Holiday Gift Guide 2025 - DWA! Podcast Ep. #914
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Brand
Cobra
Cobra makes tools that many car owners and mechanics use, like the water pump pliers mentioned earlier.
Part
water pump pliers
These are special pliers that help you take off or put on the water pump, which keeps your engine cool. They make it easier to grip the bolts that hold the pump in place.
Term
claw
A claw wrench is like a pair of pliers that you can adjust to fit different nuts or bolts. It has a hooked end that grabs the bolt so you can turn it with a wrench.
Term
vice grip
A vice grip is a wrench that you can squeeze to make it tighter. It has a hooked part that grabs onto bolts so you can turn them.
Brand
Garmin inReach Mini 2
It’s a small GPS gadget that can talk to satellites, so you can send short messages and get help if you’re in a remote area.
Brand
Garmin inReach Mini 3
It’s the updated version of the Mini 2, with a nicer screen and the ability to take pictures before sending them.
Brand
Solo Stove
It’s a company that sells small, camp‑style stoves and pizza ovens you can use in your backyard or on a hike.
Brand
Tansu
Tansu makes big boats that people can rent or buy. They’re popular for luxury sailing and motor cruising.
Concept
Goodwood Revival
Goodwood Revival is a big car event where people bring old, classic cars to race and show off. It’s famous for its vintage atmosphere and historic races.
Concept
Goodwood Festival Speed
Goodwood Festival Speed is another big car event where people bring fast cars, race them on a track, and show off new models. It’s popular among car enthusiasts.
Car
Ferrari Daytona SP3
Ferrari makes very fast, fancy cars. The Daytona SP3 is one of their newest models and only a few were made, so it’s very special and expensive.
Car
Subaru CX-50
The CX‑50 is a small SUV from Subaru that looks like a tougher version of their Crosstrek. It’s meant for people who want a car that can handle light off‑road use but still drive comfortably on city roads.
Term
12-cylinder engine
A 12‑cylinder engine is a big, powerful engine that has twelve parts called cylinders. It can make a lot of power but uses more gas than smaller engines.
Car
Ferrari F40
The F40 is a very fast, classic Ferrari that people love for its speed and style. It’s a special car that many collectors want to own.
Car
300 SL roadster
The 300 SL roadster is a famous Porsche car from the 1950s. It’s very light and fast, so people love it.
Term
vinyl wrap
Vinyl wrap is a big sticker you stick over a car to change its color or add pictures. It keeps the real paint safe and can be taken off later.
Car
Volkswagen Vanagon
The Vanagon is an old VW minivan from the 70s and 80s. People still use it today, especially for camping or as a quirky car.
Term
ABS
ABS is a system in cars that stops the wheels from locking up when you brake hard, so you can still steer and avoid skidding.
Part
rivets
Rivets are little metal or plastic pieces that hold parts of a car together, like the panels inside the cabin.
Car
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a special, faster version of the regular 3 Series car. The 1995 model has a powerful engine and is popular with car fans.
Car
Toyota Tundra
The Tundra is a big truck made by Toyota. It’s good for hauling heavy loads and doing tough jobs.
Term
all-terrain
All‑terrain tires are made to work well on both roads and rough ground, so you can drive anywhere without needing a special off‑road tire.
Term
all-season tire
All‑season tires give you decent traction on most roads, whether it’s sunny, rainy, or lightly snowy, so you don’t need to change tires often.
Brand
Michelin
Michelin makes the rubber wheels that go on cars. They’re famous for being safe and long-lasting.
Brand
AMG
AMG makes sporty, faster versions of Mercedes cars. Think of it as the racing branch of Mercedes.
Part
MTEC One air dam
An air dam is a small piece that sits under the front of a car to help it stay down at speed. The MTEC One is a popular brand for this part.
Part
Euro bumper
A Euro bumper is a new front or back part that fits cars from Europe. It usually looks sportier and can be lighter than the original piece.
Term
OEM
OEM means the part comes straight from the company that made the car, so it should fit perfectly.
Brand
Classic Euro Parts
Classic Euro Parts makes replacement parts for old European cars, like special body pieces or performance upgrades.
Brand
Hella
Hella makes car lights that are used by many manufacturers; they’re known for being bright and reliable.
Brand
Comparo
Comparo makes parts that help cars run better and sound nicer. They are popular among people who like to upgrade their Honda cars.
Company
Patrick Lynn Motorsports
Patrick Lynn Motorsports sells parts that make Honda cars faster and more fun to drive. They are a well-known shop in the performance community.
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That was steady as ice. Slow and steady and ice. I'm like, I'm like, oh, I say something.
Welcome to driving while-awesome. My name is Warren. I'm lame. And I'm art. I haven't listened to this American life in quite a while. What do you guys think about Rob Reiner? Do you like Rob Reiner?
Love Rob Reiner. What's your favorite Rob Reiner film? Stand by me. Although I just watched a few good men playing it was so great. I mean, it's cheesy in some 90s ways, but stand by me.
Stand by me. Yeah, by me. Especially for us. It came out at such a formative time for us as a generation. Yes. It felt like the first adult movie we watched.
Yeah, I think it's probably my favorite movie of all time. Really? That's a great choice. When Harry McSally, I mean, it is a very, I mean, I don't think I've ever met a person that is said that is not a good movie.
And I think you know, it's from a subjective angle. And then objectively also very well executed as a film, right?
I think it's just so well done. It's a very good movie.
So like the cadence is good. It has like a lot of heart. It's kind of funny. Yeah, it's like California, Northern California, or yeah, is it Northern California?
I thought it was Oregon. It's Oregon, right? I think it's Oregon North. Oh, it is.
Because he's Castle Rock, right? Isn't it like I think so? You sound pretty confident. I'm going North, NorCal, but I could be wrong.
I don't know. I'm second kissing way.
Now I think of like a story kind of thing, but his entertainment company is Castle Rock entertainment, right?
And that's because it's like goonies and all that. I think of
Let me think that up. You're mixing it up. Yeah, because over that train that one abandoned train station, you went to Warren.
Like that's sort of thing. Isn't that somewhere on their Ashland area? That's in McCloud, which is right in your chest.
All right, maybe it's up there. But I was going to throw this at you. Princess bride. I know that's the go-to.
I always forget he makes it. Yeah.
Yeah.
That's not good.
It's though. It's a great film. Oh, yeah. It's fair. Yeah. I mean, no spinal fat club in here.
A spinal tower.
Oh, it's good.
But it's a huge loss. It's a really sad story.
I just read the like the night before their Conan O'Brien's house at a party.
And wasn't it that night earlier that night? Yeah. Then the dude it was yeah.
So and like the sun was acting super weird at the party.
And then this happened like they got in an argument.
It's like they brought him there because they were worried about him.
Yeah, it's heartbreaking.
Yeah, he also I he wrote a there was a movie he made about a kid with like a privilege kid with drug addictions.
Yeah. And it was about him. It was all like about him.
It was with him too. I think. Yeah. I don't think I think his son wrote it.
Yeah. It was the story. Yeah. Yeah. He helped him. He helped him write it for sure.
Yeah. He wasn't in it though.
You know what's sad about this too is and it's probably this happens in motor sports.
We can tie this back into automotive.
But if somebody is killed in a race, you're the funeral and like the legacy is sad.
Right. It's like what a what a loss. Right.
And then whereas someone dies, you know, natural causes at 90, you have this like celebration of life where it's like yeah.
I mean, you can do both. Obviously it even if you're killed in action.
But it's just such a sad tragic death.
When your life is cut short immediately like that, it's just that's hard to.
It's so sad.
So I will say to bring it back to cars as well.
Yeah. Love always loved the land Rover in standby me.
Oh. Oh. Yeah. Nice one.
Yeah. I think Andrew might be old enough to watch that.
Oh, definitely.
You probably find it. He would probably find it pretty funny like the throw up the whole story.
Totally. I think there's like 10%.
That's like pretty heavy and like gnarly, but he's yeah, I think you'd like it.
So that's one to rewatch. Yeah. For sure.
I think it's like a lot.
That's a good one. It is the holidays.
And we talked about doing a bit of a gift guide this episode.
Are you guys prepared?
Do you have some gifts?
Good.
I'm ready, dude.
Even I kind of got the price category.
Your price. The prices you set are.
I'll set the stage here.
Mine grapes, you know.
Well, yeah, mine grapes for sure. Mine calendars.
$100 or less is the first tier.
$500 or less.
Yep.
Or 500 to 100 as you'd say.
And then unlimited.
An unlimited gift.
So I figure what we do is just go around the horn here at the hundred dollar level.
And then wait and then we'll go to 500 et cetera.
Sounds good.
So I can start or actually Lane, you start.
This is your.
Whoa.
You got your notebook out.
I see your stuff on through.
I do have it.
I have my luck luck term notebook.
Hey, these are good.
Under $100.
Yes, dude.
What is it?
A luck luck term notebook.
Leck turn.
L.
L.
L.
It's.
L.E.
U.C.H.
T.T.
U.R.M.
Sounds like an Amazon.
Sounds like an Amazon brand kind of.
No, that's like German luck term 1917.
They make these nice pens as well.
These little twisty pens.
Anyways, they're metal.
Metal body.
But anyways, I'm not here to.
Fuck.
I just sell notebooks, guys.
You're not.
I'm doing reasons.
So I know we're doing one thing each.
I'm going to.
I'll do one.
Yeah, I'll just do one right now.
We'll do.
We'll do.
Other ones at the end.
I have the nip packs.
Cobra five inch water pump pliers.
Oh my god, dude.
Water pump pliers.
I mean, they're just.
They're just like.
They're like channel locks or bicycles.
Okay.
They're like channel locks.
Yeah.
They're basically channel locks.
But I don't know if you're.
You have X.
Very good.
I love you have a Kinep X.
Nip X.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Yeah, silent K.
I don't know if you have any other stuff.
But it's like the most elevated channel locks ever.
They have a nice little spring button.
So they lock into the place that you go on the channel.
Nice.
And they're just so nice, dude.
They're like sliding action.
They're strong.
They'll basically last your whole life.
Yeah.
You can do so much with them because they're adjustable, right?
Exactly.
And these are claw.
These are like a vice grip where it has like the, you know,
clawed grippy end that'll like kind of fuck up a bolt.
But they also make a smooth one.
Oh, okay.
So you can, you know, not mess up stuff as much.
But these are grippy and stuff.
Yeah, I just had, I've had a lot of problems with,
uh, vice grips where the springs pop out and stuff.
And they just don't like.
And this is kind of a nice, uh,
a nicer elevated version.
What's the price point?
Yeah.
So the price paid.
These are just five inch ones.
So they're pretty tiny.
They're all around the same price.
But these are about 35 bucks.
Okay.
And you know, you can get like six inch for $37 or something.
And then they have bigger ones for, you know, yeah.
Yep, yep.
But it's kind of a buy once cry once thing.
Nice.
Buy one cry once.
It's cry once.
Hey, you pay for once.
And then it's great for your life.
Cryogenically frozen.
Cry ones.
You know, you guys never heard that term.
It's kind of like buy an expensive thing.
And you're kind of bummed.
You're kind of a little bit like, uh, but it lasts forever.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
I totally hear you.
I have some vice groups.
They're probably like harbor freight or something.
And they don't quite like clamp fully.
You know, like they don't like hold their, uh, clamp.
Yeah.
As nicely as you'd like.
So I like it.
That's a good one.
Um, all right.
Do you want to go or go for it?
You look, look like you're still like trying to.
No, I'm like, I'm like staging all my stuff.
I have it all set up right now.
Oh, it's all set up.
Okay.
I just wrote down.
Um, so I went with something a little more old school as well.
Not like a tool, but, um, and something that I've been wanting because I let it, uh,
laps is sports car market magazine.
And, uh, I think this is one of those magazines that even if you're not big into like the auction value world,
it's very, um, entertaining because there's so much content.
Each, each car they feature has a little write up of what, what it was, model, condition, um, how it sold, where it was sold.
And then they have a lot of great articles and actually pretty strong writers.
Um, they always have had some experts in the field.
So sports car market, um, based out of Portland, Oregon, they've been doing it for 30 years.
I used to have a membership or a subscription forever.
And I think I'm going to get it going back again.
It's $88, uh, a year.
And that includes a digital portion.
Um, side note, if you're able to, if you do give magazines like to kids, it's great.
They love magazines getting stuff in the mail.
Having that hard copy at Christmas is a real winner.
If you can pull that off, it's difficult these days.
Like where the hell do you find magazines?
But, um, if you can do that, that'd be, that'd be awesome.
And then you have a little money after, you know, uh, 60 bucks a year, another option.
You know, if you do want to do this, do you have a patron member?
Ooh, you know, you just slide right in, you get into the, it's the best.
You get early access to rallies, podcasts, et cetera, et cetera.
Yeah, special stickers that only patrons get, right?
So exclusive stickers.
This is it.
So anyways, uh, sports car market magazine.
80 bucks.
I love it.
Um, so this is, uh, this is going to compete with, uh, with, uh, lane's camera of choice these days.
But, um, there is a little camera called a cap snap.
Uh, it's 65 bucks.
And it's a screen free.
Just imagine like, um, it's like a pinhole camera.
Like almost like an old disposable 35 millimeter camera like that aspect ratio.
Like no screen on the back.
So you just, you know, you shoot away and it's got, you know, the filter is going and all that.
But it has sort of that film vibe because it's pinhole.
It's super basic with a plastic little lens.
Um, and the images that come out of it are super cool.
And you can also, and I love that it's, you don't get to preview any of it, right?
It's like, you just shoot away.
Um, and then you have to export them or, you know, plug it into your computer.
It holds up to 2000, uh, photos, you know, um, uh,
uh, based on like the default, uh, size or whatever.
But it looks really cool.
Well, after the fact, I'll share it with you guys.
But it's also like aesthetically, like really interesting looking.
Like it's, no, these are rad.
They have different color.
They have a bunch of different colors.
Exactly.
And they look really good.
Um, so I actually bought, I bought one of these last year for secrets.
Oh, shit.
You have one.
I don't know.
Um, yeah.
So I gave it away.
But they're, they're so awesome.
Um, and in a way, you're like, well, you're, you have your phone.
But these are actually, they're really rad because it's like the old school digital camera
that you'd like put on a wedding table and people just take photos.
Exactly.
And these were actually designed.
Oh, yeah, sorry, disposable.
Uh, these were actually designed for camp for like kids camps.
Also, they're not allowed up phones and, you know, all this stuff.
And so they would have these cameras.
You know, they're like, hey, let's give these campers.
They go out, take photos.
It's not like a, a deer.
You know, it's only a $50 thing or $60 thing.
Dude, also, I mean, that joy of getting the photos back.
Exactly.
And see what you got.
Like, you forget what you took.
And it's like, oh, let's, yeah, let's get that whole process of waiting.
Oh, I mean, in this case, it's just digitally.
A lot of dick pics.
A lot of dick pics.
But I also, I just really like, um, and I know it's, it's a, it's a hypocritical because we're so
particular about our photos and like just, you know, like actually reviewing what we shot.
And you, and in that process of like, like constantly sort of like trying to reshoot and reframe
and like, and you know, critiquing your shots versus just like freedom, right?
It's like, let me just take whatever and then maybe even if you take those 2,000 shots, whatever,
it's digital.
Like, you know, it's not like you're wasting film.
Like 50 of those are great.
You're stoked, right?
And some of them are also, you know, they have character and are not necessarily perfect.
And you could add it.
You could add it to them too.
And you could add it up.
They're still digital.
But yeah, it's a, so I just, um, I like it for that reason.
But yeah, but it's also just as you described a great thing that a great gift for anybody,
right?
It's not, you know, it could be kids, it could be adults, anyone, you know, lizards, lizard people.
Super, super cool, dude.
And I, I bought that Fuji X half thing.
And I kind of like for the same thing like where I want to hand it to people.
I just want to hand it to people at a party and be like, dude, go take pictures, pass this thing around.
Like you could do like, yeah, underskirts, underskirts, go to the, yeah, go to the bathroom, dude.
Stalls.
I'll take it off.
Dude, they're, um, underbooth, real quick, um, relevant to what you're saying here.
Um, I just, this was on Instagram, like over the weekend.
Um, I saw a video of some old, uh, pervert, some old man on, um, on a train in Japan.
Get tackled by a bunch of women because he was doing exactly that.
He got caught doing upskirts or whatever.
And so all these women tackled him as soon as he exited the plane.
And they were all sitting on him.
Whoa.
To just like, and it's like, uh, you know, like his dream in some ways.
But like also like, yeah, but, but so gnarly.
But I love how they all came together and they're like, and they basically pinned his ass until the cops showed up and arrested him.
But, um, in Japan, there is a big problem with this, especially because the trains are so crowded.
So, so they actually have dedicated, um, in certain places, they have dedicated, uh, women only trains.
I don't know if you saw those.
Um, yeah.
And it's like, which, I think they do this.
I think it's a great idea.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, you know, like rush hour, certain trains, certain cars rather are female only and because they're going to be all right up against each other.
Yeah.
So it's like totally.
Yeah.
It's a way to recall the amount of skirts being worn in Japan by all ages of women is way more than the US.
It's like, it's like, it's very much in fashion.
So the upskirt is, it's a lot more modest, modest skirts.
Oh, you didn't know that I'm not like bullies and absolutely professional skirts.
Yeah, yeah.
Like you're not supposed to wear leggings in Japan, like tight leggings and stuff like that.
They don't wear any yoga pants have not turned into anything in Japan yet which seems like a market that's going to like explode.
Some there just never happened.
It's frowned upon.
It's, it's too, yeah, because it's, it goes in it as you probably are aware and as you're describing.
Like people put quite a bit of effort into like dressing up when they leave their house because it's like an image thing, right?
And so, yeah, whereas like casual like leisure.
Yeah, what do you call it?
What's the?
Eth leisure.
Eth leisure is, yeah, it's seen as like not putting in an effort which is ironically.
It's true.
But ironically that, I mean, I see it all the time here in town, right?
And I do it too.
But like some of these outfits can be a thousand dollars.
And it's like, and it's very deliberate too, like choosing specific things.
And ironically, they do, they are into like sweats and stuff and kind of baggy sweats and stuff like that there.
So like that, that whole Japan kind of started that whole, you know, a lot of these looks.
It's all about perception, right?
And what are the, it's the image thing.
Yeah.
I think someday that'll pop though.
And like, yeah, Lulu Lemon will be the next thing.
So I want to add, in addition to this campstop, camp snap camera, they also make a camp snap video camera, which is kind of rad.
Oh, I did see that.
So you don't see no viewfinder.
Yeah, exactly.
It's like like old school style, 200 bucks.
So for video, which is kind of sweet, dude.
And I could see like using something like that at a Radwood or something like that.
Or, you know, camp, right?
Or camping or whatever.
That'd be fun to, that'd be really fun to collaborate with them on DWA, like rally camp or the, or a Radwood.
I mean, yeah, they're doing different skin or something.
Exactly.
They have a specific like, so I went to Urban Outfitters in my dollars the other week.
And they have like a Urban Outfitters limited edition camp snap camera.
Nice.
So you made leather on it.
Yeah.
I did not do anything with it.
I just found it.
I'm working on it right now.
It's sick.
It's got, it looks like an old eight millimeter style, like a, like a, like a pistol grip style.
That's cool.
So that's like your weekly trip where you make your daughters go with you to urban.
Yeah.
You're like, hey, get in the car.
We're going to Urban Outfitters.
Like, dude, we don't want to.
Like, no, I gotta see what's new.
You're like, I gotta check out the news.
Dude, I'll be sublime.
Tied.
I sure don't need to check out.
Yeah, there was a, so there was another, there would camp snap came out around the same time.
There was another, there was a competitor that came out.
And it was like the, camp snaps, like the good version of this.
And then they had this, this other company did the most hipster version of this, which
this is pretty hipster anyways, kind of like what you think about it.
Sure.
But it's like even more hipster.
It was like, you could only take 24 photos.
You had to send the file to the company and then they would, and to get the photos back.
Yeah.
And then they would digitally send them back to you, but it would take seven days.
Yeah.
I mean, that's like for, I think for a very specific experience, like if you're creating
some, like maybe like, let's say we all go on on a, it's some sort of a business, what
do you call it?
Like a leadership meeting.
And you guys are all doing something fun together.
I can see that being the case where it's like, you delay it for that reason.
But like for it, it's too much of a hurdle, right?
Like too much of a barrier for the next generation to do that, I think it's, it's a weird
business model.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's crazy.
So that's the camp camera.
Camp snap.
Camp snap sports car market magazine subscription.
And nitpacks, nipples, pliers.
All right.
This brings us to $500.
$500 or less.
What do you got?
Lane, you might as well start it off.
You went first last time.
I have like so many things.
I am going to go with, oh man, so I'm trying to like recommend stuff that I have and have
used. So I will go with, dude, I'll go with the Conway Electric Power Extension
cord. Conway? Yeah. Okay, tell us about this extension cord. So it is a very cool hipster power
extension cord. It is a metal, like, you know, those metal boxes from like in wood shop,
like the old, like band saws would have and stuff, those, like, the little boxes, like,
they're just a little transformer. Cast metal. Okay. Like two receptacles, or they'll be in, like,
an old, like, an old garage on the wall. Oh, yeah, an external. They're not in the wall.
Oh, I see. So it's like a real or something and it retracts. It's, it's not, it doesn't
re-tract at all. This is just straight up like a power supply extension cord. It's a eight-foot
braided cord. So it looks all old-school, you know, like, you look it up real quick. Conway
Electric. So it's just a power extension. So they have a bunch of different sizes. They run anywhere
95 to 200 dollars. I have one with two receptacles. And then it also has two USB-Cs.
They're like a nice metal box. They're powder coated. A different color. They have a different
color braided cord. That's really nice. You know those old-school braided cords. This is like,
like, like, an old iron or something. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And that's it's for the listeners. This
is like a very, like a, like a premium power strip. It's kind of the way I see it. It's
okay. Like a very, like a very, like a, how much are these things? 95 to 200 dollars anywhere
from that. Okay. So like, I have one with two receptacles. And then it has two USB-Cs.
They're pretty high output USB-Cs. They also have a smart chip in them. So they will ramp up. And
they'll stop once your product's charged. So they are like advanced in that way. And the one
I have is like $150 or something. But they just, like, it's a cool, you know, to put on,
if you need a power cord on your desk or something like that, it's like, you don't want just the
power strip. These also are search protected. So it's just kind of a cool way of doing that. And it,
it actually looks rad. They're like, you know, mine. Those are cool. I have a teal. And then it has a
red cord. And then it has like cork. It's just like a very cool thing. And then I will say that
there's another brand. If you don't like that look, this kind of like 50s aesthetic or whatever,
you know, I would say this is like 50, 60s aesthetic, maybe even 40s. If you don't like that,
there's a brand called Avolt, AVOLT. And they do a similar thing, but it's like a perfect
plastic cube. And then it has like one side is magnetized. And you could, and it comes with a
disc that with the double-sided tape. So you could actually put it on something if you want to.
And these are kind of the same idea, but a very like modern take on the same thing. But also look
good on your desk or look good. We're, you know, a normal, industrial roast thing. These are like 75
dollars. That's great. That's a, that's a good one. I kind of piggybacking on this. I bought an
extension cord. A new extension cord that rolls has like a wheel. And then the plugs are on the hub
of the wheel and has a little like handle with a, with like a little stand. So dude, it's so nice.
Because I have this other, I have a few extension cords that are huge and unruly. They suck. And
they can't fucking tangled constantly. Anyways, this thing's rad. It rolls up. At once you're done
using it, you just, you know, spool it all up onto its own little thing. And the, it has four plugs
with the circuit breaker. It's so nice. There's a few different brands. That's cool because it doubles
an extension cord and just like a power strip, right? Totally. So I use it, yeah, all the time now.
And it's such a game changer. So it's a little bit big like setting it down in the garage.
But so is an extension cord. They're take up quite a bit of room. So I have some over here and
they're like spaghetti. I know. I have, I have a milk crate holding like two of them. Like two
there. Fucking huge. So, uh, and they're not a power strip. So this is like two and one.
Cool. That's a good one. That's a good one. All right. I'll go. I also want something
electronic. Uh, this is something that we, I don't own, but feels like we could use and just
to have it as a backup in case is the Garmin in reach mini two horrible name. But, uh, these are
tiny satellite-based communication devices. They look like walkie-talkies and people use them
mainly for hiking in the middle of nowhere to say I'm still alive. Okay. Basically what they're
for. Is it too way like radio style? It's, it's not a radio. It's mainly for text and for GPS.
Okay. To send, tell people where you are. But you can have pre-programmed messages that say I'm
good. I'll be late. You know, I made it all that kind of stuff. And then there's an SOS button
that you can activate. And that will tell people like, I think, you know, emergency services that
with location. You need, you need help and where you are. Yeah. Um, this is really great for areas
that don't have cell service. And if you're on a drive, um, you can tell people where you're at. So
they're 249 each. Um, so for 500 bucks, you can get a set of two. You can also text two smartphones
and back and forth. So like, I could send you a text message from the middle of nowhere. Just
really simple. They're small. They're tiny. I think they'd fit in the palm of your hand.
Um, battery lasts like 15 days. Uh, so I think you wouldn't have to charge it all that often
if you're not using it. But just sort of like, as we do drives in the middle of nowhere quite often
to have that like just peace of mind. And I think it would help for like rally situations and stuff
because we have had that where people break down in the middle of nowhere. And there's definitely
some like confusion on where people are. I know that for other driving events that they're, um,
looking at going to this kind of like satellite based um, walkie-talkie setup. For real walkie-talkies
and stuff, it gets a little more expensive. But these are like the basics. So this is the Garmin
in Reach Mini 2. They have a new one. It's the Mini 3 and it's got like a color screen and I think
you can take pictures and stuff. It's like, I don't think you really need that, but um, and they're
more expensive. So that's my pick for 500 bucks. 500. Oh, nice. Um, so I, there are several of these
that I looked at. But this is the one that kind of was the most compelling. Um, it is a solo stove,
dual fuel pizza oven. And um, I was, I was in our backyard, um, a few days ago and we're just,
we have a fire pit that because we're doing the s'mores and I'm like, dude, how sick would it be to
like fire up a pizza right now back here? That's pretty cool. And um, they're super small like,
you know, how they, they have those sort of, you know, barrel, little cylindrical shaped things,
right? And they're super short, but they, they have that shape and, um, you know, you can do wood
fire or you can do propane on it. So pretty mobile. You can take it with you camping. You can do it
in backyard at a party, whatever. Um, and they're, you know, as you know, like that type of pizza is
so damn delicious. And it's a totally different thing. 90 seconds. You got yourself a killer little
like, you know, thin crust. Um, and it's something that, you know, it's super easy to use. So, uh, I feel
like regardless of whether or not you're a good cook or not, right? It's like, you put the ingredients
on it. Throw the dough in there. 90 seconds. Pull it out. You're good. So those are 450-ish bucks.
There's some, there's a few other brands that I looked at, um, but they're between 400 and 500
bucks and kind of choose your flavor there, like different asmic ratios, like some, or aspir- sorry,
form factors, I meant, like some were, they look like a little, it's hard to describe, but whatever
that restaurant and LAX is, you know, how it's that, it's got those arches with like the, the elevated
restaurant. They look like that. It's like, they've got like these, like, legs that come out and
then it's like a little disc at the top. Like, those are pretty popular. There's, it's a brand called
like, ooh, knee, something for what's called, but, but this is a lot of choices. So this is solo
stove makes it and yeah, it's called specific table. This one's the, it's the dual, it's called a
pie dual field pizza. So like, uh, I mean, and this one's a dual field. So obviously, you can go
wood fire or you can do propane, which is key, right? Like, they do make like dedicated propane ones,
but that's kind of unwieldy if you're gonna go somewhere and off the beaten path or if you want to
be at a park or whatever, you know, yeah. And this, uh, is it tabletop? Yeah. Like it just goes on
table. Okay. They make a stand for it. They make a cart. You could buy for $200. It's on sale.
Right now, you said $400, right? Yeah. Right now. It's for, yeah, it's been doing 400 and 500. Yeah.
This one's 400 right now on sale. Yeah. Nice. That's great. Um, well, yeah, that brings us to
terminal. Please unlimited. Now, Lane, you saved a lot of budget in your $500 choice.
Dude, I saved budget on all my stuff, actually. I know. You're very frugal. Uh, does this mean
unlimited? It's going to be like a, uh, it's a trip to give certificate to the Turks and Kicos or
up. Yeah, dude, I went, I went even cheaper, dude. I went to the canal and later. Oh, yeah.
Are you going to a heated, heated ism with your luck? Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Um, when I will,
I'll get it. Yeah. It's my turn, right? So, um, I am going to go with.
So I'll go with these men or rape and sunglasses. Oh, did she just get up? He's gone for it.
I have a pair. Dude, I want to see how we nine videos. I want to see the fastest line. Uh,
I was going to say, so you can make your own shitty videos, like, unimpressive videos of you
driving hard that look really slow. Um, yeah. Yeah. Uh, this is a hard, uh, it's actually,
this is a hard recommendation, actually. I'm recommend. So I, the gen ones are what I have,
and I literally, the gen twos came out a week after I bought mine, which is so disappointing, dude.
But they're, the gen ones are only 225 bucks, dude. That's what sunglasses cost. That's so cheap.
So it's the same price as a normal set of rebounds. Wow. How do they do it? So if, because
they're getting all your information, I know. I know. Whatever. Uh, and then the gen twos are
379 starting, but it's kind of a cool product. But actually, I kind of hesitate to even recommend
them. Cause what do you do with it? You can make your own shitty videos. It's cool for, like,
kids stuff. Like if you're at the park, you hands-free, right? Like just playing with your kids,
or, or, or surfing or do anything, really POV, anything, surfing, surfing. I don't know about that.
No, just playing on the beach then. Yeah. It's kind of a cool. So, um, yeah, those are a thing.
But I'm going to flip it right now. Uh, nothing, nothing, get, get nothing headphones for, um,
like I have on right now. These nothing headphones, uh, they're calf audio.
Oh, cool. There's the sound on them, which is a good brand. Nothing headphone ones.
They are on sale right now for 239, dude.
And normally 300, but they're super rad. They're cool looking. They're not just your normal,
I mean, like Apple makes awesome headphones, but they're just kind of like boring and
it's like everyone else, you know? Basically, they're really, they're Bluetooth. They also have
a receptacle so you could go wired with just Oxcord, which is awesome. And you, you want that a lot,
you know, um, they're also Bluetooth. They have like, they do, dude, they do two and a half.
So they have noise canceling. They in five minutes, you can get two and a half hours of listening,
noise canceling. That's that five minutes of charge, dude. That's very huge. It's pretty awesome,
really fast charging. And there it is aesthetically really cool, too. Like you could see the driver
and stuff in here. It's like a nice, smoked finish. And then they also make a silver white pair.
It's a little more extra, but you know, looking, but they're cool as well. But these are and
they're aluminum housings, just like a really quality product, really cool. I don't know if you
know the brand nothing, but they make they make cell phones as well. And yeah, the nothing phone,
which is like, it's like a super clean, minimalistic design. I've seen that's where I have,
that's how I found out about them. Um, I think it was like one of the like high beast type
accounts that I saw it. And it's very 80s kind of 90s-ish, but elevated design. And so you said
Gen 1. So what's the other model? Is there a Gen 2? It's not Gen. It's just they call them the
nothing headphone one. Oh, okay. Gotcha. And it's calf audio. And I imagine, I don't know if they're
on sale now because of Gen 2, a second, like a two is coming out soon or what? Yeah. They also
make in years as well, which are cool looking. But yeah, I highly recommend these things. I use
them traveling like I use them all like to Japan. Never ran out of battery the whole time there.
Nice. You know, so it's good. It's awesome. USB-C charging. USB-C. And then really cool,
like the controls are really nice and tactile and stuff. So yeah, hard. Very cool. All right, I'll
go next here on limited budget. I'm going with the Tansu 19 preference. All right, art. Your turn.
What the fuck is a Tansu 19 preference? Tansu 19 preference. I'm looking at this. If you told me,
like, let's get a game of guess what this is. I mean, Tansu is a Japanese is like a
drawer. It's like a chest. I'll just I'll just tell you what it is. It's this is a steel hole the 120
foot yacht. What? Wait, what? Are you serious right now? Yeah. This is the 2011 Tansu yacht called
the preference. It is 120 feet long. It crews seven people and 10 guests. It is a twin
caterpillar engine, a 1940 horse bar each. This is a like more of a explorer style yacht.
And it can be yours for eight million dollars. To headphones or eight million dollar yet.
But if you're budget conscious, and I get it, we are all there, you know what I mean? Look at
the charter. They they do charter it for one week, 200,000. So if you're looking for that
gift for a special someone and you want to go to the Mediterranean or wherever, you can do just
a week, try it out. But if I won the power ball, I think this is what I would get. So it does have
a teak deck. I love it. The style inside is so rad. It's like minimal, but functional luxurious.
It's like nothing headphones. It's like if nothing headphones built a yacht, that's what I want.
I don't want anything bigger. I don't want anything smaller. No, I'll take some smaller too.
But yeah, so that's the Tansu, just for people at home, the Tansu 19 and it's called the preference.
There's a web web page for it so you can rent it. They're selling it actively, according to the
internet. The Tansu, twin 1940 horsepower cats, beefy beefy. So there you go. But that's,
I mean, those cats, okay, those are probably torquy as shit, right? Like more way more like versus
horsepower, right? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, just fucking tugboats. Exactly. That's rad.
Steel hole, too. Dude, bottom what? Flat bottom or what? What were you talking about? No,
no, it's all angled. It's all angled. Well, you know, I went for experience on this one and this
is a take your pick. And it is really kind of like, I went automotive, but there's a lot of adjacent
shit to do. I feel like anyone who has not been to the quail is, it's an experience that people
have to have. I think it's, it is like probably the coolest car show in the world right now. Like in
many ways, you know, it is a really awesome place. We have not been to the Goodwood revival or the
Goodwood festival speed, which is option number two. But planning, you know, sort of a car week
experience around the quail. So, you know, the tickets are what, $1500 or whatever they are. Do
that and then do all the adjacent shit, right? You're getting the hotel. You're going to go to all
the parties. So it's like a car week experience, really. Be there for at least a few days. But do the
quail is sort of like center it around that because you're going to get exposure to all the
different brands and, you know, you're going to meet all the people there and we'll be there
probably. So that's one. The other one was, you know, take your pick. Goodwood revival or goodwood
festival speed because that's what I want as a gift because as you know, like planning it is the
biggest problem, right? And like slotting it in and committing and is the biggest hurdle there.
But if you can receive that as a gift and, you know, seven months in advance or whatever it is,
you can kind of plan. Right. If it's already booked, like, here's your ticket. Here's the hotel.
We got the tickets. Let's do it. Yeah, you're in. Let's do it. It's already on the calendar. Like,
man, that would be amazing. Yeah. And that's whenever that could be anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000
depending on what you want to do, right? Maybe you throw in a charger for 200 euros or 200. I mean,
you got the Tansu 19. You get one of those out there. Yeah, just from from England. Go to the
No, I would go French coast. You do have an English channel across the Tansu to go visit
our buddy. Go visit. We'll go from England to after the fact and visit our buddy Ruben in France.
He's in Biais. Yes. So you can cruise over there. But yeah, that's that's my my ultimate gift.
I love it. I love it. I think we have a good a good spread here. The headphones lane lanes do
the frugal man's wife's headphones. That's the one. Or get the ones. Not the twos. Okay,
just get the one. I know what that's coming out. I don't think I too, bro.
All right. Well, I liked that. I didn't. Yeah. I was thinking you were going to go
or I mean, I had some other stuff on my unlimited list was the Ferrari Daytona SP3. Those are
pretty safe. I said, yeah. As far as Ferrari goes, I think that's the coolest car they make.
Currently, it's very cool. It's a 12 cylinder naturally aspirated engine granted. There's no clutch
pedal. But it's a gnarly car. And they showed there's a video. Maybe it's old of Carlos
science getting his silver one, like picking it up from the factory and driving off in it. It
looks so rad. I was like, whoa, those are kind of off my I've seen him in person too. And I'm just like,
yeah, but watching there's another video of one someone either a drone or another car chasing one
up like a hill climb. The guy's not a very good driver, but it's very dramatic. So that's
the Daytona SP3 Ferrari 2.25 million. The Conexig Gamera or Gemera, I don't know with how you
pronounce it. That's the four-seater Conex. I love those. Yeah. Fucking rad car. The whole family can
go along. It's unbelievable. All the details. That's two million. And then just a regular Puro San
with 435. I've seen those are wind turned here. They're really I don't like them. They're funky,
right? I don't think I've seen one in like other than a CV thing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't
like them at all. They're weird, dude. It's basically my the CX 50 on steroids. But the CX 50's
way better looking. It's so much more simple. I know. Yeah. But still 12 cylinder, right?
Yeah. I mean, they look really strange. I definitely don't. And for me, like Ferrari's,
you know, as part of the whole package, right? Like it's aesthetics are such a big part of it,
right? The beauty of a vehicle. And it's the whole experience of walking up to it. And like I tried,
like there was one in a radio and coast village. And I literally did the thing from the sidewalk.
And I'm like, this angle, nope. I'm like, okay, like I'm going to cross the street. Nope. The rear,
okay, kind of like yeah, but like I'd rather have XXX over that, right? Like there's so many other
options. But it's one of those cars. Yeah. I feel like it's like they're it's like you're a customer
at the local dealership. You get an allocation. Sure. I'll take that to, right? And it's like those
folks versus I don't think many people are seeking those out as like their daily SUV. I agree.
And I heard I hear the user interface inside is absolutely horrible. There's all sorts of reasons
not to want one, but I was thinking, you know, all-wheel drive Ferrari V12 sounds kind of fun for
the winter, you know. I'd rather take an old FF or something like that. I think that would,
oh, that's the same idea, but just more, you know, my vibe, I guess. Yeah. And it's also cooler looking.
Yeah, those are some options. I think, yeah, if I was going to go, I mean, full tilt, I would go
Gordon Murray, right? That's probably where my mind would go. If I was going to get a car right now
outside of like the classics, right? Of course, we all want F1s and F40s and all that shit. But
I did, I had a coffee with a good butt of ours, formerly LBI, now with Animoia, Keith. He was in
town doing some work and we were just talking about cars and he went to visit a collection that had
a 300 SL goal wing and a 300 SL roadster and he was just, you know, helping assist with some
sales and purchases. And I'm like, yeah, man, 300 SL roadster for me still is up there. I
haven't even sat in one. Really? Yeah. I need to. That's definitely, I think top three for me,
though. SL roadster F40. And then the third one is a revolving door. We have a friend who will
definitely sit in one. So we'll have to make that happen maybe on the California melee. Maybe.
If it makes an appearance, that's cool. That's good stuff. Yeah. So anyone out there,
anyway, so for the secret Santa or whatever, 300 SL roadster, I'll take any color, not even picky,
you know, whatever you got. I'll even take the ugly US headlight version, you know, versus the Euro
flush headlight, but not picky. I don't know. You're like, oh, you're like, no, that's a bridge too far.
Get that out of here. I'm not doing it. All right. Well, that takes care of gifts. I think next
episode or yeah, one of these episodes coming up, we're going to do our actual gift giving,
although art, I don't have to do it virtually for you. Yep. And then this weekend coming up here,
Saturday is Seabright Motors.
The junction of Murray and Seabright. Days focus in the days market parking lot, but
park anywhere around there, like on the street, in the the old, the old what you call it,
Seabright Brewery or Seabright social parking lot, which is where, yeah. And then the restaurants
all should be open. We got two bars right there. Like, yeah, tons of three Italian places,
dude. Is it little Italy? We call it a little Italy. Gosh, maybe it doesn't need a rebrand.
That might hold that place. I'll dedicate remember that place. Oh, don't it was so fun. What is it now?
That's been changed into Seabright Deli, which is great sandwiches. Oh, really? Yeah. You got
LaPosta, Tremonti, and Angfers, which makes pizza. Yeah, and then Seabright Deli is awesome.
They're like, I went by there this morning and they were just already smoke it. They're smoking
meat. Dude, they're always smoking meat out front in the back. Betty's burger is still there.
Betty burgers.
All sorts of stuff. Rainer shine. Come on out. We'll be there. Cars won't melt. We'll have a good time.
Why are you is it looking like rain or maybe like Saturday might be the little wet, but you know,
well, we'll endure. It's going to be warm. That's one good thing. It won't be cold and wet.
Anyways, that's this weekend. Hope to see people there.
And yeah, I think I got some updates here. I was going to mention a bunch of stuff. I kind of
like piling on projects for the winter here. I bought a bunch of stuff for project cars,
including, let's see what do I get. New panel door panels for the van again.
There's a big deal. Door cards. There's a lot of people say.
Door cards. Thank you. ABS panels that have been around for a while that they make as
replacements. And then you can cover them if you want. But I think what I'm going to do is pull the
ones I have. See if I can get those refinished and then use these in the interim. I'll let you
know how it goes. It's a little, I don't know, you know how these things come. They're just like a
panel and it's cut to the shape, but then it has all these recesses. You can cut out if your
car was equipped with said things. So like power windows, which my car has a map pocket. Yes,
you know, speaker hole. Yes. Like, so I have to cut all those out. So I had to buy like
hole saws because I don't have a fucking three and fucking whatever hole saw. So I have like buy
stuff to do it. And then I'm a little like concerned on the finish. Oh, it's going to look
what's on there. But I think once the accessories are in, you won't see the cut out really at all.
Anyway, so what's the material? It's ABS plastic. It's got a crinkle finish. And so the idea is
would you then wrap that in vinyl or just leave it all? You can. Okay. You can wrap those in vinyl.
You can actually some people have painted them to have the same like because the stock Vanagan has
you know, plastic chrome and valour. And it's like a kind of a funny design of the era. And so
some people just put on like chrome tape. You know, like where those chrome strips were. They
like kind of make it look like it, but they don't actually cover it. Otherwise you can go full
yeah, cover it with vinyl or leather. I guess if you always see it now. Yeah, there's like a go
Westy version that's ABS. That's the one I have. Yeah. So with all the like rivets on it or with
the screws. Yeah. So it's all it's all popped on there with plastic rivets. And it's so funny.
They they offer black or gray. My car's gray interior. So obviously I got gray panels. They send
black rivets. I'm like, yeah. So then I had to order gray rivets on Amazon. Hopefully they're
right. It's this stuff like that. Like why would you send black rivets? But I think that's all they
got. So anyways, that's one project. I got a new stereo for it. Bluetooth that continental stereo.
Oh, yeah. So I'm going to give that a try. Those are super cheap, right? They're so cheap. That's
why I went with it. I'm like, I couldn't justify 700 for the Bremen Blaupunk. I was like, I just
don't use the van a lot. And I'm not looking for like a, you know, super advanced stereo system.
It's like four speakers, real basic, real basic setup. So anyways, that's that's a van again.
Some other stuff too. Cool. I mean, when you cut the hole after you cut the hole, just
wrote a Dremel around the edges. And that's exactly that's exactly it. I got some some new standing
bits for my my drill that are like the conical style, you know, so I can kind of like go around it.
I mean, even just roll up some sandpaper and put, you know, in a circle and just kind of go,
like, you know, just not too much. Yeah, you'll get all the edges cleaned off that way.
Oh, and then I have to hire Lane Skelton designs for something.
Putting those vinyl stickers over my emblems. Oh, remember, I told you they sell the silver
graphics that go over the plastic emblems that are all faded. So I got them, they're correct,
but now you're you're so right, though. It's like, how are you going to get those all
straight? Like, I don't know. I'm going to have to go use some soapy water and kind of like,
you know, do a little so you can move it around. Yeah. And then we use a hairdryer.
Oh, once you're once you get it to this right spot, then that's that's so so. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Just put it out. We're just put out in the sun. Just let it evaporate. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So
that's that's one thing. Anyways, yeah, a lot of little project stuff like kind of piling up
in the garage for the winter, which I hope to accomplish. Yeah. So BMW nothing too major there,
but I did try to buy new speakers for the car and Bab sound, which is like, you know,
the one spot you're supposed to just go and get the whole set, which I did. And then I got an
email and they said, Hey, just so you know, the 95 M3 is special. Are you kidding me for speakers?
For the speakers. Oh my God. The doors aren't plug and play with the ones that they make for
a 96 and newer. It's you have to modify the door or the door card. He wasn't specific. And I was
like, oh my god. I love it. This is like Warren Warren is the guy that always talks about like,
don't get the one year because it's hard to get parts for it. He's got. Of course. I'll take
engine. I'll take the engine being different. Sure. Okay. But now it's like, there's been so many things.
All the trip. I don't know. Crazy. What about door speakers? How is it different than a 95 and older,
though? Like a 92 through 95. Like that's they don't make a 92 through 95. So they make E36
speaker sets for 96 96 and newer. They don't have there. So they don't have any of the early stuff.
It's all obsolete. Fun. I guess so. Dude, do you mind as well? Just give me a refund. I'll do more
research and figure it out. I don't I don't want to start drilling holes and cut. I don't even know
what it involves. I'm like, dude, speakers are the worst. It sucks, dude. But I remember, I mean,
back in the circuit city days, you would just go and find the same diameter. I know. I think that's
possible, but there are some weird housing things with those speakers. And that's why this guy like
found the niche and like filled it. It's like, there is something about the way that they
just plug and play. So he wasn't really clear on it. I didn't press him. I just said,
damn, press this full dude. Give me a refund. I'll figure it out. Shit down the room.
But it's disappointing. Yeah, I think it's time to get a 96 or later in three.
It was more of like just I knew that the back speakers were blown. They've always been that was
inside bought the car. And I was like, I'll just get the whole set. And then when that happened,
I'm like, forget it. Yeah. Can you just get the backs? Yeah, I think so. I'm gonna probably do that.
But at the time, I was like doing a bunch of other shit when he emailed me, I'm like, I don't want
to like just cancel it. Like, that's fine. I do email me. Thanks. But we'll move on. I'm also doing
some stuff of the Tundra new tires, which I'm excited for. Sweet. Oh, yeah, which ones you go with.
So I want to be of good rich trail terrains. That's one step below the KO2s. They still have a
pretty good tread pattern. And there's snow rated, but not super. Not nearly as aggressive. And I
had like two moments with these tires. These are older KO2s on the track. They have tread left,
but they're starting to like crack. And I think they're just sort of like glazed over because I had
a couple like wet on the highway and the wet and the rear end kind of stepped out in a weird way.
And I'm like, I don't feel good. So I'm like, uh, yeah, winners coming. I don't need this
aggressive tire anyway. I think it'll, the truck will just feel much better driving around town
and stuff with these. So I'll report back. These are kind of new tires. They've been out a couple
years, but they look, they look right. So oh, and I bought 15 inch wheels for the van again. Oh,
sweet. So I got those replica go Westies. So it's the same look. I haven't even opened the boxes yet.
But that's why I was talking to you art. I'm like, all right, 15 inch tires. Like, what do I go with?
And it's still not great. I was chatting with the guy tire rack and he's like, yeah, it's just like,
dude, they don't. I gotta I'll do more research. Maybe I'm going to the UK. That's the move.
As I said, that's what look at all like, especially that place because they do ship internationally.
And I have, like I've had two sets of tires from them and it was super easy. Like there was no
weird like DOT shit, like, you know, compliant stuff. Like I now, I mean, of course we're going to
have a tariff. We're going to get tariffed. But at least you can still rock them, you know. And
it's English. There's no language barrier all that because there are some in Japan that I know
of too, but that's a whole other, you know, kind of worms, right? But yeah, I think that's the problem
is like, yeah, because when you reached out, I'm like, I don't know. I don't know what's going on in
like that realm for like sort of off-roading kind of like truck tires, but it's not even off-road.
It's just an all-terrain like a, like an all-season tire that is for a truck.
Right. But that's why I like to have it. I think it's good to look at like some of those like,
because right now like the Maxis tires, right, it's been around forever. They're Taiwanese.
They're a good brand. And they finally like have like they're making truck products that are like
actually like pretty solid and like reputable. And I know they're sponsoring some of these like
off-road series. Like I know that that's not where you're going, but the fact that they're sponsoring
whether it be like a Baja or King of the Hammer real-time. They're going to make, yeah,
they're making legit stuff, but also there's going to be some options, right? You don't have to go
full KO2 style, but like there's going to be some alternatives. These are 15 by 7 wheels. And
God, tires are such a pain in the ass.
Yeah. Without being able to try them on, you know, it's like the look and feel. I mean, one
like a half inch in diameter or like width can change so much like the way that they look,
the shoulder design. I mean, let alone like sidewall and tread, like that's a whole different
conversation. But just that like profile of a tire is so specific. And it is like the most
detailed nuance thing that you almost can't even recommend stuff unless it's already been done.
And you've seen it. But we're also, that's our world, right? Like most people, especially when
it comes to like a mass product, like there, I mean, I took a picture of a, I think I said to do
you guys, or no, I said to the Vanley dudes, it was an AMG SUV, you know, a GL whatever. And it had
I was like, what the fuck is that? I literally like had to do a double tape because it was a brand I
had never seen, but it was like master craft or something, you know? And it's like just, there's
so much junk out there. And like most people are like, yeah, just put on whatever. But we care,
right? And that's where we get, I don't even care about the longevity of it. I mean, it's got to
last a little while. But like the van isn't used much at all. It's, it's just for, for fun,
just for, for decoration. That's it. And that's all. So it's got to look the right. And I was looking
for Michelin sells, they still make some vintage tires, X, WXs or, yeah, well, I don't know,
that was you would know what I'm talking about. Yeah. But, um, and then like, Freda Stein makes the,
the grips, but they're super aggressive, right? Or they just don't have them in the right size.
They don't have the right size. For Ali makes those, uh, vintage like SUV looking tire.
It's just not in the right size. So yeah, I think the seven inch wide part of it. Anyways,
so anyone who's listening, saying these are too wide or too narrow.
Do you have any decent offerings or what do they usually write or options? Well, the narrow,
well, like the vreds are really small. They're really narrow. They're like, remember,
like those old, like think of like a defender, like an early defender 90 style with a really,
like tall skinny, like, yeah, like 165. Right, right. So there's 15s, but yeah. By the way,
the tires that were on the AMG were master tracks. Hell yeah.
And I looked them up and they were just like some weird ass off brand and they,
and they're extremely cheap too. Great, great option for AMG.
Nice. Um, anyways, a lot of updates come in, uh, hope to keep the momentum going here. I
haven't started any of these projects, but you know how it goes. Yeah. So you're, but your
fits, 15 by seven is pretty solid. So you're basically 205 to like 225 with 225, I think I could
pull. Oh, and also Chris Pandolin comes up. Chris Pandolin is the one that keeps popping up. Yeah.
But it's not a great look. It's not a good look for that car. It doesn't look right. And it's,
it's a fine tire. Like that's the level of performance I need. That's all good. But it just looks
wrong. Dude, you know, maybe look at Mucho Macho's triangles. Lion hearts. Um, yeah. So anyways,
triangle's still the worst there. Achilles. There was a burger place called triangle burgers
in Tulare. And, and I was all like kind of stoked to try it. I'm like, oh, fuck you. Like they,
a triangle burger, like the buns triangle, the meats triangle. Like this could be great. Right.
No, it's not. It's all just a regular place. They just call it triangle. The burgers are round.
You suck. Why don't you sell tires? It dorks. Wow, dude. I know. That's stuff. That's stuff.
All right. You guys are ready for the trivia. Are you going to update anything on a car? I do have
updates. Do you have updates? Oh, no. You have updates, dude. I do have updates. Yes. So I finally
got the Euro bumper on the car with the mtec one air dam. All painted up. And when I originally
got everything, I'd mention that there was a ding on the bumper. Luckily, it's not very visible.
You have to know exactly where it is. And I'm not too worried about it now that it's installed.
When I got the air dam painted, I went, I brought the bumper with me to the shop. And they told
me that they would not pdr the ding because it's chrome. So it's, you know, they run, they run the
risk of it cracking or flaking, which is understandable. So I'm like, fuck it, forget it. It's very shallow.
It's very, it's barely visible. The scratch is there, but whatever. So, which is unfortunate,
but I didn't pursue anything on DHL. I took too long to open the freaking box and like to try
to make a case and I didn't want to waste any time on it. So yeah, whatever. So there's that. But
yeah, when, so I got, I got the parts and I did not get notified anywhere in the process that
when you put an mtec one air dam on a Euro bumper, you need special hardware. There's a certain type
of bolt that has a completely flat rectangular head that basically sits behind the trim. And so
that's why it has to be that shape. And it also pulls the trim in the square sort of recess.
So that delayed me for a bit. That's why I had the stuff and hadn't installed it. But I got the
hardware. I got them installed. I got the setup installed and it looks killer. I'm really happy
with it. I'm waiting to install the fog lights because the, I guess I didn't say this originally,
but I got the bumper from Europe. It's a reproduction metal bumper. But the trim is all OEMBMW.
That's the way that they build the kits. This company, classic Euro parts. And the mtec air dam I
got from the garagistic dudes here in LA. And the way they make a reproduction of the mtec kit
because they're obsolete, you know, they literally don't exist. And if you find one, they're super
expensive and they're usually damaged and all that. So I got the reproduction, which is a good one.
But they include some really cheesy like Chinese fog lights, which the housings are fine,
but they're not fluted all the way. They're kind of clear sort of, you know, the whole modern look.
And they just look really cheesy. They look way too modern. So my ordered hellas, which are the
correct ones, the OEM style, to put in there. So those have not even shipped. And I bought, I paid
for them, you know, I think on Thursday or something. So now I haven't even seen anything in terms
of like process on that. But anyways, once those are installed, I want to do like a full like
Comparo, especially because the main thing is, yeah, the front is really clean. You know, that's
that. And the top down is really clean because it sits way closer to the body in the front of the
car. It doesn't, like, you know, doesn't extend out very far like the US spec model style. But the
main thing that I've been talking about is the profile. So like the way that it actually tapers and
it's like really clean, it doesn't look like this massive under bite like the, you know, the US one
looks like. And so I want to do a Comparo on that. But yeah, I did once once I installed them or
installed the setup. I am sorry, I should say I'm looking, I'm distracted looking at the hardware
that I'm holding my hand. I said, oh, while I was installing the setup, I got a text from a dude
here in town, this guy Patrick. Patrick Lynn is a formerly of Patrick Lynn Motorsports. He's
like one of the OG's original gangsters born in the Honda Performance Parts business. And so I
randomly met him a year ago or so at a party in town here. And it turns out we live pretty close
to each other and he's a big car guy. And he sold the company and is now starting to get back into
some other car shit. And he is like, Hey, are you going to, are you going to be going to the tire
kickers hang? And I'm like, what? And I was literally like on the ground on the floor of my garage,
like aligning the front bumper. And I'm like, what is that? And I looked it up. And it's Matt Crooks,
formerly of 1552, like new little like cars and coffee gathering in Ohio. And I was like, oh,
because I got served that ad or at least something came through my desk about it. And I figured
you were all over it. Dude, yeah, I'm totally not on my radar. I rated them to the max on my radar.
Yeah. And so so I was like, Oh, shit. Like, I texted him like, well, let me see. You know,
Jamie has yoga in the morning. I got to figure that out. But also, I'm literally assembling the
front end of the car right now. So let me see how this goes first. If I don't break anything or
whatever, you know, so, but yeah, I mean, I got it all together. And I cruised over with them and
had a fun drive. He has a 964 RS with a 3.8 liter, which I thought is what he was going to,
which is what I thought he was going to bring out rather. But instead, I pull up and he's in his
997.2 GT3 RS. And I'm like, really, dude, we're going to go crazy. But he luckily he was
cool. Missile launcher. Yeah. But he's like, he's like, one of my kids in the passenger seat and I'll
let you lead. So, you know, that was fine. So it was all good. And it was like, you know, half of
the drive was like really foggy and like really low sunrise to like we're like, it was like kind of
gnarly, but we had a fun drive over there. So just for those, the uninitiated, that is a highway
150, which is a phenomenal road. You can look it up. And that leads to one of the best roads in
the world, which is highway 33. And that is, I mean, pure epicness. Like, you know, we're talking,
I think I'd say better than like Stelvio Pass, because it has more variety, right? Like, you know,
most people are all of us. Yeah. So did you, did you drive it? No, we just went straight to the,
the gathering, but it was super chill. Small little gathering, 25, 30 cars, but it was at this
restaurant called, it's highly likely. And it's like one of Matt Crookes, like partners, I think he
does like agency work with them. And it's a cool little cool little restaurant, little hipster sort
of kind of like, I love these hipster restaurant names. We have one here called pretty good advice.
Nice. There's it's like, doesn't tell you anything about what they do. I think they happen to be
a vegetarian restaurant, but it's like hip vegetarian, right? Yeah, this one's like, it has like a
modern, well, that's not the way to put it, because modern diner sounds bad. It sounds like, you know,
it's not, I love a diner. So it's like a, it's a diner, but like hipster vibes, but like a modern
interpretation, you know, good, varied menu, California fusion. So yeah, just coffee donuts outside
and good group of people, a lot of like, you know, creative types and just, you know, cool cars. There
was, you know, a bunch of stuff, but a lot of Toyota trucks, it's Ohio, right? So like pretty cool
land cruisers and FJs and she like that. And some dude brought out a Unimog with like a excavator's
situation out the back. I like the name and tire kickers. Did you kick any tires? I wanted to,
but I just, I really restrained, you know, so you were just testing water, self-restraint. Yeah,
exactly. Testing waters. And I parked next to, um, uh, macrux, uh, what is it? GT4 RS? Uh,
which is stunning. Uh, it's so silly. I thought he has a, does he have a boxer spider or GT4?
I said, wait, hold on, no, it's a boxer spider. It's boxer spider. Yes, boxer spider. Sorry,
boxer spider. Um, and it is, uh, it's so, it's, it's great. I love it because he did the opposite
of like what everyone does with these cars where it's like colorful this deviated stitching that
like all the bright crazy stuff. He went white over black and tried a black and he blacked out as
much as he could. So he got like deviated stitching, but, but it's black. Uh, and uh, his carbon is
the, is like a not dry carbon, but it's like the, you know, non shiny. I guess it is dry carbon.
Mac carbon. Mac carbon. Um, so just, yeah, really like clean, low key, uh, for what, you know,
because that car is already so much. So, you know, it's a, it's a, it's a loud car in many ways,
right? Uh, but, but yeah, super stoked for him. He did a Euro delivery on that car and like,
you know, had an epic experience picking it up and all that and now has it at home, but, uh,
yes, so it's cool. But yeah, it was cool. It was, it was cool to put it out there, uh, put the
30 out there. Uh, it got a lot of love. Uh, and, um, I did the hood up thing for a half a
time, half of the time, uh, it's deserved. That's the right car to do it up half of the time.
Lots of conversations around that and then hooked down for the rest of it for photos. But, um,
so, uh, Pat, who I was with, uh, is good friends with Honda Pro Jason, you know, that guy.
He's like, uh, he's like a Honda ambassador. He got a big following on Instagram, but he's like,
all in on Honda. It's like his whole life, like top to bottom and not just cars in every way. Uh,
and, um, he sent him a picture of the car and he immediately like texted him back and he's like,
I got to feature that car. I want to do a look at thing with it and all that sort of stuff. So,
you might see my E30, uh, Honda Pro Jason's dream, your dreams are gone. Oh my god, JDM heart. Dude,
this is it. This is it. It's happening. It's all happening. So yeah, that was a good, that sounds
like a good, I know it's a monthly hang too. So that's a cool, that's kind of a cool destination
car's a coffee for you, not too far. Like a nice morning drive. It's kind of like what people,
a lot of these San Jose people and stuff go to our, our morning motor is it's like they get a good
drive in, but it's not too far once a month. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So yeah, it's something that I
definitely want to continue doing as long as I'm, you know, I'm available because it's exactly
that. Like I'm missing that right now. Like I'll go on a random drive here or there, but like this is
nice to build it in. And also, um, we were the only ones on the road going that direction. Like,
you know, um, most people are, I, I noticed our from oh, high proper or even came up from Malibu.
So, um, they have a different drive, which is not that exciting from that direction, but, um,
you know, it's a, yeah, it was, it was a cool hang, uh, good food. So if you're around, check it out.
So sweet. Um, all right, trivia time. Let's go.
It's trivia time. All right, watching one of my favorite holiday movies, the Christmas vacation.
Uh, Clark Griswald's at it again. Um, they go to get the big tree out in the woods. Forget
to solve. Of course, what car are they driving? I think it's a tourist. That is correct.
It's a tourist lane and a tourist wagon, um, which was a contemporary of the time. And bonus trivia.
Uncle Ned, I think it's Uncle Ned shows up to their holiday in what car? Liberian.
So, don't you know, isn't he in a win-a-backo? No, that's, uh, that's their cousin Eddie.
Doesn't Eddie? That's cousin Eddie. Uncle Ned. Oh, shoot. I don't know.
And I could be getting the name wrong. Don't, uh, at me, uh, for the listeners. Good gas, dude.
It's, that's not far off. Yeah, I don't know. Um, it's a rad, it's a rad car.
Oh, it's right. Like today, not rad and rad would, uh, respect, but it's a very cool
vintage car that you would, for sure, be, um, continental. Yes. Whoa. Lincoln continental convertible.
In the snow, whoa. They show up in a rad convertible. And these are like the, you know, they're
uh, totally out of it. Old, um, aunt and uncle that they like, like his weight on fire.
Yeah. I don't remember this. Oh, you gotta go watch it. You don't remember it. Okay.
I haven't watched it this season yet. I've been two rounds. Someone called it in handcuffs
and, and holiday at the chalet. But, um, all my lifetime ones, but I need, I'm saving it.
Don't, did you already watch, uh, Mr. Christmas or what it's called, uh, finding Mr. Christmas?
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Did you just say you watched a lifetime movie? Hell yeah. Yeah.
Are you kidding me? Who are you kidding me? This is like a hallmark. Oh, I'll watch all the time hallmark.
I'll watch Netflix. May for Netflix. I don't care, dude. Dude. I don't.
Big city gal come into the small town. Yeah. You watch the ones you, you're like, oh, that's
Terry Hatcher, dude. She's starring in this. Wow. I remember when she was, you know, in James Bond. Dude,
but she's going to buy the, the farm and, oh, it's in Clark.
Dude, uh, Lincoln Continental convertible is uncle. That is a very direct car.
Pretty, that's funny, because I had no recollect, recollection of that at all. It was in your
mind. It was like a rad old car. It obviously was there, right? Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And then
of course, the Winnebago, which I didn't confirm if it is actually a Winnebago, but I think they caught,
they name it as Winnebago, but Winnebago used to be the term, it's kind of like, it's
like Kleenex, right? I would call all motor homes, uh, Winnebago.
The other thing I, I, what's that thing where you like, you think it is something for sure.
Oh, it's actually a different Mandela, Mandela effect. Mandela effect. So I have a Mandela effect
with shitters full. I always thought he said shitters full. It's the shitter is full. Oh, well,
that was too far. Sometimes it's like not a thing at all. That's the whole thing with a Mandela
effect is like, you think that it happened in that movie, but it was like not a thing at all.
But it's also, it's also stuff like this, like for like a derivative about the life is like a
box of chocolates, but he says life is a box of chocolates. Life's a box of chocolates. And it
doesn't make sense. It's also because you don't, that doesn't, it makes more sense to say life is
like. Yeah. So, so what like, for example, the fruit of the loom logo I'm looking at right now,
like we always think of it as a corticopia. No corticopia. And it's not, it's not there, right?
I swear there was corticopia at one time. How about what's the same bad sin bad being in a movie
where he's a genie. Oh, wait, that's not a thing. No. What? Really?
How about a shitters full? Here's one for you. It does. What's his face? I'm not a shitter guy.
Monopoly guy, monical or no monical? You would say monical. No monical. I always think of it
as having a molecule. Yeah. Yeah. Well, they're out there. Anyhow, good job, Lane. You got them both
art. You've worked to do, but that's not Christmas yet. So watch it. You don't remember it at all.
I barely remember it. Of course, yeah, I've seen it multiple times over the years, but I got to
go watch my personal favorite Christmas movie. Oh, it's here. Die hard. Die hard. I
watched it already. I got die hard. And you know, Batman returns kind of Christmas adjacent.
You know, we did both homalones already. Oh, yeah, I actually need to do. Oh, you mean
if they, there's way more than that one. Oh, no, there isn't. I wore a special shout out to Netflix
that has Klaus, which is animated. Yeah, it's an origin story of St. Nick, which I really like
that. So that's a good one for the whole family. But all right. Here's another little mandala
effect real quick. We go, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Mr. Rogers, not a thing.
It's it's similar. It's a wonderful day of the neighborhood. A beautiful day in this neighborhood.
Oh, that's my shitter. Shitter's full. Yeah, it's a Jason. Yeah. I literally thought he just
looks over and goes shitter's full. But he says the shitter was full. I'm pretty sure is how it goes.
So yeah, I want to say like the shirts and stuff. Just say shitter's full. You know, I think
you're right. But is that a mandala thing where we're like, is it mandala or mandala?
I have friends. The last name is mandala. So I think I'm just fucking it up. All right,
that's podcast episode. Folks, we'll see you soon. Take care. Thanks for listening later.
And goodbye. Bye. Bye-bye.
About this episode
The Driving While Awesome crew dives into their 2025 Holiday Gift Guide, sharing unique gift ideas for automotive enthusiasts across various price ranges. From tools like Knipex water pump pliers to subscriptions for sports car market magazines, they cover it all. The conversation also touches on memorable movies, including Rob Reiner classics, and the emotional impact of recent celebrity losses. With a mix of humor and nostalgia, the hosts engage in lively debates about cars, movies, and holiday traditions, making for an entertaining and informative episode.
Original notes
On this episode of the DWA! Podcast, all three of us give gift suggestions for under $100, under $500 and one for an unlimited budget.
Under $100:
-Knipex 5" Cobra® Water Pump Pliers
-Sports Car Market Magazine Subscription
Under $500:
-Conway Electric Power Exstension Cord, and AVOLT Power Cord
-Solo Stove Pi Dual Fuel Pizza Bundle
Unlimited $$$$$:
-The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week
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