A “bucket list car” is a car you really want to own or drive at least once. The host is saying some of these used to be easier to get, but now they cost more.
“Supercharged” means the engine has a device that pushes extra air into it. That extra air helps the engine make more power, so the car usually feels faster and more energetic.
They’re describing a car they want to own that has a “supercharger.” A supercharger forces extra air into the engine, which usually makes the car feel quicker and more exciting than a normal version.
NA means naturally aspirated, so the engine isn’t using a turbo or supercharger to force extra air in. These engines often feel different—sometimes less punch at low RPM, but they can pull smoothly as you rev.
Roadside repairs are the kinds of quick fixes you might need if the car breaks down on the road. Some cars are more annoying to deal with because they’re harder to service or require special parts/tools.
Sticky tires grip the road better than normal tires. That extra grip makes the car brake and turn more confidently, which usually makes it feel more exciting.
In a rotary engine, the apex seal is a small sealing part that helps the engine keep good compression. If it wears out, the engine may burn oil and you’ll often see smoke while driving.
“No cats” means the catalytic converters are gone. Those parts clean up exhaust fumes, so without them the car can be louder and may not be street-legal.
“Golden era” just means a time period people think was the best for a certain kind of car. In this case, it’s used to talk about older Japanese performance cars that fans really love.
“Godzilla cars” is a nickname fans use for scary-fast Japanese performance cars. It’s not one exact model—it’s more like a reputation label for cars that feel powerful and intimidating.
The Nissan 300 ZX is a sports car designed to be fast and fun to drive. Some versions have twin turbochargers, which can make them especially quick. The podcast is discussing it as a worthwhile option to look at when shopping for a Z.
Term
maintenance and reliability headaches
They’re basically saying that owning some of these cars can be annoying and costly. “Headaches” here means problems that keep coming back or are expensive to fix.
The Nissan 300ZX is a classic Japanese sports car people still chase today. The hosts are saying that, like other older icons, it can be expensive to keep running and doesn’t get great fuel economy.
The Mitsubishi 3000 GT is a classic 1990s Japanese sports car. The hosts are basically saying it can be costly to maintain and may not be as reliable as you’d hope, especially compared to simpler cars.
The Honda NSX is a famous mid-engine supercar that helped define the modern “everyday supercar” idea. The hosts are saying it’s probably the best of the cars they’re comparing, but it’s also very expensive and still needs proper maintenance.
The Acura NSX is a sports car made for fast driving and sharp handling. People talk about it because it can feel exciting to drive without being completely impractical. It’s mentioned as a standout option when comparing performance cars.
“Rotaries” means a special type of engine that spins instead of using pistons moving up and down. The hosts are saying that kind of engine often uses more gas than you might expect.
The Toyota Supra is a very famous Japanese sports car that enthusiasts love. The hosts are saying that finding one that hasn’t been damaged or messed with is difficult and can cost a lot.
“E36” is the nickname for a BMW 3 Series from the 1990s. The hosts are talking about how cheap they got, and then how prices went back up because these older cars still need repairs and upkeep.
Cars sold in different regions can have different engine setups. Here they’re comparing the U.S. version to the European version, saying the U.S. one made less power but still proved dependable.
“Neutered” here means the U.S. version was toned down compared to other versions. The idea is it made less power, but the hosts say it still held up well in real-world use.
Term
100 horsepower
Horsepower is a number that roughly describes how much power an engine can make. They’re saying the U.S. version made about 100 horsepower less than the European version.
“JDM” means cars that were made for Japan’s market. Enthusiasts use it to talk about special versions you might not get in other countries, and they can be more desirable.
Concept
brass era shit
“Brass era” is a nickname for the very early days of cars, when they looked more old-school and had lots of brass details. Enthusiasts still chase those cars today.
Concept
escape plan
They mean having a plan for how you can get your money back if you sell the car later. It’s basically thinking about resale before you buy.
This phrase describes a “holy grail” car—something many enthusiasts strongly want—while emphasizing that it’s “attainable” at a realistic budget. It’s a community shorthand for the gap between dream cars and what normal buyers can actually afford.
Lightweight cars are built to be lighter. Being lighter usually makes the car feel quicker and easier to steer, especially when you’re driving enthusiastically.
The Miata is a small two-seat car designed to be fun to drive. It’s lighter than many sports cars, so it feels quick and nimble. People recommend it because it’s approachable even if you’re not an expert driver.
The Honda S2000 is a sports car made by Honda that’s known for revving high and feeling very responsive. It’s considered a more serious driving experience than many everyday roadsters.
Concept
tracking down
“Tracking down” just means hunting for the exact car you want. In this context, it’s about finding a specific version that you can’t just walk into a showroom and buy.
This describes the engine layout: it’s a four-cylinder with two camshafts that control the valves. Two-cam engines are often happier at higher revs, which is why the host is talking about 7,500 RPM.
RPM is how fast the engine is spinning. 7,500 RPM is pretty high, and it usually means the engine is designed to rev freely and feel exciting when you push it.
Horsepower is a number that describes how much power the engine makes. Here they’re using “100 horsepower” to compare how strong the Swift GTI is versus the other car they’re discussing.
The instrument cluster is the dashboard with the gauges. If it doesn’t match what the car should have, it can mean someone swapped parts in the dash, which is a warning sign when you’re trying to buy a used car.
They mean the dashboard gauges have been changed from how they came from the factory. That matters because it can hide problems or make it harder to trust what the car’s telling you.
RPMs tell you how fast the engine is spinning. If the gauge reading looks wrong, it can be a sign the dashboard/instrument setup isn’t correct or has been tampered with.
The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car, and some versions are made to feel sportier. The podcast is talking about specific Golf GTI-related trims like the Sprint models. The point is that certain versions may be better deals depending on what you can find.
The Plymouth Barracuda is a muscle car, and not all Barracudas are the same. Different versions can have different engines and features. The podcast is basically saying you need to pay attention to which one you’re talking about.
Door handles are what you grab to open a car door. The host is reacting to a version of the car that doesn’t use the usual handle setup, which changes the look and how you get in.
Concept
fatigue level
“Fatigue level” means how tiring the car feels to own and use day to day. In this context, they’re wondering if an older Viper would get tiring for reasons beyond just repairs and upkeep.
The Shelby Cobra is a classic-style sports car known for being very fast and very dramatic. It’s built to feel lightweight and exciting, with a big engine. People talk about it because it’s an iconic performance car design.
A V10 is an engine with 10 cylinders. More cylinders usually means smoother, louder, and often more powerful performance—especially in cars built to feel exciting.
Side exhaust refers to exhaust outlets mounted on the side of the car rather than exiting at the rear. It’s a styling and packaging choice that can also affect how the car sounds and how exhaust heat is managed around the body.
Concept
cultural touchstone
A “cultural touchstone” is a thing people instantly recognize as a symbol of a certain vibe or attitude. The host means this car represents more than just driving—it stands for a whole image in car culture.
They mean the Dodge Viper. It’s a very powerful, old-school American sports car with a wild feel. The host is comparing it to the RX-7 and joking about which one they’d rather live with.
They’re talking about the Mazda RX-7. It’s famous for a rotary engine (not a normal piston engine), and that makes it feel quick and fun to drive. The host is basically saying it handles better than the alternative they mention.
This is an Aston Martin DB7 Coupe—an older luxury sports car. The big deal here is that it’s the V12 version and the host wants it with a manual transmission, which is more fun for driving than an automatic.
This is an Aston Martin V12 Vantage—an older sports car with a big V12 engine. The host is saying he wants the manual version, which makes it more engaging to drive.
The T56 is a manual gearbox that’s been used in a lot of performance cars. Saying it’s a T56 is basically the host telling you it’s a proven, strong transmission.
The Jaguar XJS is an older Jaguar luxury sports car. The host brings it up because they think some components are shared with the transmission setup they’re talking about.
Here “coils” probably means the coil springs in the suspension. The host is basically saying some of those parts are shared/available, so the car may be easier to work on.
Concept
family tree
They’re using “family tree” as a metaphor, like saying one car’s personality comes from other cars it’s related to. It’s not a literal diagram—just a way to talk about influences.
Term
three car garage
A “three car garage” just means someone has room for multiple cars. Here it’s a joke about having several cars you want to keep.
A “manual wagon” is a wagon (a car with extra cargo space) that you shift yourself with a stick. People like it because it’s more engaging to drive than an automatic.
The Saab Turbo X is a turbocharged car that’s meant to be quick, but it’s also shaped like a wagon. People bring it up because it’s a less common mix of practicality and performance. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as an appealing option for someone who wants a manual wagon with power.
Term
turbo X
“Turbo X” sounds like a nickname for a specific version of a car that has a turbocharger. A turbo helps the engine make more power than the non-turbo version.
They mean a Chevrolet Camaro from the third generation, and they specifically want it with a manual transmission. Manual cars are usually more fun to drive and can be harder to find.
Term
manual three or five
They’re talking about BMWs in the 3 Series or 5 Series, but specifically the versions you can get with a manual transmission. A manual lets you shift gears yourself, which many drivers find more fun.
The Lotus Esprit is a British sports car made by Lotus. It’s famous for being a real driver’s car with a layout that helps it handle well, and it’s a popular “bucket list” pick.
The AMC Pacer is a weird-looking older American car made by AMC. People love it today because it has a very unusual, boxy design and it’s kind of a cult classic.
The Lamborghini Gallardo is a high-end supercar built for very fast driving. People talk about it because it can be more affordable than some other exotic cars, depending on the market. In the podcast, it’s brought up as a car that more people might be able to buy.
Four-wheel disc brakes means the car stops using disc brakes at all four wheels. They tend to work more consistently, especially when you’re driving hard.
Term
Eddie lock brakes
This sounds like a brake-safety system GM used to help the wheels keep turning when you brake hard. The goal is to reduce skidding and help you steer.
Dual airbags means there are two airbags to help protect you in a crash—usually one for the driver and one for the passenger. It’s an important safety feature.
Term
space framey type shit
A “space frame” is a strong skeleton inside the car made from many connected parts. The idea is to make the car rigid and better at handling crash forces.
Term
plastic and fiber components
This means some body parts are made from lighter materials instead of metal. That can help the car weigh less, but it can also change how repairs are done after damage.
The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is a special, performance version of the Camaro. It’s the kind of model enthusiasts look for because it came with more track-oriented parts than a regular Camaro.
Badge engineering is when a company sells basically the same car under different brand names. The changes are mostly badges and styling, not major engineering.
This is a 1995 Pontiac Firebird, an American muscle car. “Formula” is a specific trim level that usually means it’s the more performance-focused version of the Firebird.
Term
over boosted power steering
It means the car’s power steering is set up to help you a lot. The steering wheel can feel too light, so it may be easier to turn than you’d expect.
Term
chicklets
In car interior styling, “chicklets” is a nickname for small, raised push-button controls (often on older dashboards). The speaker uses it to describe the era-specific button layout that looks very 1990s.
“LS one” is a name people use for a GM V8 engine family. The hosts are saying the LS version is the better, more desirable engine compared to earlier ones.
“LT one” is another GM V8 engine family, earlier than the LS. In the conversation, they’re arguing the LT version is the weaker/less recommended option.
A clutch dump launch is when you start the car by letting the clutch out very quickly. It makes the car jump forward hard, but it can also cause wheelspin and put extra stress on the car.
A burnout is when the tires spin and smoke while the driver keeps the car under control. People do it for tire heat or just for the show.
Term
terrible visibility
“Terrible visibility” means it’s hard to see out of the car—like seeing traffic, curbs, or what’s beside you. Some sporty car designs make this worse even if the car is fun to drive.
Term
WS six
“WS6” is an enthusiast shorthand for a higher-performance factory package on certain Pontiac models. It generally means the car has stronger, more performance-focused parts than the standard version.
PCP is a type of car financing where you make monthly payments and then later decide whether to hand the car back, or pay a final amount to keep it. It’s basically a structured lease-to-own style deal.
The Nissan Xterra is a tougher, more off-road-focused SUV. People like it because it’s built to handle rough roads and trails better than many regular family SUVs.
The Lexus ES 300 is a comfortable, everyday luxury car. Here they’re working on it as a project and mention replacing things like spark plugs and ignition wires.
Valve covers are the top covers on the engine that help keep oil inside. If you’re doing valve covers, it’s often to replace a gasket so the engine stops leaking oil.
The intake manifold is the part that channels air into the engine’s cylinders. On some engines, you have to remove it to reach spark plugs or other parts underneath.
Spark plugs are the small parts that make the spark that starts combustion in the engine. If the plug tip looks worn, it often means the plug has been in there a long time.
OEM plugs are the spark plugs that match what the car originally came with from the factory. If the plugs are still the original ones, it can tell you a lot about how old the ignition parts are.
NGK is a well-known brand that makes spark plugs and ignition parts. The idea here is that using fresh NGK ignition parts can make the engine run better than older, worn components.
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four cylinder cars
A “four cylinder” engine has four combustion chambers. The host is saying that on cars like that, a spark-plug related job is usually pretty quick.
A V6 engine has six cylinders arranged in a V shape. The host is saying that because it’s a V6, the same kind of work takes longer than on a four-cylinder car.
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Well, welcome back viewers to another Pointless Automotive Podcast.
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And listeners.
Oh, we do encourage folks to jump on the YouTube, my friend.
We do put every single episode on there so you can see us, especially our last episode
you should check out because we were in the field again, which was super fun.
So if you haven't watched that one yet, please, please check it out.
We put a lot of production value into that and there's some kind of weird animal scurrying
about.
So there's a lot of action going on there.
Yeah, weird animal, weird people.
It's good.
Yeah.
Background noise.
It was fantastic.
So Frank, how are you doing this evening?
Good.
I'm doing good.
And I was clarifying viewers because it kind of sounded like you said, viewers.
And I wanted to make sure that we were not inviting them to our party.
There was only one true.
So Vader.
Lord Vader.
Sure.
Way to Disney that up.
Bush Light brought to you by Frank Bluffton, my cooler.
Yeah.
No, you're welcome.
I think I also left the hard airs and ice teas in there.
How much seltzer can you get into a light beer Jesus bush?
Hey, hey, okay.
Oh, this is everyone.
Everyone loves Miller.
Everyone loves a little bit of bush.
There's a lot of bush right there.
Speaking of, no, I don't know what are we here to do?
Let's do a proper segue.
So while a cooler is kind of a bucket, like if you have an ice bucket, right?
So challenging bucket list, I love how everyone has their bucket list of cars.
We can sit here and say Ferrari and 430.
We can say fun things like that.
But I have a realistic bucket list of cars I want to own, Frank.
And it's, yeah, it's, it's realistic because of price points, realistic because of attainability.
That's where I'm at today.
I think it'd be kind of fun.
Like I kind of have a feeling some of the cars that might show up on your list.
But I'm curious.
I'm curious to what you said or would say and such a thing.
I'm pretending you have notes.
Actually, I do, dare I say, have like a very small piece of notes,
which is like probably 60 total characters.
OK, we'll start there, man.
I like it.
And I'm trying to like, it's funny because I want to approach this.
And I'm curious on how you approach this because it's it's one can twist and ring out this definition.
But the way I think about it is like cars that I desperately want to own.
Yeah, before I die and and the bucket list before I kick the bucket would be it.
And some of them are more aspirational than others,
but absolutely something that's like totally, totally doable.
Sure. If I set my mind to it.
And, you know, some of these are going to be and it's interesting is I'm trying to
I tried to like not talk about the same shit we always talk about.
Sure, because there's a lot of cars that like people to the point where
if there's any like avid listeners, they can probably write these lists out on our behalf.
Right.
So I tried to pick some that maybe I don't talk about so much
because honestly, there's so many damn cars I'd love to own before we die.
And yeah, I like we're a package deal like we're going to go out of this shit together.
But I have a list of five cars.
If that if that I have five typed out,
but I have some other ones bouncing around in my head that I want to have in here.
I'm going to lead off with
I'm going to lead off with a car
that I have talked about a little bit in the past.
I would have I need to before I die own a supercharged first generation of R2
Oh, good one. Supercharged.
Is it the fastest car?
No, is it the most exotic?
Is it the most aspirational also now?
None of those things.
But it might be one of the most like riotous, fun,
like hyper 80s in ethos and aesthetic cars.
And I love cars of that era.
I really need to, you know, maybe not forever, right?
I'm not going to buy one and have it become my coffin
unless I make a terrible mistake behind the wheel of it.
But what I'm saying is like, if I have one for a year or two or a summer or something,
like I have to, I've never driven one. OK.
But I kind of need to have one in my stable.
Like I really, really, really want to have one.
And for a long time, they were very attainable.
Far less attainable now.
They are out there, but they're kind of spendy for what they are really spendy.
Yeah. But I kind of got supercharged noises.
I feel like 778 K could have scored you a really nice one all day.
Yeah, I know. I'm not. Yeah, 10 years ago.
I'm pretty sure it's a low production number car,
because I don't believe they even made a lot of those.
So oh, God, they're cool.
Yeah, that's a good one, dude.
That one didn't even cross my mind.
That's that's an excellent pick.
Yeah, I mean, it's what are you going to be like 15 K into a decent one now?
Probably. Yeah, for a decent one, I'd like.
I'd like to get a decent plus car.
I don't need it to be like in the wrapper, like hyper low mile.
In fact, I don't want that.
But if I can get a very clean, well maintained.
100 and 10000 mile example.
Oh, that'd be gorgeous.
You know, two tone, light, blue, dark, blue over over blue leather.
Ideally, but that's that car.
Beggars can't be choosers, right?
Yeah, most of the interior is still intact.
We'll take that as a win.
Yeah, really give me any color combo.
There's a shocking number of automatics in those.
Yeah, maybe because it was a more expensive trim.
Remember how they used to do that?
Yeah, you get the more expensive transmission option.
Yeah, and it had a little like because of the supercharger,
it actually gave that motor a little bit of torque.
So I could see how it would be like not a complete.
Penalty trap like penalty box with the auto compared to an NA car.
But yeah, that's a that's a great fucking car, dude.
I would I would love to pilot one of those.
How fun would that be on a rally?
Kind of the most right?
Yeah, that was the environment for that car.
The only caveat is if something you need to do some roadside repairs.
It's kind of a pain in the ass car to work on.
Yeah, I would polish that thing up and make sure I do everything first.
Sticky tires, good brakes.
That could be a wild ride, man.
It'd be fabulously fun.
Yeah, that would be cool.
Good one, man.
This one's kind of we've talked about this one before and it's been on my list
way too long and FDRX seven like actually scoring a driver.
I don't want to a little mileage one.
I don't care to have that because I'm going to put mileage on it.
Um, it's not too precious yet.
You're probably paying what 35 would get you a rougher driver.
Yeah, 40 gets you a pretty good car, but not like it's not
going to be like a concourse car or like a show car or anything.
But it would be a good driver.
But 35 is probably the the bottom, the floor right now on those.
Yeah, power.
I think they're awesome.
Dude, these things all day, 8K, a little more than 10 years ago.
But these things were everywhere.
I don't know if they ever.
Yes, dude, I trust me.
I test drove at least two right around that price point.
One was 81 was nine.
Uh, this was a while.
This is like 20, 20, 13, 2012.
So we're talking 10 closer to 15 years ago.
Man, I don't know.
I promise.
I promise you.
And I passed because the the $8,000 one was fucking horrible.
Um, and the, the 9,000 one was nice.
Uh, what was the issue with that?
It was blowing smoke when I was driving it.
So that probably an apex seal was, uh, in the near future.
So I passed on that.
Yeah.
What did I buy?
I bought something fun after that.
I can't remember.
Anyway, uh, when I was really into the other timeout doll, uh, timeout.
Oh, that's a crossover that we didn't know we needed the, uh, we
should have, we should have stagnated.
Um, our car show timeout doll meets, meets real doll.
Why didn't I think a shot of that by, by the way?
Um, and just, uh, I don't know.
I should have snagged the doll and put it in your tent that night to scare the
shit out of you, like, or put it right at the door when you get up in the morning.
By the way, uh, what, which, how do we guess referencing is, um, we did manage
to find ourselves in the middle of a traditional OG, yeah, lowrider show in
San Juan, Batista, California over the weekend.
And lo and behold, there was a, an all camouflage clad little timeout doll,
like leaning up against a lowrider, which was interesting.
It made it look like a, like a tiny, uh, Shea Guevara or something.
It was so bad.
Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And Frank has like this, uh, really serious fear of these things.
So I was going to play upon that fear.
It's one of the most baffling things in the automotive world is the timeout.
It's weird.
It's fucking weird.
Um, but anyway, somebody needs to make one with a flashlight inside just
to finally put an end to the curse.
Uh, God, the only way out is in, if you will.
Also, also that $9,000 one was totally, uh, open, like hot air intake and wide
open, no cats, exhaust, no muffler.
And it was, it was so fucking loud, dude.
Um, but, uh, yeah, uh, great cars.
If I think you've driven one of those, haven't you?
I've never driven one.
Oh my God.
I've driven an FB and an FC.
I've never driven an FD.
I find the FD to be like super tossable.
It's super good, um, out of the box.
Even I thought they were pretty, the size is right.
It feels like a very tight.
It kind of shrinks around when you drive hard.
I love them.
Um, I think they're one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
I think they're like a super good looking car and they came in a lot of fun colors.
So it's on my list.
I'm not happy that I'm spending 35 K for one.
But if I'm getting one, I preferably want a completely stock example.
Even if it's got some mileage on it, a little bit of wear and tear.
I just kind of want it to be as stock as you can get, which is doable.
You still see them.
Cause they're not, they're not absolutely good with like reliability mods.
But, you know, other than that, I want it stock as stock as possible.
Um, yeah.
And it's there.
It's interesting.
Like if you look at all the, you know, the golden era, Japanese superhero,
Godzilla cars, I still think it is maybe the best buy out of all of those cars.
No, I got the other, real best buy on my list.
But I mean, I, I'll entertain a Z 32 twin turbo.
As being like, also a good buy.
That wasn't my car.
That was a good guess though.
Sure.
But as far as performance mixed with just draw, jaw, jaw dropping.
He tried to say, draw, draw, jaw, jaw dropping.
Yeah.
Chewing on someone to draw.
Exactly.
Draw, draw, jaw jerking the, the RX seven is just so good.
And, and I think the only reason it's values are what they are is cause
everyone's afraid of maintenance and reliability headaches.
Yeah.
Wankling off.
Right.
But if, if, if we're being honest with ourselves, all of the cars at this era are
30 plus years old at this point.
Yeah.
And require maintenance.
So they all require, they're all quote unquote maintenance heavy at this point.
And like, oh, they had poor fuel economy.
Do you care at this point down the road?
No, I don't know which one did like the 300 ZX mine, drink, fuel, uh, 3000 GT VR
for absolutely drinks, fuel and other sex drinks, fuel.
It's like NSX is probably the best out of those.
But like, yeah, that's how you, what, what RPM you shift that, right?
But I mean, like those rotaries are like thirsty to another degree.
Absolutely.
So, but I mean, at this point, like the rubs against that car, like are
also all for the most part in play on all the other cars, right?
You know, how finding an unruined mark for Supra is very difficult and very expensive.
3000 GT was never this like bastion of reliability.
NSX prices are insane.
And they all need, they all need their maintenance and things at this point.
Anyways, Z 32 similar story, except that car is harder and shittier to work on.
Um, so I think at this point with how iconic that car is, the low production
numbers, they only made them for a few years here, state side.
And just how shockingly.
Unrealistically pretty.
Those cars are, I think it's the best buy of that group by a long shot.
I think it's a great one on my list.
We'll get into it in just a second here, um, because it is on my bucket list.
But I think so the 36 M three, which isn't on my list, but it's a similar
situation to the FDR seven, they were good for so long.
The 46 came out.
E 36 prices like fucking bottomed out.
Right.
Remember how cheap you were 36?
Yeah, those were seven to $8,000 all day long for like a not pile of garbage.
Cause what we, what we did is say, oh my God, we have the neutered US motor.
We don't have the European spec motor.
We're missing 100 horsepower.
Come to find out that under stress motor tended to be pretty fucking reliable.
And it was still an excellent chassis to be mounted to.
So the 36 eventually did this FDR sevens, road or reliability, all those
kind of issues took it down real low.
And now it's back up because to your point, exactly all these special sports
cars from this period need maintenance.
It's like, and folks are realizing that when that realization comes home, that's
why we're seeing these prices going up.
They're never going to come down again.
Like you're never, you're never going to get an arc seven FD cheaper than you
can right now.
I promise that I don't, that will never go down again.
Yeah.
And it's the only thing I would have said that could have combated that is if
this was a few years ago and, you know, 25 year rule, trying to import
when it was difficult, like, okay.
And then, well, the price is going to drop when you can get all these
JDM ones and that didn't happen.
Um, and so yeah, I mean, I don't, I mean, they're going to drop eventually,
but it's going to be when you and I are both in the grave and it'll be similar
to like what's happening now with like 30s, 20s, brass era shit, where
like anyone who cares is dead.
We got a long ways for that's going to happen.
So yeah, I agree.
I think the time to buy one was yesterday.
Next to that, it's, it's now, um, I just need to, I don't want to say
rob a bank because that's being dramatic is the $40,000 car we're talking
about here.
We're not talking about a $240,000 car.
Not chump change.
I just need, yeah, well, not for idiots like us, right?
We're like, we ring our hands about a $4,000 purchase, um, and making sure
it's going to be a goodbye.
And it's like, well, I got to have an escape plan.
I got to be able to get my money back out plus some on the other side.
And, right, because that's just how the cloth were cut from.
So really all of these cars that we're talking about, um, it's funny for us,
they're the attainable holy grail cars for a lot of people in the car community.
Anyways, not a lot of people because frankly, there's a lot of people that
have no money, but like X for a lot of people in the community, car community,
you know, me saying like, Oh, I don't know if I want to spend 20 grand on a,
on a supercharged MR two.
They're like, what, just pull it out of your couch and that's not, that's not me.
Your casting couch might have that kind of casting couch.
Yeah, but they're like, they're like stuck now in the cushions worth it.
And who knows?
Maybe, maybe I'll, maybe I'll find that money in the, the spare tire.
Well, of a car donation car.
Who knows, would you, would you go on the casting couch for an FDR seven?
Like a really nice one.
Ooh, like a $60,000 one.
Like a really, how about one?
Here you go.
Yes.
The color you want, the interior you want, nine out of 10 on exterior and
interior, 90,000 miles.
I like how like you could have been like, you could have said it was just like
the perfect one totally sorted, like a hundred percent perfect.
No.
And I would have been like, boy, I don't know.
Let me think about this quote unquote casting coach, 11.
And you're like, no, let me give you like a totally mid car.
No, because I have, I'm describing the one I have for you.
If you hop on this couch, it greatly depends on who's, who's, who's on the couch.
I wish I would have detailed the sex act in such graphic details.
I did that's the darker dark episodes.
So that's for Patreon members only.
Yeah.
Sign it for that, guys.
Gets to watch and scratch and sniff the casting couch.
No, great, great car.
Did you have, did you have, I mean, we are on our seven for like 15 minutes here.
Did you have a worth it?
Yeah, it is totally worth it.
Do you have a, do you have another bucket list car you want to share with us?
Yeah, you know, I'm going to let me skew extra attainable.
OK, I really, really, really want to.
OK, so there's two.
So two different cars on my list.
One, I'll just, and we can talk about it or not.
We've got to, we went a little long on our seven, but one car that's on my list
is a Mark three Supra turbo.
Very nice.
Mark four is beyond the land of attainability right now.
I don't know what needs to happen for those cars to to crater.
I don't know, maybe nothing.
Maybe Vin Diesel needs to be tied to Epstein or something.
And then all of a sudden the the whole France fast and furious
franchise and everything attached to it becomes vilified.
I don't know, but that's not going to happen.
So the next closest thing is going to be Mark three Supra turbo.
I've always wanted one.
I've never driven one.
But I what I'm afraid of with that car and why I'm a little resident.
I can't talk today.
Redicent. Thank you.
Why I'm a little red.
I just the words don't work today.
Hey, we got you.
Redicent to to really prop it up on my list a lot is the more
I drive various cars, whether it be for work or for fun profit.
The more I really, truly come to appreciate really lightweight cars.
Yeah, that's not it.
I think in FDR seven, I could buy one without ever having driven one.
And I feel like it would feel special.
It would feel good.
I would have no regurts until until it shits the bed.
And then you fucking with your with your newfound love for lightweight.
Yeah, you need to get yourself a Miata, dude.
I've driven a bunch of Miata's.
Yeah, but you need to own one.
So the thought that you can have a sports car in your garage
that you drive every two months, you don't do anything to it.
You run out there, turn the key, beat the living shit out of it, put it away.
Well, I've got the S 2000.
It's different. It is different.
I've driven there for more playful and soft.
Lighter, too.
About a half a ton lighter, but yeah, 500 pounds, six pounds.
Yeah, yeah, they're definitely lighter, less substantial for good and bad.
But what?
Redicent.
I'm a little reticent of really doing the mark three super thing.
So the exact opposite of that car is one that we've talked about a bunch
and I really, really want even more, which I which would absolutely
melt my brain if I went back and was having this conversation with 18 year old me.
Yeah.
Is that I would prefer instead of a mark three super turbo,
I would prefer tracking down a Swift GTI.
Yeah, I really do after my Sprint turbo ownership, which I still own.
But after after having gone to that car and just how
there's nothing to it and then I go and I forget about it.
Then I go drive it and I just I just smile like this is so dumb.
Like this is to think about that, except instead of the turbo three.
It's marginally probably heavier.
It's maybe a hundred pounds heavier than my car.
Maybe, yeah, one to one to 150
But instead has what a 7500 RPM
twin cam four cylinder with a hundred horsepower.
So that's a hundred ponies, 40 percent increase.
Yeah.
Um, that sounds really, really interesting.
And something I just I have like finding once the hard part is as you and I both know.
Golly, I want one.
I really, really, really want to.
I need to own one of those for a little bit before my bucket gets kicked.
Yeah, I had a plan and LA family trip plan just so I could go look at one.
That's how much I was into it three years ago.
And the plan, the deal fell through because I asked for some basic photos
and the photos that came back were very scary.
So, um, yeah, it was more modified clusters.
I'm like, yeah, dude, the cluster didn't wasn't right.
It was out of a regular because you could tell like the RPMs were like 65
hundred. I was like, but that's not right.
And then the more I dug in, it fell apart, but it was down in LA.
And there was a lot of shady stuff that goes through there.
But yeah, dude, I think I think Sprint GTI later Sprint GTs are fucking.
And they're not on my bucket list on this particular example.
I do the same, same deal.
Right. But I would love one.
I would absolutely love one.
Great, great looking car, too.
I love boxy hatches.
So, yeah, and it's, it's, it's such a deep if you know, you know, car.
And I really like if you know, you know, cars, right?
Like there's, there's a difference between.
Like my Barracuda is a very un if you know, it isn't if you know, you know car,
but it draws a lot of attention from just people who have no, no nothing about cars.
Yeah. Like, oh my God, what is that?
Oh, that thing is so cool.
And wow, like, you know, and then and then the people that do know, they're like,
holy shit, I haven't seen one of those in a long time.
Like, hey, man, nice Barracuda, whatever.
The Swift, the Swift GTI or GT, if you want to bow down to the Volkswagen.
Um, is a deep if you know, you know car, you have the nicest example of one
and pull into a gas station and nobody will look at that car twice unless they know.
And if they know, they're like, holy shit.
Yep. Yeah.
And so, and I kind of like that.
That's, that's what the Galant VR4 is similar.
Oh yeah. Yeah.
Car guys know that one.
I got one here that's not a deep cut by any stretch of it.
And it's kind of because my son wants one, a early Dodge Viper.
Yeah. Any just any like nine year old boy, of course, is going to be like,
dad, can we get a Viper?
I think we know my the answer is yes, but like when.
Yeah, that's the problem, right?
So my maturity level is I want to fucking Dodge Viper too, because
talk about like the most unmanageable machine
that just wants to kill you all the time.
And I want that.
I want an early one.
I like that it doesn't have a roof.
I love that it doesn't have windows.
I love that it doesn't have door handles.
I love that the badge looks like it has snakeskin in the background.
I fucking fuck me, dude.
Charles Shelby had a dick in that project and I fucking love it, dude.
I think an early Dodge Viper would be so cool.
All day, 30 K, not too long ago.
Now around 40 for a good, a good example.
You could find a load of that.
But they're reliable as long as they haven't been
wrecked seven times.
And I think that's the biggest, the most difficult part on those cars.
And I want what I wonder with those is.
I agree. I don't have that on my list, but I should.
Yeah, how fun.
I've never driven a Viper.
I've ridden. I've ridden in one.
Never driven one.
Yeah, I'd love to, especially an early one.
Gosh, they're so cool, but I do wonder
like what the fatigue level is on that with ownership, not not
because of like maintenance, but just especially an early one
because they are so wildly impractical.
I love it. I fucking love it.
Insanely, it's like it adds like it really adds a lot of cool points
to that makes it special.
Makes it so special, right?
Like absolutely.
It's a V10 powered homage to the Cobra Shelby Cobra.
And it's just it's just so pissed all the time.
Right. And I love that.
I just love, I don't know.
I would love to just cruise with that and just know that under my right foot,
one quick stab away from going sideways and fucking taking out an entire city block.
I just they just it's so good.
The styling is so good, the side exhaust.
And even when it's all it's like foibles and concerns,
I think it's just it's such an interesting vehicle.
You know, it is.
I it's it's it's such like a weird weird.
It's not the right term, but I'm going to use it.
It's such like a weird, like cultural touchstone, if you will, because it's like it is.
Yeah, it's it's so hyper masculine
and like weirdly patriotic in a way and just unhinged.
Where I think for a period of time when they were when that car was new,
it was cool.
But the person inside was 100 percent a prick.
There's no there's no way.
And I don't I think we've come far.
We're far enough removed from that.
And it's been like this for a while, honestly, yes, that we're far enough removed
from that where they're just cool, but I think I still have a little personal
hang up or like I don't I still don't know.
And this is a me problem.
This is not a problem with the car.
This is a problem where I'm like, I don't know if I'm cool enough for this fucking car.
Dude, you know, that's the problem.
Like if you're terribly uncool, it's going to be even more of a dynamic
situation driving a bike.
It's like like you get in there after work like fucking dressed up
just a fat pair of like 11s out of the fucking work parking lot.
Like you don't give a fuck.
I don't know, man, there's something I just I love there.
So there's they're super cool.
Oh, infinitely cool.
It just like history is cool.
Everything about the car, like that car would not get made today.
And for that, I fucking love it.
Or if it would get made today and have like.
I don't know.
It have some exotic material interior and it wouldn't be as big of a
shipbox as it is, and it would be, you know, whatever,
starting at 400 and 85000 dollars.
Right.
And the fact that you can scoop one for forty is fucking hilarious to me.
Like it's it's like an American exotic.
I love it. I love everything about it.
Question on the.
We won't do the kill part, but like the Mary fuck kill thing
that a question that everyone loves so much.
Ignoring the kill part of the equation.
RX seven and Viper, they're roughly the same cost for a good one.
Which which one are you engaging in consensual intercourse with
and which one are you buying a ring for and marrying and keeping forever?
I'm marrying the RX seven because I respect handling prowess and
the driving dynamics are infinitely better, but I am.
The Viper is going to the Viper will probably fuck me.
So I'm going to go out on that date.
You will get pegged by by Viper Viper Viper doesn't even want to hold hands.
It just wants to fuck, dude.
Yeah, so I'm good.
I think that's the you feel in the same.
Absolutely. Yeah, I will.
I will I will definitely get by insights glazed by the Dodge Viper killer.
And I will I will have a so many long walks on the beach,
like collecting seashells, handing holding hands in my life.
Retirement FD with yeah, with with my my best, my best FD by my side.
Can you you could get them both in that kind of bluish green that they offer?
That would be fucking a killer side by side garage, wouldn't it?
Oh, yes, um, oh, that's a fun garage.
That would be a fun fucking garage.
OK, yeah, that's all I wanted to say about that.
They're infinitely cool.
I'll get one someday promise.
Yeah, real quick, because I know we're running out of time.
I'll just I'm just going to drop in the concept again for the real
the real heads that listen to the pod.
This is this is no I'm not revealing anything new here.
I still I still would love to own the DB seven Coupe.
DB seven manual V12 manual.
Give me the give me the DB V12 Vantage manual.
There we go. That's that's what I again, that's another like 35 to
$40,000 car for for a good one.
So much so metal for the price, right?
It's a good fucking lot of car for that price.
It can break your heart in a couple of ways.
If if some things go sideways mechanically.
But like I think that motor is pretty stout.
The transmission is just a T 56.
You know, it shares some other bits and bobs with like Jag XJS and sure.
And some Ford stuff in there.
Yeah, yeah, you know, if you're getting coils and stuff like that.
But yeah, I would just so deeply pretty.
Sounds good.
Absolutely. It'll always sound great.
It'll always look great.
They drive better than you think.
Again, it's it's not a lightweight, you know,
is that car would that car be the offspring of a Viper
and RX seven in driving dynamics?
It kind of is sort of and kind of looks right.
Yeah, a little bit of an attitude, right?
Yeah. Oh, we should do a little family tree.
Yeah, that's like what a three car garage.
You hate your kids and like don't want them to take them anywhere.
Yeah, I love this.
Yeah, I do have a multinational too.
I have three.
The last three I'll do.
I guess I had more than five.
I'll do three just quick mentions.
Sure. These are all under 10000 dollars.
And these will happen.
I promise you that a spicy sob.
So I'm looking at 93 X turbos and I'd love a manual wagon.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
The turbo X, which is pretty cool.
One year only 2008.
I would also take a really nice
Viggen assorted Viggen.
I love that electric car.
Yeah, 93 Viggen.
And then also I'll just take a regular like the nine threes
the generation after that arrow with a five speed.
All right, you're going late.
You're going late sob.
Yeah, I like those ones, man.
I like every one of those a quad for power jam,
preferably with a manual on my list.
We all know that whether it be an old or a Pontiac.
I don't give a fuck.
I do want a manual, which is the actual quad for already hard.
Manual quad for fucking very hard.
And quite difficult.
Lately, dude, third gen Camaro manual VA.
Yeah. Yeah.
That's what I'm feeling, baby.
You want you got any special like trimmer?
You know, I the IROX are like 98% automatic.
So those are harder.
I'd love an IROC manual, especially the five sevens.
A lot of the autos are three or 53 or five.
Yeah, but yeah, I wouldn't kick a three or five manual out of bed
if I got a good deal on it, like a like a 6000 or yeah.
Manual three or five.
Yeah, kind of love that stuff.
But yeah, that's that's it.
I think those those cars are fucking everyone.
I just named under 10 K all day.
Yeah, I won't let me do a couple of quick
honorable mentions and I'd still love like a series series to Esprit.
Oh, yeah.
Certainly over 10 grand.
Yeah, we're playing in that 30 to 40 ballpark range for a decent driver.
And that's with the knowledge that none of them are decent drivers.
They're all they're all ruined.
But that that's that's part of the deal.
It's it's one of the best kick cars ever made.
Um, the other one.
Bear with me.
A.M.C. Pacer.
Oh, really?
A.M.C. Pacer.
I'm on your bucket list.
I'm I've shopped them before I talked with you off the air
earlier today about one that may or may not be
available to come into our collective lives here on the podcast.
But I have genuinely always been looking
looking at one because it's there's such an iconic goofball.
It's just they're so whimsical.
Are they good to drive? No.
But they're cheap, they're attainable.
You take that to any automotive event or not automotive event.
You take it any place and people like, whoa, like the fishbowl.
It's here. Yeah.
And let alone the Wayne's World tie in.
So just just floating that out there, putting that into the ether,
you know, getting the vibes way too much way too much.
But yeah, yeah, that's they're attainable.
We should attain them.
Yeah, let us let us know if you are watching us on YouTube.
I throw some comments down there.
What your top? Yes. Bucket list attainable bucket list cars.
If we just anything obvious that you think we should have had on our lists,
we'd love to hear it.
Yeah. And I don't I don't want people to come in and be like,
you know, the Gallardo is actually attainable now.
It's like, it's like not really.
You know, to the point where like I felt guilty talking about like FDRX 7
at a $40,000 price point, right? Yeah.
That's just kind of.
That might be about the mental cap that I have.
Yeah. Yeah. In this economy.
To like if I was going to be spending money on a car
and even then I would feel like I need to sell off four or so cars
in order to do that.
And then I'd be wringing my hands about garage space and this and that.
And so, yeah, that's that's as much of a challenge here
is as finding one and buying one.
So with you on that one, cool.
Let's let's transition to our automotive print ad quiz.
I'm going to pull up a nasty little ad.
It's actually pretty easy.
It's just a fun car that I can't believe we haven't done yet.
If you could explain to the wonderful listeners,
Frank, what we're about to journey together doing.
We will we will journey together hand in hand,
like me with an RX 7 on a beach.
It's our print ad quiz game. Yay.
So the way this works is in today's thrilling, rousing edition.
He is going to read the type copy from an advertisement
from the 80s, 90s to the mid 2000s pulled from some sort of print publication.
And it's an ad for a car or truck. We'll see.
He's going to read that type copy.
I then have 10 minutes and three guesses
to just based on the type copy and the loose description
of the artwork within to try and figure out what kind of car we are talking about.
That's how this works. Please play along at home.
Yell at your listening or watching device.
Call me a clown when I struggle here,
but it sounds like he's got a softball for me today.
So maybe I will sluice this out.
Then again, that tends to be the kiss of death.
So what do you got for me, channel?
You got this. OK, so we have a two page spread.
A vehicle is black.
You're getting kind of a side passenger profile,
with a little bit of a three quarter in there with the passenger side.
But, you know, you get what you get.
One word at the top, unchallenged.
The new blank blank.
And it has a list right under the photo of the vehicle.
There's like a highlight list of features, if you will.
OK, we challenged every other sports car manufacturer in the world
to try to match our new blank blanks.
Vast array of standard driving and security features.
The hand security, sure.
For even twice blanks price, no one could.
Not Mazda, not Acura.
BMW or even Porsche.
Wow.
Except the people writing this ad would have probably written,
pronounced that differently.
Someday, the rest of the sports car world may build a car
that measures up to the new blank, but that will be then.
This is now.
That's it.
I think, yeah, that's all you get.
Well, come on now.
You got you got a you got horsepower.
You got a transmission.
Called out some competition, some competition,
really horny for any lock brakes and what sounds like just like a Patsky.
275 is an interesting number with a six speed.
No mention of.
I mean, one car jumps into mind.
OK.
Which would be the.
L T one powered.
You know, fourth generation F body Camaro.
Because I do believe that was 275 horse
was available with a six speed manual.
Did have four wheel disc brakes.
GM love to be like Eddie lock brakes.
They would put it on their wheels.
Dual air bags.
So under nineteen under 19000 dollars.
Right. At a price point, safety, cage, construction is.
Fuck. I mean, I guess that could be like.
You know, those had like a little bit
space framey type shit with all the plastic and fiber components,
the fenders and stuff.
If it's not this or it's stable, me, I've got a little.
I'm in a little bit of trouble because 275
It's I don't know, it's kind of a.
I don't know. OK, so I'm this is what I'm going to say.
I'm going to say this is a nineteen.
95
Chevrolet Camaro Z 28
Final answer bomb.
Killer car, but that's not the car we're talking about.
Not today.
Hey, hmm.
Your year is spot on.
OK.
Is it in my in my a badge engineering job away?
You're you're one excitement rung lower on this ladder.
Sure. Lower again.
Well, your guess was OK, OK, fair.
That was going to say because grab another.
It's stable, it's stable, mate, truly does build.
Yeah, what's what's here?
I want the trim, though, now that you pretty much know what it is.
So if this is 95 we're talking price point.
I think this has to be a 95 Pontiac Firebird formula.
Because I don't think I mean, it could be a transam,
but then you got some extra bits and bobs and coming in under twenty grand.
I think this is that was the formula.
After all, was to have the the potent,
the potent motor and sheep, everything else.
So let's let's do that.
This is a 1995 Pontiac formula.
Pontiac Firebird. Unchallenged.
Oh, yes. Unchallenged.
You said sunbird. Unchallenged.
The new Firebird formula.
Yes, sir.
Cool. How do we not do a Firebird up until this?
And we've never done any fire for unbelievable.
God, look, dude, spokes.
Oh, so good. God.
I mean, first off, they're atrocious.
Secondly, I love them.
I think it's kind of they're kind of horrible, but also fucking cool.
They're impossibly 1995
Yeah, the buttons. That is the most 1995
The exaggerated Pontiac buttons at the time.
I love them.
Yeah, the round. I love them so much.
The chicklets, the ridiculous bulbous steering wheel
with like over boosted power steering.
That motor didn't lie, though.
It was a good low power point.
Those are actually like.
That was quick. Oh, you got to get the LS one.
You don't want the early ones. They're dogs.
No, they're not, man.
No, that LT one, the 275 horsepower, LT one.
Still strong. I mean, yes.
It's not a huge massive power difference in the LS one.
LS one's lighter. It's a better motor. I get it.
But like people talk about these earlier cars,
like they're they're not even worth considering to own.
I would own hell out of that car.
You know, I'd scoop the shit out of one of these.
Yeah. Yeah.
I had a buddy who picked up.
I believe it was a 96
OK. Camaros, you 28
You got it really cheap.
It was silver, gray leather.
You know what? I guess it was a 97
because it was the thirty fifth anniversary.
Oh, is that makes a 40th, whatever, whatever it's anniversary.
It's like a 30th. That's the that's they call that math.
And I remember getting a thing, the same thing.
And they just like like getting on the freeway.
Just did a clutch, clutch dump launch and it's a huge burnout
and ripped through the first like three gears like.
Oh, this thing rules like I get it.
I understand it's it's speed at a price point
and cheap materials and on on.
Terrible visibility, whatever you want to say, still super cool.
Like this is and that right there, like that's kind of the one I would want
would be like the LT one, the formula.
Yeah, like WS school and all.
But like there's something to be said for that particular car.
To WS six is like right before 2020
were like 678 grand.
Now those are like 1520
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
Yeah, yeah, I'll take a formula.
Absolutely with a manual.
A lot of them are autos, unfortunately.
But get yourself a six speed and drop some rubber, baby.
Killer car. I can't believe I haven't done a firebird yet.
We'll take it. Yeah, we'll take it.
Good job on that one, man.
Can I can level with you?
Can I be leveled up?
I have done absolutely no PCP.
I've not.
Well, I mean, those words.
I mean, if you listen to the last episode, you heard me
rattle off a whole bunch of shit about the XTERRA
with the PCP against that wall in front of my house this weekend.
Yeah. Yeah, when you're like unruining the timing
in front, like as you're supposed to be driving to a campsite
and go for really in the thing you're just in the timing on.
Yep. And you just go, well, I maxed it in the one direction
and it runs better and we're still way off.
But here we are. Send it. Send it.
So, yeah, I've just we got back for for those.
You know, whatever peeking behind the curtain here,
we're only a couple of days since we got back from the adventure.
If you have not listened to the last episode or watched, go go check that out.
Check it out.
And, yeah, I'm getting caught up in work before I go on a family trip and be
I'm I'm I'm burnt.
I get I got to get away from from turning wrenches for for a couple of days.
So, no, I have made no new progress
ever since burning way too many hours,
partially unruining the XTERRA and all the nonsense the prior owner did.
How about you?
Have you progressed on any any project cars?
Sure. The ES 300 or 93 manual, which is a joint venture between the two of us,
the brain trust, if you will.
So in the motor doing valve covers,
I did the plugs and wires recently, my friend, and would you would you believe
that our hundred and 30000 mile Lexus is still on the original plugs?
Because it was OK, original plugs, original wires, and they were like,
what was the brand?
It was like, I want to say they're not in the stocky or something.
It was an interesting brand.
I looked it up and it was the original plug wire with those cars.
What's wild, especially with the plugs, something.
Yeah, that's why the plugs that car has been dealer service this whole life.
So but to do the plugs on that car, you're pulling the intake manifold,
which is surprising.
They didn't do it when they did the valve cover,
right, except for I saw how they did the valve cover.
And I'm like kind of like dealer service.
Yeah, I'm glad they didn't touch it.
So anyway, the plugs in great shape, age, but who knows, right?
They they replaced them with the original.
So it could have been done like five years after it was bought.
Right. Right.
There's no reason not to know that, but they were the original OEM plugs.
This the tips were like really worn down, you know, like an old plug
that's been in there a while.
That's my telltale sign, because you can have all kinds of other things
that age the plug or the whatever material or whatever brand they use.
Different plugs age differently, but that tip being worn down
as an indicator that it was in there for that mileage.
So they were still running.
The car runs pretty good.
Plugs, wires changed over way better.
Sure. Yeah.
NGK's NGK new wires, just even new wires, you know,
that we're talking like even a technology difference, right?
Then what was in the car for 1993.
So do you think Machine Gun Kelly
could get sponsored by by NGK and then no longer be MGK and just go by NGK?
And that'll be his new persona.
I'd like to tell you, I stay awake often thinking about just that.
No, no, no, no, probably not.
I bet he's always Kelly's.
So though, but yeah, just like the basics.
Here's the thing on this car.
Like, yeah, sparks, plugs and wires, whoopty shit.
Like on most four cylinder cars, it takes me 15 minutes.
This car is an endeavor.
You are taking the intake manifold in that I already described in the last episode.
There's a lot of stuff going on with that intake manifold.
Let me tell you on this V6 model.
But anyway, it's it's getting real good, dude, versus how it ran before.
And it's such a condition that it deserves this kind of this level of treatment.
I like, you know, me, I'll pour this same effort into a $2,000 car.
But I think this Lexus is super sweet.
And just to put this kind of detailed touch and like fix all the little
the little teeny nuances that make it run a little better deserves it.
Dude, this this thing's going to be so fucking mint when I'm done with it, bro.
Like from a maintenance wise standpoint, how it drives and how it looks.
I just it deserves it. It's such a cool car.
Yeah. Hell yeah. Such a cool car. Yeah. No, that'll be.
That'll be it's funny, like that's one where it's just like it'll be fun to see
when we do move it on to its new home, whatever that is.
It'll be fun to see what we can get up for it.
Yeah, it's kind of like because they don't like it's such an unknown.
It could be we could be upside down.
It could go for double what we're in it for.
Yeah, probably somewhere in between.
And it's not like we're doing this to like turn a profit necessarily,
although that would be nice and it helps would it would be it.
Helps makes make this sort of thing and what we're doing.
Far more excusable to the ones we love.
So it would be nice.
But you make a good point like it there.
I've never seen one in the spec.
I've never seen it documented in the wild.
I've never seen a manual manual.
Manuals are alone are defined, let alone cloth interior, no sunroof.
Double purple, double purple.
Yeah, it's it's special, very unique one owner car before us.
Yeah, so it'll be it'll be it's kind of the one to have, so to speak.
Outside of Oh, I think so.
But also like we're sitting there just like sitting on a huge
smile dragon heap of cash waiting for one of these to come out of the woodwork.
Basically, zero people, I don't know.
But it will be it'll be interesting to see and then it'll be sad
because like I love like a world where like I can have this
like an excuse to make it my daily.
I think that's so good.
Yeah, but I also like doing the right thing, right?
Like finding it, restoring it back to where it should be.
And like it should be enjoyed, right?
And it should be in a condition where someone doesn't have to take it
apart again for a long time, right?
Right. Yeah.
And hopefully it'll go live in a garage somewhere or whatever,
which I wouldn't be able to do.
I'd be street parking at shit and then I feel bad.
So like I don't. Yeah.
Um, it's I don't know.
It's really interesting.
I'm I'm I'm glad it's in our lives.
Yeah, I'm glad too, man.
And it's like our due service to like fix these kind of odd balls up
because it's an odd one.
It's an odd ball of a common car, which I kind of get behind.
I think it's super cool.
But just the spec sheet on this one is so goddamn unique.
So yeah, I'm pumped.
Yeah, I don't know where it'll go, but it'll it'll go somewhere.
Good spec, bro.
Good spec. Yeah.
Sick colorway.
Can't respect, bro.
Yeah. So very, very good.
You got anything else before we close out here, sir?
No, it's another one of the books.
Shut it down, man. Shut it down.
Let's go home.
Hey, look what I just found.
Oh, is it a 10?
No, it's it's a one half.
Oh, what the fuck?
I know, right? I'm looking at your back.
New York City.
No, we're not freshly sponsored by this.
But Conte Sauce, that advertisement ended with get the rope.
Do you remember? Yeah, yeah.
Fucking unhinged, yeah.
Well, a little, little, little edgy.
But you know what, you know,
commercials were a little different in the 90s.
We were all different in the 90s.
But yeah, it's true.
What do you want on your tombstone?
Cheese and pepperoni.
Um, anyways, no, we are not sponsored by Tombstone Pizza
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that beautiful ES300 has started up
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from the great adventure we had.
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It'll be kind of a good time.
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Take care, as always.
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About this episode
The hosts swap “attainable bucket list” car picks—cars they genuinely think they could own before they die, focusing on fun, vibe, and realistic pricing rather than headline supercars. Frank leads with a supercharged first-gen R2 (RX-7) as a riotous, hyper-80s dream, weighing today’s higher prices and the practical downsides of maintenance and roadside repairs. The discussion then turns to the FD RX-7, why values stay high due to reliability fears, and how other 80s/90s icons (300ZX, 3000GT, NSX, Supra, Z32) all face age-related upkeep.
Everyone loves to talk about their personal "Bucket List", Holy Grail, or Soggy Dream Garage and the F40s and F1s that make up that list. But what about the cars that we would love to own before we die that are ACTUALLY within reach? The homies sit down and discuss.
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