymouth Valiant.

Yes.

That's what he had.

And it was a brown one.

No, it was red.

Red. The red one, okay.

Yeah.

And so, yeah, that needs to be shown again, I think.

I still think it's my favorite Spielberg film.

That was a good film.

Les, thank you.

Thank you.

And y'all are gonna make me now watch Duel.

You gotta watch it.

I mean, it sounds pretty iconic.

I wish we had the cameras on for when he said Duel,

and you guys both went, ooh!

We were like pointing in the air.

We had it.

He said it on the break.

Okay, let's go to Don and Hernando.

Don has got a scary movie car he wants to mention.

Don, you're on with Coach Charlie.

This is so ironic.

I was gonna bring up Duel also.

But my question is, what kind of car was Dennis Weaver driving?

That was the valiant he was driving.

Right.

I didn't know if y'all had brought that up in that last call or not.

It was a 71 valiant.

Yeah, that was brought up in the last call or yeah.

But you know, it's so ironic.

I think you had to be a certain age to have watched that movie.

I never heard of this one.

We've not.

Yeah, I'm 70 years old.

So yeah, it's kind of aging a little bit.

You know, I'm 65 and all these young folks in here,

they haven't heard half of these movies that I've watched.

I'm 42.

So, yeah.

Yeah, I haven't seen it.

We're just telling our age.

Yeah, that's okay.

I appreciate all so much.

That's okay.

Thank you, Don.

The movie came out in 1971.

Yes.

Yeah, yeah.

So again, like it says, it centers on a traveling salesman

driving his car through rural California to meet a client.

And it all breaks loose after that.

18 wheeler with the flammable tanker on the back.

You know, he would let it get close to him.

He'd let it get to the side of him.

Maybe try to see who was in there.

He even pulled in truck stops.

It was coming after him, boy.

You know, one of the things I want to talk about real quick,

you know, Les talked about Jaws, you know,

what did the sheriff Brody drive?

And you know, I would love to have that truck now that he drove.

He drove a blazer.

It was a, let me see, I got it on here somewhere on my paper here.

Yeah, it was a 1975 Chevy K Blazer.

It was the big blazer that he drove in Jaws.

So, and I like that one.

And have you ever seen the movie The Hills Have Eyes?

Yes, but I never pay attention to the cars.

You pay attention to cars in these.

Well, this is a little bit of a road trip movie, right?

Yeah, it's a little road trip movie.

I'm just scared for it.

This one makes sense a little bit.

But some of the times you're talking about the cars

and I'm like, why, how did you remember this one?

I know.

But Hills Have Eyes, you know, it was about a nuclear

or something and these people were going crazy in the Hills.

But this 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III,

it's a big black car.

It was used in several movies.

It was used in Rosemary's baby movie.

It was used in the car movies.

It was used in, for about six years total,

this particular black Lincoln was used, you know.

And, you know, that's what I'm saying.

Some of these cars are so iconic that they make the movie

because that's what you remember of the movie.

Yeah, I mean, and I know these,

the casting of the car is not coincidental.

Right.

When it becomes that thing where it was in this movie,

that movie and that movie.

So cars can be pretty iconic in movies.

We've talked about famous cars before

and now today we've gotten into our Halloween

iconic movie cars.

So it was a good episode.

How about the Green Goblin?

Oh yeah.

The Green Goblin was in Killer Trucks.

Yeah.

Coach knows all of these, Abram.

He knows all of these.

I'm learning that about him.

You must have watched a lot more horror movies

than I thought you did.

You know, I haven't watched any in years.

Yeah.

Yeah, he just remembers them all.

He remembers them all.

I got dementia.

Listen, I want to say happy Halloween.

Yes, to everybody.

Have a safe Halloween.

Have a great, great time this weekend

and that'll wrap us up for today's AutoCorrect.

Our crew engineer is Abram Nanny.

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For Coach Charlie Melton, Master Technician,

I'm Jermaine Flood.

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