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Monterey Car Week 2025 - DWA! Podcast Ep. #897
Monterey Car Week 2025 - DWA! Podcast Ep. #897
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About this episode
Monterey Car Week 2025 brought a mix of excitement and chaos, with the Driving While Awesome crew sharing their experiences from the event. They discussed the overwhelming presence of influencers, the challenges of parking, and the unique car culture that has emerged. Notable highlights included the debut of the Roof Black Rodeo, a variety of stunning cars at the quail, and the chaotic atmosphere surrounding the event. The crew also reflected on the changing landscape of car culture, the influence of social media, and the balance between tradition and modernity in the automotive world.
Topics:
monterey car week
influencer culture
parking challenges
roof black rodeo
car culture evolution
event highlights
quail lodge
social media impact
unique car experiences
automotive tradition vs modernity
Cars:
Acura Integra
Alfa Romeo GTV
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Bentley Bentayga
BMW 3 Series
BMW M3
BMW Z3
Bugatti Type 251
Bugatti Type 35
Bugatti Type 57
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Tahoe
Datsun 240Z
Dodge Avenger
Ferrari Daytona SP3
Ferrari F40
Ferrari F50
Ferrari LaFerrari
Ford Mustang
Gordon Murray Automotive T.50
Honda NSX
Hyundai Santa Cruz
Lamborghini Urus
McLaren F1
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
Nissan Skyline
Pontiac Firebird
Porsche 911
Porsche 928
Porsche Carrera GT
Shelby Cobra
Shelby GT500
Toyota Celica
Toyota Crown
Toyota MR2
Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Vanagon
Lane, Art, and Warren do Monterey Car Week
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Zeometric (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Hyundai Santa Cruz
"...rded live to SD card at the Beeline Motor Club in Santa Cruz, California. Offtherecord.com, fight those ticket..."
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Crisco 1492 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Mercedes-Benz Cclass
"Drift Missile. Mercedes C-Class, the Nissan Ultima, the Infinities that are basically just there to see the rest of it."
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Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Porsche Carrera GT
"...s, it would be cool to see a Koenigsegg or two, a Carrera GT. Don't even turn my head and that is."
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
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Porsche 928
"Maybe she did. Oh, the ugly 928. How dare you."
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MrWalkr (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Mclaren F1
"Yeah. New McLaren F1, pretty rad. Lane, so I feel like they, they sort..."
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Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Ferrari F40
"I rolled in the, I didn't start the F40. We were not allowed to start or move that car."
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Hans-Jürgen Neubert (CC BY 4.0)
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Ford Mustang
"...got to move a one of one 500, sorry, GT 500 Cobra Mustang convertible in automatic."
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Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)
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Shelby Cobra
"...was I got to move a one of one 500, sorry, GT 500 Cobra Mustang convertible in automatic."
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MrWalkr (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Shelby GT500
"motor looks vehicle moving experience was I got to move a one of one 500, sorry, GT 500 Cobra Mustang convertible in automatic."
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Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Bentley Bentayga
"Matt Farah and Hannah for coming with a Bentley Bentayga and his Myers-Mex, thank you, a radial"
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Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Bugatti Type 57
"I don't think but the Bugatti type 57. They were fucking mobbing."
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Alf van Beem (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Bugatti Type
"I don't think but the Bugatti type 57. They were fucking mobbing."
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Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)
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Bugatti Type 35
"And this is not like a, you know, like the type 35, which is the blue race car"
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OWS Photography (CC BY 4.0)
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Acura Integra
"There was a four door Integra type R. Oh, wow."
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Alf van Beem (CC0)
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Volkswagen Vanagon
"There was a scruffy West Folly of Vanagon. Scruffy."
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Palauenc05 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Volkswagen Beetle
"Volkswagen's like, they had a beetle, like a matching beetle"
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Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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G-Class G Wagons
"that you could jump in their cars, G wagons, things of that nature."
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David Villarreal Fernández (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Porsche 911
"an iteration thing. They're doing like what 9-11 does or are they?"
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Ferrari Sp3 Daytona
"there was that Ferrari 777, SP3 Daytona, something. Oh, the SP3, yeah."
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Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Ferrari LaFerrari
"Oh, it's a separate thing. It's not like a LaFerrari level thing. It's because it's NA,"
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TTTNIS (CC0)
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Toyota Celica
"Doug Demiro. And then we saw Art's old Celica Altrack. That's right."
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TTTNIS (CC0)
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Nissan R34
"And he has a, whatever, he has like an R34 GTR. Then he has a Lancer EVO wagon"
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TTTNIS (CC0)
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
"he has like an R34 GTR. Then he has a Lancer EVO wagon that he's having restored in Japan right no..."
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TTTNIS (CC0)
Car
Ferrari F50
"Quail was quite nice, quite nice. F50 had a huge presence. I think it was 18."
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MrWalkr (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Gordon T50
"...ed very cool. And compared to the other, like the T50 next to it, did you see the side-by-side shots wi..."
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
Car
Chevrolet Corvette
"... SLs are 190 SL things. Like it's like the modern Corvette things, like when they do the old Corvette."
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
Car
Corvette C6 Corvette
"...d then there was another one, like one based on a C6 Corvette or whatever. One of these like people, these comp..."
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Toyota Crown
"like you succeeded. But the real crown jewels is the winner. It's a company called, and ..."
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Aston Martin V8
"... Ring Brothers debuted their interpretation of an Aston Martin V8. Yeah, like a DVS."
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Datsun 240Z
"...s like a Mustang. I kind of said it looked like a 240Z. So like the doors, the window,"
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IFCAR (Public domain)
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Chevrolet Tahoe
"you know, parked amongst the Chevy Tahoe's. There was good stuff."
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Ermell (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Chevrolet Camaro
"which you think, yeah, Camaros, Firebirds, whatever."
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Pontiac Firebird
"which you think, yeah, Camaros, Firebirds, whatever."
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Kieran Holdren (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Dodge Avenger
"but it's like one of those, like an Avenger, a Dodge Avenger."
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TTTNIS (CC0)
Car
Toyota MR2
"... awards are handled. There's an insane second gen MR2, 27,000 original miles."
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Johannes Maximilian (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Lamborghini Urus
"and I'm out and I drove a urus around a purple one"
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