RADwood Austin #6 - DWA! Podcast Ep. #910
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Car
Hyundai Santa Cruz
The Hyundai Santa Cruz is a new type of vehicle that looks like a small truck but drives more like an SUV. It's designed to be useful for carrying things while still being comfortable for everyday driving.
Car
Vector W8
The Vector W8 is a supercar from the 1980s that was designed to be very fast and had a unique look. It used a powerful engine to achieve high speeds, making it a notable car in automotive history.
Car
Mercury Cougar
The Mercury Cougar is a car that was made by the Mercury brand, which is part of Ford. It was popular for its good looks and performance, especially in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Car
Ford Mustang GT
The Ford Mustang GT is a sportier version of the Mustang, which is a well-known American car. It has a powerful engine and is often customized by car lovers to make it even faster or look cooler.
Concept
Radwood
Radwood is a fun celebration of cars from the 1980s and 1990s. People show off their classic cars from that time, enjoying the style and technology that made those cars special.
Concept
restomod
Restomod means taking an old car and fixing it up with new parts to make it better, while still keeping its classic look. It's like giving an old car a modern upgrade.
Term
turbo motor
A turbo motor is an engine that uses a device called a turbocharger to make it more powerful. It helps the engine get more air, which means it can go faster.
Car
Ford Falcon
The Ford Falcon is a car made by Ford that has been around for a long time. The Australian version is popular for its speed and ability to be modified.
Concept
drift car
A drift car is a type of car that is specially made to slide sideways while driving. It's a fun way to drive and is often seen in car competitions.
Term
horsepower
Horsepower tells you how powerful an engine is. The higher the horsepower, the faster and more powerful the car can be.
Term
torque
Torque is the force that helps a car start moving and accelerate. More torque means better acceleration, especially from a stop.
Car
Ford F
The Ford F-150 Lightning is a special version of the F-150 truck that runs on electricity instead of gasoline. It's designed to be powerful and useful for various tasks.
Term
autocross
Autocross is a type of racing where drivers take turns driving through a course marked by cones. It's usually done in a parking lot and focuses on skill rather than speed against other cars.
Term
extended cab
An extended cab is a type of truck that has extra space behind the front seats. This means it can fit more people or have more room for stuff compared to a regular cab truck.
Brand
Toyota
Toyota is a car company from Japan that makes many popular and reliable cars. They are often recognized for their quality and performance.
Term
OEM Plus
OEM Plus means making changes to a car that make it better but still look like it came from the factory. It's a way to upgrade without losing the original style.
Company
BBS
BBS makes wheels for cars that are designed to be both stylish and strong. Many car enthusiasts choose BBS wheels to improve the look and performance of their vehicles.
Part
sound system
A sound system in a car is what lets you listen to music and other sounds while you drive. Some sound systems are very advanced and can make music sound really good, with lots of bass and clear sound.
Car
Porsche 944
The Porsche 944 is a sports car made by Porsche that was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. It's known for being fun to drive and has a good reputation among car lovers.
Concept
trophy truck
A trophy truck is a type of race car built to drive fast on rough, bumpy surfaces like deserts. They are very strong and can handle tough conditions while racing.
Term
control arms
Control arms are parts of a car's suspension that help connect the wheels to the body of the car. They allow the wheels to move up and down while keeping the car stable.
Term
aluminum
Aluminum is a light metal used in cars. It helps make cars lighter, which can improve how they drive and how much fuel they use.
Car
Dodge Viper
The Dodge Viper is a fast sports car made by Dodge. It has a very powerful engine and a unique design, making it popular among car enthusiasts.
Car
Lamborghini Diablo
The Lamborghini Diablo is a very expensive and fast car made by Lamborghini. It has a powerful engine and a flashy design that attracts a lot of attention.
Car
Ferrari Testarossa
The Ferrari Testarossa is a famous sports car from the 80s and 90s, known for its unique look and fast performance.
Car
Lotus Esprit
The Lotus Esprit Turbo is a lightweight sports car that uses a turbocharger to make it faster and more fun to drive.
Car
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car that many people love because it's fast and fun to drive. It's known for its unique shape and powerful engine, making it a popular choice for those who enjoy driving.
Car
Toyota Pickup (1989-1995)
The Toyota Pickup is a small truck made by Toyota that was popular in the late '80s and early '90s. It has a rounded shape and is known for being dependable and easy to customize.
Term
alignment
Alignment is when a mechanic adjusts the angles of your car's wheels so they are straight and not tilted. This helps your car drive better and makes the tires last longer.
Part
exhaust system
The exhaust system is the part of your car that takes the gases from the engine and sends them out of the car. It helps keep the air clean and makes the car quieter.
Part
resonator
A resonator is a part of the car's exhaust system that helps change the sound of the exhaust. It makes the car sound better by reducing unwanted noise.
Term
three inch exhaust
A three inch exhaust means the pipes that carry exhaust gases away from the engine are three inches wide. This can help the car perform better, but it might make the car louder or change how it sounds.
Term
hot hatch
A hot hatch is a fast and sporty small car that has a hatchback design. It's fun to drive and still practical for everyday use.
Car
Nissan Sentra B13 SE-R
The Nissan Sentra B13 SE-R is a sporty version of the Sentra, a small car. It was made in the early 1990s and is known for being fun to drive because it has a better engine and suspension than regular Sentras.
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Welcome to Driving While Awesome. I am Lane. I am Art. And Warren is in Japan. Dude, we're just playing musical chairs with Japan these days. I know one of these days will all go together, right? I know, man.
One would hope. One would hope. Yeah, I wonder. I don't know if Warren's actually doing any car stuff at all. I kind of told him to hit up Clark. I know he's going to hit up Clark, but I told him to at least go to like the, like that Sunday cars and coffee thing over by the Fat Burger somewhere.
Maybe go to that. He would probably like that thing. I don't know if you'd like, you know, and then, you know, maybe go swing by Diacoco. I don't know.
Yeah, I got to give him some tips. Yeah, there's also some really cool like scale model shops that that I feel like Andrew would really like, you know, so it's like since he's traveling with the kiddo and his wife.
So I feel like you also, there's some good little side adventures from, from that area. And yeah, there's some other family specific stuff that's not car related.
I just like, yeah, we didn't even get a chance to really sit down and talk about it. So I'm going to send them some unsolicited advice and you can kind of take it for what it's worth.
But yeah, that's, that's, that's exciting. I mean, just as you said, I wish I was there and we could all do cool shit together, but soon.
Yeah, yep. Yeah. He hit me up about like watch shopping because he wanted to go to Nakano about Nakano on Broadway, which is I don't know if you've been to Nakano on Broadway.
No, it's that I don't even know. It's like a, I would say it's like bubble era mall. Okay. Kind of indoor, outdoor like the main strip is kind of indoor, outdoor.
And then it has like, it's like four stories tall and it's like, there's probably like 30, 30 plus watch shops in there, but there's like tons of other stuff too.
Like on the bottom floor, there's a little grocery store and there's, you know, sushi spot and kind of food everywhere. It's very like it has like the, I don't know how do you explain it?
Like the paper mache, fucking balloons everywhere. Kind of, you know, it's very like festive looking. The whole mall, mall thing. Yeah, but it's a pretty famous, pretty, it's a very famous spot.
Yeah, I don't think I've been there. Yeah, I've been, there's a lot of those types of places, right? Like the, like the covered mall, like the, what do you call it?
There's a very specific term and I'm completely spacing right now because I have had zero coffee today, which is really, I don't know what you call them.
I don't know what you call them. There was one of those in Sendai. I went to like this, but way bigger in Sendai. Yeah, I'm just thinking of like the same concept in Italy. They call like the Galleria and Milan and it's like, you have like, it's like structures that and then you have streets
and among them and the, but the between the structures, it's covered. There's, yes, exactly, exactly. Yeah, and there's usually like what like this one and the one in Sendai.
It's like one strip has covered and then all around it is kind of like right little streets with restaurants and stuff like that as well. But yeah, I think it's like straight up like that. It's like, it's a market, right? But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's cool. We don't, we don't really have it. We don't really have that around here, I guess. Right? Yeah, it's not really a thing. Cool. Good stuff. Yeah, so I mean we just came from a pretty epic weekend in Austin, came back from rather.
Yeah, I mean, dude, Radwood Austin 2025, my first time there since 2019. It was the last show I went to before COVID hit us. No, did you go 2020? That was it was in February, right? Is that the one that you went to?
Oh, that's what I mean. Yeah, February, February 2020, right before like weeks. It was literally like two weeks before or something three weeks before because that's right. We were going home and we were rallying right away and that was the infamous COVID rally. Yeah, okay.
Yeah, so that was the, that was the driveway. That was when we were, when we still owned Radwood and everything. Yeah, that was our last, last show before COVID. And I remember talking to the, remember that one lady was there with her Jeep?
Like she was like a big part of South by Southwest and we were talking about doing that and yeah, there was all kinds of stuff. Yeah, South by Southwest. Just think about that during COVID.
I know she was like all in and we were talking about some collab thing. Yeah, but yeah, so, so yeah, you guys, we all kind of flew in separately. You guys were obviously doing the whole show. I was just there to hang out, take some photos.
Dude, what do you think how to go?
It went great, man. It was definitely our most well attended Austin event, not the most cars because of the venue, right? It was venue limited. So based on what we had to work with, which was a, you know, what's the word I'm looking for here?
The space itself was the same, it was the same venue, but we had construction in about a quarter of the space that we used to use or that we've used. This is our fourth event, that Coda.
So, you know, we had, we had to limit the amount of cars because of that, but, but I mean, it was packed. It looked great. And it was also, we were being sensible, right?
Like Warren, I went back and forth like almost on a daily basis, like, like remeasuring and measuring and remeasuring and placement and like, dude, it's like, can we fit this many cars?
You know, and so on the flight over to Austin, I rehashed the space around the chill zone tent. So like that on the other lawn and I just kind of reconfigured the layout and was able to squeeze in another like 25 royalty cars.
And we just stuck to it and it worked out well. I mean, I think it was a, you know, the show looked really good.
Aesthetically, it was, I was happy with the flow considering you have two very separate areas, which is a tricky thing to connect, you know.
And, you know, I think our partners were happy. The flow again was key, especially like, you know, getting people through all the different, like, you know, like Toyota activation and like the mobile one thing.
And so we were able to create some nice paths for people to kind of cruise around in and check everything out.
So, so I was really happy from like a show standpoint in terms of like, you know, what we put on, we did have some logistical issues.
Unfortunately, I mean, it had nothing to do with us. It was our ticketing vendor.
It basically crashed and we had a ton of traffic to the site and it was just a big one.
So it was one of our biggest issues we've had with just like dealing with ingress of people.
And we managed it and we did our best to try to like accommodate as many people as possible and ended up doing a discount towards the end there for folks that came in at the very end and waiting forever to try to stoke people out.
But so far, the feedback has been super positive and, you know, despite that, people are stoked on it.
And like, I think we did a very good job this time also.
We were sort of experimenting with like different paid marketing than usual and we got a lot of new people, which is, which is great.
And, you know, a lot of new and a little bit of both, but it's always nice to like, you know, have a lot of introduced people to the concept.
And a lot more folks who were there as attendance that weren't necessarily car people, but we're super stoked.
Like, you know, just from like lifestyle and things that nature people that are like, there's this woman who approached me and she writes.
She's a writer, an author, I should say, and she wrote.
Oh yeah, I saw.
She wrote a book called Ultimate Mix Tape and it's like a trivia, like an 80s and like 80s trivia book, which is pretty sweet and it's all music centric.
And then there's another one that's like a kid's book. It's called The Day We Found Yesterday.
You can't see anything. It's like blurring it out.
Yeah, but I did. I saw it in person.
Yeah, but it was really, really well done.
And, you know, just folks like that, which was really cool.
And yeah, I mean, I think, you know, it was a very successful event for us, despite, you know, some operational hiccups and
so that'll be like five.
What were the final tally numbers like 530 cars or something?
No, no, it was we've had that before when we had the full footprint.
This time it was like 435 or 35.
I was thinking it was 530.
Well, yeah, because so driveway, I thought we had close like 700 cars.
We did.
And then you think this was better attended than the last driveway show?
It was.
Really?
Yeah.
Back then, I mean, it was it was big for us at the time.
We did something like 3400 people, which is typical of Austin.
Like that's our norm.
Yeah, but I thought we did more than that.
I thought our numbers were higher than that.
No, we had a lot of cars, though, because we were able to park them on the track,
like all around the track.
Yeah, then was that 30?
I don't think that 3400 was accounting for all the people in the cars.
Maybe I don't know.
Yeah, this this time around.
So this was confirmed around 4200 people, which is which is our biggest Austin show.
So yeah, it was it was great.
I mean, it felt really good.
And it was, I mean, in terms of, you know, it was, um, but, you know,
what's the word I'm looking for?
Energy.
Yeah, because it was like everywhere you went, there were a lot of people,
but it wasn't super packed, right?
So you still like, you know, move around easily.
You still got good photos of the stuff.
And like, yeah, it was it was really great, man.
I mean, like the vibe of solid is always, you know, our events are,
are known for that.
And we attract, you know, people who are just there to have a good time.
We're pretty laid back.
And, you know, it's not a super pretentious scene.
You know, it's just like everyone's there just to have a good time.
And, um, and I, you know, probably the most families we've ever seen,
I think I come out of at an event like there were so many kids.
And we do have, we do take account for some of that in advance.
So when we, when you register, we have a free 12 and under ticket.
And we request that you RSVP for that.
And we had by far the most kids based on that number.
And then on top of that, all the day of, right?
So, um, which is great, man.
I mean, I think, you know, moving forward the goal is what this has always
been a thing that we've been trying to strive for.
But now we're finally in a position with the right people to support us
to have also more like kid friendly activities at our events, right?
So incorporating a lot more of that.
And we had a little bit of that at SoCal, which you saw, um, you know,
with, um, I don't know, well, maybe with the imagery,
but not in person, but, uh, we had obviously like the youth judging award,
which we did at NorCal as well.
Uh, and that went really well at SoCal.
Uh, and then also, uh, like the, the Peterson museum had some kids activities
to like, you know, some crafting and drawing and things like that.
So we want to continue to do that.
And, um, there's also some other ideas around right along experiences
and doing more like kind of wheels and motion stuff.
So that's all like actively being planned right now.
Um, but, but yeah, I'm really happy with the result, man.
I think we went out with a bang and, um, glad you were able to come out
and check it out and obviously shoot it because, I mean, now we have that
awesome content for that venue. That's right.
TBD. What were the highlights for you? What were the highlight cars for you?
Um, dude, it was, it's, it's, there was just so like so many good ones.
I think, um, so I would say Vector W8.
Well, that was our, yeah, Radisson show is Vector W8.
Um, we can go down the list real quick. I do have it, so it'd be easy.
I know we usually do a little recap, um, uh, breakdown of these mofos, but, um,
Well, you have the mercury cougar four door that won time warp award.
Yeah. Which is our preservation award. You know, that's a car that's
perfectly original, uh, and yeah, and also usually it usually goes to a car
or truck that is kind of like the, why would this ever be preserved?
I think a lot of times because it's, it's like, it's not rare to see a
perfectly preserved 9 11 or a Ferrari. Exactly. I mean, that's very common
place, right? They're, they're usually nice, but, uh, this is a car that
for one who knew that they made a four mercury cougar four door.
Uh, that just looks like any other basic early eighties American car.
Uh, and then why would this thing be preserved at all? Yeah.
It's, they're super. Yeah. It's a, it's a trippy like Fox body based thing
that looks like a kind of like a, like a grand marquee a little bit
like of the era, right? But like not as big. Um, yeah.
So yeah. And that's, that was, I think exactly what you said, right?
It's a perfect example of a car that's obscure, but also not super valuable.
And, um, like I can't believe that this still exists, right?
Like, uh, and that's, that's a, that's our time warp.
So, uh, rad is accessory and this is, this can go to anything from
like a really rad set of wheels to a decal kit to a super Nintendo,
you know, setup. Uh, and this went to bringing two kids and a
Santa separate car and another and a little car. Yep.
And so we, it was not just the mud cuts, dumb and dumber van.
Uh, he also brought a family truckster with all the movie like bits.
You know, he had all everything in the roof rack. Um, and
grandma on the roof, grandma on the roof. Uh, he had, uh, the license plate
with a license plate frame. Like, I mean every, every little bit,
like all the details were there and, um, and his kids were rolling
around the show and a little mini mud cuts that must have been like
a Barbie Jeep or something that he covered in, in the, the fur,
and it was perfect. I mean, it was very, very well reserved.
And there were some, they were, they were dressed in the orange
and baby blue tuxedo. That's right. Like the, with the top hats.
So they were the two daughters were dressed like that. Yeah.
I mean, almost impossible to beat, right? Like there were,
and there were some really good ones. I mean, there was like,
you know, lots of BMX shit. Like, you know, of course, like naturally
you get a lot of that type of stuff, you know, and then you have
some really cool and just like ephemera memorabilia with a lot of
these cars, but this one, I mean, the, the, uh, the Cougar four door
was like full Tupperware it out. So that could have won accessories.
Yeah. He had all, it was all like Tupperware, everything. Um,
Mustang GT, uh, for the rad mod, it's this dude time Fox 88 on
Instagram. Uh, and it's basically like the epitome of what this award
is. So rad mod is our version of resto mod. So modern components
in a Radwood era car, but like he did that, but it's all like
retro styled, right? And so he had like, like the big like
aero fans on the wheels and he had that like classic jazz.
Is it solo or Dixie cup that design? I forget it's, uh, it's Dixie.
Yeah. Whatever it is, but it's jazz. I know it's called jazz.
That specific design with the little squiggly lines and, um, and it's,
and it had a, um, on top of all the aesthetic shit, cause the
wide body and like the, all the upgraded lighting and all that.
Um, he had a Barra swapped, which is a swap, rather not swapped,
which is an inline six dual overhead cam inline six out of
an Australian Ford Falcon. And this is a turbo motor that is known
like the two JZ and, you know, and, and these engines to like
basically take like crazy boost and make a lot of power.
Um, and basically he has it set up as a drift car right now.
Like he, if you look, if you follow him, or if you check out his feed,
you'll see time Fox 88. Um, and super nice guy, the coolest dude
drove down from Oklahoma, uh, and the car is really well done.
I mean, it's like to a very, very high standard.
All the details are there and like it's really well executed.
Um, and he said that it makes on the conservative, like pump gas
tune, uh, it makes like 550 horsepower and 770 foot pounds of torque.
And then on the race gas tune, he's like close to a thousand foot
pounds of torque and like, and like 690 horsepower or something.
And he's just like, he was basically telling me how it's like, it's
like diabolical, he said. And like in terms of the, how the
freaking turbo like kicks in and it's like a massive turbo on
there. And, uh, but it seems like a blast and, you know, very well
deserved. Uh, the truck award went to the, like one of the nicest,
if not the nicest Ford F 150 lightning, like an existence.
Did you see that thing? The black one? Yeah, the black one, the
first gen. Yeah. It's so nice dude, like impeccable.
Um, and he said that he autocrosses it.
Oh wow. Okay. Yeah. And it looks fully, fully stock too.
I mean, it has the stock seats and all that stuff.
Yeah. Yeah. That's kind of gnarly. So he says it was so clean
black. Yeah. And to keep a black car. I mean, this thing was like
brand new and had a bed liner in it that was like perfect condition.
It was like, I mean, that thing was super clean. Yeah.
By the way, Radis truck, there was a few cool things too.
Like there was a Dodge truck down on the lawn by the lake was
rad. Yeah. Be extended cab one. Yeah.
There's obviously the ramp truck that was towing the Fox body
Mustang. Um, there was, I mean, I'm sure I'm missing a
little bit of that, but I mean, there was a lot of good trucks.
Obviously it's Texas. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, but it's not always the
case though, which is a surprising thing for us historically.
Like we expect more trucks with this year. They did come out
maybe cause we asked for it. We said, but yeah, there were
some, I mean, and obviously there's always like immaculate
Toyota's and it's, it's, we have to work really hard to
like avoid giving an award to Toyota because they almost
always are in contention and deserve it.
Like we want to kind of mix it up. Um, but yeah, like you saw
the Marty McFly, you know, for run or, um, highlights or whatever,
like was super, super minty. And then there was the blue one
that was in the Toyota booth was super sick. Like the really
Oh, that was like an early 80s one. Yeah.
Yeah. It was like an 81. Yeah. That thing was sick.
And then yeah. Yeah. There was a ton of good stuff in there.
But yeah, the, um, the domestic award went to another
Fox body. Um, and it was the yellow one. And it was a, I don't
know how you pronounce this in German. It's deck because it's
D E C H, but it's all caps. And he was saying how he was, he
was a tuner like a saline or whatever in the 80s and 90s.
Yeah. From Canada. And, um, and so this, this car had
the body kit and it, and it was so clean. Um, and it was
just like definitely like OEM plus looking right. Like
really subtle, but like very, very cool. Um, definitely
like of the era and, uh, the car was pristine as well.
And it was like really like nicely modified. It was on
Borbay type A's, which were those super chunky five spokes.
That was a rad. That was actually a super rad look to it for
it because it's such like a Euro wheel and then putting
it on that was so cool, dude. And then it had like black
rickharos with everything was like yellow accents
everywhere. It had custom gauge package, like deck gauge
package. And then it had this like crazy detailed sound
system in the trunk that had all these yellow accents. It
was all black and yellow. Um, yeah, the thing was
yeah. And really well done too. Right. Like not, not, not
gaudy, like really clean. Like cause yellow is hard, right?
Like that's, that's one of the hardest colors to execute
well. So it was sick yet to see that. And, um, yeah,
the, um, there was an, I think there was probably
like three other Fox bodies in the mix that were super
sick, but we were, we were, we even struggled with this
one cause we already had chosen one Fox body, you know, for
the time. And, and I don't know if you saw, but like
during the award ceremony, we made an effort to split
them apart. Like we basically, we announced one like
way in advance of the other. So it wasn't like
back to back, but, um, but yeah, I mean just super
well deserved. Um, and then the raddest import,
um, if the vector wasn't there, we were
considering doing raddest in show, even though it's
not a period correct car, but the, the, the rally
Baja, uh, 944. Um, like, cause I mean, it was just
insane. I mean, it was basically like a trophy truck
with a 944 body on it. Like just envision that.
That's not what it is, but it's sort of that idea,
right? And like, and did you see that? I don't know
if you, it's not just like a safari Porsche
or safari 934. It was like full inboard
suspension and LS and yeah, it was crazy dude,
crazy control arms and body work was insane. It was
metal. It was all lumina. Did you, um, so I went
and like looked at it up close and I was feeling it.
And he's like, yeah, dude, we shaped all of this shit.
Like it was all aluminum and the guys that built it
were super red. Yeah, really sick spoiler. So it
or Elena, we're talking about it, but like it
reminded us of like, I think it was the frog,
right? From like, it's sort of like those
cars, like that sort of vibe and just from the
color scheme too, right? Cause it had like the pale,
like pastel graphics with some like bright orange
accents and it had a Reebok like not a full Reebok
livery, but it just had like the Reebok
Reebok. Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, what an, what
an awesome car. And apparently it's very
functional. Like they use it on. Unfortunately
when they got there, it like something like
the fuel pump or some shit died. So we had
to push into position, but, but yeah, what
a wild machine. The dudes on, I think what
is it race house? It's, it's race and then
race something. H A U S. I think it is. And
this is a their first big foray, I think
into building their own things. So they're
doing it right. They're definitely
yeah. And I've never seen that car before
either. So it must be pretty fresh.
He said it that a month ago it was a
gray shell. Like so they started from scratch.
And the goal was to get it to Radwood, which
is pretty sick. I love hearing that, you
know, like super as a motivator, like
it's weird, like the destination, which
is so sick. I doubt that one definitely
could have won best in show too. Like
yeah, I think there's a point where
yeah, it's a, it's a import or it's
a rad mod. It's modern, but it's
definitely like dude, it's so rad.
It's incredibly rad. And it's just
has that presence and it checks all
the boxes, right? So yeah. And then
I think it's a good thing that they
made it for W eight Radisson show
impossible to beat for that. I mean
like especially I didn't know that
they made black ones. And this is
me either. Yeah, I wouldn't be
surprised if this was the only one
and it's the early one, the early
wedgy body style. But yeah, super,
super mint and they drove it there
dude. Like that's how sick this
collector in town has all black
cars and all of his shit works,
you know, and he uses it, which
is really sick. So I apologize
that I did not test the lighting
before for you because dude, all
of those lights were supposed to
be on and only half of them came
on and it were and they were way
dimmer than I expected, right?
Like, you know, it's one of those
things where it's like you look
in there and you're like, oh,
we'll just fire up the lights,
right? Whatever. And like I didn't
test them and because I wanted
to put those cars there for
you, I was envisioning like the
little bulbs reflecting on the
black paint, you know, like four
black cars in a in a cross
had the it was a viper first gen
viper. There was a roof
Porsche and then there was this
vector and a Lamborghini Diablo
was the Diablo black or was it
dark purple or blue or something
also. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, but it
had some flake in it or
something that made it kind of
but yeah, it was a little too
bright with. I flanked it with
white cars also. I don't know if
you saw that. So it was like a
black and white sort of vibe
silver, silver nine, six GT three
and then yeah, then black
white Testerosa black nine, nine
three turbo, white Testerosa
white Lotus Esprit turbo
but yeah, I was trying to like
yeah. Unfortunately I do I if
those those cars would have
shown way better in the light
yeah. I mean I mean it was
yeah. Well, I feel like
people were really stoked on it
in person but for photos it's
really difficult because like
really impossible because you're
shooting in a dark space and it's
super bright outside of the tent
so it's like it's very, very
difficult but it was packed in
there the whole time. I mean
people were like it was totally
packed in there. I just think
the visual would have been
without spotlighting and stuff
without like custom lighting.
I mean people were really
deserved elsewhere. Yeah,
totally. Yeah, but it worked
out so cool and it was and it was
so busy dude.
Almost impossible to get a
picture of a car too. Yeah,
people were lined up to look at
the interior of the vector
like literally there was a lot
a line form because he had the
door is open all the time or
that door and people were like
going up to it and there was
a line to like go and peak
out and then there was a
like a lot of people were like
that's like a lot of people
were like, I mean, it's like
like a lot of people were
just like, like, you know,
like, you know, you know,
you know, I know at most places
we work with like this is
always a thing and especially
if they bring cars out
but like people are respectful
you know they get it and
and it's like it creates like
a great you know that that meant
no what no line.
No lines rather no waiting in
line you have your all you can
eat buffet in there and you
have your private bar and
really cool place to sit.
So that was pretty successful
this this time around too.
It was very well used and
that's the idea right it's
like hey like, you know,
there's you go to a festival
the food trucks always want
to sell as much as they can
because it's a baseball thing
that people don't really know
but you're constantly trying
to figure out like a way to
like maximize their profit
so you don't pay minimums
and then also simultaneously
not trying to have big lines
right so yeah there's
so food trucks to the trip
have always been the trickiest
part one of the trickiest
parts of Radwood.
I still like my my anecdote
for that is the
meatball guy and he was like so
he showed up and we're like oh
there's another food truck over
there and another over there so
you're going to be here.
Oh you didn't tell me there was
going to be any starts kind of
almost like yelling at us like
you didn't tell me there was
going to be other food trucks
here yeah you know like all
like annoyed at us yeah
meanwhile he's he sells out by
by like 11 o'clock by the
leftovers he had
and then the other food trucks
sold out as well
and then we were the taco
truck didn't show up so we had
to make a run to Costco and buy
like 20 pizzas
and we just put a donation
jar and we put pizzas on the
table yeah yeah and people
worked out but yeah but the
anecdote was that this guy
was mad at us yeah like
seriously like and then he
still hits us up to this
guy and be like hey do you guys
have a spot you know yeah
because he wants to be part of
the show yeah and he did he did
apologize after but it was
like one of those things he was
like so annoyed you know yeah
yeah it's like it's it's one of
the hundreds of details that
you know as a as an attendee
you don't think about like
there's so many little things
that are that you're constantly
trying to figure out like with
you know people flow and
it's it's like the it's like a
duck right like you don't see
how fast the duck is paddling
to get around but like the top
he's stable steady
yeah unperturbed
that's what that's what we try
to show but yeah it was a good
show I'm sorry it was awesome
then we had 33 boss hug on the
ones and two spending vinyl all
day which is rad and then
Kevin McCauley was there I
didn't even get to talk to
him at the end he was already
ducked out yeah and then
I saw Kyle from
California was there which was
rad hey hey
40 hey hey something on
yeah I don't know if you saw him
he's he's the one that would
he sent us like weird jerkeys
back in the day do you remember
that but yeah
he was there that was cool
he was visiting he kind of
decided to make it a Radwood
show and then he came out here
and visit his I believe his
brother and sister-in-law and
them lived out there so he was
with them with their family
but yeah saw some
familiar faces and
and then we had like the group
chat guys and
which is also manual focus show
and then Justin has
slow Sundays I think or
something slow something
but yeah those guys were all
and they had their they're all
kind of like half of those guys
are like BMX dudes and
they had the BMX's on their
on the red 911 like Jed Rogers
had that car and then
yeah they brought a bunch of
stuff and they jumped over the
Viper the day before which was
super rad kind of like
reminiscent of the Sal Barbie
jumping over the
the 944 at Radwood
LA number two
oh by the way
so we had a vector at that
Radwood as well yeah
yeah did that not win the
award it did yeah
it once
we did not give him Radisson
show we give him no it didn't
domestic I think
yeah because I was going to say
you're like impossible not to
give it best and show and I'm
like or Radisson show I'm
like I think we had one I'm
pretty sure we didn't give
the truck in or whatever the
magazine was called in the
early 90s it was the it was a
92 Toyota truck and it was in
the story was just too good
right it was it was basically
like a barn find perfectly
preserved sitting in some
garage like you know obviously
no place to celebrate forever
for decades and then we came
along and the guy bought it
off of the original owner
kind of restored it mechanically
straight to the show exactly
as it showed back in the day
and it was
I think it was like that it was
the main feature in one of the
one of the early 90s mini
trucking mags I don't know what
issue was but he was he had
like the center fold opened you
know and everything and yeah it
was cool yeah sound system
Hydro's wheels all this stuff
you know there's a good slam
mini truck at this show as
well dude yeah the orange one
the big contender for Radis
truck you know like that that was
right up there it was a slam
Toyota like a nine like an
eighty nine through ninety five
or whatever whatever that
yeah the rounded one yeah the
rounded ones the first rounded
ones yeah but it was really
well done too but this was
definitely more early 90s style
with like the the weld wheels
and like the just all the
chrome and the crazy graphics
but really sick yeah I mean it
but yeah it's such a great
time yeah thanks everyone who
came out and said what's up or
didn't just had a good time
we're looking at some new
options venue wise for next
year that's all we'll say
and may or may not be in
Austin proper
but yeah we'll see
so I guess do you have any
project out car updates
to get into questions yeah I'll
be quick my car is sitting
at Schneider auto house right
now getting an alignment I
finally got it in they've been
super busy and they're going
to look at the exhaust system
and will not mess with the
idle issue because they cannot
fuck with Han data so
but yeah but I'm going to get
some referral it sounds like
they know somebody in Ventura
or something so at the
bare minimum yeah they're
they're going to also look at
an alternative that involves
the possibility of tightening
the exhaust up against the body
whilst while also adding
some kind of an inline
resonator but
we'll see because obviously the
the three inch exhaust all the
way through is very good for
performance it's just that
it doesn't sound great and
it's also too low so I'm
like slamming it around on shit
but if I can solve for sound
issues like I don't care
keeping it like it's it looks
fine and it was it's really
nice it's just I need to solve
for those two issues yeah yeah
well yeah my car the 911
in the it's actually getting
a new starter right now a
high torque starter so we're
hoping that goes all well
and then I'm going to drive
it down to this Porsche
thing called fast Saturday
on tomorrow actually going to
Santa Barbara to meet up with
our buddy Colin Hill and
then he has his 912 fresh
back from Schneider Auto
House yeah rebuilt his motor
like for the 17th time
that's 17th time I think yeah
not that this is the
17th shop yeah yeah exactly
yeah I think he did it once
I think he bent and do it a
couple times yeah so
yeah we're cruising down
I think we're picking up a
few people on the way down
there like that guy Michael
Eddie in in Ventura
and then stopping
and having lunch with Paul
at some point oh kind of
and then he'll be at the show
to and he I was just texting
with him and he said he's
going to drive the green car
to the show oh shit
okay dude and he's fresh
off you know he just had
cancer and his hip
and full hip replacement
like gnarly I mean yeah
out yeah I'd say it seems
like no kidding I mean you know
this you know you know port
dimensions very well
dealing with objects
I'd say that a third of his
pelvis was replaced
is that is that an exaggeration
no I don't think so dude
from the pictures I saw
and all the stuff he sent us
yeah it's amazing man
he's doing so well
we're so stoked for him
it's awesome that
you're going to be able to
hang with him I don't
I highly doubt I could make it
down there because I have
family in town but
say what's up for me for
sure cool man well
we'll jump in on questions
unless you've got anything
else going on here
no I got nothing oh you know
what I was going to say
because I know you're
are you still like a
polar LaCroix guy
definitely not LaCroix
at all
polar only when
there's no alternative
you know what my go to is
now yeah what
Trader Joe's
oh really just playing
or what no no they have
really good flavors
they they have
yeah they have a
green apple one that's
my favorite it's so good
and they also
they've got like a raspberry
lemonade one that's great
but the green apple one's
my favorite and they have
a ton of great ones
I also like
the the the carbonation
that they have it's like
I don't know it just
feels a certain way
it's impossible to describe
the shit right so
but I did get though
and it's available
that's the main thing
is also it's consistent
nor it is easy
yeah forever
they didn't really have
sparkling water so
that was kind of a bummer
because Trader Joe's
didn't have like an option
there I like their plane
one I've kind of
dude I was the reason
I brought it up because
I've made like a full switch
to
I'm like a spin drift
guy only now
okay real in there
yeah exactly
but it's like
very light right
it's like 12 calories
for this thing
but
but the whole thing is
like after you brush
your teeth and stuff
like we have a pellet ice
machine so I just go
straight to ice water
at night
okay
so having the pellet
ice machine kind of
like got me less
like more off
the sparkling water
and then
I think the
spender if just having
a little more of the
flavor rather than
a hint of flavor
it's like
three hands of flavor
okay right
yeah sure
yeah
I'm a spin drift guy now
all right dude
well
I don't have a pellet
ice machine
I'd have a decent ice
a crushed ice
option on my fridge
but that is a thing too
yeah I do
find myself
drinking a lot more water
like
just because
I do enjoy
like the finer ice
you know
like I have
different settings
of crushed ice
and I go with
the finest one
and it's kind of
a similar idea
more slushy right
yeah
well we'll start
our water Somalia business soon
and
yeah exactly
get all these guys
that probably hooked up
I know dude
actually a sparkling
water taste test
would be interesting
because people claim
pretty hard on different
brands of
sparkling water
yeah I mean
I need to
yeah I mean this whole
world of like
just flavors
and
just understanding
you know
how
people will
are so committed
to like
even regions
of wine
and it's like
from this region
versus that
and like
an old world
versus new world
like there's a whole thing
and like
I'd like to
think that
I mean I
kind of get wine
but I don't know
if my palette
is that refined
or if these guys
are full of shit
you know so
yeah I know
my palette's not
refined enough
because
like the coffee
stuff and
like I just know
what I like
and I know
what I
don't like
but it's
my favorite thing of all time
look this up last thing
I'll say real quick is
there is
documentary
I think it's on NPR
and it's
like Ira Glass
or one of these dudes
goes to Harvard
and basically
blind double blind tests
the Harvard Wine Club
and
basically like
they keep choosing
like their best wine
is like a 25
dollar wine right
and they talk about
how complex it is
and all this shit
and like
and then
the second time
because the head
the head wine guy
there is like
oh well you know
it's something about
I had a mild cold
and so you know
my whole factory
senses were a little
thrown off and so
they did it again
and the same result
dude it was so rad
no way
yeah yeah
anyways
all right
John Rai
you're up first
just wanted to tell everybody
that I am
able to sort the questions
I don't know if
that's still a thing
Warren
John Rai
what hot hatch
do you wish was
real world drive
from the factory
Toyota made
real world drive
starlets in the 70s
and 80s
what car do you wish
followed that formula
from the factory
there's one that
we've talked about
for years
and it's the
Centra B13
S. E. R.
that's not a hatch
bro
son of a gun
that's not a hatch
but you
could probably just
say all of them
yeah I mean
why not right
because like even
like I was thinking of
this is the irony
and this is that
you have the
86 right
rear wheel drive
carola hatch
but you also have
the Toyota carola
FX 16
which is a front
wheel drive hatch
with the same engine
yeah
and it's a shorter
wheelbase
have you seen those
they kind of look
like a starlet
like a little more
stand up a little
more stood up
taller yeah
but I mean
like that's
let's call that
an evolution of the
put that
rear wheel drive
drive train and that
yeah I mean
realistically
anything
like there isn't
there isn't
I mean yeah I mean
what are
the attributes of
front wheel drive
I mean
they were like
like cheap to build
right
there was like
a lot of like
reasons front
wheel drive
became popular
it's cheaper
to build
less like
just simpler
the way
packaging
packaging's better
like really good
like packaging wise
and then it's also
like very safe
and it gets
it's really good
and
like bad weather
because you have
the weight across the front
yeah so
there's just a lot of
there's a lot of things
that made it
a good just basic car
but when you're
looking at
like as an enthusiast
car
like I don't know
there's not
much dude things
that would make me
not want them
to all the
yeah so here's
here's this
like here's the
ultimate
like front wheel drive
car
specifically designed
for the purposes
that you'd listed
including all
I mean all of the above
like a sob 900
turbo or SPG
rear wheel drive
how sick would that be
I was that's funny
that was the
I was just thinking about
when when the answer
I was like
I want to say
sob
but it's not a hot hatch
right yeah
it's a hatch yeah
but I mean like
you're right
how sick would that be
so sick like full rally
mobile right like I mean
that would be so rad
it would say motor too right
like just yeah
real drive
yeah so I think all of the
above really I mean I
guess
I don't know a CRX
is it feels a little
awkward I feel like
it's such a short
wheelbase and it's so
like I don't know if
like it would be
extremely like twitchy
and but
all wheel drive would
make a lot of sense
I feel like it's
kind of like it ends up
being like a Ford RS
200 kind of vibe right
yeah for sure
but
all right
oh yeah
I remember
Warren having trouble with
this dude's name
Jonas
Hock Hocktoft
tried
no idea
yep
as it's my first day
of the season
where I have to de-ice
my car
both to
to and from work
I'm thinking
whether
you have thought
about doing
as ice as ice rally
on winter roads
I know it might be
a long travel
but it must be
it must have to be awesome
an awesome
so I think an awesome way
of exploring snowy
fire roads
while dipping your beef
jerky
and some hot cocoa
I mean it is a thing
it's just yeah
it's like another thing
to get to
and destination
for us
you know
getting
our cars there
yeah
it
yeah I mean
it seems pretty rad
I would love to do
an ice race school
like or two before
I commit to this
because I want to drive
my car
and not just like
pussy foot around
you know I mean
yeah
I think
we could definitely
do like
Tahoe
rally
yeah
but
I don't yeah
I don't know
like
we're not really set up
for it I guess
you would say
yeah it's
I can see it being cool
but it's not
a very high priority
for me
I also like
even like gravel
is fine also
but like
I don't want to beat
the shit out of my car
like that's the other thing
right so yeah
I would have to have
like a separate
at least not the E 30
that's not the car
I would want to do that
with
but yes
ice driving fun
cool
and then you're also
like leading
a bunch of people
like a group of
you know
you're telling
a bunch of people
to drive
spiritedly
in
acclimate weather
yeah it's definitely
double black diamond stuff
yeah
yeah
automotive
automotive
warm
I can barely talk today
again
no coffee bad move
in anticipation
of the CWA rally
what's a piece of
camping gear
you have found
particularly enjoyable
or useful
a friend standard
kit includes
a small stove
and a mocha pop
for fantastic
camp coffee
feel free to save
this one for
a CWA or
Gear Boys podcast
if it's more appropriate
there
I can tell you now
right off the bat
I don't have to add
anything else besides this
if you're going to
sleep in a tent
you need some sort of
a pad
like a nice little
memory foam pad
everything else is
optional
dude
that was
what I was going to
say too
you need a nice
memory foam
pad
preferably
like I have
a fold up one
that folds into
three pieces
and it's like
you know
six inches thick
yeah thick one
boy
maybe more than that
maybe yeah
it's like six inches
but yeah
you need a nice pad
dude everything else
like you said
it's all gravy
dude
you just need a good pad
yeah because I mean
quite frankly that is
like the worst part
about camping for me
right like sleeping
without like
proper padding
like I mean
even if it's a little
one it's not enough
like you feel like
shit and all your
all your joints
are all
too old
yeah
oh and then
the limited
experience
tent camping because
I hate
tent camping
is
and I don't understand
why people love it
but
is I have these
little night eyes
like
light cubes
okay
they're like
little diamond shaped
things
like a little
they look like a little
jewel like jewels
or something
and their RGB
and
dude
those things are
pretty clutch
just like
rather than a flashlight
which is like
but you put a flashlight
in your tent
it's just kind of like
shooting off somewhere
this is like
these little glow
in the dark
like I'll have like
two of them in my bag
and you just click
them on
and then you have
light
you know
light that emits
kind of
out of all
sides of it
and it provides
good lighting
in there to look
for stuff
or whatever you know
for sure
that's a good
call
something underrated
thing is having
light
that's a very good call
pedal pedal pedal
now that the popularity
of safari builds
is fading
what is the next
way people
will ruin cars
that should remain
mostly stock
I love this
I love that question
but I don't know
if I have an answer
dude
hmm
hmm
how are people
ruining cars
right now
what's the trend
wraps are very popular
but it's not ruining
the car
I'm just thinking
what's trendy
obviously
is made type s
lighting very popular
again
not necessarily something
I want to do
yep
yeah
there's still
there's still quite a bit
of wide body kits
going on
but it's not as big
it's not the
wide body nationals
as the SEMA used to be
yeah
yeah
I don't know
I don't
I feel like
things are
feel a little conservative
right now
or like
at least in our
world
maybe a case
casewops
dude
I feel like the only thing
that's super annoying
and is not dying
is the freaking
verbal tune bullshit
but that's like reversible
yeah
yeah they're not doing
on like
cars that were
into
really
yeah
so
yeah
I mean
steering wheels are replaceable
carbon
panels are replaceable
that are questionable
I think we're
oh yeah I mean
headlights the headline
people are going
shit with headlights
but those are also
you know reversible
yeah
yeah
but yeah
nothing major though
right like Safari is like
a big thing
yeah
yeah maybe
next thing we'll see
Maglev cars
that's probably the next thing
Maglev
dude I can
finally read these
freaking questions
I had to put it on
my other screen
and blow them up
like this
on the phone
it was a
freaking battle
whams glasses
must be really
up to date
all right
hey hey hey
no it's hey hey 47
first off
yeah
first off another
amazing Radwood boys
it was great seeing
the three amigos
beyond cool to see
how it's grown
with the support from
Hagerty
and experience
oh and experience
an
oh I see
and and experience
an on
an out of state
Radwood
you guys weren't
joking when
you said Austin
has the biggest
representation of
JDM cars
and also a
Stanks
my question is
from each of you
what car stood out
that didn't go home
with an award
there were certainly
some heavy hitters
hidden all over the
place
mm-hmm
yeah there was
I mean I think
we I think
we kind of named
a few already so
yeah
yeah
yeah I mean there
there were so many
dude
how about
let's say
boss hogs
924
in moonstone
yeah
or how about that
tennis players like
super super
Navartra Lova's
80s
slant nose
cab yeah
which was a
non-turbo with like
turbo everything
but it was a real
slant nose
optioned out
factory wide body
factory m491
with side
streaks
and it had
the metallic
leather interior
was that vinyl
metallic
I thought
ooh I don't know if it's
vinyl or leather
because it had cloth inserts
yeah
it might have been
it might have been
yeah I think it was leather
though and then it had
even vinyl like
I mean I'd even
metallic steering wheel
so that's leather
yeah and
the dash
and the dash
yeah I think it's crazy
yeah but it was
like navy blue
with like
yeah the metallic
stuff is subtle right
it's like just imagine
like looking at it
like a navy blue
pearl leather like
that's kind of
and that was the thing
back then right
such a weird option
yeah
let's do a
let's do like
one more question
then I got a bouncer
let's do it
oh dude
this is the last
one dog
okay perfect
all right
let's see
where did ditto's
dad's question
go up here
I'm like
we had
we had one
question about
Napa like places
that go in Napa area
oh yeah we did
all right so we have
favorite spots
in Napa
or ditto's dad
doing a rolling
year limit
on eligibility
for classic rallies
we have
we have we
thought about it
maybe
are we doing it
not yet
done
and then places
in Napa
oh I
so I was like
St. Helena
Helena
Helena
yeah the
that
gots roadside
the original one
I think that's the
OG one which
is a
refresher
that is like
a rad spot to go
I just like
that
and it has a big
outdoor area
with like
seating all on the
grass like a
bunch of picnic tables
and then also
in St. Helena
is a
farmstead
at Long Meadow Ranch
it's a restaurant
this big barn
building
super
rad spot
really good
food
and just a good
atmosphere there
so that's
like those are
two rad places
the roads and stuff
but the roads around Lake
Bury
yes they're great
and then
I
it's hard dude
I think all the towns
there have
like
have good restaurants
and like
places are fired
so
like Sonoma
town square
is fun
like cool
good restaurants
Yantville
is always a spot
obviously
Healdsburg
is cool
Healdsburg
anything in there
is cool
again there's
just like
even is like
has some stuff
you know
all these little places
yeah
there's
and then
I mean try to do
some wine tasting
I mean that's like
obviously the thing
I think he's
in the hospitality
industry
so I'm pretty sure
he's going to be
doing that already
but
yeah there's
I try to
find it right now
on the fly
I can't remember
what it's called
but there's
one of my favorite
wineries
I've ever been to
is
wine tasting
and like a galvanized
building
like a galvanized
metal building
yeah
and it has
a little stage in there
and
it's very cozy
there's like
wool blankets
everywhere
and
it's just rustic as
shit
and like
there's usually like
everything from like
live jazz
to bluegrass
like being
being played on this
stage
and it's very
very laid back
you know
like the
like the most
but I can't remember
what it's called
and I haven't been there
since I lived in
up there
so in San Francisco
so
I'll try to find it
and see if I can
pull it up
and then I'll send it
your way
Matt
nice
yeah and then
check out the movie
go watch the movie
bottle shock
it's kind of like
a
cheap
fun
movie
but kind of
shows how
like
it talks
it's
it shows how
yeah
it's a really good movie
it's like
turned into a
pretentious
place but
yeah
it used to be more
it was farmers
you know
and like just
country folk
that's a good movie
yeah and
I was going to mention
Goths of course
so you already
you checked that box
for me
I haven't been up
there in a while
I don't know
what is going on
up there
restaurant wise
and
there's been
quite a bit of
turnover
all right
I think that's a podcast
yeah
talk to you guys later
bye
you
About this episode
Radwood Austin 2025 brought together a vibrant mix of car enthusiasts and families, showcasing a diverse range of vehicles despite venue limitations. The hosts reflect on the event's success, noting record attendance and a strong community vibe. Highlights included unique awards for standout cars, such as a preserved Mercury Cougar four-door and a custom Mustang GT with a Barra engine swap. The discussion also touched on the challenges of event logistics and the importance of creating a family-friendly atmosphere. Overall, the event was a celebration of automotive culture with plenty of memorable moments.
Original notes
Warren is on vacation in Japan, Lane and Art talk about the 6th RADwood Austin that just went down last weekend, and we answer some questions from Instagram.
Driving While Awesome
Lane Skelton, Warren Madsen, Art Cervantes
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