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Speaker: Get yourselves into a greasy spot on the country road somewhere, or just go right ahead. I don't give a shit. I don't think anybody else does, regardless what they say to your face.
Speaker: Hey, Lori, what in the hell are you doing in there? Is she gonna ride with you? Mind your own business, John. Yeah, she's going with me. You take care of yourself, man.
Speaker: I heard she was there to burn the rubber and makein' motors blow So after school asked her just how fast she liked to go
Speaker: There it is. Welcome, everybody, to Jeff's Garage. It is, of course, i have Benji you here with me. How are you doing, sir? Fantastic. How are you? I'm doing excellent. I did, Don. I was uploading the video that I wanted to show today. But the picture that it shows on the ah brand, where I actually store them,
Speaker: looks different than the video that i want to play so i was i uploaded it again and of course i am jeff uh welcome to jeff's garage everybody we are on the nonsensical network and we appreciate you guys tuning in uh of course we are on facebook we're on youtube on two different channels on the nonsensical network and the jeff's garage podcast YouTube channel and we are on Twitch. I'm not a big fan of Twitch, but you it's there. I wanted to put it somewhere. which i don't I don't love it. but i've I've never been on it. I've never been on it. I'm not a huge fan of the mobile update right now. um I don't like it at all. um But thank you for tuning in on Twitch. If you were there, we greatly appreciate it very much.
Speaker: and of course if you want to jump in the comments we're gonna we got those ready um we're doing a little bit different today buddy because as as i mentioned before i don't have a tool for this episode but i do have a truck and do you need this truck is the question and i am interested and this truck is the 2025 and i can't believe i'm saying it and and i'm kind of mildly weirded out about it but it is I'm going to show a video because I'm not surprised. I mean, you were talking earlier. I'm not surprised surprised by what you're going to mention. But as I said earlier, I'm surprised it took so long. I think so, too. I think it's long overdue, but it is the the ah John Deere pickup truck. And I have a video here and I'm not I don't want to play the whole video because it's kind of long. And the pictures in the video
Speaker: uh don't represent what they're showing on on uh the old google box but check this out welcome back to car garage today we're excited to introduce the new 2025 john deer pickup truck a game changer in the world of utility vehicles Known for their agricultural machinery, John Deere has brought their expertise to the pickup truck market delivering a vehicle that combines rugged capability with modern comfort and technology. The 2025 John Deere pickup truck features a robust and functional design that is both practical and visually appealing.
Speaker: The exterior is characterized by its bold front grille, complete with the iconic John Deere logo and powerful LED headlights that ensure excellent visibility. The truck's body is built to withstand tough conditions, with durable materials and a design that emphasizes strength and reliability.
Speaker: The Cardo bed is spacious and versatile, perfect for hauling heavy loads, tools, and equipment. Under the hood, the John Deere pickup offers impressive power and performance options. The base model comes with a sturdy V6 engine that delivers excellent torque and fuel efficiency, ideal for everyday tasks.
Speaker: For those needing more power, there's an available V8 engine that provides enhanced towing capacity and acceleration, making it suitable for more demanding jobs. Both engine options are paired with a smooth shifting automatic transmission that ensures a comfortable and responsive driving experience. Inside, the 2025 John Deere pickup truck is designed for comfort and convenience.
Speaker: The cabin is spacious and well -appointed, with high -quality materials and attention to detail. The seats are comfortable and supportive, perfect for long hours on the road or at the job site. I'm going to end it there because it just kind of rolls on, but I got some pictures of the actual truck.
Speaker: It kind of looks like an F -150, but I'm not mad at it. Yeah, but that's not how I would see a John Deere truck. John Deere truck at all. This literally looks like a game ofism. It looks like they gave the exterior to a bunch of super car designers and said, here, play with this. Or or a bunch of guys from Samsung period. If that's a real rendering, I don't know the former that's telling this to me. Well, this I have a i have a another video here. This is what i this is how I learned about it.
Speaker: This is from TikTok, and I'm gonna play this here real quick. It's literally just the video. um You can see, it it's kinda, I like this one better. It's it's obviously, this one's this one's the closest to a real rendering.
Speaker: Like, you know, it's it's kind of got F -150 wrapped in vibes. It's definitely based off of a Ford. Obviously, they're going to have to go to one of the big three manufacturers to get this done. Right. And Ford and John Deere kind of go together. But it's it's it looks beefy. It does. And I'm OK with the V6. Obviously, it'll be a turbo.
Speaker: Right. I don't know. Did they say a V8? But my only thing with the V8. Well, they they said they have a V8 available. There are no specs. That's the kicker on this. I've been looking all day. The problem is real what I meant to do. The other engine is the diesel. Well, agreed. 100%. ah hundred percent ah think it it needs to be, right? yeah Yeah, you kind of need it. Well, it's one of those things that's like,
Speaker: um Once again, the problem with trucks nowadays, a lot of people buy them and use them for truck things. So, you know, I mean, you look at, you know, back in the what?
Speaker: Even in the 80s, you go buy a truck, there's two specs. It's, you know, heavy duty and regular truck. Well, most people would buy the regular truck. Nowadays, there are literally, as as you and I were just talking about, we're both looking at new vehicles, new trucks and stuff. yep And there are 14 different specs for each truck.
Speaker: And it's so, it's almost like it's become a status symbol. Like I got a high country or I got the new Raptor or, you know. And it - We agree with this. And I totally understand that because trucks are now the, I read just a study in the early 2000s that most families have at least one truck throughout the US. And that's US based. I had four at one time.
Speaker: right well i I've had i like nine different trucks in my lifetime. yeah yeah I've had several. but let so so This is why I agree with you. I had four at one time and one that was, I guess, the status symbol.
Speaker: right
Speaker: I mean, I would say... And nothing's ever seen the bed of inside the bed except for you. Absolutely freaking not when I put anything in this. I couldn't figure out how to use the damn thing. I was like, what am I paying? I drove it a thousand miles and sold it. I wish I didn't have to because I love the truck. I had an F250 and it was all kinds of freaking gnarly.
Speaker: I love it, but not one single time did I ever and i mean do truck stuff with it. No, it was beyond freaking nice. I was like, I've got no use for what that. That's my fear. like you know i was talking I was telling the guys last night, you know I am looking at buying the new Chevy Colorado CR2. Now, the one great thing about the CR2, it comes with a Rhino line bed.
Speaker: Mine had it in there as well. but But once again, I'm like, do I really want to put shit in the bed? Because I'm spending $70 ,000 on a truck. Do I really want to use it for truck shit?
Speaker: So my work, I get dirty, right? Like I get dirty, dear my work. So it's not like I'm dropping two by fours and she supply wood off at a job. My work is a little different. So I didn't put anything in the bed of the truck because if I did work, I had to get in the truck. I was more nervous about making my interior dirty. And I was like, it just isn't worth it. I can't drive this $80 ,000 truck.
Speaker: because I'll damage the value of it. I was like, this is... I was like, I've got no use for this truck. Drove it a thousand miles, sold it. It was... I want one again, but I want one again. You almost want to buy a used one that's a little bit fucked up already? no If you're going to be using it for work. I don't do what I used to do, even though I do what I do. So my job title has changed a little bit. um Then I was owner operator. Now I'm more management and I don't have to get as dirty. So I could do that now. But again, it's, so take for example, this guy right here, right? It took me 19 months to do my first oil change because I am so busy in my work vehicle. You didn't put enough miles on it.
Speaker: So in my life, she can't drive fast boost because she doesn't drive the Porsche. And then we just got, I showed you earlier, we just picked out this guy because I - What year is that one? What year is that? Oh, I have to go look at the tag. I can't remember.
Speaker: um I test drove too. Uh, and I didn't like the first one I test drove, uh, when I was like, okay, this is all Jeep social drive. This is how I remember it. Blah, blah, blah. Cause I had an Islander loved it. I regretted selling it, but I was telling Jeff when I owned it, the same thing happened. It sat there and every time I wanted to use it, I had to go jump it off. Um, cause I didn't have, I didn't have a way to store it in the garage to put it on the tender. Cause my garage was set up as an arcade.
Speaker: And, um, it was set up. I had, I had a love seat in the couch. It was set up for sports. So it ended up sitting there and I was like, look, I'm paying insurance every month for this. It just financially doesn't make sense to keep, you know, four trucks plus this, my wife had a car. I had, I had more, I had more seats than I had asked. And I was like, this just doesn't make sense. Um, but ever since I sold it.
Speaker: I've regretted selling it and I was like, no more, because if you can see right here, there was an infinity QX 30 that was sitting there and I got rid of it. Right. Ah, I see you got rid of it. Yeah, because ah it doesn't make sense to keep a vehicle there that I was kind of like, eh, and my wife didn't drive. She's more comfortable with this because she drove. Nope.
Speaker: Oh, he jumped off. I think his internet dropped. There he comes. He's coming back. Okay. Oh, that was kind of weird. Um, maybe the kids cut the Xbox on the same time or something. So we've already got a couple of things in order because I don't know if anyone's ever drove a Jeep without doors. Super duper fun, but you can't see traffic behind you. So we already got the mirrors on order. Well, yeah the only, the only problem I've heard about those Jeeps and i and I want to have you experiment with this and I know you're not,
Speaker: you're you probably very less likely to be in the back seat. I want you to keep an eye on the air conditioning because I've heard this and I've only heard it a couple of times, but I don't know how true it is. Apparently, the air conditioning doesn't work so great in the back. Is there air conditioning in the back? Well, I think it comes down to like the the back and tends to get warmer than the front because of the top. The sun was just back there earlier from that place I told you I went.
Speaker: Yeah, so there's no air conditioning vents. So he was like, Hey, turn the the little dials towards him. However, it's fucking summertime and he, and he decided to wear a hoodie outside. So well, that's, that's his own. Yeah. Back to the, the sport, this, and it done and this this, uh, I think, I think.
Speaker: They're going to have multiple versions. You know, they're going to have the, I want to show off that I got a Don John Deere truck, but then they're going to have like the utility, like playing Jane boring, you know, it's, you know, beater. Because if, you know, if you're a true heart, I'm not a John Deere guy. I've never been a John Deere guy. I'm an Alice Chalmers guy, but.
Speaker: If you're a John Deere guy and you're going to buy a John Deere truck, you're going to do John Deere stuff with it. You're going to do truck stuff. You're a farmer. This is not something your accountant is going to be driving. And if it is, it's because your accountant's weird. So, like, this is not... That's the other question. i Would you buy the John Deere dealership? Next year combine? I'd be down for that.
Speaker: I mean, it could be that would be great for John Deere because you're going to get asses in the in the door of the John Deere dealership and they might even do like a package deal. Like you buy this, you get a free lawnmower. You know, John Deere riding lawnmower. And like everything that is about this because it's really coming to the mass market, right? this I can only see one thing happening.
Speaker: These things get bought up stupid freaking quick. Either stupid quick or they won't get bought at all. I say they get bought up stupid quick and all the car dealerships. If they do it right or everybody do it right. Yeah. If they do it right, it will be bought up. There'll be the pre sold and bought by the end of the year. Uh, and they do poorly.
Speaker: they're going to sit there and I think I think they get bought up because of the name and then. Other dealerships want them on their lot, right? Because this is this is an oddity. Yeah, this is one of those rare occasions where you know you got the right combination of name recognition and utilitarian functionality of a truck. Now I put this way. We haven't had a A new car manufacturer jumping to the market in a while that's made in America. The last one would be what, Tesla? Tesla. That would be the last one. Tesla's done pretty well. Right, but there're there they hit that niche market. So so so as an American manufacturer, I get that yes, they are American manufacturers, but they're not going after the gas market like John Deere is.
Speaker: You know, they're they're John Deere is hitting a niche market for work trucks. Well, even even the new Chevy Silverado base model is barely a work truck. Correct. ah it's a It's a work construction truck, but it's not a greatest farm truck. You know what I mean? so Yeah.
Speaker: If they do it right now, I have heard rumors. I don't know if it's true, but Caterpillar might be doing the same thing, making Caterpillar pick up. Well, if they've heard word that John Deere's coming out with something, he would. Yeah, I think, that I think where, you know, we, we could see a whole new market of practice. I mean, look at Lamborghini. They started out making tractors. Sure. Yeah. no that So, you know, you yeah have an Alice Chalmers truck. I'm in.
Speaker: You know, that bright orange truck, that'd be gorgeous. But that's not why we're here today. Do you guys think this makes good business sense? It does, it does. Do you have big corporations that are coming in and be like... I think they're late. They should have been done this in the meeting. I completely agree, because if you have big corporations that go in and they only have lease contracts with Caterpillar, Kubodo, John Deere, everything you make, we're going to get it.
Speaker: Why do you guys not produce a vehicle so we lease our entire fleet from you guys? Exactly. So you can go in and you buy your combine, your tractors and your truck all in one and put it up on the trailer and take it home with the truck. This is how you make a multi -billion dollar company worth tens of billions. Exactly. and And like I said, I think they're a little bit late to the game, but I i hope they do well. I honestly do.
Speaker: What are you doing? Yeah, another American company coming into the market is only good. Yeah, well, it it's competition breeds ingenuity. And, you know, yep it creates more jar and and jobs more jobs that they were not in before. So this is a completely new sector.
Speaker: And hopefully they can get it to work and then they can grow that to produce even more jobs. Right. And I think what you were saying is like, it, we, we both agreed. It kind of looks like a Ford, you know, the video will show it does look like a Ford. So if they're partnering with Ford to build this, you could be buying them at John dealer dealerships and Ford dealerships.
Speaker: Possibly. Well, you could you could do it if there's just no John Deere dealerships around you. Well, that's true. Because there's no one that's wondering that there just isn't, right? Yeah, you're not going to find one in New York City. um So, I think it's... But you still think tractors are sexy, so you can still get you a John Deere F -150 pickup truck that isn't... Well, and then here's the other thing. that My fear is, is it just a Ford with a John Deere batch?
Speaker: That's a fear. And the reason why it's a fear is, and it this is not me shitting on Ford. It's not a John Deere if it's Ford with a John Deere badge on it, cuz I can do that. Honestly, you need it to be that. You either need it to be Ford or Chevy. Yeah, it has to have the r little but right reliability of the the big three. You have to be able to get it service. Right, that's the other question. That is, i you have to let it, it has to be one of the big three, right?
Speaker: I mean, you can't go and start producing a one -off vehicle and they don't have the infrastructure set up to service this vehicle. Yeah, we were we were running like, like, chat. I don't even see his comment on there. No, it it doesn't show up on your end because you're using your phone. No, I've got our, I've got the, I've got the phone on my iPad too. Oh, he's on YouTube. Oh, that's weird. Yeah. No, I've got to pull up on YouTube. Nothing.
Speaker: No, I didn't even read his comment. He said, don't worry, bomb ass. I shared the show since you couldn't be bothered. There you go. We literally decided to go ah to start the show 20 minutes ago um because I just woke up. um But like I said, if they have the big three backing,
Speaker: ah I think it'll do well. if they're If they're starting from scratch, good on them. As long as, I mean, obviously John Deere knows how to build a vehicle. It's not going to break. But John Deere, the problem I have with this is like, I'm the kind of guy, I like to do my own oil change and stuff like that, just cause I'm a huge dork and I i get to play with my toys. John Deere has this thing where you can't touch their shit. They have to fix it.
Speaker: So you got to think a lot of their equipment is on lease, right? This stuff is a million plus dollars. Oh, I agree. But like, like, there's there's that whole was a right to fix the farmers are frightened. And, and I get that, you know, I get both sides of the argument. I'm not fighting either way or the other, although I like the idea of fixing my own shit. But, um, are they going to do that with their trucks too?
Speaker: and I mean, nowadays, you need a fucking three degrees just to change oil on um on a Chevy. And that's what I was getting ready to say. It's like, yeah you have every right to fix it, but do you own the $15 ,000 plug -in laptop it takes to fix it? Well, that's the kicker is like John Deere won't sell that laptop. They won't sell the program. No reason for them to sell it. You have to be a credited tech.
Speaker: understood what it like said it's a it's a weird argument and I do not know the ins and outs of it but like if I have a fucking tire puncture They won't like think that think basic stuff like that. You can, I think tires, windshield wipers. There's a like, there's probably a list of like 20 things right now to do, but it's above all that. And you think it was one thing on these cars nowadays. And again, I want to do this into a future episode. Right. It's a, it's a weird concept. Uh, but the the John Deere truck is not why we're here today. We're here for something.
Speaker: really cool and and i found a video and it's a little bit long i'm not going to play the whole thing but this guy i love this guy's tiktok videos i don't know his name ah it'll show up here and when i play the video this guy explains cars in a way that you and i can both appreciate i'm go play this video for the the new corvette which is really Monster, so we just got a major leak Involving the C8ZR1 if the rumors are correct this thing is going to road It's gonna flip supercars on her head. there's There's no other way to put it the new C8ZR1 makes embrace yourself 1064 horsepower and it makes 828 pound -feet of torque I need y 'all to put this and let me put this in perspective for y 'all
Speaker: We thought it was going to have 850 maybe not close to 900 horsepower. No, no, right out the gate. 1 ,064 horsepower, 828 pound feet of torque. That's monstrous. And then they put the legendary split window in a Corvette. Do you, do you remember the last time they used the split window on a vet? No, this is no, this is no longer a sports car. No.
Speaker: GM has officially dove into the realm of supercars. And before you open your mouth, please do not compare this to a Dodge Demon. This thing will kick draws in a Dodge Demon, not just because it has more ho a little bit more horsepower, no, not just because it's lighter, no. It'll destroy a Dodge Demon purely because this thing has all the attributes of a race car. This is a 5 .5 twin turbo LT7 powered monster, bro.
Speaker: Not electronically assisted none of that. This is all -out Raw driving experience you have a thousand horsepower behind the crack of your ass What is thing nastier than a stepmom search history this thing nastier than a professional?
Speaker: it goes off for a little bit I like I like I like the look I love the split window and it's 1 ,064 horsepower. Yep now ah As we all know, the question is, ZR1 price, C8 price. And this is going to be where I need to know the price. So I can tell you who this is a competitor for. So we can break down the price difference. And I guarantee you anything first, this is going to be financially a better deal than the car I'm going to mention that it's competing with. Well, what what what's your what's your competing car?
Speaker: SF 90 Ferrari. And how much? Uh, between 801 million. Well, I could buy about nine of the Z eight Z R ones. It's 150 K. I don't believe that.
Speaker: $150K is what it's saying here. Base price hundred but okay base price is um they They do have a couple options with this thing. This is the 2025 Corvette CR1 specifications. Base price is estimated $150K. It is that the with the target top. um And it's, you know, 5 .5 liter.
Speaker: ah 1064 horsepower, 828 foot pounds of torque. And with an eight speed twin clutch automatic. That's, that's a good deal. So not a carbon fiber car. um good No, not a car, but it's well, okay. Okay. This is why they get to affordability. Okay. Once again, it's Corvette. They, they love their fiberglass and plastic, you know,
Speaker: Remember back in the nineties, that back, that giant back bumper was all it last a race car, but not build a race car. Yeah. But, but this is once again, this is where GM is still behind the times. They haven't a embraced carbon fiber yet, but they're embracing the twin turbo. So they're getting there. What kills me is, is when they go and take this on the racetrack, those are carbon fiber cars. You can't, you can't. sort power record Right. But, but.
Speaker: you're saying 800 grand, I can go buy a couple of these and we'll all be you. But you can't go and build like a carbon fiber tub and all this stuff for that. See, this is where, this is, this is why Europeans, like everyone's, and of course you got to imagine we pay a ah premium, right? Because we have to pay taxes on the stuff that comes in. understand what You know, what is 800 ,000 there is a million here. It just is what it is, right?
Speaker: It's not our same thing when we ship a Mustang, you know, we can get a Mustang for 30 grand in there. Well, that same freaking Mustang is $40 ,000 over there. Yeah, exactly. The price goes up. But I think, and that's a hand built car to where these are hand built, but in. These are, these are, these are, yeah I mean, that's not a line. Yeah.
Speaker: But it's just a lot different. But no, the SF 90 might be about the same horsepower. Then we have the SF 90 XX that's coming out with a little bit more. I think it's 1 ,094 that is. Yeah. but But when it comes to like, if you're going to, if you're going to go out and buy a Ferrari, you've got 150 grand. What do you buy? A Ferrari for 150. I'm getting a used Ferrari 430 F1. Okay.
Speaker: compatibility your Ferrari versus my brand -new 2026, you know Are my 2025? Zr1 I'm gonna smoke you every day for 150 grand for 150 grand. I don't need a Ferrari Agree agree Yeah, I agree. But this is my take. if i It's just so hard to compare because we're talking about a brand new car versus something that's, you know, 20 years older, costing the same price. I mean, when's the last time you ran into a Corvette that was 20 years old worth 150 grand? Exactly. You don't, but you have to go back to like the sixties.
Speaker: for it to be good. Yeah, and then then you don't want to race it because and it's only got 400 horsepower. Correct. But you're getting it tough to compare the, you know, when the demon, when the, I agree. But I like what Ford and I like what Chevy is doing, embracing the European market, embracing the new money that is coming into the younger generation, doing what they're supposed to do. And I'm okay with them not producing a full carbon fiber. Well, and you know, we I mean, this is like your're your, let's say you got a million dollars or a couple million dollars, and you're like, I want to get into Ferrari, but they scare the shit out of me because they're a million dollars. For a brand new one on the silver floor, absolutely, I agree with that. I'm going to start with the C8 because I can get it for 150K. If I wreck it, no big deal. Correct. If I live. So you this is a good starter of getting into that European market if you're a buyer.
Speaker: Oh, I completely agree with going in and starting a, like going in and buying like a budget supercar. Right. You're not getting budget power. No, budget price. but bun like Let's say with dealer markup, you're looking at, let's say what?
Speaker: After twenty nine titles, you got to be looking pretty close to two, even on the bottom one, pretty close to what, 180 something? Yeah, 180, 190. But that's still, you can't go buy a Ferrari for 180, 190. Not a brand new one that I can think of. Yeah. Definitely not a brand new Ferrari producing that price or that performance.
Speaker: And in the it's a gorgeous car, but Chevy didn't stop there. I got another video for you. Check this out. According to Chevrolet, the engineers of the new Corvette ZR1 managed to virtually eliminate all the turbo lag. Here's what the chief engineer had to say about it. ZR1 represents the first ever factory turbocharged Corvette. When you think about turbochargers, some might say, hey, there's going to be some lag. It takes a little bit of time to spool up. What are some of the things that you all did as a team to mitigate that? That's a great question, Brad. And these turbochargers are massive. 76 millimeter compressors. So in the design of the turbocharger, we phase the exhaust cams and the engine to keep turbo speed as high as possible. We change ignition timing, throttle position, and we have a special wastegate that's electronically controlled.
Speaker: So we can use those features to keep turbo speeds as high as possible. So when you're exercising the ZR1 on the twisting roads, your favorite place to drive, or even on the track, that massive power and torque is always available. It's incredible.
Speaker: there you go. So so and ah and this thing's got active arrow too. Dude, I want to tell you right now exactly what I saw. The presentation of that engine is spectacular. It's beautiful. Are you kidding me? That blue on top? Yeah, that is pretty. That's the chef's kiss right there. That that is that is heavy that is popping the hook popping the frunk on a Ferrari that is popping the frunk on a Lamborghini and it's the same. Wow. Look.
Speaker: i'm Good for them. Holy moly. So, so, you know, they are competing like a lot of guys are like, oh, I'm going to go. I'm going to buy a Ferrari this year. It's $300 ,000 or $400 ,000. You know what? I can go buy two CR ones for the same price and I got something really pretty. Yeah. As, as a guy who likes European cars, clearly as one sits to my left.
Speaker: I have loved everything Chevy has done since the new model came in. I liked it mid -engine. Give me mid -engine. I love the mid -engine. Oh, man. I think they've really honestly embraced how much Americans are gravitating towards not another way forward. Well, not just agreed, but not just when it comes to the European market being you know quote -unquote the pinnacle because let's be honest European cars corner like they're on fucking rails. Yep, but And but The the big three here in the states. They're they're saying maybe we should learn how to take a turn here one at once twice.
Speaker: you know The only time I watch NASCAR is if they're on a road track. um ah hundred percent I agree. Circle Track yeah whole track what circle circle track is is the 70s, let's be honest, where it's 2024. You can't... Circle Track is dead, and I think NASCAR is dead for staying on a Circle Track. But...
Speaker: They're in that marketing campaign that they just that I just showed they are telling you go put it on the twisties man. Yep, and You know back in the day They were all about the quarter mile. Well, nobody uses the quarter mile as a benchmark anymore for uses yeah because because nobody fucking cares yeah dodge did that and you know they made the the hellcat the demon and and all that stuff and that's fine but they're not a supercar company they're they don't their viper viper wants to kill you every time you look at it but i i'd be afraid to take the viper on twisties because i'm going if it raises the atr was the racer on yeah
Speaker: But I mean, what set of balls it takes to drive that car. Yeah, you got, you got, I mean, there, you can't take anybody for a ride with, with you in your Viper because your balls have to sit in the passenger seat. Yeah. Because it's a scary vehicle. I drove one once and I literally, vgie I kid you not, I was moving this motherfucker. I'm talking 20 feet.
Speaker: And I let off the clutch a little too fast and put the fucker sideways. Even with the rod. And I was like, yeah, nope, don't want one. Not only that, I'm a short fucker. And the the the viper sits so low, it was the Gen 1 viper. And the hood comes up like this. I couldn't see over the hood. That was what, 93 or 95? Well, i maybe it was this Gen 2 viper that I drove, because it was 99 when I drove one. I don't know how the first one of the
Speaker: bare bones. I'm talking, they just said, let's throw a fucking giant motor and a fucking Volkswagen Beetle and call it a day. That's exactly what the fuck happened. And that is a dangerous, dangerous car. That car, I would buy one, but to look at it, because it's a beautiful car, but I would never drive it. I would never drive it. I don't know how I would have to have some seat time in doing city speeds and to to ever feel comfortable driving a car like oh that. Oh, yeah. it is the And it's got the world's heaviest clutch. the The first and second generation that clutch is like pushing in the tractor clutch. John Deere made it. So, yeah. but But it's one of those things is like, it's a
Speaker: With this, you know, they're going to have the electric static with a hydro hydrostatic clutch. So it's just it's twin clutch plate. It's super lightweight. It will feel like fucking air. And of course, most people get it in the automatic, which is blasphemy. But no when you get these cars, there is no less. That's true. There's no because you literally.
Speaker: get like an automatic version, but it actually damages the car to drive it in automatic. You have to, they want you, well, they almost - Are they gonna have flappy paddles? They make you do the paddles because it damages the clutch in them. When you drive it in automatic. I didn't say that. Yeah. The thing is, there's only gonna be, and I'm gonna guesstimate,
Speaker: a couple of handfuls of these are actually used for what they are. You know, just like every car, some, you know, I don't think so. I think these are just like, I'll say 30 to maybe mid 30s get put up. I think you're going to get maybe 60%. There's going to be a lot of grandpas driving these and never use them for what they are.
Speaker: because just drive them around town. I've got one that got to date back. I'll get a bottle of wine, go to the grocery store for three or four things. The other percentage is going to be driving the fucking they're going to beat the piss off it. Yeah. Yeah. and And I, you know, that's kind of standard when it comes to these kind of cars, you know, a lot of your older guys going to buy them because, you know, they want it. They're, they're not quite midlife crisis cars, but they, and don't get me wrong, they are because Only these guys in midlife or or later in life can afford them. Well, just so you know, if you look at the front of this car, there is exactly this much trunk space. there' is you Oh, yeah. Yeah, there's none. yeah he Because it has the... like it This is how I know this is... It's got that active arrow through it. Correct. That goes actually through the bodywork up through the hood to where you would have like a front like my Porsche does. I have a rear trunk and I have a front trunk.
Speaker: But the GT3 Porsche, no trunk. They used it all. Yeah. but It's all aerodynamics to push the car down to be able to hit the cornering. so this is this is theres There's no I'm going out for a weekend in this car. And I was having specific, you know, exactly. yeah Yeah. And that's it. I'm going to go buy a golf ball. I'll be right back. you know okay But it's like the the yeah I love what they did with the styling on this when they put the split window back hasn't been done since 63. That's that you know, it's it's it's given that toss back. Hey, look at what we did. It's going to be one of the like
Speaker: a lot of people for instance you know ah flick was here in the comments a little bit ago ah he he's he he will recognize it's a coreettet but will he be instantly be able to recognize it's c r one he will now because of that split wind I'm so glad they brought that back. i it's It's all European design when you bring that back because I guarantee if you flip the freak, if you cut that car off, there's not a mirror there. There is a camera. So it just all comes back to when you get into the like Tesla, let's take, wo let's take basically Tesla. Tesla does not have a rear view mirror. It is in their cyber truck. It is that the Valkyrie I think is a cam.
Speaker: And there's a couple of other cars that are cam. So I don't, I don't think, I think, I think Chevy is a little late to stuff, but it's more on their part being late to stuff because you can see who your competitors, what they're doing.
Speaker: and maybe're just filling that And then you can go in there and and you all mean all these companies own each other's cars. ah right they're They're owning all of them. They're like, okay, so we're going to go build this new Corvette. So we need a Ferrari, the best one they got. We need the Lamborghini, we need a Bugatti, and we need this one and this one. This is who we're going to compete against. Go lease these or whatever.
Speaker: and we're going to tear apart and this is this is what I need to know how they're doing this and then we're going to rebuild we're going to build our version of it so there this isn't new it's just new to them but man a split yeah it's it's almost like a reverse a reverse uh engineering thing absolutely I'm sorry that's look at that dude that screams European Does it not? And the fact that it's mid -engine, you know, you've got the shorter hood. And as you said, you know, the the the arrow goes right through the the the front. Yeah. ah But um I don't like the wing. That wing's going to be iconic. You know, it's... I wish they would do... I'm trying to find a good picture of the interior. I wish they would do like a buttress on the side. I agree. ru
Speaker: It's like, come on, man. Give it that last little bit that it could be just a little bit more crazier. Well, they got that. Butchers, you could tone down that wing, maybe just a touch. They got that little side scoop on the side there. Yeah, but I want a buttress. and i But i I get that. But I think that's that. The Ford GT killed it with that. I think that vent is a brake cooling vent. No, that's probably what it's done here at the table. And then, of course,
Speaker: That new interior, boy. Driver focused interior. Spectacular. That is, that is, you know, and I like, I still like how they have the buttons going down the center. A little bit, not, not necessarily your best, um, look, but where, you know, you're, you're, you're, you're in fucking Knight Rider. You just beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Just rock it right down that center. Um,
Speaker: I wonder if that screen, I wonder if that screen has a rearview availability. They do have a rearview camera. I don't see a, I've seen a picture of the rearview mirror, so to speak. And it's hard to find CR1 interior because his car just came out.
Speaker: It's not even production yet. We're not. I don't think so. I think it comes up. I think that, well, they'll, they'll start in like November. Okay. So production all new, all new production, all new production of 2025 or the next year cars start in November. So you can buy it. You can technically buy it 2025 in 2024 in December. This is interesting because you know what other car releases as a 2025. What's that? Really?
Speaker: really Yeah, that's actually going to be the direct competitor in the world. Yeah. That's a direct competitor for this. That is 100 % a direct competitor. The only thing is the guys that are going to buy the ZR one, they want it. You know, they, you know, like I said, there's these old guys with new balance and gene shorts and, and they don't want the test.
Speaker: you know, like our kids, our kids will be, our kids will be buying the roadster. Dude, are you kidding me? I'm fucking want to test the roaster. I don't, I don't. I think they're the, I, I, I understand Elon's progression of why he made the roaster than why he made the second most expensive car, blah, blah, blah, to get down to a thing. I'm really not sure why it took him so long to come back to the roaster, but that roaster is stupid fast.
Speaker: it's not as pretty though it's not as pretty so <unk> let me see yeah well but you we gotta to think it wasn't based off of their own design they they had to work within limitations of the lotus amira yes at lotus elise yeah it does it does kind of look like it's got a lotus elise look to it Well, what originally was based off the Lotus, the least chassis because they had the they had to go by all the chassis from Lotus and they put a body kit on. The only thing is, you know what it looks like to me? It looks like a Mazda Miata.
Speaker: Well, that's not a bad thing because the Mazda Miata is. Oh, that that's a monster. I think it's a monster. must be honest I see more old people buying them than I do young people.
Speaker: Oh, I agree. Well, if the Mazda Miata is customized for itself, it does look good in black though. And you gotta think, it's no gas. The range on this car is insane. However, range as we've discussed before is variable depending on how you drive it, what you're using. Because if you turn on the AC, look, it looks good in black. God dang, that thing looks like the fucking Batmobile. You kidding me? Yeah, that's nice. it You know, it's got the rear half. It's got the ass of your Porsche. That thing looks like a ah futuristic Ferrari right there. Yeah. Don't get me wrong. It's a beautiful car. Well, the first version of it was not. What version is that? Is that the Tesla Y? No, this is the roadster. No, was that a roadster? That's a roadster, sir. Son of a bitch. These are all pictures.
Speaker: of the 2025 Tesla Roadster. This is the first version. Yeah, based off the ah ah Elise, sir. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, this is basically what it's going to look like here. I mean, it's a gorgeous car. I'm not mad at it. Pull up that side view one. Which one? This one? Yeah, that one. As best I could do. I don't know. Maybe I'm saving. That's not a bad looking car, man.
Speaker: it It looks like they stole the design for Mazda. You know, Mazda has the Mazda 3. It looks like it's got a Mazda 3 front end. you A variant. I like the big ass. Man, that's got a big ass on. I do not mind that car at look at all. You know what I do like about it? I like the bottom half on the front that they didn't close it completely off. Yeah. And I think that's an aerodynamic thing.
Speaker: I bet you that comes full of batteries. You know what I've liked even more? If they would have done the openings through the hood, that would have looked really good too. It would have looked slick. I think they'll do that for the second gen. um you know I think Elon's got this thing where, you know yeah, he's a real smooth line guy. Because if you look at all Teslas, they're their're smooth line. Well, they take an Apple approach. no Yeah. they say so Simplicity.
Speaker: But I think there's the, here's the original Tesla. Let me, this is the original Tesla Model 3. It was literally a go -kart. You know, no, it's, it's a, this is the one where it really looks like your, your Lotus Elise. Oh, and it didn't save the picture, damn it. If it's the first gen, then yes, it's literally a freaking go -kart. Yeah, it's, it's, it's just kind of goofy looking. um I liked it. It was simple.
Speaker: It was a brand new company. You have to understand where you grow from there, right? He had little to no manufacturing set up. This is a brand new, well, how about this? We have cell phone companies start all the time, right? They don't own towers. Very few of these cell phone companies even own towers at this point. Everyone just attaches to everybody else's stuff. So you have to attach yourself to build up, so blah, blah, blah. yeah it's like yeah you I want you like Tesla. You use the model that's, or the the
Speaker: uh system that's already there um where where tesla is not doing that they're you know they basically have to start from scratch and and i now that is not the case they are the world's leader in all of this well yeah um but and and i get it the tesla roadster is gonna be quick um the range. What's this? What is the range on? 620 something miles. I get insane. But you're not going to get 620 miles, dude. but I'm telling you right now. grab this Right. I mean, it's right because because if I'm driving a fucking roadster, I'm going to get 32 miles to the gallon and the Honda Civic if your foot is always in the floor.
Speaker: And and let's be honest if you're driving a Tesla Roadster and you pull up against somebody with the fucking Ferrari You're gonna be like I want to see taillights Because you're gonna be gone before that right Cuba. So you're gonna do it more often You're gonna do it more often not just to show off at least for the first couple months This is what kills me when we talk about gasoline cars diesel cars versus ah electric cars. The very first thing someone will mention is, well, I can't go this far because it's electric. It's, well, we can't go this far on gas either.
Speaker: If we're, if we're always, if we're always dig deep in it as high, as hard as we can go, we're not getting the gas mileage out of it. So until we drive it to what they're saying is acceptable to get this, we we can't, we, they're both equal. we' We're not going to get 30 miles to the Honda Civic. because We're pushing it to 7 ,000 RPMs. But the fear when it comes to, the fear when it comes to a Tesla. or an And this is where I agree with you right here.
Speaker: is when you get to that point where in your car you're be like, fuck it, I need gas. In the Tesla, if you can find a charging station, if you can get it to work, because a lot of charging stations, people are stealing the cables or the copper, then you got to sit there for fucking God knows how long until the fucker charges. They're actually, there's actually they're they're doing some things about that.
Speaker: And they've even, so I don't know, maybe maybe to educate you a little bit more. They said, grab the battery down to 20 % and only charge it to 80%. That's where you're getting the most efficiency. Okay. Because it's the last 20 % from 80 to 100 is taking so long to charge. Yeah, it's the best efficiency out of it. I mean, they said it's like, you know, trying to find this little circle for this little circle to sit in. But when everything is 80%, it's going everywhere to try to fit it.
Speaker: Correct. so It's a Tetris. It's a Tetris. 100%. So I agree with you. So it's not like, oh, I can just drive. I can drive this thing like a bitch. And I know there's 16 gas stations within the next three miles. And that's the difference. That's the main factor when it comes to buying a an electric vehicle versus a gas vehicle. Because I know if I run out of gas. There's a gas station block for me. and the There's 15 within 200 miles.
Speaker: but I guess my argument to that is, is where are you driving like an asshole at? Because everywhere. go to drop like If I'm going to have a 1 ,064 horsepower, everywhere. I'm going to have more money in speeding tickets than I will in the car. I guarantee it. Maybe you have to go electric. Me on the other hand, I can go either way.
Speaker: ah but I could go either way. I'm good with electric. It depends on who's with me. If I'm by myself, I'm beating the brakes off that fucking car. Sure. But if I, you know, if I get the kids or the wife with me, I'm going to take a little bit slower because my wife freaks out when I drive fast. it was Same with my wife. But it's just like, you know, I want to buy this new truck.
Speaker: And I was like, yeah, I was asking the Chevy dealership the other day, I said, you guys sell extra tires to throw in the truck bed? And they're like, why? I said, because I'm going to burn these bitches off. And they're like, really? I said, yeah, I'm that asshole. I got a brand new truck with all this fucking power. I'm going to roast them. Do you not pay attention to brick and mileage? No. Oh, no. Brick and mileage I do. OK. But there is that, you know,
Speaker: Every time you buy a brand new, I'm talking, you know, four miles on the fucker. yeah You're going to chirp the tires a couple of times, not on purpose, just because you're not used to the pedal, especially go from like my clips is a 97. When that was running, you you had to push the pedal halfway down before it would fucking move because the motor was so old. So you go from that to ah where you look at the pedal and you're already moving, you're going to chirp the tire.
Speaker: And but once you hit that breaking point, well boy what is it? Like 5 ,000 miles or 3 ,000 miles or something like that? No, no, no. They're in the hundreds now. Is it really? Oh, man, I'm going to fucking destroy some tires. I can do 400 miles day one. Because once again, 400 miles ain't shit when you got a brand new vehicle and you're just like, I'm going to show this bitch off. Well, y 'all do kilometers down there, right?
Speaker: Yeah, we do kilometers, but but probably 400 was 600 kilometers then. Yeah, 600 to 1 ,000. When it comes to breaking period, I always to go over.
Speaker: tomorrow oh So if it says 400, I'm like, well, let's do eight, just in case. or Or let's do six, you know? And then, of course, that that's when you should do your forest oil changes when you hit that break -in point. yep But after I get the oil change, oh, I'm going to light them tires up like you read about. I'm going to leave in brown smoke.
Speaker: And not because it's not me being an asshole. Like I paid for the entire fucking drive train. I'm going to use it. But in an all -electric car, there is no break -in mileage. You just go. Really? What is there? There's nothing there. I guess you got a point. Yeah, you just take the fucking keys. Well, there's no sound. Hit the start button. There's a different kind of rumble that you get.
Speaker: yeah with no rumble versus a the truck shakes as you rev the motor. you know oh yeah I mean, maybe not so much at a V6, but I mean, you still get it. Well, there's still exhaust sounds. There's there's all the mechanical sounds. Yeah, all all that great sound you're not going to get.
Speaker: and you know Think back when the day you turned 16, the day you drove your vehicle, whatever vehicle was by yourself for the first time, you didn't fucking sit there and play with the motor and play. You lie like a rug. There was nothing like turning that key over, letting the fuel pump pump and then hitting the start. Yeah. The first time by yourself. I mean, you, and then you get out in the middle of nowhere.
Speaker: and nobody's around and you're not going to get yelled at because nobody's going to know but you you come home buy a new set of tires and nobody knows see then this well we're done with this episode you mean you have to talk because we have to do a future episode I keep saying this I know I have opinions on things nobody like something need to do in the future one of the one of the first things I did first time I drove my vehicle by myself is, you know, I, I, uh, you know, I had my Chevelle, but I, my dad had a, uh, 84 Ford Ranger that I eventually bought off of. And the first time, you know, it was four -wheel drive, had a little lift on it and everything. And the first time I drove, you know, uh, I worked at a, at a Wendy's at the time and
Speaker: I was driving the Chevelle two and four back and forth to Wendy's and it fucking pissed down a bunch of snow. And I was like, hu this is gonna be a fun ride home. And as the snow starts falling, my dad calls me and says, hey, I'm gonna come pick up your Chevelle because driving that snow is gonna be a bad idea. I'll get it home before the snow gets too bad and you just drive my truck home. I got home and that truck was covered in mud. And I was like, I don't know what happened. you know because they the same and it's a crazy thing. You park it in a muddy parking lot and I just happened to foot slipped off a clutch and now the windshield's got mud on it. I don't know why. It happens us to the best of us Jeff. You know and it's one of those things nobody was around my buddy's in the truck and I'm like you want to do donuts and next thing you know we're doing donuts in the windy muddy parking lot for 20 minutes.
Speaker: I'm like, I don't know how I went through a half tank of gas, but here you go. You know, Dan, that was before Wendy's closed at 2 AM. That must've been back in the day. Yeah. Well, yeah. I mean, that was before the Baconator. that's in world I was still, I was still in high school. That was before the Baconator. So it was, it was like 98, 99. Yeah.
Speaker: I mean, we're right at the same age, right? Yeah. Well, I'm 44. I'll be 45 this year. And I'm 42, so yeah. But at 45 years old, I'm still a giant fucking kid. we We all are. Like, tell me you don't want to go take that Jeep out in the mud right now. Oh, we're talking about that. See? See? At 42 years old, you're like, look, there's mud over there. There's all kinds of mud for you to get into.
Speaker: You know, you just, here's what you do. I have the best excuse. You have a Jeep. It's brand new. It's not brand new. It's mildly used, right? You go play in the mud. You go play in the mud. When she yells at you, you be like, well, I must have to have the alignment checked because every time I go drive down the road, the alignment pulls me into the mud. And it's got this cool little secondary gear shift down there. I had to figure out what that does. I'm not sure what they stand for. I had to figure out what that does.
Speaker: But like i gotta go hang out i was I was looking at the specs. I was watching videos on on the Colorado ZR2, the one I want. And that you know they're showing videos of it going uphill. And I'm like, well, there's not a whole lot of hills in Cancun. But nope there's a lot of sand, right? Well, there's a lot of sand. But right over here at the edge of my house, they have they ah they have the main road. And then they started to build another road.
Speaker: and then just stopped. And the in -between is this big pile that's, it's been there for years. So it's covered in grass, it's good and packed down. And I'm like, I wonder if my truck will go over that. I'm going to find out. So this, so this truck is It's not even released yet, right? Oh, no. The Colorado ZR2 has been around. They've had like three or four versions of it. This is like the fourth gen. Okay. I have no clue. I have no clue about this. If you were telling me about it, i have I know dick all about shit. So, like, um the the last year's version was not the... It had this weird sidestep. Uh, so... Hold on. Let me... Love.
Speaker: right oh z r two so let me go and pull up images the one i want is the 24 this is the 24 here in red it's in blue you can tell you can tell the difference between the 23 well this is a 23 but it's a late 23 the 24 has this nice little colored grill but if you look real way better they stretched it out so beautiful but but this one there's a here's a 2018 ZR2 what made you settle on a Chevy Colorado's ZR whatever this is called ah so Colorado's ZR2 Glick and I were talking a while back on nonsenseical Nonsense Go Nonsense about me and a truck if I get out of a Silverado
Speaker: It looks silly because I'm 5 '3 and the Silverado, you know, back when we were kids, the Silverado was about as big as one of these Colorado's you know because the Colorado is a mid -sized truck. But if I get out of like a ah lifted Silverado, I have to jump down and then I don't, I can barely reach the hook.
Speaker: When the Colorado is a midsize truck, it I'm not gonna use everything that the Silverado would. But when it comes to price, if you get the high country, it is double the price of the ZR2.
Speaker: yeah don you go Here's the 23 version here. They have these weird side steps on it. This red one down here. yeah see it let me Let me enlarge the screen. out here Yeah, I see it. Where? I just thought it was a compact truck. Well, believe it or not, these are not compact. If you have... To me, ive I've owned three Silverados. This dude is literally... dude is 64. I can see how it's not classified as it. But to me, this is the Ranger, the Maverick.
Speaker: I'm not even into Ford F -150s. Like I'm into, unless it's the Raptor, I'm not into Ford F -150s. I'm more of an F -250 GMC, like their work truck. I've owned three Chevy Silverado 1500s as what I did in my work truck. So I don't have much use for these compact trucks because the bed is just too small. It's too narrow. Right, agreed.
Speaker: so so it doesn't work for me but this is the picture marked it this is the picture right here that sold me i love the likes the whole entire spec like the color i love that's the color i want that that that blue chevy's got the sexiest blue i've ever seen i'm not a blue vehicle guy i will never own a red vehicle because i will get told over in about 30 seconds in a red vehicle I kind of like that white he -looking color down there. The yellow? No, it's the next row down. Yeah, that one. This is their tan. I like that. It's it's not bearable. But this blue, there's a guy here. He's got the last year model ah standard Colorado. So he's got the Z71, which the Z71 is your mid version.
Speaker: You got the regular Colorado, then you got the Z71, then the ZR2. And he's got it in that blue, and that blue is gorgeous. I just, what throws me off is the the rack in the back, because I do, I need it for utility. And to me, that takes away from how I would use the rack. The rack is optional. Yeah. Well, the nice thing about the rack is it is not going into the bed. It goes onto the rails.
Speaker: Yeah, that would be the one option. I'd be like, there's no way I'm purchasing that thing. I will not get it without the rack. Because for me, it's the place below. Well, here's my thing. I tend to, when I buy stuff, the biggest problem I have with trucks in general, not enough tie down points. So like, one of the things I want to do is I want to buy a new house. I want to get a new house. This house is too, we're slowly outgrowing it.
Speaker: and If you've ever moved a fridge in the back of your truck, it's kind of a bitch to tie down. Sure. But with that rack, I can tie that fucker to the rack and be golden. Yeah, staying there straight up, you're good to go. And stuff ready to rock. And like even when we moved in this house, I borrowed a 70, it was 86 Silverado. It had no rack and there's not enough tie downs. And I carried three fridges over here at once.
Speaker: And I drove like 20 miles an hour tops. Sure. Because it scared the shit out of me. So I tend to buy stuff that is big. Now, the nice other thing about that rack is, of course, in every truck, they have the holes in the side of the bed. So you can actually put ladder racks and stuff. I can build a removable ladder rack in the back. And I just have to have that piece. And I can put two by fours on top plywood, the whole nine yards.
Speaker: The bed, the really cool thing about the ZR2 bed.
Speaker: That's what the cool thing about trucks. They're so customizable. Yeah. The new ZR2 bed, and I'm trying to find it, has ZR2 stamped in the metal. And then the whole thing's rhino lined from the factory. It's amazing. I can't find a good picture of it. So do they not make a 1500?
Speaker: like this well they do so when you go to they they make the z71 and then they make the high country the high country is the same thing but the z71 is basically your version i think they make the silverado zr2 Cause you got the 1 ,500, 2 ,500, 3 ,500, and they may even be a 4 ,500, but those are pretty limited. So they do make a Z70, the ZR2 Silverado, but it's not it's not as cool looking. It's kind of plain Jane. It it doesn't scream I'm a badass.
Speaker: It's just, nah, it looks like a normal Silverado.
Speaker: I don't know. I got some hood scoops on that thing. It looks pretty. Well, I do like the hood scoops. Colorado has that hood scoops. You know what I think you're missing is and what's throwing you off is the railing. I don't see a railing on this one. Yeah. I think that might be what's throwing you off because it's it's a good looking truck. It's a good looking truck. No, I'm wrong. I love so oh the black one up there that had the graphics on the side. It was on the right hand side of the screen go up.
Speaker: I think that had a rack on it.
Speaker: I'll see one. There it is. There's one with a rack. Yep. Because when I was over at Chevy the other day, they had, they said, because they didn't have one with a rack on it. And I was like,
Speaker: how much extra for the rack? The rack is is, it's like five, 600 bucks extra. And they said, we have one for the Silverado. We have one for the Silverado, we have one for the Colorado. In stock. And I was like, okay. And then they also offer for the Colorado, they don't offer it for the Silverado, but they offer for the Colorado, the um ah ah two inch lift. Now the Colorado also comes stock with 35s.
Speaker: Which, you know, back in, back in high school, when you b bought your truck, you bought your four by four truck, first thing you do is you put, you know, once you get your lift on it, you put 35s, or if you had money, you put 44s. Well, I still can't afford 44s, but 35s was kind of like, it's a standard, badass, knobby tires and stuff. They come stock with it. That's pretty cool.
Speaker: ah yeah And the price the difference between price of the ZR2 Silverado and the ZR2 Colorado is Not quite double. It's it. I it's I would say it's 20 to 30 thousand dollars more but silver I'm quite excited for you, man. I well, like I said, um, I closed that big deal the other day and once that starts rock and rolling um I can i
Speaker: I'm um'm really, I've never had a car payment in my life. I just buy cash. So this will be my first car payment thing, ah which obviously you and I talked before, what I'll be making will definitely cover the car payment. So I'm not worried about it, but it's like one of those things e that if we may agree wildly makes me nervous. like no I completely agree. It's the car payments are never fun. I always like having money in the pocket.
Speaker: other than any anyone money at all. I also, in Mexico, I don't know if they do this in the States, but in Mexico, what they do, when you buy your vehicle, like for instance, when you when you go to dealership and you buy yourself a brand new truck, you can haggle, right? You're like, oh, I'm not paying. But you usually get a couple thousand dollars off. Here, you pay what they list, period, end of story, there's no question. However,
Speaker: Where you can haggle is insurance. Two years insurance free of charge, full coverage. Yeah, that's not an option here. And I was like, sold? Bumper to bumper the whole nine yards. And then, of course, they're going to throw an on star. Not that I'm going to need it, but it's there.
Speaker: um
Speaker: they're there're there' they They do different negotiation options. So I'm going to try to get three years. I might be able to get a little bit of money off, but I'm going to try to get three years insurance and all that fun stuff. This is interesting, man. I'm happy for you. I'm happy you guys will get a nice, reliable family vehicle. what if if If everything goes well, I'm looking at two vehicles. I want to get a Jeep like yours. I want to get the new one for the wife.
Speaker: But I'm going to do it the same way, the Malibu. It's going to be pink and black. And it's going to, instead of, you know, I want to buy the Rubicon, but I don't want the Rubicon sticker that goes on the hood. I want to, I want it to say Hello Kitty, because she's a huge Hello Kitty nut. So it's going to be custom. that's good i But here's the crazy thing, as funny as, as, as weird as it sounds, when it's Hello Kitty, I will drive the piss out of it.
Speaker: Because there's nothing funnier than then a guy driving a truck that says Hello Kitty on it. It's bright pink. It's fucking hilarious. To eat their own. To eat their own. I'm not into how to feed them. I'm painting the Malibu. When I paint the Malibu. I'm driving a Lincoln's black vehicle, but a Hello Kitty, I'm really not interested in driving it. Well, but when I did the when i did the the Malibu, pink and black, it has a shift the Malibu has a different Chevy logo than the Chevy Bowtie.
Speaker: It has a bow tie in a weird oval. And I ripped those off while I was painting because you take all the decals off so you can paint proper. And like they wanted $50 for new ones. They're this big. Sure. and And I was like, yeah, no, not going to happen. I went to AutoZone and I got Hello Kitty logos.
Speaker: and uh doubles taped them to the to the back of it and it looked really cool uh once again it's my wife's huge yellow kitty nut uh and but while that thing's pink and black she was like do you want to take the eclipse because the pink and black malibu no that thing's cool i'm in because the malibu was the the eclipse was only ever painted once and that was when i got it so It doesn't bother me. I don't care what the color is. However, it's not red. And then i'm I'm ready to drive it. I won't drive a red vehicle. I have this weird phobia because I read a study back when, in like 96, that red vehicles get pulled over more than any other vehicle. Yes. And insurance, I think is higher on red vehicles. Insurance is higher on red vehicles as well, because red is the color of speed, which is why Ferrari eat paints all our cars red. So.
Speaker: I read that and I was like, yeah, that's bullshit. And I bought my Chevelle. My Chevelle was black. I never got pulled over to the Chevelle. After I got rid of, well, after I wrecked the Chevelle and sold it, I bought a Chevy S10 long bed single cap and put a 327 Corvette in it. And that fucking, I literally took it out of the garage, got pulled over.
Speaker: That truck got pulled over more than any other vehicle I've ever owned. I bought a Dodge Neon SRT -4 with all the bells and whistles and it was red. Got pulled over all the time, painted it black, never got pulled over again. Interesting. So after that, I refused to buy a red vehicle. I've never owned a red vehicle. and So it's one of those things I won't buy red and when we bought the Malibu, it was maroon and I got it home. Never, never got pulled over the Malibu, but, um, got it home and I was like, yeah, not going to stick with this maroon. It started sanding the fucker down and it pink and black because it was for the wife. Cause I, I had a, uh, somebody gave me a Pontiac grandam. Hmm.
Speaker: And they were like, it needs a lot of work. I'm like, yeah, I don't care. It's free car. And when I got it, the injectors were clogged. It took me like an hour and a half to drive at 40, a 40 mile distance because the injectors were so bad. It would go. And if you push on the gas, it would conk out. We got it home and replace the injectors, clean the injectors, replace them, replace the fuel rail. And that thing was a bad out of hell.
Speaker: and everything and it was bright candy red well bright fire engine red and i got pulled over in that car so many times it was ridiculous yeah and then i sold it and bought the eclipse the eclipse has never been pulled over shit and then the the problem with the eclipse came down to if um i don't know how and i don't know why but the coolant lines are reversed
Speaker: Never taking it apart. It was working fine. And then all of a sudden, you know how would when your car overheats, yeah your're your radiator cap blows off and all that stuff. but you know It overheated one time. And then I went to put coolant in it because the coolant was low. And it was shooting coolant out of the radiator as I was pulling it in. I was like, that's weird. And for some reason, it pumps the coolant in reverse.
Speaker: So instead of going the hot coming out into the radiator at the bottom or at the top of me, it comes down at the bottom. The hot goes in the bottom and sucks off the top. It's the weirdest thing ever. um And then, of course, the transmissions basically fuck. It just needs sensors for the transmission. But the plan is with that is to... I want to replace the transmission anyways with manual.
Speaker: Yeah, I remember you saying something about that. So it'll be fun. So you've got some interesting stuff coming in. Well, if I can find the motor I want, there's a, I don't think they had them in the States, but do you remember the Dodge Stratus? We did have them here. Well, yeah, you did have the Dodge Stratus, but did you have the RT version? I think we did. Again, I'm not. The RT is a manual only.
Speaker: 2 .4 liter turbo, where the regular, uh, Stratus was a two liter naturally aspirated. So we may have had it here, but I don't remember the long term. It what was, I don't remember it being like 10 year car.
Speaker: Agreed it is it's a really kind of goofy looking car, but I can get rp stratuses here all day long for like 1500 bucks run like a top so My thought is buy one pull the motor and the transmission and it bolts right into the eclipse a little bit of computer work and you're good to go and you switch out to the computer for rock And then, you know, pedal work, you can take the pedals right out of the RT and bolt them right in, because basically it's the same, it's a similar setup, yeah you know, because they're both technically Dodge. um So that's the plan with the the Eclipse. I just have to come up with the money to buy the Stratos. And you may have some things in the happenings.
Speaker: Yeah. And and like I said, with, with everything going as well as it is, and I just got new contracts coming in on Monday or Tuesday, something like that for other projects that could have some serious money coming in. Um, that's the plan is to start playing with some stuff. You know, I want to do a couple of episodes on the Jeff's garage YouTube channel. Um, I have a back wall here where I keep the fridge and and the washer dryer combo and I want to build a box, storage, kind of make it look pretty, all that fun stuff. I want to review the kitchen for the fourth time because I'm never happy with it. I'm looking forward to some kind of some cool stuff coming your way. That'll be fun.
Speaker: um it it It just comes down to, um gotta have the cash. For a while, I didn't have that. That's that's the bare minimum for a start. You mean to that ah parts and stuff like that. That's easy to find. But that is pretty much the wrap of our show, folks. um yep as I know you got to get heading out sooner. You said you said you had to leave her on this time. I have to run the store. I got to get food. I'm starving kids, people. Oh, you have no idea.
Speaker: Well, yesterday we ate two rotisserie chickens, like it was nothing. Well, that's pretty good eating. Oh, man, I love them. I might go get two more. um Yeah, thanks for everybody for watching. Thanks for everybody listening. We're going to play a little quick intro, outro, and then we're going to say our goodbyes.
Speaker: right
Speaker: Hey, Lori, what in the hell are you doing in there? Is she gonna ride with you? Mind your own business, John. Yeah, she's going with me. You take care of yourself, man. Wow! What's the order?
Speaker: I heard she was in a burning rubber and making motors blow. Show what the school asked her just half as she liked to go.
Speaker: there it is. Well, like I said, um everybody, thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. ah Once again, you can follow us everywhere at bio dot .link slash nonsensical network. Tomorrow is of course men's caring for men's podcasts. We also have Tuesday's click. I think he has a because it is the new month. He's got he has booked on interviews All almost all the way through August story. That's awesome. Yeah, he's he's and he just reached out to somebody It was a big swing
Speaker: Uh, he, he mentioned it last night in the Snapchat group. He reached out to somebody. Uh, I don't know if he's heard back here. I don't want to spoil anything. I'll let you know behind scenes. Um, but he reached out to a, a big one, uh, making big swings, hoping for big ones. Uh, of course, Wednesdays, what the fuck news, if it makes you say what the fuck we're going to talk about it and make you say what the fuck too, because of course we always have a penis store.
Speaker: uh disappointed if you didn't it's it's it's a staple and then of course thursday's uh blazing he's got his new show the uh whose argument is anyways um uh he didn't have a show this thursday because somebody had covid god forbid they could have gotten on a podcast but whatever um um I was going to jump up, but by the time I realized that Glick wouldn't have been making it, they'd already shut down everything. They're like, yeah, we're out. And then Saturdays, we're either doing Flashback Friday, where they played old episodes, or ah we have Cass's Corner.
Speaker: his wrestling show. That's all right. Which is actually kind of cool. You know, like I said once, I think he gets, he's a little nervous at the point, but apparently, Glick was saying last night on Nonsense Good Nonsense that Cass has got like the next 12 episodes planned out, more or less. Like he's... That's really cool, because I've been seeing a lot of wrestling toys. I went to like Walmart the other day, I had to grab something really specific, and I was like, damn, look at all these wrestling toys.
Speaker: Well, apparently, Cash is doing his research, too. He's watching old wrestling things from back in the day and so he can kind of converse with dad there on that. I think it's really cool. I'm not the biggest guy, but, you know, I'll I'm going to go ahead and check it out. And then, of course, Saturdays is, of course, the staple, the nonsensical nonsense episodes where we do six hours of rambling and last night we laughed so hard. off I might stomach hurt this one. The story of of Benji door dashing to the the correction center just I lost it.
Speaker: Me? Freakin the fuck out like this is how they get me, you you know And then he had to wait in the lobby for like five minutes where they become there of course He's stoned so it feels like it takes 40 minutes. He's like I'm going to jail. or Just go to jail that's hilarious It was looking hilarious That is of course It's the open door challenge on Saturdays where we drop the link in the chat and you can come up and
Speaker: Brian was here tonight. we we I wasn't watching. We were in a conversation, Brian. I'm sorry. He's watching us here. He had a whole ah couple comments here. He mentioned the Jeep Gladiator. Can't do it.
Speaker: can't do it. I like them. I like it my daughter. I like them but i I don't know if I don't want it. I don't know if I want it. I actually said in one and I was debating whether to get it the price difference between that and this was here pretty significant. Well, it's the same thing with the Colorado and the Jeep. It's the price is just They're they're they're pricey but what do you have to say to the people as we go?
Speaker: Oh, if you're like Jeff and you can't move to Colorado, you buy a Colorado. There you go. oh I like that. And as as always, if you can, get out there and do some work in your garage.
