Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning Sep 22, 2025

Nick Kingsley's Epic Car Show for a Cause & Godzilla Passion Unveiled

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This is Hard Parking, brought to you by Right Hunter and Right Toyota out of Scottsdale, Arizona,

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According to my home studio here in Gilbert, Arizona, coming up on today's show, Nick

Kingsley is back in studio for part two.

The last time we talked, we got a lot of stuff off his chest and we wanted to kind of light

it up a little bit, but, you know, does it stay light?

Find out what's going on with him.

You will notice he visibly looks significantly different.

So we'll get into that a little bit.

There's no official car news segment, but I feel like this is something that I have

to talk about.

There was an ICE raid in Georgia for the Hyundai Battery Plant.

So we're talking a major corporation here, not some people that have a bunch of

subcontractors doing your lawn work or some of these restaurants and some of these factories

that you typically see these raids in.

This was a Hyundai Battery Plant.

Those of you who accuse this podcast for being political, this is probably the first,

I mean, I would argue that this isn't even political, but 475 people were arrested

at this ICE raid, many of which are actually South Korean nationals, most of which were

here illegally.

None of them are actually Hyundai employees.

I'm reading this off of New York Times.

I've also checked CNN.com.

So what does it say here?

What else is known about the plant?

It says, the plant has been the subject of investigation reports by the local TV station about poor

safety conditions and the use of unauthorized laborers.

At least three workers have died at the complex according to local law enforcement.

Good Lord.

I didn't know that.

Officials from both Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions say the safety of the workers

was critical and announced their own inquiries into the raid, including the practices

of their subcontractors.

So what they're saying here is no actual Hyundai employees were arrested because

they were all legal or legal to be here.

Everyone that was arrested was a subcontractor, therefore hired by a company.

The article also indicates that Hyundai is still committed to investing billions of

dollars in the U.S. and creating jobs by 2027.

But my question is, what should happen here?

What should the fines be?

Are we going to hit them with a huge fine?

Korea has successfully negotiated the release of hundreds of these detainees, which

is good.

But what should happen?

I don't know.

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Mr. Kingsley, welcome back.

Thank you.

I think where we left off is we wanted to get into some fun nerdy stuff after the last one,

you know, kind of let it out there, a lot of the stuff you're doing, a lot of stuff

has happened since the last one in the studio, a lot of stuff.

Biggest thing that I was able to fortunately see was the drive kind event, either at

the vault, get the drive kind sticker on the back of the car.

How's drive kind going?

It's not where I'd like it to be right now, but you know, that was a passion project that

just given my story and just how I am with people in knowing what it's like to be in

a certain position, that was just something like I had that logo set in my head for years.

I didn't know what exactly I was going to use for it and this was just like, okay,

that's my, okay, this is it, that entire event I was contacted by a friend from

high school and he's like, hey, he's like, hey man, there's this kid named Reese, he's

got a brain tumor, his parents are going through a pretty bad divorce.

He just wants to ride in a green Lamborghini, can you do that?

And I'm like, okay, I don't have any green Lambos up my sleeve right now, but let me

make some phone calls.

Are you sure?

I mean, there were a couple, I probably could have gotten one.

Well, long story short.

So you know, I asked a couple of friends, like, dude, we got nothing in the works

right now.

Like, okay.

So I put up an Instagram story on like a Monday, like nine.

And this is, you know, this is like two weeks, or this is, I think, a week after

motorcycle accident I was in.

So I was hurting.

Right.

So I was like, fuck it, I'll throw that up there.

And I sent my phone down for 30 minutes.

I'm just getting to work, beating out some dents, filling some shit at the

shop, you know, just doing auto body stuff.

And, you know, I'm like, oh, well, check in.

Scram.

See, you know, what happens?

I'm just like, I've been tagged in 33 screenshots of that story on other

people's story.

And so I'm just like, shit, okay.

This is becoming a thing already.

And so I'm like, in my head, I was just, okay, do I double down and make

this something pretty special, or do I just get him the green Lambo?

And because it was me, and I'm like, she it, right?

Right.

Let's do this.

Yeah.

Fuck it, right?

Like that's, what's the worst that can happen?

I get the green Lambo, a couple of other cars, big what, what's the best

that can happen?

Well, I think we did what the best that could happen was.

Yeah, dude, that was amazing.

You know, I kind of pulled that out of my ass in 48 hours, loosely.

You know, Monday night I called my friend Giovanni, Joe Drift.

He's a local photographer and I was like, hey, dude, I just need your help.

Can you film a video for me?

Nice guy.

Yes.

Love and death.

He's great.

And he's like, yeah, dude.

So you know, he meets me at my house.

We go to the garage where we had all the cars at the time.

I'm like, dude, just, we'll do like three runs.

Just do this.

And that was kind of like the first video, the real I did.

And I uploaded that Tuesday.

You know, we filmed that Monday night, uploaded it Tuesday and it just, it

exploded.

We're talking like 20,000 views in fucking four hours.

And by the time I got home, it was like 30,000 views.

And you know, when I woke up, when I woke up Tuesday, I was like, okay, I don't have

a location.

I would like to make some t-shirts and stuff.

And I'm like, in my head, I'm like, well, I have this logo that I want to try

to like, actually launch my brand now because at the time I just wanted like an automotive

themed lifestyle thing.

You know, I didn't want, you know, it's just like, you know, there's, there's only one

chance to make this right for this kid.

And at the time it was like, he was getting ready to go out of town to, you know, get

out of the heat for a little bit and they don't know I'm doing any of this at this

point.

And so I'm just like, okay, you know, I was just going to throw it at the

Strad Pizza, but I'm like, you know, if it's too many cars, I'm like, I don't

want to put an event there and they're not affiliate like, no, that's, that's

a dick move.

Let's not do that.

You know, paths got shut down so we couldn't go there.

And I was like, okay, maybe I can give Becca a phone call for the warehouse.

And I kind of just looked and I'm like, I already got too many people for the

warehouse.

And then talk to some people that are like, we can do this dealership over

here. It's a Toyota dealership.

Okay, maybe.

Mind you, I was talking to Ron about it the day before, but I didn't want

to bring that up to Ron because I know for him setting up events, he has

to get permits and stuff like that.

And I'm like, you know, I don't, I don't want to put that.

We were just kind of talking in the morning and I was like, he's like,

where are you going to put it at?

And I'm like, Ron, I've, I'm running out of options, man.

Was he offended?

And he was like, dude, hello.

He's kind of like, it's like, do you want to do it here?

And I'm like, Ron, I was too afraid to ask you.

Here's my phone number.

Give me a shout.

So I kind of talked to him about it.

And he's like, okay, well, they're going to be a smaller event.

I'm like, I don't think you can get that big, right?

Come on, man.

Ron, Ron loves as many people as you can get over at the vault.

Well, yeah, yeah, but it was just like, you know, in my head,

I'm just like, oh, maybe 200 people tops, right?

Not that big of a deal for Ron.

So I get him on the phone and he's like, let me check my schedule.

Call us back 10 minutes later.

He's like, all right, man, I'm in.

She's like, shit, okay.

Mind you, Gio, I kind of put him in charge, all the media stuff for it.

Cause I'm like, I have all this on my shoulders and I can't.

So like Ron's like, let me take care of security and, you know,

volunteers for the show.

Giovanni was like, hey, dude, I'll take care of the media stuff.

He's like, I found us a green Lambo.

We're going to shoot it tonight.

So I was like, I finished my work day.

I go to higher quality details.

I do my couple of things there.

And then I beeline it way the back above Fountain Hills where

they're shooting this green Lambo.

And these guys drove all the way from West Valley.

So, um, that was just, you know, that, that was that.

And mind you, we didn't even know the date we were going to do this

probably until Wednesday morning.

And so we threw the flyer together and we're all staying up till midnight.

We're like, you know, uh, Gio's girlfriend, Megan is like,

helping me like actually get the ideas from like my shitty sketches

in my head of just like, it'd be cool to do something like this.

Right.

And like actually out there down.

And that was week one was just getting all the shit.

And then once it was like past Thursday, I was like, okay, we just need designs.

Cause now I'm like, I need to start calling and like, okay, can we get food

trucks and a friend took care of the food trucks for us?

And then I'm like, okay, who can, who can make clothing in less than a week for us?

And I finally got in touch with the company and the guys like, dude,

I got you, I'll do it.

Give you a discount for it.

Right.

Still to pay a decent chunk of money for it.

But break is his bulk.

Yeah.

But, um, and it was like, okay, sweet.

So once I had that all set and I was like, cool.

Well, Monday morning, I flew out to Florida for an RWV build for my

friend, arts, RWV, and I didn't get back till Thursday, midday.

And the show was that Saturday.

So it's like, I get back and I had to hit the ground running.

I get back, I was getting the window changed in the GR.

I had to take, um, a loner to work to finish up half my shift at work.

Go back, pick up the GR, um, I had other stuff I had to get done that night.

And then I had to drop the GR back off in the morning.

So there were some calibration issues with the window.

Mind you, I'm having this thing stickered up too.

And I'm like, I'm running out of time.

Fuck.

Right.

So we get the window all taken care of Friday.

And I go pick up my friend, Patrick from the airport at like nine 45.

He flew from Chicago.

My other friend, Max was going to come in and his flights got all

dicked around.

He could make it.

Mind you, I'm still on my phone.

I'm like, and I got people were like, dude, I'm flying it.

Like I had, I had a couple of people come in from like Germany,

United Kingdom, Australia, Japan.

And I was just like, you're flying out for this.

Cause when we put up the poster within 30 minutes, that had 20,000 views.

And it just, it kept exploding.

And Ron texted me at a point, Ron's like, dude, we can't share this anymore.

This is getting, he's like, I'm afraid this is going to get too big.

And it just, it all worked out so beautifully.

Like I was like shit and bricks Saturday because there was the,

the no kings protest going on.

So some people worried about that.

That's right.

That was no kings protest day.

And it was just like, okay, is that going to, is that protest

going to get a little violent?

Is there like what's going to happen there?

And it, it was one of the things like, again, I'm still recovering from

motorcycle lacks and I have like a shitload of partial fractures.

Like I think it was somewhere around like 200.

I'm all fucked up and I'm just like trooping, trooping, trooping.

You know, I'm not eating food.

I'm like, I need to get the car stickered up.

I need to make sure the, the Evo two and the four GT are in the garage

and those are ready for tonight's show.

And I need to get these cars here and then catch a movie with some

friends because they wanted to invite me to go see a movie with them.

And then right after that movie, we were all going to the fault for drive kind.

And I feel like I would have said, I can't get to the movie.

I'm too busy.

I made it work.

You made it work.

I made it work.

And it was like, we got to the garage in central Phoenix and I grabbed the Evo

two and text him like, guys, I'm going to be late to the movie.

And they're like, dude, it's fine.

We ran out the whole theater.

Like, it'll be okay.

Like, all right, cool.

Well, I get there and I immediately sit down next to Gio.

And he starts laughing.

And everyone's going to like, dude, shut the fuck up.

Right.

Like, why are you laughing?

And he's like, dude, I know where the garage is at.

And he's like, I don't damn well how fast you just went to get here.

And I was like, I made it.

I made it.

Didn't I?

What movie did you guys see?

It was like a train of dragon.

Oh, yeah.

It's like three or four right now.

This was a live action one they did.

Oh, the new one.

So I've actually seen none of those.

First one's great.

Yeah, that's what I heard.

First one's great.

And yeah, it was like, he didn't know that we were doing a car event for Reese until

like 30 minutes before he was there.

Like, I didn't tell Aaron till after the first week, Aaron's his mom.

And she was like, this is so amazing.

Oh my God.

Like, how basic going to be?

And I'm like, I have no idea.

This is, you know, me and Ron are just like, shit, this is too big.

Fuck, you know, people lying in the streets.

And it was, Ron never had that much luck with night shows.

And he told me, he's like, I never have that much luck with them.

And it was just, yeah, I went to go pick Reese up because I hadn't

go to a target across the street, basically.

And I was going to go pick him up there.

Oh, Frank Lloyd Wright target.

Yeah.

And I let my buddy Levi borrow my car to go pick up his girlfriend.

And he actually kept his key or my key in his back pocket.

So I go to pick him up, right?

And he calls us.

We're not that far.

And he's like, he's like, yeah, I still get a key.

Just don't shut the car off.

I'm like, all right, cool.

I'm not going to, right.

Me and my friend, Trevor, who told me about Reese, we're going to pick him up.

And we're both like, don't shut off the car.

Don't shut off the car.

Cars all stickered up, pull up right where the SUV is, you know, just force habit.

Right.

Cars dead in the water.

I'm like, oh, fuck.

You know?

And so I make the call and my old boss, Chris and Levi are now

bringing the key over and we're like distracting him.

And we're showing like, look, your name's on the car, buddy.

This is all, this is all for you.

You know, this is going to be great.

We're just going to have a great time.

You're going to meet some people and see some cool cars and this is it.

And Aaron's like, how big is it?

You know, my head, I'm like, you know, it was already three times bigger

than most other shows I've seen at the vault before it was even.

I don't know.

I guess we're about to find out.

Showtime.

So I, one friend say that somewhere between, I think it was just

under 4,000 people showed up.

He set up one of those cameras that like kind of counts heads.

Right.

So I'd say there's a lot of people there.

It was a lot.

It was Ron told me after it was done, he's like, this is one of the

bigger shows I've ever done.

And there was, there was no, I mean, there was one tiny little drama case,

but that got taken care of pretty quick.

It didn't stress me out.

I didn't have to do a thing over it, but it was like all, all the drama

just kind of got let go for a little bit.

It's just kind of like, okay, you know, I may not agree with you or,

you know, we may not like each other in the past, but it was everyone

just kind of like, let it go.

Right.

And it was this beautiful moment to where I'm helping Reece and his mom

out of the car and everyone just starts clapping.

And it's, you know, I'm looking around, people are crying.

And it was nice, man.

It was nice to see.

It was nice to witness.

We raised just over $20,000.

I couldn't ask for a better event.

Sure.

That's the highlight of my year.

June, I was on top of the world.

You know, you couldn't have, you could have told me to move

them out and I would have pushed that motherfucker back a couple

of miles, you know, but it was, it was just beautiful.

It's like we all came together for one specific thing.

You know, you got to ride in a green SVJ, a Sheeran, a LaFerrari,

an Enzo.

Um, I think there was another car he rode in, but those are the

ones that come to mind.

And it was just, you know, everybody came together and they

dropped the bullshit.

No politics, none of that.

And the other thing, like people kept telling me like, dude,

the only reason I'm here is because of you.

And I'm like, what the fuck does that mean?

They're like, dude, this is like Ron the vault.

That's kind of like an exotic thing.

He's like, you're kind of the champion for like the JDM guys too.

And like the custom guys and the paint and body stuff and this

and this and this and this and the motorcycle people.

And they're like, like everybody knows you.

And they're like, you brought everybody together for this.

And, you know, the lineup in front of the building, we had

three RWBs right next to each other next to an authentic

EVO one next to an authentic EVO two.

And then Josh's EVO clone, you know, next to that was a RS2 Audi,

which weren't sold in the United States.

You know, it's got bits of Porsche 993s underneath it.

So an R34 to a slammed Beetle.

You know, at the end of the street, there was a 300 Gullwing.

It was like at the very end of the street.

And I was like, holy shit.

It was a white, white intersex type S there too.

That was pretty sick.

Yeah, it was.

Yeah, I thought it was clean.

Right.

No bias on that one.

Great event though, man.

So the last time you were here, as we wrapped up, we started

looking around the office and kind of geeking out over stuff.

So my question for you, and there's a lot of them, but, you know,

what is, what do you do when you're not trying to figure

out work, health, life, bullshit?

Like, what's your go to traditionally?

What's your go to now?

Shows, who I'd say my go to now, whatever, board games.

I'd say my go to now is definitely crying myself to sleep.

They didn't sound fun though.

You'd, you'd, you'd be surprised.

It's not, I'd be surprised if it was.

Cracking that angry orchard.

Yeah, I need this.

This is drown your sorrows, right?

Yeah.

Um, you're 25.

Yeah, 25.

Yeah, I turned, I turned 26 next week.

I was thinking about that as I was mowing the lawn the other day.

You, and, and I was like, Jesus, just, if you were my child, you

would be my youngest.

Yeah.

I still, it's like, when someone was like, they were three

months away from 2016 being 10 years ago.

I'm like, are you fucking kidding me?

Right.

Yeah.

Like you're telling me in December, Star Wars episode seven came

out in 10 years ago.

Jeez.

I guess you're still messing, uh, trying to make another one now.

You like Star Wars?

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

It was like Star Wars, Godzilla.

I love Godzilla.

Transformers.

Like Godzilla is my massive number one.

Godzilla is like the most underrated.

It feels like, maybe because it's a G.

We feel like it's kind of a JDM thing, although it has

absolutely nothing to do with that.

It's from Japan, right?

But you see all the ramen, you know, Kaiji ramen and stuff like

that.

When I was a kid, we used to watch, I used to watch after

church, the black and white Godzillas, where it was clearly

somebody in a suit doing wrestling moves.

They were people in suits till like 2004.

Yeah.

Like, and not a lot of people know is like those movies are

pretty historically significant.

Like they don't realize the first movie is like, that is

basically them talking about the bombs and the nukes without

because there was a bar and the US put a bar like you guys can't

talk about this.

Like we'll just forget it.

We want to forget it.

You guys going to forget it.

You can't say shit.

Right.

Well, we're not going to show it over here.

Yeah.

We're, we're still dropping nukes in the Pacific, right?

So there's like a fishing boat that goes out and there's

a bomb called Castle Bravo, right?

The science is like, it's going to be like this big.

Well, Castle Bravo turned out to be like four times larger than

what he was ever going to be.

Castle Bravo.

That was the name of the bomb.

And that boy and little man or whatever.

Yeah.

Well, they drop it and it goes off in this fishing

vessel.

It was named like Lucky Dragon number seven goes out.

And this is in January of 54.

It goes out and they're doing their fishing and all

the sailors like, yeah, we thought it was snowing.

It wasn't snowing.

That was ash.

Yeah.

Well, they get back to the, they get back to the docks

and they're thrown up and their skins blistering up and they

have severe radiation sickness.

Well, they can't talk about anything nuclear in the

newspaper.

So a couple of guys saw and they're like, hmm, let's just

make, let's make.

Are you about to tell me this is the freaking origin

story of Godzilla?

No shit.

So they're like, let's make a fucking movie because we

can't talk about it.

So if you look at Godzilla in that first movie, like he's

got like this charred skin, like it's nuclear burns.

And it's, you know, it's the atomic breath and it's a lot

of those scenes when they're showing Tokyo after it's

all destroyed.

That's Hiroshima after World War Two.

That's an actual US footage after we dropped the bomb

on Hiroshima.

And there's a, the way the original movie starts is

there's a fishing vessel named Lucky Dragon number

seven and they think they see snow.

Then you hear Godzilla's roar and it makes it back

and they're all sick and dying.

And that was like so many of those Godzilla movies are

like environmental and historic movies, like relating to

like gene splicing or global warming and pollution.

And it's that makes sense when I think about, because

when you're watching an old black and white movie, it

just, it doesn't really make sense to you as a kid, why

Godzilla spits like this nuclear breath on everything.

It's not a fire.

It's obviously not fire.

It's something else.

And even now it looks like he's throwing up and

on because they never really gave him a background.

They're just like, he just appeared one day and that that's

why we think a minus one.

Oh, it's amazing movie.

I thought it was a great, I haven't seen it more than

once, but what did you, what did you like about it?

Since it's so different.

I liked the right after World War Two thing.

I thought it was very cool because again, through all

these movies, they never went before 1954.

That was kind of just unknown.

And it was like, as a movie, it had very good like character

development.

The story was pretty good and they're dealing with like what

it's like to be a kamikaze pilot.

And, you know, you should have died in the war, but he

kind of like turned around because he was kind of a

pussy and wanted to live, but that's the story.

Right.

He's dealing with shame and all his cultural bullshits.

Life adjusting after the war.

He's raising a kid that's not his, nor is it the girl

he's spending time with.

Like it's not their kid.

They're just raising a kid because it's, you know, they

had nothing and they had to come together and build a

family.

Then, you know, this demon has been haunting his

nightmares for a few years.

All of a sudden it starts coming back and it's a real

thing.

Since the island.

Yeah.

Right.

And I thought it was a really good movie and to

know it was only made on a budget of like 12, 13

million dollars is like, damn.

Yeah, I take that Hollywood.

If people haven't seen Godzilla minus one, I think

I liked it a lot because Godzilla wasn't the main

character that people were.

Yeah.

And he was just this giant thing that would show up

and fuck everything up.

And it was the nice part was unlike all the other

movies, this had a good story with good human

characters and development.

It's not like this is about the people.

Yeah, because you go back to the nineties, you're

like, okay, she's a psychic.

What the hell is she doing?

Okay, this guy's making like robotic gerbils.

Like, okay, he builds a robot like it's just, you

know, the stories are just so it's kind of like,

okay, get to monster fighting and blowing shit up.

That's what we all like monster fighting.

Yeah.

Like Mothra and.

Oh yeah, that's inner childhood shit.

Yeah.

Like the king of monsters.

So Godzilla versus Kong or there's like two or

three different versions of them now.

Right.

Yeah.

Um, Kong Island was a Skoll Island.

Skoll Island.

I'm, I'm team.

I've always been team Godzilla.

Yeah.

Right.

Yeah.

I mean, he's, he's the movie monster period.

I think Godzilla is, yeah, I think Godzilla is the

number one name for like a movie character out there.

Like he's most popular as him.

What do you think of, uh, was it minus one or one of the

more other, other recent ones where before he spits his

nuclear blast, it's like he's a dog getting ready to

hack up something.

He's like, is that the one who's like throwing up blood

all the time?

No, uh, it's when he starts glowing, you know, and

he's, it's almost like he's getting ready to vomit.

And then he just demolishes everything.

It's like the warning.

I think he did that in minus one.

You might be talking to Shin Godzilla.

Now that one's a weird movie.

Which one?

Shin Godzilla was from 2016.

No, I mean, I've seen him.

I think I've seen him all.

I think there might be one I haven't seen, but yeah, he

just does this and I'm gonna look silly doing it.

And he's like,

Oh,

and then when he does it's everything gone.

It's not.

Is it like purpley?

I guess the color like he's, well, he glows and it gets

more intense and then he just shoots it everywhere and

just fucks everything up versus in some of the old

school, like black and white ones.

It's just, he doesn't work up to it.

It's just boom.

Right.

Or like when he had the baby Godzilla, he stomps

on his tail to make him spit it out.

Or he's like flying through like breathing his breath and

he's like flying through the air and you're just like,

what the fuck?

What else?

You a sports guy at all?

Not really.

Not a big sports guy.

I forgot who else I was having this conversation

where they may have actually been Jorge when I was

on tormenting, but it was somebody where it's

like the cars in sports, it's a sports car, but

I feel like a lot of the car people aren't really

into sports, but there's some other crossover

they're into and it's just kind of this weird thing.

It's almost like thinking of video games.

Yeah.

Video games, but not sports.

I used to, I used to play a lot of video games.

You know, I liked film a lot because I wanted to

be an actor.

So I watched a lot of movies, but sports, like my

mom was a big sports person and they just, I'm

like, okay, whatever, I don't care.

It's not for everybody.

Yeah.

So you want to be an actor?

Yeah.

Why, what was your motivation behind that?

You could be whatever you wanted.

You know, go to work every three months.

You're doing something different.

Oh, they're working their ass off though.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

But it's like, cool.

You can be Batman this week.

You're going to be a clown the next week.

You're going to be an astronaut the following week.

It's those are the A-listers.

Yeah.

What do you think about all the crazy shit though?

The older we get, the more we know, granted,

you're still in your mid-20s, but I would

consider you somebody who actually pays attention

to a lot of stuff that's out there.

And then with social media the way it is and all

the news cycles, the way it is, we have more

access to more stuff.

Of course, we also also have to figure out what's

real and what's bullshit.

Yeah.

As far as the news, not even the AI anymore, but just

as far as the, you know, the news, which cycles

telling the truth.

Does this network lie all the time?

No, not all the time, but you know, they

have to lean on where the other, but with

all the Hollywood stuff, you know, that

could have been, maybe you become an

actor, but maybe you have to deal with that bullshit.

Yeah.

And I think, I think there's definitely been a

shift, I'd say the past five years, you know,

it's when COVID happened, we were all

listening to the news and it, it took time

to realize like, Hey, there's holes in everything.

The fuck's going on here?

Regardless of which side you're on, it was

like, okay, something's not right.

And then it, we, you know, we started

analyzing things a little bit more and we're

just, huh, okay.

That story doesn't add up there.

Oh, that's where it's not there.

Oh, here's this video on TikTok.

Oh, none of those stories are right.

And it just gets you just like the fuck.

Right.

Like, what are we doing?

Who's, who's the puppet master out there?

Yeah.

And it became a giant thing of, you

know, one side's trying to villainize

the other as the other's trying to do to

this side.

And it's one side pushed very, very, very,

very hard.

And it took us a little bit, but I think

we're getting to the point of being,

having all these objectives forced down

people's throats and they realized

They were overcorrecting.

I think we're correcting from that now

because they pushed so hard it didn't

work and they realized no one's going

to go see this movie.

Okay, back to minus one.

Some Disney movie came out.

It pushed some, you know, democratic

liberal views did not to get in the

box office.

Minus one was only supposed to be

there for a week.

It ended up being in theaters for two

months.

It made 98 million dollars and it

didn't have a single US commercial on

US television or even on Instagram.

Right.

I just saw it on social media.

Yeah.

You have the minus one.

I'm like, what is this?

Right.

Have you seen that?

No, I haven't fucking heard about it.

I knew it was coming out because I'm

a nerd about this.

Right.

I just remember telling my friends

like, do you need to go see this?

They're like, damn, dude, that was

like a really good movie.

And I'm like, yeah, it's fucking

cool.

Like he's lighting shit on fire.

Yeah.

Well, so we didn't go to the theater

to see it.

We saw it.

I think we rented it downstairs on

the giant TV.

Um, what games, what games

are you into?

What games did you play?

I don't know if you have even time

to fuck with that.

Fallout 3, New Vegas.

Those are always some favorites.

Yeah.

I think we kind of started like

nerding out to some fallout shit

last time.

The Bungie Halo games.

Oh, yeah.

Classics.

I love those.

And, um, Borderlands 2

was great.

It's a lot of like specific

eras of just like, you know,

happier times.

Borderlands 2 was 2013.

2011 or 12.

A lot of hours in that game.

Oh, yeah.

Handsome Jack is one of the greatest

protagonists.

Oh, it's just perfect.

Protagonist, antagonist.

Which one was the bad guy?

Antagonist.

Yeah.

Pro was a good guy.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

He's he was great.

Zero's the coolest character you

could pick.

Yep.

So Borderlands 4 is coming

out or is out?

I think it actually comes out

maybe tomorrow or next week.

Yeah.

I didn't play three.

I tried playing three and it was

there was a bit of subliminal

messaging I didn't agree with.

And I didn't think the story was

as good and I just I couldn't.

I didn't like any of the character

choices you could pick.

I didn't like the story

wasn't that great.

And I was just.

You see the movie?

Borderlands?

Oh, fuck no.

Why not?

Fuck me.

It just it didn't look good.

Dude, you have to watch it.

You have to watch it.

I have to?

Yeah.

Yep.

You sure?

Yeah.

How much how much is it

going to kill me, right?

At least what's left of it.

I didn't say it was good.

It might be one of the worst

movies I've seen in a long time.

It's going to be like, hey, man,

I watch you like, oh, thank God,

I'm not the only one now.

Yes.

Yes, you suffered too.

As a Borderlands fan.

I think the movie kind of really

sucked.

That's that they missed out on a

lot of opportunities.

I just I thought it was a weird

direction.

They were trying to go with

everything.

Yeah, it's like, OK, maybe

Kevin Hart is rolling.

Some just wasn't right.

Yeah.

And usually video game

to film media never does great

with the exception of the fallout

TV show season two is coming out

soon. It is.

So and I wasn't even looking

forward to that.

I'm like, this is going to

fucking suck.

And it took the first three,

four episodes where I was just

like, oh, wow.

It's actually really good.

Oh, their attention to detail is

great.

Like my inner nerd is like

noticing all the points.

Like they did they did effort on

this and work.

Yeah, they they were able to kind

of fold in the dark humor

without just being overly silly,

stupid.

And it's like the games usually

always kind of that humor to

a degree of this that like

blunt underlying.

You're just like, wait a

minute.

You know, you got to reread

it.

You're just like, OK, I see

what they're I see what

they're done.

I had a pirated version of

fallout three

for a couple of years before

I actually played it seriously.

I played it a couple of times

and you know, you start off and

you're like this little newborn

kid right from the perspective

of like a two year old.

And I'm like, this sucks.

This game. What is this?

Right.

But then I'm watching people

play the game online and go,

what is this?

They go, let's fall out three.

I go, what the fuck?

So then I played and I think

with 10 minutes in the whole

point of it for people who

haven't played is you start

off as this kid and you

progress through your life and

you take these tests, the

aptitude test and you figure

out what you're going to do.

So all that situated by time

you get out of the vault.

But yeah, it's funny because

I had it for a couple of years

and I mean, looking around here,

you see, I got all this fallout shit.

Yeah, I kind of laugh,

kind of looking back.

And like, like fall, that's

that's my favorite game franchise.

It wasn't the biggest fan of four,

but New Vegas, I just I adore

New Vegas.

It's amazing.

About 76.

I played it when originally

came out and playing the beta

because they drop a lot of bugs.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

They dropped the beta the day

I was graduating.

So that that's an easy way to date

me is I'm walking in 2018.

Yeah. And I don't know if they

dropped the trailer.

The beta came out like a month later.

But I don't remember

being more excited about a game

than I was that trailer

for 76. Yeah.

Yeah. I just remember taking

home country roads.

That's why I mean that that

trailer just like hyped me up.

I was like, oh, it's going to be

sick.

Hate it.

And they're still releasing content

to it. Yeah.

Apparently it's gotten a lot better.

So it has. I played it recently.

I'm a little bit inclined to try to

redo it, but I feel like you just

need friends.

And it's you do because it's so

unlike all the rest of the games.

And it just it reminds me of like

you had Borderlands 2 to

me is always going to be like the

Godfather loot and shoots.

And then it was like a destiny

at all these other titles.

It's the same shit like Destiny

Division.

In Fall 76 is kind of just another

one of the things like, hey, dude, go

do this, kill some shit.

Hopefully they drop what you want.

And redo it.

Yeah.

Not my favorite.

Yeah. I can always play Forza with

my friends, but I was never

a fan of Forza because

and I haven't played it in years,

but the vehicle dynamics,

you know, and the physics I hated.

You know, it's like, wait, I'm

driving a Porsche.

I'm going around this curve at 65

mile an hour.

You should be snapping out.

And I am sliding all over the road

like it's ice on slicks.

I go, this is bullshit.

Yeah. But the graphics are great.

And hopefully they fixed it.

Yeah.

Did you ever play car games

to artificially drive

the cars that you liked?

Like I would buy games if it had

an SX in it.

You know, I don't need anymore,

but I'm like, oh, I'm driving

this in SX.

I mean, before I got the RX 7,

it was like, OK, I drove

them in games, absolutely, because I

loved the way the car looked, loved

the way it sounded, loved the idea

of it.

Now, obviously, it's like I'll drive

all the hypercar shit that I'm

fortunate enough I'm getting to drive

a lot of that shit.

Right. But.

Yeah, a lot of it's like, OK, the

chances of you seeing this are

fucking slim to none.

So you get to fuck around with it

in a video game.

Yeah. You know, I

like it to jump this thing and go

like a thousand yards because it's a

video game and it's arcadey.

And.

But.

Not really. I mean, motorsports

a little different because it's a

little bit more sim set up like

some of my friends, we would, you

know, like, hey, you know, here's

a budget we'd all buy a car and

we'd do laps and.

Try to do our part.

Sure. Like little mini challenges

because we're all jobless on

COVID, you know.

And.

That was 2020.

We just fucked around.

But as far as like getting a game

specifically for a car that's in

it.

FD is pretty popular as is the

NSX.

Like, yeah, I always buy them

immediately.

But.

So I'm never going to be like,

I'm going to.

Depending if I'm walking by this

car or not, it's how it handles

and forza. Like I've never.

Well, there's people out there

that do those things.

Like, oh, that car sucks.

It's slow. How do you know

need for speed?

It's like, dude.

Knock it off.

There is this guy who's I always

thought he was kind of a prick.

So it's like Mark Four Supers.

The best thing ever.

It's better than GTR, better than

arc seven. I'm just like.

Hold on, dude.

Easy, buddy. Let's let's not a.

You know, it's not.

Get too far ahead of ourselves

here.

He's just like fucking, you know,

he's listening to all the stats

and stuff and make you realize

the arc sevens won the hell

of the track records.

Before that was the NSX.

And the arc seven was kind of the

one that kind of dethroned that

and eventually the GTRs beat the

arc seven.

And he buys one.

This is when my arc seven still

works. And he buys one.

He's like, man, who's going to

handle like shit? I'm like.

It was like a boat, dude.

Yeah. I'm just like, yeah, the

suspension sucks.

It's heavy. It's a straight

line car.

Just like the 300 ZX, it's a

straight line car.

It's making a bad car, but I'm

like, it's not the swift

nimble thing you thought it

was. Not from the box.

I'm like, the GTR does it

because it has all wheel drive.

Arc seven does it because it's

as light as a feather.

The NSX does it because it says

light as a feather.

And I'm like.

Right. You know, right.

And by the point I bought my car,

I drove all the other JDM cars.

So I already already know I'm

like, can we get an arc seven?

I get an NSX few years down

the road.

Now I'm like, if I can squeeze

an RTVB, I'll get that.

Give you something to shoot for.

How is your arc seven?

In pieces.

Typical FD does not stand

for functional dependability.

It stands for financial disaster.

But you're building it,

right? Yeah.

You're not like rebuilding the motor

didn't blow up on you or anything.

You're like doing you're doing

Kingsley stuff to it.

Batshit's an understatement.

I like to call that project scope

creep because it just keeps taking

more and more of my money.

But I'm just at a point where

I'm sadly waiting in other people

to give me parts like the

transmission shop called me

finally and they're like, dude,

we got this deal.

We're making progress.

We're going to get it. I'm like,

cool.

Try columns today.

They're like, yeah, dude, we

don't have an update for him.

Like, guys, you guys have been

sitting on this for a year and a

half.

You know, my friend Mo's make me

lights. I love him to death.

I'm like, no, I'm going on three

years waiting for headlights and

taillights.

The guy who's supposed to help

me kind of do CAD for a candle

ever suspension in the back keeps

ghosting me. So I'm like, I got

to find somebody else there.

Let's just get the mechanicals

done. Right.

So just a project to me.

That's a legacy piece is how

I'm looking at it, especially

right now, given certain things

in my life.

I have always been one who

shoots through the stars on

things.

So it's like, there's a lot of

custom shit on there.

Like, yeah, it's going to be

running nitrous and all these

other things. And it's a lot of

these things you don't see in

other cars.

And I again, with my custom

background and my love for a

lot of exotic stuff, and like,

I want to make this

as crazy as I can.

I want to make this an art

piece that will stand the test

of time and just kind of show

like, hey, this, this is.

You know, this is what you

can do with something you

truly love.

And I think it'd be great to

be able to kind of show that

to the world, because I'm always

building other people's shit.

It's very, very rare.

I get to be like, hey, look, this

is what I want to do.

And this is what I can do.

So are you staying busy?

Work is better, not better.

You know, I've had you staying

or staying in the same place

you were before.

Yes.

This is a, you know, it's

just body shops, nothing super

fancy.

And it's far as living.

Yeah, it's it is, you know,

works a little slow right now.

I'm still trying to get out of

the shop life.

But that's that.

I mean, the custom style,

the fun, cool shits on the side.

I guess all the extra shit that

I do in after hours.

I'm killing myself doing to like

one.

Or it's like, you know, I'm doing

a wide body NSX in Chicago

in two days.

Like that's all the fun

shit I'd love to do more of.

There's just not a lot of it

there.

Let's just say any phone calls.

Hey, you available?

Not really.

It's sadly kind of the story of

my life, sadly, is

huge, huge potential will be on

the horizon and it just falls flat

like nothing ever materializes.

Why is that?

Do you think it's just the ebbs

and flows of the car industry

and all that stuff?

Or I think it's just the good

old Kingsley luck.

That's me personally.

But it's, you know, a lot of

people are like, I want to do

this to get on a scratcher or

whatever.

Yeah.

So it's, you know, my luck is ups

and downs.

June, I was at top of the world.

Now I think I'm probably the worst

I've ever been in my entire life,

like mentally, physically, just.

What's your plan for that?

Do you have one?

You didn't mention earlier you cry

yourself to sleep for fun.

No, that's actually the sad truth

right now.

It's just trying to keep it

together.

Like, you know, through the

camera, they see this and are like,

OK, he's doing OK.

Like, yeah, I'm wearing baggy or

clothes because I'm down 34

pounds in three weeks.

I'm, you know, spending most nights

in the bathroom.

Want to talk about it?

You don't have to.

But you have kind of volunteered a

couple of things without naming it

specifically.

Like, just the shit I'm dealing

with. This is like, OK, so for the

camera, right, this is why it's,

I always say, like, be nice

people. You don't know what's on

the other side of the door.

You know, I got this shit and

stitches on both sides.

Losing weight, I'm spending most

nights in the bathroom, throwing up

my guts out and then,

you know, two weeks ago, I had to

put my dog down.

And I got can't get you look good

bald, by the way.

People keep saying that. I think

it's just to make my ego a little

better. No, I mean, some people

you just see you're younger.

But I don't know if you ever

saw Scotty Pippin bald with

Chicago Bulls. He's got like

one of those pound puppy hairs

and they all wrinkled up the

scalp. It's like they grow your

hair back like yesterday.

But it's like, you know, I had to

put the dog down. I had to

sadly draw a line in the sand,

try to not push somebody

out of my life who's very

important to me.

It was just

given certain things in her life

as much as she wanted to stay

around as much as I wanted her to

stay around.

I had a line out of drugs.

I'm like, hey, listen, this

keeps setting off my anxiety

knowing this is happening.

And I'm like,

you can either stay or you go

and mind you, I still love this

person to death.

They're still we're still friends.

I would do anything for her.

It's how he just didn't work out

between us. And I had to put up

a line to protect myself because

it's.

You know, with like mental health

is just, you know, like I

see J. I'm in, you know, the

studio.

But none of us know what's

going on up here.

Right. Like,

you know, if

it's like even today at the

hospital today, like

the doctor asked me, he's like,

hey, dude, he's like, are you?

This is going to get dark.

But he's like, are you suicidal by

chance?

And I was like, am I actively

searching for a way? No, because

I can find a way. It's that's

easy. Right.

But I'm like, don't want to wake

up tomorrow morning.

Fuck no.

Do I hope I get fucking T bone

through the intersection? Absolutely.

Like if I knew

how to give up, I probably would

have, but I don't.

And you can't.

Because the last time you're on

here, you had some pretty

positive things to say.

Yeah. And that's places.

Yeah. And this is, again, it's

such a nasty flip.

And it's only been like four

months.

But like, you know, life is

fucking.

Panheading me right now.

This is you, right? For the

past X years.

Yeah. And it's again, June,

I was on top of the world.

You know, me and me and this

girl were going great at the

end of June. I just did this

thing for Reese.

I got.

Everyone's happy and like, do you

look so happy? And this and

I'm just like, thank you. And it

was just top of the world.

60 days later.

Look at this.

So what are you going to do?

I don't know.

Like, I don't have a fucking

idea because the next three

or four weeks, basically the

month of September is going to

be pretty telling on a couple

of things.

It's you guys stay busy.

I'm trying my best to a man with

your talents. You guys stay

busy.

So the problem is like with my

talents is like, what's the

point?

That's the thing. I'm just like,

OK, like what's the point in

building these cars if I'm

doing insurance work?

I'm killing myself every day

because I'm just like, I don't

want to do this shit.

Like, I love, you know, I

want to get more in depth

and painting. I want to do

more of that custom stuff.

Like, yeah, that's the shit

I want to do.

I don't be fixing some

bullshit customer pay, replace

a fender on a RAV4.

Don't break any of the clips

because it's customer pay.

Like, no, fuck that shit.

So I'm just.

It's I don't know.

You know, I'm dealing with a lot

of things. It's like losing the

dog was something I didn't

expect because she was there

with me through everything.

So what what happened there?

She gets sick.

She she had cancer.

Yeah.

And.

It's crazy how many dogs get that

well with golden retrievers,

especially it's called the golden

retriever issue.

About 80 percent of them will

die of some sort of cancer.

They will get either a tumor on

their spleen or their liver.

And in Sadie's case, it ruptured.

And it was my friend.

She was over the night before

and.

And because my health isn't in

the greatest spots right now.

It's not. But she helped me

get to the bed because I was

kind of falling over and shit.

And Sadie hopped up on the bed

and she's rolling around all happy

shit, just being a happy golden

retriever, you know, eight year old

puppy.

And sadly, I think at that moment

when she hopped on the bed, she

was energized.

You know, I went to sleep, woke

up next morning and like, that's

weird. She's got no energy this

morning.

I went to work. Work was dead.

They sent me home. I get back

to the house. I'm like, she

hasn't moved since I left.

This is weird.

Past couple of days, she was

only eating one meal a day,

but I think maybe she's sick.

So my friend comes over again

that day because she's helping

me or she was helping me do some

side jobs.

And she's looks at Sadie

on the ground. She's like, Niki,

you need to take her to the bed.

Meanwhile, I'm starting to

break down because I'm like, my

fear of taking her to the bed

is like, hey, you're going to

put your dog down. She's

dying. Deal with it.

Obviously, I got a lot of shit

on my plate right now.

So because she convinced me

that I would have been too

big of a pussy, not to.

Took her to the bed, get her

there. And there's like, in.

Sadie walks herself from the car

to the bed and she kind of just

lays. She lays down on the floor

immediately and she's not

getting back up.

She's dead.

Yeah, they put her on a stretcher

and they get her back in.

Nurse, we weren't even there for

five minutes. Nurse walks out

and she's like, hey, I'm just

going to let you know.

I think I feel a fluid wave

on her stomach, which is

showing me that she's

internally bleeding as well as

the color of her gums is

super pale.

And she starts claiming me like,

hey, these are what happens with

golden retrievers.

And within 30 minutes, she's

like, hey, it is internal

bleeding.

We have to transfer you to a

animal hospital of some kind.

What do you want to do?

And she's like, you can

spend a shitload of money and

try to save this dog, but you're

maybe only going to buy six

months.

So I'm like, OK, you know,

I just, again, I'm

following my eyes out in the

corner and I'm just like,

let's just do what needs to be

done, do the humane thing.

Like she's in pain.

And she managed to get enough

energy to go from the X-ray

machine and walk herself back

into the room where she laid

down the final time.

And that was, you know,

yeah, I've had to make that

call and it freaking sucks.

Yeah, it's like, are you

doing it for you or doing it

for them? Yeah.

And again, just timing of

everything kind of collapsing

in my life right now is not

the greatest.

I do my best to put on a

smile. I do my best to make my

public appearances.

Like I went to the warehouse

event and I was barely

functioning that night.

I'm still going to work.

I'm still trying to.

But it was, again, it's the

dog and my super close friend.

I wanted to, you know, I don't

want to get into a lot of

details because she'll probably

actually listen to this.

And I do still care about her

a lot, respect her, so I'm

not getting into a lot of

the specifics.

There was a lot of confusion

and it was just I kind of put

my foot down and I'm like,

we need to make a choice.

I have this boundary to protect

myself right now because I'm

losing everything else.

And I don't want to lose you,

but I'm like, if we can't

respect this boundary.

And I can't ask her to make a

sacrifice like that to stay in

it. So that's why I was like,

I'm like, I drew my box.

You either fit in the box or

you don't.

And she's like, well, I can't.

I'm like, OK, then it's

unfortunate, but we need to

add some space here.

And

that's another thing, too, is

that was that was last week.

So I'm getting used to like,

you know, I'm not having as

many text messages on my phone.

I'm not having,

you know, when I get home

from work, you're scratching at

the back door.

I don't have that no more.

It's trying just to figure out

like the fuck just happened in

my life

and trying to make sense of it.

It's like,

you just can't make that

shit up.

I was always afraid of like

people leaving or this or that,

that it's, you know, when your

anxiety gets the best of you,

it makes things worse.

I was still a strong contender.

You know, be nice to everybody

like me and my friend.

We're still friends.

It's a little weird kind.

Trying to

you know, even when I'm sick

now, it's I still try to grab

the door for people.

I still

you know, it's like, yeah,

I'm not laying my neck down on

the wire, but

just just be nice.

You don't know what it's

on.

I made my fair share of things

for I said something I probably

shouldn't have.

But it's it's not the mistake

you make.

It's about what's after the

mistake.

That's the important part.

I tend to put my blood, sweat

and tears in everything I do.

So I'm trying to get a few

things going that will hopefully

in the chance of anything

happening will be able to live

past me.

I'll be like, hey, you know,

this is Nick Kingsley.

This is who he stood for.

This is what he wanted to do.

This is his legacy.

Exactly.

And that's kind of what drive

kind is.

It's just, you know, let's

get rid of the cloud and the

bullshit and ego and

you know, because we lived in

a fucked up generation,

especially me is like,

we can't blame our parents

for this, but the way our

parents raised us

unintentionally, they gave

us, you know, attachment

issues for like, I'm an

anxious wreck, but I'm also

avoidant.

So I don't like people getting

close to me at all.

The girl I was going out with,

she's avoidant.

And it just, it created

issues for like, you know,

the spark was there in the

beginning.

Then all of a sudden she's

like, I get scared and she

had to shut down the

relationship part and then

emotions faded out.

And it's like, well, fuck.

Right.

You know, it's like, I

liked her death.

I still do.

But

it just, everything

changes.

And it's

for me, I was left alone a

lot.

So that's where my anxiety

comes in of like, are you

going to leave me?

Is this going to happen?

And

that's a hard question to

answer though.

Yeah.

And so on the flip side is

like, I have a trouble

getting help from people.

Now

I'll fucking help anybody I

can, but I have a

trouble asking for help.

So I'm like, okay, like,

what does help even look

like?

What does this look like?

I'm not used to it.

I'm not used to, hey,

express your emotions.

Hey, do this.

What do you need?

What do you think you need?

Couldn't tell you.

Like, if it's me,

only you know, right?

I couldn't tell you.

When do you know?

Like me, I've been fighting

on making a connection

with someone else my entire

life.

That's always been, I want

to be able to fit in.

Man with this girl is like,

I finally fit in.

We started talking to

friends and

it was like, you know,

we were getting kicked out of

places because we were there

for four or five hours

and too long.

And they were like, guys,

we're closed.

Like that kind of connection,

right?

You know, it's just,

that wasn't meant to happen,

but it did.

And it was beautiful.

And it was great.

But like for me,

it's like we're like,

you ask me like,

hey, dude, go out and

socialize and date.

I'm just like,

I don't know how to

fucking do that.

I don't like,

I don't like crowds.

You guys only see me at

car shows because

there's a common interest

I can talk about.

And you're not going to catch

me at like a fucking wine

tasting.

Like a fucking golf tournament

like, oh, what fucking are you

using today, George?

Like, no, that's,

that's not me.

Is that the golfer's name

right there?

Is it George?

Yeah.

It's just like,

sure, Terry,

I'm using like this.

Like, no, I'm like,

free wood homie.

I'm like, have you

seen happy Gilmore?

Yeah, pregame this shit

homie.

Like that's,

that's me.

You seen happy Gilmore, too?

Yeah.

What do you think?

It's forgettable.

There you go.

Yeah, I didn't like it.

It's not the first one.

Yeah.

I didn't like it at all.

I think it could have been

great.

Yeah.

It could have been,

I wouldn't say great,

but it could have been

a little more warm

and feel goody.

Yeah.

They just,

a couple of small things

they could have tweaked

and it would have made it

a really fun movie.

There was so many weird shit

and like that didn't need

to be there.

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

40 minutes.

Got me through an hour

and 40 minutes.

What else is on your

watch list?

On my watch list.

I don't know.

I haven't been paying

attention to anything, dude.

Like for the past two

or three years,

I really haven't been

playing games as much.

I've been seeing

movies as much.

Like it's rare,

rare opportunities.

And you wasted it

with happy Gilmore, too.

That was different

because I finally started

to carve some time back

recently.

Happy Gilmore, too.

I had nothing else

going on that day.

Yeah.

So I was like,

ah, fuck it.

That's,

destroy your brain

even more doing this.

I didn't,

I don't even think I

finished it in one sitting.

I watched part of it.

And then I finished it

like two weeks later

because I was like,

oh, should I started this?

Hmm.

But.

But you came back to it

and finished it.

Yeah.

So we need to figure out

what's going on with

Nick Kingsley

session three.

So next time

we're going to see

some wins on some of these

projects.

I hope.

I mean, I'm not,

not dead yet.

That's real wood.

Absolutely.

Fucking need that shit.

Mr.

Kingsley.

Thanks for coming through.

Always.

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About this episode

Nick Kingsley returns to discuss his recent charity car show, Drive Kind, which raised over $20,000 for a young boy with a brain tumor. The episode dives into the whirlwind of organizing the event, the emotional challenges he faced, and the unexpected turnout of nearly 4,000 attendees. Kingsley also shares personal struggles, including the loss of his dog and navigating relationships, while reflecting on mental health and the importance of community support. The conversation touches on cars, gaming, and the cultural significance of Godzilla, making for a heartfelt and engaging episode.

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294 - Nick Kingsley's Epic Car Show for a Cause & Godzilla Passion Unveiled | Hard Parking Podcast

In this heartfelt episode of Hard Parking, host Jhae welcomes back Nick Kingsley for part two, diving into his transformative Drive Kind event for a child with a brain tumor, his passion for Godzilla and gaming, and personal struggles with health and loss.

Nick shares how he organized a massive car show in just days, raising $20,000, while reflecting on his love for JDM cars like the RX7 and his emotional journey after losing his dog and a close relationship. Jhae and Nick also discuss the cultural significance of Godzilla Minus One and the challenges of navigating mental health in tough times. The episode blends car culture, nerdy passions, and raw vulnerability, showcasing Nick’s resilience and community spirit.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction: Jhae introduces Nick Kingsley, setting the stage for a lighter yet candid conversation, with a brief mention of a Hyundai ICE raid.

[03:42] Drive Kind Event: Nick recounts organizing a car show for a child named Reece, pulling together a green Lamborghini and thousands of attendees in days.

[19:35] Godzilla Passion: Nick dives into his love for Godzilla, explaining its historical significance tied to nuclear themes and praising Godzilla Minus One.

[30:23] Gaming Favorites: Nick shares his go-to games like Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Borderlands 2, reminiscing about simpler times.

[42:05] Personal Struggles: Nick opens up about recent health issues, losing 34 pounds, his dog’s passing, and navigating a tough breakup, emphasizing mental health challenges.

[51:08] Legacy and Drive Kind: Nick reflects on building a legacy through his RX7 project and Drive Kind, aiming to inspire kindness despite personal hardships.

[55:29] Future Hopes: Jhae encourages Nick to focus on upcoming wins, from car projects to personal recovery, setting the stage for a future session.

You can follow Nick on Instagram:

www.instagram.com/k1ngsl3y_/

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