Road-trip and modding talk runs from Maui’s rough, GPS-tracked gravel road to Thailand’s wild curvy highways, then lands on real-world ownership: a rider’s KTM quirks (warnings, warranty gray areas, and exhaust/header decisions), Starlink’s shifting “standby vs roam” billing, and family van logistics. The crew also debates branding (Lincoln/Cadillac), shares favorite driving routes in Colorado, and gives practical selling advice for heavily modified off-road builds—especially the importance of underside photos. They close with upcoming mods, towing airbag plans, and a Ferrari recall note.
The weather’s warming up and the roads are finally drying out—which means it’s prime time to wrap up those long‑overdue mods. What projects are you finishing this season? Nick’s juggling upgrades across his bike, the Storyteller Van, and possibly a rack upgrade for the Ranger Raptor. Dan confesses his F‑150 Raptor is a certified mall crawler, so he’s leaning into practicality with airbags for towing, while the Bronco still has a long list of unfinished upgrades. Brian drops back in after some travel to hang out, share a few favorite roads, and talk about his time with Raptor Junkies—along with some hard‑earned tips on how not to be a total newb.
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"He said best road and he's I've done this road on a highway on Maui, but on a Supermoto. Oh
[36.4s] That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. Yeah, cuz that was rough"
Supermoto is a type of motorcycle made to handle both pavement and rougher surfaces. If a road has lots of tight turns and some gravel, a supermoto usually feels more at home than a normal rental-style bike or car.
Supermoto is a motorcycle style built for mixed surfaces—typically combining dirt-bike agility with street-legal handling. It’s known for quick steering and good traction on rough or twisty roads, which is why it’s mentioned as ideal for a gravel, narrow, turn-heavy route.
"[216.5s] I have to say too. I mean and I'm a guy that always likes to do
[221.1s] Aftermarket exhaust. I like where the exhaust is it kind of takes the drone away."
An aftermarket exhaust is an exhaust system you buy and install that isn’t the stock one. People do it for sound and sometimes for better performance.
An aftermarket exhaust is a non-factory exhaust system installed to change sound, weight, and sometimes performance. Riders often choose them to reduce heat, improve flow, or tailor the noise level—especially to avoid excessive “drone.”
"I'm not gonna do anything because I want to keep the warranty. So yeah, it will shocker shouldn't affect the warranty for a slip-on ... Every service has to be done at a KTM dealership."
KTM is the company that makes the motorcycle. They’re saying KTM’s warranty has strict rules, and if you modify or service the bike the “wrong” way, KTM may deny warranty coverage.
KTM is the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer behind the warranty rules being discussed. In this segment, the speaker is describing how KTM’s warranty can be affected by modifications and where service work must be performed.
Term
Pressurized water over 45 psi will blow the system apart
"I got to work with my dad as far as filling up the water system because Pressurized water over 45 psi will blow the system apart, you know, all little things like that."
“PSI” (pounds per square inch) is a pressure unit, and the speaker is warning that the water system has a maximum safe pressure. Exceeding that limit can damage hoses, fittings, pumps, or plumbing connections. This kind of detail is common in RV/camper or van conversion water systems where components have pressure ratings.
"But we have a system where if we're gonna stop somewhere ahead... She immediately because we have Starlink in the truck so it's not where we are... [724.2s] Starlink. Oh, yeah, we're mad at Starlink."
Starlink is a satellite internet system. It helps you get internet in places where normal cell service is weak, and here they’re talking about how the data plan changes what you can do while the truck is moving.
Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite internet service. In the episode, they’re discussing how Starlink’s in-motion “standby” data plan affects what they can do while driving, like using maps and getting basic connectivity.
"She pulls up Google Maps [699.9s] She posted in satellite view. She looks at the parking lot. She tells me which entrance to go into she's like take the second entrance"
Satellite view is the “aerial photo” layer in Google Maps. It helps you pick the right entrance and parking spot by looking at what the lot looks like from above.
Google Maps satellite view lets users examine an area using aerial imagery to plan routes and choose entrances/exits. Here it’s used to help with trailer parking and selecting the correct turnaround spot.
"...three Starlinks Oh one for the truck one for the Bronco and one for the One for the house. Do you have t..."
The Ford Bronco is an SUV made for driving on rough roads and trails. It’s designed to handle dirt, rocks, and uneven ground better than many regular SUVs. People talk about it when they’re comparing which SUVs are best for adventure.
The Ford Bronco is a rugged SUV built for off-road driving, with versions designed to handle rough trails and uneven terrain. It often comes up in conversations about capable SUVs because it’s meant to be more than just a daily driver. In a podcast, it may be mentioned alongside other vehicles when discussing what’s practical, what’s fun, or what’s being used for specific trips.
"[1038.6s] Mean they can have it's a concept. I
[1040.5s] Didn't I I do I you say it now. That's April 1st. I but I didn't
[1046.1s] It is April 1st today. It is April 1st."
An “April Fool joke” refers to a prank or intentionally false announcement made on April 1st. The speakers are debating whether the news about Hyundai/Kia building something is real or just a publicity stunt.
"[1109.9s] Lincoln is one of those brands that I don't even know why they exist anymore
[1112.6s] And I mean that like I don't I don't have no idea who's buying that the market is so aged out on that navigators to drive stars around"
Lincoln is a luxury car brand made by Ford. The speakers are basically saying they don’t understand who is still buying Lincoln cars and why the brand still exists.
Lincoln is Ford Motor Company’s luxury brand, positioned above mainstream Fords. In this segment, the hosts debate who buys Lincoln models today and how the brand’s market appeal has shifted over time.
"[1112.6s] And I mean that like I don't I don't have no idea who's buying that the market is so aged out on that navigators to drive stars around
[1119.1s] Yeah, but it's like that's a lot cuz they get over that spot already, you know the navigators great"
The Lincoln Navigator is a big luxury SUV. The hosts are talking about how its resale value seems to drop pretty fast.
The Lincoln Navigator is a large, body-on-frame luxury SUV known for comfort and towing capability. Here it’s mentioned in the context of depreciation—how quickly its value drops compared with other vehicles.
"[1124.0s] But they in the they've got the navigator the aviator and they are like the depreciation kinks
[1129.0s] Yeah, like nothing depreciates faster than a navigator at aviator."
The Lincoln Aviator is a mid-size luxury SUV. The speakers are comparing it to the Navigator in terms of how quickly these vehicles lose value.
The Lincoln Aviator is a mid-size luxury SUV in Lincoln’s lineup, typically smaller than the Navigator. In this segment it’s grouped with the Navigator when discussing depreciation and resale value.
"[1124.0s] But they in the they've got the navigator the aviator and they are like the depreciation kinks
[1129.0s] Yeah, like nothing depreciates faster than a navigator at aviator."
Depreciation is how much a car’s value drops as it gets older. The point here is that some Lincoln SUVs lose value really quickly, which affects what they’re worth later.
Depreciation is how fast a vehicle loses value over time. The hosts are using it as a shorthand for resale risk—some models (like the Navigator/Aviator) are perceived to drop in price faster than others.
"[1171.0s] I will say like as far as a comfortable like four-door car that Lincoln town car was oh, yeah
[1178.1s] That was the great thing on our frame. Absolutely. I loved it."
The Lincoln Town Car was a big, comfortable luxury sedan. The speakers are saying it was great for comfort—especially compared to what you’d expect from a normal car.
The Lincoln Town Car is a full-size luxury sedan historically known for comfort and a smooth ride. The hosts specifically praise it as a “comfortable four-door” and mention its reputation for limo service, tying it to why someone might want one.
"In any car at that point, you know off-road / gosh, it's"
Off-road means you’re not on regular paved roads. It can be dirt or gravel, and it usually feels more adventurous.
“Off-road” describes driving or riding on unpaved surfaces like dirt, gravel, or trails rather than paved highways. The speaker contrasts it with “in any car,” implying the route/terrain is more about scenery and adventure than extreme technical difficulty.
"It's very again. You mean out of Glenwood Canyon and stuff and out of I-70. I think so / Because you because when you come through I-70 and go through the canyon"
I-70 is a big highway in the U.S. that runs through Colorado. They’re using it as a reference point for where the scenic drive starts before turning onto smaller roads.
I-70 is a major U.S. Interstate highway running through Colorado, commonly used as the main approach to mountain towns like Glenwood Springs and toward Aspen-area access roads. Here it’s mentioned as the route context before cutting off toward narrower canyon roads.
"You drive Ernie's Grove and you know that you got to dodge potholes like consistently, right?"
Potholes are big holes in the road. Hitting them can shake up your suspension and tires, and sometimes it can even bend wheels or cause alignment problems.
Potholes are a major real-world hazard for suspension, tires, and wheels—especially on trucks and off-road vehicles. Repeated impacts can lead to alignment issues, bent wheels, or damage to tires and shock components.
"Ray to have their radios didn't work. So there was communication was awful"
In a group drive, radios help everyone communicate. If they don’t work, it’s harder to coordinate and people can end up stuck or confused.
Off-road convoys rely on two-way radios for coordination—especially at night or in snow where visual cues are limited. If radios fail, spacing and decision-making degrade quickly, increasing the chance of someone getting stuck or blocked.
"Kimmery decided she wanted to Rock crawl over a boulder that was I don't even know how big it was probably three or four feet and in diameter"
Rock crawling is when you drive slowly over rocks and big obstacles off-road. The goal is to keep traction and control so the tires can grip and the vehicle can climb safely.
Rock crawling is a slow, technical off-road driving style where the vehicle climbs and descends obstacles like boulders and uneven rock. It relies heavily on traction, tire grip, and careful throttle/brake control rather than speed.
"Or you've switched your exhaust or you've swept your axles if you're an off-road person or you've done added a bunch of skid plates"
Skid plates are protective plates under the car. They help keep the bottom of the vehicle from getting damaged when you drive over rough terrain.
Skid plates are protective metal or composite panels mounted underneath a vehicle to shield vulnerable components from rocks and debris. For off-road builds, they’re a major safety/usage indicator and are worth photographing to prove the work was done correctly.
"It's fine if you're selling, you know household goods or toys or you're selling a bone stock vehicle like a ton of people are"
“Bone stock” just means the car is basically as it came from the factory, with no big modifications. Some buyers prefer that because it’s simpler and usually easier to maintain.
“Bone stock” means the vehicle is essentially unmodified from the factory. In selling contexts, it often appeals to buyers who want reliability and originality rather than a heavily modified build.
"That doesn't I I don't see that as a bring a trailer cars and vids kind of car. It's nothing wrong with it"
Bring a Trailer (BaT) is an online auction site focused on enthusiast cars, where modified or interesting vehicles can find a more specialized audience. The hosts are contrasting BaT-style demand with the more general market on Facebook Marketplace.
"That 74 well did where they went and did the Rubicon. Yeah, and Frank Frank was there with his GX fight"
The Rubicon is a famous off-road trail in California. People use it as a benchmark for how capable a vehicle really is off-road.
The Rubicon refers to the Rubicon Trail in California, one of the most famous off-road routes in the U.S. Mentioning it signals serious off-road capability and a “real test” environment rather than light trail driving.
"But then when you get into those older things too, you know, you got like rust and everything and you don't know [2287.9s] What the history was before"
Rust is a major concern on older vehicles and can be especially important when the car’s prior history is unknown. Underbody inspection helps identify structural rust, patchwork repairs, and areas that may need remediation before purchase or transport.
"I measured it one time. I was like if I leave the tailgate nice support the tailgate properly I could stick that thing in the back of the truck."
The tailgate is the back door on a pickup truck that can open downward. They’re saying it can help hold or support something so it sits right in the truck.
A tailgate is the hinged door at the back of a pickup truck that swings down to help load and unload cargo. In this segment, they’re talking about using the tailgate as support so something can fit safely in the truck bed.
"Is he going next week for g or easter like oh, yeah, wait. Is easter jeep safari happening right now Yes, it would be good."
Easter Jeep Safari is a yearly off-roading event in Moab. Jeep owners and companies bring their rigs to drive trails during the Easter timeframe.
Easter Jeep Safari is an annual off-road event in Moab where Jeep enthusiasts and manufacturers bring special builds to run trails. The conversation implies Michael is going for that event, which is why they’re discussing timing and whether it’s happening.
"[2509.4s] Yeah
[2510.5s] Yeah, do you have any more mods plant?
[2512.3s] Can I ask you on the truck? Yeah, are you done?"
“Mods” just means modifications—things people change or add to their car. It could be for looks, handling, or power.
“Mods” is shorthand for modifications—changes made to a vehicle to alter appearance, performance, or functionality. In car culture, modding can range from simple cosmetic upgrades to suspension, wheels/tires, and engine-related changes.
"Dad, can you help me with my airbag? Exactly getting them in there is not hard. It really is a straight bolt in situation
It's not difficult. It's it's routing the airlines and getting the compressor set up in a really nice clean place"
An airbag here is the air cushion that supports the truck. When it fills with air, the truck can lift and stay level.
An airbag (in this context) is the air spring that supports the vehicle and provides the lift/leveling function. It works with the compressor and valves to adjust ride height on demand.
"That's what you need to have the trailer thing do done to the recall. ... I saw I mean I saw it in my ford up. So I knew that it's I know it's which recall is this time"
A recall means the company says there’s a problem that needs fixing for safety. Dealers usually do the repair, and you may need to schedule it.
A recall is a manufacturer-mandated repair for a safety or compliance issue. The discussion suggests they’re waiting for a specific recall to be completed and are tracking it through the app and dealership scheduling.
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Welcome to the events podcast. I'm Dan. I'm Nick. I'm Brian
Brian just showed up literally show up which we keep telling the audience they can do. Yeah
You want to come join us? Just say so. Yeah, I'm gonna come by Nathan Mers. That's you. Yeah, I keep talking about it
Just come over dude. I know where is he? Where is he tell you? Yeah? I know we already got a new
Message to this week, which is a really good one. Okay. Let's see here. This is again from Pete
And this is a Pete Nielsen. Thank you for always messaging. This is a great suggestion
He said best road and he's I've done this road on a highway on Maui, but on a Supermoto. Oh
That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. Yeah, cuz that was rough
It's an arrow and it's tourist packed a lot of the time and you can't technically do the whole thing in a rental car
I can tell you you can do it at least twice
What do you mean you kids in the rental agreement?
By when you rent a car in Hawaii Maui specifically there is a clause in there about that specific road
Okay, what am I missing? It's got a gravel section. It's narrow. Oh got it all the time. It's like I
Don't even know how many turns it is, but it's it's a lot mega turn
I would assume you'd get away with that more in the past, but like now they can GPS the car
Yeah, exactly where you were. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah interesting
I haven't been to Hawaii or Maui since I was a kid. So yeah
I was fortunate enough to do that before the GPS thing and did that twice
I was just fine, but you're right
There's a lot of people who get an access on that road and the locals the farther you get out there the less
That's like that spot in Maui where the locals are still there. They don't really want you there. Yeah. Yeah, fair enough
But on a Supermoto that would be heaven. Mm-hmm so many tight turns
I can think of a there's a road in Thailand too that I did I did the one of the road
I did the curviest highway in Thailand when I was there outside of Chiang Mai and that was insane
What would you do it on? Yeah, I had a
Some Asian market only three-cylinder turbo Nissan
Yeah, oh, that's okay, okay rock that road. Oh, I'm sure it was insane. I saw elephants
I saw oh, yeah, like it is out there like they have like a mud slide
But it's Thailand so they're like drive faster
Outrun the mud. Yeah, just just skip over it
Have the elephant pull you through well
I don't if you've never been to Thailand or Vietnam and you're a car person
That car culture there is obviously very different from our cars
But it exists especially the motorcycle market. Yeah, it is nuts. That's cool. It's insane
To drive there. I discovered the car culture in Cyprus this week. I'm interested through some videos
I had no idea also. I mean and I know Joe
geography geography a little bit, but I wasn't to where Cyprus really was and I but but there's a huge car culture there
Interesting like really nice lots of money obviously too, but yeah. Yeah, so
Okay, so we learned about so I mean
One I got to ride my bike finally. Yes. Awesome or 90. It's just
Okay, so much more power. It's funny because it's less power than the 450
But it has more gears like I got on I-90 and went to the casino and was it was doing 80 with my beard way
Yeah, I mean KTM that power bands way high
I mean, I really like it like it was funny because I mentioned the group
I was like I like it. It's it's lighter than my 450 and Dan's like no, it's not and he's not by like about 60 pounds
It's heavier, but I did not notice that all the way. It's low. You know that low exhaust everything is
Mass-centralized low. Yeah pros and cons, but for what the bike is. It's really great. It's much easier to handle
I have to say too. I mean and I'm a guy that always likes to do
Aftermarket exhaust. I like where the exhaust is it kind of takes the drone away. It's not up high
There there is there is aftermarket a Krapavich exhaust for ungodly amounts. There is a there is a new
header pipe, but with this KTM warranty this four-year warranty
I'm not gonna do anything because I want to keep the warranty. So yeah, it will shocker shouldn't affect the warranty for a slip-on
There's some gray area like there. I
Remember I was the one that introduced that to the dealership when I bought it and thank a lot of people have thanked me for it since
It's on the website by the way
I didn't invent it, but there are a lot of stipulations like there's there's KTM
Like a good company has more reasons to cancel your warranty than probably keep it like it's
Every service has to be done at a KTM dealership. It can't be done by a certified mechanic
It everything, you know, they would lose like they would get sued. Well, I'm sure they would but
Also, I have 28 miles
You know in Europe they get away with that in the US. They would get sued they would lose new new pipe equals
You have to have a tune. Ah, yeah
Because
I'm saying so yeah, and it and it that's yeah Kelly version of bikes are the dumbest thing ever
Dumbest thing also the way that pipe is built. You can't get to the catalytic converter like I've started the conversation
Well, you could but you'd need a really strong really flexible bit
It's all I'm saying you're pretty you're pretty adept at those
Yeah, cut it open and just
I don't want I don't want to go that far. Yeah, I don't play. I was wondering your check engine light
Did you forget to put blinker fuel fluid in there? Is that what happened? Which one on the KTM?
So there
From the factory
Yeah, I just you know blinker fluid, buddy. So this is so funny
I wrote it for six miles and I got a warning triangle that came up that said turn signals not working
I didn't know that you could see that outside the group. That's interesting. I saw it
and
My turn signals were working and I was like, oh, this is on me
I just put a tail tidy on you know, so I went I took the tail tidy off. I looked at everything
So I went on there
It's a KTM fix that they have not come out with yet
And some guy you know how that it's the smallest comments that kind of get to you and you're like that's that means nothing
The guy's like ride it and he's like in the minute the temperature goes above 60 degrees outside. It'll go off and it did
Really not the bike getting to 60 degrees the atmosphere has to be 60 degrees and I'm riding and
I look at my phone. It says 60 and the like went off and I was like
Okay, the heck and most people are just saying ride it. It's not it doesn't hurt anything
No, there will be a fix for it
But there's something something in that that a lot of those head units and all the KTM bikes are getting replaced
But yeah, I saw it. I was like that's stupid
I know and it's usually stuff like that
But you can go ride it but it's gonna be a KTM and it's gonna be sort of like McLaren
It's just gonna be like, why is it doing this today? I don't know
It's grumpy in the fact that like the triangle will come on to tell you that the side stand is down
But it also blinks that the side stand is down and all that I did get a
Relay for that to make that go away, but okay. Yeah, that's interesting. I didn't know that was outside
Six miles and I came home and I because again, honey. Yeah
I got my first check engine
Yeah, look at me. Look at me like like your blinkers not working
And I'm thinking I don't want to like get pulled over for not having a blinker like and everything works great
But I think it's they're they're super
The the the blinkers on there and the system on there
It makes it look like you have a bad relay because they blink really fast
But that's just the LEDs that come on the bike. So these are all these things. I learned it
We'll be honest. Yeah, you're not gonna get pulled over for that
You're gonna get pulled over for about a half of those and other things and then that's gonna make the list
So we're gonna get you on this one to you so we'll see that is funny
Yeah, you brought the van again today. I did because as we talked about last week my mom and I are
To crack it down. We have to be in south of Portland and inhabit at 10 o'clock, which means I have to leave
Bellevue by about 645 7 to you know, because it's not like I'm taking one of the sports cars down there like we can zip around
It's gonna be a long
Highly recommend a stop on the way back at burgerville
If you have a burger, you know, burger is awesome. I will take burgerville over in and out
Okay, where's that at? There's a bunch of them on the highway, but the nearest one to us is Shehalis
Okay, but they're all the way down in Portland. They're all over there kind of a they're a local chain
But man that burger sauce and I'm trying to only stop it inhabit in Portland
Just
I'm not getting off the freeway in Portland
You go to Washington. No, I'm just there's a in and out on the way now, too
But yeah, I would take burger bill over in and out. I think I in it out
I'm done and in and out sort of like Yeagermeister for me. I've killed it a little bit in my
Can't anymore, so I mean so I mean maybe for a shake or something, but also burger bill is they have the shakes
Yeah, I'm creating a list of like and it's gonna go and I'm gonna laminate
It's gonna go in the van for the whole family basically because like you can't drive through the drive-thru don't think about it
There's a lot like yeah, that's not the most even though. It's not that long. It's not I was laughing
I told Dan the 12 feet. I know my dad called me
He's like they were at drivers club and my mom again
She loves this where I'm super excited if you listen to last week's episode for her
And she just wants to go out and they just wanted to go drive it
And they couldn't get the emergency break off because it's like an emergency braking and a mercy logo where you can pull it up
And then you can shove it down because the ski right you got to put up again
So my dad's having a fit so I had to drive in which is fine
I mean, I love my parents and learning we go on a drive we get gas we fill it half tank
For $78 that's for a half tank for diesel right now and we get back and I go okay reverse it back in the spot
My dad goes I'm not reversing this. It's like okay. Here's the thing. You don't have to do it today
but we're gonna learn like
Eventually like any normal human being you're gonna go down a wrong road or and or you're not gonna be able to turn around or
Something like that. I said so and I said there's tons of cameras. This thing is it's a Mercedes. It's grumpy
It will tell you where everything is
Yeah, but more than once but it was that total instant reversal like I was the parent
I'm like, oh, you're gonna do it. We may not do it
You're gonna eat your piece not today
It's I mean, it's it's Kate's laughing because it's stressing me out because it is I
Care for my parents number one. I care for the van
Right. Yeah. Yeah, number two. I'm gonna have to sell it for my inheritance some days
Yeah, they're gonna have to definitely plan their plan their stops they are and I mean we're going to Cannon Beach
for a work retreat the four of us Kate and my parents and I'm gonna take it with us and I
Got four days with them to really work through everything. We're gonna we're gonna drive the coast
We're gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna really get them to know everything
I'm you know, I got to work with my dad as far as filling up the water system because
Pressurized water over 45 psi will blow the system apart, you know, all little things like that. Did you just don't think about?
Yeah, I got to give a shout out to my my driver now
I'm the passenger now, but when I am pulling the trailer with the RA in the back
Sean is in the passenger seat. She she can drive the trailer just fine, but she prefers that I do and
She's a driver. I mean, yeah. Yeah, she's fine. Yeah, I'm pulling the trailer. She's like I prefer you do it
She likes to hang out with the dog
But we have a system where if we're gonna stop somewhere ahead
She immediately because we have Starlink in the truck so it's not where we are
But she'll pull up. She knows exactly what to do. She finds a stop. She pulls up Google Maps
She posted in satellite view. She looks at the parking lot. She tells me which entrance to go into she's like take the second entrance
Park back here. This is your turnaround spot. Yeah, she's got it down to a science and it's like I don't have to ask
I have to do anything. She's just like I'll tell her I need to get gas in about 50 60 miles
They're at the next stop right over. She's like, all right, except the map finds a gas prices finds a turn around spot
Find out which entrance to go to I just show up and listen. It's the best thing ever
Yeah, you have you said something there that triggered me
Starlink. Oh, yeah, we're mad at Starlink. We're very mad at Starlink. What happened? Well, so Elon doesn't have enough money
Okay, so we used to pay ten bucks a month. It was some of the standby you could use it while driving
They've now gone to the point where it's five bucks a month for standby and I didn't realize this
I got a warning that said you're driving too fast. I got in my truck and I'm going I'm doing 50 miles an hour
standby
Does not you get nothing while driving if you want to get something while driving you have to go to the $50 package for Rome
Yeah, that is your only option now
You can and you can go back you can go in back and forth
So they say I don't know how the billing works with that because I figure if the minute I click Rome
They're gonna charge me 50 bucks. Oh, yeah, but then I can go back a month. Yeah
You're used to be able in standby get what would you say not low latency?
You'd get a mega bit down enough to text and look at stuff where you were just to get basic info
And if you're stationary it will work, but this is the new that was the first time I got that warning
It says you're driving too fast for internet and I was like I'm in my truck doing 50 like 55. There's no way
So that's new
So just just knowing that subscription model man is yeah
Only way those guys are gonna make that money and they realize that now that those things are so ubiquitous everywhere if they got to
figure out other ways to
A ton when I'm driving but it would be nice to have for situations like that
Sure, I put one on top of the van. So and again, they I'll probably just sign them up for the room and yeah
I'm limited. I when we do a trip
I immediately kick it off the standby and go to the full because we use it so often between spaces
But most of the year that's I mean that's literally twice a year and do that
But down and depending where we're at like when we were in st. George
The house internet sucked. I bumped it up to full limit. I paid the pay the hundred and fifty now
We were working this was not just me on vacation and so that was well worth it because that
Literally allowed me to work for a month when you bump to roam they charge you for the 50 bucks
But if you if you don't take the whole month and you bump it back to standby, do they do they
You're paying for the month you get dinged for the month. It's just like how ours. Okay. All right. All right
Same with cell phone anything too hard for them to manage that if you said I'm gonna turn it on for that's what I was asking
Like am I gonna get 25 bucks back or whatever? Okay? Yeah, Bezos hurry to hell up and give us your competition because I want competition
Okay, it's gotta happen someday. Yeah, I love the start like I do I just this is a new billing thing like that $10 one was perfect
It really was perfect. I wasn't using a ton of I mean, I was barely using a gig. Yeah
Yeah, exactly and it was 10 10 bucks for 10 10 gigs and then a dollar now
I think it's $2 per gig you and you go over I'm not sure like that. I was just go straight to the
We talk about it a lot. I just want to update people as it yeah
The forever changing plan that you can't get locked into is annoying, but it's like for me out here
It is my only option. Yeah, besides
Nothing well sort of you had all those things I still do so I have
Gray area ways of using other services, but it's not I'm fully
Not respecting the terms of service for other my other means and they can turn it off at any time
So but Starlink they won't I'm paying my flat 110 for residential and I get great speed up and down and it works
Oh, are you running the house here now on Starlink house is always the house has always been on?
Oh, you got one of the big dishes for here. Oh, okay. I didn't yeah, I have three Starlinks
Oh one for the truck one for the Bronco and one for the
One for the house. Do you have to have a subscription plan for each dish? Yes, okay
But I just have to stand by for like for the mobile ones
Well, I was thinking like if I should add that dish to my account or have them create their own account
I'm just trying to have them create their own
I think that's probably the easiest thing to do just for back. Well, yeah for a roam
It doesn't matter for a home one if you like if you wanted to get two home ones
Yeah, you want to get one put it on your roam plan and then convert it to a home plan
Yeah, we'll save you the thousand dollars to open a new account gotcha with a roam one. It doesn't matter
Yeah, okay. Yeah, okay. So yeah, so Dan's other options like because with dirtfish down the road
Sammy had to fight that battle all the time like Century Link was the only option and it was
Or at best, you know poor at best. Oh, yeah, it's the old-school DSL
Yeah, and they were like up to 10 megabytes. Yeah, mega bits not bites mega bits
Yeah, and they were beaming Wi-Fi from the main building down to the shop. Mm-hmm
That
Half the time was not reliable like I go down all the time. Yeah, okay
There are really that is a there's a very I've done that on multiple sites back in the old days
And the technology hasn't changed. It's just the throughput speed has but you have to have direct
Perfect line of sight. Yeah, it's much easier now
But man when I was setting it up in the past between building to building you literally had to have like a
Target old-school think old-school satellite target a targeted directed dish that literally was like right there
And now you're getting like gigabit through speed on those
But that is like over the last two years that technology has developed. It's been archaic for years. Yeah nice now
It's just Starlink. Yeah, so
Do you guys see the news today with the Hyundai or Kia building their own?
No, you mentioned that earlier and I just think that's crap because I think it's just another
It's an April Fool joke that's suckered. Yeah, come on. I don't know. I
Mean they can have it's a concept. I
Didn't I I do I you say it now. That's April 1st. I but I didn't
It is April 1st today. It is April 1st. If they did I thought it was just a concept
I just if they did it
I think that it'll and it'll be a price point thing and it'll be sure. Yeah, if they do it. It should be something that they do
I mean
Their stuff is widely popular in those, you know that fcv style
And so if they're gonna make something smaller, it's gonna work more budget conscious. Sure
You tell the right is a genuine contender for the Explorer. Yeah, it's genuine competition. It's not just a joke
Yeah, it's that's a good one. It's nice inside. Yeah, and there's been some rumors and pictures
This is before April 1st of them trying to make a Lincoln version of the Bronco. Oh, that's yeah, that's not a real joke
Yeah, I know yeah, they're gonna make an upt upgraded Bronco. That's what you need is a bougie Bronco to go off-road. I know what you're talking about
Totally gonna get a bougie Bronco
It's different
Make it bougie they're gonna call it
Lincoln gonna call it the bougie. Can you see Matthew McConaughey off right off-road going all right all right all right
All right, so all off road off road off roads
Lincoln is one of those brands that I don't even know why they exist anymore
And I mean that like I don't I don't have no idea who's buying that the market is so aged out on that navigators to drive stars around
Yeah, but it's like that's a lot cuz they get over that spot already, you know the navigators great
But they in the they've got the navigator the aviator and they are like the depreciation kinks
Yeah, like nothing depreciates faster than a navigator at aviator. Oh, no what the blackwood that depreciated like a rock
Yeah, that's a split tail. Yeah, I mean like but what's there now?
I don't really understand why the brand exists. It's the same reason why I don't know why GM exists as a brand either
It doesn't make any sense anymore because there's a version of people out there that are of elder age that believe that Lincoln and Cadillac
Yeah, those people got about ten years left. I'm aware
Yeah, the clock is running there, but and even then like I think now if they were like GM's gone
You got to buy a Chevy be like, okay, I'm a Chevy person now
Nobody cares if it's Ford's gone. I mean Lincoln's gone. You're just buying a Ford just buy it
I don't understand the branding. Yeah, it doesn't make any sense to me if it does to our listeners
Please let me know why cuz I just don't get it anymore
I will say like as far as a comfortable like four-door car that Lincoln town car was oh, yeah
That was the great thing on our frame. Absolutely. I loved it. I mean that was
Besides limo rides like I always think about just if is it justified to he drove one
Oh
We posed a question last week
I know you listen what's the ultimate road? Yeah that you want to be on did you have an opinion on so I had a couple days to
Kind of think of that and I and I it kind of I kind of categorized it in the type of vehicle
I was gonna drive so I could think of if I were gonna drive on the road
Growing up in Southern, California, Mulholland was always a fun like yeah fun ride the fun drive
It's way more crowded and you'd go to the rock house and all that kind of stuff off the way
Off Mulholland so that was fun on a moto that was fun on
In any car at that point, you know off-road
gosh, it's
Yeah, I'm I don't know. I mean
There's some good stuff in Colorado like I there is two years ago
After I was with was I with you guys
One two. No, this was this was two years ago. I was coming I had to go to Colorado
So I came in on the Wyoming side of there of Colorado BDR
So I did that the one stage of the BDR that comes into the back of steamboat and then I know that and yeah
You know, it's not challenging at all. It's a half a star
You know, but it's just beautiful through the aspen's and it just says rolling gorgeous
Perfect type of drive. Nice and I would say it, you know, I completely, you know, it was probably I don't even know how many miles that that particular stage is
but
It was just a fun. It was just a fun drive and it just the time just melted away like completely melted away
It was just beautiful. So there you go. So we're good. I mean some of you will comment it with Nuremberg ring
I can't yeah, that never been there. I mean, absolutely
All the good options. Yeah, Nuremberg rings a good answer. Yeah. Yeah, I
Was just thinking about the aspen's over there the back side coming into the road into the back side of Aspen
Yes, I can't remember the past California. Yeah. Yeah, that's such a stunning drive. Yeah, we should do that, too
It's very again. You mean out of Glenwood Canyon and stuff and out of I-70. I think so
Because you because when you come through I-70 and go through the canyon before you get out to where Vale is
Or where Eagle is basically before that then you cut right and you head into this is coming east to west
This is coming east to west. Yep, right in the backside and go you go through like that one and a half lane road. That's really tight
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I've no idea what you guys are talking about. I've never been there
You need to go there. Neither one of you have taken me there so Aspen's awesome and that road is incredible
It's again, it's one of those roads. It's a bit too crowded now
But you can get it in the offseason like this this year would have been perfect for so many people because our winter sucked
Which meant we had an incredibly long driving season and if you were anywhere, but here it was dry and beautiful
Yep, like we didn't have enough snow like I'm California's gonna be a bad spot with the drought because they have snowpack
It's gonna be terrible. So sorry friends down there in California. I know that's that's California deals well with friars. It's fine
Well now now I do
Now there's nothing left to burn
Yeah, but yeah, that was you this is a great season to go to right still is because there's no snow anywhere
You could go driving east of East California, Colorado right now
And I saw a picture from Telleride and it was like there was nothing there
I mean people are meeting up like we went on that Raptor good thing. There was a huge Porsche meat down in
Like huge a bunch of cars. So that was I mean obviously, you know, the rocks are still on the road. They still but yeah
Yeah, that was a fun for us. I was telling Dan like we recorded last week's episode after I got back
But that was I'd never been up there. So I had neither and I was really impressed with how
you know considering there was
You drive Ernie's Grove and you know that you got to dodge potholes like consistently, right?
You can't really get your speed up for too long and then you got a pothole. That's as big as this table
There was a pothole every once in a while. It wasn't that bad
But I think what it did was it gave it gave our trucks the opportunity to go back into four-wheel drive
I mean even though you didn't need it. Yeah, it was nice to just like blow out the cobwebs and Baja mode for a little while
You know and I thought we'll drive. Hell. Yeah, I was I just wanted to like I wanted to hear the drone
In Baja mode rear-wheel drive the whole time. You were oh god. Yes. Yeah, I got in trouble for not calling out the corners
Yeah, I got yeah, I can't even believe she gave me crap about that. But anyway, I want her on the show
I know you do because I that she's quite an enigma for some like, you know four foot nine
And having a raptor are and has been to every raptor event. Yeah. Yeah, she's she's a kick
So I mean to give up a little backstory when you made a comment about me being the safety the safety
I just wasn't aware of that. I didn't like because here's the thing and
I know I'm gonna catch crap about this, but you know what? I don't give a crap. So I
Have done does I've done a dozen or so runs with these guys, right?
And you get a lot of guys that have just literally just bought their trucks
They just pulled it off and they're excited because they're gonna get a dirty for the first time
Yeah, and they throw the damn thing, you know
They put the exhaust in Baja mode the whole time while they're driving or they're driving in Baja mode up
The asphalt when they're when they're headed to the trailhead or they got their bumper chase lights on that are so bright
That's seven and I had yeah, and I had to yell at him about that
but
We did a night run and I and I mentioned this to you
I don't even remember how many years ago it was. I still had bear so we were
We left Ferris's gen one. Yeah, 150 rap. We left the safeway in Enumclaw and we headed up and
It was you know dark pardon me
there was probably eight or nine trucks that night and we were getting up this single lane road and
We were up there pretty far and then there was a gen one in the front
I think it was the one that was with us on Saturday
Got stuck in the corner. There was snowpack
He gets out of his truck
To try to turn around there's no way to turn around well
We've got eight trucks like lined up in a in an area. That's only you know one truck truck width wide and
Half these guys get out of their trucks. They're wearing shorts. They're wearing flip-flops, and I'm like you guys like we're down in the 30s
20s up here didn't plan ahead
Ray to have their radios didn't work. So there was communication was awful
And then we thought it starts are falling off, right?
We finally started turning around and getting out of there and then Kimmery decided she wanted to
Rock crawl over a boulder that was I don't even know how big it was probably three or four feet and in diameter
and she got up on one wheel and came down and
Grazed her running board and then went up on the rear wheel came down and smack the bed and just it still has a dent
I mean, I showed it where you do
so
After that I told Sammy I came home. I go
I'm gonna take a break from these guys because it's just needs we we need better
And so that's why after the safety briefing. I was like hold up. I
Got some things to say. I think
It didn't surprise me that you have that knowledge and that you enforce it
I think it's the fact that when we're all together
We all know each other so there's fast and loose and that's okay
We don't say, you know truck 12 taking a corner truck like you know
All those truck of you know with six trucks this this app absolute peckerhead the rule is
As you're in line, everybody's a truck number, right? Right and you go truck one taking the corner truck two
Well peckerhead here uses the name of his truck. It's like truck 10 taking the corner smoky taking the corner
And then I'm like, oh, what number was he?
Raptor power
No, so I just
Throw your fist out the window
I already got I already got chip for it. I heard I heard
It was I'd never been to one of those events
It was different for me like and it was well organized. It was just I know I've never used my radio that much
It was it was a lot of fun. Yeah, everybody is they're super nice and they're it's it's a great
It's a great group, you know that in the Pacific Northwest
And they try their best to really be to promote, you know safe safe
Yeah, it looks bad if they're rubbing down the trail and and and yeah
And the only incident that I saw was when we pulled up to where the launch spot was that white gen 3 decided to
You know gas it coming around like to spin his truck around he was shooting rocks everywhere and somebody yelled over the radio
Hey knock it off, you know, stop doing that
S-tech magistrate rocks on the street
Yeah, so yeah, I think they're a great group. I I love the death
I've been you know an og with them forever and
And happy to support them spot supports them. I give them, you know devices for for their giveaways and stuff and so
And it was really it was well done Steve did a great job. It was I was happy that I was he from
You know, I don't I don't know it's either South Africa or Australia
Yeah, I don't know he's nice dude. I don't know. Yeah
But he was it, you know, they're just a good group and and they they do a lot to support Ford
That's a national group too, right? It is a national group. I don't know how many members they have but it's a lot and
But they help, you know, she's involved somehow with Ford. I don't know how that works
But what she's one of the first owners of an R
At least on the Pacific Northwest like she ordered it like way on the it's Shana, but with a raptor are a personality
Personality personality. So yeah, yeah, she's waiting for the Bronco Raptor. No, but I'm saying like yeah, it's as a visual like yeah
That's who you get. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so anyway, okay, but I was happy to have another Ranger there and I always feel like we're
Look down upon literally at times
They pull out the hell's revenge video pull you pull out the hell's a range of video or suckers
Or you go out to the dunes almost killed one of my best friends going down there
Yeah, our trucks are so much more capable than people think they are and oh god, yeah, and I love we're not but our trucks are
I love schooling people on that. Yeah, you know, yeah, so
Anyway, yeah
Not too much. I mean like I said, I was still sick so I wasn't doing anything
Yeah, trying to blow my nose for the last week and a half. Oh, no, I mean you look much more healthy now
I feel a lot better. You do. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not coughing up along and you know, good. You only have two of us
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm good now, but not much otherwise
Trying to think I don't really have any stuff coming up either. I need to get back into some car stuff now that
Things are kind of settled down. I mean this will come out afterwards
But it's looking like
Exotics is gonna be starting this weekend and they've got the new what is it 849 Tester Rosa coming?
Yeah, yeah, there's a lot of new Ferraris in the area
I know that will be there based on the one drivers club chat
Which is always great to see that, you know, they call it drivers club for a reason
Yeah, so shout out to our friends at one drivers club for keeping the name actually meaning something and those drivers always planning stuff and doing cool stuff
That's cool. Yeah, do you see the Ferrari recall for the back window? No, whoa
On the new 8 not the 812 the new 12-cylinder there's a recall because the back window is too dark
Recall all the first like a hundred. Oh, it's not tinted. It's it's in the manufacturing
Yeah, so they had to remove the glass and replace the glass
On all these 12-cylinder is and I know
Pays to buy that the two million dollar one that comes with the the non rear window, right?
Okay, okay
So what they so they were people weren't being able to see and therefore no they were according to legal limits
They were about 2% too dark. Oh, so they were getting pulled over and the cops were no
No, they just for for testing the the model that got released ended up having the glass
When it went through like the the inspection the final inspection for DOT it turned out they were
They were too dark
Okay, so I think there was a manufacturer change or something and it was just like the variance is just tiny enough
But they they do a UV test on rear glass for any vehicle to come most vehicles come with tinted glass now
Yeah, that's you be things like that. It was like just a hair too dark
So they had to recall a bunch of them that were already shipping they were already on the ships on the way here
So they had to go to the dealer and like they couldn't take delivery of them. So that would that would so it suck
Yeah
Yeah, they probably had to wait many many months for that car and yeah, yeah, luckily Ferrari
From what I heard inside the chat. They're luckily the people only seem to have to wait about a week or so
Oh, you found out in the chat with people that have taken before it was announced in the press couple here that
Yeah, they're already yeah, so it's interesting. It's funny hearing the stories like that. Yeah, that chat was that was such an interesting chat
Still is yeah
Okay, fair enough. I gotta get back into that. Yeah, good folks there. Yeah. Yeah, I guess that I always enjoy the conversations and stuff
So yeah, I'm looking forward to exotics Carter tip before we get too far in just a quick one this week
This is I was just listening to our friends over at snail trail 4x4 and they brought up a good point because he's selling one of his vehicles
And this is so snail trail 4x4. They're not an affiliate of avance, but I listened to their podcast. I know those guys
Just great guys great show about strictly if you're into rock crawling and 4x4 like hardcore stuff
It's a great podcast to follow always happy to give them a free shout out. There's the same guys that run more flake
So yeah, so shout out to we reached out to them, right? We yeah, they we keep going back and forth
Yeah, so anyway
So he's telling one of his vehicles and one of the things they talked about was like doing the right thing to sell your vehicle
If it's heavily modified and this goes street off-road, whatever one of the biggest things people miss when they're selling an off-road vehicle
Or a heavily built and heavily modified vehicle is the underneath picture in our auction sites
Like you talked to you did the panel with our friends from cars and bids and
Bring a trailer trailer. Yeah, those you're kind of used to seeing the same format
They're long format posts. It's almost like a blog post and there's like 150 pictures
But that's not all of us a lot of people are still selling stuff on Facebook things like that
Yeah, what I'm talking about is when you start getting into doing like real extensive modification work
Or you've switched your exhaust or you've swept your axles if you're an off-road person or you've done added a bunch of skid plates
Just take a few minutes get under there go to a dealer find it like put it on a boss and say hey
I need access to a lift just get under there and take the photo people really want to see that stuff
It's a really important photo to show that you've done good work
You've done good welds you're it shows a lot of authenticity to your ad that says hey
I'm not hiding anything and we always say if you're buying a modified vehicle
You want to have it heavily scrutinized and expected by somebody's an expert in it anyway
HKP check the welds check the world. Yeah
If you have weld on sliders
This is a really important one check because it's that's a critical piece to have welded correctly
Take it to somebody who knows what they're doing
But yeah, go see go see your friends at HKP somebody like some advanced partner
There's we have advanced partners all over with lifts that are more than happy to you know
Say hey, can I just get it up there and take a picture? Hey, I'm 25 50 bucks or something
Whatever they want like yeah roll it in take a picture roll it out well worth it for your ad to sell it
So that's just a big miss
I see on all Facebook posts if you're like it there's plenty of good project cars out there or stuff
That's been modified. Well, but if you don't have the ad that supports that
You're you you're not building trust in the beginning. That's all well
We were talking about that at that forum and people that were saying I can I can do it bring a trailer does on Facebook
Marketplace, I'll just take everything there and put it on which is good
But Facebook marketplace is a dark place. I just it can be a dark. It's just not a
It's fine if you're selling, you know household goods or toys or you're selling a bone stock vehicle like a ton of people are
You're selling your commuter moving on the next one. You've got your cruel. Yeah, whatever for sale great Facebook marketplace just fine
That doesn't I I don't see that as a bring a trailer cars and vids kind of car. It's nothing wrong with it
It's just not the market for it here. I have a rear steer buggy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Sammy's hot to trot on the police interceptor that she found a little explorer
about
Two weeks ago. She keeps like pulling it keeps coming back into her algorithm
But she keeps going look look we could get this we could get this to be my commuter and I was like
Yeah, I don't know if I really there's somebody on a vaunce that's selling a fire
Okay, the ambulance. Oh really like oh, yeah, yeah, and I'm like, oh, that's that'd be fun
I my biggest thing on on Facebook that I follow on the Facebook marketplace is the K trucks. Oh, yeah, me too
No, I'm still looking at all those because like yeah, that's just
Happen eventually. Yeah, I went if that market to dip and it will and right now the market's dipping on everything right now
Because gas prices and interest rates are not great gas prices
Obviously being terrible K trucks that won't affect as much because well they get pretty good mileage for what they are
But from a lot of vehicles
Forerunners any truck any SUV that was unobtain unobtainium GX 550s
I think consumer reports did a long-term one and their GX 550 after 22,000 miles lost
Just over five thousand dollars in depreciation
Well, which is one of the lowest appreciating cars in the market our Raptors are the same for some reason
they're sort of recession and fuel price proof because everybody wants them and
But even those are like available now you can buy a Raptor or you can buy an F-150 Raptor right off the dealer a lot
People have them. Yeah, so those are out there now
You were talking about the Lexus 550 and there's a new video out
That 74 well did where they went and did the Rubicon. Yeah, and Frank Frank was there with his GX fight
No, it's in Frank Frank. No, if you know if you're in the off-road world
You probably seen Frank's truck probably have yeah in person because it's like it was one of the first GX 550s
He's got a you know
Portals on it. He's got you know, it's beautiful. Yeah, he took it on the Rubicon. There's not a dent on that truck
No, there's not down on that truck as he keeps breaking stuff and then they replace it with steel
But yeah, he's like he's he's a retired
Seven Dreamliner pilot that flew for 50 years and he's 75 now and when he got ready retired
He decided he was gonna start doing off-road stuff and now
He's doing this now. Yeah, that's an off-road community
So to go back to Dan's point about photos and stuff and so we sold a vintage car a couple of months ago
actually last year
And what's a couple months ago? Yeah, and we definitely had to get underneath it. I mean that so if it's heavily modified
Yeah, you want to obviously shoot the whole underside
But then when you get into those older things too, you know, you got like rust and everything and you don't know
What the history was before
Um, you got to you know, I had to get under there videotape the hole under courage and make sure everything looked good under the motor
And you know, so it was what'd you sell?
A Subaru 360. Oh, yeah, 1970. Yeah, very cool. That is a vintage car. Yeah
Yeah, I love those old super and not one you can just throw on a trailer and run somewhere
You got to like plan out where it's gonna get moved because there's no tow points on that thing zero
Yeah on that thing
So it's meant to be craned
Like in Europe, but they don't tell you they just crane you. Yeah. Well, we're gonna have to move it around the garage
I just push it out
Then push it back in and push it out and push back to say four guys are enough to lift that thing onto a trailer
Yeah, exactly. It could fit in the back of the gen one
I measured it one time. I was like if I leave the tailgate nice support the tailgate properly
I could stick that thing in the back of the truck. It was totally wide enough
Yeah, I don't we don't have any trips planned right now like michael's getting ready to head to moab, which I have massive fomo about that
Is he going to may no, he's going next week for g or easter like oh, yeah, wait. Is easter jeep safari happening right now
Yes, it would be good. Okay. Yeah, he's a sunday, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah
The lord comes back this sunday remember that that's right
What would they say in joe derrick this where you want to be when the lord comes back?
Something like that. Well, he's going early then that's good. Yeah, he'll have fun. I mean, yeah taking the boys and everybody
Yes, I think it's family trip. Yeah, that's good times. I had a wonderful childhood
But if I could have grown up as one of michael's kids, I know yeah, no kidding. I know 100% we are michael's kids
We're michael's special kids michael can you fix this? Yeah
Yeah, I owe him I he
Asked me to come over and teach him how to do some final stuff and so I I owe him a trip
That's why I gotta I should have over there. Nice. Take care of that. I like your stickers by the way
Yeah, stickers came out good. Brian came and brought us all stickers. I immediately put one on my laptop
I'll be reporting it to ford. See what they think of it. I don't this doesn't this doesn't have the ford stick
I don't think you can really say ford on the front. It's
This is furred. It's a fern
Yeah, yeah a guy in uh in southern california made those for me and I was early really nice that uh that he did that
I'm glad to see all people like stickers last shop. Yeah, good for you, buddy. Slap sticker shop
Slap sticker shop. Yeah, yeah, shout out to them. Yeah, big guys. So yeah, yeah
I have a little fun. Hey, and if you see me on the road, I have them in my truck, so I'll give you one
Cool license plate says cool truck
One of those opposite things wrapped a power, baby wrapped
Oh god, we're gonna catch up to that one. Yeah, I am
Well, I said no, we're not because it's the ridiculous of people. It's so ridiculous
She walked up to me in the savings park in it and and I got your credit
She goes is that racially motivated? Who's gonna say yes even if it is I would have said yes
No, I don't this was not yes, actually it is. No, it's not. It's absolutely not
100% not okay. It would just yeah
It's not but I'm just saying
I probably would have treated her like she had special needs. I was nice
I was nice. I would just be like, oh honey. Let me talk to you about things like this
Excuse me, is that racially motivated is your license? Can I see your license plate exactly?
I want to go look at your license plate. It said flowers or
Yeah, it said flowers
It was a super angry at the world. It was a Subaru. That's all you need to know. Yeah, when you mentioned that I just couldn't
Can fathom anybody draw on that conclusion?
You know, I mean, I mean, I know anybody could make a you know a comment about my license plate too, but yeah
What's that gonna be? So yeah, that old guy with that cool truck. Yeah
Yeah
Yeah, do you have any more mods plant?
Can I ask you on the truck? Yeah, are you done?
I don't know. I mean
Well, I have that new season coming. This is why I'm asking you guys that that
Conundrum of the new rack like because I know a price of what it would cost to put it on and I'm like
I still think we talked about that and I still think you should do that
Is to just I do too, but it's just I mean, maybe when I when I go to
um
Go down to the Oregon coast. I'll just give it give them the truck and have it done
I don't know what so I have been going back and forth and it was the idea of putting a tire carrier in the bed
It looks cool. It does look cool and and aesthetically that's really the only reasons
I mean, I drug that I after coming back from oab and dropping that rear tire. I drug it a lot of places like there were
Oh, yeah, like almost to the point where I'm wondering if I should replace that tire. There's some
Cuts in it. Oh, really? Okay. I mean, I did you put another myth?
Did you put another method on that on that tire or is it still the stock?
It's still there. It's the same. Yes. So but
I would only do one because I still want the bed for like putting a bike and stuff like that
But I also have the bed. I was gonna say the only reason yeah, you lose the bed cover
You lose bed storage space. That's the only thing you think of and it's it's actually
For the way you drive your truck because you actually use it. I actually think it's kind of helping you
Have the bed cover no being under the truck
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, because otherwise you're relying on your skid your head skid which works
But the reason the reason it's fresh on my mind is I went out with all these guys last weekend and I'm like
Well, they all have nine of them all had like dual tire carriers in the back with jacks and
You're doing if you if you get into sand dune stuff, which we should go take a trip to do for a week
That's an easy week. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's do that. Okay. I'm gonna
I actually do have a mod I'm gonna I'm gonna throw airbags on the Raptor the f-150 in the rear of the towing. Yeah
You have them now, don't you? Didn't I know I have I have those the
Oh, send like bumps. Yeah, are they removable?
Uh, no, but you can zero pressure them and because here's the thing
Normally I would tell everybody don't do this especially on a Raptor
But I'm being completely honest with myself and the audience. I don't use the Raptor the way I used to use my gen two
I just don't I have the Bronco for that and it is
Sorry to say it is better at everything off-road than my f-150 and I mean everything
There is nothing off-road. The Bronco does not do night and day better
um
And because I'm not in a place where I am pre running where a long wheelbase wheelbase would really help me
Everything I love to do off-road. I'm not I like the high speed stuff
but
My favorite is just exploring and then doing like it's it's rocks to Moab
But you could like you're saying you could deflate the bags and still go do highs
Still is going to limit your suspension travel a little bit no matter what because you're adding like basically it turns it into
basically a bump stop, um, which is not ideal and
It's if you're using your f1 your Raptor as intend as intended you don't want that
But right now it's turned into the very comfortable very luxurious tow vehicle
And while yes, I could probably go to an f-250 or even a regular f-150 platinum wood tow better than the Raptor any of the week
That's what I've got right now, and it's not worth it to go straight. I didn't get something else
Okay, um
My taxes might say otherwise and I might buy something
Quite literally because I you can ride off trucks and everything's over 6,000 pounds now
And the wall to never be changed because the cars aren't now just every half ton now
Like good luck finding a half ton that's under 6,000 pounds now. Yeah, so it turns into a tax situation for me
So maybe I'll get an f-250 and do that, but I really don't want to spend the money. Um
And so I mean you can probably buy used but
I really want that aev f-250. Who doesn't come on. I mean
What is it out? What we price 150 150. Yeah
And this this would be a different conversation if that wasn't sitting next to me
I'd be like i'm gonna go buy a car
But there's an r8 right there and there's a zero one x on the way as soon as I can find what an msrp
Yeah, but that's somebody else's budget
That's what I'm saying like I can go buy an aev f-150 because I don't spend on anything
I understand. Okay. Yeah, so I mean maybe that's done the road. I don't know
But I think I'm just gonna I'm gonna throw the bags in for now because they're not a permanent mod at all
They just bolt in and bolt out. It's I mean getting them in there and everything plumbed right is great
But I can pull them out as soon as I saw it. How do they air up just a jack on the bumper?
Yeah, I'll probably just do an onboard compressor flip the switch done turn it on auto level get it all fancy in there
Because it's really not that expensive
Um, you know, $1,000 mod isn't much when you're not doing anything else. Well, it's smart
Yeah, I mean for towing the trailer it's good for towing, you know, you won't be going down the road like that
Kind of a must. Yeah, kind of a must. Yeah, if I'm gonna tow even one more time
Oh, no, I feel a flash their lights at you because like I wasn't squatting to the point where it was really bad
But it was enough that my low beams were blinding people. Yeah, it was like, uh, I'm that guy
I definitely need them. Yeah, so that's fair. You're gonna do it yourself. Um
I might employ Michael. I can bolt them all in myself
But when it comes to routing the airlines, I would just prefer to have somebody more like looking over my shoulder
Yeah, um, and he'd be a good he'd be a good source. Yeah, like I would say with avance
Yeah, he could do it, but I think I you know, I think michael can do just as good of a job in that case and he can
I volunteer michael
I want to do it and that and learn but I want somebody like him
We'll look over your shoulder as you're looking over his shoulder
Dad, can you help me with my airbag? Exactly getting them in there is not hard. It really is a straight bolt in situation
It's not difficult. It's it's routing the airlines and getting the compressor set up in a really nice clean place
Yeah, so but I think that's next on my list and then I'm definitely going to add some uh an additional light to the front
I think I might do
Two baha designs eight inches just go for the big ones in there
Mainly because I we do drive at night in the middle of nowhere with that truck with the trailer and having those
Like the lights on the bronco make a huge difference when you're out there
So I might throw some massive driving lights on it
He needs those ones like the what's her name had in the front? I heard they're not driving. Oh in the windshield
the windshield lights like
Makes it look like you're doing baha like they hide behind the visor. Oh, yes. You know my gosh. They work really cool. Yeah
Yeah, okay any any mods coming to smoky
No, I don't think so. I think uh
I still am trying to figure out some way to do a tonneau with that rack, but I don't think it's going to be able to work
so
I need to cover I want to cover the bed somehow, you know, so that it's not safety just exposed
Like somebody has to do that on Saturday like how do you drive places?
And and so I kept my yeah, it doesn't matter. Hey, I kept my old tonneau cover, but it doesn't it's not going to fit
Because it's totally different, but uh, I'd love to see something like that, you know to do that
um
The only other it's not a mod. I finally I called evergreen yesterday
And lit them up a little bit, you know, because I said my friend nick
You know, so I threw you under the bus. So you're welcome. Um, I'm gonna call you right back
I promise I'll call you right back. He didn't call me back back. So I called him today and he was like, um, yeah
Yeah, so we got one in and it doesn't look right. So we're gonna order you another one. I wonder if they gave me yours
You think well, because you ordered it first. I ordered it then I by I was an oh
Oh, you mean a new one my seat cup. You're probably yeah, I wonder if they did
I would they replaced the seats in my truck again one seat. Yeah, that's right. Listen, there's this the seat saga still continues
Sit down if you can if you can yeah, so yeah, I'm waiting for sometimes maybe
Pardon me. Maybe next week. We'll see if I get that that done
But no no, I'll bring it on. I mean I go
I just got the truck back from the second tender to the seats
He's like they haven't even done mine once and I was like, well, you're gonna have to be a little more
Yeah, you're gonna have to yeah, it's I would love them to own that, you know, and I'd like to ford own it
It's not necessarily the dealership. So
That's what you need to have the trailer thing do done to the recall. Yeah
I'm not too totally stressed about that. But no, I'm just tell him to do it though
I saw I mean I saw it in my ford up. So I knew that it's I know it's which recall is this time
It's the trailer brake
Like some sort of relay or something that's oh, I had that too, but it was just over the air update from
Yeah, well, there was did you get the thing in your ford app about the fact they give us a year of onyx?
Yeah, I already have onyx elite. So do I yeah, yeah
Well, the funny thing is I had just literally renewed the night before and then it pops up in the app the next day
And I went
Yeah, shawna has it now. So yeah, that works. Yeah. Yeah, cool. Now that we both need it
But it's now I gotta think about upgrades like what do I want to do?
I almost did I almost did that ARB under the seat, but then I love my morphe late
So well, I yeah, I still have the ARB to install on the Bronco
Um, and then I will actually probably have a morphe late system for sale
Because I don't need it for the f-150. I have a smaller bench under the under the back seat
Is are there are there places under the back seat to store stuff in the Bronco? Yeah, not really they don't pop up in the back
There's a little bit of room under there, but there's not a lot because that like that system they made for ours
It pops in under the seat. Yeah on ours on the Bronco. It pops in under their rear
Where well normally in the rear where you would have like a spare tire
There's a storage area under there and I have a deviate off-road
Metal plate that goes in there. It has a bracket for the ARB compressor in there
Yeah, that setup that Michael did in his where he just pops the side panel on
That's pretty slick. Yeah. Yeah, we didn't want to replace the quarter
No, I get why I have just the glass but I really like his setup, but we just don't do his off the off-roading like he does
Um, not as often anyway, so I mean rescuing right. Yeah. Yeah rescue. We don't save people like Michael. So
Yeah
Yeah, but yeah, I figure that's a good question for the audience. It's driving season coming up for a lot of you
Uh, what what mods are you doing? That's what I want to know is what have you got planned? What's in your shop?
I think there's so many mods stuff over there. I still have so much stuff to install. I just don't have any time
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, you know that work get in the way of having fun
Well, it's just I'm doing other stuff on the weekends. Yeah. No, I'm with you. You're not wrong though. Yeah
My dad's still loving his maverick. Uh, that's great photos. I like that color that what is that red?
He got like so a long time ago. We had this. I don't know. It's the dark like
Like a dark burgundy. Yeah, it's like a maroon burgundy. It's a really pretty color
But my dad had this it was a 94 forward thunderbird
And it was a similar color that he loved it was that color with a gray interior
And uh, so he he really wanted that color again. So he got that for the maverick. It really is a beautiful truck
I love that truck. That's all everybody get a maverick
That is one of my favorite vehicles I've ever owned or I've ever driven for if you need a truck
If you need a car around here, you go get a cross-track. You don't know what to buy
You don't need a cross-track. You buy you buy a maverick. It'll be the best thing you ever did
You definitely don't you definitely don't give up your cross-track and buy something else
No, no, no, no, don't do that. No, no, no. Don't do that. Yeah
All right. Well, that's the question of this week. Yeah, what mods you got coming send post pictures
I always like to post pictures of what they're doing. That's better for me. It's an online forum. We want to see what you're doing
Yeah, exactly. Cool facebook group. Yeah, send photos. All right
Well for this episode of the advanced podcast as always I'm nick and I'm dan and don't just get there. Enjoy the drive
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