AMG is Mercedes’ performance brand. This “four door coupe” is basically a sportier-looking car with four doors, using a coupe-style sloped roof shape. The host is highlighting that it’s a new way to package the AMG GT name.
“All electric” means the car runs on electricity from a battery. There’s no gasoline engine doing the main work. The host is saying this new version might be going that direction instead of using a gas engine.
A V8 is a gasoline engine with eight cylinders arranged in a V shape. People like V8s because they usually feel strong and sound exciting. The host is saying fans were hoping for that, but the direction might be electric instead.
Horsepower is a number that describes how much power the car has. More horsepower usually helps the car accelerate harder, but it’s not the only thing that matters.
A light bar is a long strip of lights across the front or back of the car. It’s mainly for visibility and style, and some people like it while others don’t.
Circle lights refers to round headlamp or taillamp elements used in the rear lighting design. The host calls the rear “weird” specifically because the circular lighting treatment doesn’t match their expectations for the car’s overall shape.
“Sub two-second” means the car can accelerate extremely fast—usually measured by how quickly it reaches a speed like 60 mph. They’re saying it might be in the same league as the fastest EVs.
The AMG GT is a sports car made by Mercedes-AMG. It’s designed to be fun to drive and quick. The podcast is talking about a specific AMG GT model year they liked.
The Mercedes-Benz AMG GTS is a fast AMG V8 sports car. They’re talking about what can go wrong with it, like an oil leak near the engine’s rear, and what problems are less common than people fear.
A torque tube is a structural driveline component that helps transmit torque while also controlling alignment of the drivetrain. In cars with certain layouts, a leak can be described as “pours out… to drop the torque tube,” meaning oil can end up near or onto that driveline structure.
“Title washing” means trying to change a car’s paperwork so it looks like it doesn’t have a serious past problem. It’s basically a way to hide damage history from the next buyer.
Here, “rewrite history” means changing the story the car’s records tell—so it doesn’t look as bad as it really was. It’s connected to the idea of “title washing.”
The Tesla Model S is an electric car (it runs on batteries instead of gasoline). It’s a larger sedan that’s designed to go fast and travel farther than many older EVs. People talk about it when comparing it to other expensive electric cars.
The Mercedes-Benz EQS is an electric luxury sedan. It’s meant to be comfortable and high-tech, like a top-end Mercedes. The podcast is talking about pricing and how much one cost in a specific situation.
Brabus is an aftermarket tuner brand best known for heavily modifying Mercedes-Benz cars. In this segment, the host highlights that Brabus is now building its own vehicle and that it’s traditionally been focused on Mercedes models like the G-Class and SL, but this one is based on an Aston Martin V12.
A twin-turbo V12 is a big 12-cylinder engine with two turbochargers. The turbos cram more air into the engine, which usually makes it feel stronger and more exciting.
The G-Class is a luxury SUV from Mercedes. It’s known for being tough and capable on rough roads, while still feeling upscale inside. The podcast brings it up as part of a discussion about different vehicles and projects.
The Ford Mustang is a popular sports car from Ford. It’s known for a sporty look and for being fun to drive. People often mention it when talking about performance cars and design.
The BMW 8 Series is BMW’s luxury grand-touring coupe/GT line. Here it’s mentioned just to compare the look of the front end.
Brand
Pinifarina
Pininfarina is an Italian company famous for designing car bodies. The discussion here is about how it changed after being bought and moved away from being a purely Italian family design firm.
Term
EVBS
“EVBS” sounds like a shorthand the hosts used, but it’s not a common, standard car term. The important takeaway from the conversation is that the car they’re talking about is not electric—it’s described right after as a twin-turbo V12.
“Heavily depreciated” means the car is expected to lose a lot of its value over time. The host is basically asking if it’s still worth owning if the resale value drops a lot.
Saying “77 will be made” means only a tiny number of cars exist worldwide. That can make it more special, but it still doesn’t automatically mean it will be a good investment.
A KW coilover system is an upgraded suspension setup. It lets you adjust how the car sits and how stiff it feels when driving, which can make handling better.
The Porsche Carrera GT is a very rare, very high-performance supercar. It uses suspension components that help control how it rides and handles. The podcast is calling out a specific suspension setup as part of what makes it notable.
“Special tires” here refers to tires made specifically for a particular car, including branding or unique sidewall markings. The hosts argue that this kind of customization can hurt resale value because it’s harder to source replacements and can make the car less appealing to future buyers.
The Bugatti Veyron is a very expensive, extremely fast supercar. People talk about it because it’s rare and built for top-level performance. The podcast is also mentioning what it costs in the market.
Coach building means making a car’s body in a custom way, instead of using a one-size-fits-all factory design. The hosts are saying that the way EVs are built can make this kind of customization harder, so they’re glad it’s happening again.
Rear-wheel drive means the power goes to the back wheels. That can make the car feel different when you accelerate and turn compared to cars that drive the front wheels.
The BMW M3 CS is a more focused, lighter version of the BMW M3. Here, the big point is that BMW is planning to sell it with a manual transmission only, not the usual automatic setup.
They’re saying that earlier M3 CS models were only available with an automatic transmission. This new plan is different because it’s going to be manual-only instead.
The Maserati Quattroporte is a Maserati sedan with four doors. The name is basically telling you it’s a four-door car. The podcast is explaining the meaning of the name.
The BMW M2 is a smaller BMW performance car. It’s built to feel sporty and quick without being as large as some other performance BMWs. The podcast is comparing different versions of BMW’s performance cars.
The BMW 3 Series is a smaller luxury car that’s meant to feel sporty to drive. Some versions can be ordered with a manual transmission. In the podcast, it’s being praised for being in good, well-kept condition.
The BMW 1M is a rare, special BMW built for people who want a smaller, more fun-to-drive performance car. It’s known for being engaging rather than just fast on paper.
The E39 is the BMW 5 Series generation that’s widely loved for its classic driving feel and enthusiast-friendly character. In this segment, the hosts reference it as a benchmark (“obsessed with this as the E39”), implying they see similarities between the older 5 Series and the newer car being discussed.
MagRide is a system that lets the car adjust how stiff the suspension feels. It tries to balance a smooth ride with better handling when you push the car.
A “skunkworks project” is basically a small, experimental project that gets made somewhat outside the usual rules. The speaker means BMW sometimes still does weird, enthusiast-minded stuff like that.
The Dodge Road Runner is a classic American muscle car. It’s known for being built for performance and for having a distinctive look. The podcast is talking about a version with a large rear spoiler/wing.
“Bangle butts” is a nickname for a BMW design style that makes the back end look more sculpted and rounded. The speakers are saying some of that styling didn’t age well.
Tyra Rack is a tire-shopping platform that lets you enter your vehicle’s year, make, and model to show tires that fit. The host highlights that it includes filters (like wet traction and tread life) and also shows customer reviews plus its own test results.
Tread life is how many miles you can expect a tire to last before the tread wears out. Longer tread life usually means you replace the tire less often.
The Ford Sierra 3 Doors is a version of the Ford Sierra with a three-door body style. In the podcast, it’s connected to a special performance model called the RS500. The discussion includes details like tires, which affect how the car grips the road.
Road hazard protection is coverage that helps if your tire gets damaged by things like nails or potholes. It can reduce the cost of fixing or replacing the tire.
PCV is a valve system that helps keep the engine’s internal gases from building up. If it gets clogged with gunk, the engine can run worse and may start leaking.
The Ferrari FF is a Ferrari designed for long-distance driving while still being very fast. It’s known for having all-wheel drive to help with traction. The podcast is mentioning a particular special car that was made for a specific customer.
“Non-hybrid” means the car doesn’t have an electric motor working alongside the gas engine. In this discussion, they’re saying this kind of non-hybrid Ferrari V8 is becoming the last of its kind.
Concept
swan song
“Swan song” just means “the last one.” In this context, they’re implying this could be one of the final non-hybrid Ferrari V8s before the brand moves on to hybrid-only cars.
JLR is Jaguar Land Rover, the company behind Land Rover and Jaguar. They’re being discussed because they’re looking at tariffs and how to build cars in the U.S.
Stellantis is a big car company that makes lots of different brands. Here, they’re mentioned because they’re talking with Jaguar Land Rover about working together.
The podcast mentions the “Type 00” as a Jaguar model that may have trouble getting people interested. It’s being discussed in the context of potential problems and low demand. The key point is that it’s not expected to be a big hit.
The Jeep Wrangler is a popular off-road SUV, and this segment references a known reliability concern tied to certain four-cylinder versions. The hosts are using it as a comparison point for how a different brand’s new strategy could lead to similar “problems.”
The Land Rover Defender is a tough, off-road SUV that’s been around for a long time. The hosts point out that even though it’s a “British” brand, some Defenders are built in another country, which can affect how people think about the car.
A tariff workaround is a way companies try to avoid paying extra taxes on imported goods. Here, the hosts are guessing a company could adjust how it brings vehicles to market to reduce tariff costs.
The Land Rover Defender 90 is a smaller, shorter version of the Defender. People like it because it keeps the classic, rugged off-road vibe, and the hosts are debating whether Land Rover would reintroduce that style.
The JD Power Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) is an industry survey that measures how dependable vehicles are based on reported problems over a set ownership period. In the episode, the hosts reference it to argue that certain models rank at the bottom for dependability.
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is an electric van from VW. Here they’re talking about VW changing the van’s setup—adding a camper-style bed idea—to help it sell better. It’s basically VW trying to make the van more appealing to people who want a road-trip/camping vehicle.
“Clear inventory” means getting rid of existing cars already sitting at dealerships. Companies sometimes do this before bringing a model back or changing the lineup. The speaker is saying VW paused the ID Buzz to sell through what they already had.
A “pop-top” refers to a camper roof section that lifts up to create extra headroom or sleeping space. When paired with a bed setup, it turns a van into a more practical weekend-camping vehicle without needing a full hard-sided camper shell. The speaker is describing VW’s camper-style packaging idea for the ID Buzz.
Westfalia is a company known for converting Volkswagen vans into camper versions. When someone says “Westfalia,” they usually mean that classic VW camper style with a built-in setup for camping. The speaker is saying VW is aiming for that same vibe with the ID Buzz.
The Tesla Model X is an electric SUV. The big point here is that in winter, the battery doesn’t perform as well unless the car uses extra heating, so the usable driving range can get much worse.
Battery heating is what warms the battery in cold weather. If the battery stays too cold, it can’t provide energy as effectively, so you can’t drive as far.
Range means how far the car can go on one charge. In winter, the range often drops because the car uses more energy and the battery works less efficiently.
The Volkswagen bus is a famous type of van from Volkswagen. In this segment, they’re using it as a local identity marker for Ensenada, where these vans are especially common.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is a top-of-the-line luxury car. It’s designed to feel extremely comfortable and refined. The podcast is mentioning it as a luxury option someone considered but didn’t choose.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is Mercedes’ top luxury sedan. It’s famous for having the newest features and a very high-end interior, and here they’re talking about how different versions looked and felt to buyers.
Term
O7 update
They’re talking about an update to the car’s interior electronics—basically the software and screen/interface. The point is that newer updates can change how the screens and the dashboard look.
“Low mileage” means the car hasn’t been driven much. Cars with fewer miles are usually worth more because they’re seen as having less wear.
Concept
S partition
An “S partition” is a divider inside the Mercedes-Benz S-Class that separates the front seats from the rear seats. It makes the back feel more like a private, chauffeur-driven space, which can raise the car’s price.
This just means the car was registered in Massachusetts. People sometimes mention the state because weather and road conditions can affect how a car ages (especially rust).
A car title is the official ownership document. If someone “never titled it,” it means the paperwork for owning the car may not have been completed, which can make buying or transferring it harder.
If a cylinder is “scored,” the inside surface of the engine’s cylinder has been damaged. That can hurt engine compression and power, and it often means costly repairs.
A “rebuilt motor” is an engine that’s been repaired and put back together, usually with worn parts replaced. They’re talking about how expensive that is compared to other options.
A “no-hit car” means the car hasn’t had a serious crash. People use that to describe a cleaner history, which can make it easier to sell and less risky to buy.
An “LS swap” is when someone replaces the original engine with a GM LS V8 engine. It’s popular because those engines are common and there are lots of parts and guides for them.
Term
case swaps
“Case swaps” here sounds like swapping big drivetrain housings (like transmission parts) to make a custom build work. Enthusiasts do it when they’re trying to fit or upgrade the drivetrain for a project car.
They’re using a saying to mean that there’s probably someone out there who will want this car, even if it’s not ideal for everyone. In other words, the right person will buy it for the right reasons.
The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car made by Mazda. It’s known for using a rotary engine, which is different from the normal engine type most cars use. The podcast is treating it like a car people may value and keep long-term.
Concept
tax time
“Tax time” is when you have to pay your taxes. The discussion is basically about needing cash, so cars get sold to cover the payment.
The Lamborghini Countach is a famous supercar from Lamborghini. It’s known for its bold, unusual styling and for being a highly desired collector car. The podcast mentions it as part of someone’s ownership and trading story.
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center is Mercedes’ official help for older classic cars. The discussion implies it’s relevant to how a problem on a classic Mercedes might be handled.
The G-Wagon is a Mercedes SUV that’s famous for being tough and boxy. Here it’s mentioned because the speaker’s G-Wagon has a specific key/tech setup they’re talking about.
Concept
radar keys
“Radar keys” means a keyless system that can detect your key nearby. Instead of using the key in the lock, the car can recognize you and let you use features like unlocking or starting.
Term
go-wings
“Go-wings” is a nickname for Mercedes cars with gullwing doors. Those doors open upward like wings, and that look is a big part of the car’s identity.
Compression is how well an engine can “pressurize” its cylinders. If it’s borderline, the engine may not be sealing properly, which can cause it to run poorly and fail sooner.
Oil consumption means the engine is using more oil than it should. If it’s burning oil, it can be a sign that parts inside the engine are worn and the engine may be in trouble.
The fuel system is what gets gas from the tank to the engine. If it needs to be “complete,” it usually means the car may need fuel-related parts serviced or replaced, especially after sitting for a long time.
Direct injection means the car sprays fuel straight into the engine’s cylinders. It can help the engine run better, but it’s more complex than simpler fuel systems.
“Out of spec” means the part isn’t within the correct measurements the manufacturer wants. With brakes, that can make them work worse or wear out faster.
“Tune it” refers to calibrating the engine after rebuild so it runs correctly—matching fueling/ignition and overall settings to the rebuilt hardware. In this segment, it’s mentioned as part of the workflow after the engine is taken apart and put back together.
A machine shop is where mechanics use precision tools to reshape or fit engine parts correctly. The speaker is saying the quality of that work matters a lot.
Rebuilding an engine means taking it apart, fixing worn parts, and putting it back together so it runs right again. The speaker’s point is that it’s better when one shop handles the whole job.
Car
Goldwings
“Goldwings” are Honda motorcycles. The discussion is about a shop that rebuilds their engines, and whether that experience translates to doing other specialty work.
DC Motor Works is a specialty shop people are talking about for rebuilding Goldwing engines and swapping in manual transmissions. The discussion is basically: is this shop better than the other “classic center” option?
The Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG is a faster, performance version of the Mercedes E-Class. The podcast talks about rebuilding the engine and even converting some cars to a manual transmission. That’s why it comes up for people who like to keep these cars running and personalize them.
The C200 is being mentioned as a “donor” car—basically a source of parts. They’re talking about taking the manual setup from a C200 to use in another Mercedes.
Piston rings are the metal rings on a piston that seal the combustion chamber. They help control oil consumption and maintain compression, so when they wear out, the engine can lose power or start burning oil.
An “indie shop” is an independent repair business that isn’t a dealership or brand-owned service center. The segment uses it to emphasize that Mercedes-Benz will sell parts to non-dealer shops, enabling independent repairs on older cars.
The Lotus Esprit is a sports car made by Lotus. It’s known for being designed to feel light and sporty. The podcast is talking about the Esprit V8, which is a version with a V8 engine.
The timing chain coordinates the engine’s moving parts so everything opens and closes at the right time. If it slips or comes off, the engine can be badly damaged.
A Range Rover is a luxury SUV. The point here is that even if you buy one for cheap, fixing it can cost a lot—especially if it’s been left outside or neglected.
Topic
Facebook Marketplace vs. other selling channels
They’re talking about where cars get listed and sold online. Some cars are so rough that they don’t do well on common marketplaces.
“Blown motor” means the engine is seriously damaged. It’s the kind of problem that can make a car not worth fixing unless you’re prepared for a big repair bill.
The Fiat 500 Abarth is a small car with a sportier, more fun personality than a regular Fiat 500. They mention it as a good “fit” option when space is limited.
The Lincoln Blackwood is a specific model of pickup truck from Lincoln. The podcast mentions it while talking about what to do with it or how to handle it. It’s being treated as a particular option rather than a general pickup type.
The Buick Grand National is a performance muscle car made by Buick. It’s known for being turbocharged and for having a strong fan base. The podcast is talking about related special versions like the GNX.
Ethanol is a type of alcohol-based fuel blend that can be mixed into gasoline. The host is mentioning it because it can matter for older cars and how their fuel behaves.
A Mercedes gullwing is a classic Mercedes with fuel injection. The hosts are saying ethanol fuel can cause problems when the engine bay gets hot, because it can lead to vapor bubbles that make fuel delivery act strangely.
The injection pump is what sends fuel to the engine in the right amount and pressure. If it gets too hot, fuel can start behaving badly and the engine can run strangely.
Vapor lock is when fuel gets hot enough to turn into vapor instead of staying liquid. When that happens, the engine may run poorly or act unpredictable because it isn’t getting the right fuel flow.
Stop leak is a chemical you add to the cooling system to slow down leaks. It can help temporarily, but it doesn’t actually repair the underlying problem and can complicate getting the engine properly fixed later.
“Chrome mondial wheels” refers to a specific wheel style/finish: chrome-plated wheels with a particular design (the “Mondial” name). Chrome wheels are mostly about appearance, but they can also be harder to keep looking perfect because chrome can pit or peel if neglected.
A “restomod” is an old classic car that’s been fixed up and then upgraded with newer tech. It tries to feel better to drive than the original, while still looking like the classic.
The Mercedes-Benz R107 is a specific generation of the Mercedes SL roadster. Enthusiasts like it because it’s a classic Mercedes you can actually live with compared to some rarer models.
The rear axle system is basically how the back wheels are connected and how they move. That setup can change whether the car feels playful and stable in corners or more like a relaxed cruiser.
A swing arm is a suspension part that pivots to let the wheel move up and down. The way it’s designed can affect how the car behaves when you turn and push it.
A “cruising car” is a car that’s meant to feel comfortable and easy at normal speeds. Here they’re saying it’s more about relaxed driving than aggressive cornering fun.
The Toyota Prius is a hybrid car, meaning it uses both a gas engine and an electric motor. It’s made to use less fuel than many regular cars. The podcast mentions it as a well-known model people instantly recognize.
The “seven series” means the BMW 7 Series, BMW’s big luxury sedan. The speaker is bringing it up as part of the same set of cars that didn’t meet expectations.
The Alpina B7 is a BMW-based luxury car that’s tuned by Alpina. The speaker is mentioning it as one of the specific cars that contributed to their disappointment.
A supercharger is a device that forces extra air into the engine to make more power. If it’s not working right, it can cause big problems and costly repairs.
Term
Vowseals
“Vowseals” sounds like a transcription error for a sealing part. If it’s something like valve seals, they help stop oil from getting into the engine’s cylinders—when they fail, the engine can start burning oil.
The BMW X6M is a high-performance version of the X6 SUV. If the engine is blown and someone replaces it, the car can be a lot harder to sort out than a normal repair.
Concept
swapped it over
“Swapped it over” means someone replaced the engine (or another big part) instead of repairing the original. Even if it runs, an engine swap can hide problems if it wasn’t installed and tuned correctly.
The Ferrari F40 is a famous supercar made by Ferrari. It’s known for being very fast and for having a more “no-frills” feel than many modern supercars. The podcast is highlighting it as a standout car.
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Hello and welcome to this car pod.
It's a very special this car pod
because today is my birthday.
Oh and because we have Hoobie here.
Hello.
It is my birthday.
You got anything to say?
I had no idea.
Happy birthday.
Is it really?
The day this pod is airing is my birthday.
I see.
Not filming though so you don't understand.
It's daddy.
You're getting a little older.
That's funny.
I've called you daddy for almost 10 years now.
I'm older than you.
I'm gonna turn 40 this year.
You're gonna turn 40.
40, yeah.
Wow, how's that feeling?
They're not good.
It's falling apart.
I heard Ryan, we were talking about this
because they used to be the prettiest guy
that come on the podcast.
And now, I mean, look at me.
I'm falling apart.
You think you were the prettiest guy
that come on the podcast?
I was, I will.
What about Filippo?
Oh, I forget Filippo.
What about Filippo?
Yeah, I know.
He's unbelievable.
I know.
He comes over here, he insults Nick straight away.
That's right.
Let's start with the news.
I wanna start with the news.
Then we'll talk about all of the Hoobie situations.
I got questions geared specifically toward you.
I got, we're gonna do Hoobie talk cars.
It's gonna be a big Hoobie episode.
But let's start with the news.
We're gonna get Hoobie's takes on some car news.
Who doesn't do car news?
So it's gonna be interesting.
I don't keep up on things past 2007.
So, same brother Sam.
Nick and Hoobie haven't done any post 2000.
So I'm gonna have to carry all this.
Okay.
The first big news story is this,
which is the new Mercedes AMG GT four door coupe.
I'm gonna just make this clear.
There's a Mercedes AMG GT coupe.
There's a Mercedes AMG GT four door.
And now there's a Mercedes AMG GT four door coupe.
Is this troublesome for you?
I have no idea.
This is why you stopped paying attention
to cars made after 2007.
I guess so.
It's stuff like this.
It is quite the mouthful to say all those differentiators.
I think the big thing here is it's all electric, right?
So we were all hoping for V8s
and AMG has been talking about V8s.
It's a 1,153 horsepower, which sounds good,
but it's all EV.
The front profile is, I think fine.
It looks Mercedes.
I don't love the light bar across.
The side to me looks Audi RS e-tron or Taycan,
like they all look very similar.
Same kind of basic rear though.
Have you seen the rear?
The rear is weird.
The rear is weird with the circle lights.
Who is cars 1,153 horsepower?
You got any?
So I assume in the sub two-second category
with like the Taycan Turbo S and everything else.
It's all the same thing.
Okay.
We have this warp barrier that everybody's passing.
Right.
And then what's next?
I mean, it's just.
Well, I'm not thinking about what's next.
I'm thinking about what's now.
Okay.
Okay.
Well.
You ever think about getting a Taycan?
They're pretty cheap use.
They are.
I mean, down the road, I think they'll get there.
Cause I'm right now, I'm a little bit older.
So like Panamera 4S I just sold.
So, you know, that's to be in that under 20 junkie range.
I'm the same with Nick.
Yeah.
But my newest car, I think the 2016 AMG GTS.
Love the thing.
I thought those cars wouldn't hold up.
And they're actually pretty solid motors.
Great powertrain.
Yours had a couple issues.
Or was that just the tuning and aftermarket stuff?
It's the rear main leak is the big problem
because they're big boosted engines.
So it just pours out the back to drop the torque tube
and all that stuff.
But otherwise it like no cylinder scoring issues.
None of the like a big like the head bolts
of the older ones, you know, that kind of stuff.
Did it catch on fire or was that only your SLR?
No, no, that's, that's the SLR.
It's terrible car.
I couldn't wait to dump that thing.
Minor electrical fault that never actually caught
on fire as far as we can tell.
Now that I've sold it, I can say back when I owned it,
I said, oh, it's a minor electrical event.
I'm like, no, this thing almost burned to the ground.
I mean, it works like it was carbon damage.
I mean, it was horrible.
Part of the deal is we were going to title wash this.
We were going to rewrite history,
take a page from the Vin Wickey playbook here.
That's right.
We were going to go on Vin Wickey
and say this car, flawless, flawless.
Wow, boy, that's interesting.
That's, he's throwing it bully under the bus.
You came here and called us all ugly.
Now he's calling it bully and a cheater.
I didn't say, I mean, it's me, I think everybody's great.
We're all average looking men here.
So when you hire someone like Ryan that's above average,
it sucks for all of us.
What is all of this?
We love Ryan.
Back to the electric Mercedes, super sedan.
I'm really surprised they're launching this.
I know EVs are the future and all that,
but if you look at the commercial success
or lack thereof of the Taycan, the RSU Tron,
literally, I mean, even the Model S.
The EQS.
My presumption is-
The EQS, yeah.
Is there a successful car in this?
Far enough along in development
that they just had to bring it to market.
I agree with you.
Brad Pitt ain't going to save it.
They had Brad Pitt at the launch.
Yeah, and Blink 182 played a live set.
So like, that would have been pretty cool.
We were invited to that.
We were both invited.
My general rule about product launches
is that when I get invited, I delete the email.
But this time I actually responded and said respectfully,
no, so the usual-
A gentle request, just forward those emails to me.
Send your representative.
You can go to LA to hang out with Johnny Lieberman
and see Brad Pitt get out of a Mercedes.
I haven't seen Blink 182 since 2002 live.
You can go see him pride.
They pride too.
I'm not going to do that,
but I'll go to a Mercedes launch with Blink 182.
No, you don't want to go to this stuff.
Did they say pricing?
Expensive.
Yeah, I imagine.
There's no official number.
Because the EQS that I had was $120,000 new
and I got it three or four years old for 30?
Maybe there's insane.
They drop real fast.
I don't even think they said when it's going to come out.
Yeah, it's sort of, there's some pieces too
that are still concept car looking in there.
So it's not even clear that this is coming out.
No, it'll definitely be out.
It'll definitely be out looking sort of like this.
I think this is the production one.
It's got a big mouth,
but that's coming.
That's a big news story.
Another big news story is,
oh yeah, this, this is the new,
it's Brabis has their own vehicle now.
You see this?
This is the kind of thing we would like.
Okay.
It's a twin turbo V12 and it's like a long tail.
Is the,
the long tail is actually,
it's striking from the side.
So Brabis always, their color is black.
And I feel like it sort of hides a little bit
how striking this is,
but they, they revealed it at Villa D'Est.
Am I saying that right?
I'm like Koma.
Oh yeah, it is surprising even to me.
It is, so Brabis is known for mostly tuning Mercedes.
They do everything from G wagons to SLs,
but this is actually based on the Aston Martin,
including the V12 and the Aston Martin.
So they must have teamed up with them,
but it is truly their own vehicle
and they change a lot to make it really special.
Inside is like everything's quilted in carbon fiber
and so on.
So I mean, you can see some Mercedes-Benz
on the outside of this car, but like the wheels,
but I, I'm not sure it must be based on some.
The wheels are one off as well for them,
but this thing looks cool.
It is very cool.
It's a twin turbo V12.
I saw in the front a little bit of Mustang,
a little bit of a BMW eight series.
The back is, is beautiful.
But whenever these tuning companies
and silent companies start making their own cars,
it usually runs off all the OEMs.
So like pin and farina that used to style all the cars.
Like it costs them business.
I think it was the opposite for that.
Okay.
Pin and farina, what happened was
when pin and farina got purchased by not,
was no longer a Italian family design company
and was sold overseas.
I think a lot of the automakers,
particularly Ferrari no longer wanted
necessarily to maintain that relationship.
And they were like, we got to do something
and we have this brand heritage.
So let's, let's make it a super car
and like try to trade on the name,
which is why they named it after the founder of the company.
Unfortunately, it has not been a success.
Well, of course you would know.
This is cool.
Yeah, I would say.
This is an EVBS.
This is a, this is a twin turbo V12.
Not an EVS.
A thousand horse.
This is real.
Like in the, in the age of all these dummy Vs coming out,
this thing, can you see yourself owning
this heavily depreciated?
Sure.
77 will be made for the whole world.
Probably none coming to America.
And Brabis, you know, usually with the Mercedes,
they're very, you know, garish over style,
just like tacked on things.
I'm actually really impressed that they.
I know there's restraint.
This looks good.
Yes.
The first good looking Brabis is one
that they, is the whole, is they made the whole car.
And it's got KW coilover system,
much like your Carrera GT.
Damn.
Yeah, just for you.
Yeah.
They did also get special tires made specifically for this,
that have like the Brabis logo on them,
which I assume no one's going to, like that's,
you're never going to be able to get another set.
So, but it's, it's a fairly standard size.
All the Veyron for 60 grand.
Yeah.
It's like, haven't we learned,
do never do a special tire for a car.
It just kills the resale.
But I think, I think it's just an emblem
on the sidewall and not like a.
I'm looking at the drive.
And they call it the close,
it's close to a production version
of the Maibach Accelero is we're ever going to get.
Yeah.
Kind of.
They have the Accelero there next to it
to like showcase,
as well as a bunch of other really cool parts.
It's only 199 inches long.
So it's not like insane,
like some sort of Duesenberg situation.
199 is about the length of that 612,
but it's pretty cool.
I'm into that.
I'm glad coach building is back
and I'm glad it's not EVs anymore.
Like that Mercedes before.
EVs is what makes coach building possible
because you don't have to,
so I'm surprised to see them,
but it's, this is what people want.
This is what,
when we all sit and think about cars,
we think about.
Don't you think Aston is the right company to go to?
Cause they're having trouble like finding their lane
with all the other luxury and super cars.
And so they're, they're down to play ball.
Like they're just like, yeah,
if I can move 77 more units,
that's a huge relief to my sales team.
Indeed.
Next new story, please.
Yes.
You see this?
Who'll be there?
Is that a BMW?
Okay.
BMW has announced that they are going to make
a lightweight rear wheel drive M3 CS
that is manual only.
Whoa.
Which is a big deal because in the past,
the CS cars were automatic only.
It was all about like track performance,
the manual only,
and I think limited specifically to the United States,
not offered overseas.
Now they're unfortunately the German,
the Germans can't name stuff in German.
What happens is this?
Especially this name.
The Italians name stuff in Italian
and the Italian language is incredibly beautiful.
So the Italians get away with naming a car
the Quattroporte.
It just means four door.
Yes.
Okay.
But it sounds amazing.
Machilago.
Right.
That's Spanish.
But we'll move on.
The Germans think they can get away with this also,
but they can't.
So they've named this car the M3 Han Schalter,
which means I guess manual shift or hand shift or who,
I'm not going to dignify it.
Okay.
Nonetheless, this is a manual M3 CS,
manual only.
Did you get the,
the cherry on top is it's also a rear wheel drive.
Rear wheel drive,
which because we learned that it has to be
that the lesser powerful engine and rear wheel drive
are going to work with their manual 75 pounds later.
This is the car that if you bought one of these today
and put it away in 20 years,
you're not going to beat the market,
but it'll sell for a half.
Especially in a special color.
Like that, that would be a collector grade.
This is a pretty cool thing.
The fact that this is still happening,
the fact that they're doing a manual,
the fact that it's for the US,
they see the demand.
That's pretty interesting.
And it's sort of like a goodbye to this generation of M3.
And is the M2 CS holding,
is it as far as like the last equivalent of this?
Yeah.
The CS cars hold reasonably well,
but like a really well preserved manual E90.
Okay.
Does as well or better.
A 1M, I guess still.
A 1M.
A 1M is desirable for its own reasons separate from that,
but like, oh, you know, like a regular E90 M3
that's like, like a comp with a stick
is probably still a better situation.
The CS's have dropped maybe a little bit more,
but this one will hold 108 grand.
Are you going to buy one?
No, but you know what I was just thinking?
20 years from now,
there'll be a bunch of guys here
that look like Ryan Lopez with broccoli hair.
Yeah.
That are going to,
this is going to be their golden era of car
and they're going to be talking about
what a great value.
Oh, absolutely.
Like, Kuvie and I don't acknowledge cars after 2010.
Someone will be like,
yeah, I don't acknowledge cars after like 2027.
This is their like pinnacle peaked car.
I totally agree.
This will be a peak.
This won't be like a great value.
This will always be.
There will be a cannon in the future
that's obsessed with this as the E39.
And honestly, E39 and five upgrade.
Yeah.
A lot of things are fairly similar about it.
Money aside, this are a black wing.
For me personally.
And Kuvie.
I think they're about the same money.
Me personally, I really love the G80.
I really love the G80.
So you don't like America?
I love the black wing though too.
That's a tough call.
Kuvie's going American.
Black wing and the MagRide seats.
Yes.
I love the G80.
But I'd probably do a black wing also.
Line those two up though.
I mean, that's a heck of a doubt.
Two of the best cars on sale.
Yeah.
Like truly the best bar none.
Like not for the price.
Like two of the best cars on sale.
They still are delivering this special experience
that very few people are still delivering.
And we get BMW a really hard time for like the XM
and some of their cars that are just like awful.
But then they're doing stuff like this.
Like give them credit.
When I was a kid, the ultimate driving machine,
you remember the 2001 BMW thing.
That's the era we live in.
That era was so special.
But there's still like a little glimmer of that
that has gone away in a lot of other automakers.
The BMW isn't that anymore.
They are primarily just a luxury brand.
But there's still a little bit of this.
There's still a little bit of credibility.
They still cater to that small audience, us that exists.
It feels like a Skunkwork project they would do
in a strip mall in Huntington Beach.
You know what I mean?
I will say, when I saw all the details for this,
I definitely considered a little bit slash
I'm still considering getting one.
They're pretty cool.
To shame it's not a wagon.
Then you could really.
The problem with the wagon is I need more seats now.
I would have bought the M3 wagon
when it first didn't come to the US.
But now they screwed it up.
They're late.
And we've accepted the grill at this point.
I never had a problem with the grill.
Really?
You hate the grill.
I know it looks like the 30s cars.
I've just never been able to get around the big pennies.
I think that the grill is going to be
like all those other things.
The road runner with the big wing.
All the stuff that, oh, it was stupid and it's time.
And then time goes on and people are like, you know.
Bangle butts.
It was kind of emblem.
Well, the bangle butts never really aged well.
But the other stuff.
Some of them did.
Then I saw an abandoned way expired plates
Bengal E65 yesterday.
Just rotting on a driveway with weeds coming up.
Those cars are so bad.
I'm somewhere in between.
I have normalized the front grills.
I won't say I like them, but I no longer hate them.
Like I'm just, I'm neutral towards them.
The more aggressive that it's styled,
I think the better it looks.
So like in a normal, like a base, you know,
three series, two series, whatever.
Not them, two series, they have it.
But you know, it just doesn't look right.
I feel like.
Well, the base cars don't have the grill.
I mean, the, you know what I mean?
Where the more stuff's tacked on to it like this one,
I think it looks better.
Yeah, for sure.
That's definitely true.
And this car looks cool.
And I think you should get one.
Someone should.
Someone in our group should.
Maybe Ryan Lopez.
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Oh, this, this is the, if you've seen this,
did you read about this Nick before?
I sure did.
It's a one off Ferrari meant for a wealthy customer
in Austin, Texas.
That's about all we know of who got it,
but it is based off the F eight spider,
which has been discontinued.
However, it's meant to look like an F 80,
but with the roof cut off.
So it's absolutely beautiful.
I think the F 80, they nailed it.
This is so cool.
For all of you who's doing these one off cars
and it's a V eight non hybrid.
So all the new cars are have hybrid in it.
This one is not messed up with electrical,
which means it's going to age gracefully.
It's going to be another one that the future Ryan
from 20 years ago is lusting after saying this is the
swan song of non hybrid V eight Ferraris.
So it's the F eight's powertrain too.
How weird.
So it's the old V eight.
Yeah.
But I mean, you're getting a one off Ferrari
and it's a V eight.
Like I'm, and it looks like that.
Sign me up.
This is, it's so cool that Ferrari is doing this,
these one off things.
They, I bet they're 10 or $15 million.
Still won't put a manual in it,
but you know, we're getting there.
We're getting warm Ferrari.
You know, all of the modern Ferraris are hybrid now.
All.
I wonder if this goes down as like the last
non-hybrid Ferrari ever.
If dude's got like a Bachman collection of just like
cool stuff like that,
that will one day sell for all the money.
You know what it reminds me of is when people were
updating their Ferraris, like we had a three 48
and you want to make it look like a three 55.
Yeah.
So you cut the side strikes off.
And like there's still some going down the road today.
So it's the old last old school Ferrari.
And from the factory,
they're making it look like the modern hybrid ones,
which is totally goofy.
It's cool though.
It's a cool idea.
I can't believe they do this.
Like what a cool thing.
You show up with enough money at the Ferrari factory,
they'll build you some.
Think about how many BS cars he had to buy
to get that allocation.
You know what I would do?
How many Romas he has in his driveway.
You know what I would do?
Pure O'Sungway long tail.
Hybrid only or like EV.
EV.
They would do it.
With enough money, they would do it.
Least desirable car they've ever met.
Oh, you got any other news?
Land Rover and Jeep are doing something.
I hear.
What else we got?
JLR and Stalantis are,
it's so it's an MOU memorandum of understanding
and it is non-binding.
So like basically there's no formal commitment here,
but they are talking about sharing their prowess
because they're both such reliable, steady brands.
Can you imagine this?
To collaborate on cars.
Land Rover goes looking to avoid tariffs.
Land Rover goes looking to help build some cars
in the States and who do they find Chrysler?
But this is like Gen Z broccoli heads
where they're talking, they're not dating.
What's this?
It's like they send a Snapchat to each other.
I think they're trying to figure out
what's going to happen with the tariffs,
but this is an unbelievable thing.
How does Land Rover end up finding
the Land Rover equivalent in America?
The only thing that can come out of this is problems.
Well, maybe they'll help produce the type 00 Jaguar
that no one wants.
Well, they're back in the new millennium.
Land Rover thought they'd go to the
Warmer Lab Arms of BMW at one of their low points
in reliability.
So here we go again.
The four cylinders that are so bad in those Wranglers,
are they going to end up in the, oh, oof.
Yeah, it's an interesting thing.
Who knows what'll come out of it, but it does make sense.
Land Rover is at an unusual disadvantage in today's world
because unlike all of their rivals,
they do not produce cars in the United States.
And right up until the tariff situation happened,
that was seen as a bit of an advantage.
Like Land Rovers are still British,
even though they're building the defenders in Slovakia.
They don't talk about that.
The VIN still starts with S, they're still British.
Well, now it's become a real liability.
Porsche and Land Rover have this difficulty
that they've so associated with their home country,
now it's a problem.
So they're going to show up and they're going to build
Land Rover Jeeps and it's going to be another problem.
That's a pretty good theory actually,
that it's a tariff workaround.
Maybe they're going to bring back the NAS Defender 90.
I doubt it.
It's called the NEO's Grenadier
and it's not very successful.
Back in the day, they never made defenders
in different continents.
Like the G-Wagen got built in different places.
They made some defenders in South Africa.
For a very short time, but I think every defender
up until the Slovakian one was built in the UK.
I'm pretty sure.
Nick is a Land Rover man.
Why doesn't he educate us a little?
I don't know new ones.
Nick's never, we're going to talk about P30 it's later
cause I have a bone to pick and then we'll get into it then.
Boy, these three cars are like,
JD Power Vehicle Dependability Study, the bottom three.
It's like literally a picture of the podium
of the low three finish of VDS.
Although actually the new Defender
is the most reliable new Land Rover.
And it looks good.
Well, that's one take.
Anyway, we got more news.
What else we got?
The VW ID buzz.
ID buzz took 26 model year off
because they needed a clear inventory.
It's back for 27.
But they've got a genius fix to solve that sales lump.
The genius fix is they're adding a pop top bed situation
or maybe it's not a pop top, just a bed situation.
The roof doesn't come up.
There's no way they would have done that.
You know what's wild?
This is the Euro van.
This is the Euro van all over again.
I think they're going for that too.
They're like, oh man, we can't compete on a regular van.
Let's do a Westphalia version.
Let's do a camper version.
This is that all over again.
You must be thinking about getting an ID buzz.
The appreciation, you sold one, I think,
or has it been two now on Carson Bids and it was 30s for...
Dude, have you gone on an auto trader?
There are dealers offering them for 30 off.
It's new, brand new.
Right.
Yeah, a dealer was begging me.
Although that's arguably where it should have been priced
all along.
Like they came in a little hot.
Well, that's what happens.
I mean, any new car that sells at X discount,
that should have been the price.
That's the market correct.
That's market correct.
They have not announced pricing for 27 yet.
I mean, people assume it'll be roughly the same,
but I think it is the coolest car on the market.
There has never been a greater disconnect
between coolness and sales failure.
Like it's crazy to me, but it's overpriced.
It's not particularly practical.
It's too big, too long.
The segment, it was the wrong demo they went after.
You're missing the range part.
Range is an issue.
Well, and not only that, it's like the older Tesla,
because I have the old Model X
that's before the battery heating and all that stuff,
which is the same with this.
It's the same battery size,
about the same range as the old Model X.
And in the winter, without this heating,
it is atrocious.
It's 200 miles.
Really, it's 100 miles in the winter.
It's not a practical car.
It's not a practical car.
And it's not a practical car even for families.
It's way too expensive to buy.
They did not do all these family solutions
like the Odyssey has with seats that slide
and cupholders, it's not lacking all these cupholders,
but it's pretty cool.
It's really cool.
You want one.
Oh, I definitely do.
He lives in Ensenada.
It's the Volkswagen bus capital of the world.
Yeah.
The only place they're selling these things.
But it's 70, that's where it's like,
okay, it's a fun novelty toy
that I like maybe use periodically.
It gets to be a tough sell.
Yeah.
Which has always been its problem.
What about a 38?
A 38?
A 38 I'd have a conversation.
Have the conversation.
They're there.
Unfortunately, the conversation is with my wife
and not with the dealer.
You don't think she'd want one?
I think this is the coolest thing in the world.
I don't know if we're ready for an EV
and all this plugging things in.
Well, it's Ensenada, so it wouldn't make the trip
down and back.
Yeah, I don't know if we have enough range
to come to dinner.
All right, next, is that it?
That's the end of our news.
We got a lot to discuss today in the talk.
Forgot to move on to the talk cars segment.
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Type in chassis, Ryan.
Yes, I have seen a few photos of this
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But type in chassis so we can get a tight shot.
So chassis.
At the quail, one of the engineers sat down next to me
and he was describing this based on AI
and I was like, this is the craziest thing
I've ever heard and it sounds like a total failure.
But it's real.
Can you zoom in on this picture?
I guess, well, it'll be there for the audience to see.
Oh, wow, we're gonna actually do it
instead of just zoom in on this.
It's insane.
I never thought that was gonna happen.
Oh, it's a Miller Motor Party post.
Just zoom in on your trackpad.
And it's gonna be a 200 kilobyte photo.
Oh my God.
Anyway, you see that?
It looks like human skin.
It's crazy.
I really think we're gonna look back on this car
as the end of right angles and stuff
when this stuff was optimized.
They claim they've used logarithmic technology
to optimize it for all the actual strength.
Anyway, it's the coolest thing I've seen in my entire life.
Ryan Lopez got to drive one.
Wow.
Are you?
I'm in.
Is it live now?
Is it live now?
Can we pause and watch it?
Okay.
Are you a little nervous about Ryan Lopez?
Hi, I am a little, you know,
it's a lot of power for such a young boy.
Oh no.
I started this.
I'm so sorry.
Parked it outside of Bikini store.
Oh my God.
All right.
Well, I can't wait to see that Ryan Lopez video
with a zinger.
Anyway, that's the sponsor of today's talk car segment.
But there's a lot of talk cars to discuss,
including the reason that Huvie is here, I think,
is because you're promoting the cars
that you're auctioning on cars and bits.
Yes.
Can you pull up the Huvie cars?
I desperately need some money.
Can we start with this car?
All right.
So the Huvie's got four cars live right now.
Go bit on them, buy the cars.
Three more coming.
Three more coming.
What are the next three?
I don't remember.
The V38 Range Rover is one of them.
We got my back 62.
We got some sort of old car, no one knows.
We got a 911 Carrera.
Yes.
Can we talk about this Cadillac?
Yeah.
Pull up the Cadillac.
Sure.
Did you watch Breaking Bad?
I never watched Breaking Bad.
So that's not going to have any significance to you?
No.
I'm looking at this thing and I'm like,
what is this dusty old...
Literally everyone else on the planet
watch Breaking Bad and we'll resonate with them.
It's a big deal because this car was used
in the climactic final battle.
So he's taken out a whole team,
like a whole mob boss family.
And because he mounted a machine gun in the back
with a remote and it out.
He's driving this, the Brian Cranston is driving this?
Yes.
He drives it in the last episode to the last place
where he actually is killed by this as well.
Like a stray bullet actually gets him.
So this car is the car,
like as far as like,
if you're other than the Aztec obviously,
this is probably the one to have
if you love Breaking Bad.
You ever tracked down that Aztec?
I don't know where the Aztec is.
So this is the car Breaking Bad car.
Can we talk, since we're on Breaking Bad,
can we talk about Car Wizard moving to New Mexico?
Isn't that something?
Car Wizard's moving to New Mexico to Los Cruces.
I'm no offense to our viewers in Los Cruces,
but I've been through there a few times.
It is heartbreaking.
And I thought it was going to be
a little bit more of a gradual thing.
Los Cruces is heartbreaking.
No, ladies and gentlemen,
it has just indicated that Los Cruces, New Mexico
is heartbreaking.
This is an 18 year relationship, me and Wizard,
starting from the Mercedes diesels
and being like within 30 miles of each other on a forum,
going from me having a dealership
to him opening a mechanic shop to the YouTube.
Why is he leaving you?
He is just very tired of Newton, Kansas in winters.
And he's worked really hard his entire life.
I mean, and he's just, he's ready for a slowdown.
He's not old though.
He's like 40s, but the dude's had a lot of city miles.
I mean, he's had, he worked as a prison guard.
He worked in machine shops, mechanicking forever.
I mean, it's just harder on somebody.
And he's going to continue doing his shop.
He's going to hire a mechanic down in Los Cruces
and still make his videos,
but he's just looking for a slower pace and warmer weather.
And he's left me in the dust.
You get that Newton, Kansas is too fast paced.
I've got one more month with him
and then I'm taking over his shop.
So that's Los Cruces is new tagline.
Slower pace than Newton, Kansas.
I guess so.
I am looking at the climate data here for Los Cruces
and it is an upgrade from Wichita.
It's hot in the summer, it looks like,
but they're nice, they're nice winter.
He's got a beautiful home and mountain view and pool.
He's got a pool.
Yes.
Can you imagine wizard after a long day at the shop?
Is he still going to do shop out there?
Yes.
He's going to make a new shop.
A long day at the shop, he gets in his pool,
looks at the mountains.
I was just watching.
He did a video on the White Silver Seraf
that Hoovie had and sold to him for store credit.
Fixed it.
He was able to do what I was never able to do with my loss.
The dude is a national treasure.
So he just decided to leave.
When did he start breaking the news to you
that he was going to be leaving?
It's been years, honestly.
Oh, he's been talking about it for a long time.
And he's just been, every place that he would travel to,
he's like, I want to live here.
Every single place and then you look at houses.
If Los Cruces ended up being the place, I'm curious.
What other places did he travel to there?
Northern California, like Monterey area.
He liked that a lot.
Phoenix, Scottsdale was one.
Briefly, 30A area, Mealy Island, Florida.
But then he's like, Florida people, you know,
kind of like, we go, and then, you know,
and then it sort of went to Los Cruces on a random thing.
And that was it.
The next visit, they bought a house.
And it's like, okay, the next five years we're going to go.
And then within a year, he's like, I can't.
I got to get out of Kansas.
Wow.
It's heartbreaking, but I mean, obviously,
I've been doing the same thing
for many years on my YouTube channel,
as far as, you know, buy the car,
take the wizard, he tells me I'm at WIM.
He beats me with the bill.
So now it's going to force a change in my content.
Well, I got a couple questions.
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I got a couple of questions.
Number one, Wizards out.
We're all sitting here.
I'm not trying to, we're here.
You know what I'm saying?
You kind of getting where I'm going with this.
You want me to move to San Diego?
Well, I'm not wondering.
Like, you know, what are we doing in Wichita still?
I love Wichita.
Oh, okay.
Okay. And that's, that's great.
Interstate 35 corridor.
There's a lot of good stuff.
Yes.
But where am I going to get five acres
in a 6,000 square foot building that's air conditioned
and all this stuff and be in a good area,
not like 30 miles out of town.
A lot of people, a lot of people say
you get a smaller prom land,
you get a smaller house,
but you get to live near Crazy Nick
or Cheapskate Nick as you call it.
And then do you think that's a good trade-off?
I think it's a good trade-off.
What's your rent on this garage?
Because that's about the size
I would need to hold on my stuff.
Eight, 900 a month.
80, 90,000 a month, maybe.
Right.
No, Ubi, listen, I understand that maybe San Diego
isn't necessarily the place for you,
but what about Chula Vista?
Yeah, Ramona.
Ramona, you can get some alcohol.
Ubi, Ubi, what I'm saying to you is,
what I'm saying to you is,
I think we all agree that the one thing keeping you
in Wichita was car wizard.
It certainly is an April.
April is a city girl.
Chicago.
She was from Chicago.
She lived the fast life.
Yeah.
And...
I have children in Kansas.
I have a family.
Okay, let's talk about that.
How old are the children?
They are 13 and six.
Six, okay.
So 10 years, young child is going to be
probably off somewhere else.
I can't imagine your children stay in Kansas.
Okay.
Am I wrong about that?
It's possible.
They're gonna go to college.
And even then they're not gonna stay in Wichita.
They're not gonna go to Wichita State.
Not everybody's,
there's thinking how many people
in your high school class in Colorado
are still probably in Colorado.
Well, but Colorado is like a cool place
that people wanna be.
Okay.
And you know what I mean?
I guess so.
Your kids are gonna be like,
you know, dad, I think I wanna move to San Diego.
And then what are you gonna do?
Or they're gonna be like,
wow, this is the only place I can afford to live
is Kansas.
Because the cost of living anywhere else
is just insane.
And where else they could live?
Las Cruces.
What if they move there?
I guess so.
I'm very happy with Phoenix Scottsdale.
I have a lot of work there.
So we got a little place.
Is it possible that that may become
more of a full-time situation?
It is possible.
And it was a short five-hour drive to get here,
which was a very nice drive.
And it's a very car-central kind of type of town.
And there's a lot of nice things,
a lot of nice restaurants,
a lot of things to do.
It gets very hot in the summer, obviously.
That's the downside.
But-
A lot of people in Phoenix in the summer,
you know where they go?
Chula Vista.
San Diego.
Okay.
Look, all I'm saying is we want you here.
Do you wanna,
why don't you get on this?
Oh, you're doing a great job of being pushy.
It's just a matter of an invite, I suppose.
Like, I don't mind the Arizona thing
and then driving out.
Like, this is really pleasant.
So whenever you want,
I don't have to be here pimping my stuff
with my Pimp Cadillac here to show up.
Is it hot already in Scottsdale?
It was Hades, low 90s, so not terribly hot.
You get used to it.
Do you agree he said Hades?
Yeah, I heard it.
I understand the implication.
Yes, it was hot.
Okay, so this Cadillac,
this Breaking Bad Cadillac you're selling,
that's pretty cool.
Nicky Bit, you throwing a bit or two?
Not on this one,
but there are a few Hoovey specials.
So the MyBlock 62, he tried to dump on me at one point.
It wasn't a dump.
It didn't tell you not to buy it or whatever.
No, I absolutely begged him to buy it.
Quite the opposite, my friend.
I'm into it and actually I think the price you offered it
to me for is less than it will sell on the site.
We'll see what happens,
because currently there's what, six days to go
and apparently 25-ish is that right?
Why don't you find this like country estate
to shoot these photos?
Oh, that's what you get for Kansas, you know.
It looks correct.
That's my driveway on my circle drive.
This is your driveway?
Indeed.
Oh my God, let's move to Wichita.
You know what?
Let's stop trying to convince him to move to California.
Let's move to Wichita.
We could all go around his pond
and then kind of have like views of each other,
like a little hippie commune.
That would be great.
You could all have estates for whatever,
your little homes here in San Diego.
Our little, Nick, I will have you know
that Nick has the largest floor plan in his community.
Wow.
Something Doug is more proud of than I am, but.
He told this to us once, I really like that.
It's like, do you brag at the community mailbox every morning?
You know, I actually, I'm 28, 46, I don't know.
You don't brag, you just walk a little bit more upright,
you know, like it's a subconscious vibe.
So this is the V12.
Yes.
Why are we selling this?
It's got the partition.
Yeah, I know.
That's the big deal which, yeah,
we should probably put partition up in the title
because that's a big value add.
Also a big reason why a lot of the partition cards
leave the country so it can end up with some dictator,
you know, getting driven around in, you know.
Interesting.
So this one's always, this one's always been.
It's only got like a hundred and 7000 miles.
So I bought it.
Looks like a Texas window sticker then.
Yeah.
So I bought it at auction in Houston.
Yeah.
And it was a guy who owned a chain of liquor stores
and he was driven this thing to his chain of liquor stores.
I don't know if he was sampling the products
so I need to be driven.
That's why I had the miles.
But he took it as the dealer for everything.
Like it was kept up.
And so this thing, like it'll sit for a month
and that's the reason why I'm selling it.
It's like for the past year, nothing.
It hasn't moved.
You don't use it.
April Tourer ACL when we were skiing
and I basically chauffeured her in that for months
and that was the last time it got used
because she could recline in the back
and stretch her legs out.
What's the reason I use it?
It's too big to be practical.
So the partition for me at six foot three,
it's hard to get comfortable in that
because of the walls right there.
Yeah.
So as far as for a daily driving experience.
That's probably any partition card.
But it's not bad.
I daily drove the thing forever.
Took it to California and the crew.
You could check the boxes after a while.
You could toss a bit in.
Things huge.
What's the problem with that?
Well, I don't got a lot of space.
Some of us don't live in Las Cruces.
You know what your real problem would be?
Seriously?
It would probably mess up your driveway.
How heavy is this car?
Oh, it fits heavy.
But it's a real.
Is it 10,000 pounds?
No, no.
Is it seven?
It's got to be lighter than most EVs.
But it's a real my buck.
That's the thing.
It's not a rebadge something else.
And when these cars came out,
I found the styling to be so underwhelming.
And now I look at that and I'm just like, holy crap.
Like that is just such a,
it's so subtle but noticeable.
Especially the long ones.
I still find the 57s to be underwhelming.
The long ones have this.
The presence is insane.
Yes.
But it's almost kind of an FU also.
Like I've chosen not to be in a Phantom and have that.
Instead, I've got this sort of more subtle flex.
It was $450,000.
That was the big problem.
$450,000 in 2006 or whatever the years is.
This is a four.
This is a $750,000 car in today's money.
I mean, it's wild.
It ain't got a code for that.
That's for sure.
And the S-Class got redesigned
and they did a great job with that redesign.
So you had these two sitting next to each other.
And it was just like, the new S-Class, so cool looking.
This looks like the older S-Class.
So nobody bought it.
Obviously in their session they killed it.
Basically had the wheels from the old S-Class,
the same design.
The design was fairly similar.
And then the mistake they made, of course,
was that it was seven S-Class.
They kind of made it look like this,
the rear end and all that, except better, honestly.
Yes.
And then same with the electronics on the inside,
the O7 update was what, this had all the older,
older pixels and like the cluster.
Look at that interior.
Look at that interior photo.
The stereo and all that stuff.
So it just looked dated in one of these.
No.
There's wood.
There's like the steering wheel buttons are wood.
Rippled wood.
Everything is steering wheel buttons are wood.
It's insane.
It's funny because they're like,
if you're 10 feet away, it still looks like an S-Class.
And the closer you get, the more changes you notice.
So look at the Alcantara on the side of the seat.
Why?
There are some big money, 62.
If it's an S partition, it can be a quarter million dollar
car.
Really?
If in low mileage, there's been some 10,000 mile cars
that have sold for that much.
So this one, obviously being 107,000 miles,
it's not gonna be, I'd love it to be a six-figure car,
but it's not gonna be, that's the thing.
If you wanna use it, but the partition thing.
So if it's gonna end up with an African warlord
or something like that, it'll be fun,
but that's where a lot of them end up going.
You think it might ship?
It might.
Go back to the rest of the movie cars.
We got this Packard.
We don't need to get into that.
And then-
What's wrong with the Packard?
I know you don't like the older stuff as much,
but the Packard was the other one
with the electrical incident.
It's original paint.
This is an old, very old car.
It's a 100 years old movie.
It's original paint.
You driving this thing around?
I've driven it a little bit.
It's had a thermal incident similar to the SLM McLaren.
It had to fix the wiring,
so it had a small thermal incident.
So it got rewound.
Why you got a 997?
So the 997, unfortunately,
I got scammed on this one pretty bad.
So full disclosure, this thing has a clean car fax,
which is crazy.
Is that a Massachusetts license plate?
Yes, it came from Massachusetts.
Okay.
You never titled it.
I got an email from a fan.
Well, I got dealer's license because it would be crazy.
So a Boston Wailer dealer emailed me and said,
hey, I got this 997 on trade.
I put 200 miles on it, changed the oil.
It seems good.
You want it?
Well, they sent me some pictures as the paint's fading,
but the engine seems fine.
Sure, okay, I buy it for about 25,000 shipped to my door.
I started it up.
It is billowing smoke on the back.
Cylinder scored, it's 30 grand.
Did you call again?
No, I didn't even, I don't even mess that anymore.
He just left a few passive aggressive comments
on YouTube, as you do.
I know, I mean, because it's truly,
if he's a boat dealer, he may not know.
But I mean, every single light was on.
The suspension's messed up.
The brakes are...
Oh, he got traded it on a boat.
I see.
Imagine doing that.
Be like, will you take a beat 997 on a whaler?
People trade boats on cars.
I'm sure it's happening in Kansas.
People trade boats at RVs on cars all day.
I mean, not constantly, but in certain parts of the country,
in Minnesota, you expect to get ATVs offered,
all that stuff.
So the car wizard estimate to fix this car, $56,000.
And that's before cosmetics,
because this thing needs a repaint,
and the bumper's hanging off and all that stuff.
56, a new motor.
A rebuilt motor is about 30 grand on these things.
So, I'm gonna lose, I'm sure, thousands on it,
but the thing is...
You're selling it as a project, isn't it?
No, no, that's the thing.
This is, because it's a no-hit car.
It can be somebody's track beater.
They can do the LS swap thing.
There's all the case swaps, those all these things.
But they could make, because it's not a hit car,
it could be a really good track car.
Or if somebody wants to be the first person to restore 997,
you know, take it in their garage.
And Porsche people are so nuts.
Like, I've seen, they're still underscored 997s.
There's one recently, an 08 4S on a different auction site.
And it sold for 44,000 with cylinder scoring,
needing a 30 grand engine refill.
Like, that's how crazy Porsche people are.
Wait a minute, did you say there are case swaps?
Yeah.
People are doing that?
In these?
Yes.
And the Audi, another one is like the Audi 2.7 turbos.
Really popular.
Really popular.
Yeah.
Good luck with that.
Water pump goes out.
So, what's it at right now?
What do you expect this to go to?
It's at 15.
I mean, it can't be much higher than that.
Probably not.
Probably not.
So, I'm gonna lose, I imagine,
yeah, over five grand on this thing.
And yeah, it just, it sucks.
Cause I hadn't bought a 911 in a long time.
And so, it is what it is.
I made sure I went through the video
and I made sure I got everything.
Cause it's probably the longest list of disclosures.
It's probably the worst 997 you guys
have ever had on your site.
Probably.
But it's, obviously it's close that way.
There's a market for it.
In the industry, we say there's a...
Butt for every seat.
There's a butt for every seat.
Someone will want it for the exact purposes
that you described.
I did, off camera, Filippo offered
to buy your wheels off you from that,
if you don't want to.
They're cheap.
They'll trade for some gun metal ones.
These are not one-wheels.
Yeah, I know, but they would look better.
They would look better.
They would look better than what he's got now.
Can we talk about why there was a fire sale?
You know, every year around this time,
we get all excited.
We get all excited.
And it was usually before April 15.
We get all excited.
Mid-April.
Because usually, Hoovie gets into a situation
where he can't pay his taxes
and he's got to sell a bunch of cars.
And you know, he says that I make fun of him for it,
but I was thinking about it today
when I was shooting that RX7.
Really, it's just an alternate savings account.
Like, what do I do when it's tax time?
I take some money on my savings account and pay the IRS.
What does he do?
He sells some cars, pay the IRS.
It's the same basic principle.
And the vehicles are a vessel for content
that make me money.
So when you say I make fun of you,
I don't think it's, I just think it's kind of interesting
that, you know, we're not, as the year goes on,
we're not kind of budgeting, but in a way you are.
It is, normally it wasn't an issue
and I would pay my quarter lease.
It was just home renovation got out of control before
and that smoked me.
And then I made a mistake on my taxes
with the Veyron where I structured it as a lease.
So when I traded the Kuntosh towards it,
I thought I could roll in all that money onto the Veyron
because it's a lease.
I could only write off a quarter of that trade in a year.
So even though I sold the Kuntosh for a bunch of money,
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
I had to pay the capital gains on it,
even though I got no money, it's a complicated tax thing.
But so that was like the surprise extra $150,000
for the gains, because I was zero into the Kuntosh
because I bought it with the Diablo, sold the Diablo.
Right, right.
So like, so it was, it was, that was like a, oh crap.
The year before that it was home.
The last year it was the mistake with the taxes.
So this year I had it all figured out.
Can I stop you real quick, go back before you get into this.
You are, you're taking, you're taking capital gains
on these cars.
Yes.
You're declaring that?
Come on.
You?
Yes.
You, Freddie is not declaring capital gains on cars.
Well, I imagine most people aren't, but I, am I wrong?
No comment.
I incriminate myself enough.
No, on that, where I sell a car for whatever it was,
close to half a million bucks,
and I had zero in into it because I was like,
you think that you would let that,
you would let that go and risk it?
Me, no.
Okay.
You, I'm truly astonished.
What's the IRS looking at state registration records?
Do you know what they do
if they catch you for tax evasion in Kansas?
They ship you to La Cruces in New Mexico.
Are you implying the car wizard is a tax evader?
Nice thing.
I can't spend 90 days in a white car prison like that.
It's not worth it.
Look at that face.
No.
Although now that you're not as handsome
as you used to be, maybe that is true.
I'm aging badly now.
Ryan Lopez in prison?
No, that would be terrible.
Okay.
So anyway, so because of that,
so you, but this year,
so those were tough tax years this year.
This year, I mean, it cleaned me out, but I made it.
I did not need to do the April, you know,
dump everything, but I was good.
Which upset us here at Cars and Bids for two reasons.
Number one, we rely on a steady stream
of no reserve cars from Hoovie to pay our bills in April.
Yes, except I didn't do it last year.
And then the guy, you know, flip that El Dorado,
which you gave me hell for, you know,
so I sold an El Dorado for 15 grand
and then the guy sold it for,
flipped it for 50, something thousand dollars.
So, yes.
I honestly and truly believe that if that dude,
the Geneva MotorCars guy had sold it with us
and I did a video, he would have gotten even more.
I think he probably would have gotten 67.
Well, I would have hand it up in that video
because that was, to me, those things are so cool.
Concept car.
Anyway, so we didn't get the tax time this year,
but we are getting it anyway.
You're getting it anyway because, yeah,
I get all of my responsibility ducks in a row
and then blew the Gullwing Motor on the way to the car show.
So, look, I wanna talk about the Gullwing Motor blowing.
And I wanna address something
that has been brought up in comments.
You seem to be a little reticent to bring it up
in the videos and I wanna talk
about the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center.
Okay.
I knew that's where it was going.
So, Mercedes-Benz, our favorite auto brand.
Yes.
Agreed.
Oh, wow, you're gonna go on the wagon.
He's got the swap wagon, it's awesome.
And the fire damage, that's all right, yeah, yeah.
Scorched.
Mercedes-Benz.
Lone fuse.
Unlike a lot of other automakers,
such as Audi, which is Nick's favorite brand,
Audi doesn't have any parts for their old cars
if possible to get anything done.
Correct.
Mercedes-Benz has this Classic Center
where you bring them a car
and they will fix literally anything
except for the two years where they did the radar keys,
which I have in my G-Wagon.
And you took, but they're especially known
for their go-wings, restorations.
Like people bring, they're in Long Beach
and there are Long Beach locals
who will bring them an S-Class to do regular work
because the Classic Center stamp on the receipt
is really a big deal.
But they mostly do go-wings.
I went in there, there were like 12 go-wings.
Right, so they opened up this in the United States
in 2006 or 2007.
It was an Irvine at first.
It was an Irvine.
Right by my grandparents living in Costa Mesa.
So I just go in there and drool about, oh my God.
So they moved to Long Beach to the old kind of airport area
and it's in a big warehouse
where Mercedes has their cars coming in.
And it's an amazing facility.
Amazing facility.
It's beautiful.
Incredible facility.
Beautiful facility with beautiful cars.
Right.
It is interesting to me though.
You're looking at me like, what's he gonna say?
You're not thinking this?
This isn't in your mind.
How much did you drop
at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center on this vehicle?
Like year ago, six months ago?
They were very kind to me and offered a discount
in exchange for the content,
but it was close to not quite six figures.
You spent six figures on that car when you bought it.
Well, seven on the car.
And that was when we had that 993 300 SL
meet on the highway randomly.
Now I was just bought the 993, so it was October I think.
So that's, if I'm doing my math, seven months,
you spent 100 grand and now the engine's blown.
Right.
I'm just laying out the facts.
I'm like, Joe Rogan, I'm just asking questions, man.
So when they woke up the engine after its 10 year slumber,
the compression was a little borderline.
The oil consumption was somewhat high.
It is an older engine.
They're like, hey, let's drive it,
see if it comes back a little bit
because it's been sitting for a while.
But it was always like a,
man, you might get a few more years out of this thing.
Oh really?
So this was now?
The fuel system would need it to be complete.
If you have a car, any old car,
the Mercedes fuel system on these things,
it's direct injection.
It is very complicated and weird
and that all needed to be fixed and brought back to life.
So that's it.
And they do that stuff.
That is what they are good at.
The drums, the brakes, 30 grand, they were out of spec.
So that was the thing that was nice for them
to give me the drums.
And then I go and burn up the drums
that I had just replaced on a rally
because I left the handbrake on for like 30 miles.
You remember that?
Yep.
I think about that all the time.
So I had to.
I've done it too, thankfully,
never on a car of that value.
I had to spend for the two drums.
I had to buy that.
That was on me.
So, you know, and there was a lot of things
that needed to be done.
Also, the rear main was pouring on it.
The transmission needed to come out to be resealed.
They had not done that yet.
But I mean, there was just,
just think of a car that's it's,
it was restored probably in the 80s,
but then sat for a decade.
So it just needed to like do everything.
And I don't think it was unreasonable
given their facilities and everything else.
And they actually took care of me.
So no, this wasn't their fault.
Interesting.
That's interesting color.
And I appreciate hearing that.
That actually redeems them in my mind,
except I noticed the car's not back at the classic center.
So now the engine has blown.
We need a new bottom end or top end or both, God knows.
Right.
But you didn't take it back there.
How come?
Because they do not do the machining
and the actual rebuilding there.
They will take the engine out.
They will take it apart.
They will, you know,
put it back in and tune it and do all that stuff.
But they don't.
So they used to send it to,
I think an outfit called metric motors.
Very well known Mercedes rebuilder.
They don't do the Goldwings engines anymore.
The current outfit, I think, is called Ed Pink.
And they build the Singer engines.
They are in California,
I guess they are the best of the best.
It makes sense why Mercedes didn't do them.
But they are probably the most expensive engine building
machine shop in the country.
And this is an older car from the 50s.
As principle, rebuilding the engine is not difficult.
So I could tell them classic,
hey, take the engine out for me,
send it to a cheaper machine shop.
No, it's better to have one shop handle it.
And this is where our friend at DC Motor Works.
DC Motor Works has a machine shop and they'll do this stuff.
So he's very close to his machinist.
And they're gonna, so they'll send it off to machinist,
but then they'll build it themselves.
They have one tech that has experience with Goldwings.
And it just, in this instance,
I think it makes sense to do it this way
because it's not classic center.
They would help me out,
but they're outsourcing the rebuild to a different shop.
Should we be thinking of DC Motor Works
as an alternative classic center?
And let me rephrase.
DC Motor Works, rebuilding Goldwing motors,
putting manuals in E-55s,
are they better than the classic center?
Well, I think that the facts you laid out earlier
would maybe make it seem that you pay up
for the classic center and you may still have issues.
I mean, it's old car stuff.
If you took your E-55 wagon to the classic center,
put a manual, they say, no, no.
I don't think they would do that.
We don't do that.
No.
We don't do manuals.
You take a DC Motor Works, put a manual,
oh yeah, let's pull a manual out of a C200.
Those guys, they will do anything you ask.
I said I want a third row.
They literally went on Facebook Marketplace that night,
bought a car, took it in, swapped it out,
and then sold the donor car.
Like they did all of that for you as a service.
But DC is getting-
Classic center ain't going on Facebook Marketplace for you.
Actually, they did.
Did they?
That's a funny story that so when they were talking about
Made in America, all that stuff we were talking about earlier,
they wanted to show that Mercedes builds cars in America
and they were gonna do a big thing
about the anniversary of the ML.
So Mercedes goes to U.S. Classic and said,
we need to find an ML, a nice one.
Facebook Marketplace is the right place for that.
They actually went on Marketplace in California
and found an ML to buy, to ship to,
to have ever for the big press releases.
Like, yeah, we've been building in America forever,
you know, with the political climate currently.
So they actually have done that a little bit.
That's amazing.
And DC Motor Works is getting the parts
from the Classic Center.
All the stuff, the piston rings, all the things.
It is coming from there.
They're making the parts.
And this is the coolest thing about Mercedes-Benz.
And one of the big reasons why I still am a big fan
of owning old ones, all these parts are available.
Yeah.
You can get them.
And that Mercedes is willing to sell the parts to others.
So like Matt Armstrong and this whole Veyron,
as well as Sharon Brebuilds,
Bugatti won't even sell you the parts
if you wanted to install them yourself.
So that Mercedes is like, yeah,
Indie shop in Atlanta, no problem.
Here you go.
Yeah.
Thank you for your business.
Which is how they should be doing.
Totally.
Obviously.
That's really cool.
Love that Mercedes-Benz models and porches
are still supported that way.
And honestly, our friend, the Kuntas.
Yes.
You miss yours?
No.
I had my fun duck.
You talked about this in a video,
how you wouldn't keep things forever.
I had it for four plus years.
I did everything I wanted to do.
Did you do it for four plus years?
Yeah.
Damn.
Not the fanboy.
I love the new content direction you have,
where you've gotten back to your roots of hoopies.
Out of necessity.
You don't really own other than the Gullwing,
any supercars at the moment.
Is that fair?
AMG GTS,
same kind of borderline,
and the Lotus Esprit V8,
when that thing's going,
I think those were hoopties as you bought them,
or at least rough around the edges.
They weren't like a Kuntash.
I think the Esprit V8 will scratch the edge of the Kuntash
very closely and be slightly more comfortable.
I think that car is a very good,
like bargain Kuntash replacement kind of thing.
The design, like I think so many things
about that car are so cool.
And the V8, the turbo ones are really a lot of fun.
The late cars.
It has a yellow,
it's the Roadster version with no roof.
Like it's the Wonder Wheel.
Well, I was permanent,
I found a roof for it, but yes.
Do you,
what are you gonna do after Wizard goes?
So this isn't quite announced yet,
but it looks like we're gonna be taking over his shop.
You are.
His mechanics are staying in place.
Wow.
I might be making a go of some kind of dealership again
to offset,
to make sure the mechanic shop is busy
and hopefully pay the rent
to where this might actually be an enterprise
that isn't like a multiple six-figure.
Hoopies garage is gonna become an actual garage.
Like I could send my P38 there
and you would do an oil change?
Yep.
Would you go to Facebook marketplace for me?
This is, we are in the idea phase
and it's fleshed out
and actually there's a business plan
that somewhat makes sense.
So it's very likely.
What do you mean you're thinking about
doing a dealership again?
You can't sell cars.
Well, I can't.
You're selling four right now.
Seven.
Look what I can do.
I can put them on cars and bids.
Huvie, you're busy.
Well, I have.
He's already got dealer plates.
You have Ken that reps cars for people all the time.
So like there will have a couple of people in there
that could rep the cars.
I can pop in for things.
Don't you think you're gonna get
a ton of internet time wasters?
Of course, but then so does his car wizard.
Car wizard has over a million subscribers at this point.
He has a Gullier phone call up
at any time kind of business phone line.
He has somebody that answers the phone.
That is his full-time job to basically like,
I wanna talk to the car wizard.
And car wizard used to say 15 minutes
to talk on the phone,
talk about your car problems for like 50 bucks
and he quit doing it
because it was just like, too much.
You know, so then people actually got mad.
Like wait, I have to pay 50 dollars to talk to the car wizard
because especially a lot of older people,
they don't understand that like,
they think that they're watching YouTube
and then there's like some entitlement.
They, like they, they, they, they're owed like conversations
and time hangout.
It is unbelievable when older people come up
to me on the street, they just think that like, yeah,
like they're like, they're the only ones who are watching me.
Right.
Like young people are very respectful of my time.
Whenever old people think that they could,
and it's like, you know, this is like kind of like TV.
And I don't mind that I talked to him,
but it is surprising that it's always the older people.
Like they really have this thinking that like,
they're the only ones and that I'm just a guy.
Yeah.
Who's like, who's like probably not many people.
I can probably, oh, I can't believe he got recognized.
It's like, you know, actually.
Well, like in Kansas people, it's a lot more casual too.
And so the boomers will,
the thing is okay to just pull up my driveway
during family dinner and say,
I want to sell this car where you think I should do it.
And all I said,
and I don't mind it.
What is that about?
That's so insane.
It's just, and in Kansas, you know,
it's a little bit more of that, you know,
neighbors just kind of knock on the door.
So like the culture is kind of, especially of that age.
And it doesn't bother me.
Obviously from a time sucks standpoint.
Yeah.
That's the real problem.
I have to like, I would have to figure out
like where someone would just have that business phone
to answer and like, no, Tyler's not here.
It's just that, it could work.
And also it's in Newton
and there's a lot of farm stuff out there.
Like just going to the auctions
and buying these farm trucks that people can use.
It seems like there's a need there
for me having a Hooptie lot,
which is something I did 10 years ago.
So it also will scratch the itch for me a little bit
of like this, I got to buy a car kind of junky thing.
Like I get to go to the dealer auctions again
and hunt Hoopties, which I very much enjoy.
So, it might make sense.
Wow.
Hoovies do look good.
I would take my car to Hoovies garage for service.
That's, you will not do that.
It's very far away.
Well, I mean, if I were local,
and if I were in Kansas.
Wizard, he's getting a little arthritic
and like he has this guy, Daniel Son,
that would stick around
and he's doing the bulk of the work on the cars anyway.
The car wizard has been very good now at like,
you know, diagnosing and figuring things out.
But as far as like, turn the wrenches
less and less of that these days.
And it just, just from age, it just happens, you know?
Yeah, yeah, that makes sense.
But he's still going to have a shop though.
This is big news.
This should have been the first slide
in the car section.
This is all massive stuff.
We got the scoop.
I'm looking all this up.
So he's up in Newton.
Correct.
That's pretty foot, it's like an hour.
I didn't realize it.
That's 30 minutes from me.
I didn't realize it was so far away.
Do you ever get people,
does he ever get people come up from Northern Oklahoma?
You ever get Ponca City people come up?
Not so much.
And the funny thing is, the way that he,
What about still water?
He's had people in his garage.
So he has, you know, he has a kind of an aircraft hanger
style door on one side and then a big garage.
And when he opens it up during the summer,
because in my videos, I just drive in
and people think that that's normal.
So then they'll come through, drive in to the mill shop,
get out and go, wizard, fix my car.
And he's like, what the heck are you doing?
Like this is how it works.
And that there's been times where like families
have gone on a road trip and drive through
likes an attraction and just drive through,
wave, drive out and go.
So it's a very odd thing.
It does, some of the disrespect surprises me sometimes.
But it's not intentional.
It's just like, they think that that's how the,
it actually works for his business where people can like,
He's running a business.
Like he's working like that.
Like a, you know, there's calling up
and tie up the phone lines and stuff.
I mean, that must be really difficult for him sometimes.
Well, that's why he had a full-time office guy.
But even to have to hire a full-time office guy,
it's pretty normal for him a prayer shop
to have a receptionist.
But that guy's probably on the phone all day
with with Rando's from calling in from Canada to Florida.
And he's got a list and he'll just,
and he knows at this point where like,
I've had this car sitting for 30 years
on what the wizard get running.
And was just like, no, I'm not doing like the,
these people that want miracles.
And also sometimes people will just ship cars to him.
They show up and like,
these three shops couldn't figure it out.
And it's like a Range Rover with a timing chain
that's come off and it's, you know, just ruined.
It's like, this is, it's a $500 Range Rover
that's gonna be 20 grand to fix.
And like it gets just left out there.
How often do you get people emailing you randomly?
All the time.
That's the thing is a car.
Like the 997.
Like the 997, like the Packard, I saw I bought it.
Is it just a constant?
And so you kind of like pick and treat.
Yes.
He doesn't even have to go on Marketplace.
He gets Marketplace delivered to our personal cars
that can't be sold on Facebook Marketplace
because they're too bad.
Like a blown motor 997.
The escalade that I drove here
on this triumphant horse I met two days ago.
This escalade is incredible.
There was a dealer buddy that knew I am crazy for these things
and just bought it.
How long you spend each year in Scottsdale?
Well, I guess be about a week for every six weeks.
I guess it'd be about, yeah.
So you spend six through your time there.
20% of your time, 15, 20% of your time.
Yes.
Away from all your cars.
Away from, I have two cars, car garage.
Let me guess, Audi RS E-tron GT.
No, 05 escalade and a Fiat 500 Abarth.
2013, 16,000 miles.
Whovies two car solution is an 05 escalade.
When forced to pare it down to two.
The neighbors have no idea that he's in the cars
based on the garage.
The neighbors are just like,
some guy, go five escalade.
Everybody in the Phoenix area has got an 05 escalade.
Well, the garage is very small.
So the escalade just barely fits
and then you have to have the garbage cans inside.
So it's like, what's something with a backseat that's fun
and would fit in there?
And that's pretty much it.
The garbage cans is an H-O-A concrete.
Correct.
Not like cans is where you can do whatever you want.
Exactly.
I do think it's a great idea
and you could take fast and loud,
have like a public shop that you could go visit.
They're like a merch store open.
You could get pictures with the cars.
So if you're gonna sell cars anyways
and you're getting foot traffic
with people that are uninvited.
That's a good idea.
Turn it into an attraction.
Yeah.
Up there in, where was it?
Newton, Kansas.
Where are you, Sedgwick?
It is Butler and Andover.
I don't see those on the map.
I'm gonna assume it's Valley Center.
So you're in Valley Center.
It's east of Wichita.
Oh, it's east, it's east.
Oh, I didn't realize you were out there.
Oh, wow.
So you got like a drive to get to the wizard there.
It's 30 minutes.
Yeah, but it's like a drive.
The cars don't always make it.
If you watch his YouTube channel,
it's kind of part of the fun.
What is this freeway here that goes up
in the northeast section of Wichita there?
Between 35 and 135.
What's that all called?
There's K96, the loop around there.
Yeah, is that what that is?
For some reason, it doesn't say.
Right off, we're Greenwich Road.
You ever driving on that in Greenwich Road right there
and you stop at the...
We call it Greenwich in Kansas.
So we're not too close for this.
Yes.
Everybody says Greenwich.
All right, so you're up off Greenwich Road.
You ever go to the Texas Roadhouse up there?
All the time.
Really?
Yes.
Damn, that's great.
Kids love the rolls.
Yeah, that's how lovely is that.
If you ever go off of, let's see, what else?
You ever go to the Karabas there off of North Rock Road?
No, no, I'm gonna go see the fish tank.
Kitting into the hard-outing...
Oh, you mean the...
We can skip the list of our questions
and just go through all the restaurants.
Yeah, there's also a Fizzoli's there.
I don't know what you prefer.
It's near the airport.
I got food poisoning from that Fizzoli's.
I remember Fizzoli's.
Fizzoli's, yes.
God, so you go to the Fizzoli's,
then you go to the Sam's Club.
This is great.
Exactly.
There's good stuff up there.
This is thrilling.
People really don't care about that either.
No, let me tell you something.
Our Wichita Contingent, which is significant,
they're gonna be watching this
and they're gonna say, yes, I go to that Fizzoli's.
I love, I work at that Fizzoli's.
They're gonna say this is incredible.
Yes.
Right here in Sedgwick County.
I wouldn't make sure there's time for listener questions,
but I think we gotta talk to the other three cars
you're selling, so Blackwood, right?
Lincoln Blackwood, which we want, right?
Should we split it?
It's probably rough as hell.
It's his car.
No, it definitely is.
It had a head gasket block.
No, I just did the head gaskets on it,
so that was the one thing with it.
But it's actually a tailgate works.
It was a California truck.
In the face it told me the tailgate works.
Navigation.
Works perfectly.
The navigation has a few dead pixels in it,
but it does the softer, softer, louder.
Yeah, never thought you'd want it.
I know, I know.
You ever see the nav?
It's this ridiculous screen and four buttons.
By the cop holders down in the center console.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was just a thing you tacked in
and had nothing to do with the center.
You take your eyes completely off the road by you.
Yeah, four buttons.
There's no keypad.
Presumably you have to scroll over, tap.
Okay.
And the Lincoln Town car, which we bought
on cars and bits, so now it's being cut back loose.
April's car.
Yes.
What's April Daily?
April Daily is right now the Model X a lot of the time,
but she has her Grand National, the GNX,
and then the El Camino Grand National thing.
She rocks those a lot.
These are 129 as well, the 90 SL.
She's, but she's driving daily in a Model X.
Model X?
She likes electric.
She doesn't like going to the gas station.
You don't have a gas pump out there on your farm?
No, no, it'd be a good idea,
especially with all these older cars in the ethanol,
not liking it.
Nick's dad's on a farm, he's got his own gas pump.
He does, actually.
What's that about?
Come on.
It's common, I need to do that for sure.
Is that on your list?
It is definitely on the list where I can get some 93
no ethanol for some of these older cars
that would run a lot better.
Like the Gullwing, for example,
does not like the ethanol when it gets heated up,
because it sits right on the block, the injection pump,
and if it gets a little hot and vapor-locky,
then it just gets weird, so.
When are you going to repair the oil
that you spilled on my garage,
on my driveway from the Gullwing?
Sorry.
Sorry.
Did you have some kitty litter?
I can take care of it tonight.
Really?
Yes.
I'll go buy some kitty litter.
Are you gonna get a video of Hoovey dropping kitty litter
I've actually found that like Dawn dish soap
does just as well as kitty litter.
You know what?
I actually, truly legitimately,
I like the oil spots because they make me think of Hoovey.
I'm not even screwing with you.
My kids are out there, drawn chalk,
and I see there's only a few, and I'm like Hoovey was here.
The reason.
That came from a Gullwing.
I had to drive it in anger to keep up with you,
and it was pouring out of that rear main.
Yes.
Gullwing oil is a flex.
Okay, so you're selling the Lincoln Blackwood.
You're gonna, you're interested in this?
Oh yeah.
You're gonna buy.
When he bought it in Barry Jackson's cut sale,
I went home empty handed.
I wanted to buy it off of him then,
and thankfully I didn't because it had a blown head gasket.
That's the big fatal flaw with that engine.
And somebody for 10 years just kept pouring stop leak in it.
You know, taking it apart.
That's that 4.6 liter.
That was a good motor.
Or 5.4 liter.
It was that V8.
It's a 5.4, but it's the 32 valve.
It's like, it's the better performance.
But there is the head gasket thing.
It was an issue early.
And it's not, it was three grand to do.
It's not insane to do,
but somebody just didn't do it forever
and just kept pouring it in it.
And just, you know, the stop leak basically goes through
and it coats the spot where it's going.
And how much build up through this engine.
It was unbelievable.
Like how long somebody was rocking it that way.
And then they took it to Barry Jackson of all places.
Yeah.
What else you selling?
That 91, the town car.
So that's the town car.
And then the P38 Range Rover.
I know.
He's been on the town car.
He is selling the P38 because he'd rather drive a Jeep.
The wagon here.
Can you, come on, come on.
Anybody who spent any time around a P38
doesn't want anything to do with it.
That's why they're all abandoned in the back of Land Rover trucks.
Don't you feel kind of the same way about a Jeep wagon here?
What wagon here, 91?
It's an 89 wagon here.
And it's, I would rather have an 89 wagon here
to a level that is impossible for me to describe
using English words than a P38.
P38 has the chrome mondial wheels.
It is, it's beautiful.
But you park the two next to each other
as far as like an old school heavy clunky off-roader type thing.
And you just, you get in the wagon here.
That's what it's been ever since it showed up.
One is for British royalty and one is for people
who have cousins that are also their sisters.
No, dude, an 89 wagon here.
Are you out of your mind?
Do you know who's-
They're all over Nantucket and everything.
You're crazy.
Yeah, they're like 100K Resto mods.
No, regular ones.
Make farm tractors look well equipped.
You have not experienced it
because it does actually have a nice ride.
Yeah, there is comfortable seats.
You want like a hillowy, smooth V8.
The 89, that generational wagon here,
which was the last carbureted car ever to exist
in regular form in America.
It just is the last to me,
the last bastion of driving a 50s car.
It is a overstuffed seat.
It is an incredibly floaty ride.
You look out over a giant hood with a hood ornament.
It feels like the old,
like the doctor is driving his family
to the mountains for a ski trip.
And he's gonna yell at the mom.
And decent utility.
I mean, it has low range.
I mean, it's not anything like today,
but it's decent utility.
I'll give you a point on the hood ornament,
but if your battery dies,
does the car beep at you and say windows not set?
Right.
I mean, there's a lot of features in the V38 you're messing with.
It is surprising to me
that you have a pursuit of Grand Wagon era.
That car...
They're too much money.
They're pieces of turns for like 40K plus.
So the first one I ever bought,
it was like my 24th birthday
and it was 4,500 bucks with 80,000 miles on it.
I'd pay that.
It would be a $100,000 car today.
I flipped it on eBay for like eight
and thought I was the smartest guy on the planet.
And now it's a $100,000 car.
So this one, it's really nice.
It's just paints a little faded.
What color?
It's blue.
And then the woods.
So I'll go through, it's not the lighter blue.
Oh, it's the darker blue.
It's the darker blue.
So I'll go through, repaint, redo the wood.
And then it's probably like a $50,000, $60,000 rig
that I got for 20s.
So are we gonna hand me swap it?
No, the $360,000 for nine is good.
It's okay.
Maybe an SRT.
I've considered, remember there was that one
that was how it's swapped?
I'm like legit considerate.
That went over six figures though.
No, they were selling it on their website.
We don't know what it was like for that.
When I say we saw it priced somewhere,
it was like 800.
Someone later tried to flip it or something.
But that'd be cool.
Yeah, that would be cool.
Dude, I'm all for that.
Keep, sell a P38, keep a wagon here.
I agree with you.
If I was walking up to those two cars sitting there,
I would pick the cheaper.
Because they scratched the same inch.
That's the thing.
And then the moment I got the wagon in your home,
it just, the P38 never moved again.
Yes.
You missed out on a seminal auto mode of experience.
That's okay.
We'll let it slide.
We like escalates.
We've talked auction cars, we've talked going.
I want to move on.
We're not going to get to the market report.
I'm so sorry.
We're not going to get to anything else.
I want to move on to the questions.
Because there's questions in here for Hoovey.
Okay.
The questions are brought to you by Hoovey's garage,
which now is going to be an actual garage.
You heard it here first.
Maybe.
I'm trying to save the announcement for my channel.
We made the announcement on our channel.
We need the money.
Okay.
Hoovey, we did a post.
You can ask questions if you want.
You go to carsandbids.com.
You click on the community tab.
There's questions.
There's a questions thing.
It's great.
Hoovey, we made a post a couple of days ago
because we remembered you were coming.
And we said, oh my God, we got to do Hoovey questions.
So people have run in with a bunch of Hoovey questions.
And I got a bunch of them.
And they're great.
First question from-
Hopefully not about my personal life.
Some of them are.
Great.
First question from Cartism is the best.
Hoovey, is Doug a maniac?
Or does he just seem like one on camera?
No, you're not a maniac at all.
You're very rational.
It's just you're very unfiltered,
which even before all of your success
and all of these things,
even when you were a struggling writer
and all that stuff,
you still had this kind of bluntness to you
that most people don't have.
And I think it's probably gotten a little worse.
Wouldn't it be worse?
I think it's the best thing I have.
I'm the only person who's doing new car content
who actually will tell the truth.
That is true.
That is true.
No, there's somebody out there who I believe in.
Let me ask you this question.
Do you think Nick is a maniac?
Yes, totally.
Hold on.
No, I want to chime into the original question.
You are absolutely a maniac.
If I ever go missing
and they look through my text messages,
the number of times you threaten death,
beheading, physical harm, other kinds of harm,
I will be like 10 minutes late to something
and the text strings that I give you,
it'll be seven in a row.
Don't be late.
Often times.
I'm a busy man.
Oftentimes, I will send those texts
because I am hoping that you will show up
because there are people that are at the thing
that we are going to together
that I do not want to be with.
And I need Nick there.
Okay, Ryan Lopez too.
He's my emotional support, Ryan Lopez.
The human shield.
I love that role.
As well as your de facto backdoor DMR
where people will be like, hey, do this for,
I'm like, I'm not his boy.
Definitely did not ever want anybody to do that.
I think you, the ultimate irony is you love to introduce people
as they're crazy or they're insane.
But you think I'm insane.
It's you.
I would argue that in order to do this protection,
you got a little insight.
You got to be entertaining.
None of us, I think I'm the least insane personally.
Well, that is.
But none of us, that's maybe debatable,
but none of us are normal.
You're just fortunate that all of the choices
that you made were right.
You think that was luck?
And that helped.
You think that was luck?
Obviously some of this is luck, where we are today.
You've even said this in videos before.
But if there were a few mistakes in there
that might have humbled you some,
maybe it would have been better for your personality.
I don't know.
I think that in order to do this job,
there's a little bit of insanity that goes on
just even to try it, you know?
And to get to this level
and to just continue doing it and entertaining people
and dealing with all the stuff that comes.
But he never threatened me.
So I'm kind of like Doug's original sidekick, I would say,
because as far as the auto trader days and all that stuff.
I would never would threaten who.
You also threatened to sell humans for like minor things,
like a chocolate chip cookie.
What did I say I would sell?
On this pod, I said I would sell Filippo for something.
It was probably like a tooth pack
because you had something stuck in your teeth.
There was never any abuse.
I don't remember any of this.
So now you have a whole posse
and I mentioned that you guys like to go swimming together
and all that stuff.
You know, it's kind of cult-ish.
You know, so like it's interesting.
All in this subject.
The next question is.
But no, you're not a maniac at all.
You're getting in the pool with us tonight, right?
Daniel Gregory writes,
Hi, Hoovey, if you could steal one member of Doug's team
to work for you, who would it be?
Brian.
I don't believe I'm still getting blamed for all this.
He's over here.
He's been saying Brian Lopez things.
I love Kenan.
Kenan, he would be, it would just be like,
well, Filippo would be great too.
You get two minutes.
Kenan or Filippo?
Is it because he's got better hair than me?
No, I just, I feel like they would get more done
to help me than you.
Oh, for sure.
No, I circulated the meme the other day
that was like some people hire a mechanic
because the car's broken.
I hire a mechanic because I tried to fix it myself
and now it's worse.
We are not the same.
That is me.
Kenan is a, he's got the Midwestern,
the same Midwestern kind of vibes that you could have.
Yes.
It would be very chill, pleasant, happy.
Nobody would be threatening each other.
Nobody would say things that we need to be cut out of.
Do you think you might want to poach
one of the team members here
to go and work for your new venture?
Are we making cuts?
Is that the next announcement?
30% they're like, this is Tesla again.
We're cutting 30% of our staff right now.
We're competition right now here, Sean.
Obviously you're on thin ice.
There's five people sitting here.
Make me an offer.
Ryan's been loudly eating lunch for the last hour and a half.
I think he's got bandwidth.
Okay.
Dropping forks.
Kenan or Filippo because he's hyper productive
and you think you could get a lot out of him.
I could.
I can tell you this problem with Filippo.
He's expensive.
Oh.
He's expensive.
But the cost of living is lower in Kansas.
It wouldn't matter to him.
He's become accustomed to a certain lifestyle.
Filippo flies private.
Next question, next question.
Oh, here's a good one from Cadillac Caleb.
Cadillac Caleb.
This is a good question.
Is this your pseudonym?
It's only slightly a personal question.
Okay, this is your pseudonym then.
Dear Tyler, you really lucked out
in finding a car girl like April.
And so I was wondering what advice you have
to young single guys who are into cars
and looking for a girl with similar interests.
How do I find a girl that is as into cars as I am?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
He even thanked you.
I'm very fortunate in the fact that I met April
working at a car event.
So it's very unusual nowadays.
Wasn't more than half.
Now I meet people online as far,
which I can't imagine meeting a girl online,
but I'm a little older.
So I see examples of it in some of the younger
TikTokers and Genziers that are at events
and they're going to these car events
unlike what Doug doesn't do anymore,
but he doesn't need to meet women.
And there are girls, not the usual place
I would try to meet women.
It is the worst place ever to meet a girl.
There are girls there.
And you just have to go up and talk to them.
This isn't something that you have to,
like sliding into DMs and texts and all that stuff.
It is not the way that young people do it these days.
But if you just go up and talk to them,
you're way ahead than having to like,
let's talk for a month on Instagram DMs
before we actually like interact,
like go up and talk to them
at the places where you want to meet them.
You got any advice there?
I think we need a key video
where Ryan picks up women at car shows.
A car event.
Teaches us his tricks.
Yeah.
Maya, it's been cut in the past.
So I don't know if this will make it or not, but.
Oh boy.
The level of which this is getting cut
is actually hard to even begin to explain.
Okay, but there's some lovely ones too.
Okay, cut it too,
but there's some lovely ones too and we'll move on.
Okay, since what Nick just said
can't be put on there,
let's move on to another question.
My advice was good.
Your advice is actually, I agree with you.
There are women at those events
and coming up and talking to people,
I think there is a little bit of a stigma now.
Back in our day, you could do it.
Now there's a stigma about if you do that, you're creepy.
And I think people are worried about feeling that way.
You just don't go up and say, you're hot.
It's like, you need to talk about their car,
or you talk about whatever.
And you just see if there's some conversation flowing.
I'll obviously take some social skills
that are definitely being lost on that generation.
Oh wow, we're doing a next, we're doing a.
But I mean, it is sort of totally,
no, I mean, like I don't text very well.
So like as far as that kind of stuff, I suck at it.
So maybe conversationally, I'm a little better in person.
scheduling, he refused to text Sean.
He won't deal with the little.
I'm sorry Sean, I'm sorry.
He would only text me.
I'm just emojis.
Yeah, I got one more piece of advice for finding Karkis.
I can't wait to hear it.
Given the last piece.
Go to Johnny Lieberman's Instagram page
and check out all the ones he follows.
A lot of good looking women that are presumably in the cars.
Oh my God.
All right.
Moving on.
Next question.
I assume that's why he follows them.
Next question.
This is a good one from Liat.
Dear Hoovey, if you were going to move to another country
to escape your crippling debt,
what country would you move to?
I don't need to have the debt part in there.
But I am curious, if you weren't living in America,
and I think of you as a very American person,
where would you go?
A lot of the cars you love are not,
would it be Canada?
You can still get escalades in Skye.
No, it's too cold in Canada.
Where would you go?
Where would I go?
I mean, you traveled.
Italy is somewhere I love going back to every time.
You like it?
I think the car culture's there,
and there's some isolated spots
that you could still live reasonably.
And I'd be okay with that.
You'd go to Italy.
I'd go to Italy or, you know,
South of France, Monaco's too expensive.
I'd live in Monaco, it'd be fun, you know,
but I couldn't afford that.
You don't think you would go to somewhere
that speaks English?
You don't think you'd go to Australia?
What about the Middle East?
They do crazy car stuff there.
I suppose.
England, whether I wouldn't do it.
Don't do the weather there.
What about Australia?
Australia'd be okay, I guess.
I've only been to Australia once,
but it's been a long time.
Interesting.
We didn't expect him to say the South of France.
Mr. Hoopdie over here.
He's matured.
He's matured.
Okay, next question.
Oh, this is a good one for you.
It's for me, it's directed to me,
but this is for you,
because you're gonna answer it better than I can.
J-H-L-6464, right?
Steerdog, there's a pretty clean Delta
on Carves and Bids right now.
I said Delta on Carves and Bids right now.
It's got a reserve.
I know you won't bid on cars with a reserve,
but why not announce Reserve Met?
The moment it happens and really crank up the excitement.
At the moment everyone knows a car is selling,
it seems like the fun would really blow up.
Why don't you announce Reserve Met?
Hoopie, explain why we don't do that.
Because that means, oh, this is what the seller thought
he was going to get, so I need to stop bidding.
Yes.
That's the note.
When you announce Reserve Met on an online auction,
you're basically saying, hey, buyers, you're paying too much.
The seller only thought he was gonna get this much,
now you're paying way more than that.
When you announce it at Barrett-Jackson,
it's a room.
All no reserve.
Or okay, fine.
The other watches.
The collector car auctions where they say the reserve's off.
In the room, it has a different effect.
It can really energize, electrify, these people are drinking,
these people are all getting egged on by their buddies.
It's a different situation.
And that the auctions go so fast,
you get this urgency to it,
I gotta get in there because auction's over
in a 30 seconds.
I could lose this.
Correct.
I could lose this car.
You got a split second to make the decision.
On the online auctions,
anybody who announces reserve is off,
if a seller is making a mistake, as a buyer, I love it,
I bought a car one time where they did that,
and instantly bidding stop just like it always does.
And you, I assume, you're selling all your cars,
no reserve, but you would never do it.
No reserve, always from the beginning.
You were terrified with the Phantom
in the very first one back in 2020,
you were like, okay.
You ever hear from that guy?
No, no, I don't think he doesn't have it anymore.
I'm sure.
But we did so many car wheels after that
because as far as the John Claude Van Damme.
Oh yeah, that way.
I got that from him, the Bentley.
You owe me.
Oh, I know, it's amazing.
I hope you won't put this guy, you owe me.
I need a cut of all that.
He's awesome.
You still in touch with him?
Every once in a while, yes, we'll still text,
but it's crazy because he's in South Carolina,
and he has like a four car garage, but 30 cars,
and it's like 10 of them are Rolls Royce's
and Bentley's that are outside.
It's so, and it's like Phantom Drophead
that sits outside kind of stuff, it's just crazy.
I remember he was in South Carolina.
Next question from Shotgun Sam911.
Dear Tyler, when are you moving to San Diego?
What is keeping you in Kansas?
I have the same question, Shotgun Sam.
Children family.
Next question, dear Tyler.
Cost of living too.
San Diego's too expensive, taxes.
Yeah, taxes are a problem for me.
What is, is Kansas' state income tax?
Mine is effect rates like around five and a half
or something like that.
It's not that much different.
I mean, it's different, but it's not insane.
ME0424 writes, dear Tyler, would you ever consider
getting a Pagoda SL or is it too similar to the 300 SL
and to your R107?
That's the thing is sort of the,
in between it has elements of both that I like
and it's just never been an opportunity for me to get one
because they're, they rust so easily.
So it's getting one that is a hoopty, but not rusted.
It's just the opportunity to ever present itself,
not opposed to it.
They're cool though.
They're very cool.
I would not, yeah, manual, they had manual 230s.
I don't think they did manual 280s, but I wouldn't,
yeah, no problem.
You ever think about a Pagoda?
They're cool.
I think they look beautiful.
You're Mercedes Benz, man.
Maybe, maybe one day.
They have this bad rear axle system that's a little,
you know, like this semi, it's all a swing arm thing
that's a little, like same with the 190 SLs,
that makes it like not as fun to like,
car around a corner or what.
It's a cruising car.
Yes.
The 107, because it can, it could,
like if I went up the hills with you guys,
like in your cars, like I could have some fun
and that car would be a little scary.
Dear Hoovey, what is your guess on the percentage
of your collection that gets driven on a monthly basis?
I try every two months, make sure every car gets,
gets a good drive.
And it's, and so I try, you can see the lifts kind of rotate.
But now recently I've been buying cars that,
that I just put on the lift and not move.
So like my Jurassic Park Jeep may come down
once every six months.
The Fast and Furious Prius, it's not like I'm Jones'ing
to get that thing down and drive it.
You know, there's one car Trek car that's all chopped up
and ruined, it's up to the very top
that's never gonna move.
You still have that Fast and Furious Prius?
I bought it back just recently,
just a few months ago.
What?
I popped up for sale.
It, it showed up at a wholesale dealer,
like this guy just dumped it and they knew.
I was like, do you want it back away?
Well, yeah.
It's just a park, it was part of like my history.
Like, you know, it's just-
You know, the, we pretty often will sell cars.
I don't know if you ever noticed that.
I don't know how often you go on cars and bids,
but pretty often we sell-
Every day.
We, you probably have noticed.
We sell cars that previously owned.
You know, you've had so many cars
that they come across not infrequently.
You know, a guy you sold it to
or the five owners later or something like that.
And sometimes I discover late
because I think that Rolls Royce that was just sold,
came up and sold for around 10 grand on cars and bids,
which is amazing.
Cause like, I bought it for 10 grand, spent five on it.
Wizard bought it, you know,
in store credit for, I bought it then,
spent thousands on it.
And then the next-
Wow.
That's just-
Everybody has a year.
They get 10 grand for it, they spend on the repairs.
Like, it just keeps going.
That's so true.
Okay, last question,
last question.
This is gonna be an important one
from poor financial decisions.
Dear Hoop.
Okay.
Of all the cars you've ever owned,
which brand has consistently left you
the most disappointed?
Ooh.
Is it BMWs?
A lot of the modern BMWs that get me
and Maserati's, there's been some rough ones too,
where I feel like, yeah, that's probably the two.
Wow, BMW and Maserati.
BMW.
What BMW?
How come?
Cause I'll buy the worst examples of things
and there's just so many gotchas,
where it just, it's just smoked me over the years.
Yeah.
The Alpina B7, the seven series,
that unfortunately, like the Supercharger was bad
and the Vowseals were bad
and then the X6M that I had to bury
because somebody had blown the motor and swapped it over.
So I get caught in BMWs a lot
and the Maserati's is just, for obvious reasons,
is I buy the worst ones of them
and they usually get smoked.
And they can be fine if they're nice,
but obviously I'm looking for the cheapest
bottom of the barrel and that's the one
where it's usually so far mechanically told
where it's just unfixable.
How was your YouTube views these days?
I'm hanging in there.
Yeah, you're making good.
I'm doing fine.
I've definitely, as far as the rapid growth
around COVID that everybody experienced,
that was fun and I'm happy where I'm at,
the plateau where I'm at,
the thing is where you guys are doing more
brand deals and things,
that's the cool thing I think that
where YouTube is getting a lot more mainstream
where big brands are coming on to advertise
with YouTubers that you'd normally have seen on TV
and all that stuff.
So as far as that's where this new thing has come in
where now I have pretty much every video sponsored by,
I have a tire rack, I have many regular sponsors
every month and so it's nice to be.
Are you making more off that than?
It has passed.
Ruthin' assets, really.
It has passed assets dramatically at this point.
You doing brand deals?
Not on that level.
But yeah, T-Moose sent me some stuff, you know?
Why don't you hook him up?
It's a different skill.
Of course.
But you need to hook him up.
Me, Mr. Tire Rucco.
You guys are doing a lot of things.
Amazing partnerships you guys are doing recently.
It's really neat because it was unimaginable
just a few years ago, a lot of these brands.
So we were doing commercials for weird game apps
and off-strange watches and things.
Mainstream brands never imagined going on YouTube
until very recently.
One of the reasons that I didn't do ads for so long
is because the products that you were being asked to advertise
were always substandard BS.
And I didn't want to be associated with any of that.
And it's amazing to me that, yeah,
we have really high quality companies advertising us
that I am actually legitimately, I use their product,
I am proud of their product,
I am proud to advertise for them
because I truly believe that it's like a real,
like Tire Rucco, I mean, there's a bunch, mothers.
And it's nice.
As when we started YouTube,
I mean, I don't know if the goal for you
was more supplement for your writing and things
and that's somewhat for me,
but like the dream was to like get a TV show
and like be the next top gear or something like that.
And well, it's to a point,
yeah, I had three seasons of the Motor Trend Show,
but YouTube became the platform in that time
where now all the people that were very well known on TV
are like struggling to get a YouTube channel going
because that's where the audience is now
and it's completely flipped.
I find it interesting because yeah,
that was the goal for so many of these people
and it was my goal originally for first couple of years
and it's not been my goal for years
and I'm surprised that there are still people in this sphere
that have that as their goal
because it's like, maybe this is it, this is TV.
Like this is as big of a reach
as any of those shows I'll ever have
and you don't have to do all the BS.
Yes, but at the same time,
the struggle with I think our content
because you have always wanted to keep to your quality
that's been the same for 10 years
or lack thereof as far as with your reviews.
Same with me, I'm kind of a running vlog guy.
You have key nows that's the very high quality thing
but that's what we have now have to compete with now
is TV quality level production in reviews
and car ownership and all that stuff.
And it is one thing where obviously our personalities
and the content that we're doing kind of drives that
and the reviews and your quirks and all that stuff.
But obviously that makes it a harder bar
to where like getting a million views no matter what
and whenever I bought something crazy
or when you get a new car it's not,
it's a harder thing to hit now it is.
It is, I think the short form was really the big thing
that affected all that.
I think it was short form more than high quality stuff.
I think that people on YouTube aren't,
don't care that much about it.
Well it's a saturation and there's so many people
doing what we do now.
Where we were, there was much few of us.
I think the real thief, the guy who came
and took our revenue views
is Forrest Auer reviews.
You see Forrest out there on TikTok?
He's the Doug Demiro of TikTok.
Like he does the quirks and features
but like short and good and snappy.
He's amazing.
I look up to him.
And also I hate him for stealing everything.
No, I don't care.
I've changed my intros a lot.
I do think that though.
I do think short form came and really had an effect.
You don't think that?
I agree, cause I have changed my intros a lot
to where like I need to get like,
they need to know within 10 seconds
what this video is going to be.
It needs to be less than a second before.
Shot, shot, shot, shot, shot.
Because people are so used to that short form style
of like I get all this information
in such a short period of time.
Like what's going to happen in this video?
And then maybe I'll sit and watch it.
Do you do a lot of short form?
No.
You should.
I need to.
We do it.
We spend hours.
You have a team.
We have a team that spends hours and hours.
They all get paid a salary,
spends hours and hours and it makes us no money.
Listen, Hoovey, at the end of this,
to celebrate your arrival here on the pod,
I want to provide you with a Ferrari F40.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for coming.
Thank you.
It's beautiful that you're here.
It's like the gas monkey one you should have bought.
Did I tell you that story?
You know that story?
I think so, yes.
I thought off camera.
I don't think I could tell the whole story here.
Thank you so much for coming,
for gracing us with your presence
all the way from Scottsdale, Arizona,
ladies and gentlemen.
Both Nick and Hoovey have a big Scottsdale presence.
That's right.
You guys should meet up one time at a Fizzoli's.
Texas Roadhouse.
Pleasure, Hoovey.
You got anything else?
Any parting thoughts for us?
No, I'm honored to be here.
Anytime you want me to come.
Really?
Because I would have you every week.
It's an easy drive.
It's not bad.
Yeah.
Okay, how about every week?
Not every week, but at any time.
You know, quarterly, every other month,
whatever you want to do.
Let's do it.
Let's bring him here quarterly.
Do we pay him for this?
Do we pay him for this?
Oh, you're getting paid to be here?
But I don't want to take away budget from Key.
You know, that's the other thing.
It's like, that's some good stuff.
That's why Anilope is getting real money for that.
Look, go watch the Key stuff.
Make it good videos.
Thank you, that's beautiful.
He's plugging, instead of the own auctions
that are currently running that he needs.
He's plugging us.
This is Hoovey.
He is a selfless, beautiful person.
He's got a goal wing that he's trying to get running again.
He may not be aging beautifully,
but he is beautiful inside.
Yes.
Should we head out with Ryan Hillcrest?
Okay, goodbye, everyone.
About this episode
The panel jumps between big debuts and real-world ownership headaches: Mercedes’ all-electric AMG GT four-door gets debated alongside Brabus’ twin-turbo V12. BMW’s manual-only, lightweight M3 CS sparks talk about collectability and pricing. Hoovie then ties a Gullwing restoration and engine woes to Mercedes Classic Center costs and “tax time” car sales, while also covering Car Wizard’s move to Los Cruces. The conversation rounds out with Hoovie’s V12 Cadillac partition sale, plus Q&A on auctions, sponsorships, and why short-form changed the game.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 THIS CAR POD!
00:01:16 Mercedes-AMG GT Four Door Coupe
00:05:36 Brabus Bodo
00:09:11 The New BMW M3 CS Is Manual
00:17:41 THe Ferrari HC25
00:19:46 Land Rover And Jeep To Collaborate?
00:22:21 The VW I.D. Buzz Is Back
00:24:49 Talk Cars
00:27:19 Hoovie Is Auctioning Cars On Cars and Bids
00:45:17 Hoovie's Taxes
00:48:52 Hoovie Blew Up His Gullwing
01:12:14 Community Questions
01:13:03 Is Doug A Maniac In Real Life?
01:16:12 Who Would Hoovie Steal From Doug's Team?
01:17:56 How Did Hoovie Find A Car Girl To Marry?
01:21:02 What Other Country Would Hoovie Move To?
01:22:11 Why Doesn't Cars And Bids Announce When A Reserve Is Met?
01:24:23 When Is Hoovie Moving To San Diego?
01:24:50 Would Hoovie Get A Pagoda SL?
01:25:50 What Percentage Of Hoovie's Cars Get Driven?
01:27:16 What Car Brand Has Left You The Most Dissapointed?
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