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Well, I'm going to Car Talk. It's Susan out here in 98.9 NW

FM. It's me, Mary Jane in the studio

with Mr Alan Deep singing online with Mr Scotty Doe Johnson.

How are you fellas? Good, good.

Happy to be here. It's a bit of a soft crowd

today. Or, you know, not, not not the

big group we usually have. No, not, not not the.

Normal too many. Not the normally group, but I

think Harley and Rob said that it's.

It's real ones now. Mr de Prince is out on a

committee meeting, I believe. Committee meeting he is.

Hey on, Scotty. What's happening with you,

ma'am? Yeah, not too bad.

You know, just coming into report writing seasons.

So I've got that happening, which is always fun.

Yeah, a few things that I can talk about when it comes to car updates. So I'm ready for that one.

We'll get to that shortly, Alan, How you doing?

I'm doing pretty good. Just a little bit old 200

episodes with the Tuesday review.

Yes. So if you can include the older

episodes, I think there's a lot more.

But the old show was kind of, I guess, abandoned for a fresh new look. And since we've been doing

reserved, it's been 200. Yeah, we actually, for the

special, we played a board game that's one of the board game, but technically it is, but it's called Blockbuster and basically you split into two teams and you have to guess movies and and basically put together like different.

There's I think 8 different movie categories and you guys have to click one of each category to win.

James at 1:00 because he's. No.

Well, James did win this time, but James was not like the All Star because you're only left for about 15 seconds to guess movies. And so it's more about time

pressure and just knowing, I guess, quotes and goofiness, and also knowing your teammates because you gotta, I guess, act out the movie or give a quote of the movie on your team has to get the movie. So, so it's a bit of a goof as

you. Yeah, it's a bit of a goof and

we had a good friend to show Alex joining to moderate because last time we played this individually there was some shenanigans cause it starts off with the head.

So like somebody says a movie with clowns in it and so I'd say something like it. And so you have to go back and

forth and everyone gets 15 seconds.

If you don't answer a movie in 15 seconds, you lose a head and then you go to the next part of the game.

So what we'd have is somebody would answer, hit the timer, but wouldn't. We wouldn't agree with the

answer. OK.

Yeah. So we hit Alex, holding the buzz

at this time, the timer, so that if we all agreed and he agreed, then he'd look at. Otherwise you'd have to keep

going. So keep you in check.

Yeah because otherwise if you say it and you're like Oh no that's not that's wrong. You already clicked the time you

get another 15 seconds which is seen and we're sticklers for rules you know that would be very obsessed and especially when there's like one card in the game, it's like I wish we we we had like a little busies cheating moment.

James was writing movies down to remember him as part of the head to head. Yeah, like, you can't do that

cheating, man. That's that's absolutely.

True, as you would say, that is a shenanigans.

Shenanigans, we called it, and Alex agreed.

Thankfully he was firm but fair and you know, because it was fun time, you know it's um, I think for maybe the the Car Talk 600th or 550th will maybe do like a a race somewhere.

Else, yeah, that'd be fun. Yeah.

Like, I think we still gonna definitely cartoon car race soon. Yeah, but I think one would be.

For any, any potential law enforcers listening, a legal race of sorts, nothing. You know we're not going to.

Call them a rally. Earlier we, I mean, we could

drive to Mexico as we normally do, yeah, and yeah, go from there. Yeah, if, if, if.

Asafa Falk is listening. Yeah, allegedly.

But gentlemen, good to see both of you on.

Was that with Scotty? Was from Captain Scotty.

You said you got a few things to talk about tonight.

Yeah, just a few things to talk about.

Nothing that I've actually done yet, but guess I'll start with the with the old blade and what's going on with that one.

Um, so I've joined the Facebook page.

The blade page. The blade page for Australian

ownership. It's official.

How many people are on that page, Scotty?

400 and something. Well, isn't that many blades

here? Probably not.

Probably like blade owners and prospective plate owners.

Yeah, I think maybe, you know they'll pass or wanting one or something like that. So but you know there was a bit

of information I was I was flicking through there but it's weird because for some reason I thought everyone would be super experts when it comes to cars and things like that.

But yeah it's a little bit, a little bit let down there.

I was like, oh, you know, I thought, I thought it was general knowledge on on such things about cars, but you know, supposedly not. But there was a couple of

interesting things. So supposedly I can get just a

normal Corolla cruise control stalk.

OK, that in and that's it and it should work.

You don't need the foot pedal switch.

Nope. Really.

That's all. All they're ready to go,

supposedly, so I'll try and look that bit more deeper, but they said I could do that, obviously won't have the radar control.

That's fine. You don't need that anyway.

Basic crews would be pretty good.

What else did I learn? Um, I learnt about the traction

control, so you can buy the original switch for traction control that came in. I think it came in like the 2.4

litre ones or something like that.

And you can, there's a certain pin in one of the plugs and stuff and you can connect and run a wire and do all that and then you've got pretty much factory set looking traction control system on it. That's cool.

So that's pretty cool. That's something to look into.

Looking at a what do they call them, like a throttle controller for two, everyone seems to rave about it makes it feel a lot, a lot better because it's can feel a little bit, I guess laggy, just not as quick as it should be.

Especially like you put your foot down, there's that delay that shouldn't be there and then it will kick the gears.

And so one of those that I was looking at, just following, it's pretty cheap at the moment in Japan.

What else am I looking at, looking at?

I've been looking at this one for ages that's been sitting there, but it's just the rear section exhaust for a Blake that's just a bit expensive, but it seems to make the right notes that you want from it. Hmm, it actually makes it sound,

Kind of makes it sound like an hour or something, you know, with a, you know, that same engine.

It just sounds sporty. Cool.

Yeah. Yeah, it's not not overly loud,

just a nice little burble on idle and then when you get up through the Rev, that starts to scream more.

Yeah, nice. So none of that drought droning

or anything like that, so. That's what you want?

Yeah. Is that is that like a Fujitsubo

or like a HK or something? Or arms?

Or Toms. Yeah, Cool.

Yeah. But because they're a bit rare,

it's a bit pricey, so. They don't still make.

Them or no? OK Nah.

Long gone nose ones. So looking at that, what else as

I was looking at some people do with them.

People do like intakes and stuff like that, but I'm not really gonna worry with that one. Mines looks like it's got an

aftermarket handle philtre in there.

Anyway, it seems to do the job. Yeah, I think that's all with

the blade stuff that I've been searching and playing along with. Just thinking what I do next and

what I could grab. So that was pretty interesting.

Having looked through that, I joined the New Zealand Blade Group 2 Now. I think they probably have

better information because they would have the blades longer than. Us a lot longer and all the

models yeah so there's plenty of the 2.4 is kicking around and

the all wheel drive ones and then the blade blade masters so.

So in the blaze there was the the 2.4 which is that was a

Camry engine. Was it the the the 2.4 Camry

engine? Yeah the four sauna.

Then they would have had the well obviously the 3 1/2 litre did. They did.

Was it 2 you get? Could you get the 2.4 in a

manual? I don't think any of them were

manuals. OK, don't quote me on that.

I'd have to double check. But I don't think any of them

were OK. That's right.

But that was one year old drive though, right?

Yeah, yeah, which is interesting.

You think you know Blade Master G or Drive would have been pretty banging. It would been sick.

But no, it just wasn't. It was probably too expensive.

I'd say. Yeah, to try and get that 3 1/2

litre to get that to hook up and do all drive and everything.

It was already expensive back then anyway.

Yeah, like 6070 grand as it was. Well, like just like Australian

money that, like, they're that expensive.

Yeah. Well, I mean, do you feel like

it's a big engine in a tiny car? The fact that they crammed it in

there is ridiculous. Like I can't believe they

actually managed to make it fit. And to still have all the

plastic at the front. Like they've yeah in the engine

Bay like it's just it's quite literally the engine like that that that there is there is no room for anything else.

So no well package. I'd say well packaged.

Well packaged small hands to work on as the way I'd put it.

I guess under the engine Bay I fixed all the little the little plastic fasteners. I don't know whoever had it

last. Every single one.

Because the whole front has got a plastic shroud.

Every single one was broken. Every single one.

So like, well, obviously someone's just grabbed it and just ripped it. After me out, yeah.

Take it off for I know for some reason.

So I've got a whole collection that I bought quite a while ago with heaps of different fasteners, all different types.

So I was able to fix that up so it will stop some of the rattling around in there that that could be happening and moving around. Keep that in its place.

Half 31, the battery being dead for a bit and I couldn't get it to crank over so and they took a parking maybe 3 or 4 hours to fully charge. It cranked over.

No sweat. Hmm, what?

Sounded like a champ. Yep, So it was still no dramas

with that. So I thought, well, it's been a

while maybe, but Nope, still really go cranked over nicely.

Everything's still working fine with it.

You ready for that manual? So maybe these upcoming

holidays, Scotty? That would be sweet, yeah.

When we've got some time. They're all busy, busy people,

unfortunately. OK, with everything going on,

yeah, but it's good to know that the 30 ones still still happy and still kicks over beautifully.

Yeah I think you've I think you've done well with that car now it's it's it's just needs that transmit that needs a transmission done and and you are and you're sorted to enjoy that on the weekend. Yeah, I think so too.

I figured out whatever that fuel pump issue was.

Yeah, that must have been, must have been just in the in the tank, must have been varnished or something.

So once I cleaned it all and things like that, I haven't had any issue with it. So that's good to know because

that job, yeah, I can do it pretty quick, is still a pain in the arse. Yeah.

It's not fun. No.

Breathing all the fumes. Even when you're outside in that

environment, you're still smashing you in the face with all the. Fumes.

And then it gets in the car and it's just like, you're driving with it, Yeah. In the car, it's like, oh.

And then you kind of feel a little bit air afterward.

It reminds me of, again, Scotland as well, Daniel, his Art 31, like in the first one he had, he had a leaky injector and he never fixed it. So we'd be driving in the car

and like, it just drinks you. Yeah, it drank fuel.

I think it's going like 20 litres per 100K S and he's like it's an old car, like no, it's not like they should be taking 20 litres per 100 days and like everywhere it just be smelling of fuel. Well, or I think one of the

times for work he was like are people are embarrassed about my car cause they don't wanna take my car to go get food.

And I'm like, I don't think that's the issue.

Yeah, I think it's the health and safety hazard that is, you know, breathing in the petrol fumes the whole time.

Yeah, when? When when the.

I think the transmission blew up on that and he gave up on it, which is I think he regrets it because that I had the straightest body for like an hour 31 waggon that he found at the time. He ended up taking one of his

family members cars which is hold on Apollo.

OK Cameron. Cameron, Yeah.

And that had like some kind of leaking transmission fluid, which is like leaking onto the exhaust.

We were like, wafting that in. Wow.

It just went from one, one kind of, you know, hazardous substance to another. What?

What happened to that for the 1st 31 waggon?

Did you just sell? It or yeah, like he, I think he

basically sold it for what he thought was like 400 bucks at the time. OK.

I think they bought it with like a broken transmission, put a new one in or a recondition one in and then broke that and then yeah, they got taken away on a trailer.

Yeah, now he runs like I think three or two R 30 ones.

Has he got any of them that run? Yes, yes.

There's a waggon run. Yeah, no, the waggon has not run

yet. I think he might cannibalise one

of them into the other one. Yeah, but one.

He's got an automatic sedan running.

It's pretty solid. I had a quick ride in it and I

was like, man, you got three? How would you hand me one?

But like I said, like I said last time, it's like every person with an R31 has to own multiple 30 ones.

They can like move all the parts into one and kind of, you know, consolidate. I'm surprised how Scotty is

doing so well with just the one. Scotty Scotty's like, he's kind

of the what's the word the he's he's an anomaly.

He's a phenomenon. He's, he's he's he's a enigma.

Enigma. That's right.

What I need and I use it. That's it.

That's that's the kind of way to do it, because otherwise you just hoarding skylines. Like again, the place right

thing. Yeah, it's not a bad thing, but

like the place where we picked up the fuel pump for his waggon, I'm pretty sure that guy had like 4 sitting in his backyard.

Wow. In like various states of

disrepair, disrepair, and I guess broken down this.

Like he was also scavenging parts and selling them and just they aren't going to wreckers now you just go to another guy's house. I might say massive thank you to

the hoarders. Yeah, no, they at least.

Without them, you know, I wouldn't be able.

To get it's better the cars being a hoarders house then, and you know, like a junkyard. Correct, absolutely.

But yeah, it's interesting you say that because I was, there was this laser that was sitting at the front of my house, a couple of couple of houses down on the main road and no plates on it. And the cops came and put a, you

know, removal thing and also tempted to just put my card under it and say hey, you know, I'll I'll take it off your hands for you know not much money to get better.

It was an inspiring it was basically 1.6, but it would be

good to have just just, you know, panels and things.

Like I I wanna just slowly, you know one day taking off the wheels, left bricks under it and then and then he starts scanning parts piece by piece. I did.

Open the bullet, take the lights, take everything.

I say about, did I tell you the story about the car that was out the front of someone's place for a long time, didn't have plates, and they end up calling one of those places to come and collect it. No, you didn't.

They got, they called out and they got money for it because they thought it was their car. So like here, here come and

collect this car that we've got. You know, don't have keys in it

or anything anymore. How much?

And they got a couple 100 bucks wasn't.

Even that. Wasn't even.

They don't complain. Nothing.

I mean that to be fair, at that point the car was abandoned, I guess. Yeah, then it's fair game.

Would be much more surprised if like if somebody's actually like, you know, daily and the person on holiday or something like can he come back collect this guy?

Just called yourself a couple 100 bucks.

They come back. Hey, where's my car?

It's like you get back at that. Neighbours always been parked in

front of your house, even though they've got like driveway space.

Like that'll learn, you know? Yeah, you might do that again.

It's every time they just parking for the house.

Just screw their price up. Can you come get this car at

this time of day? Yeah, sure.

Just when I keep losing my cars, that'll be that'll be one way to do it. I.

Don't condone breaking the law, but it would be funny.

He was telling me about Kashi. Has she had a Barina SSRI?

And it was falling, falling to bits, like completely falling apart. You know, it's quite common for

them to fall apart, but this was neglected.

But it still ran. Anyway, she caught up one of

those, you know, cars for cash thing and they're like, Oh yeah, we'll give you like 800 bucks, whatever it was for it.

They get there like all the mirrors hanging off.

I'll give you $200.00 and she's like, no, that's not, that's

not, that's not. We agreed on.

She's like I fought them till I get my money.

I'm like yeah that's that's fair but yeah so just car took top tip. If they say they're gonna give

you a price make sure they stick to that price because quite often they'll come and say ohhhhh you know it's got it's got a flat tyre no it's not worth it mate.

Sorry. So yeah, just just just be just

be wary of that or. When they're, I guess, fiddling

around under the hood or anywhere else, just have a quick look at what they're doing. Make sure you don't leave me

alone, because sometimes they can like pull out a fuse and be like, oh, cars not starting. I guess it's dead, you know,

Here's 300 bucks. Although with the most people in

in in some some some some dodgier areas they they put coolant at the back of the car underneath the car say oh you blowing your head gasket like so.

Have you heard of these stories? No, not that one.

So what they'll do is they'll have like three of them jump out and come look at the car and while you're under the under the bonnet someone will be behind the car with oil and put throw all under the car and in and like cooling out the exhaust all out the exhaust like you know just just all over the cut all of the thing and be like look at this, you know the cars not running well, you know sorry, you best sell it to us for this process. You're not going to get good

money for it. Yeah.

And and you know those those types of car scams do happen.

You know so gotta gotta be wary of the people out there because there can be some dodgy, dodgy people coming to buy cars.

And I guess that's why a lot of people now they'd rather just, I mean like what you did just get give you kind of kind of ad instead of dealing with people, million people come to your house and looking at things and selling cars is is it's it's actually quite hard. Yeah, that's why I want to sell

my MX5 to head like Ed. Come take it and be fair and

then you can make, you know, grand or two on top.

Yeah, so to me. Also to you, that makes 5 that

you been behaving so since I talked about it.

Like the Maddie Maddie's got room for more cars.

There's. No, I tell you what, I'll even

include a years worth of storage for free.

Oh well, that is tempting. Tell you what?

Two cars? Storage.

You can store something else too.

Yeah, that's so bad, Scotty, that that's a that's a fair price. That's a fair price to pay.

Look, I'll, I'll have to speak with the boss.

I can hear it from here. Yeah, yeah, quite literally.

Just hear yelling. Yeah, yeah, pretty much, yeah.

But anyway, it's not. But yeah, just be careful with

people coming by your car like that because you know that that is, you know, that is a thing where the colour come, just be like, Oh yeah, also told you this, but you know it's got all this wrong with it. So stick to your guns because

eventually the car will get sold.

And selling your car in a trade in like to the dealership or whatever, wherever else you're buying is, yes, you lose money on that, but the money factor is that you're paying for convenience. So you know, like you have to

factor that in. It's like you don't have to have

20 people come outside your house, twenty of which like initially 15 required and 50, you know, out of those like 20 people said that they were coming and that give you time and you book out that time and they never show up, you know?

And then stuff around with times when they want someone to come in and inspect it, and then if they do want it, then you get a roadworthy and so you can rule out all of that when it comes to the car dealership. It's it's it's not the worst

idea in the world to like, especially if you're you've done your math and you're getting a reasonable deal.

Losing a couple grand on the trade is not the worst thing in the world. No, it's not.

I mean, you know at the end of the day you you're getting there done that then and there like real, real, real snappy quick, you're getting SO12, you're getting the convenience of just, you know, having a changeover on into a new car, off you go or whatever car you're buying. And three, just the hustle like

like oh you know, putting it on car sales, putting it on Gumtree, getting well Facebook marketplace, getting people like is this available And then you say yes it is.

When would you like to inspect these?

No response. No, you thumbs up.

We get red like you know like so dude the Ltd I had on sale actually you know for over a year right.

And you you guys notice that was that was a nightmare to sell?

What's lowest price you'll take 2000?

Will you take 500? No, I don't told you the lowest

price. I think.

What would you take 500 on Xbox 3?

60 and a doghouse. I think somebody offered.

I was like, I don't like a dog, that's really.

What am I going to use it for? But yeah, so yeah, so it's it's

as long as you know, but but also it's it's also the price range of cars too, right? For example, you don't get that

on $100,000. No, you don't get that on a

50,000. You tell you don't get that on a

20 grand car. But I think anything under like

12 grand or even 10 grand or under, you, you get it is like what I'm saying my mom's best three like that was a really good car. Low low key example, you know

second owner. It was yeah, it really well kept

full service history, you know and everyone, everyone that came to look at it drove it said this is this drives great is nothing wrong with this car but they never bought it and I was like what am I pricing it too expensive.

It was the cheapest on the market.

You know and I was like what am I doing wrong.

And I had a guy offered me he's like, I'll give you 4 grand today. I'll come pick it up, you know,

and like nice deposit. And then he lost it at me

because I was like, yeah, like that's that's a nice deposit.

I'm asking 10 grand for it and you offered me four.

I just saying he's like, he's like, you know, something like whatever, bro. Like you know it's.

I think it's is it do you get some mentality thing that they they they just kind of you know expecting all you know they'll cave or or. I think it's maybe a long con

sometimes where like he harasses you, you know, rolls you up and then his friend who actually wants to buy the cars, like, I'll give you like 7 and a half, eight and you're like oh man, alright, you know. Yeah, like, at least this guy's

not being rude because it isn't, it isn't.

You get worn down, you get one down.

I think it's people that go onto the Facebook marketplace and they lowball everything. Yeah, there's also the.

Lowball. Say every single car you say,

say 50 cars on there. You might get lucky with maybe

one and they might accept your super low offer because they might be able to stage where they're just desperate now.

Well, I mean. It's.

Just play that game. It's not all, I think some

people just do it just just for like.

Some people like that and their life.

Yeah, just just for shits and gigs.

Because like again you you gave that response.

My response is always no, sorry, I don't engage any further because if this person is doing this, they clearly.

Yeah, yeah. It's not worth it.

That's the best thing to do is just disengage.

But I'm sure there are some people that absolutely be like you piece of shit, you know? Do you think you are coming out?

I'll give it to you. You know, I'm sure they there

because there's every spectrum of people, you know, everyone responds differently and I'm like, maybe they enjoy that.

Maybe they're looking for that. Dude, maybe they want a friend.

Maybe they want to speak to you. But you know, I want.

To be your friend $100.00 an hour, you know.

We should we should put a car up in line and and get low and be like yeah sure. And see like say let's say the

thing like I'll give you 5. Yeah come take it.

Let's see how many people actually rock up and do it because I guarantee a lot of them be like oh hang on a minute. He's being serious.

He's, you know, anyone that anyone get to be like, Oh no, it's 5 grand just to just to see the car and the extra 5 grand to to take it away. Like, find out where people are

and then, like, before they come to you.

So, like, have them come. Let's just say they're in

Springfield. Be like, Oh yeah, come, I'm in

Walland come to the world, McDonald's yet if you like.

Never, never respond. That that point.

Early, Early if they lowball you only if they look like if they deserve it. Otherwise, you know it's it's

an. It's an unkind thing to.

Do I saw I saw a guy it was it was like it was you know captured screenshots of a message and yellow border guy about some kind of guy was like yeah he's like awesome.

I'll come pick it up tonight and he's like here's my address and he gave me the address for a a place of pleasure for and the guys and the guys messages like he's like hey, are you here this this seems to be a brothel. This is not a this is not a this

is yeah it's this is the right place He's like he's like no I sent you there. He's like do you sent me here.

He's like so you can go screw yourself because because of you know he's like I'm not I'm not playing these games and you're not gonna give you my half, half price.

So that was, that was one of the funny.

I was like, well played, Sir, well played.

The guy was like the guy with he's like, why, why where are you? Why am I at the front of a, you

know, a place of a place of, you know, it's a place of business.

Let's just say that. And he's like so you can go and

I'll repeat the language but screw yourself.

So yeah that that was quite that was quite funny.

I I was like maybe that maybe maybe that's what we gotta do when when people come to selling cars because just give me address to to to to someone you know once every places.

But yeah it's it's quite interesting that that people sell cars you know all the time like I don't know how he does it honestly. And you know, we could actually

ask him the programme because like I've had this chat with him before. You know, he's like he sold new

cars, used cars. He's, you know, he's he was he's

been in the trade for, you know, a long time.

And I said, you know, I'm like, dude, how do you guys like you gonna have thick skin and you just kind of have to just, you know, just, you know, sometimes accept your losses sometimes it's like it's it's a, it's a game.

It's an absolute game and you and you and you've got to just pick people out, pick your battles and and go from there.

But I don't think I got the patience for that, you know, I mean like I I'd I'd be like I'll be like oh man, I can't Like every curve sold both, you know, both the LED, all my family's cars they've sold over the years and stuff.

You know, I was just, I just, it's never been an easy clean sale and I don't know why. Like I and I've always put, I've

always done the right things. Good pictures, good description,

you know, fair price, like you know really well priced, not not the highest end but not the lowest end.

You know just right with with wiggle room obviously, you know because yeah you expect people to come negotiate and that's fine and you know it's I've never had an easy sell.

It's always been just push and push and push and push and it's and it like I was selling you know my housemates car and it was it was a hold of cruise and not a great car And we had that we had a few people come look at it and they they were complaining and that helps for sale for six months.

Right. And then it was like, oh, you

know this Daniela I'm like like look it's it's a cheap car at the end of the day. And this I thought I ended up

selling it for to this one guy. Right.

For we we agreed on a price of seven and a half and the car was 10. I was like, look I just want to

go on like just just just take it And he's like, yeah no worries. He's like I let you know

tomorrow. I'm like cool, let me know

tomorrow. Didn't call, didn't call the day

after I messaged him. You such as in the car didn't

respond. I awake quite literally.

This is like 6 months and quite literally a week later I had two people messaging centre how I'm interested.

I'll come look at the car like, yeah, well, first of all, I came there, looked at it, brought and bought it for, you know, almost, almost the full asking price at like 9 grand.

So you know it's sometimes just playing your cards right and and and waiting for the right buyer because because if someone wants the car, it will, it will, it will sell.

But as long as like you're doing the right things, a seller as well, being realistic about your price, you know none of that.

I know what I got. You know, trying to trying to

sell a blown engine R31 for like you know, 7 grand or something.

It's like well, I don't think you know what you got Sir, but.

He does. He does.

He knows what he's got as. Long as long as, again, you're

being reasonable as a seller, yeah, it's just yeah, it's kind of wading through that pile of shit and then getting getting the right buyer. Dude, the guy bought my Typhoon

off. He he's hacked me.

Yeah, that yeah, that. Many people come look at the car

thrash it and then drive up and say yeah, no, not for me.

And then when when he, when he's like when he saw me, he's like oh God, here we go another like you know 22 year old kid that that wants to that that's that's a dreamer.

I would have thought this thing. Yeah, I I would have too.

And you know, any, like you didn't even have the car at his own place at this point. Like you just kept at his old,

his old man's place. He's like, I don't want people

keep coming to my house. Like I'm kind of over and I'll

get that. I understand that.

I get there and look at the car. I asked general questions and

then you know, and then he saw in the end you saw that was actually a genuine buyer and and he would still speak.

Actually, believe it or not, he's he's a he's like, if you ever saw a car, wanna pack? But.

He, you know, it got to the point where he's like, well, yeah. I just got sick of dealing with

idiots and I didn't lowballing, but but I offered him a fair price because I needed a few little things done.

And he and he agreed. He's like, yeah.

He's like, look, you're fair about it if you pay cash.

And I did that and it was, you know, it was it was all good.

But you get like, I don't go out to buy cars.

Like I'll go ahead and look at a card if it's no good, I'll be like, sorry, sorry not sorry. Like, yeah.

Thanks for your time. But I'm.

I'm not interested. Yeah.

But but if I'm from out to buy car, I'm here to buy a car.

Like I'm not I'm not there to mock people around and just say, oh look I'll give you 50 bucks and a packet of berries like that. That's just not how you know.

Like it's kind of feel you feel like you're disrespecting the other person by wasting their time like that.

So I don't know it's just one it's just one of those things for me. But.

Yeah, Like I said, it's a balance of being the right seller and being the right buyer.

Some people again will you put try and push it heard and you know pass that off or something. You know let's say a car that's

realistically worth about 6 grand and try and sell for 10.

It's not gonna work. Like you go there expecting that

10 grand car, you see the problems with it.

I personally would just walk away.

I know that some people are more mechanically inclined and are willing to maybe they've got a hoist, that kind of stuff.

They can actually work on these issues.

But they have to factor that into the price.

The the thing that I always get with like the people that are like, oh this this is wrong with it.

I'll offer you like half the price what you're asking.

I suspect that they're not there.

Like, you know, the amount of people that like I guess qualified mechanics or at least you know, have have the, I guess resources and ability to do all repairs is not that high.

I think a lot of the people are. I'm gonna buy this cheap cover

up this issue. You know the best way I can

which is usually some kind of silver spray paint and then just, you know, pass it off as like a fresh new you know thing and then you know try and make a profit.

And this guy's an idiot that I'm buying it off.

That's basically the the the mindset.

Yeah, now I remember there was a I'm gonna name the shop, but it is in Glenroy and they did have a bit of importing of Japanese classics. They had a lot of R32 and R30

threes and you know, part of their service was I told them they'd unbolt the, the gearbox and they had this like silver galvanising paint, paint, the whole thing, you know, cover up all the rust. Well, put it back in and Oh my

God, that's so that's good to see.

That's how you do it. Yeah, how you do it, That's,

that's reconditioning your gearbox, alright.

And to be fair to them, I don't know if they were selling it as a reconditioned gearbox, but damn, it looks us and that's what I suspect a lot of these people do.

They're like, see small issues. Maybe they put like a stop leak

in the engine and they know it will, you know, hopefully last until the person buys it, wash it underneath and then, you know, send it on its way. Destroys itself in the next 100,

you know, 200 K So yeah, too bad.

Too bad. So sad.

You Scotty. Like when you went and bought

cars, like, I mean when we went to look at the car at be that the importers, the blade, yeah. In terms of applying experience

for you, was that quite easy or or or was it or was it like, you know, a bit of mucking around and stuff to get there?

Because from all accounts, like you seem pretty genuine And he's like, yeah, this is what it is. Come have a look, Take your

drive. See you later.

Super easy, very relaxed. You could tell that he must can

pick up maybe if you're genuine or not.

Because the first thing I came up with when I messaged him were, you know, genuine questions which I was wondering more about the brakes and what kind of wheels they were.

Because at first I was like oh, is this kind of some kind of rice start like thing? I thought maybe it's got fake

callipers or, you know, something like that and just some cheapo Bob Jane special rims or something, even though I knew it was imported. But you know, you still get that

stuff happening in Japan anyway. What percent I'll just upset buy

cheapo stuff and slap it on. So I was kind of like OHP.

I haven't dealt with this importer, so I don't know anything about him. I don't know what he brings in

and things like that, so I have been unsure on that one.

But you know, he said he had the import papers and stuff and was happy to show me all that. Made a time to be able to go and

see, especially on the weekend. He's fine with that.

Could see only time I could make my way all the way out there and paying and everything like that was a piece of cake.

You know, like, you know, not like it used to be.

Used to be filling out forms and stuff.

None of that now. So yeah, very much recommend

when it comes to that. But I guess what we're talking

about before dealing with just normal people, when you're trying to sell a car, a lot of it comes down to not fear of missing out, but it gets too real.

So they're all in for it. And they're like, Oh yes, yes,

awesome, awesome. What if, what if, what if?

And yes, yes, yes, I could get it.

And then when it gets to that point where, you know, it comes down to yes, you have to get it. Now they vanish.

It just gets too real for them. And I notice that happened quite

a bit in the past. Notice that happens selling the

EVO. You know, a couple of people and

like, yeah, come around, come check it out, ready whenever you want. You know, I'm very relaxed it

comes to that. It's like come round, test drive

it so good. And because I'm not genuine.

And to allow that boom, they just vanish.

Yeah, had someone come round. They wanted to have a look.

I like, yeah, no worries. For some reason they didn't want

to drive it. So I drove it for them.

And then they vanished too. You know, they saw one, one

little, one little mark. And I said, well, it was in the

photos starts so it's not new. Have a look at the ad.

It's it's all there. I'm not hiding anything.

Never heard from that person again.

Yeah, many, many odds, many odd dealings.

You know, just especially the the M3 was a pain in the ass.

I'm so glad I was able to trade that.

Pretty much a straight swap trade because you got people just send it like there was I was doing the whole thing through car sales cause Facebook marketplace wasn't really a thing at the time and you just people sending messages.

Like I had one just saying there's no way you'd you'd ever get that price and just bad mouthing me for no reason and use the fake email address so I couldn't even respond or anything and fake number. Like, that's that's hilarious.

How do you think of that? He thought I was just one of

your students that just didn't like you going to get Mr. Scott.

It wasn't even the most expensive one there.

I had a pretty good price and considering everything that had been done to it, I thought it was price.

Wow, because I had stacks like compared to all the other ones there that cost more. Mine had lower case and

everything pretty much on it. Brand new, you know, SMG Pump,

all brand new, had the rear subframe all fixed up properly and everything. Had pictures of all and

everything, all documented, receipts galore.

And you then you cop that. You're like, what?

Come on. Dude I had I had a message on on

the on the L today but it was from Anthony.

Mr Turbo Terry He's like he's like you suck you can't, sucks.

You should be ashamed. I was like, oh, this is the

show, My thanks for the message. He's like no worries.

But look I wanna, I wanna bring forward the point though of you know, don't don't get that don't get fame.

I was as well with with with selling a car.

FAMO is is really a is is is a big is a big thing.

You know, like they'll be like, oh look I've got 40 other people coming lined up. Sure.

So be it. If it if it's if the car is

going to be yours to buy it'll it'll be there when it's, you know if it's still there. And then there'll be other

examples as well. If you're looking at Corolla or

anything, the base, even if anything basic or even anything kind of like a bit more expensive, you know, like a bit more rare. You wanna look at a 63 or

something. There is other ones out there,

like another one will come up and then the right one will come up for you. So don't, don't.

Don't. Get the whole FOMO.

Yeah, FOMO thing. Don't.

Get caught up. Don't get caught up in the hype.

No. And most likely they're talking

rubbish anyway. So we've also been joined by

Robin. Debbie, how you guys going?

Good man. How are we?

Good, Good, Good. Well.

So guys we're talking about selling cars and buying cars and and the type of people that you that you encounter and I I know you Rob you guys Rob and you guys are sold plenty of cars and bought plenty of cars We're just talking about some experiences and and the people that you deal with that I'm going to pose the question to you guys what are the what are the standout people like that you get to come by car do you get the tyre like like you can name it like a tyre kicker.

The time waster the you know all all the all these attributes but what are the few main ones that you guys have seen when when you've when you've sold a car to A to a person and and for me it's the it's the it's it's it's kind of the the disrespect that like we'll come there and just just bag but yeah bag you carry out and and I'm like well do you actually want the car or or you know like how are you just trying to just make me feel bad about about what I own. I thought I had that quite badly

with the Lt. This this one guy was just just

just going hard at it. I'm like dude the car's 35 years

old. It's not perfect and I said that

clearly in the ad you think you're getting a brand new car you're kidding yourself and the car was like you know price.

At 3 1/2 grand you know this is what it is And then he like all my. I wouldn't give you.

I would give you 500 bucks for it.

I'm like, well, you know say later Thanks.

Thanks for coming. He's like I should be the one I

sold this morning. I'm like well why are you

telling me these things instead instead of being super saying thanks for your time. You know what are some

experiences that you guys have had in terms of that and and what what would you call them? So I'm calling the the the my

one the the hater he hates on my car and and wants to get the cheaper price. It's the hater, Harry.

Hater, Harry. That's it.

Well, I I think the no show, Sam.

No, she said. He's one of my comments.

Mines the gets too real, Ronnie. Yes.

See I've got I've gotta. I was gonna comment on that

Scotty, the gets to real person just so yeah, it's Ozzie.

A lot of especially the cars we look at and buy cars are a generally I guess male centric kind of thing.

Generally this sort of car buying, like we call them, enthusiast car buying, is a situation where they look at the car, they appreciate it, but then the significant other comes in who's you know, the responsible party and then you know, has to pick up the rolling pin or something and bring them back to reality. Love is just pointing at Debbie

right now, Debbie says. Because.

I feel, I feel that there is a, you know a significant portion of people who go out to see the car.

They are genuinely interested, but they need to be brought back to reality, you know by the significant other.

That's when it gets too real, when the rolling pins flying and you know you know dinner is not being served or you're in the doghouse for whatever. And that's when I have to go

back out and tell that's why there are no show.

Some of them might even be you know completely hung out to dry by this anything else. So they can't show even if they

wanted to couple of broken legs and you know.

Debbie Just just just just for some context, you can you can drive a car, You can't drive a house, and you can live in a car and you can live in a house. But, well, you.

You can live in your car, but it's more comfortable living in the house. It definitely is.

Definitely is. I I hate people who who buy the

car, then three or four days later, after they've thrashed it, go, oh, we don't like it. We want our money back.

OHS that that happened to, that happened to you guys didn't haven't. What Car was that?

What was that? The Cayman?

Yeah, the Cayenne and the BMW, little black BMW we had.

Yeah, but he got his money back. No, we just blocked him and

ignored him altogether. Yeah, if it's especially if it's

a private sale between two people, there's no, there's no refunds. This isn't, you know, this isn't

the hungry shark you like. I don't like the burger.

Sorry. You know, this is the car sale.

Like, you take it, You know, you.

That's what you deal with. You don't like it, sell it on.

And then he would bring up like, ohhhhh, it's not running, it doesn't start. Have you checked the petrol?

No, ohe ohe it's. I didn't put some fuel in it and

guess what? It ran.

Yeah, I just and BMW picture guys aren't the best, I know.

But you know you are buying a BMW.

Yeah, it will show quarter tank and it might be empty, but you know that that's just the way it was.

Yeah. And then it was just nothing.

But recalling hassling you like you called two or three times and he said that's enough. We're just block block him after

the third time, 4th time. So what was he calling for?

He's like. Something about the suspension

and he called something about the, you know, the fuel.

And then there was always something that he wanted to find out. Something about, you know, I

don't know. There was some other thing.

He asked about the airbags was there recall and the airbags?

I said yes, that was done. I thought a so he's always like

it was like he had what I call it bars regret.

Yeah, bars remorse. But again, why is he treating

you like a dealership or something with like he's like the transaction is done, go away?

They should be questions that you ask.

Beforehand. Yeah, yeah, like, like you you

you you asked this stuff when you're when you're inspecting the car or when you when you're talking to the person, you know, getting more information about the car, that's when you ask this question. Or heck even read the ad cause

sometimes all the informations in the ad.

Do you know people I had messaged me say, hey is this got this thing. I'm like it's read the.

It's all in the. Yes it does, but it's all in

the. Second sentence in the car is

150,000's. First question, how many K?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and like portions.

The other one, the where the gearbox, if you drove it certain point it got a bit hotter, was clunking and and I told him that I said the gearbox does that, you could take it to your mechanics, get it tested. He took these mechanics, he was

happy, drove around for three days.

He goes, I want my money back and I want it back now, like really threatening. And I said, you know, it's not

worth the hassles yet. I said that's fine, but you're

gonna lose your deposit. So he basically got his money

back, less deposit and I took the car back and he was happy with that. Hmm.

Face Did you try that one in or did you just sell?

It yeah, I tried it that one into being BMW, but I've got the gearbox fixed in the meantime. OK.

Yeah but then the brake boost away, but yeah that's another story. That was a car that was in the

shop more than it was at home. But it was under warranty and I

could have persevered and got it done under warranty, but I just had enough. You get to a certain point where

you it's in the mechanics more and you're driving it.

So it's just one of those cars that you just forever fixing it and it wasn't costing me a lot of money because I had the the warranty when I purchased it. But the drive shaft, ski boxes,

HVAC, what else do we do on it does some other repair or the the the water is all went on. A whole lot of other little

things sort of played up on it that we fixed up on it but it still kept them broken down even after that.

Then the fuel gauge went and then the brake boost away, and then after the brake booster and fuel gauge went and I said that's it. I said I've had enough.

Traded that in for a yeah, motorcycle.

That's another story. Yeah.

But they without some real good boys like the last three cars that we saw fantastic was sold the LDB to a family.

I had it all fitted out with the the tent and all that and they're wrapped you know and I know you know trying to knock me down or anything on price the price was the price that I'm happy to pay it. The Pajero sport a young family

bought that they're happy to pay the money for it and and and we saw that for $10,000 more than we paid for it.

You know, and and the the Jimmy again, I sold that for, you know basically you know 5, $6000 more than I paid with after I put all the accessories on it, the roof racks and the tyres and got the windows tinted and got the radio done.

All that sort of stuff. So I've done a bit of work to it

and solid effort with money and and she was a retired lady, you know late 60s. She was wrapped and she just

gave me the money for it. He's, he's the $41,000.

Hmm. For driveway Hope you never

heard from them again. Before you guys jumped on, we're

talking about sometimes it's a price range thing where you know if it's like under 10 grand or 10 or so grand like you get you get people like that but anything over that then it's kind of like a bit of a different sale.

Would you, would you tend to agree with that Rob, or would you and and and Deb or would you, would you say that's a bit?

Yeah, you get that with the cheaper cars that people are trying to then, you know, sort of even, you know, talk you down to a lower price. But yeah, I I haven't sold too

many cheaper cars. Most of my cars are in the, you

know, it's sort of in the high 30s or 40s.

So I've always sort of had people that were willing, yeah, they wanted a car like the Barra Turbo or the Mustang or you know, the those cars went, you know, you find right by there not gonna haggle. They're they're happy to pay for

it and they sold quite, you know, like it was a easy sale like once the buyer was there. Took a while to find a ride

buyers but you know there's a lot of talking is one of those swaps and do all sorts of things when you especially yeah, if you. I found that if you really want

to sell a car, you're serious about selling carpet on car sales because that's where people look to buy a car.

You put on marketplace, you're going to get tyre kickers.

Yeah, well that was that was actually gonna be my next question. So to sell a car, what would you

besides going to a dealer where it's kind of hassle free and just traded in and you know we only get something else.

We would you, would you write car sales 1st and then like Marketplace and Gumtree and all that or would you just not bother with any of them and just go straight to the car sales?

I wouldn't bother and go straight to car sales with the sort of 1/2 decent car that you're trying to sell.

Car sales. Way to go.

I know they've put their prices up over the years and they're costing more and more and more than ever actually, to sell a car on it. But I you can pause the ad.

You don't decide not to sell a car and your money stored sitting there until you decide to sell it.

So that's a good thing with car sales, I suppose.

Yeah, I I just haven't had much luck with Marketplace.

It's just it's not a very good platform to try and sell your stuff. I think you'd be better off

selling stuff on Craigslist. Yeah, yeah, but and and Gumtree

apps founded, it seems to be real clunky.

Just buying stuff and looking for stuff, searching for stuff.

I don't know if anyone else has found that.

Yeah, I've been selling stuff on gum trees like because like every few weeks it it expires and you gotta go into the thing.

It's just giving you an option to say, hey you know just press the button in a real bad you gotta go through a whole system to to put it back up again. And I'm just like it's just it's

just a bit that that for me is a bit clunky and then it shows your you know your your things are very low to get seen so so it's it's quite hard to sell stuff on on on Gumtree always have. And Gumtree is always got the

ads where like it looks like a pretty clean air look like good option and then you click it like want to buy.

And I'm like, no, yeah, that's not the whole point is to be selling white. You know it's just to get you

catch your eyes and you know they choose a great picture of the car, a good reasonable price and immediately they're like, Oh no, I'm wanting to buy for this. Yeah, yeah, like so am I said.

Don't you know why you get in my way?

No. I think I do agree with you

there, Rob. I think the extra money you end

up paying on car sales, you basically save in mental anguish. And you know, I feel that's, you

know, Israelis in some cases. Yeah I would agree with that.

But I also like you know I saw the Ltd the well I didn't even like the Ltd didn't sell from from cars even though was on castles is sort of marketplace. The cruise that was that was a

car sale sale but that that took forever.

The Mazda 3 that was a castle so that took forever like I and I had him and all did all the different platforms as well you know because I got desk was like I need to get I need to move these things So yeah it was kind of you know I I did find you know two out of the three on car sales probably probably you know the better ratio that that I had but it still wasn't it wasn't an easy sell and I guess because like they weren't they were big money cars either like you know there were $10,000 and under all three of them but yeah like my sister's forester that that was

a I think that was a car sale sale and and you know that that that ended up being a cop chase but that's another story but the the you know the it's still sold so I guess I guess that's that's probably you you are probably right but but you know a lot of a lot of people that I know that buy cars buying sell cars they they do it all straight straight off marketplace and then in Gumtree and they I mean they call it scum tree for a reason because you know you you you you you deal with some interesting characters but I guess that's that's part of.

The biology, It's scam book marketplace.

Like when you traded in your the Porsche, can you just trade in a car to like a dealership just to say, hey, can you take, can you guys take this or. Is it getting the price that you

feel the trading price in, what the purchase price of the vehicle is that you're looking at compared to what you're trading in and and what sort of money you like you you're paying on top of? So for me, when I purchased the

BMW motorcycles and expensive purchases, you know, like a 30 or $27,000 purchase or whatever it was and they offered me you know like 15,000 basically for the portion water, solar for.

So I was happy for that $15,000 to come back if that's what I bought it for. That's what I wanted to sell it

for. I didn't want any more or less

than what I paid for it. And that's what I got for as a

trading because by the time I got to trade the trade it in there's a lot of time spent on that car to get it running fairly well because it ran well even though it was having little problems with it like the fuel gauge and and and the vacuum, the the brakes, the brakes still work but you can there's a vacuum leak in the brakes. So it could have been fixed.

That's common fault, but I just had enough.

And I suppose, yeah, the trade in has to work for you.

So just recapping, we had we had the what what was your guy called the. No show, Sam.

No show, Sam. Scott, what did you?

What do we have? We had no show.

Scare no show, Sam. We had.

Two real. Getting too real, Ronnie.

Yeah, I can return to Ricky. Return Ricky?

Yeah, you had to return Ricky. Refund Ricky refund.

Ricky refund Ricky. And I had the bull breaker Barry

so so yeah yeah you you you get you get those people in the industry but you also get sometimes people out that come in like you know I've sold cars would be like Yep I'll just don't even don't even haggle like they just just just just I'll pay the asking price and it's it's kind of refreshing like oh that was easy like that was that was that was surprisingly easy. So yeah it's it's nice getting

getting those ones on the odd occasion.

I think it's time for the Conquest guys.

Alrighty, I'll move. Over to the other side so you

don't go. Away cheater.

Not on cheap, I just have the advantage of no lag.

Yeah, true. He's calling shenanigans again,

by the way, so. It's not here.

It's it's not here to say it and then just wait like 10 minutes while he thinks about the answer.

Yeah. So we got Rob and Debbie, we've

got Scotty and we've got alum playing tonight. 10 questions

possibly going to prisons. You know how it is, guys.

It is the Car Talk, car quiz, question mark.

The owner of a brand new Toyota Corolla Gia money shifted it.

Which means it means shifting, going into, trying to go into third, but actually going to 1st.

Yeah, I'll take that. Well, basically, yeah, shifting

down into gear when you're shifting.

Up. Yeah, correct.

I'll give you one point for that bonus question.

Toyota. So he managed shifted it after

only putting 500 miles on the car.

So this is a brand new case. Put 500 miles on it and he blew

it up. So like the endanger completely

melted A piston and and cooked the motor.

The Toyota refused to warranty it.

How much did he get quoted in the in the United States of Freedom Money Dollars to to replace the engine in the car Scott I'll give closest to Scotty.

I'm going to say it's going to be like 22,000 lbs. 22,000 lbs,

Which is what in US, in United, in United States freedom money that had. Cool math, isn't it?

Is this you want it in? You wanna 24?

Is it gonna be? Has it gotta be in?

USUS preferably, sorry. We got 32. 3232.

Grand. Alum, alum.

I'm gonna say 17,000 US. Dollars 17,000 US and Rob and

Debbie, what would you like to put in?

What do you reckon? I'd say about 22. 22 there you

go. Yeah, no, maybe not.

Maybe 20. 20 Scotty was closest at $42,000, they quoted.

For a $35,000 car. So hang on, Bonus Bonus

question. This is Scotty's.

The point what's what is more I've seen about the pricing of this? OHS Alan It cost more than the.

Car it does cost more than the car, so the car it starts off at $41,000 US and the engine was 42 so that is in the same pricing.

It should be covered on the insurance, shouldn't if it's an accident. Yeah, I mean, it surely could

be. I mean, they brought up the car

at that point. They'd be like, yeah, we're not

repairing. This.

Yeah, you just write her. Off So someone to get a real

nice donor car, that's for sure. Question 2.

A1 of 20 VW New Beetles So one of the new Beatles I brought back in like the late 90s early 2000s Pokemon edition Known as the Peaker Bug. You know, like as in Pikachu is

a modified bug to look like Pikachu One has just come up to sell one of the 20 that we're ever made.

How much are they asking for it in United States dollars?

87,000. Dollars, $87,000 is.

What's gonna say around that price?

Too I'll give closest to. Um, my guess will be I'm gonna

say 110. 1110 Yep. 65,000. 65 Scotties closed again, $125,000

after. 14. Alright car that.

Have you guys seen what pictures of what this looks like?

It's it's quite literally a bug. A yellow painted bug with the

eye, you know the the the headlights just just with you know Pikachus things and and a giant tail.

It's got a tail light that sits up on the on the boot lid so yeah $125,000 you can you can have a one of 20 question 3A.

Father was taking his son to a medical appointment recently in the UK in sorry was taking his child to the Children's Hospital but he was denied entry into the car park at the hospital.

Why was he denied entry into this certain car park?

It's making news all over the world.

Was a high polluting vehicle. Incorrect Rob.

So he was taking this on to a medical appointment at the Children's Hospital in the UK, trying to drive into the car park. They denied him entry.

Why? You read that and you didn't say

anything. You can't.

Remember what it was? The carbon of scene number

plate. No.

OK, good. Guess my other guest was gonna

be. That was one of them idiot

mobiles from America, which he was driving on the UK.

Roseville. This isn't gonna fit.

Go away, buddy. It's.

It's not that either. That's good.

That's another good guess. No, it is.

Scotty, of course you. Are I know.

If I was gonna have a guess, I'd say cause it's electric.

Is that your guess? That's my guess.

You are correct, they wouldn't allow it cause it's an electric.

Car. That's why it's.

Near the charges, yeah. Yeah, they didn't want it to

catch fire down below and and because it's at the children's school, people knock it out. Well, great guest Scotty.

Great guess. That's the only thing I couldn't

think of anything else. And then I'm trying to make it

sound logic. I'm like, but why would you stop

someone? That's such a UK thing because

they have those zero emission zones.

If you drive the car in there they'll penalise you and now they have like, I guess no evzones as like revenge.

After a car park burnt down with all electric cars on recollection. Probably probably.

But it was. This is a recent thing that I I

did read on the news that was on it was on one of the news sites today and you know it's. I thought it was.

I thought it was quite interesting that that they're like yeah, the guy must own like a like a like a massive V8 or something. There's like none of the

electric car stuff in my in my car park Question 4.

The 2025 Porsche 9/11 will have a massive change.

What is it, Ellen Allen? It is electric.

I can't give that to you. It's hybrid alright Scott.

It's going to have a electric motor also.

Yes, it'll. Be like motor and combustion

together. Yeah, I get half point for that

I've I've entitled. To point 5.5.

OHP You're so kind, man. You're too.

Nice. I'm too nice, I.

Actually, I I guessed it. You just said full electric.

No, I said it's electric. I never said full electric, Sir.

Well, it's electric. Yeah, profile a hybrid is

electric is a knot. It's lightning.

It's like, yeah, school check. Robin.

Debbie. Yet to score.

Come on guys. I I thought.

I thought, Debbie, I thought you were the you're the brains of this operation then. You just hold me back.

Alarm on 2.5 and Scotty on four currently question five.

What generation of the Honda Civic brought with it the nameplate Type R? Which generation, Rob?

Second generation. Incorrect. 3rd Generation.

Or incorrect if you give me. If you give me the actual

chassis code, I'll give it to you as well.

Stretching. As in the model.

Yeah, as in the model. Was it the AG?

Incorrect. It was the Ek Civic.

The one. The one after that.

I was gonna say, OK, damn it, I already guessed.

But question seeks Hyundai has a habit of naming cars of the cities, IE the Tucson and Santa Fe or places.

The palisade isn't an example of this.

What does palisade actually mean?

Hmm. Good.

Question. Debbie's a smart English lady

with English. That's That's bad use of the

English language, Matthew, but. Alan It's like one of them royal

Chariots things. Roll charts is incorrect.

What does palate mean? Podium.

So what was that? After podium, that type of

building. So what was that at top of?

What? Building?

Building. Building.

I'll give you a .5. You're on the right.

You're on the right money, but not not exactly.

Not exactly correct, but I'll give you .5 for that.

Scotty you for the other .5. Is actually within the name

surface Palisade has got to do with like a palace.

Incorrect. It's it means a offensive.

Wooden wooden stakes or iron railings speaks to a ground forming an enclosure of defence or like or defence like a defensive place. So like you're very safe in a

palisade is always what they're trying to.

No, no rollover. Was what they correct?

Question #7 The first generation Mazda 3, so from 2000 and the 2003 to 2008 I believe had how many engine options here in Australia. Alan.

Alan. Three incorrect.

Damn it. Scott Scott 4 Four is absolutely

correct. Scotty well done.

Bonus question for .5 each Which engines did it have?

Alan, Alan, There's a 1.8. Incorrect.

Alright, fine, there's 2.3. There's a two point 3.5.

There's a 2 litre. There's a two point, yeah, that

is, that is. Correct.

And there was a 2.5. Incorrect.

Who's next? I think I did.

Yeah, she's at 1.6. Incorrect OHS.

Oh, really? One of them was Diesel, wasn't

it? That is correct.

One, is it diesel? I'll give you .5 Scotty for

that. Well, I I I don't know what

size. Is that a 2.2?

But they had a they had a DMZ MZR diesel, which is A2 litre diesel. So they have two litre diesel

and they had a 1.6 litre diesel. I don't think we got that one.

So yeah, they're very good guys. So they had, they also had the

2.3 turbo which came in the MPs. So that 2.32.3 turbo question 9

the last sorry question 8 the last Corolla, I'll start again question 9, the last Toyota Celica to be sold in Australia or sold in really anywhere. How did engine size of what

alum? 2.2.

Litres 2.2 litre is incorrect got.

It was just two. Incorrect.

That must have been smaller. It was smaller.

Hmm. It's on the platter.

Rob, that's cheating. One point. 1.8.

One point is correct, well done. Give you a bonus question for

the engine code. Very well known engine.

Is it like a four AG or something?

Was the successor to the Four AG actually the it's got G in it, but it's it is not the 4G. Is it got one in it?

Is it 1? Z You're close, but it's the

incorrect there's not A1Z. 10. Nothing.

It was a two ZZ GE. Ohhhhh right.

I don't remember the the free S motors. 3.

Yeah. 3F and a 3G. 4/8. The beam beams.

Beams that a 3S? They did.

Yep. Question #9.

BMW uses what led up for its electric car range.

Rob. Rob.

Is it all? It is I well done that is that

is completely correct. Alpha loser.

You know, I want to give you a bonus point for that, Scotty.

It's definitely struggling over here.

We're only 1.5 or two. You Carly 2.5 robbed you so you

you thought this the answer One more question.

Don't stress. Don't stress.

Yeah man. I'm gonna give you the last

question, which is a Australian car ad question.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we we like, we like these

ones. Supplies Kangaroos and holding

cows. Holding cars, yeah, that's

that's a that's a good one. We're committed to reducing the

environmental impact of our cars, but we're not about to let driving be any less fun. So at Mazda we took the

challenge in our own way, asking how we could unlock more performance, yet achieved more efficiency from the same from the same time In Blank, which is the model.

You can experience this through its innovative 2 litre 4 cylinder engine. It isn't new, it's just a new

way of looking at engines altogether, fundamentally advancing everything in every area of performance.

It pumps up the fun factor by releasing more power and more torque. You'll be smiling for a long

time too, with just six, just with just 6.1 litres of fuel

used every hundred kicks. How does the new Sky active G

engine do it? Direct fuel injection.

This is the Mazda 6. Incorrect.

Rob. Rob.

CX5. Incorrect.

Employing a unique piston design to achieve a much higher compression ratio out of the fuel and air mix.

So not only do you get a generous spread of power and torque, but much much lower fuel usage.

Extensive reduction of efficiency and sapping internal friction liberates extra free revving power.

Not that the engine can take all the credit.

The lightweight sky active drive transmission is a smart operator. It locks the wide range of it

locks up for over a wide range of more direct manual like shifting fuel and power delivery.

It's six speeds give you're even getting ahead of in at a standstill, come to a halt and the eye.

This I stop system turns off the engine and to save fuel as long as operating conditions are met, the engine stops in perfect near position to lead back in her life as you release the brake, taking around half the time of other stop start systems.

What Car am I? So we know what Mazda, and we

know it's relatively new. I will say it is the CX9.

Incorrect. It's the Mazda 3.

They. Introduced house girls talking

between the three and the six. I'm like the six of them.

More Premium sedan. Was gonna say 3 and I thought,

Nah, maybe it's gonna be one of the big, big luxury buggers.

Oh well. That's the Cato Coquis Gentleman

Score check Robin Debian 2.5 alarm on 3.5, and tonight's

winner on a grand total of 12345 and 1/2 is Mr Scotty Johnson.

Well done. He.

Thank you. Sorry every time you wanna ask

you this question. Is anyone you wanna thank?

Yeah, just myself. Just yourself.

There we go. That that's the question we

like. We like to go.

But wasn't for me. I wouldn't have been able to do

it. I'd like to thank me, myself and

I I'd like to. Thank.

I blame David and Ed for not being here, and you're taking on some of the points. Yeah, I'll tell you, he would

have got the Honda 1. Nice.

Thanks for coming on the show tonight.

My pleasure. No worries at all.

Thank you, Debbie, for taking time out of your busy schedule.

Thank you. We've we now know that some car

buying decisions end with Rob outside.

Yeah. Actually, Rob, just not exactly

like Yup. It happened.

Didn't happen. Yeah.

Yeah, he's outside because he spends half done working on them. Yeah.

Self inflicted though. Yeah, that's his own choice.

Exactly. Well, it's a it's a good choice

to have. It's a good choice to have

Scotty go off to Scotties. You gotta go to the week.

Off to be the week is padding. We're looking at padding today.

If you're too far away, don't try and get it in, just get it close. I might have mentioned this one

before, but you know, if I have, then remind me.

Go back and tell me exactly what episode so I know you're a good listener. No, I don't think, I don't think

you've said about the distance one Scotty before.

You know I've been keeping tabs of of you.

Know because you know a lot of the times you're pretty far away and you're trying to get it in. You're trying to get it in.

It's not gonna happen. Just get it close to make sure

the second one goes in, because the last thing you want to do is 3 part. Yeah, you don't want that.

One or two part, so just get it close and make sure that second one you can sync it. Did you hear that Debbie?

That's a that's that's really important to.

Play golf. Actually, I was actually banned

from golf at school. What?

Yeah, they hate. I hit somebody with my backward

swing. I actually connect with someone

who came too close behind me and cut her underneath her eye open.

And this day, she still has a scar.

OHP, that's not your fault. This is like.

Yeah, one of my neighbours. So, yeah, but so and when, Yeah,

that's. Maybe that that sounds like a

her problem. She should have been your way.

Yeah, exactly. But you know what?

Can you? Do from Six Dental.

They need to be real careful. She was helping me out while

pruning the trees the other day and she tripped over the extension leads and all my sweet face first into the concrete.

In my moon book Mind. You with a She's limping.

She tripped over and sprained her ankle walking the dog.

Debbie, what are you doing? Hmm.

That wasn't my fault either. Never her fault.

I've my foot went in a hole and I stopped and my body didn't so.

No. OK, Yeah.

Then do it. And then, you know, because it

was in the dog park and I had it out, six other dogs come and jump on top of me. Quick saying that I'll spoil it

all. Wow.

Do you wanna be like how we Robbie You be like this is too good still good. He's lucky the people all

walking with didn't have their cameras out taking video.

But some videos. Here we come.

But but I I now know why Rob doesn't let you play golf there?

Because like he doesn't wanna get hit either.

So. And then that's why I wasn't

wasn't wasn't allowed to have javelin or a discus at school, either. All the good stuff.

Yeah, poor baby. It's alright.

Well, we'll we'll we'll try to find another spot for you to play, Debbie. So I did win him a doll at

Moomba because I could shoot better than he could.

Ohk OK Were you, were you were you upset about that Rob?

Are you, are you quite competitive, Rob?

I was devastated. I am a little competitive at

times. I am now too, not like losing.

Someone. I like your honesty.

Yeah, and what really, what I really like is beating people who think they're good at it and then actually do the sport, and then I both come along and beat them.

So that's even better. Yokai Motorcycling, yeah?

All the all, all the good stuff. Rob and stuff.

Yeah, love it. Good to hear Rob's fabricating

firefighting electricals. What else can we say?

Robb. Robb.

Doing it's a restorations. Yeah, it's a restorations.

Just just just Rob's doing it as as as as we know he's doing everything. Hit up our boy there.

Also hit a boy. Riz Yep.

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