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Welcome to another In-Wheel Time podcast, a 30-minute mini version of the In-Wheel Time

car show that airs live every Saturday morning, welcome to the In-Wheel Time car talk show.

Coming up, we hope to talk with Rob Burley about his benefit auction down in Galveston

and later Jeff will bring us some of his car culture with six American car names

that no longer exist.

Well, the names exist but the cars don't.

Well, yes.

John Mars has his driving destinations, Labor Day getaways.

That's how I preview that.

Oh, coming up this half hour.

Howdy along with Mike out of this World Mars.

We always need more Jeff Zeek and Chief Engineer David Ainsley.

I'm Don Armstrong.

Glad you could join us on this Saturday live broadcast.

We're waiting on our guests, so I've got a quick fill in if you want.

I would love to have you do that.

Okay.

Well, you ever know how much a replacement key fob is?

Have you ever lost a key fob?

I've heard they can be very expensive.

They can be, but it depends on the kind of vehicle.

So it's a make model of the vehicle.

If it's a luxury brand, it's obviously going to cost more.

Is it an OE or you have to go to the auto supply store?

How about an OE?

Not an OE, but an OE.

OE and an OE and an INE.

INE or an ODI.

But we've got the young man there.

But they're good.

Finish your story.

It's like a service.

If you just want a simple battery replacement, they're anywhere between $5 and $25 to

do that for the battery, depending again on the fob.

Standard key fob replacement aftermarket is between $50 and $150.

So be careful of that.

OEM or INE or ODI, whatever you want to call it, a fob replacement, $150 to $500.

So imagine that alpha probably was in a higher price range of replace that fob.

Smart key or proximity fob replacement, $250 to $600.

Key fob programming at a dealership between $50 and $150.

Be careful of that.

Locksmith programming is between $30 and $100.

So if you've got one, take care of it.

Don't lose it.

Keep it in your pocket, whatever the case.

But if the battery goes, you can do those yourself.

I replace batteries and catheters in mine all the time, they go bad.

But losing it is a different story, or breaking it is a different story.

So be prepared for that.

If you've got money stashed for service or repairs on your car, put a couple

extra bucks away for the fob in case you need it.

Yep, absolutely.

All right.

Thank you.

There is a big just lost thing.

Hold on.

There he is.

All right.

Go ahead, Don.

All right.

We there's a big, big to do coming up down in Galveston in a couple of weeks.

And here to join us to tell us about it is a fellow by the name of Rob Burley, Burley

auctions, and it's going to be down at a familiar place to most of us here in

the Houston area.

Rob, good morning to you.

Good morning, guys.

How are you doing today?

Well, very well.

Thank you.

So big auction down there at Moody Gardens, they understand.

Yes, sir, we put together, this is our second year doing it there.

And you know, it's a car focused auction with a lot of memorabilia, and we've even

got a really good estate collection of antique firearms in there with Texas Ranger

guns.

Hell, we even got a Gatlin gun, a Gatlin gun idea, have the bullets to go along

with it, because I could use it on a couple of people.

Yeah, it's a 4570 Navy model, like an 1890s Colt.

It's actually made by Colt and it fired 4570 rounds.

So I think that would handle pretty much anything.

Does it have a crank on it?

It does.

Now, wait a minute, if you don't you have to have us, if it works, then

don't you have to have a certain federal license to own that?

Oddly enough on this one, no, because it's not an actual machine gun.

Each time you're firing single round out of that barrel.

So it's just like a semi automatic.

Nobody's this gun.

This gun's got a ton of history to it.

It does not have the carriage.

It's one of the Navy versions that would have mounted on like a post.

So there's no carriage, but there's history to it.

It's got Texas Ranger history to it.

And, you know, that gun's a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Nobody's going to buy that gun and go knock over a liquor store with it.

Now, that's what I was thinking.

That's what I was thinking.

I had plans for Saturday night there during my weekend.

Oh, my God.

So let's talk about the car show.

First of all, so who's invited?

How do you get in?

Do I want to I want to show a car or I want to view the cars that are there?

Tell me about all that.

All right, there's two.

There's two events going on there.

Moody Gardens is the car show, which follows our event.

We're actually a car auction.

So we are a classic car auction.

Last year we did it with Moody Gardens.

They had us to it on Labor Day, Monday.

It's the only time I've ever done an auction on a Monday.

We had a tropical storm hit the day of it flooded so bad that it flooded

the parking lot. Oh, my God.

Get there. But we had about, you know, some of our regulars are already there.

They came to me and go, what are you going to do?

And I go, we're going literally Heller High Water.

And we had a great time.

It was a great sale.

Internet carried a lot of it.

But we sold.

Hell, we sold several vets over the hundred thousand dollar mark.

We had a really nice split window survivor.

Sixty three sold for a hundred grand.

So it was a bargain, great car.

And we had a fifty five Chevy come in the two days before that that thing ran.

I mean, it was so smooth, all original, sold for twenty two grand.

You know, wow. Yeah.

I mean, there was there was buys there.

There were some of the stuff that brought a lot of money.

We set record prices on some of the signs, but the cars were all over the place.

So it was a fun event.

We brought in Dale Watson last year.

So this year we'd we'd done it and we had planned this thing about a year out.

And we did a three day music festival.

So all that we're trying to get people to come to the island and stay

and be there for the car for the car auction and stay there for the concerts.

You know, it's hard to get people to go to one auction these days.

And we're not trying to be meek.

Um, or Barrett Jackson, who are the, you know, the kings that heap were a mixed bag.

You know, we got antique guns.

We got signs.

We got all kind of stuff, plus a great collection of cars.

But we were also putting music on top of it.

So you'd have entertainment there at the resort.

Never have to leave the resort.

Well, after the floods on July 4th, you know, I live, I literally live

on the Guadalupe River in New Braufers.

Oh, Lord, we had helicopters above my house.

We had rescue boats behind my house.

Nobody here, you know, lost their lives.

But up river, if it wasn't for the Canyon Lake Dam, it would have taken my house.

You know, we had about a 13 foot rise here.

They had a, you know, some of those places had a 57 foot rise.

So as we got closer to this event, it just, uh, everybody around me

had lost somebody, including the chairman of Moody Gardens.

So when we figured that out, I have, and I'm an auctioneer by trade.

I've run an auction house, but I also do a ton of fundraising.

I've raised over a hundred million dollars from the mic pro bono.

So when this happened, I said, you know, I've already got the band scheduled.

What I'm going to do is we're going to donate a hundred percent of the ticket

sales to the flood relief charities, their local incur.

Nice. Very nice. Very nice. Yeah.

So well, that's good to know.

And I was looking at the scheduled entertainment.

I'm going, are you sure this isn't the Houston livestock show in rodeo?

I mean, these guys are friends.

So I was able to pull favors to get some of these guys to come play.

Gary P. Dale Watson, all those guys are good friends.

My William Beckman, how I used to bill William Beckman for 300 bucks

when nobody knew who he was. He parked his bus at my place for years.

He's hard to book, you know, Kevin Fowler, we were trying to get over there.

He's got he's he's coming to play there for y'all in Galveston.

So there's a proximity clause issue, but, you know,

we were trying to put together a good event in and we brought in

some of the better guys in Texas music.

And I'm going to tell you right now, I got over a hundred grand in that lineup.

Well, I can see that.

I mean, here's Dale Watson, Corey Morrow.

Yep. I mean, there's some big names here.

And the derailers.

So how did how does that work?

I mean, is it you got different talent every day?

Yeah, we got three nights of shows.

So Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night.

So Friday night is going to be Jake Penrod.

And if you all haven't heard of him yet,

he's opening for Charlie Crockett a lot now.

But Jake's one of those guys that's new and up and coming.

I highly recommend you check him out.

And then you got Dale Watson, who we love.

Dale's, you know, king of the honky-tonk.

And then we got the Wilder Blue,

who is as close to the Eagles as I have heard ever.

I mean, and they've got some great original music.

If you haven't heard them, check them out.

And then Saturday, Saturday, we got the auction all day.

As soon as the auction's over,

we're going to have Jake Penrod play a second set.

And then we got Gary P. Nunn and William Beckman.

And William Beckman is on a rocket.

If you haven't checked him out,

he's a great songwriter.

He's he's in country, but the guys think Spanish.

He sings.

He's almost like a Harry Connick Jr.

If he grew up on the border, you know,

it's Sunday, we've got, you know, a whole run of people.

We got Pauline Reese.

We got the derailers.

We got Kat Hasty, who was a new one up and comer.

And then we've got Silverado and Corey Morrow.

So I mean, that's a solid lineup for everybody.

Yeah. All right.

So can I can I buy a three day ticket?

Yes, three day tickets are the easiest.

And here's the good part.

If you registered a bid at the auction,

it's a hundred dollar bidder registration fee,

but it comes with a three day

general admission pass to all the concerts.

Well, that's the cheapest way to see everything.

We want everybody to come in there and have a good time.

We're going to give away a ton of these tickets

to first responders.

We're giving away tickets to families,

anybody that was affected by this.

It's a huge venue.

We're obviously we want to sell the tickets

because a hundred percent of the tickets sold

and we're selling through the easel program.

Every ticket sold through easel,

I'm donating a hundred percent of that.

What is easel?

Easel is a is a platform that we use.

It's a ticket selling platform that they do

with the bigger bigger music festivals.

Use it.

So when we do these big fundraisers,

but easel is the platform that every one you buy

it all goes through them.

So at the end,

I'm going to take a hundred percent of that tally

and donate it.

And there's a local there's a judge,

their local that has kind of been the head

of the the search and rescue

and kind of coordinating everything.

And he lost the son in the flood.

So I'm actually going to go to him and say,

hey, where does this need to go?

And I'm going to let them pick where it goes.

Very nice.

And we're going to cut a check to to whatever local

charity that because there's there's a ton of money

going in there, but there's still gaps in it.

So I'm taking this one.

It's not going to be I'm not.

This is just my little event.

We're doing another event after this

that I have not even announced yet

that will raise several million that I've teamed up

with the Alamo to do.

Hey, Rob, since you want everybody to visit the island,

are there are the hotels giving any kind of special offers

for folks that want to stay on the weekend?

Yeah, Moody Gardens is actually a great partner in this.

And they've actually got it pretty well.

If you want to come stay,

they've got hotel room packages

that include passes to these events.

Now you can upgrade to the VIP where you get right up front

and there's a special pass.

You got to pay a little bit more.

You got to go backstage and meet everybody

and you get meet and greets with it.

But Moody Gardens,

they've really got a great setup over there.

They've got rooms left, but you better get on it

because they're going to sell out Saturday night

pretty quick.

Friday night's almost sold out.

And Sunday, there's still some rooms.

But if you want to get there

for all three nights to get that package,

I would suggest going to Moody Gardens

and booking that right now.

Yeah, because it's only two weeks away.

Yeah.

And it's Labor Day weekend on top of it.

Yeah.

So you got a three day weekend.

We captured audience down there, too, on Labor Day weekend

because you're going to have people going down there

for other events.

But I'm saying, you know, exactly.

If you want to go to Galveston for the three day weekend,

you might as well.

Because that's a nice place.

Yeah.

And we're also about to run a bunch of radio ads

there in Houston.

So it's going to drive some of the Houston traffic

down there.

So we want, we try to get it out to all of the guys

that we're going to be buying the cars

and stuff and bin first.

Because that was just what this was originally for.

Well, you know, we have some time available

on the in wheel time show, but you can buy some spots.

Yeah.

Hey, I'm interested.

Let's talk.

Okay.

Hey, you're an auctioneer.

So before we leave this segment,

can you auction us out of here?

Can you auction us off?

All right.

What do you want me to sell?

Well, I don't know if we're done yet.

I don't know.

Let's see.

I've got a tip for Russia.

2001 Corvette with 35,000 miles on it,

black on black stock.

And we've got an old timer sitting next to me.

You can auction him off too.

All right.

Well, are we done with the segment?

Yeah.

Go right ahead.

All right, boys.

I appreciate you letting me come on here and talk about this.

We are trying to do a race of money for a big toss.

On on the 2001 Corvette, what do you give on?

And how about a 10,000?

10,000, 10,000, 10,000, 10,000, now 12,000, now 12,000,

now 15,000, 15,000, 15,000, now 17 and a half.

I'm at 15,000, you're now 17,000,

now 17,000, now 17,000, 17 and a half.

Now 20,000, 17,000, now 20,000,

20,000, 20,000, 20,000, 20,000, 20,000,

now 22 and a half.

Wow.

No takers.

Yay.

Yeah.

Perfect.

I was trying to read his lips and you can't keep up with it.

You can't keep up.

Thanks, Rob.

That's awesome.

Yeah, absolutely.

Well, we invite everybody to check it out.

So, it's website, burleyauction.com.

Yes, sir, burleyauction.com.

You're gonna be able to see the items

that are gonna be up for sale.

You'll be able to get your tickets right there.

And like I said, any tickets sold for this event

will be donated direct to flood charities.

Hopefully guys come out to the auction.

It starts Saturday at noon.

It'll run about noon till six o'clock

and then the music starts.

That's perfect.

Because our show goes off the air at noon,

our live version of it.

Anyways, it goes off at noon.

And right up to your showtime.

And it ought to be a good time.

We're really thrilled for you doing this event.

If I have a car that I actually wanna get in the auction,

do I still have time to do that?

You do.

We actually leave spots right in the middle of the sale

because we do have a lot of cars show up last minute.

It doesn't really hurt the value on most things.

If you bring me a car that really needs attention,

we get on the phone to start calling all of our buyers.

We got a real strong buying audience that nationwide.

We're not selling just to that room,

but we do make it fun.

If you've got a car, it's real easy.

Just go to the website, send us a little email.

If you wanna show up the week of,

we'll be over there that Tuesday of.

Last year we had cars showing up the day of

and I was still getting them in and they sold.

Yeah, I was just gonna say,

Rob, it has been a real fun experience

with you this morning.

Something that was a little unexpected

and we appreciate you.

And let's make sure that we stay in touch here.

Thank you, sir.

I appreciate you having us.

You bet.

Thanks, Rob.

Rob Burley, Burley Auctions down at Moody Gardens

coming up in a couple of weeks.

Labor Day weekend, big event.

It's fun.

Yeah, we invite you to check it out.

That's at burleyburlyauction.com.

Just ahead, Jeff's car culture.

Cool American car names, no longer around.

And Mars has his driving destinations.

Labor Day getaways, so we invite you to stay tuned for that.

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Time now for Jeff's car culture.

Always look forward to this.

Six cool American car names.

The names exist, but the cars certainly don't.

Right.

Well, this is what we got.

These American car names, a pivotal part

of any vehicle is, of course, its name.

Names that can make or break a model.

Go ahead, Mike.

Carry as much weight as the engine,

the drivetrain configuration and also the looks.

The first one we have here is a Mercury Marauder,

first introduced in 1963.

The sinister one of these combined muscle cars

menace from the Ford Motor Company.

The Mercury Marauder originally intended as a submodel

in the three sized Mercury model align.

It became a standalone model in 1966

and acquired its name from a series of V8 engines

that the company first unveiled in 1958.

A Marauder is essentially a pirate,

an unsavory individual who steals and plunders

sort of like us.

It was a perfect name of performance model

aimed to dominate the drag strip.

So there you go.

That's a good looking car there.

The next one we have here is a Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am

introduced in 1969.

The Trans-Am is the-

Braker one, man.

There you go.

It came to define the performance icon,

one loved over generations for styling and performance.

Like many of the models on this list,

it's conceived during the pony

and muscle car glory years of the 60s.

Before coming into its own in the 70s.

The name literally comes from a mythological bird,

bright orange in color,

commonly seen on fire in the media and in folklore.

So that's where that name comes from.

Next one is a Plymouth Barracuda Mike.

In 1969, it was introduced.

Watch your vehicle to be a winner.

Name it after one of the ocean's

most iconic predators, the Barracuda.

When it was an open secret

that Ford was designing the car,

the wood, this would become the Mustang.

Plymouth decided to get in the action

and created a sporty car based on the valiant

and it's compact dubbed the Barracuda.

The first two of a sporty car based of the valiant,

the generations were fine.

I'm sorry, they were fine cars,

but the third that showed the Barracuda

could do when it was bare as teeth.

The sharing the e-body platform of the Dodge Challenger,

the Barracuda was a smidget smaller

but featured a unique styling to separate it.

Next one, Michael is a Mercury Cougar.

I like this car.

I wish I had one back in the day

when I had my Nova.

This was introduced in 69,

friend of mine had one of these great cars.

And you know, everybody thinks that

that is the absolute remake of the Ford Mustang.

It is not.

No, it's not, no.

It was actually designed similar to it,

but it wasn't, it actually wasn't.

As many enthusiasts,

what many enthusiasts,

what their favorite car name was all time,

the Mercury Cougar Eliminator.

Everything about the name is awesome

starting with the Mercury brand name,

which is a great starting point.

Adding the Cougar to the lineup was a great choice

because it gave the brand an attractive cousin

to the Ford Mustang.

It was only a cousin.

Then of course, tracking the Eliminator in 1969

to donate the high performance variant

really took it over the edge.

It's Cougar Eliminate the competition.

So there you go.

Was it the XLR, was it that one of them?

Yeah, the Cougar XLR.

That was the fancy high end version of it.

The Eagle Talon,

you wouldn't figure this one would be one,

but 1990.

I remember we were going to the car show

and that was the first time I saw that.

We went, wow, that really looks cool.

The first couple of generations of the Mitsubishi Eclipse

put the car on the tuner map,

but not everyone knows.

It was also sold under a joint Chrysler Mitsubishi

partnership under the Eagle and Plymouth brands.

While the Plymouth laser name is also pretty sweet,

the Eagle Talon just fits too well.

It's the perfect description of a car with performance.

Though two generations, the car looked and sounded awesome

when it optioned for the TSI trim

with optional all-wheel drive.

That's great stuff.

The last one, not my favorite, but here you go.

It's introduced in 1997 as the Plymouth Prowler,

and I think you drove one, didn't you Don?

I did when it first came out.

My dad loved that car.

This Prowler is easily one of the most controversial

American cars ever made,

a hot rod for then modern age.

It has styling inspired by classic hot rods of the 30s,

and when the concept car was unveiled in 1993,

the world immediately fell in love with it.

However, as we all likely know,

the result was a vehicle that left a lot to be desired.

The design was tamed, ugly bumpers were added,

and the hope of real performance was squashed

when they put an automatic V6 in the vehicle.

Just awful.

And you know the funny thing about that was

that car looks so good.

The interior even was really cool.

The problem was, out of top on it,

the body flex on that thing,

it would just take off from a stop sign, not even fast,

and you could feel the twisting body,

and that V6 engine, it was so lame.

And all I could think of is the Chevrolet SSR,

remember that thing?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It looked really cool.

What a weak, limp piece of, yeah.

And there wasn't even enough bones there to hop up,

like the V6 on this,

it really wasn't much to potentially.

And don't forget the top,

and that bizarre top that did all this manipulation

and folding and everything,

and they went back behind the back seats,

and you couldn't open the back trunk,

well, which would have been the bed,

because the lid on it wouldn't open far enough.

What was the purpose of that?

I know, I know.

There was just a lot of things.

Who said, yeah, let's build that?

No.

Sometimes it's like,

it looks like the car comes from the engineers

without any input from the marketing guys

that really are going to sell it.

I think they were in a meeting and said,

we need something different.

We need something over the top, off the edge,

and that's what they came up with, in my opinion.

You know, I talked to a Chevrolet guy about that,

and he said, you know,

we spent a lot of money on stamping those fenders

because we hadn't used that technology since the 1950s.

If you remember, the fenders were very round,

like big, bulbous fenders.

Almost like the rear fender of a motorcycle.

Yep, yeah.

And you were talking about the Firebird a minute ago.

He's talking to Bill Scytes this week,

and Bill Scytes, long time friend of mine,

and we were talking about old school cars,

and Bill Scytes,

ashamedly,

had a sunbird.

Ah!

Do you remember the Pontiac Sunbird?

Oh!

Was it his or his wife?

Well, both of them.

Either way.

Because they had two Corvettes,

and they needed the daily drivers

that they bought, the sunbird.

Sort of similarly shaped, kind of.

No, it was not.

It was a, it was what we like to refer to

in the business as a turd.

Oh.

And opus.

And it had a four speed manual transmission,

and a, not weak,

but a watery four cylinder engine,

and it would,

I don't even know how it got up to 60 miles an hour.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

Oh.

Pontiac Sunbird.

All right.

It's Mr. Maher's turn.

All right.

For driving destinations,

and let's talk about Labor Day getaways.

Yep, Labor Day's coming up.

It's gonna be a little bit more time off.

People are gonna have three day weekend,

so you might wanna go a little bit further,

maybe look at a few different things,

such as Jefferson, Texas.

Now this is tucked away

in the East Texas Piney Woods.

It's got a Victorian charm,

and it's got a lot of history that goes with it,

with antique shops.

There's a scenic boat tour of Caddo Lakes,

mysterious bios,

which I didn't even know it was close to Caddo Lake.

The Jefferson Historical Museum has ghost tours,

and the whole Labor Day, a weekend,

they bring a lot of peaceful atmosphere from big crowds.

It's a perfect for a slow paced holiday

that you wanna get away.

If you wanna go a little bit further West,

to get a little more adventurous,

Marfa, Marfa, Texas blends.

Marfa Lights.

Exactly.

Marfa.

That's a minimalist art in West Texas desert beauty,

and really if you look at it,

they've got world famous art installations

that it's amazing that it's out there

like the product Marfa store.

They got scenic drives

to the Davis Mountains you can do.

They got hot springs.

They got the Marfa Lights,

and there's a lot of quirky character there

that, and it's out in the middle of no place.

So great Labor Day weekend

if you're looking for something a little different.

Palacios down South,

he's known as the shrimp capital of Texas.

Otherwise, it's a quiet coastal town.

I'm out of go to Bay.

You can go fishing, kayaking, bird watching

along the waterfront.

You can also go to Amsterdam.

Amsterdam?

Yeah.

See, it's right on that boat.

Oh, well that's true.

I didn't pay attention to that.

Knock on the door.

It says Amsterdam by the way.

You got shrimp down there.

You got boiled shrimp.

You got corn shrimp.

You got fried shrimp.

You got baked shrimp.

You got...

And Bubba.

Bubba shrimp.

Ha, ha, ha.

Lieutenant Bayon.

Well, we're gonna go back out West

and out to Fort Davis.

And I've actually been to Fort Davis

and it's way out West, mountain scenery,

got lots of cool nights, a lot of old West history.

And again, this is out in the middle of no place

and it was a real fort that they used in the early days.

You can go hiking in the Davis Mountains,

scenic drives, the McDonald observatories around there.

But if you really wanna go there and do stargazing,

you gotta make reservations

about a year, year and a half in advance.

Really?

It's really high elevation

so it's a lot cooler during Labor Day weekend.

Also out there, if you're looking for something

that's a little more active outside,

Garner State Park in the Hill Country.

You got crystal flowing, Frio River Swimming.

Now this is a real popular place to go tubing and canoeing.

You can hike limestone trails,

camp out under starry skies.

There's actually, the park actually has jukebox dances

on during the summer at night.

It's a great place to go off-grid.

And of course you can't go without saying

something about Grandbury.

We go to Grandbury in a small town,

got a lake, got places on the lake,

got a lot of history there, opera house, Labor Day weekend,

a lot of things to do there

and I wanna finish up with Terralingua.

Now this is a former mining ghost town.

I've been there down in the Big Bend.

A lot of rugged beauty and stuff down in there

and of course the famous Terralingua chili cookoff.

I think it's called Terlingua.

Terlingua?

Not Terralingua.

Well, it depends on how much you've been drinking to keep up.

But they've got a lot of,

I gotta, there's a mansion down there

that's been restored and turned into a hotel.

They've got a lot of unique places

that you can sleep and go to places to eat.

It's a really cool place to drive to

but it's a long way out there, West Texas.

All right, thank you sir.

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About this episode

Rob Burley joins the In Wheel Time Podcast to discuss an upcoming benefit auction in Galveston, featuring classic cars and unique memorabilia, including antique firearms with Texas Ranger history. The auction aims to raise funds for local flood relief efforts, with 100% of ticket sales going to charity. The episode also highlights six classic American car names that no longer exist, along with driving destinations for Labor Day weekend, offering listeners a mix of automotive culture and travel inspiration.

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Original notes

Ever lost a key fob and faced sticker shock at the replacement cost? Our opening segment breaks down what you might pay—from $50 for basic aftermarket options to a whopping $600 for luxury proximity fobs. It's a practical reminder to keep those small but essential accessories safe.

The heart of our episode features Rob Burley sharing details about his remarkable Labor Day weekend event at Moody Gardens in Galveston. What began as a classic car auction has transformed into something much more meaningful following devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country. With 100% of concert ticket sales being donated to flood relief charities, visitors can enjoy an impressive lineup of Texas musicians including Dale Watson, Gary P. Nunn, and Corey Morrow while supporting a vital cause. Car enthusiasts won't want to miss Saturday's auction featuring classic vehicles, rare memorabilia, and even a historic Gatling gun with Texas Ranger provenance.

We take a nostalgic drive through automotive history with Jeff's Car Culture segment highlighting six legendary American car names that no longer grace our roads. From the menacing Mercury Marauder to the mythological Firebird Trans Am, these vehicles earned their iconic status partly through their evocative names. Our hosts share personal experiences with models like the Plymouth Prowler, revealing how sometimes the striking appearance didn't match the driving experience.

To round out your Labor Day planning, we explore perfect Texas getaways—from the Victorian charm of Jefferson to the artistic oasis of Marfa to the rugged beauty of Terlingua. Whether you're seeking history, adventure, or relaxation, we've mapped out destinations that showcase the diverse landscapes and experiences the Lone Star State offers.

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