1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,040 It might be the largest group of the most welcoming people you'll 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,480 ever run across. This week on that car show, we 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:11,040 are just back from Monterey and we are bursting with car week 4 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,920 tails. Each year somehow manages to top 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,640 the one before and we want to unpack it all with you here 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,320 today. It's just me and Lindsay this 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,320 week and this is an audio only episode. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,560 It's a fun one though. It's a Car Week Chronicles and 9 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:32,840 it's that car show. Hey, it's that car show. 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,360 It's Lindsay, Josh and me, Ryan Barkey today and well damn it, 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,680 it's the annual post car week come down episode. 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,160 It happens every year. You know, we we all have this 13 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:46,600 best week ever in Monterey and Carmel. 14 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,800 We're living it up like doctors brushing our teeth of champagne 15 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,160 and caviar. And you know, then we have the 16 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:55,080 world's biggest door hit us in our collective ass on the way 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,960 out. So holy shit, another incredible 18 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,880 car week wasn't. It Oh my gosh, I mean, and it's, 19 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,239 I think the contrast was even stronger this year. 20 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,320 Like I ended up coming back like leaving midday on Sunday. 21 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,760 So I got home Sunday night, which is usually I get home on 22 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,920 Monday and I woke up Monday morning and just went was it all 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,120 a dream? Like it just, it's just amazing. 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,600 It's just such a different world, and it's so magical. 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,080 And then you're just boom, you're back in your real life. 26 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,480 And it's like, did that even happen? 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,880 Like, I felt like I spun around and the whole thing was just, 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,160 you know, this amazing Daydream. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's, it's 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,720 always amazing, right? You know, it's as soon as you 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,440 sort of, I don't know, turn around, you run into someone 31 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,280 else, you know, or you see something else amazing. 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,880 I mean, right. The first time is always the 33 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,600 best time. And this was my third. 34 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,040 You've done it, you know, your whole life. 35 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,680 But, you know, that's just, it's hard to wrap your head around it 36 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,360 that first time. And, and at this point, I almost 37 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,440 want to bring someone new, right? 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,400 And, and share it with them, right? 39 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,440 And, and, and bring them into the into the fold. 40 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,200 And I posted something to LinkedIn. 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,680 I don't usually post, you know, I don't know, poetic 42 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:09,479 dedications. Yeah. 43 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,280 Yeah. But I, you know, it's just, 44 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,320 again, this sort of same thought that you spend this amazing week 45 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,520 where everything is amazing, everything tastes great, 46 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,080 everything sounds great, everything looks great. 47 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,640 You know, all your friends are there, you know, Then you come 48 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:24,680 down and it's, it's like a melancholia or something, you 49 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,200 know, it's, it's, it's. Just a. 50 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,960 Very, very different thing. So I, I know a lot of people 51 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,120 listening were there, you know, we had a ton of of friends of 52 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,720 the show there. Of course didn't get to see 53 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,640 everyone. Of course it's like that every 54 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:39,040 year. But I thought we'd just run 55 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,400 through the, you know, run through the week as as as seen 56 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,640 through our eyes. Maybe starting with with 57 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,240 Wednesday. I think I got there a little 58 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,520 earlier than you did. You did. 59 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,880 And I'm, I am really looking forward to hearing about your 60 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,440 week because I think this really exemplifies car week too. 61 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Like, you got there Wednesday, I got in late Thursday, and we saw 62 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,480 each other for about 25 seconds on Sunday morning at Pebble, 63 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,200 which I'm so glad. I didn't think we were going to 64 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,480 get to see each other in person at all, which is insanity. 65 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,560 But that's also Car Week. It's so true. 66 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,840 Well, of course I was late. You got there for dawn Patrol. 67 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,960 I got to see your pops again, which was awesome. 68 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,240 Love him. He's great. 69 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,440 He's awesome. He's an. 70 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,640 Amazing. I think we make good wing people 71 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:25,000 for each other at car events. Yeah, yeah, I I yeah, I could 72 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,520 have used a good wing person, but after the quail, my wing 73 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,360 guy, Colin, poor guy, threw out his back. 74 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,920 And so he was basically hanging out at our shared house the rest 75 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,520 of the week, which was unfortunate, but we drove down 76 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Colin. No, no, it's it's Yeah, it's 77 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,480 yeah, I really, you know, especially when you've bought 78 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,240 tickets and this. Kind of. 79 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:45,440 Yeah. Well. 80 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,880 We flew into SFO. Now, yeah. 81 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,280 I just pinged them so hopefully make it a live update. 82 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:53,040 Turning. This show. 83 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,040 But yeah, you know, part of what's changed for me is the 84 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,960 last couple of years I'd flown directly into Monterey. 85 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,320 And I know you drive because you're a Californian, but. 86 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Well, and I've done both. Like if I'm coming from Seattle, 87 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,400 I've flown in, right? Sure, sure. 88 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,320 You know, delightful. But I like, I love doing the 89 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,640 road trip up from Southern California because it feels like 90 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,560 it's such a part of the journey and you end up seeing cars on 91 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,959 the way there. Like, do you know you're going 92 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:22,040 to the same place as people that you're on the road with? 93 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,600 And this year was definitely the year of the Urus. 94 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,280 We saw at least five of them on the road trip up. 95 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,360 One of them this gorgeous purple 1. 96 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,720 And I if the license plate was a funny play on purple was at it 97 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,960 was stopped in Paso Robles when we stopped and the owner 98 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,200 happened to be out there and my daughter got to sit in it, which 99 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,360 was fun. Oh, nice. 100 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:49,000 And same place we got to see there was a Renault 5 Turbo, one 101 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,400 of those little special race cars. 102 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,520 Yes, that was, yes, one of the first cool cars I saw in the 103 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,320 road coming down from San Francisco. 104 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,480 And it's like, yeah, you know, you've arrived. 100% And then 105 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,360 there was one parked on the street in Carmel. 106 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,720 But the one that I saw in Paso was on the back of a Citrin 107 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:08,720 flatbed truck being towed up to Monterey. 108 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,800 And we pulled in to get gas. And this thing was right ahead 109 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,720 of us. And I went, you know, you're on 110 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,240 the way to car week when this is what's at the gas station. 111 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,280 And then I talked to them briefly and the driver, it was a 112 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:22,640 friend of the owner that was in it when I was right there. 113 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,280 And he said, yeah, but it's got an LS swap in it, which was even 114 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,000 funnier. But then that that combo was on 115 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,720 display at the Avance event. So I'll, I'll find out more 116 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,800 about it. But it was just like, what an 117 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,440 amazing spot it was. I was like, we're getting close. 118 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,400 Totally, totally. Well, we were in a fake Urus. 119 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,720 We were in an Audi Q8, which is, I know, built on the same 120 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,840 platform, but this was not the SQ8I was a little disappointed 121 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,440 in it. You know, it's got the, it's, 122 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:53,960 it's got the small engine, big car. 123 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,200 So you press the, you know, press the gas and you wait a 124 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,480 couple seconds and you've got the power. 125 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,400 But, but, but a great car just to be, you know, shoveled around 126 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,920 in or shuttle around others in for car week. 127 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,920 And, and I had never done that that trip in San Francisco and 128 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,200 along Hwy. 1 and we stopped at Sam's chowder house along the 129 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,960 way had lobster rolls. It was a lot of fun. 130 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,440 Kind of set the set the tone and we got the stuff by Bruce 131 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,040 Canopa's place for the first time. 132 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:18,520 I don't know if you've been to Canada. 133 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,200 Every year it's on my list and every year I do not have time, 134 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,000 so tell me all about it, I really would love. 135 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,440 It, yeah, it was, I don't know what I was expecting. 136 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,680 I guess I thought it was going to be, you know, 5895 nines or 137 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,960 whatever, just stacked. But it wasn't quite like that. 138 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,320 But it was still pretty great. You know, they have a workshop 139 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,840 area and then they have a kind of a lower level with cars for 140 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:42,120 sale and then they have a museum upstairs and a lot of race cars. 141 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,160 They're iconic. I don't always know why they are 142 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:48,080 like the Providence or whatever exactly, but stuff, you know, 143 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,680 again, we've talked about this before cars they turned into Hot 144 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,280 Wheels and stuff and and then the cars for sale, there was a 145 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,840 BMW 1M, there were a couple 95 nines, you know, some CGTS that 146 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:01,080 that they redo. There's a dark green 1A car I 147 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,480 think I'd seen at Laguna last year at Laguna Seca. 148 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:06,120 Like maybe I saw that one. I don't know if they brought it 149 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:10,320 down but I think I saw a dark green one at the track maybe and 150 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,160 the color. Yeah, yeah. 151 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,400 OK. Maybe it's the same one. 152 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:14,240 Yeah. It was cool. 153 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,840 You know, my whole life I've heard of, you know, Canopy, you 154 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,960 should stop by. And it was great, you know, but 155 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,680 kind of a an amuse bouche, right to the rest, a little teaser. 156 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,920 Yeah, like, like in and of itself, like in a vacuum, that 157 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,280 would have been an amazing day. But it was it was merely a stop 158 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,560 on the way to, you know, the the big show, right. 159 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,680 But it was fun. It was such a pretty drive. 160 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,960 It's not quite like coming up from the South with with the Big 161 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,480 Sur and all that, but it's still beautiful though, like. 162 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,440 You can't, you can't go wrong anywhere in that area on the 163 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,840 coast like the drives are. So, you know, the, the, the 164 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,920 vistas, if I will, you know, you'll allow me to be a little 165 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:53,120 melodramatic. Yeah. 166 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,800 They're just so pretty and striking and different. 167 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,120 And it really, I think it sets the tone and you know you're 168 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,440 headed towards something special. 169 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,000 Yeah, exactly. And for a lot of people in our 170 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,800 circles, their week started off with Motor Lux, the Kennedy 171 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,880 event. I did not attend this year. 172 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,520 I still love you Haggerty, but next year I will get my 173 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,520 application in on time and hopefully get credentials again. 174 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,560 But I just. Yeah, I and we were, it actually 175 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,120 worked out really well. We were exhausted. 176 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,320 That would have been a lot that first night and it has been for 177 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,040 me if you fly in that afternoon or whatever, but I heard it was 178 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,160 wonderful for. Sure. 179 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,000 Yeah, Yeah, a little different this year because the auctions I 180 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,679 think were all off site as opposed to years past, right, 181 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,000 the broader auctions. Yeah, they've had them sort of 182 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,320 in conjunction and you could go between the Motor Lux event and 183 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,559 the auction because it was going on at the same time. 184 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:44,880 Right, right. Yeah. 185 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,520 But no, I heard it was great. And next year I look forward to 186 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,800 to going. But it was nice to just sort of 187 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,040 ease in and, you know, I stayed, I learned my lesson last couple 188 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,000 years. I've stayed in wildly overpriced 189 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,000 2 star as being generous. But these older motel properties 190 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,440 in Carmel. So you're right downtown, right? 191 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:02,840 But it's lovely. But there's not air 192 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:04,800 conditioning, you know, little they're older. 193 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,440 They're, you know, 80 years old and, and, and you're for better 194 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,280 or worse, you're right in the middle of everything so late 195 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,120 into the night, your cars and this kind of thing. 196 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,360 And it this year we were out on Carmel Valley Road and a bunch 197 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,960 of us from Denver and Chicago and other places as Far East as 198 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,240 New York. Shout out to Colin Handler who 199 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,760 drove his AMG all the way from upstate New York. 200 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,040 Something like 3100 miles to the house on on Carmel Valley Rd. 201 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,760 Fun group of people. Do you know Valentina? 202 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:39,040 What's her last name? Valentina Josh Valentina 203 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,480 Trentini is her name. I knew it was something very 204 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,880 Italian. She's Italian and she does this 205 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,760 business called yeah, bruschetta, which is I think 206 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,840 very clever, like bruschetta, but like brush. 207 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,560 And she does a lot of the like pinstriping, the, the gumballs, 208 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:58,120 the numbers, the, you know, the, the Pegasus pegasi, the, you 209 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,280 know, that kind of thing. And she's really well known. 210 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,160 She's got a huge following on, on an Instagram. 211 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,280 She was at the house Mike Burrows and Derek Shrek from 212 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:09,720 Fuel Fed. You know, God, it was just, it 213 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,160 was a bunch of a bunch of neat guys. 214 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,240 Nick an old Fuel Fed a friend from Chicago so a little 215 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,840 different this year being outside of of the middle of 216 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,920 things, but man we slept well yeah, things considered poor 217 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,360 Colin and I were the two biggest guys there Collins bigger and 218 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,840 taller than I am and we basically shared a tree house 219 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:32,040 that had been turned into an Edu like a couple of Keebler elves. 220 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,160 You know we're. Going to go back to our retreat 221 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:36,600 to our tree house for the evening. 222 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,280 Basically, but it was kind of brilliant because we slept so 223 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,760 well, but we had to go into the house to use the bathroom. 224 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,960 First night someone locked the front door so it. 225 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,920 Was a bit rustic. More rustic than. 226 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,440 The wood pile I I went and bare feet and no glasses. 227 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:55,320 But it was, fingers crossed it. Was fun. 228 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:56,480 Yeah, it was. It was fun. 229 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,000 Usually. Stay. 230 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:02,320 Where'd you stay this year? In Carmel, like right, right in 231 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,520 Carmel. Same places before. 232 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,640 Yeah, which worked out really well because my I drove up 233 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:12,280 Thursday and started my time kind of on the ground there with 234 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:15,920 the reveal of the Range Rover, one of one that they do every 235 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,640 year. And that was really close to 236 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,160 where I stayed. So it was amazing because I got 237 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,800 there and then I was able to walk to where I needed to be, 238 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,080 which is I was like, this is the genius move. 239 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:27,840 It's like don't have to move your car, you don't have to deal 240 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,640 with parking. And it was a great way to sort 241 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,760 of like, you know, get the lay of the land and see a little bit 242 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,120 of Carmel like right away when I got there because that's, you 243 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:42,760 know, Ocean Ave. is where a lot of the really special cars are. 244 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,400 They had some rally cars kind of parked along like fuel the fuel 245 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,800 run and like Gold Rush and a bunch of different ones had cars 246 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,680 parked on like a red carpet along, you know, Ocean Ave. 247 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:57,560 And that's kind of the heart of the action in Carmel. 248 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,400 So it's it was nice. Yeah. 249 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,240 And it's I think. Did you go to the tour? 250 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:07,200 No, because I was on the road up when it was happening 251 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,520 unfortunately. Got it. 252 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,280 I only. Recommend going to the tour. 253 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,880 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've done it in the past. 254 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,120 This year, it was, you know, drizzly, for better or worse. 255 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,040 I think it was atmospheric, right? 256 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,320 But I, I opted to to sleep in and. 257 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,400 And I, you know, I missed that first day on Wednesday, too. 258 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,120 You know, something I missed was the singer Louis Vuitton collab 259 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,640 reveal, which has gotten a lot of press. 260 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,200 Yes. What are your thoughts We didn't 261 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,800 get a chance to talk about? Well, you know, it's a thing, 262 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:37,880 right? It's not going to be every 263 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,840 singer moving forward. And it is sort of a showpiece, 264 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,800 you know, of everything that they can do. 265 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,240 Obviously, you know, the the Louis Vuitton collaboration is 266 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,480 super cool. Yeah, I, I really would love to 267 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,960 have gone, just didn't get into town, you know, quite in time. 268 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,440 But thank you. Thank you, Thank you. 269 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,680 Maurice Merrick, our buddy from Horsepower Heritage, who we'll 270 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:59,840 get to later, basically was the Rover Room reporter at the Quail 271 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,280 and did these fireside chats. It was very cool to see him on a 272 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,360 giant screen. And also Deb Pollock, singer, 273 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,120 who who really hooked up this Car Week D Lister with the 274 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,640 swaggiest of swag bags from the event. 275 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,960 I think I shared this with you. So cool. 276 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,840 They gave. I brought that bag home, took it 277 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:22,240 out of my my, my suitcase and my 13 1/2 year old daughter. 278 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:25,880 Like Louis Vuitton. It's like you should. 279 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,680 You shouldn't know what that is, right? 280 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,240 Either I've failed or I'm parenting perfectly that she 281 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,360 recognizes. That I think she just wants the 282 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,040 bag, right, to like, you know, bring something into, you know, 283 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,360 school. And they were giving out the 284 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:44,320 most amazing, I guess, I guess you'd call it a, I don't know 285 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,400 what the term is, but an enameled engine badge. 286 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,560 Basically. There's, there's a term. 287 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,040 Wow. Yeah. 288 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,800 But but, you know, commemorating the, the collab and super cool 289 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,680 and, you know, but it's all packed in a box. 290 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:59,160 Like it's a piece of fine jewelry. 291 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,680 And then there was like, I think it's a bracelet. 292 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,320 I need to go in. I haven't really gone through my 293 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,880 bag since I've gotten home, but what, what a hell of a guy from 294 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,760 the race for thinking of me and Deb as well for allowing him to 295 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,400 think of me. But I really wish I could have 296 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,360 have gone to the end. What are your thoughts on it? 297 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,080 Because it's, it's a lot. I mean, it's, it's a, it's, it's 298 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:22,680 like the most, it's like 2 of the world's most powerful brands 299 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,200 visually. Or at least right, yeah, 300 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,160 visually. And it's kind of name 301 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,000 recognition, right? Yeah, yeah, to. 302 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,000 Give us to made a baby. To give us this love child Yes, 303 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,520 you know it was interesting. I love, I do love with some of 304 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:42,880 these, the cars that are sort of, you know, like like singer 305 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:47,120 and Gunther works in terms of like the attention to detail 306 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,440 that goes into every element of those vehicles is always so 307 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,000 evident. And I have found myself being 308 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:59,480 drawn to like the cream colored want versions when they do 309 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:05,560 those, I think because it's sort of understated and it's like, 310 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,960 you know, all of the work and thought that goes into them. 311 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,240 And it's the the sort of quiet confidence of the more subtle 312 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,200 colors because it's like, no, I don't have to scream from the 313 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,400 rooftops. Like I love the bright ones so 314 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,240 much, but there's something I love about the understated ones 315 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,200 too. So I loved that about the cream 316 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,400 one. I thought the the handbag 317 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:32,040 surround on the gear shift was a really interesting way to 318 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,120 demonstrate their capabilities of like, we really can do 319 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,000 whatever, whatever you've dreamt up, I think. 320 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,600 Yeah, I think in practical terms, I went, wow, that's 321 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,160 amazing. Like, look at what they're able 322 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,560 to bring to fruition. How quickly would you get sick 323 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,280 of that? I think, like, is it, is it 324 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,880 gimmicky to the point where you'd be like, you know, I loved 325 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,920 this at the beginning. I don't know that I'm still in 326 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:03,800 love with it, but it's a really great way to showcase, like show 327 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,720 not tell of we can make your dreams come true, whatever your 328 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,160 dreams are. Right, right. 329 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,120 If that had been a wrap and those had been stickers, it 330 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,200 wouldn't have been half as it would've been cool at all, 331 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,520 right. But this was all the real deal. 332 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,520 Again, I think it was just a look what we can do and you 333 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,560 know, I don't know that that car is going to anyone in 334 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,960 particular. Maybe I'm wrong, but I would say 335 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,640 the the average person is not gonna check off every box and 336 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:37,600 that is every box done checked. So but I'm sure it was a hell of 337 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:38,800 a party. I think you know. 338 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,760 Oh, I'm sure I have. Friends there and it's just you 339 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,920 can't do everything. You can't do everything. 340 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:48,920 That is and like what a great position to be in that we have 341 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:54,000 like all of our sort of boots on the ground effort and networking 342 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,280 over the past few years. We're now in a position of like, 343 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,000 there's too many things, I mean. I know it's very, it's amazing 344 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,240 People don't, people don't realize once you get there, 345 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,800 you're still getting invited to stuff, right? 346 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,319 And as I explained to Molly, it's probably like, well, you 347 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:10,680 know, the A listers, they've they've, they've emailed all 348 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,800 those people and now they're down to the, you know, like they 349 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,319 said, the the C and the D or whatever. 350 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:17,400 But I'll take it. And even if, you know, I'm not 351 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:22,119 invited two months in advance, but but yeah, so many things. 352 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,599 You just, you know, obviously I'm going to take the supercar 353 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,120 house over the RV stand. That's just, you know how it's, 354 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,560 it's going to be as far as invites. 355 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,760 And and so that was my first, I guess. 356 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,640 Oh, go ahead. Well, I was going to say like, I 357 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,880 think that's part of what makes it so interesting and fun is 358 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:40,920 because, I mean, and this happened last year. 359 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,720 I think I mentioned this on the show last year. 360 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,440 There was one, I think it was Friday, the night before my 361 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,840 entire day flipped around, you know, like I had a thought in my 362 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,560 head of like a rough plan of what I was going to attend for 363 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,560 the week. And then, like you said, like 364 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,040 these invitations come up. And some of it is because you 365 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,640 run into somebody and they go, oh, my gosh, I'm bringing you 366 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,280 with me or, or people from the brand reach out or whatever it 367 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,960 is. But it was like, yeah, if I had 368 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,320 told you what my Friday was ahead of time last week and then 369 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,640 what? Or last year and then what I 370 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,720 ended up doing this year or last, you know, You know what I 371 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,600 mean? It was completely different. 372 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,000 Never could have imagined that I would get to do what I actually 373 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,080 got to do and attend the things I got to attend. 374 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,880 But that's what makes it so fun. It's like you really don't know 375 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,080 what your week is going to be. You live in the moment. 376 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,320 Yeah. Yeah, you're on your toes, you 377 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,040 know, and this logistical side of this. 378 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,680 Like yesterday, Monterey Car Week is a yes. 379 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,120 Week yeah. And that's kind of what you do. 380 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,560 You keep saying yes to the best thing and maybe you Slough off 381 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,240 something, you know, and you know, you hate to be like that, 382 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,040 but that's what this is for, for a few days. 383 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,680 You, you know, you have to be like that. 384 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,240 I mean, again, there are logistics involved. 385 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:53,760 You've got to get from one place to another. 386 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,160 Oftentimes, you know, things, you know, a mile can take 10 387 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,200 minutes or whatever. It's right, you know, as you 388 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,040 know, it's, it's it's a lot. And you know, my, my, I guess, 389 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,520 first real event, I think was my first real event. 390 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,560 But we've talked about supercar houses, hypercar houses. 391 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,880 I had the pleasure of going to the Zenvo house. 392 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,520 It wasn't too far from the house mirrors thing. 393 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,000 And it was kind of, you know, toward the, the East End of of 394 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,840 Carmel Valley. And I don't know about you. 395 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,520 I didn't know much about Zenvo cars. 396 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,000 I've never had any experience with them. 397 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,200 I guess I've seen them around here and there. 398 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,920 I think, I don't know, it's quite a quite a while now. 399 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,200 And I'm sure that like the sweeper under the rug. 400 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,840 But there's a very famous incident with the fire in a in a 401 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,760 Zenvo car on Top Gear, you may recall. 402 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,920 I don't, but I got to go to one of their reveals when they, I 403 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,000 think it was the North American debut when they had partnered 404 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,160 with Galpin back in May. But that was my first exposure 405 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,800 to the cars, you know? And of course, they're gorgeous 406 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,920 works of art. They are, they are and they're 407 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,840 cool and I guess I didn't realize quite how potent they 408 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,440 were. These guys are so Danish and 409 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,280 they kept talking about chairs. Chairs came up a lot and, you 410 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,880 know, famous, you know, Danish chairs and things and banging 411 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,680 Olafsson, but you get that, you get the drift. 412 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:09,080 This is sort of a a hyper car done in in that, you know, and 413 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,080 that philosophy, I guess. And so this car, this new car, 414 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:14,880 it's called the Aurora. It's just a word that I will 415 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,640 never say properly in my whole life. 416 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,560 Aurora. But. 417 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,160 That has to be. That has to make living in 418 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,800 Colorado a little challenging. I know. 419 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,080 Yeah, it's it's, yeah. It's one of those words, you 420 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,920 know, it's hard to wrap how to wrap your head around, but but 421 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,720 this car is also kind of hard to wrap your head around because it 422 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,320 comes in two flavors. Flavors. 423 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,840 It's very potent. There is a more streetable 424 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,840 version and there there is a more track focused version. 425 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,000 Everything down to the body work is is different. 426 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:47,160 I think this thing is AV 12. It's got 12150 horsepower with 427 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,880 the gas engine and then I think with the hybrid system it's up 428 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,320 to 1650 or 1850. It's just insane. 429 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:58,520 Yeah, it's a tremendous number. It's a tremendous number, right? 430 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,600 It's, it's, it's a car with gravity. 431 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,040 You remember when the, when the Bugatti came out, right, the 432 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,280 Veyron and it was 1001 horsepower? 433 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,680 Well, this is almost twice that. This is almost twice the damn 434 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:11,840 horse part. I gotta say. 435 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,240 These guys, the designer was there, the engineers were there, 436 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,240 the CEO, all just just super nice guys, really knowledge and 437 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,280 passionate. They've got something to prove 438 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,240 here and and the cars are amazing. 439 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,960 Just just beautifully crafted. Unfortunately, my head filled 440 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,960 with, you know, all sorts of things since I was I was there. 441 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,320 But I think about three and three million, 3.2 million, you 442 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,120 know, which is not nothing, but anymore that's not so much, I 443 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,560 guess, if you're shopping for a car like that. 444 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:42,000 But really impressed, really beautiful house, great 445 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,280 presentation. Ran into some friends, Gabe, 446 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,800 who's a writer for Autoblog and some others and some new 447 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,160 friends. Yeah, it was great. 448 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,880 It was really cool. It was, it was a nice sort of 449 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,440 way to ease into things. But yeah, but that was that was 450 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,120 Thursday I and I think that was the same day that Gunther Works 451 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,040 had an event. And and I know you've done a lot 452 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,360 with Gunther Works. I have not. 453 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,120 This is my first time ever being exposed to the brand other than, 454 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,600 you know, just seeing the cars and garages and this kind of 455 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,680 thing. Really classy event They were at 456 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,840 a winery on. Again, this is this is kind of 457 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,000 how the house worked out well, because so many of these events 458 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,680 were actually on Carmel Valley Rd. the the wineries and this 459 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,480 kind of thing. And they were. 460 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,440 A lot of the winery manufacturer houses are, so it works out if 461 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,120 you can, if that's a lot of your calendar and you can sort of 462 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,160 locate yourself there, it's it's really smart. 463 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,320 Totally, totally, and it sure helped having a car right, 464 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,160 instead of trying to like you know, and being able to park it 465 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,160 this kind of thing. But great event. 466 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,280 I was able to bring some friends and and walked in and great 467 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,080 wine. They had a string quartet 468 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,640 playing Nirvana and other popular favorites. 469 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,600 It was it was quite nice. It was quite nice. 470 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,080 He had some cars there. Obviously, you know, they would 471 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:58,280 reveal this carbon fiber track focused car later in the week, 472 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,960 but got to spend, I don't know, 45 minutes from now. 473 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,760 We're talking with Peter Nam, who I think you know and you 474 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,680 know, he's also a very passionate guy. 475 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,400 Yep, Yep. Greg, you know, and also divorce 476 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,800 Diner. Yes, yeah, he started. 477 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,320 With for sign here. Gunther Works followed after 478 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,240 that and now they have Ctr. which is the Ferrari focused 479 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:23,200 sort of, you know, entity. But yeah, So what did you and I, 480 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,840 I ran into, I think Jason Meshnick was with you at the 481 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,000 Gunther Works. Yeah, he was. 482 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,320 And then I ran into him at the Range Rover event. 483 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,280 So what? Yeah. 484 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,200 So tell me about your chat with Peter. 485 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,480 Yeah, I'll be real honest. I think people fall into one or 486 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:39,800 two camps. You're like kind of a Singer 487 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,920 person or you're a Gunther Works person, right? 488 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,920 They're two very different philosophies, sort of going for 489 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,720 the the same thing or similar thing. 490 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,160 And and boy, the cars have really grown on me after talking 491 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,120 with Peter because I'm he's so passionate. 492 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,920 He told me the story and we'll have to get him on. 493 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:59,520 He said he'd come on, but he talked about, he was literally 494 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,520 laughed at when he decided I was going to make, you know, he's 495 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,840 going to do this car, right? And it's kind of like, look at 496 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,720 me now. And he had emotional, you know. 497 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,080 He's laughing now, guys. I know, I know. 498 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:14,720 I really now that I I had a tour of the car by the CEO 499 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:15,520 especially. From. 500 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:16,600 Him. I'm into it. 501 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,120 Really. Yeah, it it definitely, like I 502 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:25,880 had a similar experience at the Zenvo event at Galpin in May. 503 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,760 Like you said, the Zenvo team, they're so approachable and 504 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,840 generous with their time. I got kind of a walkthrough of 505 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,400 their cars from one of their executive team. 506 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,160 And it's definitely, I think it brings the cars to life, which 507 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,720 it sounds like that's what happened to you with the Gutter 508 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,920 Works and with your conversation with Peter. 509 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,240 Well, I think an analogue is sort of you go into a museum and 510 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,040 there's, I don't know, a decooning, you know, painting or 511 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,800 something. And OK, you don't really, you 512 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,080 know, OK, that's nice. It looks decorative. 513 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,080 And then, then you then you then you, you read the, the placard, 514 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,520 right? And you get some insight or and, 515 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,400 and you know, and that's the same kind of thing once you sort 516 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,280 of know why it is the way it is. Yeah. 517 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,960 And if you, if you think about it, it's a lot of like what we 518 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,640 do on this show and what we talk about is like, what's the story 519 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,520 behind it? Like what are the people's 520 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,840 stories? What are the stories behind the 521 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,840 cars? What are the stories behind, you 522 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,000 know, the events or a significant race or whatever, 523 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,920 Like, and I think that's what a lot of us say to each other in 524 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,480 the car world is like, it's the story, it's the people. 525 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,760 That's that's what brings it to life. 526 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,280 That's what really makes it, you know, makes it special. 527 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,280 When everything is fast, as we've talked about before, it 528 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,080 becomes about, you know, how, how you get there, right, how 529 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,840 you get to that, you know, 230 mile an hour, top speed or 530 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,600 whatever it is. And you know, his he yeah, he's 531 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,520 the real deal. Really enjoyed talking with him. 532 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,920 He also, yeah, he also promised a car to drive, which I hope 533 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,360 wasn't just the folk telling wine talking. 534 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,320 But yeah, really nice event. Really, really. 535 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,080 You know, you get these, like, little Oasis is Oasis sort of 536 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,040 throughout the week, right, where you can actually relax a 537 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:03,560 little bit. Yeah. 538 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,840 You're on and you're talking to people and they're trying to 539 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,000 sell you something or inform you and this kind of thing. 540 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,600 But they become these little sort of hideaways from the rest 541 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,680 of the, you know, the madding crowds, right. 542 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,240 And. Yeah, well, yeah, it is. 543 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:20,640 It's an Oasis, a little bit of a respite, and sort of like this 544 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,840 is delightful. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 545 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,080 And you feel kind of kind of, you know, like hot shit going to 546 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,480 these things, right? Yeah, that's kind of nice. 547 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,280 It's we talk about this a lot. Right, I am all. 548 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,760 Self see us now, right? Yeah, yeah. 549 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,240 It's not just Peter Nam who got laughed at when he said hey, I'm 550 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,320 going to be a part of this world. 551 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,360 Here we are. So, you know, it's it's nice, 552 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,640 but you can totally, totally. I think that brings us to 553 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,680 Friday. Would you do on Friday? 554 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,000 Had some non car related stuff to take care of during the day. 555 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,920 So I'm I'm going to have to live vicariously through you. 556 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,600 So tell me all about Quail, yeah? 557 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,560 Well, the Quail was very fortunate this year to get 558 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:59,160 credentials and you know, Con Media is obviously very involved 559 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,920 with the quail and literally bumped into to Dan Khan and 560 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,080 Corey Burns, who? Oh. 561 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,720 That's awesome. The two guys, you know, guys 562 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,920 that do run, you know, con media and so that was really nice and 563 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,920 and got to spend some time with them before things got too 564 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,360 crazy. You know, people always ask, are 565 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:17,320 you a quail person? It's kind of like the singer 566 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,800 Gunther question, right? You a quail person or are you a 567 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,040 Pebble? Person. 568 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,160 Yeah, and I think kind of like those cars. 569 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,560 I'm really both this year, you know that each one has their 570 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,120 place. I think, you know, the quails 571 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:31,400 really leaning into what it is, you know, and Pebble now 75 572 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,560 years on and we'll get to that is is obviously very that's the 573 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,480 the Granddaddy, right. But it was was wasn't 574 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,320 fundamentally different than years past. 575 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,120 But the quail, if you don't know, of course, really focuses 576 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:46,480 on on the newer stuff, the hyper cars, the Super cars, So like 577 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,640 roof as a booth there displays their cars and Porsche is there 578 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,280 and God, I mean, you know, good on the list right in you know, 579 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,600 this fun stuff like who's the company that takes the Diablos 580 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,200 and sort of singer rises them? Can't think of the name but it's 581 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:05,200 just kind. Of. 582 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,880 Right, right. And it'll come to. 583 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:09,960 Me. Well, we'll think of it, but 584 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:10,960 it's. We're not recording, it's. 585 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,040 This kind of stuff. And then it's obviously the food 586 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,560 and the drink is, is a heavy, you know, aspect of it and well, 587 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:17,840 and it's, yeah, you walk in the hands. 588 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,280 Of champagne, yeah, there's champagne as you arrive. 589 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,800 Obviously there's beverage stations. 590 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:27,400 I think one of the unique things about Quail is that the 591 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,560 manufacturers a lot of times have beverages or food. 592 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,880 Like there's, there's a hospitality element to 593 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:38,400 everyone's display almost, which is not true at other events. 594 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:43,160 I know last year, I remember it was two years ago, roof had 595 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,760 breakfast burritos for everyone. They had like a little, you 596 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,640 know, a little bag and it's, it's just the little touches 597 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:54,280 that make you feel so sort of like welcomed and, you know, 598 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,240 seen to use a, a word of the day. 599 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,680 But just like the thoughtfulness of like, Yep, we knew everybody 600 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,040 was getting up early because one of the things like you said, 601 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:10,200 they focus Quail focuses a lot on new cars from major 602 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,040 manufacturers. Like, you know, Maserati will do 603 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,360 a reveal or Lamborghini will do a reveal. 604 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,120 And so in the morning at Quail, they have what they call the 605 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,200 press conferences and everybody has a time slot. 606 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,680 And so if you're there in the morning, you're you're 607 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,080 crisscrossing the field to like, we got to get to Lamborghini at 608 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,520 8:30. We got to get to Maserati at, 609 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,720 you know, 845. And at night. 610 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,800 Yeah. And they're whooping, you know, 611 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,320 like drapes are coming off of cars left and right and we're 612 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,680 seeing all this eye candy. But it was nice, you know, like, 613 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,760 you can feel the thoughtfulness that goes into like roof with 614 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,680 the breakfast burritos. We know everybody's getting up 615 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,720 really early to get here for the press conferences. 616 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,600 And so here's a little token of our appreciation. 617 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,040 Thank you. For coming to the booth and 618 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:56,560 Myers Banks always has a great display, you know, and they have 619 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,400 like Frame and Thomas. Let's get the sand trap. 620 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,160 Yeah, the sand trap. And so they have the dune 621 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,360 buggies or the, you know, Myers Banks in the sand trap, which is 622 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,280 just such a great visual. You know, a few years ago I met 623 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,560 the gal that was their color designer for a long time, had a 624 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,080 long conversation with her. So I think that's one of the 625 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,360 great things about Quayle is that a lot of the people that 626 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,760 have helped create the cars that are there are there and 627 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,840 accessible and willing to just chat with you. 628 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:27,440 If you're, you know, like if you're genuinely interested and 629 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,040 want to hear about the story, they're very happy to share it 630 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,080 with you, which it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of them 631 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,840 were like, thank you so much for coming. 632 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,280 I don't have time to have a long conversation, right? 633 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,120 No, and that's not the case. Like many of them are willing to 634 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:42,920 just chat with you which is amazing. 635 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,560 It's very real, very authentic. I think you mentioned, you know, 636 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,600 you mentioned these unveilings, these reveals, oftentimes the 637 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,120 audience response is very authentic, right? 638 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,560 Won't clap if they're not impressed with what's been 639 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,600 presented to them, which is which is unique because it it's 640 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,720 not just industry people. Anyone can buy a ticket in 641 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,640 theory, right. But you know, I, I was on the 642 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,320 bus with the our buddy Bassam less if and his and his wife 643 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,840 Anna and folks and yeah, obviously much better dress than 644 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,080 I. Their fabulousity is not to be 645 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:15,480 understated. That's right. 646 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,000 I always look amazing. Yeah. 647 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,120 You know, I got to spend, you know, Bruce Meyer, another 648 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,160 friend of ours had, I think it was 6 or 8 cars, the part of 649 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,160 this special Bruce Meyer collection at the Quail this 650 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,080 year. He would later win Best of show. 651 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,480 I got to spend time with him and and his collection manager, Tom 652 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,760 Kenny on the green. Love those guys. 653 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,520 You know, I'd like to think that I was the lucky little 654 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,200 leprechaun that brought him that luck, you know, having hung out 655 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,960 with him. But I I think that car was going 656 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:47,280 to win no matter. But yeah, just just a neat guy. 657 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,080 Everyone wants their picture with Bruce, right? 658 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:55,040 You know, and he had some great cars on on display yeah You 659 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,960 know, it's it's so great 'cause you do run into friends, but 660 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,440 then you immediately like lose them. 661 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,240 You're proud. So since it's. 662 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,960 Just like a bunch of pews and balls. 663 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:04,760 Yeah. And it is. 664 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:09,440 It's, I think car week in general is like, it's like the 665 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,960 best birthday party that you dreamed of as a kid, but as an 666 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,360 adult because so many of your friends are there from around 667 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,760 the world, really. And you're all there for the 668 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,400 same thing, Ooing and I. And just like everybody's heads 669 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,200 are exploding the best way. And like you said, like you're 670 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,680 kind of bouncing off each other and you get to see so many of 671 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,280 your friends all in one place. Yeah. 672 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,480 Yeah, it's great. It's, you know, it's just, you 673 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,760 know, the stuff on the field is just always wonderful. 674 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,280 You know, GT Motor Cars was there and shout out to Zach 675 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,960 Sapka, who was there, who went around and started up every 676 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,720 everything and anything I wanted to see. 677 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,240 So got to poke around with some, you know, F 50s and that kind of 678 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,880 thing. And that was fun and God, you 679 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,480 know, got to see the Deisties. The whole Deisty club was. 680 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,000 Was, I know we got to meet there. 681 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,320 We got to meet the female contingent, which was amazing. 682 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,400 I mean, you, yeah. Yeah. 683 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:05,000 I've only met them on FaceTime. So it was wonderful to see, you 684 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,160 know, Lauren and Iowa in person at Pebble. 685 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,680 But yeah, I mean, Lewis has grown afoot, obviously. 686 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,280 Yeah, we got to see them at the track on Saturday, up at the 687 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,440 Corkscrew and. Then oh good. 688 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,040 My dad and John and Lewis and I did our now second annual Dawn 689 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,520 Patrol reconnoitering together this year at Pebbles, so that 690 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,800 was really fun too. Is it just me? 691 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,680 You know, and I've never done Dawn Patrol, but I would see the 692 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,400 hats. Over the years on the hats, has 693 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,600 the Hegarty logo gotten larger? Well, Dawn Patrol has gotten 694 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:35,960 smaller. Is that just me? 695 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:41,440 I have no accurate information, but I feel like there that's a 696 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,760 reasonable, you know, hypothesis to put forth. 697 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,400 Like, yeah, people murder. Oh my gosh, I know murder 698 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,600 someone. Somebody asked me this year, 699 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,560 they said did you get here at Hat O'clock? 700 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:57,960 And no, last year I was very lucky to get a hat and I was 701 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,040 like, I'm not running in there this year. 702 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,360 I'm going to give somebody else a chance. 703 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,800 Now that's, that's cool. One last thing about the Dicey's 704 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,480 The first time I ran into them, they literally ran into me. 705 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:11,679 I was waiting at the will call at whatever that Saint Philip's 706 00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:13,719 Church, whatever for Quail. Over quail. 707 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,760 Credentials and stuff. And there's kind of like 1/2 708 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,040 circle driveway and I'm standing in line and I see like this like 709 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,600 Kia Telluride or something, like just inching closer to me and 710 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:24,639 closer. It's sunny out. 711 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:27,080 I, you know, there's a glare on the wind and this thing's like 712 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,080 ready to bump me. And I turned around and just 713 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,760 gave them the look of death, right? 714 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,280 Just this, you know, I stared through their souls and then I, 715 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,440 I saw right away it was the whole Deisty family laughing, 716 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:43,600 you know? They would, yeah. 717 00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:46,679 Yes, that's so funny. Yeah, there is a truth, Quill. 718 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,080 About that little run in. And they were, they were 719 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:56,639 removing their Glee at having, having, giving you a Yeah. 720 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,480 Like, wait a minute, What's going on here? 721 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,680 Yeah, well, I was cranky. I just got in there. 722 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,320 I'm still feeling things out. You know, you're, you're sort of 723 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,400 navigating the the. Well, it's sort of the the 724 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,240 incongruity of like, no, this car is actually just driving 725 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:12,640 right at me. Well, that would make sense. 726 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,920 Like someone just thinks they're more important than I am, you 727 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:15,560 know? And. 728 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,520 It is. But no, it was, it was great. 729 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,720 I mean, the quail. What can you say about the 730 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:23,560 quail? The quail really has become a 731 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:28,280 fun day, a completely exhausting but amazing day with a little 732 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,960 bit of everything, food, drink. Like the one day actually had 733 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,560 more than like a glass of wine, right, Right. 734 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,400 Got to, you know, see so many people, so many friends and it 735 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,520 was just, you know, they do the fly over with the military jets. 736 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:40,880 It's like a thing. Yeah. 737 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,560 Big peninsula inflatable dude bouncing around. 738 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,240 I mean, it's, it's, it's good. Peterson had a wonderful, uh, 739 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,200 display of stuff. Just a very good day. 740 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,800 I cannot get over the logistics. Not just over the quail or, you 741 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,120 know, in isolation, but within the greater week, right. 742 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,640 Because there are cars you'll see there that you'll see other. 743 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,000 Yeah. I don't know. 744 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,400 And yet it all seems to be like this controlled chaos. 745 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,560 Like no one seems to be stressed, you know, I'm sure 746 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,840 that people are. But you know, seeing Dan and 747 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,320 Corey from CON, they seem cool as cucumbers and their Blazers 748 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,680 with their little CON badge, like they're the Secret Service 749 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,400 I mean. It's their poker face they've 750 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,640 got, yeah, you know, they have like an earpiece where it's like 751 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,280 everything. Totally, totally. 752 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:24,760 Yeah, yeah, I'm just impressed with with just how at least from 753 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,000 the outside, how seamless everything seems to to to go and 754 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,480 and be run. But yeah, the quail is just 755 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,720 always great. It's ticket prices keep going up 756 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,720 each year, but dare I say it's worth it. 757 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,720 It's well, it's a, it's a full. And I think one of the other 758 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:42,640 unique things about quail is like you mentioned this briefly, 759 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:48,440 is the, the food is as much a part of the event as the cars 760 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:52,640 because they have these giant, you know, like circus tents, 761 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,560 giant event tents scattered throughout the field. 762 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,760 And it's like cuisines of different regions. 763 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,720 You know, you have like Italian and Indian and like Mexican and 764 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,880 whatever. And then even throughout that, 765 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,280 there's little ice cream stands and little lemonade and, you 766 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,960 know, ice tea stations and water and whatever. 767 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,200 And so it's like, you really could spend your entire day just 768 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,960 eating and drinking, yes. And why can't they do this at 769 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,680 Disney World where you just walk in and, you know, with your kids 770 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,600 and like, yeah, I'll have 6 ice creams, right? 771 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,400 No one bats an eye, right? Because I paid for it and I bet 772 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,360 a Disney ticket isn't isn't too far off with the quails you. 773 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:35,600 Know, I know for these days, I know they had cotton candy that 774 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,480 was like a cotton candy station one year I mean. 775 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,320 It's like gourmet. Right. 776 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,320 And it I think it had a logo in it. 777 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,800 It was. It was like rose flavored cotton 778 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:44,720 candy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 779 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:47,120 It really is like adult Disneyland for car people. 780 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,240 Exactly. I'm sure there was popcorn 781 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,520 somewhere. I feel like, you know, it's like 782 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,680 and with the the I don't think it's the Blue Angels, but it's 783 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,720 that type of like you mentioned the fly over and they do the 784 00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:02,200 patriotic smoke and I think don't they play the national 785 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:02,680 anthem? I. 786 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:06,320 Think Oh yeah, someone's belting that out the loudest speakers. 787 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:11,400 Yes yeah, it's great it's great They I had the most delicious 788 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,440 ice cream bar I've ever had in my life that was some sort of 789 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,080 bourbon ice cream just fantastic And you know when you're there 790 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,560 you know like you know when I'm there like you I'm sure you're 791 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,520 working you know right. You're going to run into, you 792 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,520 might have an opportunity for, you know, an the Fly interview 793 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,880 or something, right? The last thing I want to do is 794 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,080 feed my face and then get caught. 795 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:29,840 Yeah. Halfway. 796 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,480 You know, through the the yeah. So, you know, you try to, you 797 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,600 know, you try to, you try to be good, but yeah. 798 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:38,680 And then the cars, obviously we hardly talked about the cars, 799 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,320 but there's just some amazing stuff, right? 800 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,800 Just just great cars. Just a great what really stuck. 801 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,920 You at Quail this year? God, I don't know if it was the 802 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,040 most amazing thing there, but that that the the Flak Bow 803 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,640 Porsche that they revealed Sunder, Sunder vunch, I think 804 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,200 kind of a level, you know, beyond the the regular Sunder 805 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,360 vinch. Yes, Porsche will make you a 806 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:04,200 slant nose of new slant nose if you are a good enough client. 807 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,760 That impressed me. I have really liked seeing 808 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,000 Audi's Nuvolari in person. I love that thing. 809 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,920 I think it looks great. That's a very, you know, 810 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,840 polarizing car. Really like the thing. 811 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,560 Thought it was interesting that yes, there are the four rings on 812 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,200 the front of the car, but on the booth itself there was no Audi 813 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,160 badging to be found. It just said Nuvolari. 814 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,720 We joked it was kind of like when Oldsmobile decided they 815 00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:29,840 were going to come up with their Aurora and it was not an 816 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,800 Oldsmobile, it was an Aurora. There's one small badge, but 817 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,720 that's a hell of a thing. Obviously the roof cars always 818 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:38,800 get me, and it's nice to see the roof family as well. 819 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,240 I've got a friend who's ordering a roof right now going through 820 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:43,480 the process. That's. 821 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,760 Been fun living vicariously. It's you know, it's like, yeah, 822 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,120 which, which shade of dark blue are you thinking? 823 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,280 Or which you know which yellow you think would work best on the 824 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:53,360 SCR. Stitching. 825 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:54,640 Shall I go with? Yes. 826 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,920 Yes, you know, I mean, that's that's really that's living the 827 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,440 dream and and, and you know what? 828 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,160 And you see that all around there are people like. 829 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,520 Actively buying cars, right, Right. 830 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,120 I mean, there was a Hennessy car, right, that was on display 831 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,800 there, a hyper car. The woman probably, I don't 832 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,720 know, in her 70s was like, hell yeah, I think I want that. 833 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,080 I'm going to take that home with me today. 834 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:16,080 I. Love that. 835 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,280 For you, she looked eccentric. You know, she looked like the 836 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,400 right customer for the car. But, you know, it's just little 837 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,760 moments like that, you know, where it's just, but it's it's 838 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,640 very inclusive. It's very welcoming. 839 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,320 You know, it's just it's it's just a good time, a good day. 840 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:30,680 We should probably move on. That's the quail. 841 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,640 Yeah, you don't need. To beating the quail to death. 842 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,520 I know. That's right, it's a dead quail, 843 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,880 people. Are people are buying cars? 844 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,200 That's kind of been the like, not joke, non joke the last few 845 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,760 years of like that's why manufacturers are doing their 846 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,320 reveals there because they sell out on the field at the quail. 847 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:48,560 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 848 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:49,680 No, that's it. That's it. 849 00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:52,280 And just these little moments of magic throughout the week. 850 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,800 I was fortunate to be hanging out with, again, with Maurice, 851 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,080 and we crashed the OTS house party. 852 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,320 I, I was not on the list, but I was with someone who, who was. 853 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,840 Yeah, Yeah. You know, we ended up walking up 854 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:05,800 to. I felt like I was like a 855 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,600 teenager or something. We walked to the wrong house and 856 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,680 someone's like, can I help you? The party's next door, They had 857 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,440 the garage door up, some pizzas and stuff. 858 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,960 And from the surface, it just sort of looked like a, you know, 859 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:20,160 a gathering. And then he realized, yeah, 860 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:24,600 that's a very special, you know, what's what's that Ferrari 861 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,320 shooting break, that light blue one that they drive around. 862 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,040 You've seen it on, on, on on Instagram. 863 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:34,120 It's like this sleek 70s or Bertone or whatever creation 864 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,120 sounds great. Oh yeah, there's the the Nardone 865 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,800 928, right? And, you know, and you know, the 866 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,320 CEO of the company and Oh yeah, good to meet you founders of 867 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:46,080 Machinisima, you know, and then you turn around and you know, 868 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,120 they've got their cool 300 TE Mercedes that they use as their 869 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,600 shop car and stuff, right? So again, I I it was a little, 870 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,720 it was a little like I was crashing the party, but they 871 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,760 were didn't get to talk to to Taz, but did get to spend some 872 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,360 time with Derek and was very gracious. 873 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,640 And you know, it's these little moments again, these things you 874 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:06,760 fall into and you know, they had been on the grand last year and 875 00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,680 we're on our show, you know, soon after and stuff. 876 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,560 So it's good to meet these people and and really get to, 877 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:16,400 you know, post show, right. But that was also the night of 878 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,160 the Porsche party. And that's a an event that I 879 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,320 know you and I have both gone to in the past. 880 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,560 Word on the street was that that thing was going to be locked 881 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,520 down this year in a way that maybe it hadn't been, of course, 882 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,640 later in the evening. Oh, come on over. 883 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,600 No, no, we can get you but by that. 884 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,280 Point Car Week In the moment change, yeah. 885 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,120 We were home, so yeah, we didn't. 886 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:37,920 I didn't go. Did you go? 887 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:42,200 I I wasn't there. No, Friday was mellow, just 888 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,360 walking around Carmel, like sort of taken in the sights. 889 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,240 And I have to say this year, at least in Carmel, it was the year 890 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:52,160 of the McLaren because holy moly, were they all over the 891 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,920 place in Carmel. I mean, it was really and I 892 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,320 think it was it was fun to see because there was so much 893 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,440 variety, like, you know, every color of the rainbow, all 894 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:07,600 different, you know, models and just so much personality in all 895 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,360 of them and so distinct from each other. 896 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,760 And that was one of the cars that I followed in. 897 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,680 You know, people that have driven up will will know what 898 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,560 I'm talking about when I say the guy with the big balls, the big 899 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:23,240 drawing of the guy with the two cabbages on the road there was 900 00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:24,360 have. You never seen this? 901 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:26,760 Well, if you've driven up from. Oh, driving up from the South. 902 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,360 OK, Yeah. OK, There was a McLaren in like 903 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,760 the Gulf livery colors, which was interesting. 904 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,400 And so they just like, it really was a running theme for the 905 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,560 week, so that was fun to see. All of those, by the way, you're 906 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,640 going to see Gordon Murray and he'll probably put his arm 907 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:43,440 around you and take a picture with you if you ask, right? 908 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,520 You know, I mean, this is the kind of thing so it's just, and 909 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,240 you know, I was trying to explain to someone else, it's 910 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:50,440 not just the Mclarens, It's not just the roof cars. 911 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,440 It's not just the Porsches, the Ferraris or whatever, or the the 912 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:56,760 vintage stuff at Pebble. It is the most random stuff like 913 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,400 you alluded to at the beginning, the the Renault Clio and this 914 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,400 kind of thing. You know, if you want to see, 915 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,120 you know, 6 Mercedes, 6 by sixes, you'll probably see them 916 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,720 or, you know, cars that weren't sold in the States, weird 917 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:11,320 Russian cars or Czech cars. Or it's, it's just, it's almost 918 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,320 becomes a contest of who can have the, the, the most sort of 919 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,920 like esoteric. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 920 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,000 It's in cars that you've forgotten, forgotten about, like 921 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,840 just, you know, like an E30 BMW that just looked like it rolled 922 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,520 off the assembly line, right. Well, that's a damn good looking 923 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,600 car, right? It's it's and then the people 924 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,040 again, you know, I've talked about being seated next to James 925 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,040 May my first year and hey, you get given the nut. 926 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,520 Super, super cool. But it's these chance meetings 927 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,080 of, you know, with people that you have right throughout the 928 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,000 week. And I was going to ask you, did 929 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,000 you go to see the spike show? Did you catch the Spike show 930 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,920 before the day before Pebble? No, I was at the track that 931 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,000 morning. Actually. 932 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:53,160 We had a friend that was driving in the Phil Hill race and so we 933 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:57,360 went for that. So I did not get to any of the 934 00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,960 forums. I did make it to the to the 935 00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:02,240 Concord village later that day, but no. 936 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,160 I. Was again. 937 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,160 It's like too many things happening at the same time. 938 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,640 I know too many, too many things. 939 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,560 Yeah, no, I'm sorry to miss their show, but because that's. 940 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,000 No, no, Yeah, no. I walked past, but it already 941 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,960 started. And I think I probably could 942 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,400 have snuck in, but I didn't want to be. 943 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,040 I didn't want to be that guy, you know? 944 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,600 I didn't see Seinfeld there, though. 945 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,000 I poked my head in and I did not see Seinfeld. 946 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,640 So maybe he came in later. Had Seinfeld been up on the 947 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,960 stage, I probably would have walked in just to say, you know, 948 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,680 I did it. But but we'll get to Pebble 949 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:34,680 because we still have Saturday. I know well and I wanted to 950 00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:38,360 briefly share about the Range Rover reveal that they did. 951 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:39,120 Oh, please. Yeah. 952 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:40,920 So they do, yeah. I didn't get there. 953 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:42,400 Yeah. So they do. 954 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:46,640 Every year they build a one of one and the intent is that it is 955 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,080 auctioned off to and then the proceeds go to benefit the 956 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,280 Monterey Bay Foundation. And it was interesting because 957 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,240 they had somebody from the foundation this year speak. 958 00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,720 She spoke last year as well. But the little tidbit that I 959 00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:02,800 took away from her remarks this year. 960 00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:07,320 So I didn't realize that a couple miles off the coast of, 961 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,760 you know, the coast of California in the Monterey Bay, 962 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:14,120 there is a an underwater Canyon that's deeper than the Grand 963 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:15,560 Canyon. This is. 964 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,360 Where the UFOs are supposed to be coming out? 965 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:21,120 Of right, yeah. So there's all sorts of, right. 966 00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:26,760 She said because of this deep, deep, deep Canyon, Monterey Bay 967 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,360 is it's either the most or one of the most biologically diverse 968 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:33,160 areas on the planet, which I had never heard, you know, in all 969 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:36,840 the years of being. But hey, great place for an 970 00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:37,680 aquarium, right? Yeah. 971 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,800 Yeah. And so. 972 00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:44,720 So that was like a little sort of aside, not about the cars, 973 00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:48,040 but really stuck with me. And so this year they had taken 974 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,000 inspiration from an abalone shell, which if you've seen is 975 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,760 sort of a mother of Pearlish type thing. 976 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:57,440 So they did a Range Rover white with this abalone paint and they 977 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:01,720 have a new logo with the R And so they had incorporated that 978 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:05,520 into the interior. It's on the wheels as well, but 979 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:12,160 they had it was inlaid with in wood then with like abalone 980 00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:16,160 esque white material in the console with the logo. 981 00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,240 And then they repeated it sort of on the ceiling and on the 982 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,120 back of the seats. And what was interesting is the 983 00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:24,920 way they had done it, whether this this, you know, feeling was 984 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:28,120 intentional or not. The wood looked like the sand 985 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,520 and then it kind of flowed. The logo kind of flowed up onto 986 00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,600 the ceiling and I looked at it and I went, it looks like when a 987 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,840 wave crashes on the sand and then it goes back out to the 988 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:38,760 water and you you're left with the sea foam. 989 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,040 So you have sort of the white on the sand. 990 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:46,160 So it kind of gave the interior a lot of motion and serenity at 991 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:47,880 the same time. But it just. 992 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:53,240 Yeah, it felt, you know, very unique and of course it was 993 00:47:53,240 --> 00:47:57,040 really just, you know, it's it's always nice to be included in 994 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:57,880 that. And so the. 995 00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,280 Yeah, totally. Cool. 996 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,800 And then, you know, Lynn Woodward was there and we got to 997 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:03,920 catch up, which was amazing. Yeah, and Leader. 998 00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:06,320 Yeah, yeah. And I got to see her again at 999 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,520 Pebble, but it was just, it was such a treat to get some time 1000 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,560 with her on Thursday. And then I got to meet Dan Pund, 1001 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,960 who is the, you know, the guy at Road and Track. 1002 00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:19,480 And we have a yeah, we follow him through the show and, you 1003 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:20,720 know, through my account on Instagram. 1004 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,720 So it was nice to put a face to the name. 1005 00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:27,000 And then nice obviously saw Jason Mesnick, who was your good 1006 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,240 friend that I know through you now. 1007 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:33,280 So yeah, that was really fun. And my friend from Jaguar, yeah, 1008 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:34,680 so it was awesome. Nice. 1009 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:35,200 Yeah. Who? 1010 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:36,800 Yeah, who I got to to meet later, right. 1011 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:38,960 You know, I got. I thought you were going to say 1012 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:40,560 they, they did like a pimp my ride thing. 1013 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,680 There was like an aquarium in the back or something, you know, 1014 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,480 and full of sea urchins and seals or something. 1015 00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:48,680 No, that's super cool. I want to do more with yeah, 1016 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:51,640 with JLR across the board moving forward. 1017 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:55,360 I really like those guys Got to got to meet to her and her boss, 1018 00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,480 you know, Jeff, who you know later at Pebble. 1019 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,280 But it could have been nicer and appreciate the hospitality 1020 00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:05,680 because it pebbles we'll get to, you've got to, you've got to get 1021 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:06,920 into. You have to know somebody. 1022 00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,120 Yeah, right, Right. You can't just. 1023 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:09,920 Yeah, it's not just all open to everyone. 1024 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:13,720 So yeah, sometimes it takes more effort than than others, but. 1025 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,640 No, I love the whole JLR team. They've all, they've been so 1026 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:20,760 welcoming and like, you know, we're friends for life. 1027 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,120 It's, you know, you meet people and you're just like, yes, 1028 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,480 you're, you're my people. So that's, yeah, no, they're, 1029 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,760 that's been a delight. A real deal and I, I'd be remiss 1030 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,800 if I didn't mention some other folks for the real deal. 1031 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,160 Of course, we had Meekum COO Samurta on the show a few weeks 1032 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,800 ago and I had never been to a Meekum auction. 1033 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:40,040 I'd done their previews, I think it was last year. 1034 00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:42,920 And, and really all the auctions are going to. 1035 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:47,480 They're all worth seeing, right? Shout out to Pauline at, at 1036 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:52,080 Gooding and you know, our friends at Broad Arrow and RM as 1037 00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:56,720 well Bottoms. But but Meekum, I think does, as 1038 00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:59,760 we talked on the show, more volume than all the other 1039 00:49:59,960 --> 00:50:02,920 auction houses do together during the car week. 1040 00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,160 And so they literally bring in like these big top tents and 1041 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,880 they're loud and you know, there's, there are lights and 1042 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,240 there are food vendors and they're off at another. 1043 00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:14,160 I can't remember the name of the the golf course, but they're 1044 00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:17,400 kind of off a little bit. It's a massive event. 1045 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,880 Just just a ton of people and and exciting. 1046 00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:26,360 And they were so gracious. David Morton, who's their 1047 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,920 director of communications. And Sam were there. 1048 00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:32,400 Sam was up on the auction block. I get to go up in the auction 1049 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,720 block. David Lee, the big Ferrari 1050 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:36,240 collector was there. They happened to be doing these 1051 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:38,840 Brabus Porsches while I was there, which was interesting 1052 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,640 because I didn't even know that was a thing until recently. 1053 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:44,760 You know, historically they've worked on Mercedes-Benz and 1054 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:46,120 cars. Yeah. 1055 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:49,080 And so, yeah, it was. It's such a spectacle. 1056 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,440 You have to love it. It is the pace. 1057 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,400 There's no like British auctioneer there. 1058 00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,800 There is a an American and a cowboy hat and you know, he's 1059 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:00,200 talking fast and they're selling cars fast. 1060 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,160 And it was really a lot of fun. They were really wonderful to 1061 00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,480 shummy around like they did and had some fantastic cars too. 1062 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,560 I mean cars of, you know, at least the same caliber as anyone 1063 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,800 else. So really fun to see. 1064 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,360 I mean, Pebble Beach winners and and that that kind of thing. 1065 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,240 You know they very famously Speaking of David Lee, sold that 1066 00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:21,600 250 GTO. Right, it was. 1067 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:26,160 Last year and I think he was the buyer, the White 1, the Bianco 1068 00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,720 whatever, 250 GTO. But so yeah, that was that was 1069 00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:31,760 fun. You know, it's all about new 1070 00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:35,280 experiences and boy, that that was that, that was that was 1071 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,720 really a lot of fun. So I just want to say thanks to 1072 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:40,520 those guys as well, but. To get to go up on the platform, 1073 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:41,720 that's the way to go to the auction. 1074 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:44,320 That was that was cool. And you know you're on TV, 1075 00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:44,760 right? So. 1076 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,200 You just do the cutting the cake. 1077 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,480 You're like, yes to all my fans at home. 1078 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,280 I'll admit before was, I guess was after I was up on the on the 1079 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:55,960 on the auction block was sitting in the audience. 1080 00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,360 I just wanted to get a feel. And then I realized I was 1081 00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,680 sitting in the registered auction bidders section and 1082 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,520 there was a woman for me come. She kind of looked over at me 1083 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:04,560 and. Or like throw, yeah. 1084 00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,360 She's little smiled and so I smiled back and then she's 1085 00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:11,440 looking at me cuz she thinks I'm bidding right and thank God my 1086 00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,200 placard said media but. Absolutely not. 1087 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:16,840 You forget that there are people there doing real business, 1088 00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:18,320 right? And, and some of us are just 1089 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:21,080 there to to report on it. But really, really great. 1090 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:23,880 And this, I guess, unless there's anything else to speak 1091 00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:25,920 of, this brings us to Sunday, the big day. 1092 00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:28,320 Yeah. So you got there early? 1093 00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:31,480 I did and not. And what was funny is we got 1094 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:36,520 there before. I think we got there by 5:30, 1095 00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:39,240 which was later than we've gotten there in the past. 1096 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,760 Wow. Yeah, I was looking at the time 1097 00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:45,240 and I went, all right, this year, like we're not, you know, 1098 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:49,040 crazed to get hats. We don't have to be there right 1099 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,800 at, you know, sunrise. So yeah, I was like, what time 1100 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:53,840 is sunrise? We'll aim to be there then. 1101 00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:55,640 So I knew we'd see some of the cars. 1102 00:52:56,240 --> 00:52:58,880 Obviously there are a lot of them that they move when it's 1103 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:03,240 still dark. But yeah, we we made it. 1104 00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,120 And on the way in, we had a really fun surprise. 1105 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,520 We're walking in and there's the cars that are being staged, you 1106 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,160 know, to be the next one to drive in. 1107 00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,080 And I looked over and it was this really unique car. 1108 00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,760 And I went, wait a minute, I know who that is. 1109 00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:20,000 And it was Myron Verdis, who has joined us on the show before. 1110 00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:24,440 So I got to say hello and meet him in person and his daughter. 1111 00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:29,000 And it was a new car to them. And of course I'm not 1112 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:30,520 remembering. No, this is the one. 1113 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:32,560 It kind of looks like a big shoe, right? 1114 00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:34,600 And it was made by a company that made like chainsaws and 1115 00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:35,240 things. It was. 1116 00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,520 Is this the one? I don't if. 1117 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,440 I I hope I'm not thinking of the wrong one. 1118 00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:41,600 I don't know, but it may. Be one of the. 1119 00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,040 Yeah, the. People I really wanted to cross 1120 00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:46,880 paths with this year and it just didn't, didn't happen. 1121 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:48,440 But it will. It will happen. 1122 00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:49,560 It'll happen. That's cool. 1123 00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:50,760 I'm. So glad you got to meet him. 1124 00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:55,240 It was so fun. Like it was such a like, you 1125 00:53:55,240 --> 00:53:58,200 know, full circle, like, you know, obviously we've been in 1126 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:00,520 communication, He's been on the show, we've met through the show 1127 00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:01,920 but hadn't seen each other in person. 1128 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:06,440 And then he had this amazing, like kids from the 80s will 1129 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,680 remember the airbrushed T-shirts where you'd get like your name 1130 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,920 or whatever. He had an airbrushed. 1131 00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,760 Yeah, he had an airbrushed T-shirt of himself and the car 1132 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,360 that he was wearing in the car to drive into Pebbles. 1133 00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:21,520 So that was, it was so much fun. And his daughter was lovely. 1134 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,080 And so that was really fun to see. 1135 00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:30,600 And they my favorite of all of the cars that we did see driving 1136 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:34,440 onto the lawn. So I had two favorites. 1137 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:39,360 One was a Navy and white 53 Ferrari 340 Vinyale Spider. 1138 00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:45,320 It was just like if you had to pick one car, yeah, it was just 1139 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:48,640 striking. And it was like it wasn't too 1140 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,560 big. There was nothing extra. 1141 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,640 It was just like, I'm just, I'm here. 1142 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:57,520 It was just fantastic. Yes, yes, Just cool. 1143 00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:58,600 Just yeah. Just cool. 1144 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:03,200 So that one and then the 1938 Phantom Corsair, which is the 1145 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,360 one of one, it was the black. I don't know if you saw, Yeah. 1146 00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:06,920 Yeah, yeah. That's, I mean, it's like an art 1147 00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:11,440 Deco and it was built by Rust Hines, who was one of the heirs 1148 00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:13,160 of the Heinz ketchup. Fortune. 1149 00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:18,000 And he actually, I think, passed away the next year in a road 1150 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:22,840 race or in a race, but he came. He designed the whole thing. 1151 00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:27,560 Exactly. And it just, it was. 1152 00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:31,360 It's such a thing to behold. And if you haven't seen it, 1153 00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:34,760 actually, Chris Jacobs, the host, and, you know, he's worked 1154 00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:39,360 with Haggerty and overhauling, go to his account on Instagram 1155 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:41,480 because he's got a good video of it driving by. 1156 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:45,600 And so you really get a sense for the scale of it and just the 1157 00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,560 how striking it is. And it, you know, in a sea of 1158 00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:56,040 incredible cars, this car would move or drive by or whatever, 1159 00:55:56,040 --> 00:55:58,840 and there would be this sort of hush because people were going, 1160 00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:01,680 what is this, right? Again, it's got gravity, yeah. 1161 00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:06,520 It really like so much gravity and I think because it was black 1162 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:10,800 and the lines are so unique, there's a bit of Batmobile like 1163 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,800 superhero to it. And just. 1164 00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:16,680 You know, I went, I don't know anything about this thing. 1165 00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:20,040 And that's if I had to pick one, it would have been a really 1166 00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:21,840 tough choice between that and the Ferrari. 1167 00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:24,600 Yeah, yeah. And if you weren't there, you 1168 00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:28,280 don't know, but there was a real marine layer for most of the 1169 00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:30,200 morning. And so it really added this 1170 00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,920 surreal quality to the place, right. 1171 00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:36,080 So you sort of see these things emerge from the mist and yeah, 1172 00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:40,360 I, I pebbles just Pebble, right. I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's, 1173 00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:43,200 it's again, it's, it's the one. And, you know, every year they 1174 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,480 outdo themselves. This year is the 75th year. 1175 00:56:45,720 --> 00:56:48,960 We of course had Vince Vinaldi the, the new president on a 1176 00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:50,360 couple weeks ago. He was great. 1177 00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:54,320 I think the future is secure in his hands. 1178 00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:57,680 The, the level of the cars. I mean, just just when you think 1179 00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:59,800 you've seen it all, you know, next year a bunch of new stuff 1180 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:01,760 shows up. I think the thing that took the 1181 00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:06,520 cake for me was the Ferrari car hauler with the 250 Gtos or 1182 00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:09,080 whatever. Come on, it's like that was I've 1183 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:12,120 seen pictures of this thing, but there it was this massive you. 1184 00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:14,560 Know size of a city. Bus, I think it was made from a 1185 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:17,960 fire engine or something. This massive red thing with 1186 00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:21,080 these amazing cars, It's like the best Fisher Price playset 1187 00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:23,320 ever. Come to life, Yeah. 1188 00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:26,440 Good God, there was something about that marriage of those 1189 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:29,800 cars and that thing like the the truck wouldn't be nearly as cool 1190 00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:32,480 on its own right? The the transporter and the cars 1191 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:35,120 are wonderful, but together you they just again, it's just 1192 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,920 something elevated and something that you just don't see. 1193 00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:38,840 And it was. Fantastic. 1194 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:43,000 It was just it was so Pebble, like you said, to just have to 1195 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,400 have those three together displayed that way. 1196 00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:48,840 I mean, it just it took your breath away. 1197 00:57:49,160 --> 00:57:51,720 Yeah, it's so. It was just wild. 1198 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:56,560 I really enjoyed Pebble this year, but not until I got done 1199 00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:58,240 with an interview that I had scheduled. 1200 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,280 I was so nervous I realized I forgot my wallet. 1201 00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:04,600 So I had to give up my parking right next to the lodge earlier 1202 00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:07,200 in the morning, go back home 2 hours later to get back, then 1203 00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:10,040 I'm out parked by Spanish Bay. Had to take a city bus in. 1204 00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:11,840 I mean, it was fine right? It was it was great, but it. 1205 00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:13,120 Was part of the experience right? 1206 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:18,040 Yes, yes, and, and I had this interview that I, I, I, I didn't 1207 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:19,200 know exactly what it was going to be. 1208 00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,440 You know, Lamborghini brought these 60 muras, which is, you 1209 00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:25,760 know, more than 1/10 of. I think it might be about one in 1210 00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:29,280 five of all the muras left. You know, we're there so. 60 so 1211 00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:33,560 amazing I love those. And, and it was incredible. 1212 00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,680 You can talk about gravity. And then the owners were quite 1213 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:39,040 colorful too. But I was there to interview 1214 00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:44,160 Federico Foschini, who is the not only the CMO chief sales 1215 00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:48,760 officer and marketing officer, but also runs Polo Storica, 1216 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:50,720 which is it's the heritage division. 1217 00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,480 It's like Mercedes-Benz Classic. And I had 20 minutes with the 1218 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,720 guy and I was so worried about being late. 1219 00:58:56,720 --> 00:59:01,640 So I saw Johnny and Lynn on the way in, and I wanted to sit and 1220 00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:03,880 talk. I think they wanted to talk. 1221 00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:06,280 And because I haven't talked to them in a while and would love 1222 00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:08,360 to, but I had to. I wasn't even sure where I was 1223 00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:09,000 going. I didn't know. 1224 00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:10,920 Of course, the mirrors were all the way in the back at this 1225 00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:11,800 point. The sun's out. 1226 00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:14,200 It's getting a little. It's getting a little schvitzy 1227 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:15,000 out, you know? Yeah. 1228 00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,960 And finally find him. And then I don't really know 1229 00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:19,000 what he. I mean, I know what he looks 1230 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,160 like, but I have to find the PR person, right? 1231 00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:24,080 Shout out to Jordan. He found me. 1232 00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:29,920 And after Stefan Winkelman gave a presentation in a toast, I had 1233 00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:33,280 20 minutes with this guy. And and you know, you're not 1234 00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:35,200 going to have a heart to heart. You know, you're in the middle 1235 00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,600 of this thing. You know he's Italian. 1236 00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:40,760 Challenge accepted. So you come in with questions, 1237 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:42,040 right? And I'm not going to win any 1238 00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:44,760 awards with this interview, but I think all things considered, 1239 00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,880 it went well and it was quite insightful. 1240 00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:49,760 And I think one of my big takeaways, he I said is asked 1241 00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,280 him if the mural was the most iconic. 1242 00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:52,560 Well, go, go listen to the interview. 1243 00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:55,360 It was a 12 minute whatever special. 1244 00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:58,560 Yeah, special episode, bonus episode, yeah, go, go, go 1245 00:59:58,560 --> 00:59:59,840 listen. But he he did have some real 1246 00:59:59,840 --> 01:00:02,560 insight and and you know, some I think answer from the heart on a 1247 01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:05,560 couple things about what he feels is the most iconic 1248 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:08,800 Lamborghini and, and to him as a child of the 70s. 1249 01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:12,720 Again, this guy's three years older than me and he's the CMO 1250 01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:15,960 of Lamborghini, but it wasn't the Mira. 1251 01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:20,360 He basically said the Mira is the car for many and and for 1252 01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:23,880 many the Lamborghini story started with with the Mira but. 1253 01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:26,520 But he had a different car. So go and listen and find out 1254 01:00:26,520 --> 01:00:28,960 what that what that is. But so many people there. 1255 01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:32,080 Your question for today. That's right, that's right. 1256 01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:33,560 Yeah. I'd give you a Sheffield watch 1257 01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:37,520 if I had one, but. We'll send you a that car show 1258 01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,640 sticker. That's right. 1259 01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:41,960 That's. Comment with him three if his 1260 01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:43,440 choice then we will send you something. 1261 01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:47,480 Yeah, you're feeling nasty. Yeah, yes, so, yeah, but saw so 1262 01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:49,440 many friends, you know, there and elsewhere. 1263 01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:51,960 Just some shout outs. John Wiley from Haggerty, an 1264 01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:54,560 evaluation expert for Haggerty. Got to spend some time with him. 1265 01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,160 Gooding auction. Great guy, really. 1266 01:00:57,240 --> 01:00:59,480 Exactly who I thought he was going to be, which is always 1267 01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:00,960 nice when you meet someone like that. 1268 01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:05,320 John Chaldenko I saw briefly I. Know I met him. 1269 01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:07,760 In person, at least not yeah, length. 1270 01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:10,240 And he's again, exactly, you know, with his denim jacket and 1271 01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:11,600 all that. Delightful, yeah. 1272 01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,800 To be all, all sorts of people and we could sit here and talk 1273 01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:16,600 about all the people we saw and all the people we missed. 1274 01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:20,560 But but thanks to all who who put in an effort to to make our 1275 01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:25,040 car week is wonderful again as it was because we're there just 1276 01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:26,760 yeah, we say we're working, but there are people there who are 1277 01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:29,920 really working, right. I mean, I would argue that we 1278 01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:33,680 are as well, but it's different. It's it's so interesting to see 1279 01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:38,560 what everybody's, what everyone's job or like what 1280 01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:41,240 their goals are. And depending on what their 1281 01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:42,480 goals are, that's what they're doing. 1282 01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:45,440 You know, and I think we've said this before, like we've learned 1283 01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:50,400 that live podcasts don't turn out as well as we would like to 1284 01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:53,520 share with our audience. And so a lot of our focus is 1285 01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:56,240 meeting as many people as we can, making connections. 1286 01:01:56,240 --> 01:02:00,040 And so like, that's our focus. And other people, you know, 1287 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:04,920 they're writing or a combination of, or they're representing a 1288 01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:08,080 brand or whatever it is. But yeah, it's everybody's doing 1289 01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:10,840 different things, which keeps it interesting, too. 1290 01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:14,880 Yeah. And I, you know, one of one of 1291 01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:18,080 my favorite, one of my other favorite cars, I think my third 1292 01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:22,480 favorite on the lawn was Princess Diana's 1987 Jaguar 1293 01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:28,120 XJS, and it was AV 12 Cabriolet. And I was very lucky. 1294 01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:31,440 I ran into my friend Jeff Houdin, who I think you met from 1295 01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:33,200 Range Rover. That's right. 1296 01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:33,960 Yeah. No, he's great. 1297 01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:35,760 Right. And so I ran into him right when 1298 01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:37,680 I was looking at the car. So that was really fun because 1299 01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:40,640 he was able to tell me a little bit about the process and like 1300 01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:44,520 working with Prince William to get that car and how that 1301 01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:47,720 process was different from when they had the Queen's cars on 1302 01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:52,320 display, you know, before. And like who in the royal family 1303 01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:54,920 they had worked with for the Queen's cars versus obviously 1304 01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:57,680 Diana is a different and just the whole process. 1305 01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:00,440 So that was really fascinating because that's not something 1306 01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,200 most of us are not communicating with members of the royal family 1307 01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:06,760 as part of our day job. No, that's for that's for damn, 1308 01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:10,040 for did that D type too, which I every time I see AD type, that's 1309 01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:11,440 just that's a car that gets me going. 1310 01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,840 They're just so, so special. They had a Jaguar had an amazing 1311 01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:18,200 display of cars. There, they really did, Yeah. 1312 01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:20,800 And they were, you know, and thank you to Jaguar for the 1313 01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:24,200 hospitality because obviously been very lucky to become 1314 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:27,360 friends with Jessenia, who does PR for them. 1315 01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:29,920 She works, you know, very closely with Jeff. 1316 01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:32,760 He's officially Range Rover and she's officially Jaguar. 1317 01:03:32,760 --> 01:03:37,080 But they do a lot together. And so we were hosted in the 1318 01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:40,680 Jaguar Hospitality Suite, which was, that's right, just the most 1319 01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:43,400 delightful respite. And got to have breakfast with 1320 01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:46,920 Aaron Robinson from Haggerty. And Lynn was there, Bassam and 1321 01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:51,000 Anna. And then we were on the lawn. 1322 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,800 I ran into our other previous guests, Trent Abbott. 1323 01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:57,280 Oh, I missed Trent the whole week somehow, and he seemed to. 1324 01:03:57,320 --> 01:04:00,240 Be everywhere he was. He was having the best time, 1325 01:04:00,320 --> 01:04:03,040 yes, as he always does. And I got to. 1326 01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:05,360 I'm going to break into that damn fraternity eventually. 1327 01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:10,240 Well, and I was going to say we had a, if I do say so myself, we 1328 01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:12,760 had a rather historic moment on the lawn at Pebble. 1329 01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:16,920 For the first time ever, there was the largest ever gathering 1330 01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:20,040 in person gathering of the PT Cruiser Spotters Anonymous 1331 01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:21,360 group. There were five of us in one 1332 01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:23,680 place, so it was trying, which is. 1333 01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:26,280 Just a cover group for the real. It really is. 1334 01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:28,440 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 1335 01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:31,880 And John Nicholas and TG, who you know from the Grand. 1336 01:04:32,120 --> 01:04:32,520 Oh, sure. Yeah. 1337 01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:34,880 We'll see. Yeah, so that was really fun. 1338 01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:39,080 And then I don't know if our listeners know about Old Yeller. 1339 01:04:39,080 --> 01:04:42,240 It was basically a homemade race car that cleaned up. 1340 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:46,280 And my dad knows the owners, Ernie and Elaine Nagabatsu. 1341 01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:48,960 And Ernie was actually in a pretty bad accident in the last 1342 01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:51,040 couple years in Australia racing the car. 1343 01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:53,960 So it was really wonderful. Like it was great to meet them 1344 01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:57,760 in person, but especially special because Ernie is doing 1345 01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:00,240 phenomenally was climbing in out of the car, starting it on the 1346 01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:02,800 lawn. You know, I got to chat with 1347 01:05:02,840 --> 01:05:06,840 Elaine for a bit and it was just really a treat to meet them. 1348 01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:11,200 And Ernie used to be into Herbie cars, so he actually knows Tori 1349 01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:14,320 from way before. So it was just such a small 1350 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:17,960 world. And then I have to give an extra 1351 01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:21,480 special shout out to my friend Lynn Heiner, who she's Lynn 1352 01:05:21,480 --> 01:05:23,800 Heiner Cars on Instagram. Check out her work if you 1353 01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:26,160 haven't. She does these really beautiful 1354 01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:30,560 automotive themed big pieces. She's a painter. 1355 01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:35,400 She always has a display in the retro auto tent at the Concord 1356 01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:39,000 Village. And when I went to pick up my 1357 01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:42,080 media credentials for a Pebble, we stopped in to say hi to her, 1358 01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:45,000 my daughter and I. And she's just so to the earth, 1359 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:48,920 one of those just lovely people that really exemplifies the car 1360 01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:51,000 community. You know, when somebody says to 1361 01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:53,800 me, and I know to you too, of like, I'm not into cars. 1362 01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:55,400 I don't get it. And I always say it's about the 1363 01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:58,480 people. And she just was so incredibly 1364 01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:02,080 kind to my daughter. We had a lovely conversation and 1365 01:06:02,080 --> 01:06:03,880 I walked away. And I'm like, that she is the 1366 01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:07,520 definition of when I say it's the people like Lynn is it? 1367 01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:10,880 So go check out her work Lynn Heiner cars on Instagram. 1368 01:06:11,480 --> 01:06:14,000 Just amazing and just really a highlight of the week. 1369 01:06:14,080 --> 01:06:16,720 And you know, we walked away and my daughter said she's my new 1370 01:06:16,720 --> 01:06:18,560 best friend. And it was that's. 1371 01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:21,560 Awesome. Some some people have that gift. 1372 01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:25,200 Yeah, no, I I think it's her PR person reached out about coming 1373 01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:26,480 on the show. So hopefully gonna make that 1374 01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:27,040 happen. Perfect. 1375 01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:29,840 Boy do we have some amazing guests coming in the next few 1376 01:06:29,840 --> 01:06:32,640 weeks, like childhood hero type people, right. 1377 01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:36,240 So more to come, you know, and obviously shout out to Dan. 1378 01:06:36,480 --> 01:06:38,920 Dan was not with us this week in. 1379 01:06:39,240 --> 01:06:43,200 No, he was definitely. With us in for sure, very, very 1380 01:06:43,200 --> 01:06:43,800 much. Yeah. 1381 01:06:43,800 --> 01:06:46,160 We just, you know, it's so special that we're part of this 1382 01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:50,920 community and, you know, it's, yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's, 1383 01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:54,240 it's a it's a big world, but it's a small world, you know, 1384 01:06:54,320 --> 01:06:56,880 and it's just something my Grandma Betty would say. 1385 01:06:56,880 --> 01:06:59,920 But that's, it is, it's so true. You get there and it's a ton of 1386 01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:01,000 people. And yet you see all these 1387 01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:02,240 people. Thank you to the people who 1388 01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:05,240 come, who came up, listeners of the show who I hadn't met 1389 01:07:05,240 --> 01:07:07,600 before, just to say they listened to the show to say hi. 1390 01:07:08,120 --> 01:07:10,520 Shame on you for those people who reached out later and said I 1391 01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:12,640 saw you when I you know, and I said you should have come over 1392 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:13,520 and said hello. But. 1393 01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:15,920 You know you're a big deal because they're like, well. 1394 01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:18,360 Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's on that car show. 1395 01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:20,160 We can't possibly, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 1396 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:22,320 They weren't lining up, but there were a handful of them and 1397 01:07:22,320 --> 01:07:24,200 that was fun. And and, you know, I'll still 1398 01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:26,560 never get over the thrill of, of, of, you know, having someone 1399 01:07:26,560 --> 01:07:28,600 come up and say how much they, they like the show, appreciate 1400 01:07:28,600 --> 01:07:30,920 what you do. And and yeah, you know, for once 1401 01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:34,240 in my life, you know, to hear that right, that's it's fun. 1402 01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:37,520 So it's always interesting. I know so many people we could, 1403 01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:39,560 we could go on and on about it. So many things that we didn't 1404 01:07:39,560 --> 01:07:42,040 get to, didn't really talk about the track, which I want to hear 1405 01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:42,840 about. So maybe next? 1406 01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:45,480 Week, I know it was really fun. Well, and one thing I will say 1407 01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:50,320 quickly is in the Jaguar suite, they had their new type O1, 1408 01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,920 which is coming out in October and I got to actually sit in it, 1409 01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:57,560 you know, sort of experience it in person for the first time. 1410 01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:01,640 And it's I would say I think the cabin is lovely. 1411 01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:05,080 It's interesting because it has no back window like the Pulsar 4 1412 01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:09,240 and you know there's other vehicles too, but that's that's 1413 01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:12,360 a a big topic of conversation. It was a topic of conversation 1414 01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:13,960 with, you know, when we were eating breakfast. 1415 01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:17,960 I think it's going to be interesting to see how many cars 1416 01:08:17,960 --> 01:08:20,680 continue to go that way because it's such a departure from how 1417 01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:25,279 we're used to driving. But it was yeah, it's I'm 1418 01:08:25,279 --> 01:08:28,040 curious who it was designed for. It felt very much like a 1419 01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:30,760 chauffeured situation sitting in the back. 1420 01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:36,600 Seat I got it was very. Like cocoonish, but in a nice 1421 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:40,399 way, like you felt very held and protected and it was very 1422 01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:43,359 serene. I got to sit in the driver's 1423 01:08:43,359 --> 01:08:45,680 seat. That felt great, you know? 1424 01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:48,840 So it'll be, it'll be fun to see that when it actually comes out 1425 01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:50,960 and start to see it on the road. Yeah, yeah. 1426 01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:52,800 Long live Jaguar. Exactly. 1427 01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:55,200 Damn, but kill me for that pronunciation. 1428 01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,600 Well, I have to run because I am off to see a concert of Eastern 1429 01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:02,359 European folk music. Since I ever expected to hear 1430 01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:06,479 but I love that journey for. You we have these wonderful 1431 01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:08,399 concerts in the neighborhood. We're very fortunate. 1432 01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:10,760 You know, they're in someone's front yard and you know, one 1433 01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:14,479 week it can be or pop music, the next week it's classical or 1434 01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:15,600 jazz. Well, this week it's Eastern 1435 01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:18,399 European folk music by a group that all all in folk regalia. 1436 01:09:18,399 --> 01:09:21,840 So it will be nice, but I hate being the last one to walk in. 1437 01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:25,359 Right, you cannot be late to the Eastern folk music. 1438 01:09:25,359 --> 01:09:27,760 Concert. That's right, the babushkas will 1439 01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:30,720 be angry. We don't want that. 1440 01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:33,640 All right, great show, fun to talk, you know, car week and if 1441 01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:36,200 you're listening and you you're thinking about doing car, just 1442 01:09:36,200 --> 01:09:36,920 do it. Don't wait. 1443 01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:39,080 It's only going to get more expensive and more exclusive. 1444 01:09:39,279 --> 01:09:42,840 Just just go and do it. Be a part of it, you'll be 1445 01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:44,479 welcome. There's nothing to be scared of, 1446 01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:47,479 it's just it'll be the best week of of your year so. 1447 01:09:47,720 --> 01:09:50,760 It might be the largest group of the most welcoming people you'll 1448 01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:53,880 ever run across. It's like showing up for family 1449 01:09:53,880 --> 01:09:55,480 reunion for a family you didn't know you had. 1450 01:09:56,080 --> 01:09:57,960 Right. And every and and there's no 1451 01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:00,320 drama. No, there's no drama because 1452 01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:02,760 everyone's in a great mood. Everybody's just happy to be 1453 01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:03,360 there. I know. 1454 01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:06,120 And if you see us, obviously say hi, please. 1455 01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:08,720 Yeah, we're we're so happy that everybody's here. 1456 01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:12,080 We appreciate you listening and leaving a five star review and 1457 01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:14,160 telling your enthusiast friends about us. 1458 01:10:14,680 --> 01:10:18,560 And remember, always be driving. We're that car show and we'll 1459 01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:19,240 see you next week.