Texas 4th of July - Muscle Car Love - '25 Stelvia review!

Fourth of July Destination Guide

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Mr Mars Driving Destinations 4th of July . You've got about a minute and a half .

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Got lots of stuff so we're going to go pretty quick . Okay , let's go . So up in Addison , Addison's Kaboom Town draws 400,000 people . If you're looking for some fireworks Now , this is actually considered the third best fireworks show in the entire country .

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Addison , texas . Yes , up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area Got lots of vintage warplanes going on , got an air show , Lots of things to go along with food trucks for the 4th of July . Then you can slide over to Fair Park 4th in Dallas if you really want to go to something different and got lots of music , including the Army Reserve Band , kids Zones , water fountains for cooling off . Now this is at the stadium , so be sure and check out the Cotton Bowl with the lagoon and the indoor air conditioning venues for the Fourth of Park Fair Park , fourth of July . Now you go down to Frisco Freedom Fest . This is for you , don Spanning two days at the Kaleidoscope Park at Frisco Square .

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I would not do that . Honors veterans .

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Got tournaments , dog parades , drone show leading up to the fireworks A lot of great things going on there . Then , if you're over in the Austin area , they've got the HEB concert and fireworks on July the 4th . Now this is where they synchronize the Austin Symphony plays and they fire up the fireworks . You've got food trucks , concerts , willie Nelson's 4th of July picnic going on , all kinds of things Food trucks , concerts , willie Nelson's 4th of July picnic going on all kinds of things . Then you can slide over to the Sandy Beach Golf Cart Parade and Flag Ceremony in Brownwood if you're looking for something a little bit different and they cruised by and decked out golf carts leading and lots of other festivities , food trucks going up to the fireworks display .

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Here's one I thought was rather different . It's a sensory-friendly LED light show up in Cypress Waters , up in the Dallas area . For people that you know , the lights and the loud noises kind of bug them . So they've gone to an LED wristband light show that goes to the music along with food and a lot of other festivities , including a petting zoo . Then , if you're more into the rustic world , you can go off to Stanford , texas , which hosts the Cowboy Reunion over the weekend . Wild West , of course you've got the Chuckwagon Cook-Offs , horse racing , fiddling contests , street dances and the big rodeo leading up to the fireworks . And finally , the 4th of Julights is the Canal Walk in Las Colinas , irving , where it's all lit up and you can walk around for the weekend with the lights and it leads up to the 4th of July . Everybody's got some fireworks or something going on . This is coming up for the 4th of July . Places to go and things to do and people to see All right .

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Yeah

Classic 70s Car Owner Poses

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, that's right Now , this right here . Heavy on the engine , but light on amenities . Buying a muscle car was an achievable goal . Look at the girl Yep , yep With the go-go boots , proud muscle car owners in their pictures .

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Now , this is a Chevelle and it's captioned by the owner purple accents on some Chevy power . Now what I see ? There is kind of a fall-winter shot and it's captioned by the owner purple accents on some Chevy power . Now what I see ? There is kind of a fall-winter shot . I'm thinking it's either the owner or somebody's girlfriend . Hey , get in front of the car .

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I'm going to take a picture , or dad taking a picture of the daughter's new car Right Could be , could be Absolutely , absolutely .

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So . The next one we have and these are all real people , come on , there you go . This one is entitled Couple's Photo His and hers Mopar . Look at that .

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Mopar magic . Wait a minute . Is that John Hovis ? John Hovis it might be .

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You never know , you never know . All right , here's a favorite of mine . This was called Out Front , and who hasn't taken a picture like this in front of your house ? Oh God , yeah , look at that guy Now . Nice car , looks like he's a hot rod .

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He was at the Loopy Tortilla Bar last night .

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This one is entitled Nifty Fit or Nifty Ride . So pretty tall guy , probably a basketball player in high school , and all that good stuff . Bell bottoms , bell bottoms . Yeah , he's got the boots , he's got the zipper boots .

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Yeah , he's got the John Lennon boots on and everything I think we all have a picture like that somewhere , don't we , Mike ? Not that I'm showing , Okay , Just making sure that would be you with hair . And then this one is called Mopar Muscle on the Farm . Now look at that . That is one hot-rodded car . I like the barn Iwered . He's a little skewered , so that is a nice one . And of course you've got the hot rod in the background as well , the old hot rod , the old hot rod and the farm implement on the side .

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This one is entitled Making Improvements by just squeezing out a few more , and then we'll leave that up to you . The thing I noticed on this that's all going to be brought to your attention here in a minute the hole in the hood . Look at the hole in the hood . It looks like a saber saw .

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Is that a .

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Wisconsin , car I can't really tell yeah , it's a Wisconsin car , america's Dairyland .

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Yeah , America's Dairyland .

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Not any orange car .

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There you go . A couple of dairy things going on there , absolutely .

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He said that . I know he said that I know he said this one .

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I , kathy , and I have a picture like this somewhere around , but this is called waiting by the car . We have places to go drive . Look at the car in the background .

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Look so you got the mustang back there , the charger up charger up front .

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Look at the wheels . Uh , that young lady's ready to go . You know she could be going to the mall .

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She's waiting for you to get in the car , yeah . So again , these are all real the car and let's go .

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Yeah , so again , these are all real people , real cars , so send them to me and I'll get you on here and we'll do that . This one's pretty good Dang .

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This one's called . Garage Posing Are those velvet pants , sleek silver paint .

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It looks like velvet . I'm looking at the fender wheels .

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That have been cut and flared . Yeah , looks like velour . Possibly it's got blood red interior on that nice side pipe I'm thinking velour . Nice young lady , probably posing by her boyfriend's car . It could be her car , or dad's car it could be dad's car as well , you never know . Or mom's Could be mom's . Now , this one , this looks like me . I was just going to say that is you ? Yeah , and you know it's either a spring day , because it's kind of wet , trees haven't bloomed or anything , all that good stuff .

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He's got a T-shirt on no belt , skinny jeans . I like it . I remember those days . Yeah , that was kind of yeah . Yeah . Now this one's just a plain old beach . Drive it right up to the water , Get out , Do some suntanning 70 model . Keystone Classics on some Goodyear tires and you know it's all washed up .

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Yeah , yeah , and he's trolling for a girlfriend yeah , sand crabs .

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Look at the background on that you got a Volkswagen bus , you got a micro bus .

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You got some vans , a couple of things in the background , the girlfriend probably took the picture .

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That or the beach patrol .

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It looks like he's got clothes hanging up on the inside so he could change . To get back to school .

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He's going on a date . This one's entitled Too Bad . This Front Seat Is Taken , so look at that , the guy driving it , and two chicks .

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No , no , no , those are two chicks .

Speaker 3 8:28

Those are two women's . I understand that , but that's not her legs .

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No , that's the driver's leg . That's what I'm saying two girls and the guy that's not a guy .

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That's not a guy . You know what ? Don't let him look . Here's a bonus shot for you . That's me in 1977 with my Nova out front . You know how the crimes shot for you . That's me in 1977 . There's my Nova out front . And you know how the crimes when they fade your picture . You know what that looks like . They block out your picture when you're crying .

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That looks like you posing as question mark in the Mysterians . It could be .

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But yeah , there's a criminal thing where they blur out your face . But that's my Nova in the background and Kathy's my mother-in-law's driveway . Look face , but that's my Nova in the background in Kathy's , my mother-in-law's driveway . Look at that . Well , you can hardly make it out . Well , it's the only one I had . I don't have a lot of pictures of it . It's the only one I had .

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Well , that was good . I liked it , mr Morrison . Time now for this

2025 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Review

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hour's car review . Jeff and I had the opportunity to ride and or drive the 2025 Alfa Stelvio . Final assembly location is Casino Italy . I like that . It's kind of appropriate , don't you agree ? So it comes in these trim levels Base Intensa and triputo italiano . Forget about it . Forget about it .

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Uh , I had the veloce package and it was the base with the veloce package .

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Well , you know , my italian isn't really all that good not up to speed .

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No , uh , it is a small suv five seats in it . Exterior changes well , it was all new in 2018 . So it's getting a little long in the tooth , but this is a fun , sporty ride . Matter of fact , I saw one pass down the street , really yeah , the other day . Sharp looking , unique and attractive overall design with a triangular grille . Now you're thinking , wait a minute , a triangular grill , ew . No , it works . Smooth rear sunshade over the hatch , glass Wheels , five rounded hoops for the spokes . It's kind of weird , but it works . Green , white , red Italy tribute on the side view mirrors . It's a little bitty thing , but it's fun . Yep , what I liked about it is its uniqueness and I , speaking of unique , had the green paint called Verde Fangio and it got believe this .

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he put some ointment on it and it went away .

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Let me tell you this I got more damn comments , Positive comments . Hey man , I got more damn comments , Positive comments . Hey man , I really like the color of that car and when I first got it I thought , no , that doesn't do it for me . But everybody liked it . I'm not a big green car fan because that goes back to racing superstitions and all that , but at any rate , yeah , verde Fangio Interior .

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Highly detailed design on the interior , hvac in its own pod , below the center vent . Two-pod instrument cluster with a smallish infotainment screen but remember this is from 2018 . The start button is on the steering wheel , which is kind of weird . But , like I said , this is a very unique vehicle very Italian Cargo room , small . What I liked about it the very Italian neck , italian uniqueness . You ain't going to find anything like this . This is one unto itself . I'm actually kind of surprised that they don't sell more of them . This thing is pretty cool .

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The infotainment functions are confusing , however . My Italian friend schooled me on the thought process and I still don't understand it . So you have to become a little bit Italian to be able to understand the functions and how it all operates . Eat a lot of pasta .

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Two-liter , turbocharged four-cylinder , 280 horsepower , so it's got some juice . Torque 306 pound-feet of torque , and it can tow up to 3,000 pounds . Mileage 22 city , 28 highway for combined to 24 . I got 25.4 miles per gallon over the 754.7 miles that I drove up to Granbury and back and then back and forth to work . What I liked about it ? The sport car-like handling that is built on the Giulia platform , which is a sedan that really is a sporty sedan . The half of Romeo thing is sportiness and it's got that kind of ride and unique handling to it and you either like it or you don't like it . I like it . I like to be able to go around corners fast . I'm not sure about feeling comfortable about that in a high platform SUV , but apparently it'll do it .

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How

Performance and Pricing Details

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much was it ? Well , the base trim price is $48,995 . The price as tested $59,140 . The base model price $48,995 . Competitors include the Audi Q5 for $45,400 . The Mercedes-Benz GLC for $49,250 , and the Acura ADX that I didn't even know about . You know we don't get too many Acuras to drive . No , we don't . Did you know that there was an ADX ? No , there's the RDX . You're familiar with the Right . Yeah , yeah , okay . This is the Acura ADX , which is a small platform .

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It competes with the Lexus UX , so it's small small $44,000 is what they're getting or asking for the Acura ADX . Huh yeah , it was a very unique vehicle and I'd like to thank Kimberly Schultz , with Stellantis , who allowed me to drive all those miles in it . You liked it .

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I liked the car . The car was very comfortable , the seat positions you could get put anywhere and you'd get comfortable . I agree with you , the infotainment system was a little challenging . We were trying to do some things .

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Jeff , I'm trying to drive . Would you please do this ? Well , let's see , it's on the steering wheel . Well , I'm trying to drive . Would you please do this ? Well , let's see , it's on the steering wheel . Well , there you go . I got my hands over here and I'm going like this , digging around on the steering wheel trying to get things .

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And the truck driver going by is looking out the window like what the ? Hell are these ?

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two men doing in there we had four hands on the steering wheel trying to figure stuff out . It's crazy . We made it .

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Yeah , we were trying to reset the trip odometer , right right , and you had to drill down into it to reset the trip odometer .

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Yeah , that's some of that , more of that stuff where it's getting too complicated .

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Yeah , yeah . Well , and also , when you get there , you've got to know what to do with it . So there was . I broke out the manual .

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We were reading the manual , just saying Is that all ?

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It was a nice vehicle . The front grill , you said the . What did you call that Triangle ? Triangle Looks like what the Edsel used to be with the horse collar . Oh , that is not ugly , not as well . To me it's kind of . I think of that one .

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You're more traditional . You're a Detroit boy

Episode Wrap-Up

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