{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"NADS & SCOTTO’s Unfiltered Journey Through Five Decades of Car Culture","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/nads-scotto-s-unfiltered-journey-through-five-decades-of-car-culture","audioUrl":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/media.transistor.fm/91d60f77/c22a7ac1.mp3","description":"\n        For those of you who appreciate our more, shall we say ‘free form’ episodes? This one’s for you! Get ready for ADHD-fuelled tangent after tangent,  curve after curve in an extended conversational touge stage that is as thrilling as it is prolific. This time? No-one’s making it out alive! Nads tries his level best to get cancelled, Producer Nick realises he may need a more robust command of criminal law, and Scotto is in a blissful realm of his own, having created another patented Scotto-fied format with “What Did You Bring to a Picnic? - The Podcast!” (coming soon, I both fear and do not doubt). Exhales - ok, you’re just going to have to listen for yourselves… if you dare! Enjoy.@Nadsynads@BrianScotto @321ActionActionPartners:Vyper IndustrialFCP EuroHeatwave VisualWera ToolsProducer: Nick Rutter @nickrutterartsMusic: SlikSound Patreon: https://patreon.com/u37266647https://bio.site/321actionactionpodcasts@321actionaction.com00:00 - Welcome & Introduction00:24 - Sponsors: KW Suspension & Heat Wave Visual02:04 - Pull the String in Nads’ Back - and Prepare05:41 - The Dream Civic that Somehow Actually Got Built08:35 - Actual Overnight Parts from Japan11:32 - The Whitest White? (Don’t Cancel Me)18:26 - Cruising Vs Takeovers23:12 - Cars And Coffee Origins24:10 - Sponsors: Vyper Industrial & Wera Tools32:36 - Magazine Wars39:48 - Bring Back Hating42:52 - Ken Block And Gymkhana Origins49:01 - Gymkhana Grid At X Games01:02:07 - Rules Were Made to be Broken01:09:42 - Mini Truck Nostalgia01:13:07 - Sponsor: FCP Euro01:14:41 - Is Car Culture Peaking?01:21:33 - Hot Takes on JDM Icons01:23:36 - Future of Tuning Culture01:25:18 - Nads’ Autonomous Cars Apocalypse Theory01:30:10 - Good Tech vs Bad Tech01:33:26 - No Seatbelts in Osaka01:34:48 - Nads’ Dad Invented Valet Parking?01:53:28 - Drunken RC Car Racing - What Could Possibly…?01:57:00 - Scotto Crashing Cleetus’ Full-Size RC Car02:03:09 - Nads to Write the Book of Wheels02:14:47 - Reps And Authenticity02:18:06 - Print Nostalgia And Zines02:23:24 - Future Collab? 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