Exploring Mazda's Latest Lineup and Driving Experience at the Houston Auto Show

Mazda's Lineup & Brand Competitor

Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast , a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning 8 to 11 am , central From the 42nd Annual Houston Auto Show . It's a bonus hour of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show . Lucky you Coming up . We've got another guest from today's new car show , along with a few surprises , and we're also going to have a guest from Mazda talk to us .

Speaker 1 0:34

What ? And at the bottom of the hour , rochelle Salinas , with the Houston Automobile Dealers Association , joins us to give you a preview of what you can expect when you come out to the show either this afternoon or tomorrow . Howdy , along with Mike , out of this world bars . We always need more Jeff Zekin and our chief engineer and bottle washer , david Ainsley .

Speaker 2 0:57

I'm Don .

Speaker 1 0:57

Armstrong , glad that you could join us today here inside NRG Center . And , by the way , not only is the car show going on here , got the boat show going on down there . And then later on we got the monster truck show over at NRG Stadium .

Speaker 2 1:14

It's happening .

Speaker 1 1:15

It's a car-filled day , automobile happening , autobotive happening . So who's our guest ? Mr Mars , this is Mr Britton Smith with Mazda .

Speaker 2 1:24

He's actually with Jeff Haas Mazda here in town Very good .

Speaker 3 1:28

But he knows everything there is to know about what Mazda's got here at this show . All righty , he told me , jeff .

Speaker 1 1:34

Haas . Mazda has been around since the beginning of Mazda , which was born , I think , in 1900 .

Speaker 2 1:41

Correct , mazda has himself .

Speaker 1 1:43

Yeah .

Speaker 2 1:44

But you don't look that old .

Speaker 1 1:45

Where is Jeff Haas Mazda ?

Speaker 2 1:47

We are off of I-10 in Barker Cypress over near Katy .

Speaker 1 1:50

I know exactly where you are . So that's sort of like an automobile row of I-10 . Well , there's that and there's also right . He's just south of West Houston Airport .

Speaker 3 2:00

Yeah .

Speaker 1 2:03

Yeah , right there by Bark barker reservoir .

Speaker 2 2:04

I know all that so when you get off your plane , you come right to the dealership there you go , fly in , drive out , fly right into the dealership .

Speaker 1 2:11

Right there we got a little landing strip in the back . Why didn't I think of that ? Um , is your first name , britain , correct ?

Speaker 2 2:17

like the country just sped a little differently interesting .

Speaker 1 2:20

So what were your parents thinking ?

Speaker 2 2:22

uh well , my parents were thinking , well , how are we going to honor my grandmother ? They were like , well , that's her last name , so let's make it his first name .

Speaker 3 2:28

Oh wonderful , there you go . All right , there you go . I love it . I'm here for it .

Speaker 1 2:32

It's very unique . I don't know . I've never met a Briton before and hopefully the last time .

Speaker 2 2:36

I'm just kidding .

Speaker 1 2:39

Yeah , so when you were going through school , did the kids make ?

Speaker 2 2:45

fun of you or anything . Always the question I got was are you really from Britain ? And I would always fake a British accent yes , of course I am . So when you were learning about Britain in school , did they all look at you ?

Speaker 1 2:59

I don't know why but , every time they were like , oh , and we have the namesake here , that's it . Do I look like I'm just kidding ? So how long have you been with Jeff Haas ?

Speaker 2 3:05

I've been with Jeff Haas for almost two years now , but I've been a Mazda enthusiast since .

Speaker 1 3:10

Oh my , gosh Dirt Since dirt . Yeah . Well , from time to time we get to drive new Mazdas in the press fleet and there aren't as many Mazdas in the press fleet as we'd like actually . Yeah , and that has nothing to do with you or us . It has to do with Mazda putting vehicles in the press fleet for us to drive . Why everybody doesn't do that ? Because it's free advertising . You can't buy Exactly , but I don't know . I'm not in charge of anything and don't want to be .

Speaker 2 3:43

What Mazdas have you all driven ?

Speaker 1 3:44

Oh God , well I'll tell you what .

Speaker 2 3:47

How much time do we got ?

Speaker 1 3:48

Let's turn it around on you and let's name the models of Mazda that there are .

Speaker 2 3:53

Let's do it .

Speaker 1 3:54

Start from the bottom , the entry-level Mazda . All right , the entry-level Mazda is going to be our Mazda 3 sedan and hatchback , which I am actually a current owner of um .

Speaker 2 4:08

Then you go , which one ? The hatchback , of course , practicality . 65 inch tv , german shepherd across the country .

Speaker 1 4:11

Easy got it .

Speaker 2 4:12

Yes , all right the next ones are going to be the suvs . Starting from the bottom , we have the mazda cx30 , our sub compact suv , yep . Then you're going to have the mazda cx5 , right , that's Mazda's bread and butter , best-selling vehicle to date worldwide , yeah . And then next is going to be the all-new for 2023 , the CX-50 , which I was also an owner of as well . Isn't the 5 going away ? It is not going away . The CX-5 and CX-50 are going to sell alongside each other Redesign . And you may see something online if you type in 2026 CX-5 , maybe .

Speaker 1 4:46

Can't say too much , Because they are different and because of the popularity of the CX-5 , they're hanging on to it . That is correct .

Speaker 2 4:54

And then , after the CX-50 , is going to be our next model , which is going to be the CX-70 . The CX-70 and the CX-90 , which is the next one , are siblings . They're on the new large platform rear wheel drive architecture . I don't know if y'all got to experience no , we haven't yet take the miata and just put three rows I've heard that and , uh , I'm going .

Speaker 1 5:16

Uh , okay , I gotta see it , you have to . You got it down there we do .

Speaker 2 5:20

We have both of them here we have the plug-in hybrid option , which is all new for us , and we have our inline six , developed in Japan as well , all in-house .

Speaker 1 5:28

Very nice yeah Give me the six . What did you say ? I said give me the six .

Speaker 2 5:34

Give me the six all day , any day .

Speaker 1 5:35

Inline six , and these guys know this I am an inline six guy . I'll take an inline six over a V8 , and I'll hop that inline six up and I'll beat that V8 .

Speaker 2 5:48

Are you listening , Dylan ? You hear that he's a V8 Chevy guy .

Speaker 1 5:53

Yeah , well , I am that , but I prefer inline six .

Speaker 2 5:57

A smooth , perfectly balanced , streamlined drive .

Speaker 1 5:59

Because that's what I got . I opened up the hood of an old pickup truck and it had a 235 Blue Flame 6 in it and I probably doubled the horsepower in that thing . He was 40 whenever he did that . I did not . I was not 40 . I was like 16 , but that's okay .

Speaker 2 6:21

You can pretend I was 40 .

Speaker 1 6:24

All right . So you are a product specialist , yes , and a salesperson , but you are a product specialist , yes , and a salesperson , but you're not selling these here , because I understand that , you know , the whole idea behind this show is the fact that we don't want to pressure these people to buy a new car . Come learn about the car . That's right , compare the cars . So my next question to you is who is your biggest competitor ? Ooh , toyota .

Speaker 2 6:48

You know , what's really interesting about Mazda is we really straddle the middle between the mainstream competitors and really that luxury market as well . Mazda is positioning themselves to be nicer materials on the inside than some of our mainstream competitors like Toyota , Honda , Subaru and kind of reaching for that premium status of Lexus , Acura , BMW , Mercedes , without the price tag associated and with the expensive maintenance as well very good answer yeah I like it , thank you can I get that in writing ?

Speaker 1 7:18

that's right , exactly . Well , and I think that that's a good description . Uh , because the ones that we have always driven , uh , the mainstays . We obviously haven't driven the brand , brand , brand new ones , but the ones that we have driven are just that , even the , the mazda miata , mx5 and we put those two words together because some people know what the mx5 is most recognized miata and it still is , to this day , how we all internally refer to it , oh you're here to drive the MX-5 ?

Speaker 2 7:50

You mean the Miata ? Yeah , miata is always the answer , yeah .

Speaker 1 7:53

And you know I get the naming . No , I don't . I've never gotten the naming thing with the alphanumeric stuff of any vehicle manufacturer , because I'm old and I realize that you know I want the Cadillac Escalade . We realize it too .

Speaker 3 8:09

Et cetera et cetera the names .

Speaker 1 8:11

Yeah , that way , but so which of all of those vehicles that you name is your biggest seller ?

Speaker 2 8:18

Oh , cx-5 by and far . It really is by far . Oh yes , the CX-5 sells three to one what the CX-50 does . Just in comparison , the CX-5 is really positioned to be the direct competitor to all of our other rivals , their compact crossovers , rav4 , cr-v . You could go Acura , rdx , bmw X3 .

Speaker 1 8:38

Five passenger , two row Five passenger two row .

Speaker 3 8:41

Yeah , that's a real heavy . I mean that's a very competitive segment .

Speaker 2 8:43

Very , very competitive segment , and we have something that a lot of other competitors don't really have is a multi-link independent rear suspension on the mainstream side , and so for the cx-5 to have that and ride smooth without that luxury price tag is something that you really can't find in the market right now interesting .

Speaker 1 9:00

Uh , what kind of engine ? There are the options to engines in that vehicle ?

Speaker 2 9:04

in the cx-5 . Yeah , you have the same engine size and pretty much same configuration , but you have naturally aspirated and you have a turbo engine as well .

Speaker 1 9:12

Okay , all right . And how much horsepower do the two have ? Do you know ?

Speaker 2 9:16

Yes , the naturally aspirated on regular fuel by itself makes 187 horsepower , 187 pound-feet of torque , and it's mated to a six-speed automatic transmission . The turbo makes 256 horsepower on premium fuel and 320 pound-feet of torque On regular gas , which it is engineered to run on as well . 227 horsepower , I want the turbo I have a turbo , I'll tell you and my Mazda 3 hatchback , night and day difference . Yes , I do .

Speaker 1 9:46

Wow , yes , I've driven the turbo and it works well . Interesting Now . Did you actually buy this car , or is it a demo ?

Speaker 2 9:54

Oh no , I bought it with my own money . This is my second , third Mazda that I bought with my own money .

Speaker 1 9:58

Did you get the friends and family discount ?

Speaker 2 10:01

You know you'd be shocked about the pricing for Mazdas . You know it's . When you compare it to the domestics I'll say way less . And that's Mazda's philosophy . When a client comes in to any Mazda dealer , it's the same price across every dealership and the market is this little . Really this little 2.5% , kind of like McDonald's . You know what you're going to get , you get a value meal . Yeah , basically , you know what you're getting when you walk in and it's a streamlined experience . It's like a boutique Take it off the shelf , take it to the register .

Speaker 1 10:30

How is your inventory ?

Speaker 2 10:32

We are the largest Mazda dealer in the nation right now .

Speaker 3 10:35

Wow .

Speaker 2 10:35

And our inventory . We've got plenty , so come on down .

Speaker 1 10:41

Plenty .

Speaker 2 10:42

We've got plenty .

Speaker 1 10:43

How many is plenty ? Is that five , or is that 50 ?

Speaker 2 10:46

We've got a full front parking lot and our building stretches oh my goodness , it's probably over 200 feet long and we've got a whole parking lot of CX-5s , cx-30s , mazda 3s , cx-50s , hybrids , plug-in hybrids , everywhere .

Speaker 1 11:02

Do you have storage lots off the ?

Speaker 2 11:04

main property . Right behind us , we just built a brand-new parking garage garage and Jeff is very proud of it .

Speaker 3 11:09

Yeah . So they're not all just sitting out in the sun and the weather and the hurricanes and the snowfall .

Speaker 2 11:15

There was covered parking at one point and now we have a new open parking lot at the back , but that way they're locked and safe as well .

Speaker 1 11:22

Does Jeff show up there every day ?

Speaker 2 11:23

He's there every single day .

Speaker 1 11:25

Yeah .

Speaker 2 11:25

One of the best people I've ever met Is he right over your shoulder going .

Speaker 1 11:29

How dare you what ?

Speaker 3 11:31

are you doing ? Give that . How are you doing Exactly ?

Speaker 2 11:35

No , Jeff is one of the most down-to-earth , normal people I've ever met and when you really if you never really had experience with like owners or like just these , like big , unattainable people they're normal people just like you and I , that's nice . They're normal people just like you and I , that's nice . Cracks jokes . Invites us up to his office . He'll come down and sit at our desks with us .

Speaker 1 11:52

Cool , he's normal like us .

Speaker 2 11:53

Yeah , normal , like us , not like us . There's nobody like us , not y'all , not y'all , not in real time . No , yeah , yeah , we're the father time is what we are and I the show . What was the dinosaur that you wrote ?

Speaker 1 12:07

that's exactly yeah , mars , that's . Your next job is to find the dinosaur that we're going to roll out of here on , and put a cable on it uh-huh , flintstones meet the flintstones yeah , everybody now , um , hey , sing along you know , I .

Comparison of Driving Experiences With Mazda

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I think that it's interesting that most people don't really know of the japanese manufacturers . They know that toyota is , but the others is kind of like subu's made in japan . They're competitors at mazda japan . And when somebody says to me , well , what do you recommend ? I say , well , what country do you want to drive ? Because the driving experience in each country is different . You're correct , japanese feels different than German , feels different than American , different than german , feels different than american . Name it whatever it is in . Those countries have their own philosophy about designing a car and the ride . And if you're going to , in my estimation , if you're going to go look at a cx5 , did you ? If you're going to compare it to other japanese makers , well , we know what they are . But if you're going to compare it to other japanese makers , well , we know what they are . But if you're going to compare it to , let's say , for instance , bmw , that's a whole different experience . Compare it to the vw . Um , if you're going to buy american , my god , all of the major three manufacturers have a competitor with the CX-5 .

Speaker 2 13:50

They do .

Speaker 1 13:50

Go drive the competitor , the CX-5 , and you're going to find a different driving experience to each of those because they're designed , built , in a different country . Yes , some of them are manufactured in the United States , but it's the way they're designed Right . And I will tell you that , driving all of these cars that we drive one different one every week you can really tell the difference , not that one's better or worse than the other , it's just the style , the feel of the car when you drive it down the road . If you're a real car person and you're looking to get into the driving experience of , say , a Mazda CX-5 , drive it , go , compare it . You may really get off to the way that the Japanese design their cars . I do .

Speaker 1 14:39

I bought a Lexus that I fell in love with . This was years ago . Fell in love with that thing , but that was the wife drove it . You know she loved it and resonated with it , whereas if she went , went for the competitor to it . Whatever chevy was making at the time . Totally different . Yeah , and I would suggest that to anybody that asked me that you're going to shop the car right and drive it . Treat it as a different thing . Take whatever it is that you're driving , put that aside and go in with an open mind . Right , find out what country you want to drive and then compare the two .

Speaker 2 15:18

I'll tell you just to give you a little glimpse into Mazda's philosophy for their vehicles . One little instance of this Every single button in all of our cars is programmed to have the exact same tactile feel across all of them the window switches , the AC controls and it's that attention to detail that the Japanese focus on and Mazda technicians and engineers really hone in on , because that shows everything that we care about our vehicles . Every car is carved in clay before it ever goes into production by Takumi Craftsman in Japan . Every single one has human soul in it , and so that's different when you're talking about well , maybe it's not the most spacious , maybe it's not the most economical , but it's the design and the purpose and philosophy in our cars which really drives our customers .

Speaker 1 16:05

And I agree . You know it's funny . Did you ever go to the ? I guess it was when the MX-5 came out and somehow , someway , I guess , I weaseled my way into Koda and they had a division race there of Miatas , a very competitive thing , and it's a whole other story that I don't want to get into today because it's too involved . But it's a whole other story that I don't want to get into today because it's too involved , but it's a whole culture of Miata people . And you know , here's the engine . This is the engine I've got in this one , this is the engine I've got in this one . We all compete . It's a whole thing .

Speaker 1 16:41

Yeah , we did a couple of , but when they designed that Mazda Miata , the new one that you're selling today , they look at your driving position behind the steering wheel , because I don't know whether you were paying attention to it . Most people don't . You actually don't usually sit directly behind the steering wheel . You may be off an inch , sometimes two inches , but you're sitting back far enough . You really don't pay that much of attention . They do and they make a big deal out of that and they design the car around the driver's driving position , ergonomics and it was amazing to hear the engineer talk about that .

Speaker 2 17:18

And that philosophy is called Jimba Itai , which translates to horse and rider as one . The car should be a natural extension of your body .

Speaker 1 17:26

Where is your display ?

Speaker 2 17:27

We are located right after Honda and we're right behind Subaru as well .

Speaker 1 17:31

So you walk in the front door and you just kind of look either side and you're right in the middle .

Speaker 2 17:35

You go in the front door to the left all the way back and look for the big Mazda sign or if you're in for beer .

Speaker 1 17:40

we're right next to the beer garden , and how can you ? Forget beer garden . Britain is great to talk to .

Speaker 2 17:46

Of course . Thank you all so much for having me . Hey , thank you . We really appreciate you . Thank you very much .

Speaker 1 17:50

Very much so .

Speaker 2 17:52

Very informative .

Speaker 1 17:53

We'll tell Jeff , send you again .

Speaker 2 17:55

Oh , thank you .

Speaker 1 17:55

All right , take care of yourself , we appreciate it .

Speaker 1 18:03

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Speaker 1 20:48

Oh boy , here we go has figured out a way to put pictures with our little game that we play , and so the game that we play is Mars . Are you listening ?

Speaker 3 20:59

Yes , sir , absolutely .

Speaker 1 21:00

No , you're not . You're over there looking at download speeds and you need to calm that down and pay attention here .

Speaker 2 21:06

I'm paying attention , are you ? You need a quarter .

Speaker 1 21:09

No , I don't , but so we guess . As to the boys , I guess how much these cars sold , for You're included too , David .

Speaker 3 21:20

So turn on your microphone . Kylie's right there . Kylie can guess too . All right , you want to get on ?

Speaker 1 21:24

How much do you think a 2006 Cadillac XLR-V sold for on Hemmings this week ? Not ?

Speaker 3 21:35

enough .

Speaker 1 21:35

Now , this is based on a Corvette chassis that Cadillac built for a few years . It is a two-door little sports car , two-seat convertible . Okay , cool looking . So how much do you think ? Come back over here , ben , hey , look at it . $9,000 . How much $9,000 . $9,000 ? Really Okay , jeff , I'm going to go . It's probably going to be high , but I'm going to go $32,000 .

Speaker 3 22:02

$32,000 ? Yeah , wow , okay . And Mr Morris , how much do you think ?

Speaker 1 22:06

I'm going to go $16,000 . What do you think ? Kylie says $18,000 . $18,000 ? It sold for $37,013 .

Speaker 3 22:16

You go , jeff . Whoa , I'm going to tub it out when I get it .

Speaker 1 22:19

Yeah , that's a good-looking little car . It really is .

Speaker 2 22:28

Unfortunately it had the North Star engine in it and it just didn't resonate with Cadillac buyers .

Speaker 1 22:30

Tub it and put the LS in it . Yeah , that's it Moving on . All right . Here's one that's a little bit earlier than Kylie has been around . I don't think her mother was born in 1975 no , um so this is a 1975 chevrolet caprice . You remember the caprice , great big sedan . Now , this is a . This is , this is a two-door , okay , a two-door big boat , boat is what it is convertible it's convertible with wire

Speaker 1 23:00

wheels yes , it looks like it's a convertible and it's got well , it's got wire wheel covers I think yeah , because I had those on my nose and white walls .

Speaker 1 23:10

So how much do you think that that would have sold ? For now let me just say this . I'm going to give you a little hint . This is a car that has either been restored or it's all original , with low miles and really looks nice . Little tlc on it , a little tlc . I'm going to say 18 , 18 , 25 , 100 or 1000 , 000 . No , no , no , no , david just said 25 . So I went 18 , 25 I'm in a moment , a moment a moment you went 12 12 .

Speaker 1 23:40

Kylie says 22 . It sold for $29,400 . Jeez , I win there you go . Okay , now here's one that Kylie would really like . This car , I think it's a 2003 BMW M3 . It's a four-seat , really . A four-seat sports car is what this is , yeah , but you don't use that . And it's a convertible .

Speaker 3 24:01

It's two and-seat really a four-seat sports car is what this is .

Speaker 1 24:02

Yeah , but you don't use that and it's a convertible . It's two and a half .

Speaker 3 24:05

Don't believe him on the back seat , okay , well , don't confuse the issue .

Speaker 1 24:07

Sorry , what year again ? 2003 , bmw M3 . 13th out 16 . You said 13 ? 13 . David said 13 . I say 16 . You say $16,000 . I would go $15,000 . David knows all this weird stuff . You guys are all in the same tub . It sold for $14,175 .

Speaker 3 24:33

I think that was her guess . Did I win ? I won .

Speaker 1 24:36

Again . Now let's go back to the boat era , since we got the auto boat in show , here's a boat A 1976 Oldsmobile 98 . Yeah , baby , this was about as big as they ever got . Okay , a 76 Oldsmobile 98 . It's a coupe . No , I'm sorry , it's a sedan . It's a four-door sedan . It's a hardtop . The opera sorry , it's a sedan . It's a four-door sedan . It's a hard top .

Speaker 2 25:03

The opera window fender skirts the opera window back there and it's got the fender skirt

Classic Car Auction Banter

Speaker 2 25:08

on it .

Speaker 1 25:08

This thing is as ugly as the day is long and I think those hubcaps , they each weighed a ton , uh-huh , and the color is beige . Yeah , baby , beige vinyl beige and brown . If you want to get boring , beige will do it for me . I'm going to go nine .

Speaker 3 25:25

You may like beige , I don't like beige , I like beige . What did you say ? Skin colored , how's that ? He said 11 .

Speaker 1 25:30

I say nine . Oh , I was going to go 12 . How much .

Speaker 2 25:35

It needs a propeller .

Speaker 1 25:38

Yeah , pretty much .

Speaker 3 25:43

It would sink immediately , but so it sold for ten thousand six hundred five one nine eleven , ten , six , oh five . Wow , that was close .

Speaker 1 25:48

We're doing that one , that thing there that would be a perfect hot rod tour of texas absolutely .

Speaker 2 25:53

Oh yeah , float down the next job , just sleeping .

Speaker 1 25:55

Next , let's go to the hot rod Tour stuff 1972 , plymouth , cuda .

Speaker 2 26:05

Not .

Speaker 1 26:05

Barracuda , but a Cuda .

Speaker 3 26:09

Okay , 72 .

Speaker 1 26:10

Cuda , it is red in color . It looks like it's stock , yeah , but that could be a Well , it's got a sunburnt finish .

Speaker 2 26:19

It's got several different things there , Ooh there's some pins .

Speaker 1 26:23

All right , I'm going to uh west point . Thank you , west point . Thank you west point . It's all good . Yeah , appreciate it . Sunroof , you got white interior buckets . Yeah , I mean , there's so much variation now it is a 72 cuda . So that alone , despite the fact that it may have been crunched and repainted whatever it's still a 72 Cuda .

Speaker 1 26:45

But what I'm doing is I'm hinting to you here that this is not so much the attention to detail of the car . We don't know . I don't know all of the details about it , but it is a 72 Plymouth Cuda .

Speaker 2 26:57

Just keep that in mind .

Speaker 1 26:58

David , your turn . How much . 19 . He 19 . He said 19 . I was going to go a little higher , but I'm not . I'm going to go 17 . Mars 24 . 37 , 275 .

Speaker 3 27:13

So it is kind of hot Brought it up . Well , you could have a six-cylinder all the way up to a .

Speaker 1 27:19

I know I know , we don't know what it has .

Speaker 3 27:21

Wait , you have a six-cylinder all the way up to a . I know , I know we don't know what it has 360 . Wait a minute , it's got a sunroof .

Speaker 2 27:25

It's got a sunroof what ?

Speaker 3 27:25

does it say on the hood Are you cheating ?

Speaker 1 27:26

It just says Cuda .

Speaker 3 27:34

Cuda TA TA . Yeah , that's a 340 .

Speaker 1 27:36

All right , so it's got a small V8 .

Speaker 2 27:37

All right .

Speaker 1 27:38

So here we go . Here's your next one . Here we go , a 1966 Ford F100 . An F100 . It's a good-looking truck , it is . It's painted white with a black bumper and clearly it's been restored somewhat . I don't know , I wouldn't call it a restomod . Y'all okay , 1966 Ford F100 . David , did you see it ? Can't see it .

Speaker 2 28:06

I saw it on the back of the paper .

Speaker 1 28:08

There , it is right . There Got a picture of that Mars . What do you think that went for $12,000 .

Speaker 2 28:13

$12,000? .

Speaker 1 28:14

You're going to go with $12,000 , mars , you took mine . What did you ? $16,000 . $16,000 ? $17 , what did you ? 16 . 16 ? 17 . 17 . It sold for $18,375 .

Speaker 2 28:23

I'll take it Nice .

Speaker 1 28:24

I know I would too , because it's nice . I don't know if it's got a V8 in it , but it doesn't mean anything . I'll take the 6 or the 8 . It doesn't mean anything . And here's Jeff's car .

Speaker 2 28:33

Yeah,000 . Oh , my God .

Speaker 1 28:33

Priceless . That's Jeff . What did you say Priceless ? David says $4,000 . I want to go $6,000 . Jeff's going $6,000 . Michael's going . I would say $3,000 .

Speaker 3 28:58

It's a convertible , so I'll go $8,000 .

Speaker 1 29:00

I'll give it a little you can have that car for $4,300 .

Speaker 3 29:04

I should have went for three . I should have went with my first guess . Oh my God , go with your first choice , but you know what it's clean , I would drive it .

Speaker 2 29:15

Just for the heck of it .

Speaker 1 29:16

I'd buy that car and I'd drive it today . Seriously , I would . You would Look at it . I understand White on white convertible with a white interior .

Speaker 3 29:24

That'd be a chick matter for you .

Speaker 1 29:25

It would be You'd be like Bernie sitting in the back . That's right .

Speaker 3 29:31

If you talk about it .

Speaker 1 29:33

Oh my God . Well , that was fun . Nobody said we didn't have a good time on this show . Hey , if you'd like to get in touch with us , shoot us an email . The address is info at inwheeltimecom . And be sure and follow us on Facebook and YouTube . And all that other stuff Back in a flash .

Speaker 1 29:48

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Speaker 3 30:48

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Speaker 1 31:18

That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show . I'm Don Armstrong , inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning on Facebook , youtube , twitch and our InWheelTimecom website . Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts , spotify , stitcher , iheart Podcast , podcast Addict TuneIn , pandora and Amazon Music . Keep listening and we'll see you soon .