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Kia Carnival
The Kia Carnival is a type of family car called a minivan. It's designed to have a lot of space for kids and their stuff, and many people think it looks nicer than other minivans.
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Chrysler Pacifica
The Chrysler Pacifica is another minivan that families can use. It has a lot of room and features for kids, but some people don't like how it looks compared to other minivans.
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Honda Odyssey
The Honda Odyssey is a family minivan that has lots of room for kids and their stuff. It's known for being safe and easy to drive, making it a favorite among parents.
Concept
aftermarket modifications
Aftermarket modifications are changes or additions made to a car after it was bought. This can include new parts or accessories that improve how the car looks or performs, but they might not help when selling the car back to a dealership.
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stock
'Stock' means a car is just like it was when it was first made, without any changes or extra parts added. Dealerships like to buy these original cars because they know exactly what they are getting.
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Nissan Pathfinder
The Pathfinder is a family-friendly SUV made by Nissan. It's designed to be spacious and can handle both city driving and off-road adventures.
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Ford Expedition
The Ford Expedition is a large SUV that can carry many passengers and has a lot of room for stuff. It's great for families or anyone who needs to haul things around.
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Mitsubishi Montero
The Mitsubishi Montero is a type of SUV that is built for both on-road and off-road driving. A new version is coming out in 2028, which means it will have new features and improvements.
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Land Rover Defender
The Land Rover Defender is a tough SUV that can handle rough roads and off-road adventures. It's famous for being strong and reliable, making it a popular choice for people who love outdoor activities.
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Mitsubishi Outlander
The Mitsubishi Outlander is a type of SUV that is designed for families and everyday use. Some people have not liked how it drives or performs compared to other cars.
Brand
Stellantis
Stellantis is a big car company that owns several brands like Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge. They make a variety of vehicles under these names.
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Dodge Ram
The Dodge Ram is a big truck that can be used for heavy work or just driving around. It's known for being strong and having a lot of space for carrying things.
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Jeep Cherokee
The Grand Cherokee is a type of SUV made by Jeep. It's known for being good at off-roading and also comfortable for everyday driving.
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Jeep Wrangler
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Jeep Renegade
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Jeep Wagoneer
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer is a fancy version of the Wagoneer, with more luxury features and technology, while still being able to go off-road.
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Jeep Rubicon
The Jeep Rubicon is a special version of the Jeep Wrangler that is built for off-roading. It has special features that help it drive on rough terrain.
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Chrysler Voyager
The Chrysler Voyager is a family minivan that helps you carry kids and their gear easily. It's built to be practical and comfortable for everyday use.
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Dodge Durango
The Dodge Durango is a mid-sized SUV that can fit a family and has a lot of power. It’s good for both everyday driving and adventures.
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Hudson Hornet
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Dodge Charger
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Dodge Hornet
The Dodge Hornet is a new small SUV from Dodge. It's designed to be stylish and practical for everyday use, making it a good choice for families or individuals who need space and comfort.
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Buick Enclave
The Buick Enclave is a large SUV that is great for families because it has a lot of room inside. It's designed to be comfortable and has nice features to make driving enjoyable.
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Toyota
Toyota is a car company that makes many different types of vehicles, including hybrids, which are cars that use both gasoline and electricity. They are the most popular brand for hybrids, making almost half of all hybrids on the road.
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Hyundai
Hyundai is a car company from South Korea that makes various vehicles, including hybrids. They are becoming more popular for their hybrid cars.
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General Motors
General Motors is a big car company in the U.S. that makes many different kinds of cars. Recently, they are focusing more on electric cars instead of hybrid ones.
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electric vehicles (EVs)
Electric vehicles are cars that run on electricity instead of gas. They are better for the environment and are becoming more common as people look for cleaner options.
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Ford Thunderbird
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Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly and now that like I'm in a book club
I'm already like on book talk and I'm like oh like what should be our next
book and like we're sending each other like books and now I'm just like a
girl who like knows what's on the pulse in literature and Liz like I follow
food bloggers who just post about what they're eating I like I like watching
I like them describing what it tasted like your mom time off starts now welcome
back to the Carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz happy 2026 y'all my gosh that was
the longest Christmas break of my life well it fell poorly because when it
falls on a Thursday then Friday's a wash then you have the weekend I do
believe it's like one of the longest Christmas breaks you could possibly have
just like the way that the closures happened overall though incredible
break compared to my break of last year the weather cooperated we stayed healthy
the kids were like good overall I'm pleased rocked me to my core rocked me
sick at the beginning of it was tough and then you go into the holidays and
whatever I don't need a harp on I don't need a harp on it I don't want to harp
on it I'm just like happy it's over and I'm happy to be getting back to work and
I'm happy to be back in a routine ultimately totally I think everyone in
America is happy to be even if they're not in some capacity we're all feeling
optimistic I was some of us I think that's I think that's appropriate for the
year I am ready to announce my word not that literally anybody cares except for
me but I didn't come this far to only come this far so after much reflection
my word is going to be cadence let me tell you what that let me tell you what
that means to me it was kind of inspired by my husband because Tyler told me he's
like I feel like this year we set the pace for the next 10 years like we're
not having another baby the kids are like you know more like we're getting out
of the baby phase like we're I guess we're really just we're not gonna have
another baby so it just feels like this is this is the pace whatever pace we
start this year like this is who we're going to be so I just thought cadence
sounded better than pace which is why I went with it but essentially just I'm
trying to get my new rhythm like who are the stuffies what is our capacity what
is my capacity and all of my different avenues and what is sustainable for the
next decade there's something so that has to feel so nice about being done with
having kids no and so like a really important anniversary to me will be
when Libby turns 18 months old I guess when technically she turns 19 months
old because that will be the most postpartum I've ever been because I got
my biggest gap is had he and Fred and I got pregnant with Fred when had he was
18 months old so I have never had a 19 month old and not been pregnant yeah so
I'm very much looking which Libby is kind of like a 19 month old already
because she's just so advanced in some capacities but I'm just very looking
forward to who I am at 20 months postpartum at 24 months postpartum at
three years postpartum I'm just very excited to meet her and find out who
she is and how she's doing I think she's been doing really good she sounds
lovely totally I saw a real and it was like how are you doing and it was like
great my youngest just turned four and I'm like wow yeah yeah totally totally so
that's what I'm looking forward to I I kind of like last minute just like
threw up a reel on like micro hobbies that I just kind of wanted to delve into
a little bit with you okay because if I really am reflecting on my 2025 year it
was the year where we coined and really developed the turn term micro hobbies
and I don't think that term necessarily is getting enough credit because it is
such a it's really changed the way I think of my interests even like my
guilty pleasures when you just describe them as a hobby all of a sudden you're
interesting so like if you're you know the real houses of Beverly Hills could
be your guilty pleasure or it's a micro hobby which one is it and then you find
people who also watch that show or like you know you could just be cooking dinner
or you're perfecting a recipe and now it's a micro hobby so I just have really
enjoyed my mindset shift and I'm not like one to like necessarily set out and
tell you my micro hobbies I kind of think micro hobbies are best when they just
find you you know when they just kind of evolve naturally but one micro hobby
dare I say could even become a macro hobby is I am committed to reading more
and by reading I maybe mean reading I maybe mean just listening to audio books
more but I'm just very into consuming other types of content I'm honestly so
tired of the online world like I just know I think we all do like it's just not
good anymore it's like not fun I feel so gross after it like it's getting worse
and worse and worse and stupider and there's so many interesting stories out
there and I've also kind of really found myself in my reading journey because I
have discovered that I really like historical fiction because I like
learning about a time period but like in a more interesting story or I could
learn about or it could be fiction that's just like written really well like
that's fun or like based on like what's it called when it's like like for example
I read a book called The Marvelous Life of Marjorie Post which was about anyway
and like she was real and the facts were real but like the author is kind of
flushing out the details like she obviously wasn't like what is that called
because I like I don't know I don't know well that's my genre okay and I've
also just kind of discovered like I think I talked about some of the podcasts
like I kind of like YA like I think my reading level is young adults which I
think is fine like maybe one day I'll get into a book like The Da Vinci Code or
something but like for now I need YA books so I can just totally and that's
fine whatever I have a low reading level you need it you like you know it's just
like it's an easy read like you want to replace the mindless scrolling yes like
you don't when you want to do it before bed like your brain is already fried by
the end of the day so you need an easy read to prevent you from scrolling
because if it's too complicated you're like screw this give me my phone well
and I especially feel like when you're listening in an audiobook like I'm
coming in and out like so I can't yeah I can't read something or something that
would require a highlighter and a hard copy so anyway all to say is I am now
in a book club yeah that's right I'm in a book club it's just two other people
and our first book is The Lion Women of Tehran and I'm listening to it and I'm
enjoying my life so so much like I'm obsessed yeah I'm obsessed and now that
like I'm in a book club I'm already like on book talk and I'm like oh like what
should be our next book and like we're sending each other like books and now
I'm just like a girl who like knows what's on the pulse in literature and I'm
just well-read I'm becoming well-read I'm happy for you this kind of
makes me want to like get a kindle I mean right like that's step one or an
honorable membership whichever one comes first I have one of those but I would
like to replace the scrolling before bed well and so that's why I kind of reading
in reading two books right now because I haven't finished my book about the
elderly couple the winters I think that's good I also just like I I just yeah
so I'm just I'm just learning my read style I just think there was like a lot
of like garbage books out there and I'm sorry like the steamy books are not for
me for like a number of reasons like I don't like those I want I want a really
great story and like I can have like some romance like I don't want to read
like a romance book I that's why I like the the historical aspect of it so that's
my first I'm just like kicking up my micro hobby strong with my book club okay
I'm happy for you yeah I can't say that I that I have you announced your word of
fear well I've been think I've been thinking about it and as much as I like
want it to be balanced I do feel as though there's still too much in that
imbalances in my life that are out of my control forced and foremost having
toddlers and the second just hormones are still just like out of whack I feel so
I don't think it can be balanced I'm just I like kind of like intentional but
what I really like I think is just like improve like I just want to look back to
the end of 2026 and be like I improved in these areas I like life I like that I
saw this real I can't remember the creator it's someone I follow so I'm bum
that I can't remember who it was but she said like questions to look back on at
the end of 2026 and she goes did I did I read more before bed did I write that
book did I do this and it's like I kind of love that approach instead of just
saying like these are my goals like what what questions do you want to answer at
the end of the 2020s I can be like yeah I did join a book club yeah I did yes you
know bring bring a friend and need a meal at least X amount of times like yes
I did these things so that's kind of what I'm what I'm reflecting on so I just
think my word is improve okay I'm I think that's a really good one so yeah I
hope everyone's feeling but also there's no you don't have to like like crush your
goal in January like it's a long year for a reason you know and I'm a big fan I
want to hear quotes let's crawl walk run so you can crawl walk run into some of
these things yeah um additionally I just continue to be the world's biggest
football fan like Tyler is sick of hearing me talk about it I was thinking
about maybe doing a segment for the football playoffs where I can just give
you like kind of like a bird's eye view a Cal's eye view of what I'm seeing for
the playoffs it's so funny how into football you have genuinely gotten I
know I know and I'm always like oh here's a big game I don't really even
in like you don't even really like watch the games to just like know what's
going on because like you don't need to watch the games you just find out who
wins and like you know what to do with that information um but the big game
that happened on Sunday was the Steelers beat the Ravens and they were
competing for the last playoff spot and the Steelers one which is our brother's
favorite team so I was happy for him I was happy for him I still have my heart
set on the bills taking it all the way mm-hmm so I don't we don't have any
updates because the games aren't until this weekend but I would just recommend
following Simone's playbook and like getting into it with me because it's
really it's really enjoyable like I'm actually I'm thinking about throwing a
Super Bowl party because oh you totally should I totally should I also have like
the best house to throw us a little party at you totally should yeah so I'm
considering that on my radar okay we have like we've just got right into the
meat and potatoes we didn't even talk about what we're wearing hmm like we're
living in matching sweatshirts we didn't even like talk about it yet just like
glazed right over it well we're we are wearing our I guess it's kind of like
merch we are wearing these stunning gray sweatshirts with an embroidered mini
van that says never say never because you should never say never and how did
this come about so we I think we loosely talked about merch on the podcast and
someone who listens to the podcast her name's low she's like I have an
embroidery business and she made us okay go ahead let me tell she did what I'm
always telling people to do and she she did her shot in such a major way she
made a reel and it was so full of little tits and bits about like carpool
lore car mom lore and she made a video saying like why she wants to collab with
us and why she wants to help us on our merch and I was so taken aback and
impressed by it and her opening line was let me come across your desk she
slid on a desk like it was it was comedic genius yeah I was really good and
then she it was already good but then she showed us this product that we're
wearing today and it was everything we've ever wanted in a never say never
shirt mm-hmm the colors are perfect it's like a very light heather it's totally
giving like 90s sweatshirt yeah it's a very lightweight sweatshirt very easy
to wear which I kind of like because I have some sweatshirts that are too hot
to like wear in spring this is one of those sweatshirts like you could wear
it on a cold June morning and like you would be okay yeah you should probably
wear with a coat in the winter because it is a thinner sweatshirt yeah but it's
embroidered which is so high-end which also just gives that that like vintage
you feel I'm obsessed with it I'm obsessed you need if you have a minivan
you need the sweatshirt I am wearing a medium Elizabeth's in a large completely
true to size so like mine's a medium that's comfortable that looks cute with
jeans which I kind of wanted that fit if I wanted like it's true it's true to
size on the baggier end that like it's it's I would say even on you though it's
a medium it's still a little bit oversized or do you think like a small
would have been your true size no I think I think I'm medium as my true size
though okay okay yeah but like I'm saying if I wanted it to be baggier I don't
think I wouldn't describe it as baggy for a sweatshirt okay I'm feeling a
little baggy but mine's a large but that was so anyway what I'm after I would go
I'm happy with my size medium but I would also there's there I would have
also been happy with a size large yeah so do with that we will leave the link
because you you you're gonna buy them through the website not through the car
mom so we will leave a link in the show notes on where you can buy them they
launched yesterday so they launched yeah and is it a pre-order I think so it is a
pre-order so this is kind of a make-haste situation so if you have a
minivan or if you think you'll have a minivan now is the time and that kind of
brings us back to a great say what is something we were talking about today at
the dealership with dad and Grayson and Liz brought up the the topic of no one
likes their car more than someone who drives a minivan and I will say and I
hate to generalize but there are some minivan people who are borderline and
sufferable with how much like they talk about their obsession with a minivan you
know what I mean mm-hmm I feel like you're in two camps you're either like oh
yeah like I can't wait to get out of this thing or it's like I will drive a
minivan for the rest of my life I think that there's also just like a camp of
just like I had something else and this any and before you have kids any car
will check your box it does not matter what car you drive once you have kids
and you have car seats and you need space and you are opening doors and like when
a car can function for you in such a positive different drastically better
way you're gonna you're gonna be a happy customer and for me I drive if I have a
minivan it's a key of carnival which is I think without a doubt the best-looking
minivan out there so I also don't feel like I'm sacrificing for like the looks
like I'm sorry I hate the look of a Chrysler Pacifica I think I hate it I'm
I'm pulling up to my my key of carnival like it's just it looks closer to an SUV
I'm happy with it mm-hmm and I was kind of into a discussion because I just feel
like we talked to people and it's like all the time about their mom cars it's
like what do you drive and they're like I drive a 2015 Honda Odyssey and I love
it they always add that I always say that and it's amazing yeah I just don't
hear that from anyone who drives a Hyundai Santa Fe I do hear that but I
hear what I understand what you're saying I think they're really passionate
about it and so let's I think that's another good segue or just keep
segueing to kind of a this is kind of before industry news but I think it's
relevant what we're talking about and we're a little late to this but I've
been wanting to talk about this since the news came out but like just with how
the this all of December was we just never got around to it but anyway what
we're trying to tell you is that Pete Davidson is now a dad congrats Pete and
he had to come out and like just make like the most like and I'm not bashing
it but just like the most unoriginal trope of my entire life of now I'm a dad
so now I'm gonna drive a minivan but not like a regular minivan like a cool
minivan and I'm like I'm so bored with that trope as is Elizabeth are you
pulling it up so Pete Davidson his minivan is a customized matte black
Honda Odyssey that was built to spec in partnership with eBay so they got him
first of all first of all he got paid a lot of money so let's also know that sure
to do that portable VHS player was added a mini fridge slash baby bottle cooler and
baby changing station was added which a baby changing station should I think be
added to one of the minivans I just think like we're putting tables in cars and
stuff like I think that's would be a good idea a two inch suspension lift all
terrain tires and like a cargo box was mounted and it's just like I'm just I'm
with you I'm just like so over the now that I'm a dad I'm gonna get a I'm gonna
get a minivan but it's gonna be a cool minivan and it's gonna be different it's
like you know what some people just like it just like like welcome my guys like
some people just have minivans to have them and it doesn't always have to be
it like this joke it's like you said it's just on original it's well I am okay
I'm kind of playing two ways about this one I do think it's kind of an
interesting partnership because then I'm reading further down in the article and
it says like you know if this minivan sounds interesting to you you're in
luck because eBay's auction off another Honda Odyssey nearly identical for
charity which is like kind of like a cool good idea no it's like a good for
eBay motors for like trying to stay relevant I'm really proud of you for
that I actually think it was kind of a fun idea yeah I just I don't mean to
like take it offensively because I guess I'm not I think I'm with you I'm just
bored of like I'm just bored of that trope is all I can think of exactly I'm
not I'm not offended I would never be offended by something about a car like
it's it doesn't matter but it's just like I feel like we saw this with who was
like Mark Zuckerberg like a souped-up minivan like I'm just over the souped
up minivan thing and if we are making all these souped-up minivans like can't we
put some of these features to mass market well also you have a baby so like
what's a VHS player doing there right and one thing about me like
this is one of my hottest takes I hate aftermarket accessories hate like you
will it's for me it's stock or bust like I don't like anything aftermarket I
don't like aftermarket wheels I don't like aftermarket infotainment I don't
like aftermarket paint like I just like stock I think stock is classy like
however the car comes is just how you drive the car I think that's I think it's
classier and I will say like in terms of trade and value dealerships never and
this isn't really for our audience this is for more like the truck guys out there
the dealership only wants the stock they don't care what what aftermarket stuff
you put on your car what modifications you made they want the stock it will
literally it could it will not help your training value at all if you put
$5,000 worth of aftermarket equipment on there it will not interesting I think
there's something really classy about no it's just like just stock is how it comes
don't you do you agree or do you like the aftermarket I can't say I've put
much thought into it yeah that's just me I mean you'll never catch me do
anything like that yeah I mean like I guess paint doesn't really bother me like
if you want to get your car wrapped or whatever like that's fine I guess no and
like everyone keeps sending me the expedition that got wrapped like there
because now people are like starting to wrap them like the the back yeah the
black I would never I would never I would never hate the black and I hate the
black but I just think I just think I like just I'll take it stock okay you
like it stock okay interesting yeah yeah that's just who I am you know what
speaking of minivans I have to say I miss my minivan so much and I'm ready
give me some credit that I told you like that you were gonna take the scenic route
to this decision yeah and sometimes you have and sometimes you have to do that
so I told Kelly I said okay well I'm out of miles on my my demo so I'm gonna go
get another pathfinder just like with the winter and she said you're going to
regret that I said it's I love the pathfinder I drove the pathfinder so
much before I ever drove a minivan like I'm not gonna regret it well well well
here I am I miss the minivan so much the minivan life I just it's so much
easier such a minivan episode it's all coming up minivan for us it's all coming
up in a van today and the reason I don't have a minivan is truthfully I'm not
there's no reason I don't I just prefer the expedition and I and I got an
expedition but like I would be fine to drive a minivan like if I didn't have
the budget for an expedition I would buy a minivan like I have no qualms
whatsoever but I do love my expedition I I have no plans to gain out of it mm-hmm
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else do we have Liz well I have a base model luxury okay I feel like this
segment goes one way or the other either like we say something really groundbreaking
or you make fun of me for saying something super obvious I think that this
one leans a little a little bit obvious but it has layers and and I think that
a lot of people have probably already made this switch but it's about hangers
okay and so in my house I have felt hangers because the you know clothes stay
on them the best I think you mean you have velvet hangers for sure velvet yeah
they're velvet they're not felt velvet hangers yeah I love them for my clothes
and Maddie doesn't like them for his clothes so which which makes sense like
women's and men's clothes hang very differently so Maddie ordered himself an
Amazon pack of like nice wooden hangers that you would see at like a men's
warehouse or like some some suit spot and he put them all on his side of the
closet his closet looks his side of the closet looks great and he also put them
in our coat closet and truly putting my coats on these wooden these thick wooden
hangers because a coat will will snap a velvet hanger sometimes we have these
thick wooden hangers it's honestly it genuinely feels like a luxury experience
that is so interesting I know you're gonna go with that we have several
wooden hangers because when we moved into this house people left a bunch of
stuff and one of the left were so many wooden hangers okay we don't have a
place for them at the moment because I also use velvet hangers which was a
fun good investment to make over time and Tyler uses white plastic hangers
because that's his preference of course it is of course it is that's a good one
yeah hangers that's a good one that's classy like to have a stock car in a
coat closet with wooden hangers like so classy first of all your your your
classy your classy lady and like you're probably like you're a lady and like you
probably read you know totally this is what I'm gonna be by the end of the year
just watch out I'm gonna have my stock Kia carnival my Kindle and my nice
hangers I'm a third of the way there why don't you just read the book that I'm
reading and maybe we can maybe I can too for and I can we can do like an extra
recap that's fine do you want me to say the lion woman of Tehran okay I'm going
to order I'm ordering a Kindle it's actually yeah I'm actually really loving
it okay my base model luxury was so stupid compared to yours but I recently
bought a pack of gum oh wow and and I've really enjoyed carrying it in my purse
okay sorry I'm not one to always have gum and then I'm always one like looking
for like a palette cleanser after my lunch and now it's just my gum my other
one was gonna be adding ice to your water because that's also something I do
every single day so I'm obviously gonna stop you said you said I feel like base
model injuries either go one one of two ways either it's good or I say something
and you make fun of me for it now when you say I bought a pack of gum and I
added ice to my water what reaction are you expecting me to have genuinely
genuine question I think you should be like no I agree like being a person who
has gum is like really I thought we could have a gum conversation oh well first
of all I'm a mint girl that's I know and that's probably is that classier wait
hold on oh for sure mints are classier because then you're not smacking and you
don't have to find trash can oh my gosh you're how do you spit out in public
you're so right I'm disgusting once I know what this pack of gum I was
watching the mints mints are so much classier they are classier yeah like I
have the little what are they outwards usually you can't in your soul it's not
icebreakers she is so paper so classy stick around you could learn a thing or
two you're so classy okay well well that's that on that you know what I did see
though this is actually kind of a base model luxury this new trend on Instagram
I saw where people are taking their kitchen aid mixers and they're putting
like a bunch of scoops of vanilla ice cream and then they're throwing in like
whole Oreos Recess Caramel whatever topping and then they're spinning their
kitchen aids and it's creating like a like a concrete or like quality ice cream
with all the mixings like broken up of mixing in every bite and my mind is
blown I told us to and like yeah it was like that's one of those things where
it was right in front of us this whole time we didn't even realize right in
front of us the whole time I'm not much of an ice cream person though so I won't
be taking that up no I'm either but they all look really good like I think I have
to go out and buy all the ingredients just to just to do it yeah remember when
you were like so into your creamies yeah yeah well it stopped because right
around that time I moved out for my renovation and since I've moved back I
moved back in what like October so it hasn't really been like creamy season I
speaking of like kitchen gadgets I did break out my vacuum sealer okay I
haven't done mine yet okay I did mine I put I went to cut what I did exactly what
I said I was gonna do I went to Costco I only bought three rotisserie chickens
because I was I panicked shouldn't have should have bought more should have bought
five because then you're in it for $25 because I was only to put one bag of
chicken as I was able to put one and one and a half bags of chicken away long
story it's because of what we had for dinner doesn't matter anyway I thought I
vacuum sealed it to perfection I checked this morning and it has frost on the
inside oh so I think I need to adjust my settings a bit okay so stay tuned was
it hard to use no wasn't hard to use but you know it's not there's a pamphlet to
look through I'll say that there's yeah there's settings there's something called
dry or moist and I guess I assumed I need to I need I need to reflect and
review that but okay thus far I've used that Christmas present upset with my
bomba socks I've already ordered more bomba socks like I can't stop with the
bombas there's so that's sad to hear what is a bomba sock cost so a pack of four
is how much is a pack of four I think a pack of four is $55 yeah that's tough
but not on that's not on sale that's just like the price so like wait for a
sale for sure wait for a sale and the thing with the bombas is it's like
they're so good but other socks are good too so it's not like you need like just
buy two pairs of bombas and like it's a way to take a Tuesday from you know it's
a way to take your Tuesday up a notch if your bombas are clean sure you know what
I mean bring a little joy in your day it's a like it's like a micro joy you
know yeah it's just like a little it's like a little dopamine hit when you put
on when you're like oh my bombas are clean you put on your bombas you'll get
a dopamine hit for sure okay I love that I love that new word that everyone
online is saying dopamine hits yeah it's nice a bunch of drug addicts to be
honest with you I guess we are to the phone we're always chasing the high yeah
but does any like does any like weird content give you a dopamine hit cuz I
have one for sure oh my gosh yeah like I love watching people I love watching
people eat on Instagram you do love watching people eat on Instagram it is
like my favorite like I follow food bloggers who just post about what they're
eating I like I like watching them eat I like them describing what it tasted like
I I just love watching people eat on Instagram it's it's honestly I hate
saying that like that sounds disgusting but I I love it I will I will just like
scroll I will go to a creator and scroll all of their videos and that's the
only type of content I do that on I swear okay that is so weird I know I
love videos of like candy stores that are packing candy orders oh I like those
too I'm getting food related but like I love those I love those and then it
makes me want gummy candy though always well and like I was watching one and
like a had he came up behind me and then she was watching it and now she's
always asking me she's like you want to watch this candy video yeah and what are
you supposed to say no like of course I do they are so fun and addicting the
watch yeah that's funny that's my dope that's funny um what I'm kind of a
random episode which I like so much to talk about but I feel like everyone on
the internet right now is doing like day one of this day one of that like every
time the January challenge no everyone everyone's in January challenge I
wanted you guys to know I'm not doing any January challenges I'm not doing it in
January challenges I mean everyone is saying I'm getting rid of 500 items come
with me as I do it and oh I know they're getting rid of an item for every day that
it is like it's it they're doing that I saw one girl and I'm not hating on
these challenges I do like them and I'm happy for the people who are doing them
I'm just I'm just letting you guys know I'm not participating in one but I like
this one creator and she's doing a no-athleture January which I thought
was a kind of a good one that's unique I haven't heard that one I know I could
probably benefit and so again I'm not doing a challenge but I might think about
that one for the future yeah it's like a no-athleture month or maybe it's like I'm
not gonna wear athlete your money through Friday because it's like I really
resonate with me because like why do I have to I know I have clothes that I like
they're uncomfortable and I just don't know if I still need to be keeping on to
clothes that are uncomfortable mmm do you know what I mean if you're yeah so if
you are like I don't want to wear those jeans because I'm gonna be uncomfortable
all day maybe it's not maybe you need to get rid of the jeans then what am I
saving the jeans for like if I have a sweater that's a little itchy like if I
wouldn't want to wear it all day am I so I'm saving it to like wear out to
dinner for two hours it's like but don't I have am I going out to dinner no or do
I have something that's comfy do I have a social life no or it's like do I have a
sweater that's comfy that I can wear all day it like that can transition to
dinner like it's like it's like why did I think that so much my life was gonna
be consumed with looks that went from date the night it's so true I've never
had a look go from days I've never had to swap a shoe to make my outfit work
ever like if I had to go to date a night I always had enough time to like put on
a different outfit if I wanted to if by day tonight you mean like I sometimes
sleep my athleisure yeah no I mean night today sure regularly but day to night so
I just think I was so I think that's the long way of saying I want to curate a
closet that can go day to night if needed because I'm sending a new cadence
for the year and I think my cadence but I think my cadence could be day to night
because like some moms will go to a basketball practice in an outfit I won't
I will go in my never say never sweatshirt and sweatpants but I'm just
wondering what would your life look like if I like came home from work and swapped
my loafer for a pair of sneakers and threw on a crossbody and a red one wow that's
like a lot of brainpower though but if your closet's ready for that that's what
I'm saying and my closet's not ready for it I've got like one pair of jeans that I
like to wear everything else is just like a chore to put on so just something to
think about mm-hmm and I probably need to get back to because in my old house
Tyler and I had a very small shared closet so I very much was like taking
out winter clothes for summer clothes like I was I was rotating and my new house
I just have a big mean to me and Tyler have our own closet so I don't have to
rotate but I think I was better when I was rotating yeah I think I could you're
holding on to too many clothes right now your closet you your closet is packed
and you have a big closet I know because I think I'm not rotating I think if I
went in there and pulled out my summer clothes what did I not wear last summer
yeah well you think you're gonna like wear it this summer literally I'm sorry
Kelly you don't change that much I need to stop pulling on to this aspirational
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rise with a hot tea going on the auto industry I really am okay this story
doesn't have a lot but I think it brings kind of brings up like an interesting
topic that I wanted to talk about it's from car and driver and it says the
2028 misabishi Montero will soon debut based on a new teaser video okay it's
been a while since misabishi revealed something to excite the people but a
popular SUVs return appears to be just around the corner okay so it's it's a
very small teaser video like it's basically just this it looks like a kind
of like a big sporty SUV okay it kind of looks like it's like a like a Land Rover
Defender like it's not it's blurry I'm just wondering though if misabishi could
ever come back it also it says misabishi has also already laid out its plan to
introduce several new models through 2030 but over a year ago a trademarked
Montero which is good car name I'd like just to say Montero I like Montero more
recently we spied a camouflage test mules that looked very similar to the
mysterious machine at the end of the new misabishi ad well we still don't know
exactly when the automaker will reveal the next generation Montero we have a
hunch that it will be soon the misabishi Outlander is that the car that is
horrible it is the worst car it's horrible I will never forgive that car
because that car ruined have you told this story yeah I think I have it ruined
my yeah it ruined my Marine Corp ball because I was right into the third row
not a classy thing that it should have put a marine back there and I got so
carsick on our 20-minute drive back to the hotel that I like literally couldn't
do I couldn't go up and have like after after dinner drinks so I feel like
misabishi robbed me of a lot that night mm-hmm so anyway stay tuned for misabishi
I mean I don't I mean it's like it kind of feels a little bit like give it up but I
just feel like they've been like struggling for so many years just like
they I just think like they could like go double or nothing on like their
motorcycles yeah versus like the family SUV market like that just kind of tough
I mean the the spy photo does look pretty cool like it's nice like it looks
cool but I would argue I think the Outlander is a decent looking car I mean
it's fine like it just looks like it looks like all of them but you know it
looks tiny cow that third row window and the Outlander's third row the third row
is the problem of the Outlander I guess it is a third row because I'll there be
a window yeah we'll see okay speaking of people who are kind of struggling this
is from automotive news Stellantis sales slump reaches seven years despite a Q4
gain so I'm just always trying to keep like a finger on the pulse for
Stellantis because I feel like someone has to so they had a better Q4 but the
increases weren't enough to avoid a seventh straight annual decline
yep that's tough news is Chrysler sales were up 1% in 2025
you just don't know you just don't know why can't they figure it out well in
Stellantis just to review everybody they have Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram so it's
four manufacturers under one roof and they could not sell cars they're just
they're having a lot of trouble yeah I think there's a level of it is I think
that Jeep has too many models I think they should have like doubled down and
had like a grand Cherokee and a Wrangler like I miss those days what now we have
a Rubicon a Renegade a Wagoneer a Grand Wagoneer a Wagoneer I'm exhausted it's
like half past too many models and all the other brands have like not enough
models and Chrysler has the Pacifica think of that like I people don't believe
me when I say like I know like literally like if that's a bit freaking trivia
question like what what major car manufacturer only makes one car right
now and technically it's like none of them because technically the Chrysler
also makes the what's it called yeah the other minivan but like not they only
make minivans what's it called the Voyager doesn't matter yeah doesn't
matter yeah it's just interesting it's just interesting well obviously only
has the truck and then what does Dodge have Dodge has the Durango they have a
Hellcat charger Dodge Hornet the Hornet they're kind of like yeah they have
they just have a few everyone's struggling everyone's struggling I need
them to put out a case I need to them to I need them to get it together Jeep is
your bad Jeep in Christ I I'm almost like fade Ram and Dodge and like I would
like to see Chrysler come back a little bit I believe I'm believing in Chrysler
and Chrysler has that name recognition that name is worth a lot of money Chrysler
to me the name like it has a luxury feel to it too like I don't think that they
could like make that make an SUV then like you have the capability like you
have the put you have the minivan like just do the big game like it's like they
could have a Buick Enclave yeah you know yeah I don't know I'm nervous for them
it really am I'm really me too okay but then Barry at the office is interesting
because buried in this article I don't even know why this is in here it was
nothing to do with the article but it says manufacture share of industry retail
hybrid registrations as of August so that's a long way of saying here is the
percentage out of all the registered hybrid here's the percentage that that
manufacturer owns of the registered hybrids okay time Toyota is number one
at a whopping 48% meaning that out of all the registered hybrids on the road
48% of them are Toyotas okay shocking yeah coming at number two we have Honda
which I also was surprised mm-hmm number three we have Hyundai which I guess I
would have thought Hyundai and Honda would have been switched number four we
have four at 7.9% and then it trickles and trickles and trickles but
Atlantis was on there at 2.5% so I guess that was why it was in there mm-hmm but
it's interesting because you know who's who's blatantly not on this list who
General Motors because they don't do hybrids totally because they're doubling
out on their EVs which time will tell on that strategy mm-hmm time will tell on
that strategy yeah okay last story this is kind of like a fun little human
interest story so it's from the drive and the Moylan arrow is one of Ford's
best contributions to car design do you want to guess what the Moylan arrow is
I have no idea I don't want to guess rest in peace ready yeah rest in peace James
Moylan who had the small but significant idea to put an arrow on the gas gauges oh it's like
you know in your car oh oh yeah okay that you're on your car how it points to
which side mm-hmm yeah mm-hmm it says you know that clever arrow need the near
the fuel gauge that tells you which side the car the gas cap was on for too long
we didn't know who came up with it one of the earliest iterations appeared in a
full in a Ford based on reviews of a 1989 Thunderbird the public only learned of
this guy's name a few years ago his name was James Moylan and he worked for Ford
in Detroit as an interior trim designer he died last month at the age of 80 wow
talk about impact it says the arrows origin story goes that Moylan got the
idea while taking a company car to a meeting at the automakers Dearborn
campus in 1986 not to brag I've been there the tank was running low so I went
to refill it when he got out of the car he had a sinking realization that
familiar to all of us that he pulled up to the pump on the wrong side immediately
Moylan hatched a solution live that day he drafted a product convenience
suggestion memo I would like to propose a small addition to the future IP
cluster graphics in all passenger car and trucks lines it read the indicator or
symbol I have in mind would be located near the fuel gauge and would simply
describe to the driver which side of the vehicle the fuel fill door is located
yeah I mean I I use that feature all the time I know and like they even have
like the original like memo that he wrote they have like his like original
sketch of it it's a cute little story okay love that and that's what I like
like I want a book you know what I might do one day what I want to write a book I
don't I want to put money behind someone to write the book that every like fun
little feature that's in a car we trace it we trace its origin story back and we
tell Jay Moylan's story and we tell like because I know they're all interesting
of like when they came up with the idea for that you know yeah it's like it's
a little tidbit like I don't know I don't know what more to me it's a coffee
table book for enthusiasts and like you flip through and you're like oh this
was how heated seats came to be it's like that Ford commercial I think it was
Ford and it was like Ford cars if they were only designed by men and it was
like no windshield wipers no high beams I don't remember what it was all but it
took away all these incredible features because all those features were designed
by women but I'm with you like I would like to hear just like the little tidbit
of the woman who thought it was a good idea to have wiper blades
exactly that could be a good coffee table book if anyone wants to do it I'm happy
to free idea free idea if you want to shoot shoot your shot and come across my
desk I'm happy to back you so anyway and with that that's our first episode 2026
and I'm feeling really good about what what we're delivering well I do have a
ditch the drive-thru oh my gosh same okay I'm an idiot I forgot about I'll see
if yours is better if mine's not work cuz I haven't made mine yet now it's time
for ditch the drive-thru we give you an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get
you out of your dinner right and my ditch the drive-thru is so over the
weekend on New Year's Day actually I had the best start to my day because one of
my dreams is I make a pot of soup and everyone sits around and tell me how
good my pot of soup is like your dream came true that morning my dream came
true in such a major way so it was New Year's Day and I was like I'm gonna make
my beef soup my beef vegetable soup I think everyone like wrote me off a
little bit like oh yeah Kelly's bringing a soup like I'll probably get
lion's choice after like probably hit the drive-thru after but I have a really
good beef soup recipe and I was calling it a beef stew until mom told me it's not
a beef stew because I doesn't have potatoes in it so now that I know that
I will be calling it a beef and vegetable soup moving forward but it is the
most veggie-packed salty delicious soup you will ever have it was excellent and
you know that means a lot coming from me because I'm not a soup girl and I had
two bowls okay so you get your classic stew meat here's what I do I get my
Dutch oven you've got to get a good Dutch oven you know like that's a base
model luxury my leg crusade Dutch oven is one of my favorite things in the world
that not so much a base model but it is a luxury not so no you're right it's not
a baseball but like it's a piece it's totally worth it like that it's it's my
favorite it's it looks amazing it's my kids better fight over it is all I'm
saying my kids better fight over it so no way the first thing you do is you
just put some butter in there and then you just brown your stew meat don't ask
me for proportions because you got a proportion with your heart okay Tyler
likes when I double the meat so I always put a lot of stew meat in there I
normally get two packs I brown all of them I pull them all out which takes a
little bit of work and I put them on a plate don't put a paper towel because
those juices are flavor we want that back in the soup okay so I brown my stew
meat pull it out put it on a plate then I add more butter and I do my onions
garlic carrots and celery all like or any veggie that I'm using that's not
fully cooked okay because like if I'm just frozen yeah yeah then you don't
need to that and I just go and I make that yummy yummy yummy I let those
vegetables just kind of start to cook up a little bit and then I add Lipton's
beefy onion okay so that's like the powdered soup that you would get like
when you would make French onion dip but they sell a beefy onion now depending
on how much you do I will add two packs like if I'm making a big pot a big pot
of soup I'm adding two packs you're adding this to the like is this how thick
is your butter like is it oh my gosh let me back up you're right let me back up
so I'm making those I'm sorry I skipped a step so right now we had the stew
meats cooked the veggies the garlic the onion are cooking in said like in your
Dutch oven then I add a third a cup of flour to those veggies because that
helps thicken up the soup a little bit okay then I add my meat back in okay
then I add my soup mix okay then I add a can of crushed tomatoes okay or tomato
sauce but you got to have a you got to have the red in there to give it some
color and then I add a lot of beef broth okay then I let that just like a bubble
bubble bubble because the stew meats got to get soft because it's it's cooked but
it's not soft yet and then I will add any frozen veggies I like to add canned
green beans I know it sounds weird but it totally works I like to add canned
green beans and canned corn mm-hmm and frozen peas I mean I had every veggie
under the sun it felt good to be eating like it it was such like a good like
January 1st like it's a really good like reset meal like when you've just been
eating like garbage and your body is like craving a vegetable it's like a
really attainable way to get a lot of veggies in but I mean it is salty but
like it's so good it's so good so that's my ditch the drive-thru it's kind of
world-famous like people are talking about it like everyone like everyone had
multiple bowls mm-hmm you know it's one of how are his favorite things that I
make yeah well my dish is right through was good I haven't made it but I have
all the ingredients at my house I'm really excited to make it Morgan Taylor at
home is like one of my we had her in the podcast get her back one of my favorite
follows she posted a this is what I would bring to my friend who just had a
baby and it was rice and then it was chicken it was like a teriyaki chicken so
what she did is she flattened the chicken she and then she baked it or
grilled it or something in teriyaki sauce and cut it up and then she added a
certain type of I can't remember what the name of the like I guess Japanese noodle
was but I ended up like finding like the like though you know I can buy like
ramen like bulldock or whatever the ramen brand is I found one of those in
that type of noodle so I got that type of noodle I've never made it before and
then just like vegetables and it just looked like such a good almost like
Panda Express at home in a way in some ways so I have all the ingredients to
make that I'm super excited it looked just so good and like if someone dropped
that off for me after I had a baby I would have been so pleased she's great
she's a great follow mm-hmm so okay that's my direction with that that's gonna
be our episode no and it's like we need to get them up we've been talking for
like almost an hour oh my gosh all right well I hope you enjoyed thank you so
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About this episode
A lively discussion kicks off the new year with Kelly and Liz reflecting on their holiday breaks and personal growth. They introduce the concept of 'micro hobbies' and share their newfound passion for reading, including their participation in a book club. The conversation shifts to minivans, with both hosts expressing their appreciation for their practicality and discussing the unique culture surrounding minivan ownership. Industry news covers Mitsubishi's upcoming Montero, Stellantis's sales struggles, and a touching tribute to the creator of the gas gauge arrow. The episode wraps up with delicious dinner ideas and personal anecdotes.
Buick Enclave
Chrysler Pacifica
Chrysler Voyager
Dodge Charger
Dodge Durango
Dodge Hornet
Dodge Ram
Ford Expedition
Ford Thunderbird
Honda Odyssey
Hudson Hornet
Jeep Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Wagoneer
Jeep Renegade
Jeep Wagoneer
Jeep Wrangler
Kia Carnival/Sedona
Land Rover Defender
Mitsubishi Montero
Mitsubishi Outlander
Nissan Pathfinder
Original notes
Welcome to the first episode of 2026! Kelly and Lizz have survived the holiday break (barely) and ready to kick off a new year of podcasts. First things first, it's time to reveal their words for 2026 and these are some things we should all take with us into the new year. Speaking of words of the year, the unintentional word of the year for 2025 was coined right on this podcast: micro-hobbies! Kelly has a new one and it involves joining a club. Plus, her football micro-hobby is going strong and getting ready for the playoffs.
Big announcement for the Car Mom, new merch is here! This one is for all the minivan lovers out there. Since they are on the minivan topic, it's time to talk about Pete Davidson's tricked out minivan. Are you over the "I'm getting a COOL minivan" cliche? Kelly and Lizz also have some new base model luxuries. Some are better than others...
Checking in with Industry News, Mitsubishi continues to try and find their way in automotives. So far they haven't been successful, could that change soon? Speaking of success, Stellantis sales are down once again for 2025. What can save them?
In Ditch the Drive-Thru, Kelly made a beef soup that impressed the entire family on New Year's Day. It was so good that even Lizz had seconds!
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