Coilovers are suspension parts that let you change how high or low the car sits. HKS is the brand, and these are aftermarket versions people use to improve handling or get the look they want.
They mention “Olin’s” as something expensive, but the clip doesn’t say what it is. Without more context, it’s hard to tell which exact car part or brand they mean.
Coilovers are aftermarket suspension parts that let you adjust how high the car sits and how stiff it feels. They’re commonly used to improve handling compared to stock suspension.
The Honda S2000 is a small two-seat sports car. It’s known for feeling exciting to drive, especially because the engine revs high. The podcast is asking when one is going to be finished or updated.
The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car made by Mazda. It’s known for having a special type of engine called a rotary engine. The podcast is asking for an update on it, implying there’s been progress or changes before.
Concept
car transported
They’re talking about shipping a car to someone else. The problem is that it can involve multiple companies and unclear timing, so you can’t easily tell what’s going on.
The Tesla Semi is an electric truck meant for hauling goods. It’s designed for commercial use, like moving freight for companies. The podcast is talking about it from the perspective of truck drivers and transport businesses.
An RFID chip is a tiny tag that can be detected by a scanner nearby using radio signals. The idea here is that it would let them identify where someone (and things near them) are.
The Mazda RX-8 is a sports car from Mazda that uses a rotary engine (it doesn’t work like a normal piston engine). Here, they’re using it as an example of a car they could track using tech.
This is a Porsche Panamera, but in a wagon-style body. It’s meant to be more practical for hauling stuff while still feeling like a performance Porsche.
A rotary engine is a type of engine that doesn’t use pistons like most cars. Instead, it uses a spinning part, and when it breaks, you may need to replace specific internal pieces—not just one generic part.
In a rotary engine, sealing surfaces control compression and also separate coolant passages from combustion areas. If a coolant seal fails, coolant can leak into places it shouldn’t, which can cause overheating and internal damage that may require replacing major components.
The housing is the main engine part that the rotary rotor spins inside. If its inside surface gets damaged—especially from extreme heat—it may be too far gone to fix and you have to replace it.
Work hardening means the metal changes after being stressed—often becoming harder but also more brittle. The host is saying that if the rotary housing gets too hot, it can’t be machined back to good condition.
Resurfacing means shaving/machining a worn surface to make it smooth and usable again. Here, they’re saying overheating can damage the rotary housing so badly that resurfacing won’t fix it.
Renesis is a specific version of Mazda’s rotary engine used in the RX-8. In this conversation, they’re comparing it to other rotary versions based on cost and how desirable they are.
13B is Mazda’s code name for a rotary engine family. They’re talking about whether it’s realistic to swap a 13B into an RX-8 instead of using the RX-8’s stock rotary version.
REW is a particular version of Mazda’s rotary engine. In this segment, they’re saying the REW is the “cooler” and more desirable one to swap, especially for an RX-8 build.
Concept
rotary on it
This is shorthand for a rotary engine swap—changing which rotary engine is installed in a car. The hosts quickly push back on the idea that you can “just” drop in another rotary, implying that fitment, intake/exhaust routing, and engine management details make swaps more involved.
A standalone ECU is the engine’s computer, but it’s an aftermarket one. When you swap engines, the stock computer may not work correctly, so people often use a standalone ECU to make the new engine run right.
“Six speed” means the car has six forward gears. When you’re talking about engine swaps, the transmission choice matters because it changes how the engine’s revs line up with the gears.
A “bridge port” is a modification to a rotary engine’s internal passages. It changes how the engine breathes, which can make it idle and sound more extreme—closer to what people expect from a rotary.
Term
RMSS
“RMSS” sounds like another rotary modification option. They’re basically saying it’s still neat, but it won’t make the car behave exactly like a bridge port at idle.
Motegi Racing Wheels is a company that makes aftermarket wheels. The hosts are saying the wheels they use have survived a lot of abuse and still look good.
Offset is basically how the wheel sits relative to the car—toward the inside or the outside. It matters because it affects tire clearance and how the wider setup will fit.
A wider setup means using wider wheels and tires than the car came with. It can improve grip, but you have to make sure everything still fits without rubbing.
“S chassis” is a common enthusiast shorthand for Nissan’s S-chassis platform (notably the Silvia S13/S14/S15 generations). The hosts connect it to fitment choices like wheel offset and wheel widths for those cars.
Fuel mileage means how far the car can go on a given amount of fuel. If tires create less rolling resistance, the car can often get better fuel mileage.
Aftermarket tires are tires you buy that aren’t the exact brand/model that came on the car from the factory. The discussion is about rules that might make it harder or more expensive to choose those tires.
Rolling resistance is how much energy your tires “waste” as they roll over the road. Tires with lower rolling resistance usually help the car use less fuel.
EVs are electric cars. Since they run on stored electricity, anything that makes the car harder to move—like tire losses—can affect how far you can drive.
Drag coefficient is a measure of how much air resistance your car creates. Lower air resistance means the car needs less energy to go, especially at highway speeds.
Nankang is a tire company that makes lots of different tires. The hosts are using it as an example of cheaper tires that showed up in the U.S. a few years back.
Brand
federal 595
Federal is a tire brand, and “595” is the name of a particular tire model. They’re mentioning it because it was relatively cheap compared with other options at the time.
Brand
lend 87 thunder
This part of the transcript sounds like it might be misheard. It doesn’t clearly match a known tire or car name, so it’s hard to explain accurately.
An anti-dumping tax is a government fee added to imported products when they’re priced so low that it looks unfair. In this case, it was meant to discourage cheap imported tires from undercutting local tire companies.
Treadwear is a number printed on some tires that’s supposed to hint at how long the tread might last. But it’s not a perfect prediction, and different brands can make it hard to compare fairly.
Tire pressure is how inflated the tire is. The “right” pressure helps the tire sit correctly on the road; too high or too low can make it roll less efficiently and feel worse.
Term
rolling efficiently
Some tires waste more energy as they roll than others. The better the tire is at rolling smoothly, the less energy the car needs to keep going.
The Subaru WRX is a sporty Subaru that’s meant to drive more like a performance car than a normal commuter. “VB” is the code for this newer generation of WRX, and they’re talking about whether tire rules would limit what owners can install.
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s are a sporty tire model designed for strong grip. They’re mentioned because the WRX can come with them, and that could affect whether regulators allow similar aftermarket tires.
Homologation is basically “official approval.” In car terms, it means a specific setup (like tires) is certified as meeting the rules, so regulators can say what’s allowed to match the approved configuration.
“Miles per gallon” (MPG) is a fuel-economy measure used in the U.S. It’s relevant here because tire regulations may be justified by small changes in fuel consumption caused by different tire rolling resistance.
“Lower resistance tires” means tires that waste less energy as you drive. The concern is that making a tire more efficient might reduce grip, especially on wet roads. The exact outcome depends on the tire design.
“EV tires” are tires sold as being made for electric cars. They’re usually advertised to help the car go farther by reducing energy losses. The debate here is whether they’re truly different or mostly branding.
Traction is how well the tires can grip the road. If a tire is tuned for efficiency, it might not grip as well in some situations. The host is questioning whether you lose grip when you choose “lower resistance” tires.
The “foam” is something put inside the tire to change how it behaves. It can be used to reduce noise or vibrations, and sometimes companies also connect those changes to efficiency claims. The host is skeptical that the effect is meaningful.
The Ferrari Luce is a Ferrari-related vehicle name mentioned in the podcast. The conversation suggests it’s connected to how and where it would be made. The podcast isn’t describing how it drives—more like the background of the project.
“Zero emissions” means the car doesn’t put out exhaust pollution while it’s running. In practice, that usually points to electric cars rather than gas engines.
“Grams per kilometer” is a way to measure how much exhaust pollution a car makes as it drives. The host is saying Japan uses numbers like this to set strict limits for car emissions.
The host is talking about California trying to restrict what tires people can buy or use. The bigger point is that if California changes the rules, other states may copy it.
SEMA is a big U.S. group that supports the aftermarket car parts industry—things like upgrades and specialty equipment. The host is saying they help show why these car parts and builds are cool and worth keeping.
A “collector’s car” is a special registration category for older or special vehicles. The host is saying it can make it easier to register and keep these cars under rules that are different from everyday cars.
The Tesla Model 3 is an electric car, meaning it runs on electricity instead of gasoline. It’s a sedan, so it’s built for normal daily driving. The podcast mentions it as a popular choice when someone asks what car you’d want.
The Honda Civic is a popular car that lots of enthusiasts modify. The host is using it as an example of the older tuning culture versus today’s EV-focused dreams.
IC engine is just a fancy way of saying a gas (or diesel) engine that burns fuel. The host is saying these engines may be phased out as rules and technology shift.
“Hot V” describes where the turbo setup sits on a V-shaped engine. The idea is to keep the exhaust path short so the turbo can spool up faster, but it makes the engine bay run hotter.
They’re talking about government rules that decide what car modifications are allowed. If the topic is aftermarket tires, those rules can determine which tire options you can legally use on the road.
“Takeover culture” is when car groups show up in public areas and do disruptive, attention-grabbing driving. The host suggests it causes enough trouble that authorities and communities respond with restrictions.
They’re talking about race tracks closing because neighborhoods are growing around them. When people move closer, they may complain about noise or disruption, and the track can lose permission to operate.
The Datsun 240Z is a famous old sports car from the 1970s. The host is saying that back then it was cheaper to buy and fix, but now the car and its parts cost a lot more.
350Z usually means the Nissan 350Z. It’s a well-liked sports car, and people commonly modify them—like upgrading wheels and tires—to make them handle better.
Continental is a well-known tire company. They’re talking about using Continental tires on their cars as a practical stand-in before they switch to the official race tire.
Spec racing means everyone has to use similar equipment so it’s a fairer fight. They’re saying the official race tire is costly, so they’ll use another tire first to learn what the car is doing.
A baseline is the starting point you compare everything to. They’re using one tire first so they can tell how the car changes when they switch to the official race tire.
A spec tire is the exact tire the racing series requires. They’re saying that tire is pricey and not always easy to deal with, so they’re testing first.
ECS-02 is a particular Continental tire model. The host’s point is that it comes in many different sizes, so you can choose one that fits your wheels and your car.
The Mazda Miata is a small two-seat sports car made for driving enjoyment. It’s known for being light and easy to handle. The podcast is mentioning it in a list of cars that people set up with different tire arrangements for better traction.
Staggered setup means the front and rear tires aren’t the same size. Usually the rear is wider, which can help the car grip better and look more aggressive.
Aspect ratio is basically how tall the tire’s sidewall is compared to its width. Changing it can affect ride comfort and how the tire looks on the wheel.
Stance setup is about how the car looks—especially how low it sits and how the wheels sit in the arches. It’s mostly an appearance goal, but it also depends on tire and wheel sizes fitting correctly.
The Toyota Tacoma is a popular pickup truck from Toyota. It’s the kind of truck people often modify, and here it’s mentioned because a brand used the wrong truck image for their apparel.
The Dodge Neon is a small, everyday car. The podcast is mentioning it because someone posted a picture or information that didn’t match the correct pre-production details. It’s basically a discussion about an incorrect vehicle photo.
The Dodge Ram is a pickup truck, meaning it’s designed to carry cargo and handle work. It’s a common type of vehicle people use for hauling or daily driving. The podcast mentions it mainly in relation to marketing posts and messaging.
The Dodge Stratus is a regular four-door sedan, made for everyday driving. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because someone thinks a post may have shown the wrong car. It’s basically part of a correction about vehicle identity.
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car made by Porsche. It has a very recognizable look, so people often identify it even in pictures. The podcast is mentioning it as a car that people might think they’re seeing, even when the image isn’t real.
The BMW M2 is a sporty BMW made by BMW’s performance team. “XDrive” means the car sends power to all four wheels, which can help it grip better, especially on wet or slippery roads.
The Toyota MR2 is a sports car that’s built to feel agile and fun to drive. Some versions are known for having the engine placed in the middle of the car. The podcast is discussing rumors or updates about a possible new MR2.
The Dodge Viper is a very powerful sports car made for performance. People talk about it a lot because it’s known for being extreme and memorable. The podcast brings it up in the context of a rumored or imagined successor concept.
The Audi R8 is a supercar, meaning it’s built for very high performance. The podcast mentions it in relation to a new reveal and clarifies that the new car isn’t meant to replace the R8. So it’s part of a discussion about what’s coming next.
Car
Nuvalari
The Audi Nuvalari is a limited-run Audi supercar—499 cars, according to the host. It’s named after a famous Italian race driver and is expected to start being built in early 2027.
The host claims the Audi Nuvalari is using a 4.0-liter V8 that comes from the Lamborghini Temerario. That’s important because the engine is a big part of how the car feels and performs.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Martini Works podcast.
I am your host, Alex Martini, with our other beautiful hosts with much more colorful shirts
than I.
Yeah, it's Fun Fit Friday, baby.
Yeah, I'm Dakota and I'm participating in Fun Fit Friday because we're actually recording
the podcast on Friday right now.
Woo!
Yeah, this is a great day.
If you guys work in a place that does not specifically call out that you can't wear
a Fun Over shirt, allow this to be your formal and bullying pressure kind of friend to tell
you you need to start wearing fun shirts on Friday.
That's rich coming from a guy that didn't participate in Fun Fit Friday.
This is my Fun Fit.
I'm wearing shorts.
You wear shorts every day.
No, I don't.
Yeah, you do.
I have actual video evidence of prove it.
That's not true.
We don't make that many videos.
If you guys and gals are looking for car parts, head on over to martiniworks.com.
We just added HKS coilovers on the website, which is very cool.
You can check those out.
Also, if you're loaded, we have Olin's.
If you happen to be the recent recipient of somebody selling their kidney, you too can
own a set of very, very nice Olin coilovers that are available on the website now.
We got a lot to talk about today, where it's going to be a very exciting day.
If you guys and gals are listening in and you have the ability to comment, I'd love
to hear and see where are you dropping in from?
So leave a comment.
That'd be absolutely awesome.
Dakota, starting it off.
Okay.
I'm going to call your ass out.
Where are we going?
I want to know, when is the S2000 getting done?
What is happening with it?
Is there progress made?
Because you moved it over to the lift spot and then it's done nothing except take up
the space where the lift is.
And I just want to know if there's a plan or not.
Or is there no plan?
The plan is to make a plan.
Guys, I'm about to corporate the shit out of this.
Oh no.
We need to circle back and strategize around the concepts of what we're going to do with
the vehicle.
Once we get aligned and we make sure that we have these understood deliverables with
the team, then we need to start breaking that into quarterly AOPs.
Assets.
I frowned up.
From there, once we have that broken out, I think the real thing that we need to understand
is how do we synergize the space?
Synergize is a good one.
Because it's a multi-use space, we've got to make sure it's good for everyone.
Synergize is a new one?
Synergize rose and then fell because the people that used to use the word die.
The engines next to the car, it needs to go in it.
When's that happening?
We bought a hoist.
Yeah, and I put the hoist together.
It's huge.
Last Friday, that's been our progress.
It's huge.
The hoist is massive.
The progress between last week and this week is that we needed an engine hoist and now
we have one.
And so the progress between this Friday and next Friday that I can commit to is that
that engine will go on the hoist, will be on the hoist and ready to go into the car.
That's something.
Progress is progress.
Yeah.
Well, you know.
It doesn't even need to be on the lift to put the engine in it.
I know.
Why is it in the lift spot?
Because we need to lift it up because we got to weld some stuff.
Oh, what do you welcome on it?
Just bits and pieces on the front that we don't want to have.
Bits and bobs.
We just, we, uh...
We want to put in like some extra like bumper supports in it, right?
Yeah, and we got to, there's some holes and stuff in there that we're just going
to plug up.
We're going to plug those, close them up.
Don't need them.
Okay.
I just have, I inquired about the S2K and I have more questions about the S2K than when
we started.
Why?
You're making more work for yourself.
I'm not.
I want to just throw the engine in.
Do it!
Jackson keeps telling me to wait.
Wait.
Wait.
All right.
The next car?
What else you got for me?
Tell us another day, another podcast.
What's the update on the RX7?
Same as it has been for the last time.
Insanity!
I, so I really appreciate the new transport company that I've gotten ahold of.
They have been very communicative.
Awesome.
They've been awesome.
They've been working with the person that is selling the car quite a bit, but still
the entire process blows my mind of just how willy-nilly everything is.
Yeah, I don't like that.
You're transporting my car.
Can you please give me information?
Again, I'm not talking like shit about like this company I'm working with now, but like
leading up to this and the multiple companies that I have talked to before this.
It is a fucking nightmare to get a car transported.
It is, it is, you don't know who exactly you're working with because it goes through
about five different people and five different hands before that person finds a driver that
you don't even know who's actually taking your car.
You don't know when they're showing up.
You don't know where they're going to show up.
You don't know what time they are going to show up.
And when you finally do get a time of like, Hey, I'm going to be there in an hour.
They don't show up until three days later.
I would like to, if you are a transport company or a semi truck driver that happens to do this
on the side, might I encourage you to start providing ranges to your customers instead
of saying the specific day that you're planning to show up because it's bullshit, which is
what, which is what I got with this new one.
And which I say, I'm very grateful for this company that I'm working with now because
they said, yes, we can hit, we will pick it up between this day and this day.
It just depends on some other cars that they're picking up along the way.
I'm like, cool.
That is the most information that I've ever gotten out of one of these companies so far.
And that's just insane.
The next million dollar company is anyone who could start an actual logistics company
when it comes to moving cars around and can provide accurate dates, both to and from.
Oh, you'll make millions.
You'll make millions.
Billions.
The part that's really confusing to me is they just, a lot of these, these shipping companies,
the one that I'm working with has been great too, but like a lot of these shipping companies,
they just have like no concept that the people that they're picking these vehicles up from
like have jobs.
Yeah.
Right.
I want you to imagine having a normal nine to five and being like, hey, I'm sorry, you
know, work at the bank.
Hey, can I have off in two weeks on Wednesday because I have to have a car?
Yeah, I'm ready to.
And they're like, yeah, yeah, of course.
I mean, it's really busy.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, great.
Use your one earned vacation day that you have.
Find someone to cover for you, get it all lined up.
And then Wednesday comes, don't show up.
And you call the shipper, they don't answer, and then they call back an hour later and
they're like, hey, what's up?
And you're like, hey, when are you dropping the car off and they're like, oh, yeah, not
today.
But then they talked to you like your inconvenience, like you had it wrong, like no, why would
no, we're not, I didn't commit to that even happened with the Harlequin.
I want, I had a pretty solid experience with the transporter, but it still happened.
He told me what day it was coming.
I took off.
I got already didn't show up.
I had to call him and he's like, oh yeah, I could maybe get there at midnight tonight.
But otherwise I'm like, no, I don't want it delivered at midnight.
I think, I think what, what a lot of times happens is from what I'm learning is that
it's kind of like airlines, right?
They don't go unless they have a full flight.
It's like these trailers and trucks, they're not, especially with price like fuel right
now.
Yeah.
They ain't going unless they got a full trailer.
So like they need to book that thing up.
And then it's like, okay, you're picking up multiple things from a lot of logistics.
It's like, it's a lot to deal with.
And it's like, okay, well, something changes with this one person.
It shoves back the entire thing.
It's like, I get that, but how come I can't just find someone to go get my car?
Why does it have to be?
Why can't I get the old private and private flight?
I guess the communication is tough too with the driver because you're driving probably
and they shouldn't be, you know, and they're dealing with all the people.
How many cars can they haul eight at a time or something?
Right.
That's eight people.
They're texting in the community.
So it probably is a lot.
But man, I have worked since I've won this car, which was in.
Was it in April?
I still think I'm going to be in my car before you.
Congratulations on winning.
Thank you.
I think it was in April that I purchased and won this car.
Really?
Yes.
Holy shit.
Which is fucking insane.
Yeah, that is.
Every single day I have been emailing or calling or texting somebody about getting this fucking
car to Wisconsin and I am just so over it.
The light is at the end of the tunnel.
I can see it as long as the day that that car gets on the trailer, I will be 50% more
stress free.
As of right now, date of recording, when is it supposed to be on the trailer?
Latest date that I got was the 8th.
Wait, it's supposed to be on the trailer on the 8th?
I think they said between.
I thought you were getting the car picked up.
Between the 6th and the 8th was what they quoted me.
So today, time of recording.
So it's a Monday.
So 8th the latest.
Yeah, 8th of the latest.
And then, oh my God.
And then however many days it'll take to.
Go from Cali to here plus they have to do all their stuff.
Well, you know, my transport company said today.
They said yesterday.
Yeah, you said yesterday.
They said yesterday yesterday, but they said today today.
So that means nothing.
So yeah, it is just kind of crazy.
I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
Yeah, I'm trying not to dog on them.
Don't get me wrong.
I know there's these variables.
But I already have the solution, right?
You ready for this?
Welcome to Martini Logistics.
New company I'm starting up.
Please no.
You ready?
We're talking a lot of shit.
I don't want to do it though.
Yeah, so what we're going to do is we're going to use AI.
No, I'm out.
What are you doing?
I'm already out.
I'm out.
To scope our entire logistics freight transport schedule, right?
And then we're going to have all of our drivers go into surgery so that we can chip them.
And then when they're chipped, then everyone who has a parcel on the trailer has access
to his RFID chip if their vehicle is within a certain distance of the person.
So at any time, we can see exactly where my Mazda RX-8 is.
Just air take the vehicle.
No, no, no, because we need to make sure that the drivers aren't lying to us.
You know what I'm saying?
And then you can watch them on your phone.
I'm going to be honest.
So you can always know where they are.
I'm going to be honest.
24-7.
I'm not really sold on this.
Why not?
I like the chipping the driver idea.
Then we get a privatized partnership with Flock.
No, my god.
And then we use AI and Flock and RFID chips to monitor the exact pinpoint location of
everything and everyone we could ever want.
And then we sell it as a subscription for like 1995.
We're getting the attention of the rest of the office here that are tuning in halfway
through this conversation.
They all very confused looks on their faces.
Why not?
Is it a good idea?
Flock is the government spy cameras.
Oh.
They're not government funded, though.
I know.
It hurts.
Oh, yeah.
That's the problem.
Yeah, it hurts.
That's why it's called Flock.
It's a privatized camera operating system, and it's not a good thing.
In case you guys are wondering, this is not a political thing.
But our small town of Appleton said Flock you and won't allow them in the city.
You want to know why?
Because they're taking advantage of the access because you can stalk anyone if you have access
to Flock.
Including former police department, or actually current police department.
That was the whole thing.
So it was like a, what was it, Nina?
Yeah.
Nina?
There was like a police officer that got busted like stalking their ex with this system because
they were like.
Oh, that's Flock.
Yeah, yeah.
So it's like the idea and concept is there, right?
We are one Boston dynamics dog away from a Black Mirror episode.
I swear to God.
It's a little wild.
It's a little unregulated.
So I think a more regulated and a more constructive use of our time is to use Flock to track all
of our drivers to make sure that they're paying attention on the road.
I could get on board about that.
I also think it's really funny and then we can get off this topic before we go down too
deep of a rabbit hole.
But we were talking about this on a road trip recently because we saw a couple on the side
of the road and they were like, oh yeah, there was this guy that was like making a bunch
of these videos like kind of exposing this corporation and this system and how unsecured
it is.
And he got like, apparently like a season to assist from Flock and it's like our systems
are completely safe and unhackable and you can't get access to this.
Like it's not as easy as you're saying all this sort of stuff.
So he went to a Flock camera, read the season to assist and then took the footage from the
Flock camera to upload him reading the system of how their systems are very safe.
So somebody hacked into a Flock camera using, they like stood outside, they had like their
sunroof open and they hacked it from like 15 feet away.
It's fucking crazy.
They're like, yeah, this is how you do it.
It's kind of like those guys that have those little, I don't know, like these little password
hacker toys.
Oh yeah, you can get PA systems.
Yeah, you can hack into any like open network style system and it's ridiculous.
Anyway, besides the point, all I'm trying to do is get our cars here.
Yeah, I just as a consumer using a transport service right now, not ideal, not ideal.
Good luck.
It's kind of rough out there.
Which is why all of my cars are done.
They're all good.
There's nothing else to work on besides everything.
Yeah, right.
I actually had a block, a number from one of the companies that I had a block.
I actually had a block.
I had a block, one of the numbers because I reached out for like five different quotes
because I'm just trying to find somebody to get this car.
And the one was like, yeah, it's going to be at least two and a half weeks until we
get out there.
I'm like, okay, well, I'll let you know.
Immediately let them know that I found someone else.
I'm like, hey, I don't longer need this.
You're like, sorry for the inconvenience.
Appreciate your support.
I appreciate the help.
Texted that back.
I have since then gotten 12 phone calls and five text messages after that multiple times
of like, hey, I don't need this anymore.
I eventually just had to block it because it kept me calling.
Yeah, they don't let out.
I don't need it.
That's crazy.
They either don't communicate or only communicate.
Only when they want your money.
As soon as they get the agreement, it's fucking.
I can't pick it up on my own driving.
I'm crazy, dude.
Yeah, that I've seen that happen when I went to go pick up a vehicle was like that, too.
It was like, did a bunch of quotes, got like 30 inquiries back, and then they just would
not stop, which actually goes into my next thing.
So I've been trying to find Becca because we've been saving up money for a while.
I wanted to get her Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo.
It's a station wagon version of the Panamera.
If anybody out there knows of one, let me know.
2019 like, GTS would be perfect.
But anyway, there's one on the internet.
I sent it an inquiry, right?
And I got a message back from a guy calls me once, calls me twice.
I answer.
He's like, yo, just want to send you some videos.
They send the other thing.
I'm like, sure, totally fine.
I appreciate the hustle.
I don't appreciate the hustle of a phone call at 9 30 at night.
Central standard time with the voicemail.
Hey, man, just checking in.
If you needed anything on the car, on the, you know, you shoot, you know,
I just wanted to chat, just see if you were available.
Do not call me at 9 30 at night.
To be fair, what time zone was he in?
He was in Oregon.
Yeah, so 77 30, seven, 30 is way too late.
No, seven, 30 is way too late.
Seven, 30 is way too late.
I draw the line at dinner time.
No, I draw the line at dinner time.
UW Eau Claire has their students still call me to make donations for their
school after I donated like $60,000 in college tuition to give them more money.
And they will call at the most asinine times Sundays at 8 p.m.
They'll call me.
I'm like, who the hell do you think you are?
I am watching my jujutsu kaisen.
I'm having a drink.
I don't want to talk to you on a Sunday.
I'm going to give it all to you.
That is the craziest concept.
Like, hey, I know you spent a ton of money on this service and like, like your
education and you spent a lot of money on it, right?
A lot of time and effort and your money.
You want to give us just a little more.
Just to be pretty cool, right?
We know you're like, you got subsidy.
We know you got some extra money from FAFSA.
We know that that that's a few years to pay off.
But like, if you donated like 50 bucks, it'd be kind of sick.
I'm like, no, what do I get?
Nothing.
So cars, I promise this is an automotive podcast.
No, no, no.
So here's what we're going to do.
I want to talk to you guys about the arc state.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Talk to me about that.
I don't know what to do with it.
Yeah.
I need help.
That's all of us.
Yeah.
This thing appeared out of nowhere.
We need to sit down and make a sandwich.
Sammy, Shami, give me a Mazda.
Here's the thing.
There are so many routes that you can take with it.
And that's kind of the exciting part.
And there are routes that we can take with it that we've never done before.
Oh, I know we could park it outside in the light on fire.
I have a C 4500 that would be perfect for that kind of build that.
Oh, truck apparently is trying to do that to itself.
I think there are a lot of cool routes that we could go with.
I want to bridge for it.
You want to, I think that's like doing some like an engine build with that.
I think is ideal.
I'm happy.
Well, I mean, it needs to be done anyway.
To be fair, Joe, I'm kind of zero for one on that process.
Yeah.
So like, are you sure?
Hey, odds only go up.
True.
That's not true.
That's good.
That's good.
That's good.
No, the math math is the because the odds of getting one to work go up.
No, the odds of you.
Yeah, because it's one of two.
Because if you stop doing it, you're never going to get more than zero percent.
Yeah, that's true.
If you stop, it's zero percent.
Yeah, so it can only go up.
I love this idea.
Unless it just continues to not work.
But the, the, the chances, is it tough to get a renaissance engine?
No, no, no, they're everywhere.
But I didn't know if they all had problems or what.
I mean, yes, yes, but you fix the problem when you go in.
Speed round question this for us and we'll give you the answer.
I'm assuming you can get them pretty cheap then because nobody wants to work on
yes, yes and no.
So it's like essentially what you'll find is parts.
Like kind of like, oh, I'm going to go buy a block for a K24.
Imagine you're putting together a puzzle.
So it's like, typically when a rotary engine goes from what I understand, right?
It's like, okay, the seal went or like a coolant seal went or something like that.
Depending on what type of damage is done internally determines on like if you
actually need to replace like a housing or like a front plate or something like
that or a rotor itself.
So sometimes you can, I think like parts of it, they call it like they get.
Chroming or something.
So you see like a really, really shiny part in like the housing.
And it's like, essentially from what I understand, kind of like work hardens
that part of like, it got super hot and like really made that like hard and brittle.
So like that housing can't be like resurfaced.
You have to go buy a different housing.
So there's people that like will go to like junkyards or they'll like collect
like, oh, here's a 13B, you know, REW like turbo housing or something like that.
I have so many of those or I have rotors for the like, you can go buy
different pieces to like piece together.
That makes sense.
And then I mean, are we dead set on a Renesis or is it like realistic to a 13B?
Because that would be sick.
The Renesis would be the cheaper route.
Yeah.
Because the 13B like REW is like the RX7 motor is more sought after.
Right.
Putting that into an RX8 from my research that I've kind of slightly done
seems like it'll bolt up to the transmission and it'll bolt up mostly fine.
But you have to get, I believe, a different intake manifold for it that sits lower.
What if we just put another rotary on it?
You can't just do that.
All right.
Well, it sounds like we should do a 13B.
It's like a like a REW turbo one.
Yeah, I think that would be sick.
But doesn't you need a standalone ECU?
That I don't know.
I don't know that side of it.
I've looked, I looked at it and I was like, that's a lot of money for an engine.
I don't have that.
And I moved on.
What we could do, what we could do is we could maybe just maybe just for this one.
REW, REW swapped RX8s go fucking hard, though.
They are so engines already out.
Yeah.
He says it bolts up to the transmission.
Yeah.
Then you get a six speed.
Why don't we just put a 13B in?
If you guys know of anyone selling a 13B, REW price, REW, please shoot me a message
on Instagram at Alex Martini and I will be happy to take a look.
There you go.
Odds are, though, that would probably also have to be built.
Right.
But at least that's cool.
I just want a bridge port.
I mean, the RMSS is still cool.
That is something that like in my years of owning the RX8, like everyone's like,
oh, I bet it sounds like crazy.
It's like, well, it sounds normal because it's not like bridge port.
Like it revs all like crazy high and it sounds like a rotary, but like at idle,
they're like, why isn't it doing the thing?
And it's like, well, not damn it.
Yeah, it costs money and time to do that.
Yeah, I think bridge port would be fucking sick.
Yeah, agreed.
Well, if you guys can help us find one, we're down.
Otherwise, if you can find us a renaissance motor, that'd also be cool.
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So there's some really good things going on in the world of automotive culture.
And there are some things that are just new and unknown and I'm confused
and I get nervous sad.
And one of those things is wise California trying to ban cool tires.
Cause fuel mileage.
Yeah.
This, this car and driver article is literally titled a new California
proposal could effectively ban all aftermarket tires.
Yeah.
So it seems it's a little aggressive.
Yeah.
The title is aggressive.
Uh, so essentially what the bill is proposed to do, right?
It's, it's all about when you look at tires and things like that, aftermarket tires,
rolling resistance is what they're after.
Because when it comes to that and efficiency of vehicles, essentially you're
saying, okay, well, how much, um, not drag, but yeah, cause I guess like drag,
you're creating.
So it's like the rolling resistance is essentially treadwear based, you know,
so higher, less rolling resistance means a more efficient tire.
Essentially what they're saying is you cannot buy an aftermarket tire that has
a higher rolling resistance than what came on the vehicle.
So saying like you are stuck with the tire that came on your vehicle forever.
But people don't know quite how to qual, like,
quantitatively measure that in the world of tires,
because rolling resistance is not something that is commonly discussed as like a
value proposition of a tire.
Just, but yeah, I was going to say it has come up a lot recently though with EVs.
It has, but it's mostly discussed as it having high or low rolling resistance,
not a number, right?
If I were to, if I were to say an EV has a drag coefficient of 0.3 is that
a good or bad, right?
You know, not a lot of people know if that's, if that's a good number of bad.
Yeah, good way to answer.
One of the things that I find really interesting about that though is, is this
happened, variations of this has happened in the past with, with tire manufacturers
in terms of, Hey, we want you to make more environmentally friendly tires.
Okay.
So then they did.
And then a bunch of tires got made in China and in Serbia and in some of these
other countries in, in the far, like the Southwest and Western Asian countries.
Um, where that's where you saw in, in 2018 and 2019, you saw so many of these
really cheap tires come into America.
Um, and that's where you saw things like the Nankang, uh, like NS 20 or whatever
it was called or the, you know, back then it was like 60 bucks a tire, 50 bucks a
tire, a federal 595 was an incredibly affordable tire with the
lend 87 thunder.
That was a little bit weird.
I mean, those ones were, those were sub, you know, $200 tires for on an 18 and
so strata two and people are like, Oh my God, I can't believe this.
This is incredible.
What, what, what, what, what?
Uh, and then finally the, the tire companies kind of had a lobby back and
be like, yo, one, those tires are not regulated.
They don't meet any sort of qualifications.
California was trying to ban them back then, but then couldn't do it in time.
Sure.
Um, and so then the U S government imposed what was called an anti dump, anti dumping
tax.
Would you look at me?
Yeah, what, it just seems like you'd giggle it that way.
You think I'm pro dump?
Not.
Obviously.
Only wait, what are we dumping?
Yeah.
Tires.
Tires.
So they proposed an anti dumping tax on these tires.
Anti dumping.
That was about 50% initially.
And then it's scaled back and back, but it's what
actually shut down.
Focus.
Focus.
I'm good.
I'm good.
Good.
I just, I didn't catch what Dakota said right away.
And then it clicked and it was really funny.
And then that's what ended up making the tires really expensive.
And then they stopped doing business because they couldn't make it profitable
enough at volume to, to make money.
Dang it.
Yeah.
So then they just moved countries and then they changed names and then they
did it again because that's how that's how it works.
So yeah, when it comes back to, okay, well, what does that mean?
Like you said, how do you, how do you define rolling resistance?
There's no real number to it.
The only number that I can think of is treadwear.
But as we know, treadwear is kind of a fucking number too.
Like between brands and even within brands themselves.
It's more of a marketing number than it is a true fact based data.
And it's like, in my mind, it's like, how in the world would they even go
about enforcing something like that?
It's like, are they going to be sitting on the highway trying to like capture?
Like, Oh, those are stock tires.
Those are aftermarket tires.
Go get them.
You know, like what would they know?
Holy shit.
Look at the resistance on that fire.
You get pulled over.
You know what treadwear your tires are, sir?
You know how much you were resisting.
No, no, there's just, there's other, there's, there's other things too
that really like play into this, like tire pressure can increase resistance
because the tire deforms more while maxing out pressure helps over
inflation can cause skipping and bouncing, which wastes energy.
Tire design itself, you can yield lower resistance.
The wider tires with flexible materials can roll efficiently.
I was going to say there's so many variables changing size alone is going
to affect that.
If you go from like a 245 to 255, that's more tire on the ground.
It's going to create more drag.
And wasn't there a Honda civic or a cord that came with like myth civic?
Yeah.
And what was the trim model called?
Do you remember?
It was like the civic tire.
Yeah.
Essentially, but it was literally just a trim model that offered, I think
it was Michelin's with, with the, with the model.
That's what they're going to do.
And a thing was like a discount on a track day or something.
Yeah, like that's what they're going to do.
They're going to be like, Oh, so the, the car must come with the same level
of rolling resistance or better.
Yeah.
Sick.
You can now get a VB Subaru WRX with a optional Subaru upgrade of Michelin
Pilot Sport Cup twos.
I was going to say, so, you know, kind of like we talk about like the
homologation stuff.
So it's like, okay, well, what if, like you said, like Honda did that.
It's like, well, we did release a civic that had a more aggressive tire on it.
So does that open it up for someone who's like, Oh, well, I just have
a like a EX or something like that.
But because a civic did come with that tire, I, I should be able to run that
tire, but it's just not the same trim.
I mean, maybe it just, it just seems so all I know is that if you put people,
if you put people in power and you let them tell other people what they can
or can't do and people get off on that like power trip, there will be people
who will enjoy pulling people with modified cars for the fact of like
checking all of this crap.
I don't understand.
And maybe it's a scale thing of like, you know, you're talking about these
are, you know, millions of people, you're talking millions of vehicles, but
it's like, I've never thought about, Oh, I'm going to get .2 less
mile per gallon with my tires.
Like, no, how much of a difference is this actually going to make?
Sometimes I drive more aggressively just so I can get an even number.
Well, one time, no, not one time.
I don't know why I said that, but what I've been thinking is if they can
make lower resistance tires for like EVs, why, why would we not just do this
across the board?
Does it hurt something to have a lower or are you getting less traction?
Yeah, typically.
Yes.
So like if, if you're talking about like, but even though both, why wouldn't
they just put those on gas economy cars?
Why are there EV tires that are, it's all marketing.
Cause they throw foam in it.
They say that it has less rolling resistance.
And then yeah, they, oh, it's an EV tire.
There's no change.
Let me tell you something.
Well, 90% of the world is just marketing.
So who's doing this?
What, who cares about the rolling resistance of the tire?
I need the government of California.
They really care a lot about a lot.
They care a lot about a lot of things that you need to follow and agree with or
else to be fair.
I have been on the highway in California and yeah, shit needs to be figured out.
There's too many people.
So it feels like they should restrict vehicles then it feels like all of
America's population is in California, at least when you drive on the highway.
So I guess if there is a place to start doing something, not that I'm
justifying what they're doing here, but yeah, they're probably trying to
figure stuff out because you can't even drive 10 miles.
I think, I think the number one rule that would help out so much that would fix
90% of congestion is hear me out.
Tunnels.
I'm listening.
The trend that you make everything three lane highway.
Everywhere.
I had another lane.
Just another lane.
I have like eight lane highways.
Yeah, yeah, so you okay?
Hold on.
The right lane.
Only semis.
Semis no longer allowed to pass.
Ever.
Never.
Right lane.
That will fix 70% of congestion issues across the entire.
How do I merge onto the highway?
Huh?
Speed up.
I have a better alternative.
Well, they're in a line, but that doesn't mean that they're nuts to ask.
They're going to be because there's going to be one fuck going 40.
I have a great idea.
Like I agree.
Semis need like their own lane, but what if it was better than that?
What if it was their own, like just actual place that they drive on specifically?
I have one more like put all the semis together into like one.
There's like maybe like put like too long, like it's called rails on the ground
and like a caboose on the end in the caboose on the end.
You just send that fucker.
You need to haul like maybe like millions of tons of stuff with no traffic.
What would we call it?
Hauler.
It's not an auto, not an automotive, but a locomotive.
That that sounds cool.
That idea is local.
That idea is local.
That's crazy.
Crazy train.
And we could spray paint graffiti on the sides of it.
Yeah.
So it looks cool, right?
Yeah.
So that's what that's what California should be focusing on.
Trains, the rest of the loves trains and they're good at the least amount of trains.
So the worst part about California, I swear to God, is the moment you get out of
the absolute hellscape that is any sort of highway system in the southern half of
that state, it is the most gorgeous state.
I'll never forget driving in California and out there for a trip or something.
Now I was driving and it was like at night and all of a sudden there was just
a totaled vehicle in the middle of highway.
No lights, no one in it.
Just just sitting there.
Oh my God.
I had to like fucking like there's like I couldn't see it.
I was like, dude, I almost just died.
The first time I've ever seen a person was on the California highway, like out of
nowhere, like just casually.
And then like what is most emotionally draining of that entire experience is
watching like tens of thousands of people just like go around him.
Yeah, I got I need to go.
I'm like, it's insane.
That's what made me realize I don't really like that.
I enjoy traveling to places that humble me to remind me that I am a very,
very small piece of this very, very big world.
I don't like it feeling like my existence is an inconvenience, though.
And those places just make me feel like an inconvenience everywhere I go.
So I just don't like going and going and visiting there.
Speaking of traveling around the world and experiencing new things, I found great
joy in learning about different car cultures from different parts of the world.
We have had a chance to go to Japan and check out the Japanese culture.
You guys went to Germany to check out the the the culture over there, the Euro culture.
And obviously we have a good amount of domestic experience, I would say, with
like domestic muscle culture.
Which one do you guys think has the greatest chance of survival?
Oh, man, that's a tough one.
That is tough on us.
We're talking about we're talking about just like the Ferrari, the Ferrari Luce in
Italy had to be made so that they're going to be zero emissions by 2035.
They've got fines for for grams per kilometer over 94 in Japan.
Everything is getting smaller.
And a lot of people in Japan don't even like cars and then in America, we have
this massive country that is contingent on people owning cars, like it's required.
And you've got things like California banning tires.
And then ultimately, usually when what starts in California makes its way into every state,
I think a lot of people would automatically think that like, you know, like Japan and
like Asia, but I do think that realistically, the domestic like US stuff has probably the
best chance because we have companies and organizations like SEMA, for instance, and
all of this, like we do a really good job of like, Hey, this is really cool and like
historic almost.
So it's like, we look at like collectors plates for cars.
It's like, you can, you can register your car as a collector's car.
You only have to pay the registration of that like once and you're done.
And then it's like you are, it gives you access to like some modifications.
Does it give you access to like modifications or is that like a hobbyist one?
Or something like, Oh, yeah, there's like things in place for it's like to continue to
allow you to do that.
And like organizations like SEMA that like go to like government things and fight for
the right to modify things.
And like, I think, I think we have a lot of things like that in place to protect that
under some aspect where it's like, you know, Japan, for instance, it's like, you know, how
many times have we seen where it's like, well, that car can't even be registered over
there because it doesn't meet this, this, this and this.
Shocking.
Yeah.
And that's 15 was like that.
Wasn't it?
Yeah.
That's 15 had it's shock and canceled, which makes it substantially less valuable.
You can obviously go through and register, but it's a huge pain in the ass, especially
if you live in the countryside because getting it, you have to find somebody that can do
it and it's way more in depth.
It's like TV.
Yeah, exactly.
And that was going to be my next thing.
You have like the TV and like Germany and Europe and that kind of stuff.
And it's like, as much as we joke about like California, like cracking down on
that kind of stuff too, it's like, there are ways to go about still doing it that you're
kind of protected under, which I really am grateful for.
But maybe I just don't know of anything like that in other countries, but it seems like,
you know, a lot of those places are going through the same thing.
What would you say, Dakota?
I don't know.
I'm torn on it.
It's really tough because like you're saying too, it's, you're seeing it everywhere.
Yeah.
Things are getting cracked down everywhere and getting more strict.
I think the United States, honestly, because although we have very strict certain areas,
a lot of it is, you know, we still got straight bike vehicles.
We have areas where there is no emissions testing or anything that you're in Appleton.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We don't do any of that testing.
There's obviously other countries involved in my statement.
I should have clarified that because I was thinking about like Mexico and Canada.
Canada is really strict though.
I don't know anything about those.
Mexico is pretty, Mexico has a great automotive culture.
Ferrocho and that I get to see through his eyes and the content that he makes.
But like it's a really exciting culture down there.
I know nothing about that.
It's much different, but in the same way, like there are some, you know, there are rules and
regulations and things to curb it.
But one of the things that I always find so interesting is like we are living through,
and every generation lives through some level of craze, but it's like we are
truly living through a crazy transformation of how automotive culture is like
digested, you know?
Now there's a lot of people that I remember being in California talking to people.
I was like, what's your first car?
Like what's your dream first car?
Like what would be the first car you want?
It's like a Model 3.
I'm like, what?
I got anything?
I'm like, yeah, I want to really want a Model 3.
I'm like, that's crazy.
You don't want like a Z or this or that?
No, I want a Model 3.
Okay, it's like, what do you want to build?
It's like, I want to build a Model 3 time attack car.
I'm like, oh my God, this is crazy.
You know, and it's not a bad answer.
It's just a different answer.
It's a way different look.
And then you have some of the older crowd that are spending six figures on Honda Civics.
And we have this IC, you know, engine that is, like its days are numbered.
The fact that Audi released a new supercar that has a twin turbo, you know, hot V with a
hyper powertrain that they've dubbed a prototype name is so insane to me because
everything in the market would have told me that they were going to make a fully EV supercar.
Now it has the same engine as, or it's going to have the same engine as the Lamborghini
Tamarario, which looks, you know, super interesting and super different.
But it's like we're watching these two monoliths just like battle it out between each other.
And it's like, I'm so interested to see which one will ultimately win.
Yeah.
So there's like two sides of it though too, right?
Because I think we're talking a lot about like the government aspect of like regulation
and all that sort of stuff and what we're allowed to do.
But then it's like, you look at the culture side of it too.
Now like culture wise, I would say like Japan's got that on lock.
Like I think they do a really good job of like self governing a lot of the crazy
shit that goes on over there.
And it's like here, obviously you think of like the culture, the big thing that comes
to mind is like the takeover culture and that kind of shit.
And it's like that is becoming obviously a huge problem.
And like the social media aspect of everything and all the crazy dumb shit that comes with that,
you know, that that is also a threat, but on a different side.
So when you look at that aspect of it, I really don't know.
Yeah. And that continuation of like housing being built, you know, population increasing
and these tracks getting shut down by people moving by tracks.
I feel like that's became so rampant.
I don't know. I don't really remember it happening much.
And now it's like I see tracks getting shut down left and right.
Yeah. The only thing I'll say with that is it's kind of tough because some of these tracks,
like they're just small tracks, you know, and it literally is a matter of time.
There's a track last year that got bought out for a data center, you know, and it's like,
man, if that isn't just the most ethical moral compass slap in the face of like what
is going on right now, I don't really quite know what is.
And with people's love for cars, it's like almost a love for freedom.
Like it's that independence that you can choose to do what you want to do.
It's just like this natural progression of it's mine.
I can do what I want.
And then, you know, then it starts getting chipped away a little bit where it's like,
oh, you buy a car.
Well, you got to pay tax on it.
Okay. Well, the other guy already paid tax on it.
Yeah. But you own it now.
So you have to pay tax on it.
It's like, but okay.
So then you pay tax.
Well, now you got to pay tax a road tax.
You got to pay a road tax to own the car.
And then you have to pay a registration tax to also drive the car every single year.
And you also have to have an insurance on the car.
Even if you may not be the cause of any accident.
And then it's like, it's the gas that you put in this.
You're also going to get taxed.
You're going to get taxed on the gas and it picks
and it picks.
And when things get tougher and more expensive to enjoy,
it like it takes a lot of the love out of the game.
There's nothing crazier to me than when I go out and I look at parts for the Datsun,
the 240Z, knowing that I had one 10 years ago and knowing the prices on that car and
the things on that car were and should be dirt cheap.
Because it's an entry level Nissan from the 70s.
And now everything is atrociously expensive for just the sheer fact that it can be.
And it's like sometimes I think companies need to do better so that the people that
just love cars can just enjoy cars.
Do you think it's harder to be a car enthusiast right now than it was 10, 15 years ago?
I think it's harder to be your own person now than it was 10 to 15 years ago.
And I think that's a byproduct of how people see the car culture right now.
It's like cars are just like an outlet for you to enjoy something.
It's like a physical representation of you.
It's like why it should be.
You build this thing, it's kind of like you.
It's how you would do something.
And that used to be a lot easier in the past.
Your pressures were different.
The pricing was easier.
Things were more affordable.
There wasn't this lifestyle element really in automotive culture yet.
Nowadays it's like, man, everything is commoditized and capitalized and consumer-centric.
And I can't go on TikTok without seeing 9 million people talk about Formula One.
Not because people like Formula One, but people like the lifestyle of Formula One.
People like the sex appeal and the money of Formula One.
They pay to talk about Formula One.
There's this ecosystem now where it's like you can't just enjoy things to and enjoy things.
You're either a consumer or you're an influencer.
And it's like there's no space in the middle anymore to just be something you enjoy.
I fucking love my lawn and gardening.
I had to unfollow every single garden and lawn care Facebook.
Because it was so intrusive every time I went on Facebook.
It was 10,000 posts of what not to do.
Don't do this, don't do that, don't do this, don't do that.
Buy this product, not that product.
And then you're getting hit.
And then I'm getting hit with influencers that are like 17 years old telling me,
don't do this, don't do this.
And it's like you are getting just blasted.
These social platforms take your hobby and they turn it into a weapon to take from you
so that you buy something from you.
And they make you feel all these feelings so that you feel almost guilty not participating.
So now I was talking to Zach this morning, one of my, an old friend of mine.
I was talking to Zach this morning, he's like, how's your lawn?
And I'm like, dude, all I know right now is I got the one that's safe for animals.
It's like 17-0-0, got a little bit of poop in there.
I lay it down, grow the grass, grow the weeds at the same time, pull the weeds.
That's all I do.
And he's like, damn, does that work?
I'm like, works for me.
Honestly, just works for me.
That is a really good point too.
But one thing I want to talk on real quick is I feel like we might even be
somewhat guilty of that with automotive content that we make.
Yeah.
So how do we stay away from doing that to people?
I mean, obviously, I feel like the podcast is a great place because we have a lot more space
to explain.
We're not trying to cram something in 30 seconds.
It's tough because I mean, we've definitely done do's and don'ts videos before too.
I think the difference is, and for me at least, I'll speak my piece on and just like,
it's authentic and it's what we think is best and we don't try to abuse that.
Whether we're, if we have our own little goals and we're hitting our goals or not hitting our
goals, we don't ever want you guys to ever see the difference between those two things.
Like we never want you to feel like you're getting taken advantage of because there's
something going on on our side and we need to take more from you to get what we need.
Because that's not fair.
That's just, it's simply not fair.
And at the same time, we could 100% be growing faster and have more money if we didn't do the
car shows that we do and donate to who we do and sponsor US Air and do all of these give-backs
and send stuff out for influencers and do all of this stuff and sell cheaper products that are
more available, that are made in China, that are private label and tell you that they're great
and that they're budget and here's the best budget, cheap shit you can find.
We could do that, but that's just not, I wouldn't do that to a friend.
I wouldn't tell my dad to go buy that.
I wouldn't tell my brother to go buy that.
So why would I tell you to go buy that?
And I think that relationship takes time and there are some people that are in the lawn care
world or that are in the garden world that are like that, that they are like that.
And I appreciate those people and I know some of them.
But the algorithm like Facebook and the Instagrams and the TikToks of the world,
they don't give a shit.
You know, they don't care.
You like two garden things in a row, you're about to see 100.
And the thing that causes the most controversy is the very next thing you're gonna see.
The fact that every single social media platform now has some sort of like shopping thing attached to
it should be a tall like tail sign of that, like that.
Yeah, it's like one of the reasons we don't have shopping on TikTok is that specific reason.
Because it's like we don't even want to go down that rabbit hole of conversation and deal with that.
And we want to, sometimes you just want to make fun videos for fuck's sake, you know?
And we want to talk about stuff with you guys.
And yeah, of course we sell stuff.
That's why we do the podcast.
But when a dude buys some Apex wheels and some Conti tires or he picks up some
some Olens or KWs or he's looking to build his, you know, RX7 or his 350Z,
we treat that person with the same amount of care as if I was building that 350Z myself.
And I think there is something to be said about that.
We talked about it during the SEMA meeting this week.
I was a part of where we were talking about like what are these big problems that are in the industry.
And like that was one of the things I shared with the people that make product is like,
talk about why you do do this.
Because if you just do it to make money, you're screwed.
Like over the next five, 10 years, the car enthusiasts that are coming up,
they're smarter than you.
They're faster than you.
They know where things come from.
They know if they're getting their shoulders pulled or something's going to pull over their eyes.
Like they're good like that and fucking good on them.
They should be.
You should be.
Yeah.
So yeah, I'm proud of you.
Proceed through the bullshit.
But if you have a good story and you care and there's something that you're making for the
community because you think it makes it better, then you should brag about that.
And people should know about that.
And for Martini works, we help people modify their car the right way,
which means when you message us, sometimes we tell you, no, don't do that.
That's a bad idea.
We don't recommend this.
We don't, we shouldn't do that.
I wouldn't recommend this brand.
Hey, I'm not, you're sure you're going to like this.
Oh, you had a problem with the supplier.
Okay, well, we'll take the wheels back and we'll figure it out later.
You know, these are things that slow us down business wise.
But the cost is, is we walk out of this building and I walk out of this building with,
with my heart still full, knowing that we made the right decision.
And that's our goal forever.
Like no matter if there's 10 of us here, 100 it's like my goal will always be
that we'll never make a decision that makes us choose like brain over heart
with the community of people who love cars.
It's already so sensitive as it is.
Oh, 100%.
Sorry, that was a ramble.
No, that's good.
That's good.
With that being said, we are going to take a small break.
With that, we'd like to thank our next sponsor, the Martini Works Podcast Continental Tires.
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We love the guys over there.
And honestly, we're actually starting to run some of them in some,
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So we have a MX-5 that we're going to be setting up for some spec racing eventually.
But we actually are going to get a set of Conties on it to run in the interim,
just to help us get a baseline for the car.
Because the actual spec tire is very expensive.
It's very hard to get along with.
And we want to be able to drive this car around.
And one of the things that I love about the ECS-02 specifically
is the different types of tire sizes that you can get.
It's absolutely insane the level of coverage that Continental has with the ECS-02 and the DWS-06.
So whether you have a Mazda Miata, an S650, a WRX, a 350Z, like they have staggered setups,
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It works really, really well if you're just trying to set up a really dope
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If you just want a good stance setup, Conties have a really killer looking sidewall.
So if you're going to get the best deal on Continental tire,
especially as some of the prices are supposed to go up in the next couple of weeks,
you can actually head on over to martiniworks.com, head to tires.
You can shop just by tires.
If you want to pair that up with wheels, we're more than happy to package them together.
Ship them right to your door.
So all you have to worry about is throwing them on the car.
So we do want to say thank you to Continental tire for being a sponsor of the Martiniworks podcast
and we'll see you in a second.
Calm down, mama bear.
Kids are fed, table emoji.
Bills are paid, bill flying emoji.
And honestly, that's powerful.
Sparkle heart, thumbs up emoji, M-dash.
Take a breath in and give those Zen vibes a moment to kick in.
Zen emoji.
That sound like an AI.
Well, yeah, that was definitely.
Yeah.
That is, um, so.
Old people love AI.
And speaking of which, uh, so does Dodge apparently because on Dodge's website,
they released a piece of apparel and it showed a truck, an American flag.
Badass.
Sorry.
I guess it wasn't Dodge.
It was Ram.
Oh, it was Ram.
I'll clarify that because they're separate now.
And, uh, it was actually a Toyota Tacoma that was the truck and the, the American flag
had 40 stars on it and it has since been taken down swiftly once they realize that just putting
a Ram grill in a Toyota Tacoma doesn't fly with the audience too great.
And forgetting 10 of the states.
Yeah.
That, that's, uh, absolutely insane.
It made it that far that it was actually posted and I hope someone got it.
I hope someone got that shirt.
I would wear that shirt.
That would be sick.
I would like to just talk to Dodge directly and Ram directly.
If you're not Ram, I need you to scroll.
Who in the fuck runs your marketing department because you also posted not just an AI t-shirt
with the wrong truck amount of flags, but like a month and a half ago,
you also posted the wrong vehicle of a pre-production neon that had the wrong
amount of spokes on the wheels.
The Dodge truck was not the right Dodge truck.
It was an AI image of two Dodge production vehicles, both wrong.
Nolan from doughnut called it out.
I went back to go see if there was some reason for it.
I even commented and I responded to it.
They didn't even respond to me.
I went on the internet.
There is no history of either of these vehicles existing with, with that combo setup with like
the wheels and with the truck setup and the headlights were different.
So I'm convinced that whoever runs Ram or Dodge's marketing social media is like an
unsolicited AI clanker.
It needs to be stopped.
Or I feel like it's just this old dude that's been in marketing for Ram for like,
I got this crazy new school guy years.
It's insane what it can do.
Social media came out, AI came out and he's just trying his best to keep up right now.
Dude, I was, I was joking about this with Dakota earlier, but it's like, you know,
it's like we joke about, you know, old people.
They're always so hesitant to grab on to like the new technology, right?
I don't want to them smartphones and all that too confusing.
I only want my buttons and all this kind of shit.
For some reason though, AI gets the past.
They fucking latch down.
They're like, get this.
This is good.
I love this right here.
AI, this is good.
Why, why did that get the past?
I don't know.
Is that the neon thing?
The fuck is that?
And then send me that photo.
That is not a neon.
Yeah.
What is going on with that post?
That's like the, like the, that was a Dodge Stratus or the Dodge Intrepid, whatever.
It's weird though.
Why did they leave the post up?
So a lot of people are saying, well, maybe it's a pre-production model,
but there is no pre-production model that looks like this.
So anyway, anyway, I just, I just don't, I just don't.
Stop using AI for your cars and coffee posters, by the way, I'm sick of it.
Yeah.
Let's, let's talk real quick.
If you want to not be laughed at, there's only a few things that you need to do.
Number one, please for the love of all that is fuck, stop using AI for your car show posters.
Wrote America.
I'm looking at you too.
They did not.
They did.
You guys have literally tetrabites of the most incredible, nostalgic, insane moments in
motorsport history for, and then like the, they and motorsport reg and all these other
guys that are hosting like these track days, they'll use an AI generated background.
It's always of the kink and it's like a Porsche 911, but it's 100% not a real photo.
It's not real at all.
It's like, come on.
Like literally hundreds of photographers there, like every weekend shooting the most insane
content that you've ever seen and photos that you've ever seen.
Like you said, for literal decades now that they have access to, you can just pay with a cool photo.
Like don't get me wrong.
I love, got this really cool AI tool.
It's good.
Do it for you.
I love it.
Second thing, we need to stop automatically pushing to AI with descriptions of things.
We need to try and write these things ourselves first because if I, if I see an M dash, it's over.
It's like, and if you say, Oh, well, I've always used M dashes.
You don't even know where the M dash is on your keyboard.
Not a chance.
Don't believe you.
Don't believe you.
You want to people and take that like, I have always used M dashes.
It's like bullshit asshole.
Nobody likes bullet points with an emoji.
You're out.
Not in it.
You're out.
Stop M dash mama bear.
Yeah.
That's kind of weird.
The RC company that I followed.
I'm so close to just calling them out on all their socials because not only is every single
caption and description generated.
Yeah.
They literally do with jobs.
Like the photos that they're posting of the product that they sell instead of just
going and taking a photo of like, Hey, this is in stock.
Now I'm just Gabby.
I generate and it's completely different.
And it's not even that has to be 100% to be fair.
It may not be wrote America.
It could be the people that are hosting things that wrote America.
Okay.
But some of this shit ain't real.
Oh, well that that's some of the shit definitely ain't real.
There is no, there is no section of wrote America that that is a corner.
There's no part of that.
That is wrote America.
No, because it like splits off weird.
Yeah.
There's nothing that has a banking high to a left-hander like that.
You know, it's like, what do you have to do?
You get a 16 year old that loves motor sports and you say, come out at five PM.
We got some people running around the racetrack.
Take a photo.
Mm-hmm.
Take like 10.
You know what?
We'll pay you 20 bucks.
Boom.
Done.
You know what's not AI but sounds like AI.
What's that?
If you get a new 2027 BMW M2 with XDrive, BMW has added another M to the title.
So it's an M2M, which I think is fucking crazy.
At some point there's gonna be like, I have an M&M.
Doesn't that sound like it would be like AI or something?
Change this badge and then it would do some shit like that.
Yeah.
It just sounds like they're out of ideas.
There's some places where I'm so surprised AI hasn't made its way in yet.
And I'm almost like happy because if they have integrated AI well,
then I haven't noticed it.
What is it?
Like there's just times where I'm like in places and I'm like, why is AI here?
You know, when I open up a Google Doc and Gemini's like, do you need help?
Do you want me to write everything for you?
I'm like, I need you to get the fuck out of my face is what I need you to do.
I go to send a code us like Slack message and it's like, do you want me to proofread this?
I'm like, no, I'm sending fuck shit.
Know what should be banned to using AI generated images of food on your menu.
That is also false advertisement.
Yeah.
Because you're not even going to get what is even responsible for enforcing false advertising.
Is it FTC?
I don't fucking know.
You would think that they would be doing incredible right now,
considering all the shit they have to do.
Starting right now, I'm running this shit.
Send any of your false advertisements to Joe.
You're done.
Actually, if you guys are listening in, I need your help.
I want you to send us on Instagram, martiniworks, the worst AI generated car show banners you find
on the internet.
Oh, there's a lot of them.
I want to see them.
I want to see what's going on in the world.
I saw one for a side show the other day.
That's like the worst of both worlds.
It was so bad, both just like, people already have their preconceptions of these types of
events and these activities and the vehicles that are there.
But you ask AI to generate, it's all over and it is crazy.
Anyway, is there any other car news that we need to discuss?
Apparently, we're getting closer and closer to a new MR2, apparently.
We've talked about this on the podcast a couple of times.
So is there some progress that's been made or what?
I don't know.
It was like a Facebook post that got hella viral today,
but I haven't found any article to really back it up.
But it's exciting concept nonetheless.
I know we are pretty much at this confirmed,
but it's not going to be for probably another year or so.
I hope it's not a prelude situation.
Yeah, I know me too.
Other news, I think I saw something about the Dodge Copperhead Viper Successor.
That's AI.
Maybe, probably.
It's Dodge, never know.
There were some articles on that.
So essentially a Viper Successor potentially coming to the world in a couple of years,
2029 I think is what they're looking for.
It sounds like kind of looking back on it in the 90s.
There was an actual prototype or concept car made that was called the Copperhead.
So it's been in their wheelhouse for a little bit now it sounds like,
but it seems pretty interesting.
Viper Successor would be dope.
I think that would be really cool.
I just don't know, are they going to start their own off-shoot brand called Copperhead then,
since Viper had to do that?
I don't really know what that is.
That's a good point.
I don't understand how any of that works anymore.
In prototype news, I have the best news of the week.
It's big words.
That's a cheap couch and honestly, I'm a little nervous about it.
Audi has a new 987 horsepower supercar and it's not the R8 replacement.
So this debuted yesterday.
They're building 499 examples of something called the Nuvalari.
And so the Nuvalari is named after the famed Italian racing driver,
Tazio Nuvalari with production beginning early 2027.
And it's borrowing like we talked about before, the 10,000 RPM 4.0L V8 from the Lamborghini Temerario.
Audi's preliminary performance claims it includes 0 to 124 miles an hour in 6.8 seconds
and a top speed of more than 217 miles an hour.
I want you to look at this and I want you to tell me if you like it or not.
It looks like an R8 and a Bugatti smash together.
Yeah, it does that.
The front end is looks like a Lego car.
Looks like it got stretched upwards.
It looks like I dislike it.
The pixel stretch trend.
First of all, Nuvalari sounds like new Ferrari.
It's kind of fucking me up.
Second of all, so they just essentially reskinned the Temerario.
Listen, I'm not going to say that they did, but if you know anybody from the Volkswagen group,
you know they love cutting corners.
Hey, am I wrong?
It's not true.
Maybe the 16 year olds that scoop them up.
No, no, Volkswagen's gotten its hand in trouble in the cookie jar many a time.
It's not cutting corners.
It's going above and beyond.
They tricked computer systems so that their diesels could be.
Yeah, they technically did more work.
Yeah, they did more work in engineering in order to figure out how to bypass the emissions
so their diesels could run nice and dirty like without getting caught.
And you're saying they're cutting corners.
Are you kidding me?
They're putting in more effort than anybody else out there.
Third thing, Audi R9 before GTA 6 is crazy.
It's not the R8 replacement.
I don't understand how Grand Theft Auto 6 can take as long as it has.
No one can.
That's the joke.
I'm also very curious like, when am I going to get a new Skyrim?
Dead, never.
You're asking some illegal video game questions right now.
Maybe that's okay.
No, because maybe it's...
Here's the problem, guys.
I need a constant remake of this.
No, no, no, shut up.
This is the problem, though, because when I bought Elden Ring,
I thought Elden Ring was a sequel to Skyrim.
Bitch, the fuck?
Hell no, brother.
It's not even the same universe.
It was okay, though.
That was okay.
See, we got a new series.
Yeah, and it was awesome.
We need new ideas.
But the problem, guys, is when I went to go play Elden Ring.
I would play the new series.
And it was very, very hard.
I couldn't quite understand why it was so much harder than Skyrim.
And then I realized it wasn't Skyrim.
And then I got double sad, because not only was I ass at Elden Ring,
now I was ass at Elden Ring, and I still didn't have the Skyrim.
I didn't even want this game.
Elden Ring, Elder Scrolls, you must have got a little...
Did you ever finish Elden Ring?
Huh?
Did you ever finish Elden Ring?
No, I got to the point where I kicked the lady's ass with books,
you know, the book lady, librarian lady.
She, I was just beating the shit out of that one.
That is also where I got stuck.
Yeah, and then I got done with that, and they get you to the other side,
and they're like, behold.
Here's 90% of the rest of the game.
Behold this world.
And I'm like, I need arrows, I need pings, and locations, and distances,
because I don't know where the fuck I'm going.
I got nothing.
They don't direct you at all.
No, and I got to like...
And there's also like four different storylines that happen,
but apparently you have no idea.
It's fucking weird.
You know how like, and what is it, Dungeons and Dragons,
when you have like a 20-sided die, you know?
I felt like, because I tried multiple times.
I sat down, I'm like, I'm going to play this,
I'm going to get to the next milestone of this game.
Every turn I took to try and get closer to the main storyline,
I must have rolled a zero.
Because like, I kept going further and further away
from what I thought was the next step, until eventually I'm like,
I am quite literally in the corner of the map.
I got this really cool sword, I beat this boss, now there's nothing.
Yeah.
Nothing.
Now what?
I'm lost.
And then the lady, and then the lady talks to you in riddles,
and I need to like...
It's just a lot of work.
Yeah, it's just...
I just want Skyrim.
Two.
Or Bioshock.
Infinite two.
The next Bioshock.
I never played Bioshock.
God, I just...
That's so good.
Just really want another call of duty, honestly.
Let's talk about one last question before the end of the podcast.
This is important.
Chad, I want you to listen in.
We obviously have peak video games, right?
I would consider Halo 3 marketing and the game, to me, was like, peak.
The marketing for it was insane, believe, right?
It had the live action, it had all that cool stuff.
The game was Mountain Dew, Midnight Release.
It was insane.
What car do you think in your lifetime has been received
like the love of Halo 3?
Oh, man.
The Halo 3 of cars?
Oh, man.
That's tough because I've never fucking played Halo 3.
That's insane.
You missed out on a whole...
I did.
I didn't have an Xbox at the time.
I missed out.
That was...
That's insane.
It's tough because I feel like Halo 3 is on its own planet, honestly.
It is.
I don't get that.
I've never played the game.
So funny.
It's about angels.
It's so...
That's Neon Evangelion.
Like, it shaped our culture so much as children growing up.
I don't know if there's a vehicle that has done that or tapped into territory.
I really don't.
You don't think that there's a car?
The beauty of Halo 3 and why it was...
Because it was accessible to everybody.
Pretty much everyone could buy a video game and have a video game.
So you're talking about millions of people that have played this game.
I don't know of a car that has been enjoyed by the masses to the extent of Halo 3.
And that's where I'm struggling.
That's fair.
What would you say?
Yeah, can you think of one?
Like...
The closest?
Yeah.
Man.
Can you even answer his own question?
It's because it's so hard.
They tricked himself.
I don't think there is.
Sometimes I ask questions without knowing the answer, guys.
That's fair.
I think if there was a car that was close, it wouldn't be it.
But close?
Man.
Shaped generation.
I feel like a 7th gen, 6th gen Civic.
I was honestly thinking like a Honda Civic Si.
Yeah, like a Civic Si like 99.
But it's still, I don't...
Yeah, it's not even close.
I still don't think it's...
It's not on the same level.
The cultural thing.
Influential, for sure.
I've never seen a Civic Si on a Mountain Dew Can before.
True.
We have seen a Si on F or S on a Mountain Dew Can.
Yeah, they did a whole activation thing.
He said that really looking at you.
Like you guys have seen it.
He's like, we have.
He's looking at you.
We have.
We have.
There.
Do you remember this?
Come on now.
Talk to my mom about it.
Remember?
Do you remember this weekend?
Hold on, I got one more question.
You've agreed to that.
I have one more question that I'm done.
Okay.
This is the most important question of the podcast.
What is the old school runescape of the car community?
What is just like the platform?
Let's classify this.
That has like been around forever.
We're taking Titans of the industry to make this.
Okay, here's the thing.
Pin it on one thing.
When we classify old school runescape, right?
It's like it has been around forever.
Known by many.
Loved by many.
Played by almost everyone at some point in their life.
And even though there has been new versions of it,
people keep going back to the original and prefer the original.
Yeah, they have like a little thing.
And continues to be supported.
Right.
Yeah, they have a runescape three, don't they?
Like a new one?
Yeah, we're way, we're way past that.
Yeah.
Just so you guys know Dakota plays every day.
14 million sounds.
Guys, runescape three is here.
They have a, they have a, what was the newest skill that I remember?
Probably like summoning.
Yeah.
That's not new sailing now.
They still hit.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
That's sailing.
But that's an old school runescape.
That's not in RS three.
No, just old school.
Just old school.
Okay.
Yeah.
Let me look at that.
That's that is he licked his lips.
Yeah.
It's like something that has a newer generation,
but everybody goes back to the old generation.
They have an old version.
They don't have the new version.
I have it.
What is it?
Say it.
It's, it is the 9649 11 of video games.
Even as the newer ones come out and they're, they're objectively better
and they run smoother and they're cleaner to look at and they're faster.
9649 11.
Fucking transport companies trying to call me right now again.
The ones that I don't want to go with.
Can you answer it?
No, I'm not, I'm not doing that.
You want me to talk to my mom?
Dude, my mom would always piss me off with that.
Mom, I love you, but oh my God.
I would just troll.
She would purposely answer like a scam call or like a telemarketing and be like,
no, like it's now a conversation with the entire household.
I don't want you to call me here anymore.
Like makes like the biggest shit.
I love my wife to death, but she also does that.
With, with reels where she'll turn the volume up, but then not,
not verbally mentioned that she wants me to see something.
And so the real, she just turns up and that's just like a sign to, to, to listen in
on what's being said on her phone.
Anyway, I was going to say the C five Corvette
because everyone likes a C five Corvette.
Everyone knows a C five Corvette.
You've been around it.
You get in one and have a good time.
You might be into it for a while, then you drop off and you don't really care about it.
And then all of a sudden you see someone do it, something cool with it.
And you're like, damn, I do really want to see five Corvette and it's cool.
But then I was trying to think because like JAGA experience, that's based in like UK.
So I was trying to think of something more over there, but there really isn't as heavy
of a hitter.
Like I am about to say like a mini Cooper or something.
So I'm going to go see five Corvette on it.
Yeah, I'm, I'm thinking of something.
Honestly, the first thing that kind of came to mind and I know this is really out there,
but it's like a, like an old Watson like this or like some old like Nissan,
something like what clicked with me was, you know, they're continuing to support it after so many
years.
And it's almost like it got a resurgence of support.
And it's, I'm thinking about like some of the news of like these companies and
even the manufacturer themselves of like, Hey, we're firing up like the molds and
stamps for Watson again, right?
Like we are making OE remand parts.
Yeah, that's sick.
I want more of that.
I support more of that shit.
That's, that's what that reminds me of.
So any, any cars that have that around it or it's like, Hey, we know the fan base and
support of this is so huge.
Didn't they do something with like the AE86 too?
Aren't they making like, you can just go buy or you can send your AE86 in.
Oh, I don't know.
Like completely like restore it for at least or something.
There's a Chinese company making 80 frames.
I think that that news came around the same time, but it was something along the lines
of there was a vehicle manufacturer out the or maybe that did the Chinese frames come
first and then Toyota's like, you know, no,
could very well be guys.
I have the biggest news of the century.
Okay.
We started this podcast out talking about a specific topic and that was transportation.
Oh, and that I never know when I'm going to get my car.
The end of the podcast is here and I officially have the bill of waiting and confirmation
that my car is on a trailer.
Oh my God, let's go.
That's huge month in the making.
Holy shit.
That is dude, you can go into the fucking weekend with a breath or a bunch of weight
off your chest real of it.
And I mean, obviously now it's the whole leg of the journey, but yeah, that I worried about
that that was yeah, that's the easy part compared to what the fuck you happen there.
Well, I'm so happy for you, Jesus.
We're there.
We're there.
I'm proud of you.
Thank you.
Thank you for doing that.
Thank you for getting the car here.
Thanks for getting your car shipped.
You're welcome.
You could have just let it sit there.
We'd like to thank you all for listening in on the Martini Works podcast this week.
If you have enjoyed this series, please let us know which section you like the most.
I like the section where my car shipped personally.
And I'm sorry that I went off on flock, but they can flock off.
Yeah.
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Absolutely sick.
You love it.
We love it.
We love to see it.
And we will see you next week Friday.
Fuck me up.
Filming on a Friday and have a build thread feature.
I'm so sorry.
We'll do double next week.
I promise.
Oh, loser.
I'm down to two.
All right.
Dakota.
Yeah.
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It's a good stamp.
Yeah.
I don't put it on much.
I don't.
Go back.
Listen through the whole podcast.
Listen when I said it.
Probably can't.
Well, I just did.
So have a good weekend, everybody.
I eat.
About this episode
The MartiniWorks Podcast bounces from shop updates and rotary-engine swap talk to a long rant about car shipping chaos—mystery handoffs, multi-day delays, and vague scheduling. Then the hosts dig into California’s proposed aftermarket tire restrictions, focusing on rolling resistance and how enforcement could effectively “ban all aftermarket tires.” They also question treadwear and EV tire marketing, and connect the bigger picture to regulation, enthusiast pushback (SEMA), and the way social media turns car culture into shopping.
Enjoy the podcast every Friday? Support it by getting your car mods at https://bit.ly/4vtk1kyThere are some WILD headlines being thrown around that California is cracking down on aftermarket tires. What is actually going on? Today Alex, Dakota, and Gels sit down to talk about this and more on the MartiniWorks Podcast! #cars #podcast #automotivePick up our Coffee here! https://bit.ly/3PIFl6JA HUGE thank you to Continental, Motegi, and Fortune Auto for being the official tire, wheel, and suspension of the MartiniWorks Podcast! Let us know if you need a set of tires or coilovers.Shop Continental tires here https://bit.ly/4ecbfAKShop Motegi wheels here https://bit.ly/4vp7VcgShop Fortune Auto suspension here https://bit.ly/4fnfqM8Check out the main channel! @MartiniWorksOfficialWe also have an unboxing channel @MartiniWorksUnboxedFollow Alex @alexmartini__Follow Dakota @dakotastoneeFollow Gels @akagels
