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The rest of our conversation with Victoria is an HOUR LONG and it is PATREON ONLY! \n\nTran Girlismo on Victoria's Patreon:  \n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/collection/1970867?view=condensed \n\nVictoria's Piece on the Rolls-Royce:  \n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/alright-which-147840663 \n\nVictoria's Piece on The Luxury SUV: \n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/125140835 \n\nRory's Bugatti Piece from 2022: \n\nhttps://www.jalopnik.com/i-drove-a-4m-2022-bugatti-chiron-pur-sport-and-i-dont-1846945591/ \n\nDon't forget to keep up with Alloy, where you can read Peter's Daytona recap here:  \n\nhttps://alloymag.com/5521-2/ "},"annotations":[{"startTime":108.6,"endTime":117.4,"type":"term","title":"understressed","url":"/glossary/understressed","quote":"It's like running on vegetable oil. 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