The Hyundai Santa Cruz is a small crossover that also has a bed like a pickup truck. The podcast is mentioning it because it’s showing up with certain types of owners online. It’s basically a practical vehicle with some extra utility.
A Nissan Quest is a minivan—basically a family car with sliding doors and lots of space. Here, they’re using it as an example of a car that looked rough because of exhaust coming from the engine area.
An exhaust leak means the car’s exhaust is escaping somewhere it shouldn’t, like from a loose part or crack. That can make it look like smoke is coming from the engine area.
“Side-swiped” means another car hit the side of your car. Even if it looks like body damage, side hits can be expensive because they can affect important parts of the car’s structure.
They mean the car might be repaired, but it won’t be like it was before the crash. Big wrecks can leave hidden damage or alignment issues that are hard to fully undo.
A timing chain is part of the engine that helps the valves open at the right time. The guides are like small supports that keep that chain in the correct position. If the guides wear out, timing can get off and the engine can run poorly or worse.
On some engines, there’s a spot on top where parts meet and oil can seep out if seals wear. The valley pan gasket is the gasket that helps keep that area sealed. If it fails, you may see oil leaks around the top of the engine.
Here, “maintenance” means the regular upkeep and repairs you have to pay for to keep the car in good shape. The point being made is that if the car is worth a lot, those costs may feel less important.
“Engine blows” means the engine fails in a serious way, often requiring major repair or replacement. They’re using it to make the point that the car’s value is so high that people focus less on worst-case repair fears.
“Service” means taking the car to a shop for scheduled work, like inspections and maintenance tasks. The host is saying that paying for that repeatedly can add up.
They mention the Ford F-350 as a comparison point while talking about which vehicles are reliable. It’s basically “this one isn’t the problem,” in contrast to other cars they’re discussing.
They’re talking about a particular valve made of brass that they say fails very reliably. Their fix is to replace it with a steel version, which they claim prevents the problem.
Exhaust manifolds are the parts that collect exhaust gases from the engine and send them to the exhaust system. The host is saying they commonly crack on these cars.
The timing belt is a belt inside the engine that keeps the engine’s moving parts working in sync. If it’s under high tension and the car sits for a long time, the belt and the parts that keep it tight can develop problems.
Timing belt tensioners are components that keep the timing belt tight and correctly tensioned as the belt stretches or wears. The speaker claims that on these engines, tensioners can fail when the bearings sit in one spot for years, and that this can also deform the belt.
The BMW 3 Series is a luxury car that’s meant to feel sporty to drive. The podcast mentions the E46 generation, which is a specific older version. People talk about it a lot because some owners spend a lot of money keeping the performance models running well.
“Feel and feedback” refers to how clearly a car communicates what the tires and suspension are doing back to the driver through the steering wheel, pedals, and body motion. Enthusiasts use it to describe steering response, grip changes, and how predictable the car feels at the limit.
The Ferrari F355 is a high-end supercar made by Ferrari. It’s the kind of car people buy for how it drives, not just for speed. The podcast is saying it used to be cheaper, but it’s not as good of a deal anymore.
The Lexus RX is a comfortable luxury SUV that’s meant for everyday driving. Here they’re talking about buying one used as a simple, reliable car for errands and normal use.
An “around town car” is just a car you use for daily stuff—like errands and short drives. It’s not meant to be a special-purpose car; it’s meant to be convenient for normal life.
Bring a Trailer is a website where people auction cars, especially enthusiast and nicer used vehicles. In this conversation, they’re using it as a way to find a good-condition used car.
This is a Lexus RX SUV (the RX 330 version). It’s the kind of car people often own as a daily driver, and the speaker is talking about personal experience with that specific model.
A window regulator is the part that controls how your power window moves. The speaker is saying that on these older Lexus RX cars, that part can sometimes fail.
The lock system is what controls the doors locking and unlocking. The speaker is saying that on these older Lexus RX models, the locking setup tends to be problematic.
A “daily” is just the car you drive most days for everyday stuff like work and errands. The speaker is saying they could see themselves using an RX like that.
This is a 2008 Lexus RX 350 SUV with low mileage (around 37,000 miles). The speaker is considering it as a reliable daily driver, but they’re not sure they want that particular timing/age.
The Prado and Meru are Toyota SUVs that some people import from other countries. The podcast is pointing out that you can bring in a JDM-style version and that details can differ from what you’d see locally. It’s mainly about how imports can change the car’s setup.
JDM means “Japanese Domestic Market.” It refers to cars that were originally made and sold in Japan, and sometimes they have different features than the versions you’d normally find in other countries.
“Rally spec” means the car is set up for rally-style driving, not just normal street use. It typically involves upgrades that help it handle bumps, loose surfaces, and hard driving more safely and effectively.
The BMW E30 M3 is a classic BMW performance car from the 1980s. It’s well-known because it was built to compete in racing and it has a strong reputation among car enthusiasts.
Importation means buying a car from another country and bringing it home. Even if it’s cheaper where it’s sold, the shipping and paperwork can make the total cost much higher.
“Euro classics” is the name the host gives to a dealer that brings in cars from overseas. The host prefers them because you can see the car in person and deal with someone accountable.
The Toyota Supra is a sports car made for fast driving and good handling. The podcast is talking about how much performance you can get for a certain amount of money, depending on the year. It also mentions that some versions were sold in different places.
“Rotary” is Mazda’s special engine type where a spinning part makes the power instead of pistons. The host means they really want to drive a rotary car because it feels different.
The Nissan Maxima is a regular-size sedan that’s meant to feel more exciting than a basic family car. The podcast mentions it in a local group context, implying people who like that model. It’s basically a comfortable daily car with some sporty intent.
A simulator is a video-game style setup that tries to mimic driving. It can teach you things like where to brake and how to steer, but it may not feel exactly like a real car, so you still need real-world practice.
“Right seat” means an experienced person sits in the passenger seat while you drive. They can coach you by telling you what to do as you approach corners and braking zones.
This means driving more aggressively than normal while still using regular roads. Even if you try to do it carefully, it’s riskier than a closed track because other traffic and conditions can’t be controlled.
Oversteer is when the back of the car loses traction and swings out more than you planned. It can make the car feel like it’s rotating too much in the turn.
“Let off the gas” means you ease off the accelerator while you’re turning. In a corner, that can shift the car’s balance and change how it grips and turns.
“Mash the throttle” means you hit the gas hard and fast. In a turn, that can make the car’s tires lose grip or change how the car rotates, depending on whether it’s front-, rear-, or mid-engine.
Rear-wheel drive means the back wheels get the power. That changes how the car behaves when you turn and then press the gas—often it can feel like the back wants to swing out a bit more than other layouts.
A mid-engine car has the engine closer to the middle of the car. That can make the car feel more balanced and responsive when you’re turning and changing throttle.
Front-wheel drive means the front wheels do the work. Because the front tires steer and also push the car, the handling feel in corners can be different from rear-wheel drive.
Go-kart racing is driving small race karts on a track. It teaches you how to steer smoothly and control the gas and brakes, which helps you learn better car control overall.
Car control means being able to steer and use the gas and brakes smoothly and accurately. It’s what keeps the car stable and helps you react correctly when grip changes in a corner.
“Car feel” is how well you can tell what the car is doing—like whether it’s gripping or sliding—based on what you feel through the steering and pedals. The better your feel, the easier it is to drive smoothly and safely.
This means that when you’re driving hard, small changes you make—like steering a little more or pressing the gas—can have a much bigger effect than you’d expect. That’s why precision matters more at speed.
Topic
DIY vs shop work
They talk about whether it’s better to work on your car yourself or pay a shop. They mention things like tools, time, and whether you have the right equipment at home.
A lift is a garage machine that raises the car so you can work underneath it more easily. It usually makes the job faster and safer than working on the ground.
An O2 sensor is a small sensor that checks how much oxygen is in your car’s exhaust. It helps the engine computer adjust the fuel mixture so the car burns fuel correctly. When it goes bad, the car may run worse and the check-engine light may come on.
An oil change is when a shop (or you) drains the old engine oil and puts in new oil. The new oil keeps the engine parts lubricated and helps the engine run cooler. It’s one of the most common maintenance items for any car.
An oil catch is the tray/container you put under the engine to collect the old oil when you drain it. It helps you avoid spills and makes cleanup much easier. It also keeps used oil from getting onto the ground.
Jack stands are the sturdy supports that keep a car safely lifted while you work under it. They’re used so the car isn’t just resting on a jack. The speaker is saying they don’t want to keep the car up on stands for too long.
“Burping” is a way to get air out of the cooling system after you open it. If air stays trapped, the engine can run hot because coolant can’t flow correctly.
Transmission fluid is the fluid that helps your gearbox work smoothly. It lubricates moving parts and helps the transmission shift correctly, so changing it can reduce weird noises or shifting problems.
ATF stands for automatic transmission fluid. It’s the special fluid your automatic transmission uses to keep internal parts lubricated and shifting properly, and it can be messy because it’s very thin.
Gear oil is a thicker lubricant used in gearboxes and some driveline parts. It’s not the same fluid as ATF, and the right one matters for smooth operation.
Term
limited production number vehicle
This just means a car model that wasn’t made in huge numbers. Fewer cars built usually makes it rarer and more interesting to collectors.
“Over the whole run” means counting how many were built from the start of production until it ended. That’s often the best way to judge how rare a specific model or variant really is.
The BMW 5 Series is a larger luxury sedan than the 3 Series. The podcast is specifically talking about an older M5 version, which is the performance variant. They mention how few were sold in North America, which makes it more special to some buyers.
The BMW E34 M5 is a special, high-performance version of the BMW 5 Series from the E34 generation. The host is talking about how few of them were built for North America, which is why it can be hard to find.
“Manuals” means cars with a stick shift transmission. If only a smaller number of buyers ordered stick shifts, then those cars are harder to find later.
The host is talking about a particular BMW Z3 variant: the 3-liter coupe. They’re using it to show that some versions were made for a short time and in small numbers, so they’re much harder to find.
A manual transmission is a gearbox where the driver selects gears using a clutch pedal and a gear shifter. In enthusiast discussions like this one, it often matters because manual-equipped cars are typically more engaging to drive and can be rarer in certain model years or markets.
The Opel Astra is a compact car that many people drive. The podcast mentions it while talking about modifications, like removing or changing parts. That suggests it can be a common starting point for customizing a car.
The G-Class is a luxury SUV with a very recognizable, boxy shape. It’s built to handle rough roads and off-road driving. The podcast is mentioning it as part of a conversation about different cars people own and modify.
A V6 is an engine with six cylinders. “Two-wheel drive” means the car only powers two wheels, which can make the car feel different from versions with all-wheel drive.
Term
formatic
This is referring to Mercedes’ all-wheel-drive system (4MATIC). It helps the car grip better because power can go to more than just two wheels.
Rear-facing seats in a wagon typically refer to a second-row setup that allows passengers to sit facing backward, which is unusual in modern cars. Depending on the design, it can be aimed at comfort for children or specific cabin layouts.
The Volkswagen Golf is a small everyday car that many people buy. The podcast mentions it because it’s very common and lots of them exist. That also means there are usually plenty of parts and know-how for repairs.
The Volvo V70 is a wagon, meaning it has extra space behind the seats for cargo. The podcast mentions the V70 R, which is a sportier version of that wagon. They also talk about whether it came with a manual, which matters to some buyers.
The Datsun 240Z is an older sports car from the early 1970s. The podcast is talking about how many were made in a specific year, which helps explain why it can be more or less desirable. People like it because it’s a classic Z-car.
The Porsche 928 is a classic Porsche grand tourer—built to drive long distances in comfort. The hosts are pointing out that the 1980 version is rare and expensive compared with many other cars.
The Volkswagen Rabbit is a common older compact car. The hosts are using it as a comparison point—saying it was built in huge numbers compared to the rare cars they’re discussing.
The Porsche 944 is a Porsche sports car from the 1980s/early 1990s. It’s known for being a more affordable way to get into a Porsche, which is why people bought it in larger numbers.
The Volvo 850 is a 1990s Volvo car, and in wagon form it had enthusiast-friendly turbo versions. The host is basically saying the turbo wagons were popular and fun.
Polestar 2 is an electric car from the Polestar brand. They’re talking about how many were made, as part of a comparison of different popular models.
Term
face slip
This sounds like a term about how something in the drivetrain “slips” or behaves under load. The transcript isn’t clear enough to say exactly which part they mean, but it’s about traction behavior rather than a normal driving feature.
An LSD (limited-slip differential) helps a car get traction when one wheel starts to spin. It can make the car feel more stable and more “grippy” when you accelerate hard or drive on wet/rough roads.
IMS bearing is a specific bearing inside the engine. On some Porsches, it’s known as a potential weak point, so people pay attention to it when buying used cars.
A throttle cable is a physical cable that links your gas pedal to the engine’s throttle. When you press the pedal, the cable opens the throttle. Some cars use this older mechanical method instead of an electronic system.
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Can you imagine like his I'd be inside his little white on gray Toyota Camry Egasitl
vehiculum.
There's no doubt Corvettes are fast.
I'm riding dirty right now.
The croc GT for the one and only hashtag Don Patrol.
Hashtag senior citizen.
All right.
Parts fired.
Welcome to driving.
Well awesome.
My name's Warren.
I'm Lane.
I know.
I need to apologize to the listeners right off the bat because I'm getting over a head
cold.
So I my voice is tattered.
I've got.
It's not great.
I've got a low, a real low Lou Rawls going on here, but I'll do my best to stay off the
coughing.
No, no summer cough here.
Just trying to keep it real.
Dude, you're just as chopped on because all you are is that you're hearing the chopping
of the.
Yeah.
Yeah.
By the way, real quick, chopped.
I got a solid LQTMS worn and quietly to myself.
I saw something random because I'm getting all these Santa Cruz like based influencer
types because from the even on my personal account, and I think it's just because I'm
on the DWA account and like somehow the algorithm base influencers based based yeah.
Gotcha.
Yeah, yeah.
All about that base.
Yeah.
All about that base.
Like a sub base and apparently there was a whole thing about how like the kids call
Scots Valley chopped valley.
Oh, I didn't even see that dude.
That's pretty good.
I like that.
I got to start calling it that dude.
I like job and chopped valley, dude, and I'm down.
Yeah.
This is a very regional inside baseball, but pretty comical.
Yeah, that's that's good.
I like that.
Thanks.
I like that a lot like that man.
Yeah, you're bringing some stuff.
You're bringing some heat to the table art, right up to bring some local heat, bro.
And you're not even your art from Santa Barbara's.
You're bringing some local Santa Cruz County heat, dude.
I just saw one the other day.
These bug me so much.
Everyone wants to be an influencer and I hate it, but it's just some kid going.
Everyone sleeps on this town, but like here's 10 things that you should know about Santa
Cruz.
It's like who sleeps on this town.
We're like.
Oh, my God.
Warren, Warren, I saw one worse than that.
It's this lady like one of these like travel want to be travel bloggers with like 100 followers.
Did you see?
You probably saw the one where it's like everyone's been to herd of Monterey, but there's a sleepier
town 40 minutes north with half the traffic and I'm like and it's like and it has it's
like half the traffic and it's it's Santa Cruz and I'm like what the fuck half the traffic
sleepy.
I'm like it's bigger than I'm going to raise the truck twice like I'm like 10 times.
We won.
It's like 10 times the people like 10 times the traffic like what are you talking about
dude?
I heard the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Lane.
Yeah, I know it's so crazy.
That's great.
And then you'll see all these like you'll see all these videos and it's like places
in California that you've never heard of that are like and it's like Carmel by the sea and
I'm like what the you know?
Who are they?
Who are they?
Who is this going to?
I think it's going to like 17 year olds that have never heard of Carmel.
You know, they they aren't the ones that have traveled yet.
And so it's this whole new generation is like oh my gosh more and I guess it's from you
know, it could be marketed towards people from Ohio or something, you know?
Right.
Yeah, I think if you're yeah, if it's out, it has to be way out like you know on the
opposite side of the country because I mean, and I think it's obvious that we're what we're
getting at here.
If you're anywhere on the West Coast, any of these places we've talked about are very
well known, especially chopped valley.
Yeah.
Chopped valley.
Speaking of shorty sporties, we mentioned that at the top of the hour here.
I didn't.
This is such a bummer.
A guy on the end of my street has the nicest 740 I sport I've ever seen color.
It's the dark like grayish blue.
Okay.
Not black.
Not.
Oh, the gray blue.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So nice sport wheels.
It's like I'm saying this honestly, it is the nicest one I've ever seen.
Like the painted painted like bottoms and everything.
It is.
It is perfect.
And it was his daily driver, a guy about our age and I never got to talk to him because
every time like I never seen him at the car.
So here's you didn't go put a sticker on the window or something in his garage.
Dude, I would have been looking through his tools like you know, I should have like hid
in the car like Cape Fear style and then when he got in like that, you know, it's just
in the passenger seat like totally totally yeah, drop some drop some hints.
And so my street is very quiet.
It's a cul-de-sac and no one comes down it unless you're an Amazon driver driving
like a crazy person, but like a bad out of hell.
Yeah.
You know what my neighbors do?
Like the old old timers.
They're like eight years old.
Imagine that when they're hanging outside like watering their plants and garden gardening.
No, they roll out an old basketball to in front of the car to simulate a kid.
They do not.
Yes.
Only to Amazon drivers because they're racing on the street and they're for transits and
it is sketchy.
It is not.
It's not good.
How about DHL drivers?
Those guys are sketchy.
No, it's on track.
On track.
They're driving like they're driving like cars.
They're driving like Ford Aero Stars with like missing doors and stuff.
Exhaust maximum as the exhaust pouring out of it.
I don't even know what.
Old Nissan Quest.
You're like how?
What?
Yeah, they're high on meth, dude.
They're just the exhaust from the exhaust leaks in the engine bay.
Anyways, end of my street is a much busier street because it goes up to a golf course
and it's like downhill and people kind of fly down it.
It's not dangerous by any means, but it's actually like a thoroughfare in some ways.
So this guy was smart.
He was parking his car on the street, but he would park it on the end of our street,
which is quiet and safe.
Well, before I could even take a picture of the car because it was kind of new and I
hadn't like walked down there before I just drove past it a bunch.
He parked it on the busy side and got fully side-swiped.
No, dude.
Basically totaled.
Oh, what a bummer, man.
On track.
Dude, on track trying to get your direct delivery in two hours or less.
Fucking art, dude.
The bummer is it comes from the golf course and do people get pickled up there?
They're getting loose up on the golf course and they come down this road and they fucking
ping pong off a 740 I sport and it's just done for shit.
Man, it's such a bummer.
I'll take a picture of it now because you're like it's just it's horrible.
I mean, it really went from a perfect car to yeah, you could salvage it together and
make it look okay, but it'll never be what it was.
So yeah, that sucks, man.
What a downer of a kickoff here, dude.
Dude, well, a chop valley and then 740 I sports.
We can turn this right around dude.
Beeline Motor Club.
They've got a full auto body.
Actually, I should put a card on it and go, hey, man, you know, your car was cool, but
now it sucks.
But here, go to Beeline.
They'll make it better.
They color match it like crazy.
It might be off of a Toyota rap four, but the color is going to be perfect.
Was it a Mini Cooper or something?
Hey, that's BMW AG, bro.
Don't try to get off.
I like it.
Yeah.
Anyhow, that's that's all after report.
Do you guys want to start with some questions?
Yeah, I'm really sad, dude.
So we got a why are you so sad ones?
Well, just for not to start this.
That's a sad story, man.
Perfect shorty sporty and in the in the year of our Lord 2026 is a pretty rare thing.
And in a nice color, you know, I'm a color guy and he's a color guy.
It's sad.
And also when I saw it parked and I knew the guy who was driving, I'm like, what a
what a great move.
What a great car to like, why not?
Why not have a sporty sport is your daily driver?
It's awesome, dude.
I love it.
Some move, dude.
I mean, we know those.
There's timing chain guides and there's, you know, valley pan gaskets and
transmission stuff.
So let's just get that done.
And then you're right.
I mean, yeah.
All the why, like why not?
Well, but we're finally getting there, right?
So this is the key with all this shit, right?
It's like what we've been talking about for years.
It's like when the cars are valuable enough to like keep maintained on the road
is like when you start to see people like so now they're finally starting to be
appreciated enough for like, you know, that $5,000 bill isn't going to be
complete.
It's like, OK, these cars, a nice one is 15 to 20 grand, right?
So it's like, OK, we're almost there when it's 30 grand.
That is that's just maintenance, right?
It's like, you know, you're going to have to do that.
And at some point, possibly under your ownership or just or whatever.
But yeah, and I think when you have a car like that, you sort of look at it
like you're always going to have a visit upcoming at the shop, right?
And maybe you take care of a few little things or a few big things,
but it's just sort of a cycle, right?
And I see these guys driving around town in Santa Cruz.
Like there's a dude that daily drives a pagoda.
There's a guy that owns a small coffee shop here that drives like old MGs
and is 33 point OCS three point OCS daily drives it.
And those are crazy cars to drive every day.
But Santa Cruz is a place you could do that.
And if you have a good mechanic like a beeline per se and you just know
that's part of the it's deal.
Actually, that's we had that group.
We had that little text throughout the other day about 355
values and I brought up that like it doesn't even matter how much the
maintenance is now because those cars are so valuable.
We're like it doesn't even matter if the engine blows dude.
It's like those cars are so freaking valuable like the maintenance now is
like you don't like it's not even a concern dude.
Like engine out every three years like no one even will talk about that anymore.
That is not a factor at the price point.
I think the cars are because the maintenance hasn't gone up in relation to value.
So that no and now what you're spending what fifteen grand every three years on
on a service big fucking deal dude on a car that's worth like 200 and
what are they worth now?
A manual 355 you know two hundreds kind of bottom of the barrel
for a good manual.
So 200 plus you're spending five grand a year or like you know say even
if you're spending you know ten grand a year on maintenance it's like big deal
dude if you're driving the thing.
Yeah that's I had this conversation with Clapman like a couple weeks ago
because he was talking about the evaludo on the podcast and I shot him a text.
I'm like because he was talking about like they should have fixed the
reliability with this car and I'm like which car those cars are not f 350
five evaludo they're not unreliable and I'm like they're not unreliable.
They have a couple of things that need to be sorted and when they're sorted it's
fine then you the most important thing and I'll say it again it's you have to
replace the brass valve guys which a hundred have a hundred percent failure rate
but you replace them with steel ones and a lot of the cars that are out there
now with miles already have had that done.
And the exhaust cracks the exhaust manifolds a hundred percent failure rate.
You put some fab speed exhaust manifolds or something similar.
There's a bunch of options to be the rest is like old nineties Italian car shit.
You're gonna have some electrical thing here or whatever but it's not catastrophic
and then the main thing is you have to drive them because the timing belt is
under super high tension.
They have these tensioners on there.
It's obviously a very high strong high revving motor and people just let them sit
for years because you know they're Ferraris and people don't drive them and
now the tensioners will fail because of the bearings are just sitting on this one spot
and you're also deforming the belt.
So like when you go and drive it now you have this compromise but like if you
actually drive the car regularly like that's not even a problem.
So like that service if you look now like it's a known thing like it moved
from three years to five years because like they realized oh shit.
Well if you drive the car it's totally fine.
It's just if you let it sit like most Ferrari collectors do it's a hundred percent
going to have you're an issue within those three years.
So so you have that and like and I was like the club is like holy shit like I spent
10 grand a year on my E46 M3 a couple of times already.
So like it's you know if you really think about it like yeah it's a hundred percent
not even a conversation anymore because when they were 60 grand I was like God
that kind of sucks you know but like now it's like it's we're far beyond that.
Yeah 340 eights are still a challenge.
That's still a challenge.
Not a 340 challenge but and and 340 eights aren't the driving
experience that a 355 is there's a lot of things right there.
I still think they're good cars.
Yeah I'd say if it's a 94 I'm down because you're you have the 350
five suspension and the steering in the 348 is known to be better.
You know it is it is it's a little nicer.
You have better feel and feedback.
So that's the one detail but outside of that like the F 355 is better
in every way but no longer a bargain or a value.
No.
Question time.
Ben Roget says which car do you think you'll buy next.
I want to hear it.
You want to hear what I got to say.
Well dude you've had your car for a long time and you've sold cars.
Yeah but I'm doing so much.
I'm not selling my 911
You know what I might you know what I might.
Yeah go for it.
You know what I might buy dude.
This is crazy Warren dude.
It's no close dude.
No I might we might buy another early rx dude.
Oh really.
Lexus rx.
I for I've been.
I don't know just to have around maybe for Omelie and maybe just to have as
like the around town car.
It's perfect like find the perfect one on bring a trailer like they you can get
them for like around ten to twelve for like a 50000 mile one.
Oh yeah like twelve grand 50000 mile like perfect condition
basically.
Is that what you want though?
Is it going to get yeah?
I would want the perfect beach no no I don't want it to be a beach car.
I want it to be.
I just want to why not buy the best one when like the ones we were buying
were like eight grand.
It's like the difference is so miniscule and Heidi actually misses.
She's like that was her favorite car she's ever owned.
So she she the other day she's like I miss that car and she was like she's
like we should sell my tell your item buy one of those again and I'm like I'm
like yeah like and then it was so funny because Phoebe wasn't about Phoebe heard
that she's like oh hell no.
She like grew up in rx 330 be like hated that car dude rx 300
are extremely yeah yeah.
But yeah I was so I was thinking about getting another one of those early rx's
dude they're super solid.
You know that was Lexus that it's like height.
I think they were yeah they're really good cars.
They just have the window regulators go out and a couple of those little things
but or sorry the locks the lock system is horrible on those but besides that
they're pretty good.
There's some little things but yeah there are some little things but they're
really good cars.
You know there's really well built dude they feel very solid and just yeah
they're great.
So yeah that might be the next move dude.
I wouldn't mind driving that around as like a little daily to if like
Omly's using the Polestar and I had to use that or you know Heidi used it if
we're just kind of like doing a flip off of cars kind of thing.
So yeah.
It's actually a low mileage one like in good shape that you could really rely on
you know they're exactly fine.
Dude I just looked right now I found there 37,000 miles.
And this but this is an RX 350 a 2008.
Yeah see that's too late.
I don't want the second.
Yeah the early ones are yeah that's the tricky part right is finding a
pristine early one.
I want the squared off one used.
So they are bring a trailer.
There's been two sold in 2026 and they're both around that 11 like 12
grand mark and then there was a few sold in 2025 so they pop up.
Yeah.
So you just import like a JDM one like a Prado or whatever little mirror on
the fender.
Yeah.
Yeah and then cars and bids would also be a good one to look for.
Yeah.
For that because that's one of those cars will pop up.
Well that's interesting.
I didn't see that coming.
So I had an answer for you.
I support that.
But you did have an answer.
We were talking about this the other day but and I wasn't joking that I do
want I like the first gen RAV 42 doors and one just popped up on my feed
and I saw art had liked it as well but it was this RAV four GT four account
that this guy has made like a full rally spec two door RAV four with like great
suspension and a turbo motor and manual transmission and it looks so fun.
Like that would be such a fun rally support vehicle to just rip around and I
bet it's a total riot.
You know how tippy are they though.
That's the only pretty tip.
But you have to learn to you know navigate that portion of things live within
the tip is what you're saying.
Yeah.
Tip tip.
Are we three other guys or what I want to do.
I should get I need to get something now man.
I don't have any immediate purchases.
Everything is that I really want is out of reach at the moment.
There are some stuff though.
I made a comment the other day that I've been I'm struggling like you know what
can I get and I started to think about K cars again.
I'm like dude there's a lot of value in K car little commute situation just around
town like dude there's Zippity do does it be a and so I don't
have 350 fives are completely out of the question now.
Cleo V sixes people keep sending them to me.
Those are now 90 plus which is pretty sweet.
And yeah what's his name because I was talking to Ruben the other day who's
you know famously has that E 30 M3 that I'm after and he's like yeah dude I
don't know why you haven't imported a Renault Cleo V six yet dude they're
like 50 to 60 grand in Europe all day long and like you know all that and I'm
like I don't think so dude and I pulled up like three of them and they were all
like you know 80 over there to and then you add the importation and all that
stuff and so yeah there's some beat like higher mileage cars in the 60s but
then you're still dealing with all the stuff into tariffs and blah blah blah
right so and an unknown car from overseas like I actually quite frankly
like would rather pay a premium to someone like Euro classics who has them
regularly now and they and you know it's someone I can interface with I can see
the car in person and like it's you know there's a bit of kind of skin in the
game there for a dealer but yeah I don't know man I either one car that has
popped up a little bit recently though is I keep thinking about the the FC
RX sevens like the turbo twos I really like those and they're kind of slept
on still and and that's and you know fds are obviously really expensive and
and finding a clean one is really hard though like those are very rare to find
in good condition out to because they rusted away or people beat them the shit
so you know 20 grand gets you a pretty nice a nice car what year is that so this
is like a 90 91 RX seven turbo and you'd go hard top obviously make a turbo
cab not in the US they did overseas okay or abroad yeah so that's the last
gen with like the nice tail lights right like the round the round tail lights yeah
now those are yeah it's it's a nice design yeah obviously 944 based but like
sort of Japan a size if you will cool interiors good wheels good like the
the arrow is rad not not like you know aggressively looking for one if you will
but I'm like that like that that's like a good buy right now I think like because
I was looking like 20 to 25 gets you like a pretty nice car not not a you know
collector grade or whatever but a usable car yeah and I still haven't scratched
the rotary itch and you either go older which I don't want to do or you go with
FD which is you know a good car now a good driver is 40 plus are they really
wow yeah yeah that's that's where we're at now it's all right
NorCal Maxima says we're getting antsy when are we getting Radwood NorCal and
SoCal NorCal Maxima we are so close hang in there we got news for
you big news even big news Fidel lighted says how can you improve as a
driver without track time or professional instruction
this is a tough one yeah I mean you know there's there's simulators and
things like that there's watching a lot of drivers racing right in car stuff
and studying that or writing with someone or having someone sit right seat with
you on a twisty mountain road he didn't exclude performance driving on a public
road so that's true getting you know get out in the hills away from everyone
and just you know you could talk through that or sit with someone that has
experience that's because otherwise the sim thing is tricky and I think you guys
I mean I have this experience all of them are different like so you have to learn
the sim you know or learn the game and and you know of course like overall like
you know you're effectively dealing with the same stuff like dynamically right
like the braking and how it feels like the car moving around and when you
understeer oversteer but the way that it behaves on a sim versus your car may
not be the same thing like you'll understand the basics and like the
essentials but like like you know I know a lot of people including myself
like that are well shit I shouldn't have said that last part now it's
on stupid I know a lot of people who are very good drivers and have track
experience and racing whatever but they go and jump on a sim and it's not
natural you know it takes a while to adapt and like and so you have to figure
out the game instead of the driving piece so that's the detail I have there
but that's why I was like well if you can ride with someone who has experience
or have someone sit right seat with you like that would be the best thing I
agree with that it that's a tough question to answer also repetition right
like just improving by doing so going out get out and drive mate a bit right
yeah don't slow you down that's right I think that's that's smart do you have
anything to add lane or can I I don't I mean I think you can read some books
there's like good ones by like Ross Bentley like the Ross Bentley stuff
stuff like that I think that that would probably like without I think that's
probably your best bet as far as like you know kind of like knowing how to
drive basically I don't know how else to do it without actually driving you know
without actually going to the track and doing stuff like that like learning
how to drive at the limit but like that teaches you how to at least how to like
go through a turn and what what happens when you do things right like what
happens when you let off the gas going into a turn and you know when you let
off hard and what you what happens when you mash the throttle in a rear-wheel
drive car compared to a mid-engine car to compare to a front-wheel drive car
compared to a rear-wheel drive car like all those kind of aspects and I think
that's like key elements to like understanding what's I think you
understanding what your car is doing or will do is like key you know I mean that
it becomes second second nature I think but I think one thing that I learned
a lot from and I didn't have any instruction in this was just was go
kart racing and I don't know you know if you have a track nearby maybe that's a
good investment that teaches you a ton of car control but that is driving at the
track right that's driving and that's like but I think it translates to just
car feel and control because every input is so magnified yeah I agree yeah I
feel like I agree with what you're saying about the car especially because
like you don't necessarily have to go and I think my understanding at least the way
that I see this question is like going to the track and doing professional
instruction is time-consuming it's you know it can cost a lot of you know it can be
expensive all that so like whereas like if you eliminate if you're just going for
barrier to entry here right like going to a K1 even like even though the carts
are you know whatever we don't have to go into specifics about how shady they can
be and all that but like the fact that you understand the fundamentals and the
feeling of the thing like I think that helps and it goes with what Lane's
saying too like I don't know how experienced he is but like if you don't
have an understanding of like the fundamentals of dynamics and you know
understeer oversteer you know and what what happens when you break and all that
kind of stuff and on how it impacts the car dynamically you definitely want to
start there yeah definitely yeah JT Enos says slippery slope season the Urquatro
succumbed to it as well this winter to spring but we are out and hope to see
you all soon question I used to be a DIY at all costs kind of guy but recently
been happy to have quality shops get through some of my projects or to do
items what's your preference and what are the largest factors that contribute to
if your car is being worked on by you or a specific shop I think we recently
recently had this question one for me is is not having a lift at home is I used
to have a shop that for almost 10 years that I was around and had access to
lifts all the time and DIY you know parts were everywhere and tools so that
was a big barrier to entry was gone right like shop time at any day that I
wanted I could do that yeah that's gone now so getting on my back under a car
on jack stands is not super high on my list anymore if I can find a shop that can
do it and I have time to like schedule that that's where I'm at that's a really
big like what is the project does it have to go up in the air for me so yeah
if you just hunch over the engine bay and can get it done you're cool
but if you have to lift your out there's a lot of that yeah do your lower back though
it hurts after that you're right yeah that's one of them you know like
recently the car needed an O2 sensor like I don't want to get on my back and it
take me so long to do that whereas if it's in for an oil change that's something
they can do and you know half an hour or 12 I know I forget yeah I forgot that
your anti oil change at home like that is one of the most like satisfying
things for me to do that's fine you're welcome to recycle oil and get it
everywhere and all that stuff and then you go get to go to the
auto parts store which I enjoy doing right and then and then you
walk in there and then you look through the stuff and oh wait a minute like
air fresheners whoa dude like some like maybe pet boy stickers yeah definitely
missing out on chrome that's like the reason I don't want to change the oil
at home is like the whole recycling the oil thing yeah yeah I think I have a
thing of oil here and it's full and that's why I don't change it anymore
I genuinely enjoy the whole process especially pouring in fresh oil
there's something so ASMR for me to watch this stuff I have no problem doing it
at the shop because it was so easy you have an oil catch it's in the air you
have all the tools yeah yeah yeah I think it's time for me more than anything
like so that's the big one right it's like if it's if it's a project that is
that I can't do in one sitting I'm less inclined to have the car on jack stands
for multiple weekends because I like to use the car pretty regularly so if I can't
get it done over a weekend I probably won't do it
that's kind of where I'm at and that's I've done quite a few things to the car
since I got it and it's usually within that window I won't mess with anything
beyond that I'm still rolling around on the floor Warren
I'm a combination of yeah I'm like time and the whole crawling around the floor
thing it's kind of like everything dude I'll tackle stuff that's like easy to do
but I think half the time I even do that I regret doing it because I'll have to
make a trip to the store to like buy some or like three little parts that you
don't have worse yeah and then I'll be like fuck why am I doing this dude you
know like and then I'll lose a and then I'll be like fuck I'll lose a bolt or
something and then I'm having to go and match it and then I'm just like annoyed
and I'm like like I could be doing so much other stuff you know I'm like wasting
a I don't know I like coffee and I could be drinking coffee really it's like
it's like I could also just be like in those little car moments of like working
on my that's like I think I'd rather just like wash my car or something you know
like that's like how much time I have kind of like that's like my bandwidth
these days well speaking of that kind of stuff yeah speaking of washing a car I
think another factor for me is is the mess that's going to make for example I
have to I have a new coolant tank for the van again it's aluminum and the old one
is just a plastic you know thing but that requires draining coolant and burping
the car and all this stuff like it's it's kind of a big deal on a van again too
you got radiator up front cooling system in the back like pipes and oh yeah that's
all fucked up it's not burping for burping it's not fun like
some people lift the front of the van with a rack and you like let it run like
that for a little bit you can do back ass up to your fault we're not having
hydros on your van I know that's the next mod but so that's a that's an easy
one where I would take it to DNK whose works on vanigans every single day and
has done so for 30 40 years he's done this job a million times his shop is a
mess so coolant getting everywhere and and spilling it all over the place is not
a problem so that's those are the types of repairs when like I'm happy to pay
somebody to do that like that doesn't sound fun to me I feel you dog yeah yeah
yeah I think there's one last thing I'll add to this like one of the more recent
things I did is I swapped out the transmission fluid and I usually hate doing
that it's that's so annoying talk about smell and and fucking mess and yeah and
also it's so awkward right like how you because you have to pump the fucking
thing and like the whole thing so I you know I I did it it but it was one of
those things where like I needed to get it done before the rally because I wanted
I you know I was concerned about center fluid the transmission sound like absolute
shit and like it actually made a difference but like but yeah that is one that
is not a very time-consuming thing it's just really a shitty thing to do
uncomfortable it's smelly it's dirty so that's another factor like next time if
you know if I have more time like let's say the cars at the shop getting
something else done that's something I would just have them do while it's there
you know it's that's it's up in the air too so much easier and yeah ATF I know
your your car takes gear oil but ATF is crazy how like a quart of ATF would
spread over your whole garage like it is so thin right like how it just like it
gets into everything yeah it's amazing it's one of the best lubricants out there
though for like linkages and shit like that they're sweet auto obscure garage
says what's the most rare vehicle each of you has ever owned not talking about
she not talking about Corvette one-of-one stats because of a factory
asteroid delete here honestly limited production number vehicle talk
no art no m4591 sixers so I saw this question and I was elated during
my breakfast burrito outing earlier today and so and so I did I did some
research and I think I'm gonna be as fair as can be because just as you said
right we're not talking colors yeah we're not talking options this is just the
car how many they produce those specific models right so yeah I want to I want
to are we talking like year of production are we talking like production
over the whole run what are we looking at so here's here's an example of what
I've got right like this is not the rarest car I have or I've owned but an e34
m5 they made 1678 for the North American market I couldn't believe that car was
yeah wow and I had one of those and that's not the rarest car I've had but I
have a bunch of them and like it's pretty what I've had a bunch rather but I've
it's interesting to see how many were around that 5000 mark like e30 m3s any
one sx you know like db2 gsr and the lower ones is pretty crazy and these are
numbers that I looked up I could I didn't know off the top my head like dude
all tracks 1746 pretty rare okay but not as rare as the e34 m5 which is
crazy b5 s4 of aunt the one that I had dude they made this is where it gets
you know interesting because they made 947 manuals right so that's like I
couldn't find the overall number but it's something around like you know
another 300 or whatever 400 call it right so it's still very rare but the z3
3 liter coupe and that's a specific model right so now we're talking about
I've had a z3 m which is also rare but this is the z3 3 liter coupe which they
only made for two years and they made a 50 of them total and 670
manuals so again we can avoid the options if you like but that's the rarest
one I could I was thinking through all of them I thought maybe like your car was
going to be pretty rare 95 to car yellow right because that's the first year
that's a specific color color wouldn't matter yeah but that's a color 95 m3
yeah yeah and so I just wanted to see that how many how many is it I don't
even know I was curious and the thing a lot like dude I was really shocked I
couldn't believe it so guess how many 95 specifically which is the early style
probably tons because I was like a it was a while yeah they were they're trying
to go big I don't know ten grand 25000 I are we looking
at world wide North America only oh North America 10000 yeah seven
hundred and 94 was it again 700 and 9490
fives into car yellow with a manual transmission so okay okay but you're
getting into sunroofs and stuff you're getting into there's no sunroofs but I
know but you're getting into color and manual because right it's like but I
wanted to know that car right like because it's I thought like but I'm
surprised to see that just as you said launch color right yeah 95 I
thought it was gonna be I would have thought so too that's crazy but I'm
looking right now US market 95 m3 they made it looks like 10002
hundred and twenty units sold yeah all together for us in 1995 so yeah and then
European rest of world 15400 and 36 so I don't
know even more bizarre though which is even more more bizarre than seven
hundred and 9495 to car yellows they made a hundred and twenty
five automatics oh I didn't even think they made a 95 automatic either I
had no idea so I don't know what the hell and this is North America so maybe
it was Canada or some shit yeah it says 1700 automatics here in the
in the in the US it says right here 95 I didn't think yeah the M3 had an
automatic in 95 but yeah there you go it also says 1283 sedans rest of world in
95 get until 97 yeah I don't have an answer to this question I don't have a
I don't have a winning answer for sure all my cars were high production the only
way I could even slice and dice this is if we go into like astra delete
situations which is my Mercedes wagon was a weird car it was a v6 two-wheel
drive car yeah but it had all the crazy options so it has wood package the high
end sound ventilated seats all the stuff which is so weird like and it was in
like a good color somebody like ordered this car specifically for this reason
but all those did you have the window sticker no but all those cars would have
usually had a v8 and formatic but this is a v6 two-wheel drive wagon so those
that's probably a pretty rare like number wise for Mercedes pretty low but
then the option packages of really strange for that car so that would have
been like you know the rear-facing seats and all this other stuff like a
strange optioned car but definitely not production wise they made a lot of e
classes and wagons and stuff so and I don't think of anything else
everything else is all it's I know you have like Volkswagen
Golfs and stuff like crazy high production stuff E30 like it's yeah I mean
I'm sure the numbers are lower compared to most cars for an E30 and 89 but
definitely not like what about this you have a v70 r yeah they were no it wasn't
a manual oh it wasn't manual they didn't make a manual in that that car but yeah
99 v70 r I mean maybe I don't know what the numbers are on those but yeah it's
it's funny to think about like all the cars I've had I mean like Sarah's mini
was rare because of the chrono package but that's like package stuff we're not
talking about yeah yeah you know what are you laying I dude I'm the same as you
Warren like I'm looking at every I was like going through I'm like 240z they
made like 50,000 in 71 I'm like I'm looking at 944 as I made like 23,000
in U.S. in like 85 alone you know like I think maybe there are 8920
eight they made a lot dude and you're and I don't I don't know act I was in
a 1980 so 87911 U.S. production was 7999
that might be one of the rarest I've owned like you know and that's just one
year though but like but like here with 1980 928 I yeah 920
eight might be weird car like even for Porsche they were having trouble because
they're really expensive to yeah so it's not even trouble it's just like a very
expensive car too so it wasn't you know that was like buying a 200 and
50000 dollar car right now 300000 dollar car so yeah
so 1980 Porsche produced 1400 and 56928 so
that's done yeah and I mean I don't know if that's worldwide eighty unique is
eighty unique and or that was it the same they're like 83 no not
really I mean they're all like kind of the same I mean they're different they're
all they changed every year a little bit you know but they're yeah so that might
be the rarest actually the rarest I think they don't have numbers I couldn't
find them but I own like a 1988 Audi eighty sedan and that's
that's rare and that is really weird car because it was also I mean if we want to
get into crazy stuff like I don't even know the difference in Audi eighty and
9090 but my Audi eighty had like leather and all this shit but it was
also front wheel drive and and they only made 22000 Audi's in
1988 like all together and so like I think that car I think those
are that was a pretty rare I bet they barely made any of those especially in
the U.S. and then I was looking at for 4000 quattro numbers I bet
there's a those aren't crazy high but yeah 928 might be it dude
yeah I was like it obviously like Volkswagen rabbits were like 200
thousand they built just for us and two in 1979 that's true I
mean if we're in a packages I've never seen one in the world so that was one
of one of three probably yeah and then we're looking at like a book like nine
fourteen's they were produced a lot of those they were like
that was their most popular car right when they when it was built because it
was the cheapest 944 was the most popular Porsche built for its
basically its whole life I don't know I've had a look and then I had a Volvo
850 they were super pop you know turbo wagon I mean that was a popular
car yeah I had an Audi a four quattro popular car popular you know Polestar two
they made 40000 the year of my car it's like you know 50000
or whatever like it's like yeah all these cars are
are you know accurate TSX tons of them right so whatever I don't I don't know
how accurate this is this is AI so super quick search here but I checked because
you had a 99996 right I did back so a second
whatever so 9999 point two or whatever right like the face
slip is I don't know what the deal is here but it says for the 99
model year so I don't know if that and I imagine it includes the the face slip
because yours was a 99 yeah yeah it's a night this is crazy dude
C twos like the one that you had 3649 that's way really
for interesting oh wow that's crazy so if you look at if you go into the ashtray
kind of stuff my car was super rare because it was it was sport package
lsd hardback sport seats yeah I've never I've never even seen like like and the
yeah I've never even kind of like I don't even know if I've seen one with that
package before I don't know if I've seen guards red 996 exactly yeah
very rare Eric freeze has one but his doesn't have like that's right I remember
that yeah dude real quick before I move on this is really funny so this is a I
right so it's like three point four liter water cool flat 800 and
96 horsepower we will drive details the 99 along with ninety
wow wow wow and it's okay the highly robust you know IMS bearing what the
fuck are they talking about where do they get the funny yeah funny AI calls out
the traditional throttle cable look at that yeah well yeah because it was twenty
nine dude and that car weight 2976 pounds what's up
dude there you go alpha alpha addiction says have you ever downsized wheels and
tires for fun to make handling limits easier to reach on public roads what do
you think of this idea and what would be a good spec for each of your cars would
we all have a quiver I'm sorry should we all have a quiver of wheel setups for
different drives dang dude was this like a pit stop beer I mean I kind of love the
idea dude like like I mean how fun it does sound fun though yeah I think if
you're especially climate wise you know like to have a full on summer extreme
summer tire for hot drives you know dry good grip every road you could have
like or every trip I should say you'd have a different setup but yeah that's
that's wild but I could see like I would have a whole garage yeah I could see
like on my on the 911 I have a six I have sixteen's like 220
five's and two oh five's like imagine if you had two fifteen's all the way around
on fifteen's which was an option I imagine it would be a little like
livelier and that's what was fun about driving that one of the things that was
fun about driving the 65 and some of those long hoods is like the
liveliness of those cars so yeah for sure I definitely make a conscious
decision based on the type of driving I'm gonna do with the car and also what
the package is like for my 2002 the last one I had which for those
who are relatively new listeners like it was a hot rod 2002 with
about a hundred and fifty horsepower like built motor and suspension and
everything and I didn't want to go bigger than a thirteen inch CN 36
because I felt it really matched like the character of the car overall like
from it was really fun right like it had relatively decent limits but it was
very playful and it rode really nice and like it obviously looked a certain way
and like so it was a very much a conscious decision to like find the coolest
thirteen's I could get and I imported like magnesium cast magnesium like
mall early BBS Molly's from Eastern Europe which looks so killer and and I
put CN thirty sixes on there and I love that package like had zero interest in
going with a bigger wheel or or a stickier tire and not less sticky like I
felt like because it had some power so you wanted to put the power down but it
still let the car move around a little bit.
Yeah, I like that.
I'm not changing my tires.
That's a nice song.
That's a nice song.
I mean, no, I always look at especially trucks and SUVs like nice like the new
escalator and stuff. It's just such a bummer.
They run I think twenty twos are now the OEM wheel and there's just so little
rubber and every single car like every single truck like that.
I think just get to the bare minimum to clear the calipers with the wheel size
and go as much rubber as possible and you will be so happy.
Just do that and they they can't do it.
They won't do it.
They refuse to do it.
Dude, it's all about that look dude.
Yeah, when we bought Heidi's Teller, I specifically I went to like we got we
bought the package before the top package because I didn't want the like
gnarly biggest, biggest wheels with the blacked out package and all that stuff.
Yeah.
So I got the one right below that because it had like it was more sophisticated
looking and it had like the more the a little bit bigger tire and that's it, man.
Ryan Darby says, what do you do when you're feeling done with the car you have
but don't have the funds to move up to the next car?
What's the middle step?
I think I've had my fun with my GTI, but can't quite afford the 911
for a few more years.
Do I push for some new adventure by something middle ground, sell it and wait?
Question mark.
I well, no matter what you do, don't sell and wait.
I think that's like I think into your funds.
Yeah, I think that's just like you're not gonna.
That's a like you're going to use that to
fix your air conditioning in your house or something, you know, yes.
You're going to use that to, you know, expand to fix your kitchen or something.
It's it's just like, you know, it ends up not working out.
But yeah, it's a hard question, dude.
Yeah, I think it's so specific.
Yeah, I mean look, I would just is there something in that next tier, right?
Like that isn't quite 911 that that you're super interested in like and
then you can sort of leapfrog your way there because obviously that has intrinsic
value. Eventually you can go and sell that one, you know, or whatever.
So that would be the move and that you scratch another itch and you get to
experience something different.
That would be what I do.
But by a box there has to be something to be a boxer.
Yeah, but then yeah, this is one of those cases too.
It's like you want to buy a safe, you want a safe bet, you don't want something
that's a money pit and then it's like you want to buy something that like
this is where you want to put something where your money is a little bit safe
and because it's not a forever thing, right? Yeah, that's true.
Yep, I agree with that.
It's it's a very difficult decision, dude.
It's tough.
Yeah, I get a 944 turbo, dude.
Those are fine. There you go.
Bobby Reid with the car says, what do you hate more?
A really slow gas pump or a pump that plays ads at 100 and two
decibels while you're filling up our local station has both.
That's awful.
I think the the screen and decibels sucks so bad.
Yeah, it's so bad, dude.
We don't have a lot of those around here.
Luckily, yeah, we don't that you can at least go into your car, right?
Like that's like one thing, I guess, but you just slow shit.
Just oh, yeah, I think there's also something a little bit
meditative about a slow pump that you just kind of you're just sitting
there usually just with your thoughts, no, not me.
Do you know I'm like running super late and it's like I'm trying to get to the
next thing. Oh yeah, dude, he's like I only got a gallon and a half.
Well, then he also says to the people when he arrives to this such a slow pump.
I mean, I know it's the pumps fault, but somehow he shows up late with like a
coffee and you're like, dude, yeah, exactly, wait, but priorities, but yeah,
I think the fucking video with ads sucks so bad.
That's not very common, right?
Like, I mean, not when I think it isn't like these valley towns and stuff,
like where they these new big gas stations, you know, maybe not in like Santa
Barbara and Santa Cruz, like places like that, but it's more.
It's like, hi, I'm Maria, Maria Manunos, and this is your quick bullshit Hollywood
minute, then it's ads and yeah, not good.
Yeah, pedal, pedal, pedal says, are you ever tempted to message people who
list vehicles on Facebook marketplace for way too high or provide false
information recently triggered by a Vanagon Weekender, 130,000 miles in
good condition, listed for $30,000 locally.
What are you trying to achieve?
Like, I don't know, yeah, I am tempted.
I used to, I think when we first started this podcast, I wanted to help
people with their ads and just like offer a service for free to be like,
you have a decent car here, like pick up the trash from the fucking passenger
floorboard and take better pictures and your car, you know, here's what you do.
And here's how to write the ad and you'll, you'll thank me later.
Did I do that?
No, I didn't.
Yeah, that sounds like a free service is gnarly.
I guess you get started that way and then eventually there's a thing, right?
And then you sort of scale it from here.
You're helping the helpless one.
It's helping the helpless.
Sure, dude.
Yeah, I could chew, man.
Yeah, yeah, I just don't like, unless I'm trying to buy it, like I have zero
interest in communicating with anybody about that kind of stuff, because they're
going to come back with me like, well, I saw one sell for this.
And then like that now I have to have now try to educate him about why that one
sold for that.
I mean, look at the trailer comments.
It's crazy.
It's a that's an early reason.
Only reason not to sell on bring a trailer is that the trailer trolls.
There isn't either DM three right now on Facebook marketplace that keeps
popping up on my on my Facebook marketplace, like, you know, Explorer thing.
And it's been on there for probably eight months.
He wants 80 grand for it and like people keep telling him like, dude, you're
fucking idiot like it and it's like it pops up as the most commented.
Have you seen those?
No, it's like it's like Facebook ad or sorry.
It's not ads.
It's Facebook marketplace like listings and then there's a section that says
most commented and it comes across like the bottom and that one is one of the
most commented because everyone's just like telling him like, dude, if you
want to do this thing, you're not going to celebrate.
It was like that Boston Green E 36 m three that was on Craigslist for like five
years, Boston Green with a tan interior and a wood package and the guy would
not budge on price.
I'm like, you have the worst E 36 m three possible.
Of course, that's really, I know that's me saying it, but Luxe pack.
Well, I admittedly I'm not a fan of the standard tan.
So if it was Boston Gray or Modena, which would be your worst nightmare, it was
not that I would have barfed and had to throw my laptop away.
Dude, that would be so nice.
I think we need a grease.
It was that green apple and peanut butter.
I like it.
Dude, I'm done.
Dude, hell yeah.
Caramel apple.
Caramel apple.
There we go.
Speaking of green over tan, there's, and it's a similar kind of a dark tan that
997 turbos had.
I'm sure you've seen it and dude, this guy crazed by me yesterday getting
on to the freeway and it was a 997.1 turbo manual cab in like a oak green
green. I don't know if it was the actual oak green color, but it was
something like that.
You know what that looks like in that dark tan.
I was like, man, that is a fucking rad car.
And I bet it's a big money car now too.
I haven't looked at school, not as rad as like 20 other colors.
All right.
Moving on spec, spec bro.
Nice spec is we're trying to get to automotive omnivore says last question
here, what's your favorite thing you've bought from a podcast advertisement
heel and toe apparel items are high on my list, but I've also cooked a hello
fresh meal while listening to Matt Farah do a hello fresh ad read.
Well, that's bringing it all together here podcast advertisement purchases.
A lot of people have purchased off the record and that has helped them out a
lot, but they no longer sponsor us.
So don't use them.
Yeah, I don't use them ever.
I have a, I, this isn't like average.
I don't know what you would call this, but I listened to do boys once in a while,
which is a podcast about fast food reviews and stuff.
And they review a restaurant or a meal or whatever.
And that definitely has gotten me back to like Taco Bell.
I hadn't had Taco Bell for a year.
Oh, yeah.
And they were talking it up about the new Taco Bell cantina menu.
And I'm like, what's going on over in Taco Bell these days?
You're like, where's the canteen with this cantina?
I think art and I have had the last two work trips.
We had Taco Bell both times.
So I mean, yeah, when Taco Bell is, is yummy.
It's unhealthy, but it's delicious.
Yummy.
I love it.
Yeah.
It's also, by the way, the only reason we really went is because it was open late.
I was like, this is true.
I'm 90% the only thing I think I do.
I do want to say this is kind of like a bigger deal than a product
because I reached out to Nick at Beeline for the first time when he was a guest on the,
on the, on TST rather.
And he was talking about all the, you know, the sea bream shit and like being out there.
And I was like, oh shit, that was right around the time when I was going about to go out there.
And then he was, he talked about going up to the bay.
He was planning on going up to the bay area.
And I'm like, oh dude, like go up here.
Like we should sync up, you know.
And, but of course the episode aired, you know, weeks after it was recorded.
So he had already been kind of passed through, but and then he became an advertiser.
So like I definitely bought coffee through that whole thing, but I like to say that instead
of a product, we, we became friends through, through that whole thing.
You bought a friendship.
I bought a friendship.
That's awesome.
Yeah, that's, that's all I got.
I haven't bought anything.
I bought a ton of Instagram ad shit.
They get me dude.
Like, um, me too.
Yeah.
I took my shirt, my dog shirt that I brought to the rally.
I got that shirt for Andrew recently, the McLaren F1 shirt.
And there you go.
Yeah.
The race car.
Yeah.
Those, the Instagram ads will get you for sure.
I like browsing through those.
Oh, I meant to tell you, Lane, I was downtown on Sunday and they had that, um,
like vintage market in the street.
I went there.
The guy who's on watches.
Yeah.
Did you see him?
He had some dope shit.
He did.
I talked to him a little while.
He had that Hoor.
You should have bought that Hoor Diver.
He had was.
Oh, I think it was the Seiko.
It was a Seiko.
Isn't it?
Oh, he had no, he had a Hoor Diver two tone.
I think it was gone.
Pre tag.
I didn't see it.
Yeah.
He had some cool watches, but the thing that made me think about it.
He had some vintage freestyle watches.
Oh, yeah.
Vlog ones, which he was like trying to, he was basically saying like they're great
for like kids, you know, like, oh yeah, that's true.
Actually, they're small and kind of cool.
But yeah, it's just reminding.
That's funny.
Yeah.
I talked to him too.
I Heidi and I, my wife, we, we woke up pretty early or not that early because I
watched the whole F1 race and then she woke up and we walked down to cat and
cloud and had coffee from our house where Abbott Square.
Yeah.
Abbott Square.
Oh, nice.
So we walked down to you.
We walked along the boardwalk and then walked downtown had coffee and then
walked back home.
So we saw that whole thing.
Yeah.
It was a good little scene down there.
Random random thing.
Trivia time.
Actually, I got a couple announcements.
Oh, what you got, dude?
Oh, you got like a wagon fest.
We got a motor.
June 28th, two things going on.
Avant's wagon fest up in Mill Valley and then Morning Motors and Santa Cruz,
auto club or something.
Whoa.
Nope.
That's a Vance wagon fest.
And that'll be in what do they call it?
Strawberry Village.
Yeah, up in Mill Valley that the shopping center there.
Strawberry Village shopping center.
I think that's where the in and out is or nearby.
So anyways, I'm going to be at that and then Lane will be at Morning Motors.
Art will just be in Portugal or something.
So come one, come all.
That's all I can say.
I'm looking for some good wagons to be part of the little Radwood thing at
wagon fest.
So North Bay, Bay Area, wagon, station wagon folks.
I reached out to the boys on Discord about it.
I got three rads, the responses, a little sticker, but no emoji, but no.
Yeah.
Where's Tom Parker, dude?
Tom Park?
His wagon is going to be in San Diego.
And then how about Davis Kinzel?
Davis Kinzel.
If you're listening, come to wagon fest.
Drew can't make it.
He's got other plans.
So yeah, my station wagon homies needs some.
Bad rabbit habit has given us a cowabunga.
So I think that means he's coming and he's got the sort of, what do you call it?
Taxi spec S124.
I think he's manual swapping it right now.
That's what he's doing.
So he's basically, the whole thing was because he's autistic like me.
So I, he responded with about three paragraphs to say, I just needed to get all this shit
done and then I'll be there.
So like, which is like, I forgot about Discord.
I think I'm so bad with that stuff.
Like, yeah, no, no reason.
In the middle of a, you don't have it on your phone.
One.
No, I do.
I just don't have notifications.
So notifications going.
I mean, you don't have to do it for everything, right?
Just choose channels.
But yeah, he's doing a manual swap confirmed and it looks like he's going to,
he's getting close to wrapping it up.
So there's one, the white, I need to get a hold of, I did talk to him a while ago,
real quick.
Remember the E34M5 touring the white one with the, with the hurricane interior?
Yeah.
I'll contend with last year.
Yeah.
Radist import.
Yeah.
So he, he was tentatively a yay.
I need to connect him with Warren, but that is, damn, that is a really cool car, man.
Which one?
The alpine white E34M5 touring with the hurricane.
That is like, that is kind of as cool as a guess outside of an electa for me.
Oh, you like this because they're fucking green over 10.
Yeah.
Don't do that, but that white, white with hurricane is money.
That thing is so sick.
Yeah.
But yeah, so he's, he was TBD.
I'll, I'll connect you with him Warren.
I don't know if he's still yeah.
So that's what's going on.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We had a, I don't know.
We had barrier wagons telling people wagons not to come into morning motors.
I didn't really appreciate that, but
well, I mean, I don't, I don't mind if people take their station wagons to a
station wagon once a year show, but well, I didn't appreciate.
I'm telling you no wagons allowed or something, but that would happen.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, um, yeah, um, but yeah, we'll see and then we have on the, on
August 8th, we have our camping.
Awesome movie premiere party, which we will be holding at B line motor club west.
Yes.
And so we're going to be, yeah, we're going to be premiering our little.
It's like a 12 minute short film about, you know, on our camping.
Awesome rally and we'll do, you know, we'll probably get a food truck out there.
Maybe some beers, have a good time and then we're going to do a little art
exhibition there.
Let's do some photos.
I'm going to print out some stuff.
We're going to have some people do with some little art show stuff.
And should be a good old time.
Well, Monterey Bay little Monterey car week kickoff party and that'll be on,
it's a Saturday.
So that's the Saturday before like the main car week starts and I'll be from
630 to 930 p.m.
So at night time.
So that'll be like a evening engines Warren.
Absolutely.
I love it.
I can't wait.
So are you going to have to be in the Bay for a week?
Let's take a cruise around the Bay.
Just so you know.
All right.
Yay.
Hey, we'll have rally details coming soon for the fall rally.
So stay tuned.
All right, trivia.
All right.
I'm trying to figure out how to form this in a question to formulate this and do a question.
But you may have seen this article.
So I apologize if you have.
But what is the latest hack to trick Tesla self driving in China?
Drivers are doing something to cheat the system.
What are they doing for your hands on the steering wheel thing?
Yeah.
Oh, I don't know.
I haven't seen this.
So the full self driving requires there's cameras and stuff that look at the driver
and those steering wheel and there's touch sensitive things.
I don't know all the details, but they're probably looking your eyes.
Right.
It's like a redness scan thing or there's part of that.
Oh, mannequin pretty pretty much you're right on really.
So as you said, all of it.
Yeah, they just put a dude up there.
They just sit in the back or something.
This is it dude in China specifically.
This I don't know if this is happening anywhere else, but in China for $30 you can buy these
little tiny replica heads and the most popular one is the rock Dwayne the Rock Johnson.
Dude, I gotta look this up and you attach this to your rear view mirror in front of the cameras
just in the same area that your head would be.
So you have a tiny little head for 30 bucks and some of them even have blinking eyes
and you attach this to your rear view mirror right in front of the camera in the right focus
focal length and everything and then the Tesla car never assumes you're not looking at the road
and you can just fall asleep.
You can look at your phone lane.
Imagine how much Instagram you could get done.
Oh, dude.
I get so much Instagram.
You top score and you can totally take a nap just driving your car.
I can post on all my pages.
So these figurines look like real real people and you can get all sorts of them.
They're on e-commerce platforms like Taobao, Zhanyu and Daoyin.
Oh, those are our favorites.
Dude, I go to Daoyin regularly.
So here's a little blur.
Do you really?
Tesla's monitoring system.
No, I don't know what the fuck that is.
Tesla's driver monitoring system uses the cabin camera to track head position and eye movement
and so that's the main thing.
I thought it was the hands on the steering wheel but yeah, this little strategically placed plastic head.
You just put it right up by the camera.
So this was on wired a few days ago and it's a whole.
These little head pieces that you can buy are just for this purpose.
It is because they have a little mount and everything.
Yeah, it's a new industry that has popped up to cheat self-driving safety parameters.
Such a trip.
Can you imagine like 50 years from now this is going to be found at a yard sale?
What the fuck is this little head like with a little mount on it?
You're going to use Tesla and it's going to have like those under the seat.
Like what the fuck is dude?
What happens when you like when your car bucks up and you kill someone
and then you blame the head.
You're in the passenger seat or in the back seat.
Yeah, what's wrong?
And this like dude.
It's already.
I mean there's been stories of this popping up with people.
I know, but that's sort of like murder right?
That's like yeah.
Absolute manslaughter.
Absolutely.
Yeah, it's not ideal.
Wow, man.
So there you go.
Get your Dwayne the Rock Johnson mannequin head.
That's cool.
That's the rock dude.
The ones with blinking eyes is so trippy.
Like what is going on?
Yeah.
So yeah, if you're on Daoyin, check it out.
Yeah, do any of you guys have newer cars?
Do your cars do the whole thing?
Like it seems like you need a coffee break kind of thing.
No, ours.
Mine doesn't have that.
It does have a distance cruise control and some annoying like stop.
You're going to crash if it detects something.
A little flashy thing.
But it's total bullshit.
It's never actually found.
It's always like a car parked parallel park
or something that I'm driving around.
It's like, watch out.
Dang.
The one of the e-golf is really good.
It's actually, I'm sure it's the same as the GTI
or whatever we're in air golf, but it's not very intrusive
like visually, but like it will wait till the very last second
to actually slam the brakes and it saved me a couple of times.
Yeah.
One time I was coming down the hill and like my kid dropped
something and I had to look back for like a split second
and somebody was coming out of a driveway like and they nosed out
because they have big hedges and like I would have 100% hit them.
Like they didn't see me and I was coming down the hill
and it was kind of a blind turn.
So yeah, like the car stopped really well
and it's happened on the freeway to like just driving.
Like like when I was going to hit the brakes, it went for it.
Just like what really said and stopped, but yeah, ours won't.
No, ours won't actually hit.
Ours won't actually break it.
It just hit, you know, big warning on the screen.
That's what got you.
So yeah, the Polestar ones, the Polestar braking one's really good
too and it's like last minute and it's good like in like parking
lots and stuff like that.
If you're like about to hit a wall or you know, like something
like that, I can see that it's really good aggressively.
But yeah, the Kia will do the whole thing.
Like if you are like not paying attention, you're kind of like
looking around.
It's like, oh, it looks like you need a coffee break.
Puts a little coffee cup on the dash kind of thing.
Yeah, and you're like, I'm like, and I'm like, I have not really
made it into the road.
Like where are we?
I understand who's been driving this whole time.
Like it does like it is pretty accurate.
You know, it's not like I don't even drink coffee.
That's incredible.
That's incredible.
The times where you're like looking at your phone to like look
up the next, I don't know, like you're on Google Maps or
something and like doing, they're like, who's been driving this
whole time?
Like, I mean, I know, dude, I think subconsciously you're
looking and driving, but it just doesn't register.
You know, something is happening.
Something is happening.
For sure.
Yeah.
Red lights, they trigger you.
Yeah.
All right.
That's podcast.
Thank you for joining us.
See you later.
Bye.
About this episode
Hosts bounce from quick car slang to neighborhood car spotting, then zoom into real-world maintenance and ownership math. They talk about a “Basically totaled.” side-swipe, why some repairs are worth outsourcing, and how high-value cars can make even scary failures feel less intimidating. The conversation also covers reliability patterns (timing-belt tensioners, exhaust manifolds, storage risk) and driver-assistance behavior, from last-second braking to attention warnings. It ends with practical used-car shopping and local event chatter.
