The Toyota Camry is a regular family-style car, usually a sedan. People like it because it’s comfortable and simple to use for everyday driving. In the podcast, it’s just being used as a description of a car someone was in.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car designed to go fast. It’s known for quick acceleration and a sporty driving experience. The podcast is mentioning it because it’s associated with performance.
The Hyundai Santa Cruz is a small SUV-style vehicle with a cargo bed for hauling things. It’s meant to be practical for everyday use. The podcast is just confirming the name “Santa Cruz.”
Valve adjustment is maintenance where a mechanic checks and sets the small gaps in the engine’s valve system. If the gaps get off, the engine can run rough or lose power.
A “flat spot” is when the car feels like it hesitates or doesn’t pull strongly for a moment at certain engine speeds. It usually means something in the engine’s fueling or ignition isn’t working smoothly at that RPM.
The distributor is part of the ignition system that sends spark to the right spark plug at the right time. If it’s not working right, the engine can hesitate or feel flat when you accelerate.
Spark plugs make the spark that lights the fuel in the engine. If they’re old or dirty, the engine can run poorly or feel like it’s not accelerating smoothly.
Ignition wires (often called spark plug wires) deliver high voltage from the distributor/coil to the spark plugs. Over time they can degrade, leading to weak spark, misfires, and drivability issues.
A “full tune up” is a service meant to refresh key engine parts that affect how smoothly the car runs. It often includes things like spark plugs and related ignition parts.
A spoiler is an extra piece on the back of a car that helps air flow over it. In this case, they’re talking about painting it so it matches or looks better.
Headlight rings are the decorative trim pieces around the headlights. Painting them is just a styling change to make the front end look different.
Concept
mating them together
That phrase means they’re putting the big parts together so the car can actually run. In this case, they’ve already installed the engine and suspension, and now they’re connecting everything as one unit.
The BMW 3 Series is a smaller luxury car that’s meant to feel fun to drive. The E30 is one older version that many car fans still talk about. The podcast is mentioning it in connection with tires and setup choices.
The tread block is one of the raised chunks on the tire’s outer surface. It helps the tire grip the road and can affect how it handles wet or rough surfaces. The host is saying these blocks looked and worked well.
“Aztec style sidewall design” refers to a tire sidewall pattern that looks like geometric, decorative motifs—here described as not being obvious in photos. The host explains that when you see the tire in person, especially in sunlight, the pattern becomes clear. It’s essentially a visual design feature of the tire’s sidewall graphics.
Avon is a tire brand. The host is saying they prefer the more traditional tire options—both in look and vibe—compared to the sidewall styling they didn’t love.
This is an older Honda Civic wagon. The point here is that someone put newer-looking headlight hardware on it, and the host thinks it looks wrong for the car’s original style.
HID projector headlights are a brighter headlight setup that uses a special bulb and a lens to aim the light. The host thinks the look of that modern conversion doesn’t fit the car’s original vibe.
Halogen is a type of headlight bulb. It’s common on older cars, and changing to different-looking headlight setups can make a classic car look “off.”
Term
six shooters
“Six shooters” here just means the headlights have multiple little light elements grouped together. The host thinks that style looks wrong on this classic-looking car.
Ride height is simply how high the car sits from the ground. If it’s too high or too low, the wheels and tires can look out of place and may even rub on parts of the car.
Wheel offset is how far the wheel sits toward the inside or outside of the car. It affects whether the tire clears the fenders/suspension and it also changes the look of the car’s stance.
A grease trap is a container in plumbing that catches greasy food waste so it doesn’t clog pipes. The hosts are basically saying grease is the worst mess and it’s tough to get rid of.
A Ferrari 512 TR is a famous older Ferrari supercar/grand tourer with a big V12 engine. Here, the hosts mention it to make a joke: they’re comparing how awful it would be to get grease on a high-end car’s interior.
The Ferrari 512 M is an older Ferrari supercar. It’s known for being a special, high-performance car from Ferrari’s history. The podcast is mentioning it while describing the car’s interior and overall vibe.
The Ferrari F40 is a famous, very high-performance sports car made by Ferrari. It’s known for being a special, no-nonsense kind of supercar. The podcast is talking about a vanity plate that would reference the F40.
The Pontiac Fiero is a sports car that was made by Pontiac. It’s known for having the engine placed in the middle of the car. The podcast is mentioning it as a starting point for a replica-style project.
The Ford Mustang is a classic American sports car. Different model years look different, but it’s known for being a popular car people customize and talk about. The podcast is referring to an older Mustang someone had or was describing.
The Volkswagen Rabbit is a small car made by Volkswagen. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as a pickup-style project with a VR6 engine, meaning the engine was upgraded or swapped. The conversation is about that modified car setup.
“Straight piped” means the car’s exhaust is modified to be louder by removing the mufflers/restrictions. It can make the car sound aggressive, but it can also be annoying on long trips and may not be street-legal.
The discussion contrasts “straight piped” with owning “automatic only” cars, focusing on how transmission type affects driving feel. In enthusiast talk, automatics can range from traditional torque-converter setups to dual-clutch systems like PDK, which can feel much more immediate.
PDK is Porsche’s type of automatic transmission that shifts quickly. It uses two clutches so the next gear is ready ahead of time, which usually makes the car feel more responsive than a typical automatic.
“Slushbox” is a slang term for an automatic transmission that feels kind of lazy or not very responsive. People use it when the car doesn’t shift crisply or feels disconnected from your driving inputs.
The exhaust is the system that carries the engine’s fumes out of the car. If you remove parts of it, the car can get much louder, even if the engine isn’t very big.
Chrome rims are wheels with a shiny, reflective finish. They look great, but the coating can get damaged or corrode if you don’t keep them clean and protected.
Polished wheels are made very shiny by sanding and buffing the metal. They’re different from chrome-plated wheels, and they can look and wear differently over time.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a very high-end luxury car. It’s designed to be comfortable and feature-rich, especially compared to regular cars. The podcast is mentioning it because of how it looks and what kind of trim it can have.
Chromed means the wheel has a chrome plating, which usually looks like a very mirror-bright finish. The host is saying these wheels aren’t chrome-plated, so the shine looks different.
The Porsche 356 is an old-school Porsche from the 1950s/60s. The point here is that chrome hubcaps fit the car’s classic look, so they don’t feel out of place.
A chrome hubcap is a decorative cover for the wheel hub finished in chrome plating. The host uses it as an example of a classic styling element that can work on a Porsche 356, while arguing that similar chrome styling doesn’t translate well to newer 911s.
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car from Porsche. People talk about it a lot because it’s known for performance and a recognizable design. In the podcast, it’s mentioned in relation to how a certain wheel style would look or fit.
“Pre-smog” means cars from before strict emissions rules were common. In this conversation, it’s basically a time period reference for what styles were typical back then.
The speaker mentions a “wave” between drivers as a social behavior on the road, specifically calling out Corvette and Jeep drivers. This is more of a motoring culture observation than a technical automotive term.
Volkswagen has a few famous classic models like the Beetle and the bus/van. The hosts are talking about a fun driver-to-driver tradition where people acknowledge each other with hand signals.
The Volkswagen Vanagon is a camper-style van made by Volkswagen. People often use it for road trips and camping, and many get customized. The podcast is mentioning it as a recognizable type of van people decorate and identify with a certain vibe.
Here, “flash” means briefly turning your headlights on and off to signal another driver. The hosts are treating it like a friendly wave used by certain car communities.
The Porsche Cayenne is an SUV made by Porsche. It’s meant for normal driving like errands and longer trips, but with a more performance-focused feel. The podcast is referencing it because it’s a common Porsche you might see every day.
The Porsche Macan is a small luxury SUV from Porsche. It’s designed for normal driving but with a sportier feel than many other SUVs. The podcast is referencing it as something you see often.
They mean a brand community—like a group of owners who feel connected to each other. The host says MINI helped create that feeling with marketing and fun owner perks.
The Nissan Skyline is a performance car model line. The R32 is one well-known version that many car fans talk about. The podcast is mentioning it in a casual comparison with other cars when describing driving or show-up moments.
Term
open your hood
“Open your hood” means lifting the hood so people can look at the engine area. At car meets, it’s a way of showing your car off.
Term
revving motor
“Revving” is when you push the gas to make the engine spin faster, which makes it louder. People sometimes do it at meets to show off how the car sounds.
The BMW M5 is a powerful BMW that’s built for performance, not just everyday comfort. Some versions have a V10 engine, which is known for a distinctive sound when you accelerate. The podcast is bringing it up because of that driving experience.
A V10 is an engine with 10 cylinders arranged in two sides that form a V shape. More cylinders like this usually mean a smoother, more dramatic sound when you rev it.
Third gear is a mid-range gear in the transmission. The engine RPM and load in third gear can make the car sound and respond differently than in other gears.
A half cage is a stronger safety frame than just a roll bar. It uses more metal tubing to better protect the people inside, but how safe it is depends on the exact design and how it’s attached to the car.
A roll bar is a metal safety frame meant to protect you if the car rolls over. It’s usually mounted behind the seats and helps keep the cabin from collapsing, but it’s often not as complete as a full cage.
Blaine fabrication is a shop that builds race cars for road courses. In this discussion, they’re credited with focusing on safety and using proven NASCAR-style safety materials.
“Lemons” racing is a kind of grassroots race where people compete with cheap, imperfect cars. The point here is that even with those cars, you still need real safety gear.
Roll hoops are upright bars meant to protect you if the car rolls over. The idea is that if they’re not part of a complete, well-connected cage, they may not help as much as people think.
“Roll over” describes a rollover crash where the car rotates onto its side or roof. Safety hardware like a properly built roll cage is designed to protect the occupant’s space during this specific crash mode.
A roll cage is a metal safety frame inside the car. It’s meant to protect you if the car flips over by keeping the cabin from crushing. Because it’s metal inside the cabin, it usually needs padding in the right places.
A-pillars are the vertical metal supports at the front corners of the car, near the windshield. They help hold up the roof, so they matter a lot in a rollover, and roll-cage setups may be designed around them.
The Mini Cooper is a small car made by Mini. It’s known for being fun to drive and for having owners who like to work on them. The podcast is mentioning it as part of a quick list of cars.
A convertible is a car where the roof can open up. Since the roof is part of what makes the car stiff, convertibles often need extra bracing like roll hoops to stay strong and safer.
In motorsport, a helmet is worn to protect the head and reduce the risk of serious injury during crashes. The discussion here is about whether helmets are required when a roll cage is present, since both are meant to manage different parts of crash risk.
The Mazda Miata is a small two-seat sports car that’s meant to be fun to drive. A roll hoop is a safety structure that helps protect occupants if the car tips over. The podcast is referencing that kind of setup on a Miata.
The Porsche Boxster is a two-seat sports car with the engine placed closer to the middle of the car. Some versions have special design features that are built into the body. The podcast is talking about how the car’s structure and features are arranged.
Term
SL
Here, “SL” is mentioned as an example of a car that can have pop-up rollover protection. Instead of a fixed bar, it deploys when the car detects a rollover risk.
Aftermarket seats are seats you install that weren’t made by the car’s original manufacturer. They can be safer or less safe depending on how they’re mounted and how they behave in a crash.
Seat collapse means the seat (or how it’s bolted in) fails during a crash. If that happens, your body can move in a way that lets your head hit hard parts of the car.
A rear-end accident is a collision where another vehicle hits you from behind. Even at relatively low speeds, the occupant can be thrown backward and then rebound forward, which can contribute to head/neck injury risk if there are hard structures nearby.
Fiberglass is a lightweight material used for some car body parts. How it’s built and mounted can influence the overall layout around the seats and safety structures.
Term
tonneau buttons
A tonneau is a cover panel, and “buttons” here likely means the little latches or fasteners that hold it in place. It’s mentioned as part of how the car is built around the seat area.
A racing bucket seat is a special type of seat with deep sides that keep you from sliding around. In a crash, that shape can affect how your body moves and where your head ends up.
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of a BMW, made to drive more sportily than a normal car. People often work on them themselves or do upgrades and repairs. The podcast is mentioning a project update involving interior trim pieces.
“Non turbo” means the engine doesn’t use a turbocharger to boost air. That changes how the power comes on and can make the car feel different when you accelerate.
They mean an unusual, very aggressive suspension setup. The suspension can help the tires grip better, but it can also make the car feel complicated and demanding to drive.
A manual transmission is a car where you shift gears yourself. You usually use a clutch pedal to change gears, instead of letting the car do it automatically.
The pedal box is the space inside the car where the pedals are mounted. In a manual car, that area can feel cramped because you’re using the clutch pedal a lot while shifting.
Downshifting means putting the car into a lower gear. People do it when slowing down or when they want the engine to pull harder, especially in a manual.
The Jeep Wrangler is a tough SUV designed for off-road driving. Many Wranglers can have the roof and doors removed, depending on the model. The podcast is just mentioning the name “Wrangler.”
LIVE
You imagine like his I'd be inside his little white on gray Toyota Camry.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Egocidal vehiculum.
There's no doubt.
Corvettes are fast.
But I'm riding dirty right now.
The Kroc GT4.
The one and only.
Hashtag Don Patrol.
Hashtag senior citizen.
All right.
Hearts fired.
Yo, welcome to Driving Lawson.
My name is Warren.
I'm Lane.
We're without our three Amigo, our third Amigo.
Chris.
He is.
Arturo Cervantes.
I don't know what he's up to, but he's not here.
Oh yeah.
He didn't tell us, dude.
He didn't give a long explanation, but he did.
He did suggest a co-host as he likes to do.
I gotta love it.
He's just trying to help us out.
But hey, do you know the movie Three Amigos, which was a big deal for at least my friend
group and I?
I'm sure it was also a big deal for you.
Co-written by whom?
I mean, was it written by all three of those guys?
I don't know.
Let me pull it up while you're thinking about it.
This is Three Amigos, what, 1986, maybe?
Oh, man.
Was that late?
I don't know.
I was thinking like, like 80, 80.
Oh, I don't know.
I was thinking like 85, 84, 85.
Oh, I nailed it.
86.
Oh, wow.
It's not late, huh?
86.
But here's the thing, written by Steve Martin and Lorne Michaels, of course.
That was his crew.
That was his crew.
And the third writer, Randy Newman, really, composer, songwriter, got afraid to me.
Weird.
So there you go.
It wasn't Mel Brooks at all.
No.
No Mel Brooks involved.
Sorry to say.
Sorry to report.
I'm an idiot.
But gosh, what a treat that that movie is El Guapo, it's always misquoted, right?
We don't need no stinking badges.
It's not.
That's not the line.
No.
So that isn't it.
I think that's not the line.
That's what everyone says is we don't need no stinking badges.
And that is not.
I believe that's not the line, but that's what everyone always says.
What's the other one?
It's one of those ones that everyone says that what it is, but it's really, it's like,
it's something close.
It's like the forest gump one.
What's that one?
It's like the chocolates, like life is like a box of chocolates.
And he actually says, like, is a box of chocolates or something like that?
Life is a box of chocolates.
The other one is I'll be your Huckleberry and I'm your Huckleberry from Tombstone.
Oh, and he says, I am your Huckleberry.
I believe so.
And everyone says, and everyone always says, I'll be your Huckleberry.
It's one of the two.
Yeah, I can't remember.
Yeah.
It's kind of like everyone thinks Sinbad was in a movie about a genie, everything
thinks he played a genie and he wasn't or that the planners or the monopoly guy has
a monocle, but he doesn't.
Oh yeah.
I swear he does.
Yeah.
There's a bunch of us.
What do they call those?
There's a name for those things.
Yeah.
There's a name for those things.
My daughter.
My own daughter.
I like that.
Yeah.
That's fun though.
Yes.
Also today, it's the 20 year storm.
Big waves out there.
Oh, you know about this?
No.
I mean, I didn't know what was happening today.
What is Bell's Beach going off to?
Yeah, dude.
Peaks well for the area.
They were saying best in the last 10 to 20 years for the next.
Like in our in our areas.
Sounds well.
Wait, did you say Santa Cruz?
Santa Cruz.
Like Thanos?
Like Santa Cruz?
Oh, Santa Cruz.
Yeah.
No, no.
Speaking of Santa Cruz, we had a little morning motors out here in Santa Cruz.
We did.
I didn't even see you, dude.
I saw you from afar.
It's how it goes, dude.
Busy.
Busy times.
Yeah.
I had breakfast with the boys down at Catten Cloud.
And then we rolled over and saw the sights.
Great turnout.
Great day.
Perfect weather.
Yeah.
It was crazy.
It was killer.
Very good variety.
Good cars.
Some new stuff I've never seen before.
Some old stuff.
Everything in between is fantastic.
What's up?
Well, well, first off, guess how far I walked at morning motors.
Oh, nice stats.
I made it from my car to three quarters down the first row.
No.
Yeah.
Dude, you're just a busy man about town.
You got people to see, people to talk to.
I thought you were going to throw out.
I'd walk like I got tons.
No, dude, I got zero steps, dude.
You're going five miles on me in a parking lot.
I got 30 steps, dude.
Gotcha.
Two hours.
Yeah.
Well, that's a sign of a good crowd.
You know, a lot of people there, good hangs.
Everyone was having a good time.
And then did you obviously make it to be line?
I had to go coach a baseball game, but how was it?
It was great.
I mean tons of spillover obviously and tons of people that didn't go
to morning motors, but I would say dude morning motors.
What do you think?
Typically, I would say like 600 and 800 people
roll through.
Yeah, I could see that.
I mean hard to say hundred people, 200 people in the lot.
I mean 200 cars.
Yeah.
There's a full lot and then you figure 10000 cars
outside of the lot.
Yeah.
You know, that's including what family cars and stuff like that.
And then you figure at least two people a car on average.
Yeah, 600 right there.
And then a little more on a good day, right?
And I would say be line probably like yeah three to 43
to 500 you know three to 400 rolled through
taco truck, free tacos, two pony kegs from down at Wood House.
I went and picked them up from will down there.
Sweet.
Yeah, it was good.
Went through those and like by the second hour.
So you do three ponies next time.
It was a perfect day to great weather.
It was nice.
Nice breeze.
Right.
Yeah.
It was really nice.
But yeah, it was really good.
It was like excellent.
It was kind of like a perfect, perfect Santa Cruz day really.
Good vibes all around.
Sweet.
Good cars.
The Little League Marlins won their first tournament of
Champions game 11 to three.
So the undefeated season continues.
Who'd you guys play?
We played Aptos and we'll play.
I don't know who we play tonight, but it doesn't matter.
Let's see what happens.
See what happens.
I saw my buddy, my buddy Cam, who you know.
Cam, his son won their league in Belmont or that area too.
Nice.
So dude, maybe we'll see you guys meet up.
Clash.
Clash of the Titans.
Do you have any project car updates?
Oh, so I just went and saw my car.
Oh boy.
They're, they're blasting it apart right now.
Um, um, I forgot.
I don't think I talked about it.
Wait.
Slippery slope season was last time.
Yep.
So how far do we go down my slippery slope?
Do we talk about valve adjustment?
Oh no.
The slope gets slippery.
The slope got slippery here.
We got, we put more, we put soap on the slope.
Yikes.
That's where things are breaking ankles with that scenario.
Yeah.
Cause we, you know, I did a valve adjustment when I bought the car a little bit after,
cause when I bought the car is like, it had the little, little tickiness, you know,
and I was like, oh, it has another valve adjustment.
You know, who knows?
You know, it hasn't had one in a long time.
Let me ask you this.
What is the interval on something like that?
I think it's, it is around like 12, like 12 to 15 K.
Oh, really?
And it's been, and it's been 15 K since I had it done.
Wow.
That's so short.
Okay.
Go on.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it's not a big service.
It's like a, you know, it's pretty, a minor, I mean, it's a pretty easy job really.
It is, it is meant to be done.
So they made it fairly straightforward.
Yeah.
I think, don't, I don't know.
I, I don't have an in front of me what the cost is from a shop like Beeline or something,
but I, I think it's under a thousand bucks or, you know, something like that.
Yeah.
For a, if for a, you know, and beyond is not like the cheapest shop, you know, whatever,
it's like a, you know, they charge up a real rate.
So yeah, valve adjustment, and then I have that, I have a flat spot high in the RPM range.
So, and we did the distributor a while back.
So we're going to do, we haven't done plugs since I bought the car or any of that.
So, so we're going to do plugs.
We're going to do wires.
We're kind of doing full tune up as well.
Okay.
Slippery.
Slippery.
It's getting slippery one.
Yikes.
And then, hey Warren.
Oh no.
While we're in there.
Oh no.
While we're in there.
We're going to paint the top surface of the spoiler.
Oh boy.
Because you know what?
While we're in there.
Was it bad?
I can't picture it bad at all.
You know what?
It was one of those things.
So it's, if you remember how those things look, they have these, they have this grill, and
the grill is painted matte, matte black, and then it's a tape line to where it's a thin
two inch, a two inch line until it meets the rubber, which is gloss black or the color
of the car.
And someone at some point was pretty aggressive with their little orbit orbital buffer and
they kind of went on to the matte surface.
So they didn't, they didn't like tape and so it's like shiny on the corner.
You know, it's like shiny on the shiny ish and the judges, the judges at the PCA meet
will see this.
You know, I am about that.
But, but no, it's just one of those things like it's just annoying to me.
You see every time my car, car is like concor or anything.
It's far from it, dude, but like it's just one of those weird little, I'm like, it's
when in Rome, dude.
It's a slippery slope.
We're at it.
Things are getting slippery.
Things are getting slippery.
Love season.
Where are we?
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes.
Oh, and then the guys are pulling it apart and they're like, Hey, Lane, they're like,
yell at me.
They're like, do you mind if we paint your headlight rings?
And I'm like, slip.
Yeah.
Slippers love season, dude.
Triple S.
Triple S, we all know what's going on.
Yeah, dude.
Well, so welcome to the season.
It's all going down.
Speaking of Richard Chen, his 73 and a half target is there, which is like coming along.
I think it's going to be on the ground and running like probably end of this week or
early next week.
I mean, probably end of this week, really the engines like all together and the suspension
is all in.
So it's just like mating them together, but he has another car there.
So there's a Targa, a short wheelbase soft window Targa.
Oh, nice.
So yeah, it's kind of cool.
These are cool.
Yeah, yeah.
Sweet.
Well, I think, yeah, everyone got to see what be line is up to and morning motors is great.
Thanks for everyone for coming and for turning out.
So it was a nice, nice gathering.
There's a bunch of cool cars.
I saw a nice pagoda.
That was my highlight.
It was a blue one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So it was the one that was one that beeline painted the whole, whole half of it.
Oh, really?
I had no idea.
Yeah.
Cause it had like a, it had some damage down the side of the car.
I think the girl, I want to say she inherited it from her family or something and she's
yeah.
She's into it and that was the first time I think she brought it to morning motors
and she's super stoked on it.
That's yeah.
That's great.
Yeah.
Cool.
Well, I figure we got some questions here.
Let's jump right into them and then maybe something will come of it.
Do you see the ones on Facebook too?
There's a couple on Facebook.
I'll let you do those.
Okay.
Ben Roget is asking what's the most exotic flavor of jerky you've ever tried.
I think you would, he's trying to say what type of jerky meat was.
I think we've done alligator and kangaroo.
Kangaroo.
None, neither, neither were good.
No.
Human.
And then we've also done, and I don't know if this counts, but like the fish squid, you
know, that kind of stuff, but it's more like just dried.
Well, like I said, yeah, it's jerky.
Is that jerky?
Yeah.
I mean, what is jerky?
It's just dried meat, right?
That's a different podcast.
What is jerky?
What is jerky?
You take a deep dive into the jerky that you love.
Yeah.
And what is weird too?
It is weird.
Yeah.
Exotic, he said.
Oh yeah.
So yeah.
I guess that kangaroo seems the most exotic.
I think alligator.
Oh yeah.
Alligator was white.
The meat was a white meat, which makes you realize why they don't make chicken jerky because
it's not good.
That's gross.
All right, moving on.
Yeah.
Angry Bird GTI says, how important is tire sidewall design to your choice and tire?
Have you ever chosen a less than ideal tire simply because it looks so damn cool or spent
more for a better looking tire?
I'm definitely a function over form person, but tires can absolutely ruin a build.
If they don't look right.
He's very right.
He's very correct.
I have definitely, I don't think I've, I've definitely chose one over the other.
Like when it's like, when they're even, I've definitely chose one of the over the other.
Right.
Right.
Two comparable tires, price, performance, and one has a weird sidewall.
You're going to go with the other one.
Yeah.
I ran the Jajarro Redistines on my E30, which were great tires.
They had a very cool tread block and they were great tires, but they had an Aztec.
That's what I keep calling Aztec style sidewall design, which wasn't super obvious.
Like, you know, just in photos and stuff, but when you got up next to it, especially
where the sun would shine on it, it had these like rectangular kind of pattern zigzaggy
pattern on it.
Again, not, not a deal breaker.
And I think the tires were free.
They were like sponsor hookup for us.
So, you know, you don't kick a gift tire and the tread or whatever the saying is, you
know, but that I was never really stoked on.
And, you know, what you want to get back to is like the classics, like Avon, you know,
the old school, good year, like these very traditional simple, even like Yokohama had
a good one for a while.
They're great, but I agree.
Yeah.
Angry Birds right on.
It does make or break a car in some ways.
Yeah.
He's so right.
Like our friend Charles had a 911 that looked like mine.
And he had these Pirelli's.
I think they were and they had this like off road looking sidewall.
Basically the the tread went on to the side.
Yeah.
The shoulder of the the tread like how a weird it wrapped around and it was like everyone
would look at that car and be like what's up with those tires dude.
It was just like threw off the whole look of the car.
So I got to say also morning motors kind of underline this again for me, but headlights
are number one for me when it comes to like bad choices.
Yeah.
There were such, there was a few really cool cars at morning motors.
One was a Honda Civic wagon, like a 78 or whatever that thing was.
The white one.
Yep.
Yeah.
And it had modern, weird ass halogen or a HID projector things in it that looked so
bad and there was a cool bug on the back row.
Same thing.
Like it's that 10 or 12 or it's like the one of those like seven inch rounds or
whatever the standard.
There's all these companies making these headlights now that just look absolutely
horrible.
There's a there's an early mini at B line right now.
It's white.
It's killer sliding window, you know, like so good dude and it has those ones with
like the six shooters in it and stuff, you know, with a chrome and like you're
just like, oh man, way to throw off like, like nice patina on this car, like milk,
like that creamy white, like and then it has that and it's just like everything's
ruined.
Everything's ruined and wheels are obviously like this too.
They're easier to swap out and like, you know, imagine the car with something
better, but yeah, it's all these subtle things, but like angry words talking
about with the, the sidewall design and then, you know, then you get into like how,
how much rubber are you working with?
What's the ride height?
Like how's the, like the offset of the wheel, like those are all such subtle things.
They all come together and then headlights are like, dude, it's the face of the car
and you're just ruining it basically.
Not good.
Not good.
True that.
SF production Gabe says worse nightmare automotive interior, interior spill
scenarios.
All right.
A is a two pack of milk gallons from Costco spilling in your car.
The whole thing somehow spills a cardboard box filled with four different dishes from
the most fragrant local Indian restaurant.
I mean, that's going to be a tough one to get out.
There's oils and a lot of sense of occasion.
A lot of Cajun number three, the grease trap from a fried chicken spot.
Oh God.
I mean, come on, dude, that's never coming out.
That's just a fricking fire waiting to happen.
Okay.
Grease trap.
I mean, that's number one right now or the astray from outside a bowling alley that had
been rained on for the last three days.
Oh man.
Well, that at least has like some charcoal element.
Yeah, I feel like I'm getting that out at least.
The grease is obviously the worst.
You're never getting that out, dude.
Yeah, that's it.
It says he said, which one would you rather have dumped inside your cream interior cloud
Ferrari 512 TR?
Oh God.
I mean, the grease trap is number one by a long shot.
Not any grease, even of a splatter.
If you just went like with a like, you know, a spatula or something just like flung
ruined grease splotches all over.
What's the best?
What's the best one?
I would say like probably the milk.
Really?
Yeah.
It's like, I mean, it sucks if you leave it in there forever, but like fragrance wise,
like it's a it's a base, you know, it's not going to be like super kind.
Yeah.
And if you get it out right away, it feels like you could, you know,
it could get pretty stinky for a while.
If it goes into the carpet too deep, it'll be bad.
Right?
Not ideal.
Not what you're looking for.
I mean, none of this is ideal, but also from a stain scenario, it's very low.
Like milk isn't going to really stain.
It's mostly water.
It's mostly water and it's white and he says cream interior.
You know, you got that going for you.
Yeah.
And also, you know, the cow makes the milk and the cow makes the seats.
There you go.
There's something there.
It's going back to its home.
That's right.
It's a full circle scenario and I don't know how a two pack of milk gallons
spills, but maybe it's a manufacturing error.
Or it could have been like it gets punctured by something in your car.
Like you're carrying something else and it just gets hit.
Right?
I could see a scenario there.
You bought a set of ginsu knives at Costco.
Exactly.
Those ginsu are already got a deal.
You can cut through a shoe or a tomato.
Yeah, exactly.
Pretty nice.
All right.
John Rye says, if you had to pick a vanity plate for one of your vehicles,
which would it be?
Which vehicle?
And what would it say?
The only vanity plate I ever thought of, and I probably came up with this when I was
in high school was F 404 W AM F 40 for Wham.
And it would have to go on an F 40.
Oh, I was going to say a BMW, but that's cool.
Has this happened yet?
No.
Will it ever?
Probably not.
Other than that, I'm not a vanity.
That'd be cool if you get like a Fiero replica.
Oh, if I went auto zam.
Oh, yeah.
The auto zam F 40 conversion with that license plate would be something.
I'm also still, you know, I think we're aligned here lane and everyone should be
is that black plate never.
Yeah, black plate never.
Like it doesn't even look good now on a 60s muscle car,
which is what it's supposed to be on.
They're also not not true black.
They're like purple.
So and the yellows a little off something weird about it.
They just generally don't look good.
So yeah, and vanity plate kind of never.
It has to be very solid.
Like I'm not clever enough to come up with a good one.
No, myself.
I would.
I almost would only want one if it was like on a car I bought and it's from like
the 80s and it was like Barb's Mustang or something, you know, like, you know,
it came with it and it was like super, you know, something like that like.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I totally get that.
Is there a piece of you also that thinks that having a weird license plate is good
for if you happen to do something that someone wants to report?
Oh, yeah.
Right.
Like you drive by and someone goes, oh, it's Barb's Mustang.
Like it's totally like, yeah, it's putting yourself out there for sure.
I mean, I have a little bit of that sticker with dwa stickers on my car, but yeah.
And then I think I could pull off on my current car.
Dad car.
Yeah, I love that for you, but I would never, never do it.
I mean, it's pretty good though.
Yeah.
So that's my answer to John's question here is vanity plate for my BMW.
It would be dad car.
Mm hmm.
Van again.
I get it for those of you that don't get it.
His car is Dakar yellow Dakar dad car.
And they made some sweet stickers that are the same theme.
Mm hmm.
All right.
So what do you put on your, your 930?
Oh yeah.
Maybe that's it.
Oh, it would be like 30 ish 930 ish.
Oh, that's pretty good dude.
It's not bad.
Wow.
All right.
Or not not a 930 non.
I mean, that's getting on your brother.
But I like not.
I like 930 ish.
That's pretty good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That kind of works perfect dude.
I bet that doesn't exist.
All right.
But that's so lame.
That's almost, but that's cool because you're like kind of you in a way.
If you do a license plate, you have to almost like talk shit about yourself.
Then it's almost like passable.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
It is.
It's very you're you're making fun of yourself.
You're making when you make fun of yourself.
That's when you can almost say you're like, yeah, dude.
Yeah.
What did Isaac at beeline?
He got that rabbit pickup with a VR six and so our buddy John Jesse is bad rabbit
bad rabbit habit.
So he said he wants to go.
He's he wants to get license plate bad bunny.
Oh boy.
I like that.
And by the way, it's definitely gone.
I know.
I know.
Now it is auto obscure garage says would you rather have all current and future
vehicles you own be straight piped or be able to own automatic only automatic cars.
Oh man.
Straight pipe is so bad.
It's pretty bad.
All cars to I mean, it's on my truck.
Imagine driving on a road trip.
Like going camping.
Warren, I know of daily.
Do it all current and future and then automatic.
Like are we talking like full pdkf one stuff or are we in slushbox territory?
I would say you can do pdk and all that bullshit too.
So that's I mean we can we consider those automatics.
Right.
That's it.
You can't live with straight pipe cars.
I mean no.
Couldn't we need to go to a rally four hours away.
It would just be miserable.
Yeah.
You have to bring your kid to school and you have to like go on a family
trip to Oregon.
Start up in the morning with your neighbors.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And for the listeners that may not know this you could take an exhaust off the most
benign four cylinder car and it sounds so bad like it is loud and obnoxious.
So there's a there's like a chord or something in my neighborhood every night.
Dude that thing like eleven at night you just hear it.
It's going it's going three miles.
It's going ten miles an hour, but it sounds so freaking loud and gnarly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No exhaust.
Yeah.
Hazmat surf says our chrome rims ever okay.
Yeah.
On a classic car when they're steel steel chrome wheels chrome rim with chrome hub
cups.
But I guess that's not that's not what he means though.
So so the modern cars that I do like with that look are polished.
They're not chromed.
So like an s-class Caddy or a Caddy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But like a modern car.
Yeah.
The new Cadillacs have those polished wheels.
You know.
Yeah.
But they're polished.
Right.
They're not chromed.
Yeah.
Exactly.
And there is a difference.
It has like a different depth to it.
It's not quite as shiny.
Yeah.
Not as silvery like fake tensile not as reflective.
Right.
And other than that I mean it has to be classic.
Like a chrome hubcap on a 356 does work.
It's great.
Yeah.
But what I mean what new 911 could work with a chrome wheel like.
No, no.
They don't work.
It just doesn't work.
Right.
But even like who was it who built that wide body Porsche race car thing.
They put like the finned wheels and they were they were polished and it's like okay.
I gave you a going for here.
But if it was chrome would not make it better.
It's not like a better choice to go with chrome.
So yeah, I don't think no.
Yeah.
So classic pre smog you have an argument post even then usually chrome.
It looks better without it.
Right.
Totally.
Most cases like the racing version usually looks better like the Dunlop like you know
with like Jags it's like you get the Dunlop wheels or whatever.
Yeah.
And like the Baranis are chromed.
Right.
Those are wire wheel.
Those are good.
And those look great on the right car.
Of course, you know, Ferraris Jaguars stuff like that.
But it's it's it's a tough one and it's probably it's more accepted accepting than bad headlights.
That's all I'm going to say.
You get away with it in more situations.
Automotive omnivores says Corvette and Jeep drivers historically give a wave to acknowledge each other on the road.
Is there any similar tradition for Porsche or other makes and models?
Yeah, actually, I was going to say that Volkswagen bugs and vans and buses all give peace signs when possible.
Vanagon to Vanagon 100% peace sign.
And if you don't, you are a dick hole and it's pretty much always even on the highway like across the because you notice them.
You see them and throw a little you throw the deuces up traditionally Porsche guys would give wave or in a flash.
Oh yeah.
Flash is good and and it happened more back in the day and I feel like it kind of like it's subsided a little bit,
but especially when I was a kid and had a Porsche that was like really common.
Every Porsche would would always give a wave or and a flash and it's probably because they were a rare car at that time.
Uh-huh.
Now you see boxers and Caimans and Cayenne's of course like every day.
Yeah, you're not going to do it to a Macan.
Yeah, hilarious dude.
You should do it.
You should do it to a Macan.
You should start waving to Macan owners.
I think that's good.
So now you're picking your choosing which Porsche you're going to say hi to.
A take-hand comes by.
You give them a little wave out the window.
Yeah, you give a mini one.
You give different ones for different kind of car.
So when Sarah bought her mini, it was the first generation and BMW Mini was really good about like marketing and creating a community
around their cars.
She'd get something in the mail like once a quarter that was like, you know, a road trip game or a, you know, set of coasters or all this stuff.
And there was like all these little gatherings and groups and like funny little tongue-in-cheek stuff going on.
And one of them was you would wave or flash at other minis because you were like this new crew of owners and that went on for a while.
I don't know.
We don't have a mini anymore.
So maybe it still happens, but that was a thing.
I remember that mini like the tour across the world that would come and it came, it would come through here and it was like, it was crazy, dude.
How many cars were you on it?
And by the time it got to California, it would be massive, dude.
Wild.
Yeah, that was a big deal because it was very much this kind of cult following of this new thing going on.
And now it's like terrible.
Their cars are so bad.
Seeing a mini like the new mini four door crossover SUV thing is just super depressing.
That is like what a bummer.
What a bummer.
All right, desperately seeking Suzuki sets.
Was it just me or were there a lot of popped hoods at morning motors this weekend?
I know it ruins pictures, but I also saw some fun details in engine bays this time around.
When is it okay?
Well,
we've talked about this before, but it is when like something is special, dude, like like outside the norm.
Something stand out or a restored older car that has a really clean engine bay and they don't have to stay open the whole time.
Yeah, it's okay to open the hood for 15 minutes and then close it for half an hour vice versa.
But you don't need to like get in there, pop it open and then that's it.
Like no one wants.
I don't know.
Not no one, but very few people want to see that the whole time.
So I think, yeah, open and close is the move.
Yeah, I mean, most of the time your exterior car is better looking than your engine, I would say.
But I don't know.
Maybe it's just me that likes the look of a car better than the look of an engine.
I can see something like, you know, someone shows up in a Pagani and it is a work of art every little fastener and pieces.
Super interesting incident.
But then it looks cool to open every door and everything.
Those look cool when you do all that.
Absolutely.
Something very bespoke and cool to see.
And then after a while you close it all up and maybe you do it again one more time to show people that are interested.
But yeah, the pull in with your stock R32 Volkswagen or what have you or Civic and open your hood and leave it that way.
It's like, I don't know what that's doing for anyone, but what do I know?
So I did have to yell.
I did have a yell at someone again.
Oh, nice.
A little lane, lane hate.
Yeah.
Was this the revving motor?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know who that is.
Who is it?
He's new to the community, so to speak.
He just got that car.
He's all excited, but he realized quickly.
He's like, oh yeah, I die.
Oh, did you talk to him?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Did he say anything?
Yeah.
He was basically like, I'm an idiot.
So I was like, I just stare.
I was like, who's driving the engine?
He's like, I was like, I'm like, what do you and I was just staring.
I'm like, what are you doing?
And he's like, I'm sorry.
Yeah.
And I'm like, and why would you do that?
I'm like, why?
I'm like, why dude?
It's so cool.
And he's looking at me all like, he's like, oh, I'm like, and then what's his name?
Nicholas is like, dude, it's my fault.
It's my fault.
And I'm like, oh, I was just shaking my head, dude.
What's happening, dude?
But see, Lane, that's why that's why you're, you're keeping the piece, keeping it all
together because that is a once that gets going, you know, it's very consistent.
Tages.
So we got to stop that outbreak.
And by the way, an M5 with a V10 sounds great under load in fuck in third gear.
It is not even sound.
Even that car does not sound good at red line sitting in a parking lot, dude.
Yeah.
Like it's just not.
It's not good for no one wants to hear it.
No, let's not do that.
All right.
Last question.
Ask Klein says roll bar versus half cage.
What exactly is the difference?
And are either of them safe without a helmet for a classic car?
Well, roll bar, one bar that goes over the top of the seats, the front seats, right?
Ma'am, you might have a support bar in the back that kind of holds it up, but for the
most part, that's it.
And beefier, the better lighter car, the better because it'll actually hold up in a
roll over.
Yeah.
It usually has like the little kickbacks or something to the like to hopefully to the
wheel, like to the wheel.
Well, somewhere or something like that to the frame.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Half cage gets pretty complex really other than the bars that go forward.
It's everything you'd see in a full cage.
So like, yeah, cross bars in the back and you could even get door bars up front and
it ties all together.
And it's a lot more sturdy now that that's going to be safer as far as like accident
stuff.
But yeah, without a helmet, that's the big question, right?
It's like some people roll with padding, like the NASCAR style padding on the bars.
And as like, I guess it's better than just hitting the bar with your head, but none of
that's safe without a helmet.
So there's, if you go down the rabbit hole, like our friend at Blaine fabrication that
helped us build our lemons race cars and is a like stock car road course vehicle builder
and he's really safety first kind of guy using all the like the latest NASCAR technology and
foam and padding and, you know, all the distances from your head and stuff.
It gets really complex, right?
Lane, like we were talking about it, like you got to be really careful with all that
stuff if you are trying to make a safe vehicle.
And a lot of these like roll hoops and stuff aren't going to do much for you for the roll
over.
And then B, if you do get in like another minor crash, you can smash your head into it
and be worse off than it.
It kind of, it's crazy to me, all these people that have street cars that put cages in their
car.
Right.
Like I don't get it like at all.
And they're like, they go to track once a year and they're putting up like half cage
on their car or a book.
And it's like they're adding for one, they're adding weight into their car.
And then they're adding it's you're just adding danger into your car.
Like how, how likely is it you're going to roll your car?
And then how likely is it you're not going to hate your head on that thing when you roll
said car?
Like your car has like it just, yeah, it's you're way more likely to smack your head
on that thing and die than, than be affected by the, the rollover.
That's always impressed with roof, how they integrate the roll cage into headliners and
A pillars and stuff and have padding and you know, it's all hidden.
That's all really impressive.
It takes a ton of work.
I also see like, you know, mini coopers and, uh, me otters.
I mean, those are, there's tons of roll hoops and stuff.
And that's also for like rigidity because they're convertibles, right?
Like you're trying to solve for that as well.
But, um, yeah, I don't, I don't know.
This is not my expertise since we're not like racers, but I've always thought
like helmet or no cage, like it's not one, it's one or the other.
You wear a helmet if you have a cage or don't have a cage and don't wear helmet.
Like that's kind of what I, what I was under the impression.
Yeah.
And then in the Miata, I understand having like the roll hoop and your head's
not really going to be in contact with that thing either because it's pretty far behind.
Um, and you're like, you're saying like, if you do roll over, I have something
there because I don't have a top.
I don't have pop up things like an SL or whatever, like a Boxster that has built
in structure back there.
Yeah.
And, you know, it's, and you're hoping that it adds structural
rigidity to the car, which it will, if it's installed properly and strong
enough.
Um, but sometimes you'll see like old cars, like a, you know, old triumph and
it's got this rinky dink little bar that goes over.
Like that's not going to do anything.
That escort.
I'll ease escort that he had.
It was just like that bar was put in.
It had these little like freaking washers that were like an inch in the floor
and that in that tin floor.
There was like, if you big breed on that thing wrong, the, the roll cage is there.
It's just going to punch through that floor.
Like that's not saving anyone.
That's just going to like kill you.
Um, you're just going to be like that thing is just going to suffocate you
when that thing collapses through the floor and like goes into your body.
Like that's way more dangerous.
Um, I know it was a rally in the last like year or something or maybe last year.
Um, the guy had like aftermarket seats in his car and the like, he got in a
little car accident and what happened was he, the seat collapse when he crashed
and when he, when the seat collapsed his, he, he went back and he hit his head on
the roll bar and that's what killed him.
Um, so it's stuff like that.
You know, it's like, right.
Like you don't want to get into a 20 mile an hour rear end accident and your head,
you know, whips back and smashes a bar that wasn't there from the factory.
And yeah, that's a real concern.
I would not want to be, I mean, there's plenty of cars.
You know, like, what was that car?
Oh, it was the, um, five 50 spider replica that was in B line early days.
Early days.
Like it was one of the 10 cars that they worked on and it was a fiberglass
five 50 spider that had the body behind had like tonneau buttons all along the edge
and it was a hard surface behind the seat, which was a small little racing bucket
that had no headrest death trap dude.
Like the most minor accident you would smash your head and do that immediately.
Like that makes no sense to me.
So there's ways to go about it.
Like you can put padding and, um, it's hard to make it look like cool.
It's all like race kind of race stuff.
Um, not like period, correct.
But anyways, yeah, that's a, that's one to take a deep dive on.
If you're thinking about it, like do your, do your homework.
That's all.
Um, anything else before we go to trivia?
Oh, so actually if I pull it up, I can pull it up right now.
There's a couple questions.
You got Facebook.
Go for it.
Um, let me go to Instagram and figure it out.
Yeah.
This is annoying.
All good.
Hmm.
And I go here.
Good.
And somehow it tells me and of course now it's not populating tells you things
because Instagram is so cool dude.
Instagram is cool.
It's so cool.
They are the algorithm.
It's so sick dude.
A small project car update for the M3 while you're doing that.
The sea, sea pillar trim just popped right back in.
Oh, nice deal on that one.
All right.
So really work.
Oh, I got him dude.
I got him.
I got him dude.
All right.
We got two.
We got two questions.
Oh, well one question is from Rahul Nahir with the Cobra rally bet.
Actually, you know what?
He wanted the the rally banner.
Did we ever do anything with that?
He wanted it.
Yeah.
Well, he has like a barn.
He has like a barn.
Well, it had the day.
Oh yeah.
We did we say that we'll talk offline.
He said any updates on the fall rally?
Oh, no, not for public consumption.
However, we've settled some calendar things for later in the fall and we
should get a date together soon.
So we have to we have a couple options and then we'll let everyone know.
So thanks for thinking of it and TBD stay tuned.
Coming coming shortly.
Watch our watch this space.
Yeah, watch this space.
And then Bobby Reed says if you could have a day at the track in any F1 car,
what era would you pick?
Oh man, I would love to say like, you know, a manual car with a clutch
pedal, however, like I think I would have more fun not having to worry about
that as an extra data point.
Don't you?
I mean, it sounds fun to be in like Santa's car and rip around, but after
being, I didn't sit in it, but like being around it and seeing how that gear
shift where it is and how the pedals are so insanely tight and stuff like,
I think it's going to be so much input and effort to drive a car.
It's like too much to learn at once, right?
Yeah.
So mine would be like, I would probably want to try the 2000 or 2001 Ferrari
Schumacher car.
That's probably really good.
F1 car championship winning car.
They were still pretty basic cars like non turbo, just screaming very technical
engine, but that's probably where I would go and I want to hear your answer,
but I have some other thoughts.
I mean, I think that probably is a good choice because that's also post like
outlawing the like crazy suspension of like the Mansell like 92 Williams where
they did all the crazy suspension stuff and stuff like that.
I do want to say like that, that 89, that 90, you know, manual kind of like
Santa, you know, or the Williams, like the good Williams car, like that,
that stuff and like that 90, maybe that for maybe, yeah, and that I do want to
say I want to try one of those manual cars would be awesome.
I don't think I bit very well, but those just seems so cool to try like and
they're so small and they're so pretty and so I do think that would be my first
answer, but I do agree with you that that would be probably a lot to learn,
but I think we are like, we know how to drive manual transmission, so I don't
know if it would be like once you're going, that's probably maybe it's better
than I imagine it's just like driving a manual transmission.
I just picture in the pedal box being so frickin tight and yeah that yeah and
they're they're not turbo cars or anything, so they're pretty linear.
I imagine having to shift really quickly like downshifting in order to
stop the car, so I don't know.
I just my mind is like if I only had one day to like jump in.
I just feel like it would be so fun though.
Like I think that would be I think that would be fun.
There's a place where I go to like why not you know old 60s?
No, even older like you know 50s Mercedes or something like what would that be
like and maybe that's like totally doable and feels more comfortable and has a
lot of ground clearance and like just kind of cruises and sounds insane of
course and be fun.
Yeah, I don't know.
That's a great question though.
That'd be fun.
I'm speaking of read.
He sent an invite for his birthday rally, which is so kind of him.
Oh yeah, I got that.
I won't be able to make it, but I'm waiting for when they make it into a
public holiday, which is a joke he made, but then we'll have Bobby read rally
day.
Yeah, for sure.
He's doing like his own little DWA scene.
It looks super fun, dude.
I was actually yeah, I was looking.
I was like man, could I make that work?
I was looking at the dates.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It looks super fun.
It looks awesome.
Anything else on there?
I agree though.
Your era seems really good of those.
The Schumacher cars and stuff.
They just sound insane.
They were the best of the best.
Be 10s, right?
Not insanely technical.
Like I mean no hybrids, no turbos, no.
There was just a other than the gearbox.
I think there were very traditional F1 car.
Yeah.
At the time.
So speaking of, did you watch F1?
I watched the race in 30, which I think all Monaco needs.
If we're being honest, but yeah, I will say, did you watch qualifying?
I watched most of it.
I thought this qualifying was rad.
It's the best qualifying.
That's why the freaking thing they just need to switch to supercarts.
Monaco is the best qualifying track.
Yeah.
Because it's probably like no, if you make one mistake, you're done.
And this, this qualifying session was really good dude,
because they were just like pipping each other right at the end.
And Max was right there and it was like, you know,
it's like a driver's track.
So it's like you're, the car doesn't matter as much, you know,
and it's like the kid, the kid dude, making George,
making George Russell look like a little bitch.
Not only does he get pole, he freaking wins the race without any flaws.
I know.
Never.
He was in the lead the whole time, dude.
That guy, he, yeah, if he wants to keep doing this.
George Russell is just like, hey, he got like 15th or something.
Dude, he said at the end of the race, it's like, it's Kimmy's to lose now.
So it's essentially, he's just like number two driver.
And that's, that's that.
Ham bones looking good.
Yeah, dude, back to back second place.
Or is it because of Kimmy K?
Oh God, I thought he was supposed to avoid red flags.
Did you see the Martin Brendle interviews on the before the race where he
tried to interview Kim Kardashian and she wouldn't even look at him and
wouldn't even talk to him.
Yeah, I don't blame her.
Get that little troll out of there.
Dude, I love my Brendle.
Dude, you can't come up to Kimmy K.
She's, she's up here.
He's down there.
Literally, dude.
He had the best line, dude.
So he's, it's him walking through the pits.
Everyone's just denying him.
So he's walking through at one point he gets pushed and he goes, hey,
don't push me.
I'm nearly famous.
He goes, hey, mate, don't push me.
I'm nearly famous.
That's good.
That's good.
That's a good line, dude.
That's a good line.
I don't know why they keep subjecting him to this torture.
Cause he's great, dude.
I know, but it's always kind of awkward.
Even when it goes well, it's awkward.
I know.
And then those moments happen where it's like, how dare she do this?
It's so good.
But why don't, I don't get it.
Why don't they tell these people?
Right.
Talk to Martin Brendle.
Just say a couple of things, dude.
Why isn't Lulu on the horn being like, hey, talk to this dude.
Maybe it's like, dude, we need a new guy out there.
Why dude?
What?
Jensen Button or something?
This happens generationally.
It happens where, you know, the announcer for the Golden State Warriors or Jim Barnett,
who was part of the 1976 season.
I know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And he was great.
And he was great on TV.
I really liked him, but at some point the fans start to not understand his importance
and then they have to get a new voice and face for the franchise.
I'm just saying, I love Martin Brendle.
The fans still like Martin Brendle though.
You got to get a, who's that other guy?
Everyone's supporting him.
All the fans like him.
I love him.
I'm really bummed actually because I can't fucking figure out how to watch his feet anymore
on F1.
Dude, you can only do it live from what I've figured out.
That's it then because it sucks.
And I know the race in 30 stuff you never could because they didn't record, like they
used the international feed.
Yeah.
In 30, you can only do the dumb ass.
The US feed.
What's his name?
By the way, when you listen to those guys, they act like the season is ending.
This is the last race of the year.
Oh, all of them.
Yeah.
I mean, it is crazy.
Yeah.
And the only thing that you have going for you on that feed is you at David Coulthard,
which I love.
I like him a lot.
Yeah.
But yeah, other than that, it's all pretty lame.
I mean, I don't think Palmer's the worst, but what's his name?
Yeah.
Anyways.
Yeah, dude.
I love Brundle.
I think he's the best.
And I like these weird interactions because it is kind of like watching a train crash a
little bit.
But I'm not surprised to hear Kimmy K was not on the Brundle train.
Yeah.
But she wouldn't even, she didn't even give them that, like didn't even say like, she
just didn't even acknowledge he was a human being, dude.
I mean, dude, she, I don't know.
I don't have to tell you this does not surprise me.
Did you also, there was also a moment where she, there was, they were, they were waiting
to give Charles Leclerc or I think it was Leclerc or one of them, like a towel and Kim
and Kimmy K took it and to wipe her brow like a sweat towel.
Yeah.
Dude, mop it up that brow.
Yeah.
Well, damn dude.
I don't know what to say, man.
The whole thing.
How long do you think that'll last?
Oh, I don't know, man.
A year.
He was with, he was with Pussycat doll for a while.
I know, but she's, she's a, yeah.
Give it nine months.
Mark my word.
Nine months.
That's probably about right.
Trivia time.
Let's go.
Do, do, pow.
Trivia time.
Porsche has collaborated with a movie to make some special cars.
What movie is it?
I mean, oh, so it's like a real action movie, real live live action.
Obviously, it doesn't say.
What?
I mean, it's a franchise that I would know or something.
Oh yeah.
You're, you're a bit of a movie buff, aren't you?
I've heard of movies.
What if I told you it was a Hallmark movie?
It's not a Hallmark movie.
You'd be so stoked by that.
You would already know.
Imagine that.
You get those email updates, dude.
Man, dude, it's little boy in a small town too.
Yeah.
It's a Christmas farm needs a new owner.
Yeah.
Yeah, dude.
Imagine that, dude.
A big, big city girl in a little town.
That's right.
Doctor and a small town needs to help a lady.
All right.
They made three cars.
Yeah.
In preparation of this movie coming out.
Okay.
It is.
You're not thinking of their history here,
what they've done in the past.
Oh, okay.
Well, cars, they did cars.
That's right.
But, but that's not live action.
I didn't say it was.
Oh, cars.
No, not cars.
It is toy story.
Oh, there are three toy story characters turned into real cars.
Buzz, Jesse and Woody each get their own custom 9-11s ahead of
the premiere of toy story five.
So they did this for cars with Sally Carrera and I think
they auctioned it off for $3 million or something.
Buzz Lightyear gets like this.
It's a GT three RS or the big wing and it's all green and
white and stuff.
The, the Jesse one is kind of cool.
It's got like kind of like stitching kind of look around
the hood and like some swirlies kind of stuff.
And then the Woody one, I don't get it all.
It's very simple kind of a denim blue with red accents.
But the cool thing is all this stuff is painted by the Saunders,
whatever the hell, Saunders wish.
I'm looking at him right now.
So wait, wait, okay.
Here we go.
Saunders wish.
Which one did you think is cool?
Well, I thought Jesse's had a little bit of vibe to it,
but Woody's I don't really get.
It looks, I don't see much in that design.
That's like green and purple one.
No, no.
Woody's is blue with red.
Oh, okay.
Oh, blue with the gold.
I don't know what you're looking at, but anyways, I'm looking at
that.
There's a white one with like red top, a target.
No, no, you're not looking at the right ones.
I'll send you the link.
You're looking at some different.
But anyways, buzz Lightyear ones, whatever.
I look at Toy Story five collection.
Okay, I'm gonna send it to you.
Anyways, I do like that it's painted.
I'm just going to say that.
That's kind of the only thing I'm going to say.
And maybe these will end up at an auction, some charity,
I'm sure, but there you go.
Toy Story five.
Who's excited?
Anyone?
I'm not.
No, I'm looking at them, dude.
I see the blue one.
The blue one looks normal.
Yeah.
It just looks like a normal car.
And then there's a target and then there's a GT three.
And I did.
And the GT three looks like a rocket.
It's like the, what's his name?
Buzz Lightyear.
That's Buzz Lightyear.
I texted Jay Ward at Pixar to ask him if this is part of his doing
because he was very involved in the cars one.
That's his franchise, but no text as of the time of recording.
So I'll report back.
I don't know how that works with their like divisions.
I sure hope not.
It's hard to do, man.
Hard to keep it all together here.
Oh, I know.
I mean, it's all, yeah, you have to do this stuff.
You know, that's the thing.
Yep.
It's like, it's like a, yeah.
Like this thing with the, what is happening here?
This blue thing with the wheel.
It has like a sheriff's center caps or something.
Oh, that makes sense.
Okay.
Yeah.
It has like the five star, you know, it looks like, yeah, for Woody,
I guess.
New Sheriff and Tom.
Yeah.
New Sheriff and Tom.
And then it has like some, like a, like the side is like, um,
it's like shirt pattern or something.
Yeah.
Exactly.
But, but it's very like, like, yeah, that one's like kind of like,
Um, the other, the rocket ship one, imagine owning that stupid thing.
One of one special wishes, hand painted GT three RS.
Dude, would you go to fuel fast and dance on that thing?
I mean, no, you'd put it in a little chamber and never touch it.
It's going to be the crown jewel.
Yeah.
I feel like they could have done such a cooler job with the, um,
the Western one.
They should have done it more like the denim jeans, kind of like the race car.
You know, like the, what's the, the brand, um, of the, the, the old race car with,
um, with the stitching on it, the blue and the, you know, what's,
what brand is it?
I don't know.
Denim.
It's not Levi's, but it's Lee or Wrangler.
I don't know.
But yeah, that's a, that's a good one.
Yeah.
But they could have done something like that, you know, way cooler than this.
This one just looks like they threw like tribal.
They threw like a sticker pack from like a vending machine on it.
If it wasn't painted, it would be really disappointing, but, uh, yeah,
there's some, something about 350 hours of work into each one of them or something.
So, oh, what do I know?
That sucks.
All right.
That's a new 911.
It's kind of ugly, huh?
That front end.
Yeah.
It's like a big old gaping mouth.
Like stupid.
Not good.
Fucking not good.
All right.
podcast later.
That's it.
All right.
We'll see you next time.
Bye bye.
Yeah.
About this episode
Stormy weather sets the tone before the hosts pivot to “morning motors” in Santa Cruz—talking turnout, hood-opening etiquette, and standout cars like a “pagoda” Mercedes. The conversation then shifts into shop and project-car updates: valve adjustments, ignition/tune-up plans, and even permission to paint headlight rings. Later, they debate tire sidewall looks versus function, critique aftermarket headlights, and get into community “greetings” and driver safety talk (roll bars/cages, helmets).
