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Season 2026

The best part of doing a live car show from a mega meet is that the day keeps changing under your feet, and the conversation goes with it. We’re set up at Team Gillman with cars rolling in and out, then we kick things off with a straight-shooting review of the 2025 Ford Mustang GT Convertible. We dig into what the GT Premium feels like as a real daily driver, from the lined cloth top and cabin tech to the stiffer performance ride, tire noise, and the big headline numbers: a 5.0-liter V8 with 480 horsepower and an as-tested price that can rocket into the $70K range.

Then Mike brings a list that’s made for anyone who collects memories instead of merch: seven underrated U.S. racetracks worth visiting. We talk Road America, VIR, Laguna Seca, Sebring, Mid-Ohio, Barber, and Road Atlanta, with a focus on what makes a track worth the trip: elevation, access, sightlines, and that gritty old-school atmosphere you can’t fake.

The live setting brings surprises too, including a quick chat with Ethan, a young car photographer and videographer working to grow his crew through events and consistency. 

We also squeeze in a 2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige AWD review, then pivot to our Hemmings sold car price game and the auto news you can use, including an FTC warning aimed at misleading dealership advertised prices and required fees. 

If you care about cars, car buying, car culture, and where the industry is heading, this one stays moving. Subscribe, share the episode with a car friend, and leave us a review. What was the biggest surprise for you?

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00:00 - Welcome From The Mega Meet

01:22 - 2025 Mustang GT Convertible Review

07:43 - Seven Underrated Racetracks To Visit

13:55 - Meeting A New Car Creator

18:27 - Tailpipes And Tacos Event Plug

20:43 - Guessing Hemmings Sold Car Prices

28:55 - Email And Quick Break

30:46 - Back Live At The Cruise In

33:15 - 2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid Review

36:30 - Robots And A Monkey Take Over

39:02 - Sportage Pricing And Final Thoughts

41:50 - Reset Before Car News Headlines

44:00 - FTC Targets Misleading Dealer Ads

50:05 - February Auto Sales And Pricing

52:32 - Honda Insight Return And Design

54:15 - The Pope Gets A Ford Explorer

55:28 - EV Pullbacks And Infiniti Plans

58:53 - Wrap Up And Where To Watch

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Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast.

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We got a lot going on here.

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It is the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show today coming to you from Team Gilman and the big Mega Me.

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We're going to have Mr.

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Mars do his Mustang GT review.

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I didn't get a Mustang GT to review, but you did.

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Thank you.

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He's also going to uh worm his way in here and do seven racetracks worth visiting.

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Okay, that's coming up in this next second.

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Uh howdy, and uh welcome to the Unreal Time Car Talk Show.

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Along with Mike out of this world Mars, we always need more Jeff Zeken.

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And Chief Engineer David Ainsley has decided to join us today.

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I'm Don Armstrong.

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Glad you could join us.

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Oh my God.

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Oh my gosh.

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Did you bring people with you?

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It's just you?

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You just stopped by to see Grandpa.

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She's Grandpa.

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She's gonna win a car.

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She wants to win a car.

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Oh, I see.

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Well, that's a good idea.

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I'm gonna go to each dealership back to my page.

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She can't say that.

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All right.

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Well, let's move on with things.

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Uh so it's Jeff's daughter.

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She's up here.

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Um let's do Mr.

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Mars and the Mustang GT, Mr.

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Mars.

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Got me, right?

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All right.

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Ready to go.

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We are ready to go.

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So this is the 2025 Ford Mustang GT Convertible.

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Drop top premiere.

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Now this vehicle was final assembly in Flat Rock of all places.

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It is the seventh generation of the Mustang, and it was reintroduced in 2024.

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So 25 is kind of a carryover.

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You can get the Mustang in an EcoBoost, an EcoBoost Premium, GT, GT Premium, or you can get the Dark Horse they just came out with.

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Well, was it C.

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You think the Dark Horse?

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I think I'll have that.

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So the GT Premium is where we were at with the convertible.

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And uh it's considered a sports car, and it's a four-passenger.

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Now, I'm sure anybody trying to get in the backseat might argue that with you, but it is considered a four-passenger vehicle.

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Got uh one thing I really liked about it, I was a little concerned, the roof, the convertible roof on it, is fully lined, cloth top.

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And uh, so it's really good at keeping out some of the sound.

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It seals up really good whenever you got the top up.

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Up front, you're gonna find automatic LED headlights.

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It's got a hood vent that actually not a hood scoop, but a hood vent up front that looks like an inverted.

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I think Subaru once upon a time was doing inverted hood scoops on it.

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Garrain sensing wipers and all those good things, but it also has Rimbo brakes with a premium lining on it.

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So you got the red calipers with the white lettering on it, and it's got some 19-inch black aluminum wheels.

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So you put all that with the bright red paint that's on it, the black hood scoop or hood vent and the black top on it.

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It's really nice looking.

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Going down the road, give you a ticket red.

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So uh inside we had a 12.4-inch LCD instrument cluster, so we got lots of room up there to see things.

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Got a 13.2-inch LED center stack.

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That's where you're gonna find all your convenience controls, your rear view camera, which works really well in that big of a screen.

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Now the front seats are very comfortable, front bucket seats, sports car, and uh even had the red matching seat belts on it.

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And but there is an optional Ricaro seats available in this car.

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It would have been nice to see how they worked in this convertible, make it a little bit cooler.

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Uh the back seat, like I said, enough said on that.

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Has the BO audio system with 12 speakers.

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Now we didn't have the opportunity because of the weather to drop the top and just how much ire we could raise with the neighbors, but uh it sounds pretty good with the top down.

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Under the hood, this is where it gets good.

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5.0 liter V8, 480 horsepower.

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Do your neighbors have ire?

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Well, uh, the lady next door, I think she does.

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She, when I get up at 4 o'clock in the morning and leave, she gets a little irritated.

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Irritated.

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So you raise her ire.

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Yes.

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She's ired all the time, but you raise the ire.

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Yeah, at her age, it's kind of hard to tell.

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Okay.

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So again, we got this true.

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VS true 400.

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Do you know the next door neighbor?

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She doesn't want to she can neither confirm nor deny.

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Yeah, she can't because she still needs a ride home.

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It's also got a 10-speed automatic.

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We didn't have the six-speed in it, but it does have the 10-speed automatic.

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Your engine combination that you can get with the car in the Mustang kind of dictates which transmission options you have available.

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Now the EPA says you should be looking for about 16 miles to the gallon in the city, 24 out on the highway, 19 combined.

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I drove this car 325.3 miles, including the the trip over here to kind of check things out to know how we were going to set up over here to pre-survey everything.

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And I got 20 miles to the gallon on that car, and I was really proud of that.

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Also, uh, as far as ride handling goes, of course it's almost like driving a go-kart.

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It has the performance vehicle, so it's got a little bit stiffer uh suspension on it, more for road handling and stuff, but it does make it ride a little bit rougher.

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Um, the bigger and the wider tires that are on this car, on this GT, has uh a little bit more road noise on it.

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It also has 355 gears on it, so it is uh got plenty of get up and go juice.

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Now the base trim price on this vehicle that we were driving is$56,580.

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The base model price on a Mustang is$33,915.

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Our MSRP as tested,$72,245.

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Really wow.

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So almost$20,000 of options between the performance package and some of the paint and some of the other things that were on here, the audio system, all of it that kind of adds up.

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If you're looking for something to compare it to, you know, maybe the Toyota GR Supra starts at$56,250.

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Okay.

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The uh Nissan Z Nismo, unfortunately, it starts at 62.

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Okay.

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You could get into a Z cheaper than that, but the Nismo seem to be more like a fair comparison.

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And really and truly, I uh again, Mustang's been around for years.

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It's got staying power.

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Got staying power.

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It's a very fun, daily driver capable car to have.

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They seem to be getting bigger and bigger every year.

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There's one right there.

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Well, they all get bigger, everything's getting bigger.

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It's it's it's uh we need to be.

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Well, they don't make any competitors to it.

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That's true.

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The Camaro is gone.

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Well, exactly.

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The Camaro, the Challenger, and the ones you mentioned are are you know things you don't think of.

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Listen, that car is cool.

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It is, but it's it's it's not it's bigger.

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You can barely see the hood on the on the shot there.

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Yeah, yeah, it's uh it and it's a six-cylinder.

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Is it in there long?

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Is that the hurricane?

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It's the hurricane, yeah.

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Yeah.

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I've never seen one.

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Well, there's I haven't either.

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And it's not sh sitting in the long ways, I don't think.

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I can't tell, but if it is, uh I'm surprised.

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Yeah, I thought that was rear-wheel drive.

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Well, the young man, I think he's over there uh looking at the other car.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I think he is.

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All right, uh find him.

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So, Mr.

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Morris, we're gonna have you continue on your trek here of being on the air, because you have done nothing to contribute to the show up to this.

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Gummit running errands, he's making lunches.

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I know.

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Yeah, you got the bannays and bologna sandwiches, or what?

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Well, I I looked for some of the cheese mixed with the baloney, the cheese and baloney slices, but I couldn't find it.

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Well, on your way home, stop at a come and go and get a hot dog.

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All right.

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Oh, come and now for seven racetracks worth visiting.

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So we looked at seven, I mean, we started looking at racetracks.

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There's racetracks all over the state, all over the country, different kinds, everything.

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But are they still open?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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So, so this is more of uh seven underrated U.S.

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racetracks that are worth visiting if you really decide you just want to go.

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Some people go to baseball parks and football stadiums, go to racetracks.

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So, one of them we want to talk about is Road America.

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Now, this is the classic natural terrain remote.

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Wisconsin.

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Yes.

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It's four miles, goes through the hills and forests of Wisconsin.

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You got a lot of long straights, so you get a lot of speed up, technical corners to make them slow down and try to maneuver around through the laps.

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But the thing about this track is there's a lot of fan freedom.

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There's a lot of places the spectators can run along big areas of the track to see it.

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And because of the elevation in the hills and stuff, you can get up and you can kind of see it.

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Uh and then uh it's special, it's considered one of the purest road courses in North America.

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Now, the another one I wanted to mention is the Virginia International Raceway.

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This one has a lot of elevation changes, which is what makes it kind of work really different from everybody else.

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You got uh a lot of places you can get the speed, but they've got flowing corners.

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It doesn't have the really long straight speed uh straightaways to where you're gonna get up the maximum speed that you're gonna get in a lot of people.

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And what's the name of that place?

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Virginia International Raceway.

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Now it's called VIR.

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That's kind of the abbreviation for it.

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I've heard of that one.

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But it's Virginia International Raceway.

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I've heard of VIR.

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And uh it's considered one of the better driving tracks that's in the country.

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And it because people go out there, they think feel like it's like a more like a country club track where everybody's just it's not like real media heavy whenever people go out there.

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Then the other thing is going up to uh the Weather Tech Raceway at Laguna Seca.

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Now this is not the Weather Tech, that's Laguna Seca.

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Weather Tech is sponsoring it.

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Exactly.

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They're paying them a lot of money to have their name at the top of it.

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And if you go look at any sign it says WeatherTech.

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Anyway, they're not spending any money with us.

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No, I know.

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But it's one of the things that it's famous for is because of it's got a corkscrew term with a sudden downhill left-right sequence that drops several stories in elevation.

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So you really kind of drop down on it.

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I've never driven that track.

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I've seen the signs as I drove by.

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But uh, it's uh in the hills near Monterey, California.

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Got a lot of scenic views, so you get a lot of exciting racing.

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Fans can sit on the grassy hillsides and watch them, which is one of the things that makes these tracks a little different.

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You're not parked your butt in the sands, stands all day.

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You can actually get out and enjoy some of the outside of it.

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Uh another racetrack is going to be the Seabring International Raceway.

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It's one of the oldest and toughest circuits in North America, originally built on an old World War II airfield.

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So it's all got concrete surfaces that can get kind of rough and uh makes things really challenging for the cars and the drivers because it's going to eat on tires pretty hard as well as the car.

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Now, this is where you're going to find the 12 hours of sievering sometimes.

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Yeah, I mean, that's a race that you can go there to see.

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And it's more like old school racing.

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So a lot of people like there going to that gritty atmosphere, uh racing tradition, and you can actually camp there.

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So if you're really interested in that, it's a really great place to go.

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It's bumpy, it's brutal, and one of the toughest tracks for the drivers.

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The other one, uh the Barber Motorsports Park.

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Oh, yeah, that's a good one.

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Wait, let's get the mid-Ohio.

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Uh-oh.

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Where did Mid-Ohio go?

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Here it is.

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It's in Ohio.

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Yeah, it's in Ohio.

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Mid-Ohio is a technical layout track and it uh flows through the wooded hills and elevation changes.

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And it's whole major series like indie car series there.

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It's kind of a small track, but it's considered to be very technical.

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Then we'll go to Barber.

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Barber.

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Barber.

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Barber Motorsports Park is considered one of the most beautiful racing facilities.

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Why did it do that?

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In the world.

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It's got a lot of grass, a lot of sculpted places around the circuit to kind of make it look really nice.

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Kind of a botanical garden area.

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It's got smooth pavement, flowing corners, so you get a lot of racing for motorcycles there and the cars alike.

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Got a uh actually also has the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum on the site.

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So you get a combination of the two, including the Indy Car Grand Prix of Alabama.

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Road Atlanta is the last one that we're going to talk about right quick.

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It's known for its fast flowing layout, dramatic elevation changes, and uh got a lot of high speed, steep downhill run.

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The uh Imsa Sports Car Championship season runs through there.

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And they have again fans like the classic feel of it, being able to sit on the grassy hillsides, being able to get to the areas where you can see the cars really well.

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And that is seven racetracks that uh are much underrated and uh offer opportunities to go and see some different kinds of racing and different feels to the track.

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You know, you know, I was just telling David, I said, you know, I would really like to get the Corvette to sound like that, or at least be able to do that.

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The only thing that I could really think to do that is to introduce some nitromethane into it.

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And if that didn't work it, then mistime it so I could get it to backfire a lot.

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You I could you could do that tomorrow, you just buy one of the WRX cars.

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No, no, no, I know I'm telling I know that.

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But I'm talking about the Corvette.

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Oh well.

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So if that's the case, you need to put some flamers on it.

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I'll plug in the panels.

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I know how to do that.

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Yeah, I know how to do that.

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You might as well do that whenever you're gonna backfire it.

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Just shoot the flames out the tail.

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Absolutely.

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I could introduce that uh lighter fluid right in there.

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And uh I'm sure there's someone out here that helped you do that.

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I you know, it that doesn't surprise me that there would be.

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So what am I going to do next?

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Well we've got a young people.

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We do have somebody.

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And you know, I'm sorry that I can't introduce you because I don't know you.

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I know that you can introduce yourself, and you are.

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My name is Ethan.

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Uh Ethan?

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Yes, sir.

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Yes, sir.

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Uh I do content for the Carme Network and my own content for uh cars.

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We do car photography videos.

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Right now we're kind of just trying to expand ourselves.

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So, in other words, you could you could take pictures of us and put them all over the internet.

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Yes, sir.

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I mean, wait, why would why would you not?

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I mean, we have we have such glamour to offer the world right here.

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Everyone does.

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Yeah.

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But I know, but this is the grandfather.

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This is the grandfather look that I know that you're looking for with all of your followers.

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Of course.

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We're looking for everything.

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No, but um, I mean, we do post a lot of stuff, but everything, you know, we make it good now.

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Yeah, we we make everything good.

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No, I know, but I'm I'm telling you to make it good right now.

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The story.

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Yeah, so right now, uh, my name's Ethan, of course.

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Uh, my content crew behind us is uh, which you can't see them.

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We have Eric, he's my other videographer and my driver.

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Um we do work with uh Carmi Network, we work with Gus.

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We go to all of his all of his events, we try to get our name out there.

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We also try to help Gus grow and you know, we try to bring people in, enjoy time, and you know, just make everyone happy.

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You know, you have a large group?

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No, really, uh it's a group of four people, okay, me included.

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Uh you know, we kind of stick small because we don't have money to pay people like that yet.

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So we're trying to keep it friends that you know want to do the same thing that we do.

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Because right now we're we enjoy it.

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Yeah, we enjoy it, but we are trying to make it a business.

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Well, see, this is what we've got here.

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I see.

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It's an amazing setup, by the way.

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Is it?

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Yes, I think so.

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I mean, y'all got the lights, everything.

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This is an all of it.

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Imagine this times a hundred.

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I know, something's in that truck.

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Yeah, for a mobile, for a mobile, this is amazing.

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So Welcome to Hollywood, brother.

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This is it.

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This is it.

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Is that what we're calling it?

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Yeah, Hollywood, but not in Hollywood.

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Right.

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Not at the Hollywood price.

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Holy something.

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Yeah, so that's what it's all about.

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You know this girl here?

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I do not.

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You don't?

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Well, she's taking pictures and we're talking about her, and she's going, oh, let's go over here.

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We gotta be talking about something good or not.

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We could be talking about something not so good.

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You wouldn't want to be any part of that.

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But but anyway.

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Taking still images on if you don't care.

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So do you do weddings?

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Not yet.

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That is that is one of my big goals is to do weddings.

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Uh, my sister is getting married in like a few weeks, so I didn't know.

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So she's gonna be the test mule.

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Yes.

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She did hire a camera.

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Maybe not a mule, but she did hire a camera person, of course.

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You know, she got her own photography, but I am gonna bring mine just so I can just some experience.

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Shadow her.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Let me give you just a quick background.

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When I was getting started doing freelance work and all that stuff, my wife went with me.

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She would go out there and take pictures of the crowd while I'm taking pictures of the cars.

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Yes.

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It was great and fun.

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But she decided she wanted to do weddings, so she would come and help me do cars, and I had to go help her do weddings.

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That's why he's on his fourth wife.

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Exactly.

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I'm just telling you.

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He's getting married next week.

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Oh no.

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When you get find out them when them bridesmaids come out and start griping at you because you're not doing something, and they want you to go do it, and the mother-in-law won't let you in there with the bride who's getting dressed, and you don't want to go in there while she's getting dressed.

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They're out there griping at you.

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No, it seems like there's not going to be any wins to this.

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Stick taking pictures of cars.

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Yeah.

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That's what I'm that's the that's the story.

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Yeah, honestly, I think that is where I'll end up sticking, you know, because I do love cars.

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Cars have been in my life since I was about five or six years old.

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So, and I mean, I don't think I ever see myself getting tired of it.

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Good.

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Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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Yeah.

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You just keep on doing it.

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Stay away from the weddings.

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Is this the kind of cars though that I mean you're you're Yeah.

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I love I do also love like the older Americans and the older Japanese, you know.

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I love a little bit of everything, you know.

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I think if it has good body lines, it sounds good, we like it.

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We fit right in.

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We're older Americans.

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Yeah, and we look good in our own mind.

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Ethan, it's great to meet you and your crew.

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Hugs and kisses.

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Keep up the good work, it's all gonna be good.

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You need to take the lens cap off that camera.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Surprisingly, it's not on.

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My suggestion.

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You've got to take a break.

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Thank you.

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All right, so here's what we're going to do now.

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You ready?

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Yep.

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I've decided that we're going to do the sold car price because we always do it, and it's fun to do, and we don't have anybody waiting to get on the air with us, so I don't have that obligation.

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So I just figured that we would have a good time.

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Sure.

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And some of these cars actually could fit right, all of them actually could fit right in here today.

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So are you ready, Mr.

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Mars?

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.319
Yeah.

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I know that you did the video on this.

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I'm ready.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Uh so David?

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David is included.

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What is the hemming sold car price on a 1996 96 Chevrolet Corvette?

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It looks completely stock.

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Stock wheels.

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I think it's black or dark in color.

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It looks clean, nothing special.

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How much do you think that that's sold for?

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96 Chevy Corvette.

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Looks like it's automatic.

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That would be a C4.

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I want to say right at 10 grand.

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I was gonna say that.

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I'll say 12.

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Jeff Heitzman says twenty-four big ones.

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Uh oh.

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And George says sixteen.

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We got George and we got George and Jeff.

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And Jeff and David.

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And David.

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All right.

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Well, it sold for 1417.

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Oh, very good, David.

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Jeff, what did you say, David?

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You said twelve.

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Twelve?

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I said 10.

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Toss up between you and George.

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All right, next up is another Corvette.

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This one happens to be a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette.

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This would be a C3.

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Okay?

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68 Corvette.

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Again, it looks stock.

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Um does it have white walls on it?

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Somebody, surely to God, didn't do that, but whatever.

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It does have that god-awful luggage rack on the back.

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It's a 68 Corvette.

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What I'm thinking is that this might be a stock 68 Corvette.

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And it looks kind of original.

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I'm going to say 22.

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Heisman says 30.

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Okay.

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George says 1299.

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Would you like to have a guess, David?

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18,000.

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$25,200.

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Yeah.

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So a 68.

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I think it just got a bunch of options on it.

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Must have with the luggage rack you were talking about and stuff.

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It's a luggage rack.

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But it's got chrome buffers.

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I like that.

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All right, next up.

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74 Dodge Charger.

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1974 Dodge Charger with uh with are you ready?

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It has a it has a Landau vinyl top.

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Oh my.

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Which is like a half vinyl top.

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It is so ugly, I can't even begin to tell you how bad that is.

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But they sold them in 1974.

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I'm gonna go this looks like all stock, all original.

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It's not it's not a show car or anything like that.

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Let me see the 15 grand.

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15.

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15.

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David?

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10 grand.

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10 grand for David.

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Mr.

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Heisman says 18.

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Big one.

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Is that that car right there?

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Uh-huh.

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He says 18?

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George says 13.

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9.

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It sold for 16, 275.

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Oh wow.

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The thing is massively big.

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It is.

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.279
And I like it.

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And the big hood and the big indicar.

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.039
Here's a really nice model.

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.400
1966.

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:04.000
Oldsmobile 442.

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Yeah, baby.

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.279
Price of the couple of things.

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.400
Old 442 66 model.

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It looks like it has been restored.

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:14.559
It looks like it may be original.

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.640
I don't think it's a resto mod.

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.440
I think it's original.

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:20.559
Yeah, I mean it's it's still got the four speed in it, it looks like.

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:22.079
I'm gonna go 21.

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.519
30 grand.

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.880
30 grand.

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:30.240
And our boys out there still working on it.

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Shock over the charger.

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.039
Heitzman says 21.

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.160
George?

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.680
Yeah, I hadn't heard from George.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:43.680
Okay, so yeah, we'll tell you that it sold for$44,100.

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.079
Which tells me that it stuck.

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:49.839
Yeah, and it's George came in at$21,999 for about half price.

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:57.599
Now here's something that uh I think that most people would appreciate a 2003 Chevy Silverado SS.

00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:03.519
Now it's a 2003 SS, so don't think that it's got you know gobs of horsepower or something.

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.720
But it is an SS.

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:06.240
And it looks stock.

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:09.279
Um I don't I can't really see the wheels.

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.839
I'm just gonna take a guess here and go 18.

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:13.039
That's probably high.

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:15.039
But it is but it is a truck.

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:16.880
Yeah, so keep that in mind.

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:19.839
But it's it's a it's an SS, yeah.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:22.160
I didn't think they made the real ones.

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.759
13 cruise.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:26.000
David says 13.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:30.559
Well, I will tell you that it sold for$24,150.

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:33.440
I thought I was high on the 18th.

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.599
Right.

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:35.039
Yeah, George, 999.

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.440
Heightsman came in at 22 there towards the end.

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:39.519
Okay, Mars, this is your car.

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:39.920
All right.

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:44.720
The next up is a 1960 Rambler American.

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Look at that.

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.200
It's even got a bad.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.720
It's a two-door in it.

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.920
It is.

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.039
Look at that.

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.319
I'd drive it.

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.839
That's real steel right there.

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.400
Yeah.

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.839
See that?

00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:06.240
I'm thinking that doesn't I Mars could I he would drive the up here and you go, by golly, that is Mr.

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.880
Mars.

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.680
It is Mars.

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.960
You get that for Paige.

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.440
Yeah.

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:12.160
Okay, so uh David, how many go 12?

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.720
12.

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.200
10.

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.839
10.

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:17.440
All right, so uh Heisman's comes in at 11.

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.000
Yeah.

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.480
So everybody's kind of in the same ballpark.

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:20.960
All right.

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.000
Well, it sold for$6,800.

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:29.200
Paige, George said it's big dare to get to your car.

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.400
$12,99.

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.920
You want to see it?

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.200
I'm gonna show it to you.

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.160
Ready?

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:38.319
It's her next car.

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.640
Yeah.

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.960
This is a 1960.

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.319
This is a car that you've never even heard of.

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.680
It'll be in the driveway when you get there.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.640
There it is.

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:47.680
It's a 1960 Rambler American.

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:50.000
Can you see grandpa driving that car?

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.039
Yes, you can.

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.720
Grandpa and grandpa.

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.279
All right.

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:59.440
Next up is a 1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88.

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It's a dynamic.

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:04.720
The 61 Dynamic 88.

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.920
Convertible.

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.519
Oh my god, it's a convertible.

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.079
Drop top.

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.559
It is a massive, massive car.

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.240
28,000.

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.119
28.

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.160
21.

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.200
21.

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.599
Do we have any other guests?

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.519
White ready to know this.

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:23.680
Uh Heizen's come in at 13,000.

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.880
Yeah.

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.480
Oh man.

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.400
That thing is cherry.

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.400
It's got an instrument cluster on it.

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.119
All right.

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:34.799
Well, I'm going to tell you that this car sold for 31.5.

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:38.480
It looks completely stock and original.

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.200
It does.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:49.519
And uh our last vehicle of the morning is going to be a 1953 Chevrolet 3600.

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.240
Oh, man.

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.200
There it is.

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.400
I have no idea.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:56.640
Now this would probably have the blue flame six-cylinder motor in it.

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.599
It does with the canister oil filter.

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.000
Yep.

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.359
Split windshield.

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.240
Yep.

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.599
How much do you now?

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.480
It's a steak bed.

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:06.000
So it's not a pickup truck.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.359
It's a steak bed truck.

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.079
Steak bed.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:08.960
Steak.

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.519
Steak bed.

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.319
Steak bed.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.119
Steak steak bed.

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:21.519
Flat bed with uh uh pilots with uh you got wood up on the side of it there to hold in the hey males a hay.

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:24.319
Took some pallets and turned them up on their E and on each side.

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.440
Okay, I got you.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:28.720
Uh so it looks like it's been completely restored, super clean.

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.680
24.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.559
24.

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.680
David.

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.119
20.

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.759
20.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:36.880
George is at uh 21999.

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.400
George wins.

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:41.039
It's sold for$22,050.

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.400
Wow.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:48.000
And uh it may do$60 on the highway, that's about it.

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.279
With the stakes down.

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.160
Yeah.

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.200
Yeah, that's it.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.519
All right.

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.480
Well, that was fun.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.119
Good.

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.920
It was good.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.720
All right.

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00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:06.960
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From the Team Gilman Mega Meat Cruise In.

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:51.759
Welcome to the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:54.319
Just ahead, we've got stuff.

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.359
Got more stuff.

00:30:55.440 --> 00:31:00.559
Yeah, we we don't have a lineup of people guests, which is fine because we've got stuff to get in.

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.279
More stuff.

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.000
More stuff.

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:07.039
And I'm going to talk about the 2026 Kia Sportage.

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:09.039
Give you a review of that.

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:13.920
As well as lots of headlines that we can all uh appreciate.

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:21.039
Because we need to have news headlines that aren't, you know, wars and death and destruction.

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:24.640
Well, some of the cars maybe, but uh not intentionally.

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:27.519
Um thank you very much for joining us today.

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:31.599
By the way, this cruise in lasts until two o'clock in the afternoon.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:36.960
Uh and so we've had some cars leave, but there's still lots here.

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.839
And there's food.

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.880
Yeah.

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.400
There's food and all sorts of stuff.

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.519
And was the thing you mentioned.

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:44.319
Did Paige ever find the uh food book?

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.839
There's food over there's some people on around the road.

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.680
Out there, yeah.

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.640
From the inside of the tent.

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:51.200
Well, as soon as we get done, I've got to get something to eat.

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:56.000
On the advertisement, they're giving away two cars from each of the dealership.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.440
Uh they're offering raffle, right?

00:31:59.759 --> 00:31:59.920
Yeah.

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.759
Well, you you get to buy them for a thousand.

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.240
Right.

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.720
And you have to go to each dealer to uh register for that.

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.759
Is that how that works?

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.880
Yeah, I found that out earlier.

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.240
One of them was a Corvette.

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:15.279
I heard I heard them the other day talk about uh uh you know five, oh six, some some Corvette that they had taken in was going to be one of them.

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.599
Yeah.

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:18.319
I would take it for a salary business, isn't it?

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:22.079
I think it's that black strawberry there with there with the scar of seats in it?

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.559
Uh-huh.

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.359
That ain't it.

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.880
It's the one with the hood closed.

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:26.240
It's the one with the hood closed.

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:28.240
Well, there's another one with the hood closed next to it.

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.640
Yeah.

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.880
You know, there's nothing really exceptional.

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:35.920
It's clean under the hood, don't get me wrong, but there's two schools of thought about showing the car.

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:47.039
If it's judged, you need to have the hood open because you're going to have that judged cleanliness, all the accoutrements that you added on, the stockness of it, that sort of stuff.

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:53.839
But if you're going to show it in a meet like this, my school of thought is you want to see the body lines.

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.839
You want to see what it looks like with the hood closed.

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.960
Yes, that's actually.

00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.559
If you don't have a lot of chrome or a lot of add-ons to put under there, then yeah.

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.079
My car speaks for itself.

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:06.640
Well, you need one of those things on the side of a Pikachu or whatever that is on the side of yours.

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:09.680
That yellow thing on the side of the side of that black car.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.640
Don't tempt me.

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.559
The dingo stole my baby.

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:16.079
That's a that's that's something new.

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.880
I think so.

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.519
And uh huh.

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.319
And and Jeff's going to sell it as soon as the show is over with.

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:24.880
Time now for my car review, the 2026 Kia Sportage.

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:29.200
Now don't turn your nose up because I think that you may like this.

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:36.240
Uh, I had the hybrid SX Prestige all-wheel drive.

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:39.039
This is considered a small SUV, Seats 5.

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.279
It was all new in 2023.

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:47.680
One of the most modern, sharp-looking exterior designs on the market today, I think.

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:52.079
Vertical front lighting reminds of the 60s GTO.

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.839
I know that may be a stretch for some.

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.799
I don't care.

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.920
Stretch it out there.

00:33:56.079 --> 00:34:02.000
I'm telling you, it's got a good different look to it, and I like different because most of the cars today they all look the same.

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.799
This one doesn't.

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:06.480
Uh black wheels go with the hybrid.

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:11.039
And obviously, hybrid is part of the trim package.

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:15.039
Uh, and so we change wheels with trim packages these days.

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:19.679
Extra big hatch opening should swallow almost anything.

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:23.920
I mean, this thing takes up the whole back end of the vehicle.

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.039
But I liked most everything.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.639
What could use improvement?

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:31.440
The height line on the rear funny.

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:35.199
I'm sure I'd get used to it eventually, but it looks funny.

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:58.559
Um interior high highlights include quality, look, and with the top of the line against high marks, comfortable seats, front and back, with sharp waffle human screen stretches from an instrument cluster to the dash and the digital display.

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:02.159
Dial it up a trans shifter on the center console.

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:05.519
That's with a dial and not an actual stake.

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:10.480
Uh trunk room, cargo room, adequate for this small SUV.

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.559
Now what I liked about it?

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:15.119
Easy accessory controls.

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.400
And let me tell you something.

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:20.559
You're getting harder these days.

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:23.119
You really have to look for something.

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:32.079
If you're going to buy a new car, I encourage you to get in, drive it so you can find out what controls are.

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:34.639
Some of them are in the infotainment system.

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:38.719
If you're good with that, I'm good with it for you as well.

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:43.519
You know, I see I see Mike Mars coming this way.

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.239
Do you?

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.639
Yeah.

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.280
Uh-huh.

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.880
See him right there in the Gorilla suit?

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.159
Yeah, there you go.

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.639
Um, what could use improvement?

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.719
A few more buttons, please.

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.760
Okay.

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.920
David, go get the monkey.

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:05.840
Uh, engine, a 1.6 liter turbo, inline four-cylinder, 232 horsepower, which ain't too bad.

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:14.480
Uh 271 pound feet of torque, six feet automatic transmission, with a 2,000-pound rating uh as far as towing is concerned.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.840
So a one-ton tow.

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:21.119
35 miles per gallon city, 36 on the highway for a combined 35.

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:26.880
I got 34.4 miles over 376 miles.

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.920
What I liked about it?

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:31.679
The mileage and the fair competitive pricing on this vehicle.

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.800
What could use improvement?

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:36.800
Come over here and get on the air with come on over here, get behind us.

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.679
Let's take a picture.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.480
Take a picture.

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.159
Come on.

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:42.719
Don't I was gonna say don't trip on the curb.

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.360
Got it.

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.920
That's it.

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:46.719
Come on, you gotta get behind us because the camera's back.

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.360
There you go.

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.320
Come on over here, young man.

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.960
Uh, here we go.

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.920
Oh, we got some other folks.

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.920
So y'all get behind it.

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.800
There you go.

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.519
Come on up.

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.880
There you go.

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.239
This is great.

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.000
Mike, you gotta move the camera.

00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:00.079
Yeah, you gotta get the camera, Mike.

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.960
Hold on.

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.639
Yeah, so we've got to get the camera.

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:05.360
Yeah, because this is some good stuff here.

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.039
Thank you guys for stopping by.

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:09.360
Space City Robot Entertainment.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.719
So you've got to give them the plug.

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:12.559
Mike, are you part of this group too?

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.280
You're part of this group.

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.239
Come on in here.

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.719
There you go.

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.519
Come on in here.

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.000
Come on.

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.400
Come on.

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:16.960
There you go.

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.599
Get in here.

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.159
Get in here.

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.719
There you go.

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.760
How does my hair look?

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.079
Yeah.

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.880
There you go.

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.360
Look.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.719
This is great stuff.

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.360
Thank you so much.

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.000
Thank you, Mike.

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.840
Appreciate you stopping by.

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:28.159
I've never had a monkey pet me before.

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.199
Yeah, you have.

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.000
Well, I have.

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.559
That's right.

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:32.079
That was back in the 70s.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.800
Back in the 70s.

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:36.880
And you, you, y'all, you all are together, right?

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.280
Yeah.

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.599
Okay.

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.800
Good.

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:41.280
This is entertainment.

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:46.400
So uh you need to come and take it.

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:46.800
Yeah.

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.079
We'd love to have you out there.

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.039
This is great stuff.

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.840
Yeah, I like it.

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:51.119
Um, so robots.

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.480
Do you each have a name?

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:54.000
No, you just robots.

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.639
Just got it.

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:56.239
Space City Robot Entertainment.

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.440
This is very cool.

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.480
I like that.

00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:00.480
You know, I needed somebody that looked like that.

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:03.360
Harry Batmanov one time back in my day.

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.119
That was the fun you used to shave it for.

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.280
That was yes, I remember that very well.

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.400
There you go.

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:13.599
So you know, I was doing a car review, but I've got totally sidelined to redo it.

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:16.400
What you have names, specific names for your No, they don't.

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:16.800
Okay.

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.519
They don't.

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:19.280
So uh anyway.

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:24.960
Um I I I've lost my thank you, monkey.

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.079
Thank you, buddy.

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:28.239
Thank you guys very much for stopping by.

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.519
We appreciate it.

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.320
Be good.

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:36.719
Matter of fact, you're more than welcome to stick around for a while because uh I don't I don't have anything else to say, clearly.

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:39.360
Um yeah, it's thank you very much.

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.519
I found my spot.

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.719
All right.

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.840
So where were we?

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:47.199
We were talking about I can't I can't there you go.

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.840
Exactly.

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.639
That's it.

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.119
That's it.

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.599
That's better.

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.480
That's beautiful.

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:57.760
It's better that that's better entertainment than I could ever yeah.

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.800
That's it.

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.239
You got that, Mars?

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.960
He's got it.

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.840
He's got it.

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.639
God bless.

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.760
This is good stuff.

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:07.280
You cannot Mike, give him a little peck on the cheek as he goes by, though.

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.760
Yeah.

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:09.519
And uh where is Paige nearby?

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.079
Maybe she could.

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:11.440
I think she ran off and hid.

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.800
Well, I I would too.

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:14.719
Her grandfather is here.

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.159
All right.

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:19.360
Okay, that all happened at 11 uh 34.

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:21.119
Yeah, yeah, 1134.

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.360
Okay.

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:26.159
So uh I was doing a car review and we we we've got it, we got it blasted away.

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.039
You know what?

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:30.719
We what you what'd you say, Jeff?

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.320
I don't think we even had it on the screen.

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.880
We didn't?

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:36.480
I think I don't I don't think it was still in the car review.

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.840
Oh, that's too bad.

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.079
Yeah.

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:38.880
Yeah.

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:50.800
Well, at any rate, um, I will tell you that um the 2026 Kia Sportage also had a smooth ride for such a small vehicle.

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:52.880
Uh what could use improvement?

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:54.639
Maybe an off-road trim offering.

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.599
I don't know, maybe.

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.559
Uh base trim price out at 40,390.

00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:01.679
As tested price, 41,985.

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:04.960
Base model price$30,490.

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:09.440
Competitors, Toyota Rav 4 hybrid for$32,850.

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:13.519
The Honda CRV gas version,$39.20.

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:17.519
And I included that because uh Honda doesn't have a hybrid.

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:23.599
But the Honda Tucson, its cousin, has a plug-in hybrid and it's at$40,325.

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:29.760
So I think the base model price of this uh hits a sweet spot,$30,490.

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:37.679
So I encourage you to uh seek out a dealer for the Kia Sportage and go check it out.

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.400
Cool.

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:40.800
So that's my car review.

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.880
You okay with that?

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.760
May do a little editing for you to send it to.

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:48.079
Yeah, I don't know if it came out on the air because we had the car review on.

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:49.280
Well, the audio did.

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.679
Yeah, well, you're gonna have to edit it in.

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.239
Yeah.

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.360
Can you do that?

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:55.440
Well, I was gonna edit them out.

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:57.519
No, no, edit them in.

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:59.280
Edit them in.

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:03.440
I want to see them because people don't know what we're talking about here.

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:06.000
I don't even know if we got the shot because it was in review.

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:08.639
Yeah, but at any rate, yeah, we had the video running.

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.840
We'll have to look at it and see.

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:13.840
Okay, so there was a monkey and two robots that stopped by to say hello to the show.

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.639
And they were touching me.

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:22.960
Yeah, so sorry that we didn't have uh we didn't have the video up, but we are going to have the video up for the rest of the show.

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.719
We're not gonna miss it.

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:30.400
Because I've got a whole slew of headlines that I need to get in.

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:33.760
Because I wouldn't be doing my due diligence without it.

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.400
Oh.

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:36.320
Can I say those words?

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.440
It sounds very lawyerish.

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.480
Put them all together.

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.440
Due diligence.

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:45.119
No, we don't need them.

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.000
Maybe we do.

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.119
Where are we at?

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:51.840
Well, we need to take a break, is what we need to do.

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:55.679
We're at uh yeah, we do, because we're at that time of the day.

00:41:55.840 --> 00:42:02.000
Uh and so we are at the uh Team Gilman Mega Meet up here on the North Freeway.

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:04.639
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00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:08.239
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00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:14.400
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00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.960
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00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:58.639
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00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:04.880
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00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:10.480
They've got Acura's, Subarus, and Mazdas.

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:12.559
Yep, a lot of turnout.

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:14.639
Yeah, very nice turnout.

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:19.920
I can't I can't imagine anybody would be uh disappointed at the turnout here.

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.880
It's huge.

00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:21.760
All right.

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:26.719
I've got car stories, and I want you to listen up because I want you to comment.

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.280
Okay.

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:29.920
Make your usual Jeffree stuff.

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.400
Okay.

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:43.199
Federal Trade Commission is warning 97 automobile dealership groups, their advertised prices must include all required fees.

00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:52.159
The vehicles advertised must be available, and the price in the ad must be offered to all customers.

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:54.000
This is something new.

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:56.639
Uh the agency announced March 13th.

00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:01.440
What makes it different, Don, than all that little fine print you see at the bottom and we watching TV?

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:03.679
You can't you need a microscope to look at it.

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:10.800
Well, that car has to be available with all the stuff that's on it and it has to be included in the price.

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:17.840
Isn't there like a there's a uh what do they call it, uh uh disclaimer in that may may not apply.

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:21.679
Yeah, well, um then you need to talk to the state of Texas if they're not gonna be able to do it.

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:23.920
They're gonna crack down.

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.320
Okay.

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:37.280
Um the Trump Vance FTC is committed to preventing auto dealers from misleading consumers with low advertised prices and then adding on mandatory fees at the end of the purchasing process.

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:43.440
Chris McFarage, director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that in a statement.

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:56.000
He says, I am concerned that your company may be engaging in one of the more one or more of these practices, which offers six examples of what the agency considers illegal advertising behavior.

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:57.119
You ready for the list?

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:57.679
Yep.

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:05.199
Advertising a price for a vehicle that does not reflect all required fees.

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:12.719
Advertising a price that reflects rebates or discounts not available to all consumers.

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:19.760
Advertising a price that fails to take into account the amount of an additional required down payment.

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:40.639
Conditioning the advertised price on consumers using dealer financing, requiring consumers to buy additional items not reflected in the advertised price and advertising unavailable or non-existent vehicles.

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.559
Those are the new rules.

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:43.519
Lost leaders.

00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:51.440
I would think.

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:58.880
Well, you better be on your toes and be able to be able to back up whatever it is that you've advertised and make sure that that vehicle.

00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:00.000
Which is fine with me.

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:02.079
I you know, tell me what this is gonna cost.

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:04.639
Well, here's the problem that I see.

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:09.679
So let's just take, for instance, that Subaru right there.

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.400
Right here.

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:10.800
Right?

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:13.920
Yeah, it's a brand new, I don't know, Forester or something.

00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:21.840
Okay, so I've advertised that for sale at this dealership for let's just say forty thousand dollars.

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:23.280
Okay, okay.

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:28.639
Does it does not include tax, title, and license?

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:39.599
Or, and it doesn't say here, do you have to put that the tax title and license on the price of that car and show the price of that on the sticker?

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.400
I'm not sure you're I'm just asking the question.

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:52.000
Well, I understand, but it sounded like that's what they're getting to, to where you have to say it's forty thousand dollars plus tax titan license makes it 4123.99.

00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:52.960
Oh contrary.

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:54.400
So you have to advertise that.

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:58.400
Oh, but wait, what about you're in finance and you go, what?

00:47:58.480 --> 00:48:00.639
I'm I want I want coding on it.

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:02.320
I'm gonna add coding to it.

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:04.079
I want to put wheels on it.

00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:08.800
But you can put wheels on, then you get the TTL after all of that's finalized.

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:10.960
No, you're gonna put TTL on just that car.

00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:17.840
No, it's just as long as you advertise that you've put all that stuff on that car, you're good to go, as long as that's the total price.

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:22.079
Yeah, but you as a consumer, if you want to add more, then it goes to different deposits.

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:22.639
I got you.

00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:23.519
I could see that.

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:33.360
One of the other things is too, is that when you talk about financing, then you talk about well, you don't qualify for this financing because you have poor credit rating.

00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:35.119
Yeah, okay, you've got to switch vehicles.

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:40.639
You can't, I don't know how you could advertise that because it depends on your credit rating.

00:48:41.199 --> 00:48:43.679
Unless it's zero finance.

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:54.239
I I've seen some disclaimers though in the fine print where they talk about, you know, got to have certain credit ratings or may not be available to all, depending on your credit, zero finance.

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:04.559
According to this, then you have to have it available to all.

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:06.880
Well, that sounds like it'll be a good thing then.

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:13.840
I I kind of think it probably is, but then when you get to the other side of that, like the price leaders, you know, you get in there, you walk in.

00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:16.800
Well, we've we sold all of those cars that we had to that price.

00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:19.199
We got a baby blue whatever.

00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:20.800
Yeah, you wanted a red one.

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:24.400
Yeah, so I think that the I think you need to do your homework before you go to the dealership.

00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:31.119
And then when you get to the dealership, you find the car that you like and say, Okay, I want to see this, this, this, this, this, this, this.

00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:32.400
I want to see you meet that.

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:35.760
That's always been the problem, though, trying to get them to show you.

00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:39.039
Just tell me what it's gonna cost me to get out the door.

00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:44.239
Well, we gotta do this, we gotta no, just tell me, I'll write you a check.

00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:46.159
No, buy it online.

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Like what people are doing.

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I understand.

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A new car, you've already driven it, you know that you want that color, you want that kind of car, you want the automatic transmission, you want this, you want that.

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You found it, just buy it online.

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Yeah, that's possible.

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Okay, another story.

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U.S.

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Auto Market proved a mixed bag for major automakers in February, with volume dropping at Ford, Subaru and Mazda, but edging up at other companies in what was a weak stretch for the second straight month.

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New car and light vehicle sales fell 3.8% to 1.18 million last month, with retail volume down 5.6% and fleet shipments up 4.5%.

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Whether an end of federal tax credits towards electric vehicle purchases and affordability weighed on showroom traffic last month, according to analysts.

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The weakness is expected to stretch into the early spring selling season.

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March and April are highly likely to be down as well.

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Ford Motor Company's U.S.

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sales fell 5.5% last month, volume down six point three.

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Uh volume rose three point two at Toyota, deliveries up three point three.

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Toyota's results driven by a twenty-two percent increase in pickup sales.

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All right.

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Wow.

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Imagine that.

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Yeah.

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And a 14% gain in car sales.

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Huh.

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So it seems to be trending in the right direction.

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Yeah, they do.

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Average retail transaction price with non-EV vehicles increasing three percent, now up to forty-six thousand and ninety-seven dollars.

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Buy one today.

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Yeah.

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Plus T T and L.

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Well, and they're they're giving away cars here at each do it each of the dealer.

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That's right.

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And uh the if uh the way I understand it, I haven't seen it yet.

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You get a ticket with a number on it, and then for that number, you have the ability to buy that vehicle for a thousand dollars plus DTL.

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So I don't know what the cars look like.

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Uh Mike heard of something.

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I heard a couple of them.

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The there was one of them had a Corvette that that was gonna be, and then another one it was uh one of the Mazas, I guess.

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No, I'm that I don't know, but they're saying they're available.

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I don't know what they were gonna be, but they're all evidently drivable certified for all that.

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Not brand new.

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No.

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By no means, so yeah.

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There you go.

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Be interesting.

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That's Theresa Paige came, got up at five o'clock in the morning.

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She can register for the vehicle.

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She gets a ticket.

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Good.

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So she's got a good chance of anybody else.

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And you gotta be present.

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And that's why Laura showed up.

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She wanted to have a chance.

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Honda is bringing back its storied on again, off again, Insight nameplate.

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Remember the Insight, the Honda Insight?

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The Honda Insight.

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Kind of a weird looking.

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Compact crossover will be imported to the home market of Japan this spring.

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Limited to 3,000 vehicles, Honda said.

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A Honda spokesperson declined to comment on plans to introduce the new Insight to other markets.

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Where are they building it at?

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I don't know.

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Honda Motor Company.

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The story doesn't say.

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Are they building it here and importing it back to Japan?

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:05.679
Yeah, they are.

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That's that's the thing that Honda's doing.

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They've got other cars that they're building here.

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Probably some cord and that sort of thing.

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Honda made history with the original pint-sized three-door insight hatchback in 1999.

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Way back in 1999, Mars, when it became the first gasoline electric vehicle to be sold in the United States, beating the Toyota Prius to market.

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But unlike the Prius, the Insights funky aerodynamics, replete with rear wheel covers, which were fender skirts in our day, never really caught on.

00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:40.400
Remember those?

00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:41.199
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:45.679
God that could be I'll never forget when it came to the United States.

00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:52.559
Dan, Lieutenant Dan, Lieutenant Dan Patrick, he, I don't know, somehow or another, he had one.

00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:52.800
Yeah.

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And he says, get in, I'll take you for a ride.

00:53:55.119 --> 00:53:56.800
So we went riding somewhere in the thing.

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It was a smooth riding car, but my God, it was ugly.

00:54:02.159 --> 00:54:04.320
That's why they're the ugly the better.

00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:04.719
Yeah, yeah.

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:07.119
Hey, ugly cars need love too.

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:07.760
Yeah.

00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:10.480
Well, by somebody else, but not by me.

00:54:12.400 --> 00:54:16.079
Pope Leo the Oh yeah, Pope Lee.

00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:17.760
What is it, the 14th?

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X1V.

00:54:21.280 --> 00:54:21.840
Yeah.

00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:22.480
Okay.

00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:25.840
Pope Leo the 14th has driven a Ford lately.

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:27.679
You going what?

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:29.119
We could call Leslie, she'll know.

00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:39.599
Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley and his wife, Leah, gave the Chicago-born pontiff a 2026 Explorer, custom built, his hometown auto plant.

00:54:40.480 --> 00:54:55.679
The one-of-a-kind vehicle includes a number of local touches, including Chicago flag seat tags, center console stitching replicating the city's skyline, and scuff plates showing both the Windy City and Vatican City.

00:54:56.960 --> 00:55:05.840
Ford even included a pair of vanity license plates reading Leo XIV and Da Pope.

00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:12.800
The latter is sold on t-shirts in Chicago as a takeoff of Da Bears.

00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:13.760
The Bears.

00:55:14.400 --> 00:55:21.519
Popularizing Saturday Night Lives part in the uh part that was done by Chris Farley.

00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:23.679
Farley, Farley, Farley.

00:55:23.840 --> 00:55:24.480
Yeah.

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:26.000
Da Bears.

00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:33.280
Hyundai and Kia are the latest brands to pull back on electric vehicles in light of slowing U.S.

00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:37.039
sales, affordability issues, and tariff uncertainty.

00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:42.800
Hyundai is trimming the South Korean built Ionix 6.

00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:50.239
Light up to just one model, the Ionic 6N, a high-performance sedan that has as much as 641 horsepower.

00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:53.920
Car scheduled to arrive sometime this model year.

00:55:54.159 --> 00:56:01.039
Even though the Ionic 6, which starts at 39,000, shipping included, is being dropped.

00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:02.960
The car will be available for some time.

00:56:03.039 --> 00:56:08.079
A nationwide search shows that more than 800 Ionic 6s at dealerships around the country.

00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:10.480
Just 229 were sold last month.

00:56:10.559 --> 00:56:16.719
I bet you that they would love to see you in their showroom to say, let me see that Ionic 6.

00:56:16.880 --> 00:56:17.840
You betcha.

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:37.199
Come on down! And finally, Infinity is adopting a pragmatic approach to an ambiguous plan for a high perfor to a high performance sub brand to rival the Mercedes, AMG, and BMW M C M divisions.

00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:39.199
How do they make that deal?

00:56:39.599 --> 00:56:39.840
I don't know.

00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:43.119
Yeah, it's fine.

00:56:43.360 --> 00:56:44.159
It's like the echo thing.

00:56:44.239 --> 00:56:46.239
One of them just says Hey, what's your name?

00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:47.039
Ezekiel.

00:56:47.199 --> 00:56:48.880
Hey, Ezekiel! That kind of thing.

00:56:49.280 --> 00:56:49.679
Tony!

00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:50.480
Hey, hey, wait.

00:56:56.159 --> 00:57:05.840
Infinity's prioritizing quicker market entry by fast tracking a more muted red sport performance derivative of its flagship full-size SUV.

00:57:06.159 --> 00:57:07.280
All right, need to take a break.

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We're going to wrap up today's events here at the Team Gilman.

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At the Team Gilman cruise in.

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So we invite you to stay with us.

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We'll be back right after this break.

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The Easter bunnies coming.

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To the Tailpipes and Tacos cruise in at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katie, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.

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And you're invited to.

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Bring the kids and grandkids.

00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:36.719
It's a cruise in like you've never attended before.

00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:40.719
With the donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Tortilla breakfast taco.

00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:46.719
There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili pepper trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic.

00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:48.719
There's no entry fee and no registration.

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Just bring your ride and the kids.

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Best bunnies aren't allowed, but the Easter bunny will be there, and he'll be full of joy to help make this tailpipes and tacos a very special one.

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Photo opportunities abound.

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The Unwell Time Car Talk Show will be streaming around the globe, and you can be selected to tell your car story to a global audience.

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It's the Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise and Easter Metition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.

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at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katie, located on 99, the Grand Parkway, just south of I-10, the Katie Freeway in Katie.

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Make plans now.

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Loopy Tortilla is pretty good.

00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:29.360
Houston, yes, Tim Homan is hosting a mega car meet at the North Complex.

00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:31.679
Ask for a lost Subaru.

00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:36.559
We're collaborating with the Car Meet Network, so you know it's gonna be crazy.

00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:37.760
And that's not all.

00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:41.679
We're gonna be wrestling up six cars to be sold at a thousand dollars each.

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See below for more details.

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You're not gonna want to miss this, Houston, March 14th.

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We can't wait to see you here.

00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:55.440
Well, I can't believe that it's over.

00:58:55.679 --> 00:58:56.400
It's over.

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Well, that's all for this week's In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.

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Today we went till one.

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Boy, am I tired.

00:59:37.280 --> 00:59:41.039
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I'm Don Armstrong.

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Thanks to our weekly show contributors, Jeff Heitzman and Joyce Skelton.

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Next week, we'll have another three-hour extravaganza beginning at 8 a.m.

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Beginning at 8 a.m.

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Beginning at 8 a.m.

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Uh Tailpipes and Tacos and the Cruise Inn at the Lupia Tortilla in Beaumont on I-10.

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Please stop by and say hello.

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It's great.

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And then when we finish that, we're all going to go over to Mars House.

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So come on by.

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Come on by.

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Have a great, safe weekend.

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So long for now, everybody.

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