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It's it's Tuesday night. It's me, Mary Kay, online with

the dynamic father. Son, you are Robin Harley

Escondido Johnson and Mr. David Prince.

How are you, gentlemen? Good.

Really good. Thank you.

Doing pretty good. Thank you.

That's good to hear. That's good to hear.

Hopefully your weeks have been doing better than mine.

I am currently very ill, So I knew it was, It was, it was going to happen. After all.

My students repeatedly coughed on me last week.

And I'm like, I'm like, I get sick.

I'm going to blame you. And then this one girl was like,

it's like, ohhhhh, you know, I was really sick.

And like, I'm still sick and like, why are you here?

And then like, I'm helping her. She's coughing on me.

And I'm like, but you can't say anything the jar.

And in my back of my head, I'm like, I'm going to get sick.

I know it. And then the weekend and I just

fell apart. So yeah.

It always waits till the weekend.

It's awesome. And Rob's in the same allies in

the same boat as he. It's a bit of a cold.

Yeah. Well I got like you had some

sort of bug. I've been I'm having.

I mean I haven't been able to eat in like 2 days, so it's my first bit of food now, which is, which is nice.

So I'm on the mend. That means more than men.

Yeah, I know. My goodness.

But anyway, let's go around the room with some carpets now.

Rob, you were showing us something very exciting at the start of the show. Yeah, the the the 380 SC is

getting its two pack of boxy put on it and then be blocked back hopefully within the next couple of days and and who knows, I might have a car respray by Christmas maybe.

That's very exciting. That's actually really exciting.

Say that. So if you stripped it all down,

Rd before it went off to get painted.

Yeah, so I I bare metal the the roof, the bonnet and the the actual boot and and the guards because it just all the paint was peeling off it from the sun. And then the rest of it's just

been blocked back on the sides because the paint was in really good condition on the sides. OK.

But it's just from that top edge all the way over the roof and bonnet, it's real bad. So yeah, it's in a 2 pack, so

that's good. So hopefully it'll work out real

well. And then on to project number

2-3 and four maybe. Yeah.

So is that it got me 4 transit back I just when I got back from Bali. We can half ago.

It's running OK. So, So what happened there?

Like, was it smooth or was it a bit of a nightmare?

Oh, it just a little bit of a nightmare.

Because whilst also why I said you can't really pick it up or else you're getting start to incur costs with the higher car.

And I go well yeah, I said but I'm trying to call and find out sometimes and date so when you going to be finished and that you couldn't tell me and I said I'll be there on Wednesday and they go Oh no, that was 4 Australia.

But when I went to the Ford dealership, I walked in there, waited around, waited around, and I really got pretty tired of it. Well, so I wanted to speak to

one of the managers to say, look what's going on here.

I've been, you know, threatened that I'm gonna be charged extra for having a car for an extra 2-3 days or over the weekend, which is grand final weekend anyway.

Basically they said you can find your own way from the the car hire place and find your own way back to Knox.

And I'm going, this is just getting worse and worse.

And anyway, at the end of it all they actually fired me to the the hire car place. I've got a lift back.

They actually didn't charge me any extra for the hire car, but on top of all of that. They really didn't get their

stories right about what they did and what they didn't do.

Yeah, there was various sensors gone, but they couldn't tell me which sensors. Then they said they're gonna

replace the door, but it wasn't the door.

It was only the mud guard that was making the rattle.

But they had to realign the door.

And all this took six weeks. Well.

Yeah, so. Before I actually have a 2 month

old transit with delivery kilometres on it basically.

Well, you know, 2 month old transit, that's right, which I drove for two days. Yeah.

So on top of that. Basically.

Yeah, it's all going good now. So it's all, yeah it's going

really well. So, so it's it's actually quite

good now or is it or is it? Yeah, it's great.

On Fuel I'm only using about 8.9 litres per 100.

It's. It's not very thirsty at all

around town, but something that's remarkable.

Yeah, so yeah, being, you know, doing all sorts of things, putting stuff in her, moving motorbikes around and doing all sorts of things. So it's it's started relying on

the roof in it and get it all insulated.

So start to dig it out for the van as a camper van.

On top of that, what else has been going on with cars?

Nothing. Not really.

Too much? Is it purpose to see 63?

For the for service yesterday. How much that cost you?

No $1100. What do they do?

Just all in philtre. They all philtres like they're

on there, like AC Cabin Philtres and stuff like that.

Benz dealer or do you go? Yeah.

Yeah, I just took it to the dealership.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Loan car there.

They gave me a brand new DLC. It had 29 kilometres on it when

they gave it to me yesterday morning.

Therapist like all the screen. Literally a brand new car.

Like he like Paula Bessie out. Like they like their storage.

Like he was here. I just tried this.

OK, sorry. So what else with the cars

having a net? Um, yeah, sort of planning on

what I'm going to do with the 280 CE.

I want to get that sort of that the old engine stripped out and see if I can get a new motor for it and then clean it up a little bit and drive it. Yeah, that'll be exciting.

I was gonna say put the the one that's getting painted, you got a few interior bits and bobs that I I think we all know a guy that can have a look at those so.

Yeah, I I need to just get it all just looking like 99% at at the moment. It's it's sort of it's warning

places, but it it hasn't fallen apart, hasn't torn anywhere, it's just gone loose in places and it just needs to be fixed somehow. I don't know.

We'll see. We'll see.

Yeah. So I just sort of, yeah to make

it look consistent. So I'll make it look nice and

you know sort of it's pristine is that we can, we can get it so. Yes, that is the CIA going,

we're looking for a daily car because he doesn't want to drive C and we sold the chimney, sorry to my C3.

Yeah, Jimmy, so just looking for that adoptions logged into Manheim, so been going online on Wednesday, just good from office background. If you will get a rappy, clean

it up a little bit, dry it a little bit, turn it over in six or 12 months and. So do you.

You prefer Mannheim's to Graze and Lloyds or Reason?

Yeah, we're going to order it like preference would be probably be Pickles, Mannheims, Grace.

OK. So, so people, she has a better

quality of cars they cause you are.

Present, present bit better. Yeah, quality.

OK. Manheim with different lanes, so

you're like they're clearing lane the mid lane and the like commercial lane like like like all the prestige kind of like like there like in government lane which is like if you look at the mid lane you sometimes get a bargain like there's four territory selling 2013 for like 5 grand.

Right, 200,000 keys on them. Left side you can buy something.

Like that, yeah, driving for a little bit and then sell for the same price you paid. For it kind of thing.

Do you still have that E 430? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Still got that. Well, that's another option.

But he wants to sell it. It's we want to get a station

waggon with out a dog in and throw stuff in it and and use it. So then it's probably not as

practical. As a station waggon, I sort of

miss having you. I mean, I've got the van now,

but when I didn't have the van, you sort of miss having a station waggon. They're so versatile.

Yeah. Compared to a sedan or

hatchback, hatchback's not bad. They're OK, but the station

waggon just seems to be the the right fit for.

Doing things, you know, putting stuff in there, going to Bunnings, just everything going away.

Easier to park and things like in your van and stuff, you know?

Yeah, so it's easier to park and stuff like that compared to all the van, but I I just parked the van anywhere.

Any big spot I see I just. Pocket there and when you go to

Bunnings your park in the trailer section or or if you if the parking spots not big enough, you're parking two spots if you can. You just have to it's it's 1

1/2. I've seen Facebook posts about

people like you. Well, 77 metres long. 6.8 metres

so you you don't have much of A choice.

So what do you Is it official that we can call you the van man now? Is that?

You the man with the van? Yeah.

So if anybody needs help moving their house, you know your I'll give me your number. Yeah, for a celebrity beer.

You know what else you can fit in the back of one of those?

Yeah, you could do a lot of things in the back of those.

Well, I was thinking about Kaka. You can actually fit an.

Earthquake that you could probably fit a card in there.

Because they're 1.56 wide inside 1.6 or something.

Yeah, but you got the wheel arches, so I think they're they're 12 pallet. Kind of between those, yeah.

Yeah. I think they're 1.3 sort of

thing. The guy in California has got to

be transit, the big long one, and he, he puts his camp in in the back of it all the time. Yeah, the state, what are they,

1490? No, they're 1295 wide, I think.

Yeah, I think they, yeah. Yeah, that'd be right.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, that's a good idea, but it's great.

Putting the motorcycle in there fits in nicely.

It's got a lot of tie down points.

Yeah, it's gonna be a good versatile thing to have and it's going to be an RV my my daily, my, you know, sort of hauler for motorcycles and all sorts of things.

So it should be good. I might even start up a

motorcycle transport business or something.

So we can we can add that to Robs fabrication and everything else we can just add. That transport.

Transport removals. Have you got yourself Rob Fox or

something? Who knows where it can go?

That's right, I'll steal a bit of these.

Fine. You know, there's like, there's

like Jim's mowing, Jim's laundry gyms, this, Jim's that one.

OK. It's actually we should make

that for Rob. Yeah, Robos.

Robbies foliage, Robos garage. His mobile tyre fitting

yesterday in, yeah, cars jacked up on the side of the road and he's putting new tyres on it. Alright, it's busy, boy.

Yeah, Jim does a lot. He does get around you.

Scotty updates with you. Yeah, not too much, I thought.

I thought, David, you're gonna talk about this picture.

What you can fit in a van that Toyota High ace with the Suzuki Cappuccino. China.

Yep. Yep.

I thought that's what you were about to mention.

Oht No, I haven't seen that one. I was like.

Yeah, I've seen that yet. Cappuccino when you're biassed,

if you like see Rob that, that's all you need.

You just need like a little Japanese K sports car like a cappuccino or a or a coping coping.

Yeah, you could put the roof down.

You and Deb can just drive off and it'll be fine.

It'll be fun. You want something that's 4

wheel drive that you can park in there so that way when you park you can go off to the state national parks.

Well there is a there is a K journey as well from in Japan so. Which is it's just it's just you

know. That's it.

I think that's it. And we got the pressure reporter

bucks for $0.90, so I can, I'll show you next time I see you.

So Scotty updates with you, man. Yeah, nothing really.

I've haven't done much else. Haven't really touched the 31.

It's still just sitting there under a new car cover now and.

You can't cover that. That's the key.

Yes, that's I guess that's key, the ones a bit ratty and got holes and stuff in it, so I thought I'd treat it to a new car cover so it's looking much nicer.

Under the new car cover, where next door neighbours Cat likes to sleep on top of it. So is it kept outside?

Is it Scotty? It's still.

It's still undercover. It's like a carport.

Apple. OK, yeah.

So it's undercover for most of the weather and things like that, but just extra protection from dust and rain that can still get in. So just to cover up that little

bit more. Absolutely.

Yeah, it seems. Yeah, pretty much ready for the

roadie. Just when I can get a chance to.

Take it in somewhere and look. I'm sure they'll probably find

something else that needs to be done.

I'm sure that I've missed, but just a place where I could take it to where they can say. You know, have look and go, OK,

looks like I would probably need this and they can just do it there on the spot, you know, just the little bits and pieces that I could possibly miss that I haven't seen.

So I'm not sure 100% what else they check.

Yeah. Got a rough idea on that, but

you know obviously there's going to be some bits and pieces that I might I might miss or just neglect it.

It's it's very close. I think you know, we can we can

definitely get that done. We needed that.

We need it ready for classic Japan.

And it's going to happen, yeah. So yeah.

December, December, so that that is your deadline.

Some sickies. December the 3rd.

Very well, very good. We'll have to get there.

I can either speak to my mates or, you know, or whoever we can, we can try to get it on the road ASAP.

Awesome. Thank you Mr. David Prince.

Let me think, I've got a little bit of a list here.

The city needs a battery, so I'm gonna go and have to scrounge a battery from somewhere. Actually, Richard Bedford

batteries, especially, we've got an RSVP card to get a bit of a discount, so if they're on special I might just grab one from there. Um, it was pretty.

It's always been quite weak. But you know, I hadn't driven

for a couple of weeks and turned, went to start the other day and there was just enough. And not a light, not a click,

not another. So charge it up and managed to

sell it and take it for a spin. But you know, it's just not used

enough now, I don't think at the moment to to keep the battery charged up. So a new battery is not a huge

investment to actually give it that 100% reliability back again, yeah. So do their Civic waggon.

OHP is is moving ahead the head gasket stunned.

Now the we're just waiting on a Bush for the engine brace and then timings being sorted out. The the distributor had been in

the wrong place. I think I mentioned that before.

That would be fiddling. That's now in the right place,

and the total is power that it didn't have before, so that's a good thing. I haven't driven it since then,

but I've been assured that it's a different card or what it was when it got up there, so that's good.

The red scabs still at the mechanic I dropped in today said yeah, I keep walking past it. He said OK, till this week, I

promise. Doesn't That's alright, That's

alright. Just checking your work, you

know so. But he had two EH waggons in

there as well today. So I said, you're developing a

bit of a name or a reputation here for things from last century, aren't you? So.

He yeah, he said Word of mouth, he said Obviously there's, but both of them were on full Ridge, which I thought was pretty, pretty unusual. These days you don't see many

EHS on full range. That's very cool.

So they're they're 60 year old cars now too.

And Kath got home today in the ZRV and first thing she said to me was you. Were you listening to Spotify?

I think I've had this discussion with.

Betty before, but we share a Spotify account which I think might be not long for this world because it just whatever I'm listening. If I happen to be listen to

Spotify, she could be in her car and.

All of a sudden it just comes on in her car like she's nowhere near me and the car immediately. Yeah, I'd upgrade the account so

you OK because if you only got 1 user account, whoever's on the first gets priority. OK.

So I've upgraded my account so cuz like listen, it'll be on my home, my home. I'll say I left it on the plane,

was at home, not like what I want to play.

OK. The funny thing is though,

that's not even the new cars got wireless car play, but she doesn't even select Spotify. You should be listening to the

radio or something and it will just automatically hook in.

As soon as I find hooks like even if the phone looks up to like I know my car, soon I'll hop in the car like the Bluetooth connects, Spotify start playing like mine.

Yeah. OK, so it's not a holder thing,

it's a Spotify thing and it's me being cheap.

OK, alright, job tonight to go on and try and upgrade the account. Good luck finding that password.

Just another thing too. There's a company called Comet

Batteries there a supplier of various batteries from UPS batteries to car batteries to sell alternators and whatnot.

I actually had to buy a new battery for the Mercedes couple weeks ago, and I've got the price at Repco and Autobahn.

They're like Mercedes. Batteries are pretty big, yeah.

About $270. I've got one for $150.00 Wow.

And as the US manufactured battery too, well, that's pretty. Good point.

Difference. Yeah, big difference.

OK. I'll have a look for that.

Yeah, I'll do that. That's great.

Yeah, yeah. OK.

OK. OK.

Thank you. Does super cheap sell batteries?

We do, yeah. If you can.

I can get you a price if you'd like.

Yeah, that's right. Sorry.

Good enough on your plate. No, that's right.

It's just one. It's just one.

That's my. Yes or no.

Good to drive the CRB up through the air of early on the weekend, which was very nice. Very happy with that.

Very nice driving car compared to the the obviously having which wasn't bad, but this is much nicer to.

Especially loaded up with a few people ride, ride and handling, compromising it has really, really good.

Really. Amazing.

Doesn't have a picnic table though, does it?

That's a Zeta. Are they not a CI?

Ohz, CRR, CRR. The first two gens had picnic

tables. They don't have them anymore

which is I was actually had that discussion with them via Instagram with Honda yesterday. You know they they what's the

what's your favourite memory? I actually organised at first

Gen in a second Gen for their media launch last week for them and also gave them all the the brochures from each generation and they actually posted photos of all the brochures spread out, which was pretty cool. That's so cool.

Wow. What's your favourite on

Instagram? What's your favourite CD?

CR, V memory? And and I just commented that

the the picnic table was a revelation back in the day.

But yeah, it's a shame that it's no longer a thing but they're incredible that first Gen when they first came out, I know heaps of people that bought them and even non car people just because it was a you know handy size.

It was easy to get in and out and they would just rave about them to whoever would listen. Column shift autos.

I mean that was a real throwback too.

I mean there were not many column shift orders in the mid in the by the late 90s though you know all T bars and stuff but you know good cars and then going up in price.

Now if you can find a good early one, a lot of them died in the Takata Fiesco, but a lot of them got compulsorily acquired.

But if you can find a surviving first Gen, I reckon they're going to go up and continue to go up in value.

Absolutely. There's nothing wrong with them.

Yeah, they'll have two or three 400,000 cases on the clock and they're still running fine, so. The one was shared 2nd Gen 1.

My sister, yeah. 2002 The 1st or the 2nd?

Shared the the window computator.

Was played up and one other thing that she always had troubles with. Suspension, I think that's very

well. It was a very well in the end it

was like it was just like, I don't know, it was like cause it would always pick up oil. In the end, it had 200 and

300,000 cases of it. Almost OK.

In the end. Towards the end, but held up

pretty well. Yeah, the first with the 2.4,

two 2.4 litre engine rather than the two litre.

So they went pretty well. Those, yeah, I have heard of

window regs before, you know, not being great or or the motors in them giving up, but but it didn't stop the wheels going round. So that's what they're still

going on the road taking. As long as you keep popping the

oil up, they'll be fine. Keeps popping up.

Yeah, yeah. The early ones too.

If you didn't change the degree to foil, they they could you know if you were on on full lock or you know doing a U turn or something, you could the the rear diff would make a bit of a noise but that was easily fixed. You just, you know change your

oil in the rear different that after it got overlooked in you know if they weren't being dealer service sort of thing.

But yeah, no good things about me.

I think for you many you've been too sick to update anything.

No. Well, I.

Because I've been staying at my brother's place for the last year, few weeks now and I will be for five weeks.

He's going to do something his car related shenanigans so I got his C63 surface so it was due for a bee service so that was cabin philtre air philtre oil philtre oil diff oil and eight spark plugs and I think yeah and and and a wheel alignment we got with it as well because it had arms and bushes done and.

Then we kind of caught up in the air and he was like this things really, really good. You know, it's been well looked

after. You can tell they've always

replaced things when needed replacing.

So they got all done. So that's got a fresh bill of

health and my brother was happy with that.

But I haven't been able to see any of my cars cause I've been walking to work. So I think I've been walking to

work everyday except for this week cause I haven't been there.

But that's been pretty much, you know my car I'm.

Leaving some money then. Yeah.

Well, no, the 360 business. The C63 just drinks like a fish,

man. Like like that car is just the

most thirstiest thing, but it's but it sounds so good.

He's got out. What generation is it?

Is it? W 204 So it's the the previous

one to yours. It's like. 091 isn't it 09?

It's a 10. It's a 10.

Is it a flip up screen screen? Yeah, it's it's an early it's.

A preface here. Yeah so preface slip but it's

the mini facelift between within the first year and so it's gonna push button start and all that stuff whereas the like the early ones still had the key start with the you know they're they're big key that they've got So yeah it's it's a cracking drive like it's it's I can see what I like and the the the mechanic that was fixing it it was having a chat he's like I remember when these were new and I had a guy. 22 year olds bought

1 brand new and his dad bought a friend cause his dad was a very wealthy man and he's like every two weeks he back in getting a new set of rear tyres like religiously for like a good few years. He's like they were just this

guy would just churn sets like you know beat the crap out of it and just come in get another second.

Daddy was paying for it and so he's like I got very fun memories of this because they made a lot of money but to to there actually a really good car so so yeah he checked that he said it was really really good so they are it's they are remarkably solid drive like they.

That I feel really good on the road and um, just an AV8.

I've said it before in the show they just do real real animal of a car. They just pull like a train.

It's a very special engine there like it's a it's a generally A masterpiece it's it's a beautiful beautiful engine.

So, so that so that's been the reason why I've only driven a short distances. I drove it to go vote.

I drove it to. I drove to dinner with my sister

on Friday night. And I was like, geez, where that

half tank like? That was like 60 bucks.

I was like, this is, this is a joke.

So I'm making it up though by walking to work or not going to work. Is this the start of these these

first two days. So yeah, so so that's been

pretty much me. I've got to go pick up my scamp.

So I've got to go do that. I've just been to pick that up.

What else has been happening on my end?

I think that's pretty much it coming up to my service month which is which is next, which is next month, I mean which goes from November to December where I get all the cars serviced and.

So yeah, I'll have to do that next month, but I need to get tyres for the not a not a great time of the year to be doing it, Maddie. No, but my need to rethink that.

Can you push that until sort of Feb March or something like that? I might push into Jan because

it's the mechanics are quieter than anyway and that's true.

And you, and you've got a bit of time on your hands.

Every bit of time on my hands and the and I will have recovered some money and. It'll be good.

I've got my brothers dog giving throw me the ball at the moment just throwing throw to. So yeah, that's been pretty much

it on my updates. Yeah, that's that's been it.

Just on Ben's I was talking to make the other day who had a W2O2C36 waggon. Well that's going to be a rare

car. I think there are two genuine

ones in Australia I think, he said.

Not to Aussie delivered. Yeah, it's already delivered,

but he just sold it. But we got pretty good money for

it, I gotta say, but only because someone said, ohhhhh, baby, you're gonna sell that car, you know?

And it was someone that he, and it wasn't me, sadly, because I'd always said that's a lovely car. I mean, if you were buying a 202

waggon, that would be the one to get.

And he had it like 18 years for a long time.

But but yeah, all things come to the end, I suppose, you know, time to move things on sometime. So yeah, but.

It's it's from the carriage and and the C63 and she's like, OK, yeah, it's a ridiculously fast car.

But she's like, do these come as a waggon?

I'm like, I'm like, yes, yes they do.

Cause it's funny because like having like a big dog anyway like a big golden retriever you you kind of think about everything for the dogs like that's a lot.

So like are you know I can put him in the back and and I'm like I'm like yeah it's easy to three waggon would would be would be epic and and then she was then she she supposed to my to my shock and horror looked them up on cars so she's like she's like they're more expensive than the sedans.

I'm like, yeah, because they're quite rare.

There was one that was a addition 5071507 edition, which is like the the flared guards, like like as a waggon.

That has to be a very rare car. 57 waggon would be epic.

And she's like, she's like, yeah, that's a very cool car, but she's like, we're not spending over $100,000 for a old Mercedes Waggon. And you know, I proceeded to say

I said, normally I wouldn't say this, but the logical side of me is keen for the for the one time in ever in my life, the fuel economy on this thing is horrendous.

So that is also another thing you got to got to take the consideration. Look at you growing up, Maddie.

Look at you. She actually looked at me.

She actually looked at me and said wow, that's that's incredible. I can't believe you just said

that. Yeah.

I mean it's it's I mean it'll be so worth it but Oh my goodness the I mean the C 63507 like a 507 waggon would be would be just epic. But flag gods, you know big

wheel. It looks sick, but I'd be

terrifying every time you go to the browser.

Wouldn't. It be great, be great going to

the beach, the dog park and then you can drive the small car in between. Just drop the Fiesta everywhere

else and then. Could be called the Thomas car,

yeah. 63 But yeah, it was it was quite funny how she perceived to

look up the waggons and then me look for a change be the reason.

What can you expect? She's been on the podcast now

you know like he's a car person. She's one of us.

She's one of us now, I've got to tell her, and she probably have a heart attack. No, very, very good.

But yeah, well, 5 by 7 range where you want to be.

Moving on, gentlemen, to tonight's topic.

Now, David, you said a really good topic for us earlier in the day. I did, I did You want me to tell

people what it was? I would love you to tell people

I was You just asked what we're thinking about and and I was just thinking most out our epic little Japan trip into which we spent a lot of time talking about driving in different places. Just a thought why don't we talk

about dream destination for car for drives for different for different car holidays not necessarily sea cars but just roads that are well known and and drives that people do there, there you know plenty there there's you.

The good thing is you can go locally you can go say you can go nationally you can go internationally.

So it's really the the only limiting factors really your imagination I suppose. Pretty much so.

The only thing cause like my brother's in Europe at the moment and you know, he's always on the there's on the autobahn the other day flying or falling around and he went to BMW's, you know, headquarters and stuff yesterday and all that.

So, so he's kind of doing one on one of my dream was going to come to Germany, going out going on the autobahn doing from Berlin to Munich. You know Autobahn around, just

straight, straight through would be what's he driving?

I'm not too sure. I haven't even asked him yet,

so. But they've got a it's

important. It could be a Cleo.

When you know 1.3, you know, like mind you, that you could

still have a wound up to, you know, nearly 200 kilometres an hour probably. But that is true.

That is true. But he's he's got his his

parents his mother and father in law with him.

So I think they've got an SUV of some description or or a mini van after double check I I. The time difference is we've

we've kind of been economists each other a little bit.

So yeah, I get that. I know.

So I have to have a chat to him after the podcast, but but yeah, I think the Autobahn, just to say that I've been on the Autobahn to you know, and then go to and do do like a pilgrimage to all, like you have to pour shots or Mercedes to AMG, BMW to go to all the different factories.

I mean, Rob, Harley and David, I think you guys have done, you guys have done those tours, the bids and Porsche.

I've haven't been to BMW, Volkswagen.

I would like to go to Wolfsburg and and actually see the Volkswagen plant. I reckon that would be pretty

awesome. Would you get a what's called

the A Carrie Worst. Of course, yeah, yeah, I know

you have to do that. But I love the the big glass

tower with the with the arms that that just forecast for the cars out and pull the cars down and imagine if something went wrong with it and imagine if you know one of the you know bearings went in the in the ramp or something.

You gotta ask yourself that question because it's it's a German, it's a German product. So but it's true, but has.

Harsh, but but you know, they probably have Japanese machinery into it, though that that would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?

Yeah, that wouldn't be you. But yeah, that that would be

very, very cool. And you have to park in one of

those hotels where you can actually park your car into your room. Oh, what?

Yeah. Yeah.

That's in Germany. Germany got the guy in Stuttgart

and Munich. It's called like a motor like

motor. Can't remember name of the.

Hotel or something like. That it's a matter World Hotel

or something like that, and you actually drive your car right next to your bedroom with that's all glass so you can see your car parked right next to you. That's it.

And it makes the like the beds like I say in front of a like a like a ACL or something. Or like different rooms like the

450 suite or the BMW suite and all like The Beatles.

Sweet. And then what you do from your

room, you walk out into the lobby, which is a motor museum.

Yeah, it's. Called, if you Look it up, Motor

World Hotel Munich and is one of Stuttgart as well.

Wow. Waterworld Hotel Munich.

Yeah. You can drive your cold.

And that sounds really cool, borderline, a bit creepy and a bit, you know, weird. Reminds me of when Honda donated

all these banners to the car club and we thought, what are you going to do with these six metre long banners, you know, and someone said, well you could make doona covers and I thought, yeah, I don't know about that, that's.

Wasn't it? Wasn't coming home OHS sorry.

Wasn't Cath coming home? And you?

You've changed the shades and you see that I don't.

I think that would be like grounds for possible divorce, like, you know, I will be. All made or made some curtains.

Yeah, curtains. I've just changed the curtains.

Check out the living room. The man cave.

I I remember when Kath said this specifically, the garage is your is your space and that's right. That's right.

I'd be living out there. Yeah.

You know, it's funny, talking curtains.

I actually have in the garage, I have a bag of curtains that my mother in law was going to give to the op shop probably 20 years ago now. And they were the curtains from

cats, younger brothers bedroom. And they're really thick linen

curtains, but they've got all old pictures of Grand Prix cars on them, you know, old Aston Martins, Alexanders and stuff like that, and old Benzes and stuff.

Or like 50 sort of stuff. All original.

I said, yeah, I think I might have those and I'll hang on to them before this time. I'd really like to get like a

chair upholstered in it or something like that.

One of those big wingback chairs.

I just needed a place to have it, but that would be cool that'd. Be good.

What do you do, David? Is when she's when Castle home

you change, you change them and then see how long it takes for her to notice. You know she.

Doesn't under a minute, Under a minute.

I give a 30 seconds like. Yeah, 103.5.

Yeah, hello. Yeah, I'm just got this place

now. Robin Holly This is actually

kind of cool. It's it's it's weird, but it's

cool. Like I I'd I'd do it.

Like if you say like, that's like the bed.

In the different beds, they're like, they're like, yeah, Beatles and everything. Different types of German cars

is the beds. Wow.

Yeah, so the the one you should have called V8 Motor World like hotel and the one you're using this single beds like you know in the in the kids bedroom. Not a big.

They thought, we thought of it saying something like a like, I think like moves like almost 1.8 wide.

Someone you know. I'll have to look that up.

Bits of capsule Hotel Mattie, I suppose.

Yeah. Well, I mean, it seems we've

done a capsule that we can do anything.

But, you know, it gets me, gets me with that.

It kind of reminds me of the old Hungry Jacks, how I used to have like, the the cars. They was like an American diner,

like you'd hop into the cars. That's what kind of reminds me

of. Sorry for our American friends.

That's that's a Burger King. Sure.

How do you say Burger King? But yeah, that that kind of

reminds me of that a little bit. But I'd actually definitely do

that, but you'd be. You gonna disappoint if you had

a rental car and it was like a, you know, it was like a like a like a Vauxhall Corsa or something that would be so miserable. Like, I don't look at it, I

wanna keep it outside like OHS. So what about you guys?

Where do you would you like to go for your your dream car pilgrimage holiday slash adventure?

I would. I reckon it depends what kind of

car. So like there's a car that's for

every place around the world. And I was thinking, when it

comes to muscle cars, would have to be like Route 66.

Yeah, I've got that one down. Just to Thunder along there and

then. What would you have?

What would you have that be? The key?

You know, I'd probably go with a Dodge Charger.

Both. He'll he'll, he'll he'll turn

around halfway and come back and grab the other one and.

Now I think it's something that I haven't seen.

We don't really get them here. So I can, yeah, one of the new

Dodge Chargers would be just. Absolute fun.

Be hilarious, I think, because we see Mustangs here all the time now. They're kind of.

Like, you would be great to drive one, but like I, I've got the opportunity to drive one because we have them here.

Yeah, but you know, obviously not really for a Dodge Charger, so that would be awesome fun. And for some reason, the new

Camaros don't really. Yeah, do it for me.

So yeah. Dodge Charger would be spot on,

just plodding along. Couple burnouts here and there

on the straights. Are going to be great fun.

It's funny you say that. Like today I saw the most

clapped out like destroyed must like 2017 Mustang.

Like it was it was body parts were different coloured and the exhaust was hanging off and the guy was doing burnouts like the set of lights and everything. I was like this poor car and he

was and I'm like no wonder why the car looks like it's been rattle canned in paint because it's looks like it's had a very hard. Life.

Yeah, I saw one just the other day too.

It was a convertible one and it was already kind of ripped.

On top from the convertible roof and the back, you know badging bit with a big Mustang circle. Bad head was like smashed just

destroyed not there and just. I don't know where they kept it,

but I don't know how things would fade that fast.

But it just looked like what was.

It just looks like it was sitting in.

Somewhere close, very close to the sun.

Was like hopefully it doesn't become like a VN Commodore of like you know, parks in your, in your, on on your lawn.

It's so disappointing. That will end up like that.

They're they're as common as anything, aren't they?

Well, let's hope not. But anyway, we'll we'll, we

shall see. I mean, that's a good one.

There's something for patina, but yeah, there's patina and there's patina, isn't it? It's like 5 years old.

Yeah. Like how?

How do you get it to that way in just yeah, like 5 years.

I just, I was in mind. I don't want to.

See their house. It's $70,000 car.

Like like like it's a GT as well.

Yeah, like, how does that happen?

Understand. Yeah, like on the streets you

see him parked at them, you know, like.

Bring Newport and you know, all the way down Port Melbourne and all the all the little narrow, single fronted, terraced homes.

You see all these Mustangs backed out on the road these days. There's nowhere to keep them.

But like, like they weren't like Andrew if you bought a drink COVID, they were really cheap. Like they were really cheap

during COVID to buy one and people just like fresh them as Bailey. So you can pick one up for like

low 30s in COVID GT, yeah? Well, that's that's cheap.

That's cheap, yeah. So maybe Scotty, just Route 66,

does that go right across America?

I'm not. I know because I've heard of it.

I'm just gonna go Chicago. Yeah.

Heads down, South, West. Oh, Yep, Yep.

Across the middle. Yeah, the middle and then sort

of down through Arizona, California.

Now remember the bit around California and that, but not 100% where it keeps on going. So I know it's huge Rd.

Yeah. Zuri kind of stream games from

Missouri up here down that way. Yeah, but sections of it cut

off. You have to go around on the

main highway back onto it. Section 7 been repaired.

We try to follow it from Arizona back to LA because they finished the Santa Monica pier. That's standard.

Route 66. Yeah, it's like, yeah, so and it

starts somewhere in Chicago, downtown Chicago and it goes all the way down. But the roads are somewhat

washed away. I've never repaired them.

There's still concrete embedded route 66 on the concrete strips and and painted onto the roadways and old closed down off the freeway to get onto it And then like you drive on a bit then you have to get on the freeway again.

OK. Yeah.

It's not just one continuous Rd everywhere.

A lot of it's been cut off by. Things from a tourist point of

view, it would be worthwhile actually.

It's exciting, but. Yeah, it's too hard because the

the actual rivers, the sections of roads away and stuff like that. And they build new multiplayer.

Highways over. Yeah, highways over.

It OK, OK. Yeah.

But you could still do it. So you could go on certain

parts, go over and come back on and go over and come back on, Yeah, of course, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, 7080% of it, Yeah. It's all drivable, sort of

throughout, on and off. Well, easily.

But then it seems totally just washed away, closed off.

While they were when we went, so I don't know if they fixed them or not. They should be plenty of diners

along the way, I'm guessing. You're honest, Yeah, they're

Donuts for the further north down W southwest.

People, Yeah, sort of, Yeah, Few and far between.

But there are some diners here and there.

Here, yeah, there were. I think they're clothes would

have drove past. It was the middle.

Of nowhere. Yes, I.

Wonder if it's? You know, one of that thing is

it's like how you're it's probably more well known or more highly thought of outside of America than than inside America. Think.

Think. What do you think of like Route

66? Also like as you see in cars

like Radiator Springs, you think of parts of Route 66 years like deserted, like like that's how like is like a few like houses and maybe like a shop that's closed down our old service station. That's all you see.

Yeah, that's how. That's how Route 66 is now most

places. Arizona saw, yeah.

So David, you said you'd wanna do that that drive as well, what would you have? Taken.

I take like a 70s Cadillac, the biggest.

Bloodiest like. Fleetwood sedan or Eldorado

coupe or something? I was in in the States many,

many years ago and people we stayed with said you know I'll take my car, you know to get out the shops and it was a Cadillac, Eldorado, Biarritz you know, so 2 door coupe thing which was like. 25 feet long or something. It was just nuts, struggled Dr

Too Horrible thing it was. But yeah, there's they're

they're so different to what I usually like and enjoy.

I think I have to go to the opposite end of the spectrum just for the experience, I think.

But yeah, some of those all real square like a sort of Cadillacs from the from the 70s and 80s. I think they're pretty cool with

about half a turn of playing the steering and.

You know. The floaty suspension over the,

I think that I always think of the suspension like that that had we're in in Japan, in in Nagoya that they basically had no resuspension left after it's 580,000 K or whatever it had done. I figure all those Cadillacs

would be like that. You know, they've just had the

sensation of going over a bump, but that's just be like.

It's a sea sickness inducing motion sickness inducing a rear fairly slow trip down Route 66 for me.

I don't think I couldn't buy into the Mustang convertible side of things. I'd have to get something a bit

old school. You have to go low and slow I

think. David, yeah.

Yeah, low and slight little me. It's the only way to do it, I

reckon. What about you?

For Route 66 or 4 or 4 for my next my next choice of places to go. Well, if you were doing roots,

is 60. 4066, that's a great question.

Like there's a I'd have to buy something super American or drop something super American. But like that's something that's

not just you cheesy V6 Mustang convertible that at everybody you know that everybody kind of kind of takes on the on on on on on on on America on. American we had a 4 door, 4

cylinder one actually. That's cool.

That's got more interest than I. Than I.

The basics OK so I would I would get a GT350R Mustang.

I think that would be that would be pretty cool.

That's that that would be. I'd go from race track to race

track and then you know, then bring back, keep going, that'd be that'd be an epic, epic drive.

What about you, Robin Harley? What would you say?

I'll take a Lincoln convertible, the Big 4 door.

Big cruiser or a Harley motorcycle?

Yeah, that's very American. That's cool about you, Holly.

Right, like the just like I'll do probably like in like a Grand Prix or something like big America pick up like a car or something. Go through them.

You know that. You can go off the road and drop

off the road and get back on whenever you want to see.

So you would need to worry about Route 66 being closed off in section. You just you just keep going.

Shelby F-150. Well, I saw one of those the

other day actually, I don't know that was that was pretty cool.

You just was driving behind me and overtook me and I was like cool, Well that come from. Anyway, that was that was that

was pretty cool. I wanna do yeah.

The trains Garren is I think it's called fans think garish transfer Garrison Highway. That goes.

From Romania to I think it goes into maybe Czech Republic or something like that. Yeah, I think Top Gear.

Did that one, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's supposed to be one of the

top roads in Europe. It's like the Stelvio, but

Stelvio is so busy. Yeah, I think I saw that one

rings a bell, like top gears being there.

Yeah, yeah. Like, I think they drive like

they like and they think they like some supercars like something like something like that.

And they slept in them for California or something.

Yeah. That's right.

That's very cool. So it sort of goes heads from

Bulgaria all the way up into, well, you can't go to Ukraine anymore, so you have to then cut across to.

Hungary or Slovakia, so yeah. It's just a big stretch of 1

year old. Yeah, it's just whiny.

Rd. It's all whiny, right?

It's back and forth all the way. And I think the Chinese had

something to do with some of the roads in Romania.

They're putting money into. The throwing a lot of money into

building the road, so they're real good roads.

I don't wanna do a. Would you be in a?

Sorry, mate. No.

So yeah, I was just. Gonna say you'd be in a ladder,

Neva, would you or? Later, Or maybe a Dacia.

Sandero or or. What they call they, they.

The preventive Trabant. Trevant.

What about a Nikki? You can get a Nikki.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

So now there's a lot of old European cars that you can maybe drive through there, but 9/11 Carrera?

Yeah, you can't go wrong with that.

One would be. Epic.

I've rambled on before about my my newfound love of of Scotland and I'd really love to be in C500, which is the North Coast road cuts across the North Coast and down the West Coast from.

I was looking before the there's a loop from Inverness starts in Inverness and finishes in Inverness and it's a about 650 miles and things. So it's it's a long way it's

it's it's is that the one that goes to the most northern point?

On the mainland, yeah. Yeah.

It's not the most northern point, yeah.

But yeah, stunning scenery and incredible driving roads and.

I mean, there's some, there's even one other where the.

With Sky Falls film there's now a Sky Fall Rd.

So cool the house in Skyfall was done for a was done for the movie. Yeah but the road that they

drove along to turn down the driveway is niggling Co up in on the West Coast. So when you go many that's

that's a definite must do. Absolutely.

Like you take me back to watching the movie when it first came out, I remember singing cinemas and and like, you know, the epic, you know, driving through the roads and you can just see it. Oh, it was epic.

And I'm assuming you take a. 35 Now things you mentioned

scribal. Yeah, I can't do the accent,

but. The, yeah, I don't know.

The TB five, yeah, it's funny, I've said it before.

I'm sure whenever I'm over there and I just sort of want to discovery. I just want to discovery because

it just, it sort of feels like it belongs there, you know?

Alright, I reckon that would be awesome.

Or even, you know, if I'm going all out, like a Range Rover, Vogue or something like that. Are gonna be pretty cool too.

Cover a lot of ground in pretty rapidly.

But this could be very cool. Not gonna this guy would would

would suit that. That's.

For sure. If you're listening, can you can

you sort that out for us next time we're over, please?

About one of those new Inios Grenadiers.

Yeah. Yeah.

I had an electric car experience in Scotland and I'm not going back there again, thank you very much.

And I would just like to go to Italy to be fair.

In some great rides easily. And there's some great rides in

Italy, but like I like to do the small streets and I'd love to do it in an original Fiat 500. You know it's it's it's a

cottage just made for that like it's made to just put around a little straight to Tuscany and and stuff like that and you know and imagine how cool you'd feel you know driving anything all these other things and you in your face up Hunter and you just park in front of little cafe and get out and have some food and.

Company in Florence that runs a fleet of them and and they take you out on a drive from Florence up through the winery up through the vineyards and. That's.

Cool. It's very cool.

Supercars up through Monaco in these hills there because they're so narrow. Yeah.

It's just amazing how they drive their cars through there.

Well, the answer is Fiat 500, yeah.

Chin. Question.

So yeah, I would I I think I would love to go to Italy either do that, rent that experience or or or buy one or or or having fun with that and. You know I reckon that are

better just being epic epic trip because it's a car that belongs in it belongs there. It was made to do that and and

there's there has to be a lot said for cars that are made to do those certain things like like we said earlier with the.

Excuse me, the American cars are you know big floaty, low and slow across the Route 66, you know, but they're made to do that. Whereas you know the little pay

500 made to do the little city streets of of of you know of Florence and and and stuff like that and and that that for me just like that's just that's like a perfect you know perfect match. You know, there's some real nice

roads, but I'd love to go down to Florida Keys, just on that London Bridge all the way down. Ocean Science.

Yeah. Keep on, keep on driving

straight. Yeah, that'd be awesome.

And across all of Baron Convertible or something like that. No, even worse, AA Sebring a

Sebring convertible. Yeah.

That is a horrible car. I have some Mercedes to some

extent. They were, Yeah, They were.

Really. They were.

They were not. So is that hideous?

What was that thing that looked? Like a dog doing its business on

the. Footpath, The Cross, The

Crossfire. That's the one.

That's the one that was based on Mercedes too, and look what they did. To us, I believe it was.

As a Co OK, well, that's. OK.

Yeah, it's OK. It was an older.

It's OK. Yeah.

I kind of actually like them. I don't know why, Betty.

No. I I didn't like when they first

came out and then I was like, I was like don't you kind of a they're actually kind of styled car if you look at them in a bit more detail and I remember my brother telling me.

He was at a party one night and and the the the family like the friends of the family that were there.

One guy had a rocked up in his in his cries of crossfire and he was telling everybody how good it was and he's like everybody talks about skylines mentality of the skyline it's all mentality He's like they've only got small engines 2.6 litres

mate get a crossfire over 3 litres.

I'm just like, my brother's telling me this.

I'm just like this guy's getting a clue.

They're I kind of looked into him and then I then I actually saw one like, you know, because there are very few and far between here and. And I had a good look at 1:00

and. They're actually quite styled.

I'm I'm you know I I wouldn't. I wouldn't say.

Anything even as well SRT6. Six Yes.

Supercharged V6 add yeah. You're probably very rare which

probably went very well. But that, yeah, it's it's one of

those cars that. They didn't really work, did

they? Like they just they just didn't.

Know. So.

Did you ever work on one, David? Oht not remember actually

working on one of those. That's how rare they are gonna

Sebring that's for sure. But and some PT cruisers back in

the day. But yeah, I can't remember

whether across high, but yeah, they always struck me as quite novel. Put it this way, David, My mom

actually liked PT Cruisers, and I think she's come a long way to the fact. That she is.

Buying a Civic Typer. So I think she's got a long way,

yeah. He has.

Gosh, what a change. She's like it looks really cool

and old and and I'm like, I'm like mom, it's a Chrysler like what are you doing? But anyway, that's that.

That was. That was when I was a long When

was a kid along? Time ago.

So moving on from Chrysler Sebring Convertibles.

Yeah, to to to something else. German.

Where else would you like to? Would you like to travel and the

car you would? Take PCH is another good one.

Pacific Coast Highway. Um, in through California.

That goes up through. Basically.

Moves, Obispo and Santa Barbara and all those sort of.

Monterey Hurst Castle. You go past some famous places,

some real nice places. Does that go through the Angeles

Crest? Highway, because that was on my

list. Like it's in the canyons in

California. Couldn't tell you.

You got the main highway that goes up through sort of inland a little bit and then you got the PCH which follows the coast all the way up and you can sort of turn off it in a few places to go up back towards you. You said to me National Park and

then back to Monterey and stuff like that.

And yeah, it's just some awesome places right throughout.

It's a real a real nice Rd. And it gets pretty warm places

too, and it's just sort of ride right on the cliffs all the way through. Someone gets car sick in the

back. Yeah, it was in the Suburban,

Chevy Suburban. Yeah.

So what car would you take then? Your night lying what you know.

Some sort of like a Ferrari California.

How's that? Yeah, that's pretty.

Yeah, yeah, why not? If we were dreaming.

Let's dream big. In California, California.

Yeah. Any other ones, gentlemen,

anywhere in Japan? You gotta do it, dude.

You gotta do it, yeah. Is making a change of sceneries

around, you know, city, driving on their highways and then just drive through all the rice fields and country roads, mountain roads, just all of them.

Could you guys drip down through the corners as you went down the hills? And yeah, Toyota Sienta was very

sideways. Yeah, yeah.

There's a great, there's a a great great roads up around Mount Fuji. Obviously that's where Funder

Drive is based where you can rent the classics.

But there's a Fire 5 Lakes or Seven Lakes Dr too that's pretty well known, very, very scenic, fantastic bit of Rd.

But yeah, you're right. Pretty much anywhere in Japan

would be cool. Yep, I couldn't narrow it down

to just one section or anything like that.

In fact, I'll be the expressways are great.

We travel on a few expressways and I've got the most incredible roadside sort of shopping areas and and restaurants and cafes and. Yeah, toilets and all that sort

of stuff. But then if you you can set the

set Nov not to use tolls and that just takes you a whole other way through all the little towns and there's little sort of single roads and through little villages and stuff and that's that's got a whole other appeal as well too.

Pretty much can't talk top tip if you do to go to Japan, just hire a car somewhere anyway. There's a lot to be said for the

public transport, but it takes it to another level to get in the car and go driving around. Yeah, and they all got like GPS

and stuff that you can change into English now anyway.

Yeah, yeah. So it's not overly scary.

It was. It was pretty easy to get.

It was pretty easy to get around Japan, to be fair.

The roads are logical. It kind of makes sense.

Next time I'd love to do some, I'll do a lot more driving, I think. I think we would probably hire

some more cars or bringing my car, bringing our cars there, that'll be, that'll be good. SPICE, Sorry.

Use any apps with picture translations or word translation when you take photos or I just used Google Translate on my phone. I'll speak to translate.

I said can you do you have this? And then apply it and then like

yes and then. They work quite well.

He actually talked a lot of taxi drivers asking them how many kilometres is his taxi done. I would, I just, I'd have it pre

pre saved on my phone. I just play it.

Then there are the common reaction was to law like this Is God for real? Yeah.

Was, was worth it. Absolutely worth it.

Those are good. You want the Florida Keys, like

that's pretty, not pretty nuts. Like if you guys have seen David

and Scott, I don't know if you guys have seen like pictures of that like it's it's actually, it's actually insane like you you're quite literally driving on the ocean.

Islands are something 40 or 50 islands, 51 islands or something and just bridge out the bridges to connect to islands to Key West. Yeah, yes.

I've seen it in like movies and stuff.

Yeah, yeah, that stretch of roads.

Yep. Is it only like one way in, one

way out or? Yeah, It's, yeah, it's.

Like a hard line highway. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, that plays out pretty obviously when they have a a cyclone coming, doesn't it? Or a tropical storm, you know,

and that it's a, you know, 40 kilometre long long traffic jam 's not a good time. Whatever.

Good rates. I mean, we've got some great

rates here in Australia. We're about the Nurburgring.

Yeah. You get Bold Germany.

Yeah. You got the number?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, there's some places for Switzerland and Austria.

Some roads are just phenomenal roads, you see, and it's so well maintained. They're just brilliant.

It's the lines like like brand new, like it's like a raid was freshly made. I don't know how they keep him

so, so clean and so new. And those are the acute care

because there's a different. Keep the tracks off, than the

trucks are on their owner bands and the.

Yeah, my neck. And you've been a Victoria.

We've got the, you know the. That's not the Oxy Havens Valley

Highway and you know. Barry why all these roads that

go up into the snowy mountains with light colour roads?

There's just so many great roads that we've got here, Phenomenal roads. We're actually talking about a

week out between Christmas and New Year hitting up to Sydney and but going up through Romeo and across the top that way.

Never done that and everyone says that's a brilliant drive.

So I'm I think we might do that. Goes up to Dartmouth and cut

back across to Corryong and then you can go up for Cancun and over the mountains and you end up through Thredbo and then through Snowy Mountains, Cooma, Canberra.

Work. On Monaro Hwy.

It's a bit more direct, but you gotta go up the Princess Highway a little bit further before you turn left up the Monaro Highway.

Some, and it's all sealed. Beautiful whiny rides all the

way up. Looking forward to that.

Tazzy is another great place you want to that's that was actually the last on my list. I wanna get a tussie.

I wanna take my Fiesta St there and just enjoy the windy cool roads that. That's a good car choice for

that these roads have to offer. That would be a lot of fun.

McCall in a car that's small and that you know that that's got good handling, I think that a bit epic.

That tells Rotten the motorcycle feet maybe two years ago, Three years ago, through Tessie. I was sitting on about 100 and

7000 and 80. And Kyle was catching me.

OHS. He was catching me.

It was like. I think it was undercover

policeman so backed right off. Exhibit He's gone around me like

I was standing still. He would have been doing 200

plus. Just let let me go, sorry.

What happened in Vic? No way.

No way in hell. Even if you're just doing 102 in

100 zone. Yeah, right.

Oh, you're naked. Yeah, Geez.

You do go a long way to beat the Ocean Road, the Great Ocean Road. That's an awesome drive.

Yep, even just through the Otway ranges too.

Yeah, Yep, Yep. Although the roads have

deteriorated so much, there's a real industry in making rough Rd signs for the side of the road. Not fixing the roads, just

making a sign telling you it's a rough Rd, but you could you know if you need it. But you can't beat the Great

Ocean Road in the 80s. It was the best back then.

I think restricted. Soon as you get out of Anglesey

it's it's 100 guys but used to be the all day restricted sign right through. You'll have a couple towns where

you slow down a little bit and then it's 100K again but they do 100 and never. Motorcycles were always doing,

yeah, ballistic speeds. Different time to be alive

wasn't wrong. It's different time, alright.

Shall we get to the quiz, gentleman?

Sure. I got I got one more quick one.

Yeah, but. This is if you're totally rich

and. It's illegal anyway, but doing

the Cannonball Run challenge that happened in America, so.

I think if I had that kind of money to do up a car and get ready, I'd take a crack at the record.

What? You'll never be the record now

because they did it during COVID when there was just no traffic whatsoever. Yeah, I saw the little

documentary about that and what went into it and how they dressed up the cast to make it look like an Interceptor instead. And yeah, a lot went into that.

Was that the one with the with the E63 AMG?

One of them, Yeah. Yeah.

The, the one that got it during COVID, I think was in as an Audi, yeah. The same guy.

I think it was the same guy, but like I think.

It was it. Right once in 863 and then he

tried to get in in in the Audi during COVID that he held the record before the 863 well. Should be two separate records,

I reckon. What?

Would you Normal and Pandemic? What would you take, Scotty?

What would I take? I'd probably would go for like

an AMG. OK.

I think it just will just cruise at those speeds.

Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't matter.

It can be, you know, one of the, the new ones, the turbo ones, now V8. So I think it would just munch

up the miles. It would be comfortable because,

I mean, you're awake the whole time, yeah.

So it's got to be at least comfortable.

And. You could make it blend in a bit

too, and look like every other kind of Mercedes because the MG don't massively stand out unless you know your cars, yeah.

Else you can blend in quite well.

So yeah, it's probably right there if, you know, you know, kind of current though. Yeah, yeah, they are a bit,

yeah. Amazing how I just typed up the

hit the tile lights a little bit, it might look totally different. Yeah, I know.

Completely changed the look of it.

Put a Honda badge. It's a Honda Accord.

Maybe you could do it. Maybe just do it in like a

really done up Crown Vic. Oh, I thought it be epic.

Get it looked like one of the interceptors all black and.

Chuck a bigger Mustang V8 in it? Just that's probably the small

way to do it in a in a Crown Vic, to be fair.

Chuck antennas all over it? Oht that'd be genius.

But it used to be great when you said the Rip Go reliability trials around Australia and they did they actually fall from Melbourne to Perth once alright. Yeah, totally illegal.

And then they had one from Adelaide to Darwin, and I think that after that guy got killed in a Ferrari F40, yeah.

Yeah, put it it can that one. Why does it have to be the

minority? Ruins it for everybody.

Exactly, Eddie. Last ones before we move on to

the quiz. Ready for the go.

So you know, you know what it is, guys.

It's 10 questions plus some bonus questions.

First of all, I said we'll give first dibs.

Let's crack on. The Chaos Serrato name is to be

scrapped as the next generation model comes in.

What is it set to be called? So they're getting into Serato,

which has been here for many, many years.

I have no idea. I don't know what they're

changing to. What happened?

Current models that I have. I haven't read anything about

here. Haven't heard anything either.

You're well. Yeah, they're calling it the K4.

I don't. I don't get it but.

It's. 4 I kind of Professor Rado.

The canine. Keep it cheap, but that that's.

That would be a good idea, The canine and just have, you know, like carpets as easy to suck up fur and stuff like that.

You're on to something. Leon.

Pending patent pending. City car.

Yeah. You know, question 2, Why was

the Michelin Man white? Scott, Scott.

That's because that's the colour, what the tyres used to be. That's correct.

Yeah, Well then. I just read that.

Where did you read that? I just read about that.

I read that a while. Ago.

I just saw it. Like seriously?

Just yeah just yesterday. So basically fires before they

start adding dye and like charcoal to to colour and stuff.

Used to be the natural colour is white for robotized that's.

I think that's probably why they they smoke up.

Why I think that that might be, I don't know.

I might be. I might be wrong.

But could be, you know, bonus question.

Now the Michelin star for food. So do you all know what the

Michelin star is? Yeah, yes.

How did it? How did it come to be by the

company Michelin? Ally.

David Raw and Hollywood. Was like OK, like a handbook

like of like. Places to eat like from Michelin

used to give out. OK, sure.

Something like that. I'll give you a .5 you you're

almost there. Who could add to it?

Is it got to do or Scott, Scott, is it got to do with like for Rd trips and things like that, kind of like how RACV have theirs with the restaurants and stuff in it, that stuff like that.

I'll give you the other .5, well done.

So basically the Michelin star system first happened because Michelin began reviewing restaurants um so that more people would drive and in turn use their tyres more so they could get their tyres replaced. It was close.

It was classified as a as a few reasons.

Now this one I wanna I wanna read it to you.

In particular this is what it was said.

They began reviewing restaurants so that more people travel further further difference distances to in their cars to eat at these restaurants. This in turn would where their

tyres faster enforcement to buy more the sauce system Michelin news goes up to three and is broken down by whether or not it's but whether or not it's worth driving to the restaurant.

One star a very good restaurant in its category.

Two star excellent cooking worth a detour and three star exceptional cuisine worth a special journey.

So that that's how they that's how they how they how they should start officially happened.

Very clever, yes. So there's a bit of a tidbit for

you. Question three, which new

Chinese brand has said their new youth should be really soon will be better than the Hilux and the Ranger are making big claims, Rob. Is it the?

Right. Can't.

Who makes the cannon? Great Wall.

That's incorrect. Ohhh David.

David. Let's go have all havells

incorrect. It is at cherry incorrect BYD

have said that their new car is going to be going to be better than the Hilux and Ranger. I do.

That might make that sound. That landed that Question 4.

What Car is being named in car and drivers?

Annual Best cars 30 times more than any other vehicle.

David. David. 30 times more than any

other vehicle. Is it the Honda Accord?

There's the Honda record. Well done, David.

Yeah, it's been it's been in the top top ten cars or annual best cars 30 times more than any other car.

That's pretty crazy. Question 5.

Australia saw the first Ford laser with a turbo.

In which series of Ford Laser David?

I'm gonna say. Maybe KB is absolutely correct.

David Walton bonus question, what was it called?

David. David.

Which is called Laser Turbos. It's not White Lightning.

It is violent. It was called the White

Lightning or the Laser Turbo White Lightning.

It's interesting cause that was predated the silica white lightning, didn't it? So I'm surprised I related to

call it white lightning up to the forehead.

Anyway, you Well that was the bonus bonus question.

Well like what other company used the the white lighting night light? So we'll skip that, Harry.

So go check David on three. Scotty 1.5, Robert Holley on .5.

Still anybody's game. Anybody.

Approximately question 5. Approximately how many Rotary

engines has Mazda made over its Rotary journey I'll give closest to? David, I'll go hundreds. 150,000

1. 50K is is this just like we're not talking like racing

ones or anything, just that's how many, how many they've made?

Yeah, I'm not going to say like. Half a mil 500K.

We'll go 350,000, 350K. You guys are way off.

They sold over 2 million of them.

Ohhh 2 million rotaries. It's gotta get the chocolates

there, cause he's closest too. Even though I was away, I don't

think I deserve it. Really.

You're not. Giving it to me if you want,

yeah? Not even close.

SO in one year in particular I think was 1976 in in America, Japan sold over 100,000 rotaries like Rotary powered cars or so that that that's that they they did sell quite quite a lot of them question 6 BMW still make parts from what war era.

From what? War era?

Yes. From what war do they still make

parts for? Scott.

To be World War 2, World War 2 is correct.

Well, they still make possible World War 2 stuff.

I don't think there was much around for World War One.

Wow. I mean, you could have said the

Cold War. You could have said you could

get any other war, but you know that World War 2.

Name plenty of wars has been Yeah.

I'm question 7. How much of the autobahn

actually has no speed limit? So like I'm I'm after, if you

say, for example, less than half or half percentage, Yeah, so and so. Did you buzz him?

I was going to say not much. But you're being more specific

about, so I can go a bit more specific.

OK, go a bit more specific. I'm gonna say it's about 30%,

30%. OK, 40, 40.

Let's go 20. You're all way off.

Actually more than half till like 68% is really they restricted, yeah. Wow, I thought it was not that

much of it. So nobody gets any points there

because you run away. Off Yeah question 8, the

legendary Mercedes M-150 six 6.2 litre V8 which is found in you

know My Brother 663 was first found in What Car.

David, David, this is just a guess I've not cracked with codes. Was nest class incorrect?

That yeah, How? I think I don't know, isn't it

SL incorrect? Well, Scotty.

And a A series Incorrect. It was an CLK63 which which.

I was two, which, what's his name very Clarkson have.

Yeah, the Black Edition he had. Black Edition?

Of course it was COK, yeah. Hold on.

Alright, good prices at one stage.

Yeah, now they're ridiculously expensive.

Yeah, now they just got back up. Question 9.

The S&G box in the E36M3 was known as the what.

And before you guys say shit, I know.

I was gonna say colloquially or or was known as.

So it's acronym. It's something.

The couple owned something. Now that's that's what this

Porsche. It wasn't David.

It wasn't Tiptronic. Was it like the Porsche?

No, incorrect. Yeah, right.

Well. Get out.

I'm out. It.

Sequential something incorrect. It was called SM G1 and it

looked like Scotty they had. SSG 2, yeah.

Yeah, also known as Terrible Transmission one and terrible transmission 2, but that's another story.

The two wasn't too bad and you provided you drove it as a manual from what I've heard. Yeah, that's all I did and it

was fine. Question 10 What percentage of

all Rolls Royces made are still on the road today?

Hmm, closest to. David, David.

It's astronomically hot on the road, something like 85, 85, that's it. Scotty and or Rob?

And that's what I was gonna say. I'm gonna jump up to 90.

Well, I'll go 80, 80, Rob, you get the chocolates, it's 75% still. OK.

I was gonna say 75%. Now go just to touch.

My. Alright, that's pretty good 75%.

That's very good. He's very good, I guess.

When they're very expensive cars looking people can buy them school. Check.

So Rob on 1.5, Robert Holley 1.5, David on three, and Scotty

on three. We have a tiebreaker tonight,

gentlemen. Oh OHK.

OK, so tiebreaker question. Rob and Holly, do you guys have

a question you wanna ask? The gentleman.

I see what you did there. That was very, very smooth,

Maddie. I don't really have anything

that comes to mind. Maddie Tarly Got any questions?

You must. Have moved too bro.

Any Bathurst questions? Yeah.

We got some island questions OHS.

I'm looking to go back to the island.

P 76 Questions. How many gallon drum could you

fit in the in the? Yeah, maybe we just share, share

the share the glory Scotty. I'm happy to share OHS I'll ask

him, but I'll ask PC which she's question all of this slogan for their AT campaign. Anything but average.

There you go 1. That was unfair.

I mean, I, you and I were born when it came out.

Bonnie wasn't. That's that.

Sorry. I should have a Skyline One or

something there. What?

What is the Skyline slogan? Is there anything catch phrase

like yeah, what? What's BMW's the ultimate

driving machine? And Mercedes is the best of the

best or nothing. Nothing.

Stupid like us under anything have did 100 doesn't have something like that. Under the Been the power of

dreams for years. No dreams, yeah.

Yeah, and listen, I'm not quite sure actually.

Mazda still zoom Zoom. I reckon whoever came up with

that is. Still zoom?

Zoom What's? Better they, They hope they

money for it. Gee, that Ford built tough.

Ford built tough. Yes, I remember that one.

Go for trash. Yeah, that's a fairly, fairly

the modern forms are the same, Rob.

Guys, they give you like the mug built tough and then Brexit in two days I didn't get to build my mug.

It would be tough. Just not all of it.

Yeah. True.

That the podcast. OHP innovation that excites

this. Novation that excites, which it

doesn't really, because their cars are terrible.

They're pretty boring, actually. Terrible.

Wow. They they did have some pretty

exciting cars for awhile. Didn't.

They did really I I think right throughout the 80s and just so many different cars I really like from this.

And they had some beautiful cars, I reckon.

Would you have, Would you have bought an extra turbo?

I would have. I almost did buy one, actually.

Oh, really? Alright, tell us.

Well, I went to the IT used to be.

Ohk But the only Ford dealership was the corner of Ashley St and Ballarat Rd. They're fairly big Ford

dealership. And then they went turning to a

Nissan dealership and they had an extra turbo.

They're sitting there, but they I thought they'll slightly overpriced back then compared to some of the avocados.

So it just sort of price point wasn't there for me at the time, so. I think I always prefer the ET,

the the five door hatch that was locally done.

I I love the, I love the optimism of them actually engineering that for the Australian market.

Like you know that they went to a lot of trouble and it was.

Um. It was cool you know it was a

bit more practical than the exit wasn't quite as polarising looking in. It had that sort of cue card

sort of look, you know it could have been a GL or GX Pulsar, but it was actually you know that had the turbo engine, had the nice graphics in the dash and the the Australian design seats which were really, really good compared to the the Japanese seats. I mean the silver owners must be

very large. Oht like that.

Like they they. They the skull.

Yeah, like. You are you barely seen

excellent alone ET turbo like. That's, yeah, yeah.

They just don't exist. Like they're all just murdered.

Like same as Cordius the Cordia turbos are.

They're all gone. Yeah.

Oh, good. They look nice for their time,

really nice car. So I think they had some great

sort of, they had heaps to go, they had styling, so pretty good car back then, I thought. Stallions David Prince.

You do. You do a podcast.

Yeah. Well we we we did.

We we we're still hoping it'll it'll kick up again very soon.

It's called Auto Retro and it's the podcast where we talk to people about the cars of their lives.

And with you can find it on YouTube and Spotify, if you haven't already, is into the eight episodes that are up 14 times already. I'm sure no one has done that.

But it's quality listening. Seriously, you know?

Scotty is gone for the week. Golf Tip of the week is a bit of

a goodie. It is aimed for the centre of

the grain and not just aiming for the flags all the time.

So don't worry about where the pin is, just get it in the middle of the green. And then go from there.

You aim for the flags, It's just.

They put him in such bad spots sometimes to try and, you know, throw you off and it might be near the edge of the green, down the back of the green. Just aim for the middle of the

green. Can't go wrong.

Can't go wrong. Get there.

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