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Welcome to Switchcast Season 6.

I'm your host Doug Tabott here with our guest co-host and familiar face on the podcast

Tim Neely.

Familiar voice, I guess, because y'all are listening on the audio podcast except you

Patreoners.

It sounds just like this.

Those are quiet, even when he's worked up.

Switchcast is a podcast where we know what we're talking about despite evidence to the

contrary.

Although Tim actually does know what he's talking about.

He's got a lot of nerd knowledge, although somebody corrected me on something I quoted

you on about the Bentley Arnaz tea with a 6.75 liter in the Cosworth cams and the

ones that melt.

It's true.

Yes, you were right, but there was more to it that they said sort of.

Anyway, it was beyond my level.

Bring that guy in here, because I'm right.

I think he has like seven of them.

Well, then he's got a guy to grind him some new cams.

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Our Patreon topic tonight is the worst car names of all time.

It's, I can't wait.

Not the worst cars, but the worst car names.

Let's see.

Warmup lap one.

What is fueling this podcast tonight?

Tim, what do you've gotten your tank over there?

I don't know what I poured.

Did you pour the Glenn, Glenn Gasso?

I did.

All right.

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And it's not peedy.

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advisor and he'll be weighing in on a Patreon episode as well.

I was watching the Charlie Sheen documentary last night.

Have you seen that?

I watched it and I was so into it until I wasn't.

Don't ruin it.

I'm halfway through.

I don't want to ruin it for you, but I actually told several people not to watch

it because it was, you know, it was momentarily it had its sadness.

Well, the only reason I bring this up is really don't care how good it is or isn't because it's

not car related.

It's not at all.

Everything on the podcast has to be car related or joke related.

Is there a joke coming?

Yes.

Did you hear that Charlie Sheen started a moving company?

No, I did not.

It's called Two and a Half Men in a Truck.

Do we drink to that?

What do we do?

I don't...

Speaking of trucking, you like my segues?

That was great.

We had a hotshot carrier show up at my shop, our shop this week to pick up a really nice

low mile portion 991.

And you've heard me complain about hotshot truckers.

You've probably had your own.

We've discussed.

Yeah.

It's been painful.

So this one we didn't book.

It was an open carrier, it was a $100,000 991.

Typical for these carriers, they had the quick change company name sleeve on the back of their...

The back window.

This one was actually like a slider thing.

It was fancy.

It wasn't just regular tape.

It was set up to change company names on the fly.

That almost makes it worse.

Dodge charger with flat tires on the front of the trailer.

It was booked through a broker and by all metrics we should have reviewed the load,

although it wasn't really ours to refuse.

The buyer booked it and essentially we just went through, called them and said, here's

the company name.

Here's the photos.

Here's the van on the truck.

Here's all the information.

Can we release it?

Is this you?

Is this the right delivery address?

And they said, yep.

Okay.

Good to go.

So we're like, all right.

Hands off.

It's yours.

But with all the red flags, the driver, the driver was the ace in the hole.

He was Eastern European like they all are, but he spoke great English.

He was super careful.

He was clean.

He didn't ask to use our bathroom amazingly, which never happens.

He didn't burn up the clutch on the Porsche and the funniest thing was is like when we

were talking about, you know, sending this car on the trailer, he's like, yeah, I don't

know why a customer would book open trailer.

He was making fun of the customer for cheaping out on the transport because he knew he

literally said, why customer book cheap transport for Porsche?

Look at my trailer.

It's a piece of shit.

That's a horrible Eastern European accent.

Whatever.

I'm not going to any of these accents.

It's no good.

There's no good accent.

This accent is no good.

I can't do grew.

I just need this.

This accent is no good.

But he's literally making fun of his own trailer.

I'm like, I like this guy.

I would hire this driver in a New York minute to haul like a nice enclosed carrier, but he's

stuck friggin bottom feeding competing with all the shady operators.

The ones that are not shady are shady.

I mean, I just, if you are a quality human being, start a transport company.

That's really, that's what we need.

We need more.

I'm telling you, man, because it is, it is bad.

It is bad.

It's hard for the good ones to get ahead because of this dubious competition.

I feel like this guy needed to work for like reliable or somebody because he, he was good

guy, but all the metrics.

Good guy.

He's a good guy.

Hello.

I'm driver.

I've had many Eastern European truckers, the good ones, volunteer to come on and

do like bits making fun of the shady ones because it's all the same lines.

It's all the same lines.

Hello.

I'm driver.

I'm going to share with you a short truck driver.

So I just had $145,000 Rayleigh Montaigne's Jaguar picked up last month by a truck driver,

a reputable enclosed truck driver that a reputable auction agency recommended.

He picked it up and 20 minutes later, my son sends me a picture from Meyer parking lot.

The Meyer parking lot, 20 minutes from where the car was and the Jag is sitting in the

Meyer parking lot with no truck driver anywhere to be found.

I said, what, what is happening?

So I call the truck driver.

He doesn't answer.

I said, don't leave the car because, I mean, it's just chilling in this parking lot.

No truck, no whatever.

Finally, my other son pulls in because that son had to go.

My other son arrives, car's still there 15 minutes later.

Call the guy.

Get a hold of the guy.

He's like, why are you calling?

I said, I said, where is the car?

He's like, it's on truck.

I'm like, I guarantee it's not on the truck.

Where's the, where's the thing?

I put it in nice area.

I had to pick up other car at a Meyer.

I mean, it's a unlocked.

The car was unlocked 150,000 to $145,000 car.

Like this is the reputable enclosed shipper.

Nice.

It was a nice truck.

Like the whole, who was it?

I don't want to tell you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you off, Mike, I can't.

They're reliable.

They are reliable.

They're reliable.

I have what they do.

Yeah.

It's, ugh.

He's, he's bad.

He's not good.

He's not a good truck.

Okay.

Can you, can you read what the guy said again?

So we have the effect.

I did the accent about what my, I'm literally quoting.

He says, why customer book cheap transport for the Porsche?

Look at my trailer.

It, it piece of shit.

I need, I would need to read it, but I could, I could do this for you, Doug.

East and Europeans are now like, Tim has offended me deeply.

Uh, no more accents.

No more accents.

I've been doing accents for, since we started the podcast, they've never been good.

They've never been good.

The only one I do okay is in Indian accent.

What?

Why is this, they're all accents, Southern accent.

I do a Southern accent.

Oh, don't go there.

It's main accent accents offensive just because I don't know, everything's offensive now.

I just try to not offend people.

It's like I try to say, you know, like cars that I don't like, I try to not disclose

cars I don't like other than the E 60 and five, the E 60 and five I've disclosed many

times.

Wow.

Yeah.

Okay.

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Switchcast.

In the news this week, Bobby Kahn, sure, many of you know that name.

If you don't, Emporio Motor Group should ring a bell.

An article from December 23, 2014, well not an article, a press release from FBI.gov.

Owner of car dealership charged in large scale fraud scheme.

This is par for the course here at Switchcast talking about car dealer fraud.

You may say, wait a minute, 2014 is not this week.

How is that this week's news?

We'll get there.

Bobby Kahn of Eg Harbor Township, New Jersey, according to this press release, was charged

by complaint with one count of wire fraud and he is currently being sought by law enforcement

because, editorial note, he fled overseas and went to a country from which he could

not be extradited.

From at least December 13 through September 14, Kahn, through Emporio Motor Group, engaged

in acts to defraud lenders to Emporio and customers of the dealership.

The long and short of it is he's doing what or he did what every other car dealer scam

was where he would consign cars and not pay the consigners.

He would consign cars with loans on them and not pay off the loans after he sold

them.

In fact, in one of these cases listed in the press release here, he continued to make

payments on the loan.

The customer didn't even know it was sold, said, nope, I didn't sell the car.

I don't know what you're talking about.

He did not pay off lenders.

He got loans for cars that weren't actually sold, submitted fraudulent paperwork.

I mean, let's see, according to this press release, the bank is exposed to a potential

loss of more than $1.7 million and to date, more than 75 individuals have filed complaints

concerning Kahn's actions at Emporio.

Took them years.

He finally turned himself in, came back to the United States.

Apparently, he was overseas because he was trying to negotiate his family having their

visas reinstated so they could come over.

He was convicted of a pled guilty and was convicted to one count of wire fraud, was sentenced

to two years in federal prison, and is currently on probation.

The other thing he's currently on is the docket for US Congress.

He is running for US Congress out of Nevada because you can't spell Congress without Kahn.

In preparation for this podcast, I watched he has on YouTube a like four part, I want to

say documentary, but it's barely a documentary and it's like the worst produced piece of advertising.

I mean, I almost don't even know.

Is it something that he produced as a press type thing?

Yeah, like Rich Cardealer and I lived the American dream and then the feds tried to

take me down and I suffered through it because I wanted to understand and I understand it even

less now.

Like how this guy, we always complain about our representatives, don't represent us.

How does this guy get elected?

I mean, there's hundreds of stories like this, probably.

I mean, we elected a guy named Anthony Wiener and then he did Wiener stuff and then

we reelected him.

So like it's us.

It's all on us.

It is.

It's on us.

And this is not unique to politicians.

So this is not really a surprise or Cardealer for that matter.

It's almost a perfect fit.

Yeah, his case and his documentary is special.

And so if you really want to understand why you should not vote for, what is Bobby

Kahn?

Is that his name?

Bobby Kahn.

Yeah, watch his documentary and you will not vote for him or maybe you will and that's

just how it works.

Well, he's pretty active on social media.

He's doing lots of PR stuff now on Instagram, one of which was complaining about how Navy

Federal Credit Union did some unjust fee or loan or something like that.

But it happened to be one of his family members that he was upset about.

And I thought it was pretty rich for a guy who defrauded banks to complain about how banks

were treating somebody.

After watching the documentary, I almost have no words.

Like I cannot believe that someone would do that.

I mean, and it is, as a Cardealer, cars come and cars go, like you make money.

Why do you have to do evil?

Well, where does that come in?

Because they're not making enough money.

They're trying to live this huge lifestyle.

He was on the real housewives of whatever Bergen County.

He was trying to be a celebrity.

He was a celebrity.

And the constant theme in this comment actually came to us from one of our listeners is that

the reason these people in the car business and other businesses that service the Uber

rich is because they keep trying to live the lifestyle of their clients and they can't

do that with very few exceptions.

Yeah, they should not try to do that.

You can sell cars and then also like to not have personal debt.

You know what I mean?

Like you can do, it's possible to be a good human being.

That's the takeaway.

Rich enough.

Keep up with the image of your hyper rich clients.

It just it's not happening yet.

He's got to sell a lot of Toyotas for that to happen.

That's right.

So anyway, he's running for Congress and he's very open about his past.

He's almost using it as a, you know, I've I've been through the ringer.

I've seen it all.

I've, you know, had ups and downs, but listen, this is not.

This happened to me 15 years ago.

You're right.

Good track record of ethical behavior since then.

This is, he just got out of prison in 2023, I think, and is still currently on probation.

Yeah.

And this is not, I mean, there's multiple charges.

And if you watch his documentary, there's actually, there's like a fire arson.

There's arson charges.

There's like a lot of charges.

Many of them date back to like the potentially maybe attempted insurance.

Yeah.

Insurance fraud, like early, early 2000s.

I will say, if you like the Bentley Arnage, he has a Bentley Arnage in the first two episodes.

So there's a lot of Arnage sites.

Is it his though?

I mean, no, it was probably the banks, you know, or a consignee who, yeah, so, yeah.

Very unfortunate situation.

And I, you know, I, when you say the link that came through first, when you sent me

that, here's the topics we want to talk about.

You sent me the like, the Bobby con for, for Congress.

And I looked at the page and it, it had actually hilariously, it was not a well built web page.

So like some of the pages didn't work.

And I'm like, oh, this is, this guy's a clown.

Oh yeah.

He's a clown.

And it's, it's disappointing.

I don't know.

Like the takeaway there is I just, I don't know why, you know, if you listen to

this guy talk for 15 minutes, like I don't want to buy a car from this guy.

You know what I mean?

Like I don't have, he doesn't make me trust him.

He is, he is going for change.

He wants to represent the marginalized and the, you know, he wants tax reform, all

these conservative talking points.

But here we go.

This is, this is great.

He's also apparently not, to me part of reform is responsibility.

I'm talking about reform in terms of his ethics and his behavior, not, you know,

policy reform that he wants to affect.

So there's a saying a tiger doesn't change their stripes or lose their stripes.

And a good example of that is Charles Harris, who we've talked about multiple times on

this podcast.

He was a alleged fraudster because he was never convicted, but he had a dealership

down in Clarksville, Tennessee, and he did the same thing, sold cars, didn't pay

off the loans, you know, gave cars to people.

They never got their title.

This is all firsthand.

I've talked to all these people, and he told me on the phone, I'm paying these

people off.

I've, I've been using my money to try to make all this stuff right.

Bull crap.

Bank sued him.

They called the people they said he was, he was making it right with, they're like,

Bull crap.

We can't get ahold of him.

We haven't seen a dime.

And he just kept on doing the same things.

But if you look into his past 12 years before this, he was convicted of financial

fraud in some loan scheme that he did with a banker, right?

So it's like only a matter of time before these people do these things again, unless

there is true repentance, which starts with taking responsibility for what you've done,

right?

I would, I mean, I would love to see that.

But I mean, you know, this is one of the things that's definitely not because this

article on Las Vegas Review Journal says, well, first of all, they use the quote, allegedly

con appeared on the FBI's most wanted list for allegedly defrauding people through

his high end cartilageship in New Jersey, though he continues to claim he was not

responsible and says he was a victim of lawfare.

I don't know how they keep getting away with it.

Like I feel like if you do that once, it's that should be a problem, let alone dozens

and dozens of times to the point where the federal government is breathing down

your neck and successfully prosecutes you.

Yeah.

Well, but it was alleged and he was a victim.

He was a victim of lawfare.

I hate to say.

He now works as a consultant for law firms and I'm sure he still flips cars.

That's the crazy thing is like in the car business.

I know guys like that, you know, and I am always shocked when eight years later,

they come back.

Well, they're not going to do that again, but they always do stupid stuff again.

It seems like and if he gets in Congress, it'll be the same thing.

So don't vote for Bobby.

That won't be any different from the people that are in Congress now.

Well, then I mean, no different.

We should just immediately run for Congress.

What's to say the power won't corrupt us?

I mean, it I don't you probably will, you know, I don't know.

You know what I mean?

I don't know.

I mean, like I think I shot you a text to that.

Why is he you asked a question?

I can't remember where the question was.

But what's his what's his what's his angle?

The angle is, hey, you know what, even though I had all these millions

and millions of dollars, it's still not as good as if you have the power.

And he's like, I'm screw getting the money.

I'm going to get the power and then I'm going to get the money

because he sees people come into Congress.

I'm not going to name any names, but they come into Congress with debt,

like seventy eight thousand negative net worth.

And then three years later, they're they're worth three million.

And then four years after that, they're worth 50 million.

And then four years after that, it's in the hundreds of millions

and they make two hundred thousand dollars a year.

And I don't know about you, but like

you don't just magically end up with hundreds of thousands, hundreds of millions of dollars.

No. And I think that's what, you know, this guy is looking at like,

oh, you know, the car racket, it's been kind of hard.

You know, maybe I don't want to wait a second.

I'm going to run for Congress.

And, you know, I would be willing.

Well, I wouldn't be willing.

Yeah, I mean, what happens is that guy gets elected.

And yeah, whatever his net worth is right now, which is probably not great.

I don't know his the shirts he's wearing in his.

But he had a pink shirt that I think is worth more than my house.

Like, you know, the crazy thing is he's second generation wealth.

So his dad owned multiple, if not a dozen,

restaurants on what is in Atlantic City, like on the boardwalk.

You know, pizza, pizza joints and stuff.

And parking lots.

And they had parking lots and they were in the parking, you know, valet stuff.

I mean, he had money. Why do illegal stuff?

Well, it is either brother or cousin, according to one of my customers,

is a big name in Vegas and either owns a casino or works with casinos and stuff.

So like what you already have money?

I don't know. So I think that's the answer, though, is I already have money.

I don't really want any more money.

I want power so that I can just do whatever I want

and be a total criminal.

Well, he obviously needs money because if he had money,

he wouldn't have let that the Emporio Motor Group go down.

Like, why would he do that if he had the money to pay off the bills?

He put himself in a bad spot there.

Yeah. And the crazy thing was Emporio Motor Group, again,

it wasn't like I was, you know, you basically I learned about this

because I wanted to be able to talk about it.

But that was like a viable business.

I mean, it was like a large guard dealership.

So I don't know, like, again, maybe the money, I don't know,

the money was being funneled somewhere.

And so the business itself went down

and he figured a couple of years in prison was worth coming out.

Watch the documentary. He's a bad guy.

50 million bucks. He's a bad guy.

Maybe. I don't know.

I don't know what went on behind the scenes.

But the facts that we have in front of us are not good.

Ex-card dealer, Khan running for Congress.

But, you know, so to me, it doesn't look like a serious bid.

I feel like there's some scheme where it's,

well, I'm going to raid the campaign funds or something like that.

I know that there's laws that regulate that.

But, you know, how long is it going to take to catch up with it?

If that's the play, I'm not saying that that is.

We're just talking here. Yeah.

But, you know, I thought Trump's presidential bid was a publicity stunt

at first and literally happened there. I literally did.

Like, I mean, and you're talking about the first time.

It was a joke. You're talking about the first time.

The first time. Yeah.

I literally thought it was a joke.

And then it was like, oh, surprise.

Yeah. And, and, you know, I don't know.

Yeah. Wild times.

Wild times. Wild times.

Let's see. Corvette curmudgeon slash things heard or seen at a car show

or kind of debuting that new segment,

because people say ridiculous things at car shows.

But this was one that was posted on a Corvette.

We call them boomer boards where you list your stats on a car

and put it up on a poster next to it.

Two thousand twenty four Chevrolet Corvette.

Let's see. Z 51 LT2, because it matters what trim package you have.

Car number seven assembled in 2023.

Oh, painful.

Oops. That's not car number one.

Red Miss metallic four hundred ninety five horsepower six point

two liter V eight eight speed CVT transmission.

CVT. Yes. Wow. That's on the board.

Wow. Nissan Rogue owners rejoice.

I want to see this board.

That's comedy. He put it on there.

Does it have passenger side airbag on the board?

I like when they do that.

But is he put CVT? It's not.

I know. What?

Racing hash marks front and rear.

Grand Sport stripes, bro, and they shouldn't go on the rear.

Anyway, frigging hash marks.

There's cars like corn, beef, hash.

Anyway, that's Corvette.

People be doing Corvette things or was it boomers be booming?

Boomers be booming.

Do we drink when boomers be booming?

Boomers be booming and keep on keeping on boomers.

They're there, but for the grace of God, go us.

Yes, my rear Corvette.

Please don't let me have Boomer thoughts, please.

Oh, boy.

You know, I actually made a Boomer board

from my Ford Taurus S.H.O. when I was in high school.

I found it and it was like a list of all the cars

that the S.H.O. was faster than in a zero to 60 race.

And I still have it, but I'm embarrassed.

I was so embarrassed.

I did this three paragraph right off.

Well, it was just an eight and a half by 11 sheet of paper.

I wrote up how great the S.H.O. was

and how many cars were slower than it.

I will caveat this slightly.

So I hate Boomer boards and I hate the big thing that like,

and especially when there's mistakes, but that's usually bad.

And whatever those kids are, the little stuffed kids.

Oh, yeah, the crying babies.

Crying babies, I don't like that.

That freaks me out, creeps me out.

But when I think it's applicable or you get a pass is like,

if you have a like a T.V.R. Tuscan or something like nobody

knows what it is and you have like a little thing

and it's on the dash. OK.

But tell us real info about the car.

I don't care what options you know, no, no, no, tell me.

Like, yeah, like a little thing about here's here's the car.

And yeah, it's I imported it or whatever.

Or, you know, even like a Honda beat or something, something weird.

Yeah, if you got something weird and maybe no one's ever seen it

because the inevitably what happens is that

what's this? What's this? What's this?

But a Corvette. I mean, what? Who needs I mean?

Does it?

But it's a C.A. Corvette.

There's 71 of them here at this car show.

You know, not not needed, not needed.

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In the news this week and talked about a lot

is the Louisville Metro Police Department

crushes a Hellcat Durango

that was allegedly seized in a street takeover.

This has raised the ire of many people

and also not raise the ire of many people who are not

Stalantis fans, but.

Or take over fans or take over fans, right,

which after the slammed enough thing.

So, of course, which is one big takeover, right?

Even before the takeover.

Yes. So there's a lot to be said about

crushing seized vehicles.

Usually the police just keep them and use them, you know,

for their benefit or auction them off.

I personally like.

There's a whole issue of civil asset forfeiture,

which if the person is not charged with the crime,

yet can they keep the item

if it was seized in commission of a crime, maybe.

But like all of this is like the gray area that I don't like.

Super gray area.

My understanding was that punk ass kids stole the car

and we're street racing it.

Allegedly.

So that let's see the press release

from the Louisville Metro Police Department reads as follows.

Crushing crime one car at a time.

Oh, today, Louisville took a bold step

in our ongoing fight against illegal street racing

and dangerous takeovers.

A twenty twenty one Dodged Rango Hellcat valued at a hundred K

was crushed at the LMPD impound lot.

This vehicle was confiscated during the twenty twenty four

street rod nationals and found to contain multiple stolen

parts, including its engine, making it unfit for auction

or use in the LMPD fleet due to liability and cost concerns.

Mayor Craig Greenberg personally pushed the button

to initiate the crushing.

Nice little PR moment for him.

Sending a clear message.

Louisville will not tolerate criminal misuse of our streets.

This isn't just about one car.

It's about protecting lives, restoring order and showing

that our city stands united against reckless behavior.

Let this serve as a warning to those who think

they can turn our streets into speedways.

We're watching, we're acting and we're not backing down.

Oh, I freaking hate politicians lately.

This whole podcast has given me politician.

This for you over here.

It's a big word. It is.

I don't know. I made that up.

That might not really be a.

Well, what's your take on it?

Do you think this is legit?

Do you think this is a publicity stunt?

Do you think it's warranted?

So the takeover thing, I will say it's street takeover thing.

I am ardently against.

And it's one of the things that's been screwing up

and contributing to car culture being

really going down the tubes.

So, yeah, I mean, do I think something needs to be done?

Yes. What needs to be done is, you know, here's the problem.

And here's where I see a sort of a two-faced nature

in this, in all of the politicians

dealing with and municipalities dealing with this.

So in Columbus, when this is happening,

a lot of the people that get arrested

or the people that get taken into custody

end up being like 15 years old or 14 years old.

And a lot of times they have weapons on them and stuff.

So like the reality is there's a there's a crime issue there.

There's a policing issue in this younger generation

that is stealing Kias and Hellcats and, you know, all these cars

and then going and intentionally wrecking them,

intentionally creating havoc and, you know, doing it for the the Insta likes.

And, you know, it's horrible.

Do I think crushing the car is doing anything?

No, like arrest the kids and put them in juvenile.

Don't like don't send them home.

Punish the person.

The car, as far as like I personally have had it

with all Hellcat equipped Dodge products,

just because they've become almost a meme.

I mean, actually, literally, they've become a meme.

Yeah.

And so I don't I don't really have any

partialness to a Hellcat Durango.

At the same time, I'm sure it could have been useful

to the local municipality in some way.

Even as as a, hey, we confiscated this

sort of like they did with the dare cars back in the day or whatever.

You know, you know, do a, you know,

rev it or show up at the car show and, hey,

where the cops don't screw around, we'll take your car, you know, whatever.

I don't know. Just in the in the reality is,

it's probably a stolen car that, you know,

they crushed the person that didn't do the perpetration.

They probably crushed some random dudes car.

Well, if it was stolen,

then the random dude or the person who used to own it got made

whole by the insurance probably was made whole by the insurance company.

Probably what I don't understand is why it matters

if it has stolen parts in it, if the car itself is stolen.

Right.

Well, that means everything in it is also stolen.

Well, but the engine is still the whole thing is a publicity stunt

and I don't like publicity stunts, especially when it comes to

politicians or law enforcement officials potentially

overstepping their bounds and not allowing due process,

which is, I mean, in civil, you mentioned civil forfeiture.

It's, I mean, what's to, you know, say you get stopped for

whatever, 18 over in a in a 50 mile an hour zone.

I mean, everybody watching this podcast, I mean,

I've been pulled over 60 miles an hour over the speed limit before.

You know, thank you.

Allegedly. Allegedly.

Well, I mean, literally, because I had to pay the insurance

for like six years of having all those points on my license.

You know, I mean, like reckless off is reckless off.

And so, but I had to, my insurance rates like tripled when I,

and this was when I was in my 20s.

So like I had to pay the price for it.

You know, my whole thing now is like,

where's the, where's the accountability and the accountability is not

smashing a car is not getting more accountability.

No, really.

And here's the thing.

Another YouTuber, butter insider, broke the video down

and claims that it wasn't caught street racing, that

that it didn't have stolen parts, like basically all the claims

that the police made about why they crushed it were not true.

Which is plausible.

Plausible. And I don't like that.

I mean, I don't like that at all.

And God forbid any of ours or our friends' cars ever get

civilly forfeited for some BS reason, because that really I don't

even think that should be an option.

I mean, if you want to get, if you get pulled over or you do

something, whatever, you, you have the consequences, but you're

giving up the asset seems completely insane to me.

Well, it doesn't, not permanently, it should be kept in

trust until the legal stuff works itself out.

If, and most states might, as I understand, have a rule that

if it was proven that either the asset was, was purchased with

proceeds obtained fraudulently or used in commission of a

crime, then they can seize them.

But just because a guy is suspected to be a drug dealer and

he has those assets, then they'll just be like, we're taking all

of it. I don't like, I don't like that's not cool.

I don't like any of that personally.

And I want to hold drug dealers accountable.

But I also don't know, like, I mean, this is like a personal

thing. So I guess it doesn't really matter, you know, what I

think about, because at the end of the day, the law is the

law. And if they're going to do it, they're going to do it.

But I don't love taking someone's stuff.

I mean, drug dealers, I don't think destroying something of

value is everything. No, it's not the answer. It's not a good

idea. So yeah, same page. It's a PR thing. And they could do it

because it was somebody else's money. It didn't cost them

anything. And that's the problem. That's the entire

problem with government. Is it somebody else's money? So we

can do what we want with it. The irony is, and we'll unpack

this one more later. But Cincinnati, Ohio did something

totally different. They sold, I think it was a Porsche

Panamera that was stolen. And it had a fake Vintag on top of

the real one. And they had no problem selling it off to

some other poor schmuck. They didn't know it at the time. And

then they re-seized it two years later. But yeah, the guy

that bought it. Yes. But Louisville. No, we'll just

we're just gonna crush it. I just I hate this. This is

just bad. Terrible. Terrible. Government's

terrible. We will unpack that one as we get more

information. But that one needs a little more research.

So with that goes to our license plate to sample

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guess the stereotype and figure out the car that it

is on. So Tim is new to this game, I believe. I did it

one other time and I had I think you didn't know the

rules the other time. I wasn't I wasn't so good at

it. You were not and I might not be good at it

this time. That's okay. I did come equipped with the

plates. Okay, so I got one for you. Okay, hit me zero, zero.

And then the word seven. So 007. It's on an Aston Martin.

No. 007 not on an Aston Martin. Correct. And it's on a Z

three, which is horrible. No. No. How many guesses do I

get as many as you want? You're never going to get

it. Well, okay. It's not on a James Bond car. Not that

I'm aware of. It's on a 2005 Ford Thunderbird, which is the

worst car ever made. That's the Ford Taurus Thunderbird, right?

The Ford. Yeah. This is definitely a boomer. And that's

definitely a foul. And if we have noises, if we can go

that is a hard foul. Yeah, hit the buzzer. That is that is

foul. That should be get it because a Thunderbird bird

is foul. Yeah, it's foul. All right, your turn. So this one, I

saw it and I was like, because I like a good funny. But then the

funny thing is like, I think that maybe this has been I found

two cars with this plate. And the plate is I hope you guys

don't know this, because if you don't know this, this is

gonna be fun. But the plate is Bush dead. B U S H D I D. If you

know it, don't, don't spoil it. Because I laughed. And then when

I found out there were more than

worship 911. Yes. You know how I knew that? No, because I use

that one for Tyler in a previous episode. Did you? Yes, my

memory. Actually, that's funny. That's funny. So that's

your plate. He got it. Like, yeah, he's like, yeah, 911. Oh, I

never saw that until just recently. And then I was like,

Oh, all right. It's funny. I got a layup for you. Okay. Texas

plate rare 427. I mean, is it is? Does the car have a 427 in

it? Yes. Okay, it would be cool if it was on like a factory

five Cobra. They use the words rare. Okay, not not that rare. Is

it on a Corvette? Yes. Oh, okay. That's cool. That's cool. Is

it on a C six Corvette? Yes. Oh, that's cool. C six 427

convertible. That's cool. Yeah. 2013. So that's you. Which

camera? That is a cool plate. That is a rare 427. I appreciate

that. I don't. You don't, but I'm glad you do. I do. I'm 27

convertible is a fantastic car. I would like those. I really do

like them. Yeah, I like that a lot. The non zero six zero

six. All right. You have to guess the car. Yes. And the

age of the person that did this. 77. The plate is TOP DN 67. What

kind of car is that on? Top down 67. Okay, okay. Okay. Ford

Fairlane. Oh, man, you are so Thunderbird. No, Ford Mustang

Mustang Mustang Ford Mustang elderly couple. Yeah, but I like

it. They're as old, older than the car. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For

sure. Probably the original. Not bad. Not bad. Right. One on

the board. You've got one. All right. This was sent to me by

so many people love it. This is a good one. W W O J

D. W W O J D. W W O J D. W W O J D. W W O J D. They get it. I don't

know. What's W W J D? What would Jesus do? What's W W O J

D? I don't know. What would OJ do? Oh, so it was on a Bronco

white Bronco. But a new new white. Sad. Sad. Because that was

cool. All right. This is disappointed. This one. I should

have got that you. This is an easy one. I think I think you're

gonna get this one right away. I'm pretty slow. So the number

three F I D D Y 350 Ford F 350 Super Duty or Shelby GT 350. I feel

like I almost want you to. It's an F 350. Yeah. Platinum. Yeah. If

you would have with dubs. I didn't see the side profile of

the vehicle. So I feel like it should have some probably it

doesn't look like it does from the back picture. Just tell me

it does. It does. It has. Okay. It's on. It's on big. All

right. Illinois plate net worth. Is it on is it on a Lexus?

Nope. I wanted it to be on like a Lexus. I'll tell you it is

going to be worth their net worth will be a lot less if they

bought this car new. Any Maserati is it on a Maserati? No, not

that bad.

That worth. Is it a cool car? Not really. Okay.

Is it on a Hummer? Like a H two? Nope. Good. Good guess.

So good guess. It is on a 2010 Panamera four s. That is horrible.

It is horrible. And they have a loan on it. So maybe not net

worth. I love the I love the you ever look up a plate and it's

and it's paid for and they have a loan on it. I did. We had

one of those. Yes. But maybe oh, why would I pay cash for

depreciating asset? No, you got to be smarter with your

money. Okay. Well, that's painful. That is painful. This is my

last one. He's killing him too. I think this is my last one. Let

me see here. Yes. My last one. This one I think is is fairly I

think you're going to get it. The plate is the number two C

U T E. Too cute. Yeah. Mazda Miata. That would have been

better. Volkswagen Beetle like new Beetle. No, think think like

what's Honda s 2000. No, a pink Wrangler with ducks. I threw up

in my mouth. I know it. We're going to write to mine because

we're not going to dwell on that Texas plate with a gold

plate frame. Okay. Rent do oh man. That's fantastic. I want

it to be on an Acura legend because that would be nope with

like the gold letters to on the car. You're in the right era.

Yeah. There's lots of gold trim. No. It has to be a Lexus

or an Acura 1993 Cadillac Deville. Nice. And they on the back

windows says I buy trap houses. That is awesome. Respect. They

have a bumper sticker go around. If it was meant to go fast, it

wouldn't be shaped like an effing brick. I like that. Oh, I

like that might be one of the best plates we've had all

season. That's a good one.

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