Rumor turns to real-world chaos as the hosts walk back a Swatch x Audemars Piguet pocket-watch leak—“This was a fake picture. This was just AI.”—and then debate the impractical pop-out mechanism. They describe lines, camping, resellers flipping on eBay, and even police presence. After the watch frenzy, the conversation swings back to cars: limited-run Gunther Works builds, ethanol (E85) power vs fuel economy, and canyon-driving safety rules. The show also includes multiple sponsor reads.
Spike and Jonny drive a $1.6M, 1,000-hp Gunther Werks F26 on Angeles Crest and called it a profanity generator. Zuckerman secretly bought a purple Alpina B10 and may no longer be a Porsche guy. Plus, the Canyon Carver "Don't Cross the Mustard" driving controversy gets ugly.
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This week on Spike's Car Radio, Jonny Lieberman details his white-knuckle drive in the Gunther Werks F26 — 880hp on pump gas, 1,000hp on E85, 2,200 lbs, manual transmission, and a power-to-weight ratio that embarrasses a Bugatti. He calls it peak analog violence, and then some.
The Swatch x Audemars Piguet collab caused global store chaos — door rushes, safety cancellations, and a pocket watch nobody actually wanted. Spike announces the new Sheffield Blue SCR watch drops May 27th with refined details including a more vibrant blue, slimmer bezel teeth, and a cleaner second-hand arrow.
Zuckerman drops a bombshell: he bought a classic purple Alpina B10 — twin-turbo straight-six, manual gearbox — currently sitting at the Port of LA. Jonny breaks down BMW's Alpina acquisition strategy and why it targets the ultra-wealthy gap between $200K BMWs and $350K Rolls-Royces.
Then things get heated. Canyon driver Cort Wagner reached out claiming the show was fueling controversy for views. Spike invited him on. He declined. His lengthy statement arrives instead — and Spike, Zuckerman, and Jonny don't hold back. Crossing double yellows on public roads isn't car culture. It's how people die.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Spike at the Indy 500
00:51 - Swatch x AP collab CHAOS
08:48 - Gunther Werks F-26 review
25:16 - What is the Vision BMW Alpina?
30:25 - Zuckerman's Alpina B10
41:21 - The Don't Cross the Mustard beef continues
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"... these watches. Wait until they release the Patek Nautilus clav. Well, look, I was going somewhere with this..."
The Lincoln Nautilus is a mid-size luxury SUV. It’s meant for comfortable everyday driving with more upscale features than a typical non-luxury SUV. In the podcast, the name comes up while talking about something else with a similar name.
The Lincoln Nautilus is a mid-size luxury SUV positioned for comfort and everyday usability. It’s the kind of vehicle people discuss when talking about premium features and pricing in the luxury segment. In the podcast context, it’s mentioned briefly while the host is talking about “Patek Nautilus,” which is a watch name, not the car’s features.
"He just wanted to fill me in on a couple of things. He wanted me to drive it in comfort mode first."
Comfort mode is a setting that makes the car feel calmer and easier to drive. It usually reduces how “sharp” the car feels compared to sport mode.
“Comfort mode” is a driving setting that changes how the car behaves for everyday use. It typically softens throttle response and steering/suspension behavior so the car feels less aggressive than in sport modes.
"He goes, well, it's 1067 horsepower. And but it's also a car you can drive on the road."
Horsepower is a way to describe how strong the engine is. More horsepower usually means the car can produce more power to move the vehicle.
Horsepower is a measure of engine output power—how much work the engine can do over time. In car talk, it’s often used to compare how strong different engines are, especially when paired with weight.
"I said, well, that's my kind of car. Power to weight ratio is more than a Bugatti."
Power-to-weight ratio compares how strong the engine is to how heavy the car is. A higher ratio usually means the car feels faster and accelerates more easily.
Power-to-weight ratio is how much engine power a car has compared to its mass. Higher numbers generally mean quicker acceleration and easier performance because the engine has less weight to move.
"Power to weight ratio is more than a Bugatti. And that weight is 2700 and fifty pounds."
Bugatti is a brand famous for very high-end, very fast cars. Saying it’s “more than a Bugatti” is basically bragging that it’s in the top performance tier.
Bugatti is a luxury performance brand known for extremely powerful hypercars. Referencing Bugatti is a way to compare the car’s power-to-weight and performance against one of the benchmark names in the hypercar world.
"So on on on pump gas, it makes only makes 800 and eighty horse power."
Pump gas is the regular gasoline you get at regular gas stations. The car may make less power on it than on higher-performance fuels.
“Pump gas” means regular gasoline you buy at a public fuel station. Performance can drop compared with higher-octane or alternative fuels because the engine may need to run less aggressive ignition timing to avoid knock.
"Oh, E 85 Oh, three bucks a gallon... That's just because E 85 is does more power... You cut your fuel economy in half or or worse... Is that the corn gas we're talking about? Yes."
E85 is a gas/ethanol mix that’s mostly alcohol. It can make an engine feel stronger, but you usually burn more of it, so you go fewer miles per gallon. Not every car can use it unless it’s set up for ethanol.
E85 is a fuel blend made mostly of ethanol (about 85% ethanol mixed with gasoline). Because ethanol has different energy content than gasoline, using E85 typically reduces fuel economy, even if it can support higher power in some engines. Whether you can run it depends on the vehicle being designed or tuned for ethanol use.
"You get it. You cut your fuel economy in half or or worse... That's the trade off. You get you get more power, but you get no mileage at all."
They’re talking about a trade-off: you might get more power, but you’ll usually use more fuel. With E85, the engine often has to burn more to make the same amount of energy. So you end up stopping for gas more often.
The discussion highlights a common ethanol-fuel trade-off: you may gain power, but you often lose fuel economy. This happens because E85 contains less usable energy per unit volume than gasoline, so the engine needs more fuel to produce the same output. The result is more frequent refueling compared with regular gasoline.
"This is a 13 horsepower, six speed manual transmission, rear drive.
The only kind of traction control it has is it just does ignition cut."
A six-speed manual means you choose the gears yourself with a clutch and shifter. It usually gives the driver more direct control over how the car accelerates.
A six-speed manual transmission is a gearbox where the driver selects gears using a clutch and gear lever. In enthusiast contexts, it often implies more direct driver control over engine speed and torque delivery than an automatic.
"This is a 13 horsepower, six speed manual transmission, rear drive.
The only kind of traction control it has is it just does ignition cut."
Rear drive means the back wheels get the power. That can affect how the car grips and how it feels when you accelerate.
Rear drive (rear-wheel drive) means power is sent to the rear wheels. That layout changes how the car accelerates and how traction-control strategies behave compared with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
"This is a 13 horsepower, six speed manual transmission, rear drive.
The only kind of traction control it has is it just does ignition cut."
Ignition cut is when the car briefly stops firing the spark plugs to calm down wheel spin. It’s one way traction control can reduce power without using the brakes.
Ignition cut is a traction-control strategy where the engine’s ignition is temporarily interrupted to reduce wheel spin. Unlike systems that actively brake individual wheels, ignition cut mainly reduces torque by stopping combustion events.
"The only kind of traction control it has is it just does ignition cut.
So it doesn't really like do brakes or anything like that."
Traction control helps prevent the tires from spinning when you accelerate. It does this by reducing power and sometimes using braking, depending on the car.
Traction control is a driver-assist system that limits wheel slip during acceleration by reducing engine torque and/or applying braking. The segment contrasts a basic setup (ignition cut) with more advanced traction-control behavior.
"But here's the thing, too. So it's a 993 It's all going through works are based on 99 threes, right?"
“993” is a specific generation of the Porsche 911. People like it because it feels very classic to drive and it’s part of the last era of the air-cooled 911s.
Porsche 993 refers to the 911 generation produced in the early-to-mid 1990s. It’s known among enthusiasts for its classic, air-cooled 911 character and a more analog driving feel compared with later water-cooled cars.
"And as some of you may know, the the speedometer is blocked. I should say the right half of the speedometer is blocked by the steering wheel."
A speedometer is the gauge that tells you how fast the car is going. Here, part of the gauge is blocked, so it’s harder to see your exact speed.
The speedometer is the instrument that displays vehicle speed. In this case, the right half of the speedometer is blocked by the steering wheel, so the driver can’t clearly read exact speed above a certain point.
Concept
blocked gauge visibility at speed
"So once you get over 80 miles an hour, you really don't know exactly where you're at, how fast you're going."
If your speed gauge is partly blocked, you can’t easily tell your exact speed. That makes it tougher to drive precisely—especially when you’re going faster.
When a key instrument is partially blocked, it reduces the driver’s ability to accurately monitor speed, especially at higher velocities. That can make it harder to judge how aggressively you’re driving and to stay within safe or legal speed ranges.
"It's a it's a they call it double wishbone. [886.6s] This guy Carrie Elkwood Elkhart. [889.7s] He developed it. ... They put double wishbone on this. ... And they put the same double wishbone suspension on the GT for us"
Double wishbone is a type of suspension where the wheel is guided by two shaped arms. It helps the tire stay planted and makes steering feel more accurate, especially when you hit bumps or turn hard.
Double wishbone is a front suspension design that uses two control arms ("wishbones") per wheel to precisely control wheel motion. Because it can keep the tire’s contact patch more consistent as the suspension moves, it’s often chosen for cars that need sharp steering feel and predictable handling.
Term
peak analog
"I've never experienced as visceral. [932.2s] It's beyond, you know, people say, oh, peak analog, it's beyond that. [935.3s] You're in the realm of like typhoons and really tsunamis."
"Peak analog" is an enthusiast phrase meaning the most engaging, old-school, mechanically direct driving experience—typically associated with naturally aspirated engines, tactile steering, and minimal electronic mediation. The speaker claims the experience was even beyond that, emphasizing how visceral the car felt.
"...og, it's beyond that. You're in the realm of like typhoons and really tsunamis. So dumb question."
The GMC Typhoon is an SUV that was made to be much faster than you’d expect from an SUV. It’s known for strong acceleration. The podcast uses it as an example of something extremely powerful.
The GMC Typhoon is a performance-oriented SUV from the 1990s, known for being unusually fast for its size and era. It’s often discussed because it combined practicality with serious acceleration. In the podcast context, it’s used as a metaphor for extreme power (“typhoons and really tsunamis”).
"...short drive. When people complain about the GT4RS Cayman, one of the things I say is how loud it is inside..."
The Porsche Cayman is a sports car with the engine placed toward the middle of the car. That setup helps it handle well. Some versions can be very loud inside, especially when you drive them hard.
The Porsche Cayman is a mid-engine sports coupe known for sharp handling and a driver-focused layout. It often comes up in discussions of high-performance variants because cabin noise and exhaust character can be a big part of the experience. In this context, it’s mentioned alongside the GT4RS Cayman and how loud it can feel inside.
"So I was going to say the only thing you need to know about Guntherworks and I wish they changed this, that black button on the left side of the steering wheel... So if you don't know Guntherworks, they take a 993, they strip it down to the bare metal, they reinforce the metal with carbon fiber."
Guntherworks is a company that takes an existing Porsche and rebuilds it with upgrades. Here they’re described as making the car stiffer and more “serious” by adding carbon fiber after stripping it down.
Guntherworks is a specialist Porsche restomod shop known for taking a donor Porsche and rebuilding it with extensive structural and cosmetic upgrades. In this segment, they’re described as stripping a Porsche 993 down to bare metal and reinforcing it with carbon fiber for a stiffer, more track-focused feel.
"Yeah, that's the nose lift works great. However, it goes down the car off and drops... You just got to be aware."
A nose lift raises the front of the car. It helps prevent the front bumper from hitting the ground when you’re going over steep or bumpy stuff.
A nose lift is a system that raises the front of the car to reduce the chance of scraping the bumper or splitter over steep driveways, speed bumps, or uneven roads. The host notes a specific button on the steering wheel and that it changes the car’s stance when activated.
"..., a little knob. Yeah. Yeah, they're like the old 917s. Yeah. And that's a very good phone holder in fro..."
The Porsche 917 is an old, famous race car from Porsche. It’s known for being very successful in long-distance racing. The podcast mentions it as a reference point to “the old 917s.”
The Porsche 917 is a legendary race car from the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for dominating endurance racing. It’s a significant piece of Porsche’s motorsport history and is often referenced when people talk about classic performance engineering. Here, it’s mentioned in a casual way alongside “old 917s,” implying a connection to a specific feature or design detail.
"So if you don't know Guntherworks, they take a 993, they strip it down to the bare metal, they reinforce the metal with carbon fiber... It looks like a 993, but instead of being shitty... it's carbon."
A restomod is an older car that gets refreshed with modern upgrades. Here, the Porsche 993 is rebuilt with carbon fiber and better materials instead of leaving it stock.
A restomod is a modified classic car that keeps the original model’s identity while updating it with modern engineering, materials, and/or performance improvements. This segment describes a restomod-style approach: starting with a Porsche 993, stripping it down, reinforcing it with carbon fiber, and upgrading the interior materials.
"So it's much stiffer, all carbon fiber body panels. Yeah. And then it's just every look at the top of the dash, it's carbon fiber."
Carbon fiber body panels are car parts made from a strong, lightweight material. The idea is that the car feels more rigid and can be lighter than with regular metal panels.
Carbon fiber body panels are exterior panels made from carbon-fiber composite material, which can be lighter and stiffer than traditional steel or aluminum. The host connects this directly to improved rigidity (“much stiffer”) on the Guntherworks build.
"My flu or two. My four phantom. Yeah. Shot down over in Hanoi."
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is a very high-end luxury car. It’s designed to be extremely comfortable and quiet. In the podcast, the name “Phantom” is mentioned as part of a story.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is the brand’s flagship luxury sedan, built to deliver a very quiet, comfortable ride and high-end craftsmanship. It’s often referenced as a symbol of top-tier luxury and expense. In the podcast context, it’s mentioned in a historical-sounding anecdote (“four phantom”), but the car itself is the Phantom luxury model.
"...very single option is about 200 grand. And then a Rolls Royce Ghost starts at about $350,000. So from 200 to 350 BMW ..."
The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a very expensive luxury sedan. It’s built for comfort and high-end features. The podcast mentions it to talk about how much it costs compared to other cars in the conversation.
The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a luxury sedan that sits below the Phantom in the brand’s lineup, but it still targets the ultra-premium market. It’s often discussed in terms of pricing because it can be a significant step up in cost compared with many mainstream luxury cars. In the podcast context, it’s used to illustrate a price range and how it compares to a BMW figure mentioned right before it.
"BMW said, hey, what about us? In other words, Mercedes and Volkswagen Group, they get a piece of it. They even Cadillac put out the Celestic,"
BMW is a well-known car brand from Germany. Here, they’re talking about what BMW is doing with its cars and whether the new direction looks good.
BMW is a major German automaker, and the hosts frame this segment as BMW responding to competitive pressure from other luxury and performance brands. The “BMW guy” comment signals the discussion is about BMW’s design direction and product positioning.
"In other words, Mercedes and Volkswagen Group, they get a piece of it. They even Cadillac put out the Celestic,"
Mercedes is a luxury car brand. In this conversation, it’s mentioned as one of the companies competing for the same kind of buyers.
Mercedes (Mercedes-Benz) is a German luxury automaker frequently compared with BMW in the premium segment. The hosts mention it as part of the broader “who gets a piece of it” competitive landscape.
"In other words, Mercedes and Volkswagen Group, they get a piece of it. They even Cadillac put out the Celestic,"
Volkswagen Group is a company that owns several car brands. Here it’s mentioned as another player taking market share.
Volkswagen Group is a large multinational automaker that owns multiple brands (including Volkswagen and others). The hosts use it to reference corporate-level competition in the luxury/performance space.
"They even Cadillac put out the Celestic, which is $350,000 or $300,000, whatever it was."
Cadillac is a luxury car brand from the U.S. They bring it up as an example of a brand launching something very expensive.
Cadillac is an American luxury automaker, and the hosts mention it in the context of high-priced new models. This is used as an example of how other brands are pushing into expensive, attention-grabbing products.
"So this is this is what they're going to do with Alpina. So all Alpinas are going to fall. They're going to they're going to make them fit in with Bentley's and with my box."
Alpina is a company that takes BMWs and turns them into more upscale, more refined versions. The discussion is about how Alpina’s cars might be grouped or marketed to match other luxury brands.
Alpina is a German tuner that builds and refines BMW-based cars, typically focusing on power, drivability, and luxury. When the hosts say “what they’re going to do with Alpina,” they’re talking about how Alpina’s lineup and positioning may be reshaped to sit alongside other luxury brands.
"They're going to they're going to make them fit in with Bentley's and with my box."
Bentley is a British luxury automaker known for ultra-premium pricing and grand-touring style. The hosts reference Bentley as a benchmark for where Alpina’s cars may be positioned or “fit in.”
"I'll tell you that. I mean, to me, this looks like a blueprint for what Jaguar should have done. I don't know if you agree with my assessment."
Jaguar is a British car brand. They’re saying Jaguar needs a similar design direction and that the brand is trying to reinvent itself.
Jaguar is a British automaker known for performance-oriented luxury and, more recently, for trying to reinvent its lineup and identity. The hosts say BMW’s design looks like a “blueprint” for what Jaguar should have done, tying it to Jaguar’s ongoing brand reinvention.
"It's not just because this V8. There's lots of BMWs that have that V8 right now."
A V8 is an engine with eight cylinders arranged in a V shape. It’s often used in cars that want strong, smooth power.
A V8 is an engine with eight cylinders arranged in a “V” shape around a common crankshaft. It’s commonly associated with smooth power delivery and strong low-to-midrange torque, which is why many performance and luxury models use it.
"They did a good job with the twin kidneys on this. Yeah, yeah."
“Twin kidneys” is BMW’s signature front grille shape—two kidney-like openings. It’s a big part of what makes the front of a BMW recognizable.
“Twin kidneys” refers to BMW’s distinctive grille design: two kidney-shaped openings side-by-side on the front fascia. It’s a recognizable styling cue, and when tuners or special editions emphasize it, it can strongly influence the car’s “face” and perceived presence.
"It is an Alpina B10.
[1842.3s] It is an Alpina B10.
[1844.4s] Old school."
An Alpina B10 is a BMW that’s been upgraded by Alpina, a company that makes cars feel more powerful and refined. It’s not just a random modded BMW—Alpina’s changes are done in a more “official” way.
The Alpina B10 is a BMW-based performance sedan/touring line from Alpina, a tuner known for making factory-like upgrades. When someone says “Alpina B10,” they’re usually referring to a specific generation of that model, which is built around BMW’s platform but tuned by Alpina for power, drivability, and luxury.
"There is. Oh, wow.
[1877.8s] It's a twin turbo straight six manual. Correct."
“Straight six” means the engine has six cylinders in a line. That layout often makes the engine run smoothly.
A “straight six” is an inline engine with six cylinders arranged in a single row. Inline-six engines are known for smooth power delivery and often have a balanced feel compared with many other layouts.
"There is. Oh, wow.
[1877.8s] It's a twin turbo straight six manual. Correct."
“Twin turbo” means the car has two turbochargers. Turbos add extra air to the engine, which can make the car feel quicker.
“Twin turbo” means the engine uses two turbochargers instead of one. This can help the engine spool up faster and deliver stronger boost across a wider range of speeds.
Term
Mugello red
"So thrilled for this.
[1908.5s] which is in Mugello red right behind us."
“Mugello red” is a named red paint color. It’s not just “any red”—it’s a specific shade the manufacturer calls out.
“Mugello red” is a specific paint color name used by certain car brands. Named colors are often tied to a particular hue and can look different depending on lighting and metallic/pearl flake content.
"You you have a tool that pulls off the center cap
and that's where the inflation is.
And then it's sealed."
The tire valve is the little part that you connect an air pump to. This wheel design lets you reach it by removing the center cap, then it gets sealed again.
The tire valve is the small fitting on a wheel that lets you add air and holds pressure inside the tire. The speaker is pointing out a special wheel design where the valve is accessed through the wheel’s center-cap area and then sealed back up.
"You you have a tool that pulls off the center cap
and that's where the inflation is.
And then it's sealed."
The center cap is the part in the middle of the wheel. Here, it’s used like a cover you take off to reach the valve to put air in the tire.
A center cap is the removable piece at the middle of a wheel that often covers the hub area. In this case, the speaker describes a setup where you remove the center cap to access the tire valve for inflation.
"We're going to do an episode of what's Johnny driving.
OK, it will take out the two E 34
Oh, so we'll take out the 20th year.
Done. 3.8 E thirty.
Never gonna happen again."
BMW E30 is an older BMW 3 Series (from the 1980s/early 1990s). Car people love it because it’s fun to drive and there are lots of parts and upgrades available.
The BMW E30 is the 3 Series generation from the 1980s to early 1990s, and it’s one of the most enthusiast-beloved BMWs. It’s especially known for its simple, driver-focused layout and huge aftermarket support, which is why people still talk about E30s in wheel-and-tire context.
"We're going to do an episode of what's Johnny driving. OK, it will take out the two E 34 Oh, so we'll take out the 20th year."
The BMW 5 Series is a luxury sedan that’s designed for everyday comfort but still drives in a sporty way. It’s a popular “main car” type for people who want something nicer than a basic sedan. The podcast mentions it as part of a discussion about what someone drives.
The BMW 5 Series is a mid-size luxury sedan known for balancing comfort with sporty driving dynamics. It’s a common choice for buyers who want a premium daily driver rather than a pure sports car. In the podcast context, it’s referenced in a “what’s Johnny driving” style segment, implying a specific 5 Series generation or model year.
"...hey were on Decker around their motorcycles and a Corvette was on the wrong road and killed them both. It wa..."
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car made in the United States. It’s built to be fast and fun to drive. In the podcast, it’s mentioned in connection with an accident.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a long-running American sports car known for strong performance and a reputation as a value-focused performance choice. It’s often mentioned in pop culture and motorsports because it’s a recognizable, high-visibility car. In this context, it’s part of a serious story involving a crash.
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- What is the Vision BMW Alpina?
- Zuckerman's Alpina B10
- The Don't Cross the Mustard beef continues
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Welcome to Spike's car radio, everybody.
There's a lot going on in the world that I'd love to talk about.
Don't forget that your friend Spike is going to be at the Indy 500
in his new position as spokesman for Edwards Life Sciences.
I am a spokesperson for the Edward Life Sciences heart valve,
but I'm going to be at the Indy 500. There's going to be a film there.
I'm going to be there with Ray Hall, Letterman, Lannigan Racing.
I'm super excited about it.
Matt Ferrer is going to be there and I've never seen the Indy 500.
So don't forget to say hello if you see me there.
And I'm going to be there for five days.
Oh, it's going to be wild.
What does one do? do in Indianapolis for five days?
I've got a full schedule. They've already sent it.
There's some good steakhouses.
Huh? There's some good steakhouses.
Are there? Yeah. Yeah. Meat chunks.
Anyway, there's a really fun story happening in the news.
I have to talk about because we, you know, we're not just cars.
We're watches here.
It's Mike's car radio.
And it is the story, the rumor a few weeks ago
that there was going to be a new collab between Swatch and AP.
How do you pronounce it?
Audemire Piguet is close.
AP. Let's just say AP, right?
Everybody get excited because of the Swatch omegas.
And then what was the other one? The Monk Pong, whatever that was.
And these cool little plastic watches that we love.
And suddenly pictures started leaking and we saw this come up and we went, oh, my god.
These are going to be amazing.
The Swatch AP, the AP community went nuts.
They couldn't believe that Swatch was going to cheapen the watches that they buy
to try to look cool and try to look rich.
This was going to cheapen their whole image.
I got really excited.
I was like, oh, I'm going to get one of those light blues.
I'm going to get one of those light greens.
And I can't wait for these to go on sale.
They only go on sale at Swatch stores around the world.
Yes, you have a question. Is it today?
It was today.
But then we learned that, guess what?
This was a fake picture.
This was just AI.
This was not the collab.
Actually, what they're making was this, a pocket watch.
Let's see the dial.
Yes, we're making pocket watches.
And then that's where I stopped paying attention because I thought, you know,
I have no use for a pocket watch.
And it really made me laugh that this
everyone got excited about this collab.
And then suddenly, you know, I sense that Swatch and AP were like,
shit, this is out of control.
You know, we didn't play this right.
We got all of this excitement about the original leak.
And now we're putting out a pocket watch.
OK. But yes, Johnny, the watch itself.
Yes, pops out.
I understand. You can put it into an actual.
I was going there.
Oh, you're so dumb.
I know. I'm sorry to know this.
I was trying to get through the story.
But yes, as Johnny points out, you can remove the pocket watch,
buy a skeleton thing to wear in your hands and then have a watch
where the watch pops out every time you swing your hockey stick at the puck
or tennis racket, it falls out of the court and you step on it.
OK, whatever.
That I'm just saying, my point was just this simple, Johnny.
I lost interest at this point because I don't want that the way that thing looks
looks like a fucking nightmare.
And where am I storing the purple and pink thing?
Like, where does that go?
Anyway, throw that out.
Who cares?
I guess I'm alone because as the day changed overnight,
the footage started coming in from around the world of the people waiting in line,
desperate for money or desperate for these watches.
That is not a guy.
And look at this.
So watch AP drop has caused carnage.
You got what do they mean by carnage?
Go to the next slide.
Look at this.
Bye, you fuck you.
I want my stopwatch.
It's just craziness.
Keep going.
Keep going.
It's just it's just madness.
I think partially because people are excited about this, but also resellers knew
they could double their money very quickly on eBay.
Look at the woman there.
Look at the lady in the bushes.
She's mad.
Much more than double their money.
Much more than.
Yeah, much more than they were going to make.
She's getting shoved up his ass.
And it gets worse here.
Put on your headphones.
Go to this next.
Then as I was sitting down today, this post was on my feet.
Listen to this guy's coverage.
You watch collaboration between luxury brand Audemars Piguet and Swatch has led
to full blown chaos in the street.
We had people camping out for 24 hours.
Look at the guy.
Bumrush the doors.
Bloody nose.
This woman overdosed while waiting for a chance to grab an AP watch.
Oh, stop for a second.
How is that Swatch's fault that she overdosed?
And what was she overdosing on?
She was so excited.
She overdosed.
Who the fuck is this guy?
No one.
And who the fuck am I?
This is all that's news these days.
All you have to do is put yourself in the lower quadrant and everybody listens
to you for some reason.
Oh, yes.
There was so much excitement.
This woman overdosed to tamp down her excitement.
She had no choice but to take fentanyl.
This makes zero sense.
All right, here we are.
This is it.
It's about to be 11 a.m.
OK, see what happens.
Watch.
Absolute disaster.
Whoever was waiting in line probably got bumrushed.
A complete disaster.
Cops present.
Probably about a thousand people now.
Wow.
And probably what's going to happen now is nobody's going to get a watch.
Why is nobody going to get a watch?
Yeah, I think what happened, I mean, I saw that Chicago decided not to open
their store and apologize.
They didn't want people overdosing in their lines.
And then I would guess here in New York, the same thing happened.
But nobody.
Yeah, look, there you go.
Nobody got watches.
So clearly I'm wrong.
It's clearly an appetite for pocket watches.
And like Johnny said, little skeleton bracelets that you could put them in.
We're crazy than a sneaker drop.
Yeah, I mean, people are excited about watches.
I think we're at the point, though, Swatch.
Don't you think it's time to just release this release the stuff, you know,
on the internet and just let everybody take a shot at it?
No, they got lightning in a bottle.
They're never going to.
They're never going to let go.
People are overdosing in line to buy these watches.
Wait until they release the Patek Nautilus clav.
Well, look, I was going somewhere with this.
And it's self-serving.
I apologize for that.
But shortly, the new Sheffield Blue Spikes Car Radio Watch is going for sale.
And there it is.
These are the very first pictures from Jay Turkpress at Sheffield.
Can you notice the differences, gentlemen?
The bezel now has less hash marks on it.
It's more blue.
It's like it's more blue.
Yes, Johnny.
The teeth on the bezel are smaller.
I look at the second hand.
So remember that giving your fentanyl.
Calm down, Johnny.
Calm down.
I mean, morphine.
OK, OK, I'll slow down.
I'll slow down.
The second hand has a smaller arrow.
It used to have that big, giant arrow.
I slimmed that out.
The indices we slimmed out and also the hands.
And we have the brand new watch.
We sold thousands of these before.
This is the new one.
You can show the back.
Go ahead.
There it is right there.
But it's a but it's a new and improved refined SCR blue.
And it's going up for sale May 27th.
I think it does quote me on that.
Yes, May 27th.
There you go.
Now let's cancel it.
Yes, I have a riot.
So, yeah, riot over this, guys.
Affordable quality, automatic Sheffield for you.
For less than the Swatch AP.
Less than the Swatch AP.
Yeah, 120 bucks less.
When the new Sheffield Sport comes out,
I can't promise you that will be less than the AP.
But, you know, it's kind of hard to make these plastic watches.
You know, we had to start new and making all sorts of new parts
and that gets expensive.
But still, get this one first.
Here's the one.
I like that blue.
And of course, you guys get them for free.
Well, everybody here gets a free Sheffield Sport SCR.
Then our friend Cameron over there, he already sports one.
Jack Ferreston is wearing one today.
He's wearing the Solograph and also helped design the camp watches with me.
So it's a family business.
My watch is coming soon.
Jenny sent me some rent.
Oh, we did? Yeah. Pretty.
Have you seen them?
Not yet. I told you while I look.
I said, Johnny knows what he's talking about.
Whatever you and Johnny cook up, I'm fine with.
Yeah, I'm I'm it's you'll like it.
That's exciting. I'm glad that's happening.
It's a driver watch.
Oh, really? 70s driver watch.
So it's not the bronze.
Now, that's coming later.
Getting bronze cases is just like very difficult.
I'm happy about this change.
It surprised me with it.
OK, I don't want to see anything.
When does the Deli watch come?
The pastrami watch?
Yes, I know.
You call me a pastrami journalist.
Yes, yes.
We have a beautiful car behind us.
And I can hear the listeners right now going,
why aren't you guys talking about that beautiful Gunther Works F26?
Well, let's do that right now.
And there it is, the Gunther Works F26.
Why is it the F26?
Well, for a couple reasons, they don't want to use
what type of Porsche it is in the name for obvious reasons.
And they're only making 26 of them
for the low, low price of one point 6000000 dollars.
Yeah, man, everybody.
I talked to Peter Nam.
Yeah, yesterday I didn't have a chance to drive this car yet.
I'm going to drive it on Patreon.
I know Johnny's driven it and I'm going to ask him about it in a second.
But he just wanted to fill me in on a couple of things.
He wanted me to drive it in comfort mode first.
And I said, do tell why?
He goes, well, it's 1067 horsepower.
And but it's also a car you can drive on the road.
I said, well, that's my kind of car.
Power to weight ratio is more than a Bugatti.
And that weight is 2700 and fifty pounds.
So we've got. Wow.
Over a thousand horsepower and 2700 and fifty pounds,
which is wild. Now, because I haven't driven it,
because it was delayed, because a journalist drove it hard, they had to clean it.
And it really took him a long time to clean it.
And I said, who is that journalist?
And they said, one Johnny Lieberman. Yes.
I'm going to let you take it from here and tell us
what the driving experience of this car is like and take us around the car
to and tell us. Yeah, let's correct a couple of things here.
So on on on pump gas, it makes only makes 800 and eighty horse power.
And if you put E 85 in it, then it makes a 67
You could put a sheep.
Oh, E 85 Oh, three bucks a gallon.
Now, how is that? Why?
That's just because E 85 is does more power.
You get it. You cut your fuel economy in half or or worse.
OK, you got to have someone follow you around the gas can, which we did.
Is that true? Is I didn't realize.
That's the trade off.
You get you get more power, but you get no mileage at all.
You get none.
Is that this echo for your Chrysler main fan that takes E 85
Yes. Is that the corn gas we're talking about? Yes.
Yeah. Yes. See, I thought it was filled with corn niblets.
Things that clog up your engine. Corn.
Well, if you actually, Jack, if you run around to the back
and look at the 3D printed exhaust pipes, you'll see they're weirdly discolored.
And the reason is because of E 85 puts out a strange
corn. Yeah, corn, corn, I don't know.
But so they're kind of like that corn color.
They're kind of Adobe colored. Oh, yeah.
Corn. Oh, it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Corn gas. Yeah.
So you feel and I know we want to talk about the corn gas is good.
Like how would I use corn gas?
You would get more power.
It gives you a lot more power.
718 spider.
R.S. Well, it's not because of software in it that says, ah, that's E 85
Like the Dodge Demon, the dragster, for instance, I was talking to Leno about this.
Not only is designed to make more power in E 85
but this car, what you want to do is like a blend of pump gas and E 85
If it was pure E five, you'll have 50 miles of range.
It just it's just gone.
But on the Demon, when you get to more than 50, 50,
it puts a light on that tells you like, oh, you're running mostly ethanol now.
I see. Yeah. So it's cool.
We learn something from Leibman. We learn something from Leibman.
What are the chances they do this all the time?
Learn something from Leibman. Go ahead.
Continue. Obviously, we have a slant nose here.
Yeah. Wow.
I've been calling it the profanity generator, because all you do is swear in this car.
I I happened. I just so happened.
I drove I drove seven other cars with a thousand horsepower.
The week I drove this, really, they're all dull.
They're all just boring compared to this car.
This is a 13 horsepower, six speed manual transmission, rear drive.
The only kind of traction control it has is it just does ignition cut.
So it doesn't really like do brakes or anything like that.
Jesus, all you do is swear.
You just like Pat Long did the I don't know if you're supposed to say this,
but Pat Long did the development sign off on this.
He helps come through works develop their cars.
And Peter was telling me is like, yeah, you know, Pat really, really liked it.
I liked it more than the turbo, which was my favorite car before I drove this car.
And I just wrote Pat all caps. Holy fuckballs.
And I know.
And it's it's just a mental patient on wheels.
Great license plate, too.
Fajo means ugly in Spanish.
So so where did you drive it?
Angeles Crest.
Angeles Crest.
Yeah, highway.
And it was death.
But here's the thing, too.
So it's a 993
It's all going through works are based on 99 threes, right?
And as some of you may know, the the speedometer is blocked.
I should say the right half of the speedometer is blocked by the steering wheel.
So once you get over 80 miles an hour, you really don't know exactly where you're at,
how fast you're going.
But at one point I was really on it and I kind of saw where the needle was.
And then I stopped and I looked.
160.
That's 160.
OK, Mr. Wagner, please.
Please.
No admission.
I know.
But wow.
But yeah.
So.
Yeah, it is.
Is it quickness or top speed that we're dealing or just endless acceleration?
And also the noise it makes.
But that's what I'm asking.
Yeah.
Answer the question.
Like zero to 60.
Did you even test something like that?
No, I didn't.
Like it's probably under three seconds, but it's just it's it's the violence.
It's it's the it's the knife at your throat.
It's the gun at your temple.
Like both cars, even even like like like the Zinger, right?
That's yeah, yeah.
You can jump in that and three or four corners.
You kind of know how it handles and like you're just on it.
And if you know it took me like an hour to kind of like get the the testicular
fortitude going to like really push on this thing.
I was you're just so scared because it's also it's so loud.
It's so insanely loud.
And then it also has this really wonderful front end.
It's a it's a they call it double wishbone.
This guy Carrie Elkwood Elkhart.
He developed it.
So it's like, you know, how they the new nine and two GT threes of double wishbone.
They put double wishbone on this.
Here's the here's the best thing to say about it.
Peter also brought along a GT for RS, you know, the GT for us, right?
You'd say that's that's a thrilling, exciting car.
And they put the same double wishbone suspension on the GT for us for this new
project he's working on.
And after I drove this, Peter said, drive the GT for us.
And I'm in third gear, right?
And I'm at 97 miles an hour.
So that's like, you know, 8000 RPM.
And all I'm thinking about is how fucking boring the GT for us.
Wow.
Because I just climbed it like, like dull.
Like, I'm like, this is just yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I've never experienced as visceral.
It's beyond, you know, people say, oh, peak analog, it's beyond that.
You're in the realm of like typhoons and really tsunamis.
So dumb question.
Yeah, what you just said, could you drive it around town?
I mean, sure.
No, but if well, that's Peter's point.
I love Peter.
I love Peter.
The idea you're going to take your wife anywhere in this.
I think the difference between you and I, I see those heavy driven it yet.
And I said, no, Johnny, got it dirty.
He goes, well, he goes, what I, you know, what I want you to do is start it
in comfort mode and then work up to what's one of the three modes in it.
I mean, so it's comfort.
So what it is, is I don't know how much power it's less track.
So there's two knobs, right?
There's there's a there's on the steering wheel.
There's comfort sport track, and that's less than 880 horsepower, right?
880 horsepower, 1067 horsepower.
Yeah, divorce from that is the suspension.
So there's comfort sport track.
It's on the dash next to the lights.
They're not they're just he keeps you keep the power separate from the suspension.
He did that to me.
He's like driving in comfort, comfort.
Yeah, like it's still fucking insane.
Yeah, yeah, and I actually think I actually like the way the suspension rides
better in track than I do in the others.
It's because it's just less.
There's there's more movement in the others.
It's pretty firm, but I like a firm ride.
So what I'll be doing this weekend after today is dailying this for whatever that's worth.
So there you go.
There's the interior.
So I'll be taking it.
I'll probably take it out to Malibu today.
Yeah, I will be staying on one side of the double yellow lines,
but I'll be taking a nice little cruise.
I'll be taking it maybe out to dinner tonight with Erica Ferreston.
Surprise her. She won't know what it is.
You won't. She'll get out of the car.
So loud. You think she will?
Once she's trapped in, it's hard to get out if I start moving.
You know, it's a short drive.
When people complain about the GT4RS Cayman, one of the things I say
is how loud it is inside.
Yeah, yeah, I was like in a baby's nursery after.
But I think I want that reaction.
It's not like we're going on a road trip.
We're just driving into town, and then I'm going to take it to tennis.
I'm going to.
And, you know, the only thing I the only problems I anticipate
are the big divots in the the potholes.
So I was going to say the only thing you need to know about Guntherworks
and I wish they changed this, that black button on the left side of the steering wheel.
Yeah, that's the nose lift works great.
However, it goes down the car off and drops.
And I just it's you just got to be aware.
You forget you just got to be aware.
Yeah, but one you won't forget the second time.
You will not forget the second time.
I know they have a nice wood stick shift.
Oh, a little knob. Yeah.
Yeah, they're like the old 917s.
Yeah. And that's a very good phone holder in front of it.
They designed like a high speed phone holder.
He works very hard on those.
And I will say I love this interior color combos.
Great. Yeah.
Black. I'm impressed with the interior and the build quality
and just the sound of the opening of the door, which peaked 993 sound.
Yeah. And it's all you know, it's all carbons.
So if you don't know Guntherworks, they take a 993,
they strip it down to the bare metal, they reinforce the metal with carbon fiber.
So it's much stiffer, all carbon fiber body panels.
Yeah. And then it's just every look at the top of the dash, it's carbon fiber.
It looks like a 993, but instead of being shitty, sudden,
you know, death plastic, it's carbon.
So you're either maybe getting the singer.
What's their new turbo called, the DLS?
Well, no, they have a turbo turbo study or something.
The DLS is the old Williams one.
But I mean, what?
How are you making a choice between these two cars?
Like a singer, you know, a singer would ever let me drive a car.
I would tell you, I have no idea.
So yeah, this is I think you were supposed to be they call it.
They they also called and said they were going to bring a car on the show.
And I haven't heard from them.
We were looking for dates.
But who's the guy who runs the place?
Rob Dickinson.
Rob Dickinson. Yeah, he was going to come on with a car.
Rob's great. We love Rob.
Yeah, he's great. Yeah, it'd be cool.
I think it's high time they get their butts over here.
But yeah, this is my my this is this is just one of those superlative.
I really wish you had driven it before today because like
it's such a wild machine.
It's so out there.
It's well, I'm going to drive it live on Patreon.
So there you go.
In some on some of the nice is Zuckerman Street, Zuckerman.
Some of it takes Zuckerman.
We have we have such a crowded morning here.
I was supposed to be here like an hour before I was because
every all the exits are closed on the 405.
So Zuckerman, I was like, you know, I could see the traffic coming.
I was like, I think I'll get off on Santa Monica.
And I'm like, yeah, it looks doesn't look so bad.
And then they had the 10 exit.
They had they had this exit closed.
And I ended up driving almost to San Diego to have to do a U-turn.
Because when they close all the exits, do you know what happens in the next three?
Traffic jams at those and then I'm just calling the guys like, geez,
I don't know when I'm going to be able to turn around.
But that's the neighborhood we'll be driving in with this car.
You know how he said he has taken Uber?
Just make this his Uber.
Taking where he needs to go.
That's not a bad idea.
Rufus is going to hate this.
She can't do it.
Rufus, Rufus, it's the end of Rufus.
Yeah, yeah, Rufus.
When we upset Rufus, she can't take the noise.
She hates loud cars.
Terrifies her.
Let's talk about Racetech.
Guess what, Racetech fans.
Racetech is going to be putting a new garage floor in my garage.
We've been we just redid the door.
And I think I spoke about how I go out at night and open and close
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Like, yeah, Turtle Man. Turtle.
Yeah, you're all I'm missing is my turtle shell there.
It really doesn't look like you at all.
It's like Dana Carvey.
Yeah, it looks like some does it.
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That's the phrase I've heard you use many times.
He has used that.
I said my poll or my bat?
I slapped it with my poll.
Have you showed it?
Did you show your poll?
Did you take out your bat?
I can hear the comments right now.
What are these guys?
Stupid.
Chew Vanille.
If we're not part of the Manisfier podcast,
what I think it's the the Daddisfier podcast,
the Uncle's fear jokes.
The Grand Sofier.
I think we're just out of it.
Anyway, yeah, don't.
None of us were invited to the Velodeste car show,
which is my favorite car show in the world.
But they don't like us there because of who we are.
We're we were not born into money.
None of us needn't.
I went once and they literally said, what are you doing here?
And I didn't understand it until.
But I but I still had a good time hanging out
with the butlers and the janitors.
I feel like a complete fraud.
And the photographers.
But it's an amazing show with amazing background.
You know, you know, you think
Lufka Kult makes cars look good.
The Velodeste show is incredible.
They debuted.
We'll just show one of their cars.
This BMW Alpina.
But you can hear the car for a second start up.
Listen to this.
Oh, that's a good sound.
All right, that's all I wanted to play for you guys.
Johnny, what is what is this car?
What are we looking at?
So in 2022, BMW purchased Alpina.
Alpina was an independent company that worked very closely
with BMW, but they purchased them outright
because BMW has a problem.
And that is the most you can spend on a BMW
if you get like an i7 with every single option is about 200 grand.
And then a Rolls Royce Ghost starts at about $350,000.
So from 200 to 350 BMW has no product
to offer the rapidly expanding ultra-wealthy class.
I see. So my buck is there.
Bentley is there.
BMW said, hey, what about us?
In other words, Mercedes and Volkswagen Group, they get a piece of it.
They even Cadillac put out the Celestic,
which is $350,000 or $300,000, whatever it was.
So this is this is what they're going to do with Alpina.
So all Alpinas are going to fall.
They're going to they're going to make them fit in with Bentley's and with my box.
I see. I mean, you're a BMW guy.
Do you like what you're seeing?
I do.
I it BMW can still make a good looking car.
OK, this is a step in the right direction.
I look at this and I go, this is attractive.
This is modern.
It is not so industrial or transformer like
it's not ugly.
I like that it's not electric.
I'll tell you that. I mean, to me,
this looks like a blueprint for what Jaguar should have done.
I don't know if you agree with my assessment.
Leave him and I sorry I caught you.
Yeah, no, no, no, I was just his last name is Mazzoni,
the designer for his first name.
But you guys know what I mean?
I mean, you know, Jaguar is reinventing itself.
Here comes Alpina.
They could have come out with this as a giant electric thing
and it makes a throaty, kind of dangerous.
It has exhaust note and it makes me like it. Right?
Yeah, look, you know, and don't you agree?
Like if Jaguar had just done this, if they had just gone,
here's our thing that sounds like this.
They might have been OK.
Yeah, I mean, look, we still haven't even seen the Jaguar.
So I would leave that one alone.
I've seen it, but I'm not going to leave it alone.
But it stops seeing it.
By the way, I want to stop seeing it.
It's all over my Instagram, nonstop.
I think it looks really good.
But anyways, yeah, so Max Mazzoni.
There's Max, very nice guy.
Very nice guy.
So Alpina, though, he's so nice.
He tells us about a nice match.
Nobody did. This is how nice he is.
Let me give you an example.
No, go ahead, Johnny. I'm just joking.
Unlike Alpina's.
He is a very handsome man.
Unlike Alpina's of your, which were kind of like
sticker kits with fancy wheels.
They're going to change body panels.
That's why they've appointed this guy, Max Mazzoni,
who's from the Volkswagen Group.
Actually, he was a Volvo.
Did the really good looking Volvos work for Peter?
Yep. And together.
So all Alpina's are going to have different body panels.
So you're actually that's helping to justify the price.
It's not just because this V8.
There's lots of BMWs that have that V8 right now.
But it's this body that body has a presence.
Yeah, I think it's really cool.
It's got the sharp nose.
It's got the angry eyes.
They did a good job with the twin kidneys on this.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, it's it's cool.
That's that spot at the villa.
The rear looks good.
But there's this spot that they're in,
that that hotel is remarkable,
that that sculpture behind that kind of wall is unbelievable.
The front end is a little funny.
If you remember, Pontiac had that kind of pushed out front end
in 1970 on the SJs, the Pontiac SJs.
Damage point.
It's just like Pontiac.
But if you look at like you're you're a six year old,
you're a six year old there.
It's that sharp nose.
Correct, you know, and that's I'm not crazy
about the all white interior there.
But that show cars got to have all white interior.
They love it.
Designers love an all white.
It just you can see it black interior.
The camera just hides it.
You know, white pops.
That's all it is.
But I drive it.
I'm excited about this.
It's this actually I thought was a nice foot foot in the door.
It's a nice start.
It's a little fat.
It should be a W.
It's like, you know, Johnny, this is this is not for us,
but it's for a certain type of person we know in our neighborhoods
who's who wants to drive something a little different.
Yeah. So if you shrink the wheels an inch and you get real mirrors on it
and I if they're going to do that for the for the sill,
that's that's pretty wild.
But it's basically what I what I've been told
the production one is going to be very similar to this.
Little less gold trim and stuff.
OK, we have an Alpina coming any day when you say we we you we.
What do you know what now, Pina?
Yeah, what?
It's in the Port of Los Angeles.
Which one? Yeah, can we see a picture of it?
What what is it?
It is an Alpina B10.
It is an Alpina B10.
Old school.
He talks about himself as we. That's fine.
So I like it.
We have an Alpina B10 camera.
Shall I text you a picture of this particular car?
You can't just pull it up.
I don't know where it would be.
If you went to Mint Classics,
perhaps you would see it in Mint Classics.
OK, there, that is it.
That is you bought a purple car.
That's the car.
Oh, yeah, that is the. Wow, row.
That's wild.
Sound like fair for a second, bro.
That is wild. Yeah, that's cool.
So is there a shot that shows the whole car?
There is. Oh, wow.
It's a twin turbo straight six manual. Correct.
Oh, fuck. Now, have you ever owned a purple car?
No, I have not.
About time. Do you think you have a temperament for it?
Yes, I do.
Have you ever owned CP of Brown?
I have. You have.
And how long did that last?
You know, the CP of Brown was a great color.
I did not like how the car drove.
I see. I had that 73
It's going to be about how this car drives.
Have you driven one? No, I haven't.
Oh, my God. This is exciting.
This is a good choice.
So thrilled for this.
And it's going to go right next to the 20th year car,
which is in Mugello red right behind us.
So we will have these two stable mates,
two very same but different cars.
You know, I think, you know, we've had an undercurrent of pushback
from the Porsche community saying Zuckerman is now a BMW guy.
So it's done. More than a Porsche guy.
OK, I just want to say, I kind of agree with them.
I mean, if you just look around here,
but at this point, you own more BMWs than you do Porsche.
That's not true.
And I will also say, OK, how dare you?
That's not true.
And I think it is insinuating.
It's just not true.
And I'm going to tell you something. Is it really not?
What's the number then?
I don't know what the ratio.
I'd say 50 50.
50 50. OK.
But you don't know what you're talking about.
Leave it. I'm counting.
No, he's saying 50 50.
That sounds right.
But shit.
The last. Now, I purchased this car quite some time ago
since I purchased this car.
Yeah. What have I purchased?
Two Porsches.
And a Clown Chew.
No, the last two cars purchased.
Well, I didn't mean to set you off and get you to.
No, I'm just saying.
You do own a lot of BMWs.
Can I make a point out of these more on Porsche guys?
Like the equivalent of this for a Porsche is probably a roof.
Roofs are selling for like millions,
millions of dollars for like millions, millions.
How fucking is that?
You know what?
Tell me.
Hold on. We don't want to get into the game.
I'll take a round out of your ass.
Gentlemen, gentlemen, please.
Hold on. Hold on.
Go fuck yourself.
Go fuck your mother.
Have you seen my pole?
Have you seen my pole?
Anyway, that's exciting.
What is the way?
Are you into it?
It's in the Port of LA and it's going to be here soon.
Any day.
We'll talk about it on the show.
Tell me again.
OK, give me the comparison.
How smart I am.
I was just saying.
Oh, no.
For like what I'm assuming is like low six figures,
you get this where to get the Porsche equivalent,
which would be a roof would be like three or 4000000 dollars.
Yeah, yeah.
You know, so it's like this is a great buy
because it's going to be just as much fun to drive as a roof.
Relatively speaking, it's a two door versus a four door.
I know that, but these are awesome.
I happen to be chatting with someone
who is rolling around the idea of buying
a purple emesis, whatever color this is, car.
And it's not for everyone.
It is tricky.
It is not your one and only car.
You know, I know if this was your daily driver, I think this.
But where I was going was we're going to get to explore it.
We're going to get to see.
I know I'm going to be very popular driving this car.
You're popular with me.
Can I buy you a pimpette?
Yeah, please, whatever.
Can I get you the Technicolor Dreamcoat and a pimpette?
Oh, come on, look at that.
This is going to be cool.
Look, I'm not making fun of it.
I think it's really fucking cool.
I think it's great.
One way. OK.
One negative thing about the new Alpina, I will say.
So if you can find Cam, a picture of the wheel,
because it's a classic thing about Alpinas are the 21 spoke wheels.
The center cap is a beautiful Alpina logo.
It's great.
Blue and red. Right.
And they grayscaled it.
They fucking grayscaled the logo for the new launch of Alpina.
Well, you see the logo in the thrifter.
There is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So it's grayscale now.
That's I think it's a big.
Are those white wheels?
No, no, no, there's silver wheels.
And the way they did it was what's so.
No, no, no, are these white?
No, that's not white. That's not white.
Is the logo on the side, the Alpina white?
The logo in the center of the wheels, white.
No, I'm talking about on the decal.
Yeah, that's why.
That's why. Yeah.
So what I'm looking at is steel that they just.
Yeah. And what but what's so cool
is in Alpinas is that's that's where you inflate the tires.
You you have a tool that pulls off the center cap
and that's where the inflation is.
And then it's sealed.
It's so cool.
This is the greatest wheels in the world.
We're going to do an episode of what's Johnny driving.
OK, it will take out the two E 34
Oh, so we'll take out the 20th year.
Done. 3.8 E thirty.
Never gonna happen again.
This will happen.
And this is a 3.5.
I would win terrible.
Barely comes to the show anymore.
It'll happen.
Oh, this may be a hand for you.
You cut me out.
I never cut you out.
You're busy and you're very successful.
That's all. That's all I'm saying.
I'm busy and very unsuccessful.
But yeah, but if you're going to say that on the show,
you got to do this.
I gave my one episode.
I gave my word.
Man of his word and man of my word.
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And thank you, Richard Cairn, for approving this.
I need 420 fives.
Shouldn't they shouldn't they have my picture up here?
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Yes.
Yes, we take that.
I would my goal is to get my face on all of my sponsor websites on Bluetooth.
I think yes, all the man should be on every website.
It should be on the pill.
It should be on it.
Yeah, my I think Zuckerman.
That's a great idea.
Finally, yeah, finally.
Righted in the book, you know, when they end the drug bust, the ecstasy
always has the different cartel.
Yeah, they should have an SCR.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Instead, instead, that's a fantastic idea.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Of course, don't you want Zuckerman's face
as you're tearing open the packet?
If they offered SCR, I would say, look, put Zuckerman's face on it.
That would be better.
I would not.
I would want it to be the Zuckerman profile.
The angry face, the angry face.
Yes, you're about to open your Bluetooth.
That would be great.
Put my face in that pill.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Anyway, last week, as you know, we were chatting about the the
controversy in the canyons.
Mustard.
Don't cross the mustard.
And, you know, I thought, well, this would be great.
Why don't I become some sort of peacekeeper?
This is what I was thinking.
I could be a peacekeeper.
I could bring these guys together.
But before any of that even happened, one of the principles
reached out to me over Instagram or reached out to the show
and threw up this message right here, our friend court.
Why don't you guys have me on to discuss?
I was so excited when I read this as you're just fueling the fire for views.
Well, I don't know what that means.
Making all of this worse for both parties.
Now, you know, I've been chatting with Evan, too.
He's he couldn't be happier.
He's making t-shirts.
Yeah, mustard.
I hooked him up with blip shift.
It's really exciting.
So I'm not sure what he says about that.
Um, your I think he means you are helping ruin our canyons, which I know
doesn't affect you guys as you don't drive up there.
Really, I think I've actually driven near court up there before and met
at bills, but OK, he forgets.
But hundreds of us do.
So please don't ruin car culture here in Southern California.
That is a lot of power to you.
You can see, while I was very excited to have this guy, I have been
driving Mulholland in the canyons.
Here it is.
The four or five years again, zero incidents.
I would say court.
You've been breaking the law for 45 years.
But OK, needless to say, not in a reckless manner.
OK, well, or the results would be different.
I mean, you have the do video of him driving?
So here he is.
That's court in the first car flipping off the canyon car.
And then we haven't even identified who these other guys are in this
little driving club that likes to break the rules.
And what's going OK, enough of that.
Anyway, I was really excited about him coming on because I thought,
well, this this will be good.
Yeah, we can give him that chance.
You said, you know, I think you very wisely stated last episode.
Don't shoot the messenger.
You know, you got caught doing something wrong.
You know, why don't you just come on the show and just own it?
Well, he's not coming on.
He said, give me he we send him a message back that he should call.
He wouldn't call.
I messaged him personally and texted him.
He was very difficult to get in touch with.
But he said, if you call me, I'll come on the show last night.
Friday night, I called him.
He didn't pick up.
He then called back twice and it was weird, garbled calls.
And I was like, court, if this is you, just call me back.
I can't hear you.
And then this morning he texted me and he said, I'm not coming on.
He he canceled.
Did he give a reason?
He did.
It goes, it's very wordy.
It's very long.
And by the way, none of it says, yeah, I made a mistake up there.
Let's pass on the zoom.
I'm having a ton of fun with all the Instagram craziness.
It sounds like a lot of fun when you're turning your comments off.
You're having so much fun.
People can't comment anymore, but OK.
He said, look, I really want to pull.
I really want to pull energy away from people's focus on the canyons.
Don't need to give the officials any more reasons than they already have
to dampen the automotive enthusiasm we all live for.
Maybe we can all do a segment later on down the road.
And to which I replied, you know, OK, not a problem.
But my take is it would be probably be a good idea to come on your mistakes
and maybe say you're sorry and, you know, save face in the community.
Right. Well, very reasonable.
We make we all make mistakes.
I shouldn't have done that and did that.
You got a little heated here.
He said, Spike, what are we doing here?
I have been driving canyons for 45 years without incident.
45 years.
Nobody, all caps, has had an issue with this that we know of.
Well, really, nobody.
Wasn't there just a viral set of videos that everyone from doughnut media
to us and everybody in between covered about reckless driving in the canyons?
I literally didn't exist until Evan hidden the bushes and created this out of thin air.
He created this out of thin air.
Right. Well, did he?
I mean, who appointed Evan the hall monitor is my role.
OK, but who was doing what?
He's not a cop.
He's not. He's not.
But who was doing it?
But it became a thing.
Yeah. And as Zuckerman pointed out,
why shoot the messenger if you're break?
I mean, I'm not a cop.
But if someone robs a bank and I happen to film them there,
there's a bit of narking, I don't like. But anyway, OK, then.
Well, no, no.
So you're saying Evans, Evans, the candy car was a rat.
I'm just saying he's riding on.
Why? OK, so he's like, he's like a.
I think the Johnny.
Go ahead. The rat is saying he's saying.
Evans, the rat imputes that he caught somebody doing something wrong.
And then and put it out there.
So OK, I can let you want to characterize Evan as a rat.
That's because he is exposing conduct that is perhaps implying.
And never said rat.
But I'm just saying, I don't like self appointed hall monitors.
I get it.
Court goes on.
He exploited something that nobody ever knew about.
Oh, well, that's.
Oh, he's Zuckerman.
You come across that.
I'm sure before. Right.
Nobody ever know. Nobody ever knew.
Nobody.
Until we set up a camera in the girl's bedroom.
Yes. And Uncle Leo came in.
Yeah. No one ever knew until.
The self appointed parents filmed the molestation.
Wow. Yes.
It's a little more minor.
It's a crime. OK.
He's but still. Point.
Leaking a point.
His bank robbery child molestation.
He said, I'm not putting other people's lives in danger
and I've never crossed the yellow in a blind corner ever.
Ever. Ever.
Well, you guess we just have to take your word for it.
Him taking this edit completely out of context.
I don't know.
And representing it as reckless is slanderous
and feliciously defames my brand.
She is my brand.
Feliciously.
What brand is Felatio?
Yes.
Her ratio lower Felatio.
He says he says two things here.
He says no one knew who I was and I have a brand.
Yes. I don't know.
I could issue a cease and desist in 30 seconds.
She's desist.
That was actually two seconds.
Two seconds.
IMO.
What does that mean?
In my opinion, in my opinion,
he is just a kid needing it again.
He goes on to disparage the person
instead of addressing the concerns that we're all looking at,
which is when you cross the mustard, people can die.
No matter where that the and I wrote him back.
I said, look, you know, I hope this is going on too long.
But I only meant that we all know it's illegal to cross double yellow lines
and your driving gives the appearance of impropriety,
if not outright, illegality.
I think communicating that to a wider audience would help you and your brand.
And it would help you out rather than taking a defensive posture
that points to your 45 year driving record of racing on public roads.
That was good.
I'm going to give you major major Z points for that one.
I said, because I, you know, I don't I don't really want to demonize this guy.
But I said, let me give you this opportunity.
If you want to share a note with my audience, I'll read it verbatim at the show.
Verbatim, sorry, at 11 a.m. today.
For mediums, please use a verbatim verbatim.
Only verbatim verbatim.
But I said, say whatever you're like.
I have zero interest in trying to defend myself against a bad edit is what he said.
Oh, OK. So so ingram, bad edit ingram.
He's coming after you.
Yeah, I don't know.
I guess the implication is that we would edit this to make him look bad,
which I feel he's doing just a fine job on his own.
Right. You don't need an edit.
You can just read the words.
Yeah.
Being dishonest, thus being dishonest to myself and my brand,
you know, haters will always hate and people will actually drive will laugh this off.
All right.
Again, if a man is in the forest alone and speaks, is he still wrong?
What? What? I don't know.
That's a mix philosophy.
Philosophy 801.
Thanks again, Spike.
And again, the more you guys for likes want to keep this going.
Oh, I don't know if he's looked at our comment section on YouTube
or our like count.
Do they even do likes on YouTube?
But he thinks we're doing this for likes.
So OK, the worst the canyons become.
OK, so now I believe.
Sorry, Johnny, but I believe.
In the same way that when Donald Trump will talk about the country,
he's talking about himself, the country, right, right, right.
I think court believes he's the canyons, in other words,
like he'll get busted by a cop for crossing the double yellow.
Everyone else who does it.
But he's also I have talked to the the LAPD about it because I spoke
to the same guy yesterday. Yeah, yeah.
And the same the same thing.
Yeah, I mean, he just his opinion was my opinion.
They're both freaking maniacs.
They somehow found each other.
There is. But they're magnetic.
Yes, yes.
The the my point was a little larger, which is, hey,
there's a lot of people watching this stuff.
Why are you promoting driving recklessly in the canyon?
Sure. And to anybody who's gone to
racing school knows on that very first day, they they say to you,
don't drive like this on city streets, right?
On town, wherever, canyons are otherwise, right?
Right. And that's the thing, right?
That's the difference between a street car
or what you do with a car on the street versus a track is just stay in your lane.
Just why? Just stay in your lane.
This is last year.
Here's someone crossing the mustard.
This is Malibu.
I was asked not to say exactly where, but it's up off
Mulholland and crossing the mustard.
Jesus, so that's a blank corner.
In fact, that was a blind ass corner.
Oh, my God.
I mean, look, I had my friend.
And then I said this to Zuckerman and he said, that was my case.
Wow. This is someone I represented.
And this this person not only crossed the mustard hit that car,
but the car behind it.
There were two other cars behind the car is this.
This is I believe it's a port.
No, I don't know.
It's hard to see with the looks like a Porsche.
Yeah. But even even going a little over the L line.
I mean, I grew up in Thousand Oaks and when I was in fifth grade,
my friend Amy, both her parents were killed.
They were on they were on Decker
around their motorcycles and a Corvette was on the wrong road and killed them both.
It was crazy.
And the one thing I'm going to point out, but let's give court his due.
Let's say court, you don't do this in blind corners.
You do this perfectly.
You were going to give you your expertise that you accord yourself.
But you have people following you and you don't know his brand.
Yeah. And you don't know how, you know, you have 345 people
trailing behind you.
So what might be OK for you?
Can you guarantee it's OK for the fifth guy behind you?
Right. You know, that decades of the four and a half decades
have have circumstances change between what you saw with your eyes,
where you were and the guy in the last car, who doesn't have your 45 years of experience.
It's it's not great.
It's just not a good look.
That's what I was trying to say to him.
I was trying to help him along to go.
If you just, you know, put yourself in our hands, you'll be fine.
Well, none of us here have not done things and gotten tickets and traffic
in front of the rest of it.
We don't defend them generally.
When I got a speeding ticket on Wilshire Boulevard, because I was racing
with a guy and go, oh, look, the person who filmed this is I went.
Yeah, I screwed up.
I was in the GT2 RS.
I saw an opening.
I wanted to have a little fun and I made a mistake.
And I'm trying not to do that, especially now that we do this show.
I don't want to be the guy who's up creating trouble on public roads
because it's just going to inspire other idiots to do it.
I got to take it, leaving here.
Of was it last the last week of the week before?
Yeah. Wow. And what?
Speeding. Oh, you did.
On Olympic. There you go.
You're fast.
I think around he put me down for 59 or something like that.
Yeah, you would own it.
You made a mistake, right?
You were going, I just admitted it.
You just admitted it. There you go.
Easy way. That's all we were saying to you, my man.
Anyway, go to the Palisades Motor Classic on June 13th,
because you'll see court, spike first and the Canyon Carver all together.
And I guarantee you there's going to be fisticuffs
for likes and views as we beat on the canyons and charity for charity.
And for charity.
We'll pummel each other for charity.
Anyway, that's our show, gentlemen.
If you're a Patreon subscriber, you're going to watch me kill myself
in 2000 horsepower car in the middle of traffic.
And we're going to do all those wacky waymos in our cool down lab.
Is that what they call it? I got it right.
We'll see you next week. Spikes car radio.
Oh, what a God's name.
Boy, that was 10% of the throttle.
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