Fatherhood and Fast Cars: A Cruise-In with Chase Murray

Car Talk Show With Chase Murray

Speaker 1 0:03

From the tailpipes that tacos cruise in . At the Loopy Tortilla Tech Smacks in Katy , texas , it's the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show Coming up . We've got more car people , and amongst them is a fellow by the name of Chase Murray .

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All right .

Speaker 1 0:18

We're going to talk to him coming up next You'll learn all about it and his mama and his mama and his mama and his mama and his new baby .

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And a new baby .

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Howdy , along with Mike , out of this world , mars . We always need more . Jeff Zekin . Chief Engineer David Ainsley , I'm Don Armstrong . Thanks so much for joining us on our extended show . Today here at the Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise Inn , we're going to be announcing winners of the three categories for the Chili Pepper Trophies coming up , I think , at the bottom of the hour . Are you going to ?

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do that , we'll see . Oh , come on .

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Maybe it's going to be your mama .

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It might be . It might be , mama , there's your mama right there and your grandmama right there .

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Ladies , how are you Enjoying the weather ? Chase Murray is a longtime well . I've known him all my life .

Speaker 2 1:10

Yeah .

Speaker 1 1:10

Good , he's only 22 .

Speaker 2 1:14

And a few and a few . Yeah , we're not counting those anymore , so it's all good , I know all about that , don .

Speaker 3 1:21

Quid is 22 ?

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also yeah , so how you been . What's new ?

Speaker 2 1:24

New baby new baby , so also yeah , so how you been . What's new ? New baby , New baby so congratulations , Dad .

Speaker 1 1:29

So when was the baby born ?

Speaker 2 1:32

Thank you . Baby was born on the 13th on Wednesday . 7 pounds , 7 ounces .

Speaker 1 1:37

Healthy baby boy . How's mama doing ?

Speaker 2 1:39

She's doing great recovering .

Speaker 1 1:41

Is she back home ?

Speaker 2 1:44

Back home thank goodness , a lot to learn and a lot to look forward to oh , my God Listen .

Speaker 3 1:50

I would not trade those days for anything .

Speaker 1 1:52

Right .

Speaker 2 1:53

Anything .

Speaker 1 1:53

I wish I could do it all over again with my girls .

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Such a special experience ? I've only heard about it .

Speaker 1 1:59

Now you get to live it .

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I get to live it and it's been great so far , and everything that everyone said has been true so what is this young individual's name ? Ty alexander murray . So seven pounds , seven ounces , um beautiful baby boy did you smoke a cigar ? I didn't , but I'll have to call in uh stan , the man for that .

Speaker 1 2:18

He's the aficionado for sure , see , I don't do cigars , I don't care Well if it's a new baby you've got to take a puff off a cigar .

Speaker 3 2:25

You know my favorite cigars I use the bubblegum cigars .

Speaker 1 2:27

Is that ?

Speaker 4 2:27

right , my favorite are called it's a Boy .

Speaker 1 2:30

Yeah , those are my favorite ones . They got those yeah .

Speaker 2 2:41

It's a .

Speaker 1 2:41

Boy cigars yeah , you can't beat it . It's kind of like what is that ? Moet champagne that everybody buys for New Year's Eve ? Oh God , that's headache in a bottle for me .

Speaker 2 2:51

Wow . You just have to learn not to drink so much Don .

Speaker 1 2:54

It wasn't that . It was like one glass and boom boom boom Well that's good .

Speaker 2 3:00

Yeah , we're all so blessed . It's just been a great experience with family all around us and just blessed .

Speaker 1 3:07

That's all I can say , yeah , I hear you , that's good , and we kind of turned into we are your adopted family .

Speaker 2 3:16

That's it . Whether you like it or not brother , the good news is I love all of you guys .

Speaker 3 3:20

Yeah , we love you too , the family you don't invite to Thanksgiving .

Speaker 4 3:22

Stan was saying you're having trouble holding a baby and shifting the car . Was that true ?

Speaker 2 3:25

Yeah , you know . But we can get it worked out . I think I can take some pointers from my mom .

Speaker 3 3:29

You know , chick with a stick , she's pretty good at driving stick cars , get one of those carriers where the baby sits in front of you , oh yeah .

Speaker 1 3:39

I've got that going baby , I've got it .

Speaker 2 3:40

Oh yeah , yeah , A lot of research done before this baby came he had nine months to do that .

Speaker 1 3:44

So did you score big time on the shower . Did they have a baby shower for you ?

Speaker 2 3:52

Well , yeah , pretty much yeah , Car parts wind blower .

Speaker 3 3:55

Yeah , I mean , we put .

Speaker 2 3:56

Summit and Jigs on there , and so no one's picked up the supercharger yet , but it's still possible , it's still time know I'm gonna go ahead and send that link to stan . See what I can get out of it .

Speaker 1 4:08

There you go , yeah , well , um , it's great to have you here did you are you where ? Where are you ? Where are you living these days ?

Speaker 2 4:18

I'm living eight minutes down the road in the west side of katie over how are you Very good ? Okay , so my wife and I are settled in . We're newlyweds and new parents , new jobs all around .

Speaker 1 4:31

Newlyweds , but you've been dating for a long time .

Speaker 2 4:34

Yeah , we've been together for over five years but we just got married in February and it's been a whirlwind of emotions and experiences , but it's been a really good time in both of our lives . Yeah , it's been a really good time in both of our lives .

Speaker 1 4:45

Yeah , it's good You're on your way , and how's your dad ?

Speaker 2 4:47

He's doing well . I got to see him a few days ago for the birth and he's still building motors over there in Orange , Texas , at Diamondback Performance . We'd still like to talk to him . If you can get him to do it . Yeah , for sure , for sure .

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Yeah .

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But he's loving it . I've got at least 400 Hot Wheels cars that he bought for the baby boy .

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Thank you , Dad .

Speaker 3 5:09

When the day comes and he doesn't swallow them , then you're doing fine , yeah , he is , he kind of holds on to it for that yeah .

Speaker 1 5:15

So let's talk about your racing endeavors . Is that still continuing ?

Speaker 2 5:21

Racing is still continuing . I slowed it down some obviously to prepare for baby boy and , believe it or not , my wife's chomping at the bit to get back out there more than me .

Speaker 3 5:33

Really , she's got a brand new dragster . That's what we heard . Was she racing before ? Yes , I mean , that's just part of what y'all do , yeah , that's how we met at the racetrack , we met at State Capitol .

Speaker 1 5:43

As I mentioned to Stan , it sounds awfully familiar . Yeah , met the girl at the racetrack . Dated her for a while , and then they get married , then they have babies .

Speaker 4 5:56

What is it with ?

Speaker 1 5:56

these cars and racing and stuff .

Speaker 3 5:59

Girls , fast women , that's it . Fast women , a different kind of fast .

Speaker 4 6:04

They know how to drive a stick . Yeah , that's it Fast women . That's it Fast women . A different kind of fast , that'll do it . That know how to drive a stick , yeah .

Speaker 1 6:07

So you've scaled it back . So what's Mama got cooking ?

Speaker 2 6:11

Mama , like I said , is itching and trying to get back in that dragster .

Speaker 1 6:15

Okay , what class dragster she ?

Speaker 2 6:19

is running a super comp dragster 175 miles an hour , 8.9 seconds . She grew up the same way I did in a junior dragster at eight years old .

Speaker 1 6:28

Is that where you met her junior dragsters ?

Speaker 2 6:32

We have a slight age gap , but I was actually testing my top dragster while she was testing her 330 Outlaw junior dragster in Baton Rouge , louisiana , and so you know we said hey and took a picture and a few years down the road we ended up together .

Speaker 4 6:48

And it was hey , hey , yeah .

Speaker 2 6:52

So yeah , it's good to say that . You know we're all racers and we have a great time .

Speaker 1 6:59

That's good . I understand also that you've been brought into the Loopy Tortilla organization .

Speaker 2 7:04

I have . Yeah , stan has brought me in under his wing as director of operations Awesome . Every day I'm learning , helping out these guys and seeing what true rock stars they are . We really have some great people here , yeah , so it's a blessing to be able to see them and what they do for the organization . They're just so kind and caring people .

Speaker 1 7:28

That's in any of the Lupe organizations . There's one guy that's instrumental in that he's sitting right over there . That's Stan . It's amazing that everybody loves this guy .

Speaker 2 7:41

They do .

Speaker 1 7:42

Respect him . It's a pleasure to be around him . They do and respect him and it's a pleasure to be around him . It is Kind of like a Billy Graham in a car kind of way . Can I say that ?

Speaker 2 7:53

Yeah .

Speaker 1 7:55

It is kind of that way , and you know he welcomes everybody and it permeates the organization that he's created . And I know that you just got through telling me hey , don , you know , we're putting all the loopy tortillas kind of under one umbrella kind of again . And you know men and fences and all that , and that's fine , well and good , but you guys basically take care of four stores , correct ?

Speaker 2 8:22

That's correct . Yeah , we're over here at Grand Parkway we have the original , which is 40 years old . As you know , we have Beaumont Texas and Call the Station Texas as well . All four of them are just thriving and full of great people , and I can't help but say it all trickles down from Stan .

Speaker 1 8:40

I know , yes , it does . So is Jaime still part of the ?

Speaker 2 8:44

Unfortunately , we tried to run him off , you know , but when you got a hell of a manager in Beaumont , Well you know .

Speaker 1 8:51

Jaime and I have history .

Speaker 2 8:52

Yeah , yeah , do we want to talk about that ? Yeah , we do . Can we talk about that on the air or ?

Speaker 1 8:57

not

Catering Experience and Racing Stories

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. Jaime taught me many things in the catering department and he also taught me how to actually be fed when I'm doing a catering event , because typically there's no time for that . But at the end of the service he had a styrofoam cup like this put a little rice down in there , you put some beans in there and you put some fajita meat in there and there's your meal in a cup there . Put some fajita meat in there and there's your meal in a cup .

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There you go .

Speaker 1 9:26

And I think that it ought to be a to-go menu item , don't you think ? Because it worked for me . So Jaime taught me many things , and Jaime and Mikey and me , we did the catering thing for a couple of years , and what an experience that was .

Speaker 2 9:42

Yeah , he's a Jaime's a great guy . I love hanging out with him . I have such a long history with him , even before you know being involved with Lupe's in that capacity .

Speaker 1 9:53

Yeah .

Speaker 2 9:53

But he's just a great guy .

Speaker 1 9:54

He is Now . Isn't he married now ?

Speaker 2 9:58

He has a baby .

Speaker 1 9:59

I cannot imagine little Jaime . Anyway , I've got a picture .

Speaker 2 10:04

The good news is the baby's the same size as him .

Speaker 1 10:07

That's not much of a stretch because Jaime's a small guy . But great heart and a good guy .

Speaker 2 10:13

Small but mighty , he gets stuff done , there's no doubt .

Speaker 1 10:18

Is he in Beaumont ?

Speaker 2 10:18

He is in Beaumont . We're blessed to have him part of this team . It's been a very long time with Lupe Tortilla .

Speaker 1 10:26

Well , yeah , because I was there with him from pretty much the beginning . I don't know if he beat me much by being at the original one , do you ? It was about the same time , yeah , and I don't know how Stan managed to put the three of us together , but those boys taught me a lot and it was good , good times .

Speaker 2 10:50

Stan has a special way of bringing the right people together at the right time .

Speaker 1 10:53

Yeah , isn't that interesting . Yeah , let's get back to the racing . So what is your car that you drive around every day ?

Speaker 2 11:06

Well , right now , you know , Stan kind of gave me freedom to go grab any one of his 45 cars that he has over there , like the white GTO out there , yeah , like the white GTO that is for sale . So if you want to come , look at it .

Speaker 1 11:16

That's what we heard . We understand that that's the GTO HO 455 . Yeah , it's a very nice car , I love to see him get out and about in it .

Speaker 2 11:27

Every once in a while he'll pop up at the original and he's in a different car every time .

Speaker 1 11:32

Here , take this one . Here , take this one . Let me trade you .

Speaker 2 11:34

Yeah , so I love to see it . It's really cool to see him enjoy all of his cars that he has Absolutely Well .

Speaker 4 11:41

Here's the plan You've got a new baby . That's something to work for . So when the baby learns how to drive , there you go .

Speaker 2 11:46

That's it . I have a feeling it won't be long yeah .

Speaker 1 11:50

Yeah , no , it won't be . I think Junior Dragster is going to be the first on the list .

Speaker 2 11:54

Yeah .

Speaker 1 11:54

Yeah , you know , sheila held up the regional Junior Dragsters here .

Speaker 2 11:59

That's it .

Speaker 1 11:59

Yeah , and that's how she and Stan met on the drag racing thing . Yep , and I was telling Stan in the earlier part of the show that I reminded him of when I met him , and that was about close to when he met you . And what was the name of the Chinese place ? They're all over . What is the name of that place ? Not Shanghai Reds , it's ?

Speaker 4 12:26

yeah , kim Son or something .

Speaker 1 12:30

No , and not Kim Son , it's PF Chang's . Went to PF Chang's .

Speaker 2 12:34

Yeah , that's Chinese .

Speaker 1 12:36

Yeah , pf Chang's , well , it's whatever you want to call it , but that's what we yeah , and we all sat and laughed and cried and cried out of laughter because he told the nut joke at the table that night and we had had quite a few drinks that night . And in the parking lot he says , hey , man , I need somebody to run the catering department .

Speaker 1 12:58

I said , stan , I got a job . I'm working with you , know David Powers , and doing the drag racing thing , and I'm really not looking . I'll teach you everything you need to know . Well , wasn't it long after that , hey , stan , you still got that job open . Yeah , come on , let's do it , yep , and it's been a road . Sheila Mae , it has been a road . Yeah , she and I have been through some interesting times together . Yeah , with that guy there , I know .

Speaker 2 13:30

Stan's always at the center of together . Yeah , with that guy there . I know Stan's always at the center of it . I've heard stories about you .

Speaker 1 13:32

Yeah , I've heard stories about Sheila .

Speaker 4 13:35

Sheila May yeah .

Speaker 1 13:36

Good stuff .

Speaker 4 13:37

It's great , she's actually told them .

Speaker 1 13:38

Yeah , so who's going to do the giveaway here ? As far as the award trophies , have you judged the cars ? Is somebody in charge of that ?

Speaker 2 13:48

I'm going to consult . I've got a couple buddies over here and they've made their rounds . Oh you have , so you guys have made the rounds .

Speaker 1 13:54

I could go get my Buick . You know , I seem to recognize these two .

Speaker 2 13:57

Yeah , They've been around .

Speaker 1 13:59

They've been around no doubt Was it jail , is that where I saw you last ? I'm not sure , at the county , but at any rate , okay . Well , let's plan on doing that at 1030 . Okay , okay , because I know that the event is over at 11 o'clock and guys are starting to leave , so we want to make sure that we get that in .

Speaker 2 14:18

Yes , sir .

Speaker 1 14:18

All right . Well , I'm sorry You've got a baby and a baby mama to get home to . Well , there's that too . Yes , I know , the baby and the baby mama , you didn't bring the baby . Didn't bring the baby . It's a little young yet .

Speaker 2 14:31

But it won't be long before his first tailpipe in tacos , that's for sure .

Speaker 1 14:35

And , by the way you know , you threatened last time we had one of these events . Last time we talked that you're going to have one over in Beaumont . Yes , and Mars would be thrilled to have it over there because you know he lives in Neaterville .

Speaker 2 14:47

Yep , I know .

Speaker 1 14:48

Yeah .

Speaker 2 14:48

Yep , I know . Yeah , it's definitely going to happen . I wanted to do it this year , obviously , with the baby coming in . There was too much on the plate to commit to something over there , but we're going to put it on the calendar .

Speaker 1 15:00

You could have a diaper changing contest you know , I just had this epiphany and that is . You know , from what I hear , the Hot Rod Tour of Texas is going to make the way up this way this year , as opposed to straight out of Victoria and go north through the hill country . Now I don't know any of the details , Neither does Mars , but I'm thinking you know that would be an event Is to have a stop at a loopy tortilla along the way . It's only 300 cars I mean you could handle that we got fit them in capacity yeah , yeah

Speaker 1 15:34

somewhere . So , uh , I think that we should bring that up as a suggestion that matter of fact , he , he's already punched in , he's listening , so uh we'll definitely reach out and see what we can figure out . Yeah I think that that would be a good thing . It'd be fun .

Speaker 4 15:48

Okay , just an idea thought I'd throw it out . Great , it's a great idea , don . All right , it's the first one this year .

Speaker 1 15:53

It is the first one , the first one in a long , long time , oh yeah , back when I was conscious . All right Time now for a quick break . You good with that ? Yes , sir , you can get through the Odyssey Radio app . Just look for In Wheel Time Car Talk Podcasts available from your favorite podcast provider and we video stream our live weekly show on Facebook , youtube and InWheelTimecom . And don't forget the In Wheel Time app as well . The In Wheel Time Car Talk show continues right after this quick break .

Speaker 1 16:26

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Speaker 1 17:26

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Speaker 1 17:55

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Speaker 4 18:25

All right .

Speaker 1 18:26

And we'll have your favorite features , along with Zoom guests and so much more , and we'll be on the air live 10 to noon . Of course , we've always got the podcasts , et cetera , et cetera . All right , let's do this week in auto history . Mr Mars has that .

Speaker 4 18:54

So I found three or four different stories that are really interesting that

Transforming Vehicles and Automotive History

Speaker 4 18:56

are kind of let me tell you .

Speaker 3 18:56

November , the 9th 1937 , waldo dean waterman in san diego , california , where's waldo ? Got a patent for the uh , a revolutionary automobile that could transform into an airplane or from an airplane into a car oh yeah this was called the aerobiel a-R-R-O-W-B-I-L-E . It was based on a high-wing monoplane with detachable wings . It was later powered by a water-cooled Studebaker engine and you could transform it into a car , or you could take the car and transform it into an airplane .

Speaker 1 19:20

Hell , that's what I fly in SkyEye right now Exactly .

Speaker 3 19:24

So the system was built so that the same wheel that drove the car drove the airplane One steering wheel , all the controls and everything was built to interact in between everything and it was designed with car-like standards and you could put baggage under the seats , so if you were flying or driving either way . Now , on February the 21st 1937 , the Aerobill made its maiden flight when the first three left California and went to Cleveland . Now , the number five was never completed and the number six was actually completed in 1957 , dubbed the Aerobille A-E-R-O-B-I-L-E , and it's sitting in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Virginia . Cool Now , november the 10th 1885 , we had this conversation earlier .

Speaker 3 20:13

This was considered the first modern motorcycle , but they called it a riding car at the time . It was called the riding car and at the controls was 17-year-old Paul Daimler , son of the bikes inventor Gottlieb Daimler , mercedes , all that good stuff . So he was the first biker . But some people want to argue that because it was made out of primarily wood , had wood wheels with iron rubber where the rubber would go , it was iron on the tread and it had a platform on the bottom of it that had balancing wheels is what they called it . You know what you used to call training wheels , so that they called them stabilizers . So they didn't really consider it a four vehicle , four tire vehicle .

Speaker 2 20:56

So they considered wheels almost .

Speaker 3 20:58

Yeah , it was exactly like training wheels and uh , it was a single horizontal 264cc or 16 cubic inch engine . It's air cooling . It had a surface carburetor and the ignition was by a hot tube , so it had a hot tube that was mounted on top of the engine .

Speaker 4 21:14

A hot tube . I knew he was going there .

Speaker 3 21:18

And so , unfortunately , the hot tube got hot and caught the seat on fire while he was driving it . But 600 RPM running speed . Ran 120 to 180 RPM .

Speaker 1 21:28

That'd take care of those hemorrhoids pretty quick , wouldn't it ?

Speaker 3 21:31

Exactly so , again , 3.1 to 7.5 mile per hour during the initial trip . That's when the seat caught on fire and so the fire destroyed the original creation in 1903 . But they built several replicas and they're in museums and stuff . But this is considered the first motorcycle .

Speaker 1 21:47

First .

Speaker 3 21:47

Carbacue yes . November 12 , 1908 . General Motors buys Oldsmobile . The founding of Oldsmobile took place in October 14 , 1897 . Between 1901 and 1904 , the factory turned out the Curved Dash model , which is considered the first mass produced automobile in the industry . Now they used an automotive .

Speaker 1 22:09

There's no damn dash in it , it's curved . No , there's nothing there , it's a little footwell . Well , you've changed it .

Speaker 4 22:16

Anyway , go ahead , that's an old that's a new model .

Speaker 3 22:20

They used it . The bad thing , the main thing , was that they used it on an assembly line . Now a lot of people talk about Ford created the assembly line . Ford had an automated moving assembly line where the car moved by itself . What Oldsmobile did before that they would take the car , they would push it to the station , people would work on it there , then they would push it to the next station , whereas before this came up , people would go to the car and they would build the car completely and then they would go to the next car . So while Ford kind of mechanized everything , he really didn't create the first assembly line , however . So General Motors bought it and it was really pretty successful for over the decades . But after that it didn't really do that good and in December 2000 , general Motors announced that they were probably going to shut down the brand because of financial issues and low sales volume . Production ended on April 29 , 2004 , when it closed the oldest surviving American car brand , and that is this week in automobile history .

Speaker 1 23:23

That's beautiful , you know . I just saw in the crowd here at the Loopy Tortilla .

Speaker 4 23:28

And it's a vast crowd . There's elbows out here .

Speaker 1 23:31

My nephew and his wife . And is the grandson here ? Oh my god , I never get to see them . Look who showed up . It's my nephew , brian Sweetland , his wife . I'm honored . Are they from Austin ?

Speaker 3 23:49

No , from here and you don't go see them .

Speaker 1 23:52

No , and they actually live in Sugar Land . He's a huge Sugar Land . Well , it used to be the Skeeters , now it's the Space Cowboys . Yeah , and you are a Space Cowboy . You always have been , I know , I remember are a space cowboy . You always have been , I know . I remember when he was born .

Speaker 3 24:11

Okay .

Speaker 1 24:12

How do you eat my sister's child ? All right , let's see how are we doing here . Oh , we're doing , good , we're doing good . President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicle purchases as part of broader tax reform legislation . Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters Ending the tax credit could have grave implications for an already stalling US EV transition . And yet representatives of Tesla , by far the nation's largest EV seller , have told the Trump transition committee they support ending the subsidy .

Speaker 3 24:53

Well , it takes out some of their competitors probably . I do remember when they first started that a bunch of people went out and bought electric golf carts as automobiles and they got the $7,500 credit on a $10,000 golf cart . Well , they had lights and they had brakes and they had everything .

Speaker 1 25:09

They qualified it .

Speaker 3 25:11

And they put a license plate on it . Well , you know , there are whole communities of people down there .

Speaker 1 25:15

A whole community of people down there in Florida . That's all they drive in that community is nothing but the golf cart .

Speaker 3 25:22

Well , around our town there's getting to be more and more because of the speed limits .

Speaker 1 25:26

I thought of Chase Murray because I've been seeing Reels videos on Facebook of these guys that have hot-rodded golf carts . Have you seen that ?

Speaker 4 25:39

Yeah .

Speaker 1 25:39

Oh , my God .

Speaker 2 25:40

I haven't seen that yet yeah .

Speaker 1 25:42

Here comes a golf cart that can do burnouts and at least 60 miles an hour on a golf cart and lawnmowers too .

Speaker 3 25:51

They have drag races for them .

Speaker 1 25:58

One more story ? No , I'm not . The average trade-in during the third quarter carried an all-time record amount of negative equity with the Bauer underwater by an average of $6,458 , up 11% from a year earlier , according to Edmonds . A year ago , through the lower than the 34% in the pre-pandemic third quarter of 2019 , according to Edmonds . So you're upside down in your car and you keep buying more expensive cars . That's going to happen .

Speaker 3 26:36

You keep going upside down . Well , you buy them while they're really high , back during the pandemic , when there was a shortage , and now prices are stabilized .

Speaker 1 26:43

Yeah well , the prices are out of this world , in my opinion $40,000 for an average automobile for a new car , pay cash .

Speaker 3 26:51

Wow , it's a lot man . Yeah , most people can't pay cash .

Auto Accessories Gift Shopping at Pro-Am

Speaker 1 26:55

Time now for a quick break . If you'd like to get in touch with us , shoot us an email . The address is info at inwheeltimecom . Be sure and follow us on Facebook . We are back in a flash . The holidays are upon us and Pro-Am Auto Accessories is your local one-stop for the auto enthusiast on your gift list . Pro-am Auto has been serving Houston since 1984 , providing world-class products for sports cars , european sedans and American muscle . Pro-am was one of the very first distributors in the US for brands such as Recaro , redline , momo , corbo and Simpson . Located in the heart of Houston's premier shopping corridor , the Galleria area , pro-am's walk-in storefront includes an 8,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom with installation and service bays . Pro-am reaches a worldwide audience through Pro-AmAutocom , taking its local reputation to the rest of the world . Holiday gift-giving is alive and well at Pro-Am Auto . If you don't see what you're looking for on the website , call and Pro-Am will lend you a hand . Pro-am Auto 6125 Richmond at Greenridge in Houston's Galleria area .

Speaker 4 28:21

Call them at 713-781-ava . Flav Barn Truck and Asian from Street Outlaws . Autorama Thanksgiving weekend Discount tickets at Riley Auto Parts , part of the Summer Racing Equipment Show Car Series . See Autoramacom for more info .