The crew kicks off with springtime “rebirth” stories—how adding small accessories (Bronco tire covers, Rivian mounts, recovery gear) can make an old vehicle feel brand new, plus a few laughs about neighborhood antics and Tiger Woods’ latest rollover. The main car segment is the McLaren Artura: an “entry-level” McLaren that starts around $255k but climbs with options, using a twin-turbo V6 hybrid setup. They debate whether it’s a great supercar or just another superlative in a crowded class, then pivot to Jay Leno’s classic-car smog bill, Porsche value talk, and a wild Reacher/Waymo controversy discussion.
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This week in the SCR Garage: Spike wrestled a tire cover onto his Bronco and Jonny put a phone mount in his Rivian — small wins, maximum joy. Zuckerman got his '66 with freshly fettled carbs and calls it a brand-new car after 14 years. Then it's a full review of the McLaren Artura — great daily driver, great canyon carver, but does it have the dream factor? Jonny says "I love McLarens. I'm not in love with this McLaren."
The guys also dig into Jay Leno's renewed effort to kill smog tests for classic cars in California, a luxury watch trader doing 15 years for drug money laundering (and whether the same thing's happening in car auctions), and an anti-AI Waymo attack. Russell Crowe's watch collection gets a proper salute, and Tyler Sheridan's TV universe gets roasted for its very reliable coed shower formula.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - How to make a car feel new
03:21 - 1966 Porsche 911
08:54 - Tiger Woods DUI
12:57 - McLaren Artura review
21:36 - Alan Ritchson neighbor fight
30:59 - Leno's Law returns
33:24 - Porsche 718 Cayman is the least depreciating car?
40:33 - Russell Crowe watches
44:46 - Massive multimillion dollar watch theft
47:34 - Anti-AI Waymo attack
50:33 - The crappy Taylor Sheridan TV universe
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"Johnny, though, before the show, you and I were talking about this automotive phenomena [46.7s] that you and I are both experiencing simultaneously with our vehicles... [54.0s] and how the addition of one new element makes it feel like you have a new car."
This is about the psychological effect of personalization: adding a single new accessory or modification can change how the car feels and looks, creating a “new car” sensation. It’s especially common with exterior mods (like wheels, covers, or trim) because they’re immediately visible every time you use the vehicle.
"And here's mine right here. This is the Bronco. See on the back there?"
The Ford Bronco is a type of SUV made to handle rough roads and off-road trails. People talk about it a lot because it’s designed to be tough and capable. It also has a distinctive look, so it’s easy to point out when someone shows theirs.
The Ford Bronco is a rugged SUV built for off-road driving, with a focus on durability and capability. It often comes up in conversations because it represents a modern take on classic off-road styling and practicality. In a podcast, it’s a natural topic when someone is showing their own vehicle or talking about what they use it for.
"Well, you have to, you have to slip it on.
There's that rear view camera right over the Bronco.
You can't see it."
A rear view camera shows what’s behind the car on a screen. If something you install covers the camera, you can’t see as well when backing up.
A rear view camera helps drivers see behind the vehicle, especially when backing out of tight spots. If an accessory blocks or interferes with the camera’s mounting area, it can reduce visibility and make the install more frustrating.
"So I ordered, I got some like, I got a phone mount and a iPad mount for the Rivian."
A phone mount is a holder that keeps your phone in place. In a car, it’s often used for navigation or filming, and it can take some trial-and-error to install.
A phone mount is an accessory that holds a smartphone securely in a fixed position, usually for hands-free use. In-car mounts are common for filming, navigation, and driving-related workflows, but installation can be fiddly depending on the vehicle’s interior surfaces.
"So I ordered, I got some like, I got a phone mount and a iPad mount for the Rivian. Cause we use it for, for filming my YouTube stuff."
An iPad mount is a bracket or stand that secures a tablet (here, an iPad) in a vehicle. Tablet mounts are often used for filming setups, dashboards, or reference screens, and can require careful placement to avoid interfering with controls or visibility.
"And we know this car is all original. It's never been apart. 56,000 miles in 60 years."
“All original” and “never been apart” are big deal terms in classic-car circles. They suggest the car’s major components haven’t been disassembled for restoration, which can matter for authenticity, originality, and collector value.
"It's never been apart. 56,000 miles in 60 years. And I always thought it ran great."
They’re pointing out the car has very low mileage for its age. That usually means less wear from driving, but it’s still important to check maintenance and storage because old cars can have issues from sitting.
The speaker highlights “56,000 miles in 60 years,” which is extremely low usage for a car that old. Low mileage can be a positive for wear, but it can also raise questions about how the car was stored and maintained (e.g., rubber aging, fluids, and corrosion).
"[219.1s] You know, a little hesitations, a little, little, little idiosyncrasies.
[223.6s] The minute it came off the truck, I drove it to the garage and I said, brand new car.
[228.1s] Wow."
Hesitation means the car feels like it “thinks” for a moment before it accelerates. It can happen when the fuel/air delivery isn’t quite right.
Hesitation is when the engine doesn’t respond immediately to throttle input, often feeling like a brief pause before power comes in. Common causes include fuel delivery issues, carburetor tuning problems, vacuum leaks, or worn linkage.
"[228.5s] Brand new car.
[229.5s] He fettled the carburetors.
[231.6s] He, he, some of the shift linkage and the throttle linkage was a little rotty and stretchy and"
Carburetors are how an older-style engine mixes fuel and air. If they’re not adjusted right, the car can feel a little off, like it hesitates when you press the gas.
Carburetors are devices that mix air and fuel before it enters the engine. If they’re not tuned correctly, you can get hesitation, rough running, or inconsistent throttle response.
"[229.5s] He fettled the carburetors.
[231.6s] He, he, some of the shift linkage and the throttle linkage was a little rotty and stretchy and
[238.6s] it's so perfect."
Shift linkage is the set of parts that connects your gear shifter to the transmission. If it’s loose or worn out, the car may not shift smoothly.
Shift linkage is the mechanical connection between the gear selector and the transmission. When it’s worn or misadjusted, shifting can feel sloppy, delayed, or difficult to engage.
"I put some petrol in it.
Petrol is very, petrol is very expensive."
“Petrol” just means gasoline. They’re saying it costs a lot, which affects how expensive it is to drive.
“Petrol” is gasoline, and the speaker notes it’s expensive—highlighting real-world running costs. In car discussions, fuel type and local fuel prices can strongly affect total ownership cost, especially for high-performance or low-efficiency vehicles.
"It's something, weird psychological thing, because I got a new, don't even ask, I have a tree strap for the Rivian, you know, if you're going to winch, what does that mean?"
A winch is like a heavy-duty puller with a cable. People use it to pull their car out when it gets stuck, especially off-road.
A winch is a powered cable system used to pull a vehicle out of mud, snow, or a ditch. It’s often paired with a recovery strap and used with proper anchoring to avoid cable snap-back hazards.
"they're like, you should have two tree straps. And I go, yeah, what if you have to go off another tree?"
Tree straps are wide, protective straps used as anchor points around trees during vehicle recovery. They spread load and reduce damage to the tree and the strap compared with using narrower or harder materials.
"And then I got another set of traction boards. Don't ask. Don't need them."
Traction boards (often called recovery boards) are placed under a tire to improve grip when the vehicle is stuck in mud, sand, or snow. They’re typically used with a slow, controlled drive or winch pull to get the tires back on solid ground.
"Vin 5,020.
Getting accessories.
That's what we're doing."
Accessories are extra items you add to a car after (or along with) buying it. They can be for looks, convenience, or protection.
“Accessories” are aftermarket or dealer-installed add-ons that aren’t part of the base vehicle. Examples can include appearance items, storage, lighting, protection packages, and performance add-ons.
"It's called Volcano Yellow MSO. But this is not the best looking McLaren."
Volcano Yellow is a named paint color. “MSO” means McLaren’s customization program, so this kind of option is usually extra-cost compared to standard paint.
“Volcano Yellow” is a specific paint color, and “MSO” refers to McLaren Special Operations, the division that handles bespoke options and customizations. This matters because special paint and tailored specs can significantly raise the final price beyond the base MSRP.
"What is an entry level McLaren cost when they say? 255 base price. Everything costs 286 even."
Base price is the starting sticker price before you add extras. They’re saying the final number ends up higher than the headline amount.
Base price is the starting MSRP before options, destination, taxes, and dealer-related add-ons. In this segment, the base figure is contrasted with a higher “everything costs” number, illustrating how real-world pricing differs from the headline.
"I think it's 691 horse, uh, total system output."
Total system output means the combined power from the gas engine and the electric motor together. It’s the overall “how much power the car can make” number.
“Total system output” is the combined power from all power sources in a hybrid (engine + electric motor(s)). It’s a key metric because it reflects what the car can deliver as a complete system, not just the engine alone.
"...you can run around in full electric for about 12 miles, something like that. So, and it starts up always in full electric."
Full electric means the car can drive using electricity alone. The range you get can vary, but it’s how far you can go before the gas engine needs to help.
“Full electric” means the car can propel itself using only the electric motor(s), without the internal combustion engine providing drive. The speaker also mentions an estimated electric-only range, which depends on battery capacity and driving conditions.
"We, we had a standard mount. We had a GoPro, uh, you know, pointed at the exhaust melted, like literally just melted"
They pointed a camera at the exhaust and it got so hot that it melted. It’s basically a dramatic example of how hot the exhaust area gets.
The speaker describes a GoPro pointed at the exhaust that “melted” due to extreme temperatures. This is an anecdotal way to illustrate heat levels and can also hint at how close accessories/components may be to hot exhaust surfaces.
"the GoPro.
And we did this on every car.
I'm saying the GoPro cases here."
GoPro is a small camera brand that records video. People mount them on cars to film what’s happening while driving or to show details like how things look from different angles.
GoPro is an action-camera brand commonly used to record driving footage. In car videos, people often mount it in or on the car to capture angles that show airflow, heat, and vibration effects.
"McGuire's at its core is undoubtedly about passion, passion for developing the best possible surface care products, including auto, marine and RV... join the global community of people who genuinely love their cars and reflect their passion using McGuire's."
McGuire’s is a company that makes products people use to clean and protect their cars. They sell things like wax and polish to help the paint look good and stay protected.
McGuire's (often spelled “Meguiar’s”) is a well-known detailing brand that makes car-care products like waxes, polishes, and surface cleaners. In this segment, they’re framed as a company built around “surface care” and enthusiast relationships.
"Go check out Porsche Platica at Porsche dash Platica dot com."
Porsche is a German company that makes high-performance sports cars. Here, they’re mentioning a Porsche-related event or website you can check out.
Porsche is a German sports-car brand known for performance-focused engineering and a wide lineup from everyday sports cars to track-focused models. In this segment, it’s referenced in the context of an event/website tied to Porsche.
"[1861.0s] Jay Leno's classic car emission exemption bill is back.
[1863.9s] Yes.
[1869.1s] Apparently, so as you know, Jay wanted to eliminate smog tests for classic cars."
Jay Leno is a famous car guy. In this story, he’s connected to a proposed law that would make it easier for classic cars to avoid emissions testing.
Jay Leno is a well-known automotive celebrity and car collector who has been involved in policy discussions affecting classic cars. In this segment, he’s tied to a bill aimed at changing emissions testing requirements for classic vehicles.
"OK, yeah. Let's talk about our friends at Race Deck. Race Deck, our longest running sponsor on Spikes Car Radio."
Race Deck is a company that makes garage/hangar storage products, especially flooring. The host is praising them as a sponsor and talking about using their products.
Race Deck is an aftermarket brand known for garage flooring systems and related storage products. The sponsor segment highlights how their products are used in a hangar/garage setting.
"Fire. Anyway, take me to the aircraft as a private jet card company built for people who care about efficiency control and how things actually work."
A private jet is like flying on your own plane instead of a regular airline. It’s usually for people who want more control over timing and privacy.
A private jet is an aircraft chartered or owned for personal or business travel, rather than using commercial airline schedules. In car-podcast contexts, it usually signals a luxury/efficiency brand pitch rather than anything mechanical about cars.
"I'm going to be there for three days and I'm headed to Indy this year as well. Oh, yeah. I'll tell you more about that soon."
“Indy” is shorthand for the big Indianapolis race. It’s one of the biggest events in U.S. racing, so people travel there and talk about it a lot.
“Indy” almost certainly refers to the Indianapolis 500 (often shortened to “Indy”), one of the most famous races in American motorsport. It’s a major event that influences how brands and teams market performance and engineering.
"So we suspected for quite some time that that money laundering has moved into the car space. And now I think it's moving into the watch space here."
Money laundering is when criminals try to hide where their money really came from. They use fake business activity so the money looks legal.
Money laundering is the process of making illegally obtained money look legitimate. In the context of luxury goods, criminals may use businesses or transactions to “clean” proceeds so they appear to come from normal sales.
"Oh, yeah. And also in the news, of course, our friends at Waymo. [2859.9s] This is for Zuckerman to look at."
Waymo is a company that builds and runs driverless cars. They’re often in the news because their cars can drive themselves in certain places.
Waymo is Google’s self-driving car company, known for operating autonomous vehicles in select cities. In the context of this segment, it’s mentioned as part of the “news” backdrop rather than a specific technical topic.
"But let's stick around.
Let's talk it.
Let's do a cool down lap.
And we'll tell you everything we were chatting about."
A “cool down lap” is a short, gentle drive after spirited driving to let engine and brake temperatures come down gradually. It helps reduce heat soak and can improve brake longevity, especially after repeated hard stops.
- How to make a car feel new
- 1966 Porsche 911
- Tiger Woods DUI
- McLaren Artura review
- Alan Ritchson neighbor fight
- Leno's Law returns
- Porsche 718 Cayman is the least depreciating car?
- Russell Crowe watches
- Massive multimillion dollar watch theft
- Anti-AI Waymo attack
- The crappy Taylor Sheridan TV universe
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Welcome to Spike's Car Radio, gentlemen.
We've had a lot of fun.
Pre-show was good today.
Pre-show was fantastic.
It was really good.
Could that get on Patreon?
Patreon?
Oh, sure.
Yeah, why not?
On Patreon, if you want to hear a little bit about what we were talking about that isn't
appropriate for the show, today you can go to Patreon for the, what do we call it, the
Cool Down Lather?
The Lather or Cool Down Lap?
Cool Down Lather.
Or we get into a lather.
And we'll gossip with you about one of our nemesis who has re-entered the chat today.
Johnny, though, before the show, you and I were talking about this automotive phenomena
that you and I are both experiencing simultaneously with our vehicles that we've had for a while
and how the addition of one new element makes it feel like you have a new car.
And here's mine right here.
This is the Bronco.
See on the back there?
I got that 35-inch tire cover there.
Nice.
Established in 1966.
I feel like I have a brand new Bronco.
Yes.
This tire panty.
You know what's hard about those things?
Well, you have to, you have to slip it on.
There's that rear view camera right over the Bronco.
You can't see it.
You kind of slide it on there.
Right.
But then there were all sorts of like 1920s ladies underwear straps that you have to kind
of hook into the wheel so it doesn't blow off.
And then you really got to pull that thing on.
Like it doesn't go on easily.
Right, right, right.
You have to pull.
I was using a lot of force.
God damn it.
This is hard.
And you know.
But you forgot all about the struggle once it's on.
Once it got, well, when, of course, when I put it on, it was cockeyed, which made me absolutely
nuts.
So you had it.
Yeah.
You have to go.
Oh, shit.
This is, this looks worse than a fitted sheet.
Nothing simple though.
You think like when I ordered that, I thought, oh, this would be so simple.
I'm going to put it on in two minutes.
No, it was a good half hour of me making micro adjustments and.
Oh my God.
So I ordered, I got some like, I got a phone mount and a iPad mount for the Rivian.
Cause we use it for, for filming my YouTube stuff.
And I watched the video on how to install the mount and it's like, took three minutes.
The guys just like, you just do this screwdriver.
Anyways.
It's easy.
An hour later.
Yeah.
After I've got seven screwdrivers out and I'm like, I hate bombing the poor company.
Yes.
And you know, and there's like, oh yeah.
The one thing we don't put the instructions is push it down a little bit and like literally
just click.
But more.
Oh yeah.
That's great.
Why I bring it up to your audience is, you know, you probably, everybody fill a little
strap for money right now, but at the same time we all crave new stuff, new vehicles.
This is the way to go.
Take some, buy something new for your beloved car or beloved truck and install it and maybe
it'll go wrong.
Spend a little half hour and you will feel great.
It's only this time of year.
It's like springtime.
Like you feel like you have a rebirth.
What's that?
Rebirth.
Renewal.
This is his version of Passover.
Easter.
No, but it's just pagan holiday.
Right.
You know what, you know what it's really like?
It's like when you, when you put a new watch band on your watch and you have a new watch.
I've had a similar experience.
Yes.
Slightly different.
I just got the 66 back from Marco and that car hasn't been in the shop for a while.
Yes.
And we know this car is all original.
It's never been apart.
56,000 miles in 60 years.
And I always thought it ran great.
Yeah.
You know, a little hesitations, a little, little, little idiosyncrasies.
The minute it came off the truck, I drove it to the garage and I said, brand new car.
Wow.
Brand new car.
He fettled the carburetors.
He, he, some of the shift linkage and the throttle linkage was a little rotty and stretchy and
it's so perfect.
It's dialed in.
Perfectly dialed in.
It's a new car.
And you've had that car for how long?
I think 14 years.
14 years and you're still working on it and getting it right.
And now it's peaking.
It's peaking again right now.
14 years.
No, that car is so, it was always so original.
I always had really funny issues with it.
I remember there was a weird kind of plastic saran wrap sound when the wind would go.
Because I kept the original window seals on, which was a mistake.
But it was like, we started playing with it and I started pushing you to fix some of those
driver quality issues.
I think when you drive it today, you'll be very impressed.
So we're, I found the 525 in my hanger.
She found it.
It was Edmund down there and I was like, oh, there's that car.
I called you, I drove it and I had this magical drive in it yesterday.
I put some petrol in it.
Petrol is very, petrol is very expensive.
I noticed it.
I wonder why.
Oh yeah.
And what did you pay?
What did you pay?
Lick said close to $7.
I paid $6.99 the other day.
Yeah, yeah.
That was pretty good.
Yeah, yeah.
But it's ready to go, Suckerman.
So we'll do a switcheroo.
It's a switcheroo.
I brought it here for you to drive.
I'm going to drive that.
I've driven it in a half a minute or I know.
It's something, weird psychological thing, because I got a new, don't even ask, I have
a tree strap for the Rivian, you know, if you're going to winch, what does that mean?
It's a tree saver.
What?
No.
If you're in a winching situation, you wrap it around a tree so you're not putting a piece
of wire around a tree.
Okay.
But yeah, I spend all my time now watching recovery videos on YouTube and they're like,
you should have two tree straps.
And I go, yeah, what if you have to go off another tree?
Yes.
So I got this stupid second tree strap that wraps up inside the first one.
And I thought I had a brand new vehicle.
Do you think this is seasonal?
This is just kind of a springtime thing that we're an age mental illness.
An age related disorder.
I don't think it's an age related disorder.
We can take this two tree straps and slingshot tankers through the straight up remos and
then Johnny Lieberman.
And then the tankers just go shooting through and then we have cheap gas again.
But it is something weird.
And then I got another set of traction boards.
Don't ask.
Don't need them.
They still never use the ones I have, but these are better.
So now I'm like, see now.
Have you come into money?
No.
Oh, we're talking about bid better.
No, I'm just saying, you know, at least things you're buying.
Tree straps aren't that expensive, are they?
No.
Yeah.
Let's see.
300 bucks for everything I've mentioned.
That's good.
Yeah.
See?
Minimal investment.
Minimal.
Maximum joy.
Yeah.
And then you watched your truck and you were very happy before the show.
You said, I'm so happy with this thing.
And you've had that for two years.
Oh, I've had that for four years.
Four years.
Four years in.
I got it in 22 for one of the first people to get one.
Yeah.
Vin 5,020.
Getting accessories.
That's what we're doing.
My truck was dirty and I was kind of sad.
And then I went and I, you know, how much?
You know what?
Sad Lieberman.
Do the, do the gold wash, do the gold wash, 60 bucks, you know, we know what meat Lieberman
looks like.
This is meat eating.
What is sad Lieberman look like?
It's like the happy face, except the little things upside out.
Why don't you just show us the tips?
Oh, you want to act?
Yeah.
You said you were sad.
He's just like a rabbi.
Be sadder.
But yeah, I got the car like really nicely washed and then I just had to go take pictures
of it.
There's a guy in my neighborhood who, you know, this is what I'm going to do tonight.
My family's away, so I'm going to be by myself.
I'm going to be looking for lights and sirens and PAs for the Bronco.
There's a guy in my neighborhood who every once in a while will go up the street and
a siren.
I hear the siren and I go, the cops are here and no, it's this guy just racing up the street
in his Hummer.
Do you want to do that?
It's probably Schwarzenegger.
I kind of do want to do that.
So you're private security?
No, it's not private security.
But it comes off like that.
What's that?
It comes off like that.
It's just whoever this is and I'm assuming it's Schwarzenegger.
It's definitely Schwarzenegger.
Right?
Yeah.
Wow.
He's having fun.
He's just having fun.
He's racing through a neighborhood, playing a siren and he's talking on a PA and yelling.
Well, if it was Schwarzenegger with a PA, you would know.
Spike!
Where's my cleaning lady?
Why were you making maids jokes to my family?
There was, yeah, there was, someone was complaining on Nextdoor back when that was happening about
a van that was parked in Brentwood that said topless maidservice and I said, that's Mr.
Schwarzenegger's and that fell on deaf ears.
Yeah.
That was a good joke.
I thought it was a decent joke.
That's a very good joke.
I'm sure he was fine with it.
He was like this.
You think that explains the sirens at night?
And the rest of it.
It's like a police escort of the topless maids.
Yeah.
Boy, there's a lot of stuff going on.
Tiger Woods also flipped his car the other day again.
Yeah.
Flipped out.
That guy needs five years off.
There he is.
Oh, poor guy.
He's a mess.
He's a mess.
He's sick.
What's kind of remarkable about it is the same accident as before.
Like that's his thing.
Yeah.
Rollovers are his thing.
Look, he can drive the ball 500 yards.
He can drive the car upside down.
It's all, you know, consistent.
Well, if he can get himself straight, because I don't, it's hard to say that he was straight
from back then.
He'll be so, it'll be such a better life.
He'll be able to golf.
He'll be happier.
He won't be rolling cars by mistake.
He'll be doing it for fun.
That's the face of misery.
That actually makes me sad.
Look at that picture.
Poor guy.
But it's pain meds, right?
I mean, he just.
Yeah, boo.
Who nobody knows.
Nobody knows.
Remember with the first one, he's the only one who's going to know that.
Generally speaking, the man at a certain point, it's just everything.
It's just the garbage.
No, you're right.
You're right.
Garbage.
Boo's truck.
Oh, that's, that's just a side.
That's not a full roll.
No.
Oh, okay.
Once I was driving by your house, Suckerman, in the hills in the back where we lived in
West Hollywood on Doheny.
And I saw just a Range Rover sitting like that.
Nothing.
No orange cones.
It was just on it.
Like it was like a horse in the, yeah, it was really funny.
And I went, what a weird place LA is that that would just be sitting just like that.
But I'm guessing someone did the same thing and just left.
It was like a Sunday morning that that was their Saturday night.
And they just left it there.
I guess he's done with Genesis.
Is that another.
That's a Range Rover.
That's a Range Rover.
Yeah.
He's, while I was talking about Ford, I should have mentioned Jim Farley's podcast drive.
He was on the show last week.
Fantastic guest.
Yes.
He's promoting his podcast with the new season.
The Pope.
He had the great Pope story.
Is that the Pope?
That's the Pope right there.
That's Gabriel Iglesias.
What's notable about getting him on your show is he doesn't go anywhere.
He's, I've been wanting him here forever.
We had him on the inevitable.
He drove up.
Yeah.
God damn it.
I tried to get him on car matchmaker.
He's not going to drive up.
I tried to get him on this show.
He's not going to drive up.
But he came up for your show.
Yeah.
We had him on the inevitable.
Back in the old podcast one studio.
He's a big Volkswagen collector.
Humongous.
Brian Cranston is also on.
Oh, that's a good get.
Really?
I've had him on my late night show, but I have not had him on this show.
That's a good get.
Yeah.
Jim was telling great, great Pope stories.
I've been retelling those stories.
It was like, those were good stories.
Those are very good stories.
Very good stories, right?
I've been hanging out all week retelling the Pope stories.
Yeah.
Because, you know.
Even the dumb Pope joke was good.
I enjoyed that.
The dumb Pope joke was good.
That's a good joke.
But just as a fun moment to be driving around the Vatican, the Pope is driving you.
Yeah.
I will share with you after the show that he said, after that show with Jim, some things
that we didn't put in the show, like the Pope was kind of complaining about his vestments
getting into the car.
It takes me 30 minutes to get into this stuff.
That's great.
And he's got a, he goes, and I got to wear all these rings.
It's kind of hard to have my hand on the steering wheel.
He goes, well, this one is for this, and this is the Ecclesiasties, whatever.
This is the, because it makes driving really hard.
I love having an American Pope.
This is great.
It is good.
Yeah.
It was pretty good.
To listen to Drive with Jim Farley, just search for Drive with Jim Farley in your podcast
app that's Drive with Jim Farley.
He's a fantastic guest.
He's also a terrific podcaster.
That guy's legit.
Runs in the family.
What's that?
Runs in the family.
Yeah.
That's right.
People still trying to come to grips with he's Chris Farley's cousin, which he is.
He is.
He is indeed.
That still surprises everybody.
It's really weird.
What's that?
That's true.
It is true.
They're like, what?
Really?
Just look at them.
You can see it.
Yeah.
You see the resemblance.
Let's talk about your car since we don't have it in the studio here.
We can show a picture and you can tell us what you've been driving.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is the McLaren Artura.
So yeah, this is McLaren's entry level car.
So it's part of their sports series, not the super series.
The big difference there used to just be the suspension.
So the super series will get you the dynamic, sorry, the hydraulic dampers.
Whereas the sports series would have steel springs.
So this has steel springs.
However, it's a twin turbo V6 hybrid.
So just like the Ferrari 296.
In fact, it's also 120 degree V, just like the Ferrari hot side V, just like the Ferrari
with a hybrid motor between the engine and the transmission.
Do you ever get annoyed by your own shadow with the phone there?
Did you see it?
Absolutely.
I try to avoid that.
If you go back a little bit, Cameron.
Not so much.
Does this annoy you?
Because you were annoyed by our open door in the Zagato last time.
Oh, there was a lot wrong with that photo.
But look at this photo.
Yeah, look at that.
This doesn't bother you?
Look at your head.
I'm really not that bothered by it.
No, it looks like a tire mark.
You're bothered by the open door.
Well, it was the open door, the angle, the fact that the car was in the shadow, all kinds
of things.
Massive interest in that car, by the way.
That's the car, not the photo.
Yeah.
This thing looks like they took a Ferrari 430 or a Lamborghini Huracan and said, we're
going to use those as departure points for designing this car.
Yeah.
It looks, looks wise.
The paint is great.
It's called Volcano Yellow MSO.
But this is not the best looking McLaren.
What is an entry level McLaren cost when they say?
255 base price.
Yeah.
Everything costs 286 even.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So 255 base.
This one was 316, had a bunch of options.
Yeah.
It's, you know, it's, my conclusion is it's a great supercar, but it's in a world
of superlatives.
So the 296 GTB, one of the best cars ever made.
The GT3 RS, like the only thing that's better than the 296 is the GT3 RS.
The Lamborghini Temurario costs more money, but it makes 900 horsepower.
It's a hair on fire.
It's an obscenity where this is like, yeah, it's a really nice car to drive around town.
And it's great up in the canyons, but I, I'm just not dreaming about it the way I remember
when the 720S came out.
Could not believe that the MP412C people turned it around and made the best hypercar in the
world.
Yeah.
And so what I'm, and I'm hearing the Artura, we're going to get this big Artura news coming.
They fix it up.
It's going to compete with the Ferrari.
But yeah, it's, it's a very nice car.
If you had one, you would, you would like it quite a bit.
I love McLaren's.
I love McLaren's.
I'm not in love with this McLaren.
Hmm.
Yeah.
This is sort of, sort of the Porsche turbo.
Yeah.
Of, of the McLaren store.
This is a very syskill in the Ebert kind of a review.
Yeah.
Is that good or bad?
It's just good.
I don't know what he meant.
No, it's just the way he went.
You know, it's just the way he went through it and said, I'm, I'm just not in love with
this.
I'm not.
I love McLaren's, but I'm not in love with this.
I love Scorsese, but I'm not in love with this.
Yeah.
The Irishman was a bad movie.
Yeah.
Um, but yeah, it's, it's, uh, you know, look, they, you know, again, a lot of the things
I used to couldn't stand about McLaren's like they fixed the, the, the front end lift button.
Yeah.
It's not that cockamamie, stupid lever where you never know now it's a button.
There's a red light.
I will say it does beep like crazy.
And if you have the door opening your seatbelt off, you can't put the transmission in gear.
A lot of weird, a lot of weird, also a lot of like key not detected while you're holding
the key in front of the key not detected, like, you know, message.
Yeah.
So it's, it's like a lot of little niggly stuff is still there.
But, um, yeah, a great driving car.
Like don't get me wrong.
Like, you know, you will outrun anything on the road with this thing.
600.
I think it's 691 horse, uh, total system output.
Sounds great.
Yeah.
It's cool.
And like they did some smart stuff.
Like it's all McLaren's have a seven speed dual clutch, right?
And, uh, except for this one's eight speed because they pulled the reverse gear to fit
another forward gear and now the electric motor handles reverse, which is smart.
You know, who cares about reverse?
Um, and yeah, you can run around in full electric for about 12 miles, something like that.
So, and it starts up always in full electric.
Um, but yeah, it's, uh, it's good.
The thing is, I've never seen a car put off more heat.
Like the amount of heat that is generated.
It's insane.
We, we had a standard mount.
We had a GoPro, uh, you know, pointed at the exhaust melted, like literally just melted
the GoPro.
And we did this on every car.
I'm saying the GoPro cases here.
Oh, not really.
I mean, it still works.
It just, like, it looks like it was like, you know, like a, like a, a smaller in these
cars.
Oh, dude.
Dude, dude, there's, there's a thing on the back of it.
Uh, they call it the chimney.
But like when you look in the rear view, it's just like, you just see distorted air.
It's wild how hot this thing is.
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I like the new ones and they're going to, of course, try to shock and amaze you with
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He always says it, but he never travels.
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This would be a good one.
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We go see him.
Why not?
There's more fun news.
I don't know if you guys watch Reacher, but the new season of Reacher looks amazing.
They released they released some footage of it.
And it's just spectacular.
It's not the usual stuff.
So first, you all know this story.
I'm just kidding.
This isn't the new season of Reacher, but it should be.
But this is Alan Richardson.
What is Reacher on?
Is it on Amazon?
Amazon. Yeah.
I do love this show.
It's a great show.
I love so many dumb shows that make my wife really disappointed
when she walks behind the couch.
But I'm there with that dog texting this guy, watching these shows.
And eating crap that are clogging my heart.
Reacher's Reacher's great.
Let's Reacher's a great show.
It's OK. It's very entertaining.
I am an entertainment.
Well, I'm very watchable.
Very low on breath.
But we love shows like this is guys, right?
Yeah.
My wife is watching the Hallmark Network in the kitchen.
And I'm just going, what is this shit?
Right, right.
She comes back in the living room.
She goes, what is this shit?
And we're both right.
Anyway, this is the clip that was all over the place.
The guy on the right is Reacher.
And those are his two kids in the middle of the street.
And this is his neighbor, Ronnie Taylor, on the ground.
Let's just watch and enjoy.
I guess this is for film from inside.
The bang, bang, Reacher goes, boom.
Not the best punches I thought from a guy who is an action star.
They were kind of underhanded.
Ronnie Taylor gets back up, gets his shit.
This is always the most awkward part of the fight.
Right. The aftermath.
The aftermath.
There are the two boys kind of waiting for dad to finish kicking ass.
And then, oops, I guess I got on the handthrow there
because I'm a little shaken.
Oh, now he's going to help.
And no, I don't know what he's doing.
Then he goes back to his house.
He got what he needed.
OK, so after the.
Oh, a little bit.
Hold on, hold on.
I want to know who this neighbor is.
I'm calling the police.
I'm calling whoever I'm going to call.
You just beat me up, Reacher.
So now he's telling him, I don't like.
This is, by the way, Brentwood, Tennessee.
Apparently they go for a ride through the neighborhood,
the kids and the dad.
And he doesn't like how fast they're going
or they're making noise or whatever.
And there they go.
They go off for their ride. OK.
So that's the first clip you see.
Now, the world freaks out.
Yeah, typical Hollywood act.
You're beating up on normal people.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
I can't believe Reacher would do this in title.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, OK.
Reacher just chills for a couple of days.
Wait, wait, go.
Yeah, let's go look at Ronnie.
Who, who, who, Ronnie?
This is Ronnie.
He goes to every media outlet in the world
and plays the victim card.
Right, right.
Now this video comes two days later.
This is our Reacher's point of view.
Doot, doot, doot.
Looking around, enjoying ourselves.
He's going 20, 20 miles an hour.
OK.
Not too fast, 19.
And here he comes, Ronnie Taylor.
Gets in front of the bike.
Decides to act like a cop.
Get in front of the block.
Get in front of the block.
Stay in the front of the block again, dude.
But dude, what?
You're throwing my fuck crazy, bro.
Are you kidding me?
I should make a fuck out of him.
Go ahead, go get him.
Yeah, here we go.
So this is the classic definition
of a neighborhood caring, right?
This is the classic definition of a neighborhood caring, right?
Like a fucking lunatic.
There's kids running around here.
There's kids running around here,
so I'm going to get in front of a moving motor.
23 miles an hour.
23 miles an hour.
Zuckerman.
OK, you can stop the video right here.
We know what happens after that.
Reacher takes him out with his kind of weird underhanded
bucket.
Well, the guy's on the ground.
How do you hit someone on the face on the ground?
As a personal injury lawyer, you
must deal with cases like this all the time.
When you look at this, let's say our friend Ronnie Taylor
calls you and goes, I just want
to get beat up by a Hollywood movie star.
Do you take that case?
My experience is that people that get beat up
are rarely, rarely innocent.
Now, it doesn't mean that you deserve to be beat up.
It doesn't mean it's lawful, but usually there are catalysts.
There's instigation.
There's something going on.
You could, you know, when a person comes in and says,
I was just standing there, minding my own business.
And the Reacher guy came up and punched me in the face.
You go, I don't really think so.
I mean, what tell me what the backstory is?
Tell me what you did.
What did you do?
Well, specifically, you just watched it.
So what do you tell Ronnie Taylor?
Oh, Ronnie, you know, he kind of provoked a situation.
And it could be that arguably that it was what would
be called mutual combat.
There's a little bit that's not clear.
Like when Reacher kind of went down on the motorcycle,
was that because Ronnie did it?
Right.
The motorcycle goes down and he hit him.
But he does stand and block.
Yeah.
He blocks the road.
This guy's just driving down the road and this guy jumps in
and right and stops him.
Yeah.
The blocking of the road is not does not
merit getting punched in the face.
But there's some stuff that goes on.
I don't know.
That will.
I know legally.
Morally.
Yes, morally.
Right, right.
No, but I don't, you know, Ronnie doesn't have a case.
No, nobody's going to look at this video and say, geez,
that Ronnie guy, we feel so bad for him.
We need to compensate him.
Yeah, probably even a damning part of right now.
You can see 17 miles an hour.
Yeah, you know, it was a 20 or whatever it is.
You're not moving.
You know, I always like the guy and I think we all have
these instincts like I'm going to handle this myself.
I see someone speeding in the neighborhood.
I see someone running this.
I'm going to go handle.
It's a bad.
I've never had that thought.
Really?
Not once because of like situations like this.
No, everyone has a gun this morning.
A guy ran a stop sign right in front of me and I went,
I'm not going to be a Ronnie Taylor.
This guy just just ran at 70, almost clipped the 525.
And I'm just not going to Ronnie Taylor it.
I'm going to let life stop this guy.
Ronnie's got aggressive posture there.
What he's, you know, just, just look at his big, you know,
dad's chest, aggressive posture.
I'm going to, I'm going to put a beating on the richer guy.
Sure.
But also how much of this, I haven't followed this at all.
I saw the initial thing and I was like, oh,
stare at your hell of a drug.
And then I heard that it was justified.
But like, you know, Alan is a pretty outspoken,
let's say anti-Trump force in the world.
And Ronnie is a Trump supporter.
I'm going to guess Ronnie is not a guest on his,
on his live streams or whatever to TMZ,
his zooms, there was a MAGA hat behind him.
So how much, but he's also a McQueen fan.
Yeah, what a weird van diagram.
Wait, yeah.
And look in the back.
He's got Mandela.
No, that's, that's Alan has Mandela.
I don't think so.
I think Ronnie has Mandela.
Fuck.
The best one ever.
Ronnie has a tattoo.
Because Ronnie's.
Ronnie, that's the weirdest, that's the weirdest
Vendor as ever.
McQueen and Trump.
Like the Holy Trinity.
Like I can understand Trump and McQueen, but not.
Sure, go just go to video.
I deep like, like he was quite away.
And I say, can you just slow it down?
It sounds British, British.
And then there's the MAGA hat.
You can see it.
We got to try to find this Mandela.
Yeah, there's the MAGA hat.
When I was cleaning my bike.
Why does a British guy have a MAGA hat?
I don't know.
Once, twice.
And on the second time I walked out in front of him.
I don't.
You've got to stop.
Someone's going to get hurt.
And it escalated quite quickly.
I did push him because I was coming towards me
on his bike.
He did it again for a second time.
I pushed him a second time.
So he did push him.
Yeah, he pushed him.
He kicked the crap out of me.
And you can see I he pushed him to the ground
covered myself.
I'm I've had such a shitty day today.
But see, he's got a blue hat on top of a red hat.
So we just don't need people riding through neighborhoods
like this and I just decided, you know, I'm take a stand
because I don't wish it matters so ill will.
I just pushed him off a bike.
You're a liar.
Wow.
You're a liar.
Wow.
He was I like how he says he was coming towards me
because you consciously walked in front of him.
Just stop in front of him.
Jesus Christ.
You are a gaslight around.
What?
And also like fancy accent to make it sound so credible.
And also like, I mean, this Alan Richardson, six, three,
he's about 270 of like literally muscle, just muscle.
There's nothing else there.
Just setting up a lawsuit.
What's he doing, Paul?
Ronnie's just stupid.
OK.
OK, he's just an idiot.
It's just all you can say.
Well, that's Brentwood, Tennessee.
Also, but you said, I mean, like, who puts the mega hat
in the background?
Like, you know what I mean?
But look, it's see the blue hat.
He might be doing like.
I'm everything.
I'm everything.
This is America.
It might be a joke.
No, it's not a joke.
OK, so it's a joke when Larry David doesn't, which was a really good joke.
Well, Ronnie's not thinking straight.
He's not funny.
We know that.
That might be Ronnie's idea of a joke.
But let's bring him on the show.
Let's have him in the green room.
He's in the green room.
Let's put him in the green room.
There you go.
He can do it with Radimac, him and Radimac.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, work on their style.
Enforced traffic laws.
Who's speaking of laws?
Jay Leno's classic car emission exemption bill is back.
Yes.
It's back.
Here's why the California.
Here's why California might pass at this time.
Apparently, so as you know, Jay wanted to eliminate smog tests for classic cars.
That's what this is all about.
And the first time the first go around, I guess there were issues with the bill.
There were all sorts of stories that the Democrats were mad at the Republicans
and it's a Republican bill.
None of that really turns out to be true.
It just was a little imperfect.
And there were some genuine kind of criticisms of it this second time around.
It now looks like it may actually go through with some changes.
And here they are.
One, this car cannot be used as the owner's primary mode of transportation.
That has to be in the bill.
I don't know how the hell you'd ever know that.
And the primary use must be shows, parades,
charitable functions, historical exhibitions, maintenance and preservation.
You know, that covers a lot because every time I drive it's a historical exhibition.
Yes.
And it's for maintenance and preservation, because if you don't drive them, they get sick.
Well, I'm I'm going to a parade to take the 525, whatever the fuck that is today.
That's all my my primary driving is parades.
All I do is shows.
I'm looking for a parade.
I think I go to car shows professionally at this point in my life.
So and then we're going to a fundraiser with it tonight and perfect.
Yeah, again, put whatever you want in it.
This is a great bill.
It needs to pass.
We thank Jay Leno for doing it.
And if you want to say our, I'll tell you, yeah, I'm using all my cars for parades.
I line up my family.
My family lines up in the driveway with little flags.
We're going to do a parade.
That's really funny.
Is there any definition?
Do they put a definition of parade or?
Hey, you just get out there with a flag while I drive by these flags.
Yes.
In that way, Richard, I'm driving.
Richard was having a motorcycle parade in Tennessee.
That's right.
Ronnie Taylor was coming out with his arms waving for his parade.
He was in the street.
The parade.
We wish we wish Mr. Leno luck with that.
And Ronnie, please call us.
We want one.
Here's one that you guys are never going to be able to guess.
Which car held its value more than any other car in the last five years?
Which car?
Which model?
Which car?
The 911. Johnny.
That's five years.
Held its value.
Ferrari 812 Superfest.
That's a really weird answer.
Why? They've gone up.
That's wrong.
They're both wrong, but one is righter than the other one.
The 911 is righter.
It is.
But it's actually the Porsche 718 Cayman.
Shut up.
Held its value more than any other car in the last five years.
A recent study by IC cars, which I doubt they exist.
We've quoted them before, but sure, found that no type of automobile
has depreciated less than the sports car over the last five years.
And of those vehicles from the class, nonefair better than the 718 Cayman.
Does our 718 Spider RS fall into that category?
Yeah, I don't believe it's funny.
Well, what do I mean?
But also I mean, again, like what about the ST?
I mean, it didn't go down.
That's what I'm saying.
I appreciate it.
A Ferrari A12 GTS sold for 740,000 two days ago.
The Porsche 911 with second Chevrolet C8 Corvette
also retained their value over the same period.
But yeah, do they not, Johnny?
I don't like this study.
I want to study.
I've got to see this.
Ronnie in Tennessee is done this study.
Do you have Cameron scroll down?
I want to see what like what was included.
Yeah. What was the study?
The study found that seven of the 25 vehicles that saw their values fall.
The least were sports cars.
I think what they're saying is if cars were depreciating, not appreciating,
that's the category of car depreciating cars.
That all those cars were the these depreciated.
You're assuming that.
Well, you know, I mean, also, but but but a car that appreciates
technically has that's like the best non depreciation, right?
Right. That's what I twice said, the Ferrari 12.
It's a V12 Ferrari that's just going up and up in value.
Yeah, I don't like this report.
And also only 25 cars.
They look like that. Look at that.
No, look at that car. Look at that special car.
We tried to get one of these, didn't we, Zuckerman?
Yes. That very Porsche GT3 touring.
Are we out? We're not going to get it.
You don't want it.
We're out of the game.
We wanted it. They're only 90 made for the world.
We like money. We wanted it.
We do have another touring coming in.
So it would have been a little gross to have.
We were.
Oh, so it's a 10 percent, which is what's that?
Oh, so they're saying they fell.
I don't know what this is.
I don't see that Porsche.
So instead of I see cars.com, you I see bullshit.
I see. Yes, exactly.
This is like, I think they have AI like making up, like, you know, top 10 list now.
Oh, that's definitely true.
Yeah, I'll get to that in a second.
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Today, she was also sponsored by luxury aircraft.
And here's what it says.
The luxury aircraft said, say whatever you want about us, guys.
Yeah, really?
Who is it because Joe?
Joe McHale. Joe McHale read the ad last time.
Greatest ad of all time. That was that was crazy.
But they are a private jet charter, but not the cheesy jet card nonsense.
Do you see they call the jet card cheesy?
Cheese, which I like.
And they also said, would you please wear the hat?
The luxury airlines aircraft hat.
And I said, no, I won't. I won't wear that.
Do I get a ride in one of it?
Wear the hat because I'll put that shit on right now.
What do you think?
Let's do it. Let's try an experiment.
Let's do it here.
You just want to wear it.
You just want to ride.
I want a free ride in a jet.
Can we drag you behind?
It made it made me laugh because, you know, every time a company makes
their own hat, they think everybody wants their hat, including me.
Like, I think I'm wearing the spikes.
Does this say SCR in the front of it?
Yeah, it does. Yeah, I'm wearing my own hat.
Yeah. And when I saw this morning, I'm like, oh, this is a good hat.
People would want to wear this, but they don't.
I only want to wear it. Right.
Luxury aircraft.
Actually, you look pretty good. See? Yeah.
Let's see a shot of that.
Let me ride. Oh, there you go.
Fire. Anyway, take me to the aircraft as a private jet
card company built for people who care about efficiency control
and how things actually work.
Check them out.
They have a CTA here.
Oh, wait, look at this.
Use code spike 9 11 when booking a trip with them.
Tell them you heard about or heard about them from Spikes Car Radio
and get two hundred fifty dollars off your first flight.
If you are all in and signing up for a membership,
use code spike 9 11 when signing up and they will wave the sign up fee.
Plus, you will receive three free months of passport membership.
But they should, you know what they should do?
They should fly us up to Pebble.
Yeah. Oh, are they listening?
We want a flight to Pebble.
They'll do it. OK. Why wouldn't they do it?
We always hire a jet, right?
Well, I'll take me to Vegas.
Just fly me to Vegas and back for that.
We'll do that, too. All right.
We're going to do everything.
What's that? What do you want to go there?
I love Vegas. It's disgusting.
OK. It's disgusting.
I'm also headed to Long Beach Grand Prix.
I'm going to be there for three days and I'm headed to Indy this year as well.
Oh, yeah. I'll tell you more about that soon.
You're going to be at Long Beach Grand Prix.
I might be, but I'm definitely I'm air water now.
I'm definitely going to air water.
Oh, yeah, that's coming up.
Right. It's April 25th.
It's Orange County.
And Prune and Andreas Pruniger is going to come on the show
either right before or right after and tell us about
why we didn't get one of these shirts and how great it is.
And I'm hanging with him the day before.
We're going on like a GT three drive.
It's fantastic. It's all coming together.
It's all coming together.
Let me see. So much other stuff to talk about here.
The Russell Crowe is a watch guy.
It's one of my favorite stories.
Did you see any of this stuff with Russell Crowe just in one?
Just put up a second of it.
Duckerman, have you seen this?
No.
This instantly made Russell Crowe beloved to our community.
Yeah, he just jumps on one day.
He's got he's got an old timey kind of desk area there, which I love.
Look at the Oscar in the back, an Oscar GQ.
It's just crap. He knows it's just crap.
And he goes, you know, I'm going to tell you about my watch collection.
And he just starts talking about weird ass watches.
Look at this.
Hello there.
I had a little bit of fun doing this a little while ago,
and I thought I would do it again.
However, no, you do not have permission to review these watches.
However, you will see this episode is for you.
He's a little bit sick.
Let's talk about it.
I'm going to talk about Juliano Mazzuoli.
Oh, it's so good.
Mazzuoli was a rally car driver when he retired from being a rally car driver.
All right.
He became a designer.
One of the things he approached as a designer was watches.
Now, this is let's look at the watch gauge, a Mano Metro.
So Juliano's first watch was called the Mano Metro.
This one is a blue face.
Yes, I do have a fair amount of blue faces.
OK, stop it for a second.
Me too. I love blue face watches.
This guy knows how to communicate.
Obviously, he talked to me.
What a great voice he has.
No, he just knows if you talk like this, people will lean in and listen to ASMR watches.
But I found this could be one of the greatest
videos on the Internet in the last year or so, because he doesn't give a shit
about the framing, his top of his head isn't even in there.
He's full of beard framed.
He knows his shit about watches.
He has a little story with every watch and everything about it is fantastic.
Yeah, it's its own show.
Yeah. I think it needs to be a show.
Like when I look at like some of the watch companies and watch websites
and their content and then I look at this.
Oh, yeah. This is.
But you also see what like the ins the watch influencers are up to, whether it's like
no other brands matters, get rid of your Breitling,
get Rolex only, only get a Rolex.
Start with the Submariner.
Yeah, so boring.
He has this really obscure brand.
And I forget the name of it that made a tennis watch that I just happened to be
looking at and like this micro brand made a hundred of them.
And I'm like, I'm never going to find him.
He's got one of them.
He suddenly he pulls it up, play a little more.
I just wasn't the one that I originally bought.
But I remember when I went to do this, that I gave that away.
I gave it to a friend of mine.
And by the way, stop for a second, those are the Amazon reading glasses.
I buy those.
Those are those are Amazon reading glasses for four dollars.
What is that smock he's wearing?
That's a hoodie under on it.
It's all great.
He's got a pope smock on.
If we could if we could if we could convince him to zoom in like every
we don't do zooms normally.
We did it for Farley for Jim Farley.
Yeah, not Chris.
I mean, why are you zoom?
But we did it for Jim because he only had a little bit of time.
But I would do it with Russell Crowe.
He's just so good.
And he could just do this.
Just come on for 10 minutes and tell us about one of your watches.
But again, I only bring it up not to criticize, to applaud.
That more of this.
Yeah. And I know, you know, the other thing I just bypassed casually was
it is Russell Crowe reading.
So we just whatever makes him a star is on display here.
Yeah. What a voice.
So it's kind of hard to compare him to the other one.
Besides higher pressure, what he did was gallow wine.
No wine before it's time.
Oh, no. What was it?
Horse and Whammy.
No, but it was it was the brand Mason.
And I thought it was a poor mason.
Palm mason.
So we suspected for quite some time that
that money laundering has moved into the car space.
And now I think it's moving into the watch space here.
Two point two million pounds worth of watches and jewelry have already been
stolen in just first 10 weeks of 2026, compared to only
five hundred and sixteen thousand pounds across the whole of 2025.
A sharp and worrying escalation in high value watch crime.
Now a Kent based luxury watch trader, this must be him getting arrested,
has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after using his business as a front
for large scale drug dealing and money laundering.
Bertie Payne.
Actually, look, look, go to the second one.
We'll let the guys put their headphones on and listen to this.
Dirty cash. I want you dirty cash.
There you go.
He's literally singing about the money laundering.
Dirty cash. I want you.
Police arrested him while attempting to hand over 50,000 pounds in cash.
Later on, covering a wider network of worth worth over eight hundred thousand
pounds is watch business, which held stock, valued at a lot of money was used
to legitimize criminal proceeds through fake invoicing and financial cover.
I love his name, Bertie Payne.
Authorities have since seized all watches linked to the case under the proceeds
of crime laws, a stark reminder of how rapidly the luxury watch space is being
targeted, not just by theft, but by organized crime operating operating
behind legitimate looking businesses.
And again, they're going after the usual suspects, watch wise, right?
Yeah, like, like, just get interesting watches.
Yeah, there's so much out there.
Yes, for sure.
But look at Bertie's terrible apparition there, his shitty floor,
the shitty chair, his desk, his home girl, Bertie.
Oh, Bertie hungover.
He is. He is hungover, but he could still be drunk.
But but but when I see these record prices again for some of these cars,
my mind goes here, you know, this guy, you know, that kind of caught him red-handed.
I, you know, it feels like something, you know, maybe we need to do a
Spikes Car Radio investigation, go in deep, embed someone with one of these options.
So you're saying you want me to go buy?
Yes, some of you.
OK, in. Yes.
Yes. And find out.
Well, you did sell a car.
You sold that Carrera GT and you set a record.
Yeah, it was quickly beaten.
But it lasted for seven days, seven days.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
So.
But you have no insight.
Oh, I have nothing.
Just the money.
No, I didn't know that.
Yeah, nothing. Nothing.
Just the money. Yeah.
No, I'm actually waiting on the money.
You're going to wait for a long time for that.
I'm well aware. I'm well aware.
We're waiting all my life.
Oh, yeah. And also in the news, of course, our friends at Waymo.
This is for Zuckerman to look at.
Here's a nice story in San Francisco.
Passengers of a taxi experienced an unexpected hazard
being stuck in a vehicle that was assaulted by an anti robot protester.
This story was in the New York Times.
Radimax. Doug Fulop.
Flop. Fulop.
I am one letter away from Flop.
Doug Fulop. The lesser of two evils is Fulop.
We have Fulop versus the Asian restaurant robot.
Oh, yeah. Those two can duke it out.
But Fulop was riding home from a night out in San Francisco
when a man crossed the street in front of his car, doubled back
and began screaming at him.
The man punched the car's windows, tried lifting the vehicle.
Well, what was he on?
He then yelled that he wanted to kill Mr.
Fulop and the other two passengers for giving money to a robot.
Right. Giving money to a robot.
A taxi driver would have simply driven away.
But Mr. Fulop's vehicle had no driver.
It was a self-driving Waymo.
It just stopped. That's a good point.
Mr. Fulop 37 said we felt helpless.
He also works in the tech industry.
Mr. Fulop. I work for Fulop,
which is a competitor to Waymo.
It's just society is going to continue devolving
to where you have to just have a shotgun on you at all times.
There's no other way out.
Well, here's the most interesting part of the story.
I know we're a little tired of the Trashing Waymo.
And I like Waymo. I love Waymo.
And they just released stats that they're way safer than human drivers.
Sure. And I believe them.
That study also done by IC Cars.
You just say it. Nothing's real anymore.
Nothing's really factual. You write it. It's reality.
That's the way the Internet works.
But here's the funniest part of the story.
The New York Times has to be using AI reporting and writing
because, and you guys were on it right away.
This is the last line of the story, last paragraph.
The attacker did not appear to be on drugs or otherwise impaired,
but seemed to be overtaken by extreme anger at the self-driving car.
Yeah, nobody said that.
Though that this was in the New York Times.
I know, but yeah, but Fulop didn't say it.
I mean, lots of lots of sober people trying to lift cars.
Yeah. Oh, wait, this is strange.
He said, yeah, this is attributed to Mr. Fulop.
Yeah. But he didn't say that.
Why would he say that?
It did not seem safe to get out and run.
He added since the man was trying to open the doors
and he said he wanted to kill the passengers.
Yeah, that's. But he's not on drugs.
Yeah, yeah. Cool. Reacher.
He's not. Reacher will come and solve this.
That's what Waymo needs, Zuckerman.
Reacher. Well, that new.
That new movie War Machine with Alan Richmond,
whatever his name is, he's fighting robots.
Really? It's so good.
Yeah. Oh, if you if you think
Reacher is stupid, but entertaining.
Man, War Machine.
Oh, what about Marshall?
I haven't seen one of the dumbest shows ever made by Taylor Sheridan.
Oh, Taylor Sheridan.
High level of stupidity and fantastic at it all at the same time.
I mean, Taylor Sheridan is, yeah.
But this this one you really want, he said, all right, you know,
you know that kid, that intern that wants to be a writer.
Let him write that series. Right.
So they have a clubhouse with all the Marshalls in it,
including a mom, you know, it's got kids and stuff.
And they they're always there shooting pool and cleaning up and playing guns.
And you kids stop messing around with the guns in the club.
Marshall Clubhouse.
This is like U.S.
Marshalls, U.S.
Marshalls in the middle of Montana. Sure.
And then all of a sudden the alarm goes off
and we've got some white supremacists trying to move fentanyl.
Wait up there in the mountain.
Yeah, there's a wind.
We can't take the helicopter.
We're going to have to take horses.
That's a long ride.
And he goes, don't worry, we were Navy SEALs together.
Let me tell you about that, right?
We're going to be able to do it.
You're not getting me on that horse, says the city slicker girl.
He goes, well, if you're going to be a Marshal, you're going to have to do it.
And I'm like this, eating my popcorn.
But I love it.
This is so bad, but it's good.
That one actually got so bad I had to bail, but only for 48 hours.
And then yesterday I came back to it and I was like, this is good again.
Is this Paramount Plus?
I don't know.
Is it the same?
Is the clubhouse the same clubhouse the biker's used in Tulsa?
Yeah, it is.
I knew it.
The formulas are always the same, Zuckerman.
The formulas are the same.
There's a lot of earnestness.
There's a lot of landscape shots.
There's a lot of bar scenes with hot girls that definitely aren't in Montana.
Right.
So with a lot of crush, everybody has crushes on each other.
The girls all hold their own, you know, somehow in the pool table,
the guys, whatever, they can hold their own.
There are a lot of boob jobs.
And then there's also like a clubhouse where our cast is and they all live together.
So like the bunk house, whatever that was, you know, we all we all show.
It's all in the first episode of every one of these series,
they talk about the showering in a bathroom situation.
This is a cold shower.
And we're like, yeah, we're like, good.
Starship troopers, Starship troopers.
Just remember, don't worry about it.
But every series is that.
So in the first episode of Marshall's, there's a co-ed showering situation.
They say they say that.
No woman who's reasonable is going to be put put themselves in that situation.
No, this is all especially no one that can kick ass.
Do you think you think this is happening at Bosque Ranch?
What's that?
That's where Tyler Taylor Sheridan lives and he films everything.
That's the one in Dallas.
This is all fantasy for men.
This is dumbed, the catnip for guys.
But I don't want to shower.
I only want to I want to shower in the lady shower.
I don't want to shower the co-ed shower.
Let's make that clear.
Say less.
Say less.
What is the Tulsa one?
What is the Tulsa one?
They have the bar. Tulsa King.
Tulsa King. There's no shower.
No, they do.
They were in first season.
They were hanging out in the weed shop a lot.
Yeah, there was no co-ed shower.
There's no co-ed shower.
But Tulsa King, what I admire is the mass murder,
the amount of mass murder.
And no one with no consequences.
He's literally an informant for the FBI this season.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Murdering.
Well, you know, in Yellowstone, they had that trash bin.
They threw the bodies in.
It was a canyon that nobody knows.
You just throw it in there.
You'll never find a body.
Don't worry about it.
Right. Just dump it there.
Tulsa King, they brought it back for Marshall.
Like, what do we do with this?
You dump it in the canyon and they go to the Marshalls guy
who's part of that family.
Yeah.
He goes, do you know this canyon that's a legend
that they put bodies?
He's like, no, I don't know.
I don't know anything about it.
Why are you so nervous when we're near the canyon?
Because it's like $10 in body right there
that you just threw off the curb in bags for some reason.
Right. I mean, I've watched this.
It sounds great.
It's a great show.
Anyway, that's our show today.
We could do a drive if you want.
We can drive to 525 or not.
But let's stick around.
Let's talk it.
Let's do a cool down lap.
And we'll tell you everything we were chatting about.
Cool down luggie.
Cool down lap.
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