March 16, 2026

Houston’S DIY Garage Revolution

Houston’S DIY Garage Revolution
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Season 2026

A car meet is fun. A place to actually work on your car without fighting apartment rules, HOA complaints, or a garage full of storage is the part most of us are missing. Broadcasting from the Team Gillman Mega Meet, we start with a fast, useful scan of current automotive recalls, including a Kumho tire issue and a stack of vehicle recalls that touch everything from windshield wipers to rear view cameras and fuel delivery. If you have been putting off checking your VIN, this is your nudge to hit safercar.gov and confirm your car is up to date.

Then we sit down with IK from Apex Garage, a new DIY garage near Spring designed for Houston car enthusiasts, mobile mechanics, and first timers who want to learn. We talk lifts, tools, repair guides, a mechanic on standby, and how hourly and daily bay rentals can make real maintenance affordable again as labor rates climb. We also get into the community angle: memberships, a sim racing lounge, watch parties for F1, IndyCar, and NASCAR, plus plans for group track days across road courses and drag strips.

Finally, Subaru fans get a treat. Jose Martinez walks us through his WRX STI builds, including a bug eye era car with a WRC inspired look and a serious power setup. We dig into E85 flex fuel tuning, ethanol content monitoring you can check on your phone, anti lag, two step, and why a six speed swap is the next big move when you outgrow a five speed transmission.

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00:00 - Live From Team Gillman Mega Meet

01:28 - Tire And Vehicle Recalls Roundup

05:42 - Apex Garage DIY Shop Concept

10:24 - Rates Bays Sim Racing And Memberships

14:32 - Rising Repair Costs And Track Days

15:07 - How To Find Apex Garage

18:20 - Tailpipes And Tacos Beaumont Promo

20:39 - Subaru WRX STI Generations And Love

23:52 - Building A WRC Replica Look

24:36 - E85 Flex Fuel Tuning And Anti Lag

27:52 - Transmission Plans And Instagram Plug

30:22 - Tailpipes And Tacos Promo Repeat

31:55 - Where To Watch And Listen

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Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast.

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Welcome to the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.

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Today coming to you from Team Gilman Mega Meat.

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Just ahead.

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We're going to continue to immerse ourselves in the culture out here at the Mazda, Subaru, and Acura dealerships.

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Hopefully, we're going to get that camera up and running so you can see how huge this is.

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And we're going to give it a whirl.

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Mars, are you working on that?

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Okay, please do that.

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So, and anyway, we are up here at the Tina Gilman.

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It's a three-dealership complex here just north of 1960.

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And we invite you to come out.

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It goes until two o'clock this afternoon.

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And we're doing a special three-hour show today.

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So we're going to be on the air here until one.

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Just wanted to say that.

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If uh if you want to, you can just stay with us right till one o'clock.

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It's a bonus hour today.

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Howdy, along with Mike Out of This World Mars, fixing the camera.

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We always need more Jeff Zeke and Chief Engineer David Ainsley is with us.

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I'm Don Armstrong.

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Glad that you could join us today.

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You know, I'm still looking for that influencer in the pink car.

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Well, I saw that car go that way.

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Well, uh, that was a long time ago.

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Well, yeah.

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And she's parked down there.

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Um anyway.

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Um we see Marla we'll have her cor corraler.

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Yeah.

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Um I wanted to do uh some recalls.

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Okay.

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One of them is tires.

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Uh-huh.

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KUMO.

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Yep.

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They're a pretty popular tire.

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I never thought that KUMO would ever be anything.

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They've come along around, yeah, yeah.

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KUMO is recalling certain SOLAS TA11 tires, 22560R16, should be a pretty popular size.

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Uh the tire tread may separate.

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Oh, belt separating there.

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Uh-huh.

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As such, the tires failed to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.

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DOT.

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Number 139.

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Oh.

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I wanted to be sure and put that in there.

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139 is important.

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It is very important.

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So there's that.

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And then we have the regular recalls.

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And guess who's in it?

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Does it start with an F?

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Well, it's not Ferrari, is it?

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Uh no, it's not Ferrari.

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So let's start with the F.

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Ferrari.

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Ford Escape Explorer Aviator Corsair 2020 to 2022.

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The windshield wipers may fail.

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Oh man.

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Um Ford E 350, 450, 2627.

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Backup alarm sound failure.

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Is it the the E?

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Is it Machy?

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40.

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Uh drive shaft may separate on the Ford F 250 and 350 SD super huge.

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25 for 26.

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Yeah.

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You hate to have that drive shaft separate when you're doing about 70 down the highway.

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Or you're in the 350 and you had a horse trailer.

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Or that on a fifth wheel.

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Uh-huh.

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Or Caroline.

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Yes.

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Martha.

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Uh how about the high voltage battery?

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Is there's a fire risk in the Volvo EX30.

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Oh wow.

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For 2025.

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Is that an E?

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Is that electric EX30?

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I don't have any clue.

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I I'm not familiar with the Volvo lineup, and I will readily admit that.

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I know I'm supposed to be I'm supposed to be knowledgeable about all things automotive, but I'm not.

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Okay.

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That's one I'm not.

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That was just a question.

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We don't get any Volvos, unfortunately.

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Volvos are good cars.

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Uh continuing with the Ford legacy.

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Ford Navigator for 2026, it's got a problem, it's being recalled.

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Uh incorrectly displayed rear view camera image in the Ford Escape Explorer, Aviator, and Corsair, 2020 to 2022.

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Rear view camera image may not display in the Bronco in the edge, 21 to 26, 21 to 24.

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Tire sidewall damage.

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I guess it went down the wrong assembly line.

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Uh-oh.

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Which wasn't a good thing, and they damaged the tires.

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I'm not exactly sure.

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Chevrolet Express and Savannah, they don't do they still make those?

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25 to 26 mile years, they must.

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Chevrolet Express.

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That's the van.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, we believe that the GMC Savannah.

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The GMC Savannah is the is the passenger van.

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Whatever.

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Yeah.

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It's a van.

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And let's not forget Chevrolet Silverado 3500 and the GMC 3500 2526.

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Engine stall due to disabled rear fuel pump.

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Well, so those are the recalls this week.

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Remember, safercar.gov.

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And um that will allow you to put in your VIN number in the little box and you can check to see if your car is going to be recalled or is recalled.

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Okay?

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We're going to save our uh hemmings, name the co used car price, sold car price.

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How come?

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Well, because uh we've got another uh two hours to get that in.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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I don't want to have some guests lying out.

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I don't want to blow everything right out of the box.

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No, no, don't do that.

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We've got a lot of people standing by over there.

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And I think they're waiting for my autograph or something.

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Well, actually, they're they're waiting for Marlett to put put these people in the queue.

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That that chair right down there.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Sit right down there and then put on that headset.

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We normally don't do it this way, but we're having to do it this way because uh because I don't have anybody feeding me names and titles and that sort of stuff.

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And um it's nice to meet you.

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What's your name?

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Oh, IK is my name.

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IK.

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Yes, sir.

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IKEA.

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I bet that's not your real name.

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It's not, no.

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Uh I have a few of them.

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A few of them.

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I'll probably take the next 30 minutes and then.

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No, well you look like a Robert.

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Are you a Robert?

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Really?

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He looks like a Robert.

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He looks like a Robert.

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Really?

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I've never gotten that, but you know, I'll take it.

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I can I'll take it.

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Could you see it being a part, apparently some sort of cardinal?

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I am.

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I I am.

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I, you know, probably not as as uh intense as some of the guys out here.

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I mean, you look at these bills, these guys.

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Are these your people here?

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Everyone here, I thought.

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Everyone here, to be honest.

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I I I represent Houston.

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So uh and what a club, uh a shop, uh So I'm I'm here on behalf of uh a company my wife and I started, uh Apex Garage.

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Apex Garage, okay.

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We're a DIY garage.

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Uh I won't say the first of its kind, really, in Houston, where we provide a space in car enthusiasts, uh, mobile mechanics, shade tree mechanics, anyone really, even anyone from down the street can come uh could come by and uh get some work done.

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Do you have lifts there?

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We have lifts, we have tools, we have repair guides, we have a mechanic on standby to walk you through repairs if you get stuck.

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And uh that's cool.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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You know, it's funny uh you say that because gosh, this had to have been.

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I'm dating myself, okay?

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So just tell me, shut up, Don.

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You're old, we all know that.

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No, not at all.

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Not at all.

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So this is back in the 70s, okay?

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I know.

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Like I said, ancient stuff.

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I did it too.

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So there was a shell station at the corner of Bel Air Boulevard in 59, the Southwest Freeway, right there in front of Sharpstown.

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Uh-huh.

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And um the guy sold lots of gas, but he had no mechanic work coming in.

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So what he did was he turned his garage that uh was a part of the dealership, he turned it into a do-it-yourself thing.

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So you go in there and rent the space.

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And if you needed tools, they had tools that you could rent or a lift.

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You have lifts?

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Yep.

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Got lifts?

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Yeah, we have two post lifts.

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And uh so you could rent the space.

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Yep.

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I found myself down there a lot because I liked it.

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Right.

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I was working on my car and I had a question or something.

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There was always somebody in there that said, hey man, uh, do you know anything?

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Yeah, let me take a look.

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Oh, yeah, that, this, that.

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Exactly.

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And it was fun.

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It was a it was a garage club, is basically what it turned out to be.

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That's that's what we're going for.

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That's it.

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That's crazy that even as far back as the 70s, that was already a concept.

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Because his garage he had a big garage.

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He must have had six, eight stalls.

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Oh, there you go.

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Yeah.

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Wow.

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Have you ever seen the movie Christine?

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Oh, the car that drives itself, right?

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Yep.

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The concept of that, Christine, the garage was just what you said.

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Yeah.

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Where Christine went back to the garage and got it was a shop where the old man owned that he didn't like the kid, but he had all these other clients.

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It was more of a money laundering thing than anything, but that's the premise of it was the movie Christine.

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I think another garage.

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So we're located in Spring.

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Uh we found a nice 6,000 square foot facility off of uh the 99 and gosling, probably about a minute from that intersection.

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Um the woodlands.

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You hear gosling, you think the woodlands, but it's more it's spring, and we try to place it there to kind of cater to North Houston as far as as well as uh probably central Houston.

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It's probably a good 30-minute drive from central Houston, but it's still accessible for the guys in Conroe, guys in Willis.

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So it's kind of like a car club meetup at the garage.

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It is, and that's the thing, right?

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It it's to try to to provide to give some give it's our attempt at connecting, even further connecting the automotive community, right?

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Because like look kind of like you said, working on your car is cool by itself.

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Working on your car alongside fellow enthusiasts is amazing.

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I know, it is.

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You get stuck, you just walk next door.

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Hey, can you come check this out for me?

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It's one of those things that most car people don't understand because they've never experienced it.

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Right.

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And uh if you experience it a couple of times, you go, yeah, right.

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I never I never want to get under a car by myself again.

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Yeah, can't hey, can I can I rent the space for about an hour uh you know next Saturday or whatever the case may be?

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Right.

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Because I want to change my own and do a couple things on it.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, so it's yeah, it's it's an overall space.

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We have right now we have five bays all um stocked with lifts and tools.

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On the other side of the building, we have a sim racing um lounge, which it's a new concept, but it's pretty simple.

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Back in our day, there'd be slot car racing.

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It would be, yeah.

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It'd be a uh shut up, Don.

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It'd be a keg and a couch.

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Right, right, right.

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Um what a keg and a couch.

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Keg in a couch.

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That's funny.

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That's funny.

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And then eventually you will launch memberships too for the guys that that really uh dedicate time towards uh towards the automotive stuff, right?

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There's a lot of mobile mechanics.

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Well, here's the deal.

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What's change?

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There's so many apartment buildings now.

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So what are you doing?

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So I can't go over to Mars house because his garage is full of crap.

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Not a car, it hasn't seen the car in the garage.

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The wife's on one side of the garage, he's on the other side, so you can't go to Judge's garage.

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So there you go.

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I just bought a new truck, it's been sitting outside since I bought it.

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The wife took up half of it, and we have a whole bunch of stuff on the other half.

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Yeah, but I think my HOA would would would find me to the high if I even attempted something in my driveway.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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So yeah, it's that's exactly.

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So I mean, uh ultimately, you know, automotive repair costs are rising um at a pretty rapid rate.

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Um can't, I think the average cost for mechanic repair these days, just labor uh costs about$120,$150 an hour.

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Uh new cars are getting expensive, so people are keeping their older cars longer, but then the older the car gets, the more repairs it needs.

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Um so the need for it is there.

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Um and it's it's something that's that that that's come up all the time.

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It's it's it's so much of an issue, it's getting memed about.

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Now, you know something so pressing when people start making memes about it, right?

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I saw a meme the other day.

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It was a guy driving, and uh he was the price of brakes was so expensive, so I have to resort to this.

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And in the video, he had uh a lasso while he was driving, and he threw it around a pole to stop the car down because the brakes went out.

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I was like, man, I I really hope he doesn't get to this.

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Well, my mind goes to let's say, for instance, a Subaru Club.

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Uh-huh.

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You know, WRX guys, and you know, we're all cool and all that stuff, uh-huh.

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But we all live in different apartment complexes.

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So we really don't have a place to go.

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One of the guys doesn't have a garage.

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Exactly.

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And so three or four of us go over, we'll help him work on his car at your at your facility.

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Exactly.

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Maybe for the day, go over there and take it out.

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Yeah, exactly.

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You could take turns too.

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So we have hourly rates, we have daily rates.

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We're working on a weekly rate as well, just for long-term builds.

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Sure.

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But no, something like that.

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And that's that's exactly right, right?

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You you work in the in the vicinity of others, you get to collaborate on stuff.

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Eventually, we're launching memberships as well to even accentuate that that concept even further.

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That way, you even if you don't, you might not need to work on your car, you might just need a space to come and plan your next build.

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Um, in our case, we're huge racing enthusiasts, Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR.

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Um, come watch a race, right?

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We'll have watch we'll have uh watch parties for races.

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Eventually for members too, we'll have track days, right?

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Because I mean, what's how it's not much fun just building a car and not never getting to test it out.

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Exactly.

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Yeah, exactly.

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So eventually you build, build, build, and then we figure we'll take the members to the track track.

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So most of the guys uh do they go to uh road course tracks or do they go to drag strips or both?

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But the good thing about Houston is you have options.

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Um we'll probably rotate through uh through between road courses and and drag strips and even the Sam Houston race park down there.

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Um and eventually, the blessing, you know, the blessing would be in Texas is uh we have Coda up north in Austin, where not that far.

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It's not that far, right?

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So eventually maybe get the members together, um, we'll go see a race live, a Formula One race, so or a NASCAR.

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Maybe work up a deal on tickets with them, say our group sports to come up here.

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Exactly.

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Maybe get a nice little booth, a nice little section, and it'd be a great time.

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Well, I'm thinking more along the lines of a suite with uh you know some cocktails being served and that sort of thing.

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That would be nice.

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See, I'm just I'm just giving you a little nudge there with the idea.

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Those little tiny wieners with a toothpick and the little meatballs, those are great.

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Oh, that's all you need.

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That's all you need.

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Yeah, those are not set.

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But yeah, just it's we're we're trying to give back.

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But right now, we're set up here at this car meet, it's a good time.

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We're loving the weather, it's great, people are great.

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Yep.

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Uh we have some mobile sim racing um setups, so just get people comfortable with that video.

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In front of the Mazda or the In front of uh the accurate accurate, the far end.

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Yes, sir.

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Um so we're setting up where we're about a month out from opening, so building's coming up, it's coming, it's happening pretty quickly.

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Um we're excited.

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So we're just building awareness, getting to know Houston.

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We already know Houston, but you can never know Houston too much, right?

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Uh to get to know the guys hanging out.

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Um it's a good time.

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We it's a beautiful, like I said, beautiful day, beautiful day it is great day.

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Especially after all the rain we've been getting.

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It's yeah, it's refreshing to finally try and have the sun out again.

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But yeah, yeah, we're excited.

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Good deal.

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Well, thanks, Robert.

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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I'll take it now.

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I'm not answering nothing else for Robert today.

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So how do you have a web?

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How do we get a hold of you?

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Oh, uh, so you can find us right now at www.apexgarage.

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There's a bit of nuance to that.

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It's APE-xgarage.

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Oh, APE-x.

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For the linguist.

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Not an underscore a hyphen.

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Right, right, right.

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Yeah, hyphen xgarage.com.

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Uh we have our landing page up to get you familiar with who we are and what we do.

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There's also a countdown timer there, so you can follow up uh with with the our opening, and there's a link to us uh.

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Wait a minute, you're not open yet?

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We're not.

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We're not open yet.

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This we are about a month out from opening.

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April 11th is our opening day.

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Well, you're gonna need more shirts and you need to contact me.

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And not only that, but you also need to have a remote broadcast from the in-mill time crib.

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Oh no, we can do that.

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We we can absolutely do that.

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But uh no, we're excited.

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Uh, we're also having one of these where it's a smaller, on a smaller scale, but we're looking to have a JDM car meet for our opening ceremony to get the car guys together.

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Um we're a bit partial to the JDM community ourselves.

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So we'll rotate, we'll rotate.

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Wait just a minute.

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So, what what do you have?

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You know, I feel like an imposter.

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I feel like an imposter saying this.

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I did just trade a BMW uh M3 for a truck because I am in that phase now.

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Yeah, you did say that.

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Are you serious?

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What is your wife driving?

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She has a Lexus.

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Everybody's making funny.

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You did what?

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I know, dude.

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You you you you've gone against the grain.

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I know, I know, and I feel so bad, but it's it's that phase.

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I'll get it back.

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Uh I'll get I'll probably get something better.

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But the truck you bought's a Mitsubishi.

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No, I'm saying that'd be nice.

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That'd be nice though.

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I got a GMC.

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Right hand drive.

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Right.

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That'd be right.

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Now the GMC hasn't been recalled, has it?

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No, 6.2 in it?

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6.2, yeah.

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Oh god.

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Fingers crossed, everything I hop in, I say right now.

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Well, they said they fixed it for 2026.

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I shouldn't have to be able to do that.

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That's what they said.

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Before you push the starter button, it's the call.

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We got a deal for you.

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Come on down.

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We'll see.

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We'll see.

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So I'll I'm I'm in that now.

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It hopefully it's not long.

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I'm able to get back to you.

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Did you drive that up here?

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I did.

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I did.

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It's parked all the way in the back.

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I was gonna say, because you had to park in the back.

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Oh, yeah.

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I had to.

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I couldn't take the spotlight from these guys.

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Come on.

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Well, I got here late, so I parked right here instead of going all the way to the guy.

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It blends in anyway.

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No one noticed.

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If they didn't say nothing, you don't say nothing.

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That's right.

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Hi, Kay.

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It's great to talk to you.

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It's been a pleasure to be here.

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Thank you.

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All right, just ahead.

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Uh we're going to um we're gonna do something.

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And I have to look at my notes here to find out where we are because it's been kind of a mess this morning.

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The wind has been blowing our paper.

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Is that what it is?

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I think so.

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We're gonna use that.

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All the words have been blowing our paper.

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Inwheeltime.com has a list, and we know you love lists.

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Well, I have to get up extra early to drive over there.

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Pray to God that the freeway is not shut down on the Beaumont Highway.

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And um didn't go over there for a three-hour show from eight to eleven.

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Yeah.

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Y'all, do y'all ever uh y'all take road trips?

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I'm sorry, say again?

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Yeah, we go to Woodlands and uh No, no, no, no.

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I'm talking about Beaumont right now.

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Beautiful downtown Beaumont.

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We don't even have any gas stations between here and Beaumont, too.

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One in Whitney?

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Yeah.

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Winnie, he would know.

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You got the TP motel in Wharton.

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The only way that's not.

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So our next guest is Jose.

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Uh he is the WRX STI guy.

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He's a guy.

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So what year is your car?

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My so I have two of them.

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Of course you do.

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You can't have one.

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The first one I've built is uh 2003 Bug Eye.

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Oh wait a minute.

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So what's a bug eye sprite?

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No.

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Bug eye what?

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Bug eye wrx STI.

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It's called the Bug Eye.

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That's what it's called, yeah.

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It's a different bug eye that I'm thinking of.

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But so they have three generations.

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So they got the bug eye, blah blah and the hawkeye.

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So the bug eye is the first one that they brought here in the US as a WRX.

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2003.

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You drive the cockeye.

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I drive the cockeye.

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It's not a WRX though.

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It's a DA.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Um, so Jose, I have to tell you, it had to have been the first generation.

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This was probably somewhere around 2000.

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Yes, sir.

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Is that would that be the first generation?

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Yeah, 2000 was the first generation, but in Japan.

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Over here, they brought it in 2002.

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Okay, so that's what it was.

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I had a 2002.

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Um it was a Press Fleet car, and it was a WRX STI with the six speed manual transmission.

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Oh my god, I fell in love with that car.

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That car was bad to the I mean, he'd go around corners forever and ever.

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But the thing was fast.

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Yeah.

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Don't tell anybody, but I had that thing up to 120.

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.960
And it still had plenty of throttle left in it.

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.000
Shut up, Mars.

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:15.119
Don't look at me like that.

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.319
No.

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:18.160
That's the only way you know.

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.519
That's the only way.

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:21.680
That's the way you know that you got a fire.

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:24.319
See, I I do things like that for research.

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.960
Yeah.

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:25.839
Yeah.

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:28.160
And he's also a great liar.

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:28.960
Yeah.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:31.440
There's no research in that.

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:34.000
It was, it was, I love the car, I really did.

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:38.559
And then one thing that a lot of people don't realize is that is a full-time all-wheel drive car.

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.279
Full-time.

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And you never, ever, ever heard of the car being recalled.

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.000
They did the job right on those WRXs.

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.880
Yeah, yeah.

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:51.759
And the I don't know about the new WRX.

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.279
Have you driven one of those?

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.079
I haven't.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:57.920
I've only been in them, but I feel like the car is too big for me.

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.640
Yeah, it is.

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They grew the car and it's not an STI.

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:03.599
It's not a pumped-up bad to the bone car.

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.640
Yeah, exactly.

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:04.960
Yeah.

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.200
Yeah.

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:08.799
I'm I guess that they probably have plans for that somewhere down the road.

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.160
Probably they do, yeah.

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.400
Yeah.

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.119
The technology is.

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:14.079
Because I you don't look like a forester guy.

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.279
No, no, no.

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:18.960
I like I like my sewers to be the older the better.

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:20.400
I also have a 97.

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:24.160
And that one, that one is a two-door, it's one of the rare ones.

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:27.119
Is it is it a flat six or a four?

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.960
No, that one is a full WRX.

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.079
I did the swap myself.

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.000
So it's a it's a it's a flat six.

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.200
It's a flat four right now.

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.920
Flat four.

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:34.880
Okay.

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.440
Correct.

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.680
Yeah.

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.880
So good.

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:40.000
Well, let's I want that I want the pants that girls got on it.

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.880
Checker flags.

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.519
Checker flags.

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.640
Yeah, checker flags, yeah, yeah.

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.920
Just put it in front of them.

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:46.079
Yeah, exactly.

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:52.480
So um what are their aftermarket hot rod parts for those Subaru's?

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:55.359
So the Vaughan was my first build.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.480
I bought that car back in 2017.

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.240
Completely stopped.

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:04.240
And then, like you said, I fell in love with the way it driven and everything.

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.519
But I didn't know what to do.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:08.240
Like, I was like, what do I how do I modify it?

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.799
Like, what wheels, what route should I go?

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.319
I used to be on the guy.

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.599
I wanted something different.

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:20.160
So then I started looking on Google and this WRC car popped out with all the stickers, the rally sounds and everything.

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:22.240
I'm like, I wonder if I can build that.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.839
Then I started doing my research.

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.960
It took me a year to finally complete like the whole body kit.

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:34.160
Then it took me another year to get the WRC uh livery rally stickers because they don't sell none of that stuff here.

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.839
But everything's from uh UK.

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:39.200
Did you did you do anything to the did you do anything to the engine?

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:46.640
The engine it is it is uh uh uh let me see it's a 2001 STI.

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:49.759
They call it EJ207, it's fully forged.

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:52.480
That that motor is built for 700 horsepower.

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:52.960
Wow.

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:56.640
But right now it's on 400 to the wheels on E85.

00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:06.559
It's got a big yeah, it's got a big turbo, rotated turbo, it's got uh flex fuel, I can use ray, I can use gas or e85, I can use both, I can blend it.

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.759
It's got anti-labas.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.279
You have control over that?

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.480
Yeah, yeah, I love it.

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.599
Over the over the gas.

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:14.000
Yeah, you can either you can it does it by itself.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.039
Oh, it does it by itself.

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:21.359
Yeah, let's say half half tank of gas, and then I want to put E85, I just put it in and it does it by itself.

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.839
I adjust the content on the ethanol.

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.200
Really, I can read it on my phone.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.240
It's computer control.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:29.039
Yes, I can read it on my phone, I can see how much content it has.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:31.519
And it does it all through your computer program.

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.400
Yes, yeah.

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:36.720
So it's it's monitoring the mix, the quality of the gasoline, basically.

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.680
Well, the mix.

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:41.359
Yeah, the octane level and all the yeah.

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:44.559
Yeah, it's monitoring the octane level as soon as I put E85.

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:50.960
Like this morning, I put I pull out my phone, I connect it, and I can see the percentage 70% is really good content.

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.960
So the car is feels fast and lighter.

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:58.799
Yeah, uh it's sucking down gas like like like no tomorrow.

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:02.880
Actually, yes, the E85 goes faster than regular gas.

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:10.240
Because I do I do cycles, like I do three tanks of E85, and then I want to clean it up with regular gas.

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:18.319
Because E85 creates some kind of a mixture between the the sucking tubes and all their vacuums, so gasoline will clean that up.

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.599
Yeah, interesting.

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:25.759
We used to go out to the airport to get some ash on a Friday night or Saturday night, whatever we were doing.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.279
He just he pulls it up on the air.

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:29.200
You try to do that now, you'll get shot.

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.480
That's a problem, yeah.

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.759
He just does it on his phone.

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:32.960
Yeah, yeah.

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.160
Nice.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:41.680
So, how much do how much does that computer program for that thing that you've got with the E850?

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:47.039
Yeah, so the the software that I got, the problem that I have is called Delicious Tuning.

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.319
Delicious tuning.

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.720
It's a small computer.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.920
Don't tell anybody about it.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.759
No, no, and it's got sensors.

00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:01.920
You got the sensor, you just hook it up and hook it into the fuel line.

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:04.960
Yeah, the fuel line has to go through it so it'll read the sensor, yes.

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.599
Right, right.

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:19.200
And then um the tuner has to tune, make two tunes, one for natural or just uh 95 octane, 93 octane, I mean, and then the other tune is for E85, so you got two different tunes.

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.960
But the computer, that little brain, uh adjusts everything.

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.720
How did you learn about that?

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:30.160
Man, I did my research before because because I I'm not gonna lie, I did blew up one engine before that.

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:34.720
Like a kid on TV, but you did yours on the on the internet.

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.559
Uh yes, yes, yes, exactly.

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.839
Yeah, sick.

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.599
Yeah, yeah.

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:44.559
But uh, and I asked my tuner, this is a Rally car, so I want all the aspects from a Rally car.

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:47.200
So it does have anti-lag, all the pops and bangs.

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:51.440
Yeah, it's got uh two-step and launch control, it's got everything.

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.680
The only thing is that transmission still has five speeds, so there's transmission.

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.200
Uh it's not the best.

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.920
Uh so that's the next that's the next step.

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.359
The six speed to go.

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.640
So, how much is the six speed?

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.480
You buy the six speed used?

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.119
Yes, yeah.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.079
You gotta buy it used.

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:12.559
Because I have to get uh an all four or all five transmission because since my car is old, that one is just a plug and plate.

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:14.160
You put it on, everything works.

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:16.160
Nice, yeah, yeah.

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.440
Golly, yeah.

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.720
I want to be you.

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:27.039
So I got a lot of followers on Instagram, and a lot of the followers say, I want to be your neighbor, you're a cool neighbor, because I pull both of my cars out.

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.440
Yeah, yeah.

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:32.960
And I'm just cleaning or start them or check something out, and I'm like, I hope my neighbors don't mind the noise.

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.079
And they're like, no, you're good.

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:36.559
Where do you uh how do we find you?

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:42.799
Oh, so my Instagram is 03 Texas underscore WRC.

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:45.759
03 Texas.

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:48.079
03 underscore WRC.

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:50.000
Yeah, 03 Texas.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.039
Oh, Texas.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.519
Okay.

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.359
Underscore WRC.

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.519
Underscore WRC, okay.

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.079
Yeah.

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.440
03 Texas.

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.400
Stay in touch with us.

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.119
Correct, correct.

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.920
Yeah, sure, for sure.

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.440
So uh what part of town do you live in?

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:04.880
I live on Stafford, uh, so I'm like 40 minutes from here.

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.440
Yeah, yeah.

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.160
No, I know.

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.039
I live in Richmond.

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.000
I'm in Sugarland.

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.400
Yeah, yeah.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.359
Yeah, yeah.

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.480
Down the street from you, yes.

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.599
Yes, yes, okay.

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:15.599
So do you go to a lot of WRX meets or just meets like this?

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.039
I go to meets like this.

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:20.000
They always put my car on display because you know, kids love the car.

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:26.079
They have the full, you'll see once you get on the Instagram, uh, you'll see they got the full livery from the WRC.

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:32.960
The Raleigh uh replicas are exactly like when they used to run back in uh 2000 and 98.

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.160
Yeah.

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.599
So I have so those two.

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:42.880
I just finished the uh the Impressa 97, so it looks just like a Carly McRae's car when he ran back in '98.

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.839
That is very cool.

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.079
Yeah.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.559
Neat.

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.839
Hey man, it's great to talk to you.

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.240
Yes, sir.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.640
You sure your name middle name, your last name is it?

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.359
Cuervo?

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.519
No, it's Jose Martinez.

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.079
Martinez.

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.039
Martinez, I can't.

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.559
Yeah, it's the most popular name around here.

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.759
I know, yeah, exactly.

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.599
Well, Jose, it's great to have you on the show.

00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.319
Thank you very much for stopping by and telling us about your stuff.

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:06.000
And next time we run into you, we want to hear about your transfer from five speed to six speed.

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.599
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure.

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.880
All right, thank you guys for having me.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.680
We appreciate you.

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.480
Take care of yourself.

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.960
All right, thank you.

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.000
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