March 26, 2026

Chili Pepper Trophy Day at Tailpipes & Tacos, Beaumont!

Chili Pepper Trophy Day at Tailpipes & Tacos, Beaumont!
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Tailpipes and Tacos in Beaumont isn’t just a backdrop for us, it’s the whole point: real car people showing up early, swapping stories, and rolling through like a moving car museum. We’re live at Lupe' Tortilla watching everything from classic Chevy metal to modern muscle, and we hand out the Chili Pepper Trophy awards for Best Hot Rod, Best Classic, and Best Modern Classic. If you love cruise-ins, car shows, and the small details that make a build stand out, you’ll feel like you’re standing right next to us in the lot. 

Then we shift from the fun to the forces shaping the automotive industry right now. We talk Porsche looking for efficiencies between the Panamera and Taycan, Ineos getting the Grenadier into more hands through Hertz rentals, and Honda’s painful EV timing problem and massive impairment charge. It’s a candid look at how quickly the EV market narrative has changed and why product planning and leadership decisions matter for what ends up in your driveway. 

We also dig into two wallet-impacting issues: global supply chain risk and dealership pricing. Escalation around the Strait of Hormuz raises shipping insurance and logistics costs for automakers moving key materials and parts, and we connect that to the prices everyone feels. On the buying side, we call out misleading online listing prices, document fees, and add-ons as the FTC tightens rules around advertised pricing. 

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00:00 - Welcome From Beaumont Cruise-In

01:26 - Tri-City Corvette Show Plug

01:53 - Chili Pepper Trophy Winners

05:06 - Porsche, Ineos, And Honda EV Woes

10:51 - Tailpipes And Tacos Event Promo

12:43 - Middle East Shipping Risks For Autos

15:09 - TC Targets Hidden Dealer Fees

17:44 - Car Spotting In The Parking Lot

21:13 - Beaumont Scene And Freeway Rant

25:29 - Katy Easter Cruise-In Preview

27:52 - Lunch Plans And Dove Release

29:13 - Final Invite And Show Closing

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Welcome to another In-Wheel Time podcast.

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From the Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise In at the Lupi Tortilla Tex Max in Beaumont, Texas.

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Welcome to the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show.

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Just ahead.

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Award winners from today's cruise in and other features, including our story of the week, if we can squeeze that in.

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We think that you'll enjoy all that we have coming up for you in this half hour.

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Howdy, along with Mike, out of this rule, Mars.

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We always need more Jeff Zeken, our chief engineer and shoe polisher.

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I was trying to come up with something, but I none of them worked because we are in a mixed audience here and there's children present.

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This is David Ainsley, our chief engineer.

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I'm Don Armstrong.

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Glad you could join us today from Beaumont, Texas.

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It's a beautiful day.

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Temperature probably in the 80s, I would say.

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Short sleeved weather.

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Partly cloudy.

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The police are here, so there's no good, no slap bites, and there's no nig there's no wig snatching going on over here.

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We don't do that too much.

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Don't be revving your engines.

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So we are about to uh name uh the award winners with the famous Lupi Tortilla chili pepper trophies.

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Are you guys standing by and ready?

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Well, what can can I can I make an announcement?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Just real quick before we get too far gone while you were waiting on the crowds.

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Please go ahead, Mars.

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The Tri-City, you mentioned earlier all the Corvettes were here, the Tri-City Corvette Club.

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They will be having their annual show, June the 27th, out at Ford Park.

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You saw Ford Park coming into town?

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Yes.

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Largest all Corvette show in the state of Texas, June the 27th, right here in Beaumont, Texas.

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Right there, right on the way in.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I got it.

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Okay.

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Now that you got that in, shall we do the award winners now?

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Uh we're gonna do it anyway, Mars.

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Yes.

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Okay, our award winner for the best modern classic, Chris LePointe, with the blue 2020 Dodge Charger Scat Pack.

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Yay! Where are you?

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Is he here?

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There he is.

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Look at you, sir.

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Best modern classic.

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Look at that.

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Right on that's on the mantle this evening.

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You gotta get a picture.

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Yeah, so she's gonna get a picture.

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Uh Jeff, you want to do uh the uh let's see, what's next?

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Let's do the best hot rod.

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You got okay, you want to make the armor here.

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Let's go ahead and do it for the best hot rod.

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You got Jerry Lightfoot with a 56 Chevy silver.

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Oh yeah, I saw what it came on.

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Jerry Lightfoot.

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Is Jerry Lightfoot out there?

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Uh uh.

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Tell Jerry Lightfoot to come on by and pick up his trophy.

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There you go.

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That's not Jerry, is it?

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That's a very nice truck.

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That's a very nice truck.

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We like that truck.

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Yeah, so uh Jerry Lightfoot.

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Jerry Lightfoot for the best hot rod.

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Yeah, and that that's that's going to be uh the 56 Chevy, it's silver, and he may be down there, so you may have to go grab him or something.

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There he is right here.

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Come on, Jerry.

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Pick up your your uh chili pepper trophy, sir, and get a picture taken.

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Are you really Jerry or just somebody who looks like Jerry?

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You know, you you're not Jerry.

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You're not Jerry.

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We don't see a name on your shirt, so you're not Jerry.

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Oh, you're there.

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Yeah, I got it.

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All right, well, picture cameras over there.

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That's right.

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Great.

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Okay, and the next one is the best classic car, and that is Larry Feedler.

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Feedler?

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Feedler.

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Feedler.

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At the 69 Camaro Convertible orange in color.

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I saw that one coming in too.

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Where is that 69 Camaro Convertible?

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Larry Fiedler owner.

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He is the winner of this week's Chili Pepper Trophy.

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By the way, we're gonna have these same awards over at the Lupi Tortilla in Katy uh Easter Saturday.

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That's when our next remote in two weeks.

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Two, two, two weeks.

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Two weeks with the kids' car show.

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With the Sheila's kids' car show.

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So bring the kids.

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Bring the kids, and Sheila's gonna be uh taking care of all of that right now.

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Feedler, Mr.

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Feedler, there you go.

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You know what?

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I I I want to shake your hand, sir.

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Can I shake your hand?

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I want your car.

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I love your car.

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Thank you, thank you.

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You bet, yeah.

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Are you proud of it?

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Is it has it has it got a DZ motor in it?

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No, it's uh just 350.

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It's just a 350.

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Oh, darn.

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Yeah, exactly.

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So congratulations to all of the Chili Pepper Trophy winners.

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Thank you.

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Hope to see you next time.

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Hey, bring that car over to Katie in a couple of weeks for the next one.

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Uh so Jerry Lightfoot, uh Larry Feedler, and Chris LePointed, congratulations to all of them for the Chili Pepper Trophy winners today.

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And those that didn't win, there's always next time.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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I think with the success of today's show and all the people that are here, I think that there's going to be another one probably this fall.

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Don't you think?

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I would think Chase Murray, don't you think that there's going to be a fall uh tailpipes and tacos here?

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He says absolutely, so that's a good thing to know.

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Okay, well, good.

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Well, we we'll we'll definitely have it on the books.

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Okay, so in the meantime and in between time, I don't know if I want to do this story or not, because it's about the EV one, and we've had enough of EVs in my life that I don't really care to have any more.

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So I'm gonna put that down uh at the bottom of the stack.

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How's that?

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Is it okay?

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Thank you.

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Uh Porsche, in the middle of a cost-cutting drive under new CEO Michael Liters, is considering merging two nameplates, the Panamera and the Electric Take Tycon, uh, into one.

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Auto car reported March 9th that Porsche is reassessing the long-term viability of keeping the Panamera and Ticon as separate engineering programs.

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Both have a four-door layout.

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Yeah, Anaconda.

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Don't even go there, Mars.

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I know where I know where this conversation is going.

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What are you talking about?

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And it's not, yeah, yeah, right.

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Uh sources uh suggested it's exploring greater parts sharing in the possibility of a common identity if they don't go broke first.

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Thought I'd just mention that.

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Enios automotive has ventured into have you seen those cars?

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Has ventured into a new arena as it looks to become a more established automaker, the airport rental counter.

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Nice Hertz Global Holdings that it plans to stock the Grenadier SUV at 21 airport locations across the U.S.

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Could I have a good idea, please?

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Hertz will have hundreds of grenadiers available starting in the spring, the company spokesman said.

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Each will be outfitted with the high spec Fieldmaster trim.

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I know that's something when you go on your uh excursions, David, uh, to fix your radio stations across the globe, that you'll be renting grenadiers soon.

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Absolutely.

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Don't you put that as some kind of drink?

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Yeah, with a Grand Marnier topper.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Uh-huh.

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Well, um, we've finally come to the point where um I need to either No, I don't.

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I I'm gonna do this story because it's very disappointing.

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Honda has invested too much and too late in a short-lived electric vehicle boom and now finds itself saddled with an aging lineup and questions about its future as an automaker.

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Can you believe this?

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Yeah, I can't believe it.

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The Japanese company stunned investors by dropping a$15.7 billion impairment charge bomb last week, uh-uh.

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Stemming largely from its ill-timed bet on EVs.

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Some scrapped just months before debuting that it is likely a precursor to reporting its first annual loss on record.

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Long known for individual and innovative vehicles, Honda has had trouble in recent years living up to that reputation.

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Nowhere is that more the case than in the U.S., by far its largest revenue generator.

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Sales in the U.S.

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grew a sub-average 0.5% last year.

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And Honda's once promising China business also has stalled in recent years.

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Weak results from its core automobile business predate any ongoing issues with EVs, said Bloomberg Intelligence.

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The reason the company recorded such a large overall loss this time is that the EV losses were simply too large to offset.

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It's a real shame.

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A CEO, Tashahiro Mibe, broke with Honda's long history as an internal combustion engine expert in cars, motorcycles, boats, lawnmowers, and generators, in an effort to reinvent the company as an electric motor powerhouse by 2040.

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His vision of initially achieving 40% EV sales by 2030, later revised down to 20%, is now in tatters.

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Mebey held out hope for EVs long after most of Honda's peers had shifted gears back to ICE engines.

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A sign of the broader reset, Honda quietly announced in February that it reverse an organizational change made six years ago under Mebei's predecessor, Takahiro Hashiko.

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Separated vehicle development from advanced RD.

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They've thrown that out the window.

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It's gonna go back to RD.

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Unbelievable.

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I actually owned a Honda many, many, many years ago when I was married to Lisa, and she loved that car, and it was the hot thing.

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It was the little square accord.

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Remember that back in the 80s?

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You couldn't keep them on a showroom floor.

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They sold like hot cakes.

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What a great car! Great engine.

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It was nice.

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We bought one at a 2300 cord, and we put 200,000 miles on it and gave it to one of the granddaughters, and they took off in it, you know, and it just you know did you a little bit of maintenance on it and just kept it rocking forever.

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Yeah, it's a real shame.

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What a great company gone right down the turlet.

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Yeah, well, because of these overpriced C overpriced CEOs.

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And you know, oh I got the answer to everything.

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Did you do any research on that?

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More money, more money.

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You know about that, David.

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That holds true in the radio business and pretty much every other business, too.

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It's really a shame.

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More money.

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No money.

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Yeah.

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Give me the money, I'll make it right.

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Not all right.

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Well, we had to end on a down note, and uh, we're gonna talk about that in just a moment.

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We're gonna talk about the Middle East and how it's affecting the automobile business, not just gasoline, but also in parts that's coming up where the in-wheel time car talk show continues right after this quick break.

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The tailpipes and tacos renowned cruising expands to Beaumont.

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Golden Triangle cruisers will want to experience tailpipes and tacos at the loopy tortilla, high 10 south in Baumont near Washington Boulevard.

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We have free loopy breakfast tacos with any donation to Shirley's kids.

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Enjoy the coffee or an adult beverage.

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Every cruising vehicle is automatically aided to win one of the beautiful chili pepper trophies for Best Hot Rod, Classic and Modern Classic.

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Tailpipes and Tacos Baumont happens Saturday morning, March 21st, 8 to 118.

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If you're a car took like we are, this is the event you'll want to attend.

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The Info Tel Card Talk Show will be online live, and you may be interviewed about your ride.

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Talepipes and Tacos Baumont edition Saturday, March 21st, 8 to 118.

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At the Loopy Tortilla 2050 IT South in Baumont.

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The Katie Talepipes and Tacos happens Easter Saturday, April 4th, 8th to 11.

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The free Tailpipes and Tacos Cruising is a production of Loopy Tortilla Tech Specs, Baumont and Katie.

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It's pretty good.

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And uh thank you for being you today.

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Okay, a couple of stories I want to get in.

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Um first of all, let's talk about the Middle East briefly.

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The escalating conflict in the Middle East has all but closed the Strait of Poor Moose.

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I think they're working on that as we speak.

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I am really proud I don't have one of those.

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I'm proud I don't have one of them.

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Well, he rolled in two minutes ago, he just rolled through.

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That's all right.

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Wind it out to 7,000 and watch it blow up right out there on the feeder road.

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The escalating conflict, Middle East does all but close the Strait of Hormoza Narrow.

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Waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, that is a critical shipping corridor for global trade, threatened to further increase logistics costs for automakers.

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The risks of using the strait have increased insurance costs for cargoes and ships.

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SP Global said in a report on the effects of the war on the automotive industry.

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Hormoz is a major water route for raw materials such as aluminum and petrochemical producers from around the Persian Gulf as well as oil and liquefied petroleum gas.

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That's a car.

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Iran has attacked ships and started to lay mines in the strait.

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Ships seeking to enter the strait are also taking alternate routes, increasing transit time, or preventing cargo from reaching its intended destination.

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Comes on top of the higher energy prices we're all feeling right now.

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Cost of rent crude, for example, now above$100.

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Logistics costs have risen 25 to 30 percent.

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Schnell said fuel clauses, price adjustments linked to fuel costs are standard in contracts, but they typically apply retroactively, creating cash flow pressure for logistics companies when fuel prices spike.

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The President has said that hopefully here very soon all is going to be well.

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Just hang tight.

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Well, we're hanging tight.

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We're waiting, but it's a mess.

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And don't forget, automakers get parts through various uh ways, whether it's uh, you know, shipping precious metals or shipping, you know, wheels or whatever the case may be.

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So that all goes to the straight of hormous.

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I don't think it will see this kind of problem in the near future once this all gets settled.

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And I mentioned this story last week, and I'm gonna mention it again because it's still an issue.

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Car edge data reveals the average vehicle is listed in dealership ads.

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I definitely like that car.

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It is least seven percent less than the actual out-the-door price, the kind of behavior the Federal Trade Commission just called illegal.

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Almost all dealerships omit document fees from their listing prices, which compensates them for processing paperwork.

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Also, about half of the stores charge for add-ons the consumer likely wasn't expecting.

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Car ed statistics spanning thousands of auto deals show the company's business includes providing artificial intelligence to navigate vehicle purchases on behalf of consumers.

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On the whole, the real price of a vehicle was seven to eight percent more than the list priced priced on the dealership's website, not counting taxes and title fees.

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Those website prices also translate to radio and television ads.

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Yep.

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Nay nay, says the Federal Trade Commission.

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All of that is about to change.

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Um CarEdge wrote in a March 3rd news release announcing a new dealership transparency index that relates that rates stores on factors, including the accuracy of their listing prices.

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When you go to buy a new car, don't let them screw you over.

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Oh, well, we put some undercoating on there.

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It's always that, always something.

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Yep.

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Or the document views.

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Well, what about the tax title and license?

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Nay, nay.

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Or etching on all your parts.

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It's all got to be on there.

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I don't like that when car companies, dealerships do that.

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You go into Walmart and you buy something, it's X number of dollars plus tax.

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Right.

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Well, I want to go buy a car the same way.

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It's X number of dollars plus tax.

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God, that's a beautiful car.

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Yeah, butternut yellow big tub.

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That is a Chevet, uh Chevy 2.

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Not a Nova yet, a Chevy 2.67.

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Well, that was beautiful.

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Butternut yellow with a black interior.

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Oh, that car is right there.

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Well, it's the bomb.

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It is the bomb.

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Did you hear that?

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Yeah.

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It's all mufflered up, but boy, those headers have come shining through with that little acceleration camp.

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It's got a what?

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A softer cam in it, it seems like.

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It's just real nice.

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I like it a lot.

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Street car.

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Yeah.

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There goes the Chevelle.

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There he goes.

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You can barely see him.

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Can you see that steering wheel?

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He needs a phone book.

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He does need a phone book.

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So, gentlemen, what do you think of the uh tailpipes and tacos Beaumont?

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You know, I very nice.

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I really didn't know what to expect.

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Yeah, it was open.

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Because the freeway sucks.

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Yeah.

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Did I say that?

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It sucks.

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It's pretty bad.

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It's bad.

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Well, it's going to be a three-hour ride home.

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You know, it's funny because we tend to forget bad freeways once they've reopened and they've fixed them all up and they're nice.

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But if you remember, I-10 the KD freeway was like that.

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All jacked up.

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For years.

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The widest freeway in America, which you include the feeder road.

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40 lanes or something.

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But they didn't really take that long to do a project of that size.

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They really didn't.

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I mean, they jumped on it and got at it.

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Well, guess what?

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That's Houston.

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It's Beaumont.

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Well, there might be Beaumont over here.

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Some might be an environmental.

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There might be like a titsy fly that's invasive over here or something.

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Or some kind of cucaracha bug or whatever.

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It could be.

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Oh, well, wait a minute.

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We're gonna have to reroute the ditch.

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Because you gotta do it.

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Because you've been pouring motor oil in for seven seven years, and we're gonna have to remediate that ditch.

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No, you're not.

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Just pour some concrete over it and you'll be fine.

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Say there you go.

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I mean why?

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Don't do that.

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So it it is really frustrating and bad.

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And somebody, because of the design and the text dot walls of death out here, going from four lanes to two.

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Last night coming in here, traffic was backed up going toward Houston for miles.

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Yeah.

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All the way here.

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And I've gotten caught out there a couple of times.

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There's stretches out here.

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There's no exits because of the construction.

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Are there no rules in place?

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Why?

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Who controls this?

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What moron has come up with this plan?

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It is the dumbest, stupidest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.

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It's not good, I can tell you that.

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They do it everywhere.

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Yes.

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And you know, and here you are on the weekend.

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The weather's nice.

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You want to go.

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You just got through with two weeks of rain, everything's dry, it's all good to go.

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And you're sitting at home on your butt.

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Well, no.

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Or you're doing 30 miles an hour to get to your destination an hour.

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These guys, I mean, all they're doing is going, whatever the boss says, show up and show up and run that great big crane over there with a big pole on it.

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Yeah, move this dirt from here to there.

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Yeah.

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Why does it have to be so difficult?

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The weather's nice.

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Work.

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Who lets these contracts?

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Who says, you know who it is?

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Lawyer.

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Yep.

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That's a fun car right there.

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That is a fun car.

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With the screwed-in black plastic window in the back.

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Yep.

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That's that, yeah.

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That's a fun car.

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There's yours.

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Isn't that our award winner?

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No, no, no.

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No, no.

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Well, it should be.

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Next time.

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Look, he's even got some uh uh extender shackles.

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He's got some shackles on it.

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That's for the traction.

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Yeah.

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I'm skinny biased tires.

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Well, I I think it's just to get it up a little bit so it's so it's even with the front.

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Level it out.

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Leveled it out.

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Um I will say that I have been very impressed with the cars.

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That have uh very impressed by the cars that showed up.

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Very nice.

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You got some nice cars over here, Mars.

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Yes, there is.

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It's a it's a nice community.

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That we need to you need to be more active in.

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And I think that what you need to do now that you're back home with Becky, that you need to say, Becky, I've been given the charge that every night I'm gonna have to go visit a car club meeting wherever it is in the Beaumont Golden Triangle area, and do my pitch about the in real time car talk show.

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Brazil, whichever is closer.

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And uh let's see how that goes over.

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I'll hold I'll hold dinner for you till you get home and take Becky with them.

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She enjoys that, I'm sure.

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She used to.

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She used to go with me every day.

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She does not enjoy it.

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Once the grandkids got here, her priorities shifted.

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Yeah.

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.680
Well, guess what?

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Do you think that they've shifted now that you're at home?

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No.

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My grandkids are older too.

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They're growing up.

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They're in college and off to doing their own.

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Not as far as she's concerned.

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She's hanging on for dear life, gotcha.

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Yeah.

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Another Corvette.

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Nice one.

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Camaro.

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What is that gray?

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Is that a Drangle over there?

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That one over there?

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It is.

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It's a dodge.

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There's an Edzel.

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It's an Edzel all right in front of it.

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It's lowered.

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I didn't see that one come in.

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Well, you know, Mars.

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What have you been doing over there?

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:51.359
Well, it's only uh, you know, we've got we got a few minutes here.

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Well, I got the camera with all the stuff folks.

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Are you letting everybody see what's going on the door?

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Yeah.

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They come through here.

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Okay, yes, they do.

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I'm gonna I'm gonna adjust that.

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So are we going to uh just kind of uh talk bad about people's cars?

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Oh there's a pace car.

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Yeah, and there's the orange Camaro.

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That was one of the winners.

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Where's an orange?

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Oh, that yeah, that's yes, the the pace car.

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You don't see many of those anymore.

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Uh-uh.

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That's uh, yes, that is a 68.

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If I'm not mistaken.

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Pace car?

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No, it's not.

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68?

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That's a very nice Chevy 2.

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Golly, they got a lot of those Chevy 2.

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You know, Russian's race car is that.

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Yes.

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Well, it's not that one, but it's that body style.

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Yeah, body style, yes.

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Before it became a Nova.

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And look at the look at look at the Apala over there.

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Is that a Caprice?

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Two-door Caprice with uh fender wells and everything.

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Yeah, and and fender skirts.

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Fender skirts, is what I meant.

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Yep, fender skirts.

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Nice looking two-door pickup truck there with a nice paint job on it.

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A little spoiler on the on the I like that.

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Yeah.

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There's a man that hey, he's just got some wheels on it, he's good to go.

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There you go.

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And you can do that.

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Check this one coming out here.

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Yeah, there you yeah, that one there.

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I could do that.

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Um, I don't know what it is.

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It's in the 30s.

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Ooh, right here.

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Here you go.

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Oh, yeah.

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Yeah, brother.

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We like your car a lot.

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We'll we'll go for a ride anytime.

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That's a very nice car.

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Yes, it is.

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It kind of reminds me of the Z Z top car.

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Yep.

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Three-window, 32.

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I guess that's a Ford.

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A couple of the cars look really close.

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I don't know enough about them to tell.

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I don't either.

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But we're appreciating it.

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Yeah, we sure do like it.

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Yeah.

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This is like a parade that uh I mean, usually you would have to go through all sorts of heck down at the uh at the parade downtown to see all these cars.

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Yes.

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But this is uh this is established parade of hot rods.

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I like that white corvette.

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Hotness.

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Did you like it?

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:09.519
I wonder how much Outback appreciates us using their parking lot.

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.839
Well, we're just parking out back.

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Yeah.

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Um and a nice bunch of folks, too.

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Yeah.

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Of course, I don't I don't believe that we've ever really had a bad bunch of folks, whatever remote we've ever gone on.

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We've been doing a lot more remotes here recently.

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By the way, so in two weeks we've got the tailpipes and tacos Easter Saturday remote at uh the Lupi at the Lupi Tortilla in Katy, Texas.

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It'll include the the kids' car show.

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Yeah, the kids' car show.

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Easter bunny's gonna be there.

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I can't wait.

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Yep.

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And the kids will go screaming away.

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Yeah, little chocolate eggs and get everybody hyped up on the old Hershey's sugar.

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Absolutely.

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Do you have any candy at the house?

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Do I?

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Yeah.

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I don't think so.

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You get those uh Candy might have her cadre eggs.

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No, nothing like that.

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Nothing like that.

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That's a funny commercial.

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Um look, there's even a Jeep Wrangler over there.

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There you go.

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Convertible.

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Yeah.

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Oh, that's coming from the coffee and cars.

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Yeah, over the silos.

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Is there silos here?

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Five, six miles.

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That's gorgeous.

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That is beautiful.

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Fender skirts, continental kit on the back, convertible.

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It's beautiful.

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It needs those antennas.

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Yes, on the back fenders.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Well, yeah.

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Those are some uh Ronco things.

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But the but the back but the back antennas.

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I had a friend of mine had a 57 Chevrolet convertible, and it had those back antennas on the back of it.

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I guess I stopped out here for some reason.

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Looking at the cars.

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Oh, they're all trying to get in.

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That's what he's trying to get.

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That's right.

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Pick a lane.

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I got some big tired ones there.

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Wore out.

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You wore out your kids.

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Looking at all them cars.

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They're ready to take a nap.

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We know about that.

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We got we had those kids age that.

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Oh, we're ready to take a nap.

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We're right.

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Speak for yourself.

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Yeah.

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I think that we're are we gonna have lunch here today?

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Are you?

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Will you stay for lunch if you're invited?

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Yeah.

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David, would you?

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We're staying for lunch if we're invited.

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You haven't heard?

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Well, you know what?

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I think I could if not, we could we could twist an arm or two.

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Sure, Mars.

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We'd love to have lunch.

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Thank you.

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On in wheel time?

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Oh yeah, no problem.

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Let's go in there and get uh some.

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Where'd that credit card go that we found?

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There's that.

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Yeah.

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Hi you.

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Nice.

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So uh this young lady says her husband is going to release some doves at the end of the show?

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At the end of the car show.

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You raise them, do they come back home after you release them?

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.240
They do?

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How far away are the the coops?

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He would know that.

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That way.

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Hello, sir.

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With the 58 Impala?

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.519
Sir, with the 58 Impala.

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He's ignoring it.

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.440
Yeah, I know.

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.640
Well, he's talking to somebody.

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:27.599
Yeah, the attention span is not there.

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Sir.

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She's gonna find him.

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We like your car a lot.

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That is the bomb, man.

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.839
That is all about it right there.

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.319
Yeah, you well, you got it.

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:44.640
I mean, seriously, that thing pulled in here.

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We got, oh my God, it's even got fender skirts on it.

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Is that a Toyota?

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Is that a Toyota?

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Well, we we appreciate all the work that you've done on that.

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It's a beautiful car.

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Beautiful car.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:58.880
Yeah.

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For everybody here, Lynn and Lee, Lee and Lynn are going to be releasing some dub and bird release back here as part of their uh car show.

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:13.599
And it's the end of the car show, and we need to take a quick break and say goodbye because I let the time get by.

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Just go for it, Mr.

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The Easter Bunny's coming 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.

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It's a cruise in like you've never attended before.

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With the donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Luffy Tortilla breakfast taco.

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There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili pepper trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic.

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There's no entry fee and no registration.

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Just bring your ride and the kids.

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Bad 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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