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Dan and Nick dive into a casual chat covering everything from nostalgic safety stickers and garage decor ideas to car maintenance tips like clearing windshield drains and checking battery terminals. They discuss vehicle choices for commuting, including EVs and sporty GTIs, and share insights on automotive hacking and software security issues affecting brands like Jaguar Land Rover. The hosts also talk about custom garage setups, favorite car projects, and listener suggestions, all sprinkled with humor and personal stories about tools, locks, and even Goodyear blimps.
Nick discusses his latest build, the ultimate detail cart! Working with our partners at Griots Garage to get the best gear, Nick created the ultimate detail cart with an integrated pressure washer, all the detailing supplies you'd need, and all in one handy rolling unit. In other news, our favorite doomed automotive brand, Jaguar, is doing even worse thanks to being hacked and decimating their supply chain. It raises the question, are we opening ourselves up to big vulnerabilities using tools like FORScan to "hack" our ECUs? Time will tell.
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Toyota Prius
"...was it? Was it a, what was it? I've had Corolla's Prius. I had a Prius at one point. The Prius was a free..."
Toyota Corolla
"I mean, when you had some of your jobs before I met you, you had, what was it? Was it a, what was it? I've had Corolla's Prius. I had a Prius at one point. The Prius was a free hand me down. Yeah. No complaints about that. Sentra, like I have had a lot of cheap commuter cars"
Nissan Sentra
"...ree hand me down. Yeah. No complaints about that. Sentra, like I have had a lot of cheap commuter cars tha..."
Volkswagen Gti
"... little more fun. Oh, yeah. I really liked Evan's GTI that we got from my dad, my nephew has. And so I ..."
Honda S2000
"...nd the, this goes back to if I could find another S2000. It's funny you were saying that I was absolutely..."
Tesla Model 3S
"and it's so cheap to own. And I was like, well, you get that $7500 back credit until the 31st and Tesla Model 3's leasing at $299 a month. Yeah. That's really not much. That's pretty easy. And I was like, nah, I can just buy something outright for $15 or so and drive it and sell"
Tesla Model
"...you get that $7500 back credit until the 31st and Tesla Model 3's leasing at $299 a month. Yeah. That's really ..."
Tesla Model 3
"...ited my use case before. Oh, if I had a use for a Model 3, tomorrow. Yeah, they're fine. I'd still tint the..."
Infiniti QX56
"I actually rescued somebody in, uh, uh, right in Snoqualmie Ridge at the Thai restaurant one time. She had an infinity QX 56, which, and she had just had mom kids. So she had monitors installed in the back."
Toyota A90
"the connection, it kinks your hose. So I did some more research and I came out of a 90 and went to another 90. So it shot straight back. And so there's no kinks in the hose now. So I really, I took my time unlike I"
Chevrolet Corvette
"...e goes back to his house? No. He's a collector of Corvettes, too, by the way. Oh, that's funny. In Czech Repu..."
Honda Civic
"...he freeway and screwed up and some guy in a Honda Civic ran you over, I mean, you're, you're done. Oh, I ..."
Land Rover Range Rover
"...with tariffs and everything, you've ordered a new Range Rover or Land Rover, it's going to be delayed. Yeah. So..."
Ford F150
"when a company, an automotive company puts stuff onto an ECU, they put everything. Like a lot of people were doing this with F-150 trucks and they would be able to put like the raptor screens and stuff like that up there. So, cause it's on everything. And if it's not, you can download"
Corvette C7 Z06
"I think commuter car, we find you, S2000 that needs some love. Great, great for you there. And then you go, you get a, you get a C7, Z06. You could even go, you could even go anti Dan Speck and go all black. That was every car I had before. I know. That's what I'm"
Nissan Gtr
"...go, you know, too many white cars around here. My GTR was black. My C63 was black. My C6, Z06 was black..."
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