and then, yeah, you make a huge loop around Morocco
and come back up across the streets to finish.
But man, it's incredible experience
and it was like the appeal of it for me too
was like, A, the car had been prepped.
So Ian and his, he had prepped the car
so you'd know it was gonna be super tight
and like it was gonna run great
and like be really, really effective
as a car for the situation.
But the cool thing about it was I had,
I didn't have anything on me.
So it was like, I had, I think a Leatherman
and like my Goodwood clothes,
but like my initial thought was like,
I'm just gonna go do this.
I will go get in the car and do this trip.
And then I realized I have a wedding and I couldn't do it.
But it was like, it was the idea of doing it
in my Goodwood clothes with like the stuff
that I brought for Goodwood was so funny
and a feeling to me is like, oh man,
like this is gonna be such a mess.
Just driving around Morocco like in your 1950 British costume.
I mean, actually pretty kind of perfect.
Yeah, totally perfect.
In my fucking Lawrence of Arabia shit.
Yeah, and my bass loafers
would have been so fucking cool.
But man, this is the kind of stuff too
that it's just like, I don't make a habit of saying no.
And it was like, this wedding is super important.
And I already like, I'm on the hook to pay
for an Airbnb with my friend John.
So, and I'm his ride out there.
It would have been very shitty for me to leave.
But man, it's so appealing.
See, I just figured you just had like too much stuff
going on with Allie ramping up.
Oh, I mean, that's definitely true too.
I mean, just like the next two weeks, you know,
just kind of like.
It would not have been responsible even remotely to do it.
But like, I was talking to Fernando about it
and I was like, it would have been a mess to do,
but it's also like this is the,
it is never a good time to have this stuff happen.
Like it is never a good time.
It's never the right time.
It's like having a baby, you know?
It's never the right time.
You just gotta fucking do it, yeah.
And it's like, you can't, in my opinion,
you cannot go through your life saying no to stuff.
Like, here's a free car,
go drive around Morocco for 10 days.
Like, it was like, it wasn't gonna cost anything.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, so the story was that basically,
there was an entrant who had their car down there.
They had to back out of the last minute.
So the car is just down there fully equipped,
ready to go and ready to go with no crew.
And you need at least two people to run this
because of the amount of driving that it is.
Peter could be in Morocco right now,
but I could not afford a plane ticket to be his buddy.
Maddie and I get this text and with a link to this thing.
And I just kind of jokingly reply.
It's like, oh, you gotta Ford Focus for us.
And Rory comes back.
It's like, yeah, no, there's one there.
It's ready to go.
And that's when I realized it's like, oh, he's serious.
Yeah, yeah.
The number of emails or text messages
I've gotten for Rory over the years
where it's like, can you be in place X,
you know, in 48 hours?
Yeah.
Listen, next time.
And I mean, with this, it was kind of like,
I mean, I went, it was when I realized
that you were serious Rory, it was kind of,
it was great for me because just what it did,
because I've been out of that kind of that mode
in that mindset for a while, now basically for a year,
you know, and the way that when I realized
that you were serious, that the kind of almost
just like mental muscle memory kicked in.
I'm just like, oh, okay, I'm fucking on the computer.
I'm looking at logistics.
I'm just like looking at flights.
I'm like, how can I, how can I get there?
What, you know, what it'll take
and who else can we get to go, you know?
And Mad, when you said you couldn't do it.
And then I was just like, you know, I'm texting people
and it's just like, fuck, fuck, fuck.
And like really thinking, and the thing is,
I mean, this is like, I mean, it's five o'clock
or six o'clock at night here.
And this means like getting on a plane,
like the next morning, basically, like at 11 a.m.
I think there were some early afternoon flights
that could have gotten me there.
So it's like less than 24 hours to turn it around
and get it together.
And I was just like, I was so fucking ready to do it.
And I'm just thinking like, God, I mean, yeah.
Like I said, like, I don't know that I would have come back.
Yeah, to me, it's like, this is the best thing
that can happen in your life is like something
just falling in your lap where you're like,
with no thought, no preparation, no like,
no premeditation, it's like, yes,
I'm going to figure out how to go do this.
And then you do it and you're there
and the thing is happening.
And it's like, you're not dreading it.
You're not preparing or thinking.
It's just like, okay, now this is going up.
Like this is.
And also, like the thing that keeps you from
like planning to do this kind of stuff
is just the kind of like the decision paralysis
that sets in where it's just like, oh fuck, man.
Well, if I were gonna do that, I would have to do this,
this, this, I would have to figure out this.
I would have to get this lined up.
I would have to, you know, and like the totality
of that is so overwhelming that you just say,
I just can't do it.
But when it's just like, it's so last minute
and you just kind of go like, okay, fuck,
yeah, I'm gonna fucking do this.
And you pick like, you do the immediate shit
that you have to do just the minimum.
And then the rest of it, you figure out as, you know,
you deal with each and I mean,
and it's a great life lesson because it's like,
if you're gonna do anything in fucking life,
this is how you do it.
You cannot be daunted by looking at the whole picture
all at once.
You have to just fucking like commit
and then figure it out as you go
and just do like the small discrete tasks
that will make the thing possible
and that is required to do it as they come.
But yeah, but the, it was just,
so yeah, long story short,
none of us could do it as it turned out and-
Peter could have done it, but-
Theoretically, we couldn't find another person
who was free available to fuck off for two weeks.
Yeah.
I think the phrase that I was just like,
surely we know like some more shift-less layabouts, right?
I mean, it feels like there are other times in my life
where I did know more people like that, but-
Everybody's just, yeah, grinding.
But the thing that it did inspire me,
like I just realized like, yeah, man,
I need to get the fuck out of town
and there's race at Indy,
IMSA race at Indy this weekend and I was just like,
yeah, I think we're gonna hit up our IMSA dude
and see about getting a credential and I did.
So I'm going to that, leaving tomorrow
and I will be camping.
I did look, I was curious,
I looked a while back just cause it was on my radar
and I was like, well, I wonder what it cost to camp at Indy.
And there's two tiers of infield camping.
One, I think is like the kind of deluxe,
if you bring your fucking motor home or whatever.
And that's like, I think it's like $1,200.
It's something fucking ridiculous.
And then the other, the kind of like lower
infield camping, like it's still like,
it's like six or $700 and I was just like, okay,
well, that's like, yeah, no fucking way.
There's also across the street outside parking,
like lot two or whatever.
And they say, and like, and on the site,
it has like, you know, in when it is describing,
you know, it's got the specs
of like how big the spaces are or whatever.
It's got one of the criteria thing is, you know,
like mood or ambiance or whatever.
And it's like, you know, quiet, family friendly, whatever.
The one for the lot across the street
is something like festive.
And, well, to camp across the street, $70.
Now we're talking for fucking for all four days.
Now we're talking.
And I'm like, well, I could do that.
That's fine.
I could swing that.
So odds of you getting stabbed
or having your tent stolen or something like that.
I mean, slightly higher, but it's a big swing price-wise.
Let's see, I'm curious to see what the,
just how festive or whatever.
I don't remember what the exact,
I'll have to look up what the exact terminology
they used for, how much of a shit show it's gonna be.
But I don't know, man, I can't, you know,
it's like people have fun at Walkin's Glen.
It's not-
Oh yeah, no, you can, it'll be great.
I don't know.
It'll be great.
I mean, it's fucking old people.
You're going to a race, you know what I mean?
Like it's gonna be grown-ups, probably a good time.
We'll see.
Look at the full report on the next step.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Anything else or do you gotta go, Roy?
Yeah, I gotta hop off.
I have one piece of news.
Oh wait, someone else has to type in the chat
because I don't have the chat.
Oh, I think I already did.
I'm being silenced again.
My toggle is off.
Yeah.
I have excellent news to make up for the fact
that my beautiful man was knocked out of Bristol
and is no longer in playoffs,
which is that they are putting him
in the special car this weekend
to make up for my pain and suffering.
What's the special car?
The special car is the jockey promo car
on which, uh-huh.
So we'll see what they do with the racing suit
and that'll make up for all of my struggling and pain
and having to see my beautiful sweet news
is Yolanda Shane Van Guisbergen
knocked out of NASCAR playoffs.
We knew he would be, but I love him.
Nice.
Yeah, it's going good.
So that's great news for me.
Special is just for me, special.
That is nice.
Yeah.
Very cool.
Wonderful.
Something to look forward to.
That's my weekend plans.
Besides my usual schemes, plots and more schemes.
Of course.
All right.
Should we hit him with a Stay Tired?
Yes.
Stay Tired.
Stay Tired, everybody.
Thank you for listening to the pot.
Thank you for hanging out with us
for one year of Tired, the car podcast
for people who understand that cars are bad.
That's exciting.
Oh, yeah.
Thanks for doing the ID.
The outro.
Thanks for doing the ID.
About this episode
Rory shares his adventures from the Goodwood Revival, detailing his unique experiences and the challenges of dressing in vintage attire amidst rainy weather. He recounts humorous stories of locking himself out of his hotel room twice, including one incident at the luxurious Raffles hotel. The episode also dives into the thrilling racing at Goodwood, featuring notable drivers like Jimmy Johnson and the excitement of classic cars navigating the wet track. The camaraderie and nostalgia of the event are highlighted, along with Rory's reflections on the cultural significance of such gatherings.
Rory reports back from Goodwood Revival, Peter and Matty end up NOT reporting in from Morocco, and we prep for more weekend motorsports coverage!
PRODUCTION NOTE! We had a liiiiittle audio leak on the call this episode, and your producer pal Matty made an effort to edit around it. Sorry if there are little dropouts/bits of echo left, or if you get some fuzz leftover here and there. Your buddy on the 1s and 2s should have caught it in-process, mea culpa. Hope you enjoy the ep!
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