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I drove a new Z06, here is what I thought. Drew Bunkley in studio
I drove a new Z06, here is what I thought. Drew Bunkley in studio
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About this episode
Drew Bunkley shares his experience with the new Z06 Corvette after picking it up from the Bowling Green factory. He discusses the emotional moment of seeing and starting the car for the first time, the factory tour, and the unique delivery experience. Jay and Drew compare the Z06 to other vehicles, including Jay's NSX, and delve into the car's features, performance, and upcoming color changes. The episode also touches on car culture, local events, and the excitement surrounding the Z06's capabilities.
Topics:
z06 experience
factory delivery
car comparisons
performance features
color changes
car culture
local events
ep 176
Drew Bunkley of West Gate Exotics Cars & Rentals is back in-studio and he brought his brand new 2023 Corvette Z06. Jhae drives the Z06 then let's Drew take the wheel. This car heavy episode is about Drew's trip to take delivery of his Corvette from the famous factory in Bowling Green Kentucky. This episode is rich in knowledge about the new Corvette Z06 as well as answers to questions about the remaining Corvette models. Will we see a ZR-1 or will Corvette stop with the Zora?
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Came by the studio after Cars and Coffee the other day.
And we talked about his Z06 that he brought over here and I drove it He drove my NSX. So you'll find out our
impression and afterwards I'll wrap up kind of my thoughts, you know, after he left, I said here and thought about a little bit more and said, you know, well, you'll find out in the closing, got kind of a thing for. You went out to eat with my
wife. Your the night.
We were supposed to go do like NSX thing and I couldn't get enough people to show up or to say they were in because it was kind of late, Steve. Sorry, dude, I forgot to hit you
up, but this Friday coming up. I'll make sure I get ahold of
you. So we went to a local place
called it doesn't matter where we went, but they served you, the pretzel bread. So sometimes you go out to eat
and you get the pretzel bread or you get like an assortment of different brands, but this place give you the pretzel bread.
Pretzel bread is good, not good for you but it's good hot pretzel bread like whipped butter or whatever.
So I had a thought, as I was eating this, I added the butter onto it and I took the table salt, and I shook a little salt on it, try that next time, you're out.
Somewhere and you get pretzel bread is like an appetizer especially if it's warm, put a little salt on there because usually you think okay, pretzel bread.
I'm going to dip it. Like pretzel bites, right?
You get it. You dip it in beer cheese.
But when you get it at a restaurant before you eat, as the complementary bread, that comes to the table, it's no longer pretzel bright. So I think I've never been
somewhere. That brings your pretzel bites
in beer cheese. So it's different, add the
butter, put a little bit of salt on it, stick in your mouth.
You're welcome. It's like a hot pretzel.
And it's a damn good but I also had another thought, old-fashioned drink very popular.
Drink. Manhattan is a popular.
Drink, old-fashioned is a popular drink but old fashioned by itself. The proper name is past tense.
So what is the plural form of old-fashioned?
So if you say, yeah, I went out and I had a couple of Fashion's fashioned Fashions, old Fashions.
I think people say old fashions. You don't say old Fashions.
Write something about that. It's kind of like the whole
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The number four wheel online. Drew Bunkley, back in studio,
and you brought your brand new Z06 want to tell us about it.
So you went to Bowling Green. Tell us about your whole Bowling
Green Experience. I want to know.
We want to know everything cause I also drove the car.
So you guys just hold on. We're going to talk about that,
but we're going to hear about his experience to Bowling Green Kentucky. Yeah.
Jay Bowling Green was phenomenal and I really had a blast, the wife and I the car was scheduled for delivery on the 23rd last week on Wednesday. So we flew out.
I'm sorry too. 24th, we flew out on the 23rd, the closest airport
is Nashville. So, we decided, but when we
booked the trip, that we would pick up the car, spend the day, in Bowling Green, spend the next couple of days in Nashville, with the vehicle. So, yeah, it was a great trip.
I mean, we went there and when we got to the plant to the museum, we were actually about 10 minutes late.
So soon as we walked in I didn't realize we had a factory tour to do know. They were kind of like waiting
for so I didn't even I could see where the car was at but they're like we got to go in the office, get our badges, watch a video about the plant. You couldn't bring any film
equipment course any cellphone. So did you you have to turn it
off or do you have to check it in?
You have to check it in. Yeah.
Hannah was like that too. Yeah so we jumped on the van and
went to the museum and it was Army over to the plant and I mean just seeing the cars coming down the assembly line, that was my wife's favorite experience because she got to see how it Car went from a shell so it's awesome.
What we took home? Yeah, it's awesome.
Saw the paint boobs. We saw the Z06.
So we got an idea of how many are being produced now.
And then, we also saw one of the bigwigs at Chevy watching his ear, a be built. Did you see anything?
You were supposed to see and it's okay.
If you had to sign like an indie a but just did you were you able to look at anything you're not allowed to talk about or no?
No, we everything that we saw. Only thing we saw new was the
earring and they kind of pointed out to us because they have Different color codes for the different Vehicles.
So they pointed out to us the ear a at that point, we were able to see him get him build, we saw the chassis go down over the ear, a body with the front motor but I was looking for anything else that would be spy shot a bull but no I didn't see anything now with the array and you may not know the answer to this, are they introducing new colors?
And because I know what the NSX, there's I couldn't get every color for my type best that they've made previously.
SLI. Here's a couple colors.
They eliminate, they got rid of Nord gray and they got rid of us or silver. So I couldn't even get those in
a typist, no option or their colors that, you know, of, they're going to get rid of for the array or their array exclusive colors. And if you don't know, or you're
not allowed to say, yeah, they've got three new colors.
Okay, I'll coming out for 24. So on, they've been shown him on
the ear, a look on the commercials or just stuff.
You can see on YouTube, you can actually go right online right now and okay, configure your vehicle.
So yeah, they have A Seawolf colors like a light.
A weird type of green color. They've got a new gray and these
are flat colors not metallics. So they're kind of like the
rapid blue is you know that more exotic look so they're they've come out with three different colors.
They're getting rid of Elkhart Lake blue.
So that's the blue metallic. I have one of those vehicles and
they're also getting rid of the zoo's bronze, you know, where Elkhart like is It is in one of these states in the United States. That is true.
It's an, it's in Wisconsin, it's where Road America is, okay.
If it's the closest town to the famous Road America and in in Elkhart Lake they have a bar called see Pickens Resort or sipkins Last Resort, I believe but it's a Racers bar.
So you go in there and they have the stickers or covered everywhere. In fact, there's actually a One
auto sticker on the ceiling fan. Nice down there since yeah,
that's been on. There's a 2017 but they got a
really cool paint. Ting and it has all the famous
at the time. It was painted all the famous
race car drivers ever throughout history and like my buddy Peters, he's in, he's in the bars in the painting, which is pretty cool. So it's nice how he likes,
Wisconsin, one of your spots, many spots.
I'm sure you've been, it's good. It's a nice car culture.
You know? Obviously the colors, you know,
Chevy use that color for name for a reason.
But yeah, so you have got a few colors.
Coming out the two colors dropped, but other than that, you have the plant was No, and then just heading back to the museum and finally, getting to see the car.
I'll tell you, I never heard one startup except for on YouTube video, right? So to really be here.
My car. Sorry, for the first time and
sounds great. Yeah, I'm amazing.
I shed a tear. You're like, really, really like
that's my car, okay. You never know.
I don't know how emotional you can be.
Yeah. I was emotional, but it wasn't
that emotional, but it was. Everybody knew my wife film me,
you know? Doing the first start up.
Everything lady him Yuki. She put my tag on the plate on
the car. So hopefully your more emotional
than I am. Because you were there, when I
picked up my bypass. Yeah, you know, and it's like,
my wife's. Are you excited you excited?
I'm like, yeah, this is my excited face.
Like, it's cool. I'm here and I got it and trust
me. I'm, I will love this
experience, but sometimes people could look at you and like, are you really having fun? Yeah.
Now but see the dealership experience versus this is totally different. Sure, because this is catered to
your car. You walk in it, Roped off.
You know they've got a plaque right next to the vehicle.
It's got your name. It says, congratulations.
They put the stickers on it for you.
They really white glove. You for these is an expensive
trip. Like, how much does it cost if
you don't mind? I mean, can you say just how
much does it cost to say? Hey, I have a 06.
I want to come to Bowling Green at the Corvette factory, right?
And then and take delivery of it.
So it's 995. You have to do it.
That's how That's how well yeah. Like $995 $995.
So you have your car to do the museum delivery.
You have to do it at the time you order.
It has to be in the order code, right?
Yeah. And then you just play your
flight and it's is it a one day thing?
Yeah, it's a factory. It's the plant tour.
And then the delivery, they have a track there.
You can drive Z06 or CA depending on what you're getting. They've got to track their you
can use, you can take your car out or you can use their Call.
They've got I think they do a for lap hot laps.
So, yeah, they've got a lot and then they've got a huge Museum there to from the original CH. You know, I mean, so if you're
in the Corvette from the highway, yes, I went I pointed at it, when I went to buy my Infinity and then when I was in Kentucky, one of the guys, I seen that the actually at the airport, he is a Porsche owner and he told me their Club, that's where they drive their vehicles because that's probably the only track that's in that Kentucky.
You're not area and jump in there.
Yeah, it's not a lot there. There's not a lot and I was I
try to find a Cars and Coffee on Saturday.
You know, I went on Instagram and Facebook and I'm getting into. I'm trying to find Kentucky you
know car groups and stuff. They have them certain times.
There was this month, it was the first Saturday of the month so they didn't have anything going on.
So yeah it's so small town you know and not too much to do but they do use that track for open racing to at the Corvette museum so clubs can join. So the so a Acura has something
called the PMC tour that you could do with your NSX.
So I could have gone for the type as and it's what day did you pick up your car 24th? But what day of the week was I
give us our Wednesday, okay? So the PMC chores are very
similar words. You can you can only go on like
a Tuesday and Wednesday or Wednesday and Thursday.
So it didn't really work out for me but it's like, I want to see three grand. It's like 3 Grand a person so
you can take a guess for like an additional 1,500 or 2,000 or something. I'm like so you go to Columbus
and then it's a nice drive from Columbus to the PMC.
Ensure they do this stuff where you get to the hotel, you know, and I think the hotel is part of it.
So when you check in, they probably says, like, you know, welcome blah, blah, blah blah. And they do, basically where you
had said that, they do a Corvette.
But it's like, that's a lot of money, man.
But for 1,000 bucks done deal. Yeah.
That's why I had to do it. I was like, it is funny.
I had already built a car. Route.
And then I remembered I went online.
Actually, I, when I put the order in, with the dealer like there in person checked, all the boxes went home.
YouTube. You know, first thing I did I'm
like, you see in delivery, oh, you got to do a code.
So I called a dealer up. The next day, I said add this
code onto it because the car went in it was I put the building on a Friday Monday is when they uploaded into the system and it was accepted the same day.
So only took me the car, only took four weeks to get built.
So then you have their car. Now you're back here with the
car. So we met up this morning and
it's it takes a lot for me to get up to High Line Auto where their conversation the other day.
You know, hey, you're gonna go Mike I don't know, probably not a couple of people hit me up. So you're gonna go then my
buddy, Josh said, hey I want to go, but I don't know if I really want to roll, if you're going to go, I'll roll with you and I'm like, all right. So then we went up there, Carla.
Just colors, beautiful, guys. A car is stunning.
It is Matrix. What's the color code ceramic?
Fruit spray make sense. This is I'm sitting in front to
see a matrix. So ceramic Matrix gray reminds
me a lot of the casino white pearl and a sex in a certain way where it kind of has it looks white, but it's not really white. It looks gray but only if you
have it next to a white car. Yeah, since you stole all, you
think it's white with the red interior.
Essentially like a red and black.
Yeah, two-tone red and black. Yeah, which is perfect.
All right calipers, I'll be all red.
Which Corvette could have sometimes just too much red?
Yeah, but it looks So perfect. And what were your impressions
of the car? Tell us the difference is
between that because you've had multiple CH you car dealer for life and you love Corvettes. So, yeah, and impression is,
it's exactly. It's 100% exactly what they said
it was. I mean it's it is there is all
there, all the videos and everything.
Yeah. Yeah.
I mean it's I can't believe I have it J.
Yeah. I'm totally serious.
Yep. I cannot believe I own this car
right now. But yeah, it's no question about
the horse. Powers are 670 versus 495 the
flat plane crank, the engine alone.
Just the sound that way. 6070 versus four ninety five six,
seven sources for difference. There's no comparison down to
that's a big difference. So yeah, the wide body stance.
The, for the re 45s on the rear, I mean, you could probably fit one more Tire in between the To. Yeah, they take a bowl on there.
Yeah, they're huge. And so, yeah, it's hopefully, it
won't be a maintenance nightmare.
But for right now, she is 100% good knowing lights.
No Nick's no tick, right? I was hoping.
So she was built. Number 1889, that's my number on
the vehicle, so hopefully I know they've been having some issues but hopefully it doesn't. It's not on all of them.
So the issues they have had, is it between the certain Is that they're saying cars produce five through twelve hundred may have this issue, bring it into your dealership and have them, you know. Are they doing the recalls yet?
Or they're just kind of waiting to see what happens?
Yeah, no recalls at all. I mean, some people are are
talking right now about ticking issues, ticking noises in engine, you know, they've had some failures, they've had some engine Replacements already Transmissions, but a lot of these people you got to realize. I don't know how they're driving
them. Em.
And then you don't know how the dealership is driving them, right? That's one reason why I did a
museum delivery. Also, because I have a few
friends that are salesman at Chevy stores.
And they tell me stories about how these texts rev up the cars and the engine, you know, while they're in the shop, getting PPI to stuff like that because they'll never experienced a car and it's the biggest hype. So they want to shoot their
little videos and, you know, cars got six miles and their Red Line them up. You know, that makes me wonder
that because you were good with yours. 500 miles is to break in
and you were saying earlier. Like, there's things that the
car literally doesn't give you access to until you reach a certain point, right? Yeah, the car has limitations on
the RPMs. It's 5500 for the break-in period at 500 miles.
I got a recording of, it'll be on my YouTube channel, it automatically turns over to Red Lines 8500.
So that's crazy up, 4,000 RPM. So it's sick, you know exactly
what your three to four thousand RPMs opens up.
So but yeah, the mode to launch mode.
Yeah, there's no access to launch control.
So I was really, I did not read line the car at all.
I didn't do any hard accelerations like you know, from a light or anything. I just drove a car.
Like I normally drove it. I did put my modes a little
higher because I wanted to hear the engine sound you know hear the Roar of the bag fire but no racing But now she's open, so I'm still going to be gentle. But sure, I'm not going to let
anybody pass me on the highway either, right?
Yeah. We were coming back from Hiline
Auto Cars, and Coffee. I could tell, once you hit that
500 miles, you know? Because now the windows are up
and you went by, you don't go flying by, but you went by and I could tell. And you hear the exhaust pop
them like. All right.
He's ready? Yeah.
I was hoping you guys were going to film.
That's why I said. Hey, Josh roll the window down.
That's Josh or throttle. He's been on.
Here before roll the window down and get this.
So I have to ask him for that clip.
Yeah, definitely. I need a copy of that.
Yeah. So I drove the car.
Sounds amazing feels amazing. If you're in a cockpit guys.
It I felt like I was in a cockpit.
So this is almost like a rental car reviews for I didn't rent the car or have it for a full week.
But like like Drew, I drove it around like I normally would drive or a little less than I would drive because I fly around in the NSX quite a bit. I drove it.
Like I was driving the infinity. Yeah but I still found.
I wanted to make sure I got the feedback and I drove in your personalized mode which I actually liked a lot because it's got all the multiple modes. It's got the Z mode, right.
Take us through the different modes that the vehicle has.
Yeah, so it has your basic winter modes which we need to get into but as a person, Mode. We don't mind only winter mode
because we're in Phoenix. Exactly.
So in June, it doesn't a wet mode case, you get caught up in the rain up in Flagstaff for some yep.
But yeah. So you've got my mode, it has
the touring mode which is going to be your middle mode sport track and then it has a z mode, which you can personally set with the button on the steering wheel.
So, that's, that's my favorite is that in my mode, right?
So, driving around his mode, I got on a couple times.
I didn't get on it, get on it. You know, I just I just don't,
but From what I did get on its was sounded amazing.
That one thing I'm jealous of is the downshift.
Downshift sounds come to a light.
It's just you want that every time and that car turns so many heads and I don't think it's just because it's a C8, but the the noise it makes from outside the car because I looked around, even when I was riding passenger, Everybody's looking around, in fact, when he pulled to my house, a little annoying neighbor kids, you guys see how my videos a little they came out and they were in the front yard waiting to see what was going on. Yeah.
And when we drove off, they followed us almost like an old-school commercial where the kids are kind of racing the car knowing that they can actually beat the car, but it was it was cool to see. Yeah, yeah.
So it brings everybody other houses.
Yeah, it's it's the newest thing for HIV, you know, Chevy.
And they're introducing two more models after this.
And that, right? That's what's hard.
So there are some conversation about this morning and they go.
Are they doing was this? It's something with a z ZR1.
Well, not the 01, some other word, so there's the array, the Zora Zora. That's it right Zora supposed to
be 100% electric, but there are talking about he raised a hybrid, like, the unisex, correct?
Got it. And then a ZR1 would be my
vehicle with a twin-turbo. That's so now you gotta
understand if you gonna Go back into Chevrolet's videos where the CEO or whoever is head of Chevrolet talks about their history and what's going to be happening in the future.
They've already mentioned these things, right?
What they have in mentioned is a ZR1, they have not yet.
So that's what everyone wonders. They've heard Zorro.
Exactly. And so people are.
They are thinking that the vehicle that they've been just got released by photos of is as it going to be a ZR1.
You think it is Who knows, but the Zora is, also the one that has already announced Zorro. Zorro Zara, Zara something,
yeah. Nas, or oh, that's nice.
That's the known error with the sword, right?
So one of the basically, the, the person that the brainchild for the mid-engine Corvette, so that was Aura and so they've, okay. They've named the vehicle ended.
There's all type of Easter eggs all over the car with his picture. Well, that's cool.
Yeah, this is emo. Kind of an Easter egg to for
him. Exactly.
That's exactly what that is. Yep, I thoroughly enjoy the car.
I think it's super cool. Visually I stole like I was I
was rolling down the road the other day coming back from di Como que, no going. That's a good-looking car.
C7. Probably Grand Sport or
something. The one that looks kind of like
a Z06 still, a great looking car.
Yeah, your car is a great looking car so I think the Z06 package of the C8 is fantastic. The regular C8 looks good but
it's not. The Z06 with all the arrow and
the active Aero, like the very functional Sun, it does not looks, it's very functional. Yeah, my car is a non Aero
package, so the 07 is the Aero package with the high Wing.
The wing and everything, and we really are package.
Your no, not your package. Okay guys, just stop but the car
outside that would how you got? It looks good.
Yeah, I tried to expect it that way.
That way I can add a few things because that 07 packages on constraint, so it wasn't even available.
It's like if you want a car, you have to order. 907 so I already
had to build built out you know on my website so I just put that together figured mention that before too.
Yeah. Yeah.
You ordered it but you ordered this, not the old, you know, balls to the wall visual package.
Yeah. And the 07 packages attract
package, the tires are completely different, has to come to ours which are like people are going through those car tires and like 5,000 miles. They're super sticky.
And for me this is a daily driver.
Road, I want to go places do things, so I wanted a street Z06 and not attracts the 06. The next time we do this, I'm
going to have to drive across town in, do it in your podcast Studio. Tell us about your new set up
there and what you're doing with it.
Yeah, so we just started our podcast room Westgate exotic Studios. We are offering podcasts
hosting, you know, we will edit your videos if you want to do YouTube, what we have is immediate Program set up, where we will film for you will do the edits for you and then we'll create reels for your business. So we have a lot of Realtors and
stuff like that. They don't have time.
They come in, they want to, but they've got stuff to talk about.
So we record everything. And then, we break it up form
for marketing, so they can use it.
And they can have daily reels that are already made form nice.
And that, I would. Imagine, that's a competitive
package for your prospective clients.
Yeah, we gave them like two shootings, their 90 Minute Podcast. As we do, all the editing forms
of thousand dollars for that. And then what we give them, 30
days worth of content, thousand bucks, 30 days.
You're on a marketing budget. That's dropping the pan.
Probably. Yeah.
I mean, a lot of the Realtors they come in, they've got shows, they want to shoot and they come in and just shoot a 30-minute show, they still have they can come back for their different 90 minutes. So they don't have to do it all
in one show. Got it.
They can do mine and we'll know is worth got it.
Exactly. Yeah.
And then we also Oh, come out and Dakota who does all my filming. He started off with me, I'm
online. He's my media guy.
So that's his tag for Instagram, my meet a guy, and he's going to, he's the one that handles all the editing, the shooting, and he can do off-site. He can do it at their business
or residence. So there's a lot involved.
Sounds good man. Will thank you for coming out
here and thank you for letting me drive that super cool vehicle outside. You are the only other person,
And I got a one of my best friend's.
I let him drive and I said, I'm going to let Jay definitely take this car for a ride. I've been waiting for it to get
here and I'm glad you were able to enjoy the car.
So what I want to find if anybody knows, we need to find an airstrip or somewhere where we can get together, not just us but I want to do. CW know there's people listening
that or in the car Community out here in the valley if anybody knows the places where we can do like quarter-mile half-mile, you You have been used to offer that.
I don't know, because I know when no-fly zone comes into town, it's down in Gila Bend, which is your Gila Bend is.
Yeah. Yeah, I've done photo shoots out
there. It's a long ways to go for a
photo shoot but I do know they do have the no-fly zone and I think they still do it. He'll abandon, I think it comes
once or twice a year. Well, somebody needs to reach
out to us and let me know because I'd be interested in trying to find out more information because I definitely want to do some video shoots. So check out.
See a matrix check out the YouTube channel.
Really appreciate you guys. If you could follow And
subscribe, thanks Drew. Morning.
Drew is always for taking the time to come by the studio.
His place is on the other side of town.
It's almost an hour drive. You're lucky.
If you can do it without hitting traffic so it's good to see him going to check out his car awesome.
Again, it was an awesome car. Some of my thoughts on it after
he left, I was thinking about it.
And I mean, that's, I still like my NSX.
But I think I've conditioned myself to, like, minus X, not that you have to force yourself to like, Your car over somebody else's. But that C8 is a special
vehicle. I've always thought it was a
special vehicle. I love the c7s but I've never
wondered one to own one. But being able to bike my first
because he came by here before you guys remember a few times actually, and usually has, he has a see a door one time he had the the e-tron which I didn't drive and the portrait I can take. And I never know if I say it.
It was a tight tight, contagion turbo I can.
But my first time actually being in a C8 with the engine on Driving. It was the Z06.
I'm kind of spoiled at. That was awesome.
No matter what I do to my NSX, because I may do some stuff to it because of the root of the vehicles because of who the vehicles are deep down, I'm never going to have the same wondrous sound that you would get from a Z06.
Even from a regular Corvette, a regular C8 in sport mode, sounds, incredible. And I can, there's a, there's a
few things I can do to my NSX, to make it sound great, and give it a little bit more power. I don't care about the power.
All relative as soon as like I said before, as soon as Tesla started coming out and you can be sitting at a light and there's some soccer dad, or soccer mom next to you might have their own business, doesn't give a shit about cars knowing that they can just put it in regular mode and blow your doors off from light, to light horsepower, pure 0 to 60 quarter-mile doesn't really matter.
That's a, that's a bragging vehicle owners game.
That's a video game playing. Fantasy wish they can drive a
real cars thing. It's like well this car slow
because it goes zero to 60 in three point three and this one goes in three point one that's this fast.
And I just snapped each finger mii-chan that doesn't matter.
So with that being said, I mean obviously this thing has more this the see 706 has 70 more horsepower but it's also working with two less wheels on a launch, but I'm never going to be able to replicate that beautiful sound when he was driving around in his personalized mode or when I was driving his vehicle and his personalized settings mode.
When you come to a stop light and it has that downshift sound, Nothing Better. And that's one thing I do miss
about. My old minus X is downshifting
as I come to a stop. Light sounds so good and you are
turning so many ads because they want to know what the hell is that sound and words coming from either, that's a badass car.
That's a shitty ass pickup truck.
And this last weekend, they thought it was a badass car.
There would have been a hundred percent.
Correct. So I like my NSX type S.
But that Z06 is special, and I'm never going to be able to replicate that sound because I have a hybrid.
And that thing is pure, internal combustion, badassery in the sea 706, so congratulations to him. Drew Bunkley, forgetting.
That vehicle is great vehicle to see.
We'll see how long it holds onto it.
He is a car dealer by nature, but this is a special car and everything has a price, but hopefully he keeps it long, but if he gets a stupid offer on it, he's going to get another Z06.
So, I'm glad he's at least has it for now.
I got my first massage, so it's up.
First off, I've always been really weird about people touching me and there's a history.
There's a reason you'd have to search old podcast episodes.
You would have to search J Finning on other people's podcasts. Because that was our one eye.
When I do a deep dive into who I am or what makes this person up that sitting in front of this microphone right now as you guys do on this show, I don't talk about myself that much.
It's not that kind of show if I can give you a story that kind of allows you to relate or not to push you on to the patreon.
But those of you who support the the show, whether it's a three dollar, the $10 tier, you get access to all the stuff that everybody else doesn't get access listening to To I call it the national show. This Global show that you can
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So I got my first massage and I've always been weird about that because my wife gives massages all the time and when you're at work they're like hey they're giving free massages in the lobby. You're going to go get your
massage. I'm like not no I'm good.
You go to the airport and you see people sitting there face down getting their back speed on.
I'm looking at him like man, that feels good.
That looks like it would feel good.
Would you like what? Now I'm good.
But I got one couple weeks ago. And my back, I already knew it
like it, my neck, my back, like it is bad, and I don't know why, but I always have like a lot of stress in my shoulders, anyone and everyone who's ever touched my shoulders, you know, if he will walk up and say, hey, what's up, buddy?
And like, wow, man, your shoulders are your tents, whether it's Mom or Dad or my wife or random friend or just complete stranger and a social setting, you know, just what I mean, I got some deep, not Sandman Nothing Hurt, like my back hurt for days. But I knew it was gonna hurt but
now I can't wait for my next one because if through those massages and my trips to the chiropractor can straighten me out, then I'm going to be in good shape has recently editing a podcast for West tankersley. You guys know that or maybe
don't know. I had his podcast for him and he
had a guest on. He has a guest on this week
actually. Brandon Miller and Brandon
Miller is a muscle specialist, and he was talking about You can say your neck is sore and this may be an extreme example, but the real issue may start with your left calf and it could be the right side of your neck. So they have to find the root of
the issue once they sort out your calf, then they kind of Chase your issue. Kind of up, your body wraps
around your spinal cord and then they release.
The pressure point. That's holding down the muscle
that has knotted up the long muscle.
That runs up your neck and So you know, that's the Hope because I have a have I have really bad neck and and shoulder and back issues muscular. So make sure you check out that
episode. That is the Brandon Miller
episode this week. The first full week of June, on
shaping success with West tankersley.
Also have some really cool episodes coming up.
A lot of guests, not solo apis Odes and I think I talked about the Burma episode that's coming up.
We have Randy marchetti. It's kind of an icon in the NSX
game way, back in the days before I can even afford a no sex. We caught up with him, he lives
in the area works. Now for a Huge like a huge
company that has nothing to do with cars but that's weird how that's your Beginnings in one place because of the stuff you've done and in the car World, another friend pulled him over to a completely different world and had him design some stuff. And I mean, the guys got to be
he's doing well and he's a fantastic guy and very musically inclined, we talk about that. Well, that more is coming up.
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