Touching Me, Touching You

And it smells just like a 16-year-old boy.

Like, sorry.

I don't want to know how you know this.

This week on that car show, we are back with a cruise show.

We did have structure, I promise,

but it didn't necessarily show that we had structure.

We talked about driving seasons coming to an end

in Washington and Colorado.

Obviously, it's one big season in LA,

so I'm still driving with the top down.

We talked a little bit about closing out car shows,

including Redbentown Center.

Dr. Habibi said hello to Lincoln.

Not to Lincoln, to Ryan.

Habib.

Dr. Habib said hello to Ryan.

Yes, I think Habibi is the phrase Habib is the man.

That's the term that gave it.

There we go.

A legend.

Hi, doctor.

He was the customer services gentleman

who served Ryan with some optics a few,

about six months ago.

With an X, yes.

With an X.

We also talked about watches for weddings,

whether it's just a British tradition

or something that carries on further.

We may have mentioned some famous people

getting married as part of that as well.

We introduced the new competition

on how you could win a Sheffield watch

and it's pretty easy once again.

We talked about which cars touch your soul.

So these are the cars that actually make you wanna go

and investigate where I can find them online

and how much do they cost.

I think Ryan got a little bit too intimate

with a local series, but we'll leave that there.

Then we talked about what Porsche is up to.

Not only are they going back on commitments

of stopping doing ice engines,

but they're also working with Audi on electric cars.

And then finally, we talked about what it's like

to be a man inside a kid's car,

whether that was getting arrested in Canada

or liveries in LA.

All that and a whole lot more.

It was a fun episode.

The first 20 minutes were only audio,

but then we thought we would save you

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Hey, and welcome to this week's That Car Show.

It is another cruise show after a few successful weeks

of me being replaced by some fantastic guests.

So I saw the episodes, but what were the highlights guys?

I mean, how do you even choose, right?

I mean, one of them's Lindsay's fiance,

so she probably has to be careful.

But they were all great, right?

I will not be choosing.

I know my answer.

But think about it.

I think, well, three shows, but four very different guests,

right?

Sasha Slepenov from Neeloo, car designer,

our friends, Derek Tam Scott and Tatsu Otis.

And then our very own fiance, Tori Alonso.

He's off, he'll pay now, is he?

Yes, he's our collective, the Royal Wee.

Little did he know when he asked for my hand.

He was getting two from us.

Can't wait until he meets my parents, yeah.

He came with his own car show.

Love the whole VW mafia came up for that one.

That was a surprisingly well-performing show.

So thank you all.

Thanks to all our VW fans out there.

I think before we go into a deep dive on this show,

let's just take a moment and say that we're going to honor

an individual with this show, which is Tom Matano.

And Tom was the father of the MX Five,

the Miata, as you guys would know it.

And he passed away this week.

So I think we'll take a moment,

we'll raise a glass and say, hey, this show's for you, Tom.

That's right.

Thank you for all your contributions.

Did you guys spend much time behind the wheels of Miata's?

Zero, actually, for me, which is very straight from home work, Lindsey.

We need to give you some homework.

So who has a Miata that they want to let me pile it around?

They're one of the great cars.

They really are.

There's nothing like a Miata, right?

And it's a car that's really, I think, stuck to, you know,

it's it's what makes it special, right?

Even all these years later.

But we had a couple growing up.

We had two growing up.

I mean, my teens and twenties, a couple of days.

Yeah, that's they're still formative years.

Long time ago, and they were great cars.

You know, I fit OK.

You know, I wasn't that much smaller back then.

We had a 92 limited edition with the BBS

and the the Nardi shifter and all that.

And then we had, I think it was a 96 M edition,

which was kind of the equivalent, which was a midnight blue.

And they were fantastic cars.

In fact, my dad had the sec that the blue one until a few years ago

until he traded it in on a on the Cayman that he's got

or effectively traded it in.

So wonderful cars.

I mean, they're, you know, there's just nothing like a Miata,

a good Miata, you know, they're the fact that those were brought back.

You know, I mean, really was was something special.

And there's a lot of effort that went into that, I think.

And and he was the man.

He's one of those guys, like one of the bands.

You say, oh, I'll see him eventually.

He's not that old, right?

Right.

You know, you know, yeah.

I run into an event or something.

I think that's what was so strange is like for this day and age,

he was very young and, you know, I haven't driven a Miata,

but I remember seeing them like growing up, you know, at the track

and at car events, especially, you know, a lot of the events

I attended were like Ford focused, as we all know.

And there were plenty of me honest there

because people would put a Ford engine in

because they were so great at the track.

Yeah. Yeah.

I cannot believe you've never driven a Miata, Lindsay.

So it's a dance point.

Yeah. I think you need to.

I know that's what I love about the car, like world

and the car hobby is that as much as you do know

and like as much as we've all gotten to experience,

there's still so much that we haven't done, which means, you know,

we have a lot of homework. Yeah.

I also wanted to give a shout out

because at the end of this month is the gentlemen's drive.

So this is a charity that focuses on men's health, both

men's mental health as well as physical health.

And it is a worldwide movement in 64 countries

where there is an organized drive that raises money for charity.

If you want to find out more about it, go to www.gentlemensdrive.com.

And we'll put it in the show notes.

But we have some friends, don't we, that are actively

participating, leading rallies.

Yes.

Shout out, Matt.

Yeah. And our friend Babes in Classics,

Ariel Zadok in LA, friends of Late Night Playset

will know her as the purple-headed producer

as Jay has been calling her lately.

But she's been producing the event in LA for the last, I think, four years.

And it's always fun to see the pictures afterwards

because people dress up the whole the gentleman part of it

is everyone dresses up and so they all look very dapper to do the drive.

So it's fun, you know, and they're raising money for a good cause.

Yeah. Yeah, we like it.

So the question for the folks that are either in Colorado or Washington State,

are you guys making the most of the change in season?

Because things are about to change in both states.

That's right. I'm lucky in LA because I think the season continues on.

But how are you guys making the most of things?

Yeah. Yeah, you made you made the right move, Dan.

This season is year round where you are.

Yeah, yeah, we can definitely tell in Seattle, the sun has shifted.

All of a sudden it is like clockwork, just like it's fall.

You can see where the sun is, the light's different.

So I actually took the GT4 out today

because it was sunny and you got to take advantage.

Right. And it was delightful.

Every time I get back in that car, you know, you get get out on the road,

like have the chance to accelerate even the tiniest bit.

And it's like a giant exhale.

Just, man, I love that car.

Are the car shows in Seattle still taking place or have they finished now?

So they had the last theme day of Exotics at Redmond Town Center,

which has grown into such a massive event.

That was this past Saturday morning.

And I think that's how they sort of hedge the seasons

because they end the sort of official days.

And then whether permitting, they'll keep doing it for a little bit.

But so this weekend was British or this past weekend was British Day,

which was pretty fun because on the drive there,

we actually saw a few of the examples we were like towards the later end of the event.

And so some people had already left.

But so we got a little bit of like British Day on the move on the way there.

Very good. Like a moving car show.

Were there any Jaguars there?

Yes, there were.

There was one XKSS replica, but it was very well done

and like very fun to see.

And then there was a it's an XK 140,

which I have a friend in Orange County that actually has a red one,

but there was a black one there.

And it was absolutely stunning, really fun to see that in person up close.

And then there were some like sixties Jags.

Sorry, Jaguar.

And yeah, and there were two very cute little Nash

metropolitan's right next to each other, which, yeah.

So it was a fun like even getting there a little bit later.

It was still a fun day.

Yeah. And it was beautiful.

I'm glad to hear you're making the most of the last few days of summer.

And I got to give a quick shout out to

well, first, you mentioned the Redmond Town Center.

And the last time and the only time I've been at Redmond Town Center

is when I was moving, helping you move from Seattle to L.A.

Dan and I forgot my contacts.

So shout out to Dr. Habib and the crew at Optics O P T I X

I wear at Redmond Town Center.

They were they were awesome.

Sponsor of that.

And that's what my gentlemen's drive, couldn't they?

They were true gents.

Yeah, I think we were seeing my bacon.

Yeah, five different opticians.

And they were no, they weren't willing to give any samples.

They were. Yeah.

And all you needed were just enough to get you through the week.

Right. That's all I needed.

And Dr. Habib said liability out the window.

I like this guy.

We'll hook him up with some contacts.

And I like them.

So thank you. Thank you very much.

Like your smile. Come on in.

I would. I would rub in my eyes all week, Dan.

Yeah. And crush my Abby.

More importantly, you don't even have it anymore.

Who cares?

You know, yes, but to answer your question.

Yeah, it's it's the seasons are changing here as well.

We got a little snow in the mountains for the first time recently.

And oh, boy. Yeah.

It's, you know, the writing is on the wall.

So I've been trying to get out as much as I could.

Went out with some friends,

like six perfectly matched cars, right?

Different versions.

There was a 992.2 T.

There was a 991.2 GT3 RS.

There was a Cayman 4.0 GTS.

There was my car, a couple of the cars.

Anyway, it was just it was just a when you ever get in a group

and everyone's just kind of kind of gels the cars, the driving and all that.

And it was it was grand.

And then I got up by myself once as well, which hasn't happened in a long time.

And you forget as wonderful it is driving with friends, right?

It's also pretty great to just go out and drive to just get in the zone,

right, get in the zone.

And there's not a better driving season than the fall, right?

At least here in Colorado, the leaves are changing.

And you know, there's that you're, you know, you've got to get it in.

You know that this this driving really counts, right?

Yeah, it makes it that much sweeter because like you said,

you can see the evidence that the season is coming to a close for this year.

And exactly, exactly.

There is nothing quite like being, yeah, being on your own

in a car that you love on a fun road and just like, again, it's just,

it's so restorative and, you know, I think you summed it up, right?

And there's so much Zen in drives like that.

Do you guys listen to music when you're driving on your own

or is it the engine and the?

It depends for me.

It depends on like how restorative I need the drive to be.

And if it's

I think a lot of times it's just the engine noise,

especially if it's in a car that I really enjoy the note.

Like, yeah, I had a GT 350R Mustang and that was, you know, that exhaust

is sort of in a class of its own.

It's so intoxicating.

So when I drove that car, no music.

Well, let me just mention that Lindsey's GT4 straight pipe.

So I don't know that you'd be able to hear the music anyway.

I don't listen to music ever unless I'm stuck in traffic or something.

Not in the Porsche, because I don't like to be fully tuned in.

In fact, I struggle even throwing sunglasses, right?

I'd like to be fully aware, fully dialed in.

And plus I have the base stereo, so it's not that good anyway.

More enjoyment in the sound of the car.

So funny.

Yeah, I'm sure the engineers at Porsche

will really appreciate those comments.

Yeah, windows down so I can hear it all, you know, for sure.

You got to do that.

Yeah, get a little sand in the teeth, you know.

It helps with your awareness, too.

Like when I first learned to drive, again,

I was in Southern California, so the weather was nice

and it was the summer.

But I remember after a week, realizing, like,

I think something happened and I had to put a window up

and I remember going like,

well, how am I supposed to know what's going on if the window's up?

Yeah, yeah.

Come on.

Yeah, I don't know where to shift, you know.

I've done a few drives.

So I just wanted to get a thousand miles on the car.

Right.

Yes, a few weeks ago I went down to Malibu

and there is a market, I can't think of the name of the market,

there's a, is it Pete's Market?

Oh, Scott's Malibu Kitchen, I think.

So that's a nice drive, although obviously that area was affected

by the fires at the beginning of the year.

Right.

So when you head down there, there are very strict speed limits

and there are also police bikes with radar guns, various junctions.

So you definitely have to take that seriously.

Yeah.

But super saddening and I've heard good news, but super saddening

as you go down that road on the left hand side

is the coast and on the right hand side is the canyons.

Yeah.

There was a burnt out 9-11, which was as a result of the fires.

Yeah.

You keep it iconic.

Yeah.

But I've heard it's been total way to be restored.

So I hope that myth is true and that it is the case.

Yeah.

But I also went to Helm's Bakery last Sunday

for the Johnny Lieberman friend of the show.

Yeah.

That's awesome.

I needed Lindsay with me.

There's all these people I know by face, but I don't know how to talk to.

So I got there, pulled in, and I went for my coffee

and they do a coffee outside.

Yeah.

Stood behind me was, is it Hooniverse Jeff?

Yeah.

Jeff Glocker.

Jeff.

We met him at the LA Auto Show last week.

That's right.

We flew to LA Auto Show.

Behind him was Lynn Woodward.

Oh.

Behind her was Matt Farah.

And I was like, I'm introverted at the best of times.

So I'm like, I'm not going to turn around

and say hello to the who's who of LA.

Oh, you're right there with them, Dan.

Come on.

That's amazing.

And I think it was Hannah, Matt's wife.

She was with him, too.

I think that's our pictures.

And they collected a bunch of cars.

Like I am dumb.

I'm really dumb.

So I got there and I walked through and Matt had his Myers-Manx.

Yeah.

And he was the only guy who'd parked nose in.

So initially I'm like, why bother?

Like, are you just lazy?

But the reality is that the business end of that car

is at the back.

Right.

It's got the radial engine.

Yeah.

That's why he did it.

But I needed more coffee because I hadn't

but turned it together.

So the next time you go, Dan, you

roll up in that brand new red Porsche of yours

and you say, do you know who I am?

Right.

And I bet they do.

But nice people.

Because the car didn't make the list.

So as I'm pulling in, someone I know very well

was on the gate.

And when you go to the gate, it's a left turn

to go in and exhibit your car.

OK.

It's a straight on to go park in the car park.

And a good friend of the show, Sean, just sent me

straight along in a lane.

Oh.

And he's a car guy.

He's moving.

Yeah.

Next time, Sean, I'm looking for a left turn.

Right.

Well, that's what was so interesting.

Well, that thing's got a radial in it.

Because I got to, Lynn and I were the parking wardens

for the inaugural event.

And that's where we were.

So you just sent me left.

You would have definitely sent me left.

I would have moved all those cones and brought it right in.

What does it take?

Well, it's good.

Well, it's I think what makes it so unique

and is one of the cool things about that event

is that there's the front parking lot.

And then when you go behind, there's more parking along

the building, but then there's also the parking garage.

So it's sort of like a choose your own adventure.

And they were sort of like sorting some of the priority

spots were behind the building the first time.

And then they had the front lot.

But it was also a learning experience

because the front lot filled up even as it was being curated,

filled up, and then there were more behind.

And then, but even the parking garage

was a car show in itself.

Yeah, yeah.

Having also been in this position.

Parking garage.

Sorry, Ron, you go on.

No, having also been in this position,

that is a tough position to be in,

because it's not like you're getting paid to do this.

Where do you draw the line?

And I think it's kind of a sliding scale

as the show goes on, right?

Maybe a little tougher as the show goes on.

I was that early, Ryan.

Yeah, I mean, I would have let you in.

No problem.

Not only the car, but it's come on.

It is the Dan Pilling, right?

Danny P. Come on.

Hello.

Front and center, everyone.

If you don't know, you know now.

How is that car, by the way?

You've got 1,000 miles on it.

So if you don't know, it's this beautiful guards red.

Sorry, Boxster GTS40.

Yeah, I need to get quickly to 1,000 miles.

I've had it first of August.

I think I got it second of August.

So anyway, I went out to the Joshua Tree with it.

And it was 109 degrees, not miles per hour.

But the drive home was magical.

So I had to get back to LA quite early on the Sunday.

So I was literally up at 6.30 on the road.

And there was no one else around.

The sun was coming up.

I was driving through mountains.

So I got to give it some beans in the end.

That's amazing.

How many beans did you give it, Dan?

Yeah, let's not incriminate myself now that I'm.

Right.

You got the 1,199 license plates.

I have.

Give it all to me.

I'm going to talk about that on this show.

We'll bring the chairman of that organization on.

Absolutely.

Right.

You can use your imagination.

Had you been to Joshua Tree before, Dan?

Not for a long time.

There's a really good music venue.

Not necessarily the music I saw there.

They're called Papi and Harriots.

OK.

And it's a really good music venue.

It's just outside Joshua Tree in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah.

Have you been to?

No, but I've heard about it because it's just like totally out of the way.

Like, you have to know, you know, that it's there.

And but they get some really big names.

Yeah.

About three or four years ago, Paul McCartney played a secret concert there.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

It's that sort of crazy website because they have I don't know how they do

it because it is literally the middle of nowhere.

Yeah.

But they have like famous acts all the time.

It's wild.

I I had never heard of it until like a year ago because I have I know people

that live in that area and that's how they had learned about it.

But yeah, it's like you would never expect.

I mean, Paul McCartney there is the last thing you would expect.

Right. Right.

I know.

So so, Dan, I just want to go back to your Malibu drive.

Like, what was it like being in the area?

You know, you'd been there before the fires, obviously.

Yeah.

What is it like to be there and experience it?

Like post fire?

I haven't been there since.

Yeah, I think it's just humbling because you you drive along and you realize

what people have lost and, you know, it's still there's still people,

even though it might be a beachfront property in Malibu, you know, it's

still people and they've lost their houses and yeah.

So just very humbling.

Yeah, I saw I saw a post today from a gal who has done a fair amount

of reporting on Malibu, just sort of lifestyle or, you know,

store kind of day in the life stories.

And she actually ended up losing her house, too, in the Palisades.

And what struck me was she said when she did go back to the neighborhood

after the fire, she ended up passing her own house at first without

realizing it because there were no landmarks anymore.

And I thought, you know, we're going to start hearing like more of those

stories, but it's always interesting to hear what it's actually like to see it.

Yeah, but no, it's it's good news is that obviously people are starting

to rebuild now and stuff.

So yeah, shall we give a watch away?

What do you think?

You should.

Before we do that, I've just been informed that we are recording

an audio only.

So much like when Wizard of Oz goes from black and white to color.

We are now going to go to nothing.

Here we are.

Because I know you are missing our beautiful mugs.

Here we are.

Right.

Sorry, Danny, we're going to give away some watches to in full visual definition.

If you've missed the fur or if you listen to the first part, it was

audio only and it's our apologies.

So let's get on with giving something away to buy back our audience.

Shall we? We're here now.

Yeah, we're here now and we've got a watch to give away.

So we are obviously working with the great folks at Sheffield Watches.

And I thought, you know, how do we do some sort of competition

that helps someone win a watch?

And congrats again to our friend Dave, who won the first watch.

Right.

So there was recently a very famous proposal.

A football player proposed to a pop singer,

Travis and Taylor, I believe their names were.

And I wanted to ask you guys, first of all,

is it just a British tradition that when a couple get engaged,

obviously the gentleman buys a ring and it's usually either a month

or a month and a half worth of salary for that ring.

So is that three months?

Bambuzl.

We're where you are.

Both your other halfs have been told the wrong information.

But so that is tradition that you spend a certain amount of wages on a ring.

Yeah, I think less tradition and more marketing.

But yes, yes.

And really different in different parts of the country.

but yeah, it's a sliding scale. So yeah, be careful where you

get engaged. If you find, if you find your wife in the south,

it might be cheaper than even real diamond. Yeah, who knows.

But it's the San Bernardino. Shout out to San Bernardino. The

people who were kind enough to send me a t-shirt. So I thought

I would wear it. Amazing. Yeah, you wear it well. I'll be

right on trail this t-shirt next week. Tune in. The second

piece is obviously the groom and fiance is buying the ring.

Right. Does the bride have an obligation in the UK is kind of

considered that the bride would buy the groom a watch to wear

for the special day. Is that a UK thing or do you guys

subscribe to that?

That's so fun. I think it's a UK thing, but I love it. I

think we need to bring it over here.

We did that. So when my Molly and I got engaged low so many

years ago, I got her a ring that was three months my salary,

which now I know better. And she got me a Rolex, a Rolex

Milgauss, which is what I wanted. But then I somehow then

got her a Rolex as well, but a cheaper one, an Air King, which

now she doesn't even wear anymore because she's got

what is it? Yes, the Datejust. Yeah, the Datejust. That's

what it is. I know all the watches your wife wears, but I

know it's the one I have. Yes, it's the beautiful green one,

which, you know, so anyway, but you know, we so we did that.

I don't know how common that is. I mean, it seems like, you

know, I think it's so sweet. I love that. But no, I've

never heard of it. I've never heard like, I've heard of

the bride and groom getting each other a gift when they

get like, like a wedding present to give each other after

they're married, but you wouldn't need the watch ahead of

time. Right, it's right. I like the idea. I mean, watches are

involved. It's a great idea. I mean, I guess we like J Turquoise

kind of helped us do that accidentally. He sent us or like

without me realizing that there was a tradition that we

could have been ascribing to it. He sent us his and hers of

the green, the black diver with the green. Yeah, it's

cool. You know, dial. So Wow. I happened to be wearing mine

today without even realizing we were going to talk about that.

So I was thinking then, if you were to be wanting to buy the

other half a watch, or if you wanted to receive a watch,

which of the Sheffield watches, firstly, would you think

would be the most appropriate knowing that on the wedding

day, the worst thing you can turn up with is a really

fancy watch that is going to, you know, take the attraction

away from your beautiful bride. So firstly, which Sheffield

watches would you go for and why? That's a good let's see. So

if it was a beach wedding, if it was a beach wedding, I think

the rally would be a great choice, because it's very

elegant, right? But it fit well, like it's not too. It's

not super flashy, but it's very elegant. It would fit

with that, you know, setting and still look classy. Let's

see. I do know someone that got married at Laguna Seca. So I

think you did that. Sorry. Yeah, actually, I didn't I know. I

remember going like, wait a minute, I didn't even know

that was an option. Well, it could be. I mean, yeah, it's

still time. I know, right? We know some people. It's done.

Take care of it. Yeah. I think maybe like a blue like a blue

spikes would be kind of cool. Or the is it the GMT the blue and

red? I think that would be cool. If you were getting married.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that would be the one. Although I

could probably insert a joke here about the QL one and that

it's practical and cheap. Right. That could set the set the

path for marriage.

The tone for the watch relationship. No, but I like that

idea. I like that GMT. It takes you around the world. I

don't know, right? It's just it's it's worldly. It's

wouldn't need to change the watch on your honeymoon.

No, you just turn that bezel, you know, I was going to go for

the new super production, which is obviously the Swiss made. I

think it just looks, you know, looks right, right level of

fancy. Yeah, showing off. Yeah, right. If it was a non

Sheffield watch, did you guys have any thoughts around what

the equivalent would be? I'd go first. Yeah, first you

want what would you buy your bride then? What it would be

what I would be wearing. So what I would expect. Let's call

Yeah, to buy me. Yeah. So I was thinking about a JJ

LeCoultre Roberto. So these watches are I guess they're

portrait in shape, aren't they? And they were originally

designed for polo players. So to protect while playing

polo, you can actually flip the watch over and it

becomes some of them have dual time but it becomes so then

you could have the inscription of the date or

something on the other side. So to protect the watch, you

can flip it over. There was such a demand in the polo

community for a watch that without, you know, it was

screaming out for it. That's amazing. I you learned to be

something tonight, Dan. Yeah, I didn't know that. That's

right. That car show educational institution. Yeah, I

like any other ideas. Yes. So I'm trying to look up the

brand because it's it's a really unique watch. And of

course, I'm blanking on the so Matt Farah has one. And I got

to steal a quail a couple years ago. Oh, I know the dial is

made of some material called Fordite. Have you guys seen

this? Yeah, yeah, it's it's cut from the layers of paint

on the floors in car factories, which is so cool. No two

of them are the same. But there's a company that

makes really beautiful ones. It's also highly

carcinogenic. But I mean, Oh, Arcanot is the company that

makes that. They're super cool. Yeah, I love them. And, you

know, what's so amazing is like, obviously, they're all

unique. And you never know. And it's kind of fun when they

release a new series to guess, like, which, you know, OEM,

do you think this came from? And like, what were they

painting? Because some of the colors are very distinctive.

There was one that had like a, you know, kind of it

was like an acid green. And I'm like, is this Porsche

Fordite? Because it's called Fordite, but they can use

they make any material from any OEM. So yeah,

what Porsche Dite has a certain ring. Yeah. There's a

stand by me reference in there, Dan, if you dig deep.

Yeah, I'll have to keep looking and let me listen to the

show. Right. Any watches from your side? Because you used to

like trade in watches, didn't you? I did. You know, that

was something in college and right out of college lived in

Chicago. And you know, this was back in the day,

probably told the story. But my first couple of jobs out of

college, I traveled a lot and I'd go to these small towns or

these towns across the country. And I first thing I do would be

to check Craigslist and see if anyone was was trying to

unload a Rolex and picked up a lot of watches over the

years and would flip them and make a little bit of money.

And so got to try just about everything. I've never much

like you've never driven a Miata. I've never owned a

Daytona, which is the car guy watch, right? Right. You

know, but a lot of Submariners, a lot of

GMTs and explorers and things like like that. And I guess that

sort of leads me into the watch I think is kind of the gold

standard, if you will, for for weddings and funerals and

everything else. And that's Rolex and I guess Tudor as

well. It's sort of junior brand. I just to me, that's

always sort of meant something special. I know

it's, you know, maybe not as as a rare a watch or as

uncommon a watch to see maybe as it once was. But but

yeah, I, I wear two watches. I wear Rolexes and I wear

Sheffields and I compliment each other well. But yeah, if it

wouldn't be a Sheffield for me, I think it would probably be a

Rolex of some sort, or maybe a Tudor and maybe something

vintage, if you really want to up the cool. Oh, that would

be cool. Yeah, all those old vintage Rolexes I sold so many

years ago to make $1,000 that are now worth, you know,

live and learn. But don't even think about it. Move on.

Yeah, at least they weren't fakes like your panoramic.

That's right. Another Rolexes came in a fake calculator at

least from China. Yeah, very good. Very good. Well, let's give

folks a chance to win a watch. Yes. So what I need some music or

something is, yeah, that car show. Instagram, we're going to

post a picture of a watch. And we're going to do that after

the show gets released. So no one can do it in advance.

And what we would like you to do to win potentially one of these

watches is firstly follow two accounts, follow that car show

and follow Sheffield watches. I'm hoping that most of our

listeners are already doing both, but just in case that's the

first way to opt into this competition. Then I want you to

comment and say which watch from the Sheffield watch brand

range. Would you think that Taylor Swift should buy for

Kelsey? And why? And you can make that funny, you can make

it serious, you can make that, you know, anything you want, you

know, you can say it's because I don't know, she wants him to

shake it out or she wants to make a style.

Yeah, I'm out of ideas in terms of some names. But yeah,

so follow both accounts, comment on the post that we have

specifically with why and which watch from the Sheffield

range. Go to Sheffield watches on all the websites. And we will

pick the best answer. It'll be a group decision amongst the four

of us. Yeah, Rindy, Ryan, myself and Michael. And we'll let you

know and you'll get your pick of a Sheffield watch. So little

effort for great reward potential. Yes, creative is good.

And the real story here is Dan wants to tag Taylor on

Instagram.

Did you say tag?

What do you do? Sorry, tag?

Oh, that's also a watch brand. Okay, all right, no fun

intended.

See what you did there.

We have our competition.

Yeah, make it happen. Get creative. Yeah, make Dan laugh.

Please make me laugh. I was watching another podcast, which

was Chris Harris and friends last week. And he said something

really profound, which he does regularly, but this was

really profound. And he said, say again,

No, I was gonna say, particularly profound, even from

someone who is profound quite often.

Yes. And he wasn't saying, Hey, Lindsay, do you like the ice

cream here at LeMol?

But he's

his quote was, you know, a car has touched your soul. And

after driving it, you spent hours on websites looking at

used versions. Yeah. Yes. So I wanted to ask you, what was

the last car that touched your soul and why?

Hmm. Ryan, you want to go for a car that touched me for the

record, good touch was is a Lotus Elise. You know, it's a

and it's a tiny car. So it touched me all over, I guess,

but

every time I see a Lotus Elise, I go down that rabbit hole,

even though I hardly fit, and you'd have to like lube me up

or whatever to slide me in. And the top couldn't be on

because I can't fold that direction. That is a car that

gets me going. They're eternally $35, $40,000. I think

they still are. They're just wonderful cars, the cars that

they don't make like that anymore and hardly did make at

that time. You know, manual steering and everything else

just just special special cars. Incidentally, also one of my

bucket list cars, one of my cars you should drive before

you die. They're truly, truly special. But I guess also

the GT for the first time I had a base came in the

first time I really had an interaction with the GT for it

was a 2016 981. And what are those like? They're amazing.

Even when they have mufflers on them. But you know, it's I just

fell down that rabbit hole and I had to have one. And then

that, you know, the 2020 came out and I bought one. I've

not bought an Elise yet. Probably never will. But yeah,

those are the two cars that have touched my soul. Very

good. Very good. Lindsay, what was the last car that touched

your soul?

The last one was actually a Land Rover Defender.

Interesting. Is this a car week? Was this at Pebble?

No, it was because when I got to go to Carmel in May and do

the Land Rover experience the off road school. Yeah. Yeah, I

mean, Chris really hit the nail on the head because the

amount of time I have spent looking at Defender like

slightly pre-owned defenders is, you know, probably an

unhealthy amount over the last like since I got back from that

trip.

So modern defenders?

Yeah, modern defenders.

What would you get the 90, the 110, the 130? So does it for

you?

I really like the 110 and that would have been my like, I

would have said, you know, no question. Yeah. But what was

so interest like another interesting part of the

trip outside of getting to do the off road school and

like learning all of the aspects of off roading and

doing it in those cars and seeing how capable they are.

Before the actual event started, my dad was over at

Laguna Seca doing a vintage racing event. And they let

me take a brand new 130 to go like pop in and say hi to

him at the track. And I was really excited to try it

because it is about 20 inches longer, I think. Yeah,

then the 110 and I'd only driven a 110. So I'm like

this is going to be really interesting. I'm curious to

see like, does it feel a lot heavier? Is it laggy? Is it

slower, whatever? You can't tell a difference. Yeah, you

do not feel it, which is really a feat when you look at

how much longer it is. Yeah, you know, because it adds

weight, it adds drag, all of that. And I took the 130

over Laurelis grade, which if you know the area, it's

a windy road, like it's, I think of it as sort of

like car weeks, Angeles crest, like, you know,

short, but it's a lot of elevation, some pretty good

turns. And the 130 ate it up. No problem. Really? Did you

just say that the 130 was 20 bigger than the 110? Wouldn't I

think? Yeah, that's inches, right? Because surely that's

the numbers. 110 plus 20 is 130. Yeah, no, this is not

how it works. And then there's the 90, which is the

wheelbase. Yeah, yeah, I was describing proportional. Yeah,

people that may not be familiar with what the numbers mean.

I didn't think there for a minute, if it was millimeters,

inches, hands, like what was going on, you know, it's the

Brits, you never know, right?

So that was the Land Rover Defender. Right. Yeah. And would

you swap the front? Would you swap the Ford 154?

Um, I hope so. That wasn't an immediate yes. So what is it?

Sophie's choice? Come on. Just the Ford touch you in the same

way that the so you know what's funny? I was thinking about

this because a friend texted me yesterday, they were at a shop

in LA that had a fifth gen Bronco. And I like, I

immediately just went, Oh, my gosh, it's so exciting. I love

it so much. And it's funny because the truck is probably the

closest thing to a Bronco like that, that you can get, you

know, obviously the configuration slightly different,

but it's probably one of the closest things you can get. And

that didn't hit me until relatively recently that I was

like, I'm basically driving the closest thing I can get to a

Bronco. And I really do like they did a really good job with

the design of the truck, I think it's still so classic,

like it makes me smile when I see it. Um, yeah, I mean, it's

been, you know, it's been with me through a lot. And it's

like really been a big part of my life for a long I mean, you

know what, I brought my daughter home from the

hospital in the truck. So I would have to add the defender.

How about that?

Add it to the stable. The the last car that I think

touched my soul was I had for car week, I was

incredibly lucky. I had the Alfa Romeo Giulia

Quadrifoglio. The car I'd heard great things about. I'd

driven the sister car, which is the Stelvio, which is the

SUV and it was good. This car is just fantastic. Aren't

they amazing? It's like a Italian love letter. Like I

just don't know. I've got so many great things to say

about this car. Like the way that you sit in it and

you're next to the pillar. So the window is kind of in

front of you, if that makes sense. The way that the car

just handles the the gearbox, the engine noises. It's yeah,

there was a lot of consideration. Do I get rid of the

Audi for one of those? Yeah, they are just perfect. Over

500 horsepower. Yeah. And it's just the power is there

when you need it turns in incredibly well makes great

noises. Amazing stereo. It takes a lot of boxes. Yeah. Yeah.

And the interior is so like you feel like you're in this very

lovely car, which you are. And they're so capable on, you

know, twisty roads. The what was interesting for me about

those was when I realized I knew I think at least three

automotive journalists in LA that owned them at one point.

And I thought that really tells you something about how

good that car is because you look at everything they get

to experience. And if they're going to commit to

something, it has to be really good. Yeah. Yeah. And and they

were buying the Julius and I love them. Yeah, I think it's a

great choice. Interesting. Two Brits in an Italian. Right.

These are the cars that have touched us. Yeah, our soul. That

is yeah. Yeah.

You're right. All right. Yeah. I want to get technical.

Most times when I get these press cars, I'm like, I'm

ready to hand them back. But it was like any excuse to

wait a little bit longer for a hand that keeps back to the

to the alpha. So I'll get one again soon. I'm sure. Yeah.

Well, I think that's going to be your equivalent of like, yeah,

is it is it a press card that you want to give back or not? As

opposed to are you spending time on the classifieds? Like, if

you want to hang on to it, that's another indicator of

how good it is. Yeah.

Well, I approve of both of your choices. I like both of

those cars very much. Not spent much time with the

alpha, but I spent a ton of time with the defender. And that's

a car I would buy. That's why it gives me the 90 with the 500

horsepower V8.

That's a thing you can buy.

How much they are.

Yeah, I've priced them out.

I mean, this is Sanityland, right?

How much?

Yeah, 170,000.

No, they're not that much.

Go ahead, take a look.

Well, do they not make anything more and they've

gone up?

No, the octa is what he.

Oh, gosh, no, yeah.

No, no, this would just be the standard, whatever, I don't

know, rap scallion model.

Yeah, the regular V8.

That's right. That's right.

Yeah, I'm keen to get behind the wheel of a octa.

So yeah, yes.

Anyone have access to one?

I feel like that would put it out there.

Let's let it manifest.

I'm sure we can make that happen.

Manifest an octa for all three of us.

An octa for the trio.

Right.

You'd have to change.

There's a joke there.

I didn't quite find it, but yeah, that's.

So what, what is it with these adults who are

getting in kids' cars and driving them around?

Have you guys seen this?

Well, they want their souls to be touched.

In a very different way.

Well, and I think what caught my attention was the

different results for the two drivers, because the poor

guy in Canada just wanted a slushie and he ended up

getting arrested and then he was driving.

What was he driving?

He was driving a girl, a little girl's barbie jeep as one

does. Now I think, I think maybe the only flaw in

his process was he did it during rush hour.

You know, if he had picked a less populated time, I

think rush hour in Canada, yeah, rush hour.

And I mean, in this remote town in Canada, you

know, who knows, it's all relative, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But maybe I'll insert the interview with the guy, but

it was it was pretty classic.

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

On Friday, a Prince George man was pulled over and

arrested right here after he was seen driving a

child-sized pink barbie jeep down this busy road.

And I want to just want to get it a slurpee.

I got lazy. I didn't want to walk.

I think he's just, you know, he's a solution

oriented guy.

He's got a great taste in cars.

I think I think I hope he got it.

He got his daughter slushie as well.

He's going to borrow it.

And then there was a dude in LA.

That's the guy I'm a little concerned about, because

he's not going to be alive.

No, I kept thinking we were going to see his demise

in the video.

Like, what is happening?

He's in a Porsche, a miniature Porsche, which, you know,

might be the only thing any of us can afford

here before too long.

The way Porsche is raising their prices.

But yeah, in LA delivering what?

Food or something?

Doing Uber Eats.

And again, it's like a 9-11, but it's a children's

yeah, yeah, yeah, 9-11 body because they put

whatever kid, you know, body on top of these little jeeps.

But it had some power.

It had some power.

Just keep it up.

But he's in traffic, regular traffic on this

on the streets.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Two inches off the ground.

Yeah. And I mean, traffic.

I thought he was going to get taken out by a bus

at one point and other times, like, because he doesn't,

you know, he's not observing the rules of the road.

No, he's not.

Bike lanes, splitting lanes.

Well, he did a donut in the intersection at one point.

I'm like, this is it's not going to end well.

But what's what's wild is like, you know, the police clamp down

on our poor friend in the Barbie Jeep so quickly.

And this guy just seems to have free reign in Beverly Hills.

But does that work with the app?

You know, the Uber Eats app or the and you can see your driver

and what car they're driving.

Probably just put Porsche or whatever, right?

Porsche 911, you know, but look at the fun that Mofo's having.

I mean, Dan, have you ever smiled like that?

Ever hammed it up like that in your Boxster?

I mean, he was maybe that's where it's at.

Yeah. Yeah.

You're skirting the, you know, the fine line of death

about delivering Uber Eats to the fine citizens of Los Angeles.

I mean, that guy's living his best life.

He's like, can we talk further about Porsche?

Can we? Oh, yes.

Yes, we can talk more about Porsche, Dan.

Firstly, I want to file it under I'm not angry.

I'm just disappointed.

So I think there are a number of articles now to say

that the next gen 718 models will be available

in both electric and gas engines.

After being told well that that was it, they were done.

Yeah, they're coming back with more ice engines.

Yeah, but it's only the top and they didn't define top.

Well, that doesn't that doesn't help us.

Any of us. No, GT4, GT4,

right, Boxster, GTS 4.0.

These are the top models and say goodbye to our retirement

and our respective retirement plans, guys, because these are the cars

that they're going to continue making, which I'm not sad for.

But yeah, I you know, I thought we had the last of the last here.

I was going to say, I know, we definitely like we all sort of enjoyed

like, hey, we got it right for once without even realizing.

Well, we still got it right.

Don't we absolutely got it right.

But yeah, that was like, I know, because that article,

that announcement was made that they were discontinuing the ice engines

two days after Tori and I got the GT4.

And we were like, wait a minute, talk about right place.

Right time, right.

And, you know, it was nice while it lasted.

But but the new ones are obviously going to be

like accessible to a certain level of people.

And like you said, Ryan,

the prices are going to keep going up.

So we're still in a really good position.

All of us. No, no, mark my words.

The new GT4 will start at at least one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Well, let's remember that in twenty twenty, you know, at least in theory,

you could get a no options GT4 for ninety nine nine.

I think it was. Yeah.

So but but look what's happened to the GT3.

I mean, they were in Porsche was leaving that money on the table.

Right. So why wouldn't they raise, you know, the sticker?

But you mark my words, at least one hundred and fifty thousand to start

for the next GT4.

So electric and gas at the same time.

But it was interesting.

Did you guys see the concept Audi TT that was?

Yeah. How about that?

So that I don't know if you guys know this, but this is going to production.

There's a really good top gear video on it

if you get the chance to see it online.

It's going to production.

It's going to be an all electric convertible.

But it's actually going to be using all the technology

from the new electric Boxster, but it's coming out before the electric box.

But it won't be quite as good because it would be quite as good.

Yeah. But it's interesting that they seem to be like, OK,

we need to test these cars further.

Let's put something else. Yeah. Yeah.

And then let's let's be frank, too.

I mean, Audi has never been known for for its engines

in quite the same way that Porsche has, right?

So, you know, why wouldn't they do it that way?

It's not as integral as part of part of the experience.

They would make a bolder statement if they said, hey, you know,

we are the Audi group, the Volkswagen Audi group,

and we're going to lead our electric charge,

electric charge with with the Porsche.

If they could have gone and said over the product so much

that we're going to start with the Porsche

and then the other cars are going to inherit the technology.

That for me would have been the move.

Yeah. But I don't know.

I'd probably buy an electric Audi

before I would an electric Porsche.

Yeah. You know, really?

So OK, so explain.

Help me understand that.

Again, I just I don't know. I want a flat six, you know,

think about Audi's history of of of engines, right?

You know, the five cylinders.

Yeah, they have a certain charm or whatever.

But, you know, I've owned a couple of these over the years.

The engine really wasn't the

not quite sure what the highlight was for you.

They wanted those cars to be like now that I think about it.

Hashtag unremarkable is what I'm here.

Well, one, the first one seized up at 40,000 miles,

you know, in the second one set it delivered

three hundred and forty four horsepower, but never quite felt like it.

The Porsche doesn't we all know what Porsche horsepower, right?

It's always, you know, you know, they are a bit of a German stallion.

Exactly. The opposite of Mustang, sorry, Lindsay.

Yeah, the opposite of Mustang.

I will let that one go.

Yeah, the other thought I had around that Audi TT is

if that had been the Jaguar move, because they're quite similar in design.

But if Jaguar had come out with a car more similar to that,

yeah, didn't do that bullshit advertising campaign.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It would have been onto a flyer.

Well, I think the Audi is a little more of a

we want to call it a little bit more of a statement in the design.

I thought the Jaguar was a little, a little more just what?

Oh, did I? Yeah.

Fifty years old, it's 50 years.

It's taking me hard to get him trained.

Yeah, this Midwestern boy to close attention to it.

If he doesn't think about it, do we have to give him the tree with the thing?

Poor Sasha was on the show and I pronounced his name three

his name three different ways, right, just to cover my basis.

No, I think that Audi is a bit more of a statement.

It's a little more confident, right?

And it's, you know, the cut of its jib or whatever you want to say.

The Jaguar, you know, just see, there I go, the Jaguar.

We made you think about it.

I'm going to think about it.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, you got to own it, right?

And I think you got to own it.

I think that's the secret.

I mean, you know, there's a phrase, you know,

walk like a panther, right?

You go into a room, you know,

it's like a jaggy with him.

And that didn't happen.

Hopefully, yeah.

And that didn't happen.

So, yeah, I think it's like, what's the cologne in Anchorman?

60% of the time it works.

By the way, guys, I desperately need a haircut.

My hair is very long and I ran out of product

and I usually get product at the salon, but it's like $50.

Just a little thing upon me.

It's I ordered some on Amazon the night.

Swab, OK, and it smells just like a 16 year old boy.

Like I don't want to know how you know this.

Like, no, we're not going to ask those questions.

Wow.

They all wear like an Axe body spray or whatever it is.

I was going to say, like, along the lines of Axe body spray.

So what I'm hearing is

he glad that the podcast is only audio and visual.

Millivision is not coming anytime soon.

Oh, OK, moving on.

I think we should probably do a shout out to our friends.

So our friends at Drake Motor Cars

who will be launching their new warehouse

on the 11th of October in Denver.

It's their grand opening.

And I think, Ryan, you know the guys really well.

Are they excited for it?

Yeah, shout out Willis and Rob and they've got some great cars

and some great partners along with us with this grand opening.

I think I saw cars and dids and Avants and some other friends of ours.

But yeah, they're going to have some great stuff already do.

But this is their official grand opening

and they really do specialize in the cars that we like.

Right. So all the stuff that, you know, that touches us,

you know, is the stuff that presumably will be in their inventory.

So yeah, yeah, excellent.

So if you're free on the 11th of October,

we've posted it on our socials.

So yeah, go check them out.

You got to get a nice, a nice look around the warehouse

and maybe a glass of champagne or something.

Absolutely. Yeah.

And decide what you want to add to your collection.

That's right.

Good luck on the on the ground.

Tom, we sent you.

Oh, what else do we know?

Well, can I just add that, you know, all this Porsche talk?

Doug DeMuro said it must be true.

Right away with Lindsay.

I thought we were going to be like,

there's only so many times Ryan can send you the same article on text.

Will you not be able to ignore it, right?

Come on, Ryan, let's have it.

We tried so hard.

So I'll be real honest.

I had never listened to the this car pod podcast before today.

But then I saw GT4 and I clicked on it and I really liked it.

They do a great job.

I really I really like the like what those kids are doing over there.

But no, great job.

I honestly feel like it's a very their podcast is very aligned

with sort of our style and what we're into and all that.

And and Doug talked about the how the GT4 really is the best

sports car you can buy and anything that strays from the GT4 really is

a compromise in some way.

I don't want to take all his content, so you should go and listen to the episode.

You'll know it when you hear it.

But basically, you know, the GT4 is the best sports car, which I mean,

come on, the three of us.

I mean, you talked about journalists, you know, driving and owning the,

you know, the Julia, right?

I think, you know, it's a similar thing here.

We, you know, we put our money where our mouths are.

And basically anything that strays from this this model is is a is a it's

a compromise in some way, right?

You either want more comfort or, you know, less comfort or, you know,

but it's kind of like, you know, it's kind of the whole package, right?

And, you know, it was just it was nice to hear because I've been

preaching the praises of this car for a long, long time until people

are sick of hearing about it.

But he said the same thing.

So go check this out.

Tell us if you disagree.

But again, I think the proof is in the pudding and all the other,

you know, phrases I can, I can pair it here because we, I mean, you've got a 16.

I've got a 20 and Dan's got a 24.

GTS four points.

Doug cooling just to have some of the dog in it.

Well, I do know his number is on your phone.

He senses the GT4.

It's like the bat signal for us.

My question here is Doug is obviously a very wealthy gentleman.

Yes.

He's obviously got the Carrera GT, the 2005 for GT the Kuntasz.

If he's saying it's the best car, why doesn't he own one?

Doug, Doug, I'm putting this question out to the man himself.

He should have answered the phone, I guess is what I'm hearing.

Yeah, I wonder the same thing.

You know, because he is a man of wealth and taste, you know,

he's got that the little, the red top g class and all these other

amazing things and he's not afraid to buy something if he likes it.

Right.

Hell, he bought that Audi A2 I saw, which doesn't do a thing for me, but I guess it's

mildly interesting.

I think that was part of a challenge.

They're doing a challenge with a Fiat Multiplur and A2 and something else.

So he bought it for a challenge, I don't think he bought it to keep as a long-term

car.

That's right.

Well, now it's got Doug Providence, right?

So he can sell it for more than he paid for it.

And this is the difference between, I guess, our podcast in there is where they go

and they import cars from Europe to have challenges with, and we talk in theoretical terms about

traffic.

And buy T-shirts with San Bernardino in the living room.

That's okay, right?

We have to start somewhere.

We're just not at that point yet, but, I mean, we're manifesting an octa, so that's

a good place to go.

That's right.

And that T-shirt, now that you can see us, is really quite the peace, Dan.

I feel like I don't have to do something to kind of give it some more.

So now you're wearing black?

Yes.

And a T-shirt that says San Bernardino on it.

What else does that say?

Is there a picture of something?

Like, it's palm trees.

No, I didn't see any palm trees.

Maybe they're marijuana plants.

I think we probably are, actually.

Five-leaved palm trees.

Oh, they're going to come for us.

I know they are, sir.

San Bernardino.

Oh, he's itchy.

What did I say?

No good deed goes unpunished.

I know.

This is as much as anyone's talked about San Bernardino on a podcast in years.

It's cool.

But I do want to know why Doug doesn't have a GT4, and the next time he's in Denver,

he can come out with me and mine, and I'll convince him to buy one.

But you're right.

I mean, it's not for nothing that the three of us have committed to the same car, without

coordinating.

That's just the way it has worked out, and every time we talk about them, we say how

much we're still enjoying them.

Absolutely.

We're practical people.

Practical and cheap.

But I can't swing a new Aston Martin or a new McLaren or something because those

cars take a hit.

And something like the GT4 apparently is immune from all that.

And so that factors into it as well.

We just get to drive them.

That's right.

Anyway, they had a term for it.

The term is escaping me.

It was something clever in a way that only Doug DeMiro can coin.

But yeah, in the spectrum of cars, there was but one that rules supreme, reign

supreme, and all the others are mere compromises.

And it's always nice to have somebody that people listen to declare that that car

happens to be wrong.

You already have.

It's good to have some of the people listen to say that the GT4 is a good car.

Anyway.

Wow.

Well, I stepped into it tonight, guys.

Check out the video.

And if you want to know where the link is, just ask Ryan to text it to you.

Indeed.

But what have we guys got coming up over the next couple of weeks, much?

I think, again, just try to get out and enjoy the driving weather while it holds and create

my own rallies of one, maybe we'll see.

With no music.

It's supposed to be on the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press four by four day tomorrow

where they get all the manufacturers to bring out their favorite four by fours

and overlanding vehicles.

And it just couldn't couldn't make it work.

So I'm sad that I won't be able to do that because that would have been content

for days.

Right.

Well, that was where you got that was where you got to drive the eight of them.

Yeah.

Bender last year.

Right.

That's right.

That's where I fell in love with it.

And I've driven that same car.

It's in the your was in the press fleet a couple of times since it was the the

classic or the whatever the one with the retro, you know, the white steel wheels

and all that.

And that that would be the one if I didn't get the 500 horsepower.

Was it the country edition?

Must have been.

Yeah.

It was like a baby blue white.

But it has white.

Yeah.

So good.

No.

You know what?

The country is white with a blue roof and a blue tailgate.

Can you tell?

There are so many variations.

Yeah.

And it has the white steelies.

Yeah.

The only thing I can't history, it's all defendants.

Right.

It's all.

Well, as far as search history goes, search histories go that's probably not

a good one.

Well, it's it's the county edition is the one I'm not the country, but

which talks back to the old models.

That's right.

Yeah.

But what's funny about the county edition is that it doesn't come with heated.

The second row seats are not heated.

Hmm.

So.

I have to suffer.

I know.

I'm like, what does it make me a bad mom if I'm like, but it's so pretty on the outside.

You can wear another jacket.

Kids.

They don't know better.

I know.

They do.

That's the problem.

They know that your seat heaters exist.

Right.

They know that they exist.

And you know, if we lived in Southern California, then I could say like it's not a necessity,

but it gets below freezing here.

So it's it's a little more of a bad mom moment if I'm like, yeah, but it looks great.

Suck it up.

Just turn the heater up.

Yeah.

So a bit of driving.

Yeah.

Not are you going to do any driving this weekend around?

I'm going to do my best.

Yeah.

I've got an article to write.

I just got.

Nice.

It's a blessing to write about the grand for auto blog.

So that's that's cool.

I got to make that happen here in the next couple of days and that's awesome.

I would.

You're right.

And that's probably one of the first published articles on the grand.

Yes.

There have only been a couple over the years and I think that'll be something I touch

on in the article.

It's kind of an exclusive thing.

That's great.

Right.

So you got to walk that line, right?

You don't want to give too much away.

You know, too many of the secrets, but you want to peel back the curtain a little

bit.

And yeah, I expect I'll go way over the word limit because I'll wax poetic.

Again, the party.

Yeah.

It paid twice as much, right?

That's maybe not a bad move.

Yeah.

You can do an article per day of the event.

Yes.

I mean, it's I could write a book.

I really could write a book.

Well, you did.

Here we go.

Descriptions.

Yeah.

I have read the book.

What am I talking about?

For the book several times.

Yeah.

And I got to give a shout out to my daughter, 12 years old, Ilsa.

She's babysitting for the first time tomorrow night.

So we'll be very close to houses away just in case anything happens and it won't be

perfect.

She's wonderful.

But yeah, very excited about her and very excited that she's going to start bringing

some money into the house.

That's right.

Right.

That's a big step.

And that's I babysat a lot when I was her age and I think that's an amazing

gig for that age.

And yeah, nothing like being able to bring in your own like pocket money.

She her first question was, well, what do I eat?

Well, I'm there because I'm going over at seven o'clock and I said, that's the best

part about babysitting.

You can just pillage the cupboard.

Right.

Take all their best stuff.

It's minimum wage, but nobody tells you you've had too much ice cream.

So you're great.

Yeah.

HBO.

Yeah.

All the mod cons that my dad did, which I didn't appreciate at the time, but I

remember I came home from my first babysitting job and I had, you know, I

mean, when I first started babysitting, I think I got 50 cents an hour, which

is like, it's gone up a bit.

Yeah, you're really getting let down.

I know.

Well, but yeah.

And I remember I was so excited with however many dollars I had made or

whatever.

And he's apparently two.

Yeah.

And he said, that's great.

I need, you're going to give me half so that I could start to learn about taxes.

Oh my God.

That's awful.

No, not, not for him to keep the intent was like they would save half of my

earnings, but he was like, I want you to understand when you make money in the

real world, you don't keep everything you make.

Yeah.

No, and you're in California.

So half tracks, right?

Half.

Yeah.

I was going to say, you should have said to your dad that

we're in Portland now.

I'm taking another dollar back.

I thought you were going to say you came around like knocked on the windows.

Oh, no.

No, there was.

There was your money.

There was a neighbor that did that one.

Oh, Jesus.

And every now and then I still think about that.

It was not my.

That's awful.

Well, I on the first have got a tour of the singer factory.

Oh, I know that I'm one.

I don't want to start that room up.

But yeah, let's start that rumor and have a look around.

Got all these new sponsors.

Yeah.

You're going to get a singer money now.

Dance baller.

We're seeing a money right there.

So that's cool.

Yeah.

So I'm looking forward to going to see them.

They put obviously the new factory in Torrance.

Yeah, excellent.

So I'm looking forward to seeing Seamus and a few.

Yeah, hello.

Well, I'm excited to hear what you think.

That's really cool.

Yeah.

Yeah, looking forward to it.

It should be good fun.

Good fun.

But I guess that's a show, isn't it, folks?

I think that is a show.

Well, that was all over the place, wasn't it?

That was a cruise show in every sense of the word.

We did have some structure.

We just might not be able to show it that well.

Yeah.

You're going to have to listen really carefully

to find the structure.

That's right.

Yeah, I like he's on a postcard.

Yeah, in that first 20 minutes, all you could do is listen.

So yeah, we're sorry.

Well, who's going to leave us with the phrase that pays?

I am happy to do it.

Thank you so much for joining us.

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