The Aston Martin Vanquish is a luxury grand touring car from Aston Martin, famous for its strong V12 engine and upscale feel. Here, they’re talking about taking one and having it upgraded and updated by a specialist shop.
A “rebuild title” means the car was previously written off due to major damage, then repaired and put back on the road. It’s a warning sign that the car has a history you should investigate carefully.
A “six-speed manual” is a car with a stick shift and a clutch, where you choose between six forward gears. They’re saying the build includes changing the drivetrain setup to a manual configuration.
“Bulletproof” here is slang for making the car tougher and more reliable. They’re saying the builder strengthens the car’s problem areas during the upgrade.
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is a historic car event in Pittsburgh that brings together classic and enthusiast vehicles. In this segment, it’s the destination for the speaker’s and guests’ cars.
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage is a Vantage sports car with a V12 engine. In this segment, it’s the specific Aston Martin the speaker says they recently acquired and will drive to an event.
“Bank two” means one half of a multi-cylinder engine (like the left or right side on a V-shaped engine). “Starved of oil” means that side might not get enough oil when the car is tilted a lot, which is bad for lubrication.
That phrase comes from drag racing, where cars are timed over a quarter-mile. The host is using it to say that cars aren’t judged by one simple number—how they were driven and maintained matters more.
The Nissan GT-R is a fast, high-performance sports car from Nissan. Here it’s mentioned to make the point that a car’s mileage alone doesn’t tell you whether it’s in good shape.
PPF is a clear protective film you put on a car’s paint. It helps protect the front of the car from rock chips and scratches, which is why the host brings it up in the “miles vs condition” argument.
Car
1985 diesel Mercedes
The host is talking about an older Mercedes from 1985 with a diesel engine. The point is that mileage doesn’t automatically mean a car is worn out—how it was maintained matters a lot.
The BMW 6 Series is a luxury car line from BMW. It’s designed to be comfortable for longer drives while still feeling sporty. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as part of a list of cars being discussed.
The E-Class is a luxury sedan made by Mercedes-Benz. It’s built to feel comfortable and feature-rich for everyday driving. The podcast mentions it in the context of a specific car being discussed or displayed.
The Mercedes-Benz E63 is a powerful, performance-focused version of the E-Class. In the conversation, it’s connected to a notable record the host claims they set in that car.
The Chevrolet Express is a large van made by Chevrolet. It can be used to carry people or cargo. In the conversation, it sounds like someone is describing it as a comfortable, customized vehicle.
Topic
boomer boards
“Boomer boards” is a joking online trend where people make fun of older-style opinions in car communities. The host says it’s becoming more common across different car brands.
A build sheet is the factory order/spec document that lists how a car was configured—options, trim, and sometimes production details. The host is pointing out a trend where owners print and share these documents, turning them into part of the car-collecting identity.
This part is about how Porsche owners talk about customizing their cars and how it can turn into a “who’s more special” thing. The hosts explain why some people get upset when others copy the same rare options.
The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche. It’s known for its recognizable shape and a design that has stayed consistent over many years. In the conversation, it’s mentioned because the speaker is excited about details on their specific 911.
Here, “stitching” means the decorative sewing on the interior materials. The hosts are talking about how even small interior details can make owners feel like their car is unique.
Resale value is what you can sell the car for later. The hosts are saying some people choose options because they think it will make the car worth more when they sell it.
Porsche GT3 RS is a high-performance Porsche 911 meant for track driving. Here, the hosts use it to talk about how people can feel “special” because they bought a very expensive, highly optioned version.
In car culture, provenance means the documented history of a car—where it came from, who owned it, and what it has been associated with. The host criticizes using provenance as a substitute for the more meaningful story of how the car was driven, maintained, or built.
The host means “clout” as attention and approval. They’re arguing that some people focus on getting praised (online or in magazines) instead of sharing the real, hands-on story of the car.
This is a custom Aston Martin project made by designer Callum. The point is that the interesting part is the creative process and the work that went into building it, not just where it came from or who advertised it.
“Built not bought” means the interesting part is doing the work yourself—building or restoring the car—rather than just buying it. The host is saying factory-made versions can still count if there’s a real build story behind them.
“Spec flexing” means bragging about your car’s setup—like the exact parts and options—mostly to impress other people. The concern here is that it can replace actually enjoying the car.
The idea is: if you only enjoy something because of the big story behind it, you might not really enjoy it for what it is. Here, they’re saying the best part of a car should be how it feels to drive—not just the explanation.
“Paint to sample” means the car was painted a custom color you choose, not one of the usual options. Since fewer cars get that exact color, it can make the car more collectible and more expensive.
Car shows are events where people bring cars to be displayed and admired. The host is saying they’ve gotten tired of that format and prefer events where cars are actually raced.
The Porsche 917 is a historic race car Porsche built for long-distance racing. The host mentions it because car shows keep featuring the same famous cars, and that gets boring for them.
The Corvette is a famous American sports car from Chevrolet. The host is using it as an example of how different car communities have different cultures at events.
The phrase “car event people” means people who mainly go to car meetups and shows. The host is saying they expected Porsche owners to be like that, but they found a different vibe.
Goodwood is a famous UK venue for car and racing events. The host is saying that at places like this, people are more into actually driving and racing than into showy car-show behavior.
Mid-Ohio is a well-known racing track in Ohio. The host mentions it to make the point that at tracks, people tend to be more focused on racing than on car-show posturing.
The Lamborghini Huracán is a supercar made by Lamborghini. It’s designed to be very fast and visually striking. In the conversation, it’s mentioned because someone saw one and it stood out to them.
They’re talking about a comedy style where hecklers roast people at golf events. The host is using that as an analogy for how they want car events to be more fun and less mean-spirited online.
“Clout chasing” means trying to look popular or important to get attention. The host is saying some car-community behavior feels more about getting noticed than actually enjoying cars.
“Concor” appears to be a misspoken or mis-transcribed reference to “Concor(d)”—a car-show concept tied to concours-style judging. The segment frames it as a structured, curated environment where cars are evaluated and roasted rather than endlessly flexed online.
In car culture, “gatekeeping” means restricting who is considered “real” or “worthy” to participate—often based on ownership, knowledge, or perceived status. The host uses it to describe a hypothetical system of automotive exclusivity.
Term
race ago
This sounds like a transcription glitch for “race car.” The point is that the host is joking about someone trying to sound more legit by tying their car to racing.
“Custom specs” refers to the specific factory options and configuration choices a buyer selects when ordering a car. In this segment, the host criticizes how some owners focus on the process and time spent ordering rather than simply enjoying the result.
“Spec it out” is car-community shorthand for configuring a car with selected options (trim, packages, materials, and other factory choices). The host’s point is that if social media and car shows disappeared, the question would be whether owners would still choose options for the same reasons.
Carbon fiber interior trim is an interior option that uses carbon-fiber composite material for visible trim pieces. It’s a common “spec” upgrade because it can look premium and is associated with performance-oriented branding, even when it doesn’t change how the car drives.
Collision repairs are what a shop does to fix a car after it crashes. Sometimes the car looks fine afterward, but the accident history can still lower what it’s worth.
Even if a car is fixed perfectly after a crash, it can still be worth less when you go to sell it. That drop in resale price is called diminished value.
Loss of use means you’re compensated because you couldn’t use your car for a period of time after a crash. It’s about the disruption, not just the repair bill.
The Audi S5 is a sportier version of an Audi sedan/coupe model. It’s meant to drive more aggressively than the regular version. In the conversation, it’s brought up as one of the higher-cost cars someone might consider.
The Ford Bronco is an SUV built for driving on rough roads and off-road trails. It’s known for a rugged look and a focus on capability. People mention it when they’re trying to describe a similar-looking SUV.
The Inios Grenadier is a newer off-road SUV made to feel tough and basic, like older 4x4s. People compare it to Land Rover because it’s designed for rough trails and durability.
The Land Rover Defender is a famous off-road vehicle from the UK. The host is saying the newer Defender exists, but it’s not the same as the older “classic” Defender.
The Honda S2000 is a small two-seat sports car. It’s known for feeling sporty and responsive when you rev the engine. In the conversation, it’s being identified because the car’s track-style modifications—like a large wing—match what people associate with the S2000.
An aftermarket wing is a spoiler you add that wasn’t installed by the factory. Bigger wings usually help the car stick to the road better when you’re going fast, especially on a track.
Methanol is a special kind of fuel (an alcohol) that some race cars use. People talk about it because it burns differently than regular gas and can help with cooling in high-power engines.
The Nissan GT-R (R35) is a fast sports car made by Nissan. It uses all-wheel drive to help put power to the road. The conversation mentions it being modified, meaning someone changed it to make it faster or different from the original.
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS is one of Porsche’s most hardcore 911s, made for serious speed and track use. The host is using it as an example of a very high-performance car in the plate game.
The Ferrari 458 Italia is a supercar with the engine in the middle and a reputation for being exciting to drive. Here it’s mentioned because the host identifies the exact model behind the plate.
“Cars and coffee” is a casual car meetup where people bring cars and hang out, usually in the morning. Here it’s just the place where the host spotted another car.
Car
Ferrari Testarosa
The Ferrari Testarosa is a famous older Ferrari supercar with a very recognizable look. In this segment it’s mentioned as a wrong guess before the host explains what the nickname actually refers to.
The Toyota Supra is a well-known sports car, especially in turbocharged form. In this segment the host connects a license-plate nickname to a late-model Supra from the Fast & Furious character context.
The Dodge Ram is a pickup truck. It’s the kind of vehicle people choose when they want a truck for hauling or just a more rugged, practical style. In the conversation, it’s mentioned as a guess about what the person likes.
The Dodge Viper is a very high-performance sports car. The “gen one” version means the first generation that was produced. People talk about it because it’s a classic, recognizable supercar.
A cannonball run is a reckless “drive as fast as possible” road trip challenge over a long distance. The host is using it to describe the alleged intent behind the speeding incident.
Radar jammers are gadgets that try to mess with police radar so officers can’t accurately measure your speed. The host is saying the claim about having them would be a serious legal issue.
An upswing in value means car prices are going up overall. The host is talking about how the market has been rising for years, especially for certain collectible cars.
Saying cars are investments means people buy them hoping they’ll be worth more later. The host argues that while some cars do jump a lot in price, not every buyer actually comes out ahead.
The Subaru 360 is an older, very small car made by Subaru. It’s called “360” because of its original engine size class. People mention it when they’re talking about classic cars and how their value or reputation has changed over time.
The Ferrari Challenge Stradale is a special, more track-focused version of the Ferrari 360. The host is using it to show how some limited Ferraris can jump in value extremely fast.
The Dodge Challenger is a muscle car, meaning it’s built for strong acceleration and performance. Some people buy them with the idea of reselling later, especially if they think the value will rise. That’s why it might be mentioned in a talk about car deals and flipping.
They’re saying it’s not enough that your car got more valuable. If everything else you might buy also got more expensive, then you didn’t really come out ahead.
Capital gains tax is what you pay when you sell something for more than you paid. The point here is that if prices rise mostly due to inflation, you can end up paying tax even though your money didn’t really get that much more valuable.
They’re saying the government should compare your profit to inflation, not just to the price you paid. Otherwise, you might pay tax on money that only increased because everything got more expensive.
Concept
Montana LLCs
They’re talking about a legal setup some people use to register cars. The discussion is about how that can change which taxes you end up paying when you buy or sell.
They mean the niche market for rare enthusiast cars. The idea is that if you sell out of that niche at the right time, you can come out ahead compared with staying in it.
Term
asset value
They’re talking about how much the car is worth in the market, like an investment. If that number jumps, it can make owning the car more expensive.
The Acura NSX is a famous Acura sports car that enthusiasts really want. The hosts are saying Acura changed how NSX parts are sold—taking them off and putting them back at higher prices—so the car’s rising popularity can make repairs more expensive.
The Nissan Skyline is a performance car made by Nissan. It’s popular with car enthusiasts because it’s known for being fun to drive. The conversation also suggests that parts and upgrades can be expensive.
They’re saying when car prices jump fast, owners can get scared to sell because they think they’ll lose out on even bigger gains later. That fear can stop people from making decisions.
The host is basically saying that when car prices keep going up, people start thinking they’re smart investors. But some of that “expertise” is really just luck from the market rising.
A Ferrari 360 is a classic mid-engine Ferrari. “Manual” means it has a stick shift, not an automatic-style gearbox, and that can affect how much people are willing to pay.
“Hockey stick” growth means things start off slower and then suddenly jump a lot. The point here is that a sudden jump in prices or demand usually can’t keep increasing forever at the same pace.
A “bubble” means prices get pushed up too high because people expect them to keep rising. Even if it’s not literally a bubble, the host is warning that extreme price momentum can be risky.
Retail is the price you’d pay to buy a car. Wholesale is the lower price a dealer pays to get the car. The difference between them can mean you lose money when you sell, even if the car later becomes worth more.
Sales tax is extra money you pay when you purchase a car. If you sell a car and later want to buy it back, you may have to pay that tax again, making it harder to undo the earlier sale.
The Lamborghini Diablo is a famous supercar from the 1990s. “Six liter” means it has a 6.0-liter engine. The speaker is saying that if the car’s value goes up after you sell it, it can be painful to buy back.
A “cascade effect” means one big price change can trigger other price changes around it. If one special Diablo sells for a lot more, other similar Diablos may become more expensive too.
A Suburban is a big family SUV (from Chevrolet) that’s built for lots of space. The host is describing a used one that still runs, but has trouble codes and warning lights that keep coming back.
Limp mode is when the car “protects itself” by limiting power because it thinks something is wrong. You can usually drive it, but it won’t perform normally until the problem is fixed.
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I learned a new word this week in one of the books I'm reading.
Meritricious, anybody?
Dan, who said knows more than you?
I guess.
Is this M-E-R-I-T?
No.
Oh, OK.
Well, I was going to get what the root word there,
but that blue line out of the water.
It is nothing to do with the meritocracy.
Meritricious with an E.
It's an adjective describing something
that is superficially or deceptively attractive,
but lacks genuine value, substance, or integrity.
Oh.
My goal is to use that to describe a car
in tonight's episode at some point.
OK.
So if.
And you'll just end up accidentally using it
to describe a person.
Well, most of the car dealers I know
who lack substance and integrity
also are not particularly attractive.
Because a car dealer lifestyle does not
lend itself to exceptional physical health.
That's not a blanket statement, but.
We're so glad to have you back.
This is Switchcast Season 7.
I'm your host, Doug Tabott, here with my co-host, Tyler
Sanders, our technical advisor, Dan Doucet, who
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He is in-house, especially to help us out
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Oh, no, he helped plan the Patreon,
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Didn't you help?
You can tease us about it, though.
You can tease us about it.
I don't know.
No, I didn't, but I've already seen them all.
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You can do that by going to patreon.com slash switchcast.
And our special Patreon discussion topic tonight is what is it?
Matching.
It's a game we came up with where we match the celebrity to the car.
Yes, a game I am arguably terrible at.
You did good at.
You did well last time.
OK, is it me versus Tyler?
Is that how we did it?
Or are we on a team?
There's a joint effort.
Yeah, we work on it together.
Trying to just do well.
Yes.
OK.
Make up for our shortcomings.
Yes.
Half of these celebrities, honestly, I don't even know who they are.
So once I figure out who they are, because I was homeschooled.
So you public schoolers have to explain the celebrity.
And then I can.
Do you know who most of them are?
OK.
I would be shocked if there's anyone on this list that you don't know.
I would not.
But also, it's Doug.
Be prepared to be shocked.
Well, all right.
It's time for Obama is what you know who Obama is, Michelle or Barack.
I'm just kidding.
That's correct.
He cannot drive anymore because he was a president.
That is exactly what kind of car he had before he was president.
I'll leave that hanging out there.
I don't.
I know that it was lame.
Has a Corvette like a late 60s Corvette, I believe.
Yep.
You see, that's why I'm not going to become president, Doug,
is I can't give up driving the only reason.
Maybe there's a couple others, but, you know, I've I've said that before, too.
Dang it.
That may be that may be a real hindrance to Casey Putch.
You know, but he just changed the law if he ever became president.
He's got to become governor first and he lost the primary for which we are.
We're not surprised.
He got more votes than I thought.
He got he got a lot of votes in the primary, which makes me really concerned
for Ohio, but yeah, not that the other option was that great either.
I mean, that's politics.
Zero good options.
Yeah, it's pick the least worst.
That's a pressure warm up lap.
We kind of already started out there before we got the the the OK to go out on track.
But yeah, you got to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
You got to warm up your tires, your fluids, your internal juices.
You got to warm up your mind and stuff while your reflexes and stuff.
You know, just go out there and drift into the first corner.
So we do that on the podcast, too.
Before we get into the real serious stuff, we start with the real serious stuff.
So first of all, what is fueling this podcast?
Doug, I think you need to tell us today.
Well, no, because I'm not an expert.
Oh, you're you're the bourbon guy.
Oh, and you're not allowed to look at the proof.
I can't look at the proof.
I got to guess what the proof is.
So special.
Doug has acquired by means he has not told me a bottle of Van Winkle,
twelve year old lot B, which I have never had before.
This is a this is some special stuff.
So we're going to pop it on our shirt.
Why don't you pop this is your bottle?
My goodness, making me do this.
That was pretty all right.
That was pretty all right.
That was a nice one.
You got the gain up.
Do we do we all get that?
I can't I can't pour another.
It's a very quiet poor.
It's a very refined, luxurious poor.
Hmm, I would say.
Definitely below 110
It's from smelling it.
What else?
What is our second segment fuel?
Holy moly.
The second segment will be fueled by the 2025 release of
Schenck's Homestead Bourbon, which is like an experimental release
from the same company that owns Mikter's.
I don't yeah, Mikter's Distillery, so it is just them.
I thought they might they might be owned by somebody else, but they usually
do weird stuff with Schenck's.
The one last year was finished in a very bizarre bottle or barrel
that was not my favorite.
But we'll see.
We'll see what this one's like.
Does it tell me it does not tell me Dan?
Do you know what is different finish?
It's just sour mash.
Oh, OK, gotcha.
So we'll be trying some sour whiskey later.
All right.
Have you tried this yet, Doug?
No, I haven't.
No, I haven't smell so good.
Let's see.
Oh, this is this is a this is an interesting warm up.
The FBI, according to 404 media, so the FBI wants to buy nationwide
access to license plate readers.
It's like a straw in that.
What are we talking about?
I see.
Well, we've been talking about flock cameras a lot and we don't like them
because most people say, well, this is an invasion of our privacy.
And it's kind of like a warrantless search because
local municipalities and law enforcement agencies can just buy the information from flock.
And they are tracking more than just, oh, this license plate is, you know,
tied to somebody with a felony or something like that.
They are collecting data on our movements and not just the license plates,
but the type of car and like using facial recognition and stuff.
And I just I don't like any of this and people have said and will continue to say,
and rightly so, well, we have devices in our pockets are tracking every move, right?
We willingly put information into Facebook and into our phones and,
you know, give them over to these giant corporations.
I mean, so that is the first thought that popped into my head,
but that and I carry a phone with me all the time.
I am a technology and I guess I used to be, I still am a technology enthusiast.
Just technology isn't fun right now.
But anyway, like that doesn't mean I want more things knowing what I'm doing.
Like my phone is one thing.
I don't need also the cameras and the facial recognition and the database built up of me,
you know, the toll gates that I go through.
Granted, I use an easy pass when I'm on the turnpike.
Like there's it's just it's enough.
Like we don't need more.
Well, and like even with the easy pass, there's a layer of protection.
And I think that's where the difference is between our phones is we go, okay, well,
the government can't just steal our phone data.
I mean, they might anyway, but constitutionally, they can't.
They have to have some sort of warrant in order to get that data.
They have to go to Verizon and say, we need, you know, this person's cell data.
They can't just take it.
But it seems like the FBI just wants to have unlimited warrantless access to
our movements via the ALPRs, which somebody could say, well, you have no expectation of
privacy in public.
And maybe that's true, but I'd like some privacy from the government, I guess.
I don't need privacy from other people, but I don't know.
But then I thought about it like the the phone stuff.
Like the giving of our life data over to a corporation, a corporation which is not
subject to us, it doesn't recognize our rights and it doesn't have to.
Although some may say that the government doesn't have to anymore.
But that is a really big problem because corporations don't have to protect our freedom
of speech.
Exactly.
Although because they're corporations, I think they have their own freedom of speech
because they're classified as people or some crap like that, right?
Yeah, I guess.
But Jacob Siegel, as quoted in Tablet and re-quoted in Why We Drive Best Book ever for
what's going on now, says the trade off for the benefits of the benign corporate authoritarianism
is the loss of power over the institutions we have to live inside.
So we say, oh, well, this Turo or whatever is super convenient because I can just put it
into my phone and a cab arrives.
But we are also becoming the data itself.
We are telling Turo where we are going and why.
Uber.
I think you mean Uber.
Sorry, Uro.
Still not right.
You'll get that third time's a charm.
Whatever, Turo also.
Turo knows what we're renting when we're traveling.
They're storing that.
They're predicting our habits and they will eventually sell that to people as well.
And I think this is becoming very clear for all of us now, but it has been clear for some of us
for a minute, is we have been the product ever since Facebook came out.
All of social media, the reason it's free is we are the product.
The advertising they can sell to us, the data they can sell to other companies,
the data brokers on our habits to then let other people sell us more stuff.
We've been the product forever.
And that's also why certain apps or systems or programs or whatever start out free,
they get you hooked and then they start charging money because it's a loss on purpose to get people
into the ecosystem to harvest that data, get them addicted or attached to whatever
product you're selling, and then jack up the price on it or put a price on it at all.
So this just happens like again and again and again.
Yeah.
Well, the future value I think they're betting on, the future value of our data
is huge because when they can get human behavior down to an exact science and make it predictable,
then the value for that quote unquote lead to a company is huge because it's not just some random
lead, it is a very, very targeted lead of we know this person has clicked on this
product 17 times in the last two days and they also searched for a discount code on this product
and they are currently going to the mall via an Uber, which has a store like it's bad.
So Matthew Crawford says in his book about this stuff, you are coming to inhabit a world that
is tailored to your data self through a process that is beyond your reach and designed to serve
the interests of whoever owns the algorithm.
And we want AI to do everything, we're building data centers everywhere.
Yeah, let's just give more over.
So I think we are starting to see, we're seeing the beginning of a turn.
So there's a graph that a good friend of mine shared with me.
I forget what it's called, but it is essentially representing the excitement and hype around
new technology and its perceived impact on society and then where it settles out.
So the graph is like an exponential up curve, a plateau, a like monumental like ski slope.
And then it comes back up a little bit to the middle the graph represents and kind of stagnates
there. And so like all technologies have gone through a similar trend of like this is going
to change the world. Oh my God, no, it's actually useless. And then it settles at some like in the
middle impact. When are we going to decide that social media is in the oh my gosh, it's useless
category? Oh, I think we're there. Are we though? I see people are glued to it. It is such a
maybe tech talk though. I'm not on tech talk. So maybe I don't have that like, but Facebook
and Instagram are kind of useless now. It's crazy. They are, but people are on it and the kids are
on other ones like snap or whatever, like there's all the kids on the Snapchat infinite other
ones. So it's not it's not the society has decided that social media is useless. They've
decided that Facebook and Instagram are going the way of my space. They're the dodo bird of
the social media platforms. So people are just finding other ones. Well, but also I have seen
some indications at least in the AI space that got me off on this is companies because we're now
hooked are begin and they realize that they are spending so much money to construct the data centers
the money on the power to do the to generate the stupid image of you jumping off a cliff or whatever
you're doing. They are going to begin charging more money for the quote unquote tokens that
businesses use in these like program these subscription services. So now it's becoming
cost ineffective to use it. So I'm seeing this in the software development space where like now
there's limitations on how many things we can ask co pilot with the licensing that we have.
And so then it becomes a point where for the people consuming being the companies or the people,
it's cost ineffective to do to use the technology. So the companies that are mass laying off
thousands of people because all AI will do it cheaper. That's short. And so this is where
the settling of I wish I could remember the name of the graph. I should have been googling it
instead of doing my license plates this whole time. But because they have to recover that money.
There's a reason there's so much money being thrown at these data centers and they're paying
unlimited amounts for the real estate like pit race. Yeah, they're they've got to recover that
somehow. Oh gosh, I wish I could my Google search does have to do with cars by the way podcast
listeners. But so I think we're we will begin to settle see the settling I can't find this graph
I'm going to need to ask my friend. Okay, well coming back to the bourbon, my guess on the proof
and Pappy, I don't remember what my Pappy proof was. So I'm going blind here. But I remember that it
tasted smoother than its proof. It was deceptively really good. Despite the fact they said this,
this was not this was less than 110 on the sniff. Because the sniff is smooth. I'm going to go with
I found it. Sorry, I'm going to go with 112 proof. Because it tastes like it's hot, but it's smooth
despite that. Oh, no, see that what you described though is in my opinion the market great whiskey
where the flavor you are experiencing is the flavor of something that has a higher proof.
But it doesn't. I have lost my touch. That's fine. That's fine. And it's called the Gartner
hype cycle. So there's the technology trigger initiation point at 00. Then you go to the
peak of inflated expectations. Then you drop to the trough of disillusionment. There's a slope
of enlightenment back to the plateau of productivity. And so eventually we will settle on it will
change the world, but it's not going to be an apocalypse. I feel like in my head I'm envisioning
a cartoon that would be in an old economics book that was written 100 years ago. And I have that
book because we read it in college. And I can't remember what it was. It was this really short
economics books, but I'm just seeing a cartoon with the sloth of disillusionment. Is that what
it's called? The trough of disillusionment. Sloth. Sloth. Sloth. Slough. Slough. Slough. S-L-O-U-G-H.
But yeah, look up the Gartner hype cycle. And that is a type of wetland, dead tissue in a medical
setting or a town in England. I don't. Slough. Oh no, it's the slough of despondency, I think,
from a pilgrim's progress. Okay, speaking of books, I mean that, we gotta go to the Doug's Book Club.
Oh yes, a recurring segment here on Switchcast. The Patreoners subscribe for Doug's Book Club.
What are you reading today, Doug? Well, I have been slugging through the last couple chapters
in why we drive, not because it's a tough read. It's just good. It is. You get to the middle
two-thirds of the book and it's tough and then he ends on a good note. I genuinely believe the
middle of that book doesn't have to exist. Well, there's just so much. And there's like a rant
on like some, I don't know, he just, the book is so good it just needs to be shorter.
Yeah. Well, I bought a few more books this week to start next. And one of them is Adam Smith,
the father of modern economics, The Wealth of Nations. I bought that and then got it in and
realized it's like a thousand pages of small print. Isn't that the book you'd recommend?
The book is three inches thick. So that might just be a decoration on my shelf.
Is that one of those like mass market paperbacks too, where the margins are like a fingernail?
They're pretty small margins, yeah. And then I bought, at a recommendation of my client,
The Theory of the Leisure Class, which was an economics book written a couple hundred years
ago. And it is not a leisurely read at all because it was written in a couple hundred years ago,
very, very verbose English. So I'm trying. 1899. Trying.
I have heard of this book before. How far are you?
Page eight. Okay. I think we'll check in next recording and see where we're at.
And I'm struggling. I'm struggling. We talked a little bit ago about the
way to fix Aston Martin, was to take old cars and recommission them, maybe cover them
in a manual transmission. No, but Ian Callum is, he makes the Vanquish 25. Tim Neely from Tim's
Enthusiast Garage turned me onto this because I was waxing eloquent about my grand plan to
save Aston Martin and go, so you know Callum Design is already doing that, right? I said,
no, but I'm glad they are. So you take an Aston Martin Vanquish, you know, 0304 and send it to
them and another half a million dollars, which is still better than a singer. Yeah. But yeah,
you send them half a million bucks and a $20,000 vanquish. Yeah, just like the cheapest clean
title. There was one that sold on cars and bids for like 29 grand recently. I think it was a
rebuilt title or had an accident. But I'm like, that is the car you send to Callum Design. Six
speed manual, swap it, they do some body updates, full interior change, suspension, like just,
it's they modernize it, they bullet proof that they improve it. And I want one so bad. Ian Callum
is going to be the, still can't remember what they call it, honoree at Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.
Which is like going to be pretty sweet. I feel like that's a pull. I just really wish he
there was going to be a Callum Design Vanquish 25 there. Will you be driving an Aston Martin to
the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix? I will be driving Blueberry, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage
that I recently acquired. And Dan will be driving his V8 Vantage. And Tim Neely will be driving his
repeat. Repeat. And I will be driving a dirty German car. Or maybe you can ride an Aston Martin with
us. Nah, no, I need to take that. Did you already drive $150 for the hot dog lunch?
Look, it's, it is a barbecue. There's pulled pork and there's cornbread. It's pretty good.
Drive Cignot. I want to take the GT3 though. But the Aston Martin Cignot wasn't a Callum design.
That was a Huyosho Coco design. I want to take, but it would be sweet to take it for the British car
thing. I want to be the only GT3 parked in on the grass because there's like never,
I think there's maybe like one or two, but like, we need somebody to volunteer to take the Cignot.
Because Aaron sure as heck isn't going to do it. Oh, I, we could get someone to. So many people
want to drive that car. Yeah. All right. I think Julian would drive here to get this thing and drive
into Pittsburgh. Yeah. Or no, he'd fly here. He seems to have that. He do motorized with us
the night before too. Yeah. All right. Let's make that offer to Julian. Okay. Moving on,
SBXcars.com, the Supercar Blondie auction experience site. We literally last week covered
auction houses, online auctions and how they are doing. And in between then and now, so everything
we said about SBX is pointless. They are now a private sale company. So they only do off-market
cars, SBX cars, private sales, trusted access to exceptional cars. And in one of their statements,
they said, because quote, the rarest cars in the world are rarely bought publicly.
Which okay, yes, but also was the whole point of your marketplace.
I mean, it's a convenient way to say it after you have a public auction house that may be,
oh, we learned our lesson. I get it. Like, that's fine. People change their business models all the
time because they go, oh, this isn't what our clientele wants. It's just so funny when a PR
department spins it in a certain way and you go, well, yeah, it's not what you said two years ago
when you launched your auction site. But okay. Did you know, Doug, I keep pulling this back. It's
offering honorary Butsy Porsche donor parking, eight premium parking spots adjacent to the
dining and registration tents for these donors to showcase your car by securing one of these
reserved spots at the front of the row. It's so gross. It's just parking on a hill. Yeah, it's
just grass. It's a golf course. No, it's a park. Yeah, it's like, I mean, the only reason I would
do that is so I don't have to park at a 45 degree angle and have bank two of my engines starved
of oil when I started up. Oh, God. Yeah. How much am I going to be like? It came off as some of those
cars. Awesome. I'm going to be clickety clacketing up there for a minute. We've got a I've got a
hot take. Oh, anybody else have a hot take into the mic now. Tim Neely's not here. So oh yeah, Tim
Neely's hot takes miles on cars. This isn't really a hot take. It's just a fun way to say it. But
anyway, we'll call it a hot take miles on cars are the opposite of golf strokes. My brother-in-law
Ralph, when we are golfing, because I don't often look pretty at golf, but somehow I end up with a
reasonably decent score if I can put to save my life. And after I part a whole,
I'm not going to give you the backstory. It doesn't matter. I part a whole shortly after somebody
else who was like a really good golfer part a whole and he made it look effortless. And I made it
look terrible, but we both got the same score. Yeah, there's the backstory I said I wasn't going to
give you. And he said it's not how it's how many which the only thing that matters in golf is the
number. Yeah. And there's a complete opposite with cars because it's not how many it's how
because you've heard the old saying that car live life a quarter mile at a time. Yeah. So it's not
about the number on the odometer. It's about the abuse that it took or whether or not it was parked
outside or who owned it, how it was driven, how many actions, whatever. So I was wondering when you
said we were going to talk about this, you're going at it from the just if I can use an example,
just because a car has 5000 miles on it doesn't mean it's perfect. Because they could have been the
hardest 5000 miles right of your life. Like my Nissan GTR. I was thinking of like 300,000 mile cars,
which I guess the same thing still applies. It absolutely is you can take care of it or it can
just be like kept alive with string and dreams and in terrible shape in theory. I mean, you could
do the PPF on the front end every five years and you never drive, you know, in the Southwest
where it gets sandblasted and you never drive in the winter and you change the oil every 5000
miles with synthetic and you've replaced all the rubber in the car and all the wear items and like
it's a 300,000 mile new car. And it's a 1985 diesel Mercedes. So that's that's my hot take.
It's not how many it's how opposite of golf stroke strokes. I wish I didn't agree with that. So I
could respond as if it was a hot take but that's the problem of like doing a podcast with somebody
that shares a lot of opinions with somebody who is meretricious. Just moving on. Oh, I see,
would you? Oh, I totally forgot about that. Yes. Oh, speaking of speaking of nothing,
that's just how I transition when I don't have a transition for page patrons. Speaking of real
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Let's talk about the future of the car community. Car shows may be conquer events. We've talked
about car culture and what we think is good and not good about it, but we're seeing a trend
that we've made fun of for a long time. There's a Facebook page dedicated to making fun of boomer
boards and we naturally associate it with Corvette owners, but it's becoming a trend among Aston
Martin owners, Porsche owners, Ferrari owners. Everybody's got their build sheets printed. Well,
Ferrari's heck, it has it from the factory you have your build sheet printed in your front trunk.
Porsche people are are real proud of their CXX and Sonderwunch special wishes stuff.
And it's getting a little bit ridiculous. And we roasted a Porsche for that, had two giant boards
talking about the quote unquote build and design of their special wishes Porsche at a Porsche event.
And it was a fairly polarizing discussion. Some people got a little bit butt hurt over
our roast of this. And we also had people reach out to us going, thank you so much for that refreshing
take. Yes, we did actually that I find both of those. Maybe it's because we're just in our own
echo chamber because that's usually where we all end up at as people. That didn't seem like a
controversial topic to me. But maybe I don't have a good read on the pulse of the public.
I think it's controversial if you take it too seriously. Now, all we're doing here is trying
to have fun. And most of the things we make fun of, we are guilty of ourselves. And we'll
get to that later. I throw stones from a glass house all the time. Love to tell people I'm so
happy I have deviated stitching in my Porsche GT GT GT product. It makes me so happy. It's dumb,
but like, well, it makes you happy because you like it. You're happy that you have it because
you like the stitching. I think we've gotten to a point where people are happy to have it because
they can tell somebody else that they have stitching because it's good for resale value or it makes
their car slightly more rare. And I think that's where people are getting their feelings hurt is
they go, the concept that while I bought a $400,000 GT3 RS, I'm special. Well, if you're using that
as a metric of being special, then whatever, fine, possessions don't make you special. But
when there was five of them at the local Porsche cars and coffee this past weekend,
well, then those guys have to be more special than the other four next to them. So they go to CXX
Underwatch and go, well, I want to paint a sample. Well, so did the other four guys, they got paint
to sample too. Oh, well, I want something nobody else can get. And the one at Works Reunion that we
made fun of, a lot of people defended it and they said, Oh, no, you don't understand. There was a
company that was hired to do this design and like spec the car out and, you know, like you'd hire an
interior designer for your house. Is it though? I think that's so lame. Okay, so that screams to me,
I'm, I guess you can make the argument at the house and somebody's going to get angry at me
for this, but like it's a car that I view more personally as the driving experience. So you
should spec it the way you want it. Hiring somebody else to spec it just implies to me that you don't
have taste. And you don't know what to do with it because you're a rich guy who's like, I don't
know, I just wanted in silver, but that's not cool. That's a hot take right there.
You were knocking. I agree with Tyler's take. It's just okay. We're, we have somebody working on
our living room because I have an idea of what we want, but I am not a designer. So in my head,
I can go, I want this kind of thing. The designers came in and said, okay, how about this and this?
Have you thought about that because they do this all the time and they go, they point it out things
and they can actually put together the design so we can see it before we do it. So the difference
there is there are infinitely more variables with a space. Where do you put furniture? What do you
put on the walls? How does the color of the fabric and the furniture match what you're doing with
the walls? Where do you put storage or you can have bookshelves or you can have a TV or you're
not like a car is there seats, a steering wheel and a dashboard. You aren't like, oh, does the
cream color and the seats go with the dark brown on the dash and does that match with the purple
on the exterior? Like, I guess you could, but you just do a few clicks in their website to find out.
Yeah, does it look good? So my where I would disagree with you on this is that I think it's
fine to do it. And there's an old saying, the customer is always right in matters of taste.
So if you want to hire a designer to do your car or you want to spec out your car with Sander Wunch,
awesome. Where we've lost the plot in the automotive community is then trying to become
validated by others by bragging about it. Not even because it's like, hey, look what I love.
I did this because I love it. But like, oh, well, this is a nobody else could do this. Nobody else
could get this. I got a color that nobody else could get. It's the type of, I've had this experience
before where somebody really rich takes me into their house. And I just want to look at their
house because I'm like, this is gorgeous. And they go on and on about how this tile was imported
from this region in Italy. And it's like they've been waiting to tell somebody about that. And
that's the only reason they spent all that money is so that they can then advertise it and brag
about it so they can feel validated. And I think that's where we've lost the plot.
And like, another defense to this car and its provenance, if you want to call it provenance,
was that the car was featured in Panorama Magazine. It was featured on Porsche's CXX website on PCA's
Instagram, like all this stuff. And I'm like, that doesn't make it better. That just reinforces
my point of somebody's looking for all this affirmation clout. I don't want to
read in a magazine about a car a guy ordered. I want to read a magazine about a race or how great
this car drove or a car a guy built like the Callum Design Vanquish 25. I want to read about the car
that a guy had a vision in his head for custom Aston Martin and he made it happen. He built it,
he produced it, he created it. Or even though like you something a journey to attain a choir
or find a car is also interesting. Like I really where you and I struggled with the
modern Porsche class we recently judged was it was just I bought the thing,
which is impressive that you were successful enough to have the money to do that. And there
were some interesting specs and people some people used it, which was cool. But it's like
it is so much it was so much more interesting to hear the stories of how someone either
kept and maintained for decades or acquired and worked on like you're invested in it and it doesn't
feel to me like if you just wrote a check, it's kind of dumb because it is a lot of money is
astonishing amount of money. But there is less of an activity like I don't know if that I'm
probably not making sense and people are probably still going to viscerate me for my prior opinion.
But yeah, I mean, I think it's
there's the old saying built not bought. I
won that doesn't mean the factory build spec isn't built. Yeah.
It means I built this car from a wreck or I rebuilt the engine or I did the mods myself or
something to that effect. And even though I'm not a builder, I'm not the person who could
recover a car from a barn and completely restore it myself. I could do some of it and
commission some of the other work and whatever and that would be its own fun journey. But
I'm starting to identify more with the built not bought mantra than anything else because it
seems like it is now just like it's spec flexing. It's Oh, yeah. I've got more deviated stitching
than you and social media and car shows are giving this platform to people and people in,
in, you know, to play devil's advocate, people are eating it up on social media. There's pages
dedicated to just paint to sample and crazy specs and there's shows, there's events dedicated to
it, rare shades and platica and all this stuff like what I love it. But I what I like about
at least the photos I have seen from rare shades is it's like 997 and before like an
interesting color on a G body still makes me excited. I love the rare shades. I love that
people are doing these specs. I love love love it. What what I am pushing back against is the mantra
that my spec makes my car special to someone other than me. So I actually so I there's a YouTube
channel I watch called how to drink it's fantastic guy named Greg makes delicious cocktails I've
learned so much about like making cocktails from this guy he was talking about some I don't remember
what it was he was like do an episode on martinis or something and he went on this rant about how
you shouldn't mythologize things to enjoy them if you're talking about oh this history this is where
the tile came from here's my if you have to explain why something is cool essentially or why you
enjoy something that means like you enjoy the explanation and how it makes you look or how
it makes you feel versus the active of having the cocktail or driving the car so if you have to
mythologize something to enjoy it you probably don't actually enjoy the item or the thing for what
it is and that made me think a lot about all of this spec that spec flexing stuff because none of
it is about I love this car because it is so much fun to drive that it brings a smile to my face
every time I turn it on that it feels like it like it fits me like a glove it's look how cool it is
and let me tell you why it's this cool well you should be able to say let me tell you why it's
cool but it it's not because of you know because the calipers are red instead of black that doesn't
necessarily make it cool because that's checking a box on an option sheet and it especially doesn't
make it more cool because that that box wasn't there to check and so you pulled some strings
yeah that's like well I'm cool because I had the strings connections to pull the strings
to get the calipers and red instead of black but then the next model they make them standard red
and then you get them black instead of red and I mean these are real scenarios
scenarios the black GT3 RS9 and 7.1 was the least valuable least sought after one and then the black
4.0 well the black 3.8 was a paint to sample color and there's one out there asking $900,000
now because it's an exclusive paint to sample it's black it's the color that was hated on the last
one do you think this happens or do you see it with Ferraris and
Lamborghinis I think I don't see it with Lamborghinis so what lamb having a Lambo is a flex
by itself I think that's my you see it a little bit with Ferraris but I do still think that having
a Ferrari is a flex enough of an in itself because of what the brand represents yeah I think and so
I made this connection like a week ago and maybe you've been making this the whole time and I'm
late to the party the reason why Corvettes and Porsche Corvette guys and Porsche guys are the
same is because they make a million of all of them and nobody is unique for having a 9-11 or
having a Corvette so everybody is so they're like I have this cool thing so I have to be special
but I have to be more special than the 500,000 other GT3 RSs out there they have to find a
way to be special yes because they aren't inherent you aren't special for having a 9-11 you aren't
special for having a Corvette because they pump them out as fast as they can but you are special
for having a Ferrari or a Lamborghini maybe a McLaren well the fact that people have a need
to be special in the first place I think we all do I mean we're we're all Mr. Rogers would say
we are all special but I think it's from inherent qualities in and of ourselves
not because our stitching is green well and I mean I agree a thousand percent but I think
everybody has that need to feel special and they are and and I think a ton of people are not
do not have that need satisfied by the people or activities in their lives so they lean on
things like cars and watches and bourbon collections when religion is the true answer
I wasn't ready for that listen you are you are going to where CS Lewis would go he says
everybody has a god-shaped hole and the fact that we cannot what did he say I find myself
in a desire that cannot be satisfied by things on earth tells me that I am made for another world
because all this stuff doesn't satisfy us he's never had a Metzger engine to 911 let me tell you
what okay so we could go on and on but stitching less you all think I'm just complaining or
ranting or whatever I I'm gonna flip the script here okay one car shows are car shows people are
showing off their stuff so this is partly a me problem and it's the fact that I just I I don't
like car shows anymore car shows serve a wonderful purpose in that you can go see stuff all together
that you wouldn't necessarily see otherwise but I've seen everything I've seen every possible car
I can't even go to look to go anymore because it's like oh another 917 another 910 like it's just
it's just another one and the ones that I've already seen and that's why I don't think car
shows are for us anymore exactly I like car events automotive experiences and I wrongly expect
that Porsche owners will be car event people and my expectations have been let down I expect
Corvette guys to do the Corvette Boomer Board stuff everybody does but it's like oh no but I've
been in the Porsche Club for so long no we don't we don't do that and it's like no we do but
I'm an idiot because like I've just like I thought about this I was like well at rallies
or at Goodwood or at Mid Ohio or any racetrack there are no boards yeah I'm like I just need
to go back to to friggin racing stuff like there's a whole community out there people who race
their cars that are laughing at this entire discussion going we don't have this problem
like I've never complained about a boat show because I go to the lake not to boat show
here I'm complaining about car shows and I'm like well just go to races no that's not that's
honestly a very good way to look at it and I do think and I want to make a clarification for
everybody out in the the audience sphere lovely listeners I think that you that we are blessed
that car shows are not for us anymore because we have been able to see or experience or be around
some automobiles that I literally dreamed of being around as a kid and the fact that seeing a
Huracan that wasn't a kid car for me but like I guess seeing a Gyro still excites me a little bit
but like seeing that kind of stuff doesn't make me break my neck on the road means that I've had
so many wonderful experiences yeah and I still enjoy being around them but it doesn't I don't
think it's okay that they don't have to be for us or for you maybe if you feel the same way
but I do believe that's because you we are all blessed yes we're gonna have an interesting
fresh news to discuss on the podcast shortly we may have to take a short break to to go out and
observe but um any I do want to finish this discussion so um but when we do make fun of
the boomer boards Porsche or not is because they're funny to us and they're funny to other
people and we're trying to be funny and if you take your car and your car as an extension of
your identity which is I'm not knocking that my car is an extension my identity but if you take it
so seriously that you can't laugh at your own sense of self-importance well that's something
you have to work on with your therapist but on Instagram I've been watching a lot of these golf
heckler guys and man these car people are soft the golf hecklers are making fun of people for being
fat skinny old black white rich Jewish tall short female like every offensive thing you could make
fun of somebody for they are just roasting them and the subjects are loving it it is pure comedy
gold it's so my proposal for a cathartic or as Michael Scott would say cathartic solution to the
clout chasing infested car community is this a new type of concor high quality cars so like
top tier Tyler level gatekeeping in terms of automotive exclusivity excellent setting hot in
here food drink entertainment the best bands but that's where the seriousness ends think about
if like Alan Gilbrath who's the creator of Concord a lemon ran the bridge you have subjective awards
ala the dundies trophies that you really probably don't want to keep very long or maybe you do you
know like hand welded ones or something and roasts when the cars come up for the wards we hire the
golf heckler comedians to roast the cars and the owners because those guys the stuff we say are so
elementary compared to what those guys say like what here's what one of them would probably say
about a boomer board guy they'll be like here's a guy who's so insecure about his wealth that he
prints up a board to brag about how much time it took him to spend extra money on his Porsche
and they wouldn't pronounce it right I love it
then they'd make fun of his race ago he's Indian I wonder if he has Germany for a discount on his
custom specs look at this delicious this is no I'd say I'd say now you're heating up it needs to
go more right right I bet his whole family helped him negotiate the deal imagine if you had those
guys dance at a con floor yeah that's it yeah am I am I get yeah would you go to that event
yeah I mean it reminds me a little bit there are shades of it and Tony K's car party and some of
his awards yeah yeah yeah okay so so we've been to small events like that we've done some fun
subjective awards at my lawn event but like do a real awesome event but I think that's the way
you connect with the next generation is this they're looking at the boomers going oh my gosh
they take your you take yourself way too seriously what if we could enjoy cars in a totally different
way so that's that's my formula I'm putting it out there because I don't have time to do it but
I want somebody to do it and my challenge to car owners is this and I will evaluate myself on this
as well if social media didn't exist if car shows didn't exist if there's nobody to show your boomer
board to and you could only just drive your car would you still spec it out the way you did
yeah no that's not going to be the end of the I thought that was no it's not the end I'm just
that's a thought but it's like I love appreciating great specs but I don't want to hear you go on
and on about how long it took you to order it I just I want to look at it and go I I like I like
this that's cool yeah yeah so um and of course through to fashion I'm throwing stones from a
glass house that's I'm consistently inconsistent because when we take our cannonball car to car
shows we have a giant board maybe two that lists the car and it's accomplishments and is printed
the stats on the trunk but I've never told anyone that it's a rare or special because
it has a carbon fiber interior trim option and in my mind there is a difference between real
like earned provenance and spec flexing so that's my hot no I agree I agree somebody somebody come
up with that that concor event uh Ethan can you pause briefly the video and then we'll come back
to plate to sample for this video segment yeah keep patreon going because I just got a text
that a teenager just drove into the ditch next to our driveway on a straight road so let me guess
they were texting the stuff that we talk about all the time I want to see if they're still there
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tell the folks at home what we uh stumbled into oh yeah so my wife texted me uh car went into the
ditch right next to our driveway um and it was a teenager driving so we went out to check it out
and uh everybody was fine she just literally drove into the ditch on a completely straight road
which yeah tells me she was texting but she said she swerved to avoid a squirrel which is also a
thing that i guess a girl would do i it was a very young seemed like very young drivers
inexperienced so you see something flying in front of you like it feels plausible it's just
the thing you need to do is just either hit it or like if there's nobody behind you try to stop i
guess yeah well but also serving to avoid a squirrel is not a ticketable offense texting and
driving is so like we know that people completely lie about texting and driving or using their
phone and driving in order to not get penalized as such and so the statistics on those crashes are
woefully under reported because you're expecting people to admit to doing it because you can't
measure that uh but anyway i mean it's it's nerve wracking because i was out right there
within a few feet of that yesterday dealing with weeds and stuff and i'm expecting people to stay
on the road and they don't and i told her that i'm like next time hit the friggin squirrel like
come on like i was right there doing weeds yesterday like hit the squirrel not me so anyway um
yes plate sample
and speaking of spec flexing people love to flex uh their vehicles on their vanity plates
and that is the name of the game tonight plate to sample that was uh created we could say it was
built or the game was specced out by soul and spine and uh we read off a vanity plate and the
other person has to guess the stereotype in terms of what car that plate is on because the meaning
is always patently obvious um this is not an exercise in linguistic decoding first one for
you tyler how many you got five yes okay i almost told you i almost said on a oh yeah just keep going
yeah risk um
risk um probably an expensive Mercedes that is going to depreciate massively but this person likes
risk because that's how they got the money to afford the expensive Mercedes s5 50
nah heck yeah whoo all right i'll tip yep i'm out um first one for you dug is not a rover
you can't see my screen not a rover this could be a lot of things it could be a rover
it could be like a bronco or something that looks like a rover or i don't know a jeep a jeep
you're in the right like headspace but what is something that is like really uh could be a rover
a la forza to move wrong direction let's go the something that was maybe designed because the
rovers don't exist anymore oh not a land rover a rover no no no it's a land rover
it's an inios grenadier what do you mean land rovers don't exist anymore well the what the
defender yes it does they brought out a new defender not the classic defender you are failing
that's not what do you mean dug that's the classic rovers don't exist anymore uh
i try to get this the last time i give this guy hints inios okay yeah i mean that's that's a good
not a rover plate apparently it was so close with the jeep you were you were on the same box
uh here's one don't know who sent me this but it's awesome ohio plate
huge wing y u g e huge wing
like is this like an s 2000 that's been track modded no no is it just an rs like a gt3 rs it is
just a gt3 rs with the most gigantic aftermarket man ever yeah it's gotta be a man's i know the
person who owns that has a very wild collection interesting it is another car and all their
cars have interesting blades oh okay you are two for two this is exceptional feeling good i'm
it's gonna be i'm not consistent so we're going downhill from here's what's gonna happen um so
the first one was from louis e through switchcast live thank you very much for this next one i saw
myself with my own eyeballs um good chi with qi is how they spelled chi i mean that's a heck of a
i i don't know think of somebody who like meditates
uh a monk no not the person what car would they drive but a monk doesn't probably try us
that's sort of close this is a super forester oh dry fit i thought fit you know like you'd see
all the yoga place if i knew what chi was then i just use it in scrabble i don't i don't need to
know the meaning of every two letter word i mean you don't because a a is an acceptable word
really yes what does that mean it's me all right next one dug this one from chase macintosh who
has sent so many good ones fiesta okay i'm gonna guess that it's not on a ford fiesta
is there's there's no way is it on a ford fiesta no is it on a ford focus no
um it was like a fiesta um
i have no idea yep range over sport that doesn't make any sense which apparently
they don't make anymore that's not what i all right we're just gonna quit this podcast next up from
dan's dad uh ch 308
is that a chemical i would say you could probably give him a hint of what it that is what is the
chemical methanol methanol methanol what am i using that's not chemical formula what is the compound
oh what what never anyway methanol methanol methanol
and this is an ohio plate uh r35 gtr no that's a pretty good heavily modified obviously um i would
not expect to see this plate on this car it is twin turbo 06 negative although it does have
turbos it is a 991 gt2 rs okay yeah john meth would be kind of like yep kind of bananas
okay can i get half credit no because you've been rude to me today dang it okay half credit for the
jeep no no okay isn't your no it's my turn okay how much of the van winkle if you add
very little uh utah plate okay uh paid tax
like a hurricane or an eventador or a uh like a 265 or like a modern supercar yeah you were
very close with the hurricane it was a 458 italia dang it yep yep that dude did not register his
car in montana i like that plate i like to brag brag about it uh next one i saw at the
Porsche beachwood cars and coffee i really don't know if you'll get this but buster
bus but the it's a five is the s tr buster
ferrari testarosa no very um very not correct for this is used uh this this is a nickname
for a character in a very popular car movie which i probably haven't seen you have
because i've watched it with you and you complained most of the time sounds about right
all right hit me with it this is a 0 for 5 here this is a a late model toyota supra but it is
referencing the fact that brian o'connor is called buster by the other characters in the first
fasten furious movie when did we see fasten furious we watched it in drain i'll drain when we
went to audrey in the first time yeah and then i think you maybe fell asleep but after you were
done complaining about the movie yeah i think dug did fall asleep about half last one last one
paul archer fell asleep too oh last one go fetch
um what kind of car is a dog
is it one of those new key is that has the dog bone tail lights okay um
go fetch who is this like a dodge ram i know ram isn't a dog no feels like a truck guy thing
okay um sort of a truck is it a one of the jeep pickups no okay what is it
the gen one viper sort of a trial nice i don't know why go fetch is it but i all right i'll dig
um the next one uh is a local plate that i will be curious to see if you remember who this is uh
payday
i've seen that i don't remember oh man that could be anything lamborghini negative
toyota now it is a 996 carrera owned by a friend of the podcast peter
that was at our baileys and coffee all right um i was rude to dug today i apologize but he
was also very very difficult game balanced out very difficult game i liked the buster one i was so
the dude was leaving the cars and coffee and i like ran after him like a fomer to get a photo of
this thing it is dan du set taught me what fomer means with this whole big boy train business
which i would love to go see oh so uh there's an interesting piece of news
this week yesterday correct uh cbs news northern colorado deputies arrest 130 mile an hour driver
accuse him of operating vehicle illegally modder modified for racing uh so outside of denver
a car that was outfitted to look like a police vehicle and with lots and lots of countermeasures
was observed allegedly traveling 130 miles an hour and the deputies accused the driver
operating a vehicle intended for a cannonball run note that he was traveling on i-25 north
out of denver which if he's doing a cannonball run he would be incredibly lost
the deputies allege that there was a pursuit because they were traveling over 100 miles an
hour in an effort to catch up to the vehicle but we don't know that and the reporting from the media
is interesting it's certainly sensationalized because one of the outlets says that there were
illegal amphetamines in the car which is according to my information not true there was prescription
legal prescription drugs but nothing illegal they also reported based on kind of a loose
statement by the sheriff that they had radar jammers which is highly illegal but that's not
what the sheriff statement said it was essentially like you know they had radar
detection devices and jammers that's really different yeah it's laser jammers which are
laser shifters which are completely legal in 47 states i think so of course the media is just
making a big deal about this because they think they caught a cannonballer and you know it's
it's it's a it's a good story for them i guess um but but yeah so um both the driver and the
passenger were charged um and all sorts of stuff oh they had devices that were helping them alert
others to police which like okay those are called headlights you can flash your headlights
at people yeah like which isn't that technically illegal maybe i don't know i think it depends who
you ask and of course like oh well when you're going this is what the sheriff said when you're
going 130 miles an hour puts everyone at risk and another stat that's meaningless like we
discussed last time the sheriff's office said the average driver takes about a second and a
half to react to an obstacle on the roadway at 130 miles an hour authority said a vehicle
would travel roughly the length of a football field before the driver could even begin reacting
okay and at 70 miles an hour you travel roughly the length of half a football field
that is a distance yeah in theory at least in cannonball we say like never drive beyond your
vision your headlights or whatever if i can see a half mile ahead it doesn't matter if i travel the
length of a football field before i can react to what's half a mile ahead if i'm actually paying
attention unlike this driver that was going 25 miles an hour outside our house just now or 30 or
whatever and swerved to avoid a dang squirrel and went into the ditch no cannonballer has ever swerved
to avoid something and gone in the ditch in 120 years of cannonballing so it's not the speed
and it's this constant narrative that they're pushing that speed it's
not the speed no i agree and i do think like it is like it worked i don't know we talk about this
a lot it works in germany with the autobahn getting a license is just like way more intense in europe
from what the little bit i know and i feel like this is a solvable problem but we just keep going
at the easy thing to tell people to slow down yeah it's just frustrating yeah well and it's a money
grab for the authorities too but in general the public sentiment is kind of like okay go find
something else to do in terms of the cops like big whoopty yeah well and wasn't this like in the
middle of the night every day and get tickets for 130 miles an hour and obviously some states
have the super speeder laws and they try to throw the book at them or whatever but it's just like
it's speeding everybody does it all the time like you know whatever so it's interesting because of
how it's being portrayed in the media and by the sheriff's department it seems like they're trying
to make a bigger deal about this but it's going to take a while for all this to flesh out like
it's got to work its way through the courts and everybody's lawyers on both sides and blah blah
blah evidence and stuff like that like there may be no evidence of anything other than speeding
at the end of the day so i i don't know but it's certainly interesting certainly a hot topic right
now because everybody's like oh which cannonballer got arrested but uh you know still no cannonballer
has crashed so there's that you can put us all in jail for speeding but that doesn't mean we're
dangerous but a high schooler driving the speed limit outside of our house is more dangerous than
any cannonballer ever has been oh you're gonna get some arguments for that but
that's that's fine it's i'm just saying i've never almost i don't know every single day i drive to
work i am almost hit by somebody going slowly or i see somebody going slowly because they're on their
phone and they're like crossing the the amount of people i see cross the the middle line and because
they're staring at the phone or they're doing something like just it's so frustrating and i wish
people would get ticketed more for it and like ticketed serious amounts of money yeah to make
it painful yeah because it's so dangerous so that they don't do it again yes it's so dangerous
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major market shifts have been happening and i do not want to be the guy who is just you know
yelling at the clouds because i can't afford my dream car anymore that's my job right i want to
talk about the reality of what is happening and the pros and cons of this upswing in value and again
there's been a general trend upward for the last six years essentially since covid and there was a
general trend upward from 2010 to 2015 that was generally explainable for different reasons than
we're we're talking about now um people like exotic car hacks will be like i told you so cars
are investments it's like well maybe maybe but you really could only tell me so if you actually went
out and bought up all these cars that have recently doubled or tripled in value in a short amount of
time but i not everybody benefits and the people who think they're benefiting
don't for reasons i think people don't understand so i want to talk about the pros and cons of
winners and losers in these major market movements and just like i mean let's talk about ferrari
360s they went from 150 grand for manual coupe to 300k in a matter of 30 days
challenge stradales we we've unpacked that before they're one sold today with high miles
for 600 some odd thousand bucks for a challenge stradale that used to be a 225k car a year ago
so nearly tripled in six months to a year well that's what i would love to know
the you said the positives and negatives a little bit ago i would love to know what you think the
positives are of any of this okay well positives things go up in value that is a good thing
oh yeah there is an economic argument for that as well that if things go down and like
go down in value that's like not good for the if assets go to i don't know there's a
people smarter than me i've talked about it correct no we don't want our assets to depreciate
and inflation is a thing so i guess you'd want to keep up correct you want to keep up with inflation
um yeah i don't want to get into the inflation discussion but there are people who benefit
the obvious people who benefit are the people who are doing who are either i don't want to say
creating the market shifts but who are in the right place at the right time whether or not
they're causing that to happen or they're riding the wave if you can buy and sell cars
in a short-term span so if you bought a challenger dolly at 300k with the intent to flip it
and you sold it for 800 you win you made 500 000 and if you can repeat that multiple times
you really really win so anybody on a short-term gain uh when it's their intent to do that
is a winner big winner and there's dealers that have been really on the right side of this the
last couple years and i think there's some people behind the scenes that are buying multiples of
these that have been really really on the right side of them well and that's what it feels like
there's already going to be a small amount of people in my opinion winning in this scenario
there's an even smaller amount of people that i think are continually
are winning big and that seems to be happening more and more i guess there's always these
markets that have huge shifts and it just makes me feel i have no information knowledge
it just makes me feel icky like there is because there's such low production numbers of so many
of these cars that it's so easy to move the needle that i feel like something's happening
with a lot of things yeah because the guy that like even if you are a dealer that bought a challenge
stradalia 300 and sold it for eight that was an accident most likely unless you bought 10 of them
and did this on purpose it is uh speculation is not a sustainable business model yes i'm not
saying that maybe that's not a good business or that somebody can't be right a few times but
unless you are controlling the market speculation is not a sustainable business model
and then because you have to replace it if you buy a stradalia for 300 and sell it for 800
to get another one you have to pay 800 you can't go out and keep buying them for 300
a normal car dealer is a sustainable business model because as i say we buy a $5 bill for $4
and sell it for five and you do it over and over again what's happening now is you are expected
to pay $6 for $5 bill because it's going to be 10 yeah it's all that's not real business if you're
right it's a huge win but it's not sustainable long-term model well that's one of the things
i was thinking of too is that the the normal person who i usually try to advocate for is
doesn't ever win in this scenario unless it is a very specific one-off scenario maybe somebody
bought a challenge stradalia 10 years ago and they're like you know what now's the time to move it
oh it just so happens to be worth 800k or maybe they're motivated by that that's fine
because it's not worth that to them because i don't think they're worth that to anybody
then they have that that money that they can put into other things other cars other stuff in their
life like they have won exactly when the entire market as we have seen so much goes up as much as
it has yeah so you made a bunch of you have a bunch of extra money from this car but guess what
everything else is equally or more so more expensive so you didn't win the normal guy like
doesn't win because you're not transacting constantly you only win if you win on a relative
scale yes so gains are not gains unless they are gains relative to other gains which is my
entire problem with capital gains tax is it needs to have a baseline at the very least of inflation
because if you gain 10% on your investment inflation is 5% guess what you get taxed on a 10%
gain not a 5% gain and that comes into play because well gee the government wins when all these cars
go up in value because if people sell them they think that they're entitled to capital gains tax
so the government gets a whole bunch of tax revenue based off of these cars trading at a
higher value and sales tax revenue if people are not titling them in Montana LLCs but back to what
you said is if you are shifting out of a certain market then you are winning so if you say I'm
exiting the collector car world same as like somebody selling real estate in California
moving to Ohio that's a huge win yeah if you sell real estate in California you have to buy
again nobody wins and if you talk to people in California they don't love that their small houses
are worth 2000000 dollars because of the taxes that come with that and and everything else it
comes with well if I have to move you know I'm stuck in this low rate mortgage I can't possibly
afford a 2000000 dollar mortgage at six percent because mine's a two percent you know
so the the massive increases in asset value are not always a good thing and to that end the negatives
the people who suffer in this are mostly enthusiasts and not just for financial reasons one is
increased holding costs so every time cars go up in value the manufacturers the parts people
whatever they're gonna drive their parts prices up in value Acura just did this oh really they took
their parts for NSX's off the market in December and then re-put them back on the market at higher
price points because they have this new like Acura certificate restoration what I don't remember
what I think it's dope that they have that though more people doing the Porsche thing is awesome
yes because Nissan's doing it with skylines and like yes a lot of it is very expensive and you
can do the hyper but like the fact that you can get parts for I'm assuming a 90s NSX now is awesome
but you already could well but I'm gonna know they're just more expensive now plug in their years
more expensive um tariffs or something I don't know insurance costs go up because every time you
have to move your agreed value up the rate adjusts even if you don't move your agreed value one of
my customers said that his one of his cars adjusted and he's paying double on his insurance what he
was last year oh and he didn't even call in to say hey I need to change my agreed value is it like
a challenger or something gets stolen and used in takeovers I know but um yikes the other place
that people suffer is
it paralyzes and this is a non-monetary suffering this is what I am seeing and talking to people
it paralyzes them from a decision-making perspective people can't sell in these
rapidly moving markets because they're afraid that they're going to miss a huge jump in value
yeah and if they do they suffer if they sell their stradale if if anybody sold their stradale
at 300k they're all ticked off now because they go oh gosh if I had just held it for six months it
would have been worth 800 every single person that sold a stradale prior to january of 2026
is pissed off yeah they all suffered they all lost out and so then you have this paralyzing
effect that now everybody is going shoot I can't sell my car because you know because it might be
worth twice as much and on the flip side of that it creates an arrogance so I've found it very
difficult to negotiate with people and get a car bought because when a car goes up in value
or when the market shifts enough then people just assume that that's going to continually
happening and it's going to be repeatable and there's an old saying that when the market is
increasing everybody's an expert when the market's going up which god that has to be so annoying for
you it is and I coined a phrase that says this market is making experts out of idiots and idiots
out of experts and I'm not calling my customers idiots I'm just like it's it's a catchy phrase
I feel like an idiot because when I give somebody a number this happened this week
a guy wanted to sell me his Ferrari 360 manual I said 200k and he's like well one just sold
I'm bringing trailer for 260 I go that's that's the first one to surpass 200 in a while and it's
maybe or maybe not a repeatable transaction I don't know but I can't base my bid off of one
data point the next week I revised my offer up to 240 thinking okay I'm seeing that this is
sustainable this market is going to stay the next week one sold for 300 oh my god so all of a
sudden he goes see I told you it was worth 300 I'm like well but it wasn't two weeks ago it wasn't
worth 300 and I don't have a crystal ball yeah but then these people start thinking that they do
they go well I could I can see the future no you can't you just held long enough to be right
so that it's creating I think kind of an animosity and an arrogance in people
because this just keeps happening over and over and there's never a correction there will be
there will be I'm not saying that there is a that this is a bubble per se but when we see
hockey stick level growth the rate of growth itself is not sustainable 100 it can't be it
never has been what I think is interesting is I have recently had a discussion about
related to I guess project work I'll say it you know looking back and seeing that you should have
made different decisions because things didn't pan out well for you or your project team and then
how that makes you feel talking about this guy about like your capabilities as as a leader
and talking to this person I was talking to they said that you can't and I know this but I need
reminded of it sometimes that you can't apply to the past what you know today because it doesn't
like it doesn't matter that you necessarily like potentially made a poor decision as long as you
learn from it for the next time because you didn't have this context and I think we have these
discussions about well you can't you don't have a crystal ball your hindsight's always 2020 don't
sweat it we have those conversations about negative things when you don't feel good about where you're
at because of the decisions made in the past nobody has the same like introspection or perspective
on good things they're just like see I was right see no I did there I did a good thing like I'm
great when it's like you didn't know that you it doesn't matter that it's worth more now
with what you were talking about in the past because it wasn't worth that
like you got lucky and that brings up another downside to this is if you made a poor decision
in that you sold your car you can't undo that bad decision in the past if you sold a car in your
and I really shouldn't have sold that you can buy it again you might have to pay sales tax again
or whatever or it might be the spread between retail and wholesale but now like I've been
toying with selling my diablo six liter but I'm paralyzed to not sell it because basically if they
go up in value more I will never get back into one yeah so if you sold your stradale for 300
because that's what it was worth to you and that's how much money you had and now they're a million
bucks you're not going to go pay a million bucks you can't undo that sale and go shoot I really
missed that car I wish I hadn't sold it no and that's a good point it's interesting that you are
behaving in the same way that like you were describing other people as well and I can't
blame you for it I can't just make a decision it's well yeah because you're like well what if tomorrow
one you know hammers for whatever and then that caused because what we've seen with the Ferraris
is it's caused this like cascade effect so like what if some special diablo hammers for whatever
and now like all of them are up 25% yeah like holy that's a significant amount of money that goes
poof potentially and and I think that the biggest thing that I'm seeing and I am now a victim of
this as well I drove the crap out of my diablo the last two years I'm afraid to drive it now
because if something happens to it yeah both the diminished value implications now that it's
worth what it's worth and just the fact of like well if I need to sell it it's no longer liquid
anymore so I had this discussion the other day and I'm like my car I now look at as an investment
and I never wanted to do that I have changed how I perceive the car and so many people call me and
go I used to enjoy my car it's worth too much I get anxiety driving it and I think that's the
biggest cost to the automotive enthusiast of value appreciation is the car is appreciated in
monetary value to the point that they can't appreciate the car for what it was built in the
first place and it's hard to describe that to somebody who's not a car person like I was talking
with someone recently that you know about the fact that and now different caliber of money
between you know my car and some of these other cars we're talking about but still it applies
that like there's been a bunch of interest and a bunch of price increases lately in gt3's and I
was like I don't want that like I don't yeah I don't want that car to get to the point that for me
and it's not there now but I'm worried about it getting to that same point for like my perspective
of money it's on a smaller scale I sold my Rolex Daytona a long time ago because I looked at it and
go I said I cannot wear a $15,000 watch on my wrist this is crazy yeah like if I scratch it whatever
it gave me anxiety now I was an idiot I mean that perfectly sums it up I would like to have one again
I'm not going to pay 40 or 50 or whatever they go for now so I I I doubly lost because I sold it
early and now I can't replace it but it was that the same phenomenon of this is worth too much I
can't use it anymore and I'm seeing that over and again people call me and say I want
to sell my car I can't drive an X dollar car anymore do you have a recommendation
for what you would tell maybe not necessarily a like I guess the client relationship would be a
certain perspective that you could share do you have something that you would recommend somebody
else would do if you take yourself out of the situation to like sell the car or keep the car
or like how to approach like do you give that kind of advice do you have that perspective or do you
just like kind of I used to tell people you buy when the time is right for you and you sell when
the time is right for you and I try to give that same advice now but it's very very tough
right now and I think the the happiest thing for me is that apart from the cars I broke or in
general switch cars is in a lower tier now where cars aren't expected to go up in value and it's
been awesome because the last six years since we made that transition the buyers are just happy
they're just buying a car that they like and they want yeah and it's a totally different
discussion but I think I'll throw in a shameless plug for our our sponsor supercarclaims.com because
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for diminished value in the event of something bad happening because as these collector cars go
up in value the spread between a undamaged one and one with a bad vehicle history is increased
both in dollar amount and in percentage so you really need to make sure you're you cover your
butt because that's a way like that's one thing I have said people like oh my gosh how do you drive
that I go I got insurance but you have to make sure you have good insurance yes because if you're
way undervalued like you could wreck your car and lose your shirt because you go well I can't
replace it for that amount of money so yeah make sure you have good insurance and if need be have
a company like supercarclaims.com evaluate your coverage on your specialty car that brings us to
the shrewd negotiator which is what people do when they buy and sell cars they try to shrewdly
negotiate the best deal sometimes though it takes a humorous turn especially if it's on
facebook marketplace and speaking of cars that don't go up in value I found this amazing suburban
on marketplace and it's in a kind of rough shape but the description description is hilarious
good car would drive anywhere still been all over the country in it needs radiator but is still
drivable driver door is a bit hard to close and sometimes also goes into limp mode occasionally
and the traction control light will come on when it does been doing it for the three years I've had it
just have to pull over and turn it off for a few and restart it then it goes away not sure why it
does that but good car would drive anywhere 5000 bucks I don't know
oh well give him give him credit for being kind of honest but man this thing the pictures of it
are rough it stored outside in under a tree and I mean whatever for a high mileage suburban who
cares but yeah there you go so it says he would drive anywhere is he one of those people has never
left this county uh yeah possibly possibly but where he lives it's the county the county
all right that brings us to the props and flops of the week which is always is brought to you by
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or come by and visit our showroom in twinsburg Ohio Doug what is the pick of the week 1999
Mercedes E 55 sedan is that a W 210? Dan do set nose more than me silver with a two tone
interior black and gray 60ish thousand miles I think 63k and we have more money in recent
receipts than we're asking for the car nice so it is very very well serviced all the trim pieces
redone etc etc pretty pretty stinking nice car always had a soft spot for those cars I think
the only thing they're missing is a limited slip diff but if I did a cannonball in the early 2000s
that's would have been my car of choice even though an e39 m5 would have been a better choice
that would have been my pick thank you uh yeah our flop of the week I'll say I have I didn't we
didn't clean this up there's some options do you these are like do you want me to like um
I'm taking my option okay because it's ready to go yeah but we have one for next week I'll say yeah
we were driving through Pinehurst North Carolina and my wife pointed out that there was a razor wash
a razor wash and I was like is that like it can't be a touchless car wash it's gotta be
one that's just being really honest about how badly the automatic car washes scratch your car
she goes no it said it was a touchless car wash I was like oh well that was that was an
oversight in naming because that does not have a positive connotation for any car person and she
get it not no yes dog I guess that's that's the source of the pain because it's not a
prop of the week dog
prop of the week uh the supreme court which had uh was waiting to hear this case
but they handed down a ruling that said that freight slash transport brokers can
face liability for negligent hiring so that there's one case in particular that went before the
supreme court which had to do with a crash by a commercial carrier and which somebody was injured
may be killed so it's kind of a big deal and there was instances of lack of maintenance and other
things that could have been
determined in the broker's due diligence because all the inspections and all that stuff is on the FMCSA
website and as we've talked about before brokers don't do any due diligence they just hire the cheapest
carrier and they say well we're just a broker it's not our problem well there's been different
uh decisions handed down by state courts depending on the state in some states they said that the
brokers are not liable at all because it's a trucking company's responsibility to maintain their
fleet and hire who they hire and stuff like that and in other states they said no the broker is
responsible while the supreme court just kind of put that under one umbrella and said uh yes
brokers can face liability that can be sued in the case of negligent hiring
so that's I'm real happy about that because of all the fraud that we've seen I've consulted on
a couple of cases for vehicles stolen through transport fraud and it always comes back to a
broker and the person always says oh wow the broker's always been good and I'm like but they
weren't it was it was their negligence and their lack of due diligence that led to this vehicle
being stolen so absolutely they should be held liable um and uh the supreme court just just agreed
with me so I wouldn't get too used to that feeling Doug um I'm pretty happy about that I think it's
change the landscape quite a bit maybe but then again good luck squeezing water from a rock if
this does come up and getting money from a broker because you can't spell broker without broke
broker yeah barely
when you you're so disappointed you wanted me to get that as the plate on my car
I still do Metzger you gotta do it barely no I can't know you've got to I'm trying to imagine
explaining that to someone like at least now when I don't have to when somebody asks you just go
walk away yeah don't worry about it if you don't get it you're not a car guy
oh goodness that's literally all you have to say is if you get barely nowhere on your plate you just
somebody asks what is that just go metzger walk away
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