I LOVE THE US - Edgar Millan: Patriotism, EVs, Batman & Right to Repair | EP332
Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning
I LOVE THE US - Edgar Millan: Patriotism, EVs, Batman & Right to Repair | EP332
Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning · Jul 3, 2026
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Concept
Right to Repair
A movement that fights to make sure you can fix your own car—or take it to any local mechanic you trust—instead of being forced to go to an expensive dealership because they are the only ones with the secret software codes and tools.
Brand
CARB
A powerful government agency in California that sets very strict rules on car pollution. If you want to buy certain engine parts or upgrades, they often have to be officially approved by this group first.
Car
Chevrolet Corvette
The Corvette is a famous two-seat sports car made by Chevrolet. It is designed to go very fast, look sleek, and sound powerful. Unlike most regular cars, the newest version has its engine placed behind the seats instead of under the front hood, which helps it grip the road better.
Car
BMW M2
A small, very fast two-door sports car made by BMW. It is loved by driving enthusiasts because it is incredibly powerful, handles curves like a race car, and can still be bought with a manual stick-shift transmission.
Car
BMW M240I
The 2 Series is a small, upscale car made by BMW, usually available as a two-door coupe. It is designed for drivers who want a luxury vehicle that is small, easy to park, and fun to drive on twisty roads.
Car
BMW M240i xDrive
A quick, all-wheel-drive luxury coupe from BMW. It uses a highly praised six-cylinder engine that makes it very fast in everyday driving, even in wet or slippery conditions.
Car
BMW iX
A large, luxury electric SUV made by BMW. It runs entirely on battery power, has a very quiet and spacious cabin, and is packed with high-tech screens and self-driving features.
Car
Nissan Pathfinder
The Pathfinder is a large family SUV made by Nissan that has three rows of seats to carry up to eight people. It is built for everyday tasks like driving kids to school, hauling groceries, and going on family road trips.
Car
Acura MDX
A popular, premium three-row family SUV made by Honda's luxury brand, Acura. It is spacious and reliable, though it can use a lot of gasoline compared to newer hybrid models.
Car
Chevrolet Volt
The Volt is a hatchback car made by Chevrolet that runs on electricity for short trips and has a backup gasoline engine that turns on to keep you going when the battery runs out. This design allows drivers to do most of their daily driving without using any gasoline at all.
Car
Acura NSX
The NSX is a high-tech, expensive sports car made by Acura, which is the luxury division of Honda. It uses a combination of a traditional gasoline engine and electric motors to go very fast while remaining easy and comfortable to drive every day.
Car
Challenger Hellcat
The Challenger is a large, retro-looking two-door car made by Dodge. It is famous for having very large, loud gasoline engines and is designed to go very fast in a straight line rather than taking sharp turns.
LIVE
We live in the best country in the world and you can go out there and the opportunity is plentiful.
This is Heart Park and brought to you by right hand and right Toyota at a Scottsdale, Arizona.
I'm your host Jay Finning recording from my studio here in Gilbert, Arizona.
It is 4th of July weekend coming up. Of course, as we know, these episodes now drop on Fridays.
So this weekend is 4th of July. So hopefully everybody out there has fun.
If you are a patriotic person, great. If not, I feel bad for you. I want to talk about
this Gallup poll that was taken around mid 2025 and it was reported everywhere in
2026 ahead of the 250th anniversary. This poll found that US national pride hit a record low
overall. Now, I don't know if I should get into the party affiliations because then it becomes
political and I don't really want things to be political, although sometimes we end up there.
But according to this poll, only 58% of Americans said that they were extremely or very proud to
be an American down significantly with the very proud share just at 17%. Think about that.
We don't live in a perfect country, but go out there and try to live somewhere else.
It is your constitutional right to complain about your everyday life. If you're getting
free handouts and you no longer get them, that's not an excuse to no longer love this country or
enjoy this country. We live in the best country in the world and you can go out there and the
opportunity is plentiful. It may not always go your way, but you have those freedoms. You can
complain on social media. Hell, you can get out there and get someone's face and talk all sorts
of crap to them without really any penalty as long as you don't touch them or assault them in any way.
Not a lot of places on this earth you can do that. So think about that the next time you decide
because of something temporary like the current administration or the previous administration
or the next administration, this is a great country. Interest rates suck, gas prices go up and down,
doesn't make the country a bad place and you should be very proud to live here.
And I can guarantee you a lot of the immigrants both legal and undocumented that come here
would disagree. They love this country for the most part and it's a little hard sometimes. It's
the best country in the world and I need you to spend this holiday weekend with your family and
your friends and just have a good time. Maybe you go watch fireworks, maybe you don't, but I think
as Americans we take way too much stuff for granted. You want to see something that's crazy?
I don't know if you spend any time on social media, but go out there and some of these videos are
fake by the way, but go out there and look at all the World Cup videos that came out in the last
couple of weeks of people just people coming in from other countries to watch the World Cup games
and they are just losing their minds over everything that we have here in this country.
They love their country, they love the people, they were told this country is a complete train wreck
and while some of us Americans feel like it is, it really isn't. All the food,
all the party and all the fun, they love this country. You know why? Because where they come
from a lot of times is that oppressed. If you think you're oppressed as an American citizen, you're
it. I don't know what to tell you. You know, I was listening back to my episode with my
dear friend Dwayne and he had mentioned about police and being worried about police and he said,
you know, one thing and I missed it in real time, but he said, when you go to another country,
you can probably let your guard down. And I thought, I heard that and I was like,
wait a minute, no, you can't. You think we have a problem with racism in this country?
This isn't nothing compared to a lot of other countries. If you're worried about the police
in this country, you have a lot more to worry about when you go to other countries.
And so that's another one of those very American things. It blows my mind. Coming up on today's
show, my friend Edgar Milan is in studio. He helps me run one auto. He's basically my right-hand man.
He also does a lot of really cool things to make his money and we're going to learn about those
things today and also how can you do what he does for a living with the freedoms that he has for
a living? And we also talk about what 4th of July means to us and our families. Edgar is a Colombian
immigrant. So find out what his perspective is and all this stuff. And this isn't stuff we
normally talk about, but I love having those conversations with my friends. But before we
get to that, let's have some fun with some headlines. A Batman, a Mexican Batman. I think
some of you may have seen that, but there's a there's seems to be a guy, but it's probably more
likely a group of people going around and they are taping motorcycle thieves up to light posts.
It says right here, over a 10 day period starting on June 13th of 2026, at least five men were found
bound to lamp posts or street poles using industrial string duct tape. In each case,
the victims were reportedly immobilized, some with mustaches and cat whiskers drawn on their faces.
And the Spanish word, Ratero, which means thief, ridding across their foreheads. Many had visible
injuries, including bruises and blood and in some cases their mouths were taped.
Solar motorcycles were left nearby, sometimes with pink warning signs detailing the alleged crimes.
So if you've seen that story on social media, it is not a satirical fake story.
Now, I don't think anyone's witnessed someone running around in a Batman suit, but that is
still funny nonetheless. Also the other day, a lot of people were going crazy in the car world.
There was a video of our current President Donald Trump signing a right to fix your own
vehicle thing. And that also seemed like it was satirical. I looked it up. And what does that
actually mean? It's a presidential memorandum, not full executive order signed by President Trump
on June 29th aimed at expanding Americans freedom to fix their own vehicles, particularly by easing
EPA regulations around emissions, repairs and aftermarket parts. So the key details,
lowering the cost of living by promoting freedom to fix. It's a directive to the EPA,
specifically Administrator Lee Zeldin, not binding laws with full force of executive order
it builds on similar earlier actions for farm equipment and non road machinery.
Clarifies self repairs on emissions systems. The EPA must use guidelines within 30 days
on what individuals can legally do to repair or have repaired their own vehicles, emissions,
components consistent with the Clean Air Act. This addresses concerns that some routine fixes
could be seen as tampering. Number two, eases aftermarket part certifications,
it directs the EPA to promote and speed up alternative certification paths for third
party aftermarket parts, including heavy reliance on California's carbs processes,
you know, everything you buy says this, except for California.
This aims to increase options and lower costs, a deep and the third note is it
deprioritizes enforcements against good faith repairs. The EPA should consider not pursuing
civil actions against people who try to fix their vehicles back to original configuration in good
faith. So that's what all that means. It was a fun thing to pass around social media.
But that is what that actually means. Guys, it's crazy what you could find out if you just do a
little bit of research. A quick blurb in sports, LeBron James has decided not to
resign with the Los Angeles Lakers. This guy is going into his 24th year in the NBA. So
let the LeBron James sweepstakes begin. Of course, you know, Jordan is my goat,
but LeBron James is doing something I don't think anybody will ever do again,
basically become the man from age 18 until whenever he decides to quit.
Regardless of what you think about him, that in itself is an amazing feat.
And finally, I went over to Jorge Aquino's house, along with Devontae Mack, and we recorded an episode
of tormenting Tarmac, which should be coming out in the next few weeks on Jorge's platform.
But while that in itself is not big news, on my way back, I drove past Bucky's. So in toward the
end of June, Bucky's opened up over on the other side of Phoenix in good year, actually. And
people were camping outside before it opened up and people on social media were going there and
taking pictures. Some people in the car community. The big question is, when is the first car meet
at Bucky's? Probably never because that place is so damn busy. I was driving back and I looked
over and I said, Oh my God, that place is huge. This was about 1030 on a Friday,
parking lot packed. I think we have 99 to 100 pumps at this location, possibly more. I think
the average is 120 at Bucky's. But there were people still in line and I said no way because
my thought is the next time we go to California, we would probably go that direction out of the city
and we would probably just stop at Bucky's. But I don't know, man, that place is a freaking
circus, but it's a circus for a reason. Coming up after this word from Marcus Foundry,
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Edgar Melon, welcome back to hard parking. The last time I think you were on the show,
it was you and your wife, Monique, doing the Arizona adventure.
Spend a minute. But it's 4th of July this weekend, basically tomorrow since these come out on
Fridays. Just wanted to get you over here because we just did a one-auto cruise.
It was fun. And I'm going to introduce you with somebody that, I kind of call you the backbone
of one-auto at this point. You know, you help keep the ball rolling and I've always said,
hey guys, if there's an event coming up, let us know and we could talk about it as a crew of
planet and you're kind of the only one. And to our credit as a group, we explore those more
often than not. And imagine how many events we'd be doing if we just had some more ideas.
So thank you. And you're wearing the state 48 collaboration and it's got your brand on the
back. It's got, I think, hard parking on the back or maybe one auto or maybe both. I don't even know.
Both. Both. Yeah. So what's going on with Arizona adventure crew?
Slow down like the last two years for us. She got an event coming up like next weekend. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. July 11th. This is a trip that we like to do once a year. It's always around July.
It's going to be in Winslow. Nobody knows that there's anything to do out there besides like
everybody knows, you know, the statue in the corner and the train and the stuff. But
you know, there is a creek out there that you can go to and
you can paddle it. You can just hang out, you know, have a barbecue and just hang out by the
water if you want. But it's a beautiful, it's a beautiful scenery and it's only like a three mile
or so paddle. It's not a river. So it's just a standing creek. And yeah, great time. If you
look it up, it's called East Clear Creek. You can camp over there too.
Where does it get fed from? It's got like, if you go to the very end, it's got like a couple
of waterfalls that are spelling in and then you go to the other end. It's like, does it just die down
or? You know what? Have you done it before? I don't know where where it's feeding from.
But be good to know. Yeah, I don't know where it's from. Right, because like Salt River, right?
And then that's the really popular one here to be down the Salt River paddleboarding on the Salt
River. It's not as wide as you would think for a river, but it can get stupid at times. And I
it's just it's just standing water. The only time that can get maybe where you might hurt yourself
is it's known for like free solo rock climbing. So a lot of the as a canyon, as you go into the
canyon, the rocks kind of like kind of go, you know, kind of make going to like a slan or whatever,
where if you fall, you can fall into the water. And then cliff jumping is really popular for
cliff jumping. Yeah. So there's some really deep pockets then. Oh, yeah. I mean, you can do like
you can do like an a hundred foot cliff jump from there, you know, if you want to or do a 10
foot. No, my highest was like 83. There took me like five minutes to jump off. Oh, from standing
up there because you have to commit, right? Otherwise you're a pussy over. It's over. Yeah,
I mean, I was we were coming down and I see these guys all the way up there and I'm like,
do a Gainer. And the guy's like, you do a Gainer. What's a Gainer? Gainer, you're pretty much just
you're jumping off and you just kind of like instead of a backflip is like a frontflip,
but you're running and you're just going this way. So you're, oh, I think I've seen those before.
Yeah, he's just kind of like, boom. That's not just jumping. It's You're doing
like a full front flip, but I've seen people do stuff like that when we go to the river or
sometimes in streams or sometimes when you go to the lake, right? Like Lake Pleasant, they have the
area where people can just jump off of it. And I'll get up there and just so you know, I don't do
that shit, right? But once every blue moon, I'll crawl up once every blue moon and I'll be on like
the one that's only like 10 feet, but it doesn't look like shit until you're up there. Yeah. And
then when you're looking down, 30 feet, you have to hype yourself into it. Exactly. It's like,
come on, just do it, it. And I think I've gotten better in my old age of just
if I go up there, chances are I'm not going to go up there. But you already know. Yeah,
because I already know. You don't need to be that guy. If I go up there, I'm like,
that was for me, man. Like I, after those guys, so yeah, they jump, they, he jumps down and then
I'm like falling, going down and then he's like, you want to come up and I'm like, yeah, I'll do it,
you know? So I go up and I'm climbing up and then yeah, man, we get up there
and I was like, this is high. And then I'm like, I'm like, with them, I'm the one that was kind of
like pressing it, you know, okay, there, you know, like I would do it, you know? So I didn't want to
look at no pussy or anything, you know, sorry, but yeah, got up there and I probably say like,
it was like a good 34 minutes. That seems like it's not long, but it's a long time
when you're up there, you know? So I finally just did it. I was just like, oh, it's it,
fuck the world. Everybody's looking at you too. Oh yeah, yeah, and where they were jumping off,
yeah, they're, you turn around, there's a line of people just staring at you like,
when we were in Puerto Rico a few years ago, we did one of those things, you know, you did the tour,
you go through the jungle and you have to wear the little hard hats and stuff like that. And then
part of it was going across the river and going up, you know, at the kind of the end of it.
And we all went up the whole family. Yvette was right with me and I was thinking to myself,
God, I'm not really a daredevil. I know for a fact my wife isn't. This is crazy. She's actually
doing it. This is okay. Okay. Yeah. And she was in front of me and it's the same deal. You get up
there and I think it was maybe 15 feet, which doesn't seem like nothing. But when you're up
there, it seems like something 15, maybe it's 20. But it wasn't, it was like the middle one.
Yeah. Because there was one that's way up there, right? I'm not doing that one. And then by the
way, across the creek, there was other people jumping off that were obviously like they lived
there because they were just flying across doing just crazy Olympic ship, you know, like the two
or three dudes. And then there was even these little kids like probably seven or eight years old
that were going to the top one of where we were at. They're just doing it like over and over and
over just flying off doing their stuff. So we're on the middle one, 15, 20 feet. And we do the
countdown. And I was like, there's no way my wife is about to do this. This is crazy. And she's
like, I'm doing it 321 And she goes to jump and she just locks up, just goes,
I'm like, like someone hit her with a taser. She didn't fall off, but then she ended up going down
to like the little five foot one. And even those when you do that too. Yeah. Even the five foot
one, she had to kind of hype herself to jump in, but not really throwing smoke at her. I just
thought that was funny as hell. But I was like, okay, I can't be like that. I got to do it. Yeah.
So that's when I got up and I was like, shit. Shit. Shit. Yeah. Fuck it. And then you did it.
Like, Hey, you want to do it again? I go, no, I'm good. I'm good. I did my one time,
you know, beat her out on that. I can say that I did it. But no, you guys are always doing stuff
because don't you have something coming up in October or September? Yeah, it's October. We
a trip that we do once a year or two is we go down to Horseshoe Bend. Yep. Yep. So we do that
trip. By the way, we're not going just, just let you know. No, no, thanks for the invite though.
No, no, no. Now that trip is a cool experience. That was just like, if you ever been to Horseshoe
Bend and you've seen it from the top, it's a whole different experience where you're down there,
you know, doing it. And that's the famous for people watching or listening who aren't local
or don't really travel. That's probably the most famous, if not one of the three most famous photos
of the Grand Canyon, would you say? Yeah. Yeah. It's one of the most famous places. I think they're
even talking about building some kind of resort in the area and there's like a controversy about
that, you know. What's the controversy? Like when you, and I just went through it for the first
time on our road trip to Intersexpo last year and I go, oh, shit, this is Paige. This is where
Horseshoe Bend is. And this just, you pass it on the left and you're going through town and there's,
it's like hotel row, all these different like, like Hilton Garden and Courtyard or whatever,
but nothing, you know, no skyscrapers or stuff. Maybe is that the controversy? Do you know?
They're, I have to get not quote for quota, you know, whatever, but they, but I'm mistaken,
they're like trying to build areas or like, and right there where you enter to go into the park
to go see Horseshoe Bend, like in that area right there. Oh. Yeah. So they're just, they're looking
at it more like, should you just leave it, shouldn't be, you build a resort here is going to be
pretty much a shit show in a sense. Yeah. I had no idea. Obviously I knew what Horseshoe Bend was,
but I was actually surprised myself when we were driving past it and I looked to the left. I go,
oh, it looks like an entrance to an amusement park. Yeah. You know, it's got this security gate or
whatever in this giant parking lot on the other side. So you can't even really see it from the
road. No. It's like way over there. I was like, oh wow. Like a mile, you know, that and boom,
you're there. Yeah. I just assumed it was kind of like, you know, Tonto Bridge that we have here
where you pull in and there's a little ranger station. Sure. Yeah. No. You pay your eight bucks
and you go in there and look around and leave. But it's this whole big thing and that's crazy.
Yeah. I mean, there's talks about, I don't know the latest on it, but I know they talked about
doing that before and stuff. So since this is a holiday weekend coming up, and I also want to
talk about what you do for work now because I find that fascinating, very fascinating. And it has a
lot of, I think kind of fun perks, especially for friends like me, right? But you know,
what is your fourth of July weekend look like maybe historically growing up with the family? I
encourage, but you don't have to. So let me ask you about that first. And then kind of what does
it mean to you? Sure. Because I've talked about things before where it's intended to be this one
thing, but over time it's kind of become this other thing. And that's not necessarily a bad thing
at all. But I think we've all kind of internalized what it means to us. Sure. And so what does all
that mean to you? I guess that's a lot, but you know, you have time. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, fourth of July for us, at least for like Monique and the kids, it's just us,
like everybody else trying to see the fireworks if we can. But sometimes it can be a little crazy
depending where you're going, you know, when it comes to like cars and you're dealing with traffic
and you're like, should I just watch it on my house? You know, but
but with the work that I do, it's just, fortunately, I pretty much work it. I've worked it.
So I don't really get to join, enjoy it like on a personal spending time with family type,
you know, Fourth of July for me. It's mostly like,
like attending to attendees that are going to a Fourth of July event, you know,
that's more of what it looks like for me. But Fourth of July, what it means to me, man, is like,
I came from Colombia, as you know, you know, so I came back in 1992. So like, I feel really
blessed to be American, non-American, I guess, in a sense. And what does that mean?
I'm still, I'm not a US citizen, you know, I'm a permanent resident of the US, but
I just, my dad worked his butt off to have us here, to bring us here. And I just wouldn't have
the life that I have now if it wasn't for that opportunity and us coming to America, you know,
so Fourth of July is a big, like a big thing for me when I think of it that way.
Do you guys remember ever doing anything like as a family or just with friends,
like in life before Monique?
Yeah, just like my dad, just hanging out with the family, you know, a big Colombian family.
So usually you get together and have a cookout and celebrate, yeah, Fourth of July.
And Colombia, when I was in Colombia though, you know, you have the big fireworks, so
They do that there too?
Well, not for Fourth of July, but there's events, yeah, that you have,
that, you know, you have like those kind of fireworks. So you think like here in Arizona
is the same, but it's not, you know.
Oh, you have the non-restricted fireworks. You guys have the Disneyland fireworks.
Yeah. So when you think of Fourth of July, you think you're going to have these big old fireworks,
you know, you're going to buy and do it yourself, but it's like you came here and was like,
no, it's not like that.
Like what the hell is this? What is this?
Yeah, like little fireworks, you know.
Well, that's cool, man. I was curious because everybody has like kind of their own different
traditions and customs, you know, like for us, I don't even remember. Like my family,
it was just myself, my brother, my parents, you know, we didn't have any relatives anywhere near
us. 1,200 miles is our closest relative from us. And we had family friends and we may have done
stuff with them, but it wasn't like birthday parties, holidays, like like a Fourth of July
holiday or even the holidays, Christmas holidays. It's not like we ever went somewhere and there
was like 10 kids and, you know, four sets of adults partying. It was just us.
And so very small. And so, I mean, I'm sure we went to go see the fireworks. I'm sure like
once or twice. The one, it's funny. One of the memories I do have is we went somewhere to watch
the fireworks out in a field and my dad lost his wallet. That's a weird memory to have, right?
But when I think about my dad, he had, you know, old school 1980s wallets. He had that
big fucking like hamburger wallet, you know, that you just couldn't close for a long time.
And later on, he got one that was like the modern hamburger, you know, it's not what you see on
the menu. So we go from like the menu burger to what you actually get burger, you know, and those
were the sizes of my father's wallets over the years. But it's funny, I just remember him losing
his wallet. And I think somebody found it, which is good. But that's like, it's a weird, you know,
but even with right now with with my wife, like she has a giant family.
And so holidays for us, sometimes we'll have people visiting from out of town.
We're at a point now where we're living here in Arizona for 10 plus years, we have tons of friends,
multiple friend groups. And then we have a lot of family too, you know, my son and his girlfriend
and their little girl, my daughter and her fiance and their three kids. And then my brother-in-law
lives two miles down the street with his wife and his two kids. Right. And so most of the time,
we have stuff going on here, or we go somewhere like a lake or something like that. I have no
idea what we're doing this weekend. Still next week, and we're going to Rocky Point. Oh, nice.
Yeah. That'd be cool. Yep. And, you know, a lot of people looking after all the houses and stuff.
So, you know, we're not worried about anything like that. But that'll be the first time we've
gone to Rocky Point. But we're going to as a family with a bunch of friends too. And so,
but I say all that to say that, you know, 4th of July, obviously is, you know, the country
celebrating its independence. And I think for a lot of people, it's just become like the family
thing. You know, when you look up and you see the flags everywhere, and you have that sense of
American pride, you know, and like, I love my country. It's not perfect. Having visited a few
other places, there's no other place I think I'd rather live of the places that I visited,
you know, than here. And a lot of people, there's been some polls that have come out,
a lot of people no longer love their country. And I just, you know, it's like everything is
temporary. Yeah. You know, anything we're going through now is temporary, as long as we can keep
an eye on it. You know, what's going on today wasn't the same as going on for 10 years, you know,
10 years ago, what's going on 10 years, 20 years ago, what's going on today, and that's going to
be the same thing that's going on tomorrow. And I'm not really calling out any specific thing.
You know, you know how I think already. But I just, it's sad to me to see so many people
that live in this great country that we have, you know, even you said, you know, you think your
father for helping to provide and you love growing up here. I think people just have no idea what
it's really like at other places. And you're not celebrating the president, or the former president,
or the next president, you're celebrating life, family in this great country that we have right
now. Yeah. And it just blows my mind, you know, people with that mindset. Yeah, I mean, I'd like
people get into like the whole political stuff and hate America now, blah and and like my mindset's
always been like, as long as you have like your family and your friends, and you're able to
have like a stability when it comes to like your working and you're able to have everybody in your
niche be good. Everything else is just extra, you know, it's just like, there's nothing you can
do to change it. So why, why, like, dwell on it or ruin your day because of it, you know,
people will get mad at you for saying that because it's like, you know, shame on you,
Edgar, you can change it, get out there and vote. Yeah, I can't vote right now. Yeah,
unfortunately, but that's all you can really do. Be a good citizen, right? Don't do stupid
shit. Pay attention to what's going on and if you don't like it, pay attention to the other
options and vote and then it is what it is, right? But at the end of the day, there's only so much
you could control. Just be good to people. Be good to people, right? Be good to people,
to deal with kindness and respect, you know, and that can go a long way, you know, you can sometimes
when you don't think about the political stuff and you can't have that mindset, you're, you can
have a better day, you know, or, and I have like a, your life is not never going well,
you know, so. Yeah, I think, you know, in the last episode with Duane, we were talking about
aliens and stuff. Do you have any opinions on extraterrestrials? Like extraterrestrials,
not undocumented people, you know, extraterrestrials. I mean, I think they're out there for sure.
And we're not the only ones out here, you know. Why do you think it's for sure?
This is such a fun subject. Yeah, it's weird that people get like triggered by it. Yeah.
I mean, it's just like when you, like how do the animals in the ocean and everything on that,
we don't see like those, those are in essence look like aliens, you know.
They kind of do. Especially the deeper you go, the crazier they look. Yeah. Yeah. I mean,
there's, there's more than us out there. Do I want to find out? No.
But what if you did find out? What would that mean? mean to you?
I mean, they would be confirmed. But like when you think of like Independence Day,
when that movie came out, you know, that movie was, I think that's like kind of like,
you think of like, if something were to happen, that's what I, the first thing that I think of,
something like that. Yeah. The doom and gloom. Yeah. Yeah. I think, and it's funny you say that, but
other than confirmation, I never saw the second one, the remake or whatever from like a few years
ago. You guys watched the first one. Oh, a hundred percent. I might watch it again. I remember,
I mean, Vivica Fox, obviously I watch movies because of her back in the day. But at the end
of the day, like you said, it's confirmation that's it. Yeah. Because what are you going to do?
Yeah. Nothing we can do. Nothing anybody can do. Yeah. Still got to go to work. Yeah. Still got
bills. Yeah. Still got dogs. Still got a wife. Yeah. You know, unless, unless they abduct Monique,
then we got problems. Oh, yeah. It's all, they got problems. No. That's funny. They'll take her and
we took the wrong one and this thing gets returned her. Babe, what happened? You know,
I love, I love my country. It's not perfect. I love July 4th. I love celebrating with family and
friends. And you know, sure, it's our country's independence. We're celebrating that. But I
think most people that celebrated at this point are really just celebrating everything we've talked
about. Yeah. And that's what it should be about at the end of the day. Because without that, what
do you have? And some people have nothing, right? But without family and friends, you know, in your
life, like what do you have? Yeah. I mean, you, you don't have anything except yourself. You don't
have family, friends, like that support when you need it and stuff. You kind of, you want to make
sure you keep those, those people close, you know, in my opinion. How's work going? Good. Tell
people what you do. Cause I've always been kind of fascinated with, with it, you know, and since
you started doing that as your main, right? Cause I think you, you know, you'd moonlight,
I think UPS and some other stuff, you know, but you've always kind of had this at least the past
few years. Yeah. Right. So tell us what it is that you do full time. I've been doing it like
full time. I think like 34 years now I'm going to my fourth year, but it's funny when
people ask me like, what do you do? Because if it's somebody else around me, they see what I'm
posting, you know, they let me out a car event or doing something. So it's always hard for me to
explain people what I do. So I just always just say I do marketing for various brands. Right.
You're a marketing, you're, you're a for hire marketing contractor. Are you full time now with
the firm? Full time, full time, still independent contractor, but okay. Kind of like what I do.
I'm a full time contractor. Yeah. I'd like it. I'm only going to pay for own benefits and stuff.
I don't have a, yeah. So, but, but yeah, just do marketing in the automotive industry and then
also non automotive side of it. And, and that's what allows me to go to different venues, events.
But what does that mean? So what do you do? Like, so for right now, what are you doing?
So right now I'm on a six month contract with State Farm. We go to, we do lead generation
and we, with that, we execute events at, we go like diamondbacks games.
So you're the people posted up, right? So is it like a, you know, when you're walking down the,
from gate to gate, are you guys like one of those things that are set up on the, on the sides?
Yeah. Set up like a, we have like a full tent setup with cabinets and
premiums where we do, we give away hats and clear bags and people get to come to us and
give us your information for us to give you a quote. And then in return, we give you a cool
custom hat or, or, or who wouldn't want a State Farm hat?
Yeah. I know, right? Yeah. So sounds really cool.
But yeah, we get to go to these events and I have to pay to go be inside of them. So
that's all, it's all work, but not what it's all work in.
Right. Some fun. Cause even at Barrett Jackson, you know, and you,
you're always seem to be working Barrett Jackson.
Yeah. Be like my seventh year doing an extra, I think now.
But Barrett Jackson isn't, you know, State Farm, right? So you, I've seen you there is, is what
for Dodge and Ram. Yeah. So that one is like, that one, people the same thing, you know,
it's cool. You get to go to Barrett Jackson, you know, you can see all these cool stuff,
but it's like there, there's work that, that comes with it, you know,
and that's like production, you know, so you're like, we're, I worked two days before I was
actually open and set up the whole event, set up trailers and stuff.
You're like a pro at this point of setting up and tearing shit down.
Like I love it when you're at one last, I'm like, yeah, we can have this tent up and down in 30
seconds. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's one of the things why I've been able to do that work that
I do is because I don't just do, uh, there's different positions to this industry, which
you can be a brand ambassador, which you just, you're just in front of a tent and promoting the,
you know, it could be hard parking pass and sitting out there and I'm just trying to get
lead generation or whatever the case may be. But then somebody like you, that comes in,
actually you're setting up your tent, you're setting up everything. So it's production,
um, uh, position, you know, so because of that, I've been able to get all these jobs because
they're always just looking for a brand ambassador. They're looking for a production assistant or a
production person or a full, uh, or a production specialist, which those are cool jobs because
all you do is talk about cars with people. So yeah, you just, I get to go to these auto shows and
people have a question about a Chevrolet Corvette and
they're to answer those questions, you know, right? Cause at the auto show, you were doing GM.
We were, uh, we were doing a Cadillac Cadillac. Yeah. So, but you're outside and right. So
people are signing up and going on test drives or whatnot on test drives with all the EVs that
they have on the line and stuff. What's been your most fun? Cause I know you've done quite a
few different things. What are you doing? So I'm like, didn't you have some gig where you're
like sticking tobacco patches on people's necks or something? That would be funny if we did that.
No, I was doing a nicotine, uh, pouch thing at circle case, but I wouldn't say that one was fun.
Um, by the most, I'd probably say the ones that I've been doing recently was for Ferrari. I'd
probably say that one. Oh yeah. Tell us about that when you were, you were at Kota, right?
Yeah. We were, uh, in a, um, uh, circuit of the Americas. Yep. And then the one in Florida,
forgot what that was. Seabring. Seabring. Yeah.
That's where NSX exposed track is this year, by the way. Yeah. Oh, nice. Yeah. Yeah. I mean,
for a Ferrari, that, that was pretty cool because we, we are the, in a sense, we are the host of
the Ferrari challenge. So our trailer is the office for the people that are high up there.
If you want to say the president of the Ferrari challenge and all the higher ups, yeah, which is
we, we, they hired us to do everything. So it's, uh, it's a lot, it's a lot of work for the people
that are, you know, not me for me, but it's kind of cool to, you know, when they see as they know,
like, Hey, those other people are in charge of everything. Right. Cause you were going live or
sending videos to the one auto page, which by the way thinks, like I said, to, to bring this full
circle. So if people watch that page enough, chances are, if there's a post on the story,
it might be you somewhere doing your job because it's all car related. So you are on the track
with all these million dollar, multi-million dollar Ferraris kind of walking in between them
and that type of coverage and that access is, are you ever like, man, I can't believe today I got
to do this? Uh, the first time I did it, yeah, I was like, they're, they're going to let me drive
this $700 a vehicle. Yeah. Driving some of their GT cars and, and that was my first
time driving one of those, you know, you see all these buttons and all these stuff, you know, like
somebody helped me turn this thing on. Is that the most intimidating? Yeah. You know,
do you ever just get in there and he was like, shit, I don't want to fuck this up. Yeah. A lot.
Yeah. Yeah. Cause sometimes you're like, sometimes they're like, when you need to grab our cars, like
they don't even want you to be there for like a minute, like turn the car and boom, get out of
this garage. They're like, let's go, go. You know, we have all these cars and one
of their garages that are like on the other side of the track and they need to be somewhere at a
certain time and this and then you're running behind. So you were working the NASCAR event a
few years ago to Toyota Toyota and then for the actual NASCAR experience too. So then like two
different brands there, but the main one was the experience. That was where we, we were like the
caution crew. We got to go around and give fans NASCAR gear and had like a side by side with
Rockford Foskey speakers and blasting music at like eight o'clock in the morning at the
campsites telling people to wake up, it's NASCAR, you know, that's funny. That was fun. Yeah. Yeah.
That was fun too. Are you working with Hot Wheels again this year? No, I haven't done Hot Wheels
like in a couple years now. Yeah. Yeah. So you used to, he used to do, or I say he, but you used to
do the Hot Wheels Legends Tour too. And once you kind of, I wouldn't say running or handling that,
but you, you know, they kind of asked you to do a lot because of everything you're saying earlier,
you don't just show up and stand there like you break down 10s and do the full set up.
Yeah. Those events are cool. The sad thing about the Hot Wheels Legends Tour is that they used to
have like 16 to 22 cities that we used to go visit before COVID and then COVID happened.
And those have like just going down to like 10 to 12 cities. And when you do those events,
you get paid per city that you're going to. So do you think, and you don't speak on behalf of
Hot Wheels or Walmart, but were they always at Walmart's? Yeah. Do you think maybe that was
just an excuse to stop doing them? Because you do them at Walmart's, right? But it's set up outside
in the parking lot. And at least the one that I went to down the street, you know, they have a whole
thing to do inside too. We have, this is funny, but you have a bunch of grown men basically,
box diving for their favorite Hot Wheels. And you know, telling the kids to hold their
shit. But it's not like, it's not like they're like, hey, little Johnny, pick out your favorite
car. It's like, Johnny, we're looking for this car, this car and this car. You know, you have two
seconds to find it. But other than that, it's outside and kind of away from people. So do you
think, in your opinion only, do you think that COVID was just a reason for them to just stop doing it?
No, because they did do it after COVID.
But you went from like 20-some cities to like 12?
It could be, yeah, not sure. I think that's partially why that went down in numbers,
like CD-wise, but it could be budget, different things.
Sure, 100%.
Yeah. And then it could be Walmart too, could have been them saying, you know,
because they have to be in it with us too. So it could be that each of them want to do it as
many as Walmart says they did it before. Who knows?
So I've tried to hook up, send a couple of people your way. What is it that people need to do,
if they're interested in doing what you do? Right? Like what should they do?
And especially if they're in this area, should they reach out to you? Can you hook them up with
somebody or not really hook them up, but make an introduction? Or do you just want people
to just figure it out on their own? But you know, what's involved in doing what you do?
Because it is work, you know, but it sounds fun, but there's other stuff I think people have to
know if they want to do that.
Yeah. For most people that want to know about what I do, they don't have to come straight to me,
because you can find this stuff on Facebook or there's various apps that are kind of like LinkedIn,
but it's for like what we do in our industry. What would they look for? Like how did you get into it?
Well, before COVID, I had lost my job, and then I was on unemployment for a little bit,
and then I was just like, I'm just going to start looking, you know, what's out there. And then I
actually found this job, this gig called gigs on Craigslist, went Craigslist. Well, you know,
I think it's still around, but it's not like how people were using it before. But yeah,
I found a post and it said like $20, and at that time, like $20 was pretty decent, you know,
so it was like $20 to do food sampling. And I was like, okay, what can, and it was like, I'm on a
weekend, you know. And when does that mean they're just standing there handing out samples of food?
Yeah, just standing out samples of food. Yeah, so I applied for it, got the job, and
turned out to be just going to Walmart and doing food sampling. And at that time,
that program was focused on the Hispanic community. So, yeah, did that. And then,
like that lasted like a week. And then I just tried to kind of like networking with the people
managing it, and just kind of saying like, Hey, you know, how do you guys get into what you're
doing? And this and that. And I'm finding out that they were actually in Arizona from Florida
running this program. Okay. Yeah. So they were here. And they, those programs were running like
a month and a half to two months. And long story short, that we're actually looking for somebody
to run this program for us. You don't say. Yeah. So then long story short,
they'd, you know, applied this and that. And then like two weeks later, I got the job to run the
program. So then they got to go back to Florida. And then I took over as the we found some local
sucker who's going to run this program. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. And at that time, the pay was
pretty decent still. So I was like, Oh, man, you know, you can make decent money doing this.
So then yeah, just try doing that on the side while I worked at UPS. And then
finally made the move three years ago to do it full time. Because I was good. Once you work
for an agency and you do good work, then they're getting their emailing you. Hey, you have all
these states and stuff. So what would you say it takes to do it?
Just hard work, you know, just tension and detail. And in our, in our job, we just,
you know, you got to be talking to a lot of people. So you definitely have can be like
introvert doing the job that we do. Not going to work to your benefit. And then,
yeah, just good work ethic really, really, to be honest. What about your schedule though,
right? Because aren't, aren't jobs spotty at times, especially when you're starting off?
Well, we open and work on the weekends, you know, most, most events, most people that are hiring
is the one people that work on the weekends, you know, so. That's when most events are. Yeah,
most events are. But the apps are out there. There's one called trusted herd. That's what the main
trust and herd, trusted herd, trusted herd. Yeah, like a trusted herd of cattle. Like,
yeah, trusted H, E, R, D. Oh, trusted herd. Like, listen, that's weird.
That's what the, that's what the website is called. But you create a profile and then you can,
there's all kinds of gigs there. You can MC gigs, bartending gigs. That's cool. Brand
ambassador, product specialist. Maybe I'll sign up for that. I was just another guy.
Yeah, direction assistant. I mean, you click them off, you know, if you know how to do all of them.
So, you know. Yeah, because I think I've sent one or two people your way before.
And I don't know. I mean, we make the connection, but it's like, guys,
you have the personality, time. Edgar can help you find the way.
And probably nothing is my guess. Have you ever heard from anybody or have you connected them?
And then that's, that's it. Yeah, I haven't heard from anybody. I think sometimes people like, they're
just like, they're, when you don't, you just don't know, you know, and that's what stops people,
you know, when they, we talk about what we do, they're like, Oh, it sounds like fun, but
it doesn't sound like it's a corporate job either. You know, they want the easy money. They want the
okay, I'm going to work every day from this time to this time. So I have a set schedule.
Yeah. Versus I have no idea when they're going to give me the call. And I'm,
I may not be able to do it. You have to have the flexibility, ultimate flexibility.
Yeah. I mean, what I tell people, like if you have like a regular full time job,
which that's what I had a regular job is you just do it when you can on the weekends, you know,
if you don't have no, if you don't have kids, you know, family, it's pretty easy. If you have a
family with kids, then obviously it's communication that you have with your other half, because
you're probably going to be at an event and somebody's going to have to watch the kids. But
that's how you're really going to start out, just really opening up your schedule and
wanting to hustle and make some extra money and not be too like, oh, I want to hang out with my
friends this weekend. You know, I've worked hard all week, you know, like just, all depends on
their mentality that they have, that they have when it comes to, you know, hustling and making
some extra money. And at this point, I mean, you know, with the spousal income as well, but
you make enough money to make a living. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's good. I mean, you're always
got a new car. Yeah, almost, almost a new car. We seems like every year, but
and not always make funny. So you have the, so let's talk about your cars right now. So you have
the, what color is the blue? What's the technical term? Like Zendorf blue or something like that.
M2. Yeah. You know, when did you guys get that and why? And you've had it for longer than usual.
So you must love the car. Yeah. We've had it for like, November, it'll be two years that we've had it.
Before that, we had that M240i X drive 24. We've always talked about getting like a real M car.
Just that was been one of my extremes to have a BMW, but another one is like to have an actual
M car. So I think when we got that X drive, it was kind of like, like she was happy with it, but
in the back of her mind, she's like, I still want an M, you know, so we'd have conversations and then
we would, we would say like, if we're going to get one, that would be the time because they're not
going to make manuals anymore. And we're hearing stories about that. It's going to be last. So
luckily enough, that luckily, not luckily enough, when he hit something in the freeway and
damaged the bumper, so it was going to cost us like $1500 to get it fixed at BMW. So when she went
over there, they're like, well, we have an M2 here and FaceTime calls me and says, look what we got.
I wasn't even there for the purchase. That's funny. Yeah.
What do you get a spouse like that now? Now, I love my wife, just kidding, you know, but
mine's like, hey, we're going to the lake next week. I'm like, we are.
Mine's like, hey, I just got us a car. Dude, they're so funny.
Sidebar, and I think I've told you this, I'm going to tell people this about, so again,
full circle, we did the one auto, one of our one auto cruises like this last weekend on Sunday
morning. It's been on the calendar for a month. We've been talking about it for several months.
So it might have been on the calendar for 45 days. The flyer's been up for two and a half,
three weeks. So we're at Lake Pleasant and you probably have to deal with this on your level
on some, right? We're Lake Pleasant doing our boat, our annual boat trip with some of our other
friends. Hey, we should go to the lake next Sunday. You got anything going on?
Whip up on the phone. I go, yeah, I have a one auto cruise. Oh, I say, yeah, it's a one auto
cruise. Oh, well, maybe after that, I'm like, yeah, maybe, but I have the one auto cruise. So she
proceeds to plan out the entire lake day the following week and then gets mad if I can't
commit to what time I'm going to come home. Yeah. I'm like, this has been on my calendar for a
family. I just, I'll get home when I get home. You know, I got home at 830 and we still ended
up getting there till like noon because we're waiting on everybody else. That always happens.
Yeah. And it's just, it's, it's so funny that it's like, no matter what you have on your,
your schedule, or no matter what you're thinking, it's like, this is what I'm doing.
Are you going with me or not? You're like, oh honey, I just bought a new car. Really? Yeah.
Yeah. I was, I remember it was, it was in November when she did it, but I was working the,
for BioFreeze, the USA Pickleball tournament here at the, here after 24, that big horse,
the giant thing, somewhere over there. Yeah. But yeah, that's where I was at because I remember
the FaceTime calling everything. I was, okay, dope. Yeah. And then we just rarely drive it, you know,
we just trying to keep low mileage on it, but. But we drove something different over here today.
Yeah. EV, IX4. Yeah. Tell us about that. We love it. It's nice. We, well, we've had EVs before.
Can we take that to lunch? Yeah, of course. All right. All right. No, tell us about you.
Yeah. Like people have asked, asked you like what I think about the EVs. We've had an EV before this
one. But it's still crazy to people when you tell me you have an EV because they, you know,
it's still like, it's like, they're not, they don't want to get used to it. That's kind of like the
vibes that I'm getting from them. Like, I've never done an EV, you know, gas power vehicle.
That's angry, right? So I'm pretty angry there. Yeah. And I started thinking like, oh, am I really,
am I really going to want to spend 30 minutes charging somewhere and holding up time if I'm
traveling somewhere and all that's like out the window now. Now that I've actually experienced
that, you know, like it's just so nice to get up in the morning and have a full field car in a sense.
And went from spending by $80 twice to three times a week. So it could be, you know, $160 to
maybe $240 a week that I was spending on our Pathfinder, where now we're spending maybe like
$90 a month, you know, when I charge that car, it could be $5, could be $12, you know, charging
out of my house. How long have you had that now? I think like six months now, because we got a lease.
We got into a lease, but yeah, like six months now, I think we've had it. So you've been able to
kind of track to see what type of electricity it actually really consumes when you're charging.
And so far, you haven't really noticed too much of a negative hit and it would offset what you
would have been paying in gas is what I'm guessing. Yeah. I mean, if we can go with the low number
160 a week time, you know, whatever, over $500 a month, and you're only spending $100,
you're pocketing $400 a month, put that into a year, you know, so it's a lot of savings in my
opinion. Yeah. And I think a lease is probably the best way to go on some shit like this, man.
Yeah. I mean, on an EV. A couple of reasons. Yeah, EV. Money has their own LLC. So for businesses
beneficial for us to get one for the write-off part of it and stuff.
We almost ran out of gas this last weekend too, by the way, because I drove, we drove the MDX,
so that you're thinking about not having to worry about that. Just reminding me,
you wake up in the morning with a fuel charge, a full charge. So we drive, you know, the MDX and
those MDX's are like, they're kind of gas guzzlers. They're not very efficient, you know, for luxury
SUV. We get to the lake and it says we have 48 miles left, which is fine, Bartlett. Easy. Yeah.
Right? The nearest gas station is 12 miles away. 12 to 14 miles away, you know, in Carefree.
Cave Creek? Creek. Yeah, Cave Creek. Cave Creek. But, you know, so we turn in
the car on because we have the 12 volt things, you know, to air up the paddle boards and all this
shit. Oh, so I took it. And it was, I'm watching every time because you have to turn the car on.
You turn the car on and you activate the sockets. And at one point, we had two of them because
there's 12 volt behind the driver and passenger seat. Yeah. In the front, there's one in the back
of the SUV, right? You're just using out that car. So we had two things running. The air
condition is still blowing on full blast. Yeah, yeah. With the lift gate open and half the doors
are open. And I'm watching it go from like 48 to 44 to 39. This is over the course of,
because of course we get to air up almost everybody's shit, right? Almost. And of course,
we bring every floaty imaginable on earth instead of just what we need. That's just,
that's just how we roll. And so I'm watching it and I'm like, Hey guys, can you remember to turn
the car off when you're done? And even one time I got in the water and I was like, Oh shit, I've
got to turn the car off. So I get out of the water and go turn the car off. But I'm watching.
By the time we left, we were at SB Cove out there. By the time we rolled off, it said we had 12
miles. Oh, dang. Empty. And you're driving up a little bit. Yeah. And I mentioned it to my
wife, Yvette, and she's like, Why would you go somewhere without gassing up? I'm like, Oh God,
because we were in such a rush, I had to get back from our cruise in the morning because we're
going to be so late. And then I finally tried to go. Look, it's because of this, this, this.
She's like, Okay, but as we're, as we're leaving, we're going up Cave Creek road,
you know, after we've got off of Bartlett, the dam road, you know, and as we get close to Pima,
it hits zero. And I know cars have extra typically, but I've never really tested the car.
In the NSX, if you hit zero, I told a story about it before. It's scary as fuck. Oh,
yeah, it's like it's over. Yeah, I kick it into EV mode and I can roll an EV up to like 20 miles
an hour before the motor kicks on and recharges it, right? Yeah. So then you're still using juice.
Yeah. But in the MDX this last time, I think I'd rolled three and a half miles with zero
miles remaining. Yeah. I didn't tell anybody, you know, but I was driving like,
I think there's more in here. But yeah, that's some both. So you're telling me about the
the BMW that just kind of remind me of that. Yeah. I mean, when he and I took a trip to
Oh, and by the way, I told my son, he goes, why don't you just put in an accessory mode?
I go, Oh yeah. I forgot about that. You know how a lot of cars you just throw in accessory mode?
Yeah. I didn't even think about that. But we did a trip to Vegas and I just,
we just stopped at a place where we know we wanted to stretch our legs, grab something to eat,
and I just like, boom, 20, 25 minutes and not bad. Left mid to Vegas.
You're more brave than me. I've said a million times on this show. I wouldn't mind an EV.
I'm fascinated with some of them. But I don't think I would have the gumption to drive an EV
on a mini road trip because of that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's, I thought the same thing
before we even had one, but now it's just like, yeah, if you just plan it outright,
mostly EVs now have the option to like, in your route, you can program it to
like put your EV station on your in your route so that you don't run out.
Like you would with traditional gas station. Yeah. Yeah. So technology nowadays with these
cars that you can just, you shouldn't run out of juice unless you like weren't paying attention.
Now, do you have to pay extra to find the good stations? I know that there was a tiered option,
at least with the Teslas back in the day where you can have the regular stations. And if you
paid extra, it would show you like the super stations. That's not necessarily the terminology,
but there were like two different levels that you would have to subscribe to if you wanted to see
everywhere or just some places. No, not that I know of. We just, I wonder if it's included
because you have a lease. We just look, it has all that charging, all the chargers and the level
of kilowatts that they're pushing, but we always just go for the highest one, like 350 to 250
or higher kilowatt charging so that you're not there as long. So that's what I look for.
Have you ever come across ones where only half of them work? Yeah.
Yeah, that'll happen. That's still pretty common, then I guess. Yeah, that's like one of the things
that they always say, if everybody were to get an EV, you'd get somewhere and only like half of
the stations would work. Yeah, some, you pull up to one and there's an error when you're trying to
hook it up to it and it doesn't work or you might pull up to it and they're all full and there's
two cars waiting for two to leave. So you might, those are the ones that we don't hope we don't
run into. But so you haven't done it yet? No, I haven't run into one where I had to wait yet.
I did for Dodge though, actually. Yeah. Yeah, but they were paying me to charge the car. So if I
Yeah, that they told her? Yeah, sure. Yeah. How was that car? I think it looks kind of cool. I mean,
I wouldn't spend 70 grand for it and obviously neither would anybody else, which is why they
stopped making them and couldn't sell on you. But it's fun to drive. It's just too big.
You know, it's just like, it's like when you felt big, you know, it's like you're driving
like a Hellcat compared to like a M2 or you know, it's like you can just, you can tell that you
feel like you're in a big tank, two door vehicle in a sense. Well, let's go check out your car and
go get some food. Where can people catch up to you unless you don't want them to? Yeah, no. So
if you're an outdoors person and you want to see what Arizona has to offer, we're called Arizona
Adventure Group. We are AAG. We have an Instagram handle. We have a Facebook group, which is the
most active page that we have. We have TikTok, but we rarely post on TikTok, but we do have a
TikTok. And then we have a website too. And then catches that one auto movement for events and
stuff. We, you know, we posted out there, you know, what about your car page? Or do you keep
changing your handle? Yeah, I just changed it today. Did you really? That is okay. Here's the
deal. That is so annoying people like you. Yeah, because Yoshi does the same shit every time he
gets a different car. Well, actually he hasn't done that in a while. Yeah. But usually he would
change it. So all the, all the historical tags are like Nolan void. Yeah. The ads like I was just
talking about my NSX up there. It used to be in a two NSX. That's what I went by for years. And
now I just go by Jay Fitting now. So I don't have to change it and run away. I'm driving.
You got to pick something and stick to it. Yeah. It's AZ Edgar. Yeah. I just, you know,
it's funny. I just did it this morning because it's always been, it was AZ underscore purple,
right? Purp M240i, you know, and then I was like, oh, should I change it? Should I now?
I'll blind then this morning I was, I'm just going to change it. So it's AZ underscore entry who?
Even when you had it, you don't even, you don't even have the purple.
No, I know. You've had a blue car for two years. I know. I never, that's because I,
I never changed the name. I should have changed it a long time ago, but...
All right, man. Well, thanks for coming by the studio and thanks for everything you've done.
You know, not only as like a friend of me, but, you know, with one auto,
because, you know, we do all the charity stuff and we do the charity cruises and,
and that's really like one less. I can't give you credit for that's me, me, me,
but I will only give you credit for everything else, you know? And so it's, it's, you know, I,
and I, and you, you felt this last year. I was, I was bummed that you may have been moving and
leaving. Oh yeah. Yeah. You know, I was like, fuck, what's going to happen, man? I don't want to do
this on my own, man. And the rest of the guys, I love them, but they don't do shit. I said,
Edgar's really the only one, you know, and everybody needs, you're like pippin, everybody
needs a pippin, everyone needs an Edgar, but not, but not the Edgar, not the Edgar that people
talk about. I got a good Edgar sitting in front of the good Edgar. All right, man. Appreciate
you. Thank you for having me. I want to thank Edgar for coming in studio. We went out, took a
look at his BMW thing is pretty cool. We went out and had some, some lunch afterwards. Everybody
needs an Edgar in their life. But with that being said, I want to thank right hon and right Toyota,
Arcus foundry, spark forage, auto cannon, officially licensed, hon and accurate gear.
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About this episode
Jhae Pfenning celebrates the Fourth of July weekend with Edgar Millan of the Arizona Adventure Crew. Millan shares his unique perspective as a Colombian immigrant on American patriotism, opportunity, and community building. The duo also dives into the latest automotive headlines, including a presidential memorandum on the Right to Repair, the viral "Mexican Batman" targeting motorcycle thieves, and the chaotic opening of the new Arizona Buc-ee's. It's a candid conversation blending car culture, current events, and personal stories of freedom.
Original notes
EP 332: Edgar Millan on Patriotism, EVs, Batman Vigilante & Right to Repair
Jhae Pfenning starts with thoughts on declining American pride per Gallup, the "Mexican Batman" story, Trump's vehicle repair memo, and LeBron news. He welcomes friend Edgar Millan (OneAuto Movement, Arizona Adventure Group) for conversations on 4th of July meaning to immigrant families, EV road tripping, and community life.
Authentic, conversational episode full of gratitude, real talk, and car-adjacent insights.
Timestamps:
- 00:00 Intro & Sponsors
- 00:30 4th of July & Gallup Poll
- 09:00 Mexican Batman Vigilante
- 13:00 Trump Right to Repair Memo
- 22:00 Edgar Millan Joins
- 32:00 Holiday Reflections & Immigration
- 40:00 EV Experiences & Road Trips
- 55:00 Arizona Adventure Group & OneAuto
- 1:00:00 Wrap-Up
Guest: Edgar Millan (@AZ_M3who on Instagram - recently updated)
Links: Gallup: https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new-low.aspx Batman Vigilante: https://www.visordown.com/news/mexican-batman-cleans-streets-duct-taping-bike-thieves-lampposts Trump Memo: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/lowering-the-cost-of-living-by-promoting-the-freedom-to-fix/
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