B/F: The Drive Thru #28

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What’s that sound? I hear jingle bells. It must mean it’s Christmas coming. That means this is our holiday shopping guide, everybody. Are you all ready for these wonderful gifts that we have in GTM tradition? We do have [00:01:00] a action packed holiday shopping guide with all sorts of things for you, your garage and your ride.

So stay tuned throughout the episode for a promotions and other specials from some of our previous guests and sponsors. I, I do wanna say GTMs, eclectic list of holiday shopping. There are holiday shopping guides. It’s pretty much just stuff that you’ve purchased for yourself throughout the year, and you’re like, oh, other people might want this stuff too.

Wa why? You gotta get the secrets away, man. . Hey, let’s do some holiday shopping, shall we? Let’s get in the mood. Let’s get festive. Let’s spend other people’s money. . You know, Brad, in the old days, telling somebody you would give them a lump of coal was like a derogatory thing. You know this mean spirit. I’m gonna give you some coal nowadays.

That’s worth a lot of money. Do tell precious resources here. Have you priced out a lump of coal? Do you have a coal power plant that you’re gonna feed it? Yeah. Are you gonna refine this coal ? That’s how my EV’s getting power, right? [00:02:00] What I think the Hot Give this year is batteries . They’ve all turned into remote control cars now.

So let’s hit this thing off with some general gift ideas. The first one out of the gate, we didn’t even make it to Halloween and Auto Week, had already put out their annual shopping guide. I love how we’re starting at our shopping guide with somebody else’s shopping guide. This is like drive to survive.

Shop to survive. Yeah. Shop. Shop to survive. Shop till you drop. So they’re touting the ultimate gift guide for car lovers. It’s a interesting mix of items ranging from toys to cleaning products to apparel. Wait, Eric, did you put this list together for auto week? It looks like something you would put together.

It’s completely random, isn’t it? Like the bouncy 4G L t e, which is like phased out technology now. Car tracker. Available on Amazon for 77 bucks. Why would you want that? Is that like LoJack? [00:03:00] That’s what I was thinking. It’s for tracking your children, apparently. Oh. If you’ve got teenage drivers, if you’re worried, parent of a new driver or the concerned child of an older one, keeping tabs on the location of your loved one’s vehicle can bring priceless peace of mind.

Bouncy plugs into O B D two port in any car for just $8 a month. Updates a vehicle’s location every 15 seconds while a person is driving. Can we just get a set of air tags and hide it somewhere in the car and it’d be the same thing at the same time. You don’t necessarily need to spend a lot on a vehicle tracker or even sign up for a monthly data subscription.

Apple Air tags are great for iPhone users and very afford. You know what’s cool is being able to catalog them with an AUTOBIO tag. I’m sold. What does Autobio tag cost? Is there a subscription fee? Are there discounts for collections museums, maybe some sort of multi-pack or group buy. Autobio tags are $49 and that’s a one-time fee.

It’s yours for life. You can edit it as many times as you want. There’s not a [00:04:00] subscription. That is actually the most gratifying thing to share with people is that you are getting your own personal webpage that you get to customize and you get to tell the story. For $49, we do offer group discounts. So if you have a club or a, a large collection or something and you wanna call us, we are happy to work with you on that.

And around the holidays, we do offer a buy to get one free special. Which is very, very popular. So that’s a good deal there. Yeah. It’ll be coming up around Black Friday and running through the holidays. So people will buy one, like at a show if, if we show up at a show, it’s always a buy two get one as a show is special as well.

They make really good gifts just for the car lover and you who you know, you know, you’re gonna give it to somebody who is not gonna be afraid of the technology. Cause there’s really nothing to be afraid of. They do make good gifts. There was something on this list that I said, oh, that’s real Grand Temo, 25th anniversary edition that only took 15 years to come out.

I don’t follow Grand Temo anymore. Do people buy PlayStations? Well, you, you can’t find one now. Yes. , if you [00:05:00] can find one under the pros and cons. The Pros Classic Racing Fund, new update for 2022. Cons. Gaming console needed as opposed to, I’m gonna take my grand charisma and just start racing. Just, I’m just gonna start doing it.

I don’t know. Just hold the disc in your hand. It’s, yeah, it’s like a little, a little kid’s toy. . The only things that really jumped out at me, because again, it is super random. It goes from chemical guys, car wash kits to escort radar detectors to PlayStation games, and really anything in between. And Brad, to your point, that’s why it’s at the front of this, it’s very similar to GTMs eclectic blend of holiday shopping gifts that we’ve had in the past.

If you’re looking to do some stocking stuffs, the road trip inspired hits air fresheners if you’re into that sort of thing. Well, yes, because what’s interesting about this as sort of a gag gift is that the scents are things like burning oil, stale lunge, classic Volkswagen [00:06:00] crayon smell. So you have Big Sur after Rain or 85 diesel.

That’s pretty funny as a potential stocking stuffer Harbor Freight is now offering its version of the 10 millimeter Essential Socket Set made by Pittsburgh. It comes in at a great price of $16 and 99 cents and has deep, short swivel wobble and all sorts of different tens that you’re going to lose. So if you’d like, just burn the $17.

Don’t buy the sockets and move on with Life . Buy two socks while you’re there. The other one I really liked was the Honda Vintage Distressed Civic T-shirt. I kind of like that. I thought it was cute. Wish it came in a different color other than the light blue. I gave that a nod. I was like, that’s definitely going on my gag, gift stocking stuffer list.

The rest of this stuff. I mean, I don’t need a dust buster, you know, , I already got a vacuum cleaner. I did find something for your garage that I thought was really cool coming [00:07:00] in from blip shift for a low, low price of $119, you can get the T c s off L E d A warning light for your garage wall. Yeah, I’ve seen that for a while and I’m like, that’s some rich people thing.

Cause that’s about a hundred dollars more than I wanna spend on it, even though it looks really cool. . It does look really cool. And you’re right, 120 bucks for LEDs. That is just insane. Now, if it was true neon, like in the old days, all of that petro memorabilia, collectible stuff that’s like that, and there’s old school neons, they are pretty expensive.

They’re really cool. Obviously they suck down a ton of power, but 120 bucks for LEDs, that’s tough. But if you wanna kind of round out your collection, you gotta have it. It’s available over on blip. , did you know that? Our favorite custom fitting, super durable and easy to clean format manufacturer. Weather tech also makes outdoor mats for your porch entryway, garage mudroom, and plenty of other places.

Didn’t know that, but I guess [00:08:00] that makes sense. Well, in addition to those floor mats, they also make a plethora of pet products. That’s true. Pet gates, pet ramps, door protectors, seat covers, even high sitting pet feeding systems. I even bought an under kitchen sink mat made by them. It’s basically a giant monster mat that you cut to fit underneath your sink.

Absolutely. Awesome. Made for the same materials as the stuff they put in the cars, the outdoor mats that we’re talking about. They have their, you know, typical weather tech, semi lifetime guarantee, if you wanna call it. They come in a bunch of different colors and the price ranges are actually quite affordable.

I was thinking about replacing some of the mats around the house anyway, so for a 24 by 39 they’re 35 bucks and for something as big as a 30 by 60, $85, if you compare that to some of the other stuff at your local hardware store, it’s right in line. But you’re getting that weather tech quality material and things that you know to work as like a monster mat in your vehicle.

So I think it’s pretty cool. [00:09:00] Don’t forget that they’re all made in the USA and I’m a personal fan of Weather Tech because they are very big in sponsoring motorsports and you know the Motorsports community and they’ve got sponsored teams. They sponsor racetracks, so let’s keep them around a hundred percent.

They are the title sponsor of IM s A and the Rolex 24 hours. So yeah, that’s pretty cool and more fitting to the holiday season. They also offer Christmas tree mats. In four different colors. How heavy are those? They’re made from the same gerbil material as their bestselling floor mats. They’ll help keep your floors merry and bright this season.

On the other side of your garage, there’s probably a pile of cleaning materials because. . You know, some of us actually like to keep our cars clean, even if they are race cars. What better than being equipped with a proper stack of rags? It’s really funny, I’ve talked to a lot of people about this. They debate about the different pile and the thread count and the type of Terry cloth, and did you know that there’s.

Cloth that you’re only supposed to [00:10:00] use for the body versus the glass versus the the interior or something. I didn’t know you could get that detailed about detailing, but you can. Not all microfibers created equal. That’s very true. And sometimes you have to experiment with what Waffle Diamond Standard Weave works best for you.

But if you wanna dig more into that, check out the rag company, ww dot rag company.com. They got all sorts of interesting things and information that you can nerd out about, specifically around detailing. And more importantly, I also came to discover detailing.com, which seems to be the number one source for all sorts of detailing products from all over the world.

So if you’re looking to restock your shelf with like P 21, Maybe Xmal, maybe something else. You can get it from detailing.com. Since we mentioned Xmal, Chuck Bennett was on the show earlier this season. I wanted to mention, as part of a promotion through Garage Style Magazine, Don Weiberg reached out to us and said, so one of the great gift givers [00:11:00] that we have every year at Garage Style Magazine is Xmal the wax makers of fine wax made of all natural ingredients.

So zol.com is where Xol is offering 50% off with a promo code gsm. So simply hit zol.com, find some of their products that you, or some car lover, uh, you know, might be interested in. Use a promo code G S M and get 50% off the entire order. So wait a second, I gotta order some stuff. Exactly. So there is no limitations to that.

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Well, you know what makes me happy, Brad? My monthly Petro Box subscription. We had John Sayer on here last season promoting Petro Box on the show, and he gave us some promos and things like that. But you know, it really is the gift that keeps on giving. I enjoy getting it every month. It’s been unique every month for the last couple of years that I’ve been receiving it.

I will say I go for the bigger box. It comes with the t-shirt, always comes with tools, some sort of cleaning material. Sometimes a rag from the rag company, which is great for me, adds to my collection, but there’s always something in the box and I look forward to it. So if you’re having a hard time picking a gift for somebody else, especially if they’re a petrolhead, jump over to www.mypetrolbox.com and check out their different subscription packages.

Just like when we transition on a regular drive-through episode. Now we’re gonna talk about model cars and Legos. For anyone who’s a fan of Lego, which, okay, I mean some Lego sets are definitely a rich people thing, but they have a speed champions line in the Lego brand [00:13:00] and they’ve come out with a new lineup in 2022.

So if you’re looking to add to your collection this year will be releasing the Lotus Aja, the Lamborghini Kuta in 1970. Ferrari five 12 M, the Mercedes A M G F one W 12 E performance. Alongside the Mercedes A MG Project one, I think that’s two in one set. And then the Aston Martin Valry, a M R Pro, along with the Aston Martin Vantage GT three in one set together, that’s a heck of a lineup.

These range about $20 for the single, but the, when they’re in the two pack, it’s 30 or $40. I forget the scale. Like they’re almost like one 24th, so they’re about six, seven inches long. Not as big as a one 18 scale car. So it’s actually a good size model if you’re not interested in, you know, die cast or anything like that.

And if you wanna play Legos or whatever, it’s, it’s pretty cool. I, I have a couple myself, I haven’t unboxed them yet. They are pretty neat. I’m glad to see that Legos putting some more attention and effort [00:14:00] into supporting the motor sports community with Legos. I think that’s pretty, So coming from motorsports collector.com, a partner of Garage Tile Magazine, they just added a bunch of new cars to their collection, including a Mazda Cosmo, the legendary Mazda that everyone seems to appreciate.

So if you jump over to motorsport collector.com, they announced they’re receiving a limited number of one 43rd scale models from T TSM of the 1968 Marathon Della Route delivery, and it is absolutely beautiful. So because of the limited availability, checkout, motorsport collector.com, they were taking reservations and this particular collector car was clocking in at 88 bucks.

So not too bad if that’s the size and scale of model car that you are after, I think I’m going to pick up a one 43rd scale Alfa Romeo Racing Orlin, C 41 Kimmy Reichen In’s final gp. . And you know what’s cool? About one 40 thirds, they’re extremely detailed for as small as they are, and it’s what everybody seems [00:15:00] to have transitioned to.

I’m still a huge fan of one 18 scale cars. There’s still people out there like soly do that are putting out new one 18 scale cars, you know, every day. But it seems to be this race to minimize the amount of space that all these model cars take up. So one 43rd has become the new standard, and I gotta say they’re absolutely exquisite.

Now, in addition to that, if you want to go even smaller and save more space, I still collect Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars because they’re cheap and their prices eventually go up over time because of some of the limited availability of the die cast themselves. And bear in mind that different deliveries come to different parts of the.

Somebody at Hot Wheels is paying attention because there’s been a lot of race cars over the last two years and some of these truck and trailer sets, now they’re putting out these twin A versus B type of sets. And more recently I came across a notice from our friends over at MO Tool. Yes, the oil company MO tool.

There are [00:16:00] actually MO Tool Oil livery cars out there licensed through Hot Wheels and specifically the BMW M one Pro Car combo pack with the Alitalia launch. Strados can be picked up if you can find it still on shelves at targets and Walmarts for right around 15 bucks. If you find one, let me know cuz I’m still.

Hey Brad, guess what? I found a model car for you this year. Do tell. Is it a Dodge Dart? Oh no. I wish. One 43rd scale, 2016 Dodge Dart. That’d be pretty cool Instead, what about a one 24th scale? 1988 Pontiac Fierro GT in Bright Red. Sign me up. Are you sure about that? Because this might get filed under rich people fangs.

You have my address. Just send it to me. So if you hop over to auto.com, you can check out this limited production 1988 Pontiac Firo GT model. Would you like to guess how much it costs? $2,576, [00:17:00] $400, Bob? Oh no, no. For the low, low price of 249 99, we were way off. But you know what? You could buy instead A real fi for 500 bucks.

Then you have the one to one scale model in whatever colors available in the used car lot. Yeah, but isn’t a Firo like a Monet? Like it looks really good from afar. So like the smaller scale’s gonna look better, but then you get the real normal size and it’s like, man, this thing looks like shit . Shout out to all of my Firo owners out there.

We gotta get some Fierro owners Club members on the podcast here. I think speaking of limited edition models, you remember when we talked about the Bugatti Baby two? That’s sort of like a model car. Remember that? That little gem? Yeah. I bought one for Henry . Did you get it with the speed key? Of course. Oh, excellent.

Nothing but the best for my little one. . Oh man. That’s, that’s fantastic. Well, obviously, you know, these exist, but Wyatt’s [00:18:00] back in the news is Bugatti was doing a celebration of its racing history and they were doing GP in an ice race and they brought, you know, a Type 51 Bugatti to, to do that, but they also brought the little ev baby two with them, and they, they outfitted it with a limited slip, studded tires, , I mean, they did some modifications to this and they went ice racing with it.

Nice. Well, that sounds pretty epic. That’s some spec racing that needs to happen right there on ice and snow or whatever those conditions were. If they were using the speed key version, I mean, they’re, they’re getting up to 42 miles an hour ish, miles an hour. So that’s on ice. That’s like on ice. You’re flying and that thing and that thing.

Thing’s like a little go-kart. I mean, it’s, it’s small. The question is did it beat the original? Uh, you know, I don’t think they talk about that, but that would be interesting. Well, that’s always fun. So if you have an extra, you know, 70 grand laying around for an electric go-kart and that’s the way to go right now.

We can’t wait for the Bugatti [00:19:00] Baby three to come out, so we’ll have to wait and see what that looks like. Well, guess what? Now you too can own a limited edition, one of 25 1 40 third scale Bugatti model cars. So it’s a model of the model of the baby two, and it comes in at $495. Plus shipping, plus shipping.

It’s not even free shipping. , you think at $492 they can just send to you? Nope, just make the price $800 and include shipping. stupid. Are you? But did you notice how the prices scale up on the Bugattis? So you start at one 43rd, it’s 4 95. You go to the baby two, which is half scale of a real thing and that’s what, $49,000?

Was it half scale or like one six scale or something like that? And then you go to the full scale car and it’s $495,000. So we just keep shopping zeros off the price. You know it’s perfect. That means a 1 64 scale car has gotta be $4 and 95 cents, right? Or $40 and [00:20:00] 95 cents . But for a mere $399 and 99 cents, you too can own this 3,778 Lego piece set of the Ferrari Daytona.

S P three to quote Donovan for garage ride on this one, it’s about damn time. Somebody at Lego was a motor sports enthusiast. , they got a lot of new sets coming out. That speed category theme if you will, they go by themes, the speed theme speed champions is what it’s called. It’s exciting to see that grow.

So can you actually buy this from Lego or with like every other Ferrari you have to sign up and get on Ferrari’s special waiting list and you have to buy it directly from Ferrari and then you don’t actually buy it, they just l lend it to you when you want to play with it. Then you gotta give it back when the new one comes out.

you gotta give it back when the new one comes out to stay on the good side. It is legitimately on Lego’s website coming soon, so it’s not up for pre-order or available yet, but it is there on their website along. [00:21:00] Ferrari. 4 88 G T e. Number 51. Yeah, that that one’s been out for a while. I’ve seen that one in person as well as the retired.

Unfortunately, you can’t buy this one. Ferrari F 40, now cart related as well. If you are a Transformer’s geek, Lego is also going to be revealing on June 1st. The Optimist Prime Lego sets. I am excited about that because if they make Optimist Prime, it means they have to make other characters like Megatron and Star Scream and Jazz and Wheel Jack and all those, right?

They gotta all be car related though, fortunately. Now, for a price comparison, the Optimus Prime, which does not bring the cab, which I’m a little bit disappointed with, oh, so for a hundred sixty nine ninety nine in 1500, 1000 508, 1500 pieces. One 70, so, okay. That’s about the size of the Voltron that they did, right?

It stands at in [00:22:00] truck mode. It’s five and a half inches tall, 10 and a half inches long, and four and a half inches wide. And when he’s standing, he’s 13 and a half inches tall. I think Voltron was about 18 inches tall. So yes, I’m very excited. I want this and then she shall have it. This is a truck. I shall have middle class people doing middle class things.

yes, still playing with their action figures. What’s up? We should probably talk about books. So Brad, what’s on your reading list this Christmas? I haven’t started it yet, but definitely over the winter break. I am going to dive into Guess Elizabeth Blackstock’s book she wrote with Alana’s King called Racing with Rich Energy.

I’m really looking forward to that. It’s the story of how Rich Energy sponsored Haas and the the huge drama surrounding that whole ordeal when I started the book with Alanis King on rich energy in Formula One and the Haas Saga of 2019. See Brad, as our listeners know, this is why I refuse to [00:23:00] watch Drive to Survive.

Why do I have to do that when I can read Elizabeth’s book, exactly. It’s all you need from 2019, like right there, distilled and some history too. Well, that’s not true. You also need a case of rich energy. Oh my God. The whole case. Look at that. That’s one of like two or three that he bought. We destroy.

Remember when we got together at Watkins Glen for his bachelor party? We destroyed a case of that stuff while we were there. Yeah, no, you, that’s right. I didn’t know you still had some Oh, mm-hmm. . The only time I’ve drank that is at a racetrack and it’s usually been because I’ve been drinking too much

Yeah. I’m I’m expecting it to be worth tens of dollars someday. Yeah. More than the dogecoin they gave you for your cyber truck. That’s all I’m gonna say. Okay. That’s so, that’s true. My cyber struck pre-order is still for sale people. Eric, I feel like this is our next big strategic plan. What is GT M’s.

Energy drink gonna be? It’s called Dex. Cool . I like it. Next time we run into you at a race, [00:24:00] I’d like to get the book signed. I’ve already pre-ordered it. Absolutely. I, on Amazon. Look at him. Nope. Nope. McFarland, I did it through the the link on her website. Thank you very much. Thank. Yeah. My book Racing with Rich Energy is coming out soon.

You can order that on McFarland publishers or Amazon, preferably McFarland publishers. I get more money that way. . Yeah. I’m gonna order a copy myself too. I gotta get that going. So, speaking of former guests who were on the show with a book, we also had Lynn St. James on earlier this year, and Tanya spoke to her about her book as well as her efforts within the Women in Motor Sports North America.

I would appreciate that you promote women in motor Sports North America, cuz that’s ongoing, you know, and, and obviously a lot of your listeners are probably women or young girls or females. And also appreciate the survey. You know, I do have a book out that’s been out for a while, so it’s not new. If people just go to my website, they’re in my garage and I ship them out.

And if you tell me you want me to autograph it, I’ll autograph it. Love going to the races. Just go to the races, man. Just [00:25:00] go to the races, have. I also have two others that I’m looking forward to reading by former guest, Dr. Jacque Daire. First one is performance thinking. The next one is Helping Kids perform.

For any parents out there that wanna learn how to help their children maximize their potential and get the most out of whatever it is that they want to do, highly recommend these books by Dr. Jacque Daire. His episode is fantastic. If you’re looking for a little motivation for next year, especially if you’re trying to clock in your New Year’s resolutions, maximize your performance, get over your mental sabotage, check out that episode when you get an extra moment.

Garage Dot Magazine is always full of different books and ideas. They had one posted earlier this year called The Ultimate Collector Cars. It’s a two-part series covering the top 100 most influential cars of the collector market today. From race cars all the way to the concourse fields, some of the rarest, most expensive cars on the planet.

The book covers the cars and the stories behind them and some of the most [00:26:00] mouthwatering photos you have ever seen. This two-part heart cover, almost coffee table series clocks in at 198 bucks, and you can pick it up today on. As some of our listeners may know if you are on our Facebook group, we pre-release many episodes throughout the year, and one of the ones that came out is an episode with former Vice president of VP Racings, JK Kelly and his new book Deadly Driver.

So I got a chance to talk with him when we went to the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs, Pennsylvania. And so he tells us all about the book, what it’s about, some spoilers for maybe the next book that’s coming. So check out that episode, but also look for his book on Amazon on Audible, or you can order it directly from his website, www.jkkellybooks.com.

There’s another book that came across my desk called The King’s Eyes, chowed as a literary treasurer by s Scott Callen, and it’s a beautifully prepared and packaged book all about the [00:27:00] history of Ferrari. From its inception in 1946 through 1966, it’s Callan’s sixth book In his series of books, it’s a beautifully leathered covered book.

It has all the best inks and papers. It’s absolutely like top quality type of book. It does retail four, $500, but it does tell a lot of the untold stories of Enzo Ferrari. And the rise of Marinello and how it came up through the rubble of World War II and things like that. The book itself took 20 years to write on top of the 20 year span that covers so absolutely amazing.

If you’re a Ferrari fan and you want to add that to your coffee table this winter. Another book I have here recommended to me was Touted as a Wild Ride Through the 1950s. You can give them the ultimate gift of a signed personal copy of BS Levy’s Cult Classic, the Last Open Road for only 50 bucks. It includes a personalized inscription, gift wrapping, holiday card, and decal, including us shipping, and you can pick that up today [00:28:00] at www.thelastopenroad.com.

Also, on the must-read list, last year we talked about John W. Warner. The. Book series, little Anton. But just after our holiday shopping guide came out, the book Lion Tiger Bear Debuted, which is a sequel to the three original volume. So that is still available today. You can pick that up on Amazon or check out John W.

Warner, the fourth’s website. And if that isn’t enough, if you’re a fan of Garage Style Magazine, they are still taking pre-orders for their annual yearbook. So you can jump over to www.garagestylemagazine.com. Sign up for the yearbook now, and as soon as it’s ready, you’ll be alerted and get that shit to you.

So we’ve talked a lot about books so far on this episode, but now it’s time we hear from some of the creators that we’ve had on the show to include artists like Chris Dunlop, Samantha Zimmerman, and even our friends, Steve and Izzy over at Everything I learned from movies.[00:29:00]

There’s so many podcasts out there. How do I find the one for me? For so long. I’ve searched for podcasts all over, but none of ’em seem to fit my needs. Where’s my Nick Cage Pissing Fire podcast? Where’s my monkey tickling? I couldn’t find it anywhere until I found everything I learned from movies podcast with Steve Ni, and now I get to hear about all the monkey tickling.

I won Baby. So many podcasts out there are All Talk and no Congo. That’s why I listen to everything I learned from movies Greatest Living Actor, Nicholas Cage. Of course, that’s why I listen to everything I learned from movies, one-liners, plot holes, gratuitous boobies. Fun fact. That’s why I listen to everything I learned from movies.

See if everything I learned from movies is right for you at E I L F movies. That’s everything I learned from movies on Twitter, Facebook, or Patreon. Free on all the major [00:30:00] pod catchers. Chris, kind of switching gears, how does one go about getting some of your artwork? I post new stuff every week on, uh, Instagram and usually the new stuff has also listed on the website at the same time.

Uh, art of chris dunlop.com and Pin stripe, underscore Chris on Instagram, showing new videos as regularly as possible new artwork, and that’s usually the best way to get a hold of me. Either contact me through the website or straight through Instagram. I’m still one of those weird people that tries to respond to every message in every comment that I can.

Sometimes you do commissions, it’s very rare, things like that, but pe you will entertain ideas, but you start with, I’ll always hear somebody out. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I I, it’s just simpler that way. If. There’s not enough time in the day to say yes to everybody. I would like to, but for the time and the expense, I wanna make sure that artwork is going in the hands of people that are like, I realize they’re just paintings of cars.

But for some people this is like, is it part of their family or it’s a really an important part of them, or it’s an aspiration car and it’s not always easy to find those type of peoples that are interested in artwork. But to [00:31:00] me, there’s not one type of car person. I think there’s a lot of like passive people that enjoy cars, but there’s some really diehard car people and I just really wanna make sure that I’m putting the effort in it’s, it’s for the people that are really serious about it.

So what we haven’t talked about is how does one go about acquiring some Samantha Zimmerman artwork? So for commissions, if you go to my website, you can hit a contact form and you can fill out all the information and send me an email with that. Or you can send me an email directly. It’s sam zimmerman art gmail.com.

If you’re looking at buying an original for me of my produce works, I have them all listed on my website as well. I do have prints of the majority of my work. Just get in touch with me and I’m more than happy to assist from there. And there’s a store coming soon, right on the website it says, yeah, for sure.

So there’s a store coming. It’s just a matter of technologically setting everything up to get it sorted out to make it easier for everybody to buy prints and originals and things to that effect. But [00:32:00] if you have any inquiries about things I have listed on the website or prints, anything to that effect, like I said, you’re welcome to get in touch with me.

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Merry Christmas. Hey Brad, Tanya, look, we have a special guest with us. It’s Don for Garage Style with some of his hottest Christmas ideas. What do you got for us, Don? Thanks for having me on. I’ve got a couple of ideas for you. One of ’em comes from Car art.us. It’s a great little vendor. Been around for several years and right now they’re doing kind of a special, you can call these guys and have them custom commission your artwork with you and or your car in a custom background.

Pretty slick. It’s a real painting, et cetera. Car art has been around for a long time. They really specialize in investment grade automotive art. The guy who runs it is a former automotive designer, works for Aston Martin Mazda, DeLorean, great guy. Really fun to do business with. [00:34:00] So car art.us, that’s one of ’em.

Another one is garage art.com. They have lots of crazy things for the garage enthusiasts. Everything from tin signs to neon signs to reproductions. Even the old style garbage cans that are set up in the gas and oil delivery. That’s always kind of fun. Are those the Oscar, the Grouch style ones? Yeah, Oscar, you gotta get that one.

Yeah, with the little popup, you know. So garage art.com, and the other one that we got is busted knuckle garage.com. They have all kinds of custom branded things of their own design. Now, one of ’em that I’ve got a lot of ’em around here are their little pocket dives and their pocket knives are shaped like old gas pumps or hot rods.

Really a lot of fun. And actually having just moved into a new house, we’ve had a ton of boxes we’ve had to open up. And I gotta tell you, these knives, what look like little novelty knives, they’re actually really robust. We’ve opened up a ton of boxes with these knives. We just keep ’em clean, and we haven’t even had to sharpen ’em [00:35:00] yet.

They’ve actually been really, really terrific. So busted knuckle garage.com for that. Next to that, we would have reedville goods.com, Reedy goods.com. Really a, again, very, very similar to Garage art. They sell a lot of signs and a lot of hanging items. But the cool thing about Reedville Goods, if you have an idea of what a sign should look like, or you’ve got custom art from the old days that you want him to turn into a tin sign, they can do it for you.

In fact, when Garage Style Magazine puts on its garage tour up in Monterey, or we used to before Covid, they were the company that gave us the award signs. We used to give little award signs to all of our garage hosts for hosting us, and these were the guys who made these custom signs. They were designed here in-house.

I carry our designer as she uploaded it to reedville goods.com and. Printed them, cut ’em. They’re a wonderful company. Amazing, amazing stuff. So if you’re looking for something very, very personalized to give to some car lover in your family, it’d be good to [00:36:00] contact them and just say, Hey, look, I got this old picture.

I’ve got this old advertisement from some oil company, and I think it’d be fun to have this immortalized on tin. Can you help me with that? And I’m sure they would. Be happy to help you with that. So reedville goods.com. And then one more that we’ve got for you, Eric. It’s another magazine and rarely does Garage Sale Magazine promote other magazines, but this one is super cool.

It’s called Crank Shaft. It’s published by the former editor of Hemmings. Richard Lenton is his name. He’s had this magazine out for just about a year. It’s really high quality, a very nice book. So you might wanna check it out too by yourself, a subscription by your friends, a subscription. Check out frank shaft magazine.com, and I got a chance to meet him at Hershey.

I got to take a look at the magazine. Well, what a fabulous publication. Yeah, it really is. It really is. And that guy, you talk about, a knowledgeable guy, he knows a lot about card and a lot about publishing. So Don, that’s awesome. I really appreciate you bringing all these wonderful creators to the table and giving people some very personalized [00:37:00] experiences with their gifts this year.

Absolutely. Oh, oh, Merry Christmas. Well, Now it’s time. We talk about smart cars. I mean swatches, I mean watches. If you’re in the market for a watch car theme inspired, you could look for a Bugatti smartwatch, and we are just talking about the pricing pyramid of Bugatti. So a normal watch is what, anywhere from 5,000, 150, $200 maybe if you’re splurging, if you’re trying to get a time X for 30 bucks, 50 bucks, versus something a little nicer, maybe for 1, 1 50, even 200, there’s a Bugati watch for you.

Ooh. And it is a smart watch. Oh, so there’s the Bugatti Carbon Limited edition and the ceramic edition one. Does it come free with a Varon? With our scaling pyramid? If a normal watch, let’s call it 200 bucks for a. Fancy normal watch. How much do we think a Bugatti watch is 25,000 adjusting [00:38:00] for inflation and currency manipulation?

I’m going to guess 24,999 ? No. Uh, 15 grand. 14,999. So the carbon limited edition is a steel, guys, it’s $2,599, or you can get the ceramic edition one $1,299. I bet shipping’s not free. said Maybe the Charger’s an additional $49. I don’t know. I can’t tell. That’s still cheaper than the latest, greatest smartwatch from Garmin.

Those things are clocking in at almost five grand. I’m a big fan of the Garmin smartwatches. I happen to have one of the lower models myself. It’s a very elegant watch. It looks like a regular watch until a, you know, you twist your wrist and the, the screen lights up underneath the hands, but this bugatti’s a bargain.

I should probably get this thing. Well, there you go. Six axis combined accelerometer and gyroscope vibration motor, G p s. I don’t know that it’s doing [00:39:00] heart rate run splits and all that, because someone who’s buying a $5,000 garment watch is probably a pretty serious athlete. Yes, but you know what else they’re buying?

The standalone truck gps, which I said to myself for $800, there’s a free app on my phone that will do the same thing. That doesn’t mean that the catalyst, the driving aid by Garmin isn’t still on somebody’s Christmas list out there. Prices have pretty much stabilized around, I think 7 99, although I’ve heard if you reach out to John over a project motoring, he might be able to hook you up with a deal.

So give him a buzz and see if he can do anything for you over at Garmin. But Garmin’s got all sorts of really neat things in their catalog, not just watches, not just fitness gear. They even have GPS’s designed for off-road. So lots of things that are inspired for the motor sports community, not just for the active sport community.

There’s some other watches on our list and there is one that does clock in at 25 grand. That would be the tag Hoyer Mario cart edition watch. [00:40:00] There’s nothing Mario Cart about it except where it says Mario Cart and there’s like turtle shells on the band. There’s a little Mario in a cart. What? Oh, I see it now.

Wow. This is like the Mickey Mouse watches. You can still buy at Walmart for like 25 bucks. Yeah, so at the end of the day you’re paying for the brand more than anything else. But yeah, I mean, that’s it. It’s just a little Mario cart on the left side of the face. I would expect you to be able to shoot red turtle shells out of it or something.

Something. Oh wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. There’s an M on the main cog there for adjusting the time and stuff. Did you see that? Ah, yes. All of the accents are on this. That m is worth $24,500. The rest of the watch, 500 bucks. You need a, uh, jeweler’s magnifying eye piece to see all this stuff, though the watch is really, really busy.

I’m not saying it’s an ugly watch. There’s a lot going on. Does it make a sound? Do, do, do, do, do. I mean, again, if you’re paying this kind of money, that should be the alarm. Yes, you should set an alarm and it should [00:41:00] do that to you. Now you know who’s coming in with some really good looking watches added affordable fossil?

Well, you know, they make all the watches for everybody, right? All those Michael Coors watches and the Gucci watches, diesel, all those, they’re all fossil. At the end of the day, it’s turtles all the way down red ones too. That said, there’s another company kind of coming out of the woodworks that is creating more affordable watches that are motor sports inspired, and I’m a big fan of these rally.

www.rallynetex.com and don’t get all excited. I’m not talking about World Rally Championship here, that’s just their name. They have some really cool tachometer engage kind of retro video style looking stuff. The one that we have here in the show notes, the yellow one that’s sort of Porsche inspired, it clocks in at 165 bucks.

I like the fact that it’s slightly offset. Not a big fan of the band, but I get the way they designed it. It’s sort of that new casual chic kind of thing. It would look good with, you know, jeans and a t-shirt. You’re at cars and coffee and people go, what do you got there on your wrist? I got a rally nets.[00:42:00]

They got a bunch of different styles to check out. I think these are pretty cool. I know there’s different markets for people and watches, just like there are for cars. There’s some of us that appreciate the lower end of the scale. We wanna be able to change them out quickly and have like a hundred of.

you know, sort of like my personal car collection. And there’s people that want that $200,000 watch. So there’s something for everybody on this list. But check out Rally Netex. And another great place to check out motor sports inspired watches I found is importing special edition watches through eBay from Japan.

I know we get into quartz movement versus kinetic and Swiss movement and all these kinds of things, but there’s some really cool vintage saccos out there that were designed by like etal design and others that you can shop for nowadays that have become quite reasonable if you’re looking to add something unique to your collection.

You know, we reached out to a lot of our previous guests and they sent us all sorts of information, and in that list were things like promotions from the Volo Museum. So if you remember that Jim w [00:43:00] came on the show and gave us a virtual tour of the museum, you could still check that out on our Patreon, but he also sent us note that they are doing a limited time.

Black Friday gift card set for the museum. Buy a hundred bucks, get 25, buy 50, get 10. Buy 25, get five. You can get up to six free guest passes with a purchase of membership, so you can check that out@www.volofun.com. We also have some charities on our list that we’d like to mention. Obviously earlier you heard from Lynn St.

James about the women in Motorsports North America that she has spun up to help more women get into different parts of the motorsports world. If you get the opportunity to go to women in motorsports na.com, you can check out ways that you can contribute, become part of the movement and help out that cause.

Right on. I have a nonprofit called Freedom grow.org. We support cannabis prisoners non-violent. We have 178 of them. If you haven’t heard of us, check us out. Freedom grow.org. None of us take us [00:44:00] salary. We do it all through volunteer efforts on our time, and we support these non-violent cannabis prisoners and their families.

We do holiday gifting. I’ll give you an example. Last holiday was Easter that we had the funds. We do it all through donations. We made up 126 Easter baskets and we put little water bottles that sit. These are for the children. The 188 Cannabis prisons had 126 children, so we made 126 Easter baskets and we put little water bottles that said, you are strong, you are brave, and you are smart.

We put little Rubik’s cubes, we put activity. We put all the candy and the Easter bunnies and the chocolates, and we sent ’em to the 126 children. We do that all through donations, so please check us out, freedom grow.org. Two other organizations that we have on our list that you can help sponsor or donate money to include the International Motor Racing Research Center where you can [00:45:00] still enter to win a 2022 Co.

C eight R IMSA edition in that beautiful gun metal gray with the yellow stripes, just like the C eight IMSA car that you see on tv. So you can sign up for that@www.racing archives.org org. G. Moreover, we had Torston Gross on the show earlier this year from the Just Hands Racing Foundation. They are also looking to help offset the cost of getting disabled folks behind the wheel of race cars, specifically folks in wheelchairs.

And you can go to www.justhandsfoundation.org and set up a donation there. All the proceeds go to helping get people on track. It offsets the cost of tires and fuel and entry fees and all that kind of stuff as described on the episode with Torsten. So jump back into the catalog if you get a chance and wanna learn more about how you can donate to them.

Neiman Marcus always has, I believe, a holiday catalog every year, and they always try to incorporate one [00:46:00] automobile item in their catalog. And this year, It is a Maserati Gra, S u v barbed out. So Maserati and Mattel partnered to make this Barbie accented gre because Barbie is a gearhead. If you didn’t know, and this s u v has 530 horsepower from a twin turbo, three liter v6.

Yes. All of that. So aside from being interesting, shade of pink on the outside and various pink trim pieces on the interior, along with stitching on the seats and some sort of branding for Barbie also on the headdress of the cars, this car costs 330,000 whoa dollars, and there will only be two made, one available in the US and one available elsewhere in the globe.

Wow. , 10% of the cost will go directly to Mattel’s Barbie Dream Gap [00:47:00] project, a charity aiming to bridge the gap between make, believe, play and practical reality for young girls helping them to achieve their full potential. So at least that’s a very worthy call, Tanya. You always have the best rich people.

Things you know, you’re a rich person when. You can afford to purchase a 1996 V 10 Ferrari engine with the F three 10 exhaust for $86,400 to be an art piece in your home. Why wouldn’t you want a V 10 in your living room dining room man cave? Uh, you want one in every, it’s a vta. It’s a gorgeous piece of machinery from

Would want it in my car? No, because then it would explode and it would not be reliable. See, in a stationary configuration, it will last forever, unlike if it was running in your car. I see, I see. Well, you may also like a original valve set from the 2002 Constructors and Driver’s Championship Ferrari. [00:48:00] You might also like a Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 2 75 GTB aluminum engine block coffee table for the low low price.

Of 22 5. I feel like all of these should come with fire extinguishers just in case . So the other rich people, fang, which I definitely opinion rich people, fang or not, I think it is Cyber Quad for kids. What? Cyber what? Huh? Tesla? Yes. Cyber WA Quad, four Wheel atv and it’s cyber. So it’s got the look of the cyber truck.

So it’s the cyber quad and obviously it’s battery powered electric. It’s got the lithium ion battery has 15 miles of range top speed of 10 miles an hour. It’s the suitable for eight years old and up. These are no longer available. They’re out of stock right now. I think they just. in stock. They were, they were, they started shipping out the end of 21 in December, so I believe people have already started receiving them.

You can actually go on eBay. People are [00:49:00] already trying to resell them for more, but what do you think this costs? This Power Wheels. Power pow power wheels. How many Dogecoin do I need to spend to buy this? You say that, but the item number on this is 14 1 35 Doge . So then it’s, it’s 1400 135 Doge. That’s how much cost.

Okay. Well then I guess the equivalency in, uh, U S D is 1900. What. Actually for a quad. Is that right on par, Brad, what do you think? No, no. What’s a quad cost these days, Yamaha or something? What do they cost? So the top one to get the razor, I believe the razor dirt quad, which does also does 10 miles an hour is $700.

Wow, okay. And it’s an electric atv that’s a bit of a dealer markup there on that, so. So I’m not sure what you’re getting for $1,900 that you couldn’t get in the razor. Well, you’re getting the actual cyber quad . I mean, okay. You’re getting a [00:50:00] Tesla product for your kid. So I wanna know how the wiper blades work on this.

I don’t have wiper blades. Oh, perfect. Excellent. Excellent. Work doesn’t it? Doesn’t need ’em, it doesn’t have a windshield. As we move away from champagne wishes and caviar dreams to the complete opposite spectrum of stories, swamps and alligators, beer wouldn’t be a drive-through episode unless we went down south to ours, Southern neighbors, we talking.

Holiday, Florida man stories, holiday, Florida man stories and yes folks, the holidays have not happened yet, so we do not have fresh out of the oven holiday stories for you. So we are gonna go back in time. Ho, hold on. I gotta add more rum to my eggnog before we get into this. We’ll go reverse cuz Thanksgiving at the time of this recording is a mere two days away.

So we’ll start Christmas time and then we’ll work our way back to Thanksgiving. So headline alone, like to start with those cuz they’re always good. [00:51:00] Florida woman charged with assaulting sister with a Christmas decoration. Wait, what? What? And I got really excited cause I’m thinking there’s lots of kinds of Christmas decorations here.

Are we talking about like, you know, the big pieces outside Outdoor Decorat Rudolph Ru Rudolph’s Getting the beat down. I was a little disappointed when it’s merely. A beaded cone tree . So I guess it’s like a, a Christmas cone, like a little mini Christmas tree that’s shaped like a, like a ice cream cone.

It’s a, uh, stabbing device, . And she’s stabbed essentially her sister in the left side of the torso with the Christmas comb due to some sort of altercation that they had. And there was that. But then further kind of reading through the article, apparently there was another incident in Florida fights at Christmas time using Christmas decorations is a big thing.

This one’s even better. I think [00:52:00] they said a similar incident. A similar, okay. Well, and similar in that it’s a Christmas decoration, but this is the kind of decoration I was looking for. Florida woman hit her boyfriend with sections of her family’s artificial Christmas tree. Wait, wait. With sections of the Christmas tree, the woman’s last name is Graham.

Told the police, the couple began arguing because her boyfriend had set quote the TV volume on too high while she was sleeping. In response, she had quote squared up to the victim and was screaming in his face. She admitted to the police that she took apart an artificial Christmas tree and threw three sections of the.

At the victim. I mean, apparently in Florida you could weaponize anything. Wow. Wow. I mean, that takes, you had nothing else to go for. I mean, Christmas Street, was that, what was that guy doing while she’s dissembling the Christian? Or was it like rapid fire, like the Tasmanian devil? [00:53:00] Like was he just standing here?

And he is watching her like take apart the Christmas tree and then he gets chucked in his face. I mean, how much of a dunk can you be? I don’t know, because I mean, regardless of a pre-lit tree or not, I’m gonna go out on a limb , you have lights strung around it. And if they’re not pre-lit, well, even if they are, you gotta disconnect the, the strands.

If not, the whole tree is still like kind of together by virtue of the lights. And then you got the balls flying everywhere or whatever other hanging ornaments you have. I mean, What was that dude doing? He was, ma how do I don’t, I don’t understand. Please, folks, don’t let your Christmas turn into this disaster, if that’s for sure.

Please don’t get a misdemeanor jail time on your record for throwing Christmas tree parts at your boyfriend or girlfriend. How does that nine one one call go? Excuse me, operator. I, I’ve been a softed by Christmas tree. Like, seriously? Like I don’t understand. Oh, who did it? Santa , [00:54:00] right? I mean, how do they even keep a straight face?

Were were you naughty this year? ? It’s ridiculous. Oh God. Oh, but here we go. . Also saving the best for last. Let’s move to Thanksgiving. You don’t even need to read the rest of the, there’s not even anything else to the article. Okay. , honestly, cause it’s summed up in its entirety by the title Florida Man.

It’s a frost Thanksgiving, Turkey and swimming pool.

What y’all be worried about? Oh, snap. I haven’t taken my Turkey out of the freezer yet. Thanksgiving’s in two days. How old ever defrost? No. You got a swimming pool in Florida. Throw that sucker in there. Takes just a few hours. Apparently so does this. The salmonella only takes a couple hours too. I mean, add that little extra something.

Something. . Oh my god. Really? I mean in the hot tub, but then you’d end up cooking it, [00:55:00] right? Quote, we thaw our Turkey in the pool. That’s how you do it when you live in Florida. I didn’t know that. I’ve also never lived in Florida. I mean, we learn something new every month. Every year a different family member throws the Turkey into the.

I mean, that’s tradition. I mean, that’s almost a slam dunk. Throw it in. Most people wonder, doesn’t the chlorine get into your Turkey , ? That’s a little ex that’s just keeps it moist. He says, these bags are sealed by the factories. We’ve never had a leakage yet, and no chlorine is in our Turkey. All right? I mean, and it’s like a cide at that point, right?

So I mean, I get it. I get it. I mean, those Turkey bags are pretty thick, but so is the skull of the person doing this way, you know, Hey, whatever, , and please people, before you get any ideas, the United States Department of Agriculture does recommend that there are three ways to safely thaw your Turkey. One in the refrigerator, two in cold water, or three apparently in the [00:56:00] microwave.

That sounds like a lot of work.

Alright, well thank goodness I don’t like Turkey or. Well, now that we’ve spread a little holiday cheer, we have motor sports inspired gifts this year. Did you know that imsa? Yes. IMSA is in the sports car. Sanctioning body@imsa.com is running a Black Friday sale, 25% off all sorts of IMSA branded merchandise and apparel.

And you know who else? Is got merchandise and apparel on sale. Our friends, Kate and Nicole from Two Girls. One formula for the holiday is the two girls, one formula store that can be found at two girls one formula.com. We have a special holiday collection. Anything for your Christmas or your Hanukkah lists will be included.

We have sweaters, we have hats, we have mugs, we have baby clothes. We’ll also have a very special collection dropping to mark the end of the career of the legendary [00:57:00] Sebastian Vel. We have things for your teams, your drivers, your friends, your family, anything you could ask for at two girls one formula.com.

So as you guys know, I have raved about the gift that my girls gave me a couple years ago, which are my Pink Pilate or Pilate everyday driving shoes. I absolutely adore them. And over the last year or so, since I was given those as a gift, they have actually changed the styles of all the Pilate shoes and they’ve introduced.

More lines, more everyday shoes, using the technology from the past, from their legendary driving shoes, and now they are also having a 50% off sale through the holidays. Now is the right time for you to pick up a pair of Proto Tepo, RSS, endurance drifts, or any of the other new styles. And by the way, hot tip, if this is the first time you’re visiting the Pilate website, sign up for their newsletter and get a bonus.

15%. And [00:58:00] speaking of some other apparel items, if you’re a female in motor sports or just a fan in general and you’re looking for some lady centric gear, visit race chick.com. Apparently they’ve got the best selection at the moment of women’s flame resistant undergarments. However, if you’re not a fan of the color pink, you might be slightly disappointed, I suppose.

However, go there and uh, take a look at what they’ve got. That’s right. And speaking of women’s motor sports apparel, we got a note from Paige and Kelly McReynolds from McRay Moro. We’re ready to go. Our jerseys are in production, and the second that we get them in hand, we are launching them and we do have a promo for your audience.

So for the upcoming holidays, we’ll be running a promo for Black Friday weekend and a holiday giveaway in early December. Exact dates and details are as follows, our Black Friday promo, November 25th through the 28th, you can get 25% off the entire McRay mx.com store and the holiday giveaway December 5th through the [00:59:00] 12th.

A winner will receive a $50 gift card to McRay mx.com. My daughter’s gonna love that cuz. When Eric brought this podcast Tomy and mentioned it, I looked your guys’ website up and was going through it and of course I brought my daughter in to the office. I’m like, Hey, check this stuff out. What do you think of it?

And she fell in love with a lot of your guys’ apparel and she was like, I want one of their hoodies. Our next focus is gonna be youth kits because that’s a really the main focus for us. So yeah. If your daughters have any recommendation for print styles, styles that they’d like to see. I mean, cuz I’m not seven unfortunately, so I just don’t know what’s cool anymore.

I envision, you know, something with unicorn, like something cool. It might have like unicorn style. Yeah, Kelly’s probably gonna designer our youth. I, I like flowers and unicorns and things and I think as for like future, if women came up to us and we’re like, can you please make apparel gear for can AAMI four wheel, other stuff that we don’t know enough about?

I think we just have to wait until we do have a big enough company where we have employees and we can hire people that specialize in that [01:00:00] sport. Cause I feel like that’s. So important. If we were just to make apparel or gear for things that we don’t do, I feel like we wouldn’t be doing those women justice Anything to help women get involved in extreme sports.

We want to do. It’s in real insight on what women want for those sports. Well, folks, especially our lady listeners out there. As you’re tuning into this episode of Break Fix, I think it’s time for y’all to update your closet with the hottest new items in motocross gear. If you have any questions or wanna learn more about the McReynolds sisters or McRay motocross, be sure to tune into the episode we did with them earlier this year and log on to ww dot McRay mx.com for all the latest in off-road women’s apparel.

Many of us love to sport all sorts of logoed kit. Even myself on this episode, I got my D M C T-shirt on. I’m wearing. DeLorean watch by Charlie Foxtrot, which I’ve raved about in the past, is a gorgeous watch, by the way, reminiscent of the louvers on the back of the DMC 12. [01:01:00] And behind you, I believe, rumored that picture is actually from your dad’s office of the DMC 12.

Yes. So what should every DeLorean owner or DeLorean fan put on their Christmas list this year? They should put what they want. Okay, so that’s not a fair question, . That’s not the way that I work. I work the way my father does, and I’m gonna tell you that you should support the person that you most want to.

For me, I love Nick Patello and his wears. They were great to me. He gave me my wonderful sweatshirt that I’m not wearing that says DeLorean. But I don’t wanna tell people what they should or should not have. I love how everybody gets really picky about the options in their car. Like they had a choice. I mean, everybody has their own thing that they love.

What you should put on your Christmas list this year is one thing that reminds you the most [01:02:00] of the time you first saw the car and why it inspired you. That’s what you should put on your Christmas list this year. And for each person, it’s gonna be different. And then send that to you@deloreanlegacy.org.

So you can get it up on the website, right? Yes, yes. And then send a picture and your story. Well, guys, I guess it’s time that we transition to some local news for local news. We’ll start out with the events brought to us by collector car guide.net, the ultimate reference for car enthusiasts. Obviously, November, it’s the end of pretty much all motor sports and automotive seasons, at least over here on the East Coast.

There is one event, the East Coast Indoor Nationals sponsored by Motorama Productions, and it will be held at the Timonium fairgrounds just north of Baltimore on December 3rd. And, . That’s right. And those East Coast nationals are probably one of the biggest shows to kind of close out the year, but also look forward to kicking off next year’s swap meet car show scene.

[01:03:00] Especially if you’re used to going to some of the Carlisle events or Hershey or some of the others that we’re accustomed to here on the East Coast. Obviously there’s shows going on all over the country, but that’s a good one to go to. I was gonna say, and there are tons more events like this and all their details available over@collectorcarguide.net.

As Brad said, be sure to look out on collector car guide.net for other things that are upcoming like auctions with Mecu and Mecu on time, as well as other organizations that are already gearing up for 2023. It’s time that we give you the hpd junkie.com Trackside report and as Brad said, the season is coming to a.

In the colder parts of the United States, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t go racing on the left coast. But if you are planning to go to the track this winter, don’t forget to sign up for track insurance and check out the promotion from Open Track. I think our products are immeasurable in how they compete and what they can provide to our client base.

As far as promotions, I’ll hit it really high level. We [01:04:00] rolled out in December of 2021, a referral bonus program. So without getting into specifics on dollar amounts and things like that, anyone who is a member and I, I’m including daily policy purchasers and annual policy purchasers, any one of those members is eligible to participate in that program.

And so once they’ve enrolled into or purchased one of our products, they can go to their dashboard and they can find more information about that program. You can learn more about open track and their insurance policies@www.open track.com, or check out the episode that aired earlier this year. Be sure to check out hpd junkie.com for more information on events that are still going on throughout the winter months, December, January, February, and et cetera.

And we’re gonna be reporting on those as we go along. But Dave Peters and the crew from hbd junkie.com would like to extend some discounts to all of their followers and ours too if you use the code. H P D E junkie at checkout, [01:05:00] or call Linda and mention H HPD Junkie When you buy from Apex Performance, that’s www.apexperformance.com.

You’ll receive 10% off. You can also receive 10% off with Glock brakes for mentioning H HPD Junkie. When you call 1 8 4 4 9 breaks, that’s 1 8 4 4 9 b r a k e s. On your next order, you can save on safety equipment as well as brakes. So stock up for next year. And speaking of safety equipment, don’t forget to reach out to John Cfii over at Project Motoring.

He will get you fitted for a custom suit of your choosing with all sorts of different designs, graphics, logos, et cetera. And he’s selling all sorts of types of safety gear over there. So be sure to check out ww dot project motor inc.com. And in case you missed out, don’t forget to check out all the great podcast episodes that aired in the month of November.

Can you believe it when this airs? We have put [01:06:00] out almost 165 episodes and still climbing, so there’s a lot for you to catch up on while you’re unpacking your 10 millimeter sockets, heel tread socks, and your next month’s petrol box. This is the last official drive through for 2022 In December will bring us our best of episode and we’ll catch up with all the industry news starting again in January.

Thank you to all the guests that came on the show. We have some really exciting episodes lined up for the rest of season three. Don’t forget this season ends at the end of February, right before racing season kicks off. Tons of episodes still to come, so stay tuned throughout those holiday months.

There’s some whispers, there’s some hints. There’s people saying, where can we send you money? How can we help you? It’s always the same folks, patreon.com/gt motorsport. So if you’re getting into that season of giving, think about helping us out a little bit. You know, keeps the lights on, there are expenses to running these shows, running all the websites, all that kind of stuff.

Every little bit goes a [01:07:00] long way to help us continue to deliver quality content. You know, we are on an aggressive schedule. We put out what, 60 some odd episodes, uh, this year. So it’s, it’s just craziness and more great stuff to come. So we appreciate anything and everything, and thank you again to everyone that has supported us to this point.

So unfortunately, we haven’t had any special guests on this particular episode, but we would like to thank all of our special guests who came out this year, as well as our co-host and executive producer, and. Head woman in charge. Tanya. I, I can’t thank both Brad and Tanya enough for constantly being on here, putting up with the shenanigans of the drive-through.

Thank you. So with that, we’d like to thank all of our sponsors who helped us this season, American muscle.com, garage style magazine, collector car guide.net, hpd junkie.com, the International Motor Racing Research Center hooked on driving. Project Motoring SRO, world Challenge GT America, and [01:08:00] also with special thanks to Garage Riot Collector, part exchange, Kobe and Mike from Late Model Mafia, a girl’s guide to cars and the exotic car marketplace as well as many others.

As we look back over the year, many of us are still sort of coming out from underneath the extreme prices of tires and oil and everything else, getting ourselves geared back up. To get to the track. We always make available the previous holiday shopping guides on gt motorsports.org. So for everything that we talked about on this episode and more, be sure to check out our website and the show notes that go along with this episode.

Hopefully we gave you something to think about, something to shop for and make your petrolhead, be it you or your loved one, some sort of exciting gift this holiday. I wish you all the best this holiday season, and we look forward to hearing from you all again in the later part of the winter, and to all the members, families and friends who support us week after week after week.

As Brad [01:09:00] likes to say, without you, none of this would be possible. Well, folks, that’s it. That’s what we got. That’s a wrap for the year. Happy holidays. Happy Festivus. Is she the head elf or is she’s Mrs. Claus? She is Santa Claus because it’s the year of our Lord 2022, and if a woman wants to be Santa Claus, well god damn, she can be Santa Claus

Wow. Wow. Thank you. Wow. No, that bombshell. Yeah. On that note,

Well here we are in the drive through line. Me and her cars in front of us, cars in back of us all just waiting to order. There’s a idiot in a Volvo with us Bride son behind me. Hi Lena. The window and scream. Hey, watch. Trying Do blind me. My wife says Maybe we should park.

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